Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 14 - 20 Feb 2019 Issue 1754

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14 - 20 February 2019

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Carr killing love triangle CREDIT: Models Management

by Julie Day FOLLOWING the five arrests already made after the body of Irishman Carl Carr was discovered two weeks ago buried in a shallow grave in the municipality of Rojales, police have now issued an arrest warrant for a second Irishman believed to have witnessed the murder and help bury the body.

The investigating judge, Juana López Hoyos, of the Number 2 Criminal Court in Torrevieja, has issued a European arrest warrant for the 26-yearold Irishman known as Simon, who fled Spain shortly after Carr was brutally murdered in September last year, returning to his home country.

IN CUSTODY: Mily Leonard.

It is believed from the statement given by one of the protected witnesses, that Simon was present when Carl was battered to death at the property located in the Urbanisation of La Siesta.

While at first Carl’s death was thought to be drugs related, police investigators now allege that he was brutally battered to death with a knuckleduster by Wayne P Walsh, his friend and housemate. Police believe the motive was a love triangle he was involved in with 23-yearold Mily Leonard, Wayne’s onoff girlfriend and mother of his young child, who has also been arrested and is in prison.

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NEWS EXTRA LGTBI law row ANTONIO CAÑIZARES, cardinal-archbishop of Valencia, described Valencia’s LGTBI legislation as ‘Stalinist and dictatorial,’ claiming some of its principles were a threat to freedom. He also criticised gender ideology saying ‘imposing anthropology contrary to truth” was criminal.

Seven voices THE male vocal group Sette Voci, made up of two baritones and five tenors, will perform their aptly titled concert ‘In Love’ tonight at 8.30pm at the Music Palace in Torrevieja.

Tickets are priced at €7.

New candidate MARÍA G SANDOVAL has been elected to represent the Sí, Podemos party in Orihuela during the forthcoming local elections, with 62.87 per cent of the votes. David Vegara, also a candidate in Alicante, came second.

Water works WORK will begin this week on improving the water and sewage networks in the areas of Almoradí, San Fulgencio and Redován, with an investment of €350,000.

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Man hunted for Carr killing From Front page » Investigations have now discovered that after a night out on September 17 last year, Carl and Simon returned to the property they shared with Wayne Walsh with three women, one of them being Mily.

One of the women went home, another went to sleep and Mily allegedly proceeded to engage in some kind of sexual activity with Carl in spite of Simon telling them not to.

Seeing as neither Carl nor Mily listened to his warning, Simon left the house and went to Cabo Roig looking for Wayne. The two Irishmen returned later in the early hours of the morning, which is when a heated and angry altercation took place between Wayne, Carl and Simon, say police.

The sleeping woman was woken by the noise, and disturbed by what was taking place, the witness left the house unnoticed and called a taxi to go home.

Sometime later, another friend turned up and heard Simon shouting at Wayne not to let him in.

He did, however, enter the property and according to police it was obvious that a fight had taken place, as furniture had been overturned and belongings were all over the place.

According to the witness, both Simon and Wayne, were covered in blood.

He added that Wayne said: “Something’s happened, Carl’s dead,” standing near Carl’s body, which was on the floor in the middle of the living room and covered up by a rug.

Before leaving the property, the wit-

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DISCOVERY: Guardia Civil officers unearthed the body of Carl Carr from a shallow grave near Algorfa. ness was asked by Wayne, while laughing, if he wanted to see Carl’s body, to which he replied that he didn’t, say police. Wayne then allegedly added: “You’ll end up next to Carl if you say anything to anyone.”

In subsequent telephone conversations, the 31-year-old Irishman allegedly confessed to killing Carl because of Mily and that himself, Simon and a Spaniard, also remanded in custody for his alleged involvement in the crime, cleaned the house

from blood and buried the body together, police say.

The woman at the centre of the case, Mily Leonard, is a young mother formerly known for her party lifestyle and success in modelling.

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Body found in canal

THE BIG PICTURE Nº 53

GUARDIA CIVIL divers have recovered the lifeless body of a 59year-old Spaniard, reported missing by his family, from the depths of a canal located near the treatment plant of La Murada. No signs of violence were shown on his body and his car was located nearby.

Good job TWENTY-FOUR women and six men, aged 25 to 55 and all previously out of work, have been employed as part of a workshop organised by Rojales Town Hall.

They will carry out painting, gardening and building work to improve the municipality’s parks and roads.

No bail THE 83-year-old man who tried to beat his 76-year-old wife to death with a hammer and axe in Torrevieja has been accused of attempted murder and is now in prison without bail. He has been prohibited from contacting his wife, who is still recovering in hospital.

Turned over A 62-YEAR-OLD woman driver from Torrevieja had to be rescued from her micro-car by firefighters last Wednesday after she was involved in an accident when a 4x4 tried to overtake her causing her car to overturn on the CV-905 by the Los Montesinos roundabout.

BY GORGE: Houses in Setenil are carved into a rock face.

Hewn into rock THIS village in Andalucia famous for buildings that are built into the side of a gorge has made it into a British newspaper ’s ranking of beautiful Spanish towns.

Setenil de las Bodegas, in Cadiz Province, was chosen along with five others in The Times’ list of the most beautiful towns in Spain.

The town sits at around 640 metres above sea level in the Sierra de Cadiz and is built around the Trejo River.

Many buildings facing onto the

river have been carved out of a gorge side which now sticks out over the streets below.

The Romans founded settlements in the area before the Moors later built up the town.

Its natural defences were considered impregnable, but it attracted the attention of Castillan kings who saw it as a gateway to the territory of their Nasrid rivals.

Attacks were mounted from 1407 until it was finally captured by the Juan II of Castilla in Sep-

tember 1484.

The name Setenil is believed to come from the Latin Septem nihil, which alludes to seven attempts to conquer it that were unsuccessful.

Others argue it comes from the Arabic Satt denil, which toughly translates as joyful riverbank.

The Bodegas part of the name is believed to refer to the vineyards that were planted after the Castillan take over. The town currently is home to around 2,730 people.

Bad road A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was taken to the Vega Baja hospital with bruises last week after his moped was involved in an accident with a car on the CV-91 in the area of La Campaneta, on a stretch of road where accidents are frequent.

80 complaints GUARDAMAR’S Consumer Complaints office (OMIC)has dealt with 80 cases since it was inaugurated seven months ago.

The majority have involved the mobile phone industry with 26 complaints followed by health services, with 11. Almost three quarters have been resolved or are in the process of being resolved.

Call for help IT has now been a year since the Oncology Department of Torrevieja’s public hospital established its new call-centre system to help patients suffering with cancer manage their appointments and treatment in an easier fashion.

This service is managed by an oncology nurse, whose main job is to manage each patient’s case, ensuring that they receive ongoing care, don’t miss appointments and receive advice to any queries.

During the first year, the centre reg-

istered a total of 869 calls; 531 from the nurse to patients following up each case.

Of the remaining 338 calls received, 41 per cent were related to appointment times and administration issues, with the other 59 per cent being conversations related to treatment, managing symptoms or health queries.

Almost 90 per cent of patients that had questions did not go elsewhere for advice, as the case-management nurse was able to resolve each doubt satisfactorily.

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Caught on stroll NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a 37-year-old man in Torrevieja who was wanted by German authorities for drug trafficking.

A European arrest warrant had been issued and members of the Alicante Judicial Police set up a unit that managed to locate the criminal while he was casually strolling down a street in Torrevieja.

The man was first arrested in the German city of Haren in

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2012 after police found a sizeable marihuana plantation in the attic of his home and then, again, the following year after he had set up an even larger plantation in a bungalow that he had moved in to.

He subsequently received a prison sentence of a few years, of which he only had one year and 10 months left to serve, but instead decided to flee the country and seek refuge in Torrevieja.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1753 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 156 local stories.

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Baby figures THE Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the General University Hospital of Elche registered 1,235 births last year, from a total of 1,201 pregnancies.

This results in fewer births than in 2017, during which 1,323 babies were born, from 1,275 pregnancies. As is the norm every year, there were more boys born than girls, with 603 girls in 2018 and 632 boys.

Of the total births at the hospital last year, 1,093 were full-term and three were post-term, with no births going over 42 weeks.

One hundred and thirtynine of the deliveries were premature, compared to 179 in 2017. The high number of premature births is due to Elche Hospital being a reference centre for complicated births, with other hospitals including Torrevieja and the Vega Baja not equipped to deal with births below 34 weeks.

Plant population TECHNICIANS from Torrevieja’s Department for the Environment visited the Regional Centre for Forest Investigation and Experiments (CIEF) in Valencia, with the aim of collecting different species of plants found naturally in areas with sand dunes, and bringing them back to Torrevieja to replant.

Some of the many species cultivated in the municipal investigation centre’s greenhouses include rare and endangered plants such as the Juniperus oxycedrus macrocarpa, a variety of juniper found on coastal sand dunes in the Mediterranean.

Councillor for the Environment, Fanny Serrano, said: “All the material which has been collected from Valencia will be used for environmental restoration work and the majority of plants will be used to repopulate the Molino del Agua Municipal Natural Park.

Other endangered species

REPOPULATION: The environment team from Torrevieja Town Hall will repopulate areas of sand dunes with endangered species of plants. brought back to Torrevieja by the environment team include the Juniperus turbinata, Calystegia soldanella,

more commonly known as beach morning glory, and Echinophora spinosa or prickly parsnip.

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Violent muggings CREDIT: Press release.

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AN Irish couple in their 60’s were left deeply distressed after the husband suffered a violent mugging in the relatively quiet coastal town of La Mata.

Since visiting the town frequently for 15 years, Joe and Marion Daly are now wary about going out, especially at night, and want to warn tourists and residents to be careful at all times.

The couple also believe people are not warned sufficiently about the level of crime in the area and if they knew, it could negatively affect property sales and local business.

EWN went and spoke to Marion and Joe, who explained that on the night of January 23 they had gone out for a meal and had a few drinks afterwards.

They were staying at the Lloyds Beach Club and Hotel, located in Avenida de los Holandeses, and returned to the hotel around 10.30pm.

Marion went to bed, but Joe decided to go for a walk, thinking it was safe to do so at that time of night.

“I hadn’t even gone 20 yards up the road when I heard footsteps right behind me. I went to turn around but as I did, I was slapped in the eye and my hood was being pulled over my head,” recounted Joe. The mugger, described as slim, aged 25, with a beard and wearing a hoodie, managed to extract Joe’s wallet from the back pocket of his trousers, and pulled off his watch as well.

A neighbour heard the shouting and called the Guardia Civil, relaying the events to them on her mobile phone while watching the scene unfold from her window.

While two patrol cars went to attend to the incident, a second mugging was taking place only 500 metres away, at the petrol station on the main road, where a driver who had stopped to fill up was relieved of all his belongings.

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COMPOST MAKER: 40 per cent of all waste is made up of organic material.

Community compost THE Vega Baja Sostenible Consortium has obtained a total of 256 bio-waste containers which will be positioned in various community areas so people can deposit their organic waste, with the resulting compost subsequently being used on local rural farmland.

The eco-friendly group has invested a total of â‚Ź18,073 to purchase 152 containers of 445 litres and 104 containers of 800 litres.

The main objective of this measure, which has been developed jointly by the regional govern-

ment through its departments of Agriculture, the Environment, Climate Change and Rural Development, is to educate people on how to make organic compost and the benefits of its usage on the land.

The containers will be placed in areas such as schools, civic centres, urbanisations and similar and it is hoped that together, the community will be able to produce large quantities of high-quality compost which will benefit the local area and economy.

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NEWS EXTRA Fatal traffic accident A MAN has died after being involved in a traffic accident in which a motorbike and car crashed head-on last Saturday on the N-332 around the Santa Pola salt lakes. A second car and motorbike were also involved.

Depopulation TORREVIEJA’S population dropped from 102,000 residents in 2011 to 82,000.

The mayor of Torrevieja says the reason is due to many foreigners not proving their residence in Spain.

Child abuse AN Orihuela court is investigating a 39-year-old man for sexually abusing his daughter for five years. The girl, now 17, reported the abuse to the Guardia Civil and said it occurred between the ages of seven and 12.

HIKE TOGETHER: Orihuela’s councillors for Sport and the Environment, Victor Valverde (left) and Miguel Angel Fernandez (right) present Orihuela en Ruta.

Orihuela hike THE latest edition of ‘Orihuela en Ruta,’ a hiking activity jointly organised by Orihuela’s departments for Sport, the Environment and Rural Development will take place next Sunday.

Councillor for Sport, Victor Valverde and councillor for the Environment, Miguel Angel Fernandez, announced details about the popular activity, which starts at Dehesa de Pinohermoso, in the hamlet of Arneva,

and finishes in Torremendo, an area of natural beauty wellknown for its stunning reservoir.

“Our natural heritage is one of the riches of our municipality, and with activities such as Orihuela en Ruta, our aim is to make people more aware of what’s around them,” said Fernandez.

Valverde explained that the route is 16.25 kilometres long and of moderate difficulty due

to some areas of rough ground and a number of ascents, although he did add that no special training is required to carry out the walk.

Anyone interested in participating in the walk can register by entering their details on the following page: http://www.ori huela.es/via-publica-medio-am biente-y-territorio/desarrollorural/orihuela-en-ruta/inscrip ciones.

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HD help wanted HUNTINGTON’S Disease, also known as HD or Huntington’s Chorea is a hereditary disorder of the central nervous system.

It is a terminal illness affecting both men and women with a wide range of symptoms, including uncontrollable movements, loss of speech, ability to swallow, incontinence, loss of memory function, depression and changes in personality.

The Huntington’s Disease Association Costa Blanca is currently looking for a vice-president to join their friendly team and volunteer counsellors are also required.

If you would like to learn more about Huntington’s Disease, or would like to help the organisation, please contact: marion.smith@hda.org.es or call 634 905 249.

Morris fun THE Local Morris Dancing team will be performing at various venues on the Costa Blanca, with the next date this Saturday, in the main square in Almoradi. This is followed by a performance on Monday, May 27 at the U3A. The team dances and raises funds for different charities and are always looking for new members or venues, so if you want to brush off those cobwebs or just enjoy dancing to keep fit, please contact Sue Ward at: sus4n.ward@sky.com.

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Body hidden in parked car A BODY found in a car boot in Alicante City was that of a Spaniard who had disappeared after a drugs shootout last December.

Just before the discovery was made, Calle Paraguay residents had contacted the police about an increasingly bad smell and flies swarming round a vehicle that had been parked there for weeks.

Local Police officers sent to investigate immediately contacted the National Police when they saw the number plate belonged to a vehicle which ignored a police roadblock on the day of the shootout.

On opening the Citroen’s boot, they found the body of ‘a very large man,’ sources said afterwards. The same sources confirmed to the Spanish me-

dia that the body belonged to a Spanish man who disappeared during a confrontation between rival drugs’ gangs in Petrer early last December.

Investigators decided not to carry out a closer inspection at the scene and the car was towed away to the city’s Institute of Legal Medicine.

The shooting began after members of both bands clashed over a consignment of cocaine, police said. At least five men, Spaniards and Colombians, were involved and three were arrested when they tried to leave the Petrer cocaine lab where the shootout occurred.

One of the Colombians, whose whereabouts are unknown, managed to escape and later evaded the roadblock, but a Spanish man disappeared without trace.

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Crime questions THE annual Rojales Neighb o u r h o o d Wa t c h m e e t i n g w i l l b e h e l d o n M o n d a y, M a r c h 11 , a t 11 a m i n t h e Municipal Centre, Ciudad Quesada.

The meeting is open to everyone living in the 01370 area and is an opportunity to share your concerns about the level of security and crime prevention in your area.

It is hoped that the Chief of Local Police will attend as well, and the organisers are keen to receive any comments or reports which residents would like to raise with him.

If you would like any crime prevention or security issues discussed in the meeting, please send them to he lentudor22@gmail.com by February 28.

Please visit Neighbourhood Watch in Spain’s new website: www.nhw.org.es.

Walking football tournament

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NEWS EXTRA Expo weekend

CREDIT: Press release.

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THE fifth edition of Expo Torrevieja, the premier international lifestyle show, will take place over the weekend of March 9 and 10 at the International Auditorium in Torrevieja, with a Clubs and Associations area included.

Run over A 39-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured and hospitalised for severe trauma after being run over by a car while crossing Calle Miguel Hernandez in Guardamar around 9.30am on Monday.

Winners

GAME ON: The Playa Flamenca Walking Wanderers are ready to win.

AFTER a successful and fun event almost 12 months ago, it’s time for the Playa Flamenca Walking Wanderers Walking Football Group to hold their annual walking football tournament once again.

The competition, which is held in honour of Keith Wightman, will take

place on Friday, March 29 at the Playa Flamenca sports stadium, starting at 10am and finishing around 5pm.

Participating in the thrilling matches will be teams from the UK, including Coventry City in the community, Hartshill, and Hemel Town with local

teams Playa Flamenca A and B teams, San Miguel Strollers, Esquina Park Rangers, Daya Vieja, Hondon Valley Fliers and Portobello.

Everyone is invited to come and watch; there is free entrance for spectators with a bar onsite for drinks and snacks.

VISITORS and staff at the Emerald Isle restaurant can have greater peace of mind in future, thanks to the donation of a defibrillator provided by the charity Help at Home Costa Blanca.

The machine, worth €1,200, was handed to the restaurant’s general man-

A RECORD-BREAKING number of athletes took part in Orihuela’s half marathon on Sunday, with more than 2,000 participants. The winner was Moroccan Hassane Ahouchar, of the Riu Valencia Club, with a time of 1:07:14.

Any ideas? a g e r, G e r a l d M o r a n , b y charity president, Carmen Perez, at a volunteers meeting.

The restaurant complex plays host to bowls clubs and numerous charity and

social events and hundreds of people go there every week.

Three members of the bowls club and five staff members at the Emerald Isle will be trained to use the life-saving machine so vital first aid can be given within seconds to anyone suffering a heart problem.

The charity has spent more than €10,000 to provide defibrillators to Orihuela Costa police cars and an ambulance.

This is in addition to spending more than €30,000 on a dedicated ambulance, which will be operated by the Red Cross.

At the volunteers’ meeting, members were asked for ideas for future projects to support, which will help provide facilities for local residents.

If any reader has an idea for a worthwhile project, please contact the charit y ’s s h o p s e i t h e r a t C a b o Roig or Playa Flamenca.

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NEWS EXTRA Female officers SPAIN’S National Police is celebrating 40 years of women in the uniform. Four decades ago there were just 42 female police officers, today there are 9,068, a figure which represents 14.8 per cent of the entire force.

No bank MORE than 4,000 villages in Spain do not have a bank facility where they can withdraw cash, pay bills or make inquiries.

People in some 800 municipalities have to travel by car or public transport to make transactions.

Fare free RENFE is offering free tickets for a companion on any AVE and long distance journeys from today (Thursday) until Monday. The company said: ‘Travel with us and take whoever you want for free.’

Judge denies claim

By Sally Underwood THE judge presiding over a negligent manslaughter investigation into twoyear-old Julen’s death on a plot in Totalan has rejected the landowner ’s claim to be given inside access to the trial.

David Serrano’s lawyers had asked the judge to name him a ‘personada,’ a legal title naming someone as an interested party in a trial and allowing them access to the details of the proceedings.

The judge denied the claim, saying Serrano had ‘not specified on what basis he has asked for it; an essential point in applying for it, either as an injured party or as someone under investigation.’

The same court has authorised a series of measures to secure the site where the incident took place, however.

The judge ruled specialists could carry out work to reinforce the area where large amounts of earth were removed to prevent land movement once the Guardia Civil has finished

MAKING SAFE: Work will start to shore up the site. its investigations.

These works, which will begin this week, will include shoring up embankments and slopes.

Meanwhile, a court will continue to collect reports and statements to carry out its investigation in the negligent homicide case.

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School bus drugs bust POLICE in Spain took a school bus off the road after the driver tested positive for cannabis at a roadside check.

The Local Police in Elda (Alicante) had stopped the vehicle as part of a national drive to ensure the safety of school transport.

Officials said the bus had travelled from Villena and had also picked up students from the nearby town of Sax. They said the test was indicative only and to confirm the result a saliva sample must be analysed in an approved laboratory. The result will not be known for two weeks.

The bus was allowed to continue on its way once another driver, who was subjected to the same tests, was found.

The week-long Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) safety campaign checked that vehicles and drivers meet the administrative requirements, safety measures, driving times, rest periods and other obligations.

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A BEACH club on the Costa del Sol which was a favourite haunt for celebrities burned down after a fire broke out there on Monday evening.

Investigators have begun probing the cause of the fire at the Playa Padre club in Marbella. The club opened in May 2017 with a star-studded event featuring Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and went on to host celebrities including actor Eva Longoria and reality TV personality Ashley James.

Emergency services were

CREDIT: RTV Marbella, via Twitter

Fire at celebrity haunt

IN FLAMES: The fire broke out on Monday.

one is thought to have been injured in the blaze.

Firefighters were later able to bring the blaze under control.

Videos posted to social media showed the building enSPAIN’S Guardia Civil police force is reminding people to be on their gulfed in flames. guard for a coin switch which could leave them out of pocket. Officers The investigation have highlighted the fact that the Argentinian two peso coins can be misinto the cause of the taken for a one euro coin - but it is worth only a fraction at just €0.024. fire continues. alerted to the fire after it began at around 7pm. The club was closed at the time and no

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1 dead, 100 hurt in train crash A TRAIN driver died in a smash that left almost 100 people injured in a crash involving two trains near Barcelona.

Casualties include three people seriously

injured, 16 less serious and 76 described as ‘mild.’

Approximately 100 people escaped the smash unharmed.

The head-on accident

happened on the R4 Rodalies line between St Vi c e n c C a s t e l l e t a n d Manresa and involved a Regional 15624 service and Cercanias 28043 train last Friday.

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NEWS EXTRA Cultural workers

Expat corpse horror

AROUND 690,300 people were employed in the Spanish culture industry at the end of 2018, up from about 687,200 the previous year according to figures from the Labour Force Survey.

R and D fall SPENDING on research and development has fallen in Spain as a share of its economic output (GDP) from 1.23 per cent in 2007 to 1.2 per cent in 2017, according to the data from the EU’s Eurostat agency.

New cars THE number of petrol cars registered in Spain rose by 29.7 per cent in 2018 while the amount of diesel cars fell by 20.7 per cent in the same period, according to European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA).

CORPSE: Police (inset) discovered the mummified body in Istan.

THE mummified body of a British woman, 71, has been found at a property where the daughter and granddaughter reportedly lived alongside the corpse for up to a year.

Guardia Civil discovered the ‘skeletal and mummified’ remains under a mattress, still wearing clothes and surrounded by air fresheners at a house in Istan, close to Marbella.

