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Benidorm unveils latest spy in the sky Photo credit: YouTube

HIGH PATROL: A drone’s eye view of Benidorm.

By Darren Parmenter LOCAL POLICE in Benidorm will shortly get more help thanks to a new drone that will operate in - or rather above - the municipality.

The law that currently controls the use of air space will need to be enhanced to permit their use, and they will be used in surveillance during the busy tourist season and at major events, such as the Low Festival and the Benidorm Half Marathon.

Benidorm was the first area in Spain to use such technology when it was trialled back in 2016 with

great success when monitoring the beaches. It also enabled the Local Police to discover a number of migrants as they attempted to land back in August of last year.

What makes the latest addition to the drone fleet special - this time at a cost of €40,000 compared to the €7,000 of the original piece of technology is that it will be able to operate at night.

This will increase the ability of the authorities to better coordinate the work of the emergency services not only in day-to-day policing but in dealing with any incident and

providing instant information of any unfolding scene.

There has been no formal start date announced for the new drone to come into operation but it’s hoped to up and running before the new summer season.

Her name is Lola... she is a life saver LOLA, the pet German shepherd dog, is the toast of one family in Javea after her prompt actions saved their lives.

The story was recounted in the Spanish media by Lola’s grateful owner Tania, aged 22, who was in her house with a 27year-old friend at the time a fire broke out in the property.

“Lola’s scratching at my bedroom door woke me up and when I went to open it, I saw that the room outside was full of black smoke,” said a relieved Tania. She has no doubt that her faithful friend saved them. “Without Lola’s alarm, the fire would’ve spread further and caused untold harm to us.”

Reports suggest that the fire broke out in the living room due to a fault with the television. This caused significant amounts of black, toxic smoke to generate and initially disturbed the hero dog that sleeps in the same room. When she woke up, she realised that her owners were in danger and began to scratch the door.

“It’s not uncommon for Lola to scratch at the door. Like most dogs, they love to be with their owners. Thankfully, she did it this morning and we’re so grateful that she did,” concluded Tania.

Local Police and the fire brigade were alerted and the flames were quickly extinguished, leaving blackened walls as the main consequence.

Issue 955

INSIDE THIS WEEK ...

APARTMENT STAYS OUTSTRIP HOTEL ROOM BOOKINGS

P3 SNOW REACHES THE ‘BENIDORM MOUNTAIN’

P8 CONTINUING FIGHT AGAINST CANCER

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Patient attacks hospital security guard Photo credit: Denia.com

by Darren Parmenter A MAN has been arrested for attempting to stab a security guard in a Denia hospital.

The incident happened just before 10pm when the man a Ukranian aged 33 - went to the Accident & Emergency Department of the Marina de Salud Hospital in Denia complaining of stomach pains.

After a thorough examination and some in-house treatment, he was considered well enough to be discharged. At being informed he was to be released, he immediately told the medical staff he wasn’t happy with the decision and became very nervous and agitated. He then ripped off all the pieces of monitoring equipment attached to his body and began to abuse and insult the medical staff in the treatment room.

Denia Police Station was called and when National Police officers arrived the pa-

Birds to get electric shock protection ACTION has been taken by the Valencian government to stop the killing of birds due to overhead high-voltage electric cables across the Marina Alta.

Some of the birds affected are in serious danger of extinction, and electric company Iberdrola has been asked to address the situation of around 32,000 metres distributed in several natural areas.

These include the Montgó-Cap de Sant Antoni in Denia and Javea, the Marjal Pego-Oliva natural park, the Penyasegats de la Marina and the Muntanyes de la Marina SPA. In September 2017, a rare and valuable osprey died after colliding with a high-voltage tower in Denia.

Hotel cleaners get extra protection AGGRESSIVE: Ukranian national detained after incident at Denia Hospital.

tient threatened to self-harm with a pair scissors he’d obtained. As one of the security guards tried to intervene to prevent the man hurting himself, it almost cost him his own life as the aggressive patient tried to plunge the

scissors into his neck.

However, quick action from another person present at the time stepped in and stopped the attacker from causing any further harm.

The National Police officers then arrested the Ukranian

and transferred him to the Denia Police Station where he was detained awaiting judicial proceedings.

It’s not known why the patient reacted in the way that he did when told he was to be discharged.

A TOTAL of €400,000 has been set aside to improve the conditions of hotel cleaners throughout the Valencian community. A percentage of the funds will be directed to help fight some of the often dangerous conditions experienced by cleaning staff that often pick up a number of diseases during the course of their work.

Of the investment, €300,000 is going towards supporting workers who suffer from the sometimes uncertain terms of employment in the tourism sector.

These new programmes will also help promote more diversity and open up opportunities in the area for disabled workers.

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Photo credit: Alemanito Wikimedia

Apartment stays outstrip hotel room bookings

by Mark Rogers IN what is being seen as a worrying trend for the hotel industry in Benidorm, latest figures show that there are more apartments available for rent than hotel rooms.

The numbers are particularly concerning for those that rely

on the mainly seasonal work that hotels have available.

In c re a se s i n the number of available tourist apartments in Benidorm have taken the total to 59,000, which is 30 per cent more than the hotel rooms under the remit of the Valencian Tourist Agency. Such data has explained why the official numbers of overall tourism to Spain

Students learn about pesticides TWENTY-FIVE students have started a course organised by the City Council of Alfas del Pi to obtain a professional qualification in the use and handling of garden pesticides.

The four-day course will go into great detail as to which products can be used, where and when and which are poisonous or generate gases. This accreditation is separate from the official qualifications that the students are working toward and much of this special course isn’t part of the usual syllabus.

fell by 6 per cent in 2017.

Numbers of visitors staying in apar tments g re w by 5.45 per cent last year with 2.8 million b o o k i n g s , a l m o s t a l l co m i n g from the British market.

Based on the returns for January 2018, it’s already being calculated by online travel comparison website Hundredrooms.com that this year will reach over

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EMERGING: Hotel workers in Benidorm fear rental consequences.

three million.

Since the tightening of regulations regarding ‘hidden’ holiday apartments came into force in Spain 2015, an ex tra 32,335 have emerged; on the Costa

Blanca the number of regulated apar tments has gone from 25,494 to 34,764. In July and August last year, an extra 1,396 were registered in the Alicante Province alone.

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Correos agree to continue delivery nificant number of people and have therefore acted on their concerns.

The urbanisations affected are Corralets, La Merced, El Sol, Ortenbach, Vallesa, Buenavista, Costeres, Los Pinos, Caleta, Bassetes, Pinamar, Carrio, Carrio Alto, Cometa III, Gran Sol and Empedrola.

Councillor Hilde Backaert recently held a meeting with the director of Correos responsible for the area, Blas Angel Barbadillo, and came to the agreement for the postponement of the cut in service until later in the year.

Photo credit: Wikimedia

CALPE Council has stepped in to ensure that its inhabitants continue to receive their post.

Sixteen urbanisations throughout the municipality were going to suffer disruption to their delivery service when the Correos service informed residents that because of a lack of properties in certain areas that doesn’t make their service viable, locals would have to collect their mail from a central point in Calpe.

Now the council has intervened, the cuts in deliveries that were originally due to come into operation earlier this week have been averted until September.

Between now and then, the council will be installing multihome post boxes on the outlying locations that will guarantee distribution of mail in the future.

Whilst accepting that receiving post should be a matter for the individual, they have equally accepted that the Correos decision would have affected a sig-

British man accused of abusing nieces and nephews arrested in Calpe

AGREEMENT: Correos service won’t now be stopped until September.

by Darren Parmenter NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a British man on the run from the UK. The fugitive, aged 71, is accused of carrying out a sexual assault on four young members of his family back in the 1980s when they were aged seven, 12, 13 and 15. The alleged offences took place in the man’s home when they were staying with him during the school holidays over a number of years.

The arrest took place in Calpe earlier this week after intelligence suggested he was staying in the area, and followed the issuing of a European Arrest Warrant submitted through the authorities in Madrid.

Prosecuting authorities in the UK are looking for a prison sentence of up to 25 years for the man’s crimes.

According to reports, the four children underwent various courses of treatment for some years after the alleged incidents due to the psychological traumas suffered as a result of the abuse.

The man has been identified as Dennis Batty.

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TO coincide with the number of carnival celebrations over the next week and beginning today, Friday, a special deal has been agreed on the mobility of taxi services in and around Pego.

Drivers with a valid licence based in Pego will be given preferences in the agreement but taxis will be able to

operate to and from La Safor, Favara, Oliva, Gandia, Benissa, Calpe, Denia, Gata de Gorgos, Xalo, Javea, Orba, Ondara, Parcent, Pedreguer, Els Poblets, Teulada, Benitachell and El Verger without any penalties until the end of the festivities on February 18, which are expected to attract large numbers of visitors.

Those in need get annual water bill help Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de La Nucia

Fair’s fare

by Dave Bennett DEPENDING on the level of income received, residents of La Nucia will be elig ible for a subsidy on their 2017 water bills.

The City Council has announced the initiative which will affect 202 families living in the municipality and includes the most d i s a d va n t a g e d .

They are those with large families, people over 65, and the unemployed.

The policy has cost the La Nucia Council €27,225 w h i c h i s € 5 , 0 0 0 m o re t h a n t h e p re v i o u s ye a r ; it’s the fifth year that the w ate r s u b s i d y h a s b e e n paid.

M ayo r o f L a N u c i a Bernabé Cano said: “ The objective of the water rate subsidy is to benefit the people of the municipality

HELP: La Nucia mayor Bernabé Cano (left) announces 2017 subsidies.

with the least ability to p ay. We w i l l co n t i n u e w i t h t h i s h e l p fo r 2 0 1 8 too.”

The highest amount of ava i l a b l e s u b s i d y w a s €150 which was awarded

to 161 families in the municipal. The remaining 41 households received €75.

