Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 12 - 18 May 2016 Issue 1610

12 - 18 May 2016

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ISSUE NO. 1610

Alicante flies the Blue Flag

By Linda Hall Tourism is the lifesaver that has kept Alicante Province afloat, even in the worst of the crisis.

And from one end of the Costa Blanca to the other, tourists both foreign and domestic head straight for the beach.

That’s why each year in May, when the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) gives out its Blue Flags, resorts wait with bated breath for this year’s results, although Alicante has little to worry about.

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Child’s play ASPE’S Local Police and Guardia Civil were called in to remove handcuffs from a four-year-old who put them on his legs while playing. They were an old

model and no one had a suitable key but to the relief of the child and his family, the officers managed to pick the lock with a bent paperclip.

Scooter protest TWO Alicante City women with disabilities parked their mobility scooters in front of a bus at a stop on Avenida Oscar Espla, refusing to move for an hour. They were protesting because existing city bylaws prevent them from boarding the bus with their vehicles via the platform provided for pushchairs and wheelchairs.

Off the hook BENIDORM’s former mayor Agustin Navarro, accused of six irregularities by the Accounts Tribunal, was cleared on five accounts. He was found guilty of a sixth offence and ordered to return

€6,902 after awarding 18 employees with severance pay. As temporary workers hired as special advisers, they were not entitled to compensation, the Tribunal ruled.

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Down on the farm

By Linda Hall WORK has begun on the School Farm at La Nucia’s Environmental Education Centre (CEM) in El Captivador.

The school, which will be located on a 1,612-metre plot should be ready by the end of July. It will be purposebuilt to provide visitors and especially children with the chance to visit animals and to be introduced to them at close quarters although the underlying aim is to educate and raise awareness.

Sixty-five per cent of the €118,000 cost has been met by the Alicante Provincial Council and the reminder

by La Nucia Town Hall.

Like all the buildings at the CEM, the farm building will be bioclimatic, taking into account the local climate and environmental conditions and balancing design with weather conditions.

But above all the School Farm sets out to encourage conservation and sustainable development while reintroducing present-day society to the customs and way of life of previous generations.

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SCHOOL FARM: La Nucia’s mayor and and the town planning councillor inspect the site.

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Your papers, your views

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The inequality of the Brexit referendum

Our readers have been expressing their views on a view from a 91-year-old war veteran on the Brexit which appeared on our website

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Here are just a few of your comments and remember we like to hear from everyone regardless of which side of the fence you may sit.

No democracy YES but of course we are not in a ‘true’ democracy and this is the current direction and it will continue this way... If we let it continue this way.

The Conservative party under David Cameron has become a fear machine. Any direction ‘Dave’ cannot enforce through legitimate means, he, with many of his sidekicks, try to create fear. They did it in the Scottish referendum, they are doing it for the EU referendum and they did it with the elections for the Mayor of London... This is not the way a political party should be running a country. Mike in ESP

What happens THERE has been much speculation on the outcome of a Brexit from the EU and how it might affect us expats. But I am curious to know whether our respective adopted countries have any contingency plans on what to do with us if we are no longer Europeans.

Rose Marie

WAR VETERANS: On Remembrance Sunday.

By John Smith ON May 6, a charming elderly gentleman called the EWN offices to ask whether we would be prepared to consider publishing a letter that he had handwritten, as he doesn’t have a computer and it was on a topic that was very important to him.

He kindly explained the basis of the letter which raised a point that very few people have taken notice of, and whilst some would scoff at the concept, he does actually have a very important point to make.

This reader, who is now 91, joined the RAF as an 18-year-old and was a gunner in bombers during the Second World War. He decided to move to Spain, not because he wasn’t a patriot or disliked England, but he was persuaded that it would be in the best interests of his health to do so and now, having lost a significant amount of money in the Landsbanki affair, he knows that he will see the end of his days in the Costa del Sol.

Politicians of all parties should question their own values when seeing war veterans and many others, who still pay taxes in the UK, being treated with total contempt.

What he can’t come to terms with is that although it is thanks to him and the other war veterans that are still alive (plus of course all of those who died), who sacrificed their teen years to help to create a European peace, that he is disowned

by Britain and is not allowed to vote in the forthcoming referendum.

Part of the conservative manifesto at the last election was ‘one person one vote’, and they said that it was completely wrong that an arbitrary limit should be set for people who had moved abroad.

Let it not be forgotten that the limit has varied from seven years to 20 years and then back to 15 years, and there is no sensible reason for any figure.

Also, the initial conservative promise was that there would be a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union and this was to take place by 2017.

There was little indication that this would be moved back by nearly a year.

In the event as we all know, the referendum will take place on June 23, 2016 and what a surprise, the government is so busy that it just doesn’t have time to re-enfranchise all of those people who have been out of the UK for more than 15 years.

Don’t worry though, assuming you are still alive there is every possibility that you will be allowed to vote at the next general election, even though that doesn’t affect you as much as a decision to leave or remain in the European Union will.

Poor old nonagenarian Mr Shindler actually went to the High Court in order to try to gain the vote but was rejected, and a Downing Street petition had its day in parliament but as usual the will of the people was ignored.

It’s not just the Conservatives who are to blame as all politicians of all parties should question their own values when seeing war veterans and many others, who still pay taxes in the UK, being treated with total contempt and not being allowed to have their say in a socalled democracy.

Those who can register to vote really need to do so by May 16 as councils will be posting ballot papers out on May 23.

Totally unfair IT really isn’t fair that he and many other ‘old boys and girls’ did so much for the country, yet are now denied what should be an absolute right to vote. Rita

Who cares?

BY the time that anything is decided, there literally won’t be anybody left who fought in World War Two, and it’s probably better that those who remain in the UK are the ones who will decide its future. Paul

Bad policy THE government hasn’t covered itself in glory, and in fact reports say that older voters are more likely to vote to remain in the EU for fear of the unknown so they have shot themselves in the foot twice. Gerald

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Something to celebrate

By Linda Hall THE European Union has travelled a long path since the Council of Europe was created in May 1949.

The anniversary was observed with varying degrees of enthusiasm throughout Europe, but on the Costa Blanca, town halls like Denia and Alfaz were happy to celebrate.

So, too – with the exception of opting-out Brexit supporters – were CELEBRATIONS: Rafa Carrio (first right) the residents. and foreign residents.

In Denia’s council chamber, Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques had a Union, and Deputy Mayor Rafa similar message for all those gathered admitted Carrio welcomed to celebrate Europe Day in the Espai that the EU councillors and repEUROPE DAY: Mayor Vicente Cultural Escoles Velles. faced chalresentatives from all Arques in Alfaz.

They included representatives of all lenges. local institutions, innationalities from practically all local “But locally we are proud to live with cluding the foreign residents’ associaassociations. That more than half of a multitude of foreign residents and tion.

Alfaz’s 22,000 population were born visitors who integrate and help to imCarrio cited the Schumann Declaraoutside Spain, Arques said, is a clear prove our town. They are perfect amtion, which 66 years ago sowed the example of how far the EU has come. bassadors,” Carrio said. seeds of today’s 28-member European

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Its beaches, ports and marinas have more of the coveted Blue Flags, awarded for clean, safe beaches and clean, safe water, than any other part of Spain.

This year saw Alicante Province scoop up 62 of the Blue Flag beaches, and 32 are in the northern section of the Costa Blanca. They start in Alicante City –

where three of its four Blue Flag beaches are located this side of the city – and stretch as far as Denia, which this year has five.

Villajoyosa can once again boast five flags, after recovering the Bon Nou and Paridis flags that it lost last year, but there have been disappointments, too.

Benitachell lost its flag for the Moraig

beach where nothing has changed, apart from what the FEE termed the ‘excess occupation’ of its beach bars.

All others retain those awarded last year, although there are three that have kept their flags since they first received them 30 years ago: the ever-popular Albir, La Fossa (Calpe) and Carrerlamar (Campello) beaches.

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Gender violence case dismissed VILLAJOYOSA Councillor Pascal Amigo spent a night in a Guardia Civil cell after his wife accused him of gender violence.

After declaring before the judge the next morning he was allowed to go and according to the local Spanish press, his wife withdrew

the accusation. The case was provisionally dismissed and has now been shelved.

The alleged incident occurred at 4am, according to sources, when Amigo’s wife called the Local Police who took him into custody before transferring him to Villa-

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Protecting living monuments

LONG-LIVED: Alfaz’s 800-year-old carob.

By Linda Hall ALFAZ DEL PI was represented at a meeting earlier this week dedicated to the Valencian Community’s monumental trees.

The mini-conference was organised by the Generalitat’s En-

vironment and Agriculture department to mark the 10th anniversary of the region’s Monumental Tree laws.

These are trees that because of their size, age, cultural, social and symbolic associations are classed as living monuments. Alfaz has several, the

most notable of which is the Foia Brell carob tree which is 800 years old and the oldest in the Valencian Community.

According to environmentalists’ calculations, 80 per cent of Spain’s monumental trees have disappeared since the turn of the 20th century.

joyosa’s Guardia Civil headquarters.

Only minutes earlier, the couple had been seen together during the local fiestas in honour of La Vila’s patroness, Santa Marta, witnesses said.

An official town hall statement revealed

that Amigo, who belongs to the Gent per la Vila party, offered to resign as Technical Services Councillor. Both the mayor and Amigo’s fellow councillors preferred to wait for the court decision and have now decided that he should continue in his post as before.

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BENIDORM Council fined 18 shops, restaurants and residents for using rubbish containers outside specified times. Accumulated rubbish gave a town a bad image and was a health hazard, the town hall said.

Port repairs THE Generalitat’s Public Works department is committed to repairing 60 metres of the southern pier of Denia port. Work is expected to take three months and will cost an estimated €93,915.

2015: Was a good year for Alicante wine.

By Linda Hall

Start again CAMPELLO is to prepare a new General Development Plan (PGOU). The Supreme Court annulled the 2011 plan on a technicality, after a complaint from a restaurant owner affected by a compulsory purchase order.

THE Regulatory Council for Denomination-protected Alicante Wines announced that 2015 was a good year for wine.

A panel of oenologists, sommeliers and connoisseurs have pronounced it “very good.”

Although last summer was extremely dry, last year’s wines are “fresh with a tremendously versatile and interesting body” according to Juan Huerta who headed the wine-tasting panel. “It’s even

better than 2014’s and we have optimum expectations for the vintage.”

Despite satisfaction with the 2015 wine, Alicante winemakers are worried by the prolonged lack of rain. If the present situation continues much longer, coming harvests will be affected, they predicted.

Concern is not limited to Alicante Province or the Valencian Community as drought is also affecting Castilla-La Mancha and Murcia.

Vines need water, explained Jose

Miguel Medina, president of the Valencia region’s Agrifoods Cooperatives. “If sufficient quantities fail to arrive, there could be a significant impact,” he said.

The region’s winemakers have not forgotten the 2014 drought when production fell by 30 per cent.

“So far this year it has rained even less, which is a hazard as the majority of vines are grown on land without irrigation. Only 30 to 40 per cent of estates have back-up irrigation systems,” Medina said.

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Shop with a history NAVENT, the oldest shop in Javea, has closed.

It was opened by Francisco Benavent as a general store in 1914 but later branched out into ironmongery and has more recently been a haberdashery. Despite successive changes, the shop has been run by the same family for the last 102 years.

The current owner, Miguel Benavent, Francisco’s grandson, retired some years ago, leaving the shop in the hands of his wife Mari Carmen Sendra.

Now she, too, has retired but has transferred the business, which is reopening under the same name, to the shop’s former employees.

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By Linda Hall BENIDORM’S much-visited old town has narrow streets and countless bars with terrace tables outside.

Some take up more room than they are legally allowed, getting in the way of pedestrians and irritating residents, who dislike having to negotiate an obstacle course.

Council workmen were recently out and about with paint pots and brushes, marking out the amount of space allowed for each bar and restaurant in Calle Santo Domingo and Calle San Miguel.

Within 24 hours owners had returned to their previous spaces, after warning the town hall that they did not intend to respect the limitation. “Nobody told us anything, so as far as we’re concerned noth-

BENIDORM: Thousands of visitors and narrow streets.

COUNTLESS BARS: Benidorm old town. ing has changed,” employees at one bar told the local Spanish Press.

The demarcation decision was actually suggested by the local bar and restaurantowners’ association Abreca, but old town proprietors are incensed as the space they have been using for their outside tables and chairs has

Tarseys accused to stand trial THE Public Prosecutor recommended a 42-year prison sentence for the alleged killer of Peter and Jean Tarsey.

Peter Tarsey, a diver who represented Britain at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956, later became an engineer and after retiring had lived with his wife in Jalon for 18 years.

Guardia Civil investigators took six months to track down the only suspect, a 63-year-old Moroccan whom they maintain shot the couple in their villa in March last year.

The alleged killer knew the

Tarseys, who were both 77, and had done gardening work for them. On the afternoon of the shooting the accused spent some time at their house when the two men argued intensely, according to the Guardia Civil.

The Moroccan left but the confrontation escalated when he returned with a gun and fired at Jean Tarsey. Her husband leapt to protect her and was killed by the same bullet.

They were found three days later by a horrified friend who was worried at not seeing or hearing from the couple.

been reduced by half.

Faced with the bar and restaurant owners’ hostility, the town hall has, after a meeting with their representatives, agreed to meet them halfway.

This will be done by allowing them a little more room than that dictated by the lines, but less than they have been occupying until now.

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A marriage made in…

Ciudad Patricia

CHRIS AND JOE: Are looking forward to enjoying life together.

By Alan Goswell WE’RE delighted to tell the story of Chris and Joe, who ha ve toge the r found true ha ppine s s in the ir s e nior years, against the backdrop of their wonderful life at Ciudad Patricia.

We pick up their stories after Chris and Joe originally came to Ciudad Patricia around 5 years ago. Sadly, both their partners passed on but as we all know, love really does move in mysterious ways.

Their friends decided that neither Chris nor Joe should e ve n ha ve the c ha nc e of feeling lonely, and so they were invited, individually, for a Friday lunch. It was really just friends taking care of friends, the way friends do!

Well one lunch turned into a regular Friday lunch for the small group of friends

and that’s one of the great things of Ciudad Patricia, you never know who you’re going to meet. A coming together of different people, all with different stories and backgrounds, all of whom can becom e cl ose new friends.

Anyway, back t o Chr i s and Joe. They decided that seeing as they were in the same boat, why not have a few extra lunches – just as friends, just to be sociable.

But soon, they realised that t hey wer e m or e t han j ust good friends, and decided to move in together.

Being ‘traditional’, they decided and agreed that if they were going to live together, they should be married and so in January this year, j oi ned by Joe’s son and daught er, t hey j our neyed to Gibraltar and tied the knot! On returning to Ciudad Patricia, they cele-

brated in style with 21 of their friends at the Vintage Café in Albir.

It’s wonderful to see Chris and Joe, to hear their st or y and t o see how they’ve found a happy future together. In fact, if you were to meet them, you’d swear they were getting younger by the day!

For the future, Chris and Joe are looking forward to enjoying life together, doing some travelling, especially exploring more of Spain wi t h a t r i p pl anned t o Seville in the near future.

We wish them all the happiness in the world.

I t al l j ust goes t o show that not only is Ciudad Patricia a great place to live, and has the potential for a gr eat l i f e when you l i ve there, it’s also a place to experience life to full – even i f you ar e i n your seni or years.

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Make way for the big boys BIG retail centres are to be allowed inside Benidorm.

They will no longer be vetoed now that the regional government has given the goahead to changes in the General Development Plan (PGOU), that dates from 1990.

Modifying the PGOU ‘would not have a significant effect on the environment,’ the Generalitat’s Department of Environmental and Territorial Assessment declared.

Despite huge changes and intense development in Benidorm since 1990, the same

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Loving the falls

FUENTES DE ALGAR: Clear mountain water from Sierra Bernia.

By Linda Hall CALLOSA D’EN SARRIA featured earlier this month in TVE’s programme ‘España Directo.’

Presenter Ana Prado took viewers along 1.5 kilometres

of the Fuentes de Algar, whose falls, springs and natural swimming pools of crystalline water come directly from Sierra Bernia.

Though it was a lovely sunny day, Prado had to admit that the mountain water “was

nevertheless a little bit cold.”

Around 300,000 people visit the Fuentes de Algar each year, and Prado toured the falls with Callosa’s Tourism Councillor Alfonso Puigcerver, and his assistant Irma Segui.

More cloudy water problems AS expected, Jalon is the second Vall de Pop town to have undrinkable tap water.

The town hall asked publicly-o wn e d Pr o a g u a s to analys e t h e t o wn ’s w a te r taken at two different points of the Jalon network.

Both we r e f o u n d t o b e over th e l e g a l l i m i t fo r cloudiness and aluminium content, said Gerard Fullana, the Jalon Councillor Responsible for Water.

Proa g u a s, wh i c h i s a n s werab l e t o t h e Al i c a n te Provincial Council, has carried out three further analyses of water treated at the Parcent purification plant and declared them to be correct.

Jalon has now passed on the first two analyses to the Public Health authority and awaits instructions, Fullana said.

Meanwhile, the Provin-

cial Council has put up for tender a €354,000 contract to replace the network of

pipes, taking domestic water to Jalon’s 2,600 inhabitants.

PGOU with its shopping centre ban is still in force, due in part to fierce opposition from local businesses.

This makes it one of the few municipalities in Spain that has a large population, topping 50,000, but still lacks big retail

stores inside the town itself.

This could soon change, as now that permission from the Generalitat has been obtained, the proposed changes will be debated and voted on at the next plenary council meeting.

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No appeal VALENCIA’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJ) dismissed a compensation appeal by the owners of land compulsorily purchased to build Denia Hospital. The land was not zoned for building at the time it was acquired, the TSJ ruled.

The high life GERARDO CAMPS, former vice-president of the Generalitat, threatened to sue the PSOE socialists for spreading ‘false rumours.’ These included alleged €400 bills for restaurant meals during the crisis years and wine costing €40 a bottle.

Revision time LA NUCIA’S municipal library in the El Caravan district is remaining open from 9am to 9pm until June 10 to help local university students prepare for their final exams.

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It’s all uphill for the Peñon

By Linda Hall THE Peñon de Ifach, a protected national park, has problems that were recently underlined by a climbing accident.

A man of 56 was seriously injured after a fall of 15 metres in a zone that is currently barred to the public. Sources confirmed the accident occurred at the far end of the tunnel on the closed pathway to the top of the 332-metre Peñon.

The hiker was airlifted by helicopter to the ground and transferred to Denia hospital with significant head injuries, the same sources revealed.

The Peñon is the mostvisited national park in the Valencian Community but the previous regional government closed the path up to the top a year ago for safety reasons.

Hikers and walkers may now go no further than the tunnel, where the surface has become slippery with use. Its exit is walled and locked and remaining sections of the path have been pronounced very dangerous.

The accident came shortly after an interview in the Spanish media with Guil-

Town hall of Peñon.

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PEÑON DE IFACH: Path and tunnel are currently closed.

llem Sendra, the newly-appointed president of the park’s board of governors.

Sendra, who is a lawyer and environ-

mentalist, emphasised that he intends to be demanding in his new role. “The former regional government’s Environment Department invested nothing. The deteriorated path to the top shows that. But other things are lacking,” Sendra said.

The regional government has announced €40,000 on making the path

safer and insists it will reopen before the summer. But more is needed, claimed Sendra who stressed the improvements should be conservative. “It should not be asphalted but gravelled,” he said.

He also lamented that the former regional government’s plans to include the Salinas salt beds came to nothing.

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Courts face water deadline T H E w a t e r a t D e n i a ’s Palace of Justice will be cut o ff o n M a y 2 9 u n l e s s t h e regional government settles unpaid bills.

With six outstanding bills for the Denia courts that go back to 2011 the regional government’s Justice and Public Administration Department now owes water company Aqualia €2,557.35 This is not the only supply problem experienced at the Denia courthouse which was inaugurated in 2000.

Some time back administrative staff complained that there was not enough paper and stationery to carry out their daily tasks, and employees also had to bring their own supplies of equally essential toilet paper.

The amount now claimed

by Aqualia does not take into account the surcharge for late payment, and there will be an extra €92.35 to find if the water supply is cut o ff a n d t h e n l a t e r r e c o n nected.

