Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 28 January - 3 February 2016 Issue 1595

ISSUE NO. 1595

28 Jan - 3 Feb 2016

COSTA BLANCA NORTH YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Cycle carnage BRIT careering down wrong side of road mows down cyclists

by Linda Hall Six professional cyclists from the Giant-Alpecin team were injured in a head-on collision while training near Benigembla.

The car was allegedly being driven by a British woman on the wrong side on the narrow and winding CV-720 road linking Benigembla and Parcent.

She did not have time to brake, the cyclists said later.

American rider Chad Haga suffered the worst injuries and

was airlifted by air ambulance to San Juan de Alicante hospital where he awaits surgery on a shattered eye socket.

World-class German rider John Degenkolb, together with promising French rider Warren Barguil and three other team members, were taken to Denia hospital with fractures, cuts and bruises. All except Degenkolb were discharged after remaining in hospital for observation.

Degenkolb was transferred to a Valencia hospital where prestigious surgeon Pedro Cavadas

will reconstruct the index finger on his left hand.

Dutch team Giant is currently based in Calpe, preparing for the upcoming season.

The resort is a favourite destination for professional cycling teams from northern Europe, who can train throughout the winter on all types of roads that include challenging mountain ascents.

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LOCAL NEWS

TV jobs deal THE Generalitat and unions are negotiating to readmit Canal 9 ex-employees who took entrance exams to obtain their jobs. They started legal proceedings when the local broadcaster closed in

November 2013 and eliminating this court case would speed up the present regional government’s election promise to reverse the shutdown ordered by their predecessors.

Charity looted THIEVES took donated food worth €2,500 after forcing the door of the Red Cross storeroom at the Benidorm bullring. Police have found fingerprints and are confident of tracing the suspects and the Red Cross confirmed that the 437 families who depend on the food would not go without as the charity will replace the stolen goods.

Fast talking ALEXIS MARI, deputy spokesman for the Ciudadanos party in the Valencian parliament infuriated women’s groups by implying that many women tolerated abuse because this

was preferable to spinsterhood. He later claimed he me a n t th a t s o me w o me n continued to live with abusive partners because they were too afraid to report gender violence.

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An annual date for dancing in Alfaz WEEKEND break for out-of-towners

By Linda Hall MORE than 400 dance enthusiasts converged on Alfaz del Pi recently for the s e ve nth D a nc e Sc hools Meeting.

They came from all over the Valencian Community as well as the neighbouring region of Castilla-La Mancha to enjoy workshops aimed at all levels and tastes.

The event organised by C lub C os ta B la nc a B a lla and the town hall’s Sports Department was held at the Hotel Kaktus in Albir. “ A third of the pa rtic ipants were from out of town a nd s pe nt the w e e ke nd here,” said Carolina Marcet, one of the organisers.

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ALBIR HOTEL: Dance fans checking in for a weekend of fun. “ The me e ting is now a regular event for many dance fans and they leave the da te fre e s o tha t the y

can come here each year.”

Alfaz’s Sports councillor Luis Miguel Morant thanked Costa Blanca Balla

for organising an event that also significantly increased t he num ber of over ni ght stays during the low season.

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Billionaire George Soros warns of EU collapse

Readers Brian and Mike discussed the story at length on the EWN website, these being a few key points.

To join the discussion go to: http://www.euroweeklynews.co m/3.0.15/news/on-euro-weeklynews/world-news/136487-billionaire-george-soros-warns-ofimminent-eu-collapse

CLAIMED the European Union has been weakened by several crises Photo Credit European Union

Peace in our time FOR all its faults the EU gives us better security. It got the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize for contributing to six decades of peace within Europe (now seven). Just think of all the previous wars and invasions throughout Europe including two devastating world wars that both began here. Brian

Not essential AN EEC or similar can still exist. Countries, including those that pull out, can sign up for another organisation where they can be together on trade and fight together if needed. We do not need to be in the EU, stop scaremongering. Mike

Jaw-jaw IT is actually widely accepted that the very existence of the EU has helped to prevent wars that might otherwise have broken out during the past six or seven decades. Churchill himself said he preferred Jaw-Jaw to War-War and you can’t deny there’s a lot of Jaw-Jaw in the EU! Brian GEORGE SOROS: Meeting Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament.

By Kylie J Brennan BILLIONAIRE financier George Soros’ January 2016 interview with the New York Review of Books saw him warning the world to prepare for the demise of the European Union, which he claimed has been weakened by several crises that threaten “the values and principles on which it was founded.”

Citing Greece’s continued economic instability, Russia’s annexing of the Ukraine, Brexit, the migration crisis, the Syrian conflict and the 2015 terror attacks in Paris, Soros paints a bleak future for Europe but adds that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her compatriots are key to finding a solution.

As leader of Europe’s response to the migrant crisis after inviting refugees to settle in Germany, Merkel is described

by Mr Soros as “a leader who stuck her neck out in opposition to prevailing opinion.” The American business magnate also said he welcomed the change in her leadership style in times when “there is plenty to be nervous about.”

In October 2011 at a European summit in Brussels, one of many ‘save the euro’ meetings held in a 20-month peri-

28 is the number of States that have joined the EU since its creation in the 1957 Treaty of Rome

od, Germany’s first female chancellor issued a chilling prediction when she said: “Another half century of peace and prosperity in Europe is not to be taken for granted. If the euro fails, Europe fails.”

In the same speech, Ms Merkel, attending to secure support for a one-trillion euro rescue package to boost the Eurozone’s bailout fund, remarked on the vital importance of protecting “the process begun by our forefathers after centuries of hatred and blood spill.”

If Soros’ and Merkel’s predictions are to be believed, Europe in its current guise will not be long for this world, as

it begins to break apart under the pressure of the combined crises.

One of the first privileges Europeans look set to lose is free movement, as the Schengen zone falls under threat.

Mr Soros also credits the German chancellor for leading EU member states towards “a common asylum policy,” which he claims is necessary to deal with the “acute political crisis” caused by the “past year’s growing influx of refugees.”

The responsibility for protecting Europe’s current politico-economic union falls to Germany, who, argues Mr Soros, need to “accept the responsibilities and the liabilities involved in being the dominant power in Europe.”

Europe’s “capacity to absorb” new arrivals in a “safe, orderly way” Soros warns, is also imperative to the EU’s survival.

Attending the World Economic Forum 2016 in Davos on January 20, Finland’s Finance Minister, Alex Stubb, echoed Soros by describing Germany’s open border policy as “humane” and “probably the right thing to do at the time” but added it had placed the “free movement and the whole Schengen agreement” under threat.

Soros’ role

George Soros BEHIND the curtain ‘THE MAN who broke the Bank of England’ has done much to fortify his geopolitical influence since the infamous Black Wednesday, when the veteran investor made a cool £1 billion short-selling sterling. Channelling his philosophy frequently across the media and through institutions, the 85-year-old Hungarian is an ardent supporter of open societies and progressive activism, heavily critical of Putin’s Russia.

Quote of the Week The European Union badly needs fixing. This is a fact but it is not irreversible.”

George Soros in an interview with the American based Jewish Press January 2016.

WHAT they have shown is they have no idea how to sort out issues, and that one person that is part of this supposedly democratic group can make a stupid public statement that throws the whole of the EU into turmoil. Mike

Corrupt cronies THE democratically elected European Parliament does not have the REAL power. That lies with the crony commissioners who are also paid way too much money for what they do. Until the EU becomes TRULY democratic, and holds them to account, it will always be flawed. Brian

In or out THERE are many countries not in the EU but they trade and have free access to EU countries, it is not rocket science and countries will not let their economy suffer by creating problems with the UK. Is China in the EU? No, but they have tax incentives in Spain. Mike

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LOOKING ahead thanks to this summer’s good prospects

By Linda Hall BENIDORM’s tourist industry went to the Fitur fair in Madrid with high hopes after a sparkling 2015.

Nor was it disappointed when the resort’s representatives returned. Hopes were still high on leaving the fair last weekend, the world’s most important after Berlin’s ITB event.

Even Queen Letizia couldn’t leave the capital’s IFEMA centre without visiting the Bendorm stand. She might have been there for less than a minute, but her gesture was interpreted as recognition of Benidorm’s status as a national and international tourist destination.

While in Madrid, Mayor Toni Perez, Leire Bilbao who heads the Visit Benidorm Foundation, and the president of hoteliers’ association Toni Mayor had several meetings to

ROUND TABLE: Toni Mayor (far left) Leire Bilbao (3rd left) and Toni Perez (2nd rt) with Jet2 representatives.

discuss co-marketing with Jet2, Thomas Cook and TUI. These were follow-ups to earlier talks at the World Travel Market in London.

Leire Bilbao explained that

the foundation is now opting to focus on winter 2016-2017, thanks to this summer’s good prospects.

“It’s vital to arrange these meetings and ensure the coop-

eration of British tour operators,” Toni Perez said.

“The UK is the second biggest market after Spain, and it is our most important international market.”

AVE station protests to continue RESIDENTS living near the AVE railway terminus in Alicante City staged their first protest.

They have been complaining of noise from the remodelled station ever since the

high speed train link with Madrid began operating in June 2013.

Despite the assurances of City Planning Councillor Miguel Angel Pavon that he would mediate with Spain’s track operator

ADIF, Plataforma Renfe members preferred to go ahead with their protest.

They plan to demonstrate each Friday until something is done to reduce the noise they are forced to endure, they warned.

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Corruption scandal’s Alicante connection DESALINATION projects are affected

By Linda Hall ACUAMED’S contracts and corruption scandal centred on Andalucia, but Alicante Province was involved too.

The public sector company Aguas de las Cuencas Mediterraneas irregularly awarded contracts to build desalination plants and other infrastructure, permitting huge budget overruns, claimed High Court investigating judge Eloy Velasco.

Approximately €70 million of the company’s €330 million budget overruns corresponded to this province, according to the accounts tribunal.

Thirteen people were recently arrested, one of

them in Alicante Province, and five are now remanded. Now junior minister at the President’s Office Federico Ramos, has resigned after being named by several of the accused when he was the Environment department’s junior minister.

Acuamed projects in the Marina Alta and Marina Baja include the Gallinera watercourse in Oliva, where work amounting to €2 million was signed off despite not figuring in the contract.

The tender to build the Campello-Muchamiel desalination plant was irregularly awarded, Velasco believes, and with a final bill of €77.7 million, it cost 13.6 per cent more than the €53.6 million originally quoted.

Midnight snack reinstated ALICANTE General Hospital patients once again have a midnight snack.

With dinner served at 8pm and breakfast at 8.30am, patients were brought a glass of milk or fruit juice, yoghurt or biscuits late at night.

This was discontinued by the regional Health

department in a round of 2012 spending cuts, but was reintroduced last November for children and has now spread to all wards.

This also solves the problem of finding something to eat for patients admitted after dinner, hospital sources said.

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Tourism, that’s what we want!

THE regional government repeated an earlier pledge to assist Denia in fulfilling its tourism potential.

The first was made when Ximo Puig, the Valencian Community’s regional president made his first official visit to Denia earlier this month.

The second came from Francesc Colomer, the Generalitat’s regional secretary for Tourism, during the Fitur tourism fair in Madrid. The Marina Alta town embodies

Guillermo Bosca

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DENIA sets the style for the region and is a spearhead for the new tourism model

DENIA: Has received Unesco recognition. the type of town and tourism that the Valencian Community wants and needs, Colomer

declared.

“Denia exemplifies the new values that the region repre-

DENIA PROJECT: (l to r) Cristina Selles, AEHTMA president, Vicent Grimalt and Francesc Colomer. sents and is a spearhead for the new tourism model that Valen-

cianos want,” he declared during the presentation of the town’s Unesco Creative Gastronomic City project in Madrid.

Denia received Unesco recognition last December and will develop the Denia and Marina Alta Tasting programme over the next four years.

This is based on respect for tradition, sustainability in producing local raw materials with a groundbreaking combination of science and cuisine.

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Social services lag behind THE Valencian Community spends less on social services than any other Spanish region.

This is particularly noticeable in care for the disabled, a recent survey revealed.

The national government in Madrid theoretically contributes half of social services spending in each regional government, although the report found that little arrives.

This results in glaring differences between Valencia and Spain’s richer communities.

The Basque Region allocated €611 per inhabitant last year, compared t o t he Val enci an Com munity’s €204, although t he r epor t poi nt ed out that this was twice as m uch as i n 2013 and 2014.

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Approval needed to help Callosa grow

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VITAL project has been rejected twice by courts

By Linda Hall CALLOSA still wants the Anibits-Margequivir development plan to go ahead.

All political parties on the town council agree on this point, and recently voted to back economically-important local bodies who want the project to go ahead.

The Callosa agricultural cooperative, the regulatory committee for denomination-protected (PDO) local nisperos, the Businessowners’ Association , the board of the Caixacallosa bank and the Irrigators’ and Users’

syndicate have approached the regional government, asking it to approve the AnibitsMargeqivir project.

This envisages 1,500 homes, an 80-room hotel and a golf course on the lower slopes of Sierra Bernia, but has twice been rejected by the courts.

The scheme is currently at the consultation stage following appeals from the public administrations affected by the proposed urbanisation.

The project is viable, the town hall insists, and Callosa needs to grow, insisted the Com-

Further skirmishes in opening hours conflict SMALL and medium shops in Alicante City are unhappy with the new Sunday opening regulations.

Shop owners’ associations are dissatisfied with the way in which the most-visited tourist zones, where Sunday opening is allowed, have been defined.

They do not go far enough, they said, although unlike El Corte Ingles, the shop owners will not make an appeal.

The national chain, which has two stores in Avenida Maisonnave, is now excluded along with others covering an

area of more than 300 square metres.

City hall adopted this measure to boost custom for smaller businesses, but it has had a mixed reception from the public and shopkeepers.

Many maintained that the Maisonnave stores put business their way, while the public complained that the city centre was ‘dead’.

Alicante port, which received 50 cruise ships last year and expects 52 this year, also had something to say.

An attractive, safe and clean

city was essential for cruise passengers, the Port Authority said, before adding they wanted to find the city’s shops and stores open too.

CALLOSA COUNTRYSIDE: There are plans for 1,500 homes. promis-PSOE coalition. “Callosa has only 7 per cent of building land while Altea, for instance, has 31 per cent,” said Callosa’s Mayor Pep Saval.

“The population has shrunk by 358 in the last 15 years, while in nearby Polop it has grown by 133 per cent. The Anibits-Margequivir development is vital,” Saval claimed.

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PUBLIC sector company Ciegsa overspent by more than €1 billion during the previous regional government’s term.

The company was created by the Generalitat to build schools and maintain and repair all existing centres in the region’s three provinces of Valencia, Alicante and Castellon.

The situation is extremely grave, explained Vicent Marza and Vicent Soler, respective heads of the Generalitat’s Education and Treasury departments.

The amount squandered would have been sufficient to build 200 schools, Marza said.

The manner in which Ciegsa was run amounted to institutionalised fraud, with some executives on annual salaries of €84,500 and employees paid more than directors, he added.

The irregularities have now been referred to the region’s public prosecutor, the regional government announced.

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There will be no change of venue for bullfights in Benissa BOUS AL CARRER is still as popular as ever in the region

By Linda Hall TRADITION comes first every time with bullrunning.

Despite increasing rejection of bullfights, bull-running is as popular as ever in the Marina Alta, where a fiesta without bous al carrer isn’t worthy of the name.

Benissa recently held a mini-referendum, not on whether bous al carrer should or should not be celebrated, but where the spectacle should be held during the town fiestas next April.

Residents were asked if they wanted the spectacle moved to the car park beside the Manuel Bru school where there would be more room for bigger and better events. Or should they remain in Plaza Jaume I as usual?

The results are now in with 668 people voting for the bous to remain in the Plaza, compared with 367 who were in favour of a move to another location.

With new parties now in charge at many Valencian Community town halls, there has been a move away from bullfights, bull-running and

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REFERENDUM: Counting the votes. spectacles that include animals.

That is not going to happen in the foreseeable future in Benissa or other Marina Alta towns, with both Denia and Javea town halls also emphasising that the bous are safe.

BULL-RUNNING: Inseparable from local fiestas.

Meeting smoothes out crematorium discord FRICTION between San Juan Town Hall and residents over the crematorium is easing.

A recent meeting in Ali-

cante City cleared up many misunderstandings, representatives from the council and the anti-crematorium platform agreed afterwards.

Transparency Councillor Manuel Alcaraz acted as mediator and Clara Rodriguez, Councillor for Citizens’ Participation, announced that all documentation and paperwork relating to the crematorium would be uploaded to the town hall website. “We want all documents to be made public and accessible,” Rodriguez said.

To the platform’s satisfaction, Mayor Jaime Albero, who was also present, pledged to attend the monthly meeting of the crematorium monitoring committee.

The owners of the crematorium are appealing against its closure as a precautionary measure in a case that comes to court on February 2.

The platform urged the town hall to present all reports on the installation’s impact on residents’ health.

“Otherwise it will be like going to war and throwing stones at a tank,” a platform spokesman said.

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No third market, shopowners vow LEGAL action threat from the owners

By Linda Hall BENIDORM shopowners’ association AICO is petitioning to halt a third open-air market.

The association is distributing anti-market posters throughout the town’s shops regardless of whether they belong to AICO and expects to collect 15,000 signatures.

Benidorm business owners back the campaign and unanimously oppose the new private-

ly-owned market on the N-332 just outside Benidorm, maintained association president Raul Parra.

He revealed Outlet Market, the owners of the market, sent him a formal request to retract his accusations and cease trying to halt the project. The document, which was witnessed by a notary and accused him of irresponsibility and acting in bad faith, warned that Outlet Market will take legal action against and

seek damages against Parra personally as well as AICO. Parra vowed Outlet Market would not pressure him into renouncing what the law and general commercial interests demanded of him as president.

AICO will fight to the end to ensure the private open-air market does not open, said Parra, who claimed the town hall had done nothing to review the validity of the market’s operating licence.

Loads of uploading still to do BENITACHELL is adopting the Savex online archiving system, digitalising all municipal documents. Town hall workers have already set to work and two new employees will help by scanning documents and inputting data.

He was excited about the project which in-

cludes parish records, said Benitachell’s mayor Josep Femenia: “The church has some incalculably valuable documents that are part of the town’s heritage.” It is a laborious task but necessary and very positive, agreed New Technologies councillor Myra van’t Hoff.

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Bullying in Alicante

By Linda Hall APPROXIMATELY 50 Alicante high school pupils were expelled or suspended for bullying in the last two months.

These recently-published figures from the regional Education department apply to high schools in Alicante City.

According to these statistics, bullying in the 14 to 16 age group is not necessarily associated with conflictive or marginalised neighbourhoods, and affects state and state-aided schools throughout the city.

Independently of the Education department findings, investigators have also found that a child of eight is twice as likely to be bullied as a 12-year-old, according to the Cisneros X report.

This comprehensive study of bullying in Spanish schools was published in 2006, although its authors claimed that these statistics

PUPILS: Approximately 50 were expelled or suspended. are still applicable to the current situation.

Cisneros X also maintained that as pupils get older the risk of bullying diminishes but found that it began to increase once more

as pupils reached the first year of baccalaureate. This often occurred because it involved having to change schools and make new friends, the investigators said.

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More police for Benidorm’s beach TEN more Local Police officers will be on the Benidorm beat this year during peak holiday periods.

The last plenary council meeting pushed through a proposal to take on 10 extra policemen, who will be employed on an interim basis, as a matter of “urgency and necessity.”

As is usual with the extra officers who each year supplement the existing force, they will reinforce the patrols that are habitually carried out along the Levante and Poniente beaches.

