Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 31 March - 6 April 2016 Issue 1604 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1604

31 March - 6 April 2016

AXARQUÍA - COSTA TROPICAL YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

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Laugh, love and live in Axarquia

Time for tapas

ALL over the Costa Tropical towns sprang to life for Easter

Making memories

Get your feast on A RECORD number of establishments are currently participating in the 5th edition of the Velez-Malaga Tapas Route, in which hungry citizens can chew up the town until April 17. See page 2

La Herradura filled to the rafters LA HERRADURA has capped off another successful Easter, which saw over 3,000 visitors from Spain and beyond making their way to the town to unwind on the beaches, sample the gastronomy, and partake in the Easter celebrations. See page 6

Port possibilities Fishermen discuss eco-friendly alternatives A GROUP of fishermen from the Caleta de Velez Port are looking to the future by trying to develop eco-friendly options

for the port, which would be an important step forward for both the fishermen and the fish. See page 11

Brush with death By Sam Croft Setting foot in Axarquia is often synonymous with surprise, because the area always seems to have something new to offer. Unexpected details, hidden corners, and curious traditions are always waiting to be discovered in this jewel of Andalucia. And there just may be no better time to visit than Easter, as countless tourists were lucky enough to discover this year. In Nerja, thousands of visitors stopped by for a week of delight and mystery as they smelled the

burning candles, heard the awed silence and swaying step of the processions, and saw the dizzying sight of throngs of people stretching out from one end of the town to the other. Numerous Brotherhoods came together to partake in the official processions, which featured various thrones, some so hulking and enormous that it seemed impossible that they would manage to make their way through the narrow streets. People of all ages got involved in the festivities, and more and more in recent years, the tradi-

tions of old are getting mixed in with the new. This year it was not an uncommon sight to see children in traditional procession garb chowing down on Easter eggs and chocolates along with their timeworn Spanish treats. Nerja was far from the only Axarquia municipality that got into the holiday spirit. In VelezMalaga, the town was loaded from one end to the other with excited Veleños, who chowed down on the traditional holiday treat of Ajobacalao (garlic cod). Meanwhile in Almuñecar and La Herradura, the town was an

absolute whirlwind of activity, with throne after throne passing through the streets as tourists came from far and wide to get into the holiday spirit and soak up the atmosphere of the Costa Tropical.

Citizens shaken after car crash A DRAMATIC car accident took place on March 26 in Nerja, resulting in significant damage and frightening by-

standers, although luckily only resulted in minor injuries to those involved. See page 16

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Nerja’s got talent THE second edition of the Children’s Musical Talent Contest will take place in Nerja’s Villa Cultural Centre on April 1 and 2. The first day will be a preliminary round, after which

point the finalists will move to the second stage. Prize money will be given out to the selected winners, who will compete in different categories according to experience.

The earth moves ANOTHER earthquake was felt on Friday March 25, with the epicentre reported to be in the Alboran Sea. Although registering a magnitude of just 3.9 on the Richter scale, the movement was strong enough to have been felt on the Costa Tropical in Motril, Almuñecar, La Herradura, Salobreña and even inland in Granada City.

Staying Alive FRIGILIANA will host a ‘Tribute to the Bee Gees’ on Saturday, April 23 at 9pm at the Multi-Use Centre in which famous songs by the

Gibb brothers will be performed including hits from the film ‘Saturday Night Fever.’ Tickets available at the tourist office for €10.

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Tapas Route now bigger and better than ever GLUTEN free dishes are on offer from seven establishments By Sam Croft THIS year, the 5th edition of the Velez-Malaga Tapas Route has more participants than ever, with 26 establishments offering up their gastronomic delights. Velez Commerce Councillor Ana Campos said that the increased interest in the event is a reflection of the success and acceptance that it has gained among members of the community over the last several years. As before, locally produced ingredients will be used but as a new addition this year, seven establishments are offering gluten free dishes for those who suffer from this intolerance. Every business will have a card or ‘tapaporte’ available which will be given

TAPAS ROUTE: Locally produced ingredients will be used. to participants. This card will then be stamped and entered into a draw on April 22 to win

a voucher which can be spent in the restaurants. The Tapas Route will take

place between April 1 to 17 between 1pm and 4pm and 8pm and 11pm.

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Finance 19 - 24

Stocks 20 PARADE: The soldiers were on their debut visit to the town.

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A spectacular show MELILLA soldiers participated in an Easter procession in Torre del Mar

Time Out 34 - 35

Letters 36

Nora 38

Health & Beauty 39

Our View 40

Colin Bird 40

Social Scene 42

Property 43 - 45

Pets 48

Homes & Gardens 49

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Motoring 55

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By Jill Pickering EAGER crowds gathered along the Paseo Maritimo and Paseo de Larios in Torre del Mar on Thursday March 24 to catch a glimpse of the Fuerzas Regulares (Regular Troops) number 52 from Melilla, who were on their debut visit to the town. The soldiers were there to participate in the Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday)

Easter procession. By 4.30pm, people of all ages and nationalities had taken their places, cameras in hand, waiting patiently for the group of soldiers to appear, whilst enjoying the hot afternoon sun and gentle sea breeze the day had provided. After some mixed confusion between residents as to the actual route and best viewing point, the sound of distant drums was heard some 15 minutes later along the seafront which caused a mas-

sive surge of enthusiastic spectators to rush as quickly as they could to the Paseo Maritimo. The military group then appeared in all its splendour, immaculately turned out and parading in a perfectly synchronised manner. The public applauded wildly for the regiment, which continued on its way to the congested Plaza Juan Aguilar where the soldiers concluded their parade and exhibition.

The last day for residents to register TODAY, Thursday March 31 is the absolute last day for foreign residents of Nerja to head to the town hall and renew their municipal padron (residents’ register). If people fail to renew their padron,

they will be deregistered from the system. If Nerja’s census drops below 20,000 residents, the town could lose valuable funding, which could potentially result in a huge loss of services, including police officers, firefighters, and teachers.

Those interested in renewing their padron should go to the Foreigners Department of the town hall, which is open between 10am and 1.30pm on Thursdays, along with the necessary documentation (NIE preferable).

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Local adventurer to set off again ACCOMPANIED by two Eskimos and 32 dogs By Jill Pickering A TORROX man with a thirst for adventure is about to set out on a 400 kilometre trek around Greenland. Manuel Calvo, 49, has always loved travelling. At the age of 17, he had already joined the Merchant Navy. Since 2007, he has dedicated himself to his passion for dogs and last year completed a 300km trip in Greenland to learn about the lives of the inhabitants. Now he is going back, and he has planned

a 400km trek planned round the east side of the island where the Arctic is melting, allowing him to study the effects of global warming. However, he has stated that his main goal is to promote the relationship between dogs and human beings. Accompanied by two Eskimos and 32 dogs to guide them between glaciers and floating ice, they will experience all the hardships of life a century ago, sleeping in typical tents on dog sledges with skins and relying on kayaks.

Combining the old with the new THE old sugar cane factory of Torre del Mar will become a visitor centre and heritage museum for tourists to learn about subtropical agriculture in Axarquia. The Nuestra SeĂąora del Carmen factory will combine the old sugar cane production with

that of modern day subtropical produce. The building was restored two years ago with the intention of remembering the sugar cane industry, but now it will also be an important tourist centre to show the true meaning of modern agriculture in the region.

The sugar cane industry has long gone but still forms part of the history of the factory and will be combined with modern produce including grapes and raisins. The centre will exhibit old traditions and the new approach to subtropical agriculture today.

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Wax works under way

Holiday visitors review THE Almuñecar Council has carried out an assessment of the many visitors who made their way to Almuñecar and La Herradura for Easter. Over the holiday period, more than 3,000 tourists came to the area, both foreigners and nationals. The evaluation shows that the majority of visitors were Spanish, with Madrid, Cataluña and Basque Country being particularly well represented, although Britain, Scandinavia, France and Germany had good showings as well. During the festivities, the tourist office attended to requests about locations, opening times, restaurants, and the itinerary for processions.

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TRADITION: Processions and tradition delighted the crowds.

Easter finally draws to a close in La Herradura LOCAL flavour reflected in the celebrations By Sam Croft LA HERRADURA came alive last week as the Easter celebrations filled the town with passion and energy. Thousands of tourists visited the area over the course of the Easter period. Those uninterested in the traditional religious festivities had the option of basking on La Herradura’s gorgeous beaches, where the warm

sunny weather gave the impression that it was summertime. Meanwhile, anyone looking to take in a little bit of Spanish culture was not lacking options. Between March 24 and March 27 the streets were filled almost around the clock with various processions and traditional rites, with enormous thrones, powerful images of religious icons, and hooded ‘Nazarenos’ bringing a uniquely Andalucian flavour to the whole town.

ONE of the unfortunate side effects of the Easter festivities in Spain is the leftover wax that inevitably ends up being stuck all over the streets. In the days following the processions, the Almuñecar Council has been working hard at removing this wax from the roads. Various workers have been set up in different

neighbourhoods where they are scrubbing and scraping with the aim of getting the town looking shipshape by the end of the week. Additionally, the Local Police have advised drivers to execute caution and to respect the signs that have been put up warning of wax coagulations and hotspots.

Chess tournament for Alzheimer’s THE registration period for the second ‘Alzheimer Checkmate’ fundraising chess tournament is now open. All of the proceeds will go towards the Alzheimer’s associations. The tournament will take place on April 9 in the civic centre of La Herradura. The competition will be divided into different groups according to age and trophies will be given out to the winners. Those interested in participating can send an e-mail to: ajedrezlaherradura@gmail.com or call 657 551 475.

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Scouts stop off in Frigiliana A GROUP of 31 scouts from Madrid made Frigiliana their home for a night as part of their route during the Semana Santa holiday period. The youngsters, accompanied by six monitors, camped out on the football

pitch and took advantage of the recently remodelled facilities. They also visited th e o ld tow n a nd s a w the inc re dible views from La Horca which, in their own words, “was one of the most impressive places they have ever visited.”

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Communication is key in Competa COUNCIL has created a new app shutterstock by nenetus

NEW APP: The council’s aim is to improve communication with residents. By Jill Pickering COMPETA Council has created a new mobile app to improve communication with residents.

This platform allows anyone to report any imperfections or areas needing special attention in the municipality. This new tool is fast and also permits the

user to receive in ‘real time’ the latest news and topics of general interest, including sport, culture or issues related to the Local Police.

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Eco-friendly port discussions in Velez FISHERMEN are thinking long-term as they will be the first victims if all the fish disappear By Jill Pickering UP to 500 fishermen and boat owners rely on the activity of the Caleta de Velez Port, the main port of Axarquia. The general public is sometimes critical of the

Motril’s culture agenda MOTRIL’S Culture Councillor Francisco Ruiz, has announced the town’s cultural agenda for April, May and June. The programme includes something for everyone with performances and events including or focusing on literature, music, theatre, dance and talent shows. “We’ve planned a calendar of cultural events bearing in mind suggestions received from local residents and visitors. The result is a series of varied activities to meet all types of interest which will see us take music to the museums, put on both amateur and professional theatre performances, organise literary meets, art exhibitions and other types of events,” Ruiz explained. Highlights in April include a book fair, art exhibitions and a charity gala for Proyecto Hombre, while in May and June there will also be plays for children, fashion shows, photography exhibitions, a charity concert and guided tours of Motril’s districts to discover more about their cultural peculiarities. Ruiz encouraged all local residents and visitors to get involved in the events. “They’re all planned by and for the public and most of them will involve local artists or performers,” he said.

port, as overfishing has created a negative image of the industry for some. That being said, if there are less fish than before, to some extent this phenomenon could possibly be attributed to pollution, atmospheric changes, or even modifications that have been caused by the recent earthquakes.

