Costa Blanca North 13 - 19 April 2017 Issue 1658

13 - 19 April 2017

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Floody minded Council agrees €1.4 million deal

By Linda Hall and Jack Troughton A treacherous Costa Blanca ‘barranco’ which can suddenly become a deadly torrent after heavy rain, claiming three lives since 2011, is to be made safe.

The Barranco de Finistrat, normally a dry riverbed, is to be re-channelled in a €1.4 million project announced by the local authority in a bid to end the risk of flash flooding.

A 79-year-old Spanish man drowned at Cala Finestrat beach near Benidorm last December after being swept out to sea despite the efforts of local police officers to rescue him.

At the height of a severe storm the victim tried to reach his parked car but lost his footing and was dragged away in the flood.

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Bumbling Brits bailed out TWO British hikers were involved in a dramatic rescue in Montgo Natural Park, Denia, after they left the footpath and became disorientated. A helicopter from the provincial fire service was dispatched to pick up the stricken pair, who were trapped on a high cliff but not injured.

Farewell, forest JAVEA Town Hall has said that it is “impossible” to quantif y p r e c i se l y h o w many ch a r r e d t r e e s ha v e been r e m o v e d f r o m th e Granadella forest park in

the wake of the formidable wildfire that swept across the area last summer.

The town hall confirmed only that there are “thousands.”

Cooking on gas NATURAL gas has arrived in Albir, with €1.8 million having been invested in a 13.6-kilometre municipal pipe network supplying 5,890 private and commercial properties on a seven kilometre strip extending from Cami de la Mar to Avenida l’Albir and the Cami Vell d’Altea.

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Brexit motion special delivery Photo by Teulada-Moraira town hall

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By Linda Hall LAURA HILLSTEAD, Teulada-Moraira’s councillor for International Resident Relations recently presented the Brexit motion to Spain’s president.

The motion aims to safeguard rights and obligations.

Mariano Rajoy was attending the Partido Popular’s regional party confer-

CALLOSA residents with Digital Terrestrial Aerials (TDT) affected by the new 4G mobile mast have until Se pte mbe r to ma ke claims.

During this period the LLEGA800 company will take the necessary steps,

BREXIT CONCERNS: Laura Hillstead and Mariano Rajoy. ence in Valencia City where he declared that he was hop-

ing for a good agreement with the UK.

Cool reception fre e of c ha rge , to a da pt their aerials.

Should the council decide that more 800MHz masts need be installed to

improve the 4G service at a f ut ur e dat e, r esi dent s whose TDT aerials are aff ect ed wi l l once agai n have a six-month period

Pepe Ciscar, who heads the party in Alicante Province and is Teulada-born, introduced the president to Ms Hillstead who handed over the town’s Brexit motion.

Agreed by the local council, the motion aims to safeguard the rights and obligations of British nationals in Spain and Spanish nationals in the UK post-Brexit.

As a British resident in Spain, she was very concerned about Brexit and very much appreciated his speech, Ms Hillstead explained as she and Rajoy discussed the importance of defending people’s rights.

in which to make a claim.

I n t he m eant i m e any Cal l osa r esi dent s who need t o cont act LLEGA800 can do so by call ing the freephone number 900 833 999 or they can also be reach via the website www.llega800.es.

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Fatal fall AN 83-year-old German woman died while throwing away rubbish at the green recycling point in Javea’s Balcon al Mar. She was disposing of garden waste and fell from the steps leading up to the container which is 1.3 metres high.

A young neighbour found her lying unconscious on the ground with a serious head injury and called the emergency services. Investigators have yet to determine whether she was conscious when she slipped or if she fell after fainting due to the exertion.

She was taken by ambulance to the La Guardia Park urbanisation to a waiting helicopter where medics spent two hours stabilising the elderly woman. Once aboard the aircraft she was immediately removed as doctors fought to revive her but she was unable to overcome her grave injuries and died soon afterwards.

SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...9 TAKE OFF AND LANDING... With more than 230 million passengers in 2016, Spanish airports are booming, and record-breaking numbers of tourists are expected to fly to or from the mainland and islands this year.

Spain’s jet set

Pedestrians prevail DENIA business-owners have failed to reverse the decision to close Marques de Campo to traffic throughout Easter Week.

Antonio Llopis, president of business-owners’ association ACE, met Public Safety councillor Javier Scotto in an attempt to persuade him to allow traffic into the busy street on Saturday; the meeting was to no avail and all except emergency vehicles are barred until Monday.

Mr Scotto maintained that opening the road to traffic on Saturday “would inconvenience” the public, said Mr Llopis.

The town hall is focused on making Marques de Campo pedestrians only, the ACE president added, but the closure was decided upon before hearing arguments.

ACE did not oppose the move when the volume of pedestrians made this necessary, emphasised Mr Llopis; who showed the councillor figures from local businesses.

Sportsmen help Olaya THREE outstanding Javea-born sportsmen, David Ferrer, Xavi Torres and Rafael Andarias donated raffle prizes for brittle bone baby, Olaya.

Tennis champion Ferrer, Sporting

SPANISH AIRPORTS: Registered 2m flights last year.

A RECORD number of international visitors flew into Spain during 2016, and more than 80 per cent touched down at one of operator AENA’s 46 airports.

Last year 75.6 million tourists visited the country, with 60.6 million travelling by plane.

Spain remains among the world’s top holiday destinations for UK travellers, as more than 17.8 million holidaymakers arrived last year, with 11.4 million from France and 11.2 million from Germany comprising the three key markets.

Spanish airports registered two million flights last year, a 7.5 per cent rise on 2015, and the total volume of passengers increased by 11 per cent compared to the previous 12 months.

Madrid and Barcelona, historically Spain’s rival cities, remain the busiest airports and intercontinental hubs. Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas and Barcelona-El Prat airports are ranked fifth and sixth in the EU in terms of passenger numbers, behind London’s Heathrow, Charles de Gaulle in Paris, Schipol in Amsterdam, and Germany’s Frankfurt Airport.

In Spain, airports serving popular holiday destinations make up the remainder of the ‘Top 10’ of the country’s busiest commercial airfields, including Palma de Mallorca, Malaga, Alicante, Gran Canaria, Tenerife South, Ibiza, Lanzarote and Valencia.

Ghost in the airport machine BUDGET carrier Ryanair came to the rescue of much-maligned Castellon Airport when it began flying from Stansted and Bristol to the Valencian destination in September 2015.

Officially opened four years earlier, the facility cost more than €150 million to build. Until scheduled Ryanair flights arrived, Castellon’s runways were used only by flights chartered by football team Villarreal to travel to away matches.

Ciudad Real airport, located 235km south of Madrid, cost more than €1 billion to build and was designed to process 2.5 million passengers a year.

de Gijon footballer Torres and yachtsman Andarias have all given personal items for the draw to be held on April 17 at 12 noon in Placeta del Convent.

The €2 raffle tickets are now on sale from Olaya’s parents as well as Javea establishments. The proceeds will help them to meet the enormous cost of the baby’s treatment.

Olympic spirit YOUNGSTERS proudly paraded

INSIDE VIEW News 1 - 42

Finance 47

Leapy Lee 53

TV 54 - 66

Time Out 68

Letters 70

Health & Beauty 74

Social 80 CASTELLON AIRPORT: It is hoped a sale comes to fruition.

Seen as a white elephant, it opened in 2008 but its independent operator went bust and it shut down in 2012.

Spanish budget carrier Vueling was the

through the streets of Calpe carrying an Olympic Torch ahead of next month’s ‘Mini Jocs’ on the Marina Alta, an annual sporting competition between towns.

There is a 101-strong Calpe team ready to take part over May 19, 20, and 21 in Denia when some 2,000 children will take part.

C ompe titors c ome from loc a l clubs and will play basketball, footba ll, c he s s , te nnis , gymna s tic s , swimming, and ‘futsal,’ a form of

Holy hearsay around the parish DANIEL GARCIA, parish priest in Pego, denied barring a transsexual from the town’s Holy Week processions.

Reports in the regional Spanish press that he had “expressly or implicitly” banned this person were false, he insisted.

Nor was it true that he announced the veto during a sermon saying that transsexuality not “a very appropriate situation” for this type of occasion, Fr Garcia declared.

“Furthermore, as the churchgoers in this parish are aware,

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this question has not been discussed in any sermon during my 10 years in Pego,” the priest said.

The words attributed to him by unidentified parishioners unable to identify the exact occasions when they were said, were untrue.

Hundreds of churchgoers who, on the other hand, were willing to give their names also refuted the accusations, Fr Garcia said.

last airline to use the runway and it is hoped a potential €56 million sale, approved almost a year ago, eventually comes to fruition.

Property 87

Services 92

five-a-side football.

No more slip ups THERE will be €750 fines for throwing paper napkins from balconies during Alcoy’s upcoming Moors and Christians fiestas.

The practice is threatened with fines because unlike confetti and streamers, the napkins accumulate on the ground and make it perilous and slippery.

Some pedestrians have come a cropper in previous years and on one occasion a rider was thrown when his horse skidded on the perilous paper.

Classifieds 96

Motors 100

Sport 102

Postscript to ponder 25.61 million

The number of vehicles recorded on Spain’s 166,003kilometre road network last year, which includes 17,021 kms of motorways.

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Dead cub

A BEAR cub found dead without visible injuries by walkers in Somiedo Natural Park, Asturias, is thought to have suffered from shock after falling down a wooded slope.

Down to earth

A SMALL plane with engine trouble landed safely on a service station slip road of the AP7 at Cardedeu, shortly after taking off near Barcelona, without injuries to drivers or the pilot.

True cost PIPELINE repair work could cost €7 million following the theft by illegal drilling - which heightened the risk of explosion and pollution - of 200,000 litres of fuel over the last two years in Huelva, Cadiz, Sevilla and Valencia.

Heaven’s above!

WEAPONS and explosives from the Spanish Civil War have been found in a ceiling by workmen undertaking renovation of the Convent of Santa Teresa de Vic , Catalonia.

Tweet terror CASSANDRA VERA, a 21-year-old student who recently sent 13 tweets showing contempt and mockery of

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terrorism victims over the 1970’s assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco has been sentenced by a Madrid court to one year, though she will not need to spend time in jail.

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Gang held

Postcard from

FOUR gang members including a Bulgarian and his wife have been arrested suspected of stealing mainly cash and jewellery plus a gun in burglaries in Pamplona, Valencia and Zaragoza.

TOLEDO

On menu

KNOWN as the ‘City of Three Cultures’ due to the co-existence of Christians, Muslims and Jews, Toledo is likened to an open air museum.

Once one of the main seats of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Toledo as the capital of Castile-La Mancha was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986.

Tracing its roots to Roman times, it overlooks the River Tagus with visitors able to walk along its banks partly following the route of Don Quixote while witnessing some of the famous windmills.

Blades made from Toledo steel have become world famous although they are now offered more as touristic items alongside pottery and other artisan work in the old quarter.

After visiting any of the numerous museums and historical buildings, the area’s gastronomic delights include partridge, pork and rabbit along with marzipan deserts.

A wide choice of modern hotels include some in historic buildings, but visitors need to consider that while summer temperatures can be very high, those in winter can drop to near freezing.

A SUITCASE left by a traveller from Malabo Equatorial Guinea while en-route from Madrid to Bilbao was found to include a dead monkey and two pangolins which were ready to cook.

Valencian assistance A MERCADONA supermarket in Valencia is to donate enough food to the Sant Joan de Déu Serveis Socials organisation for cooks to prepare 100 meals each day. Last year the store and its customers donated more than 300 tons of food for the needy.

Shop blast AN explosion in a Granada butcher’s shop injured 10 people including a child who was cycling by.

Numbers that add up to local life 1,237 refugees 380 170 experts have officially moved to Spain as part of the EU resettlement programme initiated last year.

projection rooms have closed since VAT tax increases on cinema films was introduced in 2012.

from 20 countries are to meet in Granada to discuss the Solar Orbiter Mission planned next year to study the sun.

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CHANNEL WORK: To improve drainage.

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Works set to improve safety From Front page

In October 2011, a British couple lost their lives when a 5ft wave thundered down the barranco following a torrential 25-minute downpour – Kenneth Hall, 72, and his wife Mary, 70, were drinking coffee at the popular Friday market held on the riverbed.

They were seen standing chest deep in the swirling water but were carried away.

Their bodies were later found amongst debris from the market.

Finestrat Town Hall has now voted to improve drainage and channel the barranco; Hidraqua, the company that manages the municipal water and drainage, is to bankroll the work. The cash will come from Hidraqua’s Renovations Fund that finances improvements to the town’s water supply and drainage infrastructure. In exchange Finestrat Town Hall will prolong its contract until 2031.

Only Si Se Puede councillors voted against the measure although the PSOE pointed out that the money “has not fallen from heaven.”

The socialist party said ultimately the much-needed channelling would be paid for by the local population. “We just want to say that in the end residents are making this possible via their water rates.”

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Photo by Javea Town hall

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FIRE EXTINCTION: Firefighters during Javea’s September fires.

Firefighters join up

By Linda Hall THE Alicante Province Consortium of Fire Brigades is to receive an additional 94 firefighters.

The Consortium, which is attached to the provincial government, controls all the province’s fire brigades; with the exception of Alicante City which has its own firefighting force.

The recruits will cover shortages

WORK put in over the last few weeks on Javea’s beaches has now borne fruit.

A ‘difficult’ winter with a series of storms and gales brought problems that required a fight against the clock to prepare the town for Easter.

The Beaches and Services department has been working against the clock to remove every trace of the debris swept out to sea down the swollen River Gorgos and later returned by the mountainous waves.

Beaches have been levelled, shingle redistributed, footbaths repaired where necessary and the wooden walkways to the shore reinstalled. The town’s 15 lookout points have also had attention while trees felled during the gales, damaged walls and ash remaining from the Granadella fires last September have all been removed.

Other repairs were carried out by the coastal authority Costas at the Caleta moorings and the Ambolo cove.

At one of the busiest times of the year the Red Cross will be on the Arenal beach with lifeguards, an ambulance and a boat during Easter Week and

caused by the decision taken by all the province’s brigades to no longer work overtime. They took the step in protest at the current lack of personnel and the failure of talks to find a solution to the problem.

The government admits firefighter’s claims are justified, but says more time is needed to solve the shortages. A situation, firefighters have warned, that compromise sthe safety of the service they offer; which

is not helped by progressive aging of staff, as more than 40 per cent are over 50.

Thirty-seven of the new intake will sit the selection process to become established staff while the remainder will be engaged on an interim basis.

Although the province’s brigades have the minimum of operatives, the government insisted that both safety and the services firefigthers provide are fully guaranteed.

Leaving nothing to chance for Sant Vicent the following weekend as well as the long May weekend between April 29 and May 3.

Additional Local Police offi-

cers will be on duty with an extra night patrol, more police during processions and cultural events as well as maritime and fire-watch patrols.

Proteccion Civil will be on fire-watch with two vehicles in wooded areas and will also keep informative panels on the level of fire-risk up to date.

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No entry for businesses A CHANGE in road signage has resulted in many TeuladaMoraira businesses drastically losing custom as clients search for a route in.

A ‘no entry’ sign, making traffic flow in one direction on Calle San Vicente, Teulada, off the CV-746 road from Moraira to Calpe, has meant that many customers who would normally use businesses - such as an antique shop, an upholstery shop and restaurant - have been unable to get direct access and driven by.

The road, which is owned by the Diputacion de Alicante, underwent the changes several weeks ago with an immediate impact on the traders.

A spokesperson from the La Taberna Suiza restaurant said: “This has always been a twoway street with no accidents.

We do not understand why it is now forbidden to enter from the road. Since they put up the no entry sign, we have lost 70 per cent of our clientele.”

Other business owners told a similar story. With the only entrance now 300 metres earlier than the original, potential customers have already passed the access point without realising it.

The affected businesses have now launched a petition, focussed on their area and surrounding properties of the Cap Blanc, to have the road reverted back to a two-way street.

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Plum post for local councillor VERONICA LOPEZ, a councillor at Altea Town Hall was recently designated the Valencian Community’s Director of General of Justice.

‘It was a very rapid se-

quence of events,’ Lopez explained. ‘One day I was asked if I wanted the post, the next day the council announced my nomination and I was sworn in the day after that.’

She regards this new stage in her political career as an

important personal and professional challenge, and one that she would regard with ‘responsibility, apprehension and prudence,’ the councillor explained.

Lopez, who is 38 years old, was Urban Development councillor and Deputy Mayor between 2007 and 2011. She was also an MP in the regional parliament between 2011 and 2015.

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In the 2015 municipal elections she headed the PSOE list of candidates and is now councillor for Social Welfare, Equality and Health.

Although she will resign from her seat on the council, Lopez intends to continue for some months ‘to ensure a smooth transition’ for the town hall which is headed by a Compromis-PSOE-Altea amb Trellat alliance.

Photo by Altea Town hall

By Linda Hall

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ETA finally disarms for all WHILE Britain suffered the attacks of the IRA, around 800 deaths in Spain have been caused by Basque terrorist group ETA. Over a period of 40 years the organisation was also believed to have injured thousands of people and whilst it initially attacked politicians and police officers, it soon transferred its attacks to areas where tourists flocked.

In the same way that Tunisia and Turkey have lost thousands of visitors due to recent Daesh activity, Spain saw similar losses when the ETA attacks were at their height.

The past few years have seen a major softening of the position of ETA, brought about in part by the success that French and Spanish police have had in arresting militant members. In 2011, it declared a permanent truce with Spain, but the group still maintained its arms.

However, the group has now publicly confirmed that it has ‘disarmed,’ so at least there is one piece of positive news in what continues to be a world still suffering from conflict between groups with differing ideals and aims.

Now we want to hear your views.

YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION GENERALITAT POST: Veronica Lopez with Altea’s mayor.

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Beaches at the ready

BEACH REPAIRS: Workmen replacing water pipes.

REPAIRS to the damage caused by winter storms is being carried out on Calpe’s two largest beaches ahead of the Easter break – the traditional start to the tourist season.

Workmen are replacing 17 footbaths on Playa La Fossa

Early finish PARENTS have called for a continuous school day, voting for their children to finish school at 2pm; rather than having a break and returning in the afternoon.

Of 20 schools in Gandia, only one voted to keep the same hours.

In Oliva, the Rebollet School also voted to join many other schools in the town already following the continuous day regime, with 83 per cent of parents voting, with 69 per cent in favour of the change.

Five schools in Alcoy opted for the new hours.

Councillor Alberto Belda reported 70 per cent of the parents voted.

and four on Playa de ArenalBol, as well as the network of pipes supplying them with water.

And the wooden walkways across the sand to the sea are also being laid down ahead of the holiday weekend.

The Marina Alta resort will

also have a lifeguard service in place over Holy Week; starting on Thursday April 13, there will be five lifeguards on La Fossa, five on ArenalBol and two on duty at Playa de Cantal Roig, together with a coordinating officer and an ambulance.

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Encouraging children to clean-up EL CAMPELLO has launched a cleaning campaign targeting children, with the hope of educating them to respect the environment.

The ‘El Campello més net’ campaign was presented at a special meeting hosted by the town’s mayor Alfred Botella along with the cleaning concessionaire FCC. Duri n g t h e p r e se n t atio n , th e mayor said: “The cleaning in El Campello has improved a lot in the past years and, therefore, we want to continue this good work.

“This time we have focused the campaign on the little ones with the pu r p o se o f i n st i llin g g o o d habits, particularly regarding road cleaning.

“We are also going to focus on

EL CAMPELLO: Hopes to encourage youngsters to recycle. the excrement of animals that causes complaints from our residents.”

The 2017 campaign has four other main focuses: to stop rubbish

and cigarette butts being left on the beaches; offering a door-to-door collection service for hotels, to avoid waste food smells; taking to the streets and asking residents to be more aware and encouraging contemporary street art instead of unsightly graffiti.

Brochures and leaflets have been produced which provide information about waste separation, organic rubbish collections and a directory o f wher e dog wal ker s can deposit their pets excrement.

A comic has also been produced which is aimed at the younger popula tio n. I t i l l ust r at es ever y day scenes from around the town to highlight important environmental messages.

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Century knock!

JAVEA U3A’s Hi st or y Group passed an important milestone on Tuesday with its 100th presentation and a look at medieval Spain.

Group leader Peter Atkinson gave a t al k ent i t l ed ‘ Moor s and Chr i st i ans: Conquest, Reconquest and Architectural Legacy’ at the town’s Casa de Cultura on the landmark occasion.

He dealt with events leading up to the Moorish invasion of 711 and ended with the ‘ethnic cleansing’ following the Christian Reconquest in 1492.

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Route change in Benidorm ONE of the main roads in Benidorm, Calle Gerona, now has a new traffic system which is one way and has been designed to alleviate traffic on Avenida Mediterraneo.

Market shut THE weekly craft fair on a Sunday morning at the Javea port will not take place on Sunday April 16 because of Easter. The market will reopen on April 23 until May 28 from 11am until 2pm.

New park RESIDENTS in the Benidorm Els Tolls neighbourhood celebrated the opening of their new park, Parc dels Ametllers, at the weekend, staging a party attended by representatives from the town hall.

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Birth regist THE story of two mothers batt l i ng t o r egi st er t he bi r t h of their son has resulted in the Ministry of Justice removing the discriminatory requirement asking how children were conceived.

In February of this year a petition, signed by 100,000 people, was delivered by the parents to the Directorate General of Registries and Notaries, under the Ministry of Justice in Madrid.

