Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 23 - 29 May 2019 Issue 1768

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23 - 29 May 2019

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By Simon Wade ROJALES Council has donated €6,000 to a Britishrun horse rescue charity after torrential rains flooded its fields in April.

The council donated the money t o t h e E a sy Ho rs e Care R e sc u e C e n t r e . T h e centre is run by expatriate couple Sue and Rod Weeding.

Sue said: “This is a truly inspirational act on the part of Roja l e s C o u n c i l . T h e mayor, Antonio Perez Garcia and his delegates have been constant supporters

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AID: Rojales Council is helping the centre.

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Self defence classes TORREVIEJA authorities have organised two separate courses this spring, teaching self-defence for women - one for teenagers, one for adults.

The councillor for Youth, Víctor Ferrández, added that “there may soon be a municipal school of self-defence.”

€10k bill GRAFFITI at the Castle of Orihuela has been removed again, for the fourth time.

The mayor explained that, although the works this time cost €843, the total cost so far is in excess of €10,000

80’s hits BENEJUZAR will be hosting a retro concert at the Plaza de España on May 25 with symphonic versions of 80’s hits.

Eterno Mecano will feature a mix of styles and tastes, when the evening begins at 9pm, and other acts are expected.

San Juan A NEW green area is planned for a site by San Juan beach in Alicante. Acting as a main route to the sea, the design is in two parts, with play areas for children, dog-walking zones and landscaped terraces.

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From Front page » and regular visitors to the Centre. “ We a r e i n c r e d i b l y grateful for these resources but also the commitment to encourage other councils to do the same.

“We have taken in many animals, not just from the local councils and police in our area, but from the north of Valencia to as far south as Granada in Andalucia.

“This commitment by Rojales Council is just the forward thinking approach needed to progress animal welfare in Spain.”

A council spokesman s a i d : “ We w a n t t o s h o w our commitment to the Foundation, providing assistance and collaboration

INSPIRATIONAL: Sue and Rod Weeding with Rojales councillors. as much as possible, and we are very aware of the mistreatment and abandonment of animals, which unfortunately remains so present in our so-

ciety.” The centre depends on public donations coming from their charity shops and online and does not have official funding.

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to: easyhorsecare.net or visit the centre, at Rojales’ Partido Lo Garriga on their open days the first Sunday of every month 1pm till 4pm.

GUARDAMAR is to become one of the most important archaeological locations in Spain.

An investment of €1.7m is being made to renovate and promote three particular sites in the town that reveal an otherwise forgotten history.

Pilar Gay, councillor for Historical Heritage, announced that by the end of the year Guardamar will become paramount in terms of cultural and archaeological tourism.

The historic areas of La Fonteta and the walled citadel and castle, are all having restoration and renovation work carried out to make them accessible to the public.

Authorities recently checked the works and revealed newlyfortified ancient ramparts and excavation work revealing historic houses and religious buildings.

Gray said: “Archaeology is complementary to Guardamar as an alternative to the beach.

Our historical and archaeological heritage, rich and abundant, allows us to depend on this for tourism. It is an inheritance from our ancestors and must be enjoyed by society as a whole.”

Smuggler arrested at Alicante airport A DRUG smuggler was arrested at Alicante Airport on Sunday. The 30-year-old, wanted by UK authorities, had been on the run since

2 0 11 . N a t i o n a l P o l i c e h a d b e e n alerted to his intention to flee Spain by air, so systems were put in place to capture him, once he’d

checked in. His offences go back to a time when he was involved in the sale and distribution of drugs in Londonderry, it is claimed. He has

since been detained by the National Court of Madrid, awaiting extradition back to the UK. A possible jail sentence of 14 years awaits him.

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Creative district

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FREE dance classes are being held at the Villa Santa Pola eighth Employment Workshop. Dances taught will include the merengue, rumba, bolero and salsa. Held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings throughout June, those interested can register at the Community Social Centre or by calling 966 696 208.

Cyber bully FACEBOOK and social media are the subject of lectures on adolescent addictions in Torrevieja.

The University of Alicante is hosting the talks at the Virgen del Carmen Centre. The first, on cyberbullying is on May 31, followed by ‘adolescents and the use of addictive substances.’

Free walk ALMORADI Council recently arranged another ‘Green Night Route’ whereby 600 plus locals walked from the Plaza de la Constitución through orchards to the reconditioned Soto del Rio, with free snacks at the end. The atmosphere is always festive, with the Tourism Department doing this to promote the continuing work they do.

New Subway ONE of the largest Subway franchises in Spain has opened at the new Corvera Airport, with seating for up to 165 customers at any time. Airfoods run the site, as it did at San Javier Airport, but will now sell fresh fruit and vegetables, too.

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SETTING a great example to cities worldwide, Orihuela Council has a full sporting programme for their children this summer which now includes golf and water sports, too. The councillor for Sport, Víctor Valverde, said: “Everything has been taken care of in detail, because we continue to improve the lives of Oriolanos.”

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ORIHUELA officials plan to form a Creative District in the historic centre linking the socalled ‘Orange Economy’ to the activities of innovative artists and talented creators in the community. Businesses representing La Zenia Boulevard, Carrefour and others will work to integrate the idea into the forthcoming ‘seventh Creative Spain Forum.’

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ACTION: Almeria Province’s Tabernas Desert has long been a favourite for filmmakers.

Europe’s Hollywood THIS picture of a Wild West film set in Almeria Province comes as new figures show movie making was responsible for an investment of almost €123.8 million into Spain last year.

The Spanish Film Commission’s data showed the Treasury netted almost €8.7 million in payments for social security from film contracts in 2018. The film industry contracted a total of 21,809 people during the year, according to the Commission.

One of the latest productions, the

US-made neo-Western The Sisters Brothers starring Joaquin Phoenix and John C Reilly, had a budget of around €38 million for shooting in Spain. It was shot in Navarra’s Urbasa-Andia natural park in the summer of 2017.

Spain has long been a favourite for filmmakers, particularly those from the US who sought locations for Western films in the 1950s and 1960s.

Texas Hollywood-Fort Bravo, Mini Hollywood and Western Leone were all built in Almeria Province’s

Migrants welcome EFFORTS have been made by regional authorities to show that intolerance will not be accepted and that people from all backgrounds are welcomed in Spain. Seven regional towns have recently held open sessions promoting the resources available to migrant women.

This includes social services, health, employment and the prevention of gender violence. María Tovar and Paqui López of the Bajo Segura Commonwealth have been in charge of providing information, resolving

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doubts and addressing other issues that are of ongoing importance to over 50 women.

Noemí Cutillas, president of the Commonwealth Bajo Segura, stressed, “With these talks, we continue to promote good coexistence and social equality in all municipalities. It is important for the population to know that our projects, programmes and workshops have a single objective, that is to make life easier for people and therefore we will continue working on that.”

Tabernas Desert as sets for the Spaghetti Westerns.

A Fistful of Dollars, Vengeance and Boot Hill were among the Westerns shot on location in the desert.

Other films including the epics Lawrence of Arabia, El Cid and King of Kings were also made there.

Recent years have seen US TV series Game of Thrones shoot in various locations across Spain. The British film Off the Rails and the US move Wonder Woman 1984 were both shot in Spain last year, in Mallorca and Almeria City respectively.

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Rafal car chase CALLOSA DE SEGURA police arrested a man after he allegedly threatened a woman in Rafal with a knife, stole her friend’s car and fled the area, before crashing into a garage in Redovan.

He was reportedly wanted in connection with the theft of €20,000 worth of electrical equipment from a municipal store.

Following the theft, authorities had investigated junk yards and the like to trace not only his identity, but that of his accomplices.

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er robberies from vehicles with force and intimidation.

Police later recovered 170 kilos of electrical wiring and 60 electrical relays.

Other charges include shoplifting, robbery with violence and intimidation, theft from a car, criminal damage, driving whilst disqualified, reckless driving, drink driving and resisting arrest.

The three local men have already been brought to justice, being released on provisional charges, awaiting trial.

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Village rambla twist SOUTH of Los Alcazares is the village of Bahia Bella. Its boundary is supposed to be protected from flooding by a ‘rambla’ (or creek). “And therein is the problem,” claims frustrated resident Bill Hulse.

For several years now, maintenance of the rambla has been brought into question, with flooding reportedly getting worse every year. The town hall’s response is that the village is on a flood plain and consequently, was built illegally.

EWN first told of Hulse’s plight in February. However, Bill has recently obtained an aerial photograph from official archives which shows the village in 1981. Tellingly, houses

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BEFORE THE FLOODS: Bahia Bella in 1981. can be seen, but no rambla; which appears to have been added after this date.

He claims Cartagena authori-

ties are ignoring their responsibilities and duty of care. He said: “We can only believe that the town hall has decided as we

Prepared for earthquakes A NON-PROFIT organisation called USAR13 (Urban Search and Rescue) is to provide training to the Torrevieja Volunteers of Civil Protection to prepare for future earthquakes.

They met last week with local authorities to co-ordinate ‘acting on evacuation and extraction of people in confined spaces and landslides

caused by earthquakes.’ Estela Prieto of Civil Protection in Torrevieja, said: “Unfortunately, we are the epicentre of many earthquakes, so it is important our volunteers know how to act in the face of a catastrophe of this magnitude.”

USAR13’s work also involves programmes and projects to educate about earthquakes.

are in a flood plain, they can continue to collect taxes, but not spend any of it on the village.

“They will not currently issue any Certificates of Habitation, but we have discovered that some of the older properties did have them, and the only change is the addition of an inadequate canal, which is only inadequate because of their failure to maintain it!”

Frustratingly, other local authorities have ongoing improvements to canals in their areas to combat the flooding. Some of this work has meant overflow going into the Bahia Bella creek, simply taking the problem elsewhere, to an already problematic area.

Bill is calling for public support from everyone in the region, as a creek blockage and/or more storms will cause the whole system to back up and flooding will be even more widespread further inland.

He concludes, “Environmentalists will appreciate that fastflowing flood water will carry far less pollution into the Mar Menor than at present.”

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New diet causes obesity TWO in five Spaniards are overweight, with half of them being obese.

Figures released by the medical organisation ENPE on May 18, the European Day of Obesit y, a l s o s u g g e s t their life expectancy i s re d u c e d b y u p t o 10 years.

Dr Juan Lujan, chief of the Obesity Unit at Murcia Hospital, said: “The origin of this is in a sedentary lifestyle and the abandonment of a Mediterranean diet which has been implanted in today’s society.”

Obesity is associated with other risk factors such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, cholesterol problems, sleep apnea, and certain types of colon and breast cancer.

Experts recommend seeing a nutrition specialist, unless surgery is the o n l y a n s w e r. Tu b u lar gastrectomies and gastric bypasses are reportedly among the most effective and safe surgery techniques at the moment.

“Both techniques are performed with minimal invasive surgery, favouring a quick r e c o v e r y, since the patient can leave the hospital 36 hours afterwards,” said Dr Carlos Sala, Head of Obesity Units at Alicante and Valencia.

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NEW BEACH BARS: Officials presenting the new design.

Beach bars open ORIHUELA councillors officially opened the new beach bar facilities for the summer season.

In line with newer higher standards for Blue Flag beaches, the units have a fresh blue theme and a modern contemporary look, with stylised new counters incorporating the ‘Orihuela Costa’ logo.

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is bereft of adverts, in a move to smarten up the whole appearance. Luisa Bo n é , city co u n cillo r for the beaches, reported that “we have worked a lot on accessibility on our beaches, with the goal of offering services for everyone’s enjoyment.

“This year, for the first time, all terraces of the beach bars have a plat-

form.

“The menus will be available in Braille and for those who need it there will be a table service.

“Following the same design, toilets have been renewed, too - with signage in Braille.”

A variety of activities are also planned to raise environmental awareness for the whole family.

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Otter-ly surprising AN otter has surprised locals after getting loose in the city centre.

Members of the Local Police, Valley Fauna Recovery Centre, and health services combed the area to find the animal after receiving calls from concerned members of the public.

It is unknown where the animal - which has been spotted several times comes from. On his most recent outing however, the otter was spotted on Calle Miguel Hernandez in the vicinity of the Floridablanca Institute.

After arriving on Calle Miguel Herndandez to find the animal was not there, officers received another tip that it had been spotted at the roundabout next to the Queen Sofia Hospital.

OTTER ESCAPE: Locals have reported spotting the animal throughout Murcia (stock image).

After capturing the otter with a net, however, it managed to bite its way out and escape. Eyewitnesses report the animal has since been sighted in the Contraparada,

although he may have been injured, as he is suffering from a ‘distinctive limp.’

Experts believe he is now recovering in the Rio Segura.

Police go unpaid POLICE union CSIF has denounced the systematic failure by the city of San Fulgencio to pay night-time bonuses to the Local Police.

Fixed night shifts had been abolished in 2014 and the understanding was that monies would be distributed among ad-hoc evening staff.

A statement explains that the then-mayor, Carlos Ramirez, told police the money would not be paid, despite the agreement being

signed only two weeks prior.

The CSIF said: “After spending most of the year 2018 without any concrete form of payment, we were told in December that a significant part of the debt was going to be settled. In total about €80,000 was paid, but another €40,000 remains unpaid.”

A rally took place on Tuesday May 21 to address the council, and ask that all these problems be solved.

Free Wi-Fi LOS MONTESINOS will have free Wi-Fi in its public squares and buildings thanks to a €15,000 European subsidy.

Mayor Jose Manuel Butron said: “We are very proud to be one of the European Councils offering this service to the public. We have 18 months ahead to put it in and we are already working on it.”

Councils are responsible for the financing of the internet subscription and the maintenance of the equipment to provide free and high-quality WiFi to residents and visitors for at least three years following the installation of the network.

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Oldies’ gesture GRAN ALACANT Oldies Walking Football Club held their first five team tournament, at the Santa Pola Pereira Stadium on May 13.

Teams came from Teeside in Britain, San Fulgencio, Hondon, Rojales, and of course, Gran Alacant.

More than 60 players took part and the

eventual winners were Hondon, with Gran Alacant runners up.

Their trophy was presented by Barry Lane at Tango Bar in Santa Pola.

With Barry being absent through illness recently, organisers thoughtfully named the competition after him, the Copa Barry Lane.

RHYTHMIC: Classes are on offer at Habaneras Shopping Centre.

Shop and dance RYTHYM and salsa take over Habaneras Shopping Centre as they celebrate the arrival of summer during May. Customers are being offered workshops and dance classes on Saturday mornings throughout the month. In the afternoons teachers will guide customers through steps and routines to Cuban and Caribbean rhythms. On the last day, Nestor and Sofia (of Academia Sofía Sánchez) together with Academia A-Mambo and DJ Antonio Marcos, will try to transform customers into authentic professional dancers.

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Fire at squat SQUATTERS occupying a repossessed building in Javali Nuevo, Alcantrilla, for the last three years, had to be rescued from the rooftop terrace as flames engulfed the property.

Local residents claim that up to 20 travelling families had broken in and illegally tapped into

the electricity supply. It is this ‘dangerous connection’ which is believed to have started the fire.

Five people were treated by ambulance staff, three of whom were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

Playa Flamenca cup victory SAN MIGUEL walking football club, the Strollers, recently hosted a tournament with participants from overseas.

Teams included Formentera, Playa Flamenca, Entre Naranja and two teams from the UK the Blue Flames, and Newcastle.

The format was a league table, with the top two playing for the main trophy and third and fourth playing for the plate.

Playa Flamenca won the cup

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WINNERS: Playa Flamenca Walking Wanderers. with a hard fought 1-0 win over the Blue Flames. For-

mentera went on to win the Plate.

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Boris’ sister MEP candidate Rachel Johnson - “no appetite for Brexit”

By Tara Rippin AHEAD of the UK’s controversial participation in this week’s European Parliament elections, the Euro Weekly News caught up with new party Change UK’s best-known candidate Rachel Johnson, in Gibraltar.

Daughter of former MEP Stanley Johnson, and sister to high-profile MPs Boris and Jo, Rachel announced she would enter the political fray herself with the UK’s most recent proremain party.

The well-known journalist and social figure, who is standing for Change UK in Gibraltar and South West, took time out of her campaign schedule to speak to the EWN during a whirlwind 12-hour stop on the rock.

Candidate Johnson first met with Chief Minister for Gibraltar, Fabien Picardo, at the headquarters of Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar at Covent Place, where he said he “could

see Change UK having more of a future in Westminster rather than Europe.”

