Costa del Sol 31 January – 6 February 2013 Issue 1439

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Drivers call halt over fuel prices LOCAL drivers are using their cars less because of high fuel prices.

Figures just released reveal that 70 per cent of motorists throughout Malaga Province now leave their cars at home more.

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Poison gas A FAMILY of four suffered gas poisoning from a coal-burning stove in Alpandeire.

They were treated by paramedics.

Really fishy EIGHT HUNDRED kilos of mussels were distributed at the Arroyo de la Represa Park in Marbella at the start of this year’s carnival celebrations.

RETHINK PLANS: Members of the local council with Provincial Vice Secretary for Municipal Politics Jose Ramon Carmona (second from left).

Night ambulance plea to Junta

A DECISION to withdraw one of the two night-time ambulances that cover Benalmadena should be reversed. That is the demand of the town council, which has asked the

Junta de Andalucia to think again.

The regional government reduced emergency health services and withdrew one of the two night ambulances several months ago.

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Centre closed LA VERONICA Shopping Centre in Antequera was closed after part of the plaster ceiling collapsed. This is believed to have been due to a dripping air-conditioning pipe.

Wall down IMPRESSIVE: How the Miramar Palace will look when finished.

Plans for luxury hotel get back on track PLANS for a luxury hotel in Malaga are reportedly back on track.

According to a local Spanish daily, the owners of the Miramar Palace in Malaga, hotel chain Hoteles Santos, are planning to start work on it before the end of the year. It was bought at auction in 2008 for €21.5 million and the plan is to reopen it in 2015.

The project, estimated to cost up to €40 million, includes restoring the hotel to its original appearance, with the elements which were removed in the late 1970s to house the provincial court. There are plans for 191 double rooms, nine suites and 14 junior suites, as well as more than 9,000 square metres of gardens, a heated pool and parking for 109 vehicles.

A WALL at the Marbella villa of Antonio Banderas is being demolished to allow the local town hall to claim land in compensation for the villa’s illegal status.

Officer hurt A LOCAL POLICE officer was injured when he fell from the second floor of an apartment building in Malaga while chasing alleged intruders.

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Baby hurt in collision A BABY, 13 months was seriously injured in a multiple collision at the Alora crossroads on the Guadalhorce motorway. Five adults were also hurt.

Fair bargain THE Collectors’ Fair held Sundays in Plaza Pepa Guerra, Pueblosol, Benalmadena, has 10 stalls with dolls, stamps and coins.

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Drive to woo back golfers THE Costa del Sol Tourism Board is aiming to spend €4.1 million to draw golfers back to the area.

Throughout the year, the board aims to promote the Costa del Sol all over the world, but especially within Spain, where the market has fallen due to the financial crisis.

To do so, more than €4 million will be spent, €1.1 million less than in 2012, of which Malaga Provincial

Government will provide the most, with €3.78 million.

Sun and sand are still the main attractions, but the Tourism Board wants to promote the destination as more than that, and will focus especially on attracting golfers, a market which has fallen over the past decade as Turkey and Portugal took a bigger share of the market.

This will include the creation of a specialised website and agree-

ments, mainly with the British market, for golf breaks. There are also plans to organise more tournaments and congresses, and design a new logo.

Another plan is to promote the so-called Elite Collection, to attract visitors with high spending power who seek the luxury sector. It will target the USA, Russia, Brazil, Middle East, China and Southeast Asia.

Pretty park THE children’s play park in the centre of Arroyo de la Miel will undergo a complete reformation estimated to cost €88,000.

Revving-up A COMPANY called Terra Elvira has been assigned the preparation and management of a gokarting track for Estepona.

Bike parking PARKING a bike in one of the car parks in Malaga city centre costs an average of €0.01 per minute, according to Round Wheels Association to promote cycling.

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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Danger gone A BUILDING opposite the Guardia Civil station in Coin has been demolished as it posed a danger to traffic getting on to the Carretera de Mijas.

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MALAGA National Police station has been partly fenced off after pieces of cement from the rooftop helipad started falling off.

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USERS of the 18 public libraries in Malaga city will now be able to borrow e-books.

More than 430 have been purchased with classical literature already installed on them.

THE Bali Hotel in Benalmadena has ‘sistered’ with Comares, naming its new bar after the town. Comares has a street named after the hotel.

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FROM tomorrow (Friday) all Civil Register offices in Andalucia will be closed in the afternoon in order to reduce expenses, the regional government has announced.

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

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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.

NEIGHBOURS and Local Police in Marbella came to the aid of a 30-year-old woman who gave birth in the entrance to an apartment building while waiting for a taxi.

Driver injured A MAN was injured when the articulated lorry he was driving left the road and overturned near Archidona.

He was trapped in the cab and was rescued by firemen.

Illegal party AN illegal party with loud music which was being held in La Concepcion park in Malaga was closed by Local Police, who seized drugs and three spiked wrist cuffs.

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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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More homes to get natural gas network, due for last year, on which €1.5 million will be spent.

However, plans for the €3 million Torrox to Nerja network will not get under way until 2014 or 2015, due to the difficult terrain, which means it has to be kept close to the coast.

This year, Gas Natural Andalucia intends to invest €8.5 million in Malaga Province, a similar amount to last year.

Half of the amount will be spent in AIRPORT DISPLAY: New photos will liven up the airport Marbella, where terminal.

1,200 homes are expected to connect to the service.

By the end of this year, 4,700 homes are NEW photos to depict Malaga Province at its best to expected to have millions of visitors are being put up at the city’s airport. been connected to The photos currently on display were taken in 2000, the natural gas line and the Tourism Department wants to show the throughout Malaga current potential of Malaga to arriving passengers by Province. transforming the arrivals hall with the new images.

ANDALUCIA Natural Gas is focusing this year’s expansion plans on the western Costa del Sol. It will concentrate mainly on the Estepona-Casares-Manilva pipe

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Drivers vote with their feet From Front Page litre, with diesel normally cheaper than petrol, and with the ongoing difficult economic times, drivers have voted to use other means of transport to get about.

Ninety-eight per cent of Malaga drivers who took part in a survey, carried out by website coches.net, said that petrol is expensive or very expensive.

Their first choice in order to cut costs is to use their vehicles less.

However, 53 per cent of drivers said they had no option but to use their car.

Meanwhile, 15 per cent said they had decided to leave their cars at home and find other ways of getting around, while a further 31 per cent were

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Ronda hostel still not open THE Youth Hostel which was built in Ronda remains closed due to construction deficiencies.

It was scheduled to open a year ago, and the company in charge of managing the â‚Ź800,000 hostel complains that it is losing money and has to turn away reservations.

The company equipped the hostel months ago but still doesn’t have an opening licence as the fire department issued a report saying it was

not safe.

There are not enough fire-proof doors and the council does not have the funds to modify the building, something which is hoped will be done soon.

There are also problems with damp, which the town hall has decided to solve by using a deposit put down by the construction company. It is hoped the hostel will open within a month.

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Tying the knot at Bil-Bil THE Bil-Bil Castle in Benalmadena Costa is the most popular venue for civil weddings in Malaga province.

It was the site chosen by 346 couples last year, up from 309 in 2011.

The majority of couples (201) were from Malaga city, followed by 67 from Benalmadena, 26 from Torremolinos, 11 from Fuengirola and 10 from Mijas.

There were also couples from Cartama, Algeciras, Rincon de la Victoria, Madrid, Alhaurin de la Torre, Sevilla, Cordoba, Ponferrada and Navarra, as well as some from Morocco and Scotland.

Most of the copules (135) were

CHOSEN VENUE: Bil-Bil Castle is a popular site for civil weddings.

Spanish, followed by Nigerians (43), Moroccans (12) and British (8), as well as Polish, Argentinians, Bulgarians, Romanians, Brazilians, Russians, Swiss, Ukrainians, Germans,

Mexicans, Belgians and Dutch.

Most weddings were held in June (59) and September (58), and most were conducted by councillor Ana Macias, who presided over 78 ceremonies.

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Pantoja waiting for judgement THE hearing against Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja, her former partner and ex-mayor of Marbella, Julian Muñoz, and his exwife, Maite Zaldivar, is nearly over.

After 27 days in Malaga Provincial Court, the evidence against them for money laundering has all been given. Now Pantoja is waiting for the court to decide her fate.

Her lawyer, Jose Angel Galan, in a closing statement demanded acquittal.

Zaldivar gave the image of being a dedicated housewife who had nothing to do with her husband’s finances, while Pantoja and Muñoz did not exercise their right to have the last word and let their lawyers do the talking.

Galan said there is no evidence against his client and poured scorn on the tax investigator and police, saying she has been persecuted as she is a star.

Judgement will be made within a few weeks.

Cinema €6m price-tag THE old Aleixandre Cinema in Malaga city is up for sale for €6 million. The 4,000m2 plot located in Calle Armengual de la Mota, could be used as a hotel or residential complex, according to the city hall.

The owners, Grupo Alfil, say there are several hotel groups interested in the building but that the financial climate prevents projects from going ahead. The two-storey cinema, in ruins, would have to be knocked down.

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EL CHORRO: Where the climber fell and broke his ankle.

El Chorro climber injured

A MAN, 30, was rescued near the reservoir in El Chorro, Alora, after falling and breaking his ankle.

He was climbing with a friend when he fell from a height of seven metres, hit his ankle and found he was unable to move.

His companion called the 112 emergency number and the Mountain Rescue Team was sent to the scene. Firemen, paramedics, Civil Protection volunteers and Local Police also came to his assistance.

MALAGA City Council is amongst those in Spain which have been rated with the highest Transparency Index for 2012.

The Index, carried out for the fourth time by the Transparency International Spain organisation, measures how open the 110 largest councils in Spain are.

It evaluates information available regarding the local corporation, its relationship with local citizens, its financial clarity, the transparency of contracts with service providers and matters of urban development and public works.

The city council is joined

by Velez-Malaga, El Puerto de Santa Maria in Cadiz and Roquetas de Mar in Almeria, with 90 out of 100 points. However, Mijas, Huelva, Jaen and Algeciras, are amongst the worst in Spain, with fewer than 30 points.

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LEGALISING HOMES: Report is being submitted to the Junta de Andalucia. the first in Malaga Province to take such a step.

In the areas of Valtocado, La Atalaya, Entrerrios, Majadilla del Muerto, La Alqueria-El Hornillo, Osunillas, La Alberquilla, El Chaparral

Pensioners get less THE average pensioner in Malaga gets €57 a month less than their national counterpart.

The Government Sub-Delegation in Malaga says that the average €792 received in the province is 2.9 per cent more than in January 2012.

The National Social Security Institute of the Ministry of Employment and Social Security reports that there are 236,695 people in the province receiving a pension, which is 2.2 per cent more than in January 2012.

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Council brings hope to ‘illegal’ homes in Mijas MIJAS TOWN COUNCIL has drawn up a report identifying 4,200 illegally built properties within its municipal boundaries.

The document will be revised at the next council meeting and then sent for approval to the Junta de Andalucia. If approved, it would mean that 80 per cent of illegal homes could be made legal. Mijas Town Hall is

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and Los Perales Industrial Estate, there are 3,500 homes which could be made legal, the local councillor for Urban Development, Manuel Navarro, has said.

If the regional government approves the document, the owners must approach the town hall to legalise their homes and other buildings. This process will be easier if there isn’t

a report pending against the property. The rest will depend on modifications to the General Plan for Urban Development, which will take place this year.

However, no solution has been found yet for the areas of La Roza, El Rincon del Hinojal and Rancho de la Luz as the plans proposed for them have not been accepted by the Junta de Andalucia.

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Volunteers in charge of float VOLUNTEERS were responsible for the safety of floats taking part in the Three Kings parade when a child of six was crushed to death.

Malaga City Council’s councillor for Citizen Safety, Julio Andrade, and the Safety Coordinator, Juan Fernando Gomez, said “volunteers are in charge of floats and Local Police keep the parade on track and deal with crowd safety.”

Volunteers normally are parents of the children on floats, and there were two guarding each wheel, each of them registered and wearing reflective gear.

There are no national laws regarding this type of event.

An investigation is currently underway.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Authorities at odds over Malaga Metro MALAGA City Council is prepared to take the Junta de Andalucia to court in order to prevent the Metro from running overground.

The mayor, Francisco de la Torre, said that legal studies will have to be carried out if the Department of Public Works plans to go ahead with taking the Metro to La Malagueta via the Alameda and Paseo del Parque above ground.

He said that he hopes the matter can still be resolved rather than the regional government going ahead with plans that the city hall does not agree with. “All we want is for the plans which were agreed in 2003 to go ahead,� he

said. Having seen the new plans proposed by the Department of Public Works, he said it was obvious that the plans are worlds apart.

The city council fears that having the Metro above ground would be unsafe, a problem for buses and private transport, and would make plans to bring the existing Cercanias train from Fuengirola as far as Plaza de la Marina impossible.

Meanwhile, the Delegate for the Public Works Department in Malaga, Manuel Garcia, said that the mayor’s analysis was hasty and based on mistaken data.

The department plans to take the train as far as El Palo, which it believes would

CONTROVERSIAL: Plans to take Metro overground along Paseo del Parque. mean it would be used by 25 million passengers, reducing private transport within the city. Garcia also said that the Metro would only take up 6 per cent of the Alameda, and believes that it would be less dangerous than the 45,000 cars

per day which currently use the road.

He also pointed out that neither the ministry nor the Junta de Andalucia Department for Public Works had promised to extend the route of the Cercanias train.

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Man held for Chinese shopkeeper stabbing A MAN, 19, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing the shopkeeper of a Chinese bazaar in Malaga.

National Police have detained another three youths, one of them under the age of 18, for their alleged involvement.

The home of one of the detainees was searched for the knife used in the attack, which as reported last week, left the victim, 43, in hospital

with a stab wound to the neck.

The investigation continues in order to identify all of the youths involved, as witnesses say there were eight people in the shop.

They entered when the man was with his wife and daughter and attempted to leave without paying.

When he tried to stop them, they allegedly threw things

RISING STARS: Tarifa’s whales hit the small screen.

A whale of a time WHALE WATCH TARIFA will be broadcast on Spanish National TV on Monday.

The documentary ‘Leyendo el Mar’ (Reading the Sea) about whale-watching in the Strait of Gibraltar will be on Television Española La 2 at 10am, following an interview with the president of Whale Watch Tarifa.

The documentary describes the 17 years of activities he has carried out for the pioneering alternative tourism service.

Whale Watch Tarifa was also present at the FITUR 2013 International Tourism Fair in Madrid this week at the Cadiz Province stand, as well as at the Tarifa stand.

at him, and when he threatened to call the police, they left, but returned seconds later and again attempted to take some crisps.

On this occasion, one of them pulled out a knife and stabbed the man in the neck.

He was first helped by a local resident who covered the injury with cloths from the shop until paramedics arrived.

He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Carlos Haya Hospital and at the time of going to Press, was stable and out of danger.

Many Chinese bazaars are open 14 hours per day, and when most shops close, after 10pm, they are targeted.

The Wenzhou Chinese Association in Malaga has recommended that they reduce their opening hours and never leave one person alone in the shop at night.

The association reports that the bazaars suffer daily robberies, which often turn violent.

The police and the association tell shopkeepers not to argue with intruders, but with the small profit they make on sales, they are often willing to risk their lives to prevent a robbery. They are also reserved about reporting crime, not only due to the time required and language difficulties, but also because they fear anyone who is reported may retaliate.

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No police badge inquiry MALAGA City Council has ruled out looking into why a local citizen had a Local Police badge and identification card.

The opposition socialist party took a request for a report on the matter to the local Security Committee.

However, the Councillor for Citizen Safety, Julio Andrade, said the case is being investigated by Malaga Public Prosecutors Office.

He also pointed out the actions of two officers, who detected the irregularity when the man showed them the badge and card at a routine vehicle checkpoint and their superiors, had been correct.

However, the socialist party has said that this is a serious matter and the lack of information creates doubts about what action has been taken.

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Twenty redundancies from local ‘Paradores’

LUXURY: Ronda Parador escaping lightly from cutbacks.

Medicine recalled THE Spanish Medicine Agency has ordered a batch of the anticoagulant medicine Sintrom sold in Malaga be removed from the market.

The agency, which is part of the Health Ministry, reported that a foreign object was found in a tablet from the T5484 batch of packets of 20 four-

milligram tablets with the expiry date August 31, 2015.

The company which sells the medicine, Novartis, informed the agency themselves, but reported it was an isolated case, and that in the 30 years it has been on sale, nothing similar had happened.

THE Spanish network of ‘Paradores’ will make 20 people redundant in Malaga province.

A ‘Parador’ is a luxury hotel located in a historical building.

Malaga is the Andalucian province with most ‘Paradores’, and seven people have been dismissed from the MalagaGibralfaro establishment, five from the Malaga-Golf Parador, three from Antequera, four in Nerja and one in Ronda.

Throughout the whole of Andalucia, 61 people have been dismissed from the 16 Paradores across the region; the most, 13, being from Cordoba.

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French on a mission A FRENCH Air Force TBM 700 plane with a four-man team landed in Gibraltar on a training mission, the British Ministry of Defence said.

Legal change A RECENT change to Gibraltar’s traffic law allows Spaniards as young as 16 to legally drive mopeds, although locals can’t obtain a learner licence until they are 17.

Bad driving A BRITISH man who drove his car through the Gibraltar border check point and nearly hit a Guardia Civil officer was arrested in Spain a fortnight later as he tried to cross again.

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leg warmers, colourful jewellery, crimped hair and fishnets dotted the packed-out venue. Balloons and fibre-optic decor added to the glitz, and Spectrum FM DJs, together with live 80s’ music from singers Alicia Lane and Jesús Leon, allowed guests to let their hair down and transport themselves back to the old school on the dance floor. Amanda Brown is head of marketing and events for Metro Group which runs Old Joy’s,

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amongst other successful venues on the Costa del Sol. Old Joy’s has been entertaining guests for more than 30 years with the best live music acts from along the coast.

“We are looking to do a themed 80s’ night once a month, with our next one planned for Friday February 22,” explained Amanda, who was suitably dressed for the evening. “Eighties is such a classic

theme, where our clients can reminisce about their youth, or dress in the styles they missed.”

The night, which attracted a 300people guest list, was a truly fabulous night with many more to follow in the future.

To be included on the guest list for the next I Love 80s on Friday February 22, join Old Joy’s on Facebook/oldjoys.ptobanus or contact Amanda on 626 829 377.

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No more gambling THE regional police force made 431 reports regarding illegal gaming and public shows in 2012.

This was the result of 624 inspections carried out by the Junta de Andalucia’s police force.

More than 2,360 gaming machines were checked, with 19 reported and 17 seized. More than 34,980 bingo cards and lottery tickets were seized, and several bingo and poker halls in the province were closed down.

One person was arrested for selling on Malaga CF tickets.

Cut off from world TWELVE homes in the Barranco del Sol area of Almogia, Malaga, have been cut off and without running water since November.

Local residents complain that the 1.5km road to their homes is almost

impossible to drive along and is closed in parts.

They have requested the town hall send a machine to clear the road, but so far nothing has happened. One elderly resident

has had to leave his home because he recently underwent an operation and the ambulance can’t reach him.

They are also asking for the supply of drinking water to their homes to be restored.

Consuls meet with Marbella mayor MEETING UP: Angeles Muñoz talked to consuls at a get-together.

Making oil the traditional way A FAMILY in Las Lagunas, Mijas, has reopened a traditional oil mill after it was left unused for decades.

They have ground more than 140,000 kilos of olives at the mill, many of them brought in by locals who only have small quantities. The oil they produce is totally natural, at a mill

that had last been repaired in 1945. The family is now selling virgin olive oil to the public under the label ‘Aceite de Mijas.

Cortijo de la Torre.’

They also want to make the mill into a tourist attraction and a visiting spot for school children and local groups.

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THE Mayor of Marbella, Angeles Muñoz, met at the local Hospital Real de la Misericordia with more than 20 consuls working in Malaga province.

She said it was “essential” for the

city council to collaborate with the consulates located in the province due to the high number of foreign residents, which account for around 25 per cent of the total population.

NOW OPEN: Art gallery has been inaugurated.

New art gallery THE inauguration of the ‘Kunsthaus BerlínMarbella’ Art Gallery at La Campana Industrial Estate in Nueva Andalucia, Marbella, was attended by local councillor for Culture and Education, Carmen Diaz.

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Jab plan expansion PAEDIATRICIANS have asked the Andalucian Health Service to include jabs against Streptococcus pneumonia and rotavirus in its vaccination programme for children.

They are also asking for the vaccinations against papilloma and chickenpox to be given sooner.

Open some hours SHOPS in Andalucia will only be able to open on 10 Sundays and holidays, the Junta has ruled in a modification to the

regional Interior Commerce Law. The aim, it says, is to protect the interests of small and medium companies.

Shops will be allowed to open 90 hours a week at most instead of 72.

However, shops smaller than 300m2, convenience stores, shops at railway and bus stations and airports have freedom of opening hours, as well as those in major tourist areas.

NO RIGS: Locals protested against oil exploration.

Drilling protests A GROUP of Fuengirola residents formed a human chain in protest against plans to hunt for gas and oil off the Costa del Sol. Most were dressed in black.

One of the spokespeople said: “The local tourism sector is being put in danger, which in turn endangers the work of 300,000 people in the province, as well as a way of life that began in the 60s.�

For more information on protests against the plans to drill for oil, contact no.prospeccioneshidro carburos@gmail.com

Mountain replanted A GROUP of 32 workers from Mijas Town Hall have begun to replant 4,200 trees on the local Monte Camorro, devastated by fire in the summer of 2011.

