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Spain’s Princess Cristina goes on trial for tax fraud ■ MIREILLE TODDINGTON

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Spain’s Princess Cristina, the sister of King Felipe VI, and her husband are on trial for corruption in a high stakes case likely to further damage the monarchy’s image.

The highly anticipated trial of the royal couple and 16 other accused will run until June at a court in Palma, on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, where the Spanish royal family has a seaside holiday home. Cristina, 50, will be the first direct member of the royal family facing criminal charges since the monarchy was reinstated following the death of dictator General Francisco Franco in 1975. The case is centred on the shady business deals of the Noos Institute, a charitable organisation based in Palma which her husband, former Olympic handball player Inaki Urdangarin, chaired from 2004 to 2006. As a result of their indictment, last

year, King Felipe VI, who took over from his father Juan Carlos in June 2014, stripped Cristina and her husband of their title as Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, in a bid to undo damage to the monarchy's image ahead of the trial. Juan Carlos had given the couple the title when they married in 1997 in a lavish ceremony at the height of the popularity of the Spanish royals. “Felipe VI cannot allow there to be the slightest doubt over the rigour of his sister's trial,” historian Pilar Urbano, who has written extensively about the royal family, told AFP. The trial must be "exemplary, the opposite would hurt him," she added. Urdangarin, 47, and his former business partner Diego Torres are

suspected of embezzling 6.2 million euros ($6.7 million) in public funds paid by two regional governments to the Noos Institute to stage sports and other events. He is accused of using his royal connections to secure inflated contracts without competing bids and siphoning off some of the money into Aizoon, a firm he jointly ran with his wife Cristina to fund a lavish lifestyle. Once dubbed the ‘ideal’ son-in-law by Spain's gossip press, Urdangarin has also been charged with influence peddling, document falsification, money laundering and tax fraud. Cristina, a mother-of-four with a Continued on page 9

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Diesel at 1 euro per litre Diesel fuel is being sold at an average of 1.006€ per litre across Spain, which is nearly 9 percent lower than last year, and almost 8000 petrol stations are selling it a under a euro a litre. Of these 8,000, 1,100 are selling it at under 90 cents a litre and two - one in La Rioja and one in Zaragoza - are selling it at under 80 cents. According to the Ministry of Industry's geoportal, these petrol stations are spread evenly across the whole country and are just as likely to be independent as part of one of the big chains. The huge drop in crude oil prices on the international markets since the summer of 2014 has led to a progressive fall in domestic petrol prices, which are now at 2010 levels. Unleaded 95 costs on average 1.141 euros per litre according to data from the European Commission, this equates to 0.87 percent less than a year ago. There are a dozen petrol stations, mainly independents or linked to hypermarkets, where unleaded is being sold for under a euro a litre. The price of Brent crude oil has stayed below 40 dollars a barrel for weeks now and even dropped as low as 36 dollars for a number of days, far below the price of over 100 dollars a barrel that was seen in the summer of 2014. This huge price drop has led to a gradual reduction in domestic petrol prices, although the fact that more than half the retail price of petrol is

made up of taxes means that the vast difference between last year’s and this year’s crude oil prices has been less noticeable.

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BITE SIZE Possible ‘grand NEWS: coalition’ for Spain The Samaritans rise to the occasion

There aren’t many organisations that would prefer demand to decrease for them rather than increase. However, the Samaritans is one of those. During 2015, the Samaritans in Spain dealt with over 800 callers to their service which is an increase of 23 per cent over that of the previous year. Part of the reason for this was the increase in the number of emails they received. ‘It’s a credit to all the dedicated and loyal volunteers who are both listeners and charity shop workers that we have been able to cope with the increased call rate during the year,’ says CEO Lynda Brettle. ‘We now also have a fundraising group ‘Friends of Samaritans’ who organise events for us and we are very grateful to our many supporters.’ In 2016, volunteers will be training at the Punta Prima Centre and there are plans to establish a call centre in the Gran Alacant/ Alicante area. ‘We are also planning to build listening teams on the Costa Blanca North (Javea) and the Costa Cálida (Mazarrón),’ says the Samaritan’s General Manager Stephen Baker. If you think you might be interested in helping out in one of these areas please contact Stephen on stephenrbaker@outlook.com

Tapas route prizes The 13th Rute de la Tapa was held Continued on page 4

The leader of the PSOE, Pedro Sánchez, has announced his intention to form a ‘grand coalition’ of progressive parties to govern Spain if the current acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, fails to get the necessary support to be reelected as the country's leader. On the back of a series of declarations by the various socialist leaders with regard to a pact between the PSOE, Podemos and other leftwing parties, Sánchez revealed recently in Lisbon that he is looking for an agreement which will ‘change Spain’. The announcement came after Sánchez met with the Portuguese prime minister, the socialist Antonio Costas, who managed to take power from Pedro Passos Coelho after achieving an historic coalition pact with the left-wing Bloque de Izquierda (allied with Podemos and the Greek Syriza party in the EU) and with the Communist Party. Sánchez aspires to form a similar coalition pact to the Portuguese one and made it clear yesterday that if Rajoy fails to be re-invested as prime minister, the PSOE would offering ‘an outstretched hand to the progressive parties’. He also made it clear that the PSOE members of parliament would not support either Rajoy or any other representative of the PP as president of the government. Shortly after Sánchez declared his intentions, the vice-president of the

government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría responded saying that when a country is governed by those who have not won the election, the losers are the people of that country. “A Portuguese-style pact would ignore the choices made by the Spaniards who voted. If Mr Sánchez knew how to add up, he'd know he hasn't got enough seats and that it would be the worst option for Spain from an institutional point of view because it would include parties who don't have a vision of a unified Spanish nation, which is what the Spanish people chose when they went to the ballot boxes”, she said, adding that what the country needed was “a moderate legislature, with a good economic and social policy”. She asked Sánchez to put the interests of the Spanish people above "party or personal ambition" when working out who should govern the country. The secretary general of the PP, María Dolores de Cospedal, also warned about the unfeasibility of a Portuguese-style pact, explaining that the PSOE would need the support of not only the ‘most radical’ socialists, but also of the pro-independence parties, ‘who have said that they no longer want to form part of our country’. “I would prefer a more Germanstyle pact”, she concluded, in reference to a coalition between the two main parties.

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UK urged to re-open negotiations over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands

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The Spanish government has officially supported a request from Argentina to re-open negotiations with the United Kingdom on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, and took the opportunity to reiterate to the UK its willingness, in line with UN guidelines, to restart negotiations to resolve the contentious issue of Gibraltar. Three days ago, on the 183rd anniversary of the British occupation of the Falklands, the Argentine government renewed its demands with regard to the sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago. Spain, via an official communiqué from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, supported Argentina's request to reopen dialogue with the United Kingdom in search of a peaceful and lasting solution to the contested sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, and stated: “Just like Argentina, Spain fully supports bilateral dialogue with the United Kingdom in order to find a definitive solution to the two issues which affect the territorial integrity of Argentina and Spain.” Argentina and the United Kingdom went to war over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in 1982, after Argentine troops landed on the islands. The conflict, which ended in Argentina's surrender in June of the same year, cost the lives of 255 Britons, three islanders and 649 Argentines. In March 2013 a referendum was held, although not recognised by the

between the 19th and 29th November. It was another success and once more, there were some prizes to hand out to the winning entries. The professionals awarded the best tapas of the house to Tasca Bahía for their ‘Pulpo Sangochao’ and the prize for the best gourmet tapas to Bar Tapería Los Zamoranos for their ‘La esfera de rape y gambas con salsa de piquillo’ The prize awarded by the public vote for the tapas of the house went to Rincón de lasJarras and their ‘Brocheta de solomillo de cerdo’ and for the best gourmet tapas to Bar Tapería Los Zamoranos for their ‘PintxoTosta con cebollacaramelizada, seta y solomillio de buey’. The prizes were presented by Councillor Fanny Serrano and winners were also announced from members of the public. They received prizes for taking part that included meals at some of the winning restaurants, gift cards for Habaneras Shopping Centre, a smartphone and dinner with a member of the council of their choosing. We all now look forward with anticipation to Ruta de la tapa 14.

Argentine government, in which the Falkland islanders decided by an overwhelming majority to remain under British rule. After Mauricio Macri took power in Argentina on December 10th last year, the British government expressed its hopes that the new president would not continue to ‘hound’

the Falkland Islanders as they felt his predecessor, Cristina Fernández, had done. The government of Gibraltar, for its part, has issued a communiqué rejecting Spain's request restart negotiations with the UK over its sovereignty, saying that “it is not a subject up for discussion or negotiation with Spain.” It also warned that it would ‘never allow’ the UK to participate in any ‘conversation, discussion or negotiation’ with Spain with respect to the sovereignty of Gibraltar.

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Plea for blood donations but not from the British Councillor Carmen Morate is very keen to provide opportunities for local residents to give blood. The next Continued on page 5

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BITE SIZE Iberia is Europe’s NEWS: most punctual airline Continued from page 4 opportunity is on 16th January in the Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen from 9.30 am until 1.30 pm and from 5.00pm until 8.30pm. However unfortunately this excludes British people as they are still unable to give blood due to the legacy of mad cow disease.

Who lives in Torrevieja? The statistics of inhabitants ‘estadística de habitantes’ can be seen on the Torrevieja town hall website. It gives the statistics of those living in Torrevieja as of the 1st December by country of nationality. They include: Spain 51,071 United Kingdom 8,770 Russia 5,327 Romania 2,633 Sweden 2,085 Norway 1,593 Morocco 3,188 Italy 1,057 Germany 2,183 Belgium 1,221 Bulgaria 2,696 Ukraine 2,589 Altogether there are 98,491 people living in Torrevieja 49,698 of them are men and 48,795 of them are women. The median age is between 40 and 44 years old and there are 28 people here who are over the age of 99. You can see all the statistics by visiting: http://www.torrevieja.es/sal/ayuntamie nto/censo/censo%20y%20estadistica/ Continued on page 7

Iberia was the most punctual European airline in 2015 and the second most punctual in the world, with 88.97 per cent of its 187,538 flights arriving on time. The Spanish company moved up one place on the worldwide list, having come in third overall in 2014. The Polish airline LOT and the Dutch airline KLM were in second and third place respectively in the European table, and the worldwide table was topped by Japanese airlines JAL and ANA.

Europe, with 87.38 per cent of its 82,016 flights arriving on time. Similarly, Oneworld, the alliance between Iberia and Iberia Express, received the FlightStats prize for the most punctual airline for the third year in a row. The airlines that belong to Oneworld made over 4.8 million flights last year, with a punctuality index of 80.97 percent overall. Star Alliance (5.5 million flights) headed up by Lufthansa, and SkyTeam (5.8 million

Iberia Express topped the ‘low-cost’ punctuality league table for the second consecutive year with 93.5 percent of its 31,355 flights arriving on time. Right behind it were Latvia's Air Baltic and Japan’s Air Do. Both Iberia and Iberia Express have improved their punctuality in 2015 compared with the previous year despite operating 10.1 per cent and 27.5 percent more flights respectively. The two airlines have opened up more than 30 new routes between them over the past two years. Air Nostrum (Grupo Iberia) was the 10th most punctual regional airline in

flights) led by the Air France-KLM group, had punctuality indices of 77.83 percent and 75.08 percent respectively. The airport boasting the best punctuality record in the world last year was Itami airport in Osaka (Japan), with 94.74 percent of its flights arriving on time, whilst Madrid-Barajas was down in 64th place, with 81.77 per cent of flights arriving punctually. The European airport with the best record for on-time flights was HelsinkiVantaa (92.22 per cent). Madrid came in 14th and Barcelona-El Prat 19th (78.23 per cent).

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New jobs in Orihuela The City of Orihuela is working with a DIY superstore company looking to hire new staff for its new venture in the municipality. The Councillor for Employment Victor Valverde, announced recently that the department has recently collaborated with the Aki DIY business, which will soon open a new store in Orihuela. The Councillor explained that the government had provided the company with more than 80 CVs and application forms from the database held by the recruitment and placement agency of the city. The company is seeking candidates for the posts of vendors, waiters and cashiers, among other positions. Its selection process will be to initially gather CVs that

Driver checks The DGT traffic authority will take 120,000 driver drug control tests this year. The number is 38 percent up on last year and will be nationally with the exception of the Basque Country and Cataluña which have their own traffic administrations. It is estimated these tighter controls will reduce traffic accidents by 17 percent. The new crackdown comes after the last Druid report which revealed a high percentage of drivers were driving after mixing drugs and alcohol. In the said study, 12 percent of the drivers chosen for testing resulted over the legal limit for both drugs and alcohol, and that cannabis and cocaine were the two most popular drugs. Also, in the tests made last year revealed in the 59 percent of the drivers stopped for any traffic offence tested positive for illegal drugs, and 33 percent of those stopped in preventative controls. The Interior Ministry explained the saliva tests for the detection of drugs have a deterrent effect, as with breathalysers. In addition the preventative controls, submitted after an accident are carried out inside the Integral Vigilance Plan. The DGT is also studying new educational and rehabilitation measures for the drivers extending into other fields which will be announced later in the year. Testing positive for drugs costs 1,000 € and six points off your licence.

profile appropriate and available potential staff members from the official database maintained by the Ministry of Employment. Also, the company itself will be the one to carry out the second stages of the selection process in the coming days through one-to-one interviews. Anyone interested in the process still have time to submit an application through the company’s website www.aki.es

Councillor Valverde said: “This is good news for employment in Orihuela that we have a new businesses and numerous job options for people who may have been unemployed for a long time.” The City Council has also made available rooms in the municipal offices for the selection interviews and tests to be held over the coming days.

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BITE SIZE Dangerous dogs in Torrevieja NEWS: The new poor are the middle class Middle class families with parents between the ages of 35 and 49 who have young children are those most likely to seek assistance from the Cruz Roja (Red Cross) in the Vega Baja. The financial crisis, unemployment and lack of resources have left many families amongst the middle classes more vulnerable. During 2015 the Cruz Roja has attended to almost 10,000 people and put in place 16,600 interventions that include the provision of food, medicine, hygiene products and economic help in order to prevent the electricity and water being cut off. In the last five years the number applying for help has doubled. Difficulties usually begin with loss of employment, then reduction or removal of unemployment benefit and finally depletion of any savings they may have had. Once a family in need has come to light then begins an assessment of what they require most. The aim is to enable the family to get straight and able to provide for themselves. It’s not just the unemployed. Many families are on very low wages in parttime jobs and are often caught in a situation of having to make decisions between paying the rent or mortgage or eating. It’s a hard step for these families to ask for help and the Cruz Roja both respond to requests and identify and offer services themselves. Suzanne O’Connell

Councillor Carmen Morate is often faced by dilemmas. One of her latest ones has been what to do when a holidaying couple have a dog that’s not banned in the UK but is on the Spanish dangerous dogs list.

