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VIRUS IMPACT

THE spread of Coronovirus has prompted Sanysol de Velez-Malaga nursing home to suspend family visits as a ‘protective and precautionary’ measure. The decision also includes a ban on elderly residents leaving the home, with the exception of medical appointments. The announcement was made on Monday, March 9, when Director, Carmen Gález, explained that suppliers have also been asked not to enter the premises and to leave any merchandise in a designated area for collection by staff. She added: “We are going beyond the measures put in place by health authorities and our families understand this.” Elderly people are one of the ‘most at risk groups,’ and as such, nursing

PROTEST: A demonstration by the region’s farmers and unions, scheduled to take place in Motril next week, has been postponed amid virus fears.

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homes in the province have been putting in place protocols recommended by the Ministry of Health, with most allowing restricted visits. Sanysol nursing home, however, has opted to ap-

ply its own ‘extraordinary measures’ in the interests of its residents and their families. Meanwhile, fears over the spread of the virus has forced agricultural organisations to postpone a ma-

Missing Maria CEREMONY: Motril Town Hall remembers Spain’s missing people. MARIA TERESA FERNÁNDEZ, who disappeared from Motril in August 2000, was remembered by family, residents of Motril and the town hall last week. The council held an official ceremony to remember Spain’s missing people, with a special mention of Maria who vanished almost 20 years ago, aged just 18. Mayor, Luisa María García Chamorro, said: “Maria’s relatives are here today, re-

ceiving all of our love, and have for 20 years been one of the greatest examples of strength and dignity. And this is because they have never given up.” Reading the institutional manifesto on the steps of the town hall, which was illuminated in green, the mayor highlighted the plight of thousands of families across Spain who remain hopeful of finding their lost loved ones, while searching for answers.

jor demonstration in Motril in protest against the ‘unsustainable situation the industry is going through.’ ASAJA, COAG and UPA, together with Cooperatives Agro-alimentary of Granada, ECOHAL and Infaoliva,

have all agreed the ‘Unfair Competition, No’ protest on Thursday, March 19, will be rescheduled. A date is yet to be confirmed, but the groups confirmed a demonstration will take place, to “try

to alleviate the serious damage suffered by the sector.” Motril Town Hall has also cancelled a solidarity event in aid of Parkinson Motril Costa because of the outbreak and potential health risks. A Facebook post reads: “For reasons beyond our control, we are forced to postpone this Sunday’s solidarity lunch (March 15). We will inform you of the new date, sorry for any inconvenience caused.” The Spanish government has set up an official virus response page with updates : http://www.san.gva.es/ coronavirus And World Health Organisation (WHO) advice can be found at: https://www.who.int/emer gencies/diseases/novelcoronavirus-2019/advicefor-public.

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Furore over fines A CRUSADE to clamp down on motorhomes in Nerja has landed the council in hot water with the Local Police. The Autonomous Motorhome Platform of Spain (PACA) has officially denounced the council after receiving more than 50 complaints from mobile home owners who have been served what the group calls ‘illegal’ parking fines. The fines relate to parking in certain ‘prohibited’ areas or for parking for longer than the maximum stipulated period of time. But PACA President, Jesús Gallardo, argued that the majority of the 100-plus tickets issued, with an average amount of €50, were imposed ‘illegally,’ and will be appealed against. In its defence, a council spokesperson said: “We have acted in response to complaints from residents. Nothing is being done other than complying with current regulations for this type of vehicle.” In El Peñoncillo, in Torrex-Costa, local people contacted the council to denounce ‘the inconvenience caused by the massive parking of motor homes in recent days.’

NEWS

Weekend Beach Festival returns THE Weekend Beach Festival in Torre Del Mar returns for another year, running from July 1 to July 4 and expects to continue to break records with the number of visitors who will want to enjoy great music by the beach. The latest news is that South African electrorap-rave band Die Antwoord will make their only appearance in Andalucia at the Festival. They were formed in 2008 in Cape Town by Watkin Tudor Jones, popularly known as Ninja and Anri Du Toit known by fans as Yo-Landi Visser. More international performers are being announced every few weeks and so far no less

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DIE ANTWOORD: A striking duo.

than 40 acts are already confirmed from all aspects of music. There will be a gigantic dance floor that will be the Sunrise stage as a new addition of the Festival and this will bring the

VELEZ-MALAGA’S sports department has organised a new hiking route, which will encompass 16.5km of uneven terrain, through the Sierra de las Nieves Natural Park. The hike is expected to begin on March 22 at 7.30am from Mercado Municipal in Velez-Malaga, or at 7.40am from Dia supermarket in Torre del Mar. The route is of medium-to-high difficulty and will take approximately five hours to complete. To take

sound of Ibiza to Torre del Mar. The local council is completely in favour of the event which has not only added the name of Torre del Mar to the music scene, but generates sig-

New Route part in the route you must book your place via deportes.velezmalaga.es and registration costs €10. You must be in good shape to participate. The hike follows a circular route which travels across the north-eastern border of the natural park. Firstly, it will pass by a broad canyon, formed by the Turon river and the

nificant amounts of revenue for local businesses as well as supplying jobs. To find out more about the entrance costs as well as camping options visit www.weekend beach.es.

Valle de Lifa vantage point. After crossing the bridge, the route diverts towards the Dique trail, until this reaches an intersection. After a short but difficult incline it reaches the Puerto de los Lobos. Next, the route declines to the basin of the river Turon, where it reaches the Dique trail until the final destination, El Burgo. If the weather is unfavourable, the hike will be postponed to March 29.

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Mending Motril MAYOR Débora Juárez and the Motril Town Hall remain dedicated to the maintenance and reparation of its public areas. The maintenance department is progressing daily and focusing on repairing traffic lights, repainting roads, re-illuminating street lamps and fixing up public buildings, such as nurseries and primary schools.

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LUX MUNDI TRIP

Cyber safety VELEZ-MALAGA has organised a free workshop for young people, aged 16 to 29, to raise awareness about the importance of cyber security and educate them about topics like Grooming, Cyberbullying, and Sexting. Students have four days to complete the course, and enrolment is open from March 12 until April 3.

New officer A FULLY-TRAINED K9, called India, joined the Local Police in Motril to help detect illicit substances as part of a new antidrugs unit in the municipality. In her first month, the Belgian Shepherd has been successful in helping police discover more than 50 drugs-related cases.

Urban plan VELEZ-MALAGA finished their Urban Planning draft and hopes to share the draft with the public to encourage greater citizen participation. The plan, led by Mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer, aims to create a more accessible, compact, habitable, and sustainable town, favouring tourism and development of rural zones.

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A DELIVERY driver in Alumeñcar accidentally drove into the corner of Calle Alcalde Julio Fajardo by attempting a hasty manoeuvre and caused considerable damage to the balcony above. Firefighters were called to the scene in order to clean up the debris and rubble, which could have fallen on the public pathway.

THE San Jose school in VelezMalaga, has announced that any students who suffer from chronic illnesses are exempt from attending lessons as a precaution against COVID-19 virus, as this is the most vulnerable population. Similarly, they ask any students who show symptoms of a respiratory infection to stay home.

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14 TIME OUT 22-23 LETTERS FOUR-DAY EXCURSION: The friends enjoying Caseres.

RECENTLY both Lux Mundi Torre del Mar and Fuengirola had a four-day excursion to Extremadura, a wester n Spanish region bordering Portugal. On the first day, the group of friends travelled by coach from the Costa del Sol through the beautiful countryside to the city of Caseres. In Caseres, which was founded by the ancient Romans, the group first visited the Gothic, 15th century Santa Maria Cathedral with its unusua l c a r v e d c e d a r a l t a r, f o l lowed by the tourist office with its walled patio garden.

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The second morning the group continued to the mountain village of Guadalupe, in the region of Las Villueres, a World Heritage Site famous for the Royal Monastery of Our Lady Santa Maria of Guadalupe. They then drove to the town of Trujillo to take in the spectacular Moorish palace, built-in 1232 to defend the town against the Spanish. The third day saw a visit to Merida to see the beautifully preserved Roman theatre, where they still hold concerts during the summer. This was followed by a trip to the Lázaro aqueduct and Ro-

man bridge across the Rio Guadiana. The last day after breakfast they joined the coach for the homeward journey travelling in the direction of Merida and then toward Cordoba to visit La Ermita, Virgen de Ara (the Sistine Chapel of Extremadura). All agreed it had been a wonderful excursion, full of interest, having visited some unusual and beautiful places. Lux Mundi would like to thank all who supported this excursion, which enables them to continue with their charitable work.

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Crooked couple

Young arsonists

NATIONAL POLICE of Velez-Malaga arrested a married Spanish couple aged 36 and 41 years old, allegedly responsible for two break-ins on the same night, in two commercial establishments of Torre del Mar. A report came in of a robbery in the town centre, and when officers arrived at the scene they discovered that forced entry had been made into a shop and noticed that a suspicious-looking woman ran into another shop, where her partner in crime was when she spotted the officers. Upon checking their records the police discovered the couple had previously been arrested for the same crimes. While the woman carried out the surveillance, the male forced access to the establishment to carry out the robbery. Officers also found tools which included, pliers, screwdrivers and a knife.

LOCAL POLICE in Motril has detained two minors, aged 17, for burning several containers last Saturday. At around 2.25am, officers were travelling in the area of the El Vadillo estate, when they noticed a burning container in Calle Tegucigalpa, so immediately alerted the fire department. Several witnesses informed officers the possible perpetrators were two suspicious-looking young men in hoods, who had been loitering around the containers just before they started burning. This pushed the officers to intensify their search in this specific area when, moments later, they saw another container burning on Calle Montevideo. Subsequently, the two young people were identified from descriptions offered by the witnesses and found to be carrying items used to start the fires. Once in police custody they were handed over to their legal guardians and informed that such criminal acts will be made available to the Judicial Authority.

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Modernised police vehicles THE Local Police of Almuñecar received two new vehicles costing €42,000. The mayor of Almuñecar, Trinidad Herrera Lorente, and the councillor for Public Safety, Francisco Robles Rivas, have delivered two new patrol vehicles to the Local Police that are to replace two other vehicles which had become obsolete and outdated for the provision of services with guarantees, according to the mayor. At the ceremony, held at the gates of the town hall and accompanying the mayor of Almuñecar were councillors Beatriz González, Juan José Ruiz Joya and Rafael Caballero, as well as the head of the Local Police, Manuel Ledesma. The mayor said that the vehicles “offer the security necessary for officers to provide the service with the best guarantees in citizen care.” For his part, the councillor of Security described the main fea-

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MODERN POLICE CARS: To improve working efficiency.

tures and benefits they offer. “The two new vehicles, of the Dacia Duster brand, are multipurpose vehicles of the 4X2 range of 1,500 cubic centimetres that oscillates over 115 hp. “They are equipped with anti-lock system, braking assistance, blind spot detector, and rear parking aid by having a camera ... in addition to state-ofthe-art fire extinguishing equipment with fire extinguisher, two flashlights with double focus, first aid kit, defibrillator , breathalysers… amongst others.” The two new vehicles have been conditioned for police work with the signs they require and have also been labelled with a new image.