The Junta de Andalucia (regional government) is providing the trees and the Costa del Sol Hoteliers Association has paid for the holes to be dug.

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Coke deal REFRESCOS Envasados del Sur, the official bottling company for Coca-Cola in Malaga, signed an agreement with Malaga Council to sponsor sports activities organised this year.

Up in flames A CARPENTRY warehouse in Estepona, which had been closed for several months, went up in flames in the early hours of the morning.

Popular port MOTRIL Port has overtaken Malaga in the number of passengers using the ferry to the North African enclave of Melilla, with 282,500 people in 2012.

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Mystery surrounds alleged abduction of Malaga woman TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Irene Ayllon, who was allegedly held against her will in Malaga, claims she was forced to consume marihuana and wine.

The woman, whose mental age is around 12, and was missing for five days, claims that she

was held in the abandoned building where she was found by National Police on January 15.

She claimed to have been sexually abused and six men and a woman, all foreigners, have been arrested for her alleged kidnapping. She told police that following an argument with her

mother, she left home and met one of the men in a park. From there, he took her to a building occupied by squatters from which she was not allowed to leave. She said one of them claimed to have a gun, and that she was not fed. She was allegedly given marihuana and wine.

The detainees, on the other hand, say they found her in the park and took her with them out of pity. They also say she was fed, never given drugs and was free to leave whenever she wanted.

A judge has ordered a psychological evaluation of Irene, and doctors who examined her when she was found report that she showed no signs of sexual abuse.

The young man who alerted a parking attendant after recognising the woman from the posters which were put up around Malaga, claims that he heard she had been taken in because she was sleeping on the street. He also says that when he Malaga’s Unicaja basketball matches cannot be shown on local TV. saw her, she looked happy, but when she heard her father was Canal Sur to show the which currently cost coming to get her, she threatened to matches in exchange for Unicaja €10,000 per jump out of a window. paying the production costs, match.

THE European Basketball League (Euroleague) has told Andalucian TV channel Canal Sur it is not allowed to show Unicaja matches.

Last year, Mediapro bought exclusive audiovisual rights to the Malaga team’s matches this season from the Euroleague and is not willing to share the signal with Canal Sur. It says it would mean their audience would drop and, in turn, their earnings from advertising.

However, Unicaja had given verbal agreement to

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High-speed travel gets cheaper TRIPS to Madrid in the AVE high-speed train can cost as little as €24 from next Friday.

Meanwhile, travelling to Barcelona will cost €35.

This applies to passengers in tourist class who purchase their tickets well in advance.

The Ministry of Public Works has also introduced discounts of up to 30 per cent for young travellers and for those who regularly use the high-speed train.

Without the benefit of discounts, travelling to Madrid will cost an average of €79.50, and €116.90 to Barcelona.

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Fall in foreign visitors SOME 7.5 million foreign tourists visited Andalucia in 2012, 2.3 per cent fewer than in 2011.

In Spain, there were 57.7 million, according to a Frontier Tourist Movement Survey, published by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

This figure was only beaten in 2006 and 2007, with 58 million and 58.7 million foreign tourists respectively.

The main markets were the UK (13.6 million), Germany (9.3 million) and France (7.1 million), although Russia saw the biggest rise in the number of tourists visiting Spain, with 39.8 per cent more than in 2011 to 1.2 million.

Twenty-five per cent of all tourists who came to Spain, visited Cataluña, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and Andalucia.

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Malaga residents sliding into debt THIRTY-THREE per cent of residents in housing communities in Malaga province do not pay their bills, making a total debt of €61 million.

This puts Malaga community residents at the top of the debtors list for Andalucia and amongst the first in Spain, according to the Property Administrators’ Association.

The number of debtors increased by 30 per cent from 2011 to last year, which is directly linked to the financial crisis and is beginning to affect service providers.

Burns Night at British Society MEMBERS and their guests gathered at Villa Luisa in Benalmadena for the British Society Burns Night Dinner Dance with entertainment by Adele.

The function room was decked in tartan to set the scene and many people also wore tartan providing a colourful scene with a variety of clans represented.

Traditional music played as the chef and Jim Boyd paraded through the room with the haggis. The address to the haggis was given by Jim followed by the grace read by Sandra Simpson in English and then in Scottish. The toast was given by John Dorward.

February events include a quiz evening, a Tramps Supper, and a trip for Chinese New Year. www.britishsocietyspain.com or 952 590 795.

BURNS NIGHT: The haggis entering the event.

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No new taxi drivers MALAGA City Hall plans to ban taxi companies from taking on more staff.

The aim is to reduce the number of vehicles on the streets in accordance with falling demand.

The idea is that there should only be one driver per licence, current jobs will remain in place and in future, drivers who work for companies can buy their own licences when they become available.

There are currently 1,432 taxi licences in Malaga and 900 drivers employed, but takings fell from €43,000 to €27,000 per taxi per year.

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Tatiana Eremicheva, Martina Heynemann, Jacqui Hartley & Conny Merkel

Hubert Lako, Marcos Loriente, Carmen Rangel, Antonio Manzanares & Toñi Montes

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Miguel Manzanares & Louise Brace Members of the VIVA team

Starting off the New Year as it means to go on, Costa del Sol real estate agent VIVA hosted an ‘open house’ event on Friday, January 25, to celebrate the launch of its new branch office in Alhaurín el Grande, which covers the Guadalhorce Valley.

With seven offices now open and with more to follow, VIVA’s passion for property shines through, and its multi-talented, multi-lingual and very cosmopolitan team of experts – together speaking 10 different languages between them – offers the best property Inside the new VIVA office advice possible.

Its attention to personal service matches clients’ criteria when looking for a property, and it also offers dynamic marketing strategies that can guarantee vendors’ properties unparalleled exposure to potential buyers.

The opening of VIVA’s new office in Alhaurín el Grande was a great success.

Guests were offered a range of delicious deluxe canapés, and complimentary Champagne, wines and beers flowed.

Rosa Gómez, Martina Heynemann, Isabel Gómez, Carolyn Green & Personnel from VIVA’s offices – in Marbella, Keith Juxon Elviria, Calahonda, La Cala, Fuengirola, Benalmádena and of course Alhaurín – mingled with clients, guests and associates to celebrate the opening of the new premises located in the heart of the town’s main high street.

Isabel Gómez, the director of the VIVA David Alhaurín office, is ably assisted by her team, Lavey & which includes Keith Juxon, Carolyn Green Keith and Rosa Gómez.

Juxon Martina Heynemann, VIVA Managing Partner, said: “A large number of our clients are looking to buy a property in Alhaurín el Grande and the surrounding area, so it was a logical move for us to open an office here. It also fits in perfectly with our current expansion plans, the object of which is to Estrella offer our clients an even better service by Iraki & Louise having a high-profile presence in their own Andersen local neighbourhood.”

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Mentally ill inmate injures prison guards AN INMATE at Alhaurin de la Torre Prison injured six guards.

The Ukrainian man, 37, has psychiatric problems and was going to be transferred to hospital for evaluation based on the recommendation of the prison psychologist and doctor.

When they asked him to leave, he claimed to be afraid the hospital would “take out his organs and sell them.”

He climbed onto a structure three metres high and threatened to split the prison guards’ heads if they came after him.

However, as he refused to come down, they had to use force.

According to the head of the Penitentiary Institutions Administration Bodies Group (Acaip), Francisco Mancero, having mental patients in Spanish prisons is a problem which leads to severe consequences for staff as well as the inmates themselves.

Almost 25 per cent of inmates in Spain have psychiatric problems.

Crime network hauled in THIRTY-EIGHT members of a criminal network have been arrested throughout Spain including Malaga.

They created a front company through which they ordered small quantities of goods from manufacturers to gain their confidence and then later ordered larger batches which they failed to pay for.

They had other companies which were used to sell the goods.

Thanks to a Guardia Civil operation, codenamed ‘Procesion,’ 66 crimes of receiving stolen goods, identity

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€169,044 order

RICH HAUL: Some of the jewellery seized by Guardia Civil. theft, document falsification, money laundering and tax evasion have been solved.

Six bank

Malaga after he was caught damaging a police patrol car and then attacking officers who approached him.

Bad credit

Wrong car

A POLISH man, 30, wanted in his country for attempted manslaughter and belonging to a

A WOMAN, 51, was arrested in Malaga for allegedly taking a letter containing a credit card from her neighbour and buying items worth more than €700.

Fugitive found

accounts and two luxury properties belonging to the head of the organisation have been frozen.

criminal organisation was arrested in Marbella.

Drugs raid SIX people were arrested in a drugs raid in Antequera in which 70 National Police officers took part.

They seized drugs and vehicles.

Jail threat A MAN, 64, is facing 19 years in prison for allegedly choking his partner, who had multiple sclerosis, to death in October 2011. She was unable to defend herself.

Crime wave in Alhaurin RESIDENTS of Alhaurin el Grande are alarmed by a crime wave which has hit the town.

The local council reported that since December, there have been thefts of 15,000 metres of cables from the public lighting network, acts of vandalism and robberies in several rural homes.

The Councillor for Citizen Safety, Gregorio Guerra,

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Art forgeries seized POLICE in Ronda seized eight forged works of art.

Five of them were copies of works by Picasso and the others by Degas, Rubens and Rembrandt.

They were all seized from a local restaurant.

The works were on sale with authenticity certificates and were almost exact replicas of the original work.

Two people were questioned, but no arrests were made.

Stab attack

A BRITISH man has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay €169,044 in compensation for attempted manslaughter.

He had stabbed another man following an argument in a bar in Torremolinos in April 2002.

A MAN, 25, was arrested in

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reported that the town will be asking for more Guardia Civil officers.

Replacing the electric wire will cost an average of €85,536. The worst affected areas are La Rosa Industrial Estate and Carretera de Mijas.

Local residents are asked to report any suspicious activities they may see to the Guardia Civil.

More than €29,950 in cash, four luxury vehicles and €83,870 worth of jewellery were seized.

Gunman jailed A MAN has been sentenced to five years in prison for holding up a bank in Torremolinos and stealing €1,700. He was carrying a gun with which he threatened employees.

Copper thefts CARTAMA Town Hall reported that 8kms of copper wire from the local electrical network was stolen, mostly from remote urbanisations.

Flight attempt

A WOMAN, 28, was arrested after attempting to flee from the police at a routine vehicle checkpoint.

There were 10 warrants outstanding against her, seven of which ordered imprisonment.

Landing trial TWO men who were caught unloading almost a tonne of cannabis on a beach in Estepona in May 2011 are standing trial. They are facing six years each in prison and a fine of €5.4 million.

A MAN, 32, was arrested in Madrid for allegedly stabbing another, aged 23, in Marbella. He reportedly started hitting him when he saw him and took out a knife with which he injured the victim’s kidney and an artery, causing severe blood loss.

Hold-up lie MIJAS Local Police handed a boy under 18 over to the Guardia Civil after he admitted making a false report regarding a hold-up at a tobacconist in Las Lagunas He initially lied to the police, but contradicted himself.

False claim A MAN, 54, was arrested for making a false report.

He claimed he had been robbed in the car park at Malaga Airport but police later discovered he had lost the boarding passes for his flight and had to pay a fee to have them reissued. He reported the crime in order to claim insurance.

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Roof caves in on 6,000 turkeys

MORE SPACE: Lourdes Burgos inspects new parking area.

Las Lagunas parks up

MORE than 1,500 new parking spaces have been provided in different areas of Las Lagunas in Mijas.

“Parking is now easier than ever,” Deputy Mayor Lourdes Burgos said.

The parking areas are on unused plots given to the town hall by their owners.

In exchange for this, the owners are no longer responsible for keeping the plots clear of refuse.

Instead, they will be cleared by local residents employed by the town council.

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THE weight of snow which accumulated on the roof of a barn caused it to collapse, burying the majority of 6,000 turkeys 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.

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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WINNING WAYS: Da Bruno came top in yacht race.

Da Bruno a winner on the waves DA BRUNO was the undisputed winner of the V Da Bruno-Bang & Olsen Banus Trophy held in Sotogrande.

This was the first competition of the season for the second J80 NH Resort Circuit.

The first race was cancelled due to strong winds and rain, but three more were held, and when the regatta was over the Da Bruno restaurant group, which sponsored the event, raffled three

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Marbella looks to Qatar MARBELLA Council is determined plans to enlarge La Bajadilla Port will go ahead and has contacted the Qatari government.

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, the owner of Malaga CF and the man in charge of the project, has given no indications of when it will go ahead, so the council has sent a message to Qatar saying how profitable the project would be. It has also contacted the Spanish Embassy in Qatar to try to get things moving.

The sheikh put down a deposit of €4.2 million on the project which the council doesn’t want to lose. His silence is bad for Marbella and the Emirates, as millions have been spent on campaigns to promote the image.

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invitations to eat in any of their six establishments on the Costa del Sol. The owner, Bruno Filippone, congratulated the winners and said “the crew on our ship has shown a great example of improvement and effort in obtaining this victory in the competition which we have organised for the fifth year running. Our commitment to sport is one of the added values which characterise all of our establishments.”

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Woodland alight FIFTEEN Finestrat homes were evacuated after an exploding generator started a woodland fire. Firemen needed more than two hours to control the blaze which destroyed 2.4 hectares of land.

Legal at last JAVEA has finally legalised 72 homes built at Pi Ver towards the end of the 1990s. The delay was caused by problems arising from 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.

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

City bombshell

30 flee as fire rages across mountains 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 as strong winds pushed the fire towards Mascarat.

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

Residents were allowed back to their homes on Monday night.

CALPE BLAZE: The fire raged across Maryvilla Mountain.

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

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Gun threat A MAN, 55, has been sentenced to 16 months and 16 days in prison for violating a restraining order and threatening to shoot his former partner in Nijar in April 2008.

More donors THE Association Against Kidney Disease (ALCER) had a stand at the Ciudad de Almeria half marathon. Seventy participants chose to register their details for organ donor cards.

Spring-like TEMPERATURES this week in Almeria and many parts of Andalucia have been spring-like, with 20ºC reached at the beginning of the week and no strong winds.

Home burgled THREE people were arrested for allegedly breaking into a house in Vicar.

The homeowners, who were inside at

were detained nearby.

the time, called the Guardia Civil and the three

Inside job A WOMAN, 48, was arrested in Adra for allegedly stealing a credit card from her employer and using it to withdraw €1,000. She is also suspected of stealing gold jewellery.

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No to AP-7 MORE drivers are shunning the AP-7 toll motorway since charges were increased at the start of the year in Alicante, Valencia, Denia and Benidorm areas, sources have revealed.

Market open

Pass rates

Green grass

PUBLIC universities in the region of Murcia have announced the pass rate for entrance exams exceeded 93 per cent last year.

ARTIFICIAL grass will be laid at the town’s football stadium in Benamocarra.

The cost will be around €240,000.

City blaze FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in an apartment block in Murcia City centre. The fourth floor apartment was completely destroyed but no one was hurt.

AXARQUIA

Road closure ROADWORKS to repair drains damaged in the last rains will close the A402 at La Viñuela. Traffic will be diverted until they are finished.

Beach clean

ORIHUELA’S Medieval Market opens tomorrow (Friday) running throughout the weekend offering crafts, gifts, food and drink as well as street performances and craft demonstrations.

BOATS found abandoned on the beach and in a bad condition will be removed

by Rincon Town Hall in a move to clean up the locality.

Power plan

Easter Poster

TORREVIEJA Town Hall expects to save €500,000 in street lighting costs this year after installing LED lights, changing tariffs and reducing the intensity of lights in parks and gardens.

THE official poster for this year’s Holy Week (Semana Santa) has been painted by a local artist and commemorates the anniversary of 325 processions in VelezMalaga.

Green-fingered LOCAL POLICE detained a man allegedly attempting to steal 150 kilos of avocados from a farm in Velez-Malaga. Two other men involved managed to escape.

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Prince erased THE Spanish royal house has deleted all mention of Iñaki Urdagarin, husband of Princess Cristina, from the official web page. He is embroiled in a financial corruption scandal.

Free ride MALLORCA Railway Services (SFM) calculate that 27 per cent of users do not pay fares. It hopes a €5.5 million investment will solve the problem, with a plan projected to be operational by 2015.

Fire-starter FRANCISCO JAVIER M.M. of Palma has confessed to starting 20 forest fires last summer. He said he enjoyed setting fires but was now repentant.

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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 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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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 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

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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LIQUID GOLD: Spanish staple becoming pricier.

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Declare offshore assets

by April 30 says taxman

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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runs from St Pancras station in London until it starts going underground in Kent, for £2.1billion (€2.48 billion) in 2010 with bank loans.

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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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Spanish Succession Tax and Andalucía Besides considering your personal tax planning, for example, if you are looking to lower taxation on your savings and investments, you may wish to consider the impact of Spanish succession tax on your heirs and how you can reduce this liability for them.

Spanish succession tax (impuesto sobre sucesiones y donaciones) is charged on inheritances and gifts. This article mainly covers inheritances, so if you make a gift you should look into the specific rules for this.

Succession tax becomes due in the following situations: 1) The asset/s being inherited is/are in Spain (Spanish property, local bank accounts etc). This applies whether or not the beneficiary lives in Spain.

2) If the person receiving an inheritance is resident in Spain, regardless of where the inheritance is coming from.

Three key things to note are that each beneficiary pays tax on the amount they receive (it is not paid by the estate); there is no blanket exemption between spouses; there are both State and Regional rules, and where the regional rules apply, the reliefs, rates and allowances can vary across the regions.

by Bill Blevins, Financia l Correspondent, Blevins Franks

State rules The progressive tax rates range from 7.65% for inheritances under €7,993 to 34% for inheritances over €797,555.

The amount of tax payable is then subject to multipliers, depending on the relationship between the deceased and the inheritor and their net wealth.

Spouses and descendants worth under €402,678 suffer no increase, but for everyone else the tax due is multiplied by between 1.05 and 2.4, making a top rate of almost 82%.

There are personal allowances, but they are low. For spouses, children and other descendants the allowance is just €15,957. Siblings, cousins, nephews/ nieces, uncle/aunts and in laws receive €7,993. No allowances are available to anyone else, not even to unmarried

partners registered as a pareja de hecho (unless eligible for a disability allowance).

There is also a 95% deduction against the main home, provided the inheritor is a spouse or child (or someone over 65 who has lived with you for the last two years) and provided they do not sell the property for at least 10 years. The maximum deduction per inheritor is €122,606.

Andalucía rules The Autonomous Communities can vary the State rules to lessen the impact. In Andalucía the rules are particularly beneficial, to the point where it can be completely eliminated.

The personal allowances are the same as the State rules but unmarried couples registered as a pareja de hecho are treated the same as spouses. The main home relief is increased to 99.9% but still capped at €122,606 and must be retained for at least 10 years. The same conditions apply as under the State rules but with the additional provision that it must be the main home of both the deceased and the recipient at the time of death.

It gets even better. Since June 2008 no tax is payable at all, provided the recipient is a spouse or direct line descendant and the taxable value of the inheritance received is no more than

€175,000 per beneficiary, and the wealth of the recipient is no more than €402,678.

State or regional rules?

You can only benefit from the Andalucía rules if you are “habitually resident” here, i.e. have been living in Andalucía for five years up until the chargeable event. If not, or your autonomous community cannot be determined, the State rules apply.

So if you own assets such as property and bank accounts here in Andalucía, but remain tax resident elsewhere, your family will suffer the more pernicious State rules. The same applies if you have been living here but not submitting a tax return locally.

Spain has been referred to the European Commission for discriminatory treatment of residents and non-residents living in the EU and the Commission has asked Spain to end this discrimination, but we still do not know what Spain will do about this.

UK inheritance tax If you are a British expatriate you could easily be liable to UK inheritance tax as well as Spanish succession tax. Inheritance tax applies to the worldwide assets of British domiciles. There is no double tax treaty between the two countries on

inheritances, but if inheritance tax is paid in the UK, the amount is usually deductible against the Spanish liability.

However, if the UK bill is higher than the Spanish one, the Spanish authorities will, of course, not refund the difference.

It is important to understand the various Spanish succession tax rules and how they apply to your situation, as well as how they affect any UK inheritance tax liability. A wealth management firm like Blevins Franks will guide you through them and explain how you may be able to lower your succession and inheritance tax liabilities and potentially save your heirs a considerable amount of tax.

You can often combine your estate planning with your personal tax planning.

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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PRICE(P) C O M PA N Y Aberdeen Asset Mngmnt 414.15 Admiral Group PLC 1219.00 Aggreko PLC 1743.50 AMEC PLC 1102.50 Anglo American PLC 1883.50 Antofagasta PLC 1265.50 ARM Holdings PLC 871.50 Associated British Foods 1708.00 AstraZeneca PLC 3147.00 Aviva PLC 372.55 Babcock International Gr 1010.00 BAE Systems PLC 342.15 Barclays PLC 302.20 BG Group PLC 1147.25 BHP Billiton PLC 2108.25 BP PLC 462.50 British American Tobacco 3259.50 British Land Co PLC 567.00

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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

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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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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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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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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.

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HAVING a close bond with southern Spain, Michael Winner frequently dined in Mallorca, and shot scenes from one of his films in Almeria.

So EWN sought to find out expatriates’ opinions on the film director turned restaurant critic.

