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Mayor steps down with pride THE OUTGOING mayor of Els Poblets has spoken of his “pride” of 12 years in office and thanked residents for their support in improving the Marina Alta town.

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Issue 821

Captura fighting on the beaches

CRIMESTOPPERS’ HIGHLY successful Operation Captura is ‘on tour’ along the Costas broadcasting the details of Britain’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain.

RTN forges Overseas friendship Page 19

JANET JACKSON last recorded in 2008, and it was starting to look like maybe she was done.

Last week she announced on Twitter her new single will be ´No Sleep´ Page 45

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Arson fears over Javea fires

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DETECTIVES ARE probing the spate of wild fires in Javea with suspicions mounting they have been deliberately set.

by Jack Troughton LAST SATURDAY’S afternoon blaze to the south of the old town was the fifth fire in two months – affecting a plot of land between Cami Freginal and Calle Moli Safranera.

Flames quickly spread across dry vegetation including old orange trees but once again a swift response by fire fighting teams backed by a helicopter and specialised aircraft brought the fire under control.

Initially it was believed the fire was caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette but the number of small blazes across the municipality has triggered the Guardia Civil investigation.

The countryside across the region remains tinder dry and everyone is being urged to take care – however, police in Javea increasingly believe they are hunting a malicious arsonist.

Flames quickly spread across dry vegetation

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Protecting pensioners

COSTA BLANCA pensioners are to receive advice on how to protect themselves from common scams and criminals targeting the elderly.

The problem of bogus gas inspectors, internet cons, and cold calling will all be addressed in a planned collaboration between Calpe Town Hall and the Guardia Civil.

It is planned to stage a series of talks and produce leaflets in different languages to help keep pensioners safe after the summer.

Winched to safety

By Jack Troughton EMERGENCY SERVICES were in action on Sunday afternoon after a 29-year-old Argentinean man fell onto a cliff ledge at Benitachell’s Cala Del Moraig.

The victim was winched to safety by helicopter following the accident, the rescue involving mountain rescue and maritime experts.

The man, who lives in Daimus – a coastal community between Oliva and Gandia - injured his right leg and was unable to move.

He was airlifted to the fire station on Cumbre Del Sol, transferred to an ambulance and taken to Denia hospital.

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Captura fighting on the beaches

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CRIMESTOPPERS’ HIGHLY successful Operation Captura is ‘on tour’ along the Costas broadcasting the details of Britain’s most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain.

by Jack Troughton

A 13FT high screen is being taken to areas popular with expats broadcasting the pictures and details of the final 18 individuals named and shamed in the scheme

– a joint venture between crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers and the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Attached to the back of a van, the screen

Benidorm is no hiding place

is being taken to beaches, nightclubs, bars, British supermarkets and restaurants. It is believed going to the ‘back yards’ of fugitives will help flush them out and bring them to justice – once again with the help of the public.

Since it was first launched in 2006, Operation Captura has netted 68 out of 86 individuals on the run from police in Britain. Within weeks of the latest appeal in March, three men were arrested within weeks in operations mounted by the NCA and Spanish colleagues.

First stop on the 10 day tour was La Cala de Finestrat where tourists and residents were able to view the photos of those on the run – wanted in the UK in connection with crimes such as murder, rape, indecent assault of a child and drug trafficking.

Operation Captura has proved that Spain is no longer a safe haven for criminals. With public help, arrests have been made within expat communities where fugitives falsely believed they would be safe – including Calpe, Benissa and Javea.,It is believed the direct approach of the new initiative will bring more success in Operation Captura’s ninth year.

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

“However, there are still a number of criminals who are evading arrest. We must insure these individuals are brought to justice.” And Roger Critchell, Director of Operations for Crimestoppers, said taking direct action on the Costas was a first for the charity. “We believe that broadcasting there fugitives’ faces right in their own back yards will not only encourage the public to speak up but also show these individuals that there really is nowhere to hide.

“There will be no avoiding the faces on this screen – they’ll be broadcast in all the popular expat areas.”

He urged anyone recognising one of the fugitives to anonymously contact Crimestoppers. “We don’t take personal details and you won’t have to give a statement or go to court.”

Mr Critchell added: “Many of these fugitives are currently living a life of leisure funded by serious crime. They cannot be allowed to hide forever; they must be brought to justice. Do the right thing and help us find them.”

Steve Reynolds, deputy Director of the NCA, said the 18 remaining fugitives knew the operation would not stop until they were caught.

“By taking our campaign directly into Spanish communities where we believe they are living and socialising, their lives will become even more uncomfortable. We want British expats and locals to help us by being extra eyes and ears and telling us what they know,” he said.

“These fugitives are wanted for serious crimes. Anyone who is helping them stay on the run, such as girlfriends, wives, family members back home, or criminal associates, should know that assisting them is an offence too.”

Mr Reynolds said people in the UK with vital information about the whereabouts of the missing 18 were also urged to get in touch.

Anyone with information about individuals on the Operation Captura list can use a special Spanish freephone number 900 555 111 and the call is answered in the UK by Crimestoppers’ call agents – a translation service is available on request.

Information can also be passed on via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via the website www.crimestoppers-uk.org, where the details of the 18 wanted individuals are also posted.

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British couple arrested over fake kidnapping plot IN A dramatic house raid by the Guardia Civil a British couple were arrested following a fake kidnapping plot that was taken seriously.

The arrest

by Jeanette Rice THE COUPLE, who live in the Costa Blanca resort of Guardamar del Segura have a young daughter, with the grandparents in Manchester having custody. In a bid to try and get their daughter back they cooked up a fake kidnapping plot where the mother of the child was supposedly being held hostage and a ransom of £5,000 was demanded.

With graphic photos being sent to the woman’s parents in Manchester, including her being tied up and bruised, and several threatening emails being sent to the family in Manchester they decided to called the police.

The National Crime Agency were informed and launched a cross-border operation called “operation Saxony” in conjunction with the Guardia Civil. The incident was qualified as “high risk” and police were extremely concerned for the woman’s safety.

The email messages that were sent to the parents in England were graphically threatening, with the demand from the “kidnapper” being the release and return of her daughter together with the £5,000, hence the extreme concern from the authorities and the subsequent events that followed.

After several hours of watching the couples property the Guardia Civil made a surprise raid on the villa and subsequently decided that the kidnapping had in actual fact been fake and immediately arrested the couple.

A spokesperson for the Guardia Civil said “it was an elaborate ploy by the couple to get their daughter back and gain financially at the same time”.

The couple were remanded in custody whilst a judge decided weather to grant bail pending a full investigation.

International news...

Man arrested for floating over Canada in deckchair lifted by 110 balloons

DANIEL BORIA has been arrested after flying over the city of Calgary in Canada on a deck chair attached to a bouquet of balloons. The 26-year-old attempted the life-threatening stunt to promote his cleaning products company. He stated “At one point the balloons were popping, the chair was shaking and I was looking down at my feet dangling through the clouds at a 747 flight taking off.” Boria intended to fly himself to the Calgary Stampede, an annual two-week rodeo, but the weather didn’t cooperate, so he parachuted to the ground about a mile from the event. Police were not impressed by the balloon man’s stunt and upon his landing he was detained but later released. He was charged with one count of mischief causing danger to life.

Boria said: “I knew I would get arrested, but I didn’t think they would pursue it as heavily as they did. I’ve never done anything wrong before and this was with good intentions.”

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Safety in numbers NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH on Benitachell’s Cumbre del Sol has marked a successful first year of cooperation with the town hall and security services.

by Jack Troughton THE FIRST AGM was held at the Civil Protection offices on Cumbre last Saturday and attended by Mayor Josep Femenia and Councillor for Security Dirk Rheindorf, together with 45 members.

Neighbourhood Watch now has 330 household members on the urbanisation and there are plans to roll out the scheme to other outlying communities in the municipality.

Andy Keen, who replaces Margaret Hales as President, said: “All of our members are vitally important as they are effectively another pair of eyes and ears for the police and security forces.

“We have fantastic support from the town hall, the police and Guardia Civil. I am looking forward to working with them and the excellent committee members that we have, to maintain and expand Neighbourhood Watch Cumbre/Benitachell as the vital part of the local community it has already become.”

Mayor Femenia disclosed plans being dis-

cussed by the local authority and the Guardia Civil – responsibility for Benitachell is from Javea – to establish a Guardia civil station on Cumbre.

He explained the funding and permission would come from Madrid but the move “would make the Guardia able to respond more rapidly and make it a lot easier for residents to report crime issues.”

CAMERA And the mayor confirmed traffic cameras at the north and south entrances to the urbanisation were now linked to the local police and the Guardia Civil, enabling officers to review a month’s records. “This is necessary because of a time lag in reporting crimes committed.”

Neighbourhood Watch believes the cameras are essential in increasing security and as a deterrent to criminals – along with the association’s signs across the development.

The meeting heard there were 20 report-

Neighbourhood Watch members with Mayor Josep Femenia (centre, rear).

ed crimes over the last 12 months, mainly involving holiday rental villas. The majority of items stolen were small but high-value, including cash, phones and laptops.

One villa had a safe ripped out of the wall. It was recovered from the car park of the Lady Elizabeth School on Cumbre. Fortunately nothing was taken as the owner had not put any valuables inside.

Unfortunately, there was one

“rather nasty” crime. Three elderly ladies arriving from the airport late at night were attacked as they pulled up outside their holiday villa by two men. The bandits snatched all three women’s handbags containing cash, keys, passports and phones.

Neighbourhood Watch hopes to persuade hire car companies to remove distinguishing stickers from cars because it helps thieves target holidaymakers.

Local news...

Missing Orba man

By Jack Troughton FEARS ARE mounting for the safety of John Wright, missing from his Orba home for over a week after vanishing on the evening of Thursday 2nd July.

The 63-year-old, who suffers from dementia, disappeared from outside the Araba Restaurant and Bar in the town’s main street at around 10.30pm.

The local authority organised searches starting Saturday and Sunday using helicopters carrying heat-seeking recognition equipment, locals divided into search parties, and people mounted on horseback to sweep the area. However, no sign of the missing man were found.

His desperately worried family believe it is possible that John, who lives in Orbetta, may have travelled much further afield or even caught a bus and have posted a Facebook appeal to appeal for help from people across the Costa Blanca.

John is described as having short dark hair, he is between 5ft 11in and 6ft tall, and is of medium build.

Searches of the immediate Orba area were called off on Tuesday and a police investigation started. A friend of the family posted on social media: “We are keeping everything crossed.”

Anyone with any information is asked to contact local police, the Guardia Civil or call his family direct on 606 989 391.

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U turn on back to school dates in the Valencian region

by Jeanette Rice

AMIDST CONFLICTING reports the start of the school year in the Valencian region has now been delayed. Vicent Marza, Minister of Education, announced that the dates fixed by the Partido Popular party, the 3rd of September, for pupils to start back to school had now been changed to later in the month.

Primary pupils will return to school on 10th September with Secondary schools including Bachillero returning on 11th September.

The decision was taken in part to help families with a gradual entry for those who have children in different schools and also to help the teachers with their preparation for the start of the course work.

These new dates mean that the end of the school year will now be set at June 21st for the primary schools and June 17th for the secondary schools.

Those facilities that come under the training and language school umbrella will start back on September 21st.

It is worth noting that parents should continually check their school web sites for any changes during the summer months, as if a decision has been overturned once then there is no doubt that there is a possibility of it occurring again.

National news...

Electricity use hits record high

THE SPANISH Electricity Network (REE) announced that Monday saw the highest ever demand on their services for four years.

Undoubtedly this record will probably be broken before the month is over, or even the week, as many are switching on their air conditioning units in a bid to stay cool, and worrying about the bill later.

Heatwave set to continue

THE HEATWAVE currently being experienced is forecast to continue for the next few weeks.

The intense heat is causing wildfires throughout the country and has meant that Spain is on “high alert� probably for at least the rest of the month.

Whilst cooler air has brought some relief to Portugal and the northern parts of Spain the rest of the country continues to experience +40C temperatures, causing the young, elderly and animals considerable discomfort.

Experts are predicting that this may be the longest lasting heat waves that Spain has every recorded.

For the first time, the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) have joined forces and created guidelines for authorities on how to lower the health risks that a heat wave may cause. Animals are also suffering from the extreme heat, with images being published on social media of the effects that the hot tarmac and sand is having on the pad areas of some dogs paws. A guide to weather it is safe to walk your dog is that if you cannot touch the ground because of the heat then it is unsafe for the animal to do so.

Common symptoms which a heat wave gives you are: heat stroke, lethargy, dizziness, headaches, sun burn, confusion and exhaustion. While waiting for a doctor or an ambulance don’t give the person suffering any paracetamol or aspirin, if possible move the person somewhere cooler and offer them a cold drink. It is even advised to sprinkle cold water over them to reduce the heat.

Minister meeting to change dates

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Mayor steps down with pride

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THE OUTGOING mayor of Els Poblets has spoken of his “pride” of 12 years in office and thanked residents for their support in improving the Marina Alta town.

by Jack Troughton JAIME IVARS said it had been a “very positive and rewarding experience” bringing improvements to the community and said “the transformation of Els Poblets is a fact that no one can deny.”

The ballot of the local elections of 24th May insured that his Partido Popular secured the largest numbers of votes, but he said a “legal” alliance of compromise, PSOE and Piree had won the town hall.

Mr Ivars said he hoped the town would continue to prosper and the PP was committed to working for the town in its new role in opposition.

“I want to thank all the people who for years supported me and have supported my candidacy. To all the municipal staff, I also extend my most sincere gratitude for having made my work easier from the first to the last – but above all for their professionalism and human qualities,” he said.

Mr Ivars said plans for public works would go ahead after being approved, others were underway, and grants from Alicante insured other projects were “financially sustainable”.

“In the economic sphere, we leave the town hall in a healthy situation, without debts and with money in the bank of more than one million Euros,” he said.

And he added: “I apologise for any errors I committed and not being able to satisfy everyone – it is very difficult – but everything I have done, has Jaime Ivars been for the general good of Els Poblets.”

Walk this way

By Jack Troughton SIGN POSTS marking tourist attractions in the eye-catching countryside surrounding a Marina Alta town will be in place ahead of the arrival of this summer’s Tour de Espana gruelling cycle race.

Benitachell hosts a stage of the ‘Vuelta Ciclista a Espana’ in August and an influx of visitors is expected for one of the country’s top sporting events.