THE gymnasium at Vasco Nuñez de Balbao school in Benidorm was closed because of the roof’s asbestos content.

Worried parents threatened to keep children at home next September if the roof is not replaced.

They questioned the regional Health Department’s claim that the roof is not a health threat. This is true only if asbestos is undamaged, the school’s Parents’ Association maintained. This was not the case

TEULADA Town Hall’s Image and Urban Quality Department is contemplating a by-law covering pets.

This would include a dog census in Teulada and Moraira, which would serve a double purpose, according to Councillor Adria Llobell. “We would be able to control situations where pets are abandoned or mistreated and identify the DNA in excrement left in the streets.”

The by-law would also include “exemplary fines” for owners who fail to behave “in a responsible manner,” he added.

with the gym, which closed only after a written request to the head teacher, the association said. Four classrooms with cracks in the walls that reveal the brickwork have also been closed since last September.

Association members have now met Alicante Province’s deputy director for Education and explained the school’s needs and possible solutions. They also pointed out that replacing the gym roof and repairing the classrooms could be done without disruption during the summer holidays.

THE warm, dry winter and a changeable spring have triggered hay fever.

Thirty per cent of Spain’s population suffer from allergies and in recent months antihistamine prescriptions r o se b y 1 4 p e r ce n t c o mp a re d w ith las t year, revealed Alicante Province’s College of Pharmacists.

In March alone chemists filled 67,763 doctors’ prescriptions without taking into account over-the-counter sales of pills and sprays.

Most cases are treated at primary care health centres with only severe allergic attacks, usually caused by domestic animals or the olive blossom that is now out, passed on to hospitals.

Anais Bonnefille.

Tis the season Zara doesn’t need Miami to be sneezing ZARA HOME, the Inditex brand that specialises in household linen and decoration, has a spring-summer collection called Miami.

It should have been named Javea because this is the locality that is featured in the Zara Home promotional video. The sea in the background is the Mediterranean and not the Atlantic, the sharp-eyed have noticed, and the coastline unmistakeably belongs to Javea.

The luxurious home seen in the video is the award-winning house that perches over the Cala Sardinera and was

PORTITXOL: There’s nowhere like it! designed by Valencian architect Ramon Esteve.

But the clincher for those who are still unconvinced

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Keeping tabs on dogs and their owners

Parents voice asbestos fears

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must be the footage taken at dawn as the sun rises over the sea and a small island that can only be Portitxol.

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Better late than never IT took a long time, but a British suspect has been caught up with and is to stand trial in Alicante this summer for an alleged rape in Benidorm in 1999.

The events occurred 17 years ago, when a woman from Finland reported that she had been raped. The suspect however admitted to having had sexual contact with her but insisted that she had been willing.

When the case came to trial, the suspect was not found at the UK address he had provided, leading Alicante provincial courts to issue a European arrest order.

This has remained in place all this time, and the British police recently stopped the suspect, now aged 47, and upon discovering the order handed him over to the Spanish authorities.

Now, with the trial set for July, the lawyers are debating whether he should be remanded in custody due to the possibility that he may disappear.

The Public Prosecutor’s office is requesting an eight-year jail sentence.

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British grandmother fighting for her life

By Matthew Elliott A GRANDMOTHER from Belfast is in critical condition in a Spanish hospital after suffering a

Summer’s coming MORE than 3,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Benidorm Summer Festival, which will be held from June 29 to July 10 at the Gran Hotel Bali.

The ‘two in one’ event will turn Benidorm into the world capital of Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba. The first part is the BK Congress for Bachata and Kizomba, which will run up to July 6, followed by the second part, the Benidorm Salsa Congress.

serious fall from her third-floor apartment balcony in Alicante.

Geraldine Martin, 55, was placed in an induced coma after the 45-foot fall shattered her

pelvis and ruptured her abdomen, among other serious injuries.

The fall happened at the end of April and Geraldine remains in a coma with doctors suggesting that she could remain in hospital for several months.

Her family have set up a JustGiving page at https://crowdfun ding.justgiving.com/gerard-martin to help raise funds to transfer her back home to Belfast when

14,000 pounds is the amount needed to transfer Geraldine Martin home to Belfast

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medically possible, and to help cover fees as she had been travelling without health insurance.

Transport by ferry could cost £14,000 (€17,763), but her family are desperate to secure her safe return, especially as she suffers from chronic health problems.

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GOOD QUALITY: Is important to Lourdes and she offers a two-year guarantee. dence in her goods by encouraging people to bring anything back if they experience a problem with it. She says that the most important thing is for her customers to be happy.

That seems to be the case too.

Developments discussed THE body which advises the town council on urban matters, El Con se j o Ase so r d e E s c e n a U rb a n a, h a s me t w ith Benidorm’s Mayor, Toni Perez, the Councillor for Works, Jose Ramon Gonzalez Zarate, and representatives of local groups to discuss various issues concerning the urban scene of the town for the future.

Under discussion was the Parque de Foietes project, which is said to be running smoothly. The first phase is due to be completed early this summer, with the rest of the pro-

Lourdes is pleased to report that once people have bought one item from her, they often come back for something else.

Next time you’re in the market pop by and say hello. You’re sure to

receive a friendly welcome. Whilst you’re there have a look for a treat for yourself, or maybe a present for a loved one.

You can find Lourditas Presors on aisle 5.

Edificio Benidorm 7, Moraira: Tel: 966 265 072. ject due for completion early next year.

Also discussed were proposals for redevelopment work in Avenida del Mediterraneo, which includes building underground parking.

Double delight AN art exhibition called Arte en dos facetas (Art on two facets) has opened a t the Es pa i d’A rt a t the B e nidorm Town Hall. It features paintings by G oyo Pe re z a nd poe try ins pire d by them. The self-taught artist was born in Cuenca in 1945 but settled in L’Alfas del Pi. In addition to his work being exhibited in Finestrat, La Nucia, Castello, it has also been seen in exhibitions in Rome and New York. Furthermore he won an international prize for painting ‘Medusa Aurea’ (finalist in 2013 and winner in 2014).

The poems will be recited by members of Liceo Poetico, providing visitors with unique and harmonic sensations that are the ultimate goal of the author and his work.

The exhibition is open until May 27 from 8am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.

More quality IN 2013 the Department of Tourism of Benidorm signed up to a national pro-

ject, SICTED, designed to improve the quality of tourist destinations. Nine Benidorm businesses have recently signed up to it, bringing the number of participants in the town to 50.

The Tourist Quality Commitment certifies compliance with the scheme, and recognises the efforts and commitment to quality and continuous improvement.

Participants go through a four-cycle training plan, consisting of 19 modules.

A total of 191 destinations have so far signed up to the scheme, involving 5,201 companies.

Contact us today 965 480 737

Starting school THE Department of Education has published information regarding the registration procedure for Benidorm’s munic ipa l nurs e ry school pl aces f or 2016/2017 on its websi t e www.benidorm.org. The deadline for submitting applications is May 19.

A total of 220 places will be available, with the possibility of an extra 15 being created if necessary. Application forms can be downloaded from the municipal website. They may also be collected and returned to the Department of Education.

Provisional lists will be published on June 2, and claims can be lodged between then and June 6. The final list will be published June 14.

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The smell gave the game away

By Linda Hall EVEN without a search warrant, their noses and their ears told two Guardia Civil officers that there was marihuana around.

The officers were patrolling a Javea urbanisation when they noticed a strong smell of marihuana and the unmistakable sound of electric fans coming from a villa.

A power company technician, who was sent by investigators to inspect the property’s electricity cables from the outside, confirmed that the connection was illegal.

The Guardia Civil then requested a court order to access and search the house.

Once inside officers found and confiscated 3.6 kilos of marihuana, 60 grammes of hashish and 30 grammes of hashish pollen. They also discovered two grammes of cocaine and nine grammes of LSD, as well as equipment for growing and packaging the marihuana.

The villa’s occupants - a 42-year-old Frenchman and a German of 40 - were arrested and charged not only with drugs offences but also defrauding the power company responsible for the villa’s electricity supply.

Plan PIVE and textbook surprise ALICANTE’S College of Economists reminded taxpayers not to fall into the PIVE trap when making their declarations.

The government’s Plan PIVE was introduced to boost vehicle sales and reduce greenhouse gases with subsidies of up to €2,000 for car owners taking old vehicles off the road and buying new models.

The incentive brought results and 24,000 new models were sold between January 1 and April 30 this year alone, but there is a pitfall for thousands of Alicante taxpayers, warned Francisco Menargues, who heads the professional associa-

tion in this province.

Tax authority Hacienda is penalising those who omit the PIVE grant from their declarations, Menargues said.

“I am not mentioning this as a critic of the Tax Agency, but as an example of taxpayers’ need to check their declarations very carefully,” he explained.

There was also a surprise for parents who receive the €100 help towards school textbooks.

This, too, should be declared either in their current declaration or next year’s depending on whether their local town hall allocated the subsidy before the end of 2015.

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Old art LA SARGA rock shelter in Alcoy, whose prehistoric wall art is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will have an interpretation centre or mini-museum. The shelter is visited by more than 2,500 people each year.

No peace RESIDENTS in Calle Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Gandia complained that buses use the street as a shortcut to the railway station. The noise is intolerable, they said, and the buses also cause traffic hold-ups.

Health jobs THE Marina Baja hospital in Villajoyosa has a staff of 1,638 health professionals.

Of these 63.5 per cent are on interim contracts, compared with Valencia’s average of 37 per cent.

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Against the clock

By Linda Hall M U N IC IPA L emp lo ye e s in Benidorm will soon be clocking on and off via a fingerprint scanner.

Benidorm Town Hall is adopting the same system that is already used

in Villajoyosa and Alfaz, and has put out to tender a €39,600 contract for 22 scanners in 18 public buildings.

At present a town hall employee’s working day begins at 7.45am and finishes at 3.15pm, with comings

and goings controlled by their department head.

The trade unions that represent municipal workers are largely in favour of the digital sign-in but expressed doubts about how and when the Benidorm system will be introduced.

But they agreed that fingerprint scanners would put an end to the widely held public view that civil servants, particularly those who work for local governments, have cushy jobs that make ‘flexi-hours’ look positively rigid.

Constitution Day preparations ALFAZ DEL PI is preparing to celebrate Norway’s Constitution Day on May 17.

Once again Alfaz’s streets will be filled with flags, music and regional costumes to celebrate the signing of the Norwegian constitution in 1814.

Preparations for the town hall’s role in the celebrations has already begun with a working meeting between Al-

faz’s mayor Vicente Arques and councillors for the Mayor’s Office, Technical Services, Public Safety and Residents of Other Nationalities.

Officially 2,500 Norwegians are registered on the Alfaz padron, although there are probably more than 8,000 living in the town, which has celebrated Constitution Day for more than 40 years.

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COORDINATION: Getting ready for Norwegian celebration.

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Extra obstacles for runners

By Eleanor Hawkins ATHLETES in Benidorm are facing even more obstacles than usual due to the sorry state of the tracks at the

sports complex, Ciudadanos political party has denounced.

The grounds at Guillermo Amor complex are often used in the summer to host music

festivals, which have left their mark to add to the inevitable signs of wear and tear as time goes by.

Not only were the safety rails along the sides of the

tracks removed for a concert and never put back into place, but due to concert goers being allowed to trample them in unsuitable footwear they are also now full of holes.

This has left the facility unable to host competitions, and has led to many runners leaving to train elsewhere.

“Many complain, but the tracks aren’t mine so there is nothing I can do about it,” said local athletics club president Ruben Caballero.

Following the complaints from Ciudadanos, the council has agreed that something must be done about the situa-

tion and is studying ways to include a fee to cover repairs after festivals.

A new safety railing is being made, Sports councillor Ana Pellicer promised, which will be easy to remove and put back for future events.

On the subject of the holes in the tracks, Pellicer explained that either these must be patched up or an entire new surface laid.

“We’re discussing both possibilities, but they’re expensive so we want to make sure we can find a way to protect them from damage first,” the councillor said.

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Parents prepare THAT t i m e of year i s her e when par ent s of three-year-olds can be seen frantically filling in forms and crossing their f i nger s hopi ng t o get their offspring into their preferred school.

To try and help them t hr ough t he m i nef i el d t hat i s t he appl i cat i on and registration process, the l’Alfas del Pi council’s Education department held its annual inf or m at i on sessi on l ast week, the town hall has reported.

Education councillor Isabel Muñoz, accompanied by the directors of local infant and primary school di r ect or s, explained the process and told parents what they could expect.

Parents have until May 19 to hand in their application forms, which can be col l ect ed f r om schools or the Casa de Cultura or downloaded f r om t he Educat i on Board website, at their pr ef er r ed school , t he councillor said.

Appr oxi m at el y 120 new pupils are expected for the 2016/2017 academic year, slightly fewer than last year due to the lower birth rates of recent years.

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NISPEROS: Josep Nadal (second left) and Josep Saval inspect the fruit.

Fair deal call for local fruit growers

By Linda Hall REGIONAL MP Josep Nadal called for a fair price and tax breaks for Callosa d’en Sarria nisperos.

He was speaking during a recent visit to the Ruchey Agricultural Cooperative in Callosa, where earnings fell this year owing to insufficient rain, which in turn influenced the size of the fruit.

Nadal, who represents the Compromis party in Valencia, said that local agriculture needed a boost.

The sector had been neglected by the previous regional government, Nadal maintained, and the region should create its own agrifoods industry in order to increase competitiveness. Connecting Callosa to other towns via the motorway was another priority, the MP said.

This prompted Callosa mayor Josep Saval to call for improvements to the road between Callosa and the Altea la Vieja access to the AP-7 motorway. Echoing the regional MP, Saval also said that nisperos should have a fixed price and a tax rate adjusted to production costs, so that growers did not lose money.

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House was not a private residence AN Altea estate agent received a four-year prison sentence for mis-selling a property to a foreign couple.

The Alicante High Court ruled that he sold them an urbanisation’s sales premises despite knowing ‘perfectly well’ that these were on land zoned exclusively for offices.

The defendant claimed that the couple were aware of the building’s legal status and that they intended to use it for their online shopping business.

In 2010 the couple bought the property, which had three rooms, a kitchen and bathroom, believing it could be occupied as a private residence although it was formerly used as offices.

They paid the estate agent €115,000 - which he must now repay - and sought a bank loan for the remaining €45,000.

It was at this point that they learnt that the property could not be occupied as a

private residence and that it would be impossible to obtain a permit to live there.

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Light relief SOME 3,500 people in Valencia City had no electricity after an illegal hook-up between a Venezuelan woman’s apartment and a streetlight caught fire. She was charged with damaging public and private property, and defrauding the power company.

Boat saved RED CROSS volunteers in Altea rescued a sailboat that ran aground onto rocks at the Illeta off the La Olla beach. No-one was hurt and the boat was later towed to Altea.

Rail fire THE causes of a fire that destroyed disused trains at a railway depot in Torrente (Valencia) are being investigated by regional rail operator FGV. Adjoining lines were not affected and no services were interrupted.

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Police surveillance and protection for cherries

By Linda Hall A 150-STRONG Guardia Civil unit will patrol cherry orchards in 17 inland towns.

Local Police, National Police officers and helicopter surveillance will provide backup protection for denomination-protected Cerezas de la Montaña.

The patrols will follow the pattern of previous years, announced Alicante Province’s Guardia Civil chief Manuel Muñoz Castillo at a meeting in Planes, attended by Alicante Province sub-delegate Juan Antonio Gomez Rodriguez, local mayors and cooperative representatives.

Vigilance will extend to the open-air weekly fruit and vegetable markets as well as private warehouses. These combined tactics were so successful that only four robberies were reported in 2015, Muñoz said.

The Montaña cherries, one of the bestpaid agricultural products on the market, were an easy target, and Gomez Rodriguez pointed out that large-scale robberies should always be reported. “This

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LA MONTAÑA: Cherries are worth looking after. always pays off over the short and medium term,” he said.

Planes Mayor Francisco Javier Sendra agreed that the number of robberies had

plummeted thanks to the Guardia Civil patrols. “But we need them to continue in the future to ensure that we don’t have to suffer increased thefts,” Sendra said.

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What a rubbish decision SIX Marina Alta towns could pay an extra €1.5 million for rubbish disposal.

Benissa, Teulada, Biarbeig, Lliber, Tormos and Vall de Lagua, belong to Reciclatge de Residus de la Marina Alta SA, which is 93 per cent owned by the Generalitat.

Each town hall pays Reciclatge by the tonne to send rubbish to the transfer station in Denia.

The publicly-owned Plan Zonal de Residuos consortium then charged Reciclatge but is now asking each town hall to settle the 2011 and 2012 bills already paid to Reciclatge in 2014.

The six towns have now lodged an appeal against a court ruling that found in favour of the consortium.

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AKIRA: Juan Bautista Rosello and Carlos Linares cut the red ribbon.

Akira’s hard work pays off

By Linda Hall THE Teulada-Moraira and Benissa animal sanctuary is now up and running.

The grand opening was attended by Teulada Mayor Carlos Linares and his Benissa counterpart Juan Bautista Rosello, together with the councillors who hea d t h e He a l t h d e p a rtme n ts at e a c h town hall.

The shelter will be run by the Akira Animal Protection Association and Linares thanked the group for all their hard work in fundraising and setting up

the shelter. He emphasised both towns’ satisfaction at having the kind of excellent installation that both Teulada and Benissa have needed for some time.

The shelter, which has facilities for 67 dogs and at present houses 33 that are waiting for adoption, cost €200,000 to build.

T h e la nd w a s provide d by B e nis s a Town Hall while Teulada contributed €15,000 towards the cost. The remainder was raised through donations to Akira a n d fu n d ra is ing by the a s s oc ia tion’s members.

Being a vegetarian, but not by choice THE worst of the economic crisis might be over and more people might be in jobs than formerly, but poverty is still around.

More than 50,000 members of Alicante Province’s population cannot afford to eat meat or fish once in two days, according to Spain’s National Statistics’ Institute.

The people who queue up each day at social dining rooms and charities know this all too well. “You don’t get fresh food anywhere apart from the filling in the bocadillos that Caritas give

out,” said Ramon, who was waiting for provisions at the back of the Nuestra Señora de Gracia church in Alicante City.

“We can’t give as much as we’d like,” admitted Antonio Moya, president of the La Prosperidad residents’ association in the San Gabriel neighbourhood. Each day they organise a social dining room that provides food for approximately 100 people.

“The Food Bank and some supermarkets donate food, but it’s usually greens and vegetables and non-perish-

able goods. Sometimes a supermarket will give us frozen cuttlefish and we use it for paella but generally our main course is eggs and chips, day in and day out,” Moya said.

The dining room first opened two years ago to provide food for 30 people but now there are more than 100 and there is a waiting list.

“With pain in our hearts we have to leave 50 outside because we can’t cope with more. We don’t have assets and we depend on the generosity of neighbours, businesses and the Food Bank.”

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WELL ATTENDED: An estimated 400 people of all ages were in the audience.

Popular local event ALTEA saw an estimated 400 people attend the final

event of the University of Alicante Popular Literature

Course on Saturday May 7.

Dani Miquel presented and performed his work Musiqueries, which an attentive audience of all ages, completed by Altea Mayor Jaume Llinares and other local councillors, appeared to appreciate, the organisers reported.

This was the first local event organised since Altea joined the University of Alicante as an Open Classroom.

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Learning to look for the signs

By Eleanor Hawkins SUICIDE is becoming more and more of a problem, especially since the recession hit.

The latest statistics, for 2014, were revealed by the National Statistics Institute last week and gave a worrying figure for suicides in the province: 159.

That is more than the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents and homicide (72) and even those caused by leukaemia (117).

To try and reduce the upward trend, the health authorities have decided primary care and emergency medics need to get involved and have created a work group to draw up a

strategy. As those with the closest contact to patients, GPs and A&E department staff need to be on the lookout for signs, experts insist. In fact, Andoni Ansean, president of a national society which studies suicide, has reported that every single woman and 80 per cent of men who kill themselves have seen a doctor during the year before their death. Worse still, 18 per cent of people saw their GP that very day. Therefore the strategy will include training primary care staff to spot early signs of suicidal tendencies or behaviour and act quickly. With suicide the second most common cause of death on a worldwide level for the 15-29 age group, the problem cannot be ignored.

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Compensation now awarded ALICANTE TRAM: Worker was left permanently unable to work after an accident.

