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Parents and children in desperate scramble to recoup‘stolen funds’ T

he AMPA (Parents’ Association) at Romulado Ballester primary school in Torrevieja has been forced to report that unauthorised withdrawals of funds had been made on the association’s account. So far, €10,600 has reportedly gone missing – money that had been gathered by AMPA for the payment of books and a forthcoming school trip for the children.

The issue was declared in court last

week after the irregularities were discovered. AMPA claims that over the last year, unauthorised withdrawals of cash have been made and there are no receipts to show where this money has gone.

According to reports the bank account is now ‘in the red’ and there is no money left to pay for the children’s trip.

Around 70 parents took part in an Extraordinary General Meeting last week to elect a new committee as, after the alleged fraud was detected, it was decided to dissolve the existing committee while an administrator was brought in to check the accounts.

After a few weeks' work, balancing expenditure and deposits and checking the bills, the investigation has proved that cash withdrawals of up to €8,300 had

AMPA is aware that the school management team has played no part in this matter and they assure everyone that they have given them their support.

But the problem does not end there...

been made. In addition, also missing is the €2,300 collected by pupils from 5th and 6th class from selling raffle tickets in order to fund their end of year trip.

The raffle money - collected in cash – should then have been paid into the AMPA bank account. However, it appears that this payment was never made.

While the situation is being investigated internally, AMPA's former treasurer decided to report the alleged irregularities to the authorities.

support. But the problem does not end there. The disappearance of the money means that the AMPA is now unable to pay the bills they owe to a publishing company which provided text books for pupils at the beginning of the year – an amount in the region of €15,000.”

AMPA sources said that they intend to negotiate with the publishing company to allow them to pay half the debt and CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

A parent told the Costa Blanca People, “The situation has caused very bad feeling at the school. AMPA is aware that the school management team has played no part in this matter and they assure everyone that they have given them their

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BITE SIZE NEWS: Good news from La Siesta park

It’s early days but those campaigning for the park at La Siesta have been heartened by the sight of gardeners watering the trees there. It is hoped that this heralds more good news and that the next step will be pruning. Those who have been championing the cause see this is an indication that the park has not been forgotten.

Abba Elite in Quesada Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity presents Abba Elite at The Club in Quesada on Saturday 30th April at 8.00pm. The group will be performing all the favourite Abba hits throughout Continued on page 4

Parents and children in desperate scramble... request a little more time to pay the balance. Meanwhile they hope that a judge will demand that the person responsible returns the money.

ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THE SCHOOL TRIP Fifth and sixth class primary pupils and their parents are now desperately

organising activities to collect money to pay for their end of year school trip. The disappearance of â‚Ź2,300 that they had saved by selling raffle tickets has poured cold water on their original plans. A fun day has been planned for 7th May (see poster) to try to recoup some of the missing money and help the children go on their school trip.

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Financial malpractice in the adult education centre investigated Whistleblowing from members of staff based at the adult education centre in Torrevieja has led to a full investigation into financial practices there. It is alleged that over the last decade the adult education centre has collected €86,000 in registration fees which officially they are not allowed to charge for as a public service.

The Guardia Civil are currently investigating the school which hosts a wide range of classes for over 600 students including Spanish for foreigners and other language classes for Spanish speakers. Thirteen teachers are believed to have blown the whistle on the financial irregularities which include the selling of text books at a high price and the collection of registration fees.

The registration money was said to be for running a student association which has not been in operation since 1988. Estimates suggest that these financial practices have been going on for the last ten years and, as such, a large amount of money is involved.

Altogether there were 8,600 registration fees taken of €10 each. The total amount taken could be more as money was handed over in cash and no proper record kept.

The investigation into this and other irregularities at the centre continues.

Suzanne O’Connell

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Walking Football Comes to San Miguel

Helping protect animals BITE SIZE in the name of love NEWS:

Many of you will have seen and read about Walking Football, the new sport for the over 50’s that is growing in popularity both in the UK and here on the Costa Blanca – and now it’s coming to San Miguel de Salinas.

A new club, San Miguel Strollers, is being formed to play for one hour each week on a Wednesday evening at 7.00PM. The team will play at the San Miguel Municipal Stadium, Calle Montesino

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, a nonprofit equine rescue centre in Rojales has been the fortunate recipient of a significant monetary donation - made in the name of love.

When Ciudad Quesada residents Isabel Sanchez and Ivan Lopez began to plan their 29th April wedding they knew they did not want to give their guests the usual party favour that ends up forgotten in a drawer.

Instead they generously opted to donate a total of €500 to Rojales’ Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre on behalf of their guests – enough to feed 10 rescued horses for a month.

“We like all animals and love nature,” Ivan said. “What was most important to us was that we chose a charity that really looks after their animals and uses their donations well. We appreciate how difficult it must be for the rescue centre to do its work, but believe it is completely necessary work.”

Rescue centre co-founder Sue Weeding said: “We’ve never had a donation related to a wedding before. It’s so lovely to know that a young couple thought of us when planning their wedding day. We hope they have a truly special day.”

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre relies entirely on donations to fund its important animal welfare work, including the feeding and care of the centre’s more than 90 horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment.

Donations of cash or items for the

Blanco, San Miguel de Salinas. The club will be formed and run as a Membership Club from the outset with fees expected to be around 5 euros annual membership and 2 euros per game which you pay when you play. To make the club a reality organisers and looking for 12 players to take part and are hoping for a similar level of success to that seen in other local areas.

The first - non-playing - get together to gauge interest will be held at 7.00pm on Wednesday 11th May at Larocha Café Bar, c/Maisa LLoret, San Miguel de Salinas, near to the stadium.

Anyone interested please email: smstrollers@gmail.com or phone: Ann on 638 840 392 for details.

centre’s network of eight charity shops across the Alicante province are gratefully welcomed. A pick-up service is available to collect large donated items such as furniture and each shop also offers a delivery service for large items purchased in-store.

Anyone interested in making a donation, becoming a long-term sponsor, or volunteering at the rescue centre or in the charity shops can call Sue on 652 021 980.

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, located just outside Rojales at Partido Lo Garriga, 59, opens to the public on the first Sunday of every month between 1pm and 4pm. Free tours run throughout the afternoon and refreshments are available in the café. For more details and directions, please visit www.easyhorsecare.net.

Continued from page 3 the decades. The tickets cost 15 euros and this includes a meal of beef hot pot or chicken Diane. There will be a charity raffle and if you would like to reserve your ticket you should call 966 717 028.

Concert in aid of animal rescue There will be a saxophone quartet concert by ‘Ars Musciandum & Sax in Actus’ on Sunday 8th May at 11.30am in the Calle del Pino, Centro Cultural Ciudad Quesada.

The concert is in aid of ‘APADAC animal rescue’ and tickets cost €4.

Tickets are available from the box office at 10.00am or you can contact info@apadac.es.

Finding a railway line for Torrevieja For many years there has been interest in the possibility of a railway line connecting Torrevieja with Alicante.

However, looking at alternatives the mayor, José Manuel Dolon, points out that none of the three routes proposed would be acceptable. Either they go through populated parts of the town or they would damage the natural parks.

The three alternatives include: • Coming through Torrevieja running parallel with the AP7 and passing through the urbanisation Los Balcones, the hospital and the natural park, to The kindhearted couple

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BITE SIZE NEWS:

A decade of helping children

Continued from page 4 continue between the salt treatment plant and reach a stop allocated opposite the Parque de la Naciones next to the residential area of Da Vinci • Approaching the town between Algorfa, Benijofar, Rojales and Guardamar del Segura, leading into La Mata to stop opposite the Antonio Soria park.

• Using the via verde which is a cycle path now and was originally the railroad from the town. This would mean it crossing the urbanisations San Luis, El Limonar, the Natural Park and las Torretas.

The mayor does not feel that any of these options are viable. As an alternative, the mayor suggests that it is not essential that the railway runs through Torrevieja itself but could be located nearby on the outskirts of the town.

It’s been ten years since the ‘Debra’ Butterfly Children Charity celebrated the opening of its first charity shop in the Costa Blanca in Pueblo Bravo. This was followed 18 months later by another in La Marina. Butterfly Children are born with Dystrophebic EB which is a condition that means the child’s skin is as delicate as a butterfly’s wing. These children need care throughout the day and night and this is not available as part of regular health care.

Now there are ten shops in total across Spain and they contribute to over 60% of the funding needed to support families with the work of three nurses, two social workers and a psychologist.

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the shop there was Bucks Fizz and snacks for the customers and a large hamper was raffled with the

winner being Gill Harper from El Raso.

A bouquet of flowers was presented from all of the volunteers of the shop to Anne Wylie who has run the shop since it first opened. Now the Butterfly Children Charity intends to keep growing in order to maintain support for the children who are affected and their families. They also help fund further research into this debilitating disease.

If you would like to help you can donate items such as clothes, books and furniture to one of their two charity shops or become a volunteer or organise a fund raising event. The shops are based in Urbanizacion Pueblo Bravo, Avenido del Mar, Rojales and Urbanizacion La Marina, Calle Luis Gongora, San Fulgencio.

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Hold up in the courts Court proceedings in Spain work extremely slowly, and not just when it comes to them taking place at all. More than 3,500 million euros is currently locked within the court procedures and waiting processing. Fines, foreclosures, compensation, incomes from auctions are all held in a suspended form whilst the court system tries to catch up with itself. The amounts of money are in limbo pending decisions on whether they should be paid out or not.

In the Valencian community the total amount of money that’s currently frozen went up last year from 336,2 million euros in 2014 to 348.3 in 2015. Much of the money will be paid out to people requiring compensation or who have won their cases and require a payout from another person. However, some is also money in the court’s favour, such as money taken as payment for filing an appeal in the first place.

What does occur on occasion is that money ends up in the hands of the state as people have forgotten that money is due to be returned to them and do not claim it back.

Closure of some of the fair attractions Failure to pay the correct taxes and licences by some of the stalls and shows in Torrevieja’s fairground has resulted in their closure. On the 24th April the police began to visit those activities which do not comply with the law to close them down. The attractions, such as ‘Baby Rosita’ children’s carousel were, in some cases, still being used at the time and their closure wasn’t too popular with those still taking advantage of them.

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The Butterfly Children Charity celebrate their anniversary

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Orihuela welcomes the Minister for Economy The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, has received the Minister for Economy, Rafael Climent, for the very first time in the city. His visit and the subsequent meeting was also attended by the councillors: Victor Valverde (Employment), Damaso Aparicio (Trade), Miguel Angel Fernandez (Industry) and Rafael Almagro (Hacienda).

After signing in the Book of Honours the Minister sat down with the group and the Mayor took the opportunity to raise a number of outstanding issues being dealt with by the Minister’s Department.

Among other items on the agenda, several Employment points were raised, such as the promotion of employment workshops; the Joint Plan of Continuity between Council, Generalitat and City Hall, as well as promoting youth employment. In-depth discussions looked at grants to Local Development Agencies in order to be able to strengthen their offering and to have more personnel. The Minister was urged to look at these as a matter of urgency.

A spokesman for the local government team said that in short the meeting discussed ‘the increase of all active policies in relation to economic development in the municipality of Orihuela’.

As for trade, during the meeting the possibility of creating a Regional Chamber of Commerce was discussed and also to confirm the support of the Department to complete the ‘Urban Mall’ project, among others. On the area of industry, some of the issues raised were the measures to legalise and establish companies and the needs of industrial land in the municipality.

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Important meeting

Orihuela Costa street party ban An Orihuela Costa residents association wants by law to stop street parties. The Federation of Orihuela Costa Associations (FAOC) has presented a draft by-law to create a by law that will regulate people holding drinking parties in the street.

It was written by members from Dehesa de Campoamor who are sick and tired of putting up with the consequences of these spontaneous parties which happen almost every night in the summer in their neighbourhood.

Sometimes thousands of people descend on the area for parties arranged on social; media, but which have no official approval, The FAOC are demanding the residents' right to rest, security and tranquillity and the prohibition of activities in public spaces that, due to the number of people or their nature, cause a social disturbance. For this they consider it essential that this by-law is agreed before the summer, and if possible in the April council meeting.

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World dance day inTorrevieja ■ SUZANNE O’CONNELL suzanne@costablancapeople.com

Torrevieja will be celebrating world dance day on the 29th, 30th April and the 1st May. There will be a whole range of activities organised both in the Virgen del Carmen cultural centre and on the street. Torrevieja boasts a large number of academies and private and public dance groups and they will all have chance to perform.

The event is not exclusively the preserve of those who already belong to a dance group. There will be dance workshops in all styles of dance and free lectures across the three days of celebration.

The opening event will be held on the 29th April at 8.00pm in the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre with the show ‘Adam and Eve’ by Otradanza de AsunNoales. The following day a master class will be given by the dancer Gustavo Ramirez Sansano.

On Saturday April 30th in the Virgen

del Carmen there will be from 1.00pm a master class in classical and contemporary dance for intermediate and advanced students. From 4.00pm until 9.00pm there will be workshops for everyone who wants to join in with adult ballet classes, Latin dance, oriental dance, Sevillanas and contemporary dance.

The official International Dance Day is on Sunday 1st May. There will be events in the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre including the show ‘Explicadanza’ by Toni Jodar and a review of the history of dance. In the afternoon there will be entertainment in the Paseo de Vista Alegre with the presentation of ‘Entomo’, award-winning international choreography.

On the same day a number of different dance academies will perform on the Paseo de Vista Alegrein Torrevieja as part of a Dance Marathon. Altogether eleven dance schools from Torrevieja, Guardamar, San Miguel de Salinas and Almoradi will take part. Even if you are not too keen on trying the workshops yourself this will be a good time to see the local talent in the area.

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I’m not going to prescribe antibiotics to your child o goes the headline in the Spanish newspaper El País written by paediatrician Jesús Martínez. He has seen the increasing demands made by parents for antibiotics and drugs to cure their children of all manner of different ailments from colds to blocked noses or even because they don’t sleep at night.

‘I tell them it’s a virus and all they need to do is to take a paracetamol and some water,’ explains Jesús Martínez.

‘However, when I do that parents can be quite adamant and want to know whether I am going to cure their child or not. They want me to give them something, anything. ’ Dr.Martínez tries to explain that the two agents causing infections are either viruses or bacteria. For fifty years we have had antibiotics to check bacteria.

The first of these was penicillin found in cheese and other foods. He believes what’s most important is to use as little as possible and reserve the more potent antibiotics for the most serious of cases only. ‘If we use cannonballs against the infantry what will we use when we get to the castle walls, arrows?’

The other type of infection is from a virus. There are hundreds of varieties of these from the simplestcold to the most recent ‘zika’. All of them have the same characteristic, you can’t treat them. They go away on their own and have a limited amount of time to invade you.

After two or three days they will usually disappear.

Occasionally the patient will need isolating, for example in the case of

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Ebola. In some of these cases the attack from the virus is chronic, and it’s a case of trying to keep the patient alive whilst the virus withdraws. ‘Why do we waste time and effort applying treatments

‘Please sir, may I have more...’ that we know don’t do anything? They can even be harmful to the patient and have side effects.’

Looking at the daily log it’s children less than three years old who succumb to the majority of viruses. Blocked noses, conjunctivitis, bronchitis, ear infections and pneumonias are responsible in the majority of cases.‘Why do 75% of these cases need to be treated with antibiotics?’ asks Dr. Martínez.‘In most cases it’s just preventative treatment that’s needed through infant vaccination. That’s all that can be done to combat them.’

Martínez believes the overuse of antibiotics is endemic in the health service. He doesn’t blame the parents but those in the medical profession who continue to over prescribe. Although he does believe this is starting to change.

If we use cannonballs against the infantry what will we use when we get to the castle walls, arrows?’’

‘Gradually there is more awareness of this issue although there are still surgeries where you will be prescribed antibiotics for a sprained ankle, just in case.’

It is this ‘just in case’ that is the problem. It’s also easier to hand out a prescription to a parent than to explain to them that the cough will get better without treatment and with looking after the patientcarefully. Martínez fears that remedies are offered to the parents because it is easier to do this and it is what is expected. ‘It’s easier to give what’s asked for. Take this antibiotic and some syrup even though you know that none of these will make any difference to the baby. They are simply treatments to appease the parents.’

If all this is true why is nothing being done? Prescriptions are expensive and cost the health service an enormous amount of money every year. There is a world day for the abuse of antibiotics but this ishardly known about or promoted. ‘The antibiotic is a great weapon in the war against bacteria and should not be wasted,’ concludes Dr.Martínez.

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The bus has arrived!

Age Concern are delighted to announce that they are taking delivery of their new bus on Friday 29th April and they welcome anyone who would like to, to come and join them in the celebrations at 2.00pm in their centre in Calle Paganini, La Siesta.

They would particularly like to thank everyone who has contributed to the collection of money for the bus, enabling them to reach their target in record time. They needed a total of €30,000 to purchase the new bus to replace the 12 year-old model that they have been using until now.

The 12 year-old bus needed an ITV every six months because of its age and required money investing in it constantly because of its age and the need for repairs. The money raised not only

and sometimes also to receive advice. It is estimated that around 60 people a month need transportation in order to visit the centre and these people would be unable to come if the bus did not make it possible.

So, please, help them celebrate with a glass or two of cava and chance to see, at last, the new arrival on April 29th.

Particular thanks goes to…

Davids Coaches: Help Association; Mr & Mrs P Stent; Masonis Homes of Valencia; Torrevieja Masons Caledonia Lodge; The Rascals; La Siesta Ladies Friendship Group; Mr & Mrs B France; Masons Luz Murcia 91; ROAB Washington Lodge; Stagestruck Theatre Group; Thirsty Monk Bar; Ladies Who Lunch; The Fillies, Dolores; Murphs Bar; Catorce Bar; La Siesta

The Old Bus purchased the bus but also enabled adaptations to it such as wheelchair access and the other necessary safety features.

The bus is used to transport people to and from the day centre in La Siesta as the majority of people do not drive and have no other means of accessing the resources there. The Age Concern facilities are not only for people in Torrevieja but are also used by those on Orihuela Costa up to Gran Alacant and inland too.

People can access a book borrowing facility every Tuesday at their centre from 10.30am until 12.30pm.

Many people enjoy visiting the centre just to socialise

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Birthday celebrations for Mercury FM It has been a rollercoaster year for Mercury FM since its launch in 2015. The station celebrates its first birthday this week.

Owner and founder Lee Fox told the Costa Blanca People,“When I first started Mercury FM last year, people told me I was mad to start ‘another’ English radio station. My vision for Mercury FM was always that bit different to what is currently on offer in Spain, so it is great when those same people come back now and say they love the station!”

Mercury FM is modelled on the best that the UK’s professionally produced radio stations have to offer. At its heart is really great music, there is minimal chat from the DJs (although there is the essential bit of banter and a few clever links to spice up the shows) and the quality of the sound is paramount.

Hugely popular on Mercury FM are the high profile competitions – each month, the presenters give away tickets to live concerts and events. Lee told us, “The competitions go down really well, and it surprised us that around a third of the entries come from our Spanish listeners which is really great – especially as we have a real coup coming up soon! Martín García from 40 Principales will be doing a show with us from Monday to Thursday, 9pm to midnight. He is one of Spain’s top DJs and producers so it is very exciting.”

Martín’s weeknight show will be preceded by another brand new face at Mercury FM – Elliot Holman, on air from 7pm to 9pm. Elliot is another fantastic find

No known threat of terror attacks on Costa Blanca The director of the Guardia Civil has rejected as ‘alarmist’ the British media warning of Costa Blanca terrorist attacks.

for Mercury FM and will be bringing exclusive celebrity interviews to the station. Martín and Elliot join the already star studded lineup at Mercury FM - Faye Tozer, Kim Wilde, Lucy Horobin, Katie Waissel and Tony Horne.

Mercury Breakfast will see the launch of some fantastic NEW Features which will once again step up the continued high profile of the station. To celebrate the first birthday of the station, Mercury have a live competition giveaway all day Wednesday 4th May where lucky listeners can win two tickets to see Little Mix, Justin Bieber and Queen. The three giveaways run from 8am to 6pm and all you need to do to enter is text HAPPY BIRTHDAY and your name to 722 80 80 40. Listen in on the day to find out which presenter is giving away which prize!

With one successful year under its

belt, Mercury FM is already planning for the year ahead. Lee told us, “We have really exciting plans for the next year which is guaranteed once again to show Mercury FM is on the ball and continuing to provide just GREAT Radio to everyone here in Spain.”

Lee also wanted to thank the outstanding team at Mercury, including producer Chris Curran for his outstanding devotion, everyone for their support, the amazing listeners and advertisers.

“Here’s to another successful and exciting year,” said Lee. Currently Mercury FM Broadcasts on 91.1 Costa Blanca South, 107.5 Costa Calida & 106.7 inland Spain towards Madrid and soon will be launching Costa Blanca North to cover Benidorm and up to Valencia.