There will be an innovation this year, however, the interim officers will be em-

ployed in two separate phases, explained the councillor responsible for Public Safety, Lorenzo Martinez.

They will first take up their duties a few days before the San Jose public holiday in March when the resort will be packed with tourists who come to see the town’s Fallas monuments go up in smoke on the night of March 19.

The interim officers will continue in their posts until after Easter when the resort will again have an influx of both national and international tourists. They will resume their duties in June and remain on beach patrol until after the summer.

Walking an ancient route THE Hispania Romana association will march along the Cami del Peix between Villajoyosa and Alcoy next month.

Dressed as Roman soldiers and civilians, members of Hispania Romana will go on foot along the 24-kilometre route

on February 27 and 28, passing through Orcheta, Sella, Relleu, Torremanzanas, Benifallim, Penagila before reaching Alcoy on the second day.

Cami del Peix is the 19th century name for the old route used by Villajoyosa carters

who took their wares, principally fish, up to Alcoy, returning with textiles and cigarette papers for export.

The route is much older, however, and was used more than 2,000 years ago by the Iberians.

COMMITTEE: Fluid town hall relations for Benitachell residents.

Residents are to have a voice IMPORTANT to encourage citizens’ participation

By Linda Hall BENITACHELL has created a Residents’ Committee to deliberate and transmit town hall information.

“It is important to have an official committee that gives residents a voice and is also their link to the town hall,” said Dirk Rheindorf who heads the municipality’s Residents department. There will be periodic meetings with the town hall, with the next scheduled for February.

The committee will be of especial help for Benitachell’s large population of foreign residents, Rheindorf pointed out.

The committee is composed of representatives of all nationalities from different neighbourhoods. “The Residents’ department considers it vitally important to encourage citizens’ participation with an offici al and aut hor i sed com m i t t ee,” sai d Rheindorf. “It will improve harmonious rel at i ons and t he qual i t y of ser vi ces,” he added.

Octogenarian digs himself in at home E I G H T Y- Y E A R - O L D Manuel Mir had a battle to occupy his Javea home.

In 2007 he sat for four months outside the office of an estate agent who refused to hand over the apartment tha t M ir ha d bought four years earlier.

He was luckier than 40 other Javea buyers, alleged-

ly swindled in a case still under investigation, because in 2009 the courts authorised Mir to take possession of his apartment.

Ther e have si nce been two attempts to auction it and he still does not have a Certificate of Occupancy.

He also had to pay Gas Natural Fenosa for an electrici-

ty connection after Iberdrola demanded that he settle the bill run up by the developer during construction.

Manuel Mir is the only resident of the Calle Favara building which, apart from his own apartment, now belongs to the bank. Recently he told two locksmiths to go away when t hey changed the cylinder on the entrance door and took the same line wi t h a secur i t y com pany employee who came to install a burglar alarm.

“I won’t open up, even if they’re accompanied by the Guardia Civil,” Mir declared. “My larder is full and if I need anything, I’ll go out at the weekend. The rest of the time I shan’t move from here.”

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Maxine is happy to report that most of the traders in the market as well as the surrounding area buy their perfumes from her, as do many local residents, so you’ll be in good company.

The reason is that the quality is so high. She explained that generally when you buy a perfume it contains 7 per cent essence, or in the case of eau de toilette, 10 per cent. At the Gift Factory though they all contain 15 per cent. They are also made in Spain to the original recipe, so are no different to those you would buy at the airport or in perfumeries. What you don’t have to pay for here, though, is the branding, which at other outlets can represent up to 95 per cent of the price.

They recycle the perfume bottles too, so if you bring your bottle back, or bring your own bottle with you, it’ll save you a euro.

A new initiative is travel packs, so that people can fit them into their suitcases. They’re also ideal for people who want to try different fragrances.

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PERFUME BOTTLES: Are recycled, so if you bring your own it’ll save you a euro. uct called Instantly Ageless, which is the talk of the internet at the moment, and YouTube in particular. Essentially it’s a wrinkle cream which works instantly, and has been nicknamed ‘botox in a bottle’. It’s very natural, with lots of water, and so is good for the skin.

Market changes announced MODIFICATIONS have been announced to the provisional location of the municipal outdoor market in Benidorm.

The new market, which will be able to accommodate 285 stalls, will now be paved. All the fruit and vegetable stalls will be grouped together in the lower area, and amendments have been made to improve the access points for traffic.

Another service Maxine offers is attractive personalised framed art backgrounds, on which you can have your first or last name printed, together with its meaning, using top quality materials and fade-free ink. Every name is available too, however obscure.

There will also be an entrance at the middle of the site, and trees will be planted to provide shade in the summer months.

The relocation, scheduled for November 25, is necessary because of the construction of the new Parque de Foietes.

Low Festival details revealed ALTHOUGH 60 per cent of the billboard is yet to be confirmed, Benidorm’s Councillor for Festivals and Events, Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, has announced the attendance of Belle and Sebastian, Los Planetas and The Kooks at this year’s Low Festival.

The indie, rock and techno festival takes place July 29 to 31 at Ciudad Deportiva Guillermo Amor.

Vets tackle zebu cow snoring VETS at Benidorm’s Terra Natura nature park have performed a bronchoscopy on a zebu cow who was suffering with a dry cough during the day, and snored at night.

It was the first time the team have

performed such an operation at the park.

A zebu (Bos taurus indicus) is a species of domestic cattle originating in South Asia. They are characterised by a fatty hump on their shoulders, a large longitudinal flap of skin that hangs beneath the neck and sometimes drooping ears.

A bronchoscopy is an endoscopic technique used to inspect the inside of the airways for diagnostic purposes. An instrument is normally inserted either through the nose or mouth.

The results of the procedure have not yet been revealed.

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Free access to training INVESTMENT is for businessmen and entrepreneurs to improve their skills

By Keith Baker BUSINESSMEN and entrepreneurs in Benissa are to have access to free training, thanks to a €150,000 investment.

The mayor of Benissa, Juan Bautista Rosello, has signed an agreement with the EOI (Escuela de Organizacion Industrial, or School of Industrial Organisation), to enable businessmen and entrepreneurs of the area to

have free access to training and resources, in order to improve their business skills, thereby increasing profits.

The project is a joint venture between the municipality and the Ministry of Industry.

CALENDAR VERDE: Prizes handed out to the winners.

Students awarded prizes THE mayor of Calpe Cesar Sanchez has awarded prizes to the winners of a drawing competition for ‘Calendar Verde’.

The competition was organised by the Department of Citizen Participation.

The winning students were Naiara FernandezPaniagua of Gabriel Miro school, with the first prize of €100, Adam Lisovskij of Olta school, with the second prize of €50, and Amador Andere of IES Ifach with the third prize of €50.

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Two Calpe businesses honoured THE Rom ani an newspaper The West has awarded prizes to two Calpe establ i shm ent s f or t hei r excellence.

The newspaper, whi ch i s based i n Beni dor m and di stributed throughout Al i cant e, sel ect ed the Dracula restaurant and the Cafe au Lai t caf et er i a f or their excellence during 2015.

Various Romanian per sonal i t i es t r avel l ed t o Beni dor m , wher e Mayor Toni Perez presided over the awards ceremony, accompanied by Calpe’s Councillor of Citizen Participat i on, Car ol e Saunders.

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Remember – There Is Now UK Capital Gains Tax On Property With all the noise around the UK pension reforms last year it is easy to forget that there was another big change affecting everyone here who owns property in the UK. British expatriates now have to pay capital gains tax in the UK when they sell UK property.

Who is taxed?

Until 6 April 2015, if you were nonUK resident for five consecutive UK tax years, you were not taxed in the UK on the gains made when you sold UK property. Now you will have to pay tax there if you sell it. This applies to nonUK resident individuals, non-resident partners in UK resident and UK nonresident partnerships, companies and trusts.

What is taxed?

The tax applies when you sell UKbased residential property, which is defined as ‘property used or suitable for use as a dwelling,’ regardless of whether

By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks anyone is living in it or not.

You only have to pay tax on gains arising from 6th April 2015. In most cases you can choose whether to rebase the value of your property to 5th April 2015, or time-apportion the gain. You also have the option of computing the gain over the whole period of your ownership.

What is the charge?

The tax charge is the same as that paid by UK residents. The net gain on your UK property is added to your other UK-source income and taxed at 18% or 28%, depending on whether your UK income puts you in the basic or higher-rate tax bracket. Companies pay tax at 20%, or 28% if it falls within the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings. It is also 28% for trusts.

What reliefs are there?

Individuals and partnerships have an annual allowance of £11,100 and trustees £5,550 (for 2015/16).

Over and above this, under UK law, if you meet the conditions for private residence relief (PRR), you do not have to pay capital gains tax on your main home. Non-residents selling UK residential property and UK residents selling property in Spain may be able to get this relief if they meet new

qualifying conditions.

You can apply PRR to a property if you have lived in it for 90 days or more over the UK tax year. If you are UK resident, you can also apply the relief to a property you own here in Spain if you spend 90 days in it.

Conversely, if you live in Spain and spend 90 days in a property you own in the UK, you can nominate this as your principal residence. Although this allows you to avoid capital gains tax, you may be seen as UK resident for tax purposes under the UK’s Statutory Residence Test. This means you would have to pay tax in the UK on your worldwide income. Seek specialist advice to consider your tax situation as a whole.

The UK/Spain tax treaty Residents of Spain are subject to Spanish capital gains tax on their worldwide real estate gains. So a

Spanish resident selling a UK property would be liable to tax in both countries. You will not pay tax twice, but need to understand the interaction of the UK and Spanish tax regimes under the double taxation treaty.

Tax involving two countries can be complicated so you should always seek professional advice to make sure you get the solution that works best for your situation and objectives.

Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices, which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.

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

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Lesson against gender violence A WORKSHOP has been held at the Casa de Cultura in L’Alfas del Pi, aimed at identifying healthy and dangerous relationship patterns.

Organised by the AMPAS (parents’ associations) of public schools with the cooperation of the Department of Education, the Department of Equality and Inclusive Policies, and the Valencian Institute for Women and Gender Equality, it was part of a campaign to educate against gender violence in adolescents.

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Students combine cooking with art

DESIGNED to impress the importance of a healthy breakfast

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New website THE Teulada Moraira Lions Club has announced the launch of its website, which has been completely rewritten and updated. The website has a new address: www.tmlions.com. Thanks go to John Evans, the Lion who undertook the task.

Oslo fair FORTY thousand are expected at the Reiseliv Fair in Oslo, and Calpe Council will use the event to promote the town as a tourist destination, as well as a good place to buy a home, to the benefit of local businesses in the area.

Grant for Alfas to help families THE town of L’Alfas del Pi has received a grant of €18,200 from the Provincial Council of Alicante to help vulnerable families cope with basic and urgent needs.

The aid is primarily intended to cover costs of electricity, water, food or housing.

“This is designed to help meet the needs of the most vulnerable groups,” said Vicenta Baldo, councillor for Social Welfare.

He added that the council had recently come to an agreement with several energy companies to avoid households at risk of being cut off.

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SEA OF FRUITS: The event was attended by some 400 students.

By Keith Baker USING the slogan ‘A sea of fruits,’ an event designed to impress on young people the importance of a healthy breakfast and a snack has been attended by some 400 students in Javea.

The Culinart Conference, organised by the Department of Education in Javea gave the children time in a cooking workshop, and included laboratory experiments with odours as well as waterpainting (an art form that mixes paint and water).

They were also introduced to Gyotaku, a traditional Japanese practice first used by fishermen in the mid1800s who wanted to have a record of their best catches. It involves using inks to make impressions on leaves or paper. It later became an art form.

FOURTEEN students have completed a Wine Tasting Course, organised by Seu University of La Nucia and University of Alicante. It included a visit to Gutierrez de la Vega winery, Parcent.

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Alfas increases its sporting options VOLLEYBALL has been added to the range of courses

By Keith Baker THE Department of Sports of L’Alfas del Pi has added volleyball practice to its range of sports courses.

The activity has already taken the interest of a dozen young people between 14 and 15 years of age.

They have been training on Thursday afternoons throughout the month of January. Attendance is free for all those interested.

“It is a course for children and young people of all ages, and we started from scratch,” said Ana Isabel Martinez, who is running the classes.

Martinez has a degree in Science of Physical Activity and Sport and a Masters degree in Physical Education. She is also a former professional player and has been a volleyball coach at the Miguel Hernandez University, as well as the University

of Alicante and CV Playas de Benidorm. “As a professional I have played in teams across Spain, in both the Women’s Super League and the Liga FEV,” she said.

Sports councillor Luis Miguel Morant said: “Currently in L’Alfas del Pi more than 70 sports are offered and more than 3,000 people participate.”

For further information and or to register call 678 304 662.

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Villajoyosa visit THE Regional Minister for Agriculture, Environment, Climate and Rural Development, Elena Cebrian Calvo, has visited the port of Villajoyosa. She was accompanied by the General Director of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Rogelio Llanes, the Regional Secretary for Agriculture, Francisco Rodriguez and Deputy Director General of Fisheries, Francisco Beltran.

They met with the leader of the Association of Fishermen Jose Ignacio Llorca, First Deputy Mayor Joan Lloret, and several members of the association to discuss the issues the fishermen face.

During the meeting the members of the association discussed with the visitors different projects to boost the fishing industry in the town, and have requested the support of the government to improve the marketing of the products of the Villajoyosa fleet. They stressed the importance of crayfish and discussed the possibility of creating a quality brand around them.

After the meeting Cebrian stressed the importance of the fisheries sector in the community, and said they discussed the implementation of the Operational Programme of the European maritime and fisheries fund.

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Hydrotherapy places in Finestrat RESIDENTS can register to take part in the new programme

By Keith Baker ORGANISED by the Ministry of Health, some Finestrat residents will once again be able to take advantage of a Hydrotherapy programme in their town.

This year the criteria has changed to include widows over 55 years of age. Those in receipt of unemployment benefit will also be eligible, as will those over 65 in receipt of social security payments, although not pensioners.

Statue donated A STATUE of Sant Vicent Ferrer has been donated to the Capilla de las Purisima de las Religiosas Franciscanas (Chapel of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate), of Teulada.

The statue belonged to priest D Juan Bertomeu Julia, and has been donated by his family.

The ‘Festa dels Xiquets de Sant Vicent’ commemorating the birth of San Vicente Ferrer, on January 23, 1350, ended on Sunday January 24.

Children with disabilities rated at 45 per cent or more are also included. The deadline for applications is May 11.

Councillor for Social Services, Maria Llorca, encouraged those eligible to seize the opportunity to enjoy the programme.

For information or to reserve a place, go to Finestrat’s local Department of Social Services (ground floor, city hall) or the administrative extension of La Cala, which is manned on Mondays and Thursdays, from 8am to 11am.

Course aims to empower women A COMPUTER course designed for women over 40 is being run this week by the Department of Equality of the town of Altea.

Entitled ‘The Internet improves the lives of women’, the aim of the free 15-hour course is to contribute to the empowerment of women.

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Vaccine coming A CHICKENPOX vaccine will once again be available in February, according to the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), although the actual date has not been announced.

Phone lines THE telecommunications infrastructure demanded for years by residents of Avenida Finestrat in Villajoyosa is at last being installed, giving them access to fixed phone lines and internet services.

Water is on THE municipal water company of Javea, Amjasa, has approved works aimed at improving their networks and facilities. Six minor works have been approved, at a cost of €82,300.

Coup for town hall magazine WILL feature photos

By Keith Baker BENISSA’S town hall magazine, al Corrent, will feature photographs taken in El Poble Nou de Benitachell by Valencian artist Luis Montolio.

As a result of talks with Myra van ‘t Hoff of the council, the cover of the current bi-monthly newsletter will feature the first photo. Residents of the municipality will be able to enjoy more of the artist’s photographs, showing the landscape, natural and cultural beauty of the town in subsequent issues.

Montolio is famous for his murals in several parts of the El Carmen district of Valencia.

Myra van ‘t Hoff with Luis Montolio and the magazine.

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Quarry conversion is now under way WORK to convert the quarry of Serra Gelada into a new recreational area and leisure space is providing work for 15 unemployed people.

The project, which will include a picnic area, gazebo and climbing wall, will also provide an alternative route to the lighthouse.

There will also be information boards detailing the history of the site.

The project has been in progress since last November, and has a budget of €220,000.

As well as the 15 people employed at the site, the town has hired another 15 people for six months to work on expanding the Roman Villa Museum in Albir.

Art classes for adults DRAWING and painting classes for adults have resumed in Finestrat following the Christmas break.

The classes take place in the Casa de Cultura on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 5pm to 8pm.

The price is €20 per month for two hours per week and €30 per month for three hours a week.

Training will be given in oil, acrylic, ink and watercolour.

Those interested can phone 639 733 683 for more information.

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Ministers visit Altea NO better way to find solutions or alternatives

By Keith Baker THE mayor of Altea, Jaume LLinares, welcomed the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, Climate Change and Rural Development, Elena Cebrian, to the town last week.

Accompanying the minister was Francisco Rodriguez, regional secretary for Agriculture and Rural Development; Roger Llanes, Director General of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Valencian

Community, and David Cerdan, regional deputy.

The meeting was also attended by Beatriu Nomdedeu, councillor for Agriculture and Fisheries; Veronica Lopez, councillor for Social Welfare and Vicent Ripoll, councillor for Public Safety and Traffic.

Talking of fish farms, Cebrian said that “this activity is an economic option for many ports and complements the fishing sector, and has potential that we have to

study and evaluate together.

These activities can be compatible environments with tourism and environmentally protected”.

LLinares thanked the group for visiting Altea and said that “there is no better way to find solutions or alternatives to improve fishing than a visit.”

The mayor added that “we must find compatibility between traditional fishing and breeding farms, which is a complement to the market and a business opportunity.”

Figures suggest an upturn FOR the first time since the start of the financial crisis, the number of families in Alcoy asking for aid to meet basic needs is down.

In 2015 the town council allocated €445,623 to a total of 919 beneficiaries, representing a reduction of approximately 8 per cent over the previous year.

Seventy three fewer families were in receipt of help.

Commenting on the figures, the councillor for Social Policies, Aroa Look, said they were encouraging, but that it was important not to “lower our guard, since there are still many families who are in distress.”

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Salsa capital THE Benidorm Summer Festival is set to turn the town into the capital of Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba.

To be held from June 29 to July 10, more than 3,000 dancers and fans are expected to attend and enjoy performances from renowned artists.

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Training for police ALL officers will eventually benefit

Budget done THE municipal council of Altea has unanimously approved the town’s general budget for 2016. The budget shows a surplus of €417,171. The municipal accounts project an income of €25,829,680 and expenses of €25,412,509.

Music week FINESTRAT celebrated the 45th anniversary (19702015) of its Puig Campana Musical Centre with a week of music, recognising the founders and presidents of the institution, which included a performance by ‘Els nostres xicotets.’

POLICE TRAINING: Learning about self-defence techniques.

A POLICE OFFICER based in La Nucia has attended a training course organised by the Command of the Civil Guard. The course - PATIO (Plan Anual de Técnicas de Intervención Operativa) - trains Local Police officers in protocols, self-defence

techniques, and police intervention where firearms are used.

The second part of the plan involves that officer training his colleagues so that all the officers at the station eventually benefit from the course.

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Self-defence classes for women ALTEA’S Department of Youth has announced an ongoing programme of free self-defence classes. They will be lead by Manuel Navarro, master of Hapkido at Club Los Dragones of Altea, and Montserrat Gomez who won a silver medal in Hanminjok Hapkido in Korea, in 2013. The courses have the cooperation of the Local Police in Altea.