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ANGEL A NEIGHBOUR shows gratitude to the officers of the Local Police of Almuñecar that saved his life. The Headquarters of the Local Police of Almuñecar experienced ‘an unexpected yet very emotional act’ because the neighbour who was saved from drowning, after choking, Fall, wanted to personally thank the officers who helped him, delivering a plaque to each one in which he literally says: “I can only thank you, my guardian angel, for saving my life when I was hanging by a thread and giving me a new opportunity to be with my family.” Thank you. Fall. “It was a pleasant gesture that we appreciate because what we did with this neighbour was what we would have done with any individual requesting help. The way in which he chose to recognise the situation and show gratitude was very emotional because

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LOCAL POLICE ACTED: The man surprises police by showing gratitude through an emotional gesture.

it was unexpected” said one of the officers. A woman called for help to a Local Police patrol of Almuñecar who was in the area of Calle Guadix carrying out preventive measures due to a traffic accident. The officers, with the identification number 14742 and 8538, headed towards the address indicated by the woman requesting help. Upon arrival, officer 14742 observed a man, in his 40’s, lying on the ground unconscious. He proceeded to perform the ‘Heimlich manouevre.’ “After several minutes

without expelling what caused the choking, the other officer decided to use the portable defibrillator from the vehicle due to the risk of entering a cardiac arrest,” said a spokesman for the Local Police of Almuñecar. For about seven or eight minutes that it took medical services to arrive “officer 14742 did not stop the manouevre, and with their help, the man expelled what caused him to choke and began to breathe normally.” He was then transferred to Almuñecar Health Centre for further checks.

Ideal spot VELEZ-MALAGA Town Hall has presented a motion to request that the old Correos office, located in the Capuchinos area, should house Administration Department of the Local Police. The vice-spokesman, Luis García, explained that this property, opened in 1977, was closed a few years ago by the Dirección Provincial de Correos, as it was “currently without any use and in a continuous

PERFECT LOCATION: Request for administration office. state of deterioration due to its lack of maintenance and conservation.” During the period 20112015, conversations began with the Correos for the incorporation of the office to the municipal heritage, although at that time it was not possible due to price. However, due to its size and its ‘strategic’ location, next to headquarters of the

Local Poloce, the property is ‘ideal.’ “Its adaptation would not involve a strong investment in the municipal coffers and would result in a notable improvement of the public services provided by our Local Police to the residents while ending the deplorable situation of the current police facilities,” said Luis Garcia.

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UPSIDE DOWN: The car left the road trapping one person inside.

Car accident FIVE people including children have been injured in a car accident taking place on the Carretera Nacional 340, known as Cuesta del Marchante, in La Herradura, as reported by the Local Police of Almuñecar. The accident occurred around 7pm and for reasons remaining under investigation the vehicle took a turn onto an agricultural subtropical farm, leaving the road and landing upside down. The owners of the farmhouse were initially alerted by their dogs barking. As soon as they approached the vehicle they heard a

woman ask for help, as described by one of the neighbours that phoned 112 emergency line. Immediately after, the aid protocol arrived at the scene with the Local Police, Guardia Civil, and Bomberos y servicios de emergencia del Centro de Salud de Almuñecar. The rescue process took longer as one occupant was trapped, and up to three ambulances were necessary to evacuate the injured. Finally, after the rescue, the firefighters made the vehicle safe to avoid a short circuit.

THE City Council and Board have begun the regulation of the recreational use of the Río Chíllar in Nerja. The Junta de Andalucía and Nerja City Council have agreed to create a work group for the regulation of access to the Chíllar river, in a meeting held by the mayor of Nerja, José Alberto Armijo, and the territorial delegate of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development in Malaga, Fernando Fernández-Tapia. The Delegation, through the new director of the Natural Park of the Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama, Mariana Ortí, has put forward a proposal that serves as a starting point for the drafting work of the document that establishes recreational use, and it will contain the installation of access and security controls, and the possible establishment for hikers. At the meeting, held in the mayor’s office in Nerja City

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River Access

BOARD MEETING: To discuss more access to the Rio Chillar.

Council, they have assisted, along with those already appointed, councillor Francisco Arce, accompanied by Chief of Infrastructure Service of the City Council, Antonio Dorado, and the Water Manager of Narixa, Juan Angel Poyatos, and technicians from the Junta de Andalucía. Other topics discussed were

the City Council requested the supply of the municipality be guaranteed, and that of the land fencing of the old quarry and the drafting of a technical project for sealing the landfill. Finally, it has been agreed to convene a new meeting in a few months to continue advancing in these matters, so important for the municipality.

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NEWS

UK GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES £3 MILLION TO SUPPORT UK NATIONALS IN THE EU • CHARITIES and organisations that support UK nationals living in the EU have been awarded a share of the funding • The £3 million fund will assist UK nationals to apply to protect their residency rights • Residents in Spain, France, Germany, Cyprus, Italy, and several other EU countries will benefit Charities and organisations will receive government funding to provide practical support for UK nationals living in the EU with their residency applications. This includes potentially atrisk groups such as pensioners and disabled people. The organisations will each receive government funding to support those who may find it harder to complete all the paperwork required for residency applications. This includes pensioners, disabled people, those living in remote areas or who have mobility difficulties, and those who require help with language translation or interpretation. One of the beneficiaries of the fund

is Age in Spain - a charity that helps older British expatriates. They will be working across Cataluña and the Balearic Islands, while Asociación Babelia will be providing support in Alicante.

Now that the UK has left the EU, some UK nationals living in certain EU member states will need to take actions to secure their residency rights, so that they can continue to live and work in their host country as now.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said: “These organisations are doing vital work to support UK Nationals in the EU and this funding will help secure their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement, so that they are given the security and stability they need.”

Over one million UK nationals live in EU and EFTA countries; more than 350,000 of them here in Spain. Charities and organisations based in Spain, who are receiving funding from the ‘UK Nationals Support Fund’ include: • Age in Spain • Asociación Babelia • International Organisation for Migration

British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliott said: “This fund will be a valuable complement to the extensive work that our consulates have been doing over the past three years to prepare UK nationals for our departure from the EU. The chosen organisations will be able to provide one-to-one, specialist support to those citizens that need it most; helping them to register as a resident and secure their rights under the Withdrawal Agreement.”

This extra assistance will build on the information and support that British Embassies are already providing.

Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK nationals living in the EU at the end of the transition period can continue to live and work in their host country. Anyone who is legally residing in Spain by December 31, 2020 will be covered by the Withdrawal Agreement. As part of the ongoing information campaign, the government is encouraging all UK nationals in the EU to visit the Living in Guide on gov.uk for the country they live in and sign up for tailored alerts to receive the latest information about what actions they may need to take. Further details on how to contact implementing organisations will be available soon; UK nationals in Spain should subscribe to gov.uk/livingin spain for updates.

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BREXIT BRIEF

CURRENTLY Britain benefits considerably from membership of the EU Erasmus+ exchange group which sees students from the UK spend time in European universities and vice versa and it seems that there are no concrete plans in the Brexit negotiations to extend membership after withdrawal. Currently it costs Britain around £200 (€230) million annually to belong to the scheme, but it is estimated that EU students who come to the UK spend £430 (€495) million on living expenses alone. Some 85 per cent of all British colleges and universities are currently ALWAYS ready to re-invent himself, now that the Brexit Party has become something of a successful ‘one trick pony,’ it appears that Nigel Farage will be moving on to create the Reform Party. He wants to see the introduction of propor-

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Education Losses Likely

Research at universities like Imperial College London could suffer.

The Reform Party tional representation into mainstream UK politics and he can use his existing Brexit Party infrastructure to get behind this new campaign with the first target likely to be the House of Lords.

Love him or hate him, there is no denying that he has become an important influencer in the UK and is also a shrewd businessman who has achieved a great deal over the past 10 years. Having helped to see

Boris Johnson become Prime Minister, Farage is now criticising him as appearing weak and indecisive over both the flooding and coronavirus situations, although he still feels that the PM is the right man for Brexit provided he recovers his nerve.

involved in Erasmus+ and their representatives believe that some 17,000 British students who use Erasmus for work placements and study would lose out, particularly students from disadvantaged backgrounds who would find it difficult to fund their expenses without it. Although the Conservative government has said that it wants to create a more even ‘playing field’ between the north and the south, this seems to be contradictory as those most likely to suffer could be young students from the north. The government has indicated it “will consider options for participation in elements of Erasmus+ on a time-limited basis, provided the terms are in the UK’s interests.” Not only is there a potential loss of European students enrolling in UK places of education, many universities depend upon EU funding for research which can take years to complete and this, which comes through the EU Horizon programme, is also under threat, which would have a knock on effect on UK government national research targets.

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BREXIT EXTRA Don’t rush THE SNP Leader at Westminster, Ian Blackford has warned Boris Johnson that rather than walk away with no deal he seriously needs to consider extending the withdrawal period in order to ensure that a sensible deal can be agreed.

Aviation safety BRITAIN will leave the European Aviation Safety Agency which is responsible for certifying the airworthiness of planes at the end of this year and replace it with Civil Aviation Authority inspections according to Transport Minister Grant Shapps.

Labour leader LABOUR leadership candidate Sir Keir Starmer has not ruled out the possibility of campaigning for Britain to rejoin the European Union should he be successful in the party election, although he has indicated that it could be for a future generation to decide.

FINANCE

Crude Oil Prices Drop

RUSSIA has managed to catch the leaders of the oil exporting coun­ tries known as OPEC by complete surprise by refusing to cut oil pro­ duction by 1.5 million barrels a day. OPEC was looking to have huge cuts in order to keep prices high as demand has reduced due to the Coronavirus crisis, but crude prices dropped below $50 (€44) per barrel for the first time since 2017. It could be a Russian ploy but petrol and diesel prices at the pump should reduce for a while.

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STAT OF WEEK

€20 billion

is the amount spent annually in Spain alone on business trips and exhibition attendance, much is which is now threatened by cancellation due to the Coronavirus according to IBTA.