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Arsenio Fernández did not comment however, on reports which single out Alicante as an area where radicalism is increasing.

The Guardia Civil head was questioned in Alicante about reports published in the British press over possible terrorist attacks this summer, Fernández assured that the security forces work covers ‘prevention, reaction and investigation’ and said ‘what we must not do is alarm society unnecessarily’.

In this respect, he said the public should continue to live ‘normally’ because we cannot live ‘subdued by terror’, because ‘not everything you read should be believed’ given that ‘there are reports, based on no evidence whatsoever, which have appeared in the media - and Spanish security forces are already aware of this’.

Questioned about reports from his own ministry which have indicated an increase of jihadist activity in Alicante province, Arsenio Fernández, said he could not ‘confirm it’ and considered that Spain is subjected to the ‘same tensions’

as the rest of the European Union, and therefore we cannot ‘single out any particular target’ because ‘we may be in error’ ‘Taking the measures in Spain as a whole, the police forces have their own priority locations, and it makes no sense to speculate on things which are in the studies we may carry out’, he continued and added ‘No area of Spain is particularly on alert, but I can say all of Spain is especially monitored’.

The Guardia Civil boss assured that the level for terrorism in Spain, after the discovery of the arms cache in Ceuta, has not been lifted nor increased because level four is already ‘extremely high’.

Fernández considers ‘things are going well’ as Spain is an international reference point in fighting terrorism ‘precisely because we have suffered 50 years of ETA terrorism’.

The director general inaugurated the display ‘The Guardia Civil against terrorism, for freedom, for the victims’ at the Exhibition Hall in the Provincial Palace of the Alicante Provincial Government.

There, under the eyes of the media, he said that Spain ‘is not free’ of a jihadist attack and that the security services are working ‘on the social networks and via the internet for the detention of presumed jihadists recruiters and indoctrinators’.

Benijofar quiz evening Two local businesses in Benijofar joined forces to raise awareness and funds for the Samaritans in Spain on Thursday 21st April. Steve and Alex from the Oasis Restaurant and Martyn and Paul from Catorce Restaurant linked together via Skype to hold a quiz evening at both venues simultaneously.

Over 100 people took part and over 550 euros was raised. Beverly Duffin the Operations Director for the Samaritans accepted the donation and praised all the hard work the two independent

businesses had put in to promote the Samaritans.

She said we are tremendously touched and donations like this help to keep the service operating across the whole of Spain.

The Samaritans in Spain operate a 24 hour freephone support on 900 525 100. There is also a drop in centre at Punto Marina near Punto Prima.

If you would like to join us as a volunteer please contact Beverly for further Information at bevatsams@outlook.com Suzanne O’Connell

World Bike Day comes to the coast The government team of Orihuela has celebrated World Bicycle Day with a route through Orihuela Costa.

The eleven councillors of the government team joined forces recently to celebrate World Bicycle Day, taking part in a bike ride route organised by

available free bicycles for oriolanos to use during World Bike Day. Council member Miguel Angel Fernandez said: “By reducing motorised vehicle use we can reduce the pollution in our environment, and for our part we encourage such activities that promote other

the Department of Environment to commemorate the day. Neighbours and residents of Orihuela Costa also joined in with the route supporting the environmental initiative.

The event was aimed at encouraging the use of bicycles both on the coast and in the centre of the city, and as part of the scheme the Town Hall made

modes of transport.”

For his part, the Mayor, Emilio Bascuñana stressed that the government ‘will work to go further and facilitate the use of bicycles with better infrastructures and greater security so that everyone can enjoy a more economic, ecological and healthy environment’.

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Expensive eating in Roman times Instead of a medieval market why not go further back in time and try a Roman variation? That’s what’s been happening on Torrevieja’s Paseo de Vista Alegre this week. With red and white ribbons decorating the length of the walkway and market stalls on either side it’s been a colourful alternative to the usual street markets.

The market was open for four days and included a variety of stalls such as home-made sweets, hand-made lamps, jewellery, anchovies, jams and marmalades, clothing and ‘magic’ pipes.

Food was a key theme and several stalls and barbecues were set up with a variety of dishes on offer, although the small pig, barbecued whole, might not have been to everyone’s liking. Neither might the cost.

Concerns have been raised about how much the food on offer in the market was priced at, particularly the barbecues. It is recommended that if the market is held another year anyone attending should check how much their order will be to avoid any nasty surprises.

Jade Poyner and boyfriend Rikki Cooper thought the market was a good idea and decided to take a look on Friday evening. They enjoyed looking at the stalls and considered the whole event to be something a little different. However, they weren’t too impressed by the cost of the food.

‘It looked lovely and smelt delicious,’ said Jade.

‘But when we looked at the menu and saw the prices there was no way we wanted to pay that much. We found some of the items for sale on the stalls pretty expensive too. I bought nine home made sweets and they cost me €13! I was a little taken by surprise but took them anyway.’

It wasn’t only shopping that was taking place on the Vista Alegre. There was some street entertainment too including juggling, music and

entertainment for children. The intention was to ensure that it didn’t matter what time you visited, there would be some form of entertainment for you. There were also replica items of Roman artillery and household ware and enactments of scenes from Roman life. Two Roman legions were presented that included one from this area and one from Portugal.

‘It’s a shame about the cost of the food, because we did enjoy it and just as we were leaving a band was setting up as well,’ says Jade.

‘They were playing different types of musical instruments, I don’t know whether they were authentic ones from the Roman period though.’

How authentic the various stalls and activities were is debatable, however, the event had attracted the crowds which is what Torrevieja town centre is keen to do. The Roman market was organised by the company La Fragua de Vulcano and overall the verdict seems to be a positive one.

However, they do need to look at their pricing policies for the food next time.

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Minors to vote Parliament has agreed to put the wheels in motion for 16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote after a motion by the Catalunya Left Republicans (ERC) was approved by all bar the right-wing PP, centre-right Ciudadanos and the Basque nationalists PNV. ERC recalled, in the motion, that youngsters aged 16 can legally marry, work, pay taxes, have consenting sexual relations and give their permission for medical treatment, including despite the PP's efforts to the contrary - abortions.

But they are currently unable to decide who gets into power to spend the taxes they pay or alter the conditions through which they are employed.

“In a State where 16-year-olds can be held criminally, civilly and fiscally liable, they cannot be denied the right to vote”, said ERC spokesman Gabriel Rufián.

The socialists (PSOE), Podemos and the nonaffiliated MPs all voted in favour - 174 in total compared with 144 votes against and six who abstained, giving the motion a majority approval.

MP for ERC, María González Veracruz, pointed out that the arguments against teens of 16 and 17 voting - such as ‘immaturity’ and ‘childishness’, and the fact they are dependent, largely, on their parents or adult guardians - are the very ones that were used against women having the vote decades ago.

Podemos' MP Jaume Moya called for an end to the ‘stereotypes’ of 16-year-olds being ‘likely to be influenced by propaganda or their parents political preferences’, and stressed that today’s youth are ‘much more aware’ of current affairs, something they make patent in street protests and by ‘building their culture of indignation’.

The PP was against the move, saying there was not enough time to make it workable within the current legislature, whilst Ciudadanos - albeit in favour of an electoral reform - said that within the European Union, Austria was the only country which allowed under-18s to vote.

However, Lourdes Ciuró, from the Catalunya-

based party DiL, recalled that the EU had recommended all its member States work towards allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, and that from age 16 a person should even be allowed to be elected to a political role, such as local councillor.

The PNV said a ‘calmer and fuller debate’ was needed first, and voted against.

ERC also reminded Ciudadanos that certain States in Germany and also the UK crown dependencies of the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey allow voting at 16, and Malta and Scotland do for local elections and for Scottish Parliamentary elections, meaning an under-18 voting presence in at least three other EU countries.

And others allow 17-year-olds to vote if they will turn 18 in the year of the elections, such as Norway; or in primaries if they will turn 18 on or before election-day, in the USA. Other countries which do so include: the Swiss canton of Glarus for regional and local elections, Estonia for local elections, EU candidate country Bosnia-Herzegovina - only for those aged 16 and 17 who are employed - Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Brazil.

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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE A change of fortunes this week with the British pound gaining ground against the single currency as the week progressed.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney was keen to share his view on the UK’s current position and future prospects during his Economic Affairs Committee speech. He made strong reference to the negative economic implications should the outcome of the UK’s EU referendum vote be Brexit.

Carney indicated that the Bank of England still has room for conventional monetary measures, which may be called upon should UK economic conditions flounder after a Brexit outcome, although there is no appetite at all to dip into negative rates territory within the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee. So the message is clear, interest rates in the UK could be tweaked below the current 0.5% level. No doubt opinion poll releases in the run up to the poll date of the 23rd of June will hold sway for sterling.

UK’s unemployment rate was released on Wednesday with the outcome unchanged at 5.1%, its lowest level since before the financial crisis. There are now 22.9 million people working full-time in the UK, 289,000 more than a year earlier. The pound was little changed as at the same time average weekly earnings data saw wages climb by just 1.8% - hardly runaway inflationary pressures as a consequence of a tighter labor market.

UK retail sales continued its impressive run of improving conditions. March 2016 retail sales by volume increased by 2.7% when compared to the same month a year ago. Sterling climbed higher on this release in spite of Brexit concerns. Sterling/ Euro having started the week at €1.25 made it as high as €1.2750 at one point.

From the Eurozone the single currency was unable to benefit from an uplift in German Investor confidence as measured by the ZEW expectation index. Confidence rose for a second month taking the reading to its highest level this year at 11.2 for April, up from 4.3 reported in March. The recent rebound in global equity markets, further European

Central Bank (ECB) stimulus measures to help support growth and improving economic conditions in China have helped rally current sentiment, although Brexit fears are never far from the minds of German respondents, with changes in UK opinion polls likely to sway near term views.

Italy’s banking authorities have made it clear that much needs to be done to help shore up the Italian financial system. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi continues to impose reform measures aimed at making Italian banks financially safer and less likely to fail or to spread contagion. With €360 billion worth of doubtful loans burdening the Italian banking system the need to finalize a new funding plan, and to take steps to deal with non-performing loans as soon as possible, is a major concern for the EU as well.

The ECB decided to keep all key interest rates unchanged at the April meeting as was widely expected by market consensus – triggering shortterm volatility.

The Bank is still clearly concerned about inflationary developments and ensuring low inflation doesn't become entrenched. There was little new in the press statement to suggest that the ECB was contemplating any further measures, although a spat with Chancellor Angela Merkel following Germany’s criticism of the ECB’s low interest rate policy does not paint a picture of harmonious EU accord.

ECB president Mario Draghi was quick to counter any disparaging German remarks, insisting the ECB does not take orders from politicians. Any challenges to the ECB’s independence would dent confidence in the Eurozone’s recovery.

The single currency traded lower having initially spiked as high as $1.1399, only to drop back down to $1.1250 against the US dollar. The Dollar was also stronger following the news that America’s jobless claims had fallen to the lowest level since 1973, further underpinning confidence that the US economy remains well positioned to grow throughout 2016.

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As we near the end of April it is time to make sure that all the spring jobs are completed in the garden. This includes trimming the hedges/shrubs whether they are: Oleander

OLEANDER (Nerium oleander)

POMEGRANATE (Punica granatum)

This is found throughout the world and is one of the most poisonous plants you can find in any garden.

The flowers are white or pink, although they can grow to a reddish colour. They are very pretty with 5 petal blossoms.

Again this is found throughout the world now of late, whereas it originated from the eastern Mediterranean. The flowers are bright red with 4-5 petals.

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As we near the end of April it is time to make sure that all the spring jobs are completed in the garden. This includes trimming the hedges/shrubs whether they are: Callistemon flower

Hibiscus flower Continued from page 15

CALLISTEMON (Myrtaceae)

HIBISCUS (Malvaceae)

commonly known as Bottlebrush These originate from Australia but of course are now here in our own gardens. Many are drought resistant so suit our climate well. They have mainly red flowers in the shape of a bottlebrush, hence their nickname, but can also come in yellow, green, orange or white.

Finish planting seeds/seedlings of plants/herbs/vegetables (carrotcelery-parsley) so that they can be firmly rooted in the ground before the heat of the summer.

Now is also a good time to complete the planting of annuals like corn, wheat, rice, lettuce, peas, watermelon, beans, zinnia and marigold. With living on the Costa’s many plants can go seed to seed in a very short space of time

Popular once again around the world this shrub has beautiful trumpet shaped flowers that come in many different colours. The main colours are: - white, yellow, orange, pink, red and purple. They have five or more petals.

HONEYSUCKLE (Caprifoliaceae) These smell wonderful and you can suck the nectar out of the centre of the flower. They are mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere. They come in a mixture of colours, tending to be of two colours on each blossom. The most popular colours are orange/red, white/pink and pink/purple. They tend to either be twine/creeper types or shrubs.

due to lack of water, so that they can survive in most conditions.

Check your fruit trees are free of infection and start to increase watering for all plants, as the weather gets hotter. The early morning and late afternoon are best times as the sun is not around to dry or burn the plants.

Have you got a lawn? If so and you haven’t already, the weeds need to be taken out and the mower too. Any loose stones or pebbles should be removed before using the mower as they can not only fling back at you but also wreck the blades. Hopefully these will have been sharpened along with the other tools last week or the week before.

That is it for now. Enjoy the warmer weather!

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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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EVERYONE HAS THE ABILITY TO LEAVE A FOOTPRINT Oscar Wilde said something along the lines that ‘most people do not live – they just exist.’ Henry David Thoreau was just as dismissive in his view of the average man’s impact on the world when he wrote, ‘Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.’ What do I know in comparison to those two learned men; but for whatever it’s worth, let it go forward from this column that I emphatically disagree with the sentiments expressed by them.

Nobody can argue but that some humans do nothing but merely exist: They tuck in behind their fellow-man, in his slipstream, and never pull an oar. But these are a small minority of this planet’s inhabitants. It is the natural urge of every human being to ‘be somebody’, to ‘live’ and to make a difference. It should be everybody’s ambition to be a ‘doer’ and to leave a footprint in their wake. It doesn’t have to be a big heavy footprint; everything counts and the small light footprint can make a big difference too.

Each of us start off life, all with our feet on different ground and with different terrain to navigate. To arrive where we are heading, we will all have challenges to overcome along life’s pathway. It is

not that difficult to leave some footprint along the way – and unless we do, nobody will ever remember the road we travelled. We will be one of Oscar’s ‘existers.’

How can one leave a footprint behind? There are as many types of footprints as there are feet. Let us first start with the farmer – as so many lessons do. Down through the generations, when a man inherited the family farm, it became his goal to pass it on to his son better than it was when he got it. That was leaving a footprint. Most parents do not have a farm or business to pass on to their children; but many,

many parents leave their footprint by giving their kids a better start in life than that what they had. This is the same thing.

Politicians – despite all the cynicism and bad press, have in their ranks a high proportion of good people who make their mark and leave deep footprints Sports men and women, artists, clergy, carers, entertainers and public figures are in many cases good role models and in that way leave their print. There are stories of heroism by ordinary people who risk their lives to rescue or save a stranger in distress. Also we read and hear of extraordinary selfless acts of

generosity which can change the life of a fellow human. A few weeks ago there was a story in the Westmeath Examiner of how Martin Byrne from Moate received the life-saving gift of a kidney, from a man he just happened to meet on the bog. Martin was in big trouble and needed a kidney transplant. When Seamus Molloy heard of Martin’s plight he offered him one of his kidneys. Thank God all went well – and can any man leave a deeper footprint than that?

Great deeds from great men and the ultimate act of human kindness.

It doesn’t have to be as glorious a deed as Seamus’s. It can be a small act, barely notable which can make a difference. Forty years ago I filled a wheelbarrow with little birch sapling I dug up in the bog. I planted them at home along the bank of a stream where I then lived. Every time now when I drive past I see this line of majestic mature trees on the bank of the river. Nobody else knows how they got there, but those trees are one of my small footprints. Different people are uniquely gifted with various skills which benefit all of us on Planet Earth. You won’t see these names up in neon lights or on the front page of the newspaper, but

ordinary people leave their footprints every day - even if no more than simply being kind and respectful to those we meet. Could Oscar Wilde not see this?

I suppose we rarely contemplate as to how we will be remembered. Our futures stretch no further than tomorrow, next week, the following month, or next year. In a melancholy moment we might fleetingly try to picture our own funeral. The size of a man’s funeral is not a measure of his life.

The footprints have to be left long before the funeral.

The difference between living and existing is surely that living means having a purpose in life. It is the impact made for good and the value placed on the blessing of every new day that is the field of footprints. Take the time to look behind you for those footprints; because the day will come when it is all that will be left.

Charity is twice blessed – it blesses the one who receives and the one who gives.

Brit hiking group raises money for animal rescue Eight members of the Entre Naranjos Mountain Hiking group have completed the Sierra Orihuela three-peak challenge in order to raise much needed funds for the charity ASOKA, which runs the animal refuge in Orihuela. The challenge is a 23 Kilometre,

7.5 hour hike from Santomera to Montepinar and raised 3,300 euros for the animal rescue charity.

Asoka Orihuela takes in hundreds of abandoned animals each year from within its catchment area which is the city limits of Orihuela City and the Orihuela Costa.

The eight hikers departed from Entre Naranjos at 7am and began the hike an hour later taking in the three peaks, Pico Aguila (609m) reached at 9.45am, Pico Orihuela (633m) by midday and Cruz de la Muela (594m) at 2pm. They got to their final destination of Urbanisation Montepinar at 3.30pm

Local police announce arrests The Local Police force of Orihuela has announced a breakdown of the actions taken in the last month by officers assigned to the Panel of Public Safety (GESC), which has made a total of 13 arrests.

Most cases were related to gender and domestic violence, with

and in total the group had climbed around 1,800 metres.

The hikers were welcomed back to Entre Naranjos for celebration drinks at the Taverna Naranjo where they were able to rest some very tired legs. Everyone had a good time, even though it was a hot day and there was not much breeze on the Sierra. The group is now considering making this an annual event.

Dave Hill the group coordinator said: “For all of us this was another great day of hiking in the mountains. However we were able to utilise our passion to raise much needed funds to help the work of ASOKA Orihuela.”

The funds will be used, amongst other things, to create a set of cages to safely and comfortably keep animals awaiting medical treatment and to restock the vets surgery with vital items needed in the care of the 900 animals treated each year.

Dave added: “I want to thank the residents of Entre Naranjos for their generosity and support who have raised 2,000 euros towards our final figure of 3,300 euros.”

Special mention should be made for Sarah Hill who worked tirelessly fundraising for the event. The group hikers were Louise Nadin, Simon Nadin, John Hough, Derek Howe, Melvyn Howard, Jeff Matthews, Dave McInerney and Dave Hill.

a total of five people arrested in connection with this type of crime. In addition, other cases seen in the last month included offences such as burglary, robbery, crimes against road safety, legal claims, forgery, among others.

Moreover, the officers intercepted and identified three people for shoplifting from establishments in

the city, whilst officers also proceeded to recover a stolen vehicle which was used in an attempted robbery at a gas station.

Luckily this crime was foiled by an officer from the GESC. In March, GESC officers, in collaboration with Social Services, also proceeded to carry out cases in connection with unprotected minors.

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The heritage of La Seyne is rich and reflects the activity of the shipyard. Marius Michel Pasha, a wealthy visionary, also put his mark on La Seyne, giving the city its tourist orientation by building a casino and a hotel in the Tamarisk neighbourhood.

The city has several beaches including the beautiful white sand beach of Sablettes. There are numerous activities to try such as: adventure courses in the woods, riding, tennis, sailing, windsurfing and scuba diving...you'll be spoiled for choice!

the reliquary bust of Saint Eligius (Allard 1819 ).

The lift bridge was completed in 1917 by Eiffel Daydé and companies to allow the railway to access the site of the former shipyards located on the other side of the harbour. Included in the inventory of historic industrial heritage monument since 1987, the drawbridge is now a scenic lookout where you can admire one of the finest harbours in Europe.

Sablettes was built between 1950 and 1953 by Fernand Pouillon, and offers visitors a unique view of the Cape Sicié and the Two Brothers. In 2004, the district and the villa ‘Sablettes Sylvacanne’ obtained from the Ministry of Culture a 20th century heritage label.