Classes are held each Monday from 11am until noon for women of Altea. The agenda includes not only the ultimate in self-defence techniques, but also security protocols for robbery, rape and assault.

Women who want to attend can call 660 665 220.

Signs good for Finestrat FINESTRAT has raised the profile of its places of interest with new signage. These new signs have been put in strategic positions in order to maximise visibility and promote the town.

From the commercial centre, a sign informs passers-by of the proximity of the old town (five km) and Puig Campana mountain, and the beach at La Cala (one km). Other signs include icons advising of various companies and services in the area.

A message board includes website turismo.finestrat.org.

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AGM notice for Help HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm will be holding its Annual General Meeting next Thursday, February 4, at the Jose Lorca Llinares Social Centre, Benidorm (their usual meeting place).

Members can arrive from 10.15am. The meeting will start promptly at 11am.

All members attending must have fully paid up membership and their membership cards on them.

Those unable to attend are asked to ensure that they advise the organisation by either email or phone (see the contacts page on t h e i r w e b s i t e w w w. h e l p benidorm.com) and give ‘apologies for absence’ to allow them to make a quorum.

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EX-MAYOR hopes to join the local irriga

PEGO-OLIVA MARSH: A rice growing tradition.

IN 2007 Carlos Pascual, mayor of Pego between 1995 and 2003, received a six-year prison sentence for environmental offences.

Another four-and-a-half years were added for attacking the Local Police chief but Pascual is now at semi-liberty.

Although found guilty of ille-

gally draining part of the PegoOliva marsh - a protected national park - Pascual hopes to join the board of the Comunitat de Regants, an irrigation syndicate of local rice-growers.

Pascual’s wife, a former Partido Popular spokeswoman and mayoral candidate, is the association’s

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ation syndicate

secretary and sources claim the exmayor, who attends meetings, is as forceful as ever.

Not all syndicate members are happy at Pascual’s presence and suspect that deep-seated lack of enthusiasm for the marsh’s protected status is growing once again.

Some chemicals causing bad smells in drains ALLEGED spillages at the ice rink in Benidorm’s Plaza Tria n g u lar co u ld c os t €5,000.

The town hall claims that th e mo n o eth y le n e g ly c ol (MEG) used to maintain the ic e en tere d s to rm d rains .

The company could lose its €5,000 deposit for ‘dumping banned liquids in public c o n d u its , c a u s in g ba d smells and expense for the local government.’

T h e M E G rea c h ed t he sewer collector where Calle Valencia meets Calle Perez Llorca, according to councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, and the town hall began to receive complaints from residents and business owners about a bad smell.

At first it was thought to be gas, although the company responsible for installing

natural gas in the area confirmed that there had been no leak.

A s imila r inc ide nt oc c urre d w he n the ic e rink w a s dis ma ntle d la s t ye a r and the town hall ordered a n a na lys is of the w a te r which confirmed that MEG w a s re s pons ible for the smell. The drains have now been cleaned, declared De Zarate who assured the public that no health risks were involved.

The company responsible for the ice rink questioned the town hall’s theory. “We pump the liquid each day,” a spokesman said. “Of the 6,000 litres used, we lose perhaps 200, but there is no smell,” he claimed, adding tha t no notific a tion ha d be e n re c e ive d from the town hall.

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A small island with a big history NUEVA TABARCA was settled by Genoese refugees

TABARCA ISLAND: Was the subject of a doctoral thesis.

By Linda Hall TABARCA ISLAND was the subject of a doctoral thesis recently defended at Alicante University by Jose Manuel Perez Burgos.

Perez Burgos is an archaeologist and director of Tabarca Museum, and his dissertation analysed all the fields that contribute to the island’s immensely valuable heritage.

It acquired its official name of Nueva Tabarca in 1770 after it was settled by refugees after the Island of Tabarca off Tunisia, which then belonged to Genoa, was overrun by the Bey of Tunis.

Before that it was known as Isla de San Pablo as legend claimed that St Paul once disembarked there. The island was known to the Greeks as Planesia and to the Romans as Planaria.

Tabarca (population 68) covers an area of 30 hectares and is 1,800 kilometres long, measuring 450 metres across at its widest point. Geologists believe that it once formed part of the Santa Pola promontory.

It is the only inhabited island in the Valencian Community, and although it is only nine kilometres from Santa Pola, it comes under the administration of Alicante City, which is 15 kilometres away.

Emergency plea Traffic for paediatricians held up THE regional government turned down San Vicente Town Hall’s call for 24-hour paediatric coverage.

Last September all parties on the local council voted unanimously in favour of requesting a paediatrician at the town’s Centro de Salud two, where doctors are on duty day-round.

Paediatricians are available morning and afternoon at local primary care centres, pointed out Carmen Monton who heads the Generalitat’s Health department.

The emergency doctors on duty from 9pm until 8am are ‘sufficiently prepared’ to treat paediatric emergencies, Monton maintained.

during road rage episode

A MOTORIST needed medical attention after arguing with another driver in Petrer.

As both drivers left their cars, heated words escalated to insults and pushing intensified to punches, witnesses said later.

Traffic was held up while the two men brawled until police arrived, alerted by a call to the 112 emergency number.

One was taken to hospital for attention to minor injuries, but finally neither man wished to lodge an official complaint.

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A roof to be raised in Pego REPAIRS to the glazed dome of the Ecc-homo chapel in Pego are a step nearer.

The 18th century chapel was badly damaged during the torrential November rains and the Santisimo Ecchomo brotherhood are anxious for repairs to start without delay.

The dome, protected with polyurethane where it began to collapse last year, is now surrounded by scaffolding.

Carlos Company, president of the Ecce-homo brotherhood, explained that members are raising funds through donations, selling lottery tickets and putting on concerts. Most of the €100,000 cost of the repairs will come from Pego Town Hall and the Diputacion provincial council, but the brotherhood has advanced €7,500 for the scaffolding.

Formentera day trips BALEARIA will recommence its Denia-Formentera ferry link on April 29. The Denia-based shipping line runs the only direct link from the Spanish mainland and the Formentera ferry will operate until October.

The fast Ramon Llull which can carry 477 passengers and 90 vehicles will sail each day from Denia at 9am, returning at 9pm, bringing day trips within everyone’s reach.

Two journeys in each direction will be added to the service in July and August.

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THE names of 41 Valencia City streets that have associations with the Franco dictatorship are to be removed. They will all receive the names of celebrated or distinguished women.

From afar GANDIA now belongs to Imserso Europe network and its hotels will receive pensioners from other European countries during the winter months.

Unlike the Spanish version, these holidays will not be state-subsidised.

More debts

SIERRA BERNIA: Looms behind the town of Altea.

By Linda Hall THE provincial fire brigade was called out to rescue a climber on Sierra Bernia.

The 60-year-old man was abseiling not far from Altea Hills when his rope became

entangled with rocks.

Alone and unable to move in one direction or another, he called the emergency services who mobilised a fire brigade helicopter.

Fire brigade sources said later that the man was sus-

pended 20 metres above the ground with no possibility of reaching the sheer rock face.

He had suffered no injuries and after landing in Altea la Vieja where his car was parked, was able to drive away.

THE PSPV-Compromis alliance in Vergel (pop. 4,500) inherited a €952,972 debt on entering the town hall.

The State will supervise municipal accounts until 2021 now further debts of €4.9m have emerged.

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Passerby finds stun grenade

By Linda Hall BOMB disposal experts were sent to La Albufereta after a hand grenade was found there recently.

After spotting it in the early hours of the morning, a

shocked passerby advised the police who immediately cordoned-off the area.

A TEDAX bomb disposal team was summoned, who identified the grenade as a stun or flashbang grenade.

This is a non-lethal device

used to disorient an adversary’s sense with a blinding flash of light and an intensely loud noise exceeding 170 decibels.

After its removal by the explosives’ experts the grenade was destroyed after an analysis to determine its origin.

It’s all go on Montgo THE Montgo National Park’s governing board has a new president, environmentally friendly Joan Sala.

Denia-born Sala is Marina Alta’s spokesman for Accio-Ecologista-Agro, and has played a key role in protecting the national park that straddles both Denia and Javea.

Sala has headed Agro since 1988, a year after Montgo was declared a protected area, and has represented the ecologists on the park’s board of governors.

For the first time the president of this advisory

committee is not a politician and the revolving door, that in the past has propelled Marina Alta ex-mayors onto the Montgo board, has remained stationary on this occasion. Sala acquired fame, or notoriety, in the 90’s for battling with developers, who appropriated protected Montgo land after moving, and he is still determined to reclaim as much public land as possible, he said.

He said he was thrilled by his new post and stressed that his objective was the preservation and protection of the park, which he described as “the apple of his eye.”

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By Kylie J Brennan JUSTIN BIEBER fan Cindy Kimberly has had an eventful few months. The 17-year-old beauty was singled out by her idol after posting her stunning ‘selfies’ on Instagram.

The Canadian star reposted one of her photos with the caption “OMG who is this!!”

The shy, half-Spanish Benidorm schoolgirl, who was working for €4 per hour as a babysitter when her photo went viral, has since gained more than 660,000 fans on social media and her future is looking bright, with reports from January 22 claiming she is about to make her debut as a model.

Ms Kimberly, who was born in Holland, is set to grace the catwalks of Madrid’s prestigious Fashion Week in February.

Since she came to the world’s attention, the teenager is often compared to actor Bradley Cooper’s current squeeze, Russian model Irina Shayk, who has also walked at Spain’s premier fashion event.

Justin Bieber performing in New Jersey.

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A nutty diet is not always good NO milk caused problems for young baby

By Linda Hall A VALENCIA baby fed exclusively on almond milk and vegetable-based products developed scurvy, La Fe doctors found.

Doctors at the Valencia City hospital who detected the case recently published their findings in Pediatrics magazine.

The baby was initially fed on formula and vaccinated, but developed dermatitis soon afterwards.

He was taken to a doctor who recommended al-

mond milk and almond flour supplemented with sesame powder, malt derived from wholegrain rice, millet and probiotics.

Some months later, needing medical treatment for bone problems the baby was found to have scurvy caused by insufficient Vitamin C. At 11 months his diet was changed to include milk, meat, fruit, vegetables, cereal and vitamin supplements, wrote Isidro Vitoria, author of the Pediatrics article, who advised against replacing mother’s milk or formula with vegetable substitutes.

Now a time of reckoning UNPAID bills for dubious or fictitious outlays have turned up in inland Benilloba (population 789).

“We’ve found two types,” said Mayor Ana Delia Gisbert who took over last year.

“For some we have no record, but are being asked to settle bills going back to 2011.

Others are on record, but we can’t pay them because they correspond to non-existent items.”

Gisbert gave as an example a €5,460 bill for Christmas fiestas in 2014. “We know that what was done cost nothing like this amount,” she said. There was another bill for painting the castle erected for the Moors and Christians fiestas, although this was never carried out, Gisbert maintained.

“Disorganisation, personality cults and lack of vision are what we have found at the town hall,” she lamented.

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Armanello needs a clean up AREA was earmarked for development in 2001 but was dogged by objections, appeals and court cases from the outset

By Linda Hall THE Ciudadanos party on Benidorm Council complained that the Armanello zone is dirty and full of squatters.

3 looted dead woman’s account A NUN, an ex-councillor and a business administrator practically emptied the bank account of a deceased teacher.

The teacher had spent the last years of her life at Las Angelicas, a residence for the elderly in Oliva that was run by Sisters of the Sacred Heart and Holy Angels.

She died in November 2011 without heirs or leaving a will and the €44,563 in her bank account at the time of her death reverted to the Generalitat Valenciana.

At this point, a Valencia City court heard, the Mother Superior of Las Angelicas put in a €6,272 bill against the deceased woman’s account for supposed repairs to her room.

A former councillor who was the ‘gestor’ attending to Las Angelicas’ administration and paperwork decided to emulate the Mother Superior and successfully put through an invoice for €2,950.

On five more occasions he and a local businessman succeeded in pocketing a total of €16,678 from the dead teacher’s account. They also paid other people to present non-existent bills, eventually taking €39,902.

The Guardia Civil launched an investigation after receiving a complaint in 2015 and made a total of five arrests.

The money has now been returned and as all pleaded guilty they received prison sentences totalling 27 months which they can avoid by paying a daily fine of €6.

The area was earmarked for development in 2001 when the contract was won by Alicante businessman Enrique Ortiz. Plans for 20 tower blocks and 3,970 homes on 667,000 square metres of land were drawn up in 2004 and

Benidorm’s last remaining parcel of rural land close to the centre area was cleared. Plans to eliminate the privately-owned open-air ‘mercadillo’ (street market) close to the Hotel Pueblo were never carried out and the pro-

posed development was dogged by objections, appeals and court cases from the outset.

Ortiz has now renounced the project and the Cs spokesman complained that the town hall has not kept its promise to clear the area.

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Appealing Quixotic endeavour Photo by Georgios Kollidas.

MASSIVE mural takes centre stage to celebrate 400 year anniversary of author ESTEPONA

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A MURAL of literary legend Don Qui xot e cr eat ed i n Estepona on the Costa del Sol is the largest representation of the rampant romantic in the world standing 16 metres tall at the Puerta del Mar secondary school to celebrate the 400th anniversary of author Miguel de Cervantes.

Produced by Malaga artist Curro Leyton in collaboration with some of the students, it is entitled ‘Quixote of the 21st Century’ and will be part of the cultural initiative ‘Route of the Artistic Murals’ that includes artwork from hyper-realism to street graffiti designed to broaden Estepona’s cultural appeal.

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Anniversary dinner

Bank robber caught

Ivory seized

Stupidity strikes

PHOENIX SOLOS, Torrevieja, will be holding a dinner/dance to celebrate 15 years since its formation in January 2001. The event is on February 25 at Rendezvous in Altos del Limonar.

A MAN went into a branch of BMN bank in Consell on January 22 and waited until there were no other customers at which time he pulled out a gun, threatened staff and escaped with €18,000.

The man was found nearby and arrested.

THE Guardia Civil swooped on Almunecar’s Friday market on January 22, confiscating a dozen pieces of ivory when a stall owner could not produce documentation to prove legal ownership.

REGRESSIVE vandals struck Almeria again as La Alcazaba fell prey to wanton violence. The Moorish fortification is considered a building of cultural interest and has been damaged in two key areas.

Hospital break in

Tourist delight

THE Guardia Civil have charged a 50year-old man with theft and causing criminal damage at the Hospital Comarcal Santa Ana in Motril. The stolen items and damages amount to €1,208.

SOME remarkable figures were presented at the FITUR tourism fair in Madrid which highlighted a terrific year for Almeria. The province saw an increase of 8.3 per cent in visitors last year generating roughly €1.7 billion.

Sports awards TORREVIEJA has awarded scholarships to local athletes and subsidies to sports clubs corresponding to years 2014 and 2015 totalling in excess of €250,000.

Lighting repairs AROUND €6,000 has been spent in the hamlets of Orihuela to improve public lighting to guarantee better safety for both residents and drivers.

Royal visit ALICANTE has been announced as hosts of the International Conference on Research and Innovation in Neurodegenerative Diseases. The event is scheduled to take place in September with the world’s best researchers in this field present. Queen Sofia is expected to attend.

School exposure A MAN has been arrested in Alicante for exposing himself to school children. Police have been leading an investigation since November 2015 when they first had reports that a man was visiting school gates in the north of the city.

Woman killed A BRITISH woman, 49, named as Jane Lyttle died in the early hours of Saturday (January 23) when her husband Warren allegedly strangled her with a phone cable in a sex game which went wrong.

Self employed THE number of non-Spanish self-employed workers registered in the Balearic Islands reached 15,336 in December 2015, a 7.9 per cent increase on the figure for December 2014.

Lottery result TICKETS numbered 13741, which obtained first prize in the Special January Draw of the National Lottery on Saturday (January 23), were sold in Magaluf and other parts of Spain.

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Nerja Burns night ALTHOUGH a few days early, the members of 41 Club Nerja held a Burns Night at the Cottage restaurant in Nerja on January 21 with an impressive turnout and many dressed in highland gear.

Caribbean trip THREE Torrox youths will be going to the Dominican Republic after their team won a national music competition. NAP Team, made up of Ernesto Perez, Alvaro Atencia, and Emilio Nuñez, recently won a Madrid music competition.

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Home learning

REGIONAL government and provincial council representatives visited the desa Dragonera nature park on Friday (January 22) in order to draw up a plan to create a scientific studies station.

A SERIES of new online training courses is now open to people of La Herradura. The courses are an ideal way for unemployed residents of Almuñecar and La Herradura area to learn new skills.

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Washed up MARINE rescue group, Equinac, has reported an increasing number of seabirds being found dead on Almeria’s beaches.

The group said it could not explain the increase and added there had been no specific weather conditions to blame.

Cash prizes PARTICIPANTS in the upcoming Albox Carnival will compete for a cash prize.

Winner of the best individual costume will receive a €150 prize. The carnival runs from February 6 to 12.

Rocky road SOCIALIST opposition group, PSOE, in Almeria has accused the provincial government of ‘neglecting and abandoning’ public roads.

Earth shaking MANY Malaga residents had a rude awakening at 5.22am on Monday (January 25) as two earthquakes occurred in the Mediterranean between Morocco and Spain. These have been classified as ‘strong’ by the US Geological Survey (USGS) although no significant damage or injuries were reported in Spain.

Knock off TWO Senegalese found with more than 500 fake goods have been arrested by Local Police in Puerto Banus. Sunglasses, watches, belts and handbags were seized but it was their lack of legal papers that catalysed the arrest.

Mopping up IN a bid to upgrade the Mijas rubbish collection service, the council has put the rights out to tender stipulating that collection occurs every day and everywhere. A further condition is the use of 3,000 litre rubbish containers rather than the 1,000 ones already in use.

Ancient life EGYPTOLOGISTS descended on Fuengirola as the town held the eighth edition of its annual hieroglyphic deciphering, secret uncovering conference. The event sees specialists discuss in-depth analyses of Ancient Egypt.

Street surfing MORE than 17,000 people have connected to the free Wi-Fi service since it was set up in 2011 by Fuengirola Town Council. Registration is simple and can be done in English or Spanish in a variety of public spaces from mobile phones and laptops.

Quick move A PIONEERING strategy dubbed the Sherpa Programme has been developed

by Marbella Fire Department.

It will enable water hoses to be moved quickly and effectively through woodland.

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Russian cold front ATTENDED talk during Berlin Fashion Week

RUSSIAN SUPERMODEL: Natasha Poly wore revealing dress.

NATASHA POLY, the 30year-old Russian supermodel, looked a little chilly wearing a revealing dress in the fresh Berlin air as she headed to the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Talk during Berlin Fashion Week.

Scientific fact VLADIMIR FORTOV, the head of Russia’s Academy of Sciences has told President Putin that the country’s level of science has lagged so far behind other countries that it is in danger of falling behind Iran.

“We are seeing explosive worldwide growth in the scientific sphere, which, unfortunately, we are clearly falling behind,” he said.

Poisoned Spy A REPORT presented to the UK Parliament last week, stated Russian leader Vladimir Putin is ‘probably’ responsible for ordering the assassination of a Russian intelligence officer. It suggests Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with polonium210, by two Russian intelligence officers who have consequently had their assets frozen.

€2bn Dubai deal KIRILL DMITRIEV, head of Russian investment fund RDIF, has announced that the Dubai-based ports operator DP World has agreed to invest nearly €2 billion in Russian Ports after forming a joint ven-

Sharapova victory RUSSIAN tennis star and previous World’s No. 1 Maria Sharapova, clocked up her 600th career match victory last Friday in the Australian Open fourth round.

The 28-year-old winner of 38 WTA titles is now in the next round of the first Grand Slam of this season.