The modern obsession

Flybe failure hits Ferrovial IT is not just travellers to Spain who will lose out by regional airline Flybe going into administration, but Span­ ish multinational group Ferrovial will also suffer financial losses by this decision. Whilst Administrators are trying to find buyers for either the entire Flybe business or liquidate its assets, all flights have been grounded and both passengers and its 2,400 staff have been ‘left in the air.’ Ferrovial some time ago entered into a joint venture with Australian financial group Macquarie to form a company known as AGS Airports

By John Smith and they manage a number of UK airports which were used by Flybe. The two companies paid Heathrow Airport Holdings (which is itself owned 25 per cent by Fer­ rovial) more than £1 (€1.15) billion in 2014 to take over the manage­ ment of Aberdeen, Glasgow and Southampton airports. Although Flybe didn’t operate many flights out of Glasgow, in 2019 according to Cirium data, it account­ ed for 36 per cent of the capacity of Aberdeen airport and a huge 95 per cent of Southampton airport depar­

tures and arrivals with flights target­ ing Alicante, Malaga and Mallorca. These airports had already taken a hit with the loss of Thomas Cook airlines and traffic had fallen by nearly 8 per cent along with rev­ enue, so this latest news is not en­ couraging. At the end of 2019, AGS reported that it had debts of £693 (€796) mil­ lion and an operating profit of £94 (€108 million) so it is now impera­ tive that it tries to attract new air­ lines to Southampton in particular or there could be serious financial implications.

THE British obsession with many things American is personified by the amount of money being spent on coffee which according to Mintel research group should reach £4 (€4.6) billion in 2020. Many consumers purchase their caffeine shot from high street cof­ fee shops with Costa Coffee being the most popular followed by Starbucks and having spotted an­ other market McDonalds is catch­ ing up fast. Since 2015, annual sales have increased by £1 (€1.15) billion and the average drinker has drifted away from the high street café to specialist coffee shops.

LEGALLY SPEAKING Can they use e-mail proxies? I read your reply regarding proxy votes in the Euro Weekly of February 27. When our community was formed it was agreed in our original statutes that a proxy can be sent by email. This has been the case for the last six years. Surely, if the community statutes allow you to send a proxy by email, then this cannot be illegal. C H (Costa del Sol) You are quite right. It is perfectly ac­ YOU AND THE ceptable to send a LAW IN SPAIN proxy form by e­ mail. This form signed by you grants another person the right to cast your vote at the AGM. However, the proxy is not your vote. It authorises the holder to vote in your place. The person who holds it must cast the vote for it. This meets the horizontal law requirement that voting at the AGM is by personal attendance or by proxy. The ear­ lier EWN piece to which you refer pointed out that vot­ ing by e­mail does not meet this legal requirement. A vote is not the same as a proxy. Even if the community agrees to accept e­mail votes and no problems arise, they are not really legal.

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BUSINESS EXTRA

Too high THE Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that the interest rate of 27 per cent charged on a credit card issued by online bank WIZink is too high and now other Spanish banks not involved in the case may review their rates.

More money NISSAN still feels happy about its decision to build the new Qashqai range in Sunderland despite Brexit and has just announced that it will spend £52 (€60) million on a new press line at the factory which also produces the Juke.

Increased share THE Carlyle Group, which invests money on behalf of Abu Dhabi has raised its stake in Spain’s second largest oil company Cepsa to 38.5 per cent at a cost of €4 billion and has appointed a new CEO of the group.

Controversial Coronavirus HOPING to assist workers and employers to fully un­ derstand their rights and obligations now that Coro­ navirus is spreading, the Spanish Ministry of Labour and Social Security has published a guide.

It immediately caused c o n f u s i o n a m o n g s t e m­ ployers and argument be­ tween PSOE and Podemos coalition partners which has not helped the situa­ tion. Lawyers say that the

contents of the document are based on existing laws although there is a sugges­ tion that workers could de­ cide to stop work due to ‘serious and imminent’ risk of contagion which has em­ ployers up in arms.

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% CHG. -4,44% -2,59% -8,70% -4,58% -3,38% -2,98% -3,47% -3,24% -2,45% -1,97% -2,78% -2,89% -3,18% -5,25% -5,16% -4,27% -3,02% -2,46% -2,34% -4,00% -7,10% -7,60% -3,25% -2,35% -3,85% -3,54% -3,94% -2,37% -1,83% -1,04% -6,50% -5,51% -1,58% -0,42% -2,82% -6,79% -1,97% -0,10% -4,55% -2,49% +2,01% -0,98% -3,65% -1,32% -7,62% -4,64% -0,20% -0,52% -2,95%

NET VOL 3,43M 1,19M 8,98M 2,62M 3,10M 1,85M 2,63M 3,54M 18,87M 10,33M 74,98M 5,26M 833,23K 10,89M 74,46M 8,18M 7,50M 31,97M 1,40M 2,40M 3,36M 39,03M 720,39K 8,70M 1,21M 576,80K 544,54K 7,99M 5,42M 5,77M 1,89M 731,77K 469,70K 1,87M 21,95M 51,43M 1,07M 1,38M 383,67K 66,68M 20,86M 2,99M 5,73M 1,76M 1,31M 860,73K 20,37M 9,11M 710,39K

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel ADR 32,39 JSC VTB Bank DRC 1,190 Land Securities 796,80 Legal & General 241,40 Lloyds Banking 45,68 London Stock Exchange 7.592,0 Meggitt 511,60 Melrose Industries 182,90 Mondi 1.591,00 National Grid 1.015,20 Next 5.626,0 Ocado 1.122,00 Persimmon 2.692,0 Phoenix 683,90 Prudential 1.193,50 RBS PLC 157,25 Reckitt Benckiser 6.005,0 Relx 1.847,00 Rentokil 500,00 Rightmove 600,40 Rio Tinto PLC 3.505,0 Rolls-Royce Holdings 588,20 Rosneft 5,77 Royal Dutch Shell A 1.599,2 Royal Dutch Shell A 1.603,61 Royal Dutch Shell B 1.595,6 RSA Insurance 499,50 Sage 668,00 Samsung Electronics DRC 1.160,00 Sberbank 12,94 Schroders 2.657,0 Scottish Mortgage 569,00 Segro 849,60 Severn Trent 2.567,0 Smith & Nephew 1.678,00 Smiths Group 1.410,00 Spirax-Sarco Engineering 8.630,0 SSE 1.575,00 St. James’s Place 967,00 Standard Chartered 519,60 Standard Life Aberdeen 264,20 Surgutneftegaz ADR 5,14 Taylor Wimpey 199,55 Tesco 240,60 Tui 533,00 Unilever 4.352,0 United Utilities 973,00 Vodafone Group PLC 136,62 Whitbread 3.501,0 WPP 724,40

CHANGE(P) +1,24 -0,076 -16,60 -6,60 -1,32 -438,0 -20,60 -13,05 -37,00 -39,00 -292,0 -1,00 -74,0 -10,60 -68,50 -3,55 -135,0 -58,50 -18,80 -13,80 -143,5 +1,00 -0,39 -90,8 -86,39 -99,2 -9,90 -22,80 -35,00 -1,06 -119,0 -30,50 -28,20 -99,0 -93,00 -120,00 -25,0 -60,00 -11,20 -12,60 -12,80 -0,54 -6,35 -0,30 -7,40 -130,0 -38,50 -4,24 -128,0 -3,00

% CHG.

NET VOL

+3,98% -6,00% -2,04% -2,66% -2,81% -5,46% -3,87% -6,66% -2,27% -3,70% -4,93% -0,09% -2,68% -1,53% -5,43% -2,21% -2,20% -3,07% -3,62% -2,25% -3,93% +0,17% -6,36% -5,37% -5,11% -5,85% -1,94% -3,30% -2,93% -7,54% -4,29% -5,09% -3,21% -3,71% -5,25% -7,84% -0,29% -3,67% -1,15% -2,37% -4,62% -9,42% -3,08% -0,13% -1,37% -2,90% -3,81% -3,01% -3,53% -0,41%

6,26M 3,64M 3,17M 30,12M 322,66M 1,28M 6,07M 19,49M 3,58M 10,06M 733,92K 1,98M 2,28M 2,74M 12,65M 31,25M 2,25M 6,71M 5,16M 2,60M 6,76M 8,20M 4,03M 11,43M 11,43M 13,51M 4,77M 5,25M 31,02K 8,79M 624,15K 5,76M 6,03M 715,62K 4,16M 1,82M 226,34K 7,91M 3,33M 9,24M 10,41M 1,75M 28,51M 43,33M 6,52M 3,40M 1,98M 110,07M 812,45K 6,05M

0.86811

1.15109 Units per €

US dollar ................................................1.14564 Japan yen...............................................116.965 Switzerland franc ...................................1.05615 Denmark kroner .....................................7.47118 Norway kroner........................................10.9777

currenciesdirect.com/marbella • Tel: +34 952 906 581 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES M ARCH 9

COMPANY 3M Alphabet C Amazon.com Apple Boeing Caterpillar Chevron Cisco Coca-Cola Exxon Mobil Facebook Goldman Sachs Home Depot IBM Intel J&J JPMorgan McDonald’s Merck&Co Microsoft Nike Pfizer Procter&Gamble Tesla United Technologies UnitedHealth Verizon Visa A Walmart Walt Disney

PRICE 153,65 1.298,41 1.901,09 289,03 262,33 121,41 95,32 39,68 55,26 47,69 181,09 192,85 228,51 127,73 55,77 142,03 108,08 198,86 82,20 161,57 88,36 35,02 121,66 703,48 126,48 283,87 56,87 184,36 117,23 115,27

CHANGE +2,24 -20,63 -22,94 -3,89 +1,96 -0,56 -1,87 +0,11 -1,48 -2,42 -4,08 -5,94 -6,30 -1,82 -1,19 +0,02 -5,89 +0,54 +0,62 -4,70 -2,22 -0,44 +0,03 -21,06 +0,04 +0,91 -0,29 -2,60 +1,31 +1,29

CHANGE% VOLUME(M) +1,48% 7,16M -1,56% 2,66M -1,19% 5,27M -1,33% 56,54M +0,75% 12,86M -0,46% 5,77M -1,92% 16,86M +0,28% 48,61M -2,61% 22,35M -4,83% 55,64M -2,20% 24,56M -2,99% 5,07M -2,68% 7,40M -1,40% 8,19M -2,09% 36,26M +0,01% 12,24M -5,17% 38,16M +0,27% 6,36M +0,76% 13,56M -2,83% 72,82M -2,45% 12,34M -1,24% 38,83M +0,02% 9,82M -2,91% 12,66M +0,03% 8,57M +0,32% 5,36M -0,51% 22,51M -1,39% 15,18M +1,13% 9,80M +1,13% 22,90M M - MILLION DOLLARS

NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES M ARCH 9

COMPANY

CHANGE NET / %

VOLUME

Most Advanced Atrion Corp. +10.86% VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN +21.89% LendingTree Inc. +3.82% iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF +5.20% Casey's General Stores Inc. +4.16% O'Reilly Automotive Inc. +1.87% VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN +11.19% Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. +1.28% Amedisys Inc. +3.64% Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF +4.91% IGM Biosciences Inc. +7.48%

13,647 21.01M 231,802 76.29M 568,856 1.18M 428,516 1.13M 355,095 965,420 140,083

Most Declined Booking Holdings Inc. Amazon.com Inc. Tesla Inc. Alphabet Inc. Cl C Alphabet Inc. Cl A Trade Desk Inc. Cl A Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc. Cl A Broadcom Inc. 8% Pfd. Series A MarketAxess Holdings Inc. SBA Communications Corp. First Citizens Bancshares Inc. Cl A

-2.15% -1.19% -2.91% -1.56% -1.45% -6.72% -8.45% -1.50% -4.02% -4.92% -3.35%

1.74B 10.03B 8.91B 3.45B 4.19B 568.77M 76.24M 17.26M 145.59M 299.73M 27.32M

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Shaken and Stirred

WHEN Aston Martin creators of luxury cars and favourites of James Bond launched on the UK stock m a r k e t i n 2 0 1 8 , s h a re s were valued at £19 (€21.85) and now they are down to £2.97 (€3.42) and the company could go into liquidation. Their hope of salvation lies with a shareholder meeting on March 16 which includes a Spanish invest­ ment company Torreal Venture Capital. They are looking to raise a fur­ ther £500 (€575) million and have a commitment from Canadian For­ mula 1 race owner Lawrence Stroll

Four DB5s ready for action in No Time to Die.