As a result the town hall has received a grant of over 5,000€ to upgrade signposts, maps and posters to show what there is on offer – as well as improving information panels and warning signs along the coast.

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All systems go for summer HIGH SEASON has lifted off across Costa Blanca resorts as beach services come on line to mark the arrival of visitors essential to looking after holidaymakers on the beaches.

by Jack Troughton IN JAVEA, Mayor Jose Chulvi and council colleagues joined members of the Red Cross team in hoisting a blue flag at the Arenal Beach – a visual benchmark of the standards of the facilities.

It was also a symbolic gesture that everything was ready for an expected bumper season. In the Marina Alta town there are 45 Red Cross life guards and paramedics; they are on duty between 10am and 8pm on the main Arenal Beach, and between 11am and 7pm on the beaches of La Grava, Granadella, Portixol and Benisero.

And people with reduced mobility can enjoy bathing thanks to the Red Cross. They can ring 96 579 1961to be collected from homes in Javea, taken to the beach to bathe in special chairs, and taken back to their addresses.

This year the Red Cross has also installed a new defibrillator – essential kit in a cardiac crisis – at Portixol.

Raising the flag at Arenal

International news...

Baby shark fell out of the sky and into Virginia family’s garden

A 13-inch shark fell from the sky and landed in a family’s backyard in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Sue Bowser’s kids found the shark near a pond in their backyard. It was already dead and bloody with what she presumed were talon marks on its body.

A scientist at the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center Foundation said the baby shark looks like a smooth dogfish shark, which live in coastal waters nearby. It is probable that an osprey or other large bird dropped its prey while flying overhead.

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Uncertainty over air traffic strikes AS THE next wave of air traffic strikes are due to start in Spain the government has imposed further restrictions on the strikers.

by Jeanette Rice AT THE time of going to press the strikes planned for 11th and 12th, this coming weekend and also the 25th and 26th of July were going ahead, with USCA (the main traffic controller union) being more resolute than ever that their voices be heard.

The union has reacted badly in response to the Development Ministry in Spain setting a new minimum service of 80% should the four days of partial strikes go ahead. This would mean that 8 out of 10 workers must attend to their duties, and is an increase on the 70% that the Ministry imposed in June.

Across Europe there is deep unrest amongst workers in the air industry.

Following Ryanair’s online petition

to outlaw ATC strikes in France the union has called for a work to rule on the airlines flights in protest to their anti strike action.

Lufthansa pilots union (VC) had been in mediation with their airline and as the conflict has failed to reach a resolution, the union has said that they were stepping up there preparations for industrial action which could happen before the end of the month.

With Easyjet flight attendants union (UNITE) also preparing for industrial action over the summer months following the breakdown of their wage negotiations, it seems passengers are in for a very uncertain time.

Madrid airport

Brisith news...

Britain remembers 7/7 victims

By Jack Troughton BRITAIN FELL silent on Tuesday to remember the 52 people killed and the hundreds injured in the terrorist bombings of London on 7th July, 2005.

Expats across Spain joined the national minute of silence staged at 11.30am UK time after the names of all 52 victims were read out at St Paul’s Cathedral. Afterwards petals were released from the dome of the cathedral and four candles were lit to symbolise the four bobs sites.

A decade ago four suicide bombers carried out the single worst terrorist atrocity on British soil when they targeted the capital’s transport network and yesterday morning emotional services were also held at the four sites attacked and at the 7/7 Memorial in Hyde Park.

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Birthday brings animal magic BIG HEARTED Dave O’Connor donated 300 euros to Jalon Valley Animal Rescue Centre after asking family and friends to support the charity rather than buy him birthday presents.

by Jack Troughton DAVE, FROM Jalon, celebrated his 70th birthday in May and decided the animals cared for

by ARC should benefit from his milestone.

His wife Lynn (pictured left) presented ARC’s Jayne Webb with the money – and a further 60€ of puppy and kitten food will follow, purchased by those unable to attend Dave’s celebration.

And the party entertainment was provided by singer Matt Mason, husband of Sally – who with Jayne are the founders of

the charity.

Last month the London Boutique celebrated its 11th anniversary with a raffle – with first prize of a 50€ voucher for the shop won by Annie Bailey. The raffle raised 100€ for ARC. A third donation to ARC was made by Carol Levey, Editor of Out and About Magazine, who also staged a raffle at one of her cabaret events, raising 50€.

ARC needs funds to support recued animals.

Donation tins are in various venues around

Jalon and donations of food and equipment can be left at Heidi’s flowers, The Cut, and Pereto Estate Agents in Jalon.

Currently ARC has 20 puppies and 20 kittens as well as dogs, cats and rabbits needing a home. Contact Sally on 625 985 689 or Jayne on 649 310 285 or email jalonvalleyarc14@yahoo. co.uk. For further information visit www.jalonvalleyarc.com or the Facebook page ‘Jalon Valley A.R.C.’

Lynn and Jayne

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Nasty Nomads ONCE AGAIN, freeloaders have hijacked the public car park at La Marina beach. Residents have to park far from the beach; and some even have to give up and go home, all because of nasty nomads who will not pay the fees for the necessary facilities for waste and foul water. I say “Nasty nomads, if you don’t pay, then don’t stay”.

These freeloading camper vans get bigger each year.

Most residents who pay taxes think that these nasty nomads should not be allowed to take over our car parks during the summer.

Recently the local police issued parking tickets to the cars surrounding the car park. This would not have happened if the car park had been used for its purpose and not as a free camp site! The victims are punished and the police turn a blind eye to the wrongdoers.

A simple solution would be to erect a height restriction barrier at the entrance to both car parks to keep them out.

Surely these nomads cannot continue year after year!

Stephen Harper, La Marina

Foster home wanted

WE HOPE your readers can help the Orihuela ASOKA animal refuge. We have a 5 year old Boxer dog called Napoleon in need of foster care. He has cancer of the jaw which is spreading throughout his body and our vets have decided it’s kinder not to treat him. It’s a decision we have to respect.

We’d like to find him a home for the final weeks of his life.

He’s a super boy who loves his strokes and walks. He doesn’t get on with cats or other male dogs and this has proved hard when finding him another home. We hope someone in the Costa Blanca area may give this wonderful boy a home for the last few weeks of his life. He needs to stay in this area so he can get care from our own vets. ASOKA sadly can’t afford to pay an outside vet. If you think you can help please ring 692 74 76 85 or email: asokaorihuela@gmail.com.

Mark the email NAPOLEON ACOGIDA/FOSTER. Many thanks, Nick Moore Volunteer, ASOKA Orihuela

Good Samaritan WHEN MY VW Golf car overheated on 30 June and I broke down just south of Torrevieja town centre I was stumped as to what to do. Luckily I had enough water to refill the reservoir, but what next?

To my surprise a Spanish speaking (German) gentleman passing by stopped to see what the problem was and being a retired mechanic he assessed the problem immediately as the electric fan was not working. He said the temporary solution would need a connector to by-pass the electric cable that was not working.

Luckily, we were parked near a car dealer and we bought a small plastic clip and were amused, not just by the charge of 73 cents but by the work, and cost, involved in printing out an A4 receipt etc!

The temporary fix was perfect and our good Samaritan would not accept any financial reward and left without even reimbursement of his 73 cents!

“Genuinely nice people go out of their way to help others” A credit to Torrevieja.

I’VE JUST spent 2weeks in Benidorm whereI like to sunOliver Doherty, Orihuela Costa bathe at the beach.

After paying for loungers we discovered we were not allowed to move them until the afternoon. They are now a good distance from the water and, as the beach near the water is taken up by the locals you have to squeeze past to get to the sea. As for the beach sellers, there will soon be more of them than tourists, all making plenty of tax free money. Things are getting worse and very off-putting. Instead of increasing the prices I think they should have brought the prices down.

Susan Friel

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Keep passports safe BRITISH EXPATS and visitors are being urged to keep their passports safe from thieves preying on the unwary at Spanish holiday resorts and beaches this summer.

by Jack Troughton THE FOREIGN Office has launched a video campaign aimed at helping people avoid the threat of criminals as tens of thousands of British residents and millions of UK visitors head for potential crime hotspots.

Some 15 million British tourists touched down in Spain last year. More than 3,000 reported their passports were stolen and nearly 1,800 reported their vital travel documents had been lost.

Stealth crime expert James ‘Man of Steal’ Freedman has worked with the Foreign Office to make a series of short films that highlight techniques employed by passport thieves and offer advice on how to combat the threat they pose. They can be watched at the government You Tube channel www.youtube.com/user/fcotravel.

James said: Pickpockets and thieves constantly evolve their techniques and tactics. These videos show just a handful of ways that a pickpocket might attempt to steal from you, so remember some basic advice to stay safe.

“If you don’t need to take your passport with you, leave it in your hotel safe instead. Only carry what you need and keep valuables in a secure pocket. If you have a bag or case, never let it out of your sight.

“Be more aware in crowds and wary of anyone getting too close. Finally, try not to advertise the location of prized possessions by patting your pockets or bags.”

HUSTLE British victims have spoken of a number of “hustle” tactics used against them – including being surrounded by a bunch of children patting them while begging for money; they leave only

Danger...distraction crime in progress!

for the victim to realise their pockets and bag have been picked.

Other techniques include: being followed onto a crowded underground train by two ‘nuns’ who are pickpockets; having a bag stolen from an unlocked car to drop rubbish in a bin just a few feet away; being asked to reach for something from a high shelf whilst they are pick pocketed; and being pricked with a sharp object hard enough to draw blood, in the confusion a bag disappears.

Unfortunately, dealing with a stolen or lost passport can be expensive and time-consuming. A victim may need to report the loss to the police and spend time and money at the nearest British consulate to obtain an emergency travel document.

And the British Embassy in Madrid offers five top tips. If you carry a passport, insure it is well concealed; never take

your eyes of a bag or case – even for a moment; be alert in crowds and wary of people getting close or trying to distract you; in cars keep valuables secure and out of sight and be aware thieves use distraction tactics on the road and when you park; and avoid advertising the location of a passport or valuables by patting pockets or bags.

It is also advised to keep a photocopy of a passport with friends or family, or to store an electronic copy securely.

If a passport is stolen or lost, report it to the Spanish police via a multilingual service at 0034 902 102 112. If urgent travel is needed, an application for an emergency travel document can be made at the nearest British Consulate, visit www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document or call 0034 917 146 300.

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Thriving in the ‘third age’ EXPAT PENSIONERS are being encouraged to make use of the modern facilities of the ‘Centro Civico para la Tercera Edad’ in Calpe.

by Jack Troughton THE CENTRE, opposite the Marina Alta town’s Casa de Cultura is always a hive of activity with a bustling bar and restaurant – a ‘menu del dia’ costs 6€ - and runs a gymnasium, practical workshops, and social events, including a popular Sunday afternoon tea dance.

And more importantly, it is also the place to go for practical help under the state’s ‘Ley de Dependencia’, including meals on wheels and home help.

Councillor Carole Saunders is responsible for ‘third age’ residents in Calpe and believes more expats should be joining the centre to enjoy the facilities and take advantage of the practical help.

“This is a very important place for older people. Anything to do with the third age starts here with application forms and information,” she told RTN. “This is where people apply for meals on wheels or home help, and the weekly help which includes meals on wheels, cleaning and changing bed linen and towels. You also use the centre to get an emergency button for your home.”

She added: “There is a 91-year-old British woman living in an apartment – she could not afford to go into a nursing home – and she received meals on wheels, home help, and an emergency button.”

DISCOUNTS And while the bar and restaurant are open to the general public, pensioners apply for a membership card – a ‘Tarjeta de Majors Calp’ - to take advantage of the facilities and also obtain discounts in a number of the town’s shops.

Mrs Saunders said there were over 200 members of the gym, exercising under the watchful eye of a professional physiotherapist. A full time social worker is also based at the centre.

Practical workshops include a computer club, how to use a mobile phone or tablet, Facebook, Pilates, painting and art, and languages.

The tea dances are held every Sunday between 5.30pm and 8.30pm, there is a ‘quiet room’ and library with more English books pledged, and the centre also organises subsidised trips.

“You need to live in Calpe, be a pensioner or of pensionable age, to join,” added Mrs Saunders. “They decided it would be virtually impossible to keep the bar and restaurant closed to the public so anyone can use it.

“However, people are asked to respect the hours when cards and domino competitions are being held...they are taken very seriously.”

For more information, contact the centre or call Mrs Saunders on 647 371 581.

Carole Saunders (left) with centre Director Monserrat Cruz Guinart

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CLASSICAL MUSIC with a ‘Glyndebourne Style Picnic’ proved to be a sell-out occasion for charity – raising over 2,000 euros for HELP of Denia and the Marina Alta.

by Jack Troughton LAST WEEKEND’S festival ‘Glyndebourne in Gata’ was organised by the Freemasons of Logia Deportiva 83 and attracted more than 150 guests for a musical feast.

Music at the party was supplied by the Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir, the El Divo Tribute Show, and Gill Henry with Manuel Lazaro – all classical performers brought together to produce an evening of exceptional quality.

And all the guests entered into the spirit of the occasion by dressing up for themed tables – from formal ‘Black and White’, across the Atlantic to ‘Caribbean’, to the winning table re-living the excitement and colours of ‘Royal Ascot’.

The charity concert was staged in the garden of the lodge’s Worshipful Master Darrell Clayton and his wife Sally in Gata de Gorgos.

HELP can be contacted at 96 642 7044 for information or the loan of medical equipment or its Hospital Help Desk service at Denia on 96 642 9346.

Darrell Clayton (second from left) with El Divo

Bridge news...

Javea Bridge Club Away Days 32 MEMBERS and friends from Javea Bridge Club ¨headed to the hills¨ for the weekend to enjoy their annual 2 day tournament.

Staying in the delightful Casa Rural, La Font d´Alcalá, in the sleepy little village of Alcalá de la Jovada, we were once again treated to wonderful food and wines in a truly delightful setting. A further highlight was a paella workshop where we learned to cook our Sunday lunch.

The overall winners of our bridge tournament were Kay Thomas and Gloria Sopena. Congratulations to them both.

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A royal christening for the nation

by Jeanette Rice

PRINCESS CHARLOTTE Elizabeth Diana was christened on Sunday in front of a small family gathering but also the nation.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, commonly know world wide as just William and Kate, had invited members of the public to share the day with them, saying “we want to say thank you for all the support that the general public have given us”.