The petition demanded that t he t wo wom en, who m ar r i ed i n 2007, shoul d be legally allowed to r egi st er t he bi r t h of Lennon, t hei r third son, in Denia.

As r epor t ed i n the EWN, the Denia Civil Registry refused to register the birth of the baFEBRUARY 2017: Celebrating by because the parLennon’s legal victory. ent s wer e bot h women and would not provide tion.’ certain ‘intrusive documentaBrenda Kelleher and Maria

From Brenda’s Facebook

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tration victory for two mothers

PETITION: Presented in February this year.

Jose Torres, who have two other children, triggered the bureaucratic nightmare with the birth of their son at the Denia Marina Salud hospital in 2016.

Following the local registry decision, Denia Council

approved a motion put forward by the PSPV and Compromís to call for ‘an egalitarian interpretation’ of the Civil Registry Law; treating h o mo s ex u a l c o u p les th e same as heterosexual partnerships.

The Benidoleig couple’s other children were registe re d w ithout proble ms in their old residence in Atzaneta del Maestrat. At the time they were asked only to provide the same documents as any other couple to register their child; the photocopy of the family book, passport, identification and the baby’s birth certificate.

W hils t the gove rnme nt re c ognis e d tha t the tw o women and their three children formed a family - granting the m the title of la rge family - it was in contradiction to the records in Denia w hic h le d the m to ha ving two family books. In one, they were both the two mothers of their first two children and, in the second, Brenda listed as Lennon’s mother.

M a ria J os e s a id a t the time : “ The re is a n inc ongruity here. On the one hand, Lennon is not legally my son and, on the other, the adminis tra tion is s e e ing us a s a

fa mily; a s a ll our ne ighbours , frie nds a nd a ll the people who are supporting us see us.”

On hearing about the latest

r ul i ng, she sai d: “We ar e ver y pl eased wi t h t he r emoval of the discriminatory requirement.”

The couple has been con-

tacted by many others in a similar situation to theirs and hope the new ruling will ensur e no one el se had t o go through the same trauma.

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Tourists stock up on cheaper medication COSTA BLANCA tourists are returning home with more than the usual souvenirs; increasingly they take back non-prescription medication that is cheaper in Spain than in the UK or northern Europe.

Over-the-counter generic ibuprofen and paracetamol are favourites as they cost between €2 and €3 a pack and come in large doses, compared with around €6 in the UK. Ventolin inhalers at €3.90 instead of €12 are another bargain, while Reflex is another best-seller with Britons.

Steroid creams, blood pressure and diabetes medication as well as the contraceptive pill are also much in demand, said Costa Blanca pharmacists.

Pharmacy bargain hunts are not limited to the British,

UNUSUAL SOUVENIRS: Tourists bag a bargain. as Scandinavians and the French are equally good customers, according to the sector.

In the most popular resorts during the winter months, 50 per cent of a pharmacy’s customers can be long-stay foreign visitors who later stock up with medicines for themselves or their families when returning home.

To prevent these from being resold, purchases are often limited to four or five of

the same item at a time, one Calpe pharmacist commented.

In the summer the proportion of foreign customers soars to 80 per cent for frontline chemists who also notice a difference in their clients’ needs, especially amongst younger tourists.

“What they ask for most are suntan lotion, hangover cures, rehydration drinks and anti-nausea pills,” one said.

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Tourist ‘help’ office delay THE opening of a new Foreign Tourist Assistance Services office (SATE) in Benidorm has again been struck by delays.

Originally announced in 2015, the new SATE site currently under construction in the Rincon de Loix area of Benidorm, adjacent to the tourist office - is experiencing technical issues. The building has had several deadlines but none have been met.

It is now expected the project will resume after the Easter holidays with services being operational before the summer; although with an estimated four months of work still to be completed this is looking unlikely.

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A resit was ordered to banish “the slightest hint” that transparency could have been lacking in these tests, said Lorenzo Martinez and Jesus Carrobles, respective councillors for Public Safety and Human Resources.

Benidorm Town Hall was committed to the principles of transparency, free access and equality, they stressed.

Next day, however, there were complaints from the aspiring police officers who sat the exam. Some who failed first time despite the marked answers passed the second exam while others who passed earlier failed.

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Job ready MUCHAMIEL has held its first training and employment day, with 1,000 young people participating. The initiative had more than 20 companies offering training and job opportunities.

PARKING PROBLEM: A Benidorm cyclists answer.

Bicycle parking causes mayhem A SHORTAGE of bicycle parking racks across Benidorm has resulted in many cyclists having to lock their machines to fencing and lamp posts.

Despite hundreds of thousands of euros being invested by Benidorm Town Hall to create safe cycling routes throughout the resort, it would seem that the planning of where to park them has gone awry.

Councillor for Mobility, Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, admitted the council was aware of the situation and was currently studying ways of resolving the parking issues for cyclists.

He said: “Last January we installed 50 bicycle rack spaces in different areas, with preference being given to school and sport facilities.

However, we are planning to install at least another 50 spaces in the coming months.

“We appreciate that as people are using bikes more and more, it has to be easier for them to leave them securely.”

The problem is highlighted in many areas of the town where even park benches are used as a means to secure bikes - reducing the availability of the benches – and cluttering up already busy areas.

That’s fair enough THE weekly craft fair that is set up on Sunday mornings along the sea front near the port of Javea will miss out one week.

On Easter Sunday the traditional Easter Market in the old town will take place instead.

However, the craft fair will be back every Sunday

from April 23 until May 28 from 11am until 2pm. After that the summer fair will start, from the middle of June until the beginning of September, and it will be held each evening from 7pm in the same place.

For more information call Elvira on 639 979 678, she speaks English.

In the swim THE Alcoy sports centre hosted a swimming competition aimed at encouraging youngsters to learn about competitiveness and sporting values. Some 130 children participated in the first of several events.

Costly delay VILLAJOYOSA Council has been fined €20,000 for delaying payment to a construction company contracted for works within the town. This is in addition to a €15,000 fine imposed in October 2016 for a similar offence.

Fair shares BENISSA Town Hall, which spends an annual €50,000 on 40,000 litres of fuel, has put the supply contract out to tender.

Sources say the council wants to eliminate local favouritism.

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Marathon blood donations TOWNS in the north of the Costa Blanca have called for public support a s the y hold ma ra thon blood a nd bone marrow sessions next week.

In Benissa, the second time they have organised such an event, donors a re be ing a s ke d to a tte nd a t the town’s social centre on April 20 from 4.30pm until 8.30pm. Last year 84 people attended and it is hoped that this year’s campaign will exceed 100.

To encourage attendance, every person who donates will be entered into a prize draw and there will be childcare facilities provided to entertain the children whilst their parents give blood.

In Villajoyosa a similar session w ill ta ke pla c e on A pril 21 from 4.30pm until 9pm at the Llar del Pensionista social centre.

Organised by the town hall and the Sa nta M a rta A s s oc ia tion, the marathon session is hoped to attract locals and also many who are in the area for the moors and Christians festival.

D onors w ill be give n a fre e s pa session by a local company, Kosmein Spa, as a way of thanking them for

DONATING BLOOD: Helps to saves lives.

Many patients need blood to survive and we must be more aware of it by donating to supply the hospitals.” their dedication to helping others.

Joan Lloret, councillor for Health

said: “The donation of blood is essential to sustain the health system, many patients need blood to survive and we must be more aware of it by donating to supply the hospitals.”

The blood transfusion service in Alicante needs 240 units of blood a day to supply local hospitals and it is hoped the donor sessions will boost supplies.

Man arrested for indecency NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a man in Gandia for allegedly committing an indecent act in front of a group of young girls.

The 36-year-old, who has no previous criminal record, was walking on the Gandia beach when the incident occurred.

Officers quickly located the suspect and arrested him.

Having tried to get the attention of the group of girls by offering them some wine, which they declined, he followed them and continued to harass them, before committing the unlawful act.

The incident was witnessed by other people on the beach, who immediately called the police. Officers quickly located the suspect in the area and arrested him for a crime of exhibitionism.

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The UK government’s Spring Budget introduced the ‘Overseas Transfer Charge’ – an immediate tax on certain transfers to offshore pension schemes.

Previously, expatriates could move UK pension funds into a Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) without paying UK tax. This applied regardless of residency or where your QROPS was based, unless your total funds exceeded the lifetime pension allowance (currently £1 million). Since 9th March, however, under certain circumstances the UK taxman can automatically claim 25% of funds being transferred – of any value.

Who will this affect?

The good news is that most expatriates in Spain will be unaffected.

You will not be liable if both you and your QROPS are in the European Economic Area (EEA), or you are both based in the same country.

Currently, the EEA includes all 28 EU member states (incorporating Gibraltar) plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. So generally only those moving UK pensions to excluded jurisdictions in which they are not resident – like Switzerland, Guernsey or Monaco – face liability.

The five-year liability trap Transferred UK pension funds

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Don’t lose a quarter of your pension pot to the UK taxman

By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks remain taxable by HMRC for five full tax years. So if your circumstances change to bring you in line for the transfer tax, you could still face a 25% tax bill on the transferred value. This could happen, for example, if you become tax resident in a non-EEA area within five tax years of transferring.

It could also apply if you move funds from a QROPS to another scheme (an

‘onward transfer’) that does not meet the criteria for tax-free transfers. Other than being based outside the EEA, a pension scheme could invite tax penalties for allowing members to access their funds under the UK age limit of 55.

Note that the five-year clock starts ticking from 5th April following the transfer date. This means that the liability period can actually be closer to six years for transfers made on or just after 6th April in any given year.

Why consider a QROPS? Expatriates transferring to a QROPS can potentially enjoy significant tax advantages and flexibility over UK pensions.

Funds in a QROPS are sheltered from UK taxation on income and gains. Also, they will no longer count towards your lifetime pension allowance (LTA), enabling unlimited growth without attracting

the 55% or 25% LTA tax penalties.

Another advantage concerns estate planning. While many UK pensions are payable only to your spouse on death, QROPS offers flexibility to include other heirs and roll across generations.

QROPS may also provide greater investment diversification compared to UK pension schemes, and more freedom to vary your income and hold savings in multiple currencies. This can potentially insulate pension income from volatility in the Pound and the Euro – especially important during current Brexit uncertainty.

While your pension income may still be taxed in Spain, with good planning you can usually set up your QROPS to be highly tax-efficient.

However, transferring a UK pension is not suitable for everyone and differences between QROPS providers and jurisdictions could affect the tax benefits. There may be alternative

investment structures offering expatriates the same, if not better, benefits to a QROPS. In any case, it is important to take regulated, personalised advice to protect your pension savings from scams and unsuitable investments. Carefully explore your options and consider acting now – before Brexit triggers further changes – to secure the retirement lifestyle of your choice in Spain.

Summarised tax information is based upon our understanding of current laws and practices which may change. This article is general in nature and should not be construed as providing any personalised taxation and/or investment advice.

Individuals should seek personalised advice.

Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

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Local team in desert challenge THE Pekecars Team have now set out from La Nucia in their Renault 4 on this year’s Maroc Challenge.

Jacinto Llorens and Beatriz Carrion, who are sponsored by local businesses, are due to finish the 2,200 kilometre rally tomorrow, Friday (April 14), arriving in Merzouga after crossing Morocco’s roads, tracks and deserts. The last stage over terrain with no marked track will be particularly demanding as the teams will have only waypoints to guide them.

This is the third time that Jacinto will be competing in the Maroc Challenge but the first time for his co-pilot Bea Carrion.

A record 164 amateur teams from Spain, the UK, Portugal, France, Italy, Germany and Finland amongst others are partici-

pating in this year’s challenge.

All are driving cars and offroaders registered before 2000.

As they do each year, the teams will be taking with them humanitarian aid and supplies for the Hassilabied Association.

This non-government association is based in Merzouga and works on educational, social and cultural projects as well as the integration of women in Morocco’s most

disadvantaged villages and areas.

The Pekecars Team will be giving 50 backpacks, 50 children’s t-shirts, 150 pairs of sunglasses and 200 sets of coloured pencils to the association.

PEKECARS TEAM: Ready to rally.

Photo by La Nucia Town hall

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Multiple opposition to language curriculum THE Alicante Diputacion is appealing against the regional government’s Multilingual Programme.

All lessons for children in state and state-aided schools will eventually be taught in Valenciano, Spanish and English.

The programme will begin with infants in the 2017-2018 academic school year and by 2021 will have reached pupils studying the Spanish baccalaureate.

Many parents and teachers are unhappy that pupils choosing the mainly Spanish option will lose out on English, claiming there is positive discrimination in favour of Valenciano.

The Diputacion is preparing to take legal action against the Consell – the regional government’s Cabinet – and the Multilingual Programme.

The institution has full authority and “something to say” in defence of the interests of Alicante municipalities facing a decree that does not respect the province’s special characteristics, Diputacion sources said.

The head of the regional government’s Education department Vicent Marza dismissed the Diputacion’s appeal as a “forward retreat” intended to mask its own problems.

The new programme has a solid educational, legal and administrative basis, Marza maintained: “Even the Ministry of Education has approved it. We are totally relaxed.”

The Education chief attributed the Diputacion’s challenge to the need to deflect attention from other issues: “For example the discrimination against Alicante in the national Budget,” Marza said.

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Road gridlocked following lemon spill TRAFFIC was held up for more than four hours after a lorry loaded with lemons overturned on the A-31.

The driver was able to leave the cabin without assistance but the scattered cargo obstructed both Alicante-bound lanes and the lorry’s fuel tank was damaged.

Firefighters from the Villena brigade had to seal off the leak after disconnecting the batteries and scattering sepiolite – the same mineral used as cat litter – to soak up the fuel.

The incident occurred on the same day that the mayors of Elda, Petrer and Villena complained about the national

government’s neglect of the motorway that connects Alicante Province with Madrid.

The Vinalopo mayors expressed disappointment that the 2017 Budget has not allocated “even €1” to much-needed improvements for the N-31.

It is one of the busiest motorways in

Spain and is used by 60,000 vehicles each day, of which 6,500 are lorries.

The overturned fruit lorry was yet another of many mishaps on the motorway where, according to General Directorate of Traffic statistics for 2015, there were 53 accidents involving victims in the Vinalopo section alone.

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Family of cancer boy Leo the Lion plan their return BRAVE cancer-fighter fouryear-old Leo Bermejo from Almeria is more than half way through his 31 sessions of proton beam therapy in Oklahoma.

The proton treatment in the States follows Leo’s

fourth brain tumour operation in the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in the UK. The sessions, which are given Monday to Friday, have gone to plan and mum, Karen, has announced the family has booked flights to

leave Oklahoma on April 27.

Speaking exclusively to the Euro Weekly News from the States, mum Karen said: “Leo finishes treatment on the April 21 but we need to go a few days later in case he has complications.”

She also revealed that the family received a generous donation specifically to take the children on a holiday after Leo’s treatment has finished in Oklahoma.

The family has booked to go to Toronto where most of Karen’s family live for five days before returning to Spain in early May. Then Leo will begin oral chemotherapy before having a crucial MRI scan back at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital on Merseyside.

You can follow Leo’s journey on the fund’s new Facebook page: https://www. facebook.com/leothelions fight/ To give your support to the ongoing Leo the Lion fundraising campaign here is how you can donate: www.gofundme.com/leoth elion3 P a y p a l : karenlisakeefe@hotmail.co m Spanish account: Bank: Banco Sabadell Account Name: Leo James

LEO THE LION: Is undergoing proton beam therapy.

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

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RESIDENTS from the Muchavista urbanisation in Campello have reported subsidence in a road that was resurfaced two months ago.

The depression in Calle Francisco de Orellano in the Los Albatros urbanisation has now been cordoned off by the town hall.

The road was asphalted in a €90,000 repairs programme and town hall sources

Road repairs ruckus blamed the problem on a manhole cover that was covered over in error. The asphalt now worn away, producing a comparatively small hollow.

Residents queried this theory, as nobody remembers seeing a manhole cover where

Savings in light work

LED LIGHTS: Installation begins in the old town area.

LA NUCIA has begun installing new street lamps with LED technology, aimed at saving 80 per cent in electricity consumption.

The work, replacing 200 lamp posts in the old town area, will involve an investment of €78,618 by the concessionaire CITELUM. The current 150 Watt lights will be replaced by 26 Watt LED lights. These will create a whiter light and illuminate the ground below; the current

lamps shine in all directions and cause light pollution.

In addition to the energy savings for the council, the new lights will be cheaper to maintain and have self-scheduling timers which can adjust, depending on how bright or dark it is, reducing energy wastage.

Mayor Bernabe Cano said: “We have switched to LED lighting to save on consumption and energy expenditure, in addition to being a town

more respectful to the environment.

“In this first phase we will change the 200 street lamps of the old town. With the installation of this new lighting we are complying with energy efficiency and the European target of 0 per cent light pollution.

“The lamp posts have a style very similar to the current ones so aesthetically people will hardly notice the change, except for its lighting.”

the subsidence occurred, although there has always been a sunken section of road.

They said there was subsidence because workmen merely asphalted over this without first filling it.

And they claim almost as dangerous as

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the subsidence itself was the way that police cordoned off the area. Barriers have been placed in the middle of the road, parallel to the street, which could prove confusing to drivers.

The local Committee of Residents’ Associ at i ons descr i bed t he r oad r epai r s as “botched” and limited to laying down asphalt without remedying existing problems.

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Fire risk THE regional Agriculture department banned agricultural bonfires between April 13 and 24.

These m ay not be l i t wi t hi n 500 m et r es of woodland, vegetation or crops during this period.

Leg it GIVING4GIVING: Their auction house is now open.

IT is an ideal time to have a spring clean as Giving4Giving announces that its charity auction house is now open.

The new venture, based in the Alberca industrial estate in La Nucia, is accepting goods and commissions for the first auction, to be held on Friday April 21.

Giving4Giving’s Gary said: “We are very excited about our new project and are looking forward to helping the community and charities at the same time.”

In addition to accepting single items, the auction house will offer property clearances, with all proceeds and commissions from each auction being donated to local charities on the Costa Blanca.

Members of the public will be able to view items from 12 noon on the day of

the sale, which will start promptly at 3pm.

The good news for buyers and sellers is, because it is a charity auction house, no one will be charged IVA, and those using the Giving4Giving facility will receive a voucher that can be used at any of the three charity shops in La Nucia and Altea.

The Giving4Giving auction house is on Poligono Alberca, Calle de Villajoyosa no 3, behind the Vidal supermarket and just off the CV70 when entering La Nucia.

Anyone looking to buy or sell can contact the auction house by telephone, on 604 383 702 (Spanish) or 0044 7949 718562 (UK).

Alternatively visit the website www.giving4giving.com/auc tionhouse/, Facebook page Giv ing4givingcharityauctionhouse or email g4gcharityauction house@hotmail.com.

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BENIDORM court cases are delayed because a l i f t i s out of order.

Staff laden with files and docum ent s com plained about the long wait for the one working lift.

Long way THE Great Costa Blanca Route will link Denia with Orihuela in 20 stages.

The 434.9-kilometre walk will use mainly existing paths and roads to lessen the environmental impact.

Help for Tonet THE number of potential bone marrow donors has shot up in La Safor.

Most are young people, moved by the plight of 27year-old Tonet Benavent who was diagnosed with leukaemia and needs a bone marrow transplant.

Thanks to a social media campaign hundreds of people in La Safor area registered as potential donors. A blood test carried out at the time will demonstrate whether they could, if necessary, provide a possible match for Tonet.

Shortly after news of the young man’s plight emerged, 80 people registered in Font d’en Carros and 95 in Almoines.

More have since registered in Oliva and Daimus and the mobile Transfusions unit which visits Llocnou de Sant Jeroni on April 18 and Gandia on April 21 also expects large numbers of donors.

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Advertising feature CARLOS BAOS: We can help you.

New success: Bank has been asked to pay back money lost by our client, on their purchase at the complex Xabiamar DENIA’S Court No. 5, in its judgement of March 31, 2017, asked that ‘Bank S’ pay back money lost by Mr and Mrs A, clients of our firm, in their purchase of a property off-plan, in the urbanisation Xabiamar, which never was handed over to them.

In today’s article, we want to inform all people who bought a property in Spain, off-plan, where the promoter never handed it over, or the promoter disappeared, became insolvent, etc, that it is possible to claim for the return of the de pos it a nd mone y los t back, against the banks that opened bank accounts to the promoters and received money from the buyers in them, without ensuring that the money and de pos its pa id, w e re gua ra nte e d by means of a bank guarantee or insurance policy, as required by law 57/68 and the LOE. Thus, Mr and Mrs A paid €28,000 for the purchase of a property in the urbanisation Xabiamar, to the promoter of the same name. This promoter

had the account where he received the money from the buyers in the bank S, who were also the bank that granted the developer - promoter a loan.

Unfortunately, the developer never delivered the properties, also failing to comply with the developer loan. The bank foreclosed the mortgage and as far as we know repossessed all the properties forming part of this promotion.

We were able to prove in the court case that the developer had not fulfilled the contract, since the property was never handed over, but also that the defendant’s bank received the payments from Messrs A, and that they kne w tha t tho se paym ent s wer e amounts anticipated for the purchase of an off-plan property, since it was the bank that gave the developer loan, and evidently knew about the existence of this promotion - development, and the bank received the money without being guaranteed by the promoter.

The court, as requested by this law firm on our claim, understood that the

bank had failed to comply with the law, which requires that in order to open accounts for a developer to receive amounts from buyers off-plan, the bank must ensure, under their responsibility, that the promoter contracted the guarantees provided by law.

