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The extensive rain in Torrevieja this year has had repercussions much greater than just that of flooded roads and premises.
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t has meant that the salt beds from which the salt is usually harvested have been flooded too, to the point that there are concerns about how much salt will actually be harvested this year. In order to address the issue, the salt company had asked the town hall to drain the extra water from the beds into the sea. However, permission has been denied by the Ministry of the Environment who fear that doing so would alter the balance of salinity in the areas where the water would be
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deposited and so affect marine life. The company had requested that 3.6 million cubic hectometres of water be removed as excess from the salt lagoon. They proposed to do this in stages in order not to affect the area of the sea where it would be deposited. However, the plan has been rejected as potentially detrimental to the local environment. Altogether there was rainwater of more than two hundred litres per square metre between December and March. This excess water meant that not only was the brine diluted but also some of the industrial site itself was flooded. The company has proposed that there would be three channels used to transport the brine water into the sea to prevent environmental problems being encountered. The water contains 170 grams of salt per litre and the sea contains around 30. Suzanne O’Connell
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Brit rescued after cliff fall in Orihuela Costa A British man was rescued after he fell from a height of three metres when he was making his way down the stairs that lead to Cabo Peñas, near to Cala Mosca. As the area is difficult to access and vehicles are prohibited, emergency services needed a helicopter, which has a medic on its crew.
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The incident happened at about 11:30am and the injured man's partner, who was with him at the time, called the emergency services after he slipped while descending the rocks which serve as a staircase down to the beach. The man had various fractures of differing severity.
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BITE SIZE Local residents raise funds for “first response NEWS: Age Concern continue to offer their help and support from their base in La Siesta to the elderly English-speaking community in the area. In order to continue to provide the range of services that they do, they need money raised from donations, through their charity shops and fund-raising events. If you are currently thinking of doing a spring clean and might have items you no longer want then Age Concern would like to hear from you. They are always grateful for good quality donated items such as clothing, small items of furniture and bric-a-brac that they can sell in their charity shops. The money raised from these shops is used directly to support the organisation’s work. If you do think you might have something you could donate, please take it to their shop either in Torrevieja or Los Montesinos or, alternatively to their centre in Calle Paganini S7N, urbanisation La Siesta 03184 in Torrevieja. If you have an items that you would like collected please call Age Concern on 966 786 887. They are extremely grateful to those organisations who choose the charity for their own fundraising events. Most recently, they would like to thank Las Salinas Petanca League for their generous donation of €350.
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kit” for Benijofar police As you may know, if anyone calls 112 for emergency services here in Spain, the first to arrive on the scene is usually the local police. If someone is in the process of having a heart attack or has stopped breathing, the police will work on that individual until the ambulance service arrives. Tragically, this happened on more than one occasion last year just in Benijofar and had the local police had a “first response” kit, the outcome may have been very different. With this forefront of mind, Restaurant Catorce, owned by Paul and Martyn, with the approval of the ayuntamiento and the local chief of Police in Benijofar, set up a committee of local people to raise funds during 2017 for a “First Response” kit. The key piece of equipment in this kit is a defibrillator, which the Red Cross will train police officers to use. This equipment could help many of the residents and expats living, working or just visiting the town on holidays or just having meals at any of the many bars and restaurants. Fundraisers hope that their campaign will encourage other local towns to fundraise and provide a defib machine for their Local Police team to use, knowing that a heart attack can happen at any time.
Entertainers gave up their time to help with the fundraising, which included party nights, raffles, bingo afternoons, and many donations from the customers of Catorce, the residents of Benijofar and a large donation from the RAOB. In total more than €2,400 was collected in just three months. As well as a the “First Response” kit, extra pads for the machine – ones to fit children and adults – were purchased, along with a resuscitation bag and thermal blanket. From the funds remaining, the local police will also be provided with equipment they can use if and when they find stray animals. This will include a holding crate, microchip scanner and lasso. Any stray animals will now be dealt with efficiently and returned to their owners if missing. The ‘First Response Kit’ was presented to the Chief of Police by the fundraisers at Restaurante Catorce recently and in return a plaque to show the authorities’ thanks was handed over to be displayed in the restaurant. Co-owner Paul said: “A huge thank you goes out to everyone that participated in raising the funds to allow this to happen. Hopefully you have helped saved someone’s life with your kindness.”
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HELP Vega Baja BITE SIZE Torrevieja opens again NEWS: HELP Vega Baja are delighted to announce that their office in Torrevieja is now due to re-open. The centre in Calle Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia closed temporarily in December 2016 for a period of re-structure and review. The Torrevieja office was opened over 35 years ago and was the first base for HELP. Since then they opened their office in San Miguel de Salinas 10 years ago and also have a helpdesk in La Marina. The official re-opening of the Torrevieja office was held on 18th April and it will now be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10am until 1.30pm. The intention is to extend these opening hours to Mondays and Fridays too when sufficient volunteers are available. President Michele Masson, is delighted at the new developments; ‘As a charity it is important that we keep up with the needs of the local community and although many people will always prefer to discuss problems face to face with our volunteers, we are also conscious that there are other ways we can offer support such as through our website, Facebook page and the talks that we offer to local groups. We therefore took the decision to close the office, completely renovate it and prepare for the next chapter of the charity and its link with the town of Torrevieja. Our volunteers now have a very professional and comfortable environment with all the latest facilities they need at their fingertips. We aim to continue offering the advice that people rely on us for, particularly as we enter what, for the British community, can be worrying times.’ HELP Vega Baja are keen to continue to work
closely with Torrevieja town hall and good links have been made with Councillor Carmen Morate who is the councillor for charities and the foreign community. ‘We are very positive that working relationships with the town hall will be strengthened and we will be able to support the OARI office in offering advice to visitors,’ explains Michele. The office in Torrevieja will also be used for training courses, craft classes, Spanish conversation classes and they are also looking into the possibility of having a book club there. They would welcome any further suggestions from members of the public. The Torrevieja office is the base for the welfare officer, Wendy, and solicitor Jordi Sole who will be able to make appointments and utilise the facilities for those people who live in the town. There is additional space available in the office for any charity who would also like to have their base there. There are three desks but volunteers only occupy two at the moment, leaving one free for another charity who would perhaps like to raise their profile in the town. For more information about this please contact Michele: president@helpvegabaja.com ‘There is never a dull moment at HELP,’ says Michele. ‘So much is going on and it would be impossible without the support we receive from everyone in the community and our great team of volunteers. We would love to hear from anyone who has a few hours a week to spare and who would like to join our team.’ Suzanne O’Connell
For more information about HELP Vega Baja and details of their membership benefits, events or how you can help, contact their San Miguel Centre on 966 723 733 or visit their webpage www.helpvegabaja.com
New drug detected The Guardia Civil has detected the entry of a new drug believed to be 80 times stronger than traditional cannabis at Alicante-Elche airport. The ‘synthetic cannabinoid’ drug, was practically unknown until now. The packages arrived from Hong Kong and were hidden in coffee. After inspecting the packages, the Guardia Civil detained the two smugglers, both British and aged 36 and 37 and residents of El Campello. During the operation some 12.2 kilos of the substance has been impounded, and once processed and distributed in doses, and had an estimated street value of 3.5 million euros.
The operation started in the middle of March when Guardia Civil agents intercepted some packages from Hong Kong, inside were some hidden bags containing sweets all inside packets of coffee. Of the samples obtained the existence of a strong synthetic cannabinoid which has potent effects on the human body. After realising the seriousness of the substance, the Elche Judicial Authority authorised the supervised delivery and then arrested the two suspects, a 36 year old Briton who came to the bar to collect the parcels and two days later another Briton aged 37 was detained at the Alicante-Elche Airport trying to flee from Spanish justice.
Continued from page 3 events in the Torrevieja calendar. The display of horses, carriages and traditional Sevillanas costumes attracts attention from all over Spain. There is concern this year about the contracts necessary for the May Fair to take place. This could lead to the fair itself having to be postponed. Those who enjoy this lavish and colourful event will wait anxiously to hear more about its future.
Plant species reintroduced Councillor for the environment in Torrevieja, Fanny Serrano has been pleased to see that the projects to reintroduce plant life into the Natural park ‘Molino del Agua’ appear to have been successful. The project began around six months ago with the reintroduction of different species that had disappeared from their natural habitat. Species include the prickly parsnip (Echinophora spinosa), sea bindweed (Calystegia soldanella), sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias) and Phoenician Juniper (Juniperus phoeniciea turbinate). The plants have been reintroduced into the dune area and now the public are asked to avoid trampling on them. Signs, to this effect, have been put up in different languages. The area where the plants have been reintroduced has been named ‘Duna A.J. Cavanilles’ after the 18th century Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles who visited La Mata in 1792.
Rent for car park to increase Torrevieja town hall rents out the public car park under the Paseo Vista Alegre. However, the income from the use of this facility has not been reviewed since it opened in 1992 and now, the town hall is intending to charge a fee more in line with the increased amount charged to users. The town hall receives €60.10 per car parking space available in the underground car park. Altogether there are 294 parking spaces. This brings in €17,669.4 which is paid bi-annually. However, this amount has not changed in the quarter of a century that the car park has been open. People are now charged €1.98 an hour for parking their car there in comparison to the €.50 per hour that was charged in 1992. The town hall are angry that the fee for hiring these spaces has not increased similarly over the same period and this will now be rectified. Loss of income from sources such as this mean less money for the town council to spend on facilities in Torrevieja.
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BITE SIZE Compromís claims garden waste collection failure NEWS: Continued from page 5 Luis/ La Siesta/ El Chapperral Neighbourhood Watch will now take place on Monday 8th May at 4.30 at Casa Ventura. The group is still looking for someone to take over the role of president. The current president, Janice Gray would like to remind people that the May meeting will be the last for this group unless someone is prepared to step forward. The group have championed many causes in the past and aim to ensure that English-speaking people in the area have accurate information.
Martin Borislavov, secretary of Compromís for Orihuela, has denounced “the disastrous management of garden waste collection on the Orihuela Costa” responding to Dámaso Aparicio, Councilman for Road Cleaning and Solid Urban Waste, who a few days ago announced that a specialist cleaning and collection service was being carried out by the council before the
collection and the waste of the neighbourhoods is not collected for months it is impossible to do all the cleaning work in a few days.” Borislavov noted that “it is insulting to the residents of the Coast that Dámaso Aparicio is concerned about cleaning the streets only before the arrival of designated holidays, leaving the rest of the year for waste to grow in the streets”.
Easter Week holidays. “The collection of pruning is slow, insufficient and unpunctual,” said Borislavov, adding that “there are many places in Orihuela Costa where pruning has not been cleared for almost a year, and today it is still heaped near the rubbish bins.” The secretary of the ecosocialist party said: “When there are no contenders for sufficient garden waste
Finally Compromís for Orihuela has insisted on the need for more garden waste containers “since the residents do not have anywhere to remove the prunings to”. They also called for cleaning work throughout the year subject to a planned schedule “with the aim of putting an end to the problem of pruning waste that encourages the accumulation of garbage in the streets.”
Knife man arrested On Saturday afternoon The Guardia Civil and Local Police obtained a warrant to break down the door of a property in Torrevieja where a man was threatening three women with a knife. The incident took place in a flat located in social housing in Pedro Ángel Hernández in the San Roque district. The police were summoned at about 4.30pm after a report that the man, who was very disturbed, was threatening to kill three women inside the building. It is believed that the women were known to him. The police asked the man for permission to enter initially but when this was denied and he continued to threaten the occupants with two large knives, a court order was obtained, the police broke down the door and the man was arrested. Neighbours had Continued on page 8
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Hunger strike by angry father
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Carlos Montesinos from Torrevieja is carrying out a hunger strike in front of the justice building in Torrevieja in order to protest at his lack of access to his daughter of seven years old who has been living during the last three years in Santander
It was the 14th April 1931 when Spain’s second republic was proclaimed. In order to celebrate the 86th anniversary seven different associations in Torrevieja joined together, congregating in the Plaza de la Constitución. There they read a manifesto along with Councillor Víctor Ferrández. The councillor said, ‘Fascism is re-emerging across Europe because of the economic crisis. We must reject the way it fosters hatred.’ A republican parade was celebrated and those participating then marched to the Hombre del Mar on the sea front waving the tricolor flag whilst singing The International. Suzanne O’Connell
(Cantabria) with her mother. Carlos maintains that he hasn’t been able to see his daughter since August because, according to his words, the girl’s mother has been obstructive in enabling him to carry out his part of the access arrangements. Visits have also been
Continued from page 6 heard the man shouting threatening the women.
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The republic’s anniversary
Villamartin Plaza charity day Celebrate St George’s Day in style with a Party in the Plaza as Villmartin Plaza hosts fun day for all the family in aid of Help for Heroes. The event starts at 12noon with entertainment in the courtyard on the newly installed main stage. DJ Snoopy will provide music from midday with live axcts from 1pm. These include: Flashback, Abba Elite, Angie McKay, Richie Alexander, Dee, Rod Stewart tribute, Just Ollie, Jay Markwick and others. The day will be compered by Stevie Spit and Casey Shaddock. All of the bars and restaurants will be open, so there will be food and drink available for all from snacks to gourmet meals and everything in between. Money will be raised through private and commercial donations, bouncy castle, face painting, a grand prize raffles and a variety of stalls.
hampered due to the difficulties resulting from the distance the parents live apart. ‘I feel helpless,’ says Montesinos, ‘and my hands are tied.’ He only found out that he had a daughter when she was six months old. After tests to confirm that the girl was his, he has always wanted to take a full part in her life but he states; ‘During those seven years I have only spent 20 days with her.’ He now only maintains contact with his daughter through minimal telephone conversations. Montesinos has also put up a petition on Change.org and is collecting signatures in front of the justice department too. He wants a modification of the access arrangements to ensure that it can actually take place. ‘I feel desperate,’ says Montesinos. ‘I’ve exhausted all legal remedies.’ He has already collected 869 signatures online and there has been a lot of interest in his case. Suzanne O’Connell
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Two nights of clashes between police and Leicester fans in Madrid Clashes between fans of English soccer side Leicester City and Spanish police continued for a second day in Madrid last week, ahead of a first-leg Champions League quarter final against Atlético Madrid. For the seond day running, supporters of the English Premier League reigning title holders, among them many families, had gathered in Madrid’s historic Plaza Mayor. For most of the day, fans were generally well-behaved, although some mocked beggars who gather in the square, throwing coins at them. Fans of Dutch side PSV Eindhoven were filmed doing the same last year. However, as the afternoon continued, with temperatures close to 30ºC, in the run up to the kick off at 8.45pm local time, a group of fans let off flares that created a haze of thick blue smoke. When around 20 riot police intervened to put the flares out and warn fans not to light others, they were quickly challenged
by a large group of chanting supporters, some of whom threw bottles and tins at the officers, who were quickly backed up by support units that managed to isolate around 100 trouble makers, with dozens of others scattering into the busy narrow streets around the 17th century square. Leicester fans, who later saw their side lose 1-0 to their hosts in a closely fought game, had managed to place banners from one of the balconies overlooking the Plaza Mayor reading: Leicester City on Tour and Mind the gap. The latter is a reference to the warning given on London Underground to passengers when leaving a carriage and to the song was sung to London sides Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur when they played at Leicester in the closing stages of last season. There were no reports of any arrests on the second night, but the previous day, some eight Leicester fans were detained and six police officers injured.
Swallow nests installed to encourage breeding The Councillor for the Environment, Miguel Angel Fernandez, has recently been out supervising the work being carried out by the council to encourage swallows to nest and breed. The installation of nests for swallows, which consist of the placement of thirty nests with capacity to house two swallows in each one of them, in areas such as the WWTP, the councils infrastructure warehouse, and the bridges of the city.