By Eleanor Hawkins A WORKER who was seriously injured in an accident on the site of the Alicante Tram has been awarded €945,000 in compensation by the courts following an agreement between the two parties.

The judge in charge of Alicante’s number five criminal court gave his verdict, absolving one of the three people on trial and sentencing the other two (the manager and an employee of an El Campello company subcontracted to carry out the work) to three months in jail, exchangeable for fines of €1,080 each.

The worker, who spent 450 days recovering in hospital after falling from a dumper truck on the site and banging his head on March 7, 2007, was left permanently unable to work and requiring constant care.

Of the total amount awarded in compensation, insurance companies had already paid €601,500. Now, the responsible parties have 15 days to pay a further €298,500 and the remaining €45,000 must be raised by August 3, the judge stated.

If the subcontracted company is unable to raise the funds, the contractors (FCC and Enrique Ortiz) will be held responsible.

Despairing of dust SICK and tired of constantly cleaning and breathing in dust from the tracks outside, home owners in El Moralet are thinking of taking matters into their own hands to force the council to give them a bit of tarmac.

Although they have contacted the town hall a number of times and been told they are on the surfacing list, so far there has been no sign of movement and residents are reaching the ends of their tethers.

“I know it’s part of living in the countryside but this isn’t a track, dozens of cars and lorries come down here and the dust is

unbearable,” said Jose Manuel Granero, pointing to the thick layers of dust coating every possible surface. “We clean every single day but you’d think this mess hadn’t been touched for months,” he said.

The problems, Granero explained, began when work started on the motorway between Benidorm and the Carretera de Madrid, which caused all accesses to the country homes to be changed.

“Now all the cars come through this way,” he said, pointing to Calle Cobre and Calle Mar Caspio, both with

dirt surfaces.

Granero’s neighbour Anastasio Alfaro said: “It’s impossible to live here. In the summer we can’t even open the windows. If they don’t do something we will have to close the road off or something.”

“It’s not all that expensive, we pay our taxes just like everyone else in Alicante but it’s like El Moralet doesn’t even exist,” Granero complained.

“We moved here 15 years ago looking for peace and quiet but now it’s a nightmare. Even the plants die because of the dust,” he concluded.

Wasps kill man AN 81-year-old Valencian man died in hospital last week after being attacked by a swarm of wasps while watering crops on his country property.

Although he quickly drove himself to hospital, hospital sources reported that he had been stung more than 1,000 times, entered anaphylactic shock shortly after arrival and died 20 hours after the attack.

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Singer’s son stands up disco ‘DJ set’

By Eleanor Hawkins A DISCO in Sant Joan d’Alacant has announced its intention to sue Kiko Rivera, son of popular Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja, for €11,000 for standing them up after signing a contract to perform as a DJ. Carlos Joaquin Poveda, one of the owners of Danzaa Klub disco, explained that the DJ and a disco representative had signed a contract for a performance, known in the business

as a ‘DJ set’ between 1am and 3am on November 28, 2015, in exchange for a payment of €2,000 plus VAT, of which about €1,000 was handed over in advance.

Tickets to the event, priced at €10, sold out in advance and Poveda said that although Rivera was at a hotel in Alicante on the night, he failed to turn up to perform and his representative claimed that he had taken ill suddenly.

However, he was seen the following day on a national

TV programme and appeared to be in perfectly good health, and he has never provided proof from a doctor that he had been unwell and has also failed to pay back the money received in advance, Poveda complained.

“We’ve employed a lot of artists and nobody has ever stood us up before. We think he has a right cheek, he hasn’t even bothered to explain himself or offer to perform on another date,” the disco owner said.

More flights, new planes AIR NOSTRUM has announced that it will be flying between Alicante and Vigo next summer.

The airline, which reported having almost trebled its benefits in 2015 thanks to cost efficiency tactics, intends to renew almost half of its

fleet between now and 2018 and will be spending more than €800 million on the project, which will make it the regional airline of its size with the youngest fleet of planes in Europe.

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Tourism is boosted by winter events

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE construction industry could be on the up, as a report by the Provincial College of Architects of Alicante found that during the first quarter of the year permit applications to build homes have increased.

Applications were made to build on 279,019 square metres (around 1,850 homes) in the province, a figure that far surpassed 2012, the worst year of the crisis, and marked an increase of 50 per cent compared to data for the first quarter of 2015.

Architects estimate that by the end of the year applications for around 7,400 homes will be made, closer to the ideal figure of 15,000 housing projects per year in the province, but still far off the peaks of 46,000 licence approvals that were made in 2006, at the height of the building boom.

Antonio Macia, president of the College of Architects, welcomed the data,

HOUSING: Numbers of applications to build homes have increased. but warned that “if we forget what happened we will be creating a new problem for the future. Right now we are on the right track, not only in housing for

foreigners, but there is demand for first homes throughout the province, especially in the areas of Torrevieja and along the coast of Marina Alta.�

HOTEL occupation in Alicante has grown 6 per cent in the first four months of the year.

The data shows the city is beginning to grow as a year-round destination as the winter occupancy averaged 69 per cent.

In April, the overnight stays in the city increased by 5.25 per cent compared to the same month of 2015, despite Easter falling in April last year. In the rest of the province, on the coast, the increase was 5.59 per cent and stood at an average occupancy of 50.25 per cent.

Of overnight visitors, 62.93 per cent were international tourists with fig-

ures showing the UK was the main source of visitors with 18.33 per cent, Sweden with 9.41 per cent and Norway with 8.51 per cent.

Of national visitors, most came from within the Valencia Region (28.06 per cent) followed by those from Madrid (22.10 per cent) highlighting the ease of travel to Alicante now on the AVE high speed train.

An increase in the number of events and congresses in Alicante also boosted winter tourism, with everything from the International Toastmaster Conference to the National Electronic Darts Championship all boosting hotel occupancy.

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More staff FIVE thousand extra workers, 1,000 more than last year, are to be taken on by Mercadona supermarkets in July and August to keep up with the numbers of tourists expected on the Costa Blanca and other coastal areas.

Ibiza band BALEARIA Foundation is organising a charity concert by the Sant Antoni de Portmany (Ibiza) band on Saturday (May 14) at 8.30pm at Jauja Port.

Tickets are €5 with profits going to Denia’s Extiende Tu Mano association’s soup kitchen.

Look out DENIA Council has decided to request permission from the government to install CCTV cameras at Torrecremada park to discourage vandalism, which has become a problem in the area.

DENIA FIESTA: Local associations are fighting to remain in the port area.

‘We shall not be moved’ say peñas

By Linda Hall DENIA’S fiestas associations, the peñas, are fighting to remain in the port area during the July ‘bous a la mar’ fiestas.

The regional government’s decision to move the club headquarters or casetas where hospitality is available to all comers was announced at the beginning of the year. Since then opposition from the peñas whose members grapple with bulls at the wa-

ter’s edge has grown with each passing month.

The town hall’s offer of the car park behind the town Planning Department was rejected out of hand, not least because the fun before and after the ‘bous a la mar’ bouts would be marred by the complaints of nearby residents.

Jose Lopez who founded the Arreu peña 35years ago said “agreeing to move would be tantamount to signing our own death warrant. Once we move we’ll have to spend the fiestas just like everyone else.”

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No leaders, no contract ALTHOUGH the application was correct and all that is missing to allow a contract to be awarded to draw up plans for a new sewage treatment plant in Oliva, the process has ground to an unavoidable halt.

Local mayor David Gonzalez has reported that Liana Ardiles, general director of

Water for the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and the Environment confirmed recently that all paperwork for the €450,000 project is correct.

However a final report is needed which cannot be issued until the new central government is formed, meaning there is no choice but to wait.

Representing Andalucia THE Casa de Andalucia in Calpe has presented this year’s official Queens and Rociera, who will represent the group at local festivities.

At a ceremony on Saturday (May 7) in the presence of the local mayor, Cesar Sanchez, Festivities councillor Ana Perles and representatives of other Casa de Andalucia groups, Noa Company was crowned ‘Infant Queen,’ Desire Ivars as ‘Queen’ and Diny van Gerwen as ‘Rociera.’

Mayor Sanchez congratulated the group and its president Jose Padial for the hard work carried out to spread the culture of Andalucia and maintain their roots.

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Last chance to register for a postal vote in the EU Referendum – deadline May 16! generation referendum.” vote on your behalf must be registered Worldwide, more than 140,000 and eligible to vote at the referendum.

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BRITISH expatriates living in Spain have until Monday May 16 to register for a postal vote in the EU Referendum.

That is the deadline for making sure you can receive your ballot papers in the post and send them back in time for your vote to be counted. Voting papers will be sent out in the week beginning May 23.

If you do miss the deadline for a postal vote, you can still register at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote but you will need to choose someone in the UK to vote for you, known as a proxy vote.

Alex Robertson, Director of Communications at the Electoral Commission, says: “If you register to vote by May 16 it should be easier to vote by post, as postal votes for the referendum will be sent out earlier than usual, giving you more time to receive, complete, and return your ballot pack to the UK. “If you wish to vote by proxy, bear in mind that the person you choose to

Hospital plans on course VILLAJOYOSA Town Hall gave the go-ahead for a budget to acquire land to extend the Marina Baja hospital.

Joan Lloret, the councillor responsible for both Health and Finance, has set aside €254,444 to cover the compulsory purchase of three plots adjoining the overcrowded hospital.

The details will be put before an information committee, followed by an extraordinary general meeting this week.

The council intends to finance the operation with a subsidy from the Generalitat.

The extension was originally approved by the previous regional government, which later backtracked on economic grounds, although the project is now on course again.

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Online record AN online marketing course organised by the Fundesem Business School in Alicante h a s g a in ed a G u in n es s World Record.

The record was for the longest online course seminar event which ran for 50 hours straight, beating the previous record of 48 hours.

The course, which was free, involved more than 80 talks about online market-

ing given by experts from Spain and Latin America.

The seminars were witnessed live by 200 people, and another 2,500 followed online.

Fundesem’s coordinator of the event, Enrico Ahrens, expressed his great satisfaction of being able to “offer many people a quality educ a tion, through online streaming.”

Doormen and security guards under scrutiny THE ASP police union called for an investigation into doormen and security guards in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone.’

Several incidents have occurred over the past three years, the ASP pointed out, the most recent an attack on three National Police officers by two disco doormen in the early hours of the morning.

The union maintained that there were only two National Police squads on duty that night, a claim questioned by police sources.

Twenty officers were reportedly on duty, but the original call reported only a routine incident, and reinforcements were sent immediately after the attack on the three National Policemen.

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Life begins at 60 or 70

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn LIFE begins at retirement it seems, as more and more pensioners are getting more active according to a report ‘the profile of older people in Spain.’

It shows that many are now returning to studying and developing hobbies they previously never had time to enjoy as they reach their twilight years, and pensioners in Alicante Province are no different: “We are privileged. There are endless possibilities,” said elderly researcher at the University of Alicante, Chelo Oñate.

She set an example that retirement does not mean a decline in activity or the ability to enjoy, learn and help others: “At 73 I was widowed and decided I was not staying at home and I had to do something. I entered college and then went into theatre, helping create an amateur group.”

Chelo is very active and still takes class-

es, this year in psychology, and works on analysing the needs and situation of pensioners in Alicante, with findings indicating that they are more prepared and educated, more concerned about their health, and anxious and willing to use the free time to learn, help others or enjoy hobbies.

The 2014 Report on the Elderly confirms the progressive ageing of the Spanish population. In the province 24.7 per cent of the population is aged over 60.

They are a generation that has adapted well to changes in recent years, from homosexual marriage, multiculturalism, scientific innovations and new technologies. The ‘profile of older people in Spain’ report also stated that in the last 40 years there has been a significant decrease in the percentage of illiterate people over 65 years of age, and there has been an increase in the percentage of seniors with secondary school and higher education qualifications.

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New indications of old industries EXCAVATIONS in Gandia’s old Moorish quarter revealed a wall of what archaeologists identified as a leather works.

The eight-metre section of wall discovered in the Raval district dates from the 14th century, said the team of experts headed by Carles Juan Fuster.

The workshop located on the banks of the River Serpis would have been doubly important as the wall, which would originally have been between 30 and 50 metres long, would also have provided protection from flooding.

Excavations in the area began in 2004 when the remains of this and other workshops were found in what is now Calle de Baix. Investigating the area came to a halt in 2009 but recommenced following work on the new road linking Plaza Tirant and San Jose church.

The tile works built by Juan, Duke of Gandia, was also found near the tannery. This was constructed on the orders of the duke’s father, Alexander VI, who wanted to use its tiles in the Vatican as well as the Sant’Angelo castle in Rome and the palace of the Borjas in Gandia.

The town’s leather, sugar and ceramics industries flourished in the Raval area, which

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Arrests after alleged scam

By Eleanor Hawkins THE National Police have arrested three men and a woman in Benidorm for an alleged blanket trip scam.

The arrestees, aged between 37 and 73, are believed to have used six fictitious companies to arrange free daytrips for pensioners on holiday in Benidorm.

After the trips they were

taken to a restaurant in La Nucia for a sales presentation, and many signed up to buy products displayed and made payments with credit cards, but once home they never received the articles they thought they had bought.

Police investigations began after 14 complaints were lodged at different police stations across the country, all stating the same thing

had happened to them.

Searches of the restaurant and offices in Benidorm led to confiscation of large amounts of paperwork related to sales, credit card machines and articles used for presentations including mattresses, massage chairs, cameras and cleaning robots.

Two of the arrestees have been remanded in custody to await trial.

Bank robber back behind bars EXCAVATIONS: The old moorish quarter. was the industrial estate of its time, explained Carles Juan, until the 17th when the Moors were definitively expelled from Spain.

A 71-YEAR-OLD bank robber is back behind bars after being arrested in Xabia, the police have reported.

Juan FG, who has already spent 30 years of his life in jail, and a 56-year-old partner in crime were arrested for robbery of two banks in Cuenca and Toledo in 2003, and were allegedly planning another two hits.

Searches of the homes of the two men revealed guns (which they did not use during their crimes but probably would have done if they had needed to, the police said), wigs, sunglasses and bullet-proof vests along with the clothes security camera recordings showed the robbers to be wearing.

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ASPHALTING PROJECT: Work will also include replacing mains water pipes.

Operation asphalt

By Eleanor Hawkins ELEVEN streets in Callosa d’en Sarria are included in an asphalting project currently underway, which is being financed by the provincial council.

Work has already been done on Calle del Polideportivo and Calle Rafael Couchoud, and workers are currently on Calles La Fuente and Canterers. They will then move on to Calles Hort del Señor, Barrio, Goya, Velazquez, Segrelles, Arniches

and Fonteta, Services Councillor Alfonso Puigcerver reported.

Mains water pipes are also being replaced on the streets currently receiving attention, the councillor explained, at a cost of €23,000 to the local council.

Baby bookworms THE Miguel Hernandez public library in l’Alfas del Pi has launched a new section for babies and toddlers aimed at turning them into early bookworms.

The new section, Culture councillor Mayte Garcia announced, has been opened with 400 books specially selected for this age group, which will help spark an interest in reading from the start.

Garcia stressed the importance of stimulating creativity and imagination during the first stages of infant development, and also explained that if youngsters grow up considering books as playmates they are more likely to enjoy reading later on.

Plus, the section will serve to introduce youngsters to the rules of libraries from an early age, the councillor explained.

Cat beaters face jail AN Alicante couple, known locally for being very violent, are facing a possible jail sentence for a brutal beating they gave a stray cat on the streets last year for no apparent reason.

The cat, neighbours reported, approached the couple on Plaza del Mediterraneo on August 10 looking for food, but instead it was grabbed, beaten

and kicked until left half dead.

Witnesses, who claimed they were too scared to intervene, waited until the coast was clear before catching the terrified and severely injured animal and taking it to a veterinary hospital.

It required €500 of treatment, which the Public Prosecutor has asked the couple to be made to pay.

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Plan foiled

French exchange

NATIONAL POLICE officers in Alicante prevented the abduction of a 16-yearold Romanian girl, who had been earmarked for a forced marriage to a member of a criminal gang.

Jazz hands DENIA chose to mark World Hand Hygiene Day by filming a flash mob of hospital workers explaining how ‘convenient’ it is to wash our hands, while singing songs to children about water, soap and sponges.

Norse show THE Vikings are coming to Alicante in a new exhibition entitled ‘Vikings.

Northern Warriors. Giants of the Sea,’ which opens at the Provincial Archaeological Museum in Plaza Dr Gomez Ulla on Thursday, May 19.

EXCHANGE TRIP: The French students met Mayor David Gonzalez (right).

By Eleanor Hawkins FIVE French students spent April in Oliva on an exchange and work experience trip, arranged between the local Gabriel Ciscar secondary school and the Saint Thomas de Villanueve in Saint Germain en Laye, near Paris.

The students, who are receiving professional training in company administration and management, were invited to the town hall, before they left to discuss their time in town with local mayor David Gonzalez and Education Councillor Yolanda Pastor, who later said they had received very positive feedback from the group.

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Disabled centre’s future in danger THE Hoya del Rio occupational and day care centre for the disabled, managed by the Relleu Foundation, looks likely to have to close, as it has been refused an annual grant, previously received from the authorities, this year.

The foundation is part of the Emaus group, which is in liquidation following five years of serious financial difficulties, and debts which could reach €20 million, centre workers have reported.

The loss of the €550,000 grant, which the Generalitat Valenciana has had to cancel due to the management’s debts with the taxman and social security, means there will be no funds to pay salaries or maintenance costs, and is bound to lead to the centre having to close in the near future, the workers said.

Although all possible options have been studied to try to find solutions, there was no way the grant could be paid, and now meetings are centred on making the change as easy as possible for both centre users and staff.

So far the most viable option appears to be to have the users sent to other homes in the province and the workers claim unemployment benefits, explained Comisiones Obreras trades union representative Daniel Montiel.

There is hope however, Montiel said, as there appear to be parties interested in taking over management of the Emaus centres after the liquidation process. If this is the case there will be negotiations to ensure they take the former workers on again, and the users are given the chance to return to their original centre voluntarily.

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Councillor on trial

NEW PAINT: Maintenance work has been carried along the seafront promenade.

Ready, set, summer

By Eleanor Hawkins SUMMER is coming and municipal workers from Teulada Council’s General Services department are keeping busy preparing local beaches and seafront areas for the season.

Maintenance work has been done along the seafront promenade at El Portet beach, with wooden benches and the Red Cross post receiving a coat of new paint and broken litter bins repaired, the department reported. The work will also continue in all other coastal areas.

Dangerous dog watch THE Local Police force has joined an animal campaign launched two months ago by the Cleaning Department in Sant Joan d’Alacant to raise awareness of the rules regarding potentially dangerous dogs.

Officers will be carrying out inspections near dog parks and in other areas where lots of dogs are known to be walked, checking paperwork and ensuring that dangerous breeds are kept on leads and muzzled.

A TRIAL was running this week at Benidorm’s number two criminal court regarding a case in which former Social Welfare councillor Isabel Martinez is accused of alleged workplace harassment by a civil servant.

The Public Prosecutor’s office has requested an 18-month jail sentence and damages for the civil servant, who reported the alleged harassment a month before the end of the councillor ’s term in office and said it had caused her to have a nervous breakdown and need time off work.

The councillor, the civil servant claimed, made up reasons to have her moved and insisted that the Local Police and Human Resources councillors were present which added insult to injury.

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Scared but safe

By Eleanor Hawkins IT took five firemen and a number of police officers to climb ladders and rescue a dog which neighbours reported had been locked out on a second-floor balcony in Alicante last week.

The dog, a husky cross, was left outside with no food or water after its elderly own-

er was taken to hospital and it couldn’t get indoors, neighbours explained after hearing it bark and whine and realising what had happened.

Although in a good enough condition, the animal was terrified and it took plenty of patience to give it some food and calm it down enough to get it into a basket and down to safety, Fire Chief Daniel

Serra explained.

The dog is now at a shelter waiting for its owner to be released from hospital.

Animal Protection Councillor Marisol Moreno thanked the neighbours for reporting the incident. “This type of behaviour is vital to prevent mistreatment and guarantee protection for animals,� she said.

Black spots to go at last IT looks like the ball is finally rolling to provide Calpe with the two roundabouts at its access from the N332 road which it has needed for more than 30 years.

