Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 28 April - 4 May 2016 Issue 1608 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1608

28 April - 4 May 2016

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Moment of truth

By Matthew Elliott REVENUE raised from fining landlords who rent out their properties illegally should be used to plug any holes in local government finance according to hotel bosses on the Costa Blanca, who have come out in force against the notion of a tourist tax. The advent of a tax now appears extremely unlikely following the unprecedented show of strength against even the whisper of such a proposal, which is in the preliminary stages of investigation by fi-

nancial experts. The most powerful figures of the Costa Blanca hotelier community were united in condemning the prospect of taxing hotel accommodation from 2017 as enormously farfetched. Nuria Montes, from Hosbec, said it was “unfair, arbitrary and would damage us greatly because it demonstrates a profound ignorance of the sector. Right now we are already selling stocks for the winter of 2017, so how can the tax be applied?” Cristina Rodes, president of

the Provincial Association of Hotels, said the government should focus more on fining illegal property rentals to raise funds “rather than punishing the self-regulated industry.” Jose Maria Caballe, president of Servigroup, the largest hotel chain in the community however, was more understanding stating: “I am against rates but I understand that the government needs revenue.” The controversy pits two of the year’s largest developments to affect expatriates against one another as regional governments across Spain bat-

tle to raise more income without upsetting voters. Unregistered tourist rentals in Barcelona are being prosecuted, while a crackdown on the practice will be in place across Andalucia from May. Meanwhile an ‘eco tax’ aimed at tourists will hit Mallorca this summer. Given the early outrage over the mere mention of a tourist tax in the Costa Blanca, the smart money would be on our region moving towards harsher penalties for unlicensed rentals in order to both protect and appease the hotel lobby.

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Traffic plans THE Ministry of Development has approved the project to expand the A-7 motorway with a third lane in both directions, from Crevillente to Orihuela/Benferri. The works aim to solve the

traffic congestion problems that occur on the stretch, and have an estimated budget of €69.4 million. Work will also improve barriers and meet new drainage conditions.

Fatal accident FIVE people have died and three were injured in a serious road traffic accident that took place Tuesday morning, on the road linking Lorca with Aguilas in Murcia. The accident occurred when a van lost control and fell down an embankment, hitting a bridge. The van was carrying workers headed to Aguilas. Five died and three others were taken to hospital.

Pre-crisis levels ELCHE’S Social Security contributions have returned to preeconomic-crisis levels. In 2015 more than 4,200 joined the labour market, repre-

senting an annual growth of 6.3 per cent. A monthly average of 72,762 people joined the Social Security system, with more jobs in the trade and retail sector.

Drug discovery POLICE discovered a greenhouse in Benferri, Orihuela, with 175 marihuana plants growing inside. The clandestine operation was also illegally hooking up to the electricity supply, as officers proceeded to arrest the two residents in the property: a 57-year-old British man and an 18-year-old teenager of Italian origin.

NO SALE: The film studios remain costly and unused for the government.

Back to square one By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

THE sale of the Ciudad de la Luz film studios in Alicante has been declared void. The sale was stipulated by the European Union to recover debts, but the auction process ended without success. There was only one proposal submitted to the auction, but the collateral

and documentation proving the solvency of the North American consortium of partners was inconclusive for the Generalitat. The government has expressed shock at the little interest shown in the sale, which they saw as an interesting one for investors. The situation puts the Ciudad de la Luz back to square one, as the next step for the building could be bank-

ruptcy and liquidation. Such a measure could force the government to sell the unused film studios without conditions about its future use and minimum purchase price, which the regional government wants to avoid. It was first put up for sale for €94 million, which was then reduced to a €20 million minimum bid after no initial interest.

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Your papers, your views

Featured News 3

Finance 49 - 54

Stocks 50

Leapy Lee 55

Daily TV 58, 60, 62,

64, 66, 68, 70

Letters 72

Time Out 74 - 75

Colin Bird 76

MARINE LIFE: Ecosystem along the Mediterranean is changing

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE local marine ecosystem as we know it could be changing. Climate change has led to the warmest and driest winter since records began, according to climatologists, with the effects also being felt locally along the Mediterranean where there has been a rise in temperature of three degrees. Sea water along the coast from December to March is usually around 11-12 degrees on average, but this season the temperature has reached 14 degrees. This

increase poses a threat to the native species as invasive varieties are adapting better to the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Marine biologist Mercedes Varela also said the Suez Canal expansion has had a “devastating” effect on the marine ecosystem because alien species have come to the Mediterranean creating a problem for local species. The varieties most affected by temperature increases are corals and lobsters, as they are species that require colder water with jellyfish multiplying.

Rising sea temperatures have also seen Posidonia flourish in November in areas like Cabo de Gata, Almeria. The algae is used as a bio-indicator of the quality of the sea as it only grows in clean marine waters but it can equally over grow suffocating other species. Professor Alfonso Ramos of the University of Alicante estimates that around 800 exotic species have come through the Suez Canal in the last 50 years, of which about 80 can be considered invasive, causing potential harm to the environment and other native species as they alter or

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Local improvements planned

Health & Beauty 79 - 82

COX and Granja de Rocamora are to receive €270,000 from the provincial council for multiple improvement works in both municipalities.

Social Scene 84 - 87

Property 89 - 95

Homes & Gardens 96 - 97

Pets 98

Services 99 - 104

Classifieds 106 - 108

Motoring 109 - 110

Sport 111 - 112

Cox will receive around €150,000 which will be used to extend the doctors surgery, repair the school playground and install a pergola area to

protect children from rain and sun. Granja de Rocamora will receive around €120,000 to help create a multi-purpose

space for activities or workshops and gymnastics. School toilets and sports facilities will also be renovated. xx

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One foot in the door ELCHE has carried out inspections of shoe factories in the last two months. The move comes following a fire that occurred in an illegal workshop in the city in which a 17-year-old was injured, as previously reported in the Euro Weekly News. As a result, the city has been carrying out special monitoring of these businesses, especially those using flammable materials such as gases, paints and glues. A total of 18 municipal inspections were carried out, with two premises found to be closed. Of these, nine met all requirements and permits to carry out their activities, meanwhile three of them lacked the compulsory environmental licence, and four needed modifications to the premises. Of the inspections, five were triggered by complaints made by local residents worried about the dangers of the workshops. In the fight to curb the underground economy, the government team recently asked the regional government for further measures against clandestine work.

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Fun fundraising for local charity REVELLERS enjoyed yet another successful charity night at Restaurante El Alto La Dolores in Guardamar, in aid of Torrevieja Stroke Support (TSS). Cassi Kennedy provided the entertainment, and diners dug deep as they always do, so that their generosity made it possible to donate â&#x201A;Ź877 in much-needed funds to the charity. Paul Owen, treasurer for Torrevieja Stroke Support, said that the money will go towards essential rehabilitation and physiotherapy equipment. The next charity night is on Friday May 13, an unlucky date for some, but not for San Fulgencio Alzheimer â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, who will be the beneficiaries on that night with the ever popular Woody taking to the stage. Tickets are already on sale, call 692 866 536.

STROKE SUPPORT: TSS President, Lilybeth Stevens (second left) with the donation and fellow TSS volunteers.

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Fire at landfill A FIRE at the Proambiente landfill site in Abanilla, which started on Friday evening (April 22), kept firefighters busy and continued to burn for days before being declared under control. Councillor for the Environment of Orihuela Miguel Angel Fernandez said on Monday the fire was controlled but not fully extinguished, as vehicles could not reach the epicentre of the blaze, located within compost warehouses on the site.

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The tyranny of sex trafficking By Matthew Elliott THE story of a Nigerian woman, who told police last year that she had been sold into slavery in Spain, has led to the dismantling of two criminal organisations based in Torrevieja, involved in trafficking young females. Together the two syndicates exercised complete control over the local sex trade. More than 30 people have been arrested and 18 women freed. Oddly, five women were in

charge of the criminal gang, with one of them a UK resident, and they treated their victims with uncommon brutality, forcing them into prostitution every day for 12 hours. They would then work as domestic servants, cleaning and cooking for a pittance they would never see. The Nigerian-run gangs then funnelled their earnings to Africa through a shop in Torrevieja used as a front, moneylaundering in Madrid, and the use of human mules flying

south. More than €1 million has already been detected as moving through these routes. Much of the organisation was conducted in Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave, while the pastor of a Torrevieja church was found to be heavily involved and profiting from the trade. The police operation was aided by the invaluable assistance of Europol, which used information gleaned from other investigations in the UK, Sweden, Finland, Italy and France.

Compensation claim A PATIENT tried to claim compensation from the Murcia Health Service after receiving infected blood during a transfusion. The patient said he was infected with hepatitis C from a blood transfusion made at the Virgen del Arrixaca hospital of Murcia, and there-

fore wanted €50,000 compensation. The case was analysed by the insurance company of the Murcia Health Service, which provided a report stating that ‘we cannot know how, where or when he was infected by the hepatitis C virus.’

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Town tour AGUILAS is hosting its monthly guided theatrical tour on Sunday May 1. The tour offers visitors an insight into the historical sites of the town, given by costumed actors in Spanish. Call 968 493 285 to book.

CASTLE COMPLAINTS: Calls for a protective perimeter around the castle to prevent dogs using it as a bathroom.

Doggy DNA to be tested By Gemma Elvins-Quinn MORE than 1,000 signatures have been collected by residents in Santa Pola protesting against dog mess outside the town’s castle, a building listed as of Cultural Interest.

There are calls to create a protective perimeter to prevent the dogs becoming too close to the castle grounds. Workers within the castle’s museum said they are “constantly seeking cleaning services, and having to disinfect the perimeter of the castle environment,” but warned the acids

emitted by these products can potentially damage the old building. Councillor for Cleaning, Francisco Soler, said he is also calling for support in the town hall to create a system to identify dogs with DNA, in order to fine anyone who does not clean up after their pet.

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Calls for more reading options CLARO political party took the opportunity of Book Day, celebrated across the region, to demand a library for Orihuela City. The party said there is only a small reading point on the Orihuela Costa, which is currently only open for four hours, one day a week, staffed by volunteers “because of the lack of resources and municipal support.” A Claro spokesperson said: “Since the entry of the new government team they have been suppressing services at the reading point, lowering the opening from three days to one, and the gardening service leaves much to be desired for a municipal building.”

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Clerical error causes concern for Ciudadanos MURCIA Councillor Mario Gomez has said he will not resign. The spokesman for the Ciudadanos party in the city of Murcia, said he will not step down over the election campaign expenses scandal which came to light last week. He defended “the good work” of the party and said: “I’ve only been the territorial delegate for two months and have done commendable work in all municipalities.”

Regarding what Gomez called a “clerical error,” he said there is already an investigation underway and the error will be corrected by the party. Upon realising expenses bills for the party during the election campaign had been charged twice, Councillor Gomez said the party had acted quickly and believes there is no reason to apologise to the citizens, “but to apologise to ourselves. We did not want

to deceive anyone.” Miguel Sanchez from the party was ultimately responsible for the signing of the accounts and payment authorisations and said it was an error that some bills were paid for from the parliamentary account rather than the party’s account, which is not allowed. “There has been a regrettable mistake and that money will be returned to the parliamentary group,” he said.

Demolition of illegal villa to be decided DOLORES Town Hall has stopped work on an illegal villa located on a rustic plot of land in the municipality. The property was once owned by the now mayor of Dolores, Joaquin Hernandez (PSOE). It was highlighted in 2003 that construction work had begun on an unlicens ed building, and in 2013 proceedings began to ‘restore the urban legality of the area’ which would mean its demolition. The mayor then went on to sell the prop-

erty. He defended his actions saying he “has not fooled anyone,” as when he sold it in 2014 the letter of sale clearly stated there was a procedure initiated to restore legality. He continued that in 2003 when the case first opened he was not part of any political party and paid the fine of almost €11,000. Now a judge will rule on whether the demolition order should go ahead on the illegally built house, which earned the mayor a profit by selling it to a private party.

HAIR-RAISING: Hairdryer fire at hospital leads to 11 being moved.

Hairy moment for hospital patient By Gemma Elvins-Quinn A HAIRDRYER caused a fire at the Hospital of Torrevieja. A patient went to use the appliance when it caught alight. A health professional was quickly on the scene and extinguished the flames bringing the fire under control within minutes without the intervention of fire crews or other emergency services.

The hospital said their health protocol worked properly and no one was hurt as a result of the fire. However, they did move 11 patients to other rooms due to the “intense smell of burning plastic, in order to ensure their safety and comfort.” It is the first such incident at the hospital which opened in 2006 serving the Vega Baja area.

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Businessman is jailed for fraud By Gemma Elvins-Quinn BUSINESSMAN Angel Fenoll has been sentenced to nine months in prison for tax fraud. The Provincial Court, based in Elche, confirmed a judgement by the criminal court of Orihuela in 2015, which found him guilty of a tax offence. He has also been fined €161,018,

and ordered to compensate the treasury with €214,691. Fenoll is the owner of companies like Colsur and Proambiente, and was found to have been filling in inaccurate income reports ‘with the intention of defrauding the Treasury.’ An inspection into his accounts began in 2006, and in

2008 criminal investigations were started. He has also been questioned by police investigating the Brugal case, which is looking into claims of bribery, extortion and influence peddling in the awarding of public contracts, in several localities governed by the PP in Alicante Province.

Budgeting bin men A REPORT analysing how Torrevieja’s direct management of waste collection would work, rather than contracting out the service, has revealed that staff would lose thousands a year in wages. The document, prepared by the Chief of Staff and Human Resources, indicates that each worker would receive up to €3,000 less per year on average, depending on the job role and current salary.

The wage cost of the current staff of Acciona is €7.4 million for the contract. The study says the same jobs with a salary would cost €6.6 million if Torrevieja managed it in-house, keeping the city within budget. Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon has agreed with unions to maintain working conditions contained in the current agreement with Acciona workers.

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Town hall uses illegal bike CATRAL’S police have criticised the town hall for allowing an official motorcycle to be used without it having an upto-date ITV test. The motorbike is only used sporadi-

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cally by workers but police argue it is illegal, as the ITV has expired and it is not authorised for use. The vehicle was purchased in 2003 by the town hall.

NO HELP: Half of unemployed are not receiving benefits aid.

Going it alone in the search for jobs By Gemma Elvins-Quinn OVER half of all those unemployed in Alicante Province are not receiving any form of benefits or aid. In March, figures show that a total of 100,765 citizens were left without benefits, compared to 79,941 who received them. In February this year, 84,195 people received

benefits compared to the 100,906 who went without. This situation is generated primarily by the exhaustion of rights by workers because of long term unemployment, as well as cuts in the aid system. The UGT union said the situation is “alarming,” and causes “many people having to go directly to Social Services for help, or return home

to their families to live.” The Secretary of Labour Action, Employment and Training, Yaissel Sanchez added there is a need for stable, quality jobs, with rights and guarantees that also put the focus on future pensions, which can be undermined with decreasing and fewer periods of contribution to Social Security.

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SURVEILLANCE: Drones will be used to detect mosquito breeding sites.

Drones to prevent mosquito breeding By Gemma Elvins-Quinn DRONES will be used to detect possible breeding sites of the tiger mosquito in Alicante. The rise in temperature during the last few weeks has

CRIS is to be adapted CREVILLENTE has to spend €80,000 to adapt the Centre for Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CRIS), to meet the demands of the regional government. The building, which cost more than €1.8 million and was opened last year, has worked so far without being accredited by the council, according to the Councillor of Social Services, Juana Guirao. It was funded entirely by the Ministry, and is open only for workshops, but additional work is required on the centre to receive its accreditation which will then allow for regional grants. These will be used to manage the day centre for the mentally ill.

prompted the start of the reinforcement campaign to tackle the proliferation of the common mosquito and tiger mosquito. Drones will be launched to locate potential sources of mosquito breeding for further treatment. As part of plans to prevent and control the insect, an informative public awareness campaign is also being launched to prevent the spread of the species over the coming months. It is reported that 80 per

cent of the outbreaks occur inside private properties. Councillor for Health of Alicante Sonia Tirado said it was important for the municipal department to inform the entire population of the actions that citizens can do from their own home to prevent the pest. “The tiger mosquito breeds in stagnant water, so it is important to act at this larval stage” said Tirado, as within two weeks larvae can become 10,000 adult mosquitoes, due to their rapid reproduction.

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Police protests at conditions LOCAL POLICE officers took to the street in Crevillente to protest the working conditions of staff, and denounce the suspended negotiations of new working agreements.

Large catch goes on sale THE fishing boat Rosa Maria Juarez captured nine tonnes of bacoretas fish, two months earlier than the fish is usually seen. It was on sale at the fish market at the port of Torrevieja for between €2.50-€2.90 per kilogram.

No licence for shipyard TORREVIEJA has ordered the closure of a shipbuilding yard which has operated since 1988, with the town hall saying it had no business licence.

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Concern amongst the consortium By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA and Callosa de Segura owe the Consortium for Economic Development of the Vega Baja (Convega), some €300,000. The economic balance of Convega, which groups all the municipalities in the area with the exception of Torrevieja, has outstanding unpaid contributions by its members, amounting to a total of €368,588.40.

Much of the debt is held by municipalities like Orihuela and Callosa de Segura which have not made contributions for eight years. The situation is causing unease in some of the smaller towns in the Vega Baja who complain that year after year they are paying their fair share but believe they do not receive all the services they should. Orihuela owes the most at almost €200,000 followed by

Callosa de Segura. Bigastro and Albatera are amongst the towns that also owe their fees. The consortium group is an entity designed to promote employment through training and job placement, and in helping with the creation of new businesses. It has urged municipalities to prepare payment plans to settle the debts. Otherwise, they could end up losing the services received.

Mayor of Orihuela views the natural countryside THE mayor of Orihuela has been viewing the wealth of flora and fauna in the Sierra Escalona. Emilio Bascuñana was invited, along with Councillor for the Environment Miguel Angel Fernandez, by the group Friends of the Sierra

Escalona, to view one of the owl’s nests. Following the visit, the mayor promised to take steps to end action that threatens the ecosystem and to put pressure on the regional government to declare the Sierra Escalona as a natural park.

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Alleviating difficulties for disabled people PROPOSALS have been made to create the post of ‘Ombudsman for the Disabled’ in San Javier. Ciudadanos party spokesman Antonio Murcia said the aim of the initiative is to “alleviate the difficulties faced daily by people with disabilities.” He believes it was their duty to have “greater involvement and commitment to solve their problems.” The functions to be assumed by the Ombudsman include: coordinating municipal actions with the different associations to ensure that the rights of individuals with disabilities are met, have regular consultations with these citizens and publicise the available resources. The Ombudsman will also encourage and oversee an urban accessibility plan.