The objective of this action is “to encourage the nesting of swallows and to reinforce the control of chironomids and mosquitoes in a biological way in the surrounding areas of the river”, said the Councillor of the Environment. Miguel Fernandez also explained that “the populations of these specimens are declining and that is why we are proceeding with this ecological initiative, so as to encourage breeding.”
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ABOUT US GO SATELLITE was set up in 2000 by Ian. Ian has more than 20 years experience, having spent 10 years with SKY in Home Services in the UK, where he worked on the specialist heights team as well as SKY’s Prestigious VIP Team, which caters for the stars, therefore the quality of his workmanship is extremely high! After leaving SKY, Ian set up his own business in the UK and ran this very successfully for 5 years before moving to Spain. WHY CHOOSE GO SATELLITE? We are here to help! We can arrange installation of TV direct from the satellite with no monthly payments. We are able to make repairs to existing satellite systems, potentially saving you from additional costs. Here at Go Satellite we only use top quality Portuguese dishes and quality German LNBs. We also provide Sky receivers direct from the UK. Over the years we have installed thousands of satellite TV systems with packages to suit everybody’s requirements and budget. Go Satellite offer expertise, reassurance and a proven track record which can be backed up by many satisfied customers. WHERE ARE WE? GO SATELLITE is based in Ciudad Quesada. Come and view our systems and find one that’s right for you! No room for a dish? Not a problem ... we have a solution
CUSTOMER SERVICE Any concerns or queries are dealt with in a clear and professional manner and clients can call the office at any point if they have any queries. This ensures that all of their customers have complete peace of mind throughout the lifetime of the service. We also realise that technology involved can be confusing, but we are happy to spend time with our customers to ensure that thay get the best system for their needs. So, if you are fed up of missing your favourite programmes or you have lost your TV signal and do not want to lose out any more, then call 965 725 670 or e-mail info@freetvspain.com Alternatively, check out the website: www.freetvspain.com
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Social security shortfall rises The fiscal gap in Spain’s pensions system is getting wider every year. Job creation has been growing at a rate of 3 percent over the past two years and consequently so has Social Security affiliations. But this increase in revenue for the system still does not match spending. This explains why, in 2016, Social Security ran a deficit that broke its own record, which had been set only a year earlier. This deficit - which covers pensions, not unemployment benefits - was at least €18.6 billion, according to provisional Labour Ministry figures. Considering that average affiliation last year was 17.6 million, this means that every worker signed up with the system has a deficit share of more than €1,000. Ever since the Spanish pensions system slipped into the red in 2011, this fiscal gap has kept on growing. Reforms were passed in a bid to contain the rise in spending, but these have not yet developed their full cost-cutting potential. And the increase in affiliations through job creation is not growing at a fast enough pace to reduce this gap, according to the figures that the ministry has handed over to the unions and employer associations. Additionally, many of the new jobs are low-paying and often temporary, meaning that their contributions to the system are small. Labour Minister Fátima Báñez had already warned Congress that this deficit would be something like 1.7 percent of GDP. This number coincides
internal number provided by the agency itself, and not necessarily the final official figure.
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with the recent ministry figures, which show a Social Security deficit of between €18.6 and €18.8 billion, a €2 billion rise from the previous year. The final figure will be released later this week, before the 2017 budget plan is officially presented. Contributions to Social Security, which are closely tied to jobs, represent over 80 percent of the system’s entire budget and are its main source of funding. These contributions grew 3.15 percent last year on the back of a better job market, yet the revenues are still falling short of the system’s pension payments, which grew at a rate of 5.87 percent. So far this year, Social Security revenues have been growing even faster than last year, at a pace of around 6 percent according to Báñez’s own account. But this percentage is an
For several months now, a parliamentary committee has been hearing experts lay out various proposals for closing the fiscal gap in the system. The government has simultaneously opened talks with the CC OO and UGT unions, and with the employer associations CEOE and Cepyme. But negotiations are progressing slowly, and there is no sign of a quick deal on the horizon. In response a UGT spokeswoman, Maricarmen Barrera, described the situation as being “on stand-by.” The government keeps reiterating that the solution to the Social Security deficit is to regain all the jobs that were lost during the long economic crisis. But an analysis of the figures suggests that something more is required to bump up the system’s resources. One of the options on the table is raising the monthly contribution rates. Another is funneling more funds from the national budget. One of the reasons for the system’s rising expenditures is the fact that new pensions being paid out now to recent retirees are 38.3 percent higher than the retirement benefits of older people who are passing away. This is because new retirees tend to have longer and betterpaid careers than the older pensioners, which means their lifetime contributions to Social Security were higher.
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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE The list of currencies that did not go anywhere on Monday is rather longer than the one of those that did. There were no economic data to get things going and the Federal Reserve chairperson added nothing new to the debate about US monetary policy. Donald Trump’s comments at the start of the week seemed to help sterling, by the mid-week point investors saw sterling as a safe haven. It is not unheard of but it only happens when the circumstances are just so. In this case they were. Investors' knee-jerk reaction was to buy the euro but they quickly remembered their concerns about the French presidential election, so backed off. And if they couldn't buy the euro they couldn't buy the Swiss franc either, because the euro/franc exchange rate is policed by the Swiss National Bank. Both were down by nearly half a cent. As financial markets closed on Thursday evening for a short four-day
week, as many had one eye on the clock and the other on their boss most investors proved inclined not to get into anything they couldn’t get out of by close of play, hence it ended a rather quiet day. Thursday started much how it ended, investors did not think much of the UK employment data but neither could they be bothered to do anything about them. The pound was unchanged on the day against the euro, the Swiss Franc, the Japanese yen, the Canadian and NZ dollar and the Norwegian krone. A 25,500 increase in the number of jobseekers came as a surprise: the number was supposed to have gone down slightly. It was offset, though, by an uptick in average earnings, which were 2.3% higher on the year. That put wages and consumer prices exactly in sync, a fractionally better outcome than the one investors had been geared up for.
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rudential International is part of the highly respected Prudential Group, one of the UK’s foremost financial services organisations. The Prudential Group serve around 24 million customers worldwide to whom it provides a range of investment, protection and retirement products, helping them to lead a more comfortable lifestyle. Between them, they trust the company to manage £562 billion of their money. A popular product is the Prudential International Prudence Bond (Spain). It is a medium to long‐term investment bond which enables you to invest in a range of investments with the potential for growth. It allows you to take tax‐ efficient withdrawals, while providing an element of life cover. This innovative product offers flexibility along with a wide range of investment choice. Investments with Prudential International grow largely free from tax which could result in a potentially higher return than investments in UK‐based funds. • Current expected growth rate – 6.20% for the Sterling Growth fund. • You can start investing – with a minimum of £20,000 and make additional top‐ups of at least £15,000. • Choose your currency – if you wish to invest and take withdrawals, there’s a choice of investment currencies, to suit your particular circumstances. • There is a wide range of investments to choose from ‐ you'll have access to Prudential’s Prufund range of funds • Flexible options for withdrawing your money – you can take regular or partial withdrawals from your bond at any time. You can set the amount of regular withdrawals and choose how often it is taken. • Inheritance tax planning options – with a wide range of trust options available for use with the Prudential International products. Tax advantages ‐ The Prudential International Investment Bond has the advantage of being tax efficient in Spain. It is also Spanish compliant which means that you do not need to declare your capital or income to your tax adviser or on the Modelo 720. For further details of the Prudential International Prudence Bond please contact us at our office on 965 704 338 or email Contact@SeagateWealth.es
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There is nothing quite like the sweet scent of Plumeria in flower! Plumerias are some of nature’s most exotic plants and over the years they have become world famous for their association with the Far East and the beautiful Hawaiian islands. More commonly known as Frangipani or temple tree, Plumerias can be found from sea level to 2000 ft elevation, are easy to grow, and bloom with only minimal care and attention. They simply require a warm, well lit spot in a conservatory, home or garden and exposure to as much sun as your climate can offer. A little water and some plant food is all you need add, as well as a good dose of “patience”, as some Plumerias can take up to 3-5 years to first bloom. But once this happens, your Plumeria will then continue to flower year after year after year. Spectacular colours, enchanting fragrances, and several hundred different varieties all combine to make these stunning plants a real "Tropical Gardener´s" delight. Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The trees reach maturity (full size) in about five years. Plumeria can also be grown to a relatively large size in large tubs. The size of the container will
control the size of the plant. Plumeria planted in a 1 gallon pot will yeild a 2-3 foot plant.
Care: Plumeria is a hardy plant requiring little care, but they do not tolerate frost. If you have frosty winters, bring it indoors. Not too fussy
avoid fertilizers high in nitrogen. Plumeria is fairly resistant to insects and diseases. If you feel your Plumeria requires pruning you should wait until the dormant period is well along, then cut for shape.
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about soil conditions, Plumeria can grow fairly close to the beach, but without full wind. Enriched soil is preferred and good drainage should be provided. Plumeria require at least a half day of full sun to produce blooms. Plants should be allowed to dry out between watering, but excessive dryness will result in foliage loss. Likewise the soil should not be kept soggy wet. Regularly feeding with a fertilizer high in phosphorus (the middle number) during the growing season will produce vigorous plants with large clusters of flowers from spring to late autumn. To keep the plant compact,
Plumeria species are easily propagated by taking a cutting of leafless stem tips in spring and allowing them to dry at the base before inserting them into soil. They can also be propagated from seed collected from a tree, but flower quality is unpredictable, although it will tend to reflect the parent plant. With plants started from cuttings, flowers can be expected within the first year, depending on the original cutting size and the time of year that it was taken, although only limited production will occur. Seedlings take three years or more to produce flowers. So, if you would like to try the latest trend in Tropical Gardening, or just spice-up an existing collection, try growing Plumeria and you won’t be disappointed. Marc Vijverberg
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Craft Fair with demonstrations in Calpe If you like to watch skilled craftsmen and women at work, you should perhaps make a note in your diary of the Craft Fair that will be held in Calpe on the weekend of 28th of April to the 1st of May. That's when about thirty craft people will set up shop around the church in the middle of Calpe Old Town – about an hour and a half drive north from Torrevieja. Not only will they show (and sell) what they have made, you can also watch most of them at work, ask questions on techniques, tools and materials, and quite a few even speak some English (or French or German). Glass blower José, who was here at Christmas, will come again and Susana will run workshops on actually making paper. Then there will be people working with leather, wood and paper, people modelling clay, painting or getting knotted (macramé) and making jewelry, all people who love their work and want you to share the pleasure. There will also be workshops for children, a small Ferris wheel, old-fashioned table games and a few stalls with traditional regional delicacies: Felipe sells pan de higos, made from dried figs and almonds, and will show you how arrop i tallaetes is made, a Valencian speciality made from grape syrup and pieces of
pumpkin. Several times a day Luisa makes fresh cheese. And all this with soft background music, nice tunes from all over the world. A charming acrobat will enliven
the fair with her surprising acts and give a lively fire show in the evenings. The fair is organised by Amata, the regional craft association that has spent the last 20 years organising the few real craft markets to be found in this part of Spain. Everything on the stalls has to be made by hand and has to be made by the person actually on the stall. It's not easy to make a living in this fashion, when there is so much competition from people selling mainly imported goods, but it can be done. Calpe is mainly known for its
Peñón de Ifach, the big rock in the sea that can be seen from miles away and is often used as a promotional image for the Costa Blanca. But Calpe also has a nice old town centre with part of the original town walls, narrow streets with flowerpots on the gaily painted steps, and many bars and restaurants who put out their tables out in the street or on tiny little squares. The Craft Fair will be held right in the middle of all this, around the church, and opens on Friday the 28th of April at about 6 pm; on Saturday and Sunday the opening times are from 11am till 9 pm or later and on Monday (bank holiday) the stalls stay open till (Spanish) lunchtime. For more information, ring 639 979 678, we even speak English. You can find photographs of the Christmas market in Calpe (different theme, but with the same quality crafts) at http://www.amata.es/Calpe16.h tml.
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WELCOME TO HONG KONG with Vivalia Travel To get the best views of Hong Kong, leave the island and head for the opposite Kowloon waterfront
Hong Kong Island is the island that gives the territory Hong Kong its name. Although it is not the largest part of the territory, it is the place that many tourists regard as the main focus. The parade of buildings that make the Hong Kong skyline has been likened to a glittering bar chart that is made apparent by the presence of the waters of Victoria Harbour. To get the best views of Hong Kong, leave the island and head for the opposite Kowloon waterfront Victoria Peak. Peak Tower serves not only as an observation platform, it also doubles as a shopping mall offering shops, fine dining and museums. The Peak Tram runs from Central to the bottom of the Peak Tower. Although views of Kowloon and Victoria Harbour can be stunning, be prepared for the view to be spoilt by air pollution. There is no point in spending extra money to visit the observation deck of the Peak Tower. There are a number of nice walks around the Peak Tower that offers similar, if not nicer, views of all sides of the island. Museums. There are a variety of museums in Hong Kong with different themes, arguably the best museum is the Hong Kong Museum of History in Kowloon, which gives an excellent overview of Hong Kong's fascinating past. Not the typical pots-behind-glass
format of museums you find elsewhere in China. Innovative galleries such as a mock-up of a colonial era street make history come to life. Allow about two hours to view everything in detail. Kowloon also includes a number of other interesting museums such as Dialogue in the Dark, the International Hobby and Toy Museum, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre. Theme Parks. Hong Kong Disneyland Resort opened in September, 2005. It is on Lantau Island, about 12km east of Hong Kong International Airport. The resort also features a Disneyland park, two resort hotels and a lake recreation centre. Though significantly smaller in size than other Disneyland-style parks elsewhere, the park is undergoing an expansion to offer more attractions. EAT AND DRINK Cuisine plays an important part in many peoples' lives in Hong Kong. Not only is it a showcase of Chinese cuisines with huge regional varieties, but there are also excellent Asian and Western choices. Dim sum is possibly the best known Cantonese dish. Served at breakfast and lunch, these delicately prepared morsels of Cantonese cuisine are often served with Chinese tea. Siu mei is pork roasted over an open fire or a huge wood burning rotisserie oven. With the addition of a slightly crispy honey sauce layer, the final taste is of a unique, deep barbecue flavour. Congee is a thin porridge made with rice boiled in water. Served at breakfast, lunch or supper, the best version is as soft as 'floss', it takes up to 10 hours to cook the porridge to reach this quality. Wonton noodles are dumplings usually made from minced prawn but may contain small amounts of pork. As with the rest of China, tea is a popular beverage in Hong Kong, and is served at practically every eatery.