To battle this stigma, many of the local fishermen want to become pioneers in creating an ecoport. The first tasks would consist of cleaning the seabeds and collecting waste in order to make the area more suitable for the reproduction of fish. These fishermen are thinking long-term as they

recognise they will be the first victims if all of the fish disappear. Many people have thrown their weight behind the proposed eco-port and the discussions are likely to gain even more traction over the coming weeks and months.

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Forest fire A FOREST fire broke out on March 28 in three hectares of scrubland and forest between the towns of El Borge and Moclinejo. It was under control within an hour and completely extinguished by the following morning.

Poetry day ALTHOUGH it is officially observed on March 21, Nerja celebrated World Poetry Day on March 30 in order to coincide with the town’s Easter festivities. Numerous workshops and presentations took place, with the aim of promoting poetry as a form of artistic expression.

Art in glass TORRE del Mar Viral workshop will host several events around glass-based art on April 1 and 2.

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Raffling it off for furry friends looking for their forever homes VOLUNTEERS create organisation to help rehome abandoned and mistreated animals By Sam Croft A GROUP of volunteers has created an organisation, Estacion Esperanza Nerja, which aims to help mistreated and abandoned animals in the area. The association assists animals through rescue, neutering, veterinary assistance, and by subsequently housing them until a definitive home can be found. Although Estacion Esperanza is a non-profit organisation, there are

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RAFFLES: Will raise much needed funds to help the animals.

still numerous costs related to the welfare of the animals. As a result the association has arranged three charity raffles so that some much-needed funds can be raised. Raffle tickets from 00 to 99 are currently being sold online, from three separate draws at a price of €1.50 each. Those interested can find information through Facebook profiles of each event.

Desperately seeking younger farmers FARMERS are a breed in danger of extinction in rural Malaga, according to a report by the Asaja Young Farmers Association. This report has led the Junta de Andalucia regional government to raise its finan-

cial aid budget to try and attract more youths back to the fold. The vast majority of farmers in the province, Asaja reported, are aged 50 or over, with 35 per cent older than 65 and just one in 10 under 40.

Agriculture is not a particularly attractive career for modern youths, as they consider it to be hard work with an insecure future that depends on climatic change and unstable prices. They generally prefer

jobs with holidays, fewer hours and a monthly pay slip. To try and attract youth entrepreneurs back to the world of agriculture, the Junta has upped its aid budget from €20 million to €90 million and is

looking to help 2,584 young adults set up in farming by 2020. Grants ranging from €30,000 to €70,000 will be given out to help with set-up costs, infrastructure and machinery.

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No tram decisions yet EXPERTS to decide about the best options for reinstatement By Sam Croft THE technical board created to plan out the resurrection of the tram service in Velez has still failed to come to a conclusion. The board is made up of council members and technical experts from the Junta de Andalucia regional government. Although a decision was expected to be reached by March 30, the period has been extended until April 14. On that date there will be a final meeting, in which experts will present their conclusions and make a decision about the best options for reinstating the town tram service. The tram previously operated in Velez-Malaga until summer 2012, when the then-ruling PP party decided that the council could not continue supporting the costs of keeping it running. Since being sworn into office in June of last year, Velez May-

VELEZ TRAM: Resurrection of the service is a major priority. or Antonio Moreno Ferrer has made it clear that the resurrection of the town tram is a major priority. The technical board has

been created to analyse the economic variables that could come with relaunching the trams in Velez. The board has also been placed in

charge of studying the state of infrastructures and the projects that will be required for bringing the tram back into fruition.

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Search now extended THE search for an elderly man who disappeared from his home in Velez-Malaga on March 13 has now extended to other parts of Malaga Province. The man, Porfirio Gutierrez Gonzalez, 77, suffers from Alzheimerâ€™s. He disappeared after he went for a walk and never returned to his home. The police have searched the Velez-Malaga area extensively, but to no avail, and they are now looking in other parts of the province, particularly Malaga City, where according to his son, the man used to spend a lot of time when he worked as a street trader.

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Nerja collision causes chaos

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Painting a picture COURSE will be taught by experienced painter

TWO cars collided on Saturday morning (March 26) in Nerja between Calle Granada and Plaza de la Ermita resulting in severe damage to the front of one of the cars and the other completely blocking the street. Despite the severity of the crash, only one of the two drivers suffered minor injuries with the other escaping unscathed. Guardia Civil Officers attended the scene to direct traffic, which had ground to a halt due to one of the cars blocking the road, and noted that one of the drivers appeared to have been drinking. This was later confirmed by the Local Police following a breathalyser test, with the man being over the legal limit. Local officers took over directing the traffic and normality resumed some hours later after a recovery truck arrived to remove the affected vehicle.

PAINTING COURSE: Is on offer in April. By Jill Pickering CREATIVE types in Frigiliana have a golden opportunity at their fingertips thanks to a painting course scheduled to take place between April 11 and April 15.

The course will be taught by experienced painter Fermin Garcia Sevilla, who over 30 years has painted landscapes, everyday scenes and interiors. Garcia Sevilla has more than 100 national painting

awards, and his work has been featured in 30 individual exhibitions in some of the most important galleries and museums in the country. Anyone interested in the course can call Mila Vozmediano at 685 926 774.

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Frigiliana gets the thumbs up APART from the coastal resorts being a favourite with tourists, the rural areas in Axarquia are becoming increasingly popular as an alternative for tourism, with many visitors venturing out into the country to visit Spainâ€™s charming white villages. Linda Danielsen, editor of a Danish website, has the same opinion and has been visiting different villages around Malaga Province to make a report about her findings. She recently made her way to Frigiliana where she was accompanied by the mayor, Jose Gonzalez Conejero. The mayor expressed his satisfaction that Frigiliana had been selected as one of the prime examples of a Spanish white village, and pointed out that it is evidence that the town hall is doing great work promoting Frigiliana as a tourist destination.

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New fire hydrants popping up all around FRIGILIANA is improving their fight against forest fires with new water hydrants which have been strategically placed around rural areas at the request of neighbours and residents. These new hydrants will allow firefighters to deal with blazes more efficiently as the pumps can provide a water pressure of between seven and 10 kilograms and a water tanker can be fully loaded within 45 to 50 seconds, providing much improved service for the area in the event of a fire or other high risk event. The installation of the new hydrants cost around €3,000.

Cyclists flooding into Frigiliana RACE will run through the Sierra Almijara

CYCLE RACE: Will attract around 300 cyclists from around the province. By Jill Pickering FRIGILIANA will become the scene for the first ‘La Aguanosa’ Media Marathon on April 3. The 46 kilometre race will

attract some 300 cyclists from around the province as well as a good few from Andalucia. It will begin at 10am and will run primarily through the Sierra Almijara, allowing cyclists to show off their talents

on the steep slopes. Between 10am and 2pm, some roads will be closed to traffic to guarantee safety for the cyclists. A maximum of 300 cyclists can participate in the race.

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First photo marathon SAYALONGA has organised the first photography marathon ‘Villa de Sayalonga’ which is being organised in collaboration with the Facebook page ‘Yo amo la Axarquia’ (I love Axarquia). The event will take place on Sunday April 3 in the Plaza Rafael Alcoba at 10.30am and both professionals and amateurs can participate. The first prize is a hamper of local produce worth €50 and all entries will have the possibility of being chosen for the official poster of the Sayalonga Fair. More information from the town hall.

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Offering more flights A TOTAL of 80,000 flights will be managed by Malaga airport By Emily Chettle MALAGA airport looks set to soar in terms of passenger numbers. The gateway to the ever popular Costa del Sol, the airport will be increasing passenger numbers by 15 per cent on last year ’s figures meaning a jumbo total of 13.5 million seats will be offered this summer. With three additional destinations added this summer, there will be 51 airlines flying direct to 123 destinations. According to Spanish Airports Association (AENA) there will be eight further airlines flying on an additional 21 routes meaning

MALAGA AIRPORT: Expects to fly high this summer. there will be 220 in total. A total of 80,000 flights will be managed by Malaga air-

port by the summer. An historic number of tourists will be flocking to

A good trim at last GREEN areas in Rincon de la Victoria’s Añoreta Golf and Paraiso del Sol urbanisations have been given a thorough sprucing session at last by the town hall. Some trees were pruned and cut back and others removed completely after being declared too dry or accused of damaging neighbouring walls of residential buildings. The area had been left to its own causes for four years, and the trees had caused major problems for

buildings and footpaths. Between 50 and 60 trees had to be removed as they had either died or were stopping walkers from using footpaths, but they will be replaced with about 100 new trees, the council has stated. At the moment, the council is also involved in tidying up the dry docks on the beaches in collaboration with residents and boat owners as part of an agreement to improve the town’s image by keeping everything in good condition.

the Costas this summer if the airport figures are anything to go by.

Blood donors are thanked BLOOD donors who flocked to the old IDEA shop in Almuñecar’s Plaza Mayor last week in response to a call for help from the Regional Blood Transfusion Centre have been thanked by the authorities for their generosity. The high number of attendees, 225 in total, was applauded by the medical staff from the donation centre who travelled to town for the session. The m edi cal wor ker s i n t ur n wer e thanked for their hard work and kindness with the donors.

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UK food manufacturer Premier Foods has rejected an uninvited bid from US spices and herbs maker McCormick. Premier said it had turned down the 52p-a-share offer on the grounds that it “substantially undervalued the company and its prospects.” Premier owns many UK household brands including Mr Kipling, Homepride, Oxo and Bisto but has agreed to sell 17 per cent of its shares to Japanese noodle manufacturer Nissin.

By John Smith MUCH to the satisfaction of the opposition, George Osborne was forced to make a U-turn over the plan to cut disability payments as touted in his latest budget, in order to ensure that the budget was not derailed by dissident Tory rebels voting it down.

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Prior to the vote which the government won by just 35, he defended his role in controlling the economy, but admitted in parliament that where mistakes were made he was ready ‘to listen and learn.’ Two opposition amendments to scrap the ‘tampon tax’ and reverse an

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HUGH HEFNER: Founder of Playboy.

No nudes is bad IT appears that following the decision announced by the Playboy group to stop publishing images of nude women in their magazine that sales have shrunk and in consequence, advertising revenue has also reduced. Hugh Hefner, who will soon be 90, has already put the Playboy mansion up for sale at a reported $200 million (€179 million), which includes a life-long lease for the multi-millionaire and it

is now widely touted that the entire empire is now also up for sale with an asking price in the region of $500 million (€447 million). Founded in 1953, with the coup of featuring Marilyn Monroe as the first ‘Playmate of the Month’, the Playboy product has often been seen as a little ‘tacky’ but not outright pornography, and both the group and its founder have become American icons.

Yahoo’s poor performance IN what is quite an unusual move, Starboard Value, a significant investor in internet company Yahoo, has called for the replacement of the entire board in a letter to other shareholders, where it says it is “extremely disappointed with Yahoo’s dismal financial performance, poor management execution, egregious compensation and hiring practices.” Latest figures for Yahoo, which is cutting costs and shedding staff, showed that it made a loss of €3.9 billion.

Superhero success IN an effort to emulate the success of the various Marvel films such as Spiderman, Warner Brothers gambled $250 million (€224 million), on rival DC Comic’s Superman v Batman and despite a hammering from critics, it grossed $424 million (€380 million) at the box office in its first five days.