TOURIST ATTRACTION: Delights of Murcia, such as the Cathedral, on display at Barcelona tourism event.

From culture to cuisine By Gemma Elvins-Quinn MURCIA’S Regional Tourist Board has been to Barcelona in a bid to attract more Catalan visitors. It is the second year that Murcia has

participated in the ‘B-Travel’ event, and attendance at the fair will allow Murcia to present the highlights of the region, such as its food, culture and fiestas. Director General of the Institute of Tourism, Manuel Fernandez-Delgado,

said that strengthening the influx of Catalan tourists to the region “is a priority for the regional government, in order to meet the target to increase the volume of domestic tourists by 3.5 per cent in 2016.”

MIDDLE AGES: The city transformed into medieval times, drawing thousands of visitors.

Medieval success ORIHUELA has hosted another successful Medieval Market. Held over the weekend, the annual event was criticised over the change in date, as it

was delayed from February to April, but the full programme of events, that transformed the city to the Middle Ages, still drew in thousands of visitors.

Under scrutiny THE Inspectorate of Labour and Social Security in Alicante Province has made an order to Orihuela to proceed with an inspection on health conditions, under which around 700 public employees work. The investigation is in response to an anonymous complaint filed by a worker, but comes after some reports showed that workers in the Urban Planning Department suffered from a lack of natural light, and some employees were being overworked.

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More calls than ever for waste collection service items at standard bins but the Department of Public Works offers a free pick-up of bulky waste. Thousands of calls were made in 2015 requesting the correct disposal of these goods, with 3,770 conducted from Murcia centre and

the rest from the districts. Waste is then transferred to the treatment plant Cañada Hermosa for recycling and recovery. During 2014 Murcia sent 1,998 tons of bulky waste, while last year there was

more than 2,520 tons, representing an increase of around 26 per cent. To correctly dispose of large items call 900 511 133 or visit www.murciaciudadsostenible.es.

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MURCIA is receiving more calls than ever to collect old appliances and furniture items across the region. Last year, 14,000 calls were received requesting the collection service. Residents are not permitted to leave large

PEDAL POWER: Join the family bike ride in Molins on Sunday.

Take to two wheels this May day By Gemma Elvins-Quinn MOLINS will host the fourth edition of the ‘Family Bike Ride’ on May 1. Orihuela’s councillor for the Hamlets, Victor Valverde presented the fourth edition of the event, which he explained will consist of a tour of bicycle paths and trails around Molins. He said it was open to all participants to encourage families to

enjoy more time together and the sport of cycling. Those wanting to take part should take their own cycle and helmet with the ride starting from 10.30am at the Civic Centre. Ahead of the cycle there will be a road safety awareness talk aimed at youngsters in collaboration with the Local Police on Friday April 29, and on Saturday April 30 residents can take their bikes to the Civic Centre to be safety checked.

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Supernanny to the rescue By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE non-profit foundation ‘A hug of light’ has opened a socio-educational project that was developed with psychologist Rocio Ramos Paul (from the television show ‘Supernanny’). The charity has opened a converted space in the Elche neighbourhood of El Raval,

which aims to assist and educate children whose families have no resources or time. Targeting youngsters whose parents are at work as they return from school, and cannot afford extra-curricular activities, the scheme offers computer and English classes, self-esteem lessons, homework support and encourages healthy hygiene and

Hidraqua hearing aid THE town hall in Santa Pola approached the Hidraqua water company to ask for assistance in aiding deaf customers, and an interpretation service in sign language is now available. When calling in to the office, a video-conference call will be made for interpretation in real time. The service will be operational from 9am-2pm Monday to Friday at the Hidraqua office. The breakthrough has been made possible thanks to a partnership with a foundation that works on the integration and removal of barriers, for the deaf and those with impaired hearing.

eating habits, all whilst focusing on a relaxed atmosphere. Aimed at those aged from three to 12, the project, supported by the ‘Supernanny,’ has around 20 volunteers, and is sponsored by Elche Town Hall. A high per cent of beneficiaries will come through social services.

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Teenagers treated for phone addiction

SPRING CLEAN: Port left with no trace of reveller’s party. SPRING FESTIVAL has come and gone without leaving a trace in Alicante Port. The musical event brought together some 8,000 people at the cruise terminal from early Saturday April 23 until the early morning of Sunday April 24, and throughout the night a cleaning crew worked in the vicinity of the hotels located alongside Postiguet Beach. Inside the enclosure the work began at 8am lasting all day to ensure the area was returned to its highest level of cleanliness. The action was one of the conditions imposed by the Port Authority on the developer in order for the event to be held there.

PSYCHIATRISTS in Alicante Province are treating what they are calling the first cases of WhatsApp addiction. Two Community Prevention Units from the AEPA Foundation for addicts are treating the first eight teenagers with this problem, four in each centre. “It’s just the tip of the iceberg, because many are still undiagnosed,” explained Francisco Juan, director of the AEPA Foundation. The ages at which this problem begins to surface is at 15 or 16 years, although specialists say it can arise earlier when they receive a mobile phone, and begin using mobile applications such as WhatsApp to help keep in touch. Enrique Madrid, a psycholo-

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PHONE ADDICT: Teenagers are being treated in Alicante for addiction to WhatsApp. gist and expert in addiction to new technologies working in one of the units, said the situation soon becomes unsustainable: “Youngsters spend more and more time on their mobiles, and parents end up even communicating with them via messaging. Teenagers can spend hours at night on WhatsApp leading to insomnia and poor performance at school.” The psychologist said it affects girls more as they tend to have a higher social profile and react to instant messaging straight away, checking if their statuses and posts have been

seen, called the ‘double check syndrome,’ according to Madrid. He said boys tend to spend more time on online games. The phenomenon is so new that many parents feel lost: “Health has no specific remedy for these cases, because they send these kids to Addictive Behaviour Units, along with cocaine addicts and alcoholics,” said Francisco Juan who believes the Community Prevention Units are beginning to give an answer to these cases. “We also develop preven-

tion work in schools, so many teachers already know us. So when parents ask their advice, we refer the cases.” Enrique Madrid added: “You cannot use the same strategies you use with other substances, such as cannabis, because these guys are digital natives and you cannot deprive them of technologies. We remove the device, but for a short time and then teach them to use it under certain rules.” WhatsApp is the preferred mobile application in Spain with 88 per cent of citizens using it to communicate.

Road to school is made safer ROJALES has initiated a series of actions aimed at improving pedestrian access from the town to the public school Poeta Miguel Hernandez. The planned work involves the installation of several hundred met r es of r ai l i ngs, and fences from the Ciudad Quesada road. Fences wi l l al so be er ect ed

al ong st r eet s Escar r i huela and Cecilio Araez to the school. The action is intended to increase the security of the roads, and safety of access to the school f r om t hr ee di ff er ent points of the town. The r oads ar e used dai l y by hundr eds of schoolchildren and their families.

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Book refund PARENTS in Alicante cannot expect their €100 refund for school text books until August, when the town hall will begin payments after processing all applications.

A-7 accident A COLLISION on the Alicante City A-7 ring road caused 7km tailbacks in traffic travelling towards Murcia. No one was hurt, and the Guardia Civil directed traffic until the vehicles were removed.

Leaky pipes WORK is to begin in the coming weeks to replace 40-year-old water pipes in the Playa Lisa area of Santa P o l a . Wo rk b y Hidraqua will continue until the end of June to improve water pressure.

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Ex-soldier missing for two days is found safe By Linda Hall THE former soldier who was missing from his home for two days was found safe and well. Francisco Javier Lopez left without car keys, ID card or money, leading his family to fear the worst, although they

believed his military training would help him to survive. The 34-ye a r-old w a s found in a mountainous area between Cañada, where a cyclist saw him the previous day, and Biar. H e w a s in good he a lth a lthough “rather nervous,” said Civil Protection

volunteers who found him. After being reunited with his family, Lopez was taken by ambulance for a check-up at Alicante General Hospital. He had been suffering from severe depression, family sources revealed, a nd s topped t aki ng hi s m edi cat i on some days ago.

Longer service for residents ROLDAN’S post office service is to be extended to cover the 6,000 residents of the outer villages and urbanisations. Roldan is serviced by an auxiliary Correos office, run by the larger post office in Torre Pacheco. Following a campaign by residents, Correos has agreed to extend the service and open the post office for more hours. Covering the urbanisations of La Torre and Terrazas de la Torre, the post office will be open Monday to Friday from 10.30am-2.30pm, and 9.30am-10.30am on Saturdays.

CORREOS AGREEMENT: Postal service extended in Roldan, Murcia.

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A spot of coaching from GB tennis ace TENNIS player Dan Evans offered a brief spot of coaching to guests at the La Manga Club resort on the Mar Menor. The member of Great Britain’s victorious Davis Cup team was at the resort for a week of warm-weather training and preparations ahead of the busy tennis season. The 25-year-old player, currently ranked fourth in the UK, has not been the only high profile athlete at the prestigious La Manga club recently. Groups from the Belgian Tennis Federation and Michel Kratochvil Tennis Academy have also been staying and training on site.

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RUNNING OF HORSES: Main event in Caravaca de la Cruz.

The ‘Running of the Horses’ fiesta By Gemma Elvins-Quinn CARAVACA DE LA CRUZ is the place to be on Monday May 2, as the Murcian town celebrates the annual ‘Running of the Horses’ fiesta as part of the festivities in honour of their patron saint. The Running of the Horses attracts thousands of visitors and is in memory of the legend in which the Knights Templar built the castle that still dominates the town, and took refuge in it with villagers from the Moorish armies. Legends have it that as sup-

plies became low the Knights Templar raced out of the castle on horses and brought wine up the hill to the thirsty inhabitants, as the water had been poisoned. The wine was blessed and the water became fresh as a result. The day begins with Mass at 9am where all of the Moors, Christians and horses congregate. At 9.40am there is the parade of the Moors and Christians to the Basilica-Santuario de la Vera Cruz where the wine is blessed. Just after 10am there is the parade of the horses and their

riders, starting along la Cuesta de La Simona, Calle del Hoyo, Plaza de los Caballos del Vino, Canalejas, Vidrieras, Gregorio Javier, Plaza del Arco and Gran Vía finishing at the Templete. The running of the wine horses starts at 2pm, and continues until all 60 horses have raced from the town up to the Real Basilica-Santuario de la Vera Cruz. This will be followed by a mock battle in the Cuesta del Castillo at 8.30pm The ‘Caballos del Vino’ fiesta has been declared as being of International Tourist Interest.

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Surplus cash for uni THE University of Alicante (UA) ended 2015 with a surplus of €11 million, and the Governing Council has given the green light to the accounts of last year. They were presented by the manager

of the institution, Rafael Pla, who explained that in 2015 they had “met the obj ect i ve of budget ar y st abi l i t y and closed with a positive balance amounting to more than €11 million.”

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New hope after campaign for Afghan refugee family ELCHE is wanting to accommodate an Afghan child with cerebral palsy. The youngster and his family are currently in a

refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece. It was here the family met with two volunteers from Elche who were helping with the relief effort.

They said they feared for the child’s life if he stayed there. The experience affected the volunteers so much that they launched a campaign through change.org for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make an exception and welcome the family into Spain. The town hall said they are aware of other areas that have accommodated youngsters and they are keen to accommodate the youngster, who, at seven years old weighs no more than 8kg. “If another area takes in the child, Elche City Council is offering to give asylum to any other vulnerable child found in one of these camps,” said the town hall, who added they have started the process to see what steps they have to go through.

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Storming into class By Gemma Elvins-Quinn TO mark their ‘Film Day’ at school, students at the San Blas school in Alicante received a visit from some familiar faces. Storm Troopers from the 501st Spanish Garrison, the Spanish division of an international association of fans of Star Wars that reproduce the original dress and parades of the film, attended classrooms and had photos with the youngsters. To coincide with the event, the school made it a charitable day and asked each child to contribute one kilo of non-perishable food to be donated to the parish San Esteban Protomartir, which collaborates with the school in regular food collection campaigns.

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Murcia competes in NASA competition By Gemma Elvins-Quinn MURCIA has taken part in an innovation challenge for NASA. The region participated in the ‘NASA Space Apps Challenge’ for the first time, an event held in 193 cities in 72 different countries.

Novelist skeleton mystery A SPANISH archaeologist claimed that Britain appears to revere its history more than Spain. Pamplona-born Paz de Miguel, who now lives in Alicante, compared the €7 million spent last year on excavating William Shakespeare’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon, and the €100,000 on identifying Miguel de Cervantes’ remains. Many regarded the latter outlay as ‘scandalous,’ declared De Miguel, who belonged to the team that sought the bones of Don Quijote’s creator, who died 400 years ago on April 23, 1616, the same date as William Shakespeare. Cervantes wanted to be buried in the crypt of the Trinitarias Descalzas Church in Madrid, and the team of biologists, forensic surgeons, archaeologists and archivists knew that some of the bones they examined were probably those of Cervantes, although “it’s very difficult and practically impossible to know which belonged to Cervantes,” the archaeologist said. The remains of four of the men found in the crypt could have belonged to Cervantes, she explained, but it was impossible to be scientifically sure because there are no known descendants to obtain a DNA match.

It is an international competition in which participants, grouped by teams, have to develop projects to address the challenges posed by the US space agency, aimed at improving life on earth and the exploration of outer space. Minister of Economic Development, Tourism and Employment Development Juan

Hernandez said that this event “is part of the Regional Government’s commitment to innovation and talent.” He stated it was an “opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators in the region to deploy all their talent to solve practical challenges posed by NASA, and develop projects such as mobile applications, electron-

ic devices, data visualisations or even games that can have a real application in business or industrial sectors in the region.” The ‘NASA Space Apps Challenge’ is one of the key actions of open innovation promoted by the US space agency, and was first introduced in 2012.

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THE Yo u t h C e n t r e in Crevillente, Alicante, is hosting an exhibition of ceramics from students of th e Ar t a n d De sig n School of Alicante. The exhib i t i o n i s o n u n til May 16.

Free yoga THE AE CC c a nc er charity is holding free yoga se ssi o ns e v er y Tu esda y f o r pa t i e n ts and their families. The workouts are at 7pm in th e C a sa de Te rc e ra Edad in Calle San Pascual, Torrevieja.

MURCIA REGION: In recent years there has been an increased demand for German. By Gemma Elvins-Quinn

Art exhibit THE IES Mediterraneo schoo l i s d i sp l a y i n g their student’s art work in Torrevieja’s Cultural Centre u n t i l S a t u rd a y Apr il 3 0 . E n t ry t o th e event is free.

THE teaching of the German language is being evaluated in the Murcia Region. The Minister of Education and Universities, Maria Isabel Sanchez-Mora said: “In recent years there has been an increased demand for German,” with more than 1,000 students in primary and secondary schools studying the language since the 2011-2012 academic year. As a result she held a working session with

Deputy Consul General of Germany Theodor Proffe, to look at the teaching programmes and visit the IES Afonso X el Sabio school, one of the German bilingual schools in the region. Currently, a total of 2,481 students study German in the Murcia Region. Of these, 343 belong to primary school students, 918 are of secondary education, with the rest in undergraduate programmes and attending the Official School of Languages.

In secondary schools there are 10 regional centres that offer German as a second foreign language, with three hours per week of lessons, while in primary there are nine schools that offer it. Agreements have already been drawn up with the Regional Government and the German region of Baden-Wurttemberg, through which 20 students can have dual vocational training in Spain with German classes, followed by a year’s contract in Germany.

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Tasty treats at food fair THIRTY-FIVE food businesses from the Murcia Region are currently in Barcelona for the ‘Alimentaria 2016’ food fair. The event has attracted 4,000 attendees from 70 countries, all gathering at the showcase to show off the latest trends and products. Murcia’s Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment Adela Martinez-Cacho, said one of the most important trade show booths will be that of El Pozo. The processed food industry made exports last year amounting to €1.31 billion, representing 30 per cent of foreign sales of the entire food industry in the Region of Murcia.

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Poor help LA CAIXA has donated €10,000 to the ANMAG partnership to finance some of their projects serving poor families in Alicante providing food, clothing, hygiene items and rent subsidies.

Book aid ALICANTE Council has approved the basis for textbooks aid for families with applications able to be made from now on for special school centres and May 2 for other schools.

Piggy home MORE Vietnamese pigs and wild boars are settling in the Vistahermosa area of Alicante. Environmentalists say Vietnamese pigs that were bought as pets are being abandoned leading to an increase in the population and cross breeding.

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Winning de architect st By Gemma Elvins-Quinn AN Alicante based architects’ firm has designed the ‘Best Public Building of the Year.’ The jury of the prestigious international Architizer A+ awards of Architecture and Design has chosen the administrative extension of La Nucia’s ‘Bello Horizonte’ building as their best public building, designed by Crystalzoo architects. It beat much larger and more ambitious projects in Norway, Hong Kong, Senegal and the United States. The award ceremony will take place on May 12 in New York and will be broadcast on the giant screens in Times Square. The winning building was designed by Jose Luis Campo from Crystalzoo and promoted by the Department of Infrastructure of the Valencian Generalitat. The 150 square metre building was inaugu-

BEST BUILDING: Award for L rated in October 2013 within the decentralisation programme of the city’s administration. As well as its representative

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La Nucia’s Bello Horizonte. character, it is a low cost building, sensitive to the environment and basic sustainability principles shown with ceramic coating on its

walls and roofs made of traditional industrial processes. Crystalzoo is formed mainly by University of Alicante students.

Thanks for fiesta veteran AROUND 400 people were present for the gala awards of the ‘Festers d’Alacant’ recognising those contributing to the Hogueras bonfire fiestas. Now in its 14th edition, the e ve ning a t the C iga rre ra s in A lic a nte w a s chaired by the mayor and c ounc illor for Fie s ta s , Gabriel Eschavarri who was joined by the Bellea del Foc Carmen Caballero and her ladies in waiting. The ma in a w a rd of the night w e nt to Pa s c ua l D omingue z , a ve te ra n Hogueras artist and Chair of the G uild of B uilde rs for over 20 years for his efforts and dedication. O ve r the ye a rs he ha s won many awards and has also competed in the Valencia Fallas building the elaborate statues that are scattered around the city before being burned.