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Richie Meanwhile, MacDonald from La Nucia was brought up to not speak ill of the dead, but “I cannot help feeling that Michael Winner was a self-indulgent windbag.

Since his passing, he’s been described as a leading film director, but I only know him from restaurant programmes on TV!” explained the Costa Blanca resident.

Also, Paula Buttery from La Marina also on Blanca, Costa the same the shared opinion, knowing him more for his flamboyant personality.

“I remember him as a food critic and from the

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The passing of a hugely colourful British treasure AN SMYTH from La the on Marina Costa southern Blanca expressed his sorrow. “It’s certainly a shame, but I like the idea of his funeral in the snow being a ‘film director’s dream’ and that he would have thought it was perfect.”

And for Anne Garrat, aged 74, and holidaying in Benidorm in the north of the Costa Blanca, she was saddened on hearing of Michael Winner’s death. “He was an and outspoken flamboyant figure who was unafraid of being regarded as politically the said incorrect,” Scottish holidaymaker.

Agreeing was Alan Jones from Marbella on the Costa del Sol. “He was someone you loved to hate because he could be a bit of a misogynist.”

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series of TV adverts he did. I thought he came across a bit bold and brash but I think he was just a bit forthright, which I guess is to be expected from a critic.

He was quite funny though.”

Rose Waterstone his of commented appearance: “He was quite attractive when he was a lot younger,” but poignantly ended “how sad it was to see him so diminished towards the end of his life.”

Alan Jones Rose Waterstone

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Crippling tax to sell your own home

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

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Animal abuse

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Costa del Sol treated when sick, ignored when injured on the road.

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

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Widow’s fears

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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

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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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2:55am 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

Heather O'Rourke

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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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.

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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

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

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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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

3:00am

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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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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Make-up artists are in huge demand today as expectations and standards are raised. They work together with a stylist, art director, client, editor or advertising agency, on commercials, videos, fashion shows, television and so many other exciting projects.

Marbella Beauty Academy are thrilled to have Liza Mayne as the tutor for this course with other make-up artists demonstrating throughout. Liza, who gained a degree in Make-up at the London College of Fashion and Make-up, has had a varied career so far and brings a wealth of experience with her.

The hairdressing side of the course will be delivered by an excellent and very talented Toni & Guy hairdressing educator.

Please contact Giselle on 693 507 267 or mail info@marbellabeautyacademy.com if you would like to make an appointment to discuss your requirements.

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DO you wake up in the morning a bit stiff and achy? Do you put this down to growing old or just ‘one of those things’? Are you aware that at last, something can be done without the need for surgery or drugs?

The adult human skeleton is made up of 206 bones and to help these bones move smoothly and easily, you have or should have cartilage.

Cartilage stops bone rubbing on bone and enables you to walk, climb stairs; indeed, to do anything that requires movement of your joints.

Cartilage has no nerve endings and does not feel pain but what does cause pain are bones rubbing together and the inflammation this causes.

Without cartilage or with limited cartilage, you will at best feel stiff or sore and at worst, you

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Cartilage renewal slows down at around 35 years of age and then it simply begins to wear thin.

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Storm blows up over use of sun beds THE American Academy of Dermatology has criticised the tanning industry for a campaign that promotes the use of sun beds.

The American Suntanning Association (ASA) downplays the relationship between skin cancer and UV radiation and suggests that indoor tanning could help solve vitamin D deficiency.

The American Academy of Dermatology argues that the claims are ‘ridiculous’ and have ‘no data to support them’.

The group says there is “scientific evidence demonstrating that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from indoor tanning devices is associated with an increased risk of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer.”

The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies UV tanning devices as harmful and says that people who use sun beds are 75 per cent more likely to develop malignant melanoma.

But the ASA, made up of around 1,400 salon owners, claims that studies showing a link between UV radiation from indoor tanning devices and melanomas, do not take professional salons into account and instead focus on at-home tanning equipment or medical UV devices.

COSMETICS: Most women will choose an anti-ageing product first.

Times are tough but beauty is all important W

ITH money being tighter in most households, women may now think harder before buying products for their beauty regime.

Most women would cut back on

Bars of soap are back in fashion BARS of soap may have seemed a thing of the past with the influx of gels, lotions and wipes on the market, but now they are back in fashion.

High-range, gentle and more

luxurious soaps are popping up in beauty shops once again. But why? Well, apart from the ‘vintage’ appeal, most people find that they are better value for money and as they now come in all shapes, colours

and fragrances, there is little reason not to like them.

But, more importantly, soap leaves you feeling clean! This is because it contains surfactants that remove dirt and oil from the skin. But in the past, they were harsh and could irritate sensitive skin.

However, now, with new formulas this is no longer the case.

Many dermatologists believe that the secret to beauty is the simple and traditional soap and water method.

SOAP: Leaves you feeling clean!

body treatments first, followed by haircuts and colouring and cosmetics, but very few would do without their anti-ageing products even if times are hard.

However, they don’t want to

spend too much, even on the products that they know work, and most say their budget is €35 mainly on products to increase firmness of the neck and jaw and get rid of wrinkles. Most will base their choice on proven clinical trials, a trusted brand name or recommendation.

Experts say the most important thing to invest in is a good skin cream, always with a sun protection factor of at least 15 to keep skin looking healthy.

Given time and money, the favourite fix for an instant improved look is a new haircut or colour, especially as many find grey hair the most worrying aspect of ageing, but anti-ageing treatment and teeth whitening are also popular.

At the opposite end of the scale, self-tanning and Botox were not in favour, and plastic surgery was a definite no.

And if they could only have one item of makeup?

Most women would choose mascara, which is inexpensive and provides an immediate impact.

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C BREAKFAST: Best to eat it afterwards.

Running on empty better than full EXERCISING before breakfast can help to burn 20 per cent more body fat.

Researchers from the University of Northumbria, UK, sought to find out whether the benefits of exercising on an empty stomach were affected by an increased appetite later.

The study, entitled ‘Breakfast and exercise contingently affect postprandial metabolism and energy balance in physically active males’, was published online in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Twelve men exercised on a treadmill at 10am, either after their breakfast or having not eaten since the evening before.

Later in the day, participants were

BETTER: Exercise first, eat later. given a pasta lunch and asked to eat until they felt ‘comfortably full’.

Their lunchtime consumption of energy and fat was assessed and those who had exercised in the morning on an empty stomach did not consume additional calories or experience increased appetite.

They also found that those who had exercised in a fasted state burned almost 20 per cent more fat.

AN your smartphone help you to lose weight?

According to Anna, a 30year-old resident of Benalmadena, the answer is a resounding YES. Over a period of just over 12 months, Anna lost 30 kilos and claims that her phone was a major factor in her weight loss.

She had always led an active lifestyle, but when Anna started working an eight-hour day in an office, she began to gradually put on weight.

This was made worse by the fact she had started living alone and often couldn’t be bothered to cook for one, so instead would order takeaways at home. She started to diet several times, but would always fall back into bad habits, and the weight continued to pile on.

Afraid to get the scales out because of what she knew she would see, but aware of her problem because of the constant need for bigger clothes, Anna felt uncomfortable with her body.

The reality check came when she finally decided to get on the scales while weighing her case for a trip abroad. The digital screen showed almost 97 kilos and she knew it was time to make

HELPFUL APP: Use it to count your ev a major change.

The day she returned, she got rid of all unhealthy snacks from her cupboards, registered at the local swimming pool and downloaded a free caloriecounting App to her smartphone.

She had never paid much attention to counting the calories, but upon starting to do so, realised how easy it is to go over the recommended daily amount without even realising it.

Based on height, weight, gender and level of daily activity, the App calculates how many calories a person should consume per day.

The user then logs in everything they eat for

breakfast, lunch, dinner and any other snacks, which allows them to see how close they are to their daily limit.

In some cases it is as easy as just scanning the barcode of the product they are going to eat and the App will recognise it automatically and introduce the number of calories as well as the other nutrients. The user can also register any exercise they have done, which estimates how many calories they have burned.

“After just a couple of weeks use, you get an idea of what foods have most calories and how to balance out your meals so you don’t go hungry or go over the limit,” Anna says.

Reduce sugar intake to tackle obesity A STUDY which recommends cutting down on sugar should be part of a global strategy to tackle obesity.

New Zealand’s University of Otago study FREE SUGAR: Added to foods as well as those naturally present.

commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) found there is enough evidence to show that cutting down on sugar has a ‘small but significant’ effect on body weight.

The WHO has previously recommended that intake

of ‘free sugars’ should be less than 10 per cent of total energy intake. Free sugars are added to foods by the manufacturer, cook, or consumer; plus those naturally present in honey, syrups, and fruit juices.

After searching through studies published internationally until December 2011,

researchers found 68 studies that directly looked at the effects of free sugars on body weight.

The results show that reducing free sugars in the diet has a small but significant effect on body weight in adults with an average reduction of 0.8 kilos. Increasing sugar intake was associated with a corresponding 0.75 kilos increase in body weight.

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phone to your diet

veryday calorie intake.

“The only things I cut out of my diet completely were crisps, nuts, cakes and sweets, because just a little of any of these can amount to as many calories as a proper meal.”

She added: “This is something you realise more when you are controlling everything you eat.

“Over the year, I allowed

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myself occasionally to eat whatever I craved, otherwise I don’t think I would have made it, but I tried to make sure they were actual meals, like pizza, pasta or a burger, rather than snacks. “It has taken me a long time and lots of willpower to lose weight, but I’m glad I did it gradually, and it makes me more aware how important it is to eat healthily.

I am no longer overweight and I’m not far from my target.”

Anna says that swimming helped to tone her figure during the weight loss and she has now gone down three dress sizes, and claims to feel a lot healthier and happier.

She would recommend that anyone who is serious about losing weight should download an App to help them. “It may seem obsessive or tiresome, but it really does help,” she concludes.

Try: Calorie Counter by Fatsecret, free to download to most Smartphones.

BE SMART: Download an App to help lose weight.

FITNESS REGIME: It’s harder for women, with men having a natural advantage.

Women have to work harder to lose weight WOMEN have to do about 20 per cent more exercise than men to lose weight.

Experts say muscle mass and hormones are to blame for this and the fact that while exercising alone can be enough for men to lose weight, women also have to diet.

Scientists at the University of Missouri, USA, who put obese men and women on the same fitness programme found men reaped significantly more benefits despite exercising at relatively the same speed.

Over the 16 weeks, women’s recovery time after exercise did not improve, whereas the men’s did, indicating their fitness had improved and the men lost more weight.

Men have a natural advantage when it comes to fitness as they have larger hearts and lungs and a higher proportion of

EXERCISE: Can be enough for men to lose weight, but women tend to also have to go on a diet.

haemoglobin, which carries oxygen around the body, vital during exercise.

Shirt trick A NEW T-shirt contains compression panels designed to pull the body into a correct, more supportive posture, which in turn helps your muscles work and tone while you sit.

It stops shoulders from sloping forwards and gives the correct spine alignment.

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NH Clinicas FOLLOWING a year-and-a-half of success, NH Clinicas continues to offer a package of Dentistry, General and Aesthetic medicine and Cosmetic Surgery.

One of the directors, Nasser Farzaneh, says: “We work with several carefully selected four-star hotels situated in Fuengirola and Marbella. We are specifically aiming our message at the British, Irish, Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Italian, Russian and French markets and naturally Spanish. We offer a seven to 10-day dentistry programme besides other treatments including a body sculpture/ slimming course or a 14-day extensive regime.

“The sculpture packages include medical check-ups and analysis, nutritional evaluations, dietician’s consultancies, lymphatic drainage, body massages, facial treatments, and radio frequency treatments.”

He continued: “We have added other medical specialities which include gynaecology and varicose vein treatment without surgery but still the important area of NH Clinicas is Dentistry.”

Three partners make up the management of NH Clinicas: Lola Romero, Nasser Farzaneh and José Etemad,

each of whom brings his or her own expertise.

FRIENDLY EXPERTS: NH Clinicas’ Nasser The clinic is situated at the west end of Fuengirola overlooked by the 900-year-old Sohail Castle. Nasser explains: “Not only is her round-the-clock team of dedicated its location within easy reach of clients, but maintenance staff. the building itself is one of the most “Then there is its proximity to the airport attractive to be found anywhere on for our foreign clients and last, but not the Costa del Sol. There is also least, Fuengirola has the highest the added advantage of good number of resident foreigners in We combine parking facilities.”

Southern Spain.” medicine He goes on: “Although In answer to why they joined and beauty with the present day medicine and beauty, Lola care under economic crisis affecting Romero says: “It’s a natural the one everyone, the clinic is progression with the convenience roof commercially viable with the added of having a client’s treatment under convenience of bringing together medicine one roof. As a medical centre, we have and beauty care under one roof. This has three dental consultancies covering the already been proven. For various reasons complete field of dentistry from extractions we preferred Fuengirola. First of all because to implants and from cleaning to cosmetics. it has awards for being the cleanest town in Other sectors deal with dermatology, Spain with pristine Blue Flag beaches, physiotherapy, chiropody, varicose vein thanks to the mayor, Esperanza Oña, and treatment and psychology.

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“I’m all about hulahooping right now!” she tweeted, “five minutes in the morning, five minutes at night... in five days I lost two inches from my waistline!”

Hula-hooping tones back, abs, arms and leg muscles, making it an effective total body workout which can burn seven calories per minute.

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“This is combined with a beauty centre offering aesthetic medicine, such as cosmetic surgery, Botox and facial filling, as well as facial and body treatments.”

She continues: “Our spa and sauna section offers massage programmes while the contrast showers, our own exclusive design, have proved very popular.”

In reply to who makes up the medical team, Lola answers: “Altogether we have 18 specialists, all of whom are well qualified with years of experience in their field using the ultimate technology. We speak Spanish, English, Finnish, Italian, Hungarian, Russian and Polish and a sprinkling of other languages, able to understand almost everybody.” Nasser says: “The business plan of NH Clinicas consists of different phases. We have entered our second phase of bringing clients from other countries to this part of Spain and to this end we are in close contact with various agencies in other countries to handle marketing.”

Finally, regarding prices Lola explains: “We feel we are the most competitive in the market today.

Our policy is to give the best service and treatment in a friendly atmosphere at a reasonable price. Since November we have been doing a survey to find out what our customers think about NH Clinicas. The results could not be better; 98 per cent were fully satisfied with the treatments, professionals, cleaning and location of the centre; 67 per cent have come on recommendation of friends; 24 per cent from our advert and 9 per cent from passing by the clinic.”

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A heartwarming cuppa DRINKING a cup of black tea three times a day may significantly reduce blood pressure and be good for the heart.

Scientists at The University of Western Australia (UWA) and Unilever discovered that black tea lowers systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Lead author Professor Jonathan Hodgson of UWA’s School of Medicine and Pharmacology said high blood pressure could significantly increase people’s risk of heart disease.

In the study, 95 participants aged between 35 and 75 were recruited to drink either three cups of black tea or a placebo with the same flavour and caffeine content, but not derived from tea.

After six months, researchers found that the participants who drank black tea had a lower blood pressure.

Tea is the world’s second-most consumed drink, after water.

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Spanish men could be heading for infertility SPERM counts are falling at an alarming rate, mainly due to diet and lifestyle.

A study carried out by researchers at Spain’s Murcia University found that even in young men, sperm concentration fell by an average of 2 per cent a year and could soon hit levels which compromise fertility.

A 10-year study of more than 200 men found the average concentration went from 72 million spermatozoids per millilitre in 2001 to 52 million/ml in 2011.

IT’S A WORRY: Sperm counts are falling at an alarming rate.

Previous research has shown that a concentration lower

than 40 million/ml makes conception more difficult.

Lead researcher Alberto Torres Cantero, Professor

of Preventative Medicine and Public Health, said the study was also significant because it was the first study to evaluate the evolution of sperm quality in young Spanish men over 10 years.

But he added the fact that semen quality has worsened does not necessarily mean that the number of infertile men has increased.

It is believed falling sperm counts can be linked to diet, lifestyle, chemicals and possibly even tight underwear.

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Situated in the heart of Puerto Banus, MGM is home to the very best facilities, dynamic and exciting classes, dedicated staff and one of the friendliest training atmospheres around.

MGM offers a positive, disciplined and inclusive environment for both men and women. Its members have access to certified trainers of all levels and it endeavours to provide the best training and guidance.

What’s more, there is a state-ofthe art spa, with sauna, steam room, plunge pool and massage area; a true sanctuary in which to recover after training.

MGM are now also working in collaboration with The Bodyworks Health Clinic, offering physiotherapy and a full range of other services.

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But what makes MGM extra special is that it is a non-profit-making organisation.

It is proud to be working in collaboration with the local charity, ASPANDEM, for children with disabilities and is committed to improving the lives of those children and being the gym of choice on Costa del Sol.

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top tips to looking great

1. Trim nose hairs.

2. Trim eyebrows and remove monobrow.

3. Remove hair from ears and neck.

4. Keep your nails short and clean.

5. Buff nails to give them a healthy shine.

6. Brush and floss your teeth daily.

7. Stand up straight.

8. Cleanse your face with a facial soap.

9. Smell good, but don’t bathe in after shave!

10. Keep your feet looking good, even if noone will see them.

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Looking smooth…

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T may not matter so much in the winter, but when summer arrives, more of your body will be on show and unwanted body hair is unsightly.

The main areas of concern for men are the

back, chest and shoulders. If you prefer a natural look, keep it trimmed, but if you’re thinking of going a step further, whether it’s to show off the efforts made at the gym, please your partner or just feel comfortable with

your body, here are some of your options: Waxing - widely regarded as one of the most effective methods because it removes hair from the root (hence the pain), waxing involves applying a strip of wax to the skin and removing

it qu The than you hom

Transform those eyebrows

PLUCK ’EM: Keep those eyebrows tidy.

EYEBROWS which are not kept tidy can ruin an otherwise impeccable look, and create a negative impression, so eyebrow maintenance should be an important part of your grooming routine.

The first and most important rule is:

How to tackle a spotty back SPOTS on the back are a common problem, especially amongst men who work out.

When the body temperature rises and blood starts flowing, the

skin produces sebum, but T-shirts retain sweat and sebum and lead to spots. Look in sport shops for fabrics which prevent this from happening.

The sebum traps dead cells and dirt and clogs the skin pores. Use an exfoliating scrub and glove to get rid of the dead skin and spray with salicylic acid to clear pores.

Get rid of the monobrow! Stretch out your skin with your Not all men have a unibrow free hand and pluck the that meets in the middle, but individual hairs working from most guys have stray hairs in the centre of your brows, outwards. You can use the centre of their wax strips to get a eyebrows. All it takes quicker, smoother is some tweezers Eyebrow finish, but the and a couple of maintenance results can be minutes to totally much more drastic transform your is important and it’s best to get brows. part of If you haven’t someone to help grooming got anyone to do it you. for you, place yourself Once this is done, in front of a well-lit mirror move on to the next step, with a pair of decent tweezers. the hairs above and below the Wash and cleanse the area eyebrows. Cleanse the area, with warm water and using smooth down the main brow your fingers, brush down your with your fingers and remove eyebrows so it’s easier to spot any stray hairs with the those that are out of place. tweezers.

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uickly in the opposite direction of hair growth. e results are impressive and will last longer n any other method. But for some areas ’ll have to visit a salon or get assistance at me.

Shaving - in terms of body hair removal it’s probably the simplest method.

Before shaving it’s important to shower with warm water and use an exfoliating scrub to open pores and raise the hair follicles.

If any of your body hair is particularly long, trim first to prevent the razor clogging.

Arm yourself with a new razor, rinse it regularly and shave in the direction of hair growth. Using a shaving product with maximum glide and minimal foam will reduce the chance of unsightly cuts or nicks.

Hair removal cream - the less painful cousin of waxing, hair removal creams work by applying across the selected area and then leaving for a few minutes while the products ‘dissolves’ the hair protein structure, before removing. However, these won’t give the best results on thick, dark hair and anyone with sensitive skin should test on a small area first.

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Go for that bronzed up look

Look after your skin.

Apply moisturiser.

Protect lips.

Skin tips for colder weather AS the temperatures drop, skin condition can deteriorate, and this isn’t just a problem for those with

dry or sensitive skin. Make these changes to your skincare routines to combat dry, tight and

uncomfortable skin. Protect the skin with a moisturiser during the winter months.

Every time you wash your hands, moisturise to ensure that dryness doesn’t FOR a healthy looking skin men should appear. develop a care routine: Hot water followed Daily - Clean your face with warm water by cold air is the and a soap-free, gel or foam. Massage gently, biggest culprit of rinse with cool water and pat dry your skin. rough skin on your Apply a moisturiser to avoid dryness, irritation body, so as soon as and excess grease. Use a skincare product you’re out of the specifically dedicated to the eye contour. shower, pat your skin Applied day and night, it can reduce dark dry and apply a rich moisturiser, paying circles and puffiness, as well as wrinkles. particular attention Weekly - Use a scrub to detoxify your skin, to rough areas like get rid of blackheads and dull skin. Apply a knees and elbows. face mask adapted to your skin type.

Get into the habit

DAILY DO : Wash your face.

DO you think you look a bit pale after being covered up all winter?

Go for self-tanning, which will also define muscles and make skin looked toned.

Use a dark shade on the pectorals and abdominal area applied with a tanning mitt.

To highlight arm and leg muscles flex them and apply a little more generously to the outline. Take some time applying the lotion evenly. Tanning in front of a mirror ensures you do not miss any parts.

It's crucial to leave tan on overnight before showering so it can penetrate to its deepest shade.