The court condemned the bank to return the money lost by our clients, €28,000, plus legal interest from the time of when they paid (2004) until its effective return.

Ther ef or e, i f you have l ost your money in the purchase of a property in the urbanisation XA-BIAMAR, or any other, let us help you, we are experts, contact us.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

Carlos Baos , Abogado / Lawyer Email carlosbaos@white-baos.com http://www.white-baos.com Tel. +34 966 426 185

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EXPERTS from MARQ, Alicante City’s archaeological museum, plan to excavate the Acequia de los Enamorados.

One of their eight campaigns this summer will focus on this channel that was originally a Roman aqueduct carrying water through Jijona, Muchamiel to what are now the outskirts of Alicante City.

Some 1,500 years later the Tibi dam, constructed between 1580 and 1594 and the oldest still-functioning structure of its kind in Europe, was built on this aqueduct.

What is now called the ‘Channel of the Lovers’ is the first-known example of water infrastructure in the area and provides clear evidence of the area’s historic need for water.

Little is known about the aqueduct which was excavated from rock and incorporated tunnels, galleries and bridges.

It is believed to have commenced at the source of a spring in Tibi, following the course of the Monnegre which

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Tracing an aqueduct

STILL USED: Tibi dam and overflow channel. reaches the sea in Campello with the name of River Seco.

And it continued to an unidentified location in Alicante, said archaeologist Anna Garcia Barrachina.

Remains of the aqueduct have been found at the foot of

the dam but this year’s excavations will focus on soundings further down in an attempt to date it more accurately. The archaeologists also hope to locate further half-buried sections and others hidden by vegetation.

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KEEN GUIDE: Alejandro Llobell Dalmau with Carlos.

Passing on his local knowledge ALEJANDO LLOBELL DALMAU is enthusiastic about introducing visitors to the Santa Catalina Church and the Divina Pastora chapel.

Every Tuesday between 11am and 1pm and Llobell will give a conducted tour of both Teulada’s parish church and the chapel.

Now retired, the Tourism graduate has always been linked to the tourist industry

and speaks English, French and German as well as Spanish and Valenciano.

Above all he is very knowledgeable about, and has a great love for, TeuladaMoraira’s history and heritage.

Local mayor and also Tourism councillor Carlos Linares thanked both Llobell for giving up his time to act as a guide and the parish priest for his cooperation.

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Chari A BBQ and car raffle, raising funds for the Deniabased APAC horse rescue centre and ISVH voluntary firemen in Javea, collected an amazing €4,800 at the weekend.

The event, held at the Inn on the Green in Javea, saw sixty people paying €10 each for the BBQ, and items auctioned to help add to the total.

Local supporter Stephanie Paige Cooper donated two paintings to the event. One of a baby mule ‘Chyla’ loved by everyone at APAC, was presented to Lois, owner of the sanctuary as a surprise, the second, ‘White Horses’ was auctioned raising €80 and brought by Joanne and Micky Delay.

The winner of the car was not at the event; so organisers called lucky Barry Lapham to tell him the good news. He was reported as

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ity BBQ success on fire

FIREMEN: Volunteers are in safe hands.

CAR RAFFLE: Raises money for horse rescue and firemen. being overwhelmed and delighted but could not remember

buying the ticket.

Pat Mccue, organiser of the

event with a team of volunteers, made sure the afternoon ran s m o o t h l y, with everyone enjoying the return to better weather and the good company.

Jules Winstanley Jones, one

of the volunteers said: ‘We would like to thank everyone who supported the raffle, and raising so much money to help rescue the horses of APAC Caballos and the Bomberos of Javea.’

The APAC , theAsociación Protectora Amigos del Caballo, was set up to defend and protect horses and offer them a second chance. Based at La Xara in Denia.

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Inadequate roads RESIDENTS in the Cami del Vall Nou area feel abandoned

by Oliva Town Hall.

One of their biggest worries is inadequate road safety, as their principal road is badly-lit and has neither hard shoulders nor a pedestrian crossing.

It is used regularly by caravans heading to a nearby campsite and they said reaching the beach could be physically dangerous as only a low barrier separates the road from the irrigation channels that run parallel to it.

These are old and badlymaintained with overflowing vegetation, that even the

slightest rain can turn into an evil-smelling swamp of insects and rats.

This area straddles the boundary between Alicante and Valencia provinces. Pego residents recently arranged a meeting with Pego’s mayor Enrique Moll, asking him to pressure his Oliva counterpart into remedying the situation.

Valencia Province diputacion is responsible for the road and the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar takes care of the irrigation channels.

Residents admitted that prompting both bodies and Oliva Town Hall to take action will be complicated.

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U3A Vall Del Pop: S DAY three started with an early role call before the coach, with 47 members of the U3A Vall del Pop Holy Grail expedition, headed out of Huesca in the Pyrenees foothills in search of the hidden Grail Castle of legend, San Juan de la Pena.

With no coffee facilities at the monastery expedition organiser, Sandra Welham, ever resourceful, laid on a very welcome coffee and cakes picnic in the bus park.

The castle, which has subsequently been supplemented with a monastery, and is really well hidden in a cave in a large rock face, with a constructed front façade and rear walls and ceilings of natural rock. The guide explained the history of the castle, supported by David Rohl who explained the significance to the Holy Grail story.

In Santa Cruz the group stopped for another coffee break and visited a church which was previously a convent. The village, being high in the mountains, had a wonderful display of unique chimney forms,

no doubt designed to prevent evil spirits in old times and winds causing the rooms to be filled with smoke.

The last visit of the day was to Jaca, for lunch, and a visit to another cathedral. When back at the hotel that evening David Rohl reviewed what everyone had seen and completed the story of the Holy Grails move to Valencia.

Day four took the group to the Monastery of Montserrat, near Barcelona. Then day five it was off to Valencia cathedral to complete the Holy Grail story. Anyone who has been to the cathedral but is not aware of the Grail story, another trip is highly recommended to see the chalice in the side chapel near the entrance to the cathedral.

Pepe, the group’s driver then brought the group safely back to Jalon.

The U3A Vall del Pop http://u3avalldelpop.com meets on the first Thursday of each month at the Centre Polivalent in Murla, why not go along and join in?

Easter invitation EL CAMPELLO Christian Community is hosting a full celebration of Easter, starting with hot cross buns and c offe e on G ood Frida y a t 10.30am.

Eat those buns and exercise those buns.

Ther e wi l l al so be an Easter egg hunt for children on East er Sat ur day f r om 11am to 1pm. Tickets can be bought for €5 and places can be r eser ved by t el ephone or by em ai l . The Easter Sunday Service will be held on April 16 at 11am, followed by refreshments.

A focus on healthy living will follow Easter celebrations, as Helen Semmler will lead seminars for women, including information on nutrition, exercise and healthy living. All sessions will be in English alongside Spanish translation. The seminars take place on April 19, 26, and May 3, 10, from 10.30am to 12pm.

All events will be held at Calle San Bartolome 35 (Bajo No 6 next to Mercadona) 03560 El Campello.

Contact us through the website www.elcampellochris tiancommunity.org or email campellocc@gmail.com or telephone 693 048 200

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Sangreal Tour Part 2

HOLY GRAIL: Fiveday expedition followed the cultural sights of the Holy Grail story with expert guides.

Royal society dinner THE Royal Society of St George will be hosting a St George’s day dinner on Saturday April 22 at El Cumbre restaurant in Benitatchell.

The evening will begin at 7.30pm and will go on until midnight. The threecourse dinner will cost â‚Ź25 per person and includes a half bottle of red, white or rose wine, water and coffee.

The dress code is black tie, lounge suit, or jacket and tie. To book your place, please contact membership secretary Hilary Wass on tillblow@yahoo.co.u k or on 634 324 246

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ALFAZ DEL PI / ALBIR

Palm Sunday and croissants ON Palm Sunday, with a good congregation, the Albir Church of England service started outside with the blessing of palm crosses. These were then distributed and the congregation processed into the church singing the rousing hymn All Glory Laud and Honour.

There was no sermon because the reading was the whole of the Passion Gospel. A most meaningful reminder to everyone of exactly what Easter is about.

After the service some stayed to enjoy croissants which went down very well indeed! Everyone enjoys the social Sundays.

Here are some dates for your diary. On Good Friday there will be a service at 11am and on Easter Sunday at 9.45am.

The regular weekly services are at 9.45am with a weekday service at the Forum Mare Nostrum every Thursday at 11am.

The second Thursday of the month is a healing service and the last Thursday of the month will be preceded by a discussion ‘Faith, Questions and

SOCIAL SUNDAY: After the service some people stayed to enjoy the croissants.

Doubts’ from 10-10.50am.

The church is always pleased to see new people. If you would like to meet some of its members informally, then please go down to the Anchor on Albir beach on Saturday April 29 where some will get together with members of the public to take part in a ‘skip-a-thon’ from 9.30-11.30 am.

You can find the church in the centre of Albir, turn up the main road hill, Camino de la Cantera, (quite near the Consum Supermarket), signposted

Rober Palas Hotel, turn right in front of the hotel and the church (Norwegian Seaman’s Church) is just inside the next road on the left, Carrer Mart.

If you need any further information please call the local church warden Elaine Mitchell on 966 864 962 or 636 164 467. Albir is one of eight congregations in the Chaplaincy, from Gandia to El Campello.

Visit website www.costablancaanglicanchaplaincy.org.

Advantages of the Padron ALFAZ’S Other Nationalities councillor Martine Mertens is currently visiting clubs and associations, explaining the importance of the municipal Padron.

Her first call was to the Norwegian Club in a round of visits that will take several weeks to complete. Each time Mertens will impress on the members of the different groups that it is equally vital to confirm an existing registration.

She will also be there to clear up foreign residents’ doubts and answer their questions. “Registering and confirming their entry on the municipal Padron every two or five years, depending on na-

tionality, is something that most of our residents from other countries already do,” the councillor said.

“But we want to explain the campaign face to face,” she added. “For many of them there is no equivalent to our Padron

in their own country and they are unaware of its bureaucratic importance in Spain.”

She and her team are concentrating on detailing how to register or confirm registration while also explaining its advantages.

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Discover Spanish wines THE 16th Wine fair of Spanish wines will take place at Solpark Tennis Club in Moraira on May 4 and 5.

Organised by the tennis club and Teulada-Moraira Town Hall the following ‘Denominaciones de Origen’ will be pre-

sent: Alicante, Valencia, Ribera del Duero, La Mancha, Rueda, Jumilla, La Rioja, Valdeorras, Montsant, Pago Vera de Estena, La Manchuela, Valdepeñas; Vermuth y Priorat Entrance is free and it will open from 2-8 pm both days.

Good Friday Antiques fair SALON CANOR on Calle Assagador, Teulada will play host to the bi-monthly Antiques and Collectors Fair on Good Friday, April 14 from 9am until 5pm.

Guests can browse a superb range of items from over 70 vendors.

The bar will be serving food and drink all day long and as usual, parking and entry are free of charge. Local charities EMAUS, AKIRA, The Lions (Calpe) and The Charity Shop, Calpe look forward to welcoming guests to their stalls. For more information call 965 732 741 or 626 795 587 or email filly1245@gmail.com.

Rights

By Linda Hall TEULADA Town Hall is to have an additional department for Children and Adolescents.

It will focus on developing measures and actions that favour the participation in equal conditions for all the municipality’s children and adolescents, explained Daniel Ibanco who will head the new department.

Their opinions will be taken into account when making decisions, while promoting their well-being and protecting their rights as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Invanco also intends to obtain a UNICEF Child-friendly City certifi-

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s for children EQUAL CONDITIONS: For all the municipality’s children and adolescents. cate. This programme helps to improve the living conditions of the very young by promoting and introducing municipal policies that guarantee their overall development while emphasising their rights.

The town hall hopes that the same

members of the Children’s and Adolescents’ council will take an active part in the department and help to administer its budget allocation. In this way residents in all age groups would have an active role in the town, the councillor said.

Preventative tidy up of green space PINARET DE LA COSTA, recently established as the latest green area in TeuladaMoraira, has been tidied up in order to eliminate potential fire risks.

Adult pines were pruned, seedlings were removed and undergrowth was selectively cleared to form a vegetationfree strip between El Pinaret and the adjoining Intituto.

This is designed to act as a fire barrier in the event of a blaze breaking out.

The work, authorised by

the regional council’s Agriculture and Environment department, was carried out during the second half of March to cause as little disruption as possible to nesting birds.

Local Environmental councillor, Neves Rodriguez, said that the town hall is fully committed to increasing the number of natural spaces within municipal boundaries, but stressed that it is important to maintain them correctly.

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English Choir of Teulada-Moraira AFTER a successful concert for the Alzheimer’s society, the English Choir of Teulada-Moriara is well into rehearsals for its Easter Concert.

Entitled ‘Easter Parade’ the concert features popular Easter and springtime music.

The concert will take place at Moraira Parish Church at 7pm on Thursday April 20. Entrance is by programme and costs only €5. These are available from Janet Brown by calling 965 745 091 or emailing janetbrowncraft@gmail.com.

The choir rehearses in Teulada from 3.45pm to 5.45pm on a Thursday afternoon. An open rehearsal will be held on Thursday April 27. Why not go along and have a drink, a nibble and bit of a singalong? You never know, you might want to join.

More details can be accessed on the choir’s website www.theenglishchoirteulada.com or the Facebook page.

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JAVEA Safeguarding police JAVEA’S Local Police have two new vehicles, bringing the total to nine cars and vans, plus two motorcycles.

One of the additions is a van whose equipment and internet connection allow it to be used as a mobile office.

This will be particularly convenient for taking witness statements and during information campaigns on the urbanisations, explained Public Safety councillor Pepa Gisbert.

It was also another means of assisting the Local Police in their role as a neighbourhood force, she said.

Photo by Javea Town hall

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MOBILE OFFICE: Javea’s police chief, Jose Chulvi and Pepa Gisbert check out the new vehicle.

The new patrol car has a safety screen between the driver and the back seat,

making it particularly suitable for transferring detainees or violent persons.

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- XABIA safety Both vehicles have been acquired on a leasing contract, a system that facilitates their renewal every three years and enables the police to use vehicles in optimum conditions.

Ongoing improvements were further confirmation of the local government’s resolve to ensure that the police had the means to provide a better service, said Javea mayor Jose Chulvi. Equally important, the improvements also guaranteed the safety of those who safeguard the safety of others, he added.

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Beauty spot restrictions

PICTURESQUE: The cove of Tallada, Denia.

REPRESENTATIVES: Discuss how to protect the cove.

ACCESS to the Cova Tallada (Talla) in Denia will be limited this summer after the authorities were forced to review how often people should visit the local beauty spot after a series of accidents last summer.

The new regulated visit plan also aims to help cope with the large influx of visitors, who affect the conservation of the natural environment.

A meeting between representatives of the active tourism business sector, the Councillor for the Environment and Climate Change of Denia, Josep Crespo , his counterpart in Javea , Doris Courcelles, Director of the Montgó Natural Park Joseba Rodríguez, and the coordinator of the Servei Environmental and Maritime Fisheries of the City of Denia, Toni Martinez, signed an agreement to restrict access from the sea.

The plan includes a reduction of 50 per

cent of recreational boats and also guided kayak trips, to only two visits being made each day.

Planned measures to improve safety included no trips when a Force 3 storm or red flag is in play.

The tourism sector approves new plans for safety and the environment.

Also guides should carry VHF radios, suitable recreational kayak activity fit-approved life vests for themselves and their clients, and to ensure appropriate footwear is worn.

It was further agreed that there was a need to improve the signage of the route, accessibility, protection and security.

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Possible return of the blue passport by 2019

By John Smith THE current contract to print British passports expires in 2019 and many hope that the new tender will require a return to a blue cover.

Reports suggest that it could cost up to £500 million (€575 million) to redesign the passport, but it is more likely that this will be the anticipated total cost of the production of up to six million passports a year during the life of the 10-year contract.

On the side of the Brexiteers, MP Andrew Rosindell MP is quoted as saying “The humiliation of having a

Union and a situation could arise that the return to the traditional blue passport could see the contract going to a security printer possibly based in France, Holland or Spain.

Whatever the decision, it

Proposed restriction on migration

seems unlikely however that holders of the red passport which carries the wording European Union on the cover will have to trade them in until they expire.

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pink European Union passport will now soon be over,” whilst Jeremy Corbyn suggested that “The real source of humiliation is a government worrying about the colour of our passports while a social care and NHS crisis rages.”

Knowing of the need to produce new passports, design magazine Dezeen sponsored an unofficial competition to design a new version and from hundreds of entries, a short list of nine has been produced from which one will be chosen as winner.

None of the chosen designs are likely to appeal to those who are looking for a return to the old style, but in fairness they may well be somewhat tongue in cheek, especially the FUK-D version.

One side effect of membership however is that under EU rules, any tender of this type has to be advertised within the European

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SHORTLISTED: Passport designs.

A PRO-BREXIT group supported by many Tory back-benchers wants to heavily restrict entry to Britain for five years.

A report from Leave Means Leave and written by independent MEP Steven Woolfe who left UKIP because of a physical clash with a colleague calls for the restriction to be aimed at unskilled migrants.

His concept is that by reducing immigration from 273,000 to 50,000 per year and accepting mainly those who had been offered a job with a minimum £35,000 (€40,000) salary, had passed an English language test, signed a five-year private health insurance contract and had savings in the bank would strengthen the economy.

He would however allow a certain number of unskilled workers into Britain on a temporary basis to fill the numerous roles that still have to be undertaken in different areas of the economy.

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Oliva La Safor Lodge hold quiz lunch QUIZ LUNCH: Attended by members and guests.

PRIZES: Were won.

ON Thursday April 6, Oliva La Safor Lodge held a quiz lunch at the very popular Viva España restaurant in Oliva, for members and guests.

This was very well attended with almost 50 people turning out for what turned out to be a very enjoyable afternoon. The original purpose was just to have a get together, have a good lunch and hopefully raise a little cash for charity. However, it turned out rather more than that.

Firstly because several members brought more extensive donations for the Gandia

Men’s Refuge, who are always in desperate need for the basics of life. Contributions included clothing, washing and hygiene products and a vast array of long-life food.

This consisted of, rice, pasta, sugar, bottled beans and various tinned items. As always the generosity of the Masons attending came to the fore and the refuge will be very glad of the continued support.

In addition to the collection, a grand charity raffle was also held with some really good prizes to be won. This raised no less than €195 which will be

donated to charity later this year. The Worshipful Master, Worshipful Brother Ian Skipper has chosen several charities which he wishes the Lodge to support this year, one of which is to sponsor at least one underprivileged child (and hopefully more) to attend the Masonic summer school.

Last year the province as a whole sponsored 18 children and hopes to achieve at least the same number this year.

The quiz, organised by WBro Mike Botten turned out to be trickier than many people had expected! At first glance it

appeared quite easy, especially as the answers were multiple choice; this was not the case however, and most people found it more difficult than they had imagined.

The winners were delighted to win and agreed that the contest had been quite difficult.

Everyone who attended had a really good time and agreed that this was the sort of thing members should do more often.

If you are interested in helping worthwhile causes or would just like some more information on Freemasonry, please contact William Turney at prensa@glp valencia.com.

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DELIGHTED: One of the winners.

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CBMVC: An evening of nostalgia.

Special treat for Welsh expats WELSH expats living on the Costa Blanca will be treated to an evening of nostalgia on May 6 when the internationally-renowned Pontarddulais Male Choir take to the stage at the Auditori Teulada-Moraira.

The local Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir (CBMVC) and Dolce Divas will also be appearing in the programme.

The Welsh choir will be 80strong and the local CBMVC boys should provide another 40 voices, providing a rousing finale when both choirs sing together.

The Pontarddulais Male Choir has achieved prominence through a record 16 first places at the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales and two

first places at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. They have undertaken 13 overseas tours including Canada, United States of America and several European countries.

The Welsh choir is in constant demand for concerts the length and breadth of the UK, as well as television and radio work and during the 55 years of its existence the choir has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity.

CBMVC’s Publicity Officer Vernon Pearce said, “This is a rare opportunity to see one of the leading Welsh male choirs.

It’s a privilege for us to host them here in Teulada in such a wonderful auditorium and to be asked to join them on stage

in the second half. We are looking forward very much to raising the roof and I would urge people to book their seats quickly, as this promises to be an unforgettable evening!”

Tickets for this prestigious concert cost €12 and are available online now at in stanticket.es, from Teulada Town Hall front desks, the town hall office at Espai La Senieta Theatre in Moraira and the Teulada Auditorio box office. Donations from tickets sales will be made to TeuladaMoraira Proteccion Civil, the Alzheimer Centre and Make A Smile and local firms Hamiltons of London and Telitec are sponsoring the evening.

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The Good Old Days MEMBERS of the Campoverde Theatre Group are busy rehearsing for their next supper show, The Good Old Days, to be performed on Wednesday May 3, Thursday May 4 and Friday May 5 at the Fiesta Plaza, formally known as Breakaways, Calle Republica Dominica, Urb Pueblo Principe.

The audience will be able to enjoy a one-course meal then sit back and enjoy a night of Olde Tyme Music Hall featuring dance, music, sketches and well-known songs from the Edwardian period.

This promises to be a fun filled evening where audience participation is actively encouraged. Come along dressed in typical Olde Tyme Music Hall dress, long dresses, fancy hats, etc and sing along with songs that will remind you of family parties of long ago when your parents would sing songs that have stood the test of time. Prizes will be given to the member

OLD TYME: There is a prize for the best dressed. of the audience in the best Olde Tyme dress.

