Costa Blanca North 31 January - 6 February 2013 Issue 1439

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Traffic jams mount as more shun AP-7 MORE drivers are shunning the AP-7 toll motorway.

Since charges were increased at the start of the year, the AP-7 is emptier than ever, according to sources.

It now costs €8.90 to drive from Denia to Alicante and €8.20 from Denia to Valencia.

Drivers joining the motorway in Benidorm pay €3.85 to get to Alicante and €13.40 to Valencia.

As a result, more motorists are using local

MOTORWAY SHUNNED: Drivers prefer queues to tolls. roads - especially for short journeys - leading to heavier traffic in some areas. These include both

Marinas, where N-332 traffic has increased despite no ring-roads in Gata de Gorgos, Benissa or Altea.

The towns are already notorious for congestion.

Despite the high cost of fuel, drivers still feel it is better to go on longer routes than pay the toll.

Overall it is estimated the AP-7 is losing 3,000 users a day. By last October, traffic on the motorway had fallen 14 per cent compared with 2011, according to the Ministry of Public Works.

Tolls rose by 11 per cent during the same period following increases last July and September.

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Families flee woodland fire FIFTEEN Finestrat homes were evacuated after an exploding generator started a woodland fire, which destroyed 2.4 hectares.

Homes legal JAVEA has finally legalised 72 homes built at Pi Ver towards the end of the 1990s amid unclear aspects of the Coastal laws.

Art movies CINE ROMA in Alfaz del Pi is to become an IVAC venue.

Beginning in April, arthouse films will be shown each Thursday, following an agreement with Valencia’s official film institute.

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Town halls praised for helping British

By Gemma Quinn TOWN HALLS across the Costa Blanca have been praised by the British Ambassador for supporting and helping UK expatriates in Spain.

At a ‘Working together to support British nationals’ forum in Alicante, Ambassador Giles Paxman Paul Rodwell (left) and Giles Paxman. met councillors up 7 per cent support of the elderly. working with European residof the populJeff Wiszniewski, Councents from 15 ation, so it is illor for the Urbanisations in town halls across JOINT WORKING: important San Fulgencio, said it was the province. town halls are valuable to meet representWiszniewski (right) Joined by with Paxman. seen as the atives from other municipMercedes first port of alities in office.

Alonso, Vice-president of call for those who need “We were able to learn what efforts they were Alicante Provincial Govern- help.” ment, and British Consul The forum addressed making to increase the and were Paul Rodwell, the ambas- many issues councillors Padron sador said Alicante province regularly deal with, impressed we were giving is home to more than including healthcare, the office space to Help Vega 132,000 British who “make language barrier and Baja and Age Concern.”

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Final demand DENIA town hall is claiming €632,197 from the CHJ water board for damage caused during infrastructure work at Rotes-Montgo and unless the CHJ pays up, the council will start legal proceedings.

City bombshell POLICE found a Romanian scrapmetal dealer pushing a Civil War bomb around Valencia city in a supermarket trolley. Roads were cordoned off and the bomb was deactivated by the Tedax bomb disposal unit.

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Jail confirmed for thug Briton THE Valencia appeal court confirmed a 20-year-old Briton’s 13-year prison sentence. He and two minors beat a Javea woman of 62 with a baseball bat, stealing €700, leaving her semi-conscious.

Walk, don’t run SIXTY people went to Villajoyosa for the first of 10 Nordic walking expeditions planned for 2013 by the Alfaz branch of FENWA. The next is scheduled for April 20.

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Brakes put on taxi wars ELCHE taxi-drivers want to prevent out-of-town colleagues from picking up airport clients.

Only Elche taxis may ply for hire at El Altet. Outside drivers can pick up clients who make prior bookings only if their destination is where they are based.

Interlopers are advertising themselves on the internet as though they are based at El Altet, the Elche drivers complain. Others

are hired by travel agencies to pick up clients regardless of destination.

Both are breaking the law, maintain the Elche Taxi Drivers Association. Those who bring clients to the airport should return empty, they say, but this is not happening.

Matters recently came to a head when eggs were thrown at a Torrevieja taxi waiting at the airport to pick up a client. There were also reports that tyres of out-of-town

cabs had been slashed.

Tempers have cooled since then and the Elche drivers have halted their protests. They are now waiting for local administrations to take the necessary steps to prevent drivers from other towns from working at the airport each day.

Meanwhile, work is so scarce that the Elche drivers now have three days off each week. “That’s never happened before,” they said.

Wind-blown THE yacht Plis-Play won this year’s Grefusa 300 Miles Trophy.

The competition set out from Moraira a day later than planned and over a shorter route owing to high winds.

Bad deal DEVELOPER Enrique Ortiz intends to sue Benidorm council over expropriated land he owns in El Moralet. He was offered €73,000 instead of the €47 million he claims it is worth.

Delivery time DENIA council proposes to extend unloading hours for delivery vans and lorries until 1pm. This will have an adverse effect on business, predicted the local hotel and catering sector.

Real needs PEOPLE are giving generously to Caritas but although grateful for food donations, other items are in short supply. Toiletries and baby products are badly needed, the NGO said.

Mobile ITV PICTURESQUE SURROUNDS: Young El Burgo couples are being encouraged to start families.

More towns and villages bid to cash in on babies

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H BABY! More towns and villages are handing out financial sops for young couples to have families.

El Burgo in the Sierra de las Nieves has now joined the ranks, advising that €1,000 will be handed to local parents for each child born in the area.

Last year 20 residents died locally, and just five babies were born.

“There are fewer young couples in our town and we want that to change,” said Mayor Maria Dolores Narvaez.

And Almachar, in the Axarquia region of Malaga, has decided to

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THE Guardia Civil’s Seprona unit has asked Campello town hall for information regarding the landfill site there. It is investigating an official complaint that environmental offences are being committed.

AN Elche firm has begun producing gourmet Iberico ham.

As well as the traditional diet of acorns, the local pigs are also fed on dates from local date palms.

ALICANTE city’s Las Cigarreras police station is rat-infested, claimed a socialist city councillor. There are no showers and male and female officers must share the same changing rooms.

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“The rate of unemployment amongst youths in countries such as Spain is shameful and totally unacceptable.”

President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz during a conference for the 40th anniversary of the European Trade Union Confederation.

increase its €1,500 payment to new local parents by a further €100 as well as paying for some vaccinations.

It also offers two weeks work to either parent if unemployed and free kindergarten services.

The payment is through vouchers to spend in local shops, and since the initiative was introduced in 2006, the village birth rate has increased to an annual average of 25 babies born over the last two years.

Up until the end of 2010 a €2,500 ‘baby-cheque’ was handed out nationally to parents of new-born babies by the

central government.

Since then individual towns and villages have paid out to try to increase local birth rates with Sediles in Zaragoza paying parents €100 for the first five years of their child’s life, and in Monegrillo, parents are given €720 to spend in local shops.

In Logrosan, Caceres, parents receive €250 when their child is born and another €250 when it is six months old, again to spend in local shops.

Meanwhile Montejaque, also in Malaga, offers parents €500 hoping that the population will not drop below 1,000 residents.

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per cent of the annual gross income of Spanish families was destined to buying a home in the third trimester of 2012, 14 per cent less than at its peak in 2008 according to the Bank of Spain.

A MOBILE ITV vehicleinspection unit will visit Campello from February 4 to 15. Prior appointments are necessary and can be arranged on 902 196 196, at www.applusiteuve.com or at the mobile unit.

In the swim ALICANTE city’s Local Development Agency is offering a course for 30 jobless to train as lifeguards. Those who pass will be offered work on the city’s beaches this summer.

Ikea revealed DETAILS of the exact location of a new Ikea will be included in Alicante city’s Rabasa development plan. This goes on public view next month for 45 days.

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EL PUIG, Valencia, celebrated local festivities by throwing dead rats. Animal rights groups said this was “savage” and “unhygienic” and it was banned by the town hall, but locals brought their own rats. No police were present.

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Stories making headlines from the United Kingdom

Big French gas smell

DAYLONG: Open all hours.

Several duty chemists could be dispensed with THERE could soon be fewer duty chemists in towns with a 24-hour pharmacy.

Owing to the economic crisis it is now not feasible to ensure there is a rota chemist open within two kilometres of every resident, said Valencia region chemists.

Pharmacies have been hard-hit by the crisis and several have had to close in recent years, particularly in Alicante city.

The presidents of the region’s three provincial Colleges of Pharmacists recently met Health chief Manuel Llombart who,

they said, was “receptive” to their proposals.

“It is senseless to maintain the duty chemist service at night if there is a 24hour pharmacy,” said Jaime Carbonell, president of the Alicante college.

Alicante city, Benidorm and Torrevieja each have a pharmacy that is open 24 hours a day, while Elche has two.

Asked if eliminating night-time duty chemists would result in more 24-hour chemists, Carbonell said this depended on individual pharmacies.

3 luxury cars found TWO men and a woman were arrested in Benidorm and charged with stealing luxury cars.

The three recovered cars are worth approximately €180,000 police sources revealed.

They were intercepted by police while driving a BMW allegedly stolen in Italy.

The police investigation began last November after they stopped a Porsche and found the chassis number had been altered.

Enquiries led them to the

trio – a German, a Belgian and a Spanish woman – who allegedly belonged to a gang that stole top-ofthe-range vehicles abroad.

These were brought to Spain and sold below their value to ensure quick sales and evade detection.

Following the arrests, police searched two homes and found car-key blanks and tools including a die stamp for altering chassis numbers.

They also found another car, a 1967 Ford Mustang.

Bookworms multiply CAMPELLO residents are reading more.

A total of 31,645 people used the library’s services last year and the number of subscribers grew by 640 last year, twice as many as during 2011.

The library now has 8,706 subscribers, which is the highest number ever, revealed Lourdes Llopis, Campello’s councillor for Culture.

POLICE in Kent, Sussex and Surrey received dozens of calls from concerned residents when a stinking cloud of gas – likened to rotten eggs – escaped from a leak at a French plant and drifted over the English channel.

Older hero WELSH holidaymaker Paul Marshallsea, aged 62, helped wrestle a 6ft shark off the Australian coast to stop swimmers from being attacked.

Ugly voice THE Essex accent has been voted the least attractive in the English language in a survey.

More than a quarter of people voted for Irish as their favourite accent.

Shell out A HOUSE in Devon, sold for more than £120,000 (€143,000), is decorated with sea shells on its walls and ceilings, many of them in nautical scenes.

Blast plan TRAIN carriages could be bomb-proofed to prevent a repeat of the London Underground terrorist attacks in 2005.

Tech baby THE first tablet computer aimed at babies was unveiled at the London Toy Fair, and will go on sale for £85 (€101) later this year.

Rapist paid A CONVICTED rapist has been awarded compensation from the Government after having to wait 12 months for a Parole Board hearing.

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the Schengen free movement zone. After this point they were legally in the care of the captain and leaving the ship “can be complicated” according to port sources.

“It was like being in a cage,” one of the passengers said later.

Only one, an American, was allowed to leave after complaining of being

unwell. Although the Guardia Civil could have allowed passengers to disembark, no other requests were made.

But one passenger was in despair.

Sait Ait Medjeber, a 36year-old Algerian, was returning home to tell his mother his father, who lived with him in Paris, had died.

His requests to leave were

Altea budget criticism OPPOSITION criticism of Altea’s 2013 budget received a blistering town hall reply.

“The socialists are completely ill-equipped to censure the budget,” declared councillor Jesus Balleser.

“They were incapable of producing municipal accounts for 2010 and 2011 and muddled through by extending their 2009 budget,” he said.

This was totally irresponsible and underlined the party’s inability to manage municipal funds rationally or efficiently, the councillor claimed.

To this should be added the hypocrisy of PSOE spokesman Eloy Hidalgo, Ballester continued.

When the PSOE took over the town hall in 2007 he assigned himself a monthly salary of €3,605 plus

HYPOCRISY: Councillor hits out at predecessors. expenses.

Mayor Andres Ripoll received €4,209 a month.

The PSOE had no difficulty in ignoring the economic situation of the town hall or many Alteanos at that time, Ballester said.

These figures in black and white should be enough “to make them blush” and admit

that their wastefulness and extravagance had caused the town hall’s economic situation, he added.

In contrast, the PP council has cut salaries by 22 per cent, eliminated councillors’ mobile phones and expenses and reduced aid to the municipal parties by 20 per cent, said the councillor.

Pensioner’s marathon bill A MASSANASSA (Valencia) pensioner has received a mobile bill for €164.38.

“But I hardly use it,” protested Salvador Fortea.

His monthly bill never exceeds €7 but the telephone company insists that last October he made a nine-hour call to his landline.

“The battery would have run out long before,” he said.

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Fatal outcome of ferry delay at Alicante port A MAN died after trying to jump from a ferry after passengers were not allowed to disembark.

The Oran ferry had already arrived five days late at Alicante owing to bad weather and then remained in port, waiting for high winds to subside.

The ferry’s 979 passengers could not disembark as they had left

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After contacting the mobile company, he was assured that no error had been made although the landline operator confirmed that no call was received that day.

Salvador then complained to the Ministry of Trade, which sided with the mobile company. He has now been given two weeks to settle the bill.

ignored.

Learning that the ferry was still not due to sail after being on board for more than a day, he threw his luggage onto the quay. He then jumped from the deck to the passenger gangway but slipped on landing and hit his head, dying instantly.

Passengers reacted with outrage and were eventually allowed to leave the ship. The ferry did not sail until the next day.

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Tragic woman shares fate of her mother LARISA CATARAGA, whose father killed her mother, was herself murdered by

her partner 30 years later.

A 35-year-old Moldavian who lived in Calpe, Larisa was stabbed 17 times by Julian Garcia Ausina. He was later found hanged at a house owned by his family in the same town.

Larisa arrived in Calpe five years ago, beginning her relationship with 44year-old Garcia two years later, friends told the Spanish media.

Although she never complained of abuse, Larisa had tried several times to break off the relationship, which she

described as “stifling,” they claimed.

Approximately three weeks ago, she and Garcia told their landlord that they were splitting up and would be leaving the apartment, the same sources explained.

But Larisa eventually admitted to her friends that Garcia, who allegedly had a drink problem, asked for one more chance and she had relented.

Three days after this conversation, Larisa, who worked as a cleaner, failed to turn up for work or send

a message. Her employer contacted the Guardia Civil who entered the apartment when no-one answered the door.

Inside they discovered Larisa’s body wrapped in a blood-stained carpet.

Suspecting Garcia, they went to his family’s house on the outskirts of Calpe where they found that he had taken his own life.

Larisa was the third woman to be killed in Spain by her partner in the first three weeks of 2013, and the second in the Valencian Community.

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Allies unite over treaty GERMANY and France celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty that sealed the alliance between the two former enemies with a ceremony in the city of Berlin.

Vote blow CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel’s CDU party suffered defeats in 13 state elections.

Sunday’s results represent another blow to her chances at re-election next September.

No cheat EDUCATION minister Annette Schavan denied allegations that she had plagiarised her doctoral thesis.

New post EQUIPPED: Esperanza Soria, Social Welfare councillor, and mayor Bernabe Cano.

Free wheelchair help LA NUCIA’S town hall has acquired five new wheelchairs to loan to residents.

The department has a range of orthopaedic equipment which, subject to authorisation by the town hall’s social worker, is lent free of charge to any La Nucia residents who need it.

The new additions bring the department’s stock of wheelchairs up to 11.

Special chairs, two walking frames and two hoists for patients are amongst other available equipment.

There are also adjustable beds, of which six are manually-adaptable and one that is electrically-adjustable.

Those interested in borrowing free equipment should contact the Departamento de Bienestar Social at La Nucia town hall or the Centro Social El Calvari. Telephone 966 897 339.

Wilderness tamed WASTELAND in Teulada is to become a green zone and recreation area.

A €25,000 grant from the Alicante provincial government will transform the 5,384 square metre plot of land at La Sabatera into an area for public use.

Located between Calles Valladolid, Tarragona y Xixona, it is now due to be weeded and cleared of vegetation. This will be carried out “selectively”, said Teulada’s

mayor Antoni Joan Bertomeo, and there are plans to install benches and picnic tables. A pathway and parking area will be provided while outdoor gym equipment and a children’s playground are also being considered.

“The town hall wants this to benefit all residents and provide another green zone that everyone can use and enjoy,” Bertomeo said.

MOSCOW born maestro Valery Gergiev, 59, currently chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra will take over the prestigious Munich Philharmonic from 2015, for a term of five years.

Air strike PASSENGERS at Cologne, Bonn and Düsseldorf airports faced long waits and cancelled flights, after security personnel went on strike as part of an ongoing labour dispute.

Polar trek ROLAND KRÜGER, 47, has become the first German to make a solo trek to the South Pole, without help from dogs, motors, or food deliveries.

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Privatising hospitals ‘a mistake’ PRIVATISING state-run hospitals would be a mistake, according to regional president Alberto Fabra.

Alzira hospital in Valencia province belongs to the Spanish state system, but has been run by a private

Schools SOS from Javea JAVEA council has complained to the regional government about the state of local schools.

A document setting out town hall grievances was approved at the last plenary meeting.

The Graull school needs complete restoration, it says, while an office ceiling at the Vicente Tena school

has had to be propped up for the last two years.

The town hall conveyed to the Generalitat “the underlying unease” of teachers regarding official “disregard and obstruction” towards any initiative benefitting the town’s pupils.

Parents could not understand why the

Education department could spare money for a school with 14 pupils but not find €7,000 to repair the Vicente Tena ceiling, the council pointed out.

Parents with children there would settle for having the props removed and not the overhaul that is really needed, the document continued.

company since it was built in 1999.

Instead of applying ‘decaffeinated’ versions of the Alzira model to other

hospitals – which would be ‘very complicated’ Fabra favours outsourcing non-medical services.

This, it is hoped, will contribute to the €360 million which the Regional Government (Generalitat) hopes to earn through privatisations.

He backed ‘palatable’ changes supported by health professionals whom he wanted as allies and colleagues.

The regional government preferred to introduce an incentives system to ensure an effective, UNEASE: Propped up ceiling at Vicente Tena school, efficient health service, Javea.

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Mum is cleared of newborn’s murder A YOUNG Denia woman was found not guilty of killing her newborn daughter.

The Public Prosecutor had recommended a 20-year prison sentence but seven of the nine-

strong jury at the Alicante high court decided that she had not committed murder.

The young woman gave birth alone in the bathroom of the family home on the night of April 10 in 2009.

Her partner was sleeping in the next room with their daughter of two-and-a-half, unaware of what was happening, the court heard.

The baby was later found in a rubbish container in the street outside the family’s apartment. She had died of asphyxiation but had severe head injuries which FALLEN: The emblematic Dragon tree. the mother said occurred Canary Islands since the mid-19th at the time of birth. century when the local fleet worked the Believing the baby to be rich fishing grounds there. Fishermen dead, she had placed the brought back with them native plants body in a plastic bag and trees, including Dragon and Monkey which her partner later Puzzle trees, Such said. threw away, she said.

Dragon tree’s demise VILLAJOYOSA has lost one of its symbols.

The Dragon tree on the roundabout at the entrance to the town was uprooted by the recent gales.

“We’re talking about the remains of the tree because it died years ago,” explained Environment councillor Loli Such.

It was never removed because it had become part of La Vila’s landscape, Such said. A replacement - donated to the town hall 10 years ago – had been planted alongside it. “The Drago is not just a tree, but a much-loved symbol that Vileros are proud of,” she added.

The original had been grown from seeds brought from the Canary Islands in 1975, the Dragon tree’s natural habitat.

Villajoyosa has had strong links to the

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Mother of God course ‘a waste’ A REGIONAL GOVERNMENT organised course, ‘The Apparitions and Miracles of the Mother of God,’ has been blasted as a waste of money.

It figures amongst 154 others offered by the Generalitat to the Valencian Community’s 53,000 teachers.

The course was a waste of public money at a time of crisis and “serious” cuts in spending on Education, complained socialist MP, Esther Lopez of the EU party. “What sort of agreement existed between the Generalitat and the bishops” she added.

“Religious indoctrination should not be confused with teacher training,” she said.

The apparitions and miracles course is coordinated by the Orihuela-Alicante diocese and 63 teachers have already applied for the 60 available places.

The STEPV teachers’ union is calling for the Generalitat to eliminate the course. “Religion is a private matter and ought not to intrude on the education system,” said a union representative.

The course was termed “an insult” by the PSPV socialists.

The regional government needs to make the best use of limited resources,” said regional MP Modesta Salazar.

There was also criticism from another.

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impossible at the Calpe office or on the internet, claimed regional Spanish newspaper, Informacion.

Although applicants are issued with written proof that they have applied to register, the document has no administrative value. It does not entitle the holder to unemployment pay and is insufficient for enrolment on retraining courses or applying for work.

Phoney doctor fooled them all STAFF at Denia hospital and Calpe health centre have been left reeling after

having a real-life ‘Catch Me If You Can’ style fake doctor in their midst.

BATTERED: Moraira beaches take a pounding.

Gales on beach gather a crowd

CROWDS watched as Moraira’s El Portet beach was pounded by heavy seas.