Although the population has grown a lot from the 2,000 inhabitants it had back then and an estimated 120,000 tourists visit the area each summer, the road accesses had not changed at all over that time, making them one of the worst black spots on the roads of Spain.

However the local authorities never

gave up, and now after years of work designing the project, preparing paperwork and applying for permissions, the go ahead has finally come from the government.

Now the project for two 60-metre roundabouts has been displayed to the public and is about to be put out to tender.

Hopef ul l y by next year, t he bl ack spots will be almost a distant memory for Calpe residents and visitors alike.

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PAYING A VISIT: The mayor went along to see the improvements on site.

Reopened pool swims ahead

By Eleanor Hawkins SINCE it reopened to the public in January, the indoor pool and sports centre in Villajoyosa has gained 30 per cent more users, with 700 people now making the most of the facilities available.

Following recent work to improve the boilers and changing rooms and provide a new 90m2 room for fitness classes, local mayor Andreu Verdu and Sports councillor Jose Ramon Ucles have paid a visit to the centre to see the

improvements on site and discuss future plans with the management.

The meeting was the first of many, the council announced, which will allow El Pantano, the company which was awarded the contract to manage the centre in January, to keep in close contact with the local authorities and continue to work to improve the services and activities provided.

The centre currently offers a variety of sports ranging from swimming for the disabled of all ages to more

than 35 different classes, both in and out of the water. It also has padel tennis courts.

“We have good sports facilities, all they needed was a company to take charge of them and manage them correctly. Since the pool reopened the improvement to the service is obvious. The council is on the watch for the service’s needs and has done the work that was needed. We have a good relationship with the new management and we’re working hard together to improve the facilities day by day,” Ucles said.

Hospital celebrates SANT JOAN Hospital celebrated its 25th birthday last week with a ceremony full of memories of the past and hope for the future.

Although, as hospital director Isabel Gonzalez stated, the centre began its life as a high tech centre, a model for the rest of the province, it has since been left to age and lacked investment over the years.

However, she said, this will hopefully change in the future, allowing the centre to once again be something to be proud of.

Some of the workers who saw the centre open

and remain to this day were asked to speak at the birthday celebration. Francisco Llorca, who is responsible for the laboratory at the A&E department, told the story of the first case treated at the department, when popular Spanish author Matilde Asensi fell over and broke her wrist during a visit.

“We were the first hospital to do away with restrictive visiting hours and allowed parents to stay overnight and all those little things gradually made things better,” said Oncology nurse Francisca Marhuenda.

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Remembering the dead in La Nucia

DUTCH TRADITION: Remembrance of the dead is on May 4 each year.

By Eleanor Hawkins FOLLOWING tradition, the Dutch people of La Nucia attended the Dodenherdenking (Remembrance of the dead) on May 4, in memory of Dutch civilians and soldiers killed in the Second World War and on international peace missions.

The date is honoured on May 4 each year with a two-minute silence and Holland virtually grinds

to a halt as the nation stops to remember.

The Club de Holandeses Marina Baixa organised the ceremony, which was attended by Mathijs van Bonzel, Dutch Ambassador in Spain, Eric Durieux, Dutch Consul for Alicante Province, Michel de Brabander, Lieutenant Colonel and Defence Attaché to the Embassy in Madrid and La Nucia Foreign Residents’ Councillor Bart Gommans.

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Grants paid THE grants for the 2015 rubbish taxes have just been paid out by La Nucia Town Hall, and the conditions to apply for grants for this year’s tax have been published.

Altogether 286 people or families have received the grants this year, 25 per cent more than last year, with the council handing out a total of €12,870.

Income and personal situations are taken into account when deciding who to award the grants to, with the unemployed, pensioners and large families taking priority in the line to receive €45 each.

This is the third year the council has been making these payments, and it has stated that it intends to continue doing so for as long as possible to the people of La Nucia.

The application period for grants for the 2016 tax will be open all of next month.

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Prepared to save lives SIXTEEN Local Police officers in Denia have been given a training course in basic life support and the use of semiautomatic defibrillators to prepare them to act in real life situations where lives are in danger.

Given by the company Sociedad de Vigilancia y Salvamento, the course included eight hours of hands-on training last week at the police station, where the officers were given the chance to put into practice

Slower growth is the forecast THE Valencian textile sector fears that the rapid growth in volume of sales registered in 2015 will slow down this year due to the current financial situation both within Spain and on an international level.

Although growth is still forecast, according to ATEVAL, the Valencian Community Textiles Association, the lack of strength in the national market and current international uncertainty will mean it will be more modest than last year’s.

However 2016 hasn’t started off badly for the national textiles sector, with the volume of business increasing 7.3 per cent in the first two months and production 7.6 per cent.

what they had learned from their books and prepare them to react in real life situations.

This training will allow the officers to provide vital immediate assistance until paramedics arrive.

Cheaper cleaning

By Eleanor Hawkins SANT Joan d’Alacant Council will be saving €99,000 per year by bringing cleaning of public buildings back under the municipal umbrella.

The service, which is currently outsourced to FCC, the company which also provides rubbish collection and street cleaning services, will be taken over by municipal company Personas y Ciudad (Pycsa) as of August, when the current contract runs out.

This will not only save the council money, one of its main promises at the start of its term in office, but also guarantee survival of Pycsa which had been looking uncertain.

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COSTA DEL SOL

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BURIAL SITE: Was found near Ronda during preliminary construction work.

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MALLORCA

AXARQUÍA

By Matt Ford A MEDIEVAL necropolis uncovered during preliminary construction work for a new restaurant in the San Francisco district of Ronda may be the oldest and largest yet found in the area.

The ancient site dates back to the ninth or 10th century, and archaeologists have discovered 16 caskets so far, some of which were clearly intended for children, plus various ceramic artefacts, interior walls and near-complete skeletons.

It is believed to be part of the maqbara of Medinat Runda, the name by which the city was known during Moorish times, and experts believe that it may pertain to the Emirate-Caliphate period.

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Sentence upheld

Solar park

Home care

Bilingual schools

MURCIA Provincial Court upheld the judgement of the Criminal Court of Cartagena that sentenced a man to 31 months in jail for a crime of psychological violence and abuse against his wife.

THE Cap Blanc-Punta Regana Defence association met with Llucmajor’s mayor to convey concerns about the size and location of a large solar park planned in the Sa Marina area weighing territorial protection against renewable energy.

ONE of the biggest tourist attractions in Rincon de la Victoria are the cliffs of El Cantal which is why the town hall started a clean-up operation over the last few weeks. Debris weighing in the region of 1,000 kilos and consisting mainly of thicket and dry branches was collected.

EIGHT schools across the province will be joining the bilingual centres list for the 2016-2017 academic year, the Board of Education announced. This will bring the number of publicly funded schools in Almeria Province that hold lessons in two or more languages up to 97.

Interesting find

Development halted Fairs fair

THE family of archaeologist William Waldren (1924-2003) has handed over Waldren’s archives to the municipality of Valldemossa. The archaeologist devoted himself to studying Mallorcan prehistory making a series of discoveries in Son Matge and the Son Muleta cave.

THE future of the Juvigolf project, a residential urbanisation waiting to be built in Chilches, remains uncertain whilst the Junta de Andalucia begin an investigation into the medieval farmstead at Santillan, an ancient town between VelezMalaga and Rincon de la Victoria.

Campsite area BIGASTRO’S Socialist Party has criticised the ruling PP government team in the town, for allowing the new works that are being undertaken in the pine forest of La Pedrera. The land is being turned into a municipal campsite area.

Traffic flow A NEW section of the Murcia ring road has opened. The road is designed to ease traffic around the city and improve access to Cabeza de Torres. It has three lanes in each direction and a cycle lane.

Happy anniversary THE Hospital de Sant Joan has held week long celebrations to mark its 25th anniversary including a blood drive, seminars and even a visit of Star Wars characters to the children’s ward.

Maths Olympics NINETY primary and secondary school students took part in the Mathematical Olympiad event organised by Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University which tested maths and science knowledge.

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THE Olula del Rio ‘Feria del Mediodia’ in September is to have a new location.

This year’s celebrations will be held at the Nave Polivalente by the Rio Almanzora following complaints from residents relating to traffic congestion during the four-day event.

Dodgy strawberries Fruit fraud

HOSPITAL clown Aspirino has made more than 100 appearances this year performing in the hospitals of Son Espases, Llatzer, Manacor and Inca thanks to the support of Endesa Electric Company.

AN alert was made to the Local Police of Almuñecar by a local resident stating that a vehicle equipped with a megaphone was in the proximity and allegedly someone was selling fruit illegally.

The police confiscated 39 boxes of strawberries.

Extra police

Squalid seafood

THE Palma City Council will more than double the number of officers for the summer season. A total of 136 Local Police officers will be patrolling areas in the municipality including the city centre, Cala Major, the Paseo Maritimo and Playa de Palma from May 23 to October 23.

SEPRONA, the Guardia Civil branch responsible for protection of nature, has cast its net over 600 kilos of processed fish which did not meet sanitary standards and was deemed unfit for consumption. The festering haul was discovered in a cave house in the coastal village of La Rabita on the Costa Tropical.

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AN Almeri Provincial court has jailed a Murcia businessman for two years for failing to pay a Huercal-Overa farmer for almost 100 tonnes of mandarins. The 51-year-old took 98,935 kilos of the fruit from the farm, by the Albox crossroads, in 2011 after agreeing a price of 56 cents per kilo however he never made the payment.

Creating jobs QUICKER, easier licensing processes implanted by the Almeria Provincial Council’s Assistance to Municipalities department have helped create 225 new jobs during the first 90 days of this year.

Big banger VISITORS to Malaga’s gastronomy fair over the weekend of May 6-8 were treated by the bizarre sight of the longest ‘salchichon’ (sausage) the planet has ever seen. The record breaking banger measured 255.4 metres and weighed 375 kilos.

Water works ESTEPONA Council has announced that renovation of the water supply network in the Lomas de Calancha district has begun and should be completed within a month at a cost of €61,000.

Crime scenes MORE than 6,000 children filled the bullring in the Malagueta district of Malaga City for the sixth annual meeting of local schools and National Police forces. The police officers wowed the children with a series of simulated crime scenes involving cars, vans, motorbikes, a helicopter, dogs and horses.

Porta study SABINILLAS councillors have finally convinced the Junta de Andalucia regional government to replace the prefabricated classrooms at the San Luis School with an extension to the main building approved.

New features CONSTRUCTION of the water park in Las Lagunas, Mijas, is due to be completed in four months, with the new public space to feature a playground plus special interactive water-based attractions for kids.

Service access ALHAURIN DE LA TORRE Council launched their new ‘Electronic Centre’ website, enabling citizens to access various services without the need to visit municipal offices. The site can be found at https://sede.alhau rindelatorre.es/.

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False wage SWEDEN: Mona Sahlin has stepped down from her position as Sweden’s national coordinator against violent extremism.

Her resignation comes after claims she had misrepresented her bodyguard’s salary to help him secure a mortgage.

Sacked surgeon SWEDEN: Previously renowned celebrity surgeon Paolo Macchiarini has been sacked by the country’s Karolinska Institute (KI) after growing controversy surrounding his medical methods.

Shoot out TWO ‘British people smugglers’ were wounded in a shoot-out with police during a car chase in France. The UK registered car was being chased by Belgian officers and crossed the border to France.

Drunken death A PENSIONER died in Wales after becoming ‘drunk’ on alcohol fumes and collapsing into a scalding bath that

BRITISH PRESS

PRINCE HARRY: Is to present the Invictus Games in Orlando.

False claim A WOMAN, aged 62, has been jailed for six months after falsely claiming she was raped by two men with Eastern European accents in a bid to make an insurance claim. Police spent over 2,000 hours on the investigation.

New role

GERMANY’S top court ruled that moving to a different city is no grounds for breaking a contract with your gym. A navy sailor went to court saying because his job forces him to move around a lot he should be allowed to cancel his gym contract.

Song struggle

DENMARK: A Copenhagen sex club was fined for age discrimination by refusing to hire an 18-year-old receptionist. The ad stated they were looking for someone over 21.

Street shopping

Gym dismay

NORWAY: Former minister for the environment and international development, Erik Solheim, aged 61, is to head the UN Environment Program.

Age offence

A HAIRDRESSER in Bavaria has fallen foul of the courts for using an image of Adolf Hitler in an advertising campaign against rightwing extremists.

MUNICH’S Kaufingerstraße street has been revealed as the most popular shopping street in a new survey. No Berlin Street appeared in the top 10 of the survey by real estate agents Engel and Völkers.

NORWAY: A helicopter which crashed on a small island off Bergen killed all 13 people on board. Investigators say it was down to technical failure.

NORWAY is to deploy 60 soldiers to train Syrians fighting the Islamic State. Soldiers from the Norwegian special forces would conduct the training in Jordan.

Hair bother

THE influx of asylum seekers into Germany, especially from cricket-mad Pakistan and Afghanistan, has created an unexpected boom for the sport. In 2012, there were around 1,500 cricketers in Germany playing, now there are 4,000 registered cricketers.

Chopper crash

Soldier training

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Cricket craze

was heating the 60 per cent proof hooch he was brewing in his bathroom.

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NORWAY’S Eurovision hopeful Agnete Johnsen, has cancelled all public appearances ahead of the song contest, saying her mental health is struggling prior to the event.

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Florida in a frenzy THE sunshine state of Florida went into a frenzy as Prince Harry arrived ready to present the Invictus Games in Orlando. The British royal created the multi-sport event in 2014 for wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel.

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BICYCLE EXPORTS: Netherlands is the largest exporter in Europe.

Valuable bikes THE Netherlands is Europe’s largest exporter of bicycles, with the value of exports rising 14 per cent last year to €793 million. They accounted for 25 per cent of all EU bike exports.

Liberation Day THE Netherlands celebrated Liberation Day marking 71 years since Germany surrendered at the end of the

DUTCH PRESS Second World War with the lighting of the Liberation flame in Wageningen.

Driving promotion DUTCH Formula One racing driver Max Verstappen, aged 18, is

moving to Red Bull’s first team for the rest of the season. After being signed in 2015 he has driven for junior team Toro Rosso.

Foreigner prisoners A TOTAL of 2,060 Dutch nationals are currently being held in foreign jails, 10 per cent less than this time last year. More than half have been jailed for drug offences.

Park patrol CITIES in Germany are hiring extra staff to patrol park areas to ensure people clean up after themselves following picnics and BBQs.

Balloon bother BERLIN’S iconic ‘Die Welt’ hot air balloon that floats up to a height of 150m whilst still hinged to the ground, giving visitors views over the city, got caught in strong winds and swayed out of control. Twenty tourists were on board at the time.

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SOVIET TROOPS: One of the most important days in the Russian calendar.

MILLIONS of Russians celebrated Victory Day on May 9 to mark the sacrifice of countless Soviet troops in helping defeat the Nazis. One of the most important days in the Russian calendar saw a huge military parade take place in Moscow’s Red Square and all generations take a moment to reflect on history.

Wild east SOLZHENITSYN wrote that Russia’s greatest threat was China. Now the government is offering a free 2.5 acre plot of land to citizens willing to relocate to the wild far-east in a bid to increase the population density and ward off the millions of Chinese reported to be pouring illegally across the border.

MAD days THREE Russian military divisions will be created to counter NATO’S expansion in Eastern Europe. Thousands of American led troops will arrive in Poland and the Baltic States in due course and Russia is portraying its decision as a defensive manoeuvre. Analysts are concerned that a military build up might spiral out of control.

Mob justice SPAIN has sounded diplo-

Walk, Sergei, walk A MAN from St Petersburg has walked almost the entire length of Russia reaching Vladivostok after 9,300 km and almost two years. Nicknamed the ‘Russian Forrest Gump,’ Sergei Scheulin, 24, says his journey isn’t over yet and he plans to head on to the Kamchatka peninsula with the warmer weather.

SERGEI SCHEULIN: Reached Vladivostok after 2 years.

matic alarms after a national court ordered arrest warrants for senior government figures with close ties to president Putin. The officials are thought to have been involved in brutal heroin gangs who ran St Petersburg in the 90’s, when Putin was deputy mayor, and laundered their earnings through Spanish real estate.

Rebel blues A FAMOUS Russian dissident exiled in England has sued the Crown Prosecution Service for libel after being charged with possessing child pornography.

Vladimir Bukovsky was a friend of poi-

soned spy Alexander Litvinenko and was due to testify at his murder inquiry. He claims that the Kremlin is attempting to discredit him.

Investigative impasse A NEW report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 by British investigators Bellingcat has been denounced as speculation by the Kremlin. The investigators suggest that a Buk missile fired by the Russian army was likely behind the air disaster which saw 298 people perish over east Ukraine in 2014.

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The euro note will disappear

By John Smith AS predicted earlier this year, the European Central Bank (ECB) has announced that it will no longer produce the €500 note because of concerns it could facilitate illegal activities, which were highlighted by a European Commission question in February concerning the need for that note.

Supposedly introduced at the demand of the German government as it

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€1.8 trillion is the estimated annual amount of illegal money in the world financial system according to bank reports.

was withdrawing its DM1,000 note which equated to €500, it has proven to be popular with criminals and forgers and because of the way it was regarded, the UK government asked banks to stop handling €500 notes in 2010, whilst many shops around Europe are wary about accepting them.

The ECB says the €500 banknote remains legal tender and will always retain its value.

The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested they cease all use immediately,” says a statement on behalf of Mick Jagger and the band.

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BERSHKA: Is part of the Inditex Group.

Still the world’s second richest THE Inditex Group, of which Amancio Ortega still holds nearly 60 per cent of the shares, continues to go from strength to strength with a net profit for their last financial year of €2.8 billion.

With dividends of 60 cents per share, paid half now and half in November, he is due to pocket €1.11 billion. His daughter, who inherited 7 per

cent of the shares from her deceased mother, will receive around €94 million.

There is an old saying that money attracts money which to some extent is true, but there is no doubt that the owner of Zara and eight other brands, has done an incredible job in building such an incredibly powerful and popular group.

Banco Popular HELPED in no small part by a drop in bad debts, Banco Popular announced that its net profit for the first quarter of 2016 had increased by 2.6 per cent to €98.7 million. Although this isn’t a huge return for Spain’s sixth largest lender, it is still not only a positive result but is also slightly ahead of analyst’s expectations.

Cash issues AS long ago as 2009, Zimbabwe stopped producing its own bank notes because it could not keep up with the incredible rate of inflation, and it instructed its banks, businesses and citizens to use the US dollar as the official medium of exchange.

Now because of a shortage of US dollar bills, it will produce a range of ‘quasi’ US dollars in a range of relatively low denominations, which will be supported by a €180 million package from the Africa Export-Import Bank.

Cigarette advertising rules THE highest court in Europe has rejected a claim by international tobacco companies appealing against a law being passed by the EU that will standardise packaging and ban the advertising of e-cigarettes.

The Court of Justice found that the laws “did not go beyond the limits of what is ap-

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propriate and necessary.”

Under the new rules health warnings will have to cover 65 per cent of the front and back of the packet, and although the rules are due to take effect from May 20, the new packets will not be on sale until stocks of existing cartons have been cleared.

It will stop issuing the note around the end of 2018, when it will bring in new €100 and €200 banknotes which themselves are likely to become the bank note of choice for the money launderer.

It has been argued that with the growth in debit cards, high value notes of a range of major currencies should be phased out to discourage their use by criminals, but this is unlikely to occur.

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BA Group’s profit drop IAG which owns Aer Lingus, BA, Iberia and Vueling has seen significant profit increases in the last year, but is warning of a slight slowdown due to worries about terrorism and Brexit, as well as a possibility that a strong dollar would offset fuel price drops.

The city was not happy with the conservative position the group took, but CEO Willie Walsh was clear that by reducing growth forecasts from 5.2 to 4.9 per cent, he was being prudent.