New Scottish note FOLLOWING in the footsteps of the Bank of England, the Royal Bank of Scotland is releasing a new polymer £20 note depicting an image of Victorian tea shop owner Kate

Cranston who filled her Glasgow tea room with furniture designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The note is the bank’s first new £20 in 23 years and a spokesper-

son said “On the eve of International Women’s Day it is fitting that such a figure as Kate Cranston will be celebrated on the face of our most popular note.”

who will invest £182 (€209) million with the balance hopefully coming from existing Aston Martin share­ holders. The Spanish interest comes from Miguel Abelló who has just re­ placed his father Juan as executive president of Torreal and has re­ moved the group’s investment from Prestige Motors and will be controlling the shares directly. His commitment already exists to purchase shares to the value of £10 (€11.5) million and he is on record as wanting to keep Aston Martin alive and still building prestige cars. Former partner in Prestige Mo­ tors, Italian Group Investindustrial has also signified its support for the sale of additional shares but there is even a potential knock on effect from the Coronavirus as currently China accounts for some 9 per cent of the vehicle manufacturer’s sales. It would appear that with all of this support that Aston Martin will be saved in the immediate future but it is recognised that it needs to invest significant amounts in updat­ ing machinery and launching at least one new model.

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BUSINESS EXTRA Dropping out IBERIA the Spanish Airline owned by the IAG Group has agreed to transfer its internal flight operations to another Spanish Airline Volotea in order to obtain approval from the European Commission to take over Air Europa later this year.

High IQ SPANISH artificial intelligence company Sherpa has great plans for the future and is recruiting top level experts from Silicon Valley. First it took Tom Gruber from Apple and now it has brought in Joanna Hoffman, a former colleague of Steve Jobs.

Coming clean THE UK City Watchdog the Financial Conduct Authority has warned Britain’s top companies that they will have to disclose how their businesses will be affected by climate change or must give an acceptable explanation of why they haven’t alerted shareholders to problems.

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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

NEWS

Elections just a ‘glitch’

WHAT the UK society truly needs to do is man up, or woman up, or ‘It’ up whatever is acceptable in this age of minority appeasing lunacy. I’m sure we are all in complete sympathy and utterly commiserate with the victims of the horrendous flooding that has occurred in the UK of late. However, early on in the crisis, would it really have helped the situation to have Boris and his entourage disrupting the whole emergency proceedings by sailing up the high street in the bows of a boat like some fortuitous figurehead - merely to appease some of the residents, who I’m sure actually had far better things to do than wring out their problems to someone who could do far more good directing emergency operations elsewhere? Personally I think the Prime Minister was quite correct to postpone his visit till more recently, when he was able to access the whole situation across the board. Having a political leader waste valuable time by physically visiting a disaster area to offer nothing more than a damp handshake is an utter nonproductive nonsense. I do of course not include moral lifting visits by Royalty in these situa-

tions. What about Civil servant Phillip Rutland? Last week this wimp resigned because he was being ‘bullied’ by Home Secretary Priti Patel. ‘Aw diddums.’ Apparently, among other things, she accused her whole department of being ‘F……g useless’! Well, in my experience of these Government civil servants, she’s probably not far wrong. This arrogant bunch of limp wristed egotists, actually do think they run the country - and in many cases they could be right. These shadowy public servants are immensely powerful and manipulative, and consequently suffer from delusions of grandeur that are quite extraordinary. If you wonder what these unelected lot actually do, I can refer you to the highly successful TV series ‘Yes Prime Minister.’ The two who attended the PM were civil

GOVERNMENT: Servants of the people.

servants and the hysterically funny way they could manipulate their boss was actually not a long way from the truth. It also doesn’t matter what party is in power. Civil servants observe elections as a mere ‘glitch’ - a short period of disruption before they simply carry on in the ‘same ol’ ‘same ol’! One of

them did in fact gloatingly once inform me that many new MPs have no idea how to proceed and actually come to them for advice! What about that for - a very disturbing - arrogance? Well, all power to Ms Patel, who is also being accused of creating a ’climate of fear’ and apparently could ‘show unprovoked levels of aggression.’ Good, exactly what this bunch of unelected desk wallahs need. Time to learn that they are not in fact a government within a government, but servants of the people who were actually elected by constituents to run the country. So, if Preta Patel is wielding the whip, I for one wish all power to her elbow. Actually I’m surprised some of these disgruntled namby pambys don’t enjoy it! Ah well. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pmDoctors 3:15pm Five Bedrooms 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pmMasterChef 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm Noughts + Crosses 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pmQuestion Time 12:35am Newscast

9:30am Lose Weight and Get Fit with Tom Kerridge 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Hardball 2:45pm Best House in Town 3:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 4:00pm Red Rock 4:40pm The Great Interior Design Challenge 5:40pm Portillo's State Secrets 6:10pm Flog It! 7:00pmRichard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm MOTDx 8:30pmVillages by the Sea 9:00pmSecrets of the Museum 10:00pmHospital 11:00pmVic & Bob's Big Night Out 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Miriam's Big Fat Adventure

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm The Wonder of Animals Wildlife documentary 9:00pm Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History 10:00pm Can Science Make Me Perfect? with Alice Roberts 11:30pm Horizon 12:30am Amsterdam: An Art Lovers' Guide 1:30am Our Classical Century A celebration of 100 years of classical music 2:30am Love and Betrayal in India: The White Mughal 3:30am Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

7:30am 7:55am 8:20am 8:45am 9:10am

Cheers Cheers King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss Canada 12:05pmRamsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather. 9:00pm How to Beat Ageing 10:00pmHunted 11:00pmFirst Dates 12:05am Five Guys a Week

9:10am 9:30am 9:40am 9:55am

Floogals Becca's Bunch Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmNightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Britain's Parking Hell 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmSnatched at Birth 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pmThe Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 9:00pm Britain's Naughtiest Nursery 10:00pm10 Years Younger in 10 Days 11:00pmHarold Shipman: 5

10:15amCrimewatch Roadshow 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pmDom Does America 12:45pmSaved on Camera 1:15pmBargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pmDoctors 3:15pm Five Bedrooms 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pmMoney for Nothing 5:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Sport Relief 2020 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather 11:35pmSport Relief 2020 1:45am Catchpoint

10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Hardball 2:45pm Best House in Town 3:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 4:00pm Red Rock 4:45pm The Great Interior Design Challenge 5:45pm Portillo's State Secrets 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Extreme Wales with Richard Parks 8:30pm Rick Stein's Secret France 9:30pm Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey 10:30pm QI 11:00pm Sport Relief 2020 11:35pm Newsnight 12:05am Weather

8:00pm World News Today The day's leading stories. 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1989 9:00pm Queens of Soul 10:00pm Top of the Pops: 1989 10:30pm Metal Britannia Documentary 12:00am Slipknot Unmasked: Knot Your Kind A profile of the American metal band. 1:00am Guitar, Drum and Bass 2:00am Showbands: How Ireland Learnt to Party The showband was a uniquely Irish phenomenon. 3:00am Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider's Guide to the Music Business 4:00am Queens of Soul

7:30am Cheers 8:20am King of Queens 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss Canada 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawnbrokers 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Truth About Your Gut 10:00pmGogglebox 11:00pmThe Last Leg 12:05amThe Big Narstie Show

Floogals Becca's Bunch Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Britain's Parking Hell 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Killer Contractor 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Secrets of the Royal Train 9:00pm The Yorkshire Steam Railway: All Aboard 10:00pmBritain by Barge 11:20pm The Royals: A Family in Crisis

7:00am Good Morning Britain 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:50pm ITV News London 2:00pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Bradley Walsh presents as four contestants pit their wits against ruthless quiz genius the Chaser. 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News Round-up of the main national and international news. 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Griff's Great Australian Adventure 10:00pmThe Station: Trouble On The Tracks

8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am Emmerdale 9:20am Coronation Street 9:50am Coronation Street 10:20am Superstore 10:45am Superstore 11:15am Dinner Date 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dinner Date 4:50pm Dress to Impress 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmRide Along 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pmRide Along 12:10am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:10am American Dad! 1:35am American Dad!

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am Man About the House 10:25am Man About the House 10:55am That's My Boy 11:25am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Lewis 11:00pmScott & Bailey 12:00am A Touch of Frost Frost has to try and put an end to a series of brutal attacks on senior citizens on his patch.

7:35am Quincy, M.E. 8:25am Kojak 9:20am The Saint 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Minder 12:30pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Sweeney 2:40pm Quincy, M.E. 3:40pm Kojak Kojak's attempts to convict a teenage murderer are thwarted by the judge in the juvenile court. 4:45pm The Saint 5:50pm Minder 6:55pm The Professionals 8:00pm Cycling: ParisNice Highlights 9:00pm Britain's Busiest Airport Heathrow 9:30pm Britain's Busiest Airport Heathrow 10:00pmHeartbreak Ridge 11:00pmFYI Daily 11:05pmHeartbreak Ridge

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Live European Tour Golf 11:00am Match Centre 12:00pmMatch Centre 12:30pmThe Players Championship Live 6:00pm The Players Championship Live Further coverage of the first day's play of the tournament, taking place at TPC Sawgrass. 12:00am Live NBA: The Warm Up A look ahead to tonight's fixtures. 1:00am Sky Sports News 1:30am Live: Welcome to the Weekend A look ahead to the Australian Grand Prix.