Sand was washed away from the bathing area as waves crashed against the Paseo walls. The L’Ampolla and Platgetes beach were also affected as breakers whipped up by gale force winds scattered boardwalks and deposited mounds of seaweed.

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Catch 22 for unemployed JOBLESS in Calpe are finding it impossible to sign on with INEM. Queues are so long at the local unemployment office that several people who recently found themselves out of work cannot register within the time limit.

Anyone wishing to apply for unemployment benefit must first make an appointment, but that has proved

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Victor Yuste was wellregarded during his five years as a houseman at Denia hospital. But, just as in the 2002 Holywood film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, all was not as it seemed.

At Calpe’s health centre where he was employed, he was considered not just a colleague “but a good colleague,” sources said. In the movie DiCaprio’s character successfully held a string of jobs using fake qualifications, including that of a doctor.

Yuste was recently arrested in Murcia when his diplomas were found to be fakes after he applied to register at the College of Physicians.

Yuste, aged 42, had never enrolled at university and had no qualifications.

It also emerged that the personnel department at Marina Salud, which runs the Marina Alta’s health service, was unaware of Yuste’s unsavoury past.

The would-be doctor now faces charges of fraud.

Emergency landing OXYGEN MASKS were released to 93 passengers as a Ryanair flight made an emergency landing.

The Valencia-Bergome (Italy) flight had to land at Genoa after it was affected by depressurisation.

The captain followed standard procedures, said a Ryanair spokesperson,

immediately taking the aircraft down to an altitude not requiring pressurisation. Two people were slightly injured and taken to a Genoa hospital.

“Passengers were taken by coach to Milan and engineers inspected the aircraft before it was returned to service.”

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Local weather for next 7 days COSTA BLANCA TODAY AND TOMORROW JAVEA

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Alicante TODAY: CLEAR Fri - 23 11 Cl Sat - 19 8 Cl Sun - 17 8 Cl

Madrid

MAX 18C, MIN 9C Mon - 16 9 Cl Tues - 16 9 Cl Wed - 17 9 Cl

TODAY: CLEAR, Fri - 14 5 C Sat - 18 8 Cl Sun - 17 8 C

MAX 12C, MIN 4C Mon - 13 8 Cl Tues - 15 8 Cl Wed - 16 8 Cl

TODAY: SHOWER, Fri - 14 6 Cl Sat - 16 6 Cl Sun -17 9 Cl

MAX 9C, MIN 2C Mon - 11 4 Cl Tues - 11 6 Cl Wed - 12 4 Cl

Malaga MAX 14C, MIN 8C Mon - 15 8 Cl Tues - 16 8 Cl Wed - 16 9 Cl

Mallorca MAX 13C, MIN 6C Mon - 16 9 Cl Tues - 16 11 Cl Wed - 16 11 Cl

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Benidorm TODAY: CLOUD, Fri - 18 7 C Sat - 19 7 Cl Sun - 18 10 Cl

C Cloud, Th Thunder

TODAY: CLEAR Fri - 9 -1 Cl Sat - 11 -1 Cl Sun - 10 4 Cl

Barcelona TODAY: CLEAR Fri - 14 4 Cl Sat - 14 4 Cl Sun - 17 8 Cl

Fog, Sn Snow,

MAX 23C, MIN 11C Mon - 17 8 Cl Tues - 17 8 Cl Wed - 18 9 Cl

Almeria TODAY: CLEAR Fri - 14 9 Cl Sat - 16 9 Cl Sun - 16 10 C

MAX 17C, MIN 9C Mon - 18 10 Cl Tues - 18 10 Cl Wed - 19 9 Cl

POLICE confiscated 360 sea urchins from scuba-diving poachers in Javea.

An expensive and hard to come by delicacy, owners of seafood restaurants will pay a good price

TODAY: CLEAR, Fri - 15 3 Cl Sat - 15 3 Cl Sun - 16 3 Cl

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for them, very often, with no questions asked.

Sea urchins may only be fished using traditional methods, with scuba-divers and snorkelers being banned from harvesting them.

The divers, who were all from Denia, were collecting the sea urchins from the coastal strip between Cala Blanca and Cala Llobatera.

Local police officers returned the urchins to the sea at a different spot from where they were caught to ensure that the divers could not just a front. return for them.

The poachers men and three women aged are now facing between 24 and 46 had been fines of at least arrested. All were Spanish, €600. with one Moroccan.

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AN alleged cocaine trafficking ring has been broken up.

Two men who ran a mobile phone business in Denia allegedly acquired one kilo of cocaine a week, supplying street dealers from the shop.

The drugs were then allegedly sold in Denia, Vergel and Ondara.

The suspects had been under surveillance since last summer and the first arrests came in October as the two principal suppliers allegedly bought cocaine in Onda (Castellon).

Police seized 276 grammes of cocaine, €3,300 in cash and two cars. A subsequent search of two Denia homes revealed packaging equip-

DEALERS: Phone shop was ment, computers, mobile phones and documents.

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Longer working week VILLAJOYOSA town hall now opens to the public on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

Working hours were extended from 35 to 37.5 hours a week following directives from the national government in Madrid, said Personnel councillor Pascual Pastor.

As well as attending the public from 4 to 7pm at the town hall building in Calle Mayor on Tuesdays and Thursday, employees will soon be working from 10am to 1pm on Saturdays as well.

The new opening hours will also make life easier for many residents. “Very often people who are working can only come here in the afternoon or evening,” Pastor commented.

Rugby team harassed A 30-YEAR-OLD Alicante woman has been charged with harassing an entire rugby team.

After apparently having romantic overtures publicly rejected by one of the players the woman allegedly began an internet campaign of death-threats, slanderous allegations and

insults on the wellknown Alicante rugby side’s website.

Threats and insults were also scrawled on toilets and the walls of the sports complex where the team trained.

These were aimed not only at her unrequited love but all the team members.

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30 flee mountain fire UP to 30 people had to flee their homes in the middle of the night as a fire tore across Maryvilla urbanisation near Calpe.

They were relocated to the Hotel Esmeralda after being evacuated between 3am and 6am.

Firefighters and rescue teams were called to the scene, but they struggled to contain the flames and strong winds pushed the fire towards Mascarat.

Fire fighting helicopters had to be used on Sunday’s fire instead of more efficient water dropping planes due to the dangerous conditions.

It was not until the wind died down that afternoon that firefighters had a chance of controlling the blaze.

As the afternoon progressed a fire fighting plane also joined the two helicopters and four fire engines already tackling the blaze.

Residents were back in their homes by Monday night. Although the fire was put out on the Calpe side, it raged on most of Monday night on the Mascarat side. Luckily it never reached the ‘Girasoles’ urbanisation, where residents were put on stand-by for evacuation.

Counciller for Calpe town hall, Paco

CALPE BLAZE: The fire raged across Marivilla mountain.

Cabrera, was on the scene. “It’s been incredibly difficult for the firefighters,” he said, “but thanks to their efforts no one has been hurt or lost their homes.”

When asked how the fire might have started, Paco said: “The investigation is still underway, and there will be no official statement until next week, although it is speculated that it was down to a

faulty Iberdrola electricity transformer.”

Eyewitnesses said that there had been sparks coming from the transformer and Iberdrola had already been informed and asked to inspect it a few weeks prior to the incident. Another witness who lives on the urbanisation said that she heard a loud explosion around 2:30 am on the Monday morning.

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Jobless cash grant kept until employment falls

UNEMPLOY MENT GRANT: The monthly allowance will remain.

THE €400 monthly unemployment grant will remain in place until unemployment rates fall below 20 per cent, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has announced.

Following the announcement of historically high unemployment levels from the National Institute of Statistics, which revealed more than 26 per cent of the active population was

unemployed at the end of 2012, he said that the payment, available to those whose normal unemployment pay has run out and meet certain requirements, will remain in

Ex-policeman killed wife A PENSIONER who killed his wife by hitting her over the head with a kitchen cleaver and then stabbing her has been jailed for 18 years. The 67-year-old ex-policeman from Jaen was also ordered to pay €150,000 compensation to their children.

A Granada court heard that the couple had recently returned to live together after a six year separation and had argued the day before the attack in March 2011.

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The accused, Cosme MC, went to the bedroom the following morning where his ex-wife was sleeping, knowing she had taken tranquilisers and would be unable to defend herself, hit her on the head several times with the cleaver. When he saw she was still alive, he then stabbed her in the throat.

The victim, Natividad GC, 69, died from loss of blood due to her injuries.

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“We are going to continue making changes which will help growth and employment and continue to help, as much as public resources allow, people who are in the worst situation,” he said.

Rajoy, during a visit to Peru, also admitted Spain is living “the hardest moment of all.”

The visit, and meeting with Peruvian Prime Minister Ollanta Humala, followed the country’s announcement it was renewing its contracts with Telefonica for 18 years and 10 months.

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Diggers uncover ancient treasure

HORUS: One of the mythological Gods recently discovered.

ARCHEOLOGISTS have uncovered more than 300 pieces of jewellery, gold rings, earrings, necklaces and dozens of Egyptian amulets dating back 2,500 years.

They were investigating a site once occupied by the headquarters of the sub-delegation of the Government of Cadiz when they discovered 12 Punic tombs dated to between the fourth and fifth centuries BC. All of them contained human remains.

The Egyptian amulets, made from ceramic and covered in a coat of glass, represent the Egyptian mythological Gods such as Seth, Horus and Ajet (Eye of Ra).

Next to these tombs, they have found two Phoenician burial grounds and 28 from the Roman era dated between first century BC and second century AD. The finds have now been transferred to the Cadiz Provincial Museum and will be on view to the public.

Innocent man loses out A MAN who spent 11 months in prison after his wife made false complaints of violence against him has had his request for compensation refused.

Jose Antonio Santos Barragan was sentenced to prison when his ex-wife reported him for eight

acts of violence against her.

But later it was proved he could not have committed the offences because he was not present at the time.

He lost his job after entering prison in February 2007 and was demanding the State

pay him €128,289 for a miscarriage of justice.

But the National Court has thrown out the claim.

His ex-wife has admitted making false declarations and the court sentenced her to 20 months in prison and to pay compensation of €35,000.

Drunk driver jailed A DRUGGED and drunk driver hit and killed a disabled pedestrian, hid the body then used his victim’s credit card.

Now Diego Jose FS has been jailed for two years and fined €700.

He pleaded guilty at a Huelva court to homicide and fraud. The deceased, Ramon Cuaresma, who was physically and mentally disabled, was walking towards his home along a pavement in Paseo Nuevo when FS’s vehicle mounted the pavement and hit him.

Cuaresma was struck on the knee, fell face down and died instantly.

FS put the body into the boot of his car and drove it eight kilometres before dumping it. He then drove to a petrol station, washed his car and paid for €27 of petrol with a credit card that he had stolen from the dead man’s wallet.

He tried to obtain €100 with the card but the operation was denied by the bank, but he did succeed in taking €50.

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Education ministry found guilty SIGN LANGUAGE interpreters who reported they had been assigned ‘illegally’ to third parties and were threatened with dismissal if they complained, have won a case against the Ministry of Education.

Sandra Carrion and Celia Molino, both members of the trade union, General Confederation of Workers (CGT), reported that they had been used by the Federation of Deaf People and Accessible Communications Consultors (CAC).

In the summer of 2012 they reported the CAC, and CLECE (multi-service cleaning company), for the offence of fraudulent business succession, where a chain of contracts and businesses change but their employees or their functions do not. They also denounced the Infrastructures and Educational Services (ISE) for illegal transfer of workers.

The local government (Junta) was found guilty of complicity, because the ISE took out the tender for services which it passed to CAC which then passed it to CLECE, knowing that only the name of the society changed, but everything else remained the same.

The CGT is asking for an immediate return to work for its members.

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SIGNATURES: More than 750,000 have been obtained.

750,000 signatures against evictions THE Mortgage Victims’ Group (PAH) has obtained enough signatures to force Parliament to consider changing laws regarding evictions.

The group has collected more than 750,000 signatures which means it can demand the draft being prepared in Parliament include a Popular

Legislative Initiative (ILP).

The initiative demands the possibility of a delay on all evictions when it’s the full-time home of the affected family, and not only in certain cases defined by EU legislation.

It also demands social rent on all empty homes which are owned by banks, not only the

current 6,000, and allowing homeowners who cannot afford their mortgage to hand over the deeds of their home to the bank as payment.

The group is hoping to get more than a million signatures, as they have added those collected by unions, the 15-M movement and other protests.

A SHOP OWNER deliberately sold out of date baby food.

More than 200 products, some two weeks past their eat-by date, were removed from the shelves, including yoghurts, pre-packed minced meat, sausages, pizzas and burritos and the baby foods, by Guardia Civil.

The food was passed to Health Inspectors to determine the risk of consumption and they immediately destroyed the products.

An off duty Guardia Civil officer had reported the owner of the supermarket in Matalascañas (Huelva).

When agents of the Guardia Civil inspected the supermarket they found refrigerated goods that had been relabelled with prices up to 50 per cent off.

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Roof caves in on 6,000 turkeys THE weight of 35 centimetres of snow that

Ham rules THE Ministry of Agriculture is bringing in new rules for the quality control of Iberian meat.

The idea is to guarantee better information for the consumer, and preserve the Iberian pig breed and pastures. One plan is to reduce the number of denominations to three categories which detail how the animals are fed. The terms ‘100 per cent Iberian’ or ‘Iberian’ will be used depending on the purity of the breed.

Conditions for raising the animals must also be improved with more space for each pig.

had accumulated on the roof of a barn caused it to collapse, burying the majority of 6,000 turkeys that were inside.

The farm in San Xoan de Rio, Ourense, (Galicia) is run by a family which has been selling turkeys to Korea for the last nine years. They also own another unit with a similar amount of turkey chicks.

One of the family, Gabino Yañez, said: “It all happened in a matter of minutes. The alarm went off on my computer when the power was cut in the barn and when I got there I found half the roof on the ground.”

He explained that he and neighbours tried to brace the remaining parts of the roof, but it finally collapsed. Yañez said that the incident has left him without a business.

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ON THE RUN: The car was fleeing from the Guardia Civil.

Police foil speeding driver in car chase

A DRIVER who thought he had outrun the Guardia Civil was made to turn round and return to Spain by the Portugese National Republican Guard.

Waiting Guardia Civil officers were then able to fine him.

The Portugese driver had failed to stop at a routine traffic control on the A-49 at Lepe (Huelva).

He was driving at 190 kilometres per

hour, wearing headphones, which prevented him from hearing the orders of the police.

Officers pursued him along the motorway and advised their counterparts as they approached the border with Portugal. The motorist was finally stopped by Portugese police, who made the driver return to Spain so that the Guardia Civil could fine him.

THE novel Fifty Shades of Grey has been blamed for violence against women.

Co-ordinator of Huelva’s branch of the Andalucian Institute of Women (IAM), Rosario Ballester, has directly linked mistreatment of women to the reading of the erotic novel which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

She highlighted the violent use of high-heeled shoes by men to hit women as a prime example.

But Ballester has been reproached for linking the sentimental and sexual relations of the protagonists of the novel by E L James with gender violence. Some critics said they thought the comments were ‘out of place and flippant’ in relation to such a serious subject.

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THE percentage of women on the boards of directors of the main European companies increased in October last year by 2.1 from January 2012 to 15.8 per cent. The Spanish average is 12 per cent.

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Oil price set to soar

LIQUID GOLD: Spanish staple becoming pricier.

Producers say olive harvest yield cut by half THE price of olive oil is set to double compared to last year, due to the poor harvest.

The price paid to producers is expected to rise to €3.50 per litre, which will affect how much manufacturers and retailers will

charge their clients.

This is mainly due to the fact that fewer than 800,000 tonnes of oil are expected to be obtained from the latest harvest, compared to the record amount of 1.61 million tonnes obtained the

Rooms empty at tourism fair JUST a week before the start of the International Tourism Fair (Fitur), hotels in Madrid reported that occupancy levels were below 50 per cent.

The fair began yesterday (Wednesday) and will continue until Sunday.

Hotels have seen their occupancy levels fall drastically compared to last year, the President of Madrid Hoteliers Association (AEHM), Carlos Diaz, reported.

“This is unheard of” he said “just five years ago, practically the whole of Madrid was full thanks to the tourism fair.”

He believes the main reason is the financial crisis, which means there has been a lesser presence of delegations from regions throughout Spain and from other countries.

He denied suggestions that hotel rooms are too expensive and said that current prices are “unbeatable”.

This year’s tourism fair will cover 56,500m2 which is 9.6 per cent less than last year, and although the number of countries represented remains the same at 167, there will be 9,000 companies present, 500 fewer than in 2012.

previous year. This was due to the lack of rain and excessive heat.

The Secretary General of the Spanish Federation of Olive Oil Manufacturers said the poor weather conditions could lead the amount to be even lower.

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EVERYDAY Spanish businesses lose out on new sales due to fake or unjust reviews.

Internet sites such as Qype, Yelp and Trip Advisor encourage consumers to write reviews but do not authenticate them or attempt to prove that the reviewer is genuine. It is estimated that one in 10 reviews are fake.

Mark Hall managing director of Got Juice online reputation management company commented: “A

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Nokia losses FOR the first time in years, Spain is not one of the main markets for Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia. At an international level, in 2012, Nokia lost €3.10 billion, 166 per cent more than the previous year.

The company sold 355 million phones, 20 per cent fewer than in 2011, and saw Smartphone sales drop by 55 per cent.

Jobless youth AMONG the registered unemployed in Spain, 15.6 per cent are under 25. This is an increase of 5.2 per cent over a year ago.

Business price of fake reviews single bad review can ruin the chances of gaining new customers and create a long standing, horrible word of mouth campaign offline.

If left, the review could quickly lead the company to bankruptcy.

“If your business receives a negative review or mention, it is very important to respond to the customer online, always remain calm and do not take it personally.”

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Q: I READ your column two weeks ago about the new law requiring all residents to declare their assets outside of Spain. You say that if you own a property in the UK which you rent out and you pay income tax on the rentals in the UK, that you will also have to pay tax on You and the the same income in Spain if Law in Spain you are a Spanish tax

By David Searl resident. I was led to believe that you could not be double taxed and that you pay only once. I am in fact confused about this new law as I get different answers. No one seems to know how or even whether I have to declare my house in the UK. BB (Costa Blanca) A: YOU have two questions. I shall take the second one first. Yes, you have to declare your house in the UK if it is worth more than €50,000. You will do this on Tax Agency Form 720 which is only available electronically.

There is no paper form. I urge you and anyone else in your position to seek professional help in Spain. The draft form is 22 pages long. To declare a house requires only a few of these pages but you must know which ones.

The Tax Agency has extended the deadline to declare from March 31 to April 30. They insist that the declaration is simply “informative.” Keep in mind that the new law is aimed at Spaniards themselves, not foreigners in particular. It gives the Tax Agency a new weapon against Spaniards with large undeclared assets abroad. This is why the penalties are so stiff.

As to your first question, yes, you are liable for tax in both countries. In the UK because the income arises there, and in Spain because you are required to declare your worldwide income as a tax resident here. You obtain forms from HRMC and from the Spanish Tax Agency to avoid being taxed twice. Spain will deduct your UK payments from the Spanish tax bill. Note that I did not say “you will pay”. I said you “are liable”.

David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers.

You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.

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€50 billion turnover for Unilever ANGLO-DUTCH food giant Unilever passed £42 billion (€50 billion) in annual turnover for the first time, helped by growth in emerging markets.

£££ The owners of the Channel Tunnel rail link (HS1), will launch a refinancing of its £1.5bn (€1.76bn) debt mountain.

Canadian consortium Ontario and Borealis bought HS1, which

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COST-CUTTING by businesses has seen an expected loss by easyJet halved.

As more executives have been using the low-cost airline rather than pricier rivals, it has told City analysts to expect its pre-tax, half-year loss to be between £50 million (€59 million) and £75 million (€88 million) this year.

That compares to the £112 million (€132 million) six-month loss it made in the first half of 2011.

Just who do you think you are kidding Mr Cameron?

I SOMETIMES wonder what highly experienced ministerial advisers think of the Corporal Jones-like panicked flapping of hands exhibited by whichever politicians happen to be holding the reins of government.

The civil servants must at times shake their heads over their whiskies and sodas whilst discussing the latest eccentricities performed by their political masters, which, despite historical precedent, never cease to astonish those living in the real world. Wartime propaganda, designed to bolster the nation’s morale, was the acceptable facet of this in the face of enemy assaults, with a good example being September 15 1940, (Battle of Britain Day) recognised now as certainly a black day for the Luftwaffe, but hardly the overwhelming victory trumpeted by the British media of the day, but so what? We’d given the foe a good spanking, hadn’t we?

In times of peace though, this kind of politically inspired and government funded rhetoric should not be so obvious to the man in the street that he shakes his head in despair. “Why do we bother,” they could be forgiven for asking, “when politicians take no notice and never learn?”

Well, the reason’s plain enough: They live and plan one day at a time, lurching from crisis to disaster, and it’s when a politician perceives something that might affect him personally, that the panic sets in. Those of us who were around in 1979 remember Britain’s Prime Minister James Callaghan’s infamous remark upon

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his return from a visit to the USA, that ‘there was no crisis’, despite mounting trade union led and fomented chaos.