Albatera Mobile Home Park
Located in the Albatera countryside, the newest mobile home park on the Costa Blanca is an ideal early retirement site for the over 50s. Set in quiet surroundings, the newly built, fully legal mobile home park offers affordable Spanish living to a very high standard. The park itself is an easy walk from Albatera town with its public swimming pool and gym as well as a plethora of bars, coffee shops and restaurants. Located just 30 minutes from blue flag beaches and near the large indoor shopping centre, Nueva Condominia, there is never a shortage of ideas for days out. The town square of Albatera has cafes and is a great place to sit back, relax and watch the world go by. Albatera also has a busy market every Thursday with fresh fruit, vegetables, textiles and gifts on sale by local vendors. If you enjoy the great outdoors, Albatera Mobile Home Park is adjacent to a number of popular countryside walking routes or, if mountain walking is more your style, a ten minute drive will bring you to the
nearby mountains with stunning scenery and excellent walking routes. The local train service brings you to the cities of Alicante and Murcia for shopping trips or days out, and within a short drive of the mobile home park are a range of pretty Spanish villages just waiting to be explored. The mobile home park makes a great choice for retirees and those taking early retirement. It is a quiet, rural park just thirty minutes from Alicante airport. You are free to landscape your plot to your own taste with plenty of space to park your car. What’s more, when you make the move, owners Chad and Jayne are more than happy to guide you through settling in to Spain and can help with paperwork, local advice and information about doctors, hospitals etc. Plots for rent and mobile homes for sale. For more information or to arrange a viewing, contact 0034 965 966 165 or 0034 686 665 720, or email enquiries@albateramobilehomepark.co.uk
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ETA hands over explosives and weapons Basque separatist group ETA has handed over 118 pistols, rifles and automatic weapons, 2,875 kilograms of explosives, and 25,700 detonating devices and ammunition that had been hidden in eight caches, the locations of which were passed on by an International Verification Committee to the French authorities. The group has now declared complete disarmament. The terrorist organisation, which in 2011 announced a definitive ceasefire after its fourdecade-long armed fight for an independent Basque homeland, during which it killed more than 850 people and wounded thousands, is now “totally unarmed” according to the committee. The majority of the arms stores were hidden in small communities in the French Basque Country. ETA went through the motions of disarmament in February 2014, when it handed over four unused guns and around two dozen kilograms of bombmaking material. At an event in the town hall of Bayonne, in the French Basque Country, the coordinates of the eight arms caches were provided by ETA mediator Jean Nöel Etcheverry to representatives of the committee in the presence of
the mayor of Bayonne. Ram Manikkalingham, the head of the committee, along with Mateo Zuppi, the archbishop of the Italian city of Bologna, as well as Harold Good, an eminent Irish Methodist who played a vital role in the Northern Ireland peace process, officially announced that ETA’s disarmament was complete. Some 172 observers accredited by ETA mediators oversaw the process, with teams of around 20 standing watch at the eight locations. The Spanish government has refused to take part in the process, saying it will not negotiate with terrorists. French Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said his government would work with the Spanish authorities to “to verify if the material collected can help to resolve ongoing investigations and allow for confirmation that the disarmament is total.”
Also in attendance at the event were several leading figures from the proindependence Basque left, among them Arnaldo Otegi, the head of separatist party Sortu. The Basque branch of Podemos sent two representatives, Pili Zabala and Andeka Larrea. The center-right Basque Nationalist Party sent its representative in the French Basque Country, Paco Arizmendi. Following an announcement by Manikkalingham verifying ETA’s “definitive, unilateral” disarmament, several hundred supporters of an independent Basque country who had traveled to Bayona staged a series of events, as well as calling for the release of ETA prisoners who are ill and for those serving jail time to be held in jails in the Basque Country.
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Blithe Spirit Actors Community Theatre Society, return with its first production of 2017. After two successful productions at Beniojfar Cultural Centre, and donating €5000 to The Benijofar Crisis Appeal, A.C.T.S is currently rehearsing for Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, directed by Ian Vallender. Charles Condomine (Tony Goddard) an author whose first wife Elvira (Robin Smith) has been dead for seven years has been reasonably happy with his second wife Ruth (Dianne Scott). To collect material for his book he invites the quirky Madame Arcarti, (Eileen
Hamilton) a local medium, to conduct a séance at their home. Supernatural hilarity and anarchy are unleashed as Elvira returns. Noel Coward´s Blithe Spirit has been entertaining audiences for over 60 years. Tickets are €8 and are available by contacting
tickets.acts@gmail.com or telephoning 646 277 724. Tickets are also available from various local outlets including Restaurante Catorce, Beniojfar who are offering an Early Bird dinner before the show and are only a fiveminute walk from the theatre. For more information please contact Catorce on 966849030. The performances are on Thursday 18th May, Friday 19th May and Saturday 20th May with curtain up at 7.30pm sharp at Benijofar Cultural Centre. All profits from this show will go towards the Benijofar Crisis Appeal.
Concerns over coastal path We were contacted this week by concerned reader Roger Parris who said, “I walk this sea front every morning and like many tourists visiting this has been an issue for over two years. Is it possible the power of media may save some poor tourist from hospitalization. A real death trap, also it does not encourage tourists to visit the area. The nearest road is called Calle Benejuzar, near Naufragos beach in Torrevieja.” The Costa Blanca People has provided the photos to the Town Hall and is awaiting comment.
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LET’S INFORM YOU SEMINAR IN QUESADA The team at Free Lunch Spain have, for the last three years, supplied essential information about life in Spain to over 3,000 people. They ensure that all thepeople who have attended get the correct answers to their specific questions. The experts from the five local companies are overwhelmed by the massive popularity of these events. As a result they are now expanding the number of seminars. This will be a fantastic opportunity for everybody to get all the facts about life in the Costa Blanca. Everybody who attends will be able to ask the experts in various areas of business about how things work in Spain, which is a refreshing change to the continued confusion that reigns here. Once again the highly respected UK & Spanish
companies based in Spain are inviting all British, Irish & European nationals, spending time or living in Costa Blanca, to a meeting for their questions regarding life here to be answered. Some of the topics that will be covered will be as follows: 1. Health Cover – An official from Quiron Hospital will be attending 2. Brexit – The latest updates on how we are affected in Spain 3. Savings and Investments – How to get the best returns for your
money. 4. Mortgage Refunds – Find out if you due a rebate from your Spanish bank 5. Wills – Ensure your will complies with the latest regulations 6. Pensions – Find a dormant pension of yours in the UK 7. Inheritance taxes in Spain – Ensure your heirs don’t pay too much 8. Currency exchange – Get advice how to get the best rates for your UK pound
1. Health cover 2. Brexit 3. Savings and investments 4. Mortgage refunds 5. Wills 6. Pensions 7. Inheritance taxes in Spain 8. Currency exchange 9. Complex Spanish funeral system
9. Complex Spanish funeral system – Get all the facts. Experts from five companies will be providing professional advice on all these topics and answering all your questions. Everybody who attends the event will get all their questions answered. How fantastic is that! Once all the questions have been answered then everybody will get a free lunch at the newly refurbished Quesada Fish & Chips in Quesada. The event begins at 12 noon on Thursday 27th April. To register to attend this unique
event you can e‐mail freelunchspain@gmail.com with your name address and telephone number or call 685 733 278. “Spaces are limited so I am off to register right now. The thing is I have about ten questions that need answers. Apparently the experts will have an answer for each one! Great news.”
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Spanish unemployment falls Spain holds Russian Spain’s labour market continues to recover according to March statistics. Last month, 161,752 people signed onto the social security system and 48,559 gained employment.
These kinds of March figures haven’t been seen since 2001. Almost a third of the new jobs created were in hospitality (17,471) in preparation for the influx of tourists. The National Statistics Institute released figures which showed the Spanish labour market created more than 400,000 jobs last year, with unemployment falling to 18.6 percent in the final quarter of 2016. This is the lowest unemployment rate the country has seen in seven years. however it’s not just Spain’s figures that are improving – Eurozone unemployment rate is at an 8year low. Spain’s government has predicted that unemployment will drop to 16.6 percent this year, and plans to offer nearly 8,000 new public-sector jobs nationwide. Regional governments, of which Spain has 17 plus those of the two city-provinces of Ceuta and Melilla on
the northern Moroccan coast, will be allowed to spend a total of €5.4 billion extra this year in healthcare, education, social services and transport – an increase on the original €4bn proposed
by treasury minister Cristóbal Montoro. Centre-right party Ciudadanos has agreed to vote in favour of the 2017 budget following a series of measures to 'modernise' the national economy and increase social welfare spending, but it appears that the new 'environmental tax' and taxes on sugary soft drinks will not be applied after all – at least, not this year. The 'green' tax is under debate, and the drink tax is undergoing a feasibility study, but as yet no draft plan has been drawn up for it. In order to increase the emphasis on social welfare and strengthening employment, this year's budget will include a rise in spending on student grants, scholarships and education in general of 1.7 percent; a further 4.1 percent on company research and development; 5.5 percent extra on
employment and 7.6 percent more on the justice system. A total of €100 million will be put aside for elderly and disabled care benefits, the same amount on increasing the fight against tax fraud, and €342 million on family protection and the battle against childhood poverty. As well as another 67,000 civil servant jobs due to be offered, around a quarter of a million temporary public-sector workers will be given permanent positions. Unemployment at the end of 2016 stood at 18.63 percent, and economy minister Luis de Guindos believed this would fall to 17.5 percent over 2017, ending the year on 16.6 percent, but with the predicted GDP growth for the year remaining at 2.5 percent. De Guindos calls these forecasts ‘prudent’, and expects the last quarter of 2017 to see 19 million of Spain's 46 million inhabitants in work, with unemployment down by 458,000. Consumer spending will increase the GDP by 2.1 percent - down from an initial 2.4 percent - but exports will result in a rise of 0.4 percent on the GDP as opposed to the original 0.1 percent forecast. For a second consecutive year, Spain is expected to see an increase in demand from importers abroad – something that has not happened since 1997 – and for the fifth year running, 2017 will see a positive trade balance, expected by be in region of 1.9 percent. Inflation, measured in accordance with the consumer prices index (IPC), is forecast to grow by 1.5 percent in 2017, the same as it did in 2016.
hacking suspect wanted by US A Spanish judge has ordered that a Russian computer expert is to be remanded in custody on US allegations of large-scale hacking, judicial and police sources said. Judge Carmen Lamela gave the order for Piotr Levashov, who was arrested at Barcelona airport last Friday, to be kept behind bars, a judicial source told Spanish press agency AFP. Spanish police said in a statement that the arrest was the result of a “complex inquiry carried out in collaboration with the American FBI”. “The arrested man, aged 36, had notably created over several years an online infrastructure in ‘botnet’ form, networking computers unbeknown to their owners for illegal activities,” the statement said. “The arrested man controlled the Kelihos botnet formed by hundreds of thousands of computers located internationally,” police added. Authorities “proceeded to dismantle the IT infrastructure... liberating on a massive scale victims’ computers which were infected by the virus that he was using to take control of them”. Police said he had “not only taken all kinds of personal data” from the hijacked computers, but he had “also infected them with malicious software, mostly of the ‘ransomware’ type”, blocking access to information
and demanding a ransom for its release. Investigators said Levashov was believed to have been “carrying out this type of activity for more than 10 years, earning huge profits”. Contrary to what the suspect’s wife had earlier told Russia Today, and reported by other media, the man was not wanted for allegedly hacking the US presidential election. Maria Levashova had told the TV channel her husband was detained “at the request of the American authorities” and that Spanish police had told her it was in connection with “a virus which appears to have been created by my husband (and) is linked to (Donald) Trump's victory”. The claim, however, was strongly denied by Washington, with a source close to the matter telling AFP that Levashov’s detention “is not tied to anything involving allegations of Russian interference with the US election”. Levashov was subject to a US international arrest warrant for IT crimes, according to a Spanish judicial source. A Spanish court specialising in international cases will rule on whether he will be sent to the US. The US has 40 days to present evidence backing Levashov's extradition, which the suspect opposes.
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Spain’s 64-year-old mum forced to Spain’s fertility in hand twins over to social services question disciplinary team has been following Ibáñez’s progress, and their reports all conclude that the twins need looking after in a different environment,” said a spokesman from social services in Burgos, adding that reuniting Ibáñez with her children, Gabriel and María de la Cruz, was not being ruled out at some
Spanish social services have taken the twins born to a 64-year-old woman in February into care, citing “indications of vulnerability” and concluding that the pair are “in a deprived situation.” Mauricia Ibáñez, from the northern region of Burgos, has already seen her first child, which she had at the age of 58, taken from her by the regional government of Castilla y León in 2014. On 26 March, after spending more than a month in hospital following the birth of her twins, who were conceived following fertility treatment at a US clinic, Ibáñez signed an agreement with social services that she would arrange for an assistant to provide 24-hour care. “All the reports we carried out concluded that she would need help
with cleaning and looking after the children,” said a statement by the regional government. But just 10 days after she returned home, on 6th April, the authorities decided the twins were “at risk.” Ibáñez made headlines around the world after the birth of her twins on 14th February, as well as sparking widespread debate in Spain, with opinion divided over the scientific achievement in allowing a woman in her sixties to be a mother, and those who argue allowing her to do so is irresponsible, particularly in light of her daughter having been taken into care on the grounds she was not being properly looked after. “Since she went home, a multi-
point in the future. “But the obligation in the short term is for them to be with foster parents,” he added. “She is very distraught and traumatised,” said Ibáñez’s lawyer, Juan Carlos Sáiz, after police accompanied social workers to her home to take the twins into care. He added: “She told me that if the first time was painful, this time it has been much worse.” Ibáñez, who lives in the tiny community of Palacios de la Sierra, some
70 kilometers from Burgos, had moved into an apartment in the city so as to be better able to look after her children. Speaking from hospital in February, following the birth of the two children, who were delivered through Cesarean section, Ibáñez said: “I decided to become a mother because the experience of having Blanca, my first child, was fantastic: I asked myself if I could really have another. I’m not worried at all about my age. I am old, but it has been possible for me to get pregnant: science and medicine are the last opportunity we older people have.” A former civil servant, Ibáñez decided to start a family a decade ago after she had been given early retirement over mental-health issues. Her sister tried to get the courts to declare her “fully incapable” so that her passport could be withdrawn, preventing her from traveling abroad to undergo fertility treatment, but a judge refused after psychologists testified that her condition did not prevent her from “looking after herself or a child.” Asked in February whether she was concerned about whether she would be able to hold on to her children, she replied: “Of course I am worried that they could take my children away. They are so defenseless, so small and delicate. I am a little bit afraid for them. I just ask God to prevent them falling into the hands of the social services.”
A European Fertility map shows alarming signs for Spain. The fertility or birth rate is obtained by calculating the number of children a woman would have, on average, if she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life. On the map – 2.1 or more children in pure green is required for sustained population levels, data by Eurostat for 2015. Mathematician and linguist Jakub Marian has created a map of Europe by regions which by colours shows the average fertility rate. Spain has one of the lowest birth rates, especially in Galicia and Asturias, only the Italian regions of Sardinia, Basilicata and Molise have lower. Most sustainable populations are found in France – Provence-Alps Costa Azul, Ireland and Turkey.
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Record taxes to be collected this year Spain’s tax authorities expect to claw back a record €200.9 billion this year – 7.9 percent more than in 2016, most of the increase being in company profit taxes. According to minister for the treasury Cristóbal Montoro, a further 12.6 percent in commercial tax will be collected, or a rise of just under €24.4bn. But this is still a long way off the amount collected in 2007, when companies paid €44.8bn in tax on their profits. The overall figure brings the government to a tax income sum similar to that seen just before the start of the financial crisis, in 2007, when it earned €200.7bn. These sums are net of the amounts which will be refunded to taxpayers in their annual declaration – this spring and summer, rebates which correspond with last year’s tax paid are expected to be in region of €12bn. Montoro says the country has been through a ‘deep economic crisis’ with five years of consecutive reductions in the
GDP and 3.5 million jobs destroyed, forcing tax income down, but that now the economy is starting to recover, he has taken the decision to increase taxes on firms. This will hit the majority of Spain's businesses fairly hard, given that over 70 percent of companies in the country are small or medium-sized firms, typically one-man bands or family-run affairs. Montoro has also commented on how wages need to increase now the economy is improving and deflation has been reversed. He says staff should not be paid salaries ‘consistent with those of a country on the edge of recession’ now that the economy is improving. Inflation is at 1.5 percent at present, although Montoro has only given his own civil servants a 1 percent pay rise this year. Most of this year's cash earnt
by the government will be in income tax – just over €78bn, or 7.7 percent more than in 2016, and somewhat higher than the €72.6bn earnt in 2007. IVA will bring in just under €67.5bn, or 7.3 percent more and 20.7 percent higher than the sum collected in 2007, due to top-rate IVA having gone up between 2010 and 2012 from 16 percent to 21 percent, and the middle band of 7 percent up to 10 percent, both in two stages. Montoro says this year's budget is not aimed at cutting taxes, saying those of 2015 and 2016 say a ‘very intense reduction’ in income tax and IVA. For the most part, the IVA reduction has not been seen by the ordinary consumer or worker, although retentions on self-employed earnings, pushed up from 15 percent to 21 percent overnight in 2012, dropped again to 15 percent in early 2016. The income tax drop over the past two years meant €9.3bn less for the government, says Montoro.