Tamaris is one of the first resorts on the Mediterranean coast imagined and created from scratch

by Michel Pacha in 1880. It is a development of roads, a collection of 70 villas mostly oriental style and includes a hotel, casino and THINGS TO SEE AND DO gardens. Villa Tamaris, now an art The city’s features are Louis centre, was built by Pacha and 13th, a style revisited by the Belle restored in 1991, it was designed Epoque. At the shipyards, the as a cubic plane, its pediment workers passed under the arch of decorated with garlands, with large white stone and red brick to join openings and balustrade terraces in their workshops. a Tuscan style. The art centre is The Church of Our Lady of Good open all year around displaying Voyage was built in 1674 on the stunning exhibitions. shore of the harbour where it Fort Eguillette was built welcomed the departure and return between 1672 and 1680, and of the sailors. In 1890, the architect perfected by Vauban to complete Paul Page, with the financial the protection of the harbour. The assistance of Michel Pacha, added fort was used for low attacks, with a neo-Gothic facade. The city has windows at sea level to shoot several listed buildings and cannon balls at ships hulls. The monuments, including the gilded fort still belongs to the Navy. statues of St. Paul and St. Peter and Fort Balaguier built in 1634 and

strengthened by Vauban is a canon tower which provided protection for Toulon harbour by crossing her with lights from the royal tower.

Since 1970, the fort has been a naval museum of local maritime history, featuring the prison at Toulon and the life convicts. It has been a classified as a historic monument since 1973.

Fort Napoleon was built between 1812 and 1821 by order of the Emperor Napoleon. It was never damaged in combat, except in 1944 during the liberation of the territory. Fort Napoleon features a conference centre and cultural exchange as well as a contemporary art gallery. It hosts many events including the Jazz Festival and the Cuban festival.

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Pink Ladies fundraising charity at a Vintage Tea Party, on Easter Saturday, at Bliss La Finca Hair and Beauty Salon in Algorfa. The event raised a fantastic amount of more than 1,200 euros.

The money was

Every day of every week the volunteers who form The Pink Ladies give their time and efforts for free to fundraise on behalf of the AECC. Headed by Maria Wilson the group has raised hundreds of thousands of euros for the charity.

Pink Lady Patti Scally recently represented the

raised with the help of El Lugar, Baybrooks, Cascada, Angels, Tapas y Mas, Vista, Blackcat Ink, La Taberna Algorfa, OP, Spice

City, Johnsons, Algorfa Ladies and La Finca Golf Club - and Marshalls all of which sold raffle tickets.

The ladies who sold candles from Hamilton’s Bake House donated a big basket of tea lights with the pink ribbon emblem on them to the Pink Ladies. Also, all the hairdressers and beauty therapists donated their client fees for the day.

Two of the Pink Ladies, Sue Mathews and Carol Brooks went along to the Austurius Restaurant, Punta Prima recently to receive a donation from the La Sal Petanca League. The president Tom Boyd presented the ladies with a 550 euro donation.

Spanish say stay More than two thirds of Spaniards want the UK to remain in the EU, in fact all five countries surveyed want Britain to avoid Brexit.

A new survey has revealed that 67 percent of Spaniards want the UK to vote to stay in the upcoming referendum. The TNS study surveyed five European countries and asked

whether or not they wanted the UK to stay in the European Union.

It found that 78 percent of Germans, 60 percent of French and 54 percent of Poles also want Britain to remain.

In the UK, 38 percent wanted to remain, 34 percent wanted to leave while 28 percent remained unsure. The UK will take to the

polls on 23rd June in what has been described as the decision of a generation.

With current polls saying it’s too close to call, the same survey asked those taking part for their predictions. Every country predicted victory for the ‘In’ campaign, apart from France, where just over half predicted a Brexit.

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Spain and UK plan deal to hit tax evasion Britain and its European allies have announced new rules designed to deal a “hammer blow” against tax evasion in direct response to the Panama Papers leak, which exposed how the world’s richest and most powerful people hide their wealth from tax authorities.

George Osborne has announced that, in partnership with his counterparts from Spain, France, Germany and Italy, regulations that will lead to the automatic sharing of information about the true owners of complex shell companies and overseas trusts.

The chancellor said the rules, agreed this week, were “a hammer blow against those that would illegally evade taxes and hide their wealth in the dark corners of the financial system.

“Britain will work with our major European partners to find out who really owns the secretive shell companies and trusts that have been used as conduits for evading tax, laundering money and benefiting from corruption.

“Strong words of condemnation are not enough, populist outrage doesn’t by itself collect a single extra pound or dollar in tax or put a single criminal in jail,” Osborne said at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund in

Washington DC. “What we need is international action now, and that’s precisely what we are doing today with real concrete action in the war against tax evasion.”

He said the transparency rules on beneficial ownership showed that Britain and other governments were working to shine a spotlight on “those hiding spaces, those dark corners of the global financial system”.

Osborne said he hoped that the regulations, which will come into effect in January 2017, would be followed up by other countries. Ángel Gurría, the secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, said the release of the Panama Papers showed that there was no room for complacency in the international effort to crack down on tax evasion. He said it was no surprise that the rich and the powerful were using Panama to evade tax as “it is one of the few jurisdictions that has pushed against” international measures to improve tax and ownership transparency.

We have to crack down on the professional enablers – lawyers, accountants, financial institutions – that play a key role in maintaining the veil of secrecy,” he said.

However, it has been reported that finance ministers from other European countries had pushed Britain to extend the new rules to all trusts, rather than just those that “generate tax consequences”.

Tax transparency campaigners believe that this is likely to exclude many trusts deliberately constructed to avoid such consequences.

Britain has repeatedly played down concerns over tax evasion and other wrongdoing involving trusts. While they are a common feature of UK law, they are less familiar in mainland Europe and viewed with suspicion by many tax transparency campaigners.

Further reform Bloomberg reported that UK officials had made it clear that Britain would continue to resist pressure, led by France, for reform. However, a spokesman for Osborne said there was no rift between the UK and France, or any of its other European partners.

The chancellor also faced pressure in Washington because many world leaders hold Britain responsible for its overseas territories, several of which aggressively market corporate secrecy to wealthy companies and individuals around the world.

Tensions over trusts and foundations were papered over, however, when Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Britain published a joint letter announcing further steps on financial transparency.

The UK is already committed to a public register of beneficial ownership, while many other countries are introducing registers that will be confidential.

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“We will look to ensure that this information is in a fully searchable format and that it also contains information on entities and arrangements closed during the relevant year,” the letter said.

The letter was not signed by other G20 countries, including the US, which has consistently resisted calls for public registers of beneficial ownership. The US feels that such measures could harm states such as Delaware, which is known for providing corporate secrecy.

The European finance ministers’ letter is also not thought to be supported by Russia and China – both of which feature prominently in the Panama Papers.

Addressed to fellow G20 countries, the letter says: “In our view, this new initiative will take a significant step forward in improving the transparency of beneficial ownership information and in removing the veil of secrecy under which criminals operate.

In a separate letter, Gurría noted that several countries had still not properly implemented the promised information-sharing arrangements for tax inspectors.

“Our standards on tax transparency are robust,” he said. “They need to be effectively implemented worldwide, by everyone, with no exceptions, so there’s nowhere left to hide.” Among the countries yet to implement information-sharing arrangements were Panama and Bahrain.

The shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, described the agreement as “a welcome step in the right direction.”

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Ghost airport finally sold Ciudad Real airport, often referred to as the ‘Ghost Airport’ ahs finally sold for 56.2 million euros. CR International Airport SL is the new owner of the abandoned Don Quixote-country airport’. The Ghost airport, the white elephant that stood as testament to pre-crisis overspending, finally found a buyer after years of failed bids and rock bottom prices.

Although five companies bid for the site, CR was the first to successfully deposit the 1.873 million euros necessary to secure the sale, with four months to complete the payment.

Presiding Judge Carmelo Ordonez said it was a ‘satisfying’ day as the airport had been on the market since December 2013, originally priced at 100 million euros.

The story courted controversy when a Chinese consortium attempted to bag the airport for just €10,000 in July 2015.

The consortium, Tzaneen International, was almost successful but outbid by a British private military aircraft company which failed to present the cash.

Bank guarantees presented by Swiss millionaire Richard Taffin de Givenchy, who offered an incredible €200 million this March, were declared ‘invalid’.

While the airport originally cost almost €450 million to build and has the longest runway in Spain, it was designed to handle two-and-a-half million passengers per year and in fact only hosted 190,000 over three years of operation.

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Podemos rejects backing Madrid could house Europe’s tallest Socialist-led Spanish skyscraper government Spain's far-left party has announced that its members have voted massively against backing a coalition government between the Socialists and new centrist party Ciudadanos, boosting the likelihood of fresh elections.

Of the roughly 149,000 party members who took part in the 14th 16th April internal referendum, 88.23 percent opposed supporting such a government, the party said in a statement. The vast majority, 91.79 percent, backed a ‘government of change’ made up of the Socialists, Podemos and several small regional parties, the statement added. The party referendum follows a 20th December general election that resulted in a hung parliament, with power divided among four main groupings, none of which has enough seats to govern alone.

The polls put an end to Spain's traditional two-party system as voters fed up with austerity, unemployment and corruption scandals decamped to new parties like Podemos and Ciudadanos.

However, the parties have not been able to agree on the formation of a government. They have until 2nd May to find a power-sharing agreement, and if they fail fresh elections will be held on 26th June.

“The results are clear and the popular mandate will guide the next steps,” deputy Podemos leader Inigo Errejon tweeted.

Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias called the referendum in early April after threeway talks between his party, the Socialists and Ciudadanos broke down less than 24-hours after they began.

Analysts said the party leadership wanted an endorsement of its position to shield itself from criticism if Spain was forced to repeat the election in June, as looks increasingly likely.

“We did all that we can do,” the lead negotiator for the Socialists, Antonio Hernando, told reporters after the result of the vote was announced.

“The ball is in the court of other parties... What is certain is that 100 percent of Podemos voters do not want

Mariano Rajoy to remain at the helm of the government,” he added.

Acting Prime Minister Rajoy's conservative Popular Party (PP) won the most votes in the election but lost its absolute majority in parliament. He turned down a bid to form a government due to a lack of support from other parties. Rajoy has urged a ‘grand coalition’ made up of the PP, the Socialists who came in second place, and Ciudadanos which came fourth, but this option has consistently been rejected by Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez.

“We are going to keep until the last day our proposal for a grand coalition,” PP official Fernando Martinez-Maillo told a news conference after Podemos announced its referendum results.

The possibility of a grand coalition involving the Socialists seems extremely remote, as the PP's image has been tainted by a series of corruption scandals and Sanchez has been highly critical of Rajoy.

Spain's King Felipe VI will next week hold a third and final round of talks with party leaders in a last-ditch bid to get them to form a coalition and avoid fresh elections. Polls show fresh elections would once again produce a hung parliament with power divided along the same lines as during the December polls.

The Spanish capital could become home to the highest tower block in the European Union if the developer behind a submitted plan gets permission to go ahead.

The skyscraper would have 70 floors and be based in the Chamartín neighbourhood, near the station of the same name and towering above Madrid's current tallest block - the Torre de Cristal (glass tower), which forms part of the Cuatro Torres (four towers) complex, which has 52 floors.

Developer Distrito Castellana Norte, or DCN, run by chief executive officer Antonio Béjar, wants to create a complex with six towers to ‘recreate Madrid's skyscaper’ and put the Spanish capital on the map alongside other dynamic, modern European cities.

All paperwork and permits are in place, except planning permission from the city council, after 20 years of processing, Béjar reveals. Distrito Castellana Norte is owned by the BBVA bank, which holds 75.5 percent of its shares, and building company San José, a 24.5 percent shareholder.

Its project would involve extending the north end of Madrid's main business boulevard, the Paseo de la Castellana, as far as the M-40 ringroad, by adding on 3.7 kilometres, and build a residential complex of just under 18,000 homes with various parks and gardens within it. The housing estate would be 50 percent of the size of Madrid's iconic Retiro Park, occupying more than 300 hectares.

Around 120,000 temporary jobs would be created in building the towers and the housing complex, and involve a 6 billion euros investment which would bring in 3.3bn euros to the city council in tax.

Only one-fifth of the residential estate would be taken up with properties themselves, to include offices and shops - the bulk of it would be landscaped gardens and public parks. It could even include extra metro stations and outer suburban train lines being built to serve it.

Polls claim an average of eight in 10 Madrid residents, including those living close to or in the Chamartín neighbourhood, think the plans are a great idea.

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Electromar is back again The Electromar music festival will go ahead in Torrevieja on an even larger scale than before.The festival has more than ten thousand followers and last year took place in the Parque Antonio Soria, where it is planned to host the event again this year.

has now been resolved and the festival is set to go ahead.

The timing and location of the event attracts both local residents and holiday makers as participants and it is a significant addition to the musical calendar of the Mediterranean. It is hoped that

This will be the ninth Electromar festival and it will take place on the 16th July 2016. According to the new negotiations between the town hall and promoters, it is now guaranteed for the next four years. There had been some uncertainty as to its continuation due to disagreements between the town hall and the promoters over the payment for the use of municipal land. However, this

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feature there this year but negotiations will be taking place over the next few weeks to sign up the artists. Last year there were three stages and nearly 10,000 attended the event. So far there are four stages planned with different types of electronic music: EDM, Techno, Revival and Remember.

Andreu Piqueras, speaking for the promoter, explains; ‘We are delighted to have reached this agreement which allows us to develop the event in the medium and long term. We have ambitious plans and we hope to soon unveil some major surprises.’

The festivalbegan in 2007 in Murcia and was originally intended as an inde pop/rock event. It transferred to Torrevieja and became an unmissable date for those lovers of dance music living in Alicante and the Valencian community. During the first years of the economic crisis it experienced some difficulties, but it came back strong last year with the support of the current promoters.

The green frog is the mascot of the event and you can follow developments and new signings on its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/fes tivalelectromar/ Suzanne O’Connell

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Ciudad Quesada

Ciudad Quesada

Ciudad Quesada

Ciudad Quesada

Villa, 3 bed, 1 bath, 300m2 plot, 95m2 build, communal pool. REF. 1071

Semi-detached, 3 bed, 3 bath, 150m2 plot, 144m2 build, comm pool. REF. 383

Semi det Villa,3 bed, 2 bath, 90m2 plot, 90m2 build, communal pool. REF. 238

Apartment, 3 bed, 2 bath, views, 80m2 build, communal pool. REF.043

159,000€

260,000€

124,950€

95,000€

El Raso Office Centro Comercial Euro-Terra Plaza de la Figuera, 1 - Local 7 03140 Guardamar del Segura Tel: (+34) 966 716 019

Quesada Av. Las Naciones, 18-A 03170 Rojales Tel: (+34) 966 718 006 (Head Office)

Villamartin Office Av. de las Brisas, 6 - Local 26 Villamartin 3189 Orihuela Costa Tel: (+34) 966 764 003

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Pandemic (2016) Rating 5.3 Pandemic is set in the near future, where a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its ...

Director: John Suits Writer: Dustin T. Benson Stars: Rachel Nichols, Alfie Allen, Missi Pyle

Triple 9 (2016) Rating 6.2

Director: John Hillcoat Writer: Matt Cook Stars: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie

Ref. NS096 - La Marina

Ref. NS104 - La Marina

Detached villa, 3 bed, 1 bath, 70m2 build, 207m2 plot, sea views, east facing, good location.

Detached Villa, 3 bed, 2 bath, good condition, 81m2 build, 207m2 plot, east facing, off road parking.

Fantastic views

Sea views

148.500€

Ref. NS052 - La Marina

Terraced property, 4 bed, 1 bath, fully furnished, 65m2 build, 66m2 plot, east facing, extended.

Very close to amenities

Quiet location Ref. NS103 - La Marina

Detached Villa, 2 bed, 1 bath, fully furnished, 50m2 build, 210m2 plot west facing, large under build.

115.000€

Close to amenities Ref. NS090 - La Marina

Terraced property, 1 bed, 1 bath, Large solarium, 42m2 build, 54m2 plot, east facing, extended.

NOW 48.000€

WAS 229.000€ NOW 220.000€ Detached Villa, 3 bed, 2 bath, fully furnished, 135m2 build, 550m2 corner plot, west facing, private pool 8 X 4.

Quiet location Ref. NS102 - La Marina

60.000€ Detached villa, 4 bed, 2 bath, furnished, 115m2 , build, 400m2 plot, south facing, private Pool 8 X 4.

Great location Ref. NS058 - La Marina

129.000€

Detached villa, 3 bed, 2 bath, fully furnished, 135m2 build, 220m2 plot, west facing, very large under build.

125.000€

Short walk to amenities Ref. NS107 - La Marina

A woman asks her ex‐lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.

Director: Gavin OʹConnor Writers: Brian Duffield (screenplay), Anthony Tambakis Stars: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor

Big Friendly Giant (2016) A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because unlike his peers refuses to eat boys and girls.

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Melissa Mathison (screenplay), Roald Dahl (novel) Stars: Rebecca Hall, Mark Rylance, Bill Hader

A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

Jane Got A Gun (2016) Rating 5.7

243.000€

La Marina Urb, Av. Londres, 1182 - 03177 San Fulgencio, Alicante Tel. (+34) 965 038 990 - (+34) 665 383 392 info@newstartestates.com - www.newstartestates.com 631

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Eastenders: Libby is stunned by Denise’s behaviour. Phil returns to his old ways.

Emmerdale: It is a big day for Finn. David lashes out. Belle gets some news.

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The Wotwots!

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Chloe's Closet

7.20am

Lily's Driftwood Bay

7.30am

Fireman Sam

7.40am

Wissper

7.50am

Peppa Pig

7.55am

Pip Ahoy!

8.10am

Little Princess

8.20am

Bob the Builder

8.35am

Thomas and Friends

8.50am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

9.00am

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

9.15am

Peppa Pig

9.25am

Peppa Pig

9.35am

Paw Patrol

9.50am

Bananas in Pajamas

10.00am

Toot the Tiny Tugboat

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

12.15pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

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5 News Lunchtime

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Home and Away

2.45pm

Neighbours

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NCIS: Los Angeles

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Driven Underground

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5 News at 5

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Home and Away

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Police Interceptors

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GPs: Behind Closed Doors

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Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

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Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords

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The Tube: Going Underground

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Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration

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Super Casino

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On Benefits: Life on the Dole

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Divine Designs

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Television: Thurs 28th April 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 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm 12.45am 1.30am 3.30am 3.35am

BBC2

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer The Sheriffs are Coming Oxford Street Revealed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Code Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders MasterChef Secret Britain BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Question Time This Week World Snooker Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.00am 7.45am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 1.05am 2.05am 2.35am 3.05am 4.05am

ITV2 7.00am 7.20am 8.15am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.20am 12.15pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.35pm 4.40pm 5.45pm 6.50pm 7.50pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.35pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.50pm 12.20am

7.00am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 1.00pm 1.15pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 5.45pm 6.00pm 6.15pm 6.30pm 6.45pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 8.00pm 11.30pm 1.00am 5.45am 6.00am

Sky Movies Premiere Elsa and Fred

8.45am

Standoff

10.15am

The Forger

11.55am

Elsa and Fred

1.40pm

Partisan

3.25pm

Bad Words

5.05pm

Southpaw

7.20pm

The Forger

9.00pm

Southpaw

11.10pm

Bad Words

12.45am

Partisan

2.30am

Standoff

4.00am

Partisan

5.45am

Zootropolis: Special

6.00am

Fast and Furious 7 Special

6.30am

Kung Fu Panda 3: Special

ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 2.55pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.25pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.40pm 12.40am

Sky Sports 1

Planet's Funniest Animals Dinner Date The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Coronation Street Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Psych Royal Pains Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show 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 Release the Hounds Celebrity Juice @Elevenish Family Guy

7.00am

Rip Off Britain Flog It! Money for Nothing The Great Interior Design Challenge Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics World Championship Snooker Eggheads The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain World Championship Snooker Natural World Line of Duty Newsnight World Championship Snooker Highlights Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit Panorama Paul O'Grady: The Sally Army and Me Tribes, Predators and Me This is BBC Two

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown!

Barclays Premier League Review BPL Legends BPL Legends Elite League Speedway Football Gold Football Gold Barclays Premier League Review Fantasy Football Club Highlights Elite League Speedway BPL Legends Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Football Gold Football Gold Barclays Premier League World Darts Gold Darts Gold Live Premier League Darts NFL Live NFL Draft Super League Highlights Football Gold

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Angie Tribeca The IT Crowd The IT Crowd The Big Bang Theory

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The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Flintoff: Lord of the Fries Futurama Futurama The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons DC's Legends of Tomorrow Colony The Five The Five Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare Emergency Abroad

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Emmerdale: Marlon is unimpressed.

Tracy worries about David.

Megan's fundraiser gets underway. Belle plays a dangerous game. Ross feels guilty. David makes a decision.

Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Darling Buds of May Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Law and Order: UK Trial and Retribution The Darling Buds of May Where the Heart is Judge Judy

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Channel 4 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 1.35pm 2.05pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 4.10pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.35am 1.30am 2.20am 3.15am 4.10am 4.40am 5.05am 6.00am

Countdown Will and Grace Will and Grace Will and Grace Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares 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 Fifteen to One Countdown Couples Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Too Many Cooks The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis Flowers Alan Carr: Chatty Man Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Embarrassing Bodies Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners One Born Every Minute Dispatches Unreported World Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free

BBC 4

Channel 5 7.00am

The Wotwots!