The couple had a bull terrier which does require a special licence in Spain as it is listed as being a dangerous dog here. They were concerned as to what they could do to ensure they remained within Spanish law. All dogs that are on the license list must be muzzled when they are in a public place. They must also be insured as any harm done to a member of the public could be extremely expensive for the owners of the dog as well as being distressing for the victim. However, if you are only in Spain for a short space of time there is no point in applying for a licence which might also be difficult to acquire if you are a non-resident. The fine for having a dangerous dog without the proper licence here can be from €2,400 upwards. A very good reason for ensuring that your pet is properly licenced, microchipped and muzzled when out for walks. Banned dogs in the UK under the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1991 include the: • Pit Bull Terrier • Japanese Tosa • Dogo Argentino • Fila Braziliero

In Spain there is a list of dogs which require a special licence for you to own one. These include: • American Staffordshire Terrier • Staffordshire Bull Terrier • Perro de Pres Mallorquín • Fila Brasileño • Presa Canario • Bullmastiff • American Pitbull Terrier • Rottweiller • Bull Terrier • Dogo de Burdeos • Tosa Inu • Dogo Argentino • Doberman • Mastín Napolitano

The licence must be obtained from the town hall and requires that you are: • Of sufficient age to be responsible for it • Do not have a serious criminal record • Can obtain a psychological fitness certificate • Have liability insurance If you do live in Spain and own one of these breeds then you should apply to the town hall in La Mata who are the responsible body for issuing licences in this region. If you are only visiting the region it is best if you leave your pet at home. If this isn’t possible then you must comply with as much of the requirement as you can, including that it is muzzled when in public, it is microchipped and that you have liability insurance. Suzanne O’Connell

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British drug runners captured network of British drug runners who wanted to sell 3,000 kilos of cocaine across Europe has been uncovered in Galicia. They negotiated the purchase of the drugs in the Hostel dos Reis Católicos in Santiago de Compostela on a table using wads of 500€ with no regard to privacy. The National Police headed up the operation into the drug trafficking organisation made up of British citizens and impounded 3,000 kilos of cocaine, the largest haul of the narcotic drug since 1999. The so-called ‘Operation Dulce’ started with the arrest of nine members of the gang based on the Costa del Sol, in addition to two Spaniards who had the job of transporting the drugs. In the same operation, the providers of the drugs were two Dutch citizens who had travelled to Galicia to negotiate on the selling of their cocaine. The agreement between the Dutch and the gang headed by British drug trafficker, 41 year old Gary Williams, was sealed on a table in the named exclusive hostel in the Plaza del Obradorio, next to the city’s Cathedral. The Dutch couple spent several days there without hiding their high lifestyle, and showed no shyness in paying with wads of 500€ notes brought from Holland. According to Europa Press, sources at the investigation said during their meeting with the British drug traffickers they ‘had the notes spread out all over the table in plain sight of everybody’. Their stupidity was noticed by the hostel staff who informed the Police. However, police detectives had already been following the gang for the past six months, alerted by the DEA in the United States and NCA in Britain as well as the Colombian authorities.

During the meeting in Santiago, the gang led by Gary Williams agreed to pay 500,000€ in exchange for the first consignment of the drugs, which had arrived by sea, unloaded in Galicia and was being stored in an industrial warehouse in Pontevedra. The day of the handover was to be 14th December and so on that date the Police were waiting to arrest those involved working alongside the GEO Guardia Civil Special Operations Group. The most complicated part of the operation was the interception of the van which was travelling from Galicia to Málaga with 700 kilos of cocaine hidden in a false bottom between the driver’s cabin and the cargo area hidden behind a motor as a decoy. The 2,300 kilos of remaining drugs remained in Pontevedra. Driving the van was one of two Spaniards who were integrated into the British organisation, while the other was driving ahead in a car to give advance warning of any police patrols or check points. When the GEO surprised them, in an attempt to flee, the driver of the car crashed into one of the Police cars which had blocked his way and stopped him. Sources say the car driver was from Málaga with a high disposable income and didn’t want to get mixed up with the drugs so he had chosen specifically to drive the safety car. At the same time two Dutchmen and seven Britons were arrested, including gang leader Gary Williams. Searches were also carried out in Málaga, where they found 1.2 million €, 1,000 pounds sterling, a Glock pistol loaded with bullets and another pistol loaded with blanks, four vehicles and a motorbike. The detectives also raided the industrial warehouse in Pontevedra

where the larger part of the drugs was found and seized.

Details The General Director of the Police, Ignacio Cosidó, spoke to the press following the successful conclusion of the operation and gave details of the investigation. He was accompanied by the General Commissioner of the Judicial Police, Santiago Aparicio, and the person responsible from the UDYCO, Eloy Quirós, along with the Chief of the Central Brigade of Narcotics, Ricardo Toro. Also present were representatives of the Spanish DEA and the British NCA. It is known that the drugs were sourced from Latin America, probably Colombia, and then transported to Holland and then on to Galicia to be sold. Despite everything the police detectives think Europe was to be the selling ground with the United Kingdom at the top of their list. The drug traffickers would take the cocaine there by land crossing the border with France. Their idea was to store the drugs in various flats on the Costa del Sol until border controls were relaxed at the French border – recently heightened given the Jihadist attacks on 14th November. ‘There are very few organisations in Europe who are able to acquire, transport and sell the drugs when three tons is involved,’ said a Police spokesman. What is still under investigation is who owns the industrial warehouse, who received the delivery on arrival in Galicia, who was also implicated in Holland, who was going to sell the drugs across Europe and who organised the transport from Colombia. Therefore the international collaboration continues.

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Continued from page 1 master's degree from New York University, faces the lesser charge of tax evasion. The examining magistrate in the case tried for years to prove her active involvement in her husband's business dealings. But he ran into the firm opposition of public prosecutors who managed to get her cleared of accusations of money laundering. The case was triggered by a complaint from anti-graft campaigners ‘Manos Limpias’ or ‘Clean Hands’. Public prosecutors and the tax office both declined to press charges against her. Urdangarin faces a 19-and-a-half-year jail sentence. If convicted Cristina faces a jail term of up to eight years.

Potential harm The first days of the trial will be spent on procedural matters. The accused will start being questioned on 9th February with Cristina last on the list to testify. The princess, the sixth in line for the throne, has denied wrongdoing. During a preliminary hearing in February 2014 she told the court that

she trusted her husband to manage their finances and repeatedly answered ‘I don't know’ to questions. Her lawyers are expected to ask the court to apply the so-called ‘Botin doctrine’ to her. In a 2007 case against the late Emilio Botin, the former chairman of Santander bank, the Supreme Court ruled that people cannot be tried without the support of the public prosecutor. Applying this jurisprudence to the princess ‘would give the impression that justice is not equal for all’ said Urbano. The princess, who now lives in Switzerland, has kept a low profile ahead of her trial. She has been excluded from the royal family's official functions and was not even invited to her brother Felipe's swearing in ceremony in June 2014. Whether she gets the case against her dropped or stands trial until the end, the monarch's reputation will take a hit, Jose Apezarena, author of several books about Felipe, told AFP. “Like it or not, it will hurt the monarchy,” he said.

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Three Kings with a difference Yes, they were there,the three Magi, Kings of the Orient; Gaspar, Melchor and Baltasar. But during the three kings parade on 5th December in Torrevieja there were some conspicuous absences. The animals, which are usually herded around the streets, were missing. There were no goats or pigs, donkeys, geese or horses, However, if there was any void left because of this it was soon filled by a range of other novel newcomers to the procession. The kings arrived, as usual, by sea and were greeted in the port area by hundreds of hopeful children and their parents. After a greeting from the Magi themselves, a welcome was read out by Rosana Gutierrez and Paula Aniorte, the two winners of the writing

carriages delivering presents. The Cabalgata eventually reached the church to be greeted by the traditional nativity scene with children playing the main roles. Here, Melchor once more addressed the crowd with his speech translated by volunteers into English and Russian. They ended the evening in the square with a wave from the town hall balcony, before going on to Torrevieja hospital to the children’s ward. There was lots of attention to detail and the children must have been doubly excited to see the Kings and their helpers entering with so many gifts. Sweets were thrown as usual to the crowd but presents were also handed out to the children on the streets. An additional touch that will make this

competition ‘Letter to Santa Claus’. The procession began in a rather unusual way with some vintage cars and three small floats depicting an ordinary family. There was a man reading a newspaper, watching as his children waved from the balcony whilst his wife peeled potatoes from another float. Dance schools from across the town performed as part of the parade and there were two acrobats leading in the star of Bethlehem followed by the Three Kings’ floats. Magical bubbles brought up the rear along with

a night to remember for many of them. This was a refreshing new version of the Three Kings parade. This more modern approach might have left some missing the traditional procession they have watched for decades. However, for many it was an interesting interpretation of a much-loved custom. Suzanne O’Connell Read about the Orihuela Costa’s Three Kings event on page 26

January sales create new jobs Post-Christmas sales have seen 80,200 new temporary jobs in Spain being taken up. This equates to 5 per cent more than in January 2015, according to recruitment agency Adecco. Perfume and cosmetics, clothing and accessories, electronics, toys, food, distribution, wholesalers, logistics and transport, bars and restaurants are the areas where most of the new employment has been created. Sales and customer service roles are the most prolific, including publicity hostesses at events, promoters, call centre staff and shop assistants. Around a quarter of those taken on for the Christmas campaign have had their temporary job contracts renewed to cover the festive sales – which end in late February – especially those with customer service experience and who are good at selling. Employees with these talents are likely to be the most sought-after for the rest of the year, with jobs in customerfacing and sales roles expected to

increase by between 50 per cent and 60 per cent. Retail jobs increase by 50 percent over the Christmas, New Year, Three Kings and winter sales periods, whilst transport and logistics positions rise by 20 percent. Catalunya has seen the highest number of new temporary jobs offered – 14,668 – followed by the Valencia region, with 13,562 and the Greater Madrid region with 10,750. Combined, they make up half of all seasonal jobs in Spain, and are followed by Murcia (9,150) and Andalucía (nearly 8,000). Other than Asturias (995 jobs), Cantabria (910), La Rioja (686), the Balearic Islands (223) and Extremadura (210), the rest of the regions expect to take on between 3,000 and 4,100 new staff apiece. By provinces, Barcelona has taken on the most new workers – 11,500 – followed by Madrid, Valencia and Murcia at between 9,000 and 11,000.

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NEW YEAR! NEW LOOK! New show! New Members! Rascals, Costa Blanca's leading musical variety group, will bounce into the New Year with a new look! Commencing in mid-January, they will be starting rehearsals for a great new musical and comedy show, to be performed in May 2016. The Show, entitled ‘Saturday Night at the Movies’ is being put together by Show Director Annette Baldwin with assistance from Michelle Grocutt and Julie Schofield. Annette has many years experience in musical theatre, and whilst in the UK took on leading roles in shows such as “Me and my Girl” and “Anything Goes” to name just two. If you are a fan of the silver screen then you will be tapping your feet and singing along to such

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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE The Chinese Manufacturing Purchasing Managers index data released on the 4th January highlighted further weakness in their economy, sending global stock markets into a tailspin. Panic selling ensued over the week with both the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges forced to close on two separate days under their recently imposed circuit breaker rules. Global stock markets felt the reverberations as worldwide growth prospects are clearly going to be scaled back further for 2016 and 2017 on such a negative sentiment. The flight for safety saw a renewed fervour for the European single currency which did over the weak manage to climb against a weaker US dollar. The single currency traded firmer from the start of the week as the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index delivered a positive survey result, highlighting the Eurozone’s resilience despite the slowdown in China and further emerging market declines. The December Manufacturing PMI index result was 53.2 up from November’s 52.8, with the Italian’s delivering their best performance for 57 months. On a quarterly basis the average reading for the 4th quarter was the highest since quarter one back in 2014. The Eurozone Services PMI’s held firm in December delivering an index result of 54.2, helping the composite EU PMI figure covering all sectors to a four and a half year high of 54.3. Other positive news saw the EU unemployment rate dip again to 10.5% in November, down from 10.6% recorded in October. The weaker retails sales result for November, at a negative 0.3% on the previous month, was shrugged off by the markets as typically December should show the majority of uplift as Christmas shopping takes hold.

Terror attacks threatened for Madrid, Rome and Naples In a released video the Spanish terrorist leader of Al Qaeda who back in September to have called on the Muslims living in Melilla to join the Jihad. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI) has threatened imminent attacks in Madrid, Rome and Naples in a video distributed recently by the terrorist group who recently swore allegiance to ISIL Daesh. The recording, detected by the Security Intelligence Counselling and Consultancy, a terrorist, supposedly from some point in Mali, affirms ‘today they (the crusaders) are in your land, the land of Islam, but with the permission of God we will arrive and recover our lands in Naples, Rome and Madrid, explosions everywhere by the permission of God’. In the 13 minute long video, Abu al-Nur al-Andalusi appears on several occasions, although he never speaks. He is the leading Spanish jihadist, and has lived in Melilla for some time, and who appeared in another video on 3rd September 2015 animating the Muslims in the autonomous city to unite with the Islamists. Al-Andalusi is the second in command in one of the cells which compose the Khatiba al Quds, affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, which operates in the northern desert of Mali. The Spanish Jihadist group, which operates on the Sahel front, could have relations with logistical Islamic mafias in the north of Morocco.

Whilst the Euro held its own, sterling succumbed to a mass of selling trading as low as €1.3340 against the single currency, having started the week at $1.3675. The pound found itself lower on a weak UK manufacturing MPI release which reported a growth rate of 51.9 during December down from 52.5 a month earlier. Sterling was further unhinged when David Cameron told Government ministers they will be free to campaign on either side of the referendum on Britain's membership of the EU. David Cameron stated he would make a clear recommendation on whether the UK should stay in the EU or leave, following the conclusion of the renegotiation of the terms of its membership. Chancellor George Osborne also lent a hand in driving sterling lower with a warning that 2016 could mark "the beginning of the decline" for Britain unless the country sticks to tough economic reforms. Osborne reiterated that economic problems in China, Brazil and Russia, combined with sharp falls in commodity prices and the crisis in the Middle East were all menacing for the global economy, with the UK in the line of fire. The week ends with the Euro/US$ rate back testing the 1.09 levels, in spite of a strong nonfarm payroll figure of 292,000 added during December. The overall US unemployment rate remained static at just 5%, a reason why the US dollar didn’t trade firmer in the aftermath must be the fact that when having scrutinised the jobs data a large proportion created were for minimum wage roles. Normal average hourly wages actually fell by 1%, highlighting a total lack of wage inflation. €/US$ over the week has climbed form a low of 1.07 to test a high of 1.0940 and closes the week just shy of the highs.

Torrevieja helps international residents Little by little the pentapartido are settling into the town hall in Spain. It’s not only the town hall that is now coming into its own. ■ SUZANNE O’CONNELL

suzanne@costablancapeople.com The OARI (Office for Attention to International Residents) is finding its feet and offering the services, advice and information that resident foreigners need. Carmen Morate is councillor for international residents. She has been spear heading the transformation from her own office which is located in the OARI building, opposite the Town Hall. It’s not been an easy time for the councillor, as with them all, she has had to hit the ground running and has occasionally taken a stumble or two. Now she is delighted to welcome Carlos Gonzalez as the new director of the foreigners’ office. He will be able to help Carmen address the concerns and issues faced by the international community in Torrevieja. Carlos speaks excellent English and has two new members of staff to help him in his work. One is a police officer who is currently off the beat due to pregnancy. The other is one of the 41 who have been employed on special contracts

and who will also be assisting Carlos and Carmen in delivering an efficient and supportive service. The OARI office is currently open from 10.00 am until 2.00 pm. ‘We are hoping to extend the opening hours to an afternoon session too,’ explains Carmen. ‘We want to be as accessible as possible and we also want your ideas and suggestions about how we can improve our town.’ To some extent Carmen and the other councillors have been firefighting until now. With the prospect of more staff and Carlos now officially employed

she is hoping that this will free them to be more proactive rather than reactive.

Plans for 2016 Two areas that the new council are keen to move on soon is that of the refuse collection and buses. It is hoped that both can be made into a public rather than a private service to deliver the best they can to the local community. ‘It is a big task,’ says Carmen, ‘and we must start from scratch. It will mean there being dedicated people to organise the services and we will need to buy the

transport too.’ However, anyone who has tried to rely on the bus service will appreciate the need for a review and new arrangement to take place. It will require a lot of investment but Carmen feels that it will be more than worth it in the long run. Both Carlos and Carmen are aware of how important it is that communication is opened up between the town hall and urbanisations around Torrevieja. They feel that so far much of what goes on does not reach the outskirts of the town. They are hoping to begin holding press conferences themselves that will focus on the English-speaking press in the region. ‘We also want to hold new events that embrace the diversity of Torrevieja,’ says Carmen. One of the issues of which Carmen is acutely aware of is that of animal protection in the town. She was closely involved recently in the rescue of a horse kept in dire conditions and was impressed by the work of the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre. She recognises the value of what is on offer there and the expense that it entails. With the new year now welcomed in she would like to host an event to help their fund-raising efforts. It is a fine line between supporting the volunteers who act in so many exemplary capacities around the town and keeping to the strict rule of the law. Carmen is doing her best to help those helping animals to find a comfortable balance between the great work that they do and the laws that they must work within.

