Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 16 - 22 March 2017 Issue 1654

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ISSUE NO. 1654

16 - 22 March 2017

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NATIONAL POLICE: Disarmed and restrained the man.

Police step in to bring down armed man ARMED policemen subdued a knife-wielding man on the Fuengirola seafront. Panicked diners at bars and restaurants in Carvajal fled from their seats when the man was spotted brandishing the weapon.

Worried business owners contacted police as the previously packed area quickly emptied at around 2.30pm on Sunday March 12. First to arrive on the scene were two Local Police officers who jumped out of their car and drew their weapons.

With their guns trained firmly on the suspect, the officers

stuck to instructions, circling the man and holding him in position while they waited for backup to arrive. After such a volume of frantic calls to the police all available patrols had been quickly scrambled. Within moments a National Police patrol car sped to the scene.

The suspect immediately recoiled in fear when he saw them. With no hesitation the two agents drew their batons and marched confidently towards their man. Taking absolutely no chances in this dangerous modern climate they dealt him several quick, fero-

cious blows with their batons as another officer kept his gun steady.

Once subdued, disarmed and restrained, the man was taken to a nearby medical facility and then on to Fuengirola police station.

Police authorities have not provided any information as to his motivation or state of mind and there is no evidence the incident was terror-related.

The entire scene was filmed by a resident with a bird’s eye view from a nearby balcony.

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LOCAL NEWS

Dramatic find THE lifeless body of a foreign man of unconfirmed nationality was washed up on the b a n k s o f t h e Rio F uengir o l a , c l o se t o th e Miramar shopping complex early i n t h e m o r n i n g o n

Wednesday March 15.

The National Police subsequently confirmed that th e man w as aro u n d 5 0 y e a rs o f ag e a n d th at his body did not display any signs of violence.

Rowdy ruffians RESIDENTS in and around Malaga’s La Rosaleda football stadium have complained that rowdy fans leave the neighbourhood in a terrible state every other weekend. Angry parents have noted the irony that their children are forbidden from playing ball games or riding bikes, but on match days grown men smash bottles, urinate in public and set off rockets and flares.

Building boom TAYLOR WIMPEY’S Spanish subsidiary will make a substantial investment in the Costa del Sol in 2017 and 2018. There are five housing developments already in place across the Costa del Sol. Two more will be started in Nueva Andalucia this year, building 130 new homes. Hundreds more will be built at La Cala Golf in Mijas.

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Planned diversion of water condemned

By Matt Ford ECOLOGISTS and conservationists have issued a stark warning over what is increasingly viewed as an unsustainably rapid expansion of the subtropical fruit sector in Malaga Province.

The Andalucian Network of New Water Culture (GENA) issued a joint statement alongside the Cabinet for the State of Nature in Axarquia (managed by Ecologists in Action; EeA), in which the two groups point out the threat to rivers throughout the region and further afield.

According to the coordinator of GENA-EeA, Rafael Yus, the breakneck speed at which the cultivation of mango and avocado has developed in Axarquia “has exceeded sensible limits, and threatens to mortgage the water supply for human use across Malaga

COASTAL MARSHLAND: There are no major dams.

Province, as occurred recently in the Antequera region.”

Of primary concern are demands by local growers to construct a water transfer to Axarquia from the Rio Guadiaro, the region’s most wellpreserved drainage basin which flows from the Sierra Bermeja in Malaga and through the Sierra de Grazalema before discharging into the Mediterranean at Sotogrande in Cadiz Province.

The river is notable since there are no major dams constructed on it, while some of the only remaining coastal marshland on the Costa del Sol can be found at its mouth.

It is also home to one of the last remaining populations of European eel in Mediterranean Spain, and contains a number of important native fish species such as the Malaga chub which is locally endemic.

Already under pressure due to water extraction for golf and introduction of invasive species, GENA-EeA believe that the plan for the Guadiaro reflects the “unsustainable subtropical model, which displays all the characteristics of an economic bubble.”

The increase in production of the fruits has happened in a very short space of time, and the groups say that unless proper planning is undertaken “the damage may be irreversible, as has happened with illegal house construction... it could destroy the last remaining pristine rivers and cause species to become extinct.”

Yus confirmed that the groups are to stage a canoe protest on the Guadiaro on Saturday March 18 in order to demonstrate their disgust at the perceived short-termism and lack of respect for the environment.

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Razor blade bullies A BULLYING incident at a Fuengirola school has led to the arrest of four teenagers. National Police became in v o l v e d a f t e r th e s ch o o l headmaster told them that a student was threatened with a razor blade while being relentlessly bullied.

The t e e n a g e b o y ’s fa th er h ad alerted the headmaster at IES Mercedes Labrador after himself witnessing his son being beaten up. He stopped the assault but was himself threatened.

The father has since been interviewed by police and identified the four suspects, all under 16 and three at the same school.

While the police investigate the school has already expelled the three pupils and begun anti-bullying classes. Police officers have advised any students being bullied or witnes sin g b u l l y i n g t o tell th eir teacher, parents or the police immediately.

Missing Brit’s body found POLICE have recovered the body of missing Brit Ian Thompson. The 64year-old was reported missing from his Estepona home for almost one week before officers made the discovery.

His body was found next to his car in El Paraiso, Estepona. The car was close to a high voltage electricity pylon. The cause of death remains u n c l e a r a n d p o lice h av e launched an inquiry to uncover what happened.

The alarm was raised after Mr Thompson went missing from his home on March 3.

The e st a t e a g e n t h a d fa ile d to show up for work that day, although colleagues were reportedly unconcerned as he’d complained of a sore throat.

Council stands by foreign victims COURTS across the Costa del Sol

SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...5 Father’s Day in Spain is celebrated on St Joseph’s Day, which this year falls on Sunday March 19. This Catholic feast day celebrates the life of Mary’s husband Joseph, whose role within the Holy Family is seen as the epitome of what a good husband and father should be.

Honouring dear old dad FATHER’S DAY (Dia del Padre) started in the United States in 1910, when Sonora Smart Dodd, a 27-year-old woman from Spokane Washington, proposed a male equivalent to Mother’s Day. After pushing for local support, she convinced the state governor to establish an official celebration on July 19, 1910.

Fifteen years later, President Calvin Coolidge turned the fledgling Father’s Day into a national event, before

• Father’s Day was until recently a national holiday in Spain.

• Although most countries celebrate Father’s Day in June, fathers are honoured on March 19 in Bolivia, Honduras, Italy, Equatorial Guinea, Lichtenstein, Andorra and Portugal as well as Spain.

• The word ‘padre’ is derived from the Latin ‘pater,’ itself originating from Ancient Greek.

• Since 2009, the number of Spanish fathers reporting wives for gender violence has increased 223 per cent,

dealt with 7,133 domestic violence cases last year, a 10.3 per cent increase on 2015.

The concerning rise in cases has not been lost on Mijas. At the end of the year the council launched a spec ia l co mmu n ity proje c t to ra is e awareness among expats on the imp o rta n ce o f reporting dome s tic abuse.

Named ‘Viogenex,’ the pioneering project reaches out to foreign women in English, German, French and other languages.

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Finance 49

Leapy Lee FATHER’S DAY: Originated in the USA. Richard Nixon confirmed it as a federal holiday in 1972.

In Spain, the first Father’s Day took place in 1948 after Manuela Vicente Ferrero, a teacher and author in Madrid, was approached by disgruntled fathers jealous of the annual Mother’s Day celebrations.

The celebration featured a mass, gifts handmade from materials recovered from a nearby landfill by girls from Manuela’s school, and a children’s festival with poetry, dancing and theatre.

Papa particulars

SUPER DAD: Russian, Feodor Vassilyev, fathered 69 children.

according to the International Institute of Family Studies.

• There are currently more than 1.5 billion fathers worldwide.

• Feodor Vassilyev, a Russian peasant who died in 1782, had 69 children, the most ever officially recorded, after his wife gave birth to 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets.

Stark naked danger JAWS dropped as bewildered residents witnessed a man running towards a Malaga motorway in the altogether.

The 30-year-old Spaniard stormed down Avenida Guerrero Strachan on Sunday March 12, forcing drivers to dodge him as he made for the motorway at Monte Dorado.

Initially he wore a dressing gown, but when he derobed and sprang onto

Ticking time bomb finally explodes A BUS driver taking his children to school heroically stepped in to save the life of a homeless man being stabbed in the neck in broad daylight on a Malaga street.

The hero, who gave his name only as Eduardo, saw two homeless men sitting drinking on a park bench while he waited with his boys for the 8am bus.

Suddenly one smashed a beer bottle off the ground and launched a frenzied attack on the other. He managed

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to puncture his throat with glass before Eduardo intervened and scared him off. Horrified mothers also waiting for the school bus flagged down a Guardia Civil squad car.

Officers were able to keep pressure on the 51-yearold’s wound until medics arrived. The suspect, in his 40s, was arrested. Neighbours described him as notoriously aggressive and a ticking time bomb.

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TV 64 - 76

Letters 78

Time Out 79

Gibraltar 83

Health & Beauty 85

Social 87

Services the motorway the emergency services received dozens of calls.

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Classifieds

Free dog adoption

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ADOPTING abandoned dogs at the Malaga Zoosanitary Centre will now be completely free. The council will cover the costs of vaccination, sterilisation, microchips and genetic testing for a total saving of around €80. The agreement also reflects a desire on both sides to reduce the number of animals put down at the centre, while awareness campaigns will also be launched.

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Sport 118

Postscript to ponder

1.9 million

Small-to-medium-size businesses are estimated to have closed in Spain since the start of the economic crisis in 2008.

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Dramatic rescue for hikers TWELVE hikers, including four minors, lost on the Peñalara peak in the Sierra de Guadarrama National Park (Madrid) had to be rescued by a Guardia Civil air rescue team.

A helicopter had to make several flights through a narrow pass due to poor weather to rescue the hikers who were then driven from Valsain to Cotos where they had left their vehicles.

Something fishy!

TWO t o n n e s o f l i v e ee ls , €540,000 cash and several gold ingots were seized by Guardia Civil officers when they arrested eight people from Sevilla, Tarragona and Valencia , including two Chinese allegedly for obtaining illicit funds from Hong Kong to pay for the fish. The operation also saw nine addi-

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Around the nation in 6 stories

Postcard from LEON

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A FAMED stop on the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage trail, Leon like many settlements in the north was founded during the reign of Julius Caesar by Octavian, who later became the Emperor Augustus.

The original simple encampment grew as retired Roman legionaries settled and by 910 it was the capital of the Kingdom of Leon. After being conquered it later became a kingdom again until the 19th century.

The present-day city with a 120,000 population contains spectacular classical buildings including the nation’s only true Gothic cathedral plus a private building - the Casa de los Botines - designed by architect Antoni Gaudi and said to be the inspiration for the famous Disney Castle.

Like many Spanish cities, Leon has an unusual procession.

Named the ‘Burial of Genarin,’ it is in memory of an alcoholic beggar believed to have been run over in 1929 by the first local motorised rubbish cart. Many nowadays treat the event as an excuse to get drunk.

With good air, rail and road links, Leon is popular for visits.

IT ALL ADDS UP €14.883 million €100,000 Was collected last year by the Tax Agency collected in its ongoing fight against fraud, showing a 5 per cent fall on the previous year’s record collection.

The fine imposed on Endesa by the Competition Commission for falsifying five electricity contracts following consumer complaints.

A C A RTEL t hought t o have shipped almost 400 kilos of cocaine into Europe using Las Palmas as a staging post for drug trafficking and money laundering led to 12 arrests when 10 properties were raided by Guardia Civil officers in the Canaries. Items seized included two speed boats, €500,000 in cash and documentary evidence.

FORCED to cancel state visits when there was no elected gove rnme nt, K ing Fel i pe and Queen Leticia are now rearranging official trips including one to the UK where they will meet the Queen and the king will address parliament.

Terror find A HIDEOUT possibly used by the ETA terrorist group in Irun, Basque Country, and containing seven drums of explosives has been discovered, although there is no evidence of recent activity according to the Home Office.

16,000 The number of refugees and asylum seekers who were provided with direct assistance by the Spanish Red Cross last year.

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Birthdays • Jimmy Nail, Singer/Actor, March 16, 63 English actor best known as playing the character ‘Oz’ in the British hit TV show Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. His acting career also included films such as Evita, alongside Madonna, and he co-wrote and feaured in his own TV show Spender. He also had a singing career with hits including Ain’t No Doubt and Crocodile Shoes.

• Alex Jones, TV Presenter, March 18, 40 The popular Welsh presenter is best known as the co-host of BBC’s The One Show.

She also presents Close Calls: On Camera, co-hosts Shop Well for Less? and in 2011 she came fifth in Strictly Come Dancing.

In January she gave birth to her first child, Edward Alun Burrell Thomson.

• Ursula Andress, Actress, March 19, 81 Born in Switzerland the actress starred in the first James Bond movie when she played the first Bond girl Honey Ryder in Dr No, which featured the famous scene of her walking out of the ocean wearing the iconic white bikini. She has starred in many films including Fun in Acapulco and 4 for Texas and has posed naked seven times for Playboy magazine.

• Steve McFadden, Actor, March 20, 58 English soap opera actor who has featured as Phil Mitchell in EastEnders since 1990.

In 2001 the role won him a British Soap Award for Villain of the Year. He has also appeared in The Bill, Minder and Bergerac as well as in the films Buster and Kevin and Perry Go Large.

• James Patterson, Writer, March 22, 70 American author of the fictional psychological thrillers and mysteries novels including the Women’s Murder Club and Alex Cross series. Some of his work, Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider, has been made into films which have featured actor Morgan Freeman who portrayed the psychologist Alex Cross.

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Winter’s last stand Photo by Credit Maria Cortes/Twitter

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C O N S E R VAT I V E Catholics have harassed women seeking abortions at Malaga’s Ginecenter clinic. During Lent some have spent 12 hours a day at the gates trying to talk women out of the decision.

Skyscraper city OPPOSITION to the huge 135 metre tall hotel planned for Malaga port continues to grow. The United Left political party believes it will obscure the city’s landmarks.

Playpark stash POLICE in Marbella found three stolen mopeds stashed behind a playpark.

A quick check of computer records allowed them to locate the owners and return their wayward wheels.

Finest offer THE Costa del Sol’s quest to become the tech hub of southern Europe sees the World 4K Summit held in Malaga this year to showcase the finest TV technology science has to offer.

GREY SKIES: The sunshine was rudely interrupted by a cold blast from the Med.

By Matthew Elliott SNOW, rain, waves and wind returned with a vengeance across the Costa del Sol as the wintry monsoon season enjoyed what was surely its last flourish.

Just days after thousands of people took to the beaches as the mercury sizzled towards 30 degrees, their sunny optimism was rudely interrupted by a cold blast from the Mediterranean.

In the Sierra de las Nieves there was a thick blanket of snow, eight centimetres thick. Maximum temperatures in Ronda barely eeked past 10 degrees. Fuengirola managed the highest temperature on Tuesday with 15.4 degrees, nothing to sniff your nose at if you live in Aberdeen.

In Marbella there was more than 44 litres of rainfall per square metre, a torrential figure roughly equalled in Estepona, Coin and Torremolinos.

WAVING placards that read ‘More Teachers, Less Thieves,’ thousands of people took to the streets of Malaga to protest against the Ministry of Education.

University students, professors and trade unions joined the 5,000 strong protest coinciding with a

Temperatures rose slightly on Wednesday, registering 19 degrees. But that came at the price of a severe orange alert issued throughout the province. Gusts exceeding 80kph brought apocalyptic waves almost five metres tall to the shore.

Councils across the Costa are anxiously checking if there has been even more damage to beaches, just as renovation work began after a destructive winter. A hugely busy Easter Week begins on April 9. On the plus side key reservoirs in the Guadalhorce Valley have been replenished, a welcome boon for farmers ahead of potential drought.

On Thursday March 16 the sea will still be stormy but the weather mild with the threat of light rain. Friday is forecast to be cloudy while the weekend will feel more like spring, with blue skies and temperatures up to 21 degrees.

OUR VIEW

The weaker sex ONE thing that has been reinforced by International Wom en’s Day i s t he dept h of f eel i ng i n Spai n about domestic violence and its dreadful consequences.

Women across the country (in most cases supported by men) stood up and called for a sea change in the attitude towards them which has steadily been getting better over the past 30 plus years.

Unfortunately, there are still too many cases of violence and murder throughout Spain, caused in part perhaps by the inherited machismo of some Spanish men but as the older generations pass away, so it is to be hoped that the young of today will take note of those who want to see equality.

There is absolutely no reason why women who undertake the same job as a man should be paid a single cent less than the male and there are very few jobs nowadays that can’t be undertaken by a woman and done just as well as their male counterpart.

The ridiculous comments by a ludicrous Polish MEP that as women are less intelligent and smaller t han m en t hat t hey shoul dn’t be pai d t he sam e amount was soon shot down by a feisty female Spanish MEP who was doing a great job for those who had elected her.

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More teachers, less thieves classroom strike.

It was by far the largest student-led protest in recent times and also drew high school students, parents and politicians.

Students at the University of Malaga refused to attend class to demand better teaching conditions and free education.

Schoolchildren from Mi-

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jas and Fuengirola were also in attendance. They are most likely to be affected by national education policies. Course prices are rising while there are contin-

ued cuts to classroom facilities, teaching staff and technology.

In some subjects it takes students three expensive years to obtain a Masters degree. The burden of heavy student debt is also putting many off from attending altogether.

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Full bloom HUNDREDS of people visited Estepona’s Botanical Gardens to see the spectacular blooming of the tallest flower in the world.

Amorphophallus titanium reaches over three metres in height and has never before blossomed in Spain.

Sore losers POLICE captured two men on the A-7 who fired several shotgun rounds at a Malaga disco after being refused entry. It was the third shooting incident in less than a month.

Horse adoption CYD SANTA MARIA in Alhaurin el Grande is now adopting horses, a far more challenging task than abandoned or abused cats and dogs. Around 60 have been taken in so far.

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Glorious green kingdom PLANS to integrate the province’s two largest green spaces to create a protected national park on the Costa del Sol have reached parliament.

The latest proposal seeks to include the Sierra Bermeja with the proposed Sierra de las Nieves natural park.

The Sierra Bermeja covers more than 1,200 hectares across Estepona, Casares, and Genaguacil. Its volcanic rock and unique plant and wildlife has seen biologists clamouring for it to be given protected status for years.

The presence of a National Park would also draw huge numbers of tourists to the area and help the Costa del Sol expand its global profile.

PROTECTION STATUS: Proposed for Sierra Bermeja and Sierra de las Nieves.

Girl’s virginity put up for sale POLICE took down a Marbella-based crime syndicate that was auctioning off the virginity of a 16-year-old girl for €5,000 or to the highest bidder.

Seven people were arrested as National Police acted on an anonymous tip-off. The

teenager, considered a child under Spanish law, was rescued.

The sophisticated prostitution ring had a dedicated call centre and used taxi drivers to transport women to hotels and homes across the Costa del Sol. It ran a variety of web-

sites offering sexual services, one of which caught the attention of an anonymous user who reported it to police.

Advertised on the site was the girl’s virginity. She was said to be 18 but looked much younger. Investigators found that she was actually 16 and

began dipping deeper into the organisation’s activities.

They uncovered a group that had amassed enormous profits exploiting and trafficking young women and girls for sex. The seven suspects are charged with corrupting a minor and illegal prostitution.

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Constable camera WITH one road snapping more than 36,000 photos alone last year, the Costa del Sol continues to excel in punishing drivers with traffic fines.

The MA-20 is offici al l y t he second busi est r oad i n Spai n when it comes to dishing out speeding tickets. Only the A-6 in Madrid hands out more.

Data from the AEA, a European motoring association, found Malaga to be one of the worst provinces in the Spain for drivers in a hurry.

The A-45 is also in the top 10 most notorious Spanish roads for fines.

The AEA has previousl y cr i t i ci sed t he province for being a tad overzealous in its targeting of speeders.

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Russian roulette RESIDENTS of Costa Galera are still waiting for a bridge over the motorway to reach the beach. There are fears that summer guests will recklessly cross rather than walk a kilometre each way.

Rush hour COUNCILLORS from Ciudadanos have asked Estepona to install public toilets along the promenade as the number of desperate cyclists and walkers increases.

Hell raisers TWO men who ran a Puerto Banus bar face three years in prison for blatantly exceeding noise levels while trying to mask their crime by turning off the acoustics when council technicians came by.

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Sand rush before Easter

By Matthew Elliott Photo by mapama.gob.es

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NOW that winter is out the way, beach repairs in Marbella and San Pedro will begin in earnest. Workers have less than a month to get them spic and span for Semana Santa, Easter Week, from April 9-15.

Emergency funds from the national government will ease the burden.

WASHED AWAY: More than 50,000 tons of sand will be used on the beaches.

Wild storms in December devastated dozens of Costa del Sol beaches, washing away sand, smashing barriers and wrecking equipment. More than 50,000 tonnes of sand is being shifted around TALKS between Marbella and the Norwegian professional football league will strive to transform the Costa del Sol into a premier winter break destination for teams across Europe.

From November until February almost 5,000

to regenerate the playas.

Fortunately emergency funds from the national government will ease the burden.

Marbella has received just over €500,000, San Pedro €220,000, and

Manilva, Casares and Estepona €1.4 million between them. In Fuengirola more than 23,000 tons of sand will be distributed across ravaged beaches at a cost of €1.5 million, including serious cleaning.

Winter Wonderland professional footballers played and trained in Marbella. The town hall claims that they and any travelling support brought 6.5 million to the city during that time courtesy of big

spending and 46,000 hotel stays.

Mayor Jose Bernal has met with Norwegian football chief Jo Bergsvand to discuss a joint project with the Scandinavian nation.

Cl ubs f r om Scot l and, Scandi navi a, Ger m any, Russia and beyond enjoy a substantial break over the wi nt er. Wi t h Mar bel l a’s idyllic off-season temperatures and excellent facilities, the city is the ideal candidate for a team-building and training excursion.

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Bulldozer blunder CRITICS claim that San Pedro’s mayoral office dug up a protected archaeological site without permission. Excavators and bulldozers were photographed tearing apart ground near the Vega del Mar basilica, a seventh century site of huge historical importance to the area.

The mayor apparently wanted to build a fairly innocent picnic site. But the damage was made worse when a bulldozer got stuck in the mud and an even heavier vehicle was drafted in to pull it out.

Archaeologists believe the site contains bones, ceramic artefacts and other clues to ancient civilisations.

They successfully had the area protected under the mandate of the Andalucian ministry for culture. Any construction work or picnic-building must be authorised by them first.

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Community spirit THE sale of seven million euros of prime public land in La Cala has been postponed after a successful campaign from local residents. Neighbours will now be given time to consider and suggest an alternative use for the 28,000 square metre plot in front of the Los Olivos football field.

The Cala de Mijas neighbours association had argued that selling such a strategic spot of land would send the wrong message and encourage the unrestricted building of new homes.

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New generation SPAIN’S fourth largest political party, Ciudadanos, has its eye on Mijas Town Hall. National leader Albert Rivera will visit in person to shore up local support for his anti-corruption party.

By Matthew Elliott PROJECT PEPOS is using protection dogs to help victims of domestic violence and sexual assault regain their confidence.

The innovative psychological strategy was born in Madrid but now operates across the Costa del Sol from a base in Alhaurin de la Torre.

It was specifically developed to assist female victims of macho violence on the long road to recovery. Many women suffer from poor self esteem, fear of going out in public, deep emotional wounds and difficulty sharing their experiences with others.

The protection dogs are trained to help with each of those problems step by step. A rigorous psychological evaluation determines which dog is best for which woman to ensure the best progress.

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Man in uniform MORE than €200,000 will be spent on new uniforms, helmets, boots, belts, gloves, whistles, vests and handcuffs for Estepona’s Local Police.

PROTECTION DOGS: Used to help victims of violence. lationship which counsellors will spend eight months nurturing. Women are taught how to interact with the dogs, while the dogs are specifically trained to deter potential threats without resorting to violence.

Having a dog helps encourage victims to go outside and conquer their fears knowing that they are safer than before.

They also reignite their emotional strength in the new relationship.

Kitchen fire A MAN was taken to the Costa del Sol hospital with severe smoke inhalation after his cooker hood spontaneously combusted, sparking a huge fire in his Marbella home.

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Child humiliated on film A MOTHER has reported a bullying incident at an Estepona school to the National Police. Video footage of her 12-year-old daughter being harassed and beaten circulated on social media, even making it to the mother’s phone via Whatsapp.

The video, taken at IES Monterroso, shows a group of school children knock the girl to the ground, taunt and humiliate her.

She is badly struck by one student while others film and laugh but the identified culprits are too young to face prosecution.

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By Matthew Elliott A NEW political party in Torremolinos dedicated entirely to residents has launched its first public manifesto.

‘Vecinos por Torremolinos’ will take part in the next local elections and wants to shake up local politics and offer people a new voice.

The new manifesto calls for a clean city based on secular values and free of animal abuse. Leaders want urgent restoration of local beaches, a pedestrianised city centre, protection of historic sites, and to ban flyers and posters.

They are also opposed to the enormous shopping and leisure centre planned for Torremolinos.

Plans for the biggest such commercial centre in southern Spain are in the final stages. With a hotel, hundreds of shops, cinema and ski slope, the complex will forever change the face of the city.

OVER 50 companies are vying for the right to build a second ring road around Estepona to create a quicker alternative to Avenida Andalucia. The €7 million contract will include street lighting and pavements.

Stunt double A CAR flipped right over in Nueva Andalucia when the driver lost control during torrential rains. Fortunately he escaped entirely unscathed.

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NEW MANIFESTO: Calls for urgent restoration.

A LAW requiring the owners of tourist apartments to notify police when a new guest arrives is now in force. There are more than 5,500 Costa del Sol properties rented out short-term to tourists.

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Come and join the mix-in at Puente Romano Tennis Club Every Wednesday at 10am and Sunday at 11am

Puente Romano’s Tennis Club is now offering all tennis enthusiasts the opportunity to join other players in singles and doubles every Wednesday morning at 10am and Sunday mornings at 11am.

For non-members the price is 15€ and for members is 10€ which includes: The first half hour starting with a brief introduction, demonstrations and a practice with correction of your

swing. The following hour and a half is dedicated to the games, organised by the Tennis Club depending on your level.

Prizes will be given to the winners.

“This is a great way for individuals to not only improve their game, but also to play with people of different levels and make new friends in the tennis world of Marbella” Ramon, Puente Romano’s Tennis Club Manager

You are welcome to arrive 15 minutes before the Mix-In starts or for more information about Puente Romano’s Tennis & Fitness please contact 952 826 103 / ctenis@puenteromano.com

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Stroke of genius for tourism CITY councillors are searching for a new strategy to reignite Marbella’s lacklustre tourist growth. Tourist apartment rentals dropped for the first time since 2010 last year.

Tourist numbers still rose to 700,000, 2.5 per cent more than in 2015, but the growth is significantly slower than in recent years. The city has made a strong showing at international events in

Moscow and Berlin this month but tourism chief Javier Porcuna remains unconvinced.

The leading Socialist politician claimed Marbella’s move into wedding tourism was a last roll of the dice. Nuptial tourism wouldn’t even register on the tourism chart in terms of earning potential he said, arguing that Marbella has much bigger fish to fry.

PABLO RAEZ: Hundreds rushed to honoured his legacy by donating bone marrow.

Rekindling the donation flame

By Matthew Elliott AFTER hundreds of people rushed to donate bone marrow to honour the legacy of courageous leukemia victim Pablo Raez, but were told they couldn’t, the Costa del Sol hospital has announced it will now accept donations.

The Marbella native died aged just 20 in February after reaching the hearts of millions of people with his social media campaign to

encourage bone marrow donation. He managed to raise donations by 1,400 per cent across the Costa del Sol in 2016.

The number of willing donors remains high keeping Pablo’s legacy alive.

After those numbers seemed to have peaked, the Costa del Sol hospital

stopped accepting donations.

But in the days after Pablo’s death, the number of volunteers more than quadrupled and people were furious that they couldn’t help.

Now that the service has been reactivated, the number of willing donors remains high, keeping Pablo’s legacy alive. Soon the young man will a have street named after him in the city after almost 200,000 signed a petition calling for the move.

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Marina parking THE Estepona Marina will soon have a new car park with 130 spots towards the west of the port. The contract will be issued after April 7.

Nursery nasties HEARTLESS burglars robbed a nursery in Ronda. Money and equipment was stolen in the last in a series of small robberies across the town.

Traffic bonus CALLE JAEN in Fuengirola has finally reopened after a complete overhaul with €240,000 being spent fixing the surface and easing passage.