7.10am

Chloe's Closet

7.20am

Lily's Driftwood Bay

7.30am

Fireman Sam

7.40am

Wissper

7.50am

Peppa Pig

7.55am

Pip Ahoy!

8.10am

Little Princess

8.20am

Bob the Builder

8.35am

Thomas and Friends

8.50am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

9.00am

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

9.15am

Peppa Pig

9.25am

Peppa Pig

9.35am

Paw Patrol

9.50am

Bananas in Pajamas

10.00am

Toot the Tiny Tugboat

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

12.15pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

1.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

1.15pm

Cowboy Builders

2.15pm

Home and Away

2.45pm

Neighbours

3.15pm

NCIS

4.10pm

Cradle of Lies

6.00pm

5 News at 5

6.30pm

Neighbours

7.00pm

Home and Away

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

Toddlers Make You Laugh Out Loud

9.00pm

On Benefits: Life on the Dole

8.00pm

World News Today

10.00pm

The Secret Life of Puppies

8.30pm

Top of the Pops: 1981

11.00pm

My Million Pound Council House

9.00pm

Everyday Miracles: The Genius

12.00am

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

of Sofas, Stockings and Scanners

1.00am

Super Casino

10.00pm

The Sun

4.10am

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

11.00pm

The Moon

12.00am

The Hollow Crown

5.00am

Wildlife SOS

2.15am

Top of the Pops: 1981

5.25am

Divine Designs

2.55am

Billy Fury: The Sound of Fury

5.50am

House Doctor

4.25am

Britain on Film

6.10am

House Doctor

4.55am

This is BBC Four

6.35am

House Doctor

ITV3

SOAP UPDATE Eastenders: Ian drops a bombshell on the residents of Albert Square but how will they react? Tina turns to Mick for support.

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Chopping Block Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London Party Election Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats ITV Evening News Emmerdale Tonight Emmerdale Bargain Shop Wars What Would be Your Miracle?

ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London UEFA Europa League Highlights Murder, She Wrote

Sky 1

E4 7.00am 7.45am 8.35am 9.05am 9.35am 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 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.05am

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Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

10.35am

A Place in the Sun

11.40am

Time Team

12.45pm

Time Team

1.50pm

Come Dine with Me

2.20pm

Come Dine with Me

2.55pm

Come Dine with Me

3.30pm

Come Dine with Me

4.00pm

Come Dine with Me

4.35pm

A New Life in the Sun

5.40pm

A Place in the Sun

6.45pm

A Place in the Sun

7.50pm

Homes by the Sea

8.55pm

Grand Designs

10.00pm

The Good Wife

11.00pm

Thicker Than Water

12.20am

24 Hours in A and E

1.25am

Undercover Boss USA

2.25am

Grand Designs

3.30am

24 Hours in A and E

4.40am

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Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals Minder Ax Men The Chase The Professionals Pawn Stars Storage Wars Hogan's Heroes Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders FYI Daily Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders The Cimarron Kid FYI Daily The Cimarron Kid River Monsters The Big Fish Off River Monsters Gangs of New York FYI Daily Gangs of New York Minder

What Would be Your Miracle? – ITV – 10.00 pm Emma Willis follows the inspirational stories of families whose lives have been transformed by the power of modern medicine. In the first episode, Adele and Ashley Morgan from Aberdare are desperate for their son Garin to walk for the first time. When he was two years old, Garin was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Now, thanks to surgery pioneered in America, there is a chance that Garin's life may be about to be transformed. His parents have had to raise tens of thousands of pounds for the operation, of which there is no guarantee of success. This episode also features Andrea Dodds from Burnley, who has been deaf since childhood. Over the years, her hearing has got worse and hearing aids have become almost useless. Now she has a condition called Usher syndrome, which has rendered her not only profoundly deaf but also in imminent danger of going blind. Emma meets Andrea just a few days before an operation which represents modern medicine's only hope for her.

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Brexit implications for Spanish property market The UK’s referendum on continued EU membership to be held on 23rd June is key for the Spanish property market because British buyers are the largest group of foreign buyers and so British demand, which may have already started to cool on fears of a vote to leave the EU, will be sensitive to the outcome. Without doubt there’s a lot of money at stake for the Spanish economy.

health care etc that could take years to sort out. Nobody likes uncertainty, so the referendum is bound to be giving British buyers pause for thought.

However, the latest sales figures from the notaries for February are reassuring, with sales up 23 percent. Therefore, if British demand was down at the start of the year it wasn’t

British demand for property in Spain grew strongly last year on the back of a strong pound and attractive Spanish property prices. Buyers from the UK were the biggest group by a wide margin (21 percent of the foreign market and increased the most – up by 42 percent last year. In some regions like Alicante and Malaga on the Costa del Sol, the British dominate the market.

However, in the lead up to the referendum the pound has fallen substantially against the euro – showing clearly what the currency markets think of the UK’s economic prospects outside the EU - and British people thinking of buying in Spain have a good reason to wait and see what the result is before taking the plunge.

It is not just fears over a weaker pound that might deter British buyers in Spain; a Brexit result would raise big questions for British expats and property owners in Spain - affecting issues such as taxes, residency rights, pensions, freedom of access,

enough to have a noticeable impact on the overall sales figures.

If the British vote to stay in the EU, then all the uncertainty holding back demand could evaporate on the day of the referendum. The pound would rally, and all those Britons who have been sitting on the sidelines should come stampeding back into the market. It could be a great second half of the year for home sales in areas popular with British buyers.

The latest opinion polls suggest that the ‘stay’ camp is still slightly ahead by 48 percent to 41 percent, but opinion polls are fickle and can change fast.

According to Betfair, a stay result is still odds-on favourite at 1.4 (bet of 10 wins 4), compared to 2.7 for a leave result (bet of 10 wins 17). The leave odds has fallen recently from 2.87, but the bookies are still clear who they think is going to win. And if they are right, then the result will be most welcome on the Spanish costas.

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Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer The Sheriffs are Coming Oxford Street Revealed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Code Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Would I Lie to You? EastEnders MasterChef Have I Got News for You Boomers BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather The Graham Norton Show Witless Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

BBC2 7.00am

Rip Off Britain

7.45am

Flog it! Trade Secrets

8.15am

Homes Under the Hammer

9.15am

Escape to the Country

10.00am

Into the Wild with Gordon Buchanan

11.00am

World Championship Snooker

1.00pm

The Daily Politics

2.00pm

World Championship Snooker

7.00pm

Eggheads

7.30pm

The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

8.00pm

World Championship Snooker

10.00pm

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Planet's Funniest Animals Dinner Date The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Emmerdale Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Psych Royal Pains Dinner Date Emmerdale Emmerdale Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

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Two Doors Down

11.30pm

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Later... with Jools Holland

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World Championship Snooker Highlights

1.55am

Question Time

2.55am

Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute

4.25am

Europe: Them or Us

5.25am

This is BBC Two

Partisan

8.45am

The Overnight

10.15am

Zootropolis: Special

10.30am

The Longest Ride

12.45pm

Jungle Book 3D: Special

1.00pm

Partisan

2.45pm

The Forger

4.30pm

Ted 2

6.45pm

The Longest Ride

9.00pm

Ted 2

11.10pm

Dying of the Light

12.55am

The Overnight

2.25am

Zootropolis: Special

2.40am

Partisan

4.25am

The Forger

6.10am

Zootropolis: Special

6.30am

Avengers: Age of Ultron Special

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Sky Sports 1 7.00am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 9.00am 9.30am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 3.45pm 4.00pm 4.15pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 11.15pm 11.45pm 12.40am 12.55am 1.05am 3.15am

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tower Heist The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Angie Tribeca

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Chopping Block Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant Coronation Street The Secret ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Tomorrow Never Dies

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

The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Flintoff: Lord of the Fries Futurama Futurama The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Supergirl The Five The Five Legends Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Forever Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare Emergency Abroad

7.00am 7.25am 8.25am 9.25am 10.30am 10.55am 11.25am 11.55am 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.05pm 5.10pm 5.45pm 6.15pm 6.50pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.05am 2.15am

Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Noah's Ark Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Wycliffe Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans Law and Order: UK Trial and Retribution Elizabeth: The Golden Age FYI Daily

E4

Channel 4

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Channel 5

7.10am

King of Queens

7.00am

The Wotwots!

7.35am

Mobil 1 The Grid

7.10am

Chloe's Closet

8.05am

Challenge Wanaka

7.20am

Lily's Driftwood Bay

8.30am

Caterham Motorsport

7.30am

Fireman Sam

9.00am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.40am

Wissper

9.30am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.50am

Peppa Pig

10.00am

The Morning Line

7.55am

Pip Ahoy!

11.00am

Frasier

8.10am

Little Princess

8.20am

Bob the Builder

8.35am

Thomas and Friends

8.50am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

9.00am

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

9.15am

Peppa Pig

9.25am

Peppa Pig

9.35am

Paw Patrol

11.30am

Frasier

12.00pm

The Superhumans Show

12.30pm

The Big Bang Theory

1.00pm

The Big Bang Theory

1.25pm

Come Dine with Me

2.30pm

Channel 4 Racing

5.10pm

A Place in the Sun

6.10pm

9.50am

Bananas in Pajamas

Channel 4 News

10.00am

Toot the Tiny Tugboat

6.30pm

Formula 1

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

8.00pm

Great Canal Journeys

12.15pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

9.00pm

Coastal Walks with My Dog

1.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

10.00pm

The Sweeney

1.15pm

Cowboy Builders

12.10am

Transporter 2

2.15pm

Home and Away

1.50am

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

2.45pm

Neighbours

2.45am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

3.15pm

NCIS

4.50am

Location, Location, Location

4.15pm

Jesse Stone: Stone Cold

5.45am

The Food Chain

6.00pm

5 News at 5

6.10am

Kirstie's Vintage Gems

6.30pm

Neighbours

6.20am

Four Rooms

7.00pm

Home and Away

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

The Gadget Show

9.00pm

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

BBC 4 8.00pm

World News Today

10.00pm

Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration

8.30pm

BBC Young Musician 2016

11.00pm

Eamonn and Ruth:

10.00pm

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond: Glad All Over

12.00am

The Hotel Inspector

11.55pm

Big in America

1.00am

Super Casino

12.55am

Cilla at the BBC

4.10am

Now That's Funny!

1.55am

The Dave Clark Five and Beyond:

5.00am

Now That's Funny!

Glad All Over

5.50am

House Doctor

3.50am

Big in America

6.10am

House Doctor

4.50am

This is BBC Four

6.35am

House Doctor

9.55am

Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

10.35am

A Place in the Sun

11.40am

Time Team

12.45pm

Time Team

1.50pm

Come Dine with Me

2.20pm

Come Dine with Me

2.55pm

Come Dine with Me

3.30pm

Come Dine with Me

4.00pm

Come Dine with Me

4.35pm

A New Life in the Sun

5.40pm

A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

6.45pm

A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

7.50pm

Homes by the Sea

8.55pm

Grand Designs

10.00pm

Blue Eyes

11.10pm

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

12.15am

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

1.20am

Undercover Boss USA

2.15am

Grand Designs

3.20am

The Good Wife

4.20am

River Cottage Bites

7.00am 7.25am 7.50am 8.50am 9.50am 10.50am 11.45am 12.45pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 12.10am 1.10am 2.25am 2.30am 3.50am 4.00am

Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals Minder Ax Men The Chase Cycling The Professionals Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Cycling Fifth Gear Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Exit Wounds FYI Daily Exit Wounds Sleepers FYI Daily Sleepers ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

ITV3

How the Other Half Lives

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Television: Sat 30th April BBC1

7.00am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.10pm 1.50pm 2.00pm 5.30pm 6.10pm 6.20pm 6.25pm 7.15pm 8.05pm 9.00pm 9.50pm 10.40pm 11.10pm 11.30pm 12.50am 1.20am 3.20am 3.25am

Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live MasterChef BBC News Football Focus Saturday Sportsday World Championship Snooker Final Score BBC News Regional News and Weather Can't Touch This Pointless Michael Mcintyre's Big Show The National Lottery Casualty Mrs. Brown's Boys BBC News Match of the Day Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle World Snooker Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

BBC2 7.00am

San Demetrio, London

8.40am

Scott of the Antarctic

10.30am

The Women's Football Show

11.00am

Planet's Funniest Animals Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got More Talent The Almost Impossible Gameshow Scorpion The Flintstones FYI Daily The Flintstones Liar Liar FYI Daily Liar Liar Paranoia FYI Daily Paranoia Britain's Got More Talent Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show @Elevenish Teleshopping

Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul

2.00pm

Bargain Hunt

3.00pm

Escape to the Continent

4.00pm

The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

4.30pm

Bake Off Crème de la Crème

5.30pm

World Championship Snooker

6.30pm

Flog It!

7.30pm

Dad's Army

8.00pm

World Championship Snooker

10.30pm

The Rack Pack

12.00am

QI XL

12.35am

Welcome to Collinwood

2.00am

The Abominable Snowman

3.25am

This is BBC Two

Partisan

8.45am

The Overnight

10.15am

The Top Ten Show 2016

10.30am

The Longest Ride

12.45pm

Jungle Book 3D: Special

1.00pm

Partisan

2.45pm 4.30pm

The Forger Ted 2

6.45pm

The Longest Ride

9.00pm

Ted 2

11.10pm

Dying of the Light

12.55am

The Overnight

2.25am

Zootropolis: Special

2.40am

Partisan

4.25am

The Forger

6.10am

Zootropolis: Special

6.30am

Avengers: Age of Ultron Special

ITV1 8.00am 8.05am 8.15am 8.30am 8.45am 9.00am 9.25am 9.30am 10.25am 11.20am 12.20pm 1.20pm 1.30pm 2.35pm 3.40pm 5.25pm 6.30pm 6.40pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.15pm 11.00pm 11.15pm

Sky Sports 1 7.00am

Football Gold

7.15am

Football Gold

7.30am

Barclays Premier League Preview

8.00am

Football Gold

8.15am

Football Gold

8.30am

Barclays Premier League Preview

9.00am

Game Changers

9.30am

Nick Kicks

10.00am

The Fantasy Football Club

11.00am

Soccer A.M.

1.00pm

Football

3.45pm

Live Pro 12 Rugby

6.00pm

Live Ford Saturday Night Football

9.00pm

SNF: Game of the Day

11.00pm

SNF: Match Choice

12.30am

SNF: Match Choice

2.00am

Boxing Gold

2.30am

Boxing Gold

3.00am

Live Fight Night International

6.30am

Premier League 100 Club

7.00am 7.20am 8.05am 8.35am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm

Rude(Ish) Tube Jane the Virgin How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Made in Chelsea Joe and Caspar Hit the Road Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 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 Insidious Gogglebox Gogglebox The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Tattoo Fixers

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

World Championship Snooker

1.00pm

ITV2 7.00am 7.20am 9.55am 12.20pm 1.40pm 2.40pm 3.40pm 4.35pm 5.45pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 7.25pm 7.30pm 8.05pm 9.05pm 9.10pm 10.15pm 11.15pm 12.05am 12.35am 1.00am 1.30am 2.00am 2.30am 2.55am 3.20am 3.40am

CostaBlancaPeople April 26th - May 2nd 2016

Share a Story Sooty Super 4 Nerds and Monsters The Tom and Jerry Show Thunderbirds are Go ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show BBQ Champ Smokey and the Bandit The Wine Show ITV News London ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed!

Bang on the Money Britain's Got Talent Play to the Whistle ITV News and Weather Fast and Furious

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 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am 6.30am

Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew Game Changers Duck Quacks Don't Echo The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. The F1 Show Captain America - Civil War: Special Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Supergirl The Flash David Attenborough (Wild City) David Attenborough (Wild City) Attenborough at 90 Micky Flanagan's Detour De France Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Limitless Arrow Strike Back: Vengeance Inside Gatwick Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare

7.00am

Channel 4

Channel 5

7.10am

King of Queens

7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.35am

Mobil 1 The Grid

7.05am

Bananas in Pajamas

8.05am

Challenge Wanaka

7.20am

Angelina Ballerina

8.30am

Caterham Motorsport

7.30am

Bob the Builder

9.00am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.45am

Tickety Toc

9.30am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.55am

Zack and Quack

10.00am

The Morning Line

8.05am

Pets

11.00am

Frasier

8.15am

Noddy in Toyland

11.30am

Frasier

8.25am

Paw Patrol

12.00pm

The Superhumans Show

8.40am

Little Princess

12.30pm

The Big Bang Theory

8.50am

Pip Ahoy!

1.00pm

The Big Bang Theory

9.05am

Blaze and the Monster Machines

1.25pm

Come Dine with Me

9.30am

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

2.30pm

Channel 4 Racing

9.45am

Wanda and the Alien

5.10pm

A Place in the Sun

9.55am

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

6.10pm

Channel 4 News

10.30am

The Saturday Show Live

6.30pm

Formula 1

12.30pm

Fail Army

8.00pm

Great Canal Journeys

1.00pm

Now That's Funny!

9.00pm

Coastal Walks with My Dog

2.00pm

Now That's Funny!

10.00pm

The Sweeney

3.00pm

Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim

12.10am

Transporter 2

4.00pm

Benefits

1.50am

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

5.00pm

On Benefits: The Millionaire Shoplifter

2.45am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

6.00pm

Benefit House: Me and My 26 Kids

4.50am

Location, Location, Location

7.00pm

5 News Weekend

5.45am

The Food Chain

7.05pm

NCIS: Los Angeles

6.10am

Kirstie's Vintage Gems

8.00pm

NCIS: New Orleans

6.20am

Four Rooms

9.00pm

NCIS

9.55pm

5 News Weekend

10.00pm

The Championship

11.00pm

Goal Rush

11.30pm

NCIS

12.20am

NCIS

1.15am

Super Casino

BBC 4 8.00pm

A History of Ancient Britain

9.00pm

Natural World

10.00pm

Hinterland

11.30pm

Dancing Cheek to Cheek:

4.10am

Grannies Make You Laugh Out Loud

An Intimate History of Dance

5.00am

Budgies Make You Laugh Out Loud

12.30am

Synth Britannia at the BBC

5.50am

Divine Designs

1.30am

Synth Britannia

6.15am

HouseBusters

3.00am

Joy Division

6.45am

Angels of Jarm

4.35am

This is BBC Four

6.50am

Angels of Jarm

Movies Now

9.55am

River Cottage Bites

7.10am

Where the Heart is

10.20am

Time Team

8.00am

Where the Heart is

11.15am

Time Team

9.10am

Ben-Hur

12.20pm

Jamie's Money Saving Meals

1.25pm

A Place in the Sun

10.10am

FYI Daily

2.30pm

A Place in the Sun

10.15am

Ben-Hur

3.35pm

Four in a Bed

1.20pm

Wycliffe

4.10pm

Four in a Bed

2.30pm

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

4.40pm

Four in a Bed

3.30pm

FYI Daily

5.15pm

Four in a Bed

5.50pm

Four in a Bed

6.20pm

Come Dine with Me

7.00am 7.25am 7.55am 8.55am 10.00am 11.00am 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.55pm 3.15pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.10pm 11.15pm 12.25am 1.35am 1.40am 3.25am 3.55am 4.00am

Hogan's Heroes Formula E: Sound of the Future Motorsport UK Bundesliga Cycling Cycling Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton Cycling Pawn Stars The Big Fish Off Cycling You Only Live Twice FYI Daily You Only Live Twice Gangs of New York FYI Daily Gangs of New York Hogan's Heroes ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

E4

6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.05am 12.55am 1.40am 2.10am 2.45am

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ITV3

More 4

3.35pm

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

4.40pm

Inspector Morse

6.55pm

Come Dine with Me

6.55pm

Midsomer Murders

7.25pm

Come Dine with Me

9.00pm

Foyle's War

7.55pm

Come Dine with Me

11.00pm

Lewis

8.30pm

Come Dine with Me

9.00pm

Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill

10.40pm

9/11 Firehouse

11.45pm

24 Hours in A and E

1.00am

Blue Murder

2.35am

Doctor at Large

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

12.50am

24 Hours in A and E

3.30am

Teleshopping

1.55am

Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill

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partner DC George Carter face their biggest test yet: a ruthless gang has embarked upon a trail of robberies across London. And so begins a series of breathless chases and shoot-outs, interspersed with pauses just long enough to beat information out of suspects, as Regan and Carter try to end the thieves’ spree.