Explaining her motives for getting involved with Change UK, Johnson said she has lost faith in Parliament to find a solution before the October 31 Brexit deadline.

She added: “Nobody knows what’s going on from one minute to the next… there’s no appetite for any sort of Brexit

and no majority for Theresa May’s deal.” Asked what words she had for Britons living in Spain and Gibraltar, Johnson said: “Keep calm. These things need a lot of negotiation, but British people in Spain are not going to be thrown under the bus, by the UK or Spain, that’s not grown up politics.

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FABIEN PICARDO: Chief Minister for Gibraltar.

KEEP CALM: MEP candidate Rachel Johnson’s advice to EWN readers and all Britons living in Spain and Gibraltar.

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Mayor salaries MADRID mayor Manuela Carmena is the highest paid council head in Spain, making more than €102,010 a year according to recently released figures.

Territories Ministry data showed Barcelona mayor Ana Colau would be the second-highest paid in Spain at €100,000. But the official caps her pay at €30,800 to comply with her party’s ethics codes.

Bilbao mayor Juan Mari Aburto also takes home more than Sanchez, making almost €91,320. Valencia mayor Joan Ribo earns more than €82,600 annually while Murcia’s Jose Ballesta makes about €73,331.

Malaga mayor Francisco de la Torre makes more than €64,062 a year while mayor of Palma Antoni Moguera takes home almost €58,540 a year.

Ignacio Garcia, the mayor of Navia in Asturias which is home to more than 8,400 people, charges €85 a year. Marbella mayor Angeles Muñoz makes €10,050 a year.

BIG EARNERS: Madrid mayor Manuela Carmena makes more than €102,000.

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ETA leader arrested THE former head of Basque terror group ETA’s political wing has been arrested in France after 17 years on the run.

Jose Antonio Urruticoechea Bengoechea, known as Josu Ternera, was arrested in the southeast of France by the French police acting on information from the Spanish Guardia Civil.

Urruticoechea, who fled Spain in 2003, joined ETA in the 1980’s, where he became head of the group’s political apparatus. In 1989 he was arrested in Bayonne and a year later he was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

After his release he was expelled by the French authorities and handed over to Spain on May 4, 1996. The Spanish National Court prosecuted him for belonging to an armed gang, then in June 1996 he was charged with a 1986 bombing in Madrid in which 12 Guardia Civil officers died.

In 1998, he was elected a member of the Basque Parliament on the lists of the separtist Euskal Herritarrok political party.

He was summoned to testify on two occasions before the Supreme Court to clarify whether he gave the order for a car bombing on the headquarters of the Guardia Civil in Zaragoza in 1987, in which 11 people died, including five children.

He fled Spain in November 2002 on being charged with the attack and since then he has been missing. In 2018 he voiced a video announcing the disbanding of ETA. ETA killed more than 800 people during its campaign of violence before declaring a ceasefire in 2011.

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Spain targeted by illegal immigrants ACCORDING to information released by the European Border Agency Frontex, the number of illegal immigrants to arrive in the EU is down, except in Spain.

The decline in April against March was 19 per cent overall, but for Spain the number doubled to

900 making a total for the year so far of 6,300 (more than 25 per cent of all illegal immigrants detected arriving in the EU).

In the past, both Greece and Italy have seen the largest number of arrivals, but they have both experienced significant declines although Greece

still sees large numbers arriving at its borders.

As is to be expected, because of its proximity to North Africa and its long coastline, the majority of those arriving in Spain come by sea and are generally from Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Essential guide for football fans ADVICE for football fans travelling to Spain for the UEFA Champions League final on June 1, has today been released by the British Embassy Madrid and British Consulate General Madrid.

Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur will contest European football’s top prize at the 68,000-capacity Estadio Metropolitano in Madrid, where fans will share 33,226 tickets for the final.

The match kicks off at 9pm, and to ensure

all travelling supporters make it on time and enjoy their visit, a detailed travel advice document has been put together and can be viewed online at: https://www.gov.uk/govern ment/news/liverpool-fc-vs-tottenham-hotspur -fc-travel-advice.

It includes information relating to passports, getting to the stadium, what to do on arrival, Fan Zone activities as well as well as where to watch the match without a ticket and general tips when travelling overseas.

Pet haven Banks fined THE number of registered pets in Spain has hit the 13 million mark - more than the number of children under the age of 15.

By far the most popular companion is the humble dog, which makes up 93 per cent of the pet population, with cats accounting for 6 per cent.

The key word here is ‘registered.’ As not many regions oblige cats to be microchipped, it can be certain that there are many more than official figures state.

BANCO SANTANDER and Uni caj a have been fined €6.4 million and €1.5 million respectively for ‘irregularities’ over mortgages.

The Bank of Spain ordered the penalties over the way mortgage fees were charged and in the way customers were informed of pre-contractual information.

The charges date back to 2014. Several banks have already been fined for similar offences.

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SWORN IN: Junqueras (inset) and others were taken by police van to the Congress of Deputies.

Politicians free for oath

by Joe Gerrard JAILED pro-Catalan politicians were allowed to leave prison to be sworn in as members of the Cortes on Tuesday.

Oriol Junqueras, Raul Romeva, Jordi Sanchez, Josep Rull and Jordi Turull are currently being held while their trial on rebellion charges over the 2017 Catalan independence push continues. The first four were elected to the Congress of Deputies while

Turull won a seat in the Senate.

It comes as the defence lawyer for pro-independence leftist Esquerra Republicana de Cataluyna (ERC) leader Junqueras and Romeva claimed allowing the two out of jail for one day was insufficient.

Junqueras, Romeva, Sanchez and Rull arrived at the Congress of Deputies in a Guardia Civil van before being escorted by police officers to the swearing in cere-

mony. Similar measures were taken to get Turull into the Senate.

All had to swear an oath to Spain’s Constitution. Article 155 of the document was used to impose direct rule on Cataluña following the 2017 independence referendum and declaration.

Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled that the referendum was illegal under the Constitution which says the country is an ‘indissoluble union.’

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Spain withdraws warship escort

by Joe Gerrard SPAIN has withdrawn a warship which was escorting a US aircraft carrier through the Red Sea while tension between the two countries, their allies and Iran increased last week.

The Mendez Nuñez frigate was part of a 12-ship flotilla which including the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier.

The Spanish ship was set to sail with the others to the Persian Gulf before making for India. It comes as tensions increased between Iran and the US after the former allegedly sabotaged four oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UEA) last week.

Spain’s Defence Ministry said the ship was withdrawn due to technical problems. A spokesperson for the US Department of Defence said the relationship between Wash-

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PULLED OUT: The Mendez Nuñoz (left) was sailing with other ships in the Red Sea. ington and Madrid remained ‘strong and close’ following the decision.

Spain’s opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP) accused the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) of making Spain internationally by withdrawing the ship.

The alleged sabotage from

Iran comes as relations between Tehran and Washington continue to deteriorate after the latter pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal.

Spain and other EU countries, which remained signed up to the pact, have said they will continue to stand by it.

The US has begun reapplying sanctions targeting Tehran.

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by Dilip Kuner COLOMBIAN songstress Shakira has been cleared of plagiarism over La Bicicleta, which was a huge hit performed with the singer Carlos Vives.

Both artists testified to a Madrid court in March, but the duo has had to wait until this week to be officially

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Shakira cleared of plagiarism cleared by the judge.

The case had been brought

by Cuban singer Livan Rafael Castellano Valdes

who said the song copied excerpts from his 1997 song Yo te quiero tanto. In the lawsuit, he argued that, through

Sony ATV, he sent Vives ‘a sample’ of his song for him to sing, but the Colombian reproduced ‘a fragment’ of it without his permission.

The case hinged on the chorus. In Shakira and Carlos Vives’ chorus they sing ‘que te sueño y te quiero tanto,’ and in Livan’s ‘yo te quiero, yo te quiero tanto.’

In making his decision Judge Guillamon Ruiz said that it is ‘a very common expression, used in all kinds of songs and texts.’

CLEARED: Shakira was not guilty of plagiarism.

Bear deal SPAIN and France have struck a deal to work more closely on the reintroduction of brown bears into the Pyrenees.

Officials agreed to share information on the population of the animals in the area where the two countries border. They also said they would work to ensure the bears can co-exist with local livestock.

Spain’s Ecology Ministry said the bolstering of brown bears was an ‘important issue’ for the country.

It comes after two female bears introduced from Slovenia in France attacked some farm animals in Navarra.

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Fake artifacts seized

HAUL: Police seized thousands of objects.

GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested 10 people in connection with stealing, forging and selling archaeological artifacts.

Police have seized more than 30,000 objects, 12 metal detectors and one vehicle in 16 searches carried out in the provinces of Sevilla, Granada, Cadiz and Caceres.

Among the seized artifacts

is a mix of authentic and forged ancient coins, buckles, vases and remains of Roman mosaics.

The suspects have been charged under historical heritage laws.

They have also been accused of receiving and laundering money, misappropriation and fraud.

Officers have confirmed

that the forged objects were being sold as authentic pieces to victims.

The investigation began after police found numerous objects of archaeological interest for sale on the Internet.

Police said artifact forgery is widespread throughout Spain, as it is very cheap to do, earns a lot of profit and is very difficult to investigate.

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Inequality and political strife

by Joe Gerrard RISING inequality in Spain is fuelling political strife and internal divisions, global economists have warned a s a nothe r N G O c la ime d more Spanish families are slipping below the poverty line.

The World Ine qua lity Lab, a group of economists which headed by Thomas

Piketty, stated political division had grown in line with r i si ng i nequal i t y i n t he wake of the last recession.

“We believe that inequality, linked to austerity, unemployment and economic scarcity in general, is one of the main causes of the political instability the country is going through,” the aut hor s of t he r epor t t ol d Spanish media. “In general,

bot h t he i ni t i al boom of Podemos, the Catalan independence situation and now the rise of Vox can be under st ood as di ff er ent r esponses t o a shar ed economic malaise,” they added.

The report found that although average incomes in Spain rose above pre-2007 levels for the first time in 2017, gains were concentrated among the wealthiest.

The poorest 90 per cent saw wages r i se by 2 per cent while the richest 1 per cent saw i ncr eases of 24 per cent.

Save the Children has also claimed that more than t wo f i f t hs si ngl e- m ot her families are at risk of poverty, and that a quarter live in extreme hardship.

It comes as the Catholic Church’s Caritas Foundation claimed more than one half of families with only one working member face greater risks of poverty and social exclusion.

The organisation claimed labour reforms undertaken by the previous conservative Partido Popular (PP) government increased the amount of temporary work, cutting salaries and hours.

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Star teacher joins politics TONI GARCIA, the man named Spain’s best teacher, has announced he is running to become councillor for Education in San Javier.

The educator, who won the title at the Educa Awards 2018, is running for the left-leaning PSOE party in Alicante. Garcia told Spanish media he wants to change the face of politics, and has made a ‘social commitment’ to his party. Speaking about his decision to enter politics, the teacher said: “If you have been complaining for years that there are no qualified people, and suddenly they forward this to you, you cannot say no.”

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Hamilton’s surprise for brave Harry L E W I S H A M I LTO N h a s s urpris e d a five -ye a r-old boy, suffering from cancer, by sending a Mercedes AMG F1 to his home.

Brave Harry Shaw, who sent Hamilton a good luck message before his race, was the ‘inspiration’ behind his Grand Prix win in Spain.

Hamilton also gave the child the trophy which he won in Montmelo.

“Lewis Hamilton has given us a great moment and a great smile at a tremendously difficult time in our lives,” said Harry’s father.

Photo: @HarrysPledge5

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‘INSPIRATION’: Harry Shaw received the Formula 1 car from Lewis Hamilton.

Oldest Down syndrome birthday THE oldest man in Spain with Down syndrome has celebrated his 74th birthday at a party organised by his carer.

Gerardo Alonso Estupiñan, who lives in Tenerife, was surrounded by friends, family and colleagues at a party at the day centre he attends.

The event in Telde was also attended by two mariachis to serenade Gerardo, who loves music and plays several instruments.

The pensioner has lived with a family member since his parents died and has been attending a local day centre for several years.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

By Joe Gerrard MEMBERS of the Spanish Cortes met in Madrid to be sworn in on Tuesday following April’s election, with the day underscoring stark changes to the political landscape.

Lawmakers in the Congress of Deputies and Senate form Spain’s 13th legislature since the country’s transition to democracy.

The new crop of lawmakers, which in many ways provides a snapshot of Spain’s current body-politic, has already made history in a number of ways.

Spain has had a two-party system up until the last decade or so. The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) and the conservative Partido Popular (PP) together took the vast majority of seats.

Tuesday showed that the current political landscape could not be more different.

Spanish politics has fragmented into a multi-party system, highlighted by the fact PSOE is far short of an overall majority despite winning 29 per cent

Sworn in HISTORIC: There were a number of firsts at Tuesday’s Congress ceremony. of the vote.

On the left the previously ascendant PSOE now shares its side of the parliamentary hemicycle with the leftist Podemos, which retained its foothold in the Congress of Deputies.

The right is now divided into three, with the PP only having nine seats more than the centrist Ciudadanos and the far-right Vox entering the Con-

gress for the first time.

The latter party’s congressional breakthrough is significant because it is the first time such a party has had national representation since Francisco Franco’s dictatorship.

Some members of the proCatalan independence Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) also made history for being the first Congress members to be sworn in while in

police custody.

Oriol Junqueras and three others on trial over the 2017 independence push were allowed to leave prison for the ceremony and entered the Congress building with police escorts.

The day also saw a changing of the guard at the head of the Congress and the Senate. Mexitxell Batet took over from Ana Pastor as president of the lower house while Manuel Cruz became head of the Senate.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez chose to nominate two Catalans for the posts as an apparent gesture to the region which continues to be rocked by fallout from the independence push.

Talks to form a government are now set to continue but all parties have said no announcements will be made before this Sunday’s elections.

European elections SPANISH voters are set to cast their ballots in EU elections on Sunday, with 54 seats out in the 751-seat European Parliament up for grabs.

Almost 420 million Europeans are set to vote in the election. The last European Parliament election was held in 2014 when Spain’s conservative Partido Popular (PP) won the most seats with 16. Unlike countries such as Britain which are divided into constituencies for the EU election, Spanish members of the European Parliament (MEPs) represent the entire country.

They are elected by proportional representation, meaning each party is allocated seats according to its share of the vote.

Spain’s MEPs join European-wide groupings made up of similar parties from other countries once in the Parliament.

The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) is part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the PP is in the European People’s Party (EPP). The centrist Ciudadanos members sit with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) while leftist Podemos MEPs sit with The European United Left (GUE/NGL).

The European Parliament votes on budgets and other legislation and for holding the Commission to account.

Poll tracker (EU elections): Partido Socialista (PSOE): 32.1 per cent, 19 seats Partido Popular (PP): 16.8 per cent, nine seats Ciudadanos: 15.8 per cent, nine seats Unidos Podemos: 10.2 per cent, six seats Vox: 8.5 per cent, five seats

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BREXIT uncertainty has been blamed by Thomas Cook for a half-year loss of £1.46 billion as British consumers delayed making holiday plans.

And the news sent its shares plummeting 21 per cent after it warned of ‘challenging’ trading to

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Brexit blues for Thomas Cook come in the vitally important peak summer season.

The holiday company is now to cut 150 jobs at its

Peterborough HQ as it continues on a cost reduction programme as it tries to weather the storm.

Most of the loss came after Thomas Cook wrote down the value of the business by £1.1 billion as a result of the weak trading environment it has found itself in.

Chief executive Peter Fankhauser said: “The first six months of this year have been characterised by an uncertain consumer environment across all our markets.

“The prolonged heatwave last summer and high prices in the Canaries reduced customer demand for winter sun, particularly in the Nordic region, while there is now little doubt that the Brexit process has led many UK customers to delay their holiday plans for this summer.”

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Neither shaken nor stirred

by John Smith FORMER member of the Special Branch and MI6 Carlton King who has been described as the real life black James Bond currently spends much of his time in Alicante.

He has however spent a week in the Costa del Sol preparing a trailer for what he hopes will become an addictive and much-watched TV series in conjunction with filmmaker Jeff Clarke.

As a member of a minority and a working class lad who spent time as a DJ, he went to Germany and became a security officer for the US Army equivalent of NAAFI and heard tales of the Metropolitan Police Special Branch.

