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by Matthew Elliott Do you rent property to tourists in the Costa del Sol? If so you have three months to register with the Andalucian Government or face devastating consequences, following a decree approved on Tuesday (February 2). Pressure from the hotel industry has sparked a draconian response, as authorities bulldoze through the legal loophole that has protected seasonal renting until now. New regulations call for the creation of a census of

touristic residences, and demand the identification of all travellers who use these lodgings. Using the controversial Citizen Security law, dubbed the ‘Gag Law’ and originally intended to combat terrorism, the government will insist on full disclosure of previously private information. The severe diktats unleash a series of stringent demands on landowners to ensure their properties comply with the new regime, which will make liberal use of inspections to carry out its mandate. Trans-

gressions, whether intentional or otherwise, carry a heavy penalty with fines ranging from €18,000 to €150,000. To ensure full compliance, owners who let their properties to tourists must be on the Tourism Register of Andalucia by May, with all the relevant documentation complete and approved. At this point owners will have one year to ensure their properties fully meet the extensive requirements to register as a tourist property. The move has been widely condemned by landlords, who

condemn the excessive bureaucracy involved in treating apartments in the same manner as hotels. In its defence, the government claims to be clamping down on unfair competition and re-establishing control over a clandestine economy.

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Thieves in-law REJECTING his inevitable appeal, a judge has sentenced a man to 13 months in prison for stealing jewellery from his then mother-in-law. He

was accused of thieving a gold wedding ring, necklaces, bracelets and earrings from the woman’s wardrobe valued at more than €2,000.

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Winter drought THIRD of the rainfall typical for the season

Turning Japanese ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE went Japanese as the town’s first Manga event attracted more than 3,000 people in its first day at the El Limon Sports Centre. Workshops, exhibitions, and games awaited the anime aficionados who celebrated their culture in style.

New silk road CHINESE tourists are making Malaga City their new home according to impressive figures which show the council strategy of attracting Chinese travellers has paid off. From just over 3,500 staying in the city in 2012, last year saw more than 14,000 visits, making Chinese tourists the 10th most important market.

DRY JANUARY: Droughts across southern Spain are dramatically increasing. by Matthew Elliott

THE storm that battered Malaga Province at the tail end of a dry January has only partly alleviated an ongoing situation of drought which has become acutely alarming to the agricultural sector and environmentalists alike.

November, December and January are typically the wettest months of the year, but have together registered a mere third of the rainfall usually expected. Throughout the past three months, Malaga received barely 93 litres of water per square metre, contrasted with an average volume of 254 litres. Had last week’s storm

passed the province by, the figure would be a paltry 20 per cent rather than a solid third. Droughts across southern Spain are dramatically increasing in intensity and frequency with UN sponsored reports now fearing for the region’s agricultural future and a slow process of desertification takes hold.

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PSOE leader asked to form government SPANISH CONGRESS announced on February 2 By John Smith AT 8.10pm on February 2, Patxi Lopez, speaker of the Spanish Congress announced that King Felipe had asked Pedro Sanchez, leader of the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) to form a new government. Both Mr Sanchez and Mr Rajoy had met the king for the second time on February 2, and Mr Rajoy admitted that he had not been asked to form the government, although he believed that the ideal solution would have been a three-way coalition between the PP, PSOE and Ciudadanos. Mr Sanchez now has the delicate job of trying to find sufficient partners in order to allow him to form a stable government, although in a quickly removed tweet by the Zaragoza arm of Podemos, it had actually forecast the possible cabinet which would consist of seven PSOE candidates, five from Podemos, one affiliated to Podemos, and one from the United Left. There will now be a flurry of meetings and negotiations, but it does look as if there will be a relatively stable government in

RAJOY: Believes the ideal solution would have been a three-way coalition. due course although, with Pablo Iglesias as deputy prime minister, sparks could well fly. Commenting on this invitation, Mr

Sanchez has indicated that it is likely to take at least one month to form all of the alliances needed, as he intends to ensure that they are strong and workable.

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Cityâ€™s lowest unemployment rate since 2009 GOOD news for Malaga as the city finished 2015 with its lowest unemployment rate since 2009, and became the Spanish province registering

the fourth biggest drop with 37,600 less unemployed residents. Unemployment is now at 27 per cent with an estimated

214,500 people out of work. The news comes even as job creation slowed down from 2014, with 15,800 new jobs compared to the highs of

66,700 that year. The next target for Malaga is breaking the 200,000 barrier, as it seeks to improve its steadily recovering economy.

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State crime NATIONAL POLICE officers in Casares recently arrested a Romanian fugitive for crimes against state security and public safety. According to the Malaga Police, Romanian legal authorities had issued a search warrant against the man.

Triple theft CHARGES have been levied against a 16-yearold for allegedly thieving from three chalets in one night in Miraflores, after he was caught leaving the house. He was riding a bike reported stolen from a burglary in the same area in November.

Leave days A PRISONER has been charged by the National Police after committing armed robberies during his leave days. The 51year-old has been connected to three robberies with violent intimidation.

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The promotion of Malaga continues AFTER the Fitur fair in Madrid, officials will now visit Brussels By John Smith STAFF from Malaga Council have travelled to Brussels for the 58th Salon de Vacances, the main annual Benelux tourist fair, which takes place from February 4 to 8. The team from Malaga will be setting up camp as part of the Turismo Andaluz presentation, with the help of the Spanish Tourist Office in Brussels. Belgium and Holland have become increasingly important clients for Malaga tourism, with double the number of Belgian visitors in the past six years, and 50 per cent more from Holland. Many decide to purchase property in the area, adding to the general economy. The fair itself attracted near-

BRUSSELS: Malaga official will promote the region at the 58th Salon de Vacances. ly 100,000 visitors in 2015, and representatives of the Malaga

Council are planning on meeting representatives of tour op-

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erators, travel agents and airlines.

WHERE thereâ€™s blame thereâ€™s a claim has become a mantra of many British companies over the last decade and now, one of them, Stanton Fisher, has chosen Malaga for its first office in Spain. It expects to create 100 jobs over the next 12 months. The company has taken offices in the Eurocom Sur building where they will commence recruitment of new staff, who need to have a good standard of English. It is always encouraging to learn of any new employment opportunity, especially when English speaking staff are required.

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Park project OVER the next year, the Arroyo Primero and Las Albarizas areas of Marbella will be transformed. The 15,000 square metre plot of land will be converted into a park, complete with green spaces, children’s areas and an amphitheatre.

Waste strike ON February 20 the Malaga waste collection company Limasa will go on a strike that will occur every Saturday until at least March 12.

Outdoor app A NEW mobile application will allow sport minded users to identify the 171 outdoor exercise facilities scattered around Malaga City. The app will enable interested residents to find the areas and also offer helpful instructions on correct use of the equipment.

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It’s time for carnival in Benalmadena DRAG queens unite for an incredible show to kick off the festivities By Matthew Elliott TOMORROW on February 5, the Benalmadena Carnival festivities will get under way with the famous drag queen competition kicking off the festivities by bringing together 20 of the best drag queens in all of Spain. Dance academy Danzamania will open the show at Plaza de la Mezquita at 9.30pm. It will be followed by the Grand Finale of the Schoolchildren Carnival on Saturday February 6 at 12pm, also in the Plaza de la Mezquita, which will see the Prince and Princess of the 2016 Carnival chosen. The winners will participate in one of the huge floats to accompany the grand parade on February 13.

CARNIVAL TIME: Food and fanfare will accompany the celebrations. Saturday will also see a street band in Arroyo de la Miel, while on Sunday at 12pm the Senior Carnival will see the election of the Great Lady And

Gentleman of the Carnival. Food and fanfare will accompany the celebrations as locals and visitors alike get together to witness one of the

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finest weekends of the year. All across the Costa del Sol and other parts of Spain, cities, towns and villages will be holding their individual carnivals.

A DRUNKEN Irish pilot has been arrested after allegedly biting a young woman in a Malaga hotel room. Due to fly that very day, the 31-year-old was arrested in the early hours on February 1 when officers arrived to investigate the serious accusations and found the man heavily intoxicated. The 25-year-old victim was treated in a local health centre while he was taken to the police station and charged with mistreatment. The victim claims they had a heated argument over the pilot’s allegations that she had stolen money from him, and police found a wad of cash stashed in his suitcase as they led him out of the hotel in handcuffs.

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Council gives up land for school DEPUTY mayor of Alhaurin el Grande Toñi Ledesma announced on January 29 that a municipal building area in Villafranco del Guadalhorce will soon be released for the construction of a top-quality trilingual school. The school will be located in a 200,000 square metre area and will cost between €8 and €10 million. The construction will be carried out in two stages as the primary school space will be built first, followed by the secondary education building. Its construction is expected to take between nine months and a year, according to the deputy mayor.

A week of love in Cartama centre AS love is in the air and hoping to place money in the tills, the Cartama Council has launched its third annual ‘Cartama Enamora’ which encourages romantic residents to enjoy Valentine’s Day whilst spending money in the town and possibly winning a prize. Fifty different businesses in the town have agreed to join in the promotion, so from February 8 to 14 anyone purchasing something in one of the participating shops will be entered in a raffle with prizes ranging from a €20 voucher to a 40-inch TV and even a trip for two.

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Mijas police fear legionella outbreak SHOWERS in the station have been closed for remedial works By John Smith DURING the last few days of January, a story began to emerge concerning worries that officers employed in Mijas by the Local Police had with regards to a possible outbreak of legionella in the police station. What is not disputed is the fact the showers in the station have been closed, although the council insists it had been discovered that there was some indication of slight contamination in the hot water system, so the shower room was closed to allow for necessary remedial work to be undertaken. Some officers apparently believed that insufficient information had been given to them.

LOCAL POLICE: Some officers believed insufficient information had been given to them.

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Repair work A HUGE depression that suddenly appeared in Malaga, has seen technicians and town planning detectives working around the clock to repair the damage and investigate the causes. Work on Avenida Carlos Haya should be completed soon.

Car crash A FATAL car accident in Marbella has left one man dead and an 18year-old woman fighting for her life. The cause of the accident by Calle Rio Volga remains unknown and involved one vehicle.

Repay time MALAGA has been named as one of the 10 best Spanish cities at paying suppliers. The city takes an average of 22 days, far below the national average of 88 days.

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New Ojen pet law INTENDS to guarantee an animalâ€™s well-being by ensuring they receive basic protection and care By John Smith

DESPITE the fact that there are still a number of old and out-dated festivals which use animals for public amusement, it has become clear over the past few years that Spain in general is becoming far more aware of the need to treat animals with the respect and dignity that they deserve. Bullfighting has been removed from the TV screens, and apart from a last ditch effort by the Popular Party to include it in the school curriculums, it is apparent that it is becoming less and less popular. The number of people who turned out over the mistreatment of the Mijas donkeys, as well as the burgeoning number of animal welfare charities, shows how perceptions are changing. This is in part due to the voices of expatriates from Britain and other parts of Europe. Now, the town of Ojen is introducing a new law with regards to the

NEW LAW: There is a grey area regarding animals such as horses.

treatment of pets, and it intends to guarantee their well-being by ensuring that they receive basic health, security and cleanliness conditions, as well as appropriate protection and care. Public Road Councillor Jose Gonzalez said that every occasional or permanent pet owner in the Ojen area will be obliged to comply with this law. This new rule isnâ€™t just for cats and dogs but will affect arthropods, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals, whose trading is not prohibited by the current law as well. At the moment there may be a grey area with regards to working animals such as horses, but no doubt this will be clarified in due course. Councillor Gonzalez also drew attention to pet abandonment as another important problem in the town, which is why article 14 of the new law includes a new pet identification system, which will consist of a microchip implanted in every pet as well as a blood sample, and will make up the genetic footprint of each animal.

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Civil baptisms in Torremolinos WILL offer residents a secular alternative to traditional religious baptism

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By Sam Croft CIVIL baptisms will officially be taking place in Torremolinos in the near-future. The ceremonies will offer residents a secular alternative to traditional religious baptisms, and are already an option in other nearby towns like Mijas, Casares, and Antequera. The ceremonies will be officiated by Torremolinos Mayor Jose Ortiz, or by town councillors, and will cost €50. Under the new bylaw created for the civil ceremonies, the Casa de los Navajas, a local palace, has been decided upon as the preferred site for the celebrations, although they can also be carried out in other public buildings. People are expected to present their applications at least 15 days in advance, and the baptisms will be finished off with the handing over of a children’s version of the Constitution, and the planti-

LOCAL PALACE: The Casa De los Navajas has been decided upon as the preferred site for the celebrations. ng of a tree in future botanical gardens of Torremolinos. The measure was originally pushed forward in September by Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE), who have a minority govern-

ment in Torremolinos. Party members argued that the bylaw should be created, so that Torremolinos residents would have the option of celebrating these important rites of pas-

sage in their chosen fashion. The concept has faced criticism from members of Partido Popular (PP) on the other hand, who have criticised the ceremonies for being pointless.

According to municipal sources, the town council “hasn’t stopped receiving applications” since the measure was announced, although the exact number is unclear.

MALAGA is the only Spanish city among the top 10 European urban centres with the best quality of life. European Commission analysis interviewed more than 40,000 people from different socio-economic groups on their perception of security, job opportunities, infrastructure and the environment. Aalborg in Denmark came out top, closely followed by Vilnius in Lithuania and Belfast. Germany was heavily represented with Hamburg and Rostock taking fourth and fifth, and Leipzip and Munich seventh and eighth. Copenhagen placed sixth and Malaga was ninth, leaving the northern Portuguese city of Braga in the final spot.

Joyriders arrested

JOYRIDERS: Were caught in a stolen Mercedes E220 with UK number plates. LOCAL POLICE officers in Marbella stopped a Mercedes E220 with UK number plates, as the three occupants appeared nervous when approaching a security control set up in the Avenida de la Navegacion Marbella on January 31. Once the car had been stopped and the men questioned, they maintained that it belonged to

a friend who had lent it to them, but were unable to present any documents covering the vehicle. Upon checking the number plate, the officers discovered that the car was indeed stolen, and promptly arrested the three men on suspicion of theft.

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Car hits ambulance in Malaga IN the early morning of February 3, a car struck a Malaga City ambulance, which was on an emergency run to hospital with a man who had suffered a heart attack and knocked it over, causing minor injuries to the patient and an accompanying nurse. Officers of the Local Police and the fire brigade attended the scene, which was at the crossing between Avenida Guerrero Strachan and the Calle Emilio Diaz, and freed those in the ambulance. Another ambulance was called which took the patient on to the hospital, and police are now investigating the cause of the accident in order to try to establish blame.

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Petrolheads in heaven MOTOR event held in Malaga City included Porsches and Ferraris

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Budget help THE successful unemployment campaign launched by Mijas Town Council will see an increased budget this year. The Renta Basica project provides work to the long-term unemployed and guarantees a basic income to families.

New system A NEW electronic platform for Estepona residents has been approved by the town council. With the aim to simplify the system, the project will enable municipal paperwork to be dealt with via computers and phones.

LUXURY CARS: Owners attended from all over Andalucia. By Eleanor Hawkins MORE than 22,000 motor fans headed to the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos in Malaga City last weekend (January 29-31), for the third edition of the Retro Auto and Moto Malaga car and motorbike fair. The event included visits from a

number of groups of Porsche owners from all over Andalucia, with almost 60 impressive vehicles to gaze at in awe, plus more than 25 Ferraris belonging to members of Ferrari Club Espa単a. Yet the weekend was also good for sales, the event organisers reported, with both vehicle and part sales reg-

istering an increase compared to last year. More than 170 stands were set up and cars and motorbikes crammed the 10,000m2 of space available within the centre, with stand applicants having to be turned away disappointed due to a lack of available space.

Man dies A SWIMMER died after a rescue attempt at Los Boliches beach in Fuengirola found him too late. Witnesses called the emergency services after seeing the 40-year-old in trouble.

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Casares water contract CASARES Council has let it be known that it is in discussion with Acosol, the public Costa del Sol water supplier, over proposed terms of a new contract, in order to ensure that the water supply service matches the current needs of residents in the town and on the coast. Deputy Mayor Jose Luis Villalon explained that the agreement concerning water supply to the town is very old-fashioned, so he asked Acosol to update the relevant documents and to negotiate a new contract. Two of the council’s stated aims are to ensure that families on lower incomes are able to be guaranteed a basic water supply, and that there should be some form of subsidy or reduction in cost for retired residents.

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Boat race champions THE fourth edition of the Costa del Sol Cruise Championship will this weekend see Benalmadena host the second of the 12 races on February 6. Roughly 50 ships arranged across three divisions will participate in the competition, which will stretch the 12 races right through till December, with Marbella and Fuengirola also hosting races.

FERIA CELEBRATIONS: Spanish girls in traditional costume.

Fair moving back ANNUAL Feria de Dia will return to its old site in the city centre By John Smith RESIDENTS and businesses in Marbella old town are up in arms, after Mayor Jose Bernal announced on February 2 that the annual Feria de Dia will return to its old site from the Parque de la Pepresa, where it has been held since 2008.

The shopkeepers, business owners and residents do not want the fair to return to the city centre because they say that it is a ‘macrobotellon’ (basically a big drinking party), and was the cause of a great deal of disturbance and damage in the past, including to the trees in the Alameda Park. Indeed many proprietors say that they

used to shut their businesses in the past, due to the chaos caused by the activities of the fair. Whilst many people have already criticised the decision on social networks including twitter, the mayor has said that rather than hide the fair, he wants it to be in the open to attract visitors and gain prestige for the city.

A fake kidnapping A WOMAN claimed she had received a call from Chilean kidnappers demanding a ransom for her son, transferred €500 to a bank account and reported the matter to police. It was all lies, her son was found, blissfully unaware and playing football. The woman now faces charges.

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MARKET should continue growing in 2016

SOCIAL RIGHTS DEPARTMENT: Received a cheque for €4,925. CASINO MARBELLA has made a don a t i o n o f € 4 , 9 2 5 t o M a r b e l l a To w n Hall’s Social Rights department. Mayor Jose Bernal and Social Rights councillor Victoria Morales received a

cheque for the amount, for the value of chips which were dropped or lost by careless gamblers on the premises last year, from casino president Javier Burgues.

Postal service approved AFTER a 30-year wait, residents of the Cerros del Aguila Urbanisation in Mijas will finally have a postal

service in the area. The delay was caused by the demand that all streets be named and numbered, so

local residents took matters in the ir ow n ha nds a nd spent four painstaking years sorting it out.

CONSTRUCTION: Eighteen new developments were created in 2015. By John Smith A REPORT released by real estate giant Aguirre Newman entitled ‘Report of the residential market of Malaga Capital’, concentrated on the building of new properties in Malaga City, and noted that 18 new developments containing 761 residences had been created in 2015. It reviewed a total of 52 developments, and reported that 35 were on the market whilst 11 were completely sold.

“For the first time since the beginning of the crisis, we have not registered any paralysed developments,” said the study, which nevertheless observed that the market is still very far from pre-crisis levels. In 2008, for example, there were 159 residential developments active in the city. According to their predictions, 2016 property sales should continue growing thanks to “the good expectations of the Spanish economy and easier access to financing.”

Model’s murder trial PROSECUTION has requested a 20-year jail sentence for the Slovakian model who allegedly shot dead her former British lover, millionaire Andrew Bush. Maria Kukucova is accused of shooting the 48-year-old in the head at his Estepona villa in April 2014. The incident took place after a vicious argument between the two following his return home with his new girlfriend. Ms Kukucova, aged 24 at the time, allegedly brought a gun to his house and placed it in his hands after shooting him dead. She fled but later handed herself in to police in Slovakia and was extradited to Spain.