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Vodafone granted access to Telefonica’s fibreoptics Why don’t I come first?
Broken heart
My boyfriend is divorced and has children from a previous marriage. I knew he had problems with his family being emotionally needy, but hoped all that might change when we moved in together. He constantly puts his family before me, and it is a cause of arguments between us. I realise he still has to be there for his children, who are 13 and 16 now, but he sees them all the time, and I feel neglected. I want us to have children of our own one day, but right now I can only see that will make the situation worse.
I have had my heart broken recently, when I thought I had found the woman of my dreams. She simply said she didn’t feel as strongly as I did. I am devastated. Where do I go from here?
It’s always difficult when someone has a former life, especially when there are children, but your boyfriend also has to think of his relationship with you, and your future together. If there are no set times for seeing his children, then firm arrangements should be made, and strictly adhered to. Juggling two families is very common these days, but can be done with a little organisation and planning.
There are many varying degrees of love. I think for a person to really be ‘in love’, both parties must feel exactly the same way. There needs to be mutual attraction, devotion, and in my opinion your life partner needs also to be your soul mate, and best friend. By settling for less, you are more likely to encounter trouble down the line. However painful your broken heart is now, you must try and put this relationship behind you, get back out there and look for the love of your life. There are many people who are looking for exactly the kind of relationship that you seek. Joining social groups with people who share your interests will help. Take your time, and don’t be in any rush..
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An historic deal between Vodafone and Spanish communications company Telefónica will allow the British network provider to access the Spanish company’s entire fibreoptic network. Reportedly, this includes the so-called ‘nonregulated zone’ – the 66 most heavily-populated cities and towns where Telefónica is not obliged to share its fibreoptic system, but has chosen to do so anyway – as well as a ‘significant’ chunk of its regulated network. At present, Telefónica – which once held a monopoly in Spain and is still a major player in an increasingly fiercelycompetitive market – has rolled out fibreoptic internet, or FTTH, to over 17 million buildings including apartment blocks and business premises, and Vodafone will be able to offer this extra-fast connection to customers based in a sizeable minority of them. The deal between the two telecommunications giants will have a considerable impact on the digital connections market, substantially expanding Vodafone's potential slice of the market and rendering it more competitive than ever by multiplying the number of customers it can reach in addition to its own HFC and
FTTH direct networks, as well as drastically reducing the investments needed by the British operator in fibreoptic infrastructure. Instead, Vodafone will be able to give a greater cash injection to other areas of its services, such as its 4G mobile network coverage, in which it is already a market leader. The benefit to Telefónica comes in the shape of financial stability – Vodafone's blanket access to the FTTH network over the next five years guarantees a fixed income from the British provider, helping to offset Telefónica’s investment in the system. For customers, this means Vodafone will be able to offer more affordable prices. Telefónica’s biggest concern is that the National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) will force it to rent out its FTTH system and allow rival internet providers to ‘cherrypick’ from its fibreoptic network to offer fast connections to their customers, leaving Telefónica to bear the entire investment risk. The firm has always stressed that other operators should be expected to commit to a longterm, fixed line rental to contribute towards Telefónica's fibreoptic roll-out costs. Through its deal with
Vodafone, this is exactly what Telefónica has achieved and it looks likely that other providers may follow suit, since the deal between the two companies is not said to be exclusive. French mobile and internet provider Orange has begun its own fibreoptic roll-out, investing substantial amounts of capital in increasing its coverage from 10 million buildings to 14 million by the year 2019. But the Vodafone-Telefónica deal means Orange has lost some of its competitive edge, since it will be unable to pass on lower prices to customers corresponding with the cost of FTTH network rental, as it will need to finance its own investment. This means Orange may well decide to go down the same road as Telefónica and offer other providers unlimited access to its fibreoptic layout.
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Sleepless 5.5 - 2017 A cop with a connection to the criminal underworld scours a nightclub in search of his kidnapped son. Director: Baran bo Odar Writers: Andrea Berloff (screenplay), Frédéric Jardin (based on the film "Nuit blanche" written by) (as Frederic Jardin) Stars: Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney
Dark Tower -The2016 Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, roams an Old West‐ like landscape where "the world has moved on" in pursuit of the man in black. Also searching for the fabled Dark Tower, in the hopes that reaching it will preserve his dying world. Director: Nikolaj Arcel Writers: Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman (screenplay) Stars: Katheryn Winnick, Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba
Spiderman Homecoming 5.2 - 2017 Following the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), Peter Parker attempts to balance his life in high school with his career as the web‐slinging superhero Spider‐Man. Director: Jon Watts Writers: Jonathan Goldstein (screenplay), John Francis Daley Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Tom Holland
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South facing top floor apartment, next to golf, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, communal pool, solarium, sea views, ref 4396
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Quad villa, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, communal pool, solarium, mountain views, garden, drive, ref 4397
Bargain bungalow, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, spacious plot, drive, solarium, South facing, no community fees, ref 4398
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SPANISH RESTAURANTS RANKED IN THE WORLD’S TOP TEN The annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants is highly revered compatriots and this year’s list sees Girona’s El Cellar de Can Roca claim third prize in the ranking and Asador Etxebarri in Axpe and Mugaritz in San Sebastian claim sixth and ninth position respectively. Cellar de Can Roca has slipped one position from last year, while the Asador has climbed three, Mugaritz also fell by
two spots. The best restaurant in the world was named as Eleven Madison Park in New York City, whose head chef and coowner Daniel Humm visited Marbella to attend the star-studded A Cuatro Manos event last summer. The list is created by Restaurant magazine and has gained in prominence among chefs since it
began in 2002, now rivalling the longstanding Michelin guide. Spain had the highest amount of restaurants in the top 10 and had six feature in the top 50 overall. Tickets in Barcelona and Arzak in San Sebastian claimed 25th and 30th place respectively, while Azurmendi in Larrabetzu came in at 38th.
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Breakfast Fake Britain Homes Under the Hammer The Sheriffs are Coming Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Code Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders MasterChef Mind Over Marathon BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Kirsty Wark: The Menopause and Me This Week Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
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Planet's Funniest Animals You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show Emmerdale Coronation Street Britain's Got Talent Lost in Space FYI Daily Lost in Space Emmerdale Coronation Street You've Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Best of You've Been Framed! Gold Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Mom Mom Family Guy Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Two and a Half Men Totally Bonkers Guinness World
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Finding Dory
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An Eskimo Tale
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The Shallows
10.40pm
The Shallows Special
11.00pm
Undercover Hooligan
12.45am
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2.40am
The Last Dance
4.25am
Summer Camp
6.00am
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Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans ATP Masters 1000- Monte Carlo Hls Live ATP Masters 1000-Monte Carlo Barclays Premier League World Darts Gold Darts Gold Live Premier League Darts Premier League Match Pack La Liga Show Premier League Match Pack Barclays Premier League World Premier League 100 Club Premier League 100 Club La Liga Show Premier League Legends The Premier League Years Sporting Heroes Premier League 100 Club Spanish Football Gold Spanish Football Gold
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In Loving Memory Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Road to Avonlea The Darling Buds of May Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant Love Your Garden Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Bletchley Circle An Audience with Victoria Wood Housewife 49 Wycliffe ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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100 Days Top of the Pops Timewatch Robins of Eden Dial "B" for Britain: The Story of the Landline Bucket Yellowstone The Silk Road Top of the Pops Darcey Bussell's Looking for Audrey Dial "B" for Britain: The Story of the Landline Bucket This is BBC Four
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7.55am
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8.05am
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8.20am
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8.35am
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8.50am
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9.05am
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
9.15am
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9.30am
Peppa Pig
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10.00am
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10.15am
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12.15pm
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6.00pm
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7.00pm
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7.30pm
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11.00pm
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4.10am
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5.45am
House Doctor
6.10am
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6.35am
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Breakfast Fake Britain Homes Under the Hammer The Sheriffs are Coming Claimed and Shamed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Code Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show A Question of Sport EastEnders MasterChef Have I Got News for You Hospital People BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather The Graham Norton Show Witless Dinner for Schmucks Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
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8.15am
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11.00am
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Debatable
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World Championship
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World Championship Snooker - Extra
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Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
4.55am
Doctor Who
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ATP Masters 1000- Monte Carlo Hls
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3.40pm
Time Team
4.45pm
Car S.O.S
5.50pm
Car S.O.S
6.50pm
Vet on the Hill
7.55pm
The Secret Life of the Zoo
8.55pm
Grand Designs
10.00pm
Spin
11.05pm
24 Hours in A and E
12.10am
24 Hours in A and E
1.15am
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2.15am
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA
3.15am
24 Hours in A and E
4.15am
8 Out of 10 Cats
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Eastenders - The Carters’ problems grow even more. Michelle comes up with an idea to help Louise, while Lauren takes a big step.
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Channel 5 7.00am
Lily's Driftwood Bay
7.05am
Mofy
7.15am
Peppa Pig
7.20am
Little Princess
7.30am
Paw Patrol
7.45am
Bob the Builder
7.55am
Fireman Sam
8.05am
Thomas and Friends
8.20am
Milkshake Monkey
8.25am
Shimmer and Shine
8.35am
Noddy: Toyland Detective
8.50am
Paw Patrol
9.05am
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
9.15am
Digby Dragon
9.30am
Peppa Pig
9.40am
Peppa Pig
9.50am
Wissper
10.00am
Wanda and the Alien
10.15am
The Wright Stuff
12.15pm
GPs: Behind Closed Doors
1.10pm
5 News Lunchtime
1.15pm
On Benefits: Life on the Dole
2.15pm
Home and Away
2.45pm
Neighbours
3.15pm
NCIS
4.15pm
Deadly Revenge
6.00pm
5 News at 5
6.30pm
Neighbours
7.00pm
Home and Away
7.30pm
5 News Tonight
8.00pm
The Gadget Show
9.00pm
Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast
10.00pm
Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi
11.00pm
Building the World's Most
12.05am
Cruising with Jane McDonald
1.00am
Super Casino
4.10am
Half Past Dead
Luxurious Ship
5.45am
House Doctor
6.10am
The Great Artists
6.35am
Nick's Quest
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Television: Sat. 22nd April BBC1
BBC2
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7.00am
Breakfast
7.25am
Tom Thumb
11.00am
Saturday Kitchen Live
8.55am
That's Entertainment!
12.30pm
Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites
11.00am
Snooker
1.00pm
Football Focus
1.00pm
Raymond Blanc: How to Cook Well
2.00pm
BBC News
1.30pm
The Best Dishes Ever
2.15pm
The London Marathon:
2.00pm
Gardeners' World
My Reason to Run
2.30pm
Gymnastics: European Championships
2.45pm
Snooker
5.30pm
Final Score
5.30pm
BBC News
6.15pm
Flog It!
5.40pm
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7.00pm
Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby
5.50pm
Match of the Day Live
8.20pm
Doctor Who
8.00pm
Snooker
9.00pm
BBC Young Dancer 2017
11.00pm
QI XL
9.10pm
Casualty
10.00pm
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10.20pm
All Round to Mrs Brown's
11.45pm
Versailles
11.20pm
Match of the Day
12.45am
World Championship
12.20am
Murder in Successville
12.50am
Reign of Fire
1.35am
World Championship Snooker - Extra
2.25am
Weather for the Week Ahead
3.35am
Blackthorn
2.30am
BBC News
5.10am
This is BBC Two
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Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Britain's Got More Talent Take Me Out You've Been Framed! See Spot Run FYI Daily See Spot Run Hotel Transylvania FYI Daily Hotel Transylvania The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug FYI Daily The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Scorpion Britain's Got More Talent Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! That Awkward Moment FYI Daily That Awkward Moment Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen
Snooker Highlights
ITV2
Ghost in the Shell: Special
7.30am
An Eskimo Tale
9.10am
Everest: Special
9.40am
Finding Dory
11.35am
Barbershop: The Next Cut
1.40pm
Tarzan
3.40pm
The Shallows
5.15pm
Finding Dory
7.00pm
Barbershop: The Next Cut
9.00pm
Tarzan
11.00pm
The Shallows
12.35am
Undercover Hooligan
2.25am
The Last Dance
4.15am
Summer Camp
6.00am
Everest: Special
6.30am
Ghost in the Shell: Special
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Bottom Knocker Street Bottom Knocker Street Sooty Share a Story Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures Oddbods Marvel's Avengers Assemble Thunderbirds are Go Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu ITV News Weekend Free Willy 3: The Rescue James Martin's French Adventure ITV News Tipping Point ITV Racing: Live From Ayr Britain's Got More Talent Catchphrase ITV News London ITV News Take Me Out Britain's Got Talent Through the Keyhole ITV News Bend It Like Beckham Jackpot247 Who's Doing the Dishes? ITV Nightscreen
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Ashley Banjo's Big Town Dance Ashley Banjo's Big Town Dance Monkey Business Game Changers Fantasy Football Club 2017 Soccer A.M. 2016/17 Football's Funniest Moments Wild Things Ninja Warrior Ninja Warrior Ninja Warrior Gillette Soccer Saturday (Live) Football Gold MacGyver The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Inside the Freemasons Micky Flanagan Thinking Out Loud Golf's Funniest Moments A League of Their Own NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Revolution Arrow Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life
7.00am
Murder, She Wrote
7.50am
Murder, She Wrote
8.45am
Are You Being Served?
9.45am
FYI Daily
9.50am
Are You Being Served?
10.45am
That Riviera Touch
11.45am
FYI Daily
11.50am
That Riviera Touch
12.45pm
Agatha Christie's Marple
2.45pm
An Audience with Victoria Wood
3.55pm
Housewife 49
5.55pm
The Queen
6.55pm
FYI Daily
7.00pm
The Queen
8.00pm
Midsomer Murders
10.00pm
Foyle's War
Sky Sports 1
Sky 1
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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League 100 Club Game Changers Premier League Legends Premier League Preview 2016/17 The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Sporting Triumphs Gillette Soccer Saturday Football Boxing Dr Steelhammer: Wladimir's Story Football Football Football Football Dr Steelhammer: Wladimir's Story Football Football Football Football Dr Steelhammer: Wladimir's Story Premier League Legends Premier League Legends
7.00am 8.50am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 3.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.15am 1.05am 1.50am 2.55am 3.55am 4.40am 5.00am 5.25am 5.45am
The Goldbergs Made in Chelsea The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Bridge to Terabithia We Bought a Zoo The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory American Pie: Reunion Gogglebox Gogglebox Rude Tube Tattoo Fixers Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Black-Ish The Mindy Project The Mindy Project Charmed
Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am
CostaBlancaPeople 19th - 24th April 2017
E4
MOVIE picks
Dracula Untold -Channel 4 - 10.00 pm
Horror-drama starring Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon and Dominic Cooper. Director Gary Shore's prequel to Dracula is loosely based on the life of Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, the historic figure thought to have inspired Bram Stoker's Gothic novel. In 12th-century Romania, the young prince Vlad III is seized by Turkish troops and forced to train as a soldier alongside Mehmed, the son of the army's leader. After years of bloodshed, Vlad settles down with Mirena and assures his wife that his violent history will not repeat itself with their own child. However, Mehmed, who is now the Turkish sultan, has other plans. Mehmed demands that Vlad supply him with 1000 Transylvanian child recruits for his ever-expanding army or face execution. Confronted by equally devastating consequences regardless of his choice, Vlad impulsively makes a fateful deal with a wizened man who offers a risky alternative to Mehmed's ultimatum.
