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Living the Dream Ask any athletic teenage boy what they want to be when they grow up, and you can be sure than many of them will answer; ‘a professional footballer’. For one Torrevejense lad that dream is slowing starting to become true. This week Atlético de Madrid player Damián Agüero was back in Torrevieja to share some of his experiences with the participants in the Xpert Camps; and a pass on one or tricks in the process.

Damián has been involved throughout the first phase of Xpert Soccer Camps as a monitor and coach of some of the younger players among the over one hundred attending the

campus. Damián is an alumnus of these campuses of modernization and technical improvement and following his participation in the Iker Cassillas edition of 2012, he spotted by local scouts and offered the opportunity of a trail with Atletico Madrid, where he now trains as a player while continuing his education in the Capital.

During the first phase of campus, Damián worked as a monitor with a group of children participants, and took time out to answer their questions about what the life of footballer on the verge of breaking onto the professional stage, was all

Atlético de Madrid, Damián Agüero was passing on his skills and knowledge at last week’s Torrevieja Xpert Football Camp

about. He tried to convey his experiences to the group as a player from a club that competes at the highest level. Next season Damián will play in the Juvenile Division of Honour team, a category that can be compared to the Premiership for youth players. He will also have the chance to play in the UEFA Youth League, a competition parallel to the Champions League, that attracts top professional clubs from all over Europe.

At the closing ceremony of the Xpert Camps, Torrevieja’s Councillor for Sports, Pablo Samper had a conversation with him in which Damián took a few moments and conveyed the pride in coming from the city of Torrevieja and has his own ‘deams’ of defend the ‘rojiblancos’ colours throughout Europe.

The talent youngster was first spotted by former Real Madrid player and manager of FC Torrevieja at the time, Casimiro Torres, who played him as a 15 year old in the town’s team. What we can be sure of is that as Damián gets older and pushes his way into the Atlético de Madrid first team, that Damián Agüero will carry the name of Torrevieja beyond where he plays with his club.

The talented eighteen year old is one of the jewels of Atletico Madrid and is delighted to have made it into the ‘Albirroja U20’ squad. Damien is one of the many Paraguayans who had to leave Paraguay child. Like many others, he came to Spain with his mother when he was just nine, as she wanted a better future for him.

Damian not only plays for Atletico but being a member of their Academy system, is also studying at an institute, which is paid for by the club.

As with many Academies, the Madrid team requires that their players gain educational qualifications, as well as being sportsmen. Besides offering him room and board and a place at their centre of excellence and paying for schooling, the ‘albirrojo’ also supports him financially to cover his personal expenses. "I'm not complaining. I think what you get is more than enough, depending on how much you spend each week,” said the talented player.

The Paraguayan footballer confessed that his dream, rather than his obsession, is to break into the Paraguayan national Under Twenty team along with awaiting his opportunity to feature with the first team of Atletico Madrid. Although saying that, Atlético de Madrid’s Damián Agüero is a star of the future and Spain could soon come knocking on his door to play for them instead. All of here at the Coastrider wish Damián the very best for his future and remember the name: Damián Agüero because you just might have read about him here first.

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‘Habanera’ set free

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Late in the afternoon of July 25th, 2014 staff of the Municipality of Torrevieja, under the existing protocol in this city for the care of marine fauna stranding, rescued a loggerhead turtle, that one year later was set free again after treatment. The animal was taken to the facilities of the Real Club Nautico of Torrevieja until staff from the Department of Environment of the Generalitat Valenciana C.I.F. No.: B53833497

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transferred him to ARCA Sea Oceanographic in Valencia.

Being rescued during the celebrations of the 60th International Contest of Habanera and Polyphony, the turtle was dubbed ‘Habanera’. The animal was treated for injuries and cuts to the head. According to the nature of injuries, it seems that they were caused by the propeller of a boat, which had caused a serious fracture at the top of the skull and affecting the left eye and nasal passages. The extreme resistance of these animals facilitated their survival at sea for days, but also complicated the state of the wound.

After a long and complex surgery in the veterinary service Oceanográfic, it was possible to save the eye of the tortoise and reconstruct the face. Because of the severity of the injury, recovery of the loggerhead turtle has been very slow, receiving continued attention

from the team of caregivers from Oceanographic in Valencia. In fact, the turtle had to be tube fed for more than nine months, as it was unable to move its jaw and therefore eat normally.

After almost a year, of effort and dedication, it is extremely rewarding for all the professionals in one way or another, to have been involved in the recovery of "Habanera" from the first moment of capture, to see how it has fully recovered and for his release into the sea where it was found, to continue navigating the Mediterranean. The turtle was released off the coast of Torrevieja just after noon on Thursday 9th July. Habaneras remained on the surface until the boats covering the event moved.

About 20 minutes later, the animal submerged without a problem and began to swim offshore.

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Is Torrevieja really Spain’s poorest town the world who choose us, year after year. It is an TO LOOK at Torrevieja’s packed beaches, unacceptable offence to denigrate our good Mediterranean fronted cafes full of name in this way. customers and a total lack of parking spaces Torrevieja and Alicante, even in the hardest in the city centre, you’d be hard pushed to years of the crisis, which we have all suffered think you were in Spain’s poorest city. On through, have positively led economic the other hand, about a decade ago Sir rankings of various kinds. You can not hide in Trevor McDonald totally lost his credibility Torrevieja or spend large periods of the year when he tried to make out that Torrevieja meeting countless English, Russian, Swedish, was one of Spain’s crime capitals and so the Norwegian, German, Chinese or French with a story continues. negligible purchasing power and that, this I essence, statistics can be made to make study does not address. up whatever you wish from it. It’s basic I am ashamed that my current Mayor and manipulation. Start with the answer you my Councillor for Tourism, are pretending to be want and work back from there. The INS my mayor (LV and PSOE respectively) rather have decided that wages earned in than to stand up and defend their city, our city, Torrevieja back in booming days of the and focus their efforts on adding fuel to the fire construction and real estate industry, are a rather than see if they can in some way draw good example to plot against what people political mileage from this situation. It all in the city earn today. Overlooked is the happens at the beginning of the summer as a logic that Torrevieja is primarily made up of confirmation of the economic recovery of the pensioners and many of yesteryears Real city. As much as it hurts, in recent years we Estate professionals have gone back to their have made things work very well; we have laid former real jobs, and not what they Luis Maria Pizana Boj, Torrevieja Councillor and Chairman of NN.GG. in the foundations for something very important invented for themselves during the boom the province of Alicante and that the tourism establishment is afraid off years. Many local people are incensed by the and sends them into a panic. Torrevieja is a article in last week’s El Pais, one of them A report has, in fact in a time of time of ‘news’ drought, being Councillor for the Partido Popular and Chairman of opened up to a flood of devastating comments. What good is giant who was waking up and for some it is better to continue NN.GG. in the province of Alicante Luis Maria Pizana Boj. In an to have representatives in the capital of Spain who say nothing sleeping.

My government is responsible for consenting to a number open letter Boj states: “Where are the national representatives and hide behind closed doors. I worked hard for their vote; I of the PP in the province of Alicante? How important are these relentlessly campaigned for the president and his salary, of officials to develop this partial and biased report, based issues that are pending over these last 24 hours: so crucial for through the efforts of many people like me, and vote of many only on the simplistic quotient of annual income per person the image and the future of our province? people from Alicante and Torrevieja who were hopeful that we that is taxed in Spain, and only in Spain and an estimate of the number of housing of the town. It is also guilty of I feel disappointed; disappointed and hurt to see that it’s would have a voice in Madrid. been more than a week since the publication of a false report They claim that all they can do is to give a little push publication without a reality check. This shows me once by the INE, prepared without taking into account the around the table that shakes the foundations, which requires again that it is time that the southern province of Alicante particularities and low easily removable criteria; nobody, respecting a city and a geographic area which provides and Torrevieja set ourselves aside from Madrid as it’s absolutely nobody with a little responsibility from Madrid, has infinitely more to the state coffers than it receives. An important that we defending ourselves because otherwise, even opened their mouth to denounce Torrevieja especially as exemplary place in which thousands of people live happily no one else will. PS: I invite the AR Program and the other cities, such as Elche and Benidorm are part of this every day, get up to give the best of themselves and meet newspaper El Pais to contact me to discover the true unwarranted attack. with an infinite number of tourists and visitors from around Torrevieja

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La Siesta-El Chaparral Park comes to a standstill Work on the expansive La Siesta- El Chaperal Park has come to a standstill, after the local government said they would have to look further into the project and the costs involved.

The former Councillor for Parks and Gardens Carmen Gomez Candel, now Torrevieja’s opposition councillor for the Municipal Group of the Partido Popular (PP), says that after meeting with the neighbours of the La SiestaEl Chaparral Urbanisation, who have indicated their dissatisfaction because work on the park has been paralyzed and left unfinished.

They are not the only disappointed people because those employed and being trained to work on the green area, which was being carried out by pupils from the VIII Mediterranean Employment workshop have found themselves unemployed again. Candel is calling for the government team to restart the work in order to finalise it, given that this technical project was approved before the election, wok is well underway and contracts will come to an end once the Employment Workshop is finished.

Because of the dimensions of the landscaping involved, it was impossible to complete the work in six months because the pupils were also having obligatory technical training. Carmen Gomez Candel reminded everyone that this project was approved by decree of the previous PP government team and from mid April a file was initiated for the “Contact of supplies and work to be carried out in the green area situated in the streets Bizet, Granados and Henry Matisse in Torrevieja” with a retention of credit to the value of 962,885.26 Euros which were reserved exclusively for this work.

The neighbours of the Urbanisation La Siesta-El Chaparral have informed the Municipal Popular Group that they have been told by the current government team that the work cannot be finalised because the project does not exist and neither do the funds. Candel countered and said “These statements are completely false, which can be proved by

referring to the file and therefore it is to be hoped that these funds arrive at their true destination and are not used for other purposes which we know nothing about.”

Carmen Gomez Candel also does not understand that the new Employment Workshop “La Laguna”, granted to Torrevieja Town Hall, will begin in October because on the page of the Generalitat of Valencia, on which is listed the projects that are approved for the Alicante province, it can be seen that the period of time foreseen is from 01/07/2015 to 31/12/2015.

Candel explained; “this means that if the selection of personnel takes one month, this could have been started at the beginning of the month of August. This could have provided an income to 30 families in Torrevieja, who have been two months without any work. This is what the new government team class as social politics and the fight against unemployment.”

In May, prior to the elections, Candel Gómez said; “These works will significantly improve this broad area of El Chaparral, which until recently was looking overgrown and in poor condition. It’s already looking much better with the improvement of this green space that will also feature an installation of automatic irrigation, two roundabouts with fountains, benches, trees for shade, a lawn, sports facilities with basketball, handball, football, mini football pitches for smaller children, skateboarding, skating, 14 petanque courts, and a playground split into four distinct parts incorporating a biosaludables area and two pet agility aeas, for instance.”

The Councillor for Parks and Gardens stressed that the area of around 40,000 square meters, has been designed so that it “tries to satisfy all the needs of users, both for children and youth and adults and it will become widely used by residents of the area, as it happens with the Salt Queen Park in the Los Balcones area.

Carmen Candel Gómez recalled that the Workshop for Mediterranean Employment VIII is offering specialties in Gardening (10 students), Irrigation and Drainage (10 students), Masonry (10 students) and Paver-Adoquinador (10 students).

For the implementation of the project, the Valencian Employment Service and Training department (SERVEF) has awarded the City of Torrevieja the amount of 362,643€ with the total cost of the project being 1,129,801€.

The PP also noted that in relation to the public declarations given by the councillor for Employment, Victor Ferrández, Candel added: “We can point out to him that he does not need to be rigorous in contracting the pupil-workers, since SERVEF supplies those who have the profile required from amongst the unemployed people of Torrevieja.

Regarding the contracting of the suppliers for the implementation of the workshop, we say to the councillor for Employment that he also does not need to worry about this because the Law of Contracts is for this purpose, which is something Mr Victor Fernández should know.

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Fanny Serrano brings together city’s organisations Fanny Serrano, city spokeswoman

FANNY SERRANO called a local Government meeting this week that for the first time had the presence of elected representatives of the opposition and invited listeners. The secretary and spokesperson of the local government team of it, Fanny Serrano, indicating that they felt "proud of this fact". At the same Carmen Gómez Candel attended on behalf of the Popular Party and Pilar Gomez Magan for Ciudadanos. At the meeting, described by Serrano as "historic" for that reason, they appointed representatives of the Municipality of Torrevieja as representatives of the City as ‘los órganos supramunicipales’, a cross platform of local organisations who should work together.

In this way, as the councillor for the Environment, Fanny Serrano will represent the Consortium overseeing the Zonal Waste Plan, as a starter, and the mayor, José Manuel Dolon, will be deputy.

The Councillor would not comment on the possibility of locating a landfill in the municipality, noting that "we will support the option that is more sustainable and

respectful with the environment." Africa Celdrán will represent the local Committee of the Red Cross; Domingo Pérez will represent the Spanish Association of Towns and Fisheries; José Hurtado as Councillor of Education will attend the plenary of the Municipal School Board; Councillor for Culture and Services, Alejandro Blanco, was elected to the Commonwealth of Taibilla Channel; Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon, will chair the Governing Board of the Natural Park of the Lagunas de la Mata and Torrevieja, while Javier Manzanares will be the voice of the city in the Provincial consortium for Service of Prevention and Fire Fighting and Rescue for Alicante.

Serrano would not go into details of the points on the agenda of the meeting, because she said they were confidential. The report includes two reports by the Chief Clerk of the Town Hall for related service contracting, solid waste collection and cleaning and maintenance costs. This Governing Board also noted four court decisions that were favourable to the City.

The passing of Ángel Andreu Huertas

ONE OF Torrevieja’s most loved and respected characters passed away on Sunday night. Although very few of us may have met him, he was trend setting photographer in his day and we have him to thank for capturing some of the most iconic images of the City of Torrevieja, from the days of Spain’s Civil War to the present day. Ángel Andreu Huertas passed away on Sunday evening at age 88, after an passionate life, while surrounded by the love of his family.

Angel Andreu Huertas, was the father of another iconic Torrevieja photographer, Jose Maria Andreu Montesinos "Canico" whom, whether you know it or not, you have probably seen working around the city of Salt. Angel was an

essential character in his time as a social photographer and captured a unique collection of images, renowned for their quality, quantity and unforgettable moments of the short history of the city.

His ‘hobby’ was inherited his son, ‘Cano’, and his work became the benchmark for all who love photography and Torrevieja. In 2010 he received the International Caregiver of the Year Award for his work caring for his wife. Angel Andreu is also father of Manuel Antonio Andreu Montesinos. Their sons and daughters, Finuca and Nati, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren are grateful for the outpouring of support they have received from everyone. Ángel Andreu Huertas RIP.

Second campaign of Natural Park Observers THE DEPARTMENT of Environment is launching the second edition of the Observer Project in the Natural Parks of the Lagunas of La Mata and Torrevieja. This year’s project of monitoring and awareness is called "Observers of the Park".

The project was presented at a press conference with Torrevieja’s Councillor for Sports City of Torrevieja, Pablo Samper, the Technical Service management of protected natural areas, Ana Colominas, and environmental guide Juan Manuel Botella and the president club MTB Chatarras Torrevieja, Ángel García.

Samper stressed the importance of "combining sport with an active involvement in the preservation and care of what is the ‘green lung’ of Torrevieja". Furthermore, it has been worth

the "altruistic collaboration" of this club. The project will take place during the months of July and August, in which the participants of this initiative will travel more than 21Km for a series of marked routes that are supervised by the technical staff of the reserve.

During their ride around the route, the project participants will make notes of any incidents or problems they detect, which will be included in a newsletter and transmitted to the staff of the reserve. A total of 32 club members will carry out the functions of Park observers.

Their president, Angel Garcia, stated that "this project is to improve and publicize the rules of the park for visitors so that users have a better knowledge of them" His role also includes proactive monitoring of forest fires and the promotion of best practices in nature in order to protect and especially at this time of year you multiply visits to the Natural Park of the Lagunas de la Mata and Torrevieja. This initiative seeks to preserve the ecological values of this protected natural area by

detecting malpractices users Natural Park, preventive monitoring of forest fires and promote the implementation of best practices in nature in order to protect her.

ONE OF Torrevieja’s most responsible groups, ‘The Asociación de las Rutas y Caminos de la Sal’, are also deeply involved in looking after the park. The group of volunteers also join in other Park activities, which involve working with the public.

To find out more please look at their website: www.lamataparkvolunteers.blogspot.com. If you would like to join them please contact president Stephen Boll on email: exgp10@yahoo.co.uk, or secretary Maggie on tel. 966 848 432.

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Widow claims somebody tried to Mexican Wife Gets Fined And Jailed For 'Refusing To Do The Ironing' turn her husband into a mummy

A Tippecanoe County court is still trying to determine whether a woman accused of not reporting her husband’s death, while still collecting his benefits, is competent to stand trial.

But Ila Solomon still insists her husband had only been dead for five days when his body was discovered last year.

Solomon is accused of keeping Gerald “Scooter” Gavan’s body inside their Shawnee Avenue Home for nine months after his death.

Solomon says she left the home two days after he died, and she believes that’s when someone placed several kerosene heaters and dehumidifiers inside the home to speed up the body’s decomposition.

She believes someone was trying to prevent her from making a claim to Gavan’s trust fund.

Although an autopsy determined Gavan died sometime in June of 2013, Solomon

claims he died on April 28, 2014.

“Oh, it definitely was very far along.

Scooter was a mummy,” Solomon told WISHTV’s sister station WLFI. “There’s a lot of people who know how to make a mummy.”

She claims there were several people who saw Gavan during the time when the autopsy claims he was dead.

“Scooter’s done business with different people here in town during that whole ninemonth time period,” said Solomon. “He had friends that he’s walked the mall with, and those kinds of things, that know that he was alive during that nine-month time period.”

Solomon faces nine criminal charges including welfare fraud and failure to report a dead body.

She’s scheduled to be evaluated on July 29 to determine whether she is competent to stand trial.

A hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 14.

Chinese cheerleaders fired after winning free BBQ meal

No-one likes ironing but assuming your better half will pick up the arduous task is a tad prehistoric to say the least.

To have police officers arrest your wife for not doing your shirts is not only horribly sexist but also should be a divorce-able offence.

Dulce Requena Garcia, 21, was taken to the nearby police station in Tampico, Mexico where she was fined the equivalent of £16, and as she did not have the ready cash she was locked up for 12 hours instead.

The guilty husband and truck driver, Edgar Ivan Perez Alvarado, complained that when he got home after work he wanted a change of clothes to go out with friends, his wife refused to iron them.

This beleaguered lady then accused him of heading out to see his mistress - what cheek.

Frustrated over her refusal, he called police telling them that she spent too much time in

front of the television and not enough time doing the housework.

A Judge fined her 400 Mexican Pesos (£16) and her inability to pay meant a half day in the cells So - If you believe in equality between the sexes, don’t expect to find in the judges of this particular Central American state.

Hartfield: The owner of the Gallipot Inn stumbled upon an old discarded bus stop sign which inspired a cheeky but effective plan to get buses to stop outside his pub.

John Hawkridge, owner of the tavern for the past couple of years, apparently found the old sign in a hedge about four miles away from his business. The canny entrepreneur immediately realized he could put it to good use. For a bit of a laugh, he erected the sign outside the Gallipot Inn, not expecting much to come of the

endeavour other than a few laughs among this regulars. But in a happy twist of fate for drinkers in the area, the local bus companies started serving the fake stop, so much so that it has now been added to the official timetable.

As Hawkridge said, “We bought the Gallipot about two years ago and I just thought it would be good to have a bus stop by the pub. I put it there, I put in my own sign, and a couple of customers started queuing up. . . and buses started stopping.”

When authorities found Henry drunk and naked in a hog barn near Millersville, Pennsylvania, on June 26, he told them point blank: "I just like pigs," according to WPVI TV. Henry, 64, also told cops that he had finished a six-pack of, fittingly, Hamm's beer during his pig party, according to Local21News.com.

Henry was very familiar with the farm where he chose to go high on the hog. He was

banned from the property after a 2011 trespassing incident, Lancaster Crime Watch reports.

Henry was charged with indecent exposure, criminal trespass, defiant trespass and public drunkenness, but was released after paying $25,000 unsecured bail. He is due in court later this month, LancasterOnline.com reports.

The hogs were unavailable for comment.

Stop for a pint

'I Just Like Pigs'

A promotion run by a restaurant in China’s Shanxi Province has led to several cheerleaders from a local basketball team being fired after allegedly “eating so much free BBQ that they no longer could fit into their outfits”.

A new BBQ restaurant in Taiyuan was trying to attract customers by inviting a group of cheerleaders to attempt the recent “belly-button touching craze” that has spread across Chinese social media. In an attempt to lure as many cheerleaders as possible, the restaurant offered unlimited BBQ for any girl successfully holding the pose for at least 1 minute. What the restaurant’s owners didn’t realize (but probably should’ve anticipated)

is that these girls are incredibly flexible, and practically the whole team succeeded in the challenge.