Ferrovial UK business AMEY, a subsidiary of Spanish Ferrovial Services, has won a contract from Highways England to maintain 370 kilometres of roads in the East Midlands area for a 15-year period. The contract is said to be worth €389 million although it will be reviewed every three years for quality and service provided. Currently, the com-

pany undertakes a similar role in the East of England as well as Wales and Scotland. The company, which employs 21,000 people in the UK, generates over 30 per cent of the annual income for Ferrovial and has also just won a contract for total facilities management with a triumvirate of London councils.

increase in VAT on solar panels were accepted by the government without the need for a vote. What the chancellor has not been prepared to do as yet is explain where he will find new funds to replace the cuts originally planned in the disability budget.

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NET VOL 7,338.61 27,376.09 5,367.25 4,331.28 4,753.80 14,301.24 19,112.12 49,939.12 16,009.84 4,749.53 26,241.97 75,387.62 5,753.72 4,489.19 7,154.98 16,801.53 6,684.79 65,112.32 6,080.87 36,885.53 5,316.50 7,612.92 11,277.27 20,174.30 6,826.90 15,916.80 4,939.77 5,381.31 47,523.90 5,632.50 12,058.81 6,017.70 7,000.49 4,733.21 22,389.82 67,956.59 6,218.32 4,482.34 87,438.71 11,308.11 6,597.12 4,455.82 36,503.45 4,529.61 4,188.99 4,237.24 5,069.99 9,773.69 5,543.03 8,653.75

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Land Securities Group 1,062.00 -7.38 Legal & General Group 231.15 -8.10 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 68.09 -0.85 London Stock Exchange Grp 2,832.00 22.38 Media Corporation 854.50 -30.00 Merlin Entertainments 454.40 -3.80 Marks & Spencer Group 392.40 -20.30 Mondi 1,315.50 -17.71 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 200.00 -2.95 National Grid 981.55 -2.70 Next 5,655.00 -1,005.00 Old Mutual 192.15 -3.70 Provident Financial 2,958.00 -45.31 Paddy Power Betfair 9,300.00 63.33 Prudential 1,275.00 -70.50 Persimmon 2,077.00 -18.42 Pearson 883.00 -18.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,695.00 -14.67 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 223.45 -4.60 Royal Dutch Shell 1,677.50 -30.11 Royal Dutch Shell 1,688.50 -28.65 RELX 1,277.00 -6.09 Rexam 627.25 -2.78 Rio Tinto 1,937.25 -66.85 Royal Mail 474.70 -3.30 Rolls-Royce Group 678.75 -5.61 Randgold Resources 6,360.00 -82.34 RSA Insurance Group 467.20 -5.10 SABMiller 4,251.25 -8.29 Sainsbury (J) 275.80 -4.91 Schroders 2,659.00 -88.28 Sage Group (The) 616.25 -5.97 Shire 3,885.00 -23.92 Sky 1,016.00 -18.19 Standard Life 348.90 -9.86 Smith & Nephew 1,119.00 -8.08 SSE 1,460.50 1.08 Standard Chartered 440.55 -40.01 St James's Place 909.75 -25.50 Severn Trent 2,140.00 -10.00 Travis Perkins 1,764.50 -52.00 Tesco 189.85 -6.06 TUI AG 988.50 1.00 Taylor Wimpey 186.80 -3.20 Unilever 3,141.00 -24.00 United Utilities Group 919.00 -4.00 Vodafone Group 218.38 -2.40 Wolseley 3,883.00 -48.00 Worldpay Group 272.90 -2.01 WPP Group 1,596.00 -25.11 Whitbread 3,896.00 -25.00

% CHG. NET VOL -0.68 8,529.96 -3.39 14,214.68 -1.23 49,176.50 0.79 9,793.31 -3.39 N/A -0.83 4,644.98 -4.92 6,804.03 -1.33 6,472.43 -1.45 4,751.91 -0.27 36,794.85 -15.09 10,181.38 -1.89 9,635.56 -1.50 4,426.25 0.69 4,071.58 -5.24 34,605.47 -0.87 6,458.84 -2.00 7,390.80 -0.22 47,898.05 -2.02 14,687.08 -1.78 66,052.16 -1.68 41,609.00 -0.47 14,451.26 -0.44 4,456.10 -3.40 27,698.46 -0.69 4,780.00 -0.83 12,484.06 -1.29 484,987.59 -1.08 4,802.15 -0.19 68,857.83 -1.75 5,390.11 -3.25 6,136.51 -0.96 6,706.80 -0.61 23,222.33 -1.75 17,826.21 -2.74 7,085.13 -0.72 10,097.68 0.07 14,498.77 -8.38 12,159.49 -2.73 4,888.92 -0.47 5,113.98 -2.86 4,521.28 -3.07 16,073.66 0.10 5,792.71 -1.68 6,181.58 -0.76 40,621.49 -0.43 6,293.83 -1.09 58,526.79 -1.22 10,222.84 -0.73 5,500.00 -1.55 21,197.01 -0.64 7,129.63

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 164.46 +0.19 +0.12% 1.9M 60.47 -0.16 -0.26% 3.5M 105.67 -0.46 -0.43% 26.1M 132.12 -0.74 -0.56% 4.6M 75.29 +1.61 +2.19% 7.0M 94.85 +1.26 +1.35% 8.2M 27.96 +0.13 +0.47% 15.9M 45.58 +0.12 +0.26% 10.9M 97.22 +0.39 +0.40% 5.6M 63.95 +0.20 +0.31% 3.2M 83.98 +0.23 +0.27% 9.4M 31.11 +0.04 +0.13% 27.6M 153.00 -1.08 -0.70% 3.7M 130.46 +0.24 +0.18% 3.4M 147.95 +2.55 +1.75% 5.0M 31.88 -0.12 -0.38% 14.2M 108.31 -0.19 -0.18% 6.3M 59.48 -0.46 -0.77% 12.9M 123.29 -0.90 -0.72% 5.8M 53.07 -0.01 -0.02% 7.6M 54.21 +0.24 +0.44% 19.9M 61.65 -0.79 -1.27% 12.2M 30.08 -0.11 -0.36% 31.9M 82.89 +0.07 +0.08% 6.6M 115.39 -0.50 -0.43% 1.5M 99.06 -0.05 -0.05% 2.8M 128.59 -1.20 -0.92% 4.2M 53.56 +0.65 +1.23% 15.1M 74.14 +0.23 +0.31% 6.3M 68.00 +0.54 +0.80% 6.3M

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Most Advanced TiVo Inc. $ 9.45 Mercury Systems Inc $ 18.81 Cadiz, Inc. $ 4.53 CareDx, Inc. $ 5.27 Alliance Holdings GP, L.P. $ 14.66 XBiotech Inc. $ 10.41 AveXis, Inc. $ 27.41 Siliconware Precision Industries Company, Ltd. $ 8.17 Bellerophon Therapeutics, Inc. $ 2.64 BroadVision, Inc. $ 6.868 Office Depot, Inc. $ 6.91

1.79 ▲ 23.37% 2.32 ▲ 14.07% 0.49 ▲ 12.13% 0.57 ▲ 12.13% 1.50 ▲ 11.40% 1.05 ▲ 11.22% 2.71 ▲ 10.97% 0.80 ▲ 10.85% 0.24 ▲ 10.00% 0.578 ▲ 9.19% 0.57 ▲ 8.99%

Most Declined Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Sigma Designs, Inc. Qumu Corporation Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. Spark Energy, Inc. Concordia Healthcare Corp. Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. Vitae Pharmaceuticals, Inc. United Therapeutics Corporation REGENXBIO Inc. TRACON Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$ 20.27 $ 6.31 $ 4.21 $ 7.90 $ 20.78 $ 26.50 $ 12.23 $6 $ 108.87 $ 9.85 $ 6.58

8.35 ▼ 29.18% 1.51 ▼ 19.31% 0.79 ▼ 15.80% 1.47 ▼ 15.69% 3.63 ▼ 14.87% 3.99 ▼ 13.09% 1.56 ▼ 11.31% 0.73 ▼ 10.85% 12.73 ▼ 10.47% 1.07 ▼ 9.80% 0.70 ▼ 9.62%

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

Reduction in rent for BHS STRUGGLING chain may survive after agreement with creditors Photo Credit Mtaylor848 Wikimedia

By John Smith BACK in 2000, the very astute businessman Philip Green, owner of the Storehouse Group, was so impressed by BHS (remembered by many as British Home Stores) that he paid £200 million (€250 million) to take over the group,

but despite all of his knowledge and work, he actually sold it in 2015 for a nominal £1. Since then the chain, which at one time was the largest retailer of light fittings in the UK, has continued to struggle and its investors have had to ask creditors to agree to reduce the rental costs of its 164 stores, which was agreed in principle for a number of them. The agreement means that 47 of the worst performing stores will

BHS: Company has debts of more than £1.3 billion (€1.6 billion). s e e cu ts o f u p to 75 pe r c e nt of rental costs, 40 stores will continue to trade whilst discussions continue over a possible 25 per reductio n , a n d 7 7 s tore s w hic h a re

trading relatively successfully will pay the same amount, and this will be paid monthly rather than quarterly. A lthough this w ill he lp, the

FBI unlock an iPhone to Apple’s disgust THE FBI and Apple have been deadlocked for a period of months over a demand that the company unlock a phone belonging to San Bernadino Daesh couple Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who killed 14 people in December 2015. It appeared that the matter had reached an impasse and would be going to court with the FBI expecting Apple to be instructed to unlock the phone, despite the fact that th e c o m p a n y n o t o n ly in ten d e d to re fu s e o n grounds of customer security, but also because it said that its security features were so good that it did not know how to unlock the phone. The matter is now out of Apple’s hands, however, as the FBI has not only dropped the lawsuit but has revealed that it has found a third party able to unlock the phone without any input from Apple. It is rumoured that an Israeli firm has ‘cracked’ the security, but there is no news as to whether it intends to offer this service to any other governments. In the meantime, Apple will be desperately trying to discover the secret to the unlocking the phone and then increasing the security of future models, and in a moment of bravado, it is reported that Apple has asked the FBI to let it know how the unlocking was achieved. It is assumed, however, that the FBI will not wish to save them any time or money.

needs a f ur t her £100 m i l l i on (€125 million) quickly to ensure that it doesn’t join famous names such as Timothy Whites and Woolworths on the scrap heap.

company still has debts of more than £1.3 billion (€1.6 billion), which includes an enormous pension ‘black hole’ and the company w hic h em pl oys 10,000 peopl e Photo Credit J Griffin Wikimedia

pound is how much Philip Green sold the group for in 2015

YUM BRANDS: Owner of fast food chains to sell 20 per cent stake.

Group to sell large stake in its Chinese business AMERICAN owner of a range of fast food chains including KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, the appropriately named Yum Brands, is in talks with various financial institutions about selling a significant stake in its Chinese business. It was only six months ago that the company which had previously been part of PepsiCo, announced that it intended to incorporate its operation in China and to have it quoted on the Chinese stock exchange. The total company has a market value estimated at $32 billion (€29 billion), but

it is reported that it is in discussions to sell 20 per cent of the Chinese business, once devolved, for as much as $10 billion (€9 billion), even though sales have dipped recently due to the downturn in the Chinese economy and a scandal over some of the meat used by the group. Despite these problems, shares in the parent have gone up in value due to this speculation and a Yum spokesman is reported to have said: “We continue to make good progress since we announced the transaction separating Yum and Yum China.”