Channel 4 7.15am 7.45am 8.10am 8.35am 9.00am 9.25am 9.55am 10.25am 10.55am 11.25am 11.55am 12.25pm 12.55pm 1.25pm 1.55pm 2.25pm 2.55pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.35pm 6.35pm 7.30pm 7.55pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.45pm 1.55am 2.45am 4.50am 5.45am 6.10am 6.25am
Mobil 1 The Grid Motorsport King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Extreme Food Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun Location, Location, Location Grand Designs Channel 4 News Making Western Flag Escape to the Chateau Earth From Space Dracula Untold The Eagle Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Hollyoaks Omnibus Location, Location, Location Shipping Wars Kirstie's Vintage Gems Fifteen to One
8.00pm
Dan Cruickshank:
BBC 4 At Home with the British 9.00pm
Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II
10.00pm
Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith
11.45pm
Top of the Pops
12.20am
Top of the Pops
1.00am
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
2.55am
... Sings the Great American Songbook
3.55am
Duets at the BBC
4.55am
This is BBC Four
9.55am 10.30am 10.55am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.35pm 2.35pm 3.40pm 4.10pm 4.40pm 5.15pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.50pm 7.25pm 7.55pm 8.25pm 9.00pm 10.00pm
Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Homes by the Sea Location, Location, Location Coast v Country Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Hitler Building Hitler's Supergun: The Plot to Destroy London World's Most Extreme... 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Father Ted Father Ted Hitler Building Hitler's Supergun: The Plot to Destroy London 8 Out of 10 Cats
ITV3
12.00am
Lewis
2.05am
Wycliffe
3.05am
ITV3 Nightscreen
3.30am
Teleshopping
4.15am
The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism and joins a football team.
Channel 5 7.00am 7.10am 7.15am 7.20am 7.30am 7.35am 7.40am 7.50am 8.00am 8.15am 8.25am 8.30am 8.35am 8.50am 9.15am 9.30am 9.40am 10.00am 10.20am 10.35am 10.45am 11.00am 11.05am 11.20am 11.55am 12.00pm 12.20pm 1.20pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 4.15pm 5.15pm 6.10pm 7.10pm 8.10pm 9.00pm 9.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.30am 1.00am 4.10am 5.35am 6.00am 6.10am 6.40am 6.50am
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Bend it Like Beckham - ITV - 11.40 pm
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Pip Ahoy! Milkshake Monkey Milkshake! Bop Box The Mr. Men Show Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Wissper Paw Patrol Bob the Builder Fireman Sam Olly the Little White Van Olly the Little White Van Paw Patrol Blaze and the Monster Machines Noddy: Toyland Detective Wissper Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Shimmer and Shine Little Princess Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Access Criminals Caught on Camera Police Interceptors On Benefits Desperately Seeking Stardom: On Benefits The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Can't Pay Special: Big Family Bust-Up Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS 5 News Weekend Football on 5 Football on 5 The Funny Thing About Growing Up Comedy Bigmouths with Rory Bremner Super Casino Creep Criminals Caught on Camera Access Wildlife SOS Angels of Jarm Roary the Racing Car
ITV4 7.00am 7.10am 8.05am 8.55am 9.55am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.30pm 12.55pm 1.25pm 1.50pm 2.15pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 4.45pm 5.45pm 5.50pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.05pm 11.05pm 11.10pm 12.25am 1.25am 1.30am 2.35am 3.35am 4.00am
Football Rivalries Motorsport UK Bundesliga Fishing Impossible Brdc British F3 Championship Highlights ITV Racing: The Opening Show Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars British Touring Car Championship Highlights Shalako FYI Daily Shalako It's Not Rocket Science Fierce The Chase Celebrity Special Patriot Games FYI Daily Patriot Games Exit Wounds FYI Daily Exit Wounds Minder Tommy Cooper Teleshopping
www.costablancapeople.com
BBC1 7.00am 8.25am 9.30am 4.00pm 4.15pm 5.30pm 5.45pm 6.15pm 6.50pm 7.35pm 7.50pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 11.30pm 12.20am 12.50am 1.35am 2.05am 2.10am
Breakfast Match of the Day The London Marathon BBC News Sunday Politics Points of View Escape to the Country Songs of Praise Pointless BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Antiques Roadshow Line of Duty BBC News Regional News and Weather Match of the Day 2 Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights The Women's Football Show I'm Different: Let Me Drive Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
BBC2 7.00am
Around the World in 80 Gardens
8.00am
Gardeners' World
8.30am
The Beechgrove Garden
9.00am
Countryfile
10.00am
7.10am 7.35am 10.20am 12.50pm 2.00pm 2.05pm 2.35pm 3.05pm 3.20pm 3.55pm 4.55pm 6.15pm 7.15pm 8.15pm 8.20pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 12.30am 12.55am 1.25am 1.55am 2.25am 3.15am 6.45am
Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You've Been Framed! Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Take Me Out 2awesome Guidance Guidance L.A. Story Side Effects You've Been Framed! Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got More Talent The Amazing Spider-Man 2 FYI Daily The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Take Me Out: The Gossip Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show The Vampire Diaries Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen
Snooker
1.15pm
MOTD2 Extra
2.00pm
Snooker
7.00pm
Athletics
8.00pm
Snooker
9.00pm
Top Gear
10.00pm
The Crucible: 40 Golden Snooker Years
11.00pm
The Rack Pack
12.30am
Everest: Special
7.30am
The Top Ten Show 2017
7.50am
Finding Dory
9.40am
Barbershop: The Next Cut
11.45am
An Eskimo Tale
1.25pm
Iona
3.05pm
Tarzan
5.10pm
Finding Dory
7.00pm
Barbershop: The Next Cut
9.00pm
Tarzan
11.00pm
Iona
12.40am
The Last Dance
2.30am
Undercover Hooligan
4.25am
Everest: Special
4.55am
Ghost in the Shell: Special
5.25am
An Eskimo Tale
World Championship Snooker Highlights
1.20am
World Championship Snooker - Extra
3.20am
Countryfile
4.15am
Holby City
5.15am
This is BBC Two
ITV1 7.00am 7.10am 7.25am 7.35am 7.40am 7.50am 8.00am 8.05am 8.30am 8.55am 9.25am 9.30am 10.25am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.45pm 1.55pm 2.55pm 4.15pm 6.30pm 6.45pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 12.20am 12.50am 1.40am 4.00am 4.50am 5.40am
Sky Sports 1 7.00am 7.30am 9.30am 10.30am 12.30pm 12.45pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.15pm 5.15pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.30am 2.00am 2.30am 3.30am 5.30am 6.00am 6.30am
Premier League Legends Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Froch Returns Froch and Mccracken:Back in the Ring Dr Steelhammer: Wladimir's Story Wembley Joshua/Klitschko: Gloves are Off Live Nissan Super Sunday Pre-Match Live Nissan Super Sunday Live Nissan Super Sunday Froch Groves 2: History at Wembley Football Football Football Football Goals on Sunday Football Football Goals on Sunday The Premier League Years Football Football Football
7.00am 9.25am 10.30am 11.00am 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm
Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade Hop The Goldbergs Black-Ish Baby Daddy Kevin Can Wait Brooklyn Nine-Nine New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tattoo Fixers Tattoo Fixers E4's Tattoo Artist of the Year Celebrity First Dates Naked Attraction Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Hollyoaks Omnibus
Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am
The Andrew Marr Show
11.00am
ITV2 7.00am
Television: Sun. 23rd April
CostaBlancaPeople 19th - 24th April 2017
Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.30am 11.30am 12.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.15pm 4.35pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 5.30am 6.00am 6.30am
The Hour of Power Monkey Business Monkey Business Monkey Business Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family Monkeys: An Amazing Animal Family WWE Raw 2017 - 1 Hour Sports Funniest Moments Live Premier League Pre-Match Attenborough's Flying Monsters Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Wild Things Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles MacGyver The Blacklist: Redemption Most Daring Revolution Arrow Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life Monkey Life
7.00am 7.25am 8.25am 8.30am 9.20am 10.20am 11.20am 12.20pm 1.55pm 4.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 2.15am 4.00am 4.50am 5.40am 6.05am 6.30am
In Loving Memory Rising Damp FYI Daily Rising Damp Heartbeat Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Columbo: Short Fuse Foyle's War Our Queen at 90 When Phillip Met Prince Philip Midsomer Murders Morecambe and Wise Forever Morecambe and Wise Forever Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down Wycliffe A Touch of Frost May the Best House Win May the Best House Win In Loving Memory In Loving Memory ITV3 Nightscreen
E4
7.20pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.05am 2.10am 3.15am 4.10am 4.55am
Bottom Knocker Street Bottom Knocker Street Sooty Share a Story Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures Oddbods Marvel's Avengers Assemble Thunderbirds are Go Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu ITV News Weekend Countrywise Peston on Sunday Carry on Again, Doctor ITV News Who's Doing the Dishes? Britain's Got Talent You Only Live Twice ITV News London ITV News The Chase: Celebrity Special Bigheads The Durrells Grantchester ITV News Lethal Weapon The Nightly Show Best Bits Peston on Sunday Jackpot247 Motorsport UK British Superbike Highlights ITV Nightscreen
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Channel 5
7.20am
King of Queens
7.00am
The Mr. Men Show
7.45am
King of Queens
7.10am
Peppa Pig
8.10am
King of Queens
7.15am
Peppa Pig
7.20am
Paw Patrol
7.35am
Bob the Builder
7.45am
Fireman Sam
7.55am
Olly the Little White Van
8.35am
Everybody Loves Raymond
9.00am
Everybody Loves Raymond
9.30am
Frasier
10.00am
Frasier
8.00am
Olly the Little White Van
10.30am
Sunday Brunch
8.05am
Paw Patrol
1.30pm
The Simpsons
8.20am
Blaze and the Monster Machines
2.00pm
The Simpsons
8.45am
Noddy: Toyland Detective
2.30pm
Robots
8.55am
Wissper
9.10am
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
9.25am
Shimmer and Shine
4.20pm
Mission: Impossible
6.25pm
George Clarke's Old House, New Home
7.30pm
Channel 4 News
7.50pm 10.00pm
9.50am
Little Princess
10.10am
Peppa Pig
Thor
10.20am
Peppa Pig
The Island with Bear Grylls
10.30am
Peppa Pig
11.00pm
Gogglebox
10.35am
Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
12.00am
Earth From Space
10.45am
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1.00am
The Sessions
11.20am
Access
2.45am
The Last Leg
11.25am
Football on 5
3.40am
Location, Location, Location
12.20pm
Football on 5
12.55pm
The Gadget Show
4.35am
Gillette World Sport
1.55pm
The Deep End of the Ocean
5.00am
KOTV Boxing Weekly
4.00pm
Yorkshire: A Year in the Wild
5.25am
Mobil 1 The Grid
5.00pm
Yorkshire: A Year in the Wild
5.55am
Four in a Bed
6.00pm
Yorkshire: A Year in the Wild
6.20am
Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free
7.00pm
Yorkshire: A Year in the Wild
6.30am
Shipping Wars
7.50pm
5 News Weekend
7.55pm
U-571
8.55pm
5 News Weekend
9.00pm
U-571
10.00pm
3 Days to Kill
11.00pm
5 News Weekend
11.05pm
3 Days to Kill
12.05am
Chaos
2.05am
Super Casino
BBC 4 8.00pm
The Sun
9.00pm
The Moon
10.00pm
Horizon
11.00pm
The Sky at Night 60th Anniversary Special
4.10am
Body of Proof
12.00am
K2: The Killer Summit
5.00am
Caught on Camera
1.20am
The Sun
5.50am
House Doctor
2.25am
The Moon
6.15am
Wildlife SOS
3.20am
K2: The Killer Summit
6.40am
Angels of Jarm
4.45am
This is BBC Four
6.50am
Roary the Racing Car
9.55am 10.55am 12.00pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.05pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.50pm 6.25pm 6.55pm 7.25pm 7.55pm 8.25pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.35pm 11.05pm
Vet on the Hill Ep11 Coast v Country Homes by the Med Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me How to Lose Weight Well Father Ted Father Ted Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches 24 Hours in A and E Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Man Down Man Down Peter Cook and Dudley Moore: The Missing Sketches 8 Out of 10 Cats
7.00am
British Touring Car Championship Highlights British Superbike Highlights Cycling Rugby Sevens World Series Highlights Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Shalako FYI Daily Shalako The Man From the Alamo FYI Daily The Man From the Alamo The Hanging Tree FYI Daily The Hanging Tree Fishing Impossible Fishing Impossible Benidorm The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! FYI Daily The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Brdc British F3 Championship Highlights Fifth Gear Sports Life Stories
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Air strike with a difference Reach Out Volunteer A passenger on Europe’s fastest rollercoaster was struck full-on by a flying pigeon at nearly 200 kilometres per hour on the very first day the ride opened. The man was on the Red Force, a vertical rollercoaster which reaches speeds of 180 kilometres per hour within five seconds of take-off at Barcelona's Ferrari Land and stands around 12 metres above the ground. Its sudden acceleration and plummeting to the ground is supposed
to give passengers a close idea of how it feels to be behind the wheel of a Formula 1 racing car. One of the 1,500 on board was hit by a flying pigeon which became wrapped around his neck, stopping him from breathing, and got stuck in its position. It was flying against the movement of the rollercoaster, meaning the passenger literally had to pull the bird off himself, but was fighting a strong air current due to the sheer speed of the
ride. The pigeon was apparently unhurt and the passenger was seen laughing off the incident afterwards, although he suffered superficial cuts to his face. Ferrari Land – a European take on the Abu Dhabi (UAE) Ferrari World – was officially inaugurated just before the weekend by Grand Prix test driver Marc Gene and the Italian Formula 1 boss Piero Ferrari.