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School places FAMILIES can make applications for school spaces from May 9-19. Registration for secondary school places starts May 23-June 2.

Tech savings ALICANTE Council has saved nearly €4 million in the area of new technologies in the last 10 months through the use of open software licences, development of own technology programs and cancelling the purchase of PDAs.

Dance gala MORE than 200 dancers from eight dance schools in Alicante participated in the 19th edition of the Solidarity Gala of ActionAid. Proceeds will go to ActionAid’s projects in Ethiopia.

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Couple’s act of true love By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales has been the fortunate recipient of a significant monetary donation made in the name of love. When Ciudad Quesada residents Isabel Sanchez and Ivan Lopez began to plan their April 29 wedding, they knew they did not want to give their guests the usual party favour that ends up forgotten in a drawer. Instead they generously opted to donate €500 to the Rescue Centre on behalf of each guest, enough to feed 10 rescued horses for a month. “We like all animals and love nature,” Ivan said: “What was most important to us was that we chose a charity that really looks after their animals and uses their donations well. We appreciate how difficult it must be for the rescue centre to do their work, but believe it is completely necessary work.”

R e s c ue c e ntre c o-founde r Sue Weeding said: “We’ve never had a donation related to a wedding before. It’s so lovely to know that a young couple thought of us when pla nning the ir w e dding da y. We hope they have a truly special day.” Easy Horse Care relies entirely on donations to fund its important animal welfare work, including the fe e ding a nd c a re of the c e ntre ’s more than 90 horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment. Donations of cash or items for the centre’s network of eight charity shops across the Alicante Province are gratefully welcomed. Anyone interested in making a donation, becoming a long-term sponsor, or volunteering at the centre or in the charity shops can call Sue on 652 021 980. An open day for the public is held on the first Sunday of every month

LOVE GIFT: Isabel and Ivan thought of the rescue centre. be tw e e n 1p m and 4pm wi t h f r ee horse tours throughout the afternoon and refreshments are available in

the café. For more details and directions, visit www.easyhorsecare.net.

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Plans for future of an old hotel PROMOTER Torrevieja TM made the highest bid for the Hotel Sidi San Juan. The company submitted a bid of €19.1 million through an electronic auction; the highest bid of five made. There are now 10 days for the receiver, banks and Sidi Spain to accept it and then another 40 to make the payment. It was announced in December 2015 that the old ho-

tel, which closed over five years ago, was to be auctioned following the liquidation of the Sidi Spain company. It is reported that the sale had a starting price of €30 million. The TM Real Estate Group is a developer founded in 1969 with its headquarters in Torrevieja. It specialises in the construction and marketing of large residential developments on the

Mediterranean coast from Alicante and Murcia down to Almeria, Malaga and Mallorca. They are also present in 16 countries worldwide. The acquisition comes as TM announced it had tripled its sale of holiday homes in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period last year marking the “recovery of confidence that domestic buyers are placing in the real estate market.”

In the name of the pasta PASTAFARIANS from the Alicante branch of the Flying Spaghetti Monster church have applied to use the city’s official band for a sermon on Playa del Coco. An official petition was submitted this week, confirmed city spokesperson Paloma Serrano. “The city hall will have to respond because it was an official petition,” she said, “I think it is a

risk in case it becomes something serious, but we think that it’s a joke.” The Pastafarians believe they should be allowed to use the band since it had participated in Easter celebrations, and would now like them to cover some of their classic hymns such as ‘Holy Holy Pastaroni,’ ‘By His Noodly Appendage’ and ‘We Three Cheeses.’

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A taste of the big screen By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THERE is still a month until the deadline for submitting entries to compete in the International Independent Film Festival of Elche, but already more than 3,000 have been entered. Organised by the Caja Mediterraneo Foundation, the event has reached a record participation for the 39th edition, already exceeding the 1,232 entries last year. The popularity of the festival has grown and spread amongst filmmaking circles and this

year there has been the inclusion of a new category for films recorded with mobile devices such as phones, tablets or drones, making it more accessible for all. President of the Caja Mediterráneo Foundation, Matias Perez Such, said: “These participation figures encourage us to continue working to make the event even bigger and continue the relationship we have with the filmmakers. We have already achieved one of the goals we had set for this edition, which was to overcome

the amount of short films in competition, with a figure that marks the historical record of the event.” Selected films will be shown on big screen projectors in Elche’s Hort del Xocolater and on the beach of Arenales del Sol from July 15 to July 22, before the winners in the nine different categories will be announced. Filmmakers have until May 16 to enter and can do so via registration on the Elche Film Festival website at www.festival cineelx.es.

Elche University in top spot THE Elche Miguel Hernández (UMH) University has ranked first among the universities involved with the use, dissemination and creation of free software, according to a study.

It reported that Elche University had excelled primarily in the dimensions of teaching, support, technology and disclosure. It was marked according to 66 criteria points.

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New members of the heavenly choir ACCORDING to Plato, each star represents the soul of a person who has passed away and if we look at the first four months of this year, then musicians, actors and presenters must have been q u e u i n g u p t o tak e their place in the firmament. January really saw the ultimate rock band consisting of David Bowie on vocals, Glen Frey from the Eagles and Paul Kantner from Jefferson Airplane on guitars and backing vocals, Lemmy on bass and Dale Griffin from M o t t t h e Ho o p l e o n drums. Unlike earlier decades, when 27 seemed to be the magic age for musician’s deaths, at least these guys managed to pack plenty of years into their musical careers. The n e x t f e w m o n th s were more selective with country singer Merle Haggard, ‘crooner’ Frank Sinatra Jnr, Maurice White from

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PASSED AWAY: Jefferson Airplane with Paul Kantner on the right. funk heroes from Earth, Win d an d F ire an d ju s t a few days ago Prince joining the celestial choir. O n th e ac tin g an d p re senting front there has been a steady stream of sad losses which include Alan Rickman, Ronnie Corbett, Gary S h an d lin g , P au l D a n iels , David Gest and Victoria Wood. In addition the ‘marmite’ of radio and TV, Terry

Wogan also died. The fact is that this regular loss of long-established personalities can only continue and this is partially to do with the ‘Baby Boomer’ ye a rs a nd the fa c t tha t s o ma ny more pe ople w e re born after the Second World War. With the ‘invention’ of teenagers and the growth of easily affordable entertainment, so the number of per-

formers required to satisfy the s e e ve r grow ing a udiences shot up. Before the war, entertainment consisted basically of the radio, cinema and theatres and an old fashioned sing-song around the piano, but the past 50 years have seen more and more outlets for all types of entertainment with films available at the touc h of a s w itc h, a

huge growth in television channels and online suppliers such as Amazon. Medical breakthroughs have seen an increase in life spans of many people in the developed world and with a few exceptions such as Amy Winehouse, even the most ‘out there’ stars don’t seem to be hell bent on self-dest r uct i on and t hose t hat have been, such as Ozzy Osbour ne have ei t her cleaned up their acts or are being well cared for. The sayi ng used t o be ‘too old to rock, too young t o di e’ but nowadays, i t

shoul d be changed ‘ st i l l abl e t o r ock accor di ng t o the doctor.’ In today’s world where cel ebr i t y i s f l eet i ng, so many artists have enjoyed long and well-respected careers and in many cases will pass away due to serious illness rather than their lifestyles. Assuming that Plato was correct, then they will all be looking down on the Earth and enjoying the pr ai ses t hat have been heaped upon t hem si nce their demise whilst waiting for the growing number of their friends to join them.

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Music takes to local streets By Gemma Elvins-Quinn ORIHUELA is combining humour with music with the launch of the ‘Sleepless nights’ event. Councillor for Youth, Mar Ezcurra, said the event starts tomorrow (Friday) with Kalderas from 10pm. On Saturday April 30 comedians Jose Campoy and

Luis Larrodera will perform at 10pm in the Plaza Alfonso XIII. On May 6, the scene of humour will move to the Plaza del Salvador with performances by Chema Ruiz and Marco Antonio. On Saturday May 7, it will be the district of Desamparados hosting the event with the show ‘Hyperfanes’ with Pedro Llamas,

Dani Lopez and Joseba Perez. On May 13 in the Plaza of the Church of Torremendo David Navarro takes to the stage and on May 14 in La Matanza with Toni Rodriguez. The shows run alongside the 11th edition of the ‘Street Music’ events which will see live concerts every Saturday night in May in Orihuela.

A man’s best friend A DOG has become a familiar sight at the doors of the Reina Sofia hospital in Murcia. Champi, is guarding the gates waiting for his owner, who is a patient at the hospital, to come home. The owner is an 89-year-old man hospitalised for a urinary tract infection and is in the hospital accompanied by his son, Ser-

gio. The dog went with them to the door of the emergency room and has decided he will not move from there without his owner. The dog came into the family 12 years ago when the mother was terminally ill, being an important part in the therapy for Sergio and his father and becoming a member of the family.

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AFA dinner TOMORROW (Friday) the Real Club Nautico in Torrevieja is hosting a solidarity dinner in aid of AFA Alzheimer’s Association supporting sufferers and their families. Tickets cost €18. Call 966 702 500.

Free music A MOTHER’S day music concert will take place on May 6 at 8pm in Torrevieja's Palacio de la Musica. Entry is free.

Costa bus A WEEKLY bus service runs every Tuesday (except for public holidays) from Orihuela Costa to Orihuela City. It leaves from the Playa Flamenca Town Hall every Tuesday at 9am and returns from the Los Huertos market at 1pm and from the Casino at 4pm. Tickets cost €5.40 return.

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Sing with the best of them By Gemma Elvins-Quinn KNOW you can sing but scared of looking stupid? Want to sing but don’t know where to start? Sang at school but lost confidence? Or just want a change from Karaoke and don’t know how? Help is at hand! The Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS) is offering a free course in June in Los Alcazares. The ‘Learn to sing harmony in a day’ course runs on June 4 and will help participants gain invaluable experience from members of SABS trip le g o ld med allis ts , Spa ngle s Ladies’ Harmony Chorus, and their Musical Director, Wendy Grant: “This is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to improve the quality of their voice and to learn about singing four-part harmony,” said Wendy: “Those with lower voices are particularly welcome as, in our experience, they have often been told in the past that they can’t sing, which is usually far from the truth.” SABS President, Lyn Baines added: “We will learn a new song together and in the evening we will

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GOLD WINNERS: Chorus champions Spangles with international champion quartet Musical Island Boys from New Zealand in 2015. perform it for friends and family. Our method of teaching has been really successful both in the UK and in Spain, and we are expecting an enthusiastic response.” There are only 50 places available, so make sure that you contact

Lyn B a ine s by May 21 t o secur e your place. Call 968 334 527 or 968 574 987 or email president@sabs.es. The Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS) was formed in October 2008 with the aim of encouraging the people of

Spain to enjoy this unique form of a cappella, four-part harmony singing. SABS currently has members throughout Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands. If you would like to f i nd out m or e, pl ease vi si t t hei r website: www.sabs.es.

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Happy anniversary MUNDOMAR celebrates its 20th anniversary this year marking two decades of family fun and marine environmental initiatives.

Greater control THE Ombudsman calls for improvements in the care for the mentally ill in the Valencia Community. A report stressed the need for greater control and coordination between administrations.

Direct flights THE Alicante-Elche airport has launched a new direct connection with the Netherlands operated by the low cost Arkefly, a subsidiary of German group TUI, which will fly on Tuesdays and Fridays to Amsterdam.

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From food to fitness By Gemma Elvins-Quinn LOCAL runner Sissel Moller won the Pilar de la Horadada 10.5km race at the weekend, winning not only her own under-22 class, but also beating all the experienced senior runners. The 21-year-old from Quesada, who only took up the sport six months ago, is astounding seasoned runners and professional coaches, coming from nowhere to win top events. Her latest win sees her pocketing €200 in prize money and adding another title to her already impressive collection. Last month the unknown athlete became Danish under-22 champion when she ran in her native Denmark for the first time. Normally it would take many years of training to achieve what Sissel has managed in just six months. Her natural talent has been spotted by a top Spanish running coach and former European champion, Ricardo Serrano, who is coaching Sissel from Madrid. Sissel’s success is all the more surprising as just a few years ago she was battling with her weight: “At my heaviest I weighed 75kg, far too much for my small frame,” said Sissel: “I was eating a really bad diet and was not at all healthy. If you’d told me then I would be a national running champion I would have laughed.” Although at the time she had no sporting ambitions, Sissel was unhappy with her size and desperate to slim down. Fortunately, Sissel had her own personal diet coach in the shape of mum, nutritionist, nurse and reflexologist Eva Nautrup. With Eva’s help, Sis-

NOVICE CHAMP: Sissel is turning heads in the running world .

sel lost more than 20kg of body fat. Now, with the potential to become a top running star of the future, the correct nutrition is even more important for Sissel and she is keen that others should gain

from her experience so is helping Eva to run a healthy eating club which meets at Quesada Fitness Gym every Thursday at 2.30pm, email eva@life4all.dk or call the gym on 722 477 512 for more information.

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Elementary, my dear photographer By Gemma Elvins-Quinn BOTH professionals and amateurs gathered in Murcia for the seventh edition of the Photography Marathon. Photographers arrived at La Glorieta to collect their identification and instructions for the day. Following a grou p p h o t o , t h e y s ca ttered in search of the best

images from places across the city, including: the Palac io A lmu d i, el E s p a c io Molinos del Rio, la Plaza de Santo Domingo and Avenida de la Libertad. At each stop participants had to take a picture to best show their creativity. In addition, on the occasion of World Book Day (April 23), the event had an additional challenge revolving around

the de te c tive s torie s of Sherlock Holmes. All participants had to follow a set of clues to find words that form a sentence, to help find the whereabouts of the faithful companion of Sherlock Holmes, Watson, who had disappeared. Images from the day are now being judged, with a €700 cash prize available for the winner.

Best video rewards DID you visit the Medieval Market in Orihuela this weekend? Did you record your visit? If so, the Orihuela Town Hall wants to see. Councillor for Tourism, Sofia Alvarez has announced a video contest inviting visitors to upload their films to Instagram. “This initiative is an incentive for visitors, tourists and residents of Orihuela to

share their experience,” she said. The town hall hopes to then use the clips to further promote the event on social media. Videos up to a minute long can be shared to Instagram using the hashtag: #mercadomedievalorihuela16. The owner of the winning video will receive a night for two at the Melia Tudemir Palace Hotel.

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A reproductive solution EGG donations are becoming a more popular way for women to experience motherhood, and according to the Vistahermosa Reproduction Unit in Alicante, there is a 90 per cent success rate.

The clinic said more women are turning to egg donors. Director of the unit, Jose Lopez Galvez, said the procedure is totally anonymous for the donor, who undergoes a simple procedure.

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It’s getting closer to deciding on the Brexit By John Smith AS different politicians queue up to contradict each other, it is becoming clearer and clearer that the whole situation is, in the words of Winston Churchill, a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. In other words, it really is quite complicated to actually be able to make an informed decision based on fact, rather than supposition. In a bid to assist, TRE (Talk Radio Europe) is broadcasting a series of 10 one-hour programmes devoted exclusively to the referendum. ‘BRITAIN DECIDES’ airs at 12am every Wednesday up until June 23. The programmes are hosted by Stephen Ritson, presenter of the popular and authoritative daily programme ‘Europe Today’ and will provide an opportunity for both sides of the argument to be explained and rigorously tested by Stephen and listeners, with guest speakers from the UK, Continental Europe and the USA. TRE says it believes that the decision

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BREXIT CONUNDRUM: The show aims to give both sides of the argument. to be made by the British people should be based upon a proper understanding of the arguments, and an appreciation of the positive benefits of both the ‘IN’ and ‘OUT’ camps. By so doing, we will achieve a lasting validity for our future in or out of the EU.

Listeners may vote on the TRE referendum poll and leave comments and questions at www.talkradioeurope.com. BRITAIN DECIDES will be broadcast on FM, and also online at www.talkradioeurope.net or via TRE mobile apps.

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SUNNY SPAIN: Americans who live in Spain still have to pay US taxes. By Hugo Lesser

Now for some good news: although you still have to declare it, there are various exemptions that prevent you from paying tax on the same THE advantages of living in Spain are well foreign-earned income to both the Spanish and known: the history, culture, and climate to name US governments. These include the Foreign but a few. If you’re American though, wherever Earned Income Exclusion, which allows you to you live you still have to file and pay taxes on exclude the first approximately $100,000 your worldwide income to the US Government (€88,880) of foreign-earned income from US (the US is the only developed nation that taxes tax, and the Foreign Tax Credit, which gives on citizenship rather than residence). you a dollar tax credit for Furthermore, there are every dollar you’ve paid on extra filing requirements that income in Spain. just for expatriates, includBecause in general income ing an annual FBAR (Fortax rates in Spain are higher eign Bank Account Report) than in the US, for many the declaring your foreign bank April is the deadline Foreign Tax Credit will be the accounts if there’s more for US expatriates to pay better option, as you can claim than $10,000 (€8,887) in any taxes due. more credits than US taxes them in total. owed, which can be carried FATCA (the Foreign Acforward for future years. count Tax Compliance Act) What happens though if you’ve been living in meanwhile requires you to file Form 8938 if Spain for some time but weren’t aware you had you have foreign assets (including property) to file a US return too? worth over $50,000 (€44,489). There’s a programme called the IRS StreamWhile US expatriates have to pay any tax due lined Procedure that allows you to start filing by April 15, they get an automatic filing extenwithout paying any penalties. sion until June 15, which can be extended still You simply have to file your returns for the further until October 15. FBARs must be filed last three years, FBARs for the last six years, by June 30 in 2016, though from next year and self-certify that you weren’t previously wilthey’ll be synchronised with the tax return filing fully avoiding paying tax. dates. June 30 also happens to be Spain’s tax filing deadline of course. Hugo Lesser works for Bright!Tax, a leading Penalties for not filing returns and FBARs are cloud-based US expatriate tax return preparaharsh. It’s almost as if the IRS begrudges you tion firm with clients in over 150 countries. your idyllic life abroad!

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MARITIME RESCUE: Received a call from the skipper of a yacht.

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By Matt Ford MARITIME Rescue was involved in a dramatic rescue off the Almerian coast on Saturday April 23, when an Algerian man was plucked from the sea around eight nautical miles from shore. An emergency call was received from the skipper of a yacht at 6.56pm, and the Helimer 202 helicopter was mobilised to save the man, who it later transpired had fallen from a boat containing three other people. The man was wearing a wetsuit which kept him buoyant and prevented him contracting hypothermia despite being in the water for at least two hours. The rescue service was unable to locate the boat.

