Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 19 - 25 May 2016 Issue 1611

COSTA BLANCA NORTH YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

19 - 25 May 2016

Blame it on Marge

By Linda Hall Benidorm’s Local Police joined the town hall and hotels in the clampdown on mobility scooters.

Officers have spent the last two weeks clearing the streets and pavements of irregularly used scooters.

By-laws restricting them to the over-55s and the disabled were introduced in 2013.

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Pink weekend THE Mirador at Benidorm’s Castillo between the Levante and Poniente beaches will be the setting for the Pink Weekend, ahead of Benidorm Pride in Septem-

ber. This is the Pink Weekend’s seventh edition, but the first time it will be a street event after having been previously celebrated in several bars in the Old Town.

Brit detained A 55-YEAR-OLD Briton was arrested in Castalla after the National Police received a tip-off that he was living in the inland town. He was wanted by the French authorities for allegedly belonging to a criminal organisation that smuggled and trafficked drugs including cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis between France and Spain. He now awaits extradition.

Healthy figures VALENCIAN Community residents gave the regional Health system 6.23 points out of a p o ssi b l e 1 0 i n a survey by Spain’s Sociological R e se a r c h C e n tre (CIS). Navarra was happi-

es t w ith th e s ta te h ea lth s y s te m in th e re g io n, aw ard in g it 7 . 3 8 p o in ts , w h ile th e lea s t s atis fie d were Melilla, which scored 5.40 points, and the Canary Islands with 5.80.

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By Linda Hall

S A N T J O S E P t o w e r i n t h e Vi l l a joyosa countryside overlooking the sea has given up its final secret.

The restored tower, embedded for centuries in a private house, was built between 150 and 170AD to honour the memory of a prominent and clearly affluent Roman citizen.

That much was obvious to archaeologists, but the identity of the person buried there remained a mystery. In f a c t t h e c l u e s w e r e t h e r e i n Vi l l a j o y o s a ’s m u s e u m i n t h e s h a p e o f a marble plaque engraved with the name Lucio Terencio Mancino, son of Marco.

The plaque fits perfectly into the north face of the tower but was found some years ago two kilometres away, together with stone removed from the tower in the 16th century. This was taken to repair the town walls after a pirate raid but never used.

The inscription lay forgotten until now, when it can at last be returned to Lucio Terencio Mancino’s final resting place.

NAMED: Lucio Terencio Mancino.

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Don’t commit Brexicide

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Your papers, your views 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:

www.euroweeklynews.com 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.

Trump trade WHEN Trump wins on the ot her si de of t he pond he will trade with the UK his spokesman said so NO problem there! pottsy189

New passports THE com m ent about t he passport is quite frightening and is something I hadn’t t hought about nor have I seen any news about what could happen anywhere. We don’t know the answer but at least we now know the quest i on t hanks t o you.

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Like Titanic

REMAINING VALID?: European Union British Passport.

By John Smith AS time passes and we get ever closer to the date of the referendum on British membership of the European Union, so the statements from each side become somewhat more hysterical, as former friends become future enemies in their passionate and often ignorant call for one side or the other.

What is however clear is that those who want to see Britain out, have opinions on what might happen and pin their hopes on those opinions being correct. It doesn’t help that they are led by a triumvirate of some of the least popular Tory politicians, the bitter failed former leader who is Iain Duncan Smith, demoted and smarmy Michael Gove and intelligent yet accident-prone Boris Johnson.

Admittedly on the other side are the Eton boys, supported in small measure by the Labour party and avidly on this one matter by the SNP, but they do seem to have two things in their favour. Almost everyone of

Almost everyone of note in international politics and economics has spoken in favour of Britain remaining with the Union and at least some of what they say is true, rather than sheer hypothesis.”

note in international politics and economics has spoken in favour of Britain remaining with the Union and at least some of what they say is true, rather than sheer hypothesis.

Euro Weekly News, as its name suggests, rather likes Europe but there has been no censorship of any type in our newspaper so that writers, columnists and readers can ex-

press their opinions freely, regardless of which side of the vote they fall on, even if they are ineligible to actually vote because of the 15-year qualification period.

As much as we like to think of a world in which everyone helps each other, when it comes to it, it will turn into every man for himself and to use an old cliché, is it better to be inside the tent looking out or inside the tent looking in?

People dream of the good old days when Britain led the world and the map was coloured red, but forget that the wealth of the country was built on the back of slave labour, invasion and the cheap raw materials taken from the colonies.

The picture that accompanies this article depicts a red (not good old blue) British Passport and if you look closely at the top, it says European Union in gold letters. If we leave when does that passport become invalid, and is Britain capable of printing and issuing 50 million new passports in order to allow our people to travel? Perhaps the cost to each individual will be enough to

clear the national debt!

Everyone who does travel within Europe at the moment has the right to carry a free EHIC card which does guarantee an element of immediate emergency treatment within any member state. At least the insurance companies can enjoy the extra funds they will earn when that is no longer valid.

In the interim period before all of the treaties are signed between the other 27 members of the Union, plus many other countries in the world, will we need visas to remain in Spain or nip over to France? Who knows, and also, will we need work permits and will we be allowed to continue to own businesses in Spain?

The list of imponderable and unanswered questions is enormous, yet the decision to remain or leave the Union is being entrusted to the average man in the street whose main knowledge of voting is for a contestant in Britain’s Got Talent.

Those who can vote need to really think about what is actually known, rather than what is fervently hoped for before casting their vote.

World crisis expert Chicken D Little has given a drastic warning that the sky will fall if the UK opts to leave the EU. Show me please the guesses and predictions of those who have a record for predicting events, such as the 2008 crash! It is time to leave the Titanic despite the assurances of its unsinkability and the fragility of our lifeboat. Harry Dowling

Over-hyped THERE is too much hype.

Before expatriate B rits start packing their bags or getting ready to queue at the town hall for resident’s permits, just think that so far nobody knows what will or might happen.

Peter Fieldman

Two cents FOR all the fury ignited by the Brexit debate, the really interesting part will come if the people choose to stay in. Will things just continue exactly as they are, or will the referendum be a catalyst for change? My money’s on the former. Gill

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Unfond farewell for the Charco lagoon

By Linda Hall ALTEA had two ‘come again?’ moments in recent days.

On one hand - as explained elsewhere in the Euro Weekly News - trains are trundling once more through the town, as they test the track and signals following a six-month modernisation programme.

On the other hand, practically nothing remains of the retaining wall of the lagoon that was routinely dismissed as the ‘Charco’ (Pond). It never fulfilled its potential and was loathed by seafront residents who had to tolerate the smell of stagnant water in the summer.

Soon it will be replaced by an artificial beach and a continuation of the Paseo Maritimo as far as the mouth of the River Algar.

Altea’s mayor Jaume Llinares visited

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CHARCO: Where is it? the work currently in progress accompanied by the councillors who head the Beaches, Infrastructure, Town Planning and Environment departments.

They were joined by municipal employees and coastal authority officials, as they inspected the new section of

Paseo to decide on the paving and lighting that will be used.

All expressed satisfaction with the Costas’ flexibility over the materials used and its positive response to a request for easy access from the adjoining Plaza de Europa to the Paseo.

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Mobility scooters misused by tourists From front page

At that time they had become a holiday must-have for many British tourists, not for any practical purpose but for the fun of it.

Marge, for years a favourite of the Benidorm series, should take much of the blame for the scooters’ popularity. Although as a pensioner - albeit bolshie and cantankerous - she would still be entitled to one.

Too often people who have had too much

to drink turn pavements into improvised racetracks, and either come to grief themselves or endanger others, the police said.

Mobility scooters caused 12 accidents in 2014, revealed Transport Councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate. Last year there were six but after a street cleaner was injured, police swooped and imposed 27 fines over one August weekend.

There was recent uproar when some hotels

slapped a ban on mobility scooters. “Sometimes the reception areas were jammed with them,” the coordinator of a leading group said. “There were accidents with other guests, as well as broken windows and doors.”

The executive stressed that hotels know when a guest genuinely needs a mobility scooter because they reserve adapted rooms.

“But the rest are hired by people who don’t want to walk or call a taxi.”

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Crematorium controversy continues with court dates OPPONENTS to San Juan’s crematorium claimed they received neither the help nor information the town hall promised.

The Anti-Crematorium Platform feels that the town hall did not fulfil pledges which were made during meetings of the committee that were specifically created to keep the local population informed of the situation.

Platform members include the Lo Romero school, staff delegate and the employees’ committee from Miguel Hernandez University (UMH), San Juan Hospital’s personnel committee and residents from the Salafranca and Sant Joan Sud areas.

The owners’ appeal against the town hall’s closure of the crematorium as a pre-

Mosquito drone hunt ALFAZ DEL PI is combating the invasive tiger mosquitoes, now spreading along the Mediterranean coast, with drones.

Once they have identified the humid areas and stagnant water where the mosquitoes breed these can then be eliminated, said Alfaz’s Health Councillor Dolores Albero. She stressed the importance of public cooperation in helping to control the mosquitoes.

Leaflets were published describing the preventative measures, that include a trap using a plastic bottle baited with water, yeast and sugar.

cautionary measure recently came to court, and platform members attended the hearing.

“The town hall’s position is quite clear,” platform members maintained, “as its lawyer insisted several times that corrective measures needed to be taken.”

This was not in line with what San Juan’s mayor Jaime Albero had told them during the last committee meeting, they said.

In response, Jaime Albero insisted that he was unaware of the municipal lawyer ’s court statement and would speak to her, but avoided commenting on the platform’s criticisms. Instead he said that it was necessary to wait for the court’s decision, which should arrive within two or three weeks.

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Athletes in vertical races A TOTAL of 257 athletes raced up 52 floors and 924 steps in the Gran Hotel Bali Subida Vertical in Benidorm.

The vertical ascent was included in the ‘Towerrunning World Association’ Championship, where athletes race up tall, man-made structures, usually via its internal staircase.

The Hotel Bali men’s category race was won

by the German competitor Christian Riedl, who finished in four minutes and 20 seconds.

The women’s category went to Iwona Wicha from Poland, who finished in five minutes and 55 seconds.

Hotel Bali isn’t the most taxing they will face, as it has ‘only’ 924 steps, compared with Chicago’s ‘Storm the Stadium’ race, which has 3,000.

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Bird snack POLICE removed a poisonous1.4 metre horseshoe whip snake from an Alicante City apartment after it killed and ate two cage birds. The snake is now at the Santa Faz animal recovery centre.

Sunday open AFTER months of deliberation, the regional government has allowed Sunday opening for large stores in Alicante City’s Avenida Maisonnave.

This reverses a city hall directive introduced at the beginning of the year.

Forest fire A FOREST fire that destroyed one hectare of rural land in Finestrat’s Alcacer district was controlled within three hours. Initial investigations suggested it was deliberately started, sources said.

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Recognition at last

By Eleanor Hawkins ALICANTE hoteliers have seen their requests of more than 20 years answered at last as the Alicante brand is finally to be acknowledged by the regional authorities.

This, regional Tourism delegate Francesc Colomer explained on Tuesday (May 17), means the city will be able to have its own stand at Fitur international travel fair in Madrid and allows it to promote its own brand as Valencia, Castellon, Benidorm and the provincial tourism department do with the Costa Blanca brand.

The brand will for the time being maintain the current slogan: ‘Alicante: city, beach and experience,’ the city’s Tourism ouncillor Eva Montesinos reported.

ALICANTE: Finally to have its own brand.

Thirty evacuated from building A FIRE which broke out in a 16 storey building near the beach in El Campello on Monday (May 16) led to 30 people being temporarily

evacuated from their homes while firefighters got the blaze under control.

The blaze started at about 9am in an empty first floor

flat in the Torre Espigon building on Calle San Bartolome, the Guardia Civil reported, and the building’s residents were asked to leave for

safety reasons. Two elderly residents with reduced mobility had to be assisted by police officers, one of whom required medical treatment.

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Olive trees at risk A BACTERIA first discover ed i n I t al y coul d threaten the Valencian Community’s olive trees.

Since the xylella fastidiosa bacteria was first det ect ed i n Apul i a (southern Italy) in October 2013 it has affected thousands of olive trees, advanci ng t o Br i ndi si and Taranta before reaching Corsica and the south of France.

Coul d Spai n be t he next stop? The fear was raised by regional president Ximo Puig during a meeting with representatives from the AVA-Asaja agricultural union, Environment Ministry and Generalitat who met to discuss ways of controlling the bacteria.

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Anger at new restaurant build

By Linda Hall NO-ONE wants the restaurant now being built on Villajoyosa’s Varadero beach.

Nearby residents do not want to look at it and are demanding that more is done to defend the area. All political parties on the town council have unanimously rejected it but there is nothing that anyone can do about it, said Town Planning Councillor Jaime Ramis.

Bartrom SAU has all the necessary permits for the 125-

square metre building, including one from the Ministry of Environment in Madrid. This is a 15-year authorisation to occupy the site located in the public right-of-way strip that extends from the water’s edge.

The company had a ‘preferential right’ to the land following demarcation changes.

“This is so unfair,” an infuriated resident declared. “They purchased land for the Paseo Maritimo supposedly to protect the coast and now they go and do this.”

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Costa Blanca’s dog beaches

By Linda Hall A WELCOME addition for our four-legged friends or a blight on our beaches?

If you read the letters page of the Euro Weekly News or visit a local social networking site it’s clear that there are few issues that divide opinion at the moment as much as the emergence of dog beaches along parts of the Costa Blanca.

Calpe Town Hall have been considering opening one of their beaches to dogs and took the novel approach of opening a meeting to the public to discuss this on April 14.

Carole Saunders, head of the town halls Citizen’s Participation Department spoke to us about their progress. As expected the proposal divided opinion and a final decision is still to be made pending a full review. However, three beaches in Calpe are still under consideration to allow dogs.

Carole stressed that if the

PLAYA DE PUERTO BLANCO: One of the possible sites for a dog beach in Calpe. proposal does go ahead it will in no way involve either of the towns two main Blue Flag beaches. They are also considering asking for volunteers to help clean the beaches though

of course the onus should remain with the dog owner.

Asked if Calpe had seen an increase in tourists with dogs since the changing of the pet passport laws Carole thought

this was certainly the case, particularly for people travelling in camper vans and the like.

When UK expats were asked from across the Costa

Blanca their comments regarding their area, again opinion was fiercely divided.

Wendy Smith, while strongly supporting the idea, stressed that owners should be sanc-

tioned if they don’t clear up after their dogs.

On the other hand Roger Goss, who himself owns three dogs, still thinks they are a bad idea during the summer months. The overwhelming concern for those against the idea is the mess caused by dog waste and whether this will be cleared up.

Dave Lawrie, for example, states that many towns have dog parks where owners do not clear up the mess, why would beaches be different?

Those in favour feel a small part of most towns set aside for dogs and their owners to enjoy would be a real benefit and that any responsible owners would ensure that the set aside areas are treated with respect.

It may be that after the special beaches have been in use for a while then further discussion will be needed to gauge if they have been a success or not. Meanwhile the debate continues.

Geeks and freaks congregate in Valencia APPARENTLY neither geek nor freak are derogatory terms for youth any more, at leas t n o t i n Sp a i n . B o th

groups were heavily represented at the Manga Convention held last weekend in Valencia City.

If you weren’t aware, Manga are Japanese illustrated comics that are becoming increasingly popu-

lar amongst western society, pa rtic ula rly the 16 to 25 ‘millenials’ age group.

Manga conventions are

held worldwide and the Val enci a Expo i s one of t he major ones in Europe.

They have become a celebration of all things Japanese not j ust t he Manga t hem sel ves but cl ot hi ng, food (sushi and ramen stalls ar e pr eval ent ) and, of course, video games.

There were also karaoke stands as well as presentations by well known writers and illustrators. Nearly all the general public in attendance dress up for the event making for a bizarre but im-

pressive sight for anyone who stumbles across it.

The nearest metro station to the convention is quite a si ght i n i t sel f on t he day with everyone from obscure comic book characters to Snow White or Shrek coming to or from the exhibition centre.

The dressing up (or cosplay as it is more comm onl y known am ongst those taking part) is one of the things which makes this such an unusual and striking event.

You may not fancy any of this yourself but if you have children or grandchildren in the target age group visiting you m ay f i nd t hi s hol ds some appeal if they want a day away from the pool or beach.

The conventions are held bi-annually, usually in November and May, and more information can be found on the Facebook page Salon de Manga Valencia.

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Weighty problem addressed IN common with most developed countries obesity is becoming a major problem in Spain, where people’s eating habits are beginning to move away from the famously healthy Mediterranean diet.

Last week more than 25 medical experts

in this field from the Valencian Community met in Denia’s Hospital Marina Salud to attend a special training day centred on obesity.

It was noted that emergency medical interventions are becoming increasingly

Swindlers arrested THE Local Police in Teulada and Moraira have arrested a gang who were attempting to con people in Teulada town.

There were two main scams attempted. One involved posing as engineers for utility companies in order to gain access to the house. The other was by pretending to collect money for bogus children’s charities. The gang was particularly focusing on elderly and more vulnerable residents.

However, swift action in reporting their suspicions to the police by local residents led to the gang’s arrest before anyone was actually conned by them.

The police want to remind people to be very careful about letting strangers in their homes and that even official looking documents can be false.

The charity scam usually involved a person with a

Forest fire group MOST people know forest fires are a real danger in the area and every year there seems to be at least one major flare up. The 2014 fire on the Montgo in Javea was a particularly nasty recent incident and many local people were affected by this.

Based in Denia, the Agrupacion Contra Incendios Forestales de la Marina Alta (Group against Forest Fires) celebrated its 20th anniversary this month.

As you would expect the group’s focus is on the prevention of forest fires, something they achieve through a combination of surveillance and education.

clipboard and a list of “signatures” of people who have donated to what transpires to be a non-existent charity.

This would usually be a children’s charity or a request of donations for an in-

dividual child who needs special care to further pull on people’s heartstrings.

For any information you may have about this incident you can call the Local Police on 965 740 946.

commonplace on patients whose problems arose directly from being overweight.

One of the biggest issues for people with weight problems is diabetes, usually type two, and this was covered in some detail.

There was also some focus on the importance of prevention through education of patients and intervention by medical experts. Denia’s hospital now has its own specialist obesity unit and the benefits of this were also discussed.

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ALICANTE Airport saw a 22.1 per cent passenger increase between January and April, second only to Cologne. Soon to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Alicante expects more than 10 million passengers to use the terminal this year.

Fire control POLICE had to call the owner for keys after a closed workshop caught fire on a La Nucia industrial estate. Adjoining industrial units were evacuated and gas cylinders removed.

Egg figures THERE are 254,000 hens in Alicante Province and they produce around 5.6 million eggs a year. The majority are kept in cages and only 7 per cent are free range or have access to the exterior.

TRENET LINE: Service will be resumed at the end of this month.

By Linda Hall ALTEA residents living near the trenet line are so used hearing the hourly trains that they barely register the noise.

But that sound has been missing for almost six months and many people did a double-take on hearing the train and its familiar hoot once more.

A €9.2 million modernisation and main-

tenance overhaul on 11.4 kilometres of Line nine track between Altea and Calpe has now been completed although the trenet service will not be resumed until the end of this month.

Twenty-five FGV train drivers have spent the last week testing the track and the newly-installed automatic train protection (ATP) signalling and safety system.