Massive fraud in Valencia OFFICERS of the National Police have arrested 91 people in the Valencia Region of La Safor, charged with defrauding the treasury of the social security of nearly €1 million. They are charged with a total 142 offences of fraud and forgery, and the main protagonists are believed to be t he head of an agency whi ch wor ked wi t h up t o 200 companies and a former official of the Public State Employment Service. The concept of the scam r equi r ed t hat f i ct i t i ous workers were created and public benefits such as unem pl oym ent paym ent s could be claimed. In addition, false papers were issued to illegal immigr ant s i n or der t o al l ow them to work in Spain.

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Brexit finances continue to confuse CONFLICTING opinions from so-called experts are hitting the news AS the war of words over the Brexit begins to hot up, conflicting opinions from so-called experts are hitting the news on an almost daily basis. Recent contributors include the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and credit agency Moody’s, with one saying that the Brexit would be a financial disaster and the other being of the opinion that it wouldn’t make a huge amount of difference to the economy. The CBI commissioned a report from hugely influential financial analysts PwC (Price Waterhouse Coopers), which says the Brexit will cost the United Kingdom €130 billion and up to one million jobs. General Director of the CBI, Carolyn Fairbairn endorsed the findings of the report which effectively saw no financial benefits to the UK, apart from the cancellation of its payments to Brussels, and this would be off-

High Speed 2 AMERICAN company CH2M, the lead company in a consortium which includes a Spanish group, has won a potential 10-year contract said to be worth €450 million to provide engineering and construction support for the first phase of the High Speed 2 railway project, which is to run from London to Birmingham. CH2M will work with Spanish company SENER and Atkins to provide programme and construction management support, and engineering services. It is intended that the American firm will provide programme management services, SENER will provide expertise on high-speed rail, while Atkins will provide engineering services as part of the contract. The group hopes it will obtain additional work when future contracts are put out to tender as the overall cost of the project is expected to run into many billions of euros.

Third Way Think Tank

By John Smith

DR MARK ZANDI: Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Easter but not for eggs ALTHOUGH it has been happening for some years, social media and the press has been buzzing this Easter about the lack of the very word Easter on Easter Eggs. Slowly but surely, the word has been removed by the majority of major manufacturers, in what is considered by many as a cynical gesture to ensure those who are not Christian are not offended. To the manufacturers, it’s like the eponymous Curate’s Egg, good in parts but they do deny there is any religious reason for removal of the word, and it is just to make the wording on the packaging more attractive. However, it is good news for the

EGGS: Majority of manufacturers have removed the word Easter. Meaningful Chocolate Company, which not only uses free trade chocolate but markets the ‘Real Easter Egg’

with packaging which when opened forms a cross and pictures the story of the crucifixion.

The world’s longest train line WHAT was to have been a way to save time for importers and exporters when the world’s longest railway line, which runs between Yiwu in China and Madrid, was opened amidst considerable excitement in 2014, has proven to be a bit of journey into a siding as far as business is concerned. In 15 months there have been just 40 freight trains sent from China with only eight returning. The reality is that although it is quicker than sending a container of goods by sea, it costs nearly twice as much by train, and with the general downturn in the Chinese economy there just isn’t the demand for the service.

set by the losses in income, together with massively increased payment of unemployment benefits. On the other hand, the Moody’s report accepted that there would be some small loss to Britain in financial terms but the overall impact was considered small, with an unlikely increase in unemployment as many EU passport holders may choose to leave the UK. Whilst acknowledging that an exit could hamper economic growth, the ratings agency believed that the value of sterling would suffer which would mean that prices of exports would drop, making manufactured goods more competitive. Moody’s said: “We expect that, over time, the UK and EU would come to an arrangement to preserve most, but probably not all, of the current trading relationships, thereby limiting the impact on UK exporters and supply chains of UK importers.”

UK sugar tax IN theory the decision announced in the budget to add a tax onto soft drinks with high sugar contents was a brave one, but the government may find itself ‘holding a tiger by the tail’, as various groups consider whether they will take action to try and change this decision. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is overjoyed by the news, but others have criticised the chancellor for not making the tax cover a wider range of fast foods and chocolates which also contribute to childhood obesity. On the other hand, UK representatives of the beverage industry are considering their position, as although they have until 2018 to either reduce the sugar content of the drinks or see the tax imposed, they may decide to take the UK government to Brussels as they consider the imposition of this two tier tax to be unreasonable. With the weight of some of the biggest corporations in the world such as Coca Cola behind them, and having seen Finland being forced to reverse a tax on ice cream, financial interest may conquer the search for a healthy future.

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You know it makes sense a katz / shutterstock.com

MY observation is proven to be utterly correct LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

A FEW months ago, on my Facebook page someone posted a photo of Donald Trump. The caption underneath invited the reader to describe the man in one word. Most of the words that followed were just about unprintable, even in this column! My personal contribution was, ‘underrated.’ I am delighted that today, my observation is proven to be utterly correct. Why? Simply because we are on the brink of allout war! I have no idea how this man would handle the American economy, civil rights, or indeed most any other American malady. In fact he may be a disaster, but in a war, he’s the man I want on my side. Churchill was a useless peacetime prime minister, but as a combat leader he was ruthless, stubborn, and arrogantly dedicated to victory at almost any cost.

DONALD TRUMP: Readers were invited to describe him in one word. If we are to beat the animals of the Middle East, this is the type of individual we need to do the job. When Trump was asked in an interview what he would do about

Daesh? He said he would hit them so hard they wouldn’t believe it. Well I believe he would. I’m also convinced that he would also

curb the bluffs and liberties undertaken by Putin and the ilk of places like North Korea, purely because he could just be unpredictable enough to press the button. If all this sounds like another Leapy rant then so be it. To me it’s common sense. The time for pussyfooting and ‘diplomatic moves’ are history. We now need all the action we can get. Obama’s, extremely questionable, term is nearly over. America will soon have a choice between a proven lightweight hypocritical liar and a tough, no nonsense hardnosed nutter, who doesn’t recognise the word failure. Well I know who I would choose. I am also convinced that the American people are finally realising that unless they elect a truly patriotic president, with the balls to really go for it, freedom, democracy and culture as they know it, will soon be a dim memory. Vote for Trump. You know it makes sense. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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They’re getting it together SPAIN’S parties conversed without animosity following the Brussels attacks Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

AFTER months of mutual insults, Spain’s political parties conversed without animosity following the Brussels bomb attacks. They signed an anti-terrorism pact in February last year to combat the jihadi threat and met after the Brussels massacre to monitor Spain’s situation. Even Podemos, not a signee, sent a representative as an observer. But did anyone mention during a meeting where there was no room for acrimony that Belgium has a history of inconclusive general and federal elections? Did anyone mention the potential difficulties in coordinating security and anti-terrorist strategy with only a caretaker government may not be the best way to counter the jihadi threat?

Second thoughts ADA COLAU, mayor of Barcelona, who owes her post to the votes of Podemos coun-

Divide and rule IN sacking the Podemos third-in-command Sergio Pascual from his post as Organisation Secretary, Pablo Iglesias removed Iñigo Errejon’s right-hand man. Observers suspect that he is reinforcing his own camp while debilitating that of Podemos co-founder Errejon. Once upon a time Iglesias would have objected to the use of a word like hierarchy in connection with a party that was created to counteract the PSOE and Partido Popular ‘castes’. Now he is doing a very efficient job of creating his own.

cillors, wrote recently, “There’s a certain air about Pablo...” She was referring to Pablo Iglesias and what she and others increasingly identify as his arrogance. Unfortunately she rectified immediately as is required practice these days even – or especially – when speaking sincerely.

Unwise monkeys MARIANO RAJOY heads the Partido Popular, the most-voted party in last December’s elections. He possesses an unalienable belief in his right to form the next government but cuts an unimpressive figure. And he does not grow in stature when he claims that Madrid had no inkling that Valencia City Hall was riddled with corruption for years. Madrid was either incompetent for not knowing what was happening in Valencia or, worse, knew about it but did nothing. Only monkeys may behave like the three wise monkeys - not national politicians. ADA COLAU: Owes her post to the votes of Podemos councillors. Ricardo Patiño on Wikimedia Commons

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Movies Now Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals The Sweeney Ax Men The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Classic Car Show The Goodwood Members' Meeting The Snooker Mavericks Public Enemies FYI Daily A round up of the latest entertainment news.

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FRIDAY - 01 APRIL

9:15am 9:25am 9:35am 9:50am 10:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm

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Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Salem Falls 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK The Extraordinary Swollen Woman and Other Medical Mysteries Trauma Doctors Botched Up Bodies

10:15am Heir Hunters 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Think Tank 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The TV That Made Me 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 10:00pm Boomers 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Room 101

7:15am Call the Council 8:00am Homes Under the Hammer 9:00am Sea Cities 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The A to Z of TV Cooking 1:05pm The Chef's Protege 1:35pm Wogan: The Best of 2:20pm Talking Pictures 3:05pm Angels One Five 4:40pm The Indian Doctor 5:25pm Coast Australia 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Too Much TV 8:00pm The Enemy Files 9:00pm Perry and Croft: Made in Britain 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 11:00pm Two Doors Down 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Lilting 1:25am I Am Love 3:20am Inside Obama's White House

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1981 9:00pm Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Master and Maverick 10:00pm Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell 11:00pm Heavy Metal Britannia 12:30am Metal at the BBC 1:00am Top of the Pops: 1981 1:35am Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell 2:35am Heavy Metal Britannia 4:05am Metal at the BBC Compilation of memorable heavy metal performances from BBC TV shows. 4:35am Sounds of the Sixties Forget Madchester, forget Factory, forget Oasis. 4:40am This is BBC Four

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold The Premier League Years Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club The Premier League Years Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Barclays Premier League World BPL Legends Darts Gold II Darts Gold II Live Premier League Darts Darts Gold II Barclays Premier League World

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Gok's Lunchbox 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 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Billy Connolly's Tracks Across America 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm A View to a Kill 2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:30am Dinner Date 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 10:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:35am Catchphrase 11:15am Dinner Date 12:15pm Royal Pains 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 7:50pm The Hot Desk 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

7:10am Doctor in the House 7:35am Heartbeat 8:35am Where the Heart is 9:40am The Royal 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:35am Judge Judy 12:00pm The Darling Buds of May 1:05pm Murder, She Wrote 2:10pm Heartbeat 3:15pm The Royal 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Doctor in the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm A Touch of Frost 1:05am Steptoe and Son Ride Again 2:05am FYI Daily 2:10am Steptoe and Son Ride Again 2:55am Long Lost Family 3:45am Rory Bremner's Great British Views

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:25pm 12:50pm 12:55pm 2:35pm 3:05pm 4:05pm 4:55pm 6:35pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

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Countdown The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Shipping Wars Shipping Wars Channel 4 News Summary Formula 1 The Big Bang Theory Deal or No Deal Countdown Formula 1 The Simpsons The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World Food Unwrapped Travel Man Gogglebox The Last Leg Raised by Wolves

9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Family Secrets 6:25pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm That's So... 1994 10:00pm Police Interceptors: Deadly Pursuits 11:00pm The Last Stand 1:10am Super Casino

Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals The Sweeney Ax Men The Chase The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Goodwood Members' Meeting The Krays FYI Daily The Krays Eraser FYI Daily Eraser Hell on Wheels Hogan's Heroes

7:00am Football Gold 7:15am Football Gold 7:30am WWE Main Event 8:30am Live Super Rugby 10:20am Sky Scholars 10:30am Premier League Darts 2:00pm Football Gold 2:15pm Football Gold 2:30pm The Premier League Years 4:30pm La Liga Show 2015 5:00pm Premier League 100 Club 5:30pm Barclays Premier League World 6:00pm Game Changers 6:30pm La Liga Show 2015 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:00pm Football 11:15pm Barclays Premier League Preview 11:45pm Sporting Triumphs 12:00am Boxing Gold 12:35am Super League Highlights 12:50am Football