7:00am Good Morning Britain Morning magazine 10:00am Lorraine 11:00am This Morning 1:30pm ITV Lunchtime News A thorough round-up of this lunchtime's main national and international news. 1:50pm ITV News London 2:00pm ITV Racing Live 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm Vera 11:20pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:55pmITV News London

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am Emmerdale 9:20am Emmerdale 9:50am You've Been Framed! 10:20am Superstore 10:45am Superstore 11:15am Dinner Date 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Dinner Date 4:50pm Dress to Impress 5:50pm Take Me Out 7:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmThe Hangover 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pmThe Hangover 12:10am Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:25am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am Man About the House 10:25am Man About the House 10:55am That's My Boy 11:25am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm Scott & Bailey 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:20am A Touch of Frost

7:00am Goals of the 70s 7:10am Only When I Laugh 7:35am Quincy, M.E. 8:25am Kojak Kojak's attempts to convict a teenage murderer are thwarted by the judge in the juvenile court. 9:20am The Saint 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Minder 12:35pm The Professionals 1:35pm The Sweeney 2:45pm Quincy, M.E. 3:45pm Kojak 4:50pm The Saint 5:50pm Minder 7:00pm The Professionals 8:00pm Cycling: ParisNice Highlights 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pmFirefox 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Firefox 12:45am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite

7:45am My Icon The heavyweight boxer talks about his idol. 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Live Formula 1 9:00am Live European Tour Golf 11:00am Football Centre 12:00pm Football Centre 12:30pm The Players Championship Live Coverage of the second day's play of the tournament, taking place at TPC Sawgrass. 6:00pm The Players Championship Live 8:00pm Live EFL Fulham v Brentford (Kick-off 7.45pm). 11:00pm The Players Championship Live 12:00am Live NBA: The Warm Up

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Striking a chord Dear Leapy Lee, Thank you for saying what we think, every week. This week’s article struck a chord. A while back, I contacted the Race and Equality Board or whatever they now call themselves? It seemed a trivial subject, but I wanted to prove a point, especially as my taxes are going towards all these Anti-White organisations. I told them that I was offended by the Meerkats adverts on the TV. I pointed out that even though they were puppets, they were given human voices. As the Meerkat is native to the Kalahari Desert, which is in the south of Africa, I asked why they all had Russian accents? The silly little girl ‘working’ for this government office, wanted to know what made me think they were Russian? I replied that names like Alexander, Sergei, Oleg etc and the using of Rubles were a bit of a giveaway. She wanted to then know why I was offended? I said that I descended from Grandparents that had fled the Russian Revolution and that these ad-

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Mother & Daughter ‘Bit and Scratched’ Pilot in Cockpit after Row with Cabin Crew Remove passports. No fly list, lifetime flight ban. Two years in prison. Airline to recover costs. Pas­ sengers take them to court for compensation. Too harsh? Trev Vennard

Spain Risks Recession as Covid-19 spreads around Europe Have been indicators for about a year now. Trade war US vs China. Conflict in the bay of Arden could both pressure a recession through. Spain on top had political problems which made peo­ ple wonder on the home sales. Andalucia then freed 300,000 homes so they could be sold. On

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Ryanair launch rescue fares for Flybe customers starting from £19.99 as easyJet offer Free Flights home for Flybe Staff #Ryanair and others should be congratulated for this move (rather than criticised) however a better move may be to plug the gap permanently on some of the gaps left by FlyBe, Thomas Cook. Monarch etc. Without route competition, prices will go up and consumers will lose out. Gordon Hulme

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00amSaturday Kitchen Live 12:30pmNadiya's Family Favourites 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather The latest weather information. 2:15pm Live Six Nations Rugby Union 3:00pm Live Six Nations Rugby Union 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm BBC News 6:25pm BBC London News 6:30pm Weather 6:35pm Celebrity Mastermind 7:05pmPointless Celebrities 7:55pm Catchpoint 8:25pm Live Six Nations Rugby Union 11:00pmBBC News 11:15pmWeather 11:20pmMatch of the Day 12:45amEscape From Alcatraz 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:40am The Dog Ate My Homework 8:10am The Dengineers 8:40am Blue Peter 9:30am Deadly 60 10:00am The Secrets of Your Food 11:00am Nightmare Pets SOS 11:30am Nightmare Pets SOS 12:00pm Spy in the Snow 1:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 2:00pm Hugh's Wild West 3:00pm The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 4:00pm Into the Woods: Stage to Screen 6:00pm Flog It! 7:00pm Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World 8:00pm Wild Cuba: A Caribbean Journey 9:00pm Great American Railroad Journeys 10:00pm Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 11:55pmThe Place Beyond the Pines 2:10am The Goob

8:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 9:00pm South Pacific 10:00pmHidden 11:00pmClive James: Postcard from Bombay Clive visits the bustling Indian city, now known as Mumbai. 11:50pmLost Sitcoms A remake of the episode A Woman's Place is in the Home, originally broadcast in 1967. 12:15am Saturday Night Fever - The Ultimate Disco Movie 1:25am Top of the Pops: 1989 1:55am Top of the Pops: 1989 2:25am Slipknot Unmasked: Knot Your Kind 3:25am Rick Stein's Long Weekends

7:00am Mike & Molly 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:40am The Big Bang Theory 10:00am The Simpsons 1:00pm Formula 1 2:30pm A Place in the Sun 3:00pm The Dog House 4:00pm Four in a Bed 4:30pm Four in a Bed 5:00pm Four in a Bed 5:35pm Four in a Bed 6:05pm Four in a Bed The B&B owners meet to find out what they have been paid and settle some scores. 6:35pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 7:30pm Channel 4 News Including sport and weather. 8:00pm Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed 9:00pm Queen Victoria's Last Love: Abdul Karim 10:00pmA Quiet Place 11:45pmTrue Lies 2:20am The Last Leg

10:05am Pirata & Capitano 10:15am Floogals 10:25am Digby Dragon 10:40am Shimmer and Shine 10:50am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:05am The Loud House 11:15am Access 11:30amWWE SmackDown Highlights 12:25pmFriends 3:20pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 6:10pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 7:10pm 5 News Update 7:15pm Greatest Celebrity WindUps Ever! 8:00pm Cruising with Jane McDonald: Down Under 9:30pm When Double Acts Fall Out 11:00pmThe Two Ronnies: The Unseen Sketches

11:00am Sunday Politics London 11:30am The Big Questions 12:30pmWanted Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Garden Rescue 3:20pm Ready, Steady, Cook 4:05pm First Flight 4:15pm Trolls 5:35pm Sport Relief 2020 6:35pm Blue Planet II 7:35pm BBC News 7:50pm BBC London News; Weather 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pmBBC News 11:20pmBBC London News; Weather 11:25pmWeather 11:30pmMatch of the Day 2 12:30am The Heat Is On: Sport Relief

8:45am The A to Z of TV Cooking 9:30am Countryfile 10:30am Beechgrove Repotted 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 1:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 2:15pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 3:00pm The Cruel Sea 5:00pm Flog It! 5:45pm Wild Ireland: The Edge of the World 6:45pm Back in Time for... 7:50pm Top Gear 9:00pm Race Across the World 10:00pm Dragons' Den 11:00pm Trigonometry 11:45pm Trigonometry 12:30am Women's Six Nations Highlights 1:00am Flying Blind 2:30am Coronavirus: Everything You Need to Know

8:00pm Natural World The Wyoming Wetlands Society is a non-profit organisation that relocates beavers that have been damaging expensive landscaped areas and flooding yards and roads with their dambuilding activities in Teton County. 9:00pm Cake Bakers and Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI 10:00pm The Royal Ballet: Mayerling 12:15am Darcey's Ballet Heroes 1:15am Ballet's Dark Knight - Sir Kenneth Macmillan 2:15am Mary Magdalene

6:15am A Place in the Sun 6:40am Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free 6:55am King of Queens 7:20am King of Queens 7:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am The Big Bang Theory 9:00am The Big Bang Theory 9:25am Jamie's MeatFree Meals 9:55am Jamie's MeatFree Meals 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:35pm The Simpsons 2:10pm The Simpsons 2:40pm The Simpsons 3:10pm Formula 1 5:40pm Ice Age: Collision Course 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm Homeland 11:05pm Gogglebox 12:00am Before We Die 1:20am Charlotte Gray

10:50am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:00am The Loud House 11:10am Access 11:15am WWE Raw Highlights 12:15pm Friends 12:45pm Friends 1:20pm A Marriage Made For Murder: Hailey Dean Mysteries 3:05pm Death On Duty: Hailey Dean Mysteries 4:45pm Pride & Prejudice 5:50pm 5 News Update 5:55pm Pride & Prejudice 7:05pm Inside... 7:55pm 5 News Update 8:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 9:00pm Inside... 10:00pm Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday 11:00pm The World's Most Expensive Cruise Ship

8:35am Mighty Mike 8:50am Mr. Bean 9:10am Ben 10 9:30am Robozuna 10:05am Hotel Transylvania: Enter The Nose Picker/Hide & Shriek 10:25am ITV News 10:30amSaturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pmLiving on the Veg 1:35pm ITV News and Weather 1:44pm ITV London Weather 1:45pm Love Your Garden 2:45pm Midsomer Murders 4:35pm ITV News and Weather 4:50pm ITV News London 5:00pm Six Nations Live 8:00pmAnt and Dec's Saturday Night Take Away 9:30pmThe Voice UK 11:30pmITV News and Weather 11:44pmITV London Weather

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:55am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:40am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 10:35am Dress to Impress 11:35am Dress to Impress 12:35pm Catchphrase 1:40pm You've Been Framed! 3:15pm Uncle Buck 4:15pm FYI Daily 4:20pm Uncle Buck 5:10pm Minions 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm Minions 6:55pm Jurassic Park 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Jurassic Park 9:30pm Fast & Furious 8 10:30pm FYI Daily 10:35pmFast & Furious 8 12:10am Family Guy

7:00am That's My Boy 7:25am Midsomer Murders 11:05am Coronation Street Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street. 2:00pm Lewis A visiting American academic delivers a controversial speech, with many audience members worried his ideas could be used to target ethnic minorities. 4:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:00pm Midsomer Murders 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Midsomer Murders

8:30am Monster Carp 9:25am Giant Lobster Hunters 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Euro 2020 Preview Show 12:00pm The Professionals 1:00pm Minder 1:55pm River Monsters 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Rooster Cogburn 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Rooster Cogburn 7:10pm River Monsters 7:40pm World of Sport 8:00pm Cycling: ParisNice Highlights 9:00pm Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment 10:05pm FYI Daily 10:10pmPolice Academy 2: Their First Assignment 10:50pmNational Lampoon's Vacation 11:50pm FYI Daily 11:55pmNational Lampoon's Vacation

8:30am The F1 Show 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:30am Saturday Social Football show providing an insight into players' lives off the pitch. 11:30am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Live EFL 4:00pm The Players Championship Live Coverage of the third day's play of the tournament, taking place at TPC Sawgrass. 6:00pm Live Premier League Aston Villa v Chelsea (Kickoff 5.30pm). Coverage of the top-flight clash from Villa Park. 9:00pm The Players Championship Live 12:00am MLS Live

11:30am Living on the Veg 12:30pmGriff's Great Australian Adventure 1:00pm ITV News and Weather 1:04pm ITV London Weather 1:05pm The Voice UK 3:05pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Take Away 4:35pm Peter Pan 6:40pm Catchphrase 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The Good Karma Hospital 10:00pm Belgravia 11:00pmITV News and Weather 11:14pmITV London Weather 11:15pmJoanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti 12:15am Harry Redknapp's Sandbanks Summer

7:00am Teleshopping 8:00am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:50am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:35am Dress to Impress 10:35am Dress to Impress 11:45am Dress to Impress 12:45pm You've Been Framed! 1:20pm Step Up 3 2:25pm FYI Daily 2:30pm Step Up 3 3:30pm Fame 4:35pm FYI Daily 4:40pm Fame 5:40pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 6:45pm FYI Daily 6:50pm Dr. Seuss' the Lorax 7:25pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am American Dad!