L a Nuci a C ity Council also took this opportunity to emphasise that 100 per ce n t o f t h e i n co m e re -

ce i ve d f ro m t h e w ate r rates is used to cover the co s t s o f t h e w ate r a n d sewerage service and not a single cent is diverted to any other areas of spending.

Short shelter COLLABORATION between the Local Police and the Javea Red Cross has enabled the installation of a temporary shelter containing 10 beds. It will be located in the Portal del Clot to take in homeless people and those living without the basic amenities.

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Chilean firefighters benefit from Alicante donation Phot by Catalina Bustos

by Darren Parmenter FIREFIGHTERS in Chile are taking a piece of Alicante with them when they are called to an incident.

Uniforms once worn by their counterparts throughout the province of Alicante - made up of jackets, trousers, helmets and boots - are being used by Chilean firefighters.

Thanks to an agreement drawn up with ‘Firefighters Without Borders’, protective suits that have exceeded their period of official use in Alicante have been delivered in near perfect condition to colleagues in other countries where they are very well received.

PROTECTED: Chilean firefighters in action.

Those that donated in Alicante have recently received thanks from their fellow officers based in the Talca area of Chile, where 38 complete

sets of head-to-toe protective equipment were sent.

It is understood that strict regulations in Europe prevent such pieces of kit being

used beyond a certain time before it needs replacing; but in essence they are still in good condition.

In countries like Chile, where the equipment is of inferior quality, being able to use advanced clothing from Spain - even though it’s second hand - is a bonus and enables them to attend incidents that they may not have been fully protected for previously.

The 38 suits getting the new lease of life have been despatched to the first company of volunteer firefighters of Lolol. They are made up of 55 people serving 70,000 residents, with much of their time in the summer months spent fighting forest fires.

No yoke! A piece of farm history thrown out AN ancient piece of farming equipment has been found in a rubbish bin in Benissa.

This part of agricultural heritage - a

plough yoke - appears to have been discarded in a garage for some time and the owner decided to throw it out; even a passing scrap dealer failed to pick it up.

The wooden and metal plough yoke contained the chains and straps that helped pull cattle through fields in the days before machinery took their places.

Photo by Twitter @ProyectoMastral

MOUNTAIN VIEWS: The snowy Sierra Aitana and the Puig Campana taken from Torrevieja.

Snow reaches the ‘Benidorm Mountain’

by Carol Palmer WITH much of Spain suffering some of the heaviest snowfalls to hit the country for some time, the bad weather conditions have also affected some parts closer to home.

The ‘Benidorm Mountain’ - the Puig Campana to give its real name - had more than a dusting atop when people looked up at the iconic rock that dominates the skyline on Sunday morning.

Daytime temperatures throughout the province of Alicante ranged between 13ºC and 5ºC throughout most of Sunday, but the cold weather conditions took their toll in many inland areas.

They also caused hold-ups to a number of trains that enter Alicante, with the usual afternoon Alvia service from Santander arriving 45 minutes late, due to a build up of delays along the route, caused by heavy snow.

Trains arriving in Alicante from Barcelona were only around 10 to 15 minutes late.

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Popular post on Facebook this week reaching 2,000 people with 15 reactions and comments.

“Murcia launches urgent blood donation appeal” Teresa Howard I have had blood transfusions here but unable to donate, you have to have lived in the UK after 1996 to donate!! So as a family of six living here for 17 years only one able to donate and she was born here and therefore too young!!

Photo credit: Twitter @LaMarinaAlta

HAVE YOUR SAY

Council to provide free sport transport

by Rob Murray BENIDORM Council has decided to spend €250,000 on providing free transport for local sports clubs.

The service will be available to take competitors to fixtures that are outside the municipality and have been put out to tender. Until now, the council itself has been giving direct grants to clubs that have applied for them, but they have been spiralling out of control and the decision was taken to outsource the service to save money.

The new system, once implemented, will enable different clubs to use the same buses to travel to the same town or city rather than request a number of separate vehicles at different times. The contract will initially last for one year and supposes that there will be no proposal in the bid documents received for an extension. Companies wishing to take on the bus service must present their proposals which will then be evaluated by the council.

NOT FARE: Replacement TRAM bus service attracts dodgers.

Taking the bus for a ride

MADNESS!!

Geoff Lloyd The Spanish authorities won't allow most Brits to donate blood, because of the risk of BSC (Mad cow disease). How silly is that?

THE replacement bus service on the TRAM service between Calpe and Denia has been used for free by a number of passengers.

Since the summer of 2016, the TRAM service on that stretch of the route has been closed for a programme of renovation.

The problem which has been highlighted is a combination of no personnel available to collect fares at the stations and no ticket

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machines, making it impossible for anyone to pay to use the service.

The only people that pay are those travelling from Denia or Calpe... it’s those that board the replacement buses at the intermediate stops of La Xara, Gata, Teulada and Benissa that almost never buy a ticket.

Over the course of a week, that can account for dozens of unpaid fares.

Due to the reduction of

money taken because of the fare dodgers - intentional or otherwise - the passenger numbers for Line 9 of the TR AM ser vice registered the worst results in their history in 2017 with just 424,000 users.

Those that don’t pay are not registered in the statistics, although it’s also understood the bus service on offer has contributed to less people on the route due to its unreliability.

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Continuing fight against cancer

ANNUAL EVENT: Some of those helping to raise the funds on the day.

LAST Saturday Maria and the Pink Ladies and Panthers staged their annual event to celebrate World Cancer Day at Zenia Boulevard in Orihuela for the fourth consecutive year.

Zenia Boulevard management donated over 500 cactus plants for Maria and her group of fundraisers to hand out to members of the public for a small donation.

Although a little chilly the sun shone down on the event. Once again local artists donated their time free of charge to assist the AECC (Spanish Association Against Cancer) in their fight against cancer.

Johnny Lea aided by Ricky Neil fronted the

whole day and No Limits, Rianaha O’Conner, Johnny Zeller, Samantha Curtis, Sinead Hansard, Nikki G, David John Williams, Cindy Fitzpatrick and The Crazy Ladies, performed a selection of popular tunes to entertain the public.

A minute’s silence was observed to remember those who had lost their fight to this heinous disease.

The event raised almost €1,400 on the day which brings the total raised by Maria and the Pink Ladies and Panthers since 2010 to almost €370,000 to help in the fight against cancer.

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Residents debate car park plans Photo credit: Conrad Moeller Wikimedia

by Rob Murray ALTEA’S plan to remove the beach front car park is continuing to prove controversial among local people.

More than 100 residents attended a public meeting hosted by the city council to discuss the renovation plans for the popular coastal resort.

It’s the abolition of the car park as part of the second phase of building works Altea wants to carry out that caused most concern at the meeting held at the Casa de Cultura. It’s not just the local people up in arms at the plans: a number of hotel owners and business owners who have their establishments along the affected promenade have expressed their own dissatisfaction.

Councillor Imma Orozco acknowledged at the meeting that the decision to move the parking spaces was “a sensitive issue.”

SENSITIVE: Altea residents ask for last minute change of heart.

However, to help the environment and prevent further erosion of this part of the coast, there are plans to build an underground car park in Calle San Pedro.

A number of local residents present at the meeting demonstrated their opposition to the scheme and

asked for the plans to be reviewed. However, Councillor Roque Ferrer, said that in addition to the planned car park in Calle San Pedro they intend to build another in the Plaza Filarmonica which will cover beach traffic, and both the old and new town centres.

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‘Family feud’ car arsonist found A MAN, aged 40, has been arrested in Pedreguer by the Guardia Civil, believed to be behind an arson attack which affected three cars.

The incident took place in the village of Pamis, Ondara, when the man set fire to one car which then spread to two parked close by. All three vehicles affected belonged to relatives and friends of the arrested man’s ex-partner.

Several witnesses saw the man flee the scene but he was identified and arrested the following day.

Off-duty life savers A MAN’S life has been saved in Benissa thanks to speedy interventions from an off-duty policeman and a doctor.

They were both passing by at the time when the man suffered a heart attack and responded to shouts for help from the first person who saw him collapse on the street.

He was unconscious, and with no sign of a pulse when they reached the victim, but their quick work using trusted resuscitation methods brought back his vital signs until paramedics arrived.

I name this tree after me EACH child born in Villajoyosa during 2017 can have their own tree in the garden area of Jardi dels Nous Vilers.

For the second year in a row, Parks and Gardens Department of the City Council have opened up the scheme that allows parents of children born last year, to formally ask that their child can have their name on their very own tree.

The initiative not only adds to the future history of the municipality, but helps to reforest the area at the same time. The official planting ceremony will take place on Sunday April 22.

SAN VICENT E DEL R A S PE I G h o s p i t a l h a s undergone a major fire drill that involved all the emergenc y response depar tments of the municipality.

In addition, 15 students from the Leonardo Da Vinci Institute took par t in the exer-

Hospital better prepared after fire drill

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cise studying the work of the various teams.

Before the drill started, the staff at the hospital underwent a training course in exactly how to act during the exercise, that recreated a major fire in the administration department.

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British Consul to attend more Brexit meetings Photo by British Embassy Madrid

by Darren Parmenter AS part of the continuing initiative by the British Consulate based in Alicante, an additional series of reach-out meetings to discuss the latest news on the Brexit negotiations has been announced.

British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris will be attending meetings in the northern part of the Costa Blanca beginning next Monday.

The talks are being hosted by the local town halls and have been specifically arranged to take place in those areas that have the highest amount of British nationals registered on the local Padron.

People don’t need to be resident in these particular municipalities to attend the events. They’re open to all British nationals who are interested in finding out a little more about how Brexit may affect them in the future.

Admission to all the events is free of charge and there is

BRITISH CONSUL: Sara-Jane Morris.

no need to book or reserve a place.