The macabre finding, investigated by the Benemerita Judicial Police

Unit, was made in the early hours of Saturday after a call from the daughter of the deceased.

According to reports, she contacted the police after the dead woman’s husband found out and told her and her teenage daughter to go to the police.

Officers visited the property and reportedly found the mother’s body hidden under a mattress and cardboard.

Initial inspections and a forensic

examination carried out at the Institute of Legal Medicine (IML) in Malaga, found no sign of violence.

Investigators believe she may have died of natural causes, although this is still to be confirmed by a postmortem.

As well as the cause of death, examiners want to find out exactly when, though it is believed it could have been last March, based on statements by family members.

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Animal abuse arrests up THE number of people arrested or charged for animal abuse in Spain in 2018 rose by more than 20 per cent. Seprona, the Guardia Civil’s nature protection service investigated or detained 590 people for animal abuse against both wild and domestic animals.

The agency investigated 10,920 offences related to injuries against domestic animals in 2018, and a further 3,974 involving dangerous animals and 1,731 in connection with dangerous dog breeds.

The agency also addressed 3,974 complaints regarding owners keeping wild animals as pets, and investigated more than 200 reports of animal exploitation at dog kennels, farms and zoos.

The previous year, Seprona dealt with 11,277 reports of animal abuse, and 488 people were arrested or charged. But while the number of people investigated rose slightly, last year compared to 2017, there was a 20 per cent rise in those arrested or charged.

In Galicia, the agency is currently investigating the brutal killing of four wild horses, which were led into a deworming corridor and beaten to death.

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Mercadona bins plastic bags SPAIN’S Mercadona supermarket chain has announced plans to scrap their existing plastic bags and replace them with alternatives made from paper and other recycled materials.

The supermarket giant has already trialled the scheme in 66 stores and will now roll out the initiative to more than 1,600 by the middle of April this year.

Customers will be able to choose between a paper bag, a bag containing 50-70 per cent of recycled plastic from Mercadona stores or a raffia ‘basket.’

The paper bags and recycled plastic bags will cost 10 centimos each and the raffia basket 50 centimos.

Mercadona said it is committed to encouraging its customers to reuse bags and baskets within their green

SUPERMARKETS IN SPAIN: Green recycling initiative that involves its customers, employees and suppliers. recycling initiative that involves its customers, employees and suppliers.

Working towards that the store chain said that it is ex-

pected that the plastic bags used in the fresh produce sections of their stores will be replaced by others made of compostable material before 2021.

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PLANE CRASH: Emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident in Quijorna.

Air crash leaves 2 dead TWO people have died after their light aircraft crashed onto a rural track near Madrid.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the accident in Quijorna but paramedics could only confirm the deaths of the occupants of the small plane.

It is understood the victims were a 26-year-old student of Afghan nationality and his instructor, a 30-year-old Spanish woman from the Quality Fly school.

Investigations into the cause of the accident have been opened by the police after reports the plane may have collided mid-air with an ultralight aircraft.

It was the second plane crash in Madrid within 48 hours. In an earlier incident two people were seriously injured while making an emergency landing.

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Football trainer in child porn arrest

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RAIDS: National Police in Spain made eight arrests.

POLICE in Spain have arrested eight people aged between 21 and 66, for allegedly exchanging child pornography through the Internet.

National Police officers made arrests in Segovia, Sevilla, Guipuzcoa, Madrid, Zaragoza and Malaga, and a large amount of computer material was seized.

In Sevilla, a 21-year-old junior boys football team trainer was among those arrested.

Police said another man had served time in

prison, and by mistake, sent pornographic files to the people who monitored his restraining order against his former partner.

A 25-year-old man was arrested in Madrid who it is claimed shared videos of girls between the ages of 10 and 12 via several instant messaging channels and Internet chats.

The investigation began after Spanish police were tipped off by colleagues in the United States and also involved Europol.

Euthanasia Five die in call horror smash TWO petitions totalling more than 280,000 signatures calling for the decriminalisation of euthanasia have been presented to Spain’s parliament.

They want a bill which would allow people the right to die without anyone who helped them facing criminal consequences to be unblocked in the lower house.

The socialist PSOE last year presented the bill calling for the decriminalisation of euthanasia ‘provided there is prior informed consent and the person consenting has full use of mental capacity and where there is no coercion.’

The proposed bill adds that it would only be permissible where a person is suffering from a serious chronic disability or serious or incurable illness. A medical committee would have to agree.

Right-wing parties Ciudadanos and PP have blocked progress of the bill.

FIVE people died in a crash between a lorry and a car in southern Spain last Thursday.

The accident happened on the A-394 between Utrera and Arahal in the province of Sevilla according to the 112 Andalucia emergency control centre.

The five male victims, aged from 19 to 48 and from Las Cabezas de San Juan, were travelling in the van according to officials.

The lorry driver was also injured and transferred to hospital.

Guardia Civil traffic officers are investigating the cause of the accident.

Refreshment break A JET2 flight from Glasgow to Tenerife had to divert to Manchester Airport after it was claimed there was no water for tea and coffee.

Flight LS155 had left Scotland and was flying over the Republic of Ireland when it was redirected after a plumbing issue was reported, the Daily Record reports. The Boeing 737 was bound for the Canary Islands when it was diverted.

An airline spokeswoman said: “There was a technical issue with water on board. There wasn’t water for tea and coffee.” Passengers were transferred onto another flight and were being ‘well looked after.’

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Talks update

Staff plan SPAIN’S government has approved a decree that would see 1,735 state workers hired to cope with the effects of Brexit in the civil service, at borders and for expatriates.

The government is set to take on 875 extra civil servants across various government departments, 860 at ports and airports.

The workers are also set to help the roughly 300,000 British expatriates living in Spain, according to plans approved at a Council of Ministers meeting on Friday.

Ministers said Spain had the means to cope with the aftermath of Brexit but that certain departments needed extra resources.

It comes as the Spanish government, the British embassy and Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) continue to call on expatriates to ensure their paperwork is in order before Brexit.

Separately, a human resources organisation has said companies employing British staff members should ensure they can prove their workers are legally residing in the country ahead of post-Brexit labour inspections.

The Human Resources observatory said the Spanish government would likely adopt measures covering British workers in the EU Withdrawal Agreement even if it does not receive parliamentary backing.

By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S Prime Minister said she will keep working to reopen Brexit negotiations with a reluctant EU ahead of a series of votes due to be tabled from today (Thursday).

Theresa May told Parliament on Tuesday that London’s work to convince the EU to agree to changes to the Northern Irish backstop was ongoing.

European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker is still ruling out renegotiating the mechanism designed to prevent a hard border falling between Northern Ireland and the Republic, May added.

“We now all need to hold our nerve to get the changes this House requires and deliver Brexit on time,” the Prime Minister said.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said May was “playing chicken” with the country’s future and added May was running down the clock ahead of Brexit day on Friday March 29.

MPs from across Parliament

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BREXIT EXTRA Dividend dismissal MPS have dismissed Chancellor Phillip Hammond’s forecasts of a Brexit deal ‘dividend,’ or economic boost after a Withdrawal Agreement is settled, as not credible.

Port plan

NEGOTIATIONS: May spoke with Tusk in Brussels on Thursday. asked May questions on the backstop, as well as on if she would rule out a no-deal or be prepared to walk away from EU talks.

The Prime Minister said she was not in favour of Corbyn’s proposal to remain in the customs union to resolve the deadlock.

The government plans to table a new amendable motion today that is similar to the one that saw MPs reject the backstop in January.

Another vote is set to take place after fresh talks with Brussels wind up. Parliament would have the chance to vote on a further motion on Wednesday February 27 if talks with the EU fail to produce an agreement, May said.

May went to Brussels on Thursday but talks with European Council President Donald Tusk failed to produce a breakthrough as negotiations continue.

DP WORLD, the largest investor in British ports, has said it can increase capacity at the London Gateway in Essex to ease pressure on other harbours in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Policy cost A REPORT from the pro-migration Global Future thinktank has estimated proposals for Britain’s immigration system after Brexit could cost businesses more than €1.1 billion and the NHS almost €137 million to meet shortfalls left by EU staff.

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NEWS EXTRA Healthier food plan SPAIN’S Food and Drink Industry Federation (FIAB) has agreed to slash the amount of sugar, fat and salt in its members’ products by 10 per cent by end 2020.

New firms A TOTAL of 21,661 new companies were registered in the Madrid region in 2018 making it the autonomous community with the highest number of registrations according to Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE).

Rain levels THE amount of rainfall in Spain since October 1, 2018 to February 5 was 4 per cent below average, according to the AEMET Met Office which released figures showing an average of 297 litres per square metre fell.

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Sad birthday for Amy THE family of Amy Fitzpatrick who disa p p e a re d w h ile w alk i ng home a fte r babysitting on the Costa del Sol has posted a poignant picture to mark her 27th birthday.

The picture shows a young Amy at her H o ly C o mmu n io n , a n d w a s pos te d on Facebook along with the message ‘27 today… we miss you with all our hearts.’

Amy, who was just 15 at the time, vanished on the five-minute walk home after babysitting for a family friend in Riviera del Sol, near La Cala de Mijas, on New Year’s Day, 2008. It was 10pm when she said goodbye to her friend, the last known sighting of her.

She was living in Spain with her mum Audrey Fitzpatrick, brother Dean and stepdad Dave Mahon. Audrey has never given up hope of finding Amy and has made regular trips back to Spain after returning to her home country of Ireland in order to keep Amy’s case in the public eye.

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STILL MISSING: Eleven years after disappearing in Spain. ther after a disagreement. Mahon was later cleared of murder, but jailed for seven years for manslaughter.

SPAIN is to conduct one of the biggest clinical trials into a vaccine against HIV - the virus that causes AIDS. This pioneering clinical trial is known as AELIX-003 and will involve 90 participants who have started early antiretroviral therapy after being infected with HIV. Patients will continue to receive antiretroviral therapy at the start of the study and will be closely monitored to ensure their HIV viral loads are kept under detection limits.

They will then be vaccinated, with their antiretroviral treatment being suspended to see if the vaccine is effective in keeping their HIV levels under control.

The clinical test is to see if the vaccine is as effective in humans as it has been in apes.

Although the pace of HIV

TRIAL: Great hopes for HIV vaccine. research is very fast, a cure for AIDS - which develops after HIV infection - is still a ‘great utopia’ in the words of José Alcamí, director of the AIDS Immunopathology Unit at the National Microbiology Centre.

However he added that HIV treatments and research have proven to be effective in treating other disease, including helping find a cure for Hepatitis C.

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Get organised for Brexit Euro Weekly News Media Group publishers, Michel and Steven Euesden, share their personal experiences in the run up to March 29.

FROM our postbag - as our editor Dilip Kuner told The Observer - the British expat population in Spain is pretty evenly split over Brexit.

We strive to reflect this in our coverage, but one thing we feel is hugely important is to give advice that will be useful to all expats whatever their views.

Having listened to the British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, we decided to be pro-active in making sure our house is in order pre-Brexit.

It was all too clear that there were a number of crucial things that we needed to do to make sure we are legal UK citizens living in Spain.

In these uncertain times it is easy to become overwhelmed by the legalities and sometimes conflicting information.

But it isn’t as difficult as it initially seems. We hope that by sharing our experiences readers too can follow some relatively simple steps to ensure life runs smoothly after Brexit - deal or no deal.

To explain, we have renewed our

passports, even though there were months left on them, to eliminate potential problems when travelling overseas post-Brexit (many airlines for example won’t permit you on board if your passport has fewer than six months to run).

This can be done easily online at www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport, simply fill in your details and upload a photograph via your phone or computer. It really is that easy, with the system taking you every step of the way. At each stage of the process text messages keep you informed - even to when the DHL delivery of the passport to your home is due to arrive In addition, our padrons - which are vital for all sorts of paperwork as well as benefiting the local council when it comes to calculating government grants (see next week’s EWN for a fuller explanation) - have been updated at our town hall, where the staff were only too happy to help.

Not only that, but we have renewed our Spanish residencias to ensure we

are in possession of the official NIE card.

These are issued at the Foreigner Office or National Police station, depending on where you live, and are now a handy credit card size. They are also essential for renewing your Spanish driving licence or swapping your UK one - as we have done well ahead of Brexit.

So no matter what the outcome, we know we can continue to drive here and in Europe. You can do this at your nearest Trafico (DGT) office, or if you don’t speak Spanish, a gestor (Spanish administrator) will deal with all of the paperwork for you.

We are in the process of updating our

MICHEL AND STEVEN: Now have everything in place. pension fund and funeral plans both in Spain and the UK, so we are ready for every eventuality.

The key is to break the issues down methodically, and tackle them one at a time.

We hope that our readers can benefit from our experience and advice and take the appropriate steps to having everything in place for Brexit.

We know how much more secure we feel for having taken these steps - and

we are sure you will too.

And don’t forget the UK government itself, which offers lots of information and advice through the www.gov.uk/government/brexit site, and the British Embassy’s Brits in Spain Facebook site.

If you need more help keep an eye open on these pages for our weekly ‘Expat Guides’ which are full of useful information for foreigners living in Spain.

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‘Kidnapped’ boy found OFFICERS of the National Police have located an eightyear-old boy in Barcelona after being taken from his mother in the Netherlands.

The little boy, who disappeared on June 12 of last year from the town of Kruisstratt, was allegedly taken by his father and a friend.

After taking the boy from his mother, who had the custody rights, he was forced into a van that quickly drove off, police say.

The Netherland authorities contacted the Spanish National Police due to suspicions that the offenders and the boy could be hiding out in Cataluña.

The Spanish police were

MISSING: The Spanish police located the boy in Barcelona. able to locate the boy in Barcelona where Special Operative Security Groups were called to carry out the rescue mission.

One of the suspected of-

fenders was arrested at the scene, but the father of the child is yet to be located.

A shelter is taking care of the boy until he is returned to his mother.

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Foreign worker rise AROUND 220,000 people came to Spain from abroad to work from the end of 2016 to the end of last year, according to government data.

Figures from the Active Population Survey (EPA) showed the increase had brought the total population of immigrations in Spain to 2.89 million, up from 2.66 million in 2016.

People from outside Spain now make up around 13 per cent of Spain’s working population, according to the EPA.

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Madrid protests TENS of thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Madrid calling for Prime M inis te r Pe dro Sánchez to call early elections over his handling of the Cataluña separatist crisis.

The le a de rs of Spa in’s main three right wing parties - the conservative Popular Party (PP), centre-right C iuda da nos (C itiz e ns ) and far right Vox, had called the demonstration after the government’s proposal to appoint a rapporteur in talks amongst political parties des igne d to c ome up w ith agreement over the problem.

According to the central gove rnme nt de le ga te in Madrid crowds of 45,000 people joined the demo, although organisers put the figure as high as 200,000.

The three parties had called the protest under a manifesto that accused the

PROTESTS: Thousands of flag waving citizens gathered in Spain’s capital (file photo). prime minister of ‘betraying’ Spain after accepting 21 demands from pro-independence groups in Cataluña.

A government decision last week to break off talks

with the pro-secessionist groups due to their demands ahead of cross-party discussions failed to halt the demonstration.

Sunday’s event, which

used the slogan ‘For a united Spain, elections now!’ was the largest against Sánchez since the socialist PSOE party government took office last June.

Sex trafficking soaring TRAFFICKING rings are allegedly targeting foreign tourists and expats by flying women over to holidaymakers’ favourite destinations in Spain to offer sexual services.

Most of the young women are allegedly victims of sex trafficking, flown over from Venezuela (among other countries) to the Spanish peninsula in hopes ‘of a better life.’

According to British Press, the prostitution rates are soaring with a recorded 1,200 per cent increase of Venezuela victims falling prey to prostitution between 2014 and 2017.

The women are allegedly located at

hotspots such as Alicante. ‘We call them the roundabout girls,’ an expat reportedly told British press.

Claims state that the women appear to be very young, some could even be minors, and hang around these locations all day as they are ‘popular’ amongst locals, tourists and expats.

The Spanish police allegedly move the women along, but the group soon return.

The human traffickers allegedly fund the women’s travel costs, then demand repayment, forcing them to work as prostitutes to pay their debts.

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By Joe Gerrard SPECULATION has begun to mount on the date of a possible snap general election after the government’s chances of passing its budget appeared increasingly slim.

Adriana Lastra, spokesperson for the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) in the Congress of Deputies, denied senior party officials had settled on Sunday April 14 as a possible date. May 26, the date of local, some regional and European elections, has also been floated as a potential ‘Super Sunday.’

Lastra said April 14 had ‘never’ been discussed by senior party members. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has previously ruled out holding elections before their scheduled date on Sunday July 26, 2020.

Speculating on a snap poll was hasty given no decision would be taken until after a crunch parliamentary vote on PSOE’s budget this Wednesday, the spokesperson added.

Vote pres EARLY VOTE: Elections were last held in 2016.

Lastra’s comments come as the pro-independence Partit Democrata Europeu Catala (PDeCAT) dealt another seemingly fatal blow to PSOE’s budget last week.

They tabled a parliamentary amendment which commits the government to holding regional autonomy talks in exchange for budget support.

PSOE controls 84 out of the 350 seats in the Congress of Deputies and relies on PDe-

CAT and other regionalist parties to pass legislation.

The budget would almost certainly fail without them. But their demands, including improving the treatment of proCatalan independence figures detained over the 2017 referendum, would be impossible to meet because politicians cannot interfere in ongoing criminal cases.

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ssure Catalan independence and the survival of the government in Madrid have become deeply connected.

Sanchez depended on support from pro-Catalan independence parties to oust his conservative Partido Popular (PP) predecessor Mariano Rajoy last June.

The Prime Minister adopted a softer approach to pro-secession groups, but his refusal to hold another referendum has only served to alienate them. The approach itself has also seen the right accuse Sanchez of allowing the breakup of Spain to remain in office.

The centrist Ciudadanos, the PP and the far-right Vox organised a pro-Spanish rally in Madrid that was attended by tens of thousands of demonstrators.

Elections become a rallying point for the right who see an opportunity to remove Sanchez and return to harsher policies on Cataluña.

Debate call THE leader of the centrist Ciudadanos has called for a debate on the state of the nation between opposition party and government figures.

Albert Rivera said the debates would give Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez the opportunity to explain government policy on subjects including Cataluña, the budget and a possible early election.

The Ciudadanos leader said lawmakers in the party in the Congress of Deputies had tabled a motion calling for the debate to be held.

Rivera said Sanchez could no longer ‘run from the polls’ and that he should face Congress to debate divisive topics including the ongoing Catalan independence issue.

“Spaniards deserve respect and dignity. Sanchez has to listen to the Spanish people,” Rivera said.

Rivera’s call comes after tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Madrid on Sunday for a pro-Spanish unity demonstration. The Ciudadanos leader attended along with conservative Partido Popular (PP) head Pablo Casado and far-right Vox leader Santiago Abascal. State of the nation debates are held in Congress annually, except in general election years. The last debate was held in 2015, with two elections and last year’s no confidence motions meaning one has not gone ahead since.

Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 23.9 per cent, 95 seats Partido Popular (PP): 21.3 per cent, 87 seats Ciudadanos: 20.9 per cent, 75 seats Unidos Podemos: 13.5 per cent, 46 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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UNACCEPTABLE’: One in four Spanish children could face poverty by 2030.

Child poverty forecast ONE in four children in Spain will continue to be at risk of poverty by 2030, an NGO has forecast.

Save the Children said in its The Future Where We Want To Grow report that 26.5 per cent of children would face poverty unless ‘urgent’ action was taken.

It comes as government figures released by Spain’s High Commissioner of Child Poverty showed one in three children, 2.2 million, are currently at risk of poverty. Spain

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came third in Europe for child poverty levels after Romania and Bulgaria, according to the High Commissioner.

Andres Conde, director of Save the Children, said future generations would be condemned to poverty unless action was taken.

“Our estimated percentages of child poverty in 2030 are very high and unacceptable.

We will continue paying for the consequences of our current short-sightedness in the future,” Conde said.

Save the Children said child poverty is estimated to cut GDP by around 5 per cent.

Obesity, dropping out of school and low productivity later in life are all linked to or caused by child poverty, the NGO said.

Better child support payments, ensuring access to education for children aged three and under, healthcare improvements and extending maternity and paternity leave would lower child poverty, Save the Children said.

POLICE officers in Cataluña have arrested a suspect in connection with the mugging of an elderly woman as she entered her block of flats to use the lift.

Police sources said the woman’s purse was taken from her as she got into the lift in the apartment block in Gerona City. The case continues.

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Spain rejects migration plan Goya Awards

By Joe Gerrard AN EU migration official has said the bloc will support Spain on migration after its Interior Minister refused to back a plan passed in Bucharest designed to manage arrivals.

Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU’s Migration Commissioner, said at the meeting of EU interior ministers the proposals, made by France and Germany, were welcome. He added the bloc would continue to work with Spain and Morocco on the issue.

Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said limits proposed for some countries should apply across the Mediterranean.

Italy and Malta were both allowed to limit the amount of migrants they take in under proposals approved at the meeting.

“Spain has no objection to temporary agreements, providing that they apply to the entire Mediterranean,” Grande-Marlaska said.

Grande Marlaska reportedly told his EU counterparts that

REJECTED: Grande-Marlaska (inset) refused to back the EU’s plan.

Spain had taken in migrants after both Italy and Malta refused to do so several times.

“Spain rescues migrants because it is obliged to do so,” the Interior Minister said.

It comes as UN data showed the number of migrants who ar-

rived in Spain in 2018 was around 65,325, higher than Greece with 50,215, Italy with 23,370 and Malta, 1,445.

The UN’s latest Quarterly Overview on Migration stated that 53 per cent of arrivals in Spain from October to Decem-

ber 2018 came from sub-Saharan Africa. Moroccans made up 25 per cent of the total followed

by Algerians with 15 per cent.

Many are fleeing war, poverty, persecution, political instability and environmental problems in their home countries.

BEST picture gong at Spain’s version of the Oscars has gone to ‘Campeones’ (Champions), a comedy about a basketball team featuring actors with mental disabilities.

And best new actor at the Spanish Film Academy’s Goya Awards went to Jesus Vidal, who is visually impaired, for his role in the film.

Hundreds of elderly people missing T H E N a t i o n a l C e n t re f o r t h e M i s s i n g h a s a n nounced 454 elderly people have remained missing since 2010.

In that time the centre is said to have received 176,000 reports of people who could not be found, including 7,000 aged over 65.

Most cases were resolved within the first few hours or days, although a small minority remain unsolved.

The rate of people found who went missing between 2012 and 2013 was around 97 per cent, going up to 98 per cent between 2014 and 2015, but reducing to 88 per cent of those who went missing in 2018.