This helps to prevent collisions when a

driver fails to observe a signal or speed restriction and applies the emergency brakes if he or she doesn’t respond to the warnings.

Headroom has been increased in tunnels and the many cuttings and embankments reinforced to prevent rock falls and other mishaps. Inside Altea itself, the deep cuttings between the Garganes stop and the main station have been covered and are now false tunnels.

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Communion dress help for families THE Koopera Store run by Caritas in Alcoy sells new First Communion dresses for less than €100.

May i s t he m ont h f or communions, which are social as well spiritual occasions involving considerable expense for parents.

Frocks resembling minibridal gowns cost hundreds of euros and the Caritas offer will come as a relief to families in need. The dresses as well as new shoes, costing under €8, have all been donated by shops that col l abor at e wi t h t he Koopera Store project, which provides employment for those at risk of social exclusion.

Many of the parents arrive at the shop via Caritas although others have more money but see little point in spendi ng so m uch f or clothes only worn once, Koopera explained.

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In the steps of Al-Azraq HISTORY TRAIL: AMICS members enjoying the walk along the river bank.

By Simon Russell LAST Sunday (May 15) members of the AMICS Xabia (Friends of the Museum) group made the most of the good weather to walk in the footsteps of Al-Azraq, or ‘the Blue’ who died defending Alcoy Castle in 1276.

Beginning and ending in Alcalali the trail followed the Azubietea river to a deserted Moorish village before culminating in a special Arabic meal at the restaurant La Font de Alcala. On the previous Wednesday many of

The trail followed the Azubietea river to a deserted Moorish village before culminating in a special Arabic meal at a local restaurant. the group had listened to author Just I Selles talk about his novel ‘La Montatan Azul Cronica de visir al-azraq’ about this historically important figure.

Teaching the young to cook A DELEGATION from Denia (Marina Alta) has recently visited the Italian city of Parma, one of the cities cited alongside Denia as a Ciudad Creativa de Gastronomia (city of gastronomic creativity).

The key point to take back to Denia from the visit was Parma’s focus on encouraging children to cook, so ensuring there is a continual injection of new blood into the city’s gastronomic scene.

Parma has a special academy for schoolchildren that fo-

cuses not just on the culinary side of things but also on the practical side of things such as business. This academy is privately sponsored and is very popular with children and their parents in Parma.

Denia would like to implement something similar and will now begin looking into this, an important development in a city becoming increasingly famed for its gastronomy. While in Italy the delegation also visited a cheese and sausage factory.

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End of an era for Javea shop

By Simon Russell THE Benavent family have been trading from premises in Javea’s old town for over 100 years.

However with the retirement of the current generation of the Benavents, the shop is now passing into private hands for the first time.

Since it first opened in 1914 the variety of goods sold has

included jewellery, groceries, perfumes and even bicycles, as well as electrical appliances.

To illustrate the variety of goods sold, in an age prior to department stores and shopping centres, the Benavent shop had its own slogan: ‘Benavent lo tiene toda’ (Benavent has it all).

To commemorate this, Mayor Jose Chulvi awarded a

plaque to Miguel Benavent and Mari Carmen Sendra, the third and final generation of the family to run the business.

Mr Benavent paid homage to his grandfather Francisco, who started the business in what were very different times for Javea and Spain.

They also passed on their best wishes to the new owners as the shop enters a new era of private ownership.

Alfaz amphitheatre planned THE Alfaz del Pi Council has announced plans to build an amphitheatre at the ‘mirador’ (viewing point) at Cala el Metge, overlooking the beach at Albir, with views of the bay of Altea and the Mediterranean stretching beyond.

This is a project which will be developed in two phases, announced local councillor Vicente Soler: “In the first phase, which will be started imminently, access to the viewing point

will be renewed and in the second phase, which will start after the summer, the construction of the amphitheatre will be undertaken,” said Soler.

Access to the viewing point has been closed to the public for almost 10 years, due to natural erosion and safety concerns.

An estimated €80,000 will be spent by the council on both phases of the project.

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Award beckons BENIDORM Council’s treasury has been selected as one of the top five municipal departments in Spain out of a total of 245 applicants, to participate in the Advanced Management VI Congress, to be held in San Sebastian on May 19 and 20.

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There’s plenty of other merchandise in the shop, such as baby gifts, nappy cakes, banners, badges, sash-

Controversial roadworks WORK has started on the controversial extension of the acceleration lane on the N-332, next to the Ermita de Sanz.

It is expected to be completed before the usual increase in traffic for the summer. However, the scheme will eliminate the link from the CV-753 to the N-332, adding an extra three kilometres for traffic wanting access to the N-332 from the El Trinquet area.

Good summer ahead ACCORDING to a report by TripAdvisor, Benidorm is set once again to be a favourite holiday destination for the Spanish this summer.

Along with Roquetas de Mar (Almeria) and Chiclana (Cadiz), Benidorm is amongst the locations with a high number of reservations for July and August.

The B a le a ric a nd C a na ry Is la nds continue to hold the top positions in number of visitors, according to the report.

Pool failure THE company responsible for the management of the municipal swimming

es, keepsakes, calendars and more, so next time you have an occasion or event, make sure you head down to Pauline’s Pick A Card in the Benidorm Indoor Market, or visit the website www.bbballoons.net. pool at Palau d’Esports has had its contract terminated.

The city council has been to court and obtained a decree against the company, Levantina de Servicios Acuaticos SL, w hic h ha s 10 days t o subm i t a claim against the decision. Amongst the reasons cited for the action were failure to pay the fees and failure to implement the improvements specified in the contract.

Bids invited THE Governing Board of the City of Benidorm has approved the technical specifications to invite tenders for the management contract of the ‘recreational activities, entertainment and arts,’ on the beaches of Benidorm.

According to the specifications approved by the municipal executive, all activities will have a period of operation each year, until October 31, except the activities of water excursions to the Isla de Benidorm (also known as Peacock Island), which will be 11 months for large ships, and eight months for those less than 15 metres in length.

The activities on the beaches to be put out to tender include inflatable floating activity centres, rental pedal boats, kayaks, paddlesurfs, flyboards, and jet skis, as well as towed bananas, flyfish and parachutes.

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Promotional bike campaign kicks off THE Vuelta de Espana, arguably the most prestigious race on the European bicycle racing calendar after the Tour de Fra nc e , pa s s e s through the M a rina A lta tow n of B e nita tc he ll on

September 9 this year.

The town’s communications and technology office is asking residents for their ideas on how they think the town could be promoted to take advantage of this.

A beloved old building saved WHILE the construction of the new college in La Xara (Marina Alta) is highly anticipated, residents hope this does not necessitate the knocking down of the original school building, which is much loved by locals.

The mayor of La Xara, Maite Conejero, has spoken to the bank and construction company involved and is confident the building can be preserved.

To allow this, a small parcel of land will be donated by the town hall which will free up the space required. No delays are anticipated in construction.

The race stage in question is between Calpe and Javea, passing right through the historic Benitatchell old town. The race will attract a huge worldwide TV audience, and anywhere en route will be in the spotlight.

Javea to get beach ready LAST weekend (Sunday May 15) the finishing touches were made to prepare Javea’s beaches as summer looms on the horizon.

Running repairs are being made to stone walls, while any winter overgrowth of foliage is being removed and trees pruned and tidied.

May 15 is also the official start of the season for concession such as sunbeds, umbrellas and beach bars.

The lifeguards also begin their summer long vigil over the area’s bathers.

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Fighting Tax Evasion In Spain Alongside other European authorities, the Spanish government has been stepping up its crackdown on tax evasion over recent years. As part of its efforts to raise revenue to bring down budget deficits, it has implemented new measures to find those who are not declaring all their income and assets as required under Spanish tax law, and not paying all the tax they should be.

The internet and technological developments also make it easier for the Spanish tax office (‘Hacienda’) to get information about taxpayers.

It receives data from about 800 different sources, ranging from tax returns to mandatory data provided by employers, banks and utilities providers. The tax office analyses and cross-references this data to detect and prevent tax fraud. We produce a trail of data in our daily lives that can be used by the tax office for this purpose.

Electricity companies are obliged to provide information to the

By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks Hacienda regarding the electricity consumption of every property in Spain. This includes the name on the invoice; bank account holder payments are made from; property address and electricity usage. They use this data to determine if a property declared as empty is in fact in use; or if it is being declared as a primary residence when it is a secondary one; or if people are living in

Spain permanently but have not registered as such and have not paid tax in Spain.

Between June 2012 and 2015 it is estimated that the Spanish tax office has collected more than €40bn in its fight against tax fraud - the highest results in its history Since 2012, it has been able to track your overseas assets with the Modelo 720, which Spanish residents with overseas assets exceeding €50,000 are obliged to fill in each year. With this informative return, it has already detected more than €12bn in assets abroad.

Modelo 720 will continue to play a major role in the search for offshore wealth, but the tax authorities also have the new automatic exchange of information regime. Under the Common Reporting Standard, your local tax authority now

receives information about your worldwide assets every year, without asking for it, regardless of how compliant or not you are.

In a reform of the General Tax Law anyone convicted of tax offences has their identity published in the Spanish Official Gazette. The authorities have also created a new aggravated offence for more than €600,000 tax fraud.

The prison term for this offence was increased to six years and statute of limitation lengthened to 10 years.

The tax office also renewed the 2015 Tax Control Plan to improve results in the fight against tax fraud. In 2015, it collected €15,600mn – 27% more than expected – and similar results are expected in 2016.

All these measures mean more revenue will be generated, as people realise it is now virtually

impossible to get away with tax evasion. With all the tools, locally and internationally, the government has to hand, it is only a matter of time before tax evasion and hidden assets are uncovered.

It is your responsibility to understand and comply with all the Spanish tax regulations if you are resident here. Any tax planning you use needs to be fully legitimate. Spain is still a tax efficient country for retired British expatriates, if you take expert advice. Using compliant tax planning structures can save you tax and provide peace of mind.

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

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Something to chew over in Alicante

By Linda Hall THOSE aren’t polka dots on the Avenida Maisonnave pavements in Alicante City, that’s chewing gum.

The unsightly black blobs are recognised indicators of the number of people visiting Maisonnave and spending their money there, but they have to be removed. The same goes for the Rambla and Avenida Alfonso.

Few are deterred by €100 fines and removing their discarded chewing gum is such a labour-intensive chore that modifications to Alicante City’s street-cleaning contract will specify the need for three anti-graffiti ma-

chines. Not only do these erase the works of street artists, but they also make short work of removing chewing gum that is stubbornly stuck to the pavements, the city’s Environment Department said.

Hotelier tells his story AS Alicante investors named in the Panama Papers were revealed, prominent hotelier Jose Maria Caballe put the record straight.

“During more than 40 years in business I have had two Ha-

cienda tax inspections and emerged spotless from both,” said Caballe, president of the Servigroup chain whose 15 hotels provide permanent jobs for 2,000 people.

“My only problem with the

law was in 1965 when the Guardia Civil impounded discs I bought in London for “Istanbul,” my discotheque in Lloret de Mar which was the first to open in Spain.”

The businessman acknowledged he invested in Oklahoma oil wells along with British and French associates in the 70’s, first with Capetrol International Inc - created in October 1981 and later with Kyoga Investment.

Both companies were wound up in 2012 and their assets transferred to Spain during the government’s fiscal amnesty.

“That was the only way it could be done at the time, but it’s something that happened in the US and it finished in 2012.

Is it illegal to have offshore companies?” Cabella asked.

“In Spain at the end of the 70’s you could do nothing,” he added, explaining it was the only way to do things then.

“That’s the whole story and no other. What was published is true and I don’t need to deny anything. “

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Padel competition is a big hit for all AS part of Benitatchell’s Fiesta de la Rosa celebrations a padel competition was held for all ages.

For those unfamiliar with the sport, padel originated in Mexico and soon spread to the USA where it is called paddle.

The sport is played outdoors and is a sort of cross between

squash and tennis.

You may have seen the distinctive green cement courts in your local tennis club and in Spain, as padel is becoming an increasingly popular sport in its own right.

Matches are usually held in the doubles format and this was the case here.

Four couples walked away as eventual winners in their respective categories.

Due to the increased interest in playing padel, Benitatchell’s Councillor for Sports, Toni Colmer, has confirmed the town will be building a new court in the near future.

Mosquito campaign Museum aims to control pest visits are up THE town hall of Gata de Gorgos (Marina Alta) has spearheaded a new campaign against tiger mosquitoes, which began earlier this month and is aiming to control and prevent the pesky critters, which can inflict a particularly nasty bite.

This is being approached with a combination of increasing people’s awareness of the pests (such as avoiding leaving standing water around), and stepping up preventative measures in any mosquito hot spots in or close to Gata.

The campaign will continue throughout the rest of May.

JUST over 200,000 people visited Denia’s museums last year, according to the town hall.

The most popular attraction was the castle with nearly 113,000 visitors. The Archaeological Museum had just under 54,000 people, while the Museum of Games and the Ethnological Museum saw around 28,000 and 7,000 respectively.

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Brutal killers come to trial THE Alicante High Court trial has begun of two men accused of killing a Danish bus inessm a n i n h i s A ltea home.

Each faces a 12-year sentence for homicide and four years for robbery with violence. They allegedly broke into the home of the victim, the director of a communications company, in 2009 and co n f r o n t e d h i m , d e manding that he hand over all the cash in the house.

When he refused they hit him se v e r a l t i m e s i n th e face and over the head until, unconscious and bleeding profuse l y, h e f e l l t o th e ground.

Believing that they had killed him, they wrapped their still-breathing victim in a bedspread and him on w astel a n d i n B e n i d o rm where they set fire to him and left. They then returned to the Danish man’s Altea home, which they ransacked to find €100,000.

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Long journey from Russia to see the sea

By Linda Hall TWELVE young Russians with disabilities visited San Juan after leaving their country for the first time.

They are the orphans of railway employees from Dmitrov near Moscow and their stay was arranged by the Fundacion Talgo and the Fundacion Lukas.

Fundacion Talgo, the social and cultural arm of the Spanish company that builds the emblematic trains, began organising the visit in June 2015. The aim is to help the children disconnect from their daily lives, explained the orphanage director, Marina Isaeva.

The private, non-profit making Fundacion Lukas sets out to improve quality of life for those with severe disabilities and provides respite for their families.

The young Russians arrived in Alicante by train from Madrid where they visited the Talgo Railway Museum and the Santiago Bernabeu football stadium, Real Madrid’s home ground.

Once in Alicante and on their way to the Fundacion Lukas residence where they

ALICANTE TRIP: The young Russians, their carers and Talgo representatives. stayed San Juan, they saw the sea for the first time. “Seeing the Postiguet beach from the coach was quite an occasion for them,” said the Lukas Foundation’s Mar Garcia.

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They swam at the Muchavista beach next day, ignoring warnings the sea was cold, and ate paella before setting out once more for Madrid and the flight back to Moscow.

BOUS AL CARRER will be absent from the Moralet fiestas after 40 consecutive years.

Bull-running is largely a Marina Alta pursuit and the Moralet event is the only one held in Alicante City. It could be the end for fans in this outlying city neighbourhood as Councillor Marisol Moreno, who heads city hall’s Animal Protection Department, has refused to authorise bous for the August fiestas.

The event puts the animal under “continued stress,” undermining its physical and psychological well-being while provoking unnecessary suffering, Moreno maintained.

Police seek pine killer SOMEBODY in Cabo de las Huertas on the outskirts of Alicante City does not like pine trees. Newly-planted saplings have either been pulled up or snapped off and police are now trying to find out the culprit’s identity.

The latest bout of environmental aggression was discovered some days back, but other incidents have occurred in the same Cala Cantalar area in recent months.

“We believe this is someone acting on their own, not vandalism that has been car-

ried out in a group,” said the city’s Environment Councillor Victor Dominguez.

The damaged trees were planted in the course of reforestation campaigns in Cala Cantalar, which is catalogued as wildflower micro-reserve and a Site of Community Interest (SCI).

Unique flower species also grow on this 1.2-hectare piece of land despite the pressure of building development in the area, amongst them the Siempreviva Alicantina, a type of statice.

Charity event a success GIVING4GIVING had their charity caberet afternoon at Buddies Bar in Benidorm on May 15. They had a good turnout and raised €2,000 which was shared between Help International Benidorm and Make A Smile.

Giving4Giving would like to thank Buddies Bar, Jules who organised the event, Taylor Marcs and all the acts that performed free of charge. A special thanks to the public who turned out and made it a success.

GIVING4GIVING: Charity event was held at Buddies Bar.

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A lookout cove

By Linda Hall THE Cala del Metget lookout in Albir is to be extended with a n a m p h i t h e a tre type viewing area.

The lookout was closed 10 years ago owing to dangerous rock falls but Alfaz Tow n Ha l l i s p l a n n in g €80,000 worth of improvements to the lookout and the cove’s steep accesses.

The first phase is due to

start in the near future, Alfaz’s Environment Councillor Vicente Soler said. Work on the tier of seats designed for visitors to enjoy views of Albir, the Bay of Altea and the Peñon de Ifach will commence after the summer.

“We h a v e ca rrie d o u t a feasibility study and both the lookout point and the b e a c h mee t a ll re q u ire ments,” Soler said.

Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques stressed the importa nc e of prote c ting the coastline with environmentfriendly moorings and anchors so that boats can drop anchor without harming the meadows of Posidonia Neptune grass.

The town hall is also arranging for a line of buoys to protect the Mina, Amerador and Metget coves from launches and motorboats.

Bus station bust-up A NEW contract to run Benidorm’s bus station cannot be awarded until the installation is revalued.

An accurate estimate is difficult, because the former concessionary, Alicante businessman Enrique Ortiz, who built the bus station and planned to run it, exceeded the authorised volume.

The Supreme Court invalidated Ortiz’s contract in 2012 after a rival complained that the contract to run the bus station should be put

out to tender again owing to the excess volume. This will be done once Ortiz’s compensation is settled, although if there are no takers he gets nothing, but the concession reverts to him.

In 2013, the Supreme Court ordered an external valuation of the bus station that Benidorm Town Hall finally commissioned.

Town hall officials put its worth at €35 million in 2014 but in April last year, the municipality’s auditor reduced this to €29 million.

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Police target illegal bets

By Linda Hall AN illegal bingo hall, an illicit betting shop and ‘find the lady’ players were targeted in recent police operations in Benidorm.

They identified seven people engaging in the rigged Benidorm version of ‘find the lady,’ which uses hollowed-out potatoes and a minute ball.

Details were taken of the principal player or ‘trilero,’ a lookout and those playing, because street gambling is illegal in Spain for ‘dupers’ and the duped.

Police also confiscated the tools of the ‘trilero’s’ trade: a large cardboard box used as a

counter, a tray and the infamous red ball that looks so easy to find until the target lays a bet.

The police also impounded €107 in cash.

A total of €1,059 was impounded as police raided a cafeteria in central Benidorm, where police also confiscated a microphone, and an electronic bingo machine as well as a large number of bingo cards, both used and unused, as well as books of ‘Super Five’ lottery coupons.

A third police raid centred on another bar where bets were taken on sporting events in the UK. This time police confiscated a bet validation machine, a laptop, a scanner and €677.

City selling off the silver IN a bid to raise money, Alicante City Hall has decided to sell a municipal property on Calle Mayor.