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SATURDAY - 02 APRIL

TV LISTING

SUNDAY - 03 APRIL

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm MasterChef 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:00pm Escape to the Continent 5:00pm Final Score 6:20pm Now You See It 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm Regional News 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Can't Touch This 8:00pm The Voice UK 10:05pm Casualty 10:55pm The National Lottery Live 11:05pm BBC News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 12:55am Salvage 2:10am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15am BBC News

7:30am I Remember Mama 9:40am The Women's Football Show 10:10am A Distant Trumpet 12:00pm Natural World 1:00pm Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul 2:00pm The Best Dishes Ever 2:30pm Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Talking Pictures 3:20pm Easter Parade 5:00pm Flog It! 6:00pm Big Dreams, Small Spaces 7:00pm Gardeners' World 7:30pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 8:30pm Tribes, Predators and Me 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely 11:00pm Quartet 12:35am The Lady 2:40am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

4:40am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. 8:00pm Treasures of the Indus 9:00pm Human Planet Nature series that marvels at mankind's incredible relationship with nature in the world today. 10:00pm Follow the Money 11:00pm Follow the Money 12:00am TOTP2 1:00am Boy George and Culture Club: Karma to Calamity 2:00am Top of the Pops: 1981 2:35am Top of the Pops: 1981 3:10am One-Hit Wonders at the BBC 4:10am Sounds of the 70s 4:40am This is BBC Four

7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am How I Met Your Mother 8:05am Freerider World Tour 8:30am Mobil 1 The Grid 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 12:00pm The Superhumans Show 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:55pm Formula 1 3:05pm Channel 4 Racing 4:00pm Formula 1 6:30pm Speed with Guy Martin 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The World's Weirdest Weather 9:00pm Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge 10:00pm Identity Thief 12:15am Sliver

9:55am The Fairly Odd Parents 10:30am The Saturday Show Live 12:30pm Police Interceptors 1:25pm Police Interceptors 2:25pm Rookies and Raids: Police Interceptors Special 3:25pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 4:20pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 5:20pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 6:15pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 7:10pm NCIS: Los Angeles 8:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 9:00pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Championship 11:00pm Goal Rush 11:30pm NCIS 12:25am NCIS 1:15am Super Casino

8:25am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Secret Britain 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 6:00pm Life in the Air 7:00pm Paul O Grady: The Sally Army and Me 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Undercover 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:35am Butterfly on a Whee

7:45am This Farming Life 8:45am Gardeners' World 9:15am Island Parish Shetland 9:45am The Beechgrove Garden 10:15am Countryfile 11:15am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:45pm The Best Dishes Ever 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Silk Stockings 3:55pm Flog It! 4:30pm Figure Skating 6:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure 7:00pm The Secret History of My Family 8:00pm Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius 9:00pm Natural Born Winners 10:00pm Tribes, Predators and Me 11:00pm Thirteen 12:00am The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story 12:40am Snow Cake

8:00pm Sir Peter Maxwell Davies: Master and Maverick 9:00pm Pappano's Classical Voices Series in which Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last hundred years through the prism of the main classical voice types. 10:00pm Bob Geldof on Wb Yeats: A Fanatic Heart 11:40pm Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas 1:35am Dan Cruickshank: Resurrecting History Dan Cruickshank returns to his childhood home of Warsaw for the first time in almost 60 years. 2:35am Sounds of the 70s 3:05am Bob Geldof on Wb Yeats: A Fanatic Heart

7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am How I Met Your Mother 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 2:35pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Formula 1 7:30pm Speed with Guy Martin: F1 Special 8:30pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm Indian Summers 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:00am Formula 1 1:00am I Love You Phillip Morris 2:45am Embarrassing Bodies 3:40am Come Dine with Me

7:00am Milkshake! 10:45am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am The Championship 12:20pm Goal Rush 12:50pm The Gadget Show 1:45pm Police Interceptors 2:45pm Greatest Animated Movies 5:40pm Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return 7:20pm Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 9:00pm Now That's Funny 9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 10:00pm Penn and Teller: Fool Us in Vegas 11:00pm Carrie 1:00am The Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final 1:55am Super Casino 4:10am The Tube: Going Underground

7:00am CITV 10:25am Murder, She Wrote 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:15pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:30pm Judge Rinder 3:30pm The Chase 4:35pm Planet's Got Talent 5:00pm Nanny McPhee 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Saturday Night Takeaway 9:30pm You're Back in the Room 10:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show 11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm Hot Fuzz 1:50am Jackpot 247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 1:35pm The Almost Impossible Gameshow 2:30pm Scorpion 3:25pm A Little Princess 4:25pm FYI Daily 4:30pm A Little Princess 5:25pm Britain's Got More Talent 6:30pm Happy Feet 7:30pm FYI Daily 7:35pm Happy Feet 8:35pm The Mummy Returns 9:35pm FYI Daily 9:40pm The Mummy Returns 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:15am American Dad! 1:45am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2:45am FYI Daily

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9:10am 9:40am 10:10am 10:35am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 12:55pm 1:55pm 2:00pm 3:10pm

7:00am Barclays Premier League Preview 7:30am Football Gold 7:45am Football Gold 8:00am Football Gold 8:15am Football Gold 8:30am Barclays Premier League Preview 9:00am Game Changers 9:30am Nick Kicks 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Football 3:45pm Live Pro 12 Rugby 6:00pm Live Ford Saturday Night Football 9:00pm Live Fight Night 12:30am Super League Highlights 12:45am Super League Highlights 1:00am La Liga 1:15am Sporting Mavericks 1:45am Sporting Triumphs 2:00am SNF: Match Choice 3:30am SNF: Match Choice

7:00am CITV 10:25am Formula e Highlights 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:25pm ITV News and Weather 1:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:40pm River Monsters 3:40pm Big Star's Little Star 4:40pm Off Their Rockers 5:10pm The Living Daylights 7:35pm Local News and Weather 7:40pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The Durrells 10:00pm Home Fires 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm The Olivier Awards 2016 1:00am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 1:55am Jackpot 247 4:00am Nightscreen

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:30am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:30pm Take Me Out 1:45pm Catchphrase 2:45pm Peter Pan 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Peter Pan 4:55pm Britain's Got More Talent 5:55pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 7:25pm King Kong 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm King Kong 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Bordertown 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am American Dad! 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:25am The Cleveland Show 2:50am @Elevenish 3:15am The Hot Desk 3:25am Teleshopping

7:00am Carry on at Your Convenience 8:00am FYI Daily 8:05am Carry on at Your Convenience 8:30am Carry on Again, Doctor 9:30am FYI Daily 9:35am Carry on Again, Doctor 10:15am Heartbeat 11:15am Heartbeat 12:20pm Columbo 1:50pm A Touch of Frost 3:55pm A Touch of Frost 6:00pm Midsomer Murders 8:00pm Doc Martin 9:00pm By Royal Appointment 10:00pm Great Estates 11:15pm The American President 12:15am FYI Daily 12:20am The American President 1:35am Kindness of Strangers 3:05am Wycliffe 4:00am May the Best House Win

7:00am Football's Greatest 7:15am Ax Men 8:10am Storage Wars 8:40am Pawn Stars 9:05am The Classic Car Show 10:10am BRDC Formula 4 Championship 11:15am MSA British Touring Car Championship 7:15pm Goodwood Members Meeting 8:15pm Football's Greatest: George Best 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm Police Academy 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Police Academy 12:05am Driven to Kill 1:05am FYI Daily 1:10am Driven to Kill 2:10am The Sweeney 3:05am Ax Men 4:00am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

7:00am Sporting Triumphs 7:15am Sporting Triumphs 7:30am Sporting Triumphs 7:45am Sporting Triumphs 8:00am Premier League 8:30am SNF: Match Choice 10:00am The Sunday Supplement 11:30am Goals on Sunday 1:30pm Live Ford Super Sunday 4:30pm Live Ford Super Sunday 8:00pm Sir Alex Ferguson Interview 8:30pm Boxing 9:00pm Football League Goals 10:00pm Goals on Sunday 11:00pm Boxing 11:30pm Sir Alex Ferguson Interview 12:00am Ford Football Special 1:30am Football Gold 1:50am Football

10:20am 11:30am 12:30pm 12:35pm 1:25pm 2:25pm 2:30pm 3:15pm 5:25pm

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Movies Now Judge Judy Carry on Loving FYI Daily Carry on Loving Where the Heart is Where the Heart is Carry on Cleo FYI Daily Carry on Cleo Carry on Matron FYI Daily Carry on Matron A Touch of Frost Columbo Peter Falk dons the shabby mac and lights up a cheap cigar for more top drawer US detective drama. Midsomer Murders Foyle's War Inspector Morse A dramatic manhunt is triggered by the violent escape from prison of a convicted rapist. Blue Murder

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Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Shalako FYI Daily Shalako The Rawhide Years FYI Daily The Rawhide Years Dr. No FYI Daily Dr. No The Snooker Mavericks Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol FYI Daily Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Driven to Kill FYI Daily Driven to Kill FIA Formula e Championship Live

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MONDAY - 04 APRIL 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm

BBC News Regional News Doctors Think Tank Escape to the Country My Life on a Plate Flog It! Pointless BBC News Regional News The One Show Panorama EastEnders The Vikings Uncovered BBC News Regional News

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 More Tales From Northumberland with Robson Green 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella

2:15pm 4:40pm 5:25pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm

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Becket The Indian Doctor Coast Australia Bargain Hunt Eggheads Great British Railway Journeys The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure University Challenge Island Parish Shetland The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story QI XL Newsnight

3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm 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 Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy

TUESDAY - 05 APRIL

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Welsh Railways: Beating Beeching 9:00pm Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways 10:00pm James May: The Reassembler 10:30pm Decisive Weapons The P-51 Mustang:, Cadillac of the Skies. 11:00pm Engineering Giants: Jumbo Jet StripDown 12:00am The Tube: An Underground History 1:00am Ancient Greece

1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 2:10pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Too Many Cooks 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm The Food Chain 10:00pm The Island with Bear Grylls

2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours: Hotel Death Trap 3:15pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:15pm Access 4:20pm Deadly Suspicion 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours: Hotel Death Trap 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm World's Biggest Beast 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm The Tube: Going Underground 11:00pm Neighbours 12:00am Person of Interest 12:55am Person of Interest

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

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Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor in the House On the Buses On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Rosemary and Thyme Long Lost Family Wycliffe The Olivier Awards ITV3 Nightscreen

Ax Men The Chase The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars FA Youth Cup Motogp Highlights

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5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 10:30pm 11:00pm

Goals on Sunday Football Gold Football Gold Football League Goals Fantasy Football Club Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Anthony Joshua: The Knockouts Information not available Live Elite League Speedway Boxing Anthony Joshua

BBC News Regional News Doctors Think Tank Escape to the Country My Life on a Plate Flog It! Pointless BBC News Regional News The One Show EastEnders Holby City The A Word BBC News Regional News Weather Murdered by My Father

1:30pm The Super League Show 2:15pm Golf 3:15pm The Man in the White Suit 4:40pm The Indian Doctor 5:25pm Coast Australia 6:15pm Bargain Hunt 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Northern Exposure 9:00pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00pm Inside Obama's White House 11:00pm Scrappers 11:30pm Newsnight

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Brushing Up on... 9:00pm Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways 10:00pm James May: The Reassembler 10:30pm Decisive Weapons Series chronicling the impact of technology on the history of war. 11:00pm The Bridge: Fifty Years across the Forth 12:00am Timewatch 12:55am Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend

1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 2:10pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Too Many Cooks 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm One Born Every Minute

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 Inspectors are Coming 9:00pm How Not to DIY 10:00pm Drive 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm On Assignment

1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 7:50pm The Hot Desk 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Wedding Planner 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Wedding Planner

1:05pm Murder, She Wrote 2:10pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:15pm Where the Heart is 5:20pm Doctor in the House 5:55pm On the Buses 6:25pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple

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down. In the past six months you have come a long way. You are not back where you started. You are being given the chance to start again, but this time you have far more experience..

