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FRUSTRATED AND angry at delays in a verdict in a fraud case has left property victim Andrew Wilford despairing over the Spanish justice system.

by Jack Troughton

Andrew and his wife Kate gave evidence before a Murcia Judge more than 10 weeks ago against the developer of the Trampolin Solera complex near the city.

They maintained their life savings were effectively “stolen” and they were looking to the criminal courts to resolve the issue.

However, despite being told Spanish law requires a judgement in a criminal case within five days – they have been told overworked courts in Murcia are running nine months late.

And said it was even open to a criminal judge to give an indication as to his findings “without prejudice” to the full written version of the judgement.

Justice delayed is justice denied according to the UK court system and Andrew said he was considering taking his “simple fraud case” to the European Court of human rights “since mine have been undeniably ‘assaulted’ by the courts in Spain.”

He added: “Quite frankly, this situation is ridiculous. I assume that most ‘participants’ involved in Spain actually die before the cases are resolved – indeed, maybe this is the objective.”

Andrew and Kate were in the process of buying their Murcia home ‘off-plan’

Andrew Wilford at Trampolin Solera

when in 2008 discovered CAM Bank had granted developer Rafael Aguilera a builder’s mortgage based on an allegedly inflated valuation – despite the building being almost completed - and later sold the property to a third party.

The couple, from Colwyn Bay, say they have lost 200,000€ in deposits and spent around another 100,000€ in legal fees.

He believes they were “clearly defrauded” and the defendant should have been sentenced years ago. “He could have served a prison sentence and been released by now!”

And Andrew asked: “What can be so complicated? I signed a contract to purchase a property, paid nearly 200,000€, the defendant then took out a huge mortgage with CAM Bank and then subsequently a sold my property to a third party. How can that be complicated?

“In any normal civilised society, that

would only take 30 seconds to decide.

I fully appreciate that Spain and the banks are in ‘financial meltdown’ largely as a result of corrupt Spanish developers but does that really mean that citizens of other countries who are partners in Europe should be treated so badly?”

And in a complaint to the Ministry of Justice, Andrew said: “My life savings were effectively stolen by a Spanish national in 2005 and yet here I am some eight years later still trying to achieve justice through your courts system – does this seem fair? I am sure we both know the answer – it is simply not fair!”

He said he was finding it increasingly difficult to understand or appreciate the delay and was frustrated in his attempts to discover the reason. “I am really, after five years of waiting, becoming increasingly concerned as to just what is happening about this matter.”

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by Keith Nicol TORREVIEJA’S NEW plans for their Green Corridor, is now available for public viewing.

You can have a close up look at the Department of Planning of the City or on the municipal website www.torrevieja.es, in section Planning / Planning Information. The new plan offers ideas for three alternative routes, which include the creation of a new recreational area in the Albentosa, close to the existing one, which will include playgrounds and recreation, nature interpretation, and playgrounds, etc. Councilor for Planning, Francisco Moreno announced that the City will apply for grants from the European Union through the ‘Fondos Life Plus 2013,/ Funds Life Plus 2013’, to address this ambitious and innovative project for sustainable development and mobility of people in both natural and urban environments.

The Public Participation Plan Municipal for the Green Corridor, includes a section that runs between the cemetery of the hamlet of La Mata and the Alto de la Casilla, at the top of old Alicante Road, where the Aguamed water

facility is located. Francisco Moreno reported that the public can find out for themselves the alternatives either online or by visiting in person to see the information panels and partake in a series of surveys for citizens who are interested. Moreno pointed out that this is the first appearance of the Green Corridor that has been communicated to the public in order reach as many citizens who are interested in this project as possible, and for them to provide suggestions and ideas , in order to improve the project even further.

Moreno stressed that this plan is also looking for ways for Torrevieja to have a better road network layout that would connect the cemetery of La Mata to the Alto de la Casilla, at the height of Hospital Quirón. The government have proposed three alternative routes, for consultation. The Municipal Green Corridor was publicly presented by the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, in January 2013, with the aim of developing a total of 85 kilometers of footpaths and cycle paths. Moreno stressed that one of the most important activities is the rehabilitation of the perimeter roads around the lakes of Torrevieja and La Mata.

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Council calls for asset law freeze

Steve Iball and Jennifer Cunningham

by Jack Troughton A COSTA Blanca town hall has called for the Ministry of Finance to put its controversial asset declaration law on ice and rethink how foreign holdings should be reported.

Javea Council has officially declared its opposition to Law 7/2012 and regulation 720 under which Spanish nationals and expats considered tax residents must declare overseas assets worth more than 50,000€ - or face prohibitive penalties.

The town hall is the first to take such a stance and has called on other municipalities with large number of foreign residents to support its stance.

It urges Madrid to place a moratorium over the legislation in order to properly inform all taxpayers of the regulation and to adapt the model with simple, easy to understand forms that did not require submission by digital means “and the removal of disproportionate penalties.”

The motion further calls for a review of the law to achieve equality with the tax systems of other EU states to avoid international double taxation, where information is exchanged between member states which for individuals “in many cases is impossible to provide” and only holdings in ‘tax havens’ should it be dependent on individuals to provide information.

Last month Javea’s Deputy Mayor exclusively told RTN about his concerns for expats burdened with the declaration and his intention to act.

The leader of Xabia Democratica said after the last week’s council meeting: “Other councils like to talk about it, but in Javea we do something about it.

ACTION “Actions speak louder than words and we as a council – irrespective of party loyalty – all believe this motion is right. The town of Javea has spoken, now hopefully others will follow us.”

He believes it would be an “economic catastrophe” if expats left Spain and “took

their business elsewhere” because of the heavy-handed legislation designed to reduce tax evasion by Spanish people taking money out of the country.

Instead, law abiding expats were being caused “unnecessary anxiety” – while some had decided not to register on the town hall census or ask to have their names removed.

“This is terrible. Javea is losing its share of government money because of this,” added the councillor.

Model 720 needed for the declaration can only be completed online by an accountant or lawyer with a digital signature – this is considered too restrictive as there is a cost involved and involves disclosing highly sensitive and personal information.

The official deadline to make a declaration was on Tuesday (30th April) and it was clear many people were “going right to the wire”.

HOST Last Thursday evening Jennifer Cunningham Insurances in association with the deVere Group hosted a second seminar at Javea’s Parador Hotel in a bid to answer queries.

Steve Iball, deVere’s area manager, said the seminars were successful but it was clear many people were “running right up to the line” before making a declaration.

“The usual question is ‘will the Spanish give an extension to the deadline?’ The answer is ‘no’,” he told RTN. “The law is the law and if people need to make a declaration, they should declare their assets.”

He said the responsibility was on the individual but accountants and lawyers would do their upmost to insure the forms were correctly completed. “The problem is when people live here in Spain their foreign assets are out of sync with Spanish tax laws,” said Steve.

“People who should pay their taxes here still have a foot in the old country.

“But this is all part of getting their affairs in order and in doing that there is a declaration of worldwide assets. People should be complying with the law.”

The good news and the bad news for public health THE GOOD news is that the Valencian health authority has trimmed its prescription bill by €250 million in the past year. The bad news is that doctors have detected an increase in patients who leave their medication on permanent prescription, preferring to avoid consultation.

And medical practitioners warn that pensioners and patients who are chronically ill are ‘selecting’ drugs they believe they can afford, neglecting to take home vital medication. Carlos Fluixá, president of the Valencian Society of Family and Community Medicine, warns: “This is a real health risk, since in most cases the selection is made based on economic criteria. It is important that patients understand they are risking their health by taking only the medicines they can afford.” Sadly, it is not always a case of ‘cannot afford’. Many patients simply do not have the money to pay for expensive drugs that are only partly subsidised by the authority.