He returned to the UK, spent two years on the beat and was then one of only 10 officers chosen each year to join the Special Branch which was responsible for internal security and protection of non-royal VIPs amongst other things.

During his time there, he acted as a bodyguard for Tony Blair, the Clin-

NEW PROJECT: Carlton King is preparing a trailer for what he hopes will be a much-watched TV series. tons and Sir John Major, and was also responsible for heading up the Strategic Unit which tried to forecast potential security threats before he was transferred to MI6.

Having seen there was a class and colour prejudice at senior levels in both services, he was very aware of

the possibility that disaffected black youth could be turned to Jihadism whilst working class whites could become involved on the extreme right.

He was responsible for arranging deep-cover counter-subversive missions as well as running counter-terrorism programmes.

Carlton (not his real name), who became the most senior black officer in the security service eventually became disaffected with the way in which minorities within the service were treated and after 28 years of service left the force.

He explained to Euro Weekly News

that he wanted to show working class minority youngsters that it was possible, although difficult, for a black officer to rise within the service, but also wanted to expose the secrecy and inherent racism within the UK systems.

For four years he fought to publish his book Black Ops: The incredible true story of a British secret agent and eventually permission was given although according to him only about 25 per cent of the real story appeared.

Now, he is potentially still a target for terrorists and always appears in dark glasses with photos pixilated, but he has a new project Selective Intelligence which he is making with the input and support of E17 Boy Productions (a film company based in Calahonda in Malaga Province) who are also looking for funding through Warrior Film Promotions.

The concept is that boys and girls like himself will be filmed undertaking training as security operatives with the end result that at least one will be awarded a job with a high level security company.

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Espionage on display

Shirts to gowns THE monthly Spanish football magazine, Panenka, has launched a campaign in which footballs shirts are turned into hospital gowns for sick children in hospital.

The initiative called ‘Las batas más fuertes,’ (The strongest hospital gowns), encourages all health centres to participate in a bid to help children feel stronger when facing their ‘rivals.’

‘Every day, in hospitals, many children play a very difficult game. That’s why we have turned football shirts into hospital gowns, so they feel stronger.’ the magazine said via Twitter.

Credit: Las batas mas fuertes

A NEW exhibition exploring the intrigue and es pion a g e o f t h e c o n quistadores has gone on display in the Alcazar Real, Sevilla.

Until June 30, the historical site will be hosting the e x h i b i t , At l a s and Illuminated Codices, spanning a period o f 4 0 y e a r s i n which Spain and Portugal tried to conquer the ‘new’ world.

Of particular interest is the Mi l l e r At l a s, a ‘false map’ created by P ortug a l i n 1 5 1 9 t o throw Sp a i n o ff t h e scent of Magellan’s trip to the Moluccan Islands.

A ‘near original’ copy of the map, considered the mo st i m p o r t a n t i n the history of cartography, will be included in the event, which celebrates t h e 5 0 0 t h a nniversa r y o f t h e f i r s t round-the-world sail.

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PUERTO DEL CARMEN: A British tourist faces charges in Lanzarote.

Brit causes havoc A 33-YEAR-OLD British man injured three police and one Guardia Civil officer whilst being arrested in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote.

The individual reportedly became violent during his arrest due to an altercation in a bar.

He also broke the window of the police vehicle in which he was to be transferred.

Once in police custody, he wrecked the prison cell door and was then taken to the psychiatric area at the Molina Orosa Hospital. The Court Number 1 judge of Arrecife has reportedly charged the man for causing injuries, damages and resisting police officials. He will face multiple fines including €1,500 for property damages.

TO FACE ALL RIVALS: The Sant Joan de Deu backs the campaign.

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Iberian Lynx worth the investment IN order to try to save the Iberian Lynx from extinction, a conservation project costing â‚Ź34 million (of which â‚Ź20 million came from the European Union) has seen considerable success.

The number of animals in the wild had dropped alarmingly, but thanks to a programme of captive breeding and then release into the wild, has resulted in there now being nearly 700 animals in

the Iberian Peninsula which includes Portugal with a large percentage in Andalucia.

Recent figures infer that one in three of each of the females released has given birth to at least one kitten and that as the youngsters mature, so the figures will be likely to increase.

The main problem is ensuring that there is sufficient food available, a ban on hunting this vulnerable species continues to be enforced and motorists are warned about areas where the Lynx now live as the biggest cause of death is from traffic.

IBERIAN LYNX: On the road to recovery.

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By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks • Making the wrong pension choices, which can negatively impact your income in retirement.

There are steps you can take to protect against these threats, often in one overall financial planning exercise, but you need professional advice. This is even more essential as an expatriate in Spain as you need to negotiate unfamiliar local rules and the interaction of the Spanish and UK tax and succession regimes.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Trying again

By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S prime minister is set to redouble her efforts to pass her Brexit deal and said she will make a ‘bold’ offer to win over sceptical lawmakers.

Theresa May plans to hold talks with government ministers in a bid to find a way through the Brexit impasse.

The prime minister wrote in the British press: ‘I still believe there is a majority in parliament to be won for leaving with a deal.

‘When the Withdrawal Agreement Bill comes before MPs, it will represent a new, bold offer.’

Deadlock continues after the House of Commons rejected her Withdrawal Agreement three times. May plans to table her draft deal for a fourth and likely final vote next month.

Changes to the deal itself are impossible unless the prime minister returns to Brussels which has repeatedly ruled out reopening talks.

But May could attempt to get further changes to the Political declaration which sketches out Britain’s future relationship with the EU. She has also pledged to bolt guarantees on areas including workers’ rights and the environment onto her deal bill to

BREXIT EXTRA Brexit Party probe call

GOING BOLDLY: May still believes her deal can pass. win over moderate opposition Labour MPs. May’s pledge to tinker the deal comes as talks between the ruling Conservatives and Labour collapsed last week.

The prime minister claimed they were abandoned due to internal Labour disputes over a second referendum. Labour leader Jeremy Corby said the Conservatives had refused to give ground.

“The government’s going weakness and instability means there cannot be confidence in its ability to deliver,” Corbyn said.

It comes as the Labour leader said his party would back a second referendum if it were able win the next election and renegotiate the deal.

FORMER prime minister Gordon Brown has called on the Electoral Commission to investigate the financing of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party amidst concerns over donation rules allowing foreign interference in the upcoming EU election.

Spain in EU SPAIN has the opportunity to form the ‘hardcore of Europe’ with France and Germany after Brexit, says Agriculture Minister Luis Planas who spoke after Ciudadanos’ Ines Arrimadas said Spain could become the bloc’s third power.

Vote claim CHANGE UK spokesperson Chuka Umunna has called for Britain to revoke Article 50, claiming there will be no time to hold a second referendum before the October 31 deadline.

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RYANAIR: Spain is a major destination.

Spain still top for Ryanair DESPITE all of the fears concerning Brexit, Irish airline Ryanair still expects Spain to be a major tourist hub for the rest of this year and next.

It has indicated that three of its most popular destinations are in Spain in Malaga, Palma and Alicante and earlier this

year it had to increase significantly the number of flights to Alicante from Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Liverpool and London Stansted.

The airline had indicated that it has some fears concerning its ability to fly out of the UK following Brexit, but it would not

have increased flights so dramatically if it did not expect to continue to have a thriving market there. As it continues to expand, so new passengers will be carried from different parts of the EU but there can be little doubt that British tourists will still be important to Ryanair.

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MORE than 100 firefighters aided by helicopters dropping water spent 24 hours tackling the first major wildfire of the year in Tenerife.

The fire started in the Teide National Park on the island and soon covered 20 hectares of land at the base of the Mount Teide Volcano.

Smoke and flames were easily seen across Tenerife and trenches

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Major fire contained were dug as fire breaks as the personnel attempted to contain the ferocious blaze, often having to tackle areas on foot and extinguish smouldering undergrowth with hand held implements.

According to the Cabildo de Tenerife it was eventually brought under control thanks to a

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reduction in temperature and winds, as well as the hard work of those involved in fighting the fire. An investigation will now take place as to what may have caused this conflagration as the island stays alert to other possible outbreaks fuelled by the extreme temperatures.

WILDFIRE: Firefighters on the spot.

Shared values SPAIN’S armed forces will be working hand in hand with the nation’s Olympic Committee from now on.

Acting Minister of Defence Margarita Robles has signed an agreement with the President of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE), Alejandro Blanco to promote highlevel sport in the Armed Forces.

The idea is to share experiences, values and knowledge that will be beneficial to both parties.

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Expats Guide to

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What to do in the event of an emergency 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.

HERE in Spain there is a general number for all emergencies, 112.

No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles without a Spanish SIM card.

The responders speak a number of languages, and you can also fax or SMS 112.

In addition, there are individual emergency numbers, depending on the type of assistance you need.

It’s a good idea to keep a printout of them handy, in your bag or wallet, in the home and in the car.

And it can’t hurt to have a few helpful Spanish medical/emergency terms written down, just in case you don’t get an English-speaking member of staff.

National Police, also known as National Police Corps (Cuerpo Nacional de Policia, CNP), deals with criminal offences and public order in towns and cities, and can be contacted by calling 091 or 902 102 112.

The latter was set up for non-Spanish to report burglaries, car theft or a break-in when documents and belongings are lost or stolen. Available in English from 9am to 2pm, all week long, the service is also available in French, German and Italian.

Once the telephone report is made,

claimants have 48 hours to check and sign their statement at the police station of their choice.

In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 091 at the time, then go directly to a police station to make a report.

The Guardia Civil is a military force which operates mostly in rural areas and is responsible for drug offences, fatal car accidents, robberies and murders, and can be contacted on 062.

Local Police (Policia municipal) cover their local town or city area for traffic offences and control, lost property and crimes such as theft and neighbourhood disputes. You can reach them on 092.

And a special helpine, 016, has been set up specifically to report instances of gender violence.

For an ambulance (ambulancia) and health emergencies, call 061 or 112, and in the case of a fire call the fire brigade (cuerpo de bomberos) on 061 or 112.

For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24- hour helpline 900 100 333.

091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 2pm

This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice.

If in any doubt, seek professional help.

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Trade war SPAIN’S Industry Minister has said the country will reject ‘at all times’ calls for tariffs on imported vehicles as the so-called trade war between the US and other economies continues.

Reyes Maroto said the policy of US president Donald Trump’s administration continued to obstruct goods moving between countries. Trump’s policies are

also contributing to economic uncertainty in Spain, the minister added. Trump’s protectionism, slapping duty on goods from China and the EU is one of his policies, but has drawn fire from US’ trading partners. Many have put tariffs on US goods in retaliation, causing the price of imports to rise, impacting on several economies.

Spanish bills among EU’s highest SPANISH households pay some of the highest electricity bills of any in the EU, according to data from the bloc. The Eurostat statistics agency found the average Spanish family pays almost 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour, more than double that of Germany, France, Italy and Portugal. The figures showed those who used the least electricity found themselves paying more per kilowatthour on average because of costs in bills which remain the same regardless of usage.

Mercedes boss sentenced THE General Manager of Mercedes-Benz in Spain has been sentenced to one year’s jail after he was involved in an accident while racing against his son on a public road.

Emilio Titos overtook another car at high speed and caused an accident that “endangered the life” of another

driver in Herrera (Alva). His son, who was driving another sports car at the time was cleared as he was not involved in the accident.

Titos has also been banned from driving for two years and ordered to pay €17,762 compensation to the insurance company of the other driver in the accident.

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HANDMADE: Correos is now selling Spanish made artisanal goods.

Arts and crafts SPAIN’S postal service, Correos, has launched an artisanal goods sales service.

Customers will now be able to buy handmade products created in Spain and sold postagefree through Correos’s new platform; Correos Market.

The initiative, which is designed to address the issue of jobs in rural areas by creating

opportunities for local entrepreneurs, will include a variety of different products.

Sergio Peinado, the company’s head of Digital Solutions, said: “The goal of Correos has always been to provide services to citizens and companies, wherever they are, by structuring the territory thanks to the capillarity of their net-

work and Correos Market name of the new platform - is the latest expression of this commitment.

He added the platform offers the ‘Correos Market Seal of Quality,’ a system to ensure product quality for consumers.

Goods on offer include food, beverages, textiles, handicrafts and cosmetics.

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Make a date - the music starts now

What a party!

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THE Summer Music 2019 dates have been confirmed, and big names are coming to Villamartin this year.

Artists of the calibre of Paul Young and Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers are the eye-catching highlights but there is a whole host of top-notch talent lined up to keep everyone entertained.

In an impressive programme there will be live music in the Plaza every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with the concerts starting tonight.

The ever-popular Geckos are kicking of proceedings tonight, while the first ‘headline’ act makes an appearance on Tuesday (May 28). Paul Da Vinci is bringing his Explosion Tour to Villamartin. Many people

STAR POWER: Los Pacaminos featuring Paul Young will be in Villamartin. will remember Paul as the original voice of The Rubettes’ massive hot Sugar Baby Love - and much more.

Other headliners include Los Pacaminos featuring

Paul Young on June 13, Joe Longthorne and Band on September 5 and the grand finale on September 25 features the Bay City Rollers.

It is an impressive list, which is only to be expected

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after the stunning summer of 2018 programme which brought Leo Sayer to town.

The musical events proved a great success and Villamartin Plaza are confident 2019 will be even better.

A FANTASTIC day out at the latest Party in the Plaza charity day raised €11,067.15 in Villamartin on Sunday.

A host of well-known local acts provided some stunning entertainment at the show which was compered by Stevie Spit and Casey Shaddock.

There was something for everyone with a bouncy castle and face painting being popular with the children, while a tombola and massive raffle with a €1,000 prize helped raise funds for two very worthwhile causes.

The cash from the fun event will go to help Elche Children’s Care Home (ECCH) and the Little Pod animal charity - two charities that are close to many people’s hearts in the local area.

ECCH provides a stable home, 24/7 professional care and support to the children it looks after.

Due to the financial crisis the Spanish Central Government withdrew all financial support to the home, so it relies on voluntary contributions to provide its hugely important services.

The Fundacion Arcos de Castillos provides funding for the day-to-day running of the home such as utilities and staff wages, but the ECCH charity provides for all the extra needs of the children such as clothing, school books, after school activities, toiletries, birthday and Christmas presents and much more. The charity is managed entirely by unpaid volunteers.

Funds from the Party in the Plaza will help the children to continue to have a safe, happy, stable life at Elche Children’s Care Home.

The Little Pod Association is a non-profit charity that raises funds to help animals in the Orihuela Costa region, which relies solely on donations and its charity shop in La Zenia.

It rescues abandoned and ill-treated animals off the streets and from overcrowded shelters, ensuring all animals receive blood tests for diseases, vaccinations, a microchip, a passport for travelling and are neutered/spayed.

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STAT OF WEEK €905 million

Banks call off merger plan TWO Spanish banks have c a l l e d o ff m e rg e r p l a n s a f t e r one wanted to take over 60 per cent of the other’s stock.

U n i c a j a ’s p l a n t o t a k e o n three-fifths of Liberbank led the latter to reject the merger.

The arrangement would have left Unicaja with a higher stake in Liberbank than the latter would have had in the former.

Both saw their share prices fall, by almost 1.2 per cent for Unicaja and more than 1.4 per cent for Liberbank, after the deal was called off.

23 - 29 May 2019 The losses made by Spain’s Executive Resolution Authority (FROB) in 2018, with the rescue fund for the financial industry 5 per cent less than the previous year.

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business & legal

Airline posts new losses

Budget goes back to Cortes THE Spanish government’s draft budget for this year is set to go before lawmakers again following the general election called after it failed to pass.

Acting Commerce Minister Reyes Maroto told a meeting of businesspeople in Bilbao budget plans would be put to the Cortes when the new government is sworn in.

Coalition talks between the left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), which won the most seats in the Congress of Deputies following the election, and opposition groups are ongoing.

Maroto said: “I hope investments will be channelled from the new 2019 budget

By Joe Gerrard soon. It will be presented once the new government is set up and present in the Cortes.”

The minister’s comments come after lawmakers rejected the governing PSOE’s budget in February. Pro-Catalan independence parties refused to support it over the region’s ongoing independence dispute.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez then called a snap general election to shore up PSOE’s position in the Congress of Deputies. The party had 86 seats in the 350-member lower house.