“Crisis? what crisis?” asked the newspaper headlines next day in their habitual inaccurate

interpretation of his actual words; but no matter, that incident marked the fall of the Labour government.

The ‘crisis’ striking terror into political hearts at the moment is nothing compared with Britain’s problems of 1979. It is no more than the fear that upstart political party Ukip might be readying itself to occupy third place in the political arena behind the Tories and Labour.

Do the politicians truly believe that those living outside the ‘Westminster Bubble’ are incapable of appreciating the tactics behind the appearance in the media of political pundits, big business representatives, some representatives of foreign governments and even a few usually respected commentators, brought together in a totally overblown and blatant attempt to blacken Ukip?

Even suggesting a renegotiation of the terms by which Brussels orders Britain’s laws is thrown into doubt, never mind that this structure of precedents and usage has been developed over centuries to serve the AngloSaxon psyche and tradition of fair play.

Clearly, that’s not enough, and what’s worrying the political class now is that, with Ukip having recently achieved 13 per cent of the national vote whilst the LibDems are scoring only 3 per cent, people might begin to question the credibility of the coalition.

CAMERON: Corporal Jones –style panicking.

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www.euroweeklynews.com If you live or own property in Spain, it is your responsibility to establish what your tax liabilities are and submit tax returns correctly each year.

Residents now have the added responsibility of declaring the assets you own outside Spain. This includes bank accounts, investments and property, where the value of each category is €50,000 or more.

This is extra to your income and wealth tax returns, and needs to be done each year if the assets in a category have increased by over €20,000 since the previous declaration.

The deadline will normally be 31st March, but this year it is extended to 30th April. You need to file a report if you were resident here the previous year, so anyone resident in Spain in 2012 needs to report by 30th April 2013. If you become resident this year, your first reporting deadline is 31st March 2014.

Besides the 183 days-a-year rule, there are other circumstances that can make you tax resident in Spain, so you need to be sure about your situation.

There are many property owners in Spain who for one reason or another have failed to declare themselves for tax. This was always a risky stance, with the authorities getting better at finding them, but it is even riskier now with the new

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Spain’s New Reporting Law – Should You Be Worried?

by Bill Blevins, Financia l Correspondent, Blevins Franks

reporting obligation. The penalties for failing to report an asset under this new regime are much higher than under normal tax law.

Under Spain’s normal tax rules, the taxman can only go back four years from the date a tax return should have been submitted to review how much tax should have been paid.

Under the new asset reporting law, if you do not make a report, any undeclared income, regardless of when it was actually received, is deemed to arise in the last tax year that is not statute barred. This effectively eliminates the application of the statute of limitations, so instead of just being able to go back four years to review unpaid tax on an asset, there is now no limit.

When a Spanish resident is found to have an undeclared asset under

this new obligation, they may have to pay all of the following: • Income tax on the undeclared income at the income tax scale rates, with a top rate of 52% (54% in Andalucía and 56% in Cataluña), rather than as savings income with a top rate of 27%.

• Late payment interest.

• Penalties, which can be as high as 150% of the total tax due on the asset.

• A fine of €5,000 per each unreported asset, with a minimum fine of €10,000.

When you add the tax due with the penalties, plus late payment interest, plus the extra fine, many people could find the amount they owe the Hacienda (Spanish tax office) is more than the value of the asset.

The unpaid tax could give rise to the criminal offence of ‘tax fraud’ if it exceeds €120,000.

If you do not consider yourself resident here, or have not been declaring yourself, you need to reconsider your position now, before it is too late. Make 2013 the year you get your tax residency in Spain

sorted if necessary, so that you do not need to fear the taxman and can confidently declare everything you are obliged to under both the tax and new reporting rules.

There are compliant arrangements available in Spain which can lower your tax liabilities on your investable assets if you take professional advice from a specialist firm like Blevins Franks.

The tax authorities have an increasing number of tools to find people who are not declaring themselves for tax.

They have linked up with the land registry office and have records of everyone owning property in Spain.

Electricity companies also now provide information to the Hacienda each year on the electricity usage of each property, as well the names on the invoice and bank account payments are made from.

The authorities can establish when a property has been lived in and catch out people who have been living here permanently but have not registered as such and have not been paying tax.

Do not bury your head in the sand. The Spanish tax authorities mean business. You should seek advice from an expert tax adviser like Blevins Franks which keeps fully up to date with Spanish tax regulations and the compliant tax planning arrangements in Spain.

When combined with suitable tax planning, there are benefits to being tax resident in Spain. It is often possible to use legitimate arrangements to significantly lower your tax liabilities on your savings, investments, wealth and estate. You may end up paying much less tax than you expect.

The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual should take personalised advice.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.

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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) CHANGE Croda International PLC 2454.00 3.00 Diageo PLC 1851.50 -5.50 Eurasian Nat Resources 335.45 4.40 EVRAZ PLC 296.15 -4.00 Experian PLC 1086.00 -4.53 Fresnillo PLC 1692.00 -5.00 G4S PLC 276.90 0.00 GKN PLC 247.05 0.50 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1410.00 -5.34 Glencore Intrnationl PLC 391.70 -0.90 Hammerson PLC 490.55 -0.30 Hargreaves Lansdown 707.50 -3.25 HSBC Holdings PLC 714.15 3.90 IMI PLC 1193.00 -1.00 Imperial Tobacco Gr PLC 2424.50 6.00 InterContinental Hotels 1869.00 -9.00 International Consldtd 222.20 -0.80 Intertek Group PLC 3119.50 -10.00 ITV PLC 115.45 -0.40 Johnson Matthey PLC 2389.00 -1.00 Kazakhmys PLC 751.75 -2.00 Kingfisher PLC 275.40 -2.06 Land Securities Grp PLC 814.00 0.00 Legal & General Grp PLC 151.85 0.21 Lloyds Banking Grp PLC 53.50 0.06 Marks & Spencer Grp PLC 382.30 -1.80 Meggitt PLC 429.20 -3.60 Melrose Industries PLC 239.75 -0.30 National Grid PLC 698.25 -1.58 Next PLC 4067.00 7.28 Old Mutual PLC 188.35 0.70 Pearson PLC 1183.00 -1.18 Petrofac Ltd 1717.50 -13.00 Polymetal Intl PLC 1120.50 4.00 Prudential PLC 953.50 5.67 Randgold Resources Ltd 6047.50 25.00 Reckitt Benckiser Gr PLC 4196.00 1.00 Reed Elsevier PLC 692.50 0.65 Resolution Ltd 266.50 0.60 REXAM PLC 467.05 -2.30 Rio Tinto PLC 3520.25 1.75 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 945.25 1.00 Royal Bank of Scotland 365.55 -0.50 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2312.75 -3.00 RSA Insurance Group PLC 130.30 0.26 SABMiller PLC 3067.00 2.50 Sage Group (The) PLC 325.85 0.20 Sainsbury (J) PLC 330.00 -0.56 Schroders PLC 1917.00 2.00 Serco Group PLC 561.25 0.50 Severn Trent PLC 1640.00 -7.00 Shire PLC 2129.50 19.81 Smith & Nephew PLC 724.25 1.00 Smiths Group PLC 1239.00 -5.56 SSE PLC 1386.00 -0.33 Standard Chartered PLC 1674.00 9.50 Standard Life PLC 347.10 1.30 Tate & Lyle PLC 829.25 -5.00 Tesco PLC 356.60 0.97 TUI Travel PLC 290.05 -2.90 Tullow Oil PLC 1168.00 -15.63 Unilever PLC 2532.50 -1.00 United Utilities Grp PLC 744.25 -1.00 Vedanta Resources PLC 1181.00 1.00 Vodafone Group PLC 171.03 0.80 Weir Group PLC 2038.50 -9.00 Whitbread PLC 2561.00 -6.00 Wm Morrison Sprmrkts 256.85 -0.50 Wolseley PLC 3000.50 0.00 Wood Group (John) PLC 827.00 0.00 WPP PLC 978.75 -2.00 Xstrata PLC 1178.00 -5.50

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VOLUME 9.45 247.82 210.43 195.78 78.22 84.54 87.77 91.27 481.46 2,108.04 59.01 24.12 2,441.88 16.03 105.70 36.88 327.60 6.65 450.39 37.15 67.24 256.22 153.51 930.19 7,486.73 285.65 149.82 129.12 444.90 18.99 449.05 205.92 45.63 36.94 238.06 21.25 112.38 160.13 86.03 69.07 223.66 323.89 670.99 233.61 456.28 147.89 54.37 320.87 6.80 41.97 23.53 129.86 109.68 27.49 166.89 338.66 288.02 91.06 990.81 96.43 126.71 142.02 158.04 43.94 7,729.51 28.27 17.46 129.99 190.51 20.55 102.16 192.27

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Time to fill up as fuel prices start to drop THE prices of petrol and diesel have fallen for the first time this year and experts recommend filling up before they go up again in the near future.

The price of petrol is €1.412 per litre, 0.7 per cent less than the previous week, but still 2.7 per cent higher than at the end of 2012, and 3.2 per cent more than the same week last year, according to data in the EU Oil Bulletin.

Meanwhile, diesel has also fallen 0.7 per cent from the previous week to €1.366, which is 1.8 per cent more than at the end of 2012, and 2.2 per cent more than the same week last year.

The National Energy Committee reported the average price of fuel in 2012 was 8 per cent more than in 2011, and that purchases fell by 6 per cent.

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IZ Cashing in SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS made $6.6 billion (€4.92 billion) in the last three months of 2012, a 76 per cent increase on the same period the previous year.

That was a new record quarter for the world’s largest maker of smartphones.

BIG OUTLAY: Repsol’s Cartagena oil refinery is being transformed.

€3bn to guarantee supplies THE LARGEST industrial investment in the history of Spain will make the oil refinery in Cartagena (Murcia) one of the most modern and productive in the world.

Extension works on the complex costing €3,000 million will allow the refinery to process 220,000 barrels of crude oil per day and to supply diesel and

kerosene to a Spanish market in shortage.

It also guarantees the future of the industrial plant, doubling its number of employees.

“The Cartagena refinery had a very simple production scheme, which only admitted rare and expensive ‘sweet’ crudes. Now, our technology accepts almost any crude and transforms it into

‘noble’ top quality and clean fuels” said Repsol’s José Luque.

Thirty new production units will increase Cartagena’s capacity to refine heavy crude oils from 6 per cent to 70 per cent. This will improve profit margins as well as help guarantee supplies of fuel to Spain, because heavy crudes will be a very important source of hydrocarbons in coming years.

Luxury tastes MORE Chinese citizens are travelling to foreign shores and global luxury brands are cashing in, according to a new survey by global auditing firm KPMG. It is estimated that 25 per cent of the world’s luxury purchases were made by Chinese nationals, up from 5 per cent in 2007.

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The trouble about being rich is you never have enough WHAT does it mean to be rich?

The Oxford Dictionary states that it’s ‘having a great deal of money or assets.’ And most of us would probably agree with that definition. But, actually it’s not always the case as being ‘rich’ is all about perspective.

According to new statistics from the US, anyone earning about $370,000 (€277,000) a year makes it into the top 1 per cent of earners, while having $1 million (€749,000) in assets makes you, well, a millionaire.

But earning such a comfortable salary doesn’t necessarily mean you feel loaded. Amazingly, a quarter of the millionaires surveyed by an investment firm last year said they don’t consider themselves wealthy. It depends how you define ‘rich.’

The word ‘rich’ tends to imply a very happy and comfortable existence. It hints at a level of

Loose change

RICH: gold will not necessarily make you happy.

A look at finance for females Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. com

security and ease, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. Many people, including those with a lot of money, don't actually feel secure or at ease.

If a millionaire’s neighbour has a bigger car, a fancier house or a more luxurious yacht, that ‘poor’ millionaire may feel inadequate within his/her circle.

In reality, many of us in Europe should feel ‘rich’. We complain about the price of petrol, but at least 85 per cent of the world’s population doesn’t own a car.

We grumble about paying the utility bill each month, but nearly 25 per cent of the world lives without electricity and one-third doesn’t have access to basic sanitation such as a

toilet. According to the UN more than 1 billion people don’t have adequate access to clean water.

Some of those statistics may shock you. But I bet they don’t make you feel any richer. And that’s because we don’t tend to look down when we’re assessing whether we’re wealthy. We look up.

The ‘Keeping up with the Jones’ syndrome is what, a lot of the time, dictates our outlook on wealth. If people richer than us can afford caviar for lunch, we feel bad about our ham and cheese sandwich.

It’s important to get away from this “they’ve got more than I do mentality.” And ask ourselves “do I even like caviar?” Set realistic goals in life and strive hard to achieve them. That’s what will make you the richest and happiest person you can be.

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Pilots fly out SPANISH airline Iberia have laid off 500 pilots. Around 16 per cent of pilots from other major Spanish airlines, such as Spanair, also lost their jobs last year.

Phone pact TELEFONICA has been fined €66 million by the European Commission for agreeing a pact with Portugal Telecom.

They pledged to avoid competing against each other for business on the Iberian Peninsular.

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FOOD TIME OUT HOMES & GARDENS

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What is the fatherly or family secret?

AFTER feeling Daddy was acting a little strangely on his recent visit, I probed a little deeper.

The first thought crossing my mind was his health, especially given his ever present blood pressure concerns.

After setting up his IT company years ago, and

As I see it...

Ana Jefferson-Smith takes an irreverent look at life as a “rich child” singleton expat in Spain dedicating his life to transforming it into a small near empire, his blood pressure has

been an ongoing concern, and while daily medication stabilises him, I fear that now maybe the

business is getting too much for him.

I’ve been telling him for years to take a step back, but he is so proud of what he has created, he wants complete control.

However, when I tackled him he assured me his health is better than ever.

MADDOCKS’ VIEW ON LIFE

COMMENT Same old same old NOBEL prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says that politics fail by not acting against the abuses of the corporations. In Spain, however, they fail because laughably little action is taken against the abuses and corruption of some politicians.

Voters were not surprised to learn that former PP treasurer Jose Luis Barcenas had €22 million stashed away in Switzerland. Regrettably they have come to expect little else of any political party.

Source of disquiet THE lurch downhill towards an outsourced Health service prompted a strike

by Madrid doctors who insisted there are viable ways of saving the state system. A recent study in Valencia proved them right by finding that privatised hospitals cost the regional government slightly more per patient than the state system’s. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” it’s said, and outsourcing is breaking what could be left well alone.

Puss gets boot over wildlife A CAMPAIGN has begun to eradicate New Zealand of some of its cats in a bid to protect local wildlife, given estimates that on average felines annually kill 13 native birds or animals. *** NEW Samsung fridges include a 10-inch Wi-Fi touch screen that includes apps for recipes and note taking. *** A MESSAGE in a bottle found 76 years after it

JUST FANCY THAT... was thrown into the South Pacific - has been handed back to the family of the man who wrote it. *** AN Australian court has ruled in favour of a goat - accused through a charge brought against its owner - of munching flowers outside a public building.

*** STRAY dogs seen using pedestrian crossings are being used by Romanian police in a safety campaign to encourage pedestrians to be more careful crossing the road. *** TWO circus camels have disappeared from a circus troupe in central France.

*** A LAWSUIT in the US against the food chain Subway has been filed after an Australian teenager’s photo of a ‘Footlong’ sandwich was measured and fell below the length as advertised. *** A DOLPHIN has died after becoming trapped in a polluted New York City canal.

The cause of death is unknown.

He even stressed that often when travelling abroad - away from his main hot seat - he relaxed more, and that’s great seeing as I always enjoy joining him in some of the most glamorous destinations.

My next thought was perhaps by spending so much time away, it was taking its toll on his marriage.

Mother bases herself in Monaco - for tax reasons mainly - so they spend little time together, though he makes a point of speaking to her at least once a day from his own London base.

But that’s how they seem to like it.

And Daddy always has his long-term personal assistant Layla.

She keeps him on the straight and narrow, organising his business world and even simply reminding him of family birthdays and anniversaries.

She knows him professionally and personally, and at times is welcome company for him when travelling on business.

They have a wonderful relationship; I’d even call them best friends, despite their age gap.

She’s only a few years older than me, and is beautiful inside and out.

I took the liberty of calling her – she was taking a few days off whilst Daddy was visiting me – as he was divulging no information into his solemn state.

But she said she had not noticed any areas for concern.

With his health and family stronger than ever, I am left wondering what the possible problem can be?

Let’s hope it passes soon, he even seems to have forgotten the promise of our fifth shopping spree later…

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BBC2

2:55am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited Nicki Chapman catches up with families a year on from their week spent down under. 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors Jas attends to a patient who has been a victim of a tragic nightclub fire. 3:15pm Moving On

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Perfection 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show If it's got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show.

8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Waterloo Road School-based drama.

10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:35pm Question Time David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Lancaster.

12:35am This Week A political review of the week presented by Andrew Neil, with Michael Portillo and guests. 1:20am Silkwood 3:30am Skiing Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 3:35am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 11:00pm Way to Go 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Way to Go 2:00am Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 3:00am Prince Harry: Frontline Afghanistan 3:55am Pramface Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood.

4:25am Way to Go

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Channel 5

6:00am Spark 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:50am Cowboy Trap Clive Holland has help and advice for homeowners who have fallen victim to cowboy builders. 9:20am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:05am MasterChef: The Professionals 11:05am Robbed, Raided, Reunited Series looking at burglary - its culprits, its victims and the police. 11:35am HARDtalk Interviews with newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News The latest international news from the BBC. 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The One Show 3:00pm Coast 3:15pm Mastermind 3:45pm Reel History of Britain

4:00am Dunkirk A dramatic reconstruction of the World War II rout at Dunkirk. 6:15am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News James Mates with the latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women Carol Vorderman leads the ladies, along with Sally Lindsay, Denise Welch and Sherrie Hewson. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather James Mates with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal David and dealers Janice Kehoe, James Layte, Debbie Serpell and Mark Stevens are in Bangor today.

5:20am Deal or No Deal 6:15am Countdown 7:05am Sali Mali Sali Mali loves her harp. But Jackdaw breaks it; what will she play now? 7:10am The Hoobs Hoobs have been dancing the Hoobyjiggle since hooby time began. 7:35am The Hoobs How will the Hoobs ever get Groove clean?

Especially when he quite likes being dirty! 8:00am According to Jim Dana is asked to go on the reality TV show The Bachelor. 8:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Kirstie's Vintage Gems 1:45pm Blithe Spirit 3:40pm Countdown

6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am Igam Ogam 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Essex Jungle 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Mentalist

4:15pm Rick Stein's Spain 5:15pm Life on Earth 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow Michael Aspel and a team of experts examine curios and artefacts offered up by the public.

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook.

8:00pm Welsh Railways: Beating Beeching With Andy Attenburrow.

8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm The Planners Documentary series following those who make the decisions behind planning approvals and refusals.

10:00pm The Genius of Invention 11:00pm Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe The programme that wrings a little laughter from a hilariously troubled world.

11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Eddie Mair.

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show Joining Alan Titchmarsh on today's show is Wild At Heart star Stephen Tompkinson.

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Cameron finally returns to the village - but does Chas still want him?

8:30pm Tonight Loyalty may be regarded as an admirable quality - but how is it affecting people's finances?

9:00pm Emmerdale Cameron pulls out all the stops to prove he is serious about Chas.

9:30pm Nursing the Nation 10:00pm The Secret Life of Dogs 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm The Restoration Man 11:00pm Secrets of the Pickpockets

4:15pm Goodnight for Justice Western starring Luke Perry.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm World's Toughest Prison 9:00pm Dangerous Drivers' School 10:00pm Winter Road Rescue 11:00pm Navy Seals

12:20am Football Focus 12:50am Winter Viruses and How to Beat Them 1:50am The Culture Show Tom Dyckhoff presents a design themed edition of the Culture Show. 2:20am Panorama - Panorama. Only half of all people with a disability are in work. 2:50am Wonderland 4:55am Andrew Marr's History of the World

12:35am The Golden Rules of TV Comedian Robert Webb reveals more of TV's best kept secrets.

1:05am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:20am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Mission to Mars: A Horizon Special Series exploring topical scientific issues.

10:00pm Climbing Everest with a Mountain on My Back: The Sherpa's Story 11:00pm Lost Kingdoms of South America 12:00am The Eiger: Wall of Death 1:00am The Mountain that had to be Painted 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:30am This Green and Pleasant Land: The Story of British Landscape Painting 4:00am Climbing Everest with a Mountain on My Back: The Sherpa's Story

Satellite channels

TCM

home becomes the house from hell as evil spirits rise up to possess the soul of an innocent child. Only a clairvoyant can quell the terror. A truly chilling horror movie, produced by Steven Spielberg.