There are many town hall procedures that Carmen and Carlos would like to see clarified and improved. The flow of money raised during charity events has been particularly slow and they are looking for ways of speeding this up and ensuring that money gets to the right place when it’s needed.

If you need help If you are a resident in Torrevieja and do require help or information then you can email Carlos at cgonzalez@torrevieja.eu Alternatively, you can call in between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm at the OARI on Calle Caballero de Rodas, on the corner opposite the town hall. Carlos will be more than happy to assist you or refer you to where you can receive the help you need in the right department. ‘You can also make an appointment if you prefer,’ explains Carlos. His appointment and establishment in the OARI will be a relief to many who have watched the vacant spot with concern. He knows, along with Carmen, that there are many unresolved issues in the town. The park at La Siesta and the petrol station being erected at San Luis have all caused consternation to those living close by. There are no simple solutions to these issues but Carlos and Carmen are there to work with us and explain why things are as they are. They cannot fix everything and emphasise that their priority is to start to build firm foundations on which a better Torrevieja can be constructed. Suzanne O’Connell

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‘You Can’t Be Serious’ is a weekly tongue in cheek look at the world through Bernie Comaskey’s eyes. With kind permission of the Westmeath Examiner.

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CHANGE SHOULD NEVER BE UNDER-PINNED THROUGH BLACKMAIL So how are the New Year’s resolutions going? Sorry … and no need to snap the nose off me! You are not alone in your weakness. Only about 10 per cent will stick with the good intention. It is indeed hard to change. My Aunt Kathleen had a saying, ‘they’re good that change’. Probably the more correct grammar would be, ‘those who change are good’ – but we all knew what Kathleen meant. It doesn’t matter how long it takes or how late in life, the person who mends their way is a good person. The human animal has the use of reason and a free will: Therefore every human being has the capacity to change. ‘Reinventing oneself’ it is called these days – but this column will keep it simple and call a spade a spade. We are all creatures of habit and it is difficult to break a habit. I read somewhere recently that it takes 68 days to break a bad daily habit. (How in the name of God do they come up with these figures?) Can a kleptomaniac change? Of course they can; same as those addicted to nicotine or alcohol often do change. If my bad habit damages just me, I owe it to myself to change; if my bad habit affects others, I am duty bound to

change. This is one time when ‘change for the sake of change’ is the right way to go. Children will often be bribed to be ‘good’ and even adults can respond to the carrot in order to get back on the straight and narrow. No two people are identical and each of us come with our own unique strengths and weaknesses and it is how we deal with these that we should be judged. I suppose if our courts were to be absolutely fair, the judge should take into account the individual weakness and the circumstances that every defendant was subjected to before arriving in the dock. However,

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when he or she was ‘on it.’ That is not a sufficient change; wouldn’t you agree? Not let us carry this same example a wee bit further. There is a core of criminal killers in this country who have been treated differently for the past eighteen years because they ‘changed’ from shooting people to being ordinary criminal thugs. Many of these would have been gangsters anyway. They still control their own communities along the border regions with solid fear. The ‘laundering’ of diesel and the dumping of sludge is destroying the lives of those same people these gangs claimed to defend in the past. Drinkingwater over vast areas is contaminated to the extent that it poses a risk of cancer to those who drink from a tap. One badly affected river feeds water to more than fifty thousand homes. Tourism has been decimated in this area – especially with regard to fishing and salmon stocks being wiped out. Then legitimate taxes from the sales of fuel is stolen from the exchequer – revenue which perhaps might make life easier for the less welloff among us. Apologists for the smugglers and extortionists involved will tell us that we

would have no Good Friday Agreement if it weren’t for these ‘good republicans.’ Does this mean that the authorities on both sides of the border are to turn a blind eye to every other criminal activity as long as there is no everyday shootings? And if so, for how many years before ordinary decent fellow nationalists can get on with living normal lives? And there is still killing – if not on the same scale as before. A number of horrific murders remain unsolved, despite the fact that every dog on some streets knows who is responsible …. But the word ‘fear’ is foremost in the mind of those who know, so they quite understandably keep their beal duntha. These criminal gangs need to be encouraged to truly change – but not by allowing them to underpin change by way of blackmail. The carrot has not worked …

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American couple arrested in Spain after dead child found in home The Catalan police have arrested an American couple after walking into their Girona duplex and finding the decomposed body of a young boy, presumably their son. Investigators said the child appeared to be around seven years old and had been dead for around four weeks judging by the body’s advanced state of decay. An autopsy will determine the cause of death, which the parents had not reported. The parents, who were arrested and have so far failed to provide any details about the child’s death. Mossos d’Esquadra officers arrived at the scene after the owner of the duplex apartment came by to demand that the tenants pay their rent, which they had been behind on since September. As the woman stood outside the door, ringing the doorbell and getting no reply, she heard loud shouting inside the property and decided to call the police. When the Mossos showed up at the apartment, located in Girona’s central Eixample district, the couple were visibly agitated and did not resist arrest, said sources familiar with the case. Officers who walked inside the premises noticed a strong offensive smell and proceeded to inspect the rooms, one of which held the lifeless body of the child. Sources said there were no obvious signs of violence, and that the family had placed mattresses near the body,

suggesting that they were spending time in the same room. The same sources said the suspects are a middle-class family with two other children aged 12 and 14 years old. They had been living in Girona for around a year and a half, but the children were not going to any local schools and were apparently following online courses in English. None of the family members spoke either Spanish or Catalan. The father, a 39-year-old engineer, might have ties with the US consulate, the sources added. He and his wife, 38, were paying a monthly rent of €1,100 for their duplex apartment, although they fell back on their payments in September. Neighbors said the family kept mostly to itself and that for a long time nobody had seen any of its members other than the father, and then only occasionally. The inquiry will now try to determine whether the child died of natural causes, whether he suffered an accident or whether there was criminal intent behind his death. The question also remains as to why the parents did not report the death in the first place. Although all avenues of investigation remain open, one of the main hypotheses is that the child got sick, that his condition worsened, and that the parents failed to seek the necessary medical attention.

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Three Kings busy in Orihuela magic delivery. From 6.00pm the official Procession of the Magi began from Las Espeñetas and weaved its way through the streets of Orihuela until reaching Calle San Gregorio. Whilst at the Town Hall, the Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, accompanied by

Key to the city As if the huge responsibility of delivering all of the children’s presents wasn’t enough for the Three Kings last week, they also took time out to visit sick children, accept the key to the City of Orihuela and visit various institutions in the city. The Councillor of Festivities, Mariola Rocamora, joined the Magi in their traditional annual visit to the Vega Baja Hospital, where they personally handed out toys to the sick children who will be spending the festive holidays in hospital. The Councillor explained that ‘this was a very special visit, in which children who are in hospital receive an early visit from the Kings and are the first to greet the Magi and be given presents

Visiting sick children personally by them’. Melchor, Gaspar and Baltasar made their first visits early on Tuesday morning to Orihuela and following the visit to the children’s ward the Magi then made their way across to the heart of the City where they were received by the Mayor and the local government team at the Town Hall. Then, from 11.30 the Three Kings travelled by camel to the Teatro Circo in order that local children could meet them personally and were able to hand deliver letters detailing their present wish list for that evening’s

members of the Municipal Corporation, received the Magi in order to hand them the key to the city “in order that tonight they can leave gifts in every house” explained the Mayor. Melchor Gaspar and Baltasar came to the Consistory with their Pages and then went in procession to the Teatro Circo to meet some of the City’s children. Later the Magi went to the Occupational Centre Oriol where they also held a special meeting with users, accompanied by the Councillor for the Pedanías, Victor Valverde.

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Spectre (2015) Rating 7 A cryptic message from Bondʹs past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind Spectre. Director: Sam Mendes Writers: John Logan (screenplay), Neal Purvis (screenplay), 6 more credits » Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux

The Ridiculous 6 Rating 5 An outlaw who was raised by Native Americans discovers that he has five half‐brothers; together the men go on a mission to find their wayward, deadbeat dad. Director: Frank Coraci Writers: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler Stars: Adam Sandler, Terry Crews, Jorge Garcia

Point break (2015) Rating 5.4 A young FBI agent infiltrates an extraordinary team of extreme sports athletes he suspects of masterminding a string of unprecedented, sophisticated corporate heists. "Point Break" is inspired by the classic 1991 hit. Director: Ericson Core Writers: Kurt Wimmer (screenplay), Rick King (story), 5 more credits » Stars: Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone

The Danish Girl (2015) Rating 6.5 A fictitious love story loosely inspired by the lives of Danish artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerdaʹs marriage and work evolve as they navigate Liliʹs groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. Director: Tom Hooper Writers: David Ebershoff (novel), Lucinda Coxon (screenplay) Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard

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Property sector in limbo An historic year for after elections mortgage rates Despite a promising property growth outlook before the elections, political instability has put the sector in limbo. On the evening of the general elections in Spain on 20th December, the economic future of the country, and therefore the property market included, looked extremely promising and positive. Well-known economists forecast sustainable growth of 2.5 per cent for the forthcoming years, based on the renewed growing interest from foreign investors. However, after the election’s results failed to produce a clear winning political party, the whole recovery of the economy has been left on ‘standby’, which will most likely continue until the situation of limbo has been resolved. With three political parties capturing around 20 per cent of the votes each and a fourth party with 14 per cent (Ciudadanos), it’s difficult to see how this situation will pan out. And that’s why major investors, who are all in favour of a strong government that will effectively push for economic recovery, have now chosen to just sit back and wait to see what evolves. The property sector is one market that will be hugely affected by the results. Right in the midst of a normalisation procedure after seven years of falling house prices and volume of transactions, 2016 should be looking bright. Property sales in October last year went up 2.7 per cent annually, reaching 35,088 transactions for that month, and house prices fell minimally by 0.3 percent from October 2014 to register 1,226 euro/sq. m. According to BBVA Research and BBVA Real Estate, the normalisation procedure of the property sector in Spain will become more noticeable and even more intense during 2016. The latest report from the bank anticipates a

greater number of property purchases and new construction for this year before us. Additionally, for the first time since the start of the economic crisis, the bank’s experts believe that revenue from the sector will begin to add value to the country’s GDP. Investment into property is expected to grow 3.4 per cent annually in 2015, which would increase 0.2 per cent to Spain’s GDP for the year. In 2016, this figure is forecast to rise to 7.1 per cent. According to the bank, the key to such a positive

For homeowners with a mortgage and still plenty of years left to pay, repayments have been made so much easier over the last five or six years. With the economic crisis in 2008, monthly repayments suddenly fell considerably overnight as soon as the property crisis kicked in, and they have been falling steadily ever since. Each December, which is when most people’s annual revision takes place, all eyes turn towards the evolution of the mortgage reference rate, hoping that it will fall that little bit lower each time. And

reference rate had dropped below 0.1 per cent, and even lower than the official price of the euro, which had been set at 0.05 per cent since 2014 by the European Central Bank (ECB). So, now that we have just entered a new year, what’s the outlook for the Euribor for the immediate future? Well, according to the ECB, its monetary policy will remain the same until 2017 for definite. The official body has insisted that it is in no hurry to increase interest rates. Other experts believe that the Euribor still has room to drop even further – to 0.04 per cent, which is 0.02 percent less than the current level.

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outlook will be in the renewed demand for residential property in Spain. However, the political instability could shake things up and possibly worsen the situation if the end result means that the labour market doesn’t continue to improve, households have less disposable income, consumer confidence drops or demand from foreign investors declines. Bankinter is also optimistic with regards to the situation of the property market over the next few years, although it states that a fall in the population could have a negative impact on that. It also warns that for the sector to recover, an improvement in the country’s GDP and employment sector is a must.

homeowners haven’t been disappointed so far. However, with each year, the reductions are becoming smaller and it hard to believe that the Euribor could drop even lower - but it has. This is fantastic news for all homeowners that owe money to their bank. Last year, 2015, has been a historic year for the Euribor; already at an all-time minimum at the beginning of the year, the rate has continued to fall – to even newer lows. At the end of 2014, the Euribor registered 0.328 percent, but by the close of 2015, it had been reduced to 0.059 per cent, which is a reduction of 82 percent. This is the biggest percentage drop in the last decade. Before that, the most the Euribor had fallen was by 70 per cent in 2012. Also in 2015, was the first time the mortgage

While a good indication of how the Euribor will react is by looking at the European benchmark interest rate, there are other factors to take into consideration as well. For example, it is worth keeping an eye on the price of raw materials, the Federal Reserve’s monetary policies (interest rates went up for the first time in nine years in December), the euro zone’s own economy and inflation. Despite the fact that there are a number of elements to consider, in general, there shouldn’t be any surprises on the market in the near future. If GDP and inflation do not increase to the optimum rate of 2 per cent within the euro zone, it is unlikely that any changes will be made to the region’s monetary policies. The IMF has warned that the global economy in 2016 will be pretty underwhelming – the economy in the euro zone is expected to grow 1.9 per cent and inflation will register at 1.5 per cent. Oil prices are also expected to stay at minimum levels.

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BBC1 7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.30pm 4.15pm 4.45pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.25pm 11.35pm 12.25am 12.55am 2.45am 4.45am 4.50am

BBC2

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Close Calls: On Camera Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Father Brown For What It's Worth Escape to the Country James Martin: Home Comforts Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Fake Britain EastEnders A Question of Sport Shetland BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather The Graham Norton Show Would I Lie to You? Eagle Eye Masters Snooker Extra Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.00am

Rip Off Britain

7.45am

Homes Under the Hammer

8.45am

Close Calls: On Camera

9.15am

MasterChef: The Professionals

10.15am

Victoria Derbyshire

12.00pm

BBC News

1.00pm

The Daily Politics

2.00pm

Masters Snooker

7.00pm

Eggheads

7.30pm

Great British Railway Journeys

8.00pm

Masters Snooker

9.00pm

Mastermind

9.30pm

What to Buy and Why

10.00pm

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

11.00pm

11.30pm

Newsnight

12.05am

Masters Snooker Highlights

12.55am

Puppet on a Chain

2.30am

Question Time

3.30am

Top Gear

4.30am

This is BBC Two

ITV2 7.00am 7.10am 8.00am 9.05am 9.35am 10.05am 10.35am 11.20am 12.20pm 1.10pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 2.30pm 4.35pm 5.40pm 6.50pm 7.50pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.10am 1.30am 1.55am 2.20am 2.55am 3.20am 6.50am

7.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 5.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 11.15pm 11.45pm 12.45am 1.00am 1.30am 2.30am 3.00am 3.30am 4.00am 5.00am 5.15am 5.30am 6.00am 6.30am

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Woman in Gold

9.00am

The Legend of Longwood

10.45am

The Face of an Angel

12.45pm

Selma

2.55pm

The Man From U.N.C.L.E Sky Movies Special

3.25pm

Woman in Gold

5.15pm

Run All Night

7.15pm

The Legend of Longwood

9.00pm

Run All Night

11.00pm

Selma

1.15am

The Face of an Angel

3.00am

Girl House

4.45am

The Legend of Longwood

6.30am

Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes

ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.40pm 12.10am 2.25am 4.00am 4.50am

Sky Sports 1

The Hot Desk The Cube Dinner Date Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Catchphrase Dinner Date Royal Pains Emmerdale Emmerdale The Hot Desk Must Love Dogs The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out The Hot Desk You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men 2 Fast 2 Furious Take Me Out Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Safeword Planet's Funniest Animals Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

Television: Fri 15th Jan

CostaBlancaPeople January 12th - 18th 2016

Cricket La Liga Show 2015 Fantasy Football Club Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits La Liga Show 2015 The Premier League Years The Premier League Years The Fantasy Football Club FL72 Barclays Premier League Review Jamie Vardy- Record Breaker Football Gold Barclays Premier League Review The Fantasy Football Club La Liga Show 2015 Premier League Legends Barclays Premier League Review The Fantasy Football Club Football Gold Football Gold La Liga Show 2015 Premier League Legends Barclays Premier League Review

Made in Chelsea Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory Iron Man The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Gogglebox Gogglebox Drifters Drifters

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Judge Rinder 1000 Heartbeats Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street The Martin Lewis Money Show Coronation Street Mr Selfridge ITV News at Ten and Weather Birds of a Feather Thunderball Jackpot247 Murder, She Wrote ITV Nightscreen

The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Futurama Futurama The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Extreme Phobias, Extreme Cures Bring the Noise Stella Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Air Ambulance ER Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK Border Force UK Border Force

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Deal or No Deal Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown First Dates Rude Tube Beverly Hills Cop III The Restoration Man Building the Dream Phil Spencer: Secret Agent Deal or No Deal 1001 Things You Should Know How I Met Your Mother

8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 12.40am 1.00am 1.25am 1.45am 2.10am 2.30am 3.00am 3.45am 4.15am

Top Gear Don't Tell the Bride Russell Howard's Good News Russell Howard's Good News EastEnders Russell Howard's Good News Extra American Dad! American Dad! Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Siblings Russell Howard's Good News Extra Russell Howard's Good News Russell Howard's Good News

7.00am 7.25am 8.20am 9.25am 10.30am 10.55am 11.25am 11.50am 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.05pm 5.40pm 6.10pm 6.45pm 7.50pm 8.50pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.35am 3.30am 4.25am 5.20am 6.15am 6.35am

Man About the House Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Darling Buds of May Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Man About the House Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Long Lost Family Law and Order: UK Blue Murder Private Benjamin The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Darling Buds of May The Darling Buds of May Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen

Soap Update Eastenders – Phil reaches a new low, with his family despairing his latest behaviour. Kathy encourages Ben to open up, but can she help him? Emmerdale – Pearl has a confession to make. Adam gives Kirin some advice. Chrissie tells Rakesh to make his move. Coronation street – Will furious Robert reveal all to Nick? Nosy Sally tries to rumble Anna. Luke and Andy take the law into their own hands. Tracy’s scheming gets Robert what he wants. Anna and Kevin have a close call. What does Jamie have in store for Steph?