Budget plans unveiled in January included €7.5 billion in infrastructure investment and a youth unemployment plan backed by €670 million. The government also budgeted €220 million to help tackle gender violence.

It also made headlines for a proposal to raise the minimum wage by 21 per cent to €900 a month, the largest increase in Spain’s democratic history.

The government planned to fund spending increases by tax hikes on large firms, particularly technology companies.

Finance Minister Maria Jesus Montero said the budget would make the Treasury an extra €5.7 billion.

GERMAN-BASED airline TUI has posted an underlying annual loss of €300.6 million which it said was due to overcapacity in Spain and the grounding of some planes.

The airline said it expected to take another profit hit if its 15 Boeing 737 MAX planes remain grounded. The company said it would clarify the situation by the end of this month.

Excess supply in its operations in and out of Spain have also contributed to the losses which were higher than the €168.7 million posted last year.

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Spanish firm takeover plan BRITAIN’S opposition Labour party said it would take the Spanish Iberdrola’s subsidiary Scottish Power into public ownership if it takes power.

The party said the company and others made huge profits while raising bills for customers and holding back infrastructure investments.

Rebecca Ling Bailey, Labour’s Shadow Energy Secretary, said: “Many people would be surprised to

know the cables that carry gas and electricity into their homes are owned by Wall Street investment banks, multinational conglomerates and sovereign funds.”

Labour plans to compensate Scottish Power shareholders with Treasury bonds. Scottish Power made more than €1 billion in pre-tax profits last year.

Labour said it would nationalise other firms.

Bankrupt families THE amount of Spanish families who declared bankruptcy for not making debt payments fell by 3.3 per cent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period of 2018, National Institute for Statistics (INE) figures show.

Reform call THE CSIF trade union has called for a change in labour laws to bring worker representation to staff in small and medium-sized companies after finding that 4.3 million of Spain’s 17 million workers are employed in non-unionised firms.

New post SPANISH Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has been appointed president of the board of governors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) alongside her ministerial brief for a year, replacing current head Jyrki Katainen.

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C LOSING P RICES M AY 20

COMPANY ADMIRAL GROUP

PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) 21,000 -0,24

ANGLO AMERICAN

% CHG. -0,05

NET VOL 31.955

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

CHANGE(P)

% CHG.

NET VOL

LEGAL & GENERAL

2,758

-0,65

-0,02

674.498

19,484

-0,49

-0,10

304.244

LLOYDS BANK

0,602

-0,61

-0,00

8.792.310

8,366

0,31

0,03

161.485

LONDON STOCK

52,920

0,08

0,04

40.627

ASHTEAD GROUP

20,410

0,71

0,14

178.035

MARKS & SPENCER

2,660

1,03

0,03

571.251

ASTRA ZENECA

58,820

0,57

0,34

86.188

MEDIA CONTEN

3,380

-0,56

-0,02

25.895

BABCOCK INTE

5,126

-0,87

-0,05

92.205

MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS

3,536

-5,53

-0,21

429.265

BARCLAYS BANK

1,586

-0,10

-0,00

1.366.346

MICRO FOCUS

18,812

0,55

0,10

60.017

16,870

0,69

0,12

103.718 393.131

ANTOFAGASTA

BARRATT DEVE

6,086

-0,81

-0,05

418.841

MONDI PLC

BAT INDUSTRI

29,550

1,71

0,50

134.139

MORRISON SUP

418.035

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BILLITON

17,908

-0,03

-0,01

PEARSON

2,124

1,21

0,03

58,380

1,01

0,58

27.709

8,018

-0,88

-0,07

171.214

20,980

-0,76

-0,16

32.688

BP

5,615

0,99

0,05

2.202.939

BRIT.AEROE

4,646

-0,09

-0,00

250.826

PERSIMMON

25,750

0,08

0,02

15.621

PROV.FINANC.

4,813

2,77

0,13

5.804

PRUDENTIAL C

16,500

-1,00

-0,17

423.266

RAMBLER MED.

2,351

-1,31

-0,03

1.295.068

RECKITT BNKR

62,830

0,45

0,28

60.106

REED INTER

18,050

-0,11

-0,02

223.981

3,885

0,39

0,02

375.418

BRITISH FOODS BRITISH LAND

5,618

0,72

0,04

327.252

BRITISH TELECOM

2,042

0,52

0,01

1.259.770

BUNZL

21,165

0,66

0,14

35.884

BURBERRY

18,525

0,00

0,00

92.916

CARNIVAL PLC

40,370

-0,05

-0,02

59.344

CELLTECH

28,930

1,01

0,29

109.737

CENTRICA

0,943

1,07

0,01

2.508.401

CGNU

4,198

-0,02

-0,00

302.064

CONVATEC GROUP

1,407

-0,44

-0,01

343.506

CRH

25,360

0,97

0,24

120.862

CRODA INTERN

51,350

0,26

0,13

12.689

DCC ORD IEP0

70,160

0,80

0,56

5.842

DELLING GRP

3,238

0,09

0,00

184.215

33,480

0,08

0,03

176.285

DIAGEO EASYJET EXPERIAN GROUP LTD FRESNILLO

RENTOKIL GRP RIO TINTO

46,965

1,11

0,52

251.063

ROLLS ROYCE

9,408

0,41

0,04

307.665

ROYAL & SUN

5,644

-0,14

-0,01

69.960

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND

2,252

-0,92

-0,02

978.145

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B SHARES25,605

1,14

0,29

283.738

ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A NLD 25,555

0,79

0,20

754.764

SAGE GROUP

-0,32

-0,02

211.301 542.786

7,444

SAINSBURY

2,024

0,83

0,02

SCHRODERS

30,840

0,12

0,04

10.172

SCOT.& STH

10,450

0,26

0,03

196.834

9,881

-2,60

-0,26

399.235

SEVERN TRENT

19,315

0,57

0,11

41.670

23,140

-0,06

-0,01

56.127

SKILLSGROUP

21,700

-0,37

-0,08

16.325

7,272

-0,28

-0,02

56.585

SLOUGH EST.

7,160

0,48

0,03

146.162

15,528

-0,14

-0,02

209.565

SMITH & NEP.

16,230

-0,44

-0,07

109.791

GLENCORE INTL

2,751

-0,56

-0,02

1.589.612

SMITHS INDU.

14,950

-0,20

-0,03

12.602

GROUP 4 SECU

2,153

0,22

0,00

121.881

ST JAMES S P

11,300

0,18

0,02

43.745

HAMMERSON

2,920

1,75

0,05

254.614

STAN.CHART

6,748

0,07

0,00

1.075.666

24,260

0,62

0,15

16.379

STANDARD LIFE

2,628

-0,19

-0,00

442.604

6,518

-0,21

-0,01

967.368

TAYLOR WOOD.

1,766

-0,53

-0,01

406.139

21,626

1,69

0,36

112.570

TESCO

2,392

-0,08

-0,00

833.690

INFORMA GROU

7,754

0,11

0,01

70.597

TUI

8,106

-1,86

-0,15

221.363

INTERCON.HOT

50,150

-0,27

-0,13

21.125

UNILEVER

47,840

0,60

0,28

122.272

INTERTEK GROUP

GLAXO WELLCO

HARGREAVES LANSDOWN HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO

51,200

0,88

0,45

11.212

UN.UTILITIES

7,796

0,37

0,03

119.367

INTL CONSOLIDATED AIRS GRP 5,010

-1,57

-0,08

720.275

VODAFONE GRP

1,239

0,53

0,01

6.640.339

ITV

1,137

-0,26

-0,00

507.551

WHITBREAD

45,290

-0,27

-0,12

18.022

WOLSELEY

53,600

-1,65

-0,90

486.524

9,672

0,66

0,06

122.897

10,870

0,88

0,10

89.061

JOHNSON MATT

31,630

-0,10

-0,03

12.363

KINGFISHER

2,274

-0,07

-0,00

507.465

WPP GROUP

LAND SECURIT

8,844

0,02

0,00

153.448

3I GROUP

0.87535

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PRICE 119,070 189,000 355,020 122,760 120,520 56,350 49,200 75,910 197,430 192,580 134,320 44,890 138,610 110,770 199,220 78,720 128,070 84,570 41,470 107,450 147,490 133,750 241,380 58,090 164,090 52,270 100,860 135,040 169,090

CHANGE% CHANGE -0,64 -0,77 0,00 0,00 0,34 1,21 -3,04 -3,85 -0,23 -0,28 0,00 0,00 -0,77 -0,38 -0,59 -0,45 -0,86 -1,71 0,10 0,20 -1,15 -1,56 0,00 0,00 0,29 0,40 -0,49 -0,54 -0,39 -0,77 -0,52 -0,41 0,00 0,00 0,34 0,29 -0,41 -0,17 -0,61 -0,66 0,05 0,08 -1,11 -1,50 1,94 4,59 1,24 0,71 -0,47 -0,78 0,00 0,00 -0,44 -0,45 -0,34 -0,46 -1,58 -2,72

VOLUME(M) 2.002.172 804 1.029.236 1.716.017 2.152.284 9.420.934 3.064.972 3.803.723 519.500 1.795.815 862.563 8.202.069 2.010.284 3.087.016 652.137 2.696.348 100 1.401.543 7.106.199 2.411.928 551.599 544.259 1.309.861 3.684.542 1.232.223 2.141.461 3.610.478 3.178.220 994.970

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week I had decided to write something completely different. One of the banes of being a columnist is the never ending search for subject matter.

As most of my offerings generally cover rather more serious, and consequently somewhat depressing subjects, I decided to look around for something a little lighter - hopefully to raise a smile or two.

Well, in a sad reflection of the world we now live in, I’d have had more chance of finding something good to say about Diane Abbott! With the advent of ever increasing political correctness, even the wonderful British quality of being able to find some humour in its problems is slowly being eroded from our culture and way of life.

Everywhere I looked it was doom and gloom.

With the usual monotonous regularity, the UK’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest came in last. When are people going to realise that we wouldn’t win it with Delilah, Hey Jude or even Little Arrows!? Europe hates us.

And those who don’t hate us are jealous. Entering for this antiquated heap of pure elephant dung is a complete waste of time and effort.

The usual affronts to our democracy and culture were also in full, unacceptable prominence this week. A highly respected GP faces a watchdog enquiry for asking a Muslim woman to raise

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Something a little lighter?

EUROVISION ENTRY: Michael Rice came last. her veil so he could hear her describe the symptoms of her child’s malady. What was he supposed to do, guess? I wonder who would have been blamed if he had prescribed the wrong treatment?

I would also like to reiterate here there is no mention in the Koran that this garment should be worn. It has no religious significance whatsoever.

It is merely insisted on by Muslim males to protect their women from the prying eyes of other men.

Mayor Khan was also in the news again. This time he managed to stick his oar in to one of our most treasured British institutions by ordering the removal of a new Wimbledon poster which depicted strawberries and cream! Don’t ask. I can

only assume it had something to do with food and Ramadan!

Also climbing firmly aboard the idiot bandwagon this week came ‘ealth n’ safety. Apparently Leicester Council has banned Women’s Institute cakes from a local hospice. The WI ladies had been providing cakes to 2,500 annual patients of the hospice for 40 years, but now the local council have decided that factory products are ‘more hygienic.’ Ha! I know what I’d rather have.

Still looking for something amusing? Forget it.

The most disturbing action this week was the convergence of young Muslim men onto the peaceful members of Tommy Robinson’s election campaign in Oldham. Video evidence clearly shows a hoard of young Asian men, many totally masked and carrying weapons, being actually escorted by police to the Robinson rally on a local housing estate. There they proceeded to pelt Robinson and his team with bricks and missiles until the police finally broke it up.

At no time were Robinsons people the aggressors, but the next day the meagre press reports merely stated ‘rioting broke out at a ‘far-right’ rally of Tommy Robinson on an Oldham estate’.

Not funny at all is it?

Keep the faith Love Leapy. leapylee2002@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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ONE of the greatest benefits of living or having a place in Spain is the outdoor living. A beautiful terrace, patio or balcony allows you to really enjoy the sun-filled days and warm evenings.

Dining al fresco is almost obligatory and you really do not have to be an optimist to plan a barbeque with friends and family.

To enjoy this lifestyle to the full, you of course need some stylish, comfortable furniture and what better place to get this than from a British-owned firm which has been on the Costa Blanca for over 15 years, and builds and imports its own unique range of high-quality, stylish, but affordable products.

Siesta Group provide such furniture and accessories, both online and from their five stores covering the whole of the Costa Blanca. The stores being in Los Montesinos, Gata de Gorgos, Altea, San Javier and Cabo Roig.

To assist online customers, the group have recently released their brand new website www.siesta group.shop, where you can view any of the range of products they have available.

The furniture comes in two categories, made of either rattan and

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OUTDOOR: Living and relaxing at its best. aluminium, and all of the products they stock would readily grace the swankiest of terraces. One which particularly took our fancy was an aluminium daybed with a shade. Perfect for lazy days with a nice glass of cold white wine and a good book.

The group are official stockists of the high-quality, Americanmade Broil King range of barbeques together with a full set of ac-

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cessories for this high-end range of outdoor grills.

For particularly warm days and evenings, they have a range of parasols and shades to allow you to enjoy your space without frazzling in the midday sun.

And for those cooler days and evenings, Siesta Group stock a range of outdoor patio heaters and firepits to enable you to still use your outdoor space.

The people at Siesta Group assure us that they cannot be beaten on price and will normally be able to deliver your furniture to anywhere on the Spanish peninsular, within seven days. They can also deliver to anywhere in mainland Europe.

To see the full range of furniture and accessories which Siesta Group stock, please visit their website on www.siestagroup.shop or visit them at one of their stores, which are open Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 7:00 and Saturday: 10:00 3:00. For the full addresses of the stores, visit the website.

You can contact them by telephone at 966 726 891 or on facebook ‘Siesta Group.’

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Mail The Box: Catering for all your delivery needs in Europe SO many expatriates living their ‘life in the sun’ still like to have their special mementoes from home, but it can be quite a challenge getting some of the more bulky or heavy items on the plane.

And for those of us who love to take home those wicker donkeys and other traditional souvenirs for their long-suffering grandchildren, the question always crops up; ‘how do I get such a thing home?’

Mailthebox.com are a European parcel delivery service which delivers anything from the smallest of packets, to pallets of bulky items.

Based on the Santa Pola Industrial Estate (Santa Pola), they’ve been going for over 15 years, and pride themselves in the ability to deliver door-to-

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We s p o k e w i t h t h e m a b o u t what makes their service so different from other freight companies.

They said: “Dealing with international logistic companies for so long, we know how hard and expensive it can be to send a parcel, a pallet, a package to

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“With the language barriers and paperwork we know it can be a challenge, but we remove those barriers, we speak your language, you can email, call, or drop by; we make parcel delivery simple for everyone.”

Much like many other people reading this, Euro Weekly News are always looking out for a bargain, so we queried if Mailthe box.com have any special offers or discounts.

The reassurance was that, ‘we adjust prices all the time to stay competitive.’

They don’t have a specific type of business or customer, they’re happy to help anyone who needs to send a parcel or pallet to anywhere in Europe.

They operate typical office hours (9:30am to 6pm) and can be contacted via mailthebox.com, by email shipping@mailthebox.com or by phoning 965 085 496 / 687 277 770

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How stupid are you?

Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man WELL I’ve seen it all now. I recently had to log on to the police website webpol.policia.es - by following a link they sent me and this is what came up ‘This website may be impersonating ‘webpol.polica.es’ to steal your personal or financial information You should close this page.’ This had to be a mistake surely but, of course, it wasn’t. Mrs S pointed out this was not the first time this had happened.

Apparently a similar message had come up before when trying to log on to another official site. How on earth can this happen?

How can the police and other official sites not be safe? Not only unsafe but so dodgy my browser on my iPhone wouldnit even open it? Is there anybody out there that can explain it to me?

One of the problems is that I had to ignore the warning and open it because it is the only way to register rental clients’ information including all their passport details, names and dates of birth. Surely their sites should be the most secure of them

all?

Who do you complain to and do they even care? It’s hard enough to follow all the crazy rules they seem to make up on a weekly basis without having to worry that the information you are giving them is totally unsecure but, hey ho, if they don’t care why should I? Settled down on Saturday night to watch Britain’s Got Talent. A couple of singers were OK, then a magician. He was very good. Then a bloke came on and decided to hang upside down on a pole after swallowing a sword and do something called a death drop. Just before he did this a message came up on screen saying ‘DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.’ Well thank goodness that came up as I was just trying to swallow the carving knife and tie my ankles to the chandelier but I saw that and thought oh that’s a shame I was looking forward to doing that.