More demands on the coast

by Keith Nicol

CLR‘S PEDRO Mancebo demanded of Orihuela’s Government the installation of temporary pedestrian traffic lights at Cala Mosca and believes that this can help solve a dangerous problem for pedestrians until the builder Gomendio completes the planned foot bridge. The CLR team has demanded that the PSOE and Green government initiate the necessary steps for the installation of temporary pedestrian traffic lights on the N-332 to allow the safe passage of pedestrians from Alameda del Mar to Cala Mosca which is in the centre of a 3 kilometer stretch with no facility at present for pedestrians to cross safely. Pedro Mancebo identified this spot as highly dangerous for pedestrians as the N332 divides Cala Mosca from Alameda del

Mar, where many seniors and families with push-chairs reside.

CLR urged the plenary meeting in Orihuela last Wednesday to request permission from the roads department to put temporary pedestrian traffic lights at this location like on other national roads, quoting the N-340 in the Bonanza Raiguero as an example. Mancebo explained that the councilor for the Coast, Martina Scheurer said that she had requested a zebra crossing, but Mancebo that a zebra crossing would be too dangerous on this type of road.

The installation of pedestrian traffic lights should be provisional because the urban plan requires Gomendio, the developer of Cala Mosca to build a pedestrian bridge. Mancebo says that for safety reasons the installation of temporary pedestrian traffic lights is essential until the pedestrian bridge,

IAG finalises Vueling takeover SPANISH LOW-COST carrier Vueling is to become part of British Airways and Iberia parent International Airlines Group today (Friday) following IAG’s successful €123.5 million cash tender offer. Vueling will be a ‘stand-alone’ company within IAG, with CEO Alex Cruz reporting directly to IAG chief executive Willie Walsh. Walsh said: “Vueling is a great airline and will be a welcome addition to IAG where it will benefit from the group’s financial strength.”

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which is within the project, is built, and should be built regardless of whether Gomendio can or cannot develop his land. Mancebo said that the builder has all permits necessary and that the construction of the pedestrian bridge is authorized.

Ms. Scheurer was unsure because the building of Cala Mosca was not actually underway. The CLR municipal group led a motion at the plenary requiring the promoter build the bridge regardless of the outcome of the development of Cala Mosca. According to Mancebo the ideal solution would be to build the pedestrian bridge, but in the meanwhile considers it feasible to install pedestrian traffic lights to allow pedestrians cross from one side of the road to the other more safely. Currently the closest safe crossings are at Punta Prima and Playa Flamenca.

Sexy apps on the up SEXUALLY-THEMED apps are proving highly popular with Spanish citizens. Although explicit sex scenes are prohibited, the remaining extensive range of naughtiness is highly erotic.

Some instructional applications such as ‘how to kiss’ comes complete with sound effects – just apply lips to the screen for a highly satisfying, slurpy smacker courtesy of Kiss Me Baby, Hello Kisses or Kiss Me – you get a rating of one to 10! And the Kama Sutra is already available as

an app along with a number of applications designed to find a sexual partner, like the gay-themed Grindr.

IJML (I Just Made Love) allows subscribers to receive information from other couples ‘in the act’ and ‘Pajímetro’ records ‘level of performance’ with some inspiring and erotic sounds available to enhance the process such as sleigh bells, the sound of a whip cracking, sheep bleating or even cows mooing for horny customers.

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Thousands march against unemployment

by Keith Nicol MAY FIRST might mean nothing more than yet another Red Day to the majority of the International Community, but Labour Day is taken much more seriously by many working class Spaniards. On Wednesday thousands of people demonstrated in Murcia on the occasion of International Workers Day, called by the unions UGT, CCOO, USO, Inter and Gestha, under the slogan “They have no limit, fight for your rights”.

According to the organizers about 10,000 people took part in the demonstration, in the Plaza Circular. The demonstration was headed by the general secretaries of the unions, combined under a banner that read “1 May. Against unemployment, precariousness and cuts” after the various associations and groups such as the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH), Broadcasting workers in

the Region of Murcia (RTVRM), ERE, PSOE and IU. UGT Secretary General, Antonio Jimenez, said it is “time for a great social and economic pact to solve the problem of unemployment”, starting with the repeal of the labor reform and guiding policies towards “ overcoming poverty and exclusion.” Union leaders have also referred to the adjustments that the regional government will announce in the coming days, which in the opinion of Daniel Bueno is “full-blown surrender of benefit to the markets”, while Jimenez stated that “we must change the roadmap “. “Politicians need to put in place effective measures to create jobs and whimsical projects, and entrepreneurs who work,” said Jimenez.

The demonstration, which went off smoothly and without incident ended with the reading of a manifesto and the testimonies of some about their present difficulties and plight.

Bad weather drops Hotel occupancy Keith Nicol BAD WEATHER over the past weekend had a major negative effect on lost bookings over the May ‘bridge’ holidays. According to data provided by the president of the Association of Cartagena Hotels, Maria Dolores Sanchez, in many cases, bookings were below the minimum needed for the hotels to break even.

Many hoteliers were pinning their hopes that this bridge could change the downward trend

they have had so far this year, as they looked forward to the addition of May 2nd being a public holiday in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. Madrid accounts for the most visitors to the city that require accommodation at this time.

This week, many hotels were left with half occupancy figures, barely exceeding 35%, except for some of them as the NH Cartagena, located next to the Plaza Héroes de Cavite, which was half full.

Bad weather, with rain and cold for almost the

entire bridge period and “especially the economic crisis’, are the factors that have kept visitors away, according to Maria Dolores Sanchez.

The manager of the Manolo Hotel, located on Avenida Juan Carlos I, lost a diving tour group from Madrid that traditionally book every year around this time, to enjoy diving in Cabo de Palos. “We’ll be just 15% full. Others, like the Alfonso XIII, will be at 30%, and NH Campo de Cartagena only reach 20%!”

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Desperate Spaniards scam insurance companies FRAUD BY insurance policy holders in the Valencian region increased dramatically last year with 6,085 cases declined against fraudulent claims, mostly in the automotive insurance section.

by Jan Gamm The 2012 figures rose more than 25% in 2012: in 2011, 4,860 fraudulent claims were uncovered. Nationally, the statistics showed a 12% increase. Up to ten people from the same family attempted to charge substantial compensation based on invented injury reports.

DESPERATE And desperate Spaniards suffering financial hardship during the economic recession have sadly been caught hacking off parts of their own bodies to claim pay outs: one man cut off his hand with a chainsaw but claimed he had been in a car crash. He aimed to claim €2.4 million in compensation.

Jail sentence for animal cruelty A WOMAN in Jaen has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and fined 900€ in addition to 500€ in vets fees for throwing her neighbour’s Chihuahua out of a window. The dog had apparently escaped from his home next door and strayed into the woman’s apartment. She promptly flung it out of the third storey window. Following the owner’s denouncement to the Guardia Civil a case was brought against the woman

by Seprona: the little dog suffered internal injuries as a result of the fall but has made a full recovery.

Valencian region second only to Madrid for bullying of children THE ANAR Foundation detected 165 new cases of violence against minors throughout 2012 in the Valencian region, a figure second only to Madrid.

And attacks on adolescents aged around 13-14 years by their parents is becoming a serious concern. The Anar Foundation is a non-profit organisation dealing with violence against children.

During 2012 the Foundation handled 324,000 calls linked to physical, psychological and sexual abuse of minors.

Around 130 queries per day are received with an average of four in ten resulting in action being taken against an abuser. Anar Director Benjamin Ballesteros says the main concern is that 64% of abused children and adolescents are accustomed to being bullied by their abuser and so do not make a report.

Investigators exposed the fraud when the 35-year-old’s suspiciously clean injuries were not consistent with those expected as a result of a road accident and also he could not present a damaged vehicle. Another desperado from Valencia chopped his arm off above the elbow and tried to claim €655,000.