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By Matthew Elliott AFTER 75 days of loud protest and failed negotiations, Malaga’s Royal Fire Department has gone on indefinite strike, the first in its history. The strike began on Tuesday March 14 at 8:30am and will continue until both sides come to an agreement.

The industrial action is unlikely to have any real consequences for citizens and the city’s firefighting capacity. The town hall decreed that there be a minimum service of 44 on-duty firemen to cover emergencies. Far from disagreeing the Fire Union said that was insufficient and even offered more.

Typically on weekends there are around 50 on-duty firemen. Even at the

FIREFIGHTERS: Want better working hours.

height of summer the number is rarely above 75.

Firefighters have made it abundantly clear that they want their boss Jose Cruz sacked and better working hours. The strike is a largely symbolic gesture that comes after an almost carnival atmosphere of protest with fire trucks blasting their horns outside council offices everyday like clockwork.

The city’s force has the dubious honour of working more hours than any other across Spain. In Malaga they work 1,822 hours a year. That’s almost 400 hours more than Mijas firemen and roughly two weeks more than those in Marbella or Madrid.

Fury over ‘hate bus’ tour on the Costa MARBELLA and Malaga will protest a bus tour of the Costa del Sol by a notorious hate group. Hazte Oir is an ultra-conservative extremist organisation which has launched a series of provocative campaigns targeting Spain’s gay and transgender populations.

In February the group clashed with Madrid police as it tried to tour the city in a bus plastered with transphobic messages, denouncing trans-people as

an abomination.

The Catholic group was founded in 2001 and ran similar adverts against same-sex marriage. They view the inclusion of homosexuals in Coca-Cola and El Corte Ingles as an assault on traditional family values.

Now that the group has declared its ambition to tour the Costa del Sol, Malaga has already declared it a persona non grata in the city. Marbella councillors are

scrambling to forge a collective bargain across the region barring the bus from various streets and municipalities. With its large gay population, Torremolinos is a likely target.

A bill before Marbella’s council describes the group as ‘hateful’ and ‘fanatical.’ Activists call it a direct attack on the vulnerable transexual population, in particular teenagers unsure about their gender or sexuality.

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Brave superman of the seven seas

By Matthew Elliott A POPULAR San Pedro Paralympian has made history as the first Spaniard to swim across the Beagle Channel at the very tip of South America.

Javier Merida braved freezing cold waters and dangerous currents to cross the narrow channel between Argentina and Chile.

Merida, a sportsman who is also a padel instructor and councillor in his spare time, trained for eight months to prepare for the crossing. It took him just 37 minutes to rage across the two kilometres of open sea at the Channel’s narrowest point.

The extremely tough training involved swimming in the chilly Estepona sea each day at the crack of dawn and washing the salt off with a freezing cold shower to become accustomed to the cold. In Chile he needed

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JAVIER MERIDA: Braved freezing cold waters.

a doctor on hand in case he went into shock from prolonged immersion in the six degree water.

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consider that Merida has only one leg. He lost it in a traffic accident in 2007 and responded by becoming one of Spain’s most successful athletes.

In 2013 he swum across the English Channel. Next he plans to swim in the Antarctic seas or, failing that, across Scotland’s Loch Ness.

THERE were 15.1 per cent more passengers at Malaga airport last month than in February 2016. Almost one million travellers swung through the gates in 28 days.

Brainiac bedlam OVER 100 neurosurgeons from across the planet met in Malaga for a series of lectures on 3D surgery techniques forming the biggest bunch of brainiacs ever seen on Spanish soil.

Beach backbone ONE in five workers, or more than 113,000 people, across the Costa del Sol are directly involved in the tourism sector, compared to around one in nine in Spain.

Healthy treat A THOUSAND fruit and veg vendors visited Alhaurin de la Torre for the first edition of Fusionfresh. The organic food fair specialises in seasonal fresh produce and will travel throughout the coast.

Expensive taste JAPANESE diners can’t get enough of Malaga’s famous pork. Export levels to the orient are at record highs thanks to an expensive taste for slowly matured and cured ham.

Sinatra at sea MALAGA port serenaded more than 700 exhibitors at Miami’s Seatrade fair, the biggest cruise tourism event on the planet. The Costa del Sol is hoping to secure an even bigger piece of the lucrative American market.

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By Matthew Elliott ONE of Spain’s biggest real estate developers has ambitious plans to transform Tivoli Park in Benalmadena into a enormous commercial complex.

The Madrid-based Tremon group wants to expand the amusement park and build hundreds of shops, a hotel, theatre, supermarket and cinema.

If given the green light the

gigantic complex would transform the face of Arroyo de la Miel with a €300 million investment, although the name Tivoli would remain on the entrance.

There would be two commercial zones spanning roughly 150,000 square metres with underground parking for 2,000 cars. The famous amusement park would turned into a Disney-esque theme park with new

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Health saviour ON March 14, 1997, Malaga’s Carlos Haya hospital conducted its first ever liver transplant. Since then 921 people have received transplants, with an average of one per week in 2016.

Cheeky chappies TIVOLI PARK: Expansion is expected to go ahead. rides, a skatepark and artificial snow.

The only hold up is a legal dispute over the management

of the park. It is already owned

by Tremon who bought it from businessman Rafael Gomez.

But Gomez has alleged that

payment is incomplete and the park’s day-to-day management is conducted by a company linked to him while the case goes through the courts.

Expansion is expected to go ahead. Tremon representatives have met with Benalmadena mayor Victor Navas four times recently.

He is keen to secure the investment, which would ignite Arroyo’s commercial sector, bring thousands on jobs and earn Benalmadena an even bigger spot on the map.

BRAVEN thieves snuck into Torremolinos Town Hall and stole two computers and €100 in petty cash just one day after councillors congratulated themselves on reducing crime levels.

Stunt city A NEW bike park is set for Benalmadena. The mountain biking BMX circuits will be of a professional standard and be a haven for young stunt prodigies across the Costa del Sol.

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THE Spanish State Visit will celebrate close ties between our two countries and our two peoples, says British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, who has welcomed the announcement of a State Visit to the United Kingdom from June 6 to 8.

“In this Sapphire Jubilee celebration year for Her Majesty the Queen, I am delighted that Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have accepted her invitation to visit the UK” said Mr Manley.

“This State Visit will celebrate not only the long and deep royal and historic ties between our two countries, but also our strong relationship as partners bilaterally, within Europe and on the global stage.

We enjoy close connections in terms of culture, commerce, education, science and innovation. This is an opportunity to celebrate and deepen those links.”

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Spanish State Visit to the UK

AMBASSADOR SIMON MANLEY: Is delighted about the State Visit. speaking from Santander, where he is touring the north of Spain to promote education, tourism and investment in the UK. Today, the United Kingdom and Spain are close partners in NATO and the United Nations, among numerous international organisations. We also contin-

ue to cooperate in the European Union, and once we leave the EU we want to strengthen our strong and constructive bilateral relationship with Spain.

The two countries are also major partners in trade, with £40 billion (€45.6 billion) of trade in 2015, including

British goods and services worth almost £15 billion (€17.1 billion) exported to Spain, and imports from Spain to the UK worth £25 billion (€28.5 billion).

Nearly 300,000 Britons are registered as residents in Spain and 18 million visitors came from the UK last year, whilst more than 132,000 Spaniards are resident in the UK and two million visited in 2015.

On top of that, we share close educational connections, with nearly 11,000 Spanish students studying at UK universities and 50,000 students attending British schools in Spain.

This is the first State Visit

by King Felipe and Queen

Letizia to the UK and they will stay at Buckingham Palace.

The programme will be announced in due course.

The last State Visit was when King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia visited in 1986.

HM Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh returned with a State Visit to Spain in 1988.

Since then the Spanish and British royal families have paid a number of formal visits to each other’s countries. In 2002, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia attended the annual Order of the Garter Ceremony at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, including a dinner at Windsor Castle given

by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2011, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall paid a three-day official visit to Spain that was hosted by Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia. A few weeks later Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia attended the wedding in London of Prince William to Catherine Middleton.

The British and Spanish Royal Families are directly related through the marriage of Alfonso XIII of Spain to Princess Victoria Eugenia, known as Ena, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, in 1906.

Victoria Eugenia is the greatgrandmother of King Felipe.

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Martial artist A POLICEMAN has become the heavyweight European champion of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Torremolinos resident Antonio Gonzalez Castilla is 92 kilos of pure trouble for any local scallywags.

Owners beware OJEN is offering dog owners free DNA registration of their pets. The campaign will help authorities track down neglectful owners who abuse or abandon their dogs or don’t pick up after them.

Digital dance ESTEPONA will hold the world digital tourism fair in June. Some 200 web savvy marketers will share their professional insights into what makes tourists tick.

Hard work IN 2016 the Spanish Red Cross provided emergency assistance to roughly 16,000 asylum seekers and refugees, with more than 1,300 helped in Malaga Province. Most were Syrian, Venezuelan or Ukrainian, and a third children.

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AMANCIO ORTEGA: Began his business empire with clothing giant Zara.

Healthcare revolution for residents

by Matthew Elliott A NEW agreement is set to put Costa del Sol and Andalucia at the forefront of cancer treatment and research. The Amancio Ortega Foundation will contribute €40 million to equipment, doctors and research in what has been described as an unprecedented collaboration between the charity and public sectors.

Ortega is Spain’s richest man, once fleetingly the richest in the world ahead of even Bill Gates. He began

his business empire with clothing giant Zara and is a renowned philanthropist.

The Foundation’s agreement with the Andalucian Health Service will dramatically improve radiology units in hospitals from Almeria to Sevilla. The therapeutic capability of cancer units across the region will be improved gradually until 2020 when they will be among the very best in Europe.

Advanced technology will offer more precise treatment, enhance quality of life

and increase survival chances. Research will also be conducted into possible cures and prevention strategies.

Each year there are roughly 32,000 new cases of cancer registered in Andalucia.

Medical advances have reduced mortality rates but prevalence is increasing.

Diagnoses have gone up 1.6 per cent in men, and 2.3 per cent in women during the past 30 years. An older population, junk food and more sedentary lifestyle are behind the increase.

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THE Mijas Foreigners Department is organising an informative talk in collaboration with the Colegio Oficial de Ge-

stores Administrativos de Malaga and the National Police Office in Fuengirola on Friday March 17 at 12 noon in

the conference hall of the council offices in La Cala de Mijas.

The talk will be carried out in English by experts from the Colegio Oficial de Gestores Administrativos who will be talking about procedures needed to be followed at the Malaga Traffic Department which include the registration and exchange of EU driving licences as well as importation of vehicles from inside or outside the EEC The second part of the presentation will be conducted by officers from the National Police in Fuengirola and will explain the situation with regards to residence certificates for EU citizens for first applications and renewals as well as NIE numbers.

Anette Skou, head of the Mijas Foreigners Department said in connection with this event, “We hold different informative talks throughout the

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Mijas meeting in English will advise on driving licences and residence certificates

Council office La Cala de Mijas year for our visitors and residents in different languages, where experts can give information and answer their queries; collaborations like these are very positive for our citizens.”

Roy Perez, councillor of the Mijas Foreigners Department added “These types of collaborations are very important and in this way we can offer totally updated in-

formation on these issues.”

The talk is free of charge and the participants will be offered a free drink and tapa at the end of the event courtesy of Colegio Oficial de Gestores Administrativos de Malaga.

Due to limits on the number of seats available it is advised that those who wish to attend should reserve their places by sending an e-mail to jor nadas@gestoresmalaga.com.

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Irish fun ST PATRICK’S DAY will be officially celebrated on March 18 and 19 in Marbella’s Glorieta de la Fontanilla with traditional folk music, good Irish food, whiskey and beer.

Summer jobs LUXURY hotel Puente Romano has advertised 200 professional job openings ahead of the busy summer season. It is based on Marbella’s famous Golden Mile and is especially interested in English speakers with a bright attitude.

Tough times AN employment drive launched by Marbella has attracted almost 13,000 applications for just 508 temporary jobs. The avalanche of CVs comes as jobless numbers rose for the sixth consecutive month.

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BOOKWORLD: Andrea and Mike at the signing of A Parcel of Pigs.

By John Smith THERE was a tremendous turn out of children and adults on Thursday March 9 when illustrator, author and Marbella resident Andréa Prior visited Bookworld in Puerto Banus to sign copies of her new book A Parcel of Pigs which is aimed at five to eight year olds.

This delightful publication consists of a number of quirky and appealing children’s

rhymes not only composed by Andréa but delightfully illustrated by her as well.

It was lucky that owner Mike Cowburn had plenty of stock of the book as copies were literally flying out of the door, in part because the book isn’t just fun, but has been produced with the aim of helping children to learn to read and improve their vocabulary as they tend to remember rhymes.

The book is still available from this friendly English book store just opposite El Corte Ingles and is the ideal place to purchase the latest English language books, both fiction and non-fiction, as well as a wide selection of greetings cards and other stationery.

Bookworld is in C/ Ramón Areces and has a website at http://bookworldpuerto banus.com/.

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Kindly leave them laughing THE International Theatre Studio (ITS) entertained packed audiences at the weekend with their latest production at the Atalaya Park Hotel.

Written by John Chapman, a playwright renowned for his clever use of comedy, Kindly Leave the Stage presented a new challenge for the amateur dramatic group with a gripping twist that saw the actors seemingly sway from the script - despite various loud prompts.

Peter Brooks, an ITS member since 1991, did a fantastic job as director to ensure the audience grasped the concept as the characters switched between their on-stage personalities and their ‘real life’ selves to hilarious effect.

The stage was set at the end of a dinner party that had exchanged the traditional threecourse menu for a night full of dynamic tension and divorce revelations. Just as the evening looked to be spiralling out of control, along came the twist... the actors ignored several comic prompts

ENTERTAINING: A quick-witted comedy. from backstage as they diverted from the script to reveal even more juicy backstage secrets involving a steamy dressing room affair.

The fast-paced script provided a great base for a fun

night out and the ITS team rose to the challenge brilliantly to produce an intense, quick-witted comedy that encouraged raucous laughter from the audience throughout.

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Baywatch is early LIFEGUARDS will be keeping an eye on Torremolinos beaches during Easter Week for the first time. There will be 16 lifeguards on duty across the playas from April 7-16 working 11am until 7pm.

They will also have a nurse, bike, medical kit and boat at their disposal. Flags indicating danger levels will be on display daily.

The precautions aren’t usually taken until high season. But with more than 50,000 tourists visiting during Semana Santa 2016, emergency services are predicting extremely crowded beaches in April.

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Tax issues with rented property THE Spanish Tax Office (AEAT) is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with. In the past few months, they’ve seriously started to intensify their revenue generation efforts and one example are the hundreds of letters owners of rented property are starting to receive, with explicit messages: “In accordance with the data this Tax Office holds, you have offered your apartment for rental in various advertising outlets, inclusive of internet. We remind you that, in case of receiving rental income, you are obligated to declare it along with any other taxable income that we may not know of.”

The interesting part of this is that the AEAT is not just ‘blindly’ mailing warning letters to thousands of property owners who they believe

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may be inclined to rent their properties, far from it; they now have dedicated teams monitoring rental portals, real estate agencies’ websites and newspapers, direct access to utility companies to check consumption and what’s worse: they also have ‘boots on the ground’ versed in door to door cold calling, in situ inspections to quiz tenants - with undertakings of full confidentiality -

for that very bit of precious information: are you renting this apartment?

And there is a reason for this: according to a 2016 report commission

by Gestha (Syndicate of Tax Experts Of the Ministry of Economy), more than one million rented properties in Spain are not declared to the Tax Office, with Murcia topping the list (61.1 per cent) following by the Canary Islands (55.6 per cent) and Andalucia (55.4 per cent).

Fines for not declaring rental income range from 50 per cent to 150 per cent of the unpaid tax, plus interest, and a black mark for future reference. The upside is that there is always a deal to be had with the Tax Office because they rarely have uncontested evidence on length or price of the rental agreement, and will settle for a reasonable sum.

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Knitted Knockers now available Lux Mundi, LADIES, no longer do you have to suffer uncomfortable prosthesis after a mastectomy. Wonderful volunteers are knitting soft and very comfortable ones, in exact cup sizes, the brainchild of Maria Bailey. The Lions shop in La Cala de Mijas has collaborated with this group, and is supporting them with donations and also by supplying these much-needed items to those in need.

At the moment the shop in La Cala is changing all the winter clothes to spring ones. Go in and see the volunteers who man the shop from 10am to 2pm Monday to Saturday. The three shops are situated in Calle Torremolinos, and if you want to buy, donate clothes, bric-a-brac, footwear or accessories please call in and talk to these lovely ladies.

Volunteers are always needed so if you have some spare time you will be made very welcome. Please call 677 059 061 for more information.

The next big event will be on May 16 from 11.30am to 5pm in the Hotel Tamisa Golf when there will be a fashion show and spring fayre. There will be stalls and lunch available, so go and have a look and enjoy a day out at a beautiful venue. Tickets for a cold buffet lunch, costing €20 and including the first drink, are available from the Lions Shop. A snack menu is available from midday. Follow them on facebook at La Cala Lions charity shop.

Fuengirola IT’S a busy time ahead for Lux Mundi, Fuengirola with lots of upcoming events and excursions planned.

On Thursday March 23 at 7pm there will be a Taize Prayer in San Jose Parish Church, C/Parroco Juan A Jimenez Higuero 33 in Fuengirola.

The following Thursday on March 30 from 10.30am until 12.30pm there will be an Easter Bazaar at the centre on C/Nueva. The friends at Lux Mundi invite you to drop into the centre for a fun morning and an opportunity to purchase some little treats for Easter. Entrance is free and there will be cakes, wine, preserves, tapas, jewellery, books, toys, gifts and much more on offer!

Lux Mundi, Fuengirola is now taking bookings for its future trips. On Wednesday April 5 there will be a day trip to Ronda and San Roque. On Monday May 8 and Tuesday May 9 there will be a visit to the Patios de Cordoba. The four-night trip to Valencia is from Monday May 8 until Friday May 12.

For further information about any of the activities and trips and to book please contact the centre in Fuengirola on 952 474 840, email luxmundif@gmail.com or visit www.lux-mun di.org. Please note you are unable to make bookings through the website and sorry cards cannot be accepted.

KNITTED KNOCKERS: Ladies you no longer have to suffer.

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Second Scottish Referendum could now be on the cards BREXIT PAGE

By John Smith PRIOR to the UK Parliament meeting to consider the Lords amendments to the proposed Article 50 White Paper, the general consensus of opinion (which proved correct) was that the Commons would reject the two amendments and then the Lords would capitulate.

Anticipation of this, and therefore the imminent triggering of Article 50, prompted Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to confirm that she intends to request a second Independence Referendum for Scotland within a week.

It would follow that the Scottish Parliament would approve such a re-

LEADING LADIES: Theresa May and Nicola Sturgeon. quest as the Greens have already indicated that they would support the SNP over such a request which then means that Scotland would send what is known as a Section 30 order to Westminster.

In such a scenario, it may be politi-

cally difficult for the Conservative government to reject the request but a huge amount will rest on the timing of such a referendum with the SNP wanting it to take place prior to Brexit and the British government more likely to argue it could only reasonably

take place after the UK leaves the EU. Leader Sturgeon believes that she and her advisors have found a way for an Independent Scotland to remain within the single market whilst Prime Minister May could well argue that she has enough to do to negotiate a workable agreement without the additional problem of Scotland getting in the way.

It doesn’t appear that the Scots expect to achieve immediate membership of the EU, but would effectively continue to enjoy a number of the economic benefits if it could remain in the single market.

In the event that Scotland does get its right to a second referendum based on the fact that such a large percentage of voters wanted to remain part of the Union, there could well be further protests from those who didn’t wish to leave or have changed their mind, plus politicians in Northern Ireland could well call for union with the Republic.

The next week may be very interesting for all concerned.

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Approval of Article 50 TO steal from TS Eliot, the peers Brexit revolt ended “not with a bang but with a whimper” and those expecting some drama before the inevitable agreement to the passing of the Article 50 White Paper were left disappointed.

Earlier on Monday March 13, the House of Commons had rejected the amendments sent back from the Lords with very few objections from tory backbenchers and ‘ping ponged’ it back to the Lords who, after a little deliberation (perhaps including some on their own future), decided to pass it without the amendments.

This means that the bill will receive Royal Ascent very shortly and the government has indicated that it will stick to the original timetable of triggering Article 50 at the end of this month.

Those UK passport holders living in Spain and other European Union countries will now hope to obtain positive information concerning their future once negotiations commence rather than current unsubstantiated promises of protection.

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Estepona Floral Art Club news IT hardly seems possible that we are already in March and before we know it the clocks will be going forward and all the spring flowers will be here to use in some wonderful arrangements.

Last month there was a great demonstration with Jilly Griffin and her class on Thursday had those who attended pushing their floral design boundaries. As usual the photos are on the club’s Facebook page for those who missed the event.

This month Estepona Floral Art Club are delighted to be welcoming back Bob Harris who demonstrated here on the Coast several years ago. Bob loves to get involved with flower festivals. He was chairman of Hereford Cathedral Flower Festival in 1999 and designer of the Tewkesbury Abbey Festival in 2002, St Mary’s Abergavenny in 2008 and Brecon Cathedral in 2012.

He has often arranged flowers in Westminster Abbey for royal occasions and NAFAS celebrations and has exhibited on behalf of the area at Chelsea Flower Show in 1997.

Bob has served as chairman and later president of the Three Counties and South Wales area of NAFAS. The area comprises 70 clubs stretching from the West Midlands to the south west tip of Wales.

After nearly 20 years as an Area Demonstrator in 2005 he obtained not only his National Demonstrator’s qualification but also passed his National Speakers test. He is now retired from demonstrations from all but the most interesting offers!

FLORAL ART: Go along and see a demonstration.

Bob’s demonstration, ‘Thank you for the Years’ will be on Tuesday March 21 at Agro Jardin, Cancelada starting promptly at 3pm. It’s going to be a wonderful afternoon so why not go along and join in. You don’t need to be a flower arranger or have a knowledge of flowers to enjoy the afternoon. Everyone is welcome and the fee for visitors is €10.

Please note that April’s demonstration will be on Thursday April 6.

The club are organising an-

other of its popular quiz evenings on April 3 at the Bistro Del Puerto in Estepona.

Please contact Janet, contact information below, for more details.

For more information and photographs see the club’s Facebook page, www.face book.com/esteponafloralartclub. Alternatively contact Janet on 694 425 219 or email esteponafloralartclub@hot mail.com to receive information about the club or to join their mailing list for the monthly Newsletter.

Welsh Society Costa del Sol THE Welsh Society Costa del Sol recently celebrated St David’s Day on March 1 with a fundraising event that was held at CJ’s Karaoke Bar in Benalmadena.

The event was a great success and managed to raise a fantastic €1,500. The society will be presenting Age Care with the funds very soon, once both organisations

agree a mutually convenient date.

Thanks go to all of the artistes who gave their time and provided the fantastic entertainment throughout the day. In addition a big thank you must also go to all of the people who provided food and drink, raffle prizes, and of course to everyone who went along and made the day such a success.

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ALFAZ DEL PI: The town hall organised a well-attended walk to visit two outstanding trees.

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By Linda Hall ALFAZ has one of the most extensive and best-conserved collection of outstanding trees in the Valencian Community.

The town hall’s Environment department recently organised a well-attended walk to visit two of them. This began with the pi ne i n t he Pl aza Mayor t hat gi ves t he t own i t s nam e and symbolises the town’s independence f r om t he Bar ony of Polop.

From here the participants went from the town centre to the Foia Brell carob tree, the bi ggest and, at 800 year s of age, the oldest in the region.

The walk, part of Alfaz’s Año Saludable (Health Year), followed an easy route deliberately chosen to be enjoyed by all ages.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Crosstown traffic

Fire, fire

Rubbish problems

Head on crash

ONE of the proposals in the Mallorca transport plan calls for a fast lane on the motorway to Palma on what are currently central reservations. It has been pointed out however that there is an inherent danger in as much as these fast vehicles would have to cross traffic in order to exit.

FIREFIGHTERS were in action across Albox three times in just one day. A field caught fire near the Almanzora River at Olula del Rio, followed by a house fire and soon after a car. Happily all were resolved without any injuries.

BENIDORM Council is currently considering reducing the daily street collection of large items, such as furniture, mattresses etc to one day a week.

THE two drivers of two vehicles involved in a head on collision on the Ronda Sur of Elda, have been taken to hospital. Traffic diversions were in place following the accident.

Beach bars THE mayor of Alcudia is attempting to agree to amend legislation with the national government in order for the council to be able to manage and put out to long term tender rights for the siting of bars on local beaches.

Scathing report ONE of the country’s top professors visited Almeria to deliver a damning report from Amnesty International on Spain’s silence on human rights violations. Anthropologist Enrique Martinez-Salanova denounced Madrid for pledging to take in 17,000 refugees but only managing a few hundred.

Air Berlin strike

Genetically delicious

DUE to strikes by Air Berlin workers in Germany, none of their scheduled services were operating from Berlin to Palma for a period of several days. With a number of individuals and companies attending a Tourism Fair in Berlin, other airlines on the route had to try to cover the demand.

ORGANIC farmers and biologists from all across Europe will gather in Aguadulce to discuss new genetic techniques to produce the healthiest and tastiest local fruit and veg.

Property plans DESPITE the fact that a high percentage of Mallorcans are not in favour of even greater expansion of holiday lets, a number of property owners who foresee an ever-expanding market are having previously run down country properties brought up to modern standards and are also adding swimming pools even if they don’t have planning permission.

Stargazing paradise A LOCAL company is planning to transform Oria into one of Spain’s top star-gazing destinations. The project would see three domes constructed to observe and study the night sky.

Rocky ride REPAIR work has finally begun on the AL-8101 connecting Oria with San Roque in Albox, with €150,000 being spent on asphalting, drainage treatment and reinforced concrete.

NEWS

Hospital transplants Suicide rescue THE expansion of the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa has meant that 10 olives trees needed to be relocated. The work was supervised by the ecological group Xoriguer.

Fire engine fun THE Denia Park fire station held an open day at the weekend. An estimated 250 visitors attended. At the event Jose Melenchon, recently retired, was presented with an award for his long and dedicated service.

School evacuated THE recent heavy rainfall closed the road between Denia and Javea and saw the evacuation of the La Xara School. In just 12 hours over 100 litres of rain per square metre fell.

Free juice YOUNG pupils in Gandia were given free orange juice for a week, as part of a campaign promoting healthy eating. The educational authorities teamed up with the Safor Agricultural Cooperative in an initiative which seeks to educate the younger children about good food habits.

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AN off-duty National Police officer helped prevent a young woman from committing suicide in Murcia as he spotted her climbing on to the railing of a bridge, about to jump. She is now being cared for in hospital.

Garage poisoning FIVE people were treated for the inhalation of carbon monoxide whilst working in a garage in Los Alcazares.

They were cleaning the garage which had a vehicle inside with the engine running releasing carbon monoxide.

Pilgrimage app AN app has been created for the Caravaca de la Cruz pilgrimage to mark the Jubilee year of the camino. Tourists can find out all they need to know about activities, promotions and the pilgrimage from www.caminodelacruz.es website and the ‘descubre tu camino’ app.

Asylum rally AROUND 150 people participated in a rally in Elche by the Syrian Refugee Assistance Platform, calling for the administrations to meet the refugee quota that the authorities committed to, and whose figures are ‘far from reality.’

TORRE DEL MAR is to host its first ‘Urban City Race’ for the area’s running fans. The event, which will have several age categories, will take place over 10km, starting and ending at the sports centre, Vals.

San Jose festival LA HERRADURA has started preparations to celebrate the festival of its patron saint, San Jose. The festivities will run from March 16 to 19, with four days of intense partying.

Fibre optics AROUND 75 per cent of Velez-Malaga now has fibre optic internet, according to data on the expansion of this service.

The councillor for New Technologies, Ana Campos, reported this fast connection is now in place “in Velez-Malaga, but also reaches Torre del Mar and other centres.”

Girl power MORE than 200 people have participated in VelezMalaga’s events to mark International Women’s Day. Events began at 10am with a women’s strike in the Plaza de las Carmelitas.

Nerja development WHAT was originally planned as an area for housing in Nerja and then became a car park and site for Nerja’s October Fiera is now back at planning stage for the building of 290 properties of which a number will be reserved for public housing.

Cut off FOLLOWING a surprise visit by police officers and Endesa staff to a Motril council estate in the area of Huerta Carrasco, 118 properties had their electricity cut off for allegedly illegally hooking up to the grid.

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NETHERLANDS

Leading lego

Student debt STUDENT debt is rising with the average student owing more than €14,000. Student debt in the Netherlands has now reached a new high of €17.6 billion.

LEGO has announced record revenues for 2016, increasing by 6 per cent last year compared to 2015, to 37.9 billion kroner (€5 billion).