Previous meetings held along the Costa Blanca since the June 2016 Referendum have enabled the British Consul and her team to pick up a wealth of information and personal concerns from residents ... all of which have been fed back to London to help in the negotiation process.

The dates for Costa Blanca north are:

Tuesday February 20 at 12pm - BENIDORM - Centro Social La Torretta, Avenida Ciudad Real, 6, Rincon de Loix.

Tuesday February 20 at 4pm - JAVEA - Casa de Cultura, Placa De Baix.

Wednesday February 21 at 12pm - ALFAS DEL PI - Calle del Pintxo Nº2 Wednesday February 21 at 3pm - TEULADA-MORAIRA - Edificio Espai La Senieta, Av. de Madrid, 15.

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Arts Society Marina Alta hold first AGM THE first day of February was the appropriate date for the first ever AGM of the Arts Society Marina Alta held in Teulada.

Society Chairman Tony Cabban welcomed the total of 135 members and guests, and made special mention and thanked all the founder members for their faith and support in the aims and objectives of the Society.

He particularly highlighted the tireless work of the committee members and support group for the way they established the society so quickly and successfully over the last year.

The financial support and guidance of a number of sponsors was also publicly acknowledged, as was the work of those individual mem-

bers for their superb organising of a trip to Valencia.

The programme for the monthly presentations was presented and confirmation was given of the proposed dates in 2018 for visits to Florence and Madrid.

Details were also available of the Arts Fair to be held at the Salones Canor in September and those keen to exhibit were asked to make themselves known to the committee.

The closing of the AGM was followed by the first presentation of 2018. Led by Harry Fletcher - making a welcome return to the society ‘Treasures of Madrid’ gave everyone an insight into what can be expected during the forthcoming trip to the Spanish capital.

PROMISE: San Vicente was expecting a bigger share of the spending pot.

San Vicente hospital bottom of the pile

by Dave Bennett BEGOÑA MONLLOR, the councillor for Health in San Vicente del Raspeig, has expressed her disappointment at seeing her municipality at the bottom of the investment list for 2018.

The area was originally expecting a grant of €400,000 from the Valencian Community, but instead will only receive €63,000. Even the next from bottom on the list, Denia, will

get €166,000 out of a total budget allocated to the Alicante Province of €20.4 million. The money destined for San Vicente will be used for the refurbishment and adaptation of some of the hospital rooms.

Speaking to the Spanish press, Councillor Monllor confessed to feeling disgusted when she saw San Vicente at the bottom of the pile. “The hospital needs an injection of funds ... but this is all it’s going to get.”

She was also very quick to

point out that last year Valencian Community President Ximo Puig announced that San Vicente would be receiving an investment of €400,000 during his visit to the hospital.

PP spokesperson Mercedes Torregrosa also recalled the promise made a year ago, and said that the amount offered is, “an insufficient amount.”

She has called on the mayor of San Vicente and the councillor for Health to fight to get the investment that the hospital needs.

Eleven unemployed locals benefit from work scheme THANKS to a number of employment promotion programmes, Calpe has received a total of €102,283 which will enable them to take on 11 people without work. They will be contracted to a variety of different jobs for a six-month period.

Specifically, the posts will be given to the

long-term unemployed, and eight have already been hired to work in the local parks, gardens and forestry areas on cleaning and pruning tasks. Three others will be employed on carrying out repairs to the promenades along the beaches.

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by John Redfern

IN the winters of the 1950’s the working classes had only one choice to keep a room in their house warm, it was a coal fire.

Do you remember the coal merchant delivering these heavy bags of fuel? He would sling a bag onto each shoulder and deliver it to your coal house like they were bags of feathers and I could never understand how - as a nine-year-old young lad such a slightly built man could carry so much weight.

Also why did we have a posh front room full of nice furniture that was only used when family or friends came round? That front room was always cold and full of interesting ornaments, and when the best tea set came out the tea was poured into the cups from a very colourful tea pot.

The door to this room was always shut.

My younger Brother and I were never allowed in, but in the late 1960’s everything changed, as the dividing walls were taken out to make one big living space.

Let’s go back to the late 50’s. My late Father was in the Royal Marine Commandoes (a sergeant) in the Second World War. He was a very hard man, 6ft 2in and very strong!

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A sack of coal

REMINISCING: The good old days.

He got a job at the Standard Engine Factory after the war, but was always looking for ways of making money on the side.

Our house was a stone’s throw from a common which used to have the travelling showmen (fairs, commonly called Mop Fair) four times a year.

Some of the sideshows were the tat-

tooed lady, the fat lady, the man with three legs, the dwarf with three eyes etc.

I will now explain why I called this factual true story A sack of coal. After work my old man used to put a sack of coal on his back and run up and down our long garden for at least 30 minutes each night, so he was as fit as a fiddle!

There was another sideshow at these fairs, it was a large tent with a boxing ring inside. The entrance was highly decorated, with the fighters standing on a platform with a tanner (sixpence) entrance fee. A few of the fighters were skinny chaps stripped down to their shorts who used to shadow-box, but a couple of them were dressed in their full gowns, shoulders down, without smiling.

They were the true fighters and the others were just there to give you a false sense of security. If you signed up for a scrap admission was free and the purse was five bob (shillings).

My Dad took me into the tent, sat me down, took his shirt and vest off and went into the ring. He fought like a warrior, not observing the Queensbury rules, but he wanted that five bob and he never lost!

Afterwards he held my hand and took me to the chip shop where he bought me a tanner’s worth of chips and scratchings, then sent me to the local coal merchants to collect a sack of coal.

The coal merchant was about half a mile away and he used to put the sack in my bike frame. I then tramped through the snow, wheeled it back and my Dad lit a fire.

Warmth at last I thought, but no, I wanted a leak and we had an outside toilet!

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SPOTLIGHT ON MORAIRA

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Starting gun fired for new sports complex teuladamoraira.com

THE foundation stone for the new municipal swimming pool for Teulad a Moraira has been laid, and fires the star ting gun for the constr uction of the sports centre based in Calle Valencia.

Mayor of Teulad a Moraira , Carlos Linares, and the president of the Provincial Council of Alicante, Cesar Sanchez , attended the official ceremony which was the first step in the construction project.

T he new half- size Olympic pool will measure 25m by 12.5m with a minimum and maximum depths of 1.40m and 2.20m respectively. The plan is to have the pool completed before the summer months, and it will receive 50 per cent of its funding from the Alicante provincial gover nment. T he rest will come from local council coffers.

One fat ‘Lady’ two metres long!

ONE of the traditions of Teulada has broken one of its own records.

The Rosita Bakery has produced the largestever ‘Teulada Lady’, and this unique sweet, that is made especially for the Sant Blai fiestas, measured a record 2.12 metres in length. Baker Jose Ramon Buigues used nine kilos of dough for his enormous contribution to this annual feast.

Inspired by ancient pagan traditions, the ‘Lady’ is sprinkled with sugar and decorated with coloured aniseed and is usually the size of a regular pancake. ‘She’ has been produced in the Rosita Bakery for three generations and set itself the challenge to make the record breaking treat.

The future’s brighter FOUNDATION: Mayor Carlos Linares (centre) attends pool construction launch.

When completed, the new sports centre will feature the two existing football pitches, the new swimming

pool, an athletics practice area and new paddle tennis courts.

However, the mayor

stressed that the council is already looking at the possibility of purchasing some adjacent land to extend the facilities.

THE first phase of the installation of solar lighting throughout the municipality of Teulada has been completed. A total of 20 efficient and money-saving lamps now adorn the area and can be seen at a number of pedestrian crossings and other key points around the town.

This is all part of an initiative to illuminating more areas to increase citizen security.

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by Barry Duke

AROUND 18 years ago an item of news caught my attention. In a bid to attract gannets to the island of Mana, off the coast of New Zealand, a group of conservationists created a colony of concrete gannets, painted them in appropriate colours and waited for an invasion of real gannets.

The experiment was a failure in all but one aspect. A lone gannet, more easily fooled than its kinfolk, came to Mana, promptly fell in love with one of the decoys and remained with ‘her’ for years Reporting this week on Nigel’s death, the New York Times quoted Linda Kerkmeester, Vice President of the environmental conservation group Friends of Mana as saying: “He nested alongside her. He was seen wooing her by preening her. Nigel was also seen trying to mate with her.”

Chris Bell, 37, a ranger for the New Zealand Conservation Department, found the seabird dead in his nest. It was Bell who named the bird ‘Nigel No Mates’ because he had no friends. He thought the saddest part of this story was that Nigel’s courtship of the stone bird gave him absolutely nothing in return for his

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Sad news: ‘Nigel No Mates’ is dead

Photo Credit: Facebook Friends of Mana Island/Colin Miskelly of Te Papa.

TRUE LOVE: A plunging of concrete gannets and Nigel.

persistent devotion.

Now I have to confess that I once fell in love with a bird when I was aged eight, and the only reward I got was a nightmare trip to the A&E department of a local hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.

It was traumatic in the extreme because the African Grey parrot had sunk his beak into the soft tissue between my right thumb and forefinger, and a surgeon had to separate the creature from my flesh with considerable difficulty. It seemed at the time that he was more

concerned about not injuring the bird than with the hand that had reached into the cage to offer a peanut.

Granddad originally named his new pet Polly, but changed it to Brutus after the incident. He showed no sympathy for the bite, simply saying “let that be a lesson to you Butch,” which was my embarrassing childhood nickname.

Now other kids would have given a vicious creature like Brutus a wide berth after such a run-in, but I was determined to win him over to my side. But nothing I did would convince him that all I craved

was his friendship. It would just glare at me and squawk something foreign.

At this point I should point out that Granddad had bought the bird from a French sailor, and French was all it spoke. One night the family hosted a dinner party, and one of the guests strolled over to Brutus’s cage in the hope of having a civilised conversation with him.