SOCIAL NETWORKS With unemployment approaching 6.2 million, the Spanish insurance industry is now spending around €10 million on fraud investigation annually to save paying out a staggering €411 million nationally. Unbelievably, fraudsters are silly enough to divulge their spending habits on Facebook and Twitter – now a major source of information for investigators.

Scams include setting fire to business premises, cars reported ‘stolen’ and later found burned out, jewellery hidden and reported stolen, fake burglaries… a favourite is ‘accidentally’ dropping a costly laptop in order to claim cash against a newer model.

Most fraudulent claims are for minor losses against claims of less than 500€. However, there is a network of insurance fraudsters directly linked with organised crime gangs, causing deep concern amongst investigators.

A report by the Investigation Co-operative of Insurance Companies revealed that false claims doubled in the past five years, reaching 146,792 in 2012. ICIC Chairman José Antonio Sánchez said: “This rise reflects the economic crisis situation in which we find ourselves.

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by Jack Troughton CHARITY ‘BRUISED but not Broken’ was launched to honour the life and courage of Rebecca Isaacs who died in 2010 aged 32 after a four year battle with cancer.

Covering the whole of Valencia, President Lorraine Brown – Bec’s mum – said it was founded to offer loved ones and carers of people suffering from the “too often deadly disease” a respite break and a chance to recharge their batteries.

Lorraine, who lives in Xixona and works at The English Shop in El Campello, said throughout her illness Bec’s main concern was for the people around her, the ones supporting her through her battle.

She told RTN: “Throughout her illness she described herself as ‘bruised but not broken’. She was never a quitter and was always steadfast – she said ‘pain is temporary, quitting is not’. It gave me the inspiration for the name of the charity.”

The charity was founded in 2011 and raises money in both Spain and the UK – where former friends of colleagues of Bec and husband Ollie keep busy undertaking sponsored events.

“We are doing pretty well with Bruised but not Broken,” said Lorraine. “In the last three or four months it is really kicking off here – before that I was almost running it on my own but there are other people involved now, who are helping organise more things.

“We now have money in the bank but I cannot spend it because no one is coming to me. We need more recognition – I want to spend the money and do some good with it!”

Lorraine said ‘respite’ was very important to Bec when she was sick. “She was never concerned for herself but the people around her looking after her – which in the last couple of months of her life was mainly me. She always wanted me to sit down and take a break.” And she added: “I would like to take family members away for a short time – just for a night out in a restaurant or over a weekend, just to pull them away and let them recharge a little. You cannot look after someone if you are out on your feet and worn out.”

Bruised but not Broken is staging a ‘Walk for Life’ on Sunday 19th May along 3km of the seafront between El Campello and Muchavista beaches. It is open to everyone regardless of age but it is hoped families will get involved, as Lorraine said: “This is, after all, a disease which can affect the family unit as a whole.”

Registration is 5€ and ‘registration packs’ are available at the English Shop, including a Walk for Life t-shirt, a wristband and information about the charity. There are discounts for families walking together.

For more information call Lorraine on 96 562 6036 or 627 909 521 or Heather on 647 261 745, or email lorraine@bruisedbutnotbroken.co.uk. The charity also has a Rebecca website www.bruisedbutnotbroken.co.uk Isaacs

Bankia claims to be back in profit SPANISH lender Bankia is ‘out of the red’ after record-busting losses of €19.2 billion for 2012 followed by an EU-sponsored bailout. The bank has now declared a €74 million profit for the first quarter of 2013. In response to RTN’s enquiry as to whether the bank would now consider mortgage lending a Bankia branch representative was predictably evasive, commenting on the “…continuing instability of the economic environment

Spot checks on motorcyclists LOCAL POLICE in Elche have commenced a programme of spot checks on motorcyclists in the area. The Councillor for Police and Traffic, Manual Moya, announced that the controls will continue until 5th May: “The involvement of local police in this campaign is essential to reduce the incidence

of dangerous and illegal road behaviour on the part of motorcyclists,” he said. The controls will target motorcyclists that fail to observe the speed limit, wear their helmets incorrectly or not at all (according to statistics, three out of four motorcyclists die as a result of head injuries), do not carry a valid ITV certificate and ignore the correct procedures for over-taking.

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Contract clause PLEASE INFORM your law abiding readers who do insure their cars that when they change or take out insurance, there is a clause in the contract in which they must inform the insurance company two months in advance that they wish to cancel the contract even though the renewal notice is only sent out two weeks before the existing contract expires.

Obviously it is not in the Broker / Agents’ interests to send out the renewal price too early as this will give the customer a chance to shop around - this clause was not enforced before.

One company is now enforcing this clause, sending out solicitors’ letters that if the required notice was not given the premium has to be paid. Maybe it’s me being sceptical but when I was at the Broker’s office another customer complaining about receiving a solicitor’s letter was a fellow Brit?

It appears that the only way that you can get a competitive quote when your renewal is due is to issue a letter of cancellation as soon as you take out your insurance but please ensure it is written in Spanish or it will not be acceptable.

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Cycle helmets law

DEAR MR Deller, Re your article in RTN on 28th April – 2nd May on helmets for cyclists: The last that I heard was that it was being considered for use in cities such as Madrid but not in the general countryside.

When did this become law and why was it not publicised? Here in Rojales none of the elderly gentlemen that zig-zag around the village or down the roads are seen wearing a helmet - only those on mopeds.

The police and Guardia here do not take any notice of them.

MJ Pinner

Dog fouling is out of control I HAVE lived in Torrevieja since 2002. I cannot help notice how dog fouling has become completely out of control.

I have also owned many pets over the last thirty years. I live in the Jardin Del Mar area and the sight and smell of the communal areas, especially around Fase V11, have become disgusting. It is not just this area - it is everywhere you walk – pavements, roads and in public parks.

These dog owners need educating in dog management - most of the dogs are just let out on their own to foul wherever they wish.

The majority of owners take their dogs no further than the communal areas instead of taking their pets for a long walk and cleaning

up the mess as they go. Owners unable to take their dogs for a walk of further than 50 meters should not own them.

Humans can contract hookworms, tapeworms, threadworms and campylobacteriosis – the main reason to avoid allowing dogs (especially puppies) to lick your face and mouth - a dog that has recently eaten faeces or groomed their hind quarters can pass infection directly into your mouth.

Children are especially vulnerable to infection because they tend to enjoy playing in the dirt, where parasites such as hookworm larvae lay dormant waiting for a new host.

Rod Lacey

Speedy recovery

DEAR MICHAEL White, I was so sorry to read of your affliction Sudokuphilia: it must be very worrying for your dog.

After establishing your complaint was not in fact an anagram I researched your ailment and established some interesting facts.

According to ‘it that knows all’, known as Google, you are the first sufferer of this complaint in the world. Fortunately a well-known online sales company offer a solution known as an ‘Anti Sudoku-philia device’. Its looks suspiciously like glasses with completely opaque lens.

Cunning yet practical…

Hope this helps you to a speedy recovery.

Rob Innis, Torrevieja

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Europe’s youngest monarch takes the throne of the Netherlands

by Jan Gamm CROWNED HEADS from all over the world attended the abdication of the Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix this week as she handed the throne to 46-year-old Crown Prince WillemAlexander, who becomes the nation’s first King in more than a hundred years and Europe’s youngest monarch. Queen Beatrix will be known henceforth as ‘Princess Beatrix’.

Willem was invested as King of the Netherlands at Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam. He is married to Maxima, now Queen Maxima, a former investment banker from Argentina, and has three young children.

A million Dutch citizens celebrated the occasion with pavement parties and set up traditional bric-a-brac stalls, dancing in the streets wearing signature orange inflatable crowns.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said: “Her Majesty is a formidable lady who has ruled this country for more than 30 years.