Jaime Cereceda, an official at the Ministry for the Interior, told Spanish media: “The security forces are beginning to collect more data on disappearances in order to have a broader view of the different causes.”

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Ambassador on post-Brexit Britain-Spain relations BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain has called on the two countries to continue building their relations for a post-Brexit future which he said was full of opportunities.

Simon Manley said the challenge posed

by Brexit would be finding a solution that laid the foundation for a “close and deep” relationship between Britain, Spain and other EU countries. He was speaking at the Brexit: Visions and Perspectives forum in Malaga City.

“We have been building our relationship for centuries and we must continue working together,” the ambassador said.

The ambassador added he was confident future relations would include a trade deal that allowed goods to move between the EU and Britain ‘without friction.’

Britain-Spain relations pre-dated the founding of the EU and the future was full of opportunities despite Brexit, Manley said.

Boost for entrepreneurs SPAIN’S Chamber of Commerce has launched a website off e r i n g i n f o r m a tio n and ad v i c e f o r e n t r ep reneurs hoping to start their own business.

The site, w w w. e m prende.camara.es, also offers an advisory line, which claims to solve any specific business concerns within

48 hours.

The initiative is part of th e ‘S p ain E mp re n d e ’ (Spain start up) programme le d b y th e C h a mb er of Commerce which aims to in cre a s e th e n u mb e r and strength of small businesses.

Last year, the programme supported the creation of

1,782 companies, generating 1,868 jobs.

The w e bs ite , a ime d a t thos e a ge d be tw e e n 25 and 55, who have been une mploye d for le s s tha n a year, and who are educated to university level, offers help with financing, training, and setting up a company.

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by Sally Underwood A 17-MONTH-OLD baby in Burgos has been hospitalised after ingesting cocaine.

The girl was allegedly brought to the emergency room in the early hours of the morning after she began crying inconsolably and showing signs of irritation.

Doctors were initially only able to diagnose the baby with dermatitis, although urine analysis later saw her test positive for cocaine.

The girl’s three-year-old sister was also treated by medics, but tested negative for the drug.

According to Spanish media, the children’s parents have suffered from serious drug addictions for several years and have both undergone various treat-

COCAINE POISONING: A 17-month-old baby was hospitalised after consuming the drug. ment programmes. Although the mother reportedly told police she had given up cocaine, both parents are said to have tested positive for the drug after their child was taken to hospital.

Police claim the pair had held a party at their home the night before the incident, where several adults

had reportedly taken the substance. Officers believe the child somehow gained access to the narcotic during this party.

A court has not put in place provisional measures to protect the children, with social services looking after the two until an investigation is complete.

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By Tara Rippin CLIMATE change and fluctuations in water temperature are altering the colour of the oceans.

A new study explains that the distribution of Crib-Phytoplanton - or algae - which is not visible to the human eye, affects the colour of the sea.

The team of researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology claim that now, because of climate change, the distribution of these organisms in the water is changing.

The specialists have developed a system that, through images taken by satellites, is able to simulate how the growth, the new distribution and the interaction of the phyto-

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plankton will change as the temperatures of the oceans rise due to climate change.

In the subtropical regions, the oceans w ill in c re a s e the ir te mpe ra ture s e ve n more which will cause the population of phytoplankton to descend, so the waters will become bluer.

T h o s e c los e s t to the pole s of the planet will look greener because these types of waters cause phytoplankton populations to breed more. When the sun’s rays illuminate these organisms, the light they reflect is green.

According to the MIT researchers’ data, there will be a ‘notable difference’ with respect to the colour of the oceans at the end of the 21st century.

SPAIN’S gambling regulator has published the fourth quarter results of 2018. They reveal that Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) reached €189.5 million, an increase of 4.21 per cent on the same period last year. Sports wagering accounted for 52.74 per cent of the total while casinos represented 34.19 per cent. The remainder came from slot machines, roulette, blackjack and poker.

A VIDEO of a poet delivering the three-minute chronicle of Spanish history which secured his victory in a national competition has gone viral online.

The footage shows Dani Orviz performing Historia Iberica Espidica (Nervous Iberian History) in the final of the Poetry Slam at the Centre for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona in January.

It has since been shared on WhatsApp and on Facebook where it has been shared more than 5,000 times in a week.

Orviz said of his poem t h a t t h o s e w h o f o rg e t their history are condemned to repeat it.

“And the one who does n o t f o rg e t i t i s c o n demned to helplessly see how history repeats itself because of all those who

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LYRICAL: Orviz won the Barcelona slam. h a v e f o rg o t t e n i t , ” t h e poet said.

Historia Iberica Espidica begins with the creation of Spain where ‘the Atlantic touches the Bay of Biscay.’

It goes on to cover the early settlement of Spain, its conquest by the Romans, conversion to

Catholicism, capture by the Moors, the reconquista and golden age that followed.

‘And from this spiritual Iberian story that now becomes so anxiolytic, it remains in the strength of your numbers to write the next chapter,’ the last line of the poem reads.

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Flag comedian unity sketch A COMEDIAN who caused uproar after blowing his nose on Spain’s flag on television has released a new sketch featuring an ironic speech in defence of Spanish unity.

Dani Mateo delivered a parody defence of Spanish unity on La S e x t a ’s E l I n t e r m e d i o c o m e d y current affairs programme.

“Spain is built with a radial which is made of the same material as a closed pistachio,” Mateo said.

“Whenever the right is in opposition it goes from criticising demonstrations to not missing a single one,” Mateo added in reference to a rightwing pro-Spanish unity rally held at the weekend.

Mateo had to temporarily leave the show last year following another which saw him blow his nose on the Spanish flag during a scene parodying Constitution anniversary celebrations.

Critics called for boycotts of La Sexta claiming the sketch was offensive to Spanish people and that Mateo had defiled a national symbol.

Others called for his arrest while supporters said the stunt was obviously in jest.

Prosecutors opened an investigation but found there was no evidence of him having committed a crime.

Mateo said in the wake of the furore that the scandal showed the danger of flags becoming more important than people.

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Fuel prices soar ELECTRICITY bills in Spain were 25 per cent higher last month compared to the same period in 2018.

The reason behind the rise, according to the Spanish consumer organisation OCU, is the weather and CO2 emission rights.

In a statement, it said: ‘We believe the reason for this strong and sustained increase is the weather and, in particular, CO2 emission rights, with prices having risen sharply since the

middle of last year.

‘The higher cost is transferred to the price at which energy is offered by the most polluting technologies. Those most affected are apparently households with timers, as they ‘concentrate high consumption in the colder months.’

The only advice given is to think twice before turning on lights and heating. OCU said a bill payer who consumed 3,000 kWh during January will have paid an extra €51 compared to 12 months ago.

The organisation predicted there will not be a reduction in February, claiming ‘everything seems to indicate the prices will remain. We will have to wait until March or April for a reduction in the wholesale market,’ it concluded.

Cheats online SPAIN is the most unfaithful country in Europe and Madrid is the city with the most cheats, according to a leading dating site for married people. The portal Ashley Madison has more than 54 million users worldwide, and claims Spain and its capital top the list for infidelity. In terms of profession, female doctors and teachers and male IT and hospitality employees are most likely to stray.

According to the head of the Spanish-speaking version, Victor Hermosillo, men seek sex, while women seek adventure after ‘losing the magic.’

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by Tara Rippin THIRTEEN suspected members of a human trafficking network have been arrested in the province of Guipuzcoa and two Colombian women freed from a house in San Sebastian.

The detainees are also accused of selling cocaine to ‘customers’ forcing the women to act as dealers.

The Interior Ministry believes the leaders of the criminal group have laundered around €6 million since 2014, through a network of fictitious companies and bank accounts abroad.

It claims the organisation

had members in Spain and Colombia, where the profits of the business were directed.

According to press reports, the women lived in crowded conditions and had to sign fictitious room rental contracts.

They are said to have been controlled by the head of the network through other women, who ‘made sure they were available all day without the possibility of rejecting any client.’

A judicial order has been issued for the closure of the San Sebastian property while investigations continue ‘to locate other possible members of the criminal organisation.’

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Abortion call THE leader of the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP) has called for abortions to be made illegal in order to bolster Spain’s stagnating population.

Pablo Casado said he was in favour of returning to the 1985 abortion law. The law, passed under Felipe Gonzalez’s government, banned abortions except in cases of rape, the mother facing risks to physical and mental health and the foetus being deformed.

Casado said Spain was facing a ‘demographic winter’ which posed a threat to its welfare system, including funding pensions.

“If we want to finance pensions and health we must think about how to have more children and not how we abort them,” Casado said.

Irene Montero, a senior lawmaker with the leftist Podemos, said women in Spain would not move one step back on their right to abortion.

“If Pablo Casado intends to govern against us he will end up like Gallardon, out,” she said in reference to a former justice minister who resigned after proposing abortion restrictions.

Spain currently provides abortions free within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy un-

‘MORE CHILDREN’: Casado said changes were needed. der a law passed in 2010.

Recent figures from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics showed that 179,794

babies were born in Spain during the first half of last year, the lowest since records began in 1941.

Nuclear plant closures THE Ecology Ministry and Spain’s leading electricity providers have agreed on the dates that the country’s five nuclear power stations will be decommissioned.

Government sources told Spanish media the closures will begin in 2027. The stations are set to close in order of age with the exception of one in the Valencia region.

The first plant to close is set to be the Almaraz site in Extremadura, with the first of its two sites closing in 2027, followed by the second in 2028.

Almaraz is due to be followed by the two Asco sites in Cataluña, closing in 2029 and 2030 respectively.

Cofrentes, in Valencia, is set to be decommissioned in 2033, f ol l owed by Cat al uña’s Vandel l os i n 2034 and Trillo in CastillaLa Mancha in 2035.

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Doctor protests MEDICAL workers took to the streets of cities across Spain on Thursday to call for more rights and dignity in work and for improvements for patients.

The Confederation of Medical Trade Unions (CESM), an umbrella group of organisations representing doctors and nurses, backed the protests claiming the rights of staff had been eroded since 2010.

Madrid medical union Amyts said the rallies there were a ‘success.’

“Doctors throughout Spain are saying, with a unanimous voice, enough to the abuse of professionals, enough of the deterioration of public health,” the union said.

The CESMCV-SAE union which organised demonstrations in Valencia said: “Excessive pressure on care, a lack of resources and personnel and poor working conditions have all worsened.”

CESM said Thursday’s protests included thousands of doctors and nurses. It comes ahead of a rally planned in Madrid on Thursday March 7.

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Cola drinks escape sugar ban claiming plans to limit the reduct i on t o l em on and l i m e flavoured drinks without artificial sweeteners leaves some of the most popular drinks - including orange flavoured beverages with higher levels of sugar.

Com pani es whi ch have al r eady com m i t t ed t o l ower i ng their levels have been told they must continue to reduce their sugar content, although Spain’s government has not announced guidelines on levels.

by Sally Underwood A N a g ree me nt to limit the amount of sugar in Spain’s soft drinks will only apply to lemonlime flavours, excluding popular cola drinks from the policy.

S p ain ’s gove rnme nt a nn o u n c e d fo o d a nd be ve ra ge companies would be forced to reduce sugar, saturated fat, and salt from their products by 2020.

Critics said the policy does n o t g o fa r e nough, how e ve r,

CRACK DOWN: Spain’s government has said companies must lower sugar levels in drinks.

Queen’s cousin guilty MADRID’S Provincial Court has spared lawyer David Rocasolano, the cousin of Queen Letizia, an 18month jail term after finding him guilty of leaking information about a Spanish singer.

The court heard during Rocasolano’s trial that he had disclosed information from proceedings into a case concerning Rocio Durcal

who died in 2006. She was married to singer Antonio Morales, also known as Junior.

The court ruled Rocasolano would not have to serve the sentence due to him having no criminal record and because the term was under 24 months.

The court ordered Rocasolano to pay €34,200 in damages to the

children.

Their children filed a case against Morales over their inheritance after her death, with Roscasolano acting as their legal representative.

Details of the case were given to journalist Maria Patiño who then spoke about it on news and current affairs programmes, the

court heard.

Rocasolano previously published Adios, Princesa in 2013. The book was about his cousin Queen Letizia who was then Princess of Asturias.

It caused controversy for depicting the then-Princess as cold and calculating and for revealing details about her marriage, the royal family and a past abortion.

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Web page to log dangerous wells

PLATFORM: To report illegal well sightings.

VOLUNTEERS in Andalucia are working to help find illegal wells similar to the one little Julen fell down in Totalan.

Around 1,800 people from the Civil Protection service of the province of Malaga and an additional 5,000 from the rest of Andalucia, have volunteered to help look for illegal wells.

The search has been classified as an ‘emergency’ movement which involves the 112 Emergency services and the general public.

The ATPCA, Association of Civil Protec-

tion Technicians of Andalucia, have activated a platform to report illegal well sightings and their exact location, urging citizens to do so at the following link: http://atpca.es/ES/ATP CA13.html.

“If the well you are going to tell us about is an imminent danger which could put lives at risk, immediately call the 112 Andalucia Emergencies and inform them of the dangerous situation,” the ATPCA says on its website.

NATIONAL Mindfulness in schools

MORE than 200 Spanish schools teach mindfulness to their pupils, according to an organisation which promotes the technique in education.

The figures come ahead of the second annual Congress on Mindfulness in Education, organised by the group of the same name. It is set to meet in Aragon’s Zaragoza City in April.

Javier Garcia Campayo, director of the organisation, said mindfulness helped to boost pupils’ ability to concentrate and improved their memories.

“It can also improve the quality of their relationships, the management of their emotions, reduce stress and lead to a greater clarity in decision making,” Campayo said.

It comes as the British government announced 370 schools would teach children mindfulness.

Data showed almost 13 per cent of pupils aged five to 19 experienced at least one mental health episode in 2017.

Mindfulness comes from Buddhist meditation techniques and is used to help improve the mental well-being of healthy children and adults and to treat psychological disorders.

Broken sculptures TWO exhibits at the Reina Sofia Museum were damaged by tourists in the space of a fortnight.

The first of the glass sculptures, created by Iranian artist Nairy Baghramian, was broken when a visitor tripped and fell on it as they were taking a photograph. The second piece was damaged when a woman sat on it to pose for another picture.

Curator Garcia Gomez-Tejedor admitted the pieces were ‘too fragile’ and confirmed the artist had since removed them.

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Driving licences in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.

If you are planning on living in Spain on a permanent basis, it’s a good idea to have a Spanish driving licence - in fact it is mandatory after a while. Here are some guidelines for current and new drivers on how to do this quickly and easily.

If you already have a valid EU (European Union) Community or an EEA (European Economic Area) driving licence and meet the minimum driving age in Spain, you can use it for the first two years of residence in Spain, although you must register your details with the traffic authorities after six months.

You can register at your Central Register of Drivers and Minor Offenders of the Provincial Traffic Headquarters.

If you don’t obtain a Spanish driver’s licence after two years of residence in Spain and are caught driving, you can face a fine of around €200. Visit: www.dgt.es to find out more.

Once the process is under way, you will have to adhere to the same conditions as Spanish licence holders: Have reached minimum age in Spain for the specific category of vehicle you want to drive, Relevant medical checks, Renew or exchange the licence after the first two years’ residence in Spain.

If an EU licence is renewed in Spain it effectively converts it into a Spanish EU licence, which then needs to be renewed every 10 years up to the age of 65, and every five years after 65.

The new regulation which requires new residents to exchange their licences for a Spanish one, was enforced three years ago. As such, Spain has agreements with more than 20 countries, allowing drivers to exchange a foreign driver’s licence for its equivalent. To find out more, check with your home country’s consulate in Spain or the Spanish Traffic Authority at www.sede.dgt.gob.es.

To exchange your licence, you will need to fill out an application form that is issued by the Provincial Traffic Headquarters. (See the above website). The following documents will be required: Proof of identity (original passport and a copy), Proof of your residence for six months (Certificate of Registration in the Central Aliens Register - the NIE number), Application form (in Spanish), Current valid driving licence to be exchanged (original and a copy), Written declaration stating that you don’t have another driving licence of the same class in another country, Written declaration stating that you have not been suspended or banned, Two recent passport size photographs (32 by 25 mm), Medical fitness report (visit the DGT website for information).

For new drivers, check the legal driving ages and permit types before you register. You can get details depending on what type of vehicle you want to drive by visiting: Englishdriving-school.com.

The best option (for new drivers) is to go to a driving school as they take care of the registration process with the Jefatura (Jefatura Provincial de Trafico) on your behalf. Once you have registered, get your medical and vision test done, too.

Theory tests can be done in a classroom or be computer based. The written test is normally taken in Spanish, but some places offer it in English. For more information, visit http://www.autoescuelacorsa.com.

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Flu epidemic in Spain HEALTH experts predict a flu epidemic in Spain will get worse after the National Network of Epidemiological Surveillance released data showing flu cases almost doubled in a week.

The weekly report from January 14 to 20 revealed that 205.3 cases per 100,000 people were registered, a significant rise on the week before when there were 109.4 cases. Last week this figure was even higher at 246.9 cases per 100,000 people.

According to the report by

the Carlos III Health Institute mortality rates for ‘confirmed severe hospitalised cases of influenza (CGHCG)’ have now reached 13 per cent.

People over the age of 64 years accounted for 56 per cent of the deaths, and a third were aged between 15 and 64.

Of patients hospitalised, so far 54 per cent are men and just under 8 per cent are under the age of 15.

The most affected regions are the Basque Country, Navarra, Cataluña and the Balearic Islands.

Railway probe THE EU has claimed that Spain is failing to comply with railway safety standards.

The EU’s European Council said deficiencies were found in the way Spain’s Commission for Investigating Railway Accidents (CIAF) handled their probes.

It comes as an investigation into the 2013 Ourense-Santiago de Compostela accident in Galicia which killed 80 people found necessary measures were not taken to help prevent it.

NATIONAL COFFINS: Cheaper cremations.

Coffin fraud POLICE in Spain have arrested 14 people after uncovering an alleged fraud where bodies were cremated in cheap coffins despite their loved ones paying for more expensive alternatives.

Investigators claim the funeral directors in the northern Castilla y Leon region of Spain switched the coffins and then resold them. Wreaths were even resold for profit it is suggested.

Twelve men and two women who own or work for the funeral directors have been held by police.

Officials are analysing eight computers and a server that were confiscated as part of the ongoing operation to try and discover the size of the fraud which could date back as far as 1995.

Regional government spokesman Virginia Barcones said that nearly €1 million in cash had been seized during one of the police searches.

“This case centres on a repeated alleged fraud, namely the substitution of a high-quality and expensive coffin for a lower-quality cheaper one with the aim

of reselling the more expensive one.

“The period that is being investigated runs from 1995 to 2015. It is very difficult to calculate the size of the alleged fraud, but we are looking at thousands of cases and millions of euros.”

The firm at the centre of the investigations has funeral homes in Valladolid, Medina de Rioseco, Tudela de Duero, Peñafiel and Mojados.

The owners have blamed a former worker they say was convicted of extortion after blackmailing them.

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FAKE IDENTITY: The alleged ringleader, Nestor Anibal, even hid his identity from his wife.

OFFICERS from the National Police have arrested Nestor Anibal, thought to be one of the world’s best document-forgers.

The 72-year-old Argentinian man, who is thought to have used at least four identities, had allegedly been running an extensive counterfeiting network in Spain for the last 10 years.

Police said the man ‘took many precautions’ to protect his identity, even hiding his real name from his wife.

Officers began investigating in August 2017 using the code name ‘Operation Jack-

Spain’s ‘best forger’ arrested al,’ eventually locating the ring’s reported laboratory in Rivas Vaciamadrid, Madrid.

The building is said to have contained several ‘very technical’ machines totalling €100,000, specially-bought for falsifying documents.

Police believe the group were able to create three or four false documents every

day, charging up to €5,000 a time.

During the investigation, officers also arrested 12 other people, including six in Madrid, four in Barcelona, one in Vigo, and another in Ibiza, the final suspect was Nestor’s son, who is thought to have helped him forge documents.

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Dia to lay off 2,100 staff SUPERMARKET chain Dia, has announced 2,100 dismissals and losses of €352 million.

The figures for 2018 are in stark contrast to the profit of €101 million registered a year earlier. Sales dropped to €7,288.8 million in 2018 from €8,217.67 million 12 months earlier, a fall of 11.3 per cent.

The National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has reported that this has led to the firm’s decision to lay off 2,100 of its current 42,000 employees in a bid to ‘ensure the future sustainability of the company.’

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Spain up for clean energy SPAIN’S Secretary of State for Energy has said the country is among the best prepared to transition from fossil fuels to renewable power.

Jose Dominguez said steps taken over the past decade had brought Spain into the lead on

renewable energy. Dominguez said: “Spain is ready to make the essential transition to renewable energy.

“There is no country in the world more prepared than Spain.”

LOW-COST: Train travel may soon be cheaper than other modes of transport.

Full speed at low-cost RENFE’s project to launch a low-cost version of the current AVE service is set to be put in motion next year, according to company president Isaias Taboas.

Taboas discussed Renfe’s company strategy for 20192021 during a meeting with the press, but did not release much information surrounding the project or what the service would entail as they are still working on the fine details.

The president did say the

goal of the service is to attract clients who use their car as a mode of transport because they consider the train too expensive.

The tariffs could be 40 per cent lower than traditional AVE tickets.

Renfe’s main reason for starting the venture is to continue growing after 2020 when the railway sector opens its doors to other competitors who can offer a similar service to AVE. Taboas said the company was convinced that with the new ser-

vice they would continue to create revenue despite the arrival of competitors to the market.

According to company data, the service will potentially increase sales 16 per cent by 2023, raking in €4.6 billion and by 30 per cent by 2028 to a revenue of €5.3 billion.

Taboas explained the project will demand an investment of €3 billion in materials, and they plan to bring into service 200 new trains in March of this year, valued at €1.7 billion.

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Stunning spots THE Most Beautiful Villages in Spain Association has revealed the latest 11 additions to the prestigious club. The striking locations selected are; Nijar (Almeria), Bagergue (Lleida), Carmona and Potes (both in Cantabria), Bonilla de la Sierra (Avila), Roda de Isabena (Huesca), San

BURGLARIES UP: The number of criminals using force in a home has risen.

Violent robberies rise

By Sally Underwood THE number of burglars using force to rob people in their homes has increased by almost 2 per cent, according to new figures.

Desp i t e t h e i n c r ea s e , Spain continues to be one of the safest countries in the w orld, a c c o r d i n g t o d ata provided by the Ministry for

the Interior.

While the number of overall violent robberies has been decreasing since 2012, figures show crimes using force in a person’s home have been on the rise since 2016. Between 2017 and the third quarter of 2018 the figure rose by 2000.