The story has an amusing footnote, as multiple cheerleaders reportedly chomped their way through so much free brisket and ribs that they were unable to squeeze into their tight cheerleading costumes before the next match. The cheerleading coach, who also attempted the challenge but failed, was merciless in her response, axing those who had gained too much weight. Coach Irene Chen declined a request for an interview, but commented that the fired members “may be reinstated to the team as long as they return to their normal sizes”.

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La Mata’s Armed Forces Day FRIDAY WAS a busy day in the hamlet of La Mata as thousands of tourists visited the XXIII Conference on Coexistence with the Armed Forces Various branches of the armed forces all had special displays to show visitors, including Guardia Civil agents. The festive day in the Torrevieja district of Torrelamata is to celebrate the day of the Honorable and Royal Order of Knights of San Cristobal. This event is considered the third most important for the Army, after the Armed Forces Day (Fuerzas Armadas) and the Fiesta Nacional.

Coinciding with the feast of San Cristobal on Friday, July 10th, the event took place took place in the Plaza de la Encarnación Puchol in La Mata, where it has been held for a number of years. The XXI Conference on Coexistence of the Armed Forces organized by the Honorable and Royal Order of Knights San Cristobal presided over by Antonio Marin.

Throughout the day a static display of vehicles included

units from the UME: Military Emergency Unit, the National Police, the Police of the Generalitat, the Paratrooper Brigade of the Army, Battalion Military Intelligence, the Sappers Parachute Squadron Air Force, Military Police Battalion, the Cynological unit, MOE Rabasa-Alicante Units, Police Rescue Unit and Special Operations (UPROE), Public Safety Specialist Group Police Local Orihuela (GESC) and units of the General Air Academy and the Guard Civil.

The event was attended by the Mayor of Torrevieja, Jose Manuel Dolon and councillors, Domingo Soler, Manuela Osuna, Eduardo Dolon, Agustina Esteve and Pilar Gomez Magan, with the event stating with the hoisting of the Spanish Flag at 1.00pm to the strains of the national anthem.

They ceremony was further added to as the flag fell from the sky, along with paratroopers from the Sappers Parachute Squadron Air Force, who performed prior to the act of hoisting. The morning also included demonstrations by

trained rescue dogs from the EMU and the K-9 division.

In the afternoon, Councillors and chief of staff proceeded with the act of homage to the fallen in the line of duty and accident, leading then to the celebration of the Eucharist that was officiated by the pastor of the Templo de Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Torrelamata and accompanied by choirs from the Coro de la Hermanad de la Esperanza de Albatera, and the Salve Rociera who fisihed the performance.

Then followed the delivery of distinctions and medals which led to the lowering of the flag and the concert from the Unidad Militar de Música de la Academia Militar del Aire de San Javier with the evening and the event closing with the "The Banderita" and the National Anthem. These events, were also attended by the Mayor of Torrevieja, Jose Manuel Dolon, plus Councillor Domingo Soler, Pilar Magan and Eduardo Dolon.

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World News

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New Eco Beach Lockers for Orihuela Costa IN WHAT was a World First, the Orihuela Costa installed new, eco-friendly, high tech beach locker on La Glea beach in Campoamor last year. For the summer 2015 the lockers have moved to the busier La Zenia Beach where they are open from morning to night plus they give you free wifi on the beach too.

Gone are the days of worrying about having your car keys, wallet, purse, mobile phone, kindle, tablet or belongings stolen while you go for a swim as now you can securely lock up your things yet access and lock them away, time and time again.

The innovative idea was two years in the planning and permission stages alone. The entrepreneurs behind the project are Koen Mortelmans and Jef Van Hyfte from Belgium, two very successful businessmen from the world of event management. Jef said, “I was swimming one day in La Mata and my girlfriend mentioned that wouldn’t it be a good idea if we had somewhere to safely leave our stuff while we went for a swim. And thus, the idea was born.”

The lockers operate from 10.00am until 9.00pm everyday, are powered by solar energy and allow you to open and close your locker, to access it as often as you wish for just a 5.00€ rental charge although rental charges by the hour or just for wifi are available too.

The unit takes coins or credit/debit cards, has an information touch screen and after depositing your money, a unique token is provided along with a wrist band; a locker opens and this is yours for the day. Just scan your token and the locker opens. It’s the perfect solution for your peace of mind on the beach, without having to leave someone guarding your stuff, trying to keep an eye on it while you swim or just hoping that nobody steals your belongings while you are gone.

They are completely automatic and don’t require an attendant sitting there all day, although help is at hand if required. For more information, visit their website at www.beachlocker.es or email jef@mobilelocker.eu.

Gold and Silver for Pati

Record holder Sara Acs, "Pati" has her eyes set on Europe for 2016 IT WAS yet another medal haul for Torrevieja swimmers last weekend, this time in Barcelona. Three weeks after the swimmers from the Club de Natación Imas de Torrevieja participated in the national championships in her class where she won four gold medals with four Spanish records, torrevejense swimmer Sara Acs, "Pati" as she is known was doing it again. This weekend she travelled to Barcelona with four other companions of its club to participate in the CHAMPIONSHIP OF SPAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR of Finswimming, held in pools Sportiu Club Mediterrani.

PATI give an exhibition of speed, style and grace winning the gold in the 100m, 200m and 400m and silver in the 50m, all in the category of surface swimming. Pati is just a

first-year cadet and swam a guest wildcard in the junior event against the best swimmers in this category nationwide, some of whom are two and three years older than her.

The Torrevejense swimmer resumed her training yesterday, Monday for competition racing next season with her goal to reach European level. Her coach said: “Pati has tremendous talent, plus the physical and mental capacity to work hard, give 100 percent effort and put in the sacrifice while training here is helping her achive her goals, thanks in part to the quality of the facilities of the Sports City of Torrevieja. She only needs to improve slightly to reach the European championships. It will be only a formality. She only needs a little more time.”

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Costa Hints and Tips

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Keep your passport safe Look after your passport: is the message from the British Embassy this summer.

With tens of thousands of British residents living in Spain, and millions of UK visitors heading for Spanish holiday resorts and beaches this summer, the Foreign Office has launched a video campaign to help Britons avoid the threat of passport thieves.

Out of the 15 million British tourists who came to Spain last year, more than 3000 reported their passports stolen and almost 1800 reported their passport lost 1.

Worldwide, more than 20,000 British passports were either lost or stolen in 2014-15.

To make people more aware of the risks, stealth crime expert and ‘Man of Steal’ James Freedman has worked with the Foreign Office to create a series of videos 2 that show the techniques used by passport thieves, and offer advice on how to avoid becoming a victim. You can watch them on the Foreign Office YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/user/fcotravel.

James Freedman says: “Pickpockets and thieves constantly evolve their techniques and tactics. These videos show just a handful of ways that a pickpocket might attempt to steal from you, so remember some basic advice to stay safe. “If you don’t need to take your passport with you, leave it in your hotel safe instead. Only carry what you need and keep valuables in a secure pocket. If you have a bag or case, never let it out of your sight. Be more alert in crowds and wary of anyone getting too close. Finally, try not to advertise the location of prized possessions by patting your pockets or bags.”

British nationals in Spain tell of a range of hustle techniques used against them, including: A bunch of children surrounding you and patting you whilst begging for money. After they leave you discover they have also picked your pockets and bag.

Being followed onto a crowded underground train by two apparent ‘nuns’, who then pickpocket your wallet.

Having a bag stolen from your car while leaving it momentarily unlocked to go to a rubbish bin, even though you are only a few feet away.

Being asked to help get something from a top shelf whilst your pocket is then picked.

Being pricked with a sharp object that is enough to draw blood, and in the confusion your bag disappears.

Dealing with a lost or stolen passport can be expensive and time-consuming. The victim may need to report the theft to the police, and spend time and money at the local British Consulate getting an emergency travel document.

The British Embassy offers five top tips for keeping your passport safe: 1. If you need to carry your passport, ensure it is well

concealed 2. Never take your eye off a bag or case, even for a moment 3. Be alert in crowds and wary of anyone getting too close or seeking to distract you 4. When driving, keep your valuables secure and out of sight – and be aware of thieves using distraction techniques either on the road or when you park 5. Avoid advertising the location of your passport and valuable possessions by patting your pockets or bags It is also a good idea to leave a photocopy of your passport with friends or family, or store an electronic copy securely.

If your passport is lost or stolen, you can report it to the Spanish police by calling +34 902 102 112 (a multilingual service). If you need to travel urgently, you can apply for an emergency travel document at the nearest British Consulate (visit www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document or call + 34 917 146 300). For more information about living in or visiting Spain, go to www.gov.uk or follow the British Consulate on social media via: Facebook: Brits living in Spain and Brits visiting Spain on Twitter: @BritsliveSpain and @BritsvisitSpain Last year 3,008 passports reported stolen and1781 reported lost in Spain in 2014-15. British Embassy data.

What the Foreign Office can do to help you as a British national abroad:

The FCO can: Issue you with an emergency travel document Provide information about transferring money Provide help if you have suffered rape or serious sexual or physical assault, are a victim of crime, are ill or in hospital Give you a list of local lawyers, interpreters, doctors or funeral directors Contact you if you are detained abroad Contact friends and family back home for you if you wish Provide help in cases of forced marriage Assist people affected by parental child abduction The FCO cannot: Help you enter a country if you do not have a valid passport or necessary visas: Give you legal advice or translate documents: Investigate crimes or get you out of prison: Get you better treatment in hospital or prison than is given to local people, but we will raise concerns if treatment falls below internationally recognised standards: Pay any bills or give you Make travel arrangements for you For further information call the British Embassy Madrid press office on 917 146 363 / 313. Visit http://www.gov.uk/fco for British foreign policy news and travel advice and http://blogs.fco.gov.uk to read our blogs. Check on their website to watch new videos that reveal the scams that thieves and pickpockets use

Europol knocks out mobile cybercrime gang in Spain Europol and la policía española have taken down a gang of alleged cybercriminals engaged in a fraudulent phone calls scam, said to have caused financial damaged estimated at €2m, as part of an operation codenamed "Walker".

Coordinated police action in Barcelona on 6 July resulted in the arrest of nine suspects and the dismantling of a sophisticated illegal call centre, which the cybercrime gang had used to make fraudulent phone calls to premium service numbers set up and managed by other members of the criminal group based outside the EU. Europol states that the investigation aimed to target the gang and its accomplices, apparently involved in fraud, using tourists' stolen phones.

The police raided six houses on Monday, and seized numerous pieces of evidence, including over 100 mobile phones and stolen SIM cards, more than €10,000 in cash, as well as credit cards, computer equipment and other devices which have now been taken away for further forensic examination.

The group, which received mobiles stolen from tourists in Spain, harvested the foreign mobile numbers (until they were blocked by the telecom operators in their countries) to make premium calls, before then attempting to launder the stolen money abroad.

Law enforcement analysed thousands of financial transactions to reconstruct the money flows and destinations across several jurisdictions. The criminal group relied on a

network of accomplices who operated the destination bank accounts.

Late last year, a Welsh primary school teacher was left with a £15,000 bill after his phone was stolen in Barcelona, reported the Guardian, noting another case in which a recruitment worker was charged £21,000 by Vodafone after her phone was stolen in the Catalonian capital, though the charge was eventually dropped.

The rising profile of such incidents lead then culture secretary Maria Miller to announce in December 2014 that the government and the four major mobile service providers – EE, Vodafone, Virgin Media, and Three – had agreed to cap bills on phones that were reported stolen.

Contrary to the relatively recent protections instituted to insulate consumers from additional losses to crime, International Revenue Sharing Fraud has been an established criminal activity since before the turn of the millennium.

While call detail records will provide obvious evidence of

such fraud, there are very few security practices currently in place to prevent it. Many service providers do not have an alarm system in place to detect it. Europol states that the global estimated illegal income from this type of crime is greater than €45m, annually.

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A Little Crime Prevention

ONE OF Spain’s expatriate success stories has been that of the Neighbourhood watch.

Crime rates have fallen dramatically on some the Southern Costa Blanca’s neibourhoods, as neighbours watch out for one another and report any suspicious actions to their team leader of police. But during the summer, some people relax too much, leave their brains at home and forget they still need to keep their wits about them. Thankfully, the Orihuela Costa Neighbourhood Watch have these few words of advice, to keep you safe and secure this summer.

Normally crime on the Orihuela Costa is very low and probably less than in a visitor’s home country. However, many visitors come here for the sun, sand, sea and just to relax.

This is a tourist area and in addition to visitors, thieves looking for easy pickings come as well but for a different reason.

Starting upon your arrival at the airport: guard your luggage. Don’t put handbags and wallets on the luggage trolley and never enter into conversation with people you do not know. If you have hired a car look out for the “representative” asking you to leave everything in the car and return to the desk.

Never do this. Always keep your valuables and belongings with you.

Never hand them over to anyone who says they will ‘take care of them’ for you, because it may be the last time you ever see them.

Once in your hire car, an on the way to your destination, be aware of being followed. If you are flagged down by anyone in civilian clothes in a plain car showing you a badge do not stop.

The Police in Spain do not stop you in plain cars except for the Guardia Civil Trafico who illuminate a stop sign and are in uniform. If in doubt, drive to a police station and get out of the car there.

Once at your destination, don’t leave your car doors unlocked while you bring luggage into the hotel or your residence. Always lock

the car door after you, even if only for a few seconds. When you relax on the patio or in the pool always shut and lock house windows and at night close all vulnerable windows and never leave anything on show from outside.

Visiting the beach is where thieves have it easy. So make it especially difficult for them. If you drive to the beach, do not leave anything on show in the car and especially do leave keys or papers with your address thereon. Do not take anything to the beach, which you do not need there. And never leave bags etc there whilst you are in the sea, even if a stranger offers to keep an eye on them.

On La Zenia Beach, they have a smart Beach Locker system. For a few euros you can lock everything safely away and return as often as you wish for your wallet, mobile phone and car keys. It’s a great system and allows to relax and the beach and enjoy yourself.

When you are visiting shops and especially any of the outdoor markets, be very careful.

Again only take with you what you will need.

Do not leave things in car whilst inside. Once inside shopping or in the market, be especially aware of distraction thefts, people being asked to reach high shelves or causing a commotion, or pretending to wipe dirt off your shoulder.

On leaving, beware of the person asking advice or directions whilst you are loading the car. Load first. Lock the doors and then answer any questions.

When going out at night or anytime you are visiting a bar or restaurant, just take with you what you will need, including handbags.

Never show wallets open with plenty of money. Thieves use bars to spot vulnerable people that they can attack on their way home.

The members of Orihuela Costa Neighbourhood Watch hope that you all enjoy a wonderful holiday in our areas and

come back again. By following this advice your holiday may not be spoilt and you will relax and enjoy yourself all the more.

If police, ambulance or fire service are required phone 112. You can speak in Spanish, English, German or one of the Scandinavian languages. All you have to do is say. “English Please’ and possibly repeat this a

few times, until an English speaking agent answers the phone. If you have a foreign mobile your call will automatically be transferred to the control centre. The police here are very efficient and want to help avoid this kind of petty crime, as the entire region depends on tourism and staying safe and secure.

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Charity Events

Walking for Life 13,322€ WAS the fantastic total raised

by Maria and The Pink Ladies Walk For Life on Sunday June 7th. A huge contribution to The AECC cancer charity to assist their work in research, and funding the early detection screening programme. Maria said "this is fantastic, and now means that the charity has raised over 220,000€ since we started in 2010. Thanks to the generous people of The Orihuela Costa, and the voluntary work of our Pink Ladies and Pink Panthers. Well done everyone. " Details will be announced soon about Maria and The Pink Ladies End Of Summer Ball, which will hopefully raise more funds for fighting cancer.

Maria at a recent fund raising event looking more like her old self after a traumatic year of hospital treatment

Thanks from Caritas CARITAS HELD another event recently back on June 6th at the Rusty Nail in Campoverde.

A total, after other donations had been received was a for a grand Total of 668.86. The first prize on the raffle was a Samsung Tablet valued at 125€, plus several other prizes.

Jimmy the landlord at Rusty, once again put on a free buffet, while The Portobello ladies supplied the casino free of charge for the night, and once again, Brian Jenkins showed that Elvis is not quite ready to leave the building, performing his Music of the 50’s and 60’s and even with his own tribute to the music of “Elvis”, and all for free.

The last event was even better attended, a Country night, but we believe the main reason was the football match, the Champions Cup final between Juventas and Barcelona, something we had overlooked and even “Elvis”, had to wait until it was over.

Once again a great big thank you to all who

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Just Brass for just Brian

THE ‘JUST BRASS’ band recently performed a memorial concert for their founder member Brian Bewicke, which raised 400€ for Maria and The Pink Ladies AECC cancer charity. The picture shows band members Cliff Morton, Stuart Burnley, Jayne Illingworth, Nicky Dick, with Sheila Bewicke presenting the donation at Collies Bar St Miguel, to Pink Ladies Carole and Sue. Just Brass is the Premier Brass Band on the

Costa Blanca and are always looking for great musicians to join their friendly band. The band is of a very high standard with many top class players having settled in this area, a 3rd CD was made at Christmas and a DVD is being planned. A busy concert season is already planned. The band is based in San Miguel and anyone interested should contact the Secretary in the first instance via the Web Site at: www.JustBrass.org.

Time for Dick with Studio 32 attended, donated and supported the event, Jimmy the landlord for hosting it again, The Portobello ladies, Brian for his music, and of course, last but not least to Eddie Templeman and his long suffering wife Margaret for arranging everything. Caritas were very pleased with the donation, which make it nearly 1,400€ we have handed over from just two events. Keep up the good work all. And thanks.

STUDIO 32 have now completed auditions for their next pantomime Dick Whittington, which will be held at the Cardinal Belluga theatre San Fulgencio in mid November. Exact dates will be published when they have been confirmed.

The principle parts are as follows: Dick Whittington - Susanne Sayers: Alice Fitzwarren - Verity Jo Spencer Hall: Dame Sarah - Jenni Hardy-Rooney: Alderman Fitzwarren - Dianne Oliver: Spirit of London - Pam Sutton: Barrow Boy Billy - Bev

McEwan: King Rat - Karen Love: Captain Jack Hawk - Adrian Boardman: Patches the cat - Alice Joy Wakeford: Nip - Judith O ‘Neill and Tuck Jacob Baylis plus a full supporting cast.

Further to the policy of bringing theatre entertainment to all aspects of the public, Studio32 still has openings for new company members, especially men and children. If you have the desire to join us we will bring out your ability. Call Ann on 966 318 019 or Email liz@alpha9.co.uk.

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Entertainment

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Coastrider Gig Guide Heather and Norma helping to promote entertainment and local artists on the Costa Blanca and beyond

THE COASTRIDER Gig Guide is brought to you in collaboration with Artists Direct Spain, the brand new website to help promote artists and entertainers on the Costa Blanca. Having spent years hearing about events after they happened, local entertainer Heather Baggaley and founder of Elite Entertainment, Norma Reilly have joined forces to help spread the word about were you can see some of the top entertainers on the Southern Costa Blanca and beyond.

Heather Baggaley with partner Andy Winwood, have spent many years in the entertainment business both as a duo and with solo careers in the UK, on cruise ships and overseas. In the past fifteen years they have worked and performed in Australia, Southern Ireland, Scotland and Spain as the duo ‘That’s Life’ while Andy also is a solo performer and new to the Costa Blanca, both perform with their band ‘Time Team’. Both Heather and Andy spent time in Australia not only working as performers but as Entertainment Agents, so they possess a solid knowledge of the entertainment business from both performing on and also off the stage.

Norma Reilly with husband Mike Reilly have also spent many years in the entertainment industry. They were both founders of Elite Entertainment and Phoenix Promotions but left Spain a few years ago and sold the agencies. Since then they have spent time in the UK, Cyprus and Malta before returning to Spain last September. Mike enjoyed playing his drums with PDQ, Cutloose, Shades of Grey and latterly Kickback and they are now part of the six strong team, who organise the Big Jam Session, locally every Sunday. Any artist wishing to join up with Artists Direct, or Venues looking for acts, should contact: info@artistsdirect-spain.com ad visit their website: www.artistsdirect-spain.com or their Facebook page.