There are many tears as well as celebration to mark this occasion.”

Europe’s 2,000 royals and their representatives turned out in spectacular finery to witness the investment of King Willem Alexander, including Britain’s Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall and Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia.

Shakira fined 1,900€

THE LABOUR Court in Barcelona has sentenced Colombian singer Shakira to compensate a couple who worked for her with more than 1,900€ on grounds of unfair dismissal. She fired DivierHenry H and Maritza-Isabel A, who worked for her in her apartment in Barcelona as cook and chauffeur, without written notice in April 2011 over a disagreement concerning a dinner they had prepared. The couple also claim they were subjected to threats and required to work up to 17 hours at a stretch. They presented the court with a case based on the ‘breach of their fundamental rights’ on 18th June. The pair had worked for Shakira since 2002, first in the Bahamas and later in Barcelona but only their period of service in Spain could be taken into account. Shakira, accompanied by her partner FC Barcelona player Gerard Piqué, objected that the couple had “resigned peacefully” and were not sacked. Either party may appeal the judge’s decision.

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Slim into summer with Fast Track Hypnosis THE HOURGLASS figure has long been considered the epitome of female perfection but this week, statistics revealed that never has the hourglass figure been harder to achieve for today’s women. Waists measure on average seven inches more than they did in the fifties and total body weights are half a stone heavier.

By Jonathan Gilchrist Fast Track Hypnosis deals with the vital aspects surrounding weight gain and loss.

The reasons behind overeating are all in the mind: the only way to address the reasons behind overeating is to use a treatment that goes straight to the heart of the matter with Fast Track Hypnosis.

If you have an addiction, the reason for that addiction can be found buried in your subconscious. And overeating is an addiction to food.

Psychotherapy can take quite a long time to truly address behavioural patterns developed over a lifetime: Fast Track Hypnosis focuses all of its might on the subconscious within four sessions to do just that. And some problems can be helped within just the one session, such as weight control or stopping smoking!

THE SCIENCE: The subconscious is the storage compartment of your brain where fears, hopes, dreams and nightmares along with good and the bad memories are packed away. Hypnosis is a relaxed state of mind, induced through hypnosis and audio-visual technology.

So relaxed is the mind that it goes on standby - the active part of the brain. If you’re wondering what to cook for tea or if you left the bathroom light on… well, this is the area that is relaxed. It isn’t switched off: simply resting. Now the subconscious switches on and actual therapy begins, positive suggestions implanted into the subconscious with your brain absorbing this positivity and overwriting the negative.

Out of Hypnosis, the active mind reboots and all of these new ‘installations’ become active.

Where weight gain is concerned, we determine why you overeat, then combat that issue while you are in the supremely relaxed state of hypnosis.

We then go through your weight loss strategy. As good as hypnosis is at transforming the mental state, it takes time to get your body into peak physical condition.

However, the length of time it does take is dramatically reduced. Your willpower will never be as strong. You’ll be supremely motivated and ready to start dieting, all in just the one thirty minute Fast Track session.

Appetite is habit. You’re bored, there’s nothing on TV and suddenly you fancy a packet of biscuits! Hunger is when your body is running low on fuel: it needs food to burn so that your body’s systems can run at peak speed, while appetite encourages you to eat more than you

need. During your session, these habits are addressed and the subconscious is tweaked until it is back on track.

Discard the miracle weight loss solutions that pop up on any search engine. Instead visit me and we’ll address those weight issues.

You’ll achieve the figure you’ve always wanted - Fast Track Hypnosis is the answer!

Alan and Jonathan hold their Fast Track Hypnosis sessions in Cabo Roig,Guardamar, Benidorm. For an appointment, brochure, or free of charge initial consultation, contact Jonathan Gilchrist for Spanish clients on 691 784 954: Alan Gilchrist on 659 229 408. www.alangilchristinspain.com www.hypnosiscostablanca.com www.thegastroband.com Email: jonathangilchristbh@gmail.com Twitter: @HypnosisBH!

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The pub on the floss (dental, of course) Watts In Britain By

Paul Watts

WHOEVER WERE the group of town planners commissioned to mess with Nuneaton in the 1970s I know not; but what I do know is this - they should’ve been taken into the town square, tied up and roundly birched.

Beautiful Georgian buildings are lost amongst the hideous concrete blocks that pass for retail space. Narrow lanes were split into cavernous ‘malls’. The roads into and out of the town centre were built with such malice towards car users that utter frustration is all that one can expect on the clogged ride in and out. Inappropriate roundabouts designed by morons cause gridlocks: it is a nightmare. You can, at certain times, expect to spend many unhappy hours queuing for the pleasure of accessing the town centre.

Along Newdegate Street in the ‘town square’ there is a statue to the town’s one luminary, nineteenth century novelist Mary Anne Evans (aka George Eliot) and I swear that the expression on her face is one of utter despair. That such literary genius would flourish here now is impossible. When you consider that both Julian Barnes and Martin Amis described her 1872 work, Middlemarch, as the greatest novel in the English language tells you something of her pedigree. But I’m guessing that back then the 1970s planners hadn’t started their evil plans to bugger the place up and therefore her artistic bent was allowed to flourish…

Anyway, all of this is of no avail other than to set the scene. I was driving away from said town centre along Camp Hill (I kid you not) to join the A5 and civilisation when I passed a pub with a huge sign outside saying:

“No Parking For The Dentist!” It made me laugh out loud and after the horrors of trying to leave Nuneaton I thought a soupcon of something that I fancied might well be in order. I might also find out why the dentist had been barred from this particular hostelry.

The pub was amusingly called something like, The Froth On The Mill, or some other wordplay on a George Eliot theme; it boasted a long frontage with a huge, almost empty car park and large pleasant beer garden. It also boasted a huge landlord with a large, pleasant beard. Let’s call him Mr Tulliver for the purpose of this tale. As Mr T pulled a pint of the local nectar I jerked my thumb towards the sign in the car park and enquired, “What did the dentist do to receive such a ban?” He grinned a toothy grin and much encouraged by this I prattled on: “Was it some dodgy dental implant or maybe a mucked up malocclusion that caused the offence?”

He looked at me nonplussed but having recently digested a dentist’s dictionary I carried insanely on: “could it have been aggravated abutment or just poor periodontics?” Catching on to the theme Mr T shook his head, “No it wasn’t even buggered up braces or mangled molars. Unfortunately the truth is quite boring.” And the truth was simply that the sign writer should have said: “This car park is not for users of the dental surgery.”

Apparently, the nearby dentist had recently expanded but had failed to provide adequate patient’s parking. “The sods kept blocking up my en-

The Mary Anne Evans statue

trance,” tutted Mr T, “after the receptionist told em it was okay to park here.” He winked, “Bloody cheek!

Wouldn’t have been quite so bad if they’d come in for a drink after the drill…”

Oh well folks, if you’re ever leaving Nuneaton heading north along Camp Hill why not pop in and see Mr Tulliver. I’m sure Mary Anne Evans would approve…

Watts in Nuneaton, so you don’t have to be…

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Los Alcazares Murcia is Spain’s major Lemon exporter proclaimed a ‘hidden gem’ for investors

FOREIGN PROPERTY speculators are turning their attention to Los Alcazares as an ‘off the beaten path’ possibility as a source of solid investment.

by Keith Nicol ANGEL GARCIA Lidón, the Director General of Agro-Food Industry and Agricultural Training made an announcement this week regarding the growing trend of exporting lemons from the Region of Murcia. He said, “Lemons are becoming increasingly popular in foreign markets and have been increasing in sales since the 2004-2005 campaign, according to sources within the regional government.”