Campoverde Theatre Group donated more than â‚Ź2,500 to local charities last year and the proceeds of this show will go to a very worthwhile local charity, Help at Home that offers invaluable help to local residents who are ill, need short-term help, transport to health services, hospital visiting, and much

more. Go along and help the group raise funds for this very worthwhile charity.

Tickets are available from the Ticket Line: ctgticket line@gmail.com or by calling 626 772 256. You can also purchase tickets directly from The Book Shop, San Miguel or why not drop into the Community Centre, Blue Lagoon on a Monday and Wednesday from 2-4 pm?

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NORWAY

NETHERLANDS

Olympics bid

Relaxed workers LOOKING for a stress-free job?

Then move to the Netherlands as a survey of 25,000 employees worldwide revealed that Dutch workers had a happiness score of 69.9 out of 100, and the lowest stress levels.

POLITICIANS will not head Norway’s Winter Olympics bid, with parliament saying the campaign must come from the Sports Association.

Sea tunnel PLANS have been revealed for a tunnel in Norway that would allow safer passage for ships bypassing the dangerous Stad peninsula. It would be the world’s first sea tunnel to pass through a mountain.

Safety report WINTER OLYMPICS: Sports Association must campaign.

Ferry death

pital but later passed away.

A NORWEGIAN man died after falling seriously ill on a ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo. He was airlifted to hos-

Nine years

years in prison by a Norwegian court who wanted to join Daesh.

The 31-year-old admitted to financially supporting the group.

A TURNER painting of Germany’s Ehrenbreitstein, a mountain fortress on

€1m homes AMSTERDAM has more homes worth more than a million euros than any other place in the Netherlands and more than before the crisis hit.

DENMARK

Tall heights

Heart of EU

Pricey picture

THE Netherlands’ Coordinator for Security and Counter-terrorism is concerned about the possibility of terrorists using drones to launch an explosives attack over the country.

The threat level in Netherlands is currently four out of five.

A MAN has been sentenced to nine

GERMANY GADHEIM, a Bavarian hamlet with just 78 inhabitants will officially be the geographical heart of the EU when Britain leaves. The exact coordinates for the centre of the EU are 9º 54’ 07” E and 49º 50’ 35” N.

A REPORT by the Dutch Safety Board has warned that Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport cannot grow without taking drastic safety measures.

There has been numerous near-collisions between planes as the runways cross.

Security threat

the bank of the Rhine, is set to be auctioned in London with an estimate of £15-£25 million, being one of just six of Turner’s paintings still owned privately.

Home schooling A GERMAN couple are appearing in the European Court of Human Rights to defend their parental right to home schooling, something which is essen-

tially banned in Germany. The children were initially taken away into care.

Final flight THE shortest international flight in the world, between Germany and Switzerland is to be grounded. The Austrian People’s Air Group said it is retiring the eight minute flight with the final flight on April 14.

FRANCE

BELGIUM

Bishop resignation

Equal rights

A FRENCH bishop has resigned at the request of the Vatican, over his alleged inappropriate comments and behaviour with youths.

MEPs meeting in Brussels are calling for greater acknowledgement of the role of women within agriculture giving them equal pay and rights with men.

Nice inquiry AN inquiry is to be launched to investigate allegations that security in Nice was lax on the night of the Bastille Day attack which saw a truck driver kill 86 people. There are claims lies were made about the number of police on duty.

Dr helpline A NEW 24-hour doctors helpline number is being trialled in Corsica, Normandy and Pays-de-la-Loire. The new 116 117 is being tested in these regions first by the Health Ministry.

Head’s award THE headteacher who managed to reason with a teenage gunman who went on a rampage in a high school in the south of France, helping prevent more casualties, is to be awarded with the Legion d’honneur, the country’s highest honour.

Night inspections MORE inspections are to be carried out on night shops in Belgium after reports that more and more are opening from midday when the law requires them to be closed from 7am-6pm.

Tangled whale A BOWHEAD whale spotted off the Belgian coast appeared to have been caught in a fishing net that was entangled around the base of its tale.

Skyscraper evacuation A THREAT led police to evacuate Antwerp’s iconic ‘Boerentoren’ skyscraper. Police soon allowed people back in but did not reveal the nature of the threat.

AARHUS’ new tower is set to become Denmark’s tallest building. The building is in the harbour development area and once completed by 2020, will be 128m tall.

Stolen works A DANISH auctioneer accidentally sold a painting that was listed as stolen on a worldwide database. The painting by Danish artist Carl Vilhelm Holsøe, was stolen in 2000, but the auction house does not subscribe to the international Art Loss Register.

Youth crime DENMARK has reported further falls in youth crime levels.

Charges against youngsters aged between 10 and 17, have fallen year on year since 2006.

Angels raided A HELLS ANGELS clubhouse in a Copenhagen district was raided by police who believed it was connected to various cannabis dealings and a Hells Angels member was subsequently arrested.

SWEDEN

Fishy find POLICE in Gothenburg were called to handle a suspicious package near the Central Station.

However, rather than explosives, they found 10kg of frozen fish inside.

Public shares SPOTIFY, the music streaming company which was created in Sweden, could register its shares directly on the stock market instead of an initial public offering, according to the Wall Street Journal.

School segregation MEMBERS of an anti-immigrant vigilante group put up propaganda stickers around a school’s playground following reports the school in Stockholm had segregated children by gender on the bus.

Business boost SWEDEN’S small businesses had a strong 2016, with profitability increasing for a third consecutive year for small businesses with less than 15 employees.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

FAMOUS POET: Died at the age of 84 in the US.

Babi Yar YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO, one of Russia’s finest 20th century poets, has died aged 84 in the US. Yevtushenko wrote the famous 1961 poem, Babi Yar, that told of the horrific suffering experienced by Jews at Nazi concentration camps. He was a fierce opponent of Stalin and totalitarianism in all its forms.

Wrong suspect PHOTOGRAPHS circulating widely on social media after the St Petersburg metro bombing showed the wrong man as the prime suspect. Local lorry driver Illyas Nikitin was cleared by police but not before millions of Russians thought him responsible for the terrorist attack which killed 10 people.

Tense times TENSIONS are ramping up between Russia and Lithuania. The defence minister of the Baltic state called Moscow a direct threat and said the Kremlin was feeding misinformation as Lithuanian capital Vilnius is historically Russian. There is now an alarming military build up in the regions with Nato forces

WORLD CUP: Men working seven days a week.

Slave labour NORTH KOREAN slave labour is being used by Russian construction companies to expand football stadiums in St Petersburg before the 2018 World Cup. The workers have 90 per cent of their salary taken by the North Korean regime and allegedly live in shipping containers, working seven days a week.

propping up local soldiers.

April Fools CLAIMS that the Chechen authorities rounded up dozens of gay men, killing three, were dismissed as an April Fool’s Day joke by the Russian republic. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said it was impossible to persecute homosexuals as there were no gay people in Chechnya.

Mirror, mirror AN image showing Vladimir Putin pouting with deep red lipstick and mascara has been banned by the ministry of jus-

tice as ‘extremist material’ because it suggests the Russian president is not as straight as he claims. There are more than 4,000 images now on the ministry’s black list.

Healing herb SIBERIAN conifers are the latest weapon in the global fight against disease. The furs contain all manner of antibacterial materials and medicinal compounds that could prove invaluable in combating the ageing process according to top Russian scientists. Siberian forests have long been a treasure trove of healing herbs.

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14,000

INVISIBLE earnings from prostitution and drug trafficking that help make up the National Income of the UK are to provide an aid boost to Third World nations.

The news is likely to annoy tens of thousands of British pensioners who claim - in Spain and throughout the world - that their hard earned taxes are being wasted whilst they fear that their pensions may be frozen after Brexit.

David Cameron promised that Britain would commit 0.7 per cent of

Quote of the Week

£1.19 trillion (€1.39 trillion) is the total Gross National Income figure for Britain in 2016 on which percentage is calculated.

its national budget on foreign aid and with estimated illegal income added to the 2016 figures due to an instruction from the European Union, the amount

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Down to earth Brexit view

RAFAEL DEL PINO: No UK opportunities at present.

By John Smith FERROVIAL, the Spanish company that runs Heathrow Airport in London, is not to seek further investments in the UK until after the Brexit process has been completed.

The company reported very solid results at its annual shareholders meeting in Madrid and acknowledged that the UK was an important market but they were uncertain of the future.

Chairman of the group which runs Heathrow as well as other UK airports, Rafael del Pino said that the company was conserva-

has increased accordingly.

A number of MPs including conservative Andrew Rosindell are calling for the promise to be ignored as they

This is a great victory for European consumers,” Miapetra Kumpula, European Parliament spokesperson, on removal of mobile phone roaming charges within the EU from June 15.

tive in nature and saw no opportunities in the UK at present.

Having secured part of the High Speed Rail contract in the UK and with the public consultation on the third runway at Heathrow finishing in May, the company which earns 30 per cent of its income from the UK doesn’t however rule out significant new investment within the next five years.

Having expanded its international reach through takeovers, the company has increased turnover to €10.759 billion and increased dividend by 2.3 per cent over 2015.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Match fixing POLICE arrested five officials from a Spanish football club on suspicion of match fixing after they lost 12-0.

Investigations are being undertaken by both the police and Spanish Football Federation after third division side Eldense were beaten by Barcelona B amidst accusations of a deliberate attempt to benefit from placing bets on the result.

Unicaja shares UNICAJA BANK will issue an additional €625 million in share capital later this month if stockholders agree.

The Bank will then apply to be the first Malaga-based company on the Bolsa de Madrid (stock exchange) and if successful will then repay government bail-out loans.

More jobs UNEMPLOYMENT will drop to 16.6 per cent this year as the economy improves, the Spanish government predicts.

Much of the new employment will occur in the government sector including health care, education and social services.

Switching their fortunes RUSSIAN investors in Spain who once were said to focus mainly on buying residential properties now concentrate more on commercial buildings.

A report by Russian property group Tranio, says Spain is likely to be one of the most attractive targets

for investors looking for long term rental income of well-sited commercial property during 2017.

Smaller Russian investors who used to purchase holiday homes are now more sophisticatedly looking for rental income.

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is the number of new vehicles Swedish car manufacturer Volvo predicts it will sell in Spain this year.

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Paying up on crime increases aid

By John Smith

EWN

believe that the money should be spent in the UK on social services and the NHS along with other important causes.

According to the MP, whilst Britain has a duty to help those overseas in genuine need, there is little public support for a system which simply hands out money based on an imaginary national income.

Committing £13.3 billion (€15.5 billion) on foreign aid based on 2016 figures, Britain is one of the few countries in the world which meets or exceeds international aid targets.

Possible tax refund on way AT least 20,000 British residents in Spain may be due a mortgage refund.

This is the estimated number of people who took mortgages which included a ‘ground clause’ fixing the rate of interest regardless of how the bank rate moved.

This was beneficial when interest rates were high, but when they dropped many paid far more interest than was considered fair and banks have been instructed by government to compensate those involved.

The UK Treasury said refunds may be liable to taxation.

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% CHG. 0.08 -0.12 1.54 0.79 0.52 0.57 0.05 -0.68 -0.48 0.72 -0.94 0.06 0.09 1.44 -0.57 0.09 -1.56 -0.85 0.00 0.08 1.55 0.19 -0.67 -0.38 -1.35 0.42 -0.16 -0.38 0.22 0.21 -0.08 0.38 -0.21 0.24 -0.18 -0.49 -0.34 -0.22 0.43 0.97 0.36 0.05 0.27 -0.52 -0.10 -0.32 0.27 -0.04 -0.27 0.06

NET VOL 16,865.72 17.72 1,134.94 162.53 132.21 76.48 56.01 292.09 462.14 39.35 764.24 4.97 275.46 198.07 22.64 204.00 102.23 61.44 189.02 122.70 447.77 735.80 503.85 329.06 275.41 73.99 128.94 517.54 17.80 418.37 48.35 224.32 371.96 168.18 172.69 47.75 249.97 508.83 458.20 136.16 2,158.17 3,380.80 42.58 183.52 84.86 4,182.99 27.09 29.19 132.01 132.70

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Safer €50 banknote issued

Increase in tourist spending A REPORT issued by Spanish tourist organisation Exceltur confirms that tourism income has grown in the first quarter of 2017.

The bulk of the growth is driven by visitors from overseas and the Brexit result doesn’t appear to have discouraged British visitors nor is it likely to this year.

Numbers of foreign visitors have increased and hotel demand has also increased allowing for owners to increase prices and profits.

Whilst the strength of the external market has grown, Spanish holidaymakers are flying internally less often and are also spending less in hotels whilst looking more to make bookings in rental properties.

It is forecast however that the situation will improve in the second quarter as bookings for Holy Week (Semana Santa) were very strong and the most popular areas for the major increase in tourism generally are considered to be Andalucia, the Canaries and Madrid.

NEW NOTE: Has been manufactured on more resistant paper and incorporates a hologram.

The new design, designed by the German Reinhold Gerstetter, follows the line of new five, 10 and 20 euro banknotes that have been introduced over the last three years.

In addition, the new bank note includes countries that have joined the European Union since 2002.

Spain facing costly EU fines THE Spanish government knows it has a very short time before it will be fined by the EU for not passing the ‘Stevedore law.’

Minister of Public Works, Íñigo de la Serna has now presented a new plan which whilst not totally in accordance with government expectation may save it from an immediate €23 million fine plus a daily penalty of €134,000.

The European Union decreed that the stevedores were operating a ‘closed shop’ within Spanish ports and the government tried to agree new terms with the various unions and other political parties as it proposed major changes in employment status.

It was over this draft law that the government lost its first major vote when opposition parties voted against it and political partner Ciudadanos decided to abstain.

In a press conference held in Barcelona, the minister made it clear that the compromise law had to be pushed through parliament quickly or else these penalties would be enacted.

Having escaped an even larger fine for missing budget targets, the government wants to ensure that it is complying with EU regulations over this particular matter which if allowed to continue unresolved could cost the nation €4 million each month.

And the acronym of the issuer, the ECB, appears in nine linguistic variants, instead of the initial five.

The €50 is the most used bank note in the euro zone, where there are more than 8,000 million, which represents 45 per cent of the total bank notes in circulation.

This change is welcomed by many as the existing €50 note is the most regularly counterfeited and a regular miscreant in Girona has just been arrested with material from which fake notes with a face value of €450,000 could have been made.

Shopping centres proving to be attractive investments

By John Smith IT is not only the Russians who are looking to invest in commercial property in Spain but shopping centres are now back to being big news.

Malls and centres around the world are attracting big investors as well as major retailers and of course shoppers to facilities which are often out of town, but also in such prime areas as Barcelona and Madrid.

One of the main attractions of a shopping centre is that it can often be built on ‘virgin’ land with plenty of easy access and parking and the very large players such as Inditex, Mango and El Corte Ingles can actually dictate the size and position of their favoured stores.

Once the ‘big boys’ are confirmed then other smaller operators will be attracted as they know that there will be a cap-

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THE European Central Bank (ECB) has released a new version of the €50 bank note with more security measures that will help prevent counterfeiting.

The new bank note that came into circulation on April 4 is a slightl y d i ff e r e n t c o l o u r a n d h a s b e e n manufactured on a firmer and more resistant paper and incorporates a hologram. And when you turn it, the silver band on the right shows the value of the note and the euro symbol (€).

It is very easy to check a real euro bank note by using the simple FEEL, LOOK and TILT method.

A special printing process gives the banknotes their unique FEEL. LOOK at the banknote against the light. The portrait window and watermark as well as the security thread become visible.

TILT the banknote. The silvery stripe reveals a portrait of Europa in a transparent window and the emerald number displays an effect of the light that moves up and down.

Photo by European Central Bank

By Karl Smallman

BIG NEWS: Shopping centres such as Las Arenas in Barcelona. tive audience visiting so footfall will be significant.

Latest beneficiary to the return of major investment is

Malaga City where the Malaga Plaza has been sold to the New Winds Group and they plan to expand the centre in order to

bring in an even better range of offerings to visitors.

This year will see the opening of 21 new shopping centres in Spain together with the expansion of six existing facilities and with nearly 20 per cent of all of these centres, estates and malls in Spain being based in Andalucia it is clear that they play an important part in the local economy.

A new centre will bring employment for a range of construction workers and decorators followed by large numbers of shop assistants, general finance st aff and a r el at i vel y prosperous management structure.

The am ount of i ncom e t ax and IVA that is collected from the 106 outlets in Andalucia is a regular and welcome addition to the local and national economy especially as much of the spend comes from foreign tourists.

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AGM: Ana Botín explained that 2016 had brought new challenges for the economy.

Greater dividends for all Santander shareholders

By John Smith THE executive chairman of Spanish bank Santander, Ana Botín has told shareholders that the board wishes to increase annual dividend.

Speaking at the Bank’s Annual General Meeting held in Santander she explained that 2016 had brought new challenges for the economy and for the banking sector but the group had performed very well.

It wants to ensure that its 190,000 staff, 125 million

The 2017 dividend will be increased by 5 per cent per share.

customers and four million shareholders all benefit from the strength and the success of the bank which has reported a profit of €6.2 billion for 2016.

Thanks to this performance achieved despite financial

problems in China, Brexit uncertainty in the UK, elections in Spain and the USA and political turmoil in Brazil, profits were up by 4 per cent and if it had not been for currency fluctuations the true profit would have been even greater.

As a reward to shareholders therefore and with their approval, the 2017 dividend will be increased by 5 per cent per share to 22 cents and the board expects this positive financial situation to continue into 2018.

Spain tops world tourism report SPAIN tops a tourism competitiveness report ahead of its European neighbours.

The recently published World Economic Forum’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 shows that the top three destinations are Spain, France and Germany with Japan rising to fourth place.

With tourism accounting for 10 per cent of both global GDP and global employment it is one of the most important growth areas in the world today and contributes huge amounts of money, directly and indirectly to almost all economies.

The bulk of the most successful destinations are those with advanced economies, whilst Asia in general is becoming increasingly more important not just as a destination

but also as more of its inhabitants travel further afield and India has experienced a huge growth in popularity.

Even though world trade has slowed down due to protectionism, this doesn’t appear to have had any negative affect on tourism and indeed the enjoyment people have from travelling to new countries and cultures has led to a continued and steady growth.

The World Economic Forum produced the report in collaboration with its data partners Bloom Consulting, Deloitte, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the UNWTO and the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) so findings are likely to be viewed as being accurate.

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Give us all a well-deserved break LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT I AM not, never have been, and hopefully never will be, a racist.

I challenge one reader to show me a single example of any writing or column comment to disprove this statement.

Well, I’ll save you the trouble.

You won’t find one. Sometimes I feel like Enoch Powell. David Frost once asked this much maligned brilliant politician, why h e d i d n ’t l i k e b l a c k p e o p l e ?

Powell then asked him to name one example or occasion he had made such a statement. Frost of course could not.

Powell was merely anti immigrant, stating that our infrastructure, culture and resources would not be able to cope if vast numbers of immigrants were continually allowed to enter the UK unchecked. The fact that most

immigrants of the day happened to be black, was totally irrelevant. Frost was subsequently humiliated and his credibility sorely dented.

Well far from me to compare myself with such a great exponent of prescience as Mr Powell, but I am of exactly the same ilk.

I may have strong anti views to certain cults, attitudes or religious interpretations, but I don’t p e r s o n a l l y c a r e w h a t c o l o u r, creed or nationality anyone aspires to.

In any event, as a Spiritualist, I believe we have to manifest in anything from five to eight hundred lifetimes, so we will have to experience all the lessons of the human spirit anyway, ie the next reincarnation could find me e m e rg i n g a s a d e p r i v e d b l a c k child during an African drought!

So not only do I object to being regarded a racist, I consider it a personal affront of my beliefs to be even considered as

I may have strong anti views, but I don’t personally care what colour, creed or nationality anyone aspires to.

Enoch Powell (1912-1998)

one. In my experience ‘racism,’ a term that I personally had never even heard of until the early 60’s, is generally shouted the loudest by the biggest rascists of all, and is fast becoming the greatest threat to free speech that exists in the world t o d a y. P s s t ‘ w a n n a stifle a losing argument’? Call the other guy a racist! For sanity’s sake, give us all a well-deserved break.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com Photo Credit Wikimedia

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7:30am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:15am Money for Nothing 9:00am DIY SOS The Big Build 10:00am Pirate Fairy 11:10am Easter Parade 12:50pm Cycling 3:40pm King of Kings 6:15pm Natural World 7:00pm The Repair Shop 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Mary Berry’s Easter Feast 9:00pm Gardeners’ World Monty brings you a full hour of gardening for the Easter weekend.

10:00pm Selma 12:00am Later... with Jools Holland 1:05am Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 2:05am Panorama 2:35am Paula Rego: Secrets and Stories 4:05am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops John Peel and David Jensen present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 1 September 1983.

9:00pm BBC Young Dancer 2017 10:00pm Top of the Pops 1980 was the year that both pop music and TOTP changed.

11:00pm Top of the Pops 12:00am Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie Music documentary series.

1:00am Top of the Pops 1:30am Top of the Pops 2:30am Top of the Pops 1980 Top of the Pops collection.