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Man arrested for an alleged attack BECAME angry after requesting a particular medicine which was declined

SPECIAL OFFER: For those who arrive dressed up. LOVED by thousands and abused by neighbours who complain about noise and the loss of privacy, the Malaga wheel will be playing its part for charity when a fundraising carnival is held in its shadow from February 4 to 7. The Malaga Urban Festival, which will consist of different activities including live music performances, food trucks, children’s workshops and urban art among many others, will take place during the weekend. Five per cent of the money raised during the festival will be passed to different Malaga charities including Corazones Malagueños, Ciudad de los Niños and ONG Biberodromo. As a special offer, anyone who arrives at the wheel on February 6 between 8pm and 12am or February 7, from 12pm to 3pm dressed in a costume (fancy dress or traditional), will be allowed to ride the wheel for just €2.

IN a release dated February 1, the Malaga branch of the National Police announced that they have arrested a 48-yearold man who allegedly attacked a doctor in the Malaga Civil hospital on December 30. The suspect, whilst being treated by the doctor, asked for a particular medicine which the doctor declined to supply. The man then became abusive and threatened the doctor, and when one of his colleagues intervened he beat the doctor up and ran away. National Police officers undertook an investigation, which led them to identify a Malaga resident who has now been arrested and charged accordingly.

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HOSPITAL CIVIL: Man allegedly became abusive and threatening towards a doctor.

Region’s lottery luck AT least one of the first prize tickets in the January 30 National Lottery was sold in Alora, and anyone holding ticket number 29942 is due to receive a share of €600,000. In the same week, the January 27 ONCE draw saw Antonio Montero Palmero, a lottery seller in Ronda since 1996, sell four winning tickets each with a prize of €35,000.

Roca ruined SOME good has come out of the destructive corruption, which saw property tycoon Juan Antonio Roca amass millions in the infamous Malaya case through real estate fraud, money laundering, bribery, and planning law breaches. The assets of the former Marbella City planning advisor are now up for grabs on a new online site. Interested people can snap up farms, hotels, rifles, shotguns, revolvers, horse carriages, an old style bus, vintage wines, flash cars, watches and even a whip. Works of art are also for

The assets are now up for grabs on a new online site. sale along with horses, as the authorities raise funds from the sale of his ill-gotten goods. Roca admitted a wealth of €210 million at his trial, and cited luxury cars and exquisite art works as among his treasured possessions. He is currently serving time over other corruption cases, and will soon begin an 11year term for his apparent masterminding of the Malaya scandal, which engulfed Marbella in 2013. Having arrived at city hall in the 1990’s, Roca accumulated power under the notoriously corrupt reign of rightwing Mayor Jesus Gil, and throughout the years tightened his political control to reap obscene financial benefits by awarding city contracts and rezoning lucrative land.

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Ancient alliance plans ABYSS walk and megalith ruins to be united under ambitious move by Malaga Council

FEDER funds from the European Commission could see an incredible €19 million used to unite the Caminito del Rey with the Dolmenes de Antequera, in what would be an ambitious move by Malaga Provincial Council. One of the most ancient megalithic structures in Europe, the Dolmenes are a lauded tourist attraction, in a similar vein to Stonehenge. Dating from over 4,000 years ago, the ruins were opened in the 19th century with hundreds of prehistoric human bodies found inside. The Caminito, known as the King’s Little Walkway, is a narrow path

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DOLMENES DE ANTEQUERA: The ruins were opened in the 19th century.

pinned along the slant of a deep gorge over a terrifying canyon which recently reopened after renovations and is considered one of the world’s preeminent tourist sites. The money would also go towards the remodelling of the medieval Moorish Alcazaba de Antequera, the renovation of the Alora Castle entrance, the excavation of the Valle de Abdalajis, and other measures including urban transport, tourism resources and entrepreneurial activity. Known as the European Regional Development Fund, Feder pays particular attention to remote areas in need of investment and sustainable employment.

International drug traffickers arrested

HASHISH SEIZED: Garages were used to hide shipments destined for France.

AN operation by Spain’s Guardia Civil and National Police Huesca has cracked an international crime ring accused of smuggling hashish from southern Spain to France according to a joint release issued on February 1. Nine people have been arrested and 646 kilos of hashish seized, as well as four vehicles, €7,825 in cash and documents appertaining to the gang’s activities. The two-stage operation began in November 2015 when officers discovered a group using several garages in Spanish border towns Jaca and Sabinanigo to hide drug shipments destined for France. Officers became aware that

the gang was made up of members of French and North African origin, some of whom had previous criminal convictions. The organisation’s elaborate system for moving its hashish is reported to have involved the ‘Go Fast method’ which saw the traffickers stash their illegal cargo in one car of a caravan of luxury vehicles, while others in the chain acted as an escort to give advance warning of police controls or surveillance. In December 2015, officers learned that one shipment originated in Estepona, which led them to the discovery of the crime ring’s Spanish base within a luxury development

in the Andalucia town. During a second phase of the investigation, police dismantled the Estepona base and arrested a further two gang members responsible for bringing the hashish in from Morocco. One of those arrested is confirmed to be a fugitive in France, who had until now avoided imprisonment for drug trafficking offences. Also implicated was a female, 25, who is accused of signing documents to secure leases on homes, garages and cars. All detained have appeared before a magistrate in Jaca, and are charged with belonging to a criminal organisation, drug trafficking and document forgery.

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Green zone THE quality of parks and public gardens across Malaga will improve during the next four years as the town council spends roughly €50 million on maintenance and upgrades.

400 experts ROUGHLY 400 cardiology experts from around the world will descend on Marbella for the 12th annual Cardiac Arrhythmia congress at the Aldolfo Suarez centre on February 5 and 6.

Switch on CHESS masterminds will be switching their brains on for a tournament to be held at the Monterroso Secondary School Library in Estepona on February 13. People must register in good time to participate and the winner will receive a trophy and €50.

New businesses are on the increase ALTOGETHER 350 new licences were applied for By Eleanor Hawkins ESTEPONA Council has reported a 40 per cent increase in the number of business opening licences dealt with in 2015 compared to the previous year. Altogether 350 new licences were applied for. Commerce councillor Jose Antonio Vilchez reported that the data revealed the upward trend registered in the town since 2012, when there were just 137 applications, and was a sign of the progressive improvement in economic activity on the coast. The council, Vilchez said, has over the last few years provided help to new business owners by removing opening licence fees for 35 different business activities, allowing them to save between €600 and €1,500. There are also 75 per cent subsidies on the fees for members of vulnerable groups including long term unemployed people,

HISTORICAL CENTRE: Businesses have adapted their terraces. gender violence victims, those under 30 or over 55 who have been out of work for at least six months of the previous two years and people with disabilities. Businesses in the historical centre of

the town which adapted their terraces to match the surroundings in an aim to improve the looks of the area have also received discounts on their rates, the councillor said.

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Many demand change CLAIMING that when the only proper medical team in town goes out on an emergency, other residents are left naked in the eye of the storm, more than 11,000 residents of Alhaurin el Grande have signed a petition demanding a new medical emergency team. The Citizen Platform for Alhaurin Defence is fighting for the health rights of local people and, with the signings, has enlisted a sizeable proportion of the population on their side. The petitions were taken to the health delegation of the Andalucian government on February 3 along with a statement demanding more services for the town.

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Historic ship comes to Fuengirola LEGENDARY vessel shown by new replica By Matthew Elliott A REPLICA of the first ship to circumnavigate the world has arrived in Fuengirola for a public showcasing of its extraordinary history. Launched almost 500 years ago in 1519, the Nao Victoria has visited 17 countries worldwide in a modern day tour which has seen a hugely successful trip to Algeciras draw thousands. Originally part of a Spanish expedition commanded by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the carrack, modelled on Genoese renaissance innovations, the 85 ton ship with a crew of 42, was only one of five ships to complete the journey. Magellan himself was killed in battle with the tribal warriors of Mactan Island in the Philippines, while his successors were poisoned at a tribal ceremony in Cebu. The Nao Victoria managed to return to Spain in 1522, battered and kept afloat by manual water pumping. The award winning replica, completed in 2011, is on display until February 7.

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Bars booming A STRIKING increase in the number of new bars and r est aur ant s openi ng up across Malaga City has increased demand for speci al i sed hospi t al i t y st aff with cooking and waiting or bartending skills. Economic growth and a rapid influx of tourists have l i t t he hospi t al i t y sect or aflame, encouraging plentiful new businesses to open and unleashing impressive growth figures.

This section of the workf or ce act ual l y m ade up 82.02 per cent of the contracts signed in 2015 in the tourism sector. Thr oughout t he year 121,132 contracts were signed across the entire province for food and drink related services and 87,000 of them were for waiters or bartenders. Roughly 18,679 kitchen hands were hired along with 15,368 professional chefs.

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AWARD WINNING: The replica has visited 17 countries worldwide.

A GANG of young women included a member aged just 15 as they initiated a series of highly coordinated attacks on key clothing shop targets in the La Palmilla district of Malaga. Travelling by car to the central territory of the neighbourhood, they stealthily managed to not trip alarms by using scissors, a hook and distraction techniques. They were finally apprehended by Local Police, who described their activities as a speciality, whilst leaving a shop they had just stolen from.

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Expats may vote in the EU Referendum THE British Embassy launches awareness campaign

REGISTER TO VOTE: It must be done in good time. By Matthew Elliot BRITISH Ambassador Simon Manley this week launched a major campaign to make expats aware that they may be eligible to have their say in the EU referendum, provided they register to vote in good time. Speaking at a meeting with representatives of the expat community to launch the registration campaign, Mr Manley said: “Interest among expats in the EU referendum is high, but awareness that you may be able to vote is low. We want as many expats as possible to be aware that they can have their say.” Some 283,000 Britons are registered on the padron as residents in Spain, but just 11,000 are registered to vote in the UK. So the vast majority of expats will miss out on having their say in the referendum, unless they take a few simple steps. To register as an overseas voter, you must have been registered in a UK constituency within the last 15 years. All you have to do is visit www.gov.uk/register-to-vote with your passport details and National Insurance number to hand, and the postcode of where you last lived in the UK. You can choose how you

SIMON MANLEY: Making expats aware. want to vote, by post, by proxy (voting by appointing someone you trust to vote on your behalf), or even in person if by chance you will be in your UK local authority area on polling day. All it takes is five minutes to register. And because overseas voters must allow enough time for their ballot paper to be posted from the UK, you should do it now rather than wait for the final deadline, at which point it may be too late

to use a postal vote effectively. Postal ballot papers will be despatched about a month ahead of the referendum, earlier than for the General Election last year, giving overseas voters more time to receive, complete, and return their ballot pack to the UK. Just as in the UK, you need to register annually. So if you registered as an overseas voter for last year’s General Election, you need to renew your registration for the EU vote.

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Group help A €221,000 agreement has been inked between Marbella Council and Asociacion Aspandem to help the group develop its daily work with people with disabilities. It will be used for facility maintenance, logistics and transport.

Comic relief COMICS are coming to Fuengirola as part of the third cycle of ‘Stand-up for Fuengirola’ in the Casa de la Cultura. Some of Spain’s finest will be participating in the shows on February 5, 19 and in March and April.

UNED fear FUNDING complications have led to fears Marbella might lose its National Distance Education University (UNED). The justification of grants payments is causing serious difficulties.

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Sweet Christmas winner is announced PUBLIC collected passports

A DOCTOR from a health centre in Arroyo de la Miel was attacked on January 29 by a patient and although full details of the attack have not been released it is known that the doctor was not able to continue to work following the attack. Staff of the centre decided to hold, as a mark of support to their colleague, a minute of silence on February 2. In a prompt response to the attack, the Sanitary District of the Costa del Sol confirmed that following the incident, a prevention plan against such aggression was activated by the Andalucian Health Service, which offers its professionals health and judicial assistance, as well as psychological support if they need it. District officials contacted the doctor soon after the attack asking about his health and offering any support that may be required. According to the health centre the doctor is recovering but not back at work.

DIPLOMA: For the winner along with free TV advertising.

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PASAPALO café was announced as the winner of Fuengirola’s Navidad Dulce (Sweet Christmas) route competition and awarded prizes - a diploma and free advertising on the local TV channel - yesterday (Wednesday 3) at a ceremony at the town hall. Held from December 14 to January 6, the route, during which people were able to try different festive sweetmeats and a hot drink for €2 at 40 participating bars and cafes, was a great success, Festivities councillor Isabel Moreno reported. Members of the public were invited to collect ‘passports’ and have them stamped at five different cafes to enter a prize draw. Advertising feature

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PROTECTIVE MOTHER: Cow apparently thought young boy was threatening calf.

Child attacked by cow SMALL boy was treated for bruising but nothing more By John Smith ON Sunday January 31 a family whilst strolling along the new River Guadaiza was frightened when a cow, apparently thinking it was protecting its calf, ran towards the party

and knocked into a child. Having called 112, the Emergency Service arrived together with Local Police and took the child to the San Pedro Alcantara Health Centre where the small boy was treated for general bruising but happily nothing more serious.

Improving its image FOLLOWING in the footsteps of ancient Babylon, Estepona will begin revitalising the central quarters under its project ‘Estepona, Garden of the Costa del Sol.’ Having wrought a €500,000 grant from Malaga Province, further work will soon begin on remodelling city streets and beautify-

ing the infrastructure. New projects in Calle Sevilla, Aragon, Antero, and the Plaza Francisco Umbral will take priority as Estepona seeks to improve its image and attract tourists from near and afar. The initiative began in earnest in 2012 and has seen impressive success since.

Women’s rights THE Women’s Centre in Arroyo de la Miel will be holding an informative workshop on women’s rights during family break-ups tomorrow, Friday 5, from 10am to noon. The talks will be given at the centre, in the municipal Social Services centre on Calle Pepa Guerra Valdenebro, by experts who will provide information on separation and divorce proceedings, custody and visiting matters and the requirements to obtain legal aid. Those interested in attending the talks, which will be in Spanish, can sign up by calling 952 577 372 or emailing igualdad@benalmadena.es.

Ojeando festival ON FRIDAY February 5 at 8pm , t h e r e i s t o b e a launch party for the Ojeando festival where there will be an announcement of the acts who will appear on July 1 and 2 in the festival in Ojen.

T h is p re v iew tak es p lac e at L a Te rmic a in Malaga with a live performa n ce b y th e F u ll fro m Sevilla and winners of the Ojeando new talent 2016 competition Hungry Butterfly.

Scottish play WITH entrance costing just a single euro, the Pocket Oxford Theatre will put on an interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth in Estepona on February 8. The show is part of the activities organised by the Official School of Languages and the IES Mar de Alboran school in order to promote English culture.

New exhibits ONE of the world’s best pinhole photographers will showcase his work at the B e na lma de na e xhibition centre from February 4 to April 13. More than 80 rare and attractive images from across Andalucia will be exhibited by the prestigious artist Ilan Wolff.

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On screen ISTAN will be featured on Saturday (February 6) on Este es Mi Pueblo (This is my village) on Canal Sur TV. The council wished to thank all local residents for their collaboration during filming of the programme.

March trip MANILVA’S Foreign Residents department has organised a trip to Morocco for March 8-10. The trip is priced at €295 per person and includes full board at a four star hotel. Call 952 59 35 48 or 619 87 46 45.

Party time THIS weekend will see the senior citizens carnival take place in Fuengirola with live music, costume competitions and free entrance. It is on February 5 at the Hogar Social del Complejo Elola at 8pm.

Artistic map of Malaga by three local artists ONE participant will give a lecture on art and culture in the city Photo Credit La Termica

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By John Smith THE contemporary culture centre in Malaga City known as La Termica has announced that for the next four months it will be exploring and creating the concept of a ‘kaleidoscopic city map’ known as La Ciudad Demudada of Malaga through its own activities and interaction with those living in the city itself. Three local artists, Antonio R Montesinos, Chinowski Garachana and Malaventura are behind this venture and they will be holding eight workshops, six round tables and a concert, with the participation of more than 20 professionals in an effort to ensure that the project is well sup-

PROJECT LAUNCH: The artists will be holding eight workshops. ported and inclusive for all. Among the activities taking place during the season will be the participation of

visual artist Rogelio Lopez Cuenca, who will give a lecture on art and culture in the city, and a musical per-

formance by Niño de Elche VS Los Voluble. For information visit www.latermicamalaga.com.

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Dragon sex is on the cards SCIENTISTS at the Bioparc Fuengirola are waiting in anticipation for the only pair of Komodo Dragons in Andalucia to kick start a new reproductive phase. Having spent months cultivating a sexual encounter between the two, carers were delighted when the female evolved from a nonchalant rejection of the male, to a gradual acceptance and eventually tolerance as she was finally worn down by his reptilian charm, or her hormonal balance, depending on who you believe. Despite not wanting to rush things, time is tight as female Komodos ovulate only twice each year, but, unless there is a change in attitude, it seems certain that the two will mate within a matter of weeks. Careful security measures are in place as the male could attack the female at any moment and ruin all the painstaking work put in by the watchful scientists.

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EVENT: Will show the engagement of everyone in the fight against cancer.

A human chain against cancer WILL be made up of people of all ages By John Smith ON February 4 Un Si Por La Vida - Unidos Contra el Cancer association (Yes For Life United Against Cancer), will create a human chain in order to show the engagement of everyone in the fight against cancer. The human chain, which is to be made up by people of all ages, will start from the Alhaurin el Grande Health centre at 10am. Once the chain is completed, there will be a reading by pupils of the Antonio Gala secondary school, and then a march to the La

Paca residential area. President of Un Si Por La Vida, Lina Garcia said: â€œOn the international week against cancer everybody has to feel important. That is why we have decided to make a big human chain again this year, which is composed of people from children to senior citizens. There is no difference.â€? In order to finish the events of the week against cancer, Cafe Lemur in Alhaurin el Grande intends to celebrate a big charity party for the Un Si Por La Vida association on Saturday February 6, starting at 2.30pm.

Old Time Music Hall COMING next to the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola is the annual Old Time Music Hall, directed by Sian Hopkins, with Simon Ellingham as musical director and choreography by Alexandra Avery. This year at enormous expense, they have a new chair-

man. Francis Butler was a Salon favourite in the earlier days of the theatre, and is now back with them to act as the interlocutor introducing the regular cast of very talented artistes. The show runs from February 5 to 9 and all shows start

at 8pm, except on Sunday when they start at 7pm. To book call the box office on 952 474 542 between 11am and 2.30pm Monday to Saturday, and one hour before each performance. Or book online at www.salonvarietesth eatre.com.

Appetite affairs THE famous La Termica culture centre in Malaga will host a variety of high quality cooking masterclasses, run by world renowned chefs in the upcoming weeks. Beginning on February 4 with a class run by Michelin starred chef Diego Gallegos, the cuisine programme will see a special Vietnamese session organised by chef Dao Tran

on February 18 and 19, and a Moroccan themed class attended by Jose Maldonado on March 8 and 10. Cooking aficionados in Torremolinos will also be treated to a new gastronomy workshop, which will see prestigious chefs cook their specialities together at the Pablo Picasso centre on February 13.

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Music memories in Marbella LEGENDARY guitarist Enrique Cortes has been commemorated by an elegant plaque in Calle Verdes, one of Marbella’s most beautiful streets. The mayor paid tribute to Cortes, who died aged 81 in Marbella in October, saying: “He was a passionate music fan and he was even able to create his own style with his guitar. He loved to spend the afternoon in Marbella and to help the needy.” Known for his accompaniment of Flamenco greats Canaleja, Pepe Pinto, Adelfa Soto and The Paquiros, Cortes continued to play nightclubs in Marbella well into his twilight years.