SKY1

4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am An Idiot Abroad 1:00am A League of Their Own 2:00am Road

1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am House Doctor 5:50am Michaela's Wild Challenge

12:05am Random Acts 12:10am The Undateables 1:10am The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean and Jon Go West 2:05am Saving Face 3:10am Dispatches 3:40am Time Team 4:35am Tony Robinson's Gods and Monsters 5:30am Deal or No Deal

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Satellite channels 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm UK Border Force

11:45pm Poltergeist. A dream

Wars 2:55am Road Wars 3:45am Road Wars 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:35am Wild Hogs 6:30am Rio Special 7:00am Junior 9:05am Bad Teacher 10:45am Something Borrowed 12:45pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 2:55pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 4:55pm Oscar Nominations 2013 Special 5:15pm Little Nicky 7:00pm Junior 9:00pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 11:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:00am Bad Teacher 2:45am Little Nicky

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:20am A Valentine's Date 7:00am

Beginners 8:50am Cupid, Inc 10:20am Lincoln: Sky Movies Special 10:50am Romeo and Juliet 12:55pm The Stepford Wives 2:35pm Les Miserables Special 3:05pm The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 5:10pm Beginners 6:55pm Romeo and Juliet 9:00pm The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 11:10pm The Help 1:40am Django Unchained Special 2:10am Love and Other Impossible Pursuits 3:55am The Stepford Wives 5:30am Cupid, Inc

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:45am Species II 6:30am The Avengers Special 7:00am Taxi 8:50am Oscar Nominations 2013 Special 9:10am Sahara 11:25am Mean Machine 1:15pm Killer Elite

3:20pm Rush Hour 5:15pm Sahara 7:30pm Will 9:15pm Mean Machine 11:00pm Killer Elite 1:00am Batman 3:10am Batman Returns 5:20am Batman

TCM 6:00am In Like Flint 8:00am Gunsmoke 9:05am Gunsmoke 10:10am Bus Stop 12:00pm Pork Chop Hill1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Vikings 6:10pm The Thomas Crown Affair 8:10pm Target Zero 10:00pm The Glimmer Man 11:45pm Poltergeist 1:55am Children of a Lesser God 3:55am Poltergeist

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3:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited Nicki Chapman catches up with families a year on from their week spent down under. 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Moving On Contemporary drama.

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home in the country.

4:45pm Perfection Nick Knowles hosts the general knowledge quiz show.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Room 101 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

12:25am Lesbian Vampire Killers Gory Hammer Horror spoof. 1:45am The Weatherman Black comedy.

3:20am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

3:25am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2: The Sequel 8:15pm Doctor Who Science fiction drama.

9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride Another brave bride is ready to take a back seat and let her groom organise their big day.

10:00pm World's Craziest Fools 10:30pm Pramface Comedy series about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with parenthood.

11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 1:00am Family Guy 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am Pramface 2:15am Way to Go 2:45am World's Craziest Fools 3:15am Russell Howard's Good News 3:45am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

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Channel 5

4:55am Andrew Marr's History of the World 6:15am My Kite is Flying 6:30am Lilly the Magnificent 6:45am Joey's First Fight 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:45am Cowboy Trap 9:15am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:00am Antiques Roadshow 11:00am Question Time 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The One Show 2:30pm The Weakest Link 3:15pm Mastermind 3:45pm Reel History of Britain

5:20am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal David and dealers Janice Kehoe, James Layte, Debbie Serpell and Mark Stevens return to Bangor.

5:30am Deal or No Deal 6:25am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs How will the Hoobs ever get Groove clean? Especially when he quite likes being dirty! 8:00am According to Jim 8:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Kirstie's Vintage Gems 1:45pm Blithe Spirit 3:40pm Countdown

7:55am Little Princess 8:05am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Person of Interest

4:15pm Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey 5:15pm Life on Earth The story of life from the first primitive cells to the plants and animals that live around us.

6:15pm Antiques Roadshow Michael Aspel and a team of experts examine curios and artefacts offered up by the public.

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook.

8:00pm Railway Walks Julia Bradbury has her backpack on to explore the great outdoors.

8:30pm Great British Menu It is decision time for the chefs from London and the South East.

9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein It is spring and changes are afoot in the garden.

10:00pm Monty Don's French Gardens 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Cain and Cameron come to blows over the engagement.

8:30pm Coronation Street Will Lewis expose Kylie's secret? Kirsty continues to have a hold over Tyrone.

9:00pm Wild Britain with Ray Mears 9:30pm Coronation Street Lewis delivers the final phase of his plan. Kevin and Fiz support a distressed Tyrone.

10:00pm Great Night Out Glyn's new bromance with an old friend unsettles the group who are suspicious of his motives.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Demolition Man

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks Ste worries about his future with Brendan. Ash and Barney come up with a daring plan to help Will.

8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm The Restoration Man 11:00pm Secrets of the Pickpockets It was a historical summer for London as the Olympics drew millions from around the world.

4:20pm Summer House 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm America's Planned War on Britain: Revealed 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm The Last Samurai

12:00am The Review Show 12:50am The Last Station Biographical drama. 2:35am Question Time David Dimbleby chairs Question Time from Lancaster.

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Delius: Composer, Lover, Enigma 10:00pm Love Me Do: The Beatles '62 11:00pm Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds Documentary about the life of Indian musical innovator Ravi Shankar.

12:00am A Concert for Bangladesh Revisited 12:45am ... Sings the Beatles 1:45am Love Me Do: The Beatles '62 On October 5th 1962 the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do. 2:45am Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds 3:45am A Concert for Bangladesh Revisited 4:30am Concerto at the BBC Proms

1:40am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Enter the Dragon Martial arts action thriller. 5:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

CH5

BBC1

10:00pm The Last Samurai

12:05am Random Acts 12:10am The Undateables Thirty-eight-year-old Heather has severe OCD. 1:20am Random Acts 1:25am 2 Broke Girls It's been three weeks since Max and Caroline met Martha Stewart at a gala event.

1:45am Happy Endings 2:10am Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 2:30am Bob's Burgers 2:55am Glory Daze 3:35am Smallville 4:15am St. Elsewhere 5:00am Deal or No Deal 5:55am Countdown

Tom Cruise 1:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

4:55am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world. 5:25am House Doctor Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton present more home improvements.

5:50am Michaela's Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm UK Border Force 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Lincoln Special 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm A League of Their Own 12:00am An Idiot Abroad 1:00am

Spartacus: Vengeance 2:15am Spartacus: Vengeance 3:20am Road Wars 4:10am Night Cops

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:30am Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 6:30am The Avengers Special 7:00am The Out-of-Towners 8:45am The Terminal 11:00am Orange County 12:35pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2:25pm Austin Powers in Goldmember 4:05pm Shanghai Knights 6:05pm Swinging with the Finkels 7:35pm Orange County 9:00pm Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 10:40pm Austin Powers in Goldmember 12:20am Shanghai Noon 2:15am Shanghai Knights 4:10am Swinging with the Finkels 5:40am Dunston Checks In

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Carter 1:10pm First Blood 2:50pm Rambo: First Blood Part II

5:30am Cupid, Inc 7:00am Beautiful Wave 8:45am The Descendants Special 9:05am The Chateau Meroux 10:45am That Thing You Do! 12:40pm Legends of the Fall 3:00pm Albatross

4:35pm Over the Top 6:15pm Daylight 8:15pm Get Carter 10:00pm First Blood 11:40pm Rambo: First Blood Part II

4:40pm Oscar Nominations 2013 Special 5:00pm The Conspirator 7:10pm A Little Bit of Heaven 9:00pm I Don't Know How She Does it 10:40pm Moneyball 1:00am The Company Men 2:50am Boys Don't Cry

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:20am Batman 7:10am Lincoln: Sky Movies Special 7:40am Over the Top 9:25am Daylight 11:25am Get

1:20am Rambo III 3:05am Your Highness

TCM 6:00am The Thomas Crown Affair 7:45am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:55am Target Zero 11:40am The Vikings 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Kentuckian 6:05pm Our Man Flint 8:05pm Downhill Racer 10:00pm Band of Brothers 11:10pm Band of Brothers 12:20am Dark City

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BBC1

BBC2

3:25am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm The Good Cook 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed

by Weather. 1:05pm Regional News All the latest local news. 1:10pm Weather The latest weather information. 1:15pm Football Focus A look ahead to this weekend’s football action with interviews, expert opinions and highlights.

2:00pm Six Nations Rugby Union Action from the Six Nations Trophy. 4:30pm Six Nations Rugby Union

4.00pm - midnight 6:55pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:05pm Regional News All the latest local news.

7:10pm Weather The latest weather information.

7:15pm Pointless 8:00pm Britain's Brightest 9:00pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

11:28pm Weather The latest weather information.

11:30pm Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action.

1:00am The Football League Show Highlights from the day's Football League games. 2:15am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

BBC3 8:00pm Merlin 8:45pm Doctor Who Science fiction drama.

9:35pm Cool Runnings 11:10pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 11:55pm Family Guy Animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:17am Family Guy 12:40am American Dad! Animated adventures of a CIA agent and his family.

1:02am American Dad! 1:25am World's Craziest Fools 1:55am Way to Go 2:25am Pramface Sitcom about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with impending parenthood.

2:55am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 3:55am Make Me a Muslim

ITV

7:00am Devil's Canyon Western set in a brutal Arizona prison. 8:30am Great British Menu 9:00am Great British Menu 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Great British Menu 10:30am Great British Menu 11:00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama 12:00pm Meet the Ancestors! 12:30pm Map Man 1:00pm Indian Food Made Easy 1:30pm Mastermind Classic quiz show. 2:00pm University Challenge 2:30pm Talking Pictures Gene Kelly. 3:10pm Anchors Aweigh

Channel 4

5:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20pm Saturday Cookbook 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries.

2:25pm Countrywise Paul Heiney presents a series with memorable scenes drawn from the best of the ITV regions. 2:40pm My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 3:40pm Dinner Date

5:25pm Final Score 6:30pm The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 7:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur ITV 4:45pm - The Flintstones auctioneers, collectors and bargain4:45pm The Flintstones hunters make a saving.

6:30pm Local News and Weather 8:00pm Top Gear All the very latest local news and weather.

9:00pm Dad's Army 6:45pm ITV News and Weather Timeless fun with the elderly chaps protecting 7:00pm You've Been Framed! our shores from those nasty Nazis.

8:00pm Splash!

9:30pm Natural World 9:30pm Take Me Out Award winning nature documentary series.

10:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show 10:30pm Howard Goodall's Story of Music 11:50pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm QI XL Round-up of the day's news.

Stephen Fry presides over the fact-packed comedy quiz show.

12:15am The Good Shepherd Spy thriller charting the life of the man charged with heading the CIA's covert operations and uncovering a mole during the Bay of Pigs scandal, revealing how he changed from a once idealistic student into the untrusting overlord of American espionage.

BBC4 8:00pm Lost Land of the Volcano Documentary series combining remarkable wildlife discoveries with high action adventure.

9:00pm Treasures of Ancient Rome 10:00pm Borgen Danish drama series about the fight for political power and the personal sacrifices and consequences this has for those involved on and behind the political stage.

11:00pm Borgen 12:00am Queens of British Pop Documentary celebrating female pop stars, singers and icons who have influenced British pop music.

1:05am Top of the Pops 1978 1:35am Queens of Disco 2:35am Disco at the BBC 3:30am Treasures of Ancient Rome 4:30am Top of the Pops 1978

12:05am Pride and Prejudice 2:25am The Store 3:55am In Plain Sight Drama about a U.S. Marshal attached to the highly secretive Federal Witness Protection Program. 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

Channel 5

5:55am Countdown 6:40am Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard 7:05am Sali Mali 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:05am Beach Volleyball The best teams in the East contend the Asian Beach Volleyball Championships 2012 in Haikou, China. 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Undercover Boss Australia 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing

5:50am Michaela's Wild Challenge 6:10am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Power Rangers Samurai 11:35am Batman The Brave and the Bold 12:10pm Inside Hollywood 2013 12:15pm The All New Gadget Show 1:20pm Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a highspeed police interception unit in Essex. 2:20pm Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

John Goodman, Elizabeth Perkins, Rick Moranis, Rosie O'Donnell 5:00pm Come Dine with Me 5:30pm Come Dine with Me 6:05pm Come Dine with Me 6:35pm Come Dine with Me 7:05pm Come Dine with Me 7:35pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:05pm 4thought.tv 8:10pm Crocodile Dundee 10:00pm World Without End 11:00pm Along Came a Spider

1:05am Chatroom 2:50am Birthday Girl Ben Chaplin plays John Buckingham, a bank manager in the very English town of St Albans. 4:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus As Tilly vows to expose the truth, Jen takes drastic measures to stop her.

4:30pm Desperate Escape Thriller about a young woman who wakens from a coma with retrograde amnesia after being attacked.

6:15pm By Appointment Only 7:50pm 5 News The latest news coverage.

7:55pm NCIS 8:45pm NCIS 9:40pm Law and Order American police and legal drama series set in New York.

10:40pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Drama series about an elite force based in New York which investigates sexually oriented crimes.

11:40pm Law and Order: Criminal Intent From the award winning Law and Order family, comes this outstanding companion legal crime drama.

12:35am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 1:05am Super Casino

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Lion Man 8:30am Lion Man 9:00am Luton Airport 9:30am Luton Airport 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Got to Dance 3:30pm Futurama 4:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Chris and Wes: Lets Do This 7:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 9:00pm David Attenborough's Kingdom of Plants 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Twisted 12:50am A League of Their Own 1:50am Ultimate Road Wars 2:45am Ultimate Road Wars 3:40am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Best of Oops TV

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Dunston Checks In 7:10am 30 Minutes or Less 8:35am Analyze This 10:20am Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 12:05pm A Thousand Words 1:40pm Johnny English Reborn 3:25pm How Do You Know 5:30pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 7:15pm Analyze This 9:00pm Johnny English Reborn 10:45pm A Thousand Words 12:20am 30 Minutes or Less 1:50am Love and Other Drugs 3:45am Wild Cherry 5:15am Snow Dogs

Like Dandelion Dust 10:35am Big Miracle 12:25pm Oscar Nominations 2013 Special 12:45pm Footloose 2:45pm Shakespeare in Love 4:50pm Conviction 6:40pm Lincoln: Sky Movies Special 7:10pm Big Miracle 9:00pm Footloose 11:00pm My Week with Marilyn 12:45am Anonymous Racing with the Moon

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SKY MOVIES ACTION

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

4:55am Street Kings 2: Motor City 6:30am Fantastic Voyage 8:15am Tomorrow, When the War Began 10:00am Super 8 11:55am Hanna 1:50pm Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol

5:25am Lucky Christmas 7:00am You May Not Kiss the Bride 8:45am

4:05pm Immortals

6:00pm Battle: Los Angeles 8:00pm Super 8 10:00pm Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol 12:15am Immortals 2:15am Species 4:15am Species II

TCM 6:00am Downhill Racer 7:45am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Rains of Ranchipur 11:55am Our Man Flint 1:55pm The Kentuckian 4:00pm Houseboat 6:10pm Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 8:20pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:00pm Police Academy 11:50pm Jackie Chan's First Strike 1:25am The Challenge 3:10am Police Academy 4:45am Gunsmoke 5:40am TCM Shorts

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BBC1

BBC2

2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:00am Breakfast 8:25am Match of the Day Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action. 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show Andrew Marr talks to key figures from politics, current affairs and the arts. 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil presents the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:25pm Countryfile 2:25pm Call the Midwife 3:25pm Six Nations Rugby Union Action from the Six Nations Trophy.

4.00pm - midnight 6:00pm Africa 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:20pm Regional News All the latest local news.

7:25pm Weather The latest weather information.

7:30pm Blandings 8:00pm Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside.

9:00pm Call the Midwife 10:00pm Ripper Street 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Regional News All the latest local news.

11:20pm Weather The latest weather information.

11:25pm Match of the Day 2 Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action.

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 2011 8:05pm Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 8:35pm Superman Returns 11:00pm Being Human Contemporary supernatural drama about George and Mitchell, a pair of perennial outsiders.

12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy When Peter gets hurt and can't work, his boss tells him he needs to speed things up.

12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Being Human Contemporary supernatural drama about George and Mitchell, a pair of perennial outsiders.

2:25am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 3:25am World's Craziest Fools 3:55am Prince Harry: Frontline Afghanistan

Channel 4

7:00am Preview 7:50am A Walk in the Sunday 9:45am Life in a Cottage Garden 10:15am A to Z of TV Gardening 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 1:00pm EastEnders Omnibus A round-up of the week's events from Albert Square. 2:55pm Coast A look back at part of an episode of coast. 3:10pm Natural World

4:40am ITV Nightscreen 7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am House Guest in the Sun 11:25am 60 Minute Makeover The team has just one hour to transform a home with a design makeover. 12:25pm May the Best House Win 1:25pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 1:35pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them? 2:35pm Rosemary and Thyme 3:35pm You've Been Framed!

4:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus 6:25am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs There must be a way that the Hoobs can learn to play their favourite Tiddlypeep music. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:05am Will and Grace 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:05pm The Big Bang Theory 1:35pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:35pm The Simpsons 3:05pm Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

4:10pm Natural World 5:10pm The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 6:10pm Songs of Praise 6:45pm Ski Sunday 7:30pm Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 8:30pm Open All Hours 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Wonders of Life 11:00pm Brian Cox's Night with the Stars

4:05pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 6:50pm Local News and Weather 7:05pm ITV News and Weather 7:15pm Dancing on Ice 8:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 9:30pm Dancing on Ice 10:00pm Mr Selfridge 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:15pm It'll be Alright on the Night

5:20pm Time Team 6:20pm Deal or No Deal 7:20pm Channel 4 News 7:50pm 4thought.tv 7:55pm The Political Slot 8:00pm Come Dine with Me 9:00pm The Hotel 10:00pm Source Code 11:50pm The Accused

CH4

Channel 5 1:05am Super Casino 7:00am Milkshake!

11:00am Power Rangers Samurai 11:35am Batman - The Brave and the Bold 12:10pm Looney Tunes 12:20pm Once Upon a Time 1:20pm The Princess Bride Funny fantasy yarn for all the family. 3:10pm Titanic

10:00pm - Source Code

Colter Stevens is surprised to waken opposite a flirtatious woman on a train - not least because the last thing he can recall was being in a crashing helicopter in Afghanistan.

Michelle Monaghan & Jake Gyllenhaal

12:15am Room 101 12:55am The Sky at Night The world of astronomy with Patrick Moore. 1:15am Celebrity Apprentice USA 2:40am Six Nations Rugby Highlights 3:25am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 3:30am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed

by Weather.

BBC3

ITV

12:00am American Football American football highlights.

BBC4 8:00pm The Story of British Pathe 9:00pm Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls Historian Lucy Worsley immerses herself in the world of Restoration England, exploring the captivating lives of the women of the period. The years after the Civil War and the Restoration of Charles II marked the end of the medieval and the beginning of the modern age.

10:00pm Arena Special Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century.

11:35pm The Salt of Life 1:00am Love Me Do: The Beatles '62 2:00am ... Sings the Beatles 3:00am Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds 4:00am The Story of British Pathe

12:15am Lv=Cup Highlights 1:10am The Store 3:15am Monk Crime drama series about a private police consultant with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. 3:55am ITV Nightscreen

1:55am Rebound 3:20am Smallville Drama series following the teenage years of the future Superman, Clark Kent. 4:00am Coming Up 4:30am St. Elsewhere The second part of the nostalgic look at the early days for the staff of St Eligius. 5:15am Deal or No Deal

6:25pm 5 News 6:30pm The Witches 8:20pm The Time Machine 10:00pm Person of Interest 11:00pm Rambo

12:45am Ice Road Truckers 1:45am How Do They Do It? 2:15am Super Casino

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Crash Test Dummies 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Lion Man 8:30am Lion Man 9:00am Luton Airport 9:30am Luton Airport 10:00am Road Wars 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Futurama 1:30pm Futurama 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama 3:00pm Chris and Wes: Lets Do This 3:30pm Chris and Wes: Lets Do This 4:00pm Chris and Wes: Lets Do This 4:30pm A League of Their Own 6:00pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Got to Dance 8:00pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Glee 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am Brit Cops: Frontline

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

10:15am Twister 12:10pm Independence Day 2:35pm The Day After Tomorrow

SKY MOVIES COMEDY

8:30am The Stepford Wives 10:15am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 10:45am Some Kind of Wonderful 12:30pm Just Married 2:10pm The Adjustment Bureau

4:40pm Twister 6:35pm Independence Day 9:00pm The Day After Tomorrow 11:05pm Colombiana

5:15am Snow Dogs 7:00am The Big Year 8:45am Everything Must Go 10:30am Wanderlust 12:15pm Tower Heist 2:05pm Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 3:50pm The Brady Bunch Movie

4:00pm Wreck-it Ralph Special 4:30pm Morning Glory 6:30pm The Help 9:00pm War Horse 11:30pm Jane Eyre

Crime 1:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 2:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:00am Night Cops 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Crash Test Dummies

5:30pm The Big Year 7:15pm Wanderlust 9:00pm Tower Heist 10:50pm Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

1:35am Mother and Child 3:45am The Butcher's Wife

12:25am The Change-Up 2:20am Everything Must Go 4:00am Stan Helsing 5:35am Prom

6:00am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 6:30am The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Special 7:00am Spy Kids 8:30am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

SKY MOVIES ACTION

1:00am The Eagle 3:00am White Men Can't Jump

TCM 6:00am Laura 7:35am Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 10:05am Houseboat 12:15pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1:55pm Young Man with a Horn 4:05pm The Magnificent Seven 6:30pm Twilight in The Sierras 7:45pm The Big Trail 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 11:00pm Deadwood 12:10am River of Death 2

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Crippling tax to sell your own home

L etters OPINION & COMMENT

P I THOUGHT that I should check the pub hotog r l em icati aphs amount of plusvalia tax payable pho ail w on sh for p o ton should I sell my home. ews ith a f uld b ossibl e es @e ull e c uro We bought our three bedroomed wee aptio nt by n k lyne to: villa in Benalmadena in 1990.