To maintain colour, moisturise daily with an oil-free moisturiser.

Avoid very hot showers.

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UR new salon in Nueva formerly of Vidal Sassoon, is Andalucia, which opened in always available for a free September 2012 with Gary consultation.

We will soon be launching Shaw, Julija Gurcka and Katarzyna Lochnicka, is now expanding due to a new product range high demand and extremely exclusive to Hairworx – Unite products – competitive prices. We fresh from would like to welcome Hairworx America and three new stylists: Sini team endorsed by Matalamaki, Miriam Biez many celebrities Martinez and Gianoffers a wide including Victoria franco Coraci to join our range of Beckham, Eva winning team services Longoria, They have had many including Sienna Miller years experience in the extensions and Demi Nueva Andalucia area and we welcome all Moore, will and clients old and new to be weddings Hairworx. available Our team can now next month. offer a wide range of services CELEBRITY HAIR: A specialising in hair extensions, new product range weddings, hair smoothing treatments endorsed by the rich and colour correction Our creative director and famous will soon (Scissorhands) Shaw, be available exclusively at Hairworx.

Brushing up on your hair grooming skills

HEALTHY HAIR: Use the best brush for your type of hair.

A NEW procedure, the LipiFlow system, uses special goggles to help relieve the problem of chronically dry eyes.

Dry eye is mainly caused by a lack of a protective oil known as meibum in the tear fluid.

MANUFACTURERS are constantly coming up with new ‘must-have’ products to complete our daily beauty routine, but let’s get back to basics. Where would we be without the tried and trusted old hairbrush?

Basic as they may be, there is a wide variety of hairbrushes available, and they are not all used for the same thing.

Here’s a quick look at what’s on offer so you can buy what you really need.

Everyday use: get yourself a good boar bristle brush with a

Sight for sore eyes Without this, the tear film evaporates, leaving the eye feeling dry and sore.

The 12-minute treatment

with the new device, the LipiFlow system, launched in the US around six months ago, works by

warming and compressing the eyelids to clear the meibomian glands and improve flow. A study of

139 patients, published in the journal Cornea, showed after four weeks, patients who had been treated with the device had more healthy secretions from their glands. However, the treatment, at €700 per eye, is not cheap.

cushioned base which massages the scalp and makes hair healthier.

To get rid of tangles: you want a basic brush but with soft, synthetic bristles of different lengths that don’t pull the hair.

To straighten thick, long hair: you need a wide, flat brush with plastic bristles to help you blow dry it before straightening.

For a straight style and no frizz: use a well-known favourite, the large barrel brush of natural fibres which grip the hair well.

Looking for volume: your best option is the small barrel brush, with natural bristles, especially for short, fine hair.

Defining curls: look for a vent brush.

Putting hair up: get a brush with a pointed handle to section the hair and a head with narrow bristles which reach the roots, so that pulling the hair back and up is easier.

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Are whitening toothpastes really worth it?

AN alternative to professional teeth whitening used by many people are toothpastes which promise to give us a brighter smile.

But while whitening toothpastes are less

expensive than going for professional treatment, they can cost up to 300 per cent more than the normal variety of any given brand.

Staining comes from foods such as red

TEETH WHITENING: It can be better to have one expensive treatment. wine, coffee, tea and curry, as well as smoking. This only affects the enamel. The dentine, which is the main body of the tooth, also affects the colour and as we age, it becomes denser, making teeth look

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NTERNATIONAL hair and beauty product suppliers Sally Salon Services opened its doors in September 2003 and have been delighted to support and supply the Professional Hairdressing and Beauty Industry on the Costa del Sol since.

They stock more than 4,000 carefully selected hair and beauty products sourced from the world’s leading suppliers and complemented by an extensive range of exclusive brands.

Our commitment to provide a pleasurable one-stop shop selling competitively priced products from hair colour to false nails and appointment books to salon furniture continues.

The Hairdressing and Beauty industry is constantly evolving and we pride ourselves on supplying the most up-to-date products available on the market today.

Staffed by professionals trained to give the best advice to help create the right look and feel in your salon and achieve an environment that is perfect for your business. Membership of the trade card programme provides trade discount prices and special promotions.

We launched our courses last year to provide further education for the professionals and have gone from strength to strength. Exclusive courses are available for individual eyelash extensions, semi permanent mascara and semi permanent eyebrows from the Eyelash & Nail Company.

Realise your potential today and become part of one of the industry’s

darker. Whitening toothpastes work on the enamel, while whitening treatments clean the dentine using hydrogen peroxide which can penetrate into it. Toothpastes and mouthwashes may also contain hydrogen peroxide, but only 0.1 per cent.

Whitening toothpastes use either abrasion, which scrubs the stain and over time can wear away the enamel and damage gums, or enzymes which stop stains binding to the teeth, preventing further staining, but don’t whiten the teeth.

In recent years, professional power whitening treatments which use hydrogen peroxide in conjunction with a powerful light, became popular, with quick and impressive results.

Teeth get But a new EU stained directive has ruled dentists from tea, can only use a coffee, red solution containwine, curry ing up to 6 per as well as cent hydrogen smoking peroxide.

If professional whitening is out of your price range, don’t be tempted to purchase products available online.

People who bought tooth whitening products to self-administer have ended up with chemical burns and brown stains on their teeth, suggesting their enamel had been irreparably damaged.

If you want a whiter smile it may be better to save up and buy one expensive treatment.

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SCIENTISTS have found that a good night’s sleep could help relationships by making people less selfish.

Researchers from the University of Berkeley, California, studied 60 couples aged 18 to 56 and found that sleeping well made them less likely to take their partner for granted.

Experts say adults need at least five hours’ sleep per day to properly function.

However, some people need as many as eight hours and some as few as three.

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Lead lips

A STUDY involving 22 brands of lipstick found that 55 per cent contained trace amounts of lead which can pose a serious health risk, harming IQ, behaviour and the ability to learn.

Smoky eyes

Young sip STARS and supermodels have taken to sipping drinks which contain collagen, a protein that gives skin a youthful look.

Hug love SCIENTISTS claim that hugging a loved one releases a hormone that lowers blood pressure, reduces stress and anxiety and can improve memory.

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O copy the smouldering, smoky eyes look favoured by so many celebrities on the red carpet, stay away from blue hues which can make you look like you have under-eye circles. Instead, go for black, grey, brown or dark green shadows and liners. Then, follow these steps: • Apply cream concealer as a base to the eyelid before using eye shadow • Use a pencil liner (black or grey looks best) to trace your top lashline from the inner corner to the outer. Then, use the

same pencil to dot between your lower lashes.

Smudge both lashlines with an eyeliner brush.

• Sweep powder shadow over your lid and into the crease blending the colour up and outward (brown, grey and dark green all work with black or grey liner) • Dust a lighter, neutral eyeshadow (like ivory) over just your browbone • Finish with two coats of black mascara.

To make eyes look bigger, always use an eyelash curler. Start at the root of your lash and gently squeeze the curler shut three times. Apply mascara and allow to dry before applying another coat.

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Weak sex is getting weaker EVIDENCE suggests that humans are getting weaker.

Women especially don’t have the same muscle power as their ancestors, as dieting and fears that muscles aren’t feminine have left them weaker.

Average muscle power peaked in 1985 and since then our weight has increased, but muscles are weaker, which can lead to health problems.

Women are encouraged to eat less, lose fat and burn calories rather than gain strength, but they don’t exercise to get healthy, strong muscles. Many are afraid of becoming too muscular and bulky.

Plus, increasingly sedentary lifestyles mean that from a very young age, children do not carry out activities which contribute to building muscle

NO POWER: Women are encouraged to eat less, lose fat and burn calories rather than gain strength, but don’t exercise to get healthy, strong muscles.

strength. Young teenagers considered that it was not ‘feminine’ for girls to get sweaty or play sports.

Healthy muscles reduce the risk of falls in later life and are also vital for preventing sore backs, as well as ankle, neck, shoulder and knee pain.

Healthy muscles rely on a regular intake of protein, but health concerns over meat, and the growing popularity of extreme diets

Safe sex is not a turn-off that exclude food groups, mean more and more women miss out on protein.

Jobs are mainly office-based, meetings have been replaced by telecommunications and there is less manual labour, meaning that the average person not only spends eight hours per day seated at work, but also uses remote controls to change channels on TV, cars to get around and the internet for shopping.

This sedentary lifestyle may not only be to blame for an increasingly obese population, but also for muscles wasting away.

MEN and women both enjoy sex as much with condoms as they do without.

People aged 18 to 59 who took part in an online study consistently rated safe sex as ‘highly arousing and pleasurable’, the same as unprotected sex.

Dr Debby Herbenick from the School of Public HealthBloomington, Indiana University, said: “Men are more likely to purchase and apply condoms, but it’s important for women to become familiar with the condoms they use with their partner so that they can make choices that enhance the safety and pleasure of their sexual experiences.”

The American study found that men did not have difficulty maintaining erections when putting on condoms, and that many women could not tell if the condom was lubricated or not.

In the right footsteps YOU may not think so, but the appearance of your feet is very important, especially when flip-flop season arrives, so take note of how to make them look their best. If you can, pamper yourself with a professional foot treatment, but if you don’t feel that’s your thing, you can do it yourself at home. Soak your feet in warm water for five minutes.

While doing so, use a pumice stone to smooth out any rough spots including heels, sides and calluses. There are also exfoliating foot washes on sale which help with this. Dry your feet and, with a metal file, clean underneath the nails. Wash your feet again afterwards. Trim your nails with toenail clippers leaving a thin, white line at the top. Start from the middle and round out at the sides.

Smooth your toenails with a file.

End up by using a moisturising foot cream all over.

Before putting on your shoes, use a special deodorant spray for feet.

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Mid-week slump has women looking older by a Wednesday afternoon!

WOMEN look their oldest at 3.30pm every Wednesday, a study by tanning brand, St Tropez reveals.

Show off your back this spring THE stars are bringing backless dresses back into fashion, and high street brands look set to follow the trend.

But does your back look good enough to show it off?

If not, get cracking and make it look spectacular by getting rid of blemishes and dry skin.

The first step is to get a long-handled body brush and your favourite shower gel and scrub away the dead skin cells to get glowing skin.

Make sure you use a good moisturiser afterwards.

Tone your muscles and relieve tightness with a hand-held vibrating massager, and if you have spots on your back, book yourself in at your local beauty centre for a cleansing and exfoliating session.

Finally, use a mattifying cleanser to stop your skin looking oily and get some self-tanning lotion to give it a healthy colour.

Once it’s dry, you’re all ready to slip into that backless dress and step out in style.

This is when energy levels plummet, work stress peaks and the effects of any late nights at the weekend kick in, the

study suggests, as well as claiming that 12 per cent of women find Wednesday the most stressful day of the week.

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However, things begin to look better from Thursday, which is the day the study claims women are most likely to have sex.

This gives them a youthful and healthy glow which contributes to 60 per cent saying they feel happiest on a Friday.

The study, carried out to support the launch of St Tropez’s new antiageing products, revealed two thirds of women experience a ‘slump in energy levels’ mid-afterno on every Wednes-day, and that 25 per cent have a sugary snack to boost their BOUTIQUE mood and energy.

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Another effect of the mid-week slump is that 12 per cent of women will abandon their skincare regime on a Wednesday.

Plus, 37 per cent of women say Monday night is when they are least likely to get a good night’s sleep, which also affects how the skin will look on Wednesday, as the effects can take 48 hours to show.

Home of plastic surgery in Marbella Old Town OCEAN CLINIC has been established on the coast for five years after German-born owner Kai Kaye opened the practice in 2008.

Dr Kaye received his medical degree from the University of Munich in 2001 and subsequently received his University Doctorate Magna cum Laude a year later. He has been performing plastic surgery ever since.

With its own surgery and treatment rooms in Marbella Old Town, the level of quality and care is second-to-none. The practice offers surgeries from the complete range of the most advanced plastic and cosmetic surgery, everything from body contouring to facial rejuvenation.

At Ocean Clinic Marbella, ‘beyond beauty’ has become their motto, reflecting the aspirations of most patients, who want to look more beautiful and improve their selfesteem. They pride themselves on treating patients from every social layer, whether looking for Botox or a complete makeover.

Ocean Clinic offers breast augmentation, liposuction, facelifts, along with non-invasive surgeries including peeling and fillers.

A free consultation initiates the process to

ensure the patient is 100 per cent positive on the type of surgery wanted, then they’re assessed through a physical check-up and blood tests, followed by the surgery.

If an overnight stay is required, there are staff on hand 24 hours a day to care for patients’ every need. Aftercare is offered in the form of lymphatic drainage – which speeds up the process of toxins caused from surgeries to leave the body – and checkups in the following year.

Offering personal care and one-to-one attention to each patient, this boutique

clinic is changing the lives of the people of the Costa del Sol. Ocean Clinic Marbella Av. Ramon y Cajal, 7, Marbella 951 775 518 info@oceanclinic.net.

Fedora hats are back IT appears fedora hats are back in vogue, with stars such as Catherine Zeta Jones, Jessica Alba, Denise Van Outen, Salma Hayek, Kate Moss and Halle Berry amongst the fans of this style of headgear. Fedora is a broad term for a variety of hat that has a fairly low crown creased lengthwise and a brim that can be turned up or down. The term fedora

was used from as early as 1891 and comes from the title of an 1882 play by dramatist Victorien Sardou, ‘Fédora’.

The style was very popular in the 1920s through to the early 1950s, and is now considered the ideal accessory, with felt varieties to stay warm during the colder months and the straw style for keeping a cool head under the sun.

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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.’

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 FEBRUARY: The month of love. beginnings waiting for connection within you. your existing relationship.

The influence of the The course of true love number two: doesn’t always run February is the second smoothly though, so month of the year and it’s there may be the odd all about love!

This lesson thrown in to help number brings you the you recognise what you opportunity to attract really want from a new love if you are relationship. The number single, or to deepen your 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.

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Winner’s death leaves the world a little less colourful B

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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SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:35am Prom 7:20am Henry's Crime 9:15am Lincoln: Sky Movies Special 9:45am Evolution 11:30am Hall Pass 1:20pm 50 First Dates 3:05pm Wreck-it Ralph Special 3:35pm Swingers 5:15pm Wild Hogs 7:00pm Sweet Home Alabama 9:00pm 50 First Dates 10:45pm Hall Pass 12:35am Project X 2:05am Swingers 3:45am Cedar Rapids 5:15am Evolution

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

1:50pm Fantastic Four 3:50pm The Recruit

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

5:50pm Your Highness 7:50pm Sahara 10:00pm Fantastic Four 11:50pm Killer Elite

4:40pm Moneyball 7:00pm Life as We Know it 9:00pm Romeo and Juliet 11:05pm The Descendants 1:05am Zero Dark Thirty Special 1:25am Against the Ropes 3:20am Flesh and Bone 5:30am A Valentine's Date

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:00am Circle of Pain 6:30am Django Unchained Special 7:00am War Horse Sky Movies Special 7:30am The Saint 9:35am Sahara 11:45am Ironclad

1:50am Collateral Damage 3:45am Rush Hour 5:30am Point Last Seen

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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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.

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BBC2

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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Channel 4

Channel 5

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.

CH5

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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HEN Alice fell down the hole and landed in Wonderland everything changed for her.

Her beliefs, sense of security, certainty of right and wrong and the knowledge that there was a distinct and linear order to the world vanished. It has been stated by many literary and psychoanalytical theorists that Alice in Wonderland is actually an allegorical journey from childhood into adolescence.

Personally (and don’t get all huffy now Dr Freud), as it was written by a man, and one whose relationships to little girls was just a little iffy, I would have a tendency to say to those people: “Rot, it’s a story about a girl who falls down a hole, gets knocked unconscious and has a dream.”

But then I can be extremely contrary when the feeling takes me.

I once tried therapy myself, when in hindsight a bottle of Cava and a night out with the girls would probably have done the trick. I was on the opposite end of a discussion about repressed sexuality - me trying desperately hard to stifle giggles as each time he muttered the word sexuality he gave an almost imperceptible

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Alice on the therapist’s couch just a lot of rot Suzanne Manners With a degree in Fine Art and an MA in Writing Suzanne is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers. To comment on any of the issues raised in this column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/suzanne-manners.

shudder of what I could only assume to be either pleasure or disgust - which had absolutely nothing to do with my reasons for seeking therapeutic help.

Very quickly I came to the conclusion that a lot of intellectuals could do with a good dose of reality and, in the case of

the Cognitive Therapist / hippy spiritualist from Chalk Farm, a good bath.

My favourite study of Alice has to be the one in which the theorist proposes that Alice was actually a conduit for Lewis Carroll’s repressed desire to be a little girl.

My mind works in ways in which not even I can fathom as, since I read that particular essay, I have been imagining a wide variety of men dressed as Alice (perhaps that says more about me than the theorist). Obama with pigtails, David Cameron wearing a checked frock and carrying a teddy under his arm (or is that Clegg in a fluffy Parka?)

ALICE IN WONDERLAND: Many theories behind the message.

George Clooney wearing a pinafore (why is that still sexy?) and Merkel wearing…no I’m afraid I can’t imagine that one.

Returning to the theme of contrariness, I can easily believe that many of Freud’s women patients became so frustrated with him prattling on about repressed sexuality and their subconscious desire to sleep with fathers, grandfathers, teachers, priests and Uncle Tom Cobbly and all, that they made it all up just to stop him talking. Therefore his

whole seduction theory can be said to be the result of a clutch of unhappy women deciding the only way to get him to shut up was to tell him essentially what he wanted to hear; that all women wanted to sleep with him.

Ultimately is that not what the male ego wants, affirmation of their own desirability?

Ladies, how many times have you heard the refrain: “She must be a lesbian?” Point set and match I think Dr Freud.

Cup of tea anyone?

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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.

Tom Hanks

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

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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

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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

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Baltic lesson for Spanish UKRAINIANS and Russians go to enormous trouble and expense to invest or holiday in Spain. Most think the effort not worth it; who can blame them?

Meanwhile businesses in the Baltic States and Finland are

WAITING: How many cars are off road?

Soviet feel to lethargy Images M of Spain Y car’s been off the road for three days; the garage is waiting for a simple handbrake cable.

Motor factors don’t hold much stock as it is seen as ‘money on the shelf’.

How many commercial vehicles are off the road waiting for stock?

I receive magazines by courier as suppliers don’t trust Spain’s postal service; with much justification neither do I. Over protective and costly labour laws slam the door in the face of job seekers.

I often think the Soviet backed Republicans actually won the Civil War; there is certainly a Soviet feel to Spain’s commercial lethargy.

Empire strikes back THE Latin American Empire strikes back. The Bolivian president dumps Spanish owned Iberdrola electrical

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supply company for its excessive greed and cavalier attitude towards agreements. Argentina’s President has booted out Spain’s YPF energy suppliers (Repsol) for abuse of trading position.

Now the Ecuadorian government drags Spain before the European Court of Human Rights.

The charge is that Spain is ‘violating the right to justice of Ecuadorian nationals’, estimated to number 15,000 citizens. The charges relate to Spain’s Civil Procedure Law. It is claimed they unfairly arbitrate on eviction and mortgagerepayment problems.

rubbing their hands in glee.

As visa restrictions are eased, cash-rich Russians and Belarusians are pouring over their borders and making the cash tills tinkle.

The EU’s trade is paralysed

by unelected politicians snubbing easy-visa options offered by our wealthiest neighbours. Latvia’s Minister of Finance has just been voted the EU’s best finance minister.

Well done!

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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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IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Taking control of both your finances and emotions has already started paying dividends. Such a change is not easy but most satisfying.

Satisfaction is something of which you will have a lot.

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have noticed that someone has a special interest in you. Another surprise then, but how will you react?

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

Surprising and happy news about the 30th really puts some bounce into you.

Having been so busy recently, you may not

breathtaking Mediterranean scenery, described in the author’s hallmark style which transports readers right into the heart of the action, an enthralling saga dictated by the vagaries of fate unfolds.

The horror and brutality of battle

Family members bring a sparkle to your eyes and a spring to your step. When

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.

Shakira born February 2, 1977. She is a Colombian singer who recently gave birth to a baby by Spanish football player Gerard Pique. It is estimated she has sold more than 70m album copies worldwide.

She has won two Grammy Awards and eight Latin Grammy Awards. She received her own Hollywoodʼs Walk Of Fame star.

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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.

HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23)

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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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Beer in each hand What are the three words guaranteed to humiliate men everywhere?

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Being protective of those close does not mean worrying all the time. With their co-operation, the burden, welcome though it may be, can be lightened. There is the opportunity to have fun with some young friends, which may not come again for some time.

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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Three and a half years later he is found alive, thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain with a story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

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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

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Funagram

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.

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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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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

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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.

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Royal family better than any soap on TV PHOTO BY: SHELLY WALL / SHUTTERSTOCK.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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Concept Building undertake a range of projects from new builds, renovation/refurbishment and offer services and products for both interior and exterior projects as well as maintenance services. With a team of fully-qualified and experienced tradesmen, all their work is fully guaranteed and covered by Public Liability Insurance. However big or small your project, you can be sure your requirements are in the safest and most professional of hands.

They have an extensive portfolio of superior work stretching along the coast from Sotogrande to Benalmadena including a number of reforms on property in the exclusive La Zagaleta estate.

Concept Building pride themselves on being the region’s leading building contractors, fulfilling clients’ needs and requirements to the highest level of professionalism and confidence.