Adjoining the town hall, it is currently neglected and has been covered with protective netting for years.

The three-party alliance that controls the city council originally intended to restore the building for municipal UAW, but has now put it on the market with a reserve price of €1.2 million.

Spokesman for the three-party alliance that controls city

NEGLECTED PROPERTY: Adjoins the stately town hall. hall, Nacho Bellido, maintained that several firms had shown interest in acquiring the property.

Several vehicles returned to

the corporation by the street cleaning group UTE Alicante will also go to action, with a total reserve price of €299,000.

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Servigroup invests almost â‚Ź2 million on remodelling

HOTEL SERVIGROUP: A new floor was created, adding 17 rooms to the building.

THE Hotel Servigroup Orange in Benidorm closed for remodelling in January and after five months of exten-

sive refurbishment, it has announced that it will behaving a grand opening on Friday, May 20.

The hotel chain, headed

by Jose Maria Caballe, has invested almost â‚Ź2 million in the remodelling project, which has included the construction of a completely new floor, adding 17 rooms more to the building.

Additionally the furniture in all of the rooms has been r ef ur bi shed, and new 32inch HD TV screens have been incorporated into all of the rooms.

Also a lift has been added to speed up the service in the new part of the hotel.

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Volvo race confirmed until 2023

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ALICANTE will continue to host the start of the Volvo Ocean Race until 2023.

President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig,

announced that the consell in Alicante has decided to assume the cost of hosting the event, which means Alicante Port will continue to be the starting point for the roundthe-world yacht race, signing an agreement

for 2020 and 2023 with the race organisers.

An agreement had already been signed for 2017 when the next edition launches. Puig said the cost that the consell shall bear is around €22 million, and private sponsorship will be offered.

The president also said he welcomed the initiative of the Alicante Provincial Council to assist financially in the event, and is to create a commission to take over the organisation of both race events.

English language films THURSDAY night has been set aside in Oliva for showing movies in their original English version (with Spanish subtitles) at the town’s Olympia cinema, located near the town hall.

In addition to its popularity with Oliva’s English speaking community, many Spaniards keen to improve their English are also attending. The last two weeks have seen a nearly a full house for the screenings of the recently released ‘Jungle Book’ and ‘Captain America Civil War.’

Runners conquer peaks NINE members of the Club de Muntanya UMMA successfully completed the daunting feat of running from Calpe to Javea, while ascending the area’s highest peaks and mountains en route. The forecast was poor as the intrepid group started out in Calpe

and the Serra d’ Olta summit.

The weather failed to deter them and by the early hours they had reached Parcent’s Carrascar mountain. Dawn saw them at the Cocoll peak before finally reaching the famous Montgo mountain (Javea) to complete their marathon.

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Promoting The Montgo rocks out English aim

By Simon Russell

PEDREGUER Town Hall continues to recognise the importance of English for its citizens and its schoolchildren in particular.

Accordingly their Education Department is helping to arrange their first English Summer School in the town.

This is aimed at secondary-school-age pupils in the town, and aims to build

on whatever existing knowledge of the language they may have. The course will be held between July 19 and August 5 this summer.

Lessons will be as participative as possible, and will include games, activities and entertainment.

Further information can be found on the town hall’s website www.pedreguer.es

Museum open late TO help celebrate International Museum Day event in Oliva and Potries (La Safor) on Friday (May 20), the museums in both towns will be open until midnight.

As well as the usual exhibitions there will be special activities aimed at all ages such as games, music and also a theatre walking route.

The museums participating are the Archeological Museum, the Ethniogical Museum, the House of the Mayans and the Vicente Parrar Museum.

Museums across Europe will be holding the night museum event on Friday, originally inspired by the smash Ben Stiller movie ‘A Night at the Museum.’

THIS weekend (Saturday May 21 to Sunday 22) sees the return of the popular Montgorock festival to Javea.

This major festival in the Spanish musical calendar has a great impact on tourism at what could otherwise be a quiet time of the year for the town.

In fact this year nearly all hotels, hostels and campsites have already reached full occupancy.

As well as the accommodation sector the town itself expects to benefit from the influx of an expected 4,000 people, many of who will want to take a few hours out from the music to explore the local area, and hopefully spend some money. The high-profile event also helps to improve the town’s recognition among the generally younger cross-section of tourists who might not have considered Javea as a future holiday destination.

The festival itself takes place in a plot of land specially set aside by the town hall, near Avenida Augusta. Artists taking

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Quique Gonzalez is one of many performers who will be at Montgorock. part include Quique Gonzalez, Arizona Baby, Los Zigarros, Sexy Zebras, Muchachito and many more. They represent a healthy mix of well-known, notso-well-known and local artists.

As well as the music itself there will be shopping and merchandising zones, an artisan market and many other attractions.

As you would expect with a

Spanish festival there will also be a large variety of places to eat and drink within the festival grounds.

For more information see the website at www.montgorock.es

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Quality is what counts for town’s business sector

By Simon Russell

BENISSA Council has been giving out its annual quality awards, ‘Benissa es Qualitat.’

Categories included best customer service which went to the butchers Carniceria Pinzeller and bakers Panaderia Pastor as well as plumber

Doctor is fined for implants A DOCTOR has been ordered to pay compensation to a patient following problems with her breast implants.

A court in Alicante made the ruling in favour of the victim for damages suffered. The case dates back to February 2005, when a 38-year-old underwent surgery to improve the aesthetics of her breasts and had two silicone implants fitted.

Two years later, the patient began to experience pain and discomfort in one breast and also realised she had a small cyst near the armpit. Examinations revealed one of the implants had split and bits of silicone had spread throughout her body in small lumps.

The same doctor carried out surgery to remove the implant and replaced it with a new one.

After another year of feeling unwell she returned for medical advice to be told she had been fitted with PIP prostheses that had proved to be defective.

In 2012 she underwent further surgery to have them removed by a National Health Service doctor who found more fluid leaking from the implants.

A court ruled she was entitled to compensation due to the suffering received and the ‘lack of information about the implants ahead of surgery.’

The amount of compensation is to be declared at a later hearing.

Fontaneria Ximo Beromeu. No candlestick makers were represented.

The best promoters of the municipality prizes went to diving school Les Bassettes and excavation firm Exca-Benissa. Most innovative firms were Visioptica, Marina Aluforja and Quirobenissa.

The prize for best business image was shared

between Farmacia Femenina, Heladaria Jijonenca and the Mandal Beach Bar. The award for young business entrepreneurs went to Jessica Ladro and Juana Nieto of KeratinArt, Felipe Sala of Felipe Sala Architects and Pablo Soliveres of Pub Karma.

Finally the special award went to Supermercat Casa Boira which has been run by the

same family for three generations.

The awards are made on a bi-annual basis and this year’s jury included the mayor, Juan Rosello, and members from the Chamber of Commerce, as well as various business representatives.

The aim is to highlight the work of the business sector in the town and their impact on employment and tourism.

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Start young ALTEA Town Hall presented the municipal library with a collection of books for children aged between five and 11. As well as encouraging them to read, the books’ subject matter also promotes gender equality.

Toxic waste THE nuclear reactor at Cofrentes (Valencia) will have produced 3,316 cubic metres of low and intermediate-level radioactive waste by the end of its useful life, more than any other Spanish nuclear power station.

All aboard ALICANTE Council relented following recent protests and will temporarily allow the disabled to board buses with mobility scooters. This applies only to users and scooters whose total weight does not exceed 300 kilos.

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By Linda Hall ALICANTE CITY investigating judge, Cesar Martinez, has shelved the Rabasa case.

His investigation found none of the irregularities that allegedly surrounded the halted Alicante City development which included an Ikea, a macro-shopping centre and 13,000 homes. It was the third time that the case has been shelved.

For the moment this lets former city mayor Sonia Castedo and developer Enrique Ortiz off the hook following accusations of corruption, bribery and influence peddling.

“It is irrelevant whether the way in which business owners and their employees pursue the success of their enterprise is appropriate,” the judge said. He added that the same principle applied to politicians and civil servants “so long as they do not cross the line with behaviour constituting a criminal offence.”

Ortiz’s role as a developer determined his relations with the administration, the judge continued.

HAPPIER TIMES: Sonia Castedo wit The judge’s examination of the allegations against Ortiz also limited supposed bribery to a €200 bag given to town hall employee Maria Isabel Campos, which was later returned. Neither did he detect irregularity in Ortiz’s habit of giving out free parking cards as

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th Esteban Gonzalez Pons (left) and Francisco Camps (right). these were presented to city hall councillors from all parties as well as high-ranking city hall employees.

Cesar Martinez made no ruling on an all-expenses paid trip to Oporto (Portugal) as this was dealt with by the High Court in

March 2015.

“I never lied,” Sonia Castedo told the provincial daily, Informacion. “I’m not giving an opinion, or saying I’m happy or not.

But I will say that I have never lied.”

The PSPV-PSOE has already

announced its intention to challenge the decision to shelve the case. “We believe there are still many avenues to explore to find out what really happened, and whether or not irregularities occurred when ‘Plan Rabasa’ was approved,” a spokesman said.

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Three-year wait for bus link

By Linda Hall BENIDORM will finally have a regular bus connection to Alicante station for tourists and travellers using the Madrid AVE. The high speed rail link to the capital began operating in June 2013 and since then Benidorm’s tourist industry has called for a no-hassle connection.

Along with the British, Spanish tourists are Benidorm’s most constant visitors and special offer AVE fares, plus a journey lasting a little over two hours, has prompted many to take the train.

This raised the problem of transport from Alicante City to the resort. Taxis, the mainline bus from the bus-station or the tram were either time consuming or, in the case of the taxi, expensive.

The obvious solution of a regular service to the station itself was rejected by Alicante City’s ex-mayor Sonia Castedo on the grounds of traffic problems.

The present council is more amenable and Spain’s track operator ADIF has now agreed to an Alicante-Benidorm shuttle service provided by ALSA. Neither will the city traffic be adversely affected as the AVE bus stop is located inside the

station area.

Now it is up to railway operator RENFE to start issuing combined train and bus tickets. This is necessary because the service will be available only to AVE passengers who reserve a seat on the bus as well as the train.

It has been pointed out that ADIF, ALSA and RENFE finally reached agreement only

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On air GENERALITAT president Ximo Puig said he could not specify when Radio Television Española would start transmitting again.

This depended on the regional parliament, but Puig said that he trusted Canal 9 would reopen shortly.

Fruit only ONLY organic fruit and vegetables are currently being served at one Alcoy school and two others in the Valencia region. They are participating in a healthy eating agreement.

BUS CONNECTION: Will now be provided by ALSA from Alicante station to Benidorm for the Madrid AVE. after a private company, Beniconnect, recently began providing a Benidorm-Alicante station service.

Beniconnect was met with countless obstacles in accessing the station area which comes under ADIF’s jurisdiction. Gener-

alitat sources have confirmed that Beniconnect has complied with all legal requirements and is “totally legal,” but it also washed its hands of the conflict.

“We can’t intervene, the station is ADIF’s concern,” the same sources said.

Shoe shine MARTA HAZAS, a Spanish actress famous for television roles, was named the best-shod woman in Spain

by Alicante shoe manufacturers. Her prize of a range of this year’s shoes will be presented in Elda next month.

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Tobacco shop crane robbers THREE men managed to break into a tobacconist shop in Denia last Saturday (May14) using a hydraulic crane.

However while they successfully negotiated the blinds and located the cash and other goods they were after, they failed to take into account the shop’s internal alarm system.

This automatically

contacted the Local Police who arrived in time to catch the gang redhanded.

As well as €150 in cash they were in possession of a large quantity of tobacco products, these being notoriously easy to shift on the black market.

One of the group was a minor and is being held in a youth detention centre awaiting charges.

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New installation at Pozos de Sacos wells

By Linda Hall A NEW electronics system is being installed at the Pozos de Sacos wells in Callosa.

Water from the Pozos de Sacos wells is pumped into the River Algar, and is also sent to the municipal deposits that supply the town’s domestic water network. Equally important for the population of more than 7,000, this water also goes to the agricultural areas and nispero plantations in the upper part of the town.

Control units and frequency inverters linked to the pumps that bring up the subterranean water are being replaced in a €400,000 modernisation project.

Most of the cost is being met by the Comunidad General de Regantes who need the water for crops, and the remainder will be covered by a subsidy from the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) water board.

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MODERNISATION: Alfonso Santamaria and Technical Services councillor Alfonso Puigcerver are shown the improvements.

“The object is to modernise the extraction and pumping systems,” explained the president of the Comunidad General de Regantes, Alfonso Santamaria.

Everything will be automated and there will be greater security for the operatives, including greater protection against fire and averted risks during electrical storms.

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Dogs on show

By Simon Russell THE Marina Alta town of Benissa has been chosen to host the first ‘Exposition de Canina Bellaza’ on Sunday May 22.

The event has been organis e d by the A s s oc ia tion Canina National (CACAM) and Alicante’s Allianz delegation which helps protect

vulnerable animals in the area. Benissa’s Department of Sports has also helped organise the event.

The president of CACAM, Yolanda Garcia, t al ked about som e of t he events planned. She said, primarily all breeds will compete for the title Marina Alta Champion. There will also be a handlers competi-

The benefits of public transport for children ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY pupils from the Paidos and Sacred Heart primary schools in Denia have been given a walking tour of the Marina Alta city arranged by the Department of the Environment.

This is to show them the benefits of public transport as opposed to private travel. The children were shown the locations and arrival points of the bus and train stations as well as the bike lanes and pedestrian streets. Afterwards the areas visited were shown on a giant street map and the benefits arising from minimising car journeys in particular were discussed.

tion as well as the popular best dog title regardless of breed or pedigree.

There will be various other activities throughout and it promises to be a great day out for us and our fourlegged friends.

For further information contact alianzalicante@hot mail.com or through WhatsApp or on 675 057 403.

Quidditch in Gandia!

THE initially fictional sport of Quidditch from the Harry Potter novels is becoming increasingly popular in the real world.

Gandia (La Safor) even has its own team, the Drunken Dragons. They recently competed in an event against other teams from the Valencian Region and more tournaments are in the pipeline. Further details can be found on Facebook page Drunken Dragons QT. Muggles (non-wizards) welcome.

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Ramping it up for elderly patient

By Linda Hall EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD Aurelia, who lives in Calpe and needs regular dialysis, can finally leave the house without a stretcher.

A ramp now covers the 10 steps from the door of Aurelia’s home to the parked ambulance that takes her to Denia hospital three days a week.

The steep, narrow street in Calpe’s Old Town was remod-

elled six or seven years ago without eliminating architectural barriers, the elderly woman’s family explained.

Aurelia’s husband Manuel, who died suddenly at the end of April, asked a succession of councils for a solution which his family lamented arrived too late for him to enjoy.

The removable aluminium ramp, which has now been installed by a specialist firm and was paid for by the town hall, was there waiting on Aurelia’s

return. She still needs a wheelchair but getting it up and down the ramp “is a different matter altogether,” her son Manuel said.

Although it is now much easier for Aurelia to leave the house, having to go to Denia for dialysis is still complicated as Calpe is farther from the area hospital than any other Marina Alta town. She is the first patient to be picked up each morning, but the last to reach home.

Phony landlords pocketed rent THREE people were arrested in Alicante City for renting out apartments that did not belong to them.

After forcing the locks on the doors of three properties in the centre city and changing the tumblers, they then let them to unsuspecting tenants.

When the genuine owner complained to the authorities, police found three tenants who had no idea they were paying rents ranging from €400 to €600 a month to fraudsters.

The three men in their mid-30s have been charged with misappropriation, breaking and entering and stealing items from the properties.

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GOLF COURSES: There are 29 in the Valencian Community.

By Linda Hall GOLF accounts for 0.8 per cent of Alicante Province’s Gross Interior Product and provides 1.27 per cent of its employment.

The sport generates 7,518 jobs and an annual turnover of €440 million.

These figures were quoted in a survey presented during a recent event organised by the provin-

cial newspaper Club Informacion, together with Alicante Province’s Tourist Board and the local Chamber of Commerce.

The analysis confirmed spending by golfers and income from the runningof golf courses has an important impact on Alicante’s economy.

There are 29 golf courses in the Valencian Community and 18 of them are located in Alicante Province.

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Out in the cold WITH general elections on June 26, Benidorm’s two senators are feeling left out.

Agustin Almodobar of the Partido Popular and Encarna Llinares (PSOE) were excluded from events to which they would previously have been invited. These included the 691st anniversary of Benidorm’s town charter where both were present but found no places reserved for them and Europe Day, which Almodobar attended alone.

The town hall’s Protocol department explained the senators were excluded after a party on the local council claimed that with parliament dissolved, the senators’ presence was officially and legally “meaningless.”

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This is also great news for our advertisers as they know that their adverts will receive the maximum exposure to an affluent and intelligent audience and they also know that we don’t make up stories but actually research them before rushing into print, especially if there is even a slight possibility of spreading negative misinformation about any of the areas that we and our advertisers are so close to.

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Off with the asbestos BENIDORM Local Police Union (SPPLB) has asked the local council to remove the asbestos roof of the municipal storehouse i m m e d i a t e l y, a s i t c o n s i d e r s workers are at risk of catching serious illnesses from the material.

The petition follows controversy over the roof of the gymnasiu m a t Va s c o N u ñ e z d e B a l b o a School, which is made of the same material, and the discovery o f a y e a r- o l d r e p o r t f r o m t h e work risk prevention coordinator recommending the roof be replaced or completely sealed off.

Union spokesman Francisco Gonzalez said: “The roof contains a chemical component which is classed as a first rate carcinogenic, and over time workers end up breathing in particles which can seriously endanger their health.”

“The worst part is that now we have discovered this matter was reported on a year ago by the risk prevention coordinator but nothing has been done,” the union complained.

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Bean Festival was a great success

By Simon Russell DESPITE the country’s wellknown love of all things food related, it would be safe to say not many places in Spain hold their own bean festival. Benitachell does however, and last weekend the Marina Alta town held its fourth Festa del vi y de la Fava.

Bean themed events included the longest fava bean (44 centimetres) and the pod with the most peas (11). There were also workshops, bean painting, and games. If all this bean related activity left you feeling thirsty there was also a sampling of the local wines available.

A jury voted on the best red, white and muscatel wines both professionally and home-made.

There was also a competition for best tapas (made with beans of course). The tapas judges commented how good it was to see this local product used to such good ef-

THEMED EVENTS: Included the longest fava bean and workshops. fect in dishes inspired from as far away as Asia and Mexico.

The fava bean (very similar to a runner bean), is actually an impor-

tant agricultural crop in the area and served well as a focal point for the day’s events, all helped by the wonderful spring weather.

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No through road for Albatros TAKING advantage of current works on La Font to open another through road to reduce traffic in the area near the Albatros residential complex is not viable, Sant Joan Council has decided.

The work already being done, Mayor Jaime Albero stated, is part of an approved project which cannot be modified.

El Campello Council had proposed another road be opened to avoid the new street connecting with Francisco de Orellana, where Albatros is located, becoming a new route for drivers travelling between the old N332 and Muchavista.

However, Albero said he didn’t think that would be the case as the new street is not linked to the N332.

Regarding conversion of the Cami de Marco to a one-way street, planned for this summer, the mayor said local residents will soon be informed of the alternatives proposed by technicians and given the final choice.

