Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 28 January - 3 February 2016 Issue 1595 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1595

28 Jan - 3 Feb 2016

COSTA DEL SOL

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Earthquakes hit the Costa del Sol by Matthew Elliott THE most powerful earthquake in decades has struck Malaga Province with a magnitude 6.3 tremor scrambling emergency services across the Costa del Sol and the small Spanish enclave of Melilla on the other side of the Mediterranean, which suffered the brunt of the damage. Aftershocks have continued to rumble across the southern coast in their hundreds since the pre-dawn seism on Monday January 25, with further tremors rudely awakening residents of Fuengirola, Torremolinos, Marbella and other parts of the Costa on Wednesday. An initial assessment by the US Geological Survey identified the epicentre at 100 miles from Malaga in the Alboran Sea at a depth of 20 miles. A low likelihood of casualties or damages was predicted, but 26 injuries were reported in Melilla, with a 12-year-old boy dying after a suspected panic

attack. The quake was followed by a magnitude 5.1 tremor just 12 minutes later and was felt inland in Granada and Sevilla. Residents who recollect the Lorca devastation of 2011 have been justifiably fearful, the Murcia town losing nine lives to a magnitude 5.1 quake at a

dangerously shallow depth of less than one mile. Many were also displaced from their homes and the Military Emergencies Unit, who are now at the ready, deployed. The Iberian Peninsula registers between 1,200 and 1,400 tremors each year.

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Secondary school for Benalmadena WITH the Andalucian government giving the green light, it looks like Benalmadena Pueblo will finally have a n e w se c o n d ary school. Naturally the pro-

ject will not be drafted up for a few years while legal matters take over, but the news is good for locals who have petitioned for a long time.

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Recycling of broken glass has increased AWARENESS campaigns giving more options to people

Body washed up THE body of a mysterious, well-dressed blonde washed up on the shore of El Palo beach in Malaga. She was discovered by police and medics in a rocky area following sightings of a floating figure. Investigators are trying to determine the cause of death with suicide a mooted possibility.

Brits taking over BRITONS broke tourism records in Malaga last year, smashing even the most optimistic expectations with more than 80,000 staying at hotels in the city proper. An increase of 9.6 per cent on the previous years, the British market now represents 14.8 per cent of the international tourists in Malaga.

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DIFFERENT CONTAINERS: Recycling is now becoming a bigger part of people’s daily routines. By Steve Walsh

PEDRO VEGA, the councillor responsible for the town’s cleaning services has announced that environmental care in Fuengirola is getting better year on year. Figures just released show the recycling of glass in 2015 increased 40 per cent with

more than 1,700 tonnes of broken glass being collected. The figures reflect that people’s habits and attitudes toward the environment are changing year after year, and more and more, recycling is becoming a part of their daily routines. Fuengriola has more than 1,200 contain-

ers for selective collection of materials, with 330 specifically for depositing glass. The town council has made a big effort to raise awareness for recycling and using the different containers, carrying out different awareness campaigns and giving more options to the people so that they can recycle more easily.

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Traffic fines MALAGA has the second highest amount of unpaid fines in Andalucia Photo credit gkuna shutterstock

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Finance 57 - 62

Stocks 58

Leapy Lee 63

Daily TV 64, 66, 68, 70,

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EXCESS SPEED: Continues to be the most common reason for drivers being fined. By John Smith

Time Out 77 - 80

Health & Beauty 82 - 83

Letters 84

Gibraltar 86

Social Scene 88 - 92

Legally Speaking 94

Our View 96

Colin Bird 96

Pets 98

Homes & Gardens 100

Services 103 - 107

Classifieds 108 - 115

Motoring 116 - 117

Sport 118 - 120

THE Direccion General de Trafico has announced that the total number of unpaid traffic fines in the province of Malaga has reached €1,145,331, out of a total for Spain of €20 million, and this is the second highest amount of accumulated

fines in the Andalucia Region, after Sevilla. Drivers from Madrid have the most accumulated fines and people in Melilla are the most responsible in regards to paying. The fact that a driver hasn’t paid the fine, doesn’t mean that it will disappear as each fine remains on record for four

years, and there may be additional charges levied in respect of late payment if you are finally caught up with. Excess speed continues to be the most common reason for drivers being fined, and up to the end of 2015, the speed checks have recorded 27.5 million drivers breaking traffic rules.

Malaga Airport provides health lifeline ALTHOUGH everyone is well aware of airports and their ability to transport people and freight around the world, it is sometimes difficult to realise that an airport is also vitally important in the transfer of both patients and or-

gans, to ensure the continued well-being of literally thousands of people each year. Malaga airport has revealed that during 2015, it was involved in just under 1,000 ‘mercy flights’, which saw the transfer of

over 1,750 patients and passengers, as well as organs for transplants. Whilst the main route for Malaga was from Melilla, flights were also undertaken to or from Alicante, Canary Islands, Grana-

da and Madrid, according to airport management company Aena. As Spain is the European leader in organ transplants, it is not surprising that it has proven necessary to arrange for their transfer to any part of the country.

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Street surfing MORE than 17,000 people have connected to the free wifi 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.

Crisis point OVERCROWDING at the Malaga Clinico Hospital has reached crisis point with an alarming lack of beds and available doctors, sparking a motion before the Andalucian government for an increase in resources. More than 350 beds have been lost and entire floors have been shut since 2012.

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Ex-councillors enter prison THEY were sentenced to three and a half years for bribery By Mathew Elliot THREE Marbella ex-councillors, who were sentenced to three and a half years in prison for bribery in the Malaya case, have surrendered themselves to prison in order to comply with the sentence. Vicente Manciles, former town planning councillor, Jose Jaen, former culture and education councillor and Pedro Perez Salgado, who was the former deputy mayor, surrendered voluntarily within the 10-day limit set by the court which ended on January 27. This brings to four the total number of ex-councillors who have voluntarily entered prison. After the end of this period, the court has the right to issue a

MALAYA TRIAL: There are still 11 sentenced and expected to enter prison. search warrant for those who have not come forward.

At the time of this report, there are still 11 sentenced un-

der the Malaya trial expected to enter prison.

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Nickname is now recognised FOR many years, the Plaza de la Tribuna in Arroyo de la Miel has been unofficially known as El Corralon (the yard) by local residents and the Citizen Participation Councillor, Elena Galan, has visited the Plaza to announce that the council will recognise the nickname officially. This recognition will be in the form of a plaque which is to be produced and mounted in the area naming it the Plaza de la Tribuna (El Corralon). Opened in April 2009, this new square has been constructed next to the ruins of the 18th century paper mill and just a few steps from Plaza Espana. The square contains a fountain as well as a statue of Felix Solesio, who was the founder of Arroyo de la Miel, and also the owner of the six paper mills that were erected on the site of a farm.

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2016 census A DIMINISHING foreign contingent has had little impact on Malaga Province, as the 2016 census shows roughly 7,000 additions to the community. Malaga, Fuengirola, Marbella, and Nerja grew the most while Torrox and Benalmadena witnessed slight declines.

Man injured SHOT twice near La Cañada shopping centre in Marbella, a Spanish man has been taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after being found by National Police officers attempting to leave the scene.

Mopping up TO upgrade the Mijas rubbish collection service, the council has put the rights out to tender stipulating that collection occurs every day and everywhere.

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A Malaga resident reports scam to police ONLINE customers received salt parcels from scammers LDprod / Shutterstock

By Kylie J Brennan A MALAGA resident who reported a scam led the National Police force to an investigation resulting in three arrests on January 25, for making fraudulent offers to online customers over a fake website. Those arrested are reported to be a father, 52 and his two children, aged 29 and 32, who are accused of selling electronic products on a legitimate-looking website, and then failing to deliver the actual items once the transaction was made. Mobile phones, game consoles and other hi-tech items were sold to customers who then received heavy parcels containing bricks, packets of salt or piles of pages.

FAKE WEBSITE: Father and two sons arrested for making fraudulent offers online. Police reports confirm an investigation into the online scam began after an online shopper from Malaga made an official complaint, and several cus-

tomers in Alicante complained to a freight company which had delivered parcels. The website’s owners are reported to have successfully

duped more than a dozen online shoppers nationwide. The amount swindled from customers is thought to amount to more than €3,000.

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Noche en Blanco cultural festival MALAGA Culture Councillor Gemma del Corral, has announced that this year’s Noche en Blanco festival, will take place on Saturday, March 14. This cultural event has reached its ninth edition, and for the first time, people have been asked on Facebook for their opinion as to what the main theme should be. The four options given by the council are a Cervantes tribute, a night for singing, a night of the stars, or the future. Malaga residents are able to vote via Facebook or in the council offices. The voting period will end on January 30, while the winning option will be announced on February 1.

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Man arrested for alleged murder

Keeping trade local

A BRUTAL slaying of a 35-year-old Colombian man in Mijas Costa in a drive-by shooting, has seen police arrest a Spanish man as the driver of the motorbike involved. The man handed himself into the police after learning they were seeking him in connection with the September murder. Seven bullets struck the victim who was parked in the Camino de los Campanales in his wifeâ€™s car. A lingering dispute was initially thought to be the motive as the crime made headlines across Spain.

MOST establishments use at least one product from the province

Car park going underground CONSTRUCTION has begun on the underground car park in Plaza Antonio Guerrero, Estepona, which will have a capacity for more than 100 vehicles. The council announced the news while highlighting that it will be the first car park with a reduced price of one euro for the whole day. The 3,405-square metre space will therefore be a pioneer of the new Municipal Car Park Plan 20152019, which will increase the amount of public low-cost car parks throughout the town centre.

BUSINESS: Study analysed data from more than 400 local business owners. By Steve Walsh NINE out of every 10 restaurants and bars in the province of Malaga work daily with at

least one product from the area of Malaga, according to a study carried out by the University of Malaga. The study, which analysed

the data from more than 400 local business owners, shows the high opinion establishments have regarding the diversity and quality of products from

the Malaga Region. In some cases, local produce makes up more than 50 per cent of the prime materials found in their kitchens.

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FOLLOWING Simon Corner’s return to the Costa del Sol last week, to assist police with their enquiries into the case of missing Lisa Brown, JaCogLaw released a statement as follows: Statement regarding Simon Corner. After initially being contacted through our office in Thailand, JaCogLaw agreed to act on behalf of Simon Corner, who averred his innocence of any wrongdoing regarding the fact that his friend, Lisa Brown, was missing. For clarity and the avoidance of any doubt we at

JaCogLaw had no reason not to believe Simon then, and that position remains the same. Nevertheless, after assisting Simon and helping to facilitate his return to Spain in order to clear his name, alas there now exists irreconcilable differences between Simon and JaCogLaw. Therefore we are no longer instructed by Mr Corner and cannot assist the press or anybody else in relation to this matter. We are all hoping that Lisa turns up safe and sound. JaCogLaw, Saturday January 23, 2016.

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SCENE OF TRAGEDY: Venus Beach in Marbella, where three tourists lost their lives.

Turning the tide: Full-time lifeguards for Marbella THIS year coverage will be from March 20 until the end of September By Steve Walsh MARBELLA Council has announced that as of Sunday March 20, 2016, people who enjoy swimming on Marbella’s beaches will be able to do so more safely, as for the first time the lifeguards will start working full time. Following last year’s tragedy on Venus beach in Marbella when two students and their teacher died in strong currents, as reported by the Euro Weekly News in April 2015, criticisms were levied at the local council for not having sufficient lifeguard coverage during the low season. Hero: Andrew Broughton was the British tourist who, realising something was wrong, launched himself into the sea in a heroic attempt to save their lives, nearly losing his into the bargain. In an exclusive interview with the EWN at the time, he and his wife Michelle expressed their dumfounded outrage at the fact that there were no lifeguards on duty. Marbella Council later explained that during the summer season, a full-time presence of lifeguards and safety equipment is always in force on the beaches, but, in the low seasons there is only cover at the weekends.

HERO: Andrew Broughton launched himself into the sea to try and save their lives. Changes: However, this year it would appear things will be different. The council said: “Last year, the lifeguard service was started up by Easter, but the difference was that during April the lifeguards only worked weekends, while in 2016 there will be lifeguards also during the week.” Councillor Miguel Diaz went on to add: “From March 20, to the end of September, although the number of staff may vary depending on the public numbers,

there will be a full-time presence on the beaches. In addition, there will be improvements in the facilities and the organisation of the teams.” Andrew Broughton told Euro Weekly News: “I am so happy to see that changes have been made that will make it safer on the beaches for everyone from now on, I’ll always remember those poor boys, but I hope their loss will save the lives of many others for years to come.”