Open Day
Do you have time on your hands? Want to help a worthwhile charity? Then "Reach Out" is looking for you. "Reach Out" charity, helping the poor and homeless in the area, are looking for volunteers to help in their premises at Calle Bella Antonia 1 Torrevieja. So if you are interested please come along on Monday April 24th at 2pm for a
tea/coffee afternoon and take a guided tour to see exactly what "Reach Out " is all about. This will give would-be volunteers a chance to assess the workings of "Reach Out" and hopefully encourage new people to come along and help this charity go from strength to strength. If you need further information, Tel: 965713063email: reachouttorrevieja.com
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Art for Everyone Painting and drawing are two of the most relaxing and fulfilling hobbies you can have, so if you have been meaning to take up a new interest now that you finally have the time – why not give it a try? Anyone can draw with the right instruction – and many of Suzanne Stokes’s class members are astonished at what they achieve within a very few weeks. She teaches a simple course for beginners (and you can start at any time because she works with everyone individually) to make sure you have the basic drawing skills before moving on to your chosen medium, which may be watercolour, acrylic, oil or pastels. Suzanne teaches three art classes a week; at PALS social club, La Siesta on Monday mornings from 10.30-1.00 pm; at The Final Whistle Sports Bar (Consum
Square) in La Marina on Wednesday mornings from 10.30 – 1245 pm, and at Restaurante La Herradura (next to the REPSOL garage) in Los Montesinos from 9.45-12.00 pm on Thursdays. You can drop in and out of classes when you are in Spain – so no course fees. Each class is 10 euros. Classes at La Marina and Los Montesinos are suitable for
wheelchair users – and over the years many students have had some sort of disability, and found great joy in being able to paint and draw. Feel free to call in for a chat at any of the classes to meet Suzanne, and see if these fun and relaxed classes are for you. More information on www.suestokes.co.uk or call her on 680 961 025
RBL fundraiser on St Georges day On 23 April the Emerald Isle in La Florida, in conjunction with Sunshine FM, will be hosting a charity fundraiser for the Royal British Legion. The event will get underway at 12 noon and will last well into the early evening. As well as a large selection of market stalls for visitors to wander round there will be a full afternoon of entertainment provided by some of the very best
talent on the Costa Blanca. Rebecca Holt will be appearing fresh from her success at the Benidorm Palace. She will be joined by Dan Davy, Cindy and the Crazy Ladies. Also featuring will be the Phoenix School Choir which will be supporting the RBL at a number of events throughout the year, as well as popular Flamenco Dancer Francisca Samper Navarro with her Sevillanas. The RBL’s very own Sandie Coates will be making
her debut appearance at the event along with the very popular Torrevieja Pipes and Drums. The day will be brought to a close by the draw for the mega raffle, all funds raised from which will be donated to the annual RBL Poppy Appeal. There are still a number of pitches available for any traders wishing to take space at the event. Please contact Alan Darby on 667 941 165 for more information.
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Valencia cancer cure cannot HELP Springs into be trialled due to lack of cash Action A ground-breaking cancer vaccine for prevention and immune therapy for patients have been discovered by researchers at Valencia's La Fe hospital – but is unlikely to see the light of day due to lack of financing, scientists complain. They have tested the drugs on laboratory rats and are now ready to carry out clinical trials, but need at last €50,000 to do so, covering a year’s worth of salaries for investigators. According to dean of pharmacology at Valencia University and head of clinical pharmacology at La Fe, Dr Salvador Aliño, the vaccine has proven to be effective against ‘all types of cancer’ in animals, provided it is administered before tumours form. At present, the vaccine is only useful as a preventive tool, and would involve inoculating every member of the population who did not have cancer – which would be financially impossible for any country, Dr Aliño admits. Once a tumour has formed, the vaccine would not work because in the process of cancer’s appearing, the organism ‘develops a certain level of tolerance’ which the preventive drug is not capable of quashing. For this reason, Dr Aliño and his research team in Valencia – Dr María José Herrero, Dr Antonio Miguel and Dr Luis Sendra – have been working on developing a medicine made with genetically-modified cells that effectively ‘silences’ the genes responsible for this ‘tolerance’ the tumour-developing process creates. Once the ‘tolerance genes’ are ‘silenced’, the preventive vaccine can then be administered since it will now be able to work, and will disperse and destroy any cancerous cells present in the body at the
time. This means a complete cure for all types of cancer in just two injections with no side-effects. Dr Aliño says his team has managed to block the molecule CTLA4 using antibodies directed at proteins in the surface of the cancer cells, but that another molecule, known as Foxp3, also creates ‘tolerance’ and is located inside the cancer cells rather than on the surface. Researchers now want to ascertain whether combining the anti-cancer vaccine with the 'gene silencer' inside, as well as on the outside, of the cancer cells would be effective – and so far, it has proven to be in animals. The next stage is to carry it out on humans via clinical trials. But science in Spain is notoriously underfunded, despite some of the world's top talent and
potential for the most life-changing discoveries coming out of the country. With €50,000 for the clinical trials, the medication could be ready for use in mainstream hospital oncology departments within a year, says Dr Aliño. And as this funding is not forthcoming, the experiments cannot reach the final stage – that of obtaining authorisation from the Spanish Healthcare Products and Medication Agency (AEMPS) to go onto the market. Yet Dr Aliño says anti-cancer vaccinations are a ‘very attractive alternative’ because their cure potential is ‘extremely high’ and their risks to the patient are ‘extremely low’. Many researchers have contributed to their development since before the 1990s, but it has only been in the last decade that ‘relevant successes’ have been enjoyed.
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Vivace’s 10th Anniversary Grand Finale!
The Grand Finale has been completed after an exciting 10th Anniversary Year for Vivace Classical Choir! Two identical programmes were performed last weekend. The first was at La Siesta Church, the choir are pictured here after the performance. This was a charity event in aid of the wonderful work being done by Tracey Williams, a close associate of the church. Tracey runs The Baby House in Maputo in Mozambique and is totally dependent on donations to protect, feed, clothe and educate the many needy children housed there. The wonderful sum raised at the concert, further augmented by a church member, was £1020. No, not a misprint - that was the
amount when transferred to pounds sterling! Tracey is well known to the choir, who have already received her warmest thanks. The second concert was in the choir’s home base, the Casa de Cultura in San Miguel de Salinas. The house was full, and the audience was treated to a journey through extracts from some of the great variety of musical works that the choir has performed over the years. Items from Handel’s Messiah, Verdi’s Opera Nabucco, Mozart’s Requiem, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man were just a few of the choral items included. Musical Director Tom Pargeter joined the choir’s professional accompanist
David Ward Campbell for a “Four Hands at One Piano” rendition of Johann Strauss’s Tritsch Tratsch Polka, a special item, which was greatly enjoyed by choir and audience alike. Retiring MD Tom and his wife and choir Administrator Katy were given a well-deserved ovation from the audience and a presentation from the choir on their final concert. The choir will be continuing in the autumn, under new management. Singers interested in joining the choir are always welcome and should contact Elly van der Vecht for further information. Telephone: 966716016, mobile 625707294, or email: elcvdvecht@gmail.com
On Saturday 8th April HELP Murcia Mar Menor held its Spring Fair at the Oasis Boulevar, Los Alcazares. Thanks to the efforts of the HELP volunteers there were a variety of stalls including goods such as outdoor solar lighting, stained glass ware, jewellery, cakes and clothing as well as the ever popular tombola stall. The highlight of the day was the fashion show which was held outdoors in the sunshine and where some high quality ladies dresses, skirts, tops and trousers were sold at bargain prices. During the event music was supplied by Jim Devlin and friends who generously gave their services for free. As the afternoon passed many of the HELP volunteers and the public were able to dance to the music outside HELP's outlet. The event raised €550 which will go together with €415 raised by HELP's auction held at the La Zona bar in
March. All money raised will go towards the cash donations that HELP traditionally make every year to various nominated charitable organizations in the Murcia Region. At HELP's AGM in March the membership decided that this year the Spanish Red Cross will be the sole organization to benefit from the charities funds in 2017 in recognition of their work in the community and especially after all the hard work and effort they put in helping the victims of the terrible flooding in the region in December 2016. If you have a few hours to spare during the week and feel you would like to help us to help others in our region please visit us for further information at either our office in Calle Penélope, Los Alcazares or our outlet in the Oasis Centre or telephone 968 570 059.
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Help Lynden The popular entertainer Lynden B suffered a severe stroke earlier this year. Locals are trying to raise funds to help pay his bills while he is out of action. As such, on Thursday 27th April at Hillside, La Marina Urbanisation from 2pm - 5pm, five fabulous entertainers will be performing to raise funds for Lynden. To keep up to date on the events being organised, there is a Facebook Page “Help Lynden� where you can find out more about what is going on and where.
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Beth from Guadamar asks: Hello Aunty. When I go on to the Internet with Chrome to get my Gmail emails I keep getting my Google search page in Spanish. I have followed your previous instructions and set www.google.com as my home page but when it loads it seems to change to www.google.es and gives me mostly Spanish search results. My Nephew found me a way around this by adding “www.gmail.co.uk” as a bookmark but it’s not the tidiest solution. Aunty Says: Hello Beth. I think what you have done here is a very easy mistake where you have used the .com ending instead of the .co.uk. Basically what happens here is that Chrome is trying to be helpful and has detected you are in Spain and returning what it thinks are most relevant search results, but by using the .co.uk extension you are directing everything to UK based sources. This works with most websites and Amazon & EBay are great examples. For those of you who need a reminder of how to set your homepage; go to the settings section of Google Chrome (click on the three dots in the top right corner) and change the “on startup” and “search” sections to google.co.uk (or .ie for Ireland) and you should find you get a lot more relevant results from any searches. Pat via email asks: Dear Aunty. I print a few bits & bobs now & then and nearly everything I print is text so I very rarely print using colour (not deliberately but my
boarding passes are usually plastered with colour adverts) yet I seem to get through nearly as much colour ink as I do the black one. Are there printers where you can put in 2 black cartridges or even leave the colour cartridge out? The ink for my HP is so expensive and I was told by the shop that if I use copy inks it can damage the printer and void the warranty. Aunty Says: Hi Pat. It is a scandal when a set of original ink cartridges can cost nearly as much as a printer. I find a set of decent compatibles from www.inks.es are just as good and normally have loads more ink and last longer. I don’t know of a printer that you can swap the colour cartridge for the black or leave a cartridge out, but you can easily set up your printer to print only in black (sometimes called draft/economy/greyscale). The easiest way to do this is by holding down the ‘Ctrl’ key and pressing ‘P’ just before you are ready to print. Click the ‘properties’ button and you should see various printing options where you can fiddle around. All printers are a little different, but the principles are the same. One cheap option is to get yourself a €70 black and white (monochrome) laser printer which will print fast copies at around a 10th of the price. I like the Samsung and Brother ones. There are printers that have an extra black cartridge but these are expensive and don’t really fix your problem. Any questions then do email me at auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com See you all next week.
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20% of those injured in traffic accidents have cervical injuries • Neck pain, ringing in the ears and feeling dizzy are amongst the most frequent symptoms. • Cervical injuries can cause repercussions if left untreated. Cervical sprains are the most frequent lesion in traffic accidents caused by rear, frontal or lateral collision. It is estimated that 20% of those injured in this type of accident suffer cervical damage. A cervical sprain is produced by the mechanism of abrupt hypertension of the neck followed by a sudden flexion, or vice versa. The tension mechanism so violent that the head and neck undergo after the impact generates maximum tension and even injures the muscles and ligaments of the neck that are incapable of resisting that abrupt force of stretching, that is what causes the sprain”, Explains Dr. Lucía Fernández, head of the rehabilitation service and specialist of the Traffic Unit of Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja As for the symptoms presented by the injured they are varied. Among the most frequent are neck pain, headache, limited mobility of the neck, ringing in the ears, feeling dizzy and psychological symptoms such as
anxiety or phobia to drive. The recovery time for this type of injury can range from two months to a much longer time that is difficult to determine. The treatment is based on the combination of analgesics and anti-inflammatories with rehabilitation therapy, such as ultrasound, analgesic currents, neck exercises and postural hygiene standards. "But although the treatments are adequate, sometimes, and for many reasons, cervical sprains cannot heal and can leave various consequences such as neck pain, dizziness and headaches. Any injury that is very slight if it is not treated properly and by the team of professionals indicated, runs the risk of becoming over time in a definitive sequel, "says Dr. Fernandez.
Tips for safe driving Before setting off on your journey, the specialists of the Traffic Unit advise the following recommendations before embarking on the journey to ensure safe driving: • Rest: do not start the trip if you have not rested properly. It is also recommended to take a break every hour and a half to stretch. Stop at the first sign of fatigue. • Eat lightly and do not consume any type of alcohol, including low-alcohol drinks. • Use a correct driving position: the legs should be slightly bent and the backrest adjusted so that the wrists reach the top of the steering wheel. • Wear comfortable, loose clothing and appropriate footwear.
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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.
quick ACROSS 1. Thwart (4) 8. Happening (10) 9. Mackintosh (8) 10. Choose (4) 12. Was apt (6) 14. Holiday town (6) 15. Grab (6) 17. Agency (6)
18. Hint (4) 19. Imagine (8) 21. Probability (10) 22. Location (4)
5. Author (6) 6. Disdained (8) 7. Look for (4) 11. Get round (10) 13. Tied up (8) 16. Feverish (6) 17. Adviser (6) 18. Young horse (4) 20. Purposes (4)
DOWN 2. Irregular (10) 3. Lend (4) 4. Harmonise (6)
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Remember: every item on the board belongs to one and only one person, no item will ever be shared. Using only the clues provided and simple deductive logic and reasoning, fill in the grid with Xs and Os to determine the solution.
ACROSS 1 A burning issue (4) 8. Agree to keep in touch (10) 9. Puts into liquidation? (8) 10. Not silent tears (4) 12. Gets down to making a proposal? (6) 14. Thought it would be back in time (6) 15. Negligent about loss (6) 17. Cause for sanity (6)
18. All points to what’s happened (4) 19. I’d interrupted to stress a chancy outcome (8) 21. Tell a friend, off the record (10) 22. Take the part of another (4) DOWN 2. A very original couple (4,3,3) 3. Account concerning a piece of land (4) 4 Credit is repeatedly the trouble (6)
5. Obtains promotion to boards (4,2) 6. Light entertainment to repeat, perhaps (8) 7. The advantages of betting (4) 11. Declared it’s marked (10) 13. Sending out East on a job (8) 16. Fits and starts (6) 17. Remember to phone again (6) 18. A love outwardly secure (4) 20. I leave Daisy upset for some time (4)
SOLUTIONS 680 QUICK Across: 7 Irate; 8 Chimney; 9 Spectre; 10 Charm; 12 Freebooter; 15 Astonished; 18 Strew; 19 Conceal; 21 College; 22 Amass. Down: 1 First-class; 2 Waver; 3 Debt; 4 Scheme; 5 Disclose; 6 Unearth; 11 More or less; 13 Renowned; 14 Startle; 16 Sacred; 17 Delay; 20 Near. CRYPTIC Across: 7 Rally; 8 Run-down; 9 Depress; 10 Right; 12 Pound notes; 15 At the wheel; 18 Spent; 19 Neptune; 21 Records; 22 Waist. Down: 1 Tradesman’s; 2 Slips; 3 Lyre; 4 Prison; 5 Entrance; 6 Noughts; 11 Testaments; 13 Overturn; 14 Stretch; 16 Honest; 17 Curie; 20 Pews.
Solution for Logic Puzzle Bailey Brynn
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Cory
July 3
Xander
April 12
Ariel
March 22
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1. The vacationer who left on July 3 is Cory. 2. The vacationer who left on August 28 loves to solve sudokus. 3. The 5 people were the person who specializes in crosswords, the person who bought the LED light, the vacationer who left on August 28, Bailey, and the person who specializes in cryptograms. 4. The person who specializes in crosswords went on vacation before Xander. 5. Either the person who bought the fluorescent light or the person who bought the mercury-vapor light is Ariel. 6. The person who bought the LED light went on vacation after the person who specializes in crosswords. 7. The person who bought the mercury-vapor light went on vacation after the person who specializes in sudokus. 8. The person who bought the sodium-vapor light doesn't enjoy crosswords. 9. Of the person who bought the neon light and Xander, one left for vacation on July 3 and the other loves to solve logic
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Pancho,a happy, medium sized dog (15 kilos) is now fully vaccinated, microchipped and castrated. Only 15 months old, he is eager to learn and will be easy to train, loves to go for a walk and walks well on the lead.
Sancho, a beautiful male pointer 6 years old, is very friendly and loves people and other dogs, but does not like cats. Like all pointers, he is very lively and would benefit from a reasonable amount of exercise. Please call Bev, Alan on 600 845 420.