Rail delays RAIL passengers face delays and cancellations as the Danish national railway provider has pulled all IC4 trains from service until it determines what caused a hydraulic pump to fall from two IC4 trains last week.

Royal visit

Criminal emails LEGO: The group’s profits are up.

sister, was the guest of honour at the opening of Copenhagen International School’s new campus. The campus is eco-friendly and aims to educate youngsters about sustainable living.

PRINCESS Benedikte, the Queen’s

Forgotten gun A PARLIAMENT security guard is being investigated for gross negligence and carelessness after leaving his gun, with 12 live rounds, in the toilet at the Parliament building.

Longer life

Stop now

Fake Gosling GERMAN prank duo Joko and Klaas arranged for a fake Ryan Gosling to at-

Steep rise SOME local councils are increasing council tax well above the 2 per cent government limits. The average rise is 1.88 per cent, but Limburg has raised it 21 per cent and Eindhoven and Hilvarenbeek has increased it around 15 per cent.

Sprite gone COCA-COLA is pulling Sprite from the Dutch market following objections that the popular drink is a ‘sugar bomb.’ It could also be pulled from 100 other countries.

NORWAY

GERMANY ANGELA MERKEL has said that Turkish claims of ‘Nazi-style practices’ “must stop.” There were complaints that Germany cancelled rallies in support of a referendum next month in Turkey on constitutional reform.

DETECTIVES are analysing 3.6 million encrypted emails sent by criminal gangs. It will be used by the public prosecution departme nt pr ovi di ng evi dence f or criminal cases, including murder, armed robbery, drugs and money laundering.

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tend the glamorous Goldene Kamera screen awards. Posing as PR agents they told organisers he would attend if the La La Land star was picked as a winner.

Women marches US President Trump’s treatment of women was a common theme during marches across Germany to mark International Women’s Day. The marches

coincided with the ‘Day Without a Woman’ rallies across the USA.

Worst airport TRAVEL website eDreams has named Berlin’s Schonefeld airport the worst in the world, based on traveller reviews of more than 65,000 opinions submitted, taking into account things such as waiting areas, shopping and restaurants.

FRANCE

BELGIUM

More jobs

Pay gap

MORE jobs were created by French companies in 2016 since the start of the financial crisis, showing better prospects for the country just weeks before the elections.

BELGIUM’S pay gap between men and women is reducing more rapidly than in any other country according to a new report. In Belgium the average monthly salary for men is 3.3 per cent higher than for women, compared to 13.7 per cent in France.

Paris exit A SURVEY has revealed that 80 per cent of the higher earners in Paris want to leave with 54 per cent saying they would be happy to take a pay cut if it helped them move out of the city.

Salary protest WOMEN are being encouraged to leave work at exactly 4.34pm on November 7 to highlight the salary gap between male and female staff. It is after this time that woman are essentially working for free for the rest of the year.

Taser testing FIFTEEN local police zones will test special taser guns during a six-month period and a special report compiled after the trials.

Building costs BRUSSELS has been named the 12th most expensive city in the world to build in, blamed in part on its complex regulations and permissions that increase construction costs.

New York is the most expensive.

THE life expectancy of Norwegian men has increased by a quarter of a year to 80.6 years. The average life expectancy of women remains 84.2.

Whale complaints ANIMAL rights groups say they are angered at a documentary which showed that a large majority of whales harpooned each year in Norway are pregnant.

Norway and Iceland are the only countries that allow commercial whaling.

Short ban THE International Ski Federation (FIS) has said a 13-month doping ban against Norwegian champion crosscountry skier Therese Johaug, is too short and at the lower end of sanctions that are imposed for doping.

Viking theme A NEW Viking-themed theme park aims to offer visitors a great day out but also educate them about Vikings and Viking history. Investors are currently being sought for the project.

SWEDEN

Fake expert AUTHORITIES have denied that a man who appeared on a Fox News segment in the USA as a ‘Swedish national defence and security adviser’ actually works for the government.

Deportation order AN appeals court has ruled that five teenagers convicted o f r a p i n g a b o y, a r e t o b e d e ported back to Afghanistan after they have served their punishment in a young offenders institute.

Singing women FLASH mobs of mass sing-a-longs took place in some of the country’s biggest cities to mark International Women’s Day.

Top country SWEDEN was ranked the best place in the world for women according to a US News and World report. It was based on 9,000 respondents’ opinions on 80 countries and noted Sweden for its gender equality.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

IN THE PIPELINE: Plans are afoot to pump water from Siberia to China.

Thirst quencher WATER from the deepest freshwater lake on the planet, Lake Baikal in Siberia, w ill be pumpe d to a drought-stricken Chinese region. The hugely ambitious pla n w ould involve building a pipe line ove r 1,000km long tha t w ould run right through Mongolia.

Lake Baikal has 23,000 cubic kilometres of water.

Dirty Disney BEAUTY and the Beast has been given a 16+ rating in Russia, banning children from seeing it at the cinema . Politic ia ns ha ve de scribed the film as perverte d tha nks to a minor ga y character amid calls for it to be banned outright to ‘preserve children’s purity.’

ly beautiful lands without having to deal with Russia’s f am ousl y t ough vi sa process.

No hugging A VIDEO aimed at Chinese tourists in Moscow has educated them on etiquette while visiting the Russian capital. It advises them not t o hug Russi an chi l dr en, climb on trees, speak loudly on t he m et r o, or ski p queues. More than 1.5 million Chinese tourists visited last year.

Strange priorities A TEENAGE rape victim has become public enemy No1.

Diana Shurygina, 17, has been mocked and abused relentlessly online after appear i ng on a t el evi si on show to discuss her ordeal.

She was cr i t i ci sed f or pr ovoki ng t he assaul t by dr i nki ng al cohol and destroying the life of 21-yearold attacker Sergei Semyonov.

Boris vs Vlad V LA D IM IR PU TIN , a ma s te r in judo, proba bly w on’t be s ha king in his boots when floppy haired B oris J ohns on vis its Moscow in late March. The B ritis h fore ign s e c re ta ry pla ns to te ll M os c ow to ‘keep its nose out’ of upc oming e le c tions in H olland, France and Germany.

FIGHT CLUB: Could lessen public violence.

Free visa

Combating hooliganism

A NEW visa scheme will allow people to visit Russia’s far-eastern regions for free. The scheme included Kamchatka, Chukotka, Primorye , K ha ba rovs k a nd Sakhalin. From September foreigners will get an eightday pass to the breaktaking-

HOOLIGANISM should become a sport by itself according to Russian politician Igor Lebedev.

He r eckons t her e wi l l be l ess publ i c t r oubl e i f vi ol ence i s channel ed i nt o organi sed br awl s i n stadiums at set times. Strong Russian hooligans would set an example for the poorly trained English he continued.

FINANCE

Costa del Sol

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STAT OF WEEK

business & legal

$9.2 billion (€8.73 billion)

IT has been confirmed that the discussions between GM, owners of Opel and Vauxhall, and PSA, owners of Citroen and Peugeot, have been finalised and as expected PSA will take over the entire European operation.

Currently there are 24 factories in the group which are situated in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland and the UK employing 34,800 workers of whom 4,500 are in Britain and 5,000 in Spain,

Quote of the Week

€2.19 billion is the amount that the PSA Group has agreed to pay American company GM in order to take over its European Opel/Vauxhall business.

with the majority being employed in Germany.

Portuguese CEO of PSA, Carlos Tavares has indicated that there are no immediate plans to close plants, but there will be an expec-

tation that workers will assist in making the factories more efficient and therefore more profitable.

With this takeover, which appears likely to be approved by

The concern of the constitution is that flows of benefit to presidents from foreign sovereigns will distort their judgment, and trademarks are certainly capable of that,” Norman Eisen on Donald Trump brand names in China

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Little girl versus Wall Street’s bull statue

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Bank success AN international survey by financial publication Euromoney declared CaixaBank the best private bank in Spain for the third year. CaixaBank not only fought off all opposition but has a recent record of significant growth in the retail area, particularly after it acquired Barclays Bank in Spain.

On trial

LITTLE GIRL: Stares down the charging bull.

By John Smith AS a reminder of the concepts behind International Women’s Day advertising agency McCann, on behalf of Boston based State Street Global Advisors, has placed a statue of a young girl directly in front of the charging bull, a symbol of Wall Street.

According to the investment company, this is supposed to represent a plea to Wall Street to in-

crease the number of female financial advisors from its current almost derisory 15 per cent and to recognise the importance that women can play in commerce.

This new piece of the schoolage girl received temporary permission to be placed opposite the bull in Manhattan from the city council and it is hoped that it will be allowed to stay as a reminder of the importance that women play in society.

THE trial of the vice-chairman of the Samsung Group Lee JaeYong, accused of corruption, bribery and embezzlement, has begun in South Korea. He will deny all charges through his lawyer, but the scandal has rocked the country and led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, said to have favoured the company.

Co-op losses FOR the fifth year in succession, the Co-op Bank, which promotes its ethical standing, has lost money. The loss of £477 million (€548 million) is down on the previous year but it does not bode well for the planned sale of the bank announced last month.

Spanish protectionism THE European Commission has given the Spanish government until April 9 to explain why it limits the percentage of equity that individuals and corporate investors can purchase in two companies involved in the transfer of energy, otherwise it may be taken

to court.

Enagás and Red Eléctrica, involved in gas and electricity respectively, are protected under Spanish law so that no shareholder (other than the government) can take control and possibly affect the movement of energy.

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is the first monthly trade deficit reported by China in the past three years due to increased imports and decreased exports caused by Lunar New Year closures.

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state governments as well as the European Union, PSA will become the second largest vehicle manufacturer in Europe after the Volkswagen group but in order to maintain its position and expand, it is looking to make savings of €1.73 billion per year.

One telling fact is that under GM ownership, the group had never made a profit, although it was on target to break even in 2016 had it not been for the drop in the value of sterling following the referendum vote.

Reprieve for disgraced Rato DESPITE the fact that disgraced former minister, head of the IMF and head of Bankia, Rodrigo Rato was found guilty of misusing funds and sentenced to four years and six months imprisonment, he is currently walking free.

As he is expected to file an appeal against the conviction and the sentence, it has been decided that his impeccable behaviour during the trial meant that he could be trusted and should remain free until such time as the appeal is held.

Many consider this to be inappropriate considering the suffering caused to many who believed the prospectus and invested in Bankia shares.

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HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. Roka Bioscience, Inc. Zumiez Inc. Federated National Holding Company Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. CECO Environmental Corp.

Surgery Partners, Inc. Acacia Research Corporation Cara Therapeutics, Inc.

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By John Smith WHEN the Carrefour Group decides to open a new hypermarket, it invariably obtains a site with sufficient space to allow it to create a mini-mall or retail park where other independent companies can offer a range of different products to visitors.

This is a symbiotic relationship whereby the tenants have access to the Carrefour shoppers and the fact that there is a range of generally noncompeting products under the same roof often aids in the decision making process as to which supermarket consumers will visit.

Up until now, the management of the shopping centres and in some cases retail parks adjacent to the Carrefour stores has been undertaken by two separate real estate companies, Carmila and Cardety, but it has been announced (subject to shareholder approval) that Cardety will take over Carmila in a three for one share exchange.

It is planned that the combined operation will take the Carmila name and will be floated on the French Stock Exchange with an expected worth of some €3 billion but interest-

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Carrefour to expand business

CARREFOUR: A number of new retail parks centred around the store are planned. ingly, Carrefour has significant shareholdings in both companies and will participate heavily in the newly merged one.

Although initially a French company, Carrefour has expanded signifi-

cantly into Spain and Italy as well as other countries around the world fuelling its expansion through takeover of companies, development and recently, the absorption of several Eroski super-stores throughout Spain.

The new group plans a number of new retail parks centred around Carrefour stores as part of a new five year plan which will also see significant development in the area of online shopping.

AirBnB at the crossroads

AIR BNB: Brian Chesky the founder with letters in San Francisco.

The Barcelona City Council believes that rentals via AirBnB do not recognise the laws in place and has levelled significant fines on the company which have been appealed, but fines have also been levied on property managers in New York City for using the company to advertise entire apartments for rent.

This highly successful company has gone from strength to strength and has received investment

AFTER significant losses following the Brexit result, the pound started to recover against the euro in particular returning to a level of around €1.19 which was maintained for several months.

Suddenly however it has taken a slow but sure backwards step dropping down to €1.145 at the time of writing this article and the reasons are not totally clear.

Different analysts expound different reasons, one being that the Lords amendments to the Article 50 White Paper are to blame, whilst others suggest that the pound is undervalued against the dollar but is simply finding its correct level against the euro, especially as the Eurozone appears to be relatively sound at the moment.

Those of us who receive pensions and investment payment in sterling are less interested in the reason and more interested in seeing it stronger.

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REGULARLY in the news in Spain because councils in many areas, especially Barcelona, Madrid and Mallorca believe that San Francisco based home rental company AirBnB continually encourages those renting properties to flout the laws, the company has just raised another $1 billion (€940 million).

Only launched in 2008 by Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia, the company charges letters 3 per cent of the value of the let and between 6 and 12 per cent to those renting and is now valued at $31 billion (€29 billion) with operations hitting 65,000 cities worldwide.

Whilst the concept is very clever, there is no doubt that the company is managing to make enemies in very large cities which enjoy huge numbers of tourist visitors. Hotels are up in arms over the way in which the company takes business away from them and it is being blamed for the difficulty that many renters are having in finding long-term accommodation in London.

So worried was the British government about this situation, that the matter has been raised in parliament and the company has agreed to stop renters from letting their properties out for more than 90 days in a year unless they are registered with local councils.

Spain recently introduced some relatively draconian restrictions on short term letters requiring registration, air conditioning, free wifi and a number of other regulations in order to both support their tourist industry and to ensure that those letters actually pay tax on what they earn.

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from the founder of Amazon as well as celebrities and movie stars, but doesn’t appear ready as yet to float on the stock market especially as its high development and expansion costs have finally taken it into significant profit.

The company is at the crossroads, facing continued growth in the market and profit or being shut down due to alleged multiple breaches of laws around the world.

JUST one day before it is due to open its new store in Cordoba, JD Sports has announced that it intends to enter into a partnership through its Sprinter brand with Portuguese retailer Sport Zone owned by the Sonae group.

This new joint venture to be known as the Iberian Sports Retail Group will manage and operate more than 250 stores in Portugal and Spain with an annual expected turnover of €450 million, although the British group has been expanding steadily within Spain and currently sells goods to the value of €40 million.

The agreement appears to give JD Sports a 50 per cent ownership of the new company whilst its Spanish division Sprinter will have 20 per cent and Sonae are to take 30 per cent. If this deal is finalised, then the new group will become one of the largest sporting goods retailers in Spain and Portugal, competing directly with French-owned Decathlon.

Not content with expansion in Europe, JD Sports is also expanding its business in Australia and despite regular negative media coverage, appears to continue to enlarge and discover new outlets for its goods.

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The UK’s spring budget and Spain

PHILIP HAMMOND: Leaving 11 Downing Street.

By John Smith CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond presented his first budget on March 8 and whilst a great deal of it won’t have any effect on British passport holders living in Spain, there are a few developments which will be of interest.

It was unfortunate that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tweeted just prior to the budget, exhorting supporters to “Sign the petition against Osborne’s cuts” and although technically correct, it gave ammunition to certain parts of the media to suggest that he didn’t know that Osborne had been replaced.

In general terms, Hammond took a fairly upbeat position with regards to the economy and the fact that Britain needs to borrow less money than originally forecast although growth is expected to slow down over the next few years until expanding in 2021.

He allocated more money to adult social care over the next three years with £2 billion (€2.3 billion) put to one side and did not introduce a retroac-

tive claw back of monies spent on social care from inheritances which came as a relief to many.

The NHS didn’t fare so well and despite the ‘promises’ (or were they just suggestions?) that many pro-Brexit campaigners - many of whom are now Cabinet Ministers - gave concerning massive monthly payments to the NHS, he was only able to find £425 million (€489 million) over three years for the countries health.

Britain needs to borrow less money than originally forecast.

The chancellor did however find around £1 billion (€1.15 billion) for education and the creation of even more selective schools as well as granting poor 11 to 15 year olds free transport to their schools as long as they are eligible for free school dinners.

Investors can earn 2.2 per cent on a new Investment Bond but tax-free dividend allowance

will be reduced from £5,000 (€5,750) to £2,000 (€2,300) from April 2018.

The area that has caused the largest furore concerns National Insurance contributions for the self-employed which, according to detractors, marks a direct U-turn from pre-election promises that there would be no new taxes with the government explaining that that wasn’t quite what they meant really and was down to a matter of interpretation.

There should be a few more pubs left open for visitors to the UK as they will receive some rate relief for one year. Those living in Spain however can congratulate themselves on the fact that they are in a country where drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes is still considerably cheaper than in the UK. Finally, only a cynic would complain about the £5 million (€5.75 million) found on International Women’s Day to celebrate the Centenary of the Representation of the People Act which in 1918 led to the eventual granting of votes to women.

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Keep that mail coming always I do still get the occasional missive that wishes me harm, which is a bit sad really.

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT ONE of the bonuses I glean from writing this column is the mail I receive. The reason many go unpublished is because a large number have attachments, or are a tad too long. I do of course read them all.

The feedback I gain is invaluable and I thank all who take the trouble to put their ideas and suggestion in the perusal pipeline.

Some of the suggestions are of course unprintable. Others are actually a physical impossibility! However, as long as they contain even a smidgen of constructive criticism, all are welcome.

I do still of course get the occasional missive that wishes me harm. Don’t worry I’ve been ‘poisoned’ by the very best. I find those particular communications a bit sad really.

Some years ago the office did receive a letter addressed to me with the word ‘bomb’ inscribed in the top corner.

After a bit of ‘pass the parcel’ one brave EWN staff member deemed to open it. Inside was a card with a Second World War bomb depicted on its front. Not too funny really.

FEEDBACK: Some of the suggestions are unprintable.

I’ve also received my fair share of mooners.

If anyone feels this way inclined in the future, could you make sure you’re female? I’m afraid I've never been into male posteriors (no pun intended!).

I did receive a funny one this week. A lady wrote to tell me she had stopped reading the EWN because of me. This was of course not true because she went on to say she was reading this particular issue in the lavatory!

Whether she had carried it in with her, considering those particular surroundings gave it more atmosphere, or whether she intended to put it to more practical use I have no idea.

Hope not. All the print comes off love. Still it would give hubby the opportunity to read it in bed! And on that low note (geddit!?) I’ll wish you all au revoir for another week.

Keep that mail coming and always.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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It’s serious grumpy territory Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WHAT is it with French air traffic control?

Do they achieve anything by striking? Except for making sure that not one member of the travelling public has any sympathy for them. They have affected 35,000 flights since 2010, 34,999 of which didn’t really catch my attention because… well, to be honest, I wasn’t on them. But I was on Wednesday because I was flying to the UK. The problem started two days before my flight because I knew I was meant to be landing at about 9pm which was fine because Hertz don’t close till 11.30pm. Now this is where it starts to get into serious grumpy territory as I decided to give Hertz a call to check what provisions are in place if a punter is delayed because of the strike and land after 11.30pm. I decided to call them and ask.

Simple really you would think because they provide you with a number to call - albeit a premium one. So I call it. It all starts off fine. Welcome to Hertz blah, blah, blah.

Press 1 for this, 2 for that, 3 for something else, 4 to speak to the local office where you are picking up the car. So 4 is pressed and off we go again. Press 1 for this, 2 for that, 3 for

I don’t know, 4 to personally strangle the idiots that invented this frustrating no human response piece of annoying technology!!!!

Or hold to speak to an operator. So I hold and hold and hold and then I’m told after a good 15 minutes of paying for a premium charge call that nobody is available to take my call right now and could I please call back later and the line goes dead.

I am now verbally abusing someone who is not there and I mean abusing. Not someone to give up lightly I go online and find a number in the USA as I reckon they must be able to help me contact someone at Luton airport who won’t answer their phone. ‘Hello welcome to Hertz. Press 1 for this, 2 for that and 3 to speak to a very unnaturally happy operator who is going tell me her name and ask me how can she help me today and when we finish wish me a wonderful rest of my day! At last it’s a human and I explain my problem and she tells me not to worry as if my flight details are on the booking the Hertz staff have to wait for me.

This is great except my flight details aren’t on my booking. Anyway she kindly adds them and sends me an email confirming what we’ve discussed. So over two hours later I finally get it sorted. My flight was delayed but the Hertz office was still open. So French air traffic control you can KMA!!

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Car ban for cleaner air AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

OLDER CARS: To be banned on roads.

IN a recent meeting, Barcelona has agreed to ban all cars which are over 20 years old. When the rules come into force it means that old cars will be banned from driving on the road on working days in 40 municipalities.

The authorities said the move is aimed at reducing pollution as part of the government’s strategy to reduce emissions. They want to reduce pollution by 10 per cent in the next five years and by 30 per cent within 15 years.

However, owners of old cars do not need to panic just yet as the restrictions will not

come into force until 2019. From this year, it means that cars registered before 1997 and vans before 1994, will not be allowed to drive on working days.

Between now and 2019, plans will be made for the implementation of the scheme.

This will also include an awareness campaign on the restrictions and making improvements to public transport links, particularly in areas which it is considered to be deficient. It has been announced that the first stage of the plan will be presented before July this year.

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

Is the maintenance cost too high?

OUR Community has several problems due to lack of maintenance. The buildings and outside areas like the garden and car park are looking quite shabby. At the imminent AGM a decision will be sought to spend around €50,000 to replace stair carpets with ceramic floor tiles. It is estimated we will all be asked to pay €90 per quarter extra ON the Second Calling of the AGM, which routinely is half an hour after the First Calling, the majority of owners present or by proxy will carry the motion. As

for the next three years. Some of us do not want to vote yes at the AGM. My question is: What percentage of owners is necessary to allow this? Is it 51 per cent, or 3/5ths of all owners, or is it simply a majority vote of those few people actually attending the AGM together with proxy votes?

P.R. (Costa del Sol)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

you describe it, the issue is necessary maintenance, so

a simple majority vote should be sufficient. You feel that the new flooring is more expensive than it needs to be, but if the AGM votes to install it, you are bound by the decision.

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

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Stop press! Is Theresa May after a hard Brexit or soft crexit?

Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist.

To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

NEWS that Theresa May is giving up crisps for Lent - salt and vinegar variety, since you ask – made me wonder what else people are giving up.

Is Jeremy Corbyn giving up trying to lead the Labour Party, or is that just the impression he seems to give? And, as for Sir Philip Green, is he giving up £363 million to hang on to his knighthood? Reports that the retail billionaire had a scrabble down the back of the sofa on one of his many yachts to bail out the BHS pension scheme in a deal to salvage his reputation - and keep his gong - positively makes his the most expensive knighthood in history. (Will David Beckham be reaching for his chequebook now too?)

A knight of the realm who’s already opened his chequebook is Sir James Dyson, a self-made billionaire who’s putting billions back into the economy, innovating and creating thousands of new

jobs. Unlike Sir Philip, also a selfmade billionaire, but most of whose money has ended up in Monaco and not in the UK where thousands of people have lost their jobs. We could do with many more like Sir James and fewer like Sir Philip.

Someone else who seems to have given up something for Lent – in his case, common sense – is the

THERESA MAY: Giving up crisps for Lent.

Royle Family actor, Ricky Tomlinson, who’s accused the ‘most indiscreet’ late TV Countdown presenter, Richard Whiteley, of being an undercover agent for MI5, having helped jail him and other striking workers in the 70s (the jury having been ‘swayed’ by an ITV documentary featuring him, Red Under the Bed, fronted by Whiteley). A true Kremlin conundrum...

Finally, and back to Mrs May’s crisps, if you take a packet and

scrunch the contents to tiny bits (soft crexit?), you’ll have no problem giving them up - not just for Lent but for life. Ugh! I find a far better way is to give yourself a 100 per cent chance of success and guaranteed bragging rights. Which is why I’ve decided to give up broccoli for Lent. I hate broccoli. Always have.

Nora Johnson’s psychological/suspense crime thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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Marbella Moments

by Nicole King WHAT if we took a little more pride in the city we call home? What if we complained a little less and did a little more?

What if we opened our homes to Spanish exchange students, but right here in Marbella? Until quite recently English wasn’t taught in the public schools making it hard for anyone in their mid-20’s upwards to get a job in their own city.

This local ‘international’ exchange could be a great way to put a positive spin on our overwhelming presence which depletes the locals’ chances of work, and an ideal way of helping young local Spanish students experience the ‘foreign’ life style of our local English population, eat our foods and help them learn and practise English, but without having to leave home or travel far!! And what better way to promote our further integration?

What if we were to organise the many talented artists in our city to help turn our industrial estates into colourful living tapestries? An added tourist attraction and a simple way to promote the artists but also to help

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UNM 2016 ATTENDEES: Join us at the United Nationalities of Marbella Summit in 2017. increase business opportunities, further integration of our community and certainly be something to talk about in the international press, again further promoting Marbella worldwide.

What if we put our heads together to address the fact that our young teens need to have places to ‘hang out’ after school and sports? Some-

thing to keep in mind if we’d prefer them not to succumb to the party promotion experience that is and be smoking shishas in bars in Puerto Banus at 13 years old, as is the case at the moment for many.

What if we were to adopt a recycling system as done in Colombia with the Ecobot? All plastic deposits are put in special containers around

the city and give discount vouchers for cinemas, restaurants and other local activities; a real incentive to recycle.

What if you have an idea that could be of interest to our community and would like to get more people involved and put it into action?

What if you join us at our second United Nationalities of Marbella

Summit on April 25 and share your ideas, help create the action groups to put the best ideas into practice and then have a network lunch with some of the most privileged brains in the world who live right here in Marbella?

Our first get together last year was a great success and many ideas brought up have been actioned, including more organic markets, allotments, and the cherry on the top being Linea Directa insurance company responding to our request by creating a new policy for expats which covers a night-time taxi at no charge, up to four times a month to take us home so we don’t have to drink and drive!

UNM2017 is our chance to get together; it’s open to all ages and is being held again at Laude International School in San Pedro - so we all fit!

It’s 100 per cent interactive and proactive and the entrance is free.

All you have to do is visit our website, fill in the form to sign up and we’ll see you there! We are and can be #BetterTogether. www.rtvmarbellanow.com

We all need some child’s play Guest

It’s not always such a bad thing to be childish.

Columnist Today: Trudy Stewart DURING the recent Carnival celebrations, I was lucky enough to have a front row seat for the festivities from my balcony which overlooks the main Plaza in town.

What caught my eye more than any of the elaborate costumes, was a group of children running around collecting long streamers fired from a cannon on one of the floats. They collected enough to make a large pile then played in it for the next few hours. The bright pile provided a soft landing as they jumped into it, pushed each other on to it and rode their bikes towards it toppling into the cushioned surface.

The overwhelming sound, above the cacophony of presenters and singers on the stage, was of the children’s laughter.

For hours, they ignored the lure of candy floss and helium balloons of favourite characters, preferring instead to make their own amusement

GROWN UP: But that doesn’t mean there can’t also be times for play and fun.

in their multi-purpose pile.

Watching them, I started thinking why is it that we have to grow up and stop finding fun in the simplest things?

For the first years of life we are encouraged to play. School begins with story time, modelling with clay, finger-painting, but is all too quickly re-

placed by times-tables and spelling tests.

Instead of being encouraged to keep playing and having fun, phrases like ‘grow up’ and ‘act your age’ begin to creep in. By our teenage years, embarrassment rears its ugly head and we are afraid to do anything that will cost us ‘cool points’ with our friends and peers. Bikes stop being horses or motorbikes (or whatever else we were playing that day) and become either retired to the shed or used to get us to work or study. Fun is replaced by adult things like worrying about money or trying to find a partner.

However, for some of us, that childish need to play never goes away.

From videogames to paintballing, we still feel that need to lose ourselves for a period of time and escape the adult worries of everyday life.

I definitely fall into this category and am unafraid to risk making a fool of myself in the pursuit of fun. I sometimes even find myself acting my shoe size and not my age! And why not? Life is short and we spend plenty of time being serious and stressed. We can all learn a lesson from watching the sheer, unadulterated joy of children at play.

Of course there are times when being a grown up is required but that doesn’t mean there can’t also be times for play and fun. It’s not always such a bad thing to be childish - sometimes it’s exactly what is needed!

This summer, you might spot me running in and out of the water fountains in the Plaza screaming and laughing along with the children.

While I’m certain some will shake their heads at the sight of it, I also think there will be some who would like to join in the fun so come right in, the water’s lovely!