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Won her 600th match.

ture with the state-owned Investment Fund.

Economy worry A DROP in global stock markets and the falling oil price is shaking Russia’s already unsteady economy even further.

After being cut off from Western finance by sanctions, Aleksei L Kudrin, a former finance minister, warned at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Russia should brace for oil bottoming out at $16 to $18.

Joint naval manoeuvres THE Russian Navy will

take part in six international exercises during 2016, said Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Alexander Fedotenkov, “In order to continue to strengthen relations with naval forces of foreign countries, a number of joint military exercises are planned.”

Swine flu HEALTH fears are growing as more cases of Swine flu are being reported daily in Russia. Last week, Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said that swine flu cases constituted 21 per cent of all incidents of influenza registered in Moscow since June 2015. And four people were diagnosed with swine flu in Kaliningrad.

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Japanese company Sharp in trouble TAIWANESE giant makes offer to take over the struggling group

€4.9 billion

By John Smith TAIWAN’S Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles iPhones, is looking to take over struggling Japanese electronics group Sharp, which is also in talks with the Innovation Net-

GEORGE OSBORNE: Will nominate Christine Lagarde.

IMF managing director CHANCELLOR George Osborne has indicated that he intends to nominate Christine Lagarde for a second term as managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

“At a time when the world faces what I’ve called a dangerous cocktail of risks, I believe Christine has the vision,

work Corp of Japan, a government supported investment group.

Sharp has seen its market share drop dramatically over the years, and has twice required injections of finance by its banks in the last three years.

“The first and second quarter will be very difficult... It is a big shock for producing countries. It reminds me of [the oil crisis in] 1986,” BP CEO Bob Dudley on the low price of oil.

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is the amount offered by Foxconn to take over the Japanese Sharp group

energy and acumen to help steer the global economy through the years ahead,” he said.

At the moment, there appear to be no candidates looking to take over her role, and she has made it clear she is happy to serve a further term, which makes life a little easier for all.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Bitcoin problems MIKE HEARN, a Zurichbased developer and longtime supporter of the theoretical Bitcoin, surprised many when he published a blog calling Bitcoin a ‘failed’ project.

He says that he has now sold all of his own bitcoins and will no longer take part in this internet-based currency’s development.

Two of the biggest problems with the Bitcoin concept were that they were intangible and therefore needed to rely upon the honesty of all those dealing in them.

In addition, they were considered a method of untraced money laundering, although Dutch police have just arrested 10 people for laundering €20 million through the system.

Good news if you want sterling AFTER a very strong 2015, the pound has gone into something of a nose dive against both the euro and the US dollar.

At one stage last year, it was almost on par with the rate against the euro when it was introduced in 2002, and certainly broke the €1.40 mark, but in these early weeks of 2016 it has dropped to €1.30, as well as around $1.40 to the pound.

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quer has spent some time saying how well the economy is doing, this may come as something of a surprise, but with the US interest rates increasing, albeit fractionally and the drop in industrial output in the UK, the pound is currently languishing.

This is bad news for those who transfer sterling to Spain, but welcome news for those who want to buy pounds with euros.

A decision is due to be made by the end of the month, although the Japanese government may be opposed to a foreign company taking over Sharp, which has developed cutting-edge technology in the past.

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IMF forecast for 2016 SPAIN is set to outpace the world’s leading advanced economies in 2016, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the agency upgraded its outlook for Spanish GDP, predicting growth of 2.7 per cent in 2016 and 2.3 per cent in 2017.

This is still less than the recently downgraded forecast for the overall world economy.

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World football’s richest clubs

REAL MADRID: Earned the largest amount of revenue for the 11th year in a row. the previous year and in itself a record.

Surprise entries included New-

castle United, Everton and West Ham, with both Manchester City and Arsenal earning more than cur-

rent underperformers Chelsea.

The list only looks at revenues earned and does not take into ac-

count club debts or the fact that Real Madrid is banned from signing any new young players for two seasons.

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EACH year, the giant accounting firm Deloitte publishes a list of the richest football clubs in the world, all of which are from Europe and nine of whom are English clubs.

For the 11th year in a row, Real Madrid earned the largest amount of revenue in the 2014/2015 season pocketing a total of €577 million, whilst its biggest rival Barcelona nudged Manchester United into third place with revenues of €560.8 million.

Thanks to their exit from the Champion’s League last season, Manchester United only managed to earn €519.5 million, but they are still the largest earning club from England and with a return to Champion’s League, expect a bumper financial return in this new season.

The top 20 contains nine English teams, four Italian, three Spanish (including Atletico Madrid), three German and one French, which between them have earned a whopping €6.6 billion, 8 per cent up on

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By John Smith

BARCLAYS BANK: Intends to sell its credit card operations in Spain and Portugal.

FOLLOWING the sale of its Spanish banking operation to La Caixa which was completed in 2015, Barclays has now indicated its intention to sell its credit card operations in both Spain and Portugal.

It is said that there is already interest from Spanish bank Santander, as well as an American private equity company.

Although Barclays did not have to go ‘cap in hand’ to the British government during the

deepest of the recession unlike other banks such as Lloyds, it did have to accept foreign equity investment, and has been subject to intense scrutiny by both the British and American governments for a number of its activities.

As part of its three-year plan to rationalise its business and concentrate on core operations in Britain and America, as well as parts of Africa, it has been divesting itself of businesses in

Europe, so this is the next stage of its retrenchment. The sale will naturally increase the volume of funds it has access to.

None of the parties who may be involved in the transaction have made any comment, and there may be as many as four interested parties, but it is common knowledge that Barclays wishes to see a relatively speedy sale with a target for the end of March.

Despite the difference in size

of the populations of the two countries, Barclaycard has a much larger share of the Portuguese market at 20 per cent, with 460,000 customers when compared to the 6 per cent and 250,000 customers it has in Spain.

Although no firm figure has been announced, it has been suggested by the BBC that if a sale takes place, it is likely to raise between €300 million and €600 million.

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I’M taking advantage of my right to reply to an email published in this week’s letters page LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

AS regular perusers of this blurb are aware, as much as I welcome your letters, I don’t normally enter into discussions concerning their often wide-ranging opinions. Basically, because it can lead to the column getting bogged down with a missive exchange that can become negative and somewhat insular.

On this occasion however I do take advantage of my right of replying to the email published on this week’s letters page.

To me this is typical of the ‘glass half full’ attitude that has created most of these problems in the first place. Firstly, I take umbrage as being portrayed as some kind of rebel rouser, stirring up unrest and provoking confrontation at every opportunity.

I’m not a warmonger, I simply report the facts as I see them. I would love to state that all was well, and everyone at peace

CIVILISATION: We are embroiled in a conflict.

with each other on this glorious planet of ours. I would be delighted to observe that loving thy neighbour was the ambition of every human being in existence.

Unfortunately, with the unrelenting expansion of organisations whose sole ambition is to obliterate all those who disagree with their doctrines, none of these Shangri

La situations exist.

Whether those in denial choose to believe it or not, we are embroiled in a conflict that could, if we don’t at least recognise it, result in the end of our civilisation as we know it. Frankly, to say these acts of war are only happening in a few places, and there are hundreds of cities that are not being attacked, is pure unadulterated, dangerous bunkum.

Try telling the New York victims of 9/11 that all of them dying was OK because it wasn’t happening in Chicago, or those who perished in the Paris atrocities that it wasn’t so bad, because Lyon was peaceful that day.

Convince the maimed and slaughtered citizens of London they should be thankful that while they were being attacked, the streets of Manchester spent the day terrorist free! Give us a break, and for the sake of our children, wake up. Although I fear it may already be far too late.

Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Leapy, this is so accurate, why do others not see so?

GOOD morning Leapy, I always read your column and seem to agree with everything you write, and it appears so many others do.

But this latest one is so accurate, why do others not see so? So many of them are fit young men, of military age, Islam got as far as Tours and Vienna and were pushed back.

Now they are greeted by soft politicians.

Please keep up the column, and your comments. Are they published in the UK? If not, why not?

Thank you, Richard, via email

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Would you seriously ban them all?

RE: “Can this alien bunch be an asset?”

This obviously includes Syrian schoolchildren and babies whose homes have been reduced to rubble by years of bombing. Would you seriously ban them all, leaving them in roofless ruins with no water, sanitation, electricity, food or medical aid until they die? Oh, sorry, that’s Donald Trump’s answer, isn’t it?

Until recently, Syria was a modern, wealthy country with a welleducated and productive workforce. Now it’s been bombed to hell.

Those who manage to flee are mostly fit young men precisely because they are more able to escape a war zone. Some fit women and children manage to escape too. Of course a few are terrorists, but does that make it OK to ban everyone else?

The danger that I am referring to is that the type of newspaper article you have written only achieves one thing. It stirs up trouble. But then you know that anyway, don’t you?

If the only message that keeps being published in the papers is ‘Muslims are bad people. They’re all out to get us, so we need to fence them all into their own countries to protect ourselves from their

news last night and there was a story about a Muslim, who was asked to leave a National Express bus.

This was reported as a hate crime, he was dressed in non-western garb and had three bags, any one could have been a bomb. But no, the other passengers and the driver were wrong to put him off the bus, many times the words hate crime were used.

Why can they (the media) not see? No one hated him, they were just protecting themselves from what could have been a disaster.

If they (the immigrants) want to look like a bomber then they are going to get treated like one. Surely we all have to be on our guard?

No way are the politicians going to protect us when it does not affect them.

Keep up the good work, Nathan, via email

You have the courage to speak out THIS creature was sitting on our dining table in the middle of the night. He came in the cat flap, only because our dogs were indoors at the time. He ended up sleeping in the dog’s bed and then slinked off back through the cat flap when disturbed. We feel privileged that he came in and we had the chance to see this amazing creature close up.

David Hunt

violent intentions,’ what does that achieve?

I’ll tell you. It fans the flames of fear and prejudice to such an extent that most people lose their powers of normal reasoning and start to believe it!

Please write something soon that’s more positive and optimistic Leapy. The world needs ‘positive’, more than it needs ‘negative’.

Brian, via email

in many pies. He is a very clever man. His base line is his own self interest as shown by his devious funding of groups he publicly denigrates.

The quotes (above) make sense until he recommends the UK staying in the EU. Self-interest is kicking in here. He has far greater control of what goes on in Europe than he would if Britain left.

Thank you

Surely we have to be on our guard?

ONCE again, a big thank you to everybody who donated food and Christmas cheer to the San Miguel

DEAR Leapy, I was watching the BBC West

John Timbrell, via website

Billionaire warning GEORGE SOROS has his fingers

Social Services Christmas Campaign. They were so very grateful for your kind response as this enabled the many needy families to have a better festive season.

Kind regards, Trish Herbert, San Miguel de Salinas

BRAVO Leapy Lee! I agree with you totally and there should be more people in our governments taking their heads out of their b..holes!

You have the courage to speak out! I am French so I am very angry with all this situation and the lack of decisions.

They get so much money from social security in France and nothing in Spain, so don’t worry they won’t come to Spain to live!

France feeds them too well!

Bravo again!

Corinne via email

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Tennis 3:30pm Bargain Hunt 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm 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 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:50am Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life

8:20am Cowboy 9:45am The Quick Gun 11:10am Homes Under the Hammer 12:10pm Natural World 1:00pm Best Bakes Ever 1:45pm Best Bakes Ever 2:30pm Fire Down Below 4:20pm Funny Girl 6:35pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 7:35pm King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued The Monarchy 8:35pm Dad's Army 9:05pm The Real Marigold Hotel 10:05pm Live at the Apollo 10:50pm Insert Name Here Panel show exploring the greatest person to own a particular name.

11:20pm Perfume 1:35am Bright Days Ahead 3:05am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

7:00am CITV 10:25am Murder, She Wrote 11:15am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:15pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:30pm Judge Rinder 3:30pm Tipping Point 4:30pm Doc Martin 5:30pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 6:00pm The Chase 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 Lost World: Jurassic Park 1:45am Jackpot 247

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:20pm Ninja Warrior 1:20pm Scorpion 2:20pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm Small Soldiers 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm Small Soldiers 5:00pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 6:50pm Celebrity Catchphrase 7:50pm The Mummy 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm The Mummy 10:15pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:15pm Little Man 12:15am FYI Daily 12:20am Little Man 1:10am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 1:40am Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 2:40am Viral Tap

8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Top Gear 10:10pm Die Hard with a Vengeance 12:10am Family Guy 12:32am Family Guy 12:54am Family Guy 1:16am Family Guy 1:38am Family Guy 2:00am Family Guy 2:25am Siblings 2:55am Great Movie Mistakes V: Revenge of the Fifth 3:05am National Treasure: Book of Secrets

9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm The Young Montalbano 11:45pm Music Moguls: The Masters of Pop 12:45am It's Only Rock 'N' Roll: Rock 'N' Roll at the BBC 1:45am Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown

7:00am 7:50am 8:50am 9:50am 10:50am 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:05pm 3:00pm 4:05pm 5:15pm 7:05pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 1:05am

2:05am 3:00am

Where the Heart is The Royal The Royal The Royal A Touch of Frost The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's FYI Daily The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes Columbo Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Agatha Christie's Marple Marchlands Chilling drama about three families who live in the same remote house in different time periods.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes Man About the House

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7:15am King of Queens 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am Brooks Snowdonia Marathon 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm Come Dine with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Now You See Me 12:15am The Hole 2:05am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:10am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

7:00am Milkshake!

9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:45pm Fail Army 1:15pm Police Interceptors 2:15pm Police Interceptors 3:15pm Now That's Funny!

4:15pm Puppies Make You Laugh Out Loud 5:15pm Pets Make You Laugh Out 2 6:10pm Toddlers Make You Laugh Out Loud 7:10pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 8:00pm World War II in Colour 8:55pm World War II Battlefield Recovery 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Championship 10:30pm Goal Rush 11:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:00am Fat, Fabulous and Filthy Rich 12:55am Access 1:05am Super Casino 4:10am Celebrity Big Brother

7:00am Goals of the 80s 7:10am Ax Men 8:05am Formula E: Sound of the Future 8:40am Bundesliga 9:45am Pawn Stars 10:10am Pawn Stars 10:40am Pawn Stars 11:10am Pawn Stars 11:45am The 'Burbs 12:45pm FYI Daily 12:50pm The 'Burbs 1:45pm Darts: The Masters 6:00pm Storage Wars Texas 6:25pm Storage Wars Texas 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Darts: The Masters 12:00am Universal Soldier: Regeneration 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am Universal Soldier: Regeneration 2:00am River Monsters 3:05am Highway Patrol 3:25am Movies Now The latest movie news and reviews.

3:35am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am Shanghai Noon 9:00am Shanghai Knights 11:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 11:15am The Terminator 1:15pm American Sniper 3:35pm Godzilla 6:00pm Shanghai Noon 8:00pm Shanghai Knights 10:00pm American Sniper 12:20am The Terminator 2:20am The Condemned

7:00am Baby's Day Out 8:45am Life 10:45am There's Something About Mary 12:50pm Get Hard 2:40pm The Interview 4:40pm Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes 5:10pm Mr. Deeds 6:55pm There's Something About Mary 9:00pm Get Hard 10:50pm The Interview 12:45am Cop Out

7:00am 7:25am 7:45am 8:10am 8:40am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 10:00pm 12:15am 1:20am 2:25am 3:15am 3:40am 4:05am

7:00am 9:00am 9:30am 11:15am 1:00pm 1:30pm 3:30pm 5:15pm 7:15pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:35am

2:10am

3:45am 5:30am

Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Safe House Gogglebox Gogglebox Virtually Famous The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd

Seventh Son Big Hero 6 Special Into the Grizzly Maze Mountain Men Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes Seventh Son The Boy Next Door John Wick Mountain Men John Wick The Boy Next Door Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores.

Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness.

Mountain Men Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes

SATURDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 3:30pm 3:45pm 6:00pm 8:30pm 12:30am 1:30am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 3:30am 4:00am

5:00am 5:30am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League Legends Premier League Legends Game Changers Premier League Legends The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Football Gold Pro 12 Rugby Pro 12 Rugby Fight Night NFL Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Premier League Legends Premier League Legends Sky Sports Originals - Bumble.. The David Lloyd Story Cricket's Greatest Intl Women's T20 Cricket

3:30am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 7:00am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 11:30am Cricket's Greatest 12:00pm Cricket's Greatest 12:30pm Cricket's Greatest 1:00pm Cricket's Greatest 1:30pm Cricket's Greatest 2:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket India meet New Zealand at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh.

2:30pm Netball Super League The Vitality Netball Superleague starts with Super Saturday.

5:00pm Netball Super League 7:00pm Netball Super League 9:00pm Netball Super League 11:00pm Cricket

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7:00am Breakfast 8:40am Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 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 Songs of Praise 2:50pm Escape to the Country 3:35pm The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 4:35pm Match of the Day Live 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 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: FA Cup Highlights 12:00am Live at the Apollo

7:15am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:00am Monty Don's Secret History of the British Garden 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am Best Bakes Ever 12:15pm Best Bakes Ever 1:00pm The Alamo 3:05pm Tennis 4:35pm Ladies in Lavender 6:15pm Ski Sunday 7:00pm John Carter 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm James May's Cars of the People Documentary looking back at how the car became an essential in everyday life.

11:00pm True Grit 12:45am Then She Found Me 2:20am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside.

3:20am Holby City 4:15am This is BBC Two

4:50am 7:00am 10:25am 11:20am

7:00am You've Been Framed!

7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:10am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:40pm Take Me Out 2:00pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 3:00pm Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 4:00pm FYI Daily 4:05pm Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 4:45pm The Mummy Returns 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm The Mummy Returns 7:15pm Mr Bean's Holiday 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Mr Bean's Holiday 9:00pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 12:15am American Pie P resents Band Camp 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am American Pie Presents Band Camp

12:20pm 1:25pm 1:35pm 2:35pm 3:40pm 4:40pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 12:15am 1:15am 4:00am

Nightscreen CITV Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Ninja Warrior UK Diamonds are Forever Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Planet's Got Talent Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Vera ITV News and Weather Panda Babies Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Jackpot 247 Nightscreen

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:05pm Great TV Mistakes 8:35pm The Voice UK 10:05pm Meet the Parents 11:45pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:15am Family Guy 12:47am Family Guy 1:20am Cuckoo 1:50am Cuckoo 2:20am Cuckoo 2:50am Cuckoo 3:20am Cuckoo 3:50am Cuckoo

8:00pm Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick 9:00pm Russia's Lost Princesses 10:00pm Tales From the Royal Bedchamber 11:00pm A Death Row Tale: The Fear of 13 12:30am Horizon 1:30am The Brain with David Eagleman

7:00am Rising Damp 7:25am On the Buses 7:55am On the BusesOn the Buses 8:35am The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's 9:35am FYI Daily 9:40am The Pure Hell of St. Trinian‘s 10:30am Heartbeat 11:35am tHeartbeat 12:35pm Columbo 2:30pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 3:40pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm The Secret Life of Dogs 10:00pm Caroline Quentin's National Parks 11:00pm The Kindness of Strangers 12:35am Meet Joe Black 1:35am FYI Daily 1:40am Meet Joe Black 3:50am Secret Smile

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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am King of Queens 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:35pm Location, Location, Location 3:35pm The Simpsons 4:05pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 5:55pm Channel 4 News 6:20pm The Incredibles 8:30pm The Jump 10:00pm Deutschland 83 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:55pm Sorority Row 1:50am Embarrassing Bodies 2:45am Come Dine with Me 3:10am Come Dine with Me 3:40am Come Dine with Me

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am The Championship 12:00pm Goal Rush 12:30pm Fail Army 1:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

2:00pm The Deep End of the Ocean 4:15pm No Reservations 6:15pm Hitch 8:25pm The Wedding Date 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 12:00am Red Dragon 2:20am Britain's Worst Crimes A series of moving documentaries exploring the impact of some of the nation's most shocking crimes.