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Deep sea mysteries GIGANTIC spider crab to call Benalmadena home By Matthew Elliott A SPECIMEN of the biggest crab species in all the seven seas can be seen at Sea Life Benalmadena after management were so happy with the public response to their ‘Pinza’ exhibition, they

decided to imprison one of the show’s stars in a giant tank modelled on the Pacific environment. The Japanese spider crab is one of a terrific species with individuals weighing more than 20 kilograms and crawling along the Pacific depths on legs 1.5

metres long. They can surpass 40 years of age and have highly developed hearing on account of their blindness. They also have extremely sensitive hairs that enable them to detect sub aquatic sound waves.

SPIDER CRAB: Has highly developed hearing on account of its blindness. Photo by H.Zell via wikipedia

A FESTIVAL of dance will descend upon Torremolinos with the MueBT event involving competitions from 15 different categories and open to all ages and nationalities. Exhibitions in Plaza de la Independencia, master classes in Plaza de la Nogalera, and a flashmob will be part of the extravaganza from February 22 to 28. Tango, salsa, rock, samba, meringue and sevillana will be among the genres celebrated in the Principe de Asturias auditorium. MueBT 2016 comes as part of Torremolinos’ reinvention as a hotbed of cultural activity.

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RESIDENTS GROUPS: Met with police representatives. RESIDENTS groups in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, met with municipal delegates and police representatives to discuss safety and security conditions in the area. Among the key issues was the strengthening of police vigilance to accost the dog owners who allow their pets to defecate without clearing up the mess. Another central demand was installing a lock on the perimeter of the sports complex to prevent vandalism. The group reportedly attended to many issues of regional security.

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Art in Action in Benahavis ANNUAL exhibition will take place on February 7 By John Smith THE February event at the Benahavis Decorative and Fine Arts Society will take place on Sunday February 7, at the Gran Hotel Benahavis from 10am with free admission. Art in Action is the BDFAS

annual exhibition of works by professional and amateur artists, and includes demonstrations and workshops. In addition, there will be examples from the Young Artists Competition with entries from pupils at schools along the coast.

The exhibition will be opened by Chris Stewart whose books (Driving over Lemons and The Parrot in the Pepper Tree) have inspired many. For more details on the society and future plans, visit www.benahavisdfas.com.

Traditional jumble sale A CHARITY devoted to fighting addiction will host their traditional jumble sale in Marbella this Sunday February 7, with an excellent collection of gifts, clothing, accessories, toys, electronics, books, music, films and kitchen goods on sale. The Proyecto Hombre organisation will

host the event from 10am to 7pm at the Parque de la Alameda, and also provide an information desk on addiction or behaviour problems for people of any age. They will be joined by alcoholic support group Arama, who will provide a big paella, brochettes and sandwiches.

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An inter-continental kayak expedition EPIC journey sees courageous kayakers cross continents for charity By Matthew Elliott

KARL MORRIS: In the swim. EACH year, on New Year’s Day a hardy bunch of swimmers, cheered on by a hardy bunch of drinkers participate in a charity swim at the Caribbean Bar, Carvajal to raise funds for 4 Paws Adoption. This year, one of their supporters, Karl Morris was unable to attend on New Year’s Day but he had collected hundreds of Euros in sponsorship money, so he promised to still take the plunge before the end of the month and brave the decreasing temperatures of the Mediterranean Sea. Stacey Lloyd, founder and fundraiser of the charity was present to cheer Karl on, as he swam out to sea on a chilly Thursday afternoon on January 28. The event has so far raised almost €5,000 which will go towards the rehoming of animals overseas, vet bills and other necessary items. Visit www.4pawsadotions.com.

BRAVE kayakers made an inter-continental journey from Europe to Africa as they paddled across the Strait of Gibraltar to raise

money for the Cudeca cancer charity in Arroyo del la Miel. ‘Benalmadena unites continents’ saw seven people participate in the epic journey and successfully reach

the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from the Peñon of Gibraltar in a record time of just three hours and 40 minutes. The explorers also reached El Foso de San Felipe where the waters of the Atlantic

Inspectors to probe Malaga restaurants INSPECTORS will come out in force to probe the hundreds of new restaurants which have opened in Malaga in the past several years. The move has been well received by workers who have requested more streamlined organisation. A lack of inspectors,

coupled with the enormous volume of establishments, has led to a diminished level of oversight. Hospitality workers have, however, requested that inspectors not come down too hard on businesses and be moderate in any punishment meted out.

Ocean meet the Mediterranean Sea. Pedro Fuentes, known affectionately as Pedro Kayak, led the charitable expedition and claimed they received good fortune as the tide and currents were in their favour, leading to a more comfortable journey than anticipated. The journey had already been postponed four times, having been originally scheduled for November 7, owing to bad weather and sea conditions, which made the adventure’s completion on January 30 even more of a victory for all concerned. Pedro Kayak also thanked all those who made the trip possible, and those who donated, among them the Benalmadena Marina.

Der Marina ACROSS the Alps in Dusseldorf, the Virgen del Carmen Marina of Marbella was heavily promoted at the self described world’s largest boat show. The marina, in partnership with Andalucian tourism, hopes to strengthen its position as a nautical destination.

Avian angels A FALCON trapped in a tree was rescued by the Green Patrol of the Alhaurin de la Torre Local Police after a resident alerted them to its woes. In fine condition, the Harris Falcon was removed and returned to its owner in Pinos de Alhaurin.

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Apple visits school in Marbella IT was like a dream come true for many Marbella students when they read on the Bellamar Hospitality and Tourism School Facebook page that recruiters from Apple were visiting the school, searching for people who had experience in customer relations. The message read ‘Apple will give a corporate presentation in order to show job opportunities at 10am in our centre, and they will interview the candidates from 11.15am. If you are interested, send your application.’ The visit which took place during the last week of January was a great experience for both the students and the tutors of the school, which prides itself on regularly finding jobs for 90 per cent of its students. Director of the school Carmen Sanchez said “It is such an honour that they look at us and value the experience of our students.”

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Benalmadena success stories CHAMPIONS of the town anointed with reward in ceremony held by the mayor By Matthew Elliott FOUR citizens of the township of Benalmadena have been declared ‘prestigious residents’ in honour of their success in promoting the town both at home and abroad. Carrying the torch of their home town, each individual has had uncommon success in their endeavors and was justly rewarded at a ceremony held by Mayor Victor Navas. World class footballer and Real Madrid star Isco was a homegrown talent who began his successful career at Atletico Benalmadena and now has legions of supporters across the globe. Fellow sportsman Daniel Alcover hailed from the town and went on to forge success as a national doubles badminton champion.

Renowned singer Pablo Alboran has achieved in his short career what it would take many lifetimes for other singers to accomplish. The Benalmadena native was the first solo artist to strike No1 album honours in his debut album. Meanwhile closer to home, Mari Carmen Martin, director of the Arroyo de la Miel library, has been awarded for transforming a once modest local library into an active live at the heart of the community. She previously received the Liber national reading award for her accomplishments.

Photo by Sven Manguard via Wikipedia

ISCO: A home-grown talent who began his successful career at Atletico Benalmadena.

Inclusion initiative approved

Aloha College experience a day in the Victorian era

A NEW programme introduced by Podemos has been approved by the Marbella Council and will seek to further social inclusion by offering 400 people the chance to earn money through social exchange initiatives. Directed at the long term excluded, the programme received the backing of all parties except the PP.

ON Tuesday January 12 the children in Aloha College Milepost 2 (Years 3 and 4) were transported back in time to the Victorian era. As schoolchildren they dressed as they would have done and undertook lessons in the same format as then. The girls learnt to sew and the boys learnt to draw. Everyone had to learn poems and chant their timetables, but if they got it wrong to the corner they went! The teachers even acted like they were from that era too so it was a great day for everyone to experience what it was like.

SCHOOLCHILDREN: Dressed appropriately.

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International Schools cross country competition ONE of the biggest tournaments of the year involving students

CROSS COUNTRY: A scene from one of the races. By John Smith FOR NO less than 10 years, EIC has won the International Schools cross country competition, but on January 27, a team from Aloha College in Marbella went to Sunland International School in Cartama and

Young Abelâ€™s brave fight HAVING fought bravely against bronchitis, and a rare genetic congenital immunodeficiency that only afflicts one out of a million children, young Abel Martin now needs a bone marrow donation to save his life. After finally convincing doctors that his symptoms were abnormal, his parents have put forth an enormous search to find a donor for their 18-month-old son. His father, a rapper, hosted a concert in Torremolinos as part of a bid to find suitable donors and also to raise awareness of the issue. The event itself inspired 60 people to donate their marrow, while Abelâ€™s parents will continue their search with the help of local charity the Luis Olivares Foundation.

returned to the college triumphant as they had snatched victory for the first time ever. This is one of the biggest tournaments of the year involving students from Years 5 to 13. Each race consisted of up to 100 participants with points being awarded to runners fin-

ishing in the top 10 positions. At the end of the day, the school with the most points in all categories was crowned champion. The boys and girls all combined to ensure they scored enough points to win the trophy outright.

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La Nucia march against cancer ORGANISERS expect to raise considerably more than last year COSTA BLANCA NORTH

MORE than 2,000 people part i c i p a t e d i n L a N u c i a ’s s e v enth march in support of the fight against cancer. The march was organised by the t o w n ’s b r a n c h o f t h e A E C C a n t i cancer association with the collaboration of the Anemona association and La Nucia Town Hall. People of all ages took part in the fundraising five-kilometre walk between the Camilo Cano sports complex and the CEM Environmental Education Centre. There were 800 more participants this year and the organisers expect to raise considerably more than last year’s €3,800.

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Surgery sooner

Senior workshops

New street name

TWENTY-SIX Francoist ‘yoke and arrows’ symbols were located on social housing in Ondara. The local council has given residents’ communities three months to remove them from entrance doors.

LAST year saw a reduction in the length of time patients have to wait for surgery. At the end of 2015, the average waiting time was 110.9 days. This was a reduction from 114.3 days in 2014. The number of patients awaiting surgery last year was also down from 14,487 in 2014 to 13,478 in 2015.

A TOTAL number of 1,419 senior citizens have participated in the different occupational workshops which have been introduced to the Velez-Malaga Town Council retirement home during 2015. The most popular workshop has been the one covering Sevillana dancing.

ALBOX Council has honoured one of the town’s most respected sons by naming a street after him. Pedro Molina, rector of the University of Almeria between 2007 and 2015, was born in Albox and was guest of honour at the unveiling ceremony.

Fewer dropouts VALENCIAN COMMUNITY residents in the 18-26 age group without baccalaureate studies or vocational training fell to 21 per cent last year. Baleares had the highest rate with 26.71 per cent.

Late start FLU has arrived later in the Valencian Community owing to higher than usual temperatures. Primary care doctors are noticing an increase in cases which they expect to peak in mid-February.

Safer access WORK on the roundabout on the CV800’s north access to Muchamiel, an accident black spot used by 14,000 vehicles daily, is under way. The project will take five months to complete.

Moving house CAMPELLO’S Guardia Civil headquarters will be moved to temporary premises near the Rio Seco river mouth. The existing installation is inadequate and plans for a new building are still delayed.

Briton dies in fall A 49-YEAR-OLD British man fell from the terrace of his home in Calle Mofares in the village of Calvia on the morning of January 30. The terrace was on the first floor, some two to three metres from the ground. Investigators believe that he may have suffered some type of attack causing him to lose his balance and fall.

Palm tree beetle THE Balearic government approved a plan to stop the spread of the red beetle responsible for killing palm trees on the islands. Regulations and an official register will be put into effect for growers, distributors and importers of the trees.

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Figure skating

Teen skydiver

THE Andalucia Figure Skating Championship took place in Torrox on January 30. The event was held in the Municipal Sports Centre which hosted six figure skating clubs from different parts of Andalucia including Sevilla, Torrox, Malaga, Torremolinos and Mijas.

SELF-CONFESSED animal-addict, Shannon Cross, has taken on the challenge of a lifetime in aid of APSA dog charity in Albox. In June, the 19-yearold will jump from a plane 15,000 feet above the plains of Sevilla in a sponsored tandem jump.

Immigrants in Motril Students visit Poland A GROUP of 25 sub-Saharan immigrants who were found on January 27 by Maritime Rescue 47 miles off the Granada coast have arrived safe and sound at Motril port. All of them were in good condition except two, who had some physical problems and needed to be taken to the Red Cross premises.

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A TRAFFIC accident claimed the life of a 21-year-old Argentinian man in the early hours of Saturday January 30. The incident took place in Palma’s Son Sardina area. The only other passenger in the car, a 20-year-old male, was taken to hospital with mild injuries.

AFTER a decade of discussion, the first stone of the Rincon de la Victoria indoor acclimatised swimming pool was formally put in place on January 29. The project which will cost €3.8 million and includes a pool, gym and spa will be the first indoor pool in the town.

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A PAIR of high school students from Albox and El Elido set off on an experience of a lifetime. Isabel and Eusebio were chosen to take part in a volunteer project in the city of Klodska, Poland as part of the ESV (European voluntary service) initiative.

Flying pensioner AN 84-YEAR-OLD pilot who careered into the sea at Almerimar beach, near El Ejido, after his plane suffered serious faults will have the crash investigated by the Guardia Civil. After swimming out of the water he was found by police who took him to Poniente hospital for a medical test.

Sick note THIS week saw the new system for sick leave begin in the Valencia Region affecting all workers on temporary disability leave. From now on there will be four parts to the baja sick note.

Worldwide learning THE University of Alicante and the Provincial Tourism Department has embarked on a crusade to try to increase the numbers of students worldwide who choose Alicante for learning languages.

Business doubles THE Science Park of the University Miguel Hernandez in Elche has doubled the number of companies linked to the academic institution during the worst years of the economic crisis.

Gift cards MERCURY FM’s gift card donation programme was a great success for the Elche Children’s Care Home and the charity thanked everyone who bought gift cards.

Anniversary act CALLE San Francisco in Alicante, known as the ‘mushroom street’ saw a group of friends re-enact scenes from Alice in Wonderland to mark the 37th anniversary of the installation of the mushrooms.

Dressing up WITH this year’s Carnival in full swing Star Wars costumes are the most sought after, according to suppliers in Alicante province. Also in demand are Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk.

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H&B profits SWEDEN: Clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz (H&M) has reported a 4 per cent rise in net profits in 2015. The company also plans 400 new stores for the coming year.

Centre attack SWEDEN: Staff at a refugee home were forced to barricade themselves in a room after 19 young men in their care rioted and attacked them with weapons.

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Heartbroken wife COUPLE were found dead at home next to each other AN inquest heard how a wife was so upset after finding her husband’s body that she gave up the will to live and died next to him. The couple were found at their home in Hampshire last year. Both died of natural causes.

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No winner NATIONAL Lottery investigators have decided the grandmother who claimed her £33 million winning ticket was ruined in the wash is not the jackpot winner. It has emerged the 48-year-old is on trial for theft later this year.

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AN NHS 111 helpline operator was found hanged in the staff toilet halfway through her fourth 12-hour night shift in a row. The 22-year-old worked at the call centre in Devon and had complained about the pressures of her job.

A 30 stone teacher, aged 43, died from a heart attack in Dorset while firefighters were discussing removing a window to get her out of the house.

DENMARK has been named the world’s least corrupt nation. The country topped a new ranking by anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International. Nordic neighbours Sweden and Finland were next in the list.

Lucky escape NORWAY: Singer Ellie Goulding has said that she nearly died on a recent trip to Norway after their all-terrain vehicle half-submerged in a partially frozen lake. The singer evacuated through the roof.

Valuables claim DENMARK has faced criticism for a new law allowing refugees’ valuables to be confiscated, but Germany already has stronger rules in place. In Bavaria cash and valuables are confiscated with a value of over €750.

No truth POLICE have said there was “no dead refugee” after a volunteer made up the story about a Syrian man dying after queuing for days outside a government office. News of the death spread online.

A LAKESIDE property that once served as a love nest for Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, remains unsold after 15 years on the market. They will now try and lease the property out.

DENMARK has reported its first case of the Zika virus. A Danish tourist who had been in South and Central America has been confirmed to have the mosquito-borne virus.

DENMARK: The town hall and police station of Aabenraa was evacuated after a woman made a bomb threat. The town’s library and other buildings adjacent to the police station were also cleared.

TWO cases of the Zika virus have been reported in Germany, but experts say that the spread of the mosquito-borne virus is “extremely” unlikely. The two Germans diagnosed had recently returned from Haiti.

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SECURITY CAMERAS: Companies have been warned not to use them in saunas.

Privacy bid after complaints FINES can be issued for those in breach of the law COMPANIES have been warned against using security cameras in places where people walk around naked, following complaints of cameras in saunas. Fines of up to €820,000 can be issued for those in breach.

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Back by boat THE Netherlands, which currently holds the EU presidency, has announced a plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on the Greek islands by boat, straight back to Turkey.

Self-driving EXPERIMENTS are being carried out with self-driving cars being trialled on university campuses. The

WEpod shuttle buses have no steering wheel or pedals, are electric and have a maximum speed of 25 kph.

Hunter questioned POLICE have launched an investigation after several birds of prey were found poisoned at a hunting ground in Friesland. A hunter from a nearby village is being questioned.

Help and advice THE Telephone Pastors counsel service was established in Berlin 60 years ago t hi s year and has si nce hel ped ar ound 45 m i l l i on people who have turned to the service for advice.

Arms sales up GERMAN citizens appear to feel the need to protect themselves, as arms sellers and regulatory agencies in Germany have seen an increased demand for gun licences over recent weeks and more people are enrolling in self-defence courses, yet the police force has said it does not consider this to be a problem yet.

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Space peppers COSMONAUTS will try to grow them

Space HIGH peppers PLANTS: Will be studied in a greenhouse.

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Goat and the tiger RUSSIAN cosmonauts will try to grow sweet pepper in a new greenhouse which will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) by the year end, a project scientist told TASS. ‘High plants’ will be studied in a new greenhouse aboard the Russian sector of the ISS.

A LAWYER in Novosibirsk has called for a ban on stories about a goat and a tiger in a national park in Russia’s Far East, arguing that the widespread media coverage of the pair is ‘covert gay propaganda’ and poses a threat to Russian children. The animals gained worldwide fame when Amur the tiger failed

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MORE THAN 100 Russians have died since a flu epidemic was announced in early January, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova told the RIA Novosti state-run news agency. Among the 107 fatal victims of the flu epidemic are eight children and four pregnant women, she was cited as saying in the report.

RUSSIAN air carriers have been forced to lower ticket prices due to falling demand with prices down by 25 per cent in January for internal flights compared to the same period last year, but international flight costs have fallen by just 1.5 per cent.

Litvinenko lies MOST Russians do not believe the conclusions of the British final report on a public inquiry into the death of Russia’s former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, an opinion poll carried out by the Levada Centre suggests according to the Kommersant newspaper.

Housing slump THE market for previouslyoccupied housing in Moscow has dropped by almost 30 per cent over the past year according to the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography. Last year, 113,769 apartments excluding new builds - were sold in Moscow, down from 162,038 in 2014. The slump in demand has also affected the Moscow market for new homes.

TIGER: Refused to pounce on the goat. to pounce on a goat named Timur after it was released into his enclosure at the Primorye Safari Park as dinner.

Lamborghini figures IN keeping with a perception that oligarchs in Russia are still living the high life, the Lamborghini agent in Russia has revealed a 25 per cent rise in Russian car sales in 2015. Admittedly, the company sold just 21 cars countrywide, but it is a significant increase from 16 vehicles in 2014 and prices do start at €250,000.

They’re lovin’ it THANKS to collapsing oil prices and Western sanctions, Russia’s currency is tumbling and its economy is shrinking, but there is one group that is gobbling up the profit, McDonald’s which has announced it will open 60 new McDonald’s restaurants in Russia this year.

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DESPITE the doom and gloom being spread through the stock markets and the economies of oil producing nations due to the rapid fall in the wholesale price of oil, Royal

is the percentage of shareholders who voted in favour of the board proposal to take over the BG Group.