Their new office in Estepona allows clients to discuss their ideas in a professional and relaxed environment, something which many construction companies here on the coast do not offer. Customers are given the best advice, service, value for their money and foremost piece of mind.

Concept Building also offer a wide range of innovative and ecological building products and materials that can be purchased from their premises on Estepona Polígono, where highly-trained craftsmen are on hand to offer you sound advice and assistance.

They are the sole distributors in Spain of the Stencil-Tech driveway/patio resurfacing range. The owners of the Euro Weekly News, Michel and Steven Euesden, have recently had this innovative new method of resurfacing carried out at their own home. “We are extremely happy with the end result. They were very professional and nothing was too much trouble,” says Steven.

So whatever kind of building work you require, you can be sure Concept Building will deliver an excellent and honest service.

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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.

SWEET DREAMS: Perhaps not.

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.

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Vaccine for Meningitis B 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 lifethreatening 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.

31 January - 6 February 2013 www.euroweeklynews.com PATIENTS frequently complain of ‘being able to hear but not understand’ what is being said when in a social gathering or when a family member speaks from another room.

The most common cause for this is hearing loss; something that many of us are reluctant to acknowledge.

Due to the design of the cochlear (the inner ear where nerve impulses are first detected) the first part of the speech spectrum that is most often affected are the sibilant sounds such as ‘p’, ‘t’, ‘f’, ‘s’ and ‘th’.

Unfortunately consonants carry most of the important information.

With a ‘high pitched’ hearing problem its difficult to tell the difference between words like ‘cat’ and ‘cap’ ; ‘sit’ and ‘sip’.

For those with a high frequency loss, understanding in noise is hard work due to the unwanted low pitch sounds (loud vowel sounds ‘ah’, ‘or’, ‘ee’, ‘uh’) smothering the softer, high pitch consonants that contain critical information.

A second problem encountered by this group I have termed the ‘wedding reception syndrome’… at a wedding reception you will notice 18-35 year olds happily conversing whilst sitting close to the source of the music; the 35-55 year olds

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To overcome this hearing loss the limbic system begins to open its filtering mechanism to allow more sound in to compensate for the loss.

Unfortunately this also leads to unwanted loud noise having an almost debilitating effect on us.

For example; when a baby screams it is almost unbearable for the person with a hearing loss but the baby’s mother seems unperturbed by it and she has the child on her hip!

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POSE: This groundbreaking technique is the first of its kind in Andalucia.

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Pushing the boundaries THE HC Marbella Hospital has successfully carried out the first stomach reduction by an oral technique which is a pioneer in Andalucía The doctors, Cristóbal Albandea and José Miguel Rosales, who are specialists in the Digestive System, have a great deal of experience in the POSE technique which can result in a 45 per cent reduction in excess weight Doctor Cristóbal Albandea and Dr. José Miguel Rosales at HC Marbella Hospital, last week successfully carried out the first POSE technique (Endoluminal Surgery for the treatment of Obesity) in Marbella, which consists of a stomach reduction by oral means, which can result in a loss of between 45 per cent and 5 per cent of excess weight.

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They also point out that “this technique is less invasive than other bariatric surgery, because the oral treatment does not involve any incisions being made.”

This surgery, which is a pioneer in Andalucía, consists of creating a series of pleats in the stomach, specifically in the area of the fundus and the antrum (the upper and lower part of the organ, respectively), to reduce the size and capacity of the stomach and thereby make it lower to empty.

The operation is carried out under general anaesthetic and lasts for approximately 50 minutes. The patient normally goes home the same day, although this depends on the needs of each patient and the opinion of the specialist.

“Sometimes patients stay in hospital for 24 hours,” explain the doctors.

With this method, “a patient can have the operation on a Friday and return to their normal routine on the Monday,” say the Digestive System specialists, who recommend that “to obtain

optimum results, the stomach reduction should always be accompanied by a programme of re-education of eating habits and lifestyle of the patient.”

This pioneering POSE technique of carrying out the treatment by endoscopy has several advantages, say the doctors, including a reduced risk of infection, less post-operative discomfort and a lack of visible scars, among others.

A stomach reduction without incisions is suitable for those patients with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of between 30 and 40, but under certain circumstances it can also be used for those with a BMI of over 40, such as patients who cannot be treated by surgery, situations where surgery is rejected, or as a bridging treatment before surgery.

It is only recommended for those who have been unable to lose weight by dieting and taking exercise or those who have put weight on again after having intragastric balloon treatment and do not wish to subject themselves to major surgery.

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Don’t delay, start losing today ALMOST every week I overhear people talking in bars, supermarkets or sitting in beachside cafes and it’s always the same old story.

While sipping on that second half pint of lager or munching their way through a bumper breakfast they are telling their tentative companions that they need and should make an effort to lose weight.

Now, honestly I don’t mean to eavesdrop, but I do have sensitive hearing and when the word diet is mentioned it’s as though my ears stand up to attention! At this point I always wonder why people refer to it as weight loss.

I can understand when standing on the scales weekly we want to see a reduction in weight but realistically shouldn’t it be fat we want to lose. After all its fat that hangs over our waistbands (not muscle),

fat that bulges from above and underneath our bra straps, fat that rubs painfully on our legs when we walk and who said ‘love handles’ were pretty?

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build on the waist.

By losing only three pounds of the stuff we can begin to feel the difference to how our clothes feel on us but adding three pounds of fat onto our bodies brings the ‘pinch an inch’ syndrome.

The reasons and benefits from changing your eating habits or even indulging in a little exercise are immense and totally rewarding.

There are so many positive aspects for losing weight I could write lists but by now most people know what they are, however, it’s finding the courage to make these changes that seems to be an issue.

People think their lives are never going to be the same without their burger and chips or that thick crusty pizza. Losing fat by following any healthy eating plan isn’t a life sentence but a way of educating yourself on eating more healthily and making better choices.

As I’ve always said “Everything in moderation”.

And eating too much chocolate does make your clothes shrink!

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Typically British food on the coast FISH and Chips has got to be one of the greatest British inventions, up there with the tin can, penicillin and the hovercraft.

There is nothing more British than Fish and Chips – eaten with salt and vinegar, fish and chips is one of our great British institutions.

A beautiful piece of chunky cod, white and tender, coated in a crisp

batter and served with hand cut chips. Almost paradise. Back in 2010 during the celebration to mark the 150th anniversary of that great British institution, The Crispy Cod in Fuengirola was voted one of the top five chippies in Europe.

Sean took over the shop in November 2008 and set out to make the Crispy Cod the number one destination on the Costa del Sol for true British style Fish and Xhips. He has so far exceeded all his goals in transforming the previous establishment into the numero uno for Fish and Chips, and now has regular customers who travel from far and wide to sample his fine cuisine.

My experience of Sean’s cod and chips, served with a portion of mushy peas, was delightful, the fish was meaty, moist and full of good flavour, The flaky batter deep-golden in colour, and the dry, crisp chips. The batter is one of the highlights, made from scratch to Crispy Cod’s own recipe.

Crispy Cod have a complete menu including haddock and plaice to chicken, burgers, sausages and pukka pies.

All the food is prepared in the gleaming open kitchen and you can eat inside or on the weatherproof terrace with attractive views over the beach to the sea.

Crispy Cod also have an online menu, www.crispycod.com, for you to order your food.

You can pre-order via telephone to takeaway which avoids you having to wait when they are busy.

They have a well stocked bar with lager and cider on draught.

At the Crispy Cod you can eat true, authentic Fish and Chips, not to be confused with the pre battered then frozen ‘fish’ presented by many establishments. When hunger strikes and you feel like a true taste of home look no further than the Crispy Cod. You will not be disappointed.

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Vanilla can be addictive NATURAL vanilla can be addictive, according to the British Medical Journal. When eaten, vanilla causes the body to release the hormone adrenalin, triggering an increase in heart rate and oxygen supplied to the brain. It is the same type of reaction people seek to trigger with extreme sports such as skydiving. Vanilla is a popular VANILLA flavouring in ice cream and popular ADDICT: other deserts and is used as a A natural fragrance in adrenalin perfumes. rush.

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Fine dining in an attractive ambience GREAT Indian food, good service, an attractive ambiance and reasonable prices.

That’s what you can expect from India Lucia, located in Torrenueva.

The premises are beautifully appointed with a very spacious, attractively decorated, dining area with seating for 75 people and a large bar area. As you enter Torrenueva from the N340, the first view of the restaurant entrance is at the top of a steep set of steps, fear not, this is the rear entrance.

If you drive around the supermarket on the corner you will find more than adequate parking and the main entrance to the restaurant.

On entering the restaurant, the kitchen is on the left hand side, and a glance inside reveals gleaming utensils and workspace and is also the source of wonderful aromas.

Despite the luxurious appearance of the restaurant, the food is very reasonable priced.

The menu is extensive with all the dishes you would expect from an authentic Indian kitchen.

There are also special dishes from other

countries, Mardan Marsala, is a dish from Northen Pakistan. This is a very tasty but quite a dry dish made with steamed lamb (or chicken) fresh tomatoes and spices.

Another special dish is Afghani Pulao, which, as you may deduce, comes from Afghanistan, again chicken or lamb this time cooked in basmati rice with some dry fruits, honey and specially mixed spices. Once more, a very tasty combination.

India Lucia offers fine dining at reasonable prices, the bar is well stocked with an ample wine list.

The service is polite and courteous, the food attractively presented. A takeaway service is available, and the restaurant is open from 6pm until midnight every day.

To find India Lucia coming from Fuengirola turn off at the N340 exit after Jardin Botanica, coming from Marbella turn off the turning before the La Cala petrol station exit.

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The basics of ‘bubbly’ CHAMPAGNE is thought to have first been invented in France in the 17th century by a Benedictine monk by the name of Dom Perignon.

On an average year, around 300 million bottles of French Champagne are produced and exported all over the world as it is often seen as a representation of wealth and luxury.

In the average bottle, there are around 49 million bubbles; hence giving it its nickname ‘bubbly’ and can carry alcohol to the bloodstream faster than other alcoholic beverages.

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Yorkshire puddings an old tradition YORKSHIRE puddings date all the way back to the Middle Ages.

They were originally called ‘dripping puddings’ and were cooked under a spit of roasting meat and served as a starter.

Made from a simple batter of eggs, flour and milk, in 1774 it was renamed by a chef and is now one of the nation’s favourite food.

SUNDAY BEST: Yorkshire puddings are a national treasure.

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HEALTHY STARTER: Gazapacho is a fresh and healthy option.

Liquid salad GAZPACHO is a healthy raw vegetable soup traditionally served as a starter in both Spain and internationally.

Gazpacho is made from a simple recipe of ripe tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, and bread and blended with olive oil, it is known as the ‘Soup Salad of Spain.’ The cold soup originated in Spain and

Latin America and was first eaten in Roman times when workers would eat the cold soup to replenish fluids and salts.

The earliest version of the soup did not contain any tomatoes as they were yet to be discovered.

Instead the soup was made up of a simple blend of bread, oil, salt and vinegar.

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LMOND blossom is now out or about to open in many areas, while others will follow within the next few 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.

The tree in the photograph is in our own garden. It’s in full bloom as you see, but I walked just 300 metres down to friends for lunch today and none of the four trees in their garden showed a single flower or leaf bud opening.

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.

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

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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 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

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little pruning except to keep a reasonable shape.

If you want to cut back the size of 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.

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 experience of running a construction company in London, during which time I came face to face with endless problems.

Indeed, like most people, I came to the conclusion that any form of building work was invariably a nightmare,

PLANNING: Don’t let poor preparation ruin your dream home. both for the builders and the owner.

Of course, building work in Spain is no less contentious and has an equal habit of going wrong.

So, what can you do to make sure that your building project in Spain goes smoothly?

Well, the first thing to appreciate is that often the reason that a building project goes wrong is because of you the property owner! This is normally because a property owner does not: 1. Develop a clear ‘specification’ of the works required 2. Supervise the works.

The consequence is a builder often does not know exactly what you want and is left to ‘find his way’ around a project, which can then suffer numerous alterations, as both you and he adapt to what is happening on a day to day basis.

Precise definition of what you want to achieve is vital and you should always develop (and agree, in writing, with your builder) at least three documents before any work proceeds.

These are: 1. A Schedule of Works. This should be a

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very detailed document that specifies exactly what work you want carried out. By exact, I mean that if you want a crack filling above a doorway then state ‘To raking out and filling diagonal crack above bathroom doorway’ or ‘To installing double electrical 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.

COSTS can spiral, timings can go totally awry and expectations as to the quality of work to be performed can vary wildly. The end result can be that a project ends with both the builders and property owner close to a nervous breakdown.

ALWAYS manage your building project or, better still, get someone independent and qualified to do so, if you are not experienced in construction.

Getting an architect or building surveyor to supervise a project does not cost a fortune and your site will not need to be visited every day, just at certain defined and critical stages.

It is at these times that things can go wrong or be done badly and that can have a disastrous subsequent effect on your project.

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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Can communities name and shame the debtors?

IT is unlikely that anyone would enjoy to be named in public as a debtor.

In the past communities have successfully used the ‘name and shame’ trick of publishing a list of the debtors on their community notice board as a way of pushing owners to pay their community fees.

However Data Protection Act legislation or rather the heavy fines applied by the Data Protection Agency for infringement of the law have made this in many cases inadvisable.

Spanish Data Protection Law (Ley 15/1999) is extremely complex and there are many areas without clear regulation, but there are some aspects of the law which with understanding, a community can still put to good use. As follows.

Article 3a. Personal data is any information concerning identified or identifiable natural persons.

Consequently naming the owner of a property or that they owe to their community is considered personal data and therefore protected by law.

According to article 11a: The communication of the personal data to a third person or persons is only allowed for purposes directly related to the legitimate functions of the transferor and transferee and with the prior consent of the data subject.

The ‘data subject’ in this case would be a debtor and the personal data the debt.

To place this information on a community notice board would be an infringement of the act, as the information could be observed by a member of the public who has no direct legitimate involvement .

As it is unlikely that a debtor would give prior consent of the publication of personal information means the legal way to

Community Law Corner

By José Luis Navarro Solicitor and Property Administrator for Intercala Administration

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display a list of debtors on a community notice board can come from the Article 11b. Which establishes, that the consent of the person affected will not be necessary when the transfer of personal information is authorised by the law.

There is a proviso for this in the Law of Horizontal Property. Starting with Article 15.2. Those owners who are not up to date with their payments to the community may attend the meeting but will not be allowed to participate in the vote.

Article 16.2, notifications of the meeting must be made according to conditions set out in Article 9h and furthermore must include a list of those owners who are not up to date in their payments to the community and warn them of the impending loss of their right to vote.

Article 9h clarifies procedure and says that if all attempts to notify an owner of a meeting fail, then notification will be considered as having been made by publishing the notification on the community notice board or in a

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similar easily visible place, provided it is dated and an explanation is given as to why notification has been made in this way.

So by gluing these conditions together the community may publish a list of community debtors for all to see. The list must be included in any notice published solely for the purpose of notifying some or at least one of the owners who could not be contacted personally of a forthcoming general meeting.

If all the owners had been notified, then to resort to publishing the notice of the meeting - and its legally required list of debtors - in a public place would contravene the Data Protection Law and the infringement will be punished accordingly.

Communities and their administrators should be aware of the penalties they could face. Likewise caution should be exercised when using an open non password community website or blog.

As usual we at the lawyers for Intercala Administration advise you to seek competent and

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HIS resting place gives unique testimony to the many foreign nationals who became an influential part of the city’s international community. Established in 1831, it is the oldest non-Roman Catholic cemetery in mainland Spain.

The most recognised ‘resident’ is British writer and Hispanist, Gerald Brenan. His best known work, Spanish Labyrinth, is a classic account of the Spanish Civil War. Today, the cemetery is a botanical garden.

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IKE museums, old churches and archeological sites, graveyards are reminders of historic events that give voice to our interned ancestors.

There is probably no more vivid example of a European country with eclectic burial grounds than Spain. In nearly every corner, for example, megalithic burial chambers (dolmens) can be found. A large part of what we now know of the prehistoric Neolithic Era (fourth century BC) come from an examination of Spain’s dolmens. Similarly, Islamic and Jewish cemeteries can supply us

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with many cultural clues to prereconquista Spain when it was home to the world’s three great religions.

This article directs your attention to the unique relationship between Britain and Spain as told through a look at select graveyards. Consider…

• San Carlos Garden Cemetery Situated in La Coruna, in Spain’s northwest corner, it houses the tomb of Sir John Moore. A hero to many but brutal to others, Sir John’s legacy tells us of England’s involvement in Spain’s epic Napoleonic Wars (1808-13).

Britain had a loose alliance with Spain as both countries had a pronounced enmity towards Napoleonic France. In battling French troops in the north of Spain, Moore led his men in an epic retreat to the port of La Coruna hoping for a Dunkirk-style

escape via the sea. Some historical accounts view this as a creative and innovative rearguard action which severely weakened the pursuing French troops.

Other, mostly Spanish accounts, view Moore’s treatment of the Spanish civilian population as brutal and hardly one of an ‘ally’.

• The Trafalgar Cemetery The Trafalgar Cemetery in Gibraltar houses the British victims of Spain’s epic Peninsula War along with the many victims of yellow fever epidemics of 1809 to 1814. The infamous Battle of Trafalgar was fought just off the coast and spectacularly confirmed Britain’s navel superiority over Spanish and French fleets.

The Franco-Spanish fleets lost 22 ships without a single British vessel being lost. The infamous Admiral Lord Nelson, much like Sir John Moore, died while witnessing his victory.

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• The British Cemetery of Madrid It was consecrated in 1854. At that time there was as an ever increasing need for a burial site due to the rising number of British nationals living in the capital.

This cemetery is the final resting place for members of the Loewe family who created their exclusive accessories brands and was founder of the world famous Madrid Circo Price.

Pioneer photographer Charles Clifford (died 1883) is also interned here. His photos of Queen Victoria are British icons.

His photos of Queen Isabella II of Spain and of Spanish architecture are on permanent display at Madrid’s Biblioteca National.

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Natural hunter 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: An urge to hunt.

Cats have been seen to be perfectly content indoors. One way to let your cat have exercise is by keeping two cats.

They can 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 declawing 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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Dealing with dogs that 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

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occurs exclusively or 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!

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STEVE: Always the centre of attention.

The misunderstood Pit Bull PIT BULLS are renowned for being known as a dangerous breed of dog, but contrary to popular belief they are no more vicious than other breeds such as golden retrievers or beagles, a recent survey reveals.

Although incredibly strong

and powerful, they do not have the strongest bite and in a scientific test measuring bite pressure, the Rottweiler won with 328 lbs., followed by a German Shepherd at 238 lbs., and the Pit Bull at 235 lbs.

They do not have ‘locking

jaws’ as previously thought, but have the same jaw construction as many other breeds.

Pit Bulls make brilliant pets and are considered as one of the most stable breeds, being extremely calm and patient and tolerant of children.

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•HARMONY SINGING in Benalmadena Costa 952 560 651.

•ROTARY CLUB MarbellaGuadalmina: 2pm lunch at Restaurante Cortijo del Guadalmina, San Pedro de Alcantara.

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Friday •ADANA COFFEE MORNING, 11am in Plaza Manilva (Estepona): 952 800 975.

•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches meets at Cafe Manilla 1.45-5pm.

New players welcome. 951 081 984 / 645 684 756.

•DIABETIC SUPPORT GROUP: 952 464 184.

•ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY OF ST ANDREW Services every Sunday 9.30am at Iglesia San Miguel Calahonda; 9.30am Capilla San Jose Benalmadena; 10.30am Cemetery Chapel Alhaurin el Grande, 11.30am St Andrew’s Church Los Boliches. 952 580 600 or www.standrews-cofespain.com.

•ANGLICAN CHURCH Costa del Sol West: Holy Communion Sundays. 952 808 605.

•ARK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Fuengirola - Evangelical family church Sundays 11am. 952 592 171.

•CALAHONDA BAPTIST CHURCH: Calle San Jeronimo 1. Worship Sunday 11am with Sunday School. Rev. Ian Bell 952 831 741. www.calahondabaptist church.com.

•CALAHONDA CHURCH - Evangelical Christian Fellowship - Sundays 4.30pm.

952 588 160. www.calahonda church.com.

•CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Service Lux

•BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY group meets at Marbella sangha in English at 8.30pm. Contact tonybillings@telitec.com or 952 852 190.

Monday

•U3A Marbella COFFEE MORNING 11am. www.u3a.es or 622 670 158.

•ALANON – Help for family and friends of alcoholics – 8.30pm.

670 635 201.

•TRIPLE S SOCIETY Sports and Social club meets at noon at Lauro Golf Clubhouse on the A404 between Alhaurin el Grande and de la Torre. 952 411 463.

•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches meets at Cafe Manilla 1.45-5pm.

New players welcome. 951 081 984 / 645 684 756.

•PETANCA Arroyo de la Miel, 10am. Play opposite the library up the slope. €1, beginners welcome.

952 566 079.

Saturday •MALAGA HASH HOUSE HARRIERS; a drinking club with a running problem. Meet friendly people who enjoy running and walking in the Malaga countryside. www.malagahhh.com, robertandmarisa@hotmail.com or 637 544 761.

•CAR BOOT SALE at petrol station Europe on A357 between Cartama and Alora.

Sunday •ICE Coffee morning: www.siberme.com / 952 802 549.

•SEPE CAR BOOT SALE, La Alqueria, last Sunday of month: 610 775 413.

•TABLE-TENNIS CLUB, Benalmadena. Children welcome.