3:15am Super Casino 4:10am Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 5:00am House Docto

7:00am Football's Greatest: George Best 7:15am Ax Men 8:10am Ax Men 9:05am Ax Men 10:00am Counting Cars 10:30am Counting Cars 10:55am Pawn Stars 11:25am Pawn Stars 11:55am Pawn Stars 12:20pm Pawn Stars 12:45pm Pawn Stars 1:10pm Pawn Stars 1:45pm Darts: The Masters 6:00pm Storage Wars 6:25pm Storage Wars 6:55pm The Classic Car Show Documentary looking at the phenomenon of the classic car.

8:00pm Darts: The Masters 12:00am Jackie Brown 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am Jackie Brown 3:10am Motorway Patrol 3:30am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

8:30am 10:40am 12:40pm 2:15pm 4:30pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 11:20pm 1:05am

Jaws Behind Enemy Lines Sword of Vengeance Kingsman: The Secret Service The Da Vinci Code Behind Enemy Lines Kingsman: The Secret Service Sword of Vengeance The Da Vinci Code

8:15am Revenge of the Pink Panther 10:05am Doctor Dolittle 11:40am Doctor Dolittle 2 1:15pm The Top Ten Show 2016 1:35pm Top Secret 3:20pm Bad Neighbours 5:10pm The Cable Guy 7:00pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 9:00pm The Longest Yard 11:00pm Bad Neighbours 12:40am License to Drive 2:15am Lovesick

5:45am 6:05am 7:00am 7:20am 7:40am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 1:30pm 2:30pm 3:35pm 5:35pm 6:00pm 6:35pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 1:40am 2:15am

Rules of Engagement Revenge Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Hollyoaks Omnibus Couples Come Dine with Me Couples Come Dine with Me Sister Act The Goldbergs The Goldbergs 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 The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd

7:00am Into the Grizzly Maze 8:45am Big Hero 6 Special 9:15am Seventh Son 11:15am Mountain Men 1:00pm Big Hero 6 Special 1:30pm The Boy Next Door 3:15pm Seventh Son 5:15pm John Wick 7:15pm Mountain Men 9:00pm John Wick 11:00pm The Boy Next Door 12:35am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores.

Comedy-drama.

2:10am Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness.

3:45am Mountain Men 5:30am The Man From U.N.C.L.E Sky Movies Special

SUNDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 11:00am 11:55am 2:00pm 2:15pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 10:30pm 10:45pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 11:45pm 12:15am 1:15am 5:00am 5:15am 5:30am

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:35am 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 11:00pm 2:25am 3:00am 3:30am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Football Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs NFL Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs NFL NFL NFL NFL Pro Bowl Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club

Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket's Greatest ICC U19 World Cup Cricket World Seniors Snooker ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Sporting Rivalries Sporting Rivalries ICC U19 World Cup Cricket World Seniors Snooker Cricket Sporting Rivalries Best of ICC WT20 ICC U19 World Cup Cricket India meet Nepal in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup.

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7:00am Breakfast 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 Holiday of My Lifetime 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 Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Tracey Ullman's Show 12:15am Football Focus

8:00am Wanted Down Under 8:45am Flog It! 9:15am Close Calls: On Camera 9:45am Now You See It 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 Best Bakes Ever 5:30pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great American Railway Journeys 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking 10:00pm Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary 11:00pm Insert Name Here 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Dragons' Den

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Rise of the Superstar Vloggers 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Siblings 12:00am American Dad! 12:45am Family Guy 1:07am Family Guy 1:30am Rise of the Superstar Vloggers 2:30am Siblings 3:00am Russell Howard's Good News 3:30am Emergency Rescue Down Under

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:00pm Attenborough and the Giant Egg 10:00pm Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution 11:00pm The Meat Market: Inside Smithfield 12:00am The Great War

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

7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:35pm 12:35am

Countdown King of Queens 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 Come Dine Champion of Champions The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Dispatches Supershoppers The Undateables Crashing Tattoo Fixers Bodyshockers

7:00am 10:15am 12:10pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

1:00am 1:55am 4:10am 5:00am 5:25am 5:45am

Milkshake!

The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Hannah's Law 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Ice Road Truckers Ancient Mysteries Celebrity Big Brother Gotham Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Celebrity Big Brother Super Casino Britain's Bloody Crown Wildlife SOS Great Scientists House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.

7:00am 7:45am 8:35am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 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 12:40am

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey 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 Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory

MONDAY TV

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

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 11:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:45am Saved 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:35am 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 Fast and Furious 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Fast and Furious 12:10am Plebs

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 11:35am Judge Judy 12:00pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:05pm Murder, She Wrote 2:10pm Heartbeat 3:15pm Wild at Heart 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Law and Order 12:00am Wycliffe 1:05am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:10am Where the Heart is 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

7:00am 7:25am 7:45am 8:40am 9:40am 10:50am 11:50am 12:50pm 1:25pm 1:50pm 2:50pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 2:55am 3:45am 4:00am

Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty The Sweeney The Professionals Minder Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Shed and Buried The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Minder The Sweeney Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Rugby Highlights Storage Wars Storage Wars The Chase: Celebrity Special Ax Men Bundesliga Rugby Highlights Ax Men Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7:00am 9:10am 11:15am 1:00pm 2:45pm 4:45pm 6:55pm 9:05pm 11:00pm 12:45am 2:40am 4:50am

7:05am 8:45am 10:25am 12:10pm 2:10pm 4:00pm 5:45pm 7:25pm 9:00pm 11:00pm

Rocky Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V Rocky Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V Air Force One Maverick

Mr Woodcock The Waterboy Three Amigos!

Patch Adams Horrible Bosses 2 Analyze This Analyze That The Waterboy Horrible Bosses 2 The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:00am Life 2:50am The Art of the Steal

7:00am Seventh Son 9:00am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 9:30am Into the Grizzly Maze 11:15am Mountain Men 1:00pm Seventh Son 3:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 3:30pm The Boy Next Door 5:15pm John Wick A hitman comes out of retirement when a gang of Russian thugs kill his beloved dog.

7:15pm Mountain Men Two estranged brothers find themselves trapped together on a snowy mountain.

9:00pm John Wick 11:00pm The Boy Next Door 12:35am Just Before I Go 2:10am Into the Grizzly Maze 3:45am Mountain Men 5:30am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special

Football Gold WWE Raw Goals on Sunday Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday La Liga Fantasy Football Club Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Top 14 Rugby Highlights ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Football La Liga Goals SPFL Round Up Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Goals on Sunday

7:00am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 11:30am Cricket Classic 11:45am Cricket Classic 12:00pm Cricket's Greatest 12:30pm Cricket's Greatest 1:00pm Time of Our Lives 2:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 2:30pm Cricket's Greatest 3:00pm Cricket's Greatest 3:30pm Cricket's Greatest 4:00pm Cricket's Greatest 4:30pm Cricket Classic 4:45pm Cricket Classic 5:00pm Best of ICC WT20 5:30pm Best of ICC WT20 6:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 6:30pm WWE Raw 8:30pm Netball Superleague 10:30pm Top 14 Rugby Union Highlights 11:00pm Best of ICC WT20 11:30pm Best of ICC WT20 12:00am Cricket's Greatest 12:30am Netball 2:30am Top 14 Rugby Highlights 3:00am Time of Our Lives

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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 Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Match of the Day 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead

9:45am Great British Railway Journeys 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:05pm Pallisers 3:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm Best Bakes Ever 5:30pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great American Railway Journeys 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge 9:00pm Back in Time for the Weekend 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 Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Nick 12:40am Double Decker Driving School

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 7:50pm The Hot Desk 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Sweeney Todd 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Sweeney Todd 12:20am Mom 12:50am Two and a Half Men

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Rise of the Supergamers 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm The Virtual Reality Virgin 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am The Virtual Reality Virgin

9:00pm Crossing England in a Punt: River of Dreams 10:00pm Russia's Lost Princesses 11:00pm Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 12:00am Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution 1:00am How Earth Made Us

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Darling Buds of May 10:40am Judge Judy 11:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Law and Order 12:00am Wycliffe 1:15am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:15am Where the Heart is

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm The Supervet 11:00pm Obsessed with My Body 12:05am First Date

7:00am 7:05am 7:55am 8:50am 9:50am 10:55am 11:55am 12:55pm 1:30pm 1:55pm 2:55pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am 1:00am 2:15am 3:05am

Football's Greatest The Professionals The Sweeney Shed and Buried Minder Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Storage Wars Storage Wars Shed and Buried The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special River Monsters American Gangster FYI Daily American Gangster Ax Men Minder

7:00am 10:15am 12:10pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

1:00am 2:00am 4:10am 5:00am 5:25am 5:50am

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Mystery Woman: Game Time 5 News Neighbours Home and Away The Dog Rescuers Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun Celebrity Big Brother Autopsy Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Celebrity Big Brother Super Casino 10,000 BC Wildlife SOS Great Scientists House Doctor

1:00pm 3:15pm 5:30pm 7:40pm

Die Hard Die Hard 2 S.W.A.T. X-Men: Days of Future Past 10:00pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 12:00am Die Hard

7:40am 9:30am 11:20am 1:10pm 3:00pm 4:50pm 6:40pm 8:30pm 10:20pm 12:10am 2:00am

Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day Groundhog Day

TUESDAY TV

Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Goldbergs Tattoo Fixers Virtually Famous The Big Bang Theory Football Gold WWE SmackDown!

Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Football Bpl Legends

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE SmackDown!

9:00am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 10:00am Football 12:30pm Bpl Legends 1:00pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 2:00pm Premier League 100 Club 2:30pm SPFL Round Up 3:00pm The Premier League Years 5:00pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 6:00pm SPFL Round Up 6:30pm Bpl Legends 7:00pm La Liga Goals 8:00pm Sporting Triumphs 8:15pm Sporting Triumphs 8:30pm Sporting Triumphs 8:45pm Sporting Triumphs 9:00pm Sporting Triumphs 9:15pm Sporting Triumphs 9:30pm Sporting Triumphs 9:45pm Sporting Triumphs 10:30pm La Liga World 2015 11:00pm Ford Football 12:30am Ford Football

Seventh Son Chappie Special Into the Grizzly Maze Mountain Men The Boy Next Door Seventh Son Chappie Special John Wick Mountain Men The Boy Next Door John Wick A hitman comes out of retirement when a gang of Russian thugs kill his beloved dog.

12:35am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores.

Comedy-drama.

2:10am Into the Grizzly Maze 3:45am Mountain Men

1:00pm Cricketing Yorkshire 1:30pm Ricky Ponting Masterclass 2:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 2:30pm Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass 3:00pm Sir Tom Finney 4:00pm Cricket's Greatest 6:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 6:30pm Ricky Ponting Masterclass 7:00pm Pace Like Fire 7:30pm Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass 8:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 8:30pm Pace Like Fire 10:00pm Ricky Ponting Masterclass 10:30pm Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass 11:00pm Cricket's Greatest 1:00am Cricketing Yorkshire

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

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Word Ladder

TODAY

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) An interest in technology is not something new to you. What is

JAVEA CALPE CALPE ALTEA ALTEA BENIDORM

BENIDORM

ALICANTE

‘HAS ANYONE SEEN MY PIZZA?’

ALICANTE

TORREVIEJA

TORREVIEJA

guy,’ but honesty is also important to you. Speaking your mind can be liberating although, initially, you may see it as a nuisance and embarrassing.

This being a family oriented week, much of it may be spent getting together with relatives and going over old times. Perhaps you are compiling a photo album for older members of the family or vice versa.

AQUARIUS

(January 21 - February 19)

ORIHUELA

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) An urge to get moving must mean that spring is round the corner. Certainly, you are questioning where you want to be in the months ahead. A house move or work placement may be on your mind.

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 H) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION deer dire doer drew erne ewer iron nerd noir redo reed rein rend ride rind rode weir were wire word wore worn wren diner dower dried droid drone drown eider erode newer odder owner reded redid renew rowed rowen weird wider wired denier deride dewier dinero downer droned eroded ironed nodder redden redone reined rewind ridden weirdo winder wonder worded dowdier dowered downier drowned ironweed wondered EIDERDOWN

Madrid

SUNNY

MAX 18C, MIN 11C

Fri Sat Sun -

17 10 C 16 9 S 18 9 S

Mon - 18 11 S Tues - 18 10 C Wed - 17 10 C

Almeria TODAY:

MAX 17C, MIN 11C

Fri Sat Sun -

Mon - 19 11 S Tues - 20 11 C Wed - 20 11 S

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Career and home are in disharmony but a bit of compromise soon sorts things out.

You don’t like playing the ‘bad

MAX 158C, MIN 12C

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

17 11 C 17 11 C 18 11 S

16 11 C 17 11 C 18 12 S

Cl Clear,

Sh Showers,

10-Star Quiz

IRISH LOTTO

EURO MILLIONS

LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday January 23

Saturday January 23

Saturday January 23

Friday January 22

Saturday January 23

Sunday January 24

11

41

54

5 14

9 21

10

12

13

19

43

45

BONUS BALL

THUNDERBALL

BONUS BALL

24

4

5

10

12 30

27 47

LUCKY STARS

8

9

6

10

24

27

32

45

REINTEGRO

18

2

CLOUDY MAX 19C, MIN 8C MAX MIN

18 7 C 18 8 C 18 8 S

Mon - 19 8 S Tues - 19 9 C Wed - 17 8 C

3

10 27

19 31

REINTEGRO

2

SUNNY MAX 22C, MIN 10C

TODAY:

MAX MIN

Mon - 18 12 S Tues - 18 12 C Wed - 17 11 C

UK THUNDERBALL

4

Fri Sat Sun -

MAX MIN

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

10

MAX MIN

Mon - 20 10 S Tues - 21 11 C Wed - 20 11 S

Murcia

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.

9

CLOUDY MAX 18C, MIN 11C 18 11 C 19 10 C 20 10 S

MAX MIN

SUNNY MAX 18C, MIN 12C

Sudoku

8

Fri Sat Sun TODAY:

Mon - 18 11 S Tues - 18 12 S Wed - 18 11 C

S Sun,

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Contact with a less than ideal situation makes you realise just how lucky you are. It has been clear that the weeks are changeable and your situation at the moment far from settled.

Mon - 17 5 S Tues - 17 6 S Wed - 16 4 C

Mallorca

SUNNY

MAX MIN

Fri Sat Sun -

MAX MIN

14 4 C 14 3 S 16 4 S

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

18 10 C 17 9 C 19 11 S

Benidorm TODAY:

Fri Sat Sun TODAY:

Barcelona TODAY:

MAX MIN

Malaga

SUNNY MAX MIN

Fri Sat Sun -

CLOUDY MAX 13C, MIN 6C

TODAY:

MAX MIN

MAX MIN

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Sometimes, you find it hard to do things just for the pure enjoyment of it. Realise that not everything has to have a purpose or a profit.

Look round this week and seek out something that will please your senses and bring a smile to your lips.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be aware that leopards do not change their spots, they merely hide them. Those who demand your trust need a cool checking out and don’t be afraid to say ‘no’ as and when necessary.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Be aware that not everyone is willing to work as hard as you.

When approached by someone wanting you to trust them, be sure of their motives. Do what you feel is right but remain firmly in control, especially financially.

Alicante TODAY:

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Someone with a larger-than-life imagination makes you smile but that was not their intention. Try to be diplomatic and steer them in a different direction.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Social demands are made, but try to shuffle them to the weekend. Be diplomatic or someone close could become irritated. Keep an eye on the small print because something fundamental may have changed in a long-standing arrangement.

great, though, is that the penny has suddenly dropped. This week sees you understanding more and wanting to know more.

Nonagram

JAVEA

DENIA

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Being asked to take on a new and demanding task this week may see you wishing that you had been less visible.

However, don’t think of the hard work involved but rather the brilliant outcome. You will be popular.

TOMORROW

DENIA

LOTTERY

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) An exciting invitation may set tongues wagging and make a loved one jealous. You, meanwhile, are quite bemused by the whole thing. What comes out of this week is that you are of considerable value to others.

for next 7 days

weather

ORIHUELA

YOUR STARS

Average: 7 Good: 9 Very good: 13 Excellent: 16

Costa Blanca

Move from the start word (WOLF) to the end word (HOME) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

HOME BACK

TARGET:

MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

WOLF GOLF GOLD HOLD HOLE HOME

WOLF

TIME

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Fri Sat Sun -

F Fog, Sn Snow,

MAX MIN

19 11 C 21 9 C 22 9 S

Mon - 22 8 S Tues - 23 9 C Wed - 22 9 C

C Cloudy, Th Thunder

THE WHOLE TOOTH 1. The first product to be advertised on UK television (September 22, 1955) was one for which brand of toothpaste?

2. Who wrote and presented the Channel 4 Saturday night light entertainment show Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush?

3. By what name is the prehistoric animal the Smilodon populator, which roamed the mid-western US and parts of both North and South America until around 10,000 years ago, better known?

4. Which 19th century Poet Laureate wrote the 1850 poem In Memoriam A H H, which contains the muchquoted phrase ‘nature, red in tooth and claw’, referring to humanity?

5. Invented by telecom giant Ericsson in 1994, which short range wireless technology for connecting different devices such as computers and mobile phones, is named after a 10th century king of Denmark and Norway?

6. Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem were the rock house band of which comedy-variety television series?

7. The name of which species of yellow flowering plants is derived from the French for ‘lion’s tooth’?

8. Which former footballer played the part of debt collector and gun-for-hire Bullet Tooth Tony in the 2000 crime comedy film Snatch?

9. Which Shakespearian title character, when talking about his daughter Goneril, speaks the lines “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is, to have a thankless child?”

10. In which animated television series does lumberjack Rufus Ruffcut with his pet beaver Sawtooth drive the Buzzwagon, made of logs, with buzzsaws for wheels?

1. GIBBS S R, 2. CHRIS EVANS, 3. SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER, 4. ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, 5. BLUETOOTH (named after Harald Bluetooth), 6. THE MUPPET SHOW, 7.

DANDELION, 8. VINNIE JONES, 9. KING LEAR, 10.

WACKY RACES

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Enjoy filling in the following puzzles and check the answers in next week’s edition

Quick

Code Breaker

Across 1 Capture (5) 4 Osculations (6) 9 Began (7) 10 Type of metal (5) 11 Connection (4) 12 Confidential (7) 13 Tennis match division (3) 14 Border (4) 16 Simple (4) 18 Unusual (3) 20 Garden of fruit trees (7) 21 Huge (4) 24 Play (5) 25 Sad (7) 26 Called for (6) 27 Current fashion (5) Down 1 Expensive (6) 2 Locomotive (5) 3 Detest (4) 5 Motivated (8) 6 Teetertotters (7) 7 Explained or answered (6)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents P and 12 represents Q, so fill in P every time the figure 7 appears and Q every time the figure 12 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 Mates, 4 Traitor, 8 Science, 9 Meals, 10 Angle, 11 Ladette, 13 Reel, 15 Guinea, 17 Sabres, 20 Sloe, 22 Chelsea, 24 Ratio, 26 Cease, 27 Restate, 28 Actress, 29 Lasts.

Down: 1 Mustang, 2 Thing, 3 Sincere, 4 Treble, 5 Armed, 6 Tractor, 7 Rosie, 12 Also, 14 Ease, 16 Inexact, 18 Aerosol, 19 Showers, 21 Lairds, 22 Cocoa, 23 Sieve, 25 Traps.