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Television: Sun 1st May

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BBC1 7.00am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.10pm 1.50pm 2.00pm 5.30pm 6.10pm 6.20pm 6.25pm 7.15pm 8.05pm 9.00pm 9.50pm 10.40pm 11.10pm 11.30pm 12.50am 1.20am 3.20am 3.25am

BBC2

Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live MasterChef BBC News Football Focus Saturday Sportsday World Championship Snooker Final Score BBC News Regional News and Weather Can't Touch This Pointless Michael Mcintyre's Big Show The National Lottery Casualty Mrs. Brown's Boys BBC News Match of the Day Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle World Snooker Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.15am

The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge

8.15am

This Farming Life

9.15am

An Island Parish

9.45am

The Beechgrove Garden

10.15am

Countryfile

11.15am

Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

12.45pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 1.15pm

MOTD2 Extra

2.00pm

Flog It!

3.00pm

World Championship Snooker

7.00pm

Natural World

8.00pm

World Championship Snooker

12.00am

Rabbit-Proof Fence

1.25am

Countryfile

2.25am

Holby City

3.25am

This is BBC Two

ITV2 7.00am 7.10am 7.35am 10.20am 12.50pm 2.20pm 3.05pm 4.05pm 4.10pm 4.55pm 5.55pm 6.00pm 6.40pm 7.55pm 9.00pm 10.05pm 10.10pm 11.55pm 12.25am 12.50am 1.20am 1.45am 2.10am 2.40am 3.05am 3.30am

7.00am

8.45am

The Overnight

10.15am

The Top Ten Show 2016

10.30am

The Longest Ride

12.45pm

Zootropolis: Special

1.00pm

Partisan

2.45pm

The Forger

4.30pm

Ted 2

6.45pm

The Longest Ride

9.00pm

Ted 2

11.10pm

Dying of the Light

12.55am

The Overnight

2.25am

Zootropolis: Special

2.40am

Partisan

4.25am

The Forger

6.10am

The Top Ten Show 2016

6.30am

Kingsman: The Secret Service Special

Football Gold

7.15am

Football Gold

7.30am

SNF: Match Choice

9.00am

SNF: Match Choice

10.30am

The Sunday Supplement

12.00pm

Goals on Sunday

2.00pm

Live Ford Super Sunday

5.15pm

Live Ford Super Sunday

8.00pm

Football League Goals

9.00pm

Sky Sports Originals

9.30pm

Football

11.30pm

Ford Football Special

1.00am

Football League Goals

2.00am

Football

4.00am

Footballs Greatest Teams

4.30am

Goals on Sunday

5.30am

Football Gold

5.45am

Football Gold

6.00am

Premier League 100 Club

6.30am

Premier League 100 Club

7.00am 7.25am 7.45am 8.05am 8.35am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.35am 1.05am 2.05am 3.05am 4.00am 4.20am 4.40am

Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Joe and Caspar Hit the Road Mr. Popper's Penguins 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 The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The 100 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Rude Tube Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Hollyoaks Omnibus

Sky Movies Premiere Partisan

8.00am 8.05am 8.15am 8.30am 8.45am 9.00am 9.13am 9.25am 9.30am 10.25am 11.20am 12.20pm 1.25pm 1.30pm 2.35pm 3.20pm 4.20pm 5.35pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.55pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm

Sky Sports 1

The Hot Desk Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Take Me Out Catchphrase Charlotte's Web FYI Daily Charlotte's Web Liar Liar FYI Daily Liar Liar Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got More Talent Skyfall FYI Daily Skyfall Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show Teleshopping

7.00am

ITV1 Share a Story Sooty Super 4 Nerds and Monsters The Tom and Jerry Show Teen Titans Go! Teen Titans Go! ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show All Star Family Fortunes Fierce Britain's Got Talent Midsomer Murders ITV News London ITV News and Weather The Chase Celebrity Special The Durrells Home Fires ITV News and Weather

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 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am 6.30am

The Hour of Power RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Monkey Life Monkey Life Supergirl The Flash WWE Raw Kingdom of Plants 2D Kingdom of Plants 2D Kingdom of Plants 2D David Attenborough's Micro Monsters David Attenborough's Micro Monsters David Attenborough's Micro Monsters David Attenborough's Micro Monsters David Attenborough's Micro Monsters The Simpsons Modern Family The Simpsons Wild Things Duck Quacks Don't Echo Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles The Force: Manchester Air Ambulance ER Road Wars DC's Legends of Tomorrow Strike Back: Vengeance Inside Gatwick Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare

7.00am 7.25am 9.40am 10.45am 11.45am 2.05pm 3.15pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 6.20pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 1.10am 2.10am 2.15am 3.15am 4.10am 5.00am 5.50am

On the Buses Inspector Morse Heartbeat Heartbeat Inspector Morse Wycliffe Columbo The Secret of My Succe$s FYI Daily The Secret of My Succe$s Richard Wilson on the Road Doc Martin The Cruise Ship Royal Stories Bette Midler: One Night Only The Blonde Bombshell The American President FYI Daily The American President Blue Murder May the Best House Win May the Best House Win On the Buses

E4

Channel 4

Sky Movies Premiere - Skyfall ITV 9pm

Channel 5

7.15am

King of Queens

7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.40am

King of Queens

7.05am

Bananas in Pajamas

8.05am

King of Queens

7.20am

Angelina Ballerina

8.30am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.30am

Bob the Builder

8.55am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.45am

Tickety Toc

9.30am

Frasier

7.55am

Zack and Quack

10.00am

Frasier

8.05am

Pets

10.30am

Sunday Brunch

8.10am

Noddy in Toyland

1.30pm

George Clarke's Amazing Spaces

8.25am

Paw Patrol

2.30pm

Channel 4 Racing

8.40am

Little Princess

5.00pm

Location, Location, Location

8.50am

Pip Ahoy!

6.00pm

A Place in the Sun

9.05am

Blaze and the Monster Machines

6.45pm

Channel 4 News

9.30am

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

7.00pm

Formula 1

9.45am

Wanda and the Alien

9.00pm

Paul Merton's Secret Stations

10.00am

Toby's Travelling Circus

10.00pm

Indian Summers

10.15am

Jelly Jamm

11.00pm

Gogglebox

10.30am

LazyTown

11.55pm

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

10.55am

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1.00am

Red Lights

11.30am

The Championship

3.00am

Come Dine with Me

12.30pm

Goal Rush

3.30am

Come Dine with Me

1.00pm

The Gadget Show

3.55am

Come Dine with Me

2.05pm

Another Cinderella Story

4.25am

Come Dine with Me

3.50pm

Alvin and the

4.50am

Come Dine with Me

5.20am

Four Rooms

5.30pm

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

6.15am

Kirstie's Handmade Treasures

7.10pm

Now That's Funny!

6.20am

Fifteen to One

8.05pm

The Secret Life of Puppies

9.00pm

Penn and Teller: Fool Us in Vegas

9.55pm

5 News Weekend

10.00pm

Elysium

12.10am

Drive Angry

2.00am

Super Casino

4.10am

The Tube: Going Underground

11.00pm Redefining Juliet

5.00am

Great Scientists

11.45pm Hamlet

5.25am

Great Scientists

2.10am

The Sun

5.50am

The Great Artists

3.10am

Horizon

6.15am

Divine Designs

4.00am

The Silk Road

6.45am

Angels of Jarm

5.00am

This is BBC Four

6.50am

Angels of Jarm

7.00am 7.15am 8.05am 8.30am 8.55am 9.55am 11.00am 12.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 6.55pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.05pm 12.15am 1.15am 1.20am 2.55am 3.40am 4.00am

Hat-Trick Heroes Fifth Gear Storage Wars Storage Wars Motogp Highlights The Big Fish Off Cycling Cycling Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York The Wine Show Cycling Rugby Highlights Mercury Rising FYI Daily Mercury Rising Inside Man FYI Daily Inside Man Hell on Wheels ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

BBC 4 8.00pm

The Good Old Days

9.00pm

The Man Who Discovered Egypt

10.00pm The Silk Road

ITV3

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Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

More 4 9.55am

Kirstie's Vintage Gems

10.25am

Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

10.55am

Vet on the Hill

11.55am

Homes by the Med

1.00pm

Come Dine with Me

1.35pm

Come Dine with Me

2.05pm

Come Dine with Me

2.40pm

Come Dine with Me

3.10pm

Come Dine with Me

3.40pm

Four in a Bed

4.15pm

Four in a Bed

4.45pm

Four in a Bed

5.20pm

Four in a Bed

5.50pm

Four in a Bed

6.20pm

Come Dine with Me

6.55pm

Come Dine with Me

7.25pm

Come Dine with Me

7.55pm

Come Dine with Me

8.30pm

Come Dine with Me

9.00pm

Grand Designs New Zealand

10.00pm

Sarah Millican: Throughly Modern

ITV4

TV PICK

Undercover – BBC1 – 10.00 pm Drama in which a woman who is about to become the first black director of public prosecutions discovers that her husband has been working undercover for 20 years.

James Bond returns to hunt a mysterious enemy who threatens to bring down MI6. M's job is on the line when Bond is presumed dead after a failed mission, and her role questioned again when a bomb decimates the MI6 building, forcing the operation underground. Chilling villain Raoul Silva claims responsibility, before holding M to ransom with stolen top-secret information. Bond is desperately needed, so when he reappears from the dead, M ensures that he is thrust straight back into action. As he goes gunning for Silva, can the jaded agent rediscover his lust for the job and save queen, country and M once again?

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7.00am 10.00am 10.45am 11.45am 12.30pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.15pm 2.30pm 3.15pm 4.00pm 4.45pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm 11.55pm 12.40am 1.25am

BBC2

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer Wanted Down Under Oxford Street Revealed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather The Code Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Invictus: The Road to the Games EastEnders MasterChef Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle I Want My Wife Back BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Have I Got a Bit More News for You The Graham Norton Show Live at the Apollo

7.15am

Rip Off Britain

8.00am

Homes Under the Hammer

9.00am

In Search of the Castaways

10.35am

Natural World

11.25am

Camelot

2.15pm 3.00pm

World Championship Snooker

7.00pm

Eggheads

7.30pm

The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain

8.00pm

World Championship Snooker

12.00am

The Women's Football Show

12.30am

Inside the Billionaire's Wardrobe

1.30am

MasterChef

2.00am

8.50pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.30pm

This is BBC Two

6.45am

Rip Off Britain

7.00am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm 3.15pm 5.30pm 8.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.30am 4.00am 4.15am 4.30am 5.00am 5.30am 6.00am 6.30am

Sky Movies Premiere Partisan

8.45am

Zootropolis: Special

9.00am

The Overnight

10.30am

The Longest Ride

12.45pm

The Top Ten Show 2016

1.00pm

Partisan

2.45pm

The Forger

4.30pm

Ted 2

6.45pm

The Longest Ride

9.00pm

Ted 2

11.10pm

Dying of the Light

12.55am

The Overnight

2.25am

Zootropolis: Special

ITV1 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 2.40pm 3.25pm 4.30pm 5.30pm 6.30pm 7.25pm 7.40pm 7.45pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm

Sky Sports 1

The Hot Desk Planet's Funniest Animals The Cube Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Catchphrase Horrid Henry: The Movie FYI Daily Horrid Henry: The Movie Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Grease Live Nanny McPhee FYI Daily Nanny McPhee The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor FYI Daily The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Family Guy Family Guy Plebs Family Guy

7.00am

The Celebrity Apprentice USA

3.20am

ITV2 7.00am 7.10am 7.35am 8.25am 9.15am 9.45am 10.15am 10.45am 11.30am 12.35pm 12.40pm 1.25pm 1.55pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 5.55pm 6.55pm 7.00pm 7.50pm

Flog It!

2.40am

Partisan

4.25am

The Forger

6.10am

The Top Ten Show 2016

6.30am

Avengers: Age of Ultron Special

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Goals on Sunday Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Ford Football Special Jamie Vardy: Record Breaker Football Football Football Live Ford Monday Night Football Fantasy Football Club Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits Ford Mnf Football Highlights Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club BPL Legends BPL Legends Bpl 100 Club Bpl 100 Club

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Charmed Charmed 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 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory Joe and Caspar Hit the Road Made in Chelsea Empire The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox Made in Chelsea

MOVIE pick

Super 4 Super 4 Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show Doc Hollywood Big Star's Little Star ITV Lunchtime News All Star Family Fortunes Judge Rinder Chopping Block Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Wild Australia with Ray Mears Coronation Street Marcella ITV News at Ten and Weather The Agenda

Sky 1 7.00am 7.30am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.30am 11.30am 12.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.30pm 4.30pm 5.30pm 6.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 5.30am

E4 7.00am 7.45am 8.35am 9.05am 9.35am 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 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.00am 1.50am

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Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue David Attenborough's Wc David Attenborough's Wc David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies David Attenborough Conquest of the Skies David Attenborough's Galapagos David Attenborough's Galapagos David Attenborough's Galapagos David Attenborough's Galapagos David Attenborough's Natural History History Museum Alive The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Modern Family Air Ambulance ER Legends Limitless The Force: Manchester Road Wars Strike Back: Vengeance Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare

Channel 4

Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Noah's Ark Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory FYI Daily Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Long Lost Family Law and Order: UK The Knock Noah's Ark Where the Heart is Judge Judy

Countdown

7.00am

The Wotwots!

8.00am

Will and Grace

7.10am

Chloe's Closet

8.25am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.20am

Lily's Driftwood Bay

8.50am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.30am

Fireman Sam

7.40am

Wissper

7.50am

Peppa Pig

7.55am

Pip Ahoy!

9.20am

Thunder and the House of Magic

10.55am

Postman Pat: The Movie

12.35pm

Four in a Bed

1.10pm

Four in a Bed

1.40pm

Four in a Bed

8.10am

Little Princess

2.10pm

Four in a Bed

8.20am

Bob the Builder

2.40pm

Four in a Bed

8.35am

Thomas and Friends

3.10pm

Fifteen to One

8.50am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

4.10pm

Countdown

9.00am

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

5.00pm

Couples Come Dine with Me

9.15am

Peppa Pig

6.00pm

Four in a Bed

9.25am

Peppa Pig

6.30pm

Shipping Wars

7.00pm

The Simpsons

9.35am

Paw Patrol

7.30pm

Hollyoaks

8.00pm

Channel 4 News

8.30pm 9.30pm

9.50am

Bananas in Pajamas

10.00am

Toot the Tiny Tugboat

Posh Neighbours at War

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

The Food Chain

12.30pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

10.00pm

The Island with Bear Grylls

1.30pm

5 News Lunchtime

11.00pm

Sex Box

1.35pm

Cowboy Builders

12.05am

24 Hours in Police Custody

2.30pm

Neighbours

1.05am

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

3.00pm

Home and Away

2.00am

Million Pound Jewellers

3.30pm

NCIS: New Orleans

2.55am

Alan Carr: Chatty Man

3.50am

Four Rooms

4.30pm

Football

4.45am

The Food Chain

7.05pm

Neighbours

5.10am

Location, Location, Location

7.35pm

Home and Away

6.05am

Fifteen to One

8.05pm

Mega Beasts

9.00pm

Police Interceptors

10.00pm

The Tube: Going Underground

11.00pm

Gotham

11.55pm

Person of Interest

12.50am

Person of Interest

1.50am

True Crimes: The First 72 Hours

2.10am

Super Casino

4.10am

Castle

5.00am

Wildlife SOS

5.25am

Divine Designs

5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

House Doctor

6.35am

House Doctor

BBC 4 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 2.50am 3.50am 4.50am

World News Today The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing A History of Ancient Britain The Dark Ages: An Age of Light Natural World Everything and Nothing Krakatoa Revealed The Man Who Discovered Egypt Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City This is BBC Four

More 4 9.55am

Jamie's 15 Minute Meals

10.35am

Food Unwrapped

11.10am

Time Team

12.15pm

Time Team

1.20pm

Come Dine with Me

1.50pm

Come Dine with Me

2.25pm

Come Dine with Me

3.00pm

Come Dine with Me

3.30pm

Come Dine with Me

4.05pm

A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

5.10pm

A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

6.15pm

The 100 Greatest Musicals

8.55pm

Grand Designs

10.00pm

Vet on the Hill

11.00pm

24 Hours in A and E

12.05am

24 Hours in A and E

1.10am

Undercover Boss USA

2.05am

Vet on the Hill

3.10am

24 Hours in A and E

4.15am

River Cottage Bites

tv PICK

Marcella – ITV – 10.00 pm Crime drama in which a former detective sergeant rejoins the police force when her marriage ends suddenly.

Channel 5

7.15am

ITV3 7.00am 7.55am 9.00am 10.00am 10.30am 10.55am 11.20am 12.30pm 1.35pm 2.35pm 3.35pm 4.40pm 5.40pm 5.45pm 6.50pm 7.45pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.15am 2.15am 3.05am

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The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs that Built Britain – BBC2 – 7.30 pm Documentary in which the Hairy Bikers unearth years of fascinating history hidden in Britain's boozers.

ITV4 7.00am 7.10am 7.40am 8.05am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.05pm 3.55pm 4.55pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.30pm 6.35pm 8.05pm 8.35pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.05pm 12.00am

Goals of the 90s Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals Minder Ax Men Cycling Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders FYI Daily Kojak: The Marcus Nelson Murders No Name on the Bullet FYI Daily No Name on the Bullet The Dam Busters FYI Daily The Dam Busters Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Ax Men Nighthawks FYI Daily Nighthawks Bundesliga

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Let’s go tapas! ¡Nos Vamos de tapas! Is taking place for two weekends in Torrevieja. During the weekend from the 21st to the 24th April and the 28th April to the 1st May you will find 46 establishments offering the traditional tapas and a gourmet tapas of the house for €2.50 across the town.

This tapas route has been organised by La Asociación de Empresarios de la Hostelería de Torrevieja y Comerca and this is the first one organised by them. It is not exactly the same as the usual Ruta de la tapa and both tapas cost the same amount at €2.50 rather than also having the cheaper €2 option. However, it is advertised that there will still be opportunity for the public to choose the best tapas and there will be prizes for customers in a similar way to what people are used to who have taken part in the route before.

Some of the prizes on offer include free meals at winning establishments, tickets for cultural events, a smartphone,a spa day at the Hotel La Laguna and a number of other assorted prizes.

The tapas are available from 12.00pm until 4.30pm and from 7.30pm until 11.00pm. To be entered in the prize draw you need to have collected stamps from ten establishments on your official Tapas Route Card. Only two stamps from the same bar or restaurant are allowed.

The usual bars and restaurants

are taking part, most of them in the town centre,and the event continues to offer the same opportunities to try a selection of different dishes on a small scale in venues you might not have tried before.

The full details of all the bars and restaurants offering the tapas can be found on the Torrevieja gastronómica website:

http://www.torreviejagastronomi ca.com/nos-vamos-de-tapas/ You can also see full details on www.torrevieja.com where you can also download your voting card: http://www.torrevieja.com/eng /files.php?file=Voto_ruta_de_la_t apa_Torrevieja_Abril_2016_1013 83329.jpg Suzanne O’Connell

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IS recruiter arrested

Spanish police have arrest a suspected Islamic State recruiter. The Moroccan national is being held in Palma de Mallorca and is believed to have had close contact with terrorist groups in Syria.

Sources for the Spanish Interior Ministry say the man, aged 26, mostly targeted vulnerable minors. In addition, Police sources say that documentation found in the man’s apartment indicates specific targets in Europe, including Spain. They add that he used the social networks to

find potential recruits, and after establishing contact and convincing them to join the Jihadist fight, helped them travel to various conflict zones.

Investigators do not yet know whether he managed to send anybody to territory under Islamic State control.

The suspect is also accused of attempting to organise smaller groups meant to carry out terrorist attacks in Europe. Police say the man had close contact with known terrorists based in Syria.

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Dog leads police rescue A real-life ‘Lassie’ has lead police officers to the scene of an accident, which probably saved the victims life. An 80year-old shepherd, the owner of the caring canine, had become trapped in well and had spent several hours underground after becoming trapped after trying to rescue a lamb.

Spanish police confirmed that they were able to rescue the elderly shepherd after being led to the location by his sheepdog.

The authorities in San Martín de Valdeiglesias, a small town some 40 kilometers west of Madrid, were alerted the evening by a neighbor, who noticed that the shepherd had not taken his flock out to pasture that day.

After first checking his residence, a search party made up of police, neighbors, and family soon located the shepherd’s flock on a nearby hillside, still guarded by his dog. Unable to find the shepherd after

combing the area, the police decided to bring in the dog, which around 11.15pm led them to an abandoned property, and then to a well that had been left unfenced and that the old man had fallen into several hours earlier.

Luckily, the shepherd had suffered no injuries, and explained that he had tumbled into the well whilst trying to rescue a lamb that had also fallen in.

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Tapas bids for UNESCO status Spain wants its traditional small dishes of tapas to gain UNESCO status and the United Nations organisation, which is usually more concerned with world heritage sites, is said to be 'looking into’ the matter.

Spain has asked the organisation to grant its world-famous tapas the distinction based on ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’. The President of Spain’s Royal Academy of Gastronomy, Rafael Anson, has reportedly already spoken to UNESCO, who are investigating the request.