By Krystyna (Calpe, Alicante) ws. com Friends who sold a similar home in Mijas Costa paid about €8,000.

Our plot is nearly half as big again, so I thought maybe €11,000 to WHEN YOU WRITE €12,000 would be All letters, whether by email or realistic.

To my horror the post, should carry the writer’s town hall has advised postal address, NIE and contact me that if I sold my number though only the name and villa now the plusvalia town will be published.

Letters may also be edited. would be more than Readers who have missed earlier €46,900 or nearly 30 per cent of what I correspondence can see all letters posted on: originally paid for it. www.euroweeklynews.com This punitive tax on the sale of properties in Benalmadena is due to the I am very fortunate to wake up every day to this view of the ridiculously high valuation of land Penon de Ifach and each day brings a different mood. I have by the council in 2007 before the many, many photos of Calpe. This one is one of my favourites, property bubble burst. Until there is the Sunrise before the Storm. a new valuation to reflect reduced house prices anyone selling their Spain have for the welfare of anihome in the town had better watch mals. out for this crippling tax.

I know of dogs that spend their THE sad story from Mrs Francis I will now live here until I die! whole life on a one to two metre concerning the killing of her pet John Attenborough, chain living in their own excredog (Letters 1436) exemplifies the Benalmadena (Malaga). ment, dogs fed on bread, left undisregard that many people in

Snapped!

Animal abuse

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The kind treatment of animals is an indicator of a civilised society and I wonder if the individuals who perpetrate such cruelty to animals are prepared for payback time that will surely come!

Arthur White, Velez Rubio (Almeria)

Keep quiet I AM amazed that MR, (Letters Issue 1437) felt the need to publicise the lack of security at both the mentioned airports and countries. Also for the person to even try and fly without the correct passport was flouting the security that has increased so much due to terrorism.

Both these airports should be condemned by the authorities for allowing this to happen. I am so glad I only fly out of Murcia or Alicante where security is paramount, and flying into Luton or Stansted where security is the same.

Carol Sear, San Miguel de Salinas (Alicante)

Splashing out

SPAIN needs prosperity, and I would suggest an aqueduct from Galicia to Barcelona and from Santander to Malaga will unite the whole country and bring employment with its construction.

The Chinese are A number of letters have been received reflecting that thefts in various areas currently building one remain common! Here is a small selection.

3,000 miles long in their country. vicinity uninvited. shots she faced a general ‘we don’t Come on, let us start I have tried to calm her a little by care’ attitude. digging. Mojacar needs pointing out that thefts are all too Signs - in Spanish and English the water!

A GERMAN neighbour visiting for a common in the present tough times. should be erected in shop car parks Geoff Gabriel, Mojacar short break had his small home - on an Mrs M Warner, warning people.

(Almeria) urbanisation - broken into with more Torrevieja (Alicante) Valerie Curwen, Calahonda (Malaga) than €2,000 cash stolen.

Police are seen around, but from my experience a criminal element in society - both expatriate and national I AM in dispute with my take advantage of every opportunity.

WHEN will commercial companies think A FRIEND from Malta recently visited brother-in law. I pointed S Calbern, of their customers first? us for the first time in Marbella, though out an object in the sky Aquilas (Almeria) I believe Mercadona is the best she stayed earlier in Barcelona. over Malaga. It blinks in supermarket chain in Spain. But while While singing the praises of the several colours. He said it they may look after their customers at restaurants, shops and the general was Venus, but if it is they the counter, I am not convinced of their standard of service on her visit to us, I must have left the concerns for clients overall. doubt she will be much of an Christmas lights on!

A FRIEND widowed just two weeks ago A friend recently found herself ambassador for the nation, for she had There is no way he will has had a compressor stolen from robbed in the car park of the La Cala de her handbag stolen while out shopping accept that it is some kind outside her country finca.

Mijas shop, when another ‘shopper’ in in La Cañada, with the crime a repeat of beacon or satellite.

While she does not know if this is a nearby car distracted her by seeking of what happened to her daughter Can anyone tell us what because there is no longer a man help. when in Barcelona! it is? around, certainly it has unnerved her to Mercadona staff were full of concern, CA, Marbella B EM Saville, On holiday know that someone has been in the but when she sought security camera (Malaga) in Calahonda (Malaga)

Cash haul

Mercadona moan

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9:30pm Panorama Investigative documentary that uncovers stories about Britain and the world.

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BBC3 8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Junior Doctors 10:00pm Year of Making Love 11:00pm World's Craziest Fools Mr T takes a look at some of the craziest clips from around the world.

11:30pm EastEnders Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life.

12:22am Family Guy When a bully harasses Chris, Peter goes to the bully's house and ends up assaulting him.

12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am Year of Making Love 2:25am World's Craziest Fools 2:55am Prince Harry: Frontline Afghanistan 3:55am Junior Doctors

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9:00pm Decisive Weapons Series chronicling the impact of technology on the history of war.

9:30pm Britain on Film 10:00pm Lost Kingdoms of South America 11:00pm Storyville 1:00am Jonathan Meades: The Joy of Essex 2:00am This Green and Pleasant Land: The Story of British Landscape Painting 3:30am Britain on Film Animal Magic.

4:00am Lost Kingdoms of South America

5:15am Deal or No Deal 6:10am Countdown 6:55am Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard 7:05am Sali Mali 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:05am According to Jim 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm River Cottage Veg Heroes 2:00pm High Noon 3:40pm Countdown

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8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Wild Things 10:00pm Richard III: The King in the Car Park 11:35pm The Plane Crash

4:15pm Torn Apart Dr Vicki Westin has 48 hours to make the most terrible choice of her life: to save her daughter... or her husband. That is the choice being forced on her by a kidnapper with a personal grudge against the healthcare system. Time is ticking, so who's it going to be?

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

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Heath rejects Bianca's overtures.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Winter Road Rescue 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Rory and Will: Champions of the World 11:00pm The Punisher After a mobster slaughters his family, scarred FBI agent Frank Castle lives only for revenge.

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5:35am Cupid, Inc 7:10am The Lake Effect 8:50am Romeo and Juliet 11:00am Life as We Know it 1:00pm The Descendants 3:00pm Twilight

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TCM 6:00am Young Man with a Horn 7:55am The Big Trail 10:10am Twilight in The Sierras 11:25am The Magnificent Seven 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Up Periscope 6:15pm Many Rivers to Cross 8:00pm The Mortal Storm 10:00pm Wild Geese II 12:25am Super Troopers 2:20am Ned Kelly 4:05am Super Troopers

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Lax rules make border control a complete farce come up with their countries of origin if their lives were made a misery. We really do need to stop pussy footing with these people.

Which brings EAPY EE me to another SAYS IT almost OTHERS THINK IT unbelievable event that occurred last week, where a British judge ruled that an 18-year-old Moslem man should be spared prison because he ‘didn’t know it was illegal to have sex with a 13-year-old girl’?

You couldn’t make it up could you?

Apparently this person had been educated at an Islamic school in Birmingham. There he had been IMMIGRATION: People being set taught that women were ‘no more free if they can’t produce papers. worthy than a lollipop dropped on the ground’. Charming! many other male individuals being Surely this gave all the more released into British society with reason to bang him up for the these same corrupted moral views maximum seven years, purely as a about the feminine gender? warning to heaven knows how Heaven knows what else these

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people are being taught in these establishments!

I thought the British education department had some say in what is on the curriculum of schools in the country? Apparently not. I mean we may upset someone or, heaven forbid, interfere with their ‘uman rights. Don’t want ‘em burning the British flag in Iran do we! Give me a break.

These places should be closed down and the pupils spread out into British schools teaching proper British values and morals.

If they don’t like it I’m sure there are a number of countries who would be only too happy to accommodate those teachers who wish to inform their male offspring that females are no better than half consumed lollipops!

The sun is still shining in Tenerife.

Twenty six degrees yesterday.

Sorry about that!

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

White lies THE MAJORITY of parents lie to their children in order to control their behaviour.

Lies include mythical characters including the tooth fairy, and threatening to walk away from misbehaving children while in public.

Book ban

ENDS COLUM

RITAIN has to be the only country in the world where illegal immigrants are set free if they can’t produce papers as a means of identification.

This particular ruling turns the whole border control issue into complete farce. The officers who partake in this highly expensive and time consuming waste of man/woman power must be utterly frustrated and probably in despair, when, at the end of a carefully planned operation to root out illegal foreigners, they have to let them go if they can’t produce passports.

This whole system surely makes us a complete laughing stock in the ranks of these people, who are subsequently released and instructed to ‘pop back to the police station in a week or so’, which of course 99 per cent never do.

Instead of pouring a never ending deluge of money into this ridiculous operation, why not use it to build a vast boot camp in the middle of Dartmoor somewhere?

They could then all be chipped, allowed no communication and sent out to work in the most unpleasant circumstances possible, breaking up rocks if necessary. I’ll bet they’d soon

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EROTIC novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has been removed from the shelves of bookstores in Brazil after children were spotted reading it.

Cover up A BURGLAR at a seafood restaurant in Louisiana, USA, improvised with a bucket to cover his face after he forgot his mask.

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2:50am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited Nadia Sawalha catches up with previous Wanted Down Under families. 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction.

11:58am BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts. 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap 1:13pm BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts.

1:15pm Bargain Hunt Game show in which two teams compete for the best bargains before they go up for auction. 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Only Fools and Horses

4.00pm - midnight 4:15pm Perfection General knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

8:00pm The One Show Magazine series featuring a mix of interviews, topical reports and features from around the UK. 8:30pm EastEnders Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Death in Paradise Detective drama series.

11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Out of Jail and on the Streets 12:35am Rumble in the Bronx 2:00am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:05am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

BBC3 8:00pm Total Wipeout 9:00pm Year of Making Love 10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Pramface Sitcom about two teenagers trying, and often failing, to come to terms with impending parenthood.

11:30pm EastEnders Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.

12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy series about family life.

12:22am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life.

12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 2:30am Pramface 3:00am The Anti-Social Network 4:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

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5:55am Seeking Refuge 6:15am Ask Lara 6:30am Children of World War 2 7:00am Preview 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 8:05am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:50am Cowboy Trap 9:20am Show Me the Monet 10:05am MasterChef: The Professionals 11:05am Robbed, Raided and Reunited 11:35am HARDtalk Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News The latest international news from the BBC World Newsroom. 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The One Show 2:30pm The Super League Show 3:15pm Mastermind 3:45pm Reel History of Britain

4:55am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions.

12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them?

5:20am How to Look Good Naked 6:15am Deal or No Deal 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs The Peep sea is hoobaciously huge, so if a Hoob was going to cross it, he'd want to do it fast. 8:00am According to Jim 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond Debra and Ray are annoyed by Robert and Amy's over-the-top affection. 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier Frasier runs for Condo Board President because he's unhappy with how the building is being run. 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Kirstie's Vintage Gems 1:40pm Written on the Wind 3:40pm Countdown

7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 8:55am Milkshake! Show Songs 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Milkshake Monkey 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS

4:15pm Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey 5:15pm Life with Eliza 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow Antique experts travel the country to appraise people's wares.

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook.

8:00pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 8:30pm Great British Menu The country's top chefs compete for the opportunity to cook a banquet at London's Gherkin building. Every week, two chefs representing one of seven British regions will compete to make a starter, a fish course, a main course and a dessert for the judges.

9:00pm The Mary Berry Story Intimate two-part documentary telling the story of cookery writer and broadcaster Mary Berry.

10:00pm Dancing on the Edge 11:00pm The Sarah Millican Television Programme 11:30pm Newsnight Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show Chat show that celebrates the very best of British.

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

7:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

8:00pm Emmerdale Popular long-running soap opera, set in a Yorkshire village.

9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Round-up of the day's news.

11:35pm River Monsters

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Supersize v Superskinny 10:00pm The Undateables Looking for love can be tricky, but some find it harder than others.

11:00pm Utopia The fourth episode of the dark and enigmatic thriller.

4:15pm The Music Teacher 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours As Sonya's condition remains critical, Susan tells Toadie that he must be strong for Callum.

7:00pm Home and Away After Dex finally tells her about his condition, April is upset that he did not trust her.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Monkey Life Series about Dorset's Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre.

8:30pm Highland Emergency 9:00pm Benidorm ER 10:00pm Dallas Revival of the American soap.

11:00pm Brain Hospital: Saving Lives Documentary series following surgeons and patients at the Walton Centre in Liverpool.

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12:20am Wonders of Life 1:20am Britain's Hidden Heritage 4:55am Legal Eagles 5:55am The Charles Dickens Show Charles Dickens hosts a chat show.

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook.

9:00pm Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures 10:00pm Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown 11:00pm Arena Special Frank Sinatra: The Voice of the Century.

12:30am Bob Servant Independent 1:00am Eyes Down! The Story of Bingo 2:00am Borgen 3:00am Borgen 4:00am Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown

12:35am Grimefighters 1:05am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am ITV Nightscreen

4:15pm - The Music Teacher

12:05am Random Acts 12:10am Derek 12:45am One Born Every Minute Midwife Linda Abbott returns to Leeds General. 1:45am Pokerstars.co.uk and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final 2:40am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:10am Sailing In this edition of the show, CNN founder Ted Turner reunites his victorious 1977 America's Cup Team. 3:35am Beach Volleyball 4:30am Monkey Business

12:00am CSI: NY Crime drama. 1:00am CSI: Miami The CSI team investigates when the body of a local councilman is found in an empty house.

1:55am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series. 5:25am House Doctor 5:50am Michaela's Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Road Wars 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Last Resort 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Twisted 12:50am Road Wars 1:50am Road Wars 2:45am Cop Squad 3:40am

SKY MOVIES COMEDY

It's Kind of a Funny Story 8:50am Super 8 35mm Special 9:20am Take Me Home 11:05am Love, Wedding, Marriage 12:45pm What's Your Number? 2:40pm The Hours

9:00am Wreck-it Ralph Special 9:30am No Strings Attached 11:20am The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:20pm Oscar Nominations 2013 Special 1:35pm Bad Teacher 3:15pm Love and Other Drugs

4:40pm Wreck-it Ralph Special 5:10pm Beginners 7:00pm Country Strong 9:00pm What's Your Number?

11:00pm A Little Bit of Heaven

Night Cops 4:35am Crash Test Dummies 5:00am Stargate SG-1

5:15pm Little Nicky 7:00pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 9:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 11:00pm Bad Teacher 12:45am Fright Night 2:45am Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back 4:45am The Top Ten Show 2013

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:30am A Valentine's Date 7:00am

12:50am It's Kind of a Funny Story 2:40am Boys Don't Cry 4:45am Zero Dark Thirty Special 5:05am The Candidate

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:30am Point Last Seen 7:05am Batman 8:55am Batman Forever 11:00am Batman Begins 1:25pm Batman 3:35pm Batman Returns 5:45pm Batman Forever

7:50pm Batman and Robin 10:00pm Batman Begins 12:25am Batman 2:35am Batman Returns 4:45am Batman and Robin

TCM 6:00am The Mortal Storm 7:45am Gunsmoke 8:50am Gunsmoke 9:55am Many Rivers to Cross 11:35am Up Periscope 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Wreck of the Mary Deare 6:00pm Escape from Fort Bravo 7:55pm Bridge to the Sun 10:00pm 16 Blocks 11:55pm Chato's Land 1:50am Shirley Valentine 3:50am 16 Blocks

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2:05am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:00am Breakfast The latest news stories and events. 10:15am Wanted Down Under Revisited Nadia Sawalha catches up with previous Wanted Down Under families. 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction. 11:58am BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts.

12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Cowboy Trap 1:13pm BBC News and Weather The most up to date news and weather forecasts. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Only Fools and Horses

4.00pm - midnight 4:15pm Perfection General knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Escape to the Country Series which helps prospective buyers find their dream home in the country.

5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

7:30pm Regional News All the latest local news.

8:00pm The One Show Magazine series featuring a mix of interviews, topical reports and features from around the UK. 9:00pm Holiday Hit Squad 10:00pm Africa Episode to be Announced.

11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.

11:25pm Regional News All the latest local news.

11:30pm Weather The latest weather information.

11:35pm A Question of Sport 12:05am Film 2013 12:40am Black Death 2:15am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:20am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed

by Weather.

BBC3 8:00pm Junior Doctors 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm People Like Us 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Way to Go 12:00am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life.

12:22am Family Guy Animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:45am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:07am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am People Like Us 2:25am Junior Doctors 3:25am Russell Howard's Good News 3:55am Year of Making Love

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5:55am The Charles Dickens Show 6:15am The Charles Dickens Show 6:35am My Kite is Flying 6:50am William Whiskerson 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer Property experts visit three properties before they go up for auction.

8:00am The Sheriffs are Coming 8:45am Cowboy Trap 9:15am Show Me the Monet 10:00am MasterChef: The Professionals 11:00am Robbed, Raided and Reunited 11:30am See Hear Magazine programme for the deaf community. 12:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed

by Weather. 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The One Show 2:30pm The Weakest Link 3:15pm Mastermind 3:45pm Reel History of Britain

4:45am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions.

12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast. 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them?

4:15pm Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey 5:15pm Life on Earth 6:10pm Antiques Roadshow Antique experts travel the country to appraise people's wares.

6:55pm Party Political Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats A Party Political Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats.

7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with his copy of Bradshaw's Victorian railway guidebook.

8:00pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Hairy Bikers Everyday Gourmets 10:00pm The Brain Doctors 11:00pm The Culture Show Topical magazine programme which features the best arts and culture stories of the last week.

11:30pm Newsnight Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show Chat show that celebrates the very best of British.

5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather All the very latest local news and weather.

7:30pm ITV News and Weather A round-up of the latest news headlines and a national weather forecast.

8:00pm International Friendly England v Brazil.

10:30pm Coronation Street More drama and turmoil from the residents of Coronation Street in the longest running TV Soap.

SMC 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Round-up of the day's news.

11:35pm International Friendly Highlights

12:20am The Genius of Invention 1:20am Who Do You Think You Are? 2:20am See Hear Magazine programme for the deaf community.

5:00am Children at Work Two hundred million children around the world go to work every day.

5:30am Welcome to the World

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys Michael Portillo takes to the tracks with a copy of George Bradshaw's Victorian Railway Guidebook.

9:00pm Sissinghurst 9:30pm Nature's Microworlds 10:00pm Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown 11:00pm Bob Servant Independent 11:30pm The Many Faces of Les Dawson 12:30am Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art 2:00am Turner's Thames 3:00am Nature's Microworlds 3:30am Bob Servant Independent 4:00am Danny Baker's Great Album Showdown

12:40am The Cube 1:30am Jackpot247 3:45am Disclosure

4:30am Monkey Business 6:10am Deal or No Deal 7:05am Sali Mali Following an excessive sweet-theft incident, Sali Mali decides to teach Jackdaw how to count. 7:10am The Hoobs Hoobofizz is hoobalicious, that's for sure. But it's not quite the same if it's frozen solid! 7:35am The Hoobs Hoobypuffs have to be eaten quickly, otherwise they go soggy. 8:00am According to Jim 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Jamie's 15 Minute Meals 1:35pm Kirstie's Vintage Gems 1:55pm The Belles of St. Trinian's 3:40pm Countdown

4:30pm Face the Clock Rory Bremner challenges six contestants to answer questions against The Clock.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Gok's Style Secrets Gok takes on the challenge of revamping 31-year-old Michelle Gregson from Blackpool.

10:00pm One Born Every Minute 11:00pm Derek 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats

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Channel 5 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:20am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Trisha 1:00pm Looney Tunes 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

4:10pm Try to Remember Crime mystery film. When a woman returns to her hometown to join the police, her first case on the force brings back memories of the murder of her friend 15 years previously.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away After being released on bail, Casey asks Tamara to stay on in town.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Benidorm ER 9:00pm Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story Series looking at some of Britain's most notorious, incarcerated killers.

10:00pm NCIS US crime drama.

11:00pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 11:55pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Forensic crime drama series based in Las Vegas.

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12:20am The Real Man's Road Trip: Sean and Jon Go West 1:20am Random Acts 1:25am Launched at Red Bull Studio in Association with Lacoste!

1:40am Launched at Red Bull Studio in Association with Lacoste! 1:55am Barclaycard Mercury Prize: 2012 Albums of the Year Live 2:10am Barclaycard Mercury Prize: 2012 Albums of the Year Live 2:25am Revenge 3:10am Bad News Bears 5:05am Deal or No Deal

12:55am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:00am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation A man incriminates himself when he falls in cement while trying to transport his wife's dead body.