QUICK Across:

8 Adjust accordingly (5) 13 Divide (8) 15 Make known (7) 17 Gilded (6)

English - Spanish

18 Aroma (5) 19 Remained (6) 22 Red or green fruit (5) 23 Close (4)

Down: 1 Recall, 2 Grabs, 3 Dogs, 5 Exciting, 6 Squeeze, 7 Settee, 8 Asked, 13 Decorate, 15 Certain, 17 Shadow, 18 Brick, 19 Stress, 22 Again, 23 Just.

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

Across 1 Otoño (6) 4 Deuda (obligación) (4) 8 Neumáticos (de ruedas) (5) 9 Entrar (5) 10 Flash of lightning (9) 13 Valiente (persona, acción, decisión) (5) 15 Sky (5) 16 Eco (sonido) (4) 17 Brunette (f) (6)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Scales, 4 Otra, 8 Abrir, 9 Agent, 10 Religioso, 13 Toads, 15 Arena, 16 Amor, 17 Cereza.

Down: 1 Seal, 2 Agree, 3 Earliest, 5 Tie, 6 Ant, 7 Patinaje, 11 Siete, 12 Nada, 13 Tia, 14 Ajo.

Down 1 Minutes (of a meeting) (4) 2 Tower (5) 3 Mensajes (8) 5 Comer (3) 6 Alquitrán (3) 7 Slowly (8) 11 Gansos (5) 12 Mouth (of person, animal, bottle) (4) 13 Abeja (3) 14 Ceniza (polvo) (3)

Hexagram

1 Rigid, 4 Verses, 9 Changes, 10 Court, 11 List, 12 Extreme, 13 Dad, 14 Acre, 16 Need, 18 Big, 20 Harbour, 21 Fast, 24 Drama, 25 Courage, 26 Wander, 27 Tunes.

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

ACUITY AMOEBA ATTAIN ATTEST CAMBER CITRON CORDON DEBTOR EXTENT JUMBLE

LAMBDA MALLET NETTLE RUDDER SEXTET STANCE STORMY (10) SYSTEM TENURE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Radium 2 Bureau 3 Payout 4 Resume 5 Memory 6 Patron 7 Mammal 8 Poetry 9 Teller 10 Mythic 11 Citron 12 Actual 13 Inhere 14 Sweaty 15 Tinder 16 Chalet 17 Turret 18 Dilate 19 Decree

Across 1 Foundation headquarters (4) 4 Famous Greek coasters at sea (8) 8 Heads of television and radio in sort of news broadcast (6) 9 Disturbed fish surrounded by poles (6) 10 Encourage some of our generation (4) 11 Messy pad? Slash builder (8) 13 Contentious actor in lover’s setting (13) 16 At home with no American money? Not guilty (8) 19 Fired in turn (4) 20 Celebrity fable (6) 22 Chlorine’s always bright (6) 23 Bosses will come from a rebuilt East Germany, but not yet (8) 24 What chaos when the snow melts! (4) Down 2 PM’s rant of one deranged (9) 3 Basic building block forming

part of kettle (7) 4 The kitchen features are drops in the ocean (5) 5 Falls for villain in trial (7) 6 Prize for part of the hospital (5) 7 A seer I heard (3) 12 Appear o so strange in a television programme (4,5) 14 Late returning from feud

revolutionaries caused (7) 15 Have doubts about American political leader in religious order (7) 17 Last letter from some Galicians (5) 18 Insects making right marks (5) 21 A very long period of time, in general (3)

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8:00am 8:45am 9:15am 9:45am 10:15am 12:00pm 12:30pm 2:00pm 2:05pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:10am

Wanted Down Under Flog It! See Hear Close Calls: On Camera Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics Coast Pallisers Who Do You Think You Are? A Place to Call Home Best Bakes Ever David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities Flog It! Eggheads Great American Railway Journeys Great Interior Design Challenge ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade World War Three: Inside the War Room Russell Howard's Good News Newsnight Weather

8:00pm Eastenders: Back to Ours 9:15pm Top Gear 10:00pm Life and Death Row 11:00pm Webcam Boys 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Webcam Boys 2:30am Rise of the Supergamers 3:30am Emergency Rescue Down Under 4:00am The Virtual Reality Virgin

8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:00pm Calculating Ada: The Countess of Computing 10:00pm The Crusades: A Timewatch Guide 11:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 12:00am Tales From the Royal Bedchamber

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7:00am 10:15am 12:10pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

1:00am 1:55am 4:10am 5:00am 5:25am 5:50am

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The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Truth and Lies 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door GPs: Behind Closed Doors Celebrity Big Brother 10,000 BC Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Britain's Flashiest Families Super Casino 10,000 BC Wildlife SOS Great Scientists House Doctor

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

WEDNESDAY TV

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory 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 The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls School of Rock Supernatural The Big Bang Theory

7:00am 7:15am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 3:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm

7:00pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 12:30am 1:00am

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 Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Parking Wars 12:40am The Kyle Files 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am The Cube 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm You've Been Framed!

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!

9:00pm Grease Live 11:50pm American Pie Presents Band Camp 12:50am FYI Daily 12:55am American Pie Presents Band Camp 1:45am Two and a Half Men 2:10am Two and a Half Men

7:00am Man About the House 7:30am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:35am The Royal 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:20pm Man About the House 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 9:30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Women Behind Bars 11:00pm Law and Order 12:00am Wycliffe 1:10am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:15am Where the Heart is

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Scientists have said that you can be exposed to phthalate s, t h e c h e m i c a ls found in plastics, through certain food containers and these can have an effect on hormones which can cause weight gain.

The st u d y fro m Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Germany found that when these plastics enter the body, they can affect a person’s hormone system and can alter a person’s metabolic processes and cause them to gain weight.

T h e s cie n tis ts s a y the y aim to conduct more solid re s e a rc h s o th at th e y c a n then help the authorities responsible for assessing the ris k o f c h emic a ls in G e rmany at European level to perform their evaluations.

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We’re Changing Lives POP in and have a free demonstration of the products available PHIL and Kathy run Changing Lives in Benidorm’s Indoor Market, and believe they can show people a different level of health. They are so confident that they happily give free demonstrations of the products they discovered many years ago.

Both Phil and Kathy have been pain free (apart from the odd injury) for many years now, and they’re keen to share their ‘secret’ with anyone who is suffering.

Phil used to suffer from a lot of back problems - prolapsed (slipped) disc, a curved spine and spondylitis - but back in 1998 he came across a Cornish company which marketed a specific magnetic field product. Despite his scepticism he tried it, and, to his amazement it actually worked.

Kathy then tried it and it worked for her too. Neither of them knew how it worked, but are both now converts.

It was only when they attended a talk by cell biologist MVDr Vladislav Vaclavek, whose life had been saved by the product that they started to learn about how it worked. The biologist researched it and wrote a book on it (details on the Changing Lives website). Phil explained that essentially the treatment tackles the issue of acids in the body.

The free demonstration, which is noninvasive and conducted over people’s clothing, helps the body to get rid of acids. Phil has recently treated someone with gout, and much to the guy’s delight, the pain disappeared in just 15 minutes.

He was sceptical before his free demonstration, but has now happily ordered the product. Phil says that it’s the body that does the healing, not him or the product. By helping the body get rid of unwanted acids the product enables it to then heal itself. All kinds of ailments can be treated too.

Although based in Benidorm, Changing Lives now treats people from all around the world, including a few famous names. Indeed, listeners to BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon show may have heard Janey Lee Grace talking about them. Ironically they are more well known in England than they are in

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CHANGING LIVES: Phil used to suffer from a lot of back problems.

Benidorm at the moment, although that’s changing as people can’t help but spread the word once they discover it works.

Just recently they’ve helped a woman in a wheelchair, and another on crutches having suffered a stroke eight years ago who can now enjoy dancing again. There are lots of testimonials on their website, and on their Facebook page.

Phil’s low-pressure approach is simple.

Allow people the opportunity to try it, then let them make up their own mind as to whether it works or not. If someone comes to him in pain, and leaves without it they can decide for themselves whether the product is for them.

Many people come to him having spent thousands on attempts to cure a problem, and are often at their wit’s end and not especially optimistic that this will be any more successful than anything else they’ve tried.

For those around the world who are unable to visit Changing Lives in person, there is still a risk-free way to try the products. If they buy them and feel they haven’t worked after six months, they’ll get their money back. People are welcome to phone or email to discuss matters at any time, and get the advice and support they need.

Phil and Kathy teach people how to

use the products, so there’s no need to fret about not using them correctly. It’s just a case of being methodical. And once they’ve bought the kit they need there are no more costs, so there are financial benefits as well.

Phil says many of his customers had been written off by medics before they came to him. Some had had tests and xrays that did not reveal the problem, so they had just been living with the pain.

They were understandably sceptical that Phil could make a difference to their lives, but by allowing a free demonstration they learnt that his products work.

Those sceptics who think such things are in people’s minds may be surprised to learn that Phil and Kathy also work with animals, with equally successful results, and eliminating the possibility of mind over matter.

So no matter what pain you are living with, Changing Lives wants to help you.

Visit their shop in Benidorm’s Indoor Market (aisle 2, opposite Hepburn’s Hairdressers), email them on changing lives170@gmail.com or call them for a chat on 605 193 570. Don’t forget to check out their website - www.changing livesstives.com or check out their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ ChangingLivesStIves/

There’s been a lot in the news this week about the Zika virus, which many had never heard of before, so we asked Dr Perez Belmonte to answer a few questions about it.

-What is zika?

It is a virus which comes mainly from the equatorial areas of America, Asia and Africa.

-How is it transmitted?

It is transmitted via mosquitoes, which can also carry other viruses which cause more wellknown illnesses including yellow or dengue fever.

-What are the symptoms?

Zika usually starts with the appearance of skin lesions accompanied by fever, muscle and joint pain and headaches, although in more serious cases breathing problems or neurological issues can occur. Symptoms usually last between four and seven days.

There are debates at the moment as to whether pregnant women affected by the virus can give birth to babies with microcephaly (smaller than average heads), although

there is no conclusive data to confirm this.

-Is it dangerous?

Generally it is a mild illness and patients tend to recover within a week.

-How can we avoid catching it?

This type of mosquito is not present in developed countries so catching it is virtually impossible. In countries where the mosquito is found the best way to avoid contagion is to use repellents, mosquito nets and long sleeved clothes etc to avoid being bitten.

-Is there a cure or treatments?

Currently treatments concentrate on alleviating symptoms, treating muscular pain with pain killers, skin eruptions with anti-histamines, etc.

Rest is also recommended while symptoms last.

Once the illness passes the patient is cured, and there are generally no after effects.

The Coast’s Home GP service - wherever you are - at home - in the office - in the car - on the golf course your GP will get to see you any time, anywhere.

A priceless service at an affordable price.

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Euro Clinica Rincon OFFER a whole range of treatments for clients

EURO CLINICA RINCON: Jaap de Boer is ready to look after you.

JAAP DE BOER, managing director and owner of Benidorm’s Euro Clinica Rincon, is justly proud of the range of treatments available to his clients. Originally set up principally to serve the Dutch community 17 years ago, it is now truly international, but with the Dutch and British representing the majority of patients.

His aim was always to have a multi-disciplinary centre to serve the community, and here you have a c c e s s t o a g e n e r a l p r a c t i t i o n e r, urologist, cardiologist, orthopaedic surgeon, dietitian, chiropodist, gynaecologist, surgeon, orthopaedic surgeon and physiotherapist, as well as the very popular dentists. They’re all kept busy too.

Their in-house cardiologist, for example, can carry out a wide range of tests on site, including ultrasound and stress tests. Minor surgery is conducted on site, and fractures can be dealt with by the orthopaedic surgeon.

The clinic’s main goal is to keep patients out of hospital, and diagnostics represent a large part of the work undertaken by the clinic. X-rays, mammograms, ultrasounds, cardiograms and laboratory tests (including blood tests and Warfarin tests) are amongst the many on offer.

They have equipment available for 24 hour ECGs (or longer, if required), whereby the patient wears a small machine which measures the heart function over an extended period. Twenty-four hour blood pressure tests can be carried out too.

Similarly, sleep tests to help deal with issues of snoring, where the patient wears the recorder overnight. This can also establish whether a patient has sleep apnoea.

Maternal care is another service offered by the clinic.

A 24-hour GP service with telephone support and home visits is available, covering the area from Villajoyosa to Altea. All their doctors speak English too.

The two in-house dentists are kept busy, as in addition to general d e n t i s t r y, t h e y o ff e r c r o w n s a n d bridges, dentures, root canal treatment, implants and cleaning. They also specialise in looking after children, special-needs patients and the dental phobic. For those averse to needles, gas is available. Same-day dental repairs can be carried out too.

Home care is another service on offer, with trained nurses available to visit patients at home and deal with all sorts of issues – wound dressing, help with showering or bathing, helping diabetic patients, nutritional advice, care and control of medicinal administration, terminal care and even taking in meals.

The clinic is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm. Visit their website at www.euroclinicarincon.com or call 966 830 849 for enquiries and appointments.

For emergencies and home visits the number to call is 965 867 801.

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Phones can cause back pain MORE and more people are suffering from kyphosis, or hunchback and too much phone or tablet use could be to blame.

Kyphosis is a curvature of the spine that causes the top of the back to appear rounded and a curve of over 45 degrees is considered excessive.

It can be caused by spinal injury, osteoporosis, spinal arthritis, poor posture and the aging process, but experts say modern technology is also bringing on more cases as people have a more sedentary lifestyle and spend too much time hunched over desks at work. Around 10

million adults spend more than seven hours a day on gadgets putting their health at risk.

A survey of 2,000 people in the UK found that 27 per cent of those questioned had visited a healthcare professional such as a GP or physiotherapist due to back pain in the past year.

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Our Plaice in the Sun - try out the only fish and chip shop in Albir THEIR traditional British menu is attractive to the Scandinavian community too

By Keith Baker WHEN a new business opens in a town the locals like to go along and find out about it. That’s certainly what’s happened in Albir with Our Plaice in the Sun - the town’s only Fish and Chip shop.

It is owned and run by two couples - Paul and Debbie, and Gary and Karen. Paul and Gary first met when they worked together in Calpe, and their friendships developed from there. Both couples came to Spain more than 10 years ago, and for various reasons returned to the UK for a period, but were drawn back here eventually.

They found the perfect location for their dream venture, and did all the decorating before opening in September.

RUN TOGETHER: Gary and Karen, and Paul and Debbie.

Paul is pleased at how quickly they have built up a solid customer base amongst the locals. They see a good number of tourists too.

There have been Fish and Chip

shops in Gary’s family for years, and his grandfather and dad were fishmongers, so is a natural step for him.

Gary has experience as a chef, but he shares the cooking with Paul, who

learned his skills in the Merchant Navy, then honed them when he and Debbie had a pub in the UK. Their customers are not all British.

It transpires their traditional menu is attractive to the Scandinavian community too.

Whilst chatting with Spanish customers, they often find they have previously experienced Fish and Chips in the UK, and come to Our Plaice in the Sun to remind themselves of what makes them so special.

It’s not just amongst the locals that Our Plaice in the Sun has developed a good reputation though. They have had people come along on their mobility scooters all the way from Benidorm.

Running a business as two couples is working well here. Each couple can get some time off, knowing that

the shop is in good hands, but they clearly all get along so well together that even before the first customer of the day walks in there is already an inviting atmosphere.

Not all of their customers eat in, of course, and the take-away side of the business is doing well too.

They have just introduced a new lunchtime special menu, available Mondays to Thursdays between 2.30pm and 4.30pm, which offers two courses - home-made starter and main, or main and home-made dessert - for €7.95, including a drink.

The main course consists of cod, chips and peas.

Opening hours are Monday to Saturday from 1pm to 10pm.

You can find Our Plaice in the Sun at Calle Manuel de Falla No 2 (next to the 3 Lions Pub). Tel: 966 866 060.

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Sharing a Happy Day at the Relleu orphanage

SPECIALLY ADAPTED: The ambulance has a ramp and can accommodate wheelchairs.

New ambulance for Red Cross in Javea WILL be used to transport local people to day centres

By Keith Baker JAVEA’S Red Cross has taken delivery of a new ambulance, thanks to three local charities.

The Grand Lodge of Valencia and charity shops Roundabout and The Original have raised the €64,000 needed to make the purchase.

It has taken two years to raise the amazing sum.

The ambulance has been specially adapted with a ramp, and can accommodate nine people or four wheelchairs.

It will be used to transport people from Javea, Gata and Pedreguer to day centres, as well as collecting food for the food bank that is donated by various supermarkets.

A G R O U P of volunte e rs from the charity Corazon Expre s s pre a d ha ppine s s when they descended on an orphanage in Relleu to give them a Happy Day. They took gifts for each of the children, which had been personally chosen according to their personalities, and they laid on a feast and a party for all to enjoy.

The y a ls o took a long a clown to entertain, and an artist to paint faces.

Adjoined to the orphanage is a facility for adults with learning difficulties,

and t hey wer e al l i nvi t ed al ong t o shar e t he Happy Day with the children. They weren’t forgotten when it became time to give out the presents, as Corazon Expres had chosen per sonal i sed presents for each of them too.

It is important to the charity that they don’t just give generic gifts, so they ask for information on the residents beforehand so that they can t ake an appr opr i at e gi f t along with them.

It was a good day for the st aff t oo, as t he char i t y

takes over all responsibility so that they can have a wellearned break.

At the moment Corazon Expres lays on Happy Days at f i ve i nst i t ut i ons i n t he ar ea. They ai m t o do so ever y t hr ee m ont hs, and they do so with only 23 volunteers and limited funds.

If you would like to know more about volunteering, would like to donate to an amazing cause, or just find out more, visit their website - www.corazon expres.org

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Charity party night HERE’S an opportunity to treat your loved-one and help others at the same time.

A Valentine Party Night is taking place on Friday February 13 from 7pm to 11.30pm in aid of Cancer Care Javea (www.cancercarecharity.org).

There will be a fantastic buffet, plus champagne upon ar-

rival, live music from ‘Out of the Blue,’ party games, dancing and a raffle.

It takes place at GJs Restaurant, Javea. Tickets cost €15 per person, and can be collected from either of the charity shops in Javea Park or from Joanne at GJs. Email ianandmaggie @hotmail.com or 634 335 661.

Performing arts JAVEA is about to become the home of a new performing arts school. Studio 23 will be opened by the mayor of Javea at 6pm on February 12. The school has three studios, complete with mirrors, barres, and sprung floors, as well as showers and changing facilities, a juice bar and attractive waiting areas.

The studio is run by Xenia Bragagnini, the only qualified ISTD dance teacher in Javea. www.studio23javea.com or 691 972 115.

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By Keith Baker NOW in their fourth year of trading, the family run Fishy Fishy of Moraira is well established in the area as a popular place to eat. Started up by husband and wife team Craig and Nicola from scratch, clearly they have got the recipe right, and to prove it they have received a Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor two years running.

They lived in Moraira for four years before setting up the business, having recognised a gap in the market. They attribute their success, and their year-on-year growth, to their decision to use only top quality produce. They choose only the tastiest fish and highest quality oil. They make their own secret recipe beer batter, and use fresh peas rather than the tinned variety. Their tartar sauce is homemade too. Their potatoes are delivered twice weekly by their local supplier, and are then rumbled and chipped on the premis-

FISHY FISHY: Fresh for you and es. They are then blanched in the morning before being fried again in front of customers, ensuring they are nice and crispy.

Burgers are also on the menu, along with other favourites such as sausages, saveloys, roast chicken and pies. The coleslaw is home-made, as are the

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using only top quality produce. desserts, which are becoming more and more popular as regulars are falling for their charms.

Craig and Nicola have clearly enjoyed establishing a successful addition to the wide variety of eateries in Moraira, but they don’t feel they’ve achieved their full potential yet.