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Coastrider Gig Guide Chloe Leigh

Nigel Burchill

Tuesday 14th July 2015 8:30 PM Graeme Mykal, The Stray Sod, La Fuente 8:30 PM Tony Capaldi, Tango Bar, Avda Purissima, Torrevieja 9:00 PM Roz McQuillan, Porterhouse, Altos del Limonar 9:00 PM Duncan New Pegasus Bar Playa Los Locos 9:00 PM Dan Davy Tradewinds La Fuente 9:00 PM Dee @ Bar La Torre every Tuesday 9:00 PM Chloe Leigh Auld Dubliner Lomas Cabo Roig 9:30 PM Martin Kay Cabaroke, Pablo's, Playa Flamenca 10:30 PM David John, Yolo, Cabo Roig 10:30 PM Graeme Mykal, Paddys Point, La Zenia

Wednesday 15th July 2015 5:30 PM The Big Jam Midweek The Bamboo Lounge Entre Naranjos

8:30 PM Sharni, Bar La Copa, Calpe 8:30 PM Tony Capaldi, SportsBar, Toretta 2 8:30 PM Graeme Mykal, The Friendly Bar, Playa Flamenca 9:00 PM The Streeters NOSTRISSIMA - PILAR DE HORRADA 9:00 PM Dan Davy Bamboo Lounge La Fuente 10:00 PM Roz McQuillan, New Priory, El Galan, 10:30 PM Graeme Mykal, Paddy's Point, La Zenia

Thursday 16th July 2015 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM

Chloe Leigh, Las Ramblas Campoamor Tony Capaldi, Ali Baba, Quesada, Rojales Roz McQuillan, Porterhouse Bar, Altos del Limonar Dan Davy Princess Lounge Bar Ed Temple Sunrise Terrace Bar, Play Flamenca The Streeters at The Arches David John, Quesada Country Club Quesada

9:30 PM Showaddywaddy Show, Emerald Isle, La Florida 10:00 PM Graeme Mykal, The Stray Sod, La Fuente 10:30 PM Showaddywaddy, Yolo, Cabo Roig

Friday 17th July 2015 2:00 PM The Streeters El RIncon Tio Cali, Torrevieja 7:00 PM Graeme Mykal, The Friendly Bar, Playa Flamenca 8:00 PM Dan Davy Las Ramblas Golf Restaurant 8:30 PM Graeme Mykal, The Stray Sod, La Fuente 8:30 PM Tony Capaldi, Restarante Cucalos, Orihuela Costa 8:30 PM Nigel Burchill as Elvis, Sportsbar, Playa Flamenca 8:30 PM Sharni, Rusty's, Benitachell 9:00 PM Chloe Leigh Final Whistle La Marina 9:00 PM David John, Celts Irish Bar, Los Alcarazas 9:00 PM Duncan Papillon Bar Toretta 2 9pm 9:00 PM That's Life! Inn at the Green, Entre Naranjos 10:30 PM Graeme Mykal, Paddys Point, La Zenia 10:30 PM Roz McQuillan, Trinity Bar, Cabo Roig 11:00 PM Martin Kay Cabaroke, New Priory, El Galan

Saturday 18th July 2015 7:30 PM Nigel Burchill as Elvis, Rock 'n Roll night, Clover Bar, Condado de Alhama, Murcia, 8:00 PM Dave the Hat, The Park Inn, Quesada 8:30 PM Graeme Mykal, The Stray Sod, La Fuente 8:30 PM David John, Eduardo's, Villamartin 8:30 PM Tony Capaldi, Aneto Cerveceria, Benijofar 8:30 PM Rob Roberts at Breeze Bar, Benimar 8:30 PM Grahame Alexander, Fire Station, La Zenia 8:30 PM Sharni, Bernie's Bar, El Campello 9:00 PM Chloe Leigh The Lounge La Marina 9:00 PM Roz McQuillan, Abbey Tavern garden

9:00 PM The Streeters THE HENS TEETH - VILLAMARTIN PLAZA

9:30 PM Dan Davy Emerald Isle La Florida 9:30 PM Ed Temple, Cellar Bar Cabo Roig 10:30 PM Graeme Mykal, Paddys point, La Zenia

Sunday 19th July 2015 2:00 PM Nigel Burchill as Elvis, 'Elvis & Rod Show', The Local, La Florida

2:00 PM David John as Rod Stewart The Local, La Florida 3:00 PM Cool Sax, Palco Lounge, Avileses, 4:00 PM Big Jam Reflections Bar San Luis 4PM 8:30 PM Graeme Mykal, The Friendly Bar, Playa Flamenca 8:30 PM Roz McQuillan, Thirsty Monk, Torrevieja, 8:30 PM Sharni, Tradewinds, La Fuente 9:00 PM Jam at the Ship 9:00 PM Andy Winwood, Celtic Isle, La Florida 9:00 PM The Streeters THE SHAMROCK LOUNGE - MAR MENOR GOLF COURSE 10:30 PM Showaddywaddy, Paddy's Point, La Zenia 10:30 PM Graeme Mykal, Paddys Point, La Zenia 11:30 PM Alma Roca Bar La Torre Orihuela

Monday 20th July 2015 8:30 PM Jammy Dodgers, Beach Bar, Punta Prima 8:30 PM Tony Capaldi Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima 8:30 PM Dan Davy La Finca Eduardos 8:30 PM Graeme Mykal, The Friendly Bar, Playa Flamenca 9:00 PM The Streeters THE LANSDOWNE - PLAYA FLAMENCA 9:00 PM Andy Winwood, Auld Dubliner, Cabo Roig 10:30 PM Showaddywaddy, Celtic Drop, Playa Flamenca 11:00 PM Graeme Mykal, Piscina Lago Jardine, Los Balcones

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Over 50’s

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Milestone birthdays & how to celebrate them Whether it’s 50, 60, 70 or 80 candles on the cake, the big milestone birthdays are worth celebrating – it’s a chance to look back on all the wonderful moments in your life and highlight all the positive aspects of ageing.

A big surprise party isn’t the only way to mark the passage of time as the next decade in your life turns over; there are dozens of things you can do to celebrate you birthday in style.

Whether planned or spontaneous, extravagant or pared back, we’ve put together a list of ideas to help you mark the next big milestone.

Throw a party Throwing a party is a classic way to celebrate a milestone birthday – there are endless possibilities of what you could do, from something informal and relaxed to a big event planned months in advance. Think about how you could incorporate moments from your life into the party itself, perhaps through a slideshow of old photographs or by making a playlist of songs you loved as a teenager. A costume party or themed night is another great way to let loose; a Swinging 60s or Psychedelic 70s party will incorporate nostalgia into the celebration, while a special wine tasting or poker night is a chance to indulge in something a little more sophisticated.

Seek thrills If throwing a party doesn’t qualify as your idea of fun, planning a new experience might be a better option for you.

Many people use a milestone birthday as an opportunity to seek thrills and try something truly daring – white water rafting, surfing, sky diving and bungee jumping are all once-ina-lifetime experiences you could plan to really mark the occasion and make it memorable.

Take a roadtrip The famed and fabled Route 66 across the USA is an adventure many of us dream of doing but never actually take.

On your next milestone birthday, why not rent a car and head out on the open road; there are famous scenic routes all over the globe, from Australia’s Great Ocean Road to Scotland’s A82 highway that winds through the lush green valleys of Glencoe.

Treat yourself A milestone birthday is the perfect excuse to treat yourself and could be the right opportunity to finally invest in something you’ve needed – or wanted – for years. Many

people choose a milestone birthday as the moment to buy a sports car, a treasured piece of jewellery or even a rare bottle of whiskey. Treating yourself doesn’t need to be extravagant; it could be as simple as buying a new golf club or some high-end skincare that you can enjoy everyday.

Plan a retreat Milestone birthdays often cause us to pause and take stock of our lives so far – both the things we’re proud of and the things we want to change. Joining a retreat or conference is an excellent way to make time for something that gets put on the back burner in everyday life – there are fitness and health retreats to help you get back on track, cooking retreats where

you can indulge your passion for cooking, or even artist and writer’s retreats to give you the time and space to finally get your masterpiece started.

Get back to nature Experiencing the wonders of nature is another way to mark a milestone – if you love to walk, why not plan a more ambitious trek with a few friends or family members? Cycling, walking, hiking and canoeing challenges offer the chance to enjoy the great outdoors and gain that real sense of achievement that comes with taking on a big challenge. If you want a more relaxed pace, a camping trip is another inexpensive idea that can help make your birthday special.

Healthy living for older people Staying active There’s no doubt that keeping active makes us feel more energetic. But there are other more specific benefits, including helping to: • manage high blood pressure and angina • keep you at a healthy weight • maintain regular bowel movements • stimulate a poor appetite • strengthen muscles and bones, reducing the risk of falls and fractures • ease discomfort if you have arthritis or Parkinson’s.

Regular exercise also boosts the brain chemicals that lift your mood and make you feel happy – so it can be a good way to deal with stress and anxiety.

The 4 building blocks to being active Developing and maintaining stamina, strength, flexibility and balance are particularly important as you get older, and can help you carry out everyday tasks more easily, as well as enjoy activities more.

Stamina helps you to walk longer distances, swim and mow the lawn.

Strength helps you to climb stairs, carry shopping, rise from a chair and open a container.

Flexibility helps you to bend, get in and out of a car, wash

plus two sessions of musclestrengthening activity a week.

Moderate activities Moderate activity may leave you feeling warm and a little breathless. It can include: • walking fast • cycling on level ground • playing a motion sensor game on a computer console like a Wii or Xbox • hand washing the car.

Exercises that help strengthen your muscles can include dancing, heavy gardening and yoga. Lifting bags of shopping or weights can help to strengthen the muscles in your arms and wrists.

More vigorous activity If you’re already active, you can improve your fitness and health by doing 75 minutes of vigorous activity a week. This can include: • running • cycling fast or up hills • climbing stairs • playing tennis or football. your hair and get dressed.

Balance helps you to walk and climb steps confidently, stand from a sitting position and respond quickly if you trip.

Any amount of extra activity that’s appropriate for your age group and health makes a difference. If you’re generally fit and have no health conditions that limit your ability to move around, the Government recommends that you build up to doing two-and-a-half hours of moderate activity each week,

Medical note If you haven’t been very active before, always build up gradually and speak to your GP before increasing your activity levels significantly.

Everyday activities, such as shopping and housework, don’t count towards your two-and-a-half hours of moderate activity as they don’t increase your heart rate enough – but doing any activity is better than none at all.

Health Issues

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How to Care for Sensitive Teeth

Many of us say we have “sensitive teeth.” We usually mean that we feel twinges of pain or discomfort in our teeth in certain situations. These may include: • Drinking or eating cold things • Drinking or eating hot things • Eating sweets • Touching the teeth with other teeth or the tongue • Breathing cold air Over half of us experience the twinge of sensitive teeth at some point in our lives — 30 percent of us suffer daily — and it’s a problem that seems to be on the rise. One of the most common dental complaints, it tends to peak in the 30-50 age group.

Women are consistently shown to suffer more, although no one knows why.

Causes: One culprit is receding gums — they expose the sensitive dentine roots of the teeth not covered by protective enamel. Receding gums become more common with age, but they’re also caused by over-brushing, which wears them away, or under-brushing and not flossing, which can lead to disease and shrinkage.

Certain foods and drinks can contribute, too. Anything acidic will slightly dissolve the enamel. That means sugary foods and drinks; anything frizzy, including carbonated water; and fruit and fruit juice — particularly rhubarb and grapefruit.

Wines, vinegars, pickles and lemon juice can have the same effect.

Other causes can include gastric reflux, where acid comes up to the mouth from the stomach. People with eating disorder like bulimia often have sensitive teeth, thanks to acid erosion from vomiting.

Excessive teething grinding can wear enamel away, and tooth-whitening procedures can cause temporary sensitivity.

What You Can Do: A few tweaks to your dental regime and diet really could help: Avoid hard-bristled brushes. It’s a good idea to avoid hard-bristled brushes and aggressive scrubbing. Choose a medium bristle or, better still, an electric toothbrush. It’s almost impossible to over-brush with one, and you’ll keep

sensitivity. It appears that the potassium works by calming the nerve of the tooth, which prevents the transmitting of painful stimuli.

Denquel was introduced as a competing brand, with the alternate potassium nitrate formula.

After that, Sensodyne introduced a potassium nitrate formula version.

Now there are several brands available with both of these formulas, and they all appear to work well. It’s a case of finding one that works for your particular pattern of sensitivity. If you try one formula and it doesn't work, it may help to try the other formula.

For best results, put the toothpaste onto a dry brush, so it’s not diluted, and spit — but don’t rinse — after you’ve finished.

Floss daily. Do not avoid flossing your teeth; it’s an important part of proper dental hygiene. You should do it at least once a day after brushing

gums cleaner, so disease is less likely.

Oral B Triumph 9900 Toothbrush with Smart Guide comes with a wireless display that includes a warning signal if you are brushing your teeth too hard. If the device registers you are brushing too hard, a red light will appear on the monitor which signals you to lighten up on the pressure. Another feature on this wireless device is a circle which is divided into the quarters of your mouth, showing you which areas you have already brushed. This helps to prevent over-brushing of one area of your mouth.

Bring on the desensitizing toothpaste. It’s also worth trying products specifically designed for the issue. There are two formulations of toothpastes that treat sensitive teeth: strontium chloride and potassium nitrate.

Sensodyne was the original toothpaste for treating sensitive teeth; its active ingredient was strontium chloride.

When your roots are exposed, you may have open pores in your tooth dentin that lead straight to the pulp of your tooth.

Merely touching this surface can provoke pain. Cold or air can also cause pain. Strontium chloride, the ingredient in the original Sensodyne formula, plugs these pores or tubules.

Later on, a potassium nitrate toothpaste formula was introduced, which is also very effective in treating tooth

your teeth.

Avoid sugary, fizzy and diet drinks. While it’s probably best to avoid sugary, fizzy and diet drinks, don’t abstain from fruit, juice or other healthy but acidic foods — just don’t brush within 20 minutes (and ideally an hour) of consuming them.

Salvia helps neutralize the acid on your teeth and if you brush straightaway, you’ll interfere with this process, as well as rinsing away any temporarily softened enamel. So brush your teeth before breakfast, not after.

Drink everything through a straw. Start protecting your smile today by drinking everything through a straw. Position the straw towards the back of your mouth. This will limit the amount of time the beverage is in contact with your teeth.

Up your intake of coenzyme Q10. There is some evidence has linking gum disease to lower levels of coenzyme Q10, an antioxidant made naturally in the body, found widely in foods, and available in supplement form.

Wear a mouth guard. If you grind your teeth in your sleep, then you should ask your dentist about getting a mouth guard to wear in your sleep. This will help prevent grinding your teeth which can lead to sensitivity.

See your dentist. If the pain is very high in intensity and prolonged, see your dentist.

Get Moving, Feel Better and Live Longer Want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer? Look no further than old-fashioned exercise.

The merits of exercise — from preventing chronic health conditions to boosting confidence and self-esteem — are hard to ignore. And the benefits are yours for the taking, regardless of age, sex or physical ability.

We were made to move. It is what our bodies were built for. Exercising will: • Help lower blood pressure • Increase levels of good HDL cholesterol • Cut heart attack, and diabetes risk • Reduce insulin needs if you have diabetes • Reduce colon cancer risk • Keep bones and joints strong • Control weight • Promote better sleep • Improve mood • Ease depression • Put the spark back into your sex life The older you are, the more important exercising becomes. Your metabolic rate slows down and you need fewer calories to maintain your correct weight. Weight-bearing exercise is also needed to help prevent osteoporosis in aging bones.

You may find the threat of a future illness is not enough motivation to change your habits now. There can be many reasons for not taking up exercise, including:

• Lack of time due to work or family commitments • Cost of equipment or gym membership • Lack of facilities nearby • Personal safety when exercising outdoors alone • Poor weather or night-time lighting However, there are ways to overcome all of these potential barriers and work exercise into your daily life. This could include getting off

the bus to work one or two stops earlier than usual.

Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. "Think 'move' in small increments of time," recommends Nerys Purchon in her book The Essential Natural Health Bible. "It doesn't have to be an hour in the gym, or a 45-minute aerobic dance class.

That's great when you're up to it. Meanwhile, move more."

Sixty minutes of physical activity every day is one of the "golden rules" for good health.

That includes incidental activity (the calories we burn in our everyday activities) and planned exercise. To make a real difference, it must be regular and some of it needs to get the heart pumping.

Examples of everyday activities that count include: • Walking up stairs instead of using lifts • Walking up moving escalators • Walking instead of driving for short journeys • Doing the housework at double-time • DIY and gardening Planned exercise doesn't mean a gym. The key is to find some activities you enjoy, and to do them regularly. Nerys Purchon gives some ideas in her book: • Aerobics, exercise classes, spin sessions • Dancing • Exercise bikes • Weight training is very important • Paddling, rowing, and kayaking • Swimming, surfing, and body surfing • Team sports like baseball and basketball • Tennis, squash, and other racket sports • Yoga, Pilates, tai chi And, whenever possible, stay standing instead of sitting. Even standing still will burn more calories than sitting on your butt!

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St. Petersburg boosts destination visibility with ‘ArrivalGuides’ THE RUSSIAN market is very import to the Costa Blanca.

Torrevieja, with around 5,000 Russian residents has one of the largest, if not the largest Russian populations in Spain. As such, many new travel operators, business people and Real Estate agents have been looking towards the Southern Costa Blanca for first and second homes for Russian Nationals. More flights have been laid on between Alicante, Moscow and St. Petersburg and the Russian Language is quickly become the third language of choice for students and people, after Spanish and English, or a speakers native tongue.

Russia also has a reach heritage and history and one of most modern and culturally-rich cities, St. Petersburg, is the latest DMO to join the ArrivalGuides network as an official destination partner. With their new guide, Saint-Petersburg City Tourist Information Bureau will be enticing travellers to explore St Petersburg’s best attractions and activities, book accommodation and event tickets, discover popular restaurants and unique shopping places.

Information, including photos and videos, about St. Petersburg will be distributed to millions of travellers through ArrivalGuides Distribution Network of over 300 influential, major global brands, including Google, rentalcars.com, AAA, SAS, and Helloworld. These distribution partners will use the content provided by the tourist board, including photos and videos, for downloadable guides, booking conformations, newsletters, inflight entertainment systems, apps, preinstalled SmartTV applications and many other online and digital

The Hermitage communications. Points of interest which are entered into the ArrivalGuides platform will be pulled into Google’s two new destination specific apps, Google Now and Google Field Trip.

With its abundance of cafes in historical settings, art filled galleries and a packed cultural program, unforgettable adventures await travellers who will be inspired through ArrivalGuides to stroll around the streets of St. Petersburg with gilded domes, pastel palaces and cathedrals.

Yulia Pilipchuk, Deputy General Director of the St. Petersburg City Tourist Information Bureau said, “We are delighted that Saint Petersburg is an ArrivalGuides partner.

ArrivalGuides, with its unique way of distribution, will undoubtedly give a new life to St Petersburg city marketing.”

Aviva Pearson, the President of ArrivalGuides, commented, “We are very excited to welcome St. Petersburg to the ArrivalGuides network, joining over 550 other renown

The Venice of the North

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destinations in our content library. Many of our global distribution partners have expressed delight at having access to content from one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the videos and photos will be very valuable to travelers who are looking for visual inspiration when deciding on the next incredible city to add to their bucket list.”

About ArrivalGuides ArrivalGuides is the global leader in supplying B2B destination content solutions to the travel industry. Over 300 travel companies use the information to drive their travel business across all platforms. ArrivalGuides provide updated information for over 500 destinations, in various languages.

ArrivalGuides has created a unique network of information sourced and updated directly by the official tourist bureaus.

ArrivalGuides head office is in Gothenburg, Sweden, with sales offices in Japan, Australia, China, Italy and the US. About Saint-Petersburg City Tourist Information Bureau St. Petersburg City Tourist Information Bureau (CTIB) was founded in the year 2000. CTIB is a general information system, which accommodates a database about cultural life of St. Petersburg, exhibitions, festivals and theatre premiers, about sport and all other kinds of remarkable events. The database contains wide range of information about tourist objects, attractions, hotels, sanatoriums and resorts, tourist agencies and entertainment sphere. This is the most wide information data of St. Petersburg, which is constantly enlarged, and reflects the development of city tourist market.

According to www.saint-petersburg.com there are a great many things for you to pick and choose from, be it a weekend break or a full holiday relaxing in the city.

Experience the unparalleled romance and mystery of St. Petersburg; a city of palaces and museums, broad avenues and winding canals, St. Petersburg's short history has endowed the city with a wealth of architectural and artistic treasures.

Alongside world-famous attractions such as the Hermitage, St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Mariinsky Theatre, the city has scores of lesser known but equally fascinating sights that reveal both the pomp and extravagance of St. Petersburg's political and

Imperial past, and also the mysterious, tragic genius that has touched so many of the city's great artists and writers. Still considered Russia's cultural capital, St. Petersburg reflects the country's extraordinary fate like no other city, and its uniquely rich atmosphere exerts a powerful grip on even the most jaded traveller.

St. Petersburg cherishes and venerates its history and culture in an incredible number of museums, ranging from the stunning treasures of the Hermitage to the private artefacts of world-famous artists, writers and scientists. While the Winter Palace is undoubtedly the most famous, it is certainly not the only grand palace in St. Petersburg. In fact, a spate of projects in the reign of Catherine the Great ensured that the city had more than any other in Europe, and subsequent generations continued to create majestic residences in a variety of styles, many of them architectural masterpieces.

It is not only palaces and churches that make up St. Petersburg's treasure trove of architectural gems, many of the city's public buildings - from administrative buildings to army barracks, and up-market stores to universities and schools - are also architectural masterpieces spanning three centuries of styles and trends.