When the bird spoke, the guest backed away from the cage in horror, rounded on my Grandfather and demanded to know who had taught it such ‘filth’.

It turned out that Brutus was not only bad-tempered, it had a vocabulary that would make a fishwife blush, and my mortified Granddad announced that the bird had to go. It was taken off his hands by a friend who clearly had no problem with foul-mouthed pets.

But birds still figured large in my young life. Granddad decided that canaries were a far safer bet, and went on to breed some prize-winning specimens.

Brutus, I learned many years later, died in his 90’s, well after his new owner fell off the perch. If the bird’s last words were ‘merde’ I shouldn’t be in the least surprised.

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SPOTLIGHT ON CALPE

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NATURE: Calpe’s salt flats will become famous.

A walk between the rock and the salt place CALPE Council will be investing €80,000 to install a number of pedestrian walkways in the Las Salinas.

The initiative also includes the regeneration of an area that has suffered from a significant amount

Country crime shows big reduction THE head of the Guardia Civil in Calpe was one of a number of delegates at a seminar which highlighted the reduction of crimes in the countryside.

Throughout the Valencian Community, a total of 150 people were arrested for such offences during 2017, but the numbers were 18.7 per cent down on the previous year.

Part of the seminar concentrated on educating members of the farming community on a number of security measures that they could consider adopting, but equally to get their thoughts on how such crimes can be tackled in the future as they are the ones on the ground and better understand some of the challenges faced.

of dumping from surrounding building works.

The creation of a number of paths will allow locals and visitors alike to enjoy the iconic scenery and natural landscape that is offered by the area.

The project - which has been submitted to the environment depar tment in Madrid - needs approval as it’s planned to be located in a wet area.

Part of the infrastructure will include the construction of two footbridges and the installation of a 163metre-long walkway that will take visitors away from a number of protected bird breeding areas. Special lookout centres will be built to cater for the local and touring bird watchers.

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There’ll be bluebirds over . . .

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by Colin Bird The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors.

LIKE a lot of children, I had visions of growing up to be famous, but the image I held in my head that encapsulated this dream, was not of a big house or flashy cars, or being accosted in the street by adoring fans.

No, it was the image of me being invited as the guest celebrity on Desert Island Discs, the long running BBC radio programme.

Strange as it sounds, this would have indicated to me that I had ‘arrived’.

But don’t laugh, I still believe that there is something deliciously self indulgent about choosing your personal favourite pieces of music and having the luxury of sharing them with the world.

As those of you of a certain age will remember, also allowed along with the complete works of Shakespeare

DAME VERA LYNN: A British National Treasure.

and the Bible; the desert island castaway can choose to take just one book, and although selecting eight pieces of music from the thousands that I love would be next to impossible, my book choice would present no problem. The Road to Little Dribbling

Paying for hospital TV is ‘illogical’ COUNCILLOR Sergio Benito, who represents the Ciudadanos (C’s) in Denia, has announced that he will propose a motion at the next council meeting to allow patients to use the local

hospital TV service for free.

Speaking to the Spanish media, Benito said that it’s “unthinkable that a patient who is admitted to hospital could spend up to €43 a week

just to watch television in their room.” He continued: “No one gets admitted to hospital through choice and so it isn’t logical to pay for a service that is free to anyone else.”

by Bill Bryson would be my choice.

Following on from his earlier book: Notes from a Small Island it is a charming and often hilarious insight into the landscape and character of our islands, and because Bryson is American, he delights in detailing

what he sees as the strange customs and quirkiness of the inhabitants of the British Isles.

Through all his observations, his obvious love and enchantment with the British people and their homeland shines through, putting to shame many Brits who, politics aside, show nothing but negativity about their mother country with its physical beauty and fascinating history.

Whenever I fly home from Spain or some far-flung location, the English landscape is instantly recognisable and perhaps it’s the sight of those famous white cliffs, but I swear I can hear Vera Lynn giving it large somewhere in my head.

I never did get the swanky big house and Bentley, but then I still have a lot of growing up to do. But one thing I have promised myself is that one day I will embark on my own journey, visiting the towns, villages, and countryside that hold a special meaning for me, and who knows, perhaps write my own book.

Britain has the most fascinating past in terms of world history and it may be unfashionable to say this, but Britain for me is not Europe. Britain is quite simply . . . Britain. Incomparable and unique.

In memory of Trevor Kemp UNFORTUNATELY it is one of those inevitable happenings that, from time to time, we lose someone from our U3A who has left their mark on our lives and who has contributed far more than most of our members to our various activities.

Last week we lost Trevor Kemp. After a relatively short stay in hospital Trevor sadly passed away as a result of lung cancer.

Trevor was an enthusiastic member of Moraira-Teulada U3A. He was the group leader of the photo group, was enthusiastically involved in the Creative Writing and Discussion group and later in the Drama group as well as being a very regular attenThe late Trevor Kemp.

der at every U3A general meeting.

He was also involved in many other activities such as Friends of Avinença helping to maintain the fish pond by the L’Ampola beach and the Classical music group. As if that wasn’t enough Trevor was active with the local Spanish community, teaching English to unemployed people in Teulada to help them find work and also organising astronomy shows.

Trevor also ran the Classic Movies group.

Trevor always had a large display at the U3A general meetings showing the various groups he represented.

What never varied was Trevor’s insatiable curiosity, his will to learn and to be active, enjoying every moment of his life on the Costa Blanca.

His many posts on Facebook, shared with family and friends showed how happy he was to participate in so many great activities, in such a great place. Many of the Moraira-Teulada members will miss Trevor’s cheerful presence, but we are also thankful that we met him and shared so many happy moments together.

We feel sad, but richer because he became part of our life for a few very happy years.

John Hopwood, President Moraira - Teulada U3A

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A VIDEO has emerged of former American Vice President Joe Biden disclosing that the US had to browbeat Europe’s leaders into imposing economic sanctions on Moscow in 2014. Following the referendum that returned Crimea to Russia, America’s economic war badly hit the pockets of 510 million EU citizens.

Biden rants, “We spent so much time on the phone making sure that everyone from Hollande (France) to Renzi (Italy) wouldn’t walk away. They wanted no part of the sanctions on Russia. We had impact on them. It was basically ‘you have got to do it’.”

Biden adds; “And thank God, Merkel was strong enough at the time to do so, reluctantly to stand with us.”

Biden was addressing The Council on Foreign Relations, a United States think tank that focuses on US foreign policy and international affairs. The American economic war not only drove a rift between Russia and EU, but also prompted Moscow to retaliate with restrictions on imports from EU nations heavily dependent on trade with Russia.

According to the Austrian Institute of Economic Research the US inspired standoff has cost EU industry, agriculture and tourism over €30 billion and led to the loss of roughly 500,000 jobs.

Based on a war economy and $20 trillion in debt, a commentator sums up the United States. ‘If the world was a bar, America would be the angry drunk waving around a loaded gun. Yeah, the other people in the bar might be afraid of him, but they sure as hell don’t respect him.”

The US today is drifting from omnipotence to impotence. The big question is what happens to the European Union when America disintegrates. The Gold-

FORMER VICE PRESIDENT: Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in 2014.

man Sachs Euro will collapse; there will be no interest in another common currency.

Each nation will revert to its original currency, which may be painless but few believe it will be. Ask the Russians; also former Soviet Bloc nations that endured several economic collapses. Is their past our future?

Every man for himself, the UK will vainly try to recover its betrayed former markets. Remaining EU nations will rush to recover trade alliance with Russia.

The Visegrad Group, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic

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with Bulgaria, Austria and Croatia will find Russia responsive. Humiliatingly, America’s flunkies like the Baltic States will go cap in hand to a Russia they spurned and provoked.

Liberated from Washington and Wall Street control, the peoples of Europe may find it necessary to elect a more pragmatic political leadership if they wish to resume trading with the now lucrative Russian marketplace.

One thing for certain, when the mop flops there is much to keep former European Union members occupied but thankfully it won’t be an American occupation.

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by Gonzalo Blanco www.blancolawfirm.com available in all Costa Blanca and inland with offices in Denia and Xativa

money Private contracts

YOU can legally purchase a property in a private contract, as long as it contains some minimum requirements.

These include identifying the parties contracting, the object of sale and the conditions of the sale. If you sign such a contract and later do not want to go through with it, you may be taken to court by the other party, demanding that you comply with it.

But some contracts also contain other methods of resolving a contract, for instance that the vendor loses the money he has been paid. On the other side, if the vendor breaks the contract, for instance because he gets a higher price offer, he may be forced to pay the buyer double the amount of the sum deposited.

A receipt for a down payment or a reservation may be worded in such a way that it is a legally binding contract.

A private contract may be a good method to agree on a purchase/sale that cannot be concluded at once. If you as a buyer need some time to provide the total amount involved, but like the property and want to bind the purchaser by paying a deposit, you can in the contract stipulate that the rest of the monies shall be paid at a later date.

Even as a vendor, the private contract may be useful, because it gives you the assurance that the buyer will complete, before you take the property off the market.

But it is not necessary in all cases to make a private contract. If you have all the money available, you can go straight to the notary to make an ‘escritura publica de compra/venta’ (a public purchasing/sales deed).

‘La Escritura’ While the private contract is legal, it does not give the buyer sufficient legal protection.

That can only be given through the registration of your ownership rights in the property register. To be able to register a purchase there, the agreement must always be drawn

up by a public notary.

The buyer has the right to choose the notary to be used. He is normally also the one who pays the notary fees. The notary will draw up the ‘escritura de compra/venta’ based on the title deed of the vendor and the declarations of the signing parties (for instance when it comes to the price and the payment). But he will also include a ‘nota simple’ (certificate) from the property register as to who are the present owners of the property and if there are any encumbrances existing on it.

Be aware that the notary does not check out anything other than the identity of the signing parties, and that the information given in the deed corresponds with what is mentioned in the ‘nota simple’ from the registry.