Channel 5 7.00am 7.10am 7.20am 7.30am 7.40am 7.50am 7.55am 8.10am 8.20am 8.35am 8.50am 9.00am 9.15am 9.25am 9.35am 9.45am 10.00am 10.15am 12.10pm 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 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.05am 1.00am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.45am 6.10am 6.35am

BBC 3

ITV3

Kirstie Allsopp's Home Style

11.00am

Location, Location, Location

12.05pm

Hugh's 3 Good Things

12.15pm

Destry Rides Again

2.05pm

Time Team

3.10pm

Come Dine with Me

3.40pm

Come Dine with Me

4.15pm

Come Dine with Me

4.45pm

Come Dine with Me

5.20pm

Come Dine with Me

5.50pm

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

6.45pm

A Place in the Sun

7.50pm

A Place in the Sun

8.55pm

Grand Designs

10.00pm

Spin

11.00pm

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

1.10am

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

2.10am

Grand Designs

3.15am

A Place in the Sun

4.25am

Hugh's 3 Good Things

The Wotwots! Chloe's Closet Lily's Driftwood Bay Fireman Sam Wissper Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Jesse Stone: Night Passage 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud That's So 1985 Celebrity Big Brother Lip Sync Battle UK Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Super Casino Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother Tattoo Disasters House Doctor House Doctor House Docto

BBC 4 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.45pm 9.50pm 9.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am Top 10 1.30am 2.10am 3.10am Top 10 4.40am

More 4 9.55am

World News Today Top of the Pops: 1981 The Good Old Days Pop Go the Sixties Pop Go the Sixties Pop Go the Sixties One-Hit Wonders at the BBC Music Moguls: Masters of Pop Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top of the Pops: 1981 Music Moguls: Masters of Pop Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the This is BBC Four

ITV4 7.00am 7.10am 7.30am 7.55am 8.50am 9.55am 10.55am 12.00pm 12.30pm 12.55pm 1.25pm 1.50pm 2.55pm 3.55pm 4.55pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.25am 2.45am 3.35am 3.45am 4.00am

Football's Greatest Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Alias Smith and Jones Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Alias Smith and Jones Minder The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars Pale Rider Two Mules for Sister Sara Ax Men Movies Now ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

TV Pick Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary – BBC2 – 10.00 pm Hour-long special revealing the intimate and ultimately deadly relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, dramatized purely from the words of the two queens and their courtiers. Of all the dangers Elizabeth I had to survive - the Spanish Armada, a Catholic continent plotting against her, restless nobles uneasy at serving a queen who refused to marry - none was so personally intense as her rivalry with her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. This was her longest battle, lasting over two decades. The two queens stared across the ultimate divides of their time: Protestant and Catholic, Tudor and Stuart, English and Scottish. Their fascination with one another grew into the greatest queenly face off in history. And yet, in 26 years of mutual obsession, they never met. Their confrontation was carried out through letters. Historians interpret and argue over the monarchs' motives for their 'duel to the death' - for in the end only one queen could survive such emotional combat.

Television: Sat 16th Jan BBC1

BBC2

7.00am

Breakfast

7.05am

Race to Super Bowl 50

11.00am

Saturday Kitchen

7.55am

Wonder Man

12.30pm

James Martin: Home Comforts

9.30am

1.00pm

BBC News

11.10am

Homes Under the Hammer

1.10pm

Football Focus

12.10pm

Natural World

1.50pm

Saturday Sportsday

1.00pm

James Martin: Home Comforts

2.00pm

Masters Snooker

1.45pm

James Martin: Home Comforts

5.30pm

Final Score

2.30pm

Bargain Hunt

6.10pm

Now You See It

6.40pm

BBC News

6.50pm

Regional News and Weather

7.00pm

Pointless

The Prisoner of Zenda

3.15pm

Escape to the Country

4.00pm

For What It's Worth

4.45pm

Flog It!

5.30pm

Masters Snooker

6.30pm

Victorian Bakers

7.30pm

Dad's Army Masters Snooker

7.50pm

The Getaway Car

8.45pm

The Voice UK

10.05pm

Casualty

10.55pm

The National Lottery Live

8.00pm

11.05pm

BBC News

11.30pm

QI XL

11.25pm

Match of the Day

12.15am

Insert Name Here

12.50am

Snooker

12.45am

Dragons' Den

2.50am

Weather for the Week Ahead

1.45am

Spider

2.55am

BBC News

3.20am

This is BBC Two

ITV2 7.00am

The Hot Desk

7.10am

Emmerdale Omnibus

9.55am

Coronation Street Omnibus

12.20pm

Ninja Warrior UK

1.20pm

You've Been Framed!

2.20pm

You've Been Framed!

2.50pm

What a Girl Wants

5.00pm

Bean

6.45pm

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

9.15pm

Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands

10.20pm

Take Me Out: The Gossip

11.20pm

American Pie 2

1.25am

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

1.55am

The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

2.20am

Reality Bites

2.55am

Viral Tap

3.30am

Totally Bonkers Guinnes World Records

3.55am

Teleshopping

6.55am

ITV2 Nightscreen

Woman in Gold

9.00am

The Legend of Longwood

10.45am 12.45pm

The Face of an Angel Big Hero 6 Special

1.15pm

Woman in Gold

3.05pm

Selma

5.15pm

Run All Night

7.15pm 9.00pm

The Legend of Longwood Run All Night

11.00pm

Selma

1.15am

The Face of an Angel

3.00am

Girl House

4.45am

The Legend of Longwood

6.30am

Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes

ITV1 7.00am 7.25am 7.35am 7.45am 8.00am 8.05am 8.15am 8.30am 8.35am 8.50am 9.10am 9.30am 10.05am 10.25am 11.15am 12.20pm 1.20pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.35pm 4.35pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 7.05pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.20pm 11.20pm 11.35pm 1.50am

Sky Sports 1 7.00am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 1.00pm 3.45pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 12.30am 2.00am 3.30am 5.00am 5.30am 5.45am 6.00am 6.15am 6.30am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League Legends Barclays Premier League Review Game Changers Barclays Premier League Review The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. FL72 Viral Videos of the Month Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Ford Saturday Night Football SNF: Game of the Day SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice Premier League Legends Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League Legends

7.00am 7.25am 7.45am 8.10am 8.35am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.00am 12.50am

Rude(Ish) Tube Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Couples Come Dine with Me Couples Come Dine with Me The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Role Models Gogglebox Gogglebox

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

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Channel 4

Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge Pat and Stan Dino Dan Dino Dan Share a Story Sooty Super 4 Scrambled! Mr. Bean Horrid Henry Nerds and Monsters Thunderbirds are Go The Tom and Jerry Show Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Tipping Point Doc Martin The Martin Lewis Money Show The Saturday Night Story ITV News London ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed! Ninja Warrior UK Take Me Out The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News and Weather Lethal Weapon 4 Jackpot247

Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew Game Changers Football Freestyler The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. What's Up RSPCA Animal Rescue Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Clash of the Titans A League of Their Own Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life Duck Quacks Don't Echo Flintoff: Lord of the Fries Night Cops Inside Gatwick UK Border Force

7.00am

Where the Heart is

7.50am

Where the Heart is

8.50am

The Royal

9.55am

The Royal

10.55am

Carry on Don't Lose Your Head

12.50pm

A Touch of Frost

2.50pm

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

4.00pm

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

5.05pm

Columbo

7.05pm

Lewis

9.00pm

Foyle's War

11.00pm

Agatha Christie's Marple

1.00am

Marchlands

2.00am

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

3.00am

Man About the House

3.30am

Teleshopping

7.15am

How I Met Your Mother

7.40am

King of Queens

8.05am

King of Queens

8.30am

Ironman Switzerland

9.00am

Everybody Loves Raymond

9.30am

Everybody Loves Raymond

10.00am

The Morning Line

11.00am

Flash Gordon

1.10pm

The Big Bang Theory

1.35pm

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2.30pm

Channel 4 Racing

5.00pm

Come Dine with Me

5.35pm

Come Dine with Me

6.05pm

Come Dine with Me

6.35pm

Come Dine with Me

7.05pm

Channel 4 News

7.35pm

Location, Location, Location

8.30pm

World's Weirdest Homes

10.00pm

Fast and Furious 6

12.40am

The Running Man

2.30am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

4.30am

Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

5.30am

The Fabulous Baker Brothers

6.25am

1001 Things You Should Know

6.50am

How I Met Your Mother

8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 12.05am 12.30am 12.50am 1.15am 1.35am 1.55am 2.25am 2.55am 3.25am 5.00am

Don't Tell the Bride Top Gear Live at the Apollo Drive Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Russell Howard's Good News Live at the Apollo Siblings Bedtime Stories This is BBC Three

9.55am 11.00am 12.00pm 2.00pm 2.35pm 3.05pm 3.35pm 4.10pm 4.40pm 5.45pm 6.50pm 7.55pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 12.05am 12.40am 1.15am 1.50am 2.55am 3.55am

Time Team Time Team The Lady Vanishes Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Grand Designs Grand Designs Grand Designs Grand Designs Father Ted Father Ted 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Father Ted Father Ted Father Ted 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Spin

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

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Channel 5 7.00am 7.05am 7.15am 7.30am 7.40am 7.50am 8.00am 8.10am 8.25am 8.35am 8.50am 9.15am 9.30am 9.45am 9.55am 10.30am 12.35pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.05pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.30am 1.00am 4.10am 5.00am 5.50am 6.20am 6.45am 6.50am

BBC 3

ITV3

BBC 4 8.00pm

2.45am 3.25am 4.05am 4.30am

Stories From the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited Castles: Britain's Fortified History The Young Montalbano Music Moguls: Masters of Pop One-Hit Wonders at the BBC Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown Top of the Pops: 1981 Top of the Pops: 1981 Sounds of the Eighties This is BBC Four

7.00am 7.20am 8.00am 8.55am 9.25am 9.55am 10.25am 10.55am 11.25am 2.15pm 4.50pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.40am 2.35am 3.00am 3.55am 4.00am

Football's Greatest Ax Men Ax Men Formula E: Sound of the Future Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders Captain Newman, M.D. Tobruk Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Assassins The Glimmer Man Nitro Circus The Professionals ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

9.00pm 10.00pm 11.40pm 12.40am 1.40am

More 4

Channel 4 – 10.00 pm

Fast and Furious 6 –

Justin Lin directs instalment six of the action-thriller franchise starring Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Walker and Luke Evans. Following the events of the previous chapter, the street-racing gang have dispersed around the world to live a clandestine life of luxury and familial harmony. But then a group of villains, led by SAS-trained Owen Shaw, attacks a Russian military convoy in order to acquire components for a super-weapon. The Diplomatic Security Services' Luke Hobbs uses photographic evidence that Dominic Toretto's one-time lover Letty is still alive to tempt Dom and his team into helping to track down the mercenary baddies. Toretto agrees to assist in the manhunt in return for a full pardon for all of his buddies, including former FBI man Brian O'Conner. And so, starting in London, the bravura set-pieces, speedy chases and explosive conflict begins.

Peppa Pig Bananas in Pajamas Bob the Builder Tickety Toc Zack and Quack Roobarb and Custard Too Make Way for Noddy Paw Patrol Little Princess Pip Ahoy! Blaze and the Monster Machines Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Wanda and the Alien Toby's Travelling Circus Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Saturday Show Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Columbo: A Matter of Honor Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ice Road Truckers 5 News Weekend World War II in Colour World War II Battlefield Recovery Chasing Monsters: The Shark Eater The Championship Goal Rush Celebrity Big Brother Lip Sync Battle UK Super Casino Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother: Heroes and Villains House Doctor House Doctor Angels of Jarm Angels of Jarm

ITV4

Television: Sun 17th Jan

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BBC1 7.00am 8.35am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 4.15pm 5.15pm 5.25pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.20pm 7.30pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 11.30pm 12.30am 2.10am 2.15am

BBC2

Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show The Big Questions Sunday Politics Bargain Hunt BBC News Homes Under the Hammer Eat Well for Less Escape to the Country Lifeline Songs of Praise Gret Barrier Reef with David Attenborough BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Still Open All Hours Call the Midwife War and Peace BBC News Regional News and Weather Match of the Day 2 The Devil's Double Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.30am

A to Z of TV Gardening

8.15am

Monty Don's Italian Gardens

9.15am

Countryfile

10.15am

Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

11.45am

James Martin: Home Comforts

12.30pm

James Martin: Home Comforts

1.15pm

MOTD2 Extra

2.00pm

Masters Snooker

6.15pm

Ski Sunday

7.00pm

World's Sneakiest Animals

8.00pm

Masters Snooker

12.00am

Headhunters

1.35am

Countryfile

2.35am

Holby City

3.35am

ITV2

This is BBC Two

ITV1 7.00am 7.25am 7.35am 7.45am 8.00am 8.05am 8.15am 8.30am 8.35am 8.50am 9.10am 9.30am 10.05am 10.25am 11.20am 12.20pm 1.25pm 2.30pm 2.35pm 3.20pm 4.20pm 6.35pm 6.45pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 12.20am

Sky Sports 1

7.00am

You've Been Framed!

7.00am

Football Gold

7.25am

Emmerdale Omnibus

7.15am

Football Gold

10.10am

Coronation Street Omnibus

7.30am

SNF: Match Choice

9.00am

SNF: Match Choice

12.40pm

Take Me Out

10.30am

The Sunday Supplement

1.55pm

Take Me Out: The Gossip

12.00pm

Goals on Sunday

3.00pm

You've Been Framed!

2.00pm

Ford Super Sunday

3.25pm

You've Been Framed!