Firecracker fines introduced THE dangerous consequences of exploding pyrotechnic material in certain public areas, will hopefully be stamped out by new fines, which will range from €3,000-€6,000, in a motion pa s s e d una nimous ly by the

Malaga Town Council. Wa nton da mage of cent ur i es old pa lm tre e s i n a Mal aga par k inspired the move, as council officials a ls o c ite d n oi se vi ol ence t o dogs a nd te rri f yi ng t he el der l y

as reasons for the significant increase. Cur r ent l y penal i sat i on i s based solely on a bylaw, with a €750 maximum fine while the new law will stretch to all ‘unauthorised areas’.

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MARGARITA DEL CID: Said the Junta has failed to comply with regulations.

Malaga may take Andalucia to court THE PP party claims the province is owed €96.13 million THE Malaga PP have put their boxing gloves on and decided to get tough with the Junta de Andalucia regional government, who they claim owes a total of €96.13 million to the councils of the province. General Secretary of

M a l a g a P P M a rg a r i t a d e l Cid, said that Junta de Andalucia has failed to comply with existing regulations, which oblige them to raise the budget assigned for Andalucian town councils by €60 million each year, until the total budget

reaches €600 million. Del Cid suspects that the PP will consider taking this violation to court, as well as presenting motions in each council mustering support for their demand for the Junta to pay its debt.

MA Confidential NEW police chief takes charge THE Marbella police force has a new head honcho as Enrique Lamelas Diaz took over the role of chief, at a ceremony attended by the mayor and other civilian luminaries as well as officers. A veteran officer, Diaz was an inspector in the

National Police in the late 1970’s, before becoming a Chief Inspector in 1997. He has a host of civil and military recognitions to his name, more than 200 honorary mentions and a law degree. He will replace Miguel Vaquero Herrero.

Underground Battling Benalmadena activity BENALMADENA will be leading the fight against gender violence through services offered by the Municipal Women’s Centre focused on individualised attention for victims, psychological counselling, group therapy and special programmes for young victims. The services were highlighted by equality councillor Irene Diaz, who lamented the disturbing fact that in January alone Spain has exceeded the number of deaths from gender violence than seen in the first three months of 2015. Awareness campaigns will also be launched to address the problem.

FINISHING its first complete year in service, the Malaga underground network overtook expectations and carried just shy of five million passengers in 2015. Over the past 12 months passenger levels have steadily increased, clocking up a daily average of 15,900 users to reach 4,999,528 over the year. The figures show that the underground is consolidating a key role as a critical transport method in the city. The Malaga Metro opened in the summer of 2014 after years of planning, and new lines are being planned.

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Valentine’s Day celebration in Puente Romano

Get together with friends to have a Valentine’s Day pre-dinner and party in Uni restaurant and Suite Nightclub. Special ‘Partners in Crime’ event will take place on Saturday February 13 starting from 8pm. The evening features trendy four-course

set menu with sweet surprises to each guest. The dinner will be accompanied with live music and from midnight both venues will have DJs playing the latest tunes - in Uni DJ Godoy with smooth house hits and in Suite DJ Junior D’Acosta with the latest dance music.

Enjoy beautiful Valentine’s Day overlooking the Mediterranean coast. Sea Grill restaurant offers two ways of celebrating the Friends and Lovers’ Day. Have a romantic dinner with your loved one on Saturday night and enjoy a four-course

Price for dinner 65€ per person, drinks not included. Table prices for Suite Nightclub are starting from 265€ , including a bottle of selected beverage.

For reservations please call 952 820 900 or write events@puenteromano.com

‘Love’ dinner menu with welcome drink included. If you prefer to celebrate the day with your friends and family, join us on Sunday for a special ‘Love Buffet Lunch,’ starting from 1pm.

Special set menu 58€ per person, welcome drink included.

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Elderly woman and carer escape house blaze A FIRE that ravaged through a three-storey building in Alhaurin de la Torre in the early hours of Wednesday morning (January 27) has left two people injured, one of them a 92-year-old woman. The woman had to be taken to Malaga Regional Hospital due to smoke inhalation, whereas her 30-year-old carer was taken to Malaga Clinical Hospital with minor burns, according to sources from the Andalucian emergency services. The blaze that broke out at approximately 4.30am and took more than three hours to extinguish, left the building completely scorched and adjoining properties heavily affected by smoke.

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Rekindling the spirit PROJECT is aimed at making German tourist figures grow

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Four arrested POLICE have arrested the suspects of a series of burglaries in Alhaurin de la Torre. Police investigations revealed that furniture sold online was stolen from a property and have now apprehended four suspects.

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GERMANIA AIRLINES: Will be running direct flights between Malaga and Dresden later this year.

By Steve Walsh FOR the first time, Malaga Tourism will be promoting itself to the German nation at the 2016 Dresden Tourism trade fair on January 29, 30 and 31. The event, considered to be the main tourist fair of the Saxony region, is annually staged in an exposition of more than 20,000 square metres, hosting 550 exhibitors.

This will be the first publically organised step toward rebuilding the faith in travel to Spain for the Germans since the tragic air disaster in the French Alps where 150 people died aboard a Germanwings flight from Barcelona Airport to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany on March 24 last year. Malaga’s Tourist Board have set themselves a goal: to regain a positive impact on the German market. In order to do so, they

have launched a project aimed at making the German tourism figures grow again. The first stage of this project will be to take up a place at this week’s Dresden tourism fair, where they will have two information desks in partnership with many institutions. One of them being Germania airlines, who will be running direct flights between Malaga and Dresden later this year.

TORREMOLINOS Town Council has signed a deal with the Sports Journalists’ Federation of Andalucia, for their annual Congress and the Awards Gala, which will be held at the Auditorio Municipal Principe de Asturias in 2017.

Cycling news REGISTRATION is now open for the annual Estepona cycling marathon. The race will start at 9am on Sunday February 7 at the El Carmen sports centre.

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MURAL: Celebrating the life of Miguel de Cervantes.

Quixotic endeavour MASSIVE mural takes centre stage to celebrate 400th anniversary by Matthew Elliott A MURAL of literary legend Don Quixote created in Estepona is the largest representation of the rampant romantic in the world, standing 16 me-

tres 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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Fraudster is detained in Marbella A DUTCH citizen has been detained in Marbella after amassing ‘a fortune’ gained from fraudulent business activities over a 20-year period. Operation Davy Jones was a joint operation by Malaga’s Guardia Civil and the Agencia Tributaria, Spain’s tax inspection agency, and started in 2013 after authorities found evidence of tax evasion. The accused, a resident of Spain, is reported to have been listed as having a ‘delocalized tax’ status, and is alleged to have used multiple identities of different nationalities in order to outwit Spanish inspectors. He was operating behind a legitimate online company which sold spectacles, from a base in the town of San Pedro de Alcantara. After two years of intense investigations, officers unravelled the elaborate set up, which is thought to have profited from business interests and bank accounts registered in Gibraltar. A dozen bank accounts have since been blocked and connected assets seized, including residential real estate along the Costa del Sol coast and several luxury vehicles. Until his arrest on January 22, the man is said to have maintained a respectable front from his mansion in an exclusive development in Benahavis, while failing to disclose his real income to the Spanish Treasury.

Mijas Council gives green light to ITV THE new ITV station in Mijas could soon be open as Town Planning and Works and Infrastructures councillors have checked the progress made in the building works and given it the green light. The future ITV (technical vehicle inspection) station for Mijas will soon be in operation. And thanks to this service, Mijas residents will not have to travel miles to Marbella or Malaga in order to pass this inspection anymore.

Although ITV activity is expected to start this summer, the Junta de Andalucia regional government still needs to confirm the exact date of the opening. Works and Infrastructures Councillor Jose Carlos Martin said the centre will soon be a reality: “Now that the construction works are complete and the buildings are finished, the place is currently being fitted out with equipment.”

Man has been arrested for a murder in 2008 O N Tu e s d a y J a n u a r y 2 5 , the Civil Guard in Mijas announced that they have arrested a man for his alleged involvement in the murdering of Lucia Garrido Palomino on April 30, 2008. The te a m inve s tiga ting L u c i a ’s d e a t h h a v e b e e n

working on the case for nearly eight years, ever since her lifeless body was discovered in a pool on the farm where she lived in Alhaurin de la Torre. Recent developments in the investigation, together with scientific progress made in the last few years

with suspect identification processes, has now allowed investigators to identify the alleged author of the crime. The operation and subsequent investigation has been declared secret, so that more evidence may be gathered in order to completely clear up the case.

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All change AN American investment group has bought the Bahia Azul shopping centre in Malaga for a cool €18.5 million. Marathon Asset Management are now in charge of the enormous complex which specialises in homes and gardens.

New plans TERRACES that do not comply with urban planning regulations face temporary closure under new plans from Malaga Council.

Forest fires A PIONEERING strategy dubbed the Sherpa Programme has been developed by the Marbella Fire Department. It will enable water hoses to be moved quickly and effectively through woodland and should be an invaluable tool fighting forest fires.

MARBELLA LANDMARK: Negotiations are already under way.

Lighthouse family FENCES will be removed to create a more fluid environment by Matthew Elliott SEIZING an uncommon opportunity, the Marbella Town Council has applied to the Port Authority for management rights over the iconic Marbella

Lighthouse. Negotiations are already under way after the Port Authority rejected private offers to run the facilities. If completed, the move would form part of an ambitious overall plan to integrate

the park, seafront and lighthouse areas to the benefit of residents and visitors alike. Fences will be removed to create a more fluid environment suitable for strollers and explorers.

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The World Transplant Games IT’S not yet a rival to the Olympics but the World Transplant Games embraces a much higher level of toughness and resolve. Athletes who have received organ transplants or who have donated organs will descend upon Malaga for the games next year. The World Transplant Games Federation visited the city this week to meet with

organisers and thank the mayor for the city’s hospitality and engagement. Taking place biannually, the games will expect between 2.500 and 3,000 participating sportsmen and women from around 70 countries. As well as sporting competition and integration, the key focus of the games is raising awareness of the importance of organ donation.

Free visits THOSE who have donated blood will be able to visit a number of museums and cultural spaces in Malaga free of charge throughout February. The initiative has been launched by the Malaga Council and Regional Centre of Blood Transfusion and will include the Picasso Museum, Pompidou Centre and Russian Museum.

CONSTRUCTION WORK: The ball has been set rolling.

Finally to be fixed CONSTRUCTION thaw after 20 year freeze SMASHING through a decades’ long deadlock, Estepona Town Council has set the ball rolling on the construction work in Valle Romano which will affect more than 200 local residents. The council will help oversee the develop-

ment of more than 10 streets as well as the installation of light, water, telephone lines, street lighting and natural gas. Pavements, new road surfaces, signposting and urban waste disposal centres will also be constructed with an estimated timescale of completion by early 2017.

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Chop chop AN inspection procession visited Alhaurin el Grande and the mayor, with some council members in tow, and viewed the site of the Mercado de Mayoristas. The farmers market has seen €250,000 of funds ploughed into work.

First edition THE Ciudad de Torremolinos literary fair’s first edition closed with 148 works received. Writers from Mexico, the UK, France and the US all entered the competition, which has publication and €18,000 as the first prize.

Scrub up CLEANING is on the agenda as Fuengirola Town Council allocates an annual €735,000 to polishing up 20 municipal spaces and sports centres.

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Gender violence reports increase CRIME appears to be affecting women of all ages By Steve Walsh

DOMESTIC, or gender violence is a crime that appears to be affecting women of all ages more and more. Young people of 14 and 15, middle-aged, and even women from 60 to 80 in Spain are now daring to report it. According to reports from SUAMM, (Servicio Urgente de Atencion a Mujeres Maltratadas de Malaga), not only are they receiving calls from victims of aggressions, psychological attacks or humiliation, but often they address calls just to ask for advice or counselling. SUAMM helps women with many situations relating to domestic violence, including legal consulting, making reports

WOMEN: Are now daring to report it.

about their situations, help with circumstances and more. In the last three years, this service has registered an increase in reports, which indicates an increase in awareness, not just of the victims, but also their environment and social circles. People call to report other crimes that affected their friends, family, and neighbours. Between July 1, 2012, and December 31, 2015, SUAMM attended to a total of 3,313 women. The service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It offers various services, like economic benefits, work orientation, psychological attention for the women and also for their children. SUAMM also goes with the victim to hospital centres if necessary.

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Bestseller is setting up in Malaga SHUNNING the cosmopolitan hotspots of Madrid or Barcelona, e m e rg i n g Danish clothes company ‘Bestseller ’ has decided to set up its headquarters in Malaga. Around 130 workers will see a €10 million project come to fruition, with the Scandinavian firm selecting a 100 per cent ecological site to build on. It will be located next to El Retiro farm in Churriana occupying a space of 6,500 square metres. The Spanish and Portugal director for Bestseller said: “The project is wonderful and the architect has done a great job.”