(March 21 - April 20)

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Challenges that do not please you are inevitable. That does not mean that your attitude towards them could not change. Indeed, unless you want to continue to be upset, it must.

able to deal with this more easily than you think. Just take one step at a time and stick to your plan. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is not a time to take anyone for granted. At this time of the year people tend to look at their situation and ask if they are getting enough out of it. Neglecting someone now could store up a lot of problems for the future.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) You are moving on in an important area but do not burn bridges before you have others to cross. You will know why I mention this later in the week. You are able to influence others far more than you realise, but with your wish to keep things on an even keel you may be giving away too much.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Now is your chance to go straight for what you want. The shock of having this opportunity could cause you to hesitate. Do bear in mind, though, that he who hesitates is often lost.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Is there a chance that you are burying your head in the sand? It is likely that something happening right in front of you is being overlooked or ignored. You are

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Don't look for spooks in the closet when there are none. Not only does it look silly but it also wastes good time. Basing your actions on past disappointments can only lead to more of the same. Show confidence in others and they will show it in you. Sometimes, your patience wears thin but it is in your best interests to remain calm.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A big change means big chances, so don't let small things get you

UK THUNDERBALL

IRISH LOTTO

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LA PRIMITIVA

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

Saturday March 26

Friday March 25

Saturday March 26

Sunday March 27

3 18

16 32

BONUS BALL

THUNDERBALL

BONUS BALL

19 42

36 43

LUCKY STARS

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Madrid

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19 12 S 21 14 S 21 14 S

Almeria TODAY:

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Mon - 19 13 C Tues - 19 13 C Wed - 18 12 C

17 12 S 18 13 S 19 13 S

SUNNY MAX 21C, MIN 11C

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Mon - 19 13 C Tues - 22 13 C Wed - 20 12 Sh

Mallorca

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CLOUDY MAX 22C, MIN 11C

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17 13 Sh 19 13 Sh 19 13 Cl

Fri Sat Sun -

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Murcia

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UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

NERJA

MALAGA

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You have a chance to give someone great delight, so why not go ahead? Your insecure side tells you that it is too good to be true and there must be a catch.

LOTTERY 5

VELEZ-MALAGA

R DE LA VICTORIA

terribly slow. This is not a time to be a pessimist. Please don't, however, allow your tendency to put all your eggs in one basket trip you up. It is not necessary to go about things the way that you normally do.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Something that you had set your heart on, although still coming, is

CASABERMEJA

‘SOMETHING MUST BE DONE - HOW CAN I DRAW LIGHT HEARTED FUN CARTOONS THE STATE THE WORLD IS IN TODAY?’

Is someone that you are closely involved with trying to drive a hard bargain? Are you surprised at the amount of time and energy that they are throwing at it? It could be that they are more passionate about it than you realised.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is your week to sparkle and show how clever you are. Why be modest? Let others know what you are capable of; your talents will come out sooner or later. Don't be embarrassed when paid a compliment, for it is richly deserved. You have put on a jolly good show of late and it is now time to listen to the applause.

NERJA

VELEZ-MALAGA

ARIES

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You have been learning about certain people very fast. Do you feel as though you are in the middle of a soap opera? With the summer sun high, it is possible that passions will fire up. Everything seems to revolve round one person and it is upsetting everything else.

ARCHIDONA

REINTEGRO

19 28

21 33

REINTEGRO

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1 Commends (7) 5 Hurl (5) 8 Oblivious (7)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Salted, 4 Batons, 9 Alice, 10 Extreme, 11 Operates, 12 Vote, 14 Snares, 16 Teases, 19 Beef, 20 Valencia, 23 Scrooge, 24 Adapt, 25 Sadden, 26 Dealer.

9 Sharp (5)

Down:

10 Happening (5)

1 Shadows, 2 Loire, 3 Elevated, 5 Acts, 6 Ocelots, 7 Sieve, 8 Repel, 13 Serenade, 15 Averred, 17 Shatter, 18 Dated, 19 Basis, 21 Crawl, 22 Note.

11 Aversion (7) 12 Period of 10 years (6) 14 Disperse widely (6) 17 Capable of being seen (7) 19 Little (5)

QUICK

22 Cheek, impertinence (5)

Across:

23 Belief (7) 24 Great fear (5) 25 Good behaviour (7) Down 1 Intermission (5) 2 Cognisant (5) 3 Began (7)

4 Fixed (6) 5 Sport groups (5) 6 Everyday procedure (7) 7 Friday evening to Sunday evening (7) 12 Invented (7) 13 Dressing, clothing (7)

English - Spanish

1 Doctor, 4 Trying, 9 Comes, 10 Massive, 11 District, 12 Bait, 14 Sorted, 16 Models, 19 Lead, 20 Guessing, 23 Smiling, 24 Brave, 25 Steady, 26 Recent.

15 Strong feeling or emotion (7) 16 Change for the better (6) 18 Combine into one (5) 20 Similar (5) 21 Loans (5)

Down:

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

1 Decides, 2 Camps, 3 Observed, 5 Risk, 6 Imitate, 7 Guest, 8 Smack, 13 Possible, 15 Realise, 17 Segment, 18 Judge, 19 Lasts, 21 Image, 22 Find.

Across 1 Flash of lightning (9) 6 To be able (5) 7 To put (5) 9 Awake (9) 12 Escritorios (muebles) (5) 13 Queen (5) 14 Pasajero (9)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Solapa, 4 Flor, 7 Lunes, 8 Until, 10 Peliculas, 13 Small, 14 Bells, 15 Azul, 16 Fresas.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Sell, 2 Lenteja, 3 Pastilla, 5 Rule, 6 Cucumber, 9 Toallas, 11 Isla, 12 Osos.

Down 1 Clothes (4) 2 Escaleras de mano (7) 3 Butterflies (insects) (9) 4 Manzano (5-4) 5 Priest (4) 8 Nada (7) 10 Age (of person, animal, building) (4) 11 To fall (4)

Hexagram

Down:

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (EITHER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ATTACK CHEERY CLIQUE EASILY EITHER (10) ETHNIC HEATER HERETO INHERE KNOTTY

METEOR MORRIS REGRET SEETHE TARIFF TEETHE THEIST THEORY WRIGHT

Across 1 Excited as Spurs excel (7) 5 Spotted in embarrassing tapestry (5) 8 Bouquet from a romantic affair (5) 9 Strange new aura in the dark (7) 10 Register brew or rest (6) 13 Pete’s recipe prepared for Harry (6) 15 Be ill from beer it’s said (3) 16 Make money from The Bear Necessities (4) 17 Gemstone from old friend (4) 19 Caught first goal on television (3) 21 Cheats maybe innocent (6) 24 Be quiet near pear prepared for mountain guide (6) 28 Postponement concerning bad feeling (7) 29 A constituent that is excluded (5) 30 Weary author discovered in the road (5) 31 Baseball player’s large jug (7)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Radium 2 Strain 3 Bureau 4 Cannot 5 Marina 6 Regent 7 Intern 8 Retain 9 Effort 10 Tingle 11 German 12 Teethe 13 Regime 14 Seethe 15 Beetle 16 Easier 17 Hither 18 Fabric 19 Creaky

Down 1 Is star unhappy with Steps (6) 2 Or sit out fights (5) 3 Saw a Danish leader get older (5) 4 I feel comfortable returning guns (4) 5 Lower a support (5) 6 About turn, come back (5)

7 Quiet queen’s railway drink (6) 11 Mates forming bands (5) 12 Choice of kitchen appliance (5) 13 Parking on a great many building sites (5) 14 Climb over a weighing machine (5) 18 Marks football results (6)

20 A cricketer’s clobber (6) 22 Sale I organised for part of the church (5) 23 Dramatic turn for Oliver (5) 25 Core of Earth is in a bad way (5) 26 Fish in Ebro, a charming idea (5) 27 He and father returned for Mass (4)

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Cultural loss at Punta Prima

J Billet (aka Joe the Cat Man), Alicante

Better off outside HELLO Leapy, I have lived for about 30 years in Belgium and Holland and I understand why the people in the UK think they will be better off outside the EU. One of the reasons is that ever since the UK became members there has been constant criticism in the press and TV. Some of it valid but an awful lot of rubbish and scaremongering. For me the EU is a bit like communism. A good idea ruined by politicians. If they had stuck to being simply a trade organisation it would have been better, but politicians have to get involved which has led to some really stupid ideas, like how vegetables should look. What makes you think that things would be better if the UK leaves the

country for the sake of the expats living in the EU, and that’s including the pensioners in Spain. It would appear that Spain would be worse off

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DEAR Editor, Another coastal landmark is to disappear this Friday. The beautiful tower beside the N332 at Punta Prima is to be demolished after standing there so majestically for more than 160 years. It was built from pieces of stone of various shapes and sizes all held together with lime and shingle, long before cement, concrete and blocks but that’s progress, to make way for a new commercial centre which will also take in Cala Mosca. There will be a centre with 180 shops, a bowling alley, a cinema, a medical centre and also stations for police, fire and ambulance – this should please the Orihuela Costa residents. Explosive specialists will place small charges at ground level so that the tower will collapse into a crumpled heap of rubble, which will be hauled away by a fleet of trucks and used for extending the harbour pier in order to accommodate larger ships for carrying salt. The police and proteccion civil will close one lane of the N332 dual carriageway for this work to be carried out. The tower is scheduled to collapse at 11am and the N332 is expected to be back to normal by 1pm. As this has been kept very low profile the police do not anticipate many sightseers.