663 138 062 or drtfranklinkim32@yahoo.com.

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.

11am at Calvario Church. 951 153 340.

Mundi, Fuengirola, Sundays 10.30am.

951 260 982.

•BAPTIST CHURCH, Arroyo del la Miel: Sunday English Service 4pm, Conjunto Zodiaco, Edificio Aries, Calle Sagitario.

Call 952 447 967.

•ELIM FAMILY FELLOWSHIP Sunday service: 11am in Benalmadena Costa and 3.30pm in San Pedro de Alcantara. www.elimfamilyfellowship. 695 115 496.

•EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Paseo Maritimo 77, Los Boliches. Sunday ‘Breaking of Bread’ at 2.45pm; worship and Bible teaching at 4pm. Wednesday Bible study and prayer at 7.30pm. 952 460 728.

•ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS in English, Lux Mundi Ecumenical Centre, Fuengirola, 12pm. 952 474 840.

•ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS in English in the Parish Church of Virgen del Carmen y Santa Fe at 5.30pm. Marbella Sunday

•ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS in English, Arroyo de la Miel Parroquia de la Inmaculada, Plaza de la Estacion, with Father Joe Crawford, Saturdays 1pm.

•THE WAY – Christian Counselling Ministry – Fuengirola. 634 369 414 or 663 708 224.

•GLORYHOUSE International Christian Centre, La Nogalera, Torremolinos.

Charity shop Monday-Saturday. Sunday service 11am. 951 210 300 or 679 740 825.

•ST JOSEPH’S CHAPEL, Las Rampas.

Roman Catholic Mass daily at 11am.

Benediction on Thursdays and a Vigil Mass every Saturday at 7pm. Closed Saturday mornings.

•PUERTO BANUS CHRISTIAN CHURCH Sundays 11am.

All welcome.

Wednesdays 11am-1pm The Wave Cafe. Meet with friends old and new.

Friday 12pm-1pm. Prayer and healing.

Concerts and other events. www.puertobanuschurch.com. 637 408 195.

Fuengirola, 5pm-6pm. 952 473 051.

•ACE BRIDGE, 4pm at Pueblo Lopez, Fuengirola. Computer scoring also Monday, Thursday and Saturday. 952 485 678 or ace.bridgeclub@yahoo.com.

Wednesday •CHICAGO BRIDGE, Estepona, small friendly group.

4.30pm Age Concern drop-in centre. 952 780 243.

•COSTA BOOK CLUB, Hotel Tamisa, second Monday of month. 677 251 058.

•COFFEE MORNING and Charity Shop every Wednesday 10.30am-12.30pm in St Andrew’s Church Los Boliches 952 580 600

•ROYAL ANTEDELUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES Benalmadena Costa: 952 563 950.

•WELSH SOCIETY COFFEE MORNINGS, 11am on last Monday of month at Bar Mediterranea, Avenida Gamonal in Arroyo de la Miel. 622 922 207.

•ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES España No 1 Lodge meet at Woodies/Peacock Bar, Avenida de Bonanza, Benalmadena at 7pm. 952 563 950.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, Benalmadena Branch meets at The Lounge, Avda Bonanza, Benalmadena Costa at 10.30-11am. 952 442 655.

•ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION meets third Monday of each month at the Peacock Bar, Ave de Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel at 2pm.

• U3A LEARNING FOR PLEASURE monthly talk ‘The Boer War’ by Chris Becket. The Ark Fellowship Hall, Las Rampas, Fuengirola, 4pm.

•LIONS CLUB La Cala de Mijas: Second and fourth Wednesday of month. 952 494 323.

•SEPE COFFEE MORNING, La Alqueria: 610 775 413.

ELVIS ORIGINAL BAND concert. Saturday February 2 at Complejo Gran Marbella in Puerto Banus from 9.30pm. www.marbellaspecialevents.com.

Tuesday

•COLMENAR DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB: 951 163 071.

•AGE CARE ASSOCIATION: El Zoco, Calahonda 11am-1pm. 655 903 182. www.agecarecosta.org.

•LUX MUNDI DUTCH LANGUAGE LIBRARY, Calle Nueva, Fuengirola, 3pm-5pm.

•AGE CONCERN Estepona and Manilva: acesteponaymanilva@ ageconcern-espana.org or 650 163 928.

•MABS Cancer Support Group: 952 833 568.

•BRIDGE CLUB Casaes: 655 459 576 or www.bridgeweb/ casares.com.

•MARBELLA HEALING CIRCLE fortnightly: www.marbellahealing circle.com.

•SOUTHERN SOUND BARBERSHOP CHORUS Lux Mundi,

•THE ACHIEVERS TOASTMASTERS CLUB, Nueva Andalucía: 646 533 112.

•TORREMOLINOS & DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB meets at The Bailey off Plaza de la Independencia, Torremolinos. 952 386 172.

•ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES are holding a horse tack sale on the first Wednesday of the month at the stables behind Miralmonte.

•PARASOL SINGERS, friendly amateur singing group, welcomes new members who can hold a tune. Rehearse between Sabinillas and Estepona. 692 558 041 or parasol.singers@btinternet.com.

Others •AGE CARE ASSOCIATION drop-in centres various locations: 691 761 088 or www.agecare costa.org. CHARITY SHOP, El Zoco, Calahonda, Monday-Friday 10am-4pm, Thursday 10am-7pm, Saturday 10am-2pm.

•FUN PAELLA NIGHTS at The Yucatan, San Pedro, in aid of animal rescue: €15 without drinks. 952 781 177 or info@animalcharter.com.

•GAMES: Whist Mondays, Dominoes Thursdays, 2pm at Bar Calla Bella in La Cala Village. Proceeds to Mijas La Cala Lions Club. 633 748 558.

•MOTHER AND TODDLER GROUP The Ark Christian Fellowship, Fuengirola, Tuesday and Thursdays 11am.

•THE GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB Los Boliches: 952 494 730.

•THE INTERNATIONAL TABLE TENNIS CLUB welcomes new players of good club standard or higher. Play every Thursday and Sunday, no membership fees. 952 373 813.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION meets throughout the week, various locations. www.britishlegion.org.uk/ counties/spain-south/branches.

• ESTEPONA, Casares and Manilva Jewish Social Club meet regularly for various social events etc. gerrycee@yahoo.co.uk or esteponajcom@btinternet.com.

•DEMENTIA/ALZHEIMER’S plans for a support/advice group. remembertheperson@ymail.com.

•FREETHINKERS GROUP: Informal get-togethers for humanists, rationalists, secularists, atheists, agnostics and sceptics to exchange views and ideas and have social outings with likeminded people. costadelsolfree thinkers@gmail.com.

•MARBELLA SINGLES Social Group meets socially for drinks and dinners. For singles in the over 45 age group. English speaking, any nationality. 617 662 538/marycormack1@aol.com.

Coming Up •BALLROOM DANCING Tikitano Restaurant, February 6. Full English cream tea and ballroom instruction, 3.30pm. Tickets 690 083 113.

• FRIGILIANA CAMERA CLUB February 13, ‘How to make HDR pictures’ at The Sal y Pimenta Bar, 5.30pm. www.frigilianacamera club.com.

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CONCRETE Ozbuild specialist imprinted concrete. Reseals, brickwork, tiling, plastering, screeding. 10 years coast/campo. Competitive prices, quality finish. 952 426 074 / 606 745 920 www.ozbuildspain.com Quote EWN when calling (200763)

Awnings ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Please see our main ad on page 118. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204/aceofshadesla cala@hotmail.com (101730)

UK CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT providing tax and accounting advisory service.

Emergency UK tax returns also handled.

Full translation service offered. Call Jonathan Porter FCA on 678 451 788 or email jonathanp@aims.co.uk. (204405)

Administration Serv NEED an administrative or computer job done, but don’t have the time or staff? Computer literate women, Dutch and English, can help. Content management, data entry, mailings, typing jobs etc. Call Eva on 632 993 039

Air Conditioning AIRFLOW Air conditioning for cooling and heating units. Professional, fully guaranteed installations. Tel: 952 443 222 AIR CONDITIONING repairs and servicing. Airflow. 952 443 222 (203104) AIR CONDITIONING heating installation, servicing, repairs and regassing, 24/7. Prompt reliable service 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (204978)

Antiques WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition, immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony´s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Silver fox furs wanted, see main advert on page 27. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel 952 588 795 (85364)

Architects PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licenses & legalizations. chedacoarq@hotmail.com 680 700 430 (204223)

EXPRESS Toldos. Any colour, any size.

Choice of patterns. Roller shutters supplied and fitted. Urbanisations catered for.

Express ordering. Express delivery. Express fitting. expresstoldos1@gmail.com 952 485 261 or 617 065 636 (201498)

L.G.S CONSTRUCTION. All building work undertaken. New builds, extensions, reforms, driveways, slabbing, brickwork, internal & external tiling.

Ground works & concrete specialists.

All work guaranteed. For a free quote. Tel: 699 049 296 light gaugesystems1@gmail.com

BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (201451)

Bath Repairs BATHOLOGIST. Specialist in repairing chipped baths or refurbishing old / worn baths. No mess or disruption. 678 808 837

Books

Beds BEDS, Massive January Sale of new top quality British beds or just mattresses at unbeatable prices. Also top brands of bankrupt stock including Silentnight, Sealy, Rest Assured etc. Direct from our new larger premises on the Camino de Coin (A7053) km 13 heading out of Fuengirola - opposite RDMC’s and Woods Direct. Tel 634 187 700 / 600 633 986

Blinds ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204/aceofshadeslacala@ hotmail.com (101730) VERTICAL Blinds - Roller Blinds. Made to measure. Don’t buy from anywhere else until you get our price. 17 colours, plus blackouts. Tel 658 898 831 (day), 952 933 515 (evenings). Email jordandesign @gmx.es (200906)

SOLAR BLINDS SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. Solar blinds.es @gmail.com Tel Ian 644 546 176

Boats Get your free classifieds here!

952 561 245 EWN

SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs. Visit www.swinglescasas. webs.com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (202607)

UPHOLSTERY for boat cushions in fabric and leather, boat cover for sailing and motor boats. www.irisseegert.com phone 647 764 426 (204415)

NATURAL STONE TILES & MOSAICS AVAILABLE in all different shapes and sizes. FREE SAMPLES delivered to your door. Call us today for more details. 952 808 107 (200685) ECOPROOF DAMP & WATERPROOFING SOLUTIONS. Cold applied continuous liquid membrane, easily applied. Call today for a free, no obligation quotation. 952 808 107 (200685) SWEDISH & POLISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. All work undertaken. Only top quality work, competitive prices. Sam 693 681 017 (201345)

DAMP PROOFING GET PUBLISHED on Amazon.com and other e-book websites from as little as £250 for a 50,000 word book. Contact Angela@euro peaxess.com (202718)

Building Services PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (96789) PROFESSIONAL Building Services. All aspects of work undertaken. Fast reliable service. References available. 952 492 681 / 606 143 829 (201459) PLASTERING, RENDERING, Water damage. Tradesman, over 20 year’s experience, references available. Call: 618 776 864 JIM’S HOME IMPROVEMENTS. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small. 692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (204228) CONSTRUCTION, renovation and decoration services. A team of qualified professionals available anywhere on Costa del Sol. Contact us for free quotation: 952 816 686 / info@estomar91.com (201490)

DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558 (96789)

PLASTERING PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (96789) PLASTERING, RENDERING, Water damage. Tradesman, over 20 year’s experience, references available. Call: 618 776 864 (100417)

Business For Sale BUSINESS FOR SALE! Beachside, hotel (Bed & Breakfast) 9 Bed and staff apartment, reduced for quick sale.

Call 952 774 945 / 607 511 512 (203021)

Business Opp FANTASTIC opportunity to earn a great income. The most exciting, scientifically proven, natural health product. Looking for distribution outlets and sales agents.

Contact 693 501 517 www.vencosan.com (202713) HERBALIFE independent distributor. For business opportunities www.workfromhomesystems.com/stupendos. Tel 952 932 789 (201446)

FOR RENT: Office in Calahonda facing N340. 108m2. Suitable for an office, shop or warehouse. Tel: 696 206 698 (206812)

Car Transport

FOR LEASE - BOUTIQUE 19,000 euros. Marbella front line beach. Paseo Maritimo, off Hotel El Fuerte. 30m2 + terrace.

Gross sales over 6 years average 100,000 euros. Books to prove. Rent 970 per month. Contact 15.00 - 17.00 hrs. 952 825 161 (206923)

RECOVERY SERVICE car / light plant transported, cars disposed of with official destruction certificate, fully insured. 600 868 056 (203856)

Buy & Sell

QUALIFIED FEMALE CARER, available part-time, day or night, call Heather 952 113 163 or 679 462 156, Estepona

POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts. Tel: 666 933 726 www.spainpool.com (203168) SUPERPOOL est. 1985. Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new / second hand domestic tables and accessories. Tel 629 530 233 www.superpoolspain.com (203772) CD and DVD collections large or small. TC will buy them all. Telephone 652 072 600 (200664) WE BUY old radios, records, postcards and MUCH more. Phone 950 325 235 or 636 134 272 (201462) CONTENTS OF CATERING KITCHEN FOR SALE. Sold separate. Excellent condition.

634 652 275 (201413) GENUINE HP 940XL Ink cartridges. Black 35 euros, colours - 25 euros. 952 883 120 - 650 546 669 (206909)

Caravans PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc.

Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / info@eurodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (204977) TIMBER Building SL has been a leader in a prefabricated market for the last 28 years with more than 5,500 happy customers. Ring for wooden houses, garden sheds, pergolas, reforms. 666 819 689 (204408)

Carers

Carpentry CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish.

Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (101611) IRISH CARPENTER. Doors, decking, kitchens, bathrooms, all aspects. Established 2002. 952 196 457, 696 064 019. www.complete-carpentry.com (201422)

Chimney Services APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing.

NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (202354)

Chiropractors MARBELLA Chiropractic. Free spinal check.

Mark Lane, Australian trained, licensed chiropractor. C.C. Guadalmina. San Pedro de Alcantara. 952 880 398 www.marbellachiropractic.com (101253)

Classes

CASAS MOVILES EUROPA has an experience in the mobile home trade, all over Europe for the last 25 years. You can put your trust in us! Ring Jane now on 952 119 053 (204408)

Car Hire BOOK your Gibraltar/La Linea car hire online at www.brunoscar.com.

Malaga and Gibraltar car hire with inclusive rates. Also cheap airport parking, Malaga. 952 891 415 (204494) T1 CAR HIRE. Quality, legal cars from €70 per week. Tel 658 031 285 (200565) CAR HIRE. Exeter Airport from £80 week.

0044 1803 312 253 / 0044 7880 921 421 lowcostdrivehire@hotmail.co.uk (203009)

Price per word: 0,42€ + IVA minimum 15 words - Discount: Book 10 weeks, get 2 weeks free - Deadline: 4pm Mondays Contact: Phone (0034) 952 561 245 • Fax (0034) 952 440 887 • email classifieds@euroweeklynews.com • www.euroweeklynews.com

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COMPUTER HELPLINE. Desktop, laptops, upgraded, repaired. New and used supplied. Internet, Email problems solved. 952 564 274 / 677 702 501 (89597) PC PROBLEMS solved! Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Hardware and software upgrades available. Also one-toone training. Experienced and reliable service, no call out charge. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (200566)

Cleaning Services UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (86049) CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST, RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382) CONEJO CLEANING. Over 20 years of reliable and professional cleaning on the coast. Regular, holiday lets, one-off cleans. Wendy 635 630 370 / 952 964 407. web: www.conejocleaning.com (204417) OVEN CLEANING, domestic, commercial, complete fittings, let professional do hard, dirty work, from 35€. 632 569 282 ovencleaningcostadelsol.com (98222) L & B CLEANING services, no job too small, professional ladies. Tel 645 561 716 (200567)

PC DOCTOR 20 years serving the Coast.

Laptops, PC sales and repairs. In any language. We come to you. 952 591 071 (200826) FREE phone calls from your PC, learn how and other basic skills at home. Taught by mature male and female, 10€ ph, 626 980 869 / 609 292 209 (203057)

Curtains QUALITY hand finished curtains & soft furnishings, professionally qualified, contact Rachel 952 825 766 or visit www.cur taincouturemarbella.com (99478)

Damp Proofing

Domestic App Repairs

BE CLEAN SWEEP S.C Property Management and Cleaning Company. Honest and reliable. Call 635 152 313 or 630 614 412 (200804)

DOMESTIC Appliance repairs - washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired. Christian 608 337 497 (97989)

Drainage

WINDOW CLEANING. Professional, reliable, affordable. Free quotes. 629 769 136 www.windowcleaningdonjose.com (201277)

MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service.

Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. Wooden floors treated. No job too small. Family run.

Cleansol 10am - 10pm 7 days all areas.

952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206808) TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (203825)

For Sale/Wanted

Furniture

TREE SURGEONS No tree too tall, removal of dead palm trees and limbs, eco gardening, mulch and manure fertilizer, palm pruning. 686 948 552 / 661 129 146 www.top-jardin.com (204796) PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices.

Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@garden-professionals.com GARDENER. TREES, HEDGES, PALMS PRUNED, LAWNS, FENCING, STRIMMING, GARDENS TIDIED, MAINTENANCE. STEVE 952 485 941 / 616 669 285 / 654 320 567 (203855)

ELECTRICIAN 16th Edition BS7671 qualified 24 years experience.

Rewires, extra sockets, lights, fault finding etc. www.electrician costadelsol.com Contact electrician. in.spain@gmail.com Call Ian 650 151 569 (203235)

NON-SURGICAL FACELIFTS IN BANÚS 35€ WWW.TRANSFORMALL. COM TEL. 605 865 755 (200953) PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL AND SKIN TREATMENTS USING IPL IN BANÚS. WWW.TRANSFORMALL.COM TEL 605 865 755 (200953) WEIGHT LOSS or Quit Smoking Consultations. International Health Author BSc qualified. Home visits 632 731 164 any time (203076) HERBALIFE independent distributor. For products www.herbal- nutrition.net/stupendos. For business opportunities www.workfromhome systems.com/stupendos. Tel. 952 932 789 (201445)

CLASSES PERSONAL TRAINER, lose weight, nutrition, get fit. 650 605 737 / www.entre nador-vip.com (206927)

MASSAGE

FEMALE GARDENER and PLANT CREATOR, call Heather 952 113 163 or 679 462 156, Estepona (201395)

PROFESSIONAL MASSAGE by qualified therapeutic masseuse, for both ladies and gentlemen, prices start at €20, contact Isabelle 664 596 220 (201471)

Gates

MALE TO MALE FULL BODY MASSAGE. Very clean, very discreet, private villa, Calahonda. €40. 606 906 489 (201477)

EXPRESS Metalwork Services. Gates, grilles, rails and scissor gates. Stainless steel specialists. 952 485 261, 617 065 636. www.express-steel.com (201454)

Handyman

TANTALIZING full body massages, Tantric, Nuru, Kiokuero … Incalls/Outcalls 635 290 724 (201467) TANTRA, the art of love. Experience a stress releasing, mind-blowing and ecstatic fulfillment. Alice, holistic prof. masseuse. 677 641 340 (201404)

INNOVATIVE HANDYMAN, contact Jerry 952 113 163 or 616 933 509 from €10 per hour, Estepona (201395)

Hire Services

Health & Beauty

MINI digger and driver, self drive hire available, sand and stone delivery service. 649 526 922 (204976)

Electricians ELECTRICAL installation and repairs. All work guaranteed. 10 yrs on coast. Tel James 652 023 012 (201328) T1

COSTASYS computer support and maintenance. Home and office visits.

Support Contracts, ADSL, Wireless, Antivirus, Networks, PC Repairs, Hardware and Software. www.costa sys.com or call Steven 622 253 592

TEETH WHITENING IN BANÚS FROM 75€ WWW.TRANSFORMALL.COM TEL. 605 865 755 (200953)

ARBOLISTA Tree Surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998.

600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree.com (204960)

GUADALMINA: Direct from owner, equipped business office for long term rent. 70 sq.metres in busy commercial centre. 750 euros per month.

Call 609 585 969 (206813)

Computers

NON-SURGICAL LIPOSUCTION IN BANÚS. WWW.TRANSFORMALL.COM TEL 605 865 755 (200953)

GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design. Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 (100065)

Friendship

DR CONGER is available for patients from 11 February until 16 February. For more information see www.musclejointology. com. 618 383 845 (206751) PAIN? Neck, Arms, Back, Legs. Acupressure. Fast results. No cure – no pay.

Fuengirola 651 172 474 (200814)

MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE. WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE THEN POLISH TO HIGH GLOSS NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL FAST SERVICE. COVER ALL COSTA DEL SOL. 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE. TEL: 671 244 683 (95517) T1

FIND LOVE IN THE SUN www.iwant2meetyou.com. Browse for free Spain’s No 1 online dating site. Bringing ex-pats together. (201369)

Commercial Properties

Gardening

POLISH your marble floor professionally at half price. 671 244 683 (203209) T1

DAMP Problem!! Sourced and cured by master builder, longest established damp company on the coast. Call Ed 693 859 894 (200930)

PROFESSIONAL cleaner / House keeper.

Tel 633 461 951 (204205)

WINDOWS

Floor Polishing

MINI DIGGER / dumper hire.

Property maintenance and small building projects. Reliable, references available. Simon 678 450 051 (203874)

ALL styles of furniture designed and made to measure,built-in or freestanding. Residential/Commercial. Portfolio available.