5.00pm

Ford Super Sunday

8.00pm

Football League Goals

3.55pm

Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

9.00pm

Goals on Sunday

6.05pm

Jurassic Park III

10.00pm

European Rugby Special

7.55pm

Despicable Me: Minion Madness

11.00pm

Ford Football Special

8.10pm

Hotel Transylvania

12.30am

Football League Goals

1.30am

The Sunday Supplement

10.00pm

Quantum of Solace

3.00am

Goals on Sunday

12.10am

Not Another Teen Movie

4.00am

Ford Football Special

2.15am

Reality Bites

5.30am

Football Gold

5.45am

Football Gold

6.00am

Football Gold

2.50am

Planet's Funniest Animals

3.15am

Teleshopping

6.15am

Football Gold

6.45am

ITV2 Nightscreen

6.30am

Premier League Legends

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Woman in Gold

9.00am

The Face of an Angel

11.00am

The Legend of Longwood

12.45pm

Selma

2.55pm

Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes

3.25pm

Run All Night

5.25pm

Woman in Gold

7.15pm

The Legend of Longwood

9.00pm

Run All Night

11.00pm

Selma

1.15am

The Face of an Angel

3.00am

Girl House

4.45am

The Legend of Longwood

6.30am

Kingsman: The Secret Service Special

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am

E4 7.00am 7.25am 7.45am 8.10am 8.35am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 10.55am 1.30pm 4.05pm 6.10pm 6.35pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.05am 1.40am 2.15am 2.45am 3.20am 4.15am 4.35am

Rude(Ish) Tube Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus The Core Home Alone The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers Rude Tube The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd The IT Crowd Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 Hollyoaks Omnibus

Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge Pat and Stan Dino Dan Dino Dan Share a Story Sooty Super 4 Scrambled! Mr. Bean Horrid Henry Nerds and Monsters Bear Grylls Survival School The Tom and Jerry Show Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather Catchphrase Ninja Warrior UK You Only Live Twice ITV News London ITV News and Weather Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Endeavour ITV News and Weather Joanna Lumley's Trans Siberian Adventure Perspectives

The Hour of Power Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life WWE Raw Stop Search Seize Big Cats: An Amazing Animal Family Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Duck Quacks Don't Echo Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Stop Search Seize Air Ambulance Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets Stop Search Seize Night Cops Inside Gatwick

Channel 4 7.15am

How I Met Your Mother

7.40am

King of Queens

8.05am

King of Queens

8.30am

Everybody Loves Raymond

8.55am

Everybody Loves Raymond

9.30am

Frasier

10.00am

Frasier

10.30am

Sunday Brunch

1.30pm

George Clarke's Amazing Spaces

2.30pm

Location, Location, Location

3.35pm

The Big Bang Theory

4.05pm

The Big Bang Theory

4.30pm

The Big Bang Theory

4.55pm

The Simpsons

5.25pm

The Simpsons

5.55pm

The Simpsons

6.30pm

Epic

8.30pm

Channel 4 News

9.00pm

Walking the Himalayas

10.00pm

Deutschland 83

11.00pm

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

12.05am

The Final Destination

1.35am

15 Kids and Counting

2.30am

Come Dine with Me

3.00am

Come Dine with Me

3.30am

Come Dine with Me

4.00am

Come Dine with Me

4.25am

Come Dine with Me

4.55am

The Fabulous Baker Brothers

5.50am

Kirstie's Vintage Gems

6.00am

The Restoration Man

8.00pm 8.10pm 8.40pm 10.00pm 11.50pm 12.20am 12.45am 1.05am 1.25am 1.45am 2.15am 2.45am 3.15am 3.25am 5.00am

Great TV Mistakes Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes The Voice UK Looper Russell Howard's Good News Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Russell Howard's Good News Siblings Pop's Greatest Dance Crazes Great TV Mistakes 102 Dalmatians This is BBC Three

7.00am 7.25am 7.50am 8.20am 8.50am 10.45am 11.45am 12.45pm 2.40pm 3.50pm 4.55pm 6.55pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.15pm 1.45am 3.30am 3.55am 4.25am 4.50am 5.40am 6.30am

Rising Damp Rising Damp On the Buses On the Buses Carry on Don't Lose Your Head Heartbeat Heartbeat Columbo The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Agatha Christie's Marple Midsomer Murders Me and My Guide Dog Neil Diamond: One Night Only Captain Corelli's Mandolin Ooh... You are Awful! On the Buses On the Buses On the Buses Heartbeat Heartbeat ITV3 Nightscreen

TV Pick Call the Midwife – BBC1 – 9.00 pm Drama about a group of midwives in 1960s London Easter approaches, and midwives are shaken by the birth of a baby with severe, unexplained deformities. Meanwhile, Trixie begins teaching her brand new keep-fit classes, but a medical emergency for one of her group makes her question the relationship between women and their bodies.

Channel 5 7.00am 7.05am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 7.55am 8.05am 8.15am 8.25am 8.40am 8.50am 9.00am 9.25am 9.40am 9.55am 10.10am 10.30am 10.55am 11.30am 12.30pm 12.55pm 1.55pm 2.55pm 4.40pm 6.25pm 8.10pm 9.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 1.40am 2.05am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.50am 6.20am 6.45am 6.50am

Peppa Pig Bananas in Pajamas Angelina Ballerina Bob the Builder Tickety Toc Zack and Quack Roobarb and Custard Too Make Way for Noddy Paw Patrol Little Princess Pip Ahoy! Blaze and the Monster Machines Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Wanda and the Alien Toby's Travelling Circus Jelly Jamm LazyTown Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Championship Goal Rush Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Blue Streak Cheaper by the Dozen 2 George of the Jungle Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 5 News Weekend Celebrity Big Brother Eat Pray Love Tattoo Disasters Super Casino Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor Angels of Jarm Angels of Jarm

8.00pm

India's Frontier Railways

9.00pm

Empire of the Tsars:

10.00pm

The Golden Age of Circus:

11.15pm

A Day at the Zoo

12.15am

Lost Horizons: The Big Bang

1.15am

Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

2.15am

20th Century Battlefields

3.15am

American Nomads

4.45am

This is BBC Four

BBC 3

ITV3

BBC 4 Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley he Show of Shows

More 4 9.55am 10.20am 11.20am 12.25pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.05pm 2.35pm 3.05pm 3.40pm 4.10pm 4.40pm 5.15pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.50pm 7.25pm 7.55pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 12.20am 1.25am 2.25am 3.25am

Kirstie's Vintage Gems Building the Dream Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb Jamie's 15 Minute Meals Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Tiny House Nation The Lincoln Lawyer 24 Hours in A and E Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Embarrassing Bodies 24 Hours in A and E

ITV4 7.00am 7.10am 7.35am 8.20am 9.10am 10.15am 10.45am 11.10am 11.40am 12.10pm 12.40pm 1.05pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 3.05pm 5.15pm 7.05pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 12.30am 2.45am 3.40am 3.50am 4.00am

Football's Greatest Tommy Cooper Ax Men Ax Men Alias Smith and Jones Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Counting Cars Counting Cars The Classic Car Show The Hanging Tree Apache Smokey and the Bandit The Chase: Celebrity Special The Client 30 Days of Night Alias Smith and Jones Movies Now ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

Movie Pick Deutschland 83 – Channel 4 – 10.00 pm Drama in which a native of East Germany is sent into West Germany as a spy during the Cold War.

Television: Mon 18th Jan BBC1

7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.00pm 4.45pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 8.57pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.42pm 11.45pm 12.15am 12.45am 1.30am 1.35am

BBC2

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Close Calls: On Camera Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Father Brown For What It's Worth James Martin: Home Comforts Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Inside Out BBC News and Regional News EastEnders Panorama Silent Witness BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather BBC Weather Tracey Ullman's Show Have I Got News for You The Graham Norton Show Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.15am

Rip Off Britain

8.00am

Wanted Down Under

8.45am

Close Calls: On Camera

9.15am

Thief Trackers

9.45am

Caught Red Handed

10.15am

Victoria Derbyshire

12.00pm

BBC News

1.00pm

The Daily Politics

2.00pm

Masters Snooker

7.00pm

Eggheads

7.30pm

Great British Railway Journeys

8.00pm

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

9.00pm

Victorian Bakers

10.00pm

Stargazing Live

11.00pm

Stargazing: Back to Earth

11.30pm

Newsnight

12.15am

Race to Super Bowl 50

1.05am

Masters Snooker Highlights

1.55am

The Naked Choir with Gareth Malone

2.55am

Doctor in the House

3.50am

This is BBC Two

ITV2 7.00am 7.10am 8.05am 9.05am 9.35am 10.05am 10.35am 11.20am 12.20pm 1.10pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.40pm 4.45pm 5.50pm 6.50pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.10am 12.40am 1.10am 1.40am 2.05am 2.30am 2.50am 3.15am 6.45am

7.00am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 9.00am 9.30am 1.00pm 1.15pm 1.30pm 1.45pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 1.30am 2.30am 3.00am 5.30am 6.00am 6.30am

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Cricket's Greatest Big Bash League Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football League Goals Big Bash League Fantasy Football Club Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Ford Monday Night Football Football League Goals SPFL Round Up Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits SPFL Round Up MNF Highlights SPFL Round Up Premier League Legends Premier League Legends

7.00am 7.50am 8.35am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.00am 1.30am

Made in Chelsea Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube Scream Queens The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Woman in Gold

9.00am

The Legend of Longwood

10.45am

The Face of an Angel

12.45pm

Selma

3.00pm

Big Hero 6 Special

3.30pm

Woman in Gold

5.20pm

Run All Night

7.20pm

The Legend of Longwood

9.00pm

Run All Night

11.00pm 1.15am 3.00am

Selma The Face of an Angel Girl House

4.45am

The Legend of Longwood

6.30am

Ant-Man: Behind the Scenes

ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.45pm 12.45am 1.40am 4.00am 4.55am 6.05am

Sky Sports 1

The Hot Desk The Cube Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Catchphrase Dinner Date Royal Pains Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men 2 Fast 2 Furious The Keith Lemon Sketch Show The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Mom Mom Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

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Channel 4

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Judge Rinder Dickinson's Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Griff's Great Britain Coronation Street Benidorm ITV News at Ten and Weather Saved The Jonathan Ross Show Jackpot247 The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Futurama Futurama The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Modern Family Modern Family Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life A League of Their Own Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Air Ambulance ER Brit Cops: Frontline Crime UK Border Force UK Border Force

7.00am 7.25am 8.25am 9.30am 10.35am 11.00am 11.30am 11.55am 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.05pm 4.10pm 5.15pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.55pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.05am 2.55am 3.30am

Man About the House Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Darling Buds of May Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Man About the House Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK Bouquet of Barbed Wire The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Where the Heart is ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.35am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 1.40pm 2.10pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 4.10pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.35pm 12.35am 1.35am 2.30am 3.25am 4.20am 5.15am 6.15am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Undercover Boss USA Four in a Bed Channel 4 News Summary Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Deal or No Deal Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News How to Lose Weight Well The Undateables Crashing Tattoo Fixers First Dates Bodyshockers Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners Grand Designs The Restoration Man Phil Spencer: Secret Agent Deal or No Deal

8.00pm 9.05pm 10.00pm

4.00am

Top Gear Don't Tell the Bride Miss Transgender: Britain's New Beauty Queens EastEnders Siblings American Dad! American Dad! Family Guy Family Guy Siblings Miss Transgender: Britain's New Beauty Queens I Know What You Weighe Last Summer Miss Transgender: Britain's New Beauty

9.55am

Phil: Secret Agent Down Under

11.00am

Grand Designs

12.05pm

River Cottage Bites

12.20pm

Santa Fe

2.05pm

Time Team

3.10pm

Come Dine with Me

3.40pm

Come Dine with Me

4.10pm

Come Dine with Me

4.45pm

Come Dine with Me

5.15pm

Come Dine with Me

5.50pm

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

6.45pm

A Place in the Sun

7.50pm

A Place in the Sun

8.55pm

Grand Designs

10.00pm

Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

11.00pm

Grand Designs

12.05am

24 Hours in A and E

1.10am

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

2.10am

Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb

3.15am

Grand Designs

4.20am

Hugh's 3 Good Things

Eastenders – A familiar face arrives in the Square with worrying news. Martin continues to grow concerned about Stacey’s erratic behaviour, while tensions remain high in the Vic. Coronation Street – Tracy gets more than she bargained for. Sally makes a shocking discovery. Audrey leaves Ken bemused. Carla puts herself in grave danger. Anna gets a bad Phelan. Gail’s annexe needs underfloor heating. Emmerdale – Diane holds an open day at the pub. Kirin feels sidelined. Chas’s secret is catching up with her.

Channel 5 7.00am 7.10am 7.20am 7.30am 7.40am 7.50am 7.55am 8.10am 8.20am 8.35am 8.50am 9.00am 9.15am 9.25am 9.35am 9.50am 10.00am 10.15am 12.10pm 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 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.50am 6.10am 6.35am

BBC 3 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 12.25am 12.45am 1.10am 1.30am 2.00am 3.00am

ITV3

Soap Update

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The Wotwots! Chloe's Closet Lily's Driftwood Bay Fireman Sam Wissper Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Cowboy Builders 5 News Lunchtime Celebrity Big Brother Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Crimes of the Mind 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Police Interceptors Ice Road Truckers Celebrity Big Brother Gotham Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Celebrity Big Brother: Flirts, Friends and More Super Casino Secret Life of the Family Wildlife SOS The Great Artists House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor

BBC 4 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.40am 1.40am 2.40am 3.40am Evolution 4.40am

More 4

World News Today Sorry! Woolly Mammoth: Secret From the Ice Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution Creation Impact! a Horizon Guide to Plane Crashes Woolly Mammoth: Secrets From the Ice The Secret Horse: Quest for the True Appaloosa Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of This is BBC Four

ITV4 7.00am 7.20am 7.45am 8.40am 9.40am 10.40am 11.50am 12.20pm 12.50pm 1.15pm 1.40pm 2.50pm 3.50pm 4.55pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 12.00am 2.55am 3.50am 4.00am

Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Alias Smith and Jones Duck Dynasty Duck Dynasty Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Minder The Professionals Magnum, P.I. Alias Smith and Jones Minder The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Ax Men Sleepers Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

TV Pick

Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher – BBC2 – 10.00 pm Joann Fletcher explains how Ancient Egypt's extraordinary story fits together. Joann explores the magnificent Colossi of Memnon, built under Egypt’s greatest pharaoh - Amenhotep III. Joann explores the heights of Egypt’s civilisation and the lives of the workers and artisans caught up in Egypt's most ambitious building project: the Valley of the Kings. But this golden age is threatened by the growing power of Karnak's priests. When Amenhotep's successors Akhenaten and Nefertiti strike back at the priests, it is their son Tutankhamen who tries to rectify it. By finding clues in Tutankhamen’s treasure, Joann reveals how his early death was a chance for Egypt to start afresh and rewrite history. With the country restored to its former glory, Egypt's fate lay in the hands of Theban priest kings. Joann retraces their final act of desecration - decades of state-sanctioned looting of the Valley of the Kings. This lays Egypt bare, making way for a new era of foreign invaders.

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THE USE OF FRAGRANCE TO ATTRACT ANGELIC ENERGY This week's message is from Mary who wants to know what fragrances she should use within the home to help promote positive energy and to connect with the angels.

Dear Alison Someone bought me an oil burner for Christmas and it came with a couple of synthetic oils but one is too strong it hits the back of my throat, and the other I can't smell at all! What am I doing wrong? I know I have read somewhere that you can burn oils or incense to uplift energy. I am also very much interested in the angels - is there a specific aroma I should use to attract angel energy as well as making the rooms in our home smell lovely? Thank you, Mary L Molyneux Dear Mary, I love my oil burner and wouldn't do without it in my work but I would never use synthetic oils as they won't promote good energy around the home and certainly won't help one's well-being for the simple reason that they don't contain any natural ingredients. I would highly recommend that you only purchase 100% oils and check out their uses from the seller, or look them up on the internet. Make sure that you mix them with water in the burner, and for health & safety reasons never leave your burner lit when you are not in the room as the oil and water will soon evaporate. There are too many for me to mention here, but some of the more widely recognised natural oils are

Lavender which was used in Roman times as part of their bathing routine to drive off stress. A few drops on your pillow at night will help promote a good night's sleep as well as reducing anxiety. I dab the corners of my angel altar with Lavender oil as it's a wonderful healing fragrance. Basil is also well known oil which is used for mental clarity. For example, a lot of students will burn Basil when studying for exams. For anyone suffering from exhaustion, you could burn lemon, black pepper or patchouli oil. In relation to incense, with being asthmatic I can only use one type of incense which is quite difficult to find here in Spain so I much prefer to use my oils instead. I hope you find the article I have written below useful in relation to your question about connecting with the angels. Once you've purchased the right oil for you, I hope you enjoy the natural benefits of fragrance around the hone! With best wishes, Alison

THE USE OF FRAGRANCE TO ATTRACT ANGELIC ENERGY One of the most potent tools we can use for attracting angelic help is beautiful fragrance, especially in the form of essential oils which are known for their mood enhancing mind alterants. Our ancestors were well aware of the etheric qualities of essential oils and they were widely used by priests and priestesses of virtually all religions. Fragrant oils were used to attract spirits, Goddesses and Gods, to banish evil spirits and to purify places

of worship. Personally I use essential oils in the house in many different ways. My favourite is Rose Geranium. Geranium is said to balance the

emotions, allowing the angels of love to draw closer to us and the rose aroma is used as an antidepressant. Anyone who is feeling run down or depressed can instantly be lifted by smelling the fragrance of rose oil. The combination of the geranium and rose is very uplifting with wonderful healing qualities. I generally burn Rose Geranium in my oil burner especially when I am meditating, healing, or carrying out Clairvoyant Readings. Another of my favourites is Mandarin or Orange which I use in an oil burner when expecting company as it is such an uplifting aroma as well as a welcoming one. I'll also put drops onto the rug and then Hoover over it so that the essential oil is impregnated into the fabric. Orange helps to form lasting bonds of angelic inspiration and enhances all of your communication skills by purifying your throat chakra with the divine assistance of Archangel Haniel, who, when invoked, helps us recover the lost secrets of natural healing remedies through natural fragrances, crystals, and the magical energy of the moon. Did you know that you can also put a few drops of essential oil onto synthetic flowers or plants around the home? A fabulous and natural way of inviting in the love of the angels and promoting positive energy around the home is by placing fresh/fragrant flowers in a central location where you can both see and smell their aroma. However, ensure that once the flowers start to die you must remove them and replace with more fresh flowers to keep the positive energy flowing.