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La Zenia. Apartment 2 beds, pool, balcony, 400 mtrs to beach. Bungalow, great solarium, close to cc. Zenia Boulevard. One week from 250€ April/May. Facebook: alquiloxdias. Whatsapp: 617709701/606438053 (682) Torrevieja. Apartments 1&2 beds. Balcony. Full equipped. Pool. Close to beaches. Facebook: alquiloxdias. Whatsapp: 617709701/606438053.(682)
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Isco and Messi keep Vega Baja Premier the title race alive Golf League After Athletic Bilbao had thrashed a poor Las Palmas 5-1 in the weekend’s opening match, it was the turn of the ‘big boys.’ Real Madrid, fresh from their fine win in Munich, travelled to Gijón to face struggling Sporting, and, mindful of Tuesday’s return Champions’ League fixture, Zidane rested Keylor, Carvajal, Modric, Ronaldo, and Benzema, and kept Marcelo and Casemiro on the bench. With Bale out injured, the side was a very different one. Cop scored for Sporting after a good break, but a magical individual goal by Isco leveled the score. Soon after halftime Sporting again took the lead, through Vesga’s excellent header, but Morata evened the score soon afterwards. It was left to Isco to drive in a winner from outside the area, right on the 90th minute. Atletico then faced bottom club Osasuna at home, and made a meal of it, missing two penalties before eventually running out 3-0 winners. Then Barcelona,
smarting from their defeat by Juventus, received Real Sociedad, and played all their stars, but had Messi’s two goals to thank as they squeezed out a victory by 3-2, all the goals coming in the first half.
In Sunday’s first game, Leganés were unlucky to lose 0-1 to Español, their goal coming in the 92nd minute. Valencia and Sevilla fought out a sterile 0-0 draw at the Mestalla. Two clubs battling for survival, Deportivo and Betis, each had valuable 2-0 wins, over Málaga and Eibar respectively. Second division runaway leaders Levante don’t play until after our deadline, and second-
placed Girona drew 3-3 at Tenerife, but it is hard to see how the two clubs can be displaced from their automatic spots in the last eight matches. Play-off places are currently held by Tenerife, Getafe, Cádiz and Oviedo. Lower down, Elche are now fighting to retain their status, only six points clear of a relegation place. A round-up of division 2B shows CeltaB with a narrow lead in group 1, with Racing de Santander in close attendance. Albacete look hot favourites in group 2, as do Barcelona B, now drawing clear of Alcoyano, in 3. La Hoya Lorca and Cartagena are disputing group 4. In England, Spurs have hit a rich vein and are giving Chelsea, who lost to Manchester United, a run for their money. Liverpool fought out a good away win at West Brom to stay in somewhat distant touch. Bayern Munich’s lead over Leipzig in the Bundesliga was cut to eight points after their draw with Bayer Leverkusen, and in Italy, Juventus are closing in on a fifth straight title in the Serie A. In France, Monaco are looking narrow favourites over Paris St Germaine. Malcolm Palmer
COSTA COBRAS RFC As the date for the Alan Davies Memorial 7's gets ever closer, the Cobras have been making good progress over the last few weeks; everybody keeps improving especially the new guys who have never played before. If you would like to come and show your support for us it is being held at the Elche RFC ground on Saturday 20th May kick off at 10am. This coming weekend Elche, our feeder club, are also hosting a touring team from Cannock who are bringing their vets and ladies teams over with the ladies kicking off at 10.45 and the vets at 13.00. Don't forget the fun day is also on Saturday 6th May from 10am – 2pm at the San Fulgencio football ground. There will be lots of fun games, different stalls, a bouncy castle, tombola and a raffle with lots of prizes. There will also be refreshments available to purchase. The fun day is free to enter and the aim is to introduce rugby to the local area, whilst supporting AFA San Fulgencio, our local Alzheimers charity and raising funds for the club. Everybody is welcome, so come along and join in the fun. If you would like to come and join us we train at the football ground in San Fulgencio every Monday and Wednesday from 20.3022.00. Everybody is welcome, from beginners to experienced players, the more the merrier. Why not
come along and join the fun with the newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca. For more information about our club, or the fun day, call or Whatsapp Dutch on 692 767 242 or find us on Facebook - S.F. Costa Cobras RFC. Dutch is also at Zoco market on Sundays from 09.00-13.30 selling all of your rugby branded clothing and international shirts. He also has our club shirt on sale, so get your orders in now! Finally, a big thank you to our sponsors; the Power Pub in San Fulgencio, Legal and Tax in Spain, Autocenter Rojales and Active Surfaces.
Up the Motorway to one of the finest courses on the Costa Blanca to play the final game in the 16/17 season. Course in very good condition with lovely greens and very good weather. Club 25 Golf took a handy lead into this game, but were challenged by El Valle laying in second place. Surprisingly Eurotoffs pulled off a great win over Club 25 Golf , which left the door open for El Valle, who were in Second place in the table. They also got beat which left Club 25 Golf 2016/17 Vega Baja League Champions, and were presented with the
ROCKETS GOLF SOCIETY Short journey to our home game at Vistabella with 20 players. Course in good condition with very good but very fast greens. Scoring was very average with 31 points winning the Gold and Silver categories In the Gold Category Liam Foley scored 31 points and Ken Hopkins took the Silver category with the same score. In Second place in the Gold was Rodney Smith with 28 points and Ray O’Sullivan took 3rd place with 28 points also. In the Silver Category Ken Hopkins took 1st place with 31 points Harry McKinnon in Second with 27 points and Rocket Ron took third spot with 23 points Nearest the pins Hole 4 Liam Foley Hole 8 Bob Donaldson Hole 14 Ken Hopkins Longest Drive was won by Liam Foley and Best Guest was Dave Bowers with 29 points Back to Charlies Bar in Torreta II for presentation and a lovely pan of stew waiting for us provided by Charlie which was delicious. Next game is our Away game at La Torre on Tuesday 25th April and the first tee is 09.50. Anyone who would like to join our Society or just to have a game whist on holiday give Ron a ring on 678 849 142 or e mail sanmigron@gmail.com
Trophy that was sponsored by Coys Rent a Car by Ron Nicholson, who took over as Secretary after the sad loss of Ivie Davies, co founder of the League. Thanks go to all the courses that the League played and all the members of all the Societies that participated. And a big thank you from me to
all the society Secretaries who got the teams to me in plenty of time. All being well we will see you all next Season when we hope to have a few more teams. Have a good summer break and I will see you all next season. Ron Nicholson, Secretary
Imanyo Golf Society This was the second time the St George’s Day Plaque has been played for, thank you to Imanyo’s for sponsoring the plaque and the golf day. All the players met at Imanyo’s where the day started with the usual full English breakfast. We had some great pairs playing along with returning winners from last year, Chris Baillie and John Kemp trying to defend the plaque. The format was Pairs Texas Scramble Stableford scoring and the venue was Font Del Llop where we were greeted by Vanesa and her staff, as usual everything was ready and waiting for us on arrival, the course is one of the best in the Alicante region to play and was in excellent condition, so credit to the ground staff. Winners of the St George’s Day Plaque were “Super Ted” Adams, “Watch My Ball”
Dave Rotchell with Coach, Brian Court with 41 points, runners up were player of the year 2016, Donald Main and Ian Chetwynd with 39 points. All nearest the pins were won, hole 3, nearly a hole in one “Watch My Ball” Dave Rotchell, holes 8 and 17, Chris Baillie, hole 12, Ian Chetwynd and hole 16, another regular name, John Mcmillan. Back at Imanyo’s there was a few drinks and BBQ waiting, the football card was won by Ian Chetwynd with Hearts adding another €20 to our charity Caritas Daya Nueva. We would like to thank Antonio, Norma and staff at Imanyo’s for the fantastic food and great hospitality, also thanks to Karaoke Carol for providing the music. Photo shows Antonio (Assistant Manger) presenting the plaque to the winners.
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Eurogolf texas scramble and charity auction The results of the competition were 1st Clive Horne Glo Manning Sharon Smith and Kevin Bonser 61.2 2nd Colin Daye-Gretton Ian Turner Vince Tocker Jean Jackson 61.4 3rd John Barraclough Monique Reeve Bev Evans Dennis Cole 61.8 NTPs 5th Lauraine Walker 11th Debbie Weedon 12th in 2 Vince Tocker 15th Morag Turner 17th Sharon Smith Football Ian Turner Fred Reeve Peter Sanderson David Gregson and Sue Gillett. After the competition we enjoyed a subsidised brunch
followed by a charity auction in aid of Caritas, Rojales. Everyone was really generous and we raised over €1000 for items donated by the members. TUESDAY TOFFS On Tuesday 11th April Toffs played their normal stableford competition and the results were Cat 1 (0-15) 1st Pino Perito 36 2nd Fred Reeve 35 3rd George McCallum 34 Cat 2 (1621) 1st Ian Turner 32 2nd Glo Manning 31 3rd Jim Weston 31 Cat 3 (22-27) 1st Terry Sayers 36 2nd
Norman Woods 32 3rd David Valentine 32 Cat 4 (28+) 1st Kevin Bonser 37 2nd Lauraine Walker 35 3rd Bev Evans 33 Overall Toffs winner Kevin Bonser Best front 9 Ian Pegg 22 Best back 9 Ken Enever 19 Best Guest Jackie Acres NTPs 5th Robin Richards 11h Craig Bennyworth 12th in 2 Jim Weston 15th Pino Perito 15th 17th George McCallum Football draw Kevin Bonser John Barraclough Morag Turner Colin Hobden and Tony Forbes.
La Siesta Bowls Club A convincing win for the Hornets by 122-90 shots gaining a 10-4 victory saw the Hornets triumphing at Country Bowls and taking them to the top of the table at this early stage of the season.This shows encouraging signs for the squad in the remainder of the season in the Harrier Division. The winning rinks for the
Hornets were achieved by Jean James,Alan Ralph and Johnnie Ryder by 30-11,Hilary Clarke,Trish Reilly and Vic Mahomet 26-8 whilst Joe Kocsis,Sue Mahomet and Rab Logan won 26-11.Finally, Ken Stringfellow,Tom Heaslewood and Jack Burrell completed the winning rinks with a 21-15 victory. Not such a good day for the Wasps in the Spitfire Division who
found their visiting opponents San Luis Wellingtons on good form which lead to a 10-4 defeat for La Siesta. The overall shots score being 68 to 122. Wins for the Wasps were gained by Dave Davies with Florence and Mike Edwards by 16 shots to 13 whilst Dawn and John Taylor with Harold Charleton won by 20 shot to 18.
Las Ramblas Golf Society Monday we played the Easter Egg Competition 2 ball better ball the results were very close again. The winners were Lindsay Forbes and Brian Dent with a score of 45pts. on a countback. Close on their heels were Rod Doel and Dave Pulling also with 45pts. In 3rd place with 43pts were Ron Phipps and Peter Wickham. Nearest the pin on the 6th was
won by Yevonne Phipps. Nearest the pin in 2 on the 15th was Ulrika Barth. The Booby prize went to Alan Douglas and Annmarie for the lowest score. On Wednesday we had our monthly Medal and the results were as follows: Cat1: 1st Terry Field 71pts. 2nd Tom Hardie 72Pts. 3rd Ron Phipps 74pts. Cat2: 1st John Conway 71pts.
Catral Golf Society Catral golf society played the inaugural 5 club challenge on Tuesday 11th April at Alenda the weather was perfect and the course in excellent condition. The winner with 37 points was Norman Padmore followed closely by Jim Wise in 2nd and Derek O'Rourke in 3rd. After the game all players returned to Cafe Uno in Catral for steak and chips and the presentation of the prizes sponsored by Iberian Funeral Plans.
2nd Peter Wickham 73pts 3rd John Dobson 73pts. On a countback. 2's Club: Ron Phipps and Alan Douglas. Friday we played the "Yellow Ball" comp. and with a very good score of 146pts the winners were Olga Douglas, Brian Dent, Peter Reffell and Albert. Mike Mahony
Wall to wall sunshine and only a light breeze gave us excellent conditions and with many of the tees being quite a bit forward it was no surprise to see some good scoring with a dozen players recording par or better. 32 members and 7 guests attended the day with the following results. Nearest the pins – Tony Sims (3). Steve Higgins (9). Garfield Bell (15) and Andy Caine (17). Best Guests - 2nd Garfield Bell (30) and
It’s been a funny old Winter league season, and now the end has come. The League started in October 2016 when the weather was still wonderful, but by January the most amazing thing had happened..... SNOW! It caused havoc with the fixtures although there were a few clubs who did try to play, but most matches were postponed. Many of the pistes were still recovering from the very heavy rain in December. The league has never had to postpone as many matches since its inception. The 2016/17 Winter league is now finished and the long awaited presentation lunch has just taken place. 150 people attended at Domino Bar in Los Altos. A delicious meal was served and all who were there were given a raffle ticket as one of the casualties from the bad weather was the Christmas Sunshine tournament. Instead of giving medals the committee had decided to be more topical, so therefore the prizes were crackers, tins of biscuits, boxes of chocolates and many mini panettones. It did cause some mirth.
Winners of the Cup were GUARDAMAR Petanca Club Winners of the Plate were EL MIRADOR WHITE Winners of the BLUE Division were Los Bandidos 2nd were McCoys 3rd were Rocajuna Lions Winners of the RED Division were Rocajuna 2nd were Guardamar 3rd were Domino Pheonix
Congratulations to all not only for gaining cups and medals, but also playing with fun and fairness in the league. The Summer league has now started, and on that note, I Jeanette Mapson would like to thank Sue Ward for her hard work as Press secretary, I hope I can keep up her good work, as the new season press secretary.
The Plaza Golf Society What a great day at Vistabella with some sizzling scores and some rather freezing scores coming in. With 3 nearest the pins, hole 4 was won by Spicer, hole 8 Kevin Rose, Hole 15 Gary Gates, hole 11 we had nearest in 2 and spicer won. All collecting a 10€ bar tab for the Alehouse. The 2’s pot was one by Spicer winning the 52€ pot. Our guest category was won by Steve Young and 2nd was Paul Malin, collecting wine and balls. Our best lady was Linda Ottway with 25 points and our lowest
SMGS visits our very own “Lake District” Yes, the golfers among you will know I'm referring to La Serena where the 16 holes of differing water hazards always make it a very interesting day out! A recent re-jig to some of the handicap indices has resulted in quite a rare occurrence.....a par 3 as stroke index 1, it's admittedly a tricky little blighter with a pretty steep front bank, but stroke index 1?.....the jury's still out.
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1st Mark Pope (38). BRONZE - 5th Chris Hamblett (29). 4th Norman Padmore (30). 3rd Norman McBride (31). 2nd Brian Butler (33). 1st Phil Birtwistle (36). SILVER - 5th Norman Cahill (36). 4th Richard Cleary (38). 3rd Adrian Roberts (39c/b). 2nd Hugh Reilly (39c/b). 1st Phil de Lacy (41). GOLD - 5th Tony Sims (36c/b). 4th Darren Hancock (36c/b). 3rd Barry Roehrig (37c/b). 2nd Steve Higgins (37c/b). 1st Richard Wale (41). The “Abacus” bottle of fine red wine was yet again taken away by Paul Cobain. Our thanks go to all the team at La Serena for their help in making the day a success and if you wish to know more about the San Miguel Golf Society, please visit www.smgs.org or telephone the Captain, Theo, on 694494824 to obtain the details of our weekly Wednesday meetings, next week we're at Vistabella.
place was Rick Cooper with 14 points both receiving a bottle of wine. Our members saw some fantastic scores with Neil Cheesecake coming in 3rd with an impressive 33 points, Steve Higgins with a magnificent 36 points claiming 2nd and with Spicer finally finding his form and scoring a sizzling 42 points claimed top spot. Thanks for all attending. With our next game being at Mar Menor and also the last game of our year the order of merit is hotting up. With
1st and 2nd place already sorted places 3 to 8 are open to anyone. So you all need to bring your best game!!! With our next game is 21st April at Mar Menor which is the last game of our season, please book early to avoid disappointment. For more information on our great
society, please email us at theplazagolfsociety@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page.