Famous for its sumptuous palaces, St. Petersburg also has a wealth of beautiful and enormously varied private homes from the pre-Revolutionary period. Some are not much less extravagant and ornate than Imperial palaces, while make up in architectural originality and character what they lack in size.

The majority of St. Petersburg's residents have lived in apartments since the latter part of the 18th century, and the apartment houses of the historic centre include some of the city's most attractive and architecturally unusual buildings.

From cathedrals of awe-inspiring wealth and majesty to small parish churches redolent of the spiritual devotion of private citizens, St. Petersburg's religious sights form an integral and fascinating part of the city's history and architecture. St. Petersburg's monuments celebrate the great and good of this remarkable city, as well as the remarkable events the form the rich tapestry of its history.

St. Petersburg's waterways, from the majestic Neva River to the smallest canals, are an essential feature of the city's unique topography. Mostly lined with granite embankments, the rivers and canals of St. Petersburg reflect many of the city's most beautiful buildings which of course means that Bridges are an essential part of St. Petersburg's architectural make-up, unsurprisingly considering that the city is built on over 100 islands. Among the city's over 500 bridges, there are numerous architectural and technological masterpieces.

Lying across the delta of the Neva River, St. Petersburg - the Venice of the North - is a city built on hundreds of islands, some of which have a unique character and history that is well worth exploring. While the centre of St. Petersburg offers vast areas of green space, including beautiful historic gardens and extensive leisure parks. And for a real twist, in somewhat the same idea as one finds in New Orleans, the cemeteries of St. Petersburg not only contain the graves of many of Russia's greatest figures of culture and history, they are also home to moving monuments and memorials commemorating some of

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Torrevieja Cruising Torrevieja will welcome the MS Amadea on September 22nd

IN LESS than ten weeks Torrevieja will receive her very first cruise ship, the MS Amadea. The ship is one of the fleet from German Cruise Company Phoenix Reisen.

MS Amadea, an up market ship, sailing exclusively with German passengers and will have to anchor offshore and ‘tender’ guests ashore because for the moment, at least, Torrevieja does not have a cruise ship dock.

The MS Amadea is a small ship by today’s standards. At just 193 metres long and 25 mitres wide the ship offers upscale cruising for a discerning clientele. Arriving at 4.00pm on September 22nd, APYMECO, Torrevieja’s small and medium business association are aware of some of the challenges that the arrival of a cruise ship brings and are about to enter talks with cruise ships professions to put together a more defined plan of action to ensue that the visiting cruise ship guests have an excellent time ashore.

Originally a top Japanese Cruise Ship, the ‘Asuka’, she was launched in 1991 and has a maximum occupancy of 600 guests and a crew of 280. Her GRT or Gross Registered Tonnage is just 29,000 grt, which by today’s standards classifies her as a boutique cruise ship. She was refitted in 2009 and joined the German Phoenix Reisen fleet, changing her name to MS Amadea. Her voyage towards Torrevieja starts in the home port of Bremerhaven, Germany on 10th September, arriving in Torrevieja on September 22nd, when she will be in port from 4.00pm to 11.00pm. After leaving Torrevieja she continues her voyage, finishing in the beautiful city of Monte Carlo, or at least beside Monaco, in the port of Villefranche (Nice) on September 27th.

Torrevieja now replaces Benidorm, where the MS Amedea visited in 2014, as one of Spain 35 cruise destinations, with local councillors on both sides hoping that this first arrival will be the start of a new and profitable industry for the City of salt.

While Torrevieja cannot realistically compete with the commercial harbour facilities of Alicante or Cartagena, she

does have one huge advantage, in that she is located almost half way between the two ports and can offer visiting cruise line guests shore excursion going either way to Alicante or Cartagena, within an hour’s coach trip away.

Cartagena now attracts more than 100 cruise ships annually, including some of the largest in the world. Alicante attracts less than 30 but their port management have been poor over the years in trying to decide what to offer guests who visit the city, while shore management has been less than professional in their knowledge of the cruise line marketplace.

Investment teams have been eying up the possibility of building a cruise ship plsu a possible Cruise Hotel dock in Torrevieja since at least 2008. Previous PP Provincial governments were not so open to the idea but new hope lies with the change in government by investment teams, who can also see the attraction of staging some major water sport events in city. Their longer-term plans revolve around the possibility of setting Torrevieja up as a Home Port, where guests would embark and disembark their voyage. The attraction to Torrevieja is that not only would the city benefit from employment but also taxes, berthing charges, being able to supply the ship with fresh food and supplies. The department of commerce is also keen to attract cruise ship guests as their typical average passenger spends $75 a day in port and the crew around $50. The average ‘spend’ from just a small ship like the MS Amadea could still benefit the town’s merchants by about $50,000, lower than normally expected due to it’s late arrival, but a nice windfall for a Tuesday afternoon.

Nick Ireland from ‘At Sea TV explained: “I’m often asked ‘why would any cruise ship come to Torrevieja?’ Even the local tourism department are a little bemused because the vast majority of those employed in Tourism Offices and in Spanish Cruise Tourism have never worked on a cruise ship or for a major cruise line and thus they have only a limited knowledge

of what the cruise market is all about.” A strong supporter of Torrevieja adding the cruise mix to the tourism offering he added: “Torrevieja is somewhat unique because it’s in the middle of many things: For shore excursions, within an hour or so bus trip you have; Alicante, Benidorm, Valor Chocolate and Turron Factories, Cartagena , the 43 Liquor factory, Jumilia wine area, Murcia and Orihuela, Elche shoe factories, dozens of museums, plus international airports in Murcia and Alicante.”

Guests from the MS Amadea will not have a long time in port, but many local establishments are already looking at special ways they can attract them and make Torrevieja a special experience on this voyage. At the moment Torrevieja does not have any shore excursions designed specifically for Cruise ship passengers. However the city has lots of opportunities to develop them through the Natural lakes and parks; Mud and Salt Spas and Treatments; Museums; Theatres; International Auditorium; Submarine S61 and lots of shopping, cafes, bars plus beaches, golf, and other nautical experiences.

Thoughts are already turning towards 2016 and what the city can offer potential cruise ship guests as Phoenix Reisen are bringing a larger ship to Torrevieja, the MS Albatros on Saturday, October 8th, 2016. The beautiful MS Albatros was built in 1973 by Wärtsilä Helsinki New Shipyard, Finland for Royal Viking Line as Royal Viking Sea, and has also sailed under the names Royal Odyssey, Norwegian Star, and Crown.

Some local residents from around the region used to work on the ship and have already expressed their interest on the possibility of going aboard for a quick, nostalgic visit.

But first, local merchants, traders, APYMECO and the Town Hall’s departments of Tourism and Commerce need to get their heads together for a new plan of action for their first Cruise Ship arrival, which former cruise ship professionals all hope will be much more than a welcoming band or flamenco dancers on the dockside.

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By Jenny Dodd OF ALL the European countries, Spain is the one that suffers most from forest fires. There are various reasons for this. A study made by the University of Alcalรก (Madrid) indicated that between 1968 and 2010 the abandonment of agricultural land and the higher temperatures that now occur have contributed to this. Frequent and ever increasing drought also contributes to the problem. Global warming is now playing a part in this phenomenon.

The change in crops has also had an effect. Traditional crops and traditional land use were more effective at controlling the situation but now large scale farming has changed the pattern of cropping. In addition due to the financial crisis the budget for fire fighting has been reduced.

Every day, day after day from June onwards the news

Dangers of forest fires programmes show huge areas on fire and the fire fighters struggling to extinguish the flames. Due to difficult terrain in the mountains this is often a very arduous and dangerous task and on occasions members of the fire fighters have been killed when the wind has swung round and trapped them. If they can approach in vehicles and on foot they do so, and water carrying helicopters work continually to try to contain and kill the flames.

The devastation of the many National and Natural Parks is dreadful to see on the news. When the fires are finally extinguished the land is blackened and shrivelled and sometimes the bones of animals which have perished can be seen, when they could not escape.

Occasionally houses too are destroyed, leaving the occupants without a roof and having lost all of their possessions.

Many householders are evacuated every year, when fire approaches their property, and are cared for in schools or sports halls. The damage to the environment and the animal life is incalculable, since it takes years for new forest areas to generate.

The biggest danger to areas at risk is human begins. Lack of thought and carelessness creates many problems. One of the common causes is cigarette ends carelessly tossed away, out of cars, when they can be blown into the bushes.

Barbeques in the countryside in picnic areas are usually prohibited from June

onwards, as are campfires in the forests. Any infringement of the rules now incurs hefty fines, and occasionally a prison sentence, if a fire has been started due to this.

One fire was started by tourists letting go Chinese lanterns to float into the air. Once some tourists lit up a barbeque in the forest without due thought, unaware of the danger. As well as this, there are arsonists who get a thrill out of seeing forests burn and often set fires in several places one after another to cause the maximum inconvenience to the fire fighters.

It is now prohibited to burn agricultural waste. TV news programmes have already started to talk about the risks this year and to discuss the ways in which they could be prevented to some

extent. In one area four buffalos have been given the task of eating all the loose vegetation; some places use sheep to keep down the growth. Fire breaks too are being made in forests so that the fires cannot jump into the next area of forest.

Following the dry winter we have had and the hotter than usual spring, the risk of fire this year is very real. The MOD has 3,000 staff on hand and air force and army helicopters ready to go into action at any time. In some places property owners have been requested to keep their land clear of debris and old vegetation. The best we can all do on a personal level is to try to consider any action that would trigger off any incident all too easily. Before you go to light up, or toss that cigarette end, that still may be smouldering, to the ground, think twice about what the consequences might be.

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23 years of Habaneras on the Beach ALMOST 3,000 people found a spot on Playa del Cura on Friday night for the 23rd Habaneras on the Beach. Those in the know arrived early, set up their deck chairs, brought out the coolers, spread their picnics and settled back to enjoy the show. The dynamic and entertaining evening lasted more than two hours and was introduced by actor and stand-up comedian Antonio Ballester.

La Coral Bella Torrevieja, ‘Nuevo Amanecer de Torrelamata’, ‘Cecilio Gallego -Amas de Casa’, the ‘Coro Juvenil Francisco Vallejos’, the vocal group ‘Cantus Colorus’, ‘Coral Torrevejense José Hódar’, ‘Manuel Barberá’ the choir ‘Brea y Sal’ took the responsibility for putting together the soundtrack of the fabric of the city, with its most popular musical genre.

The Choirs, all formed by members of different ages and nationalities, provided a faithful reflection of the population that calls Torrevieja home, where multiculturalism is a characteristic feature of the city that is also reflected in the culture and in ‘Habanera’, its most genuine of traditions.

The evening concluded in tradition fashion with the rendering by the massed, mixed choir, featuring members of all eight groups, performing ‘La bella Lola’ and ‘Golondrina de amor’ (Swallow Love). The evening’s ‘regulars’ waved their white handkerchiefs to accompany Bella Lola, in a performance that motivated the

participation of a large number of spectators who in turn waved lighters and mobile phones in the air. The entire audience was then encouraged to take to their feet and sing along with the members of the various choirs with the habanera ‘Golondrina de amor’.

The singing of Habaneras in an open space by the sea, is a popular tradition that began in 1993, and encourages this kind of music and choral singing as part of the cultural identity of the city. This activity, sponsored by the Municipal Habaneras, is the prologue of the International Habaneras and Polyphony of Torrevieja, to be held this weekend, from the 19th to 25th July at the iconic Eras de la Sal. More information about the concert series from: www.habaneras.org.

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stunt coordinator. specializing in fight sequences and a FORMER WORLD Kickboxing Champion Bill Little stunt coordinator. His list of credits is extensive and has returned to Torrevieja and reopened his caféincludes Highlander, Braveheart with Mel Gibson (well, restaurant after finishing filming on the Costa Blanca.

Bill is Scottish after all), Gangs of New York and even TV With less than half a dozen scenes left to shoot on his work on Rab C. Nesbitt. His most recent work includes third and latest film, ‘Trained To Kill’, Bill is already two full-length feature films: ‘The Fighter’ and casting and putting some of the finishing touches ‘Revenge’ with ‘Trained to Kill’ due to wrap in together for his next film, the sci-fi adventure, ‘Realm September. However Bill never seems to stop writing of Darkness’, which he plans to film in it’s entirety on and along with his latest script for ‘Realm of Darkness’, the Costa Blanca, due to the fabulous winter weather for which he hopes to have attracted a Hollywood ‘Aand abundance of ‘soft’ sunshine, coupled with few if List’ actor for the title role of the ‘Devil’, he is also any days lost due to rain. involved in a Canadian historical biopic, ‘Cuthbert Bill and his partner Hazel moved to Spain from Grant: Warden of the Plains’ and has two more films Glasgow in 2014 and took over the restaurant almost scripted which he is offering investors a three operation at Corazon del Puerto Restaurant, on the package deal on, with all three to be filmed on the upper deck of Marina Salinas in Torrevieja, of which Costa Blanca. award winning Hazel is manager and Chief Chef.

Bill is also looking towards the future and the After serving his time in the army, Bill became a possibility of building a film Studio on the Southern professional kickboxer in 1983 winning Scottish, Costa Blanca, so all is looking good for the future of British and European titles at middleweight: 10 stone 7 pounds. Within six years he became World Bill and Hazel enjoying Spain and looking forward to new ven­ film and Television in the area. Bill can be contacted on: 634 311 720, 865 778 413 or by email: Champion, holding the Title in 1989, 1990 and 1991, tures on the Costa Blanca Bill242@hotmail.co.uk or just drop in and see Bill and after which he retired from the professional ring with Hazel at Corazon del Puerto any day from noon, except a record of 41 fights, 37 TKOs, 2 draws and 2 losses. theatrical agent, becoming a fight coordinator and moving A chance meeting in the 1980’s saw him sign with a into film stunt work specialising in fight chorography and as Sunday.

Torrevieja’s Red Days

THURSDAY 16th JULY is a date for the diary in Torrevieja, because it’s a Red Day, and while shops, restaurants, cafes and entertainment will all be open, banks and many public officers and services will not.

It’s a colourful in the Torrevieja Fiesta Calendar and something you may wish to join in the fun with, and of course that image, video of selfie. On Thursday, 16th July 2015, the fiesta proper begins at 11.30am with the traditional "cucaña" or to you and I, a greasy pole contest. This takes place in the port and has prizes for the first three people to manage to get along the pole. A long thick wooden pole of about 4 meters in length is installed in vertical position over the sea. At the end of the pole there is a red flag and all that participants have to do, is to reach the end of the pole and grab the flag.

On Thursday evening at 7.30pm there is

the more solemn celebration of the Eucharist service in the Church of the Inmaculada Concepcion with the Orfeon Municipal “Ricardo Lafuente”. This is followed by the big procession towards to port starting at Plaza de la Constitución and travelling along Concepción, Paseo Vista Alegre and into the harbour zone with the participation of the International Residents who make up Los Costaleros of the Huerto de los Olivos. Once dark, you’ll also be able to enjoy a fireworks display from the port.

Dates for your 2015 Diary and Torrevieja Red Days: 16th July - Virgen del Carmen (Only Local Holiday) From 19th to 25th July - Certamen Internacional de Habaneras 15th August - Virgen de la Asunción (National

Holiday) 9th October - Día de la Comunidad Valenciana (Only Valencian Community Holiday) 12th October - Día de la Hispanidad (National Holiday) 1st November - Todos los Santos (All Saints Day) (National Holiday) From 2nd to 8th November - Semana de la Cuchara From 19th to 22th and 26th to 29th November

- Tapas Route 7th December - Día de la Constitución Española (National Holiday) 8th December - Día de la Inmaculada Concepción (National Holiday) 25th December - Navidad (Christmas Day) (National Holiday) More information on all of Torrevieja’s Fiestas and many other events are available from www.Torrevieja.com.

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THE BIG CROSS WORD

Across 1. Seductive woman 5. Bring on 10. Gp. opposed to underage drinking 14. Insects' wings 15. "Rich Man, Poor Man" star 16. Main character in the musical "Xanadu" 17. Knockoffs 19. "To every thing there is a season" Bible book: Abbr.

20. Updike's "Rabbit ___" 21. Set off 23. Awkward person 26. Ariel's planet 27. New broom 32. Deviation in a rocket's course 33. Moonshine maker 34. Footballer Phil 38. Dance lesson 40. Genre of the Japanese film 'Ninja Scroll' 42. Vaccination reaction 43. Go pitapat 45. Word repeated before "gone" 47. Cpl., but not Pfc. 48. Soap opera staple 51. Of the late Iron Age 54. Chopper in a wood shop 55. In flight 58. "The Odyssey" and "The Aeneid" 62. Spin around a shaft 63. Cafe Carlyle singer 66. Vital fluids

67. "Seascape" writer 68. Grafted, in heraldry 69. Do too much of 70. Schlemiel 71. Mae or Nathanael Down

1. Medieval fur 2. Egyptian dancing girl 3. One with a duster 4. Singer Clark 5. Bank book abbr.

6. "___ don't!" (words of

denial) 7. Country bumpkin 8. ___ Reader: bimonthly alternative magazine 9. Regain one's strength 10. Outline of a plot

11. ___ Highway (route from Dawson Creek) 12. Mirabile ___ 13. Gives (out) 18. Neural impulse transmitters 22. Molybdenite and cinnabar, e.g.

24. Pete Sampas org.

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

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

1. Of Mitchell and Gianna, one is famous for the song Summer Blues and the other has Tuesday off.

2. The singer known for Summer Blues wasn't prescribed trandolapril.

3. The patient who was prescribed fosinopril has a day off later in the week than Gianna.

4. The one who has Thursday off is not Mitchell.

5. Either the singer known for Happy Times or the singer known for One More Time was prescribed lisinopril for their heart condition.

6. The patient who was prescribed benazepril is not Roman.

7. Mohamed doesn't sing Happy Times and wasn't prescribed fosino­ pril.

8. The patient who was prescribed trandolapril is not Mohamed.

9. The one who has Friday off is famous for the song All By Myself.

10. The singer known for All By Myself has a day off later in the week than Mohamed.

11. The patient who was prescribed lisinopril is Gianna.

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Bars, Restaurants and Food

Emiliano Casal’s Velero Emiliano (white shirt), with wife Stine and staff at Velero

CoastRider CoastRider - Edition - Edition 555 - July 470 14th - March 2015 5thwww.coastridersl.com 2013 EMILIANO CASAL, is not only Spain’s three time undefeated lightweight boxing champion, but a man of many hats to go along with his belts. Along with preparing himself for an up and coming title bout for the European Lightweight Belt possibly followed by a shot at the world title, the popular Argentinean who now calls Torrevieja home is a true man of the people.

In regards to the European Belt, Emiliano said; “We are presently in negotiation over where and when we shall fight for the European belt.

Possibly Belgium or Torrevieja. It will take me about three months to reach my Lightweight weight and be in fighting shape. And while I’m losing weight, my wife is putting it on, as she is expecting our second child.”

Emiliano not only speaks perfect Spanish, but fluent English and Norwegian, in part thanks to his wife and daughter both being Norwegian. He owns although does not drive a couple of local taxis and his latest venture is a delightful beach restaurant just 100 metres

from the Salt Pie in Torrevieja. He’s also found something else besides boxing that he’s very good at: acting; having major roles in two local film productions, Scotfilms ‘Trained to Kill’ and Siesta Productions ‘The Cucaracha Club’ while looking forward to appearing in his third film this autumn, ‘Realm of Darkness, with Bill Little directing.

Valero is his new family restaurant that he opened just over a month ago on the beach at Playa del Acequion. Offering a fresh and contemporary design, Velero is something special for Torrevieja.

“My wife and I wanted to offer something just a little different for Torrevieja. Our new restaurant is open from 10.00am until ‘whenever’, and we serve up very special dishes not found elsewhere in the city. A very special taste of the Mediterranean.”

These hot summer nights Velero was packed with visitors, especially to their ‘chill out’ zone. Emiliano is there in person to greet guests every night of week and believes in the hands on approach. Stop by and say ‘hi’. You won’t regret it.

Korean-style barbecue chicken and sweetcorn INGREDIENTS • 4 free-range chicken thighs, bonein, skin-on • 2 corn-on-the-cobs, cut in half • Vegetable oil to brush For the doenjang mayo • 1 tbsp doenjang • 90g mayonnaise For the marinade • 300ml soy sauce

• 3 tbsp rice vinegar • 3 tbsp honey • 100g dark brown sugar • 2 tbsp gochujang • 2 tbsp freshly grated ginger • 4 large spring onions, finely chopped • 6 garlic cloves, grated • 2 tbsp toasted sesame oil

METHOD 1. To make the mayo, mix the doenjang with the mayonnaise, then cover and chill in the fridge.

2. For the marinade, whisk all the ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside 250ml for a glaze.

3. Put the chicken thighs in a medium bowl and pour in the rest of the marinade, making sure the thighs are covered (you can use some of the reserved marinade if you need it). Cover and chill for at least 4 hours or overnight to let the flavours infuse. Bring up to room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking.