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“A sky on fire sunset” Taken by Sue Johnstone of Quesada

MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE ON SPANISH FLIGHT Passengers on a Spanish flight were put at risk when a man attempted to commit suicide by opening one of the airplane doors during a full flight. It happened on a flight between Palma and Ibiza, but luckily members of the crew and passengers managed to stop the man as he was trying to open the door. The 44 year old Romanian was detained by the Guardia Civil when the plane reached its destination. The man who had no luggage with him was said to be in an ‘altered and violent state

Bingo donation Customers of The Inn On The Green Bar at Entre Naranjos have been enjoying some games of bingo and other social events during 2015 organized by Josie Rose and Dot Schofield. At the same time they have raised the magnificent sum €500 for Help At Home Costa Blanca. Photo shows Joan Waddington from the Quesada Branch receiving the donation from Josie.

and was later said to have diagnosed mental problems. Once the man had been restrained the captain of the flight contacted the air traffic control tower in Ibiza and requested the presence of the Guardia Civil on arrival so the man could be officially detained and dealt with. When the plane arrived in Ibiza around 11.30am, the man was handed over to officers and taken to the Can Misses Hospital and faces the charge of a crime against air safety.

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NOT ALL ESTATE AGENTS ARE THE SAME Ciudad Quesada

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Apartment, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 65m build area, Ref: 073, Communal pool

Villa, 3 bed, 2 bathrooms, 125m build area, plot 500m , Ref: 244, Private pool

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Murcia Guardia Civil doubles actions against animal abuse The Guardia Civil carried out last year 30 operations for this type of crime in 2015; and 21 people were put under investigation. Malnourished horses with their ribs showing from under their skin, dogs abandoned to their luck in isolated areas or cats beaten to death. Over recent years in the Murcia Region has been peppered with cases of animal abuse which have outraged society. The Guardia Civil noted a slight increase in animal abuse and abandonment last year. 2014 ended with 25 of these cases in the region, according to Guardia Civil data and the 21 under investigation last year face harsher punishments after the reform of the Penal Code, which has sent units from Citizen Safety onto the streets, with agents from the nature protection agency (Seprona) which has intensified its actions. Citizen collaboration is crucial for this type of case, the uncovering of many animal abuse crimes. Information from the general public has proved to be very valuable to the Guardia Civil at the time for solving abuse cases. Ground level patrols by the Local Police are in close contact with the Guardia Civil especially in the protection of fauna. Some of their successes last year were thanks to good joint collaboration. The Penal Code was modified last year in an attempt to bring more protection for domestic pets. Since coming into effect, any animal abuser can be disqualified from any future contact or ownership with animals. The reformed Penal Code also gives harsher punishments on cases of animal abandonment where unfortunately many get run over on roads close to where they

were dumped. Punishing an animal in front of children is also of concern for the Guardia Civil. The Guardia also give advice during holiday times on things which have to be considered before buying a pet; so as understanding that your personal responsibility can last for many years and

over that time the animal will need food, care, affection and exercise. For the above and many other considerations, the Guardia Civil always advises that before buying the pet from an authorised seller, find out if you can about its true origin, has the animal been checked by a vet, given a health passport or micro-chipped.

Alcoholism – new year, new start? How were the Christmas and New Year celebrations in your house? Did one or more of your friends untypically get a bit merry or, perhaps, even stinking drunk, causing amusement to others and embarrassment to themselves? Or maybe there was one, perhaps you, for who it was just more of the same - drunk again, just like any other day of the year, bringing misery and concern to everyone? You see, for some, alcohol becomes a necessary part of every day life and it continues to get worse despite best intentions, even promises, for a better tomorrow. There are others who can abstain for a period of time but then binge uncontrollably on the next occasion that they drink. That first drink always leaves them wanting more and more and more. Alcoholism is an illness that affects millions of people and is the cause of an untold number of deaths. Everyone knows that regular excessive drinking is bad for your health but it also impacts on your well being as a whole and that of those dearest to you. Self respect and dignity are early victims and it may eventually lead to the loss of everything you care most and have strived for in life. Violence, divorce, bankruptcy, hospitalisation, imprisonment and premature death – they may all be on the agenda. We in Alcoholics Anonymous understand completely, because we have been there, but have found a way not just of getting sober but of staying sober. It is

something which we want to share with those who still suffer. The fellowship of A.A. is available to anyone with a genuine desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for membership, no obligations; all that is required is a commitment, by and to yourself, that you give it a real try with our support. If you are finding it increasingly difficult to control you alcoholic drinking, please contact the helpline no. shown below. Your call will be answered by a sympathetic recovering alcoholic who will help you take that first tentative step. Our meeting on Friday 15th January is open to anyone who, for personal or professional reasons, may be interested in the activities of Alcoholics Anonymous. If your private or working life brings you into contact with an problem drinker, perhaps they will be willing to come along if you accompany them. In any event, you are welcome to attend and to listen to the stories of a few of the many who have found the freedom of sobriety and to learn of the support A.A. can provide. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OPEN MEETING 15th Januray, 2016 13:00 hours Calle San Miguel de Salinas 2, (Corner of Calle Santomera), Torrevieja (between the Centro Salud & Playa at Acequion) Costa Blanca Helpline: South 625 912 078, North - 648 169 045 www.aa-costablanca.org

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Hottest December since records began Analysis of the meteorological data from the month of December has shown that it was a historic month for weather. The Mastral Project volunteers found that their weather stations registered an average temperature of 15.3ÂşC in December, which is the highest since records began in 1927. The cold just did not arrive and the temperatures were above normal throughout the whole month, and often well above. The 16th December was the hottest day with a maximum of 24ÂşC

recorded, one of the highest temperatures registered in any December. In terms of rain, the month was extremely dry, one of the driest of the last 30 years with about one litre per square metre (1mm) when the average is 26. Across the Valencian Community, according to the State Meteorology Agency (AEMET), December's climate was extraordinary as the temperatures were the hottest since at least 1950 and rain has not been so scarce since 1974.

RubĂŠn Torregrosa of the Mastral Project explained that January has started in a very similar way, with high temperatures at the start of this week but getting cooler over the coming days. At the moment the chances of rain are very low. He also noted that the gusts of wind, which were moderate on Monday, became quite noticeable during the Three Kings' processions last Tuesday and became strong by Wednesday before easing off. Strong winds may continue to feature over coming days.

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Experts highlight dangers of virtual reality gaming In 2016, now more than ever before, virtual reality (VR) technology is becoming more accessible and mainstream. This year's Consumer Electronics Show will make available VR technology, drones and other similar technology to consumers in a way like never before. These virtual reality

devices are the next wave in technology. Much like the use of the internet and social media sites, VR is on its way to becoming a household fixture affecting more children and families than ever before. These devices are now cheap, accessible and ready for the average consumer and with that will be the

increased danger of overuse and dependency. Samsung warns in the Gear VR's packaging of potential epileptic seizures and suggests playing for only 30 minutes before taking a 15-minute break (Samsung, 2015). Ninety-seven percent of adolescents and children in the US spend an average of 2 hours of screen time per day, so it is not likely that they will be accustomed to limiting their use. Research suggests that the younger a child's age, the more likely they are to develop addictive features related to video gaming. Psychologically, children do not have well-honed capacities for self-regulation and are not sure how to decipher what timeframe or content is appropriate. They cannot reason beyond their natural inclination toward "magical thinking" (a child's inability of distinguishing fact from fiction). Thus, it is imperative for children to be exposed to what will edify their growth and protected from what will disturb it. "Our society has intervened on many escapist fronts in the past, not least of which have regarded addictions," says Hilarie Cash, PhD, chief clinical officer and founding member of reSTART. "For chronic digital over consumers the onslaught of marketing, coupled with the curiosity of new games, releases, expansion packs and a whole new genre of entertainment media in the form of virtual reality, make it that much more difficult to resist. The real question we need to address is how are we as clinicians, care providers, teachers, and parents going to respond to the inevitability of this technological 'advancement' as it is presenting with addictive tendencies."

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Most popular 2015 Google searches Liverpudlian celebrity Cilla Black was the most Googled search of 2015 following her death on Costa del Sol and fellow Costa del Sol homeowner Lady Colin Campbell was the second most Googled search. The late television presenter, who passed away at her Estepona villa in August, was searched online more than anyone, or anything else last year according to the leading internet search provider.

Unsurprisingly, 80% of Cilla searches took place in August and September. Meanwhile, fellow Costa del Sol homeowner Lady Colin Campbell was the second most Googled search as interest in Lady C peeked in the last two months following her appearance on Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Other popular Google searches for last year included the Rugby World Cup, Jeremy Clarkson and Charlie Hebdo.

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Marcus via email asks: Hi Aunty. I'm looking to purchase a Wi-Fi extender that I can plug into my laptop to get better range of the network. Do you have anything like that for sale, or know any place to purchase something like that in Torrevieja? Aunty Says: Hello Marcus. There are a few different ways of doing this but I can only go on personal experiences regarding brands. You could buy a TP-Link USB WiFi adaptor for around €15 which will plug into your computer and can be moved around to get a better signal. You can usually extend the USB lead to max 3m so this will usually do the trick. If you want a more manageable solution then you can buy an Asus Wi-Fi repeater/router for around €20 which will extend your existing Wi-Fi area coverage by around 100%. I have used both methods with great results. I don’t know anywhere locally that actually stock these items but you can pickup anything like this on Amazon. Let me know if you’d like the exact models numbers etc.

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Val via email asks: Hi Aunty. I have Windows XP on a fairly old (but good Dell Alienware M15 laptop that cost over €1500 when new) and I have been told by a shop that “it will run Win10” but then “we can’t upgrade it” which has left me somewhat confused. Is there a straightforward answer to what I can and should do? I love the Dell and would hate to have to retire it. Aunty Says: Hi Val. All is not lost as there is a way to upgrade from XP or Vista and enjoy the free Windows 10 upgrade. It is a bit complicated to explain here so maybe give Phil at Enet Computers a call on 687362844 as I know they do this regularly. Alan from San Pedro asks: I regularly use Skype to video chat with my Grandkids back in the UK but the sound through my HP laptop speakers is really tinny and they often tell me to speak up as I “sound like I’m in a baked bean can”. Is this an Internet problem and is there a way of improving the sound quality? The video is perfect by the way.

Aunty Says: Hello Alan. The built in mic and speakers on most laptops are fairly poor quality so maybe invest in a headphone and mic set for around €20. This will plug into the side somewhere on your laptop where there should be 2 small round sockets next to each other marked with a headphone and mic symbol. Simply plugging them in should set everything up, but if not then go to the Skype audio settings via the ‘tools’ menu and check that the headphones & mic are set as default. Susan via email asks: Hi, I use an online bank website that now tells me I need Internet Explorer 11 but is it free and compatible with Windows XP Pro? I have searched Google but can’t seem to find a clear solution. Aunty Says: It isn’t Susan, but maybe try the latest Firefox or Chrome, but I’m pretty sure you will run into problems. Time for a Windows upgrade. Any questions then email me at auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com

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Apple buys emotion reading tech startup Apple has acquired a tech startup called Emotient – a company that uses artificial intelligence technology to read emotions by reading facial expressions. It is not yet clear what Apple is planning to do with Emotient’s technology. Up until now the tech was primarily sold to advertisers to help assess viewer reactions to ads. Doctors also have tested it to interpret signs of pain among patients unable to express themselves, and a retailer used it to monitor shoppers’ facial expressions in store aisles, the company had said. Improving image recognition is quite a big deal currently with many of the major forms investing heavily in artificialintelligence techniques. Apple confirmed the purchase with the company’s standard statement after an acquisition, saying Apple “buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.” Emotient Chief Executive Ken Denman declined to comment. According to industry insiders, the company this week revised its website and removed details about the services it had been selling. Apple has already expressed

interest in developing emotion reading AI in the past. In a 2014 patent application, Apple described a software system that would analyse and identify people’s moods based on a variety of clues, including facial expressions.

In October of last year, Apple confirmed that it had acquired another artificial-intelligence start-up, VocalIQ, which developed technology which aims to improve a computer’s ability to understand natural speech. Earlier in 2015, Emotient announced that it had been granted a patent for a method of collecting and labelling as many as 100,000 facial images a day so computers can better recognise

different expressions. Its technology leaves some experts increasingly uneasy including Paul Ekman, the psychologist behind pioneering studies of reading faces to determine emotions. Ekman is an adviser to Emotient. In the 1970s, he created a catalogue of more than 5,000 muscle movements to show how even the subtlest facial tics could reveal a person’s emotions. Dubbed the Facial Action Coding System, Ekman’s study is the foundation for several start-ups trying to read emotions using artificialintelligence algorithms. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal last January, Dr Ekman said he was torn between the potential power of software that can read emotions and the need to ensure that it doesn’t infringe on personal privacy. He said the technology could reveal people’s emotions without their consent, and their feelings could be misinterpreted. Dr Ekman said he still has these concerns, and has pushed Emotient to warn people if it is scanning their faces in public places, but the company hasn’t agreed to do so. An Emotient spokeswoman says the company doesn’t reveal information about individuals, only aggregate data.

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A world without music is unimaginable. It occurred to me that when all the complainers start again about music being played in bars and venues across the Costa Blanca that maybe these people don’t realise what the world would be like without music. Imagine the adverts on the television or your favourite programme without the backing music that we take for granted. It creates the atmosphere for every type of programme, from spooky to romantic. It lets us know what to expect from the changing scenes and sets the mood for what is to follow. We don’t even

need to look at the picture if we hear the music to know what programme is coming up or who is advertising what product. We can tell just from the music. Our lives are based around music from the earliest days of our lives when we have nursery rhymes sung to us. Prayers are sung all over the world. National anthems raise the spirits of thousands of people when sung at any celebration. And what would a Birthday be like without “Happy Birthday” being sung? The rhythms and words are ingrained into

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our very being from the womb to the grave. Babies react to music before they are born. People who suffer from memory loss can still remember songs from their youth and the joy that they brought. Wedding all over the world are celebrated with music. The ceremony is blessed with music. The wedding breakfast and couples first dance would be nothing without music. We would have few radio stations, no discos, night clubs and music halls would never have been created. No rock n roll, soul, pop, disco, rock or any other genre would exist.