7:00am That's My Boy 7:30am That's My Boy 8:00am Coronation Street 11:00am Emmerdale 1:55pm Midsomer Murders 3:55pm Midsomer Murders 5:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Midsomer Murders 9:00pm Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100 10:00pm Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 12:05am The Syndicate 1:25am Scott & Bailey 2:25am Scott & Bailey 3:20am The Halcyon 4:10am Emmerdale Long-running soap following the ups and downs of village life amid the rolling scenery of the Yorkshire Dales.

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am Football's Greatest: Johan Cruyff 7:15am Auto Mundial 7:35am The Car Chasers 8:20am The Motorbike Show 9:15am Minder 10:15am Minder 11:25am The Sweeney 12:35pm The Sweeney 1:40pm The Professionals 2:40pm Monster Carp 3:45pm Rooster Cogburn 4:50pm FYI Daily 4:55pm Rooster Cogburn 5:55pm Cahill, US Marshal 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Cahill, US Marshal 8:00pm Cycling: ParisNice Highlights 9:00pm The Incredible Hulk 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm The Incredible Hulk 11:10pm Blade: Trinity 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am Blade: Trinity 1:25am Giant Lobster Hunters 2:30am The Protectors

5:00am Live Grand Prix Sunday 6:05am Live Formula 1 The Australian Grand Prix (Start-time 5.10am). Coverage of the opening round of the season at Albert Park, Melbourne, as Lewis Hamilton begins his quest to retain his title. 8:00am Live Formula 1 9:00am Formula 1 11:15am Formula 1 11:45am Formula 1 12:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:30pm Live Scottish Premiership 3:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 5:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:00pm The Players Championship Live 11:00pm Live NBA: Oklahoma City @ Washington

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DATING GAVIN LAMBE-MURPHY AT midnight on New Year’s Eve, I found myself ver y much single. After months of realising that the relationship was over, the Eureka moment hit me. Having been asked to spend New Year’s Eve with one special person, only to have plans cancelled last minute, was all I needed to finally wake up. I’d listened to so many excuses and lies for too long. Myself and my ex, who is based in Italy, had drifted far apart. In fact, somehow I blame social media and such for allowing me to believe that the relationship still had a future, or even a present. The world we inhabit today means we spend much time living online, rather than the real world. Lines become blurred, and when situations are bad, we search for any sign of light, in the endless late night text messages. Sadly, it transpired, I was searching for light, he was searching for guys to sleep with. Over time, more important plans were cancelled, always with similar excuses and empty promises. I must admit that I was slow to accept things, and only when I caught him with one of his love interests, did it make me close the door. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t as simple as that. In fact, as 2020 began, I started to believe the hurt and sadness I was feeling would never stop. To make it worse, I left all avenues of communication between us wide open, so would ineveitably receive WhatsApp messages at 4am, telling me how much he missed me etc. Eventually he told that me that having met with many other guys, and ‘looked around’ at other options, he believes I am, the ‘best option’ for him, after all. At this point I decided perhaps it was time for me to look around too. One guy I spoke with at one of the dating apps, was very insistant about taking me to lunch. It’s just lunch, what’s the worst that could happen? Dressed and ready to go, I began to question myself. What was I doing? I was barely over my last situation and now I was head-

GAVIN: Decided it was perhaps time to look around too. ing into the unkown. Having learned of my exe’s constant infidelities, I clearly now have trust issues. At lunch, my date sure was handsome, in fact more so than online. Tanned, fit, and showing an in-your-face sort of wealth and confidence. This made me nervous, only soon to be followed by bored. After telling me about his fabulous life and boasting about his watch, car, travel plans and... Sorry, I can’t recall, I’d zoned out by this point. Within minutes, he was asking if I would like to see some properties he was selling on the far side of Marbella. Before I could answer, an iPad was produced, complete with a video demonstration for each. This was a sales pitch, and I was trapped. I smiled as I viewed property after property, each one a ‘great investment opportunity.’ Once I explained that I already had a wonder ful home, he made some stupid excuse about his sister needing his help. Before I knew what was going on, he had gathered his things and exited sharply. As I sipped the wine, I realised that he had invited me to a lunch I didn’t really want, and subsequently landed me with the bill. This was a first, but what can you do, but laugh. And order more wine.

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MONDAY - 16 MARCH 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out London 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather

3:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 4:00pm Red Rock 4:45pm The Great Interior Design Challenge 5:45pm The TV That Made Me 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Coastal Path 8:30pmMastermind 9:00pmOnly Connect 9:30pmUniversity Challenge 10:00pmMiss World 1970: Beauty Queens and Bedlam

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 9:00pm Dynasties 10:00pmAge of the Image 11:00pmEngland's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey 12:00am Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 1:00am The Making of King Arthur 2:00am The Secret Life of Books

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pmFood Unwrapped 10:00pm24 Hours in A&E 11:00pmOn the Edge 11:30pmOn the Edge 12:00amOn the Edge

3:15pm The Daughter Stalker 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Premiership Rugby Cup Highlights 8:30pm When Demolitions Go Wrong 9:00pmPolice Interceptors 10:00pmKing Donald: Henry VIII and Trump 11:00pmNeighbours 11:35pmSoap's Most Controversial Storylines Ever!

3:15pm Five Bedrooms 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pmMoney for Nothing 5:30pmReady, Steady, Cook 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pmHolby City 10:00pmThe Split 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather

3:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 4:00pm Red Rock 4:45pm The Great Interior Design Challenge 5:45pm The TV That Made Me 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Race Across the World 9:00pm Back in Time for... 10:00pmCops Like Us 11:00pmBetter Things 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Gareth Edwards' Great Welsh Adventure 9:00pmDigging for Britain 9:30pm The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak 10:00pmIan Hislop's Olden Days - The Power of the Past in Britain 11:00pmLost Sitcoms 11:30pmTime Shift 12:30am TOTP2 1:15am James Galway at the BBC 2:15am The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm A New Life in the Sun: Where Are They Now? 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pmThe Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer 10:15pmFive Guys a Week 11:15pmThe Windsors 11:45pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

12:15pmNightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Britain's Parking Hell 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pmForbidden Secrets 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pmWild Britain 9:00pmThe Yorkshire Vet 10:00pmPenance 11:00pmNeighbours

7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm St Davids Britain's Smallest City 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Liar 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London

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11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Endeavour 11:00pmScott & Bailey

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6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Dr Ranj: On Call 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Joanna Lumley's Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London

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11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders

9:25am Kojak 10:25am Minder 11:35am The Professionals 12:40pmThe Sweeney 1:45pm Snooker: Tour Championship Live 5:30pm Giant Lobster Hunters 6:35pm River Monsters 7:35pm Snooker v Darts 7:45pm Snooker: Tour Championship Live 11:30pmWorld Rally Championship Highlights

11:00am Football Centre 12:00pmFootball Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 The latest sports news and updates. 8:00pm Live EFL 11:15pmThe Debate 12:15am Sky Sports News

7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:55am Heartbeat 9:55am Man About the House 11:00am That's My Boy 11:30am A Touch of Frost 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pmScott & Bailey 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:20am A Touch of Frost 4:10am ITV3 Nightscreen

4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World Cup Rivalries 7:20am The Chase 8:20am Quincy, M.E. 9:25am Kojak 10:25am Minder 11:35am The Professionals 12:40pmThe Sweeney 1:45pm Snooker: Tour Championship Live 5:30pm Minder 6:35pm The Professionals 7:45pm Snooker: Tour Championship Live 11:15pm Heartbreak Ridge 12:15am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news. 12:20am Heartbreak Ridge 1:55am The Sweeney 3:00am The Americans 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

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Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pmFamily Guy 10:30pm American Dad! 11:00pm The Stand Up Sketch Show 11:30pmFamily Guy 12:00am Family Guy

The Saint Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm Giant Lobster Hunters Skipper Squizzy is fatigued after working around the clock to fill a new 200kg order. 11:00pm Pale Rider 12:05am FYI Daily

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8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm Handmade on the Silk Road 9:00pm The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts 10:00pmSteve McQueen: Le Mans and The Man 11:35pmHunt v Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals 12:25am Sir Chris Hoy: From Velodrome to Le Mans 1:25am Sword, Musket & Machine Gun: Britain's Armed History 2:25am Virago: Changing the World One Page at a Time

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COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, HOW IT HELPS YOU?

DIONE LOCKYER COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY (also known as CBT) is a type of psychotherapy intervention that aims to improve mental health. Based on the CBT triangle of thoughts, feelings and behaviours, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on challenging and changing distortions that are led to believe to be causing problems and then to reevaluate them in the light of reality. It can be used for a range of problems such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, drug and alcohol abuse, relationship concerns and many mental health illnesses. With extensive research Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is proven to lead to significant improvement in both functioning and quality of life! S o , h o w c a n i t h e l p y o u ? We a l l want to be happy in life don't we? The definition of happiness differs from person to person but happiness is something that is universally pursued. Most people fixate happiness with physical aspects of their life for example or changes in their current situation such as, I will be happy when if I am slimmer, I will be happy with more money, I will be happy in a different job. Do these statements ring true to any of you? This may surprise you but richer people are not always happier, slimmer people are not always happier and neither are those who have more money. In fact, physical and material objects have no impact on how happy it makes an individual. So what is the difference? It all comes down to perspective or thoughts in our own situations! There is an over used expression that is used yet is extremely important and actually gets to the heart of CBT. Is your glass half full or half empty? This is the difference between happy and unhappy people. The glass of water is seen as the person’s situation or their life’s circumstances. We tend to think that by filling the

glass with materialistic objects such as a new job, a new house or more money will sufficiently fill the glass but physical objects actually have no impact at all. It is all about the thoughts, feelings and behaviours you have. Here is an example by Dr Michael Sinclair to give you a full understanding of how this works. Two friends, Emma and Sarah both have job interviews on the same day. Emma is feeling very nervous and can feel her heart in her throat. In contrast Sarah whilst slightly nervous, is actually a little excited. Although she is aware of the unusual feeling in her chest, she refers to it as butterflies rather than the pounding of her heart. These two women are in identical situations but are experiencing very different physical and emotional reactions. This is down to one fundamental difference... THEIR PERSPECTIVE! Whether one is more qualified than the other is irrelevant, as is all of the external factors. It all comes down to how we view the situation. CBT refers to two core aspects of psychology; 1. Thinking Cognition refers to all of our thoughts, which include memories, images and words etc. Everything that goes through our heads fall into this category. 2. Action Behaviour refers to whatever we are doing with our body at any particular moment. Quite often, when people ask what we are doing, we respond with ‘nothing’. This is actually impossible! We are ALWAYS doing something, even sitting down staring out of the window is considered an action. Here is an exercise for all of my wonder ful readers. Sit in a quiet comfortable place with no distractions. Answer the following questions without too much thought. 1. How would you like to feel? 2. What do you like best about yourself? 3. What changes are you willing to make? 4. How do you feel physically? 5. How do you feel emotionally? 6. How do you behave? 7. Can you see the connection between the last three questions?