4. Put a heavy-based saucepan over a low-medium heat and tip in the reserved marinade. Simmer for 8-10 minutes until reduced and thickened enough for a glaze.

5 Heat the oven to

200°C/fan180°C/gas 6.

Light the barbecue.

Shake off excess marinade from the chicken, put in a roasting tin, then roast for 20 minutes. Put on the barbecue and cook for 10-12 minutes, turning once and brushing with the glaze, until sticky and cooked. Keep warm.

6. Brush the corn with a little oil and barbecue, turning often, for about 10 minutes until the kernels are bright yellow and juicy. Brush the chicken lightly with more of the glaze, then serve with the corn and doenjang mayo for dipping.

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Five Guinness cocktails you can make in minutes

Did you know you can create delicious cocktails from a can of the black stuff? Read on for inspiration on how to make the most of the classic Irish beer.

1. Purple Guinness Pour 440ml can stout into a tall glass then add 50ml blackcurrant cordial and serve. (Serves 1)

2. Guinness Martini Pour 50ml dark rum into a jug with a handful of ice and add 25ml cold espresso coffee, 25ml vodka, 25ml crème de cacao and 100ml stout. Stir with a long spoon until the outside of the jug feels cold then strain into 2 martini glasses and serve. (Serves 2)

3. Mulled Guinness Place 500ml pressed apple juice, 440ml can stout, 1 cinnamon stick and 1 star anise into a saucepan over a medium heat. Bring to a simmer then add 1 tbsp honey, stir, take the pan off the heat and remove the whole spices. Divide the mixture between 4 heat proof glasses and serve. (Serves 4)

4. Black Velvet Half fill Champagne flutes with stout, then slowly top them up with chilled Champagne.

5. Guinness black Russian Pour 25ml coffee liqueur, 25ml of vodka and 100ml cola into a tall glass with ice. Stir gently just to combine, top with 100ml stout and a wedge of lime to serve. (Serves 1)

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Honda sets new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ HONDA HAS set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for ‘Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)’, recording an average 100.31 miles per gallon over 8,387 miles, in a 25 day drive across all 24 EU contiguous countries.

Behind the wheel of a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC for the entire journey were two members of Honda’s European Research and Development (R&D) team, Fergal McGrath and Julian Warren, who took on the challenge to further demonstrate the impressive realworld fuel economy of the Tourer.

The remarkable distance travelled is similar to the team driving to Australia from their home in the UK, stopping just nine times to refuel.

The car achieved an incredible average 932 miles on each tank of fuel, at a total fuel cost for the whole journey of just £459*.

The team set out on their epic road trip from Aalst, Belgium, on Monday June 1st, navigating the continent in a clockwise direction. They returned to their start point on Thursday June 25th, recording the incredible fuel economy figures which exceed the Tourer’s quoted efficiency of 74.3mpg by more than 25%.

The official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title is ‘Lowest Fuel Consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries’, measured in litres per 100km and miles per gallon calculated over the entire journey.

Under the rules the same two drivers must be in the car

for the whole journey, driving an average of approximately 380 miles, taking around 7.5 hours, each day.

Based on strict and rigorous guidelines, the car had to enter each of the 24 countries specified, collecting a range of evidence including a fuel/mileage logbook, GPS readings, video and photographs and independent witness signatures to prove that it has done so. To ensure accurate monitoring of the route, journey time and distance driven, the record car was fitted with a tracking device, provided by fleet telematics and stolen vehicle recovery expert, TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation).

Leon Brannan, Head of Cars for Honda (UK) comments: "This is an incredible achievement and the team should all be very proud of the efforts that they have put in to set this new GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. Driving the equivalent distance from their home in the UK to Australia in just 25 days is a huge challenge very few would take on. The fuel economy figures are remarkable – particularly when you consider that this is not a small car, but an estate with class-leading load space and vast practicality.”

LAST YEAR was a turning point for the automobile industry in Europe. With a total of 12.6 million passenger cars registered, it marked the first positive annual result since the financial crisis began in 2007. This growth has been maintained throughout the first half of 2015. The ACEA, who represent; BMW Group, DAF Trucks, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford of Europe, Hyundai Motor Europe, Iveco, Jaguar Land Rover, Opel Group, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault Group, Toyota Motor Europe, Volkswagen Group, Volvo Cars, Volvo Group has revised its forecast for car registrations for the full year to 5%, considering that over the first five months of 2015 the year-on-year growth was 6.8%¹.

In terms of units, this would mean surpassing the 13 million

cars mark this year. This is still well below the 2007 peak of almost 16 million cars. “Despite this positive forecast, we cannot afford to become complacent,” stated ACEA Secretary General, Erik Jonnaert. “Europe still faces challenging times.

Today EU car sales are behind those of China and of the United States, where sales levels have now recovered to pre-crisis levels. This is why it is now more important than ever to ensure that the competitiveness of our industry; one of Europe’s most vital strategic sectors, remains high on the European and national policy agendas.”

Jonnaert added; “ACEA’s call to European policy makers is to create an environment which fosters innovation and international trade; the two main drivers for our industry’s

competitiveness on a global scale.”

Facts about the EU automobile industry Some 12.1 million people - or 5.6% of the EU employed population - work in the sector.

The 3.1 million jobs in automotive manufacturing represent 10.4% of EU's manufacturing employment.

Motor vehicles account for 396€ billion in tax contributions.

The automobile and parts sector is also a key driver of knowledge and innovation, representing Europe's largest private contributor to R&D, with €41.5 billion invested annually.

The automobile sector contributes significantly to the EU trade balance with a €95.1 billion surplus.

European sales forecast at 5%

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Jaguar prototype at Tour de France

JAGUAR’S FIRST performance crossover is due to be revealed later in the year and is in its final stages of development. Part of final testing included sending a prototype to Team Sky rider Chris Froome's La Pierre-SaintMartin training camp as a real-world test of the Jaguar crossover’s performance, durability and clever packaging. The team then chose the same car to support them during stage one of the Tour de France; their most demanding and high profile event.

The job of the support vehicle is to carry a crew of up to four people including the Team Sky Sports Director, doctor, mechanic and another senior team member. The wide, spacious cabin of the F-PACE accommodates the crew in complete comfort while the boot space is the largest in class to help carry the team’s equipment including drinks, energy gels,

clothing, tools and spares for the bike.

The F-PACE Prototype will support Chris Froome on the first of 21 stages, the individual time trial, which started at Utrecht in the heart of the Netherlands on Saturday, 4 July.

The time trial heads south towards Belgium over a twisting route of 13.7km; the riders setting a blistering pace and pushing themselves to the limits of endurance even at this early stage of the competition.

Froome added: “The tour is everything to me. There’s something special about it. The hype, the passion, the crowds. Everything is completely overwhelming. I can’t wait to get on the road now and get into the race. I’m back with a vengeance this year.”

The Team Sky F-PACE Prototype will also sport a cutting edge bike racking solution, developed by Jaguar Land

Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations. The rack has a unique telescopic clamp, designed specifically to optimise the quick-release of Team Sky’s Pinarello Bolide Time Trial bikes.

To mark the reveal of the Team Sky F-PACE and because the car is under wraps until its global reveal later in the year, Jaguar has produced a special camouflage. The soft wrap reflects the performance and design of both the FPACE and Team Sky and has been inspired by the Tour de France and road racing bikes. It depicts unique carbon textures, rubber and chains interspersed with the iconic Team Sky design to create a stunning, rich, layered effect which will keep the exact design details of the F-PACE secret until the world premiere of the Jaguar F-PACE at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, 2015.

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Crowdfunding in Torrevieja THE NOT so new, but certainly becoming more common buzzwords in investment circles, are Kickstarter and Crowdfunding. From wild and just crazy ideas, to board games, films, cars, electric bikes and motorbikes, watches, mobile applications, toys, home design, adult entertainment to wherever your imagination takes you; somewhere, someone, has a new idea that they need money for.

Since the dawn of the motion picture and back into the early days of theatre, inventors, film makers, theatre producers et all, would seek Angles, investors, joint venture capital or pure bank credit, to try and get their ideas off the ground and into the public eye.

According to Jordan Sale at Fundraise.com: “Simply put, crowdfunding is a method for financing projects by raising money from a large group of individuals, i.e. the crowd Although crowdfunding has recently gained main street popularity, it actually has a long history in America and can be traced as far back as the 1700ʼs. In fact, the construction of the Statue of Liberty was partially crowdfunded by thousands of small donations from around the world, a campaign organized by Joseph Pulitzer using his newspaper, The New York World.”

Sale continued; “Kickstarter and Indiego are popular examples of donation-based crowdfunding platforms, where participants give money to further a project, with very few strings attached. Though equity is not distributed and donors don’t receive financial benefits directly from the success of a project, there are often rewards or perks given out. Actor Zach Braff famously offered a filmmaking symposium to anyone who donated $2,500 to his campaign to raise funding for the production of an independent film. Rewards-based crowdfunding has become so popular that companies have emerged dedicated entirely to the fulfilment of rewards that have been promised.”

There have been some very high profile examples of the success of Crowdfunding. British rock band Marillion funded a US tour by raising nearly $60,000 via online donations from fans. In part this led to the creation of ArtistShare in 2000, the first platform entirely dedicated to crowdfunding. That evolved into Kiva, one of the most successful micro-lending platforms, who have raised over $165 million through crowdfunding, with a 98.83% repayment rate.

Entrepreneur Michael Sullivan came up with the name “crowdfunding” in 2006. Three years later, Kickstarter made its name as a place for entrepreneurs to raise funds for companies and campaigns. According to Sale, “Kickstarter reports that $1,261,961,419 has been pledged on its site and more than 67,000 projects have been successfully funded, as of August 2014.”

Other new kids on the block jumped on the bandwagon starting in 2010 including GrowVC, aimed at connecting startups and investors: Fundrise, whose Co-Founders Ben and Dan Miller had the goal of giving everyone the opportunity to

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invest in and benefit from real estate development.

Our first look at Crowdfunding is a 'focus on film', provide you with a peak at the new wave of independent film and video producers who are producing low budget films funded almost entirely through Crowdfunding methods. It's an exciting age for 'indie' producers and to mark this growing market, The Coastrider is also involved with a new film festival that is also in the planning stage, which itself will be looking for crowdfunding.

While the majority of crowdfunded films are documentaries, as these are primarily produced by a small team, there are a few groups with a full blown cast of actors, begging or borrowing cars, boats, plans, drones, equipment, locations and everything in between to produce their films.

Over the last year, three crowdfunded films have been filming on the Costa Blanca. Back in October 2014 Torrevieja experienced two crowdfunding firsts. On the one hand the first English Language International film to use crowdfunding, The Cucaracha Club started filming in the harbour while on Sunday of the same week, Spain’s first film to be crowdfunded had its premiere in the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre. Even more spooky was the fact that both movies share a passing resemblance to each other but there the coincidence ends.

Spain’s first ever Crowdfunded film was 'Operasiones Espesiales', an action, adventure, comedy film Directed by Paco Soto and follows the adventures of two local police officers who rescue the Lady of Elche, or at least try to.

After receiving strong reviews and much encouragement from a ‘short’ film he produced and directed, the Elche Director Soto, decided the time was right to delve in the world of feature filmmaking. Paco Soto said; “We decided on a course of crowdfunding, since it was impossible to get funding for a feature film by the usual means.”

He began filming during the summer of 2013 with filming taking the cast and crew through local towns like Elche, Alicante, Madrid, Torrevieja, Santa Pola, Benitachell, Sax, Villena and Jacarilla.

The story follows the adventures of Pepe Cic aracha 'The Official', who is being retired so he starts looking to recruit a team of Special Operations Officers for a difficult mission. The Policia Local officers put together a unique group of ex-convicts and people with unique skills and go in search of the ‘Lady of Elche’, the mythical archaeological piece that has been stolen while being moved from Madrid to Elche. Visit their website at www.Operasionesespesiales.com.

Spain’s first English Language feature film is a spy caper from Siesta Productions. ‘The Cucaracha Club’ is a lighthearted, spy flavoured, action thriller that is trying to shake up the cinematic world on a number of fronts. The film wrapped up shooting in June 2015 and features many locations around the city of Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa and the Southern Costa Blanca.

Along with being a feature film, Scriotwriter, producer and associate director Billie Anthiony Gaddess noted that; “We were committed to not only finishing the film, but to getting the name of Torrevieja and region out to a much larger audience, promoting local beauty spots and tourist merits all

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around the globe.” With the film in the can and being edited together, Siesta Film Productions plan to enter the film in a number of prestigious film festivals, looking for a distributor and spreading the word about the region. The film may also be promoted at the dozen or more Tourism Fairs where the Costa Blanca promotes the region throughout the year The Cucaracha Club was partly funded by giving local businesses, bars, cafes, hotels, etc…. the opportunity to promote themselves on a much larger stage, to a worldwide audience, offering them instant credibility and the knowledge that the ‘Cucaracha Club’ marketing machine will also be promoting local business at each festival they visit, along with them having a mention in the credits and the opportunity to have a bit part in the film. Look closely and you’ll see the unmistakeable figure of former Eastenders star Tom Watt, who plays one of the film’s major characters and along with local actor Billie Anthony' Gaddess, who are the driving force behind gaining media attention in Hollywood and on British TV talk shows and media.

More details about ‘The Cucaracha Club’ can be found at: http://siestafilmproductions.com. It would be remiss not to mention that the film also has an excellent score and theme song of the same name, performed by singer-actress Chloe Leigh which is available on iTunes for download.

‘Crowd Funding’ and to a point ‘Kick Starting’ are not new ideas to hit the film industry, having been around for a couple of decades, but when it comes to low budget features they have become the norm. For more than 75 years, companies have been using product placement, and before it was outlawed, subliminal marketing, to promote their products to the cinema and home audience, whether you realised it or not. Step back 50 years plus to another spy caper, to 1964 and a certain Mr James Bond, 007 in ‘Goldfinger’, and one major promotional item comes to mind: the Aston Martin DB5. Later Omega wristwatches would become a trademark associated with 007 and more recently BMW although for the next 007 romp, ten special edition Aston Martin’s have been specially commission just for the film ‘Spectre’, due out in November 2015.

Scotfilms have also relocated to the sunny Costa Blanca.

Part owned by former World Kick boxing Champion Bill Little and his partner Hazel, Bill loved the area so much that he rewrote part of the script for his third feature film; ‘Trained to Kill’ and wrapped up all the shooting Spain around Easter. The film is being produced through ‘Scotfilms Ltd’ and is about a former Special Air Service (SAS) soldier who has to fight against injustice in order to save his family and help a friend bring the criminals to justice while evading the police. The film stars Chris Capaldi (cousin of Dr. Who’s, Peter Capaldi), Bill Little, Rach Leonard, Tony Quirke, Heather Haddow, Kevin Edgar, Cameron Findlay, Michael McNulty, Stobo M Fonzerelli Murdoch, Andy Kowalczyk, John Leese, Pamela Cuthbertson with local personalities including Spanish Boxing Champion Emiliano Casal, entertainer Tony Capaldi and the world’s favourite OXO Dad, Michael Redfern. More information about the film and Bill can be found on both Facebook and IMDB.com by searching for ‘Trained to Kill’ or ‘Bill Little’.

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Miguel Bosé "love" in Alicante

Photo credits www.miguelangelvillar.com ON SUNDAY NIGHT at the Plaza de Toros de Alicante, thousands of fans vibrated with the songs of Miguel Bosé.

The artist offered a great show of light and sound in which he presented songs of his latest production 'love' with such classic hits as Morena Mia and Nena. The concert lasted over two hours on a big stage with Miguel showing his own ‘love’ for his followers by encouraging everyone to sing along with him as he sang his most famous songs.

Miguel Bose appeared on stage in pure white, and setting a high standard from the word go. The Alicante audience once again witnessed the unique talent of one of the greatest artists on thenational scene. Miguel Bose new tour will mark one of the most important events of his career. The LOVE TOUR, is a show in which he was joined by eight musicians and a stage design and light display designed specially for the show. He performed without stopping and showed no

regard for his age but tremendous vitality for a singer at 60, who sang songs from "LOVE" in addition to the best of his repertoire.

The LOVE TOUR was an innovative show with a stunning set design, latest technology in lighting, sound, video and all ingredients of the Miguel Bosé, which we are accustomed with his show that is specially designed for larger venues in Spain and America.

Roger Hodgson brings Supertramp to Murcia FORMER LEAD vocalist with Supertramp, Roger Hodgson wooed the audience in Murcia’s Bullring on Wednesday night.

The vocalist, arranger and composer of many of the bestknown successes of the band Supertramp opened up his soul on the night to the audience and even encouraged one of his musicians, the saxophonist Aaron Macdonald, to address in the language of Cervantes to several thousand enthusiastic fans.

Fabs were on their feet almost immediately when the first riff from ‘Breakfast in America’ confirmed even further that Hodgson is one of the creative geniuses of catchy melodies, as the entire audience seemed to be singing along with him on the The Logical Song. The evening was split between his Supertramp days and his solo career that has produced three albums. And unlike a recent occasion when he played with just the basics in Alicante, now he has the backing of a full band, with bassist, drummer, keyboardist and, above all, the sax of Macdonald as mentioned before, so good is he that it would be tough for anyone to think it was not the very same John Helliwell from Supertramp.

Starting with "Take the long way home" and his unforgettable harmonica, the evening included gems like " School "," Babaji , "" Two of us "or" Lord it's mine ". Reserved for the encore was his extended and retrospective version of his "Fool's overture” with the public all on their feet and forgetting their chairs in the sand of the arena, to turn the evening into a "beach party" to which Hodgson had previously invited them.

After that peak, the encore ended with two anthems " Give a little bit "and “It's raining again”.

In short, Roger Hodgson will always be that friend that many would like to have an evening with around the bonfire on the beach with their beloved, singing along through their

catalogue of timeless songs and all he needs is a little encouragement plus a guitar or electric piano in his hands to do so.

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CHANNEL

00:05 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:50 Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) 02:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Death in Paradise 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:35 Imagine

00:15 Weather 00:20 The Women's Football Show 00:50 Odyssey 01:30 Watchdog 02:30 The Bank: A Matter of Life and Debt 03:30 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools - Play by Play 05:30 Schools - Body Matters 06:00 Spark 06:25 Lost Lands 06:55 Schools - Wonders of Nature: Polar Bear - Mother and Baby 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 The £100K House: The Final Fix 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:50 Cash in the Attic 15:35 The Go-Between (1971) 17:30 Glorious Gardens from Above 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 The House That £100K Built 22:00 Great Ormond Street 23:00 Hair 23:30 Newsnight

00:10 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 01:05 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 04:55 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 21:00 Love Your Garden 22:00 Virgin Atlantic: Up in the Air 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Benidorm

00:00 Tattoo Fixers 01:05 Married at First Sight 02:00 24 Hours in A&E 02:55 Child Genius 03:50 One Born Every Minute USA 04:45 Mary's Bottom Line 05:40 Secret Eaters 06:30 Draw It! 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:30 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 Child Genius 23:00 Not Safe For Work 23:50 Career Criminals

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:15 Police Interceptors Unleashed 02:10 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:30 Milkshake!

08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Bop Box 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Nightmare Tenants 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Killer Instinct (2003) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 22:00 Benefits by the Sea 23:00 Big Brother

00:05 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 Teenage Millionaire: The Year I Won the Lottery 02:30 Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint 03:00 Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 04:00 Teenage Millionaire: The Year I Won the Lottery 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Live at the Apollo 22:30 Live at the Apollo 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Russell Howard's Good News

00:35 Rome: A History of the

01:45 Fake Reaction 02:20 Love Island 03:10 Teleshopping 06:40 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Bad Bridesmaid

00:00 Unforgiven 01:00 The Vice 02:10 The Royal 03:00 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Rising Damp 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 The Royal 09:40 Murder, She Wrote 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 French Fields 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Unforgiven

00:10 Magnum Force (1973) 02:40 Pawn Stars 03:05 Tour de France Highlights 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Football's Greatest: Zinedine Zidane 07:10 Duck Dynasty 07:55 Minder 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 Kojak 10:55 The Sweeney 12:00 Minder 13:00 Tour de France Highlights 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Tour de France Live 17:00 Gunsmoke 18:00 Motorsport UK 19:00 MotoGP Highlights 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Goodwood: The Moving Motor Show 22:00 Magnum Force (1973)

Eternal City 01:35 Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 02:35 Timeshift 03:35 Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

04:35 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great British Railway Journeys 21:00 Great British Railway Journeys 21:30 Hive Minds 22:00 Britain and the Sea 23:00 Cold War, Hot Jets

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Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 The Interceptor 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:05 Family Guy 01:30 Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint 02:00 Live at the Apollo 02:30 Live at the Apollo 03:00 Teenage Millionaire: The Year I Won the Lottery 04:00 Don't Tell the Bride 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Great Movie Mistakes 21:15 Meet the Parents (2000) 23:00 People Just Do Nothing 23:30 Bad Education

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00:15 Weather 00:20 Dragons' Den 01:20 Don't Tell the Bride 02:20 Napoleon 03:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Teenage Tommies 05:30 Schools - The Women of World War One 06:00 Who Are We? 06:20 Schools - Ancient Voices 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 Claimed and Shamed 09:45 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:10 Animal Park 15:10 Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939) 17:00 Golf: The Open Championship 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 An Evening with Peter Alliss 21:00 Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 22:00 Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 100-Year-Old Drivers Ride Again 22:00 Secret Life of Twins 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Girls with Autism

00:50 Rude Tube 01:45 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:10 Gillette World Sport 02:40 Ginetta GT5 Challenge 03:05 How Britain Worked 04:00 The Renovation Game 04:55 Secret Eaters 05:45 Fifteen to One 06:35 Draw It! 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Autistic Gardener 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Dispatches

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 My Million Pound Council House 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:30 Milkshake!