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Flog it! Trade Secrets Fugitives Money for Nothing Welcome to Hull City of Culture 2017 Great British Railway Journeys Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Two Tribes Beat the Brain Building Dream Homes Channel Patrol Ireland with Simon Reeve The Hunt Bargain Hunt Eggheads The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food Antiques Road Trip The Great Pottery Throw Down The Last Kingdom Match of the Day Newsnight Top Gear Top Gear: Extra Gear The Real Marigold Hotel Royal Recipes

8:00pm 100 Days 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Canals: The Making of a Nation 9:30pm What Do Artists Do All Day? 10:00pm Smile! The Nation’s Family Album 11:00pm On Camera: Photographers at the BBC 12:00am We’ll Take Manhattan Drama which explores the explosive love affair between David Bailey and Jean Shrimpton.

1:30am Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 2:30am Top of the Pops 3:05am What Do Artists Do All Day? 3:35am Smile! The Nation’s Family Album A revealing portrait how of we have documented our changing lives.

4:35am This is BBC Four

7:00am You’ve Been Framed!

7:25am Who’s Doing the Dishes?

8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Psych 10:55am Below Deck 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes?

1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

7:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

8:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Release the Hounds 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am American Dad!

7:00am You’re Only Young Twice 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Royal 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm The Royal 4:15pm Where the Heart is 5:20pm You’re Only Young Twice 5:55pm Doctor at Large 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Heartbeat 10:00pm Rosemary and Thyme Lighthearted drama series about a pair of gardening enthusiasts turned amateur sleuths.

11:00pm A Touch of Frost 1:10am Inspector Morse 3:15am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:55pm ITV News London 2:00pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Celebrity Home Secrets 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale Robert learns the truth. Zak takes action. Doug worries for his family.

8:30pm NHS: Crisis on the Frontline? Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 10:00pm Prime Suspect 1973 11:00pm The Nightly Show with Davina Mccall 11:30pm ITV News 12:00am ITV News London 12:15am UEFA Europa League Highlights

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7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am 9:35am 10:05am 11:05am 12:00pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:55pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Undercover Boss USA Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Channel 4 News A New Life in the Sun Posh Pawn Countdown Fifteen to One Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Political Slot The Supervet A Very British Hotel Extremely British Muslims : The Rules Mystery of the Man on the Moor

7:00am Barcelona’s European Glory 7:10am Gunsmoke 8:00am The Saint 8:55am Hogan’s Heroes 9:25am The Professionals 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 12:00pm The Chase 1:00pm Counting Cars 1:30pm Counting Cars US reality series.

Scott thinks Danny is mistaken to have invested in a vintage dune buggy.

1:55pm Pawn Stars 2:25pm Pawn Stars 2:55pm Hogan’s Heroes 3:25pm Hogan’s Heroes 3:55pm Ironside 5:00pm The Professionals 6:05pm The Sweeney 7:05pm Counting Cars 7:35pm Counting Cars 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Big Fish Off 10:00pm River Monsters 11:05pm Jaws 2 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Jaws 2

8:50am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:20pm Left for Dead 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 9:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 10:00pm The Great British Benefits Handout 11:00pm Celebrity Sex Pod 12:05am 100% Hotter!

1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Naughty Toddlers Make You Laugh Out Loud

7:00am 7:20am 8:05am 8:35am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm

7:10am 10:10am 12:10pm 2:25pm 5:00pm 7:10pm

7:00am Maggie’s Plan 9:00am Warcraft 11:10am The Top Ten Show 2017 11:25am Awkward Sexy People 1:20pm Get a Job 2:55pm Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies 4:30pm The Great Wall: Special 5:00pm Maggie’s Plan 6:50pm Warcraft 9:00pm Get a Job 10:35pm Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies Pure white snow turns blood red as hordes of the undead terrorise a remote ski resort.

12:05am Bravetown 2:15am The Commune 4:15am Awkward Sexy People Socially awkward and unlucky in love, Jeff and Anne hatch a plan to transform themselves over a sex-and-alcoholfuelled summer.

The Longest Day Collateral Damage Enemy of the State The Dark Knight Déjà Vu X-Men: The Last Stand 9:00pm The Dark Knight 11:35pm Rambo 1:10am King Arthur 3:20am Rocky II 5:25am Lost and Found

7:00am Two Weeks Notice 8:50am Valentine’s Day 11:00am Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 1:00pm How to be Single 3:00pm The Intern 5:10pm Death Becomes Her 7:00pm Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 9:00pm How to be Single 11:00pm The Intern 1:10am Valentine’s Day 3:20am Two Weeks Notice 5:15am Death Becomes Her

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

Suburgatory Charmed Coach Trip Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Last Man Standing Last Man Standing The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gap Year Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

THURSDAY TV

10:00am Barclays Premier League World 10:30am Premier League 100 Club 11:00am The Premier League Years 1:00pm Football’s Greatest 2:00pm Great Sporting Moments 2:45pm Great Sporting Moments 3:00pm Premier League Legends 4:00pm Spanish Football Gold 4:15pm Spanish Football Gold 4:30pm Football Gold 5:00pm Football’s Greatest 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 6:30pm Premier League 100 Club 7:00pm Barclays Premier League World 7:30pm Premier League Legends 8:00pm Live Premier League Darts 11:00pm Premier League Match Pack 11:30pm La Liga Show 12:00am Barclays Premier League World

7:00am 12:30pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 5:30pm

6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 11:30pm 12:30am 1:00am 1:15am 1:30am 2:00am 2:30am 3:30am 4:00am 4:15am 4:30am 4:40am 4:50am

Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Sporting Records Sporting Records Cricket Cricket Sporting Records Sporting Records An in-depth look at some of the greatest sporting milestones ever recorded.

Cricket Cricket Live Super League Cricket World Rugby Super League Highlights Boxing Gold La Liga Show Premier League Match Pack Cricket La Liga Show Super League Highlights Boxing Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket

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Leo the Lion embarks on ‘last chance’ proton beam cancer therapy not, but he shouldn’t be with the treatment.”

She added: ”There is a chance that Leo’s tumour does not respond to radiation, nobody knows until they try. “ If th is is the c a s e th e n the re are no more treatment options, except another possible trial in Florida fo r c h ild re n tha t h av e g o t to tha t stage.

I do not know if another tumour comes back if we continue fighting or what... there is only so much you can do.”

BRAVE LEO: In Oklahoma.

Spanish account • Bank: Banco Sabadell Account Name: Leo James Bermejo Account Number: ES69 0081 0597 0900 0602 1116 • Swift: BSAB ESBB

UK account • Bank: Royal Bank of Scotland Account Name: Alda Keefe Account Number: 17485819 • Sort Code: 16-24-06

gofundme.com/leothelion3 • Paypal: karenlisakeefe@hotmail.com

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BRAVE cancer fighter four-year-old Leo Bermejo from Almeria has begun his 31 sessions of proton beam therapy in Oklahoma.

It follows his recent brain tumour operation in the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the UK. Doctors at the ProCure clinic have decided that Leo needs full brain and spine proton therapy with a boost to the tumour bed.

The proton sessions, which will be given Monday to Friday, will involve approximately six weeks of treatment and, if all goes to plan, Leo could be back in Spain by the end of April.

Speaking exclusively to the Euro Weekly News from the States, mum Karen said: “His first treatment took just over an hour.

He was quite groggy afterwards and was saying ‘ouch’ and pointing to his head. It is difficult to know if he was really in pain or

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Fugitives 12:45pm Dom on the Spot 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Moving On 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Room 101 10:00pm EastEnders 10:30pm Tracey Ullman’s Show 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest 1:55am The Real Marigold Hotel

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:55pm ITV News London 2:00pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Celebrity Home Secrets 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 11:00pm The Nightly Show with Davina Mccall 11:30pm ITV News 12:00am ITV News London 12:15am Play to the Whistle 1:15am The Nightly Show with Davina Mccall 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Storage Hoarders 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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

Flog it! Trade Secrets Fugitives Money for Nothing Big Dreams Small Spaces Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Two Tribes Beat the Brain Building Dream Homes Channel Patrol Ireland with Simon Reeve The Hunt Bargain Hunt Eggheads The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Gardeners’ World Only Connect Wild Ireland QI Newsnight Robot Wars Geri’s 1990s: My Drive to Freedom

7:25am Who’s Doing the Dishes?

8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am You’ve Been Framed!

10:35am Psych 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes?

1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Emmerdale 2:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

7:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

8:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm American Pie: The Wedding 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy

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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 8:50pm Sounds of the Sixties 9:00pm The Good Old Days 10:00pm Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You 11:30pm The Shires: New Country 12:30am Country at the BBC 1:30am Top of the Pops 1:50am Sounds of the Sixties 2:00am Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You 3:30am The Shires: New Country 4:30am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

More daily from 7.00pm.

10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes weather and sport.

1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm Scruffts: Britain’s Favourite Dog 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats 12:55am How’d You Get So Rich?

8:50am Paw Patrol 9:05am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:15am Digby Dragon 9:30am Peppa Pig 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime National and international news.

1:15pm Benefits Britain: Me and My 14 Kids 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm NCIS 4:20pm Patient Killer 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Tony Robinson’s Coast to Coast 10:00pm When TV Goes Horribly Wrong 1:00am Super Casino

7:00am You’re Only Young Twice 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:25am The Royal 10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm You’re Only Young Twice 5:50pm Doctor at Large 6:25pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Agatha Christie’s Marple 12:00am Blue Murder 1:30am The Constant Gardener 2:30am FYI Daily 2:35am The Constant Gardener 3:40am Inspector Morse 5:30am Rory Bremner’s Great British Views

7:00am 7:10am 8:00am 8:55am 9:25am 10:30am

7:05am 8:40am 10:55am 1:30pm 3:45pm 5:15pm 7:40pm 10:00pm 11:40pm 1:55am 3:40am 5:30am

12:00pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 1:55pm 2:25pm 2:55pm 3:25pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:10pm 7:40pm 8:05pm 8:35pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:45am 1:45am 1:50am 2:55am

Football Rivalries The Sweeney The Chase Hogan’s Heroes The Professionals ITV Racing: The Opening Show The Chase Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes Ironside The Professionals The Sweeney Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars Firefox FYI Daily Firefox Get Carter FYI Daily Get Carter Fishing Impossible

Sword of Vengeance Sherlock Holmes Armageddon John Carter Close Range Backdraft Sherlock Holmes Taken John Carter Rocky III Camino The Ox-Bow Incident

7:40am Working Girl 9:40am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 11:20am Sisters 1:25pm Bad Neighbours 2 3:10pm Pitch Perfect 2 Special 3:40pm Election 5:35pm Juno 7:20pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 9:00pm Sisters 11:00pm Bad Neighbours 2 12:45am Election

7:00am 7:20am 8:05am 8:35am 9:05am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 12:15am 2:25am 3:30am 4:20am 5:10am 5:30am 5:50am

Suburgatory Charmed Coach Trip Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother Charmed How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Last Man Standing The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Red 2 Sleepy Hollow First Dates Hotel Celebs Go Dating First Dates Abroad Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement New Girl

7:00am Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies 8:35am Bravetown 10:45am Maggie’s Plan 12:45pm Ghostbusters 2:55pm Warcraft 5:15pm Bravetown 7:25pm Get a Job Comedy about a pair of college graduates struggling to stay afloat in the cutthroat world of work.

9:00pm Ghostbusters When a crazed loner threatens to unleash the apocalypse it’s up to a ragtag team of outcasts to save the day. Reimagining of the classic comedy.

11:00pm Ghostbusters: Answer the Call 11:15pm Warcraft 1:20am Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies 2:45am Awkward Sexy People

FRIDAY TV

9:00am Barclays Premier League World 9:30am Premier League Match Pack 10:00am Premier League Darts 1:00pm La Liga Show 2016 1:30pm Football’s Greatest 2:00pm Great Sporting Moments 2:15pm Great Sporting Moments 3:00pm Barclays Premier League World 3:30pm Premier League Match Pack 4:00pm Spanish Football Gold 4:15pm Spanish Football Gold 4:30pm Football Gold 5:00pm Football’s Greatest 6:00pm Premier League 100 Club 6:30pm Premier League Match Pack 7:00pm The Fantasy Football Club 8:00pm Football 11:00pm Live Nxtgen Boxing 1:00am Premier League 100 Club

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

Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Cricket ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells Cricket Cricket ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells Rugby Union Rugby Union Gold Rugby Union Gold Rugby Union Gold Live Super League Premier League Preview 2016/17 Cricket Super League Highlights Super League Gold Cricket World Cup Classics Cricket’s Greatest Super League Highlights Super League Gold Cricket Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket

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Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live Football Focus BBC News Weather Six Nations Rugby Union Six Nations Rugby Union Escape to the Country BBC News Regional News Weather Pointless Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief Who Dares Wins Casualty Mrs. Brown’s Boys BBC News Weather Match of the Day This Country My Brother the Devil Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed

by Weather.

CITV Alphabetical Guess This House Rebound ITV News and Weather Carry on Matron Off Their Rockers The Voice UK Six Nations Rugby Union Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway The Voice UK ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

Lethal Weapon Rambo III Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly.

Who’s Doing the Dishes?

Yellow Canary Whiskey Galore Coast Homes Under the Hammer Mary Berry Everyday Little Paris Kitchen Firecreek Talking Pictures Gardeners’ World University Challenge Only Connect Final Score Flog It! Wild Ireland Britain at War Dad’s Army Dame Vera Lynn: Happy 100th Birthday QI XL Panel-based quiz where it is more important to be interesting than right.

True Grit: A Further Adventure Ash Wednesday This is BBC Two

8:00pm Britain’s Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 9:00pm She-Wolves: England’s Early Queens In the medieval and Tudor world there was no question in people’s minds about the order of God’s creation - men ruled and women didn’t.

10:00pm Follow the Money 11:00pm Follow the Money 12:00am Top of the Pops 12:35am Top of the Pops 1:00am Neil Sedaka: King of Song 2:00am Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need is the Music 2:45am Kings of 70s Romance 3:45am ...Sings Bacharach and David!

7:00am You’ve Been Framed!

7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 2:00pm The Voice UK 3:15pm Rumour Has It...

4:15pm FYI Daily 4:20pm Rumour Has It...

5:20pm Nanny McPhee 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Nanny McPhee 7:15pm Mr Bean’s Holiday 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Mr Bean’s Holiday 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 12:25am Family Guy 1:55am American Dad! 2:25am American Dad! 2:50am Release the Hounds 3:45am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Murder, She Wrote 8:10am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

9:10am Murder, She Wrote 10:15am Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s 11:15am FYI Daily 11:20am Blue Murder at St. Trinian’s 12:05pm Carry on Up the Jungle 1:05pm FYI Daily 1:10pm Carry on Up the Jungle 1:55pm Hans Christian Andersen 3:50pm Wycliffe 4:55pm Rosemary and Thyme 6:00pm Lewis 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Rising Damp Forever 1:00am Wycliffe 2:05am Marchlands 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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

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7:20am King of Queens 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Race of Champions 2017 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Extreme Food 2:00pm Come Dine with Me 3:00pm Come Dine with Me 4:30pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm Grand Designs 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau 9:00pm Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service 10:00pm Lucy 11:45pm RoboCop 1:55am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crimefighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell.

11:30am Chinese Food in Minutes 11:40am On Benefits: Life on the Dole 12:35pm On Benefits: Life on the Dole 1:35pm On Benefits: Life on the Dole 2:30pm Dance Moms 4:20pm Dance Moms 5:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 6:10pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

7:10pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 9:00pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Football on 5 11:00pm Football on 5 11:30pm The True Story 12:30am Criminals Caught on Camera

7:00am Bundesliga 8:00am World Superbike Highlights 9:00am Fishing Impossible 10:00am The Big Fish Off 11:00am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:30pm The Great Outdoors 1:30pm FYI Daily 1:35pm The Great Outdoors 2:20pm Snooker v Darts 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Fierce 6:00pm FA Youth Cup Live 8:30pm Pawn Stars 8:55pm River Monsters 10:00pm Terminator 2: Judgment Day 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Terminator 2: Judgment Day 12:45am Lock Up 1:45am FYI Daily 1:50am Lock Up 3:00am Gunsmoke 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am 8:30am 10:20am 12:30pm 2:30pm 4:25pm 6:50pm 9:00pm 11:25pm 1:40am

Walking Tall Wild Wild West The Karate Kid The Karate Kid, Part II The Karate Kid, Part II Marvel’s Avengers Assemble The Karate Kid Marvel’s Avengers Assemble Last Action Hero Demolition Man

7:00am Shirley Valentine 9:00am The Top Ten Show 2017 9:20am When Harry Met Sally 11:05am How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 1:05pm Pitch Perfect 2 3:05pm Spy 5:15pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 7:15pm The House Bunny 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 2 11:00pm Spy 1:05am The House Bunny

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

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2:35am

4:20am

Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Planet 51 Black-Ish Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Hunger Games Gogglebox Bizarre ER Rude Tube

Maggie’s Plan Bravetown Top Cat Begins Ghostbusters Kong: Skull Island Special Warcraft Get a Job Top Cat Begins Ghostbusters Warcraft Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies Pure white snow turns blood red as hordes of the undead terrorise a remote ski resort.

Awkward Sexy People Socially awkward and unlucky in love, Jeff and Anne hatch a plan to transform themselves over a sex-and-alcoholfuelled summer.

Bravetown

SATURDAY TV

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

7:00am 12:30pm 12:40pm 12:50pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:10pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 6:45pm 7:00pm 2:00am 3:00am 3:15am 3:30am 4:30am 4:40am 4:50am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League Preview 2016/17 Football Gold Football Gold Game Changers Premier League Preview 2016/17 The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Football Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Goals Nissan Game of the Day Nissan Match Choice Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Football

Cricket Cricket Gold Shorts Cricket Gold Shorts Cricket Gold Shorts Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Super Rugby Gold Rugby Union Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Live ATP Masters 1000-Indian Wells Cricket Super League Highlights Super League Gold Cricket Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Day four of the third Test as India host Australia at JCSA International Stadium Complex.

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8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Flog It! 3:15pm Countryfile Spring Diaries 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Lifeline 4:55pm Songs of Praise 5:30pm Shop Well for Less 6:30pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm The Big Painting Challenge 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm SS-GB 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:40am American High School 1:30am Celebrity Apprentice USA

7:00am A to Z of TV Gardening 7:45am Island Parish Sark Winter 8:15am Around the World in 80 Gardens 9:15am Gardeners’ World 9:45am Countryfile 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day 12:45pm Simply Nigella 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm The Importance of Being Earnest 3:30pm The House That £100k Built 4:30pm Back to the Land with Kate Humble 5:30pm Skiing 7:00pm Six Nations Rugby Special 8:00pm Robot Wars 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall 11:00pm While We’re Young 12:40am Women’s Six Nations Highlights

8:00pm Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century 9:00pm Classic Quartets at the BBC 10:00pm Home From Home: Chronicle of a Vision 11:40pm Home From Home: Chronicle of a Vision 1:40am The Century That Wrote Itself Series in which author Adam Nicolson takes an intimate look at the 17th century’s diarists and letter writers and how they produced the first great age of selfdepiction.

2:40am How to Get Ahead: At Medieval Court 3:40am Classic Quartets at the BBC

10:25am 10:30am 11:00am 11:55am

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm The Voice UK 2:00pm 2awesome 2:05pm Guidance 2:40pm Fame High 3:00pm Third Wheel 3:15pm Third Wheel 3:30pm L.A. Story 3:50pm You’ve Been Framed!

4:25pm You’ve Been Framed!

4:55pm Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 6:00pm Despicable Me 7:00pm FYI Daily 7:05pm Despicable Me 7:55pm Red Riding Hood 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Red Riding Hood 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am The Cleveland Show 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:25am The Vampire Diaries

7:00am On the Buses 7:25am On the Buses 7:50am Hans Christian Andersen 9:40am Heartbeat 11:45am Murder, She Wrote 12:45pm The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s 1:45pm FYI Daily 1:50pm The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s 2:50pm Inspector Morse 5:05pm Agatha Christie’s Marple 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs 9:30pm Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm It’ll be Alright on the Night 11:00pm Rising Damp Forever 12:05am Good Will Hunting 1:05am FYI Daily 1:10am Good Will Hunting 2:35am Inspector Morse 4:25am May the Best House Win 5:15am May the Best House Win

12:25pm 1:30pm 2:25pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 11:45pm 12:45am 1:35am 4:00am

ITV News Countrywise Peston on Sunday Wild Australia with Ray Mears Chopping Block Who’s Doing the Dishes?

ITV News and Weather Off Their Rockers Tipping Point The Voice UK Little Big Shots Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Five Gold Rings Vera ITV News and Weather The Nightly Show Best Bits Peston on Sunday Rugby Jackpot247 The Cube

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7:15am King of Queens 7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Race of Champions 2017 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:55pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 3:55pm Rio 5:45pm Johnny English Reborn 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Dave’s Guide to Spending Money 9:00pm Rivers with Jeremy Paxman 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:00am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1:00am The Five-Year Engagement 3:10am The Last Leg

7:00am Milkshake!

10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Football on 5 The Championship.

12:30pm Football on 5 1:00pm The Gadget Show 2:05pm Batteries Not Included 4:05pm Zathura: A Space Adventure 6:00pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 7:50pm 5 News 7:55pm Left Behind 10:00pm 5 News The latest news coverage 12:10am Dark Skies 1:55am Greatest Sci-Fi Movies 3:10am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera 5:50am House Doctor

7:00am 7:50am 8:20am 8:50am

8:30am In the Heart of the Sea 10:40am Charlie’s Angels 12:30pm Run All Night 2:40pm Lawrence of Arabia 6:15pm Troy 9:00pm In the Heart of the Sea 11:05pm Run All Night 1:15am The Italian Job 3:15am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

9:20am 9:55am 10:20am 10:50am 11:15am 11:40am 12:10pm 12:35pm 1:05pm 2:05pm 2:10pm 4:10pm 5:10pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:05pm 11:10pm 11:15pm 12:10am 1:10am

The Wine Show Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes Rugby Sevens World Series Highlights The Car Chasers The Car Chasers Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars All Quiet on the Western Front FYI Daily All Quiet on the Western Front Bend of the River FYI Daily Bend of the River River Monsters Fishing Impossible The Big Fish Off Rugby RoboCop 3 FYI Daily RoboCop 3 Firefox FYI Daily

1:00pm Trainwreck 3:10pm The Top Ten Show 2017 3:30pm The First Wives Club 5:20pm Sister Act 7:10pm My Best Friend’s Wedding 9:00pm Trainwreck 11:10pm The First Wives Club 1:00am Sister Act 2:50am Welcome to Me 4:25am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 4:55am Raising Helen

7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:15am 8:45am 9:15am 9:45am 12:15pm 1:55pm

2:55pm 3:25pm 3:55pm 4:25pm 4:55pm 5:25pm 5:55pm 6:25pm 6:55pm 7:25pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 1:25am 2:25am

7:00am 9:10am 11:25am 1:10pm 3:20pm 5:00pm 7:15pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:35am

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Hollyoaks Omnibus Space Chimps Made in Chelsea Does Come Dine with Me Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Addams Family Values Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Die Hard 2 Tattoo Fixers Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Bravetown Warcraft Top Cat Begins Ghostbusters The Lazarus Effect Warcraft Top Cat Begins Ghostbusters The Lazarus Effect Awkward Sexy People 2:25am Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies Pure white snow turns blood red as hordes of the undead terrorise a remote ski resort.

4:00am Maggie’s Plan Offbeat rom-com about a young New Yorker whose plan to have a kid on her own is derailed when she falls for a married man.

SUNDAY TV

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

7:00am 12:30pm 12:40pm 12:50pm 1:00pm 3:55pm 4:00pm

6:15pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:00am 12:10am 2:10am 3:10am 3:30am 4:30am 4:40am 4:50am

Football Football Football Football Football Football Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells Live ATP Masters 1000-Indian Wells Pl Match Highlights Goals on Sunday Pl Match Highlights Pl Match Highlights Boxing Gold Fight Night Anthony Crolla and Jorge Linares meet in a lightweight title unification battle at the Manchester Arena.

Cricket Cricket Gold Shorts Cricket Gold Shorts Cricket Gold Shorts Football Football Gold Football Action from Spain’s La Liga.

Football Football Pl Match Highlights Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Football Gold Football Cricket Cricket Gold Shorts Cricket Classics Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Day five of the third Test as India host Australia at JCSA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Fugitives 12:45pm Fake Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Code 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 12:30am Live at the Apollo

7:30am Fugitives 8:15am Money for Nothing 9:00am Great Interior Design Challenge 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Women’s Six Nations Highlights 2:30pm Beat the Brain 3:00pm The TV That Made Me 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm More Creatures Great and Small 5:15pm Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough 6:15pm Bargain Hunt 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Mary Berry Everyday 10:00pm Second Chance Summer: Tuscany 11:00pm Cradle to Grave 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm 100 Days 8:30pm Reel History of Britain Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a vintage mobile cinema, travels across the country to show incredible footage preserved by the British Film Institute.

9:00pm The Big Painting Challenge Entertainment series searching nationwide for the best amateur artist in Britain.

10:00pm Britain in Focus: A Photographic History 11:00pm North Korean Kidnap - The Lovers and the Despot - Storvyille 12:30am The Horizon Guide to Ageing 1:30am Oceans 4:00am Britain in Focus: A Photographic History

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 Chopping Block 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Kyle Files 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Broadchurch 11:00pm The Nightly Show 11:30pm ITV News 12:15am The Chase 1:15am The Nightly Show 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am You’ve Been Framed!

7:25am Who’s Doing the Dishes?

8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:35am Psych 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes?

1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm The Great Indoors 11:00pm American Dad! 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am The Cleveland Show 1:30am Two and a Half Men 2:25am The Great Indoors 2:55am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

7:00am You’re Only Young Twice 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Royal 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm You’re Only Young Twice 5:50pm Doctor at Large 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle’s War 12:00am Britain’s Busiest Airport - Heathrow 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping

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7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Vet on the Hill 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Travel Man 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm How’d You Get So Rich?

11:50pm Tattoo Fixers 12:55am Gap Year 1:45am A Very British Hotel 2:45am Extremely British Muslims : The Rules

7:00am Milkshake!

10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Trump Unauthorised 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm The Cars That Made Britain Great 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Inside King’s Cross: The Railway 11:00pm Traffic Cops 12:00am Homefront 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Secrets of the National Trust 5:00am Never Teach Your Wife to Drive 5:45am House Doctor

7:00am 7:50am 8:20am 8:45am 9:50am 10:55am 11:55am 12:55pm 1:30pm 1:55pm 2:25pm 2:50pm 3:25pm 3:55pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:05pm 7:35pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:40am 1:40am 2:40am

9:00am Arthur and Merlin 11:00am Maverick 1:10pm Captain America: Civil War 3:45pm The Matrix 6:10pm Max Payne 8:00pm G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 10:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 12:30am Captain America: Civil War

The Sweeney Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes The Professionals Ironside The Sweeney The Chase Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes Ironside The Professionals The Sweeney Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Parking Wars GoldenEye FYI Daily GoldenEye Bundesliga Rugby The Football Mavericks 3:35am Hogan’s Heroes 4:00am Teleshopping

7:00am 7:20am 8:05am 8:35am 9:05am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 2:00am 3:00am 4:00am 5:00am 5:25am 5:50am

Suburgatory Charmed Coach Trip Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Last Man Standing Charmed How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Last Man Standing The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks New Girl The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea First Dates Abroad The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory First Dates Hotel Celebs Go Dating Made in Chelsea First Dates Abroad Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement New Girl

MONDAY TV

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:10pm 6:40pm 7:10pm 7:40pm 8:10pm 8:40pm 10:45pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:00am

7:30am Top Secret 9:10am Bad Bromance 11:00am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 11:30am Zoolander 1:10pm Zoolander 2 3:00pm Back to the Future 5:00pm Back to the Future Part II 6:55pm Back to the Future Part III 9:00pm Zoolander 10:40pm Zoolander 2 12:30am Wedding Crashers

7:00am Maggie’s Plan 8:50am Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies 10:15am Awkward Sexy People 12:10pm Top Cat Begins 1:55pm Ghostbusters 4:05pm Casual Encounters 5:45pm The Lazarus Effect Justin’s pals push him into the strange world of internet dating after a bad break-up, but could Mrs Right be staring him in the face?

Rom-com.

7:20pm Top Cat Begins 9:00pm Ghostbusters 11:00pm Ghostbusters: Answer the Call 11:15pm Casual Encounters 12:45am The Lazarus Effect 2:15am Awkward Sexy People 4:00am Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies 5:30am Kong: Skull Island Special

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

Football Gold WWE Raw Goals on Sunday Pl Match Highlights The Premier League Years Pl Match Highlights Great Sporting Moments Pl Match Highlights Spanish Football Gold Football Gold Football’s Greatest Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Football Football Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 Football Football Scottish Football Round Up Revista de la Liga Scottish Football Round Up Great Sporting Moments MLS Round Up Show 2017/18

Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Time of Our Lives Cricket Cricket Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Cricket Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Cricket MLS Round Up Show 2017/18 Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Cricket Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Super League Fulltime 2017 Cricket Cricket Cricket Classics

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Fugitives 12:45pm Fake Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Code 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm EastEnders 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm How Police Missed the Grindr Killer 12:35am The Scottish Bounty Hunter 1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead

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 A thorough roundup of this lunchtime’s main national and international news.