In total, there are around 2,500 thefts of all kinds car-

ried out in Spain each day, although officials believe the true number could be even higher, with around 40 per cent of crimes thought to go unreported. Figures also showed 70 per cent of robberies take place during the day, while the mostly likely day to be robbed is a Monday or Friday, and in January, March or August.

Martin de Trevejo (Caceres), Setenil de las Bodegas (Cadiz), Tazones (Asturias), Viniegra Abajo and Viniegra de Arriba (La Rioja).

The association works to recover and conserve lost historical heritage, spread awareness and promote tourism.

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Dream job A SPANISH company is looking for someone to literally get paid to sleep on the job.

Koala Rest, based in Madrid, is advertising the position of ‘pillow tester’ to par-

ticipate in the development of a product before it’s launched onto the market.

And a salary of €1,200 gross is up for grabs.

CONCERNS: RSF said reporters continued to face hostility.

Journalism concerns

By Joe Gerrard AN NGO representing journalists across the world has said that Spanish reporters’ work to uncover scandals is being used by the state as a ‘weapon’ against them.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) cited National Police raids on the Balearic Island offices of Europa Press in Palma and on Diario de Mallorca journalists in its Annual Report. It

presented the report in Madrid on Friday.

RSF said journalists had continued to run into obstacles as seen when National Police officers seized mobile phones, computers and material from news outlets in Mallorca. Europa Press and Diario de Mallorca were reporting on alleged largescale corruption on the island.

Tension in Spain fell compared to 2017 when the push for Catalan secession culminated in

an independence referendum and declaration but the issue continued to loom large, RSF said.

“Attention has rested on Cataluña again in 2018 which has once again created a climate of hostility towards journalists,” RSF said.

The NGO cited cases of journalists and photographers being harassed by police officers and pro-independence and Spanish unionist demonstrators while reporting in Cataluña.

It comes as RSF placed Spain 31st in the world on its most recent Freedom of the Press ranking. Spain fell two places in the ranking from 2017 to 2018.

The country came ahead of France at 33rd, Britain 40th and the US at 45th. Spain came behind Norway which was first, Germany at 15th and Ireland at 16th.

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SUSPECT: Arrested on suspicion of murder.

Dismembered corpse found in a freezer THE body of a dismembered woman, last seen by her family 18 months ago, was found in a freezer at a property in Alcala de Henares, close to Madrid.

A 42-year-old man, who has reportedly lived in the rented house for the last two years, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The Russian victim, 22, had been missing since September 2017, but her disappearance was only reported on December 30 by her ‘estranged’ family after numerous failed attempts to contact her.

Broken glass TWO exhibits at the Reina Sofia Museum were damaged by tourists in the space of a fortnight.

The first of the glass sculptures, created by Iranian artist Nairy Baghramian, was broken when a visitor tripped and fell on it as they were taking a photograph.

The second piece was damaged when a woman sat on it to pose for another picture.

Curator Garcia Gomez-Tejedor admitted that the pieces were ‘too fragile,’ and confirmed the artist had since removed them.

The museum will reportedly have to pay out €13,700 to have them rebuilt as they were not insured.

Investigating officers visited the property, where the detainee told them the young woman ‘no longer resided with him.’ A search warrant was requested and last Thursday evening, police made the grisly discovery in a freezer in the bathroom.

A post-mortem was due to be carried out to determine when the young woman died, but according to sources, it is possible the suspect lived with the body in the house for some time.

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SWEDEN PROSECUTORS have said they have found what could be crown jewels dating from the 17th century and worth almost €6.3 million on top of a bin in Stockholm after they were stolen from the city’s Strangnas Cathedral last July.

Jewels on bin

Leader resigns LIBERAL PARTY leader Jan Bjorklund has announced he will resign as party leader after 12 years as its head, and added he would not seek to stand again in the 2022 general election, but will stay on until his successor is chosen.

STOLEN: The jewels were taken in 2018.

BELGIUM

Man found

Heist probe

PROSECUTORS in Brussels have said Simon Lembi, who disappeared from the capital in 1999 at the age of 14, has been found living abroad under another identity ending one of the longest-running missing person cases in Belgian history.

POLICE in Antwerp have arrested a 27year-old suspect last week, in connection with a burglary at a bank which allegedly saw thieves break in through tunnels which were dug out of the city’s sewage system.

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Genocide day

Republic at 100

PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will commemorate the Armenian genocide, which saw some 1.5 million people from the country die in 1915, on April 24, in a new annual national ceremony.

GERMANS marked the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the interwar Weimar Republic last week, with the vice-president of the country’s high court saying its progressive rules on universal voting rights, religious tolerance and free speech should be celebrated.

Measures pass MEMBERS of France’s National Assembly have approved a new riot bill introduced following gilet jauntes (yellow vest) protests which allows authorites to ban suspected violent protesters from demonstrations, and fine them for damage caused in rallies if it becomes law.

Abortion change CABINET ministers have approved an amendment to Germany’s abortion law which would allow doctors and clinics to say whether they perform the procedure, unlike current rules which prohibit them from doing so, with the changes now set to be put to parliament.

NETHERLANDS

Faith change

Bird deaths

A FORMER member of political Geert Wilders’ far-right anti-Muslim Freedom Party (PVV) has announced his conversion to Islam which he said took place after writing a book critical of the faith which caused his views to ‘falter.’

DUTCH scientists are attempting to understand why an estimated 20,000 guillemots died suddenly off the Dutch coast in January, after hundreds of bird corpses began washing up on the country’s beaches.

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DENMARK

Climate call

Religion call

A GROUP of Norwegian farmers has made 30 proposals to the government on how the agricultural sector could be reformed to help tackle climate change which is necessary to continue safely providing food for the country, Telemark Bondelag head Aslak Snarteland said.

DANISH Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has called on Russia to respect people’s rights to practise their religion freely after a Jehovah’s Witness from his country was jailed for six years following the faith’s categorisation as an ‘extremist organisation’ by Moscow.

Dog death

Bank probe

POLICE have charged a man in his 40’s from Bronnoy with illegally killing a dog, after the body of one was found without a head at his home in December 2016, which then led to his arrest.

EU tax crime officials are set to travel to Denmark to meet with financial regulators to discuss strengthening anti-fraud rules in the wake of an investigation into the laundering of €200 billion with Danske Bank’s Estonian branch.

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With six editions on the Spanish Costas and Mallorca we cover the main expat areas of Spain - take a look at what is happening around our regions.

The 13-year-old was taken to hospital and told doctors there she had been bullied at the Sierra Blanca Institute in Marbella for the past year.

The four pupils punched her, pulled her hair, strangled her, threw her against a wall and touched her breasts, the girl claimed.

The 13-year-old had deliberately got herself suspended three times to avoid having to go to school.

The school said in a statement that it was working with police on the investigation which remains ongoing.

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Rooftop chase JOINT Guardia Civil and Local Police action led to the arrest of a suspected thief following a rooftop chase in Adra.

A Guardia Civil patrol went to investigate at apartments in the town after receiving a number of calls, including from Local Police, that there was someone on waste ground next to the block trying to make a hole in the outside wall, seemingly to get into offices located on the ground floor.

The Guardia patrol joined Local Police to take a closer look. When the man realised they were there he threw a stone at one of the officers, then climbed up a wall and tried to make a getaway across nearby roofs. Two officers went after him and the rest followed from the ground.

During the chase the suspect jumped over a public road, hitting his head, but kept on running until officers managed to catch up with him and place him under arrest.

‘Cat killer’ arrested POLICE in Velez-Malaga have arrested a 46-year-old man accused of torturing and killing two small animals before leaving their bodies in prominent public spaces.

The alleged crimes came to light on Tuesday morning when a dead cat, showing signs of torture, was found hoisted up a flag pole in the middle of the town.

Later that day, concerned residents reportedly found a second body, that of a skinned rabbit, alongside a note signed ‘El Imbecil,’ (the imbecile).

The letter read: ‘Dear lady: Yesterday it was a cat, today it is a rabbit that was run over by a national imbecile. Do not call me: I do not want to hurt your sensibility and there are more people floating in the Mediterranean than ‘your rabbit’.’

Police said the note also included a full name, leading them to arrest a man with the initials OCM and originally from Barcelona.

MALLORCA

Property ‘conman’ caught

ANIMAL KILLING: A man has been arrested on suspicion of torturing animals.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

Almost there!

AVENIDA MARINA BAIXA in La Cala de Finestrat has closed to traffic as channelling the treacherous La Cala stream progresses.

Two British pensioners lost their lives when they were swept away after the stream flooded in 2011 and a Spanish man drowned there during the storms of December 2016.

More than 100 of the 250 concrete box-culverts, each weigh-

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Work is also being carried out on a deposit to collect surface water, some of which will flow out to sea while the remainder is diverted to La Cala’s main drains.

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“We have reserved spaces in the beach car park for residents and want to thank them and local business owners for their understanding and patience,” continued Selles.

“We expect to be on schedule and by Easter Week the Avenida should be open to traffic. And, most important of all, we hope to solve La Cala de Finestrat’s historic flooding problems.”

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Suicide attempt probe NATIONAL POLICE officers have launched an investigation into bullying at a Marbella school after a 13-year-old student attempted to take her own life by overdosing on medication.

Officers were called after the girl’s mother found her after she had taken the cocktail of drugs when she returned home.

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THE alleged ringleader of a property scam in Mallorca, worth more than €4 million, has been arrested.

Carlos Garcia Roldan, wanted in connection with the major real-estate swindle, was detained in Bogota after a joint operation by Colombian police and Palma’s Guardia Civil.

The Spanish authorities will now formally request his extradition.

Also known as Charly, Garcia Roldan, 46, reportedly fled Spain in May last year after a number of complaints regarding the sale of properties that didn’t exist. Around 200 people were said to have been affected.

At the centre of this scam were two real-estate companies - Lujo Casa and Mallorca Investment which shared the same offices.

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Dia investors’ share offer THREE investors in the Spanish supermarket chain Dia have pooled their shares together as the basis for a syndication deal as a Russian tycoon plots a takeover bid.

Pedro and Pablo Gomez-Pablos and Gregoire Bontoux Halley said they were aiming to boost Dia’s capital by 3.25 per cent.

They also plan to admit other stockholders to their syndication agreement, according to information submitted to Spain’s CNMV market regulator.

It comes as Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman launched a takeover bid last week.

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14 - 20 February 2019 The amount Spanish insurance company Mapfre netted in profits last year, a fall of 24.5 per cent on 2017 levels which is said to have been caused by payouts for storms and floods.

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Renfe plans to compete

Minister budget hopes SPAIN’S Economy Minister has said she hopes lawmakers will back the government’s budget for this year as talks continue to secure parliamentary support.

Nadia Calviño said government budget plans were designed to put the Spanish economy on a ‘sustainable’ path of growth.

It comes as opposition politicians and companies have cast doubt on plans which include raising the minimum wage to €900.

Calviño said concerns over the effects of measures in the budget were ‘exaggerated.’

“We hope that in the end our plans

By Joe Gerrard will have the support of parliament because it is a good budget. We are at the beginning of negotiations,” the minister said.

Dialogue with smaller, regional parties including those who support Catalan independence was necessary, because of a ‘delicate’ political situation, Calviño added.

Calviño said the minimum wage hike would have a ‘neutral’ effect on the economy. It would lead to a rise in consumer spending, because people would see their disposable incomes increase,

the minister added.

It comes as Pablo Casado, the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) opposition, said rises in the minimum wage could destroy jobs for young people. He has proposed raising it gradually to €850 by 2020.

It also follows analysis from the BBVA bank which claimed the rise in the minimum wage would cut the total number of Spanish jobs by 60,000 this year.

The bank has still forecast unemployment will fall to 13.8 per cent in 2019.

Calviño said the hike was designed to ensure workers enjoyed decent wages and dignified, quality jobs.

STATE-OWNED rail company Renfe has said a new app and website improvements are part of its plans to improve services as it prepares for competition from next year.

Manel Villalante, the firm’s Strategy and Development Director, said the planned app for passengers was designed to stave off rivals.

The company wanted to avoid the fate of traditional taxis after the arrival of Uber, Villalante added.

Renfe has also tendered a deal worth €750,000 to redesign its website under its 2019 to 2023 Strategic Plan.

ECB tests for banks

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Green energy agreement BILBOA-based energy company Iberdrola has signed a long-term clean energy deal with Nike, which is set to see the company supply renewable power to the sports f i r m ’s E u r o p e a n f a c i l i t i e s from the Cavar wind farm in Navarra.

Pay order

SHOCKS: The ECB will test banks this month.

THE European Central Bank (ECB) has said it will test around 100 eurozone banks this month to see if they can handle mass withdrawals.

The liquidity stress tests are set to see the banks subjected to various shocks to see how long they can cope with money being withdrawn from deposits.

They come after Spanish bank Popular was brought down by mass withdrawals in 2017,

leading to Santander buying it out.

The ECB tests are made up of three different scenarios. There is the baseline scenario of stable output flows, the adverse shock scenario where liquidity is limited and the extreme shock scenario where wholesale activity is frozen.

The tests will not assess systemic economic shocks, but ones which affect banks individually.

W E L FA R E o ff i c i a l s h a v e said that companies will now have to pay the social security contributions of workers a g e d 5 5 a n d o v e r, l a i d o ff under Employment Regulation Files (EREs) which is expected to save the state about €7.5 million a year.

First year THE chief executive of the B a r c e l o n a - b a s e d N a t u rg y power company marked one year as company head last week, with Francisco Reynes’ having shook up the management structure to streamline it since taking office.

Industrial output grows THE amount of goods produced in Spanish factories grew by 0.8 per cent in 2018, the lowest increase in five years. Figures from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed an increase in equipment production of 2.7 per cent and a rise in industrial ‘intermediate’ goods of 1.7 per cent.

Computers and electronic goods rose by 8 per cent while 6.3 per cent more transport materials

were produced.

Extractive industry goods fell by 5.3 per cent and clothing output decreased by 4.3 per cent.

The regions with the highest output increases were Cantabria with 6.6 per cent, Galicia with 4.9 and Asturias, 2.2. The largest declines took place in La Rioja with 5.6 per cent, the Balearic Islands with 3.9 and Andalucia, 2.9.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,941.30 6.50 Associated British Foods 2,314.00 14.00 Admiral Group 2,104.00 -36.00 Ashtead Group 1,957.50 29.00 Antofagasta 858.90 -12.50 Auto Trader Group 455.00 1.80 Aviva 421.20 3.30 AstraZeneca 5,704.00 8.00 BAE Systems 521.30 1.10 Barclays 156.49 0.55 British American Tobacco 2,761.25 72.25 Barratt Developments 568.20 5.20 BHP GROUP PLC ORD $0.50 1,731.80 28.80 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,845.50 48.50 British Land Co 580.80 5.60 Bunzl 2,476.00 22.00 BP 550.35 6.35 Burberry Group 1,897.00 28.00 BT Group 229.70 1.75 Coca-Cola HBC 2,628.50 8.50 Carnival 4,304.00 74.00 Centrica 137.30 1.10 Compass Group 1,748.00 -1.00 Croda International 5,089.00 77.00 CRH 2,340.50 34.50 DCC 6,495.00 85.00 Diageo 3,015.00 33.00 Direct Line Insurance Group 333.45 -9.85 Evraz 530.00 12.40 Experian 2,004.50 26.50 easyJet 1,287.50 6.00 Ferguson 5,320.00 58.00 Fresnillo 960.60 18.40 Glencore 292.95 0.90 GlaxoSmithKline 1,564.70 -0.10 GVC Holdings 645.25 -2.25 Hikma Pharmaceuticals 1,705.50 15.50 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,659.50 26.00 Halma 1,498.00 21.00 HSBC Holdings 652.80 10.90 Hiscox 1,498.50 5.50 International Consldtd Airs Grp 662.80 7.80 InterContinental Hotels Group 4,461.00 41.50 3i Group 911.90 7.10 Imperial Brands 2,566.50 29.00 Informa 685.20 5.20 Intertek Group 5,105.00 55.00 ITV 132.05 1.40 Johnson Matthey 2,993.50 39.50 Kingfisher 226.25 2.65

% CHG. NET VOL 0.34 27,392.52 0.61 18,533.09 -1.68 6,213.85 1.50 9,303.59 -1.43 8,632.16 0.40 4,196.63 0.79 16,415.25 0.14 71,616.57 0.21 16,568.68 0.35 26,801.72 2.69 62,780.50 0.92 5,608.88 1.69 35,967.32 1.28 4,848.39 0.97 5,504.39 0.90 8,239.36 1.17 110,914.93 1.50 7,592.31 0.77 22,708.34 0.32 9,659.20 1.75 8,236.63 0.81 7,921.52 -0.06 27,883.13 1.54 6,600.58 1.50 18,638.28 1.33 6,292.88 1.11 71,674.81 -2.87 4,720.38 2.40 7,455.27 1.34 17,932.44 0.47 5,169.66 1.10 12,238.63 1.95 7,010.81 0.31 41,460.65 -0.01 76,777.56 -0.35 3,822.89 0.92 4,055.29 1.59 8,087.13 1.42 5,626.34 1.70 128,532.08 0.37 4,302.49 1.19 13,169.18 0.94 8,044.89 0.78 8,836.69 1.14 24,545.09 0.76 8,529.76 1.09 8,114.85 1.07 5,198.82 1.34 5,806.00 1.19 4,779.41

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PRICE(P)

Land Securities Group 881.30 Legal & General Group 262.70 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 57.50 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,606.00 Micro Focus International 1,546.75 Marks & Spencer Group 287.70 Mondi 1,838.00 Melrose 156.65 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 242.90 National Grid 847.10 NMC Health 2,606.00 Next 4,887.50 Ocado Group 918.10 Paddy Power Betfair 6,355.00 Prudential 1,503.00 Persimmon 2,419.00 Pearson 935.10 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,927.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 235.25 Royal Dutch Shell 2,457.75 Royal Dutch Shell 2,488.00 RELX 1,729.00 Rio Tinto 4,313.00 Rightmove 472.18 Rolls-Royce Group 912.90 RSA Insurance Group 530.00 Rentokil Initial 354.20 Sainsbury (J) 293.80 Schroders 2,626.00 Sage Group (The) 649.20 Segro 654.30 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,192.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 247.45 Smith (DS) 332.50 Smiths Group 1,472.75 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 493.58 Smith & Nephew 1,463.50 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 6,580.00 SSE 1,178.25 Standard Chartered 625.50 St James's Place 931.00 Severn Trent 1,975.50 Tesco 224.85 TUI AG 957.20 Taylor Wimpey 166.55 Unilever 4,186.25 United Utilities Group 819.40 Vodafone Group 140.66 John Wood Group 502.50 WPP Group 818.60 Whitbread 4,854.00

CHANGE(P) 3.50 1.50 0.62 30.00 27.25 2.70 34.50 -0.10 1.15 4.90 14.00 34.50 13.70 -20.00 25.00 20.00 8.70 9.00 -3.85 43.75 45.00 8.00 48.00 2.38 11.30 1.00 1.10 1.90 35.00 7.60 4.70 44.00 3.05 3.70 8.25 10.83 -51.50 70.00 7.25 7.50 7.60 -9.50 0.65 43.80 2.10 9.75 -1.20 1.98 2.80 15.80 11.00

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NET VOL

0.40 0.57 1.09 0.66 1.79 0.95 1.91 -0.06 0.48 0.58 0.54 0.71 1.51 -0.31 1.69 0.83 0.94 0.15 -1.61 1.81 1.84 0.46 1.13 0.51 1.25 0.19 0.31 0.65 1.35 1.18 0.72 2.05 1.25 1.13 0.56 2.24 -3.40 1.08 0.62 1.21 0.82 -0.48 0.29 4.80 1.28 0.23 -0.15 1.43 0.56 1.97 0.23

6,523.38 15,665.02 40,710.49 15,984.46 6,344.15 4,692.89 6,647.06 8,013.69 5,728.81 28,811.99 5,417.64 6,727.04 6,101.92 5,003.83 39,376.71 7,552.07 7,193.66 41,466.77 28,916.82 107,671.42 91,820.61 33,519.70 54,616.41 4,158.42 17,114.89 5,391.50 6,543.83 6,407.47 5,987.33 6,890.11 6,599.93 5,147.52 6,291.51 4,563.03 5,840.17 7,109.65 13,531.56 4,869.45 12,046.42 20,694.15 4,990.76 4,755.17 22,309.59 5,612.11 5,385.05 48,762.78 5,662.40 37,242.89 3,452.68 10,099.64 8,827.44

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COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M

PRICE 104,520 170,410 404,910 128,600 117,580 47,190 49,500 73,980 191,670 184,540 133,710 48,840 132,400 101,360 174,750 77,520 105,670 82,360 42,230 97,710 125,790 122,490 261,900 53,950 140,380 70,120 95,580 111,510 199,820

CHANGE% CHANGE 0,12 0,13 0,00 0,00 -0,06 -0,26 -0,14 -0,18 -0,55 -0,65 1,05 0,49 0,16 0,08 -0,94 -0,70 -0,73 -1,40 0,26 0,47 0,39 0,52 0,00 0,00 0,27 0,35 -1,00 -1,02 -0,30 -0,53 0,91 0,70 0,00 0,00 -0,04 -0,03 1,27 0,53 0,59 0,57 -0,77 -0,97 1,47 1,77 -2,64 -7,10 0,71 0,38 0,15 0,21 -1,52 -1,08 -1,19 -1,15 0,50 0,56 -0,01 -0,02

VOLUME(M) 817.497 1.388 1.147.702 875.734 1.701.490 6.257.171 3.118.398 3.317.680 643.960 757.420 920.741 1.010 1.500.581 3.507.381 935.923 2.537.663 71 1.301.792 7.171.803 2.161.496 336.512 989.599 1.140.550 3.206.275 1.671.726 1.757.212 1.266.609 1.397.452 486.304

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Most Advanced Mustang Bio, Inc. Mattel, Inc. Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. Selecta Biosciences, Inc. Omnicell, Inc. ForeScout Technologies, Inc. Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. PHI, Inc. PC Connection, Inc. Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. PHI, Inc.