The Ministry of Culture is expected to make a formal presentation.

“Tapas are the very model of food,” said Rafael. “Pizza in itself is not intangible, but the concept of the Mediterranean diet, for example, is.”

“Tapas, too, are a way of eating,” he added.

“The project is very advanced. The Ministry of Culture will make the formal presentation but I have spoken to UNESCO and they are already looking into it.”

The definition of ‘items with cultural heritage’ was once limited to monuments and collections of objects, but it has now evolved to include flamenco, the whistled language on La Gomera island, the castells and the human towers that form during festivals in Catalonia. Neither is Tapas the first food to request UNESCO recognition either. Italy will find out if its Neapolitan pizza is worthy of Intangible Cultural Heritage protection next year.

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Legalise cannabis say Spanish youngsters According to the Foundation Help against Drug Addiction (FAD) 63.5 percent of youngsters believe the sale of marihuana should be legal in Spain.

The number refers to the 16 to 34 year olds and is a 1.5 percent increase over the last two years, and youngsters who want to prohibit the legalisation of cannabis has fallen from 34.8 percent to 32 percent.

In terms of the number of users, with official data from 2014, 9 percent of the general population use cannabis, a stable number, with 17 percent of the youths equating to more than two million of its users.

In the FAD poll 1,205 youngsters were asked about their perceptions of the health risks from drug use. Eighty-five percent thought cannabis is ‘somewhat or quite’ dangerous, 63 percent when taken daily, while 37.5 percent think that occasional use is not dangerous at all.

The youngsters compare alcohol and agree in the majority that long term use of cannabis is more beneficial to health than drunkenness.

Regarding legalisation, both Ciudadanos and Podemos have shown willing. The pro-cannabis lobby ‘Responsible Regulation’ have already prepared a non-legally binding proposal to Parliament.

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Book launch: A brief guide to hearing loss Announcing the publication of a new book titled 'A BRIEF GUIDE TO HEARING LOSS' written by local hearing aid dispenser Michael Burke RHAD MSHAA of Digital Hearing at Quesada.

In this layman's guide Michael Burke shares his knowledge of all things hearing in plain English with a minimum of technical jargon. It guides you around the physiology of our ears and organs of hearing.

This book aims to answer your questions about the way we hear and how and why some of us start to lose our hearing. It looks at the causes and symptoms of hearing loss, including the problems that such loss can cause the sufferer as well as those around them. It explores ways of mitigating the loss and the use of hearing tactics. It also includes an informative section on tinnitus, which affects thousands of us.

It explains the different types of hearing aids, including non-standard systems, and other assistive listening devices as well as how they work, how they can help and their limitations, as well as what to expect from an aid and what changes to expect in the initial adjustment period.

Priced at just 9.95 euros, this invaluable mine of information is an ideal first step to understanding hearing problems and possible causes and solutions. It would make an excellent gift for someone who is experiencing hearing difficulties and is

unsure what options are open to them and how to take the next step.

You can obtain the book directly from Digital Hearing at the Quesada Business Centre, Calle los Arcos 7, Ciudad Quesada, or from the following stockists: Specsavers, Torrevieja Specsavers, Guardamar Post Shop, Quesada Easyads, C/Maestro Torralba, La Zenia.

For further information about digital hearing, go to www.digitalhearingspain.com or contact Michael Burke direct on 698 418 642.

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Less snow in Granada The snows of the Granada Sierra Nevada are officially receding. Scientists have noted a reduction in the amount of snow and its persistence on the mountain that started 55 years ago.

Researchers from the Granada and Córdoba Universities and the Institute Inter-University for the Investigation of the Land System in Andalucía have confirmed the decrease in the framework of a study of global warming in the Sierra Nevada. They have been analysing the evolution of the snow in the Granada massif for half a century and the possible behaviour in the future.

Sierra Nevada is a unique enclave and privileged from the point of view of biodiversity given the elevated numbers of endemic species in flora and fauna. This quality has granted the maximum environmental protection which the law permits; given the Sierra is also a Biosphere Reserve, Nature Park and National Park.

Among the qualities which distinguish this massif are the Alpine climatic conditions, and its elevated isolation, which condition the balances the masses of water and energy over the area, and make the distribution of the snow the main factor in local hydrological condition in the short, medium and long terms, and therefore depends greatly on the ecosystems in the zone.

The urgent necessity to study these new climatic influences has led the Biodiversity Foundation to support a research project led by the professor in Córdoba University, Maria José Polo, of the Group of Dynamic Fluvial and Hydrology in the Granada and Córdoba Universities and the Institute InterUniversity for the Investigation of the

Land System in Andalucía.

The project has analysed the effects of global warming in Sierra Nevada with the objective of programming actions of adaptation and mitigation against these new challenges. In the presented results, the scientific team has managed to analyse the information and recordings of tendencies in the movement of snow, the changes in humidity underground and the water flow in the main rivers which are fed by the melting snow.

The combination of the analysis of these tendencies over the past 55 years shows a continual decrease in the extension and persistence of the snow.

Every year 0.08 percent less snowfall has been recorded and 0.3 percent of a day over a year.

What appear not to vary, statistically speaking, are the precipitations. The last

15 years analysed up to the end of the century however show more volatile rainfall.

In their report from the Biodiversity Foundation, the team of researchers underline the need q to maintain these studies with the objective of obtaining more data and how the various indicators affect the movement of snow coverage area.

The study has allowed them to analyse the effects of global warming on the water tables and channels in the zone.

They have noticed these water channels are not filling as soon as normal and emerges the threat of drought.

A measurement can be done to estimate the infiltration of water from the channels into the subsoil in different scenarios.

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Annual Arts Festival in Rojales The Annual Arts Festival in Rojales takes place at the Cuevas del Rodeo - artists caves - from Friday 29th April to 1st May. And if the past two years are anything to go by, it will be a spectacular weekend of music, dance, magic, painting, sculpture, displays, workshops, craft stalls, etc.

Starting on the Friday night at 7.30pm this year’s entertainers include: illusionist Manolo and Mindanguillo with their comedy circus art show, the Zarxagan Celtic band with celtic music, the Trifasiko show with clowns and magic, Hermanos Muskaria with juggling, balancing act, Trocamba Matanuska band with Eastern European sounds, Rojales municipal dance school will provide dance entertainment and the Jordi Vila quartet will provide jazz music.

Art workshops will include: ‘Fusión apoteósica’ which will be a mixture of dance, music and paint workshops for all ages; various pottery and painting workshops for children in the caves and life drawing workshops outdoors.

And besides all that, the artists’ caves will all be open and there’ll be lots of stalls with a variety of arts and crafts as well as an exhibition of artist Gloria Lapel’s illustrations in the Sala Mengolero gallery cave.

Food and drink will also be well catered for of course in the restaurant area.

All in all an event not to be missed.

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Fran via email asks; Hi Aunty. How can I test the speed of my ADSL line? I bought a TV box that uses the internet but it wouldn’t work properly because my service was so poor. I have changed back to Movistar who have apparently quadrupled my speed to 8Mb but I’m not convinced my internet is that much faster and I don’t really know what to look for.

Aunty Says;

I use www.speedtest.net Fran. Try it over a few days and at different times to get a good average.

Click on the ‘Start Test’ button and if you would like me to have a look then the “Share” button and copy the results into an email. I changed to Vodafone and I am getting upwards of 28Mb. Elizabeth via email asks: My brother is brother@hotmail.com and my friend is friend@hotmail.com but when I try to

Technology

email my brother my friend’s email address comes up so I cannot contact my brother. Please can you help?

Aunty Says: This is very strange Elizabeth as the names you sent me are totally different. Can you explain this a bit more, i.e when you type your brother’s name into the "to" field does hotmail change the email address to your friend’s automatically? Are you accessing your

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email via webmail (on the hotmail website) or are you using an email client app such as Outlook or Windows Live Mail? Maybe try removing and re-adding both names into your contacts address book.

Ray via email asks: Hello Aunty. When I am using my yahoo email, adverts keep appearing. When this happens it stops the words I am typing appearing, is there any way that I can stop these ads appearing as they are so annoying.

I am using Windows 10.

Aunty Says: Hello Ray. I swear by Adblock which you can get from www.getadblock.com. It is “pay what you like” which is basically free if you don’t feel like paying for it. You should also give your machine a full scan with Malwarebytes and your favourite antivirus program.

Tony from Villa Martin asks: Hello Aunty. I was watching Liverpool pummel Everton on a free sports channel and I stupidly clicked on a pop-up that told me I needed to update my Flash Player which I think has downloaded some kind of virus as my computer has become very slow. I have run AVG and CCleaner and AVG picks up something called Delta Search which it quarantines and confirm that Delta had been removed but when I look in Control Panel, Add and Remove Programs it is still there and when I try to uninstall it, it will not allow me to do so. I am still running Vista on an HP. Aunty Says: A full scan with Malwarebytes should get rid of this bit of spyware Tony, but if you still have problems uninstalling it then try running the Malwarebytes scan with Windows started in safe mode (tap the F8 key before Windows starts) and whilst still in safe mode try the uninstall process again. You really do need to think about upgrading your system from Windows Vista as it is slowly being phased out

by Microsoft and is gradually becoming unsecure.

Any questions you can email me at auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com and I’ll see you all next week.

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Tell us where you love to eat If you have a bad experience at a restaurant and you’ll probably tell anyone who will listen how truly awful the place was.

If you have a brilliant experience at a restaurant and you’ll probably mean to call the manager and say how nice the waiter was, how tasty the meal was and so on, but you never really get around to it.

Now is your last chance to give all the excellent restaurants on the Costa Blanca their time in the limelight as the nominations for

the Costa Blanca People’s 2016 Culinary Awards are open for ONE MORE WEEK ONLY. If you have been to a brilliant restaurant, café or bar to eat in the last twelve months, then make it count by nominating your top choice for the Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards.

The awards were established to celebrate all that is amazing about dining out here on the Costa Blanca.

There is no similar benchmark for restaurants in this region so you know that if you see a restaurant proudly displaying a Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards trophy, they have been nominated by your fellow diners and judged by our mystery patrons who scored the restaurant in secret.

Marks are given for quality, service, taste, presentation, cleanliness, value and so on.

The Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards are a mark of excellence which diners can rely upon to guide them to a quality

restaurant.

Managing Director of the Costa Blanca People, Claire Richards, said “Every year, we delight in the Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards - from the nominations rolling in, right up to the awards night itself which is always a fabulously fun evening. Once again this year, these awards serve as a great platform for bar and restaurants to promote themselves in a friendly and upbeat environment.”

All you need to do to nominate your favourite restaurant is fill in the nomination form on this page and send it to the Costa Blanca People office (address on page 2) or alternatively, log on to www.costablancapeople.com, follow the link to the nomination form and once you have filled in the required fields, simply click ‘Submit’ to cast your vote.

The closing date for entries is April 30th 2016 so you have just under a week of dining to make it count and think about your BEST restaurant. Where do you bring family when they visit? Do you have a go-to restaurant for birthdays or celebrations? We want to know, and we want to know why.

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uirónsalud Torrevieja is offereing an innovative dental implant technique its new Integrated Dental Department.

Doctor Miguel Beltrán's team employs the “teeth in a day” implant technique, allowing patients to replace teeth in a permanent manner within 24 hours One of the main concerns of people thinking of undertaking dental implants is the time it takes. It can be about a three month period required to achieve bone integration, i.e. the joint between the bone and the implant or artificial root.

According to doctor Miguel Beltrán, head of the Dental and Orthodontics Department of Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja “in many cases we can leave the hospital with fixed teeth at the same time implants are placed”. In certain situations it is possible to place the implants and teeth on the same day. It is a technique known as “immediate placement” or “teeth in a day”, which allows the patient to be comfortable and with confidence right from the beginning.

Doctor Beltrán explains the keys to performing this type of treatment: • Immediate placement is a very safe treatment to replace teeth in a permanent manner in a single day, i.e. a person enters the clinic without teeth or with teeth in a very bad state and leaves the clinic with new and fixed teeth.

• The patient is given an appointment

in the morning and implants are placed (using local anaesthesia or under sedation as per the preferences of each individual) and leaves the clinic on his or her own feet.

• In the afternoon, the patient returns to the clinic and fixed teeth are installed on the implants.

• From that moment, the patient’s new teeth allow him or her to eat, interact, function overall with comfort and, above all, with confidence and immediate wellbeing.

Scientific studies show that the success rate of implants for this type of situations is very high, around 98%.

Integrated Dental Department The new Quirónsalud Dental Department offers a comprehensive service that covers orthodontic treatments, including invisible, cosmetic dental services or periodontal treatments. According to doctor Beltrán “in this case and on numerous occasions the problem lies in the gums. Having suffered a periodontal disease, the overgrowth of gums from intake of some drugs or shrinkages due to very aggressive brushing, among other causes, provoke aesthetic defects in the gums that spoil appearance. Using gingival microsurgery techniques we are able to modify the gum contours or make grafts that will help us to achieve the desired look”.

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The Best workout snacks We all know that optimising nutrition around your training routine will help our bodies get the most from exercise. Eating around your training is vital to your progress but what pre- and post-workout snacks should you be taking?

Nutrition has a significant impact on your results...abs are built in the kitchen, you are what you eat and so on. Research shows that what you eat before, during, and after your workout may be the difference between meeting your goals and falling short. Here's how to harness the power of workout nutrition so you can perform, recover, and grow leaner, stronger muscle.

Nutrition pre-workout There are few things in the fitness world that incite more arguments and controversy than carbohydrates. There are varying approaches, but if you want to get the most from your workouts and train at your peak, quality fuel is critical.

Carbohydrates are your body's preferred fuel source and you need to fuel your body so it can train at its best.

You want every gram of carbohydrate you consume to be utilised as an immediate fuel source or to restore glycogen levels - you don't want it to be

stored as fat. Don't eat more carbs than you need and don't worry about spreading them evenly throughout the day. You can eat the majority of your carbs around your workout.

Aim to have at least two meals under your belt before training. Your first two meals should include complex carbohydrates like stone-rolled oats or sweet potatoes. Your first meal will provide a couple hours for carbs to get digested and go to work, ensuring blood sugar levels are up and glycogen levels are full prior to training.

Consume your second meal roughly one hour before you exercise.

Research has indicated that users of whey protein prior to training will illicit better results than those using other protein sources or none at all.

Studies have shown that pre-workout protein intake will increase resting energy expenditure by an average of 6-6.5 percent for up to 48 hours.

Nutrition post-workout Protein is essential for tissue growth

and repair. Since the body is continuously breaking down proteins, our diet must provide sufficient quantities. Although recommended intakes vary and depend on body size and activity, a post-workout protein is almost universally helpful to kick-start muscle repair, recovery, and growth.

Whey protein is incredibly popular because it is rich in BCAAs, digests quickly, is highly bio-available, and has a perfect Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score. While whey is excellent after a workout, recent research suggests that a combination of fast- and slow-digesting proteins—like whey and casein—may provide the ultimate postworkout protein cocktail.

After a tough workout, your fuel of blood sugar and glycogen should be low.

You may have even tapped into reserves to complete your training, especially if you are dieting. Most of us understand the need for protein after training, but many overlook the benefits of fast-acting carbohydrates.

From a physiological perspective, your body's first priority is correcting blood sugar balance and replenishing

glycogen.

Pre-workout: Banana and peanut butter You can dip just about anything in peanut butter, but bananas are the way to go when it comes to fuelling up for a workout. They're rich in potassium, an essential mineral that is frequently lost in large amounts while breaking a sweat.

One hour before a tough gym session, smear a tablespoon of your favourite protein-packed, all-natural spread onto the carbo-loaded fruit for the fuel your muscle tissue and nervous system need. The protein-carb, or PCcombo, offers a healthful balance of lean protein and fibre to stabilise blood sugar, thus curbing any nasty sweets cravings later.

Pre-workout: Coconut water With natural electrolytes and less than half the sugar of store-bought sports drinks, this beverage is a natural energy drink. The nutty drink is an easilydigestible carbohydrate that gives your body the immediate energy it needs for the workout ahead. It's also rich in potassium, which helps reduce the risk of pesky, disruptive cramps. Drink it straight, add a splash to any smoothie or soup, or use it to steam some veggies.

Pre-workout: Breakfast smoothie With the sheer number of new smoothies, shakes, and juices out there, it's hard to distinguish the legit from the bogus. But trust us on this one, a smoothie will enhance performance and silence a growling tummy when guzzled before a workout. Whip up a sweet potato smoothie by blending 1 sweet potato, 1 scoop artificial-sweetener-free vegan vanilla protein powder, 1 cup organic hormone-free milk, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp turmeric in a high-power blender.

This shake is especially beneficial for those who weight-train because sweet potatoes are excellent sources of complex carbohydrates and vitamin C, which is exactly what your muscles need for quick power surges during heavy lifting.

Pre-workout: Oatmeal Liven up your next bowl of hot cereal by garnishing it with your favourite fruits, like berries or bananas, for natural, energy-boosting sugars, says Monique Ryan, author of Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes. Choose slow-cooked cereal, which is higher in fibre and lower in added sugar than the packaged stuff, and mix with water or milk. Since an

oatmeal and fruit combo is an easilydigestible, low-sugar carb, it will, when eaten before a workout, give your body the energy it needs for quick muscle contractions. Avoid adding any granola, though - it's heavy and can clog your digestive tract. Similarly, protein and fat combos are more difficult to digest and can cause bloating, cramping, and stomach-aches.

Post-workout: Fruit and nuts with Greek yogurt or cottage cheese While you can find all of these components in a single package, add fresh fruit and walnuts to a container of plain Greek yogurt for a less processed, lower-sugar post-workout snack. Greek yogurt contains two to three times more protein than regular yogurt, giving your muscles the nourishment they need to recover and help you stay fuller longer, thus warding off post-exercise hunger. If you’re not a big fan of Greek yogurt, opt for cottage cheese instead, which is also high in protein and low in fat.

Post-workout: Turkey and cheese sandwich Remember don't be afraid of good carbs. After hitting the gym, stack 3 oz of roasted turkey, 1 oz of light Swiss cheese, and your favourite veggies on wholegrain bread to ensure that you're filling up on naturally-occurring, unprocessed carbs. They're high in fibre, loaded with vitamins and minerals, and they help to stabilise blood sugar.

Post-workout: Quinoa This high-protein, high-fibre ancient grain can be eaten either pre- or postworkout, but we recommend saving it for afterward for a burst of easily-digested protein and low-glycemic (meaning it won't mess with your blood sugar) complex carbohydrates. Replace a bed of lettuce with a 1/4-cup serving of quinoa, tossing in some finely-chopped veggies, olives, and feta cheese, and then drizzle on a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar for yet another tasty and wholesome PCcombo.

Post-workout: Chia seeds If you hydrate during a workout, you won't be ravenous afterward. When water doesn't do it for you, squeeze some chia seeds into your diet. These keep you hydrated because each seed can grow up to 10 times its size by absorbing water.

They're nutrient-dense, bursting with fibre, protein, and omega-3 fatty acids, and the slowly-digested fibre and water content keep you feeling full. Add them to your water bottle, oatmeal, or yogurt.

They even come in the form of cereal bars which only pack a healthy 100 to 110 calories per portion.

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Business Profile New dental service at Clinica Mejorate The newly located Clinica Mejorate in Los Montesinos is offering a full dental service to its patients. Clinic owner Trini told the Costa Blanca People, “In our dental area, we continue to have the same philosophy we hold the rest of physiotherapy and podiatry services, and try to give a high quality service at competitive prices. In fact as inaugural promotion, we are offering free dental cleanings to all

readers who bring the Costa Blanca People to the clinic, and over the next month, we have a special promotion of 99 euros for dentist quality tooth whitening.�

So bring your copy of the Costa Blanca People to Clinica Mejorate in Los Montesinos (see their advert for details) to avail of your free dental cleaning.

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April 26th - May 2nd 2016 My heart broke when I heard the news that the female comic and icon Victoria Wood had died at such a young age. This was closely followed by the sudden death of Superstar “Prince” the following day. I am sure that all Costa Blanca People readers join me in sending our love and deepest condolences to the friends and families of both these icons, who made such a mark on our lives On a happier note, I would like to thank everyone who came to “Il Divo – The Sequel” on April 20th.

The charity, Elche Children’s Care Home raised a phenomenal 395€ from the raffle. I am always delighted to see so much money going towards such a good cause.

After all we are only children for such a small time and it is an important one that should be full of fun and joy. Both the charity and Il Divo will be back again at The Club on October 29th.

Speaking of joy you are going to be spoilt for choice on Friday 29th with Alicante Rock n Roll band “Diamond Star” making their first appearance South of the airport.

The 5 piece band is a high octane band has been thrilling audiences on the Costa Blanca North. Their southern tour starts at the 7 day a week entertainment venue, “Pablo’s International” in Playa Flamenca. The bar has a fabulous atmosphere, top class entertainment and the food is consistently great - exactly what any customer wants for a night out.