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BCCS hosted a networking event KINDLY sponsored by Spectrum Radio By John Smith THE British Chamber of Commerce in Spain hosted a networking event for interested parties at La Sala Puerto Banus on January 25, which was kindly sponsored by Spectrum Radio. More than 50 people from a variety of companies and nationalities attended this event, which proved that the Costa del Sol section of the expatri-

ate business community is not only active but is looking to increase business opportunities, as well as to learn from others about opportunities and even problems in what is still a difficult if recovering market. D ere k L an g le y, r e giona l vice-president for the British Chamber of Commerce (BCCS) in A n d alu cia w e lc ome d a ll those who were able to attend, and seemed very pleased

with the turn out. The Chamber, which has offices in Barcelona, Madrid and Marbella, obviously sees Anda luc ia a s a ve ry importa nt market, and this type of meeting to share knowledge was welcomed by all of those attending. For more information on the work of the BCC and to find out details of how to join, please visit www.britishchamb erspain.com.

DEREK LANGLEY: Networking at the BCCS event.

Different tourism MARBELLA COUNCIL has seen that the tourist sector isn’t comprised purely of holidaymakers looking for the be a c h a nd the nightlife. There is also a big ne e d for c onfe re nc e a nd business tourism as well. To tha t e nd, the y ha ve this week teamed up with the Costa del Sol Hotel Entrepreneurs Association, (AEHCOS) and devised an agreement designed at promoting, marketing and expa nding the c onfe re nc e tourism in the town. Mayor Jose Bernal explained that this agreement will allow the council to use certain rooms from 10 hotels in Marbella free of charge. The rooms are aimed primarily at conference inspectors and organised familiarisation trips, by groups who are interested in using or

BUSINESS: There is also a big need for conference tourism. holding their events in Marbella and the Adolfo Suarez Conference Centre. The mayor said: “It is an excel l ent exam pl e of t he

partnership between the public and private sector in order to promote Marbella and t o cont r i but e t o t he town’s general interests.”

Thriving business FINISHING with the highest number of registered businesses in the past eight years, Malaga Province has capped off a hugely successful 2015. A pproxima te ly 56,300 busi ness now plough their trade across the province with 3,000 new establishments being registered in the past 12 months alone. A higher number of businesses have not been witnessed since before the financial meltdown of 2008, when Malaga had more

than 58,000 shops and services. The news highlights the entrepreneurial willpower spreading across the region as the economy hits its stride. Javier Gonzalez, president of the Malaga Confederation of Entrepreneurs said: “Many small businesses are being created in sectors like hospitality or commerce, but some time is needed for their activities to grow.” He claimed 2016 figures are expected to continue the trend.

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Why do wolves howl? ALL the wolf-related questions you were afraid to ask

Alaskan wolf.

SPIRITUALLY, symbolically, allegorically, wolves have left such a powerful imprint on the human psyche across eras and culture, being worshipped and persecuted by societies, while provoking intensely contrasting reactions in different individuals. From the epic sun and moon-chasing beasts of Norse mythology, to the Big Bad Wolf of European forest fable, wolves have long occupied a pre-eminent place in our collective imagination. Away from the protected urban enclaves of modern man, in the deep pockets of the Polish black forest or the Iberian hinterlands, a deep seated fear and even hatred of wolves still lingers to this very day. In the hopes of trying to unravel centuries of distortion, compounded by the persistence of film-makers playing to our prejudices, the Lobo Park in Antequera has forged a rare educative centre for the public to shed their biases and truly rediscover the wolf. Here curious travellers, families, and even scientists visit to gain balanced access and a unique insight into the habitat and society of wild Iberian, Eurasian and Alaskan wolves. By engaging with the animals just enough to

see them comfortable around humans, whilst maintaining their inherent wildness, the Lobo Park allows the best possible vantage point for discovery. With a dedicated team of experts, multilingual and possessing decades of experience in the field, all of your curiosities and questions will be handily answered with often surprising information at great depth. This is while the wolves roam, photo-ready behind the fence, in their independent nation, providing the finest context to their fascinating story. Why do wolves howl? What do they eat? Is there an Alpha? How do packs work together? The answers are much closer to home than you might expect, and guests are sure to leave with a great deal more respect and desire to investigate further. There is an abundance of options when it comes to exploring the Lobo Park. Special Wolf Howl Nights take place on the full moon, with the next being February 22. Photographer tours, VIP tours and workshops are all available. Guided tours for families, individuals and groups are available every day except Wednesday at 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 4.30pm.

TO ARRANGE A TOUR, OR TO FIND OUT MORE A baby wolf.

You can visit their website at www.lobopark.com , email the Lobo Park at info@lobopark.com, or you can call them on +34 952 031 107 to arrange an experience you certainly wonâ€™t forget.

Me, myself and I AN elaborate scam involving a dozen members of the same family saw fraudulent documents used to bamboozle authorities with multiple identities. They used the forged papers to provide a false witness in court to protect one another on drug trafficking and burglary charges without suspicion of association. With the mother and father having three separate identities, they were also able to obtain illegal benefits and loans.

Eurasian wolf.

Suspicious activity leads police to finding drugs IT is the second haul within the last two weeks in the Valle del Guadalhorce By Steve Walsh A SECOND lorry full of drugs has been intercepted in Alhaurin el Grande, and the occupants arrested just a week after the Guardia Civil seized a half tonne of marihuana, valued at â‚Ź1 million in a cargo lorry in the same Valle del Guadalhorce. This time, a larger consignment of 1,000 kilos of hash was pounced upon by the Local Police and Guardia Civil officers, in an operation instigated after people were seen acting suspiciously with a container lorry on the industrial estate. Sources close to the arrests reported that a Local Police officer saw strange movements in one of the industrial units and alerted his headquarters, who then set up an observation post.

HASH: One thousand kilos were found in a lorry. Eventually, a cargo lorry went directly to the industrial unit where the police intervened, blocking in a lorry and ordering the driver to get out.

After searching the lorry and finding numerous packages and bundles of hashish, they arrested the driver and another two men found hiding inside

the container, who have since been remanded in custody to await trial for presumed involvement in crimes against public health.

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What you should do to stay safe in the event of an earthquake AN earthquake is something that cannot be predicted therefore you will get no warning it is about to happen EVEN though it’s unlikely that you will ever be caught up in an earthquake, and more remote that it would be severe enough to cause harm or damage to property, it’s always best to be prepared. Most, if not all advisory services will tell you that an earthquake is not something that can be predicted, and therefore you will get no warning of it. To that end, whatever preparations you make must be based on common sense and be instant reactions, as opposed to reading from a ‘what to do’ list as it happens. This guide makes no attempt to be the definitive authority, or to cover all the subjects that will or might happen as a result of any

SUPPLIES: It’s always best to be prepared. specific earthquake, however, it should serve as a basis

to educate yourself and those around you in the

event. Although it sounds a little selfish, the agreed golden rule is, you have to react immediately to preserve your own life. Often you have no time to preserve the life of others and, by preserving yourself, you could help save others when the time is right to do so. If you are outside: If you are on foot, move into an open space. Quickly move away from buildings, trees, overhead wires, or anything else that might fall on you. If you are in a car, drive towards an open space away from structures, find an open space, such as a large car park or field. If you are inside: Stop what you’re doing i m m e d i a t e l y, e v e n i f y o u

f e e l a v e r y s l i g h t t r e m o r, and carry out the standard actions, drop, cover and hold on. Drop: Crouch down and look for somewhere close that will give the most protection. Cover: Crawl as quickly as possible to something that may afford you cover, such as a solid table or desk. Hold on: Grab on to something sturdy or fixed and stay where you are until the shaking stops. Once the initial quake has stopped, you will need to re-prioritise your situation. Bearing in mind that earthquakes have aftershocks that, depending on the size of the original shock, can be equally dangerous if buildings have been dam-

aged, your thinking will need to be quick. Only listen to official information from government sources following an earthquake. Aftershocks. An earthquake is usually followed by a series of aftershocks. Their size and frequency is unpredictable, although generally, the bigger the main earthquake, the greater the size and number of aftershocks. Aftershocks can be especially dangerous because they cause further collapse to already damaged buildings a n d i n f r a s t r u c t u r e . Tr e a t them seriously and act as you would for an earthquake. Afterwards. Once the earthquake has stopped: 1. Locate and check your emergency standby torch a n d w a t e r, ( w h a t d o y o u mean you don’t have one?) 2. Turn off gas, water and power supplies. 3. Extinguish all naked flames. 4. Leave the building. 5. Move away from structures. 6. Do not re-enter. The best tool for protecting your family from the effects of earthquakes is common sense. Does that heavy glass ornament need to be on the top shelf? Does that spare petrol can need to be in the house? Educate your family and friends on this matter, and hopefully, one day, they will never need it.

GUIDE: Drop what you’re doing immediately and carry out the standard actions.

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UK remembers the victims of the Holocaust EVENTS marked anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

HOLOCAUST: Berlin’s iconic memorial. By Kylie J Brennan EVENTS to mark the 71st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp took place in the UK and worldwide on Wednesday January 27. Dozens of events and exhibitions across Britain remembered the victims of the Holocaust, who were murdered in a systematic attempt to wipe all traces of the Jewish race from Europe. During the Second World War, six million Jews were killed by the Nazis. An estimated 1.1 million people lost their lives in Auschwitz concentration camp and 90 per

cent of those were Jewish, with the remaining 10 per cent made up of Polish, Russian and Romany people. January 27, 1945 is carved in history as the day the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, eight months before the official end of the war. Devastatingly, by the time the Soviet army descended, many of the remaining ‘prisoners’ had already been sent on a death march. The lessons of the Holocaust are many and the subject is still a compulsory part of the British history curriculum, teaching children what can happen when hatred trumps tolerance. Few are not moved by the

distressing stories and images that have outlived the concentration camps, but most find it hard to comprehend how racial hatred and religious persecution could end in genocide on European soil, or how its countries were engulfed by war in the 20th century. UK events marking Holocaust Memorial Day began in 2001. Each year has a special theme, with past events focusing on ‘lessons for the future’ and ‘one person can make a difference.’ The theme for 2016 is ‘don’t stand by’, which focuses on taking personal responsibility for the world we live in.

Name change for the sake CIUDADANOS Councillor Antonio Linde will be making a request to the town hall of Torremolinos, that the name of The Tourist Monument be changed to something more fitting. Although he is against the removal of The Tourist Monument, stating that “the demolition of this obelisk would be too expensive for the municipal budget,” he will suggest that the

council change the name to Liberty or Success of Liberty. Feeling that the classic monument needs a new name, Linde went on to add: “According to western artistic iconography, the image of a semi-naked woman like the one who crowns Torremolinos’ monument, has been used many times to represent liberty, it would be a more coherent name.”

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Zebra Shark has been born in Sea Life Benalmadena BENALMADENA Sea Life is proud to announce the birth of a baby Zebra Shark. Measuring 40 centimetres long at the moment, when fully grown it could reach 3.5 metres. This is a great moment for conservation, explained Sea Life director Maria Morondo: “It is an endangered species all over the world, where its main threat is commercial fishing due to its meat, fins and liver oil. That is why we need to be aware of the importance of preserving this species and many others for the environment.” A name for the baby is needed, so the aquatic centre has launched a campaign on Facebook for people to suggest original names for it. The winner will get a free one year ticket for Sea Life in Benalmadena. Initially, the baby shark will remain in quarantine under the supervision of a team of carers. Once this period is over, it will be placed in an individual tank where it will be continually looked after until reaching maturity.

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COURSES: Include infant and postpartum massage, and yoga and pilates with babies.

Mayor visits Mi Matrona centre in Fuengirola OFFERS comprehensive care to women, children and families By Steve Walsh ANA MULA, the mayor of Fuengirola, and Carmen Diaz, the Education Councillor, took time out this week to visit the pioneering Mi Matrona centre in the Salliver Primary School, Fuengirola.

Casares caving regulations SEEKING to protect invaluable archaeological discoveries from vandalism and accident, the Casares Town Council will modify the caving and spelunking regulations and times people can visit the Sierra de la Utrera. Recent attacks by wanton vandals have seriously affected the area and sparked an urgent meeting of archaeological, spelunking and ecologist groups, in what may be a historic first, to strengthen the protection measures in force. The limestone massif contains several hidden caves that were settled by ancient prehistoric humans.

Mi Matrona is a centre that offers comprehensive care to women, couples and families through a professional multidisciplinary team. They provide all kinds of courses and workshops, like musical education for babies, infant and postpartum mas-

sage, yoga and pilates with babies, and food advice among others. The mayor praised the fact that it is a pioneering place in Spain, and has congratulated the school for its good work and the help that it offers families.