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A WOMAN found outside the emergency exit of a cinema in central Valencia died after a fall, a post-mortem examination by the Anatomic Forensic Institute has confirmed, although it did take several days for her body to be found.

INTERIM Minister of the Interior Jorge Fernandez Diaz was in Palma de Mallorca at midday on Monday April 25 to present the National Flag to the 17th zone of the Guardia Civil (The Balearic Islands). The ceremony was held at the Jaime II barracks.

ANOTHER outdoor art competition has been announced by the town hall of Velez-Malaga which will be held on May 24 in the locality of Trapiche. The Juan Jurado Lorca art competition can be on any subject although themes inspired by the town will be highly regarded.

THE so-called ‘Patio Andaluz’ (Andalucian patio) in the centre of Olula del Rio has long been considered part of the town’s heritage by the local community, and now the local council has bought it for €36,500.

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TWENTY-ONE poverty-stricken families in Alfas del Pi have received help from the council to avoid their electricity, water or gas being cut off. Altogether €3,400 has been spent on this, Social Welfare Councillor Vicente Baldo reported.

A SEVERELY malnourished pit bull rescued from the terrace of a home in Coll den Rabassa has died. Despite efforts made to save the dog, the animal died two days later at the Son Reus animal shelter. The pit bull apparently was also suffering from Leishmaniasis.

TORRE DEL MAR will hold its third ‘Weekend Beach Festival’ on Poniente beach between July 6 and 9 with a total of 90 artists performing different styles of music. It is expected to be one of the most popular festivals of the country with an audience of 40,000 people.

THE Zurgena Church Council and British-run translation firm CATS Services are to join forces in order to improve consultations with local doctors. As of this month, Zurgena residents can request a free Spanish-English translation service when they visit medical centres in Alfoquia or Zurgena.

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THROWING pruning remains from ‘nisperos’ (loquat trees) into the usual rubbish bins is forbidden, Callosa d’en Sarria council has announced. Farmers and the public in general are urged to recycle, burn or bury them to reduce rubbish processing costs.

VOLUNTEERS removed waste and rubbish from the Torrente de Almadra in the municipality of Lloseta. The town of Lloseta along with the Ecological group Gadma and Amigos de los Torrentes (Friends of Streams) organised a group of 60 volunteers to clean up the stream.

A TENDER has been put out by the town hall of Rincon de la Victoria for a funeral service to care for three cemeteries within the town with an annual budget of €35,000. The requirements of the tender are to offer burial services and related tasks at the cemeteries and adjoining installations.

THE Almeria Provincial Council will finance the social projects of 35 nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) of the region with a total of €91,000 in 2016, increasing by €6,500 the aid offered in 2015.

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PASSERSBY were surprised when a Guardia Civil helicopter had to make an emergency landing on Denia seafront opposite the Raset. The aircraft, part of a search party from Valencia heading for Albir to look for a missing man, was forced to land due to heavy mist in the Sant Antoni area.

THE Palma Town Hall’s campaign to combat the Asian tiger mosquito will now be adding a third method in its battle against the insect. In an effort to prevent their reproduction, the inside of drains in the city which collect rainwater will be coated with special insecticidal paint to kill larvae.

Sweet Sunday HONEY lovers flocked to Frigiliana on Sunday April 24 to attend the third celebration of the ‘Honey Day Festival’ and to visit the only factory in Europe that produces the renowned ‘black honey’ made from local sugar cane.

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Spring clean THE district of El Rincon in Arboleas is set for a spruce up, as the local council have announced a series of improvements to the area. Among the developments will be a new fence along one side of the neighbourhood, a bicycle path, new street lighting, road surfaces, and retaining walls on some slopes.

Bookworms THE public library in Estepona achieved record usage in 2015, with a total of 64,024 visits and 743 new members. Among the latter, 409 were adults and 334 children, bringing membership of the library to 7,267.

Balls up AN Estepona resident claimed a second-category prize of €81,995 in the Bonoloto draw on Wednesday April 21 after successfully predicting five numbers plus the bonus ball. No firstcategory prizes were won, meaning someone could win €800,000 this week.

Fatal accident A 40-YEAR-OLD woman died following a head-on collision close to Pizarra on Friday April 22. Three others were injured in the traffic accident, which resulted in the temporary closure of the main A-357 road.

Early warning THE Association ‘Positive Support,’ in collaboration with the town of Torremolinos, held a campaign based around early diagnosis of HIV in Plaza La Nogalera on Friday, April 23. Volunteers distributed preventative packs, including condoms and lubricant, as well as offering advice about safe sex.

Knock down MIJAS Council, alongside parents of children attending the nursery in Mijas Pueblo have requested the Junta de Andalucia replace it. The current building “does not provide adequate conditions for the number of places,” said councillor Carmen Marquez.

Lovely lights MARBELLA Town Hall has launched a project to smarten up the appearance of traffic lights of the city, with 54 due for painting and other aesthetic improvements.

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Prince Alexander SWEDEN: The newest member of Sweden’s royal family will be called Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil. The new prince is the son of Carl Philip, the second child and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

Profit fall SWEDEN: Telecoms giant Ericsson is hoping to boost efficiency after net sales fell 2 per cent to 52.2 billion kronor (€5.7 billion), below market expectations forecast.

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dered a retrial following fresh evidence coming to light.

Noisy gallery AN art dealer, who is married to the Queen’s cousin, is suing his landlords for £300,000 (€380,000) over ‘unsightly and noisy building work’ that is affecting business at his Mayfair gallery in London.

Conviction quashed FOOTBALLER Ched E v an s w o n h is ap p e a l against conviction for ra p in g a 1 9 y ea r-o l d g irl. J u d g es h av e or-

Murder charge A RETIRED TV vet, aged 88, has been charged with the murder of his wife after she was found with multiple injuries at their home in Berkshire. The couple were married for 60 years.

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Plot foiled DENMARK: A US Army captain who helped crack a plot to bomb a Danish school has been awarded the Danish Defence Medal for Special Meritorious Effort.

Online drugs NORWAY: Fifteen people have been arrested in what is being called Norway’s largest ever drugs bust targeting the so-called ‘dark web’ and a website selling drugs online.

LATEST figures from a YouGov poll show that the outpouring of interest in the British Queen does not equal support for a return of Germany’s own monarchy with just 16 per cent questioned saying they would like a royal family.

Black market IT is estimated that €100 billion of money is laundered in Germany through illegal transactions taking place in the housing market, car trading and on the art market.

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GERMAN carmaker Volkswagen is to offer $5,000 (€4,400) to each US buyer of its diesel cars which were installed with emissions-cheating software as well as changing the cars, in a bid to avoid court action.

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NORWAY: The country has been declared an ‘almost flawless’ example of press freedom amongst a new world report from Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

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DENMARK has approved a plan to send warplanes and 400 military personnel to join the US-led coalition in Syria to fight Daesh.

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TWO teenagers have been arrested in connection with a bomb attack on a Sikh temple in the western German city of Essen. Police said both youngsters had made partial confessions.

THE German government has raised concerns that dating apps are leading to a sharp rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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NORWAY: Airline Norwegian has made a loss of 992 million Norwegian kroner (€108 million) so far this year despite many of its aircraft being full, due to an increase in fuel costs.

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Queen’s birthday THE Queen celebrated her 90th birthday last week. The milestone was marked with a number of events across the country and celebrations will continue until her official birthday in June.

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DUTCH TRAINS: Most get to their destination timeously or with less than a three minute delay.

Trains arrive on time ALMOST 90 per cent of Dutch trains arrived at their destination last year on time or with a delay of less than three minutes, which met Government targets of 87 per cent.

Integration test AROUND 6,000 of the new arrivals to the Netherlands between 2013 and 2015 have passed a civic integration test, even though an esti-

DUTCH PRESS mated 53,000 people are supposed to do so.

Influential Queen QUEEN MAXIMA has made it to the list of Time magazine’s most influ-

ential people in the world. She was described as an ‘envoy for opportunity.’

Minimum wage THE minimum wage for youngsters is to be increased. The age at which adult minimum pay rates kicks in will also be reduced in stages from 23 to 21. Adults can now expect a minimum of €70.37 per day, whereas 21-yearolds can expect €51.02.

Old biscuit THE Leibniz biscuit, one of Germany’s first national brands is celebrating its 125th birthday. In 2015 the company sold around two billion packets of the biscuit in over 55 different countries.

SS Schnitzel A RESTAURANT’S plan to celebrate Hitler ’s birthday backfired as caustic observers pointed out that serving schnitzel for €8.88 was slightly ironic given the Führer was famously a vegetarian. The move also bolstered anti-fascist groups who received donations in response.

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RUSSIAN CITIZENS: Lament the demise of the Soviet Union. AN independent poll has revealed that more than half of all Russian citizens lament the demise of the Soviet Union and would welcome its return under a socialist system. The level of nostalgia is at its highest in five years but is still lower than its peak in 2000 after a decade of turmoil.

Physical police THE ministry of sport has announced that all Russian athletes hoping to compete in this summer ’s Rio Olympics will undergo enhanced independent antidoping controls. The move comes after Russia was accused of orchestrating a systematic doping campaign, seeing the suspension of many athletes, and now seeks to improve its credibility.

Fingerless phenomenon A TEENAGE piano prodigy has become a hit on national television and performed with a renowned orchestra in Kazan, despite being born without any fingers. Alexey Romanov has honed his skills under the tutelage of a specialist school and has won acclaim for his modest attitude while defying the odds.

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ICONIC Serbian director Emir Kusturica, who has legions of Russian fans, has claimed that the Cannes Film Festival declined to show his latest picture because of his support of Vladimir Putin. Kusturica has twice won the Palme d’Or and was also recently banned from performing in Ukraine due to his proPutin sympathies. SERBIAN: Supports Putin.

Tit for tat TWO Russian soldiers have been convicted of terrorism and sentenced to 14 years in prison by a court in Kiev, although it is expected that they will form part of a prisoner exchange for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, currently languishing in a Russian jail. A defence lawyer for the men was killed during their trial.

Media mayhem THE billionaire owner of one of Russia’s only newspapers to devote a full front page to Putin’s links to the Panama Papers has seen his businesses

raided by criminal investigators. Speculation is rife as to whether the raids are politically motivated or related to Mikhail Prokhorov’s numerous other financial affairs.

Yukos saga A DUTCH court has overturned a controversial damages award that would have seen Russia pay out €44 billion to former controlling shareholders of the Yukos oil company. An arbitration panel had originally declared that Russia had illegally expropriated the company, but the government has insisted that the decision was politically motivated.

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The world’s best currency is... By John Smith WHEN looking to identify the world’s best-performing currency, the last place that most people would consider would be in Africa, which for so many years has seen massive inflation and poor financial results, but according to Bloomberg, the Zambian kwacha has so far performed better than any other currency during 2016. Back off dollar, euro and pound, the

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19.9 per cent is the amount that the kwacha has risen against the dollar since the start of 2016.

kwacha, which last year was derided as one of the worst performing currencies, has actually outstripped gold as an investment vehicle and whilst the world’s banks may not be fighting each other off to move into the Zambian currency, the forecast is that it will continue to go from strength to strength. Being very much a one commodity economy, the financial health of Zambia depends upon the vagaries of the

The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has opened a criminal investigation regarding matters to which the Panama Papers are relevant” Preet Bharara, US Attorney.

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PEPE JEANS: Their store in Tenerife.

Pepe’s Panama revelations PEPE JEANS owner, Carlos Ortega Cedron has not enjoyed the last few weeks, as his lawyers advised him to deposit €5.3 million with a court in Madrid which is investigating a potential tax fraud known as the Falciani List, which saw rich Spaniards deposit undeclared money in a Swiss Bank. The denim baron denies all

wrongdoing, but the money is there, just in case he is found guilty, and it could help in mitigating any prison sentence. A few days later, however, it was revealed in the Panama Papers that he had arranged for Mossack Fonseca to set up a company based in the British Virgin Islands to control an art collection which he was building worth over €16 million.

Tata Steel in buy out THE CEO of the Tata Port Talbot steel business has indicated that he would like to front a buy-out of the business, which would need employees to invest with him and the government in the company. Reportedly losing £1 million (€1.25 million) a day, many employees of the group will wonder whether this would be a sensible investment.

Emissions buy back ACCORDING to reports, Volkswagen has indicated that it may be prepared to buy back a number of the cars affected by the emissions scandal. This is part of a deal being put together with US regulators, who want to see these cars off American roads.

Election, what election? IN what appears to be an impressive and generous gift to some 225,000 plus employees, the interim government of Spain has decided to pay another part of the suspended 2012 Christmas bonus, which will amount to around €750, at the end of April. Conspiracy theorists have noted that the last

£126 million (€160 million) is the amount of money scammed from 5,000 UK residents during 2015 when fraudsters e-mailed them speculatively giving them new bank account details for regular payments.

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time any interim bonus was paid was in October 2015, just a couple of months before the last election, and now this portion is also being paid a few months before a probable new election. This public-spirited gesture will only cost the economy €450 million, and is a drop in the ocean compared to the current economic deficit.

international price for copper, of which it is a major producer and exporter. A jump in the price of metal was seen in 2016, which explains the rising strength of the currency. A former British Colony, Northern Rhodesia, Zambia has shaken off its legacy of corruption and is now attempting to mine valuable minerals such as nickel and uranium in order to be less reliant on the price of copper.

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No sticking together FEW governments approve of cartels, unless they are managing them, so six manufacturers of Spanish sticky delicacy turron have been fined more than €6 million for doing exactly that. Taking nearly 60 per cent of the total turron market, it appears that they have been so heavily penalised for sharing a wide range of information on each other’s clients and pricing.

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Most Advanced Legacy Reserves LP $ 2.17 Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. $ 14.95 Legacy Reserves LP $ 5.72 Legacy Reserves LP $ 5.71 Ever-Glory International Group, Inc. $ 2.1723 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. $ 10.72 Vanguard Natural Resources LLC $ 3.49 Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $ 2.80 region $ 16.85 Alimera Sciences, Inc. $ 2.57 National American University Holdings, Inc. $ 2.19

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Most Declined Rocky Brands, Inc. Lakeland Industries, Inc. Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. CNinsure Inc. The York Water Company Lincoln Educational Services Corporation Microsoft Corporation Cara Therapeutics, Inc. Sterling Construction Company Inc Vestin Realty Mortgage II, Inc. TrueCar, Inc.

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Reduction in anticipated growth By John Smith WHEN you are part of an interim government which will almost certainly have to contest a new election in just a few months, it must be very tempting to massage the financial figures in order to give the impression that all is looking good for the future thanks to the wonderful job

2.7 per cent is the estimated growth in the national economy for 2016, down from 3 per cent.

that the government has done. In fairness to the current interim government of Spain, they haven’t rushed into doing this without consideration of how unfortunate they would look in the event that their forecasts were proven to be wildly inaccurate. The actual economy itself is under a multi-headed microscope, and as both the EU and the International

OWNING UP: Interim Ecology Minister Luis de Guindos has reduced anticipated growth. Monetary Fund (IMF) have made recent comments on the reduction in growth of the economy, it behoved

interim Economy Minister Luis de Guindos to acknowledge that there is a slow down, and to reconsider

2016 and 2017 growth forecasts. Understandably his figures are not as drastic as those of the other

If these figures are accurate, they are by no means disastrous.

bodies, but during a visit to Washington to meet the IMF he did accept that the forecast growth in the national economy should be reduced from 3 per cent to 2.7 per cent for 2016 and from 2.7 per cent to 2.4 per cent for 2017. If these figures are accurate, they are by no means disastrous, and compare well with forecasts from France and Germany. The biggest problem that appears to affect Spain however is not the actual growth of income, but the ability to generate enough income to meet annual expenditure. This worries economists, especially as there is no stable government, and the various left wing groups who might get into power later this year are coming from a position of being anti-austerity.

EVERY year the Sunday Times publishes a number of lists of the UK’s richest people, many of whom are reclusive and little known, but included in the various lists published on April 24 is one that names Britain’s richest musicians. Many of the names can be guessed accurately with the perennial former Beatles, Rolling Stones, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Sir Elton John well to the forefront, with age being a combining element for them all. There is, however, an anomaly in the name of 27-year-old female singer Adele, who is now the most successful British female performer ever with an estimated worth of £85 million (€106 mil-

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Adele, Britain’s wealthiest female musician

ROLLING IN IT: Adele.

Deficit targets relaxed by worried government IN a bid to pacify the negative observations coming from Brussels about the poor results of 2015, and the need to cut the expected financial deficit for 2016, the interim government, earlier this year, instructed the regions to ensure that their individual 2016 deficits did not exceed 0.3 per cent of economic output.

0.7 per cent is the deficit allowed by each region, doubled from the previous instruction of 0.3 per cent.

Perhaps with the knowledge that they may not be in power for much longer, or hoping that it would somehow assist their cause in the event of an election in June, the interim government has now decided to more than double the deficit allowed by each region to 0.7 per cent.

lion) which has shot up by £35 million (€44 million) since the last report was published. She is still ‘only’ the 30th most wealthy musician in the United Kingdom, but the way things are going, she stands a very good chance of having a long lasting career and overtaking many of those in front of her, including Irish ‘warbler’ Enya. The fact that Adele recently sang a James Bond theme tune, won an unprecedented four Brit Awards and refused to let download operations such as Apple iTunes and Spotify sell her latest album 25, which went on to sell 15 million copies, has all helped to increase her wealth so dramatically. This girl from Tottenham who went to stage school and graduated to release her first album in 2008, appears to have won almost every accolade going, not only in the UK but in the larger US market. Even if she retired tomorrow, which appears unlikely, her royalties would still keep her firmly at the forefront of British female earners.

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Death, the final tax that catches most

DEATH TAX: Something to think about before leaving an inheritance to loved ones.