3:30am Music for Misfits: The Story of Indie 4:30am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am Columbo 1:30pm Loose Women 2:25pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:35pm ITV News London 2:40pm All Star Family Fortunes 3:25pm Judge Rinder 4:25pm Chopping Block 5:25pm Tipping Point 6:25pm The Chase 7:25pm ITV News London 7:45pm 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 Jason Manford 11:30pm ITV News 11:45pm Crank 1:25am The Nightly Show with Jason Manford 1:50am Jackpot247

7:25am Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! Gold 8:15am Britain’s Got Talent 9:05am Emmerdale 9:40am Emmerdale Laurel goes home for some rest. Cain offers support. Sarah is concerned.

10:10am You’ve Been Framed!

10:40am Hairspray Live!

1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Emmerdale 2:10pm Step Up 3:10pm FYI Daily 3:15pm Step Up 4:25pm St. Trinian’s 5:25pm FYI Daily 5:30pm St. Trinian’s 6:20pm Despicable Me 2 7:20pm FYI Daily 7:25pm Despicable Me 2 8:25pm The Lord of the Ring 9:25pm FYI Daily 9:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am American Dad!

7:00am You’re Only Young Twice 7:25am You’re Only Young Twice 7:50am On the Buses 8:20am A Touch of Frost 10:25am Agatha Christie’s Marple 12:25pm On the Buses 1:25pm FYI Daily 1:30pm On the Buses 2:15pm Carry on Cruising 3:15pm FYI Daily 3:20pm Carry on Cruising 4:05pm Carry on Screaming 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Carry on Screaming 6:05pm Carry on Cowboy 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Carry on Cowboy 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Agatha Christie’s Marple 12:05am The Suspicions of Mr Whicher 2:10am Elizabeth: The Golden Age 3:10am FYI Daily

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am The Big Bang Theory 9:00am The Big Bang Theory 9:30am The Simpsons 10:00am The Simpsons 10:30am The Simpsons 11:00am The Phantom 12:55pm Formula 1 2:35pm Extreme Food 3:05pm Countdown 3:55pm Fifteen to One 4:55pm Formula 1 6:35pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm The Wild Weekenders 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am Rude Tube 1:10am How’d You Get So Rich?

1:55am Spring Breakers 3:30am The Circuit 4:10am Building the Dream

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The Sweeney Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes The Professionals Ironside The Sweeney The Chase Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing: Live From Lingfield The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars The Book of Eli FYI Daily The Book of Eli The Deer Hunter FYI Daily The Deer Hunter ITV4 Nightscreen Text based information service.

Teleshopping Shopping from home.

8:50am 9:05am 9:15am 9:30am 9:40am 9:50am 10:00am 10:15am 12:25pm 12:55pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:05pm 6:05pm 6:35pm 7:05pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:50am

Thomas and Friends Milkshake Monkey Shimmer and Shine Noddy: Toyland Detective Paw Patrol Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Wissper Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Fail Army 5 News Lunchtime Home and Away Neighbours Ben-Hur Neighbours Home and Away The Last Days of Jesus Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi The World’s Most Luxurious Cruise Ship Football on 5 Football on 5

Camino Hyena Road Deadpool Point Break Sherlock Holmes Batman xXx2: The Next Level Deadpool Point Break K-19: The Widowmaker 3:20am xXx2: The Next Level

8:00am Grease 10:00am Bridget Jones’s Diary 11:45am My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 1:30pm How to be Single 3:30pm The Boss 5:15pm Ghostbusters 7:15pm My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 9:00pm The Boss 10:45pm Ghostbusters 12:45am How to be Single 2:45am White Men Can’t Jump

7:00am 7:30am 7:55am 8:55am 9:55am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 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 11:45pm 12:15am

Hollyoaks Coach Trip Baby Daddy Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Transporter 2 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Summer Camp 8:35am Wild Oats Breezy comedy about two best friends who decide to take full advantage of a life insurance mix-up.

10:15am Pete’s Dragon 12:05pm Kong: Skull Island Special 12:35pm Star Trek Beyond Kirk and crew must fight back when a devastating ambush leaves them stranded on an alien planet.

2:45pm The Conjuring 2 5:05pm Ghost in the Shell: Special 5:35pm Dirty 30 7:10pm Pete’s Dragon 9:00pm Star Trek Beyond 11:10pm The Conjuring 2 1:30am Summer Camp 3:00am House of Manson 4:45am Wild Oats

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Good Morning Sports Fans The Fantasy Football Club Football Gold The Fantasy Football Club Live Super League Football Football Football Barclays Premier League Preview The Fantasy Football Club Sporting Triumphs Barclays Premier League Preview Ricky Burns: My Greatest Night The Fantasy Football Club Ricky Burns: My Greatest Night The Premier League Years Sporting Heroes

7:00am Cricket’s Greatest 7:30am Indian Premier League 12:00pm Live Indian Premier League 4:00pm Live Indian Premier League 8:30pm Rugby Gold 8:40pm Live Top 14 Rugby 10:35pm Dubai T20 Cricket Highlights 11:30pm Indian Premier League Highlights 12:30am Indian Premier League Highlights Gujarat Lions play Rising Pune Supergiants in Rajkot in the VIVO IPL. 1:30am Sporting Mavericks 2:00am Super League Highlights Castleford Tigers play Wakefield Trinity at the MendA-Hose Jungle in the Betfred Super League.

2:15am Super League Highlights

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SATURDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites 1:00pm Football Focus A look ahead to this weekends football action with interviews, expert opinions and highlights.

2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Snooker 5:30pm Final Score 6:30pm Who Dares Wins 7:10pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Pointless 8:20pm Doctor Who 9:10pm Casualty 10:00pm All Round to Mrs Brown’s 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:45am Rescue Dawn 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News

7:05am Up Periscope 8:55am The Heroes of Telemark Kirk Douglas and Richard Harris are the Norwegian resistance fighters who go undercover to destroy an atomic weapons factory in their Nazi-occupied homeland.

11:00am Snooker 1:00pm Cycling: World Track Championships 4:30pm Gardeners’ World 5:30pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.

6:30pm Nature’s Weirdest Events 6:45pm Easter from King’s 8:00pm Snooker 9:00pm Grand Tours of Scotland 9:30pm Dad’s Army 10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm War of the Worlds 12:35am Snooker

8:00pm The Silk Road 9:00pm Tankies: Tank Heroes of WW2 10:00pm Department Q: The Absent One 11:55pm Top of the Pops John Peel and David Jensen present the weekly look at the pop charts, first broadcast on 13th January 1983.

Featuring Incantation, Men at Work, Sharon Redd, Keith Harris and Orville, The Belle Stars, John Williams, Eddy Grant, The Maisonettes, Phil Collins and Donna Summer.

12:30am Top of the Pops 1:05am Chas and Dave: Last Orders 2:05am London Songs at the BBC 3:05am Squeeze: Take Me I’m Yours 4:05am Sounds of the Eighties

7:10am Triathlon 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:25pm Extreme Food 1:55pm Formula 1 3:25pm F1: Grand Prix 3:55pm Formula 1 Lee McKenzie introduces live coverage of the third practice session at the Bahrain Grand Prix as the drivers take to the track for the final time before Qualifying in Sakhir.

6:30pm Travel Man 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm The Book Thief 10:00pm The Imitation Game 12:10am Solomon Kane 2:05am Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

7:00am Milkshake!

10:45am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Football on 5 12:15pm Football on 5 12:40pm Police Interceptors Unleashed Compilation series presenting clips of criminals from the popular crime series.

1:20pm Police Interceptors 2:20pm Bargain Bride on Benefits 3:20pm On Benefits: Life on the Dole 4:20pm On Benefits: Life on the Dole 5:20pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

7:10pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

8:10pm NCIS: Los Angeles 9:00pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm Most Shocking 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Knock Off 5:50am House Doctor

7:00am How I Met Your Mother 7:30am How I Met Your Mother 8:00am Black-Ish 8:30am The Goldbergs 9:00am The Goldbergs 9:30am The Goldbergs 10:00am Made in Chelsea 11:00am Melissa and Joey 11:30am Melissa and Joey 12:00pm Melissa and Joey 12:30pm Melissa and Joey 1:00pm Melissa and Joey 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm The Goldbergs 4:00pm Evolution 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Taken 2 11:50am Gogglebox 12:55am Gogglebox

7:00am Football Gold 7:15am Premier League 100 Club 7:45am Premier League 100 Club 8:15am Game Changers 8:45am Ricky Burns: My Greatest Night 9:15am Premier League Preview 2016/17 9:45am The Fantasy Football Club 10:45am Soccer A.M. 12:30pm Football 1:30pm Football 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:15pm Football 8:15pm Spanish Football Gold 8:30pm Football’s Greatest II 9:00pm Football’s Greatest II 9:30pm Nissan Game of the Day 11:30pm Nissan Match Choice 12:30am Football 1:00am Football 1:30am Football 2:00am Football 2:30am Football 3:00am Football

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7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:25am Coronation Street Omnibus More drama and turmoil from the residents of Emmerdale.

11:55am Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 1:25pm Britain’s Got Talent 2:25pm Grease Live 5:15pm Happy Feet 6:15pm FYI Daily 6:20pm Happy Feet 7:15pm Bean 8:15pm FYI Daily 8:20pm Bean 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm That Awkward Moment 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm That Awkward Moment 12:00am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Family Guy 1:20am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:20am American Dad! 2:50am American Dad!

7:00am You’re Only Young Twice 7:25am You’re Only Young Twice 7:50am On the Buses 8:20am Carry on Screaming 9:20am FYI Daily 9:25am Carry on Screaming 10:20am Carry on Cowboy 11:20am FYI Daily 11:25am Carry on Cowboy 12:30pm Holiday on the Buses 1:25pm FYI Daily 1:30pm Holiday on the Buses 2:15pm Carry on Abroad 3:10pm FYI Daily 3:15pm Carry on Abroad 4:00pm Carry on Doctor 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm Carry on Doctor 6:05pm Carry on Behind 7:05pm FYI Daily 7:10pm Carry on Behind 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Morecambe and Wise Forever 11:05pm That Riviera Touch 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am That Riviera Touch 1:05am Wycliffe

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7:00am Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 9:15am Jurassic World 11:25am The Mummy 1:35pm Batman Returns 3:50pm The Great Escape 6:45pm Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 9:00pm Jurassic World 11:10pm Rocky 1:15am Hitman: Agent 47 2:55am Tora! Tora! Tora!

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CITV ITV News Weekend James Martin’s French Adventure ITV News and Weather The Flintstones The Secret of My Succe$s Tipping Point Fantastic Beasts Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

ITV News and Weather Operation Magic Take Me Out Britain’s Got Talent The Expendables Inc ITV News and Weather The Expendables The Chase Jackpot247 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

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

Bundesliga Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes Fishing Impossible The Big Fish Off ITV Racing: The Opening Show Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing Live The Land That Time Forgot FYI Daily The Land That Time Forgot It’s Not Rocket Science Fierce River Monsters Clear and Present Danger FYI Daily Clear and Present Danger Awake FYI Daily Awake

6:15am What About Bob? 8:00am The Top Ten Show 2017 8:20am Grease 2 10:20am Ghostbusters 12:10pm Dad’s Army 2:00pm Central Intelligence 4:00pm Ride Along 2 5:45pm Grimsby 7:15pm Dad’s Army 9:00pm Ride Along 2 10:45pm Central Intelligence 12:45am Grimsby 2:15am The Heartbreak Kid

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Wild Oats Pete’s Dragon Dirty 30 Finding Dory Star Trek Beyond The Conjuring 2 The Top Ten Show 2017 Pete’s Dragon Finding Dory Nemo and dad Marlin set out on a crazy underwater adventure to help their forgetful friend Dory find her mum and dad. Animated sequel with the voice of Ellen DeGeneres.

Star Trek Beyond Kirk and crew must fight back when a devastating ambush leaves them stranded on an alien planet.

The Conjuring 2 Summer Camp The Brand New Testament

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Rugby Union Cricket’s Greatest Live Super Rugby Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Live Indian Premier League Live Indian Premier League Live Fight Night Ricky Burns faces Julius Indongo in a super-lightweight world title unification bout at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Ashes Best Days Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest

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Stop Press! The story behind the headlines 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

IT’S not often I’m left speechless, but that’s precisely what happened during a recent appointment with my gynaecologist in London. As soon as all the medical stuff was over, his next words were: “That novel of yours could have been about me!”

As I said, I was speechless, having no idea he even knew about my first novel, The De Clerambault Code, let alone had read it or the others. (Every single one, as it turned out.)

Anyway, just like the main character in it, he described how, over a period of several months, he too had been obsessively stalked by a patient who sent him aggressive emails ending up in blackmail.

Eventually, he referred himself to the General Medical Council - and was subsequently totally cleared by the medical tribunal.

Phew, what a personal story, which hit the national headlines!

Unfortunately, there wasn’t time to mention that I’d also been stalked in Los Angeles - an experience that resulted in the obsessive delusional relationship depicted in my novel.

Nor that studying law there, specialising in criminal law, led to my growing interest in writing these psychological crime thrillers featuring investigative journalist Alice Myers (as you know, all profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity), including the latest in the series scheduled for publication this summer.

No time either to mention the colourful years I spent in LA. Apart from bit parts in movies (the English accent was wot dun it!) and, again through contacts, meeting famous actors - Paul Newman (those

eyes!), Harrison Ford and others there were also some dodgy moments. Like the morning when I rushed into Law School and a Tax Law Professor was shot dead right in front of me! This shortly after J D (Juris Doctor) Finals; I never did find out if he’d pissed off some former client or just a student with failing grades…

Which reminds me, once one of my readers, a student, graciously offered to proofread my manuscript and pinpoint any errors in punctuation, spelling and style. Of course i spel perffecttly and theres never no punktuation, erors! so her job was like, :- easy! Hapy Easta!

Nora Johnson’s psychological / suspense crime thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lie,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’,‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore.

Photo by Matt Ford

SERRA DEL PORTS: A haven off the beaten track.

A worthy port of call FROM crystal-clear rivers to stunning rocky outcrops, the little-known Serra del Ports is a haven for those wishing to get off the beaten track.

Located close to the River Ebro delta, the massif offers a dramatic, rugged landscape which covers around 60,000 hectares of the Catalonia, Valencia and Aragon regions.

The rivers Senia and Matarranya rise in the mountains and have carved

out spectacular limestone formations, with impressive cave and pothole systems and plenty of hidden pools where you can take a dip.

There is also a range of signposted hiking and cycling trails covering all types of ground, from ravines to streams, thick forest or high plains.

Wildlife includes Spanish ibex, wild boar, roe deer, badger, fox, wildcat, squirrel, and otter, plus numerous bird species including ea-

gles and an important griffon vulture colony, while there are over 1,000 species of flora and other vegetation.

The main access routes are at Horta de Sant Joan, where there is a small museum and information centre, Roquetes, and La Senia.

Accommodation, including camping, can be found around the villages of Valderrobres, Beceite and Arnes in addition to those mentioned above.

PAUL NEWMAN: Oh those eyes!

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10:00am BBC News 11:00am Easter Day Service Live From Hereford Cathedral 12:00pm Urbi et Orbi 12:25pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:15pm BBC News 2:25pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:30pm Countryfile Spring Diaries 3:15pm Cool Runnings 4:50pm Spring: Earth’s Seasonal Secrets 5:50pm Lifeline 6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:35pm Galapagos 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Line of Duty 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am I’m Different: Let Me Drive

7:30am The Beechgrove Garden Scotland’s favourite gardening programme.

8:00am Gardeners’ World 9:00am Countryfile 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:00am Snooker 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Cycling: World Track Championships 3:15pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place.

7:00pm Inside the Factory Documentary revealing what goes on at some of the largest factories in Britain.

8:00pm Robot Wars 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Colombia with Simon Reeve 11:00pm At Any Price 12:40am Snooker 3:30am Countryfile

8:00pm Messiah at the Foundling Hospital Drama documentary that re-creates the first performance of Messiah at London’s Foundling Hospital in 1750.

9:00pm Darcey Bussell’s Looking for Audrey 10:00pm Shakespeare’s Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman 11:00pm The Killer Wave of 1607 11:50pm The Mystery of Rome’s X Tombs 12:50am The Story of Maths Series about the history of mathematics, presented by Professor Marcus du Sautoy.

1:50am Cleopatra: A Timewatch Guide 2:50am Pugin: Gods Own Architect 3:50am Blazes and Brigades: The Story of the Fire Service

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

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am You’ve Been Framed!

7:45am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm Britain’s Got Talent 2:00pm 2awesome 2:05pm Guidance 2:40pm Third Wheel 3:00pm L.A. Story 3:15pm Side Effects 3:50pm You’ve Been Framed!

4:50pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 5:50pm FYI Daily 5:55pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 7:00pm Despicable Me 2 8:00pm FYI Daily 8:05pm Despicable Me 2 9:00pm The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 12:10am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy

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7:00am Football Rivalries 7:20am The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminal-intelligence agents.

8:20am Rugby Sevens World Series Highlights 2017 8:55am Pawn Stars 9:25am Pawn Stars 9:55am Pawn Stars 10:20am Pawn Stars 10:45am Pawn Stars 11:10am Pawn Stars 11:45am MSA British Touring Car Championship Coverage of the MSA British Touring Car Championship.

7:15pm Football Fillers 7:35pm Pawn Stars 8:00pm The Big Fish Off 9:00pm Rugby 10:05pm The Dirty Dozen 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm The Dirty Dozen 1:10am United 93 2:10am FYI Daily 2:15am United 93

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CITV ITV News Weekend Judge Rinder Wild Australia with Ray Mears ITV News and Weather Thunderball Britain’s Got Talent Little Big Shots Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule The Voice Television talent show.

5 Gold Rings Maigret’s Night at the Crossroads ITV News and Weather Lethal Weapon The Nightly Show Best Bits Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights

5:20pm 5:25pm 6:10pm 7:10pm 7:15pm 7:55pm 9:00pm 9:05pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Carry on Doctor FYI Daily Carry on Doctor Carry on Behind FYI Daily Carry on Behind Mutiny on the Buses FYI Daily Mutiny on the Buses Carry on Dick FYI Daily Carry on Dick Carry on Again, Doctor FYI Daily Carry on Again, Doctor Carry on Up the Khyber FYI Daily Carry on Up the Khyber That Riviera Touch FYI Daily That Riviera Touch Morecambe and Wise Forever It’ll be Alright on the Night Lewis

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade Hop Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix Live Preview.

Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix Live.

Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix Live Review.

Channel 4 News Kevin Mccloud’s Escape to the Wild Rome’s Sunken Secrets Homeland Gogglebox East is East Kingpin

SUNDAY TV

7:00am Milkshake!

Programming aimed at children aged two to seven years old.

10:45am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crimefighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell.

11:20am Fail Army Clip show based on the YouTube phenomenon.

11:45am Grannies Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:45am Greatest Animated Movies 2:35pm Watership Down 3:30pm Greatest Animated Movies 6:20pm Oliver 9:00pm Naughty Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 9:55pm 5 News National and international news.

10:00pm The Prince Story: Icon, Genius...Slave 12:00am Purple Rain 2:10am Super Casino

7:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 8:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 9:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 11:30am Made in Chelsea 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm Black-Ish 2:30pm Baby Daddy 3:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm We Bought a Zoo 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11:00pm Tattoo Fixers 12:00am E4’s Tattoo Artist of the Year 1:00am The Big Bang Theory 1:30am The Big Bang Theory 2:00am Naked Attraction 3:00am Bizarre ER

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8:25am In the Heart of the Sea 10:30am The Mummy Returns 12:45pm Cloverfield 2:15pm Captain America: Civil War 4:45pm Batman Forever 6:50pm Jurassic Park 9:00pm Captain America: Civil War 11:30pm Taken 1:10am Jurassic Park

7:00am Dirty 30 8:35am Pete’s Dragon 10:25am Wild Oats Breezy comedy about two best friends who decide to take full advantage of a life insurance mix-up.

12:00pm Star Trek Beyond Kirk and crew must fight back when a devastating ambush leaves them stranded on an alien planet.

2:05pm Finding Dory 3:50pm The Shallows 5:25pm Pete’s Dragon 7:15pm Finding Dory Nemo and dad Marlin set out on a crazy underwater adventure to help their forgetful friend Dory find her mum and dad.

9:00pm Star Trek Beyond 11:10pm The Shallows 12:45am The Conjuring 2

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6:15am The Apartment 8:25am Welcome to Me 9:55am Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 11:35am Zoolander 1:15pm Zoolander 2 3:05pm Trainwreck 5:15pm Ghostbusters 7:20pm Zoolander 9:00pm Zoolander 2 10:45pm Ghostbusters 12:50am Trainwreck 3:00am The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am

Football Football Football Football Football Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday West Bromwich Albion v Liverpool Live Nissan Super Sunday Manchester United v Chelsea Joshua/Klitschko: Gloves are Off Football Gold Football Spanish Football Gold Spanish Football Gold Football Football Goals on Sunday Football Football

Cricket Classics Time of Our Lives Cricket’s Greatest Fight Night Ricky Burns faces Julius Indongo in a super-lightweight world title unification bout at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

Cricket’s Greatest Football Live Indian Premier League Royal Challengers Bangalore meet Rising Pune Supergiants at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in the IPL. Cricket’s Greatest Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Fight Night Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Indian Premier League Highlights

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12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Regional News 2:20pm Weather 2:25pm Doctors 2:55pm The Code 3:40pm Escape to the Country 4:25pm Money for Nothing 5:10pm Garden Rescue 5:55pm Flog It! 6:45pm Pointless 7:30pm BBC News 7:45pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Would I Lie to You? 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Guardians of the Galaxy 11:20pm BBC News 11:40pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm All Round to Mrs Brown’s 12:50am The Graham Norton Show

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

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am Columbo: Agenda for Murder 1:30pm Loose Women 2:25pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:40pm All Star Family Fortunes 3:25pm Judge Rinder 4:25pm Culinary Genius 5:25pm Tipping Point 6:25pm The Chase 7:25pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Devon and Cornwall Cops 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Broadchurch 11:00pm The Nightly Show 11:30pm ITV News 11:45pm Robson Green’s Tales From the Coast 12:50am The Nightly Show 1:15am Jackpot247

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Flog It! Bargain Hunt Money for Nothing Antiques Roadshow Talking Snooker Snooker Super League Show Snooker Eggheads Debatable 2 Top Gear Nature’s Weirdest Events Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Snooker Snooker Panorama Shop Well for Less Consumer programme helping people to continue their lifestyle for less money.