IMMEDIATELY following the earthquake felt on the Costa del Sol in the early hours of Monday January 25, a quick witted estate agent in Torremolinos thought he would take advantage of the social media flurry and post a whimsical advert. Michele Di Sei thought it would be a good idea to tweet the message “Are you thinking of selling your house after the earthquake this morning?” alongside his smiling face. However, the attempt at a humorous quip soon turned sour as many users became outraged and began to complain. Claiming the message was inappropriate and condemning him for taking advantage of the situation, the public soon turned on the author Michele di Sei, who then said: “The tweet was a deliberated provocation,” as he wanted to take advantage of the “huge amount of messages related to the earthquake.” He also claimed he did not do it with commercial purposes in mind and that he wanted to help someone with the message. He added that all will be explained at a later date.

The Red Palm Weevil patrol LOURDES BURGOS, the Mijas Parks and Gardens Councillor, has asked for the help of the public in attacking a possible plague of Red Palm Weevils in the town. Burgos asks that the public be vigilant, and report any sightings of the weevil in any palm tree of the town to the council. The aim is to prevent the spread and possible plague of this insect, which could prove disastrous for vegetation. The councillor said: “We are carrying out the appropriate measures in order to control and eliminate them where they are known to be at the moment, but we fear they may spread and take over other areas.”

POSSIBLE PLAGUE: Councillor asks the public to be vigilant.

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Plaza Vista Alegre work starting soon CONACON SA has been awarded the contract

PLAZA VISTA ALEGRE: Work will focus on renovating deteriorating areas. By Steve Walsh MARBELLA Town Council has awarded the long awaited construction work of remodelling and strengthening the plaza Vista Alegre in San Pedro Alcantara, to the

company Conacon SA. The work, which was put out to tender for €776,000, w ill b e s tartin g s o o n and has a planned duration time of five months until completion. The council have stated

tha t, “ the pla z a ha s de ficiencies owing to the deterioration of the ground due to the underground car parks. The work will focus on renovating the deteriorating areas and correcting problems of water leakage.”

Oracle looking for 100 new staff in Malaga TECHNOLOGY giant Oracle has started a recruiting campaign for 1,400 professionals in Europe, Middle East and Africa. One hundred of those positions are to be based in their Malaga company headquarters. In announcing this employment drive, the company states that they wish to reinforce the growth of their business in all the regions, as well as strengthen their link with Malaga where they have been at home since 2007. The new staff, who are expected to start in March, will be in charge of selling software products online according to Malaga Oracle

headquarters manager David Arenal. Oracle is looking for different profiles for these job positions: from senior career professionals, to staff experienced in the sales sector. In addition, the main requirement for all the candidates is that they must have a high level of English and a career focused on the sales sector. Malaga Mayor Francisco de la Torre said, “We appreciate their engagement with our city and we believe that they have made the right choice as Malaga is the perfect place for working, investing and living.”

Tipping point will be full IN just nine years the main Malaga rubbish dump Los Ruices will be full to the brim, with no adequate alternative solutions yet identified

according to environment councillor Raul Jimenez. Compounding the issue is the fact that the Axarquia area faces a similar crisis as

the Valsequillo and Casarabonela sites approach breaking point. The Casares dump has an estimated 40 to 50 years worth of capacity.

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Secret Egypt EGYPTOLOGISTS descended on Fuengirola as the town held the eighth edition of its annual hieroglyphic deciphering, secret uncovering conference. It will see specialists discuss in-depth analyses of Ancient Egypt.

Carnival time THE programme for the 2016 San Pedro Carnaval has been presented by the deputy mayor and will include chirigota competitions, costume contests, parades and parties from February 3 to 14.

School focus A PROGRAMME launched by Marbella Council will seek to improve students awareness of the natural beauty of their local landscapes. Juanar, Herrojo and Meliche will be the focus of the tours.

Simply Red to star in Fuengirola celebrations EVENTS will mark the town’s 175th anniversary By Matthew Elliott AMID all the fiestas and festivities, a lesser-known anniversary is rapidly approaching, as Fuengirola prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary with a programme full of exciting activities. Since its humble beginnings in 1841, Fuengirola has blossomed into a bustling town at the heart of the Costa del Sol, as a social, business and touristic hotspot. Numerous cultural, musical and artistic events have been scheduled to mark the day, April 30, with prestigious entertainers including Simply Red and world famous Latin singer Romeo Santos already booked in.

ENTERTAINERS: Simply Red and Romeo Santos have already signed up.

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Rethink on pedestrian plans TORREMOLINOS’ PP party is demanding a ‘rethink’ from the ruling PSOE local government on its plans to pedestrianise parts of the town. The PP is urging the PSOE to reopen the roads to traffic between Plaza Costa del Sol and Avenida Palma de Mallorca, which have been closed off since December in order to start work on new pedestrian spaces. They claim they have received numerous complaints from neighbours and shopkeepers regarding the pedestrianisation of these two spots. The lack of parking spaces, the redistribution of the traffic and the bad location of bus stops and loading areas are causing chaos to the town centre. The PP are asking for a special plenary session in order to discuss the project, which should include the residents and shop owners as well as the rest of the parties.

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Bookworld Puerto Banus presents a special signing MARION LEIGH came to Costa del Sol to escape the harsh Canadian winters By John Smith THRILLER writer Marion Leigh who was born in Birmingham but spent 30 years in Canada as a financial and legal translator will be signing copies of her latest book, Dead Man’s Daughter at Bookworld Puerto Banus on Thursday February 4 between 5pm and 8pm. Marion says “I always wanted to write novels but had to bide my time. Coming to the Costa del Sol to escape the harsh Canadian winters gave me the impetus I needed and provided the backdrop to my first book, The Politician’s Daughter, which was published in 2011. “My latest book, Dead Man’s Legacy, features the same main character: RCMP Marine Unit Sergeant Petra Minx.” Petra’s latest mission takes her to the Bahamas where the legendary Betty Graceby, a retired Canadian

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Hydrotherapy programme for the elderly ESTEPONA Town Council has opened up the register for senior citizens in the area that wish to make use of a new hydrotherapy programme for the elderly. Applications are now invited to the town hall from interested people, where the aim of the project is to provide access to hydrotherapy and spa treatments in public establishments with natural springs. The local council said, “Thanks to this project, we hope that elderly people’s welfare will be improved.”

Essential English THRILLER WRITER: Marion during an earlier visit to Puerto Banus. singer and ex-Vegas dancer, has been filing claims of abuse against her grandson. Betty’s wealth has tripled since the untimely death of her husband and everyone seems to want their share. “Spice, glamour, intrigue, and an array of colourful characters in ex-

otic settings: this is what my Petra Minx adventure thrillers are about.” It is quite a coup for the proprietors of this English language bookstore to persuade Marion to sign books for their customers and they are hoping for a good turn out on that afternoon.

In support of her visit to the Costa del Sol, Marion will be interviewed about both of her books by Hannah Murray during her book show on Talk Radio Europe which will transmit at 7pm today, January 28 and be repeated on the following Sunday at 9am.

SPECIAL classes to teach young adults English have been announced by Mijas Youth councillor Lidia Moreno with one general class coming in three different levels and another two focused on very particular areas. Lifeguarding in English and Entertaining Children in English are the specialised classes on offer under the scheme, with both free of charge and taking place at the Casa de la Cultura de Las Lagunas starting February 1 and April 20 respectively. Classes are aimed at people aged under 35.

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STOLEN ITEMS: Included an oil painting worth €6,000, which has since been found in Sevilla.

Theft was inside job FORMER employee stole various antiques By Matthew Elliot AN investigation into the theft of various antiques in Marbella, including an oil painting worth €6,000, has led to the arrest of a past employee of the victim. The items have been recovered and returned to the owner and police have charged the 35-year-old with burglary and forced entry.

Officers were informed that the residence in Guadalmina Alta had suffered a break-in with the perpetrator apparently climbing through a balcony window. After clues led them to the suspect’s door, police found a stone virgin, wooden elephant, flags, trophies and cutlery among other items. Finally, in Sevilla the investigators recovered the expensive oil painting at an auction house. It is presumed the man used his inside knowledge to execute the heist.

Food bank sets an incredible record IN a welcome deviation from the usual news on plagues, toil and famine, the Malaga Food Bank, Bancosol has set a new record by giving away an incredible 400,000 kilos of food.

The charitable institution has seen remarkable growth throughout the crisis, and while its necessity is unfortunate, the social situation does appear to be improving.

Coordinator Carlos de la Torre said: “The food orders we have each month are lower and lower. There are less families who need food, so we are better able to cover their needs.”

Mature Marbella programme A NEW education programme for mature Marbella residents has begun, and will last until May 5 with informative classes on subjects ranging from history and health, to economy and philosophy. Organised in collaboration with the Universi-

ty of Malaga, the classes are free, open to the general public, and aimed at people aged 55 and above. They will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5pm to 6.30pm at the Centro Cultural Cortijo Miraflores and will be in Spanish.

Chinese set sights on Benahavis investment A COLOSSAL Chinese conglomerate has reportedly set its sights on Benahavis as a beacon of investment opportunity. The Wanda Group is fronted by ambitious magnate Wang

JianLin who has an estimated $25 billion (€22.9 billion) fortune and a 20 per cent stake in Atletico Madrid. The group are primarily interested in high-end property

and also specialise in luxury hotels and tourism. Benahavis has no shortage of prime available land and is already the site of deluxe digs and urbanisations.

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Camino del Rey is open to tender

FIGHTBACK planned for Casares symbol By Matthew Elliott

REVIVAL: A lesser kestrel.

KESTRELS will be making a comeback in Casares as the council kick starts a campaign to increase the population of lesser kestrels through setting up artificial nests. Long considered a symbol of Casares, the town is the only native colony in the Mediterranean Sea for the birds, which winter in Africa and Pakistan. Smaller than the common kestrel, only five couples of lesser kestrels call Casares home, down from 20 just 10 years ago, as their European range decreases, despite solid numbers worldwide. Lesser kestrels abound throughout wider Andalucia, being a summer visitor which breeds in ruins and cliffs. Nestled in the Bermeja mountains, Casares is a popular site for bird-watchers and hikers while maintaining its enviable serenity.

VISITORS: Upper limit of 300,000 per year. SPEAKING at the Fitur exhibition in Madrid, President of Malaga Provincial Council Elias Bendodo, released details of the conditions that will be laid down for any company wishing to take on the management of the Caminito del Rey (King’s Walkway). They may find it a bit of an uphill struggle to find somebody, however, as in

the first instance, the framework established requires the payment of a minimum €75,000 a year to the council, a sum of money which will be given back directly to the municipality for improvements and reforms. In addition, the document states that at least 9 per cent of the money obtained through the entrance sales will go towards the maintenance of the Caminito. However, it also states that they will not be able to charge more than €10 for the tickets. Another bitter pill to swallow is the restriction imposed referring to the maximum numbers of visitors, an upper limit of 300,000 people a year. Thi s equat es t o an approximate daily maximum

of 1,100 people. An even heavier dictum for the would-be management company to consider is that regardless of whichever business finally takes on the contract, it will be fixed at four years non-extendable, meaning that no matter how successful they are, they have to pack up and leave. The destiny of the Caminito del Rey will again be up in the air as of April 1, 2020. Just to restrict the competition a little more, another point laid out in the conditions is that the interested company on application must be supported by an existing business turnover of €750,000 annually. Would all businesses please form an orderly queue!

Set in stone BOOSTING its culture credentials, Torremolinos has converted its Plaza Costa del Sol into an outdoor museum with a sculpture exhibition by renowned artist Elena Laveron. The prestigious artist added the seaside town to an extensive resume, that includes exhibits in the UNESCO Paris headquarters and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The event will last until April 30 with 11 huge sculptures carved out of bronze and artificial stone. It is part of a new programme named ‘Torremolinos is culture’.

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Kerb work REFURBISHMENT of the kerb at Marbella Market will begin in earnest in February as a Sevilla based company seeks to broaden the west side at a cost of around €400,000.

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Fibre optic to improve services of the council WORKERS will be able to perform better and documents will arrive faster By Steve Walsh

New skills YOUNGSTERS looking to hone their practical skills can participate in three new workshops scheduled in Estepona. Gardening, electricity and plumbing will be tackled by students who can improve their chances in the job market.

Coach trip AN invigorating trip to the lovely Cordoba town of Montoro will be organised by the Fuengirola Senior Citizens Council. Taking place on February 12 it will cost €35 and include a luxury coach, breakfast, attractions, lunch and guide.