It is very important to do a complete legal check-up of the property before you buy.

The registration You should get a ‘copia simple’ from the notary as soon as you have signed the deed.

That is a photocopy of what you have signed,

with the stamp from the notary, but without the signatures on it.

The original stays in the files of the notary (meaning you can always get a new copy if you lose your escritura), while what is called ’a primera copia’ (first copy) is sent by the notary to the property register.

Before making a private contract or paying a down payment on a property, it is prudent to ask the vendor to provide you with a ‘nota simple’ from the registry for you to check it out, or to give you a copy of his title deed, so that you can go to the property register yourself and ask for a ‘nota simple’.

Even if you previously have obtained such a ‘nota simple’ you should still ask the notary to include the one ordered by him from the registry less than 48 hours before the signing, in the escritura.

Although vendor and buyer can make an agreement themselves, or they can go straight to the notary and ask him to draw up the ‘escritura de compra/venta’, it may be wise to seek the assistance of a lawyer.

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by Glenn Scott MANY people arriving at their local bank branch got a shock when they arrived... it had closed.

Following the merger between BANKIA and BMN, 25 branches closed their doors throughout the Alicante Province, with the bank’s employees being transferred to other branches.

The Alicante branch of the BMN located on the busy Avenida de Alfonso del Sabia was shut when customers arrived on Monday morning.

Both BANKIA and BMN are well-known names throughout the Vega Baja area, and the

25 branches affected were made up of 17 from the old Caja Murcia (that became BMN) and eight of the immediately recognisable orange BANKIA. According to sources at both banks, customers had already been notified of the changes, but this didn’t stop a degree of confusion on Monday morning when people turned up to use the service.

Equally, those branches that remained open reported busier activity than normal.

The Alicante Province is due to suffer more closures than others since it’s the province where both companies

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Bank closes 25 branches after merger

Pound up against euro ALTHOUGH exchange rates are very volatile, the pound had a good day yesterday (Thursday) moving back to nearly €1.15 and $1.40.

The main reason appears to have been an announcement from the Bank of England that it may have to consider increasing interest rates earlier and higher than expected due to a forecast in-

crease in inflation.

There are still considerable fears surrounding the UK economy in the run up to and past Brexit but although those living in Britain are likely to see more expensive mortgages, those who receive pensions in sterling but transfer the income into euros will be hoping for this rise to continue.

Javea leading the hybrid way in Spain CLOSED: Customers need to look for another nearby branch. overlapped. Overall in Spain, 150 branches have been closed.

The municipalities affected by the recent closures are five branches in Alicante, four in Elche, and one each in

Almoradi, Altea, Aspe, Benidorm, Callosa de Segura, Calpe, El Campello, Crevillente, Denia, Guardamar, Ibi, Orihuela, Sant Joan, Santa Pola, La Vila and Villena.

ACCORDING to the latest Automobile Insurance Statistics (ESA), Javea has the highest proportion of hybrid and electric cars in Spain.

Sharing their clean air credentials with Mazarron in Murcia and Calvia in the Balearic Islands, 26.6 per cent of traffic moving around the towns are no longer adding to the pollution issues.

In number terms, Barcelona (60,888), Madrid (55,786) and Valencia (29,500) are the municipalities with the highest number of such vehicles but a lower percentage of the total. There are 23 million insured cars in Spain, of which two million are hybrid or electric.

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money American government ‘heavies’ coming to Madrid Photo Credit: hamdibenhenda shutterstock

ONE unexpected result from the election of Donald Trump is the potential massive blow his America First policy may deal to the Spanish olive industry.

In simple terms, the American government believes that Spanish exporters have taken advantage of government subsidies to make the price of their olives cheaper than those grown in the USA. To this end therefore, the Americans have imposed swinging import taxes which started at just under 5 per cent and then in January of this year increased to 17 per cent with a possible further increase to 22 per cent.

Whilst the Spanish government believes that it has not behaved improperly and in-

OLIVES: A possible end to exports to the USA. deed is looking for support from the European Union, the Americans are sending a group of Department of Commerce inspectors to check up on statements made in both Brussels and Madrid.

Prior to the imposition of the import duties, Spanish exports of olives and oil were in excess of €70 million, but if the duties continue in place or are increased then it seems that a lucrative market will be

closed to Spain as prices will be too high for the market.

Already the Spanish Association of Exporters and Industry of Table Olives (ASEMESA) has said that a number of contracts have been cancelled to the benefit of Moroccan olive producers and if the inspectors find any discrepancies in what has been declared to the American government then they will be in a position to make matters even more difficult for the Spanish.

Whilst the exporters don’t want to lose business which has been in place for as long as 20 years, they feel the Spanish government is doing very little positive to protect the growers’ position other than say they are upset with the situation.

ECB posting likely for Luis de Guindos

By John Smith THERE’S an old t e r m , B u g g i n s Tu r n which refers to appointment by rotation rather than merit and this might be the case for Spain.

It seems highly likely that Luis de Guindos the current Minister of Economy and Competitiveness will take over the role of vice-president of the European Central Bank (ECB) for an eight-year term.

There are a number of vacancies coming up and he and Prime Minister Rajoy have made no secret of the fact that Spain wants to hold a senior position in the ECB.

It’s not a bad little posting as the salary is currently an untaxed €334,080 per annum and although the post doesn’t come with a pension as such, contributions to a pension pot accrue and are then handed over as a lump sum at the end of the appointment.

Previous incumbents have been mainly from National Banks but it would be surprising now if the minister didn’t get the appointment following the amount of lobbying that has taken place, although there may be competition from the Governor of the Bank of Ireland.

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7:00am EFL Greatest Games 8:00am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30am EFL Goals: Championship 9:00am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 9:30am EFL Goals: Championship 10:00am Sunday Supplement 11:30am EFL Goals: League 12:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 12:30pm Football 3:15pm Live Scottish Cup 5:45pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 6:15pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:25pm Live La Liga 2017/18 8:30pm La Liga Greatest Games

10:05am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am La Liga Show 11:30am EFL Matters 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm La Liga Show 1:30pm EFL Matters 2:00pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm La Liga Show 3:30pm EFL Matters 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm La Liga Preview 7:00pm Ronaldo

SATURDAY 7:00am 11:00am 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 5:30pm 6:25pm 6:35pm 6:40pm 6:45pm 7:25pm 8:15pm 9:20pm 10:10pm

Breakfast Winter Olympics Football Focus BBC News Weather Winter Olympics Final Score BBC News Regional News Weather And They're Off...For Sport Relief Pointless All Together Now Casualty BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

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

SUNDAY 7:00am Breakfast 8:40am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm BBC News 1:25pm Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report.

1:30pm Winter Olympics 3:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union 6:00pm Songs of Praise 6:35pm Celebrity Mastermind 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News

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CITV ITV News River Monsters Peston on Sunday The Martin Lewis Money Show The Voice UK ITV News and Weather Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury What Would Your Kid Do? The Cruise Britain's Brightest Family Tipping Point Local News and Weather

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RTN Life

A courageous woman who has conquered her illness

by Michael Cano JAN SHURE is a former journalist who spent 29 years in various senior editorial roles at the Londonbased Jewish Chronicle and wrote a best-selling, beauty and fashion book back in the mid-80’s.

She left journalism to concentrate full-time at www.sosensational.co.uk, the fashion website she cofounded with her long-time friend and now business partner, Cyndy Lessing.

SoSensational is what’s known in e-commerce as an aggregator. They bring together fashion from all different brands, at all different price points, all carefully chosen for the fashionable over50 woman.

Unlike other aggregators, they also offer style advice which is specifically written for fashionable women of 50plus.

Jan told RTN newspaper in a recent interview “I am married to Colin Lewis. We married in 2003. It was a second marriage for both of us. We have six adult children and 11 grandchildren between us.

“Colin and I spend a little over half the year in the UK and the rest of the time in Spain.

“In the UK, home is in north London. In Spain, home is Guadalmansa, which is located between San Pedro and Estepona.”

In 2014, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour.

The surgery for its removal left her severely impaired and initially she lost all motor function and had many other health issues.

Recovery has been very slow and still continues, and one of the most effective treatments for Jan was Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

The couple had heard about this therapy for those with brain damage, but it is only available in a few places not in the UK where it is used only for diving acci-

dents.

But as they undertook their research, incredibly they discovered that it was available in Estepona, less than 10-kilometres from their Spanish home.

Happily, because of the nature of the business, Jan explained that she is able to work as easily when she’s in Spain as in London.

“I also enjoy being at our Spanish home because I am able to go swimming every day, even in winter, as our apartment has an indoor pool, as well as outdoor ones.

“And I can do more walking as there are never icy pavements!

Swimming and walking are both very important as they are part of my rehabilita-

tion,” she said.

The business came about almost accidentally. Jan was approaching retirement age when, in her words, “Cyndy and I planned to start ‘a little business’ to help women of 50-plus find fabulous clothes.

“It turns out we hit the zeitgeist and created a really successful business and a website which women of 50plus really love, and flock to, especially now as they are becoming more accustomed to buying fashion online.

“We work with all the leading UK fashion brands and retailers, including M&S, John Lewis, Harvey Nichols, LK Bennett and lots more” she proudly told RTN. If all of this wasn’t enough, Jan has just had a novel, If Not for You published, and

We work with all the leading UK fashion brands and retailers.

“

there has been talk of a film, although she suspects that’s a long way off.

Jan kindly agreed to take part in a question and answer session and the result will appear in next week’s edition of RTN. Jan Shure is a fascinating lady who simply refused to give up after her illness, which has left her with some problems with her speech but her mind is clearly recovered and is both sharp and concise.

The elegant Jan Shure.