$ 5.61 $ 15.23 $ 3.81 $ 2.09 $ 76.80 $ 36.44 $ 15.66 $ 5.35 $ 39.16 $ 124.53 $ 4.77

1.15 ▲ 25.78% 2.87 ▲ 23.22% 0.63 ▲ 19.81% 0.33 ▲ 18.75% 11.65 ▲ 17.88% 5.52 ▲ 17.85% 2.36 ▲ 17.74% 0.80 ▲ 17.58% 5.55 ▲ 16.51% 17.25 ▲ 16.08% 0.66 ▲ 16.06%

$ 14.77 $ 23.85 $ 3.35 $ 5.50 $ 65.02 $ 2.26 $ 6.65 $ 21.10 $ 16.30 $ 18.69 $ 7.79

3.76 ▼ 20.29% 5.45 ▼ 18.60% 0.71 ▼ 17.49% 0.98 ▼ 15.12% 8.73 ▼ 11.84% 0.27 ▼ 10.67% 0.77 ▼ 10.38% 2.32 ▼ 9.91% 1.70 ▼ 9.44% 1.86 ▼ 9.05% 0.75 ▼ 8.78%

Most Declined QuinStreet, Inc. Carbonite, Inc. Pixelworks, Inc. Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. Seattle Genetics, Inc. Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc electroCore, Inc. MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. Alector, Inc. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 111, Inc.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT MANY moons ago, when I began writing for this wholly unique, free thinking publication, I often wrote of the impending national disaster should the UK continue to allow immigration, particularly from countries outside of Europe, to continue unabated and virtually unchecked.

This resulted in the emergence of the phrase ‘Another Leapy Rant,’ which became one of the most oft uttered observations in a whole multitude of derisory mail that subsequently found its way into the EWN postbag.

Although many agreed with my sentiments, laughter and derision was, at that time, very much the order of the day. Well, in the words of Farage’s post referendum address to the EU parliament. They’re not laughing now are they?

I’ve just returned from a month in the UK and I can quite categorically state that the face of Great Britain as we knew it has changed - forever. Sure, the country areas are, for the time being, reminiscent of our great culture and heritage, but in the cities, particularly parts of London, British values are virtually non-existent.

Don’t take my word for it.These are a few observations from an article recently published in one of the nationals. They came from a lady journalist (Source: Jane Kelly, The Daily Telegraph) who has, for 17 years lived in Acton Vale, London, one of the areas virtually taken over by the

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The changing face of London

MUSLIM POPULATION: The East London Mosque.

Muslim community. She writes: ‘So many Muslims in the area insist on their separateness - there are not even any attempts to integrate into British society.’ She goes on to say that her neighbours ‘flap by’ in full niqab, so heavily veiled she can’t see their eyes. When she smiles and tries to communicate, they won’t even look her in the eye.

Apparently, most of the shops have been taken over by Muslims and even her fish and chip shop has become Halal. A nearby shop, which advertis-

es ‘no alcohol,’ added that alcohol is also banned in streets near the shop! In the past ‘normally clad’ Western girls, were reportedly admonished for ‘exposing themselves’ near a mosque.

The members of these ‘patrols’ have also been heard shouting ‘this is a Muslim area’ at other white Britons. Openly gay men have been attacked on the streets. The list simply goes on and on.

(Editor’s note: In 2013 ‘Muslim Patrol’ mem-

bers Jordan Horner, Ricardo Macfarlane and another man were sentenced to jail for 68 weeks, 12 months and 24 weeks respectively for harassing and intimidating couples holding hands. The East London Mosque denounced the group’s actions as completely unacceptable following reports that they were attacking gay men.)

So, despite wishful thinking from multi culturists, wilful segregation by immigrants has resulted in, among other unacceptable practices, the chilling term ‘White Flight.’ Between 2001 and 2011, 640,000 white Britons left London, according to the census.

So, most of the old Leapers ‘rantings’ have been realised.

So, all you snowflakes out there, despite your well-intentioned, but unbelievably naïve aspirations for us all to all live side by side as one big happy family, it is well time you realised that it is not the poor beleaguered, well-meaning locals at fault.

The fault is mass uncontrolled, alien immigration. An unforgivable error of judgement that unfortunately has merely resulted in making reluctant racists of just about everyone Keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapyee2002 @ gmail.com

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

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Nora Johnson

Is winter turning us into a nation of snowflakes?

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

BIT of a whinge this week. First off, as if on cue, the same old headlines in the UK press recently: ‘Big freeze brings travel chaos!’ Yes, people are delayed, some airports and schools closed, but hey, it’s winter! Shock horror!

As I watched TV, with news reports of trapped motorists, I wondered why they didn’t seem to pay attention to the many warnings.

Is it a lack of trust in the Met Office? An ‘It won’t happen to me’ fantasy, or just plain stupidity?

Why can’t the UK have an emergency stash of snow ploughs and gritters which can be mobilised when winter hits, instead of this annual pathetic chaos? Stick the vehicles in the areas where snow’s expected, and set them to work.

Don’t wait until the roads are blocked. Other countries manage perfectly well in bad winter weather without this incompetent, inexplicable lack of action by government and local authorities.

Speaking of which, my next whinge concerns some local authorities using taxpayer cash to pay consultants to ‘analyse a clown festival,’ ‘devise a pantomime strategy,’ and ‘decide how many golf courses a town needs.’

Council spending on consultants increased to nearly £400 million last year, despite a gov-

BIG FREEZE: Travel chaos caused by the bad weather.

ernment ruling to preserve frontline services instead. Right! Money which could be far better spent on more snow ploughs and gritters...

Every year I always look forward to seeing some wimp of a TV reporter standing out in the snow/wind/rain telling everyone about the snow/wind/rain. Best one for me, though, is the same wimp in a high-vis jacket at a local gritting depot telling us about gritters; as if none of us have seen a gritter at work before.

To sum up, then, ‘Chaos!’; the most overused word when it comes to weather reporting. There’s some disruption, it’s winter, it’s cold. In other news, man asks barber if he

needs a haircut.

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I hold a residence certificate as an EU citizen in Spain and I have a UK driver’s licence, valid until my 70th birthday. Because of Brexit, I have to exchange my UK licence for a Spanish licence.

After the exchange, do the Spanish authorities return the UK licence?

Obtaining the appointment to exchange it may take five to six months. Will this delay complicate matters due to being after the Brexit date, or because I started the procedure before the Brexit date, will that make the exchange simpler, meaning I will not need to take a Spanish driver’s test?

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Apply now. You should already have exchanged your UK permit valid to 70 years of age in any case, because an official resident of Spain must make the change after two years. No, Spain does not return your UK permit.

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5:15pm Take Me Out 6:30pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 7:30pm Valentine's Day 8:35pm FYI Daily 8:40pm Valentine's Day 10:00pm Fifty Shades of Grey 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Fifty Shades of Grey 12:25am Family Guy

8:00pm

Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world.

8:30pm The Sky at Night 9:00pm The Final Frontier?

10:00pm Venus Uncovered: 11:00pm Sex, Lies and Love Bites: The Agony Aunt Story 12:00am Roy Orbison: Love Hurts 1:00am Love Songs at the BBC: A Valentine's Day Special A selection of romantic songs, including tracks by Celine Dion, Joe Cocker...

2:00am Time Shift 3:00am The Final Frontier?

4:00am Venus Uncovered:

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7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 10:00am Judge Judy 10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am On the Buses 12:00pm On the Buses 12:30pm Rising Damp 1:05pm George and Mildred 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Law and Order: UK 1:05am Scott and Bailey 2:05am Scott and Bailey 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen

7:25am 8:15am 9:10am 10:15am 11:20am 12:30pm 1:35pm 2:40pm

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8:55pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Find it, Fix it, Flog it Countdown A Place in the Sun The £100k Drop Couples Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

The Political Slot The Secret Life of the Zoo Hunted First Dates Famous and Fighting Crime

The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak The father of a rape victim convinces his daughter not to report the incident to the police, and sets out to take his revenge on the rapist.

3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Football Genius 9:30pm Football Genius 10:00pm Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip 11:00pmBlade: Trinity 12:00am FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.

12:05amBlade: Trinity 1:15am Minder

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

Floogals Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Shimmer and Shine The Secret Life of Puppies Jeremy Vine Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 5 News Lunchtime Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Home and Away Neighbours Love You to Death Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun They Lend it, You Rich Kids Go Skint On Benefits and Proud

10:55am 48 Hrs 12:35pm Charlie's Angels 2:20pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 4:10pm Beverly Hills Cop 6:00pm The A-Team 8:00pm Top Gun 10:00pm Bad Boys 12:05am Bad Boys II 2:35am Red Heat 4:25am The Karate Kid, Part II

6:20am The Odd Couple 8:15am Dude, Where's My Car? 9:45am Paul 11:35am Dumb and Dumber 1:30pm The Other Guys 3:25pm Step Brothers 5:15pm Paul 7:05pm Dumb and Dumber 9:00pm The Other Guys 11:00pm Step Brothers 12:50am The Blues Brothers 3:05am Midnight Run 5:15am The Odd Couple

THURSDAY TV

7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona 8:30am Celebrity Coach Trip 9:00am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm The Goldbergs 5:30pm The Goldbergs 6:00pm Shipwrecked 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Young Sheldon 10:00pm Shipwrecked 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 11:35pm The Inbetweeners 12:10am The IT Crowd 12:40am The IT Crowd 1:15am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am

7:00am 8:40am 10:45am 12:30pm 2:20pm 3:45pm

7:15am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am Football's Greatest 9:00am Football Countdowns 10:00am Football Years 11:00am EFL 12:00pm One2eleven 12:15pm One2eleven 12:30pm Football's Greatest 1:00pm EFL Greatest Games 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Football Years 4:00pm EFL 5:00pm One2eleven 5:30pm Football's Greatest 6:00pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL 8:00pm EFL Matters 8:30pm EFL Greatest Games 8:45pm EFL Greatest Games 9:00pm Football's Greatest 9:30pm Football's Greatest 10:00pm EFL Matters 10:30pm EFL Greatest Games 10:45pm EFL Greatest Games 11:00pm EFL 12:00am EFL Matters 12:30am Football's Greatest

Fever The Negotiator Shock and Awe Book Club Electric Love Frat Pack A young Brit joins his future stepbrothers on an eventful US road trip to attend a wild fraternity party.

5:25pm The Negotiator Thriller about a former US diplomat forced to return to the scene of a heartbreaking tragedy in order to negotiate the release of an old friend.

7:25pm Shock and Awe 9:00pm Book Club Romantic comedy.

10:50pm Electric Love 12:15amL'amant Double 2:15am Fever 3:55am Top Ten Show, the 2019

Live Handa World Super 6 Perth 10:00am Cricket 4:30pm Info not available 8:00pm Live Premier League Darts 11:30pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Live NBA: Oklahoma @ New Orleans The New Orleans Pelicans take on the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Smoothie King Centre in the NBA. 4:30am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

5:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

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

vvSURPRISE, surprise! The Public Prosecution Department smells a rat in the Ministry of the Interior’s plot to rob notes - ie evidence - accumulated by Luis Barcenas, former Partido Popular treasurer.

For those recently arrived from Outer Space, this occurred because Luis Barcenas was dishing the dirt on the PP’s dodgy funding and other fiscal sins.

Judges handed out verdicts and sentences at the end of the Gurtel confidence at the end of last May, which put Pedro Sanchez in the Moncloa and the PSOE in government.

In 2013 this likelihood prompted the Ministry of the Interior to launch Operation Kitchen, protecting the party’s interests, not the state’s.

The Ministry spent €600,000 of public money, some of which was used to bribe Barcenas’ chauffeur to spy on him.

Inevitably, the now-retired police chief Jose Manuel Villarejo also played a starring role in the conspiracy, as his presence appears to be a given in these cases.

As it’s also a given that the Public Prosecution department took years to come up with a conclusion which occurred to the rest of us long before.

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Delayed reaction Back to the jackboot THE Supreme Court, which is prosecuting members of the regional government who declared Cataluña an independent republic on October 27, 2017, has preferred not to accept international observers.

Not the best of moves. No-one questions Spain’s democratic credentials, at least no-one living here, but this decision makes it less easy to erase the international image of poor downtrodden Cataluña crushed under Fran-

co’s cast-off jackboots.

Allowing, as their lordships have, live coverage of the sessions is less convincing than they imagine. For a world fed a diet of reality television it will be so mind-numbingly boring that commentators will revert to the jackboot theory anyway.

Neutral tones A LEADING seaman in the Spanish Navy received 30 days in the glasshouse for signing an

anti-Franco manifesto.

This responded to an earlier manifesto by 144 high-ranking officers, many of them retired, defending Francisco Franco and justifying the military uprising against the Republican government in July 1936.

Another group made a public declaration the one which landed the seaman in hot water which supported the sovereignty of the Spanish people. The disciplinary proceedings against him claimed criticising the dead dictator ‘undermined the Armed Forces’ neutrality.’

British colony status GIBRALTAR voted almost unanimously to remain inside the European Union, so is not particularly happy with the prospect of a hard Brexit.

Spain has been breathing down their necks for centuries, and now, adding insult to injury, Brussels has announced that if Britain says adieu, farewell and goodbye without a deal, Gibraltar will have the status of a British colony.

Spain has succeeded in manoeuvring Brussels into using this term in a document prepared for the increasingly likely eventuality of a no-deal Brexit.

Nothing is guaranteed to make Brexiteers froth at the mouth like accusing them of having little idea of what they were really voting for, but how many were prepared for this one?

NO BREXIT: Gibraltar voted to remain in the European Union.

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FRIDAY TV

1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm A Place to Call Home 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:55pm The Best House in Town 5:40pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Question of Sport 10:00pm MasterChef 10:30pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News; Weather 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Cuckoo

7:30am Wanted Down Under Revisited 8:15am The Best House in Town 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm A Vicar's Life 3:15pm Collectaholics 4:15pm Animal Babies 5:15pm How Earth Made Us 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Big Cats About the House 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 10:00pm Monty Don's Japanese Gardens 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05am Nightcrawler

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Classic Album: American Pie - Don Mclean 10:00pm Flat Pack Pop: Sweden's Music Miracle 11:00pm The Defiant Ones 11:45pm The Defiant Ones Blown away by Dr Dre's singular talent, Jimmy Iovine recalls cutting a deal with Death Row for Interscope to become the label's distributor.

12:25am Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business 1:25am Top of the Pops 1:55am The Last Pirates: Britain's Rebel Djs 2:55am Arena: Loretta Lynn Still a Mountain Girl 3:55am Flat Pack Pop: Sweden's Music Miracle

7:30am King of Queens 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm The £100k Drop 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm 8 Out of Cats Does Countdown 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am First Dates 1:10am The Real Football Fan Show 1:40am Underworld: Awakening

9:05am Digby Dragon 9:20am Floogals 9:40am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:55am Shimmer and Shine The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 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 Her Boyfriend's Secret 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Do the Right Thing 9:00pm Secret Scotland 10:00pm Posh Hotels with Sally and Nigel 11:00pm 13 Moments That Killed Whitney Houston 12:35am Whitney Houston: Her Greatest Hits

7:00am Hollyoaks 7:30am Hollyoaks 8:00am Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona 8:30am Celebrity Coach Trip 9:00am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm The Goldbergs 5:30pm The Goldbergs 6:00pm Shipwrecked 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Shipwrecked 11:00pm Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) 11:35pm Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) 12:05am The Robot Chicken 12:35am The Sex Clinic

6:00am

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm James Martin's Great British Adventure 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmGrantchester 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Through the Keyhole 12:45am Small Fortune 1:40am Tenable

7:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:10am Dress to Impress 9:00am Emmerdale 9:55am You've Been Framed!

10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 12:15pm You've Been Framed and Famous! Gold 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:00pm Take Me Out 7:30pm Take Me Out: The Gossip 8:30pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Spectre 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pmSpectre 11:55pm Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am American Dad!

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am Murder, She Wrote 10:00am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:25am On the Buses 11:55am On the Buses 12:30pm Rising Damp 1:05pm George and Mildred 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:00am Agatha Christie's Poirot

7:00am 7:25am 8:15am 9:05am

8:50am xXx2: The Next Level 10:40amRocky Balboa 12:30pmCollateral Damage 2:30pm Gone in 60 Seconds 4:30pm Geostorm 6:30pm Green Lantern 8:30pm Ready Player One 11:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 1:35am S.W.A.T. 3:35am Deep Blue Sea 5:25am Godzilla

7:00am Shock and Awe 8:45am Book Club 10:35am Anything After attempting to take his own life, a small-town widower moves to Los Angeles where he begins to bond with his eccentric Hollywood neighbours.

12:15pm The Negotiator 2:10pm Life of the Party 4:00pm Electric Love 5:30pm Shock and Awe 7:10pm Book Club 9:00pm Life of the Party Back-to-school comedy about a down-on-her-luck fortysomething who decides to finish her degree - at the same college as her daughter.

10:50pm Happy Death Day 2u: Special 11:20pm The Negotiator 1:15am Electric Love

7:00am 8:00am 9:00am

The Car Chasers The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. LA County's sleuthing chief coroner stakes his reputation on another case.

10:10am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pm The Professionals 1:30pm The Avengers 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm Steve Mcqueen: 10:00pmBullitt 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pmBullitt 12:20am Senna Sports documentary directed by Asif Kapadia, 2010.

1:20am FYI Daily

7:05am Chokeslam 8:55am The Wedding Guest 10:35am Bean 12:15pm Mr Bean's Holiday 1:55pm Stuck on You 4:00pm Pitch Perfect 3 5:40pm Bean 7:20pm Mr Bean's Holiday 9:00pm Role Models 10:45pm Pitch Perfect 3 12:30am Hot Tub Time Machine 2:20am Airplane!

Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

7:00am Live Handa World Super 6 Perth 10:00am Cricket Day three of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban.

4:30pm Info not available 8:00pm Football Sunderland take on Accrington Stanley at the Stadium of Light in Sky Bet League One. 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am Cricket New Zealand host Bangladesh in the second ODI of three at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

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

EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Matters EFL Matters Football The Debate - Live SPFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Years

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigellissima 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News; Weather 2:15pm Athletics 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm Toy Story 7:25pm BBC News 7:35pm BBC London News; Weather 7:45pm Pointless 8:35pm The Greatest Dancer 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Would I Lie to You? 11:10pm BBC News; Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:25am Man Like Mobeen 12:50am Red Tails 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

2:50am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Ultimate Spider-Man v the Sinister Six 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 1:45pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:00pm Dancing on Ice 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm ITV Evening News 6:15pm Regional News and Weather 6:30pm Info not available 7:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 8:00pm Small Fortune 9:00pm The Voice UK 10:30pm Through the Keyhole 11:30pm ITV News 11:45pm Rocky IV 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am WOS Wrestling 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

9:00am Top Class 9:30am The Dog Ate My Homework 10:00am Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole 10:30am Nature's Microworlds 11:00am Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 2:00pm Food & Drink 2:30pm Best Bakes Ever 3:00pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm City in the Sky 5:00pm Money for Nothing 6:00pm Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 7:00pm Back in Time for School 8:00pm The Great British Sewing Bee 9:00pm River Walks 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Williams 11:45pm Mayans M.C. 12:50am Mayans M.C. 1:40am Norfolk

8:00pm Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 9:00pm Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities 10:00pm Trapped Return of the Icelandic crime thriller, starring Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.

10:50pm Trapped 11:40pm Top of the Pops 12:10am Glen Campbell: The Rhinestone Cowboy 1:10am The Defiant Ones 1:55am The Defiant Ones 2:35am Walrus: Two Tonne Tusker 3:35am Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore traces the sacred history of Istanbul.

6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:25pm The Voice UK 2:00pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 2:30pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 3:00pm You've Been Framed!

3:30pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 4:35pm FYI Daily 4:40pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 5:20pm Nanny McPhee 6:20pm FYI Daily 6:25pm Nanny McPhee 7:25pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 10:00pm Shaun of the Dead 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Shaun of the Dead 12:05am Family Guy

5:45am Road to Avonlea 6:30am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am Royal Stories 7:25am Royal Stories 7:50am Rising Damp 8:15am Rising Damp 8:50am George and Mildred 9:20am George and Mildred 9:50am Carry on Abroad 11:35am Midsomer Murders 1:35pm Midsomer Murders 3:35pm Midsomer Murders 5:40pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:05am Classic Emmerdale 2:35am Classic Emmerdale 3:00am Classic Emmerdale 3:25am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Frasier 8:55am Frasier 9:20am The Big Bang Theory 9:45am The Big Bang Theory 10:10am The Big Bang Theory 10:35am The Simpsons 1:00pm Four in a Bed 1:30pm Four in a Bed 2:00pm Four in a Bed 2:30pm Four in a Bed 3:00pm Four in a Bed 3:30pm A Place in the Sun 4:30pm Sun, Sea and Brides to be 5:35pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Hidden Britain by Drone 9:00pm Great British Car Journeys 10:00pm Spy 12:25am Ride Along 2 2:15am The Last Leg 3:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus

7:00am World of Sport 7:15am The Professionals 8:10am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9:15am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Ironside 12:35pm Columbo 2:10pm World of Sport 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live From Ascot 5:00pm Chisum 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Chisum 7:20pm The Cowboys 8:20pm FYI Daily 8:25pm The Cowboys 10:00pm Pale Rider 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Pale Rider 12:20am Total Recall 1:20am FYI Daily 1:25am Total Recall 2:35am Minder 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 10:55am 11:05am 11:20am 1:10pm 1:40pm 2:10pm 2:50pm 3:20pm 3:55pm 5:40pm 6:40pm 7:35pm 8:30pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:30am 2:00am 4:00am

HouseBusters Wildlife SOS Milkshake!

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles A Cinderella Story Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Mulan Billionaire Babies: 24 Carat Kids Billionaire Kids Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Greatest Chocolate Ads of All Time 5 News Spending Secrets of the Royals Britain's Favourite Royal Inside Kensington Palace High Street TV Teleshopping Access

7:50am 9:20am 11:25am 1:50pm

Walking Tall Batman Forever Ready Player One Star Wars: The Last Jedi 4:25pm Thor: Ragnarok 6:40pm Black Panther 9:00pm Avengers: Infinity War 11:35pm Hancock 1:15am 300 3:20am Con Air 5:25am The Legend of Zorro

7:15am

Top Ten Show, the 2019 7:30am Father Figures 9:30am Meet the Parents 11:25am Meet the Fockers 1:25pm Daddy's Home 2 3:10pm Step Brothers 5:05pm Father Figures 7:05pm Meet the Parents 9:00pm Meet the Fockers 11:00pm Daddy's Home 2 12:45am Step Brothers 2:35am Death at a Funeral 4:15am My Blind Brother

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

Rules of Engagement Don't Tell the Bride Don't Tell the Bride Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy The Goldbergs Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon Young Sheldon Young Sheldon 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 Thor 2 Guns Gogglebox Gogglebox Shipwrecked Shipwrecked Shipwrecked

6:30am The Lego Movie 2: Special Sky Movies takes a special look at the super-awesome sequel to The Lego Movie, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett.

7:00am Anything 8:50am Shock and Awe 10:35am The Little Vampire 12:10pm Life of the Party 2:10pm Electric Love 3:35pm The Negotiator 5:35pm Book Club 7:30pm The Little Vampire Children's horror fantasy.