1:50am 72 Hours: True Crime 2:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am House Doctor 5:50am Michaela's Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline USA 7:30am Airline USA 8:00am Brainiac: Science Abuse 9:00am Road Wars 10:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Road Wars 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Modern Family 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Got to Dance 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Got to Dance 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm John Bishop's Only Joking 10:00pm Glee 11:00pm Last Resort 12:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Road Wars 2:55am Cop Squad 3:45am Night Cops

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:00am House Arrest 7:00am Cheaper by the Dozen 8:40am Junior 10:45am Crazy, Stupid, Love 12:55pm The Hangover Part II 2:45pm How Do You Know

Magic of Belle Isle 9:00am Cupid, Inc 10:30am Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Special 11:00am The Chateau Meroux 12:40pm Chicago 2:50pm I Don't Know How She Does it 4:30pm The Magic of Belle Isle 6:30pm War Horse 9:00pm Chicago 11:00pm I Don't Know How She Does it

4:50pm The Terminal 7:00pm Junior 9:00pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 11:00pm The Hangover Part II

12:35am Red Riding Hood 2:20am The Stepford Wives 4:00am Conviction 5:50am Lucky Christmas

12:45am Shanghai Noon 2:40am Swinging with the Finkels 4:10am Women in Trouble

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4:45am Batman and Robin 7:00am The Avengers Special 7:30am Spy Kids 9:05am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 10:55am Basic 12:40pm Kingdom of Heaven

5:05am The Candidate 7:00am The

3:10pm Safe House 5:10pm Spy Kids 6:45pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 8:30pm Kingdom of Heaven 11:00pm Safe House 1:00am A Man Apart 3:00am Species 4:50am Species II

TCM 9:10am Gunsmoke 10:15am Gun Glory 11:55am Escape from Fort Bravo 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Blood Alley 5:45pm Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. 8:00pm The Man Who Never Was 10:00pm Hard to Kill 11:55pm Hell on Wheels 12:55am Ironweed

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NCREASING numbers of pupils can “hardly move, let alone catch or run” at age 11 according to Baroness Campbell, chairwoman of UK Sport.

In a recent interview, she suggested that sport should figure as prominently in primary school timetables as literacy and numeracy. I stopped reading there.

Strange! I distinctly remember being able to run and jump before starting school. Learnt to throw and catch too just by playing with family and friends.

So, is it the fault of parents and today’s lifestyle that no exercise takes place? Er, haven’t these kids’ parents ever played games with them? You know, after switching off the TV, sliding off the sofa and, who knows, maybe even stubbing out a fag.

And if parents are to blame, how over the past 20-odd years did

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Family is key to healthy children they become such bad parents? What’s caused this? Did they decide to change en masse?

Is it fluoride in the water?

Immigration?

Benefit dependency?

Insemination by aliens?

Probably due to benefit dependency to some extent, but I’d guess other social issues are at play too.

Can’t let them out of the house, for instance, for fear a stranger might look at them or, even worse, try to talk to them.

Instead park

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LAZY CHILDREN: Who is to blame?

And then there’s litigation.

Contact sports in the NORA JOHNSON playground banned in A Costa del Sol resident for a number of case little Johnny slips years, Nora is the author of psychological and the parents sue suspense and crime thrillers. To the school. comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to Or is it the fault of www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/ teachers?

Teachers nora-johnson who believe there should be no winner them in front of the TV in the egg and spoon every night where they race.

Can’t play can get all the exercise conkers, might bruise they need with the Wii your knuckles.

Can’t Fit and all the education have a competitive race, they need from CBBC. the loser might be upset

and suffer lifelong trauma.

In the final analysis, however, while exercise is clearly important, it’s more important children can read, write, spell, add and subtract.

It isn’t crucial that they know how to run, jump and throw a ball once they leave school.

It is crucial that they’ll be employable in a world vastly different from the one we grew up in. What we don’t

want is a generation of teens not only physically incapable, but socially inept and totally unprepared for the realities of life.

Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Soul Stealer’ & ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/ eBook (€0.89;£0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.

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You do not know what you’ve lost AS it was out of character for Nadia not to return text messages, for me, everything stopped. For hours concentration was gone.

A petite and vulnerable girl she was making her own way home across Europe; Torrevieja to Dnepropetrovsk in the Ukraine.

It was her first flight; she also faced an arduous overnight stay in Kiev airport. This would be followed by a tortuous train journey across Europe’s largest country.

In the outcome all was well; she had been sleeping on the train, which she rarely does.

We all do it; we take others for granted, including those most dear to us.

JOURNEY: Looking back on what’s gone.

By Mike Walsh Costa Blanca

vwww.michaelwalsh.es Mike Walsh. Based in Mijas Costa, international journalist, author and professional writer: exbusiness assessment executive Guild of Master Craftsmen. European correspondent Boston Revolutionary Radio.

My parents were, I suppose, pretty average. Often indifferent to each other, the other half was ‘wallpaper.’ My mother was particularly irritated by dad’s occasional habit of sucking his teeth. For years after he died she declared that she would cut off

her right arm just to sit with him again; sucking his teeth or not.

As the song says, ‘you don’t know what you’ve got until you lose it.’

We all have friends who have lost someone dear to them; very often unexpectedly. What doesn’t die are the memories and the ‘what if’ thoughts. Nostalgia is a wonderful emotion when it evokes recollections of happy days spent together and experiences shared. Wistfulness is the worst torture imaginable if the person you shared memories with can no longer do so because they are no longer here.

We read of those keeping memories alive by treasuring the

simplest mementoes for years, until their own deaths. A room as it once was, a letter, an item of clothing.

Afterwards, during the house clearing, such tributes will be regarded as worthless junk and end up in the bin with the teabags and discarded cans. That too is a tragedy, but an inevitable one.

When I fell out with my dad; over politics would you believe, it was the last time I saw him. He died 39 years ago. I think of the times when we could have done something like share a beer, catch-up, reminisce and laugh about the poignancies of growing up. I had much to bless him for.

Every day I would like to express my appreciation with him but when I had my chance I blew it. I am sure our Euro Weekly News readers can relive similar thoughtful experiences.

Perhaps it is time to take a good look at ourselves, our attitudes towards others and our being inconsolable should Fate step in.

If Fate does intrude then all the yet to be written diary entries are deleted, are changed and they are not recoverable. Death doesn’t do returns; it is final.

R.I.P. I suppose the best memorial of all is; ‘To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die.’

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NEW VACCINE: Safe for young children.

Meningitis B breakthrough A VACCINE against meningitis B has been approved by experts.

The European Commission found the vaccine, called Bexsero, safe and effective for children from the age of two months.

It is the first such vaccine believed to prevent the leading cause of life-threatening

bacterial meningitis, which kills thousands of young children each year.

The UK Government is discussing whether the jab will become widely available as part of the National Heath Service’s immunisation programme.

It is currently only privately available.

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SWEET DREAMS: Perhaps not.

A night-cap not such a good idea ALCOHOL may help you get to sleep quicker, but the quality of rest is lacking.

That’s according to a new report issued by the London Sleep Centre in the UK which says drinking does increase tiredness, but reduces the amount of time in a deep sleep.

Dr Irshaad Ebrahim, co-author of the report, said he hoped that the study

would help people understand that short term alcohol use only gives the impression of improving sleep and should not be used as a sleeping aid.

The study found that drinking any amount of alcohol makes you feel sleepy and drift off quicker, but the more you drink, the more sleep disruption there is.

Body language reveals more BODY language could be the key to discovering what mood your other half is in.

Normally people who feel they may have upset their partners look at their facial expression, but a study from Princeton University (USA) found facial expressions were often ambiguous. It said that people struggled to tell

just from a head shot whether someone was experiencing an extreme positive or negative reaction, but body language turned out to be a far more reliable guide.

Despite the results, from those who took part, 80 per cent still said they would rely solely on the face when trying to work out an emotion,

MOODY?: How to tell. while 20 per cent would look at the face and body together.

This misconception was labelled the ‘illusory facial effect’ by researchers.

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RITISH film director Michael Winner was no stranger to Spain.

Filming part of his Hollywood debut Lawman, starring Burt Lancaster, in Spain in 1971, the news of his death means a time of reflection for many expatriates.

And he also regularly travelled to the Balearic Islands for restaurant reviews and holidays.

Winner, aged 77, died at his home in London on January 21 after suffering from liver disease, according to his widow Geraldine Lynton-Edwards.

Respected food critic for The Sunday Times, he had revealed in a recent interview with The Times that he had considered the possibility of bowing out by means of assisted suicide in Switzerland.

The Euro Weekly News took to the streets to find out how expatriates were reacting to the news.

“I am truly devastated,” said Susan Royos from Marbella on

Winner also directed The Nightcomers, with Marlon Brando, The System, with Oliver Reed, and Death Wish, with Charles Bronson, among many others during his 50-year career.

“If I’m honest, I wasn’t that much of a follower of Michael Winner,” Roy Laden from Calpe in the north of Costa Blanca said.

“But it’s always a sad time when somebody British dies.”

Winner’s first Spanish restaurant review was at Es Raco d’es Teix in Deia, Mallorca.

This was published in The Sunday Times in 2008.

He also ate at Xelini, a Mediterranean restaurant, also in Deia, and at Flanigan in Portals on the island.

No stranger to Spain, It was through his Winner filmed part of his newspaper column Hollywood debut, Lawman, ‘Winner’s Dinners’ that he announced in the country, and regularly his poor health, MICHAEL WINNER: A British character that will travelled to the Balearic which put him in certainly be missed.

Islands for restaurant hospital for eight reviews and holidays. times throughout the Costa del Sol. “I am more poignant that he 2012, and eventually a huge fan of his films, had a connection to led to his death. and it makes it even Spain.”

Outrageous and opinionated

By Nigel Goldman, restaurant critic for Southern Spain POSSIBLY one of Britain’s few commercially successful film directors, with the Death Wish series starring Charles Bronson, it was through his pompous and arrogant style as a restaurant critic that Winner later became known.

Indeed, I would pore over his column in The Sunday Times most Sundays to find ideas and clues about how to write my own restaurant reviews, although I never pretended to be as outrageous and opinionated as the

great man himself. I did try, though.

We met on occasions in London, including once at The Ivy, where he insisted on paying for the dinner of four ladies sitting nearby whom he had annoyed throughout the meal, and again in an Italian restaurant in Soho where he twirled his napkin above his head like helicopter rotor blades to gain the attention of a waiter.

Winner was a character, rarely seen without a large Havana cigar

(although he cut back following triple heart surgery in 1993). He drove a Rolls-Royce and lived in a mansion in Holland Park, crammed with art and antiques, which he promised to leave to the nation, although in later years he decided that he might need to sell it to pay off debts, even though on paper he was a multi-millionaire.

He always said he did not want to die as a rich man, as this would mean he had not fully enjoyed his

own money.

Winner sported a string of beautiful girlfriends including Jenny Seagrove, but eventually married Geraldine Lynton-Edwards in 2011.

He turned down an OBE for his work on behalf of the police, and later a knighthood.

He was unique, larger than life, and will always be remembered as being loud and offensive, perfect ingredients for a film director and restaurant critic.

Character to love or even hate

By EWN columnist, Leapy Lee LOVE him or hate him Michael Winner was certainly one of society’s characters.

I first came across his name in 1962.

A couple of my associates had small parts in his first movie.

Financed mainly by his indulgent parents for a son who ‘wanted to be a director’ it was entitled The Cool Mikado and turned out to be what many believed was the worst film ever made.

British comic Frankie Howerd is actually on record as saying that he was ashamed to have appeared in it!

I remember thinking then that that was the last we would hear of this rather spoiled and to my mind somewhat lucky individual.

How wrong could I be?

His subsequent successes showed all his knockers that perseverance and enthusiasm generally pay off.

RIP Michael Winner.

The world will be a little less colourful without you.

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Bring balance into your life for the course of true love February forecast EACH month I write about how the moon cycles, numerology and major arcana tarot cards connected to the current month affect you. By understanding these influences, you are more able to move forward to create a happier, healthier and more prosperous future...

2013 promises to be a year packed full of surprises, opportunities and even the odd miracle. You have the potential to lay firm foundations for the future this year. Thirteen is the number of death and rebirth, so be prepared for radical change, and gracefully let go of the old. This way you will make space

By Sally Trotman www.sallytrotman.com Based in Mallorca, Sally Trotman is a qualified Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot. Each month she will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid increased self awareness.

for all the great new beginnings waiting for you.

The influence of the number two: February is the second month of the year and it’s all about love!

This number brings you the opportunity to attract new love if you are single, or to deepen your

FEBRUARY: The month of love. connection within your existing relationship.

The course of true love doesn’t always run smoothly though, so there may be the odd lesson thrown in to help you recognise what you really want from a relationship. The number two is asking you to bring

balance to your life.

Make time for yourself this month to reflect on your goals for the year.

Listen to your heart: In the tarot deck, the second major arcana card is the High Priestess. This card is guiding you to listen to your intuition. It will never fail

you, and although following your intuition may seem to take you down a more challenging path, ultimately it will lead you to where you most need to be.

Get in tune with the moon: The new moon on February 10 is in the

visionary sign of Aquarius. If you were born under this sign, write a list of every thing you want to bring into your life this year.

The full moon on February 25 is in the earthy sign of Virgo. The influence of this sign will help you to get your finances and working life in order.

Discover how to create the life you want in 2013!

Find out how the numbers in your date of birth and the seven major planets of influence in your birthchart effect your relationships, career and health, with an Astrology, Numerology and Tarot reading.

For more information: www.sallytrotman.com.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) An area in which you have experience means that you are able to help someone close this week. Keep the advice free from personal opinions wherever possible. Some upsets on a day-to-day basis are all minor and will pass.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) What will really be appreciated this week is if you will give your time to others. I realise that your life is busy but the emotional rewards from helping someone will be more than worth it. To see yourself in a truly positive light, imagine being in the positions of those round you.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

Surprising and happy news about the 30th really puts some bounce into you.

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is countered by the tenderness shown to Christian Pedrito in an unexpected encounter with two Muslim women – one older than him, the other younger – which reveals heartrending aspects of his past and sows the seeds of a forbidden romantic relationship punishable by death.

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there is so much going on it is easy to forget how much we are part of a whole. If you have neglected keeping in contact of late, this serves to remind you to try to do better.

you take notice and may even shock. There are many things in life that normally do not touch us but, once we are aware, there seems to be a need for action.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)

A trip to the cinema or theatre makes

Expecting others to automatically know what you want is unrealistic. Even dropping heavy hints can go well astray of the mark.

Although it is unpalatable to your sensitivity, plain talking is needed. Stop wanting everyone to like you and your personality will grow in leaps and bounds.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Oh, gosh, this is a really sensitive time for Leos. Although it is easy to upset you, it is equally easy to fire your enthusiasm. Anyone considering not keeping a promise or appointment with you should beware because they will be whipped into shape.

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

This is a week of deep thinking and meaningful conversations. Someone's opinion of you reaches your ears and pleases you greatly. Work that has been progressing at home faces hold-ups and tact is needed to avoid a row. Some compromise is required at work, perhaps related to a planned holiday.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Take extra care where finances concern your home. A legal matter should be considered carefully. When planning home improvements, get plenty of good advice and do not trust your heart. A new activity means new friends.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22)

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WHAT ON EARTH AM I? 1. Well known throughout most of the world, what sort of insect is a painted lady?

2. Barn, scops, screech, snowy, spotted and tawny are all varieties of which nocturnal bird of prey?

3. Common off the NE coast of America, the alewife is related to which family of fish?

4. Represented throughout the world’s tropics (and in temperate regions of North America), but especially diverse in Southeast Asia and associated islands, the skink is a smooth-bodied type of which reptile?

5. Found only in lowland rainforests along the south bank of the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, what sort of creature is a bonobo?

6. Originally developed in North America, what breed of domesticated mammal is the Duroc or Duroc-jersey?

7. What sort of creature is a cichlid?

8. Notable for its permanent retention of larval features, such as external gills, what sort of amphibian creature is an axolotl?

9. Fiddler, hermit, horseshoe and spider are all varieties of which crustacean?

10. Formerly common in eastern Europe and western Asia, but hunted to extinction by 1919, the tarpan was a wild type of which animal?

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TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 21

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

fere, fern, fine, fire, foin, fore, free, frog, neif, reef, rife, feign, finer, forge, frore, grief, infer, refer, ferine, finger, forger, fringe, refine, foreign, refiner, FOREIGNER

Word ladder DROP

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Be determined to make a budget and stick to it.

Even if you are arranging a holiday, resist the urge to splash out. Because this is such a busy week, it may not seem that there is time to read the small print.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) With a big event coming up, you need someone to give plenty of love and support.

Starting a new interest could lead you into their path. Going for looks alone will do you no favours. Be as broad-minded as possible when it comes to making friends.

Very good: 31 Excellent: 38

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

GOAL

Move from the start word (DROP) to the end word (GOAL) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder.

You must only change one letter at a time.

DROP CROP COOP COOL COAL GOAL

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Crosswords CRYPTIC

ENGLISH - SPANISH

Across 4 Grabs forged cash etc (7) 8 Romeo, out in the East, is normal (7) 9 Organise a run to the mountains (7) 10 Is irritating, but the darned things needed them! (7) 11 Doctors see it as most simple (7) 12 See fit to accept second plan (6) 14 Some eras Edgar Allan Poe wiped out (6) 18 Rearrange car test and flee (7) 21 All rods are different in Bucks (7) 22 Tim and I ate bananas from ape (7) 23 Break the globe and again mend it (7) 24 Internet search aids for motors (7) Down 1 Government leader went on, admittedly (7) 2 Nudes hide in sandhills (5) 3 Shakespeare in Germany is ready (7) 4 Refrained from tomato juice, as editor requested (6) 5 Academic divisionsʼ contract details (5)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Otoño (6) 4 Kiss (4) 8 Alubias (5) 9 Águila (5) 10 Heno (3) 11 Perdedor (5) 12 Joke (practical joke, hoax) (5) 15 Gold (metal) (3) 16 Arm (5) 18 Down (downwards) (5) 19 Piel (de persona) (4) 20 Language (6

Co d e B r e a ke r 6 Watches The Seekers (7) 7 Itʼs said this perfume is not worth much in America (5) 13 Kingʼs at exotic winter sport (7) 15 Understand how to convert into cash (7) 16 First person in trampʼs collection of

documents (7) 17 Goods supplied for religious adherents (6) 18 Add zing to a portion of honey crisp ice cream (5) 19 Educate brideʼs follower (5) 20 Officer John (5)

Down 1 Directly (8) 2 More than enough (5) 4 Annually (6) 5 Find out (5) 6 Flagrant (7) 7 Dispatched (4) 8 Small (6) 13 Fidgety (8) 15 Thrive (7) 17 Affront (6) 18 Departs (6) 20 Perfection (5) 22 Cognisant (5) 23 Rush (4)

CRYPTIC Across: 1 Coward, 4 Pedals, 9 Curtain, 10 Coats, 11 Ash, 12 Sentence, 14 Depart, 15 Inches, 18 Orchards, 20 Tag, 23 Glade, 24 Painful, 25 Treaty, 26 Wealth.

Down: 1 Cocoa, 2 Worship, 3 Rear, 5 Exciting, 6 Again, 7 Sisters, 8 Under, 13 Ornament, 14 Drought, 16 Hateful, 17 Adept, 19 Crane, 21 Gulch, 22 File.

QUICK - Across: 1 Copy, 3 Proposal, 9 Lawless, 10 Keeps, 11 Serve, 12 Afraid, 14 Almost, 16 Evolve, 19 Create, 21 Least, 24 Unite, 25 Examine, 26 Together, 27 Begs.

Down: 1 Colossal, 2 Power, 4 Rascal, 5 Poker, 6 Special, 7 Loss, 8 Repels, 13 Restless, 15 Morning, 17 Vulgar, 18 Serene, 20 Alert, 22 Arise, 23 Hunt.

ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Charco, 4 Flea, 8 Beans, 9 Apple, 10 Tar, 11 Enero, 12 Ansia, 15 Man, 16 Smoke, 18 Traje, 19 Lead, 20 Maceta.

Down: 1 Cobre, 2 Awake, 3 Customer, 5 Lip, 6 Ace, 7 Garantia, 13 Suave, 14 Acera, 16 Sol, 17 Ola.

1. Unscramble the name of a famous European politician: MAKE ALL GREEN 2. Unscramble the name of a famous comic play written by Noël Coward: BIT THEIR LIPS

Play on Words DOC GARFIELD MARTENS

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Answers: Puss in Boots, Read all about it

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet.

In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents R and 24 represents Z, so fill in R every time the figure 15 appears and Z every time the figure 24 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares.