El Campello has proposed that the part of the street that falls within this municipality retains its two-way state.

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TalkTalk profit suffers a fall

By John Smith TALKTALK one of Britain’s main telephone and broadband providers has seen profits more than halve, partly due to a major attack on its systems in October of 2015 so that it has declared profits of just £14 million (€18 million) against previous years’ profits of £32 million (€41.5 million).

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is the amount that the TalkTalk group had to put aside for exceptional costs including increased security in their 2015 accounts.

ADIDAS’ CHELSEA STRIP: No longer to be sponsors.

Adidas to part from Chelsea IN what is said to have been by mutual agreement, Chelsea will not have their kit supplied

by Adidas after the end of next season and provided they pay what could be a substantial amount to buy out the remaining years of their contract, they will then be able to negotiate a deal with a new supplier.

When they signed the latest deal with the German compa-

company had a gross turnover in 2015 of £1.83 billion (€2.35 billion) but managed to increase its dividend despite the drop in profits and the apparently poor return on investment.

The company lost more than 100,000 subscribers following the attack which saw the personal information of 160,000 people being taken including contact details and

Studies show there is far more work-related stress today than there used to be, the stress is constant," French minister Benoit Hamon, whose government wants to ban reading work e-mails when not at work

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ny, said to be worth £300 million (€390 million) over 10 years it was suggested this was the best kit sponsorship deal in the Premier League but since then, Adidas has signed Manchester United reportedly for more than double this amount and with the poor performance of the Chelsea team this year, they were probably happy to allow the club to leave.

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Israeli olive oil OLIVE growers in Israel are up in arms about a law that says only 35 per cent of the oil in a bottle needs to originate from Israel in order for it to be declared Israeli oil and it appears a great deal of Spanish oil is being imported in order to make ‘genuine’ Israeli oil.

Clearly, local producers are unhappy about this and are petitioning the authorities to change the regulations as the local market is worth more than €400 million a year and they want more than 35 per cent of it.

Economic opinion ECONOMISTS from more than 30 countries have written to a range of world leaders urging them to follow the lead of David Cameron in campaigning for the removal of tax havens around the world and to ensure all financial deals are transparent.

Brussels lashes out at Spain IT rather looks as if Brussels is going to fine both Portugal and Spain for not budgeting sufficiently soundly to hit the 2016 economic targets set by the EU for the two countries.

Spain will argue that there are a number of mitigating factors including the lack of a stable government, but in order to ensure that

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€256.8 million is the value of a bank guarantee submitted to the Spanish CNMV stock market by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim to cover his bid for the balance of the shares of real estate company Realia.

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Does it make sound economic sense to fine a country that is losing more money than it should?

in the case of 20,000 subscribers, their sort codes and bank account numbers.

Their chief executive Dido Harding told the BBC: “We have significantly increased our spending on security. We take this extremely seriously,” adding “I am actually very encouraged by the way the business has bounced back so strongly in the last quarter.”

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Company takeover NORDIC spare parts and surveillance equipment group EET which has offices in 27 countries around the world has taken over Spanish company RPS Audiovisuales based in Madrid which specialises in Audio Visual equipment.

EET has been rapidly expanding its outlets particularly in Europe and this is its fourth acquisition so far this year and its CEO has indicated it continues on the expansion trail with a number of other companies in its sights.

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By John Smith PERHAPS in a bid to divert interest from the Referendum vote and with a wish to establish his name as a Statesman rather than a rich boy politician, David Cameron has tried to organise a meeting of ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ in London to decry international money-laundering and corruption.

There were plenty of worthies attending but not that many representatives of governments around the world and he couldn’t even ‘persuade’ the British Virgin Islands, an Overseas Territory inexorably linked with the Panama revelations to attend officially.

At the end of the day, Britain is renowned for ‘playing with a straight bat’ and in fairness the government has been trying to stop British firms from gaining contracts through bribery, but unfortunately whilst other members of the European Union may pay lip service to these high ideals, it still goes on, often with State assistance although the ‘bribes’ are dressed up to look as if they are official aid.

Having let slip in a possibly unguard-

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With much ado about nothing

DAVID CAMERON: Tried to organise a meeting of the good, the bad and the ugly.

ed moment in which it was broadcast that both Afghanistan and Nigeria were two of the most corrupt countries in the world, it is interesting that both of their Presidents were invited speakers and both did of course agree that behind the scenes payments are wrong.

The problem is that in many parts of Africa, the trickle down economy is incredibly important so whilst those at the top do become very wealthy, they also ensure money does get passed down the chain to a very large number of people.

Much was made out of the fact that a large percentage of both bribe and money-laundered money has to be stored somewhere and it is suggested that much of it is helping European Banks and indeed European economies to survive.

Those wanting to bid for British government contracts will have to register and supply certain financial information as will foreigners wishing to buy property in the UK. All very laudable, but will Britain which may or may not be a member of the EU in the future actually shoot itself in the foot financially by rejecting ‘dirty money’ whilst others suck it up?

HAVING been at the centre of a number of investigations concerning ‘creative tax accounting’ and having paid at least some of the taxes it is believed to have previously avoided paying, Google has now decided that it is time to move to the side of the angels.

The giant search platform has decided that it will ban advertisements from lenders who appear to take advantage of those in desperate need of financial assistance and any company that appears to be a ‘pay day loan’ operator offering short term assistance (60 days or less) and charging more than 36 per cent interest may no longer advertise with the group.

According to the BBC Google’s director of product policy David Graff said “Our hope is that fewer people will be exposed to misleading or harmful products.

“This change is designed to protect our users from deceptive or harmful financial products and will not affect companies offering loans such as mortgages, car loans, student loans, commercial loans, revolving

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GOOGLE POLICY: The change is designed to protect their users from deceptive or harmful financial products.

lines of credit,” he added.

It is interesting to note that he made no negative comment about mainstream credit card operators who can charge near to that upper percentage figure despite the fact that the Bank rate is 0.5 per cent and of course Google will continue to direct users to porn sites and other areas of questionable activity.

In actual fact, whilst it is easy to be cynical about Google, it has in the past taken action to ban a wide range of dubious commercial sites including those selling counterfeit items and explosives and it is possible that this ban will actually have more effect than government legislation which is why the Online Lenders Association is not impressed by the decision.

There is no doubt that many consider that the charges levied by the companies in question are only a step above a door to door loan shark and even with new restrictions on their activities due in July, they have certainly not been seen to have the best interests of the consumer at heart.

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PRITI PATEL MP: Said it would appear the Chancellor was cashing in favours.

By John Smith CHRISTINE LAGARDE, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund declared at a press conference held at the Treasury in London that a vote in favour of Brexit in the forthcoming referendum would have “pretty bad, to very, very bad” consequences.

Confirming that her opinion is similar to that expressed by Mark Carney governor of the Bank of England the previous day, she went on to say that “she had not seen anything that’s positive” about Brexit and indicated that it could “lead to a technical recession” for the UK. Naturally, those in favour of the Brexit immediately came out against the observations of probably the world’s most powerful woman involved in finance indicating that the IMF had got things wrong before and according to Priti Patel MP “It appears the Chancellor is cashing in favours to Ms Lagarde in order to encourage the IMF to bully the British people.”

Lord Lamont former Chancellor of the Exchequer who presided over ‘Black Wednesday’ and was forced to withdraw Britain from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism also condemned the statement by Ms Lagarde.

Ms Lagarde however said the Fund had a duty to assess the risks of Brexit and to an-

nounce them saying “I don’t think that in the last six months I have visited a country anywhere in the world where I have not been asked ‘what will be the economic consequences of Brexit?’”

In addition, she said that the research undertaken by the IMF indicated that in the event of

28 days before the vote takes place, the official parties are banned from making public pronouncements.

a withdrawal from the Union, Britain could see a stock market crash as well as a drop in house prices.

According to the BBC, when asked if the Treasury had had any input into the IMF’s conclusions, Ms Lagarde responded: “Heck no! If you are suggesting that, you don’t know the IMF.” As the minutes count down to the actual referendum, the next week or so will see a frenzy of comment from both sides of the argument before the official parties are formally banned from making public pronouncements starting 28 days before the vote takes place.

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Time to call a spade a spade LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT

WHY are we all so frightened to speak the truth? These latest so-called ‘gaffs’ by Cameron, and even our dear old Queen (not Elton J, I hasten to add!) are cases in point.

Let’s be quite clear. The Chinese are a rude jumped-up lot. They behaved abominably on their recent state visit. Even threatening to cut their visit short if, among other demands, their hotel wardrobes weren’t painted red!

Furthermore, we do give aid to criminally corrupt and cruel countries, of which Nigeria and Afghanistan are two of the worst.

It is also a proven fact that, although only 12 per cent of London’s men are black, 46 per cent of knife crimes and half of the gun crimes are committed by black males.

There are also areas in British

cities under Sharia law. This latest one mind you, really takes the whole tin.

Muslim leaders denying that terrorist attacks are almost always preceded by screams of ‘Allah Akbar.’

Well of course they are. I’ve never heard of any of them calling out ‘Christ is risen!’ The police were perfectly correct in voicing this ‘battle cry’ before their recent terror exercise. This

The Chinese are a rude jumped-up lot.

THERE ARE: Areas in British cities under Sharia law.

perversion of a religious statement is often the first warning the public get of an impending attack and may just give them a chance to at least duck before the ensuing holocaust.

The police succumbing to the Muslim demands for an apology is another pathetic example of the fear of offending, which has become a UK malady over the past few years.

We have to start calling a spade a spade. If we don’t, we may as well cave in now and turn the whole thing over to the luvvies and PC prats; the naïve do gooders who the militants will one day take a fiendish delight in beheading and raping in Trafalgar Square, en route to reducing Westminster to rubble.

As a final observation this week, why has there been a famine in the national reporting of the Calais and Kos border immigrant problems over the last few weeks? Funny that!

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IF Britain’s membership of the EU is essential for world peace and the world’s financial security, why did Cameron return with such a poor deal?

Kill three birds with one stone, as by voting Brexit the British get their c o u n t r y b a c k , A me ric a is forced to find another buffer state against Russia, and the UK gets rid of Cameron who has been shown to be a manipulative and deceptive quisling.

George Morland, Cartagena

What is best?

I WISH to comment on C V William s’s l e t t e r i n s u p p o rt o f Brexit, which focuses on the primary objective of the referendum, namely, what is best for the United Kingdom?

As C V Williams quite rightly points out, this is about what is in the best interests of the country inhabited by our children and future generations.

This is not a referendum on what is best for expatriates who left the UK for what they perceived to be a better life in Spain, however, that is not to say that British citizens living outside of the U K sh o u l d b e d e n ie d th eir right to vote.

Many people will simply want to look after number one but this is, surely, a much bigger question than ‘what’s in it for me,’ here!

At present, nobody knows what would be the effect on expatriates living in Spain or elsewhere in Europe if the UK votes to leave, and many questions will not be answered unless and until the UK does leave, but we should remember that it is a two-way street.

We are being subjected to a climate of fear and foreboding, most of which is based on the unknown, with financial forecasts predicated on anything but fact and espoused by so-called experts who struggle to produce accurate forecasts from month to month.

They speak all too freely about the cataclysmic effect that leaving the EU would have on Britain’s trade, but seem to make no reference t o t h e e c o n o mic co n s e quences of tit-for-tat tariffs/sanctions b e i n g i m p o se d o n g o o d s destined for the UK from Germany, France and the rest of the EU!

reason this Leapy Lee and many hundreds of other Brits decided to come to live in Spain but it was certainly not to downgrade, but to hopef ul l y enhance or i m pr ove their life, be it sun, sand or whatever.

It is a good job then that he was not classed by the Spanish as an unwanted heathen alien and turned back at the border; are the many hundreds of Moroccans who work so hard on the fields for very little pay also classed as heathen undeserving aliens? Just a quick comment on his views of the EU: would his children have welcomed the loss of half of their inheritance to the Spanish tax man?

Because that is what would have happened if it were not for EU intervention. Hypocritical is not a strong enough word.

Ray Osborne, Los Alcazares

Missed point AS much as I regret the sad death of Fatima and the lady killed the previous week in San Pedro (not her fault), I think that the Spanish need to be educated on the use of pedestrian crossings.

Very few of them, and mainly women, watch the traffic, but step out looking only forward, or at their mobile phones, regardless of how near,

Do they seriously believe that the French and Germans in particular would be happy with that?

If people are dissatisfied with Britain’s present relationship with th e E U , th ey s h ould a s k the mselves whether they think it will get any better if Britain stays in; if th ey d o n o t b e lie ve it w ill improve, this is their one and only opportunity to actually do something about it.

The irony is that Britain fought in world wars to preserve its right to live in a democratic society and the way the EU works, it is anything but.

This is a hugely important decision to make and, regrettably, with each passing day it is sounding more and more like the plot from T h e P o s eid o n A dve nture – in which case, I’m with the vicar!

Ken San Fulgencio

or how fast the traffic is moving.

The most frightening ones are the young mothers, who push their babies out first. They all appear to think that vehicles can stop instantly, whereas we drivers know better, and must take extra care approaching crossings.

Ed Naughton Coin

Predicted by Gaddafi?

ON April 10, 2006 Colonel Muammer Gaddafi made the following statement: “ We a lre a dy ha ve 50 million M us lims in Europe . The re a re signs that Allah will grant Islam vic tory in Europe – w ithout swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades.” If Turkey is added to the European Union, Europe will have another 50 million Muslims.

A lba nia , a M us lim-ma jority country, and Bosnia, which is half Muslim, also appear to be on their way to EU membership.

Europe is in a predicament, and

so is America, Gaddafi said.

“They should agree to become Islamic in the course of time, or else declare war on the Muslims.”

Now you don’t have to be Albert Einstein to understand what Gadaffi was saying 10 years ago.

You just have to be ‘stupid’ if you don't understand.

Ian Thomas

Leapy critic I HAVE been in Spain since January and have not yet taken up residence here so not sure if I am entitled to make a comment in your paper.

H a vin g r ead Leapy Lee’s r esponse to the many complaints he received from readers, I must comment regarding the final quote on heathen, undeserving aliens. I don’t wish to know for whatever

WOW!!

You seem to be missing the point of my light-hearted piece (Issue 1607) Mr Henderson.

The whole point was optics are not Spanish, the whole experience of shot pouring is missing! You also failed to point out as I said in the initial article that I don’t drink spirits, so chasing inferior spirits at inferior prices is so far from my intention.

As I also said optics are fine for stock control and enhancing the bottom line but again we are in Spain!

With regards to not knowing anything about bars, I have spent most of my life running catering houses, restaurants and public houses. I was also a member of UKBG (look it up) for many years. No optics in the cocktail bars where I worked as a young bartender.

Kind Regards, Philip San Fulgencio

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Oops, your majesty, David Cameron’s unguarded comment caught on camera Nora Johnson

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DAVID CAMERON was recently caught describing Afghanistan and Nigeria in unflattering terms while he discussed an upcoming anti-corruption summit with the Queen. “We’ve got some leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain,” he boasted. “Nigeria and Afghanistan possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.”

He wasn’t saying the guests themselves are corrupt, but their countries are - countries that receive millions of pounds in aid money from British taxpayers every year. It was a statement of fact, maybe lacking some tact. Nigeria’s one of the world’s biggest oil producers, yet it’s dirt poor. And consider how much money’s been poured into

Afghanistan, yet it’s still a mess.

But what about closer to home? For many, the city of London is a slush fund for dirty cash - drug barons, terrorists and corrupt politicians able to flush vast fortunes through its property, art and financial markets. That’s the opinion of not only campaign groups, such as Global Witness, but also the Treasury. “Hundreds of billions of pounds of international criminal money is almost certainly laundered through UK banks and their subsidiaries each year,” it said last October.

Indeed, anti-corruption campaigner, Bill Browder, told MPs last month he’d traced $30 million from a $230 million Russian tax fraud to the UK. The money flowed through all of Britain’s main banks. He’d persuaded Switzerland and America to close bank accounts and freeze assets, and seen money-laundering cases opened in Europe and the US. The UK had done nothing. “This is a money-laundering haven because nobody’s doing anything about it,” he said. London is

“levitating off Russian dirty money.”

But, you know, corruption’s also about less obvious aspects of life. Like

Hundreds of billions of pounds of criminal money is laundered through UK banks.

NHS hospital managers too focused on business, cash and targets, not patient care - with some fatal results. Police going after ‘easy’ targets to improve clear-up rates. BBC management turning a blind eye to Savile’s activities.

Based on these criteria, the UK is hardly corruption/scandal-free.

Finally, back to that unguarded comment of Mr Cameron’s... pot and kettle come to mind?

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DAVID CAMERON: Pot and kettle come to mind.

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

IZQ UI E R DA UNID A (IU ) is o n e o f th e most under-represented parties in Spain, despite its following.

The country’s voting structure has not helped the heirs to the former Communist Party but Pablo Iglesias is going to change that.

After dickering and bargaining - and a thumbs-down from a poll amongst IU members themselves - the party will go hand-inhand with Podemos in the June 26 general elections.

Presumably IU leader Alberto Garzon, is onto a good thing, but so is Pablo Iglesias.

Garzon’s personal scores in popularity ratings are consistently high - much higher than Iglesias’ who did not emerge well from the post-election hiatus.

Could this result in a Charles and Diana situation where the consort overshadows the star player?

(foto flickr by IU Andalucia)

From the shadows Reds under the bed THE Partido Popular played the fear card by calling the Podemos-IU alliance “old communism” but that strategy could backfire.

Punters might think twice about voting for the tandem, but acting president Mariano Rajoy is kidding himself if he thinks they will rush into the arms of the PP. Instead they could seek the embrace of Pedro Sanchez and the PSOE.

Keep it quiet

ALBERTO GARZON: Onto a good thing.

RAJOY’S election campaign will concentrate on Spain’s successes and not Partido Popular corruption, the party’s secretarygeneral Dolores de Cospedal said.

Wise move - but those successes will not be uppermost in the minds of voters who are still out of work or have unpaid mortgages.

Not talking about corruption won’t make it go away and will still alienate the undecided voters who decide elections.

The good old days ALTHOUGH Podemos was born of the 15-M movement t hat occupi ed Madr i d’s Puerta del Sol in May 2011, the party hierarchy did not attend this year’s commemorations.

Nonetheless, party number t wo I gnaci o Er r ej on looked back nostalgically: “Friends in the ’hood who never went to demos would call you and say ‘Hey, coming to Sol?’” Oh r eal l y! Pl ease! As ERI I woul d say. No- one doubts Errejon’s left wing cr edent i al s but he com es f r om a pr i vi l eged background, which is not necessarily a drawback in politics.

Unless you want to pass for a prole, of course.

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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 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Living with Quads 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm The Late Debate 12:10am Las Vegas with Trevor Mcdonald 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight

7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Release the Hounds 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm @Elevenish 12:20am Family Guy 12:50am Family Guy

7:00am 7:25am 8:25am 9:25am 10:30am 11:00am 11:25am 11:55am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:05pm 4:10pm 5:15pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:40am 1:45am

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Return of Sherlock Holmes Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Wycliffe Trial and Retribution Where the Heart is Drama series following the lives of community nurses in a small Yorkshire town.