9:00pm Life of the Party 10:50pm Shock and Awe 12:25am The Negotiator 2:20am Fever 3:45am Electric Love 5:10am Book Club

SATURDAY TV

12:00am Cricket New Zealand host Bangladesh in the second ODI of three at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

7:00am Live Handa World Super 6 Perth 10:00am Cricket Day four of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban.

1:00pm Football 4:10pm Live Super Rugby Bulls take on Stormers at Loftus Versfeld Stadium in round one of the 2019 Super Rugby season.

6:15pm Live n Irish League Final 8:30pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News

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

EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Football Gillette Soccer Saturday: Live Scores Live n Irish League Final SPFL Ballers EFL EFL EFL Football's Greatest Football's Greatest One2eleven One2eleven Football Countdowns Football Countdowns SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games One2eleven One2eleven EFL EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns

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11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics London 12:30pm The Big Questions 1:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Porridge 3:20pm Bargain Hunt 4:10pm Money for Nothing 4:40pm Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 7:05pm Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm Baptiste 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News; Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 12:10am Blades of Glory

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8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am Ben 10 9:10am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 9:30am Spy School 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Parveen's Indian Kitchen 11:30am This Morning - On Sunday 12:30pm Ainsley's Caribbean Kitchen 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:35pm The Voice UK 3:05pm Thunderball 5:35pm ITV Evening News 5:45pm Regional News and Weather 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Dancing on Ice 9:00pm To be Announced 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm Martin Clunes: Islands of America 12:10am Cold Feet 1:05am Grantchester 1:55am Jackpot247

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5:20am Come Dine with Me 6:15am Jamie's Quick and Easy Food 6:45am Jamie's Comfort Food 6:55am King of Queens 7:20am King of Queens 7:45am The Big Bang Theory 8:10am The Big Bang Theory 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 5:50pm The Simpsons Movie 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Escape to the Chateau 9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Traitors 11:00pm 8 Out of Cats Does Countdown 12:00am Hunted 1:00am Ride Upon the Storm 2:10am End of Watch 4:00am Undercover Boss USA

7:00am The Car Chasers 7:25am The Professionals 8:15am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 9:10am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:20am Ironside 11:25am Columbo 1:00pm Columbo 2:55pm Chisum 3:55pm FYI Daily 4:00pm Chisum 5:15pm The Cowboys 6:15pm FYI Daily 6:20pm The Cowboys 7:50pm Mr. Bean 8:25pm Mr. Bean 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Firefox 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Firefox 12:45am Bullitt 1:45am FYI Daily 1:50am Bullitt 3:05am Pawn Stars 4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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5:10am Book Club 7:00am The Negotiator 9:00am Top Ten Show, the 2019 9:20am The Little Vampire 11:00am Life of the Party 1:00pm Bad Samaritan 3:10pm Book Club 5:10pm The Hidden World of How to Train Your Dragon 5:40pm The Little Vampire 7:20pm Shock and Awe 9:00pm Life of the Party 10:50pm Bad Samaritan 1:00am The Negotiator 3:05am Anything 4:55am Book Club Four sixty-something friends find their lives turned upside down after reading infamous book Fifty Shades of Grey.

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5:00am To be Announced 7:00am Live Handa World Super 6 Perth 10:00am Cricket Day five of the first Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Durban.

1:30pm Football Blackburn Rovers take on Middlesbrough at Ewood Park in the Sky Bet Championship.

4:30pm Football 7:30pm Live World Club Challenge 10:30pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:30am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond.

1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Live NBA A game from the NBA. 4:15am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

7:00am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30am EFL Goals: Championship 9:30am EFL Greatest Games 9:45am EFL Greatest Games 10:00am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 12:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 1:30pm Football 4:30pm Football 7:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 9:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 10:30pm EFL Greatest Games 10:45pm EFL Greatest Games 11:00pm EFL 12:00am Football's Greatest 12:30am Football's Greatest 1:00am Football Years

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ITV reveals Victoria series three premiere Richard Shanley UK viewers won’t have to wait too much longer to see Victoria’s third series, thankfully.

F o r t h e f i r s t t i m e e v e r, t h e r e g a l d r a m a i s c u r r e n t l y a i ring in the US as part of P B S ’s M a s t e r p i e c e p r o g r a m ming block before it even has a UK premiere date, which has ticked off fans here at home.

ITV was at first hesitant to update viewers on when it would be bringing them the new episodes, but does now have a firm timeline of when Her Royal Highness Jenna Coleman will be back on screens.

T h e c h a n n e l ’s b o s s K e v i n Ly g o , h a s c o n f i r m e d t o t h e R a d i o T i m e s , t h a t Vi c t o r i a will definitely return ‘in the spring or summer.’

Asked why there was such a long delay in transmission, L y g o w o u l d o n l y s a y : “ We have to get it right and put it up against the right things on

the BBC and elsewhere.”

We ’ r e s u r e f a n s w i l l b e thrilled with that reasoning!

S t i l l , a t l e a s t t h e r e ’s s o l i d n e w s o n w h e n Vi c t o r i a a n d A l b e r t ’s e p i c r o m a n c e w i l l continue playing out.

The third series picks up in ‘turbulent times’ for the Queen and her royal court in 1848, as her advisors warn her to leave London to avoid the possibility of an uprising.

THE WAIT IS OVER: Her Royal Highness, Jenna Coleman is back on screen.

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12:00pm Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Best House in Town 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News; Weather 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More Old News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

7:00am Wanted Down Under Revisited 7:45am The Best House in Town 8:30am Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start 9:00am Great Canadian 9:30am The Week in Parliament 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm A Vicar's Life 3:15pm Collectaholics 4:15pm Animals with Cameras 5:15pm Animal Babies 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Growing Up Gifted 11:00pm Cunk on Britain 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Hospital

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 9:00pm Coast 10:00pm A Very British History 11:00pm Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle 11:15pm Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle 11:30pm The Story of Skinhead with Don Letts 12:30am The Art That Made Mexico: Paradise, Power and Prayers 1:30am The Art of Spain 2:30am Handmade: By Royal Appointment 3:00am Return to Larkinland 4:00am A Very British History

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm James Martin's Great British Adventure 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Cold Feet 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm The Death of Aimee Spencer 12:45am Cleaning Up 1:35am Tenable

9:25am Coronation Street 9:55am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm You've Been Framed!

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1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

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Stone of Destiny Jungle Battleship Ghost Rider Justice League King Kong War for the Planet of the Apes 9:00pm Justice League 11:00pm White House Down 1:15am The Running Man

7:45am Daddy 9:25am Miss Congeniality 11:20am Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 1:20pm Pitch Perfect 3:20pm Girls Trip 5:30pm Norbit 7:20pm Fist Fight 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm Girls Trip 1:10am American Pie 2:50am Happy Gilmore

7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona 8:30am Young and Hungry 9:00am Rules of Engagement 9:30am Rules of Engagement 10:00am Melissa and Joey 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm The Goldbergs 6:00pm Shipwrecked 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Coach Trip: Road to Barcelona 9:00pm 27 Dresses 11:00pmThe Sex Clinic 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Shock and Awe 8:45am The Little Vampire 10:15am Top Ten Show, the 2019 10:35am Electric Love 12:00pm Life of the Party 2:00pm The Devil's Doorway 3:30pm Bad Samaritan Horror thriller starring Robert Sheehan as a petty crook who stumbles upon the gruesome kidnap plot of wealthy sadist David Tennant.

5:30pm The Little Vampire 7:00pm The Negotiator Thriller about a former US diplomat forced to return to the scene of a heartbreaking tragedy in order to negotiate the release of an old friend.

9:00pm Life of the Party 10:50pm The Devil's Doorway 12:15am Bad Samaritan

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Football Years EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits EFL Goals: League One and League Two Football's Greatest Football One2eleven SPFL Round Up Show SPFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits Football's Greatest Football's Greatest

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6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm James Martin's Great British Adventure 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Call the Cleaners 9:00pm This Time Next Year 10:00pm Martin Clunes: Islands of America 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm When English Football Ruled Europe

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8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 9:00pm British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm Black Nurses: The Women Who Saved the Nhs 11:00pm Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle 11:15pm Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle 11:30pm James May's Big Ideas 12:30am The Town That Thread Built 1:30am Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

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THERE are some tree-mendous trunks and terrific tree roots, found all over Spain.

I recently found some really scary trees in Palma City centre, Mallorca.

Can you spot the ghoulish face?

Look at its eyes and mouth. Who yer gonna trunk call - ghost busters!

Branching out to the Costa del Sol, I found another monster tree root in Paloma Park, Benalmadena.

There’s creatures great and small in the park, but look closely and you will see there’s a crocodile under that tree.

The ‘creature’ is massive - look at the size of its head, legs and tail.

With Spain coming second only to Sweden for the largest amount of forests in Europe, there must be dozens of weird and wonderful trees in your neck of the woods.

If anyone has got any strange snaps of trees/trunks/roots or fun pictures, email daxyanderson@yahoo.com.

David Anderson

Rapid turnover I HAVE been enjoying the new series of Bargain Loving Brits.

However, after doing a bit of Googling and Facebooking following the first episode, it appears that one couple who took on a bar have already called it a day.

The bar has been redecorated in red - they painted it blue - and from Facebook threads, appears to have changed hands around October. Assuming the episode was filmed in early summer 2018 (it appears so) then they lasted all of three or four months. Ouch!

Alan Hayes Leapy Lee has been getting a reaction from readers…

BBC take note I ENJOYED reading (Leapy Lee 1753) your article on Brexit (promise I won’t mention it again!)

Perhaps if the BBC broadcast your article rather than the BBC’s invented doom and gloom, it would lift the whole nation and disclose our true opinions and stance on Europe.

It was especially enlightening for me as for two years I had thought the ‘B’ word was some kind of breakfast cereal!

Alan

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Spot on…

But one correspondent was not quite so happy…

I HAVE just read your article in the Euro Weekly News. It was ‘spot on.’

I do hope you are correct and there is a shift in views. I think Britain will be Great again!

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NEWS that Spain intends to work more closely with France and Germany on EU issues following Brexit is welcome if the country does not forgo its ties with Britain.

Discussions between officials from Spain, France and Germany have so far focused on bringing Spain into the fold of leading EU member states.

It comes as Irene Lozano, Secretary of State for Global Spain, said the country should strive to occupy the void left

by Britain in the EU following Brexit.

The official added that Spain and Britain must continue to work hand in hand over Europe and internationally.

If Lozano’s comments are indicative of Spain’s policy towards Britain going forward then it is encouraging.

Spain and Britain share many reasons for co-operation, including large communities of expatriates living in each other’s countries.

Recent bilateral agreements on voting rights and other issues post-Brexit have shown officials in London and Madrid are keen to continue working closely together. Even the longrunning dispute over Gibraltar has so far failed to derail their efforts. If Britain and Spain continue to develop such ties then Madrid’s desire to make its presence felt in the EU should also be welcome.

Spain, which would be the fourth-largest economy in the bloc following Britain’s departure, would be ideally placed to act as its third power alongside France and Germany. It could also prove a valuable ally for Britain in the EU after Brexit.

IT really is time to get rid of Leapy Lee.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Political leader calls for abortion restrictions Haven’t they heard of over population affecting future resources and pollution issues… besides Spain’s immigration entering the country well make up the difference!

Felipe Instead of restricting abortion, how about some incentives to have children? 0-down/low interest mortgages on homes, heavy tax cuts for lower and mid-class familes, etc.

Erik

WARNING: Go update your mobile NOW - Apple bug let people secretly listen in on conversations Simple answer: not tested properly. When companies have a deadline to meet, it is always testing that gets cut and squeezed and test managers have to start prioritising instead of testing everything. This is hardly a one-in-a-million sequence of events, it should be a standard element of the test script suites. But when you are doing a final pass of the code, not everything is retested, although automated test tools should pick this kind of thing up these days.

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‘UNACCEPTABLE’: One in four Spanish children could face poverty by 2030 Do we assume this is a proxy figure for adult poverty? Why not say so. The current unemployment rate, linked with the

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don then a flight to Edinburgh so it would be another £115 to London then £115 to Edinburgh. That’s £345 just to use the seats I’ve already paid for. This does not make sense. As holiday and flight came to £275 all in… it’s just a con.

Anne

abject failure of the economy since entering the Euro Zone is surely part of the issue.

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Never had a problem with Ryanair, always on time and usually early on landings. I fly about every six weeks from Leeds to Alicante. Always spot on. no complaints from me. Usually a lot cheaper and flight times are good.

Carol

FUEL TAX: Spanish government proposal to increase diesel price by estimated 28.6 per cent I thought that the latest EU standard for diesel cars , Eu6 , would significantly reduce emissions , with some vehicle using AdBlue to lessen nitrous oxide to a low level. Also petrol vehicles require the catalytic converter to heat up considerably to achieve best operation, talking five to 10 minutes to do so, emitting pollution before achieving operating temperature! There is a lot of misinformation about!

Des

Channel 5 get the inside scoop on everything Ryanair tonight Ryanair are rubbish when it comes to change a name on their flights. I booked a flight for me and my friend who then couldn’t go as she wasn’t well. Thought I’d change the name on the flight to my husband’s. These seats are already paid for by me. But Ryanair insist it’s £115 for changing a name.

But the problem was coming back we were flying into Lon-

Animal rights campaigners rally across Spain to ban the sport These hunters think they are above the law and trespass on people’s land, sometimes resulting in people’s animals being injured and/or killed.

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Brit couple celebrate demolition suspension of their home in Spain For every demolished house the local mayor and the head of the planning department and everyone concerned in giving the ‘official’ permissions and licences, should have theirs demolished. Building without a licence is one thing. Building, having gone through the correct procedures, and having paid through the nose for licences which turn out to have been awarded corruptly is quite another.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Feisty Mars and the fiery Sun are warring with changeable Pluto, so avoid any tearaway temptations on Thursday or Friday. You could be emotionally vulnerable, or even lulled into a false sense of security. However confusing the planets may seem, even out the odds as best you can by ensuring your worries take second place.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Hassles and battles are on the cards. If things don’t happen as fast as you’d expected, or domestic and workaday blips assail your patience, transform them into an opportunity to show your special qualities.

Potent planetary influences urge you to look, listen, learn and refuse to allow petty stumbling blocks to undermine your confidence on Tuesday and Thursday.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Astrologically, it’s not unreasonable to assume that when sparky Mars and the zesty Sun conflict with restless Pluto, life could become a tad frustrating. You might find it hard to tolerate hypocrisy and setbacks, but fortunately, it’s all just a passing cloud.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Punchy Mars and the heady Sun are set for a scramble with touchy Pluto. You’ve been there before, so despite any administrative bumps, gossipy whirls or curious rejections, don’t be too sensitive. Add up what you’ve achieved, subtract your fears and keep your emotions under control.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Upfront Mars and the upbeat Sun will be at loggerheads with powerful Pluto. You might not appreciate some of Friday or

Saturday’s antics, so be ready to use your charm, or perhaps your equally wicked sense of humour will do the trick.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) This is an intense week, and if you get stuck with a particular issue, jumble your words, or just can’t seem to do anything right, it might be worth finding out if the grass is greener on the other side.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Quirky planetary niggles will surface without warning. A variety of talks, news and lastminute changes surround your family members, friends or colleagues. No matter what affects your personal or occupational activities, stay focused, decide what your goals are and, just as importantly, find the easiest way to move forward without losing your healing sense of humour.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Even the best-made plans can suddenly sink without a trace.

Your dreams for a fresh start in one particular direction still need tender, cautious care, and you may equally need to be wary of overstepping the mark where money’s concerned.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You will need bucketloads of humour and understanding as impatient Mars and the sprightly Sun engage with touchy Pluto.

Stay well clear if you want to escape potential power struggles.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) If you suspect that some things are not what they seem, you could be right. Repel doubts, ban anxieties and stick to facts and tact. If certain individuals or situations continue to conspire against you, change course and do something entirely different.

What goes around will come around quicker than you think.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Storms in tea-cups need loads of sweet-talking. Of course, if you can’t be bothered with it all, fair enough; keeping quiet could be the best way to deal with problems, glitches or sudden backfires. If you can’t take a break, at least chill out with whatever or whoever brings you the greatest pleasure.

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Cryptic Across 7 Ashore, adrift and sounding rough (6) 8 A psychotic motel owner lets up (6) 9 Street map taking me round the labyrinth (4) 10 Poisonous plants making a section sick (8) 11 Plans to get me into chess playing (7) 13 Back of Raymond's front to launch into a surprise attack (5) 15 Danes destroyed a mountain range (5) 17 A padre's about for the March events (7) 20 Car I gave out at the churchman's house (8) 21 Killed while filming? (4) 23 Strict at all times in a couple of directions (6) 24 First Lady left in New York with regularity (6) Down 1 Indian region harbours unknown painter (4) 2 No great effort to produce wind (6) 3 Held back a deed that contains a poem (7) 4 Embargo on nobleman (5) 5 Gambling club company admits a crime (6) 6 Get Adele trained as agent (8) 12 Think about red coins in change

(8) 14 Pointed out red tape (7) 16 Some eras Edgar Allan Poe wiped out (6) 18 English novelist tunes a convertible (6)

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19 Born before Abel? What a cacophony!

(5) 22 Nothing I left you started was greasy (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 8 represents V and 18 represents G, so fill in V every time the figure 8 appears and G every time the figure 18 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 Waterproofed canvas (9) 7 Wash off soap or remaining dirt (5) 8 Person eating a meal (5) 9/15 Keep out of sight (3,3) 10 Popular music originating in the West Indies (6) 14 Person who lives by asking for money or food (6) 15 See 9 18 Awkward, clumsy (5) 20 Happen (5) 21 Aggressively self-assured (9) Down 1 Having edges that are jagged from

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Across 1 Padlock (7) 5 Peines (5) 8 Mixed (biscuits, sweets) (7) 9 Tide (5) 10 Empinado (cuesta) (5) 11 Angry (7) 12 Cuerda (6) 14 Cargar (6) 17 To choose (7) 19 Asses (donkeys) (5) 22 Ink (5) 23 Ni siquiera (3,4) 24 Habitaciones (5) 25 Beautiful (7)

injury (4) 2 Position on a scale in relation to others in a sport (7) 3 Highest point of something (4) 4 Tenant in someone's house (6) 5 Woman belonging to a religious community and living according to vows (3) 6 Men’s hairdresser (6) 11 Italian pasta-like dumplings made of potato or semolina (7) 12 Bind by an obligation (6) 13 Succulent desert plant (6) 16 Male pig (4) 17 At liberty (4) 19 Long and distinct period of history (3)

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

Down 1 Things (5) 2 Enfermera (5) 3 Hornet (7) 4 To oppose (6) 5 Countryside (5) 6 Market (7) 7 Mariscos (7) 12 Refugio (sitio) (7) 13 Enclosure (area) (7) 15 Yeso (7) 16 Rama (de árbol) (6) 18 Vaso (para beber) (5) 20 Boyfriend (5) 21 Saint (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Effort 2 Retail 3 Beyond 4 Jovial 5 Vagary 6 Verbal 7 Jigsaw 8 Sliver 9 Minnow 10 Sailor 11 Teasel 12 Martin 13 Mullah 14 Ginkgo 15 Tousle 16 Anthem 17 Pinkie 18 Theism 19 Pliers.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules?

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

• Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms.

• No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice.

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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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 E) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

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.

TARGET: • Average: 16 • Good: 22

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

• Very good: 32 • Excellent: 41

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points

Average: 6 Good: 9 Very good: 13

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 16

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Across:

Across:

1 Tide, 3 Bad debts, 9 Seafood, 10 Mania, 11 Conga, 12 Canned, 14 Sweden, 16 Bonsai, 19 Mousse, 21 Lists, 24 White, 25 Concede, 26 Stealing, 27 Grit.

1 Pegs, 3 Avellana, 9 Soldier, 10 Salsa, 11 Crows, 12 Abroad, 14 Rocoso, 16 Battle, 19 Mancha, 21 These, 24 Rider, 25 Elegido, 26 Salesman, 27 Como.

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Down:

1 Test case, 2 Drain, 4 Addict, 5 Demon, 6 Banners, 7 Stag, 8 Borage, 13 Misspent, 15 Emotive, 17 Oblong, 18 Beacon, 20 Smell, 22 Smear, 23 Ewes.

1 Postcard, 2 Gallo, 4 Verdad, 5 Loser, 6 At least, 7 Asar, 8 Kisses, 13 Perezoso, 15 Chándal, 17 Antler, 18 Maceta, 20 Curas, 22 Éxito, 23 Gris.

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QUIZ: ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE 1. An American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is the subtitle of which famous show that premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theatre on October 17, 1967?

2. In which 1956 American (black-and-white) film did Elvis Presley make his acting debut?

3. In which decade was the popular American television sitcom I Love Lucy originally broadcast (on CBS)?

4. ‘It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain, he fell madly in love with him.’ is the opening line of which post-modernist satirical novel by Joseph Heller, first published in 1961?

5. What is the name of Constance Reid’s (Lady Chatterley’s) gamekeeper lover in D H Lawrence’s ‘controversial’ novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover?

6. Which 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical originally featured the song People Will Say We’re in Love?

7. Which actress won the 1999 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in

Shakespeare in Love?

8. Which English poet of the Victorian era is best is remembered for her 1845 poem How Do I Love Thee?

(Sonnet 43)?

9. Which of Shakespeare’s comedies tells the story of Ferdinand, the King of Navarre and his three companions as they attempt to swear off the company of women for three years of study and fasting?

10. Which of the Mitford sisters wrote the novels The Pursuit of Love (1945) and Love in a Cold Climate (1949)?

Not a lot of people know that... the Mexican chief Montezuma considered chocolate a ‘love drug’ and drank 50 cups of chocolate a day before visiting his harem of 600 women.

Answers: 1. HAIR, 2. LOVE ME TENDER, 3. 1950s (October 1951 to May 1957), 4. CATCH-22, 5.

OLIVER MELLORS, 6.

OKLAHOMA!, 7. JUDI DENCH, 8. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING, 9. LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, 10. NANCY

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*Freddie Highmore, Movie actor; February 14, Billboard Hot 100 list, including hits such as 26 The Hills, Can’t Feel My Face and Starboy. The The actor became known for playing the lead role Weeknd has won multiple awards, including in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Peter in nine Juno Awards and three Grammy Awards. *Michael Jordan, Basketball player; Finding Neverland. Other films include The Spiderwick Chronicles and August Rush.

February 17, 55 John Travolta. *Jane Seymour, TV actress; February 15, 67 The former high-flying Chicago Bulls shooting The British actress is best known as TV’s Dr Quinn, guard is also known as Air Jordan. He is considered by Medicine Woman and was nominated for a Golden Globe many to be the greatest basketball player of all-time. He was a six-time NBA champion, six-time NBA Finals Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Wallis Simpson in the 1988 film, The Woman He Loved.