One area that people don’t realise is that even though the bulk of the estate may sit in a property and shares, it is very difficult to INHERITANCE tax is regularly mentioned obtain permission to sell anything, until the in local advertisements, as the EU instructed government has reSpain to ensure that exceived a significant patriates were charged part of the estimated the same rates as probate value. Spaniards, and there is Yet another piece of a nice business for good news for banks lawyers who can help who have been known to reclaim overpayper cent is the amount of tax to take advantage of ments, naturally at a that is due on any inheritance the need for shortcost. larger than the amount of €175,000. term loans, by chargWhat doesn’t seem Any inheritance received ing an arrangement to be so well known is under this amount is tax free. fee and significant inthe fact that each reterest rates. gion can charge whatAnyone who is conever it likes by way of cerned about potential death duties, subject to death duties and whether it would be sensia top rate of 34 per cent. Perhaps unsurprisble to gift part of their estate to a relative in ingly, Andalucia appears to be in the lead as either Britain or Spain would be well adone of the most expensive areas for relatives vised to take advice from a specialist interto inherit from their parents or relations. national finance lawyer with knowledge of The first €175,000 is tax free, but after this field. that there is a 30 per cent payment due to the There are also financial implications for region. people who own properties in both counMany other regions take the view that the tries; tax systems could differ depending on percentage paid should be on a sliding scale in which country the will was initially made. depending on the value of the estate. All advice would be correct and valid in In the UK, with the high average value of the event of Britain voting to remain in the property, almost every person inheriting EU, however the tax system may change from a householder (unless it is a spouse) is dramatically if the June 23 referendum delikely to have to pay death duties, which can cides that Britain should withdraw. be even higher than in Spain. By John Smith

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I can’t abide by being threatened LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT IF there’s one thing I can’t abide its’ being threatened. In the slightly more murky areas of my somewhat chequered past, I generally found that those that commanded most respect didn’t bother to threaten, they simply acted, generally without any warning at all. Those that did threaten were more inclined to be bullies who hid behind the reputations and exploits of others. A position perfectly occupied by Barack Obama. This arrogant individual who, during his tenure has spent more time on the golf course than any other president in memory, displayed characteristics that often manifest in peo-

ple of power. Those who consider that, at some time in history, they or their ancestors received a raw deal and now it’s payback time. The man simply couldn’t wait to display how the tables have turned and how much he is now able to control the future of those he despises. The barely disguised sneer on his face when he told us we would ‘go to the back of the queue’ in any future trade deal, made me sick to my stomach. It’s not as if he commands any respect. This is a man whose past is shrouded in mystery. A man who took a long time to find his birth certificate, refuses to label any Muslim a terrorist, managed to remove the whole allied army from Afghanistan (I bet he was the toast of the Taliban chai houses for that one!). He told his nation that Mus-

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BARACK OBAMA: I think he’s frightened of an independent United Kingdom that won’t succumb to blackmail.

lims had always had deep ties and influences in American culture (and couldn’t come up with one example!), and whose wife, when she visited the UK, specifically chose a British school where the actual uniform was the Burka. I don’t believe he gives a damn about Britain’s economic ties with the EU, I think he merely wants the UK to retain the open border policies. I also think he’s frightened of an independent United Kingdom that won’t succumb to American blackmail like the rest of Europe. And I think Hillary Clinton is of the same mindset. Vote Out. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy: Toyland Detective 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:50am Bananas in Pajamas 10:00am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Cowboy Builders 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Jesse Stone: Stone Cold 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Henry VIII and His Six Wives 10:00pm Ben Fogle: The Great African Migration 11:00pm Eamonn and Ruth 12:00am The Hotel Inspector

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Chopping Block 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm The Secret 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm Tomorrow Never Dies 1:50am Jackpot247 4:00am Murder, She Wrote

9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Matrix Reloaded 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pm The Matrix Reloaded 12:45am Family Guy

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8:15am Superman 2 10:25am Superman III 12:35pm Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 2:10pm Furious 7 4:30pm John Wick 6:20pm Captain America Civil War: Special 6:50pm Superman 2 9:00pm Furious 7 11:30pm John Wick 1:15am Rambo

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Doctor at Large Heartbeat Where the Heart is The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Noah's Ark Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat The Royal Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Wycliffe Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans Law and Order: UK Trial and Retribution Andy and Darren's trial takes a dramatic and tragic turn when Andy commits suicide. Elizabeth: The Golden Age FYI Daily

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Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals Minder Ax Men The Chase Cycling The Professionals Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Cycling Fifth Gear Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Exit Wounds FYI Daily A round up of the latest entertainment news. Exit Wounds Sleepers FYI Daily A round up of the latest entertainment news. Sleepers ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service.

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

Partisan The Overnight Zootropolis: Special The Longest Ride Jungle Book 3D: Special Partisan The Forger Thriller about a master art forger tasked with a pulling off a daring heist. Ted 2 The Longest Ride An art student finds herself falling for a bull-rider. Adaption of the bestselling romance novel. Ted 2 Dying of the Light The Overnight Two couples have a dinner party that quickly goes off the deep end. LA-set adult comedy. Zootropolis: Special Partisan

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Football Gold Football Gold WWE Main Event Barclays Premier League World Live Super Rugby Football Gold Football Gold La Liga Show 2015 Barclays Premier League World Live Super Rugby BPL Legends Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold La Liga Show 2015 BPL Legends Barclays Premier League World Game Changers: Prince Harry's... Football Freestyler The Fantasy Football Club Football Barclays Premier League Preview The Fantasy Football Club Super League Highlights

Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Sporting Rivalries Cricket's Classic Sporting Greats Cricket's Greatest Premier League Darts Cricket's Greatest Sporting Greats CWC Classics Live Indian Premier League Live Super League Super League Gold Super League Gold Time of Our Lives Barclays Premier League Preview Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs An in-depth look at one of Colin Montgomerie's finest moments. Ashes Best Days Relive day four of the fifth test in the 2010/11 Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm MasterChef 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Snooker 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm Regional News 6:23pm Weather 6:25pm Can't Touch This 7:15pm Pointless 8:05pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 9:00pm The National Lottery 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:50am Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 1:20am World Snooker 3:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am San Demetrio, London 8:40am Scott of the Antarctic 10:30am The Women's Football Show 11:00am Snooker 1:00pm Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 2:00pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Escape to the Continent 4:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 4:30pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 5:30pm Snooker 6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Dad's Army 8:00pm Snooker 10:30pm The Rack Pack 12:00am QI XL 12:35am Welcome to Collinwood 2:00am The Abominable Snowman 3:25am This is BBC Two

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7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:55am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:20pm Britain's Got Talent 1:35pm Britain's Got More Talent 2:35pm The Almost Impossible Gameshow 3:40pm Scorpion 4:35pm The Flintstones 6:25pm Liar Liar 8:10pm Paranoia 10:15pm Britain's Got More Talent 11:15pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:30am American Dad! 2:00am American Dad! 2:30am The Cleveland Show 2:55am The Cleveland Show 3:20am @Elevenish

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CITV ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show BBQ Champ Smokey and the Bandit The Wine Show Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather You've Been Framed! Bang on the Money Britain's Got Talent Play to the Whistle ITV News and Weather Fast and Furious Jackpot 247

8:00pm A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of how our land and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history. 9:00pm Natural World The Jungle Book's Baloo the bear character is based on the secretive sloth bear who lives in India's wildest places. 10:00pm Hinterland 11:30pm Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance 12:30am Synth Britannia at the BBC 1:30am Synth Britannia 3:00am Joy Division 4:35am This is BBC Four

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Movies Now Where the Heart is Where the Heart is Ben Hur FYI Daily Ben Hur Wycliffe Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory FYI Daily Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory Inspector Morse Police drama series featuring Colin Dexter's enigmatic chief inspector and his sidekick Sergeant Lewis. Midsomer Murders Foyle's War Lewis Blue Murder Doctor at Large ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

King of Queens Mobil 1 The Grid Challenge Wanaka Caterham Motorsport Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line Frasier Frasier The Superhumans Show The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Come Dine with Me Channel 4 Racing A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun Channel 4 News Formula 1 Great Canal Journeys Coastal Walks with My Dog The Sweeney Transporter 2 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Hollyoaks Omnibus

7:00am Hogan's Heroes 7:25am Formula E: Sound of the Future 7:55am Motorsport UK 8:55am Bundesliga 10:00am Cycling 11:00am Cycling 1:30pm Pawn Stars 2:00pm Pawn Stars 2:30pm Pawn Stars 2:55pm Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 3:15pm Cycling 7:30pm Pawn Stars 8:00pm The Big Fish Off 9:00pm Cycling 10:00pm You Only Live Twice 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pm You Only Live Twice 12:25am Gangs of New York 1:35am FYI Daily 1:40am Gangs of New York 3:25am Hogan's Heroes 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

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7:00am Milkshake! 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show Live 12:30pm Fail Army 1:00pm Now That's Funny 3:00pm Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim 4:00pm Benefits: Yorkshire Dole 5:00pm Benefits: Millionaire Shoplifter 6:00pm Benefit House: Me and My 26 Kids 7:00pm 5 News 7:05pm NCIS: Los Angeles 8:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 9:00pm NCIS 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Championship 11:00pm Goal Rush 11:30pm NCIS - Greatest Ever Episode 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Grannies Make You Laugh Out Loud 5:00am Budgies Make You Laugh Out Loud

7:00am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:20am Jane the Virgin 8:05am How I Met Your Mother 8:35am How I Met Your Mother 9:00am Made in Chelsea 10:00am Joe and Caspar Hit the Road 11:00am Suburgatory 11:30am Suburgatory 12:00pm Baby Daddy 12:30pm Baby Daddy 1:00pm How I Met Your Mother 1:30pm How I Met Your Mother 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Insidious 12:05am Gogglebox 12:55am Gogglebox 1:40am The Inbetweeners

7:00am Football Gold 7:15am Football Gold 7:30am Barclays Premier League Preview 8:00am Football Gold 8:15am Football Gold 8:30am Barclays Premier League Preview 9:00am Game Changers 9:30am Nick Kicks 10:00am The Fantasy Football Club 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Football 3:45pm Live Pro 12 Rugby 6:00pm Live Ford Saturday Night Football 9:00pm SNF: Game of the Day 11:00pm SNF: Match Choice 12:30am SNF: Match Choice 3:30am Live Fight Night International 5:30am Football Gold 5:45am Football Gold A chance to relive the top-flight clash between Leeds United and Manchester United.

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6:10am Zootropolis: Special 6:30am Avengers: Age of Ultron Special 7:00am Partisan 8:45am The Overnight Two couples have a dinner party that quickly goes off the deep end. 10:15am The Top Ten Show 2016 10:30am The Longest Ride An art student finds herself falling for a bull-rider. Adaption of the bestselling romance novel. 12:45pm Jungle Book 3D: Special 1:00pm Partisan 2:45pm The Forger Thriller about a master art forger tasked with a pulling off a daring heist. 4:30pm Ted 2

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Jurassic Park The Lost World Jurassic Park III Jurassic World Jurassic Park The Lost World Jurassic Park III Jurassic World The Last Samurai Revenge of the Green Dragons 4:30am Alien: Resurrection

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The Pink Panther Young Frankenstein Twins Mr. Deeds Dumb and Dumber To Barely Lethal Twins The Other Woman Dumb and Dumber Dumb and Dumber To

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Cricket's Classic MLS Highlights Football Gold Football's Greatest Teams Football Live Indian Premier League Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Football Sporting Triumphs Sky Sports Originals Football Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Cricket's Classic A look at the Pro40 game between Derbyshire and Leicester at the County Ground back in 2007.

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10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Points of View 5:00pm Songs of Praise 5:35pm David Attenborough Meets President Obama 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm Paul O Grady: The Sally Army and Me 7:30pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:55pm Weather 8:00pm Countryfile 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Undercover 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:40am The Last Castle

7:15am The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 8:15am This Farming Life 9:15am An Island Parish 9:45am The Beechgrove Garden 10:15am Countryfile 11:15am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:45pm The Hairy Bikers Asian Adventure 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Flog It! 3:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Meet the Moose Family: Natural World 8:00pm Snooker Coverage and reaction from the latest Snooker event taking place. 12:00am Rabbit-Proof Fence 1:25am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 2:25am Holby City 3:25am This is BBC Two

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7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45pm Take Me Out 2:15pm Catchphrase 3:00pm Charlotte's Web 4:55pm Liar Liar 6:40pm Britain's Got Talent 7:55pm Britain's Got More Talent 9:00pm Skyfall 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:45am American Dad! 2:10am American Dad! 2:40am The Cleveland Show 3:05am The Cleveland Show The adventures of the "Family Guy"'s neighbour and deli owner, Cleveland Brown. 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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CITV ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show All Star Family Fortunes Fierce Britain's Got Talent Midsomer Murders Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather The Chase: Celebrity Special The Durrells Home Fires ITV News and Weather Sugar Free Farm Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights Jackpot 247

8:00pm The Good Old Days 9:00pm The Man Who Discovered Egypt He was the maverick Egyptologist who took on the tomb raiders with his methodic excavations. Hear the amazing story of Flinders Petrie, a true pioneer in the field of archaeology. 10:00pm The Silk Road 11:00pm Redefining Juliet 11:45pm Hamlet 2:10am The Sun A revealing portrait of our closest star the sun. 3:10am Horizon For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (SETA) has been scanning the galaxy for a message from an alien civilisation. 4:00am The Silk Road

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On the Buses Inspector Morse Heartbeat Inspector Morse Wycliffe Columbo Peter Falk dons the shabby mac and lights up a cheap cigar for more top drawer US detective drama. The Secret of My Succe$s FYI Daily The Secret of My Succe$s Richard Wilson on the Road Doc Martin The Cruise Ship Royal Stories Ep 4: The People's Princess. Bette Midler: One Night Only The Blonde Bombshell The American President

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch George Clarke's Amazing Spaces Channel 4 Racing Location, Location, Location A Place in the Sun Series on holiday homes abroad. Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. Formula 1 Paul Merton's Secret Stations Indian Summers Gogglebox 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Red Lights Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me

7:00am Milkshake! Programming aimed at children aged two to seven years old. 10:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crimefighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell. 11:30am The Championship 12:30pm Goal Rush Football League Tonight. 1:00pm The Gadget Show 2:05pm Another Cinderella Story 3:50pm Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 5:30pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 7:10pm Now That's Funny 8:05pm The Secret Life of Puppies 9:00pm Penn and Teller: Fool Us in Vegas 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm 5 News 12:10am Drive Angry 2:00am Super Casino

Hat-Trick Heroes Fifth Gear Storage Wars Storage Wars Motogp Highlights The Big Fish Off Sports gameshow pitting two celebrities against each other in a battle to become top fisherman. Cycling Cycling Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York The Wine Show A magazine show especially for wine lovers. Cycling Rugby Highlights Mercury Rising FYI Daily Mercury Rising Inside Man

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Rocky Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V Rocky Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V Crimson Tide Battle of the Bulge

Inside Out: Special Patch Adams Johnny English Pitch Perfect 2 Special Pitch Perfect 2 Click The Wedding Singer Four Weddings and a Funeral Pitch Perfect 2 The Wedding Ringer Borat Ali G Indahouse The Art of the Steal

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

7:00am Partisan 8:45am The Overnight 10:15am The Top Ten Show 2016 10:30am The Longest Ride An art student finds herself falling for a bull-rider. Adaption of the bestselling romance novel. 12:45pm Zootropolis: Special 1:00pm Partisan 2:45pm The Forger Thriller about a master art forger tasked with a pulling off a daring heist. 4:30pm Ted 2 6:45pm The Longest Ride 9:00pm Ted 2 11:10pm Dying of the Light 12:55am The Overnight Two couples have a dinner party that quickly goes off the deep end. 2:25am Zootropolis: Special 2:40am Partisan 4:25am The Forger

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Football Gold Football Gold SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Live Ford Super Sunday Live Ford Super Sunday Football League Goals Sky Sports Originals Football Ford Football Special Football League Goals Football Footballs Greatest Teams Goals on Sunday Football Gold A chance to relive the top-flight clash between Manchester United and Chelsea at Old Trafford Football Gold

Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Fight Night International Live County Championship Fight Night International Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights Indian Premier League Highlights World Wrestling Entertainment Late Night Raw La Liga La Liga Eredivisie Super Rugby Try Time La Liga La Liga Super Rugby Try Time Eredivisie

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10:00am Rip Off Britain 10:45am Homes Under the Hammer 11:45am Wanted Down Under 12:30pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Regional News 2:25pm Weather 2:30pm The Code 3:15pm Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:15pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm The One Show 8:00pm Invictus: The Road to the Games 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 10:30pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 11:00pm I Want My Wife Back 11:30pm BBC News

7:15am Rip Off Britain 8:00am Homes Under the Hammer 9:00am In Search of the Castaways 10:35am Natural World 11:25am Camelot 2:15pm Flog It! 3:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 8:00pm Snooker 12:00am The Women's Football Show 12:30am Inside the Billionaire's Wardrobe 1:30am MasterChef 2:00am The Celebrity Apprentice USA American version of the business-based reality series. 3:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney 9:00pm Lucy Worsley's Reins of Power: The Art of Horse Dancing 10:00pm A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of how our land and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history. 11:00pm The Dark Ages: An Age of Light 12:00am Natural World 1:00am Everything and Nothing 2:00am Krakatoa Revealed 2:50am The Man Who Discovered Egypt 3:50am Jerusalem: The Making of a Holy City 4:50am This is BBC Four

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7:15am Countdown 8:00am Will and Grace 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Thunder and the House of Magic 10:55am Postman Pat: The Movie 12:35pm Four in a Bed 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:35pm Four in a Bed 3:10pm Fifteen to One 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Shipping Wars 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Posh Neighbours at War 9:30pm The Food Chain 10:00pm The Island with Bear Grylls 11:00pm Sex Box

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:30pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:30pm 5 News 1:35pm Cowboy Builders 2:30pm Neighbours 3:00pm Home and Away 3:30pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:30pm Football: England v Germany - The Legends 7:05pm Neighbours 7:35pm Home and Away 8:05pm Mega Beasts 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm The Tube: Going Underground 11:00pm Gotham 11:55pm Person of Interest 12:50am Person of Interest 1:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours Award-winning partdramatised documentary of true crime mysteries. 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Castle 5:25am Divine Designs

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8:15am Escape to the Country 9:00am The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 9:30am Great British Railway Journeys 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:25pm The Super League Show 3:10pm Paul Hollywood's Pies and Puds 3:40pm My Life on a Plate 4:25pm Coast Australia 5:15pm Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Pubs That Built Britain 8:00pm Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Bake Off Crème de la Crème 10:00pm The Conspiracy Files: Who Shot Down Mh17? 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather

4:50am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney 9:00pm Caravans: A British Love Affair 10:00pm Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature 11:00pm Oak Tree: Nature's Greatest Survivor 12:30am A History of Ancient Britain Neil Oliver travels back to ice age Britain as he begins the epic story of how our land and its people came to be over thousands of years of ancient history. 1:30am The Dark Ages: An Age of Light 2:30am Caravans: A British Love Affair 3:30am Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature 4:30am This is BBC Four

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7:00am Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:15am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am Psych 11:20am Royal Pains 12:10pm Dinner Date 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me OutTake Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Matrix Reloaded 12:40am Family GuyFamily Guy

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Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes The Chase The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminal-intelligence agents. Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. Ax Men The Chase The Professionals Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Hogan's Heroes Hogan's Heroes Quincy M.E. Ironside Storage Wars Texas Pawn Stars Pawn Stars World Superbike Highlights Jaws FYI Daily Jaws The Glimmer Man

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Chopping Block 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale Popular longrunning soap opera, set in a Yorkshire village. 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Tonight at the London Palladium 10:00pm Her Majesty's Prison Norwich 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm UEFA Champions League Highlights 12:45am The Chase

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Something different Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

THE acting government is keeping a low profile as it tries to ride out the storm before new elections which presumably it hopes to win. Vice-president and Mariano Rajoy’s righthand woman Soraya Saenz de Santamaria certainly seems less in evidence, but what has she done to her own profile? It can’t be Botox as she still wrinkles her forehead when she frowns, although it could be fillers or even hair extensions. There’s certainly something different, although not her manner or her politics, both of which remain dry and dismissive.