Seriously do they honestly think it’s necessary to put these messages up on screen?

Do they think you are stupid enough to try a knife throwing act or set yourself on fire in a straight jacket in the comfort of your own lounge? And if you are that type of deranged maniac, putting a message on the screen is certainly not going to stop you!

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

A CHASTENED Pablo Casado has learnt the error of his ways.

After taking the Partido Popular to its worst-ever defeat, he claims to have realised on election night that he had failed to identify his real rivals as Ciudadanos and Vox, not Pedro Sanchez.

So he wasn’t aware of that until the postelection count-up? There would have been no downcast admission if he’d listened to those in his party who always doubted the wisdom of cosying up to Vox and Cs, despite the apparent success of the Andalucia threesome.

Not only does Casado appear to lack common sense, but he’s dangerously lacking in perception.

And he unwittingly revealed that defeating rivals was more important to him than winning votes to benefit the nation, not his ambitions.

Not fussy A SPANISH NAVY frigate, the Mendez Nuñez set out from El Ferrol last January to join the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group.

It would carry out “maritime security assignments and guarantee the freedom of shipping and commerce,” the Mendez Nuñez’s captain said.

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Three, three, the rivals The frigate was to accompany the Abraham Lincoln in the Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, South China Sea and the Pacific but the aircraft carrier made a beeline for the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage between the Persian Gulf and the open sea.

And as tension rose between Washington and Teheran, the Abraham Lincoln entered the Strait without the Mendez Nuñez, after Minister of Defence Margarita Robles ordered it to make for Bombay instead.

“The frigate is on a navigation mission and isn’t going to enter into any other kind of mission,” Robles announced.

Donald Trump looks for trouble. North Korea, Venezuela or Iran, he’s not fussy. But Spain is.

No resting, no laurels

ca poll is too good for the PSOE’s good.

It predicts that the socialists headed should clean up in May 26’s municipal and regional elections, but there’s a danger this could discourage voters from turning out as they did last month.

Nothing succeeds like success and nothing fails like taking too much for granted.

THE latest Centro de Investigacion Sociologi-

If is a futile word ALFREDO PEREZ RUBALCABA, a former minister in the governments of Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero died recently of a brain haemorrhage.

Condolences, sadness and regret poured in on his death at the age of 67, but despite his worth and sincere appreciation from his fellow politicians, Rubalcaba was not the leader the PSOE needed when he lost the 2011 general election.

And he was not the Secretary General that the PSOE needed in 2012 when he was challenged for the leadership by Carme Chacon, Minister of Housing and later Minister of Defence in Zapatero’s governments.

She lost by 22 votes but was what the PSOE needed at that moment, and it is tempting to speculate on the future had she won.

Instead she died tragically early in 2017 of a congenital heart disorder aged 46 and both Rubalcaba’s death and her own demonstrate yet again that ‘if’ is a futile and barren word in any language.

ALFREDO PEREZ RUBALCABA: Died May 10, 2019.

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Neighbourhood Blues Defenders UK Bargain Hunt BBC News at One; Weather BBC London News; Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 The Repair Shop Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Eat Well for Less DIY SOS BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Weather Question Time This Week

Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale Zak and Lisa celebrate their wedding.

9:30pm Martin Clunes: My Travels and Other Animals 10:00pm Hatton Garden 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Great Art 12:45am It's Not Just Cricket

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Angels One Five This Farming Life BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Boss Street Auction The TV That Made Me Ray Mears: Bushcraft Natural World Flog It! Eggheads The Farmers' Country Showdown Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 Big Animal Surgery Mock the Week Newsnight Weather The Ranganation What We Do in the Shadows

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Beyond 100 Days Top of the Pops Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors Part one of two.

10:00pm Britain's Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield 11:00pm Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies Part one of two.

12:00am Botany: A Blooming History 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:30am Storm Troupers: The Fight to Forecast the Weather 2:30am Michael Mosley vs the Superbugs 3:30am World War One at Home 4:00am Neanderthals: Meet Your Ancestors Part one of two.

The Planet's Funniest Animals Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records BGT: Top 10 Comedy Corkers Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore You've Been Framed! Gold Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Celebrity Catchphrase Judge Rinder Judge Rinder Take Me Out You've Been Framed! Gold You've Been Framed! Gold Family Guy Celebrity Juice Family Guy American Dad!

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 9:55am On the Buses 10:30am On the Buses 11:00am George and Mildred 11:35am Lewis 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Lewis 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Law and Order: UK Crime drama series.

1:05am Inspector Morse 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen

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Cheers Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me Posh Pawn Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Extreme Cake Makers The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Secret Life of the Zoo Free Solo Gogglebox

The Protectors The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals Cycling: Tour Series Highlights 8:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

9:00pm The Chase: The Bloopers 10:00pmThe Motorbike Show Motorcycle mad Henry Cole is in Spain riding through Andalucia.

11:00pmDeath Wish 5: The Face of Death 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05amDeath Wish 5: The Face of Death 1:05am All Elite Wrestling: Before the Bell

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Shimmer and Shine Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Police Interceptors 5 News Lunchtime Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Killer Nurse 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Our Yorkshire Farm 9:00pm The All-Inclusive Shop Smart: Save Money 10:00pm The Murder of Charlene Downes 11:00pm Ian Huntley: Five Mistakes That Caught a Killer 12:05am 5usa Crime Story: Ted Bundy

7:50am Batman v Robin 9:15am Avatar 12:00pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2:00pm Captain America The Winter Soldier 4:20pm The Bourne Legacy 6:45pm Oblivion 9:00pm Mission: Impossible III 11:10pm Ready Player One 1:35am Mad Max

7:35am Electric Love 9:00am Ali G Indahouse 10:35am Chokeslam 12:20pm Bean 2:00pm Life of the Party 3:50pm Super Troopers 2 5:35pm Failure to Launch 7:20pm Bean 9:00pm Life of the Party 11:00pm Super Troopers 2 12:45am Action Point 2:20am American Pie

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Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Baby Daddy 10:30am Baby Daddy 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pmThe Big Bang Theory of Everything 11:00pm The Other Two 11:30pm The Other Two 12:00am The IT Crowd 12:35am The IT Crowd 1:10am Rick and Morty 1:40am Robot Chicken

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7:00am Backtrace 8:50am Most Likely to Murder 10:40am Blood Brother 12:25pm Upgrade 2:20pm Blackkklansman 4:50pm Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile: Special A special look at the latest Sky Movies original exploring the horrific crimes committed by Ted Bundy, played by Zac Efron, from the perspective of his girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer.

5:20pm I Can Only Imagine 7:20pm Blood Brother 9:00pm Upgrade 10:45pm Blackkklansman Spike Lee brings to life the incredible true story of an African-American cop 1:10am Backtrace 2:50am The Clovehitch Killer

7:00am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am Football's Greatest 9:00am Football Countdowns 10:00am Football Years 11:00am EFL 12:00pm 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 6:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm Football Years 8:00pm EFL Greatest Games 9:00pm 2018 Play Off Final Highlights 10:00pm 2018 Play Off Final Highlights 11:00pm 2018 Play Off Final Highlights 12:00am Football's Greatest 1:00am Football Years 1:30am Football Years

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Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize My Icon Live Monaco F1 GP: Practice My Icon Sky Sports News Live Netball Wc Squad Announcement My Icon Sky Sports News At Home with Sergio Live Monaco F1 GP: Practice Live European Tour Golf Live PGA Tour Featured Groups Live Seniors PGA Tour Live Premier League Darts Live PGA Tour Golf Great Sporting Moments

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12:45pm Defenders UK 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 5:30pm The Repair Shop 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm A Question of Sport 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Sex on the Couch

7:15am Homes Under the Hammer 8:15am Escape to the Country 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm The Boss 2:45pm Street Auction 3:30pm The TV That Made Me 4:15pm Coast 4:45pm Swallows and Amazons 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 8:00pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 10:30pm The Looming Tower 11:15pm The Mini Mash Report 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05am Front Row Late

8:00pm World News Today The day's leading stories.

8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Dusty Springfield at the BBC 10:00pm Saturday Night Fever - The Ultimate Disco Movie 11:10pm Bee Gees at the BBC and Beyond A compilation of classic performances by the legendary pop trio from the BBC archive.

12:10am People's History of Pop 1:10am Top of the Pops 1:40am Psychedelic Britannia 2:40am Dusty Springfield at the BBC 3:40am Pump Up the Bhangra: The Sound of Asian Britain

7:25am Cheers 7:55am Cheers 8:20am 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 Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm Puppy School 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am First Dates 1:05am Four to the Floor

8:15am 8:35am 8:50am 9:05am 9:20am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm

Peppa Pig Top Wing Paw Patrol Digby Dragon Little Princess Shimmer and Shine Floogals Sunny Bunnies Jeremy Vine Police Interceptors 5 News Lunchtime Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Target: My Daughter 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard 10:00pm The Cliff Richard Story: 60 Years at the Top 11:30pmEdge of Tomorrow 12:35am Access

7:00am Hollyoaks 8:00am Rules of Engagement 8:30am Rules of Engagement 9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am Baby Daddy 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm 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 Speechless 6:00pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Speechless 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pmLucy 11:40pm Rick and Morty 12:15amRobot Chicken 12:30am Dream Corp LLC 12:45am Rick and Morty 1:15am 8 Out of 10 Cats 2:15am The Big Bang Theory

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Hatton Garden: The Inside Story 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The Keith and Paddy Picture Show 12:10am Bear's Mission with Anthony Joshua

8:10am BGT: Stephen's Top 10 Crown Jewels 9:00am Emmerdale 9:55am You've Been Framed! Gold 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Superstore 12:10pm You've Been Framed!

1:10pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! Gold 2:40pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:40pm Judge Rinder 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

8:30pm You've Been Framed! Gold 9:00pm Doctor Strange 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pmDoctor Strange 11:20pm Family Guy 12:50am American Dad!

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 9:00am Murder, She Wrote 9:55am On the Buses 11:00am George and Mildred 11:35am Lewis 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Lewis 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm The Good Karma Hospital India-based hospital drama series.

12:00am The Good Karma Hospital 1:05am The Loch 2:10am Honest

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10:05am Terminator Salvation 12:05pmSpeed 2:05pm Speed 2: Cruise Control 4:15pm Spider-Man: Homecoming 6:40pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 9:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 11:35pmSpeed 1:35am Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

7:00am Blood Brother 8:30am Blackkklansman 10:50am Upgrade A man left widowed and quadriplegic after a mugging is offered an AI implant to cure him.

12:35pm Mission: Impossible - Fallout 3:05pm I Can Only Imagine 5:00pm Backtrace 6:40pm Blackkklansman 9:00pm Mission: Impossible - Fallout 11:30pm Upgrade A man left widowed and quadriplegic after a mugging is offered an AI implant to cure him.

1:20am Blood Brother 3:05am Most Likely to Murder

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The Protectors The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase The Man with the Golden Gun 10:00pm FYI Daily Latest news from the world of entertainment.

10:05pmThe Man with the Golden Gun 11:35pmRambo III 12:35am FYI Daily 12:40amRambo III Explosive adventure sequel starring Sylvester Stallone, 1988.

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The Competition Happy Birthday, Toby Simpson 11:00am The Little Hours 12:35pm Mr Bean's Holiday 2:10pm Grown Ups 4:00pm Grown Ups 2 5:50pm The House 7:25pm Mr Bean's Holiday 9:00pm Grown Ups 10:45pm Grown Ups 2 12:40am American Pie: The Wedding

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Live Super Rugby 11:30am Live European Tour Golf 1:30pm Cricket 3:30pm Live European Tour Golf 6:30pm Live PGA Tour Featured Groups The featured groups from day two of the Charles Schwab Challenge, held at the Colonial Country Club.

7:00pm Live Seniors PGA Tour 10:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 1:00am Great Sporting Moments 1:15am Great Sporting Moments 1:30am Live NBA Playoffs A game from the NBA playoffs.

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EFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns Football Years EFL One2eleven Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Years Info not available 2018 Play Off Final Highlights Info not available Football's Greatest Football Years

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nadiya's British Food Adventure 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Weather 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:45pm Women's Football England v Denmark.

4:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 5:00pm Escape to the Country 6:00pm Money for Nothing 6:45pm Inside Out 8:15pm BBC News 8:25pm Regional News 8:28pm Weather 8:30pm The Hit List 9:15pm Pointless 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pmThe Full Monty 12:45am Having You 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead

8:30am Marvel's Avengers: Ultron Revolution 9:00am Thunderbirds are Go 9:25am ITV News 9:30am The Sara Cox Show 10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:35pm John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 1:35pm Save Money 2:05pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:20pm The Scorpion King 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:15pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm Ninja Warrior UK 8:30pm In for a Penny 9:00pm Info not available 11:15pm ITV News 11:30pmSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly.

8:30am The Dengineers 9:00am Mustangs FC 9:25am The Dog Ate My Homework 9:55am Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?

10:55am Monkey Kingdom 12:15pm Holiday of My Lifetime 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 1:45pm The Best Dishes Ever 2:20pm Back in Time for the Weekend 3:20pm Doris Day: Virgin Territory 4:20pm Move Over, Darling 6:00pm The Millionaires' Holiday Club 7:00pm Undiscovered Worlds with Steve Backshall 8:00pm The Yorkshire Dales 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 10:00pm QI 10:30pm BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 11:30pm I'll Get This 12:15am At Any Price 1:50am Phoenix

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6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:25am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:20pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:25pm In for a Penny 3:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 4:05pm Babe 5:10pm FYI Daily 5:15pm Babe 5:55pm Minions 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Minions 7:50pm Jurassic World 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm Jurassic World 10:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 11:20pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:30am American Dad! 1:55am American Dad! 2:25am The Cleveland Show 2:55am The Cleveland Show

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Supercharged Otters: Natural World Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Cardinal Cardinal and Delorme make a breakthrough in the case as an unexpected turn of events provides new evidence and a possible motive behind the murders.

Cardinal One-Hit Wonders at the BBC TOTP 1987 TOTP 1987 Gregory Porter's Popular Voices Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Supercharged Otters: Natural World

Love Your Garden On the Buses On the Buses Agatha Christie's Poirot Inspector Morse Lewis Lewis Lewis Agatha Christie's Marple Agatha Christie's Poirot Mystery drama with Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective.

Vera Detective drama series.

A Touch of Frost A dangerous rapist is terrorising women on Frost's patch.

Classic Emmerdale Classic Emmerdale

7:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:55am The Big Bang Theory 9:00am Frasier 10:30am Woman's Football World with Coca Cola 11:00am The Simpsons 11:25am The Simpsons 11:55am The Simpsons 12:25pm Four in a Bed 2:55pm A Place in the Sun 4:00pm Sun, Sea and Brides to be 5:00pm Big House, Little House 6:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying Highlights Monaco.

9:00pm Britain's Most Historic Towns 10:00pm Thor 12:05amConan the Barbarian 2:05am The Last Leg

7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:55am Police Interceptors 12:55pm Friends 1:25pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:25pm Friends 2:55pm Friends 3:25pm The Nightmare 4:25pm The Nightmare Neighbour Abroad 5:25pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 6:20pm Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly 7:20pm 5 News 7:25pm The Battle of Britain 10:00pm Live Boxing 12:00am Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack 1:00am Traffic Cops 2:00am 21.co.uk

7:50am On the Buses 8:15am On the Buses 8:45am Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:55am Inspector Morse 12:05pm Lewis 2:00pm Lewis 4:00pm Lewis 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot Mystery drama with Agatha Christie's famous Belgian detective.

10:00pm Vera Detective drama series.

12:00am A Touch of Frost A dangerous rapist is terrorising women on Frost's patch.

2:10am Classic Emmerdale

11:00am Shanghai Noon 1:00pm Guardians of the Galaxy 3:05pm Solo: A Star Wars Story 5:25pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 8:00pm Rise of the Planet of the Apes 10:00pmGuardians of the Galaxy 12:00am Mission: Impossible Fallout

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8:05am Fun with Dick and Jane 9:40am My Blind Brother 11:15amComing to America 1:15pm Daddy's Home 2 3:00pm Girls Trip 5:10pm Bad Teacher 6:55pm Pretty Woman 9:00pm Daddy's Home 2 10:45pm Girls Trip 12:55am Bad Teacher 2:40am The Blues Brothers

5:00am I Can Only Imagine The inspiring story of singer Bart Millard, who escaped an abusive childhood and went on to write the biggest selling Christian pop song of all time.