Murcia is now the main exporting region nationwide, with Spain accounting for 63% of all Lemons produced in the EU. In 2011-2012 season, 84 percent of regional production was exported to European Union countries. The main customers are, in order, Germany, France, Poland, United Kingdom and Italy, who during the last campaign received 78 percent of total exports from Murcia.

The Region of Murcia has 22,771 acres of citrus varieties Fino (79 percent) and Verna (21 percent), which represents 58 percent of the total lemon growing area of Spain (40,801 hectares). The lemon production is mainly concentrated in the region of the Vega del Segura, Guadalentin Valley and Campo de Cartagena, and to a lesser extent, in the regions of the Altiplano and Mula River.

In the European Union, there are 62,855 hectares of lem-

on under cultivation. Spain is the largest Member State, which holds (63.4 percent of the total), while the Murcia Region accounts for 37 percent of the European total. Italy ranks second, with 16,634 acres, followed by Greece, with 5,180 hectares. Also in 2011-2012, lime production in the European Union amounted to 1.2776 million tons, of which 58 percent were from Spain and of that. 31.5 percent was produced in the Region of Murcia.

With prices for lemons being possibly the lowest in Spain in Murcia and Valencia, Lemons are known for many other properties other than just adding flavour to your favourite dish or drink. For instance, you can remove refrigerator odors with ease by dabbing lemon juice on a cotton ball and leaving it in the fridge for several hours.

Due to their alkaline properties, they can brighten dull aluminum, refresh cutting boards, clean your microwave and even keep insects out of the kitchen because even roaches hate the smell.

Outside of the kitchen, they are also used in cleaning products, for fabrics, deodorizers and in beauty products.

Lemons are known to be excellent for lighten age spots, for creating blonde highlights while you are sitting in the sun, to clean and whiten nails, freshen your breath and also for cleansing your face.

Los Alcazares is typically a holiday resort but in addition is a thriving centre of commerce offering employment for those who wish to live and work in Spain. The area offers popular water sports such as sailing, diving, windsurfing and kiteboarding with the added attraction that the Mar Menor beaches hold blue flag awards.

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Islands get together REPRESENTATIVES OF the governments of the disputed Gibraltar and Falklands Islands were guests at a lunch to mark the 60th birthday of the European Union of Women.

by Jack Troughton

Sukey Cameron and Albert Poggio

FORMED IN 1953 during the dark days of a divided Europe to promote peace and friendship between women, the organisation continues to welcome members from new democracies across the continent.

The Diamond Jubilee was organised by the British section of EUW and welcomed guest speaker Albert Poggio OBE, the London spokesman of the Gibraltar Government and Sukey Cameron, a member of the Falklands government – both congratulating the women’s group on its aims and the anniversary.

Mr Poggio sent a message of friendship from the people of Gibraltar and underlined they too wanted to live in peace and democracy. Outlining the 300 years of British history linked to ‘The Rock’, and he said the islanders hoped for the continued and successful negotiations with Spain on securing the future of a “British Gibraltar”.

Costa Blanca resident Margaret Hales, MBE, the International Vice-President of EUW, was at the celebration and said: “AS we remember the hard times of our founders post World War Two and the years of negotiation there has been to secure a peaceful Europe, it was fitting to have Albert Poggio reminding us of the history of Gibraltar and the need to work with our Spanish friends to end the institutionalised arguments over our Rock.”

For further information, the EUW has a website www.europeanunionofwomen.com for further information.

Hannah returns to the place of her birth

Hannah with her father’s papers HANNAH KAISER, the 75-year-old daughter of two International Brigade members, Austrians Hans and Dora Kaiser, who worked as a doctor and nurse in the Franciscan convent that became the Republican hospital in Benissa, has returned for the first time to the village where she was born on 3rd February 1938. She has lived in England for most of her life but never visited

Benissa until now. The war years were terrible…” she recalled. Hannah and her parents crossed the Pyrenees into Southern France where they were interned in a refugee camp. In 1939, Hannah settled in England, where her father later died.

“My mother always told me that the two years she spent in Spain were the most important in her life,” said Hannah. “Now, after 75 years, I am back.”

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More useful “information not emphasise enough the importance of signing on if you have a property here or rent one on a long term basis.

There are actually only 9,000 British registered on the padron in Javea. The deputy Mayor considers there are at least double that amount residing here if not more… which means less money for the town hall from the Valencian Government to cover Health Care, Police, Post Office, roads, etc. Which of course is unfair you are actually the ones who in the end suffer the consequences, as we all do.

I am very proud to be associated with deVere, which is such a prestigious company and the biggest independent financial group in the world with offices worldwide, associated with some of the most famous investment houses such as JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. CEO Nigel Green or a member of his staff can often be seen often on British television discussing finance.

On another subject, the British Consul has been arranging seminars recently in all the major towns in the area regarding the correct usage of the EHIC card. For any of you who were unable to attend I will summarise the most important details.

WHO IS ENTITLED TO USE THE EHIC CARD? If you are on holiday or on a temporary stay in Spain, e.g. you have a second home and here during some months of the year, but still consider that your main home is in the UK, you can use the European Health Card in Spain.

I was quite shocked to hear that quite a number of people had taken themselves off the padron recently.

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Jennifer Cunningham

LAST WEEK, despite the horrific weather, we had an excellent turn out at the various seminars that my company held, together with the deVere group, both in the Torrevieja area and in the Parador in Javea.

The subject was the declaration of your worldwide assets. I am confident that everyone found it very helpful and informative and possibly a little frightening, because if it isn’t completed in time, or correctly or even at all, the minimum fine if, they find out that you have assets in excess of 50,000€ is 10,000€.

At the same time speakers from the deVere group gave some very good advice on different ways of investing for tax efficiency whilst living in Spain, thereby giving far better protection for you and your family.

I was quite shocked to hear that quite a number of people had taken themselves off the padron recently. One assumes that they hope they will no longer be in the system but the declaration is based on what assets you had outside Spain on 31st December 2012 and I feel quite certain that coming off the padron is not going to make any difference - and, as deVere pointed out at the seminars, different governments now have access to an enormous amount of information worldwide.

They also pointed out that they are aware of a number of petitions being sent to Brussels, even one regarding human rights - despite this happening, at the moment it is the law of Spain.

However, to return to the Padron, I can-

UK Students studying in Spain, as part of a UK course: The EHIC card entitles you to all medically necessary treatment for the duration of your temporary stay as decided by a doctor and treatment will be given on the same basis as an insured resident in Spain, taking into account the nature of the treatment and the length of your stay.

It can include routine or specialist treatment and the monitoring of ongoing conditions as long as the treatment cannot wait until you get home. It does not entitle you at any time for private treatment: the card is recognized only in State Hospitals and Health Centers.

However, if you live or are going to live mainly in Spain and are not included in the previous conditions, you must then register for state heath care in another way to ensure you have cover and are fully protected.

YOU CAN DO SO BY: Paying into the system as an autonomous with your own business Being employed with a legal contract Being a British pensioner and completing the S1 form from Newcastle, which

together with your residence certificate and Padron, should be taken to your nearest Social Security Office and you will be given a SIP card. This means that you are taken off the National Health and will need an EHIC card to travel to England on holiday.

If you have a residence certificate which was issued prior to the 24th of April 2012 and an income of less than 100,000€ per annum, and are not entitled to any health cover in the UK, then you should contact the DWP in Newcastle and request the ‘legislation letter’, and then take all of this to the local Social Security Office. According to the new laws you will be assessed for entitlement to health care. You may be asked for proof of income, so query this with them first.

There is an excellent web site which will give you full information on registering: www.healthcareinspain.eu If you don’t fit into any of the above groups, then you require Private Health Insurance: we have an excellent product designed for the expat market, with very special offers. Please contact one of our offices.

Jennifer Cunningham Insurances S.L The Costas leading insurance consultant. If you have a question please email her at: jennifer@jennifercunningham.net Regulated and Authorised by the DGSFP in Spain.