An estimated 3,500 keen royal fans lined the entrance to St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham and were not disappointed as William, Kate, young George and Charlotte could be seen walking to the church.

George, holding his fathers hand, seemed a little distracted by the cheering crowds whilst Charlotte, in a vintage pram, slept for most of the stroll.

Princess Charlotte, now ten weeks old, was the seventh royal baby to wear the historic Honiton christening gown, a replica of the gown worn firstly by Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter in 1841.

The 16th century church, just down the road from the young royals family home at Anmer Hall, is also where the late Princess Diana was christened in 1961.

Following in royal tradition, holy water taken from the River Jordan, where it is said Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist, was used for the baptism.

Although the ceremony was private, with the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Camilla and Kate’s family attending as well as the godparents, the young royal family were delighted that so many people came to celebrate the event with them.

One lady, Laurie Spencer aged 52 from Florida, was in the

country to watch the Silverstone Formula One race when she heard about the christening. An avid royal fan, Laurie said “when I found out that the christening was happening while we were here I just knew I had to be there, so my husband has gone to the race without me”.

Another royal fan, Jenny Gellert from Sydney in Australia, said “I go wherever the royal family goes”.

To the surprise of some, neither Prince Harry or Pippa Middleton were on the list for godparents, with Kate and William picking five non-royal friends and family members.

They were, Tom van Straubenzee, one of Prince Williams closest friends, James Meade, a friend of Williams from Eton, Sophie Carter, a close friend to Kate, Laura Fellowes, the niece to the late Princess Diana and a good friend to William and finally Adam Middleton, Kate’ cousin.

The young royal family

International news...

Man realises his two dogs are bears

A CHINESE man who spent two years raising two puppies was left stunned when he realised they were, in fact, endangered Asian black bears – and not dogs. Wang Kayui, a banana farmer from the Yunnan Province in China, bought the two ‘puppies’ in Vietnam in 2013 and enjoyed grooming and bathing them on a daily basis. However the animals started behaving ‘strangely’, killing his pet chickens, developing an insatiable appetite for food, and growing to around 100lbs each. His error was finally confirmed when he spotted leaflets which had been issued by the local public security bureau on endangered wild animals – when he immediately recognised he had been illegally keeping the Category 2 protected endangered animals by accident. After contacting the bureau, the bears – one male and one female – were collected and are currently said to be in a ‘good condition’, weighing-in at around 50kg each. The rescue centre they are being looked-after in is currently looking for other suitable living arrangements for the pair. Asian black bears are considered to be ‘vulnerable’ by animal conservationists and their numbers have been dropping over the years because of deforestation and hunting.

New mayor of Madrid plans to rename Margaret Thatcher Square THE SQUARE, named after Britain’s “Iron Lady” not even a year ago is under threat along with the statue of the ex British prime minister. Manuela Carmena, the mayor of Madrid, said that “the square should not bear the name of the Iron Lady who enslaved the labour movement”. In the UK, members of parliament have criticised the move. Nigel Evans MP even suggesting that “the mayor would be better naming more squares after Margaret Thatcher in the hope that her success rubs off especially with youth unemployment in Spain at 49.3 per cent, rather than continuing the economic failure of socialism”. Conor Burns MP said that the change would “be petty”. The mayor of Madrid is considering the change following the recent elections where members of Spain’s anti austerity party, Podemos, formed a coalition with her. They have called for the removal of Mrs Thatcher’s name.

Mr Evans was at the original naming ceremony on behalf of the prime minister, reading out a letter from Downing Street in front of some of Mrs Thatcher’s family at the event.

He went on to say “it was a gesture that Lady Thatcher would have been flattered by, she had a great fondness for Spain and spent several holidays there”.In response to the comments referring to Margaret Thatcher enslaving people Mr Evans said “she enslaved no one, thanks to her dynamic leadership the country now enjoys the economic success it has with the fastest growing economy in Europe”.

After only a few weeks of the ceremony the square suffered vandalism on several occasions and protestors attempted to rename the square. Ms Carmena’s party has said “that although this is not as much as a priority as dealing with our homeless issues and the crisis that is hitting the poor, we will also be getting rid of all the Fraoncist names and tributes in our city”.A statue of Franco on a horse has already been removed, but there are many other monuments and signs that need to be removed.

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RTN forges Overseas friendship RTN AND radio station Overseas FM are working together to provide a new look and exciting service to the public.

by Jack Troughton THE COSTA Blanca’s favourite free English newspaper and the rising star of the airwaves have forged an exclusive media partnership and will interact on a number of key projects.

Readers and listeners will have the opportunity to keep a finger on the Costa Blanca pulse and a chance to walk away with competition prizes and promotional ‘give aways’.

And advertisers will be offered special packages that include both RTN and Overseas FM to insure they reach targeted audiences in the northern Costa Blanca and in 17 Iceland stores across Spain and Portugal.

The first competition starts next Friday with a ‘Where’s Wally?’ contest. Pick up a copy of RTN and scan the pages to find Wally the Sea Lion. Text or WhatsApp the answer to Overseas FM on 666 116 078 and there is an opportunity to win a pair of tickets to Aqua Natura, the Benidorm waterpark suitable for all the family.

The competition will run for 12 weeks and end with an opportunity to claim a one night bed and breakfast stay at the luxurious Denia Mariott Hotel.

RTN Managing Director Danny Wilkinson and Overseas FM counterpart Adam King have enjoyed a 10-year working relationship and are also family friends – music fans also know Adam as a singer and frontman of Allerton Road; the band is performing at Danny’s wedding at the end of July.

“This media partnership has been formed by two forward thinking and like-minded managing directors of two leading Costa Blanca companies,” Danny explained.

GROW TOGETHER “All we can do in the current economic climate is grow and by coming together in this way we will grow together.”

Adam added: “Overseas FM has a long-standing relation-

ship with RTN. It is a real bond and we have worked together in the past on a number of projects – this time it’s official!”

Overseas FM broadcasts across the Marina Alta on 105.4fm and in Benidorm on 93.4fm. It also keeps Iceland customers entertained. A growing company, the Javea-based radio station will open new studios at the Blu Property Group at the Arenal Beach at the beginning of September – the glass fronted studios will allow people to see what is going on. Adam said: “It is an opportunity for everyone to see what local radio is all about.”

Adam hosts the Overseas FM Breakfast Show, which is broadcast on both frequencies and in Iceland stores from 8am until noon. However, a growing number of presenters are bringing the station live to listeners with a host of new shows, including a traditional Sunday afternoon ‘Top 40’ with Jason Scott.

RTN will soon launch its new website on www.roundtownnews.com, while details of Overseas FM can be found at www.overseasfm.com.

Danny said: “We want people on the Costa Blanca to say to their friends ‘we listen to Overseas FM and read RTN’ because they are the best.”

RTN’s Danny (left) with Adam of Overseas FM

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Red Cross Golden Lottery SPAIN’S CRUZ ROJA (Red Cross) is currently running their annual Golden Lottery, known as the most charitable lottery in the world, and there are some amazing prizes to be won.

by Patricia Thompson TICKETS COST 5€, with all funds raised going to support the Red Cross’ fantastic work for those most in need. The lottery will be drawn on 23rd July and there are over 6 million Euros in gold to be won. There are three grand prizes of 3,000,000€, 1.500,000€ and 750,000€, then thousands of smaller winning tickets from 2,500€ to 100€ – a total of 3,900 chances to win!

The Red Cross is a humanitarian organization with the principle objectives of providing aid for victims of disasters, those with social issues, health problems and environmental causes and with the funds raised from the Golden Lottery they are able to do more for those who really need their help.

Purchasing one ticket will fund one male essential hygiene kit, six tickets will buy three rucksacks with school materials for children, nine will provide the basic alimentation needs of a baby and ten tickets will provide a basic food parcel for a family. Every ticket bought can really make a difference to a person’s life.

Specsavers Opticas have announced their support for the campaign and are selling tickets on behalf of the Red Cross until the 16th July. Tickets can be bought from Specsavers in Calpe, Javea, Benidorm, Guardamar del Segura and Torrevieja.

To find out more about the lottery and purchase tickets online visit www.cruzroja.es/sorteodeoro

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Animal news......

Fire brigade rescues hedgehog stuck between bars

THE HAPLESS hedgehog nearly made it through the bars of a gate before becoming solidly wedged in. Luckily, a passerby found him and called the RSPCA, but the hedgehog was stuck too fast and they had to call in the rescue services. The fire brigade in Newmarket, Suffolk, dressed in full protective gear, brought their pneumatic jack to the scene, prized the bars open and freed the hedgehog which was tired but otherwise unhurt.

RSPCA inspector Richard Lythgoe said: “I can only imagine he misjudged the width of the bars or perhaps did not see them clearly as hedgehogs are short-sighted. He was so firmly wedged between the bars of this gate that the fire crews had to completely stretch them to get him out and even then all his little spines were squashed down. They did a brilliant job, and there’s no way I could have got him out without them.” He added: “I gave the hedgehog some food and drink and kept an eye on him for 36 hours. He seemed to recover completely from his ordeal, so he was released back to the wild - hopefully a little wiser.”

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Thriller’s Costa climax COSTA BLANCA author Norman MacRitchie Reeley’s page-turning trilogy comes home to roost with the final episode’s high drama and explosive action on the White Coast.

by Jack Troughton EXPAT READERS and visitor alike, who have had to wait for a year for the final episode, will be quick to spot familiar scenes as the writer continues to spin a web of intrigue using sites of local interest in ‘The Casino of Atonement’.

Javea, Altea, Albir, Benidorm, and Valencia all feature strongly in the 368 pages as the story moves through London, Bilbao, Barcelona, Ireland, Scotland...and Spain.

Norman, who lives in Javea, first started to cast his spell of intrigue - involving terrorism, the security forces, and fate - with the opening book ‘Malevolent Karma’ and kept up the pace and tension with ‘The Karma of Vengeance’.

It was a study of chance. Set largely in the eighties, it examines how three young men were destined to take very different roles in the world and to be embroiled in each other’s lives with disastrous effect - and how outside forces cruelly moulded them.

The Casino of Atonement successfully takes up the baton and sprints for the finishing line with equal helpings of thrills and spills. Intriguing to the end – even a Gota Fria gets a walk on part - it was worth the wait.

“I finished Atonement at the end of April and beginning of May,” Norman told RTN. “It was much more stressful writing the final part because readers were sending me messages asking when it would be finished and published.

TWISTS “There is an awful lot going on that I hope no one will sus-

pect and all the twists and turns of the plot continue into this book.”

Revenge played a central role in the story but Norman said a “reasonably” happy ending had been allowable. “I think people will be satisfied with the ending, I have tried to keep things realistic.”

However, the ending has been left open. Two characters – the chef and the dropout – were described by their creator as “nice guys”. The third, the terrorist, was a good guy gone bad and might return in a later book after seeing the error of his ways amongst government funded undercover operations still going on.

“If I get the urge he could easily come back – I know the character very well, but I think my next book will be very different.”

Norman and his wife Gina are avid travellers and the settings in the Karma Killings Trilogy are real places whether they are in Belfast, Amsterdam or Berlin.

And while some research made use of the internet, Norman trod carefully to delve into the complex nature of sectarianism – the Protestant versus Catholic divide, the Rangers and Celtic rivalry – and gain a firsthand understanding of terrorism by talking to people involved.

He admitted that sharing a glass or two of something warming helped but there was a limit on how far such questioning could go. However, it has given an authentic if chill-

Norman at the Edinburgh Book Festival

ing atmosphere to the trilogy while giving Norman a wealth of stories to share.

The Casino of Atonement and the two earlier volumes of the Karma killing are available through Amazon in book and Kindle form.

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Bringing you Artists Direct FOR YEARS the number one entertainment complaint on the Costa’s has been the lack of advance information as to where and when artists are performing.

by Keith Nicol

AFTER JUST a month of corresponding with local entertainers and venues, a new website has been launched, designed to help you plan your nights on the town while also acting as a valuable source for the artists and venues when it comes to bookings, late changes, special nights and information about the artists and venues.

Artists Direct was the inspiration of local entertainer and computer guru Heather Baggaley with the basic concept being to provide visitors with a website offering information pages about local acts, enabling them to promote themselves and be booked direct along with sharing information through Social Media. Their Facebook page and group encourage venues and artists to interact offering a one stop, sharable promotional link for both acts and venues who are seeking entertainment.

For the first time on the Costa Blanca, each artist is now responsible for producing their own publicity materials and keeping their appointment book up to date, rather than artists hoping that the venues will do this

task for them. Thus the website is produced by the artists for the benefit of the artist’s community in the promotion of themselves, their acts and availability.

Many readers will remember Elite Entertainment and the good news is that founder Norma Reilly joined Artists Direct two weeks ago, in an administrative role, giving Heather the freedom to develop and expand the website. Norma will liaise with the artists, gathering information of their bookings and produce the Gig Guide for both the website and different media publications. The website and Facebook pages allow artists to have their publicity pictures, video clips, sound clips, links to their own websites and automatic insertion onto the online Gig Guide plus availability, all at the push of a few buttons. It’s also a source for venues seeking entertainment to post via the Facebook Group (book acts direct -spain) to all artists registered on the site if they are seeking entertainment.

Artists Direct do not act as entertainment agents as the aim of the website is simply to help promote artists to gain bookings and

venues to find artists. Entertainment venues can simply view the artistes online, hear them and know off their availability with the view of booking them and taking the guess work out of who they have chosen as a new act to perform at their venue.

Currently the area covered is around Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa and Southern Costa Blanca but is expanding into Benidorm, the Northern Costa Blanca and Murcia.

Artists Direct held their first open meeting at Shannon’s Bar on Wednesday 8th July and will be announcing a venue for a follow up meeting around Playa Flamenca during August, with details on the website: https://artistsdirect-spain.com and www. facebook.com/artistsdirectspain. To join Artists Direct or for more information, contact info@artistsdirect-spain.com.

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Route 66 diner helps raise 625 euros for horse rescue centre A FUNDRAISER celebrating the first anniversary of Benimar’s Route 66 American diner has helped raise 625 euros for the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre at Rojales.

by Patricia Thompson RESCUE CENTRE co-founder Sue Weeding thanked everyone who supported the dinner and raffle last Tuesday (June 16), saying the money would go towards the feeding and care of the centre’s more than 90 horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from abuse and neglect.

“It was a very busy day, as Rod had been called out by the police to rescue a horse and later had 700 bales of alfalfa to get off the field,” Sue said.