08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Show Songs 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Wrong Woman 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Trauma Doctors 21:00 Sick Note Skivers 22:00 Nightmare Tenants 23:00 Big Brother

00:00 Biggest Band Break Ups

00:50 Two and a Half Men 01:45 Love Island 02:40 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 03:05 Life's Funniest Moments 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 The Cube 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:30 Celebrity Juice

00:00 The Vice 01:15 A Touch of Frost 03:05 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 Rising Damp 07:45 Heartbeat 08:50 The Royal 09:50 Murder, She Wrote 10:55 Judge Judy 12:10 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:15 The Royal 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:15 French Fields 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 Blue Murder

00:35 The Enforcer (1976) 02:40 Pawn Stars 03:05 Tour de France Highlights 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Duck Dynasty 08:00 Minder 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 Kojak 10:55 The Sweeney 11:55 Minder 13:00 Tour de France Highlights 14:00 Tour de France Live 18:00 Kojak 19:00 The Professionals 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Sports Life Stories 22:00 The Enforcer (1976)

and Make Ups 01:00 Kings of 70s Romance 02:00 Hive Minds 02:30 Rome: A History of the Eternal City 03:30 Britain and the Sea 04:30 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great British Railway Journeys 21:00 Tales from the National Parks 22:00 Natural World 22:55 Natural World 23:55 How to Make a Number One Record

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00:05 The Trouble with Mobility Scooters 01:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 DIY SOS 22:00 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:35 Motorway Cops

00:15 Weather

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 People Just Do Nothing 02:00 Bad Education 02:30 Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint 03:00 Insane Fight Club 04:00 Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint 04:30 People Just Do Nothing 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Reggie Yates: Extreme South Africa 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Russell Howard's Good News

00:55 Tales from the National

00:20 Great Ormond Street 01:20 The Truth About Your Teeth 02:20 Arthur Ashe: More Than a Champion 03:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Armada - 12 Days to Save England 05:30 Schools - Children at Work: Circus 06:00 Schools - In My Shoes: Germany and the Netherlands 07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Call the Council 09:00 Natural World 10:00 Golf: The Open Championship 21:00 Natural World 22:00 Coast 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight

Parks 01:55 Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom 02:55 Timewatch 03:45 Natural World 04:40 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Top of the Pops: 1980 21:00 The Golden Age of Steam Railways 22:00 Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled 23:00 Digging for Britain

CHANNEL

00:45 Festival of Speed 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 Ejector Seat 04:50 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Superhospital 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Sports Life Stories

00:00 How to Get a Council House 01:00 Four to the Floor 01:30 Undercover Boss USA 02:20 Amour (2012) 04:30 The Moonraker (1957) 06:00 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 06:10 Fifteen to One 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 Married at First Sight 23:00 Sarah Millican: Thoroughly Modern Millican Live

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Divine Designs 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Secrets of Eden (2012) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 The Holiday Airport 22:00 Big Brother 23:45 Big Brother's Bit on the Side

00:15 License to Wed (2007) 02:05 Fake Reaction 02:50 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 03:00 Life's Funniest Moments 03:20 Teleshopping 06:50 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 You've Been Framed!

09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Fast and the Furious

00:35 The Vice 01:45 The Royal 02:40 Doctor at Large 03:05 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Rising Damp 07:25 Heartbeat 08:20 The Royal 09:25 Murder, She Wrote 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Wild at Heart 17:15 French Fields 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Endeavour 23:05 Blue Murder

00:05 The Gauntlet (1977) 02:20 Duck Dynasty 02:50 Tour de France Highlights 03:40 Movies Now 03:50 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Football's Greatest: George Best 07:10 Duck Dynasty 08:00 Minder 08:55 The Professionals 09:50 Kojak 10:55 The Sweeney 12:00 Tour de France Highlights 13:00 Tour de France Live 17:30 Pawn Stars 17:55 Kojak 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 The Cycle Show 22:00 Pale Rider (1985)

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00:35 This Week 01:20 Holiday Weatherview 01:25 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:35 Room 101 - Extra Storage

00:15 Weather 00:20 Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners 01:20 Panorama 02:20 The Met: Policing London 03:20 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 04:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools: Children at Work - Cocoa 05:30 Schools - Children at Work: Bollywood 06:00 Schools - Virtually There: Germany 06:25 Schools - Virtually There: Spain 06:55 Wonders of Nature: Birds of Paradise - Display 07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Call the Council 09:00 Gardeners' World 09:30 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 10:00 Golf: The Open Championship 21:00 BBC Proms 2015 23:00 The Perfect Morecambe & Wise 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Gino's Italian Escape 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Gladiator (2000)

00:00 Big Fat Gypsy Weddings 01:05 Inside the Ku Klux Klan 02:00 The Tribe 02:55 Dispatches 04:20 Running the Shop 05:15 Secret Eaters 06:10 Fifteen to One 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 The Last Leg

01:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Monkey 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Stop! Roadworks Ahead 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Accidental Witness 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Conspiracy 22:00 20 Moments 23:30 Lip Sync Battle 23:55 Tattoo Disasters UK

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 Reggie Yates: Extreme South Africa 02:30 People Just Do Nothing 03:00 Bad Boy Boxer: The Last Chance 04:00 Don't Tell the Bride 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Stacey Dooley Investigates 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Russell Howard's Good News

00:00 Tales from the Tour Bus:

00:10 Celebrity Juice 00:55 Two and a Half Men 01:50 Fake Reaction 02:35 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 03:00 Life's Funniest Moments 03:25 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Rush Hour (1998)

00:40 The Vice 01:45 City Lights 02:35 Doctor at Large 03:05 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Rising Damp 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 The Royal 09:35 Murder, She Wrote 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Wild at Heart 17:10 French Fields 17:45 Doctor at Large 18:15 Rising Damp 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary & Thyme 22:00 Billy Connolly's Big Send Off 23:00 afterlife

00:25 Unforgiven (1992) 03:05 Tour de France Highlights 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Duck Dynasty 07:45 Minder 08:40 The Professionals 09:40 Kojak 10:45 The Sweeney 11:50 Minder 12:50 Gunsmoke 14:00 Tour de France Highlights 15:00 Tour de France Live 17:30 Pawn Stars 18:00 Kojak 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Counting Cars 22:00 Never Say Never Again (1983)

Rock 'n' Roll on the Road 01:00 Britain and the Sea 02:00 Top of the Pops: 1980 02:45 Cold War, Hot Jets 03:45 Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled 04:45 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Chopin Etudes 20:35 Concerto at the BBC Proms 21:00 You've Got a Friend: The Carole King Story 22:00 Rock 'n' Roll America 23:00 How the Brits Rocked America: Go West

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00:15 Pretty Woman (1990)

02:25 Jackpot247 04:00 Britain's Best Bakery 04:50 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show!

07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan 07:45 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Fish Hooks 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:35 Surprise Surprise 15:35 The Chase 16:30 All Star Family Fortunes 17:15 Tipping Point 18:15 Catchphrase 19:00 ITV News London 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 You've Been Framed!

20:00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) 22:30 ITV News and Weather 22:44 ITV London Weather 22:45 Live Boxing

00:05 Josh Widdicombe: And

23:50 Not Going Out

00:00 Artsnight 00:30 T in the Park 2015 02:30 Pinewood: 80 Years of Movie Magic 03:30 La Traviata: Love, Death and Divas 04:30 This Is BBC Two 06:35 The Maggie (1953) 08:05 The Master of Ballantrae (1953) 09:30 The Women's Football Show 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 The Box 12:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 13:00 Athletics 14:00 Live Davis Cup Tennis 17:00 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:45 Escape to the Continent 18:45 Flog It! 19:45 Golf: The Open Championship 20:45 Edwardian Farm 21:45 Dad's Army 22:15 Melvyn Bragg: Wigton to Westminster 23:30 Mock the Week

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 People Just Do Nothing 02:00 Russell Howard's Good News 02:30 Stacey Dooley Investigates 03:25 Teenage Millionaire: The Year I Won the Lottery 04:25 People Just Do Nothing 04:55 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Meet the Parents (2000) 23:45 Family Guy

00:00 Big in America: British Hits in the USA 01:00 Rock 'n' Roll America 02:00 You've Got a Friend: The Carole King Story 03:00 How the Brits Rocked America: Go West 04:00 Big in America: British Hits in the USA 05:00 Close 20:00 Pappano's Classical Voices 21:00 Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom 22:00 Cordon 22:50 Cordon 23:40 David Bowie - Five Years in the Making of an Icon

00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 Two and a Half Men 01:45 Fake Reaction 02:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:50 Life's Funniest Moments 03:10 Teleshopping 06:40 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 12:30 Catchphrase 13:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:30 The Flintstones (1994) 16:15 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 17:45 Peter Pan (2003) 19:55 The Lake House (2006) 22:00 Something Borrowed (2011)

00:00 The Vice

02:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:15 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Golf: The Open Championship 13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Golf: The Open Championship 19:45 BBC News 19:55 BBC London News; Weather 20:00 Prized Apart 21:05 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:55 Casualty 22:45 The John Bishop Show 23:30 National Lottery Update 23:30 BBC News; Weather

Another Thing 01:10 Shallow Grave (1994) 02:45 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 03:40 The Hotel 04:35 Supernatural 05:20 The Renovation Game 06:15 Fifteen to One 07:05 Triathlon 07:35 The Grid 08:00 Swimming 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Simpsons 13:55 Rude(ish) Tube 14:25 Channel 4 Racing 17:15 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Homes by the Sea 21:00 Walking Through History 22:00 The Watch (2012)

01:10 A Touch of Frost 03:00 Doctor at Large 03:55 Judge Judy 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 Where the Heart Is 08:55 A Touch of Frost 11:00 Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 13:40 Jane Eyre 15:50 A Touch of Frost 17:55 Columbo: Troubled Waters (1975) 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Agatha Christie's Marple

CHANNEL 00:25 Tattoo Disasters UK 00:55 Access 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away 05:00 Trauma Doctors 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:35 Pip Ahoy!

07:50 The Mr Men Show 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:10 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:30 Paw Patrol 08:45 Toby's Travelling Circus 08:55 Little Princess 09:10 Wanda and the Alien 09:20 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:00 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:45 Cowboy Builders 14:35 Columbo: Death Lends a Hand (1971) 16:10 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 17:05 Sick Note Skivers 18:05 Nightmare Tenants 19:05 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away 19:55 5 News Weekend 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Deep-Sea Super Predator 22:00 Transporter: The Series 23:00 The Siege (1998)

00:40 Rambo: First Blood, Part II (1985) 02:45 Pawn Stars 03:10 Tour de France Highlights 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Football's Greatest: Ronaldo 07:05 The Professionals 07:55 The Sweeney 08:55 Motorsport UK 09:55 Gunsmoke 12:05 Pawn Stars 14:00 Tour de France Highlights 15:00 Tour de France Live 17:30 The Professionals 18:30 Counting Cars 19:00 Storage Wars 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 The Chase 22:00 Live Boxing 23:00 Rambo III (1988)

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00:05 Little Voice (1998) 01:35 Heavenly Creatures (1994) 03:10 This Is BBC Two 07:15 The A to Z of TV Gardening 08:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 09:00 Countryfile 09:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 09:55 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 11:25 Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites 12:00 Golf: The Open Championship 13:15 Live Davis Cup Tennis 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 Hair 18:20 Hair 18:50 Natural World 19:50 Laurence LlewelynBowen: Cracking China 20:50 Dragons' Den 21:00 Dragons' Den 22:00 Odyssey 22:45 The Javone Prince Show 23:15 Family Guy 23:35 Family Guy 23:55 Family Guy

00:00 The Chase 01:00 Jackpot247 04:00 Ejector Seat 04:50 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show!

07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan 07:45 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Fish Hooks 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:35 Love Your Garden 14:40 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next 15:40 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels 17:50 Midsomer Murders 19:45 ITV News London 20:00 ITV News and Weather 20:15 Catchphrase 21:00 Surprise Surprise 22:00 Joanna Lumley's TransSiberian Adventure 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:20 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

00:10 Family Guy

01:10 The Genius of David

00:30 Family Guy

Bowie

00:50 Family Guy

02:10 Top of the Pops: 1980

00:15 Batman Returns (1992) 02:45 Fake Reaction 03:20 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 03:45 Teleshopping 06:45 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Emmerdale 10:05 Coronation Street 13:05 Take Me Out 14:15 Take Me Out - The Gossip 15:00 Catchphrase 15:40 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) 18:00 Back to the Future Part II (1989) 20:10 Jurassic Park III (2001) 22:00 Love Actually (2003)

00:50 Seraphim Falls (2006) 02:35 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:40 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Golf: The Open Championship 19:50 BBC News 20:00 BBC London News; Weather 20:10 Countryfile 21:00 Fake or Fortune?

22:00 The Outcast 23:30 BBC News 23:50 BBC London News; Weather

01:15 Family Guy 01:35 Family Guy 02:00 People Just Do Nothing 02:30 Some Girls

02:55 Wild Burma: Nature's Lost Kingdom 03:55 You've Got a Friend:

03:00 Some Girls

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03:30 Some Girls

04:55 Close

04:00 Some Girls

20:00 Neil Sedaka: King of

04:30 People Just Do Nothing

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05:00 Close 20:00 Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 Shrek (2001)

21:00 Pappano's Classical Voices

22:20 Top Gear

22:00 BBC Proms 2015

23:35 Live at the Apollo

23:30 Imagine

00:00 Scary Movie (2000)

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01:10 SuperCasino 04:10 Caught on Camera 05:00 Police Interceptors 05:50 Make It Big 06:40 Angels of Jarm07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:40 Pip Ahoy!

07:45 The Mr Men Show 07:55 Chloe's Closet 08:05 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:15 Make Way for Noddy 08:25 Paw Patrol 08:40 Toby's Travelling Circus 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:25 Milkshake! Monkey 09:30 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 The Secret Life of Pets 12:00 Police Interceptors 15:00 Jack and the Beanstalk (2010) 16:45 Madeline (1998) 18:30 The Emperor's New Groove (2000) 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Police Interceptors Unleashed 22:00 Red Dawn (2012) 23:45 Under Siege (1992)

01:00 Wire in the Blood 02:30 Doctor at Large 03:00 Doctor at Large 03:20 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Murder on the Orient Express (1974) 09:35 Heartbeat 10:35 Heartbeat 11:40 Columbo: Troubled Waters (1975) 13:40 A Touch of Frost 15:40 A Touch of Frost 17:50 Death Becomes Her (1992) 19:55 Wycliffe 21:00 Inspector Morse 23:20 Parenthood (1989)

00:40 Rambo: First Blood, Part II (1985) 02:45 Pawn Stars 03:10 Tour de France Highlights 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Football's Greatest: Ronaldo 07:05 The Professionals 07:55 The Sweeney 08:55 Motorsport UK 09:55 Gunsmoke 12:05 Pawn Stars 14:00 Tour de France Highlights 15:00 Tour de France Live 17:30 The Professionals 18:30 Counting Cars 19:00 Storage Wars 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 The Chase 22:00 Live Boxing 23:00 Rambo III (1988)

01:45 The Last Leg 02:40 Hollyoaks 04:50 You Deserve This House 05:45 River Cottage Bites 06:00 Fifteen to One 06:50 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 British GT Championship 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Simpsons 17:30 Location, Location, Location 18:35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Grand Designs 21:00 Secret History 22:00 Humans 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does

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00:00 Prized Apart 01:00 Don't Tell the Bride 02:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:05 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Close Calls: On Camera 12:30 Heir Hunters 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Link 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The Housing Enforcers 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Britain at the Bookies 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You

00:20 The Infidel (2010) 02:00 Perfect Creature (2005) 03:20 Countryfile 04:20 Holby City 05:15 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 Escape to the Continent 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:20 Athletics 15:20 Triathlon 16:50 Yes Minister 17:20 'Allo 'Allo!

17:45 Are You Being Served?

18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 Cake Bakers and Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI 23:00 Hair 23:30 Newsnight

00:20 Piers Morgan's Life Stories 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Motorsport UK 04:50 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Vet School 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Rookies 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather

00:05 It's Complicated (2009) 02:15 Secret History 03:10 Come Dine with Me 05:35 Secret Eaters 06:30 SuperScrimpers 06:35 Draw It! 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Supershoppers 21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story 22:00 How to Get a Council House 23:00 Lookalikes 23:30 Tattoo Fixers

01:45 Tattoo Disasters UK 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Under the Dome 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 06:45 Angels of Jarm 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:10 Til Death Do Us Part 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Stop! Roadworks Ahead 22:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 23:00 Under the Dome 23:55 Next (2007)

00:20 Family Guy 00:45 Family Guy 01:05 American Dad! 01:25 Family Guy 01:50 People Just Do Nothing 02:20 Live at the Apollo 03:00 Young, Welsh and Pretty Skint 03:30 Some Girls 04:00 Some Girls 04:30 Comedy Feeds 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Don't Take My Baby 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Russell Howard's Good News

00:45 Neil Sedaka: King of

00:40 Batman Returns (1992) 03:05 Life's Funniest Moments 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Fast and the Furious (2001)

01:45 Blue Murder 02:55 Cornwall with Caroline Quentin 03:45 Man About the House 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Rising Damp 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 The Royal 09:40 Murder, She Wrote 10:45 Judge Judy 12:05 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 French Fields 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie's Marple 23:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire

01:05 River Monsters 02:05 Tour de France Highlights 03:00 The Cycle Show 03:50 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 The Professionals 08:45 Minder 09:50 Gunsmoke 12:00 MotoGP Highlights 13:00 The Cycle Show 14:00 Tour de France Highlights 15:00 Tour de France Live 17:30 Storage Wars 18:30 Counting Cars 19:00 BRDC Formula 4 Championship Highlights 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Licence to Kill (1989) 23:45 Absolute Power (1996)

Song 01:45 Art of Cornwall 03:15 Rock 'n' Roll America 04:15 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great British Railway Journeys 21:00 Henry VIII: Patron or Plunderer?

22:00 Horizon 23:00 The Sky at Night

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San Javier Jazz welcomes Jethro Tull Martin Barre

THE LEGENDARY guitarist of Jethro Tull Martin Barre and his band delighted a full house at San Javier Jazz on Saturday night. In their heyday Tull sold over 60 million copies of their 30 albums. Martin Barre and Band are touring to revive the spirit of progressive rock. With a changed and more personal sound, they played an extensive collection of gems from the catalogue of Jethro Tull, plus some of the best tracks from Barre’s solo career. It was an essential concert for lovers of Guitar Rock. They are not a 'tribute band' by any means, but apart from the haunting voice of Ian Anderson, it’s as close as you get to the original sound through the stage presence of the original guitarist.

There are guitarists who have always been there, behind the name of a band or overshadowed by the figure of a charismatic leader, but without them nothing would have been the same. Martin Lancelot Barre, born in Kings Health, Birmingham (England, 1946) joined the band as guitarist for Jethro Tull in 1969. His family’s passion for jazz allowed him to listen to guitarists like Wes Montgomery and Barney Kessel in his childhood. At fourteen, he learned to play guitar at 16 the flute and at 20 the saxophone. Martin Barre started his career in the early sixties playing the saxophone in a local band called The Dwellers; then they changed their name to The Moonrakers. In 1966 he moved to London with his partner and friend Chris Rodgers to join Screaming Lord Sutch, one of its members was Ritchie Blackmore. They joined The Noblemen, opening for The Beau Brummell's Americans on tour in England. Soon after, the band changed its name to The Motivation. The group consisted of Jimmy Marsh (vocals), Bryan Stevens (bass), Mike Ketley (keyboards), Malcolm Tomlinson (drums) plus Barre and Rodgers. His style was influenced by blues and R & B fashion styles in those years.

They were opening for bands like The Coasters and The Drifters. After passing some more groups, Barre decided he needed a change of scenery, and met with the guys from Jethro Tull. In 1968, after recording their

first album Jethro Tull (This Was), internal rifts appeared in the group. Guitarist Mick Abrahams had a blues style that provoked confrontations with the group leader Ian Anderson; They disagreed on the way forward. The post became vacant for a guitarist. In his first audition for Jethro Tull, Barre hardly touched the guitar, but Ian Anderson gave him a second chance, and since then he has been part of the group.