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NET VOL 97.83 21.76 1,087.64 544.45 123.71 41.77 9.45 251.98 461.14 15.11 289.85 2,758.41 310.82 33.94 1,527.62 2,566.06 130.13 199.46 841.36 17.93 93.66 43.14 11.30 926.26 9.59 138.35 43.06 6.59 200.93 318.39 247.55 177.82 84.59 130.38 108.85 451.62 10,733.36 31.06 25.39 1,609.25 152.28 36.20 211.71 90.21 356.31 10.05 26.63 830.82 28.21 294.05

COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Land Securities Group PLC 1170.00 11.00 Legal & General Group PLC 217.00 1.30 Lloyds Banking Group PLC 65.33 0.28 London Stock Exchange Grp. 2623.50 28.00 Marks & Spencer Group PLC 417.30 3.70 Mediclinic International PLC 875.75 2.50 Merlin Entertainments PLC 437.15 5.90 Mondi PLC 1310.50 6.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 191.90 0.64 National Grid PLC 995.60 3.70 Next PLC 5282.50 18.85 Old Mutual PLC 175.60 1.40 Paddy Power Betfair PLC 9030.00 145.00 Pearson PLC 818.00 -2.00 Persimmon PLC 1967.50 17.00 Provident Financial PLC 2860.00 23.00 Prudential PLC 1308.50 5.20 Randgold Resources Ltd 6095.00 -70.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC 6789.00 58.50 RELX PLC 1229.50 8.00 REXAM PLC 630.75 3.50 Rio Tinto PLC 2040.75 -93.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 645.25 -1.25 Royal Bank of Scotland Grp 213.55 -0.20 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 1752.50 -8.00 Royal Mail PLC 494.60 -0.10 RSA Insurance Group PLC 482.70 3.90 SABMiller PLC 4213.00 9.50 Sage Group (The) PLC 589.00 8.00 Sainsbury (J) PLC 266.35 -0.20 Schroders PLC 2454.50 11.00 Severn Trent PLC 2242.00 3.00 Shire PLC 4063.00 54.00 Sky PLC 946.50 9.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 1154.50 17.50 SSE PLC 1494.50 -6.37 Standard Chartered PLC 496.52 -1.95 Standard Life PLC 321.00 2.20 St James's Place PLC 867.50 7.00 Taylor Wimpey PLC 182.20 0.60 Tesco PLC 158.90 -0.40 Travis Perkins PLC 1853.00 13.00 TUI AG 1020.00 20.00 Unilever PLC 3136.75 28.50 United Utilities Group PLC 942.50 0.20 Vodafone Group PLC 219.00 0.25 Whitbread PLC 3826.00 23.10 Wolseley PLC 3919.00 28.00 Worldpay Group PLC 260.95 1.60 WPP PLC 1608.50 7.00

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Russians exposed in Portugal

By John Smith

Sir Philip Green upset IN a public statement, multimillionaire Sir Philip Green has called for Frank Field, Labour MP and chairman of the Commons Committee examining the demise of BHS to resign due to comments he has made.

Mr Field said in an interview he would recommend stripping Sir Philip of his knighthood if he did not repay £571 million (€742 million) to the BHS pension fund, and Sir Philip believes that “he is clearly prejudiced.”

According to the BBC SirPhilip said: “Clearly he has already made his decision as to what he feels the punishment should be, without even hearing any evidence from anybody about BHS or the circumstances of the last 15 years.”

The crux of the argument is that Sir Philip allegedly earned millions from the company before selling it on for just £1, and now the taxpayer may have to pick up the pension black hole.

LEIRIA STADIUM: Portuguese team Uniao de Leiria was once managed by Jose Mourinho.

Some of the top league clubs such as Benfica and Sporting Lisbon were also visited by the police, not because they were suspected of any irregularities, but because they had purchased Russian players for their teams, and it was thought that documentation concerning the transfers might be of assistance to the investigation.

According to Europol, there is a nexus which incorporates crimes carried out in Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Moldova and the UK, so it is possible that this could be the first of a number of similar raids across Europe.

Double bogey for Adidas ALTHOUGH one of the leaders in the world of sporting/trendy apparel, German manufacturer Adidas has admitted that it needs to sell much of its marginally profitable golf business.

Whilst the bulk of its business continues to grow, g o l f i n g clothes have taken a nose dive being at the height of popularity in the US in the year 2000 following the success of Tiger Woods.

Since that time, sales have basically declined although Adidas, through its three main brands Adams, Ashworth and TaylorMade, does hold a significant part of the market even though the sports equipment including clubs is struggling.

The problem for the company is that the somewhat untrendy clothing, which so many golfers decide to wear, is not versatile and with a declining market and sales of only €900 million representing just 5 per cent of turnover, it is a market that is more trouble than it’s worth.

Overall, the general business is growing, particularly in North America where the company has aligned itself with a number of popular fig-

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EUROPOL, the EU law enforcement agency has announced that working with the Portuguese police, a gang of money launderers consisting mainly of Russian ‘frontmen’ at various football clubs has been closed down.

The aptly named Operation Matrioskas (the Russian dolls which are enclosed inside each other), saw officers spend a year investigating the activities of various investors in different clubs in Portugal, which culminated in the arrest of a number of those apparently involved in the money laundering scheme.

The main investigation centred on Uniao de Leiria, once managed by Jose Mourinho but having fallen on hard times, it dropped to the bottom tier of Portuguese football. After going bankrupt the club was taken over by Russian businessman Alexander Tolstikov, who along with two others is reported to have been detained and charged.

Officers spent a year investigating the activities of various investors in different clubs in Portugal, which culminated in the arrest of a number of people.

TIGER WOODS: Golfing clothes were at the height of popularity in the US in 2000, following his success. ures such as Kanye West.

That aside, the company announced a 31 per cent rise in quarterly sales of

its core brand in North America, thanks to a rise in marketing, including a series of partnerships with high-

profile people including Kanye West, as well as top sportsmen such as Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale.

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Rotten news for Apple

APPLE STORE: Situated at Hangzhou West Lake.

By John Smith ALTHOUGH often touted as a company that cares about people, Apple does have a bit of a reputation for understandably trying to protect its trademark by going to law, but on this occasion it has received a verdict which will not be to its liking.

The Beijing Municipal High People’s Court ruled in favour of Xintong Tiandi Technology which uses the name IPHONE on a range of leather goods including handbags and it registered that trademark in China in 2010.

It must be doubly irritating for Apple as it first tried to register the iPhone name in the country in 2002, but this was not accepted until 2013, three years later than the IPHONE registration.

A spokesman for the American giant made a statement saying “Apple is disappointed the Beijing High People’s Court chose to allow

Xintong to use the iPhone mark for leather goods when we have prevailed in several other cases against Xintong.

“We intend to request a retrial with the Supreme People’s Court and will continue to vigorously protect our trademark rights.”

The court ruled that Apple could not prove it was a well-known brand in China before Xintong Tiandi filed its trademark application in 2007 especially as their iPhones only went on sale in China in 2009.

Sales of the company’s phones have shown a surprising drop on a worldwide basis, but in China which has been a very important market their sales have nosedived by more than 25 per cent and coupled with this is the fact that a law passed in March requiring all content shown in China to be stored on servers based on the Chinese mainland resulted in the closing down of iTunes, although the company does hope to resurrect this business soon.

Steel still confuses INDIA plays a very important part in the world steel trade with plants in India itself and through subsidiary companies around the world.

Much has been made of the Tata group and its decision to divest itself of its Welsh plant in Port Talbot where it is said to be losing £1 million (€1.3 million) per day.

Advertising this loss seems hardly likely to attract potential purchasers and of the nearly 200 contacts it made in a search for a buyer, two have actually presented proposals, one from Excalibur Steel UK

Limited which would be a management buyout, hopefully with worker and government participation and the other from Liberty House, also Indian owned, which would change the business from raw production to recycling.

Tellingly, Excalibur are still trying to find bank funding and anticipate around 1,000 job losses if their bid is successful, whilst Liberty have a track record of success in the business and have indicated on more than one occasion that they would expect no job losses.

In the meantime, another Indian steel giant ArcelorMittal has forecast that global demand for steel will stabilise and possibly increase very slightly in 2016 with a marked improvement in the Chinese market.

Despite the fact that ArcelorMittal does not operate within the Chinese market, because its operation is so large, its comments are normally treated seriously and hopefully its view of a slight recovery will prove to be correct, if nothing else for the good of the British steel industry.

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There will be war in Europe LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

CAMERON’s claims that we would be more at risk of war should we leave the EU is ludicrous.

Sweden, a country that has been the most welcoming to Muslim/Arab immigrants is already verging on civil war. Recent rioting lasted more than a week.

It is the pathetic rambling of a man, slowly but surely losing the

battle to keep the UK aligned to an organisation that is failing its members on a scale that is becoming more dangerous as we speak.

Be under no illusions however, there will be war in Europe, irrespective of whether we opt out or not.

The adversary is already within. Leaving the EU and consequently securing our borders will make us safer, mainly by keeping the numbers of the militant Islamists population down and more manageable when it all kicks off. It has, of course, already begun.

Sweden, a country that has been the most welcoming to Muslim/Arab immigrants is already verging on civil war. Recent rioting involved untold numbers of young Muslim men and lasted more than a week.

Hundreds of cars were set alight and one resident described the area as looking like a battle scene.

On a recent visit to the country Mr Mudan Zahran, himself a Muslim, stated that Sweden’s welcoming and tolerance have been abused by Muslims. They have responded to Sweden’s kindness, by seeking to

DAVID CAMERON: His claims that we would be more at risk of war should we leave the EU is ludicrous.

Islamise the country. Another resident remarked: “I just feel sad for the insults we get from many Arabs and Muslims in this town.

We look on them as Swedes and they look on us as the enemy!”

How heart-wrenching and how telling is that? Germany has also received a series of riots perpetrated by Islamist militants. Last Ramadan largely unreported incidents involving mobs shouting Allahu Akbar torched cars and attacked the police in a series of incidents lasting up to four days.

France and Belgium have also experienced Islamic violence in their towns and cities. And on it goes. One of the results of the authority’s unwillingness to engage the situation is the emergence of many far right organisations.

Support for these parties is growing by the day. And they are prepared to meet violence with violence. Result? Civil war. EU or no EU.

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Making waves Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

ONLY Albert Rivera, leader of Ciudadanos, emerged from the past four-and-a-half months with increased popularity rankings.

He said during Pedro Sanchez’s first investiture attempt that he would rather be useful than important and now he is both.

Pablo Iglesias and Podemos will continue to criticise, ridicule or ignore Rivera before the election and disdain his votes and seats afterwards, but either Sanchez or Rajoy could need them.

How to prevent Rivera from doing well on June 26 without alienating him June 27?

The Spanish have a phrase for it: keeping your clothes safe when you swim – not easy, when Iglesias continually ALBERT RIVERA: Leader of Ciudadanos. makes waves.

Seconds out PABLO IGLESIAS refers to the June 26 election as the second round, although he’s got it wrong.

If it were, it would be a straight contest between Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sanchez and the latter would scoop up the votes that Podemos and its allies denied him in both investiture attempts. Just call it the second time around although, unlike love, it’s not so much better.

Crunch time JUNE 26 will decide Spain’s next government and also Pedro Sanchez’s fate. If he does well by winning more votes even though he loses the election, he stays.

Haemorrhage votes and he’ll go, probably making room for Susana Diaz, although if Sanchez trips up the PSOE will be crossing the desert for years to come, regardless of who heads it.

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Doing it by the book MARIANO RAJOY thought he had a better chance of remaining in the Moncloa Palace by pressuring the Zarzuela Palace into calling new elections immediately after he declined to try to form a government.

The last thing Rajoy expected or wanted was Felipe’s insistence on respecting the Constitution by inviting Pedro Sanchez, the next most-voted candidate, to give it a shot.

“This wouldn’t have happened with his father,” the Partido Popular hierarchy allegedly muttered in private but as the king was well aware, this was not a matter of personality but legality.

So instead of playing it by ear, he did it by the book.

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A gentleman’s response IN response to Philip in San Fulgencio, Missing the UK! (Issue 1607).

This bar in Quesada, which uses optics which Mr Philip has never set foot in, does have 50ml optics for branded named spirits, not your Aldi or Lidl brands which he is probably used to!

He is probably one of the many expats that each day go from bar to bar chasing the happy hours trying to get as much for their euros as possible.

This bar doesn’t do any happy hours or cheap branded alcohol. It prides itself on only selling the best-named brands.

Even the Spanish suppliers of the spirits agree that by using the 50ml optic is the correct amount that customers should be getting, not getting a bartender who holds the bottle and tries to count to 10 then stops, of course everyone counts at the same speed so they all get the same measure (not!).

By using the optics everyone is guaranteed to receive the exact amount, so there is no arguing!

Mr Philip adds that the spirits are not anywhere near the gentleman’s size! Not sure how he can say this as he has never been in the bar!

He needs to look for himself before he comments about something he knows nothing about!

So I suggest if Philip goes to Quesada and enters the bar and looks for himself and takes the little birdie who told him about the so-called sinister happenings in the bar, then he can comment himself rather than sit and write about something he knows nothing about!

Albert Henderson, Ciudad Quesada.

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YES! Yes! Thank you! The return of the Nonogram has arrived!

‘Thinking Cap’ on again and it’s a toughie this week too!

It’s nice that you take interest in what your readers think!

Happy Lesley from Alcalali EWN reply: It’s our pleasure Lesley, EWN gets it!

Soul singing I HAVE never written a letter to a newspaper. I will soon be 89 but I felt I had to reply to ‘Earl from Alicante’ in issue 1608. How can anyone say that songs like Amazing Grace and How Great Thou Art, and so many others, are ‘ridiculous’? I love singing, as much as I am able to with a poor voice, at the Calpe Christian Fellowship each

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children, and great grandchildren from the shackles of a Europe, dominated by unelected policy and lawmakers which are taking over our country.

To me it is as important as those that gave their lives for me and the freedom of the UK. What happens to me if the UK leaves the union is not important, it is the family that follows that will benefit and thrive in a free and open UK. C V Williams, El Cucador

Queer as folk

I SPENT some time (months) in Spain recently where I witnessed the plight of just one of the ill-treated hunting dogs. This dog needs help.

He is fed once a week, if he knocks his bucket of stale water over he is left without water. He lives in a shed with a dirt floor 24/7.

The shed is filthy... as for mental stimulation or exercise, those are non-existent.

I have a home waiting for him in the UK (a friend of mine with a large garden will take him

Sunday and ‘worshipping’ Jesus, and remembering through Holy Communion all that he suffered to pay for our sins. Read the bible Earl, and learn.

Ps I do so much enjoy EWN, thank you.

Irene

Atlantic angle EURO WEEKLY published a letter from ‘Dario via email’ in issue 1609 that pensioners living here “should have a Spanish social security number which entitles you to healthcare if we are in or out of the EU.” Those of us who are non-EU Americans (and I believe Canadians or Aussies) living here on retirement residencia visas are required to maintain private healthcare insurance. Although living here legally requires paying Spanish income taxes on our worldwide income, we don’t have access to

on), but I need a foster carer to keep him for three weeks so that we can get him ready to travel.

Is there anyway you can help or at least publicise his case so that the owner realises the dog needs help? Even if he is sent to a rescue centre in Spain it would be a better life than he has now.

In desperation, Leigh Walton EWN reply: We have forwarded Leigh details of a refuge centre.

the Spanish social security system, nor do we get Spanish-paid healthcare. As we never paid into their social security system, why would Spain be responsible for our retirement healthcare here?

I have heard British retirees say that things wouldn’t change much if the UK withdrew from the EU. Logically, everything in place through the EU would have to be newly-negotiated by Spain and a non-EU United Kingdom.

Retired Americans and most other non-EU citizens certainly don’t receive the benefits and privileges of EU citizens.

We spent hundreds of dollars for documents and fees to get our residence visas. Each time we have to renew, it involves multiple trips to Malaga and Torre Del Mar, with photocopies and more photocopies!

From healthcare to work permits, to residence permits and renewals, to driveing licence exchanges - all would have to be bilaterally negotiated. Just

imagine a Spanish government insisting that Gibraltar also had to be included in the negotiations!

A British friend told me Spain needs the UK more than the UK needs Spain.

Maybe so, but Spain needs the EU even more. When the Scots were considering independence, the Spanish made clear their concerns. Spanish leadership could be expected to take a similar tough position on relations with a non-EU UK. Assurances by supporters for leaving the EU that there would be only minor impact for British pensioners here should be taken with much scepticism!

Ron Adam

Brexit blues WHAT could not be achieved by force of arms has now been done by stealth.

It is my duty and responsibility to vote OUT, to help free my children grand-

IN response to Fine outlook for LGBT, Costa del Sol issue 1609.

LGBT travellers don’t need ‘LGBT activities’ or ‘gay/bi services’. We pick our destinations according to, firstly, safety, and secondly, cultural acceptance. Can we hold hands with our partners in public, admit to being gay in conversation if it comes up (or introduce our partners as such)?

Will our husbands (for men) and wives (for women) be accepted as such if necessary (for everything from hospital visits to being able to share a hotel room)? Single LGBTs might be keen to see bars, cafés, etc catering to them exclusively.

This isn’t segregation. We’re a minority and it’s hard to meet each other.

After all, the U3A bars under-50s, doesn’t it, and isn’t considered discriminatory? No, because it’s a society for over-50s no longer in work to meet others in their situation and of their age. Ditto LGB bars. Couples aren’t bothered, unless they’re in an area where they have to keep their relationship very much under wraps for fear of reprisals or even prison.

Happily, Spain doesn’t need to make too much effort there (for tourists. It’s crying out for a ‘scene’ for residents).

It’s one of the most accepting, if not THE most, countries of LGBTs and those of us living here are actually surprised if we encounter homophobia elsewhere - we’ve forgotten what it’s like! (After all, marriage has been legal for 11 years, longer than in the UK).

Kally

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OPINION & COMMENT

LEGALLY SPEAKING

Serves you right Five devices to In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHAT is it with rucksacks? They used to be something you used to go camping with. You and your family or friends would go off into the big wide open spaces with your hiking boots. It carried your tent and supplies or maybe if you went trekking off round the world. Or you were in the army and you were going off to fight a war somewhere.

Move forward and now everybody is using them. Well except me because actually they have turned into weapons of mass destruction but that’s another article!

They were meant to be used in fields, long open roads, the wilderness. Where they were not meant to be used was on aircraft with the exception of being a red beret commando or member of the SAS, and for some reason there was a need for you to leave the plane whilst it was at about 20,000 feet, then they are a handy place to keep your parachute.

They definitely should not be used on trains and confined spaces. I was on the train to Madrid and there was a family that got on after I was already comfy in my seat and the

monitor traffic AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

Flickr credit by Fernando RAYO

Mike Senker

whole bloody lot of them had a rucksack on their back! And I tell you they were enormous!! As the dad tried to get one of the children settled he turned round and nearly took my head off. Do they not realise that they are the human equivalent to an articulated lorry?

They need space to manoeuvre!

They should all be fitted with the same warning beeps. This idiot was swivelling about nearly taking the heads off all those nearby. Me, being me, was the only one who gave him the ‘Oi’ treatment. It never fails. It has to be more than a tut when facing possible head injury. Then there is the whole performance of taking the rucksacks off and getting them in the overhead storage which turns into an episode of the Krypton Factor having to move everything around them to get these huge accessories to fit.

As luck would have it there is a happy ending to this story. Dad had to move one of the children to a seat further down the carriage and so he wanted to move his rucksack as well. In all the confusion he must have given his son the wrong one and as he put it on his back and let go and stood back the child toppled over with his legs in the air like a flipped over tortoise. Of course I rushed over to see if I could help... Well, actually, I nearly spat out my coffee with laughter and thought serves you right!

TRAFFIC MONITORING: Devices include Pegasus-equipped helicopters.

SPAIN operates a network of traffic monitoring devices, not only looking for drivers who are speeding and for those who skip through red lights, but for such bad practices as using a mobile phone.

Here are the five types of monitoring devices currently in use: Fixed cameras: These devices are located along the road network, usually at the side of the road, or sometimes on poles or across the carriageway, and monitor vehicles as they pass, recording those which exceed the limit.

Mobile radars: These operate with an operator, or usually a small team, and are often in unmarked Guardia Civil vehicles, as well as those in marked cars belonging to traffic law enforcement groups, including the DGT. Depending on the type of equipment, the recording vehicle can be static or moving.

Fixed-section radars: These devices oper-

ate over a fixed distance of road and monitor the average speed between two points on that section. These devices are often considered to give a more realistic impression of recorded speed as the driver doesn’t usually react instantly when they see one, and so the average is more likely speed recorded.

Red-light cameras: This equipment does not measure the speed of a vehicle but takes a photograph if the vehicle fails to stop at a red light.