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Scene stealer

by Jack Troughton

YOUNGSTERS PLANNING a showbiz career behind the scenes have enrolled on courses run by Wakefield’s Backstage Academy, thanks to The European Kids Association.

The charity was founded to help young people further their skills and make the most of their talents and EKA founder Lauren Staton said it was “time consuming but very rewarding” when research opened the door to real possibilities.

She said four EKA members – Zach miller, Andrew O’Donavon, James Fraser Currie and Stephanie Cooper – had now enrolled on courses with Backstage Academy.

“We have some very good young people on the Costa Blanca who we knew would be very interested in this sort of career,” said Lauren.

“At EKA we already knew of some students who were gaining experience working behind the scenes at live music events and stage productions, mostly as volunteers.”

As a result Academy representatives visited Spain to explain the course on offer, particularly a foundation Degree in Live Events Production.

“They spent two days here talking to students, meeting teachers from schools, and theatre groups, ad said they were very impressed by the calibre and enthusiasm of the students who turned up to meet them,” added Lauren.

“They were looking for kids who could show that they have already been active working on events and in the community – this was more important than their academic grades.”

In Wakefield the Academy is attached to the biggest rehearsal studio in Europe, LS LIVE, which is used by top artists and a visit was organised for EKA members to tour the facility “They really looked after us and gave us so much information about working in this exciting industry,” said Lauren. “The kids

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Enjoying the Wakefield trip

were really impressed and excited about the whole prospect.

“This is a fantastic opportunity for them to focus on a rewarding career and we are delighted four of them are already

enrolled and looking forward to starting courses in November.”

For more information contacturopeankidsassociation@hotmail.com or Facebook Eka Eu Kids.

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FAST in 2013 FAST AT Camposol marks its 2nd Anniversary on 1st June. A celebration Spring Ball is to be held in the Amapola Restaurant in the Hotel Playa Sol, Bolnuevo on 25th May with tickets priced at just 25€, available from the FAST Bookstall and FAST Support on Fridays, Camposol ‘B’ Commercial Centre.

During 2012 FAST responded to 103 shouts (call outs), assisting Camposolers and visitors in need of emergency assistance: 73 of these required ambulance attendance. FAST volunteers go through stringent training in Basic Life Saving techniques under the watchful eye of the Cruz Roja in order to maintain a high standard of proficiency and skill in administering Emergency First Aid. Volunteers are also trained to use the Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Oxygen Therapy or administration, approved and certified by the Murcian Health Authority. And FAST training sessions are held three times a month.

FAST volunteers work a variety of shifts in order to fit in their individual needs but at the same time cover 24 hours a day 7 days a week thoughout the year, ensuring there are always two volunteers on duty at any given time.

All of its members give of their time freely and without any recompense, even down to using their own vehicles to attend shouts or transporting materials to and from fund-raising events.

What do FAST use the donations and funds for? Where does the money go?

During 2012 the money generously donated by businesses, organisations, clubs and individuals was used to pur-

During 2012 FAST responded to 103 shouts

chase the following: Training Costs - €2,638.12 Equipment Medical & Oxygen - €3,271.75 Uniform - € 556.00 Administation & Stationery - €760.14 Telephones - €100.00 Publicity: (Keyrings, Magnets, Leaflets, Banners, Boards, Posters, Phone/Car Stickers) - €463.00 This list does not include solicitors fees; costs for obtaining charity status; Bank Service charges and so on…

Despite the costs involved FAST feels the money is well spent to ensure the best possible service provided by its volunteer responders.

A number of fund raising events are planned throughout the year with details available from the FAST Support

Team every Friday on Sector ‘B’ Commercial or look out for the posters giving all the information.

Please support FAST, learn what they are all about and perhaps consider joining up as a FAST Responder - no special qualifications are needed, only that you are capable of carrying out the tasks required to administer Emergency First Aid. FAST in the future: FAST are hoping to purchase two vehicles kitted out with the equipment and materials to carry out their duties for use by the responders In order to do this FAST will allocate a percentage of all money raised to achieving this project, the rest will be used to ensure continuance of the unique service already in place for the residents and visitors of Camposol.

For more information call 968 970 626 or email fastcamposol@hotmai.com

English Language exchange in Lo Pegan

By Keith Nicol The Universidad Popular and the association Conexia EOISJ have joined forces to offer residents conversation groups in Lo Pagan (LODOSOL apartments) and El Mojon (Neighborhood Association). The objective of this activity is to practice language skills, improve listening and speaking skills and meet people from other countries, thereby promoting multiculturalism.

Conversation groups meet on Tuesdays and Fridays at Lo Pagan and El Mojon, respectively. On Tuesdays, the groups meet in the cafeteria of the apartment complex LODOSOL, from 5:00 to 6:00pm, and on Fridays the activity is from 6:30pm at the headquarters of the neighborhood association El Mojon. Those interested in participating can learn more from the Official School of Languages in San Javier, on Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:00pm in the VHS, located on the first floor of City Hall or by calling 968 180 600 ext. 108

The Running of the Wine Horses THE RUNNING of the Wine Horses takes place in Murcia throughout the coming week. The festival is celebrated each year on 2nd May to mark a siege by Moorish armies at the base of the Cuesta. The good old gallant Knights of the Templar raced supplies of wine on their horses up the hill to the starving Christians under siege, right under the noses of the marauding armies. The Running of the Wine Horses is both spectacular and sudden, so be sure not to miss the announcement of the event over the noise of the celebrations! For more information please visit www.murcia.es

Ground breaking news from Cambridge 800!

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Calling all Artists!

ARE YOU the next Klee, Warhol or Matisse?

Are you a budding new artist or even a seasoned talent?

Then don’t miss this chance to shine!

We invite you to submit your work to be featured at the exclusive Artist Discovery 2013 Competition, showcasing work during the premier 2013 Homes & Gardens Lifestyle Show organised by GM Events.

This is an exciting opportunity for your art to be viewed by thousands of art lovers – and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever before.

All new, emerging or experienced artists are welcome to enter for the chance to exhibit at the show and even sell their work.

All art work will be judged by a panel of experts. The winning artist will be announced as the show’s ‘Artist Discovery 2013’ competition winner, a coveted title that will feature in the local press.

Venue - La Finca Golf & Spa Hotel, Algorfa, Costa Blanca.

Date - 29th and 30th May 2013 Entry fee - 5€ for each item (you may enter up to three works)

FAMOUS GROUND FORCE celebrity Tommy Walsh received a warm welcome on the Cambridge 800 stand at last weekend’s Homes & Gardens & Lifestyles Show in Torremolinos.

Pictured with Tommy are, from left to right: Lucy Penrose, Cambridge 800 Consultant La Cala, Mijas Costa; Vicky Anderson, Cambridge Head Office Support Administrator; Rob Stevens, singer and Cambridge 800 Consultant Benalmadena and Fuengirola; Becky Butler, Cambridge

800 Consultant Benalmadena and Fuengirola; Tommy Walsh; Lillian Meijers, Cambridge 800 Consultant La Cala del Moral, Malaga and Malaga East; and Sarah Hawes, Directora Cambridge 800.

Tommy made a huge impact to the Show, with his quick wit and stories of days in Ground Force and is a very warm character. Tommy welcomed all visitors and posed for pictures, signed autographs and spoke to friends and relatives via a mobile live link. Visitors

Tommy made a huge impact to the Show

to the Show enjoyed Tea with Tommy on the Cambridge 800 show stand and monies raised for Tea with Tommy was donated to Positively Pink and Positively Blue Charities.

Tommy Walsh will be at La Finca in Algorfa, Alicante, 29th and 30th May for the Homes Gardens & Lifestyles Show.