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am 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 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 Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pm 24 Hours in Police Custody 11:00pm Grayson Perry: All Man 12:00am How to Get a Council House

7:00am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 7:15am Fifth Gear 8:05am Minder 9:00am Ironside 10:00am Quincy, M.E. 11:00am Ax Men 12:00pm The Chase 1:00pm Minder 2:00pm Cycling 3:00pm Storage Wars Texas 3:30pm Storage Wars Texas 4:00pm Fifth Gear 5:00pm Quincy, M.E. 6:00pm Ironside 7:00pm Storage Wars Texas 7:30pm Storage Wars Texas 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm River Monsters 11:05pm Death Wish 4: The Crackdown 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am Death Wish 4: The Crackdown 1:15am Manny 2:15am FYI Daily 2:20am Manny 3:00am Minder

8:50am Noddy: Toyland Detective 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm False Pretences 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Cricket on 5: England v Sri Lanka 9:00pm On Benefits: Life on the Dole 10:00pm Violent Child, Desperate Parents 11:00pm The Boy Who Sees Upside Down 12:00am Up Late with Rylan

7:45am 9:35am 1:15pm 3:10pm 5:10pm 6:50pm 9:00pm 10:50pm 12:30am 2:25am 4:35am

The Package Lawrence of Arabia John Wick The Terminator Sword of Vengeance Gone in 60 Seconds John Wick Rush Hour 2 The Terminator Gone in 60 Seconds The Top Ten Show 2016

7:35am The Man 9:05am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 9:35am Father of the Bride 11:30am Arthur 1:15pm Ricki and the Flash 3:10pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 5:10pm Mr. Deeds 6:55pm Wedding Crashers 9:00pm The Heartbreak Kid 11:00pm Ricki and the Flash 12:50am Mr Woodcock 2:30am Analyze This

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

Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement 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 Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Angie Tribeca The Windsors The IT Crowd The IT Crowd

7:00am Friday Download: The Movie 8:45am Fast and Furious 7 Special 9:15am Maggie A world-weary farmer cares for his daughter as she slowly turns into a zombie.

11:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 11:15am True Story A disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity.

1:15pm Friday Download: The Movie 3:00pm Two Night Stand 4:45pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 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

THURSDAY TV

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

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown!

Premier League 100 Club BPL Legends MLS Highlights Premier League 100 Club Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold BPL Legends The Premier League Years Live Indian Premier League Live Play-Off SemiFinals Barclays Premier League World La Liga Show 2015 Football Gold Football Gold Bpl 100 Club Bpl 100 Club Barclays Premier League World La Liga Show 2015 Football Gold

7:00am Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

7:30am Cricket's Greatest 8:00am Sky Sports Years 9:00am Cricket Classic A chance to relive the fourth Test in the 2005 Ashes series at Trent Bridge.

10:00am Cricket's Greatest 10:30am Cricket's Greatest 11:00am Live Test Cricket 8:00pm Live Premier League Darts 11:00pm Cricket 12:00am Cricket 1:00am Cricket's Greatest 1:30am Cricket Classic Sky Sports delves into its cricket archives to revive some Ashes action from 2005.

2:30am Cricket 3:30am Cricket 4:30am Cricket Classic

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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 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm The Secret 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Legally Blonde 1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am Countryfile Spring Diaries 8:15am Escape to the Country 9:00am Into the Wild with Gordon Buchanan 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Pressure Pad 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 4:45pm Tropic of Capricorn 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Athletics 8:30pm The Food Detectives 9:00pm The Extraordinary Collector 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 11:00pm Mum 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am No Such Thing as the News

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1981 9:00pm The Good Old Days 9:45pm Sounds of the Sixties The Seekers kick off this episode of the sixties archive pop programme.

9:55pm Pop Go the Sixties 10:00pm Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody 11:00pm EMI: The Inside Story 12:00am Kate Bush at the BBC 1:00am Top of the Pops: 1981 David 'Kid' Jensen presents the TOTP hits of the week, first broadcast on 15 October 1981.

1:40am EMI: The Inside Story 2:40am Queen: From Rags to Rhapsody

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am Psych 11:20am Scorpion 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Return of Sherlock Holmes Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Secret Life of Cats Wycliffe Trial and Retribution Out of Sight FYI Daily Out of Sight Long Lost Family Rory Bremner's Great British Views

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

Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Fifteen to One Countdown Couples Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Shipping Wars The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Travel Man: 48 Hours in Vienna George Clarke's Amazing Houseboats Gogglebox The Windsors Very British Problems Rude Tube

Football's Greatest Fifth Gear 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 Fifth Gear Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Collateral Damage FYI Daily Collateral Damage Jaws 4: The Revenge FYI Daily Jaws 4: The Revenge Hell on Wheels ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

8:10am 8:20am 8:35am 8:50am 9:00am 9:15am 9:35am 9:50am 10:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:20pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:45am

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Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy: Toyland Detective Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors 5 News Lunchtime Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Jesse Stone: Thin Ice 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Cricket on 5: England v Sri Lanka Ancient Mysteries Face/Off Criminals: Caught on Camera

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

V for Vendetta Poseidon Chappie Furious 7 Apollo 13 Godzilla Chappie Furious 7 Bloodsport Godzilla Into the Grizzly Maze

7:00am Lessons in Love 9:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:15am True Story 11:00am Max 1:00pm Lessons in Love 2:45pm The Gallows 4:15pm Fast and Furious 7 Special 4:45pm Trainwreck 7:00pm Max 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Lessons in Love Pierce Brosnan stars as a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

12:55am The Gallows 2:25am We Still Kill the Old Way An ex-East End gangster returns to London from Spain when his brother is murdered by a street gang.

4:05am True Story

10:10am Father of the Bride II 12:00pm Arthur 2: On the Rocks 2:00pm Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 3:50pm Johnny English 5:25pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 7:10pm Let's be Cops 9:00pm Top Five 10:45pm Unfinished Business 12:30am Twins 2:25am Analyze That

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement 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 Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory Rush Hour He's Just Not That Into You The Big Bang Theory

FRIDAY TV

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

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Main Event Sporting Rivalries Live Super Rugby Premier League Darts Barclays Premier League World La Liga Show 2015 Live Indian Premier League Live Play-Off SemiFinals The Fantasy Football Club The Premier League Years Football's Greatest Football Gold Football Gold The Premier League Years BPL Legends A profile of former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

BPL Legends

7:00am Cricket's Greatest 7:30am Cricket's Greatest 8:00am Premier League 100 Club 8:30am The Premier League Years 10:30am Cricket's Greatest 11:00am Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

11:30am Live Test Cricket Day two of the first Test of England's cricketing summer as they face Sri Lanka at Headingley.

8:00pm Live T20 Blast The 2016 Natwest T20 Blast gets going as Essex meet Surrey at the Essex County Ground in Chelmsford.

11:30pm Cricket 12:30am Cricket 1:30am Cricket's Greatest 2:00am T20 Blast 5:30am Cricket's Greatest

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry Cooks 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 2:00pm Jimmy Hill - A Man for All Seasons 3:00pm F.A. Cup The latest F.A Cup action.

3:35pm A Question of Sport 4:10pm Pointless 5:00pm BBC News 5:10pm Regional News 5:13pm Weather 5:15pm Match of the Day Live 8:50pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 9:35pm The National Lottery Live 9:45pm Casualty 10:35pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:05pm BBC News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 11:55pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:30am Dream House

7:10am The Women's Football Show 7:40am The Story of G.I. Joe 9:30am The Wooden Horse 11:10am Natural World 12:00pm FA Cup Rewind 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Everyday Gourmets 2:00pm I Know Where I'm Going 3:30pm Flog It! 4:00pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 5:00pm Swimming 7:00pm This Week's World 7:30pm Gardeners' World 8:00pm Choose the Right Puppy for You Documentary guiding viewers into choosing the right dog for them.

9:00pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Hollow Crown 12:10am Last Chance Harvey 1:40am Elena 3:20am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Francesco's Venice Documentary series in which Francesco da Mosto tells the story of the birth of the most beautiful city in the world, Venice.

9:00pm The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings 10:00pm Hinterland Detective drama set in Wales.

11:30pm BBC: The Secret Files 2 12:30am Rod Stewart at the BBC 1:30am Rod Stewart Live at Hyde Park 2:30am Top of the Pops: 1981 3:10am Top of the Pops: 1981 3:50am Rod Stewart at the BBC 5:00am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

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7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:20pm Britain's Got Talent 1:40pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:40pm Catchphrase 3:20pm Scorpion 4:15pm Kangaroo Jack 5:15pm FYI Daily 5:20pm Kangaroo Jack 6:05pm Back to the Future 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Back to the Future 8:20pm Uncle Buck 9:20pm FYI Daily 9:25pm Uncle Buck 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! 2:30am The Cleveland Show 2:55am The Cleveland Show 3:20am @Elevenish 3:40am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:00am 7:20am 7:40am 8:40am 9:50am 10:50am 10:55am 11:55am

7:00am British Touring Car Smashes and Crashes 7:10am Ax Men 7:55am Motorsport UK 8:55am Bundesliga 10:00am Cycling 11:00am HSBC World Rugby 7s Series Highlights 11:30am World Superbike Highlights 12:30pm Pawn Stars 1:00pm Death of a Gunfighter 2:05pm FYI Daily 2:10pm Death of a Gunfighter 3:00pm FIA Formula E Championship Live 5:30pm Pawn Stars 6:00pm The Appaloosa 7:10pm FYI Daily 7:15pm The Appaloosa 8:00pm Casino Royale 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Casino Royale 10:50pm River Monsters 11:50pm State of Play 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am State of Play

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CITV ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show USA ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show BBQ Champ Hulk 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 Run, Fat Boy, Run 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 Calamity Jane FYI Daily Calamity Jane Columbo Peter Falk dons the shabby mac and lights up a cheap cigar for more top drawer US detective drama.

The Sign of Four Foyle's War A Touch of Frost Doc Martin Foyle's War Lewis Trial and Retribution Northern Lights ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

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King of Queens King of Queens Motorsport Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Superhumans Show The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 Racing A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun Homes by the Med Channel 4 News Grand Designs Jutland: WWI's Greatest Sea Battle The Hunger Games Savages Hollyoaks Omnibus The Three Day Nanny

7:00am Milkshake!

9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show Live 12:30pm Fail Army 1:00pm Police Interceptors 2:00pm Police Interceptors 3:00pm Police Interceptors 4:00pm Police Interceptors 5:00pm Police Interceptors 6:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

7:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket on 5 9:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 10:00pm NCIS 10:55pm NCIS: New Orleans 12:30am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours Award-winning part-dramatised documentary of true crime mysteries.

1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Bamma 25: Champion v Champion 5:55am Divine Designs

12:25pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 2:40pm Sahara 4:45pm Seventh Son 6:30pm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 8:30pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 9:00pm X-Men: Days of Future Past 11:15pm Taken 12:55am Armageddon

9:15am Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 11:00am Pixels 1:00pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 3:05pm Nine Months 4:55pm The Hangover 6:45pm Pitch Perfect 2 Special 7:15pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 9:00pm Pixels 11:00pm The Hangover 12:50am Search Party 2:30am The Full Monty

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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 Leap Year 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 The Big Bang Theory Attack The Block Gogglebox Gogglebox

7:00am Lessons in Love 9:00am True Story 10:45am The Top Ten Show 2016 11:00am Max 1:00pm The Gallows 2:30pm Lessons in Love 4:15pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 4:45pm Trainwreck 7:00pm Max A military dog that served in Afghanistan is adopted by his late handler's grieving family.

9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Lessons in Love Romantic comedy about a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

12:55am The Gallows 2:25am We Still Kill the Old Way 4:05am True Story

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold BPL Legends The Fantasy Football Club Nick Kicks Rugby Classic Live Twickenham Rugby Sevens Live Scottish Cup Final Football Gold Football Gold Live Pro 12 Rugby Cricket Cricket Scottish Cup Final Football Gold Football Gold Cricket Cricket Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold BPL Legends The Premier League Years

Cricket Classic Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Live Saturday Debate Live Test Cricket Cricket Classic Football's Greatest Live Coppa Italia Final Football Gold MLS Live Cricket's Greatest MLS Live Cricket The third day of the opening Test between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley.

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

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

CITV ITV News Weekend Griff's Great Britain Peston on Sunday Formula E Highlights ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Planet's Got Talent Fierce Britain's Got Talent Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather International Football Britain's Got Talent Coronation Street Britain's Got Talent ITV News and Weather International Football Highlights Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Jackpot Motorsport UK

This Farming Life Gardeners' World Countryfile The Beechgrove Garden Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Athletics Custer of the West Flog It! Swimming Athletics Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF World Cup 1966: Alfie's Boys Horizon Stupid Man, Smart Phone Later... with Jools Holland Jools Holland introduces a diverse mix of new musical talent and established artists.

Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside.

8:00pm Karajan's Magic and Myth 9:30pm EastEnders Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

10:00pm From EastEnders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird 11:30pm Care 1:15am Horizon For centuries we have dreamt of reaching the centre of the Earth.

2:15am Pop! The Science of Bubbles Physicist Dr Helen Czerski takes us on a journey into the science of bubbles.

3:15am Karajan's Magic and Myth 4:45am This is BBC Four

7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45pm Take Me Out 2:00pm A Little Princess 3:00pm FYI Daily 3:05pm A Little Princess 3:55pm The Smurfs 2 4:55pm FYI Daily 5:00pm The Smurfs 2 6:00pm Britain's Got Talent 7:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 8:15pm Hulk 9:20pm FYI Daily 9:25pm Hulk 11:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:30am American Dad! 1:55am American Dad! 2:25am The Cleveland Show 2:55am The Cleveland Show 3:15am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:00am On the Buses 7:25am The Return of Sherlock Holmes 8:20am Heartbeat 9:25am Heartbeat 10:30am Inspector Morse 12:45pm Foyle's War 2:50pm Columbo 4:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:55pm Margery and Gladys 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 11:00pm Ghostboat 12:35am Agatha Christie's Marple 2:35am Blue Murder 3:25am May the Best House Win 4:20am May the Best House Win 5:10am On the Buses This bold, bawdy and brash sitcom hit British screens in 1969.

5:35am On the Buses This bold, bawdy and brash sitcom hit British screens in 1969.

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Salvage S.O.S Salvage S.O.S King of Queens King of Queens Frasier Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch Step Up Evolution Location, Location, Location A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Channel 4 News Penelope Keith's Favourite Villages The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Gogglebox Hitchcock Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Win it Cook it Location, Location, Location

Football's Greatest Motorway Patrol Fifth Gear Fifth Gear Pawn Stars Pawn Stars French Open Tennis Action from the French Open Tennis tournament.

Rugby Raw Deal When Mark Kaminsky ends up as the sheriff of a town in North Carolina after being kicked out of the FBI, he becomes entangled in his ex-chief's personal vendetta against a mobster called Patrovina.

FYI Daily Raw Deal Red Heat FYI Daily Red Heat Tommy Cooper ITV4 Nightscreen

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Now That's Funny!

12:25pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 2:10pm Most Shocking Talent Show Moments 5:05pm 5 News 6:55pm The Yorkshire Vet 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm Cricket on 5 Highlights coverage of England's summer season begins on 20th May 2014 on Channel 5.

9:00pm Secrets of The Valley of The Kings 10:00pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

12:05am Under Siege 1:55am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

4:10am Police Interceptors 5:00am Now That's Funny

9:50am X2 12:05pm X-Men: The Last Stand 1:50pm The Italian Job 3:35pm Gladiator 6:10pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 6:40pm X2 9:00pm X-Men: The Last Stand 11:00pm Rambo 12:40am Commando

7:35am Dead Man on Campus 9:15am King Ralph 11:00am The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:00pm Sweet Home Alabama 3:00pm Grease 5:00pm Get Smart 7:00pm The Other Woman 9:00pm Bad Words 10:40pm Get Hard 12:30am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:00am Be Kind Rewind

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Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube 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 The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Maid in Manhattan 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 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Daredevil The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The 100

7:00am Lessons in Love 9:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:15am True Story 11:00am The Gallows 12:30pm Max 2:30pm Lessons in Love 4:15pm Trainwreck 6:30pm Alice Through the Looking Glass: Special 7:00pm Max A military dog that served in Afghanistan is adopted by his late handler's grieving family.

9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Lessons in Love Romantic comedy about a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

12:55am The Gallows 2:25am We Still Kill the Old Way 4:05am True Story

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Cricket Classics Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Live Cricket Writers on TV Live Test Cricket Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Cricket Classic Cricket Classic A look back to England's encounter with Australia in the NatWest Series final of 2005.

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12:00pm Family Finders 12:45pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm For What It's Worth 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm RHS: Chelsea Flower Show 2016 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 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

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 Britain's Got Talent 10:00pm Coronation Street 10:30pm Britain's Got Talent 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm The Cube 12:45am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

1:35am Jackpot 247

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The Food Detectives Gardeners' World Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Athletics Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds The TV That Made Me Holiday of My Lifetime The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve Great British Railway Journeys Bargain Hunt Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the Vote Leave Campaign Eggheads Countryfile Spring Diaries Antiques Road Trip RHS: Chelsea Flower Show 2016 The Great British Sewing Bee Upstart Crow Newsnight Weather

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Dinner Date 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am Emmerdale 9:20am Coronation Street 9:50am Coronation Street 10:20am Psych 11:10am Britain's Got Talent 12:45pm Britain's Got Talent 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Britain's Got Talent 7:30pm Britain's Got Talent 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 Britain's Got More Talent 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad!

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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams 9:00pm Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British 10:00pm Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 11:00pm David Attenborough's Zoo Quest in Colour 12:30am The Dark Ages An Age of Light.

1:30am Order and Disorder with Jim Al-Khalili Professor Jim AlKhalili investigates one of the most important concepts in the world today.

2:30am Bullets, Boots and Bandages: How to Really Win at War 3:30am The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams 4:00am Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 5:00am This is BBC Four

7:00am Countdown 7:45am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss Canada 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm 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 8:55pm Referendum Campaign Broadcast 9:00pm Eating Well with Hemsley and Hemsley 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Very British Problems 12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

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 3:20pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:15pm Killer Switch 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the Vote Leave Campaign.

8:00pm Cricket on 5 Highlights coverage of England's summer season begins on 20th May 2014 on Channel 5.

9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Secrets of the Nazi Occult 11:00pm Gotham 12:00am Up Late with Rylan UK version of a late night chat show.

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7:00am Tommy Cooper 7:30am Minder Drama series about the shady dealings of a pair of loveable rogues.

8:35am The Chase 9:35am Storage Wars Texas 10:30am French Open Tennis 10:00pm Motogp Highlights 11:00pm Heartbreak Ridge 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Heartbreak Ridge Action drama in which a grizzled Vietnam veteran requests a posting to his old unit to see out his soldiering days.

1:40am Rugby Aviva Premiership Highlights.

2:45am Motorsport UK 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Return of Sherlock Holmes Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Comedy series following George and Mildred Roper.

Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Wycliffe The Knock Cold Blood On the Buses ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

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Cellular Flags of Our Fathers American Sniper The Lord of the Rings Behind Enemy Lines Jupiter Ascending The Lord of the Rings American Sniper In the Line of Fire Behind Enemy Lines

7:35am The Full Monty 9:15am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 9:45am Alien Autopsy 11:25am Ted 2 1:30pm Hot Pursuit 3:10pm Father of the Bride 5:00pm Me, Myself and Irene 7:00pm Life 9:00pm Ted 2 11:05pm Hot Pursuit 12:45am The Cable Guy 2:30am Just Before I Go 4:10am The Lost Boys

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks 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 How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Empire The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Lessons in Love 9:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:15am True Story 11:00am Max 1:00pm Lessons in Love Romantic comedy about a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

2:45pm The Gallows 4:15pm Alice Through the Looking Glass: Special 4:45pm Trainwreck 7:00pm Max A military dog that served in Afghanistan is adopted by his late handler's grieving family.