Pegasus-equipped helicopters: Pegasus is the name of a recording device fitted to most of the DGT traffic helicopters. Distinctive by their yellow and light blue colouring, these ‘eyes in the sky’ can catch offending motorists from a kilometre away and at a height of 300 metres, recording the average speed and vehicle characteristics, as well as monitoring for other traffic violations.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

First Occupation Licence?

TO register your property for shortterm holiday lets under the new Andalucian law, the form to get the licence requires a copy of the First Occupation Licence. I have owned my home for 20 years and I cannot find this licence.

Properly, yes, the First Occupation C e r tific ate s hould be available on subsequent sales of the property.

Som e m unic ipalities have a Second Occupation C e r tific ate to replace it. However, thou-

I believe it was issued by the town hall to the builder or developer so he could sell the property. Without it I understand services cannot be connected. Do subsequent purchasers of the property need it?

RP (Costa del Sol)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

sands of long-term Andalucian property owners are in the same situation that you are, without the certificate.

Your solution is to go to your town hall and request a copy of the certificate they originally i ssued, or a document which can replace it.

Di f f erent t own hal l s handle it differently, but this is the place to start.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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7:40am The Westerner 9:15am A Walk in the Sunday 11:10am Homes Under the Hammer 12:10pm Natural World 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 2:00pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 2:30pm Bargain Hunt 3:05pm Escape to the Continent 4:05pm Money for Nothing 4:50pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 5:20pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 6:20pm This Week's World 7:00pm Gardeners' World 7:30pm Attenborough's Passion Project: Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives 8:30pm Attenborough's Passion Project: Darwin's Tree of Life 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Hollow Crown 12:05am Margin Call

4:40am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

8:00pm Doris Day: Virgin Territory 9:00pm Francesco's Venice 10:00pm Hinterland 11:30pm Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance Series in which Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley uncover the British love affair with dancing as they explore the nation's favourite dances from the 17th to the 20th centuries and discover what they reveal about the country's social history.

12:30am Blues at the BBC 1:30am BBC Four Sessions 2:30am Blues America 3:30am Blues America 4:30am This is BBC Four

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7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm Britain's Got Talent 1:20pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:20pm Catchphrase 3:05pm Scorpion 4:00pm The Scorpion King 5:00pm FYI Daily 5:05pm The Scorpion King 5:50pm The Smurfs 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm The Smurfs 7:55pm Back to the Future 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Back to the Future 10:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:35am American Dad! 2:05am American Dad! 2:35am The Cleveland Show 3:05am The Cleveland Show 3:35am @Elevenish

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ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show USA ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show BBQ Champ Agent Cody Banks The Wine Show Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed!

Bang on the Money Britain's Got Talent Play to the Whistle ITV News and Weather The Dark Knight Jackpot 247 Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

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Judge Judy Judge Judy Where the Heart is Where the Heart is City of Angels FYI Daily City of Angels The Mirror Crack'd FYI Daily The Mirror Crack'd Agatha Christie's Miss Marple investigates a murder on a film set.

Columbo Foyle's War Midsomer Murders Doc Martin Foyle's War Crime drama series set in the Cold War era.

Lewis The heavily anticipated detective drama follows up to the hugely acclaimed Inspector Morse series.

Trial and Retribution

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King of Queens King of Queens Mobil 1 The Grid British Rally Championships Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line Formula 1 The Superhumans Show The Big Bang Theory Formula 1 Channel 4 Racing A Place in the Sun Homes by the Med Channel 4 News Grand Designers Great Canal Journeys X-Men: First Class G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers' action-adventure stars Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller and Christopher Eccleston.

7:00am Milkshake!

9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show Live 12:40pm Fail Army 1:10pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex.

2:10pm Police Interceptors 3:10pm Police Interceptors 4:10pm Police Interceptors 5:10pm Police Interceptors 6:10pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

7:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

8:10pm NCIS 9:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 10:00pm NCIS 10:55pm 5News 11:00pm Live World Championship Boxing 1:00am Super Casino

Motorway Patrol Ax Men Ax Men Motorsport UK Formula E: Sound of the Future Bundesliga Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars British Touring Car Championship Highlights Blues Brothers 2000 FYI Daily Blues Brothers 2000 Diamonds are Forever FYI Daily Diamonds are Forever Jaws 4: The Revenge FYI Daily Jaws 4: The Revenge Total Recall FYI Daily

7:25am Jaws 3 9:10am Young Sherlock Holmes 11:05am Jurassic Park III 12:45pm Jurassic World 2:55pm Jurassic Park 5:05pm The Lost World 7:20pm Jurassic Park III 9:00pm Jurassic World 11:10pm Jurassic Park 1:20am The Lost World 3:40am Gladiator

7:35am 9:20am 9:50am 11:45am 1:45pm 3:15pm 3:35pm 5:25pm 7:15pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 1:00am

King Ralph Captain America Twins Pitch Perfect 2 Hot Shots!

Jungle Book 3D Father of the Bride Father of the Bride II The Wedding Singer Superbad Pitch Perfect 2 The 40 Year Old Virgin

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Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Jane the Virgin Made in Chelsea Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox Gogglebox Rude Tube

7:00am Friday Download: The Movie 8:45am Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 9:15am Kid Vengeance 11:15am True Story 1:15pm Friday Download: The Movie 3:00pm Two Night Stand 4:45pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special 5:15pm Hot Pursuit 7:00pm True Story Jonah Hill's disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity.

9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance A special ops officer vows revenge against the criminal gang who murdered his parents.

3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way

SATURDAY TV

7:45am Football Gold A countdown of the top 20 games from the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League as voted by viewers 8:00am Bpl 100 Club A celebration of some of the finest goalscorers in Barclays Premier League history.

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 Live Play-Off SemiFinals 3:45pm Sporting Triumphs 5:00pm Boxing Gold 5:30pm Boxing Gold 6:00pm Live Play-Off SemiFinals 8:30pm Live Play-Off SemiFinals 11:00pm MLS Live 1:00am Sporting Mavericks 1:30am MLS Live

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Cricket Classic MLS Highlights Sporting Triumphs Live Paris Rugby Sevens Live European Rugby Sporting Triumphs Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Cricket's Greatest Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Cricket Classic Sky Sports dips into its archives to bring you classic cricket action from 2007.

Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Pentecost Sunday Live From Liverpool Cathedral 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm Nature's Epic Journeys 4:45pm Points of View 5:00pm Final Score 6:15pm Songs of Praise 6:50pm Pointless 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile Spring Special 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Undercover 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:10am Texas Rangers

7:00am The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 8:00am This Farming Life 9:00am Gardeners' World 9:30am The Beechgrove Garden 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 2:00pm Athletics 3:00pm Triathlon World Series 4:30pm Diving 6:30pm Flog It! 7:00pm Choose the Right Puppy for You 8:00pm Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 9:00pm Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson 10:00pm Louis Theroux 11:40pm Stupid Man, Smart Phone 12:30am Rescue Dawn 2:30am Countryfile 3:25am Holby City

8:00pm BBC Young Musician 2016 Grand Final 10:00pm The Silk Road 11:00pm Cleopatra: Portrait of a Killer 12:00am Guts: The Strange and Wonderful World of the Human Stomach 1:00am Attenborough's Ark: Natural World Special 2:00am Horizon Dr Alice Roberts asks one of the great questions about our species: are we still evolving?

There's no doubt that we're a product of millions of years of evolution. But thanks to modern technology and medicine, did we escape Darwin's law of the survival of the fittest?

3:00am Engineering Giants: Jumbo Jet StripDown 4:00am The Silk Road

7:15am King of Queens 7:40am King of Queens 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Everybody Loves Raymond Robert reveals that he's thinking about leaving the police force.

10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm Formula 1 4:30pm Pocahontas Disney animation based on the true story of a Native American princess who fell in love with an English soldier.

6:10pm Channel 4 News 6:30pm Grand Designs 7:30pm Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber 9:00pm Paul Merton's Secret Stations 10:00pm Indian Summers 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:05am Formula 1

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am The Gadget Show 12:25pm Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud 2 1:30pm Primates of the Caribbean 3:00pm Surf's Up 4:35pm Beverly Hills Chihuahua 6:15pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 8:00pm Penguin A and E with Lorraine Kelly 9:00pm Beaver Las Vegas: Saving the Strip 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm 21 Jump Street 12:10am My Super ExGirlfriend 1:55am Super Casino 1:55am The Yorkshire Vet 5:00am Great Scientists Series presented by Allan Chapman profiling famous and influential scientists.

5:25am House Doctor 5:50am House Doctor

7:00am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 11:00am 12:00pm

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:35pm Take Me Out 1:50pm Catchphrase 2:35pm The Hot Desk 2:45pm Kangaroo Jack 3:45pm FYI Daily 3:50pm Kangaroo Jack 4:30pm The Smurfs 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm The Smurfs 6:40pm Britain's Got Talent 8:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 9:00pm Quantum of Solace 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Quantum of Solace 11:10pm Family Guy 11:40pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy 1:10am American Dad! 1:40am American Dad! 2:10am The Cleveland Show 2:40am The Cleveland Show 3:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

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7:00am Football's Greatest: George Best 7:10am Hogan's Heroes 7:40am British Touring Car Championship Highlights 9:00am Motogp Highlights 10:00am Fifth Gear 11:00am Pawn Stars 11:25am Pawn Stars 11:55am Pawn Stars 12:20pm Pawn Stars 12:50pm Pawn Stars 1:20pm The Appaloosa 2:20pm FYI Daily 2:25pm The Appaloosa 3:25pm Death of a Gunfighter 4:25pm FYI Daily 4:30pm Death of a Gunfighter 5:20pm Blues Brothers 2000 6:35pm FYI Daily 6:40pm Blues Brothers 2000 7:50pm The Wine Show 8:55pm River Monsters 10:00pm Collateral Damage 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Collateral Damage 12:15am Crank

12:40pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 3:05pm Die Hard 4.0 5:15pm Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 6:50pm Mission: Impossible III 9:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 11:25pm Die Hard 4.0 1:40am Babylon A.D. 3:15am Lucky Number Slevin

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CITV ITV News Weekend Griff's Great Britain Peston on Sunday The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Planet's Got Talent Fierce Britain's Got Talent Uncle Buck Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather The Chase: Celebrity Special Let's Do it: A Tribute to Victoria Wood The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration ITV News and Weather Pop Gold Jackpot 247 Motorsport UK

8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:35am 1:40am 1:45am 2:55am 3:45am 4:40am 5:30am

Judge Judy The Mirror Crack'd FYI Daily The Mirror Crack'd Heartbeat Heartbeat Inspector Morse Foyle's War Columbo Calamity Jane FYI Daily Calamity Jane Richard Wilson on the Road Doc Martin Lewis Ghostboat Out of Sight FYI Daily Out of Sight Blue Murder May the Best House Win May the Best House Win On the Buses This bold, bawdy and brash sitcom hit British screens in 1969.

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

The Full Monty Nine Months Hot Shots! Part Deux The Cable Guy Dumb and Dumber Dumb and Dumber To Unfinished Business Team America: World Police A Million Ways to Die in the West Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny The Lost Boys

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

Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Couples Come Dine with Me The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Leap Year The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The 100 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

7:00am Friday Download: The Movie 8:45am Kid Vengeance 10:45am Fast and Furious 7 Special 11:15am Two Night Stand 1:00pm True Story Jonah Hill's disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity.

3:00pm Friday Download: The Movie 4:45pm Kingsman: The Secret Service Special Alex Zane looks at Matthew Vaughn's riotous love letter to the spy genre starring Colin Firth.

5:15pm Hot Pursuit 7:00pm True Story 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way

SUNDAY TV

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

7:00am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 3:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:30am 1:30am 3:30am 4:30am 5:00am 5:30am

Football Gold Football Gold BPL Legends Football's Greatest BPL Legends The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Play-Off SemiFinals Live Ford Super Sunday Live Play-Off SemiFinals Football First- Game of the Day Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Extended highlights of the action from the final day of the season in the Barclays Premier League.

Cricket Classics Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest MLS Highlights MLS Highlights Live Scottish Premiership Live Ford Super Sunday WWE Experience WWE Raw Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Super Rugby Try Time Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Super Rugby Try Time Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights MLS Live Sky Sports Years Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Code 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 10:30pm I Want My Wife Back 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

8:00am Homes Under the Hammer 9:00am The Food Detectives 9:30am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Athletics 3:00pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Pilgrimage with Simon Reeve 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Swimming 9:00pm Choose the Right Puppy for You 10:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 11:00pm Upstart Crow 11:30pm Newsnight 12:30am Weather 12:35am Burma's Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson

9:00pm Madness on Wheels: Rallying's Craziest Years 10:00pm Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story 11:00pm The Dark Ages An Age of Light.

12:00am The Genius of Marie Curie - The Woman Who Lit Up the World 1:00am Order and Disorder with Jim Al-Khalili Professor Jim Al-Khalili discovers the intriguing story of how we discovered the rules that drive the universe. Energy is vital to us all, but what exactly is energy?

2:00am Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War 3:00am The High Art of the Low Countries 4:00am Redefining Juliet 4:45am This is BBC Four

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Wild Australia with Ray Mears 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm River Monsters 12:10am Die Another Day 2:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am Nightscreen

7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 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!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am American Dad! 12:30am American Dad!

7:00am 7:25am 8:25am 9:25am 10:30am 11:00am 11:25am 11:50am 12:55pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:05pm 5:10pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 6:50pm 7:55pm 8:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 1:20am 2:15am 3:10am

Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Noah's Ark Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Wycliffe Long Lost Family Wycliffe The Knock Noah's Ark Where the Heart is ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping

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9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:35pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Fifteen to One 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Shipping Wars 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Eating Well with Hemsley and Hemsley 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm What Britain Buys 11:00pm Very British Problems

7:00am Milkshake!

10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Her Evil Twin 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Killer Landslides 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm The Big Sting with Paul Connolly 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am Up Late with Rylan UK version of a late night chat show.

12:45am Betrayed and He's Going to Pay... When Revenge Gets Ugly 1:45am Tattoo Disasters UK Series showcasing some of Britain's most hated, stupid and downright terrible tattoos.

7:00am 7:15am 7:40am 8:10am 9:00am 10:00am 11:05am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:05am 1:05am 2:05am 3:05am 3:10am 3:45am

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

Hat-Trick Heroes Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes Minder Ironside Quincy M.E. Ax Men The Chase Minder Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Fifth Gear Quincy M.E. Ironside Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Cycling Storage Wars Storage Wars Red Heat FYI Daily Red Heat Bundesliga Motorsport UK Manny FYI Daily Manny ITV4 Nightscreen

Three Kings Swordfish Last Action Hero San Andreas Taken 3 Batman Batman Returns San Andreas Taken 3 Reign of Fire The Marine 4: Moving Target

7:40am Young Frankenstein 9:30am Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 11:25am Horrible Bosses 2 1:20pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

3:15pm The Hangover 5:05pm Blended 7:10pm Three Amigos!

9:00pm The Hangover 10:45pm Horrible Bosses 2 12:40am Office Space 2:15am White Men Can't Jump

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

Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Empire Gogglebox

8:45am Kid Vengeance 10:45am Fast and Furious 7 Special 11:15am True Story 1:15pm Friday Download: The Movie 3:00pm Two Night Stand 4:45pm Hot Pursuit 6:30pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 7:00pm True Story 9:00pm Hot Pursuit 10:45pm Two Night Stand 12:15am We Still Kill the Old Way 2:00am Kid Vengeance 3:50am We Still Kill the Old Way 5:30am Fast and Furious 7 Special Alex Zane travels to LA to talk to Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez about the seventh instalment of the hit, high-octane franchise.

MONDAY TV

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

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Bpl 100 Club BPL Legends Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice The Premier League Years Football First-Match Choice Football First-Match Choice Soccer Am - Best Bits Ford Monday Night Football Special Live Play-Off SemiFinals Ford Monday Night Football Special Spfl Rnd Up Soccer Am - Best Bits Ford Monday Night Football Special The Premier League Years Spfl Rnd Up

6:00am Cricket's Greatest 6:30am Super Rugby Try Time 7:00am Cricket's Greatest 7:30am Cricket's Greatest 8:00am Sky Sports Years 9:00am Cricket Classic 10:00am Cricket's Greatest 10:30am Cricket's Greatest 11:00am Super Rugby Try Time 11:30am Cricket's Greatest 12:00pm Sky Sports Years 1:00pm Cricket Classic 2:00pm Cricket's Greatest 2:30pm Cricket's Greatest 3:00pm Boxing Gold A chance to relive some classic fights of years gone by.

3:30pm Boxing Gold A chance to relive some classic fights of years gone by.

4:00pm Live Indian Premier League 8:30pm Top 14 Rugby Union Highlights 9:00pm Indian Premier League 1:30am Cricket's Greatest

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12:30am

Bargain Hunt BBC News Regional News Doctors The Code Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News Regional News The One Show EastEnders Holby City In the Club BBC News Regional News Weather Leicester's Impossible Dream Gary Lineker's Story of the 2015/16 Premier League Season Gareth's Invictus Choir

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm River Monsters 9:00pm Fierce 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm What Would be Your Miracle?

12:45am Bargain Shop Wars

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When less can be more When it came to award for Best Set, the adjudicator was gushing in his praise of our minimalist effort.

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.

AS a lapsed luvvie who has not been involved in amateur dramatics for several years, I was looking forward to attending a play by a new group, ACTS, in Benijofar recently.

It was a fun evening with excellent performances from each member of the talented cast. But inevitably it got me reminiscing about past productions that I have been involved in dahling.

A highlight of the year was the Drama Festival Season.

We usually entered several in our corner of East Anglia, and on one particular occasion we were on a roll with the play we had chosen.

We had already won Best Director, male actor, junior actor and the coveted Best of Festival award, so ap-

LAPSED LUVVIE: I haven’t been involved in amateur dramatics for several years. proaching the final event we were confident of giving a good account of ourselves.

Another group was staging ‘Round and Round the Garden’ – the last play in ‘The Norman Conquests’ trilogy.

But our mouths dropped

open in disbelief as they proceeded to erect a set that was composed of Astro Turf, picket fencing, garden furniture and 20 young leylandii in pots. It was like an episode of Gardener ’s World.

Ours required a simple set depicting a village hall

that was under refurbishment. Two step ladders with a plank, and a few tins of paint lying around, which were shuffled around between scenes to give the impression of the passage of time.

A dust sheet was draped over the plank, allowing

one of the characters, dressed in a dark business suit, being able to enter against a light background.

And that was it.

On the final night of the festival, the awards were being handed out, and when it came to Best Set, the adjudicator was gushing in his praise of our minimalist effort.

The faces of the cast responsible for the poor man’s Kew Gardens set said it all, but the looks of shock were soon tempered with the reality of having to return all of the borrowed items to the garden centre.

It was one of those times when less was definitely more.

The transatlantic trade investment John Smith Random thoughts...

IN the 1970s and later, science fiction writers imagined a world which was not dominated by warring nations, but by warring multinationals which literally employed and deployed armies of human beings who were used as pawns by these gigantic corporations.

Europe has been wooed by the USA into discussing the possibility of a new and ‘exciting’ trading partnership, which is supposed to encourage greater freedom of trade and supposedly promises huge financial benefits to member states of the EU. L a rg e n u m b e r s o f p e o p l e , r e membering the phrase ‘Beware Greeks bearing gifts’, have been sceptical about the benefits and how US Corporations would benefit from this partnership.

The fears are now spilling over into government circles especially as Greenpeace has leaked a number of classified documents, which do not show the USA in a

MATTHIAS FEKL: The French trade minister. particularly appealing light.

A great deal of the negotiation has been confidential, but the French trade minister Matthias

Fekl said a freeze in the negotiations was the “most likely option,” without a change from the USA as Europe was offering a lot

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OPINION & COMMENT

BULLIES: Can be caught.

Cyber bullying AS we move into the cyber realm, with more and more people connecting to others across the world, the very fact that many of these contacts are anonymous appears to have given certain people of limited intelligence, or others who are deliberately malicious, a unique opportunity to insult individuals and spread lies about them in a manner never before seen.

For some reason, people who wouldn’t dream of insulting someone to their face consider that the internet, emails and Facebook are open forums where literally anything can be said without the possibility of being caught.

The really stupid are easily tracked down through their IP addresses, but there are more devious individuals who manage to route their insults and threats via a number of IP addresses, or purchase an anonymous address so that they can’t be traced.