Jan 12th - Jan 18th 2016 Tues Jan 12th Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Martin Kay - pm Alfie’s Bar, La Zenia – The Rekords – 1pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Bella Luna – 9pm

Wed Jan 13th Emerald Isle, La Florida – Variety Show – Cassi Kennedy, JJ, Kevin Tyler, Maria O’Hara – 8pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Dougie Monroe – 9pm Maggie O’Brien’s, Campoverde – Brian Bennett Live Rock – 4.30pm So Bar, Benimar – Paula – 5pm Park Inn, Quesada – Lynden B – 8pm Bar Britannia, Torrevieja – Blue Waves – 3pm Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – PDQ – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Ali and Che Acoustic – 10pm Posh Club, La Marina – Paul Vegas – 9pm

Thurs Jan 14th School of Music, Los Montesinos – Humpty Dumpty – 7.30pm – 7€ Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Paul Allen – 9pm Maggie O’Brien’s, Campoverde – Paul Mac – 9pm Aneto Cerveceria, Benimar – Juanjo – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – The Cages – 10pm Hermanos, Flamenca Beach – JJ Soulman – 9pm Lansdowne, Playa Flamenca – Done n Dusted – 10pm

Fri Jan 15th Em’s Dreams, La Marina – Paul Vegas -9pm O’Riordans, Cabo Roig – Vinny Mack – 10pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Sharni – 9pm Maggie O’Brien’s, Campoverde – Woody – 9pm School of Music, Los Montesinos – Humpty Dumpty – 7.30pm – 7€ Final Whistle, La Marina – Ed B Williams – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Dan Davy – 10pm The Archers, Quesada – Dee – pm Teatro Principal, Alicante – Dire Straits Tribute – 8.30pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Richie Alexander – 9pm

Sat Jan 16th The Priory, El Galan – Kevin Tyler – 10pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca - ~Duo Zodiac - 9pm School of Music, Los Montesinos – Humpty Dumpty – 2.30pm – 7€ Orange Bar, Entre Naranjas – The Beatles Duo – 9pm Maggie O’Brien’s, Campoverde – The Soundz – 9pm Restaurante Los Rosales, Guardamar – Belgium/ Netherland New Year Fest – 7.30pm - 20€ Aneto Cerveceria, Benimar – Tony Capaldi – 9pm Orange Bar, Entre Naranjas – Beatles Story – 9pm The Club, Quesada – Paula B Tribute Show – 7pm – 4 Euros or 12 with meal Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – Open Mic Night - 9pm Inn at The Green, Entre Naranjas – Nikki G, Stevie Spit – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Kolted – 10pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Dan Davy and Nick Gold – 9pm The Landsdowne, Playa Flamenca – JJ Soulman – 10pm

Sun Jan 17th Maggie O’Brien’s, Campoverde – Andy Jones – 9pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Richie Alexander – 9pm Ship Inn, Torrevieja Marina International – Cover Brothers and Guests – 9pm

Mon Jan 18th The Club, Quesada – Richie Alexander – 2.30pm Final Whistle, La Marina – Diverse Duo – 2pm

Luckily, even our earliest ancestors loved making music with whatever they could find and soon the skill of humans was making beautiful instruments to enhance all kinds of sounds into music. Our lives are filled with musical memories that bring us into and out of this world. During these winter months it is the ideal time to get out and enjoy the wealth and variety of music that is on offer locally. The nights may be dark and cold but all it takes is some wonderful music to make it warm and bright. Go out and enjoy. You will be so glad you made the effort.

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Thank you to The Costa Blanca People readers for the lovely emails I have had. If you would like your events in our next issue, it’s free. Just let me know who, where and when by emailing me at letsrockshowslive@gmail.com Or visit www.lrshows.com for show and event details. Love your life. Love live music and Keep on Rocking in 2016!

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logic puzzle Logic puzzles require the solver to deduce the relationships between different people, places and things based on a limited number of clues given in the puzzle.

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quick ACROSS 7. Assorted (13) 8. Curved sword (8) 9. Pitcher (4) 10.Messenger (6) 12.Last (6) 14.Ramble (6) 16.Choke (6) 18.Spank (4)

6. Cheat (4) 11.Liberated (8) 13.Kinsman (8) 15.Resist (6) 17.Rouse (6) 19.Bight (4) 21.Sell (4)

20.Recommend (8) 22.Alarm (13) Down 1. Rebate (8) 2. Perception (6) 3. Plan (4) 4. Equity (8) 5. Protect (6)

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DOWN 1. He works with a will (8) 2. Doctor got out of bed in a bad mood (6) 3. Things cracked up to stupefy (4) 4. Bus fills in a very happy way (8)

5. Steps inside? (6) 6. Ill-treat (4) 11. It’s more unusual in someone you donÕt know (8) 13. A conductor won’t do it (8) 15. Gets engaged when he is in a bit of trouble (6) 17. Complain about the game (6) 19. Ring a friend about a letter (4) 21. Possibly free a knot (4)

SOLUTIONS 615 QUICK Across: 1 Mild; 8 Roundabout; 9 Displace; 10 Tram; 12 Betray; 14 Trusty; 15 Vassal; 17 Foeman; 18 Rear; 19 Moderate; 21 Politeness; 22 Keen. Down: 2 Illiterate; 3 Drop; 4 Lunacy; 5 Advent; 6 Abstruse; 7 Stem; 11 Attractive; 13 Restrain; 16 Lumber; 17 Fodder; 18 Ripe; 20 Risk. CRYPTIC Across: 1 Saga; 8 Green light; 9 Derelict; 10 Eddy; 12 Gamble; 14 Put out; 15 Mirage; 17 Hurdle; 18 Once; 19 Contract; 21 Accentuate; 22 Dent. Down: 2 Alteration; 3 Ague; 4 Retire; 5 Instep; 6 Director; 7 Stay; 11 Double chin; 13 Bracelet; 16 Excite; 17 Hangar; 18 Oran; 20 Rued.

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Alex

Melany

Kenneth

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Paris

1. Paris is older than the musician who plays the clarinet. 2. The 86 year-old watched HBO. 3. The musician who plays the snare drum is younger than Melany. 4. The musician who plays the guitar is not Kenneth. 5. The 37 year-old plays the clarinet. 6. The person who watched PBS is not Melany. 7. Of Paris and Melany, one is 86 years old and the other plays the clarinet. 8. The 5 people were the musician who plays the violin, the 35 year-old, Angelo, the person who watched CNN, and the musician who plays the clarinet. 9. The musician who plays the clarinet is older than the musician who plays the snare drum. 10. The 39 year-old doesn't play the xylophone. 11. Either the person who watched Cinemax or the person who watched HBO plays the xylophone.

18. Dad’s embarked for health resorts (4) 20. Larry won, perhaps, but not by a lot (8) 22. Thing even nudists cannot do without (4,9)

Remember: every item on the board belongs to one and only one person, no item will ever be shared. Using only the clues provided and simple deductive logic and reasoning, fill in the grid with Xs and Os to determine the solution.

ACROSS 7. Protest about taxes put on oil (13) 8. Bills given by retailers? (8) 9. Make a note of the time perhaps (4) 10. They like fish to rest after being disturbed (6) 12. Relic of old ship in protective wrapping (6) 14. First paint book (6) 16. Essential point put by the French law expert (6)

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BALLROOM DANCING Ballroom and Latin dancing for beginners and improvers every Monday and Thursday 11.30am 1.00pm. Beginners only Fridays 5.30pm 6.30pm. Venue. Le Monte Hotel. Pilar de la Horredada (N332) Further information. Marilyn 606 738 866 (617) La Bamba’s - Ballroom Modern/Latin/Argentine Tango/Sequence Dancing. Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar CV895 (near Lemon Tree Sunday Market) Monday - Social Dance 8.30-10.30pm (Sequence Class 7.308.30pm). Friday - Social Dance 7.30-10.30pm. Wednesday - New Beginners Class (new beginners starting Wednesday 13th January 2016) 2-3pm. Intermediate Class 3-4pm. Intermediate Plus Class 4-5pm. Andrea Murphy (00 34) 616 478 157 (616)

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LEGAL SERVICES One Way Services Wills €80 Residents annual tax declaration €45 Driving licences (incl. medical) €130 NIE + Residencia €50 Call 966 716 540 or 650 130 853. C/-Blanca 1, Cuidad Quesada (on the Main Square) (616) (M)

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Lucky is 7 years old, fully vaccinated, chipped and has a passport. Lucky is a very gentle dog and is fine with other animals. She is a small dog and would make someone a very loving companion.

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Caramel was brought into the kennels with his three sisters.The litter is now 4 months old, fully vaccinated, micro chipped and ready for adoption.

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Decker was originally adopted from us in Dec. of last year but sadly, 10 months later, his owner, through ill heath, is no longer able to care for him. Decker is now 16 months old and is fully vaccinated, microchipped, castrated and would love to experience a happy home life again.

APAH does not agree with the practice of people giving dogs or cats as Christmas presents, but there are many lovely dogs and cats who would love to begin a new life in a loving home in 2016. Please call on 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

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LAS RAMBLAS GOLF SOCIETY There was a good turnout for our first game of the New Year on Monday which was the ever popular Team Counter Game where the number of scores are not known until you reach the next tee. It turned out that there were a total of 44 scores required and the winners with a very good score of 99 pts were Brian Staines, Allen McClusky, Ulrika Barth and Mike Chapman. The runners up with 94 pts were Rod Doel, Marllen Billen, Dave Pulling and Brian Dent. On Wednesday we played our normal weekly Stableford competition in bright but windy conditions. There was one stand out performance with Mike Chapman following up his excellent round on Monday the top scorer with 39 pts which included three 4 pointers on holes 7, 12 and 17. Scoring was generally good which was helped by generous tee positions on some of the more difficult holes. The top 3 in each Category were as follows: Cat 1. 1st Terry Field 37 pts 2nd Tom Hardie 36 pts (c/b) 3rd Alan Douglas 36 pts

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San Miguel Golf Society 47 members and 4 guests made it to Villamartin to take part in the first Stableford competition of the new year. The course was as usual in very good condition and the weather was a bit chilly and windy as of late making scoring difficult with no one breaking par and with a late start it was a very slow round. The day also saw the first singles matchplay of the year between Ken Flaherty and Mike Frankish which was won by Ken 4&3. With regard to the day’s members’ competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 4th Ray Ewins (31), 3rd Norman Mcbride (33), 2nd Grattan Forber(34), and 1st Keith Stevenson with 36 points. Silver Category: 4th Alan Macdonald (31 on CB), 3rd Ken Flaherty (31 on CB), 2nd Alan Gilbert (32) and 1st, Brian Mulligan with 33 points. Gold Category: 4th Tony Smale (34 on CB), 3rd Barry Roehrig (34 on CB), 2nd Jesus Lozano (35), and 1st, Theo Boelhouwer with 36 points. The Abacus was won by Mick (again) Roscoe. Nearest the pins on the par 3’s (open to all) went to Norman Padmore (6), Bjorn Pettersson (9 and 17) and Paula Hagart (13).

The best front 9 not in the prizes went to Steve Fleet (16 on CB) and the best back 9 notin the prizes went to John Aitchinson (20). The best guest prize went to Simon Stephens who scored a very commendable 35 points playing off 3. Our thanks go to the staff at Villamartin golf course for their contribution to the day. Although a sad duty, it would be remiss of me not to send sincere condolences from all the society to the family of popular past member, Allan Balkwill. He and wife, Joanie, will be remembered by many long-standing members before their return to the UK a few years ago. Allan has battled cancer through recent years and sadly passed away just before Christmas. Friends here in Spain and those in the UK plus his dear family will all miss Al's quick wit and his caring and jovial character. Our thoughts are with Al's “gals” - Joanie, Claire, Laura, Louise and his son Adam. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or simply give Barry Roehrig a call on 966 731 033 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers. Next week we will be at Las Colinas. Barry Roehrig Secretary

Cat 2. 1st Mike Chapman 39 pts 2nd Brian Townend 36 pts 3rd Rod Doel 33 pts

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I would like to start by wishing everyone a very happy and healthy New Year. The first match of the New Year was fished at the El Bouquet Complex on the 5th January and the start of the 10 matches in the Abbey Angling Cup for 2016. There was a drastic drop in temperature coupled with strong winds making pole fishing difficult. It is still very hard going and bites are at a premium, the fishermen pegged on the oblong canal had the best of the draw, with the top three weights coming from there. 1st Richard King with 6.900kgs fishing the pole using corn and maggot 2nd Tony Macmillan with 6.800kgs fishing the pole using bread 3rd Dave Hoare with 4.900kgs fishing the pole using bread There are still some vacancies available for membership at the club All details are available on our website www.abbeyangling.com or from me on 965328368

The 1st match of the Winter Series was fished at the Eden Stretch on the river Segura on the 6th January. Fishing is certainly that much better here, now that all four clubs have had working parties cleaning up the reeds and the banks following the mess left by the contractors. The water level is down but the flow was perfect, but after an hour into the match the strong down stream winds got up and put an end to the pole fishing, and it was hard going with very few bites. 1st Terry Screen with 3.340kgs fishing the pole using the bread punch 2nd Derek Swann with 3.300kgs fishing the feeder using maggot 3rd Mick Hill with 2.000kgs fishing the feeder using corn There are still some vacancies at the club and if anyone is interested in joining please contact Derek Swann on 966729293 or 617283503 TIGHT LINES Terry Screen

2's Club: Tom Hardie (x2), Peter Dunn and Mike Chapman On Friday we played a 4 ball Texas Scramble which was won by the odds on favourites Terry Field, Ron and Yvonne Phipps and Geoff Biggerstaff with an excellent score of 54.6 which included 10 birdies an eagle. Mike Chapman

The Belgians stage a raid at El Plantio 2 Golf Society Tuesday 5th January saw a healthy turnout of 22 members for a `Foursomes` competition - which is the same format as the Ryder Cup, with the standard of golf being slightly inferior and each pairing playing for themselves - much like the American pairings. Results:- Nearest the Pin - Hole 4, Michel Goujon - Hole 8, Ian Henderson

3rd Place, Keith Smith and George Stanhope - score 62.3. 2nd Place, Martin Rickman and Jeff De Marie - score 57.3. 1st Place, Mike Davies and Mimi - score 57.2. Again the Belgian contingent featured amongst the prize winners. If anyone would like to join our Society, we play at El Plantio Golf Club on Tuesday,

Friday and Sunday. We use both courses the Par 3 nine hole course and the main 18 hole course, so we cater for all abilities. The membership rates are very competitive, so call for more details. Anyone who wishes to play in the Society as a guest or join as a new member, contact Ian Henderson on 966 716 616 or 636 116 230. David Swann

Los Amigos Golf Society Again, a lovely day to play golf. The course is proving more difficult because of the narrowing of the fairways and the rough is coming into play on most of the holes. The greens were firm and fast. This week’s format was stableford and

although the scores were not high, this reflected in the difficulty of the course. Nearest Pin: Hole 13, Dave Jones, Hole 16 Graham Richardson 1st Place 32 points Gwen Wylie, 2nd 31 points Graham Richardson and 3rd

Gordon Chapman 30 points. If you are interested in joining our Los amigos Golf Society call our captain; Robert Pronk, Tel. 627 068 532 or contact us via Facebook page Los Amigos Algorfa.

EUROGOLF FIRST MEDAL OF 2016

On Thursday 7th January 39 players played their first monthly medal off the plates and 9 players played a stableford fun game. It was perfect golfing conditions and although some good scores were made only 1 player broke par. Also on the day was Vice Captain Debbie Weedons 60th birthday so she was transported on the course in a buggy decorated with bunting and balloons and enjoyed smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwiches washed down with cava with freshly squeezed orange juice. Now that’s the way to play golf! The results were as follows Gold category 0-19 1st Franz Berndt 73 2nd John Barraclough 74 3rd Bob Buckeridge 75 Silver division 20+ 1st Tony Stanley 70 2nd Ian Stewart 3rd Colin Hobden 76 January medal winner Tony Stanley Best front 9 Cindi Green 36 Best back 9 Gloria Manning 35 NTPs 5th Keith Wright 11th Gloria Manning 15th Bill Martin 17th Steve Darlington Football draw Ken Enever Franz Berndt Tony Stanley Chris Stanley and Dabvid

Gregson TUESDAY TOFFS On Tuesday 5th January over 50 players played the normal stableford with Toffs and the results were as follows Bronze division 1st Chris Stanley 35 pts 2nd Cindi Green 35 pts 3rd Sue Pegg 35 pts Silver division 1st Tony Stanley 34 pts 2nd Bruce Gordon 34 pts 3rd Gordon Bourne 34 pts Gold division 2nd 1st Paul Manning 36 pts 2nd David Gregson 35 pts 3rd Pino Perito 34 pts.Toffs overall winner Paul Manning Best front 9 Gloria Manning 20 pts Best back 9 Geoff Evans 19 NTPs 5th Cindi Green 11th Lorraine Walker 15th Geoff Evans 17th Bev Fairhurst Football draw Tony Stanley Hedy Paehlig Frances Buckeridge and Geoff Evans. Congratulations to all our winners and a happy and healthy New year to all our society If you would like to play with Eurogolf at La Marquesa on Tuesdays and Thursdays please visit the website www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk Both ladies and men welcome.