If you are in the Santa Pola del Este area, you have to get along to “The Leprechaun” to see top Rod Stewart Tribute, David John Williams.

You won’t be disappointed and he is well worth the trip to a rather nice bar.

Although the bar has not been open for long it is already the go to place in the area.

What all my favourite venues have in common are friendly and welcoming staff and owners who envelope the bar with that feel good feeling that we all crave. One who does this is in the Lo Crispin Urb near to Quesada. La Bodegueta is run by a young couple Oxsana and Dmitri who are 2 hard working people who the locals have taken to their hearts. This Saturday they are lucky enough to have ex “Sharp Cuts” guitarist and winner of “New Faces”, Steve Delaney. Steve, who now lives in Calpe is looking forward to playing at the bar who have an older clientele and just love to dance. They will be among some famous names to see this act as Steve has played for Richard Branson and Princess Diana.

If you would like your events in this guide, they are FREE. Just email me the details to letsrockshowslive@gmail.com. To book acts please go to my new site www.jaxlawson.com Shows dates can be found on www.lrshows.com Love life, love music and support your venues and acts.

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Sat April 30th Tues April 26th YOLOs, Cabo Roig - David John Williams – 10pm Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Martin Kay - 9pm The Archers, Quesada – Denis Christian – 5pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Bella Luna – 10pm Alfie’s Bar, La Zenia – The Rekords – 1.15pm Jose and Maria Bar, Vistabella Urb – There n Back – 9pm Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – No Limit – 5pm Sports Bar, Playa Flamenca – Dee – 6.30pm

Weds April 27th Stray Sod, La Fuente – David John Williams – 10pm Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – PDQ – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – JJ Soulman – 10pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Stevie Spit Drag Show – 9pm Durty Nelly’s, Torrevieja – Dee – 9pm Bamboo Lounge, Entre Naranjas – Big Jam – 5.30pm

Thurs April 28th Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Paul Allen – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – The Cages – 10pm The Local, La Florida – Richie Alexander – 6pm

La Bodegueta, Lo Crispin – Steve Delaney – 9pm Tradewinds, La Fuente – Rebecca Holt – 9pm The Junction, Blue Lagoon – Cassi Kennedy – 9pm Eduardos, Villamartin - David John Williams – 10pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Nikki G – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Kolted – 10pm Bamboo Lounge, Entre Naranjas – Rain O’Connor – 9pm Landsdowne, Playa Flamenca – Richie Alexander – 10pm Aneto Cerveceria, Benimar – Tony Capaldi – 9pm Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – Open Mic night - 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Kolted – 10pm Foxy’s Bar, Via Park V – James Ellis – 6.30pm Slievenemon Bar, Cabo Roig – Snowblind – 10pm Eddie’s Bar, San Miguel – Keely – 9pm Bar Piscina, Lago Jardin 1 – Lynn and Brian – 9pm Inn at the Green, Entre Naranjas – Cherry K – 9pm Tavern, Lo Crispin – Ricky Patton – 9pm New Priory, El Galan – Lynden B – 10pm La Taberna, Entre Naranjas – Danny Ray – 9pm The Club, Quesada – Abba Elite – 7.30pm Crazy Rabbit, La Manga – Dee – 9pm PALS, La Siesta – Red Strokes – 9pm Plaza 39, La Marina – Ventura Highway – 8pm Maya’s Bar, La Marina – Sugar & Spice – 2pm

Sunday May 1st Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Richie Alexander – 9pm Sports Complex, La Marina – Woody – 9pm The Stray Sod, La Fuente – Dougie Monroe – 9pm Eddie’s Bar, San Miguel – Benny Conway – 7pm Ship Inn, Marina International, Torrevieja – Cover Brothers – 9pm Eduardo’s, Villamartin – Paul Allen – 10pm La Taberna, Entre Naranjas – Lynden B – 9pm

Fri April 29th Bamboo Lounge, Entre Naranjas – Cassi Kennedy – 9pm El Rey, Balsicas – Rebecca Holt – 9pm YOLO, Cabo Roig – Cherry K – 10pm The Leprechaun.Bar, Santa Pola Del Este – Rob Stewart Tribute – 8.30pm Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca - Diamond Star Rock n Roll Band– 9pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Richie Alexander – 9pm La Taberna, Quesada – Nilo – 9pm O’Riordans, Cabo Roig – Paul Allen – 10pm Doolans, Via Pk 3 – The Blue Waves – 3pm Eddie’s Bar, San Miguel – Jose Bolero – 7.30pm Lansdowne, Playa Flamenca – The Streeters – 10pm Mono’s Bar, Quesada – Chloe Leigh – 9pm Monte Mar Bowls, Gran Alacant – Dee – 9pm Murphy’s Bar, La Zenia – Dee – 9pm Final Whistle, La Marina – Diverse – 9pm Croeso Inn, La Florida – Sharni Ormiston – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – The Streeters – 9pm Bar La Torre, Urb La Atalaya – Legends – 8.30pm

Monday May 2nd Pablo’s International, Playa Flamenca – Rain and Melissa – 9pm Tradewinds, La Fuente – Richie Alexander – 9pm Stray Sod, La Fuente – Jimmy and John Acoustic – 10pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Rock n Roll Night – 8.30pm

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Ski-track right out of poor 24 (5) Stop 100 getting relief (5) Seeing grasp in existence (9) Persevere with more than one 8 out (7) Record of past belonging to male Conservative (7) A breather for 8 out east (7) Most of 7 is rubbishy food? (5) Take everything off egghead needed in space7 (5) Being employed that is about sun-up (2,3)

SOLUTIONS 630 QUICK Across: 7 Drogue; 8 Tiller; 10 Examine; 11 Lapse; 12 Sole; 13 Stake; 17 Curry; 18 Full; 22 Brace; 23 Upstart; 24 Dispel; 25 Decide.

Down: 1 Adverse; 2 Totally; 3 Lucid; 4 Dislike; 5 Slope; 6 Breed; 9 Dexterous; 14 Quieten; 15 Lunatic; 16 Glitter; 19 Abode; 20 Cause; 21 Osier.

CRYPTIC Across: 7 Stripe; 8 Sprite; 10 Upsurge; 11 Rites; 12 Even; 13 Worth; 17 Verdi; 18 Ripe; 22 Rates; 23 Non-stop; 24 Priest; 25 Esprit.

Down: 1 Assured; 2 Crossed; 3 Spire; 4 Spirits; 5 Piste; 6 Cease; 9 Beholding; 14 Persist; 15 History; 16 Respite; 19 Tripe; 20 Strip; 21 In use.

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Solution for Logic Puzzle Presley Olivia

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Payton

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1. Either the runner who finished with a time of 2 min, 59 sec or the runner who finished with a time of 3 min, 19 sec specializes in zinfandel.

2. The politician doesn't drink chianti.

3. The bookbinder is not Leila.

4. The programmer is Amari.

5. The wine enthusiast who specializes in burgundy is Russell.

6. Leila finished after the politician.

7. The wine enthusiast who specializes in port is not Nicolas.

8. Of Russell and the wine enthusiast who specializes in bordeaux, one completed the race at 3 min, 19 sec and the other is the programmer.

9. The 5 people were the wine enthusiast who specializes in port, the runner who finished with a time of 3 min, 8 sec, the bus driver, Russell, and the wine enthusiast who specializes in chianti.

10. The politician finished before the bookbinder.

11. Nicolas finished before Amari.

21. Instrument for putting circle on prisoner's room (5) 22. Had to forfeit money again for showing 2? (7)

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ACROSS 6. Former Soviet politician took a cocktail (7) 7. Should it hurt to be clever? (5) 9. Tear off a shred (5) 10. Introductory opportunity? (7) 12. Where Communists apparently supported apartheid? (5,6) 14. Taking them may involve snap judgments, of course (11) 18. In the current month, worker gets immediate answer (7) 19 Float aimlessly 12 in. behind doctor (5)

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Quesada Bar lease for sale, fully equipped and currently open up and running, very reasonable rent of 15 euros per day - on a fixed contract. Very high turnover - do the mathematics yourself. Scope for further expansion, excellent location for this very popular bar. Price to include all fixtures and fittings, and a two week handover is 32,500 euros. Selling exclusively through SunseekersQuesada further details tel 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275 any reasonable time.

Quesada Bar/Cafeteria for rent. This is the former Sportsman Bar previously run by Ron and Yolande, located near Canales Supermarket on Avenida Del Costa Azul.

The bar is completely stripped and requires a full refurbishment and refit.

Possible rent free period for refurbishment. Rent is 700 euros per month equal to 23 euros per day, deposit required of 1,400 euros. Sold exclusively through SunseekersQuesada for further details tel 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275 any reasonable time.

Quesada, Dry cleaning business, the Marco Polo, oldest dry cleaning business on Quesada - there’s only three? A unique 9am to 5pm business, fully equipped with all machinery ready for either commercial contracts like bars and restaurants, or for simple domestic use of trousers, jackets, dresses and skirts, etc.

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up and sold all contacts for 60,000 euros, I have full details of all contacts available in my office. This is a high profit ratio business to the right husband and wife team with get up and go. Rent is 500 euros a month, equal to 20 euros per day, assuming a 5 and half day working week.

All anyone needs is common sense, and the ability to work and network. For sale at 10,000 euros. Further details telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275 any reasonable time.

Quesada, Graces Bar/Cafeteria lease for sale. Established almost 30 years, on the main square of Quesada village. These premises have recently been refurbished to a very clean and smart, inviting location. As everyone knows the current tenant has just had a baby, and babies and bars do not work - Not rocket science? Fully licenced by the local Ayuntimiento and 101% legal. 30 plus covers inside, 60 plus covers outside. Full stainless steel kitchen. Rent is 1,000 euros per month, equal to 33 euros a day. No other similar premises available within the same area, for anywhere near the same price. Even if you were given an empty unit, anyone would have to spend in excess of 25,000 euros to fully equip said premises, right down to the knives and forks. Summer is nearly here. Whilst the present tenant freely admits business has gone down, that’s the time to buy, as there’s only one way - up. Any bar and or restaurant is only as good as the service provided and the quality of food they serve. Graces bar for sale at 15,000 euros.

For sale exclusively through SunseekersQuesada telephone 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275 any reasonable time.

Quesada, Pueblo Bravo, large restaurant and bar for sale with private car park, 200m square build, enormous kitchen, fully fitted in stainless steel, very nicely decorated and internal furnishings, open 7 days a week, current popular clientele, only for sale due to personal reasons, price 25,000 Euros.

For further information please telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours. (631) 25 Pringle vending machine route. Nett €1,200 monthly cash. €14,900. 697 834 934 (639)

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EMPLOYMENT Wanted chef for busy bar please phone 693 656 124 or call into the Royal Oak (632) Experienced chef required at Baybrooks Restaurant, La Finca Golf.

For more information call 966 729 243 or 677 111 337 (631) Angels Bistro. La Finca Golf, Algorfa, require bar staff for summer season, contract and good rate paid.

C.V to rob@angelsbar.es or hand in at bar! (632) Sous Chef and waiting staff required at La Cosecha Restaurant, Benijofar.

966 194 018/634 312 970 (632) Fully qualified hairdresser required for immediate start in busy salon in Quesada area. Must have 5 years experience.

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GARDENING Eazy Lawns the artificial grass experts Eight year guarantee Many different effects for all surfaces and budgets Full garden design & construction Fully legal and registered company covering all of the Costa Blanca Tel 636 102 509 or email info@eazylawns.es or www.eazylawns.es (C) (631)

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PROPERTY FOR RENT San Luis, long term rental available, mid terrace bungalow, 3 beds, 2 baths on two levels, master bedroom and en suite upstairs, fully furnished to a good standard,UK TV, A/c hot and cold, plus small plunge pool-so ideal for the summer? Walking distance to bars shops and supermarket, rent 425 euros per month and 850 euros deposit, further details telephone sunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275 any reasonable time. (631)

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REF 695 San Luis 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Detached Villa. Fully Furnished, Private Swimming Pool, South Facing, 994m2 Plot, 145m2 Build Size, Walking Distance to Shops 295,000€

Ref 2525 Los Dolses. 3 storey villa.

5 minute drive to shopping, beach, golf, 140m2, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, private pool, solarium with sea views, garden, driveway. 350.000€

REF 714 Benijofar 4/5 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Luxury Modern Detached Villa, Truly Stunning, 580m2 Plot, 305m2 of High Quality Build, Private Salt Water 8m x 4m Swimming Pool, Double Garage, Underfloor Heating 499,500€

Ref 2588 Doña Pepa. Great location.

Spacious quad villa of a popular design, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, A/C, communal pool, utility, separate kitchen, garden, parking. 119.950€

REF 718 Ciudad Quesada 3/4 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom Detached Villa, Part Furnished, Beautifully Presented, Large Garage + Utility Area, Communal Swimming Pool, Small Gated Community, Mountain Views 218,000€ REF 724 Ciudad Quesada 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Detached Villa, Split Level Kitchen, Private Swimming Pool, Garage + 500m2 Plot, Stunning Sea & Lake Views 397,000€ REF 728 Benijofar II 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Detached Villa, Furnished, 143m2 Build Size, 420m2 Corner Plot, Off Road Parking, Lovely Mountain Views, Private 8m x 4m Swimming Pool 249,000€ REF 729 Ciudad Quesada 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Ground Floor Apartment, Fully Furnished, Front Line Golf, Close to all amenities, Communal Swimming Pool 65,000€ REF 730 Ciudad Quesada 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Detached Villa, Fully Furnished, Corner Plot, Off Road Parking, Communal Swimming Pool 135,000€ REF 733 Ciudad Quesada 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Semi-Detached Villa, Furnished, Roof Solarium, Communal Swimming Pool, Located on the La Marquesa Golf Course 110,000€ REF 736 Ciudad Quesada, 4 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom Detached Villa, 200m2 Build Size + 870m2 Plot, Front Line Golf + Fabulous Golf Views, Garage, 10m x 5m Swimming Pool 395,000€ REF 741 Ciudad Quesada 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Detached Villa, Fully Furnished, 10m x 5m Swimming Pool, 500m2 Corner Plot, Golf Course Location 165,000€ Ref 744 Ciudad Quesada 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Ground Floor Apartment, Fully Furnished, Beautifully Presented, Large Tiled Gardens, Communal Swimming Pool, Golf Course Location 69,500€ Ref 749 Ciudad Quesada 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Semi-Detached Villa, Part Furnished, Courtyard, Roof Solarium, Off Road Parking with Car Port, Communal Swimming Pool 110,000€ REF 752 Ciudad Quesada 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Detached Villa, Fully Furnished, Immaculately Presented, 240m2 Plot, Sun Room, Roof Solarium, Communal Swimming Pool 135,000€ REF 753 San Luis 2 Bedroom, 1 Bathroom Linked Bungalow, Fully Furnished, Well Maintained, Sun Room, Close to Amenities, No Community Fees 67,000€

Ref 2097 Daya Nueva.226m2 Townhouse.

Amazing property, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 car garage, solarium with views over the groves to mountains, terrace.115.000€ Ref 4126 Doña Pepa.1 year old. Corner ground floor apartment, gated community, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, communal pool, South East facing, as new.145.000€ Ref 4137 Benimar. 131m2 Maite Style.

Semi detached villa, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, communal pool, solarium, cloakroom, garden, carport, ideal family home. 149.950€ Ref 4129 San Luis. Bungalow. 10 min drive to Torrevieja, double bedroom, bathroom, cloakroom, solarium, short walk to amenities, part glazed terrace. 48.950€ Ref 4027 Benimar. Reduced. 153m2 impeccable semi detached, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, C/H, under build, communal pool, garden, driveway. 149.000€ CONTACT VINCENT REAL ESTATE: 966 712 440 info@vincent-realestate.com (631)

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Nikita is 1 of 3 puppies abandoned. She is around 8 weeks old and was covered in ticks and fleas but has now been treated and in good health. She is a very happy little girl and will be small/medium size when fully grown.

Emergency chemist In every town on the Costa Blanca, you will find a chemist open out of hours. In some larger towns such as Torrevieja, some chemists open throughout the day with no ‘siesta’, or even until 9pm and over weekends. The duty chemist can change on a weekly basis and in some towns, local pharmacies take turns to be ‘on duty’ out of hours and through the night for emergencies. If you approach an emergency chemist and it appears to be closed, look closer as often for security reasons, out of hours business is done via a small hatch through which

prescriptions, payment and medication can be passed.

Consult a full list of emergency chemists for out of hours medication at: www.lasfarmaciasdeguardia.com Under the heading, “Farmacias de guardia por provincia” choose your province (Alicante or Murcia for most readers) and you will be presented with an alphabetical list of towns. Simply click the town you are in, or a nearby town, and you will be given the name of the chemist along with a Google Maps link to the location.

Airport Bus Timetable This service offers eight return trips between Alicante-Elche Airport and Torrevieja central bus depot without any stops, every day of the year.

Torrevieja to Airport: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 Airport to Torrevieja: 8:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00 Departure and arrival (in Torrevieja): From Torrevieja bus station.

Calle del Mar, 50 Departure and arrival (in Alicante-Elche Airport): 2nd Floor. Price: €6.92 Children under 4 years travel for free (ID may be requested) Pensioners: 30% discount available for pensioners with accreditation from Social Security. Please note that the discount here applies ONLY to pensioners registered as permanent residents of the

Valencian Community. To prove this, you must show ID stating that you are over 65 as well as your DNI (if Spanish) or Residencia (if foreign resident) confirming that your residence is within the Valencian Community.

All buses on this route have wheelchair access, free wifi and luggage storage.

Tickets in Torrevieja are available for purchase within the bus station (Calle del Mar 50), and in the airport directly from the driver.

Prior booking is not required, however more information can be found by calling the bus station (in Spanish) on 965 710 146. The journey time is 50 minutes and the driver takes the route to and from the airport via the A7 motorway, thus avoiding the frequent seasonal delays on the N332.

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DAISY who was found with her sister, Molly, running in the road two weeks ago; they are 11 weeks old and currently in the process of receiving the necessary vaccinations.

Bridgette, around 7 weeks old and was covered in ticks and fleas but has now been treated and in good health. She is a very happy little girl and will be small/medium size when fully grown.

Useful numbers Transport Torrevieja Bus station 96 670 10 68 Torrevieja Radio Taxi 96 571 22 77 – 96 571 10 26 Orihuela Costa Radio Taxi 966 76 10 88 Alicante-Elche Airport 96 691 90 00 Renfe (trains) 902 24 02 02 Commercial Centres Zenia Boulevard 96 676 15 30 Habaneras 96 571 23 00 Dos Mares 968 54 70 00 L’Aljub (Elche) 965 43 00 90 Emergency Services National Police (NIE/Residencia application) 96 570 88 34 Guardia Civil 062 Protección Civil 96 571 39 27 Fire Brigade 96 670 44 33/53 EMERGENCIES 112 Local Services Torrevieja Town Hall 96 571 02 50 Rojales Town Hall 966 71 50 01 San Miguel de Salinas Town Hall 965 72 00 01 San Fulgencio Town Hall 966 79 42 01 Orihuela Town Hall 966 73 68 64 Elche Town Hall 966 65 80 50 Alicante Town Hall 965 14 91 00 Los Alcazares Town Hall 968 57 44 09 San Pedro del Pinatar Town Hall 968 18 06 00 Pilar de la Horadada Town Hall 965 35 22 25 Guardamar del Segura Town Hall 965 72 90 14 Los Montesinos Town Hall 966 72 10 87 Sports Palace Infanta Cristina 966 111 222 Sport palace Cecilio Gallego 966 111 222 Tourist info 901 343 343 Consumer Info Centre 96 570 78 88 Ecoparque 96 570 72 32 La Mata’s Natural Park 96 692 04 04 Museo del Mar y de la Sal 96 670 46 43 Museo de Semana Santa (Easter Museum) 96 670 80 37 Services Iberdrola (Electricity) 96 571 02 48 AGAMED (water) 902 222 306 and 96 571 09 66 SUMA 96 670 37 44

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Benjamin is around 9 weeks old and was covered in ticks and fleas but has now been treated and in good health. He is a very playful little boy and will be medium/large size when fully grown.

Emily is a medium sized dog, who was rescued with her brother when they were tiny puppies. She is a lovely natured dog, who would be a great companion for someone.

NANCY is now 3 months old, fully vaccinated (passport) and micro chipped and being a Pointer is each day growing cheekier and cheekier.

Uggi, a small crossbreed, is now 11 weeks old and will receive his final vaccination and micro chip next week; he is a very gentle puppy who loves to play with his toys and also his Mum.

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Tales from the Top Flight ■ CHRIS DARWEN chris@costablancapeople.com

Ah, the FA Cup. Back in the day, winning the FA Cup would be enough for a club.