For forty years his career has been linked to Jethro Tull; This has allowed for Stability within the world of music, but it also was the cause of him being considered one of the best guitarists in spite of classical themes in the history of rock. His sound is unmistakable, versatile, delicate, energetic, and whatever it needs to be to suit.

In 1990 he began his solo career, coinciding with the decline in popularity of Jethro Tull.

He recorded A Summer Band (1992), A Trick of Memory (1994), The Meeting (1996), and a few years later, Stage Left (2003). The first three albums have a fusion style, allowing Barre to express everything he wanted in search of new horizons. Stage left is blues and folk influences; Maybe becomes a little to his roots.

A piece like Aqualung was voted by the readers of Guitar Player magazine as the best of the time, and Barre was listed among the top 100 guitarists of all time by Guitar World magazine. In 1988, his playing on the album Crest of a Knave earned him a Grammy Award. Hunting Girl, Locomotive Breath or Minstrel in The Gallery will not be considered without the greatest rock guitar Martin Barre, who has also put his guitar in the service of Maddy Prior, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, Pentangle, etc. .

In September Martin Barre will release his fourth solo album, Away With Words, which includes new songs and new versions of songs by Jethro Tull. While it’s true his solo career has not been as prolific and interesting as might be expected, the audience reaction to his playing would certify that he remains one of the very best guitarists of all time.

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. returns to the Big Screen ONE OR two expatiates will no doubt remember the 1960’s hit TV series The Man From UNCLE. Staring Robert Vaughn, David McCallum and Leo G. Carroll. It was an entertaining spy romp, with James Bond undertones and lots of tongue in cheek moments, such as the U.N.C.L.E. headquarters in New York City, which was most frequently entered by a secret entrance in Del Floria's Tailor Shop, which again was spoofed by the opening sequence of ‘Get Smart’.

The 2015 version opens August 14th and is directed by Guy Ritchie, with Armie Hammer, Henry Cavill, and Hugh Grant staring as Illya Kuryakin, Napolion Solo and Mr. Waverly, respectively.

Running a tad under two hours at 116 minutes ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ is based on the 1964 MGM television series of the same name, created by Sam Rolfe. Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s period of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centres on U.N.C.L.E. agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin. The two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find her and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.

British actor Henry Cavill takes on the lead role of Napoleon Solo. Most recently he shot to international fame playing Superman in the 2013 film ‘Man of Steel’, the highest-grossing Superman film of all time, a role that he will be reprising in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League, while he’s also a strong contender to takes over the role of 007 from Daniel Craig. Armie" Hammer is best known for his portrayal of the Winklevoss twins in the 2010 film The Social Network, Clyde Tolson in J. Edgar (2011), Prince Andrew Alcott in Mirror Mirror (2012) and the lead character in the 2013 feature film The Lone Ranger. Meanwhile, Hugh Grant keeps everyone in check as head of the department, Alexander Waverley. And for those trivia buffs out there, U.N.C.L.E. is an acronym for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. And now you know.

Mission Impossible back again TOM CRUISE is back in one of his favourite roles as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible: Secret Nation.

With the IMF dissolved and Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) cast out to his own fate, the team has to take on the Union; a network of highly trained special agents. These thoroughly trained groups are determined to create a new world order through a series of increasingly serious terrorist attacks.

Ethan gathers his team and joins forces with the renegade British agent Faust Ilsa (Rebecca Ferguson), who may or may not a member of this secret nation, as the group is facing its most impossible mission to date.

The film opens August 7th and stars Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris and Alec Baldwin.

105 million years ago, flies were doing the pollinating BARCELONA, Spain -The Cretaceous Period featured neither bees nor butterflies. So were ancient plants pollinated It turns out flies did all the work.

In a new study, published in the journal Current Biology, researchers from the University of Barcelona detail a number of amber fossils, each revealing fly specimens that fed on nectar and pollinized gymnosperm plants around 105 million years ago.

The new research highlights the important role two species of flies played in the ancient forests of the Iberian Peninsula, which was an island during the Cretaceous Period. The two

species belonged to the family Zhangsolvidae.

Today, flowering plants (angiosperms) attract the attention of nature's most prolific pollinators -- bees and butterflies, and to a lesser extent, beetles and flies. But the giant forests of ancient Iberia were dominated not by flowers and their nectar, but by gymnosperms -- pines, firs and cycads.

These tall trees relied mostly on wind for pollination. But flies helped, using a long proboscis to slurp sap midflight in a strategy similar to a hummingbird's feeding methods.

The newly detailed amber fossils reveal flies with neatly preserved

proboscises, as well as a pollen grains from an ancient Bennettitalean species, an extinct order of gymnosperms.

The discovery holds promise for scientists hoping to shed light on the transition from a gymnospermdominated ecosystem to one filled with angiosperms. Such efforts have proven difficult without evidence of ancient pollinating insects.

"If insects were able to feed on gymnosperms flower structures, it is probably true that the transition to angiosperms took place then," the authors of the new study wrote, optimistically.Brooks Hays

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I will keep shouting “Hala Madrid!”

IKER CASILIAS said goodbye to the media and all the fans of Real Madrid on Saturday after announcing his move to Porto. In the press room at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the iconic goalkeeper, sat alone, did not stay for questions and read this statement "First of all, good morning everyone, thank you for coming and joining me on this special moment. Today I have come to this stage, to this great stadium to say goodbye to all of you and especially Real Madrid.

I will not say goodbye because this is a point to be followed on. We'll see. As you know, yesterday, I stopped belonging to Real Madrid and I am now a part of Porto. I want to tell you that the decision to go to Porto is due to two main reasons.

First, the hope they have given to me by the president, the director Antero and coach Julen. We have known each other for some time and, above all, to the team.

And second, by the affection that I have been getting from the people who knew my destination was Portugal. And in that sense, I feel I have won and I am very happy and very pleased. I will do my best not to disappoint them and fight their best to get the largest possible number of titles on my new team.

Therefore, thank you very much, Porto, for trusting me.

And now, I want to address all Madridistas.

After 25 years defending the shield of the world's largest club, comes a difficult day; this day, in my sporting life. I say goodbye to this institution where obviously it has given me everything. It seems like yesterday when at nine years old it was the first time I wore the shirt of Real Madrid and I saw my dream fulfilled. During this time, all this time, we have suffered, we laughed, we cried, we have enjoyed together. I felt accompanied and well-liked; in good times and in bad times.

Above all, please remember me not just as a great keeper or a bad goalie, I just

hope you remember me for being a good person. This club has not only taught me to be a sportsman, but has shaped me as a person, has helped me grow, provided me with the values upheld by our Club Badge: respect, friendship, commitment and, above all, humility. I have always tried to reflect them wherever I went representing Real Madrid.

Today I also want to remember all those very special colleagues with whom I have been part of every season I've been here. Throughout these years we have lived through unique and unrepeatable moments. Co-workers who have formed a family and the sharing of tears, of both joy and sadness. I leave great friends and I know that wherever I am I can always count on them. I want to remember all my coaches I have had since I started playing with Real Madrid. Thank you Mosque, God rest his soul, who was the person who asked me to join Real Madrid in the youngest category, until my last coach Carlo Ancelotti. I remember all of them, because I've learned many things.

The technical coaches, which for me have also been a fundamental part in the development and my career by becoming part of Real Madrid and

being a football player. Because they all have given me advice, they provided me with compassion during bad times. We experienced much joy together, apart from a lot of experience and professionalism. All in all; I learned a lot.

I remember all my coaches, from whom I've learned many things. Of course, all the staff, who remain unseen but that every day we have been part of Real Madrid and I have always been supported by them to solve any problems. They are not seen but are always there. All my love to my parents and all my family, whose sacrifice and efforts helped me to take this path; it was difficult but very nice. And above all, my wife and my son, because every day they will be sharing with me, every second of this exciting phase of my life.

And these last lines I dedicate especially to all of you: to Real Madrid, which knows no borders. Thank you for your unconditional support, since I arrived at 18, for allowing me to lift each cup, each win, to be your captain for five years. For accompanying me in good times and in bad times.

There is a phrase I've always said in an interview and I repeat so that people will stick with it: above all it reminds me to be a good goalkeeper or a bad goalie, I just hope people remember me as being good person. Therefore, thanks; a thousand thanks. I will never forget and be assured that wherever you go to keep shouting “Hala Madrid!” ".

I will not say goodbye because we shall meet again here soon.” said Iker Casillas.

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Hunt for 18 of Britain’s ‘Most Wanted’ goes to fugitives’ back yards THIS WEEK it’s been hard to miss the four metre high TV Screen travelling along the coast, highlighting the UK’s most wanted, who just might be your neighbour. The 13 ft high digital screen broadcasting the faces of 18 of Britain’s Most Wanted fugitives is on tour around British ex-pat hot spots in Spain. It’s the latest push by crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the National Crime Agency (NCA) to track down the 18 remaining individuals wanted as part of Operation Captura.

The fugitives are wanted by UK law enforcement agencies in connection with crimes including murder, rape, indecent assault of a child and drug trafficking. And they are believed to be hiding among British communities in popular ex-pat areas – including Benidorm, Malaga and Puerto Banus. The digital screen, attached to the back of a van, is touring all these areas and parking outside nightclubs, bars, British supermarkets and restaurants. It is hoped that going direct to the fugitives’ back yards and putting their faces in plain sight will help to flush them out.

Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC, the Founder and Chair of Crimestoppers, said: “Operation Captura has proved a huge success since it was launched in 2006 and the majority of individuals on our most wanted list have been captured.

However, there are still a number of criminals who are evading arrest. We must ensure these individuals are brought to justice.”

Steve Reynolds, NCA Deputy Director, added: “We’ve caught 68 out of 86 fugitives on the Captura list and the rest know we won’t stop until we catch them too. By taking our campaign directly into Spanish communities where we believe they are living and socialising, their lives will become even more uncomfortable. We want British expats and locals to help us by being extra eyes and ears and telling us what they know.

These fugitives are wanted for serious crimes. Anyone who is helping them stay on the run, such as girlfriends, wives, family members back home, or criminal associates, should know that assisting them is an offence too. He continued; “There may also be people in the UK with vital information on the whereabouts of these fugitives and we would urge them to get in touch.”

Roger Critchell, Director of Operations for Crimestoppers, said: “This is something that we have never done before but we believe that broadcasting these fugitives’ faces right in their back yards will not only encourage the public to speak up but show these individuals that there really is nowhere to hide.

There will be no avoiding the faces on this screen – they’ll be broadcast in all the popular ex-pat areas. I would urge anyone who recognises any of those faces to contact Crimestoppers anonymously. We don’t take personal details and you won’t have to give a statement or go to court. Many of these fugitives are currently living a life of leisure funded by serious crime.

They cannot be allowed to hide forever, they must be brought to justice. Do the right thing and help us find them.”

Captura, a multi-agency initiative between Crimestoppers, the NCA and Spanish authorities, is now in its ninth year. Its aim is to track down British fugitives believed to be hiding among ex-pat communities in the Spanish Costas. To date, 68 out of 86 wanted individuals have been apprehended. A fresh appeal in March this year saw three fugitives captured within a matter of weeks. Convicted killer Shane Walford, 38, from Coventry, was detained in the Canary Islands in March – just days after the appeal. Paul Monk, 54, from Romford, Essex was arrested in April at his home in Alicante, Spain. He was wanted for drugs offences. Jason McDonald, 37, originally from Bristol, was picked up by police at an apartment in Amsterdam hours later.

He was also wanted for drugs offences.

Crimestoppers and the NCA work closely with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Madrid and with British and Spanish law enforcement agencies as part of the campaign.

Information given to Crimestoppers can help locate the fugitives on the Captura list. For those people calling from

assaulted a 12-year-old girl. When Dawson’s computer was seized in 2013 officers found indecent photographs of children of a varying degree of severity. He is 5ft 10ins tall with a two-inch scar on his right palm.

Anthony Dennis, 47: Wanted by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of conspiracy to commit drug trafficking offences outside the UK and conspiracy to import class A drugs. He is believed to be the leader of an organised crime group involved in high-level international drug trafficking.

Between 1 July 2012 and 30 October 2013, Dennis allegedly Spain there is a special freephone Spanish number 900 555 111 which will be answered in the UK by Crimestoppers’ call agents. A translation service is available upon request. People can also pass on information anonymously via the Crimestoppers number 0800 555 111 or online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org THE 18 REMAINING FUGITIVES CAN ALSO BE VIEWED VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK: www.crimestoppersuk.org/opcaptura Mohammed Jahangir Alam, 32: Wanted by Gloucestershire Police for rape and sexual assault by penetration. Alam, who is from Bangladesh, arrived in the UK on a temporary visa in October 2007. He lived in Bradford before moving to Cheltenham in 2008. During this time he physically and sexually abused one victim. Alam was convicted in March 2010 and sentenced to 14 years in his absence. He is 5ft 8ins tall. His last known address was in the E3 area of London.

John Barton, 59: Wanted by the NCA for conspiracy to import heroin. Barton, originally from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, was sentenced in his absence to 20 years in 2003 for smuggling heroin. He speaks with a Midlands accent and is tall with a medium build. He is believed to have links to Fuengirola, Spain.

Paul Buchanan, 29: Wanted by West Mercia Police on suspicion of attempted rape. Buchanan, originally from New York, is believed to have followed a woman near his flat in Redditch, Worcs, pulled her down a driveway, pushed her over a car, and attempted to rape her. The victim screamed which alerted the residents of a nearby house who came to her aid. Buchanan fled the scene. He is described as 5ft 10ins tall.

Carlo Dawson, 52: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of indecent assault and making indecent photographs of a child. Between 11 October 1996 and 10 October 1997 Dawson, from Croydon, is believed to have indecently

conspired with others to import up to three tonnes of cocaine from South America into The Netherlands using logistical contacts in South America and Europe. Dennis is 5ft 3ins tall. He has a small scar on the right side of his forehead. Dennis is originally from Hackney, London, but his last known address was in Ongar, Essex.

Daniel Dugic, 33: Wanted by the Metropolitan Police for conspiracy to import cocaine. Dugic, who is originally from Serbia, is suspected of being involved in a conspiracy to import 255 kilos of cocaine. A number of other individuals were convicted in June 2011. The conspiracy involved a small UK vessel meeting a commercial container ship in the English Channel from which the drugs were transferred. Although Dugic was not on board either vessel, he is alleged to have played a major part in organising the importation.

Simon Dutton, 38: Wanted by the NCA for conspiracy to supply cocaine. Dutton is wanted in relation to the importation of cocaine from Spain into the UK and its subsequent distribution in the North West of England.

Dutton, who is originally from Bolton, and is described as between 6ft 2 and 6ft 4, he has blue eyes and is of medium build with brown, short hair. He has a scar on the right side of his chin as well as his left hand and right leg. A tattoo on his right arm says ‘Rachel’. He also has a tattoo running along the inside of his left forearm.

Derek McGraw Ferguson, 51: Wanted by Police Scotland on suspicion of murder. Ferguson is sought in connection with the murder of Thomas Cameron on 28th June 2007 at the Auchinairn Tavern, Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow. He is described as between 5ft and 5ft 2ins tall. He has green/blue eyes and short, balding brown/grey hair.

Allan James Foster, 43: Wanted by Northumbria Police in connection with the murder of David ‘Noddy’ Rice in a car park in May 2006. He is also wanted for drugs and diamond theft offences. Foster, also known as Shaun Michael Wilkinson, is

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Scott Hughes, 34: Wanted by Merseyside Police on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and conspiracy to launder money. Hughes, from Halewood, Merseyside, is allegedly a principal member of a Liverpoolbased organised crime group involved in the large-scale supply of controlled drugs throughout Merseyside. Following the execution of a warrant at his home address in May 2011, officers recovered £212,705, a cash counting machine and a watches valued at £8,000. As a result of the wider investigation 16 other individuals were convicted of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and money laundering. A firearm was recovered along with 27 kilos of diamorphine, 14.6 kilos of cocaine, 2 kilos of cannabis, 2 kilos of amphetamine, 622 kilos of adulterants, £970,000 cash, and watches valued at £191,000. He is 5ft 11ins tall.

David McDermott, 41: Wanted by the National Crime Agency on suspicion of conspiracy to supply cocaine and conspiracy to blackmail. McDermott is originally from Ormskirk but his last known address was in Liverpool. He is believed to be a member of a Liverpool-based organised crime group involved in a conspiracy to supply cocaine. Approximately 400 kilos of cocaine was found hidden in a container of frozen Argentinian beef in May 2013 at Tilbury Docks. Not knowing the cocaine had been seized, he was observed by NCA officers meeting with other members of the crime group. They discussed the use of violence against anyone who had information. He is described as 5ft 11ins tall and has a two-inch scar on his wrist.

Christopher Guest More, 36: Wanted by Cheshire Police on suspicion of murder. More is wanted in connection with the murder of a man at a remote farmhouse in Tabley, Cheshire in June 2003. More travelled to the farmhouse with accomplices and demanded money from the five inhabitants. When the

victims refused the gang assaulted all five, beating one so badly that he died at the scene. More is also wanted for the attempted murder of a second man and for the false imprisonment and assault of the other victims. More has links to Spain and Malta. He is known under a number of aliases, including Christopher Guest, Chris Guest, Christopher Moores and Christopher Moore. He is described as slim and between 5ft 9ins and 6ft tall.

Robert Mortby, 27: Wanted by Metropolitan Police on suspicion of attempted murder. On the 28th July 2012, a man was drinking at the Rose & Crown public house, Rodney Road, London, and was approached by two men. One attacked him with a bottle while the other produced a handgun and shot him three times. Mortby, who is from London, is suspected of being one of the attackers. He is described as being of mixed race and 1.83 metres tall, he has a burn mark on his right arm.

in October 2010 of large-scale production of cannabis and jailed for three years. Following his early release in 2011, Roden failed to meet the conditions set by the Probation Service and is wanted for recall to prison. Roden, originally from Redditch, Worcs, is 6ft 1ins tall.

Shahsi Dhar Sahnan, 57: Wanted by Leicestershire Police on suspicion of conspiracy to import heroin. Sahnan is believed to have been involved in the importation of a huge quantity of drugs, which were concealed in packaging surrounding air condition units. The drugs were seized by HM Revenue and Customs during a joint operation with Leicestershire Police in July 2007. Custom officers found the drugs hidden in the struts of pallets upon which machinery was being transported. Born in India, Sahnan has brown eyes and wears a hearing aid in his right ear. He is around 5ft 6ins tall and is described as stocky with short, grey hair.

Michael Roden, 25: Wanted by West Midlands Police on suspicion of conspiracy to import cannabis. Roden, who has the nickname ‘Dodge’, is allegedly a member of an organised crime group. He is wanted in connection with the importation of 70 kilos of cannabis into the UK from Spain between April 2013 and September 2013.

Roden was previously convicted

Operation Captura is a multi-agency campaign launched in 2006, which has so far seen 68 of 86 subjects appealed for and arrested.

Crimestoppers is an independent charity which helps the police to solve crimes, making communities safer. It does this by operating the 24/7 telephone number 0800 555 111 which people can ring to pass on information about crimes anonymously. They can also use our ‘giving information’ form via our website www.crimestoppers-uk.org Around 17 people are arrested and charged every day as a result of information given to Crimestoppers.

Since Crimestoppers began in 1988, it has received over 1.6 million pieces of actionable information, resulting in over 132,000 arrests and charges. Over £131 million worth of goods has been recovered and over £323 million worth of drugs has been seized.

In 2005, Crimestoppers launched the UK’s Most Wanted on its website which allows the public to view images of criminals and pass on vital information about their whereabouts. It has been highly successful with over 3,300 arrests to date.

Crimestoppers UK was founded by Lord Ashcroft, KCMG PC, Chairman of Trustees. In 1988, he launched Crimestoppers in the Metropolitan Police area. Crimestoppers’ ‘call to action’ is built on a three-way partnership between the business community, the police and the media.

despite attempts by emergency services to revive him, he died at the scene.

Soon after, at 9.35am, a motorcyclist lost his life in the AP-7 passing through Almoradi, when it hit a car. The accident occurred at kilometre 739 of the highway in the direction of Cartagena. The three occupants in the car were unharmed.

In the afternoon, in Torrevieja a collision between two cars on the streets of the Policarpo caused a slight traffic build up but only two minor injuries. A vehicle at a stop sign was hit by another that jumped the sign Such was the impact that one vehicle slammed into a restaurant, the Lebeche, which

fortunately, was closed at the time. The driver who had run the stop sign fled from the scene and police and police are on the lookout for him.

And a car burst into flames in the PAU 25 district of the Orihuela Costa on Sunday around noon. There was no apparent reason for the car catching fire while parked on the street Cabo de Gata. Members of the CLARO political party criticized the fact that the firemen took longer than twenty minutes to get to the event as some neighbours had fled their homes for fear that the fire would reach them. The car was parked and no one was inside.

Kevin Thomas Parle, 35: Wanted by Mereseyside Police on suspicion of murder. Parle is wanted in connection with the murder of 16-year-old Liam Kelly in Liverpool in 2004. Parle is described as between 6ft 3ins and 6ft 6ins tall. He has a stocky build and red, short cropped hair. He is also known as ‘Hemp’.