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TORRY SHARE THE SPOILS WITH HIGH-FLYERS ONTINYENT On Sunday Torry returned to their spiritual home, the Vicente Garcia, to play 4th placed Ontinyent who have suffered a lose of form of late, losing their last 3 games. They don´t draw games and have won 11 and lost 8 so far this season. So we would expect to see at least one goal. Torry lost away to Ontinyent 3-0 in their opening game and were looking for revenge and to extend their winning run to 5 games. Manager had a full squad to pick from and made one change from last week bringing in experienced defender Javi Selvas after he had served his one match suspension at the expense of Jorge who took a place on the bench. The mercurial Rafa Gomez also occupied a place on the bench after at last declaring himself fit again. Lewis lead the line after recovering from a knock and was looking to score for the fifth time in succession. The Torry line up: Miguel Serna, Vicente, Luis Carlos, Javi Selvas (Jorge 73 '), Quintero, Burguillos, Higón, Sanchez ( Carrasco 83´), Cesar ( Rafa Gomez 67 '), Ruben Suarez, Lewis Not Used: Kike and Manu Amores. The game kicked off at tea-time in with an overcast sky and a chill in the air in front of 350 + spectators. The playing surface had undergone maintenance and rest and was in superb condition. The opposition looked a bit sharper early on but as the game progressed Torry came into their own. Ontinyent were content to let Torry play the ball deep across their back four and close down space higher up the field and then when they gained possession break quickly on the counter. Torry tried

to play with width and get their fullbacks Vicente and Luis Carlos forward. That was the pattern of the game. The game came alive in the 12th minute when Ruben Suarez struck a direct freekick from 35 yards which arrowed towards the top corner of the net and produced a fine fingertip save by the Ontinyent keeper. After 14 minutes Higon put in an excellent cross which Lewis got to with a stooping glancing header but didn´t get enough on it and it went wide. He claimed he was held back and he had a strong case but nothing doing and he was booked for his protestations. After 21 minutes a chance for Suarez after the keeper had parried a fizzing cross from Luis Carlos but he mis-timed his effort and it flew high and wide. After 30 minutes a well flighted free-kick from Suarez found the head of Javi Selvas and the keeper gathered the effort at full stretch. Cesar then had an opportunity after been found by Luis Carlos but his toe-poked effort went just wide. Just before the break Suarez played Higon in with a well weighted pass which he really ought to have struck first time but opted to take it inside with his eventual shot being well saved by the Ontinyent keeper. Torry started the second period on the front foot and after 2 minutes a loose ball fell to Suarez in the Ontinyent box and his fierce shot struck the post, came back into play and was hacked clear. Ontinyent then won a couple off corners which were won it the air by Ontinyent players. The first was tipped over the top by Serna and the second hacked clear by Javi Selvas. After 22 minutes Suarez set Lewis up and his fierce shot from just outside the area flashed inches wide of

the upright and brought gasps from the crowd. After 22 minutes Rafa Gomez made his long awaited return with Cesar making way. Cometh the hour cometh the man. Was it to be ? As the half progressed Ontinyent retreated deeper and appeared content to soak the pressure up and counter. After 28 minutes Jorge replaced Javi Selvas and a 10 minutes later Carrasco replaced Sanchez for Torry. As the game entered

GARETH BALE WELCOMES ZIDANE WITH A HAT-TRICK Barcelona it was that started the weekend’s football proceedings, with a straightforward 4-0 win against Granada, Lionel Messi running rings around the defence as he scored his first triple of the season. A little later, Zinedine Zidane made his first appearance on the bench for Real Madrid, after Rafa Benitez was dismissed earlier in the week. Although his charges still showed some alarming defensive defects, their overall attitude seemed to have improved – at least enough to slam five past Deportivo, three of them scored by Bale, two by Benzema. Sevilla were too good for Athletic Bilbao, and Real Sociedad beat Valencia 2-0, both goals coming from ex-Elche forward Jonathas. Then Villareal went one better when they beat Sporting by the same score, to move to within a point of Real Madrid, in 4th. When the bottom two teams met, Levante got the better of Rayo by the odd goal in three, to move within a point of them. Eibar slipped into a remarkable sixth place when they beat Español 2-1. In the last match of the weekend, Atletico had to visit a rain-sodden Celta de Vigo, in their bid to keep their necks in front of Barça at the top. This they achieved, once again maintaining a clean sheet – Oblak’s goal has, amazingly, only been penetrated on eight occasions in the first half

of the season. 2-0 was the result. Alavés are unstoppable at the moment in the second division, winning away 0-1 at Numancia, to stay 4 points clear of Oviedo, who beat Zaragoza, by the same score, to stay second. Elche could do no better than draw once more. In Division 2B, group 1 is still looking plain sailing for Racing de Ferrol, and the top two spots in group 2 are unchanged, as Barakaldo and Castilla each won. Group 3 is still being led by Reus and Villareal B, but another good win by locals Hercules keeps them in the picture. In group 4, Sevilla Atletico has moved quietly into

second place, behind Real Murcia, taking advantage of UCAM Murcia’s recent poor form. In England, the FA Cup had its usual crop of funny results, but few top teams fell by the wayside, only Swansea, who lost to Oxford United, Liverpool, who drew at Exeter, and Bolton Wanderers, who could only draw on nonleague Eastleigh’s mud-patch, really making the headlines for the wrong reasons. Many managers will ponder the wisdom of leaving out their best players when they face apparently humble opponents. Malcolm Palmer

the final stages it was Ontinyent who looked the more likely to take the points. First a header from a corner, which was destined for the top corner of the net, produced a magnificent fingertip save by Serna and then in the last minute after a corner was not cleared a shot from Nacho rattled the Torry cross-bar. The game came to an end with the honours even. No goals but a thoroughly entertaining game

with both sides probably happy with a point. Ontinyent had a couple of players booked ant Torry five players booked, Cesar, Burguillos, Lewis, Ruben Suarez and Vicente in a game which was highly competitive but never nasty. Next Sunday Torry make the long trip to Borriol looking to extend their unbeaten record to 6 games and hopefully climb into the top 10. Darrylldinho

COSTA COBRAS RFC 2015 REVIEW Costa Cobras RFC was set up in the early part of 2015 and started with a handful of players, juniors and seniors. The club had a fundraiser for the at Daya Vieja sports ground to show everyone what the club was about and proved successfully gaining new players and awareness of the sport in the area. Organisers put a 7’s team together for the seniors to play in a number of 7’s tournaments in the area starting off in Formentera del Segura 7’s and winning their first ever game. From here onwards the Cobras went onto play in other beach rugby 7’s and 5’s tournaments for the seniors and juniors in San Javier, San Juan and Murcia beach rugby tournaments. During the summer they trained on Guardamar beach and attracted a lot of players from different countries on holiday including county junior players from England, who have come back over during the holidays to train with the club. At the end of September the Cobras were twinned with a senior and junior club from Essex, England, Brightlingsea Rugby Club and Bsea Youth Rugby, which according to the club, no

other team has done - a first for this area. In November the club held a fundraising event at Victoria’s Tearoom in Almoradi, in aid of Debra to raise money by auctioning off rugby memorabilia

donated by many friends and Elche rugby club from their 7’s tournaments, with the help of Denis Christian of TKO as the auctioneer. The club is now official part of the Valencian Rugby Federation. This year organisers are looking to build on this and get a permanent ground to play on and hold more tournaments. Also to be able to

put a team in at all levels in the league this time next year so come along and join the newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca and join the rugby revolution. Also to compete in the 7’s tournaments like last year throughout the summer. Costa Cobras RFC train on Monday and Wednesday from 18.00-19.30 for the juniors and 20.00-21.30 for the seniors in Daya Vieja at the sports ground. All ages, gender and nationalities are welcome, from beginners to experienced players, the more the merrier everybody is welcome, as the Cobras are based on the true traditional ethics of the sport. So come along and join the newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca. Also team bonding after training in the nearest bar for a drink and chat, just how rugby should be. For more information about the club contact Dutch, on 692 767 242 or come to Zoco market on Sunday from 09.00-13.30 to find more out about the club and rugby in the area.

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and it was finally accepted. They were all a little different to Amla’s, even across different sports. I would love to think that Amla had decided before the innings that he was quitting, but decided that he had to leave on a personal high, so showed great mental strength to bat his side back into the game. It might have been mere coincidence that he happened to bat the way he did, and it might have been a far less interesting story had he got out for twenty odd. De Villiers, another exceptionally talented batsman, now has the task of trying to get the Proteus back into the series. The impact of young Bavuma’s ton will be seen over the coming years in South African cricket. The first black

■ CHRIS DARWEN chris@costablancapeople.com

There isn’t a great deal of romance left in the world, lest the world of football. However, there is one weekend in the year where “romance” is the buzzword, providing it is quickly followed by “of the cup.” This weekend was the FA Cup Third Round weekend, where the Premier League millionaires and playboys have their reputations thrust on the line and are forced to play on pitches the resemble actual football pitches, and not pristine carpets. An eye was cast down the list of fixtures in advance to see where the

I have to admire Hashim Amla. The South African batsman has had his captaincy criticised ever since he took the job as South Africa’s Test captain. At one point in the Second Test he looked nothing short of clueless as Stokes and Bairstow put on a record breaking partnership. As stated in last week’s paper, England had a 488 run lead with two South African wickets in the bag. Then Amla decided he was going to do things his way.

It led me to think, on a quiet sporting week, of other famous resignations or sackings in the world of sport. Ian Botham quitting midway through the 1981 Ashes stands out, especially given that free of the burden he went on to win the urn single handed. Kevin Keegan in the toilets at Wembley, after Germany had beaten England 1-0 in the last international at the Home of Football also rings a bell. Brian Clough caused quite a stir at Derby when he resigned for at least the sixteenth time

Temba Bavuma

South African to score one hundred for this country, Bavuma was schooled privately. However, cricket is not played in government schools in South Africa, where the majority of black South African’s are schooled. Will the rise of a new icon force the schools to change their policy? If so, the next generation of South African cricketers may well be truly multi-cultural. If they can find a player like 15-yearold Pranav Dhanawade then they will be very happy. The schoolboy Indian broke a 117-year-old record by scoring 1009 in a match against Arya Gurahul. Yes, 1009. The previous best had been 628. Now, I am not one to doubt the credibility of this incredible feat because no matter who you are playing you still have to score the runs, and 1009 is a ridiculous amount. But, here are a few little facts. Gurahul had just been bowled out for 30, and their regular U16 team were all unavailable due to exam time, so Pranav was giving a little tap to the U14 side. Even so, it was a stunning knock and the rumour that Pinatar are already sniffing around are completely unfounded.

Pranav Dhanawade

Sunday started with another Premier League side falling. Oxford came from behind to knock out struggling, managerless Swansea in the biggest scalp of the round. Chelsea ended up easing past Scunthorpe before Spurs and Leicester Reserves played out an entertaining tie.

potential shocks might occur. Oxford against a struggling Swansea stood out, Chelsea against Scunthorpe had banana skin written all over it and the possibility of the biggest shock of the round was at Adams Park where there was an outside chance Villa might just about beat Wycombe. The action kicked off on Friday night, where the FA and BT Sport practical jokes department thought it would be nice to send Liverpool down to Exeter. No need for the Liverpool fans to panic, the last train home left just before kick off. For the majority of the game it looked like Liverpool had missed the train themselves as Exeter deservedly

sides can genuinely use the excuse of wanting to focus on the league. BT Sport, once again in their infinite wisdom, thought it would be good to finish off the Saturday coverage with a blockbuster, the kind of game that

With there being a mid-week round of Premier League fixtures you will be in for a double serving of Tales from the Top Flight next week. Isn’t that something to look forward to, eh?

Your Week in Sport ■ CHRIS DARWEN chris@costablancapeople.com

The Rugby World Cup 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th place play-offs, otherwise known as the Six Nations are starting soon and England’s George Ford has said “we need to raise our game to the next level.” For the solitary statement I would like to enter George Ford into the inaugural “Stating the Obvious Award of the Week.” 2016 is another Ryder Cup year and captain Darren Clarke gets a chance to show what a brilliant appointment he is in a competitive environment this week. A group of young Europeans tee-off against Asia on Friday. Last year they drew 10-10. I must have missed that one. The Ryder Cup is in September, in case anyone is interested.

De Villiers

would get people off their seat. Well they managed that, a couple of million people were off their seat long before half time to stick the kettle on as United managed their tenth game in a row without scoring before half time. Sheffield United nearly held on for a draw, an injury time penalty from Rooney seeing Old Trafford awaken from it’s slumber and secure a 1-0 win.

goalkeeper Bogdan

Saturday dealt up some surprises of it’s own. Non-league Eastleigh were moments away from making Bolton’s miserable existence even more gloomy, before the Lancashire side snatched a draw. Wycombe busted many people’s betting slips by failing to beat Aston Villa, the game also ending level. There were five all-Premier League ties, with Manchester City, Watford, Arsenal, and Palace knocking out Norwich, Newcastle, Sunderland, and Southampton, Spurs and Leicester getting the result neither team wanted in their 2-2 draw. Each of the beaten

Hashim Amla

Still considered one of the best batsmen in world cricket, Amla went on to reduce the deficit run by run, ably supported by the middle order that was supposed to be horrendously out of form. Amla scored his own double-ton, different in every way to the one battered by Stokes earlier in the match. Du Plessis and de Villiers both scored eighty odd and young Bavuma looked every part the class act in his maiden ton. South Africa declared a few runs short of England’s mammoth first innings total and then set about trying to find a winning position, having ensured defeat was not a possibility. Bad light ended up ending both the match and Amla’s reign as captain, the double centurion resigning in the postmatch press conference.

led 2-1. King Klopp had rested the majority of his first team, those that were not currently injured anyway, and the clearest indicator of the weakened side was goalkeeper Bogdan, once again flapping at a corner and costing the side a victory. Liverpool battled back to steal a draw, meaning Exeter get a handsome little payday at Anfield and we get to see their manager’s hat once more.

Wednesday might be interesting, in an “athletics might be about to implode” kind of way. WADA are releasing their much awaited sequel, “DOPING TWO: RUSSIAN ROULETTE.” The first instalment was hot stuff, leading to Russia being suspended from athletics in a way slightly easier to manage than banning Michel Platini from all football activities. My guess is that the words “bribery” and “corruption” might feature as heavily as “drug taking cover-ups” this time. In a completely unrelated story to the last sentence, Mo Farah has called for all

Mo Farah

drug cheats to be banned from athletics for life. His primary motivation for this comment, other than entry into the “Stating the Obvious Award of the Week” was the fact that he is fed up of losing to cheats. Rumour has it there are many other athletes who feel the same, Mo. If you are sick of the overglamourised, money-driven, playboy image of the modern day footballer, be sure not to tune into this week’s Ballon D’Or Awards. Apparently it is a foot race between two lads you might have heard of, Ronaldo and Messi. Does anyone even care who is the better player anymore? I personally prefer to look at who voted for who at these things. You can always rely on Uncle Roy to vote for someone like James Milner. I tell you what though, if Yaya does not win it he will be furious. If he does win it, I reckon he’ll be on the stage in a shot and take about 35 minutes to track back to his table.

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