MIJAS Municipal Buildings councillor, Jose Manuel Muñoz, has paid a visit to La Cala Operative Services Centre building, in order to check the progress of the installation works on the fibre optic project. Currently, 70 per cent of the town’s public buildings already have fibre optic, which has improved the quality of the services and made the job of the council workers easier. Muñoz said: “In total, 1,500 metres of cable will be introduced, which is the same as the distance between the council and the Operative Services Centre.” Once the work is finished, the workers will be able to perform better and documents will arrive faster, explained the councillor.

FIBRE OPTICS: Installation works are in the process of being undertaken.

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Marbella police get makeover MARBELLA Council will be investing €200,000 in a totally new and ‘trendy’ uniform for the Local Police this coming summer season. Marbella Local Police are to receive a fashion makeover this year designed to give the force a ‘New Image’ for the tourist trade in summer. The council has said it will invest €200,000 of the 2016 budget to do this, even though the budget has not been approved yet. The new design of the uniforms will be put out to tender, and according to Mayor Jose Bernal, they will be less formal, and will have an innovative touch. The traditional light yellow and plain blue colours will be substituted for something ‘more approachable’ and be able to be adapted for officers working in the heat of the summer.

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Free screenings at new Cinema Club WILL show independent films from different countries

TERRIFIC QUALITY: Local companies can travel north to present Malaga’s produce.

Fusion fantastic CHEFS from Malaga will be bringing their home grown delights to a huge fair in Madrid this week. Sabor a Malaga (Taste of Malaga) is a gastronomic brand created by the council and will be fronted at the Madrid Fusion fair by chefs Sergio

Garrido, Jose Carlos Garcia, and Diego Gallegos. The event is one of the biggest on the global gastronomical calendar, and a great opportunity for local food and beverage companies to travel north and present the quality of Malaga’s produce. CLUB: Will show a film every 15 days, beginning with ‘Grazing in the Sky’.

Estepona set to go greener DESCRIBING itself as the Garden of the Costa del Sol, Estepona has transformed in recent years and is set to go greener with the town plant nursery looking to double its

production. Currently the nursery produces 120,000 plants per year and the town council now wants to increase that respectable figure to an impres-

sive 250,000. Once the flowers are grown they will be moved to different parks and gardens across the town, establishing an authentic urban garden.

By Steve Walsh ESTEPONA TOWN COUNCIL is to launch a Cinema Club, which will offer free screenings of independent films from different countries, at the Centro Cultural Padre Manuel. The aim is that cinema fans will be able to enjoy non-commercial films, and after each viewing, be able to participate in a discussion with people related to the theme of the film. The club will show a film every 15 days, starting today, January 28, at 8.30pm, with the

documentary about the circus world named A Ras de Cielo (Grazing the Sky) by Horacio Alcala. Estepona Deputy Mayor Blas Ruzafa, encourages all cinema fans to attend this, the first projection, as they will have the chance of discovering the true current situation of the circus. Ruzafa has anticipated that other prestigious titles like the Oscar-winning Birdman or A Late Quartet, by Yaron Zilberman will be shown among many others.

Ana Diaz Velasco wins the Gerald Brenan award THE coveted Gerald Brenan award for short story

writing has been won by Ana Diaz Velasco, author

of Descalza Por El Parque (Barefoot in the Park), by the Culture department of Alhaurin el Grande Council and the Gerald Brenan Foundation. The 12th edition of the Gerald Brenan Short Story awards were held at the municipal library in the town, and a spokesman for the event said: “This is one of the y e a r ’s m o s t i m p o r t a n t cultural events, and this y e a r ’s e v e n t h a s s e t a record for participation, reaching 5,500 entered stories.” After receiving the award, consisting of a €3,000 prize and publication of a pocket edition of her work, Velasco said: “I did not think that my story would be the winner, as there were lots of stories participating.”

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Estepona Council helping the poor HAS renewed its pledge, along with the water company Hidralia, to help those in danger of having their water cut off By John Smith ESTEPONA TOWN COUNCIL and the water authority Hidralia, have renewed their pledge to help vulnerable families in the municipality, who

Urban camp for children at school FUENGIROLA Councilors for Education and Social Services have launched a municipal urban camp for children, which is to be held in El Tejar School, from February 22 until February 26. If you wish to participate in this Camp, you have to be registered in Fuengirola, and your children must be between three and 12-years-old, and enrolled in school. The Education Councilor, Carmen Diaz, encourages families to participate in this camp, as “children will be in the best of hands and will have great fun for the week with the many activities of the camp.” The registration period is from January 26 to February 2.

Marb-oales INTEGRATION of workers for various local autonomous bodies (OALES) into the Marbella Town Council has been signed by Mayor Jose Bernal, who affirmed the socio-economic justice of the move. The 1,350 workers will now have the same rights as council workers, and the move is expected to lead to greater all round efficiency. The different OALES have unanimously backed their own dissolution, which will formally occur after a scheduled plenary session, while Bernal praised the remedying of the unstable situation.

are in danger of having their water supply cut off. They are renewing the agreement launched in the summer of 2014, as a measure to avoid water cuts to families with economic problems. The social fund has been bolstered with an ini-

tial amount of €45,000. The aid is to be used by the municipal water service to defray the cost of water bills for families who are not able to keep up with payments. Since its launch, the fund has helped some 150

Estepona families pay more than 260 bills. The objective is to help families with economic difficulties compounded by having their water cut off. The fund aims to prevent this from happening.

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Mijas is getting historical MIJAS Culture councillor, Santiago Martin, has announced the launch of the 6th History and Ethnography Workshops, ‘Villa de Mijas,’ which will be taking place on February 19 and 20, in Mijas Town Hall. The councillor said: “To know our history and customs is something that all public administrations must be aware of, for this reason, we will take this unique opportunity of going back and studying our past, and in doing so, understanding better who we are today.” Therefore this classic initiative will begin on February 19, starting at 6pm. Then on February 20, it will be divided into two sessions, one in the morning starting at 10am, and one in the afternoon starting at 5pm. There will be a total of eight speakers who will lecture on different topics including, ‘Medieval Trails of Mijas,’ ‘The Hotel Alhamar and its influence on tourism in Mijas.

Last days for visiting The Star in Naples A SPECIAL catalogue has also been published with high quality photos

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Art affairs THE location of the renowned Marbella Art Fair has been unveiled as the Adolfo Suarez centre as the council is hoping to double the 7,000 visits registered last year. It will see more than 70 art collectors from July 29 to August 3.

Dusted off A SHORT CIRCUIT caused a fire on Calle Bodegueros in Malaga City which was deftly thwarted by firefighters without any damage to people or property.

Novel party DEBUT EXHIBITION: The Star in Naples is a spectacular Neapolitan nativity scene. By Steve Walsh FUENGIROLA Council Culture department would like to remind people that the exhibition La Estrella en Napoles (The Star in Naples) is still

open until January 30 in the Fuengirola Culture Centre. The entrance is free of charge, however, visits are in organised groups of 15 minutes. The exclusive debut exhibition features a spectacular

Neapolitan nativity scene, composed of 125 unique figures from the collection of the Fuengirola artist Paco Perez. Along with the free exhibition, a special catalogue has been published, from which

it’s possible to get a close look at the figures by means of high quality photos. Although the catalogue costs €10, all the money will go to Doctors of the World, and non-profit making charities.

MOTORBIKE aficionados and paella lovers would do well to head down to the Fuengirola fairground on January 31 to catch a glimpse of a novel fundraising party for sick children. It kicks off at 10am with a motorbike parade.

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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 bimonthly 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, and has expressed his interest in working with the council on other artistic projects in the future.

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

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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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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.

Vaccine soon 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.

Phones at last 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. The work is expected to be completed by end January.

Water works 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, which will involve renewing pipes where faults have been reported.

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 nationally and internationally renowned artists.

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

Musical week FINESTRAT celebrated the 45th anniversary of its Puig Campana Musical Centre with a week of music last week, recognising the founders and presidents of the institution.

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Train murder SWEDEN: A 20-year-old Swedish woman died after being pushed in front of a train on the Berlin underground in Germany. Witnesses held the man until police arrived.

Abba together SWEDEN: ABBA was back together on stage as all four members were reunited for the first time in three decades as they appeared at the opening of Björn Ulvaeus’ latest business venture in Stockholm, a Greek Mamma Mia style tavern.

Best country DENMARK has been named the best country in the world for women, being praised for its generous welfare state, free education and gender equality.

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Stem the flow GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling on Turkey to step up to its “key role” in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe as she met with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.

WELL-KNOWN stars knew what was going on AN inquiry has revealed that television presenter Jimmy Savile abused 45 children with some of the BBC’s biggest stars knowing he was a paedophile.

Balcony fall A BRITISH man, aged 43, has died after falling off his second-floor balcony in the early hours of the morning at a hotel in Tenerife.

Care case A JUDGE has revealed a number of disturbing findings about children whilst in council care. The judge was asked to investigate by Coventry City Council following a series of allegations made by children in their care.

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Sub found A GERMAN WWI U-boat has been found off the coast of Norfolk in England. Studies i dent i f i ed t he subm ar i ne as Germany’s U-31, which left for a patrol on Januar y 13, 1915 and never returned.

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Royal visit DENMARK: The Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary have been criticised for their alleged involvement in a proposed Danish visit to Saudi Arabia, which has a poor human rights record, to promote Danish industry.

Migrant course NORWAY: Migrants are being given courses to prevent violence against women, especially rape, and to teach them how to interpret customs of their new country.

Snow chaos SWEDEN: Western Sweden’s largest city is struggling to deal with one of the biggest snowfalls in a decade. Gothenburg normally gets less snow and train, bus and tram services have all been affected.

A CONVICTED rapist escaped from his prison guards while on a supervised visit to a brewery in Cologne and is now on the run.

Pay your way SOUTHERN states in Germany are reported to be confiscating cash and valuables from refugees after they arrive, as part of federal laws requiring asylum seekers to use up their own resources before receiving state aid.

Global TV NORWAY: TV series Eyewitness, has been bought by NBC Universal. It is the first time a Norwegian drama series will have an American remake. Eyewitness is about two teen boys who witness four bikers get gunned down in a forest.

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Pure beer DUTCH INVESTMENT: Has shown a rise of 87 per cent year on year.

Retail spending has increased CONSUMERS are showing more confidence than before IN 2015, investors put a record €2.8 billion into Dutch retail premises, a rise of 87 per cent year on year. Consumer confidence has reached its highest point in eight years.

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shortages due to illness and planned government cuts.

CRIME investigations are being delayed in the Netherlands as the DNA research department at the National Forensic Institute suffers from staff

Special op POLICE have set up a programme to

try and keep criminals away from refugee centres where they are trying to recruit people to become prostitutes or get involved in the drugs trade.

Forbes list SEVEN Dutch nationals have been included in a new Forbes ranking of the most stand-out people in their 20’s in Europe. The 300-name list represents young leaders and creative inventors.

GERMAN brewers are celebrating the 500th anniversary of their beer ‘purity law’ which states that German brewers cannot use artificial flavours, enzymes or preservatives in their beers.

Social media STATISTICS show that more highly-educated Germans are avoiding social networks than people with little or no education, with j ust over 40 per cent of German social media users classed as coming from a background of ‘high formal education.’

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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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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-

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

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.

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.

Quote of the Week “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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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.

€6.7 billion is the amount that Deutsche Bank says it expects to lose for 2015, compared with a net profit of €1.7 billion the previous year.