PODEMOS is supposedly an antidote to the political caste embodied by the PSOE socialists and Partido Popular conservatives. This was clearly an astute move because Podemos was the third-most-voted party in

SEVERAL city and town halls displayed the republican flag on April 15, the anniversary of Spain’s Second Republic, but most were careful not to fly it which would have landed them in legal hot water. Yet more than one old-timer can remember seeing the Hammer and Sickle flying in the early years of the Transition. And they lived to tell the tale..

most of the caste, and as autocratic as the worst of them.

RIGHT HAND: Something is different, but not her manner or her politics.

Leading questions

Keep it flying

the December 20 general elections. After months of Podemos demands that made any government pact impossible, Podemos members were asked two questions in an internal referendum. Did they really want Podemos to govern with nasty PSOE and Ciudadanos? Or a mar-

vellous government of change proposed by Podemos, En Comu Podem and En Marea? A total of 88 per cent rejected any pact, which was inevitable when the questions were phrased in a way that gave little choice. Meanwhile Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias revealed himself as less accommodating than

Risk factor FINDING a successor for Partido Popular leader and acting President Mariano Rajoy would put the party at risk, warned Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo. That’s not an entirely accurate prediction because it’s not the PP itself that is at risk but only the crusty, rusty party as it is now.

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It’s a dog’s life on the beach IN reply to Ian re dogs on beach, dogs need to run and cool off and enjoy life just like we do, nothing is worse than seeing a dog tied up on three feet of rope 24/7 it is cruel, and can I just say my grandson got a fishing hook in his foot!! Fishermen not a dog, and on the same day my granddaughter walked through some horse dirt, again not a dog, so don’t blame the dogs for everything, and they need a life, so a dog beach is good. I don’t like to see men and women with everything hanging about but nudist beaches are allowed as well, so we all have to be accepting of other people. Regarding the donkey, well done Peter and Jean I would have helped you, there is nothing worse than seeing obvious cruelty, your heart rules your head , and thanks for a great paper. Coleen via email

Brexit healthcare I AM writing with reference to Mr Lee’s article telling us we must vote ‘out’ in the Referendum. As OAPs we rely on the free medical care which we receive. We understand that this could come to a stop if we followed his thinking and voted as he says. We are on very expensive medical treatment and would die if we stopped it. There is no way we can afford to pay for it. There are a lot of OAPs who are in the same position as ourselves and who are very worried. He says that an exit may make life difficult for us expats. This is an understatement. As we are on just a basic pension, who is going to pay our medical bills which are astronomical. Leapy Lee? Sue via email

Cockeyed critic I WEAR glasses for reading, and I have never had a problem with your crossword page, or any other part of the paper. And I can hardly read a thing without them. Maybe the fault is with John’s

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Funny old game JUST a thought, does anyone ever pause and wonder what the Queen thinks of all this constant pageantry? On a personal level, putting myself in her shoes, it must be so very strange to have millions of people, newspapers, politicians etc all worshipping you constantly, celebrating your birthday, analysing your secret thoughts and following your family around. To be sure she’s been born into all this hilarity and it will naturally suit her more than most, but I can’t help but wonder what runs through her mind when she’s confronted with a majestic hall of suited men bellowing out ‘God save our gracious Queen’ every full moon or so. In fact the national theme tune does seem to become a little morbid and desperate the older she gets. We’re at the point now where we’re begging an all-powerful bearded joker in the sky to keep a 90-year-old woman alive a little longer. I did some research and discovered that she’s been forced to play this game of ours for about 63 years now, 63 years of listening to that song! Surely she must be sick to her stomach of all this grovelling. It actually quite reminds me of that other victim of obsessive worship, Jesus of Nazareth. What do all the Christians who believe that he’ll return to earth someday think he will make of everyone wearing crucifixes, singing ridiculous hymns and drinking his blood. I’m pretty certain he’d be on the first Ryanair flight back to heaven!

Property scares TO be honest if the recent and current practices of the Spanish and local governments in Spain haven’t already put people off buying property here, then I doubt a Brexit will make it any worse or any more worrying. If it were me I would worry more about losing my investment here ‘money or bricks and mortar’ through Spanish practices and how they interpret their regulations and punish the investor rather than the official who screwed up. Mike via website

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brand new pair of glasses and that he needs to go to a different optometrist. Great newspaper by the way. Rita from Ciudad Quesada

Nonogram nasties I SYMPATHISE with John on your Letters page. However, my gripe is that you have completely stopped the nonogram. It didn’t take that much room? Please bring it back! Lesley from Alcalali

thing to do with basket case Britain or Europe, they have vast hydroelectric resources, a vibrant technology scene, and do excellent business in the Middle East and Asia, while the impending Transatlantic trade treaty changes everything anyway. Also, very few Turks want to move to the UK. This delusion we have that everyone is desperate to flock to a wet island to get free things is embarrassing. The only Turks I met who would have considered leaving their beautiful country for Britain were simply people like you or I, who fancied seeing the Highlands, or Buckingham Palace some day if they had the chance. London is not the city upon the hill we imagine it to be. In fact it is pretty awful, as I am sure many of your readers will agree. Henry from Gibraltar

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IN Benidorm there is a bylaw that states that mobility scooters cannot be hired to people under the age of 55 unless they can prove they are disabled. If the police were enforcing this law by taking to court the hire firms that continue to let anybody hire a scooter, these measures would not need to be taken. I feel sorry for those that genuinely need and now can’t enjoy their holiday because of the greed of the unscrupulous companies Debbie via the website

HAVING lived in Istanbul for quite some time before venturing out to Spain, I can safely say and reassure all readers of Mr Lee’s column, that there is not a chance under the sun of 80 million Turks coming to Britain if we don’t leave the EU. To state the bleedin’ obvious Turkey is not in the EU, and the plans for it to join fell apart for several reasons. The financial collapse of the EU means most Turks don’t want any-

ENGLISH people owned property in Spain before the EU and will continue to do so after. British people also own property in Australia, the USA, Canada and many other countries not in the EU. The Brexit will not make a scrap of difference to it. Andy via website

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Newsflash: Foreign species has been discovered in Spain Photo credit: flickr by David

Nora Johnson

Breaking Views Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson

IT’S that time of year, Sir David Attenborough will breathily tell you, when you first really start to see them. Tourists, that is. After all, they’re the easiest to recognise as a species. They’re the pasty-looking white blobs on the beach, unless it’s been unusually hot and they’re red as lobsters and being given the kiss of life by paramedics. They’re the ones who hold you up. On the roads because they’re unsure where they’re going. In supermarkets because they’re counting out their change. If the weather suddenly turns bitterly cold and showery, they’re still dressed for summer. In summer,

EASILY RECOGNISED: If the weather turns cold and showery, they’re still dressed for summer. they’re the ones wandering around shops, streets and restaurants with hardly a stitch on. Tourists could never be mistaken for two other species you encounter in Spain: the newly arrived expatriates and the long-term expatriates. The

former you’ll see enthusiastically attending every Spanish class, flamenco, bull fight and feria, so keen are they to fit in and be accepted in their new habitat. Whereas long-term expatriates are the complete opposite and the most

difficult to spot. They dress like the Spanish, wear summer clothes only in summer and dress more formally in town. Like the Spanish too, they’ve learned to accept the way of life. Mañana really does mean, umm, mañana.

With all the Roman ruins – villas, roads, marketplaces – uncovered in Spain, the Romans could be considered the earliest tourist species. Just imagine them: charging along the carreteras to the nearest encampment in their horse-drawn chariots. Holding up traffic at the roundabouts. Counting out their silver denarii coins in the markets. Hannibal first got the show on the road in Spain when he breezed in from Carthage with his lines of noseto-tail elephants. So maybe the TAILgating sometimes seen among Spanish drivers is yet another remnant of those ancient times? Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back’, ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits go to Costa del Sol Cudeca charity.

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It is now important that you are clear about the person you wish to spend your time with because you may have more than one option. Plans that you started last week are now showing progress. Keeping the pace growing is essential to beat rivals. It is not an easy week by any means but it should not be boring.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Is someone trying to sidetrack you by casting doubt on a relationship or plan? Something is going on so make sure that you have all the facts. It would be gullible of you to take everything at face value. You have good supportive colleagues and may seek their advice. Be optimistic as the weekend comes and remember your sense of humour.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) A tendency to be emotional because of a setback should be avoided. When you feel the pressure rising, remember that nothing is worth risking your health for. Sound out friends and colleagues to avoid over-reacting. It is a week when you realise how someone close is able to be a great help. The question is, can you accept it?

This is a week to consider your options on all fronts, particularly in business.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There is sensitivity in your chart. It is possible to overlook someone who needs your time and consideration. You are not a mind-reader and they may not directly seek your help. Be aware, then, of how others are faring.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is a week of planning and making changes. Some things click into place and you realise that you are on your way to completing an ambition. The trick is to manage it without upsetting people on the home front.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) When someone asks you this week where you are going, will you know the answer? You will make progress if you do. If you're not sure, then there is no point in going full steam ahead.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Are you putting off a decision affecting others? This is a good time to take the bull by the horns. Keep an eye on finances involving younger people.

Sometimes, you are better able to help in other ways, perhaps by giving encouragement or advice.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A personal decision needs to be made. No major changes are necessary so long as you have a firm plan. It is not so much that caution is required, rather more that you should give yourself time to consider.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Your activities this week may seem to be ones best done alone. To a certain extent this is true. However, if you wish to make others feel important and gain their support in the future, you should involve them. You don't have to take advice which is given but be diplomatic when not acting on it.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Showing confidence means others see you as being very much in control. They need to see that you can be trusted. If a plan is not going in the right direction, be prepared to change tack. Changes should not be made to financial plans until you are sure of your ground. Romantically, you are being admired.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Are you feeling less positive than usual? We all do at times. If energy is low get out for a long walk in a relaxing place. Perhaps watch a film that raises your spirits. There is about you a kind of regret and fondness for the past, but there is nothing wrong with sentimentality so long as it does not cloud your picture of the future. That can be bright indeed.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) It is all go for you at the moment. Not only will you be particularly clearthinking but your intellect will be sharp as a knife. Your enthusiasm spills over from your business life to personal matters, leading to a hectic and eventful time all week. When it comes to romance, a positive and dynamic approach stands you in good stead.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Allot, 4 Outcast, 8 Alarmed, 9 Shake, 10 Theta, 12 Inertia, 13 Gothic, 14 Lately, 17 Arrests, 19 Sites, 21 Scale, 22 Elevate, 24 Sonnets, 25 Stake.

Down: 1 Adapt, 2 Lea, 3 Timpani, 4 Ordain, 5 Taste, 6 Apartment, 7 Therapy, 11 Entertain, 13 Glasses, 15 Answers, 16 Asters, 18 Swede, 20 Siege, 23 Aga.

QUICK Across: 6 Large French country house (7) 7 Brazilian dance (5) 9 List of dishes (4) 15/16 American name for a dustbin (3,3) 18 Contract to hire or lease transportation (7) 20 Surprise suddenly (7)

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Across 1 Square (shape) (6) 3 Usado (sello, billete) (4) 7 Bronceado (3) 9 Friday (7) 10 Periódico (9) 13 Entrance (way in) (7) 14 Mar (3) 15 Raíz (de planta) (4) 16 Blood (6)

1 Drastic, 2 Aroma, 3 Ewe, 4 Tavern, 5 Scripture, 6 Egotist, 7 Sneer, 11 Heartless, 14 Skipper, 16 Retired, 17 Versus, 18 Sweet, 20 Argue, 22 Was.

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Saddle, 4 Taza, 8 Annoy, 9 Libre, 10 Delantero, 14 Reina, 15 Boina, 16 Want, 17 Cereza.

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Down 1 Gatos (4) 2 Magazines (journals) (8) 4 Cantantes (7) 5 Polvo (en el aire) (4) 6 Spider's web (8) 8 Our (7) 11 Cerveza (4) 12 Lago (4)

Hexagram

1 Dearest, 5 Seeks, 8 Alone, 9 Verbose, 10 Teacher, 12 Prior, 13 Casual, 15 Mutter, 18 Shift, 19 Elegant, 21 Express, 22 Wager, 23 Terms, 24 Suspend.

21 Go without food (6) 22 Wading bird (4) 23 Come out of (6) 24 Clearly defined (5) 26 Go after with the intent to catch (5)

Down: 1 Soap, 2 Dandelion, 3 Ley, 5 Aubergine, 6 Aves, 7 Flat, 11 Abad, 12 Crow, 13 Rama, 15 Bee.

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter 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 (BREACH) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

BREACH (10) CANCEL CERISE DEBTOR DESIRE EXCISE EXTENT GUILTY HEROIN ICICLE

INHERE OBSESS ODIOUS OTIOSE SCOTCH SOPHIA SPRING STEREO THIRST

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Filter 2 Confer 3 Astute 4 Indium 5 Source 6 Decode 7 Vendor 8 Reload 9 Winter 10 Vulgar 11 Ampere 12 Stereo 13 Emerge 14 Vesper 15 Dearth 16 Armpit 17 Tripod 18 Skater 19 Withal.

Across 1 After a bit of a rest families have linen (7) 5 Hazels right in the middle of Pegs (5) 8/24 Does go with repaired kitchen appliances (5,5) 9 Copy a time it changed (7) 10 Postpone a score (7) 11 A piece of cake for a tee shot (5) 12 Film prize for ordinary seaman's vehicle (5) 14 Postpone being freed, possibly (5) 19 Cancel yearly without a letter (5) 21 Elizabethan poet writes about small monarch (7) 23 Caterer built an outdoor area (7) 24 See 8 25 Band staff (5) 26 For a change, add less charges (7) Down 1 Otherwise we sent most modern (6) 2 Former head of religious order (5) 3 I damaged retina by inactivity (7) 4 Insignificant insult (6) 5 Turkish leader anoints slaves (5) 6 Broken vase I have intended to avoid (7)

7 Catch sight of a communist and become angry (3,3) 13 Sang air about fruity Spanish drink (7) 15 Came out of Orient and mixed (7) 16 Sat back and set about samples (6) 17 Evaluate extracts of high-class

essential oils (6) 18 Credit is repeated as it’s an emergency (6) 20 Hire out, as in shelter (5) 22 That is a bird of prey, look angry (5)

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A rather hot topic Waking up and finding myself in something as cramped as a Ryanair seat with a lid on, is not my idea of fun.

Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

I HAVE just celebrated a significant birthday. Anything with a zero on the end is significant these days. So naturally I found myself digging out the funeral plan that I took out several years ago. It pays to check, and it made slightly more interesting reading than the English Sunday newspaper I had invested in that morning. But it was all quite straight forward: die on Monday, toast on Wednesday and on the mantelpiece by the weekend. Paid in full. But where to have my barbecued remains scattered? Sitting in an urn in the front room is macabre and boring, so it needs to be something a lot more adventurous, like chucking them out of a hot air balloon over Downing Street, or getting scattered from a F1

FUNERAL PLANS: Sitting in an urn in the front room is macabre and boring. car at the Abu Dhabi Gran Prix. Then I thought, but do I really want a cremation? I mean, it sounds painful, and to end up looking like the contents of an overflowing

ashtray is not a lot to show for a lifetime of experiences. The Hindu way sounds okay. Stick me on top of a wooden frame on the banks of the Holy River Thames, and light a fire underneath.

A few fireworks to add a bit of spectacle, baked taters in the embers, then bung what’s left on a little raft with a lantern and float me off down to the open sea. There’s always burial of

course, which is not particularly appealing either; I even get claustrophobic in a sweater. I have read a lot of Edgar Alan Poe, and suddenly waking up and finding myself in something almost as cramped as a Ryanair seat with a lid on, is not my idea of fun. So all in all it looks as if the hot option is best and I’ll just have to give a lot more thought about where I would like to be sprinkled. I asked the Princess what she thought and she just murmured “get stuffed.” Now that’s something I hadn’t considered!

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John Smith Random thoughts... ONE of the advantages of being allowed to write a regular column is that you can literally choose whatever story is irritating, pleasing or going through your head at the time, and today, I am going to air my views on what I believe is totally irrelevant where the matter of the Brexit is concerned. So many people seem to live in ‘cloud cuckoo land’ as far as what could happen if we leave the European Union. The answer is, despite what anyone says, we just don’t know. That’s not to say that it might not be better or it might be worse, but there is absolutely no undeniable evidence available about what will happen. I’m not trying to convert anyone to stay or go, but I am absolutely staggered that so many people keep referring to how things were before Britain joined the EEC, and how they will be the same if we leave. Talk about rose-tinted glasses. Things change, and a hell of a lot

SENTRY POST: Checkpoint Charlie Berlin today. has changed in the past 43 years. I must admit, I can’t remember whether I even voted in the referen-

dum but I do know that in those days, there were a lot of problems around the world.