Dutch Shell is about to invest $49 billion (€45 billion) to take over oil and gas exploration company BG Group. This expenditure, which is greater than the annual GDP of 107 countries and equal to that of Slove-

Abengoa submits a new plan and may survive CRIPPLED engineering giant Abengoa has produced and submitted to its administrators a five-year plan projecting a reduction of the company debt by €3 billion, through a combination of selling assets and closing non-vi-

Quote of the Week Billions of euros are lost every year to tax avoidance. This is unacceptable and we are acting to tackle it.” The EU tax commissioner Pierre Moscovici on legal tax avoidance.

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IMF forecast upgrades 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.

Trade profit REPSOL, the Spanish oil company, announced on January 27 that its accounts for 2015 showed an increase in trading profit of 8 per cent over the previous year at €1.85 billion. To counter this good news, it has had to write down the value of its reserves by €2.9 billion due to plummeting prices.

€8.7 billion is said to be the amount that Chinese entrepreneur Wang Jianlin, owner of the Edificio España in Madrid lost due to the January stock market slump in China.

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able areas of its business. By concentrating on core engineering and construction business it hopes to renegotiate its €9 billion debt, to allow it to return to profit and make the company viable again.

nia, shows both the wealth of this company as well as its commitment to the production and sale of fossil fuels and natural gas. Unlike rival BP, Shell has not had to expend large amounts of money to clean up environmental spills.

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El Mundo to reduce staff SPAIN’S second largest daily newspaper El Mundo, which sells just over 180,000 copies each day, is looking to reduce its staffing levels by about 20 per cent. Owned by an Italian group, it has been instructed to reduce wages by €15 million over a three-year period. It appears the move to online reporting has affected circulation, which has shown a reduction of advertising income.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 282.95 5.50 Associated British Foods 3,142.00 -8.00 Admiral Group 1,774.00 0.00 Aberdeen Asset Management 245.15 -1.35 Ashtead Group 900.00 1.00 Antofagasta 382.35 2.15 ARM Holdings 1,005.50 12.50 Aviva 479.65 -1.15 AstraZeneca 4,436.50 -51.00 BAE Systems 514.00 -2.00 Babcock International Group 915.25 0.25 Barclays 188.45 2.45 British American Tobacco 3,864.00 -33.00 Barratt Developments 603.50 4.00 BG Group 1,053.50 -1.00 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,551.50 16.50 British Land Co 741.75 1.75 BHP Billiton 681.45 5.05 Bunzl 1,876.50 8.50 BP 373.28 -2.82 Burberry Group 1,195.50 0.50 BT Group 497.18 12.33 Coca-Cola HBC 1,451.50 22.50 Carnival 3,495.00 15.00 Centrica 205.85 1.05 Compass Group 1,199.50 -3.50 Capita Group (The) 1,176.50 1.50 CRH 1,857.00 3.00 Dixons Carphone 475.75 2.05 DCC 5,395.00 -10.00 Diageo 1,892.00 7.50 Direct Line Insurance Group 375.90 1.30 Experian 1,188.50 -1.50 easyJet 1,572.00 24.00 Fresnillo 729.00 7.00 GKN 280.10 1.30 Glencore 90.43 0.95 GlaxoSmithKline 1,435.75 -3.25 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 2,024.00 6.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,360.50 -2.50 Hammerson 585.75 2.25 HSBC Holdings 489.95 -2.35 International Consolidated Air 545.25 5.75 InterContinental Hotels Group 2,330.00 33.00 3i Group 441.85 -0.15 Imperial Tobacco Group 3,742.00 -44.00 Intu Properties 298.45 -0.55 Inmarsat 1,104.50 4.50 Intertek Group 2,820.00 -10.00 ITV 266.70 -0.10

% CHG. 1.98 -0.25 0.00 -0.55 0.11 0.57 1.26 -0.24 -1.14 -0.39 0.03 1.32 -0.85 0.67 -0.09 0.47 0.24 0.75 0.46 -0.75 0.04 2.54 1.57 0.43 0.51 -0.29 0.13 0.16 0.43 -0.19 0.40 0.35 -0.13 1.55 0.97 0.47 1.06 -0.23 0.30 -0.18 0.39 -0.48 1.07 1.44 -0.03 -1.16 -0.18 0.41 -0.35 -0.04

NET VOL 3,820.42 24,007.52 4,845.32 3,137.47 4,481.02 3,725.55 13,442.60 18,721.70 54,441.47 15,946.56 4,579.37 29,663.75 70,145.53 5,766.16 35,562.36 4,754.99 7,366.78 14,147.71 5,997.88 66,684.81 5,204.55 38,665.60 5,057.78 7,221.68 9,939.12 19,335.78 7,544.12 14,664.31 5,347.96 4,629.25 45,952.34 5,522.25 11,337.25 6,063.38 5,198.78 4,556.05 13,028.39 67,922.53 3,865.23 6,178.00 4,456.85 92,908.27 10,640.23 5,333.89 4,209.79 34,728.04 3,805.29 4,698.06 4,498.77 10,415.75

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Johnson Matthey 2,469.00 4.00 Kingfisher 329.50 3.40 Land Securities Group 1,095.50 0.50 Legal & General Group 242.40 -1.10 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 65.69 0.23 London Stock Exchange Gr 2,460.00 -14.00 Merlin Entertainments 413.85 0.15 Marks & Spencer Group 425.60 1.50 Mondi 1,150.50 14.50 National Grid 984.60 -1.20 Next 6,942.50 17.50 Old Mutual 169.20 -0.50 Provident Financial 2,924.00 -14.00 Prudential 1,350.00 -17.50 Persimmon 2,032.00 -4.00 Pearson 797.50 8.50 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,211.50 -22.50 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 254.65 1.95 Royal Dutch Shell 1,517.00 -1.00 Royal Dutch Shell 1,515.00 -6.00 RELX 1,224.50 -5.50 Rio Tinto 1,709.50 -4.50 Royal Mail 460.80 1.60 Rolls-Royce Group 553.50 -1.50 Randgold Resources 5,005.00 38.00 RSA Insurance Group 417.65 1.25 SABMiller 4,178.25 -4.25 Sainsbury (J) 246.60 1.50 Schroders 2,727.00 3.00 Sage Group (The) 622.50 1.50 Shire 3,895.00 -15.00 Sky 1,099.50 17.50 Standard Life 363.90 0.40 Smiths Group 941.50 -2.00 Smith & Nephew 1,156.00 -6.00 Sports Direct International 416.35 0.75 SSE 1,450.50 0.50 Standard Chartered 472.43 1.43 St James's Place 948.00 -5.00 Severn Trent 2,219.00 30.00 Travis Perkins 1,822.00 -3.00 Tesco 173.25 -0.15 TUI AG 1,194.50 8.50 Taylor Wimpey 192.70 0.30 Unilever 3,067.25 -17.75 United Utilities Group 969.50 13.00 Vodafone Group 225.88 1.98 Wolseley 3,452.50 -10.50 Worldpay Group Ord 3p Wi 310.85 -2.15 WPP Group 1,512.50 -4.50 Whitbread 4,019.00 19.00

% CHG. 0.16 1.04 0.05 -0.45 0.35 -0.57 0.04 0.35 1.28 -0.12 0.25 -0.29 -0.48 -1.28 -0.20 1.08 -0.36 0.77 -0.07 -0.39 -0.45 -0.26 0.35 -0.27 0.77 0.30 -0.10 0.61 0.11 0.24 -0.38 1.62 0.11 -0.21 -0.52 0.18 0.03 0.30 -0.52 1.37 -0.16 -0.09 0.72 0.16 -0.58 1.36 0.88 -0.30 -0.69 -0.30 0.48

NET VOL 4,900.61 7,448.47 8,446.96 13,938.35 45,572.13 8,345.15 4,073.23 6,902.93 5,440.63 35,807.17 10,391.58 7,933.57 4,130.87 33,854.74 6,006.69 6,355.18 43,576.80 15,964.64 57,834.59 36,276.70 13,293.81 23,777.91 4,480.00 9,887.04 4,453.93 4,107.70 67,508.15 4,547.79 5,974.90 6,520.95 22,506.43 17,869.18 6,963.04 3,614.19 10,111.10 2,418.10 14,071.75 11,673.21 4,771.33 5,049.75 4,425.48 13,571.69 6,904.32 6,022.16 37,868.47 6,351.79 56,731.88 8,692.40 6,083.00 19,010.74 7,115.09

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An eventful month for currency trading Ask the expert Peter Loveday Contact me at euroweekly@currenciesdirect.com

AFTER the US increased interest rates, monetary policy between the US and the Eurozone continues to widen and drift apart. On the one hand we have the European Central Bank continuing with their quantitative easing programme, and on the other the Bank of England issued a statement reaffirming that interest rates are unlikely to rise in the near future. Meanwhile, economic data released from the UK revealed a slowdown in industrial and manufacturing production for the month of December and January. The pound slid rapidly close to 5 per cent against the euro, exacerbated by a postponement of an interest rate hike as well as fears mounting over the Brexit outcome in the referendum (most likely to be held in June). As inflation has struggled to get anywhere close to the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target, due to falling oil and commodity prices putting Central Banks in a conundrum on monetary policy planning, it is looking increasingly likely

THE POUND: Slid rapidly close to 5 per cent against the euro in January. that the Monetary Policy Committee will refrain from raising interest rates in the first half of 2016. Meanwhile, with 2016 starting with global growth concerns amidst a stock market rout across world markets, the UK economy will continue to lean on consumer spending to look forward to better data prints.

From the Eurozone, we have had a bit of a subdued month as far as economic data prints go. However, the main event for the month was the much anticipated Central Bank statement on monetary policy. In his speech Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, launched a staunch defence of the central bank’s

accommodative monetary easing policy to counter criticism of the policy. In fact, he went a step further and said that the central bank is prepared to cut rates, and also ‘review and reconsider’ further quantitative easing as a premature increase in interest rates could bring about yet another recession. In a fairly interesting month to kick off 2016, we have witnessed a global stock market correction, falling commodity prices as well as a slide in the pound. However, after such a rapid and drastic fall it looks like sterling has bottomed out and could nip up slightly from current levels, though unlikely to achieve last year’s soaring heights for the first half of the year. From Europe, the silver lining continues to be the Central Bank’s accommodative monetary policy, as it meanders towards growth and seems to be working. As we move forward in the year, currency movements are likely to be driven by Central Banks and their monetary policy stances, with the major risk event being the referendum on Britain leaving the European Union, which will determine the shift/stability in market sentiment and whatever the outcome is. Either way, it is likely to be a cautious, yet eventful first half of 2016!

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DON’T you just long for the days when we were all enjoying peace and happiness? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

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TO tell you the truth, I’ve just about had this entire refugee, migrant, ‘Arab Spring’ business up to the eyeballs. Don’t you just long for those wonderful days when we were all enjoying the peace and happiness so many of our forefathers gave life and limb for? Days when Jihad, Burkas and affairs of the Middle East were far far away, in lands that had no more impact on our daily existence than a few snowflakes on a summer’s day. Wouldn’t it be paradise, just to awaken and realise it was simply all a nightmare? Well I’m afraid those days of peace and happiness are well and truly over. The influx of migrants has now reached ridiculous proportions, and still the do gooders try to make those who seek to discourage this onslaught feel bad and unfeeling. To be honest I can’t really blame some of

MIGRANTS: The influx has reached ridiculous proportions.

them. Not when the media (especially the BBC) continually put the tales of tragedy and human trauma to the forefront of their reports. Why don’t they give more air time to the ri-

oting in Germany, with large mobs of men of ‘Asian appearance’ attacking police with any missile they can lay their hands on? (Wait till someone starts handing out the Kalashnikovs!)

The wrecked migrant trains, covered in graffiti with their smashed windows, destroyed furnishings and toilets literally overflowing with excreta. The young, able-bodied men of ‘Asian appearance,’ disdainfully throwing donated food back into the bewildered faces of kindly souls, because it was considered ‘unclean’. The men of ‘Arab and North African appearance,’ marauding through supermarkets hurtling insults and lifting the skirts of female shoppers. In heaven’s name, how do the authorities think it’s all going to end? I’m not trying to stir up hatred, I’m trying to bring some common sense into the equation. Sooner or later, the most volatile of the local populace will take matters into their own hands, more out of frustration than hatred. We can then prepare ourselves for the ‘Blood Rivers’ Enoch Powell tried so hard to warn us against. Are we listening now?! The innocent children are of course an exception. I believe we should endeavour to save as many of them as we possibly can. 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 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 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 Room 101 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 Flog it! Trade Secrets 9:15am Great British Menu 9:45am Close Calls: On Camera 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:05pm The 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 Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Sea Cities 9:00pm Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? 10:00pm The Story of China 11:00pm The Clare Balding Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am World War Three: Inside the War Room

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 11:45pm The Late Debate 12:15am Car Crash Britain 1:10am Murder, She Wrote 2:05am 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 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 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 11:30pm Happy Gilmore 1:25am Two and a Half Men 1:55am Two and a Half Men

8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:05pm 11:35pm 12:05am 12:50am 1:10am 1:35am 2:05am 2:35am 3:05am 3:30am 4:00am 4:55am

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Top Gear Traffic Cops Live at the Apollo Live at the Apollo EastEnders Little Britain Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Live at the Apollo Siblings The Virtual Reality Virgin Fishbowl Emergency Rescue Down Under Webcam Boys This is BBC Three

8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1981 9:00pm The Crusades: A Timewatch Guide 10:00pm The Brain with David Eagleman 11:00pm Spider House 12:30am Top of the Pops: 1981 1:10am The Meat Market: Inside Smithfield 2:10am Horizon 3:10am The Brain with David Eagleman

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:35am The Royal 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1:05pm Murder, She Wrote 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:20pm Man About the House 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm 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 2:35am Where the Heart is 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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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 Deal or No Deal Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Come Dine Champion of Champions The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Location, Location, Location Keeping Up with the Khans First Dates 24 Hours in A and E

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 9:45am 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 Garage Sale Mystery 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 Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm 10,000 BC 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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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 The Classic Car Show Red Heat Cliffhanger River Monsters Extreme angler Jeremy Wade travels around the globe searching for fresh water monsters. Ax Men Series following the work of North American lumberjacks. Teleshopping

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7:00am Seventh Son 9:00am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 9:30am Into the Grizzly Maze Two estranged brothers are stalked by a relentless grizzly bear in the Alaskan wilderness. 11:15am Mountain Men 1:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 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 2:10am Into the Grizzly Maze 3:45am Mountain Men Two estranged brothers find themselves trapped together on a snowy mountain. 5:30am Kingsman: The Secret Service Special

Behind Enemy Lines 11:40am Kingsman: The Secret Service 2:00pm Chappie 4:15pm Armageddon 7:00pm Behind Enemy Lines 9:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 11:15pm Chappie 1:30am Commando

7:00am The Pink Panther Strikes Again 8:50am The Man 10:20am Shanghai Noon 12:15pm Shanghai Knights 2:15pm The Wedding Ringer 4:00pm Blazing Saddles 5:40pm The Love Guru 7:10pm Father of the Bride 9:00pm The Wedding Ringer 10:45pm Last Vegas 12:45am Jackass: Number Two 2:20am Better Living Through Chemistry 3:55am The Longest Week 5:25am The Pink Panther Strikes Again

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

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 Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory

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

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown! Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Ford Football Special SPFL Highlights The Premier League Years Ford Football Special Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Ford Football Special La Liga World 2015 Barclays Premier League World Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Darts Gold Darts Gold Premier League Darts 2016 04.02 (Leeds) Darts Gold Darts Gold Barclays Premier League World Barclays Premier League Review

Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Classic Cricket Pace Like Fire Glenn Mcgrath Masterclass Cricket Classic Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Classic Barclays Premier League Review Rugby League Jamie Peacock: Legend of League Super League Gold Super League Gold Super League Gold Super League Gold World Rugby Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sky Sports Years

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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Up 10:30pm Great Movie Mistakes 10:35pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:05pm EastEnders 11:35pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:20am American Dad! 12:40am American Dad! 1:00am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am Family Guy 2:05am Siblings 2:35am Fishbowl

10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 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 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 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 A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Dickensian 10:00pm Shetland 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Would I Lie to You?

7:15am The Housing Enforcers 8:00am Wanted Down Under 8:45am Flog it! Trade Secrets 9:15am MasterChef: The Professionals 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:05pm The 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 Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Sea Cities 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm What to Buy and Why 10:00pm Earth's Greatest Spectacles 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Artsnight

9:45pm Sounds of the Sixties 9:55pm Sounds of the Seventies Solos 10:00pm Totally British 11:00pm The Most Dangerous Band in the World: The Story of Guns N' Roses 12:30am Rock 'N' Roll America 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1981

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 Diamonds are Forever 2:20am 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 100% You've Been Framed! 9:00pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 12:20am Take Me Out 1:35am Two and a Half Men 2:00am Two and a Half Men

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:35am The Royal 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 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 Law and Order: UK 1:05am Blue Murder 2:25am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 3:20am Judge Judy 3:45am Judge Judy

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:00pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Last Leg Goes Down Under 12:10am Virtually Famous

7:00am 7:50am 8:50am 9:50am 10:55am 11:55am 12:55pm 1:25pm 1:50pm 2:50pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:40am 3:40am

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 Counting Cars Counting Cars GoldenEye American Gangster Movies Now The latest news and reviews of this week's film releases. 3:45am 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 9:45am 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 12:05am 12:35am

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 Undercover Bridesmaid 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 That's So... 1982 Celebrity Big Brother Lip Sync Battle UK Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

10:30am Godzilla 1:00pm Exodus: Gods and Kings 3:35pm 300: Rise of an Empire 5:30pm Into the Storm 7:15pm Exodus: Gods and Kings 10:00pm Taken 11:45pm 300: Rise of an Empire 1:35am Brick Mansions

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Coneheads Dragnet One Night in Istanbul License to Drive The Interview Superbad Planes, Trains and Automobiles King Ralph The Interview Superbad Ali G Indahouse Kid Cannabis Plastic

7:00am 7:50am 8:35am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:15am 12:45am

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory 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 Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Safe House The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Mountain Men 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:00am The Boy Next Door 10:45am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 12:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:00pm Mountain Men 2:45pm The Boy Next Door 4:30pm Chappie Special 5:00pm Tomorrowland 7:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Tomorrowland 11:15pm Return to Sender 1:00am Bound to Vengeance The tables are turned when a young woman escapes her depraved abductor and vows revenge. 2:30am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. Comedy-drama. 4:15am Return to Sender

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Main Event Premier League 100 Club Football Gold Super League Highlights Barclays Premier League World Premier League Darts Barclays Premier League World The Premier League Years La Liga Show 2015 Barclays Premier League Review Game Changers Barclays Premier League World The Fantasy Football Club Football A League of Their Own The Fantasy Football Club Barclays Premier League Review

Cricket's Greatest Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricketing Yorkshire The Premier League Years Barclays Premier League Review Ricky Ponting Masterclass ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricketing Yorkshire ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Cricketing Yorkshire Cricketing Yorkshire ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Rugby League Jamie Peacock: Legend of League ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Cricketing Yorkshire Cricket Classic Cricket Classic

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union 5:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union 7:55pm BBC News 8:05pm Regional News 8:10pm Weather 8:15pm The Voice UK 9:30pm The National Lottery 10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:55am NFL 1:25am Michael Clayton 3:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:25am BBC News

7:15am Tension at Table Rock 8:45am The Red Beret 10:10am Animal Park 11:10am Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Two Greedy Italians 2:00pm Rick Stein's India 3:00pm Escape to the Continent 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Flog It! 5:30pm Final Score 6:25pm Earth's Greatest Spectacles 7:25pm Back in Time for the Weekend 8:25pm King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued The Monarchy 9:25pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Real Marigold Hotel 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:45pm Insert Name Here 12:15am People Just Do Nothing 12:45am People Just Do Nothing