635 878 116 stuart_macg@hotmail.com (200999)

Hot Tubs/Spas HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (93498)

Garage Doors

Entertainment

House Clearances

PARTYTIME KARAOKE. Karaoke, disco, top cabaret artist, affordable entertainment, for your bar, restaurant or private party www.partytimekaraoke. moonfruit. com Tel: 699 767 451 (85885)

WANTED FURNITURE & household items houses gardens garages cleared top prices paid fast reliable service 639 229 607 / 649 977 723 (203868)

Fencing Services

WANTED HOUSE CLEARANCE. WE BUY ANYTHING, BEST PRICES PAID FOR YOUR UNWANTED ITEMS. CALL MOBILE 693 480 411 EMAIL ANNETTE.GODDARD@ YAHOO.CO.UK (201299)

CHAINLINK FENCING erectors, general builders, really competitive prices. Free quotation, no job too big or small, very reliable. Tel: 655 218 466 (201475)

WANTED – House Clearance, best prices paid. Contact Paul Vickers, 617 543 315 (201399)

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SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen.

952 586 339 - 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es (202608)

OPEN HOUSE DAY, ALL FURNITURE MUST GO! 12PM TILL 6PM. TUESDAY 5TH TILL WEDNESDAY 6TH. CASA BLANCA VILLAS, WILLY MANCHOTT PARCELA 1, NO 14. BENALMADENA, DIRECTLY BELOW VILLAGE. 0044 (0) 7788 252 249

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www.euroweeklynews.com SECURITY OF SPAIN – 24 HOUR LOCKSMITH – Lock / safe opening service. Locks changed / upgraded. Contact Darren, Tel 636 770 865 www.security ofspain.com (204407) T3 24 HOUR locksmith. Emergency opening of doors and safes, established since 1993. 617 921 824 LOCKSMITH Unlock doors, strong box/cars. Change security locks, emergencies, 24 hours, Marbella, 630 333 615

Miscellaneous WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Passport renewals and all adverts for Euro Weekly News – display or classified. Open 9.002.00PM (Sat 10.00 – 2.00PM) One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93 (Passports Mon to Fri Only) Tel: 952 471 877 (95705)

Internet Lawyers

All models serviced and repaired. Two years guarantee. Free delivery 952 584 302 / 633 127 901 / 633 128 104 www.mobility-spain.com (203865) T1 THE MOBILITY WIZARD. All types of mobility scooters, wheelchairs and disability aids for hire or sale. Replacement parts including batteries, tyres and motors available. Authorised Agents for all major companies.

Most repairs carried out at your home or FREE loan machine if scooter has to be taken for repair, ensuring you are kept mobile. Fully comprehensive mobility insurance for 105 euros per year. Tel 952 584 302 / 633 127 901 / www.mobility-spain.com / info@mobility-spain.com (201449)

Mortgages

Mobile/Static Homes

WANTED

SPANISH PLATED CARS

WE BUY, Sell, remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzica ley@gmail.com (200742)

INSTANT CASH SAMANTHA – GORDON

952 83 21 73 608 658 785

CARAVAN FOR SALE. Two bedroom, 34 x 10, situated on the outskirts of Coin, fully equipped, including A/C, patio, large deck, two sheds, etc etc, €5,500. 635 382 322 MOBILE HOME WOODEN HOUSE ?

We buy & sell new and second hand units. Remove, level, repair, transport and build extensions. 30 years experience nationwide. Call us, Casas Moviles Europa 952 119 053 (204408) WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70

Loans LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc, any condition, immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola . Silver fox furs wanted, see main advert on page 27. Mobile 609 529 633 Tel: 952 588 795

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have. We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance. Call 952 893 380 (68259) HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies. Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover.

Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259) ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%. Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars. Home insurance from €50.

Tel: 952 893 380 (68259) EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euinsurancedi rect.com www.euinsurancedirect.com (202638)

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holaCREDITO.COM offering short term loans on your valuables. Also cash for your old GOLD, top prices paid, guaranteed. Please see web for details or call Banus office 951 319 538 (202525) HOSTING - Carrier grade data centre in Elviria, two diesel generators, multiple backbone symmetrical carrier-class connections, BGP4 routing, aircon, secure facilities. For dedicated housing or hostings with serious bandwidth and 99.99% uptime, we can host your servers and applications in our data centre in Elviria. Feel free to visit us to discuss your needs. 951 055 676 HYPERLINK www.mercuryinter net.com www.mercuryinternet.com ECOMMERCE - Want to sell your products online? Let us help create or update your Ecommerce website. For a fast and professional service, contact info@ecom mercespain.net or call 638 816 067

24/7 Locksmith LOCKSMITH emergency / appointment. Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 COSTALOCKS 24/7, LOCKSMITH/ HOME SECURITY, NEW KEYS, KEYED ALIKE, WINDOWS SECURED, SAFES OPENED / INSTALLED, FREE HOME SECURITY CHECK, CALL Debby or Bob 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WWW.COSTALOCKS. COM (200741)

WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495.

Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

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CAR SERVICES

Mosquito Screens ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204/aceofshadeslacala @hotmail.com (101730)

Motorbikes KTM LC4 640, Enduro Motor Crosser, on road, off road, orange, 1999, Spanish plates, very low klms, very little use, absolute immaculate condition, €3,500. 603 151 587 (203856)

Motoring

24/7 Mobility MOBILITY SCOOTERS, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames etc for sale and hire. Delivered to home or hotel. Always a good selection of quality used scooters in stock with guarantee. e.g. used 4 wheel scooter, new batteries €350.

Electric wheelchair can go into car €1,595. Rascal Eco 4 boot scooter €2,100 for €1,395. New wheelchairs from €250. Mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted. For same day delivery phone 609 581 139. Mobility Scooters Direct. www.mobilityscoot ersdirectspain.com (203240)

MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done, reasonable rates, prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (204978) CABRIOSOL soft tops, German top quality, for all Cabriolet cars & jeeps.

Professional fitting, repairs & change of plastic windows. Cabrio-sol. 639 580 372 (Camino de Coin km 13.2 Mijas Golf). Opening hours: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (203028) AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist.

Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmatic2005@yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (200578) RECOVERY SERVICE car / light plant transported, cars disposed of with official destruction certificate, fully insured. 600 868 056 (203856)

FOR SALE 2002 FORD FOCUS 1.6 Trend, 5 door, 5 speed, hatchback, one owner from new, now leaving Spain, only 48,000kms, approx 30,000 miles. Full service history, silver, air condition, CD player, kept in garage, rarely used holiday car. Was 4,995 euros, now 4,500 euros. Phone Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785. See our web page www.robert soncars-spain.com (200963) NEW SHAPE Ford Fiesta 2009 1.25 litre trend, 5 door, 5 speed, only 77,000kms, approx 48,000 miles, silver, lady owner, leaving Spain, was 7,995 euros, now 6,995 euros. Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertson cars-spain.com (200963)

Mobility

CHIPS AWAY, Marbella, San Pedro. 10% discount. Tlf. 952 853 350. See advert on page 132 (204112) www.benalcars.com Sports, prestige and 4x4’s. Visit our website or telephone 661 351 877 (203056)

(NEW SHAPE) 2008 Chevrolet Matiz 0.8 litre S model, silver, only 50,000kms, approx 31,000 miles, 5 door, 5 speed, air conditioned, power assisted steering, elderly lady owner leaving Spain, small car, big bargain, was €4,500 now 3,750 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 608 658 785 / 952 832 173 (200963)

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Motoring

Costa del Sol PEUGEOT 206 GTI Sport Coupe 2.0 ltr, new ITV (MOT), metallic black, half leather and suede interior, climate control, sensors/lights/wipers, spoiler and much more, has to be seen at this price of only 2,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (204276) DIESEL Citroen C-1 2008 polar white, air conditioning, full electric pack, perfect little car that saves you a fortune on fuel and selling at trade price, yes only 3,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276)

DIESEL SEVEN SEATER Opel Zafira 2.2DTi, 2005, Blueline, 16 valve (125bhp), blue with alloy wheels, climate control, great people carrier, was €5,995, now only €4,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (200963)

2009 CITROEN Jumper, 2.2 diesel, mwb, semi high top, 10 cube mtr, boarded out, roof rack, ladder, towbar, this van is in immaculate condition and must be seen, 10,995€ 672 550 037 (203856)

4X4 AUTOMATIC Hyundai Santa Fe 2.7 GLS V6 2003 model, top of the range, silver, every extra, great on bad roads, calling all campo drivers, this one is for you.

Was €4,995, now €4,750. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com

JEEP Cherokee automatic 1994 only 54,000klms, one owner from new, red with cream leather, very well looked after car, only 2,250€ 672 550 037 (203856)

4X4 DIESEL MITSUBISHI Montero 3.2GLS long wheel base, 2003, “top of the range”, one lady owner, gold, alloy wheels, air con, 5 speed, was €7,995 now only €5,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (200963) SEVEN seater automatic 2008 Toyota Corolla Verso 1.8 VVTI, one owner, only 53,000kms (33,000miles), sale due to relocation, climate control, electric everything, good looking in grey with alloy wheels, was 9,995 euros, now only 9,500 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 www.robert soncars-spain.com (200963) 4x4 AUTOMATIC Ford Explorer XLT Limited Edition 1995, UK reg, but left hand drive, only 47,000 miles, looks right in white, air con, CD player, rarely used holiday jeep, great for bad roads and campo, was 2,995 euros, now 2,500 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 608 658 785 / 952 832 173 www.robertsoncars-spain.com AUTOMATIC diesel BMW, 530 estate, touring low kms. Midnight blue, leather interior, every extra immaculate condition. Was 6,500 euros, now 5,995 euros. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com SUPERSPORT Coupe Nissan 350Z (300 BHP), only 18,000kms (approx 11,000 miles). FSH, striking in copper colour with black leather, this is a real driver’s car, see it on our web page, cost new 45,000 euros. What a bargain, was 16,995 euros, now only 14,995 euros. Phone Gordon for more information 608 658 785 / 952 832 173. www.robertsoncars-spain.com SMART CAR for sale. Perfect condition, 44,000km. 5,500€ negotiable. 627 414 140 (202745) LARGE selection of vans, large and small, 2006 to 2010, Kangoos, Partners, Jumpers, Ducatos etc etc. call for full list and details 672 550 037 LAND ROVER Discovery TD5 diesel, 2002, electric blue, 126,000klms with service history, alloyws, air con, etc etc 5,995€. 600 868 056 SEAT Toledo automatic, 2.0tdi 2006, fully loaded, only 39,000klm, one owner with full Seat service history, this car is in exceptional condition. 8,995€ 672 550 037 (203856) 2005 FIAT Ducato, 2.8 diesel, 5 speed, flat back truck, single wheel, aluminium drop side, one owner, 70,000klms, 5,995€ 600 868 056

CITROEN Jumper 2010, 2.0 diesel, swb, ex condition throughout, 5 speed, very clean van 600 868 056 AUDI A4, S4, quattro, station wagon, 2004, 4.2 petrol, silver with black recarro half leather seats, 6 speed, 170,000klms, €9,995. 600 868 056 FIAT Barrachetta convertible 2001, silver, very clean car, in outstanding condition, one owner from new with only 33,000klms with full service history, 4,495€. 672 550 037 (203856) 2007 KIA Megentis 2.0 CRDi, silver, 4 door saloon, alloys, sat nav, parktronic, 6 speed manual, climate control, fully uploaded, only 40,000klms, with full service history, 7,995€ 600 868 056 (203856) JAGUAR XK8 Coupe 4.0ltr, 54,000klms, gold with cream leather, pristine condition, all usual Jaguar refinements, call for full specifications. 672 550 037 (203856)

AUTOMATIC/Diesel Citroen Picasso 2007, one private owner, full service history, low klm. Loads of extras, has to be seen for this price, metallic copper, a very scarce MPV for only 7,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) 4x4 DIESEL Hyundai CRDI 2.0Ltr, 2005, one private owner, only 44,000klm (30,000mls), full service history, airconditioning, electric windows, locks, mirrors, alloy wheels. Metallic turquoise, velour trim, a fabulous jeep for only €7,995. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com FANTASTIC opportunity Ford Fiesta 1.25 Inj 16V 2009 5 door (new shape) from lady owner bought from Ford Malaga and serviced by them. Parrot hands free, great first car or coastal car, metallic silver, looks and drives fantastic, was 7,500€ NOW €6,995. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) THIS has to be seen, Citroen C-3 Exclusive 1.4 Inj 5 door 2005, one private owner, only 69,000klm (48,000mls) with service history, climate control, cruise control, full electric pack, six CD changer and lots more, was 4,995€ NOW 3,995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com

MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now!

MECHANICS BRITISH MOBILE MECHANICS. Fully qualified, home visits, reasonable prices and repairs for all cars. ITV’s €80 we come to you. 951 400 189 www.mbcmechanics.com 695 913 592 (101500)

REPAIRS

REGISTRATION

PEUGEOT 206 COUPE CABRIO, reg March 2002, 58,962kms. Very good condition, full service histroy, €3,950. Fantastic car - 628 133 270 (206924)

SEVEN SEATER Ford Mercury 2006, new shape, only 52,000 miles, UK lhd, automatic, 3.3 petrol, black with grey leather, every extra, perfect family car, immaculate condition, 672 550 037 (203856)

CHEV MATIZ 1000 2006 White 5 door power steering, CD Radio, air con 2 year ITV, 2,950 euro transfer include Finance Part Exchange. 607 733 610 (200577)

BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies. Call 952 893 380

NEED A CAR? - Can’t get credit? - Self employed? - Why not “Rent to Own” your next car? - No loans, no credit checks. HispAuto.com 952 564 912

OPEL Corsa metallic blue, 2007, 1.3 CDTi 5 speed diesel sport, alloys, 5 door, only 84,000klms, €4,995 600 868 056 (203856)

MERCEDES E55 AMG, 2000, fully loaded, silver with black leather, alloys, all original condition, all usual refinements, very good condition, 150,000klms with history. 6,995€ 600 868 056 (203856)

INSURANCE

AUTO ELECTRICAL Specialist. Over 30 years experience. Cars, commercials & boats. Latest diagnostic equipment. Petrol / diesel fuel injection problems solved. No job too small. Tel: 647 289 753 (203172)

2002 206 Peugeot automatic, 1.4 5 door only 40,000klms in excellent condition, very economical, 2,995€ 600 868 056 (203856)

TOYOTA Yaris 2007 d4d 1.4 diesel, usual Yaris extras, alloys, etc, etc, 120,000klms. 4,995€ 672 550 037

BMW 118D 2011 2DR Coupe, alpine white, 2012 model, only 12000kms, supplied new from bmw puerto banus, climate control, cd player, black leather interior, front fog lights, electric windows and mirrors, run flat tyres, under warranty until august 2013, lady driver in as new condition. €25995 600501492

AUTOMATIC Honda FRV 2008, six seater 1.8 I.VETEC Executive, one owner, full service history and loads of Honda extras, great saving at only 11,995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221. billbradycars.com

LAND ROVER 2001 Freelander TD4 2.0 Diesel. Green, A/C. Spanish plates.

125,000km, good condition. €4,500. Tel: 675 314 854 (203916)

FIAT PANDA 2006, metallic burgundy, 1.1 petrol, very clean, an economical car, 100,000klms. 2,995€ 672 550 037 (203856)

Mercedes E280 CDI 4DR saloon 2008, obsidian black, automatic paddle shift, alarm, folding mirrors, climate control, upgraded wheels, black leather interior, xenon headlights, bluetooth, on board computer, auto lights/wipers, cd player, tyre indicator, cruise control, multi function steering wheel, 57000kms, excellent condition. €22995 600501492

NISSAN JUKE 1.6i Tekna Premium, Feb 2011, 11 months manufacturer’s warranty, 20,000kms. 15,000 euros. 610 720 735 ASTON MARTIN DB9 Coupe 2007. RHD. 46,000 miles. Full Aston Martin Service History. Sapphire blue, cream leather interior. Immaculate throughout. Solar temperature sensors, Bluetooth, hands free phone, stack CD system, Satellite Navigation, cruise control, front rear sensors, paddle gear change.

2 years tracking, transferable. Taxed. Tested.

Regarded coolest car “Top Gear”, only £35,000 or the equivalent in €. Genuine callers only. No messers. 650 679 123, David BMW X5 3.0SD 2008, monaco blue, automatic tiptronic, tracker, alarm, folding mirrors, climate control, y spoke wheels with run flat tyres, sports seats, reverse camera, parking sensors, sat nav, 6 cd, electric grey leather interior, panoramic sunroof, aluminium side steps, roof rails, privacy glass, xenon headlights, auto lights/wipers, bluetooth, 22000kms from new, full service history just serviced at supplying dealer puerto banus bmw. one owner from new in immaculate condition. €39995 600501492

Painter/Decorator

KENNELS EURODOG Boarding Kennels and Cattery. Under new ownership, fully licensed and sanitary approved, long/short term. Mijas Costa Tel 697 731 171 www.eurodog spain.com (89637) PAINTER & DECORATOR If you just want the job done, then call the rest, but if you want the job done right call the best. Sam “Simply the Best” 18 years Mijas area 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 PAINTER & DECORATOR Lounges from 120€, bedrooms, halls 60€. Paper hanging, plastering, tiling and paint spraying.

Call Dennis, Calahonda. 670 774 527 DAMP problems, painters & builders, interior, exterior, 18 years experience, free quote. Tel 626 954 440 (203059)

Personal SPANISH male, 54, seeks relationship with sincere, optimistic, reasonable, nice humanitarian, good, faithful woman. Jose: +34 619 805 714; jmpb8@yahoo.es

Personal Services PROFESSIONAL bilingual assistance with private and work related problems.

Nursing care, medical appointments, interpreting, translations, municipal, police and legal problems, electricity and water red tape, etc. 661 341 568 / 627 925 941 www.redtape.es (201417)

Pest Control

CAR TRANSFERS AND IMPORTS PROBLEMS WITH EMBARGOS ON ROAD TAX? SAME DAY COLLECTION OF PAPERS. ENGLISH SPEAKING. PLEASE CALL 633 271 274 (101382)

WANTED WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 (204332) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (101382) RANGE ROVER SPORT 2007/2010, LHD, TDV8, must have light colour interior leather, exterior colour preference white. Telephone 659 006 050 CARS wanted, we buy any car, UK plated, embargo cars, vans, trucks, motorcycles, scooters, campervans, lorries, etc etc, for quick decision call now. 600 868 056 five peastrading@aol.com (203856) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 WANTED Legal Spanish Cars and Commercial, under 10 years old, any condition, including non-runners and damaged.

Cash paid. Buyer collects. Transfer included. Tel: 605 109 796 (200754)

Music PROFESSIONAL live music for any event. Weddings a speciality. Solo Spanish guitar to dance band. Details David 687 627 434 (Not an Agent)

THE HORSEMAN. Highly experienced horse carer, trainer for all your equestrian needs, including holiday cover and riding lessons. Sammy 952 964 407 / 685 630 222 / email: sammyconejo@hotmail.com

COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc.

Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee, serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control Company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940 (95515)

Pets YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes.

Fully vaccinated and neutered, free of charge. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398) CHIHUAHUA pedigree puppies with passport. All year round available. 952 112 870 / 654 285 667 (200746) ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service.

Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu

SPECIAL PROMOTION for new clients at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Dogs €10 per day plus IVA Tel: 952 112 978. www.cat-anddog-world.com (97995) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Individual heating available. Introductory offers for new clients. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcarespain.com (98147) COOL KENNELS AND CATTERY. Air conditioned. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. LAGUNAKENNELS@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983 (204248) STEFANIE’S KENNELS AND CATTERY, Estepona. Fully licensed, Junta approved, est. 1986. Viewing welcomed 952 790 943 www.stefanieskennels.com (202692)

Pet Insurance PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371 www. info@protectapet.eu (95962)

Pet Transport PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best.

Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or e-mail us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227. Email: info@ pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers. com (200622) THE DOG MOVER. Licensed professional transporters. Two handlers, so dogs never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.moveyourdog. com (89749) LOOK NO FURTHER FOR YOUR PET TRANSPORT. WE OFFER A SERVICE TO TRAVEL WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR PETS/FURNITURE. ALL PETS TRAVEL WITH US IN AIR CONDITIONED PEOPLE CARRIERS. CALL FOR PRICES. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 WWW.SPAINUK SPAIN.COM (204441) PET TRANSPORTATION by air. Complete service from professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www. cat-and-dog-world.com (97995) ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauf feur.eu (101721

Plot for Sale PLOT approx 500 sq mtrs. Riviera del Sol with uninterrupted sea views. 696 206 698 (201394)

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Plumbing THE Irish plumber for all your plumbing requirements, all areas covered. 7 days, reasonable rates.

605 206 394 (200961) RETIRED REGISTERED PLUMBER / DRIVER. Needs beer money, any job considered. Free advice, lowest rates.

Chris 652 665 380 (93499) PLUMBER: Water heaters repaired, replaced same day. Full bathroom and kitchen reforms, previous work can be seen. References available. Mark Allan 608 454 778 / 952 937 244 (203807)

Property for Sale

INVESTMENT or enjoy. Ill health forces sale. 3 bed townhouse. €145,000. 625 930 875 (206917) TORREBLANCA - 3 bed townhouse, sea views, pool, parking - 145,000€.