Black Days on local roads THIS WEEKEND was the one of the worst this year on the roads of the Vega Baja. Three people lost their lives: the driver of a vehicle and two motorcyclists. The accidents occurred Torrevieja and the Orihuela hamlet of La Aparecida off the A-7 passing by the municipality of Almoradi. The accidents happened between midnight on Friday and Saturday morning. On Sunday afternoon there was another crash in Torrevieja, causing two injuries but no fatalities. Plus a car burned at noon on the Orihuela Costa.

The first accident occurred at midnight in Torrevieja. A man riding a motorcycle died after crashing it into a car on Maestro Francisco Casanovas street. Apparently, the rider, aged 70, was thrown into the air by the impact. Health professionals were quickly at the crash site but could do nothing to save his life.

The second fatality was the result of an accident which took place at dawn, at 5.25am in the hamlet of La Aparecida, Orihuela. Firefighters and Ambulance crews could do nothing to save the life of a driver who crashed their vehicle into the riverbed of the Segura as it passes through this rural area, said sources from the Emergency Coordination Centre of Murcia, whose troops were the who coordinated the rescue action.

A 112 call warned that a vehicle with one occupant was inside had fallen into the River Segura. Firefighters at the crash site came from the Consortium for Fire Fighting and Rescue Region of Murcia (CEIS) from Abanilla Park, Bomberos de Orihuela, Policía Local from Beniel and Orihuela and the UME from Servicio Murciano de Salud.

Firefighters managed to rescue the injured driver but

An agent regulates traffic at the scene of the deadly motorcycle crash on the AP7 passing through Almoradi

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THE SPANISH La Liga football season is still about six weeks away, but while we wait, local side CD Torrevieja do have a couple of great friendly games against the likes of Cordoba, Hercules and Hull City over the next few weeks.

As in so many aspects of their life, the Spanish are PASSIONATE about their football. Whilst attendances are in general much lower than say in leagues of comparable levels in the UK, that does not stop the average Spaniard being very knowledgeable and passionate about their local club. Yes, their local club, as Spaniards are much less fickle than British fans and it is the norm to follow your local team and/or the team of your parents.

One reason for the lower attendances might be that every single La Liga (Primera División) game can be found on some TV station (albeit Pay Per View) and, with staggered kick-offs, it is possible to see four games every weekend on TV. Spain also has two excellent daily sports newspapers, which are predominantly football – Marca and AS La Liga is undoubtedly one of the strongest leagues in the world and, in Real Madrid and Barcelona and if you want to learn more about ‘The Beautiful Game’ find yourself a copy of Phil Ball’s book, ‘Morbo’, one of the greatest ever books about

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Spanish fans go wild as Spain win the World Cup football. This book details the history of football in Spain in an utterly compelling and thoughtprovoking way. It is a definite “mustread” for anybody in the slightest interested in Spanish football in particular and Spain in general.

Of course one should make mention of a relatively knew phenomenon in Spanish football –

the rise and rise of the expat supporters clubs (peñas). The best examples are at La Liga’s Málaga, at CD Torrevieja and CD Montesinos, but all along the costas club presidents are trying to woo the expat fan. CD Torrevieja, despite playing in the fourth level of Spanish football, used to regularly attracted crowds five to ten times

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POLINA BEREZINA and Tyler Brumit won five gold medals and one bronze for the Torrevieja Rhythmic Gymnastics Club in Spain’s Individual Championship last weekend.

The championships took place in Pontevedra, Spain with over 300 gymnasts participating in the different categories.

The competition began in the senior category with Tyler Brumit who took the Bronze medal and continues her decision making process of which country she should represent in future completion.

Tyler has British nationality and therefore could not qualify for the finals for devices that are only for gymnasts of Spanish nationality. Tyler continues her preparation for the Great British championship that will be held on July 30th in Liverpool.

On Saturday and Sunday it was the turn of gymnast Polina Berezina who became Spanish champion in the first category of the overall competition, this being a top-level category. In the apparatus finals Polina also won four golds in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon, showing throughout the competition she deserved title of champion of Spain. This is the fourth year that Polina has taken her position at the top of the podium, after winning in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and now 2015.

The next meeting for Polina is as part of the Spanish team in the World Cup, to be held in

Polina Berezina with her five gold medals

Budapest from 5th to 9th August and to continue her preparation for the World Championships to be held in Stuttgart in September this year . Torrevieja

more than their opponents. Why? Well, the Torry Army was more than 75% of the home crowd and similar stories can be told in Jávea, Tenerife, UD Lanzarote , CD Montesinos and at countless tercera and preferente grounds in expatshire.

Finally, several British clubs have supporters’ clubs in Spain.

Manchester City and Celtic have close ties with Spain but perhaps the most famous is Liverpool who have branches in Tenerife, Madrid , Barcelona and the Costa Blanca. In fact in 2007 a Liverpool Legends side with many of the greats from the 70s and 80s came to play a FC Torrevieja select in November 2008.

Walsh, Wark, Boulder, Case and many Liverpool favourites showed the big crowd that whilst they had perhaps lost a yard of speed, their football-brains were still very much alive, and Manchester City Legends were in Torrevieja for a Charity Game two years ago and hope to come back in 2016.

At the Coastrider, we are putting together a contact list of Suppoers Clubs, so if you would like to forward us your information, contact details and little background as to where you meet, and what you do, we’d be happy to add this to an up and coming article.

Email: Coastridereditor@gmail.com.

This month CD Torrevieja have a few dates for your diary: Hull City are coming to town and tickets are selling fast. Buy a CD Torrevieja season ticket and get 50% off all pre-season friendly tickets. These are on sale from the club shop inside the ground, open Tuesday 11:30am - 1:30pm and Thursday 5:00pm 7:00pm and priced at just 125€ Tribuna or 100€ General admission, or from the Torry Army Office in La Siesta, which is open weekdays from 10.00am until noon.

Friendly games start with CD Torrevieja vs Corboba at Estadio Vicente Garcia, Saturday 18th July at 8:00pm, Tickets for all pre-season games are 10€ and CD Torrevieja vs Hull City at Estadio Vicente Garcia, Friday 24th at 8:00pm. Next Saturday there is a "Bring a Brush Painting Party" at Estadio Vicente Garcia at 10:00am.

More volunteers still needed.

Refreshments and paint provided, Bring a brush, a roller and tray and join in the fun.

CD Torrevieja Football on Saturday

Gymnastics Club continues to train with the rest of their gymnasts to prepare for the new season and their first competition in October.

IT’S FOOTBALL time in Torrevieja again. The action starts on Saturday 18th July at 8:00pm when CD Torrevieja take on Cordoba CF. The game takes place in the Vicente Garcia Stadium against the second division side.

The club wishes to thank Cordoba CF for their total readiness to visit our town, in what will undoubtedly be a great event for our city, our fans, supporters and football fans in general to witness in situ a match against a team of the calibre of Córdoba CF, whose aim this season is to win promotion again to La Liga.

The price of seats is 10 Euros for the general public and of 5 Euros for season ticket holders: Under 16 are free upon presentation of identification if required. Those 16 to 25 are 5€.

Torrevieja have already made a number of new signings, with a couple of big surprises who will be on display at the game on Saturday. At noted elsewhere in the Coastrider, on Saturday morning from about 10.00am, everyone is invited to the Bring A Brush party, or roller and a tray, to help spruce up the front of the entrance to the stadium, in time for Saturday’s game. Vice President Jeff Scoot is laying on some refreshments, so please just show up and join in the fun.

The club’s shop will also be open on the night along with an opportunity to join The Torry Army, the International Suppers Club, for just 5€ for the season. Plus season tickets at 125€ or 100€ will also be available. Those wanting information about the 200 Club, giving business, clubs, associations or even individuals the chance to have their name on the front of the team’s shirts this season, can also sign up at the match. For 200€ you also receive two season tickets so it’s great value for money.

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Costa Cobras RFC at San Javier Beach 5’s THIS COMING weekend Costa Cobras RFC will be taking part in their second rugby tournament at San Javier in their beach 5’s tournament on Saturday, 18 July, kicking off at 9.00an with seniors ladies and juniors taking part.

The teams taking part in the seniors matches are from Alcalá (Club de Rugby, Alcalá de Henares), Cartagena (Club de Rugby Cartagena), Cieza (Club de Rugby Cieza), Costa Cobras RFC, Colossus Cockroach (Cartagena), Lorca (Club de Rugby Lorca), Los Zorros (Alicante), Moe´s Team (Totana), Squalos (Club de Rugby Squalos San Javier), Úbeda Atlanes (Club de Rugby Úbeda Atlantes), XV Murcia (Club de Rugby XV Murcia) and Zepeling (Murcia) .

With the Costa Cobras RFC only been going since the end of January it is great to be able to get a team together to play in these tournaments, but still need more and more players to join. We have players from U10’s to vets at the moment and would like to get a ladies team set up as well. So come on down to Guardamar beach and see what we are all about as just for the summer months we are training there.

The next tournament is the San Juan beach 7’s one on 1st August, which we will be playing in, so if anybody would like to come and join in would be welcome. During the summer months training is continuing on Guardamar beach on Monday and Wednesday at 8.00pm, so anybody who wants to come along and take part is more than welcome, also on Tuesday for seniors only at 7.00pm to train for the tournaments.

All ages, gender and nationalities are welcome, from beginners to experienced players, the more the merrier, as we are based on the true traditional ethics of the sport. So come along and join the newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca. Also team bonding after training in the nearest bar for a drink and chat, just how rugby should be. Training still takes place on

Monday and Wednesday from 8.00pm-9.30pm at Guardamar beach in front of the restaurants.

For more information about the club contact, Dutch, on 692 767 242 or stop and say ‘hi’ at his rugby stand at the Zoco

market on Sunday from 9.00am-1.30pm. Come on down and find more out about the club and rugby in the area. Also for all of your rugby branded clothing and gear including Canterbury casuals and Cotton Traders shirts.

The Costa Cobras are growing from strength to strength in their first season

Academy level training for local footballers THIS SUMMER, former Hercules Manager Angel Linares brought his ACATEC Football Campus to Torrevieja, offering a perfect opportunity for under 14 football mad youngsters to improve their footballing skills This campus covers all key aspects of soccer skills and personal development for Football players and goalkeepers: The course is based on a top Academy level training system, a system not found in Torrevieja’s Municipal schools and the course covered such skill sets as improved shots on target: improving attack and defence, reviewing technical aspects for the younger players plus an improved offensive game and the passing game for goalkeepers.

Former manager of FS Torrevieja, Juanjo Fernández Nova was in charge of putting the players through their

Football to watersports ON FRIDAY, Torrevieja’s Councillor for Sports Pablo Samper, accompanied by the director of Xpert Events, Javier Serrano, handed out diplomas to more than 110 students who participated in the Multi-sport and Football Campus over the past two weeks.

Pablo Samper recalled the days when his father was doing exactly the same thing, helping to train local players and handing out diplomas. In fact, the event took place on the pitch named after his father; "Gabriel Samper". After the

paces, with everyone being personally evaluated and givent there results before the end of the campus. More details on all the classes, testing and special offers can be found on their website: www.educajugando.es or www.facebook.com/ACATECALICANTE. Those who wish to know more about footballing opportunities and the various campus offerinsg for the rest of the summer, and if you speak a little Spanish can contact Head Coach Angel Linares J. Hernández directly on: 965 058 862: Mobile: 665 151 529 or Fax: 965 058 862.

This Campus is one of four being organised by Acatec over the summer, and coaches and scouts from some of Valencia’s top junior teams will be visiting, scouting for top players for the 2015/16 season, along with offering top players the chance of being picked for the Acatec Elite squad.

More than 100 children participate in the first week of Xpert Camps football and multi­sport classes

presentation, as a reward for their hard work, all the participants spent the rest of the day enjoying a couple of hours cooling off at the water park Aquopolis.

XPERT CAMPS first session of football and multi-sports in Torrevieja, attracted more than 110 participants ages six to eighteen. Although the football courses are full for next week, with more than hundred participants, there are still a few spaces for those interested in what Torrevieja’s history is based upon, besides Salt, sailing and the sea.

The Nautical Campus is the perfect opportunity for your child to learn, improve and if you are quick, their may still be a place or two on the course. It’s an opportunity for children to have fun practicing their favourite water sports or to discover something new. The sailing campus is developed in collaboration with the Real Club Nautico of Torrevieja, which has the best facilities in the Costa Blanca to allow children to enjoy an unforgettable summer.

During the sailing campus participants will learn to sail and manoeuvre different

types of boats including sailing, rowing, windsurfing and canoeing. The various activities will be taught bilingually in English and Spanish by the team of professionals that oversee each activity. The Nautical Campus runs from 11th to 20th July 20, 2015 so you’ve only missed the opening day.

The campus is aimed at children aged between 14 and 17 years (the latter born in 1996 with a maximum of 50 places. The schedule starts on Monday from 4:00pm to 6:00pm with learning how to helm the Laser Dinghy, on Tuesday and Wednesday classes are for Windsurfing and Laser SB3; plus a Bike Route through the Natural Park of La Mata in the afternoon; Thursday from 10:00am to 11:30 there is a guided tour of the floating museums, followed by canoeing and rowing in the afternoon; finishing on Friday with a Mock Regatta "Match Race". More information from their website: www.xpert-events.com or Facebook page.

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AFTER 25-YEARS at Real Madrid, it has finally been confirmed that Iker Casillas is headed off to Portugal to work with his old friend and college, Julen Lopetegui, at Porto.

Iker has been at the club almost all his life, spending 16 seasons in the first team and being Captain of both Spain and Real Madrid on La Liga, World Cup and European Cup success stories. His move will not open the door for further discussions with Manchester United player of the year, De Gea and could possibly be the end of his career as the Captain of Spain’s National Team.

United are holding out for 40€ million or more for De Gea but may be open to a swap and money deal for the unsettled Sergio Ramos, Keylor Navas or even Cristiano or Gareth Bale. With the injured Navas seeming not to figure in the future of Real Madrid, they have been checking out Espanyol keeper Kiko Casilla, who used to also be a Real Madrid youth player, as a possible option.

Although technically Barcelona have been banned by FIFA from signing anyone until January 2016, they rarely follow the rules, preferring to do what they like and pay the penalty later. Thus they have gone ahead and signed Arda Turan to join in the winter and Atletico have in turn signed Ferreira Carrasco from Monaco. However, the signing of Turan took place just days before the annual Barcelona Presidential election, so Barcelona have the right to sell him back, should the new president change his mind. You couldn’t make it up. Meanwhile Sevilla continue to rebuild their side with Immobile about to sign from Borussia Dortmund, and Konoplyanka, Rami, Escudero and N’Zonzi (Stoke City) joining Kakuta and Krohn-Dehli.

Newly promoted Las Palmas made official the signing of goalkeeper Javi Varas, for the next two seasons on a free transfer from Valladolid. Diego Reyes is new player for Real Sociedad. The Mexican midfielder was given a one year contract. He’ll be a welcome edition after Real Sociedad could only manage a goalless draw against St. Johnstone for fourth place in their qualification league and are thus eliminated from the Europa League.

At Barcelona, Joan Laporta will install Joan Oliver as CEO if he wins Barça's presidential elections. Oliver spoke with some concern about the Neymar-gate saga: "I think that when you look at the financial prospects for the coming years, there is one question mark: how much Neymar's final price will be. So far it is 100€ million, but with the legal proceedings that are ongoing, it could rise by 122€ million in pecuniary liabilities. Neymar could end up costing 222€ million."

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all, should have an idea of their own fixture lists, with an expected start date for CD Torrevieja at least, on August 22nd or 23rd.

Back into the rumours and sometime reality of football from outside Spain and the Dutch international striker Robin Van Persie visited to Istanbul last Sunday to close his move to Fenerbahce from Manchester United on a four-year deal. As revealed by Sky Sports, attacker Raheem Sterling is headed to the Etihad after Manchester City and Liverpool agreed a deal worth £49 million (around €68 million). In addition to digging their heels in over the sale of David de Gea, Manchester United have now come up with an impossible counter demand: Sergio Ramos and Keylor Navas in exchange for their Spanish international keeper. United also showed off their new kit and the world's most expensive football shirt. The Adidas kit sponsorship deal for next season will bring in 94€ million per season while club sponsor Chevrolet will guarantee 56.5€ million.

Memphis Depay, who cost €33m from PSV

Memphis Depay

The pre-season matches and different tournaments around the world all start in July as everyone comes back from their summer hols. The start date for the 2015-16 campaign has yet to be decided. The CSD ruled that the league will start the weekend 22/23 August.

However La Liga (LFP) are insisting on the weekend of 15/16 August. Meanwhile the Federation (RFEF) and players’ union (AFE) want it a week later. No news as to when the TV companies will want the season to start as yet, as they too have a say in what games are broadcast and when certain games are played; or so it would seem.

The decision may have to go for arbitration to the sports commission (CSD) while regardless of what anyone wants, the new season fixtures should be fixed and published after the Federation general assembly meet today, Tuesday 14th July, if and only if, all the different bodies can agree to when the season will actually kick off. And even this could still change as Elche are still awaiting a decision on their appeal again being relegated for financial matters, despite being mid table. The decision on Elche will also decide the final line up of the first and second divisions.

However, it’s never that simple in Spain and all could change once again if any of the clubs in the top two divisions fail to meet their financial obligations by July 31st and end up being relegated such as Real Murcia were last season. And speaking of Real Murcia, while the broad of directors have backed the club and announced they do have the finance available for this season, millions of euros are still owed to SUMA and social security, plus additional money to former players, with almost any one of these entities being able to throw another spanner in the works of the club as a viable entity for 2015/16. Another local club who apparently owe about five million in taxes is Cartagena, who are in talks with the city council and various investors to try and keep the club at its present level.

Which brings us to August by which time the likes of CD Torrevieja, CF Torreveija, Santa Pola, Orihuela, CD Montesinos, Horadada et

was the first to try on the new shirt. "He is one of the greatest talents of his age", Louis van Gaal said on Friday. Not getting to war a Utd short next season are Falcao who has ended up on loan to Chelsea; Tom Cleverley (Everton) and the double swoop by Fenerbahçe for Nani and Robin van Persie. Chilean Ángelo Henríquez moved to Dynamo Zagreb and Chicharito is set to leave. That leaves just two strikers in Wayne Rooney and James Wilson so the club needs a new stricker. David de Gea and Ángel Di María could be the next to go.

Goalkeeper Víctor Valdés is staying, but Keylor Navas or Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) could be arriving. Bastian Schweinsteiger's time at Bayern Munich has come to an end and he has joined United who have also signed Italian International Torino defender Matteo Darmian for an undisclosed fee, reported to be £12.7m.

Meanwhile in the fabulous world of gossip and rumour, allegedly Liverpool have offered £22m for Real Madrid's 24-year-old Russia winger Denis Cheryshev and Manchester

United want Valencia's 27-year-old centreback Nicolas Otamendi. Louis van Gaal's also wants Southampton's 25-year-old France midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin and Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke. The 24-year-old would be a cheaper option than Napoli's 27year-old forward Gonzalo Higuain and Bayern's 25-year-old forward Thomas Muller.

Tottenham Hotspur are preparing an offer for Everton's £20m-rated midfielder James McCarthy, 24 but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has told manager Mauricio Pochettino the club must sell at least six squad players before making any more major signings.

Bournemouth are interested in signing Queens Park Rangers' 26-year-old striker Charlie Austin and are set to make a £7.5m bid for Nottingham Forest's 25-year-old winger Michail Antonio while Arsenal are deciding whether to make a surprise move for £10mrated Manchester United defender Jonny Evans, 27, who is also wanted by West Bromwich Albion. Arsenal defender Calum Chambers has rejected an offer to spend next season on loan at his old club Southampton while across town Chelsea have expressed an interest in signing 26-year-old International midfielder Charles Aranguiz, who was one of Chile's best performers at the World Cup last summer.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez wants to take former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic to Goodison Park and Orlando City owner Augusto da Silva claims they are "in the middle of negotiations" with Manchester United forward Javier Hernandez, who is currently out of action with a broken collarbone.

Former Republic of Ireland winger Kevin Kilbane believes Stoke City have made a great purchase after signing his former international team-mate Shay Given and staying with goalies, Petr Cech will wear 33 at Arsenal next season Former Manchester United and England defender Phil Neville declared himself satisfied as his first week as Valencia's assistant manager came to a mixed end. The Spanish club defeated Southampton before losing to Werder Bremen on penalties in a pre-season tournament. "Good training for the team now home to Valencia," Neville tweeted in Spanish after Saturday's game.

And finally, a crowd of 4,257 watched Hereford FC's first ever match. The club, founded by supporters after Hereford United went into liquidation last year, defeated FC United of Manchester 1-0 at Edgar Street. This season they will play in the Midland Football League, the ninth tier of English football.

Apparently.

Manchester United Manager Louis van Gaal and Bastian Schweinsteige