The league wouldn’t matter if the club won the old trophy. Mind you, back in those days semi finals were played at grounds like Villa Park or Old Trafford and not needed to pay the rent at Wembley.

Bobby Martinez still lives in this world. I am sure when he reflects on his time at Wigan he will talk of how they defied the odds to beat Manchester City at Wembley, forgetting that he also got the club relegated. Somehow, that got him a job at Everton, where this season’s league performance has been far from satisfactory according to most fans. Yet Bobby is a dreamer. He believed that all would be forgiven when Everton win the FA Cup at the end of May. Yet a spanner has been thrown in Bobby’s works. That spanner was Phil Jagielka. It was a miracle Everton’s captain was even on the pitch following a hamstring injury, let alone lasting ninety minutes and playing pretty well considering. Sadly for Phil there were three minutes injury time to contend with and that split second hesitation and failure to intercept Herrera’s pass, no doubt down to fatigue, cost Everton a place in the final. Martial skipped away and scored the winner with the clock showing 90+2. Still, that clears the way for David Moyes to return and undo all the pretty football that we have seen at Goodison in the last two seasons, hey?

Sunday’s guests had slightly less

distance to travel to get to Wembley.

Palace and Watford got the opportunity to size up the famous new old stadium in the second semi final. Neither team has had the greatest of 2016’s to date, having got all their Premier League homework completed before Christmas, allowing them to enjoy the rest of the season whilst the likes of Norwich and Sunderland stress over last minute assignments. Palace took an early lead through Bolasie, to see their slender grasp on the game disappear soon after half time. Deeney, Mr Watford himself, equalised shortly after the break only to watch aghast as Connor Wickham scored a rare goal to book Palace into a repeat of the 1990 final.

Many a Liverpool fan has commented in recent weeks that Sakho has finally started to look like a quality footballer.

Well, at least we all know how he has achieved that now! The clue might have been in the way he celebrated his Merseyside Derby goal with teammate Kolo Toure, he of a previous six month ban for “accidentally” taking a fat-burning drug that UEFA are not that keen on.

Liverpool’s French central defender failed a drugs test after the Europa League match against United, meaning he is facing his own six month ban from

football. Maybe Kolo wasn’t the guy to turn to in the changing room after all, especially as the experienced Ivory Coast player must now stand a chance of taking young Sahko’s place. Devious Kolo, devious. Liverpool have elected not to select him until his fate is decided. In the week, and following the derby victory, King Klopp described the way he is to manage Daniel Sturridge as getting the best out of an orange. Apparently, and who am I to question the German’s wisdom on matters of fruit, the way to get the best out of an orange is to squeeze them gently, not to remove all the juice in one go. I think this is clever manager speak for “Daniel, get used to the bench son. You are an injury waiting to happen, so you’re going to get the odd half an hour here and there.” Still, King Klopp made some lovely OJ out of Sturridge this weekend, the striker scoring after 90 seconds to put Liverpool ahead against Newcastle. Liverpool led 2-0 against their former manager, Rafa Benitez – a man never believed to have likened his players to fruit, more likely soulless employees.

Still, whatever methods Rafa is employing at St James Park are starting to work.

Newcastle recovered from 2-0 to grab a shock point, continuing to up the pressure on the likes of Norwich and Sunderland.

Sunderland got the point they needed against Arsenal. Not the point that saves their season, but the point that moves them out of the relegation zone. I’d love to have many interesting facts about the match, but just imagine Big Sam lining up a team against Arsenal happy to take a point. Are you imagining it? Great, then

you can understand why I have very little to report.

Following Villa’s fate being sealed Joleon Lescott, who has done a marvellous job of endearing himself to Villa fans this season, commented that relegation “was like a weight has been lifted off the players.” Judging his performance against Southampton, that weight being lifted hasn’t helped Joleon run any faster or mark players any tighter as the defender was at fault for all four of Southampton’s goals. Credit to Villa, they threw off the shackles and managed to score two of their own, but with Southampton also hitting the woodwork twice 4-2 was closer than it should have been.

Chelsea smashed Bournemouth 4-1.

Chelsea’s performance was almost as if Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas had come to the conclusion that if they actually want to get a transfer away from the club then they need to remind the clubs with a bit of money to spend that they do still know how to play football.

Hazard scored twice and Fabregas had a hand in anything decent Chelsea strung

together.

If there was a trophy for the side “most keen never to play in the Europa League” it surely has to go to Stoke City. They followed up their 4-0 defeat at Spurs, which I am pretty sure followed a 4-0 defeat to Liverpool with a 4-0 defeat to Manchester City. Lads, I am pretty sure you are safe from Thursday night football now, maybe give the fans a reminder of some of the football you played earlier in the season?

What better way to end this week than talking about Leicester City?

Vardy was banned for the match against Swansea, which surely meant that Leicester were finally going to fall apart. Surely the thing we have been waiting for since, oh I don’t know, November was about to occur. Ulloa could never take the England front man’s place, the football pundits said.

Ranieri would surely be better throwing young Gray into the mix, as his pace was similar to that of the suspended top scorer. Ranieri is not that grey for nothing you know, it belies a very wise manager. Ulloa had shown nerves of steel to equalise against West Ham last week, so had shoulders broad enough to take the weight of Vardy’s absence.

Swansea, managed by Ranieri’s old friend Guardolin, kindly got out of the way and allowed the Foxes to put four past them. Mahrez, back to his sparkling best, opened the scoring with Albrighton finishing the job. The other two? Ulloa of course, allowing Ranieri to give us another flash of that smile of his.

Tottenham, it’s over to you once more.

Three to play and three in contention Barcelona have recovered their form, with two emphatic wins, one over a pathetic Deportivo, the other over a more spirited but tiring Sporting, totalling a remarkable 14 goals in just a few days, with Luis Suarez helping himself to eight of them, and a good chance of the ‘pichichi’ title, as he stands three goals clear of Cristiano Ronaldo.

But Atletico are currently on the same points total, though with an unfavourable record against the Catalan side, having won their last two games in their now customary 1-0 fashion. Real Madrid, just a point behind, came from two goals down against Rayo, Bale netting twice and Lucas Vazquez adding another, as they scraped home without the rested Ronaldo, Ramos, Casemiro, Carvajal and Modric. The scramble for survival at the foot of the table is equally fierce, with Levante, Getafe, Sporting and Granada all in trouble, and neither Rayo nor Español by any means safe. This

tends to ensure some odd results when these sides compete against higher-placed clubs. In the Sevilla derby, Sevilla beat Betis 2-0.

In the second division, Leganés took a step towards their first

ascent to the top level when they beat Ponferradina, going two points clear of Alavés, who were held to a draw by Elche. The local side thus move into a play-off place, with plenty of competition from Gimnástic, Girona, Oviedo and maybe at least two other clubs.

In division 2B, Barakaldo regained the group2 lead from Castilla, who could only draw at Portugalete, whilst the Basque side triumphed over Real Union

by the odd goal. The situation in group 4 could not be tighter, with both Murcia sides sharing the lead, as Real Murcia lost and their rivals UCAM drew.

In England Leicester hammered Swansea to take an eight point lead at the top of the league, and must await Spurs’ result to see if that is cut to five, with three to play.

Their remaining games don’t look easy, but most neutral observers will want to see the Foxes take their first ever title. In the FA Cup semifinals Manchester United and Crystal Palace beat Everton and Watford respectively to move into the final.

Rafa is back! That is the message to the tennis world that all Spain wanted to hear. Rafa Nadal followed up his fine win in Monte Carlo by taking the Barcelona ATP tournament, when he beat Nishikori in straight sets.

Now, he says, for the French Open!

In cycling, Murciano Alejandro Valverde won the classic Fleche Wallone stage race for a record fourth time.

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Dani hits four as Monte hit Todo for six!

Todo Deportivo 1-6 CD Montesinos

■ ANDREW ATKINSON andrew@costablancapeople.com

CD Montesinos hit Todo Deportivo for six - with Dani O’Rourke bagging four goals - at The Municipal in a Los Montesinos derby clash in the Segunda Regional Grupo 15 to consolidate fourth place in the table and keep alive their slim play-off hopes.

"It was not easy - but came good in the end - the team was in celebratory mood," CD Montesinos coach Roberto Cases told The Costa Blanca People.

And four-goal hero Dani spoke exclusively to the Costa Blanca People, saying: "The feeling of the players is good.

Roberto is exceptionally happy with the team."

Montesinos chalked up their 19th win of the season, taking them onto 61 points, five behind second placed Racing San Miguel, and 11 points behind league leaders CD Dolores, who defeated Racing Orihuela, to take a step closer to promotion.

"We keep adding points - which is important," said Dani, who opened the scoring, when he swooped to follow-up a shot from Dimitri, that came back off the post. HT 0-1.

In the second half O’Rourke netted his an Montesinos' second goal, with Manuel adding a third; and on 70 minutes O’Rourke completed his hat-trick. It was star striker O’Rourke who netted his fourth goal - with Alberto completing the rout - to give Montesinos a 6-0 lead. On 86 minutes Todo netted a consolation goal.

And Dani thanked the 'Full Monte' supporters for their vociferous backing this season: "Thanks go to the 'Full Monte' fans for their support. A hug for everyone!" CD Montesinos team: Alex, Dario Perez, Mario, Manuel, O’Rourke, Dario Fernandez, Jose Anyonio, Wallace, Dimitri, Macca, Pley.

CD Montesinos host to Deportivo Orihuela at The Municipal, Los Montesinos on Sunday May 1.

TORRY BEAT STRUGGLERS REC COLON AT HOME 3 - 1 On Sunday Torry entertained Recambious Colon CD who were 1 place and 2 points outside the relegation zone. They have just appointed their 4th manager of the season for the final 4 games as they strive to avoid the drop into regional football.

Torry on the other hand are safe with nothing to play for but pride and hopefully a desire to entertain the fans with goalmouth action and goals. Vicente was missing through suspension and also Jorge.

The Torry line up: Miguel Serna, Matej (Chupe 71 '), Luis Carlos, Javi Selvas, Martin, Quintero, Higón (Carrasco 74'), Prieto, Ruben Suarez (Sánchez 78 ') and Lewis. Not used: Kike The game kicked off below blue skies and bright sunshine in front of what was the lowest gate of the season of just over 250 loyal supporters. When the game kicked-off the Torry players sat down with for a minute in protest about unpaid wages.

The opposition players showed respect and solidarity with their fellow footballers and waited for the minute to pass before the game got underway.

Torry created the first real chance of the game after 12 minutes when Suarez released Higon who from a good position blazed over the top.

After 16 minutes Quintero carved out a chance for himself and curled the ball

just wide of the far post. Then in the 23rd minute Luis Carlos lit up proceedings. He won the ball on the half-way line and drove forward with the opposition players standing off him and from just outside the area lobbed the keeper with a sublime effort which struck the crossbar and came back into play and was eventually cleared. Torry had the momentum. After 30 minutes they made the breakthrough when Luis Carlos squared the ball to Suarez on the edge of the opposition area and he struck a thunderbolt with his left foot

which hit the roof of the net before the keeper could react. Superb strike. After 34 minutes Higon was released and from an acute angle struck a rasping drive which just cleared the bar. Torry didn´t have to wait long for the second when after 37 minutes Lewis contested the ball in the box won it and clipped the ball over the keeper into the back of the net with a neat finish. Thats how the score remained going into the break. The opposition started the second half with intent and began to control possession but Torry hit them on the counter and first after 51

minutes Lewis had a good chance from a cross by Higon but blazed over the top and then after 55 minutes Suarez played Higon in with a pinpoint pass and he finished well to extend the Torry lead. The opposition didn´t give up and adopted a policy of shoot on sight but most of their efforts flew over the top with Serna being called into action on occasions and making one notable quality save to keep a fierce cross-shot out. They did pull a goal back in the 63rd minute with a header after a corner wasn´t cleared. The opposition continued to have the lion’s share of possession and territorial advantage as Torry sat deep but Torry were still dangerous on the counter and Prieto had a couple of good chances from crosses which he failed to put away. Carrasco had the best chance to make it 4 for Torry but had his shot saved from about 5 yards at the far post after being found

by Lewis. For Torry Javi Selvas received a booking. Another entertaining game with some good football served up by Torry particularly in the first half.

Torry are away next weekend to Real Ibense and the week after play their final home game of the season against another side struggling for Tercera survival, Jove Español.

Darrylldinho

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

With the speed at which 2016 is going, it is easy to forget that Great Britain are still tennis’ Davis Cup Champions. Last week it was announced that their quarter final tie against Serbia will be played on clay, to the absolute non-surprise of all British tennis fans. In a match that, in all probability, will come down to Murray against Djokovic the Serbs have invited us to play on the world number one’s favourite surface. Naturally, the Brits would not have dared play at Wimbledon had the shoe been on the other foot.

Having said that, Djokovic would probably batter Murray on grass as well.

Never mind, it was fun whilst it lasted.

In one of the bigger non-news but it

got everyone talking for a moment stories of the week, former UFC Champion Conor McGregor announced that he was “retiring young.” This sent social media into meltdown, although it is still completely unconfirmed as to whether

McGregor meant he is retiring now or sometime in the future before he is classed as old. The obvious debate of “what is old anyway?” did not follow, disappointingly. To be frank, my research around this story is a little shoddy as I got completely distracted by the fact that the powers that be in county cricket seemed to have made another massive boo-boo.

Oh yes, the traditional English summer sport seems to have taken what should have been a very forward thinking decision, but not really thought it through entirely. For this season, the away team captain gets the option to bowl first, the theory being that it might encourage county teams to develop some spinners, and therefore help the English game.

Rather than take the new ruling in the spirit it was intended, county groundsmen have taken to preparing pitches that offer nothing in the first couple of days, and then get easier to bat on as the match progresses. Bat or bowl lads, it doesn’t matter – fifties for everyone if you want!

In other cricket news, England international batsman James Taylor retired from the game with immediate effect due to a rare heart condition.

Personally I blame Alistair Cook for making “Titch” field at short leg for the majority of his short test career. That would be enough to give anyone a heart condition. My favourite Taylor moment for England was not the amazing catches he took in close, but in the Ashes when Australia sent out their mascots for the opening day. They chose a 12 year old to go with Taylor. Nothing strange in that,

except that the child was taller than the 5ft 5 man. Cracking Australian sledging from the off.

Cyclist Jess Varnish took the interesting route of blaming the British Cycling Team’s coaching staff for her failure, along with her team, to qualify for Rio 2016. In a totally unrelated decision, according to the Performance Director Shane Sutton, Jess Varnish was dropped from the British Cycling Squad this week, on

performance grounds. I am presuming the performance grounds alluded to are the failure to qualify for Rio 2016.

Varnish appealed the decision, and lost her appeal meaning her contract will not be renewed. Appealing to the panel you have just blamed for your failure, she deserves a gold medal purely for that effort.

Speaking of Rio 2016, the Olympics will be on us before we know it. That is also the way they are looking at it in Brazil as it has emerged that not one single venue will be 100% ready by the time the “greatest show on earth” gets underway.

Not that we will know it from the safety of

our television sets, but the Brazilian authorities currently have their minds elsewhere. Something to do with politics, corruption and indictments apparently.

To put it into context, think of the London Marathon not being everyone’s priority because David Cameron was caught up in some kind of tax scandal.

On that note, you might have not realised that Sunday saw the London Marathon take place. Kenyan Kipchoge ran the second fastest race of all time in the men’s event to regain his title, but the real drama took place in the women’s race. Jemima Sumgong managed to survive a heavy fall five miles from home, the fall also taking out the pre-race favourite Keitany. Sumgong recovered to win her first city marathon. She fell having been tripped whilst looking at her watch. I mean really, do you need to know what time it is when you are running a marathon? Maybe she wanted to make sure she was done in time for the Eastenders omnibus. Legend David Weir finished third in the men’s wheelchair race, meaning he will have to wait a little longer to collect his seventh title.

The World Championship Snooker continues to move along, slowly, in Sheffield. On Sunday night big names Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump both trailed in the Last 16. The organisers have come in for a lot of grief, needing to publicly defend the quality of the tables.

I think they should make all the tables the same quality as those in the local working mens club back home. If you could get a fifty break on that green rocky road then you were easily better than Jimmy White.

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ABBEY ANGLING

This week’s 6th round of the Spring Series was fished at the El Bosquet Complex on the 19th April.

The wind was atrocious, making holding the pole and presentation virtually impossible, Bill Reade fishing the oblong having the best of a bad day to take top spot with over 18kgs. The back-up weights coming off the long and back canal, it is a wonder no one suffered any broken poles on the day 1st Bill Reade with 18.620kgs fishing the pole using corn 2nd Ron Salsbury with13.800kgs fishing the pole using pellet 3rd Terry Screen with 10.260kgs fishing the pole using pellet and maggot 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

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RODS & REELS

We also fished at the El Bosquet Complex for the Annual Charity Match on the 20th April.

Thank goodness the wind had subsided making the fishing that much easier than yesterday.

Bill Reade making it a double by again taking first place with an excellent catch of over 29kgs off the back canal, and the back-up weights were also good with six double figure weights.

So the winner of the Charity Match 2016 is FIRST Bill Reade with 29.900kgs fishing the pole using corn and paste SECOND Bill Cannon with 20.280kgs fishing the pole using pellet THIRD Steve Budd with 14.960kgs fishing the feeder using corn The 2nd round of the Summer Series continues next week.

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.

Tales from the Top Flight Midweek Special ■ CHRIS DARWEN chris@costablancapeople.com

Watch out Leicester, Spurs are out to hunt you down. That was the clear message from Harry Kane with his “cheeky little Instagram” picture of lions (Spurs) waiting for their prey (Leicester). I am presuming that the lions in the picture were not faced with the prospect of some prey who have shut up shop for the summer, packed their flip flops and are already in the queue at East Midlands Airport to check in for their end of season jaunt to Dubai, for this is what faced Tottenham in the form of Stoke City. Two goals apiece for the excellent Kane and Alli saw that the gap at the top was reduced once again, and with time running out it seems that Spurs have no intention of slipping away any more quietly than Vardy leaving a football pitch having been shown a second yellow card. Or something like that.

Is this the season where Rafa Benitez starts out as a surprise choice for the Madrid job and ends up a surprise choice for the Newcastle job, but turns out to be the 2016 version of Kevin Keegan? I don’t know if I can push the Keegan thing any further other than to say that the Geordie fans quite like him right now, but Rafa seems to be giving Newcastle some life about thirty minutes after they were very much pronounced dead at St Mary’s.

Since the Southampton show Newcastle

have perked up somewhat, Vernon Anita scoring a cracking goal from right back of all places to take a point against an inform Manchester City.

There is nothing like heading into an FA Cup Semi Final with a bit of form behind you and Everton, Palace and Watford headed into their weekend FA Cup Semi Finals with nothing like any form behind them. West Ham saw off Watford 3-1, without so much breaking a sweat. Credit for Watford’s manager Flores however.

Clearly struggling to find a way Gomes could practise saving penalties in recent weeks, he must have instructed his side to concede them in every game. With the chance that the Semi Final with Palace might go to spot kicks, Gomes has now faced four penalties in his last two games.

Sadly for him, Mark Noble despatched both comfortably to sit nicely alongside Andy Carroll’s goal. That’s nice for them both, it’ll give them something to reminisce over when they spend their summer on holiday together, rather than being involved in Roy’s England squad.

Bobby Martinez knows how much the Merseyside derby “means to it’s fans” but he must have forgotten to pass on this wisdom to his players. Everton collapsed to a 4-0 defeat against their city rivals, who could not have believed their luck.

One interesting point came out of the game, which is one more than Everton achieved. How is James Milner so excellent at crossing and so terrible at

corners? Milner assisted both Origi and Sahko, the ball coming back to him after a poor corner to be redelivered with stunning accuracy. Funes Mori did not make it any easier for the Blues, getting a straight red for a shocking tackle on the inform Origi. I tell you what Bobby, if you are trying to get the Everton fans back on side, losing 4-0 to Liverpool is not the best way to do it. Maybe the FA Cup will save him?

If United against Palace turns out to be this year’s FA Cup Final I hope to the skies that it is a better game than the one served up at Old Trafford. United actually scored in the first half, something as rare as a frenetic, attacking performance by Van Gaal’s men. Except they didn’t actually score it, Damian Delaney turned Darmian’s cross into his own net. It is saying something when your left back turns out to be your greatest attacking threat, as the Italian scored one of his own in the second half to seal a 2-0 win. Of the three semi-finalists United go into the weekend with a midweek glow.

Tony Pulis has managed many games in England, he tells us. None on a Thursday night though, until now. In a new excuse for failing to get any shots anywhere near the goal, WBA’s manager blamed the day of the week for his team’s short comings.

Sanchez scored twice, Arsenal fans protested at Wenger and Pulis tried to unscramble his brain from the break in routine.

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