“I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to attend because I broke my wrist a few weeks ago and can’t drive. But at the last minute all our volunteers from our La Zenia charity shop came to the rescue. They bought the raffle prizes with their own money and picked me up to make sure I could be there. It was just wonderful and a huge thanks to everyone involved.”

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre relies solely on donations to fund its animal welfare work. As part of its fundraising ef-

forts, Sue said a ninth charity shop selling second hand clothes, furniture and bric-a-brac will soon open in Dolores.

A manager and volunteers are needed to run the Dolores shop, which is expected to open in about four weeks’ time. If you’re interested in helping out, please call Sue on 652 021 980.

The centre also accepts donations to stock its charity shops.

Large donated items such as furniture can be collected from your house and each shop also offers a delivery service for large items purchased from the charity stores.

Every cent donated to the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre or spent in the charity shops goes towards the feeding and care of the more than 90 horses, ponies and donkeys that live at the centre.

The rescue centre, located just outside Rojales at Partido Lo Garriga 59, opens to the public on the first Sunday of every month from 1pm to 4pm. For more details and directions, please visit www.easyhorsecare.net.

Community news...

Rawhiders donate to AFA

FOR THE third year running, the Costa Blanca Rawhiders motorcycle club have donated money to Torrevieja’s Alzheimer charity AFA. They rode into town on Saturday 27th June and handed 583€ to AFA President Mathilde Sanchez, who thanked them again for their generosity and welcomed their offer to raise further funds for the charity. Mathilde also expressed her concern over funding for the Association in view of the recent local change in political power; donations such as this being particularly important unless future funding is guaranteed. After coffee and a tour of the AFA premises, near the former railway station, the group asked Mathilde if she wanted a ride on one of their powerful motor cycles; she declined, but instead offered to pose on one of them. Thanks go to everyone concerned.

It was a very busy day

Local ladies raise money for Red Cross Nepal

A GROUP of friends from the Altea area got together recently to raise money in aid of the Red Cross Nepal appeal. A ´bring and buy´ sale was held in Mascarat, supported by people up and down the Costa Blanca from Benidorm to Denia. Cava and nibbles were served while the guests browsed the clothes and household items on sale. The organisers, Juliana Blythe, Vima Orozco and Fiona Hulme were delighted to raise over €350 on the evening, with more promised in donations. Juliana said ´having seen the disastrous scenes in Nepal following the earthquakes, we wanted to do something to help the people trying to survive in one of the world´s poorest countries. Many thanks to everyone who gave Juliana Blythe, Vima Orozco , Fiona Hulme donations or came along on the evening.´

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Basic legal advice on mortgage loans to purchase properties in Spain.

SOMETIMES FOREIGN citizens who buy or want to buy a property in Spain, are not familiar with Spanish law, and don’t know that many of the things that are normal in their home country, work in a completely different way in Spain.

IN TODAY’S article we would like to talk about mortgage loans, and some basics that buyers should consider: If you need to obtain a mortgage to buy a property in Spain, it is highly recommended when you sign a private purchase contract, reservation, etc. you place as a condition the approval of the loan by your bank, noting that if finally the bank does not approve it, the money paid will be paid back to you, agreeing that the parties resolve and terminate the contract by mutual consent. If not, and the bank does not grant the loan, you could be taken before the Spanish Tribunals for a claim of breach of contract, and asked for compensation, face the loss of the money paid, etc.

It is very important to study not only in the interest

rate of the loan, but also other terms, conditions and economic commissions, such as the arrangement fee, valuation fees, fees for payment in advance: partial or total cancellation fees, etc. . as they can be a significant amount.

Contrary to what happens in other countries, you should know that the valuation / survey made by the bank to determine the value of the property (and therefore the amount of the loan) normally will not be relevant to your agreement and therefore will not affect the price agreed with the seller.

In addition, in recent times, banks “invite” their customers to contract different kinds of insurance policies, which can have really important influence on the real cost of the mortgage loan, as important

as the agreed interest rate. Although legally, if you get a mortgage loan you will be required to contract an insurance on the property, naming the lending bank as a beneficiary, you are not required to hire such insurance with the bank’s insurer, you can do it with any other insurance company that you want. Similarly, banks offer better conditions, subject to the client to contract other types of insurance with them, as such as life insurance, home, etc. Therefore, if obtaining the loan is conditioned on the hiring of their insurances policies, it is essential to compare its cost with others in the market, since the real cost of the loan can be increased very significantly.

If you want to sell or buy a property in Spain having a professional and expert advice, contact us.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 – All rights reserved, Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

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Christina Brady

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THE GREEKS have voted and it was a resounding NO to more austerity, but the question still remains how does the EU and the world resolve the Greek Crisis.

THERE APPEAR to be 3 options: The Greeks come up with a proposal acceptable to the EU and the IMF The EU and the IMF come up with a deal that allows the Greeks to stop the Austerity and maybe increase the debt repayment time, or they write off some of the €260billion debt so that the Greeks have a realistic chance of paying it back.

The Greeks leave the Euro (either temporarily or permanently) and print a new Drachma currency.

To stop a economic and humanitarian Crisis , Greece needs resolving in the next few days as the Greek banks are running out of money and when the Greeks can get money its just €20 per day. Hospitals are running out of drugs and shops are running out of food.

Just a thought for you all, the Greek banks offer the same bank guarantee as the UK, Spain and the EU, that is your money is guaranteed up to €100,000 or £85,000, however what use is this guarantee if you cannot withdraw any money.

Also from 2016 the amount guaranteed in Sterling accounts is reducing from £85,000 to £75,000 For those of us with money sitting in banks it is time to take a serious look at the amount of cash we hold and where we hold it.

For those of us with investments it could be quite volatile times, but the best advice in most cases is to sit tight and ride it out, knee jerk reactions will result in loss.

If you would like expert independent, professional and impartial advice please contact me via email christina.brady@blacktowerfm.com or on my mobile 658 892 330 .

The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity.

Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licenced in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Licence No: 00805B and registered with the DGS in Spain.

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New electric meters change households routines

NEW ELECTRIC meters have been installed up and down the coast in residential properties to encourage efficiency.

by Jeanette Rice FOLLOWING THE new regulations that came into force on July 1st the electricity providers have been rapidly installing new smart meters with 11.9 million households already having had the switch.

A key change with the new meters is that customers will now be charged on a daily rate with per hour fluctuations as opposed to a rate that was adjusted every three months via an energy auction.

Rates fluctuate depending on when customers choose to use their electricity, with records showing that the demand is highest between 12 noon and 11pm and more specifically between 8 pm and 11 pm when workers get home and cook, watch television etc.

Users of the new meters now have a similar system to that used in England where it is cheaper to use such household items as washing machines and dishwashers after 11 pm and before 12 noon. There is also a special weekend rate where the daily costs is slightly lower than that during the week.

The government set the start date as July 1st although in practical terms not all households will have the new meters yet, and the suppliers have until the end of 2018 to make the changes.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is funding €325 million (£227.5m) to improve the electricity grid in Spain, with Iberdrola using the money to reform the electricity network and install more than 3 million smart meters across 10 regions, including Madrid, Valencia, Pais Vasco and Navarra.

Román Escolano, EIB Vice President, said “The reform of the electricity network will help reduce waste while the replacement of smart meters will help householders use electricity efficiently and reduce carbon emissions”.

As with all things, word of mouth and internet sites have conflicting information about the new system, so here are a few facts.

The installation of the new meter is free, although there is a monthly rental on the bill, approximately 0,50 cents. Some house owners have opted to have their own smart meter installed but according to some engineers the life span of a smart meter is not as long as the traditional meter and therefore it may not be cost effective to keep providing your own. Any additional works that would be required to the meter will be charged to the client.

Although it is mandatory to have a smart meter, as

stated companies have until the end of 2018 to reach all their clients, so if your home has not had the change suppliers are asking for customers to be patient whilst they continue to complete this huge task.

In the coming month, those with the new meters will receive their bills with the new tariff in effect, and no doubt some will benefit whilst others may find that there has been an increase.

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Controlling mosquitos and midges in your garden by

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

FIFTY YEARS ago much of the Spanish Mediterranean coastline was still marshland or drained marshland for growing vegetables and fruit. Except in Tossa del Mar, Benidorm and Torremolinos the idea of mass tourism had yet to be born and most Spaniards lived or returned from the cities to holiday in the cooler mountain villages a few kilometres inland. Coastal living except in small fishing communities had been avoided for centuries for fear of marauding pirates from north Africa – hence the many ancient watch towers along the coasts – and the mosquitoes and malaria, yellow fever and cholera of polluted waters draining from villages. 1950’s and early 60’s package tour holiday makers to Spain will remember the recommended pre holiday injections and pills. Luckily DDT, until banned as a dangerous chemical, cleared the major swarms of malaria carrying mosquitoes and modern sanitation installations cleaned up village effluents - until overloaded by excessive building!

But damp conditions inevitably attract mosquitoes and midges to the countryside and some gardens and big bighting tiger mosquitoes are said to be back in the Ebro delta. So what can be done to minimise the potential problem.

20 PRACTICAL WAYS OF REDUCING MOSQUITO AND MIDGE POPULATIONS IN YOUR GARDEN Don’t purchase a property near marsh lands, rivers, lakes or land that floods after storms.

Plant insect inhibiting plants around the house especially under the windows most likely to be opened. Possible plants include lantanas, basil, citronella lemongrass, Graveolens scented pelargoniums, chives, society garlic and normal garlic in pots near doorways or on windowsills.

When we had a walking holiday in Mauritius and Reunion Island we were advised to rub lantana leaves in our hands and then on any exposed skin to deter mosquitoes and midges. Locals used oil or water extracts on a regular basis.

Hang bunches of herbs on the walls of covered terraces to provide hiding places for insect eating geckoes.

Hang bunches of rue alongside or above doorways.

Use a garlic concoction as an insecticide in the flower and vegetable garden.

Cover water butts with well sealing lids and use the water regularly to stop larvae developing and hatching out and creating space for the next rain.

Have a pond with fish and frogs. The water will attract any wind blown mosquitoes and midges and the fish and frogs will soon devoir any mature insects or larvae in or around the pond. Don’t be surprised to see frogs jumping half a metre into the air to grab a midge on the flower of a lavender plant. From personal observation they have amazing eyesight as well as accurate jumping ability.

Construct a rockery with holes for lizards which eat a variety of flying insects. Don’t encourage cats or dogs to see lizards and geckoes as play things.

Make Victorian style pomanders by sticking cloves into an orange and placing on window sills to deter mosquitoes from entering and also place on outside dining tables to deter them while dinning.

Check that your regular perfumes and after shaves are not insect attractors. Soak some cotton wool with the liquids and place on a saucer on the terrace as dusk approaches in an area where an outside light will eventually light it up and watch what happens.

Set the lawn irrigation system to come on during the night and not in the evening when the family, pets and insects are still moving around.

Don’t over water terrace or house plants.

Don’t leave rain water standing in buckets, watering cans, or wheel barrows. Use it to water plants in covered areas, pour into a water butt or pond or dampen the compost heap if possible.

If you invest in a liquid gas fired mosquito attracting/ catching machine size it according to your size of property.

An oversized machine may attract all the mozzies from the entire urbanisation and not just your garden!

If you buy a terrace heater than burns liquefied gas recognise that these produce carbon dioxide that attract mosquitoes and midges in the same way as mosquito machines so preferably use on terraces well away from the house.

If you leave bedroom windows open in the evening leave the lights off.

Install a bat box under the eaves as they hunt flying insects at dusk.

Use perfumed flares around the garden especially when having a barbecue party.

Install an electric insect stunner.

Set up bird tables, water bowls and nesting boxes to increase insect eating garden bird population.

Such actions can avoid the expense of unsightly mosquito screens on windows and doors, chemical based insect sprays or chemical block evaporators especially in bedrooms. Act now and enjoy the remaining balmy evenings and nights without resorting to mosquito nets.

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Skydive, for the love of dogs!

EVERYBODY KNOWS the name Siesta Group – one of the largest garden furniture retailers on the Costa Blanca.

What you may not know is that business owner Sandra Hamnett is a bit of a dog fanatic and when she’s not looking after her cute cuddly brood at home she is busy trying to help Costa Blanca Dog Homing raise cash to rescue, foster and re-home abused and abandoned dogs.

Sandra, together with Rachel Crawford, another dog lover and friend from Inspired Home and Garden in Albox, decided to try something different to raise awareness of the problem and also raise funds to assist Costa Blanca Dog Homing and Rachel’s chosen charity Helping Animals Almanzora. Two more brave ladies will be joining them in the skydive, Sandra’s niece Shona, who will be getting her sponsorship from the UK, and Amanda Willett, who has 3 rescue dogs of her own.

On August 9th in Valencia these “barking mad” ladies will skydive from an aeroplane, freefalling for about 50 seconds, after which a parachute “should” open and bring them safely back to earth. None of these ladies has done this before but they are so committed to their chosen charities they want to go that extra mile and, in return, are asking people to sponsor them. The skydive itself has been paid for by the brave ladies so all sponsorship money goes directly to the dog charities.

Costa Blanca Dog Homing and Helping Animals Almanzora help dogs in Spain, generally doing what they can to help any dog in need.

Sponsorship forms can be found in all Siesta Group stores at Gata De Gorgos, Guardamar del Segura, Los Montesinos and San Javier, Inspired Home and Garden in Albox, HAA charity shop in Arboleas and ABC vets in La Alfoquia. Money can be paid directly to the charities via PayPal at costablancadoghoming@yahoo.com or Helping-animals-almanzora@hotmail.co.uk. Please quote SKYDIVE. Please support these brave ladies and help make some poor dogs’ lives worth living. To foster or give a permanent home to a dog, contact the charities directly via facebook or email.

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Guitar great comes to town IRISH GUITAR hero Pat McManus of Mama’s Boys and Celtus fame, is visiting Spain for three nights only, this weekend.

by Keith Nicol Local entertainer and broadcaster Paul Cullen noted: “We’re very lucky in this area that over the last 10 years we’ve had the opportunity to witness first hand some of the world’s greatest guitarists: Bo Diddley, George Benson and Gary Moore to name just three. This weekend you will be able to add another name to that list; Pat McManus.

Over the last thirty years Pat has shared stages and toured with the likes of Bon Jovi, Thin Lizzy, Meatloaf and many others, performing at many of the world’s biggest festivals including Knebworth and Reading plus as Paul put it; “Pat is widely regarded as Ireland’s greatest living guitarist.”