This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm 100 Days 8:30pm Timothy Spall: All at Sea 9:00pm Inside Chernobyl’s Mega Tomb 10:00pm Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley 11:00pm The Beginning and End of the Universe 12:00am B is for Book 1:00am Everyday Miracles: The Genius of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners 2:00am The Ladybird Books Story: How Britain Got the Reading Bug 3:00am Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities 4:00am Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley

You’ve Been Framed!

You’ve Been Framed!

Britain’s Got Talent Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street You’ve Been Framed!

Grease Live Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Step Up 2: The Streets FYI Daily Step Up 2: The Streets Happy Feet FYI Daily Happy Feet The Amazing SpiderMan 2 FYI Daily The Amazing SpiderMan 2 Family Guy The Great Indoors American Dad! American Dad! Family Guy The Cleveland Show

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

In Loving Memory Carry on Dick FYI Daily Carry on Dick Carry on Abroad FYI Daily Carry on Abroad Carry on Up the Khyber FYI Daily Carry on Up the Khyber Man About the House FYI Daily Man About the House Rising Damp FYI Daily Rising Damp Are You Being Served?

FYI Daily Are You Being Served?

Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Appropriate Adult

7:00am Countdown 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am The Big Bang Theory 9:00am The Big Bang Theory 9:25am Postman Pat: The Movie 11:00am We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 11:30am The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Question Jury 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm French Collection 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Travel Man 9:00pm Warship 10:00pm Hunting the KGB Killers 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:30am Three Wives, One Husband

7:00am Milkshake!

10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:30pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:25pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:30pm Fail Army 1:55pm Home and Away 2:25pm Neighbours 2:55pm NCIS 3:50pm Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War 6:00pm Neighbours 6:30pm Home and Away 7:00pm Walt: The Man Behind the Myth 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Inside the Tube: Going Underground 11:00pm All New Traffic Cops 12:05am Football on 5 The Championship.

1:05am Football on 5 1:35am Comedy Bigmouths 2:00am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night.

4:10am Body of Proof

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

9:05am Ghost Rider 11:05am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 1:05pm Armageddon 3:45pm Batman and Robin 6:00pm John Wick 8:00pm Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows 10:00pm Pearl Harbour 1:15am RoboCop

7:00am Dirty 30 8:40am Kong: Skull Island Special 9:10am Finding Dory 11:00am Eskimo Tale 1:00pm The Shallows 2:40pm Star Trek Beyond Kirk and crew must fight back when a devastating ambush leaves them stranded on an alien planet.

4:50pm The Top Ten Show 2017 5:10pm Finding Dory Nemo and dad Marlin set out on a crazy underwater adventure to help their forgetful friend Dory find her mum and dad.

7:00pm Eskimo Tale 9:00pm The Shallows 10:30pm Star Trek Beyond 12:40am The Conjuring 2 3:05am Summer Camp 4:45am Dirty 30

5:05pm 5:10pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 8:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:25am 1:25am

Sporting Funnies The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes River Monsters The Man From the Alamo FYI Daily The Man From the Alamo The Hanging Tree FYI Daily The Hanging Tree Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special The Krays FYI Daily The Krays Bundesliga Rugby

8:00am 9:45am 11:35am 1:35pm 3:15pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 9:00pm 10:40pm 12:25am 2:25am 4:05am

The Hangover Groundhog Day Sisters Bad Neighbours 2 Daddy’s Home Ted 2 Sisters Bad Neighbours 2 Daddy’s Home Ted 2 Revenge of the Nerds Team America: World Police 5:50am The Grass is Greener

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

Hollyoaks Coach Trip Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Bridge to Terabithia 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 Hollyoaks Baby Daddy The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Empire The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

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7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 11:15am 11:30am 11:45am 12:00pm 12:30pm 12:45pm 1:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 8:30pm 8:40pm 10:40pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:30am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Goals on Sunday Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Football Scottish Football Round Up Soccer AM: The Best Bits 2016/17 Scottish Football Round Up Mnf Pre-Game Show Football Premier League Legends The Premier League Years Sporting Heroes

Cricket Classics WWE Raw Sky Sports Years Cricket Classics Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Racing News Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Fight Night Super League Gold Rugby League Spanish Football Gold Football Spanish Football Gold Super League Highlights Dubai T20 Cricket Highlights Sporting Mavericks

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Meet Sharon at HiFX: here to help you with international money transfers HiFX is delighted to introduce the newest member of our Spanish Team. Sharon Hulbert has joined us as Business Development Manager for Costa Blanca North, supporting expats with their international money transfers and assisting business partners with corporate foreign exchange requirements.

Sharon has moved to the area from the Costa Blanca South and now lives in Polop.

We asked her how she came to be with HiFX and her hopes for the future: “I have lived and worked here in Spain for the last 14 years, mainly in the real estate industry, where I helped clients with their property purchases, sales and rentals.

“I’ve had the experience of transferring funds both for myself and for my real estate clients, so I am well aware of the importance of securing the best exchange rate available and, more importantly, trusting a company to deliver as promised. I have already been working in partnership with HiFX for four years, where I saw that they consistently did what they said they would do, and that’s ex-

actly the company I want to work for. To me, customer service is THE most important part of helping a client with the smallest transfer to the biggest trade. So whether you are buying or selling a property, paying a mortgage, receiving a monthly pension or making a transaction that needs an exchange from one currency to another, HiFX is here to help.

“I am looking forward to working with existing and new clients to help you save time and money. It’s simple: you can make transfers online or over the phone, there are no hidden costs, and I am here to support you throughout the process. I know how important it is, especially now with some uncertainty about the changes Brexit could bring for expats living in Spain, to have the help of the experts! I am available for my clients and business partners from Monday to Saturday, from morning until early evening.

“Just call or email me for an appointment at your home or at your business premises.

“And remember that HiFX offers quick and easy transfers with bank-beating ex-

change rates and bank-class security. We want to take the stress out of international money transfers so that you can enjoy your Spanish lifestyle.

“I look forward to meeting you!”

You can find out how HiFX can help you save time and money by calling Sharon on 0034 966 764 934 or visiting our website www.hifx.co.uk/calpe.

HiFX Sucursal en España is a branch of HiFX Europe Limited. HiFX Europe Limited is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2009, registration 462444, for the provision of payment services. Registered office: Maxis 1, Western Road, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1RT. SHARON HULBERT: Customer service is most important.

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10:15am Countryside 999 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 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 Peter Kay’s Car Share 10:30pm Our Friend Victoria 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Reported Missing 12:45am Spring: Earth's Seasonal Secrets

7:00am Flog It! 7:30am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:15am Bargain Hunt 9:00am Great American Railroad Journeys 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 11:00am Snooker 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Debatable 2 8:00pm Great American Railroad Journeys 9:00pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00pm Nature’s Wildest Weapons: Horns, Tusks and Antlers: Natural World 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather The latest weather information.

12:15am Snooker 1:05am Snooker 3:05am MasterChef 4:00am The Great Pottery Throw Down

8:00pm 100 Days 8:30pm Timothy Spall: All at Sea 9:00pm Yellowstone 10:00pm How to Live Longer 11:00pm Obesity 12:00am Ray Mears Goes Walkabout Ray Mears takes a journey across Queensland with Les Hiddins, the bushtucker man.

1:00am Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs Series about the real history of Britain’s servants.

2:00am Natural World In this Natural World special, three tiny orphaned jaguar cubs are discovered in a Brazilian forest.

3:00am The Mystery of Rome’s X Tombs 4:00am How to Live Longer

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 Culinary Genius 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Save Money Good Food 9:00pm Don’t Ask Me Ask Britain 10:00pm Billy and Me 11:00pm The Nightly Show 11:30pm ITV News 12:15am The Detectives 1:15am The Nightly Show 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen

7:10am You’ve Been Framed!

7:35am Below Deck 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:35am Psych 11:30am Below Deck 12:30pm Britain’s Got Talent 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm Coronation Street 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!

8:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Hell’s Kitchen 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy

7:00am 7:25am 8:30am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 11:55am 1:00pm 2:05pm 3:10pm 4:10pm 5:15pm

5:50pm 6:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 1:10am 2:10am 2:15am

2:55am 3:30am

In Loving Memory Heartbeat A Touch of Frost Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Road to Avonlea The Darling Buds of May Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant Love Your Garden Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders A Touch of Frost On the Buses FYI Daily On the Buses This bold, bawdy and brash sitcom hit British screens in 1969.

ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7:45am Will and Grace 8:10am Will and Grace 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm The Question Jury 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm French Collection 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm One Born Every Minute 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Gogglebox

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

The Sweeney Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes The Professionals Ironside The Sweeney The Chase Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hogan’s Heroes Hogan’s Heroes Ironside The Professionals The Sweeney Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars River Monsters Benidorm Lethal Weapon Rambo III FYI Daily Rambo III Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 3:05am The Big Fish Off

7:00am Milkshake!

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 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm A Housekeeper’s Revenge 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm The Wonderful World of Puppies 10:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 11:00pm Inside the Old Bailey 12:05am Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast 1:05am Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Body of Proof 5:00am Criminals Caught on Camera 5:45am House Doctor

9:45am 11:25am 1:55pm 3:35pm

The Scorpion King Apollo 13 Asian Connection Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 5:15pm Self/Less 7:20pm The Scorpion King 9:00pm Independence Day 11:30pm Enemy of the State 1:45am Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

8:10am Romancing the Stone 10:00am Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 11:45am Loser 1:30pm All About Steve 3:15pm Ride Along 2 5:05pm Dope 6:55pm There’s Something About Mary 9:00pm All About Steve 10:45pm Ride Along 2 12:35am Search Party

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

Hollyoaks Coach Trip Baby Daddy Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Black-Ish The Goldbergs E4’s Tattoo Artist of the Year Bizarre ER The Big Bang Theory

9:15am The Shallows 10:45am The Last Dance 12:25pm Finding Dory Nemo and dad Marlin set out on a crazy underwater adventure to help their forgetful friend Dory find her mom and dad.

2:15pm Star Trek Beyond Kirk and crew must fight back when a devastating ambush leaves them stranded on an alien planet.

4:25pm Eskimo Tale 6:25pm The Last Dance 8:10pm Finding Dory 10:00pm Star Trek Beyond 12:10am The Shallows Stripped-down survival horror starring Blake Lively as a grieving daughter whose plan to honour her late mother puts her face to face with a massive, man-eating shark.

TUESDAY TV

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am ATP Masters 1000Monte Carlo Hls 11:00am Live ATP Masters 1000-Monte Carlo 7:00pm Premier League Review 8:00pm Fight Night 10:00pm Fight Night 12:00am Scottish Football Round Up 12:15am Premier League Review 1:15am Scottish Football Round Up 1:30am Premier League 100 Club 2:00am Premier League Legends 2:30am Premier League Legends 3:00am The Premier League Years 5:00am Sporting Heroes

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 4:00pm League 8:30pm 8:40pm 8:50pm 9:00pm 1:30am 2:30am 3:30am 3:45am 4:00am 5:00am 5:30am

Cricket Classics WWE SmackDown!

Mnf Pre-Game Show Football Premier League Legends Premier League Legends Premier League Legends Football Live Indian Premier Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Cricket Gold Indian Premier League NFL ATP Masters 1000Monte Carlo Hls Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs ATP Masters 1000Monte Carlo Hls Cricket’s Greatest Cricket’s Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Countryside 999 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 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 9:00pm MasterChef 10:00pm Reported Missing 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Peter Kay’s Car Share 12:15am A Question of Sport 12:45am Dictatorland 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:55am BBC News

7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 9:30am

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 Culinary Genius 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 Palladium 10:00pm Benidorm 11:00pm The Nightly Show 11:30pm ITV News 12:15am UEFA Champions League Highlights 1:15am The Nightly Show 1:40am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly.

4:00am 1000 Heartbeats

7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:10am You’ve Been Framed!

7:35am Below Deck 8:20am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am The Cube 10:35am Psych 11:30am Below Deck 12:25pm Britain’s Got Talent 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm 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!

8:30pm You’ve Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm That Awkward Moment 11:00pm FYI Daily 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am American Dad!

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case N) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

`CHIEF - THOSE BREXIT BRITS ARE SNEAKING OFF WITH GIBRALTAR - TOWING IT OUT OF OUR MED AND INTO THE ATLANTIC! ´

LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

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Costa Blanca TODAY

Saturday April 08 JAVEA

DENIA

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23

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45

47

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CALPE

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ALTEA

BENIDORM

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ALICANTE

Saturday April 08

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BONUS BALL

TORREVIEJA

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TOMORROW

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ORIHUELA JAVEA

DENIA

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Tuesday April 04

BONUS BALL BENIDORM

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Alicante TODAY: MAX 25, MIN 16 - S Fri - 26 16 C Sat - 25 15 S Sun - 25 15 C Mon - 22 13 C Tues - 21 12 C Wed - 21 12 C

Bilbao TODAY: MAX 20, MIN 9 - C Fri - 19 9 C Sat - 18 10 Sh Sun - 19 9 C Mon - 17 9 C Tues - 19 9 Sh Wed - 18 9 Sh

Almeria TODAY: MAX 25, MIN 17 - CL Fri - 27 17 Cl Sat - 26 17 C Sun - 27 17 C Mon - 26 16 C Tues - 24 15 C Wed - 24 15 C

Madrid TODAY: MAX 27, MIN 10 - CL Fri - 25 10 C Sat - 24 10 Cl Sun - 25 9 C Mon - 25 8 C Tues - 24 8 Cl Wed - 23 7 C

Barcelona TODAY: MAX 21, MIN 11 - S Fri - 19 12 Cl Sat - 19 12 Cl Sun - 20 13 C Mon - 18 12 C Tues - 18 11 C Wed - 18 11 C

Malaga TODAY: MAX 27, MIN 15 - CL Fri - 29 15 C Sat - 27 13 Cl Sun - 26 15 C Mon - 25 13 C Tues - 23 13 C Wed - 24 13 Cl

Benidorm TODAY: MAX 25, MIN 16 - S Fri - 25 16 Sh Sat - 24 16 S Sun - 24 16 C Mon - 21 14 C Tues - 20 13 C Wed - 21 12 C

Mallorca TODAY: MAX 23 MIN 10 - S Fri - 25 11 Cl Sat - 24 11 C Sun - 23 11 Cl Mon - 22 10 C Tues - 22 10 Cl Wed - 22 11 C

TARGET: • Average: 6 • Good: 8 • Very good: 12 • Excellent: 15

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION agar alga cage cleg crag gait gala gale gate gear gelt gilt girl girt grit raga rage trig agate agile aglet algae argal cager cigar glare grace grail grate great lager large legit liger regal taiga tiger agaric argali cagier gaiter garlic laager ligate tragic triage cartage cigaret glacier gracile regalia glaciate tragical CARTILAGE

Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

ALICANTE

6

34

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BONUS BALL

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10

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6 7

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ORIHUELA

JAVEA

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LA PRIMITIVA

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3 S: Sun

Cl: Clear

F: Fog

C: Cloudy

Sh: Showers

Sn: Snow

Th: Thunder

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

BONUS BALL

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Code Breaker

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC

Quick

Across:

Across 1 German listener device? (4) 3 Virginia gets accountant into trouble on holiday (8) 9 Mob rage destroyed bar (7) 10 Appeal before first of team make crease (5) 11 A once wild body of water (5) 12 Canter off to get a fruit drink (6) 14 Plant in funny line around church (6) 16 Keep actors and the French (6) 19 Trouble held back plant (6) 21 Offend by using some cheap pale ale (5) 24 In pursuit of a later time (5) 25 Sell kit ingredients for a pan (7) 26 Buy a grip (8) 27 Employed some famous editors (4) Down 1 Beer, long drunk in French city (8) 2 Blame design for promenade (5) 4 A party on the navy's decks (6) 5 Jelly snake, initially in charge (5) 6 Imprecise in former legislation (7) 7 Register the money (4) 8 Edge hoop in iron (6) 13 Flat indeed! (8) 15 Talk by many a milliner (7)

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1 Picks, 4 Iterate, 8 Ran, 9 Dreamboat, 10 Recital, 11 Total, 12 Yarrow, 14 Tender, 17 Sates, 18 Risking, 20 Grenadier, 22 Dye, 23 Returns, 24 Rests.

Down: 1 Portray, 2 Cynic, 3 Seditious, 4 Ideals, 5 Elm, 6 Adopted, 7 Extol, 11 Treasurer, 13 Retreat, 15 Regrets, 16 Orbits, 17 Sugar, 19 Indus, 21 Air.

QUICK Across:

17 Slow passage of an American soldier through a party (6) 18 Dad employs brief rests (6) 20 Left bow in tree (5) 22 Votes for Europeans, by the sound of it (5) 23 Complain about freshwater fish (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents M and 23 represents J, so fill in M every time the figure 10 appears and J every time the figure 23 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 Not moving quickly (4) 3 Offer (8) 9 Talks idly (7) 10 Exchanges (5) 11 Japanese fish dish (5) 12 Winding sheet (6) 14 Join the military (6) 16 Skin disease (6) 19 Traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat (6) 21 Have in common (5) 24 Similar (5) 25 Become bigger (7) 26 United (8) 27 Charges (4)

Down 1 Indicating evil intent (8) 2 Sworn promises (5) 4 Strive against (6) 5 Baffling problem (5) 6 Act passed by a legislative body (7) 7 In smaller quantity (4) 8 Unusual mental ability (6) 13 Slapdash (8) 15 Showing the way by going first (7) 17 Expensive (6) 18 Remove or make invisible (6) 20 Completely skilled at or in (5) 22 Be in accord (5) 23 Lure (4)

1 Scared, 4 Depart, 9 Astound, 10 Vixen, 11 Cardigan, 13 Dour, 14 Wages, 17 Brisk, 20 Best, 21 Moussaka, 25 Scare, 26 Corrode, 27 Cancel, 28 Gentry.

Down: 1 Search, 2 After, 3 Elusive, 5 Envy, 6 Anxious, 7 Tenor, 8 Idea, 12 Nib, 15 Abstain, 16 Sum, 18 Reserve, 19 Lately, 20 Basic, 22 Once, 23 About, 24 Cede.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across:

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

1 Once, 3 Caress, 8 Tartamudear, 9 Plata, 10 Ruler, 12 Saltamontes, 14 Signal, 15 Arms.

Down: 1 Octopuses, 2 Carta, 4 Acuarios, 5 Eye, 6 Surprises, 7 Calabaza, 11 Later, 13 Leg.

CODE BREAKER

Across 1 Picadura (de abeja, avispa) (5) 3 Fear (5) 6 See 13 8 To direct (7) 9 Flash of lightning (9) 12 Ropa (7) 13/6 Día libre (3,3) 14 Escalón (5) 15 Sonrisa (5)

Down 1 Pronto (4) 2 Padrino (en bautizo) (9) 3 Butterflies (insects) (9) 4 Ocupado (7) 5 Other (4) 7 Mop (for floor) (7) 10 Helados (4) 11 Neumático (4)

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Letters for Your Say should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments straight on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com

The Treaty of Rome CARSTEN THORBOLD says there is nothing to celebrate but there is. If we go back 50 years to the original treaty we would see a trading agreement between the countries ‘The Common Market.’ If that agreement was still going there would have been no Brexit. The Common Market worked the current political behemoth of the EU, is the reason for Brexit. Perhaps Theresa May can negotiate something along the lines of the 1967 agreement.

Mike Priestley, Calahonda

Good old Leapy LEAPY, it is the weekly anticipation of your column that gives me the energy to bend down each Thursday to pick up the paper. You haven’t said much about Brexit recently so I wanted to run this past you.

I think that TM is playing a very clever double game here.

By going down the Brexit road she satisfies all the Brexiteers but in the end if she can’t get a good deal she will just say ‘sorry chaps I tried but in the end we had to stay,’ and everybody is happy ever after.

Do you remember the EWN front page a couple of weeks ago about the damage fruit growing is creating to the water supply? I wrote to ‘have your say,’ I agree with your headline ‘Rivers at Risk.’ It is an absolute disgrace river water is to be diverted from tourist and expat swimming pools and wasted on farmers growing food.’

It did not get printed... a bit too sarky perhaps?

Julien, Nerja

Dodgy walk I HAVE just taken my first stroll along the beach board-

walk from Los Alamos towards Malaga with my son. On our way back, he chuckled as a bronzed naked man ran past us with a dog. Unfortunately we caught up with him by the beginning of the golf course and he was lying in the sand right next to the boardwalk, naked and very obviously masturbating for all to see.

Next was an old man urinating whilst standing on the boardwalk but clearly wanting people to see his member as they passed him. There were lots of people, young and old and families on bikes to witness this.

Perhaps your reporters should walk there some time and help put a stop to such lewd and obscene behaviour before more people are offended as I was this afternoon. Perhaps you should print a warning in your paper next week so people know what to expect. I most certainly will not be returning!