In most of Europe now, whilst cyberbullying is not in itself a crime, there are plenty of laws which can be interpreted if prosecutors wish to take action against such activity, and the more threatening it is the easier it is to prosecute.

The EU is looking to introduce direct laws to combat this activity, especially as there are so many documented cases of self-harming and even suicide amongst teens who have been attacked mercilessly by their peers.

It is sad that as technology progresses, even areas that bring happiness to so many people are hijacked by the ignorant and despicable in order to obtain somewhat vicarious entertainment.

with little in return.

“It is an agreement which, as it would be today, would be a bad deal,” he said in a French radio interview.

TTIP could “unravel” the international climate change deal agreed in Paris last year, and there appear to be few safeguards for French agriculture (of major importance to all French politicians), nor was there sufficient protection for its industry.

Despite the fact that this is supposed to be a Union negotiation, various member States are considering their personal positions and there doesn’t seem to be a large amount of support for this pact.

Although Britain was known as America’s poodle in the days of Bush and Blair, any involvement in the partnership could be moot in the event that it leaves the EU, and already President Obama has indicated that it can go to the back of Now we the trade queue if it does leave. want to There have been numerous pubhear your views. lic demonstrations against the TTIP and perhaps on this ocYOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE casion, French self-interest - YOUR OPINION could be in the interest of all of www.euroweeklynews.com Europe.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Improvising within a new business situation may not give you the perfect answer to a problem. What it will do, however, is give you an insight into the way others live. Until now, your approach to life may have been a little one-sided.

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through your situation. Don’t let pride make you miss out on a solution.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Not everything in the garden is rosy but you are made of strong stuff. Your conviction that something is right helps you in discussions. Support given to a loved one may be misguided, especially if it is a huge financial gamble.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A recent holiday has set your mind racing. This being a romantic time means that you can get a little overexcited. Your romance may not be set to last but you should fully enjoy it nonetheless. Relatives issue words of warning but they have only your best interests at heart.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Part of being ‘you’ is your independent mind. Some may try to change that this week.

Why would someone want to make you more dependent on them? Could it be that they feel insecure? Giving reassurance may be all that is needed. We all feel the need for appreciation.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is a time to enjoy the present and look forward to the future. Don’t forget, along the way, to congratulate yourself for all that you have achieved in the last year. Sometimes you do not blow your own trumpet and people appreciate you in a quiet way.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Opposing opinions on a matter close to your heart see you hesitating. There is nothing wrong with asking for advice. The chances are that you know someone who has already been

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Increased activity in your love life means less time to really concentrate on business. Make sure that priority financial matters are dealt with. Not doing so will see you kicking yourself later on. A close relationship is going well. There’s no reason to wonder why, the charm offensive is obviously working.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Keeping an eye on your health is particularly important at the moment. Because you have been active, it could be that you need to give yourself a bit of time.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Trying to be everything to all people is tiring. No one knows this more than you.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) An appetite for something new means that you tread unknown

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‘ BACK HOME NOW - I WOULD BE PHONING YOU TO SAY THAT I WAS GOING TO WORK LATE AT THE OFFICE ’

Mon - 23 17 Cl Tues - 24 16 S Wed - 25 16 S

Answers 1. AER LINGUS, 2. SEVEN (1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996), 3. The highest PEAKS/MOUNTAINS in Ireland, 4. HIBERNIA, 5. GIVE IRELAND BACK TO THE IRISH, 6. PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON, 7. SHERGAR, 8. CORK, 9. MARY ROBINSON, 10. BALLET/DANCE

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC

Code Breaker

Quick Across 1 Meet the requirements or expectations of (7) 5 Instances (5) 8 Enraged, angry (5) 9 Pamphlet (7) 10 Small lake (4) 11 Situation (8) 13 Scallywag (6) 15 Wreckage (6) 18 Ready (8) 19 Heroic poem (4) 22 Draw back (7) 23 Depart (5) 24 Be worthy or deserving (5) 25 Admit to a wrongdoing (7) Down 1 Ship's captain (7) 2 Educate for a future role or function (5) 3 Look for (4) 4 Lemon or banana coloured (6) 5 Single-reed woodwind instrument (8) 6 Person engaged in military service (7)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents Q and 24 represents T, so fill in Q every time the figure 10 appears and T every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

1 Trial, 4 Realism, 7 Elation, 8 Riser, 9 Scope, 10 Element, 11 Nicest, 13 Trader, 17 Garbage, 19 Casks, 21 Abase, 22 Astride, 23 Sleight, 24 Sweet.

Down: 1 Treason, 2 Imago, 3 Loiters, 4 Rennet, 5 Instead, 6 Merit, 8 Roe, 12 Carnage, 14 Recites, 15 Respect, 16 Repast, 17 Grass, 18 Aye, 20 Spine.

QUICK Across: 7 Smooth fabric of silk or rayon (5) 12 Long-tailed parrot (8) 14 Protective covering that provides protection from the weather (7) 16 Triumph (7)

English - Spanish

1 Invades, 5 Coats, 8 Sells, 9 Pioneer, 10 Special, 11 Share, 12 Upset, 14 Asked, 19 Drops, 21 Examine, 23 Private, 24 Tease, 25 Steal, 26 Largest.

17 Marked by intense agitation or emotion (6) 18 Jewish holiday (5) 20 Stage of development (5) 21 Blueprint (4)

Down:

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

1 Insist, 2 Value, 3 Dislike, 4 Supply, 5 Cooks, 6 Average, 7 Sorted, 13 Promise, 15 Scatter, 16 Adapts, 17 Reveal, 18 Recent, 20 Snail, 22 Image.

Across 1 Gemelos (de camisa) (9) 6 Espada (arma) (5) 7 Between (5) 9 Cucharillas (9) 13 Arriba (indicando situación) (5) 14 To swim (5) 15 Frambuesa (9)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Apio, 3 Naipes, 8 Easiest, 9 Rie, 10 Ordenador, 12 Ron, 13 Prefijo, 15 Please, 16 Rojo.

Down 1 Thing (object) (4) 2 Vase (7) 3 Tapa (de caja) (3) 4 Grandson (5) 5 Honey (from bees) (4) 8 Fork (cutlery) (7) 10 Cobertizos (para animales, herramientas) (5) 11 Fácil (sencillo) (4) 12 Rezar (4) 14 Plumilla (de pluma) (3)

Hexagram

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Down: 1 Age, 2 Insurance, 4 Anteayer, 5 Periodico, 6 Seed, 7 Receipts, 11 Trap, 14 Oro.

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

ABLATE ABLAZE (10) CATTLE CLARET CLOUDY MAGNET MUTTER NEWTON OGRESS PETREL

PLATEN REGRET ROSTER SURTAX TEAPOT TRACER TREMOR VESSEL ZEROES

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Inhere 2 Delete 3 Enable 4 Huddle 5 Treble 6 Feeble 7 Asleep 8 Double 9 Serene 10 Plural 11 Render 12 Repeal 13 Neuron 14 Planar 15 Trauma 16 Ethane 17 Mallet 18 Meager 19 Marvel

Across 1 Furniture material from quite a known source (4) 3 Resident's money in account mix-up (8) 8 Saint has lots of paper for courses (7) 9 Sweden and Norway take in country girl (5) 10 South Carolina beer measure (5) 11 Warning! Former girlfriend has sufficient (7) 12 Mr Spielberg's seen TV production (6) 13 Mix boron with spice for muscles (6) 16 Put off ill feeling after religious education (7) 18 Belgian port without an oaf (5) 20 Sent back elegant passenger vehicles (5) 21 Piece of music features feline in 2 A number eager about land area (7) loose coat (7) 4 Famous general seen in classic US 22 Sample of epic men's design (8) terminal (6) 23 Play around with stew (4) 5 A funny pose for a Greek author (5) 6 Small boats feature in an Eastenders’ Down episode (7) 1 Team leader inquires about work 7 Thrill seekers did several spins (10) assignments (5) 9 Figures its cat sits awkwardly (10)

12 Small, quiet religious ceremonies for fairies (7) 14 Improve leave, set off with Lawrence (7) 15 Annoy the French after final tee (6) 17 Criticise leaders of sportsmen leaving after the exercises (5) 19 It’s reported the dogs have reached the tops of the mountains (5)

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Under the new technique, fertilisation and early embryo development occurs in the uterus, rather than in the laboratory such as in IVF treatment.

Dr Marcos Ferrando, medical director of IVI Bilbao, the centre responsible for the first birth of a baby through this technique, said this has the advantage that it is a more natural procedure and the mother feels like more of a participant in the pregnancy.

He added: “The results are very good. The pregnancy rate, of the procedures we have done, is greater than with the conventional IVF in vitro technique. But for now, being a new technique, the number of treatments is lower and it is too early to proclaim an exact success rate.”

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NEW PHENOMENON: Walking barefoot or earthing.

By Emily Chettle

THERE is a new phenomenon c a lle d ‘Ea rthing’, which has gone from a hippy-counter culture craze to a scientifically researched practice that has a number of health benefits. These include increasing anti-oxidants, reducing inflammation and improving sleep.

In order to properly Earth one must walk barefoot on soil, grass or sand or any natural surface. Scientists have discovered that there is a benefit that comes from connecting directly with the Earth with our bodies.

The pla ne t ha s its ow n natural charge and it seems

to be beneficial to our bodie s w he n w e a re in dire c t contact with it as the electrons from the Earth move directly into the soles of the feet.

Another study found that Earthing changed the electrical activity in the brain, as measured by electroencephalograms. Still other research found that grounding benefitted skin conductivity, moderated heart rate variability, improved gluc os e re gula tion, re duc e d stress and boosted immunity.

So what are you waiting for? Time to kic k off the shoes, boots and flip flops and start feeling the earth between your toes.

Get a good night’s sleep COGNITIVE Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is thought to help insomniacs.

Rather than popping pills, leading doctors said it should be the first treatment for long-term insomnia to help you train your body to sleep again.

The American College of Physicians believe CBT can be effective without the side effects of medication although it can take more time and effort.

CBT is a therapy which helps people change the way they think and behave, working on reconditioning the brain getting it back to normal sleep patterns.

Up to 10 per cent of adults suffer from insomnia where they cannot fall asleep or stay asleep for at least three nights a week with symptoms lasting for months.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

AS friends and colleagues start muttering about bikini season and diets, the doctor answers a few questions on obesity, referred to by some as the plague of modern times.

What’s the difference between being overweight and being obese?

There are different levels of excess fat and obesity.

The best indicator is the body mass (BMI) index, which is calculated by dividing weight by the square of height in metres. If the result is between 25 and 29.9 the patient is overweight, if it is more than 30 they are considered obese.

Is obesity dangerous?

Why? Obesity is a major cardiovascular risk, meaning obese patients are more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, etc. Today it is considered as the most common preventable cardiovascular risk and it has virtually become the epidemic of the 21st century.

It is not just an aesthetic problem, it is a real health risk. Also, type two diabetes

is usually associated to obesity and almost all patients with this type of diabetes are obese.

What can I do to control obesity then?

Although there are other causes, the most common is a simple imbalance between the amount of energy we put into our bodies (what we eat) and the amount we use up.

Therefore the best way to control obesity and lose weight is to reduce the amount going in by following a balanced, low calorie diet and increase the amount used with moderate, daily exercise.

I have no self-control and find it very hard to exercise, what can I do?

It isn’t easy. Losing weight is a complicated task, which needs real involvement from the patient with support from a medical professional such as a Specialist in Internal Medicine. They can help motivate the patient and give advice on the best diet for them and a moderate, daily exercise plan.

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Water way to go

DRINKING WATER: Study shows it can help you lose weight.

THE simple art of drinking water could help you lose weight.

It has always been recommended that people drink more water if they wanted to lose weight but now a study appears to have proven the claim.

In the study, researchers randomly split overweight or obese older men and women into two groups.

The first was put on a hypocaloric diet which means they were eating fewer calories than the energy they were using, namely 1,200 for women a day and 1,500 for men.

The other group was also put on a hypocaloric diet but were told to increase how much water they drank. After 12 weeks of following the eating plan, those in the group who were on a diet and were increasing their water consumption and drinking two cups, 30 minutes prior to each of their three large daily meals, had lost more weight.

The average weight loss of the first group was between 11lb to 1st 1lb (5-8kg), but the group who consumed more water before their meals lost an additional 4.4 lb or 2kg.

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Wean yourself off the addiction MANY experts now believe sugar is as deadly an addiction as drink and drugs, with many people consuming too much.

Whilst it may be easier to lay off the sweets and chocolate, nutritionists say it is the hidden sugar in foods that catch people unaware, such as in premade pasta sauces and baked beans.

So what can you do to help wean yourself off sugar?

Try and keep your blood sugar balanced and avoid low blood sugar that will make you

HIDDEN SUGAR: Catches people unaware.

want to go and get something sweet. Don’t go longer than three hours without eating, especially women, or your blood sugar levels will drop.

Weaning yourself off sugar

can be easier for some than others. Some may prefer to go cold turkey, others gradually reduce it. After removing the obvious sources from the house, such as chocolate and cakes, it is recommended to take out of your diet all the savoury foods that contain added sugar.

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THE Franciscan Men’s Refuge in Gandia received some much needed help recently when members of the local Freemasons Lodge, Deportiva No 83, visited with a variety of gifts.

Franciscan Brother Hermano Guillermo greeted the group, before taking them on a tour of the refuge.

He expressed his gratitude to the people who had donated the gifts, which included clothing, bedding, food and medical supplies.

The Masons involved felt this to be a worthwhile and memorable visit and resolved to continue to support the hospice by any means possible in the future.

IT is not unusual to welcome visiting choirs to the Costa Blanca, but we are seldom lucky enough to host the visit of a choir of the quality of the renowned Basingstoke Ladies Choir!

When it comes to experience and qualifications, the success of the BLC can best be summed up by their record in BBC TV’s Last Choir Standing, where they battled through to the last 15 from nearly 1,000 entrants!

And if that is not enough to whet your appetite, the ladies will be joined for the Choir Concert of the Year by the very impressive Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir.

Each choir will sing a wide repertoire including sacred, choral, popular, folk and show music with the choirs joining together to present a truly grand finale.

The concert takes place in the Salon de Actos, the theatre underneath Teulada Town Hall on Saturday May 14 at 7pm.

Tickets at just €12 are available at the door or from Martin Bentley on 671 152 932 or at martinbentley1@gmail.com.

The proceeds raised by the evening will be used to support the continuing work of the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy (the Church of England in Spain).

REFUGE VISIT: The members were greeted by Brother Hermano Guillermo before beginning their tour.

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Summer choral concert

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MONTGO CHORAL’S summer concert takes place in Pedreguer’s Iglesia de la Santa Cruz on Sunday, May 22 at 7pm. The programme, under the direction of Gordon Lawson, is devoted to music by British composers and is unusual in that it is partly sacred and partly secular.

The two composers whose works most feature are Parry and Handel Parry with his dramatic anthem ‘I Was Glad’, verses from Psalm 122, and his setting of Milton’s ‘Blest Pair of Sirens.’ The Handel compositions are ‘Zadok the Priest,’ and the third part of his oratorio ‘Judas Maccabeus.’

Sandwiched between music by both composers are four madrigals by three British composers from the Tudor period: Morley, Gibbons and Campion, plus a fifth work from the 19th century, a well-known partsong

by Elgar - his ‘As Torrents in Summer.’

The soloists will be Rosemary Jukic (soprano), Nadia Kashajeva (mezzo) and Andy Headford Lord (bass). As usual, the choir will be accompanied on the organ by Josep Vicent Giner.

The two works by Parry will be conducted by Jan Dewland who will

THE May meeting of Chatters will feature a talk by Miguel from Liberty Seguros. Wellknown for the help and advice he gives to expats, he will be speaking about how to take advantage of the many benefits of living here in Spain, and highlighting the more common pitfalls to avoid. After his presentation he will answer individual questions.

There will also be the usual Quiz and Picture Quiz, and the opportunity to win modest prizes. All are welcome. Why not put the date in your diary and come along and join in?

Meet old friends and perhaps make new ones.

It takes place on Wednesday May 18, starting at 11am, at the Pasty Shack in Rio Nalon near to the Mercadona in Los Alcazares. Complimentary refreshments will be available from 10:15 until 10:45am.

Chatters is sponsored by Help At Home Mar Menor. It is a local charity offering a little short term help to those who need it. See Facebook, or www.helpathome.es.

MONTGO CHORAL: The choir is looking forward to singing some beautiful pieces. be taking over the directorship of the choir on Gordon Lawson’s retirement in 2017.

The choir is looking forward to

singing these beautiful pieces in the lovely surroundings of the Pedreguer church, and hopes that you will be able to join them for this concert.

Tickets, €12, from Humpty Dumpty (Javea) and Hostal Loreto (Denia), or at the door. Enquiries: dewland jan@hotmail.com or 965 770 973.

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One for the diary THE Teulada Moraira Lions Club has announced a very special night of music, to be held at Espai La Senieta, Avenida Madrid, 03724, Moraira, but you’ll have to be patient, as it doesn’t take place until October 2 at 8pm.

It features The Overtones Tribute Band, which is based in Benidorm where it has a number of regular gigs at popular venues such as Talk Of The Coast, Riviera Music Lounge and Jaspers. The tribute act is very

much a homage to the music of The Overtones and so, if you occasionally enjoy a bit of easy-listening doo-wop as a counterpoint to the more raucous sounds of Rock ‘n Roll, this night is for you.

So, do please book your seats for this one by contacting the Event Coordinator, by telephone on (0034) 966 491 917 or email colinlil ley1424@gmail.com. Tickets are priced at just €15 - it's going to be a grand night of jolly good music!

Songs from Broadway YOU are invited to the beautifully refurbished Country Club in Quesada, where the Old Tower Lodge No 49 of Freemasons is presenting ‘Songs from Broadway shows.’

The event takes place on Friday May 27.

Following the feedback received for the ‘Songs From The Shows’ night held last February and attended by more than 100 Masons and guests, they are holding another simi-

lar evening.

There will be a twocourse meal (at €15 per person) with a half bottle of wine/beer/soft drink per person plus three hours of entertainment from three of the leading local performers. It is also possible to simply come for the show (€5 per person).

There is seating for approximately 85 in the main bar area on a first come first served basis for those dining, and any

overspill can be accommodated in the restaurant area behind.

Please book early for what is sure to be a popular evening by emailing jaydee1956@hotmail.com or phoning 619 565 188 and stating your menu choices.

Meal choices for the main course are lasagne and chips, scampi and chips or curry and rice.

Dessert choices are chocolate cake or cheesecake.

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Run to the sun Collecting for NSPCC Scarborough

Andrew Kay and friends for Asthma UK

By Keith Baker LAST weekend saw the arrival of a group of intrepid fundraisers from the UK. The group drove old bangers on the 1,400 mile charity road run to Benidorm in order to raise funds for various charities.

They also brought with them hundreds of toys for The Children of Emaus. Led by Rob Scott, who was raising funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambu-

Creative fundraising

lance, the Benidorm Bangers created quite a spectacle where they were parked in Avenida Bilbao prior to being given a police escort to their overnight car park.

The teams included a Rover 45 raising money for a Marie Curie Cancer Hospice (£1,600 to date = €2,021), an A Team van, which is to be sold to raise money for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (£1,000 + €1,263), a VW Beetle fundraising for the NSPCC in Scarborough

(£1,500 = €1,895), an Audi collecting for Asthma UK (£3,500 = €4,420) and a SAAB and Volvo team raising funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (£5,000 = €6,316).

Other novelty vehicles on the four day run included the Scooby Doo Mystery Machine, a Pope-Mobile, the Blues Brothers’ patrol car and a couple of limousines.

Visit the Benidorm Bangers Just Giving page for more information and to donate.

AGM reminder

By Keith Baker MEMBERS of the Benitachell Bowls Club are reminded that next Wednesday, May 18, the Annual General Meeting of Title Holders will be held at the Club House.

First call will be 10.30am.

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Tips on what the buyer wants to see John Graham The property expert

I’M writing about the psychology of selling your property and in previous articles I’ve talked about the step by step build up to this point in the selling process, the arrival of the potential buyer who is now ringing your door bell.

So far so good, your neighbourhood or community looks good as does the exterior of your property and the buyer obviously thinks your sales price is attractive. But have you done everything you can with the interior of your home to make sure that you will sell today?