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7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10pm Ninja Warrior 1:10pm Scorpion 2:05pm You've Been Framed! 3:10pm Mr Bean's Holiday 4:10pm FYI Daily 4:15pm Mr Bean's Holiday 5:00pm Beethoven 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm Beethoven 6:50pm Celebrity Catchphrase 7:50pm The Mummy Returns 8:50pm FYI Daily 8:55pm The Mummy Returns 10:20pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 11:20pm The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 11:50pm Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 12:50am FYI Daily 12:55am Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2:10am Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands

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

CITV ITV News Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show USA The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Tipping Point Doc Martin The Martin Lewis Money Show The Chase Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed! Ninja Warrior UK Take Me Out The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News and Weather Jurassic Park III Jackpot 247

8:00pm 9:00pm 10:20pm 12:05am 12:35am 12:56am 1:17am 1:38am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 3:30am

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Don't Tell the Bride Top Gear Meet the Parents Russell Howard's Good News Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Russell Howard's Good News Siblings The Revolution Will be Televised The Revolution Will be Televised

8:00pm How Earth Made Us 9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm The Young Montalbano 11:45pm Annabel's Nightclub: A String of Naked Lightbulbs 12:45am Je t'aime: The Story of French Song with Petula Clark

7:00am Movies Now The latest movie news and reviews. 7:10am On the Buses 7:35am Where the Heart is 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:40am Where the Heart is 10:45am A Touch of Frost 1:00pm Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 2:00pm FYI Daily 2:05pm Blue Murder at St. Trinian's 2:50pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 4:00pm The Return of Sherlock Holmes 5:00pm Columbo 7:05pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 1:05am Blue Murder 2:40am Man About the House 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping

7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am King of Queens 8:30am King of Queens 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am 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 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 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 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm Walking Through Time 10:00pm Prisoners 1:00am Friday the 13th 2:45am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:55am Undercover Boss Canada

7:00am Milkshake! 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:35pm Fail Army 1:00pm Police Interceptors 2:00pm Benefits, Babies and Jail 3:00pm Benefits: Can't Work, Won't Work 4:00pm Benefits 5:00pm Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim 6:00pm Now That's Funny! 7:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 8:00pm World War II in Colour 9:00pm Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Championship 11:00pm Goal Rush 11:30pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 12:25am Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 1:15am Super Casino

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9:10am Rage 10:55am Sword of Vengeance 12:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 3:00pm The Matrix 5:30pm Clash of the Titans 7:25pm Sword of Vengeance 9:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 11:30pm The Matrix 2:00am Rage 3:45am Jaws

11:45am 12:10pm 12:40pm 1:05pm 2:35pm 3:35pm 3:40pm 4:10pm 5:10pm 5:15pm 7:00pm

9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am 1:05am

Movies Now Motorway Patrol Ax Men Bundesliga HSBC World Rugby 7s Series Highlights Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars No Name on the Bullet FYI Daily No Name on the Bullet Dunkirk FYI Daily Dunkirk FIA Formula e Championship Live: Argentina Storage Wars Escape From New York FYI Daily Escape From New York The Return FYI Daily

7:50am 9:55am 11:55am 1:50pm 3:30pm 5:05pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 10:45pm 12:30am 2:25am 4:05am

Pretty Woman Splash St. Vincent Bad Neighbours Office Space Splash Get Smart Bad Neighbours St. Vincent Cop Out My Man is a Loser Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 5:35am Doctor Dolittle

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 1:30pm 2:30pm 4:05pm 4:35pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 10:00pm 12:10am 1:15am 2:15am 3:05am 3:30am 4:00am 4:25am 4:50am

Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me The Jump The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Bridesmaids. Gogglebox Gogglebox Virtually Famous The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd The IT Crowd 2 Broke Girls

7:00am Mountain Men 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:00am The Boy Next Door 10:45am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 12:30pm Chappie Special 1:00pm The Boy Next Door 2:45pm Mountain Men 4:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 5:00pm Tomorrowland 7:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Tomorrowland 11:15pm Return to Sender 1:00am Bound to Vengeance 2:30am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. Comedy-drama. 4:15am Return to Sender Things take a dark turn when a nurse goes on a blind date with a man who is not who he claims to be.

SATURDAY TV

7:00am Cricket 9:00am Game Changers 9:30am Barclays Premier League World 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Football 3:45pm Viral Videos of the Month 4:00pm Super League Highlights 4:15pm Boxing Gold 4:30pm Boxing Gold 5:00pm Boxing Gold 5:30pm Boxing Gold 6:00pm Ford Saturday Night Football 9:00pm SNF: Game of the Day 11:00pm SNF: Match Choice 12:30am SNF: Match Choice 2:00am SNF: Match Choice 3:30am SNF: Match Choice 5:00am BPL Legends 5:30am BPL Legends Series profiling some of the greatest players to grace the Barclays Premier League.

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

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7:00am Breakfast 8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:15pm The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm Pointless 6:35pm Nature's Miracle Orphans 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm War and Peace 11:20pm BBC News 11:40pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Match of the Day 2 12:55am In the Valley of Elah

7:05am A to Z of TV Gardening 7:50am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:35am Monty Don's Secret History of the British Garden 9:35am Countryfile 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Best Bakes Ever 12:45pm NFL 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm We Dive at Dawn 3:30pm None But the Brave 5:15pm Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? 6:15pm Flog It! 7:15pm Ski Sunday 8:00pm Six Nations Highlights 9:00pm Greece with Simon Reeve 10:00pm James May's Cars of the People 11:00pm Patrick Kielty's Mulholland Drive 11:50pm NFL Live Super Bowl L. 4:30am Countryfile 5:30am Holby City

7:00am CITV 10:25am Formula e Highlights Highlights of all the day's Formula E action. 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:20pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:30pm Off Their Rockers 2:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 3:00pm Rugby 6 Nations Live: Ireland v Wales. 6:15pm Catchphrase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm Planet's Got Talent 8:00pm Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Rookie Cops 12:15am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:35pm Take Me Out 1:55pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 3:00pm Grease Live 5:55pm Minion Madness 6:10pm Despicable Me 7:10pm FYI Daily 7:15pm Despicable Me 8:00pm Legally Blonde 9:00pm FYI Daily 9:05pm Legally Blonde 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm American Pie: The Wedding 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am American Pie: The Wedding 12:55am Forgetting Sarah Marshall 1:55am FYI Daily 2:00am Forgetting Sarah Marshall 3:00am Planet's Funniest Animals

8:45pm 10:00pm 11:50pm 12:12am 12:35am 12:55am 1:15am 1:40am 2:10am 2:35am 3:05am 3:35am 4:00am 4:30am

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The Voice UK Meet the Fockers Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Family Guy Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo

8:00pm Montalbano and Me: Andrea Camilleri 8:50pm Red Stag Rut 9:00pm Russia's Lost Princesses 10:00pm The Toughest Horse Race in the World: Palio 11:30pm History of the Eagles 1:30am Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 2:30am Rock 'N' Roll America

7:00am 7:10am 7:35am 8:00am 8:30am 9:30am 9:35am 10:20am 11:20am 12:25pm 2:30pm 3:45pm 4:50pm 6:55pm 9:00pm

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Movies Now Rising Damp On the Buses On the Buses Blue Murder at St. Trinian's FYI Daily Blue Murder at St. Trinian's Heartbeat Heartbeat Columbo The Return of Sherlock Holmes The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Agatha Christie's Marple Midsomer Murders Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant Caroline Quentin's National Parks Mrs Biggs Hamlet FYI Daily

7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am King of Queens 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:30pm Location, Location, Location 3:35pm Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 5:15pm The Simpsons 5:45pm The Simpsons 6:15pm Channel 4 News 6:35pm X-Men 8:30pm The Jump 10:00pm Deutschland 83 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:05am Alien 3 2:05am Embarrassing Bodies 3:00am Come Dine with Me 3:25am Come Dine with Me 3:55am Come Dine with Me

7:00am Milkshake! 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am The Championship Football League Tonight. 12:30pm Goal Rush Football League Tonight. 1:00pm Fail Army 1:30pm Police Interceptors 3:20pm My Favorite Martian 5:05pm Alvin and the Chipmunks 6:50pm 5 News 6:55pm Little Nicky 8:25pm Zoolander 10:00pm The Internship 12:25am The Green Hornet 2:40am Super Casino 4:10am Ancient Mysteries More information will be available closer to broadcast. 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am House Doctor 5:50am House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.

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7:00am The Patriot 9:50am Captain America: The Winter Soldier 12:10pm Reign of Fire 2:00pm John Wick 4:00pm Ride Along 5:45pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 8:05pm Reign of Fire 10:00pm John Wick 12:00am Ride Along

4:30pm 5:30pm 5:35pm 6:10pm 7:10pm 7:15pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am 1:05am

Goals of the 70s Motorway Patrol Ax Men Ax Men The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Counting Cars Counting Cars The Classic Car Show No Name on the Bullet FYI Daily No Name on the Bullet Dunkirk FYI Daily Dunkirk Rugby Highlights Nighthawks FYI Daily Nighthawks Apocalypse Now FYI Daily

8:30am Jack Frost 10:15am Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 12:00pm The Simpsons Movie 1:35pm Unfinished Business 3:15pm Big Daddy 4:55pm Trainwreck Sky Movies Special 5:15pm The Simpsons Movie 7:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 9:00pm Unfinished Business 10:45pm The Heartbreak Kid 12:45am Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny

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

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 School of Rock The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers Rude Tube The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners

7:00am Mountain Men 8:45am The Danish Girl: Special 9:00am The Boy Next Door 10:45am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 12:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:00pm Mountain Men 2:45pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 3:15pm The Boy Next Door 5:00pm Tomorrowland 7:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Tomorrowland 11:15pm Return to Sender 1:00am Bound to Vengeance 2:30am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. 4:15am Return to Sender Things take a dark turn when a nurse goes on a blind date with a man who is not who he claims to be.

SUNDAY TV

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SNF: Match Choice Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Ford Super Sunday Ford Super Sunday La Liga Football Ronaldo: Real Madrid's Greatest A special feature on three-time FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo. NFL NFL A look at the career of NFL legend Joe Greene. NFL A look back at the legacy of the late Vince Lombardi.

7:00am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 11:30am Cricket's Greatest 12:00pm Cricket's Greatest 12:30pm Cricket Classic 12:45pm Cricket Classic 1:00pm Football 3:45pm Spanish Gold 3:55pm Football 6:00pm Football 8:15pm Football League Goals 9:15pm Sky Sports Originals 10:15pm Goals on Sunday 11:15pm Ford Football Special 12:45am Cricket Classic 1:00am La Liga 1:30am Premier League 100 Club A celebration of some of the finest goalscorers in Barclays Premier League history. 2:00am Cricket New Zealand host in Hamilton for the third ODI in their series.

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 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 Escape to the Country 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 Panorama 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Tracey Ullman's Show 12:15am Crimewatch

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 Coast 2:05pm The Pallisers 3:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm Best of Themed Cooking 5:15pm Nature's Great Events 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great American Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking 10:00pm Rick Stein's Taste of Shanghai 11:00pm Insert Name Here 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Greece with Simon Reeve

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 Car Crash Britain 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am Coronation Street 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Bourne Identity 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Bourne Identity 12:20am Plebs 12:55am Plebs

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Siblings 12:00am American Dad! 12:22am American Dad! 12:45am Family Guy 1:07am Family Guy 1:30am Siblings 2:00am Bad Education 2:30am Bad Education 3:00am Bad Education 3:30am Bad Education 4:00am Bad Education

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:00pm Northern Italy Unpacked 10:00pm Addicted to Sheep 11:00pm The Fruit and Veg Market: Inside New Spitalfields 12:00am The Great War 12:40am The Great War

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:35am The Royal 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm Rising Damp 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 2:05am Where the Heart is 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:00pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Supershoppers 10:00pm Royal Navy Sailor School 11:00pm Crashing 11:35pm Tattoo Fixers 12:35am Bodyshockers 1:35am Keeping Up with the Khans

7:00am 7:55am 8:50am 9:50am 10:55am 12:00pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 1:55pm 2:55pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:00am 3:00am 3:05am 3:30am 3:55am 4:00am

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 Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars The Chase: Celebrity Special Ax Men Bundesliga Rugby Highlights The Return FYI Daily The Return Nitro Circus ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:55pm 12:55am 1:50am 2:15am 4:10am 5:00am 5:25am 5:45am

7:00am 9:40am 11:35am 2:00pm 4:15pm 6:20pm 9:00pm 11:15pm 1:15am 3:40am

The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Fatal Friends 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Ice Road Truckers Fail Army The X Files The X Files Gotham JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence That's So...1982 Lip Sync Battle UK Super Casino Autopsy Wildlife SOS HouseBusters House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.

The Da Vinci Code Seventh Son American Sniper Die Hard Die Hard 2 The Da Vinci Code American Sniper Seventh Son Die Hard Die Hard 2

8:50am Stir Crazy 10:50am The Opposite Sex 12:40pm The Top Ten Show 2016 1:00pm The Hangover 2:55pm Dragnet 4:55pm Never Been Kissed 6:55pm Trainwreck Sky Movies Special 7:10pm Good Luck Chuck 9:00pm The Hangover 10:45pm Team America: World Police 12:30am Superfast

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

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement The Big Bang Theory 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 New Girl New Gir The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Mountain Men 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:00am The Boy Next Door 10:45am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 12:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:00pm Mountain Men 2:45pm The Boy Next Door 4:30pm Chappie Special 5:00pm Tomorrowland 7:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Tomorrowland 11:15pm Return to Sender 1:00am Bound to Vengeance 2:30am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. Comedy-drama. 4:15am Return to Sender Things take a dark turn when a nurse goes on a blind date with a man who is not who he claims to be.

MONDAY TV

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:30am 11:45am 12:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 12:45am 1:00am 3:30am 5:30am 5:45am

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

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Goals on Sunday Ford Football Special La Liga La Liga NFL Super Bowl Football League Goals Goals on Sunday NFL Super Bowl Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Football League Goals Ford Monday Night Football Fantasy Football Club Highlights La Liga La Liga MNF Highlights The Premier League Years Football Gold Football Gold A chance to relive some classic matches from the English top flight.

Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket Classic NFL Super Bowl Cricket Time of Our Lives ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Cricket Adam Gilchrist Masterclass Adam Gilchrist Masterclass Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Best of ICC WT20 Best of ICC WT20 ICC U19 World Cup Cricket NFL Super Bowl Football ICC U19 World Cup Cricket Super League Fulltime Cricket's Greatest Time of Our Lives Sporting Heroes Adam Gilchrist Masterclass

E W N 4 - 10 February 2016 / Costa del Sol

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 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 Escape to the Country 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 Happy Valley 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:45pm Live at the Apollo 12:15am Troll Hunters 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:45am Emergency Rescue Down Under 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 2:15pm The Super League Show 3:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm Best of Themed Cooking 5:15pm Nature's Great Events 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great American Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge 9:00pm Back in Time for the Weekend 10:00pm The Real Marigold Hotel 11:00pm Phone Shop Idol 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm The Kyle Files 9:00pm Sugar Free Farm 10:00pm Car Crash Britain 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm River Monsters Extreme angler Jeremy Wade goes to extraordinary lengths in his mission to ome face to race with real river mosnters 12:40am Double Decker Driving School 1:10am Jackpot 247

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:05am Emmerdale 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am Coronation Street 10:35am Catchphrase 11:20am Dinner Date 12:20pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm 300 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm 300 12:20am Mom 12:50am Two and a Half Men 1:20am Two and a Half Men

9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Professor Green: ยบ Hidden and Homeless 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am Family Guy 12:37am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:20am Family Guy 1:45am Professor Green: Hidden and Homeless 2:40am The Virtual Reality Virgin 3:10am The Revolution Will be Televised

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:00pm Natural World Special 10:00pm Russia's Lost Princesses 11:00pm The Docklands Bomb: Executing Peace 12:00am Addicted to Sheep

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:30am Where the Heart is 9:35am The Royal 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 12:00pm The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1:05pm Murder, She Wrote 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:10pm 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 Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Lewis 1:00am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 2:05am Where the Heart is 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:10pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:00pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm The Supervet 11:00pm How the Rich Get Hitched 12:00am First Dates

7:00am 7:50am 8:50am 9:50am 10:55am 11:55am 12:55pm 1:25pm 1:55pm 2:55pm 3:55pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:25pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am 12:10am 1:20am 2:20am 2:25am 3:15am 4:00am

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 The Chase: Celebrity Special River Monsters Mercury Rising FYI Daily Mercury Rising Nighthawks FYI Daily Nighthawks Ax Men Teleshopping Innovative, valuefor-money products brought directly to you at home.

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 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Home and Away Neighbours NCIS A Deadly Encounter 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News The Dog Rescuers Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun The Great British Benefit Handout The Last Hours of Robin Williams The X Files Nevada Triangle: Missing Evidence Super Casino 10,000 BC Wildlife SOS HouseBusters House Doctor Home improvement series that works its magic on neglected homes.

9:00am Air Force One 11:15am Sword of Vengeance 1:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 3:20pm Everest: Sky Movies Special 3:50pm Fury 6:20pm Clash of the Titans 8:20pm Sword of Vengeance 10:00pm Kingsman: The Secret Service 12:15am Fury

7:10am Patch Adams 9:15am Mr Woodcock 10:55am A Million Ways to Die in the West 1:00pm Tammy 2:50pm The Waterboy 4:30pm Trainwreck Sky Movies Special 4:50pm Me, Myself and Irene 6:55pm Wedding Crashers 9:00pm Tammy 10:45pm A Million Ways to Die in the West 12:45am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:15am The Art of the Steal 3:50am Kid Cannabis

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

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement New Girl New Girl 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 New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Goldbergs Tattoo Fixers Virtually Famous The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Mountain Men 8:45am The Danish Girl: Special 9:00am The Boy Next Door 10:45am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 12:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:00pm Mountain Men 2:45pm The Boy Next Door 4:30pm Tomorrowland 6:45pm Inside Out: Special 7:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Tomorrowland 11:15pm Return to Sender 1:00am Bound to Vengeance 2:30am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. Comedy-drama. 4:15am Return to Sender Things take a dark turn when a nurse goes on a blind date with a man who is not who he claims to be.