MONDAY 4:30am 7:00am 10:15am 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:40pm

Winter Olympics Breakfast Winter Olympics BBC News Regional News Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News Regional News The One Show Inside Out EastEnders Panorama Julius Caesar with Mary Beard BBC News Regional News Weather

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9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Collateral 11:00pm Two Doors Down 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Odyssey 12:55am Odyssey 1:40am Countryfile

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

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7:00am Chips: Law and Disorder 8:45am Mune: Guardian of the Moon 10:15am My All-American 12:15pm Honey 3: Dare to Dance 1:55pm Baywatch 4:00pm Mean Dreams 5:50pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 7:20pm Honey 3: Dare to Dance 9:00pm Baywatch 11:10pm Mean Dreams 1:00am Chips: Law and Disorder 3:00am Escape Room 4:45am My All-American

9:30am Football's Greatest Teams 10:00am Scottish Cup Greatest Games 10:15am Scottish Cup Greatest Games 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 10:45am La Liga Greatest Games 11:05am La Liga 2017/18 5:15pm La Liga Icons 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm La Liga Files 7:45pm La Liga Icons 8:00pm Soccer A.M. 8:30pm La Liga Icons 8:45pm La Liga Greatest Games

7:00am Milkshake 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Fatal Fiancé 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Secrets of the National Trust 8:55pm 5select Exclusive Preview 9:00pm Cruise Ship, War Ship, Money Pit

7:00am Texas Blood 8:35am Honey 3: Dare to Dance 10:20am Mune: Guardian of the Moon 11:55am Baywatch 2:05pm Mean Dreams 4:05pm It Had to be You 5:35pm Honey 3: Dare to Dance 7:20pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 9:00pm Baywatch 11:10pm It Had to be You 12:35am Mean Dreams 2:25am Frank and Lola 3:55am Escape Room 5:30am Texas Blood

12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 1:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:30pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 2:00pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 3:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 3:30pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 4:00pm Eredivisie 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:20pm 4:20pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

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

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WEDNESDAY 4:00am 7:00am 10:15am 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

Winter Olympics Breakfast Winter Olympics BBC News Regional News Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News Regional News The One Show

10:15am Animal Park Easter Special 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Heir Hunters 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Winter Olympics 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great American Railroad Journeys 8:00pm Winter Olympics 9:00pm Tom Kerridge's Lose Weight for Good 9:30pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor

4:50am 6:05am

House Doctor Great Scientists Wildlife SOS Milkshake!

The Wright Stuff GPs: Behind Closed Doors 5 News Cowboy Builders Access Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Deadly Attraction 5 News Neighbours Home and Away

5:30am Texas Blood 7:00am Mean Dreams 9:00am Honey 3: Dare to Dance 10:45am Mune: Guardian of the Moon 12:20pm It Had to be You 1:50pm Baywatch 4:00pm Honey 3: Dare to Dance 5:50pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 7:30pm It Had to be You 9:00pm Baywatch 11:10pm Monster Hunt 1:15am Mean Dreams 3:15am Escape Room

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm

Shimmer and Shine Floogals Digby Dragon Rusty Rivets Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Mofy 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: Conspiracy to Murder

7:00am It Had to be You 8:30am Mune: Guardian of the Moon 10:05am Honey 3: Dare to Dance 11:50am Baywatch 2:05pm After the Reality 3:50pm Mune: Guardian of the Moon 5:30pm Honey 3: Dare to Dance 7:20pm After the Reality 9:00pm Baywatch 11:10pm Mean Dreams 1:00am Monster Hunt

12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Revista de la Liga 1:30pm La Liga World 2:00pm La Liga Icons 2:15pm La Liga Icons: Zidane 2:30pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm Eredivisie 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games

ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm James Martin's American Adventure 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather

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Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother 11:30am How I Met Your Mother 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm

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THURSDAY 5:30am 7:00am 10:15am 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm

Winter Olympics Breakfast Winter Olympics BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Get Away for Winter Antiques Road Trip Pointless

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Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm James Martin's 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale

Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother 11:30am How I Met Your Mother 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey

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Puzzles Code Breaker Kenny Corris I For Readings, Consultations and Castings email: kennycorris@hotmailcom / www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424

Play on Words

Answers: Home is where the heart is. Through thick and thin.

Venus enters into Pisces at the start of the week, sharpening your intuition and psychic abilities. This will allow you to see things from a different angle, and when you do you will know instinctively what has to come next. Being a part of something that has veered out of control, you would be justified in just walking away!

Word Wheel The goal of a word wheel puzzle is to create as many words possible with the letters in the word wheel. You can only use each letter once and every word must have the letter in the centre of the wheel.

Can you find the 9 letter word?

Saturn is sextiled by Venus midweek, and this sees a conflict since Saturn advises you wait and see, and Venus works with your true inner emotions right now; urging a quick solution to a matter of the heart. The innermost, sensitive you wants to do the very best you can, whereas, this time around you do not want to be hurt.

Uranus trumps in a sextile with Mercury, bringing opportunity and new beginnings and a clear opening of communication. You have to ensure your very best interests right now, and be unafraid to take a risk because for you it is truly nothing ventured, nothing gained. Take the bull by the horns as there is no going back!

Moon magic brings you something to get your claws into this week. You have managed to keep your temper and allow somebody the benefit of the doubt, but actions this week changes things and you are on the warpath to give them that nasty nip they need. This will show them that you are not to be messed with!

A double whammy this week as the Sun squares on Jupiter and sextiles Uranus. Heralding fortunate blessings and good luck, Jupiter is illuminated in the second house whilst Uranus gives the thumbs up for a new venture which can now, hopefully, take a step closer to reality! Strike out now, whilst the iron is still hot.

Mercury opposes Ceres midweek, and this is a time to break away from routines and to have some fun for a change. You are a creature of habit, but this week should see you taking a change of air and letting your hair down. Mercury has your true interests at heart, and sends out a message to have some good times.

Take what people are saying with a pinch of salt this week, you and only you know the truth behind a recent development, and are acting on impulse. Dwarf planet Kora sextiles a busy Mercury and combines to bring a message to someone who is unable to face up to facts right now, but who needs to be kept in the loop somehow.

When all is said and done those who truly know you would have realised a long time ago that you are not happy with a number of things. This is not a time to lose your temper either so keep yours, even though those around you seem to be losing theirs! This is a time to hold back and see just who your friends really are.

The Mercury square sees your planetary leader, Jupiter, doing what comes naturally. This is a busy time for you as your skills of arranging and managing see you sought after.

Be honest, but kind to someone who is about to fail, and who needs your talented input to rescue them. Mercury will back Jupiter for a deserved reward!

The suggestion of a challenge comes your way and you are straining at the leash to take it on with all that that entails.

The Venus sextile sees you looking within at yourself however, since there is more there within than meets the eye. Be prepared for subtle changes that are sent directly from the Goddess of Love,!

At last you are working with your significant skills, and this week gives the opportunity to show others what you are made of. Multi-talented and full of positive energy, see this time in your life as balancing your talents to make everyone happy. Uranus sextiles Mercury, giving you the publicity that you need!

The entry of Venus brings love to you on all levels, and it is nothing less than you deserve to have! You have consistently given your all, and now comes a time to take something back just for yourself, for a change. Your dreamy and romantic energies are soul based and your destiny is a reward that you especially treasure!

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 6 represents R and 8 represents G, so fill in R every time the figure 6 appears and G every time the figure 8 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.

Kenny’s Postbag Kenny, I had a tarot reading and the reader told me that someone has put the evil eye on me. I have been very tearful since and it is affecting my sleeping worrying about it.

Marjie K Well, Marjie, I am not surprised! This kind of reading is unprofessional to say the least. Such a reader is not in tune with what any spiritual divination is really all about. They create a fear within you and then offer you the service to remove it. This costs money, of course, and you would be wasting yours if you believe in such nonsense in the first place. Ignore it and accept protection sent by me to you, for free, in love and light!

Kenny Corris

Don't forget to email or message me with your Postbag Questions!. Check out my new website: www.kennycorris.net

For Birthday Celebrants If it’s Your Birthday This Week: Accept that waters around you have grown and that you are more than you think you are. A better balance brings you more opportunity in the Astrological year ahead of you!

The 9 letter word is:

Kakuro 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.

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More Puzzles Cryptic

Across 1 Request treatment of colitis (7) 5 Wants to be lenient by the sound of it (5) 8 The heat in a strange relationship (5) 9 Foot part ruined elation (7) 10 Nobleman with award for part of listener (7) 11 Point ties out on locations (5) 12 A fat profit (5) 14 Completed before time, it’s obvious (5) 19 Fiend starts a demonstration (5) 21 Becomes aware of a new section (7) 23 Has dire trouble being more unsavoury (7) 24 Clothing right for a frolic (5) 25 Saltpetre is awfully inert (5) 26 Princes treated nippers (7)

Futoshiki

Down 1 Some catfish are delicious when cut up (6) 2 Drink alcohol a German provides (5) 3 Odd trinkets containing uranium (7) 4 Show some amusement when a sober chap gets in a row (6) 5 Vegetables are running out of water, by the sound of it (5) 6 A novel division of a religious community (7) 7 Betting the Spanish silence is a sensation (6) 13 Runaway sheep and doggy breath (7) 15 Wine vessel I am able to find in religious palace (7) 16 Inventor backed no side (6) 17 Trick intoxicated parent (6) 18 Is, is or not exactly an Egyptian god (6) 20 The sound in a piano is exhilarating (5) 22 Small group of trees policemen reported (5)

Quick

Fill in the squares so that each digit from 1 to 6 occurs exactly once in each row and column. Greater-than and less-than signs indicate the relationship of the two adjacent squares. There is only one solution, and you can find it without guessing.

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Word Ladder Can you by changing 1 letter at a time, get from the first word to the last word in the given number of moves?