The Pat McManus Band will be performing three exclusive shows at Paddy’s Point on Friday 10th, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July.

Admission is free with the first chord due to be struck at 10.30pm.

Paul added; “Pat, a maestro of the guitar & fiddle will be joined on stage by Bass player Marty McDermott and Drummer Paul Faloon, a regular visitor to these parts, for a series of shows that have attracted interest far & wide. So, do yourself a favour and get down to Paddy’s Point on one, if not all three of the nights and experience the unique blend of Celtic Blues Rock that is the Pat McManus Band.”

By the age of 7, Pat had already performed on live TV and by 14 he was All-Ireland Fiddle Champion. Aged 20, Pat stumbled across a band called Horslips, a Celtic rock band and Pat and his

two brothers soon swapped their Fiddles, Uilleann Pipes and Bodhrans for electric instruments and formed their first band called ‘Pulse’, with Pat on Guitar, John on Bass and Vocals and Tommy, who was only 12 at the time, on drums. During an interview with Radio Luxembourg DJ Tony Prince, who remarked how young they all were, jokingly called them Mamas Boys, the boys changed their name. It was just meant to be an ‘off the cuff’ remark but the name stuck and soon the thee brothers were officially known as Mamas Boys.

In 1985 they toured the States with Bon Jovi and Ratt before briefly flying back to England to play the Knebworth festival with Deep Purple in front of 100,000 people. The tour ended up in Europe with Gary Moore and then onto Ireland by themselves in December of that year. In 1997 under a new name “Celtus” they supported Sheryl Crow on tour, this time with Paul Carrick on lead vocal, and to top off an incredible year on the 23rd February 1998, the band were presented with the Irish World Music awards, Best Album Of The Year award, beating off stiff competition from U2, The Corrs and Enya.

The new line up have been touring together for many years and bring their unique blend of Celtic, guitar rock fusion and a whole lot more to the Orihuela Costa this weekend. Admission is free so if you like live bands, don’t miss the Pat McManus Band at Paddy’s Point, Avd. Villamartin 1, Local 13, 03189 Alicante, Spain with more information on their Facebook page.

Surprise Surprise broadcasts from Benidorm

THE SURPRISE Surprise team recently visited Benidorm to reunite a huge “Benidorm” fan with a long lost friend.

Mairwen Turton, aged 52, was nominated to the Surprise Surprise team by her daughter, Davina Grice aged 28.

Davina said “my mum continually goes above and beyond the call of duty for me and the elderly people that she cares for, and I wanted to do something very special to say thank you”.

Davina wanted to reunite her mum with her childhood best friend who had relocated to Canada in 1974 at the age of 12. Susan Hollossy and Mairwen were inseparable as children but hadn’t seen each other for 40 years.

The team of Surprise Surprise decided to combine the reunion with Mairwen’s love of the popular television programme Benidorm and arranged for some of the cast of the popular ITV programme to be at the reunion.

Sherrie Hewson said “it’s really exciting for us as the Benidorm cast to so something special for Surprise Surprise, the fans have always been so loyal to Benidorm so we are always delighted to do what we can when the opportunity comes our way”.

Also at the surprise event were Jake Canuso (Mateo), Tony Maudsley (Kenneth) and Tim Healy (Les). The programme will be aired this Sunday, 12th July, on ITV at 8pm.

Pat McManus (far right) Band perform for three nights this weekend

Vegas Nights For AFA

VEGAS NIGHTS on July 11th will be the last show of the summer season at Restaurante Los Rosales. The double tribute show pays homage to Mega Vegas Stars, past and present, Elvis Presley and Cher. Gary Jay has been highly endorsed by superstars such as Shirley Bassey and Sir Elton John (to name a few) for his performance as Elvis. UK based Gary is on a short tour of Spain and this will be the fans’ only chance to see him at the venue. Joining Gary will be the very popular Angie McKay as Cher.

Angie is a force to be reckoned with. With a powerful voice and a huge personality she has established herself as a Cher with flair and a load of laughs along the way.

Lets Rock Shows has invited one of their favourite charities, AFA, to hold the fundraising raffle. The charity was set up in 2004 to support families and the sufferers of Alzheimers. They aim to make the lives of sufferers from the disease as active and normal as possible. There is now a day care centre helping families with some much needed respite. The centre is not only a meeting place, but also where patients can receive therapy and continued assessment. All AFA volunteers are so dedicated that they do not even take expenses. For more information please go to www.afatorrevieja.es/en Show tickets are 13€ including a 2 course meal. They are on sale from Restaurante Los Rosales, CV895, Cards and More La Marina, Hire Centre San Luis, Post Box Doña Pepa, The Card Place Benimar, and via www.lrshows.com. Telephone – 697501992 or email letsrockshowslive@ gmail.com. Doors open at 7pm.

Tram company FGV offer combined theme park tickets THE TRAM company FGV are offering a combined theme park ticket which includes the tram fare and entrance to the parks.

In conjunction with the combined ticket the company have also launched a competition for the chance to win tickets to the theme parks.

The competition, which started on 4th July, will run until 31st July and can be entered by visiting the site www.informacion.es and clicking on the entry banner.

The combined ticket offer will allow people wishing to visit one of the theme parks make the round trip free on the tram and bus links, an offer similar to that of 2014.

FGV say that this could save a significant amount of money for their customers as if you used the tram from Denia you would normally be paying 9.40 euros plus any connecting bus fare, and if you were driving you would probably spend around 30 euros paying for tolls, fuel and parking fees.

They also say that by buying your ticket in advance from them, not only do you save on your travel costs, you avoid long queues at the entrances to the parks where others are waiting to get their tickets. Full rules of the competition for the free tickets can be found on informacion page. For the combined ticket purchase further details can be found on www.tramalicante.es.

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WITH A background in family and matrimonial mediation, Life Coach Sara Bell helps Readers with their daily worries.

If you are having difficulties with relationships, family, work or any other aspect of your life, then help is at hand.

Irresponsible

My boyfriend and I moved in together six months ago.

He has done nothing to help around the Apartment, since we moved in. He leaves the cleaning and cooking to me. He has also stopped paying the bills, and we are receiving cut off notices. He seems to think I should do everything, because his mother is quite old fashioned, and she thinks a man should be looked after. He is also very untidy and I am constantly picking up after him. I am so angry, I just feel like walking away.

Unless this situation is sorted out, your feelings of resentment will only get worse. Your boyfriend sounds quite irresponsible. Housework can’t just be left to one person - you are in a partnership, and you can’t have a situation where the bills are being left unpaid. Have a serious talk with him, and tell him that you now consider the position to be critical enough for you to be contemplating leaving, unless he changes. If he still won’t budge, you might have to re-think your relationship.

Write to Sara in confidence. A pseudonym will be used if you wish. Sara reads all letters and can give a personal reply. Email your question to agonyaunt@roundtownnews.com or Sara is available for private consultations, telephone 633 614 476.

This is a scam My Mum is 66 and got divorced a few months back. She has been chatting to someone on a dating website, and I am worried. He has told her that he is a millionaire. She hasn’t even met him, and now he has started asking her for money, because ‘his money is tied up‘. I have tried to warn her that this is a scam. The other day I caught her on the phone to her Bank trying to transfer several thousand pounds to his account.

I took the phone off her, and tried to talk some sense in to her, but she says she has feelings for this man, and she believes him to be genuine.

You are right to be worried. There are a lot of scams about, particularly aimed at lonely, vulnerable women.

If you can’t get through to her, draw her attention to the many reports online about these fraudsters. If she still won’t listen, you could have a chat to the Police about your worries, and see if they can give you some advice.

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Two for joy!

 As Mars opposes Pluto midweek you are now in a better position to make those plans that you have only ever dreamt of. Time is very much on your side, and this is a great opportunity to see that you get exactly what it is that you want this time around, because hesitation now means that you will have to settle for second best once more.

As Venus entertains Saturn a few home truths come to the surface, and you are right to say what you know that you have to. Those who take umbrage will be those who do not support you in any positive way; and what matters now is that you find viable solutions without causing any further delaying problems along the way.

Mercury opposes Pluto, and this action brings you to see something from a very different perspective. Trust is important when there are life changing decisions to be made, and, above all, it is time to think of the reactions of others and relying on their full support each and every step of the way to achieving necessary goals.

The Moon in Capricorn brings you the courage of your conviction and highlights something that you now need to do to bring closure and timbre to a no win no lose situation. In hindsight you never would have got involved if you had known what was going on, but it is now your wisdom and good judgement stand you in good stead.

Mighty Uranus, planet of invention and progress, sixes up to the Sun energy this week. The combination brings you to see a project through to completion, knowing, as you do, that it is not just pie in the sky. Better things come from good intentions and now you have your act together it is time to ensure that you get your say.

Mercury’s trine with Neptune is actually a call to start to economise ahead of tough financial aspects ahead. Not only is it the time to pull your belt in, but also a time to review expenditure in general, because, however you do your sums there is something somewhere that just does not add up right now; and this action acts as an early warning!

Enough of conjecture and dissatisfaction! Whatever is wrong now won’t get any better if you are afraid to take the next step. Mercury’s heavy conjunction with Mars may bring somebody to their senses, but it is meant to warn you too that something very drastic will have to be done if others do not start to toe the line.

DO YOU remember the rhyme about the Magpie? One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver and six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told! I guess nobody ever saw more than seven magpies together, so it ends just where it does. I was in Norway and staying with friends in a leafy suburb of Trondheim. They have two dogs and a cat, and in such circumstances I generally find that the cat is definitely the boss of the house. One sunny afternoon when I had a break and the sun shone ( a rare combination) I decided to take both the dogs out for a walk around the neighbourhood. Just behind the house was a pathway leading to a common, so the three of us made our way along a lane to access it. I was careful to keep both the dogs on leads, and luckily they were obviously used to walking together because two dogs pulling in opposite directions is no fun. I do not know how those guys in Central Park, New York manage to walk fourteen dogs simultaneously and unaided. To my surprise the Cat decided to walk with us. I did not notice him at first, as he kept disappearing behind hedges, trotting across gardens and lurking in high grasses. Throughout the walk that cat was with us, following us somewhat, but taking a cat like highly independent stance on the journey. The two dogs had a wonderful walk enjoying the sunshine and the fresh air escorted by me, but the cat had his own disdainful way of showing his highly individual country trip. Ahead of us all the way that cat planned the trip his way, and in the end it was me and the dogs that were following him. I became very conscious of a large black bird that kept flying all around us all. The flashes of white plumage and the long tail were oddly familiar. As the bird flew ever closer to us the feathers were actually a deep shiny purple. It was indeed a magpie, and it was following the cat that was following the dogs that I was walking. Expecting the magpie to fly away at any moment, it did not. It kept diving towards the cat. I was reminded of the rhyme and one magpie was seemingly bad luck. Still with every flutter of feathers I thought that the magpie would leave us. There were some high flights to the tops of trees but then a lower dive brought this plucky bird back to earth. Anyone that met me that afternoon would think that I had a menagerie of animals around me. I couldn’t wait to tell my hosts what had happened on our afternoon walk. To my surprise they told me that the cat regularly goes on walks with the dogs, and that the magpie often played in the garden with the cat as if they were friends. How wonderful would it be if those who would be our enemies could be our best friends instead? Friends come in all shapes and sizes, and in the end everyone could get on with everyone. It is the spiritual way to embrace and love all, after all. We often never know who our friends could be. My afternoon walk taught me such a lot. The only negative point of the afternoon I could conceive was the sorrow of the individual magpie. As I looked out onto the garden the magpie had a mate and they were both proudly waddling around the lawn in the fading light of a Norwegian Summer afternoon and under the watchful eye of the cat. Two for joy!

This is a time to focus on your own educative plan, because there are some sincere lessons to be learned. You are biding your time and biting your tongue before you do something that will sincerely put someone in their place, but stored anger does not bode well for you. Mars directs Mercury to ensure that a message does get through.

You just cannot let someone make the mistake that you know they are about to make. On the understanding that this may go against you somewhat, your silence now is hurting you even more. Deep thinking Pluto and wily Saturn are ever close to ensure that when the time does come that you alone do the decent thing!

Basking in the energy of the phasing Moon this week is a great time for you to take some good care of yourself, for a change. There is magic afoot that will release you from nagging doubt, and direct you in a far different direction.

It is what you haven’t yet done that makes the very best of differences to you right now.

Uranus dallies with the potent energies of the Sun this week. You should be very unafraid to take on the new if there is the slightest inkling that you get a better deal elsewhere; because someone is playing games with you, and whilst they won’t win in the end, and they know it, they’ll bring you to your knees just because they can.

An ebullient Neptune brushes up to Mercury in a week that is full of good intention and blessings. You have carved a new niche for yourself, and it is through your own intelligence and foresight that much of the past is now, thankfully, water under the bridge. Focus on what you most need because is time you were rewarded all ways.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

There is more than just a glimmer of hope out there on the horizon, and with faith and application much of what you ask for could be yours. Eliminate fear and believe in yourself all the way because time is on your side!

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KENNY WHEN you told me that I was a twin I couldn’t believe it.

I have only ever been an only child. My Aunt believes in spiritual things and she has confirmed to me that I do indeed have a sister in Spirit. My Mother never told me. Kay Mc.F. Kay, there are secrets given away in readings sometimes, and it is inevitable. I do not take delight in being the person to tell you the truth, for truth’s sake, but your sister was so very close to you that day we met together. I do hope that you do not judge your Mother for holding on to her secret because she will have had her reason, of that I am sure!