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A charity humiliated THE Triple A charity has been castigated for alleged crimes which it totally denies. As this is a Marbella-based charity which looks after animals, we haven’t written about what has happened in the editions of all of our regions, although the story has been covered in some detail on our website which is: www.euroweeklynews.com. In essence, Seprona, a branch of the Guardia Civil, has raided the premises of this 25-year-old charity and issued a press release accusing main figures in the charity of a whole range of terrible crimes against animals, financial misappropriation and evasion of taxes. This was accompanied by a rather nasty video which showed a plethora of dead animals and the inference that Triple A had killed them, which has since been proven untrue. Luckily for the charity it has at least one newspaper and TV and radio station which like to see a balanced review of events rather than rushing to condemn. Andaluz TV has undertaken some in-depth investigations, and has concluded that a number of the allegations of financial irregularity cannot be correct, and now papers are with the courts the Guardia Civil declines to comment. If the members of the charity are proven to have done anything wrong, then they must suffer the consequences, but what we find very difficult to understand is the reason for this press release, which does not take into account the European Union determination that people are innocent until found guilty.

There was the Cold War, Vietnam, a great big wall around parts of Berlin and just a few years later, it was impossible to take any sensible amount of foreign currency abroad when you travelled due to the dreadful economy. These are just a few examples of how things change, and no matter how many people may hope that everything will be nice and happy, just like it was before we joined the Common Market, things have changed and will not revert back. Everyone is entitled to make their own decision about the referendum, even though successive governments have played with the expatriate right to vote (see, that’s changed a few times). All I ask is that everyone who is able to vote does so based on at least an attempt to understand the options, difficult as that may be, rather than just live in hope that we can go back to the days of rolled up Now we handkerchiefs on your head, Watwant to neys Red Barrel and striped hear your views. deckchairs. Alternatively, vote as you YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE feel appropriate and then pas- YOUR OPINION sively look forward to a new era www.euroweeklynews.com of discovery!

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Help for PTSD symptoms EYE Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR ) t h e r a p y i s a treatment designed to help those who have suffered psychological trauma. The idea behind EMDR is to stimulate one side of the brain followed quickly by the o t h e r t o h e l p th e thinking brain on the left commu n i c a t e wi t h t h e feeling brain on the right in a bid to help you effectively ‘move on’ from the traumatic experience and recover from the symptoms o f p o st t r a u m a tic stress disorder (PTSD). It is a p sy c h o t h e r a p y develo p e d b y Fr a n c i n e Shapiro. It is a fairly new type

of psychotherapy but is g ro w in g in p o p u larity, w ith mo re th an 2 0 , 0 0 0 practitioners now reported to be trained in the techniques. It does not rely on talk th e ra p y o r med ica tio n s but uses a patient’s own rapid, rhythmic eye movements with the therapist g ra d u a lly ab le to s h ift your unpleasant thoughts and memories to happier o n es as th e y u s e fin g er movements, hand or toe tapping or musical tones. One woman in the UK has reported that the therapy, which for her included ta p p in g at a p ia n o , helped remove her trauma of a 64-hour labour.

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Spectacle Wearer of the Year By John Smith OPTICAL group Specsavers Opticas want to celebrate specs as a fashion statement and great accessory, not merely a visual aid and they are offering a prize of €500 to the person who is crowned Spectacle Wearer of the Year. People can enter now up until May 29 via Facebook SpecsaversOpticas and online at en.specsavers.es/ loveglasses. Entrants simply need to submit a recent colour photo of themselves wearing glasses. Anyone from the age of 16 or over can enter and there are five age categories; 16-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-59, 60+. The person crowned the overall Spectacle Wearer of the Year will win €500 and a pair of designer frames. There will also be a semifinalist from each age category who will each win a

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FASHION STATEMENT: Send a recent colour photo of yourself wearing glasses. pair of designer frames worth €159. More information, terms and conditions can be found on the website - en.specsavers.es/loveg lasses. Specsavers Opticas is part of the world’s largest privately owned optical group which has revolutionised the eyecare industry. Founded 31 years ago in

the UK, it is now an International retailer with more than 1,600 stores across 10 countries and is the third largest optical group in the world. Specsavers Opticas arrived in Spain 10 years ago and are celebrating this important milestone by offering free eye tests, special of-

fers such as glasses for just €10 until the end of May. The company currently has eight stores in Spain: Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, Santa Ponsa Mallorca, Calpe, Javea, Benidorm, Guardamar del Segura and Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca.

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GOOD NIGHT: Electronic devices can cause disturbed sleep. BEING connected to the internet 24 hours a day has its pros, but when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep, it can cause major disruptions. Specialist in Neurophysiology and Sleep Disorders in Alicante, Javier Brualla, said using social media and things like WhatsApp delays the onset of sleep and makes sleep of a lower quality, being less deep and restful: “The use of electronic devices before bedtime causes what is called ‘insomnia conciliation,’ a delay in the onset of sleep due to two factors: firstly, the generation of continuous stimuli to ‘interact’ with these tools at a time when it should be disconnected preparing for a gradual transition to sleep. The blue light emitted by the screens is also reported to reduce the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that is a sleep facilitator and synchroniser of the biological clock. It is important to sleep about seven hours a day, although DrBrualla admits that needs do vary and everyone has individual needs.

DEAR Doctor I read your informative articles weekly, I am a 60year-old male who my GP diagnosed with chronic bronchitis four months ago. I still have phlegm - clear and coughing, but over the course of my visits to my GP have been given: Seretide inhaler used twice daily. Bricanyl (terbasmin) 500 micrograms - used twice daily and when needed. Atrovent inhaler CFC 20mg as and when needed. Spiriva used once in the morning. I have translated into English these inhalers and they all seem to be for the same usage opening of the airways, with no improvement, should I need to be taking all of these? Regards, Jack Tolley Dear patient: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is in the immense majority of cases associated with high levels of alcohol consumption and, as its name indicates, produces chronic obstruction of the

respiratory system. The effects are not completely reversible and the patient is usually left with some degree of respiratory difficulty, secretions, cough, etc. The best treatment is to stop smoking or avoid contact with smokers along with use of inhalers. Some of those you use, such as Seretide and Spiriva, are common treatment and should be used daily. However Terbasmin and Atrovent are to be used only when needed, for example when breathing difficulties are worse than usual. If your treatment does not help you could try other inhalers or tablets which could help keep your symptoms under control. Sometimes the problem lies not with the type of medication prescribed, but with patients who do not know how to use their inhalers correctly, meaning the medication does not reach the areas where it is needed. In my opinion you should be seen by a specialist in internal medicine or pneumology for evaluation.

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Road rage AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

RED MIST: Road rage can affect anybody, but courteous driving is natural to most. FOR the majority of motorists, driving in a courteous manner is the most natural way to progress, however, there are occasions when a normally calm driver sees red and is transformed into a monster. Road rage can affect everybody, but most of the time the most frustrating causes of an increase in stress levels are caused by other people, often unintentionally, but sometimes by those few drivers whose selfish and almost bullying attitude poses a risk to everybody on the road. Amongst the most common bad habits is ‘aggressive driving,’ defined as ‘any ways that directly or indirectly affect both pedestrians and drivers, and causes harm or damage to other people moving at the same time where traffic flows.’ Other driver’s actions, such as seeing a driver using a mobile phone, or carrying out

a seemingly dangerous or unnecessary manoeuvre, or speeding, can all increase the stresses of driving. Many of these factors are illegal, as they can all be extremely dangerous. So what are some of the most common avoidable ‘mistakes’ that can lead to road rage? Centre-lane hogging on motorways. In Spain we drive on the right, in fact as far right as possible, according to the law, and although multiple lanes exist for overtaking, a vehicle must return to the right-hand lane once the move is complete. The biggest cause of aggressive behaviour and the biggest frustration for many road users is failing to use indicators. Remember, indicators are there to ‘indicate’ your intentions to other road users. They should be used before a manoeuvre is carried out.

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Are dash cams legal in Spain? While researching the legal use of dash cams and bike cams in Spain I found your article published Monday, September 7, 2015, Are dash-cams legal in Spain? You ask for information that dash cams are legal in Spain. Well, there isn’t any. That is because it is perfectly legal to have a dash cam in your car, but most uses of the film are not legal. The cameras are required in Russia and they are recommended in the

I am starting a business to sell both dash and bike cams and I would appreciate any advice or links to documentation showing that these cameras are legal in Spain. S.B. (Costa Blanca)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

UK, but the Spanish Data Protection Act prohibits almost all uses of the images. In my earlier piece, I mention insurance companies as a possible use.

The president of a bicycle club presented his local Guardia Civil with 49 instances of infractions by automobile drivers, and the Guardia accepted these, but we do not know what they did with them. We do know they are not valid evidence in a Spanish court.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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Eye catching birthday celebrations TO celebrate Specsavers Opticas’ 10th anniversary in Spain there are two great events taking place in the southern Costa Blanca in May. On May 5 and 11 Specsavers Opticas in Torrevieja and Guardamar respectively are hosting birthday events in-store from 124pm to help raise money for kidney charity ALCER. Sunshine Radio will be broadcasting live from both events, there will be cake and cava for everyone to enjoy and there will be fun activities such as a magician and face painter to entertain the children. There will also be a raffle to win a prize hamper and all proceeds will be donated to ALCER, which the stores have been supporting throughout the year. Sp e c sa v e r s Op t ic a s is a ls o th e ma in sponsor of the Rotary Club Guardamar’s Classic Car event on Saturday April 30 which is funding free school books for families in need. The Rotary Club’s classic car event is from 10am-4pm in the Plaza de Constitucion in Guardamar. There will be an exhibition of classic cars and bikes, live music and dance performances, competitions, raffles and a

SPECSAVERS: Torrevieja will host 10th birthday anniversary event. bouncy castle for the children. At midday there will be a paella for 500 people and

food and drink to buy. A ll funds ra is e d w ill go t o t he book

bank of the school IES Les Dunas, to donate to families unable to afford the annual book bill. Specsavers are supporting this event as members of the Guardamar Rotary Club and a business that is passionate about giving back to the community and particularly supporting children and families in the area. At both events frame stylists will be on hand to offer style advice and guests will be able to enter the Spectacle Wearer of t he Year com pet i t i on and be i n wi t h a chance to win €500. You can also enter via Facebook and online at en.specsavers.es/loveglasses until May 29. Specsaver s Opt i cas i s par t of t he World’s largest privately owned optical group which has revolutionised the eyecare industry. The first Specsavers Opticas opened in Javea on the Costa Blanca in April 2006 to provide customers with quality, professional eyecare at low prices and there are now five stores in the Costa Blanca. Find SpecsaversOpticas on Facebook or visit www.specsavers.es to find out more.

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Volunteers for branches needed By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE Help at Home charity are so busy taking on new clients every week that they need more volunteers to assist the two branch co-ordina tors in O rihue la C os ta and Ciudad Quesada. Secretary General Norah Bond, said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need you to help us help those in need in their own homes in areas surrounding Quesada, San Luis, La Siesta, Torrevieja, La Mata, Orihuela Costa,

and Villamartin to Campoverde. We are busy looking after 60 pl us cl i ent s shor t and l ong t er m , who need a friend to pop in regularly.â&#x20AC;? The charity is looking for vol unt eer s who can off er home help, carers, respite, translation and fundraising. If you seek help or advice relating to Spanish social and welfare issues, contact the head office on 965 328 794 or send an em ai l t o charitycentre.helpathome

cb@gmail.com. The charity centre is open from 10.30am-2pm Monday t o Sat ur day at Fl am enca Beach Commercial Centre, Orihuela Costa. You can also find them at The Emerald Isle Charity Market every Tuesday from 11am-3pm where they are raising funds to purchase a vehi cl e f or di sabl ed and special needs clients. To volunteer email helpathomecb@gmail.com.

New bus delivered AGE CONCERN are taking delivery of their new bus t om or r ow ( Fr i day, April 29) with the charity hosting a small celebration t o t hank al l t hose who helped raised money for its purchase.

Supporters are invited to the Age Concern centre in Calle Paganini, La Siesta at 2pm to have a glass or two of Cava and see just exactly what your donations have bought for the centre.

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Skyping for Samaritans By Gemma Elvins-Quinn TWO lo c a l b u si n e sses in Benijofar joined forces to rais e a wa r e n e ss and funds for the Samaritans in Spain. Steve and Alex from the Oasis Restaurant and Martyn and Paul from Catorce Restaurant linked together via S k y p e t o h o l d a q u iz evening at both venues simultaneously. M ore t h a n 1 0 0 p e o p le took p a r t a n d m o r e th a n €550 was raised. A raffle raised €134 with Therese Davies the winner of a hamper, presented to by owner of Oasis Restaurant Steve Grange. Beverly Duffin, the Operations Di r e c t o r f o r th e Samar i t a n s, a c c e p t e d th e donation and praised all the hard work the two independent businesses had put in to promoting the Samaritans . S h e sa i d : “ We are tremendously touched and donations like this help to keep the service operating

RAFFLE WINNER: Therese Davies receives her hamper from Steve of Oasis Restaurant. across the whole of Spain.” The Samaritans in Spain o p era te a 2 4 -h o u r fr e e phone support on 900 525

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Fiddler’s tailor all sewn up By Gemma Elvins-Quinn STUDIO32’s summer production Fiddler On The Roof will soon be here and tickets are selling fast. This year the company are once again supporting the Alzheimer’s society, and profits will be donated to AFA San Fulgencio and other local charities. The role of Motel is played by experienced character actor Mark Lord, (pictured). Motel is a shy Jewish tailor who falls in love with Tevye’s oldest daughter Tzeitel. Their love story, in an era of traditions and arranged marriages, is one of many intriguing sub-plots in this show as Motel tries to persuade Tevye to agree to their betrothal.

The show includes many well-known songs including ‘If I Were A Rich Man’ and ‘Sunrise Sunset,’ as well as a fascinating storyline of humour, sadness and family life. So hurry and book your seats for a great night’s entertainment. Show dates are Wednesday June 1 to Saturday June 4 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. All performances start at 7.30pm with doors open 7pm. Reserved seating tickets priced at €9 can be obtained by calling Philip on 642 080 258, by emailing tickets@studiothirtytwo.org or from the Tourist Information office in La Marina; Cards and More, La Marina; The Card Place, Benijofar and Kennedy Supermarket, Los Montesinos.

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Gentlemen’s evening THE Ladies Masonic Lodge of Tranquillity No 52 are hosting their next Gentlemen’s Evening on June 3 at The Clock House in San Pedro del Pinatar. The event includes a three-course meal with entertainment and a raffle with some great prizes. This year’s Gentlemen’s Evening will help raise money for this year’s charity Reunite International, chosen and championed by the new Madam President, Jenny Bassett. Reunite International is a leading charity specialising in the movement of children across international borders. Tickets cost €35. For more details or to book, call Jenny on 965 713 784.

Spring has sprung for care home

SHOWTIME: Motel the tailor from Fiddler on the Roof.

THE Spring Fair proved a successful day for the Elche Children’s Care Home charity who were the beneficiaries of the day’s event. The Fair was hosted by The Club in Quesada and sponsored by Avalon Europe. With lots of freebies and treats for just €1, visitors were able to enjoy foot spas, head massages, angel card

readings and food and drink as well as raising funds. The event contributed €204 through entry fees and a raffle for the charity. Fundraising continued into the evening with music and entertainment from Il Divo trio from Benidorm. The care home wished to thank all the organisers and volunteers for their support.

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TRADITIONALLY April was the month of weekly showers of rain to soften the ground for spring weeding flower beds and the ploughing and rotovating agricultural huertos. Larger fields and heavy thunderstorms of early May soaked the ground and raised the water-table to ensure the roots of summer crops could find moisture between monthly summer thunderstorms. Indeed melons and squash seeds were sown in early May in areas of deep clinging grey clay and then grown ‘secano’ without watering. But how things have changed during the 30 years that I have gardened in Spain! With the concreting over of the rich soils of the original agricultural coastal belt and inland valleys the pattern of rainfalls has changed significantly. With the third dry winter, very little rain in April and a current forecast of a

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less water in your garden – A practical guide to waterwise Mediterranean gardening worldwide, available from The Book Depository, Amazon Books and some other internet bookshop sites. This book now approaches the sale of our book about walking across the Pyrenees from the rocky Bay of Biscay coast to the sandy Mediterranean beaches for 52 days, seeing a long distance walker only twice and only experiencing rain on six days. Since most sales are of the Kindle rather than the hard copy version I suspect that most sales are for reading in garden hammocks rather than guidebooks by gardeners taking a break from gardening and others following our footsteps. What was great on the walk was not only the wonderful fauna, flora and scenery of the wilderness separating Spain from France, but the traditional cottage gardens and ecological vegetables growing in the depopulated but surviving mountain villages. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com, Facebook Gardening in Spain-Handscombe April 2016

Easy vegetables to grow in your garden HOPING to create a beautiful, plentiful edible garden but have no experience? There are some veggies that are very easy, if not foolproof to grow. Here are our top three suggestions to get you started. • Lettuce Lettuce grows quickly and is easy to harvest (just snip the tops off the plants or pick leaves as needed), and takes up very little space. It can even be grown in containers, perhaps accompanied by flowers, or tucked under taller plants. • Tomatoes Possibly the most popular vegetable for all gardens, they can be grown in hanging baskets or containers with ties to keep them upright. They grow best in sunny spots (easy enough in Spain). • Cucumbers Cucumbers like sunlight and warm temperatures and usually need support for climbing. They need regular watering but once they are established they grow like weeds with plentiful crops.

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We graduated when he was 18 months old. I was so happy that day, I could hardly speak I was so overcome. Teddy was to be the making of me. At last I did not worry about going to hospital anymore. I am so wrapped up in him and his well-being I don’t worry like I used to. The help he gives me is a bonus. His companionship and his loyalty are the best thing about having him. He is always there for me. I have reduced my painkillers since having him. When the pain is very bad, I cuddle up to him or he gets a toy as if to say ‘come on Mum,

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SPONSORED BY ALARMS ALARMS & CCTV: All types, quality systems, very reasonable, guaranteed. Tel: 966 797 370 / 662 243 099 (243510)

BUILDING SERVICES J & J PAINTERS. Inside outside - clean - fast - low cost. Torrevieja - Orihuela Costa and surrounding areas. Tel: 650 363 159 (244772)

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25 PRINGLE vending machine route. Nett €1200 monthly cash. €14,900. Tel 697 834 934 (240160)

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CHARITIES ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*.