By answering these questions openly and honestly, you can retrain your thoughts which will then have a completely different impact on your feelings and behaviours. If you would like to learn more about your answers or information regarding CBT, please email me at coachingwithdione@gmail.com.

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Replacing a lost or expired British passport from Spain WITH Brexit just around the cor ner, if you have less than six months life left on your passport it would be a good i d e a t o re n e w s o o n e r r a t h e r than later. Quite often when different official forms are digitalised, it becomes more rather than less confusing and you need to have a degree in programming in order to proceed. For once however, the British government has made things much easier and far less complicated in applying for a replacement passport if yours has been lost or is about to expire. No longer do you need to supply lots of forms including birth certificates and to have a photograph physically signed on the back by someone who knows you and it really is now quite easy if you have access to a computer. Very simply visit https://www.gov. uk/overseas-passports and you’re taken through the whole process step by step and the only drawback is that there isn’t a single page detailing everything including costs as you have to go through a page at a time. There is however a passports link which does give quite a lot of information on the website, but not everything. Even if you have lost or had your passport stolen, you are not precluded for applying online for a replacement, but you have to declare it lost in advance also online. As a real bonus you can now use digital photograph and there are quite explicit rules about what is acceptable as you navigate the website and whilst it may take a couple of attempts, provided you remove any glasses and stand in front of a

white background, a selfie taken with a phone will probably work ok. If you are not happy using a phone camera, then most towns have at least one print shop where they can photograph you and give you a digital image on a memory stick or card. As you progress through the procedure you will be best served by having access to details of your previous passport, but it isn’t actually essential and the site does report back to a human in the UK who can check. When you post your photograph, you will be asked to give details (including email address) of a person of standing who can confirm that they know you and that the photograph is of you. The whole process can take up to six weeks from start to finish and this will include delivery via courier to your address in Spain and you have to pay with a debit or credit card for the cost of the passport (depends upon number of pages) and courier fee at the time of submitting the application online. You will be sent a special code which will allow you to track your passport through all of its stages. In the event that you have lost your passport and need a temporary replacement, that can also be done online. It is more expensive than a normal passport, is usually good for one round trip only and will normally be issued by the British Consulate in Malaga. For those without computers, it is still possible to apply through the post and there are even different shops with English-speaking staff scattered around Spain where for a fee they will help you complete the forms and send them off for you.

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Across 1 No crop is damaged by this arachnid (8) 4 Dry air circulating over Delta (4) 8 Thomas points to the big books (5) 10 Valiant sort of European (7) 11 Model to lightly hit seabird (7) 12 Letters at the beginning of each fairway (4) 14 Continue returning the addict to me (6) 16 Anchor designed for Greek ferryman (6) 19 Calm seas have something for the needy (4) 21 Address the French version of truce (7) 24 Track not kept in a good state of repair (3,4) 25 It's open and it's in Andover, Terry! (5) 26 It smells when my boy returns at this point (4) 27 The dreadfully drab cook goes to the rear entrance (8) Down 1 Put aside a pet rat's bananas (3,5) 2 Former Eastern adhesive (5) 3 Outcome of one-nil available over the internet (6) 5 Rubbish emptied in English river (5) 6 Depression in olden times (4) 7 To do some sewing can be a pain (6)

9 Friends forming teams (5) 13 Some dances to rejuvenate forerunner (8) 15 Ma's baby's bed is a charm (6) 17 Rogue tuned red (5)

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18 Composer making connection in Georgia (6) 20 Labour leader ends loans (5) 22 Criminal's staff (5) 23 Bird that's new coming up over river (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents Z and 17 represents V, so fill in Z every time the figure 11 appears and V every time the figure 17 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 Utter a sudden loud cry (6) 4 Rain gently (4) 8 Not used up (9) 9 And nothing more (4) 10 Wreckage (6) 13 Black eye (6) 15 Woodwind instrument (4) 18 Person's child or children (9) 19 Fixed (4) 20 Being very thin (6)

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Across 1 Béisbol (8) 4 Juego (4) 8 Spider (5) 10 Vultures (7) 11 Glass (7) 12 Asiento (4) 14 Enormous (6) 16 Bocas (6) 19 Crane (machine) (4) 21 Scanner (7) 24 Anchovies (7) 25 Corto (longitud, distancia) (5) 26 To plough (4) 27 To pull up (8)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Down 1 Seafarers (7) 2 Countryfied (5) 3 Money or goods contributed to the poor (4) 5 Earlier in time (5) 6 Earlier in time (3) 7 Small, cat-like animal (5) 11 State definitely (7) 12 Entice (5) 14 Reason by deduction (5) 16 Originate (5) 17/18 Commence officially (4,3)

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

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FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You realise this week how liberating it is to share your thoughts and feelings with someone close. It is not always easy to do this, until you realise everyone has them. Some hopes and dreams are more attainable than others, of course, and someone has to find out which are which.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Reading the small print or being sure what is offered in a personal encounter is most important this week. Leave nothing to chance or you could be out of pocket.

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

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Time is precious this week because you are in demand. A chance lost in the past presents itself again but won’t be too easy. Holding back just a little makes you more desirable. A want to travel could be cramped by financial considerations. If making extra money is too difficult, consider sharing something of value with someone else.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) After a relaxed weekend, it might prove difficult to take up the reins of work again. However, midweek sees you trotting along happily and minding your own business when someone stops you in your tracks. When a challenge is issued, your natural stubbornness comes to the fore.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) With a mind as sharp as a needle, you spin through the week, weaving your own charming spell. A bit of extra confidence works wonders for your mood. Something that you read sets you thinking about doing some writing or creating something artistic, perhaps even a musical.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Although energy is not high, there is the need to have some kind of challenge. With the brain active, it is an ideal time to plot and plan your next moves. Maybe something that has been delayed might now be advanced. You find it hard to choose between opportunities.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The imagination stirs and the heart races at a suggestion this week. Your

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Being over-generous with cash midweek could see you making a poor move. Perhaps someone needs to be more hardworking or perhaps less of a spendthrift. Propping up a bad habit would be doing them no favours.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A suggestion made by you recently did not seem to be taken seriously. This week, however, negotiations could be opened. Circumstances change and it may seem someone gave up too early. Bide your time and even hold your tongue when someone in a strong position spouts rubbish.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Confidence in a close relationship should be maintained. Possibly someone who envies your position would like to see discord. A matter of spiritual or religious faith is questioned, but the answer comes more clearly and sharply than you would have thought.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) An investment made recently is built upon and brings peace of mind. Finances do need consideration but more in the long than the short-term. Much is happening in the background that does not require your attention but, all the same, be aware.

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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 M) 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: 7 Good: 10 Very good: 15 Excellent: 19 LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aeon amen ante anti elan enol etna into lain lane lean lent lien limn line lino lint lion loan loin lone loon main mane mean mien mine mint moan mono mont moon nail name neat noil note omen onto tine tone toon alien aline alone ament amine amino amnio anile anime anole atone inlet leant leman lemon lento limen matin meant melon monte oaten talon tinea tonal anomie entail inmate lament loonie lotion mantel mantle melton menial mental molten motion oilman oilmen toonie ailment aliment amniote elation emotion moonlit telamon toenail motional EMOTIONAL

QUICK Across: 1 Scarab, 4 Hunt, 8 Buttercup, 9 Trek, 10 Assess, 13 Rascal, 15 Fear, 18 Overdraft, 19 Film, 20 Always.

Down: LA PRIMITIVA

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) An emotional cut-off from the past is not as bad as anticipated. Indeed, it confirms in your mind who you are and what your place in the world is. Inherited traits knit easily with your present life and bring contentment.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

1 Scatter, 2 Amble, 3 Alto, 5 Uncle, 6/18 Tip off, 7 Cease, 11 Surpass, 12 Handy, 14 Smell, 16 Extra, 17 Hail.

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Plus, 4 Charter, 9 Embrace, 10 Cross, 11 Germs, 12 Shatter, 13 Snatch, 15 Scrape, 18 Romance, 20 Locks, 22 Pence, 23 Spatial, 24 Swollen, 25 Anna.

Down: 2 Liberia, 3 Slaps, 4 Crease, 5 Archaic, 6 Trout, 7 Reserve, 8 Berg, 13 Stripes, 14 Congeal, 16 Auction, 17 Lets in, 19 Mango, 20 Lhasa, 21 Sale.

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Across: 1 Prosper, 5 Tocar, 8 Under, 9 Mirrors, 10 Bonfire, 11 Acera, 12 Cajón, 14 Mayor, 19 Heads, 21 Caravan, 23 Runners, 24 Amuse, 25 Enter, 26 Release.

1 Prueba, 2 Orden, 3 Perdido, 4 Romper, 5 Tarta, 6 Close to, 7 Raspar, 13 Against, 15 Air mail, 16 Charge, 17 Acusar, 18 Sneeze, 20 Swear, 22 Viuda.

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NOW there’s no universally correct answer for ‘How often should I wash my hair?’ because ever y single scalp and hair type is unique. So even though you’ve probably heard that it’s best to wash your hair as infrequently as possible, that may not exactly be true. Your ultra-fine, grease-prone hair won’t follow the same rules as someone with combination curls because depending on your hair type, not washing your hair enough can cause dandruff, irritation and even hair loss. Also, washing too frequently can lead to stripped, straw-like hair and scalp inflammation. So, although it’ll still require some testing to figure out how often to wash your hair, here is a basic starting frequency for some hair types to help you wash your hair with less stress.

Fine hair shows grease and oil more than other hair types do. It may be tempting to shampoo every day, but you’ll just end up stripping your hair and potentially leading to even more oil. Instead, wash your hair every other day with a gentle, volumising formula and blast your roots with dry shampoo to curb day-two grease. Thick, dense hair follicles tend to disguise oil better than thinner hair, which means that if your hair isn’t very oily, try to wash it only once or twice a week. If you’re prone to buildup or itchiness, try a shampoo filled with the pore-clearing and inflammation-zapping tea tree oil to will your roots clean without feeling stripped. Waves and looser curls can get weighed

WASHING HAIR: Every single scalp and hair type is unique.

down by the butters and oils in curl-specific shampoos, especially if your hair is fine. To keep them voluminous and defined - without the straw-like dryness wash every other day or every two days (with a sulfate-free cleanser that’s formulated with lightweight moisturisers. When you damage your hair it roughs up the cuticles, leaving your strands dry, dull, and brittle. To help counteract the damage, try sulphate-free, coloursafe shampoo that uses plant-based proteins and lightweight oils to gently cleanse and hydrate. Then, once a week, douse your hair in a treatment that uses keratin to repair the broken bonds in your fried hair.