Helen, Malaga

Fly tipping THIS may be a bit simplistic and I am probably stating the bleeding obvious, but, it seems to me, the reason ‘Mr Smith’ fly tips is because of the very high charges required in order to dispose of rubbish legally.

If charges were dropped there would be no need to fly tip and ‘Mr Smith’ could sleep easy in his bed at night.

Do the faceless ones who imposed these charges assume that if they discourage ‘Mr Smith’ from getting rid of his rubbish legally that a rubbish fairy will come along and magic it away?

By scrapping these charges, councils would save money by not spending large amounts clearing the countryside of rubbish which still has to be disposed of.

Ramble over, Keep the Faith.

C J Rushton, Alicante

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Caring for animals

Greyfriars Bobby guarded owner’s grave for 14 years.

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Letters may also be edited.

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IPTV YOU are reporting on old news this was last year.

Sattv NOT old! Saw it on El Pais national newspaper yesterday, happened this week.

James

Secure bank notes WALOB - Anything that is printed as much as the euro / pound or dollar has been is counterfeit, just what on earth are these idiots talking about. If there was no money there wouldn’t be any problems in this world. IT’S ALL COUNTERFEIT!!!!!

Richard Stevens

Spanish incursion THE Gibraltarian armed forces must get proactive on these provocations, the Spaniards are a nation of bullies and anything less will be taken as a sign of weakness.

David Harris

Spaniards and Gibraltarians thrown off plane WHY don’t the GIBRALTERIANS [sic] have respect for Spain?

Deborah Kublin WHY don’t the GIBRALTERIANS [sic] have respect for Spain? Why should they? The Spanish don’t deserve any respect, the Spanish don’t have any respect for anybody but themselves... so selfish.

R Root MAYBE, just maybe, it is because the Spanish have no respect for the sovereignty of Gibraltar and the people of Gibraltar. Works both ways you know.

Michael

Credit Andrew Bowden flickr.

REGARDING Mr Fresham’s letter: You obviously do not or cannot read a Spanish newspaper nor listen to the Spanish radio.

Spain’s OK... Not in my book regarding animal welfare. Literally thousands of Galgos/hunting dogs in Spain, when the hunting season ends, are either hanged in the woods, thrown down wells or taken into the wilderness to die of hunger.

In Mallorca last year a man killed his horse - beating it over the head with an iron bar because it didn’t win its trotting trace. I’m a volunteer for the Centro Canino Refuge in Mallorca and have experienced the rescue of injured animals. Times have changed and attitudes too with education and the awareness that all creatures know pain, anxiety, fear, as well as joy and well-being.

In the hospital grounds in Mallorca a dog was found living and sleeping there. They told me he’d followed the ambulance when his owner was brought in and then died. The dog would not leave.

Olivia, Calvia, Mallorca

COMMENTS from EWN Online

Police are racist according to AlThani WHAT this proves is that the Local Police are disrespectful, there for corruption / money and bugger all else. It’s high time they were replaced totally by the National Police and Guardia Civil.

They are quite possibly the most non-respected organiSation in Spain and it’s about time people started complaining LOUDLY. John Higgins HOW does this prove anything? Have you spoken with the officers involved? They were doing their job and an idiot who has taken the p1ss with Malaga over the investment in Marbella, continually missing deadlines, wasting years and millions of euros on a project he is not going ahead with, felt he deserved special treatment?

The road was closed to traffic. Which bit of that did he not understand?

Stuart

Dog fighting ring toppled THE dogs are not dangerous or aggressive, HUMANS are! Humans make them fight, for their own personal gain. It is sick to do this to any animal. Don’t blame the breed, blame the deed.

Jennifer B

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Much of the material used is produced by the company, but

they are stockists and official distributors of products such as Rockwool, Algiss, Gyptec, Placaform, Rockfon, Topox, Asfaltex, Spit, Texsa, and Agloacustic.

Their hardware stores stock an enormous range of products ideal for construction and they can offer a fine selection of tools from both Dewalt and Stanley, so whatever your project, they believe they will be the ideal store for you to visit.

It doesn’t matter if you are refurbishing an existing home or business or want assistance and advice with a new build, a visit to Aisladis would certainly be worthwhile.

This family-run company has gained experience and over the years it has been in business it could only continue to grow because of the good reputation that it has created by offering ideal solutions at competitive prices and even makes quarterly special offers.

Sound proofing, new roofing, plasterboard, insulation,

ceilings and even plaster casting is available through the company and they are always ready to give advice and quotations for any job.

If there is a particular medium of insulation or roofing that you require and they don’t normally stock it, then they will do all they can to obtain whatever you need thanks to the extensive list of contacts they have built up over their 35 years.

For more information, visit their head office in C/Ricardo de la Cierva n 13 Sotano Poligono Industrial ‘La Pedrera’ (Benissa) 03720, Carretera Nacional N-332 between Teulada and Benissa, which is open from 7.30am to 1pm and then 3pm to 6pm.

If you prefer to discuss your needs over the telephone or to find the address of your nearest store, call 965 730 954, alternatively email aisladis@aisladis.com or visit the company website at www.aisladis.com.

Please also see their advertisement on page 88.

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

VTHERESA MAY’S ‘dear John’ letter to Brussels activating Article 50 and Brexit was achingly polite.

But May did not get off to the best of starts as every member of the remaining EU

family homed in on a barelyveiled warning about cooperation on security and terrorism and compared it to blackmail.

On the other hand Spain doesn’t do too badly in combatting terrorism on its home ground, with a regular haul of would-be jihadists. And May would do well to remember that cooperation cuts two ways.

Vote-catchers

Theresa May.

NICOLAS MADURO halfheartedly backed off from his intention of stripping Venezuela’s parliament of its powers but before that, Spain reacted as would be expected.

All the country’s main political parties condemned the attempt except Podemos, some of whose leading figures were in the past wellpaid to assess and advise

Hugo Chavez and later Nicolas Maduro, his successor.

It was necessary first to “focus on the complexity of the matter” explained Pablo Bustinduy, responsible for Podemos’s international relations. Maduro was ‘democratically’ elected, he unblushingly maintained.

Next he’ll be saying that Kim Jong-un was, too.

No laughing matter

Deviating from the script

CASANDRA VERA, a 21year-old from Murcia received a one-year prison sentence for joking on Twitter about Luis Carrero Blanco, Franco’s prime minister and probable successor.

His car was blown up by ETA in 1973 and Vera was recently found guilty of exalting terrorism and humiliating its victims.

The jokes that Vera tweeted between 2013 and 2016 have been doing the rounds since 1973 and some were much funnier than Vera’s: Spain is, after all, the home of black humour.

But pursuing her under antiterrorism legislation doesn’t put Spain’s legal system in a good light and doubtless will provide ample opportunities for more jokes.

WHEN the then Spanish president Jose Maria Aznar signed up for the Iraq war he stressed that the troops would provide ‘humanitarian support.’

There wasn’t much humane about the Iraq war but the Spanish contingent in Nayaf did as good a job as they could.

Their softly-softly approach, understanding of local customs and politics was popular with the Iraqis and getting good results.

That wasn’t what the Americans wanted and instead the Spanish were accused in April 2004 of ‘sitting on their arses’ and ‘watching American soldiers getting shot.’

Unlike the US troops and the Blackwater merceneries the Spanish were aware that wars are not fought or won according to Hollywood scripts.

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Using only a select group of reputable insurance companies, Sunbay offers high quality and affordable car insurance, with a fully comprehensive premium starting from just €235 a year with basic cover from €135. International roadside assistance is included in policies as well as legal assistance and windscreens.

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Make the most of your outdoor space with Arctic Spas ARCTIC SPAS are celebrating 20 years of trading Arctic Spas hot tubs in Spain.

Based in the Centro Comercial Europeo in Moraira, Daniel Vales has, over the years, helped thousands of customers realise the true benefits of spas and wellness areas, such as spas, saunas and steam rooms.

Arctic Spas are unlike any other, being engineered for the extreme conditions in northern Canada where temperatures can fluctuate from -30 degrees in the winter to +30 in the summer. With these extremes, the spas have been built to withstand harsh weather and have been developed to be the most energy efficient and long lasting.

They are also pleased to announce the ‘Spa Boy’ a cutting edge automated spa care system patented by Arctic Spas. This allows you to check and control your spa via an app from your smart phone. It enables owners to check the water temperatures and the spa’s water chemical levels and adjust them and if the pH levels become out of balance, the owner will be alerted. It means that whenever you are ready to use your spa, it will be ready too, allowing you to enjoy your Arctic Spa to its full potential.

Swim spas, or all weather spas as Arctic Spas calls them, are also proving more and more popular. Cheaper than a traditional

GRILLHOUSES: Entertain your guests in a unique Grillhouse.

ARCTIC SPAS: Quality spas available in Spain. swimming pool, they are easy to install, requiring no diggers or contractors. They require much less space, yet provide enough water area to have a work out, or to simply enjoy in larger groups. They have up to 61 therapeutic jets with various models to choose from that can feature swim tethers, rowing systems and counter current jets.

With your ideal spa chosen, Arctic Spas will deliver and set up the new addition to

your home, but there is also a wide range of accessories available also from the show-

room, including steps, cover lifters and all the necessary products you need to care for your spa. Visit during April and enjoy a special anniversary discount of 20 per cent off any Arctic Spa or Tylo product in store.

Of course, if you prefer to have a traditional swimming pool construction, Arctic Spas can help, providing quality services and carrying out all aspects of the pool construction including gaining the necessary permits.

Leaders in outdoor lifestyle and wellness products, Arctic Spas also stock and provide saunas and steam rooms and Grillhouses.

These unique Canadian built wooden cabins will transform any property and can serve many purposes from the traditional use of being a BBQ house, offering the perfect place to prepare food and entertain friends and family, to also being able to be your own luxury sauna. Speak with the team at Arctic Spas now to find out more.

The showroom is open Monday to Friday from 10am-6pm and Saturdays from 10am3pm.

Arctic Spas Centro Comercial Europeo Carretera Moraira-Teulada 154 Moraira Tel: 965 741 516 Visit: www.arcticspas.es

Sleep easy with The Bed Centre ONE of the things that many British expats say they miss most when moving to Spain is the comfort of a solid, quality, great British bed. But this is where The Bed Centre comes in.

With over 20 years of trading in beds on the Costa Blanca, The Bed Centre in Calpe is the leading supplier of British beds and linen in the area.

Owned and run by Lucy Grande, she knows a thing or two about beds and is happy to help you find the perfect one for you allowing you to get the best night’s sleep possible.

The beds themselves range from budget through to luxury and everything in between with singles, doubles and bunk beds, divans and bedsteads all available from leading manufacturers such as Hypnos, Burgess, Loren Williams, Serene and Swanglen. Headboards, duvets, duvet covers, pillows and mattress protectors are also available in the sizes and quality you are used to at home in the UK. As well as a wide choice of bedding with linen from the UK and

BRILLIANT BEDS: Create the relaxing space you deserve with The Bed Centre.

Portugal, which is renown for its excellent quality and is well suited to the Iberian climate, there are home furnishings such as decorative cushions also in store.

With your new bed chosen, customers can benefit from free delivery from Gandia to Alicante (please ask for a quotation outside these areas)

and they aim to offer the best possible customer service and will fit in with your plans so will work delivery times around your preference.

All beds are assembled in your home and will remove your old bed if required. As part of the after care service they will even visit you to turn your mattress if you find it a

struggle yourself.

So for peace of mind in knowing you are getting a quality product and customer service, choose The Bed Centre and invest in a good night’s sleep.

The Bed Centre is in the Biblos Commercial Centre on the Calpe to Moraira road, parking is available.

The Bed Centre CC Byblos Local 8 Urb Los Pinos Calpe Tel: 965 836 814 Visit: www.thebedcentre.com Email: info@thebedcentre.com

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Food allergies are on the rise FOOD allergies are increasing amongst the Spanish population and the country is not alone.

According to the EACCI (European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology), it is estimated that by 2025, one in every two Europeans will suffer from some form of allergy.

President of the the Spanish Association of People with Food and Latex Allergies (AEPNAA), Angel Sanchez, said: “The impact of food allergies on patients themselves, on the family and society is very important, since it seriously limits the social, school and work activities of those who suffer from them. Everyday activities become truly complicated for those affected.”

Food allergies, which occur when a person reacts to contact, ingestion or the inhalation of a food, may result from minor reactions such as a rash, hives, itching, cough, diarrhoea or vomiting, to more severe or serious reactions includ-

ing respiratory distress, asthma, hypo tension, palpitations or anaphylactic shock.

Hospital admissions in children due to anaphylactic shock have risen in recent years. Although the data varies according to the age group or geographical area, in Spanish children, eggs and cow’s milk are the most common allergies, followed by fish.

It is estimated that by 2025 one in every two Europeans will suffer from an allergy.

Some 1.3 million Spaniards are affected by allergies of some sort with nuts and seafood the most common amongst the adult population.

The figures were released during World Allergy Week.

NUTS: One of the most common allergies in Spaniards.

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Exercise - a load of hot water?

RESEARCH at the National Centre of Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Loughborough in the UK has concluded that soaking in a hot bath achieves similar health benefits to that of exercise, such as a

30-minute walk or jog.

Dr Steve Faulkner conducted the study in which 14 men cycled for one hour and then soaked in a 40ºC bath for the same duration; both activities intended to rais e p artic ip an t’s b ody

temperature, allowing the study team to monitor and compare the calories burned between the two tests.

A lthough c yc ling w a s shown to burn more calories, the hot bath burned as ma ny c a lorie s a s a 30-

Wine’s flavour is formed in the brain A REPORT suggests that wine could give your brain a work out.

A leading neuroscientist believes that drinking a glass of wine sparks a reaction in the sensory and emotional parts of the brain and it is this brain activation that actually constructs the taste of the wine. The neuroscientist

Factors such as gender, age and even saliva can have an impact. believes the flavour is constructed in the brain but is al-

so impacted by the drinker’s emotional connection to the wine as it conjures up memories and emotions. Factors such as gender, age and even the genetic make-up of saliva can impact how wine tastes, in a term called ‘neurogastronomy’ which describes how the brain creates the perception of flavour.

Soaking in a hot bath achieves similar benefits to that of exercise.

m i nut e wal k, whi ch i s around 140 calories.

Dr Faul kner t ol d UK charity The Conversation that “Many cultures swear by t he benef i t s of a hot

bath, but only recently has science began to understand how passive heating (as opposed t o get t i ng hot and sweaty from exercise) improves health.”

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Budget increases for Spanish health THE Spanish Government is increasing its budget for health by 2.3 per cent.

The multi-million euro budget was delivered to the President of the Congress of Deputies, Ana Pastor, relating to healthy policies for 2017 within the Ministries of Health, Social Services and Equality.

€4m

is earmarked for the promotion of organ donation and transplantation.

Within the plans, a series of actions and endowments have been announced such as an amo u n t o f € 4 m i l l io n , w h ic h is ea rmarked for actions to tackle rare diseases and health strategies and to finance health programmes. Budgets have been announced for the prevention and control of AIDS and other STIs; as well as the improvement of Health Information Systems and the development of digital public systems.

The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products has a budget of €46 million; €16 million for actions in food security within the Spanish Agency for Consumption and

SPANISH GOVERNMENT: Is increasing its budget for health by 2.3 per cent.

Food Safety and Nutrition and the National Transplant Organisation is to have a budget of €4 million to work on the promotion of organ donation and transplantation.

Money has been increased by 32.6 per cent, some €26 million, to the area of Social Services to help support families and children. This big budget increase is aimed

at reducing and improving the situation of socially vulnerable families, in basic needs such as health, education, housing and employment.

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I’M a 50-year-old woman who has just been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I’m a little overweight but have never eaten many sweets. Can I do anything to fix it or will I need insulin?

ONE IN TEN: Men said they wanted less sex than their partner.

A SEX survey has revealed that almost two-thirds of couples say sex is an important part of their relationship, yet one in three women admit their partner wants more sex than they do.

The findings were revealed from a survey of 5,000 people aged between 16 and 65 who were in a relationship. It was carried out by researchers from the Open University and Huddersfield University and found

A DANGEROUS pesticide has been detected in drinking water in the USA. The US Geological Survey collected water samples from streams across America and found traces of the common pesticides neonicotinoids in more than half of the sample. It was also detected in drinking water.

that 33 per cent of women agreed with the statement that their partners wanted more sex than they did. However, it also revealed that they accepted this difference as ‘part and parcel’ of a normal relationship.

Just one in 10 men said they wanted sex less than their partner.

The findings were presented to the British Sociological Association’s annual conference in Manchester.

Dangerous drinking Neonicotinoids can attack cells in the human nervous system and have been found to cause serious harm to the bee population. The pesticides

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Diabetes is a chronic illness which overweight and obese people are more likely to develop, regardless of how many sweets or cakes they eat. Usually it can be kept under control with pills, daily exercise and diet and insulin is kept for the most severe cases.

- So will I be on a diet for the rest of my life?

Yes, in that you will have to learn to follow a correct, balanced diet as this is an important part of treating diabetes.

- Will I have to stop drinking alcohol too?

You can drink without overdoing it. Two glasses of beer or wine (preferably red) are fine but stronger drinks should be left for special occasions.

- I’ve heard it’s hereditary. Will my children get it too?

There is indeed an inherited genetic predisposition, yet weight is a more important factor. It’s very rare for people who aren’t overweight to develop this type of diabetes.

- I’ve heard diabetes can lead to other health problems. What are they and

how can I avoid them?

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic illness which can cause inflammation of the arteries. This can lead to eyesight problems, kidney problems, affect nerves and increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. The best way to reduce these risks is to keep up treatments, diet and exercise to keep your diabetes under control.

You should also stop smoking and keep an eye on your cholesterol and blood pressure levels.

A specialist in internal medicine can help you control all these factors.

- I didn’t notice any symptoms before my diagnosis. Are there any warning signs?

Diabetes is tricky as there are often no symptoms initially. When they do appear they can range from a dry mouth, extreme tiredness, frequent urination and frequent infections to those of complications such as a heart attack or stroke.

If you have any symptoms something is amiss you should consult your specialist in internal medicine.

If you have any questions for Dr Perez Belmonte, please send them to: jefemedico@helicopterossanitarios.com

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SLEEP STUDY: Analysed data from nearly 300 Japanese men who took part.

Do you have the sleep gene?

ARE you one of the lucky ones who sleeps like a baby, or know someone who can ‘sleep for England’? Well it could be in their genes.

Scientists claims that some people are born with a gene that helps them sleep better at night. The scientists at the Washington State University in the USA looked at how genes change during the sleep-wake cycle

Scientists looked at how genes change during the sleep-wake cycle.

and found one called FABP7 which changed over the day throughout the brain of mice.

They looked at how the gene affects sleep and then analysed data from nearly 300 Japanese men who took part in a sleep study and DNA analysis.

Researchers found that those with a variant of the FABP7 gene tended to have irreg-

ular sleeping patterns. Whilst normally getting around the same amount of sleep as the others, they would often wake up regularly throughout the night.

Meanwhile, a study has suggested that sleeping less than five hours a night makes you twice as likely to develop prostate cancer.

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Cameras poised for competition FINESTRAT has launched a photography competition aimed at capturing the best of their upcoming gastronomic and traditional fair, being held on April 22 and 23.

Entitled ‘Encants de Finestrat’ the competition will have categories including general, which can feature the fair as a whole in both the village and the La Cala area, and also a specific category to get visitors to take the most colourful, picturesque and original image of something they experienced at the event.

Councillor Ameila Mayor said: “In April light and colour are very special. Therefore, I am sure that we will get fabulous images of the beach and also the town of Finestrat.

“And for the weekend of the fair, I hope everyone will come to our historical centre to enjoy this event and, at the same time, capture some of its most special moments.”

During the weekend there will be traditional Valencian live music, theatrical performances, stalls and local cuisines to tempt the taste buds.

For competition rules full details can be found on the town hall website: www.aytofinestrat.es. The gastronomic and traditional market is organised by the Department of Markets in collaboration with the local company Íbero and the Association of Gifts of Finestrat.

FINESTRAT: Plenty of stalls and local cuisine to tempt the taste buds.

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The Carbon - a rustic eating experience SITUATED in the picturesque town of La Nucia, and offering stunning views of Polop, is the rustic grill house Carbon restaurant.

Originally an old town house, Ahmed Abdel, the restaurant owner, transformed the property into the current, spacious but rustic feeling, threelevel dining experience.

Ahmed and his staff at the grill house promise you won’t be disappointed with the generous portions served, using only 100 per cent premium meat and 100 per cent fresh and natural produce.

Diners can chose from the three-course set menus, which range from €16.90 to €26.90 including a drink, for adults, with a children’s menu for €7.90, or make their selection from the extensive menu which offers mouth-watering starters, salads, main courses and if you still have room, desserts to tantalise the taste buds.

From tasty platters to share, authentic US flavours from the Carbon grill, Italian style pastas and pizzas, and a specially created menu for clients who have special diets or allergies the Carbon restaurant prides itself on making their customers’ dining experience a memorable one.

Designed on three levels, diners can opt to eat on the ground level, upstairs - which is also furnished with luxurious leather sofas - or out on the terrace. No matter which area you chose to en-

STUNNING VIEWS: From the terrace or indoors.

joy your meal, the uninterrupted stunning view is included in the price.

Carbon - which also caters for clients who just wish to enjoy the views with a glass of wine or cup of coffee - welcomes groups bookings and can design made to measure packages for weddings, birthdays or business meetings.