626 864 683 (206914)

URGENT SALE 295,000 euros. Superb Villa Mijas/Fuengirola. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, pool, 220 build, 1,100 plot, sea views, separate apartment. 606 526 618. www.first4property.es ALHAURIN - For sale, park home, two beds, 22,500€ 634 359 716 simmoc1941@yahoo.co.uk (204814) MARBELLA La Reserva, Penthouse, about to be repossessed, prime location, 2 bed, 2 bath, 160K€ neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) DUQUESA: Direct from owner.

Large 2 bed apt, excellent sea views, fully furnished. Priced to sell at 125,000 euros. Mortgage available if required. Call 609 585 969 (206813) www.villanovaspain.com. We need properties for our Belgian-Dutch-Scandinavian clients. Tel 600 392 795 (206784) IF YOU are seeking a bargain country house in Alhaurin el Grande area, we do the research and present you with a shortlist. Call FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) ALHAURIN EL GRANDE, Reduced, pretty 2 bed, 2 bath country house, access views, garden + land, 135K€ Neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) HOUSE/VILLA for sale in Alaro-Mallorca. 1,700m2 plot, 200m2 house, pool, 4x8 garage for 2 vehicles. 599,000€.

Tel 661 427 008 (Juan) (201447) APARTMENT for sale. El Torcal residential. Mountain views. 114,000€. Negotiable. 662 300 056 (202746) PLOT for sale in Alaro-Mallorca.

3,500m2 with small house 83m2, with refurbishment project and licence, pool. 150,000€. Tel 661 427 008 (Juan) (201447) OPPORTUNITY in Rio Gordo. House 190m2, 5 rooms, patio. 60,000€. 662 300 056 (202746)

Property to Let www.Quick-Sale-Deals.com. For The Latest Marbella Serious Investor and Quick Sale Luxury Property Deals Updated Daily: www.BobCallan.com Mob: 616 004 771 (203792) T1 WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (100017) GREAT OPPORTUNITY. TORREBLANCA. Ideal detached villa offering two self contained separate levels - main upper level 3 beds/1 bath - lower level 1 bed/1 bath, ideal for rental or elderly person/teenager/guests, large plot, private swimming pool and spacious garage, quiet residential area. Original asking price €299,500 - no agents fees, now €230,000. Viewing recommended - 647 647 629 (101501)

MARBELLA APARTMENT Rentals from 700 per month to 1500 per month.

1/2/3 bedrooms. Exclusive addresses.

Telephone 622 571 040 w w w. k i n g s c a s t l e m a r b e l l a . c o m kingscastlemarbella@gmail.com (200817)

LA CALA APARTMENT, 2 double bedrooms and 1 child’s bedroom. Fantastic sea views, refurbished, satellite, pool, parking, €89,950. 603 584 979 or 672 751 439 (201470)

MARBELLA centre, first line beach, 3 beds, 3 baths, suitable for cash buyer. Price €250,000. 671 244 683 (203209)

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CARTUJA ESTEPONA. 3 bed, 3 bath penthouse, furnished with 2 large terraces, fully air conditioned, magnificent views, Sat TV. 800 euros a month. 676 908 682 (201343) T1 WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Inland property rentals, long or short term, holidays 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 MONTEMAR, one bedroom apartment to let, all day sun, pool/gardens, any let 300€ pcm. 605 206 394 (200961)

LONG TERM RENTALS. We have a large selection of properties available in the Manilva areas. Please see our website for details and information. www.spanishrentalsabroad.com or call tel 678 307 622 (Properties always needed) (206810)

Property Wanted www.letsrentmarbella.com. Property services. We cherish your property in management or rentals. 639 644 122

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MARBELLA centre, rooms to let 671 244 683 (203209) 24 HOUR warden assisted apartments for rent at Casares del Sol. Please see our main ad on page 119 for further details (203015) VILLAS, TOWNHOUSES, APARTMENTS from 300€. VILLA 4 bed, pool, 3,000m2 plot, 800€. Damisa123@yahoo.es - 664 686 653 / 634 278 784

ALHAURIN EL GRANDE 4 bed, 2 bath, pool, terrace, parking, 500€ month.

FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) CALAHONDA, next to Mercadona. Nice 3 bed, 3 bathroom, townhouse, parking, pool, gardens. 750 euros. 654 519 727 (201398) TOWNHOUSE Playa Golf, Torrequebrada, 2 bed, 2 bath, private garden, furnished, fantastic mountain & sea views, very clean, €650pm. 634 123 652 (203856) BENALMADENA - Higueron, exclusive development, 2 bedroom/bath, parking, pool, balcony, sea views, €595 699 795 983 (206922)

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INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www.universalre movals. com Tel: 951 247 834 MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmatters.eu (202620)

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VAN AND MAN. Removals, clearances. Experienced and 100% reliable. €20 per hr. Paul 622 793 989 (97996)

FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190 (200802)

USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers.

952 775 300 www.combitrans.es DUBAI SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120) SOUTH-AMERICA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.com bitrans.es (203120) WWW.SPAINUKSPAIN.COM. Vehicle leaving Spain on 9th / 19th / 28th of each month, returning 10th / 20th / 29th of each month. Prices from £90 per cubic metre. Cars £525, bikes £325, jetskis/boats from £525, dogs £395, cats £295. All animals travel with us in air conditioned people carriers. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 (204441)

WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business. English 646 066 351 (204248)

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REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306 (44093)

ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices. Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judeinspain@hotmail.com (200779)

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ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / aceofshadeslacala@hotmail.com

FLORIDA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120)

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COUPLE and vans, 30 years of moving experience. Removals, storage and export packing service. Single items and clearances, all at competitive prices. Call Karl +34 633 855 516 / Louise +34 633 855 517 (206905)

THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (200775)

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL

SCRAP METAL WANTED. HMS 1&2, Copper Wiring, Brass, Stainless Steel, Cars, Trucks, Tractors, Batteries, Plastic & Cardboard. Tel. 603 128 012

CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish.

Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (101611)

MAN & VAN Removals and transport, all areas covered 100% reliable 952 816 582 (100423)

ESTEPONA FOREST HILLS. 1 bed duplex modern apartment 315€ pm.

Spectacular sea/mountain views. Sunny/spacious terrace. Flat screen TV/Freeview, all mod cons. Newly decorated. Pool. Car preferable. 617 646 093 gaynorhighspirit1@hotmail.com.

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ALHAURIN EL GRANDE 2 bed, country house, terrace, lawn, pool, excellent location, 600€ month. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834)

15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 15th February Space available. Tel. 639 928 090 (202659)

EUROPE / UK fortnightly, full or part load service. David 696 810 618

COUNTRY house very close to Coin town. Front porch terrace area, living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Parking area. Built 65m2. Price 450€. TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F697) (204315)

TORREMOLINOS, Montemar, 1 bedroom apartment, renovated, fully furnished, south facing, sea view, 350 euros. 666 517 479 (201355)

ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (201452)

MANVAN REMOVALS €20 / hour, 3 vans available. House clearances. Storage from €10 / week. Tel David 696 810 618 (89629)

PRETTY country house in Coin. Front porch, living room, kitchen with open fire, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Extras: A/C in bedrooms and living room, parking area, roof terrace with fantastic views and bbq area. Built: 70m2.

Land 1,000m2 Price: 600€ including bills. TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F786) (204315)

3 BEDROOM Apartment for rent, Carvajal, part furnished, open plan kitchen, very modern, garden apartment, 1 month deposit required, plus references. Available straight away, 699€ per month. Call 647 873 680

MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout 2012. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01543 467 777 & see www.elite-european.com (93139)

SIGNS, Vehicle Decals, Logos, Flyers, A-Boards, Digital Art, Banners. 670 583 779 (200926)

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Costa del Sol SIGNS, all types, vehicles, pavement signs, illuminated, L.E.D. Neon, banners, sale boards. 16 years on the Coast! www.signstudiospain.com 639 133 135 / 952 796 299 (67022)

MATURE female looking for cleaning/ironing and general house work/retail or bar work. Sandra 609 292 209 (203057)

CARERS REQUIRED! Join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from 868GBP - 1330GBP for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English/British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@ consultuscare.com (99161)

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FULL TIME Administration Staff Required.

Mijas town based photographic agency requires a computer literate, energetic person to help with general office administration. Must be fluent in spoken and written English. Please email your CV to: jobs@arcangel-im ages.com CROSS IDIOMAS is currently recruiting In-house and Freelance language teachers. English, German and Chinese. If you are a native speaker and have the required experience, we would like to hear from you. Please send CV and cover letter to info@cros sidiomas.com

Tarot Reading TAROT READINGS, many years experience helping people. Tel 670 861 069 or email: tarot spain@hotmail.com (200644)

CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com (203210)

CARTOMANCY - Spiritual Cleaning Protections - Talisman - Unite Couples - Remove Hexes - Dilogun Reading 952 388 905 / 952 374 593 (206804)

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SOLAR BEST DEAL IN SPAIN www.gosolarinspain.com (200575)

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LIFE COACHING, stress, depression, other problems. 24 years experience. Contact 634 369 414 (206835)

Swimming Pools

Tiling TILING, plastering, plumbing, bathrooms, kitchens, reforms and hot mini pools built. 605 206 394

“PRECIOUS CARDS”. A distributor of greetings cards, giftware and confectionery require a native Spanish sales agent who is English spoken to join our team, own transport required, commission based. For more info email cv to sales@precious-cards.com (new email address) (206789)

Trophies LASER ENGRAVED Trophies, Prizes, quality glass engraving service, competitive prices, with 40 years experience. Trophies, medal, badges from €1. THE SPORTS SHOP Fuengirola Tel: 952 473 530 (202701)

KYANI “The Miracle from Alaska”. Now also on the Costa del Sol. Looking for experienced network marketers! Great opportunity! For more information www.healthypeople.me or call Alicia on 722 219 076 (206911)

POOL MAINTENANCE and repairs, friendly and reliable service. Estepona to Malaga and Inland. Special offers on re-grouts and heaters for 2011. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 / www.sparklenripple.net (86211) T3

NATIVE English speakers required, to fill out surveys at Malaga airport. Good earning potential. Phone Simon for interview on 671 227 230 (201412)

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RELIABLE BILINGUAL COUPLE SEEKING HOUSE SITTING / MAINTENANCE POSITION. OWN TRANSPORT ALL AREAS. 644 167 561 (86212) T1

AFFORDABLE POOL MAINTENANCE - Professional maintenance from only €80 per month (exc. chemicals) Call Splash Pools on 952 591 053 - open 8am to 4pm

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Tuition LEARN SPANISH. Speak Spanish from 1st lesson. 1 to 1 or group lessons.

Children and adults. Friendly teacher.

Learn properly, gain confidence. GCSE & all levels. From Sotogrande to Fuengirola. Great prices 664 209 839 SPANISH lessons at your home or mine. Torremolinos-Benalmadena area.

E15/hour. Tel 627 925 941 (201417)

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Washing Machine WASHING MACHINE repairs. No fix, no fee. Fast reliable service. Also sales from 70 euros. Can deliver. Joe 952 448 695 / 686 271 836 (201328) T1

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A pleasuring machine. Relaxing massages, posing and much more.

Come and taste me, we will enjoy it all along. 602 690 036 (206781)

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PROFESSIONAL websites from 95 euros!

Webshops from 195 euros - Real Estate websites from 175 euros - 1st year free hosting - free training & support!. Visit www.budgetwebsites.ed for more information or call Wito on 722 219 076 (206911)

RIVIERA, 6 extremely beautiful girls, all-intimate pleasure, sex, orgasm guaranteed. Come and let yourself go to an ecstasy of pleasure with these professionals. Comfortable mood with good music, fully discreet. www.butterflygirls.es €50 951 274 723 (206781)

Window Tinting MOBILE SERVICE. ITV Legal. Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 solarshadetinting@gmail.com (204325)

NEAR Elviria, Angela, super cute and discreet, blue-eyed brunette.

Come feel the pleasure on your skin, get your mind relaxed and your body satisfied. 634 193 202 (206781)

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MR NICE-SKY. Dish re-alignment. Sky Installations. From 299 euros. Second hand equipment wanted. Tel Jim 652 023 012 (201328) T1 SKY AND SKY+ Digiboxes Wide selection of quality tested receivers available at very competitive prices Ian 659 812 995 SKY PROBLEMS / Installers don’t turn up when they promise to?

Can’t or won’t sort out your satellite problems? Then call Steve @ Scansat. We supply and install full Sky Systems, Digi-boxes, Dishes, Sky cards UK/Irish.

Dish relocations and TV extensions. For a fast reliable service call Steve 676 533 209 problem solved! (100436) SKY DIGIBOXES - Free View and Sky + HD, New, Used, Refurbished Boxes with warranty from an unbeatable €35.

Tel 653 061 472 (203023) UK TV. Missing channels after 7pm, channels breaking up during your favourite part of Corrie or Emmerdale? Don´t waste any more viewing time, call the experts. A quick re-alignment and a change to a high gain LNB will sort out all your frustrations. For a fast and reliable service. Robsky. Tel: 0034 617 169 792 astra2sat@ hotmail.com REPAIRS – TV’s, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi – Boxes, Video, Hi-Fi and microwaves.

Free estimates, can collect. 35 Years experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (201400)

BEAUTIFUL young Spanish, Polish, Asian, Thai massage, relax luxury atmosphere, San Pedro near Banus 618 448 131 (204237)

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ELVIRIA Cross dressing with man or woman. Come and play. 634 364 252 (201380)

UPHOLSTERY work for your furniture. Window decoration, interior consulting, wall covering, luxury fabrics, outdoor fabrics. Home visits in all places for free. Iris Seegert. Berlin/Marbella phone 647 764 426 www.iris-seegert.com (204846)

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CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST,RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382)

50 euros Fuengirola/ Mijas Costa, 10 spectacular girls, high standing, gorgeous, friendly, seductive. Striptease, all services. Luxury villa. Call outs. 24 HOURS. 952 582 150 (200974)

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Wanted BARGAIN WANTED. PRIVATE CASH BUYER wants villa in SANTA CLARA GOLF. Must have sea and mountain views and be in good condition. Or penthouse - apartment in urbanisation near Nueva Andalucia with PREFERENCE FOR SANTA CLARA GOLF. NO AGENCIES OR INTERMEDIARIES, ONLY OWNERS. Tel 0034 627 658 126 / malik_khafoury@ yahoo.com (206810)

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MARBELLA CENTRE – the ideal place for your enjoyment in the city centre, eight young ladies for unforgettable moments. Open 24h and prices from €50. For reservations and information call 620 366 817 (204116) T2 NEAR Miraflores, Maria, sexy young Bulgarian lady, 25, very pretty, sweet and loving. I am the little doll in your wet dreams. 602 690 036 (206781)

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Open air elegance this spring 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 mid-size 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 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

BREATHE IN: The electric soft top can be opened in 17 seconds.

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.

Owners will be able to choose between three optional infotainment and navigation systems that can be combined with Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB+) and can integrate mobile telephone functions.

“Following the compact Mokka SUV and the small lifestyle ADAM, the Cascada is the next highlight in our product offensive,” Opel Management Board Member for Strategy, Dr Thomas Sedran said.

“Our new mid-size class convertible boasts open air driving fun in premium quality – from design to its technologies and equipment – at an extremely attractive price.”

DEBUT: The new brand said its GQ3 model features a German-influenced design.

New producer Qoros to launch first car at Geneva Motor Show 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 have been disclosed yet.

The production ready Qoros GQ3

sedan has a sporty profile with a long wheelbase, short overhangs and a coupé-like silhouette, yet allows for generous interior space for a vehicle in the compact segment.

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.

The Qoros GQ3 showcases an advanced infotainment that represents a technological first for the car industry. The eight-inch

capacitive touchscreen was developed in-house by Qoros with displays designed for minimal driver distraction, replacing the array of switches and buttons that blights many modern car interiors.

The system features navigation system, extensive social networking connectivity and the ability for drivers to book dealer service appointments.

Besides the GQ3 model, the Chinese automobile producer will also showcase their Cross Hybrid and Estate concept cars – both based on the same GQ3 platform in a worldwide premiere in Geneva.

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JOHN AND ANN FENTON won their first major bowls competition when they scooped the Mijas Masters 2013 title.

They beat Mike Detheridge Pat Fisher 21-18 in the final.

The competition was hailed a

great success with 52 pairs and 38 triples from clubs around the region taking part.

In one semi-final Jackie Symonds and Malcolm Roberts (Lauro) had played Mike and Susan Gerard (standing in for

WINNERS: John and Ann Fenton scooped the Mijas Masters 2013 title.

Pat), Mike and Susan getting through to the final.

In the other semi-final John and Ann (Mijas) played Rob and Geraldine Robinson (Mijas), John and Ann winning after a good game.

The triples final was contested

by Gordon and Margret Kain with Garry Aldridge playing Tony and Val Thornton with Roberto Wright.

It was a very close game and not till the last end that it was

TRIPLES: Winning team of the Mijas Masters given their cup by Lloyd Bank’s Alison Marshal

Rugby back on the agenda 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 versus Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday with Italy playing France in Rome on Sunday.

After major upsets in various Cup competitions, it’s back to the bread and butter of League football this weekend as clubs continue to chase titles, seek promotion and battle to avoid relegation.

And there are some intriguing matches ahead including Fulham v

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By Tony Matthews A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.

Manchester United (a repeat of last week’s cuptie), Manchester City v Liverpool, Newcastle v Chelsea, WBA v Tottenham, Crystal Palace

v Charlton and Millwall v Hull and plenty… more!

ROUND-UP… • In the Australian Open, Andrew Murray, having beaten Roger Federer, was defeated by world number one, Novak Djokovic in the men’s final.

• Congratulations to Bradford City and Swansea who will contest the 2013 League Cup final on February 28. For the Swans, it will be their first major final after defeating Chelsea 2-0 on aggregate in the semis. The second

leg was marred by the sending-off of Chelsea’s Eden Hazard for kicking 17-year-old ball boy Charlie Morgan, the son of a Swansea director.

Morgan was lying on the ground, clutching the ball, seemingly wasting time.

Hazard will serve at least a three-match ban but the police are not taking action. The teenager had ‘tweeted’ about timewasting before the game!

• And Celtic are out of the Scottish Cup, beaten in the semi-final by lowly St Mirren who will meet Hearts in the final.

decided, Gordon’s team winning by three woods.

The competition was sponsored

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Win sees Malaga back in Champions League spot MALAGA CF host Real Zaragoza at La Rosaleda this Sunday (kick-off noon) having got back to winning ways with a thrilling 3-2 victory at Real Mallorca.

The Costa del Sol side had taken just one point from their previous three La Liga games but managed to see off a Mallorca side that is now firmly entrenched in the relegation zone.

Manuel Pellegrini’s men

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got off to the perfect start at the Iberostar Stadium and were two goals ahead inside the first 15 minutes.

First Javier Saviola volleyed home after the hosts’ defence had failed to deal with an inswinging free-kick from Isco, then the youngster himself made it 2-0 with a simple finish at the far post after

great work from Ignacio Monreal down the left.

However, the islanders responded 12 minutes later when Victor Casadesus got on the end of a Tomer Hemed knockdown to halve the deficit.

The home side then had several chances to get back on level terms before the break.

But having failed to make the most of their opportunities Malaga made them pay after the restart, Monreal lashing an unstoppable shot past Juan Calatayud from outside the box after picking up Francisco Portillo’s pass on 62 minutes.

Nonetheless, Mallorca

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21

15

2

4

42

21

Real Madrid

43

21

13

4

4

54

20

Málaga

35

21

10

5

6

33

19

Betis

35

21

11

2

8

31

33

Rayo

34

21

11

1

9

30

36

Valencia

33

21

10

3

8

30

34

Levante

33

21

10

3

8

26

30

R. Sociedad

30

21

8

6

7

32

28

Valladolid

28

21

8

4

9

30

27

Sevilla

26

21

7

5

9

27

29

Getafe

26

21

7

5

9

25

35

Athletic

25

21

7

4

10

27

40

Real Zaragoza

23

21

7

2

12

21

30

Espanyol

22

21

5

7

9

23

32

Celta

20

21

5

5

11

21

26

Granada

20

21

5

5

11

18

32

Osasuna

18

21

4

6

11

17

26

Mallorca

17

21

4

5

12

22

39

Deportivo

16

21

3

7

11

26

45

Position as of Wednesday Noon.

refused to give in and hauled themselves back into the game just 10 minutes later when former Tottenham Hotspur man

National bowling at Santa Maria TEN men and 10 ladies representing the Spanish National squad, from mainly Alicante and Almeria Provinces, will make the trek to Santa Maria Bowls Club to play a match against Team Malaga.

This year the mayor of Marbella has been invited to open the annual event, being held on Saturday and Sunday (February 2 and 3).

So Malaga bowling fans, mark the date in your diaries and come along to: Elviria Urb, Santa Maria, N340 Km 192, 29600, Marbella. Two matches each day.

More information: 952 930 242.

Europa League

BOWLS CONTEST: Malaga took on Spain in 2012 at Benalmadena BC.

Giovani dos Santos struck a brilliant free kick over the defensive wall and in off the crossbar to give Willy Caballero no chance.

One minute later Malaga were reduced to 10 men when Argentine defender Martin Demichelis was harshly adjudged to have made a dangerous tackle on Tomas Pina in the centre circle.

Even so, Mallorca could not make their one-man advantage count for the final 18 minutes despite threatening on numerous occasions. Consequently, Malaga moved back into the Champions League spots on goal difference courtesy of Real Betis surprising 3-0 defeat at Rayo Vallecano.