3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Chopping Block 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News Round-up of the main national and international news.

8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Britain’s Busiest Motorway 9:00pm The Secret Chef 10:00pm Play to the Whistle 11:00pm The Nightly Show 11:30pm ITV News 12:15am Prime Suspect 1973 1:15am The Nightly Show

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Flog It! Fugitives Money for Nothing The Big Painting Challenge Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Super League Show Countryfile The TV That Made Me Who Do You Think You Are? More Creatures Great and Small Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough Bargain Hunt Eggheads The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food The Best of British Takeaways Back to the Land with Kate Humble American Justice Inside No 9 Newsnight Weather

8:00pm 100 Days 8:30pm Weird Nature, Peculier Potions 9:00pm Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues. It is one of the most baffling questions that scientists can ask: how big is the universe that we live in?

10:00pm Inside Porton Down: Britain’s Secret Weapons Research Facility 11:00pm Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield 12:00am Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life Passionate Darwinian David Attenborough, who sees evolution as the cornerstone of all the series he has ever made, shares his personal view on Darwin’s controversial idea.

1:00am Time Shift

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Vet on the Hill 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Sun Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm Mutiny 11:00pm Catastrophe 11:35pm This is Us 12:30am Gogglebox 1:30am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 2:20am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:45am Gillette World Sport

7:00am Milkshake!

10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

1:15pm The Great British Benefits Handout 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm Taken Back: Finding Haley 6:00pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Yorkshire: A Year in the Wild 1:05am Britain’s Best Double Acts 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am GPs: Behind Closed Doors 5:00am My Mum’s Hotter Than Me!

7:00am You’ve Been Framed!

7:25am Who’s Doing the Dishes?

8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:35am Psych 11:25am Below Deck 12:20pm Who’s Doing the Dishes?

1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 3:00pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Judge Rinder 7:00pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hell’s Kitchen 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am The Vampire Diaries 1:55am American Dad! 2:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 3:20am Teleshopping

7:00am You’re Only Young Twice 7:25am Heartbeat Drama, set in the North Yorkshire moors in the 1960’s.

8:25am Where the Heart is 9:30am The Royal 10:30am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm The Royal 4:15pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm You’re Only Young Twice 5:50pm Doctor at Large 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm A Touch of Frost 1:15am Inspector Morse 3:15am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping

7:00am 7:05am 7:55am 8:20am 8:45am 9:50am 10:55am 11:55am 12:55pm 1:25pm 1:55pm 2:25pm 2:50pm 3:25pm 3:55pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:05pm 7:35pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm

10:30am Last Knights 12:40pm Deadpool 2:30pm The Matrix Reloaded 4:50pm The Goonies 6:50pm King Arthur 9:00pm Deadpool 11:00pm The Matrix Reloaded 1:25am K-19: The Widowmaker

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

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

10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 1:10am 2:25am 3:25am 3:55am 4:00am

Sports Filler The Sweeney Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes The Professionals Ironside The Sweeney The Chase Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes Ironside The Professionals The Sweeney Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special Benidorm Lethal Weapon Ransom FYI Daily Ransom Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Hogan’s Heroes ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7:00am 7:20am 8:05am 8:35am 9:05am 10:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 2:00am 3:00am 4:00am 5:00am 5:25am 5:50am

7:00am 8:30am 10:30am 12:05pm 2:00pm

3:30pm 5:30pm 7:00am Romancing the Stone 8:55am 10 Things I Hate About You 10:40am Idiocracy 12:10pm Search Party 1:50pm Dad’s Army 3:35pm Vacation 5:20pm The Bad Education Movie 7:00pm Hitch 9:00pm Dad’s Army 10:45pm Superbad 12:45am Get Hard 2:30am The Night Before 4:20am Best Defense

7:05pm 9:00pm 10:30pm 12:35am 2:15am

3:50am

TUESDAY TV

Suburgatory Charmed Coach Trip Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Last Man Standing Charmed How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Last Man Standing The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks New Girl The Goldbergs Black-Ish Tattoo Fixers Bizarre ER The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory First Dates Celebs Go Dating Tattoo Fixers Bizarre ER The Goldbergs Black-Ish New Girl

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE SmackDown!

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10:00pm Billy Elliot 11:45pm Digging for Britain Professor Alice Roberts with the very best in British archaeology 2016 12:45am Wild China Wild China explores the natural history of one of the world’s most mysterious and diverse countries by looking at some its remotest reaches and most visually stunning scenery.

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Dear Leapy, we can disagree WHILST normally enjoying your articles I must comment on your heading this week in the fine newspaper ‘Euro Weekly.’

I believe we all have ‘the right’ to free speech. Obviously there should be an appropriate time and place for opinions being expressed that are likely to offend or inflame.

Yes, the Oscar presentations this year could have been better managed but your strong personal description of the ‘stars’ are surely over exaggerated.

However, it is your ‘right’ as a columnist to print your views, as it is mine to disagree with you on this occasion.

Even if those stars concerned did think themselves a bottomless pit of valuable information, we don’t have to admire their views, just their performance on celluloid.

C. Nelson

Mr Paine and Mr Peters I JUST want to remind them that when we entered the European Market we were named the ‘Poor Man of Europe’ and rightly so. Now we are told our economy is doing well, so being in Europe must have helped Britain somewhat.

Are we grateful? Of course not. Fancy suggesting anything to that effect.

Stanley & Bea Denia

Dutch conman JOHN SMITH, re the article on page 23 of the February 23 edition regarding fraud in Santa

Pola. The same thing happened to me last year in Los Palacios, Formentera.

He is very plausible, I would recognise him anywhere and he does the rounds according to neighbours.

He tried for me to give him cash for the same reasons. I didn’t part with any money but I was taken in at first with his story. This guy needs catching.

Judith Formentera

Go home OH how we love to move abroad and then try to change our new life to suit our narrow minds.

I am ashamed of how all Brit mags are filled with moaners trying to change Span and its long held traditions.

Of course some things are hard to ignore but go home or join Spanish parliament!!!

M Watson

Time lapse IS Spain behind the time?

In a week or so we will change our clocks to daylightsaving time, the wrong time.

The sun rises earlier in Germany than in the UK. Now most of Spain is west of the Prime Meridian, 0° that runs through Greenwich. So why is Spain on Central European Time, the same as Berlin? It was not always the case.

In 1942, the Fascist dictator General Franco moved Spain onto Central European Time to follow Nazi Germany.

It said that following the ‘wrong clock’ explains why Spaniards tend to eat, leave work and go to bed late.

Now seeing as both Franco and Hitler are less popular than they once were, isn’t it time to put Spain back into the correct time zone?

Iain Robertson, Almanzora

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Expat faces eviction WELL, I’m sorry but whereas I accept the Spanish system can be seen as a shambles, I think in any country, I would be wary of having a house built when I was told it would be illegal.

I’m afraid I cannot be sympathetic as this person seemed to have had more money than sense, and blaming others when she obviously didn’t carry out proper research is just plain stupid.

You wouldn’t do so in the UK so why do it in Spain.

Steven

Simon Manley WHAT a load of old tosh! Trotting out the party line to keep his job. Would he like to explain how being on the Padron ensures continued health care? Continued health care is reliant on the UK continuing to guarantee payments to Spain’s Treasury for pensioners’ health care, or paying the pensioners enough of a pension so that they could afford to pay the monthly Social Security payment of the Convenio.

Josephine Stoll

Katie Hopkins

Many thanks EWN

SHE is just a silly girl trying to keep in the limelight by being controversial, she would declare black is white just to raise an argument in the public eye. In two to three years she will be history.

Steven Campbell Crown Copyright Jay Allen

I HAVE just returned from singing the Mozart Requiem in Granada with Coral Coraxalia and I am now relaxing reading the Euro Weekly with my feet up.

I have just seen the article about my art exhibition on page 13. Absolutely fantastic and I’m so delighted you have given over such a large space for it.

Also, the story for the Coral Coraxalia choir. So kind of you and the promotion must have worked because the concert was a sell out!

It was magnificent - four choirs performed three songs each before the joint choirs performed the Mozart. A music critic in the audience described it as a Susan Boyle moment when we performed our slot.

The mostly Spanish audience were

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Gay lights AS a gay man I too find this a ridiculous waste of money. I DON’T however believe that it gives Roy Peters the right to refer to us as Q....S. Grow up, you can voice your opinion WITHOUT being offensive!!!!

Antony Brown

Police inhibitor CORAL CORAXALIA: What a wonderful choir. probably not expecting the mostly retired international expats to be able to compete with the youngsters in the other choirs, but we excelled, judging by the cheers and what seemed endless standing ovation. We have worked so hard and our choir director, Eusebio Pita is still ‘en las nubes’ at our performance.

The hugs and kisses, and tears of emotion by both women, and men - even Eusebio - our ‘Gareth Malone’ of the Axarquia. What a wonderful choir we have, thanks to him. We are still inviting people to join us and they can find our more on: www.coralcoraxalia.com.

Margaret Riordan

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THEIR spokesman is ill informed. Limited available frequencies have nothing to do with the strength of the signal being thrown out. I wonder what their reaction will be when a pedestrian is killed due to their blocker killing a vehicle control system which could incidentally be a bus or lorry? Will they be so laid back then when a negligence lawsuit hits them? Could they be done for manslaughter as they were perfectly aware prior to the incident?

Dave

Rajoy skips question AS “it’s not the first time” the BBC reporter displayed a shameful, crass lack of sensitivity tantamount to a calculated insult. This is precisely the sort of doltish behaviour which will prejudice #Brexit and in particular the interests of expats.

Drew Edgar

Dogs shot ‘for fun’ I HOPE he goes to jail you can’t go round shooting dogs?? And the person walking the dogs will be traumatised for ever.

Antony Gary Chandler

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Refuse to be miffed by whatever disagreements or difficulties clutter your world. The sooner you get on with things, the better for your peace of mind.

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scene. Either way, wait for a further green light, especially where money’s concerned. Monday and Thursday are delicate days, so play it cool.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Don’t jump from one financial frying pan into another. Take it easy on all fronts, especially where your money, emotions and other people’s moods are at odds with your ideas. There will be more than one good reason to compromise a little.

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troubles. If you’re aware of where others are coming from, you’ll be fine. You’ll have fun, but don’t let your spending splurges rule your head on Wednesday or Saturday.

you explore new options.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Move forward on this week’s positive waves of optimism. Treat yourself, but don’t over-indulge your temptations. The planets aren’t dancing to all your wants and desires. If certain situations or individuals seem complicated, wait until the dust settles, then follow your hunches.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You’re not the only member of the zodiac who’ll have to toughen up. It’ll pay you to chill on Tuesday, be patient on Wednesday, and put your potent insights into orbit throughout the weekend. Although certain set arrangements are liable to veer off track, some discussions and shared commitments are slowly but firmly improving.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) The full moon in your own sign is a powerful ally against this week’s planetary fracas. Speak from the heart and reject any ambiguous emotional games. It’s the only way to clear the air and truly know where you’re heading.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) There’s a saying that if it doesn’t rain, it pours, so keep an umbrella of humour to hand. April is around the corner, and with it, a much happier trend for your workaday, social and financial prospects.

Strive through this showery emotional week, and the sunshine will surely follow. Meanwhile, focus on the now.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) There’s a financial theme to many of your plans and ideas. Above all, spend with care and examine all offers carefully. Rely on your sixth sense, especially where close-to-you matters are concerned. Give more thought to what you hope to have achieved in 12 months from now. Be patient, especially over personal stresses and strains.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Scanning the rest of the star-signs, you’ll see that you have many things in common this week: challenging influences at work and play, and during other clogging capers.

Unexpected events, finances, or the usual everyday frustrations could pile on the pressure.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Your emotions, extra expenses and other domestic pressures are on the boil. Put off major decisions until next week.

Meanwhile, loosen up, walk into some creative space, and if necessary, talk to someone who understands your ups and downs. There are good things waiting to happen, so refuse to lose your nerve.

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This week in history 1813 – David Livingstone, legendary explorer and medical missionary, was born in Blantyre, Scotland.

1957 – British European Airways withdrew its fleet of Viscount 701s from service after one crashed at Manchester killing 22 people.

1966 – Football’s World Cup was stolen whilst it was being exhibited at Central Hall in Westmister, London.

1974 – Ian Ball attempted to kidnap Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips from their chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce on Pall Mall.

1976 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced his resignation after eight years in office.

1984 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher came under attack as negotiations broke down at the European Economic Community common market summit over Britain’s rebate from Europe.

1988 – Lone loyalist gunman, Michael Stone, opened fire at a funeral for IRA members shot dead in Gibraltar killing three mourners and injuring another 50.

1991 – Michael Heseltine, Environment Secretary, scrapped the controversial poll tax and replaced it with council tax.

1992 – Buckingham Palace announced the Duke and Duchess of York had separated and divorce proceedings were underway.

1993 – An IRA bomb blast in Warrington injured 56 people and killed two children, three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12year-old Tim Parry.

1995 – Ronnie Kray, notorious gangland killer who was serving a life sentence for murder, suffered a heart attack and died at the age of 61.

1999 – Comedian Ernie Wise died at the age of 73 two months after receiving a triple by-pass operation in Florida.

2002 – In a landmark ruling Dame Elizabet Butler-Sloss granted Miss B, a woman paralysed from the neck down, the legal right to die by having her treatment withdrawn.

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Alicante TODAY: MAX 18, MIN 13 - C Fri - 18 11 C Sat - 19 11 C Sun - 21 12 S Mon - 22 13 C Tues - 22 12 C Wed - 18 11 C

Bilbao TODAY: MAX 21, MIN 9 - C Fri - 19 8 C Sat - 16 8 C Sun - 18 9 C Mon - 17 9 C Tues - 14 7 Sh Wed - 13 7 Sh

Almeria TODAY: MAX 19, MIN 11 - C Fri - 19 11 C Sat - 19 11 C Sun - 21 12 C Mon - 23 13 S Tues - 22 13 C Wed - 19 11 Sh

Madrid TODAY: MAX 18, MIN 6 - SH Fri - 18 5 Sh Sat - 21 5 S Sun - 22 6 S Mon - 21 6 C Tues - 20 5 C Wed - 16 3 C

Barcelona TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 8 - S Fri - 17 8 S Sat - 19 9 S Sun - 19 10 S Mon - 18 10 C Tues - 17 10 Sh Wed - 16 9 C

Malaga TODAY: MAX 16, MIN 11 - SH Fri - 17 10 Sh Sat - 19 9 C Sun - 22 11 C Mon - 24 12 S Tues - 23 11 C Wed - 20 9 C

Benidorm TODAY: MAX 17, MIN 12 - C Fri - 17 12 Sh Sat - 19 11 C Sun - 20 12 S Mon - 20 13 C Tues - 21 12 C Wed - 18 10 Sh

Mallorca TODAY: MAX 20, MIN 8 - S Fri - 20 7 S Sat - 20 7 S Sun - 21 8 S Mon - 20 10 C Tues - 20 9 Sh Wed - 19 9 Sh

TARGET: • Average: 8 • Good: 11 • Very good: 16 • Excellent: 19

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Directed by: David Yates Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler Set in 1926 this magical tale follows New Scamander, author and Magizoologist, who arrives in New York on his continuing global journey to research and rescue magical creatures. The city is already on edge as the wizarding community comes under threat of exposure when bumbling No-Maj (the American term for Muggles, those unable to use magic) Jacob Kowalski accidently releases some beasts stored within Newt’s magical leather case. Newt and a team of unlikely heroes need to recapture the escaped beasts before they come to any harm, but along the way they encounter dark forces that are a threat to their mission.

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Across 1 Plate from cupboard is hot (4) 3 Definite, horribly cruel act (5,3) 9 Los Angeles is less than clean (7) 10 Write to the church for money (5) 11 Enchanting Ullswater offers shelter for noisy seabirds (5) 12 In pain, chest moves slowly (6) 14 Coaches coaches (6) 16 Artist’s work, say, exhibited outside university (6) 19 Save when secure, possibly (6) 21 The right fish and the means to catch them (5) 24 Left on the side of a shelf (5) 25 State song about most of region (7) 26 Cook said hers are root vegetables (8) 27 English monk brought everybody dinner early to begin with (4) Down 1 Agent from England on stage during meeting (8) 2 A case for brains (5) 4 English poet not quite frolicking (6) 5 Delia’s pickle contains jelly (5) 6 Religious residence with Spanish outlet (7) 7 Meet up at stream (4) 8 Team about to take on inventor (6) 13 Urge rude apes to mix (8)

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1 Settlement, 7 Catching, 8 Beer, 9 Ties, 10 Liberia, 12 Respectable, 14 Damaged, 16 Pool, 19 Camp, 20 Tsarinas, 21 Tenderness.

Down: 1 Scant, 2 Tickets, 3 Lair, 4 Magritte, 5 Noble, 6 Decide, 11 Detected, 12 Reagan, 13 Bromide, 15 Ample, 17 Leaps, 18 Fair.

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15 Revised the last word and finally delighted editor (7) 17 Parched when free on hill (6) 18 Tell a story about the unpunctual (6) 20 Thinks about cold chops (5) 22 Call up the first girl outside, all right! (5) 23 It's a disgrace to speak indistinctly (4) Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents Z and 24 represents B, so fill in Z every time the figure 9 appears and B every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 In a softened tone (7) 5 Tall towers on a farm used to store grain (5) 8 At fixed intervals (7) 9 South American transport animal of the camel family (5) 10 Squander (5) 11 Not any thing (7) 12 Former currency of Spain (6) 14 Short knife (6) 17 Person who serves in a coffee bar (7) 19 Skin that covers the top of the head (5) 22 Deduce (5) 23 Walk with great difficulty (7) 24 Austrian composer (5) 25 Keep out of sight (7)

Down 1 Small mouse like mammal with a long snout (5) 2 Fraudulent (5) 3 Most unattractive (7) 4 Throughout the time of (6) 5 Break in pieces (5) 6 Showing the way by going first (7) 7 Walk with a lofty proud gait (7) 12 Put into print (7) 13 Shabby and untidy (7) 15 Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something (7) 16 Unit of astronomical length (6) 18 Loud, wailing warning signal (5) 20 Discuss with reasoning (5) 21 State of danger involving risk (5)

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

1 Halibut, 5 Roots, 8 Dingo, 9 Release, 11 Vacation, 13 Secret, 15 Clinic, 18 Cardigan, 19 Pair, 22 Ocarina, 23 Rodeo, 24 Since, 25 Suburbs.

Down: 1 Hideous, 2 Lunge, 3/10 Blow over, 4 Turban, 5 Reliable, 6 Oration, 7 Stern, 12 Feminine, 14 Certain, 16 Curious, 17 Harass, 18 Cross, 20 Adder, 21 Crab.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Amargo, 4 Knit, 8 Araña, 9 Suiza, 10 Headlight, 13 Clavo, 14 Apodo, 15 Ojal, 16 Serrin.

Down: 1 Amar, 2 Ama de casa, 3 Grandson, 5 Neighbour, 6 Team, 7 Estimate, 11 Ocho, 12 Town.

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Across 1 Stars (in sky) (9) 8 Living room (4,2,5) 9 Cordero (4) 10 Cinturón (4) 13 Grasshopper (11) 14 Palillo de dientes (9)

Down 2 Sirloin steak (9) 3 Grosero (maleducado) (4) 4 To read (4) 5 Auténtico (9) 6 Inútil (inepto) (7) 7 Británico (7) 11 Esperar (4) 12 Jabón (4)

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By Jaroslav Kalfar Jakub Prochazka, the son of a Communist informer, was orphaned as a child and raised by his grandparents in the Czech countryside.

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Greatest sporting comebacks

LAST week’s Champions League match between Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain is one that will go down in history. Despite Paris Saint-Germain going into the second leg with a four goal advantage, Barcelona managed to claw back an amazing victory after they scored three goals in the last eight minutes to win 6-1. Here we have a look at some other amazing sporting comebacks.

1. Dennis Taylor winning the World Snooker Championship Dennis Taylor defied the odds to win the 1985 World Snooker Championship beating snooker heavyweight Steve Davis. The result came as a major shock, with Davis being the favourite, playing near-faultless snooker with an 8-0 lead.

However, Taylor produced a determined comeback, winning the match on the final ball of the final frame and sealing his only world title.

2. Oracle Team USA’s America’s Cup win In sailing, Britain’s Sir Ben Ainslie became the hero of the hour at the 2013 America’s Cup. The Americans were trailing 8-1 with Team New Zealand on match point when they recruited Ben to the team. In a dramatic turnaround the team managed to draw level after winning the next seven races and stole victory in the final race beating Team New Zealand by 44 seconds.

3. Henri Cochet’s Wimbledon win One of the most remarkable comebacks was by French tennis player Henri Cochet at the 1927 Wimbledon Championships. Amazingly in all of his finals matches he was two sets down against his opponents. Somehow he managed to dig deep and recover the deficit to win each match, defeating Frank Hunter in the quarter-final, Bill

3-0 down. However, in what would become one of the most stirring football comebacks in European football, Liverpool fought back in the second half, levelling the score and taking the match to extra time. A penalty shootout decided the championship. Liverpool won 3-2.

8. Europe’s Ryder Cup 2012 win The 2012 Ryder Cup is widely regarded as featuring one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time. At the start of the final day’s play, the US led 10-6 and required only 4½ points to win, whereas Europe required 8 points to retain the cup, and 8½ to win it outright. In possibly the greatest comeback in Ryder Cup history, Europe won 8 and tied 1 of the 12 singles matches, giving them the outright victory, 14½–13½.

9. France’s Rugby World Cup semi-final win The 1999 Rugby World Cup semi-final seemed as if it would be a walk in the park for pre-tournament favourites New Zealand. They led France 24-10 early in the second half and the All Blacks looked primed to make it to the final.

This was all undone by Christophe Lamaison, who ended the match with 28 points, closing the gap to 24-22. France then capitalised on this momentum, going on to win 43-31.

10. Charlton Atheltic’s win against Huddersfield Town in 1957 Playing the majority of the match with only 10 men when captain Derek Ufton was injured, Charlton Athletic pulled off an extraordinary six goal comeback in just 27 minutes. Huddersfield were leading 5-1 when Johnny Summers embarked on an extraordinary run of play during which he scored four goals and assisted in two others, resulting in a final score of 7-6.

DENNIS TAYLOR: Beat snooker favourite Steve Davis.

Tilden in the semi-final, and Frenchman Jean Borotra in the final to take the Wimbledon title.

4. Lasse Virén wins the 10,000m in Munich At the 1972 Summer Olympics, Virén broke Ron Clarke’s world record in the 10,000m, despite a fall during the 12th lap. In less than 150 metres, Viren caught up with the leading pack despite losing about 20 metres after the fall.

With only 600 metres to go, Virén ran an unprecedented lap and a half which pushed him ahead of the pack.

5. Red Rum winning the Grand National A champion, thoroughbred steeplechaser, Red Rum is probably the most famous racehorse ever. It was his win in the 1973 Grand National which produced one of the best performances in horse racing history. Crisp, a two mile champion

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chaser, led the race for every stride except the last 10 where Red Rum overhauled Crisp right on the winning post.

6. England’s 1981 Ashes Test In the third Ashes Test of 1981, England were at Headingly and seemed to have lost all hope of winning, with odds slipping to 500-1. A galvanised Ian Botham defied those odds and led England to a stunning 18 run win as they went on to claim the fourth and fifth tests, drawing the final and taking the series 3-1.

7. Liverpool FC’s Champions League win Within the first minute of Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League final against AC Milan, Paolo Maldini gave the Italian side a 1-0 lead.

Outclassed in the first half, the Reds looked to be out of contention as they went into half time

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

• Good: 22 How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION reuse rest rests rues ruse rush rust rusts mere merer meres merest midge user usher here hues hurt hair hairy seer sere sure surer suers shim shad shady said sadist staid stair stay stir stirs sirs ahem astir adhere adieu airy airs dime dimer dash dais dairy dish dirt stash tree tress true truer trues truss tidy triad this thirst they rise riser risers ridge hiss

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WELL WILL WILE WIRE WARE FARE

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Weekend traffic delays

Miss Gibraltar entrants

Social Insurance to rise

PROBLEMS occurred in Gibraltar as road works were undertaken at the Sun Dial roundabout, which all traffic entering and leaving the Rock has to pass. With lanes closed for several days to allow asphalting, traffic was delayed and the government was criticised for choosing the long weekend which included the Commonwealth Day Public holiday for the works.

WITH just three contestants announced as being signed up for the Miss Gibraltar competition by the closing date of March 10, the organisers decided to extend the closing date for a week in the hope more contestants would decide to take part and one did. There are commitments to enter three winning finalists into different international competitions, so now they comply.

TO some extent following the example of the British government, it has been announced that Gibraltar will increase Social Insurance contributions by 10 per cent for both employers and employees as the cost of supplying the services has increased steadily over the years. This is the first increase in seven years and will take effect from April 1.

Eurafrica trail announced and includes two continents and three countries THE Third Eurafrica Trail will be the first mountain race anywhere in the world to be held between two continents and three countries now that Gibraltar will be the starting point for the race that moves on to Spain and Morocco.

The two previous events have seen 1,000 participants from nine different countries compete and the first stage will see athletes undertake the four kilometre vertical climb from Europa Point to O’ Hara’s Battery (via Mediterranean Steps).

The Gibraltar Vertical Climb will be the starting point of an unprecedented race which will take in the already established stages of the 25 or 50 kilometre leg in the Alcornocales Natural Park in Spain and the final 40 kilometre leg in

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MOUNTAIN RACE: Held between three countries.

Chefchaouen, Morocco, with the trail commencing on October 11 and finishing on October 15.

In addition to the competitive side of the event the Eurafrica Trail organisers are very conscious of the natural environment within which the race is held and the communities that it involves.

Thanks to this element of social responsibility, initiatives such as the planting of the Eurafrica Forest have taken place so that this project alone reversed the carbon footprint of the event last year. In addition, the cleaning of river channels took place in the Alcornocales Natural Park in Cadiz.

Registration for the event opens on March 30 and can be accessed at www.eurafricatrail.com

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THE three British military officers who were arrested by the Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) following the ‘debacle’ on the runway when RGP officers blocked an RAF aircraft from taking off have now written to formally apologise for their actions.

They now accept that they should have complied with a warrant issued by the Gibraltar courts immediately rather than ignore it and blame senior officers for not fully explaining the matter of jurisdiction.

Using his powers of discretion, the Commissioner of Police has therefore accepted their apology, released them from arrest and confirmed that no charges will be laid against them.

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FROM time to time visitors to Gibraltar have had reason to make adverse comments about the taxi service in Gibraltar, especially with regards

TAXI RULES: All in all, an important update.

to those drivers who position themselves by the entrance to the Cable Car by Alameda Gardens.

Now the Gibraltar Taxi Association and the Government of Gibraltar have agreed the terms of an updated Gibraltar Taxi Service Customer Charter which makes the rights and expectations of both customers and drivers clear.

Importantly, it lays down standard of dress for drivers and set pricing for Upper Rock Tours so that there can no longer be confusion over how much a tourist may expect to be charged and the number of stops that should be made during the tour.

There is also a clear complaints procedure with details

of how to make a formal complaint and a warning not to use social media or the press to air any grievances, although some may remember that a letter to the Gibraltar Chronicle several years ago concerning taxi driver’s attire when attending a funerals did produce almost immediate results.

One very useful point for visitors to note is ‘All taxis on a rank are for carrying fare-paying passengers there is no such thing as a taxi that ONLY services Rock Tours or taxis that are allowed to refuse a fare.’

All in all, this is a very important update and should be welcomed by all taxi users, especially visitors as well as drivers.

BBC School Report SIX young pupils from the Loreto School have interviewed the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo as part of the BBC’s School Report which is attracting entrants aged bet ween 11 and 16 from much of Europe.

As well as asking all of t he quest i ons, t he pupi l s arranged studio lighting in the Chief Minister’s Office and oper at ed t he t wo TV cameras with the resulting footage being entered into this news and current affairs pr oj ect organi sed by t he BBC. Prior to meeting with Mr Picardo, the six youngsters agreed the questions that each would ask in order to ensure a completely professional presentation.

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Quietly helping thousands of lives

By John Smith FOR a number of reasons, Spain is generally not completely aware of how HIV is transmitted and the treatment available that enables people living with HIV to enjoy a normal life.