I DO not believe that the people who are against bull fighting and eat meat are hypocrites. I abhor factory farming and have not eaten meat in 30 years. But many people are ignorant of the horrors and misery suffered by farm animals and others cannot afford organic meat, eggs, etc. I do eat chicken but always try to buy organic. More and more small farmers are producing eggs from ‘happy hens’ - a lovely idea to advertise. Everything has to die and I believe that if farm animals have a good free life and have a quick humane death (and not kept in crates so that their meat is white to please the palate of some uncaring wimp, and geese also have space to walk about and not force fed, sometimes with their feet nailed to the ground so that it cannot move and the greedy farmer can get an ounce more of foie gras), is acceptable to some. Nothing is perfect in this life. We do what we can. As usual, it is all to do with money and power. The difference between the two is the ‘corrida’, bulls are tortured to death, in the name of ‘cultural interest’ and enormous amounts of money are moved around, including subsidies paid by the taxpayer each year, which I have just discovered, and the politician gets his votes while the farm animal is at least to feed people, most times after a short miserable life. Olivia by email

EU? When I look at the state the UK is in now with the NHS on its knees, public service, units like firemen, police and nurses pay and conditions being far short of what they should be. These things are not due to the EU but to UK politicians, both parties are guilty. I don’t favour one party over another but I think two of the last lot should be in the tower for treason. One for depleting the nation’s wealth and the other for sending our troops to war and lying about the reason. Best regards, John Taylor

Scaremongers HERE we go again scaremongering the expats living in Spain. All the measures George Peretz QC outlines that can be implemented by Spain on the British living in Spain, could be implemented by Britain in the opposite direction against the 900,000 Spaniards currently living in the UK. Let’s be honest the majority living in Spain are pensioners costing Spain nothing, spending their pensions and

paying taxes into the Spanish treasury. As for the health care we all know that unless a pensioner you get nothing out of the Spanish health system unless you have contributed, not so in Britain. According to your newspaper March 17-23, 2016 (issue 1602), Britain pays Spain a whopping €290 million so medical treatment is not given to pensioners free. Whereas the NHS is being constantly abused by millions of EU citizens to the point it is on the verge of collapse. How can we expect Britain to be forced to continue to sacrifice the

Import tax DEAR B Kendall, re your comments in issue 1603 of this paper. Coming out of the EU is about import tax not export tax. If the UK is trading outside of the EU trading zone then the UK government would place tax on all imports from the EU. The EU would in-turn place import tax on all imports from the UK. Import tax is only one of the problems that UK exporters would face. They would have to agree trading agreements with every one of the 27 countries in the EU and 20 countries outside of the EU, a massive job. Also with regard to your comments regarding people that have made their life in Spain. Expats who have made their lives legally in Europe do not need to worry they will be protected by the Vienna Convention of treaties 1969. Please do not take any notice of David Cameron’s comments trying to throw doubt on this treaty, it is just to try and influence your vote and is not true. After all if in doubt you can read it for yourself. What would be the situation after a vote to come out? Regarding UK citizens wanting to move to the EU we do not know. David, Murcia

Wonderful! WHAT a WONDERFUL write up. Thanks so very much. And no misquotes! Chuffed I am indeed. Sheyla Bonnick leader of Sounds of Boney M London and Alicante

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The culture of greed and selfishness IF this is human nature, how do you control it? Nora Johnson

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WHAT is it about some of today’s politicians, bankers, charity bosses and other heads of organisations? Take MEPs for example. They can claim £120,000 annually in expenses without providing ‘real proof’ of how the money is spent, because EU officials don’t want to saddle them with an ‘administrative burden’ which would hamper their freedom. The EU expenses chief admitted he had never seen the bank accounts of long-serving Labour MEP Peter Skinner, who is accused of using his expenses to pay £10,000 to his ex-wife. As for banks, the Royal Bank of Scotland paid its chief executive Ross McEwan £3.8 million for 2015, double the amount he made the year before, as the bank reported its eighth consecutive year of losses since it was bailed out by the taxpayer in 2008. Its total losses since the financial crisis

THE BBC: Savile’s behaviour was noted but not formally investigated, a report revealed. amount to an an eye-watering £51.7 billion. And charities? Chief executives working for the UK’s top 100 charities had an average remuneration package of just over £167,000 last year. The highest paid CEO, David Mobbs of

Nuffield Health, earned more than £780,000. Phew! Too many charities have become vehicles for paying excessive salaries for ‘jobs for the boys’ under the pretext of paying ‘the rate for the job’ (in other words: everyone else is ‘at it’)

for ‘talented’ people (BBC-speak for not talented at all). Remember what they said about highly paid bankers, (RBS, anyone?), that they had to pay large sums to get the best. And where did this ‘best’ get us? There should be a cap on salaries

funded by charitable donations or government subsidy. Speaking of the BBC, what about the recently published 1,000 report on the Jimmy Savile scandal? It concluded that his dreadful behaviour was noted many times but not once formally reported or investigated and that the BBC ‘as a corporate body’, had no knowledge of the sex crimes being committed over many decades by one of its most prominent celebrities. Is it just the BBC that has put its best interests before the protection of children? Haven’t we heard similar claims about the Church and politicians? Are things different today, or is it just the selfishness and greed of human nature and, if so, how do you control this? OK, rant over. Next scandal, please! Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back’, ‘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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SIESTA: Long naps or being excessively tired during the day is linked to a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome.

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THIS week, the doctor replies to a reader’s letter asking about pulse rates and pacemakers. Dear Dr Perez Belmont, After reading your piece on blood pressure I wonder if you can tell me the correct pulse rate, I read on the internet that it should be between 60 and 100. I had a pacemaker fitted in 2013 in England, we come to Spain every winter ‘snow birds’ and my pulse has gone up to 110 and 118. On the internet it said it could be a faulty pacemaker. Is it possible to get it checked out in Spain or do I have to get back to England? My local hospital is Los Arcos del Mar Menor. Any information would be a great help. Yours Sincerely R Bennett

Dear Mr Bennett, As you say, the normal pulse rate for a healthy adult should be between 6 0 an d 1 0 0 b e a ts p e r minute, although when some heart diseases are p res e n t, it s h o u ld b e maintained below 60. Although pacemakers do not tend to be faulty, it can sometimes happen and one of the signs of this is an increased pulse rate. If y o u n o tice th is is h ap p e n in g o fte n y o u should go to a hospital to h av e th e p ac e ma k er checked out. You do not need to return to England to have it checked. M o s t h o s p ita ls in S p ain h av e s p e c ia lis ts w h o a re familia r w ith p ac e ma k ers an d ca n check whether they are working correctly or not and even change them if necessary.

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STILL enjoying the benefits of a Spanish siesta? Well be careful how long you nap for in the daytime as a team of scientists have warned allowing yourself the luxury could increase the risk of premature death. They say long naps, or being excessively tired during the day, is linked to a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome, which covers a range of conditions, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol and high blood sugar, which can all raise a person’s risk of heart disease. The findings, which were presented at the

American College of Cardiology’s 65th annual scientific session showed napping for 40 minutes or longer was tied to a steep increase in the risk of being diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. The researchers evaluated data from 21 studies involving 307,237 people. Those people who slept for less than 40 minutes during the day did not show any increased risk for the conditions, but beyond 40 minutes and the risk rose sharply. A siesta for 90 minutes increased metabolic syndrome risk by as much as 50 per cent, as did being excessively tired during the day.

Five steps to keep old skin looking younger AS we get older, signs of aging become more apparent facially. Like it or not, it’s a fact of life caused by everyday circumstances that takes a toll on skin. For example stress, sun damage, hormonal imbalances and environmental factors all play an important role in the aging process. Skin naturally loses its elasticity as we age, but it can be protected to keep it as young looking as possible. Here are our top five steps to keeping a youthful glow. Cleanse, cleanse, cleanse Everyone should cleanse regularly, but over-65s also need to use a richer, waxier cleanser. Use a gentle toner to remove the cleanser fully but without aggravating skin.

Protect skin from ultraviolet light Much of our aging comes from light damage. By using SPF facial sun creams the damaging rays from the sun can be blocked. Even when the sun is not shining, creams will help protect against invisible UV rays. Have regular facials There is nothing quite as good as a well-performed facial massage to stimulate circulation and tone up the muscles. Even a mini facial when applying night creams will help invigorate skin. Eat Healthily ‘Good fats’ protect the lipid parts of your body. Omega oils are essential in helping maintain healthy skin. Typically found in borage, fish and flax. Nuts, seeds, fruit and vegetables

are always rich in vitamins and minerals and are good for the skin. H2O It is essential to stay hydrated for your skin. Drink at least four glasses of water a day, plus antioxidant-rich green, rooibos, white or honeybush tea. Water is essential. Drinking enough water flushes out toxins and plumps up tired skin.

AROUND a third of our lifetime is spent with our head in a pillow and now, spending all that time sleeping could improve your health and even smooth wrinkles. A new high-tech pillow called the ‘Save My Face’ pillow which looks like the shape of a spanner claims that it can prevent wrinkles. Three-quarters of us sleep mostly on one side and, according to dermatologists, this may result in deeper facial creases. Studies have also found that ‘redistributing the pressure’ while we sleep may prevent wrinkles and as the pillow only supports your temple and your jaw the skin around your eyes and cheeks is supposed to fall into the gap and is not squashed. The ‘Copper Pillow’ also claims to banish crow’s feet around the eyes. The pillow contains copper, a mineral needed by the skin to make collagen which plumps up the skin. The pillow has tiny copper particles woven into the fabric of the pillow case, which can slipped over any pillow. Both pillows are currently on sale for £50 (€63).

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THE third time I detected a more hostile stare 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.

I HAVE just returned from two rather chilly but nevertheless satisfying weeks in the Mother Country. The focus of my visit was to meet up with my five grandsons who I had not seen for some considerable time and with my daughter who, on reflection, should carry the married name of Fry. This remark will only have significance for people of a certain vintage who remember a particular chocolate bar manufactured in Bristol. Each of the boys has a different work schedule, so our get-togethers were spread over more than a week, but at least this meant that instead of one large gathering, we could take our time to catch up and generally enjoy each

PUB: We took our time to catch up and generally enjoy each other’s company. other’s company individually. For convenience I had suggested that we meet up for lunch at a pub location on the outskirts of the town, where

the food is reasonable and the atmosphere congenial. Having arrived early on the first day, I noticed a rather dishevelled character of indeterminate age and

gender, sporting lank shoulder-length dyed blonde hair, leaning against the pub wall. He, for it turned out to be a man, was enjoying a smoke and a cough outside, before

returning to the bar where he slouched behind a pint of lager and to my discomfort, stared at me intently for 30 minutes until my grandson thankfully arrived. Two days later, the same gentleman was in attendance behind another glass of beer with the same unnerving stare levelled in my direction. But again, on the arrival of my second grandson, he was soon forgotten amid much hugging and joyful acknowledgements of each other ’s presence. It was with a certain amount of reluctance that I entered the establishment another two days on, but there he was again with the same unsmiling and, I now detected, more hostile stare. “He thinks you are a dirty old man,” my third grandson told me matter of factly. “And we are all rent boys.” I spluttered on my beer. Perhaps it was the mac I was wearing.

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IF it’s in Europe it’s far more important than Africa as it is close to home John Smith Random thoughts... I SAW a cartoon on the internet this weekend which showed a map of the World, indicating the scale of interest and worry that we in Europe have with regards to suicide bombs and explosions caused by terrorists around the world and it does seem remarkably accurate. The basic idea is that the closer to home the bomb is then the more worried we are and the more coverage it receives in the international press. The map is entitled ‘Tragic World Map’ and divides the world into five differently coloured areas so that Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA and Western Europe are all the same colour and carry the punch line ‘Oh my God how terrible.’ Next come, India, Israel, Latin America, Mexico, South Africa and

BOSTON MARATHON: Scene of a terrible bombing. Turkey with caption, ‘That’s sad.’ Third is a combination of China, Egypt and Russia with ‘That’s life.’ Fourth come bits of the Middle East and Far East with the caption ‘Wait a moment, where is that?’ Last comes the rest of Africa

with a swear word which translates as ‘So what.’ If American or European civilians are involved, then any one of the lower ranked areas will increase in prominence for a few days, but then things will quieten down again.

MOTORWAY: Charges rise.

Taking their toll WITH Spain so anxious to attract tourists to the country, it does seem rather strange that the toll roads should be allowed to increase prices during the high tourist season. This means that overseas visitors, as well as the thousands who descend on the Costas from Madrid, suddenly have to pay considerably extra for the privilege of driving on a decent road which was funded in the main by the European Union. A simple journey from Malaga to Estepona normally costs €7.85 but for Semana Santa and the four summer months this shoots up to €12.40, to cover just 80 kilometres at a cost of 15.5 cents per kilometre. If you are travelling further afield then the price goes up as well, and although on their website it is suggested that regular travellers can save up to 50 per cent on their journeys, the truth is that that saving only occurs after you have undertaken 36 journeys and paid by credit or debit card on each occasion. There is also a possibility for regular travellers to ‘freeze’ the price hike provided they undertake 15 journeys a month also paying by card, but not everyone wants to do that and many prefer to pay cash. They used to charge extra in the Christmas period as well but in an anti-scrooge measure, that seems to have been done away with. It does however, beg the question of what the justification is for increasing prices and placing more strain on the other free and often illmaintained roads.