7:00am Blackkklansman 9:25am I Can Only Imagine 11:25am Luis and the Aliens 1:10pm Mission: Impossible - Fallout 3:40pm Backtrace 5:30pm Upgrade 7:15pm Luis and the Aliens 9:00pm Mission: Impossible - Fallout 11:30pm Blackkklansman 1:50am Upgrade 3:45am The Fortress

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8:40am The Karate Kid 10:50am Samson 12:45pm The Fast and the Furious 2:35pm Star Trek 4:45pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 7:10pm Skyscraper 9:00pm The Fast and the Furious 11:00pm X-Men: First Class 1:15am Transporter 2

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THE naming of Baby Sussex (as he was previously known), caught some by surprise. But, as far as naming your own child is concerned, does anything go? Well, what you can legally call your child depends on where he or she was born.

In France and Germany, for instance, there are several enforceable rules, basically to protect the child’s welfare and prevent ridicule. So, no infant ‘Nutella’ or ‘Fraise’ (strawberry) in France or ‘Pfefferminze’ (peppermint) or ‘Lord’ in Germany.

In Iceland things are even stricter. Parents have to choose a name from a list of about 3,500 pre-approved Icelandic names.

Catchy names like ‘Yngveldur’ and ‘Osvaldur.’ And while Chinese parents have to choose names that are computer-readable, Japanese parents must select from a list of commonly used kanji characters or names.

The UK is thought to be one of the more easy-going countries where, unless it’s downright offensive or a number, practically anything goes. In 2017, reportedly there were infants ‘Diesel,’ ‘Fox,’ ‘Flourish’ and ‘Mars.’ Wow! As for Scottish names registered last

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What’s in a name? well, since you asked, quite a lot!

NAMING A CHILD: Depends on where he or she was born.

year, some of the daftest are ‘Awesome,’ ‘Adora-Belle’ and ‘Wiseman.’ Celebrity singers seem to have influenced girls’ names too. Amongst the top 100 were various spellings of ‘Ariana,’ a ‘Cardi,’ and even a ‘Cher.’

Some names even got political. One baby boy was named ‘Corbyn,’ another ‘Corbyn Blue,’ and yet another ‘Boris’ (bless!). Four girls share a first name with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. But there was only one baby ‘Theresa’ (strange that!). There was no infant ‘Trump,’ but there were six called ‘Donald,’ 10 ‘Reagan,’ two ‘Clinton’ and 113 ‘Carter.’

Which reminds me: parents please bear in mind potential name combinations. I once came across one unfortunate infant

named ‘Orson’ whose surname was Cart.

(Think about it!) And a ‘Justin’ with the surname Case. Plus a ‘Peter’ Enis (P Enis). Just what was his mother thinking?

But some name combinations are simply unavoidable. There was a girl I went to school with named Alison Young. We called her Ali. She later married a guy called Mark Gator. Nuff said.

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

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Can they stop the frogs?

Our apartment complex in Fuengirola is a beautiful place to live. There are two large communal pools. Between the pools, there is a pond. The problem is, from April until late July, as soon as the sun goes down, the bullfrogs in the pond start to croak and keep on until sunrise. They are so loud we cannot hear ourselves speak on our balcony.

We can still hear them inside our apartment even with the windows shut. This is the same for all the residents near the pond.

I have asked the president of the urbanisation but he simply says that the frogs are part of living in Spain and that they are a protected species. The frog noise is making our lives a misery. Is there anything we can do?

L C (Costa del Sol) Try making a David Searl written petition You and the Law to the president and the in Spain administrator of your community signed by all the residents affected by the frog noise. If 25 per cent of the members join, you can force the calling of an EGM or at least get it on the official agenda for the next AGM.

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

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to oursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com DEAR Editor I, like many Brits both here and back home, am bored of Brexit.

You get the impression that all the politicians care about is their own backside and their own power.

We are still in limbo land, without any real clue as to what is going to happen.

We do not even know what the real projected effects will be of leaving the EU, half-leaving, remaining in etcetera etcetera. We have been lied to, treated like fools, and subjected to the most ridiculous scaremongering by both the politicians, in England and at the EU, and by the mainstream media in the UK. All I do know is that I would not trust our politicians to tie their own shoe laces, let alone ours.

Where are the real leaders of the type that Britain apparently used to produce?

As a ‘normal’ chap, all I can say is, ‘sort it out!’

Darren Price

A black legacy YOUR article about the so-called Spanish ‘black legend’ in last week’s paper (Issue 1767) intrigued me.

I have often thought the stereotype of the typical Spaniard is unpleasant in films.

When I want to watch something about Spain I go with something made by people from the country for this reason.

What interested me was finding out that these stereotypes have a long history, the legacy of which lingers on.

I think it’s important to understand the historical context and development of such things to learn about their present state and how we can move away from tarring everyone with the same brush.

Leapy Lee could do with a history lesson along those lines to cure him of his obsession with negative stereotypes about immigrants, made all the more ironic because he is one.

Stuart McPherson

Having a ball I READ your article about the Cannon and Ball show in last week’s Costa del Sol edition (Issue 1767) with interest and nostalgia. The Cannon and Ball show was a favourite of mine and a fixture in our home in the 1980s.

I always found their social observance comedy hilarious, it was a real commentary on life and society at the time. They were great ambassadors for the north of England too. It’s great to hear the duo are still going strong and that they were able to entertain expatriates on the Costa.

And it was lovely to see they managed to reunite with an old friend of theirs.

What a nice, funny pair they are.

Jim Thompson

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Bored of Brexit DEAR Ed My God what a lot of whingers we are! We whinge about the roads, the dogs, the noise of the fiestas, the food, the local council, the internet, the weather, the Spanish drivers, the apparent lack of manners of our host nation, the list is endless.

In fact, I have decided that many Brits just enjoy whingeing, to the extent I am convinced that if the 100-metre whinge were to be an Olympic sport then the British would win the gold medal, with little competition.

Maybe, just maybe, some of us misery-guts should open our eyes a little, and see what a beautiful country Spain is.

It is a land of tradition, of rugged beauty

Whingeing Brits

OBLIGATORY: A fortnight caravanning in the British rain for whingers. and great friendly people, who, on the whole, welcome us ‘foreigners’ with open arms and a smile.

Maybe it should be obligatory for anyone

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caught whingeing to spend two weeks in the rain in a caravan in Blighty!

Regards A Happy Expat (name supplied)

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FINDINGS this week which showed almost three quarters of legally registered foreigners cannot vote in Spain has rightly led to calls for change.

Labour Ministry data showed about 27 per cent, or almost 1.3 million, of the roughly 4.7 million foreigners registered in Spain would be entitled to vote in elections this Sunday.

Spanish voters are set to cast their ballots in local, regional and European elections.

Legally registered foreigners who have told their council they intend to vote can cast ballots in local and EU elections.

But foreigners and expatriates are not allowed to vote in regional or national elections.

Being able to vote is a crucial part of the social contract in the community in which people live. The democratic compact which sees citizens elect politicians to speak on their behalf means politicians have an incentive to respond to their needs.

Those same politicians, be they a local councillor, Congress deputy or Member of the European Parliament (MEP), take decisions that affect all our lives.

Although many expatriates may not have decided to become fully-fledged Spanish citizens, we still form part of and contribute to the community around us.

Many own businesses or work in those run by Spanish entrepreneurs. They pay taxes, use Spanish hospitals, send children to its schools and are protected by its police force.

It follows therefore that expatriates and foreigners should have a say about how the institutions which affect them and their families are run.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Travellers arrested trying to leave airport Why do they ALL want to go to London? What is the attraction? Listen to the lefties there and it is racist, violent, unfair, children living in poverty, food banks, fascist police, and all the rest. But still people want to leave France and Spain and go there. Surely it can’t be the Benefit system, the free NHS treatment, free education, housing, clean water . . . can it ?

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Spanish electric bills among EU’s highest with consumers paying up to twice the price of some other countries For the last 10 years we’ve been saying that - but the prices keep rising. We KNOW electricity is expensive in Spain, but nothing is done.

Annie

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE And the bills appear to rise every month with no intervention by the government or an ombudsman. The problem is that Iberdrola have almost a complete monopoly over energy supply. You only have to look at British TV with their numerous ‘switch energy suppliers’ adverts to get the best deal to realise that in Spain that option is not really available. It’s more or less Iberdrola and nobody else. It’s time the energy minister (if there is one) did something about it.

Ian This is known as legal theft.

Edgar

One of the most expensive destinations for holiday rentals this summer in Spain Tourism will go down, then the hoteliers will complain and put their prices up and the law of unintended consequences will take over.

Hoteliers lobbied for ‘control’ over holiday lets, adding to landlord’s costs for A/C, registration, management etc, then they complain about reduced numbers of tourists.

Mickey

Comedian’s body to be repatriated to UK Great entertainer sad end. Well done Nelly for looking after him. I hope and pray all his beloved cats, Charlie, little Freddie and siblings will stay with you in memory of Freddie.

Elaine H

EWN online this week POLL OF THE WEEK After Spain and the UK finished in 22 and 26 position respectively in the Eurovision Song Contest on Sunday, do you think the competition matters?

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The buzz in your head is not a mysterious thing. It is the sound of something quite different. Clearly, it is time to act on an idea held for a long time. The buzz will not go away until you are satisfied. Get with the yoga and plan your approach. One step at a time avoids confusion.

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There is a lot to take on board this week. At times, you may feel that it is too much to cope with. You, however, are made of stronger stuff. Are you telling me that Fred down the road is better than you? No, of course not. Show everyone what you are made of this week by getting it sorted..

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Across 1 Tight yet sounds educated (4) 3 He takes newlyweds to see Scottish islands (8) 9 Swindles used by those in court (7) 10 A girl put back some of the cargo (5) 11 Understandable about Shakespeare's king (5) 12 Property in England, say (6) 14 Some razor espied in volcanic islands (6) 16 Variety of clover that sticks together (6) 19 To threaten blokes takes an expert (6) 21 Credit a politician with being a pain (5) 24 Both have right ingredient for clear soup (5) 25 On edge over sun damage (7) 26 Ted cries out: "Be careful!" (8) 27 Mike gets to help serving girl (4) Down 1 Reversible jacket for defector (8) 2 In Cancun, Cleo has a relative (5) 4 Not as hard as Eire, correct (6) 5 Correct pen by the sound of it (5) 6 Change the card, it's extreme (7) 7 Appear to be part of Chinese embassy (4) 8 Ravine enclosing English king (6) 13 What Beethoven did, being calm (8)

15 One sour organisation is troublesome (7) 17 Some flamenco requires a repeat performance (6) 18 Making a scene, in which spirits might be produced (6)

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20 Despise being in such drab horrible situations (5) 22 Perfume from a romantic partner (5) 23 Lincoln seen by many, possibly sleeping (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents J and 20 represents R, so fill in J every time the figure 9 appears and R every time the figure 20 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Fraudulent (5) 3 Apartments (5) 6 See 18 8 Excessively affected by emotion (7) 9 Tired of the world (5) 10 Leave out (4) 13 Highest point (4) 14 Select group (5) 17 Mexican liquor (7) 18/6 Military identification label (3,3) 19 Take illegally (5) 20 Emit light (5)

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Across 1/4 Bouquet of flowers (4,2,6) 9 Path (7) 10 Pothole (in road) (5) 11 Gota (de líquido) (4) 12 Recordar (8) 14 To be (5) 16 Fierce (5) 20 Angry (8) 21 Hornear (4) 24 Brake (automobile) (5) 25 User (7) 26 Nuez moscada (6) 27 Jar (vessel) (6)

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Down 1 Computer memory unit (4) 2 Basic unit of money in Israel (6) 3 Actuality (4) 4 Tried (9) 5 Anaesthetise (6) 7 Ludicrously odd (9) 11 Spiny plant (6) 12 At any time (6) 15 Beak (4) 16 Cruel wicked and inhuman person (4)

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

Down 1 Pink (6) 2 World (5) 3 Ciervo (4) 5 Bookshop (8) 6 To receive (7) 7 Mother-in-law (6) 8 Fuerza (electricidad) (5) 13 Guapo (8) 15 El más blando (7) 17 Dolphin (6) 18 Sumar (3,2) 19 Soaking (6) 22 Behind (at the back) (5) 23 To run away (4)

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Hexagram

The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (BECOME) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

AIRWAY BECOME (10) CELLAR CHEESY EARTHY FAMINE FAULTY FLABBY HECTIC IMPAIR LAYMAN LUMBER PARIAH TEASEL TIPTOE TOILET TUSSLE TYCOON WARMTH

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Visual 2 Pliers 3 Nutmeg 4 Purvey 5 Nutria 6 Rhesus 7 Averse 8 Though 9 Ablate 10 Stocky 11 Redact 12 Beyond 13 Crouch 14 Dactyl 15 Hookup 16 Hurrah 17 Canopy 18 Report 19 Hyphen.

Nonagram

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 D) 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

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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: 18 Good: 26 Very good: 37

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 47

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QUICK Across: 1 Scold, 3 Aphid, 6/18 Air bag, 8 Sternum, 9 Asset, 10 Hymn, 13 Hide, 14 Havoc, 17 Runners, 19 Scent, 20 Needs.

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Down: 1 Scam, 2 Duster, 3 Apex, 4 Honeycomb, 5 Demand, 7 Residence, 11 Shares, 12 Parson, 15 Beat, 16 Ages.

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ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Pounds, 5 Bursts, 8 Detract, 9 Limb, 10 Carp, 11 Stardust, 12 Clad, 13 Sit, 14 Snap, 16 Nonsense, 20 Aces, 21 Gear, 22 Trident, 23 Rafter, 24 Ensure.

1 Teclado, 5 Beans, 8 Mostrar, 9 Nieve, 10 Rusty, 11 Rescate, 12 Praise, 14 Salary, 17 Avocado, 19 Arcos, 22 Until, 23 Tercero, 24 Stray, 25 Ranuras.

Down:

Down:

2 Oddball, 3 Notepad, 4 Stays, 5 Bit part, 6 Riled, 7 Times, 13 Senator, 14 Sea legs, 15 Abetter, 17 Omega, 18 Strut, 19 Elite.

1 Temer, 2 Cosas, 3 Arroyos, 4 Obrero, 5 Bones, 6 Alemana, 7 Scenery, 12 Peanuts, 13 Apostar, 15 Azafran, 16 Poster, 18 Alley, 20 Clear, 21 Shops.

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QUIZ: FIFTY WAYS TO QUIZ YOUR LOVER All the answers contain the name of one of the five people mentioned in Paul Simon’s 1976 UK hit single Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover. The names are not necessarily their real given names but names by which they were known.

1. Actor Bernard Youens played which ‘well-loved layabout’ Coronation Street character from June 1964 to November 1984?

2. Leonard Franklin Slye was the real name of which singer/actor, known as the ‘King of the Cowboys’?

3. The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) were both notable works written by which renowned American novelist?

4. What was the name of the American actress who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1962 film Days of Wine and Roses and for the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway theatre performance in Wait Until Dark?

5. Which actor played the dual roles of the gunfighter Kid Shelleen and criminal Tim Strawn in the 1965 comedy Western Cat Ballou?

6. Which footballer, born in Uruguay in November 1967, played for Real Zaragoza (1990-1997), Chelsea (1997-2001) and Tottenham (2001-2004)?

7. Which Scottish-born musician was the bass player with the 1960s supergroup Cream?

8. Which Swiss professional tennis player has won three Grand Slam titles; the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open and the 2016 US Open?

9. Which World War II and Korean War veteran was the second American to fly in space and the first member of the NASA Astronaut Corps to fly in space twice?

10. Which British Labour politician was MP for Birmingham Sparkbrook for 33 years from 1964 to 1997 and served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992?

Not a lot of people know that… Gus Honeybun was the station mascot for Westward Television, and later Television South West, from 1961 to 1992. A puppet rabbit, and star of Gus Honeybun's Magic Birthdays, he achieved a longevity for a TV puppet second only to Sooty

Answers: 1. STAN OGDEN, 2. ROY ROGERS, 3. JACK LONDON (real name John Griffith Chaney), 4.