Common knowledge At one time, it was ‘common knowledge’ that this was a contagious disease caught by unprotected homosexuals and initially, this had some foundation in truth but times have changed as have the origins and treatment of the disease.

There are three ways in which HIV can be contracted and they are unprotected sex transmitted by males or females, sharing of blood via transfusion or needles and from mother to child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding.

All of these routes can be simply blocked, but that requires positive action by those who are either in danger or likely to be transmitters.

Concordia charity According to a psychologist at one of the few HIV and AIDS charities in Andalucia, Concordia (Asociacion Concordia Antisida) one of the main difficulties that they have in trying educate sexually active people is to overcome the Spanish machismo which not only rejects protection, but also says “it won’t happen to me” although sadly it can.

Based in a discrete modern building with very impressive facilities in San Pedro de Alcantara, the dedicated staff and volunteers cover from Manilva to Calahonda and expect to work with more than 500 sufferers and their families each year plus those who come for tests.

The services that the charity offers is impressive and it has been responsible for the saving of literally thousands of lives since being established by Princess Marie-Louise of Prussia in 1994 when much less was known about the problems and society was far less understanding.

Education counts With just six full time employees of which two are psychologists, one is a social worker, one is a nursing auxiliary, together with a director and secretary, the organisation undertakes a number of different roles, many of which will surprise.

Always trying to explain how important it is to be careful and to practise safer sex, the charity sends teams out to speak to schools and other groups about HIV, its causes and treatment but it finds itself in something of a dilemma.

There is only one English speaking and one German speaking school that invites their speakers but because sex

CONCORDIA CHARITY: Provides a range of services. education is not generally practised, except in secondary schools, they would like to be targeting younger groups as they potentially become sexually active rather than those who are already at risk.

However with only a finite number of speakers, they would currently find it difficult to take on more speaking engagements unless and until they can obtain more volunteers.

Spain is generally not completely aware of how HIV is transmitted and the treatment available.

Testing Apart from education, the centre offers discrete testing for those who fear that they may be infected and even have two entrances to the centre so that those wishing to take the test will not be easily seen and can preserve their anonymity.

In the event that anyone is diagnosed as being HIV positive then trained psychiatrists will help them to come to terms with their diagnosis and help thme to discover that with proper management the disease can be managed quite well and is not a death sen-

tence provided that treatment regimes are followed.

Proactive assistance Another problem for the workers is the number of homeless and drug addicts who are living with HIV. Workers are out on the streets trying to find and help individuals, taking them for additional treatment as they work closely with the Costa del Sol Hospital and looking after them in a number of ways.

Every week, they welcome the homeless to their establishment, take their clothes and wash them whilst ‘clients’ are able to shower and have breakfast and generally assist if they have any minor ailments as well as handing out food from their own food bank.

It is not just people living with HIV who are affected. Many family members need counselling or simply to meet others in similar situations, so they are encouraged to attend workshops. Children whose parents are living with HIV are also assisted by giving them somewhere to go and perhaps helping them with English homework.

Money and volunteers The bulk of the funds to run Concordia come from donations, dinners and concerts but Marbella Town Hall makes some financial contribution by paying for work to be undertaken on the property and other councils promote the organisation via their websites and at exhibitions.

Another area in which Concordia is

active is in arranging tests for potentially vulnerable pregnant mothers to ensure that their children are healthy when born.

Anyone is welcome to contact Concordia for assistance and they are always delighted to receive donations and offers from potential volunteers (who will be fully insured) especially if they speak more than one language as 40 per cent of the patients are not Spanish. For more details visit http://www.concordiamarbella.com/ Our picture shows social worker Miguel, psychologist Paki, nursing auxiliary Maria Delores and psychologist Mayte in front of a poster reminding all that May 7 is World AIDS Orphans Day.

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Casual attitude to casual sex NEW research reveals just 72 per cent of under-25’s believe it is important to have regular sexual health screening if in casual relationships.

The Mintel research, which questioned nearly 2,000 internet users, indicates that young men are the most likely to adopt a relaxed attitude towards screening with just two thirds (67 per cent) of 18 to 24-year-old men agreeing that it is important to have regular sexual health screening, compared to 81 per cent of Brits overall.

Further highlighting an ‘act now and think later’ approach, 41 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds and 49 per cent of 18 to 24-year-old men, agree that it is only necessary to see a doctor if they have symptoms following unprotected sex. However,

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one in five (19 per cent) admit they would be too embarrassed to seek professional help if they had a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI).

Lucy Cornford, Head of Beauty and Personal Care, Household, Lifestyles and Brand Research at Mintel, said: “A lack of knowledge plagues the sexual health sector. Young adults, and young men in particular, display a worrying lack of concern over the dangers of unprotected sex and the consequences of not taking care of sexual health.”

She added that the “rapid growth of free dating apps has facilitated a culture of casual sexual encounters, particularly amongst adults under-35.”

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How to avoid a migraine IF you suffer with migraines it can feel like they control your life. But here are 10 ways that you can start to take back control or even avoid a migraine altogether!

1. Keep a diary - know what situations and foods are your migraine triggers. For most migrainers regularity is key - get to know the daily routine that works best for you.

2. Early Warning Signs - quick action can sometimes prevent a migraine or at least make it less debilitating. Getting out of a situation which is a trigger, taking a painkiller, having MRT or even just being able to take a nap - all of these can prevent or reduce the pain of a migraine.

3. Manage your diet - maintaining a stable blood sugar level will help. Also reduce nitrates (one of only two proven triggers!) - that’s packaged and processed meats like bacon, sausages etc. Food intolerances can also aggravate the situation.

By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com 4. Drink water - especially in the Spanish summer heat, dehydration can trigger a migraine.

5. Coffee? - while caffeine is NOT a proven trigger excess caffeine, blood sugar level spikes and withdrawal can all be factors. We’re back to that diary again!

6. Getting enough sleep - a regular sleep schedule will help reduce migraines. (did I mention a diary helps?!)

7. Alcohol - this is the second known trigger for migraines. Red wine, which often contains nitrates, can be a double whammy.

8. Stress - yup stress can trigger a migraine. Deep breathing or meditation techniques might help you control this stress.

9. Move - physical exercise can reduce the hormonal triggers for a migraine. So make sure that you get out and move daily. Exercise also reduces stress so it’s double win!

10. See a specialist - migraines are complicated and often misdiagnosed.

They can even be a symptom of a more complicated picture. Take the time to get a detailed assessment of your situation so you can take the right steps. You can get the best treatment or most expensive medication but if it isn’t the right one for you, it isn’t going to help.

For more information on treating and managing migraines check out our website, www.TheBodyworksClinic.com, our Facebook page Bodyworks Health Clinic or call us on 952 883 151.

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Breakthrough blood test A NEW form of blood test can help show doctors where in the body a tumour is growing.

It is hoped the new ‘liquid biopsies’ will revolutionise cancer treatment by showing slowgrowing tumours and those people most in danger, without the need for painful biopsies where part of the organ is removed for further testing.

The scientists in America say normal cells killed off by cancer also release DNA into the bloodstream. It has its own unique signature which allows

them to detect where the tumour is based on the DNA pattern as they have identified 10 different patterns for different areas of the body including the liver, lungs and kidneys.

Meanwhile a team of scientists from the Lund University in Sweden say a new blood test could give doctors a quick and simple way of diagnosing Parkinson’s disease. It comes after the experts discovered a protein in the blood which is an accurate marker of the disease in the patient.

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Appeal for women to take better care of themselves JUST 11 per cent of Spanish women spend more than a hour a day taking care of themselves, with most caring for others before looking after themselves.

Herbalife nutrition company conducted a study through its 12th Healthy Habits Panel, in which 89 per cent of Spanish women admitted to not dedicating more than one hour a day to their own care.

Just 2 per cent said they were able to dedicate more than three hours to their own care. Work, family and home occupations were primarily responsible, but this could have negative consequences on the health of women as not spending time on themselves eating correctly, exercising and getting enough sleep can trigger health problems.

Herbalife said they wanted to appeal to all Spanish women “to find time in their day to day life to dedicate to themselves” believing that “following a healthy and active lifestyle is the key to being better physically and mentally.”

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte.

WHAT is hay fever?

Hay fever, or allergic rhinitis, is an over-react i on of m ucous m em branes in the nose to cert ai n par t i cl es such as dust, pollen and somet i m es even t he col d which mainly affect the nose and eyes.

What causes it?

Hay fever is caused by allergens that trigger the r el ease of chem i cal s, such as hi st am i nes, which in turn cause the symptoms of an allergic reaction.

Is it worse at certain times of the day?

Depending on the type of al l ergy, sym pt om s might be worse at certain times of day. Pollen for example, is most abundant in the early morning, although the weather can al so aff ect l evel s throughout the day.

What are the symptoms?

The allergic reaction may cause an itchy and

runny nose throughout the months when plants ar e i n f l ower. Ot her symptoms include nasal congestion, headaches and in some cases dizziness similar to when one suffers from vertigo.

How is it treated?

Ther e ar e di ff er ent ways of t r eat i ng hay fever.

Antihistamines, decongestants and corticoids are the most common as t hey hel p m anage t he symptoms. It is also advi sabl e t o avoi d exposur e t o t he subst ances which trigger the reaction when possible.

Are there other remedies?

A person can receive sever al vacci nat i ons, known as immunotherapy, to help the body tolerate allergens and impr ove t he sym pt om s; however this course of treatment must always be prescribed and managed by a qualified allergist.

If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com

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of Vegas whilst Michelle who is a wellknown solo artiste in her own right is also one half of Voulez Vous, a very popular Abba tribute.

FOUNDED in 2014 by three top rate artists living and performing in the Costa del Sol, Echoes of the 60’s is attracting a great deal of attention as their lavish show with superb vocals and amazing costumes recreates the 1960s.

The group consists of Mark Connor, Ron Howells and Michelle Daniels who between them brings years of experience and knowledge of the music world to their group as well as also performing in their own rights in other projects.

Mark and guitarist Ron appear together in the duo Mark ’n’ Ron, as well as the band TRIXXX & Visions TOP RATE: Echoes of the 60’s.

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Their show has state of the art lighting and sound, and a massive video screen showing original footage of the artistes lipsynced to the show although all of the vocals are live and the incredible virtuosity of Ron Howells on guitar is second to none.

Throughout the show there are costume changes, and the music will either take you right back to the era that you remember or will introduce you to an amazing array of sounds which changed and shaped a generation The Echoes team travel internationally and a tour is on the cards to take in Germany, Denmark and Sweden as well as possibly the Algarve and the UK. Keep your eyes out for Echoes of the 60’s who will be performing on the Costa del Sol shortly or visit La Sala Gibraltar on March 18 to see Michelle and singing partner Gemma present all of the Abba hits when Voulez Vous hits the Rock.

Spring Fair in Marbella ONCE again, the Arboretum Foundation in Marbella is celebrating the start of spring with a Spring Fair to be held at their park behind the Marbella bus station on Sunday March 19 between 11am and 4pm.

There will be a large number of workshops and activities connected with the Arboretum as well as local craftsmen demonstrating how to make an array of environmentally friendly goods such as pots, baskets, candles and wooden products.

There will also be a workshop on how to bring sustainability into your everyday life from Arboretum Foundation’s team. It will include practical advice on easy techniques and

habits you can adopt to help support the planet, improve your health and save money.

This is a great event for all of the family which includes activities for the children from Marbella nursery Coleta, delicious food and organic drinks to purchase and enjoy at the beautiful Urban Allotments at Arboretum.

Entry to the fun day is free of charge but donations are welcome and attendees are asked to bring at least one book to donate to the charity which will then use them to raise funds.

More information and directions can be found on their website www.fundacionar boretum.org and on Facebook@fundacionarboretum.

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In the heart of La Cala de Mijas BIDDY MULLIGAN’S Irish Pub in the heart of La Cala de Mijas has seen a lot of changes over the years.

In May it will be four years since David Reilly came from Ireland to take over the management of the pub. David didn’t come alone though as he brought Yoann Blot with him. Together with the rest of the team they have turned Biddy’s fortunes around; the pub is now going from strength to strength and is one of the busiest bars on the coast.

Biddy’s has a prime location in La Cala de Mijas; the new hot spot on the coast. Located opposite the town hall and beside the taxi rank it is impossible to miss. With a large terrace which catches the sun from morning ‘til late it’s a great place to relax and watch the world go by.

Live Sports on 14 Big Screens Biddy’s now boasts 14 big screens showing all the live sports. With six TVs upstairs in the sports bar and a further eight TVs downstairs in the main bar and the outside terrace, you

LARGE TERRACE: Which catches the sun from morning until late and is a great place to relax.

are sure to have a seat with a view of the action. This weekend sees the return of the Six Nations Rugby and there is always a great atmosphere in the pub. David has a particular interest in the Women’s Six Nations as

his sister Marie Louise is playing for the Irish Women’s team. Biddy’s shows all the other live sports too, including football, golf, and GAA (Gaelic sports).

Toni and Gary run the kitchen,

and together with their team produce the best of traditional pub grub, served from 10am to 9.45pm daily.

Entertainment Biddy Mulligan’s has live music four nights per week. Monday night

is ‘Trad’ night upstairs. Tuesday night is the free Quiz Night hosted

by Global FM´s Dave James. With the winners receiving a €50 meal voucher and refreshments served at half time, it’s a great night out!

Wednesday night upstairs they are starting a darts night and all standards of players are welcome.

Thursday to Sunday night there is live music downstairs in the main bar.

New Golf Society Biddy Mulligan’s has also just set up a Golf Society with their next day out on St Patrick’s Day, Friday March 17 at Cala Nova Golf, so check out their Facebook page for more details.

David would like to take this opportunity to thank all staff at Biddy’s for all of their hard work and wish all their customers and Euro Weekly readers a happy St Patrick’s Day. Visit Biddy Mulligan’s at Cala del Moral or call 952 494 877 for details of all that is on.

Celtic soul and St Patrick’s music A BAND which contains members from America, England, Finland, Scotland, Spain and Sweden can certainly be described as international, but when they play a mixture of Celtic soul and acoustic blues, then they

might be worth listening to especially on St Patrick’s Day. On Friday March 17 the Stolen Gnomes will appear at Pogs Bar, Live Music Venue, C/ Lamo de Espinosa Fuengirola from 3pm to 6pm

with free entry and Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 they will also be making appearances at the St Patrick’s Day Festival in Marbella Port from 2.30pm to 5pm each day.

As well as playing a selection of traditional Irish tunes

mixed with their special style, they will also be playing numbers from their album Otherland and for more details and to hear some of their music, please visit the Facebook page StolenGnomes.

ELVIRIA BEACH: Surrounded by nature.

Reopening of La Plage Casanis AFTER the seasonal rains which affected La Plage Casanis in Elivira, we are happy to announce that our doors will finally reopen on March 27.

We are grateful to have had the support of our neighbours, clients, friends, family and our

team of employees who haven’t hesitated in contacting us to offer any help they could, to aid us in reopening La Plage Casanis.

La Plage Casanis is situated on the best stretch of beach in Eliviria.

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FAVOURITE SPOT: For tourists and residents alike.

The Claddagh Irish Bar offers that little bit more UNSURPRISINGLY the Claddagh Irish Bar in Avenida Arias Maldonado 16, Marbella is known as the most authentic Irish bar on the Costa del Sol and provides great entertainment and a fantastic atmosphere with live music six nights of the week and coverage of all the sports, including football, rugby, and golf as well as hurling and Gaelic football.

Conveniently situated beneath the iconic Skol Apartments in a main part of Marbella and near to the seafront, the Claddagh Bar has become a favourite spot for tourists and residents alike where they can catch up on the latest sports news and have a beer with the friendly regulars. The Claddagh prides itself on its hospitality and bonhomie and you are certainly guaranteed a warm welcome and a fun night when you spend your evening there.

With live music six nights a week the bar opens in the afternoon and closes late so the Claddagh is the place to be to enjoy a dance and drink. The team has been trained to give visitors, be they first timers or regulars, a warm

Irish welcome and their outstanding customer service, as well as genuinely friendly approach to each customer, ensures that you enjoy the Claddagh experience.

An ideal place for parties, office get togethers and wedding celebrations.

The Claddagh Bar is known for its excellent coverage of sports of all types. With the ability to cater to all your sports-viewing needs on their four large-screen TVs or 2.5 x 2 metre HD projector, all sporting events are covered and the only disappointment you could experience would be if your favourite team or player loses.

There may just be time for some of you to visit on St Patrick’s Day but even if you miss it with the Marbella St Patrick’s Festival on Saturday March 18 and Sunday March 19, on the Paseo Maritimo you can always be sure of a warm Irish welcome

IRISH BAR: For great entertainment. whatever day you visit.

There are special promotions including a regular Happy Hour from 6pm to 8pm Monday to Friday and naturally Guinness and other Irish specialty drinks are always available.

Monday to Friday the bar opens at 4pm and stays open until late whilst at weekends the opening is just a little earlier at 2pm. Having created an authentic atmosphere of Irish hospitality, warmth and humour, the Claddagh Bar is a wonderful place to dance away the evening hours to live music, experience the feel of camaraderie during big sporting games, or enjoy a contemplative quiet drink whilst watching a match; everyone is welcome.

It’s not just for individuals and is an ideal place for parties, especially office get togethers and wedding celebrations.

For more information or to get in touch, please refer to their Facebook page, The Claddagh Irish Bar, or email info@thecladdaghirishbar.com. Alternatively to speak with the team over the phone please call 952 779 537.

A mystery set in Malaga HAVING a background in travel and tourism and a love for research and writing, Janet Pywell has just published her fifth novel, which is the third in her Culture Crime series and is entitled Book of Hours.

With its unconventional heroine Mikky de Santos, the book brings the photographer and sometime thief back to Malaga so that she can begin to rebuild her life following

the traumatic events of the previous thriller Masterpiece which took the protagonist to Mallorca.

Always based in the arts, this latest novel in the series allows the reader to see a little of the hidden world of violence, greed and jealousy that takes Mikky to Bruges and Canterbury in a fast paced story which brings her face to face with the murderer of one of her greatest friends.

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Dance groups invited to perform in FES Dance

By John Smith FES DANCE is now in its 30th year in Barcelona and basically brings together dancers of all types and ages to perform for fun not competition and now having expanded across Spain the third Fes Dance Marbella is on March 18.

The idea behind this dance festival is that those who enjoy dance get a chance to see other dancers perform and to learn from each other and be-

come even more immersed in the local dance scene.

There is no restriction to age or type of dance so that every group be they from a church, club, gym or academy can take part with their own presentation and the size of the group decides the maximum number of routines that any group can present.

No single performance can last longer than three and a half minutes and there is an entry charge of €5 per

participant per performance.

This year’s Fes Dance Marbella will take place at the Palacio De Congresos and is expected to last between two to three hours with every participant receiving a diploma as well as some gifts donated by sponsors.

La Linea de la Concepcion will see its own Fes Dance on April 1 at the Palacio de Congresos.

For further information and details visit www.fesdance.com.

FES DANCE: One of the many groups who take part.

BERNARD RUIZ-PICASSO, the grandson of Pablo Picasso has set the Picasso Museum in Malaga a very happy problem by arranging to loan to them 166 works by the master painter which have an insurance value of €500 million.

These works will be available for three years and will effectively turn the museum on its head as it decides how best to display the works which were painted by Picasso in the years between 1894 to 1972, thus spanning his entire career.

The first exhibition, entitled ‘Pablo Picasso. New Collection’ consists of 120 works of art, 40 being from the museum collection and the balance coming from the works being loaned by Picasso’s grandson.

This fantastic display will benefit considerably from the newly installed specialist lighting in the galleries which was sponsored by the Endesa Foundation and art lovers in Malaga will have the chance to see a complete range of his work, starting

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New collection for the Picasso Museum

FANTASTIC DISPLAY: Picasso on art. with ‘Portrait of Lola,’ painted when he was just 13 years of age.

The new presentation reveals the extension of the artist’s work over time, as well as its intrinsic versatility and the cyclical character of his artistic re-

search, focusing attention on his constant need to explore his expressive possibilities.

These are 48 paintings, 19 sculptures, 26 ceramics, 13 drawings and 13 graphic works, as well as one sketchbook in this latest offering and it is in-

tended to change the displays every three months so that regular visitors will get the chance to view every one of his creations during the three years of the loan.

Among the works that are on show are Restaurant (1914) an exceptional oil on glass, shown for the first time as well as The Three Graces, a large canvas which demonstrates Picasso at his most classic.

Also included is the Siesta (1932), with its rounded forms and soft colours so characteristic of the 30’s as well as the more experimental and iconic bronze Bull’s Head (1942), made with the handlebars and the saddle of a bicycle. The entire exhibition creates a narrative that begins with the formative years and then examines the great stylistic and thematic moments of the artist through to cubism and his Mediterranean period.

For more details visit http://www.museopicassomalaga.org

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Venue change PLEASE note that the special show, ‘A Cappella Magic USA!’ will now take place at 8.00 pm on Thursday, April 6, at the Hotel Polynesia, Holiday World, Benalmadena not at the venue previously advertised. For tickets which will cost €14 per person, please visit www.ticketsource.eu/sabs.

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LATEST MUSICAL: Ricky Lavazza is Joseph.

Try on the Dreamcoat

By John Smith DAZZLING in its colours, songs and the stars, the latest musical to be performed at the Salon Varietes Theatre is the classic, ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.’

With two of the Costa’s

most popular entertainers, Johnny G as the Pharaoh and Ricky Lavazza as Joseph plus songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, the show will be a sure-fire success.

The show has toured extensively all over the world and is now at the Salon from March 17 to 26.

Directed by Peter Mitchell and choreographed by Peter Height, tickets are available at the Box Office (Tel: 952 474 542) between 11am and 2.30pm as well as one hour before each performance.

Book online at: www.salonvarietestheatre.com

Easter film camp IF you have dreamed of recording a song in a professional sound studio or appearing in a horror movie or music video, there is now a competition that might just make that happen.

All you have to do is submit a 30-second video via Twitter or Instagram in which you explain why you want to win a week at a film camp in the Marbella area.

Give them a follow on twitter @madhatterscamp, tweet your 30-second video quoting #CampComp saying why you want to win a week’s film camp and then re-tweet their competition or give them a follow on Instagram @madhattersfilmcamp, tag them in your 30second video of why you want to win, quote #CampComp #Madhatters and tag a friend to enter.

Find out more about the annual Easter Camp by visiting www.madhattersfilm camp.com.

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Success is born out of arrogance - but greatness comes from humility.

Marco Pierre White

Ambitious or capricious?

GOOD FOOD, GOOD WINE AND GOOD FRIENDS WITH

GARRY WAITE

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HAVE BEEN watching a three-part series called The Replacement. It’s very good and tells the story of a woman architect who is pregnant and needs to find someone to take her place in the practice while she goes on maternity leave. In her absence it would appear that the replacement has eyes on her job, position and reputation within the practice.

Although not as dark and well scripted as this programme, I experienced something similar many years ago.

I was looking for an assistant food and beverage manager for the hotel where I was the Food and Beverage Manager. A colleague of mine was aware of my search and put me in touch with an experienced and ambitious young man.

This guy was a very personable chap and had the qualities I was looking for. I took him on.

The General Manager liked him as did the area director and soon he proved himself to be a good addition to the team.

He was always volunteering to take on some of my load and in return for his enthusiasm I imparted as much knowledge of the business and the operation in partic-

ular as I could.

Months went by and I was due a holiday, I hadn’t had one for over a year and I was looking forward to it. I knew the place would be in good hands so I went with the confidence that all would be well in my absence.

Unfortunately while away I contracted some sort of virus and on my return was not able to go back to work for a further 10 days. When I eventually said that I was free to come back, I was informed that in my absence they had reorganised the hotel’s management structure and - you guessed it! - my position was no longer!! I had been replaced!!

I had turned him into a mini me, he had met my clients, was playing tennis with the boss and generally making himself indispensable. The pole to success can be slippery, in order to climb it, it pays to have the right gloves!! Perhaps boxing gloves?

The irony of this story is, I met up with my nemesis a couple of years later. I asked how things were going and he told me a familiar story. He had done with another exactly what I had done with him. Trusted him, encouraged and taught.

Obviously too well. Had he learnt anything? “Yes,” he said, “don’t be generous with your knowledge and play everything close to your chest” - ‘et tu Brute?’ comes to mind!!

DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE SMILE - Look behind it!!

Did I learn anything from this? Yes, never go on holiday because if you do, when you get back, the chances are you’ll find someone sitting at your desk!!

THOSE READERS FROM the west of England may well remember Thornbury Castle just outside of Bristol. The castle was built as a residence in 1511 for Edward Stafford the then 3rd Duke of Buckingham. However the Duke ran into a spot of bother with Henry VIII being accused of treason and so met his demise at the end of the executioner’s axe. Henry confiscated the house and used it himself, staying there in 1535 for 10 days on his honeymoon with new bride Anne Boleyn.

Following the English Civil War, the castle fell into disrepair, but was renovated in 1824 by the Howard family. Between 1966 and 1986 the castle was operated as one of the UK’s top restaurants by Kenneth Bell MBE with staff that included a soon to be food writer Nigel Slater and now a MasterChef New Zealand judge Simon Gault, honing their culinary craft.

I first met Kenneth in 1974. No one deserved to be lord of the manor more than him. He had an air of aristocracy about him and was a fine mine host. He also has a major claim to fame in as much as that during his reign the hotel restaurant gained one of the very few Michelin stars in Great Britain at the time.

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THORNBURY: Famous Grade 1 listed castle and hotel.

Kenneth retired after he sold the property for an undisclosed sum and it was eventually owned and operated by Van Essen Hotels. In 2011, following the administration of Van Essen Hotels, the property was on the market for 7.5 million pounds and was bought by Luxury Family Hotels as part of a 30 million pound purchase of a seven strong portfolio.

IN THIS WEEK’S WINE CORNER I am introducing you to a wine from one of my favourite white wine growing areas of Spain. Galicia! Most enthusiastic consumers will immediately know Rias Baixas famous for Albariño, but not all of our readers will know the other areas of denomination, Monterei, Ribeira Sacra, Ribeiro and Valdeorras.

Galicia is a typically complex wine region, it has a variety of climates (Atlantic to Continental) and soil (granite to slate).

One of the most interesting of these areas is Valdeorras, the easternmost wine region of Galicia, where the best vineyards are planted on terraces on the steep sides of the Sil river.

Like many other wine regions in Spain, the area is being rediscovered by a new, young generation of talented winemakers, willing to make elegant wine with a sense of place. The two best in Valdeorras are Telmo Rodriguez and Rafael Palacios.

Rafael grew up in a wine family and, having left the family estate in 2004, settled in the Val do Bibei part of Valdeorras, w h e r e h e w o r k s w i t h t e r ra c e d p l o t s o f Godello grape which are locally known as ‘sorte,’ some of which are 720 metres high.

All vineyard work and harvest is done by hand - crippling, but rewarding, work.

Th e w i n e I a m w r i t i n g a b o u t t h i s w e e k i s A s Sortes. Made from a selection of the older vines of each plot, some of which are almost 100 years old, this wine is a benchmark for Godello. Structure, complexity, intensity, character, freshness... it has it all. It bears a great resemblance to Burgundy and I

The castle is now for sale again for offers in excess of 8.5 million pounds. Set in 14 acres of landscaped grounds this 28 bedroom Grade 1 listed building has a two rosette restaurant and conference and banqueting facilities. So if your back pocket is bulging and you fancy being ‘King of the Castle’ then it’s being marketed by Savills. I’ll just go and check my bank balance!!

am sure on a blind tasting even the most competent taster will be surprised to find out it that it’s Spanish!

Tasting notes show it has a striking nose showing freshly podded peas, green apple, fresh pastry and toasty citrus - deep and complex but still fresh and inviting.

The palate has that pleasing oiliness which coats the mouth with what can only be described as an ‘English garden’ crunch, combining gooseberry, Granny Smith apple, and a mineral character that invokes the deep savoury flavour of black kale. It’s a savoury, rich beauty that will triumph with food but is complex and satisfying enough to drink on its own.

It has some vintages, most notably 2014 which of course is still drinking well. Again it isn’t cheap for a white wine, costing around 25/30€ a bottle.

I have said for a long time now that Spain is now producing astonishingly good wines to compete with some of the best in the world.

It’s hard to think that 30 odd years ago we seemed to be limited to Monopole, Marques de Caceres and Esmeralda. Having said that I do still try and avoid white Rioja!

GALICIAN WINE: With Burgundy overtones.

ON THAT NOTE I will bid you farewell until next week and should aspiring restaurateurs need some help or advice, please do not hesitate to contact me. A toast to Good Food, Good Wine and Good friends.