As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across 1 Pretence (4) 3 Course of study (8) 9 Reproduction (7) 10 Once more (5) 11 Awkward (5) 12 Straight (6) 14 Occur (6) 16 Moral excellence (6) 19 Courteous (6) 21 Clever (5) 24 Round fruit (5) 25 Small town (7) 26 Safe (8) 27 Wagers (4)

Down 1 Tree (5) 2 Equipos (de personas) (5) 3 Champiñónes (8) 5 Huevo (3) 6 Un (3) 7 Teclado (8) 13 Opal (5) 14 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 16 Autobús (3) 17 There (place) (3)

Quote There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 sixletter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (CHANCE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ADHERE

GUESTS

SHARKS

BARELY

LIGHTS

SLAYER

CALLER

MONKEY

SOILED

CHANCE(10)

NICHES

STRIPE

DEEPER

PLANET

TRIPLE

GALLEY

POTTER

GREASE

REACTS

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Agrees, 2 Crusts, 3 Cooled, 4 Wicked, 5 Hostel, 6 Slopes, 7 Specks, 8 Hollow, 9 Lector, 10 Powder, 11 Chills, 12 Muster, 13 Dolmen, 14 Glossy, 15 Mender, 16 Mincer, 17 Surged, 18 Ladder, 19 Hugged.

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION ANGELA MERKEL BLITHE SPIRIT

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Learning English better than sex WHEN it comes to learning English four out of 10 Spanish would give up sex for a year to become instantly fluent.

A survey asked 1,700 Spaniards, aged

18 to 60, what they would be prepared to do for a ‘magic pill’ to immediately know the What would you do language. to learn a language Thirty-eight instantly? per cent said Politicians’ poor marks they would be A weekly focus aimed Giving up sex for one year in exchange YEARNING: Spaniards would THE level of English amongst Spanish politicians was also willing to stay at keeping expatriate for instant English was the most popular pay a lot of money to be fluent investigated in the report by the Cambridge University Press. It chaste for 12 readers informed on choice in Valencia and Castilla-Leon in English, and even give up sex. gave those surveyed four high-profile options. months. various aspects of (47 per cent).

Life in Spain Respondents said that former Spanish Prime Minister Jose And 64 per In Extremadura seven out of 10 Maria Aznar is top of the linguistic pile, with another ex-Prime cent surveyed by would rather pay €10,000.

Minister Jose Luis Zapatero next. Former Madrid President research highlight the English. the UK’s Esperanza Aguirre was placed third.

As with all Cambridge University Press economic and social implications of Current Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, got the worst ratings. generalisations would pay €10,000 to learning a foreign language.

And 82 per cent of Spaniards think that the average level of Is has often been said in Spanish there are always exceptions, but the become bilingual at a snap English amongst politicians is ‘low or very low’. of the fingers. society that there is an ‘inferiority survey also shows that 90 per cent of The results of this complex’ when it comes to speaking those questioned are afraid of making a fool of themselves when trying to speak English.

That sort of timidity CARNIVALS with a The 2013 Spanish Carnival season officially when it comes to Spanish twist will be starts on February 7, and learning the language celebrated in town centres the last day of the can be a real problem all around the country. celebrations is on when it comes to Amongst Spaniards, the SATIRICAL: A February 17. employment.

Cadiz (Andalucia) and carnival chorus or But since it is not a Although languages Tenerife (Canary Islands) ‘chirigota’ in national holiday, parties have long been Carnivals are especially Algeciras (Cadiz). and street parades will considered important for renowned. mainly be held next getting a job, having Cadiz’s Carnival weekend. good or fluent English is (February 7-17) attracts Some events are held now considered a must. huge numbers of visitors carnival. earlier in different from around Spain Eighty-one per cent of Tenerife municipalities. wanting to sample its those surveyed acknowhas its own carefree and fun partying ledge that speaking equivalent to atmosphere, known as English is crucial in job ‘chirigotas’ ‘cachondeo’. interviews, and 60 per the ‘murgas’ This year’s festival will The local council cent admitted that they - but its be held from Wednesday, EXOTIC: 2012’s expects 350,000 people do not dare look for a job Carnival is February 6 to Sunday, Carnival Maid of to throng the city streets abroad as they are afraid more exotic, February 17, starting Honour, Fabiola next Saturday (February to cope with foreign with colourful with one of the most 9) alone. languages. and glittering highly-anticipated momMartinez in Tenerife’s The most distinguiSixty-three per cent are Rio de Janeiro ents for the locals, the main parade. shable feature of the convinced the country Carnival style election of the Carnival Cadiz carnival is the comic the groups can also be would recover from the costumes Queen. singing choruses or found in the old town financial crisis more worn in the On this gala night, the ‘chirigotas’. streets, performing quickly if Spaniards street parades. contestants parade on These ensembles of 10 satirical songs about local improved their English.

Carnival the catwalk wearing very to 30 people, wearing and national celebrities Carnival, with ‘chirigotas’ In fact, 85 per cent said themes change large, heavy and themed costumes, train and politicians. Tradition- performances broadcast in Tenerife annually, with flamboyant exports would increase if costumes hard all year round to try ally their musical accomp- every afternoon from Bollywood being chosen weighing an average 150 Spanish salesmen had a to win the title of Carnival animent is provided by Monday (February 4) to for this year. higher level of English. to 200 kilos, supported champions. guitars and kazoos, Friday (February 8) on Unfortunately there is There is also a by hidden wheels.

Tickets to see the making for a charact- Andalucia’s Canal Sur TV traditional rivalry with no magic pill, leaving the This will be broadcast performances at the Falla eristic sound. channel.

Spanish the traditional neighbours Las Palmas, on La 1 national television Theatre are sold out The competition starts ‘Chirigotas’ are also with each trying to outdo channel, starting at 9.30 methods of learning a months in advance. But earlier than the rest of the typical in Malaga city’s each other. language. pm on Wednesday.

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Life is a carnival

We travel and stay in Spain (Javea) two to three weeks every two months. About 12 weeks per year. Do we need to register for the padron?

If so, what is the process and do we need any

paperwork? We do have our NIE numbers.

If you spend less than the 183 days required for officially becoming a resident, then it is not necessary to register on the padron.

Although you can sign on to it if you own or rent a

property on a long contract, the municipal register is intended for long-term residents.

The Foreigners Department in Javea (Residentes Extranjeros) is the best place for you to ask if there are any benefits to registering.

Send your questions to: raul@euroweeklynews.com

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N the absence of my favourite soap operas from back home, I was a tad concerned how I would get my daily drama fix here in Spain.

As it turns out, I needn’t have worried; the Spanish royal family is providing so many twists and turns, it could give Coronation Street a run for its money.

Or Dynasty, perhaps more appropriately.

King Juan Carlos had a veritable ‘Annus Horribilis’ in 2012; not only did he end up on the operating table for a fourth time within the last couple of years, but he also plummeted in the popularity stakes to an all-time low, according to a survey.

Everyone loves Queenie back in the UK and the two Princes are generally adored, despite indiscretions in Vegas. Not to mention the joy surrounding the expected first child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in July.

The same doesn’t seem to apply here. The locals explain that this is down to

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when his country was, and remains, in the grips of one of the worst economic crisis of recent times.

Nor is there any evidence of lovable Corgis or other

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the King of Spain preferring to shoot live elephants on costly trips to Botswana rather than clay pigeons in his back yard, at a time

ROYAL SOAP: Plenty of entertainment following royal family life. pets to soften the image; an important gauge in how nice a person is, according to my daughter at least.

The press suggest that even his wife feels the same way, not having shared the matrimonial bed

for decades following his alleged affair at an early stage in their marriage.

Their golden wedding anniversary passed without celebration. Then there were the fraud charges against his son-in-law, Iñaki

Urdangarín, which have left question marks over the future of the monarchy.The Sunday Times recently reported that an ‘atomic bomb’ email was about to drop relating to the King of Spain, so I guess the drama will continue in 2013. I have the popcorn on standby.

Having always lived in monarchies, I am quite fond of a bit of blue blood.

At their best they are not only a tourist attraction, but should also set moral standards for the people and provide a focal point pride in your country.

Now they are in essence figure-heads rather than leaders, in the Western world at least, the monarchy needs to provide a bit of value in return for tax payers’ money. More so than just keeping gossip magazines in business.

So, while this real-life soap is providing intrigue and drama, how far will the Spanish monarch’s subjects go For King and Country?

Or what will he do for them?

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VIEWS: The outdoor dining is picturesque.

DÉCOR: Multicultural and stylish.

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A meal with a view and class at Villa Romana ESTABLISHED for 13 years, this renovated finca is now a popular stylish yet homely restaurant. On the CV760 road between Altea and La Nucia, its easy to find with two ample car parks, and is also wheelchair friendly.

The restaurant is owned and run by the friendly Marc Van Craenenbroeck and his lovely wife, Viviane.

“It’s been my dream to run a restaurant since I was a boy,” explains Marc, “but my parents wouldn’t let me attend hostelry

CHEWING GUM: Could date back 5,000 years.

Ancient chewing CHEWING gum could date back 5,000 years, it has been revealed.

The ancient equivalent of what we know today as chewing gum has been found in Finland by a British archaeology student.

The lump of birch bark tar dates back to Neolithic times and comes complete with Stone Age tooth prints.

Neolithic people are thought to have chewed the bark tar as a medical aid to heal mouth infections, and also used it to glue broken pots together.

The tree tar contains phenols which have antiseptic properties.

college. Now, I’m able to realise my passion.”

And it shows. In 2007 the restaurant won the Prestige Gourmet prize, and the standards haven’t changed. “The consistent quality is what sets us apart from the rest,” says Marc.

The restaurant offers a French style International cuisine, with both lunch and evening sittings.

There is a large variety of dishes, wines, cavas and champagne.

There is a gourmet meal which is served daily for just €19.95 euros which includes flambeed king Shrimp al Armagnac in a champagne sauce, glazed duck breast with orange and more. If you fancy a vegetarian meal, it’s no problem.

“My chef has had more than 35 years experience working in Paris. We only use the best local fresh fish, meat and vegetables,” he adds.

The décor of the restaurant is incredible, keeping it traditional, yet mixing in a multicultural artistic style, with Arabian, Indian and Asian art decorating every corner. Special mention goes to the beautiful oil paintings on the wall.

“They were painted by my father,” says Marc proudly.

The view is impressive, as over the orange groves, the mountains

span the horizon. The view is best seen from the terrace, which seats 120, perfect for parties, communions and weddings. You can even make an entrance by helicopter! In summer, live Jazz and a BBQ with an Argentinian chef.

There is a special Valentine’s menu starting on the 14th which runs four days for those who can’t make it on the night.

Open Tuesday/Saturday, lunch and evening and Sunday lunch time.

Contact 966 896 830 Ctra Altea, La Nucia Km.5 (CV760)

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Authentically Indian in Denia INDIAN Haweli Restaurant in Denia with its owner Nikku, offers you the opportunity to sample the best of Indian cuisine. As a person from New Dehli itself, Nikku has vast on hand experience of running the best in Indian restaurants.

The food is first class! The menu del dia served Monday to Friday lunch includes four courses all for only €8.90. Or, served in an evening, a popular special, is dinner for one person to include five courses and a drink for €14.90. Quality house wine at €7.50 and starters from only €1.80!

As always, the spices are fragrant and aromatic. In all the dishes you can pick out flavours: finely chopped ginger, crushed garlic, luscious tomatoes and fresh leaf coriander in abundance. The list is endless.

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Special menus can be cooked to order, and there is a huge sunny terrace seating

INDIAN CUISINE: First class food at great prices.

100 plus. Haweli can cater for parties and weddings etc, and can host events inside or out! There is also a new catering service offered (min 20 people) which is great for that get

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Guaranteed you will find all your favourites. There are Bhunas with their mix of dried spices fried up with onions, ginger, garlic, tomatoes and coriander, creamy Kormas, Jalfrezzis and Dopiazas,

and Special Chef’s dishes (15 years experience). Try the Chicken with curry sauce infused with fresh mango, or maybe Chicken Pasanda with almonds and coconut. Delicious!

In February, Haweli is hosting a fabulous Valentine’s Evening welcoming all clients with a glass of cava followed by a special menu for €18.90 per person. (see main advert for details) including glass of beer, wine or soft drink.

Also there is discount on all cocktails on Valentine’s Night. The evening also includes Live Music by Acoustic Duo ‘CELTIC KNOT’ to dance the night away, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Haweli also offers free transport home which is fabulous, so you can relax and enjoy the evening.

The restaurant is easy to find. From the marina in Denia, come out of town on the coast road north for 2kms and you’ll see the familiar Haweli sign on your left. Or for those with GPS it’s Ctra las Marinas km 2. There’s private parking, and that large sunny terrace for outside dining.

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Eating our way through crisis NEW research suggests we are comfort eating our way through the economic crisis.

Scientists at the University of Miami (US) say that bad news about the economy could cause us to pack on the pounds as we eat more high calorie foods. The research found when people were subconsciously given messages such as ‘live for today,’ they consumed nearly 40 per cent more food than compared to a control group primed with neutral words.

When volunteers were given messages indicating times were hard, but then told the food was low calorie, they ate around 25 per cent less food. This shows that taste is not what caused the reactions, but a longing for calories.

Researchers say this is because if we perceive food resources as low we actively seek out food with a higher calorie content.

Less sugar in soft drinks SOFT drinks like Lucozade and Ribena are to reduce the sugar content in some of their lines.

The move comes following the launch of the UK Government’s

‘Responsibility Deal’ in a bid to cut obesity rates by helping consumers take in less sugar.

Responsibility Deal Food Network chairwoman Dr Susan Jebb said, “I’m pleased to see the soft drinks manufacturers like GSK, AG Barr and Britvic join Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to make some very real commitments to help consumers cut down on their calories as they take control of their weight.”

Mars and supermarket Tesco have also signed up to the pledge.

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An apple a day‌ EATING an apple in the morning can wake you up better than drinking a cup of coffee.

Apples can also boost your health in ways that benefit early morning activities.

Apples contain high levels of vitamins and antioxidants and contain carbohydrates to kick start your energy levels in a healthy way.

Drinking coffee may give you a boost but can also run down blood sugar levels soon after drinking.

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Dealing with dogs that Natural hunter do not want to be alone I HAVE already talked about separation anxiety in dogs. Because it is such a serious subject I will return to the subject.

Separation anxiety sometimes occurs: • When a dog accustomed to constant human companionship is left alone for the first time.

• Following a long interval, such as a vacation.

• After a traumatic event such as a period of time spent at boarding kennels.

• After a change in the family’s routine or structure (such as a move to a new home, or a new pet or person in the home).

If the following statements are true about your dog, he may have a separation anxiety problem: • The problem behaviour occurs exclusively or

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primarily when he’s alone.

• He follows you from room to room whenever you’re home.

• He displays effusive, frantic greeting behaviour.

• He reacts with excitement, depression, or anxiety to your preparations to leave the house.

• He dislikes spending time outdoors by himself.

LAST week due to an editorial mix up a letter was printed with a reply stating that only dogs on the dangerous dogs list needed a licence.

I am afraid this is not the case. Under Spanish laws ALL dogs now need to be licenced. The confusion arises because not all local town halls have started enforcing the legislation.

Either talk to your vet or your local town hall to clarify what is required in your area.

David the Dog Man Next week I will look at some long term solutions to help your pet cope with anxiety. But because the treatments can take a while, consider these suggestions to help you and your dog cope in the short term: • Consult your vet about the possibility of drug therapy.

• Take your dog to a dog day care facility or boarding kennel when you are away.

Leave your dog with a friend, family member, or neighbour.

Take your dog to work with you, even for half a day, if possible.

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Steve Cool runnings THIS is my hamster Steve who loves cuddles and running in his wheel. He’s such a little rascal!

Sarah Williams, Mojacar Submit fun pet pictures to petoftheweek@euroweeklynews.com, in as high a resolution as possible. Please include name of the pet, your full name, where you live and if relevant a couple of lines to explain the circumstances of the photo. Due to space restrictions not all submissions will be used.

STEVE: Always the centre of attention.

CAT OWNERS have several myths and misconceptions about the cat as a hunter and how to deal with it.

Here are some of the most common myths: A well-fed cat will stop killing birds: Not true. The cat’s need to hunt is independent of its urge to eat. Cats hunt for the sake of hunting.

Cats should be left free to hunt: Not true. The cat does have natural hunting instincts, but cats are not naturally found in such large numbers in the wild.

The local wild life has not evolved to deal with such large numbers of cat.

Letting your cat out to hunt naturally in your backyard would disrupt the delicate balance.

Cats need fresh air and exercise. Indoors they would be depressed or go crazy: Cats have been seen to be perfectly content indoors. One way to let your cat have exercise is by keeping two cats. They can

CATS: An urge to hunt. enjoy chasing each other indoors. Plenty of sunshine in the house, a view of the world outside and occasional outings should suffice.

Tying bells around a cat’s neck and de-clawing a cat would reduce its ability as a hunter: It may be effective, but most often isn’t. The cat moves with such grace that it can hunt despite the bells. De-clawing, on the other hand, is cruel as it makes the cat vulnerable to other cats and animals.

Besides, a cat can kill even without it’s claws.

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LMOND blossom is now out or about to open in many areas, while others will follow within the next four to six weeks.

It really is one of the nicest times of the year and one year we were able to follow the blossom from Andalucia to Aragon over a period of two months. But when exactly trees bloom is very dependent on a garden’s micro-climate.

The tree in the photograph is in our own garden. It’s in full bloom as you see, but I walked just 300 metres and down 50 metres to friends for lunch today and none of the four trees in their garden

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The only real difference is our tree is just inside a high hedge sheltered from the recent cold winds, while the trees in the other garden are open and exposed.

Hopefully we don’t get bad weather to knock off the blossom and emergent fruit during February.

Amazingly we lost few flowers this last week when we experienced 80 kilometre an hour gusts of wind.

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However a few cold days would help kill off various early pests flitting around the fruit trees. We will do an early neem and propolis spray tomorrow for safety.

Interestingly we first discovered neem oil nearly 20 years ago sitting next to an ecological orange farmer at a Spanish walking club dinner. Neem oil is totally ecological, being pressed from the fruit of the neem tree Azedarach aiandica.

For the first few years we purchased our oil from Germany until we found suppliers in Spain. Last Friday Dick visited another eco-orange grower with a Friends of Avinenca group who rarely sprayed with anything.

Twenty years ago he had taken over a poorly

GORGEOUS: Stunning blossoms from almond trees. maintained grove that had been sprayed with chemical sprays. Since then he had increased the number of varieties of oranges and mandarins to 10, allowed the grass and herbs to grow, only sprayed with a paraffin oil once a year and did little pruning except to keep a reasonable shape.

Incidentally his trees ranged from a couple of years old to 120.

If you want to cut back the size of the lawn you could plant orange trees and just leave the grass and weeds to grow to create a living mulch to reduce evaporation water losses.

Just cut once or twice a year to allow the grass to decay and add fertiliser to the soil.

His use of a paraffin oil was on the basis of cost and of course paraffin from coal or oil, although from nature, is not in our book ecological.

The farmer agreed but said that it was allowed by those who drew up the regulations for organic food certification.

He did not spray against the minero pest and so had some untidy branches but not the infestation of surrounding mono variety chemical driven orange groves who did need to spray.

Careful what you use IF you have unhealthy young citrus trees they are probably planted poorly and the tender roots have been burned by those little blue chemical fertiliser granules that people persist in using.

It is a great pity that Spanish garden centres and agricultural cooperatives don’t stock that wonder UK product bone meal.

So, if you can, continue to fertilise with well rotted compost or manure or buy the inexpensive sacks of dried goat and sheep manure from agricultural cooperatives.

Our view for gardens is that we like to look at healthy tidy trees and bushes so we should prune out minero damaged growth and spray with neem and propolis against insect and fungal pests.

We have seen whole branches of citrus trees killed by long term damage from continuous minero attacks.

The farm in fact was on light sandy soil, so would not expect many fungal problems.

Lastly if you are growing any sort of fruits a copy of ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain’ would be helpful. (c) Dick and Clodagh Handscombe.

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Preparation is the keystone to every building project SOME years ago I wrote a book in the UK about building works and how to go about them.

This was in response to my own Nick Snelling experience of running a construction company in London, during which time I came face to face with endless problems. Web master www.culturespain.com and author of 5 books including: Indeed, like most people, I came to the ‘How to Buy Spanish Property and Move to Spain – Safely’ and ‘The conclusion that any form of building work Laptop Entrepreneur’ was invariably a nightmare, both for the builders and the owner.

Of course, building work in Spain is no less COSTS can spiral, timings can go totally awry contentious and has an and expectations as to the quality of work to PLANNING: Don’t let poor preparation ruin your dream equal habit of going be performed can vary wildly. The end result home. wrong. can be that a project ends with both the So, what can you do to builders and property owner close to a nervous 2. Supervise develop (and agree, in writing, with your builder) at least three documents before make sure that your breakdown. the works. building project in Spain The consequ- any work proceeds. These are: 1. A Schedule of Works. This should be goes smoothly? ence is a builder Well, the first thing to appreciate is that often does not know exactly what you want a very detailed document that specifies often the reason that a building project and is left to ‘find his way’ around a project, exactly what work you want carried out. By goes wrong is because of you the property which can then suffer numerous exact, I mean that if you want a crack filling owner! This is normally because a property alterations, as both you and he adapt to above a doorway then state ‘To raking out and filling diagonal crack above bathroom owner does not: what is happening on a day to day basis.