Currently on Saturday evenings Carbon customers can enjoy a variety of live entertainment. This ranges from traditional fla-

menco to modern musical performances.

Carbon adapts well to its clients’ needs. As temperatures rise and more choose to sit on the terrace, the outside dining area is extended and the ground floor transforms into a lounge area with luxurious sofas, whilst still catering for those who prefer to dine inside. The live entertainment is also extended, with customers being able to enjoy a varied selection of performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings.

Ahmed and his staff invite you to join them for what can only be described as “an experience,” with food in abundance - offering excellent quality and portion size - in beautiful rustic surroundings.

The Carbon offers free Wi-Fi and parking and is open seven days a week. Monday to Friday 12 noon until 12 midnight, Saturday and Sunday 12 noon until 1am.

Visit them at Avenida de la Carretera, no.1, La Nucia. Bookings can be made by calling 965 870 678. Carbon also has a Facebook page ‘restaurante carbón pueblo la nucía’ and offers a take-away service.

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When you’re smiling HUNDREDS of people enjoyed the spring sunshine and a garden party hosted by Costa Blanca charity Make A Smile to raise funds to help youngsters cared for in EMAUS homes.

Sunday’s fun event took place at Casa Santonja in Beniarbeig, a mansion house normally used for private functions such as weddings.

Guests took advantage of the weather to explore the gardens, browsed stalls, and sampled the food and complimentary cava; a ‘children’s area’ catered for youngsters.

Make A Smile’s Tony Grande told EWN: “I am delighted to say there are absolutely mountains of people here and all helping us raise money for a wonderful cause.

“It is the first time Casa Santonja has been open to the public for more than six years; normally it hosts weddings and private celebrations.”

He thanked organiser Ann Martin for making the event a success. “Money will go to help our farm in Relleu, the self-sufficiency project, and to homes needing a helping hand.”

Vivaldi recital is called off THE Teulada-Moraira Auditorium announced that owing to circumstances beyond its control the Vivaldi Gloria rec i t a l h a d b e e n c a n celled.

All those people who had bought tickets for the performance on Saturday April 15 would be reimbursed, the statement continued.

M ore i n f o r m a t i o n is available at the Auditorium box off i c e wh i c h i s o p en from 11am to 1pm and from 6pm to 8pm from Wednesday to Saturday.

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YOUNG TALENT: The prize winners from Laude Lady Elizabeth Junior School.

Paintings win prizes YOUNG Costa Blanca artists produced a colourful series of paintings to illustrate the meaning of the word ‘expatriate.’

Sponsored by the EWN Media Group, the students at the Laude Lady Elizabeth Junior School in Benitachell let their imaginations run wild to explain a definition of expat: ‘a person living in a country other than his or her citizenship.’

Overall winner was Year 6 student Isabella Shafeek (back row, second from right) who won €50 of vouchers to spend at the

Centro Commercial Portal de la Marina; over the six year groups, another 12 artists won €15 and €10 vouchers for first and second places.

T h e w inne rs w e re : Ye a r 6, Simon Eldridge and Luna Alegre Velez; Year 5, a joint entry by Lia Chard and Maria Kuzub, and Jose Mengual Llopes; Year 4, Sophia Doxsey and Max Lawrence-Esteban; Year 3, Natalia Alexander; Year 2, Beatrice Newman and Claudia Perez; Year 1, Aneesah Shashaa and Begona Manglano Perez.

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Are you a Dirty Beer Drinker?

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GARRY WAITE ON’T GET ME WRONG! I’m not accusing beer drinkers of being ‘dirty’! We are actually talking about the beer itself. I am not a beer drinker as such, but admit in the summer to be able to sink a couple of draught Mahou or Alambra and watching the cooling effect of the condensation running down the side of the glass.

On the few occasions that I have ventured back to the UK the first thing that my dear late father and I would do was to go to a local country pub where he would have a small ‘boy’s beer’ - obviously the least potent on offer, normally a pale ale type beverage!! - and I would go for one of the highly popular selections of real ales now in abundance especially in the South West of England.

Two pints of that - in a mug not a sleever - and that would be my craving for ‘English Beer’ satisfied and would probably be my last visit to a pub that trip!

But a recent report discovers the following little known facts that have further fuelled the ‘North-South’ divide!!

Pubs in the city of Bath serve the least clean beer in the UK, while the South West is the worst region for unclean beer lines (with 40 per cent of lines unclean).

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As a trainee in the UK we had to clean pipes after the weekend which was done on a Monday morning by the staff. Over here the cleaning is undertaken by the suppliers of which ever beer that the establishment uses. Obvious the light beer/ lager style that we serve in Spain does not create as much grime as a real ale, so greater care has to be given to the great British beer!!

Whichever way you like to drink it - you pays your money and makes your choice.

Meanwhile, Newcastle and Warrington are where the cleanest beer can be found, with the North East the cleanest region with only 27 per cent of beer lines adjudged to be unclean.

These bombshell findings came into the public arena thanks to the findings of the Beer Quality Report 2017. Apparently, researched by that internet of things provider Vianet, that monitors the flow of beer through lines in pubs across the country, together with beer quality accreditation and training firm, Cask Marque.

Any bar man/pub landlord should know that the cleaning of pipes and equipment should take place every seven days.

THERE’S PLENTY MORE FISH IN THE SEA, as the age old expression goes!! But I never wanted to go out with a fish!! But in reality there is ‘something fishy going on in the state of’... well in this case - Norway!

Three fishing areas in the North Sea have seen haddock sustainability downgraded after a fall in stocks but the downgrading of haddock does not apply to any Norwegian fishing grounds. Norway is home to one of the largest haddock stocks in the world, but this is no coincidence. It takes a lot of hard work and a strict quota system to maintain.

Haddock has been on the International Fisheries watch list for many years as it has been overfished from the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. With the expansion of fish farming things have taken an upward swing. Thanks to Norway’s scientifically managed fisheries, haddock stocks re-

The report found while beer may be substantially more expensive in the South - in some cases almost £1 a pint more quality can be substantially lower. Another fact that confirms what many visitors coming to the UK unaccustomed to Britain’s Real Ale Drinking Culture know, is in many cases the beer is served too warm.

In other findings, one in four pubs were found to have major temperature issues with 6 per cent of all pints served too warm with the West Midlands most likely to keep their beer at the right temperature and Scotland was the region with the highest percentage of beer served too warm! Well I suppose it’s cold enough at the best of times north of the border!!

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Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.” ~ Frank Sinatra

CALVADOS IS ONE OF THOSE LIQUEURS, (or is it a brandy?) that is divisive. Similar to the age old quip about Marmite, you either drink it or avoid it. Although, I have never seen an accolade such that has been levelled at my featured drink this week. THE WORLD’S BEST CALVADOS 2017.

The story of Drouin Calvados started around 1960. Apart from a love of good food and fine wine, there was nothing to suggest that Christian Drouin the elder, an industrialist from Rouen, was destined for a career in spirits. Despite this, he purchased a farm in Gonneville with one aim - to produce the very best spirit he could from the cider apple orchards. Fast forward almost 60 years and his Calvados’ are now some of the most sought after and awarded in the world with the 1989 being the pick of the bunch.

For a Calvados to be classified as ‘Pays d’Auge,’ it must adhere to various rules, including being double distilled and being aged for a minimum of two years in oak barrels. It is also limited in the production area to the east end of the department of Calvados between Caen and Rouen. Due to this permitted delimited area, production and availability is always limited. However, that hasn’t stopped it picking up the award for ‘The World’s Best Calvados’ at the recent World Drinks Awards which is amongst the most coveted awards on the planet. To win this award is to be up there with the greatest achievements that any product can receive. The 1989 Pays d’Auge will now join an elite group of other Calvados’ to achieve such heights Tasting notes: “Restrained on the nose with baked apples and light vanilla notes. Almost lemon zest freshness. Lean and zesty with a sharpness of fruit. Well paired with pastry or crumble based desserts.”

Oh well, I have always used Calvados to cook with. Hey Ho!

Keeping an eye on fish stocks! main abundant in Norway’s cold, clear waters. Which means Britain’s staple Haddock and Chips is not in danger yet! Haddock is the usual fish of choice in Scotland, York-

Double distilled and finished in sherry casks, the 1989 vintage was bottled in 2015 and retails at a cool 150€ (prices can vary throughout Europe).

shire, other parts of Northern England and many parts of the Midlands. Thanks mainly to our affinity to fish & chips (around 382m portions consumed per annum), the UK is the biggest haddock market in the world, consuming around 120,000 tonnes annually. Only 30 per cent of the haddock we eat is caught from UK waters, therefore there is a constant need to source outside the UK to satisfy demand - 70 per cent comes from the Barents Sea (*) The Good Fish Guide, published by the Marine Conservation Society states: ‘Depending on how and where it’s caught, this species ranges from sustainable to unsustainable. Check individual options to make the best choice.’

Norway’s haddock stocks, all of which come from the North East Arctic, are classed as ‘good sustainable fish to eat’ by the Guide.

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.

(*) The Barents Sea is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.

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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SAN SEBASTIAN: The Basque Country is now most expensive in Spain.

Round up of first quarter NEW data from the Spanish Real Estate Markets Index (IMIE) shows that house prices across Spain rose by 1.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, compared to the same period last year.

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by Tinsa which described them as hugely positive news for Spain’s continued progress. Director of research, Jorge Ripoll, did, however, point out that the market remains characterised by a selective recovery.

He is referring to the extreme variation across regions which continues to dog the Spanish property market and make generalisations from average data of little relevance to particular areas.

At opposite ends of the spectrum are Catalonia and Navarre which posted growth of 7.5 per cent and decline of -5.6 per cent from January to March 2017.

Madrid and the Canaries also saw strong increases, while Murcia and the Balearics posted substantial declines.

The most expensive autonomous community in Spain is now the Basque Country which boasts avergage prices of €1,986 per square metre. Second is the Balearics at €1,870, while the cheapest region is Castilla-La-Mancha at just €786.

Broken down to cities Barcelona and Alicante saw prices rise most, with respective increases of 12.1 and 11.7 per cent. In terms of affordability it takes a Balearic Islander 12.4 years earning an average salary to be able to buy an averagepriced home, and just 4.5 years for a Zaragoza resident.

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It works very well for annual vegetables that you replant every year and should be considered when biannual and perennial plants need replacing.

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By Graeme Tyrrell CROP ROTATION: Encourages growth.

rows or blocks of the same plants together for easier planting out and harvest, it is a very beneficial method.

The principles of crop rotation are that the main plant groups of root vegetables,

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There are different ways to categorise the plant groups and each has its advantages but generally I follow the principles of just making sure that something different is planted each time with consideration of what was planted in previous years to fit as best as possible the idea of having constantly

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Each group of plants for rotation have different nutrient requirements, influence the weeds ability to grow differently, thus reducing the ability of domination by any particular weed, have different pest and disease problems so rotating reduces the build up of soil diseases and pests in the garden beds.

So moving the site for growing vegetables each season changes the ecology of the soil system in a way that supports healthier growth for the next crop than is the case when the same plants are continually planted in the same beds season after season.

Legumes are well known to fix nitrogen in the soil which would benefit green leaf vegetables rotated after the legumes. Research has shown that potatoes grow better after a crop of sweet corn.

When potatoes and tomatoes are grown in the same bed for consecutive years they can lose as much as 40 per cent of production even with the same soil improvements added.

It is therefore worth incorporating this method into the gardens routine of planting to gain maximum benefit with just a little more planning and the application of crop rotation.

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Summer is on the way and it’s time to start planting. If there is a shortage of garden planters, there is a solution in the form of a wooden pallet. They are normally used for shipping and storage, but have recently become popular in creative home and garden projects.

Pallets are versatile, and can be manipulated into a structure, such as planters, displays, garden furniture, and even used to build a house. A garden that has a patio with a barbecue would find a free standing, pallet herb garden useful. It is a perfect structure to display herbs and also becomes a decorative feature.

To start off, it’s a good idea to choose a kiln-dried pallet that has had heat and chemical treatment. Then remove three of

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Sand down splinters, rough edges and hammer down all nails.

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When there is not even enough room to swing a cat, there are solutions to this problem of living in a small place. It is possible to make the most of the space through clever storage, lighting, colour and furnishings, turning a small cramped room into one that feels warm, cosy and stylish.

There are techniques that can be applied when decorating, that will get the best out of the light and space of a room. The use of window blinds can be exchanged for flowing drapes, which work by drawing attention to the vertical space. There are ways of using mirrors that can create the impression of extra space and when put behind a lamp, there is reflection and a warm ambience. If you position a mirror near a window, it can give you the illusion of another.

More ideas to consider are filling a blank vertical space on the wall with an arrangement of artwork.

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best roadster in history, design experts claimed. It was selected by a panel of 39 mechanics, design professors and journalists who scoured 5,500 entries, making a shortlist of 102 finalists.

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Warblers visit El Bosque ANOTHER glorious spring morning greeted the Orba Warblers upon arrival at El Bosque on April 5. However, not all was as tranquil as first perceived and a chaotic start loomed ahead.

Holes 10 and 11 were under repair and out of play so the group started on hole 12 and had to play holes one and 18 twice which made for confusing scoring!

With that out of the way, the Warblers made the best of the outing. Paddy Kenmore stole the limelight with a perfectly struck eight iron from hole four which resulted in none other than a hole in one super Paddy!! With the good conditions on the course, returned scores were solid.

In division one, Chris Williamson (Hcap 8.7) again proved he was the player of the day coming in with an impressive 42pts, now playing off Hcap 7.5

ORBA WARBLERS: Scores were solid.

(special handicap reduction). In second was Michael Taylor (Hcap 17.7) with 34pts and bringing up third place was Malcolm Monti (Hcap 12.3) with 32pts.

In division two, first place went to ‘steadfast’ Sheila Dindar (Hcap 26.4) with 36pts with second going to ‘still going strong’ Derek Gray (Hcap 22.4) with

35pts. Hole in one Paddy Kenmore (Hcap 22.3) was in third with 34pts.

Next week April 19 will be the Committee Shield Competition at Bonalba.

First Tee time is 11.04am so please arrive by 10.15am for registration. Please contact Mike Taylor on mjt@stylespms.com or call 639 242 896.

John wins again to take the St George’s Day Trophy ON April 7 Montgo Golf Society played a stableford competition at Oliva Nova for the St George’s Day Trophy, sponsored by the club’s very own ‘Little Englander’ George Braddick.

What a splendid sight everyone looked too as the majority of members embraced the spirit of the day and dressed in red and white, even the international members, much to the delight of the sponsor. As the weather improves so does the condition of the course and the fairways are now in perfect condition, although several members complained the greens were very slow and they struggled to get the ball up to the hole.

In first place, and continuing his fabulous start to the year, was John Snelling with another par busting round of 38 points off 10.2, reducing his handicap to single figures. Second place went to Neil Cuming with a creditable 36 points

off 16.1, pushing the consistent Francien Knoops (12.7) in to third place on countback.

Nearest the pin on the 3rd was John Day and on the 16th Liz Grin, whilst newest member Stewart Dickson took the prize for nearest the pin with his second shot on the 5th. There were just two 2’s, scored by John Snelling and Liz Grin. George also provided a special prize for the best-dressed member on the day, and this was shared by the club’s very own ‘odd couple’ Peter Twine and Patrick Lynch!

The next event is on Friday April 21, when a two man Texas Scramble will be played at Oliva Nova. This will be sponsored by Alan Skinner. Guests are welcome, subject to availability and a current handicap certificate, and should register by visiting www.montgogolfsociety.net and completing an online booking form.

TMGS’ Captain’s Day at Campoamor AN early start was required for the Captain’s Day at Campoamor to accommodate the 50 participating players from The Members Golf Society (TMGS).

The course is in really good condition these days and that makes block tee times harder to aquire. Fortunately for TMGS it turned out to be an advantage, apart from a little excess water on the greens the early start meant the group had the best of the weather, warm sunshine and no wind.

Results Bronze category: 4th R Rea 37 pts. 3rd G Chapman 40 pts.

2nd S Twentyman 40 pts, L/H.

1st R Cox 41 pts.

Silver category: 4th A Rickers 36 pts. 3rd I Parkinson 38 pts. 2nd A Kilnes 38 pts, L/H. 1st O Rong 38 pts, L/H. Gold category: 4th B Watson 33 pts, L/H. 3rd N Spaniol 35 pts. 2nd J Dean 36 pts. 1st T Norris 41 pts.

A date to note in your diary is May 8 for the away day to Las Pinaillas (Albacete) which includes bus, green fee, buggy, a meal and the competition fee all for just €65 per player. For more info visit www.tmgs.org or @TMGSGOLF or Facebook/TMGSGOLF or call 661 524 101. You can also download the society’s mobile app.

BBC are honoured by visitors ON Thursday March 30 Benitachell Bowls Club (BBC) was extremely honoured to welcome the entire ‘Bowls England Presidents Touring Side’ for a fantastic day’s bowling.

There was some truly great bowling displayed by both teams in the beautiful Spanish sunshine. Everyone also enjoyed an excellent lunch which was prepared by the BBC’s own catering staff. The whole day was very enjoyable and memorable for everyone who participated.

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Well done to ‘King Arthur,’ Lewis the first and ‘masterful’ Sergio 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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WE have less sport this weekend than last Saturday and Sunday but nevertheless there’s still plenty going on to please everyone.

We’ll start with football, and the Premiership matches over Easter are Crystal PalaceLeicester, Everton-Burnley, Southampton-Manchester City, Spurs-Bournemouth, StokeHull, Sunderland-West Ham and Watford-Swansea on Saturday, Manchester UnitedChelsea and WBA-Liverpool on Sunday and MiddlesbroughArsenal on Monday evening.

There’s virtually a full Championship programme on Good Friday, the stand-out games being Huddersfield-Preston, Newcastle-Leeds, Norwich-Fulham and WolvesBrighton while on Saturday, Aston Villa play Reading.

Then, on Easter Monday, all 72 Championship, FL1 and FL2 clubs are in action, several of them being involved in promotion, play-off and relegation battles.

In Spain, Real Madrid, seeking their 33rd La Liga title, visit Sporting Gijon while Barcelona (2nd) face Real Sociedad (7th).

Meanwhile, tonight Manchester United play Anderlecht in the first leg of their Europa League quarterfinal. The return clash is at Old Trafford next week.

Champions League matches took place on Tuesday and last night (see Round Up).

Moving onto motor sport, and on Sunday, the third F1 Grand Prix of 2017 takes place in Bahrain while at Donington Park in Leicestershire, we have the second round of the 2017 British Touring Car Champi-

onship with Matt Neal expected to do well.

Also this weekend, the World Snooker Championship gets underway at The Crucible in Sheffield.

ROUND UP: • Over 70,000 punters saw One For Arthur, trained by Lucinda Russell and ridden by Derek Fox, win last Saturday’s Grand National. The 14-1 shot was the first Scottish-based winner since Rubstic in 1979.

Cause of Causes, my each-way choice Saint Are (25-1) and the favourite Blaklion finished 2-34.

• Sergio Garcia won golf’s Augusta Masters, beating England’s Justin Rose after an extra hole play-off. The Spaniard claimed his first major triumph after 74 attempts after a quite thrilling and absorbing tournament.

• It was Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen 1-2-3 in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

• Spain superstar Maverick Vinales made it two out of two with victory in the second MotoGP of 2017 in Argentina.

Valentino Rossi was second and Cal Crutchlow third.

• GB, without Andy Murray, lost to France in the Davis Cup quarter-final.

• Premiership leaders Chelsea won 3-1 at Bournemouth; Manchester City (4th) beat Hull 3-1; Liverpool (3rd) defeated Stoke 21 ; Leicester lost for the first time

under boss Craig Shakespeare, going down 4-2 at Everton; 10man Sunderland (bottom) were humbled 3-0 at home by Manchester United; WBA lost 1-0 against Southampton; West Ham pipped Swansea (18th) 10; Spurs (2nd) walloped Watford 4-0 and Burnley and Middlesbrough (19th) drew 0-0.

Arsenal played Crystal Palace on Monday.

• In the Championship, Newcastle (2nd) lost 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday (6th); Brighton (top) won at QPR; Huddersfield (3rd) went down at Nottingham Forest; Leeds (5th) beat 2-0 and Norwich thrashed Reading (4th) 7-1.

• In FL1, leaders Sheffield United beat Northampton 2-1 but second-placed Bolton lost 1-0 at Scunthorpe, while the top three in FL2 all won, Doncaster against Mansfield, Plymouth over Crawley and Portsmouth versus Yeovil.

• In the SPL, champions Celtic defeated Kilmarnock 3-1 and Rangers won 3-0 at Aberdeen.

• Real Madrid - La Liga leaders by three points with a game in hand - were held 1-1 by city neighbours Atletico in the local derby, while secondplaced Barcelona, who had Neymar sent-off, lost 2-0 at Malaga.

• On Tuesday, Serie ‘A’ champions-elect Juventus played Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund met AS Monaco in the first legs of the Champions League quarter-finals and last night, it was Atletico Madrid v Leicester City and soon to be declared Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich v Spanish club Real Madrid. The return games take place next Tuesday/Wednesday.

• Castleford Tigers (14 pts), Salford Red Devils (12) and Leeds Rhinos (12) stand 1-2-3 in Rugby’s Super League.

Widnes Vikings are bottom. And it’s Wasps (74 pts), Exeter (69) and Saracens (68) at the top of the Aviva PL.

LEWIS HAMILTON: Won the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.

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