Garry Waite is a well-known foodie and restaurateur as well as a Hospitality Management Consultant. If you are contemplating setting up an operation in Spain, or indeed having problems with an existing project contact him on garrywaite@euroweeklynews.com.

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Water an important feature WHEN one visits a number of the properties built by the Moors in Spain, it becomes obvious that water played an incredibly important role in life at the time, with its catchment not only being a method of survival, but its very existence being a pleasure.

Whilst current properties do not allow for a modern riad and pool within the home, it is still perfectly possible to place a small water feature within an apartment or house and the sound of water can be both comforting and surprisingly pleasant.

If you have a garden, the options are much greater and a pond or fountain isn’t just something to look at, but can add moisture to the air on a hot day and attract brightly coloured birds and dragonflies.

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TOP DOG: It has to be established which dog is the new leader of the pack.

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I HAD a call from a gentleman that informed me he had put his Dobermann to sleep due to ill-

ness, the dog was 12 years. Of course he was devastated. They have another four dogs.

A few nights later they were in bed when they heard terrible fighting going on downstairs.

The Cocker Spaniel had nearly bitten one dog’s nose off and they were all injured. Reluctantly he took the Spaniel to the vet and put the dog to sleep. He explained that the Spaniel looked at him as if to say Dad why are you doing this? The man was in a terrible state and called me to ask if he had done the right thing.

I immediately said no. The pack hierarchy had now changed and sometimes this causes fights. If dogs start fighting dogs it has to be established which dog is the new leader (in many cases it needs an expert to help you).

The new top dog is to be loved 10 times more and fed first. We keep using his name and touching and cuddling him as a favourite. We are showing this dog that he is a top dog.

The fighting then stops.

However I would stress that this does not work with fighting females. There is no known way to stop fighting and terrible injuries. Best to rehome one of them.

When a dog places his paws and chest on the hindquarters of another dog like mounting this is normal and common canine behaviour. In most cases, it is NOT a sexual behaviour unless the dog is thrusting. In young v, it is a play behaviour. In older dogs, it is a method of communication, the dog who is mounting the other dog is generally displaying dominance.

Quite often owners who have brought another dog into the family get upset when they see the younger dog mounting or biting the rear legs of the resident dog. It is best not to correct the behaviour, it is very normal. Sometimes this is when the status of the young dog is changing in the pack and the younger dog becomes the top dog.

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Dog judge is slammed over no frills request THE dog grooming world is up in arms over a ban on bows for shih tzus at Crufts dog show.

An experienced judge of the breed, Pat Maule, took to a Facebook group to ask those intending to show their dogs to use:

“plain elastic band holding the topknot only please,” inadvertently offending breeders all over the world.

The request was in accordance with UK Kennel Club regulations, which were changed in November 2016 to state: “it is strongly recommended that the hair on head is tied up without adornment.”

Yet breedTOPKNOT: ers in other But plain countries, elastic band where bows only please.

and adornments are not frowned upon, harshly criticised the judge and questioned her abilities, leading her to make further statements to the press: “I’m supposedly unable to judge under a bow. I’ve been awarding certificates for 26 years and have more experience in the breed than most.

In America the bow is used to hide faults from judges and we don’t want that in the UK,” she told Dog World magazine.

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AIR CONDITIONING by Cool and Cosy. The family company that cares. Installation and repairs.

Quality machines. EsoSense movement sensor supplied and fitted for 80 euros. Coin meters supplied and fitted from 260 euros. For other energysaving products, visit www.coolandcosy.es. Tel 952 935 513 (241504)

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ANTIQUES WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Telephone 952 588 795 (201522)

SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. ian@solar shadetinting.com Tel Ian 958 496 571 / 644 546 176 (248458)

BOOKS

GENERAL BUILDER. Tiling, plastering, painting, electrician, plumber, carpentry. Reasonable prices. 635 913 885 (References available) (248892) CONCRETE – OZBUILD. The specialists of printed concrete. Reseals, Brickwork, Tiling, Plastering, Screeding. 13 Years in Spain. Competitive Prices, Quality Finish. 952 426 074/606 745 920 www.ozbuildspain.com (248600) MASTERBUILD, BATHROOMS, KITCHENS, RENOVATIONS. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. PROFESSIONAL WORKMANSHIP FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 952 663 141- 670 409 759 www.masterbuildspain.co m (247804)

METALWORK ALL METALWORK UNDERTAKEN – New Fabrication & Repairs/Alterations. Work Guaranteed. Reliable. 14yrs on Coast. Steve 655 040 648 (250463)

PLASTERING PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (232930) PLASTERING, all aspects covered, skimming, rendering, screeding, covering, tiling, Dean 691 044 287 (233418)

HOUSE CLEARANCE SPECIALISTS, FULL OR PART CLEARANCE. ALL FURNITURE WANTED, WE PAY MORE. TEL 634 324 914 OR EMAIL houseclearanceman@h otmail.com (253015) HOUSE CLEARANCE: Quick, Friendly & Affordable house clearance. Cash for your quality furniture!

622 290 009. info@lepartic ulier.es (251392) THE WAREHOUSE – We buy a Single item to a Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (248891) WANTED TOP DESIGNER LABELS (Hermes, Chanel etc.) Handbags, Furs, Jewellery, Clothes, Shoes, CASH WAITING. Contact 677 397 395 (251484)

BUSINESS FOR SALE COMPLETE furnishings for modern bar/restaurant including, lighting. Sufficient for 40 seater plus, 10 cream leather bar stools, 40 white stretch material terrace chairs with wooden arms. All as new and in excellent condition. Send email by SMS to receive photos and prices 629 273 765 (251158)

RESIDENTIAL/Commercial projects, kitchens, bathrooms, general reformations. Competively priced. Architectural services available. www.adva solsolutions.com – 951 965 309, 664 871 133 (253076) ANTONIO ENTERPRISES – New Builds. Full Renovations.

Reasonable Rates 951 436 022/602 593 267. www.costa completebuild.es (251449)

CAR HIRE BUSINESS OPP.

ARCHITECTS

BUILDER is looking for jobs 671 801 005 (Whatsapp) See on Facebook Reform Costa del Sol (251732)

PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licences, legalisations, interior design. 680 700 430 (248576)

MAPLELEAF HOME RENOVATIONS – Bathrooms, Kitchens, Carpentry, Plumbing & all kind of Installations. Contact Even 635 252 327 (251224)

AWNINGS ACE OF SHADES - All colours available. Urbanisations catered for, electric and manual operation, also recover service available, largest selection of colours and designs on the coast. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.design (101730)

DAMP PROOFING BUILDING SERVICES SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs. Visit www.swinglescasas. com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (250335) JIM’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small. 692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (250272) IMPRINTED CONCRETE (driveways & patios). All paving work & terracotta tiling, floor tiling & screeding. Many more Building Services available. 603 236 650 Free quotes: tonymancity@hotmail.com (243280)

DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558 (232930)

HANDYMAN ALL BUILDING works, all trades.

Retired Builder/Handyman. Barry 676 143 789 / 602 669 240 (249734) ALMOST ANYTHING, tiling plumbing & painting. Marbella to Fuengirola. Speak to Gareth 690 841 188 (250434) HANDYMAN – any work undertaken, good rates, Torremolinos – Marbella. No Job too Small. Gareth 603 159 827 (250462) www.euroweeklynews.com

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SALE FROM 4,900 EUROS. 697 834 934 (248081) AS PART of our rapid expansion plans www.cencion.eu is looking for passionate and committed individuals to join our established sales network introducing our new technology to the home entertainment market. In first instance email cv to ashraf@cencion.eu or call on 611 213 213 (251378)

BUY & SELL SUPERPOOL EST. 1985.

Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new/second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 - www.superpool spain.com (248874) WANTED all furniture and household items. Best prices.

697 511 071 (251503) DECLUTTER, cash paid for small/medium furniture, antiques,decanters, brass, copper and other ornaments. Tel: Howard 608 121 817 (253087)

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ALH RENT A CAR – SHORT & LONG TERM RENTALS FROM €9.90 A DAY. INSURANCE INCLUDED IN OUR PRICES. www.alhren tacar.com - TLF: 638 846 909 or reservasalhrenta car@gmail.com (242734) SIMPLECAR rent a car Carretera de mijas 4,5 Centro nórdico 952 580 580 628 469 037 www.simplecarrentacar .com (247827) LONG TERM CAR HIRE. From €280 p/m inc. insurance.

Fixed year long prices. Call Don: 677 079 805 enq u i r i e s @ a u t o inclusive.com www.autoinclusive.com (251386) CAR HIRE long & short term airport & delivery service Tel: 634 029 878 (251234)

CARAVANS PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / info@eurodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807

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CARPENTERS CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (233419)

CHIMNEY SERVICES APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (241526)

CHURCH SERVICES BENALMADENA Elim Family Fellowship. Sundays 11am.

Elimfamilyfellowship.com or call 951 912 525 or 952 446 627 (0)

CLASSES CALAHONDA LANGUAGE CENTRE. Established 1987. Beginners Spanish Course Starts 24th April 2017. 60 hours in 6 weeks, mornings. Give your Spanish a good kick start.

Maximum 5 students for guaranteed results. Also higher level groups and private classes. calahondalanguage @gmail.com 952 931 176 (250468)

HOUSE and Business Cleaning very reliable www.costa4 cleaning.com Contact Vanessa 602 492 930 (247816) CLEANING & Maintenance Services No Job too Small.

Reliable. Call Adrian 640 350 479 (241379)

COMPUTERS COMPUTER PROBLEMS SOLVED. Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Repairs and upgrades available.

Laptops in English. Kindle, iPad & Android help. One-toone training. Experienced, reliable service. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (232338) PC DOCTOR Computer Sales & Repairs in any Language.

24HR IT Support. 20 Years on the Coast. We come to wherever YOU are – Home or Business. 952 591 071 (248887) COMPUTER help. Patient teacher. PC sales, set up, repairs, problem solving, internet TV boxes. Kindle, Ipads, Internet, email. 30 years experience. 21 years on the coast. Friendly and reliable.

Dave 952 664 713 (251469)

DENTAL

CARPETS, UPLHOLSTERY & CAR INTERIORS professionally cleaned. Latest chemicals, attack stains, wine, beer, tea, coffee, vomit, oil, grease, gum etc. 30 years experience SWIFTCLEAN 663 783 362

MARBLE polishing, crystallizing, lasting, high shine.

Regrinding, restoration of salty, dead floors. Cyril, 634 455 064 (233300)

FOR SALE

BLOCKED drains? Call Clearflow. CCTV Inspections.

Drain Location. HP Jetting. Repairs & Installations. More than 30 years on the Coast.

All major credit cards accepted. Telephone 952 885 661 / 630 200 600 (250454)

ELECTRICIAN BS ELECTRICAL, All electrical work, rewires, Boletins, Endesa helpline, professional genuine service, www.bselectrical.eu.

Call Sean 952 961 108, 669 070 011 (251246)T1

FUNERALS

AUTHORISED & Qualified Electrician. All types of electrics. 20years Experience & Reliable. Call Frank 669 009 821 (253236)

ARBOLISTA Tree surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998. 600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree.com (250274) TOP-JARDIN. No tree too tall, palm & tree pruning - removal - pests bio treatments.

Town hall licence process advice. Timber logs. Mulch. Urban veggie gardens. Visit us www.top-jardin.es or call Andres mob 686 948 552 / 602 130 250 (232442) GARDEN & POOL Maintenance. Private Villas & Communities. Professional & Reliable Service. 602 424 974 (247807) EXPERTS IN MANGO CROPS & AVOCADO. Comprehensive or partial management of farms.

Pruning & grafting of trees. T: 666 953 892 (251244)

ALL electrical installations & repairs. Tel Jim 652 023 012 (248601)

IRRIGATION

FURNITURE

ANTONIO ENTERPRISES – Installation and Repairs 602 593 267 / 600 456 350 (251449)

CHAIN LINK FENCE erectors, general builders, all types of welding fabrication. Tel: 655 218 466 (248701)

UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (249674)

OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard dirty work. From 40€.

632 569 282 ovenclea ningcostadelsol.com (241395)

BLOCKED DRAINS? Leak detection, CCTV survey, root removal, Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drainspain.com (248852)

FENCING

CLEANING SERVICES

RUGS fitted carpets, upholstery including leather cleaned on site 693 028 325 (253107)

DRAINAGE

IRIS-IRRIGATION and landscapes. New Installations and problem-solving.

Turf (supply and laying).

Garden constructions. Tree surgeon. Clearing and maintenance. 676 747 521 (251403)

FLOOR POLISHING

DOG TRAINING METS dog training club, Fuengirola. Glyn 605 121 831 / Jeff 692 832 250 (250304) Mh: DOMESTIC APPLIANCE REPAIRS DOMESTIC Appliance repairs washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired. Christian 608 337 497 (243751)

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MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE .WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE, SEAL THEN POLISH YOUR MARBLE TO HIGH GLOSS, NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL GUARANTEED, FAST SERVICE. 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE. ALSO REPAIRS DAMAGES TO MARBLE, CLEAN AND SEAL TERRACOTTA TERRACES, COVERS ALL COSTA DEL SOL. TEL: 671 244 683 (232888) T1 MARBLE FLOORS polished.

Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. Wooden floors treated. No job too small.

Family run. Cleansol 10am 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437)

CLASSIFIEDS HEALTH & BEAUTY FUENGIROLA, Myofascial Release. J. Schaegen, Specialized in treating neck, back & extremity disorders, 30 years in Practice.

652 291 224 www.body work.es (247599) SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 - 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es (248717) SKIN specialist NHS registered. Treats all kinds of skin problems. Consultion 70 euros. Dr Eva. Fuengirola/Calahonda 664 747 267 (250251) WEIGHT WATCHING? If so come & join the best weekly weight loss meetings.

663 674804 facebook/MyWeighSpain (248886) RIVERA DEL SOL : Depilation laser/ Luz Puslada, hair removal from the face, body/legs. Remove all unwanted hair. Free consultation 622 675 050 C / Polaris N°10 CC local-6. (251716)

ADDICTION THERAPY GATES

ENGLISH ELECTRICIAN Fully qualified, reliable, domestic/commercial work undertaken.

602 494 347 (250466)

PAINTING CLASSES in Arroyo de Miel. All levels welcome.

Contact Nancy 651 431 026 (251399)

ADVANCED Cleaning Services.

Professional carpet, upholstery cleaning, 27 years experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable service 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 or email ac servs@outlook.com (253107)

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STOP SMOKING NOW!! 90% SUCCESS WITH BIORESONANCE THERAPY 652 430 383 www.stopsmokinginspain.com

FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, cash waiting, reliable. 645 334 512 (253107) HOUSE CLEARANCE: Quick, Friendly & Affordable house clearance. Cash for your quality furniture!

622 290 009. info@lepartic ulier.es (251392) WANTED Quality Furniture – New & secondhand. Bought & sold. ALSO AN AUCTION EVERY 2 WEEKS. For details call 633 896 005 or 633 497 689 (251425)

GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gar den-professionals.com (242556) GARDEN & POOL MAINTENANCE – from under €120 per month products included see more on www.zonasverdes.es RICARDO 637 160 129

ADDICTION THERAPIST: Alcohol-Drugs. British Qualified with Personal Experience. Charlie. 634 989 480. (249603)

BEAUTY TREATMENTS ELECTRIC GATE/GARAGE DOOR automation repaired.

Free, no obligation quotation.

Call Colin - 636 394 641 (250415)

BOTOX AND FILLERS From €95. Covers the Costa del Sol and inland. www.beautifulmarbella.es 609 347 086. (247809)

GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (253220)

GOLF FOR SALE FAMILY GOLF CLUB SHARE La Quinta Marbella. ONLY €4,000. For more information call +49698 98920 or +49 1717 34 7100 shops@omdas.com (250498)

CHIROPODISTS www.chiropodistcostadelsol.com

DENTISTS NHS REGISTERED DENTIST in Fuengirola. Specializing in Zircon crowns, bridges etc.

Free check up! drvisky@hotmail.com - 689 887 019 (253250)

HAIRDRESSING PERSONAL HAIRDRESSER in Las Chapas/Marbesa, opposite Camping entrance.

Pedicure & Massage available.

Call Cornelia +34 634 341 286. Ladies, Gentleman & Children. www.hair-skin.es.

CLASSIFIEDS MASSAGE QUALIFIED Masseuse: Therapeutic, Sport, Relaxing massage. 622 675 050 C / Polaris N°10 CC local-6. (251716)

HEATING HEATING: AIR CONDITIONING, CENTRAL HEATING AND GAS FIRES. PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATIONS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. ENVIROCARE 952 663 141/670 409 759 www.envirocarespain.com ALL AREAS COVERED (247804) GAS FIRES, WATER HEATERS AND CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS. INSTANT HEATING. PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATIONS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. ENVIROCARE 952 663 141/670 409 759 www.envirocarespain.com ALL AREAS COVERED (247804)

HOT TUBS / SPAS HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs. 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (253091)

HOUSE CLEARANCES FURNITURE wanted, same day collection, cash waiting, reliable. 645 334 512 (253107) WANTED all furniture and quality household items. Cash paid, same day collection.

Best prices, call 697 511 071 (253107) CASH paid for your unwanted house or garage items. Please call 600 041 434 (248893) WE CLEAR houses, apartments, garages, bars, storage units. Tel 656 187 140 brian.d.hughes@hotmail.com (251161)

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INSURANCE

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 (68259) ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have. We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance.

Call 952 893 380 (68259) HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies. Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover. Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259) ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%.

Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars.

Home insurance from €50.

Tel: 952 893 380 (68259) EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email in fo@euinsurancedirect.com www.euinsurancedirect.com (248459) MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now! (200726) LSM INSURANCE. No fat singing blokes or trumpeting telephone´s, just professional service at the best prices for all your insurance needs including car, household, commercial, life, health and travel.

Tel 952 578 008 or www.lsminsurance.biz f or a quotation (250433)

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INSURANCE

INTERNET INTERNET IN BENALMADENA We specialise in Internet in the Benalmadena Area at PRICES THAT CANNOT BE BEATEN. Shop in Benalmadena open 9.30 – 5pm Call us NOW on 952 576 262 (250475) GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop. Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 952 561 245 or email mark.w@euroweek lynews.com for more details

INTERPRETERS INTERPRETER, TRANSLATOR & TEACHER – English, Spanish & French. 695 909 025 (248901)

LAWYERS

ENGLISH 24/7 LOCKSMITH/SAFE ENGINEERS. 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE, CALL DAREN OR BOB 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 WWW.SECURITYOFS PAIN.COM (241275)

MISCELLANEOUS WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Worldwide courier and Passport renewals. All adverts taken for the Euro Weekly News- display or classified. Open 9.00-2.00PM (Monday to Friday). Special hours apply August and Xmas.

One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93. Tel: 952 471 877

MOBILE HOMES WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

LOANS LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel: 952 588 795 LOANS: personal, business, start-up, debts, embargos, bad credit, taxes, divorce.

Fast, secure, simple, safe 617 333 777 (251417)

24/7 LOCKSMITHS LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service.

Call Paul 657 466 803

WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70

MOBILITY MOBILITY scooters, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames, etc, for sale and rent.

Large selection of quality used scooters at competitive prices. Rascal vantage X, Rascal Veo X, Shoprider Sovereign, Pride Go Go, Neo 4 and 8, Mercury Prism, Pride XL8, Rascal 388, Rascal 329, Rascal 125 Wheelchair, Shoprider electric wheelchair breaks up for boot, Rascal 330 electric wheelchair as new condition at considerable saving, Rascal turnabout electric wheelchair, plus many more all with guarantee. New and used wheelchairs for sale at competitive prices. Brand New Pride Go Go Mobility Scooters All models just arrived huge savings on retails prices. Rentals from 55 euros weekly. New mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted. Mobility scooters bought for cash. www.mobilityscoot ersdirectspain.com email info@mobilityscootersdi rectspain.com Tel 609581139 (250351)

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SENIORWORLD - MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, stairlifts, nursing beds, rise ´n´ recline chairs and a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire. Visit our showroom in Los Boliches - or call on 952 663 131 or 670 964 181 for advice & best prices. (251391)

MORTGAGES FLUENT Finance Abroad Are you looking to release equity in your home here in Spain? Need to pay IBI, Community Fees, Taxes, but don’t have the cash available now to do this. Do you want to sell your property for what it is worth but don’t have the ability/time frame due to cash constraints? Do you want an alternative to the Banks who are costly and slow? Call us now on +34 691 179 445 +34 952 961 952 or email ronald@fluentfinanceabroad.c om Come and visit us in our San Pedro office (250459)

MOSQUITO SCREENS MOSQUITO NICK No1 Specialist for Mosquito Screens for all types of windows and doors.

PRICE PROMISE/NEVER BEATEN ON PRICE!!! All types of screens: sliding, pull-down, pleated, fixed and ARCHED available in all colours including wood grain. Call Nick at 647 072 861, www.mosquitonick.ws ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.design (101730) MOSQUITO Screens for windows, doors and a high quality sliding patio door screen. All finishes available. Quick service. All areas covered. Call Julian 655 825 931 (253200)

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CAR KEYS

CAR SERVICES AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmat ic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es GT AUTOS Mijas – ITV´s, Servicing and Repairs. Diagnostics; Engines, ABS, Airbags, Aircon. 952 462 852 – 622 252 570 (251641)

FOR SALE SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars. com (236580) BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or bill bradycars.com (236580) www.euroweeklynews.com

MASSIVE SAVING DIESEL Citroen Picasso 1.6 HDI 2011 from private owner only 53’000 Klm (32’000 Mls) metallic silver a very well kept car and a great all round family MPV New ITV (MOT) and price WAS 7’995€ NOW 6’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (236580) MASSIVE SAVING DIESEL Toyota Auris 2012 one private owner 55’000 Klm (34’000 Mls) full service history from Toyota main service just been done polar white lots of extras on this car ideal costa car and also a very scarce car. WAS 10’995€ NOW 9´500€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (236580) DIESEL Citroen C-4 1.6 HDI. 2014 Mdl. from private owner low Klm. full service history, polar white black velour trim lots of extras. Full warranty till November 2017. Save a fortune from the new price at only 10’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars. com (236580) MASSIVE SAVING ESTATE Ford Focus 1.6 Inj. 2013 bought from Ford Estepona and from lady owner 46’000 klm (28’000 Mls) metallic silver, climate control, electric pack, it´s been used for the school runs it´s a big saving at WAS 9’995€ NOW 9’695€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (236580) BIG SAVING Kia RIO 1.25 Inj. Sept. 2015 (New model) 5 door from private owner (NOT RENTA CAR) full warranty from KIA used only as holiday car great on fuel, Look at this saving its only 9’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com. (236580) FANTASTIC OFFER New model BMW. Diesel Estate/ Touring.

316-D 2013 6 Speed G/Box. One private owner low klm.

Full service history and warranty from BMW. Sat/Nav. Parking sensors and much more Cost New 38’000 € Look its only 19’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars .com (236580)

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OPEL Corsa 2014 1.4 Inj. 5 Door from private owner only 38’000 Klm. (23’000 Mls) Alloy wheels, full electric pack relocation forces sale of this little beauty save a fortune at this very low price its only 7’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (236580) 2005 KIA CARNIVAL 2.9 diesel automatic, seven seater, twin side doors, silver, climate control, alloys. In excellent condition inside and out. Fully legal Spanish LHD, 5,995€, 653 777 073 (241693) AUTOMATIC 2011 VW Polo new model 1.4 tfsi dsg automatic, one owner, 150.000kms, full service history, 2 keys, silver like new, alloys, air con 7´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2011 AUDI Q5, 2 litre, diesel, 6 speed manual, sat nav, parking sensors, all usual extras, 100.000kms, very nice car 18´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2011 NEW shape Renault Kangoo, long wheel base van, 200.000kms, one owner, full service history, security locks, air con, new tyres, like a new van. 5´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2010 CONVERTIBLE Audi A5, s-line, RHD on Spanish plates, automatic, black with black leather, 50´000kms, full service history, stunning car 17´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2011 FORD Transit MWB, high roof, RHD, long tax, MOT and insured, ply lined, 6 speed, air con, very good condition, one owner, full service history 5´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 1993 CONVERTIBLE Mercedes 320 SL 24 valve, 5 speed automatic, LHD, on English plates, 5 months tax, 11 months MOT, 90´000kms, very good condition with hard top 5´995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2003 ENGLISH RHD, Jaguar XJR Supercharger in black with cream leather, all extras included, sat nav, climate control, rear TV, long MOT & tax, a lot of car for only 4´995€ 653 777 073 (241693)

FORD MONDEO 2004 2.0 tdci Ghia, in metallic blue, new tyres, new itv,6 speed 140 bhp, alloys climate control, excellent runner in great condition, to sell quick 1,995€ 653 777 073 (241693) 2008 ENGLISH Ford Transit Connect, excellent condition throughout, 11 months MOT, just had major service and drove to Spain no problem, a very good van, only 2´495€ 653 777 073 (241693) carsforsaleinspain.eu Buy or Sell your car online. All makes & models LHD/RHD. Spanish/UK Reg. (249723)

LEO´S AUTOS, MIJAS COSTA. Repairs & servicing to all makes of cars, light commercials, also ITV´s, exhausts etc.

Plus home call outs. T: 952 917 353 / 722 291 198.

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REPAIRS ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job too Small. 952 667 074 (251389)

WANTED

HYUNDAI i20 metalic blue, 1.2 petrol, all extras ,ITV, 110kms serviced regularly €3,995 Tel 634 029 878 878 (251234) CABRIOLET RENAULT MEGANE, 2008. New ITV. Sun -roof. Lots of extras. Price 7.900€. Tel 608 180 900

INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies. Call 952 893 380 (68259) WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (247810)

MOTORING

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KARAOKE “Everything You Need” Rent, Buy or Update Your Songs in All Languages. www.songbookslive.com “costasongs” 664-540-154.

(232947) LIVE MUSIC with DAVID CHRISTIAN-CLARK from solo Spanish Guitar to Dance band, performing for exclusive private events from Gibraltar to Nerja.Call 00 350 540 367 29 or e-mail davechristianclark @gmail.com for details.Over 30 years’ professional experience. (250296)

PUERTO BANÚS – Moorings for rent. 8, 12 & 15 meters. 662 379 483 (240400)

CARS AND VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 693 028 325 (253107)

PUERTO BANUS – Moorings wanted to buy. 0032 473 815 789

PAINTERS/DECORATORS

CARS WANTED, all registration numbers, any age, runners/non-runners, finance, embargoes no problem 687 049 592 or 622 156 022 (248692) T2 CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (253107) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 693 028 325 (253107) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (253107) WANTED all cars vans and anything interesting also classic cars, bikes, etc, with or without paperwork considered, same day decision, cash waiting, 653 777 073 (241693) WANTED, wanted, wanted!!

All cars, all years, all models…from exotic to classic.

Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329 (251432)

NURSING BRITISH MECHANIC WORKSHOP family run business since 2000 in Mijas Costa Fuengirola. Servicing Repairs, ITVS, Full Engine Rebuilds, Body Work Repairs, Recovery Service, Paperwork Transfers.

Checks on all cars & 4x4. CALL TODAY 605 407 369 / 951 914 025 (250263)

MUSIC

NAUTICAL

OPEL CORSA 1.1L 2000, 3DR, LHD, Spanish Plate, 5 Month ITV, Taxed, New Tyres, Good Condition, Great Runner. €950 604 173 658 (251243) ROADSTER/CABRIOLET MERCEDES BENZ SL55 AMG V8 KOMPRESSOR 500hp.

2002model, Red, 92,000kms.

Lots of extras. 35,800€ - 639 070 068 (251242)

CLASSIFIEDS

SAM, Simply the Best on the Coast, 35 years experience, 18 years Mijas. Forget the rest, have the best, you’re worth it! Call Sam 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 (232930)

PERGOLAS & DECKING PERGOLAS, Decking and Thatched Gazebos. Best quality and prices. Installations. For free quotation call 686 322 328 (243344)

CLASSIFIEDS PEST CONTROL

PEST CONTROL Best Prices Great Service BRITISH & LEGAL 0034 684 217 181 WWW.LOCALPEST.ES COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. Serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (241240)

PETS

YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity.

Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398) HAVING problems with your dog? We can show YOU how to educate your dog. Private and group classes. If you are short of time we have a pickup & home delivery service from Benalmadena to Marbella, so we are able to see you at our Pet Nursery. Professional with 20 years of experience.

Tel: 670 604 172, Web: dogtm.com; Email: David@dogtm.com (253202)

CHARITIES ACE CHARITY “El Refugio” in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalu-

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cian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm. (93319) SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 in fo@sepeonline.net www.sepe online.net (93321) AT SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you.

We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875.