They are considering various options for moving their business forward and serving the people of and visitors to Moraira more comprehensively.

What those options are has not been made public yet, but rest assured they will enhance the services they already pro-

vide to the community.

Running a business can be a stressful and time consuming affair, but Craig and Nicola are not alone. They have family members working alongside them, which works as well for them as it does for their customers, many of whom visit regularly like clockwork. They love sitting at their regular table at their regular time, and cherish the fact that the staff remember what they want to order even before they sit down.

A recent upgrade to the terrace has seen the addition of a retractable roof, windproof sides, and heating, so it’s possible to enjoy a meal in the fresh air all year round, although the inside seating is also very stylish.

For the take away customers it’s good to know there’s a free car park just next door.

Opening hours at present are Tuesday to Saturday 12.30pm to 3pm and 5pm to 10pm.

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Talking religion A SERIES of talks exploring the history, founders, beliefs and practices of some of the world’s major religions is being given by Father Chris Cowell in La Fustera Church.

Judaism will be the subject of the next one, to be held on Tuesday February 9 from 10.30am to 12.30pm.

Subsequent talks will cover

Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. Following each of the talks, there will be a bring-andshare lunch.

Anybody with an open and inquisitive mind will be welcome.

More information and course material is available from Father Marcus Ronchetti on marcusronchetti@yahoo.co.uk.

Jazz tribute night THE Teulada Moraira Lions will celebrate the life of Louis Armstrong, who died 45 years ago on July 6, 2016, with the Manhattan Jazz play ‘Satchmo.’ It will take place on March 16 at 8pm at Espai La Senieta, Avenida Madrid, 03724, Moraira.

Tickets cost €10, and all proceeds will help fund ongoing projects and community activities of the Teulada Moraira Lions Club.

Call 634 347 343, or email tmlionstickets@gmail.com.

CELEBRATING: Twenty years of the association.

Dinner for 100 women NEW president was also recognised

By Keith Baker TO CELEBRATE 20 years of L’associacio de Dones de La Nucia, a dinner was enjoyed by 100 women in the Cirer Social Hall.

Set up in 1996, the aim of the association is to bring the ladies of the town together for joint activities such as travel.

The dinner was also an opportunity to recognise the new president, Maria Francisca Lledo Devesa, and nine members of the new board.

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Colau may look further afield MAYOR of Barcelona is allegedly thinking of plunging into national politics Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

ADA COLAU, mayor of Barcelona and linked to Podemos, is allegedly thinking of plunging into national politics.

It worked for Albert Rivera whose Ciudadanos is now a national party so why not Colau, some ask. Why not? Because Rivera is anti-independence and anti-referendum, making him acceptable outside Cataluña.

Canny Colau avoids discussing independence but is pro-referendum, which is anathema to the rest of Spain. Nice try, Ada, but don’t try it.

The Public Prosecution department and tax authority Hacienda claim this is unnecessary because the accusation against her was not brought by the State.

This precedent was set during the trial of deceased Santander banker Emilio Botin, who escaped prosecution for tax transgressions.

Unlike Urdangarin, the Infanta could be let ADA COLAU: Is linked to Podemos.

Own goal ON February 9 Spain will learn if the Infanta Cristina will stand trial in husband Iñaki Urdangarin’s fraud and money-laundering case.

off the hook which Jose Castro, the judge who instructed the case, says would insult “ingenuous taxpayers.”

It will also be an own goal on the part of the Public Prosecutor and Hacienda, but Spanish taxpayers are used to feeling insulted, and not only by Botin, Urdangarin or his royal wife.

Pointless PODEMOS MP Carolina Bescansa turned up on the first day of the new parliament with her baby, a sweet little thing that Pablo Iglesias cooed over and sidekick Iñigo Errejon pointedly ignored.

Bescansa was making a point, she said, to demonstrate how hard it is for women to combine work with a family. It is, but not on an MP’s pay.

Rajoy is all alone THE PSOE’s spokesman Antonio Hernando urged Mariano Rajoy to form a government without delay, safe in the knowledge that he is arithmetically and ideologically stymied.

Raj oy i s al l egedl y r eproached inside his own party for his slowness to negotiate, but apart from Ciudadanos, who don’t have the numbers to help him, who can he approach?

The PP’s huge overall maj or i t y obvi at ed t he need t o make friends during the last l egi sl at ur e. Now Raj oy i s paying for it.

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Don’t gamble your holiday splurge by skimping on travel insurance David Deverson GLOBELINK INTERNATIONAL Insurance correspondent david@globelink.co.uk

HOLIDAYS are sacred, not least to us Brits. A recent travel industry survey showed that most of us would sooner economise on gadgets, home improvements or eating out than cut back on our well-earned breaks.

We’re taking longer holidays, even if that means cutting back on the number of trips we make. What’s more, we don’t mind splashing out on the extras that help turn a ‘ho-hum’ holiday into the stuff of memories.

Travel companies have woken up to that fact, and many now let you tailor your trip with special add-ons. A mini-cruise here, a scenic train journey there, and it can soon add up to a sizeable splurge. Whether you’re travelling under your own steam or on a package, the chances are, you’ll be paying upfront, with more at stake if anything goes wrong.

INSURANCE: Don’t wait until the last minute to book it, it’s asking to be caught out.

Suppose you’re injured and have to cancel your trip because you’re unfit to travel. What if your flight from Spain is delayed, and you miss your connecting flight out of the UK? Or a relative back home falls seriously ill and you have to cut your holiday short to be there?

It’s human nature to think ‘it won’t happen to me’ , but if it does, you’ll certainly be glad you

took out decent travel cover to shield you against the kinds of things that can and do happen out of the blue. Do check your policy to make sure it fits the trip you’re planning.

Cancellation costs can be peanuts compared to the head-spinning risks involved if you run into health problems without proper cover.

People generally underestimate the cost of

medical treatment abroad, which has rocketed in recent years. That’s especially true of Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, Japan and the US, where hospital stays can cost around £2,500 (€3,274) per day. Even then, medical bills are often the tip of the iceberg. At Globelink, we recently paid over £45,000 (€58,946) to repatriate one of our clients back to the UK following heart surgery in the USA! One last thing I must stress, don’t wait until the last minute to book your travel cover, it’s just asking to be caught out. Remember, too, that single trip holiday insurance must cover the whole of your return trip, from the date you leave your country of residence to the date you return. Don’t be tempted to book it from a friend’s address in the UK. Declaring you’re a UK resident when you live in Spain is fraud. If you do make a claim, it won’t wash, but you could find yourself in pretty hot water!

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THE other day I was asked after a day of strong winds, ‘Can fallen avocados be added to the compost heap?’ My reply was ‘Yes but why waste them?’ For they normally don’t bruise and there are so many healthy things one can do with them.

These include beneficial vitamins, minerals, omega three and six fatty acids, and energy giving calories that combine to produce a good rich taste and enjoyable creamy texture.

In groves of avocados most trees are sheltered from windy weather, but individual plants in gardens are often unprotected so a few immature small fruits with weak stems fall daily in windy weather once they weigh about 50 grams.

The best thing is to collect them up and place in a bowl in the kitchen to use as soon as they dent slightly when pressed gently.

So what can you do with them?

1. Eat the small ones raw like an apple. To make it easy eat

USES: You can eat them raw, add them to a salad, make an omelette or even make a face mask. the skin and soft unripe kernel.

Fallens then become a useful impromptu snack when working in the garden.

2. When it’s time for breakfast make an omelette or scrambled egg using a soft, fried filling combining finely cut green and red peppers, one or two cut up avocados and pine nuts.

3. Make a mousse to serve on slices of apple or bread. Skin and stone a few small avocados and mix with a little yoghurt and lemon juice, a little salt, and plenty of pepper to taste us-

ing a pestle and mortar.

4. Make a variety of avocado based salads incorporating as many tasty fresh salad leaves as possible from the garden.

5. Add to stews as a taste enhancer and thickener.

6. Make an avocado and broccoli soup now young broccoli heads can be harvested.

7. Make a winter face mask.

8. Mash one and use to massage muscular pains away.

9. If some become overripe add the flesh into the bottom half of compost when repotting

plants. The minerals, vitamins and source of moisture will help to stimulate root growth.

10. Then yes, those unused and uneatable can be added to your compost heap or fed to hens and cockerels.

Other uses and dietary benefits found on the internet include bone strengthening, instant source of energy, mild cancer prevention, aids metabolism, appetite suppressant, rejuvenates skin and as an aphrodisiac. Apparently for this reason avocadoes were banned

from monastery diets in the middle ages.

If you are tempted by the above ideas, but unfortunately rarely see an avocado on your tree in spite of having thousands, even millions of flowers, there are a number of things you can do.

1. Hang jars of honey in the tree to attract pollinating bees and other insects.

2. Plant avocado trees near trees that flower at the same time and are good bee attractors, such as a male carob tree.

3. If you have the popular Haas variety of avocado trees, plant another variety such as Zutano or Endranol which have a different timing of male and female flower openings. If there is no room in the ground the second tree could be grown in a large container.

The problem is that avocado flowers are bisexual and on alternate days the male or female organs are in action for half the day. With Haas trees there is a tendency for this to be synchronised so that male and female flowers rarely operate at the same time. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com January 2016

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SEAMUS was one of life’s great characters, and a retired colonel of the Irish Guards 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.

ON a recent visit to the mother country, we happened to drive past a house near our village that was once occupied by one of life’s great characters, a retired colonel of the Irish Guards, known to his friends and fellow ex-officers as Seamus.

He was an aristocrat through and through, but treated everyone he came into contact with in exactly the same uncondescending way, be they royalty or street cleaners.

His language when telling one of his famous stories to the boys, was barrack room vernacular at its bawdy best, but when engaging ladies in conversation, he was the epitome of charm and courteousness.

MANNERS: Due decorum and a stiff upper lip were required in all situations.

Kissing hands or tipping his hat were as natural to him as eating peas off a knife is to me.

His mother was of genteel birth he told me, and the emphasis in her day was to mar-

ry well and acquire a husband from the aristocracy or upper classes.

But she had other rebellious thoughts and furthered her education at a school for young ladies, the establish-

ment being a stately home of some magnificence, and ruled by a principal of formidable demeanour.

One evening over dessert, the elderly butler approached unhurriedly, and bending

down painfully to engage the principal’s ear, said: “Begging pardon Ma’am, no cause for alarm but the ‘ouse is on fire.”

There was a sharp intake of breath around the table, and I suspect a hint of nervous flatulence, but no noticeable reaction from the principal who, ramrod straight, informed her ‘gels’ that they should finish the meal with due decorum.

Nothing, not even a raging inferno, would interrupt their set routine and they were eventually led to the safety of the gardens in a dignified manner.

It was an illustration of the now sadly defunct, British stiff upper lip.

The colonel is no longer with us, but he was one of those rare examples from the upper classes who have no pretentions regarding status and treat everyone with the respect and courtesy they merit, regardless of background or upbringing.

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WEATHER conditions in the last week have caused untold difficulties John Smith Random thoughts...

THE east coast of America is normally pretty well-equipped to deal with snow, but the weather conditions in the last week have caused untold difficulties.

It is estimated that at least 31 people have died due to car accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning or heart attacks caused by shovelling snow.

The storm brought snow from the Gulf Coast to New England, with near-record snowfalls measured from Washington DC to New York City causing people to be cut off, and roads, train stations and airports to be closed, as well as mass purchasing of food, leaving shelves empty and some people hungry.

Central Park in New York, with just under 30 inches of snow, saw the second highest fall since records began in 1869, and all of the main freeways on Long Island were

WHITE HOUSE: Near-record snowfalls were recorded in Washington DC. closed to traffic.

Plenty of children appreciated the fact that schools were closed, and those with skis had an unexpected opportunity to enjoy their hobby, as many companies and government departments decided it was safer to close rather than face the risk of injury to their staff.

Forty-eight million viewers dropped in to YouTube to see the

Washington Zoo’s Giant Panda Tian Tian rolling around in the snow, and even a Maryland man in a panda costume managed to attract 500,000 viewers doing the same thing.

Despite the fact that part of the largest economy in the western world was paralysed for a few days, it doesn’t appear to have had a major effect on the country, although once the thaw sets in, flooding could

become a major headache and hit the insurance industry particularly badly.

With the storm heading across the Atlantic, both Britain and Ireland can look forward to an extended period of cold weather, and even Spain can anticipate a bit of a fall out with some chilly nights, although it is unlikely to be particularly uncomfortable.

The storm caused people to be cut off, and roads, train stations and airports to be closed, as well as mass purchasing of food, leaving shelves empty

Mariano Rajoy.

A stalemate for Spanish Parliament WE make no apologies for returning to the matter of the Spanish election, and the fact that at the time of writing these observations there has been very little progress in the formation of a new government.

This means that the old government continues to run the country, even though it no longer has a formal mandate and does not have a majority in the Cortes.

King Felipe, having met with the leaders of every party, starting with the ‘minnows’ on January 18 and finishing with the main contenders on January 22, issued a formal invitation to Mariano Rajoy to form a minority government.

The interim Prime Minister declined to do so, not on the basis that he would never agree to run the country, but on the basis that he couldn’t agree at the moment as he didn’t hold sufficient seats to allow him to be elected as Prime Minister, as those opposed to him were in the majority.

To this end therefore, he has indicated that he will keep trying to find a compromise with the other parties to allow him to create a workable coalition.

To some extent this is quite a clever ploy, because in theory, he could carry on like this until October 2016 before a new election can be called, but if he agreed to accept the call to form a government and was defeated then the election would have to take place within two months.

A combination of unseasonably mild Atlantic waters, a cold snap from Canada, and a slow moving front coupled with the effects of the El Niño weather event in the PacifNow we ic, which may have warmed the Atwant to lantic, have combined to create hear your views. these extreme weather conditions. Although happily they YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE are not as bad as those depict- YOUR OPINION ed in the 2004 film ‘The Day www.euroweeklynews.com After Tomorrow’.

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UK buyers are leading the way INDICATORS confirm they will continue to dominate the Spanish property market in 2016 John Graham The property expert

SPANISH property enquiries in January 2016 have got off to a flying start, and it’s the UK buyers that are leading the way.

All indicators confirm that UK property buyers will continue to dominate the property market in Spain, especially along the Spanish Costas and Balearics, and that there should be an increase in UK buyers compared to 2015.

Recent data from major property portals in the UK confirm that Spain is the most searched destination for property buyers, well ahead of France, Spain’s nearest rival, and other destinations.

Also, official data has recently

SPANISH PROPERTY: Enquiries have got off to a flying start in 2016. been released on the total property sales in Spain by non-Spanish buyers in 2015.

The report confirms UK property buyers have been the biggest property buyers in Spain each year from

2013 to the end of 2015, and in 2015 UK buyers were again the biggest buyers but by a much bigger margin, when compared to all other nationalities.

So there is no denying that the

UK market will continue to be the number one buyer of property in Spain in 2016.

There has been a lot of speculation with regards to property prices in Spain in recent years, and we can now safely say that prices have bottomed out in the majority of regions.

Recent official data show an increase in Spain’s property prices at around 1 per cent to 2.9 per cent at the end of 2015, but if we take out Barcelona and Madrid price increases, the prices on the Costas and Mallorca haven’t increased in most areas, and only very slightly in prime locations.

The important point to remember on pricing is that we have turned a corner, prices have stopped falling and 2016 should see more price increases in Spain, especially in prime locations, and as I stated last week 2016 will be a buyers’ market.

Another positive sign the property

industry has got off to a flying start in January is the large number of investors buying properties from Spanish banks. We will see many more investor transactions in 2016, especially along the Costas.

Investors and developers buying and refurbishing these developments that have lain dormant for so many years, are bringing them back to life again.

This is good news for everyone selling a property, there’s nothing worse than trying to sell your home that is located close to an unfinished development, and once the developments are finished it will help increase the property prices in the area.

If you are looking to buy or sell your property please contact me.

John Graham Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute. gk.ipad@me.com

Informing your property market IT’S a little known fact that the Spanish government is a surprising world player when it comes to publishing open data available to the public, coming in at 17th in the Global Open Data Index.

Spain began seriously publishing open data documents in 2013, and within them is a wealth of key information for those looking to play the property market game.

House prices indexes, mortgage lending, unemployment levels, sea water quality, and transaction volumes are just snippets of the enormous variety of information readily avail-

able, which can help individuals and businesses make an informed decision.

Companies are now looking to channel the data sets in a bid to position themselves as go-to agents for foreign buyers looking to properly educate themselves on the wider market dynamics.

Much of the data has only recently gone live, but it is expected to pick up pace in the near future, leading to an array of varied information programming systems, which will be able to effectively morph into a ready-made analysis of a property’s potential.

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ANALYSIS shows significant increases defined the market in 2015

SPANISH BANKS: Trying to sell off property at low prices.

Spanish property is undervalued NEW analysis from a world economic body highlights Spain

By Matthew Elliott IN news that will come as little surprise to expatriates living in Spain, the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) has declared that the Spanish property market is undervalued after conducting comprehensive analysis across the world.

Spain, Portugal and Italy, all traditional markets for overseas British buyers, were named as the among the most undervalued, while Britain and Sweden in particular swung in the opposite direction.

The OECD research pits local property prices against standardised wages, and set it against a long term average, with the analysis taking place over a decade.

Spain was marked as undervalued by 26 per cent, which is attributed to oversupply, a lack of infrastructure and no significant demand.

Many Spanish banks are frantically trying to sell off properties still on their books at rock-bottom prices, having lent heavily to developers before the crash.

In comparison, the UK is estimated to be 7 per cent overpriced, while in Sweden the figure is 114 per cent.

Scandinavia is likely to see a massive housing boom in the near future, contributed to the shortage, while Eastern Europe and Turkey in particular are expected to see an influx of foreign buyers capitalising on favourable market conditions.

BARCELONA: The city’s classic buildings are attracting higher rents than ever.

A NEW report has indicated that rental prices in Spain saw a marked increase in 2015 with an average rise of 3.3 per cent, leading to a median â‚Ź7 per square metre.

Released by the Idealist website, the analysis also detailed the compelling regional differences across a fragmented national market.

With Barcelona continuing its rise as a leading European capital, Catalonian land-

lords demanded a steep 13.3 per cent rise in their rents, while the Balearics saw an eyewatering 10.3 per cent rise.

Both were significantly above the capital Madrid at a more reasonable 7.6 per cent, although it retains the highest price per square metre at â‚Ź10.5.

When limiting the analysis to cities, Malaga posted an enormous increase of 13.5 per cent, in marked opposition to Jaen

which saw a 7.9 per cent decline.

This two-speed nature of the market was highlighted by regional declines in Galicia of -3.7 per cent, and Extremadura of -3.4 per cent.

The creation and distribution of employment is expected to be key to how the market develops in 2016, but the patterns outlined last year are expected to continue, showing little in the way of major surprises.

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Moral of the story... get a second opinion Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHY is it when you take your car in to have something done, on the way home from picking it up some warning light comes on or a noise appears? You take it back to the garage and tell them you just had some work done and now this problem has appeared.

You all know what’s next. It’s the shrug of the shoulders! “Let’s have a look”. The bonnet goes up. Then it happens, the sharp intake of breath. “What? What?” Then the explanation, the kafluferla valve has sprung a leak and the shlaygool seal needs replacing.

“Hold on a minute, it was all fine before I brought it for the other little thing that needed doing. Absolutely no connection? Pure coincidence, even though the pipe going into the thingamajig is at the other end of the pipe you just replaced on the whatchamacallit. So how much is all this going to cost?”