MVP, and five-time NBA MVP. *The Weeknd, R&B singer; February 16, 28 *John Travolta, Movie actor; February 18, 64 Born Abel Tesfaye, the performer’s debut album, Trilogy, The actor struck gold with Grease followed Saturday Night Fever in the 1970’s. He later went on to play Vincent was gold-certified. He’s had eight top 10 entries in the

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.

Vega in the critically acclaimed 1994 film Pulp Fiction and also starred in Get Shorty, Ladder 49, Wild Hogs, Hairspray and Swordfish. *Seal, Singer; February 19, 55 The rock and soul singer’s most popular song, Kiss from a Rose, appeared on the Batman Forever soundtrack. He and fellow singer, Delta Goldrum, were coaches on the reality series The Voice, Australia. *Ivana Trump, Entrepreneur; February 20, 69 The ex-wife of American President, Donald Trump, became a successful businesswoman and socialite. She was one of the main inspirations for the character Patsy Stone on Absolutely Fabulous, according to creator Jennifer Saunders.

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ALICIA BERENSON’S life is seemingly perfect, as the central character of Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.

Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety.

The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the spotlight at a secure forensic unit in London.

Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations.

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1400 - Royal death Also known as Richard Bordeaux, former King of England Richard II dies, most probably of starvation, in Pontefract Castle on the orders of Henry Bolingbroke.

1493 - Transcripts While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter describing his discoveries and unexpected items he found in the ‘new world.’

1547 - New king Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.

1637 - 80 year’s War Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a Spanish fleet intercepts an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44 vessels escorted by six warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.

1742 - Takes office Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.

1852 - Medical first Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, the first hospital in England to provide inpatient beds specifically for children, is founded in London.

1929 - Massacre St Valentine’s Day massacre as seven people, six of them gangster rivals of Al Capone’s gang, are murdered in Chicago.

2005 - Social media YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world.

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ENGLAND is at war with the French.

Frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country while tending to Anne. When new servant Abigail Masham (Emma Stone) arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah, and Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots.

As the politics of war become time consuming for Sarah, Abigail steps in as the Queen’s companion.

This is her chance to fulfil her ambitions and she will let nothing stand in her way.

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FEATURE

Fear of the dark?

Nick Horne’s

Rich Pick

Freelance correspondent, London, England

WHY would the owner of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, surely the pinnacle of luxury motoring, invest in a new BMW 8 Series?

Perhaps to signal that the parent of the RollsRoyce motor car band is itself moving further upmarket. More refined, yet more luxurious, yet more sparkling. So perhaps the return of the flagship, the grand touring coupe that is the 8 Series may be as much about the future of the BMW brand as about the Series itself.

What does the 8 Series look like? Low, long nosed with an elongated profile, powerful, muscular and aggressive. Visually interesting details are highlighted or actually low lighted as on the Limited edition M850i xDrive Coupe - First Edition.

The exterior paint finish developed by BMW is the Frozen Barcelona Blue metallic seeing its first outing on a BMW model, combined with the BMW Individual High Gloss Shadow Line to provide the dark accents on the Special Edition M850i xDrive Coupe. The dark accents on the special edition are complemented by 20inch M Light alloy wheels with a Y-spoke de-

Barry Duke HARD to believe, I know, but recently I got involved in a lively conversation in my favourite whisky den in which the dreaded word Brexit wasn’t mentioned at all.

It was all about names. When I introduced myself to a couple of Brits enjoying a winter’s break in Benidorm, they insisted that ‘noone these days calls their son Barry, so I’m guessing you were born somewhere around the mid 1 9 6 0 ’s . ’ I t o o k t h i s a s c o m p l i ment, because I’d just hit the 72 mark.

Our chat got me wondering whether any research had been done relating birth dates to names.

Sure enough, there has.

An online report, based on findings from America’s Social Security administration makes for fascinating reading.

Published five years ago, it revealed for example, anyone in the US named Mildred would, in 2014, have been 78 years old, while Gertrudes, were on average, aged 80.

sign finished in Jet Black. A pallet ofoptional features create opportunities for further personalisation by the owners of the limited series of the M850i xDriveCoupe, limited to 400 examples. The M850i xDrive Coupe is a fast car with a V8 engine eight-speed automatic gearbox with handling and a suspension intended to place it in the same space as an AMG or Aston Martin DB11. The M850i xDrive is placed as a continent crossing Grand Touring coupe The interior of the M850i xDrive Coupe sees a full leather trim in Merino with a colour combination of Ivory White and Night Blue. An M leather covered steering wheel as well as an Alcantara roof liner each finished in the colour Night Blue. Interior trim strips in Black Piano finish located in the centre of the cockpit with the lettering ‘First Edition 1/400.’ The sound system by Bowers & Wilkins, the Crafted Clarity glass applications on the start/stop button together with the iDrive Controller, volume control and illuminated gearshift lever establish the luxurious interior environment. It looks like a very rich and luxurious space.

Do you want one of these stylish yet elegant and aggressive looking cars in your garage?

Perhaps you prefer a car more comfortable.

Then perhaps a Mercedes or Bentley may suit,

however, if you would appreciate a long legged Grand Tourer with something of the Dark about it then take a hard look at the BMW 8 series M850i xDrive Coupe.

Just 400 of the BMW M850i xDrive First Edition are to enter the market and will hit the road between April and June this year. The cost; more than €100,000 each.

Nick Horne, London, England

LUXURY: Alternative to a Rolls-Royce?.

Giving children silly names

JASON LEE: Dad of ‘Pilot’.

In the same year, the majority of living Hermans, Howards, Harrys, Harolds, Harveys and Herb e r t s w o u l d b e i n t h e i r 6 0 ’s o r older.

But it’s nigh on impossible to gauge the age of anyone called

Joseph, because that has been one of the most enduring of all names; it’s never gone out of fashion.

‘By contrast,’ the report said, ‘you can make much stronger inferences about a woman named B r i t t a n y. T h a t n a m e w a s v e r y

p o p u l a r f r o m t h e m i d 1 9 8 0 ’s t h r o u g h t h e m i d 1 9 9 0 ’s , b u t i t w a s n ’t a l l t h a t c o m m o n b e f o r e a n d h a s n ’t b e e n s i n c e . I f y o u know a Brittany, she is probably of college age or just a bit older.

Half of living American Brittanys are between the ages of 19 and 25.’

My curiosity then took me to several sites which list the most bizarre names people saddle children with, and was both horrified and amused by what they revealed.

T h e w o r s t h a s t o b e F e l l o n y, and it’s hardly surprising that a 22-year-old in the US called Fellony Hudson was arrested in 2017 for kidnapping and possession of a stolen car.

The funniest and most imaginative I thought, was Crystal Shanda Lear, who got her name from her father, Lear jet founder Bill Lear,

in the 1940’s.

In 1967, musician Frank Zappa named his daughter Moon Unit, and she in turn gave her daughter the name Mathilda Plum Doucette.

I n t h e 1 9 7 0 ’s , o n e c h i l d w a s named Marijuana Pepsi, and in 1983 singer Bob Geldof and TV star Paula Yates named their first child Fifi Trixibelle, a name more suited to a miniature French poodle.

For some strange reason - lack of inspiration perhaps - 300 American children in the 1990’s were named ABCDE. In a 2015 poll of strange celebrity names, Pilot Inspektor, son of American actor Jason Lee, topped the list. He was born in 2003, and his dad said the name was inspired by a song by the b a n d G r a n d a d d y c a l l e d ‘ H e ’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s the Pilot,’ which pretty well describes the Great Trumpkin.

There’s a very useful resource on the Internet which relates people’s names to their birth dates.

When I entered Barry it showed it reached the height of popularity in1960. Chardonnay, on the other hand was most popular in 2000.

Have fun with the link: https://tinyurl.com/kvny9ce.

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Bye-bye book?

TECH FOR THE TIMID I WENT to the newsagents the other day to see if they still stocked Newsweek. The shop’s there, but the magazine isn’t. And never will be, despite still selling thousands; it’s digital-only these days.

In the beginning were e-books, and behold, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos saw they were good and began the Kindle and it was downhill from there for books on dead trees.

And yet... Who would have thought it, but after peaking four years ago, e-books have steadily been giving back ground to their traditional counterparts. Their share drops slightly each year, from making up 20 per cent of all book sales at their peak in 2015. Let’s look at the technology of The Book as it fights its way back.

The Book is innovative to an extreme in this chips-with-everything era. No wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It’s so easy to use, even a child can operate it. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere.

The Book is constructed of se-

Terence Kennedy can’t go cold-turkey on his traditional bookcase

TRADITIONAL BOOKS: A demise greatly exaggerated. quentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding hundreds of bits of information.

The pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence.

The Book may be taken up at any time and used merely by opening it.

The Book never crashes or requires

rebooting, though like other display devices it can become unusable if dropped in the bath.

The browse feature lets you move instantly to any sheet, and forward or backwards as you wish.

Many come with an index feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.

You know who you are!

Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I’VE lived here for about 15 years, and mostly I love it for the following reasons: There is no political correctness, which is great. You can greet someone, kiss them on each cheek, and if it’s a female, say ‘hola guapa’ and they say thank you.

Of course, the climate is glorious. I mean, this winter has been amazing. You can call the wife ‘heifer’ (cow) without getting a slap because jefa means ‘the boss’ here.

There are not lots of words the same; I mean the spelling police are on my case permanently because is it two, to or too?

Would or wood, through or threw, bear or bare, ate or eight. Your or you’re; that’s the worst one, or is it won?

But of course there are some things here which are really infuriating. Top of that list is the ‘shrug.’ You know the one, when you complain about something and you are 100 per cent in order, and the person you are talking to just looks at you and does that weird facial expression and gives the shrug.

There is absolutely nothing you can say

or do to get any further reaction. Red tape, forms, the different hurdles you have to jump over and hoops you have to go through to get the simplest things done.

Motor scooters and their selfish, dangerous idiotic drivers are the bane of every car driver on the road, and of course the zebra crossings which are so ‘conveniently’ placed on the exits to roundabouts.

Cyclists are up there with their annoying abuse of the roads and their total belief that no part of any highway code in any country applies to them, therefore allowing them to ignore every traffic light, every crossing and every one-way system, and to ride two or three abreast, whilst having a chat. Plus of course, not having any insurance or making any contribution to the highways they abuse.

The legal system is a nightmare; again, everything takes forever. I have a friend who is owed a considerable amount of money for work done, and this geezer won’t pay; trying to collect it is a nightmare even though there is supposed to be a type of small-claims court procedure, it still takes forever and by the time it’s all put into place most of them have disappeared without trace.

You know who you are if you are reading this!

mikesenker@gmail.com.

You can also make personal notes next to Book text entries with an optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS).

So far, so attractive. But like LPs versus MP3s, at least for now, the traditional and the electronic book both seem here to stay.

I love fondling a musty book and even getting my nose right into it, but even US Customs might have trouble separating me from my cherished Kindle.

A couple of clicks on any of its hundreds, nay thousands, of titles, and the world’s great literature is mine.

So from magazines to music, like so many of today’s ‘media consumers,’ my compromise is to stay traditional for the tactile look and feel, but go digital for convenience.

One thing’s for certain; never again will I set out on holiday lugging that ridiculous rucksack, groaning under the latest bonkbusters.

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Paper vs pixels AS a child I remember dear old grandpops berating my parents when they bought me a book for Christmas: ‘The lad’s already got a book!’

Now I’ve got thousands of the things.

E-readers were invented two decades ago, but it took 2007’s first Kindle to revolutionise the market.

E-books are read on an ubiquity of devices, but dedicated e-readers continue their steady sales, with one estimate saying that Amazon alone has now sold around 100 million Kindles (other brands are available), while flogging half a billion e-books a year.

E-readers weigh less than a paperback, start at less than €100, hold several thousand books, run for a month on charge, and some are even waterproof.

Pity they don’t look great in a bookcase.

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by Sally Underwood AS winter rumbles, and the prospect of the sunny spring and summer months still seems far off, many of us start to turn our thoughts to spreading our wings, trying something new, or getting away somewhere.

Whether it is a long weekend city break here in Spain, a trip back home to catch up with friends and family, or even an exotic trip to somewhere further afield, there is one dilemma which affects us all; luggage space.

As with working out the exact number of clothes, underwear and shoes (or possibly scuba gear if you fall into the exotic break category!) needed for a trip, choosing which shampoos, conditioners, moisturisers, or cleansers to pack

can also be a time-consuming task.

Luckily the Euro Weekly News is on hand with a list of multi-tasking products - all within hand luggage limits ensuring you don’t have to compromise on any of your favourites.

First up is the Bybi Babe Balm (€20.27 for 30ml from www.revolveclothing.es). The company claims this 100 per cent natural, do-it-all balm will

moisturise faces, bodies, and chapped lips, and can even be used to add glow to cheeks, eyelids and brows.

Next is a multi-tasker offering all the benefits of cleansing, brightening, and treating skin in one product. The Allies of Skin Fresh Slate Vitamin C & Enzymes Brightening Cleanser and Masque (£38/€42 for 70ml at www.cult beauty.co.uk) is a dual-action masque and cleanser to ‘restore brightness and radiance.’

This product, containing a host of skin-goodies like organic Argan oil and Hyaluronic Acid, works as a cleanser when massaged onto dry skin for one to two minutes, or a mask if left on for 10 minutes.

The product also contains enzymes to gently exfoliate skin, meaning you can leave

TRAVEL READY: Multi-use products could lighten the luggage load.

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the face scrub at home too.

Finally, for a space-saving product to take care of your hair and skin without the need for multiple bulky bottles, why not pack a multi-purpose oil such as Nuxe’s cult classic, Huile Prodigieuse (€15.95 for 50ml from www.parfum dreams.es)?

This dry oil - meaning it is lightweight, not greasy - can be used as a pre-shampoo treatment, slicked through the ends of wet hair as a leave-in conditioner, and even sprayed on brushes to control frizz and add shine.

Even better, this oil - the number one best-seller in Spain - can be used to moisturise dry bodies and faces, or added to bath water to help wind down after a busy day’s travels.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY

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How to love yourself with Medcare AFTER what seems like an endless January, February is here at last! Medcare has started the year well with some great plans for 2019 and new ways to help and inspire both loyal and new patients alike.

Having been serving the expatriate community on the Costa Blanca for the last decade, the Medcare clinicians are always passionate about health and well-being.

For many, February is the month for love.

However, love does not necessarily have to be just between partners, it can also be for one’s self. Looking after yourself is just as important as looking after a loved one. Where better place to start, than with the heart?

There are over seven million people living with heart disease in the UK. Around 180 people will die today from coronary heart disease and around 550 people will be admitted to hospital with heart attacks per day.

There are steps you can take to prevent yourself becoming one of these statistics. Apart from assessing your diet and lifestyle, you can take advantage of the Heart Check from Medcare.

This includes a Blood Pressure check, glucose test, ECG and a BMI check (height and weight).

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF: Doctors advise on regular check-ups.

This check is invaluable in finding out if there is any sign or risk of heart disease, and if there is, a treatment plan can be made. This check is available at Medcare during the month of February for €99.

Due to its success, Medcare is extending the

fully comprehensive health check for another month. As well as the heart checks, it includes Well Man and Well Woman cancer checks, kidney, liver and thyroid checks. The discounted price is €220.

Once your physical health has been checked,

you might want to treat yourself with a teeth whitening treatment. Having a dazzling smile when you go for a lovely meal with that special person will undoubtedly give you even more confidence to enjoy your date! Everybody knows how important a nice smile is, and with Medcare you can improve yours with the clinic whitening treatment for just €195.

With a beautiful smile in mind, you may want to plump up your lips as well! Using award-winning Teosyal products, you can get natural-looking volume.

If you haven’t been to Medcare before, you can see the dentist for an initial consultation and check up free of charge. Tim Holt is the lead dental clinician, a British dentist with decades of experience and a calm approach. The other dentists in his team are Daniel (Implant specialist), Rocio (Orthodontics specialist) and Mariela (general dentistry); all are English-speaking.

Medcare also offers a free consultation with the osteopath (Marcus) and Aesthetics doctor so you can ask about the treatment available, meet the clinicians and find out what is suitable for you. Also, you could meet the cosmetic surgeon free of charge to discuss a surgical procedure.

For the Heart Check, the teeth whitening or to book your FREE consultation with any of the clinicians mentioned here, you can call Medcare on 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com THIS month marks an important series of national and international health awareness days, aiming to draw attention to some of the most important causes of our time.

Beginning today (Thursday), with European Sexual Health Day, the event shines a light on ‘a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality; not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity,’ according to the World

A month for health awareness Health Organisation (WHO).

Tomorrow (Friday), is International Childhood Cancer Day, when 88 countries will come together to fight ‘to eliminate all pain and suffering from children fighting cancer and achieve at least 60 per cent survival for children diagnosed with cancer around the world by 2030,’ according to WHO.

The International Childhood Cancer Day organisation (ICCD) explained: “ICCD 2019 campaign focuses on ‘No More Pain’ and ‘No More Loss’ for children with cancer and their families.

To achieve this goal, governments, healthcare providers, industry, parent support groups and society at large must ensure the right to early diagno-

sis; the right to access life-saving essential medicines, the right to appropriate and quality medical treatments, the right to treatment without pain and suffering, and when a cure is not attainable, the right of the child to pain-free death.

Next Friday, February 22, is World Day of Encephalitis, a global aware-

ness initiative drawing attention to sufferers and families of those affected by inflammation of the brain.

On Wednesday February 27, will be World Organ Transplant Day, seeing a push for people to sign up to organ donation and highlighting how many people around the world are currently in need of transplants. Finally, the following day is World Rare Disease Day, an event to educate about different diseases and their impact on lives.

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Kate Broadhead Health and Lifestyle coach ONE of the hardest things about changing the way you eat, is eating out and socialising. This tends to lead to bad choices, guilt, and eating and drinking to excess.

It doesn’t have to be that way. If you are prepared, you can make better choices and still have a great time, whether you are eating out, or hitting the town.

If eating out, it helps if you know where you are going. If possible, glance at a menu online to get ideas, rather than panicking on the night and ordering something at random.

Steakhouse? Easy. Steak, vegetables, low-carb sauces, flavoured butters.

Indian? A creamy curry or tandoori chicken and dips. No rice, no naan.

If the menu is carb-heavy, opt for complex carbs such as lentils, chickpeas, whole grains and vegetables. You’ll notice a difference, as you’ll be the one not nodding off later that night and leading the way on the dance floor!

If you are embarking on a night out of the drinking variety, this can also be less damaging than you think. Opt for wine (white is the lowest in carbs, the dryer the better) vodka or gin with slimline tonic

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EATING OUT: Making the right choices is easier than you think. (standard tonic has 28g of carbs per can and 110 calories would you believe) Avoid sugar-loaded drinks such as lager, beer and ciders.

The only danger is those munchies which follow, cravings for pizza and kebabs after a heavy night are obviously not a good idea, but if you really must, opt

for a chicken skewer or kebab meat with salad and dressing, no pitta bread! Wash down with plenty of water and there you have it; a relatively guilt-free night out!

Visit Kate’s successful Facebook group on www.facebook.com/groups/carbcy clingforbeginners, or follow on Instagram @carbcyclingqueen.

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14 - 20 February 2019 WE are constantly confronted with images of models with rows of healthy, straight, white teeth, leaving even the least vain of us keen for a perfect smile.

Modern dental advancements have meant many smaller aesthetic issues, such as discoloured teeth, can now be treated quickly, painlessly - and even sometimes - at home.

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Pearly whites Much of this begins with the basics, and if you want to make any changes to the look of your teeth it is more important than ever to continue brushing twice a day, and even after meals.

To do this in the optimum way to protect your teeth, this means brushing first thing in the morning before eating, but at least 30 minutes after eating or drinking, as acidic foods and drinks can soften dental enamel, meaning you simply start damaging your own teeth if you brush too soon afterwards.

The same damage can occur by using the wrong toothbrush or too aggressive a technique.

Try to find a brush which is firm enough for a thorough clean, but never uncomfortable, and a technique which means you apply enough

pressure to feel the bristles on your gum but not too much that you are squashing or flattening them.

Electric toothbrushes are generally agreed to be more effective than manual ones, and of-

ten will include a sensor warning if you are brushing too hard.

Apart from brushing, it is also important to regularly floss, and use mouthwash (although not straight after brushing as this can erode enamel too).

While you are trying to achieve a whiter smile, it may seem like a good idea to reach straight for a whitening product on the supermarket shelf.

Some dentists advise against this, however, claiming some harsher whitening products simply contain abrasive products to literally ‘slough’ stains from teeth.

While this will inevitably remove some discolouration, it can also remove tooth enamel, ultimately resulting in damaged teeth, increased sensitivity or tooth pain, and even potentially yellower teeth.

Instead, if you want to achieve a whiter smile at home, look for a toothpaste which actually remineralises teeth with fluoride, both helping to strengthen enamel, and also providing a whitening effect from the new, stronger tooth layer.

BEAUTIFUL TEETH: Many of us want a healthy smile.

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Treat yourself THEY say the best presents are ones you would buy yourself, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t surprise yourself using a beauty box subscription.

These monthly deals are now offered by many large beauty companies and give consumers the chance to receive a range of trial and full-size products picked for them and delivered to their door each month.

While these may not be for someone who sticks to the same trusted few products, for serial beauty buyers these subscriptions could offer the chance to try several different skincare and make-up products each month, often at prices lower than normal, and potentially saving costly mistakes on buying full sizes.

A subscription to a beauty box by Look Fantastic (www.lookfantastic.es), for example, costs from €15.50 a month and offers at least six products with a guaranteed worth of more than €50.

Similarly, Birchbox (www.birchbox.es) offers boxes from €10, supplying between three and four products each month. This subscription even allows users to customise their products to some extent, by allowing them to include details about their needs and concerns.

For a wide range of body, face, hair, and nail products, there is Bodybox, costing from €13.75 a month (www.bodybox.es), which will send you one item from each category every month.

Alternatively, and for those concerned about animal testing or the environmental impact of beauty

MONTHLY FUN: Beauty boxes deliver surprise products each month. products, there is Essentia box from €12.50 a month (www.essentiabox.com). This company specialises in sending out a monthly pack of mostly natural products which are ‘free of parabens, silicones, paraffins, not tested on animals and with a majority of components of natural origin.’ Additionally, ‘the boxes we use and their components are recyclable products and come from recycling or controlled forests with FSC certificates,’ according to the company.

With so many choices on offer, there really is something for every taste. But even if you are not one to treat yourself, these boxes could make great gifts, especially for any hard-to-buy-for teens or beauty lovers who may appreciate staying ahead of the beauty curve.