Wolfpack and The Woodey Members and guests of The Wolfpack Golf Society descended upon Campoamor on April 11th to play for the annual John Woodey Trophy. The defending champion, Gary Edwards, was not present due to his continued recovery from shoulder surgery - so many were looking to put a new name on the cup. It was good to see some familiar faces on the first tee - especially Ted Harris back again after his knee replacement operation. Ron Colclough was making his Society Day debut. Scores on the front nine were generally high with returns of 17, two 18s a 19 and a fabulous 21 by Ricky Gibson to take the front nine prize. As often happens to many of us, Ricky’s lucked faded, or his skill waned and his back nine was not quite so impressive. Dave Pope had two four pointers in his front nine score and was going well. The nearest the pin prize on the 6th went to “new knee Ted” clearly the surgery was a success! The back nine always seems slightly harder at Campoamor, not helped by some tricky pin positions, but still there were some impressive scores. Graham
Moore took the back nine prize but was pipped to first place by Captain Steve Lugger with his score of 18, aggregating 33 for the day. Graham took second place with Peter Palmer finishing in third place, also with 18 on the back nine. Nearest the pin on the tricky 17th was Graham Moore.
All in all a good days golf in lovely weather with a few beers back at The Royal Oak afterwards - this is what Society Days are all about. If you are interested in joining the Wolfpack, please contact either Steve on 604 11 27 29 or Dave on 677 147 848.
Winner Steve Lugger (centre) with Graham Moore and Peter Palmer
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The 6th round of the Spring Series was fished at the El Bosquet Complex on the 11th April. This water is fishing very patchy at the present time; this is possibly due to the temperatures still dropping cold of a night, on Friday and Saturday of last week the puddles down the back channel were frozen first thing in the morning. With only two double figure weights at the match and they were both taken off the oblong, with Neil (The Boy) taking top spot with just over 12kgs and the master Bill Reade in 2nd place with just under 12kgs 1st Neil McBirnie with 12.280kgs fishing the pole using pellet maggot and corn 2nd Bill Reade with 11.920kgs fishing the pole using maggot and corn 3rd Dave Hoare with 7.380kgs fishing the pole using pellet There are still some vacancies available for membership at the club All details are available on our new website abbeyangling.es or from me on 965328368
is holding its level at the moment. Richard King was drawn round in the Bay and took the top spot with just under 19kgs; he also lost quite a lot of fish. There was a good battle on pegs 5 6 and 7 for the 2nd and 3rd spot, with both Dave Hoare and Ian Brown finishing with thirteen fish a piece, but with my eight Barbel being heavier I managed to take the 2nd place 1st Richard King with 18.900kgs fishing the method feeder using corn 2nd Terry Screen with 13.120kgs fishing the monkey using hemp and tares 3rd Ian Brown with 12.400kgs fishing the method feeder using corn There are still some vacancies at the Club and if anyone is interested in joining please contact Bill Reade on 966790416 TIGHT LINES Terry Screen
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This week was our 1st round of the Spring Series, which we fished at the Embalsa de Pedrera on the 12th April. It is a long time since we have been able to fish a match here, due to the bad road conditions following the wet weather of recent times, but the water
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I thought I’d throw you a bit of a curveball to start today’s column and talk about cycling in a positive light. I know, crazy. Elinor Barker won the points race gold at the Track Cycling World Championships. No, me neither. But, a gold is a gold! Katie Archibald won a gold too, in the omnium race but, funnily enough, the press seem to be giving cycling a bit of a wide berth right now when it comes to praise. I can’t think why. The Crucible is back doing what it best known for, and that is not a run of Hamlet. The world’s finest snooker players all head to Sheffield for the World Championships and reigning champion Mark Selby, from Leicester as they won everything last year, is already through to the next round. Crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan will need to step his game up, however. Snooker, like darts, has moved on “as a sport” since the 80’s so if you tune in hoping to see them necking a couple of whiskeys to steady the cue, you will be sorely disappointed. This news still shocks my Nan who very much preferred the Joe Johnson era. Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix, pushing Hamilton into second place and pleasing Lewis no end,
no doubt. Vettel now leads the F1 table, although it is very early days. However, Ferrari seem on song this season so it might be worth a punt on the driver/team championship double. Just when he got rid of one pesky teammate, Hamilton appears to have another as Valterri Bottas took pole position from him, even though he ended up in 3rd place. In other F1 news, Fernando Alonso is to be given the Monaco Grand Prix off, so he can go and drive round in a slightly smaller circle even more times in the Indy500 race. Oh, and the Lions squad gets announced on Wednesday so you can be sure I will be full to the brim of rugby knowledge in next week’s piece. Until then...
Busters Golf Society monthly report For this month’s outing we travelled to Alto Real golf club in Murcia , the course has always been a favourite of Busters and as usual Alto Real was in excellent condition , we were greeted on arrival by Antonio and his staff, ready and waiting for us were our 12 buggies all with Busters labelled on the front and ready to go. The course was playing long on some of the holes but with weather conditions in our favour we were not daunted. I have to say that since the arrival of the new owners of Alto Real the course just keeps on improving. This month’s competition was for one of our two trophies that are played for annually. The first one “ The Alto Real Trophy “ which is now in its fifth year, is the one that we play for every April. We had twenty three entrants of whom twenty would be involved in the competition as the remaining three golfers were guests and our main games are only open to members. I would point out that they were guests but have now joined our society, so I would like to welcome Helen Beddows , Tim Goldsmith and Barry Canning to Busters, as we had a few more players than usual we also included a BF9 along with a BB9 (better front etc.) , onto our results, our best guest prize was won by Helen
Beddows with thirty three points winning a bottle of wine, our nearest the pins being won by on hole five Terry Thirkill, hole eight Ian Allison hole ten Chris Waddington and the seventeenth was taken by Helen Beddows, each NTP took home a sleeve of Srixon golf balls. The best front nine with nineteen points
for the year along with a copy of the trophy and a bottle of brandy, both had kindly been donated by Brian Jones. Brian Jones was the winner of our soccer card , our twos competition had been carried over from our last outing due to not being won but lo and behold this month there were three winners sharing the two’s pot.
Our next outing takes us to Alicante Golf Course
winning on count back by a better back six was won by Stephen Boyle, and the best nine back with eighteen points was won by Kay Ryan. Kay and Stephen both took home a bottle of Rioja. In third place with thirty five points and losing on count back was Roger Burton who also received a bottle of Rioja, in second place also with thirty five points and beating Roger on count back was Graham Ball who received a bottle of red and a bottle of white Rioja however our winner narrowly beating Graham and Roger was Ian Allison with thirty six points. Ian received The Alto real Trophy
Busters Golf Society is a small friendly group of likeminded people who play on the first Friday of the month , depending on the time of the year we generally have between sixteen and twenty four players, over the five years since we first formed the society some of our original members have moved on, either returned to their country of origin or have ventured to pastures new , so we are looking for a few more members to swell our ranks , if you are interested in joining our society (it is free) then please email me Barry Grinsell at bustersgolfsociety@hotmail.com quoting your phone number and current handicap and I will get back to you within a couple of days. Barry Grinsell
El Plantio 2 Golf Society An ideal entry of 16 members competed in 8 pairings for the rescheduled 'Gruesome' competition on Tuesday 11th April. Much trepidation was apparent from some competitors as each pairing is at the mercy of the opposition as they can choose the worst situated drive i.e. a hole-in-one can count for nothing as the other pairing will ask for the second ball to be played. The competition turned out to be hugely enjoyable as much friendly banter passed between the pairings over which drive should be selected. Nearest the pins : Hole 2, Ian Craig Hole 9, Lawrence Wanty. 3rd Place - Ian Craig, Penny Goujon Average Handicap 12.68 - 66.32 shots. 2nd Place - Ray Housley, George Stanhope - Average Handicap 12.24 64.76 shots. 1st Place - David Swann, Michel Goujon, Average Handicap 10.80 - 62.20 shots. If anyone would like to join our Society, we play at El Plantio Golf Club on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. We use both courses - the Par 3 nine hole course and the main 18 hole course, so we cater for all abilities. The membership rates are very competitive, so call for more details. Anyone who wishes to play in the Society as a guest or join as a new member, contact Ian Henderson on 966 716 616 or 636 116 230.
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CD Torrevieja 0-2 Almazora Back in the Mire
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his was a game that Torry were expected to win. Their form in the last two months has been exceptional and although Almazora were returning to their best, they were considered ripe for the taking. In the end, the suspensions of Vicente Boix and captain Javi Meca made the defference. Without these combative and fierce competitors, Torry became disorganised, flimsy in the tackle, and rudderless, especially in the first forty five minutes. It was possibly the worst performance by a Torry team in many a long day. Few seemed able to control the ball when they received it, passes went astray more often than finding their intended recipient and Almazora players were quicker in their build up and stronger in challenges. It was a first half to forget as fans shook their heads in total disbelief, the team unrecognisable from those of recent weeks. It was a first visit to Torrevieja for a competitive match for Almazora and they arrived early, keen to
build on their win over high flying Alzira just five days earlier. They had more of the half chances in the first period, but they are a mid table outfit at best and their efforts did not trouble Jose Carlos in the Torry goal. Torry were better in the second half, much of this down to the introduction of Damian and Luis Carlos. Fans again queried why these two had been omitted form the starting line up, as both are exciting gifted footballers who are capable of tormenting defences. Perhaps worried by the absence of Vicente Boix and Javi Meca, the choice of personnel tried to compensate for their loss with more robust, defensive minded personnel. It did not work and if nothing has been learnt this season, surely it is that it is better to go down in a blaze of fiery glory, playing exciting, thrill a minute football, rather than dull, predictable trash. But, the second half did show Torry to better effect. Lewis never stopped
battling, on the ground and in the air, but he was playing one behind main striker Borja Mir, and this is not his favoured position. When Damian replaced the injured Borja Mir, he livened play up with his deft touch and his vision. He always sees the best pass or move, sometimes far too early for some of his team mates and there is no doubt he should start every game. In short, he is a match winner. But not this day. Two minutes after his introduction, Torry were caught napping at the back and Fandos popped up to open the scoring in what looked from an unchallenged position. This fired up the visitors who now believed that the three points were theirs and virtual third division survival just within reach. However, it was Torry who pressed forward, especially down the wings and Luis Carlos, Calzado, Damian and later, Beltran, found space and time
to deliver dangerous crosses. Urged on by a bumper Easter crowd, Torry dominated the last twenty minutes, but always came up short when seeking that clear cut chance on goal. In the end, it was Nico for Almazora who bagged a second - his tenth of the campaign - to ensure the spoils and leave Torry licking their
wounds, once more back in trouble with four games remaining. Bunol did not play until late on Sunday evenung, when they hosted Lowly Paterna. They ran out 3-1 winners and thus are now 3 points ahead of Torry, both sides with four games left to play. That is not good news at all.
Lewis denied by keeper
Almazora wrap it up
Tales from the Top Flight the bench happily.
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Well, well, well. Has that made things interesting? I mean, considering Jose is putting his eggs pretty much in the basket labelled Europa League, United’s win at Old Trafford has to go down as a bit of a shock. Not just because they won at Old Trafford and didn’t draw, but because they beat the Champions elect meaning the gap between Chelsea and Spurs is now only four points with six games to play. I guess what we learned was that United can play without Zlatan, but Chelsea are rubbish without Marcos Alonso. Not many would have expected it to be that way round. As for Tottenham, they are showing no signs of running out of steam this time round. “The world tried to kill Spurs” claimed Poch, referring to the reaction to last season’s title demise where, if you recall and how could you forget, Tottenham managed to come third in a two-horse race. No, we didn’t try to kill you Poch, but we’ve been here before with the boys from White Hart Lane. We know full well it is in their DNA to be complete bottle jobs. But, even you cannot throw away your lead over Arsenal now and, let’s be honest, that’s what it is really about, isn’t it? Spurs smashed Bournemouth 4-0 and Dembele even scored with his right leg. And that is as rare as Zlatan sitting on
Credit to Ross Barkley. I think he, and Everton, made their points succinctly over the weekend. Barkley did his talking on the pitch, rather than talking about the racist poison written by Mackenzie with his Crayola crayons in that dungheap of a rag. Everton have done the right thing by banning the “newspaper” and followed it up by beating Burnley 3-1. I doubt I will ever receive them, but I am in for some toffees if Everton do finish top six.
half so he had managed to go 45 minutes without getting crocked. Impressive stuff. Vincent said in the post-match presser that “City are playing well at a crucial time”. Vinny my old chap, I hate to disagree and all that, but surely the crucial time was earlier in the season when your gaffer couldn’t pick a goalkeeper from a line-up of the damn things? That would have meant you would still be in a chance of winning the league, not clinging on to a Champions League place like your lives depended on it. Liverpool went to the Hawthorns and won 1-0 which, amazingly, meant they failed to concede from a set piece which is brilliant for Liverpool, and even more brilliant when you remember they were playing WBA, they of the set-piece routines. The win keeps Liverpool in third, albeit City have a game in hand.
Ross Barkley
Manchester City cruised past Southampton, and I was shocked to see Kompany score for a couple of reasons. Firstly, he was playing. Secondly, the goal was in the second
Leicester were cruising at 2-0 up against Palace, then remembered they are playing Atletico in the week and decided to put their feet up. Never one to miss the opportunity of a freebie, Big Sam managed to chew his gum frantically enough to magic up two Palace goals, keeping them on the right side of the relegation battle. Stoke-a-lona made a brief reappearance, emerging from the winter long slumber as Shakiri scored a beauty in Stoke’s 3-1 win over Hull. Of course Stoke played well, they are safe
from both relegation and Europa League football. Peter Crouch scored another headed goal, which is pretty
two you scored against the Hammers were the first goals in over a month, you tell those Mackems how good you were at Everton. Good on you. Lee Cattermole believes the point against West Ham gives Sunderland hope. Having watched some of his tackles over the years, this comment fully backs up my feeling that Cattermole is a little bit stupid. Watford beat Swansea 1-0 meaning that no matter how many chances Hull are prepared to give Swansea to swap places, it just isn’t happening. Paul Clement has already proven he is a better manager in the Premier League than in the Championship, but the main problem he is now facing is that
Peter Crouch
good considering the common train of thought is that he is pretty poor in the air for a big man. Which, I guess, is the opposite to having a pretty good touch for a big man. We’ll all miss Crouchy when he is gone. The question of the weekend is, “how did David Moyes react to the Sunderland fans turning against him?” By reminding them that he has the 4th (or 3rd, who cares really) best win record in the Premier League! Nice one Moysey, remind them that you used to be half competent at your job. That’ll win them round. Forget the fact that you are bottom of the table and the
Paul Clement
he is likely to be managing, albeit briefly, in the Championship next season. Still, Carlo will always give him another job. For me, Sunderland and Boro are still done for and it will be one of Hull or Swansea joining them. But forget that. Let’s all enjoy the fact that at the time of writing Arsenal are sitting in 7th place. Nice one Arsene, you sign that new deal.
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