Be sure to book your tickets for Tea with Tommy at La Finca, Algorfa, now. Cambridge 800 can be contacted on 952 586 324 or at www.cambridge800.es

THREE ENTRY CATEGORIES: • Beginners (less than 3 years’ experience) • Intermediate (3-8 years’ experience) • Expert (8 years or more experience) Styles accepted: acrylic; oil; drawing; pastel; water-colour; mixed media.

Hurry! Register your interest now! Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to exhibit your work and enter this exclusive competition.

Please email millie@milliemunro.com for full details.

Sponsored by Golden Leaves Limited, El Perpetuo Socorro and Millie Munro Services in aid of The Pink Ladies Cancer Charity. Golden Leaves Artist Discovery 2013 Competition

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Sidneys Retail Village and Auction House

ONE OF the newest innovations in the retail world is currently taking shape at Sidneys Retail Village, located 100 yards from Sidneys Bistro, junction 7, RM1, Cuevas de Marin, Sucina. It will be moving to the New Retail Village at Sugardin. For market traders, self employed and offices, at just 35 euro per week for a retail or office until, it’s certainly something well within the majority of business budgets, allowing retailers to in turn, pass on great prices to their clientele.

One of the first Retail Units takes shape

One of the main draws of the Village is easy access and plenty of parking, with it being less than a half hour drive of Torrevieja and on the main road, it’s easy to find, as when going towards Murcia, you’ll see the Tu Padel complex sign on your left, which is all part of the same facility.

Saturday is the busiest day of week, as on one side there is a ‘true’ car boot sale, while inside they hold their weekly Auction, with more than 400 items up to bidding each and every week. Items for the auction can be dropped off before Wednesday, viewing is on Friday and the auction on Saturday. For peace of mind, everything offered in their catalogue comes with a 100 percent guarantee. After picking up your items, if they don’t do what they say they do, return them before 4.00pm Monday, to receive a full refund. If you can’t make it back by Monday, just contact any of the team, update them on your situation, and you will be taken care of, in a professional and courteous fashion.

The new Retail Village is will be fully opened by the summer.

With more than 100 Kiosks, Bar, toilets, catering, children’s play area, padel tennis, the Village offers a unique shopping and visiting experience in the Murcian region. They also offer storage facilities with the entire area patrolled by 24 hour security and covered by CCTV cameras.

Owner Danny outside the Sidneys Retail Village Complex

There is a special Garden Furniture and good auction scheduled for Sunday 19 May, 2013. Retail Units start at just 35 euro per week, and can have security shutters or for offices, even a glazed front.

For more information on Sidneys Retail Village, the car boot sale, padel tennis, or the Saturday Auctions, please ring 868 183 908.

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Some interesting alternatives to lawns by

Clodagh & Dick Handscombe Holistic gardeners and authors gardening in Spain for 25 years

WHY NOT HAVE A LAWN? LAWNS ARE definitely part of many gardens in Northern Europe as there is rainfall most years to keep them green for many months of the year. But remember the time and money each year to get rid of moss and weeds; the frustrations at not being able to keep them cut short when three weekends on a trot it pours with rain; and then the challenge of keeping them alive throughout hose pipe bans.

Here in Spain establishing a lawn of which you are proud becomes a major challenge. The mixing of the watering reducing soil improver TerraCottem into the seed bed or in the soil under turfs can help, as can the use of the tough gramma grass but for many other alternatives are of interest. We look at five this week: 1. A SPRING ANNUAL FLOWERING LAWN OR LARGE FLOWER BED Those readers who have visited the Marnes Iris Garden in previous years will remember how the garden began simply with a circular labyrinth of concentric circles of flag irises which was changed every few years with plantings of new colours. This year the labyrinth has an amazing new look and one that could be used as a substitute for a lawn, particularly if you do not stay in Spain for the long hot summer.

The labyrinth was sown last autumn with a kaleidoscope mix of long flowering annuals as illustrated in the photograph. It creates a real ‘Wow!’ area of the garden which is now much more than irises, with wonderful areas of roses, sages, flowering trees and

tulips. Naturally the latter display is now over but the other areas including the irises are at their best.

The garden is well worth a visit and remains open until the end of May from 9am until 6pm each day. If you have never visited, take the turning sign posted Jalon/Xalo on the N332 just south of Benissa, within a 100 metres turn right and immediately left up the road signposted to Los Pinos/Bernia and then follow this road for seven kilometres until you reach a long blue bridge just beyond Los Pinos. Turn up the tarmac road just across the bridge to Marnes and The Iris Garden. The car park to the garden is on the left after about four kilometres. The route is windy so take care on bends.

2. AN ECOLOGICAL CITRUS ORCHARD Some growers of citrus fruits have returned to pre-weed killer and chemical fertilizer fungicide and insecticide days and allow a native grass and wild flower meadow to develop which is cut just two or three times a year to recycle nutrients to the soil.

Little watering is done as the meadow reduces evaporation water losses.

3. A COPSE OF ANCIENT OLIVE TREES Semillas Silvestres of Cordoba now offer a special mix of flowering native plants for planting between olive trees for rotavating each year to improve naturally the dying soil in many areas of intensive olive growing: more about this in a month’s time after our visit.

4. A THICK LAWN OF ROSEMARY If one plants the ground cover rosemary, rosmarinus prostrates, with plants a 70 centimetres to a metre apart large areas of soil will become totally covered within a few years. Give the plants a careful high strim twice a year and you will have a good looking, low maintenance perfumed area that is a good alternative to a lawn for looking at - but not for grandchildren to play football.

‘Clodagh and Dick Handscombe’s gardening books make good presents. They can be obtained from high street and internet bookshops including Amazon UK and Spain. Thanks to readers the Kindle E-book Making waterless gardens a practical reality world wide is starting to sell well.’ © Clodagh and Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com

The labyrinth of irises at Marnes Iris Garden

5. PLASTIC LAWNS If you want the latter then artificial lawns are available. These could be surrounded by the previous four lawn alternatives.

You will find many other alternatives to English style lawns in our book ‘Your Garden in Spain – From Planning to Planting and Maintenance’.

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The non-resident certificate by

Suzanne O’Connell Customer Care at Ábaco

ON NUMEROUS occasions we have written in these columns and on our website about the civil residency certificate.

THE IDEA that you might need to apply for a certificate as evidence of living in another country as a foreigner seems quite logical to most. However, did you know there is also a nonresident certificate?

The majority of non-residents with property in Spain are probably unaware of the existence of the non-residency certificate, let alone that they might already have one. Yes, this could actually be a piece of Spanish paper work that you possess without having to queue for hours to discover that your mountain of photocopies ‘falta uno’.

If you have a non-resident bank account in Spain, your bank will contact you every two years to confirm that your status as a non-resident remains the same. If it does, they apply on your behalf for a non-resident certificate. It’s a simple process that banks complete all the time.

What is slightly more unusual is the phenomenon of non-residents approaching the town hall to obtain their own non-residency certificates. These nonresidents, like us, have been informed that there

is a requirement for non-residents with a Spanish registered car in Spain to keep a non-resident certificate in their car.

The word has got around about this requirement and the town halls are beginning to see a dribble of applications for the EX15 – a form that you complete and pay for in a similar way to an NIE. However, before you go rushing off to acquire your EX15, we have to add that there seems to be some uncertainty about whether, in practice, you do need it or not.

The requirement for your bank to have a nonresident certificate is clear and logical. This piece of paper demonstrates that you have the right to have a non-resident bank account which is exempt from tax in Spain. However, a non-resident certificate for your car?

Graham Shelton of ‘Spanish Number Plates’ is somewhat hesitant about the requirement: “It’s always difficult to be 100% sure of anything in Spain.

However, what I can say is that, as a non-resident, you should have with you your passport or a notarised version, a copy of your NIE, driving licence and the documents you would normally expect to keep in your

car such as the logbook, insurance documents, ITV and receipt for road tax. I’m not aware of the need to add a non-resident certificate to the list.”