Japanese company Sharp in trouble By John Smith

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Considering that the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 139.52 +1.76 +1.28% 3.0M 55.06 -7.58 -12.10% 43.8M 101.43 +5.13 +5.33% 65.8M 124.61 +1.21 +0.98% 5.3M 60.98 +1.29 +2.16% 7.8M 83.54 +2.49 +3.07% 15.7M 23.37 +0.47 +2.05% 55.0M 42.06 +0.67 +1.62% 15.2M 96.90 +2.88 +3.06% 12.3M 54.74 +1.18 +2.20% 4.4M 76.57 +2.47 +3.33% 22.5M 28.24 -0.35 -1.22% 87.9M 156.86 +5.21 +3.44% 5.6M 122.76 +2.54 +2.11% 6.6M 122.50 -0.41 -0.33% 9.2M 29.92 +0.26 +0.88% 25.3M 96.75 +0.81 +0.84% 8.4M 56.95 +1.70 +3.08% 22.7M 118.40 +0.56 +0.48% 9.0M 51.35 +0.43 +0.84% 10.8M 52.29 +1.81 +3.59% 37.6M 60.88 +0.32 +0.53% 8.4M 30.71 +0.13 +0.43% 31.4M 77.36 +0.64 +0.83% 9.5M 103.14 +0.44 +0.43% 2.5M 86.35 +0.78 +0.91% 4.6M 114.33 +0.83 +0.73% 3.6M 47.04 +1.17 +2.55% 23.1M 72.70 +1.14 +1.59% 8.7M 62.69 +0.81 +1.31% 9.2M

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PRICE

CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced $ 17.99 $ 3.2299 $ 13.10 $ 2.13 $ 23.97 $ 3.15 $ 7.28 $ 4.15 $ 4.13 $ 6.38 $ 11.89

6.05 ▲ 50.67% 0.8799 ▲ 37.44% 2.68 ▲ 25.72% 0.37 ▲ 21.02% 4.11 ▲ 20.69% 0.54 ▲ 20.69% 1.23 ▲ 20.33% 0.69 ▲ 19.94% 0.68 ▲ 19.71% 0.97 ▲ 17.93% 1.70 ▲ 16.68%

First Financial Bancorp. $ 6.13 Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. $ 8.74 Legacy Reserves LP $ 2.60 Legacy Reserves LP $ 2.39 region $ 9.16 Digi International Inc. $ 8.78 Vascular Solutions, Inc. $ 25.11 LDR Holding Corporation $ 18.915 ProShares UltraPro Short NASDAQ Biotech $ 30.76 ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ $ 22.75 NovoCure Limited $ 13.81

4.87 ▼ 44.27% 3.72 ▼ 29.86% 1.09 ▼ 29.54% 0.88 ▼ 26.91% 1.86 ▼ 16.88% 1.67 ▼ 15.98% 3.63 ▼ 12.63% 2.555 ▼ 11.90% 3.32 ▼ 9.74% 2.11 ▼ 8.49% 1.24 ▼ 8.24%

Golar LNG Limited Qumu Corporation Golar LNG Partners LP The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Spark Energy, Inc. Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. Mitel Networks Corporation Vanguard Natural Resources LLC Vanguard Natural Resources LLC Caesars Acquisition Company Hortonworks, Inc.

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OPINION & COMMENT

28 January - 3 February 2016 / Costa del Sol

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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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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 at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm For What It's Worth 4:45pm James Martin: Home Comforts 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Dickensian 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time 12:45am This Week 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:35am BBC News

7:15am The Housing Enforcers 8:00am Wanted Down Under 8:45am Escape to the Continent 9:15am Great British Menu 9:45am Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Island Stories 2:05pm The Pallisers 3:00pm Tennis 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 5:30pm Best Bakes Ever 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Winterwatch 10:00pm The Story of China 11:00pm The Clare Balding Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1981 9:00pm Stonehenge: A Timewatch Guide 10:00pm The Brain with David Eagleman 11:00pm Brian Pern: 45 Years of Prog and Roll 11:40pm I'm a Pop Star! 12:40am Top of the Pops: 1981 1:20am The Fish Market: Inside Billingsgate

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 ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Birds of a Feather 10:00pm Jericho 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm John Bishop's Gorilla Adventure 12:45am Murder, She Wrote 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am You've Been Framed! 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm 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 Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm Little Man 1:05am Two and a Half Men 1:30am Two and a Half Men

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:20pm Man About the House 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Blue Murder 1:35am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 2:30am Where the Heart is 3:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm My Daughter Must Live 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 9:00pm Britain's Bloody Crown 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm 10,000 BC 12:05am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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Maverick Rush Hour 2 Chappie The Matrix The Marine 4: Moving Target 6:45pm 2047: Sights of Death 8:20pm Rush Hour 2 10:00pm Chappie 12:10am The Matrix 2:30am The Patriot

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Coneheads You've Got Mail Top Five Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes Sex Tape The War of the Roses Nacho Libre Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Sex Tape Top Five Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Lost Boys Kenny Coneheads

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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 The Big Bang Theory 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 The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am The Legend of Longwood 8:45am The Face of an Angel 10:30am M:I - Rogue Nation Special 10:45am Seventh Son 12:45pm Into the Grizzly Maze 2:30pm Sword of Vengeance 4:15pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 4:45pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 7:00pm Seventh Son 9:00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:15pm Sword of Vengeance 1:00am Into the Grizzly Maze 2:40am The Face of an Angel 4:25am Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness.

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9:30am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 10:00am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 10:30am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 11:00am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 11:30am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 12:00pm Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass 12:30pm Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass 1:00pm Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass 1:30pm Ashes Zone: Aussie Legends 2:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 2:30pm Cricket 3:30pm Ashes Best Days 5:30pm Ashes Best Days 8:00pm Cricket 9:00pm Ringside: Fights of 2015 11:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 11:30pm Cricket 12:30am Ricky Ponting Masterclass 1:00am Ricky Ponting Masterclass

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7:15am The Housing Enforcers 8:00am Wanted Down Under 8:45am Escape to the Continent 9:15am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Island Stories 2:05pm The Pallisers 3:00pm Tennis 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities 5:30pm Best Bakes Ever 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm What to Buy and Why 10:00pm Winterwatch 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am The Story of China

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 ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Birds of a Feather 12:10am On Her Majesty's Secret Service 2:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Emmerdale 10:05am You've Been Framed! 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm 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 Rides Again! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Fast and Furious 12:10am Take Me Out 1:30am Two and a Half Men

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Alice in Wonderland 10:40pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 11:25pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:10am American Dad! 12:35am American Dad! 12:55am Family Guy 1:20am Family Guy 1:40am Family Guy 2:05am Siblings 2:35am Russell Howard's Good News Extra 3:20am Dead Air 3:35am Once

9:00pm Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick 10:00pm It's Only Rock 'N' Roll: Rock 'N' Roll at the BBC 11:00pm Music Moguls: Masters of Pop 12:00am Rock 'N' Roll America

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:20am Where the Heart is 9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:15pm On the Buses 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Blue Murder 1:35am The Hours 3:30am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 4:25am The Darling Buds of May

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Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Minder The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars Cliffhanger The Specialist River Monsters Nitro Circus ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

8:10am 8:20am 8:35am 8:50am 9:00am 9:15am 9:35am 9:50am 10:00am 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 11:30pm 12:05am

Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Look Again 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Pets Who Hate Vets Toddlers Make You Laugh Out Loud Celebrity Big Brother Lip Sync Battle UK Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

8:30am Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 10:45am Reign of Fire 12:45pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3:00pm Fury 5:30pm The Man 7:00pm Reign of Fire 9:00pm Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 11:15pm Fury 1:35am War

11:25am The Other Woman 1:25pm Unfinished Business 3:05pm Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes 3:30pm Team America: World Police 5:15pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 7:00pm The Other Woman 9:00pm Unfinished Business 10:45pm Team America: World Police 12:30am About Last Night

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

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs The Goldbergs 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 The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory This Means War The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Gogglebox

6:00am Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 6:30am Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes 7:00am Seventh Son 9:00am Big Hero 6 Special 9:30am Into the Grizzly Maze 11:15am Mountain Men Two estranged brothers find themselves trapped together on a snowy mountain. 1:00pm Seventh Son 3:00pm Big Hero 6 Special 3:30pm The Boy Next Door 5:15pm John Wick A hitman comes out of retirement when a gang of Russian thugs 7:15pm Mountain Men 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 Kingsman: The Secret Service Special

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3:30am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 7:00am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 11:30am Best of ICC WT20 12:00pm Best of ICC WT20 12:30pm Best of ICC WT20 1:00pm Best of ICC WT20 1:30pm Best of ICC WT20 2:00pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 2:30pm Best of ICC WT20 3:00pm The Premier League Years 5:00pm La Liga Show 2015 5:30pm ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 6:00pm Game Changers 6:30pm Viral Videos of the Month 6:45pm Viral Videos of the Month 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 10:40pm George Groves: My Greatest Night 11:10pm Football Gold 11:30pm La Liga Show 2015 12:00am Cricket's Greatest 12:30am Cricket's Greatest

E W N 28 January - 3 February 2016 / Costa del Sol

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

E W N 28 January - 3 February 2016 / Costa Blanca North

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. Trinianâ€˜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.

E W N 28 January - 3 February 2016 / Costa del Sol

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

E W N 28 January - 3 February 2016 / Costa del Sol

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 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 1:20am BBC News

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 Documentary following 20 applicants training to be London bus drivers. 1:05am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am Nightscreen

8:45am Flog It! 9:15am Close Calls: On Camera 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 12:15am Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:05am Dinner Date 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am Coronation Street 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 7:50pm The Hot Desk 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 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 2:00am Rise of the Supergamers 3:00am Siblings 3:30am Emergency Rescue Down Under

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 11:05am 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 5:15pm 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 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping

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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 Four in a Bed 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 The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet Obsessed with My Body First Dates

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 Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. Teleshopping

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

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Milkshake! 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 Series presented by Allan Chapman profiling famous and influential scientists. House Doctor

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11:00am The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1:00pm Die Hard 3:15pm Die Hard 2 5:30pm S.W.A.T. 7:40pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 10:00pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 12:00am Die Hard

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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 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 The Goldbergs Tattoo Fixers Virtually Famous The Big Bang Theory

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. Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. Comedy-drama. Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. Mountain Men Kingsman: The Secret Service Special

TUESDAY TV

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

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown! Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Football Bpl Legends Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Premier League 100 Club SPFL Round Up The Premier League Years Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits SPFL Round Up Bpl Legends La Liga Goals Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs La Liga World 2015 Ford Football Ford Football

7:00am Cricket's Greatest 9:00am Pace Like Fire 10:00am How the 2015 ICC World Cup Was Won 12:00pm Ricky Ponting Masterclass 12:30pm Cricket Classic 12:45pm Cricket Classic 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

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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 9:00pm The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 10:00pm Camila's Kids Company: The Inside Story 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Murder Games: The Life and Death of Breck Bednar 12:45am Film 2016

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 12:15am 1:15am

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 Â£100k House: Tricks of the Trade World War Three: Inside the War Room Russell Howard's Good News Newsnight Weather James May's Cars of the People See Hear

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 4:30am Siblings

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 1:00am Russia's Lost Princesses

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Countdown King of Queens 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 Four in a Bed Four in a Bed 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 Posh Pawn 24 Hours in A and E Bodyshockers The Undateables

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

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Milkshake! 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 Series presented by Allan Chapman profiling famous and influential scientists. House Doctor

WEDNESDAY TV

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 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 The Big Bang Theory

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 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 Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 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 2:30am The Almost Impossible Gameshow

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 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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

The Professionals The Sweeney Shed and Buried Minder Magnum, P.I. The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Shed and Buried The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Benidorm Jackie Brown FYI Daily Jackie Brown Ax Men Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

9:15am Air Force One 11:30am Ride Along 1:25pm Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3:55pm Sword of Vengeance 5:35pm Gladiator 8:15pm Ride Along 10:00pm Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 12:30am Sword of Vengeance

7:30am Bad News Bears 9:15am Idiocracy 10:45am Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 12:25pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 2:45pm Lovesick 4:15pm Hot Shots! 5:45pm Hot Shots! Part Deux 7:15pm Starsky and Hutch 9:00pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 11:20pm Grudge Match 1:20am Fading Gigolo 3:00am Jackass: The Movie 4:45am Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

7:00am Seventh Son 9:00am Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. 10:45am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 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

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

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in history 1099 - First Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria. 1547 - Nine-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England. 1595 - William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is first performed. 1627 - Spanish government goes bankrupt. 1647 - Scots agree to sell King Charles I to English Parliament for £400. 1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years. 1724 - The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great. 1813 - Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is published by Thomas Egerton. 1876 - The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. 1886 - First successful gasoline-driven car patented by Karl Benz, Karlsruhe. 1887 - Work begins on the Eiffel Tower in Paris by Gustave Eiffel. 1893 - Thomas Edison completes world’s first movie studio. 1901 - Queen Victoria’s funeral takes place. 1920 - Walt Disney starts work as an artist with KC Slide Company. 1932 - Al Capone sent to prison (Atlanta, Georgia). 1933 - German president Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolf Hitler as chancellor. 1940 - Frank Sinatra’s singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra). 1948 - Mahatma Gandhi assassinated by Nathuram Godse. 1956 - Elvis Presley’s first appearance on National TV (Dorsey Bros Stage Show). 1965 - State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill at St Paul’s Cathedral, London - largest state funeral ever. 1965 - Martin Luther King Jr and 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma Alabama. 1969 - Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townshend wage a battle of guitars. 2000 - Family GP Dr Harold Shipman is jailed for life for murdering 15 of his patients. 2003 - Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard. 2014 - Syrian civil war death toll reaches 130,000, while 4 million are displaced.