LEE REMICK, 5. LEE MARVIN, 6. GUS POYET (full name Gustavo Augusto Poyet Domínguez), 7.

JACK BRUCE (real name John Symon Asher Bruce), 8. STAN WAWRINKA, 9. GUS GRISSOM (real name Virgil Ivan Grissom), 10. ROY HATTERSLEY

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• Kylie Minogue, Pop star; May 28, 51 Pint-sized pop star Kylie Minogue shot to fame singing alongside former acting colleague Jason Donovan as well as Australian hit, The Loco-Motion. Minogue later found even greater success in the early 2000s with singles Can’t Get You Out of My Head and Spinning Around. She has also appeared in film Moulin Rouge.

• Mel B, Pop singer; May 29, 44 One fifth of the Spice Girls, Mel B pursued a solo career after the girl group disbanded, achieving a number one single with I Want You Back. The singer later became a judge on television show America’s Got Talent.

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FISH BACK

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or LONE LINE WINE WISE WISH FISH

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• Jamie Oliver, Chef; May 27, 44 • Bob Dylan, Singer; May 24, 78 One of Britain’s favourite television chefs Jamie Oliver has been entertaining audiences since his days appearing This legendary singer-songwriter is credited with revolutionising folk music in the United States in the on reality show, The River Café. Since being given his 1960s with albums The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, own show, the Naked Chef, Jamie has gone on to star in Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde and songs numerous shows, as well as launching his own chain of Italian restaurants. The chef has also been an outspoken The Times They Are a-Changin and Like a Rolling Stone.

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This week in history

Finding the truth IN her latest novel, author Hilary Davidson explores how easy it is to get away with murder. Following an apparent suicide and a disappearance, it seems one man may have gotten away with murder twice.

NYPD detective Sheryn Sterling has been watching Alex Traynor, a war journalist suffering from PTSD, ever since his friend Cori fell to her death under suspicious circumstances a year ago.

While her friend’s death was ruled a suicide, Sheryn thinks Alex is responsible and has somehow gotten away with murder. When Alex’s fiance, Emily, a talented and well-liked local doctor, goes missing, Sheryn believes Alex may have struck.

As Sheryn begins investigating both her friend’s death and Emily’s disappearance, she begins to question whether she really has got the right man. It seems everyone remembers the night of Cori’s death differently and that finding the truth behind it could be the way to solve Emily’s disappearance.

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1660 - English Restoration Charles II returns from exile in France after being invited back to England to assume the throne, ending 11 years of military rule led by Oliver Cromwell.

1883 - Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge, connecting New York and Brooklyn over the East River opens, following 14 years of construction and 27 deaths, making it the largest suspension bridge of its time.

1897 - Dracula out The first copies of classic novel Dracula, written

by Irish writer Bram Stoker, go on sale in London bookshops.

1934 - Duo killed Police shoot and kill famous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow while driving a stolen car near Sailes, Louisiana.

1941 - Mountbatten dies Lord Mountbatten, second cousin of King George VI of Britain, is killed in the Mediterranean when his destroyer, HMS Kelly, is sunk by the Germans.

1960 - Eichmann captured Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announces to the world that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who was responsible for Hitler’s ‘final solution,’ had been captured and would stand trial in Israel.

1960 - Tsunami A tsunami caused by an earthquake off the coast of Chile travelled across the Pacific and killed 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii, after the earthquake killed thousands of people the previous day.

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IN 1613, William Shakespeare was considered the greatest writer of his time, but his world shatters when the Globe Theatre burns down and he is forced to return home to Stratford Upon Avon.

Confronted with his troubled past and angry family, and dealing with the grief of losing his only son, Hamnet, Shakespeare struggles to readjust to life back home. As he works to repair his relationship with his wife and daughters, he begins to consider his own failings as a family man, and examines his life up until now. All is True, starring Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, and Ian McKellan, explores the life of the man behind the plays. The film also fills in some of the blanks surrounding Shakespeare’s final years, as well as offering a glimpse into Elizabethan England.

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So urgent is this dramatic fall in women going for their screening that Public Health England (PHE) have launched a new campaign to try and encourage more women to participate in the screening programme.

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Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust surveyed more than 2,000 young women about their experiences. It found that 915 women had delayed a test or never gone for screening. This shocking finding shows that nearly half of women might be avoiding their scheduled screening appointment.

When asked what had caused them to delay or miss a test, 72 per cent said embarrassment, while 69 per cent felt uncomfortable with a stranger examining an intimate area. Almost

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‘Alzheimer’s symptoms show early’

E A R LY w a r n i n g s i g n s o f A l z e h e i m e r ’s disease could present themselves many years before symptoms begin, according to new research.

A recent study found a type of protein was more prevalent in the spinal fluid of patients who had a high risk of the disease.

Scientists found the tau protein could present itself up to 34 years before a patient showed any signs of memory loss.

The protein is thought to cluster in an area of the brain responsible for memory, and may be connected to Alzheimer ’s disease later in life.

Researchers believe the protein travels through the brain as the disease progresses.

The latest research at Johns Hopkins University showed early detection could be possible.

Led researcher, Dr Laur e n t Yo u n e s , s a i d : “ O u r study suggests it may be

possible to use brain imaging and spinal fluid analysis to assess risk of A l z h e i m e r ’s d i s e a s e b e fore the most common symptoms, such as mild cognitive impairment, occur.”

Dementia is thought to affect around 850,000 people in the UK.

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Ovarian cancer awareness SEVEN out of every 10 ovarian cancers are diagnosed in their advanced stages, according to specialists at Quironsalud in Torrevieja and Murcia.

The hospital warned the disease was often left late to diagnose because it presents ‘nonspecific symptoms which can be confused with other pathologies.’

In Spain, ovarian cancer is

the fourth cause of death by cancer in women and there are 3,200 new cases diagnosed each year. The age range most at risk is between 55 and 65 years old, and although it is not very common, it is often very aggressive and insidious.

Symptoms can include abdominal discomfort similar to indigestion, changes in intestinal rhythm and, sometimes, the appearance of vaginal bleeding between menstrual cycles or in menopausal women. When confronted with these symptoms, specialists recommend going to the doctor and undergoing all necessary tests.

According to Doctor Pedro Bretcha, Surgical Oncology Specialist Hospital Quironsalud Torrevieja: “The use of technology is important, but what is most necessary is a multidisci-

plinary perspective regarding this cancer, using a specialised team, because treatment of this disease cannot be left exclusively in the hands of a surgeon, an oncologist or a gynaecologist; it must be done in a collaborative manner and adapted to each patient.”

Surgery, and particularly, the use of HIPEC (using chemotherapy directly in the abdomen), increases survival rates in patients with ovarian cancer.

This treatment is currently applied by the specialists at Quironsalud Torrevieja and Murcia, according to Doctor Pedro Cascales Oncological Surgeon at Hospital Quironsalud Murcia, “With the right approach, we can get results which could not have been imagined before, results which depend significantly on the sur-

gical team treating the patients.”

Quironsalud is the most important hospital group in Spain, with more than 40,000 professionals working in more than 125 healthcare centres, including 47 hospitals offering close to 7,000 hospital beds. It boasts cutting-edge technology and a great team of highly specialised professionals with international prestige.

Its centres include the Teknon Medical Centre, Ruber Internacional, the Quironsalud University Hospital Madrid, the Jimenez Diaz Foundation, the Quironsalud Hospital Barcelona, the Dexeus University Hospital, and the Policlinica de Gipuzkoa.

Quironsalud Hospital Torrevieja, Partida de la Loma, s/n, 03184 Torrevieja, Alicante.

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IF the changing seasons, constant air conditioning or sun exposure have made your skin more sensitive than normal, you may find yourself reacting to products your skin can normally cope with.

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Skin soothers soothe the senses. Alternatively, for facial skincare which combines the best of nature and science, check out Boscia’s sulphate-free Purifying Cleansing Gel (€30.95, www.sephora.es).

Gentle on sensitive skin, this cleanser will help to remove any build-up including any SPF or make-up which may be irritating skin, at the same time as protecting skin’s natural moisture barrier.

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alternatives with the same staying power and impact as other products, a new generation of organic, gentle alternatives is also being hailed as a breakthrough in natural makeup.

For lip and cheek colour, try Olio E Osso’s coloured balms (£27/€30.91, www.naturisimo.com). These beeswax and olivebased balms contain mineral pigments to gently add colour at the same time as hydrating.

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QUEEN LETIZIA looked stunning in a monochrome dress as she celebrated the 175th anniversary of the Guardia Civil.

The Spanish royal, 46, wore a fitted knee-length black and white dress paired with nude accessories and minimal jewellery as she attended the act of commemoration at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

The mum-of-two’s skin looked flawless with a natural make-up look and she wore her shoulder-length brown hair blow dried down.

Her husband King Felipe VI, 51, looked handsome as he proudly displayed his medals on his traditional suit complete with a sash, belt and white gloves.

This came after Queen Letizia presented a trophy at the ‘Queen’s Cup’ women’s football final in Granada recently.

TO W I E s t a r J a k e H a l l ’s f i a n c e Misse Beqiri turned heads as she joined him at a glitzy bash at Nobu Hotel Marbella recently.

The couple appeared in love as they joined friends to celebrate the start of summer in the Spanish city.

The Real Housewives of Cheshire star, 31, looked stunning

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ROYAL PAIR: Felipe VI complemented his Queen perfectly.

Majestic Misse in a satin white mini-dress which featured a large brown buckle at the front and knitted sleeves.

Misse matched her chic frock

with a pair of silver heels and a matching handbag.

The model had also looked sensational in yellow the previous day at another event in Marbella.

This loved-up display came just months after a court ordered Jake not to contact Misse for 28 days over the Christmas period.

Bikini babe TOWIE’S Amber Turner shared a snap on Instagram of herself basking in the Spanish sun earlier this month.

The reality star posed in a turquoise snake-print bikini showing off her golden figure on a recent trip to Marbella.

The 25-year-old sported a natural make-up look while gazing up towards the sun with her eyes closed for the social media post.

Amber left her lovely blonde locks to cascade down her shoulders in loose curls.

Her Spanish getaway came after she made a shock return to TOWIE on ITVBe and announced that she had closed the door on ever rekindling a romance with her ex and co-star Dan Edgar.

She revealed in the caption of her latest Instagram post that her plan for summer 2019 is to ‘be in the UK for the shortest time possible.’

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SPANISH GETAWAY: Amber soaks up the sun in Marbella.

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A ll of t he Punj abi Pal ace restaurants are family-friendly a nd w e lcom e younger di ner s,

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If the wide menu choice is a l i t t l e daunt i ng, t he f r i endl y, award-winning front-of-house staff are always on hand to advise and recommend dishes and pr epar e t hem exact l y t o your taste and preference.

If you can’t spare the time to sit and eat, there is, of course the option of ordering a takeaway, and if you spend more than €20 you will be offered a free bottle of wine to complement your delicious and tasty curry selection.

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TU OTRA BONITA: Appearing at B-Side.

B-Side acts named MOLIN A DE SE GU R A , Murcia, is the venue for the 15th B-Side Festival in September.

Since it started, B-Side has become more than just a festival for the community, it is now considered a cultural event, with thousands of visitors and more attending each year.

Some of the most influential artists of the national indie sc e n e h a v e p a s s ed through its stages, such as Los Planetas, Love of Lesbian, Fangoria, Lori Meyers, Izal, Sidonie, Leon Benavente, Neuman, Second, Supersubmarina and Vetusta Morla among many others.

International bands such as Monarchy have also performed.

This year’s event on September 6 and 7 will feature

s o me o f th e mo s t cu rrent and outstanding bands on the national scene, such as F u e l F a n d a n g o , Tu O tra Bonita, Iseo & Dodosound and Shinova. It will have international representation with the performance of the Irish Le Boom.

The peculiar alternative in d ie p e rs o n a lity o f the singer from Madrid, Alice Wonder, and Los Invaders will put on one of the most

promising notes of the festival.

Organisers have insisted that the festival is committed to being a family friendly event with parallel activitie s for a ll a ge s in w hic h everyone can enjoy food, culture and the best environment for live music.

Full line-up and ticket information can be found at www.b-sidefestival.com.

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IN FULL PRACTICE: Melody Makers International.

Musical celebration LEADING choral group Melody Makers International is back after a break of more than 12 months. They will present a major concert, A Musical Celebration, on Sunday, in the Centro Ecumenico in Calle Diamente, La Zenia.

They will be joined by the ever-popular Orihuela Costa Male Voice Choir in a programme of songs to suit all tastes.

The performances will be accompanied by professional pianist, Matthew Hopkins,

who is flying in especially from the UK for the concerts. Nigel Hopkins is founder and conductor. One of his former pupils, Janelle Gaskell, now a professional performer on worldwide cruise liners, will appear as a guest artiste.

The re a re per f or m ances at 3pm and 7pm. Tickets for both performances are available from La Ponderosa Gift Shop in La Zenia and at The Card Place outlets at Punta Prima and Benimar.

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ECCH express gratitude MORE than €500 was raised for charity at Elche Children’s Care Home (ECCH) recent annual open day.

Using it as an opportunity to show gratitude to the home’s many supporters, it also gave staff the chance to meet the children and their carers.

The children kicked off the day by entertaining with music and dance. More entertainment was provided by Simon Morton of Sunshine FM, Stevie Spit and Eileen Gleave who gave a hilarious rendition of The Laughing Policeman.

Guests were given a tour of the home to see facilities and how and where donations are spent. ECCH would like to thank the children and staff for working so hard to make the day special, to the entertainers for giving up their time for free and to all the volunteers who helped organise this event.

Caritas Church CRESCENDO INTERNATIONAL CHOIR has two c h a r i t y c o n c e rts planned for next month.

The first is at La Siesta Evangelical Church in Torrevieja on Monday, June 10, 6.30pm. A collectio n a t t h e e n d w ill raise funds for Caritas Church.

The se c o n d wi l l b e held Saturday, June 15, 4pm, at Casa Contenta, at Avenida Justo Quesada 21 , i n R o j a l e s. E n tranc e i s o n l y € 5 a n d this i n c l u d e s a f ree drink.

Both concerts will feature a wide selection of popul a r t u n e s i n b o th English and Spanish, led

by Spanish Musical Director Irene Oliva.

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Disney problem AFTER only 15 hours of work to create a new script; Wards, Waifs and Alley Rats, is ready.

The Careline Theatre’s story is of a wealthy old lady who looks after four children.

However, they’re whisked away after the butler overhears her plans to leave her inheritance to them. The tale of their adventures is expected to bring enjoyment to all.

The production company do hope people will come along to see this production especially after last year ’s success with the Lion King.

It gives children a great opportunity to learn self-confidence and to speak in public, working together as a team. This certainly hasn’t been easy since the cast originally began working on The Aristocats, but Disney officials refused the licence with short notice.

However, the show WILL go on at Careline Theatre in Alcalali, on May 31, 8pm

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THE SHOW MUST GO ON: Preparing for the new role. and June, 1, 3pm and 8pm.

Box Office: 605 181 726 or email carelineboxof fice@gmail.com.

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In the first three months of the year a total of 133,989 homes changed hands in Spain, representing an increase of 3.7 per cent over the same quarter last year, when 129,164 houses were sold.

Of those, 26,100 were new houses, compared to 22,810 in the same period last year. This represents an increase of 14.4 per cent. On the other hand, the second-hand market, which has been the locomotive of sales since the market recovered, has lost some of its dynamism.

In Q1 2019 just 1,565 more secondhand homes were sold than in the same period of 2018 - 107,889 units as opposed to 106,354.

When it comes to house prices there has been a substantial increase on average, according to the College of Registrars. This stood at 8.7 per cent for the first quarter, compared to Q1 of 2018, with the College saying: “Current house price levels are close to those reached in the second half of 2010 and at the end of 2005. Therefore, below historical

POPULAR: New builds are selling well. highs, but not far away.”

With respect to the month of March, the INE says that the purchase and sale of homes rose by 6.8 per cent compared to the same month in 2018, to 42,649 operations. This makes it two months in a row of increases, having risen in February by 5.3 per cent and fallen by 0.2 per cent in January.

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(1.9 per cent), and Aragon (4.9 per cent).

But where it really came to a halt was in the islands. The Canary Islands recorded a drop of 10.1 per cent year-on-year and in the Balearic Islands, the figure was down 6.6 per cent, due largely to a slowdown of sales to foreigners as prices have risen.