9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm The Gallows 12:40am Lessons in Love 2:25am We Still Kill the Old Way 4:05am True Story

MONDAY TV

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE Raw 9:00am Premier League 100 Club 9:30am BPL Legends 10:00am MLS Highlights 12:00pm MLS Highlights 2:00pm The Premier League Years 4:00pm Scottish Cup Final 5:00pm Football Gold 6:00pm BPL Legends 6:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 7:00pm Scottish Cup Final 8:00pm BPL Legends 8:30pm Live Elite League Speedway 10:30pm Magic Weekend Highlights 10:45pm Magic Weekend Highlights 11:00pm Magic Weekend Highlights 11:15pm Magic Weekend Highlights 11:30pm Magic Weekend Highlights 11:45pm Magic Weekend Highlights 12:00am Elite League Speedway

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Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest A B De Villiers Masterclass Live Test Cricket Cricket's Greatest Sporting Heroes Cricket Cricket The Verdict after day five of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley in Yorkshire.

Cricket The fifth and final day of the first Test between England and Sri Lanka at Headingley.

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10:15am Council House Crackdown 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Family Finders 12:45pm Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm For What It's Worth 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm RHS: Chelsea Flower Show 2016 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm In the Club 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm The Last Whites of the East End 12:45am The Truth About Dementia 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead

9:30am Great British Railway Journeys 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Super League Show 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Bargain Hunt 6:55pm Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the Stronger in Europe Campaign 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Countryfile Spring Diaries 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm RHS: Chelsea Flower Show 2016 10:00pm Old School with the Hairy Bikers 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

9:00pm Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 10:00pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.

11:35pm World War Two: 1945 and the Wheelchair President 1:05am The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings 2:05am The Dark Ages An Age of Light.

Waldemar Januszczak challenges the prevailing wisdom that civilisation stopped after the fall of the Roman Empire and argues that the Dark Ages were actually a time of great artistic achievement, with new ideas and religions provoking new artistic adventures 3:10am The High Art of the Low Countries

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 Britain's Got Talent 10:00pm Coronation Street 10:30pm Britain's Got Talent 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm Living with Quads Documentary following the ups and downs of family life when quadruplets arrive.

12:45am Columbo 2:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Dinner Date 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am Emmerdale 9:20am Coronation Street 9:50am Coronation Street 10:20am Psych 11:10am Britain's Got Talent 12:45pm Britain's Got Talent 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Britain's Got Talent 7:30pm Britain's Got Talent 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Britain's Got More Talent 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am American Dad!

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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote The Return of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to solve more puzzling mysteries.

Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is In Loving Memory On the Buses George and Mildred Comedy series following George and Mildred Roper.

Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Wycliffe The Knock Cold Blood On the Buses ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

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Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss Canada Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Fifteen to One Countdown Couples Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Shipping Wars The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Referendum Campaign Broadcast Obsessive Compulsive Country House Cleaners How to Get a Council House Britain's Weirdest Council Houses 24 Hours in A and E

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 Seduced by Lies 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the Stronger in Europe Campaign.

8:00pm FIA World Rally Championship Highlights Portugal 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm The KKK: Behind the Mask 11:00pm Your Child in Their Hands 12:00am Up Late with Rylan 12:45am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:45am Tattoo Disasters UK 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Castle

Hat-Trick Heroes Minder The Chase Motogp Highlights French Open Tennis The Chronicles of Riddick FYI Daily The Chronicles of Riddick 30 Days of Night The small Alaskan town of Barrow is so far north, it suffers 30 days of full darkness.

FYI Daily 30 Days of Night Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama.

Movies Now The latest movie news and reviews.

ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping Innovative, value-formoney products brought directly to you at home.

1:40pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 4:50pm X-Men: Apocalypse: Special 5:20pm Lucy 6:55pm Guardians of the Galaxy 9:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 12:00am Lucy 1:35am S.W.A.T. 3:35am A Bridge Too Far

9:20am And So it Goes 11:00am Arthur 2: On the Rocks 1:00pm Inside Out: Special 1:20pm Mr. Deeds 3:05pm Father of the Bride II 4:55pm The Top Ten Show 2016 5:15pm Office Space 6:55pm Pride 9:00pm Hitch 11:00pm The Interview 1:00am Cop Out 3:00am Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 4:40am Better Living Through Chemistry

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks 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 Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Tattoo Fixers The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Lessons in Love 9:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:15am True Story A disgraced journalist discovers that an accused killer has assumed his identity.

11:00am Max A military dog that served in Afghanistan is adopted by his late handler's grieving family.

1:00pm Lessons in Love Romantic comedy about a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

2:45pm Alice Through the Looking Glass: Special 3:15pm The Gallows 4:45pm Trainwreck 7:00pm Max 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm Lessons in Love 12:55am The Gallows 2:25am We Still Kill the Old Way

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown!

Premier League 100 Club BPL Legends The Premier League Years The Fantasy Football Club Football Gold A chance to relive the 2014 Barclays Premier League match between Cardiff and Liverpool.

Football Gold Premier League 100 Club BPL Legends The Premier League Years Live Indian Premier League Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Indian Premier League Cricket Classic Cricket Classic Bpl 100 Club

Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Magic Weekend Highlights Magic Weekend Highlights Magic Weekend Highlights Magic Weekend Highlights Magic Weekend Highlights Magic Weekend Highlights Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket BPL Legends Premier League 100 Club Cricket Cricket Bpl 100 Club Bpl 100 Club Football Gold Boxing Gold Cricket's Greatest MLS Goals Round Up Show Time of Our Lives

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7:00am Flog It! 7:30am Council House Crackdown 8:15am Family Finders 9:00am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Lifeline 2:10pm Coast 2:45pm A Taste of Britain 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 4:45pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys 6:15pm Bargain Hunt 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Countryfile Spring Diaries 8:00pm Grand Tours of Scotland 8:30pm RHS: Chelsea Flower Show 2016 10:00pm The Making of an Ice Princess 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Old School with the Hairy Bikers

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams 9:00pm Hidden Killers of the Post War Home 10:00pm Going Going Gone: Nick Broomfield's Disappearing Britain 11:00pm Ian Hislop Goes off the Rails 12:00am Orangutans: The Great Ape Escape Nature documentary following a pioneering orangutan as she goes on an epic journey back to the wild.

1:00am BBC: The Secret Files 2 2:00am From EastEnders to Hollywood: Antonia Bird 3:30am The Brecon Beacons with Iolo Williams 4:00am Hidden Killers of the Post War Home

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 Britain's Got Talent 10:00pm Coronation Street 10:30pm Britain's Got Talent 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm Through the Keyhole 12:45am The Chase 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

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8:30am Executive Decision 10:55am Gladiator 1:40pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 5:00pm Into the Grizzly Maze 6:35pm Executive Decision 9:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 12:20am Last Knights 2:30am Sword of Vengeance

8:10am Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 9:50am The Rocky Horror Picture Show 11:40am Playing it Cool 1:20pm Entourage 3:15pm Patch Adams 5:15pm Click 7:10pm Death Becomes Her 9:00pm Entourage 11:00pm The Wedding Ringer 12:50am Monty Python's The Meaning of Life 2:40am Three Amigos!

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks 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 Jane the Virgin The Big Bang Theory The 100 Supernatural The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Lessons in Love Romantic comedy about a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

9:00am The Top Ten Show 2016 9:15am True Story 11:00am The Gallows 12:30pm Max 2:30pm Lessons in Love 4:15pm Alice Through the Looking Glass: Special 4:45pm Trainwreck 7:00pm Max A military dog that served in Afghanistan is adopted by his late handler's grieving family.

9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm The Gallows 12:40am Lessons in Love Romantic comedy about a womanising English professor who finally decides to try to settle down.

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Don’t fake it . . . Enjoy it Understanding art is not important, if it pleases you, then I have achieved something.

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.

IT does my heart good when I see that some pontificating art snob has been taken to the cleaners with a clever fake, as happened recently in London.

Many of the pictures that we personally own were painted by a late Bermudian friend and are therefore special to us.

He made his living as an artist, but having sold most of his work to American tourists over many years, you won’t find any examples in a Sotheby’s auction - although according to eBay, prices are steadily rising.

But they are colourful and evocative and have special meaning to us.

We also have one that my Dad painted many years ago. It is of Dunster village in Somerset that he copied

UNDERSTANDING ART: No pretentious analysis is necessary. from a Huntley & Palmers biscuit tin (I bet Rembrandt never did that) and naturally it’s special to me.

Another is a humorous pencil drawing of several dogs peeing up a wall human style.

It hangs on the wall in

the downstairs loo, and if people don’t like it, they can look away. On second thoughts, they had better not, the walls are freshly painted.

And yet another, a pastel drawing of my wife, executed by my closest friend,

has pride of place on our lounge wall.

The point is, although the combined framing has probably cost more than our collection is worth, every piece represents a part of our lives.

In the 60’s I was intro-

duced to the artist Terry Durham, whose work in those days was loosely termed as abstract.

He could see that I was searching for words to comment on a particular striking piece that appealed to me.

“Understanding it is not important,” he told me. “If it pleases you, then I have achieved something.”

And that’s it in a nutshell. Whether it is art, music or literature, enjoyment is all, and no pretentious analysis is necessary.

And if it floats your boat to have three ceramic flying ducks on your wall, a collection of Jeffrey Archer novels and a Paul Potts album playing, then go for it.

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Does religion belong in politics?

John Smith Random thoughts...

WHILST the conservative candidate f o r m a y o r o f L o n d o n Z a c Goldsmith, himself a descendant of a German Jewish family, made a great show of the fact that his main opponent and the eventual victor, Sadiq Khan was a Muslim, the whole question of religion and politics raises its ugly head.

As it happens, the first few days of Mr Khan’s mayorship show little evidence that he is likely to be becom e a n a g g r e ssi v e Is la mis t apolog i st , b u t o n e d o es w o n d e r whethe r r e l i g i o n a n d p o litic s should be allowed to mix.

There are many ‘tribes’ in the UK alone as has been seen with politics in Northern Ireland, which were n o t b y a n y st r etc h o f th e imagination governed purely by policy, but were based on religious background pure and simple.

Can a person who has a deep religious background, regardless of

POLITICIANS: Some aspire to influence the way society operates.

the religion itself be trusted to act in the best overall interests of those p eo p le th at h e or s he ha s be e n

elected to serve?

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PRINCE: Plays volleyball.

The Invictus Games lesson PRINCE HARRY recently opened the second International Invictus Games at Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida, which sees wounded, injured or sick armed services personnel and other associated veterans take part in sports including wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, and indoor rowing.

The concept was first put together by Prince Harry as he saw the spirit and need to recover in many of those in the British Armed Forces who had been injured, often very severely, in times of ‘war’ in various trouble spots around the world.

Named after the Latin word invictus meaning ‘unconquered or undefeated’, it accurately describes the dedication and incredible accomplishment that those who take part can achieve, thanks to the effort that they put into overcoming their individual disabilities.

The Invictus Games are international and now attract participants from 15 countries, mainly those who have been involved in conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq, although any serviceman or woman who has been injured physically or mentally whilst in service of their country is welcome to participate.

When you see the way in which these brave men and women have overcome such dreadful injuries to allow them to participate in the rough and tumble of competitive sport, it is quite incredible, and certainly brings home the fact that many of our day-to-day troubles are nothing compared to what these people have suffered and achieved.

Minister of Health and there are many restrictions on people of different faiths which could colour their policy and decisionmaking.

Those who ent er pol i t i cs at a high level do aspire to influence the way in which society operates which in itself is not necessarily a ba d t hi ng, but i f t hey t hen bring i nt o pl ay a desi r e t o implem ent t he t eachi ngs of their religion, then that can be to the disadvant age of a si zeabl e minority.

A m er i can pol i t i ci ans t end t o wear their religious beliefs on their sleeves as they attempt to attract the various groups within the USA and both Protestant and Jewish religions play a very important role in shaping American foreign policy.

Perhaps the most frightening of Now we all of the religious politicians are want to those that pretend piety and univerhear your views. sal equality and then journey to the dark side and enter into YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE war on the basis of a number - YOUR OPINION of lies or possibly misunderwww.euroweeklynews.com standing of the facts.

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sour either your thoughts or your character. You are in the eye of the storm so take this time to think. A bit of care and attention is what you need and you know where to find it.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When you meet opposition try to use persuasion and logic to win the day.

Failing that, you may decide that ‘enough is enough’ and forge ahead, anyway. In this positive mood you find yourself attractive to the opposite sex.

That does not mean you have a right to be pushy. Just use your charm.

Combining business with pleasure could lead to trouble, so try to keep these two areas separate.

(April 21 - May 21)

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) At times this week you will feel that a certain relationship is not developing along the right lines. Although it seems that your efforts are often in vain, this is a situation that requires thought and patience on your part. It is perhaps a good time to look to your business matters for a change of scene and to set your mind on a more constructive course.

moments this week, but all is not lost.

Listen to your heart as it speaks louder than any other voice. You know what you need but that may conflict with what you feel you should want. In an ideal world, these two areas would be in harmony. Give a little happiness to others and your own heart will be lighter.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) You know in your heart that you should take control of your future. This is a time to talk with others and consider their thoughts. At the end of the day, however, you are the one who has the final say.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This is not a time to drift into things because the planets are urging you to take control and forge ahead. Let others know exactly what you want and expect from them.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Making firm decisions in your love life may prove difficult. Do not be rushed.

This is far from a straightforward week and you need to remember how to relax. You are able to deal with what comes your way but it is upsetting to find that someone has been less than honest.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You should not feel responsible for the failings of others. Although you may think you could have done more in a certain situation, it is unlikely that any significant difference would have resulted. This is a busy time but also one in which a small persistent voice will be heard: the voice of logic and practicality.

Listen to it.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There is a strong feeling of self’ this week, and you realise that you have many things to be thankful for. These thoughts come after a period of uncertainty that saw a lack of progress.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Feel sympathy for those who lack the gift of insight. Their lack of understanding upsets you, but their horizons are narrow. This is a time of giving to yourself. Look forward to some time away or indulging in something that really relaxes you.

Should you be searching for someone special, they may be closer than you know.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Someone who appears to be putting themselves in the way of your progress could simply be trying to help. They may have a valid point to make but just not be good at expressing themselves. Be aware of this because there could be a link to your health and love life.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your sense of balance in the universe could be upset, but do not let this

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A long-term relationship has its wobbly

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TARGET: • Average: 4 • Good: 6 • Very good: 9 • Excellent: 11

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With your mind sharp and energy high, you want to make fast progress and, indeed, you can. You are only too aware of the time that has been wasted waiting for others. Now, most of that may be dealt with. See how others react when you do not. Leaving others to their own devices works better than nagging. Your lack of interest could worry them.

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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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Quick Across 1 Moves upward (5) 4 Menaces (7) 8 Expressing regret (11) 9 Answer (8) 10 Terror (4) 12 Unmarried (6) 13 Keep watch over an area (6) 16 Recreation area (4) 18 Fish tank (8) 21 Likelihood (11) 22 Larval frog or toad (7) 23 Large bird of prey (5) Down 1 Looks at printed words (5) 2 Bloated (7) 3 With no problems or difficulties (8) 4 Garment maker (6) 5 Sudden short attack (4) 6 Present reasons and arguments (5) 7 Various (7) 11 Periodical (8) 12 Bear the weight of (7)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents W and 20 represents V, so fill in W every time the figure 7 appears and V every time the figure 20 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 Teak, 3 Occupant, 8 Streams, 9 Susan, 10 Scale, 11 Example, 12 Steven, 13 Biceps, 16 Respite, 18 Twerp, 20 Trams, 21 Toccata, 22 Specimen, 23 Mess.

Down: 1 Tasks, 2 Acreage, 4 Custer, 5 Aesop, 6 Tenders, 7 Daredevils, 9 Statistics, 12 Sprites, 14 Elevate, 15 Nettle, 17 Slate, 19 Peaks.

QUICK Across:

14 Increasing in quantity or value (7) 15 Make a comparison (6) 17 Swift (5)

English - Spanish

1 Satisfy, 5 Cases, 8 Irate, 9 Leaflet, 10 Pond, 11 Position, 13 Rascal, 15 Debris, 18 Prepared, 19 Epic, 22 Retreat, 23 Leave, 24 Merit, 25 Confess.

19 Perhaps (5) 20 Unaccompanied (4)

Down:

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

1 Skipper, 2 Train, 3 Seek, 4 Yellow, 5 Clarinet, 6 Soldier, 7 Satin, 12 Parakeet, 14 Shelter, 16 Success, 17 Hectic, 18 Purim, 20 Phase, 21 Plan.

Across 1 Pleasant (9) 7 Walnut (5) 8 Suit (for man) (5) 9 Farmers (9) 13 Key (door) (5) 15 Strawberry (5) 16 Todo el mundo (9)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Cufflinks, 6 Sword, 7 Entre, 9 Teaspoons, 13 Above, 14 Nadar, 15 Raspberry.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Down 1 Tía (4) 2 To water (plants) (5) 3 In front of (7,2) 4 Mariposa (9) 5 That (f) (3) 6 Masticar (4) 10 Obese (5) 11 Bandera (de país, ciudad) (4) 12 Perezoso (4) 14 As (naipes) (3)

Hexagram

Down: 1 Cosa, 2 Florero, 3 Lid, 4 Nieto, 5 Miel, 8 Tenedor, 10 Sheds, 11 Easy, 12 Pray, 14 Nib.

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 1j9 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 (COUPLE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ASSENT BEADLE BEHEST COARSE COUPLE (10) DECADE DELETE ERSATZ LOCALS

PONCHO RESENT SACRED SCANTY SCHEMA SPLASH TELLER TOUCHY TWENTY YEARLY

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Tremor 2 Tracer 3 Mutter 4 Petrel 5 Ablate 6 Magnet 7 Claret 8 Platen 9 Regret 10 Ablaze 11 Newton 12 Ogress 13 Teapot 14 Roster 15 Zeroes 16 Cattle 17 Vessel 18 Surtax 19 Cloudy

Across 1 Examiner from Australian States territory (6) 4 View of seating area (5) 8 A chap who is a negotiator (5) 9 Marines organised what’s left (7) 10 In creche, lonely position (7) 11 Charge heads of network operating systems (4) 12 Make a mistake in the middle of referring (3) 14 Border returns in square leg debate (4) 15 Constantly veer off (4) 18 Bread, by the sound of it, for female deer (3) 21 Caution against conflict with North (4) 23 Cover version he hates (7) 25 Follow bird in the wee small hours (7) 26 I fear Dicky is excited (5) 27 Cordon is back with, for example, a note (5) 3 Previous duty Ed praised highly (8) 28 Bet he's in command (6) 4 Confused me, as they are alike (4) 5 Like a bird from some former Down Yugoslavian country (5) 1 Made fun of the journalist after 6 Neglect Penny and upset Susie (6) damaging seat (6) 7 Reduce dried fruit (5) 2 Steed he trained was really angry (7) 13 Transfer emissary after soldiers (8)

16 Blend ten wine ingredients (7) 17 So Wren assembled the title holders (6) 19 Makes sense in a German city (5) 20 Desert imperfection (6) 22 Way out in the middle of Loredo (5) 24 Child born before Lincoln (4)

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Relax in a hidden paradise ALTEA LA VELLA/VIEJA is just 10 minutes from the centre of Altea but this picturesque village feels a world away from the hustle and bustle of the town centre. As you pass thorough the village towards Callosa d’en Sarria and enter the urbanisation of Santa Clara you will find within a true hidden paradise, WE Health Club.