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Amusing Collective Nouns: A cuddle of teddy bears An obeisance of servants A staff of employees A nastiness of villains A clique of photographers

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TODAY

ANTEQUERA

MALAGA COIN TORREMOLINOS

RONDA

BENALMADENA MIJAS

ESTEPONA

FUENGIROLA

MARBELLA

ANTEQUERA

TOMORROW

MALAGA COIN

ESTEPONA

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TORREMOLINOS

RONDA

BENALMADENA MIJAS

FUENGIROLA

MARBELLA

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17 10 C 16 9 S 18 9 S

Benidorm MAX 18C, MIN 11C Mon - 18 11 S Tues - 18 10 C Wed - 17 10 C

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18 10 C 17 9 C 19 11 S

MAX 17C, MIN 11C Mon - 19 11 S Tues - 20 11 C Wed - 20 11 S

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SUNNY

MAX 158C, MIN 12C MAX MIN

17 11 C 17 11 C 18 11 S S Sun,

15 7 C 17 9 C 17 10 C

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Madrid

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Fog,

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14 4 C 14 3 S 16 4 S C Cloudy,

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Sh Showers,

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UK THUNDERBALL

IRISH LOTTO

Saturday January 23

EURO MILLIONS

LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

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UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

CLOUDY MAX 18C, MIN 11C

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SHOWERS MAX 14C, MIN 8C

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16 11 C 17 11 C 18 12 S

Bilbao

Almeria TODAY:

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Malaga

SUNNY MAX 18C, MIN 12C

TODAY:

MAX MIN

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LOTTERY

Alicante TODAY:

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Unscramble the name of a European polician: MAKE ALL GREEN

Directed by: Scott Mann. Distributed through: Lionsgate Premiere. Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Robert De Niro, Kate Bosworth, Dave Bautista and Gina Carano. WHEN their attempt to rob a casino owned by the feared gangster Pope (Robert De Niro) goes awry and a shootout ensues, Vaughn (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Cox (Dave Bautista) are forced to flee on foot and hijack city Bus 657 and take the passengers hostage. Now, in a high speed chase, Vaughn will not only have to outwit the police, led by Officer Bajos (Gina Carano) who are in hot pursuit, but he will have to contend with Pope’s maniacal right hand man, Dog.

King Felipe VI, January 30 Spanish Monarch The only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia who ascended to the throne on June 19, 2014. He is married to Queen Letizia and has two daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and the Infanta Sofía.

Nicolas Sarkozy, January 28, Politician, 61 French politician who served as the 23rd President of France from 2007 to 2012. He passed constitutional reforms during his tenure that introduced a two-term limit for the presidency and is married to Carla Bruni. Oprah Winfrey, January 29, TV Presenter and Actress, 62 Television host and producer named most influential woman in the world by TIME magazine and hosted the Oprah Winfrey Show, from 1986 to 2011. She now workw with Weight Watchers. John Lydon, January 31, Singer, 60 Singer better known as Johnny Rotten. He sang lead vocals for the punk rock band the Sex Pistols and then formed Public Image Limited. For all of his anti-establishment leanings, he advertised a brand of butter for several years. Don Everly, February 1, Singer, 79 Hugely successful singer over a number of decades alongside his brother Phil as the duo the Everly Brothers. The two of them regularly fell out, but had massive hits with songs such as Cathy’s Clown and Wake Up Little Susie. David Jason, February 2, Actor, 76 British actor who was voted the greatest British star in a poll celebrating ITV’s 50th Anniversary. Knighted in 2005 he has starred in many TV series, most notably Only Fools and Horses and A Touch of Frost. Warwick Davis, February 3, Actor, 46 A friend of Ricky Gervais, he has enjoyed a regular acting career since his screen debut in the 1988 film Willow. Since then has starred in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, as well as in the Harry Potter films.

Unscramble the name of a famous professional US baseball (MLB) team (three words): RELEASED GOLD SONGS FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: ANGELA MERKEL, LOS ANGELES DODGERS

HEIST

A man walks up to the librarian and says, “I’ll have a cheeseburger and chips, please.” Librarian responds, “Sir, you know you’re in a library, right?” The man says, “Oh, sorry. [in a whisper] I’ll have a cheeseburger and chips, please.”

Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (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

YOUR STARS 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. 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.

AQUARIUS

(January 21- February 19)

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.

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.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) An interest in technology is not something new to you. What is great, though, is that the penny has suddenly dropped. This week sees you understanding more and wanting to know more.

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.

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.

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.

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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 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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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: 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.

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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)

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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)

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.

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)

5 Motivated (8)

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.

6 Teetertotters (7)

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7 Explained or answered (6)

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.

Down 1 Expensive (6) 2 Locomotive (5) 3 Detest (4)

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

22 Red or green fruit (5)

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23 Close (4)

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18 Aroma (5) 19 Remained (6)

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

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.

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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)

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)

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Spanish UNESCO World Heritage cities Photo by Albeins via Wikipedia.

SPAIN is the third best represented country for UNESCO World Heritage sites, just after China and Italy, with 44 unique places across the nation globally recognised for their cultural significance to human history. If you’re looking to explore new places in 2016 and truly uncover the hidden secrets of this magical country then have a look through our list of the top 10 UNESCO cities in Spain. Whether it’s a day trip from Madrid, or a weekend get-a-way across Andalucia, we’re certain it’ll be a handy tool when planning your next adventure.

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CUENCA: Features the famous hanging houses. 1) Alcala de Henares: In the middle of continental Spain, just 20 odd miles from the capital Madrid, this immaculately preserved medieval city was declared a site of world heritage in 1997 in recognition of its rich historical tapestry. 2) Avila: Founded in the 11th century as a bulwark against the Moors, Avila was then rebuilt by Christian knights following the reconquest in the 15th century, remaining largely intact to this day. A powerful fortified wall punctuates the city’s place in the environment, enclosing the old quarter, famous for its Romanesque and gothic churches and small, sleepy plazas. 3) Caceres: The seat of Spain’s less travelled Extremadura region, Caceres is a treasure trove of fabulous miscellany for the imaginative history buff. Roman, renaissance, Moorish, and medieval eras have left their indelible footprint across the architecture of this wellpreserved town. 4) Cordoba: One of Andalucia’s fabled cities, Cordoba’s unique architecture reflects the pinnacle of Moorish civilisation across Iberia. Its colourful past has seen Cordoba as the capital of Roman Hispania, one of the largest medieval cities, an

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intellectual heart of pre-renaissance Europe, and a melting pot of Jewish, Christian and Islamic cultures. 5) Cuenca: Over one thousand years old, this fortress city is built on the steep mountainside between Valencia and Madrid and features the worldfamous casas colgadas (hanging houses) which secured its UNESCO recognition in 1996. 6) Merida: Renowned as one the world’s best preserved Roman heritage sites, Merida was founded by Emperor Augustus over two thousand years ago and impressively maintains its Roman ambience despite millennia of pagan, Muslim and Christian rule. The Puente Romano is the world’s longest existing Roman bridge, and is still in use, while the Teatro Romano was one of the most famous amphitheatres in the entire Roman Empire. 7) Salamanca: A rich academic history continues to define this Castile and Leon city, with one of the world’s oldest universities, the University of Salamanca, continuing to thrive 882 years after the first students enrolled there. Hernan Cortes was a young student there before making history as a brutal

conquistador leader, while Christopher Colombus sought out the university’s support for his famous explorations. 8) Santiago de Compostela: The astonishing Santiago de Compostella Cathedral is one reason this gorgeous Galician city is recognised as Christianity’s third holiest site after Jerusalem and Rome. A pilgrimage route for over one thousand years, continuing today, legend claims that one of Jesus’ apostles, St James, was buried there. 9) Segovia: This ancient Celt-Iberian stronghold was the site of famous battles as the Romans wrestled control of central Spain from the indigenous Celts. Surrounded by the Guadarrama mountain range, and built on a limestone ridge at the junction of two rivers, Segovia is a powerfully evocative city. 10) Tarragona: This Catalonian city, roughly an hour’s drive from Barcelona, is a seaside marvel with a distinct Roman feel. Rather than one monumental masterpiece, in Tarragona you will find a host of walls, palaces, temples, gates, and theatres that have all stood the test of time.

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TARGET: Average: 29 Good: 37 Very good: 53 Excellent: 66

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

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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.

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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.

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IF in the past you were someone that skipped breakfast and felt ravenous by lunchtime, your body had over time taught itself to hold on to every calorie from your last meal, and slow down the fat burning process. However once you get into an exercise routine, you will find your body simply will not settle for a 12-hour fast. Exercise performed over long periods or high intensity will wake up your metabolism, and this is where you need to put in the effort to consume healthy, well-prepared meals. For example, you are up at

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exercise for as long and therefore you will burn fewer calories. So try both methods, and see how you get on. My personal choice is a protein shake, nice and easy, hardly any prep and no chewing involved. I’m getting a clean, nutritious liquid meal, and as long as I give myself 45 minutes to an hour before the session, I have no worries about digestion. Remember even a banana is going to give you some firing power to work with, and they tend to digest well. If you try a ‘fasted workout session’, pay attention to your energy levels and stamina during the hour and compare it. My classes are at times, that demanding that I know I would not get through them without the extra fuel.

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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.

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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.

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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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THE inaugural event of the 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Festival was held at Caleta Hotel on January 24 with an exhibition by husband and wife grandmasters Alina Kashlinskaya and Radoslaw Wojtaszek. The festival which runs until February 4 has attracted players from 58 different countries including last yearâ€™s Champion, Hikaru Nakamura, ranked No.6 in the world.

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LAST Friday, January 22, officers of the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) arrested a local man after finding in his possession a 22-calibre air rifle and a number of different controlled drugs in tablet form. Appearing in court on January 25 and pleading guilty to the drugs charges, but not guilty to possession of the air rifle, his case was adjourned until March 23.

IN reversal of a decision made under the government of Sir Peter Caruana in 2007, the current government has decided the Chief Justice would once again become head of the judiciary. This time there was no disagreement between the government and opposition and both parties applauded Gibraltarian incumbent Anthony Dudley for representing the Territory in this role.

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Helicopters return to UK PILOTS and crew have now gone back to their British base By John Smith TWO Augusta Westland helicopters, known in the UK as Merlins, have been on deployment in Gibraltar for training from their base at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset

where Prince Charles learnt to fly. The helicopters, which form part of the C omma ndo Hel i copt er For ce (CHF), flew across Europe and spent a week in training, which included operating alongside the Gibraltar naval patrols as they transfer from Sea King

helicopters to Merlins. The pilots and crew have now returned to their base in the UK where other colleagues are transferring from Lynx helicopters to Wildcats as part of an overall upgrading of naval air power.

1st pageant contestant signs up ALTHOUGH the opening date for entries to the Miss Gibraltar 2016 pageant was as recent as January 18, it is reported that there have been a number of enquiries and expressions of interest from potential participants, but the first actual contestant to sign on the dotted line did so on January 20. She is Maxine Field, aged 22, a sales assistant and beauty advisor who says that she has wanted to become Miss Gibraltar ever since she was a child watching the pageant and it is her hope to win the contest, become Miss World and then take up a career as a model. Blonde and blue-eyed, Maxine who speaks English and Spanish enjoys keeping fit and joining in regular Zumba classes. Hopefully others will follow suit and sign up for the competition before the cut-off date of February 12.

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home away from home. You can find Bar Los Arcos on km 167. Calle Benavista, just west of San Pedro, and east of Estepona. Keep up to date by following them on www.facebook.com/LosArcos Benavista and if you’d like to make a larger reservation or just get in touch, be sure to call Andy on 618 254 622. You can visit them online at http://losarcosestepona.com.

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THE Andalucia Bird Society (ABS) started the New Year with a field trip to the lake at Fuente de Piedra, Antequera on January 16. The Laguna is a large saline lake set in a basin surrounded by sierras which

drain into it during the winter rains. The Laguna is known for the vast numbers of flamingos which breed there each year. In winter, a small population remains and it becomes home to flocks of cranes. The Andalucia Bird Society

is a not-for-profit group of bird watchers based in Andalucia. For more details please contact the membership secretary on 669 649 529 or email them on: abs.sociedad@gmail.com or visit www.andaluciabirdsociety.org.

FLAMINGOS: Breed at the lagoon each year.

Third Salon Retro Auto and Motor Show returns to Malaga PETROLHEADS from all over Spain and further afield will be descending on Malaga to visit the Salon Retro Auto and Motor show which opens at the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions Malaga on January 29 and runs until January 31. With 150 exhibitors, including dealers in vehicle as well as parts, memorabilia and specialist clubs, the organiser, Motor Events SL is expecting more than the 20,000 visitors who walked through the doors in 2015 and made that event such a success. There is secure free parking and even a chance for individuals to sell their vehicles in a special area.

MOTOR SHOW: More than 20,000 visitors attended the event in 2015.