Precise definition of what you want to doorway’ or ‘To installing double electrical 1. Develop a clear ‘specification’ of the works required achieve is vital and you should always socket at 250mm height 500mm from the

right hand side of master bedroom door’. In other words be precise and exhaustive and append any plans to the Schedule of Works.

2. A Specification. A Specification is a document that details the quality of materials and workmanship to be used. It will define such things as the type of paint, bricks, piping, cabling etc to be used, together with such things as any sanitaryware, kitchen units and so on. It will also detail the skill required of workers.

3. A contract. This must be in writing and expressly tie you and your builder to the Schedule of Works and Specification. It should also deal with the question of project start and completion timings and provide a schedule for payments for the work. The contract must be signed by you and your builder.

Of course, developing a detailed and accurate Schedule of Works, Specification and Contract is not something that everyone can do. Indeed, there is much to be said for employing a building surveyor or architect to do this for you.

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•AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: 966 723 401.

•AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP Benidorm – don’t suffer alone through another person drinking – 634 758 539.

•DENIA RUGBY CLUB: 8pm on beach outside Oasis Hotel.

•HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm meetings. www.helpbenidorm.com.

•PIETER SWINNEN Painting Club in Calpe: 965 835 212.

•RBL Benidorm and district branch covers from Polop to Villajoyosa at different locations for social meetings, day trips, excursions or meals. 695 605 129.

Costa Blanca North’s best guide to local non-profit clubs, charities and societies Email whatson@euroweeklynews.com Fax 952 440 887 Post Euro Weekly News, Calle Moscatel 10, P-62, Poligono Industrial Arroyo de la Miel, 29631 Benalmadena, Malaga.

•ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY Sunday ServicesHoly Communion.

Eight locations. www.costablanca-anglicanchaplaincy.org.

•BENITACHELL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Benitachell: 966 494 036 or 966 470 303.

•CALPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Perlamar, Sundays 11am. 965 835 502 or www.calpechristianfellowship.org.

•CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH. Sundays 10.30am at the Europa Building, Avda del Pino.

•ERMITA CHURCH, Javea – Warden Colin D Welch – 965 771 792.

•HOLY EUCHARIST at Nuestra Senora de la Merced Church, Calpe. Sundays

Church services 10.30am. 678 787 509 or bill.ingram@angliac3.demon.co.uk.

•JAVEA EVANGELICAL CHURCH. Pastor Clive Read 669 386 702.

•JAVEA INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Pastor John Hansford, Sundays 10.30am at Calle Favara 8, Javea Pueblo (near Plaza de la Constitucion Espanola, where the Thursday open market is held) 965 794 624. www.javeabaptist .com.

•MOSIAC COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday 12pm Multicultural Service; Wednesday 8pm Intercessory Prayer; Last Thursday of month

1.30pm community lunch. 678 066 222.

•NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Oliva on C/Constitution 6, near the town hall, Sundays 11.30am. 607 470 221.

•PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH. Sunday Service 11am; Thursday 5pm Bible study and prayer; home groups during week.

966 769 300 or 650 509 606.

•ALFAZ SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Tuesday Circle and Thursday Service and Clairvoyance 6.30pm. 966 878 469. All welcome.

•THE KINGS CHURCH Benissa English Sunday service, 11am: www.thekingschurch.net.

•VALLEY FELLOWSHIP, Jalon – Pastor Barbara Chadwick. 966 481 108.

•XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Juniors meet at 7pm Seniors at 8pm. 688 640 092.

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and third Tuesday of month at 1.30pm. Call 965 748 909 by the Sunday prior to meeting.

•WORDS OF LIGHT: 662 688 865.

•ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION meets for lunch on second Thursday of month at various restaurants between Altea and Oliva and the Jalon Valley. 966 474 532.

C O N S U L AT E S British 96 521 6022

•THE Valleys International Bridge and Social Club meet 2pm at El Cid at Benidoleig. 966 408 296.

•CREATIVE TEXTILES GROUP embroidery, cross-stitch, – crochet, quilting, knitting – in Javea, 10am-1pm. 966 472 049 or artcentrejavea@yahoo.com.

FRIDAY •AUCTIONS FOR AECC. Items for donation wanted. 965 319 929 / 688 238 879.

•UFO and World Mysteries Discussion Group in Javea meet first Friday of the month at The Social Club and Bar in Javea Old Town at 10am. 966 459 976.

•ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Costa Blanca North weekly lunch meeting at Los Leones restaurant 1.15pm.

Call 965 795 421 the Wednesday before. www.rotarycostablanca. wiki.dot.com.

•TENNIS GROUP meets Tuesday and Friday mornings at Toscamar, Javea. 966 473 301.

•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs. 965 795 458.

•UFO AND WORLD MYSTERIES Discussion Group. February 1, Javea Social Club and Bar, 10am. ‘Aspects of dousing, a look at the history of the science’. 966 459 976.

SATURDAY •COMPUTER CLUB in Alfaz del Pi. 965 889 187.

•EL VERGER MARKET at The Polygon 9am-1.30pm.

Emergency consular assistance 902 109 356

STICKY SITUATION: The 12 rolls of special double sided wig tape ordered online from America are yet to arrive.

• CATS performance, February 14-16. Footlights Youth Theatre. 652 404 798.

•GUARDIAN ANGELS Dropin/Coffee and Chat at Help Centre, La Jara 10.30am- 12.30pm.

616 977 639.

•AUCTION 1.30pm at the Jacaranda Restaurant Bar Moraira with auctioneer Mr Bob Gingell.

First and third Saturday of each month. Phone to book your items 965 743 292.

SUNDAY •AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: 966 723 401.

MONDAY BLANCA •COSTA www.costa SAMARITANS: blancasamaritans.com.

•U3A Marina Baixa meets fourth Monday of month at 10.30am at Alfaz del Pi Casa de Cultura.

•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB ‘No Fear’ pairs. 965 795 458.

TUESDAY •AUCTIONS FOR AECC (donations welcome): 965 319 929 / 688 238 879.

•BERNIA BABIES international group meets 10.30am-12noon at Sierra Bernia School, Alfaz del Pi: 966 875 149.

•BSAC Marina Alta SCUBA Diving Club. 966 470 163 or www.bsacmarinaalta.co.uk.

•CANCER CARE CENTRE Javea park. 965 796 846.

•DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs start 4pm. 965 785 387.

•DENIA RUGBY CLUB SENIORS 8pm on beach outside the Oasis Hotel.

•JALON VALLEY MUMS & TOTS CLUB at town hall 10.15am-12noon. 676 441 758.

•MALE VOICE CHOIR (no experience required) Teulada. 965 744 577.

•JAVEA STAMPS & POSTCARD CLUB meets second and fourth Monday of month at L’Ancora Tennis Club at 10am. 965 795 499 / 608 765 245.

RESIDENTS •MONTGO ASSOCIATION JAVEA meets for coffee morning on first Tuesday of www.montgo month. the residents.com.

•ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION in Pedreguer meets the second Monday of month. 966 430 215 or www.rafa-ncb.org.

•RAF Costa Blanca. Third Tuesday of month. 965 724 256 or nwhancox@hotmail.com.

•XABIA RUGBY CLUB (juniors and seniors): 688 640 092.

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•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB competitive Duplicate. 965 795 458.

Airport 96 691 9000 Guardia Civil 96 592 1100 Municipal Police 96 510 7200 Red Cross 96 525 2525

•JAVEA ASSOCIATION OF MODEL MAKERS meet second month. of Tuesday gaw@wworkshop.net.

A L FA Z D E L P I Municipal Police 96 588 7100

ALTEA Guardia Civil 96 584 0525 Municipal Police 96 584 5511

BENIDORM Guardia Civil 96 585 0330 Municipal Police 96 680 7766 Red Cross 96 680 8934 Bus Station 96 683 0014

BENISSA Guardia Civil 96 573 0722 Municipal Police 96 573 0733

CALPE Guardia Civil 96 583 0080 Municipal Police 96 583 0812 Red Cross 96 583 1616

DENIA Guardia Civil 96 578 0036 Municipal Police 96 578 0190 Red Cross 96 578 1358

EL CAMPELLO Guardia Civil 96 563 0418 Municipal Police 96 563 7099

JAVEA Guardia Civil 062 Municipal Police 092 Red Cross 96 579 1961

MORAIRA Red Cross 96 574 0950 British Embassy: www.uk.inspain.fco.gov.uk Age Concern Spain: www.acespana.org Airport Information: www.aena.es Local News: www.euroweeklynews.com

•ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Denia meets first

WEDNESDAY •41 CLUB, Javea meets the first Wednesday of the month. www.costablanca41club.org •ALICANTE BUSINESS CLUB meets the third Wednesday of month in San Juan. 650 489 625 or www.alicantebusinessclub.org.

•BENIDORM INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CLUB: 642 363 811.

•DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs start 4pm. 965 785 387.

•GARDENING CIRCLE: first Wednesday of month in Moraira.

966 498 681.

•PERKY PENSIONERS Jalon, 2.30pm-4.30pm. 652 584 272.

•RBL JAVEA: Second and fourth Tuesday of month. 965 790 123.

FRIENDS •SPIRITUAL (Moraira) meet at Los Leones Restaurant, Sol Park at 2.30pm. www.spiritualfriends.com.

•QUIZ NIGHT and buffet last Wednesday of month at Restaurant Paraiso in Parcent to raise funds for Emaus children’s home in Altea. davidreeley@hotmail.com •FREE informal group that shares the understanding the three principles for innate well being every first and third Wednesday 7pm-8.30pm in Alfaz del Pi. 616 762 131 or sheela@sheela masand.com.

•SKITTLES fun matches at Restaurant/Bar GranSol Calpe at

7.30pm. 681 328 692 www.gransolcalpe.com.

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OTHERS ROTARY •CALPE FELLOWSHIP La Fustera. www.calpe-rotary.org.uk.

SPARTANS NUCIA •LA American Football team welcomes new players for their sub 16, over teams. female and 16s www.lanuciaspartans.com.

•MASK FOR MABS children’s menu at El Paraiso Restaurant in Parcent. €1 donated to charity.

•MORAIRA CHARITY SHOP on Avenida del Portet Road, opens Monday-Saturday 10am1pm and Tuesday and Thursday 4pm-7pm. 666 625 856.

•STAMP CLUB Javea: 965 795 499.

•WALKING GROUP Castalla.

965 630 009 / 607 434 732.

•COSTA BLANCA MOUNTAIN WALKERS – Saturdays and Wednesdays – different difficulty walks. www.cbmwalkers.org.

•GANDIA AREA ACTIVITIES: Thursday social club dinners and golf, Friday and Monday petanca.

962 852 828. Saturday walking group. 962 808 601.

•NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH: www.nhwinspain.com or 620 417 777.

•U3A VALL DEL www.u3avalldelpop.com.

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•ARENAL School of Bridge and Social Club play duplicates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2.15pm at the Arenal Clubhouse in Javea. Tuesdays are for beginners. 965 770 509.

•ART EXHIBITION by Natasha Marson until January 31. Centro de Social, c/Ocho de Mayo, s/n, Hall y planta 1A, Villajoyosa. Monday Friday am-10pm. Admission free.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant meets on the first Monday of the month, 7pm at Bar Sioux Restaurant. 966 695 423 or 639 917 971.

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Luxury and power THE new Aston Martin Rapide S is making its debut with more luxury and power on offer.

Aside from the extensive design and engineering improvements, the luxurious new Rapide S – which replaces the outgoing Rapide in markets worldwide – is now even more refined thanks to a range of additions to the four seater’s sumptuous interior.

Prices and on sale dates are yet to be confirmed.

The Rapide S shaves 0.3 seconds off its predecessor’s 0-100 Kph time. Top speed climbs meanwhile to 309 Kph.

Open air elegance coming this spring from Opel cabrio OPEL announced its new Opel Cascada cabrio will be available in Spain from April, with prices starting at €29,900.

The nearly 4.70 metre long midsize class convertible will celebrate its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

A first highlight of this classic four seater is the taut electric soft top that can be opened at the press of a button and at speeds of up to 50 Kph in 17 seconds or also via remote control when the car is at a standstill.

Opel chassis technology originally developed for the Insignia OPC is featured on the Cascada’s

BREATHE IN: The electric soft top can be opened in 17 seconds. front axle with High Performance Strut suspension, guaranteeing driving fun and traction.

The Opel Cascada also offers a luggage compartment load volume of 280 litres with the roof open and up to 380 litres when the soft top is

closed. It boasts comfortable and easy operation features such as the FlexFold system that electrically releases and folds down the 50:50 split rear seat back rests.

Other standard features on all Cascada include light alloy wheels,

rear lights in homogeneous LED technology, a Morrocana wrapped instrument panel and a leather steering wheel.

The Park Pilot assists during reverse parking with an acoustic warning signal. The entry-level engine is the 1.4-litre petrol Turbo unit with 88 kW/120 hp and a six-speed manual transmission.

At market launch, 10 exterior colours will be available to be combined with three roof colours.

In addition, wheels will be available in 10 different designs and sizes from 17 to 20 inches. In the interior, the Cascada offers four equipment and trim options, including two leather variants.

New producer Qoros to launch first car in Europe AT its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show (March 7-17), new international car brand Qoros will showcase its first production car, the GQ3 compact sedan.

To be produced in a new assembly plant in Changshu, China, the first range of Qoros models is due to be launched in China in the second half of 2013, with the first cars arriving in Europe later in the year.

Further Qoros models will be launched at intervals of around six months. No prices known as yet.

The Qoros GQ3 sedan has a sporty profile with a long wheelbase, short overhangs and a coupé-like silhouette, yet allows for generous interior space.

A comprehensive standard specification is also accompanied by safety technology that meets the highest standards, and the Qoros GQ3 is targeting top

scores in both European and Chinese crash tests.

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technological first for the car industry. The eight-inch touchscreen was developed in-house by Qoros for minimal driver distraction.

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Rugby weekend as Six Nations kicks off RUGBY fans are all set for the Six Nations internationals of 2013 with England against Scotland at Twickenham and Wales THE eight ties to be played on 15/16 February versus Ireland in Cardiff are: Arsenal v Blackburn, Huddersfield/Leicester on Saturday with Italy v Wigan, Luton v Millwall, Manchester City v playing France in Rome on Leeds, Manchester United v Reading, MK Dons v Sunday.

Barnsley, Middlesbrough v Brentford/Chelsea After major upsets in and Oldham v various Cup Everton. competitions, Could the it’s back to Latics complete the bread a Merseyside and butter of double?

League

By Tony Matthews football this weekend as A former football player and the world’s clubs most prolific author of football books Neale continue to (more than 100 published), Tony is also Cousla nd / Sh uttersto chase titles, the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio ck.com seek and lives in the Cabrera mountains. promotion and battle to avoid relegation.

And there are some intriguing matches ahead including Fulham v Manchester United (a flight team out of repeat of last week’s cupthe competition tie), Manchester City v since Sutton Liverpool, Newcastle v beat Coventry in Roger Chelsea, WBA v 1989 (the Federer.

Tottenham, Crystal Palace Hatters are 85 v Charlton and Millwall v places below the Hull and plenty… more!

Canaries in the League ROUND-UP… pyramid)…

• In the Australian Division One Open, Andrew Murray, time. side Oldham having beaten Roger Hazard will eclipsed Federer, was serve at least a Liverpool… defeated by world three-match ban but MK number one, Novak the police are not taking Dons Djokovic in the men’s action. The teenager beat final. Belarusian Viktora had ‘tweeted’ about gutless QPR 4-2… Leeds Azarenka retained the time-wasting before the k’od Spurs… Brentford women’s title at the game! held Chelsea… Arsenal, expense of China’s Li • Don’t talk to Aston Everton, Manchester Na. Villa fans, players or City and Wigan won • Congratulations staff about Cup football! away… favourites to Bradford City and The Premiership club Manchester United beat Swansea who will was knocked out of TWO Fulham… and the contest the 2013 League competitions in the assistant referees at the Cup final on February space of four nights last Macclesfield tie were Mr 28. For the Swans, it week, first by Bradford East and Mr West. will be their first major (over two legs) in the • And Celtic are out of final after defeating League Cup and by the Scottish Cup, beaten Chelsea 2-0 on Millwall in the FA Cup. in the semi-final by lowly aggregate in the semis.

So what next, I wonder, St Mirren who will meet The second leg was for manager Paul Hearts in the final. marred by the sending- Lambert?

Villa’s • In the off of Chelsea’s Eden millionaire owner Andy Championship, BlackHazard for kicking 17 Lerner said “no worries”. pool won at fading year-old ball boy Charlie He must be joking!

Wolves for the first time Morgan, the son of a • Other shocks in the since 1964.

Swansea director. Cup, saw Luton win 1-0 • Wiggle Honda is Morgan was lying on the at Norwich to become the new women’s ground, clutching the the first non-League professional cycle team ball, seemingly wasting team to knock a top- which includes Olympian

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• UK’s Geraint Thomas came third in the gruelling ‘Tour of Down Under’ cycle race.

• Chris Thompson (GB) was fourth in the round the world ‘Golden Globe’ yachting race.

• England’s cricketers, with an Ian Bell century, beat India in the last ODI but lost the series 3-2.

• Mercedes want to dump their main man in formula 1, Ross Brawn.

• England’s Chris Wood eagled the last hole to win his first European tour title: the Qatar Masters.

• England women’s basketball team completed their first whitewash and series victory over the reigning world champions Australia with a 58-51

victory in Birmingham.

• Rowers everywhere were shocked to hear about the death of Team GB’s silver medal winning cox, Acer

Nethercott, at the age of 35.

• And the football transfer window closes tonight – watch out for some late deals.

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PEGO GOLF SOCIETY enjoyed another memorable day at Oliva Nova for a stableford competition.

The wind was a problem for many of the players, but generally they coped well.

Division one was won by Mike Phillips with 40 points, with Danny Heron (38) second and Jim Gilles (35) third.

The winner in division two was Thelma Saull with 36 points, second was Terry Langley (35) and third Jan Baker (32).

Nearest the pin prizes went to Ronnie Webb and Martin Gates. Four two’s were recorded by Dave Collins, Barry Levett, Martin Gates and Ken Millar. www.pegogolfsociety.com.

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BALL IN HAND: Quirante with the ball.

Vital match for La Vila is beckoning LA VILA sit at the bottom of the table, and now face a must win game on February 10 in Galicia against Blusens University, who sit just above them in the league.

That is after the club suffered a 21-45 home defeat against Atletico Madrid last Sunday. The ‘Joneses’ were facing

opponents in peak physical condition, something demonstrated by the numerous line breaks made by the away side.

Front row forward Javier ‘Pepín’ Sanz and international lock Henry Davies were both absent for the Alicantinos through injury after a tough game against

Ordizia last week, and the replacement team made a fantastic effort, led well from the front by captain Guillem Carrión.

Referee Montoya was forced to prove his intention to not tolerate violent conduct in the 12th minute, when Madrid prop Brahim was sent off for a red card offence. But the away side and their now sevenman pack made an instant response, as Brasca went over for the first of his three tries in the first half.

After several valiant attempts by La Vila to break the opposition defence, Sorribes crossed

for a converted try, the solo score for the home team in the first period.

The second half started brightly for the home side, with Quirante scoring a well-worked try soon after the restart.

However, Madrid increased the points gap with three tries for Molina, Fernández and Armental, making a victorious comeback impossible for the locals.

La Vila continued to play some expansive and lung busting rugby and did not throw in the towel, managing to close the game with a consolation try through star player Sorribes.

Cricket season on its way CRICKET lovers are gearing up for the new season at Albir’s Sporting Alfas CC. Members of the club have spent the close season working hard on the facilities laying new matting wickets and net pitches to let players practice safely.

SACC hopes that the new additions will encourage more people to join the club. The playing season runs from February 23 until November 17.

Teams from all over Europe visit The Woodbridge Oval on C/Bulavard de Music in the seaside resort of Albir to play and watch the game.

SACC’s first team is the champion team of Spain.

The second string, which promotes younger players entering the game, won the development league.

The midweek sides allow players of all standards the chance to enjoy the game in a more relaxed environment.

Sunday mornings are used to give youngsters the chance to learn about the game. Sporting Alfas CC is a very welcoming club as testified by its 100 plus members.

More information: 637 120 660 or email kevin_laundon@msn.com or visit: http://sacc.hits cricket.com.

Day to forget for Denia DENIA will be grateful to be playing at home this Sunday after a day to forget away to Alzira.

The noon match against Tavernas at the Polideportivo in Denia, gives the club a chance to move on after the players never recovered from the shock of losing influential captain Edu to a double leg fracture after two minutes in its last game.

The club had taken an inexperienced team to Alzira, and after losing Edu so early, the away

team was on the back foot.

Alzira capitalised against a Denia team who did not give in.

On the hour mark Alzira were 40 v 0 in the lead and it was then that Denia decided enough was enough and scored two unconverted tries from Rodrigo and Ariel. Then in the last minute the Alzira full back ran nearly the full length of the field at a pace which Usain Bolt would be pleased with, to score under the posts.

Final score was 47-10.