TUESDAY TV

7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 12:30pm 12:45pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:40pm 2:50pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:15pm 12:30pm 12:45pm 1:00pm 1:15am 1:30am 1:45am 2:00am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown! Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits MNF Highlights Football Gold Football Gold La Liga Goals BPL Legends Football Gold Football Gold Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket Classics Fantasy Football Club Highlights ATP 500 MastersRotterdam Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs La Liga World 2015

7:00am ICC U19 World Cup Cricket 11:30am Cricket's Greatest 12:00pm Cricket 9:00pm Cricket's Greatest 9:30pm Cricket's Greatest 10:00pm La Liga: Barcelona's 3 Kings 10:30pm Ronaldo: Real Madrid's Greatest 11:00pm Cricket 12:00am NFL Series profiling some of the most significant and spectacular names in the history of American football. 1:00am Sporting Heroes 2:00am Cricket's Greatest 2:30am Cricket's Greatest 3:00am Cricket's Greatest 3:30am Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. 4:00am Cricket Classic Former players and celebrities explain why they are so passionate about cricket. 4:10am Cricket Classic

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 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 Escape to the Country 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 New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am Film 2016 12:45am Man of the Year

8:00am Wanted Down Under 8:45am Emergency Rescue Down Under 9:15am Close Calls: On Camera 9:45am Mary Berry's Foolproof Cooking 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:05pm The Pallisers 3:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm Best of Themed Cooking 5:15pm Nature's Great Events 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great American Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge 9:00pm ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 10:00pm How to Die: Simon's Choice 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Russell Howard's Good News

8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:20pm 12:20am 12:42am 1:05am 1:30am 1:50am 3:20am 3:50am 4:00am 4:30am

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:00pm Tales from the Royal Wardrobe with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm Queen Elizabeth I: A Timewatch Guide 11:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 12:00am Russia's Lost Princesses

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:10pm Four in a Bed 2:40pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:00pm Come Dine Champion of Champions 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Posh Pawn 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Bodyshockers 12:05am Royal Navy Sailor School

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 2:15am

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

Milkshake! The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Benefits Home and Away Neighbours NCIS My Family's Secret 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door GPs: Behind Closed Doors Violent Child, Desperate Parents 10,000 BC Hannibal Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 10,000 BC Wildlife SOS HouseBusters House Doctor

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WEDNESDAY TV

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement New Girl 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 New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls Battleship Supernatural The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox Supernatural

7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm

7:00pm 7:30pm 11:30pm 12:00am 2:00am

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 Documentary investigating the problem of parking as the frequency of traffic increases more and more. 12:40am The Kyle Files 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am Nightscreen

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 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 Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Sex and the City 2 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Sex and the City 2 12:55am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 1:30am Two and a Half Men 1:55am Two and a Half Men 2:20am Scorpion 3:05am The Hot Desk

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Royal 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1:00pm Murder, She Wrote 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:55pm In Loving Memory 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 Champney's 11:00pm Lewis 1:05am The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 2:05am Where the Heart is 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

7:00am Football's Greatest Thierry Henry 7:05am The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminal-intelligence agents. 7:55am The Sweeney 8:50am Shed and Buried 9:50am Minder 10:55am Magnum, P.I. 11:55am The Sweeney 1:00pm Pawn Stars 1:30pm Pawn Stars 1:55pm Shed and Buried 2:55pm The Professionals 3:55pm Magnum, P.I. 4:55pm Minder 6:00pm The Sweeney 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars Texas 9:30pm Storage Wars Texas 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm The Long Kiss Goodnight 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05am The Long Kiss Goodnight 1:25am The Fog 2:25am FYI Daily 2:30am The Fog

10:30am Captain America: The Winter Soldier 1:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 3:30pm The Rock 5:50pm Rage 7:40pm Captain America: The Winter Soldier 10:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 12:30am The Rock 2:50am Brick Mansions

9:35am Bad News Bears 11:25am Doctor Dolittle 2 1:05pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 3:15pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 5:25pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 7:25pm Balls of Fury 9:00pm The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:10pm White Men Can't Jump 1:20am The Hooligan Factory

7:00am Mountain Men 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:00am The Boy Next Door 10:45am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 12:30pm Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 1:00pm The Boy Next Door 2:45pm Mountain Men 4:30pm Chappie Special 5:00pm Tomorrowland 7:15pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Tomorrowland 11:15pm Return to Sender 1:00am Bound to Vengeance 2:30am Just Before I Go A suicidal pet store manager returns to his hometown to settle old scores. Comedy-drama. 4:15am Return to Sender Things take a dark turn when a nurse goes on a blind date with a man who is not who he claims to be.

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Famous quote

This week

MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

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Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. Muhammad Ali

in history 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Empire to Caracalla and Geta. 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1194 - £100,000 ransom is paid for Richard I, King of England. 1540 - The first recorded horse race meeting in England, in Chester. 1649 - Prince of Wales proclaimed King Charles II of Great Britain by Parliament of Scotland. 1836 - HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen’s Land (Tasmania). 1895 - Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts, USA. 1900 - Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup. 1935 - ‘Monopoly’ board game goes on sale for first time. 1937 - First Charlie Chaplin talkie, ‘Modern Times,’ released. 1938 - Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazis in key posts. 1945 - Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss the final phase of the war. 1952 - Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne. 1964 - Cassius Clay converts to Islam, and is renamed Muhammad Ali. 1969 - The Palestine National Congress appoints Yasser Arafat chairman of the PLO. 1969 - Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight. 1974 - IRA bomb explodes on a bus in West Yorkshire, carrying British soldiers and family. 1971 - The Nasdaq stock market index debuts. 1977 - Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ released. 1982 - British airline Laker Airways collapses owing £270million. 1997 - OJ Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson. 2003 - Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution. 2004 - Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room. 2014 - Same-sex marriage is legalised in Scotland.

Women’s wit

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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance. Nancy Pelosi

World of English

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I am better than God. More Evil than the devil. Poor people have me. The rich people want me and if you eat me you’ll die. What am I? Answer: Nothing.

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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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Benidorm

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18 11 C 17 8 Sh 16 9 C

Madrid

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18 7 C 22 13 Cl 22 10 C Sn Snow,

UK THUNDERBALL

IRISH LOTTO

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EVEREST Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur. Released through: Universal Pictures Starring: Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Michael Kelly, Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington. STIRRED by the unbelievable events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of Everest, the world’s highest mountain, this film chronicles the breathtaking journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their courage tested by the severest elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for existence.

Manuel Orantes, February 5, Tennis Player Spanish tennis player born in Granada who won just one grand slam title in America although he reached world number two in the rankings and won 22 doubles titles. After retiring he was very involved in the tennis academy which bears his name.

George A Romero, February 4, Film Director, 76 American director of the iconic horror film Night of the Living Dead and the various sequels that show the destruction of the American capitalist system through his Zombie films. His nickname is the ‘Zombie Godfather.’ Axl Rose, February 6, Rock Singer, 54 One of the ‘bad boys’ of rock and roll, he came to fame as the singer with Guns N’ Roses, renowned for his high octane stage performance and hit singles such as Paradise City and Sweet Child o’ Mine. Eddie Izzard, February 7, Actor and Comedian, 54 Cross-dressing British actor and comedian who was born in Aden and is known for his rambling comic delivery which he can deliver in a number of languages. Has appeared in a number of successful films and ran 43 marathons in 51 days to raise funds for sports relief. John Grisham, February 8, Novelist, 61 American novelist who is the bestselling writer of legal thrillers, many of which have been turned into very successful films. His best known works include The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and A Time to Kill. Mia Farrow, February 9, Actress, 71 Daughter of actress Maureen O’Sullivan and acclaimed actress in her own right, she has been married to Andre Previn, Frank Sinatra and latterly Woody Allen from whom she had a particularly acrimonious split. Paul Hollywood, February 10, Baker and TV Presenter, 50 For many years a baker who worked in the family business as well as in hotels before writing a number of books on the subject. Is now one of the two judges in the highly successful Great British Bake Off which he tried to export to the USA but with little success.

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Unscramble the name of a current Premier League manager: BIZARRE MOOR TENT

Two cows in a field. The first cow said “moo” the second cow said “baaaa.” The first cow asked the second cow, “why did you say baaaa?” The second cow said, “I’m learning a foreign language.”

Unscramble the name of a famous television sitcom first broadcast in 1976 (three words): HELP OUR SALON FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ, OPEN ALL HOURS.

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

AUNTIE BEETLE BRIDLE BULLET DEPUTE ENABLE (10) INTONE LAUREL LINDEN LOAVES

LUMBER MEMBER RAISIN RENDER SALOON SENIOR SORTIE SPARKY UPROAR

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 System 2 Sextet 3 Stance 4 Nettle 5 Extent 6 Citron 7 Attest 8 Cordon 9 Attain 10 Stormy 11 Rudder 12 Acuity 13 Debtor 14 Tenure 15 Amoeba 16 Lambda 17 Camber 18 Mallet 19 Jumble

YOUR STARS PISCES (February 20 - March 20) What will really be appreciated this week is if you will give your time to others. I realise that your life is busy but the emotional rewards from helping someone will be more than worth it. To see yourself in a truly positive light, imagine being in the positions of those round you. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Surprising and happy news about the 30th really puts some bounce into you. Having been so busy recently, you may not have noticed that someone has a special interest in you. Another surprise then, but how will you react? TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Family members bring a sparkle to your eyes and a spring to your step. When there is so much going on it is easy to forget how much we are part of a whole. If you have neglected keeping in contact of late, this serves to remind you to try to do better. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A trip to the cinema or theatre makes you take notice and may even shock. There are many things in life that normally do not touch us but, once we are aware, there seems to be a need for action. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Expecting others to automatically

AQUARIUS

(January 21- February 19)

An area in which you have experience means that you are able to help someone close this week. Keep the advice free from personal opinions wherever possible. Some upsets on a day-to-day basis are all minor and will pass.

know what you want is unrealistic. Even dropping heavy hints can go well astray of the mark. Although it is unpalatable to your sensitivity, plain talking is needed. Stop wanting everyone to like you and your personality will grow in leaps and bounds. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Oh, gosh, this is a really sensitive time for Leos. Although it is easy to upset you, it is equally easy to fire your enthusiasm. Anyone considering not keeping a promise or appointment with you should beware because they will be whipped into shape. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) This is a week of deep thinking and meaningful conversations. Someone’s opinion of you reaches your ears and pleases you greatly. Work that has been progressing at home faces hold-ups and tact is needed to avoid a row. Some compromise is required at work, perhaps related to a planned holiday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Take extra care where finances concern your home. A legal matter should be considered carefully. When planning home improvements, get plenty of good advice and do not trust your heart. A new activity means new friends.

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10-Star Quiz LOVE IS IN THE AIR With St Valentine’s Day just around the corner, this week’s quiz is all about lovers 1. According to D H Lawrence, what was the name of Lady Chatterley’s lover? 2. According to Paul Simon’s 1976 hit single, how many ways are there to leave your lover? 3. Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin was the real name of which French novelist who had much publicised romantic affairs with composer Frédéric Chopin and writer Alfred de Musset? 4. Consider one of the greatest albums of its era, who recorded the 1956 LP Songs for Swingin’ Lovers? 5. What are the names of either of the two main stars of the 1970s television sitcom by Jack Rosenthal, The Lovers? 6. What are the surnames of Shakespeare’s two ‘starcross’d lovers’? 7. Which 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features the song Hello Young Lovers? 8. Which American playwright, screenwriter and author wrote the award-winning comedy play Last of the Red Hot Lovers, which premiered on Broadway in 1969? 9. Which famous Russian composer did Richard Chamberlain play in the 1970 film The Music Lovers? 10. Which singer was backed by the Modern Lovers on his 1977 hit singles Roadrunner and Egyptian Reggae? Not a lot of people know that... in Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentine’s Day card. 1. Oliver MELLORS, 2. 50 (FIFTY), 3. George SAND, 4. Frank SINATRA. 5. Richard BECKINSALE and Paula WILCOX as Geoffrey and Beryl, 6. Romeo MONTAGUE and Juliet CAPULET, 7. THE KING AND I, 8. Neil SIMON, 9. Peter Ilich TCHAIKOVSKY, 10. Jonathan RICHMAN

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

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Being protective of those close does not mean worrying all the time. With their co-operation, the burden, welcome though it may be, can be lightened. There is the opportunity to have fun with some young friends, which may not come again for some time. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Be determined to make a budget and stick to it. Even if you are arranging a holiday, resist the urge to splash out. Because this is such a busy week, it may not seem that there is time to read the small print. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) With a big event coming up, you need someone to give plenty of love and support. Starting a new interest could lead you into their path. Going for looks alone will do you no favours. Be as broad-minded as possible when it comes to making friends.

TARGET: Average: 7 Good: 10 Very good: 14 Excellent: 18

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION blah dahl dhal haar hale hand hard hare head heal hear held herb herd rhea aahed ahead haled haler hared heard rehab handle harden herald herbal halberd handler HANDLEBAR

It’s About Time Hank Williams Jr. Released through: Nash Icon Country vet rocks out at 66. Country music’s cranky uncle has been running a successful cottage industry in right-leaning, media-baiting outlaw posturing for decades. His latest showcases an admirably hot band, with guests including Eric Church - see the fiddle-spiked, gospel-tinged take on Neil Young’s ‘Are You Ready for the Country?’ But the party gets weird around ‘God and Guns,’ a hard-rock NRA hand job that’s meat-headed and inflammatory.

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Crossword

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

Across: 1 Base, 4 Socrates, 8 Strewn, 9 Shaken, 10 Urge, 11 Slapdash, 13 Controversial, 16 Innocent, 19 Shot, 20 Legend, 22 Clever, 23 Managers, 24 Thaw.

Across 1 Wrong dosage for an old sailor (3,3) 4 Swan taking donkey round trees (6) 9 Old coin Rex found in butter! (5) 10 A small laboratory takes on a graduate in America (7) 11 In forest, ran, getting split up (8) 12 The lady drunk mead (4) 14 Extremes of society stalk organisation (6) 16 Prevents the desert crumbling (6) 19 Trade on the coast of Kent (4) 20 Game scars Leo badly (8) 23 Monsters created from dead organs (7) 24 What was a performance to be precise (5) 25 Small hole, it’s surrounded by water, reportedly (6) 26 He takes a chance on being restored to health (6)

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CRYPTIC

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Cryptic

Down 1 Small seals sing when set about (7) 2 On the subject of a boxing match (5) 3 Oldfashioned duet at do is wrong (8) 5 Scare away Old Bob’s feline (4) 6 English gent consumed spring (7) 7 Embarrass bogus engineer (5) 8 Push river transport (5)

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Down: 2 Afternoon, 3 Element, 4 Sinks, 5 Cascade, 6 Award, 7 Eye, 12 Soap opera, 14 Overdue, 15 Suspect, 17 Omega, 18 Ticks, 21 Era.

QUICK Across:

13 Having stopped working, right, I need the end of the day to recover (8) 15 How old is bird in Dorset seaside resort? (7) 17 Around lake there’s poor protection (7) 18 Light wood from herbal samples (5) 19 Western city to avoid (5) 21 Tin found in street is barely sufficient (5) 22 It’s the judge’s habit to steal a note (4) Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 12 represents G and 17 represents F, so fill in G every time the figure 12 appears and F every time the figure 17 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 7 Dealt with (7) 9 Similar (5) 10 Fitting (3) 11 Courier (9) 12 Acquires (5) 14 Immediate (7) 16 Trying out (7) 18 Fragment (5) 19 Choice (9) 20 Vat (3) 21 Vision (5) 22 Unfriendly (7)

Down 1 Uncurved (8) 2 Pulsate (4) 3 Embosses (6) 4 Tags (6) 5 Shame (8) 6 Alcoholic drink (4) 8 Differentiate (11) 13 Affronted (8) 15 Shook (8) 17 Earnings (6) 18 Penalise (6) 19 Facet (4) 20 Slim (4)

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

1 Catch, 4 Kisses, 9 Started, 10 Steel, 11 Link, 12 Private, 13 Set, 14 Edge, 16 Easy, 18 Odd, 20 Orchard, 21 Vast, 24 Drama, 25 Unhappy, 26 Needed, 27 Trend. Down: 1 Costly, 2 Train, 3 Hate, 5 Inspired, 6 Seesaws, 7 Solved, 8 Adapt, 13 Separate, 15 Declare, 17 Golden, 18 Odour, 19 Stayed, 22 Apple, 23 Shut.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Autumn, 4 Debt, 8 Tyres, 9 Enter, 10 Relampago, 13 Brave, 15 Cielo, 16 Echo, 17 Morena. Down: 1 Acta, 2 Torre, 3 Messages, 5 Eat, 6 Tar, 7 Despacio, 11 Geese, 12 Boca, 13 Bee, 14 Ash.

CODE BREAKER

Across 1 Streets (6) 3 Brazos (de persona) (4) 7 Dedo del pie (3) 9 Canal (7) 10 Manzano (5-4) 13 London (7) 14 Mar (3) 15 Equipo (deporte) (4) 16 Married (6)

Down 1 Appointment (with client, bank manager etc) (4) 2 Stairs (8) 4 Corredores (atletas) (7) 5 Seda (4) 6 Ghost (8) 8 Sponge (for washing) (7) 11 Plano (llano) (4) 12 Healthy (person, plant, mind) (4)

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VIRTUAL REALITY: Let your imagination take over. through a pioneering virtual reality headset. The idea is that you would feel like the ant walking among the giant towers of Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus. Given possible advances in computer programming, many feel it is a probability that our own existence is a virtual reality created by an alien race or a future version of the humanity we think we know. 6. Artificial intelligence: Last week researchers created a computer programme that managed to defeat a human at the highly intricate and instinctive Chinese board game Go. While sentience may be far off into the future as the riddle of human consciousness continues to abound, more immediate threats come from automated weapons systems. Changes in A I are likely to trickle slowly into our lives until we can’t imagine a world without it. 7. Anti-aging: Speak to most futurologists and they will firmly believe that soon we will possess the capacity for immortality. The science is rapidly developing in the gerontology field as advances in medical technology look to reverse the causes of aging in the near future. Treating aging as a disease, rather than as an inevitability, shows their belief that life-spans of millennia will be considered normal. 8. Mind downloading: Once we can reverse engineer the DNA of the human

brain and map its neural system, and create a computer with the same processing power of the brain, the notion of downloading our minds onto a computer becomes a reality. Neither technology is far off and pioneers such as Ray Kurzweil fully expect this capacity to arrive within decades. It would raise profound philosophical questions over the nature of consciousness and the existence of the soul. 9. Mind uploading: Similar technology to downloading would enable scientists to create an extension of the human neocortex within the cloud online. This would allow us to vastly advance the computational power of the human brain by hooking us up to powerful computer systems, the internet and transforming our consciousness entirely. Once we become more intelligent, the future becomes indecipherable by definition. 10. Singularity: This leads us onto a controversial topic in scientific breakthroughs, the singularity. This is the notion that once we create an intelligence more powerful than our own, whether biologically or artificially, that new technology will by definition be able to create an even more powerful intelligence which will in turn be able to do the same and so on until intelligence reaches levels trillions of times more powerful than our own.

Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION must muster music mend menu mewed deism deity decree decry deem deems deceit deer need scum scene stir stew stewed steer sitter site sire cede cite city ewer eerie tier tire terry text iced wend weed weir weer wist wits witty wire wirer wets were wrist writ writs write wren cried crew crewed crier creed rice riced rite reed renew recede iris

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Future scientific breakthroughs

THE future doesn’t need us according to scientist Bill Joy who analysed current trends in science and technology and concluded that with progress being made at an astronomical speed, an explosion of super intelligence is inevitable and will reduce humanity as we know it to the fossil record. It may happen much sooner than you think. 1. Trains: Magnetic levitation trains are already in development in Japan and use superconducting magnets instead of wheels allowing trains to ‘float’ and be pulled along at hyper-speed by gravitational forces. Advanced theories anticipate trains travelling at speeds of 4,000 mph allowing passengers to reach Beijing from New York in two hours. 2. Nanotechnology: Is the manipulation of matter at a molecular level with vast applications for medicine. Measured in nanometres, which come in a billionth of a metre, technologies will soon be able to alter cellular composition to tackle a wide variety of diseases. It is expected that within around 15 years, nanotechnology will have the capacity to manufacture robotic red blood cells. 3. Four-dimensional printing: While 3D printing has already begun to have an enormous economic impact across the world and has even entered the family home, 4-D printing is hot on its heels. With the fourth dimension being time, 4-D printing will enable engineers to construct an object layer by layer using 3-D printing, but that object will have an inbuilt programming to change shape and morph into something different. 4. Nuclear fusion: Fusion is the process that powers stars and therefore offers an inconceivably large reservoir of potential energy should scientists be able to harness it. They have been trying to do so since the 1950’s but in recent years prototypes have finally been able to produce more energy than they use. Fusion energy can be used in interstellar space making deep space exploration feasible, while commercial reactors are expected by 2050. 5. Virtual reality: An exhibition later this year will allow people to digitally walk around Salvador Dali’s imagination

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less something’s snapped or broken. Get support – a physical support can help keep you mobile and, most importantly, stop you limping (which causes all kinds of problems later on). Always make sure your support is chosen and fitted by a professional. Get treatment – some physiotherapy will help to ease the pain and inflammation, and Magnetic Resonance Therapy (MRT) can help to strengthen and regenerate the ligaments for more serious injuries. Prevention – the best thing to

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A common problem on the coast’s naturist beaches DEAR Editor Having just finished reading the above article in the January 21 Costa del Sol edition (issue 1594) of the Euro Weekly News, I feel obliged to point out that this problem is not just limited to Artola beach in Marbella. I live in Estepona and there is the same problem at the naturist beach situated between the Elba five star hotel and the relatively new Fuerte Hotel, which is stopping many of the genuine naturists from enjoying the beach unmolested. The problem is not just confined to the beach, where between t h e t w o h o t e l s t h e r e i s a l a rg e tract of overgrown land in which these men ply their trade. I have reported this problem to the police in the past, which also includes prostitutes at the main roundabouts, just near to the Elba hotel. The situation becomes worse in the summer months, when many families with their children are visually subject to the sexual exploits of these men in broad daylight on the beach, which is totally unacceptable. Two years ago there was a large fire which burnt down the undergrowth on the adjoining land which left the site bare. So therefore with nowhere to hide, the situation stopped. However, as the land has now regrown giving cover, these men have returned in their droves. There have even been reports of men masturbating in the car parks adjacent to the main N340 in full view of the passing vehicles. If the Costa del Sol is going to be touted as a warm and friendly tourist destination to spend holidays with children, then this situation all along the coast needs to be seriously addressed and quickly. I also believe Cabopino naturist beach has similar issues. I am sure that the Tourist office would love to advertise the Costa del Sol as a pervert’s paradise! Ron Bennett, Estepona

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As your article states, our theme this year is “Don’t Stand B y. ” H i s t o r y s h o w s t h a t i f w e simply stand by, genocide freely takes place. Have we learned? On behalf of the community we thank you for the inclusion of the article All good wishes Gerry Crest, via email

A friend request HI Leapy, I send communications to you from time to time and wonder if you are on Facebook - I am a big fan and always look forward to your page in the Euro Weekly News. I send many of your articles to David Cameron. Peter A Smith, via email. Leapy Lee replies: Yes I am Peter. Apply for friends and I’ll accept you in. Thanks for your interest.

WHY do you think we’re having this unnecessary referendum? I’ll tell you. It is solely because the most weak-willed PM in the history of the UK was so afraid of his own Eurosceptic back benchers, that he called a referendum purely so he could stay in power and save his own political skin! How despicable is that? It’s not as if he has some grandiose plan for the UK - or even for Europe itself. His feeble ideas for trying to keep us in are simply laughable. I don’t think he even cares about the trouble and worry and strife he is stirring up. If he did, he wouldn't have created it by calling the referendum in the first place! Brian, via the website

Earthquake aftershocks MY wife and I were on holiday in Torre del Mar when this quake occurred and it was very strong with furniture banging against walls. The shaking lasted for approx 35 seconds. Aftershocks we felt that day numbered five in total. At a time like that you realise you are not in control of your life. H o w e v e r, h a v i n g l o o k e d a t a

quake internet site they seem to happen quite a lot. We lived in the hills above Torre for 11 years and never felt any quake. John, via the website

Thank you I WANTED to thank you for the coverage that you gave our silver anniversary. Twenty-three new members have joined our club as a result! Linda, Vice-President of the Field Club Fuengirola

Holocaust Memorial Day DEAR Michel and Steven, Thank you for the excellent article on page 31 of the January 28 issue (1595). Locally the Marbella and Estepona Jewish Community held a Commemoration Service and we listened to readings, which told of unimaginable horrific suffering.

Fugitives in Europe JUST to say about Europe’s most wanted site for fugitives, great idea! Why didn’t they think about it before? Now hopefully the crooks and bandits will not have any place to hide. The world wide web is finally being put to its proper use, whoopee! Andy, via the website

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Overtime ban imposed AN overtime ban has been imposed on government departments according to Number Six Convent Place, as the government believed that non-essential work was being done in overtime on a number of occasions. A spokesman told GBC that this was an appropriate and prudent way to manage the spending of taxpayers’ money.

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Nuclear unrest in port FOLLOWING questions raised on both sides of the border with regards to the reason for the USS Newport News nuclear submarine to be moored in Gibraltar, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed that ‘non-nuclear maintenance work’ has been carried out over the past week. It appears that although the visit was planned, some of the repairs were unexpected.

N O W Hockey games go ahead IN an embarrassing about face it has been announced that the Spanish Hockey Federation has confirmed Gibraltarian hockey clubs will continue to play Spanish clubs in future, despite a ban which caused much controversy. As the decision was handed down by the Spanish government controlled Consejo Superior de Deportes, it was feared other sports could be affected.

FABIAN PICARDO: Has agreed he will appear as a witnesss via video from Gibraltar.

Chief minister to aid in trial SPANISH businessman is accused of trying to manipulate shares By John Smith THE trial of Spanish businessman Trinitario Casanova who is accused of trying to manipulate the value of shares in Banco Popular in 2008 by introducing false rumours into the market is due to take place in

Madrid from April 25. Having previously assisted the Spanish Stock Exchange Regulatory Authority in this matter, the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has agreed that he will appear as a witness via video from Gibraltar when the case finally comes to court.

The basic charge against Mr Casanova is allegedly that he circulated a rumour that a consortium of Mexican businessmen was considering making a large investment in the bank in order to see share prices rise. If convicted, the property developer from Murcia could face a sentence of two years.

Presentation of Mayor’s Awards HIS Worship the Mayor and the board for the Mayor’s Awards have extended the New Mayor’s Awards Scheme to widen the nominations to persons or groups who have served Gibraltar in a distinguished manner over a prolonged period and/or for a specific event or achievement. All of the awards were presented to the individuals, Louisville Ghio, Pepe Fabre BEM MBE, Hector Cohen MBE and Joe Jurado BEM as well as group awards to the Gibraltar Cheshire Home Support Group, Bosom Buddies Cancer Trust and Gibraltar Community Association on January 28.

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Valentine’s charity dinner dance for Animals in Distress BEAT the rush by attending a fabulous Valentine’s Day dinner dance in support of the Animals In Distress (AID) Charity on Saturday February 13 at Los Cabales Restaurant starting at

7.30pm with the meal being served at 8pm. The cost of the three-course dinner is just €15.95 which includes a donation to the charity and music will be supplied by

special guest and former singer from Heatwave Frankie B at 7.30pm. Tickets which are strictly in advance only may be purchased from the AID Charity Shop situated in Alhaurin el Grande (nearly opposite Mercadona) and if further information is required, please call Joe on 626 942 427 or visit www.animalsin-distress.eu. Los Cabales Restaurant is on the Coin to Cartama road between the Hermanos Infante Garden Centre and Aguamania.

New Year aspirations FOUR artists from Artistas Eclecticos will be presenting their work which demonstrates a range of different techniques and styles at the Venta el Jinete, Carretera la Cala Golf, km. 4.5, La Cala de Mijas until April 11. The venue is open daily 12am to 10pm except Friday and can be contacted on 952 11 91 70.

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FOR further details and cost of entry pleas By John Smith MONDAY February 8 at 4.30pm at Salon Varietes, Fuengirola Three Great Families and their Gardens t he Ast or s, t he Rot hschi l ds and t he Sackville-Wests. Three Great Families and their Gardens is the story of three very different, but hugely successful families. Lecturer: Caroline Rayman Tuesday 9 February at 10.30am at the Danish Club, Urb. Haza del Algarrobo, Carretera de Mijas Popes and Painters: The Avignon Papacy and the Impressionists of Provence. Lecturer: Carol Rayman For further details and cost of entry, please visit www.costadelsoldfas.com

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Age Concern get together LUNCH has been arranged for Wednesday February 10 By John Smith AN Age Concern lunch has been arranged for Wednesday February 10 starting at 2pm in the Mumbai Masala Restaurant, Estepona Port. Forty places will

be available in tables of four. The cost is â‚Ź14 for friends and volunteers, 15â‚Ź for all other guests so to reserve your place, please call 951 318 234 and leave your details. The set menu is as follows:

Poppadums and complimentary sauces Tandoori chicken and two onion bahjis per person Main (based on tables of four sharing the four dishes.) Chicken Bhuna Lamb Jalfrezi Chana (Chick Peas) Mushrooms Tarka (Lentils) Dal One bottle of water per person on the table Payment will be needed by February 3 and should be made to the shop in Calle Zaragoza, Estepona. For older people who require help or advice Age Concern operate a telephone service called Lifeline on 650 163 928 which gives the individual a direct point of contact with the charity, although it should be noted that Age Concern is not an emergency service. To find out more about Age Concern Age Concern, Estepona and Manilva visit their website acespana.org or email acesteponaymanilva@agecon cern-espana.org.

U3A Event ANOTHER talk takes place in the reference library at Lux Mundi, Calle Nueva 3, Fuengirola as detailed below: Wednesday February 10 The 1960s - Advertising: The Mad Men Years. A brief look at the changing times and fashions of 1960s advertising Speaker will be Ken Knight and the talk will run from 11am to 12.30pm.

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Rocking out in Torremolinos RECREATING sounds of 50’s and 60’s By John Smith FEBRUARY is going to see a return of the Rockin’ Race Jamboree to Torremolinos with no less than 22 bands, some old and some new appearing in different venues from the fourth to the seventh of the month. Get out your brylcreem, straight jeans, brothel creepers and drapes if you are a man and your petticoat, pumps and pleated ball gown if you are a woman, as Torremolinos is going to rock around the clock for those few days. Although the heyday of rock and roll was in the late 50’s and early 60’s, there are still a few originals alive and playing as well as plenty of new bands who recreate those days and present their own takes on the sound. For more details of the acts, venues and prices, please visit http://www.rockinrace.com

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February audition at the Salon THERE will be an open audition on Saturday February 13 between 11am and 2pm at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola for a range of parts in the stage version of Are You Being Served due to be staged between April 8 and 13. Many will remember last year’s successful ‘Allo, ‘Allo written by the same authors and like that play, this one is full of double entendre, but is partly set in Spain with hilarious results. Parts open for audition: Mr Grainger Mr Mash (maintenance man) (possible double) Mr Rumbold Mr Lucas Miss Brahms Captain Peacock Mrs Slocombe Mr Humphries Mr Grace (non-speaking) Large lady customer (possible double) Handsome male customer (possible double) Nurse (possible double) Don Bernardo hotel manager (possible double) Ceasar young revolutionary soldier (possible double) Conchita hotel girl Friday Taeresa a large revolutionary soldier (poss. double) Audition pieces are available at the box-office or for information contact Peter Brooks on 952 887 372 or 617 520 923.

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TELLING ourselves that the NHS is the best in the world is frankly delusional 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.

IN response to the recent strike by junior doctors in the UK, a plethora of postings h a v e a p p e a r e d o n Facebook in support of the National Health Service. One o f t h o se p o st in g s pleaded: ‘Let’s stand up for the best health service in the world.’ Of course it is vital that we save the NHS, but telling ourselves that it is still the best in the world, is frankly delusional and we must recognise that it is not acceptable in its present state of decline. Here in Spain our local ‘NHS’ hospital in Torrevieja provides en suite rooms for each patient, cleaners are in e v i d e n c e 2 4 / 7 a n d the place is spotless.

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with GPs, and it is not uncommon for them to be seen the following week. Many people are in denia l a nd be lie ve tha t Britain is still the world le a de r in qua lity fre e

healthcare, and whilst it is true that many have cause to be grateful for the treatment received, there are far too many who have different stories to tell. My father-in-law was ad-

mitted for a relatively minor condi t i on and si x weeks later died from a virulent bug that he contracted whilst there. The condi t i on of t he wards was disgusting and the attitude of some of the staff unbelievable. To describe some areas of that hospi t al as Thi r d Wor l d would not be an overstatement. This is the downside of an organi sat i on t hat has lost its way, and we must impress on our politicians that horror stories like that of my wife’s Dad (and there are many of them), ar e not accept abl e, and fresh, drastic thinking must be applied to rectify matt er s and st r i ve t o once again make it the envy of the world. When r epor t s l i ke t hi s are tucked away on the inside pages of UK newspapers, and are no longer remarkable, then this surely tells its own story.

One smell we could all do without IN some places in Spain there is a permanent and unpleasant smell of sewage

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John Smith Random thoughts... WHEN I was growing up in England in the 50s and 60s, there were a number of constant smells which I can still clearly remember, coal and wood burning, escaping coal gas from gas holders, the smell of yeast and hops from breweries, wax from the candle factory and something I was too young to put a name to from the Gordon’s gin distillery. The worst smell however was from the sewage works and if the wind was in the wrong direction, it was s t r o n g e n o u g h t o n o t o n ly make you gag, but it seemed to insinuate itself into your nostrils and follow you around. Now the UK has literally cleaned up its act and most of these smells are lon g g o n e , e v e n t h o u g h th e memory still lingers. In Spain however, this isn’t the case and although I don’t object to

four squar e ki l om et r es, and t he third is at the entrance to La Linea, which on a bad day is absolutely putrid. In 2010 in response to an EU directive concerning the treatment of sewage, the Junta de Andalucia regional government announced 47 projects that were necessary in order to complete the Costa del Sol’s Although a great deal of progress has been made in order to stop the pumping of raw sewage directly into the sea, there is still a long way to go.

SEWAGE PLANTS: Why do they still have to smell so bad? th e s me ll o f w ood, w hic h ma ny houses do still burn as soon as it becomes a little chilly, what I just don’t understand is why, in today’s technological age, sewage plants still have to smell so bad. In my p era mbula tions , w hic h regularly take me from Malaga to

Gibraltar, I pass three areas which always stink, although some days are worse than others. The first is by the Rio Fuengirola where there is a permanent and unpleasant smell of sewage. The second is by Elviria , a nd the re the smell permeates around at least

CHILDREN: Born with ability.

Manners maketh man! THE phenomenal growth in electronic media has brought some real benefits to people around the world, allowing them to be in easy contact with friends and family and to be updated on world events, celebrity gossip, trends and indeed anything and everything that one can think of. Whilst older people struggle to keep up with advances such as tweeting, Tinder, Instagram and many other new developments, younger people take to them like a ‘fish to water’, and it is quite amazing to see really young children manipulating iPads and other tablets as if they were born with the ability. Whilst this is all well and good, there is quite a downside as many parents and grandparents will have observed. Children are becoming far more occupied with their games and tablets and less interested in either talking to each other or their parents, and are far less polite and indeed in many cases seemingly less educated as they are so used to ‘text talk’. It used to be suggested that despite the negatives, the TV was a great babysitter, but now it has become the tablet or iPad. How many times have you visited a restaurant to see children completely oblivious to all around them because they are engrossed in a game? This doesn’t excuse teenagers and adults who spend half of their time checking or sending messages and taking photographs of their food.

sewage treatment plan. These required an investment of some €390 million and needed to be completed by January 1, 2016. Although a great deal of progress has been made in order to stop the Now we pumping of raw sewage directly inwant to to the sea, there still seems to be a hear your views. long way to go before the whole system actually allows local YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE residents to enjoy a peaceful - YOUR OPINION life, without having to smell www.euroweeklynews.com the results of others’ actions!

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YOUR responsibility should be primarily for the cat or cats already in your care. Think hard before asking a very elderly cat to put up with a new companion. Kittens may be accepted better than an adult cat, but kittens often pounce on and pester old cats. Some old cats will mother a kitten, others definitely won’t! A very energetic kitten can make an old cat’s life a misery. It can take months and months for harmony and sometimes the cats will never be friends. An introduction takes at least a month, don’t hurry it. The more slowly you do it, the more likely it will work out OK. Cats which are used to a multi-cat household will be less upset than a cat which has lived alone. Get a kitten from a cat shelter, which will promise to take it back if the introduction really doesn’t work out. A male female mix is proba-

INTRODUCTION: It can take months and months for harmony.

bly better than all female. Be careful about accepting the local stray into your home. Ask yourself if an existing cat should have to put up with a former stray, who may bully her or him. Also think about checking for FIV, the cats Aids equivalent, before final acceptance. In the case of a stray cat, you can feed it, and then when it is tame enough find it a new home through the local rescue centre. The introduction The best way to introduce a new cat is to give it an indoor pen with food, litter etc. If you can’t borrow or buy one, give the new cat its own room, so that it feels it has safe territory. Shut doors, windows, and block chimneys before letting it out.

Winter warmers WHILE the wintry temperatures in sunny Spain might not plummet to the icy depths of the Scottish highlands, there has been a definite cold snap across the country, and there’s never a good time to be complacent when it comes to the health of your pets. The cold can kill animals with surprising ease, so it’s a good idea to take proper precautions over the next month or two. Smaller animals such as rabbits are more prone to the threat as heat leaves their body much quicker. If you have a rabbit hutch you can take the forward- thinking step of insulating it, or even

consider bringing it inside if the cold really bites. Keep your eyes on newborn animals with pups and kittens, potentially wriggling free of their mothers watchful gaze and finding themselves at the foot of a frosty garden. If you find them there bring them into a warm and cosy environment immediately, and if t h e y d o n ’t w a r m u p q u i c k l y, take them to the vet. Don’t go overboard though, and exercise caution when applying direct heat. Electric heaters and hot water bottles can scald, so drape your pet in layers of towels to simultaneously heat them up and protect them.

If possible retreat holes like a covered cardboard box with entrance hole, or a cage/den. Put familiar toys (if available), feeding bowls etc in the room. Put a litter tray in the room. You can’t expect a cat to go outside in the first few days, and if you let it, you may not see it again. Mix the smells. From the point of view of a cat, anything which smells strange is an intruder. Give the new cat something to sleep on which smells of the old cat, then vice versa. Use the same grooming tools on both cats. Pet one, then go to next room and pet the other. Transfer used litter from the new cat tray to the old cat’s tray and vice versa to mix smells.

Pot for our pets THE health benefits of cannabis are widely recognised by medical professionals, with the cannabidiol (CBD) compound frequently advised for pain relief and as an anti-inflammatory. Now there are companies devoted to providing products for animals to relieve painful ailments and even anxiety. Hemp-based edibles, treats and capsules are growing in popularity, albeit with restricted advertising given international law’s stance on the plant. Unsurprisingly given the recent marijuana revolution in the US, it is now at the forefront of pet usage of CBD. Dogs with cancer and epilepsy are the most common recipients of the compound. Unfortunately, due to a lack of research on the topic, courtesy of governmental drugs wars, vets do not yet have access to proper information on dosage and safety measures. While Europe typically lags behind the United States in the widespread application of medical marijuana, CBD oils and capsules are available online and at select locations in Spain.

ROSIE: Behaviour is erratic if she thinks her owner is leaving. Having a housesitter can be a win win for pet owners and the sitters. To find a pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865521508 SOME cats get a little anxious. They don’t like change in their home environment, this can make leaving them even for a short holiday a little difficult. Rosie is such a cat, the minute she sees a suitcase appear, or clothes being arranged ready for packing, she will stop eating and look forlorn. Gillian her owner says that her behaviour can become erratic with dramatic gestures to physically demonstrate she is not happy. If a suitcase is left open on the bed she will move into the case and sleep for hours. If the boycotting of the packing has no effect she will show a physical ailment, like a sore leg that is dragged across the floor as you watch. The eating cessation can also have a detrimental effect, within a day she becomes listless and withdrawn. One previous experience in kennels led to Rosie los-

ing a lot of weight while Gillian was away. Last year Gillian tried inviting house-sitters into her home a day or so before the suitcase was used for packing, with the goal of having them look after Rosie in her own home to minimise disruption while she went away on holiday. It worked. This distraction alone reduced the forlorn behaviour Rosie would normally exhibit. And she continued to eat and drink while her owner was absent.