In the same week that I saw this map, we had the dreadful bombing in Brussels which grabbed headlines for days on end, but within a week either side of that there were 65 killed in Lahore, Pakistan when a suicide bomber picked an area in a park near a playground where mainly women and children were killed. In Iraq, another bomb was exploded at a football ceremony with 17 footballers aged between 10 and 16 killed as were another 15 in the crowd. Favourite city for Boko Horan terrorists saw 20 killed by a mosque in Maiduguri which seems to be hit on almost a monthly basis whilst in neighbouring Cameroon, two girls, who may have been kidnapped by that group in Nigeria two years ago were discovered before they could blow themselves up. Now we The only moral to this story is that want to these explosions are happening all of hear your views. the time around the world and in the West we still don’t really YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE take too much notice unless it is - YOUR OPINION close to home and shakes us out www.euroweeklynews.com of our own complacency.

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OUTINGS planned include a day trip to Gibraltar, a quiz night, and two nights in Cordoba for the patio festival By John Smith WITH 425 members, the most in the past 15 years, the Club Internacional de Nerja (CID) continues to provide entertainment, fun and excursions for members who live in the Nerja area.

The club is run by unpaid volunteers who give their time freely to provide members with activities and outings Detailed below are some of the activities they have planned for April and May and prices shown are those charged to members, so for details of membership as well as nonmember prices, please visit their Facebook page www.facebook.com/CIDNERA/timeline or email clubinternacionaldenerja@outlook .com. Every Monday night from 7.30pm darts and

CORDOBA: A trip to the Patio Festival is planned for May.

games nights with no entry fee. 100 Club draw first Saturday of the month. April 11. Walking tour of Nerja and Frigiliana €10. April 13 to 15. Two nights at a central hotel in Ronda with a visit to Reservatauro €161. April 21. Quiz night and please purchase your ticket to guarantee participation €3. April 27. Gibraltar day trip €11 and price now includes tip. April 28. Grease night at the club house with DJ Kapt ‘n’ Krap €2. May 4 to 6. Two nights in Cordoba for the patio festival €169. May 22. Ronda Romantica €10. May 25. Gibraltar day trip €11 and price now includes tip. All coach outings are sold on a drop off and collection basis. No tour guides or maps are provided unless specified and single occupancy supplements apply on all overnight outings. The Club Internacional de Nerja is run by unpaid volunteers who give their time freely to provide members with activities and outings.

Hike in El Acebuchal valley EVERY week there is at least one easy walk in the El Acebuchal valley. This is a great hike with dirt tracks and country lanes. The eight-kilometre circuit takes roughly three hours of walking with a long lunch break at the hidden village, before returning to where the cars are parked. Meeting Place is Plaza Cantarero, Nerja at 9.30am Contact john@HikingWalki ngSpain.com or call him on 647 273 502 for more details or to reserve a spot.

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THERE are so many things to consider when breeding from the family pet for the first time. Do you know her faults as well as her virtues? Does she meet the standard of the breed? Is she of desirable temperament? Is she of sound health? Do you have customers so that the pups don’t end up in the pound? If you can answer ‘yes’ to all of these questions and are still determined to try your hand at raising a litter, then read on for the list of things to do next (time consuming, isn’t it?) - Get an opinion of your bitch from reputable breeders.

SCRUT: His owners love his playful nature and were worried about leaving him. SCRUT is a young puppy who adores affection. His owners love his playful nature. Since welcoming Scrut to their home a few months ago, Jane and Duncan have worried about having to leave him when they return to England to visit family. They live slightly out of their local neighbourhood so they know few people nearby who might be able to help. They would prefer him to stay at home where he is getting used to the smells, the garden and his new favourite places in the house. They went online and saw an advert for house-sitters

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BREEDING: Is your bitch of suitable quality? - Learn about genetic problems within the breed. - Seek advice about potential stud dogs. - Go and look at the offspring of your chosen stud dog. - Be sure that the stud dog has no genetic problems. - After you have chosen your stud dog, take your bitch to the vet. She will need a full health check including X-ray, hip scored, her eyes need to be checked

and she needs to be wormed and vaccinated. Many of these points cost money but it’s necessary when planning for a health litter. - While you’re waiting for her to come into season, read all the books you can on your particular breed, breeding, whelping and rearing young puppies. - Start saving all the newspapers and have your friends and relatives do the

same. You will need all the newspapers you can get your hands on! - Have a whelping box built. - When your bitch comes into season contact the stud owner and you will be advised when to take your bitch to him. There may also be a boarding charge if she has to stay. Be sure you understand in advance what the stud fee you pay guarantees.

Pets of the future WILL we rely on robotic animals for company? By Matthew Elliott MANY future predictions often leave us shaking our heads in disbelief, and the prospect of humans relying on robotic animals for company and comfort must surely be one. Experts are, however, suggesting that the next 10-15 years could see a robot revolution in the pet world. The issue stems from overpopulation as there will likely be 10 billion humans on the planet and, with livestock and climate problems, the idea that billions of us will have the space, money or resources to feed, clothe and bathe animals might be unrealistic. In Japan researchers have shown people

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ROBOTS: Experts predict we could see a revolution in the pet world.

easily form strong emotional attachments with robotic dogs. Some have even gone so far as to hold funerals. Meanwhile, engineers are already working on artificial intelligence which could see their creations think and act by themselves. It is within their grasp to pre-programme animals with sought after characteristics such as loyalty and dedication, although the spontaneous nature of cats may prove a harder task. The possibility raises intriguing moral questions including over whether humans will treat live animals differently if we suddenly form emotional bonds with robot or virtual pets. No longer needing to take responsibility for the health of our pets could make artificial animals much more appealing to a certain demographic.

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Easter gardens not at their best AFTER a droughty winter and a period of cooler, cloudy and showery weather als, shrubs, bulbs and trees were in flower for Easter, or indeed for my birthday today, there are some pleasant surprises such as echiums in full flower, as well as the south side of several varieties of bottle brushes and over-wintered purple and white velvet sages, that without a single frost have just continued to flower. Against this background a Judas tree still shows no signs of its flower buds opening, although a more sheltered tree less than a kilometre away was in full bloom in the middle of March. Whatever the microclimate, design, plantings or holistic ambitions of your own gardens best wishes for your spring gardening.

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BEING an early Easter after a droughty winter and a period of cooler, c l o u d y a n d sh o w ery w eathe r, g a r d e n s a r e n o t th e best we have seen at Easter. However, ours was rather better than the rocky terraced ex-monastery mountainside that we inherited with the house on March 31, my birthday, in 1988. But this year weather forced us to d e l a y o u r t r a d i tio n a l E a s te r Monday Paella at the end of Lent to S unday Ap r i l 2 4 . Fo r tu n a te ly, a lthough still early, most of the ingredients will be from the garden, as we will substitute broad beans for butter beans. For those who plan an early April paella so that friends can enjoy wandering round the bulb colourful garden with a glass of wine in one hand and a tapa in the other, you can still obtain a copy of the book ‘Authentic Valencian Paellas’ in English or Spanish from Amazon Books or The Book Depository. If you have yet to establish a herb or vegetable patch consider establishing a paella garden growing the following: • Vegetables - Tomatoes, garlic, globe artichokes, red peppers, butter beans, haricot beans and climbing flat beans similar to runner beans, and broad beans for early paellas. Spaniards are adaptable by using a mix of fresh, frozen and bottled vegetables

early in the year and for Christmas Day. • Herbs - Bay leaves for the stock, rosemary for an extra taste in the final stages when the rice is cooking, garlic, parsley and thyme for the essential meatballs, and autumn crocuses for the saffron colourant and flavour. Although not all the early spring perenni-

Amazing aloe SOMETIMES we forget how versatile some of our everyday houseplants are. Aloe vera, for example, is a common sight among many homes and gardens, and we often use it solely for decorative purposes, but there are various options when it comes to this dynamic little plant. The plant is popular among many chefs, who know that simple snap of aloe will offer sweet soothing relief to any burnt area. It can also be used to treat rashes, wounds, and skin infections.

On top of that, you can eat it too! Many people don’t realise that aloe can be used to make a refreshing juice or a delicious salad, and it can even be cooked. That being said, as it acts as a natural laxative, longterm consumption is not necessarily advisable. Aloes thrive in hot sunny weather, making the south of Spain an ideal environment for them. They are also tough and resilient to most pests and generally only need to be watered every few weeks.

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be e mbla z one d w ith the BMW logo will hover over the exhibit as lucky spectators get the chance to see an original Kelmm L25 light aircraft, built in 1927 and the oldest licensed aircraft in the country. The re w ill a ls o be a heavy focus on the BMW 02 series which celebrates its 50th a nnive rs a ry this year, while a fitting tribute will be paid to other brands MINI, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad. The 02 series is widely regarded as representing the pinnacle of vehicle manufacturing for the firm and making its hugely successful foray into customer car design. It imme dia te ly be c a me

BMW: Celebrating an impressive anniversary. the ‘epitome of the ultimate driving machine’, and was lauded for its agile handling and pioneering engine and chassis technology. The Rolls-Royce brand will be represented with attendees offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to see a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost from 1923, a nd a R olls Royce Ghost from the modern production facility in Goodwood. There will also be motorbikes from the golden age and a host of other flagship car models that have captured the attention of avid motoris ts throughout the eras.

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FOOTBALL • In international friendlies over the Easter weekend, Wales drew 1-1 with Northern Ireland, Italy likewise with Spain, Scotland won 1-0 in the Czech Republic, Eng-

land, 2-0 down, stormed back to beat Germany 3-2 in Berlin (a terrific performance this); the Republic of Ireland defeated Switzerland 1-0; Spain also drew 0-0 in Romania, while England played Holland at Wembley on Tuesday. • Ex-Sunderland and England star Adam Johnson has been sentenced to six years in prison for grooming and having sex with a 15-year-old girl. “He’ll probably never play again,” said PFA Chief Gordon Taylor. • Premiership action re-

turns this weekend, the key games being Arsenal-Watford, Bournemouth-Manchester City, Leicester-Southampton, Liverpool-Tottenham, Manchester United-Everton, Norwich-Newcastle, Sunderland-WBA and West HamCrystal Palace. The top Championship games are Brighton-Burnley and Cardiff-Derby; FL1 leaders Burton play Bury and in FL2 it’s Exeter-Plymouth in the Devon derby. • Here in Spain on Saturday, it’s Barcelona v Real Madrid in El Clasico. • On Sunday Barnsley meet Oxford in the Johnstone Paint Football League Trophy final at Wembley. • Next Tuesday/Wednesday we have the first legs of the Champions League quarterfinals with Manchester City, Barcelona, Athletic Madrid and Real Madrid all in action.

Johan Cruyff One of the world’s greatest-ever footballers and coach, Johan Cruyff, died in Spain, last Thursday, aged 68. The Dutchman scored 405 goals in 711 senior appearances for club and country between 1964 and 1984, playing for Ajax, Barcelona, Levante, Feyenoord, in America and Holland. He won 48 international caps a n d h e l p e d h i s c o u n t r y re a c h t h e 1 9 7 4 World Cup final. Then, as a coach/manager, he guided Ajax and Barcelona to European glory. An early exponent of ‘Total Football,’ Johan won the Ballon d’Or three times (197173-74) and was the recipient of 36 medals overall, 22 as a player. I had the pleasure of meeting him twice and now, I say, to a truly great football man, R.I.P.