In the other regions sales rose especially in La Rioja (44.5 per cent), Cantabria (27.8 per cent), Castilla La Mancha (23.8 per cent) and Andalucia (19.7 per cent).

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Time to upsize AS we grow older or our families expand we often find that we have outgrown our homes.

What may have initially worked fine for a single person, a young couple’s starter home, or a family with a new-born can quickly become too small as families grow and multiple generations live under one roof.

Remodelling and adding to your home is one option, but it can be costly, and the size of your property may be prohibitive.

That’s when moving to a bigger home becomes the best solution.

It’s important to take a critical approach to how your space will actually be used. If you have younger children, or more on the way, then focusing

on bedrooms and bathrooms makes sense. But if your children are closer to leaving home, it may be better to prioritise group spaces like the kitchen, dining room, living room, and outdoor space.

If you need more space, you might get more house for your money if you are not too choosy about location.

While somewhere within easy walk of all the amenities you need is something to strongly consider, sometimes having a spacious home a little further away makes the most sense.

An experienced estate agent who knows the local neighbourhoods well will listen to your needs and be able to make suggestions of the right location for you.

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by Robert Shallis I DECIDED to write an article on worrying after having a discussion with a family member who has become so accustomed to worrying, he even worries that he has nothing to worry about.

We often hear people say ‘stop worrying, it won’t make any difference.’

This is a very misleading statement because worry ‘does’ make a difference. It makes a difference in our ability to cope with the very thing we are worrying about.

The word ‘worry’ is derived from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘to choke or strangle.’ This is exactly what we do to ourselves when we worry, we choke the very joy out of being and living the way we should.

Our rational thinking is diminished and our fears take over and dominate.

It is a subtle yet destructive way of destroying our hopes and dreams, paralysing us and preventing us from progressing in life.

Worry is a negative use of our imagination and over 90 per cent of what we worry about is irrelevant.

Many of our worries are based on past

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events which cannot be changed, or future events which will never happen.

The remaining worries are therefore usually manageable if they are not blown out of proportion.

Worry can stem from a lack of confidence due to a lack of knowledge and understanding; insight is important. We also often hear people say ‘I’m a born worrier.’ Again, this statement is unfounded. We were not born

worriers. We have simply acquired a habit of worrying. Excessive worrying can further lead to anxiety, this is worry spiralled out of control. The phrase ‘worrying yourself sick,’ is a statement certainly worth noting.

A little worry isn’t a bad thing as it pushes some people to take assertive action, but it’s chronic persistent worry which can be dangerous, and as mentioned, can actually lead to sickness.

Our imagination is a wonderful gift, but if we use it in the wrong way and let negative thoughts dominate our minds we are allowing it to create our daily reality. The more we feed the worry habit, the more it grows and eventually becomes part of our personality with most of our thoughts going straight into that worry channel which we have created.

So how do we break the worry

habit? Firstly, believe that the habit can be broken. Remember, it’s just a habit like any other formed habit.

Worry is irrational thinking, so whenever you start to worry, take that worry and think rationally, break it down, understand exactly what that worry entails and what you can actually do about it. Discard the habitual negative thought for just a moment and replace it with a positive outcome.

Just imagine the opposite! You’ll find the reality of the problem is so much smaller than you initially thought, and it can be easily handled.

To reconfirm that worry is a state of mind; I invite you to partake in an exercise. Write down a list of your current worries then place that list into a sealed envelope. After a month, open the envelope and look at your list of worries. You will find that most of them will have solved themselves and no longer need to be worried about.

It takes as much energy to think of a positive outcome as it does for a negative one; make the decision now, and change your habit to one which serves you, rather than depletes you.

Your mind is like a garden, tend it well and it will show its true beauty.

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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*.

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www.euroweeklynews.com MOTORING FACT PORSCHE would appear to have decided you cannot have too much of a good thing and has launched another Cayenne Coupé variant to its lineup.

The latest incarnation of the speedy cross-over SUV vehicle is now available to order and will arrive at German dealerships at the end of July.

Called the Cayenne S Coupé it sits between the Cayenne Coupé and the Cayenne Turbo Coupé when it comes to power.

The 2.9-litre V6 engine with twin turbocharging is at the heart of the latest model and develops 324 kW (440 PS).

The maximum torque of 550 Nm guarantees powerful acceleration and goes from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.0 seconds in combination with the standard Sport Chrono Package. This figure drops to 4.9 seconds with the three optional lightweight sports packages. The top speed is 263 km/h.

Prices for the Cayenne S Coupé start at €99,657 including VAT and countryspecific equipment. In addition to the Sport Chrono Package, the standard equipment includes speed-sensitive Power Steering Plus, 20-inch alloy

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“New Cayenne Coupé The average car has 30,000 parts.

wheels, Park Assist at the front and rear including reversing camera and Porsche Active Suspension Management (PASM).

Porsche is extending the model range with the S Coupé. The Cayenne Coupé with 250 kW (340 PS) and the Cayenne Turbo Coupé with 404 kW (550 PS) will be available at dealerships from the end of May. The highlights of the Coupé include sharper proportions with a unique rear section, an adaptive rear spoiler, two different roof concepts and a rear seat bench with the characteristics of individual seats, with a sitting position that is

lowered by 30 millimetres compared with the Cayenne. The vehicle features a 2.16 m2 panoramic fixed glass roof as standard or optionally a contoured carbon roof with typical sports car look.

The 2.9-litre twin turbo engine of the Cayenne S Coupé delivers its maximum torque of 550 Nm across a wide engine speed range between 1,800 and

5,500 rpm. Both exhaust turbochargers have been arranged in a central turbo layout inside the cylinder V. This results in an engine with compact dimensions, allowing it to be installed in a lower position inside the vehicle. This in turn lowers the centre of gravity and improves lateral dynamics.

The shortened exhaust

POWERFUL: The Cayenne S Coupé.

paths between the combustion chambers and the turbochargers produce a particularly spontaneous engine response and a faster build-up in power. The exhaust manifold has been integrated into the cylinder head, which reduces the weight and means the manifold is surrounded by coolant. This ensures highly efficient combustion, particularly under full load.

A roof line that drops significantly more steeply towards the rear also lends the Cayenne S Coupé a particularly dynamic appearance. This effect is supported by a fixed roof spoiler, which accentuates the distinctive Coupé silhouette. The front windscreen and A-pillar are shallower than in the Cayenne, courtesy of a roof edge that has been lowered by around 20 millimetres. Newly designed rear doors and wings broaden the shoulders of the vehicle by 18 millimetres, contributing to its overall muscular impression. In each Cayenne Coupé model, a fixed roof spoiler is combined with the new adaptive rear spoiler as part of Porsche Active Aerodynamics (PAA). The spoiler is harmoniously integrated into its silhouette.

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ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher HYUNDAI is well-established as a manufacturer of reliable value-for money family cars but has now extended its range by creating a potent hot-hatchback which offers searing performance and outstanding handling.

The Hyundai i30 Fastback N packs a 2.0 litre 271 hp turbo-petrol engine giving a punchy 0-100 kph time of 6.1 seconds and a top speed of 250 kph (155 mph), pitching it alongside noted rivals such as the VW Golf GTI and Honda Civic Type R. Average fuel economy is 12.0 kpl (34 mpg) and emissions are 178 g/km.

The i30 Fastback N is priced at €34,707 (£29,995) and has a high level of standard equipment, though most buyers will be initially impressed with the car’s performance attributes.

Lowered suspension, adjustable dampers, limited-shift differential, performance tyres, reinforced brakes, torque-vectoring and drive-mode buttons which include Launch Control

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Hyundai i30 Fastback N HOT: A searing performance and outstanding handling.

show that Hyundai is serious in its attempt to give this new model immediate hot-hatch credibility.

Other features include sport seats, rear diffuser and spoiler, twin exhausts and black exterior detailing which all underline the performance characteristics.

Underway the Fastback N delivers eager responsive power via its slick six-speed gearbox

Facts at a glance Model: Hyundai i30 Fastback N Engine: 2.0 litre turbo-petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 6.1 seconds, top speed 250 kph (155 mph) Economy: 12.0 kpl (34 mpg) Emissions: 178 g/km

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

and corners with such poise and composure it appears to be glued to the surface. The car is well balanced and always feels assured even on demanding roads, with excellent steering feedback and powerful brakes.

Standard safety features include lane departure warning, forward collision warning with auto emergency braking, and a driver attention alert. Other standard kit includes digital ra-

dio, Bluetooth, sat-nav, connectivity features, cruise control, wireless phone charging, keyless entry and push-button start.

The Fastback N is a fivedoor hatch with sleek coupé-styling. The cabin is well designed and well laid out for easy use though the dashboard does lack the visual impact you might expect in a high-performance model.

However, the car offers good accommodation for four - or if necessary five - occupants and has a large 450-litre boot which highlights its practicality.

Hyundai deserves congratulations for its bold move in producing this striking and engaging sporty challenger which has outstanding driving and handling dynamics and is worthy of its place among the big-name hot-hatch pack leaders. And like all Hyundai models, it comes with the brand’s famous fiveyear unlimited mileage warranty - another plus-point.

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Lexus unveils Most powerful road legal Mini prototype LEXUS unveiled its latest prototype at the Barcelona Motor Show and it is certainly eyecatching.

The bright orange colour of the LC 500h ‘Matte Prototype,’ a version of the brand’s flagship coupe definitely drew attention.

According to Lexus: “The creation is another example of the brand’s effort to keep innovating, this time using special colours with original textures.

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tones which can be seen when looking towards the sun in clear sunsets.’

In any event, the result is striking, and ‘allows the LC 500h to project an even more powerful personality, further enhanced by the striking 21-inches semi-matt black wheels and the carbon-fibre roof and active rear spoiler.’

The use of the colour continues inside the cabin, where it is featured as a contrasting element on the instrument panel, the steering wheel and the sides of the doors.

The LC 500h ‘Matte prototype’ incorporates Lexus’ advanced self-charging multi-stage hybrid system, a unique offering in its segment.

Lexus’ renowned self-charging hybrid technology allows the LC 500h to recharge while driving, without any need for cables or plugs. Its motorisation stands out for its efficiency, reduced consumption, low noise and softness.

MINIS have always been fun cars to drive, but in the past they tended to rely on their low weight for their sporty performance.

The famous Cooper badge offered the most powerful version way back in the 1960’s, and today is no exception. But today’s Minis are much larger and heavier than their earlier forebears, so in order to get the sporty performance wanted, the British car manufacturer has introduced the most powerful models ever approved for public road use in the brand’s 60-year history.

At the heart of the new Mini John Cooper Works Clubman and the new Mini John Cooper Works Countryman is a 225kW/306hp four-cylinder turbo engine, which offers outstanding performance in the compact premium segment.

In both models, the motor is combined as standard with a new eight-speed Steptronic sports transmission, includ-

MINI: A fun car to drive.

ing mechanical differential lock on the front axle, an ALL4 allwheel drive system, a specifically engineered chassis and additional reinforcement modifications for the body structure, engine connection and chassis fastenings. This, says the manufacturer ‘enables the John Cooper Works racing sensation to attain a completely new dimension of performance.’

The latest generation of the four-cylinder engine developed for the John Cooper Works models with Mini Twin Power Turbo technology surpasses that of the previous version by as much as 55kW/75hp at maximum output. Maximum torque has increased by 100Nm to 450Nm, and acceleration performance has also risen.

The Clubman turns in an acceleration of 0 to 100km/h in 4.9 seconds, with the Countryman achieving the same in 5.1 seconds - 1.4 and 1.5 seconds faster than in the previous models.

Some of the improvements made in the new models include: • New four-cylinder engine with Mini TwinPower Turbo technology, and 225kW/306hp with 450Nm. • Increase in output compared to the previous models: 55kW/75hp.

• Cooling concept incorporates know-how from the race track.

• New exhaust system with

remarkable sound development and Petrol particulate filter compliant with the Euro 6d-TEMP standard.

• Mini ALL4 all-wheel drive as standard.

• New eight-speed Steptronic sports transmission with integrated mechanical differential lock for the front wheel.

• Model-specific chassis design and co-ordination.

• New bigger John Cooper Works sport brake system.

• Extremely rigid body structure, motor connection and chassis fastenings.

• New LED headlights with Matrix high beam function and LED rear lights in Union Jack design in the new Mini John Cooper Works Clubman.

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By Dilip Kuner VALENCIA secured their Champ i o n s L e a g u e pla c e alongside Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid with a 2-0 win over Real Valladolid in the final round of La Liga matches.

It pu t a n e n d t o Ge ta fe and Sevilla’s hopes of the coveted spot - Getafe needed to better Valencia’s result, while Sevilla needed Valencia and Getafe to lose.

As it turned out, Getafe Madrid’s third team - could only manage a 2-2 draw at home t o Vi l l a r e a l . A fte r spending 11 weeks in fourth spot missing out to Valencia will be a bitter disappointment to Getafe, even though they do have the consolation of a E u r o p a L e a g u e place.

Sevilla saw off Athletic Bilbao 2-0 while city rivals Real Betis piled even more misery o n t o R e a l Ma d rid who have endured a shocking end to their season.

Betis went to the Bernabeu and scored two without rep l y a s R e a l Ma d rid lost for the 12th time in La Liga this season. Gareth

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Valencia take CL spot has been a bad season. We can’t forget it; we have to have it very present in the future so it can help us improve.”

Barcelona were held to a 2-2 draw when they travelled to Eibar, with Lionel Messi scor i ng bot h t hei r goals.

They now take on Valen-

cia in the final of the Copa del Rey on Saturday (KO 9pm).

Fellow Catalans Espanyol took seventh and the last Europa League place with a 2-0 win over Real Sociedad.

As expected, Girona took the final relegation spot as they lost 2-1 away to Alaves to go out with a whimper.

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CELEBRATIONS: Valencia ware jubilant in claiming fourth.

Bale was an unused substitute as questions over his future continue to be asked, and the fans filled the massive stadium with whistles to show their displeasure at a poor season.

Coach Zinedine Zidane

wants his players to remember how bad it feels to get this sort of reaction, saying: “ W he n you w a nt to try harder and you can’t even achieve the smallest little thing, it is complicated.

“We have to accept that it

By Dilip Kuner IN a hugely disappointing weekend for the Spanish motor racing legend, Fernando Alonso’s dream of an Indianapolis 500 victory was shattered when he failed to qualify by just 0.019mph.

He was fourth fastest out of six drivers who were competing for the final three places on the grid via a four-lap speed test.

He managed a 227.353mph average, which ultimately was not quite good enough with American Kyle Kaiser squeezing him out on the last run of

‘bump day.’ Earlier, Alonso had finished 31st in qualifying, with the top 30 making the grid.

Alonso had left F1 - in which he was twice champion - with the declared intention of winning the Indianapolis 500 as part of his campaign to win the ‘triple crown.’ It is an unofficial title which involves winning three of motorsports’ most prestigious events, the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix.

Only one driver in history has managed the feat - the UK’s Graham Hill. Alonso has two of the titles in the bag, with him claiming the Le Mans trophy alongside Toyota teammates, Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi last year. His win at Monaco came in 2007.

Speaking on social media after failing in Indianapolis he said: ‘A difficult week, no doubts,’ adding: ‘We tried our best, even today with a com-

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Alonso misses out DREAM DASHED: Alonso failed to qualify. pletely different set up and approach, four laps flat on the throttle but we were not fast enough. It’s never easy to drive around here at 227mph+, and want more speed... We tried our best and we’ve been brave at times, but there were people doing better job than us.

‘Success or disappointments only come if you accept big challenges. We accepted.

Thanks to the massive support always here at the speedway and everyone at home.”

This was the second time the 37-year-old has made an appearance at the 2.5-mile track nicknamed ‘The Brickyard.’ In 2017 he led for 27 laps after qualifying fifth in a McLaren

branded car for the Mario Andretti team. An engine failure put paid to his challenge in the closing laps.

This year McLaren decided to set up their own team rather than piggyback on the highly succesful Andretti organisation, but the result did not go their way.

A series of problems in practice, including a high-speed crash, left Alonso and McLaren struggling to catch up in the weekend qualifying.

The other two drivers to make it on to the grid on ‘bump day’ were Canadian James Hinchcliffe and American Sage Karam. The race, over 200 laps, is on Sunday at 7.30pm.