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I want to choose what I listen to Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I HAVE a very wide range of musical taste in my car and on my phone. It goes from Al Jolson to Black Sabbath. But I want to choose what I listen to, or if someone else wants to play music it has to be at a level that doesn’t drive me nuts. How many times have you been in a restaurant just to have something to eat? I’m not talking about the night you go to see an act and there are some great ones on this coast, I’m talking about when you have nipped out for a spag bol, and for some reason they feel the need to prove it’s an Italian restaurant by having Italian music blaring out. Or worse than that a live singer that’s belting out at a level you can’t hear yourself speak. I have one place I like to go that has music four nights a week, and I will only go there on the other three nights. I was in one of the large supermarkets the other day and for some reason they had

some crazy loud drum and bass going on. I was going to complain but was stopped by Mrs S who said she had had enough, and we just paid for what we had and went. The worst culprits are small clothing stores where the assistants insist on playing all their favourite music through the sound system. I have actually asked many times if they could turn it down whilst I’m in there. But if there is one thing that does my nut in more than anything it is the music played by the street entertainers. I must admit some of them are really good and I will gladly tip them for the performance, but there are a couple of chancers that I see regularly on the Paseo Maritimo in Los Boliches where I like to go to a chiringuito. There is one guy that come along with an accordion and just ‘squeezes’, and plays absolutely no recognisable tune at all. He then has the liberty to come and ask for money and gets very arsy when I ask him what he played, and tell him I will gladly give him money if he can play a tune I know! OK I’m off now to have a quiet lunch somewhere. Let me know what makes you grumpy mikesenker@gmail.com.

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Driving safely LAWS must be strictly adhered to in tunnels 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.

INCREASED RISK: Pay attention to matters such as speed and distance requirements. TRAFFIC laws must be strictly adhered to in tunnels or underpasses on account of the increased risk factors involved in this type of road route, with attention specifically to matters such as using headlights, observing speed and safe distance requirements and not stopping, parking, changing direction or reversing. When approaching most tunnels a blue rectangular sign provides some key information about the tunnel, such as the name and the length, as well as details about emergency help points within. The speed limit in tunnels is controlled with the R-301 mandatory maximum speed limit sign (a red circle with

the speed limit in the centre), and before entering the tunnel there will be t he R- 413 si gn, a bl ue ci r cl e wi t h a headl i ght pi ct ogr am i n t he cent r e, telling us that it is mandatory for us to use headlights at all times. Some tunnels have indicators above the carriageway which shows if the lane is open or closed. In tunnels or underpasses where the traffic flows in both directions, overtaking is prohibited, unless an additional lane or lanes are provided for this. A safe distance must always be maintained from the vehicle in front, with a minimum of 100 metres being required between each vehicle, the equivalent of a four-second gap.

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You don’t say it, but I guess that you want the Spanish Highway Code in English. There is no complete English translation of the traffic code into English. If you want the law in Spanish, you can order it in soft-cover book form from Amazon. It is called the ‘Ley sobre

the last 14 years I have purchased your book ‘You & The Law In Spain’.

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Light fantastic THERE are plenty of magazine spreads featuring fantastic home remodelling ideas that we can all gawp at, but most have little impact for those of us on an earthbound budget, and with a noticeable lack of cutting edge stylists at our disposal. Here are a few strange and wonderful ideas that can be achieved with just a little money and creativity. If you have the space, build a hammock, it could be inside or outside depending on where it fits. Or adapt a door so that it flips then paint it ping-pong board colours, or use a pool table as a dinner table.

Get hold of a large frame and a mountain of sand, and put a sandpit under your desk so you’ll always feel the pleasurable crunch, even when you’re miles from the beach and working at home. You can pick up themed chandeliers and lamps which could, for example, convert your bedroom into an enchanted forest by night. Or if you can put your hands on a large stand you could attach swings as chairs, and swing idly whilst having your tea or reading a book. The possibilities end with your imagination.

Home psychology AN ancient Chinese system of promoting inner harmony by balancing your physical environment to relay a positive energy, has somewhat predictably been hijacked by charlatans looking to make money from the misery of others. That shouldn’t discourage you from embracing some of Feng Shui’s time-honoured tenets though. While the philosophy of the movement goes into deep esoteric depths involving the psychology of mirrors, curious beginning can take advantage of simple techniques to improve their home life and much more. A first step is getting rid of clutter, which can exhaust us from the simple sight of it. Clutter also subtly generates a troubling feeling that there’s a lot to be done, and can lurk at the back of your mind throughout the day. Of course everyone is different and this is at the fundamental core of Feng Shui. One person’s electric collection of artefacts is another person’s nightmare mess, but a strewn trail of tissues, rubbish, dirty plates, and dead plants won’t do your psychology or your hygiene any good.

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Red wristbands and doors for refugees in the UK, roadblocks in the EU BOTH the refugee crisis and Daesh terrorism have brought the Schengen system to the brink GREECE: Infuriated at being ‘scapegoated’ by the rest of the EU.

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WITH some refugees placed in homes ‘branded’ with red doors that have made them targets for racists in Middlesbrough and others forced, until recently, to wear red wristbands in Wales, we might be forgiven for overlooking what’s happening in Europe. Namely, the threat to seal Greece off from the rest of the EU, and suspend it from the Schengen passport-free area within three months for “seriously neglecting” its borders during the migrant crisis last year, according to the European Commission. This, together with EU states extending and prolonging national border controls/roadblocks for up to two years, is a serious blow to the Schen-

gen system, which is regarded as a cornerstone of the EU. But both the refugee crisis and Daesh terrorism have brought the system to the brink and it’s anyone’s guess where it’ll all end. One thing’s for sure, though. On the cutting edge of the migration influx, 850,000 migrants crossed Greece last year, Greece is infuriated at being ‘scapegoated’ by the rest of the EU, and fears the potential effects of being expelled from Schengen. Now, this unprecedented move isn’t the failure of one person, Mrs Merkel, but an entire system of eurocrats who have never been faced with problems on this scale. The Greek financial crisis was dealt with badly, the situation in Ukraine was, in effect, never dealt with at all, and Russia simply seems to be able to act with impunity. It was likely to happen sooner or later and fairly ironic that the open-arms

gesture ‘all are welcome’ is now coming full circle by closing borders, erecting barbed-wire fences, and getting back at Greece with a vengeance. The EU’s problem is each government is elected ‘nationally’, each party offers what’s in the best interests of its own citizens, or it won’t get any votes. Once elected, these governments then invariably start telling their citizens what’s best for them. However, when the going gets tough, as now, they’ll do whatever’s necessary to remain in power, and if that means tearing up the EU rule book, so be it! One thing I AM very clear about in all this is nobody’s got a clue what to do next... 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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SOME PSOE party grandees who preside over autonomous regions’ view with mistrust Pedro Sanchez’s parleys and dalliance with Pablo Iglesias and the Podemos party in a bid to form a government. But those with the greatest misgivings, Ximo Puig (Valencia), Javier Lamban, Javier Fernandez (Asturias) and Francina Armengol (Baleares), all owe their presidencies to the support of Podemos at their investitures. Or are they tacitly admitting that provincial parliaments, aka gravy trains, are less important than the big one in Madrid?

ROMEVA and Rivera are the surnames of two Catalan politicians, but be careful how you say them. A slip of the tongue could get you pro-independence. Raul Romeva is now Cataluña’s foreign ‘minister’ instead of Albert Rivera, the anti-secession Catalan whose Ciudadanos have become a national party. Fortunately Josep Luis Carod-Rovira, former leader of the ERC leftwing republicans, is now retired, otherwise there would have been three for the verbally unwary to contend with. RAUL ROMEVA: Cataluña’s foreign minister.

scrape up a majority with Ciudadanos’ help. That was before the Acuamed corruption scandal broke, accompanied by the news that the party itself and the current treasurer face charges for destroying the hard discs on the computer used by former treasurer Luis Barcenas. That was before 24 people, principally regional politicians including Alfonso Rus, ex-president of the Valencia Diputacion, were arrested in Valencia. Either way, and whether sooner or later, Rajoy will have a hard time wooing whiterthan-white Ciudadanos. The PP’s endemic corruption might not be his doing, but it’s his responsibility.

Not much good A hard time MARIANO RAJOY and the PP don’t want a new election, but the optimistic began to suspect that they might win more seats the second time around. Enough, perhaps, to

CRITICS believe Pablo Iglesias is not averse to the prospect of another general election and the chance of overtaking the PSOE. It might not do him good as he could find himself in Pedro Sanchez’s current position, too few seats to govern and too many to admit defeat.

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by Matthew Elliott CONTINUING the tradition of the four-cylinder flat engines used in its legendary 1950’s mid-engine sports cars, winning races including Targa Florio and Le Mans, Porsche is restructuring its mid-engine roadsters with a new generation 718 Boxster and 718 Boxster S. The news comes 20 years after the original Boxster made its debut, and the new model series will see a fourcylinder flat engine with

turbo-charging. The 718 Boxster develops 220 kW (300hp) of power from two litres of engine displacement, with the S model attaining 257 kW (350hp) from 2.5 litres displacement. The Boxster S also uses variable turbine geometry (VTG) technology, making Porsche the only manufacturer to offer VTG in production cars with petrol driven engines. Both models offer fuel economy improvements of 13 per cent. The completely new chassis tuning and stronger brakes provide for passionate and sporty

driving pleasure. The design of the new model line was also comprehensively advanced. The vehicle was completely revised except for the luggage compartment lids, the windscreen and the convertible top. Inside, a newly designed dash panel frames the cockpit. In addition, the latest generation of Porsche Communication Management (PCM) with a state-ofthe-art touchscreen is included as standard. The navigation module is available as an option. The launch of the new

718 Boxster generation represents the first time since the late 1960s that Porsche is again implementing sports cars with four-cylinder flat engines. Turbocharging significantly boosts torque. The two-litre engine of the 718 Boxster has a maximum torque of 380 Newton metres, which is available from 1,950 rpm to 4,500 rpm. The market launch of the new mid-engine sports car begins on April 30 in Europe. Pricing starts at €53,646 in Germany, and the 718 Boxster S from €66,141.

NEW CAR: Porsche’s new 718 Boxster.

Mazda does it again THE Mazda RX-VISION, a stunning rotary-powered sports car concept, captured the ‘Most Beautiful Concept Car of the Year’ award at the 31st Festival Automobile International. Ikuo Maeda, the company’s international design chief, accepted the award on Tuesday evening (January 26) together with Kevin Rice, Mazda’s European design director, Julien Montousse, his counterpart at Mazda North America, and Mazda designer Norihito Iwao. It’s another honour for Mazda’s global design division, which took home three prizes in September at the Automotive Brand Contest 2015, including the ‘Team of the Year’ award. The RX-VISION was nomi-

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nated this year alongside the Bentley Exp10 Speed 6, Peugeot Fractal, and Porsche Mission E. Mazda’s concept shared the podium with the latter. Unveiled at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show in November, the RX-VISION exemplifies Mazda’s challenger spirit.

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‘Angie’, Novak, Bruno, Jamie and Gordon - all champions down under ANDY MURRAY lost the Australian Open final in straight sets Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

FOOTBALL • No major shocks in the 4th round of the FA Cup, but all credit to Shrewsbury who beat Sheffield Wednesday 3-2 with a 97th minute winner, and Peterborough who drew 2-2 at PL WBA. The pick of the other ties saw holders Arsenal beat Burnley 2-1, Chelsea hammer MK Dons 5-1, Everton win 3-0 at Carlisle, Manchester City trounce Aston

Villa 4-0, Manchester United beat Derby 3-1, Tottenham win 4-1 at Colchester and Liverpool draw 2-2 with West Ham. • The 5th round draw is: Arsenal v Hull, Blackburn v Liverpool or West Ham, Chelsea v Manchester City, Reading v WBA or Peterborough, Shrewsbury v Manchester United, Tottenham v Crystal Palace and Watford v Leeds. • Barcelona beat nine-man Atletico Madrid 2-1 to stay clear on top of La Liga as Real Madrid smashed Espanyol 6-0. The Milan derby ended 3-0 to AC over Inter at the San Siro. • After 10 Premiership games earlier this week, there are 10 more this week-

end including Manchester City-Leicester (Saturday) before we revert back next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, to competitive European action. • The 2016 League Cup final between Liverpool and Manchester City is on February 28, while in Scotland’s equivalent, Ross County (after ousting Celtic) will play Hibernian on March 13. • Five red and nine yellow cards were brandished when River Plate beat Boca Juniors 1-0 in Argentina. Boca finished with eight men. • Stuart Pearce (53) comes out of retirement on Satur-

News for winter pool league in Fuengirola

POOL LEAGUE: There is not much difference in the rankings of the top players. By Pete Woodall THREE weeks out of the Christmas break and just halfway through the 2015/16 Econ Fuengirola Winter Pool League, Alba Cafe are still hanging on to the top slot with 49 points. Kombardu on 42 and Mariners with 39 points are shadowing Alba Cafe fairly closely. The overall top to bottom difference in the league is 33 points, meaning any of the Anchor, Seaside, Mariners, Boulevard Bullies and Dixies teams have time to change things around. In the Econ Cup, the top to bottom spread is tighter at 22 points. Seaside are currently

number one with 33 points, followed by teams Alba Cafe on 30 points and Mariners and Anchor with 28 points each. Significant changes in the Econ player rankings. Michel Catozzi held the top slot in the run up to Christmas, but he has been knocked off the perch by Stuart Lapping currently of 11 points. Keith Jones, Richie Brown and Steve Corbett are just one point behind him with 10 points each. Overall, there is not much difference in the rankings for any of the top 12 players, Mike Jonson, Mark Topper, Keith Forrestal, Steve Buckman and Michel Catozza are all

steadfastly sitting close behind Stuart Lapping and the others with nine points each and still plenty of time to steal the limelight. Details of the Econ Fuengirola League and the Econ Cup, sponsored since 2010 by Econ profit share pool tables, can be followed each week on the internet at www.fuengirolapoolleague.co m and on smart phone: www.fuengirolapoolleague.co m/resultsmobile.php. Alternatively call Mike Brackenridge on 609 504 427 about profit share pool tables, sales, recovers and accessories.

day to play for Gloucestershire team AFC Longford, who have lost all 18 matches this season, scoring one goal and conceding 179. • Last weekend Wycombe’s goalkeeper Barry Richardson (aged 46) came on as a ‘sub’, and kept his first clean sheet for 11 years in a 1-0 win at Plymouth. • Former Welsh international Rob Earnshaw has retired, so too has Manchester United’s ex-defender Nemanja Vidic. • The transfer window closed on Monday and no doubt several players found new clubs…105 took place during the 2015 ‘window’. CRICKET • Although beaten by 270 runs in the final Test in South Africa, England still won the series 2-1. The ODI series started yesterday in Bloemfontein with four more following in Port Elizabeth (Feb 6), Centurion (Feb 9), Johannesburg (Feb 12) and Cape Town (Feb 14). • India (200-3) beat Australia (197-5) to clinch the T20 series 3-0 and now head the T20 rankings. • England’s Stuart Broad is now the top bowler in world cricket, ahead of Indian Ravi Ashwin. • West Indian batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has retired, having scored

11,867 runs in 164 Tests. • And ex-Warwickshire bowler Jack Bannister, 1,198 wickets in 374 matches, 1950-68 including a best return of 10-41, has died, aged 85. TENNIS • The first Grand Slam of 2016 in Australia saw Andy Murray crushed in straight sets by the imperious Novak Djokovic in the men’s singles final, while Germany’s Angelique Kerber denied Serena Williams a 22nd title by winning the women’s final. Kerber is Germany’s first Grand Slam champion this century, while for Andy Murray it was a record fifth defeat in the Aussie final, as Djokovic equalled Roy Emerson’s record of six Melbourne victories with his 11th Grand Slam title overall. • Jamie Murray (GB) and Bruno Soares (Brazil) won the men’s doubles and Gordon Reid (GB) took the men’s wheelchair gold. • Earlier, Johanna Konta had become the first Brit to reach a women’s Grand

SIX NATIONS: Tournament starts this weekend. Slam semi-final for 33 years. • And Andy and Jamie Murray became the first siblings to reach different finals in a major Grand Slam tournament. GOLF • The first tournament of the year, the Abu Dhabi Championship, was won by Ricky Fowler (USA), Thomas Pieters (Belgium) was second and Rory McIlroy and Henrik Stenson (Sweden) joint third. RUGBY UNION • The Six Nations Tournament starts this weekend with France-Italy and Scotland-England on Saturday, followed by Ireland-Wales on Sunday. • The European Champions Cup quarter-final draw is: Leicester-Stade Francais, Racing 92-Toulon, Saracens-Northampton and Wasps-Exeter. The final is in Lyon in May. • French club Toulon want to join Perpignan-based Catalan Dragons in the UK Aviva PL.

DID YOU KNOW? Tottenham Hotspur have two players named Dembele who were initially at Fulham… Mousa, born in France on July 12, 1986 plays in the UK Aviva PL, and Moussa, born in Belgium on 17 July 1987. The Frenchman is now back on loan at Craven Cottage.

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Ron Garrood LA CALA RESORT is in the hills of La Cala and only 30 mins drive from Malaga. La Cala boasts three excellent 18-hole golf courses, Europa, America and Asia, all designed by the renowned architect Cabell Robinson. The Hotel is set in a superb location with stunning views of the mountains, golf courses and surrounding countryside. The 107 spacious rooms, with a choice of two unique interior designs include Classic or Superior Rooms and Junior Suites. There are several restaurants, La Terraza offers European cuisine with a distinctly Spanish twist, Laural Restaurant located at the Club House has magnificent views over Campo Asia and Restaurant La Bodega offers traditional Andalucian flavours with a

LA CALA RESORT: Set in a superb location. delicious tapas tasting experience. It is a great place to try wafer thin slices of the finest acorn-fed Iberian cured ham, creamy Manchego cheese or fiery hot prawn pilpil. With another two bars you can just sit back and relax and take a cool drink in the Moorish architecture of the Lobby bar or at the Limonada pool bar. La Cala Spa offers a Thermal Circuit, Hydrotherapy Pools, Hammam, Herbal Steam Room, Garden Crystal Sauna, Experience

Showers, Igloo, Exercise Pool, Kneipp Foot Baths, Tepidarum, Relaxation and Therapy Rooms including a Couples Suite. So why not take your next break at La Cala Resort in February, based on two persons sharing a double/twin classic room. You can stay for three nights, B&B and play two rounds of golf including shared buggies for only â‚Ź235.00 per person. Contact enquiries@costalessgolf.com or call 952 661 849 to book now.

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Bowls Competition held at Santa Maria SIXTEEN teams of four players competed in a bowls competition at Santa Maria bowls club in Elviria, near Marbella on Saturday and Sunday. The overall winners were Jenny Aldridge, Pat Baker, Geoff Edginton and Garry Aldridge beating a home team of John Bell, Freda Mitchell, Chris Hussey and John Winslow 21 shots to 15. In previous rounds seven teams gained victory into their next round by only one shot. John Winslow 15-14, Tom

Rogers 19-18, Tom Rogers again 15-14, Brian Todd 17-16, Brian Todd again 13-12, Ron Jones 16-15 and Garry Aldridge 19-18. Arthur Lees, the Santa Maria President, presented the trophy and prize money and thanked everyone for attending and also Susan Walker for organising another successful tournament. On Monday the pairs competition commenced in a round robin format with 24 teams taking part. The results were tight with four teams winning all their games. First placed pairs were equal on 69 shots each, but Chris Hussey and John Winslow from Santa Maria were pipped by just one shot difference by overall winners John Pearce and Mary Moynihan from Belplaya. Santa Maria are having an open day on Saturday February 13. Tel Susan on 951 272 580.