YARD 1 2 3 4

LEAF

Sudoku

English - Spanish

Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9 The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Lentamente (6) 4 Flower (4) 8 Nobody (5) 9 Skillful (5) 10 To find (9) 14 To walk (5) 15 Sonrisa (5) 16 Parrot (4) 17 Press (newspapers) (6)

Down 1 Arena (tierra) (4) 2 Computer (9) 3 Mentira (embuste) (3) 5 Bibliotecario (9) 6 Rollo (de tela, papel, cuerda fina, cable fina) (4) 7 ¿Qué? (interrogativo) (4) 11 Work (4) 12 Clavo (de carpintero) (4) 13 Eyebrow (4) 15 Southern (side, part) (3)

Across 1 Wants (7) 5 Marine carnivorous fish (5) 8 Large seagoing vessels (5) 9 Worthless matter (7) 10 Long-tailed rodents (4) 11 Messages informing of danger (8) 13 Repetition of sounds by reflection (6) 15 Not in physical motion (6) 18 Got temporarily (8) 19 Alone (4) 22 Tales (7) 23 Rows (5) 24 Apologetic (5) 25 Domestic beasts of burden (7)

Down 1 Earn (7) 2 Garment worn on the upper half of the body (5) 3 Repose (4) 4 Indicator (6) 5 Power (8) 6 Opposed to (7) 7 Retains (5) 12 Speed (8) 14 Refuge or shelter (7) 16 Selects (7) 17 Came to an end (6) 18 Foundation (5) 20 Snow leopard (5) 21 Give a broad smile (4)

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

WE are still gradually piecing together the ‘recent past’ tense in Spanish, and I finished off the last article with some rather repetitive examples. I am going to start this article with similar, but somewhat less repetitive, examples.

He escrito la carta.

(I have written the letter).

Has estado en Inglaterra.

(You have been to England).

Ha visto la película.

(S/he has seen the film).

Hemos comprado un coche.

(We have bought a car).

Habéis leído el artículo.

(You (plu) have read the article).

Han hecho sus deberes.

(They have done their homework).

These sentences clearly show the changes to the verb ‘haber’ which control the subject of each sentence, that is, whether it is ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’ ‘she’ etc who are controlling the action of the verb.

Don’t forget that the same rules apply as before when we want to make the following simple changes to these sentences. We can make them negative by putting ‘no’ at the

The recent past front (no he escrito la carta. I haven’t written the letter), and we can form a simple closed or ‘yes/no’ question by inserting question marks and changing the tone of our voice when speaking (¿Has estado en Inglaterra?

Have you been to England?). Also, we can extend our ‘he’, ‘she’ or ‘they’ sentences by naming the subject (Mi amiga ha visto la película. My friend has seen the film. Los niños han hecho sus deberes. The children have done their homework).

Whilst we are still talking about the recent past, we should mention a couple of words that are often used in this context. One is ‘todavía’ meaning ‘yet’ or ‘still’ and the other is ‘ya’ meaning ‘already’.

Here are the same sentences inserting these words to illustrate how they are used.

No he escrito la carta todavía.

(I haven’t written a letter yet).

Todavía no he escrito una carta.

(I still haven’t written a letter).

In case you’re wondering, these two sentences mean exactly the same thing.

The only difference is one of emphasis. ¿Has estado en Inglaterra ya? ¿Ya has estado en Inglaterra?

(Have you already been to England?)

Mi amiga ya ha visto la película.

Mi amiga ha visto la película ya.

(My friend has already seen the film).

Mi amiga no ha visto la película todavía.

(My friend hasn’t seen the film yet).

Mi amiga todavía no ha visto la película.

(My friend still hasn’t seen the film).

Still, yet and already are tricky concepts to get our head round in English, so you should have fun thinking about these in Spanish!

A variant of ‘todavía’ is ‘aún’, so we could also say: Aún mi amiga aún no ha visto la película.

Next week we are going to move on to looking at another use of this ‘recent past’ tense. I’ll leave you to guess what it is.

See you then.

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health Losing weight could all be in the mind WE have tried the endless faddy diets and latest fitness crazes in a bid to lose weight, but could the key be all in the mind.

Scientists claim that mindfulness, a meditation-like technique that is becoming increasingly popular, can help people to tune into the body’s hunger signals. This will result in only eating when you need to.

Mindfulness has already been credited with a host of health benefits, from easing depression to boosting the immune system.

A leading British obesity expert has said it may be the ‘missing link’ in the search for an effective weight loss technique.

Dutch researchers carried out a series of studies to see if mindfulness stops people from eating excessively. They analysed data on more than 400 people who had undergone regular weigh-ins over two and a half years.

It found people who are ‘naturally mindful’ were better able to recognise when they are hungry, meaning their weight fluctuates less than people who are less aware.

Mindfulness is a psychological process which involves blocking out distractions, focusing on the present moment and listening to your body.

When blood vessels are visible - what to do?

QUICK SIESTA: Can be refreshing.

The right balance to make the most of siesta time WHAT is the perfect siesta time? Occupational therapist and acupuncturist, Henar de Frutos Gamero, said that 30 minutes is the ideal amount of sleep recommended to wake up refreshed, but between 10 and 60 minutes is ok.

“In general terms, for a quick recharge it is sufficient with 10 or 20 minutes to improve brain capacity and up to 60 minutes to increase creativity.”

The expert said advantages of having a quick siesta are that it improves performance and digestion, helps reduce the risk of heart attacks, improves overall wellbeing, lowers blood pressure and stress, and helps maintain cognitive functions.

However, Frutos Gamero also warned that sleeping for too long; over an hour, or too close to night time sleep, can have an adverse effect.

AS spring kicks into high gear and summer isn't far behind, most women feel the pressure to have picture-perfect legs for baring in shorts and skirts.

For some, the only thing worse than realising you missed a few hairs around your knee is sporting deeply coloured, noticeable veins.

Though some people only think of varicose veins as an uncomfortable or embarrassing case, it can also be a warning of long-term health risks. "Varicose veins cause fatigue of the legs, swelling and general discomfort. Longterm risks including: deep vein thrombosis, blood clots, poor circulation and leg swelling," said Dr. Sergiu Vieru at Derma Clinic Spain.

Small visible veins on the body, also known as Spider veins, are dilated or stretched blood vessels that have a branching pattern. They are commonly found on the thigh, lower leg and occasionally on the face. Spider veins are progressive in nature and usually increase in number and visibility with age.

Spider veins can be treated with sclerotherapy or with lasers.

Sclerotherapy is effective for medium-sized blood vessels (greater than three millimetres in diameter). A sclerosing solution is injected into the vein with a micro-needle which causes the vein to shrink, turn white (blanch) and then gradually disappear. After the procedure, compression stockings are recommended to compress the veins and maximise the chance of treatment success.

To find out more about this treatment, please make a free appointment and we will discuss how to solve your individual problem. You can also like us on Facebook to take advantage of our discounts, offers and new treatments.

Derma Clinic Spain are located at Camino del Pincho 2,1, 03580, L’Alfaz del Pi, Alicante For more information call 674 255 579 or email info@dermaclinicspain.com. Alternatively see their Facebook page facebook.com/DermaClinicSpain

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food & drink This week Celebrity Chef & Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala romances us with a Valentine’s dish that you can easily create at home.

Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella www.thelittlegeranium.com VALENTINE’S DAY is a lot of hype but without it when do we get the time to sit down and appreciate the love of our life?

It’s nice to go out and enjoy Valentine’s evening but then again it’s nice to stay in, as long as you can cook something with relative ease and with confidence. Last week I cooked a fish and pasta dish, easy to prepare and delicious to have as a starter, this week I’m cooking the main course.

Most of us love a piece of great beef and I’m no exception, I could happily eat many things

Make your Valentine’s week a sexccess!

but I would probably opt for a piece of good beef. So what is a good piece of beef? In Andalucia they use a lot of young beef from southern parts, sometimes its ok but often it isn’t.

For the best, ask for beef that comes from the north of Spain.

In and around the Asturiana area the beef is carefully reared and is of a specific breed and quality. If your butcher doesn’t have anything like this opt for Irish, Scottish or Argentinian which you can find over here quite easily.

There is no point in spending good money on an average piece of beef so push the boat out a little more and you will really see the difference.

The best cut for tenderness is the fillet (Solomillo) although oth-

er cuts like rib have more flavour because it has more fat, but sometimes it can be too fatty, so let’s not take the chance, let’s go for the fillet.

Simplicity is refreshing and usually the best way, especially with a good ingredient, so I am taking the beef and rubbing spices and herbs into it, I’m leaving it in the fridge for at least five hours to allow the flavours to penetrate, and then I will seal the beef and roast it gently.

It doesn’t get much simpler, but the result is a superb piece of beef cooked medium rare (the best way) then simply slice to serve. Cooking can be sexy and your partner will feel pleased and excited as you carve the beef and seem totally in control!

You can email Steven your questions or enquiries to: steven@thelittlegeranium.com • Steven Saunders FMCGB - The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella • www.thelittlegeranium.com.

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DIVERSITY in ways to undertake gardening is constantly evolving.

Permaculture gardening philosophy has been increasingly popular in recent years. Permaculture expands from organic gardening into a more ethical set of principles to design gardens in a sustainable and resource aware way.

The main principle is to become more aware of how nature works in the area that you are, rather than how to put what you want, where you are and have to fight nature to do it. The outcome is gardening in harmony with nature.

Permaculture is of international interest, with the techniques being adopted in remote areas of Afghanistan as well as the capital cities of Europe. The original concept evolved from two Australians, Bill Mollison and David Holmgren, in pursuit of developing a system that provides a self-perpetuating ecology of plants and animals for the benefit of mankind.

It has evolved further today to become a vision for a sustainable future in agriculture and horticulture.

Recycling systems based on good scientific methods of water catchment and distribution, plant material being returned to the soil through composting and mulching to enhance growth, and soil prepa-

A HARMONIOUS TECHNIQUE: Permaculture in action.