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All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aacostablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) MEETS at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. And every Thursday there is an Open Circle where you can develop your skills commencing at 6.30 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday, 1st May, will be taken by George Lawson (UK Medium). George will also take the Evening of Mediumship on Tuesday, 3rd May. The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday, 3rd May will be taken by Jillian and Martin. Contact Wendy on 965323028. www.spiritu alistcentre-benijofar.com New email is phoenix church23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentre-beni jofar.com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789. THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Mike Wright, Chairman 966 722 895 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455)

HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com We also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl .co.uk. (95457) THE BAKER FOUNDATION for SPIRITUAL AWARENESS. 16 Nicolas De Bussi Ave, Playa Flamenca. Sunday Service every week 11am to 12 noon, everyone welcome. For further details please phone/fax 966 760 665 (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461)

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CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, contact PilarChristian.Community Church@gmail.com / 966 849 448 / 966 848 806. Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcfSpain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or any information regarding the branch can contact either Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 (95472) TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP meets each Friday 2.45pm to 5pm in The Annex, (behind Age Concern Centre), Calle Paganini, Urb. La Siesta. Our aim is to support stroke survivors and their carers by a range of facilities from speech therapy, rehabilitation exercise, group discus-

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sion etc. For info: Louie 966 718 964 or 965 071 920, email: strokesupportgroup @hotmail.com Donations and further voluntary helpers are needed and guest speakers with relevant knowledge or experience are very welcome. (95473) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets 1st Monday of every month (except July and August) at Bar Sioux , Avda Escandinavia GA at 7pm for 7.30pm prompt. For further info contact Brian, Branch Secretary on 639 917 971 / email secre tarybr3606@gmail.com (95474) CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja Evangelical non-denominational Sunday services 11am Children’s church 11am House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Pastor, Rafael Restrepo All nationalities welcome 966 799 273 / 660 127 276. (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca). The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at Casa Ventura, San Luis Urbanisation, at 6.30pm. For further details Hon Sec 965 724 652 FREEMASONRY Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesa da@yahoo.co.uk (95477)

ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafacb.com.

CHIMNEY SWEEP PROFESSIONAL CHIMNEY SWEEP. Family Business established over 60 years. 660 478 881 (240214)

CLEANING LADIES, are you looking for a cleaner in the Torrevieja Area Contact 670 733 210 (243702)

DAMP www.dryzone-espana.com - We are the longest established Damp Proofing company in Spain. We can cure Rising Damp, leaking Flat Roof or Terrace problems quickly & safely. We can make your Underbuild Dry. Villa Paint Due! We can protect your villa & stop PENETRATING DAMP with a Protective Coating. Call us for a survey now; Tel: 634 322 672 (237179)

ELECTRICIAN MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 (232710)

EMPLOYMENT WANTED PROFESSIONAL lady Carer covering the Torrevieja area. Seeking work, available for shopping, cleaning, driving etc. 3 languages spoken, English, Spanish & German 670 733 210 (240063)

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GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community. Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, de-wormed, defleed. We also need volunteers to help Car boot sale in Polop on Sundays Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)

WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

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WANTED WANTED Cars, vans, caravans, 4 X 4’s British Spanish 600 781 873 ibuyany car@hotmail.com (243341)

MUSIC TUITION MOBILE Metal Work Any welding or plasma cutting work carried out. For a free quote call 639 487 503 (243690)

MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, Store, 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 suzicaley@ gmail.com (237117)

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PIANO, Keyboard, Organ, Qualified Teacher. Please call 606 984 535 (240072)

PAINTER/DECORATOR PAINTER available for interior painting, villas apartments etc. Retired man that´s finding it hard to do nothing hence the low price of 10€ per hour (or price per room if preferred). Torrevieja and surrounding areas. Call Mike on 602 687 367 or email alex25572002@yahoo.co.uk (243503)

PERGOLA COVERS TAILOR made, durable canvas, sails, umbrella, spa and BBQ covers. Mazarron based, and at Procomobel Market, Guardamar Saturday mornings. 667 879 399 kruger canopies@yahoo.co.uk (242309)

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PET CHARITIES EASYHORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE. We aim to rescue HORSES. If you would like to DONATE please call 965 967 033 or sales@easyhorsecare .net www.easyhorsecare.net or call Sue 652 021 980 (95706) SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting re-homing. Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon - 2.00pm & 3.30pm 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118. Visit our website for directions. www.spama.org and view our new blog at www.spama-safor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707) P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog, or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708)

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PROPERTY TO LET TORREVIEJA (239): Av. Paris, 1 bed Apt. Lounge/diner, new Kitchen &Bathroom, Garden, Com. Pool.320€ pcm. Contract provided. Ref: 239. Tel: 966 707 074 (243523)

THE DOG MOVER. Licensed transporters. Two handlers, so never alone. 651 581 067 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www.thedog mover.com (228731)

CAMPOAMOR GOLF (262): 2 Bed Apartment, with balcony, Sth. facing, Wifi, Nr. Shops/Golf, Jun-Aug, 1350€ pcm (inclusive), Ref:262. Tel: 966 707 074 (243523)

PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk. Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (243500)

TORREVIEJA, (273): Nuevo Torrevieja., 2 Bedrooms, 1Bath, lounge/dining,kitchen, Com. Pool, 325€ pcm, contract incl. Ref:273. Tel: 966 707 074 (243523)

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PROPERTY FOR SALE AYORA VALLEY, JARAFUEL superb location, secluded cottage on 6000sqm, pool, outbuildings, solar etc. €79,500. 618 944 994 (240413) ‘BUYING a property? Our fixed fees are 600€.’ Tel. 692 144 411 or info@ costaconveyancing.com (243653)

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NR. DOLORES (278): Spacious Modern 3 Bed link Det. Bung., Furnished, A/C, Lge. Lounge (Log Burner), Kitchen Diner, 3 Baths/Shower (2 Ensuite), Covered Parking, Veranda & Lge Terrace + Landscaped Garden, Country views, 650€ pcm, Long Term. Ref:278. Tel: 966 707 074 (243523) NUEVA TORREVIEJA (254): 1 Bed Top Flr. Apt., American Kitchen, Bathroom, Lounge, Sth.Facing, Balcony, Com.Pool, 200€ per week, Holiday Rentals, Ref:254. Tel: 966 707 074 (243523) NEW RENTALS REQUIRED URGENTLY Tel 966 707 074. Rent-2-Go. Further choices at office – Calle Diana, Torrevieja – www.rent-2-go.com / www.sell-2-go.mobi (243523) 3 BED Villa unfurnished to let, situated amongst fruit trees on 31,000m2 plot, Catral / San Isidro, pool, garage, stunning mountain views, peaceful, 600pcm. Long lease available, non-smokers. Children welcome tel 615 607 278 (243675)

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REMOVALS/STORAGE MAN AND VAN UK - Spain. 2 vans travelling twice a month, Murcia - North / South UK. Storage in Spain. Tel 610 846 260 or 0044 751 918 6355 email van.man@hotmail.co.uk (240120) UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe! Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with Royal Sun Alliance. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bm ceuropean.com UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK! (239719) UK-SPAIN-IRELAND. Removals with the personal touch. Pets carried with care 965 696 750 / 0044 (0) 7447 918 589 e-mail chrisyounge73979@aol.com (241100) C.L.S SPAIN LTD LEAVING SPAIN 9TH-19TH29TH LEAVING UK 10TH20TH-30TH EVERY MONTH Furniture, Pets, Vehicles. Prices from 80 Pounds plus VAT per m3 - 0034-952 596213 / 0034-665 150227 /0044 7595 872663 / www.spainukspain.com (242457)

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Driverless cars reality in 2020 THE panorama of the British highway is set to dramatically change in the near future, as the Chancellor George Osborne has revealed that driverless cars will be allowed on the roads by 2020. There will be minor trials on local roads this year as Osborne formulates a plan to see Britain become a leader in the autonomous vehicle market, expected to soon be highly profitable. It is expected that the UK Government will work with Google on the necessary technology. It is thought that driverless cars would dramatically reduce accidents and congestion, and even allow people to communicate across vehicles using wireless technology.

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“Then there’s the biggest problem of them all – the problem of being in an Audi TT when you are not called Angela...If you have a TT and you aren’t called Angela, you have the wrong car.” Some might say...

Unleashing a century By Matthew Elliott MARKING the company’s centenary anniversary, BMW has presented a new centennial model in Munich of the famed 7 Series. The model will be produced in only limited volumes and with three different drive variants. Named: ‘The next 100 years,’ the design model of the new sedan showcases the fantastic innovation and technological expertise that has been the German manufacturer’s calling card for the past century. This sixth generation of the 7 Series has a carbon-core body structure, eDrive technology, anti-dazzle BMW laserlight, an executive drive pro-chassis control system, gesture control, remote-controlled parking, and the Sky Lounge panoramic glass roof. Only 100 models will be handcrafted with precision design at the BMW Dingolfing plant in Bavaria, and will feature a unique blue exterior with forged 20-

FANTASTIC INNOVATION: The sixth generation of the BMW 7 series. inch BMW Individual light-alloy wheels. Each car will come adorned with the lettering ‘the next 100 years’ along the B pillars, and boast the utmost luxury in interior design. Lovely to touch, breathable leather is used for the seats, door panels, arm rests, and centre console. The interior strips come in a piano-black finish

and the leather steering wheel is touched with fine wood applications. The new eight-cylinder 4.4 litre engine featured in the BMW Individual 750Li, delivers acceleration from zero to 100 km/h in 4.7 seconds. Average fuel consumption is 8.3 litres per 100 kilometres and CO2 emissions are 192 grams per kilometre. The pioneering iDrive

OLD SCHOOL: The quality of Porsche’s manufacturing means that around 70 per cent of old cars are still drivable.

Burning vintage rubber REACHING all the way back in time to 1959 and its marvellous 356 B, Porsche has helpfully unveiled a list of updated tyre recommendations for some of its older models, including the 356, Boxster, 924, 928, 944, and 968. The German firm has claimed that the recommended tyres have the exact look of the originals, but have far superior handling due to the use of modern materials and machine manufacturing.

Porsche has long been keen on maintaining the aura of its older collectibles, by issuing frequent advice to owners on the best way to keep them intact, even if they have been discontinued for decades. Indeed the quality on offer at Porsche means that the company estimate that around 70 per cent of all the models ever built are still in drivable condition today.

feature allows 3D sensors to detect hand movements intuitively, while the connected drive innovation enables rear collision prevention and front and rear crossing traffic warnings. All in all not bad progress at all in a mere 100 years, although one has the suspicion that the next 10 years will see even more dramatic changes.

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Cup final for United, eight goals for Suarez and a Kenyan double Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

FOOTBALL • This season’s FA Cup final at Wembley on May 21 will be a repeat of the 1990 showdown between Manchester United and Crystal Palace. In last weekend’s semi-finals, United reached their record-equalling 12th final by beating Everton 2-1 with a dramatic 93rd minute winning goal from Anthony Martial, this after United’s keeper David De Gea had saved Romelu Lukaku’s penalty. Twenty-four hours later, Palace defeated Watford 2-1 on the same pitch. • PL leaders Leicester City are seven points clear (with three games remaining) after walloping Swansea 4-0. Tottenham (2nd) drew 1-1 with WBA on Monday. Arsenal (3rd) drew 0-0 at relegation-threatened Sunderland; Manchester City (4th)

thrashed hapless Stoke, also by 4-0; Newcastle came back from two down to draw 2-2 at Liverpool; relegated Aston Villa lost their 10th game in a row, whipped 4-1 at home by Southampton and Eden Hazard scored twice in Chelsea’s 4-1 victory at Bournemouth. • At the top of the Championship, Burnley (1st), Middlesbrough (2nd) and Brighton (3rd) are locked together on 87 points; MK Dons, Charlton and Bolton have been relegated. Also in this division, Wolves have set a new record by drawing their last four home games, all 0-0. • Wigan have been promoted from FL1 and Burton Albion are set to join them; Colchester and Crewe have been demoted, while Northampton (champions) and two others out of the four chasing clubs are seeking the other automatic promotion places. Unfortunately York and Dagenham & Redbridge have lost their league status. • Barcelona scored 14 goals (with Luis Suarez striking a record two separate four-timers) in 8-0 and 6-0 wins over De-

THE 2016 CABRERA CAR RALLY The Cabrera annual car rally, through the Andalucian countryside, will take place this Saturday, April 30. Cars will leave the Arch in the village from 10.00am for a 100km round trip of discovery. The cost to enter the rally with lunch is €15 or €10 for the lunch only. Contact Malcolm on 6 6 4 11 3 9 6 7 (or email him on malc.kaye@gmail.com) for further details.

portivo La Coruña and Sporting Gijon respectively. After a run of four successive La Liga defeats Barca are back on top of the table, ahead of the two Madrid clubs, Atletico and Real. • Already this week we’ve had the first legs of the Champions League semi-finals featuring Manchester City v Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid v Bayern Munich. The return legs take place next Tuesday and Wednesday. This evening, it’s Villarreal v Liverpool and Shakhtar Donetsk v Sevilla in the first legs of the Europa League semi-finals. The return matches are next Thursday. • This weekend’s top PL matches are Arsenal-Norwich, Chelsea-Spurs, Manchester United-Leicester (a win will give the Foxes the title), Newcastle-Crystal Palace, Southampton-Manchester City and Stoke-Sunderland, while it’s Birmingham-Middlesbrough, Brighton-Derby, BurnleyQPR and Sheffield Wednesday-Cardiff in the Championship, while Celtic will certainly be crowned SPL champions. • Leicester ’s Riyad

Mahrez is the PFA Footballer of the Year, Spurs’ Deli Alli is the Young Player of the Year. • Liverpool’s French defender Mamadou Sakho has been suspended after a positive drug test. ROUND-UP • It was a Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez 1-2-3 in last Sunday’s MotoGP in Jerez, Spain. This is the first time since 2009 that a home rider has failed to win this race. The next race takes place at Le Mans, France on May 8. • On Sunday, the fourth F1 Grand Prix of the season takes place in Russia. Nico Rosberg, winner of this year ’s first three races, and six on the bounce overall, leads 2015 champion Lewis Hamilton by 36 points. • Some 38,000 runners entered last Sunday’s 35th London Marathon - and it turned out to be a double for Kenya with Eliud Kipchoge (in the second fast time ever) and

NICO ROSBERG: Has won the first three races of the F1 season.

Jemima Sumgong (despite falling and cracking her head), claiming the men’s and women’s elite titles respectively. The one millionth competitor also crossed the finishing line this year. • This season’s Rugby Union European Challenge Cup final will between Saracens, who beat Wasps, and Racing 92, who ousted Leicester Tigers. • Five-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump are out of the World Snooker Championships,

beaten by Barry Hawkins and Ding Junhui respectively. Marco Fu, Mark Selby and Kyren Wilson were all going well at the start of this week. The final is on Sunday. • The latest stage of the Premiership darts championship is now underway in Birmingham. • And in tennis, Rafael Nadal (Spain) beat Kei Nishikori (Japan) in the Barcelona Open to claim his 39th title.

DE GEA: Saved a penalty in United’s 2-1 win.

ROSSI: Won the Spanish MotoGP last Sunday.

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BARCELONA: Scored 14 goals (with Luis Suarez scoring four times in two consecutive games) in 8-0 and 6-0 wins over Deportivo and Sporting Gijon respectively.

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Quesada Golf Society THE society travelled inland from the city of Murcia to play the well-established course, Altorreal. There were 26 players contesting an individual stableford with two divisions. The winner of the gold division with 36 points and no blobs was Tractor-Boy Rod Day, who has returned to the golf course with a vengeance after a break. In second place with 34 points playing off a handicap of eight, was the genial Irishman David McSweeney, who’s bad back appears to be getting better. In the silver division the winner was recently joined member Derek Bragg, who has every right to brag with a

score of 30 points. He only uses irons and when he has mastered a driver he will soon be in the gold division as his handicap tumbles. The best prize of the day though was the winner of the twos, the lass from the valleys, Sue Forbes, who took home €50, the maximum individual prize for a two. The pot still contains a sizable amount which is carried forward to the next game. All in all a good day for the husband and wife golfers, the Forbes and McSweeneys. The winner of the scratchcard with Portsmouth was wild Bill Acton. The next society game is on Wednesday May 4 at Roda. The game is an individual stableford and also taking place is the second round of the annual eclectic competition. Anyone in the Quesada area looking to join a very friendly golf society and play golf once a fortnight, at a wide variety of courses at a very reasonable cost, should contact the Chairman & Membership Secretary Les Pancott on 966 716 723.

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TMGS at Campoamor MORE than 40 members and a few guests turned up to play on Captain’s Day at Campoamor. This is also the time of year for members to renew their membership, and several guests also joined, which has increased numbers to more than 100. Upon payment of the membership fee (€20) each member was given a ‘goody’ bag which had inside: their new membership card, a society golf towel, pitch repairer and casino-style ball marker all with the society’s logo on them. As if that was not enough the treasurer had said that there would be no competition fees for the day, and furthermore announced that the tapas-style buffet at the presentation would also be free to the members! Directly after the presentation of the prizes to the day’s winners, members continued with the presentation of all Annual Competition prizes. This was followed by the Annual General Meeting. The existing committee was voted in again without any opposition so they must be doing a good job. Although it had been a long day everyone went home happy and looking forward to the new season. The golf course is improving week on week, and now that the warmer weather has arrived members can look forward to some good golf being

CAPTAIN’S DAY: The Members Golf Society had more than 40 players. played on Campoamor, which will be played on the first Wednesday of every month. Results are as follows: NTP Competition: Hole 4, Chris Oatley; Hole 6, Mick Kennedy; Hole 10, Ove Cederberg; Hole 15, none (this was also a special prize from the Captain for the female members, they must have had an intuition as what it might be because none of them hit the green!); Hole 17, Kari Houpalahti; Longest drive for ladies, Pearl Sabine on Hole 2; Longest drive for men, Richard Allen on Hole 13. Silver category: 4th, Graham Smith, 33

pts, H/H; 3rd, Mick Kennedy, also 33 pts; 2nd, Alan Rickers, 38 pts and Dutchman Fred Kras returned the best score of the day, a massive 41 pts. Gold category: 4th, Carsten Landaas H/H 34 pts; 3rd, Dave Lethaby, also 34 pts; 2nd, Chris Oatley, 37 pts and Kari Houpalahti won with 40 pts. If you think that this is the society for you but are not sure, please visit the website www.tmgs.org or follow TMGS on Facebook.com/TMGSGOLF or via Twitter @TMGSGOLF, if you would like to speak to someone just call 661 524 101 to contact the secretary.