There are at least 10 things that most people have in common when buying a home, so this week let’s start with the first two points, and next week we will take a look at other important points until we cover all 10.

HOME INTERIOR: Make sure your property is spotless and clean.

1. Let’s start with the most obvious point, which is making sure that your home is bright and shiny clean with a capital C. Carpets, curtains, bed covers, sofas all need to be spotless before a potential buyer’s visit, time to visit the dry cleaners and supermarket for a full range of cleaning products.

If you have marble or tiled floors

that look a bit stained or dull you should seriously consider hiring a floor cleaning company to come in and bring your floors back to life, you’d be surprised how good this makes the rooms look.

Once everything has been cleaned top to bottom, it is much easier to keep everything sufficiently clean

for future buyer visits.

2. The fact that your property is spotless and clean is a good start, but there are bad smells that you want to get rid of and good smells you want to introduce. Let’s start with the bad smells: no cooking on the day of the buyer’s visit, even with the extractor on at full power, the smell of your

breakfast or lunch will linger.

If you have pets, including birds, they give off a smell as does their food and bedding, so make sure all your pets and bedding etc are out of the house well before the buyer’s visit.

Villas built 25-30 years ago had very basic damp proofing and can now suffer from the smell of damp especially after a heavy rainfall. My advice is to get your local builder in and solve the problem before the buyer’s visit if you can.

The same applies to properties with poor ventilation in the bathrooms and cupboards: mould smells are unpleasant and unsightly so you should arrange to have extra ventilation fitted to deal with the problem.

Next week we will take a further look at more of my top tips and more dos and don’ts in preparing your property for the buyer.

If you are selling your property and would like advice please contact me by email at gk.ipad@me.com.

John Graham is a Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute.

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No-deposit mortgages AMID great fanfare, Barclays has revealed its newly revamped no-deposit mortgage aimed at first time buyers who will now need cash equal to 10 per cent of the purchase price put into a savings account linked to the mortgage but no actual deposit.

Deposits have varied wildly since the great recession, with some rising to a hefty 25 per cent for those on a normal salary. Barclays has also raised the maximum amount buyers can borrow and offer a three-year rate of 2.99 per cent on their ‘family springboard’ deal, which sees parents providing the 10 per cent non-deposit.

The move

is being portrayed as a generous move on Barclay’s behalf, but readers with a longer memory than a goldfish will recall that 100 per cent mortgages are nothing new.

In 2016 there are eight available for British buyers, while in 2007 there were more than 200 options as the bubble remained blissfully intact.

Although a 100 per cent mortgage seems attractive, it will actually be a possibility only for a select few who can provide the 10 per cent cash account, prove that they earn a reliable and well above average salary, and undergo a complex series of risk calculations at the mercy of advanced computer programming.

NO DEPOSIT: Mortgage is aimed at first-time buyers.

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Home prices falling

AVERAGE PRICE: Has declined by 3.6 per cent compared to April 2015.

By Matthew Elliott IN Spain the average price of a second-hand property has declined by 3.6 per cent compared to the situation in April 2015.

The news appears to conflict with multiple reports indicating, to the contrary, a significant rise in prices over the past several years.

What is clear is that the sharp rises seen in the more popular and populous regions

have skewed reportage towards an understanding that there is an all round healthy increase.

In fact the average price of properties being resold has increased in only two of Spain’s autonomous regions, namely Madrid and Andalucia.

In the Valencian Region there has been no increase nor decrease as prices stubbornly remained the same, with the same results posted from the

Basque Country. In the regions where prices dropped, Murcia, Cataluña, and the Canary Islands saw the largest declines.

Property continues to be most expensive, provincially speaking, in the Basque Country where a square metre fetches €2,551 on average. At the other end of the scale Castilla-La Mancha is worth €946 per square metre on average.

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“All emergency calls are attended to by us, no matter the day or hour,” assures Nicolas.

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Since March it has also been obligatory to give a worming treatment to dogs, cats and ferrets at least once a year.

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“We also do special prices for people that have taken in abandoned animals,” explains Nicolas.

The clinic is close to the La Fustera supermarket, very easy to

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Finally they would like to inform everyone that since March the rabies vaccination has been obligatory not only for dogs but also for cats and ferrets, and it

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FOR years it has been medically documented that companion animals, like dogs, cats,

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Being responsible for caring for an animal often gives new meaning to someone who is living alone or who is far from loved ones. Pets can help elderly people keep an active lifestyle and may help fill a void left by living alone or away from family.

For working families taking on a rescue pet should take into consideration that they have time for the new family pet.

Children should be encouraged

to help and go to dog training classes which are educational, social and really a lot of fun.

Seniors may want to consider adopting an older adult animal instead of a puppy or kitten or rambunctious ‘teenage’ pet. Older pets are more likely to be calm, already housetrained and less susceptible to unpredictable behaviour. Animal shelter staff can help potential adopters find the most suitable animal for their lifestyle.

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couraged to take on a large dog. Many seniors take on a dog far too powerful for them, which can become unmanageable. Obviously if you live in an apartment then you have a small dog.

Dogs’ lives revolve around odour. I always recommend bathing a rescue pet as soon as possible. By doing this you wash away the old identity and allow the dog to get his new identity. Most dogs will roll on the ground to get their new identity.

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Garden for your health Dick Handscombe

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By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

DAILY readers of newspapers and magazines are bombarded by persuasive advertisements and articles pushing us towards buying and eating unnatural manufactured vitamin tablets to supplement vitamin deficient diets.

But stop for a moment and think, would it be better to eat the vitamins as nature intended them by growing and eating fruit and vegetables that are known to contain the main vitamins we apparently need for continuous good health or for recovery if ill.

Interestingly the labels on some bottles of vitamin pills include the note ‘Not intended as a substitute for a balanced diet.’ Further health authorities worldwide now recommend that we eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day for their vitamin and mineral contents, and some emphasise that these are best if fresh and grown ecologically/organically without the use of chemical fertilisers, insecticide, fungicides and weed killers.

The Slow Food movement recommends to try and eat local produce to sustain the local economy and cut down the cost of distribution, marketing and packing houses.

Something much needed in many valleys in Spain which a couple of decades ago were more than self -sufficient, but are now abandoned wastelands, new self-seeded pine forests or large urbanisations.

So with the need for little space and our free Spanish sun, we can grow our

A NOVELTY: The ripening ‘Buddha Hand’ lemon. own in containers on apartment terraces, in raised beds in small gardens, in the garden or if convenient, in allotments.

The advantages are that you can focus on growing fruits and vegetables with the greatest beneficial vitamin and mineral contents, and harvest each day what is required for that day.

To help you understand which vitamins minerals etc, are of benefit to

your wellness and which vegetables and fruits include them, we include descriptive tables in our book ‘Living well from our garden - Mediterranean style’ which is available from Amazon Books and The Book Depository. If any social or gardening club is interested in a talk or workshop on the topic I would love to support you.

Whatever you select to grow ensure you include antioxidant and anti-in-

flammatory vitamin/mineral rich foods. We ensure we grow and eat plenty of dark green acelga and spinach leaves, sprouting broccoli, tomatoes, nasturtium flowers and leaves, garlic, onions, rocket, tomatoes, radishes, beetroots and carrots.

As for fruit, in the Mediterranean climate one can harvest something on every day of the year to give seasonal diversity. Just a few citrus trees, vitamin C packed mandarins, and oranges can be harvested from September to May and from a perpetually flowering and fruiting Lunar lemon tree lemons can be harvested 365 days a year.

Also it is possible to have fun and health by adding the novelty Citrus medica var.sarcodactylis lemon tree to your plantings. The common name is Buddha’s hand as it resembles a half open fist - some fruits have even more and longer thinner fingers. There is little if any juicy centre but the thick skins are excellent for grating. The quality results in individual fruits being sold in Florida and California for up to 12 dollars if sprayed with chemicals and 25 dollars if grown ecologically. © Dick Handscombe May 2016.

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A creative kitchen touch RATHER than growing fruit and vegetables which are easy and cheap to buy, why not consider expanding your creative touch and kitchen table by embracing a more unusual variety that will be hard to find elsewhere?

New Zealand spinach for example is an excellent choice which will offer you a fine abundance of the green stuff, without you having to worry

about the soggy batches from the supermarket which are quickly out of date. Asparagus peas are often very expensive, especially when imported, but are delicious and relatively easy to grow.

For fruits, you can’t go wrong with some mouth-watering Alpine strawberries to savour on summer evenings, far more appreciated when home-grown.

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By Eleanor Hawkins IF you’re lucky enough to have a lemon tree in your garden, you may or may not know that this gives you access to a lot more than just something to add a slice of to your G&T. Lemons have natural bleaching, degreasing, antibacterial and fresh-scent properties which make them ideal for environmentally-friendly household tasks.

Here are a few tips green cleaning experts have shared for making the most of your lemons, and remember you can quarter and freeze them as

they last a long time frozen.

1. Clean the air: Simmering cut-up lemons in a pan of water for an hour will get rid of musty smells. Another idea is to sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice inside your hoover bag before hoovering.

An eco air freshener can also be made by mixing lemon juice and water in a spray bottle.

2. Banish ants: Lemon juice and peels are pet and human friendly, but will discourage ants from entering. Work out where they are getting in and spray the area with lemon juice, then pop bits of lemon

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3. Disinfect: Wiping surfaces, door handles, phones, remote controls and other often touched areas with a mix of lemon juice and water helps disinfect them.

4. Two parts salt and one part lemon juice creates an abrasive scrub that can be used to remove rust, get rid of stains from clothes, clean chopping boards and so on.

5. Steam clean: Pop a bowl of lemon juice in the microwave and let it boil away to soften up stuck-on debris and make it easier to wipe away with a cloth.

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THIS forthcoming Saturday May 14 the prestigious biennial RM Sotheby’s Monaco auction will take place and features an exquisite variety of lots of exceptional value, both monetary and historical. It will hopefully carry on the flames of the 2014 auction which raised an astonishing €41 million in sales.

The hotly anticipated 2016 edition will emphasise competition greats and is also beautifully timed to take place alongside the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, making this a truly memorable weekend.

One of the world’s most glamorous auctions, the RM Sotheby’s sale will showcase a pantheon of motoring legend beginning with what is thought to be the only Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART Spider of its kind to be sold in Europe. The last 275 sold by RM Sotheby’s secured an astronomical €24 million and the organisers will be expecting a similar price for the

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1968 model up for grabs on Saturday.

The other star of the show will be a Ferrari American Barchetta which actually competed in the 1951 and 1952 Le Mans 24-hour race, and could summon an enormous €9 million bid if the seller’s estimates are met.

Also on the cards and certain to draw the attention of the attending superrich

is the world’s only road-legal Porsche 911 GT1 Evolution, which also won the Canadian GT Championship three times. With its six-cylinder engine sparked up with a pair of KKK turbochargers to produce 600hp, the sleek model is expected to fetch just under €3 million.

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Porsches will be in high demand as always and RM Sotheby’s won’t disappoint buyers with a wide variety that also includes a 911 Carrera RS (€400,000); a 911 Carrera RS 2.7 Touring (€600,000); a Carrera GT (€800,000); and a 959 ‘Komfort’ Stage II expected to fetch a cool €1 million.

FERRARI 275: Only one of its kind to be sold in Europe.

Lotus cars lighter LOTUS has announced that it has managed to shave 207 kilograms from the weight of its cars in the first quarter of 2016, continuing a trend towards the lightweight elixir of a solid metric tonne. Its heaviest car manufactured at the Lotus site in Norfolk weighed 1,395 kg, and many of its Elises are much closer to around 1,000.

Lotus has pioneered a lightweight approach to manufacturing and has now created its very own Lightweight Laboratory where engineers use special techniques and material to strip away excess baggage.

Carbon fibre, forged alloy wheels, carbon sports seats, louvred rear windows and thinner body panels are key, as is the philosophy spouted by CEO Jean-Marc Gales who says “to make a perfect sports car, you must consider weight your enemy.”

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The fourth wave INSURANCE premiums are set to drop dramatically as the momentum towards driverless cars gathers steam and further technologies contribute a decreased likelihood of accidents.

Research by major global insurer Swiss Re has indicated that the enhanced connectivity between cars and various driver assist mechanisms will significantly improve road safety, while Volvo’s chief executive described the rise of autonomous vehicles as the “single most important advance in automotive safety” in years.

The research also suggests that by 2020 the majority of new cars sold worldwide will be connected to the internet and other cars and some have described the potential advances as representing the fourth industrial revolution.

Insurers have cautioned drivers against developing a false sense of security.

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New LaFerrari Spider A BASIC philosophy behind the luxury vehicle industry, on both the creation and purchasing sides, is that if you are going to have a flash car you may as well be seen in it.

When someone sees fit to spend hundreds of thousands

on a supercar that screams for attention, it is a safe assumption they want people to see them enjoying their moment of glory.

So it should come as no surprise that Ferrari has announced that it will build a roofless ‘Spider’ version of its already huge-

ly desirable LaFerrari hypercar, supercars being the top 1 per cent of cars and hypercars the top percentile of supercars.

As matters stand, the cabin and seating in the LaFerrari is so low it’s difficult to catch a starstruck glimpse of the lucky

driver but the convertible model will remove all the doubts as to who is behind the wheel.

The news will also excite collectors who missed out on the 499 LaFerrari units which quickly sold out regardless of a €1.27 million asking price.

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Marina Alta Golf Society THE latest match of the Marina Alta Golf Society, at Oliva Nova on May 9, was attended by only 12 golfers because the weather forecast was for rain, but it dried up and the sun came out for the last few holes.

The winner was Gordon Blocklehurst with a great score of 40 points. Runner-up was Pete Gardiner with 35 points, his best score for a long time after his long list of injuries this year. Third was Julia Castello with 34 points, which was the best score for the ladies.

On a very sad note Mike Yaffee, the former captain from a few years ago, died last Sunday after a short illness.

He will be missed greatly by his golf buddies.

WASH OUT: A forecast of rain depleted the attendance at Oliva Nova to 12.

Remembering Seve Ballesteros Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the death of Seve Ballesteros, Spain’s greatest-ever golfer, here are some fascinating facts about the former champion, compiled by Tony Matthews: Born Severiano Ballesteros Sota on 9 April, 1957, Pedrena, Spain; died also in Pedrena, 7 May, 2011.

• From birth, Seve had a physical defect whereby his right shoulder hung down below his left.

• He was just 10 when he played in his first tournament, taking 10 shots at the opening hole, eventually finishing 5th on 51 over par for nine holes.

• At the age of 12, he was expelled from school for fighting and bad behaviour!

• Seve started cycling when he was eight and later owned 12 bikes, using them to keep fit.

• He enjoyed boxing as a youngster, and it was in the ring that he first injured his back, which caused him trouble throughout his golfing career.

• He turned professional in April 1974 and played in his first ‘big’ tournament that same year - the Spanish Open at La Manga - carding rounds of 83 and 76, and missing the cut by six shots. American Jerry Heard won the event and collected £4,336. In contrast, Seve’s first professional wage was just £15.

• In 1976, he finished joint second with Jack Nicklaus at the Open at Royal Birkdale… soon after bailing hay with his father and caddying for his brother Manuel. The winner that year was Johnny Miller.

• Dick Draper, a British policeman, caddied for Seve in the mid 1970’s.

• A Santander doctor, Cesar Campuzano, lent Seve $1,000 to help get him through his first year as a professional. Seve paid him back by giving him the ball he won the 1979 Open with.

• Before the 1980 Masters, Seve walked the whole course, taking notes of every fairway and every green.

• His favourite football team was Racing Santander. He was just an ordinary fan, who paid the entry fee and either stood on the terraces or sat in the stand with his mates. Nothing special.

• During National Service, Seve earned £2-aweek teaching Air Force officers how to play golf!

• In the 1985 Italian Open, Seve had eight birdies in a row and his third round score of 64 contained nine birdies and an eagle… a record at the time.

• The tattoo on Seve’s left arm showing him punching the air, was also painted on the door of his house.

• In 1988, Seve married the daughter of the owner of Banco Santander, Carmen Botin, who was at the time, one of the richest women in Spain.

• In May 2007, Seve played on the Champions Tour in Alabama. His first tee shot missed the 75-yard-wide fairway by a distance. Hefinished with a double bogey and a round of 78.

With two more horrible rounds of 81 and 73, he finished joint last of 78 participants. He returned to Spain straight away!

SEVE: Spain’s greatest ever golfer.

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Khan knocked down as Norwich and Newcastle may go down Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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FOOTBALL • If Sunderland (excellent 3-2 winners over Chelsea last Saturday) beat Everton in last night’s game, then Newcastle and Norwich will be relegated from the Premiership with Aston Villa.

• Last weekend, champions Leicester beat Everton 3-1; Spurs (second) lost 2-1 at home to Southampton; Liverpool edged Watford 20; Manchester United won 1-0 at Norwich and Crystal Palace defeated Stoke 2-1.

The games between Villa –

Newcastle (0-0), Bournemouth – WBA (1-1) and Manchester City – Arsenal (2-2) were all drawn.

• On Tuesday Swansea’s 4-1 win at West Ham was their first there for 60 years. Last night, the Hammers (versus Manchester United) said farewell to Upton Park, their home since 1904.

• Burnley and Middlesbrough will be in the PL next season. The play-offs (coming up) will feature S h e ff i e l d We d n e s d a y v Brighton and Derby v Hull.

• Burton Albion have gained promotion to the Championship, seven years after playing in the Conference in front of barely 1,000 spectators.

• Oxford and Bristol Rovers have been promoted from FL2, Accrington Stanley miss out, while Hartle-

pool’s 775-mile-round trip to Plymouth ended in a 5-0 hammering!

• Spurs’ midfielder Moussa Dembele received a sixmatch ban for ‘violent cond u c t ’ t o w a r d s C h e l s e a ’s Diego Costa at the end of the recent London derby.

MOTOR SPORT • Jorge Lorenzo dominated last Sunday’s French MotoGP at Le Mans, winning 10 seconds ahead of teammate Valentino Rossi, with Suzuki’s Maverick Vinales third. One bizarre incident saw both Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez slide off the track at almost exactly the same time.

• Despite what can only be described as a ‘trying day’ for the Dynamics Honda team, GB driver Matt Neal left Thruxton Park tied on points with Rob Collard, with a podium finish in the

final race of last Sunday’s BTCC meeting.

• Coming up on May 22, we have the Portuguese Rally and the MotoGP World Championships from Mugello, Italy.

TENNIS • After beating home favourite Rafael Nadal in the semis, the top British player, Andy Murray, was then beaten two sets to one

by Novak Djokovic in the final of the Madrid Open.

Serbian Djokovic has now been world number one for 199 weeks.

BOXING • Last Saturday, Bolton boxer Amir Khan, moving up two weight classes, was knocked out by Mexican Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez in a WBC Middleweight fight.

O n t h e s a m e n i g h t , G B ’s Anthony Crolla stopped Venezuelan Ismael Barroso

to retain his WBA lightweight crown.

ROUND-UP • Who is Michelle Payne you might ask? Well, she’s a jockey, who, last November, became the first female to win Australia’s most famous horse race, the Melbourne Cup, when she rode 100-1 shot Prince of Penzance.

Michelle has certainly packed in a fair bit into her 30 years on earth. Her mother died when she was just six months old; she’s lost two of her siblings; another has Down’s syndrome and she has overcame a car e e r- t h r e a t e n i n g i n j u r y.

Now she’s a best-selling autobiographer and her life story is being made into a movie. Well done lass. Brilliant.

• The Invictus Games, an international paralympic-

style multi-sport event, featuring 500 athletes from 15 countries and created by Prince Harry, are underway i n O r l a n d o , F l o r i d a . A n d H R H b e l i e v e s t h a t Te a m GB can win at least 20 medals.

• Coming up, we have the Spanish F1 Grand Prix from Barcelona on Sunday, the Geneva Tennis Open starts on Monday, this weekend it’s the final fixtures in La Li ga ( wi t h Bar cel ona at Granada and Real Madrid at Deportivo, both going for the title), there are various promotion/relegation playoff matches north and south of the border, next Wednesday (May 18) it’s Liverpool versus holders Sevilla in the Eur opa League f i nal i n Basle, and a week tomorrow England play Sri Lanka in this summer ’s first cricket Test.