Calahonda estate agent supporting art By John Smith ATLANTIS PMR estate agency in Calahonda believes it is fitting to be part of the community and therefore by displaying works of art by a range of diverse artists with different styles creates local interest and a feeling of interaction. The exhibition is totally free and runs until February 29 at their office in the Centro Commercial Centre Los Olivos in Calahonda Locals 3 and 4, near to Supersol and consists of the work of five artists, three from Spain including a sculptor, one from Holland and one from the UK who has a Laotian background. All of the artists have exhibited their works on a worldwide basis and this, the second in a series of exhibitions is certainly worth viewing. According to a director of the company, “at Atlantis PMR we believe in promoting the talented individuals who live and reside here on the Costa del Sol that can greatly enhance any

property with their unique designs and concepts. “You will find art on practically any wall space in any

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Salon Varietes auditions for Mania Fever MANIA FEVER! Featuring songs and dancing from a range of incredible productions including Moulin Rouge, Mamma Mia, Joseph and the Amazing Technicoloured Dreamcoat, Never Forget (Take That), Footloose and many more is looking for talented male and female singers/dancers, playing age 16-30 years. This is the fourth produc-

tion of Mania Fever and auditions are open on Sunday February 7 at the Salon Varietes Fuengirola from 2pm with production dates of April 22 to 26. Please bring two contrasting songs on CD, USB or mobile, plus dancewear. Girls, please bring heels. To secure your audition, contact: maniafever@gmail.com or call 657 202 688.

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Musical evening of theatre in San Pedro ON Friday January 29, the Sala del Trapiche in San Pedro Alcantara will host an evening of ‘Music of the Theatre’ which will include songs from opera, operetta, musicals and zarzuela. Starting at 8.30pm and costing €18, those performing will be M Rosa Perez Diaz a mezzosoprano, David Geary a baritone accompanied by Carmen Blanco on piano. Tickets will be available at the door or may be reserved by calling 606 962 563.

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By John Smith MIXED Bag Talk - Famous Artists and their Art in the Steam Age What were Monet, Turner and others trying to capture in their paintings? Geoff Cooke will be the speaker and the event will last from 11am to 12.30pm. Wednesday February 3 Science and Technology Physics and Medicine This talk traces the contribution of theoretical physics to diagnostic medical techniques from the first X-rays to the latest fMRI and SPECT machines. Ian Phillips will be the speaker and the event will last from 11am to 12.30pm. Art History, Russian Artists - “Is it really by Chagall?” In this week’s lecture Liz Cochrane presents a video and discussion between a team of scientists and art critics, who

A window by Chagall. try to answer the question about a nude portrait. Liz Cochrane will be the speaker and the event will last from 2.45pm to 4.15pm. All talks are held in the Reference Library at Lux Mundi, Calle Nueva 3, Fuengirola and are free to members, although they also welcome visitors at a charge of just €5. Full details of these and other groups can be found online at www.u3acostadelsol.org or Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/ U3ACDS.

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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.

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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.

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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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What a year 2015 was – and this one hasn’t started any better either THE year started with terror and ended with terror, with multiple crises in-between Nora Johnson

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THE refugee crisis and terrorist attacks have raised global instability to its highest level since the Cold War. According to the UN, about 60 million people have been displaced through conflict, compared with 40 million in 1940, early in the Second World War. And according to the International Organisation for Migration, 1,004,356 migrants reached Europe in 2015. Thanks, in large part, to Mrs Merkel’s generous open-door refugee policy. And what a year 2015 was, starting with terror, ending with terror with multiple crises inbetween. The Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris were followed by the eurozone crisis, which almost destroyed the single currency, before a record influx of migrants drove the passportfree Schengen zone to the verge of collapse.

The year ended as it started, with terrorist attacks in Paris killing 130 people, carried out by DAESH jihadists who had travelled to Europe among refugees. Not to mention the mass sex attacks on women in Cologne and other German cities on New Year’s Eve, again attributed to the work of single, young male refugees. This year hasn’t started any better with attacks already in Egypt, Jakarta and Istanbul. Well, it seems Mrs Merkel is single-handedly

doing more to split up the EU than Cameron could ever hope to accomplish. Her extremely controversial policy (partly to crack one of Germany’s own problems of insufficient taxpayers to fund their ageing population), isn’t just threatening Schengen, one of the EU’s most prized achievements, but increasingly causing divisions between EU countries over border control and refugee quotas. Heck, with the experience she’s gained in bringing about this nightmare sce-

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nario, she should be turned loose on the EU itself. She’d surely be hugely successful in reducing the numbers of overpaid, pointless, purposeless bureaucrats who have made such a complete shambles of running it (and also the greatest beneficiaries aboard the infamous EU gravy train). Some view the Brexit debate as a mere rearrangement of the deckchairs on the Titanic ahead of another major crisis. As far as David Cameron’s concerned, he can only hope there’s no further terrorist attack or out-ofcontrol migration crisis before the planned Brexit referendum. We’ll have to wait and see. I recall the words of that great philosopher, Ronald Reagan: “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” Let’s hope he’s proved wrong on this one... Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Cudeca charity.

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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

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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

The Renault Kangoo FAVOURED by many small companies and large families alike, the Renault Kangoo has b e e n a c o m m o n sight on our streets in one form or another for nearly 18 years, and has proven to be very popular. S o m u c h so i n f a c t th at the Ma u b e u g e p l a n t 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 th e n r e d e si g n e d in 2007, t h e Ka n g o o i s n o w availab l e i n t wo f o r ms , a leisure activity vehicle for

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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-

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CH BENALMADENA: Won the tournament 11-4.

Benalmadena Indoor Hockey Championship THE final of the Andalucia Indoor Hockey Championship took place in the Ruben Ruzafa Town Sports Complex in Rincon de la Victoria last week. The six teams that got through from the previous rounds were: From the western conference: CH Benalmadena, CH Alcala and CD Malaga 91, and from the Eastern Conference were: CH Fernando A, CH Fernando B, and CH Estudiantes 87. In the first match, CH Benalmadena managed to beat CH San Fernando B, 3-2, but in the semifinal they were drawn against the strong CH San Fernando A.

After a hard fought match, the Benalmadena team dominated the Cadiz side winning the game comfortably with a final result of 4-1. In the final, their opponent was CH Alcala, a very young team that nevertheless had managed to beat the Benalmadena side in the previous tournament, but this time it was clear that Benalmadena was hungry for revenge. Within minutes of the start, Benalmadena were on the scoreboard, and determined to keep the momentum going, played a strong fast game that saw them emerge victorious, winning 11-4, and capping off a tournament that they have now won 14 of the last 15 times.

MALAGA FC are dancing in the terraces as it’s announced that Chelsea winger Christian Atsu, has joined Malaga in a surprise move, and will be on loan for the remainder of the season. The news was more of a shock due to the fact he was close to joining another La Liga club, Levante. Shortly after affecting his transfer, Atsu spoke to the media, and was asked about the sudden change in decision. The Ghanaian international said that although he had considered interests from other clubs, he didn’t want to miss the opportunity to play at a big club like Malaga. Atsu said: “I know there has been interest from other clubs, but I also knew the interest of Malaga which is a big project. It’s a great club. I said I was going to play in Spain to my teammates. I did not tell them where I was going. It is my decision, I chose Malaga, and I do not think I have to explain much more.” After being on loan to Bournemouth for the first half of the season and not getting too much playing time, he said: “It’s true, I have been to many teams and I have not played many games. I hope to play now and enjoy. I will accept the decision of my coach, but I’m ready to play.” The 24-year-old has been loaned to Malaga for the rest of this season, and he’ll be hoping to make an impact at Malaga to attract potential suitors.

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Ron Garrood MIJAS GOLF is one of the most commercial golf resorts on the Costa del Sol, with two walkable courses Los Olivos and Los Lagos. Los Olivos opened in 1984 and was refurbished by Cabell Robinson during the season 2000 - 2001, following Trent Jones’ original design concept. Los Lagos, the longest of the two courses with 6,536 metres was totally refurbished in 2012 and has kept the original design. Last week on playing Los Olivos I was able to see the ongoing renovation programme for the bunkers. These improvements have greatly enhanced the standard of play, with holes 1 and 18 currently being completed. A Par: 72 - with four x 3 pars, 10 x 4 pars, four x 5

LOS OLIVOS: A very challenging course. pars and with the greens running true and fast this golf course is in great shape. The Signature Hole is no. 7: Yardage: 350 Metres, Par: 4, Stroke Index: 5 with a very long carry over two lakes - swing slowly! The second shot needs a little extra to the raised green, presenting a difficult putting surface on many levels. Slightly smaller than Los Lagos, Los Olivos is most notable for the multitude of trees. With fewer water

hazards, this 18-hole course is nevertheless very challenging. The greens are smaller, undulating and well defended by bunkers, and the strategic narrow tree lined fairways and elevated green demand accuracy and skill. Play now before 10am for only 40.00€ per green fee and enjoy the stunning views of the mountains above Mijas Pueblo and be received by the warm and friendly staff at Mijas Golf, it’s a great day out.

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Another good week for the golf Nomads THE week’s golfing started with a competition at Mijas Golf for the Mijas football club, where 10 nomads supported the event. Happily, the winner of the competition was one of their own; Jason Luczyniec. Sunday 17 witnessed the highlight of the day when Ian Clarke, bagged a hole-in-one on the third hole on Los Olivos. He now joins JJ and Eric Button, who had the last hole-in-one six years ago. Well done Ian! The winner of the Sunday competition was Peader Mullen, with 37 points and is now enjoying his new handicap of 19! Tuesday saw another 36 nomad players enjoying the days golf at Los Lagos. Winners were split into two sections, 016, where Martin Mackateer enjoyed winning his section, and 17 - 28 which saw Peader Mullen taking the top spot... again! (well done on your back to back wins Peader!) Thursday on Los Olivos saw another 24 nomads playing in the sun, where this time they welcomed three new nomads: Kathryn Barrett, Fred Reece and Ian Winter. Dates for the diary: Paddy’s Day at Parador, 40 tee times available from 10am. Walking €55. Inc buggy €70. Then back to 19 hole for buffet and music, March 17. June 2: The Racketeers Trophy at Guadalhorce: 44 tee times available from 9 30am, walking €40, with buggy €55. The Nomads always welcome new members. phone: 669 900 781 email: rejwedge@yahoo.com

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BIG TALENT: Tyrone McKenna has joined the team to further his already successful pro career. MGM are very pleased to announce they have added another big talent to their stable. Tyrone McKenna has joined Team MGM to further his already very successful pro career. Born in Belfast, McKenna started boxing at the age of eight; he won numerous amateur titles and turned pro in 2012 in the USA. He was based in Philadelphia and was trained by world

heavyweight champion Tim Weatherspoon in the first instance and then moved to Bozey Ennis. McKenna won all five of his pro fights in the US before moving back home to be closer to his young family. Since being on this side of the pond, his success has continued and he has won a further four fights. Now on the cusp of an Irish or Celtic title

fight, McKenna is very pleased to have been signed by MGM, he said “Now I have signed with MGM, I am delighted to have such a great team around me to guide my career and progress through the pro ranks, I couldn’t ask to be in better hands.” MGM are very pleased to have got their hands on him, “Tyrone is a very promising talent, he has got the added extra that you need to go far in this business.

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The Mijas Bowls Masters Triples THIS competition which attracted 44 entries was held over four days starting on Sunday January 17. Because of beautiful weather during the first three days, it was hoped that this year the event was not going to be affected by rain. However hopes were dashed when heavy rain fell over Tuesday night making the green unplayable on Wednesday, thus one semifinal and the final had to be played on Thursday.

In the first semi-final the Belplaya team of Garry and Jenny Aldridge with Geoff Edgerton, was played against Malcolm Greenwood, Ella Moore and Rosie Jamieson, from Benavista. Garry’s team was behind after 17 ends but managed to score enough on the last end to earn a place in the final. The second semi-final was between the Mijas team of Robert and Carol Wright with Kevin Bloe, and a Miraflores triple consisting of Derek

Carr, Bill Gregory and Dorothy Pilmoor. Derek often seemed to get in with his last wood even though the Mijas players were holding shots, consequently Derek’s team became the winners. The final was therefore played between the teams from Belplaya and Miraflores. This was an excellent game which could have gone either way, but Derek, Bill and Dorothy had one or two very good ends which saw them move ahead, and despite a fight back from Garry, Geoff and Jenny, Derek’s team were the winners. The second part of the Mijas Masters, the four’s, will commence on Monday, February 14. Have you thought about playing bowls? If so, whether you are a beginner or an experienced bowler, why not

MASTERS TRIPLES: Derek’s team were the winners. ring Carol Wright, the club captain on: 952 492 434. Coaching is available and you will be made very welcome. Mijas Bowls Club is situated

behind the Victoria furniture showroom on the Carretera de Mijas. Club days are normally held on Tuesday and

Thursday afternoons at 1.30pm for 2.00pm and on Sunday mornings at 10.00am for 10.30am. They look forward to seeing you.