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Quick Crossword ACROSS 1. Corpse-like (10) 7. Respond (5) 8. Compelled (7) 10. Female (8) 11. Overtake (4) 13. Tell (6) 15. Type of shed (4-2) 17. Every (4) 18. Perverse (8) 21. Can be stretched (7) 22. Gutter (5) 23. Contrition (10) DOWN 1. Amulet (5) 2. Explode (8) 3. Empty (6) 4. Stagger (4) 5. Let loose (7) 6. Promotion (10) 9. Jarring (10) 12. Under obligation (8) 14. Permission (7) 16. Purpose (6) 19. Diminish (5) 20. Irritate (4)

Cryptic Crossword ACROSS 1. Others keep to the rates they fix (4-6) 7. Film about the capital of Portugal to be the reverse of attractive (5) 8. Even what the serviceman assumes (7) 10. Said earl could be paid for services (8) 11. The highest point of irritation one hears (4) 13. Artist interrupting with spirit (6) 15. Is found in wet weather, but is dried before being eaten (6) 17. Pits a label on classical quotations (4) 18. In which many a low song is sung (4-4) 21. Maybe I bath at the usual place of residence (7) 22. No return in public transport premium (5) 23. One who strides among the birds - they’re a hazard to traffic (3-7) DOWN 1. This will observe one in form (5) 2. The speed with which salad food absorbs it (8) 3. Mother gets employer a firearm .... (6) 4. ....weapon used in Greek rising... (4) 5. ....they are stirred to rise about the end of December! (7) 6. Time-keeper near at hand (5-5) 9. Going into quick production and causing something to be secure (6,4) 12. Fair description of a reasonable examination (8) 14. It involves calculations that are observed to the letter (7) 16. Crayon and adhesive used by learner (6) 19. Rows will produce school imposition (5) 20. Pack some of the trains to Wales (4)

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Monica setting the dodgy records straight Monica Lewinsky, a girl from San Francisco, was front page news around the world in 1998 when at just 24 years old she had an “inappropriate relationship” with US President Bill Clinton.

Once the dust settled on the scandal she took up a variety of ventures including designing a line of handbags, being an advertising spokesperson for a diet plan, a television personality, before leaving the spotlight to study for a master’s degree in psychology in London.

It’s this final pursuit I want to focus on today, as last month Monica was invited to The Cannes International Festival of Creativity, an event that brings together worldwide advertising professionals, designers and digital innovators. This is where the story takes an unfortunate historical twist.

Seventeen years on from the “inappropriate relationship” it became clear that the incident was still uppermost in a lot of minds, as although she was initially offered a seat in a box where Al Gore, vicepresident to Bill Clinton would be sitting, Monica felt uncomfortable enough to make her way to the main audience area.

Gore was there to receive an award for his work in climate change on which Lewinsky said to the The Guardian “I have tremendous respect for the work former Vice President Gore is doing.”

Then Monica opened her heart saying “Not a day goes by that I am not reminded of my mistake, and I regret that mistake deeply. I was swept up into an improbable romance, then swept up in a political, legal and media maelstrom, and thanks to the digital revolution, overnight I went from being a completely private person, to being publicly humiliated worldwide.”

Monica now dedicates her life to helping victims of cyberbullying.

Bit of a tearjerker here, but more than worthy of your time. Amy Happy Birthday!

Donald Trump was bragging last week about the golf courses he´s build around the world. Like Trump International near Aberdeen for example that promised to generate 6,000 jobs, but actually created less than 200. It also left a 90-year-old woman without proper water supply for years, and elderly farmer Michael Forbes, who refused to sell his land to Trump, being called ´an embarrassment to Scotland.´ Greed at its very worse!

Janet Jackson last recorded in 2008, and it was starting to look like maybe she was done. Last week she announced on Twitter her new single will be ´No Sleep´ adding “I hope u enjoy this as much as we enjoyed creating it for u.” Janet worked with the production team that goes back to 1986. She also announced a 36 date US tour, with plans to come to Europe in 2016.

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On Kanye West saying ‘You are watching the greatest living rock star on the planet’ at Glastonbury, the following night Pete Townsend said “Kanye Who?”

Johnny Depp was contracted to play Captain Jack Sparrow in 2001 and with the dosh he bought, wait for it, a village in France! Yes he did! It must have been idyllic times with his then partner French lady Vanessa Paradis. Johnny set about renovating each house, and with the job now complete a mere $26 million will get you Depp Village. Buying and selling property is seemingly an everyday occurrence for Johnny!

Back to the Future has become a film, with a reasonable gap, we all want to see again and again. Director Robert Zemeckis was interviewed by the Daily Telegraph last week and on the subject of Jurassic Park type remakes said “Oh God, no! It can’t happen; certainly not until both writer Bob Gale and I are dead!” Then he bellowed “I mean! To me, that’s outrageous!

Good on you Robert!

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friday 10th July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Neighbourhood Blues 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Frank Skinner: Man in a Suit 24:35 Road Trip

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 13:30 Wimbledon 2015 21:00 Wimbledon 2Day 22:00 Gardeners’ World 22:30 Spitfire Women 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Artsnight 24:30 Weather 24:35 Arthur Ashe: More Than a Champion

saturday 11th July BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 The Box 13:00 BBC News and Weather 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Wimbledon 2015 18:55 Pointless Celebrities 19:45 BBC News 19:55 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 Prized Apart 21:00 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:55 Casualty 22:45 The John Bishop Show 23:30 BBC News and Weather 23:50 Not Going Out 24:20 Would I Lie to You? 24:50 The 13th Warrior

07:55 Private’s Progress 09:30 Wimbledon Classics 11:30 Baku European Games 12:00 Athletics 13:00 The Box 13:30 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 14:30 Talking Pictures 15:05 The Mummy 16:30 Flog It! 17:25 Edwardian Farm 18:25 Gardeners’ World 18:55 Wimbledon 2015 21:00 Wimbledon 2Day 22:00 Mock the Week 22:30 The Battle of Britain 24:00 QI XL 24:45 Golf: Scottish Open

The Mummy 15:05

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Tonight 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Vicious 24:10 Hard Target

07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan 07:45 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Fish Hooks 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:29 ITV Regional Weather 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:35 Surprise Surprise 15:30 1000 Heartbeats 16:30 All Star Family Fortunes 17:15 Tipping Point 18:15 Catchphrase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 22:45 Black Work 23:45 ITV News and Weather 23:59 ITV Regional Weather 24:00 State of Play

07:10 How I Met Your Mother 07:35 Will & Grace 08:00 Will & Grace 08:20 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:45 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:15 Frasier 09:50 Frasier 10:20 The Big Bang Theory 10:45 The Big Bang Theory 11:10 Come Dine with Me 11:45 Come Dine with Me 12:15 Come Dine with Me 12:50 Channel 4 News 12:55 Come Dine with Me 13:55 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:00 Channel 4 Racing 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 The Last Leg 24:05 Man Down 24:40 Jimmy Carr: Being Funny

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 How I Met Your Mother 08:10 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Simpsons 12:55 The Simpsons 13:25 The Simpsons 13:55 Rude(ish) Tube 14:25 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 17:45 Come Dine with Me 18:15 Come Dine with Me 18:45 Come Dine with Me 19:15 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Walking Through History 21:00 The Secret World of Lego 22:00 Ted 24:05 Hot Tub Time Machine

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Conspiracy 22:00 Big Brother 23:30 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:30 Big Brother

07:00 Childrens TV 08:30 Paw Patrol 08:45 Little Princess 09:05 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:40 Cowboy Builders 12:40 Cowboy Builders 13:40 Away All Boats 15:55 To Hell and Back 18:00 5 News Weekend 18:10 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 19:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Transporter: The Series 21:55 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 22:50 Big Brother 23:50 Wedding Disaster Specials 24:50 Caught on Camera

itv2

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 American Pie 2 24:05 Celebrity Juice 24:50 Two and a Half Men

itv2

07:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 12:25 Catchphrase 13:25 Mr Bean’s Holiday 15:10 The Hot Desk 15:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 15:50 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 16:25 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 17:50 Evan Almighty 19:45 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Scary Movie V 24:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

Evan Almighty 17:50

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 The Goldbergs 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Baby Daddy 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Attack the Block 23:50 The Big Bang Theory 24:20 The Big Bang Theory 24:50 Tattoo Fixers

E4

07:00 Rude(ish) Tube 07:25 Rude(ish) Tube 07:50 Baby Daddy 08:10 Baby Daddy 08:35 Suburgatory 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 How I Met Your Mother 10:30 How I Met Your Mother 11:00 How I Met Your Mother 11:30 How I Met Your Mother 12:00 Melissa & Joey 12:30 Melissa & Joey 13:00 Baby Daddy 13:30 Baby Daddy 14:00 The Goldbergs 14:30 The Goldbergs 15:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:30 How I Met Your Mother 16:00 Penelope 17:45 Rude(ish) Tube 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Fast Five 24:40 Gogglebox

Pick of the Week

Mr. Beans Holiday

Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) leaves London and heads to the French Riviera for some fun in the sun in this hilarious family comedy film.

As usual, his plans do not go smoothly.

Saturday 11th July, ITV2 1.25pm

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sunday 12th July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 BBC News 13:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 13:30 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Wimbledon 2015 14:50 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 David Attenborough Meets President Obama 19:35 BBC News 19:50 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Fake or Fortune?

22:00 The Outcast 23:30 BBC News 23:50 BBC Regional News and Weather 24:00 Live at the Apollo 24:45 Don’t Tell the Bride

BBC2

07:30 Homes Under the Hammer 08:30 Countryfile 09:30 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 The Box 12:00 Wimbledon Classics 14:00 Escape to the Country 14:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:30 Prized Apart 16:30 Flog It! 17:20 Songs of Praise 18:00 Natural World 19:00 Wimbledon 2015 21:15 Dragons’ Den 22:15 Odyssey 23:00 Family Guy 23:20 Family Guy 23:40 Wimbledon 2Day 24:40 Golf: Scottish Open

ITV1

07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan 07:45 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Fish Hooks 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:34 ITV Regional Weather 13:35 Love Your Garden 14:35 Long Lost Family 15:35 Overboard 17:45 Midsomer Murders 19:40 ITV Regional News 19:55 ITV News and Weather 20:15 Catchphrase 21:00 Surprise Surprise 22:00 Joanna Lumley’s TransSiberian Adventure 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:19 ITV Regional Weather 23:20 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 24:15 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

CHANNEL 4

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 How I Met Your Mother 08:10 How I Met Your Mother 08:35 Ginetta GT5 Challenge 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 14:35 The Big Bang Theory 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Simpsons 16:30 The Simpsons 17:00 The Simpsons 17:35 Location, Location, Location 18:35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Grand Designs 21:00 Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year 22:00 Humans 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:00 Rude Tube

CHANNEL 5 07:00 Childrens TV 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:30 Paw Patrol 08:45 Little Princess 08:55 Wanda and the Alien 09:05 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:40 Jelly Jamm 09:50 Olly the Little White Van 10:00 LazyTown 10:25 Dora and Friends 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Access 11:35 Police Interceptors 12:35 Police Interceptors 13:30 Police Interceptors 14:35 Every Which Way but Loose 16:45 Dracula: Dead and Loving It 18:35 Oliver & Company 19:55 5 News Weekend 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Police Interceptors Unleashed 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Harry Brown 24:50 Caught on Camera

itv2

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 09:40 Coronation Street 12:35 Take Me Out 13:50 Take Me Out The Gossip 14:30 Love Island 15:35 The Flintstones 17:20 Peter Pan 19:30 The Lost World: Jurassic Park 22:00 Love Island 23:15 License to Wed

E4

07:00 Suburgatory 07:25 Suburgatory 07:45 Melissa & Joey 08:10 Melissa & Joey 08:40 How I Met Your Mother 09:05 How I Met Your Mother 09:30 The Goldbergs 10:00 The Goldbergs 10:30 Hollyoaks 13:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 14:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 15:00 The Net 17:20 Rude(ish) Tube 17:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 Black Knight 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 The Big Bang Theory 23:30 Gogglebox 24:30 Gogglebox

Editor’s Choice Holly Willoughby returns with the fourth series of Surprise Surprise.

Sunday 12th July, 9pm monday 13th July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money: Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 How Safe Is Your House?

21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Have I Got Old News for You 24:05 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:50 Things We Lost in the Fire

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 Escape to the Continent 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Athletics 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Golf: Scottish Open 16:00 Rowing World Cup 17:30 Glorious Gardens from Above 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 Laurence LlewelynBowen: Cracking China 23:00 Hair 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 The Women’s Football Show 24:50 Odyssey

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Vet School 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Rookies 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Plebs 24:10 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

07:00 How I Met Your Mother 07:25 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story 22:00 How to Get a Council House 23:00 Inside the Ku Klux Klan 24:00 Tattoo Fixers

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Abducted: the Carlina White Story 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Stop! Roadworks Ahead 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Under the Dome 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Love Island 24:00 Celebrity Juice 24:50 Two and a Half Men

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 The Goldbergs 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Baby Daddy 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 New Girl 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 Under Siege 2

tuesday 14th July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money: Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Death in Paradise 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Imagine 24:45 The Greatest

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 The £100K House: The Final Fix 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:50 Cash in the Attic 15:35 The Go-Between 17:30 Glorious Gardens from Above 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 The House That £100K Built 22:00 Great Ormond Street 23:00 Hair 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Dragons’ Den

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 21:00 Love Your Garden 22:00 Virgin Atlantic: Up in the Air 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Benidorm 24:40 Murder, She Wrote

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:30 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 Child Genius 23:00 Not Safe For Work 23:50 Career Criminals 24:50 Rude Tube

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Killer Instinct 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 22:00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Bad Bridesmaid 24:50 Two and a Half Men

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 The Goldbergs 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Baby Daddy 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Empire 23:00 Tattoo Fixers 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

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wednesday 15th July BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money: Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Don’t Tell the Bride 22:00 The Interceptor 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 The Trouble with Mobility Scooters

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 Claimed and Shamed 09:45 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:10 Animal Park 15:10 Goodbye, Mr Chips 17:00 Golf: The Open Championship 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 An Evening with Peter Alliss 21:00 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 22:00 Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 21:00 Love Your Garden 22:00 Virgin Atlantic: Up in the Air 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Benidorm 24:40 Murder, She Wrote

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Autistic Gardener 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Dispatches 24:00 How to Get a Council House

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Wrong Woman 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Trauma Doctors 21:00 Sick Note Skivers Exposed 22:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 The Cube 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:30 Celebrity Juice 24:15 License to Wed

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 The Goldbergs 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Baby Daddy 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Jane the Virgin 23:00 Nashville 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

thursday 16th July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Right on the Money: Live 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 The Link 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 DIY SOS 22:00 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Motorway Cops 24:35 This Week

BBC2

07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Call the Council 09:00 Natural World 10:00 Golf: The Open Championship 21:00 Natural World 22:00 Coast 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners

Golf: The Open Championship 10:00

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Superhospital 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Sports Life Stories 24:40 Murder, She Wrote

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Make extra money this summer as a host family for Chit Chat FOR 35 years the Chit Chat Language School has been running its Summer School programme for Spanish students from all over Spain to come and study English.