MS BIPOLAR UP AND DOWN WITH BALANCE UNEDITED “HAVE I gone mad?” Asked the mad hatter. “Sadly, I’m afraid so” said Alice... “You’re entirely bonkers, but shall I tell you a secret? “ALL the best people usually are.” Alice in Wonderland Personally speaking, laughter is really the best medicine, getting to laugh about something that is otherwise so hard to deal with in your own head is such a gift. It can be used as a healthy defence tactic to master an unpleasant situation... If you can laugh at the matter; you gain the power to control bipolar rather than let it control you, which automatically makes you feel better. Don’t get me wrong, a mental illness is not a joking matter but it can be a laughing matter. When we laugh, our brain is stimulated, we take ourselves less seriously and we are better equipped to overcome future challenges. Part of my recovery is lear ning to look back and laugh at past situations. There was this one time, I had gone for a routine check-up with my psychiatrist, and Dad was waiting outside in the car. I had been quiet all the

way there, appointments always made me very angsty and Drs running late would only make my anxiety worse! The Doctor called me in, I told her how I was feeling at the time, no alterations to my medication this time -wohooo!! I came out and got in the car, and Dad asked me “How did it go, still a fruit loop?” To w h i c h w e b o t h l a u g h e d a t all the way home. Being able to laugh at yourself can have such a positive effect on your mental health, knowing from experience it can make life a little easier and a little brighter. The only times I take offence at someone joking about mental illness, or generally anything, is when it’s disrespectful. Other than that, it’s healing and the best therapy. Laughing can tur n a negative experience into a positive one. It’s also contagious, so reach out and try and make someone laugh! I hate bipolar - it’s awesome! If you have any experiences you would like to share or questions you would like to ask feel free to email me. Love Ms Bipolar x

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Committed couple SPANISH actress and model, Elsa Pataky and her husband, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, have always been very environmentally conscious. So, it comes as no surprise that the couple feels very strongly about recent fires that ravaged the land where they live with their three children, Australia. The couple’s commitment to helping with the cause is so strong that they have donated almost a million euros to help different organisations. Such as the NSW Rural Fire Service, County Fire Service in South Australia and to the County Fire Authority in the State of Victoria. “We have a position that allows us to contribute to the fight for the environ-

ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS: The stars have made large donations to emergency services. ment and influence people so that each one contributes their grain of sand,” said the actress. “Never before have there been fires of such magnitude. The heat and drought, together with the fire, have left this country in a very vulnerable state,” she declared. “The money

we have donated will be used both for forest recovery and wildlife rescue, and will also contribute to the repair of roads and telecommunications infrastructure and to help people directly affected by fires,” she added. The Hollywood stars live in Byron Bay with their three children, India, seven, and the twins Tristan and Sacha, five. The children take great care of the environment and live in an authentic farm surrounded by animals. According to Elsa, it is completely normal for them to recycle correctly or dispense with plastics. "Living here has allowed us to lead a life very committed to the environment and for our children to grow up with those values."

Affleck hones Spanish skills RUMOUR has it that Hollywood superstar Ben Affleck is heading back to school to polish up on his Spanish after realising his 14-year-old daughter, Violet, has a better command of the language. The Batman star perfected his Spanish skills while living and working as a child actor in Mexico and has always taken pride in being able to help her with her homework - until recently. “She’s right at the point where I think she might be passing me,” he said during a recent TV appearance. “I was like, ‘Nope, this is not happening! I don’t mind that I can’t do your math homework... but you are not gonna be better at Spanish than me.’ “I’ve decided I’ve gotta take classes, I’ve gotta do something to keep up... she’s like, ‘That sounds ridiculous. You’re not using the perfect tense!’” However, Ben is beginning to realise that because he studied Spanish in Mexico, he struggles with the language when he visits Spain. “You go to Spain and they’re like, ‘No,

BATMAN STAR: Enjoy’s helping his daughter with homework. that’s not Spanish!’” the 47-year-old raged. “I’m like, ‘What are you talking about, that’s not Spanish?’ and they’re like, ‘I’ve never heard that word in my life... in Mexico, they don’t speak real Spanish!’” Another reason Affleck may be keen on swotting up on his Spanish could be his new girlfriend, Bond girl Ana De Armas, as the two seem to be inseparable since they recently finished filming the movie ‘Deep Water’ together in New Orleans. The pair have been spotted enjoying dinner and shopping in the actress’ native home of Cuba and confirmed their romance when they were seen sharing a passionate kiss before boarding a private jet off the island.

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Belgian beer stew I WAS doing some research into Belgian bar food (as you do!) and as well as the moulesfrites, I found a very appealing dish called Carbonnades Flamandes. It’s a slow cooked stew of large chunks of stewing beef braised in Belgian Trappist dark beer. After successfully getting the butcher to cut me some large chunks of stewing beef I had more trouble obtaining the Trappist beer. In the end I settled for Guinness. So my Belgian dish had now become a Belgian / Irish affair. Marinate the beef in the beer along with four crushed garlic cloves

APPEALING: A slow cooked beef stew using dark beer. and a couple of bay leaves for 24 hours. When ready to cook take the beef out of the marinade and pat dry

with some kitchen towel. Dust with some seasoned flour and brown in some olive oil in a deep pan. Remove the beef

and set to one side. Fry some lardons of pancetta in the same pan (add a little more oil if necessary) and then remove with a slotted spoon and put with the beef. Add chopped onion, carrots and leek. Soften for a few minutes then pour in the marinade through a sieve. Top up with about 300ml of beef stock. Stir in a couple of squeezes of tomato puree, some thyme and stir. Bring to a boil then turn down to a low simmer and leave for two or three hours. It’s done when the beef is completely tender. Scatter with fresh parsley. Enjoy.

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FRANKLY SPEAKING I’M a British national living in an urbanisation on the Costa del Sol, and like in many other areas around here, there are a few wild boars about. They plod around, mainly at night, and are quite docile. I will admit, however, I was terrified when I first saw them. But after talking to my neighbours, I learned not to be afraid. They are only looking for food, and certainly aren’t here to harm us. They aren’t carnivores, but the Junta has now given hunters authorisation to cull them. And they gave the job to archers, how lovely! People are horrified, not only for the animals, but they have big concerns for the safety of people and pets. What if one got hit? It has happened before. Most people agree that hunting shouldn’t happen on urbanisations, and a recent petition to save a tamed family has gained almost 5,000 signatures, so far. People say Spanish are

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cruel to animals. But, ironically, this is mainly the fault of the busy body expats in upmarket urbanisations. They’re the ones who’ve been moaning for months. Not because someone was hurt, but because their immaculate lawns get ruined. Aesthetics are clearly their priority. Or did they not realise the constant complaining would make authorities take drastic action?! For months, people have posted photos on social media with captions like ‘OMG someone is going to get hurt’ too. I’ve not heard of one person being attacked. But a man was shot dead by a stupid hunter only a few weeks ago.

He mistook him for a boar! As in most cases, humans end up being more dangerous than animals. Why can’t people work together as communities instead? They could take waste food from restaurants inland to tempt the animals back up. Instead it goes in the bin! Also, why can’t councils educate people? Give them practical advice? The boar only attack if they feel under attack. If people in Australia can live in har mony with their wildlife, why can’t we? We did move to their land after all. And we are the invaders, not them! But then, perhaps complaining is easier! We’re quick to criticise the Spanish when it comes to animal welfare. But we are part of the problem! Animals will now die a horrible slow death, all because people are too lazy to try and come up with a kind solution. The damage is done now though. Let’s just hope our kids don’t see the carnage.

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SPORT MARCEL SABITZER was at the double as a pair of Hugo Lloris errors condemned Tottenham to defeat at RB Leipzig and a Champions League exit. Tottenham’s hopes of repeating last season’s run to the Champions League final came to an end as RB Leipzig eased into the quarter-finals with a 3-0 secondleg win. Spurs could be considered fortunate to only lose 1-0 in the first leg in London after being outplayed by the Bundesliga title chasers and Jose Mourinho’s men were very much on the back foot again at Red Bull Arena. A comeback akin to Tot-

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tenham’s incredible turnaround in the semi-final against Ajax in Amsterdam last term was never on the cards, with captain Hugo Lloris enduring a nightmare evening as Leipzig skipper Marcel Sabitzer scored twice. Lloris made contact with each of Sabitzer’s efforts but failed to keep them out, Leipzig’s last-eight place booked in routine fashion as Spurs limped to a 4-0 aggregate defeat sealed by substitute Emil Forsberg’s late goal. Tottenham’s task became a more arduous one in the 10th minute as, after Timo Werner’s initial shot was blocked, the forward laid the ball off for Sabitzer, whose well-struck effort from the edge of the area proved too hot for Lloris to handle.

JOSE MOURINHO: Faces an uphill battle to contest next season’s Champions League. Werner had the ball in the net nine minutes later but his point-blank strike from Angelino’s left-wing cross was correctly ruled out for offside. However, Leipzig’s lead on the night was doubled soon after as Lloris was caught napping by Sabitzer. The France goalkeeper again got a touch, but was

unable to prevent Sabitzer sneaking his near-post header from Angelino’s delivery over the line. Peter Gulacsi got down to his right to deny Giovani Lo Celso a goal that would have given Spurs hope, and Lloris had to be similarly alert at the other end after Eric Dier’s clearance deflected off Patrik Schick and

towards goal. A low-key second half saw Leipzig reduced largely to efforts from long range, and though Julian Nagelsmann’s men were perhaps guilty of taking their foot off the gas, they never looked like being punished for it. There was one moment of concern for the home side, with Nordi Mukiele struck in the face with the ball, although he was able to sit up before being taken off on a stretcher. Dele Alli’s shot straight at Gulacsi was the best Spurs could muster, summing up Tottenham’s lack of goal threat without the injured Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, before Forsberg pounced to add late gloss with his first touch after an Angelino cross was not properly cleared.

Tottenham may have been without Kane and Son, but there was fallibility elsewhere on the pitch that was laid bare as Leipzig ran riot on the counter-attack. The hosts could have won by a greater margin and Tottenham now face an uphill battle to contest next season’s Champions League. They are seven points behind fourthplaced Chelsea with nine Premier League games to play. Leipzig signed Angelino on loan from Manchester City in January and that move is looking ever more astute. Angelino ran Serge Aurier ragged down the left and had a hand in two goals. Lloris has previously received criticism for making too many errors for a goalkeeper of his ability and reputation, and he can expect to come under scrutiny again after his mistakes allowed Sabitzer to put the tie beyond Tottenham.