“Well even though it’s just this tiny seal that has gone, they don’t sell that bit on its

own. Yeah, you have to buy a whole new gangle valve which has to come from the main dealer in (fill in the place that is furthest away from your garage).”

“The cost?” “Well it’s going to be about €500 with fitting!” “OK let me think about it and I’ll let you know tomorrow.” And off I go.

Now here is a tip, never believe that every mechanic knows what he is talking about, because on the way home I pop into my local garage that has been there for years and ask him to have a quick look at my car.

He lifts the bonnet up, has a look round, gets a screwdriver and another tool that makes a clicking noise when you move it in any direction. A few minutes later he comes out from under the bonnet and says he’s fixed it. “How much?” “Give me €10.”

Sorry, what about the €500 bit of kit that was needed? He then informs me the only problem was that whoever did the original repair simply didn’t put the other end back properly! Naturally I went back to the original garage and told them in no uncertain terms what I thought of them. The moral of the story is it doesn’t matter how far a fish swims it never sweats… Or maybe always get a second opinion.

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New speed radars CAN also detect if a driver is using a mobile phone 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.

NEW DETECTORS: Can tell if a driver is on a mobile phone or not wearing a seatbelt.

A NEW range of radar speed detectors installed by the DGT not only monitor for vehicles travelling in excess of the maximum permitted speed limit, but they are also able to tell if a driver is not wearing a seatbelt or is talking on a mobile phone.

The cameras, which have been installed in 70 locations across the country already, look similar to the existing devices, but can capture images at 50 frames per second, which results in higher definition still images being captured, which result in more details being collected and then analysed, such as the driver’s current activities and recording the vehicle information.

The aim of the investment in the devices is to improve road safety, with the latest data revealing that in the most recent campaign 1,349 drivers were reported for not using seatbelts, and another 1,113 for using a phone whilst driving.

With the Pegasus radar already capable of capturing this detail, and recording the necessary evidential data, these latest ground-based cameras add to the arsenal of monitoring tools.

Further data also reveals that 77 per cent of all people killed in vehicles are not wearing a seatbelt, and so by changing attitudes through enforcement, a significant number of lives can be saved.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

Can we charge banks?

I AM president of a small community of nine apartments. Four of the apartments are possessed by banks, who refuse to pay community fees.

At our AGM three years ago we passed a motion that all debtors should pay an extra levy of 10 per cent.

Of course you can charge the banks, but you are not charging them interest. You are applying a surcharge, ‘un recargo’, on late payers of community fees.

If the community has decided by majority vote to

However, our administrator tells me that we cannot charge the banks interest.

Is this correct? One flat alone has almost five years debt, which puts a considerable burden on the owners who pay.

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

apply this surcharge, it is perfectly legal.

Your next step is to authorise the president to

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claim the debt from the non-payers in court, along with the legal costs.

The banks who repossess properties routinely refuse to pay community fees until they are taken to court. The judge then orders them to pay, and they pay.

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

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It’s a drag race!

TOP GEAR could be in trouble if they don’t put their foot down and get the long awaited relaunch back on the screen, as ITV look like they may be pulling an overtaking move with their new show The Drive.

With the absence of the hugely popular Top Gear, ITV have stepped on the ‘go faster’ pedal with a new celebrityhosted show, The Drive, which could tap into viewer’s motoring appetites leaving Chris Evans and Top Gear in the rear view mirror eating dust.

ITV has signed up Louis Walsh, Mariella Frostrup, Angus Deayton, presenter Laura Tobin, comedian Johnny Vegas, rapper Professor Green, singer Ella Eyre and athlete turned-presenter Colin Jackson for a new five-part series.

The Drive will race away from the line in summer 2016, and be hosted by Vernon Kay, aided by driver Jason Plato.

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Cars vs British Army: This is what scares me. It’s called the Trojan and because it’s part tank, part bulldozer, it’s the king of... Wherever it damn well wants to go.

Some might say...

The new MINI Cooper Works Convertible ENJOY extreme driving fun in a fashionable way

By Steve Walsh THE name Cooper, when it comes to MINI, has always denoted top-end performance and rally-winning prestige.

Now John Cooper Works has launched the second top athlete of the new model generation, the new MINI John Cooper Works Convertible, which invites racing fans to enjoy extreme driving fun in a particularly fashionable way.

This unique vehicle concept in the small car segment, combines an authentic racing feel with intense open-air enjoyment and the premium quality

of the new MINI generation.

The thrilling performance and extrovert charisma coupled with the drive, suspension technology and aerodynamics developed on the basis of well-established racing expertise, are echoed by the distinctive design features in the unmistakable style of John Cooper Works.

The 2.0 litre four-cylinder power unit developed exclusively for John Cooper Works models, utilises the current engine generation with MINI Twin-Power Turbo Technology at its heart.

With its fascinating perfor-

RENAULT KANGOO: Was initially released in 1999 and then redesigned in 2007.

The Renault Kangoo MILLIONTH car has just been produced FAVOURED by many small companies and large families alike, the Renault Kangoo has been a common sight on our streets in one form or another for nearly 18 years, and has proven to be very popular.

So much so in fact that the Maubeuge plant in Northern France has just produced its 1,000,000th second-generation Kangoo. Renault has been producing this leisure activity vehicle and its LCV counterpart in France since 2007.

Initially released in 1998 and then redesigned in 2007, the Kangoo is now avail-

able in two forms, a leisure activity vehicle for retail customers and an LCV for the brand’s business customers.

The LCV comes in a choice of three sizes, the Kangoo Compact, Kangoo Express and Kangoo Maxi, as well as an electric version, the Kangoo ZE. In 2015, the LCV version represented 64 per cent of overall Kangoo production. The same year, 90 per cent of all Kangoos produced (PC + LCV) featured diesel engines, 7 per cent had petrol engines and 3 per cent were electric.

PRESTIGE: The new MINI will be on sale in March. mance characteristics and highly emotional sound (due to distinctive design of pistons, turbocharger and exhaust system), the most powerful engine in the MINI portfolio can now produce 231 bhp, 20 hp up on its predecessor.

With the six-speed manual transmission as standard, or a six-speed Steptronic sport transmission available as an option, the combined EU fuel consumption: 6.5 l/100 km (automatic: 5.9 l/100 km, and a combined EU CO2 emissions

of 152 g/km (138 g/km).

All these features add up to a renowned marque that has evolved into an extremely sporty modern legend, with acceleration figures of 0 – 100

km/h in 6.6 seconds, and a top speed of 242 km/h.

Set to go on sale in Europe in March, the new Cooper convertible is expected to have a price tag of around €33,000.

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Europeans are leading the way MERCEDES, Audi, Volvo and BMW all presented new concepts in Detroit THIS year will be remembered as the year of European cars in Detroit, led by Mercedes, Audi, Volvo and BMW. Most eyes and minds, between dribbling over the different concept cars, were seeking out all the advances in technology that are soon to become part of our lives, seeing that the autonomous car is now the technological objective of all manufacturers.

BMW, being one of the major exhibits of interest, found itself answering a deluge of questions in relation to the innovative BMW ConnectedDrive services.

As with all future products earmarked for release, answers to specific questions tended to be as clear as mud!

However, they said: “The BMW Group is constantly working to develop pioneering digital services which

BMW: ConnectedDrive services was one of the major exhibits of interest. will expand vehicle connectivity.

“The BMW Labs portal, which went online January 19, will give customers the

chance to test in advance new services still under development, and therefore play an active role in helping to shape the future of BMW

ConnectedDrive services.”

They added: “BMW Labs enables customised functions via IFTTT. The first ConnectedDrive option to be

made available via BMW Labs is the integration of the IFTTT service into BMW vehicles.

“IFTTT is a free-of-charge

service which allows hundreds of web applications and intelligent devices on the Internet to be linked together.”

FUTURE: Company announce their autonomous drive and connectivity timeline until 2020.

Car manufacturer says “The Future is here” AS the world’s fourth largest car group, Renault-Nissan has mapped out its road ahead and declared: “The Future is here.” To prove it, they confirm their au-

tonomous drive and connectivity timeline until 2020.

With the car group hiring a new executive to oversee connectivity and connected car services globally, the alliance plan to launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology in the next four years.

They confirmed the launch of a range of vehicles with autonomous capabilities in Europe, United States, Japan and China up to 2020, and that the technology will be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices.

In addition, Renault-Nissan will launch a suite of new connectivity applications that will make it easier for people to stay connected to work, entertainment and social networks.

This year will mark the debut of vehicles with ‘single-lane control’, a feature that allows cars to drive autonomously on motorways, including in heavy, stop-andgo traffic.

In 2018, they will launch vehicles with ‘multiple-lane control’, and 2020 will see the launch of ‘intersection autonomy’.

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United booed off yet again, Deli Alli nets a beauty AND Ricky Fowler wins in the UAE 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 – Last Saturday saw one of the great PL games of the season so far as Liverpool won 5-4 at Norwich courtesy of Adam Lallana’s 95th minute bouncer.

Manchester United yet again, were booed off the pitch after losing 1-0 at home to Southampton, Charlie Austin scoring seven minutes and 45 seconds into his Saints’ debut.

Leicester City went back to the top of the PL with an excellent 3-0 win over Stoke, while 10-man Arsenal succumbed 1-0 at home Diego Costa’s early goal for Chelsea, who are now unbeaten in nine PL games against the Gunners.

Deli Alli scored a magnificent goal in Tottenham’s 3-1 derby win at Crystal Palace.

Sergio Aguero bagged a late equaliser to earn Manchester City a point at West Ham (22). Watford beat Newcastle 2-1, and Swansea won 2-1 at Everton. The games between Sunderland and Bournemouth, and WBA and bottom club Aston Villa ended in 1-1 and 0-0 draws respectively.

Hull City shot to the top of the Championship with vic-

tory at Fulham. Middlesbrough lost at home to improving Nottingham Forest.

Brighton defeated Huddersfield. Birmingham eased past Ipswich 3-0, and Sheffield Wednesday won at Reading, while Burnley met Derby at Turf Moor on Monday.

Gillingham have leapfrogged Walsall and Burton Albion to take over as FL1 leaders. Northampton are top of FL2, ahead of Plymouth Argyle and Michael Appleton’s Oxford United, while north of the border, Celtic were 3-1 winners over St Johnstone and now lead the SPL. Here in Spain, Lionel Messi scored again as table-toppers Barcelona beat Malaga 2-1, second-placed Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 with Sevilla and Real Madrid (third) were surprisingly held 1-1 by Real Betis. Elsewhere, Athletic Bilbao whipped hapless Eibar 5-2.

CRICKET – South Africa (475 and 248-5 declared), were heading for victory in the fourth and final Test against England (342 and 333) after three batsmen scored centuries in the Proteas’ first innings total.

Alastair Cook’s tourists had already clinched the four-match series. The ODI and T20 matches are next on the agenda.

England’s Stuart Broad has

RICKY FOWLER: Won the Abu Dhabi Championship.

DID YOU KNOW? Only six teams have scored 700 or more Premiership goals: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle and Spurs.

And five red and nine yellow cards were brandished in Boca Juniors’ recent 1-0 win over rivals River Plate in Argentina. Boca, who ended the game with eight men, had two players dismissed in their previous game.

moved to the top of the world bowling rankings ahead of Indian Ravi Ashwin and South African Dale Syen.

West Indies star Shivnarine Chanderpaul has retired from international competition, having scored almost 12,000 runs in 164 Tests.

And former Warwickshire bowler Jack Bannister, who took 1,198 wickets in 374 matches between 1950 and 1968, including a best return of 10-41, has died aged 85.

TENNIS – The first Grand Slam tournament of the year ends this weekend in Melbourne and all the top stars have been doing the business on court, including Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer, David Ferrer, Stan Wawrinka and Ki Nishikori in the men’s singles and likewise Maria Sharapova, Viktoria Azarenka, Serena Williams and Johanna Konta in the women’s section.

In fact, Konta became the first British woman to reach the quarter finals of a major tournament for 32 years. Unfortunately Rafael Nadal, retiring home favourite Lleyton

TOTTENHAM WIN: Deli Alli scored a magnificent goal against Crystal Palace.

Hewitt, Caroline Wozniaki and Heather Watson were early casualties.

GOLF – The recent Abu Dhabi Championship was won by Ricky Fowler (USA) on 16 under par. Belgium’s Thomas Pieters was second (15 under) with Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson (Sweden) joint third, a further shot behind.

RUGBY UNION – Glasgow, Gloucester, Northampton, Ospreys, Racing 92, Saracens, Toulon, Ulster (56-3 victors over Oyonnax) and Wasps (51-10 winners over Leinster) are booming along in the European Champions Cup. Toulon, in fact, want to play in the UK Aviva PL next season.

DIARY of EVENTS – Earlier this week, we had the second legs of the League Cup semi-finals between Liverpool and Stoke (Tuesday) and Manchester City v Everton (last night). Both Merseyside clubs held one goal leads from the first games.

The fourth round of the FA Cup is coming up: Derby-Manchester United, tomorrow (8.55pm), followed by Colchester-Spurs (1.45pm), holders Arse nal-Burnley, Aston VillaManchester City, BoltonLeeds, Bury-Hull, Crystal Palace-Stoke, Liverpool-West Ham (6.30pm), Nottingham Forest-Watford, PortsmouthBournemouth, ShrewsburySheffield Wednesday, Oxford-Blackburn, WBA-Peterborough on Saturday and Carlisle-Everton (1.30pm) and MK DonsChelsea (5pm) on Sunday.

JOHANNA KONTA: Reached the last eight in Melbourne.

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Texas Scramble at Oliva Nova WITH the UK up to their eyes in snow, wind, rain and more rain, Pego Golf Society played at Oliva Nova in beautiful conditions, with the sun beaming down and a perfect 20 degrees to play.

They had 48 guests and members that were warmly welcomed by Captain David O’Connor. The guests were Bob Seaton, Stewart Dickson, Sue Horsfall, Barry Carter and Richard Morris.

The Texas Scramble results were: 1st Place, the team of Shaun O’Gorman, Peter Chapman, Sue Horsefall and Celia Cronin, with a score of 57.6.

2nd Place, the team of

PEGO GOLF SOCIETY: Forty-eight guests and members played in beautiful conditions.

Mike Cureden, Graham Haslam, Donna Green and Brian Barden, with a score of 62.3 (won on count back).

3rd Place, the team of Malcolm Wise, John Evans and Richard Fox, with a score of 62.3.

Some great golf was played

by the winners on the day who won by a country mile.

Nearest the pin on hole three was Roger Brown with 4.79 metres, and at hole 16, the winner was Richard Morris with 3.9 metres.

There were eight two’s from the field, and these were

Benitachell Bowls Club ON Thursday, January 21, a BBC team travelled to Calpe for the return leg of the annual Friendship Cup. Although taking with them a 39 shot difference in their favour, the BBC team was not complacent, as they knew their opponents would put up a stern fight on their home rink. This proved to be so.

Fortunately the rink skipped

by Iris Gardiner, even after losing 11 shots in the closing ends, ran out comfortable winners 26 – 12.

The rink, skipped

by Peter Griffiths, saw the game standing eight all at nine ends and 13 all at 16 ends. However, with two singles on the final two ends they clinched the contest 15 – 13.

Dudley Davies’ rink had a close game for the first third being six – six at six ends. But fighting bravely, it ended up 18 – 26.

Richard Chamberlain, skipping the rink lead by wife Jinty, opened with a two but struggled to keep in touch with the opponents until they secured a four on the 11th end. Again, keeping the shot difference in hand, they finished 10 – 18 down.

Totalling up the shots and whichever way you looked at it, it was 69 – 69 on the day with BBC scoring on two more ends.

However, with their home score of 39 the cup was returned to BBC for another year.

Tigers vs Calpe Fantastic weather, good company and good food. That is the good news, the bad news is

that the ‘Tigers’ were well beaten on all four rinks, with Calpe taking the full 10 points.

BBC LIONS vs BBC JAGUARS From the start the Jaguars led overall, and after 14 ends BBC were drawing on two games, up on one game and down on one game. It could have gone either way but luckily for the Lions they won.

On rink three Rob Hawker, David Browne, Feli Croft played Pam Coombes, Jack Chamberlian and Harry Chick.

A tight game all the way ending 15 - 14 to the Jags.

Rink four was the lionesses Linda Richards, Yvonne Browne and Lynda Warnes who fought to ultimately come out victorious, with a final score of 24-12 to the lionesses.

Rink six saw Rod Warnes, Jacquie Roberts and Dave Roberts playing Mick Adams, Peter Griffiths and John Coates, Daves team scored a five to give them the lead, and with a four on the 16th end clinched the game 21-11.

Rink seven saw Annie Jones, Jeff Richards and Trevor Neale playing Christine Mawson, Richard Gardiner and Derek Mawson, where victory was snatched from Derek and his team. The bowling on this very difficult rink was excellent and the match could have gone either way. Final score was 1813 to the lions.

Lions 77 shots eight points Jaguars 51 shots and two points.

Winter League Report Benitachell Bowls Winter League team was away to Emerald Isle this week. It was the first opportunity this season

to ‘do a double’, having already beaten Emerald Isle at home in the first game of the season.

Dudley Davies, Clive Langan, Carol Davies and John Avey had a terrific game. The last end saw BBC 19 – 20, but Skip Dudley with his last perfect bowl, secured the shot to draw level at 20 all.

Jeff Richards, Tony Lawley, Derek Mawson and Linda Richards commanded a 13 shot lead by the 12th end, and went on to win 19 – nine.

Skip Maggie Lawley, Jacquie Roberts, Mary Cockell and Tim Woodcock had a score of 14 – eight on the 10th end. Emerald Isle staged a fight back but once again BBC fought back and secured the win 20 – 19.

John Coates, Bob Cockell, Harry Chick and Christine Mawson dominated their game, going on to achieve an excellent win of 24 – 16 securing a further two points for BBC. Skip David Roberts, Iris Gardiner, Steve Griffin and Bert McLean fought out an evenly balanced encounter, but were eventually squeezed out with a final score of 11 – 14.

The Berleen saw Richard Gardiner, Carole Nicholas, Rebecca Langan and Lynne Avey fight an evenly balanced game only losing by four shots with a final score of 14 – 18.

This was an impressive away performance by the squad with an overall shot difference of 16 shots (94 – 78), and secured second place in the league for BBC. For a full update and further information about forthcoming games and results, please visit www.benitachellbowlsclub.com.

by Simon Fox, Richard Fox, Mike Holloway, Shaun O’Gorman, Richard Morris and two by Trevor Baker.

There was a total 95 balls in the water, and that was won

by Ian Campbell, who successfully guessed the correct number.

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Orba Warblers Golf Society VISITED Alicante Golf on a very pleasant January day A GOOD turnout was seen last week for their visit to Alicante Golf. After a cool start the sun came out big time giving them a very pleasant January day.

The course was in good condition with quicker than usual greens. This big and difficult

course gives little opportunity for birdies, scores of par are always at a premium and this day was no exception.

Division two was a tightly fought contest with two players scoring 36 points, David Edwards (Hcp 26.5), just edging

out Barbara Pollitt (Hcp 23.1), for the top spot on count back.

Jan Wilson completed the podium with 34 points (Hcp 18.5).

Jan also made it a good day by picking up the nearest the pin prize on the very difficult par three, 17th. Division one

was secured by John Daniels (Hcp 17.0), with 36 points, just holding off vice captain David Knight (Hcp 8.6), with 35 points. Tim Harrison (Hcp 15.2), secured third spot with 34 points.

Other nearest the pin winners

on the day were Glynn Braidley on hole three, the president Art Sullivan on hole six, and Jim Rogers on hole eight.

Next game for the Warblers will be at Alenda on Wednesday February 3, for a Texas Scramble.