Do you live in Javea, Benitachell, Calpe, Denia, Gata, Moraira or Pedreguer?

During the day the students are taught at the Chit Chat facilities in Javea, and after school hours and evenings are spent with their British host families. If you are a British family living in Benitachell, Denia, Gata, Javea, Moraira or Pedreguer then please note that more Host Families are needed for this summer due to strong demand. Many Spanish parents regard their children learning the English language as one of the highest priorities of their education, and despite the continuing economic recession more and more children want to attend the Chit Chat programme.

The students are not just taught all day in English at the Chit Chat facilities, they are also ‘immersed’ in everything English by staying with a British host family. This way they also learn some of our customs, experience British cooking, and see how British people live. The students leave feeling far more confident and speaking much better English than when they arrived and everybody has great fun during their stay.

You can request to have 2, 3 or 4 children, and you can also request the sex and age groups ranging from 8 to 16.

The courses are for two, three or five weeks’ duration. The children are at home with you overnight, and go off to the

Chit Chat school by bus for the day, then return (again by bus) about 5pm-ish and are with you for the evening. Apart from having the family evening meal together, this is when the host family comes into its own and the time can be used to really get to know the students and encourage them to use their English and to participate in British family life.

No Spanish speaking needed!

On Saturday the children usually go on organised trips to Benidorm although some prefer to stay at home with their Host Family. There is absolutely no need for the Host Family

to speak Spanish themselves. Indeed, the very idea is to speak English with the children the whole time so that for their length of their stay they are exposed fully to the English language.

A Rewarding Experience!

Finally, it should also be mentioned that financially it also pays well to be a Host Family; and if you are in need of earning extra funds throughout the summer this could be a very good opportunity for you. Call 650 426 677 to speak with Caroline Sinfield, the local Supervisor for Chit Chat.

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First team plays away

JAVEA PLAYERS served up a rollicking evening’s entertainment with the naughty goings on in Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious farce ‘The Kidderminster Affair’ with the four-strong cast firing on all cylinders.

by Jack Troughton THE ACTION centres on a barbecue, Teddy – self-professed king of the BBQ and Lottie Bulbin have invited old friends and neighbours Penny and Reggie Bottlecamp round for dinner al fresco.

Cooking is put on hold because cricket first demands the men’s full attention. However, with guys and girls consuming rather too much alcohol, Teddy and Penny are soon on a sticky wicket over their secret affair at a Kidderminster Travelodge...and by the end of this one-act comedy are caught out behind in the slip ups.

Javea Players’ summer show is very much a social event. The audience gets to eat out in Javea Old Town before descending into the auditorium of the Casa de Cultura and the show – this year’s probably the best yet.

Rosemary Brown played the vulnerable Lottie perfectly, confiding in old school friend Penny, a delightful Graciela Kaplan, she suspects Teddy of having an affair. The man-eating Penny’s wide-eyed expressions not only confirming to the audience there are secret assignations but also she is the part of the dalliance.

Lighting the barbecue, smoothtalking Teddy gets his friend Reggie to admit a wobble in his marriage.

Penny has been spotted by a colleague sneaking into a certain Travelodge – however, he has trustingly accepted it was to arrange his birthday surprise.

Teddy, Gary Johnson wonderful in trying to play a straight bat, comes up with a rather unlikely tale of marital woe in return. Although it is, naturally, linked to Kidderminster, the story leaves Reggie clean bowled, prompting Mike Martin to put on a white coat in an attempt to play umpire in a squirmingly

Dancing in the moonlight

SUCCESSFUL FUND raiser ‘Bop Till You Drop’ had guests packing the dance floor and put over 600€ in Jalon Valley HELP’s Charity Fund.

The evening started with a summer carvery at the El Cid Restaurant terrace in Benidoleig – with beef, turkey and salmon on offer with a selection of salads.

Live entertainment was provided by the Soggy Bottom Band, initially playing some gentle numbers before cranking up the pace and enticing people to their feet.

President Elaine Horton thanked everyone for attending the event – saying it was their willingness to support the charity and buy raffle tickets which helped HELP continue its work in the community.

She also said the charity had purchased a van with donaReggie, Lottie, Teddy and Penny (by Benny Davis). tions from a number of local businesses. Once the vehicle is on the road and officially unveiled, it will carry the names of those who helped purchase it as a token of gratitude.

And HELP’s next fund raising event is ‘A Taste of Spain’, good performance. a tasting of six different wines with complementary tapas, Naturally there is a middle order followed by a three-course meal. The venue is the Tortucollapse, the guilty ones end up ga Restaurant in Jalon, on Friday 24th July and tickets are covered in mayo and trifle before the 19.50€. Call 625 349 599 to reserve a place or visit www. girls band together for a team talk back jalonvallyhelp.com for more information. in the kitchen – frequently known as the pavilion in cricket terms.

And just as stumps were drawn, there was another comic treat. Enter ‘cleaners’ Pat Doidge and Eleanor Joy to perform an unusual ‘Mrs Mop’ striptease in a wonderfully plain daft dance number.

Great choice of material, great comedy, great night out...however, the steaks, like the bails in the Ashes, were burnt.

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Hi Aunty, I KEEP losing the small icon for the computer speaker which means I have no sound. This icon is on the bottom row right hand side next to the internet icon. Only way I find to retrieve it is to system restore.

Incidentally it is only recently that this problem has happened.

Your advice would be much appreciated. Regards, Ray Aunty says: This can be one of two reasons.

Firstly, although you say you have no icon, you do not say if you still have sound. So this may simply be down to the icon being switched off. You may be using some program that keeps turning this icon off.

Assuming you are using Windows 7: Click on the start menu, and type “volume” Windows 7 search should display a matching result: Click on the link labelled “Show or hide volume (speaker) icon on the taskbar” Control Panel will open, and show the “Turn system icons on or off” screen.

The second system icon listed is “Volume”.

Select the Volume’s dropdown menu, and change its value to “On” Click “OK” to confirm and close the Control Panel The second issue could be that the drivers the PC keeps downloading are not compatible or not installed correctly, so you lose the icon as your audio drivers are not installed correctly.

It may be that Windows has decided to install its own drivers, which do not work fully, rather than use your manufacturer’s drivers.

If you know what your audio system is, go to the manufacturer’s website and download the correct drivers for your audio device.

Hi Aunty Virus, HELP! I have a Toshiba satellite on windows 8.1.

Recently my Firefox reduced itself to a small page. I did all the usual display settings and adjustments, to bring it back to full page, but the changes won’t stay.

My other browser is CHROME [ I don’t like] & Outlook Express, both run fine in full page.

I have downloaded Firefox three times, and get the same result.

Any ideas? Many thanks, Bill Aunty says: A bit tricky without seeing the problem, and what exactly you mean by “ all the usual display settings-adjustments”.

Normally I would say if Firefox is not saving its windows and zoon sizes, then it sounds like a corrupted file, but a reinstall should have sorted this out.

Have you tried a “reset” of Firefox, or tried Firefox in “Firefox safe mode” It could be an add.on you have that is causing the problem.

Without knowing the exact problem, may this add-on will help - https:// addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ defaultfullzoomlevel/ Personally I prefer Chrome to Firefox.

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Suffixes

THE FORCE of logic tells me that we must move on to suffixes today although I daren’t even look at how many there really are.

I THINK for now we’ll just stick to one or two common ones if that’s alright with you.

In Spanish there are things called “diminutives” which make things smaller, and “augmentatives” which make things bigger.

For example, “mesa” means table, whilst “mesita” means “little table”, which could also be a side table or a coffee table. An alternative to this “ita” ending is “illa”, and we also have a “mesilla de noche” a bedside table, or as I rather like to call it – “a little table of the night”. The same process works with masculine words – for example “papel” is a sheet of paper, “papelito” a little piece of paper. I don’t remember ever hearing “papelillo”, but we do have “cigarillo” (cigarette) and “mercadillo” (street market), diminutives of “cigarro” (cigar) and “mercado” (market).

Diminutives of all kinds are used when addressing children, who may be told to sit on their “sillita” and eat their “comidita” from their “platito”. Some parents do this to almost every other word which can be rather irritating. We do a similar thing in English when we add the ending “y”, particularly to animal words when talking to children, although this is frowned upon these days. We might say “horsey” which would be “caballito” or “piggy” – “cerdito”. These words can also refer to young animals, such as “gatito” which means kitten.

Different regions in Spanish have different diminutives.

In my former home in Asturias, they ended words with “-ín” and “-ina”. So, whereas the standard word for a little dog is “perrito”, in Asturias it is “perrín”. Standard Spanish

says “camita” for little bed, in Asturias it is “camina”. In neighbouring Cantabria they add “-uca” to words. People from there call the region affectionately “mi tierruca” my “little land”. In Murcia this is replaced with “-ico” and “-ica”. Here people say “espera un momentico” – “wait a little moment”.

The same sort of thing happens with “augmentatives”, although these are not used quite so extensively. A typical “augmentative” is “-on” for masculine and “-ona” for feminine.

As well as making things sound bigger, these endings often add an extra meaning to a word. An example which comes to mind is the difference between “soltera” (a single woman) and “solterona” a good old-fashioned “spinster”. “Silla” (chair) we have already seen reduces to “sillita”, but can also expand to a “sillón” (armchair). In this instance it also changes gender.

As you can see this is a very broad subject and not one that lends itself easily to following rules. It does add a great deal of colour to the language though as many different nuances, such as endearment or even sarcasm, can be expressed by playing with the endings of words.

To illustrate how much colour suffixes can bring to the language, we can look at the ending “azo”. This often refers to a hit or strike with something. A “portazo” is the slam of a door, “guantazo” a hit with a glove, whilst “taconazo” is the strike of a heel. The same suffix also means large though, as I well remember people commenting on my daughter’s “ojazos azules” when she was knee-high to a grasshopper.

Crossword Solutions for Last Week CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Fatally; 7 Moths; 9 Saw; 10 Intestate; 12 Nightingale; 15 Provocation; 17 Starboard; 19 Shy; 21 Leant; 22 Rapport.

Down: 1 Pagan; 2 Lay; 3 Plan; 4 Contagion; 5 Whittle; 8 Resist; 11 Silvering; 13 Hector; 14 Brother; 16 Share; 18 Rear; 20 Spy. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Heathen; 7 Round; 9 Woo; 10 Policeman; 12 Maintenance; 15 Reverberate; 17 Regarding; 19 Pit; 21 Bower; 22 Garland.

Down: 1 Felon; 2 Sty; 3 Zero; 4 Foretaste; 5 Enhance; 8 Linear; 11 Bare-faced; 13 Nobody; 14 Develop; 16 Giant; 18 Near; 20 Elk.

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Short Story Competition

THE TRIO of writers: Rosemary Westwell, Mary McGuire and Hayley Humphrey, are organizing a short story competition for writers worldwide. Entrants send one unpublished short story of 500 words to rjwestwell@hotmail.com by 4th September.

Prizes are £50 first prize, £25 second prize and the third prize is £10. Entrants’ name, address, and phone numbers should be included with their entries. Winners will be announced at a Writers’ Day on Saturday 17th October, 10am to 3pm in Ely Library, Cambs. UK. The judges will be Mary Nichols, (renowned novelist from Ely), Annabelle Reddick of Burrows Bookshop, and Brenda Mead of Cambridgeshire Libraries. Entry for both the competition and the Writers’ Day is free, but you should book your place for the Writers’ Day early by contacting rjwestwell@hotmail.com to avoid disappointment.

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Chill Factor/ Rio

CHILL FACTOR are Pam (vocals) and John Pearson (guitar), who have become one of the most popular duos on the Costa Blanca by performing carefully selected classic rock songs to suit every occasion. Together with their new drummer Enrico Garcia (drums) and Christian Pearl (keyboards) they form the rock band ‘RIO’. The band play classic rock and the type of music includes....Tears for Fears, Coldplay, U2, Simple Minds, Sting, Bowie, Talk Talk, Yes, Peter Gabriel... For more details phone John or Pam on 696 731 290 or check out their web site: www.pamandjohn.net

JULY GIGS: Friday 10: Bar Tropicana, Paichi Centre, Moraira. 9 pm Saturday 11: Private Party Friday 17: Bar Ca La Queka, Els Poblets. 8.30 pm Saturday 18: Coll de Rates Rte., Parcent. 1.30 pm (John Acoustic) Saturday 18: Party in the Park, Gata. 8 pm.

Friday 24: Bar Emillo, Llosa de Camacho. 9 pm Sunday 26: Bar Quo Vadis, Javea. 6 pm Friday 31: Bar Ca La Queka, Els Poblets. 8.30 pm

Hangover Tuesday – Rock & Blues Band “HANGOVER TUESDAY” is an exciting classic rock and blues band which consists of three very experienced musicians.

Kevin Richardson (lead guitar/vocals) is an exceptional guitarist who started playing when he was 9, was on his first European tour by the time he was 16 and has played with, amongst others, 70’s bands White Plains and Zipper. Bob Milner (drums) started playing when he was 15 and his first band was soon playing gigs at well-known London clubs and on the college circuit. Laurence Woodworth (bass guitar) also played in his first group in the 70’s and is a multi-talented all-rounder who can also play keyboards and numerous brass instruments.

The band pride themselves on their eclectic mix of songs; from Wishbone Ash, Free, Cream, Deep Purple, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Pink Floyd, Joe Bonamassa and other respected rock and blues artists, plus some self-penned songs. For bookings and further information call Kevin on 650 208 050 or check out the band’s Facebook page at “blues00175”.

JULY GIGS: Saturday 11: Bar Casa Pepe, Balcon al Mar, Javea. 8.30 pm.

Saturday 18: Lounge Bar, Costa Nova, Javea. 8.30 pm

MP7 Band – Rock and Pop Live ON SUNDAY 12th July, MP 7 will be performing at Bar Quo Vadis, Javea from 6 pm. MP7 are a totally live band that play a fantastic array of well known songs from the Sixties through to the Present Day, that will keep you entertained and hopefully dancing all night long. The band comprises two beautiful girls, ably supported by a trio of Gents, who are united in their passion for performing and playing live music.

The line up is as follows :- Jude (vocals), Mark (drums & backing vocals), Sherry (vocals), Jonty (bass guitar) and Steve (guitar & vocals).

The band are based in the Moraira / Javea area, but also travel throughout the Costa Blanca as required. MP7 are available for private parties, bars, clubs, restaurants corporate events and weddings.