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By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com FEBRUARY in the Canaries finds us in good shape, with the 35th Canarian Annual Classical Music Festival in full swing, to widespread acclaim.

See http://www.gobiernodecnar ias.org/cultura/35festivaldeca narias/ for details and promise yourself you’ll be here for the 36th. There’s nothing shabby about enjoying world class musicians and conductors at various splendid evening venues, or whiling away your days exploring, sunbathing and swimming. It’s a great time to come to the Canaries.

I don’t often listen to recorded classical music, but watching it being played is very enjoyable. Last night we watched an extraordinarily good, charismatic performance from the Orquesta Barroca de Tenerife, right here in Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera.

One of the great aspects of the festival is this attempt to include smaller islands. This year’s programme includes performances on La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and La Palma as well as Tenerife and Gran Canaria, involving more expenditure. Evening performances on the

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IN CONCERT: Orchestra Barroca de Tenerife. Inset: La Gomera Valle Gran Rey. smaller islands necessitate performers staying over, or taking to the waves on their instrument cases, there being no night ferries.

Likewise, if any of us small island dwellers venture off to the big islands in search of culture, medical help, shopping, public administration headaches or just a change of scene, we must move fast to get it done and get back in time. This is difficult; culture shock leaves some of us stunned and slow moving on encountering the Real World.

Drivers blast their horns at any

nanosecond of hesitation, whereas on small islands we routinely stop in the middle of the road for a chat. It’s very bad form indeed to express impatience, whereas impatience seems fundamental on big islands.

I cross Tenerife on small roads that wind up through pine forest to the spectacular Teide National Park and then meander down to capital Santa Cruz. This is an incredibly scenic route taking nearly three times as long as the autopista connecting southern shag and vomit tourist zones to the delightful north.

It drives my daughters, avid shoppers both, mad, most others too. The inconvenience of having to immediately turn round and set off back in time to get the last ferry home does give pause for thought. But it’s a great drive.

No amount of driving fast would make it feasible to go to an evening event and get back to your island that night. You have to stay over. It gets pricey.

But spare a thought for the elderly and infirm, whose morning medical appointments in Tenerife involve

them leaving home at 3.30am from El Hierro, from La Palma a little earlier and from La Gomera 5.30am.

Just what you need when you’re feeling unwell.

There are some inter island planes too, and with our newish 75 per cent resident discount they’re in great demand, as is recreational travel between islands. Should the dreaded Brexit event ever sort itself, Brits here will likely lose the discount.

Could anyone with even a vague idea of the Brexit outcome, please contact me?

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Established almost 15 years ago, the Taj Mahal Benimar regally stands on the corner of the Benimar Urbanisation. It was the first Indian restaurant to open in the area and it quickly became the number one choice and a firm favourite for authentic and deliciously prepared Indian cuisine for people living in Benimar, Benijofar and Ciudad Quesada.

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Farcical ACTS LOCAL theatre group ACTS will be performing their version of The Play That Goes Wrong on March 28, 29 and 30 at the Cultural Centre in Benijófar.

The Play That Goes Wrong, written by Harvery Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields, was the winner of the 2015 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and is a celebration of the best of live theatre… and the worst.

This 1920’s whodunit has

everything you never wanted in a London West End show.

The British farce is a story about a troupe of actors attempting to stage a murder mystery, with highly comedic effects.

The actors can’t remember their lines. The leading lady has concussion and the set is slowly falling apart.

As the night wears on, this haphazard group of misfit actors struggle against a series of seemingly endless pitfalls to hilarious ends.

Tickets for this show are priced at €8 each and will go on sale from March 1.

They can be reserved by telephone at: 699 982 727; via email: tickets.acts@gmail.com or from Cards and More, La Marina; The Post Box, Doña Pepa; The Card Shop, Benimar; Oasis Bar Bistro, Benijófar; Redz, Quesada and Quik Save in Los Dolses.

A donation will be made to local charities from the ticket sales.

Top coaching THE VELVETONES, a four-part acapella harmony female choir who have been performing for years in the Costa Blanca to help raise money for local charities, are on the lookout for new recruits and would love any prospective singers who may wish to join the group before March to attend a specialist course being taught by Monica Fennell, a UK gold-medal chorus and quartet singer and musical director over the course of Sat-

urday and Sunday, March 16 and 17.

The course will consist of a full day of coaching plus lunch and coffee breaks and will run from 10.30am to 4.30pm on the Saturday at El Rancho, in Los Montesinos, then from 10am until 12.30pm the following day to celebrate St Patrick’s Day at El Paraiso in Torrevieja, where they rehearse each Thursday evening. More details: Mary-Anne on 966 714 973.

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More bass THE Andante International Classical Choir is in its second year and has grown in number creating a beautiful balance of sound. However, more bass and tenor voices would be most welcome. Rehearsals take place at the Church of San Pedro and San Pablo in Torrevieja on Thursdays at 7.15pm and concerts will be held at the beginning of April.

Please contact Karen for more details by emailing: kaemichelle65@gmail.com.

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Big screen favo together aga TWO of Spain’s hottest movie stars, Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz, are reuniting to take lead roles in Sony Pictures’ upcoming film, Dolor y Gloria (Pain and Glory).

The movie is directed by Pedro Almodovar, who took the reins of the last film the pair starred in together, I’m so Excited, in 2013.

A trailer - more a collection of unconnected scenes - kicks off with a shot of 58-year-old Banderas’ character, film director ‘in decline’ Salvador Mallo, sitting at the bottom of a pool.

It then shifts to footage of Cr uz’s char act er hol di ng a young boy, while in another clip, Banderas is sitting peacefully with a blonde woman.

The shor t t r ai l er f eat ur es various characters from Mal-

CRUZ: Back with Antonio Banderas.

lo’s life, both past and present, al ong wi t h a cr ypt i c shot of text reading El Primer Deseo (The First Desire).

It seems to imply 48-yearold Cruz’s character is Mallo’s m ot her as he r ef l ect s on hi s life.

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ourites ain The film is BANDERAS: r e l e a s e d Plays a March 22. director in While Bandecline. deras only starred in I’m So Excited, Cruz has been in six of Almodo v a r ’s films o v e r t h e years, includi n g Live Flesh in 1997, fol l ow ed b y Al l About My Mother in 1999. , Volver in 2006, Broken Embrac e s a n d T h e Cannibalistic Councillor in 2009.

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Spain’s Posh and Becks to tie the knot REAL MADRID star Sergio Ramos is to marry his model and TV presenter girlfriend Pilar Rublo in June.

One of the hottest footballers in La Liga will tie the knot w i t h Spanish F H M ’s Sexiest Woman in the World 2008 and 2009, in Sevilla.

The stunning couple d u b b e d Spain’s Posh

and Becks - announced their engagement on Spanish TV show El Hormiguero, where Ramos, 32, revealed ‘it’s going to be a special wedding because we’re special.’

Rublo is a presenter on the show, and tweeted afterwards: “Every day at the studio is special, unique and magical, but yesterday was something else. It was exciting to have my love Sergio on set and see him enjoy it so much.”

The defender and his 40-year-old girlfriend have three children together.

Ramos said getting engaged is ‘a very special moment for us after being together for so long and forming such a fantastic family’.

A star-studded guest list is inevitable, and anybody invited will be asked to leave mobiles and cameras at the door of the secret wedding location, ‘so that celebrities attending the after party can enjoy themselves without fear of being snapped.’

The excited pair got together in 2012. Prior to that, Ramos dated a former Miss Spain.

WEDDING BELLS: Ramos and Rublo announced their wedding plans on TV. CREDIT: @PilarRubio

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IKEA takes new direction SWEDISH furniture giant, IKEA, is always at the forefront of new ideas when it comes to furnishing your home or business.

Taking a completely new direction, the Nordic powerhouse of flat-pack furniture is making a move into the realm of rentals. And that’s renting out furniture, not property.

The group has decided to start renting out furniture to businesses and will begin with its office furniture. If it goes well, the scheme may well be extended to kitchens as well.

The idea would be to rent out office furniture such as desks and chairs for a determined period of time, after which the businesses would then return the furniture which would then be used for recycling or even for resale if the company wanted to upgrade their furniture and rent

NEW DIRECTION: IKEA will be testing a new scheme involving furniture rental.

out something more updated and modern. This scheme will be piloted in Sweden first before moving into other countries.

“The idea behind this,” said Torbjorn Loof, Managing Director of Inter Ikea, “is to prolong the shelf-life of the furniture and our products because after the furniture has been returned, instead of throwing it away, we will restore it and resell it.”

IKEA is also considering launching its own spare parts business, so customers can purchase accessories such as screws and door hinges which are no longer available in any stores.

The process is part of the transformation of the group’s business model, which moves away from selling products purely in stores outside the city and lets customers collect and assemble their own items.

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CHARITIES/CHURCHES LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church.

We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.15am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.15 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30am. Our choir sings at our 11.15am Services and there is also a Sunday school, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays.

We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more information see our website w w w. l a s i e s t a e va n g e l i calchurch.org or telephone Pastor Keith on 666 180 108.

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461) ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aa-costablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is

time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two.

Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric-abrac. There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in!

We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 15.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.uk (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio

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Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegaba ja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com.

We also have a 24-hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and nonmembers on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday.

Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start.

Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7 o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request. Please join us and make new friends, a warm welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available.

You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665.

Email, schugy54@gmail.com THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required, please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460)

CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship.

Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183.

Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcf-Spain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) S T R O K E A SS O C I AT I O N Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) m e e t e ve r y We d n e s d ay and Friday 2.30pm until 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle F ra n c i s c o R i b e ra Pe r e z Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their careras. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC thera p y a n d a v e r y a c t i v e social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 o r e m a i l s t r o ke s u p p o r t group@hotmail.com, website: torreviejastroke support.org. We are always looking for voluntee r s w h o h a ve t h e s k i l l s and knowledge to support our groups and activities. (95473) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meet the 1st Monday of every month at Lounge D, Calle

Holanda, Plaza Mayor, Gran Alacant at 6pm. For further info, contact the branch Secretary at granala cant.secretary@rbl.com munity CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español C o n t ra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers a n d a l l m o n i e s ra i s e d goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc., and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina o r Tr i s h a . Te l 6 5 0 0 7 1 278 or 610 921 413 email aecc_campello@hot mail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome.

Sunday service 11.00 a.m; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m.

House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 /617 215 463 www.icatorre vieja.org (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIAT I O N ( C o s t a B l a n c a ) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Ro ya l Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664 For daily news visit www.euroweeklynews.com

CLASSIFIEDS FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee. Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesa da@yahoo.co.uk (95477) ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca. The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association, which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends.

For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafa.o rg.uk/costa-blanca (238593) THE PATIENCE LODGE No 2177 of the R.A.O.B meets every Sunday morning at the Sacko´s Bar, El Limonar near Las Siesta at 10am. We are always looking for new and lapsed members to join us. Please call Secretary Dave Tonge on 688 704 091 for further information. (253807) CHURCH SERVICE IN ENGLISH EVERY SUNDAY AT 10.30am. Everyone welcome at Turre Evangelical Church next to Muebles Nuñez just across form the vet. Tea, coffee and fellowship after every service.

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We are a non profit organisation that helps and supports sufferers of Huntingtons and their families. For details visit www.h da.org.es .We have a social gathering every Friday 2 - 4 at O’Brien’s Bar in El Raso, Guardamar. As a social group, we welcome anyone with a neurological disease, such as Parkinsons, Motor Neurone and their partners and collecti-

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SPAIN led the way amongst European countries as Mazda showed strong sales growth in the first nine months of the 2018-2019 fiscal year.

Sales in Europe were 196,000 units, up 2 per cent year-on-year, with strong growth continuing in Spain with 16,000 vehicles sold (+10 per cent) and the UK with 25,000 units (+6 per cent).

Sales in Europe were driven by the Mazda2 and Mazda CX-5, up 8 per cent and 15 per cent year-on-year respec-

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tively.

Globally, the corporation sold a total of 1,170,000 units during this period.

Demand for the company’s crossover models remained strong and the introduction of several updated models - Mazda 6, CX-3 and MX-5 - drove sales momentum towards the end of the first nine months.

As in the first half of the fiscal year, the

ASEAN region saw the highest yearon-year increase in vehicle sales in the nine months from April 1 to December 31, with unit sales up 26 per cent to 104,000, and Japan con-

tributed to the growth with a 7 per cent lift in sales to 150,000 units.

North America sold 320,000 units.

Mazda’s sales performance during the first nine months brought in revenue of ¥2,622.6 billion (€20.3 billion), resulting in an operating profit of ¥59.6 billion (€462 million) and net income of

¥37.0 billion (€286.8 million).

Mazda’s full-year forecast has been revised to reflect the current status of sales volume and exchange rate assumptions.

The full-year forecast of global sales volume is now 1,569,000 (previously 1,617,000) and operating profit of ¥80 billion (€625 million; previously ¥70 billion) and net income of ¥55 billion (€429.7 million; previously ¥50 billion).

MAZDA: Showing strong growth in Spain.

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REVIEW

by Tim Saunders

I DON’T usually pay much attention to the weather, but during my test drive of the Skoda Karoq, I cannot help but notice it.

I decide to take it on a trek to Hertfordshire and before long, spitting rain turns into a torrential and persistent downpour which sees many motorists stranded.

But not us, and I am grateful because the Karoq, being an SUV, stands taller than those smaller run-of-the-mill cars, like the usual Fiesta I drive.

I thank my lucky stars that I’m in the Karoq as I have to make my way through what seems to be a lake covering a country lane as we head towards Shaw’s Corner, playwright George Bernard Shaw’s retreat.

Although the water level is high, it doesn’t pose a problem for the Skoda. Thank goodness.

As this downpour continues for a good hour, my new friend has many similar challenges thrown at him.

My only criticism during this

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A car for all weathers GOOD IMPRESSION: A competent family vehicle.

time is that I could do with a faster speed for the windscreen wipers.

This is an excellent first impression which this competent vehicle keeps up for the duration of the test. It puts up with my three children and their heavy feet in the rear and there is a very positive contrast to the Hyundai i30 Fastback which I have just returned, in that I can fit my children’s three car seats quickly and easily in the Skoda.

The seatbelt points are placed in sensible positions unlike in the Hyundai.

Facts at a glance Model: Skoda Karoq SE L 1.5 TSI 150PS Price: £26,145 (UK) Top speed: 126mph 0-60mph: 8.4secs Economy: Over 50mpg Power: 150bhp

Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

Model tested is UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

The seats are comfortable, there’s a good amount of space and the boot is large enough to allow us to travel with our luggage as well as Henry’s pushchair. Not many cars are so accommodating.

Another pleasant surprise is the full-size spare tyre, stored underneath the boot compartment.

This is a real luxury these days, as some manufacturers have done away entirely with providing a spare, opting instead for a little repair pack.

My steed is a fast and reliable vehicle and the cruise control on the left of the steering wheel, is easy to use. However, if you are too eager it can result in the indicator being operated instead.

The six-speed manual gearbox is decisive, and there’s an electrically-operated handbrake, which always unsettles me, but it seems reliable and the car does not roll when stuck in a jam on a hill.

My heart is in my mouth at

one point though, because I have to negotiate a very tight entrance to a car park, so tight I have to retract the power folding wing mirrors but thankfully we make our way trouble-free, to our space.

Others have not been so fortunate, I see as I survey the parked cars with their various dents and scrapes.

The other great thing about the Karoq is its satellite navigation system, which is a joy to use.

There’s no faffing about, the driver just needs to know the postcode and can enter it without even needing a space in between characters.

However, the female voice delivering the instructions unnervingly sounds like Theresa May and there is an irritating delay at the most nerve-wracking of moments for instance, while tackling a roundabout where I need to know which exit to take.

Overall though, it’s a competent family vehicle.

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Design awards for Kia

KIA’S new third-generation of Ceed cars has picked up a trio of design awards.

Each of the three body shapes has been awarded an iF prize, following similar suc-

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cesses in 2017 and 2018.

According to Kia, this achievement underlines the Korean manufacturer’s reputation for first-class design, which, for over a decade, has been shaped by Peter Schreyer, president of Design and Chief Design Officer for Kia Motors.

The brand won its first iF Award in 2010, and has created at least one prize-winning model in every year since. Kia has now been awarded a total of 18 iF Awards for its vehicle designs.

The iF Design Award, established in 1953, is one of the most prestigious design

awards globally, organised each year by iF International Forum Design GmbH in Hanover; the oldest independent design institution in the world.

In 2019, companies from 50 countries participated in the iF Design Award and submitted 6,400 products to be judged by an international jury of 67 design experts.

The latest trophies have been awarded to each of the three new Ceed variants: the five-door Ceed hatchback and Sportswagon models launched in mid-2018, and the new ProCeed five-door shooting brake, which went on sale in Europe this month.

The third generation of Kia Ceed saw the spelling of the model’s name changed (it was previously named the Kia cee’d), but not its fundamental meaning.

Like the original model launched in 2007, the new Ceed is a compact car for the Community of Europe, with European Design.

The new model range was designed at Kia’s European design centre in Frankfurt under the direction of Peter Schreyer

STYLISH: The Kia Ceed range has picked up three iF design awards. and Gregory Guillaume, European Head of Design. Engineering and development was carried out by the brand’s re-

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La Liga Review

Madridistas put on derby winning show LOS BLANCOS managed to turn around a worrying period of bad play and defeats with a spectacular and deserved 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid at the weekend.

The Real Madrid squad, with goals from Casemiro, Sergio Ramos and Gareth Bale, have pushed themselves to second position in La Liga, while instilling fear in the rest of the league - something which has been missing recently.

Santi Solari’s side showed strength and character in fending off early pressure from Diego Simeone’s men to take control of the first half.

The class of midfield duo Luka Modric and Toni Kroos shone throughout the game. Vinicius Junior is already a star at 18,

and Gareth Bale’s 100th goal for the club having come off the bench was a very welcome landmark.

But Madrid’s high defensive line was punished as Antoine Griezmann got free with ease for Atletico’s breakaway goal, and almost again when new signing Alvaro Morata nearly made it 2-2 early in the second half.

Meanwhile, things are not going quite to plan for Barcelona, who saw their second consecutive draw on Sunday with a goalless game away to Atletic Club.

Arthur’s absence through injury w as felt in mid fie ld a nd the Brazilian’s month on the side lines could spell problems if Barca lack c re a tiv ity as th e y did a t Sa n Mames.

Elsewhere, Jordi Alba’s suspension saw the left side weakened in both defence and attack as Nelson Semedo changed flanks to cover.

The two players are vital to Barca’s attacking game plan and will be crucial for Ernesto Valverde in the important tests in April and May. Lionel Messi has been described as ‘not 100 per cent’ and Luis Suarez ‘erratic.’

But despite all this, Barca remains six points clear at the top of the table.

Valencia drew 0-0 at home against Real Sociedad, despite 10 shots at goal, while in the second division, RCD Mallorca suffered a 2-0 defeat to Albacete.

Malaga drew 0-0 with Las Palmas and Almeria beat Numancia 1-0.

WIN: Real Madrid victorious with goals from Casemiro, Ramos and Bale.

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Reds in Spain for ‘focused’ training LIVERPOOL manager, Jurgen Klopp, has flown his squad to Spain for a training camp following their early FA Cup exit.

The Reds have a week’s break before they head to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United.

And Klopp has confirmed they will make the most of the time by ‘going away for a couple of days to really focus on training’ adding that the change of scenery ‘has always worked out pretty well’ in the past.

It follows a number of days spent in Dubai last month following the Reds’ 4-3 victory over Crystal Palace at Anfield on January 19.

However, they have lost points since that getaway, drawing 1-1 with Leicester City and West Ham United.

KEEN GOLFER: Rafael Nadal has a handicap of 1.5.

World number two Nadal is golf runner up

SPAIN CAMP: Jurgen Klopp and his team are in Spain.

TENNIS ace Rafael Nadal showed off swing skills of a different kind on Sunday, qualifying in second place in the Balearic Islands Golf Championship for golfers over 30.

Tournament organisers, the Balearic Golf Federation, confirmed that Nadal, who is representing Son Servera golf club, finished as leader of the course on Saturday with 70 strokes (-1 over par).

But at Vall D’Or on Sunday, he completed the course with 10 more hits (80), and handed the lead and the tournament to PGA referee Federico Paez (74-73).

Golf enthusiast Nadal has a handicap of 1.5, enough to make him professional.

He has taken part in different championships and last year was fifth in the Amateur Championship of the Balearic Islands.

Each year, Nadal takes part in a solidary charity tournament in Son Servera with golfer Jose Maria Olazabal.

The pair lead teams of professionals and amateurs with the aim of raising funds for various social causes. The last contest was in aid of victims of October’s floods in Llevant, Mallorca, which claimed the lives of 13 people.

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IF you head to any of Spain’s crags in winter, chances are you can hear a multitude of different languages being spoken as the country has rapidly transformed into the world’s premier sport climbing destination during the colder months.

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‘shoving’ punishment RED BULL driver Max Verstappen has carried out his ‘public service,’ imposed for shoving Esteban Ocon in the pits after last season’s Brazlian Grand Prix.

Formula 1’s governing body, FIA, ordered the 21year-old Dutchman to complete two days of the annual stewards’ programme, an educational event for race officials.

Having completed his punishment for the alterca-

COLLISION: On track incident led to altercation in the pits. tion, Verstappen said it had been ‘a good lesson’ and that he had ‘learned a lot.’

The incident with former Force India driver Ocon happened after the two men had collided on track, an incident which led to Verstappen losing the lead and

handing victory to Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen went to confront Ocon in the pits after the race and, after exchanging words with the Frenchman, reportedly shoved him a number of times.

The Red Bull team were

expected to run their 2019 Formula 1 challenger for the first time yesterday at Silverstone, the same time and place as world champions Mercedes planned to showcase their new car.

A busy week of F1 launches began this week with the unveiling of the new Toro Rosso, and Williams’ new colourscheme and title sponsor.

Renault launched their car, followed by a livery unveil for Racing Point, the former Force India team.

McLaren’s is expected to debut its new car today (Thursday) and the new Ferrari is to be unveiled tomorrow (Friday).

Pre-season testing starts at Spain’s Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Monday.

SIGNING: Chadi Riad will leave RCD Mallorca for Barcelona.

La Liga leaders secure young Real Mallorca star BARCELONA has signed Real Mallorca teen Chadi Riad.

The club has seen off competition from Villarreal to secure the 15-year-old defender, who will move to Barca’s La Masia academy at the end of the season.

The defender is a Moroccan youth international and will initially be registered to the Juvenil B U19 team.

He was proclaimed champion of the Youth African Games when he played for his country’s U15 team after being a key player in the 3-1 win over Nigeria in July.