Permaculture

ration minimised in a way to evolve the soil ecology to reduce the need to cultivate, are an integrated part of permaculture design.

Permaculture design seeks to

create a self-sustaining ecosystem with minimal import and export of materials in order to produce a productive garden. Many people are developing food forests of trees

that produce edible fruits and nuts combined with native flora and fauna coexisting to benefit each other.

Permaculturalists are transforming their patios and balconies with

vertical gardens to make full use of their confined spaces and to be a productive food supply to the kitchen. In this way more and more quality fresh food is being produced almost anywhere there is some space.

The first step to having a permaculture garden is to get to know the site where you wish to grow your garden. The next step is to find out what plants can grow and what requirements they have. The third step is to plan out your garden with consideration of where water can be obtained and applied to the garden in the most sustainable way.

After that you prioritise the planting for ease of access to the plants needing the most care, and access for frequent harvest such as kitchen herbs. It’s then a matter of setting out the garden design to optimise the various requirements of each plant to maximise growth and minimise maintenance.

It can be quite complex but well worth the effort to have a garden design that works for you.

There are courses on permaculture in many areas of Spain, in English and Spanish.

Sadly, Bill Mollison, co-founder of permaculture, passed away in 2016. He will be remembered and respected for the introduction of permaculture to the world.

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pets

Milk not good for dogs AT one time fish was thought to be a major cause of skin disease in cats. Now we have all come to realise that the flea is the main culprit when it comes to skin irritation in cats and dogs.

However, not many pet owners are aware that our pets suffer food allergies which can cause dermato-

logical discomfort. In fact, according to Nigel Taylor the Express vet, 1 per cent of all skin problems in cats and dogs are caused by dietary allergies. Allergic reactions may be triggered in minutes, hours or days.

Once an allergy to a protein is established, sensitivity is often lifelong.

Protect the sofa from your cat AS much as you love your cat, it drives you mad when you spot it sharpening its claws on the settee.

Luckily, though, there are a few tricks you can try to stop the problem: • Have their claws cut: Scratching is a social act for young felines, especially on vertical surfaces and it fulfils their need to sharpen their claws.

If they are too long, take them to have them clipped. This is more important as cats get older as the less active they become the less likely their claws are to be worn down naturally.

• Don’t tell them off: They’re not being naughty, they actually have a physical need to scratch things. Stopping them could even lead to psychological and behavioural problems. A plan of action is needed.

• Provide them with toys and scratching posts: Toys and scratching posts are not only a way to keep them happy, they will also eventually become their go-to place to sharpen their claws.

This type of item is never amiss at home and will distract your furry friend from the sofa.

SCRATCHING: A possible sign of an allergic reaction.

Dogs are mostly sensitive to beef and milk, while cats often do not get on with beef, milk or fish. Some dogs can digest the lactose in cow’s milk. Give a pet dog or cat milk, and the undigested lactose provokes an upset stomach in no time. This is not a true allergy but demonstrates how sensitive to certain foods pets can be. Stop the milk and your pet’s life will look up immediately.

Most pets will react in some way to incorrect feeding and apart from allergic reactions one can expect flatulence, inconsistent stool quality and large smelly motions. Incorrect feeding can cause failure to put on weight, and certainly if the balance of the food is not correct a display of hyperactivity or indeed low activity can result.

Most animals can be assessed by their coat and skin vitality. There is always

a possibility that the protein is being utilised for energy, with a subsequent loss of health and vitality.

Ritualistic scratching and licking could well indicate that there is an allergic reaction to the food, and the eating of grass, twigs and roots sometimes is an indication that the food is not being digested properly.

Tissue stealing and fibrebased destruction could be another indication that there is a craving for fibre to help the digestive process.

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motoring

BMW

Credit: Twitter @BMW Group

Picking up the E-PACE

announces its next-generation i8 Coupe THE new Qualcomm Safety Car BMW i8 Coupe has celebrated its debut in the Chilean capital Santiago.

MS&AD Andretti Team drivers Antonio Felix da C o s t a ( P O R ) a n d To m

Blomqvist (GB) both attended the presentation, along with Team Principals Roger Griffiths, JF Thormann and Bruno Correira.

Also there was Alejandro Agag, CEO of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship, who said: “When we first started Formula E, many people said that this series would not have a future.

BMW was amongst the first to open its doors and believe in our championship. Ever since the very first race in 2014, the Qualcomm Safety Car has sat proudly at

SAFETY FIRST: The Qualcomm i8 Coupe is a model of innovation. the front of the grid.”

The Qualcomm Safety Car makes use of a ‘Hal o P r o t o t y p e Te c h n o l o gy’ inductive charging system.

The system uses no cable connections and becomes 80 per cent charged in only one h o u r. O t h e r n e w f e a tures include a roll bar, rear wing, a rear hatch made of carbon fibre and a roof-mounted signal light system.

The fourth race of the Championship took place last Saturday and

the Qualcomm Safety Car was soon out on track following a number of crashes in the opening lap.

Driver Antonio Felix da Costa recovered f r o m a d i ff i c u l t s t a r t t o fight back strongly in the race, finishing in ninth place with two p o i n t s . Te a m m a t e To m Blomqvist also drove hard and came home in 11th place, just outside the points.

The race victory went to Jean-Eric Vergne and the TECHEETAH Team.

JAGUAR recently introduced its new E-PACE model at a presentation in Marbella hosted by distributor C de Salamanca.

The E-PACE is a compact five-seater SUV with the design and performance of a sports car.

This four-wheel drive model joins Jaguar’s SUV stable which includes the SUV F-PACE, recently awarded the World Car of the Year.

The sporty exterior design is inspired by the F-TYPE and is characterised by the distinctive Jaguar grille and trimmed overhangs.

According to Jaguar: “The E-PACE combines the interior space, connectivity and safety that families expect, with a quality of design and performance that is not usually associated with such a practical vehicle.”

It is a technically advanced and intelligent model with a touch-screen entertainment system that connects customers with their favourite apps.

There are four 12-volt charging points, five USB ports and a 4G Wi-Fi hotspot for up to eight devices.

The Configurable Dynamics system allows drivers to make individual adjustments to the accelerator, automatic transmission, steering and suspension.

In addition, the 300 HP turbo engine allows the car to reach 100 km/h in 6.4 seconds, with a maximum speed of 243 km/h.

Overall, the Jaguar E-PACE combines all the character of a sports car with the space needed by young families.

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sport

Pego Golf Society Stableford competition played at Oliva Nova

ON a morning when we were due to play golf at Oliva Nova, it was very cold, with the bottom temperature at 8am between three and five degrees centigrade. The sun eventually came through after about one hour’s play, to warm our bodies, and in the end it was a perfect day to play this lovely game.

We were playing a Stableford competition, and the 39 members were joined by only two guests, and they were Carla Chaszczewski (a good Scottish name) and Jim Hayward. The competition itself was played with two divisions for handicap.

All very close with both scores in Division 1 the same, and all three scores in Division 2 the same Nearest the pin at Hole No 5 with their second shot was Danny Herron with 2.3 metres, and at hole number 16, nearest the pin was Bill Pike at 5.74 metres.

There was only one person with a two and that was Marin Gates who had two of them. One at the third and another one

at the 11th and lipped the hole at 16 for what would have been three two’s.

The balls in the water competition, was won by Jean Taylor, and the amount of balls in the water this week was 103.

There was a card draw as it was the birthday last week of Stella Fox, and the prize was a big jar of home-made marmalade made by Stella herself.

Just to add a bit of fun, it was won by Ian Robertson, only fitting to a Scotsman, The happy winners

In the competition, the results for Division 1 were as follows:Place Name Points 1st Place Shaun O’Gorman 37 Points playing off 2nd Place Terence Moore 37 Points playing off 3rd Place Brian Barden 34 Points playing off

Handicap 5.4 Handicap.

11.2 Handicap 16.8 Handicap

Results for Division 2 were as follows Place Name 1st Place Johnny Evans 2nd Place Angus Muir 3rd Place Graham Haslam

Handicap 20.1 Handicap 19.9 handicap 25.8 Handicap

Davis Cup round up Battling Norrie can’t stop Spain’s victory

by Tom Woods SPAIN triumphed 3-1 over Great Britain in their Davis Cup tie after Cameron Norrie went down in four sets to world number 21 Albert Ramos-Vinolas in Marbella.

It was another valiant effort from Norrie, ranked 114 in the world, but he was eventually defeated 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 7-6 (7-4) 62 in three hours and 43 minutes.

Had 22 year-old Norrie won, Kyle Edmund would have played in a deciding fifth match.

Great Britain now faces a play-off in September which they need to win to stay in the 2019 World Group.

A GB win in the tie was always a tall order given the absence of the talismanic Andy Murray, re-

SMASH HIT: The performances of the unheralded Norrie are the story of the tie.

Photo by Twitter @BritishTennis

covering from a hip operation.

Australian Open semifinalist Kyle Edmund was also missing from the opening singles matches because of his own hip problem.

Spain were without world number one Rafael Nadal, but the five players in their squad are ranked in the top 40 and have now won 28 of their past 29 Davis Cup ties on clay.

Norrie’s superb comeback win against

Bautista Agut gave Britain hope of a huge upset, but defeat for Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot in the doubles meant that both singles matches on the final day had to be won.

Great Britain captain Leon Smith will hope to have Andy Murray and Kyle Edmund firing on all cylinders for September’s play-off, but at least knows he has a strong back up option in the emerging Norrie.

Points 27 Points playing off 27 Points playing off 27 Points playing off

with Robertson’s marmalade.

Next week, we have the Pego Putter, which is a Bogey competition in Pego Golf Society, a major trophy in our eyes, so should you want to join us at Pego, please contact Penny Barden at pego handicapsec@gmail.com, and we would love to see you.

David Phillips Captain