For more information check out their web site: www.mp7partyband.com or call Steve on 663 705 119.

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Sun, Sea And Sex - How To Make Sex Safer!

CAUTION: This article contains graphic details regarding sexual practices and may offend some readers. However this is essential information for all sexually active people.

IN AN ideal world everybody will have one lifelong sexual partner and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) will not be a problem. However, in the real world, STIs are a real problem and can affect us all even if we have only ever had one sexual partner. Unfortunately, sex can be a taboo subject leading to ignorance due to lack of information. STIs affect all classes and ages with most cases being seen in young people and, surprisingly, the over 45s. People need to know about safer sex, in other words, having sex and reducing the risk of passing on a sexually transmitted infection.

Condoms help prevent the transmission of STIs. The risk of transmission of each STI is different and depends on the type of sex you have. Herpes for example can be transmitted by just oral sex but HIV is very rarely transmitted this way.

Anal sex carries the highest risk of acquiring an STI. Infections like HIV and hepatitis are easily transmitted this way. Vaginal sex is the next riskiest form of sex followed by oral sex.

Non-penetrative sex still carries a low risk. Herpes and genital warts can be transmitted this way, skin on skin.

How To Make Sex Safer Use condoms for all types of sex.

Get tested before you start a sexual relationship.

Encourage sexual partners to get tested.

Reduce the number of sexual partners.

Be aware of the effects of alcohol and drugs which can often lead to unprotected sex.

Oral Sex - The Risks?

Most STIs can be transmitted this way.

The risk is greater for the person giving oral sex.

Most people do not protect themselves when participating in oral sex, for example by using flavoured condoms or dental dams.

Making Oral Sex Safer Reduce your number of sexual partners.

Avoid oral sex if you have cuts or sores or a sore throat.

Avoid brushing or flossing teeth before oral sex.

Use a condom for oral sex to reduce the transfer of body fluids which may contain infections and viruses like HIV, Hepatitis B and other STIs. Non Penetrative Sex No form of sex is 100% safe. Even non penetrative contact like body rubbing and mutual masturbation carries some risk.

Sex toys and manual stimulation carry a slight risk as trauma can occur to the delicate lining in the vagina and anus, making it easier for STIs to be transmitted.

Advice Use condoms for all types of sex.

Seek professional advice if you have concerns or symptoms.

Get tested regularly and encourage your partners to get checked.

Enjoy safer sex!

If you have concerns regarding any aspect of your sexual health, call our dedicated sexual health clinic number (0034) 642 64 13 88

Article supplied by Specialist Sexual Health Nurse at Family Medical Centre, Albir. Please call (0034) 642 64 13 88 for more information or to make an appointment.

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Stars and Stripes RED, WHITE, and blue were the colours of the day as the international Navy League of the United States Levante Council celebrated the annual 4th of July celebrations.

by Jack Troughton EL GAUCHO Restaurant in Javea hosted the Independence Day party and Council President Judith Lewis welcomed 80 members and guests to a venue dominated by a huge Stars and Stripes and colourful bunting.

Canadian Lisa Svoboda was the guest speaker and gave the traditional Independence Day Address, reminding everyone of the importance of the anniversary in American history – and the close ties with her own country, which celebrates Canada Day every 1st July.

And the Council’s former President Peter

Langley gave grace in the form of a poem he had written for the event.

Vice President John Power auctioned a ‘bee hotel’ for wild bees, built by member Brian Ratcliffe to plans drawn up by apiarist Hans Sieber of Pedramala – who has a mission to educate the population on the essential ecological importance of the insects.

After a summer break, the Council’s next event is a lunch at La Cocina in Javea on 26th September – new members of every nationality are always made welcome – for more information call Judith on 96 574 7588.

Icing on HELP’s cake

Celebrating 4th July

TEAM MEMBERS from HELP of Denia and the Marina Alta were delighted to be presented with a decorated cake depicting their new logo after a tour of the Benimeli Residential Club.

The charity volunteers accepted an invitation to view the facility and enjoy lunch in the dining room – where staff had baked the cake for ‘postre’.

The new charity logo will not be officially unveiled until September but the design has already won the approval of those who have enjoyed a sneak preview.

Pictured at Benimeli with the cake are (from left) HELP Vice President Catherine Perez-Pinto, President Candy Wright cutting the cake, and volunteers Gail Horler and Linda Arthur.

For more information about HELP of Denia and the Marina Alta and its activities in the community, visit www.helpofdenia.com or go to its Facebook page ‘Help of DAMA’ and click ‘like’.

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The Lions find a good home for over 400 ducks AFTER ALMOST three years of loving care and attention the former Torrevieja Costa Lions Club members have parted company with the 400 plus ducks who competed in the first ever duck race to be held in Spain in September 2012.

by Keith Nicol The Ducks had been especially imported from the United Kingdom with a view to holding an annual duck race in the Torrevieja area. However, after the Lions Club closed down earlier this year, the ducks needed a good home, to continue with their fund raising activities.

After much searching including on Facebook, the Lions believe they have found the perfect solution. Liesl Cavender who, for many years, supported the Lions, along with her husband Richard, contacted Janette Bennett to enquire if the local animal charity S.A.T.S. would be suitable to look after the ducks.

After some discussion everyone agreed

that S.A.T.S. would indeed be eminently suitable and this weekend the ducks raced over to Liesl on their way to their new home at S.A.T.S. Hopefully S.A.T.S. will now quack on and set the ducks to work, raising funds for their own charity.

On their one and only race, back in 2012, the ducks raised over 3,500€ for the Lions who donated all the funds to a young boy from Formentera del Segura who was in much need of medical treatment.

The Lions wish S.A.T.S every success and The ducks raised over 3,500 euros for the Lions hope that they have many quacking fund raising activities.

Ladies Who Lunch donate to Paul Cunningham Nurses

THE PAUL Cunningham Nurses Charity would like to extend their warmest thanks to The Ladies Who Lunch group, for the very generous donation of 503€. This donation was presented to Tricia Lee, Fundraiser for the charity, on Wednesday 1st July. Tricia joined the ladies group in celebrating their 5th year anniversary with a luncheon at La Cosheca Restaurant, Benijofar. It was a delightful afternoon and the food and company were wonderful.

The charity also wishes to acknowledge the ladies hard work and tireless fund raising for their chosen charities and also thank The Ladies Who Lunch for their valued support over the years, it has always been very much appreciated.

The money raised will go towards nursing care for those we have been diagnosed in the latter stages of terminal illness.”

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The 114th OPEN - at St Andrews July 12th - 19th The oldest and arguably the most prestigious title in golf.

By Tony Myles THE NAME implies that anyone can compete and anyone can win it. To a large extent that is true as there are various routes by which players can find their way into this event and every year many great names, who have no ‘exemption’, compete fiercely to qualify because “The Open” is special.

on collecting the Claret jug “This is a day and moment that will live with me forever.”

A three minute video which captures some of the atmosphere is available on this link. And also linked on Campbell’s web site www.clgolf.es https://youtu.be/2CJHRXfHVTs

WHY IS IT SPECIAL? The Open is the world’s oldest golf competition and throughout its history it has both created and destroyed great champions.

It is the competition that bestows the title Golf Champion on the winner.

Because it was the first golf competition its name is simply The OPEN and so there is no requirement to add the word ‘British’. Other nations have copied the concept and so there is a need for these to be identified.

It is an event that holds the greatest prestige in the minds of all players - As Phil Mickelson said

THE MAJOR WAGER As with all the Majors, Campbell will be adding to the excitement with his Major Wager Challenge and all the details are on his web site.

Following my previous attempts at tipping a winner I fully expect several competitors to email me and asking me not to select them. So I will limit my forecasting to suggesting that the young Texan, Jordan Spieth, will be the man to beat. With two Majors already tucked away and a mastery of the game not seen since the early

days of Tiger Woods it is hard to remember that he is still only 21. In the meantime Campbell is suggesting that Louis Oosthuizen is in excellent form and will gain a top five place.

head 2 head Phew, what a scorcher!!

Tony M - Wow, it has been a bit hot recently.

Campbell - Yes well into the 30s most days. Do you still play golf in July and August.

Tony M - Yes, we play early and of course you do become accustomed to it.

Campbell - Really? You can get acclimatised?

Tony M - Certainly. In fact the other day it dropped to 27˚C and one of the guys put on a scarf.

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New CD Torrevieja signings

Football’s back on Monday ON PAPER at least, CD Torrevieja’s new signings bode for an exciting season ahead for 2015/16.

On Monday evening, July 13th, the club’s first training night takes place, along with an open trial for visiting hopefuls from the UK and around Spain. The session kick’s off at 7.30 in the Nelson Mandela Stadium and everyone is invited to watch the session for free.

With transfer window open until the end of August, although money does not change hands between teams at this level of play, as player’s contracts are usually just for one season, a number of new additions have been added to the team. The first addition is the quick footed lefty Luis Carlos Martin Asensio “Luis Carlos”, a Torrevieja lad who played for Torrevieja during 2012-2013. He returns ‘home’ from Novelda CF, where he helped them gain promotion to 2nd Division 2B. One very welcome defensive addition is with central defender David Rives Gambín “David

Rives”, who has missed much of the last two seasons due to his studies and family business.

His main characteristics are in his cleaver passing game, good positional sense and his dominance in the air, being a tad shy of 6’6” at 1.89 tall. David Rives has played for a number of 2B teams. The player left in Vega Baja as a cadet of 15 to join Espanyol, where he played until the first youth year when he joined Atletico Madrid youth, where he spent two seasons until he went to Atletico Madrid “B”, playing for their second team. He then joined Burgos at the age of twenty-two before moving in 2007-08 up north to the Galician side of Ourense; playing twenty matches. In 2008-09 he went to Marbella for two years before joining his last team, Cacereno, and now CD Torrevieja.

Another left sided player joining the club is Eduardo Bernabeu Mesas “Edu Mesas” from

Pego Golf Society News ON AN extremely hot day Pego had thirty one members and three guests turn out for a singles Stableford qualifier. The course was in excellent condition considering the very hot weather. Our captain welcomed our guests, Neil Ewell, Barry Carter and Tricia Chapman. We congratulate the only “two”, Mike Cuerden. Nearest the pin on hole 5 was Paul Trigwell and on hole 16 was Malcolm Cannon.

In division 1, Charlie Millar was 1st with 39 pts off 17.6 hcp. 2nd, with 34 pts off 11.5 hcp. was Donna Green, with Brendan Young 3rd with 34 pts off 15.8 hcp. In division 2: 1st went to Paul Trigwell with 40 pts off 23.2 hcp. 2nd with 34 pts off 18 hcp. was Brian Barden, with Richard Fox 3rd with 34 pts off 19.8 hcp. Congratulations to all. If you would like to play as a guest you can do so by email through our website www.pegogolfsociety.com

BBQ and Bowls at Javea!

ON SATURDAY evening over 50 bowlers celebrated American Independence Day with a BBQ and bowls competition at the Inn on the Green. The dress code for the evening was anything red, white or blue and as our members dug deep into their wardrobes to oblige. The bowls competition was a triples event with each team playing three other teams over six ends and just two teams completed the evening with three wins. In second place was Dee Hamilton, Felicity Jenkins and Sue Kent and the winners, with a better shot difference, were Ritva McAuliffe, Dave Ings and Chris Evans. During the prize presentation we were pleased to announce that Jenny Rich, our Club Captain, has nominated Cancer Care as the beneficiary of this years’ Captains’ Charity. We also announced that the Iberian Open, scheduled to start on Wednesday 2nd September, will have prize money in excess of 3000€! The winners will receive 200€ in the Singles, 400€ in the Pairs, Triples and Rinks plus a 500€ bonus in the Aussie Pairs. Entries may have to be limited, so get your application forms as soon as you can to avoid disappointment!

CF El Castillo. Last season he was one of their best players and helped them to promotion in 2B in Murcia.

The latest addition is the exciting youngster Lewis Joseph Hallen “Lewis” from the UD Horadada. This promising young British player Briton is an exciting goal scorer and maker, who has spent the last two seasons with Santa Pola and Horadada, clubs where has played on loan while under contract to Elche CF. Meanwhile of possible interest to all local businesses, the “200 Club” is now in full swing.

Club PR guru Chris Darwin said; “For just 200€ you have a chance of being a prominent sponsor on the home and away shirts for next season.

But, so you don’t go away empty handed, we

will give you two general season tickets as well, and they cost 200€ to buy. Our “Bring-a-Brush Painting Party” is 100% confirmed for 10.00am, Saturday 18th July. Quesada Colors have kindly donated over 500€ of paint to get us started and we have some willing volunteers, but still not enough. So, we have enough paint but we now need some more help - please email me and let me know if you would like to support us on the day. Refreshments will be provided, you just bring a brush or tray and roller and a determined attitude.” That evening, Saturday 18th July, CD Torrevieja play Cordoba.

With the big pre-season game happening on Friday 24th July, when Steve Bruce and Hull City visit the City of Salt.

Monte Mentals Walking Football

WHAT WAS at first considered by many as a quick fad, or a bit of a joke, have seen the sport of Walking Football grown from strength to strength in the region.

Less than nine months ago, a group from the Full Monte, the CD Montesinos International Supporters Club decided to start an over 50’s walking football activity, which has grown and grown in both the number of players and stature.

The Walking Footballing ‘Monte Mentals’ held their first end of season dinner that attracted 51 players, WAGS and friends to Rincon Miguel’s Restaurant, Los Montesinos, on 30th June. A raffle was held to bolster club funds for the next season, with the first session starting on the 15th September at 10. Every end of season dinner has its awards ceremony and for Monte Mentals it was no different, although, similar to the good humour that is evenident at all games, these had a lighter edge to the awards.

Howard Yeats was awarded “Diving Expert 2015”: Bryan Jones the “Running Man” award; Peter Elliot because of his psychedelic kit changes “Fashion Man of the Year”: Paul Carter “Goal Hanger” 2015: Baz Walker the “Who me ref” award and last but not least for his gentle, kind treatment of his opponents on the pitch, big Harry Richmond, from north of the border was awarded the “SEE YOU JIMMY” award for fair play.

To his great surprise and delight, ‘Montestan’ was given a trophy and some goodies from the players in appreciation for his efforts on their behalf and his work for them.

Stan then thanked all of them especially Howard and Mike Green for their essential support in making the club so successful and confirming that the Manchester City Community Walking Footballers would be coming over to play them in October.

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