The club combines all aspects of a healthy lifestyle, with the first necessity: to relax and enjoy life.

You are warmly welcomed by the Dutch owners to a tranquil and personal lounge bar. The sunny outside terraces are the perfect place to escape the crowd and enjoy a cup of coffee, glass of wine or fresh juices, where the only sound you will hear is birdsong for complete relaxation.

The club is host to several aesthetic and wellness partners. You can book the Finnish sauna for private use, relax at the poolside, enjoy several types of mas-

PICTURESQUE VILLAGE: Feels a world away from the hustle and bustle.

sages or have beauty treatments with the aesthetic therapists. Their Harley Street beautician offers a variety of facials, manicures, pedicures and body treatments. In June they will be welcoming an aesthetic doctor for fillers and minor surgery. For permanent

Women more likely to suffer illness ARE women really the weaker sex?

A survey by retail analysts Mintel said that women were more likely to report having suffered various ailments, with 81 per cent reporting suffering a headache in the past year, versus 68 per cent of men. It found 57 per cent of women have suffered back pain, compared to 50 per cent of men and one in three women; 34 per cent said they had experienced five or more different types of pain in the last 12 months versus one in four men.

Some 57 per cent of women who suffered a cold or flu said they coped by going to bed and resting, compared to a lower 44 per cent of men. The study found that 78 per cent of women are happy to turn to over the counter medicines when they are ill, compared to 66 per cent of men.

Mintel’s Consumer Lifestyles Analyst said the research showed that women are notably more likely to experience more types of pain as well as experiencing a greater range of pains. This could be due to the fact that women continue to multi-task in terms of running the household, caring for the children and holding down a job leading them to feel run down and more susceptible to bugs and illness.

HEADACHES: Women suffer from pain.

make-up, whether you wish to camouflage scar tissue, line lips or eyes, or ‘microblade’ eyebrows, their micropigmentation artist offers the safest treatments using only the best pigments available.

The accommodation that goes with the club is the perfect place to bring your friends and family to, or take a few days to treat yourself with a pampering weekend getaway! The six luxurious studios have four-star hotel facilities with a unique homely feel. This makes WE Health Club a Health Resort that is well worth a visit for holidaymakers and residents in the area.

This is a true paradise, with a high level of comfort that still maintains a very easy going vibe where everyone feels at home.

Besides all this the club is the perfect place to maintain fitness and work out in the highend gym, join yoga classes or try out a pilates class. Something for everyone!

Feel free to drop by and take a look around this beautiful place. The owners would be delighted to give you a free tour and proudly present their top class facilities.

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THIS week our GP, Dr Perez Belmonte, has replied to a reader’s letter expressing his concerns regarding his knee pain.

In a note, the doctor explained that this is one of the most common complaints medical professionals hear from both younger and older patients and can have a variety of causes.

Dear Doctor, I’m a 46-year-old man and for some time now I’ve often been feeling quite a lot of pain in my knees, especially when I exercise.

I don’t remember having done anything to have sprained or over-exerted them and I’m not really overweight, I could maybe lose a couple of kilos at the most. Plus I’ve always tried to walk for a while every day to keep fit.

I’m worried about this pain in case it is a sign of an illness or something, I don’t think I’m old enough for it to be arthritis or anything like that.

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could be, and what can I do about it?

Dear patient, Joint pain, especially in the knees, is a very frequent reason people see their doctors.

Reading your letter it sounds to me like it could be a condition caused by general wear and tear to the joints from continuous use.

The first thing you should do is see a traumatologist who will examine you and probably have xrays done. If they do not find any injuries or other obvious causes, you should then see a specialist in internal medicine who will look for possible rheumatoid conditions such as arthritis.

For the time being I would recommend you do your best to avoid overexerting the joints, only take moderate exercise, lose some weight, take a vitamin supplement and use pain-killers sparingly, only when they are really needed.

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Earlier diagnosis possible SCIENTISTS claim a new brain scan can spot dementia and Alzheimer’s some 15 years before symptoms appear.

This earlier detection means more effective therapies for preventing its onset can be found, said the team from the University College London (UCL).

They are using cuttingedge PET scans to locate proteins called amyloid and tau which form into tangles in the brain, believed to lead to dementia.

The scans use radioactive tracers to find them and measure how big they are - alerting doctors to the disease’s progress, allowing them to act before real symptoms appear.

Classical Pilates classes at Club F!t LET’S clear up some common misconceptions surrounding Pilates, an increasingly popular form of exercise.

Firstly, it is not simply an exercise designed to help you look good, but can also significantly help people’s health and wellbeing regardless of their fitness levels and age. In fact many top athletes regularly use Pilates as a vital supplement to their training regimes.

Secondly it is beneficial to both sexes, not just women, and in fact was first conceived by a man, Joseph Pilates, specifically to help male athletes.

Finally, Pilates has been around for nearly 100 years puncturing the myth that this started during the 1980s health boom.

This week I was fortunate enough to participate in a class with Mika from Club F!t Javea and she helped put me right on all my own preconceptions.

Club F!t is a state of the art health club on the Centro Commercial Monver, on the way to the Arenal beach area. As this was my first Pilates class Mika started by asking a few very basic health questions.

Throughout the session she was careful to check that people were feeling ok as the exercises gradually stepped up the pace.

PILATES: Is an increasingly popular form of exercise.

The key to Pilates is something we probably don’t give much thought to usually: how to breathe properly. This not only helps while doing the exercises but in the longer term oxygenates and cleanses your body, part of the reason why so many top athletes practice this beneficial exercise.

Pilates is geared towards working out your body’s core, the often neglected abdominal area. Mika took the class through a relatively gentle series of exercises that served as an excellent introduction, including famous Pilates techniques such as The Hundred.

All the while Mika would be gently ensuring we were using the correct postures, breathing, and that the curvature of our spines was correct (The Mouse House!). Afterwards you were

certainly aware you had been working out, while still feeling relaxed and clear headed (and possibly a little virtuous).

Mika has more than 10 years experience in teaching Classical Pilates. In order to attend a session no experience is necessary and the only equipment used was the mats provided.

The giant exercise balls sometimes associated with Pilates are rarely used in Classical Pilates. Just turn up in some gym gear and you’re ready to go.

Club F!t Javea, Centro Commercial Monver Xabia, Calle Roma 3 Javea Tel 634320862 or 86566488 www.club-fit.eu www.facebook.com/club fit/eu

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Best of attention at Gurkha Palace

By Keith Baker LAL, the owner of this inviting restaurant in the centre of Javea, originally set up in the port 12 years ago.

He then opened this central establishment in 2013. Although he ran both for several years he now concentrates all his efforts on the one, ensuring that his clients receive the very best personal attention.

He has built his reputation on this personal service, in addition to good quality food.

Another popular aspect of the restaurant is their pricing. They frequently have special offers, and L a l e n c o u r a g e s p e o p le to look at his website regularly in order to check these out.

Groups are well catered for in this aspect, which explains why it’s a popular venue for birthday parties. In addition to the group discounts available, the birthday boy or girl will eat free from the

GURKHA PALACE: The food is popular with the locals and take-aways are also available. a la carte menu.

The British make up roughly half of Lal’s clientele, with the

remainder coming from all over the rest of Europe.

As the food is popular with the

locals it comes as no surprise to learn that take-aways are available too.

There are attractive discounts available on these as well, for larger orders.

So what of the food itself? Lal explains that it’s not Indian, and not Nepalese, but a fusion of the two.

Lal was born in Singapore of Nepalese parents, his father being a Gurkha soldier.

Bef or e m ovi ng t o Spai n 15 year s ago he l i ved i n var i ous places, including Germany and Portugal. He also lived in the UK for two years.

So, how do you f i nd t he Gurkha Palace? Most people will be able to find the Repsol petrol station in the town on Avenida del Pla, which is a couple of minutes’ walk away. Walking away f r om t he gar age t o t he r oundabout at the junction with Avenida Arenal, turn left and it’s just a couple of doors along. There is plenty of parking available too, so you have no excuse not to try it! Tel: 966 463 072.

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Sallying forth THE last demonstration for the Marina Alta Costa Blanca Floral Club will take place on Thursday May 26, when the group looks forward to welcoming Sally Taylor with a title of ‘Sallying Forth.’ Sally, who comes from the Bristol area is visiting the club for the first time and the group welcomes everyone to come along and give her a warm Costa Blanca welcome.

The Marina Alta Floral Club meets at the Salon de Actos, La Senieta, Moraira.

Doors open at 2pm and they ask everyone to be seated by 2.45pm. All are welcome.

Entrance costs €5 for members and €8 for visitors.

Those interested may also want to make a note in their diaries that the club’s first demonstration of their new floral year will take place on September 22.

For more information, contact Tina on 965 833 197 or visit their website at www.marinaaltafloralclub.c om, or follow them on Facebook.

FLORAL CLUB: Last demonstration is on May 26.

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CHARITY BENEFITS: TM Lions President David receives cheque from Ivan.

Super donation made

By Keith Baker FOR the past three years Pepe la Sal Supermercados have included TM Lions in the list of nominated charities to benefit from their PLS customer loyalty card scheme whereby with every purchase made using the card, not only does the customer receive a 5 per cent discount but PLS put a further 2 per cent into a fund

which is then periodically distributed amongst their nominated charities in the proportions determined by their loyalty card customers.

The latest payments from the PLS Charity Fund were made last week when T M Lions President, David Platt and Lions, John Evans and Ken Langridge, went along to Pepe La Sal’s principal store to be presented with a cheque for ₏750 by PLS

Manager, Ivan Ramiro Font.

Ivan also handed over cheques on behalf of Pepe La Sal Supermercados to Alzheimer Asociacion Familiares de TeuladaMoraira, Cruz Rioja de Teulada and La Asociacion Protectora de Animales Bernia-Benissa - a generous and effective initiative by a local business which directly benefits the communities within which it operates.

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A good week for kind donations VARIOUS DONATIONS: Brother Pepe receiving gifts.

Combined help A GROUP of Associations recently delivered donations to the Men’s Refuge run by Franciscan Monks in Palma de Gandia. The Monks are looking after 50 men who have arrived on their doorstep with nothing. At the moment there are two men from Calpe in the Refuge and consequently Calpe Associations wanted to give some help. Footlights donated a car load of clothes and blankets, the Calpe Benissa Lions donated 100 pairs of new underpants and tshirts, HELP of Calpe donated clothes and medicine, and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society donated €624.

If you can help by donating anything, they would be very grateful. Please contact Brother Pepe on 639 872 273.

By Keith Baker IT was a good week for HELP Murcia Mar Menor recently, and an even better week for the charities Caritas Torre Pacheco and AMMA (Alzheimer Mar Menor Association). HELP made donations from funds raised during 2015 to both organisations to enable them to carry on their good works, with €2,000 being presented to Caritas Torre Pacheco, which will enable it to continue its work in the area.

There are at least 500 families in need of help in the town, which Caritas does in different ways. It provides free food and clothing to families with no income or benefits.

It also runs a small supermarket where people who have vouchers can buy food at much reduced prices and a shelter for the homeless where they can stay for up to three nights. They are able to house up to 16 peo-

AMMA PRESENTATION: The charity received €2,000. ple who get bed, breakfast, and use of a shower. These people are normally brought in by the police and are in genuine need.

Caritas also runs a centre for children with learning difficulties. These children are helped with extra lessons in order to achieve a higher standard in their own time.

AMMA was also presented with a cheque for €2,000, which will swell their funds and enable them to continue to run workshops for people with dementia in the San Pedro del Pinatar area.

These workshops are supervised by professionals and they look after up to 10 people on a Wednesday and Friday morning between 9.30am and 12.30pm, and provide some respite for the families.

Raquel Pena, President of AMMA said during the presentation that one of their future aims is to establish a residential care home in the area for those suffering from Alzheimer’s and other dementias. “The old Los Arcos hospital would make a perfect care home for those in need of help,” she said.

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Concert by Music Unlimited FOUNDED in April 2012 by its musical director Joanna Baldwin, Music Unlimited is a small, but carefully selected group of singers who meet on Saturday mornings to learn and sing beautiful music, which they then share with others through concerts, special events and celebrations.

As their name suggests, their repertoire is extremely varied and ranges from 15th and 16th century polyphony, motets and madrigals, through sacred anthems, folk music, spirituals and close harmony, to modern pop songs. The singers are now firm friends who enjoy sharing each other’s company as well as making music together.

On Saturday, June 4 at 7pm, the choir will present a short concert, ‘Champagne for the Soul,’ in the Ermita del Popul located at the KM4 marker on the Jávea to Jesús Pobre road, CV 735. The programme will include a variety of musical styles and the concert will be followed by a cava and canapés reception al fresco.

A donation (€10) will reserve a seat for this special event and all proceeds will go to support the work of the Anglican Chaplaincy on the Costa Blanca.

Please call Gill Atkinson on 965 757 489.

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Reclaiming your lost deposits AS Spanish property prices boomed from 2000 onwards, thousands of people took advantage of purchasing properties offplan from developers to use as holiday homes.

Large sums of hard-earned money were placed with developers to enjoy the benefits on completion of these projects.

As worldwide recession took a grip, many developers across Spain failed to complete construction due to running out of funds and, in many cases, developers entering into liquidation, leaving purchasers without a property and, more importantly, the loss of their deposits.

Purchasers were therefore left in the unfortunate position as to not knowing what had happened to their deposit money.

The key questions asked were, who has our money? And how do we get our deposit money back if the developer has entered into liquidation?

Thousands of purchasers just walked away and swallowed their loss, putting it down to a bad experience and believing that it would cost a fortune to pursue a

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Valencia fourth ‘hottest’ luxury home market

By Matt Ford LONDON has been named as the world’s most luxurious property market for the fourth consecutive year in the annual Christie’s International Real Estate Index, followed by Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, and Singapore.

The index compares data and luxury house price metrics to determine which markets are truly the richest of the rich.

However, these high-priced havens are faced by increasingly aggressive competition, since Christie’s also measured the world’s “hottest” luxury markets, whereby the ‘heat factor’ is based on the increase in number of luxury home sales, plus absorption in the luxury market and decrease in average days that opulent properties spend on the market.

Auckland in New Zealand topped that list with Toronto, last year’s leader, in second place. Australia’s Victoria market, Spain’s Valencia metro area and San Francisco filled the other top slots in the top five ranking.

However, the report also acknowledged the lack of a global standard in terms of defining luxury.

For example, California’s pricey Palm Springs consid-

HOT PROPERTIES: Valencia is making waves on the world luxury market. ers properties costing €885 000 and upwards to be luxury, whereas in Monaco that wouldn’t even buy a studio, with the exclusive city-state considering luxury to begin at €8.85 million.

Other noteworthy cities redefining the concept, or at least the price, of luxury include Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong (€4.4 million); London (€6.2 million); and Sao Paulo (€885 000).

“The combination of highvolume and record-breaking prices were unsustainable at peak levels,” said Christie’s CEO Dan Conn.

“There needed to be a slowdown in these key markets, and that is what began to occur in the middle of 2015 and into 2016. This is what we call a ‘return to realism’ year. Beyond that we observed 2015 and 2016 to date

as the age of the underdog, with less-prominent markets performing extremely well.”

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DOGS’ BEHAVIOUR: Food has a vast effect.

FOOD has a vast effect on dogs’ behaviour as indeed we learn from feeding children wrong food where behaviour is affected.

Food allergies can cause dermatological discomfort. It has been estimated that at least 50 per cent of all skin problems in cats and dogs are caused by dietary allergies.

These can be triggered in minutes, hours or days. Sensitivity to an allergy caused by a protein can often be lifelong.

Some dogs can digest the lactose in cows’ milk while the undigested lactose quickly produces an upset stomach with others. This is not a true allergy but demonstrates how sensitive to certain food pets can be. Stop the milk and your pet’s life will look up immediately.

Most dogs react in some way to incorrect feeding and, apart from allergic reactions, flatulence and inconsistent stool quality and large smelly

motions can result. If the balance of the food is incorrect hyperactivity or, indeed, low activity can be the consequence.

Protein used up for energy can produce a loss of coat and skin vitality. Many owners give far too many vitamins - a well-balanced diet should not have to be supplemented.

Scratching, licking and digging could be an indication of an allergic reaction to food and the eating of grass, twigs and

roots sometimes is an indication that the food is not being digested properly. The destruction of fibre-based material could be another sign that there is a craving for fibre to help the digestive process in some way.

Many pet shops and vets are now selling artificial bones.

But beware of anything coloured since this must have an additive. I would only buy one which had a label stating what chemicals had been added. These toys have been known to cause hyperactivity and low activity. If your dog needs something to chew then try a Kong or rope stuffed with goodies which can occupy your pet for hours.

The dried food I recommend are Hills Science Diet, Eucanubu, Royal Canine and any food recommended by a vet.

Do not buy cheap food in a supermarket and you should see a change in behaviour in 48 hours.

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Keep your pets safe this summer

By Matt Ford MOST of us wouldn’t dream of basking in the Spanish summer sun without high factor lotion, since health risks associated with sunbathing, not to mention the discomfort of scorched, peeling, skin, are well-documented. But what about our beloved pets?

As temperatures begin to rise over the coming weeks, responsible owners are being urged to take extra precautions to make sure dogs, cats, and other family pets are kept happy and healthy.

Pale-coloured animals are at risk of sunburn, and as in humans this can lead to skin cancer, meaning the recommended approach is prevention.

Keep them indoors or in the shade when the sun is hottest between 11am and

3pm, but you can also apply a non-toxic human sunscreen or one specifically for pets to vulnerable areas, such as their ears, where the fur is thinner.

Grooming is also essential, since a smooth, tangle-free coat will protect your dearest’s delicate skin.

Avoid the risk of heat stroke by ensuring that your animal has access to clean, cool – not ice cold – water at all times.

Do not leave your dog, or any other animal, alone in the car, even if the windows are open, since it can take just a few minutes for a dog to become fatally overheated and dehydrated.

When taking your dog for a walk, remember that if the ground is too hot for your hand, it’s also too hot for your pet’s delicate paws, meaning the hottest parts of the day are best avoided.

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MANY young dogs like chasing moving vehicles. Roger, who is two-years-old, absolutely loves chasing buses.

When he first moved to Spain his owners made the mistake of taking him for a walk in their local town of Vera in Almeria. He simply has to be kept on a lead because otherwise he would chase and eventually just hop on if he could.

He did that once, and his owners Janet and Joe took a while to catch up with him. He is a lively fellow indeed and clever too, so he needs company and to be watched.

When Janet and Joe travel away from home, they like to keep Roger safe at home in his own environment where he can play in his own roomy garden or indoors with his pets.