Visit our website www.sos-an imals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) ARCH - THE ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES WELCOMES VISI-

TORS AND VOLUNTEERS TO THEIR STABLES ON SATURDAYS FROM 10 - 12 OR BY APPOINTMENT. COME AND HELP OUT, OR SPONSOR OR ADOPT ONE OF OUR HORSES, DONKEYS OR MULES. WE ALWAYS NEED HELP WITH FUND RAISING TO LOOK AFTER THE ABANDONED AND ABUSED ANIMALS. OUR AIM IS TO RESCUE, REHABILITATE AND REHOME. WE ARE A SMALL FRIENDLY TEAM WHY NOT JOIN US. FIND US IN ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, BEHIND THE VENTA MIRALMONTE ON THE ROAD FROM ALHAURIN TO COIN, (A404), URB.VIÑA BORREGO, FOLLOW THE YELLOW SIGNS. CHARITY REGISTERED WITH THE JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA NO 8448. WWW.HORSERES CUESPAIN.ORG INFO@ HORSERESCUESPAIN.ORG ARCHRESCUE@YAHOO.CO.UK TEL:- 635 798 219 OR 656 935 613 OR 620 175 828.

NEW: ARCH CHARITY SHOP NOW OPEN IN ALHAURIN, NEXT TO MONEY CHANGE SHOP, AVENIDA GERALD BRENAN (93322)

KENNELS

EURODOG Boarding Kennels & Cattery. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog. es (239435)

PET TRANSPORT

PRINTERS BUSINESS cards, flyers, posters, magazines, design, canvas, exhibition equipment, signage, vehicle branding Eyeprint: 951 310 395 www.eyeprint.es (248903) CREATIVE MARBELLA Your friendly local printers. Luxury Printing, Copying, Binding Braded Merchandise annd Clothing, Menus, Bespoke Gifts, Wedding Accessories.

Located in Poligono Industrial Nueva Campana 27 - 952 810 831 - www.creativemar bella.es or follow us on Facebook (251487) THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 651 581 067 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.thedog mover.com (228731) ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (253199) PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Fully DEFRA/OCA/ TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dog-world.com (241623)

LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter.Near Coin. lagu nakennels@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 (253083) www.euroweeklynews.com

PROFESSIONAL SERV. PRO VENT. Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Windows, Glass Curtains creatively designed and expertly fitted. Visit our showroom in La Cala or call 639 727 188 for a free quotation. From inspiration to installation www.joebayley. com (250339) SECRET SHOPPERS. If you own or run a service industry business in Andalucia, shop,restaurant etc. We can supply you with secret diners/shoppers. Excellent rates and first class professional service from experienced hoteliers/restauranteurs and service industry specialist. For a non-committal discussion Call 629 273 765 (251159)

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WWW.INMOANDALUZ.CO M. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (244876) ATTRACTIVE 2 Bed, 2 Bath, Ground Floor Apartment in DON ALBERTO Mijas Costa. Fully Furnished to high standard. Close to Pool, Air-Conditioning & in a very safe position.

185,000 Euros. +447850 746171 goodson.builders @icloud.com (251501) WEST ANDALUCIA - Self Sufficient life in paradise at one with nature. 10 hct. Finca with a brook running through with trees: oak, olive, fig, fruit and vegetable garden. Independent water (well) and power-supply (fotovoltaic), pool and big water tanks.

350m2 country villa, 2 floors, 8 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, spacious living room with fireplace and hot-air heating.

Selling price: 395.000€ For more information: https.//marisisofia.word press.com e-mail: mari sisofia2.0@gmail.com Phone: +34 653 919 246 and 0049 151 538 38122 (250455) CANCELADA Albayalde Urb. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms townhouse. A/C heating, log burner, terraces, low fees, shared pool, beachside, 279.000 Euros – 626 166 792 (251738) FUENGIROLA house fully refurbished as new, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, patio, solárium 65m2, Was €135,000 Reduced to 129.500€. 600 063 918 (251250)

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE MR MAINTENANCE For ALL your Property needs No Job Too Small 647 460 155 (251448)

PROPERTY FOR SALE

CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY, superb licensed facilities, viewing welcome. Tel: 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.cat-and-dogworld.com (241623) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcarespain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain (243370)

ANTONIO ENTERPRISES – Plumbing Services. 24HR Call out. 600 456 350 (251449)

EWN

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.CO M is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835

ELVIRIA 2 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM APT EL MIRADOR SANTA MARIA GOLF. UNFURNISHED, AIR CON PARKING AND STORAGE, CLOSE TO POOL. €149,000 TEL 647 228 257 (251658) www.casavistaparaiso.co. uk El Paraiso Alto, next to Golf Course, detached villa south facing, plot 1,600m2, fantastic views, 500m2 built, 6 bedrooms, pool.

Fully equipped for the summer.

1,100,000 Euros – 620 517 134 (251228)

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PLUMBER for all your plumbing. Water heaters, bathrooms, tiling. Benalmadena based, travel no problem.

Construction work. Glen 669 073 773 (253089) PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drain spain.com (248852)

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PROPERTY WANTED

GIBRALTAR FREEHOLD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY For Sale. Retail property in centre of town. Ground floor showroom with floor to ceiling windows 104 square meters.

First floor workroom/storeroom 38 square meters. Vacant possession £535,000 Tel: 00350 200 75033 or 00350 580 07520 (251428)

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 31st March. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 EUROPE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343)

PROPERTY TO LET STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343)

LONG TERM RENTALS. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants. Coast & inland.

Tlf 679 111 522 (253100)

LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (250343)

MARBELLA, BANUS, sunny 3 bedroom apartments by Marina. Short/long term, luxury, private gardens, garage. bravoelezovic@gmail.com / 637 439 222 (251510) LA CALA centre modern 1 bedroom, part-furnished apartment 395 Euros. 952 198 861 (251737) ESTEPONA 12 mins from P.Banus. 150 acre farm + 2 houses. Long Term Let - €850 per week. 647 547 805 (251513) TORREMOLINOS 4 bed 3 bath unfurnished semi-detached house, communal pool, garage €1200pm 650 148 945 (251249)

LOOKING FOR HOUSE TO RENT, longterm in MIJAS area, unfurnished, for a couple with 2 kids and small dog.

We have own business. Possibility to purchase but not a must. Budget 700€ p/m. Tel 603 188 134 (251644)

REMOVALS & STORAGE BENALMADENA COSTA 4 bed 3 bath penthouse duplex fully furnished underground parking, communal pool, gym, sea views €1100pm 650 148 945 (251249)

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REMOVALS & STORAGE

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND).

WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@ya hoo.co.uk (253088) MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-euro pean.com (93139) UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe! Masses of experience. New clean vehicles.

Insured with Royal Sun Alliance. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and / Part moves.

ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bmceuro pean.com Tel: UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK!

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CLASSIFIEDS

ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered.

Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (251408)

DO YOU CARE? If so, why not join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £952 - £1,456 for 2 weeks.

Good written/spoken English, British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@con sultuscare.com (253024)

MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.mov ingmatters.eu (250358)

SERVICES

LOCAL & International Removals Regular Schedules 952 816 582 move@freinternation al.com (253105)

CARPENTRY

MAN VAN Removals, 20Euros/Hour 3 Vans available, Tel David 696 810 618 / info@moveit-storeit.com (248401)

CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience.

Very reliable. 677 087 575 (233419)

REGULAR TRIPS UK-SPAINUK. Over 30 years experience.

Guaranteed lowest prices.

Pets from FREE. Tel or Whatsapp: 660 030 107 (251435)

MAN AND VAN MAN & VAN Removals, Clearances. 100% reliable. Always punctual. 20€ per hour.

622 020 856 (241247) BIG VAN (removal) always on time. 100% reliable. 20€. P.H. - 633 277 270 (248897) 2 MEN, Van €30 p hour. Also House Clearances. 651 081 610 (248894) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (248380) HANDYMAN & VAN – Small removals, clearances. Ikea collection & assembly, experienced & reliable. €20 hourly – 603 257 612 (251225)

STORAGE REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306 (244093) STORAGE Marbella Dry Secure 952 816 582 move@freinternational.com (253105) STORAGE lowest price guaranteed. Packaging materials Self Storage Marbella 952 811 311 (242608)

ROLLER SHUTTERS ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service.

Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.design (101730) www.euroweeklynews.com

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944 (241249)

SEWING ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure.

Sensible prices. Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judein spain@hotmail.com (253094)

SIGNS & DESIGNS EYEPRINT – 951 310 395 (248903) SHOP signs, vehicle signs, banners, window signs, 952 930 547, 603 464 582, www.signdsign1.com (232309)

SITUATIONS VACANT NEW YEAR, new job?

JobFinder Spain adds a fresh and friendly approach to finding your ideal role. We are looking for all types of staff so upload your CV at www.jobfinderspain.com or call us on 951 400 234 (253013) LOOKING for quality staff?

JobFinder Spain can help you, efficiently and cost effectively.

Find out how at www.jobfind erspain.com or just call 951 400 234 (253013) MARBELLA Design Academy is expanding and is looking for an INTERIOR ARCHITECT/DESIGNER. The successful candidate must be fluent in English and be educated to at least BA degree level. You need to be a team player, have exceptional organisational skills and very good knowledge of CAD, 3D MAX and Adobe. Please email your CV to cv@de signschool.com (251238)

EARN 300€ to 2,500€ per month working with a reputable British PLC. Flexible Hours. No Selling. Local Training & Support. For more information go to www.the-vistagroup.co.uk (251438) MARBELLA Design Academy is expanding and is looking for a FASHION DESIGNER. The successful candidate must be fluent in English and be educated to at least BA degree level.

You need to be a team player, have exceptional organisational skills. Please email your CV to cv@de signschool.com (251238) WAITER/ESS required for family run Pizzeria in La Cala.

For more information contact 605 616 256 (250493) www.cencion.eu Urgently REQUIRES GREAT SALES PERSONALS and WEB ONLINE PROMOTERS for GREAT products. Please email CV to ashraf@cencion.eu. Call Ashraf 611 213 213 For Further Information (251617) MARBELLA Design Academy is expanding and is looking for an IT PROFESSIONAL. The successful candidate must be fluent in English and have exceptional organisational skills.

Good knowledge of Networks, WordPress, Analytics and proficient programming in PHP and CSS. Please email your CV to cv@designschool.com TRADES. Established multiservice construction/energy company based in Estepona requires proven trades for various projects this year. Tilers, General construction with electrical/plumbing skills an advantage! Must have tidy transport – good rates for good people and based between Manilva – Marbella.

Basic Spanish a bonus! Please call 677 024 899 to discuss further (251647) EXPERIENCED chef & waiting staff Montemar area required.

For busy bar restaurant. Contact Paddy or Andy 615 340 906 (251744)

SITUATIONS WANTED QUALIFIED DOG GROOMER looking for position with Dog Palour or Vet. Availabe to start from April.

Please e-mail nicole.cotswolds @gmail.com

CLASSIFIEDS SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com (248422)

SOLAR SOLAR Hot water installed from €1995 incl. www.adva solsolutions.com - 951 965 309, 664 871 133 (253076)

QUALITY Astral Pool Heaters from €3,995 +IVA fully installed! Removable Pool Safety fencing from €59,95 per linear metre +IVA fully installed! www.advasolsolutions.com – 951 965 309, 664 871 133 (253076) ANTONIO ENTERPRISES – Pool Heating. Builds. Repairs.

602 593 267. www.costacom pletebuild.es (251449)

TEACHING

SPANISH LESSONS. Top quality teaching at your home +34 644 367 335 info@whitevil lagespanish.com (251468)

THERAPISTS CHANGE your thinking, change your life. Psychotherapist Philip Jameson. Adults, adolescents, families. 635 276 140 (253086) LIFE COACHING, stress, depression, other problems. 24 years experience. Contact 634 369 414 / info@thewaychris tiancounselling.com / theway christiancounselling.com (236862)

POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland regrouts, heaters. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklen ripple.net (241243) T3 www.perfectpools.es.

Maintenance, Repairs & Renovation. Professional & Reliable Service. All Areas. info@per fectpools.es. 650 348 785 (248413) WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westarpools.com (253238) POOL HEATING, COVERS AND ROLLERS. SWIM IN A HEATED POOL ALL YEAR ROUND. PROFESSIONAL INSTALLATIONS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. ENVIROCARE 952 663 141 – 670 409 759 www.envirocare spain.com ALL AREAS COVERED (247804)

TRANSLATOR OFFICIAL translations. All languages. 952 789 204. Mobile 654 613 094. sanpedrotransla tions@gmail.com (250477)

TUITION

MATHS TUTORING, Exam Results, Intensive Half-Term Support, KS3, GCSE (€40 phr), A-Level, IB (€50 phr), MalagaSan Pedro. 663 706 271

STORAGE

SWIMMING POOLS

QUALIFIED COUNSELLOR, English speaking. Adults & Children. Contact Nancy 651 431 026 (251399)

MARBELLA DESIGN ACADEMY: Validated programmes.

Bachelor of Arts degrees awarded by Middlesex University London. www.design school.com (241409)

SPANISH LESSONS

DRY & Secure Storage – 35 cubic metre units inside warehouse. 24/7 access. 616 337 996 (250424)

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CONFIDENTIAL Counselling via Skype/Phone or Riviera del Sol private clinic. 610 068 804 (250413) www.euroweeklynews.com

SITUATIONS VACANT

TV & SATELLITE REPAIRS – TV’s, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi – Boxes, Video, HiFi and microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 Years experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (251509) ENGLISH CHANNELS. Freeview, Movies, Sky Channels, Sports Catch up and much more. All Free No Monthly Costs Inc. Warranty from €140. 653 061 472 (247612)

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ENGLISH TV BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, ITV, CH4 & CH5. NO INTERNET NEEDED. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. GOOD PRICES. ALSO DISH REALIGNMENT. TEL: 652 023 012 (248601)

UPHOLSTERY ADVANCED Cleaning Services.

Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning, 27 years experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable. 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 acservs@out look.com (253107) UPHOLSTERY including leather cleaned also carpets.

693 028 325 (253107)

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EWN hits the track with SPV Racing

By Matt Ford EURO W E E K LY N E WS p u b lis h e r Steven Euesden was able to fulfil a lifetime ambition on Sunday, March 12, as he took a Ligier JS P3 European Le Mans Series car for a spin around the Mike G Racing Circuit in Guadix, Granada.

Having been invited to try out the Ligier due to his close relationship with track owner Clive Greenhalgh, Steven certainly did not disappoint as he clocked some extremely fast times.

Also putting his pedal to the metal was champion freestyle skier and notorious petrolhead Jon Olsson, who will be one of the team’s drivers in this year’s Creventic Prototype Endurance Series after competing in several Gumball Rallies.

The Swede is currently sponsored by Red Bu l l , h a s p i c k e d u p n u me ro u s medals in the Winter X Games and clearly relishes an adrenalin rush since he has owned a series of modified supercars, including a Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640 with a ski box strapped to the roof!

Having completed his warm-up laps in the 2 6 0 B HP R a d ic a l S R 3 rs , a British-manufactured two-seater which competes in the International Automobile Federation’s C3 class, a visibly tense Steven took his seat in the Ligier

SINGLE SEATER: The Ligier JS P3.

SPV featured in both the European and Asian Le Mans Series in 2016 and this year will enter the Creventic Championship.

following detailed pep talks by SPV’s Lars GV Linberg and Raul Garcia Isern.

The pre-heated tyres were fitted and the impressive 430 BHP Nissan-powered car, complete with EWN livery, w a s w h e e le d onto the tra c k w he re Steven was finally able to fire up the incredible-sounding 5-litre V8 engine.

As an excited Team EWN watched on, he gradually reduced his lap times as his confidence increased, with the SPV pit crew clearly impressed by his skills behind the wheel after he and Jon posted very similar best laps.

As he stepped out of the car, a grinning and emotional Steven could only manage a single word: “Awesome!”

The Ligier is one of several owned

by SPV Racing, a relatively new Spanish and Swedish team formed in 2015 through an alliance between Spirit Racing and SPV Motorsport.

SPV featured in both the European and Asian Le Mans Series’ in 2016, and will this year enter the Creventic

Championship, a series of four 12-hour races in France, Belgium and Italy.

The team have also been running a Ford-sponsored Mustang in the N A SC A R W he le n Euroseries, which last year was driven by former Toyota F1 test and reserve driver Borja Garcia.

Their ambition is to take the step up to LMP 2-series racing in 2018, before taking on the infamous 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2019.

Massive thanks from Steven, Michel and Team EWN to everyone at the Mike G Racing Circuit and SPV Racing for a brilliant day, and watch this space for more news about their progress in upcoming editions of the Euro Weekly News.

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PENSIVE: A visibly tense Steven.

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By Matthew Elliott SOME of the most outlandish concept cars seen in the 21st century made their debut as the 2017 Geneva Motor Show got into full swing.

Though most of the concepts will always be mere ideas rather than reality, they offer a fascinating glimpse into the future landscape of the motoring industry.

Among them were the Jaguar IPEUGEOT INSTINCT: Autonomous and drive modes.

Pace, the conceptual forerunner to the firm’s first fully electric vehicle.

From Mercedes was a new GT concept, an AMG powered by a 4.0 litre v8 twin-turbocharged engine with an electric motor. Theoretically it can hit 100kph in less than three seconds.

There was the Peugeot Instinct, which brings the ‘Internet of Things’ into the driver’s seat with a speechenabled personal assistant and both au-

tonomous and drive modes. Renault raised eyebrows with a lightweight electric four-wheel drive made of carbon fibre and kevlar boasting Formula E standard controls.

But it wasn’t just the future being represented at the show. The retroverse was on full display too with a rollicking repertoire of Fords, Mon-

teverdis, Mercedes and Porsches reaching out to classic fans.

A 1968 Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Pagoda stood out with its fresh red paintwork. There was a 1963 Porsche 901, a Monteverdi High Speed 375 C, first unveiled in 1971 and now lingering in a Swiss museum, and a Ford Focus RS WRC originally built for the late Colin McRae in 1999.

Aston’s new car models ASTON MARTIN is designing a new mid-engined super car t o t ake on t he McLaren 720S and Ferrari 488 GTB. The car is earmarked to launch in 2021, two years after its first mid-engined model, the Valkyrie, hits the market in 2019.

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The Subaru Outback THE Subaru Outback is a formidable off-roader which is also very good to drive on the tarmac, making it ideal for those whose lifestyle mixes urban and rural activities.

It is quite refined to drive, is well equipped, looks smart and classy and Subaru has an excellent reputation for reliability so it ticks m a n y

boxes for potential buyers, with prices starting from €37,844 (£32,680).

While the 2.0 litre diesel will be the choice of many, those seeking sharper performance can have the 172 hp 2.5 litre petrol model which still offers 14.3 kpl, pretty good for such a large

Stats panel: Model: Subaru Outback SE • Engine: 2.5 litre petrol • Transmission: CVT automatic • Performance: 0-100 kph 10.2 seconds, top speed 209 kph • Economy: 14.3 kpl combined • Emissions: 163g/km

REFINED DRIVE: That’s easy to handle and park.

vehicle, and this version – the Outback entry-level model - was the one I tested.

It is labelled SE Lineartronic and has CVT auto transmission with all-wheeldrive, and delivers a top speed of 209 kph and a 0100 kph time of 10.2 seconds - quick by class standards.

Underway, this engine pulls smoothly and quietly and the CVT box changes with minimal fuss. With nicely-weighted steering too, everything combines to give a refined drive on smooth surfaces, though on heavily-potholed roads, you do feel the bumps.

The Outback also feels quite nimble in town, easy to handle and park.

On the open road it corners well and while, as with most vehicles in this sector, there is an element of body roll, it is well-controlled with reassuring grip and the overall ride quality is very good.

The exterior of the Outback makes a strong and quite classy visual statement, and while the cabin is laid out for functionality rather than style, its understatement is no detriment to the overall good impression.

There is plenty of room for five occupants, and the boot space of 559 litres (expanding to 1,848 litres) is substantial.

This entry-level version comes with an extensive standard equipment list which includes alloy wheels, roof rails, powered tailgate, sunroof, bodycladding, touchscreen infotainment system, Bluetooth, satnav, Starlink connectivity, adaptive cruise control, climate control, leather upholstery, auto emergency braking, and engine stopstart.

The Outback comes over as a well-built no-nonsense contender with plenty of standard kit and Subaru’s top reputation for dependability.

Model tested is UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

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Imps, Lions, Scotland and the Windies all got blown away!

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: AFTER FAC semi-final and European last 16 action, which saw Arsenal hammer gutsy Lincoln City 5-0 in the former, having crashed 5-1 at home to Bayern Munch for a 10-2 aggregate Champions League defeat, Premiership fixtures return this weekend with Bournemouth v Swansea, Crystal Palace v Watford, Everton v Hull, Stoke v Chelsea, Sunderland v Burnley, WBA v Arsenal and West Ham v Leicester on Saturday, followed by Manchester City v Liverpool, Middlesbrough v Manchester United and Tottenham (fresh from a 6-0 FA Cup romp over Millwall) v Southampton on Sunday.

Tomorrow night, Bristol City play Huddersfield and Sheffield Wednesday meet Reading in the Championship while on Saturday, promotion-chasing Newcastle visit Birmingham, Leeds play Brighton and Fulham en-

tertain Wolves.

In FL1, Fleetwood play Wimbledon and Sheffield United (top) take on Charlton and FL2 leaders Doncaster visit Leyton Orient and Plymouth meet Morecambe.

SPL champions-elect Celtic travel to Dundee, Aberdeen play Hearts and Rangers (under new manager Pedro Caixinha) meet Hamilton.

We also have the second legs of the FA Vase semi-finals with Midlands clubs Bromsgrove Sporting and Coleshill Town sighting Wembley!

Earlier this week, Leicester (1-2 down) and Manchester City (5-3 up) played Sevilla and Monaco respectively in the return legs of their last 16 Champions League ties.

Tonight Manchester United (level at 1-1) meet Rostov in their home Europa League second leg encounter.

The Scottish Cup semi-finals will feat u r e Celtic v

JONATHAN JOSEPH: His hat-trick of tries helped England beat Scotland.

DID YOU KNOW? THIRTY-NINE managers have left their posts in the PL/FL this season, 13 in the Championship, the latest Steve McClaren from Derby last weekend.

Kazuyoshi Miura (Yokohama) aged 50 and 14 days, has become the oldest footballer to score in a competitive game.

Stanley Matthews was 49 years and 14 days old when he netted for Stoke v Swansea in February 1964.

Rangers (who drew 1-1 in the SPL last Sunday) and Aberdeen v Hibs while the FA Cup semi-finals (both at Wembley) will feature Arsenal against Manchester City and Chelsea against Tottenham Hotspur.

RUGBY: On Saturday, we have the last three Six Nations matches of 2017: Scotland-Italy (1.30pm), France-Wales (3.45pm) and Ireland-England (6pm).

Last weekend, England, with seven tries, a Jonathan Joseph hat-trick and 26 points from Owen Farrell, crushed Scotland 61-21 in the Calcutta Cup to become the first country to claim backto-back Six Nations titles.

They also equalled New Zealand’s record of 18 straight Test match wins and it was their biggest-ever over Scotland.

Twenty-four hours earlier, Wales beat Ireland 22-9 and France defeated Italy 40-18.

Wasps, Exeter and Saracens stand 1-2-3 in the Aviva PL, while in the Super League, the top three are Wigan Warriors, Castleford Tigers a n d Hull.

HORSE RACING: The Cheltenham Festival is underway. This annual event epitomises and encompasses everything that is great about NH racing, whilst delivering an unbelievable occasion as the best horses, jockeys and trainers battle it out for the highest racing honours.

On Tuesday, the big race was the Champion Hurdle (I fancied Petit Mouchoir); yesterday (Ladies Day) we had the Queen Mother Champion Chase and Coral Cup; today (St Patrick’s Day) it’s the stayers and novices hurdle races, followed tomorrow by the Gold Cup. Champagne West, trained by Henry De Bromhead and ridden (hopefully) by David Mullins, is my selection.

CYCLING: Jess Varnish (26) has stated she was the victim of a “cover-up… thrown un-

der the bus” by GB Cycling.

Speaking for the first time since last April when she accused the governing body of sexism after being dropped from the elite programme, Varnish said she’s now “relieved the truth is finally coming out.” Former technical director Shane Sutton was said to have used ‘sexist language’ towards Varnish, but was cleared of eight of nine allegations against him.

CRICKET: England ‘white-washed’ the West Indies 3-0 in the ODI series by winning the third game by 186 runs in Barbados. Alex Hales and Joe Root scored centuries as the Windies were simply blown away!

During his country’s 259run win over Bangladesh, Sri Lankan Rangana Herath became the most successful left-arm spinner in Test cricket b y

taking his 366th wicket, overtaking New Zealand's Daniel Vettori’s tally of 361.

Only Pakistan’s Wasim Akram (414) is ahead of Herath of all left-arm bowlers.

TENNIS: Johanna Konta beat Heather Watson in the ‘Battle of the Brits’ in round two of the Indian Wells tennis tournament. However, GB’s trio of Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund, Dan Evans all crashed out of the men’s singles early on, Murray against qualifier Vasek Pospisil.

Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova will be unranked when she returns to action on April 26 in the Porsche Grand Prix in France after serving her suspension for testing positive for meldonium.

MOTORSPORT: Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) was fastest in the final practice session before the F1 season starts later this month in Melbourne.

And sadly, John Surtees, one of the greatest participants in motor-sport and the only man to win both the F1 and MotoGP World titles, has died, aged 83. RIP. ICE SKATING: Scot Elise Christie won gold in the world 1,000m and 1,500m speed skating races in Rotterdam.

MARIA SHARAPOVA: Returns unranked after suspension.

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Ron Garrood YOU will find Lauro Golf at Cortijo El Paredón, Km 14 on the Malaga to Coin A -404 road via Alhaurín de la Torre, Málaga. The course was inaugurated in 1992 and consists of 27 holes that can be played in three different combinations.

The club house is located in an old Andalucian building, Cortijo el Paredón, where you can find the restaurant, changing and locker rooms, pro shop and the Caddy Master’s reception.

In the middle of the cortijo there is a fabulous patio, with an enormous ficus tree which offers shade to the players enjoying their food and drinks after a game of golf.

The course was designed

LAURO GOLF: Respectful of the natural environment. by the late Folco Nardi and the idea was to create a course that was respectful of the natural environment, technically challenging, yet not too difficult. With a good concentration and the correct selection of the clubs the player can end up with a good score.

The extension in 2003 of the course with the holes 19-27 designed by Mariano Benitez follows the same lines and equally requires concentration and skills.

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Benavista Bowls Club IT has been a very busy time at Benavista Bowls Club over the last few weeks.

At the end of February the Ladies Club Championship Singles final was played between Wendy Pemberton and Rosie Jamieson. This was a keenly contested match right up to the end with Wendy winning the match. She will now go through to play in the Champion of Champions to be held later in the year.

On Thursday March 9 the Classic Pairs Final was played with Neil Marshal and Bill Davies up against Rita and Gordon Adams. Neil and Bill were at the top of their form and won the title 25-9.

Then on Friday March 10, the final game of the Lions League saw Benavista play Miraflores at Benavista Bowls Club. This was a crucial game for both teams.

Miraflores went into the match at the top of the table, six points

BENAVISTA BOWLS: Members played the final game of the Lions League. ahead of Benavista so both teams had everything to play for.

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Finally, on Saturday March 11 the Benavista Classic Trips Final was played. Eleanor Morgan, John Morgan and Barry Pemberton were up against Dennis King, Jack Woods and Neil Marshal. Eleanor, John and Barry

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were well in the lead after nine ends but Dennis, Jack and Neil fought back and it became an exciting match for the spectators. Eleanor, John and Barry came out the winners with a score of 22-18 after a hard fought match.

Leon Thijssen wins Masters THE Costa del Sol Equestrian Tour has now drawn to a conclusion with a victory for Dutch rider Leon Thijssen. The 48-year-old Nations Cup rider is one of the sporting greats of his home country, and now Thijssen is in Mijas to prepare for the coming outdoor season.

With 11-year-old Bulavsco by Verdi under the saddle, Thijssen ran rings around the competition in the main test, leaving young German ‘Amazon woman’ Angelina Herröder from Büttelborn in second place with Cornwall.

Herröder has finished her break from the sport and is starting the outdoor season in Spain. “I really like it here - top conditions, the horses are kept on the ball, ” she said. Angelina Herröder has travelled to Andalucia with three horses and is determined to pocket more ribbons.

There was another success for Jan-Philipp Weichert from Bippen, who won the Masters.

The young German rider jumped his way into second place in the second Masters test with Drachten, behind Belgian rider Viktor Daem.

At the Costa del Sol Hippodrome, all eyes are now set on the action on Sunday March 18 with the first Grand Prix of the second Winter Cup of 2017.