They do this by finding checked housesitters through HouseSitMatch to come and keep him company, safe in his own home and off the streets where he might see a bus or two – inevitably the buses would be too tempting to chase.

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Neglected gnashers BRITISH vets recommend cleaning your dog’s teeth at least once a day, although research suggests only a third of owners bother to do so.

Two-thirds of vets say that owners are risking their dogs’ health by neglecting to keep their teeth clean, with one in seven suggesting a twice daily brushing.

This may seem extreme, but fewer than 30 per cent of owners say they brush their fourlegged friend’s pearly whites at all, which can lead to problematic, and expensive, doggy dental care.

Although many dog owners assume that halitosis comes with the territory, it is often the first sign of tooth and gum disease, and can be easily prevented via regular brushing and an improved diet, according to vets.

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By Keith Baker THE roots of Swiss Cable go way back to the 1980’s, yet this is a company firmly planted in the 21st century. Bought in 2011

by Luis, who runs and manages it, it has developed from a company simply providing television services to the complete television, internet and phone company.

It covers a large section of the north Costa Blanca from its base in Javea, and is very popular with the British community. Eighty per cent of Luis’s clientele are British nationals.

Although principally covering the Javea area, it also serves customers from Calpe to Ondara, thanks to 200km of cabling and a network of masts.

Swiss Cable contracts and pays for its TV content and has legal support to distribute European TV channels. It also belongs to AOTEC, the major Spanish cable association, and is regulated by the Spanish regulatory Public Body CMTTV, so you can rest assured that it complies with all the regulations.

THE TEAM: Serving customers from Calpe to Ondara, although based in Javea.

Luis is proud of the tailor-made packages his company provides. He is confident that it can meet the demands and requirements of the most discerning customer. He offers packages that are very popular with land-

lords for their rental properties too, and works with both the landlords and tenants to ensure everyone is happy.

The television content is impressive too, especially when it comes to sports. The in-

ternational packages on offer ensure that all members of the community are catered for.

Internet quality can be a contentious issue, but Luis goes the extra mile to ensure his customers get what they’re paying for, and always makes sure his services are running properly and that his customers are fully satisfied. He says he ensures that Swiss Cable provides what it says it provides. Local support is key to customer satisfaction too, and Luis believes his dedicated team of multilingual support staff (mostly British) add that extra layer of backing that leave his customers happy and able to get on enjoying his services without drama. Reassuringly, he says he hasn’t yet seen a problem they couldn’t fix.

When you take into account the international packages, the good quality internet and the competitively priced phones, all delivered with first class local service, you can see why this 21st century company is a welcome member of the local community.

For more information, visit www.swiss cable.es or call 965 771 121.

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Patios an ancient tradition treat its design like a patio with a roof. There are several suggested design ideas for this in the book ‘Apartment gardening Mediterranean style.’

Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner

By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

ANCIENT patio style gardens are great for the21st century.

Patio gardens are not something invented by the Chelsea Flower Show, but are a style of garden existing in southern Europe since the Iberians and Romans.

Today the attractiveness of them still remains for four main reasons and each are creatively illustrated in the annual May Patio Festival in Cordoba which has just finished, but keeping your eyes open you will discover wonderful examples throughout Spain.

The best are places to live in throughout the year with wallto-wall shading during the hottest hours and months and with the shading keeping the ground mostly dry during the rainy season.

Roman style patios not highlighted in the Cordoba Fiesta Roman lifestyle was an outward going one with eating and drinking away from home with visits to the theatre and sporting arenas. Home patios were therefore for resting and not merrymaking and patios tended to be cool and subdued with white walls and green vegetation. Much use being made of ferns, ivies and aspidistras.

PATIO GARDENS: Great for the 21st century.

21st Century Style Arab Patios Arab life in Cordoba was a much more subdued affair than today with leisure time focused on home especially where women were concerned. So patios became full of perfumed flowering plants and today competitors in each year’s May Patio Festival attempt to outdo historic levels of beauty.

Patio swimming pools Larger patios can incorporate mini terraced patios to one side with a swimming pool surrounded by masses of colour and deep arches of shade on the other. Somewhat more enticing for a dip than a standard pool plonked in the middle of a large terrace where it is the main feature of a future garden.

The famous patios of the Viana Palace The Viana Palace in Cordoba

is one of my favourites. The family palace is surrounded by a dozen patios of different styles. These are not in the Cordoba Patio Festival, but are open all the year round.

The Bodegas de Campos Patios The historic Bodegas de Campos is a good place to eat after several hours of traipsing around the historic gems of Cordoba at any time of the year, but don’t miss out on seeing the historic maze of patios of this part of the old town.

There is an interesting tour each day, 11.00am in English and midday in Spanish/English, through a complex of old wine cellars, houses factories and patios.

Villa and apartment covered terraces If you have a sizeable covered villa or apartment terrace

There are so many examples of ancient creative gardens in Spain to inspire today’s expat gardeners to plan to live outdoors throughout most months of the year. It is sad that the advent of air-conditioning has caused many to close out nature and not enjoy the potential of Spanish living to the full. (c) Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com May 2016.

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Neater Pool Guardian SINCE Tony and Richard, who most people know for bringing us Neater Heaters, started advertising their Swimming Pool Safety Fence it has been suggested by some people that they have occasionally been ‘scare mongering.’ This is an allegation that Tony vigorously refutes; however he understands how people could think it.

Neater Pool Guardians are strong, unobtrusive and resistant to UV radiation. When not in use, they can simply be rolled up and put away in minutes.

“The problem with swimming pool fences is similar to that of car seat belts,” says Tony.

“The consequences of needing one, yet not having one, are so awful that people don’t want to think about it. The problem is that the facts speak for themselves. In Spain there are, on average, about 100 infant drownings every year. Most of them are in the family, or rental, pool. But just as significant is the number of near-misses. For every fatality there are about 2,000 recorded accidents ranging from a ‘check up at the hospital, and the child is

SAFETY FENCE: Will bring you peace of mind knowing your child is safe. fine’ to full brain injury.”

As Richard points out “I doubt there is a single parent with a swimming pool who has-

n’t experienced that gut-wrenching moment when you discover your toddler isn’t where you thought they were, and your first instinct

is to rush out and check the pool. Our customers may still check the pool, but they have a realistic expectation that when they get there they will find nothing.

“Most accidents to children generate a noise to alert the parents, but it is different with pools. Children usually fall into pools quietly and drown in silence. If you have an alarm it might work, but it might not! With a fence you can tell at a glance that it is functioning. You may never even know that it has saved your child’s life, or on how many occasions it has done so, but you will always have peace of mind knowing that you have put a barrier between your family and an unimaginable tragedy.”

Neater Pool Guardians comply with European guidelines for Swimming Pool Safety Fences. They are strong, unobtrusive, and resistant to UV radiation. When you don’t need them they can simply be rolled up and put away in a matter of minutes.

For more information please visit our website www.neaterpoolguardian.es or telephone 634 312 171.

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I’d rather go to work on my hands and knees than drive there in a Ford Galaxy. Whoever designed the Ford Galaxy upholstery had a cauliflower fixation. I would rather have a vasectomy than buy a Ford Galaxy.

Some might say...

BMW has unveiled the stunning new M4 Competition Sport (CS) at the Madrid International Auto Show, an exclusive edition for Spain limited to just 60 officially numbered units, making it even rarer than the 700-unit M4 GTS, which is available worldwide.

The elite model combines the virtues of the M4 Coupe, as rear seats remain in place, with brash aesthetic and aerodynamic enhancements courtesy of a suite of M Performance parts.

The exterior is thus super sharp, with bespoke kidney grille and side mirrors, carbonfibre front splitter, air curtains, rear diffuser, and a monster fixed rear wing, plus the same 20-inch light alloy wheels, high

performance low profile tyres, and carbon ceramic brakes as the GTS. Inside, new bodyhugging seats offer improved lateral support thanks to optimised grip fins, with other additions including full carbon fibre trim, an enhanced audio system, heads up display, and a numbered plaque, plus an exclusive key fob.

Performance sits midway between the M4 Coupe and hardcore GTS edition, with the tuned 3.0 litre six-cylinder BMW M Twinpower turbo lump churning out 450 bhp at 7,000 rpm and 550 Nm of torque between 1,850-5,500 rpm.

Flat out the car will do 280

km/h, with 0-100 km/h achieved in four seconds flat, just two 10ths down on the GTS, a claimed fuel consumption of 8.3 litres per 100 km and combined CO2 emissions of 194 g/km.

A whiff of German engineering witchcraft is going on underneath the body too, with the car’s chassis, suspension damping, differential, and stability control

NEW M4: The exclusive car will be available to order soon.

Holy Gumball, Batman!

By Matt Ford BRUCE WAYNE is a pretty cool customer: billionaire by day, superhero by night, and owner of a series of outlandish vehicles throughout his adventures, most famously the iconic Batmobile.

Now, thanks to Swedish automo t i v e m a dmen Caresto, you too can feel like th e C a p e d C r u sa d e r, provided you have plenty of cash, a spare Lamborghini G allar d o , a n d a n ex K oenig se g g e n g i n e e r o n hand, that is.

The delightfully ridiculous ride was designed for 2016 Gumball 3000 entrants Team Galag, after they enlisted the company founded

b y fo rmer Vo lv o and Koenigsegg employee Leif Tufvesson.

It is the first real-world Batmobile to be built based o n th e d e s ig n s ee n in the Arkham Knight video game, and features absurdly complex, bespoke carbon fibre bodywork atop its enormous 3.4 metre custom chassis, with 3D printing used to p ro d u ce th e fin al ba tadorned touches.

With room for a driver plus an aspiring Robin, the luxurious interior comprises soft black leather, transparent fabrics, and gold stitching, plus electric lights that illuminate the seats, pedals and floor when the tilting cockpit

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Despite its massive size, the car is designed to drive w e ll, w ith a highly rigid tubular frame, fully independent front and rear suspension with double wishbone s c onne c te d to coilovers at the rear, and a specially designed aluminium pus h rods s e t-up up front.

Power comes from a 560hp V10 unit pulled from a La mborghini G a lla rdo, and is connected to a paddle shift gearbox controlling the 26 inch wheels.

Become the Dark Knight, but only if you’ve got enough cash.

systems all having been tuned and tweaked, while a new sports exhaust package offers added growl.

Colour options are slim; buyers can opt for either Brilliant White (seen here), San Marino Blue, or Jerez Black.

Whereas the standard M4

retails for €92,100 and the M4 GTS is on sale at €166,900, the M4 CS will be priced at €132,900, and BMW will even enrol you on a driver training programme to teach you how to get the most out of your new motor on an “emblematic circuit”. Engage drift…

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30 is not the magic number A RECENT Freedom of Information Request (FOI) has revealed that 30-year-old women are 19 times more likely to be caught drink-driving than 18year-old women.

If that seems outrageous, men are worse, with 30-yearolds clocking up 95 per cent more offences compared to 18year-old drivers in the past five years.

Although 30-year-olds are more likely to offend than their teenage counterparts, 27-yearold men and 26-year-old women were the most likely to drive having quaffed a few imbibes, with 8,886 and 1,620 infractions, respectively.

Elderly drivers fared slightly better, with 511 80-year-olds committing transgressions, nearly twice as many as 17year-olds.

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Run a Bentley from your watch THE opulent new Bentley Bentayga SUV, which already offers extras such as €26,000 picnic hamper or €140,000 Breitling Tourbillion clock, now has its own app allowing passengers to control many of the

crossover ’s gadgets from their Apple Watch.

Although it appears designed for indolent types, tech-heads should love the geeky potential of being able to control in-car temperature, front seat posi-

tion, stereo, and onboard computer stats from their wrists.

Best of all, the app can also be used to set the c a r ’s m a s s a g e s e a t s t o ‘pamper.’

Spokesperson Dan Whit-

taker said: “The Bentayga is technologically advanced, and this new Apple Watch connectivity is another example of how we are constantly innovating in order to enhance the customer experience.”

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Benitachell Bowls Club LAST week saw 12 Benitachell Bowls Club members take part in the 20th El Cid J&J twowood mixed pairs competition.

Players from El Cid, Javea Green, Bonalba, Mont y Mar, San Louis and Greenlands all came together to battle it out for the trophy.

It was a great three days bowling, with all teams playing two games a day. It was, as always, well organised by El Cid, and controlled by Adrian Lambert, Derek Randall, Derek Eldon and Tony Carroll.

On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 11 the finals took place with three teams from BBC getting into the quarter finals.

Trefor Evans and Hazel

Duke went through to the semifinals against Sabrina and Russell Marks (San Louis).

The final was between the two San Louis teams, with the award going to Jo and Julian

Pering. The three days of competition were thoroughly enjoyed by all the participants.

MIXED PAIRS: Three BBC pairs made it to the quarters.

Liberty Seguros’ young hopefuls ON May 22, 2016 the ‘IX Carrera Liberty Seguros 10Km’ or ‘9th Liberty Seguros 10Km Race’ will take place in Madrid.

This vastly popular race has a highly significant solidarity objective: to help young athletes of the ‘Team Liberty Insurance Paralympic Athletics’ to realise their dreams of becoming professional paralympians.

These individuals struggle every day to succeed and advance in the professional paralympian arena, and strive to represent Spain internationally in future Paralympic Games.

Registration is little more than €10, however, those that do not wish to take part in the race can contribute to the development of the young athletes of the ‘Liberty Team Paralympic Promises’ by making an anonymous monetary donation of their choice. This can be done by bank transfer, with the reference clearly marked as ‘Dorsal Zero,’ to the following account with IBAN number: ES73 2038 1042 7560 0080 7227.

This race, which represents a very important part of Liberty’s Corporate and Social Responsibility programme, has been celebrated since 2008.

The event has seen a great rise in popularity over the years and the race has been adapted to make it even more attractive to both participants and fans.

Along with the traditional 10km run, this year Liberty Seguros is set to launch the ‘Carrera de la Superación,’ a 1,000-metre race that has been specifically designed for those who do not have the physical capability, or those that have a disability that impedes them from taking part in the main 10km race.

In connection with the marathon, Liberty Seguros has created #SeSalen, the largest fan club for Paralympic sports to date. What’s more, to further this support one of Spain’s most famous

LIBERTY SEGUROS: Popular race to raise money for hopeful paralympians. rap artists, El Langui, has created an anthem.

You can show your encouragement for these athletes across social media platforms by quoting the hashtag #SeSalen.

More information can be found at: www.carreraliberty.es.

More information: • The Liberty Seguros Group, one of the principal sponsors of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, strengthens the activity of the ADO Paralympic Plan (ADOP) by supporting athletes in their training.

• The collaboration and partnership was established in 2007 and has since been revised.

Over the years the commitment between the two entities has grown and developed into a relationship of mutual trust and success for paralympians.

• As a result of this collaboration, the ‘Liberty Seguros Paralympic Athletics Promises Team’ was born – an initiative in which the insurer supports and finances young people with different disabilities, who are striving to achieve a future in the world of sport.

• The team, made up of 16 boys and girls aged between 12 and 15 years of age from different locations across Spain, are athletes with either physical disabilities, visual impairments or cerebral palsy.

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Congratulations to F1 GP winner Verstappen Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre.

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FOOTBALL • Last weekend effectively saw the end of the mandatory League games for 2015-16, and what a great finish it was for runner’s-up Arsenal (4-0 winners over Aston Villa) and for relegated Newcastle (5-1 victors over Spurs). There were also wins for Everton (3-0 over Norwich), Southampton (4-1 against Crystral Palace) and Stoke City (2-1 v West Ham).

Champions Leicester (1-1 at Chelsea), Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester City (who drew 1-1 at Swansea in Manuel Pelligrini’s last game in charge), Southampton and Manchester United will all be playing in Europe next

season, so too could Liverpool who drew 1-1 at WBA, while Sunderland shared four goals with Watford.

• The Manchester United v Bournemouth game was abandoned because of a security alert.

• Harry Kane won the PL ‘Golden Boot’ award with 25 goals for third-placed Spurs.

• Celtic celebrated winning the SPL for the fifth season running with an emphatic 7-0 lastmatch win over Motherwell.

Ross County won 4-0 at Aberdeen.

• Barcelona’s 3-0 win at Granada, with a Luis Suarez hat-trick, gave them their 24th La Liga title. Real Madrid (second) beat Deportivo 2-0, both goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo who ended the campaign with 50 to his name for the sixth season running.

• At the time of going to print, Sheffield Wednesday (2-0 winners over Brighton), Hull (who

beat Derby 3-0), Barnsley (also 3-0 victors over Walsall), Wimbledon (with a 1-0 advantage over Accrington) and Millwall (who won 3-1 at Bradford City) were all heading to Wembley for their respective play-off finals. Already there are Plymouth Argyle who beat Portsmouth in FL2.

• In the Vanarama Conference final at Wembley, Grimsby Town beat Forest Green Rovers 3-1 to return to the Football League after a break of six years. The Mariners are back at the same venue this Sunday for the FA Trophy final with Halifax Town.

• Last night Liverpool met Sevilla in the Europa League final in Basle, and on Saturday Crystal Palace play Manchester United and Hibs meet Rangers in their respective FA Cup finals north and south of the border.

• North of the border there have been decisive play-off wins for Ayr United, Edinburgh

City, Falkirk and Queen’s Park, and around Europe, Bayern Munich (Germany), PSG (France) and Juventus (Italy) have all been crowned domestic champions. Napoli’s Gonazalo Higuain, with 40 goals, has broken the Serie A scoring record of 39, set by Gunnar Nordahl back in 1949-50.

• Arsenal Ladies beat Chelsea Ladies 1-0 to win the Women’s FA Cup final for a record 14th time in front of a record crowd of 32,912 at Wembley.

• And this week, several managers/coaches will (or have) named their squads for this summer’s European Championships in France.

FORMULA ONE • With victory in Barcelona last Sunday, Red Bull debutant Max Verstappen became the youngest-ever winner of a Grand Prix, aged 18 (three days younger than Sebastian Vettel).

The competent Dutchman finished ahead of the Ferrari duo

of Kimi Raikkonen and Vettel.

The Mercedes pair of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton crashed into each other and went out on the first lap. Both drivers escaped penalties.

• The next race is in Monte Carlo on May 29.

RUGBY UNION • Saracens are the European Champions after beating Racing 92 in the final in Paris by 21 points to nine. This is the first time an English club has won this competition since Wasps in 2007. Saracens, who won all nine of their Champions Cup matches, now meet Leicester in the Premiership final, aiming to complete the double.

TENNIS • Andy Murray faced Novak Djokovic once again in the final of last Sunday’s Italian Open – and this time he beat the world number one in straight sets to become the first Brit to win this specific title since 1931. What a great 29th birthday present and

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a massive boost before the first major of the year at Roland Garros. Serena Williams beat fellow American Madison Keys to win the women’s title.

• The Geneva Open is now underway in Switzerland.

GOLF • Jason Day (by four shots), Kevin Chappell and Justin Thomas finished 1-2-3 in the Players’ Championship at Sawgrass, sharing a purse of $10.5m. And Irishman Christy O’Connor senior, has died, aged 91. He played in 10 consecutive Ryder Cups (1940s-50s).

ROUND-UP • The world Superbike Championship at Sepang, GB’s Jonathan Rea secured third place behind Nicky Hayden and David Giuliano…the first cricket Test between England and Sri Lanka starts today at Headingley… and the world Modern Pentathlon championship is taking place in Moscow.