In addition to speaking to Graham, we contacted other ‘gestors’ and rang the Police in Torrevieja.

Nobody we spoke to considered the nonresident certificate to be an essential document for your Spanish car. We would welcome any further information that can pin down this illusive requirement.

So what do we advise? If you were on your way to the town hall for your certificate, then carry on going. It will only set you back €6.89 and we have been told that some people have been stopped by the police and fined for not having one. However, we are not clear whether these were the genuine police or imposters.

On the other hand, if you’d prefer to wait and see whether demands for this certificate gather momentum, no one could blame you for choosing that route either.

Graham Shelton’s website: www.spanish-number-plates.com

Ábaco provide fiscal representation to non-resident and resident Spanish property owners. You can contact us for free advice and information by calling our helpline 96 670 3748 or visiting our website www.abacoadvisers.com

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The RTN Money Matters page has been created to help you our readers by giving you as much information about current financial matters and products as possible. If you would like us to cover any specific topics or products please email moneymatters@roundtownnews.com. Also if you have any questions that you would like answered by our panel of experts, email them to moneymatters@roundtownnews.com

by

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

Banks in the headlines again SANTANDER: HOW can the banking world have allowed a person with a criminal record to run an organisation responsible for the safe keeping of clients’ money?

THIS WEEK the Santander chief executive, Alfredo Sáenz, has resigned after a long-running row about whether he should be banned from heading the Eurozone’s largest bank, due to the fact that he was convicted in 2009 and handed a three-month suspended jail sentence for deliberately making false allegations against four

businessmen who owed money to his previous bank, Banesto.

The businessmen were remanded in jail in 1993, but later proved their innocence. Sixteen years later they won a case against Sáenz. Under Spain’s banking rules at the time, the sentence automatically meant he would have been declared unfit to run

a bank as soon as the appeal process ran out.

The question is: why did it take four years for him to lose his job?

And why has he been paid £74 million?

If you are fed up with the whole banking system and would like to look at alternatives, call Christina Brady on 658 892 330 or email advice@blacktowerfm.com for a free consultation.

Financial advice in the UK

I WALKED in from work today to see on Sky News a piece about UK banks no longer offering financial advice; some altogether and others only offering it if you had at least £50,000 to invest.

They were saying that the change in regulations in the UK (RDR) had in fact made it impossible for the majority of savers to access financial advice; it was now a service just for the wealthy. This is mainly due to the fact that Banks and financial advisers now have to charge fees up front for the advice and then charge for everything thereafter, i.e. statements, updates etc. at an hourly rate. Whereas before RDR there were no upfront fees, commission was paid to the Bank or adviser by the product provider and this usually included a service fee.

This means if you go a Bank or Financial adviser in the UK for advice on a new investment they will typically ask you for a fee for the advice and then if you decide to proceed a fee of between 5% and 7% in cash will be payable upfront (usually the initial advice fee is reimbursed) and then an annual fee for maintenance.

The EU recently voted not to roll out RDR in its current form across Europe, as it felt it was not in the best interest of individuals seeking financial advice, at least that’s one good decision they have made.

If you would like to take advantage of a FREE financial health check please email advice@blacktowerfm.com

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 Services 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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Exciting news from AJB Consultants:

Brand New Office in Calpe!

INSURANCE SPECIALISTS AJB Consultants are pleased to announce that they have opened a new office in Calpe.

The new office is situated in Calle Santa Maria number 4, just off the main Gabriel Miro high street, on the same street as the Post Office, next to Banco Popular.

THIS IS a brand new state-of-the-art ground floor office, wheelchair friendly and open from 9.30am until 3.30pm.

Outside of these hours you are welcome to contact Philip Rayner directly on 606 213 665. Office numbers are: 96 583 5807 / 683 489 472 / 683 489 473: email: info@ajbinsurance.com

Despite the crisis, AJB Consultants continue to expand, proving that a good product and excellent service are still important.

It also helps that their prices are some of the lowest in Spain,

with property insurances from only 75€ per year and Fully Comprehensive car insurance from only 195€ per year.

AJB Consultants have been providing insurance to clients throughout the whole of Spain since 1987. Through their 25 plus years of experience, Philip and his staff are able to provide a professional and honest service to their thousands of clients who understand and appreciate that the staff at AJB Consultants always go the extra mile to help. Philip, the company director, is on call 24 hours a day, so if you have a problem he is always available to help.

QUALITY OF SERVICE This new Calpe office will enable AJB Consultants to provide an even more personal service to residents in the área. The company takes special pride in the standard of service they provide, taking take time to fully explain the insurance covers available and listen to clients’ needs to ensure that they obtain the policy that best meets their particular needs at the best possible price.

FREE GIFT To celebrate the opening of the new office some exceptional discounts are being made on all new policies contracted as well as a free gift being offered to all new and existing clients that visit.

For any type of insurance cover contact AJB Consultants for a quote – you will be amazed at how much money you could save, and the friendly staff are always pleased to help. When your current insurance comes up for renewal give them a call - AJB Consultants’ main office in Javea remains open for business as usual: Tel 96 579 6357. info@ajbinsurance.com Philip@ajbinsurance.com www.ajbinsurance.com Best cover best prices always…

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Mark Roach

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The Spanish Property Inheritance Tax Time Bomb

Company Director and MANY PROPERTY owners in Spain Spanish Tax Consultant are sitting on a ticking Inheritance

Tax (IHT/ISD) time bomb. Most are not aware that when they purchase their “dream” property that they are unknowingly creating a potential financial burden for their beneficiaries. The surviving partner, or beneficiaries, may have a tax bill which exceeds the value of the entire Spanish asset being inherited plus the cost of obtaining probate in more than one country.

‘Tax Treaties’ are often quoted as a method of eradicating IHT, there are treaties that exist between Spain and the UK which reduce the risk of double taxation but these are only effective if the taxes are similar in nature. The fundamental difference between IHT in Spain and the UK is that in Spain the beneficiary pays the tax and will receive the tax demand and in the UK it is the Estate which receives the Tax demand

which means there is no treaty on Inheritance Tax. The process of inheriting the property is complex requiring the beneficiaries to travel to Spain to obtain an NIE number (if they do not already have one), verify the Will through a Spanish lawyer and pay the Land registry and Notary fees plus the calculated Spanish IHT, all within 6 months to avoid late penalties being applied.

Frequently owners are advised to re-finance the property as IHT is not charged if there is an outstanding mortgage and loan, this option can leave the beneficiaries with a huge debt they cannot pay off and many lenders will only finance the ownership if suitable life insurance is taken out. A Life Insurance policy covering the mortgage will mean the property is fully owned by the beneficiaries and inheritance tax is applied to the total value. Owning a property with your children is another suggestion. This is risky and problematic as their share of the property may be

jeopardised through financial or marital issues and if they pre-decease the parents then taxes are payable to get the property back.

Our solution to the IHT/ISD problem in Spain is for the owner/s to invest the property into a UK Private Limited company which they would own as Shareholder/s remaining in complete control of their asset. (There is no 7-10% Property Transfer tax payable on this transaction and if the property is invested using a formula agreed by the Hacienda (Spanish Tax office) the property can be invested at a figure which will limit any Capital Gains tax exposure in Spain on the transfer of the property into the UK company) A UK company should not be confused with an offshore company which is obliged to pay an annual tax of 3%. A further advantage of the UK company structure is the ability to offset certain expenses such as mortgage interest, council tax bills and maintenance and could also

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include car hire and flight costs for the Directors when travelling to Spain.

The Corporate structure is a simple solution, costing less than most probate and legal fees, and saves the additional reporting and taxation burdens for the beneficiaries. Our unique service is available to all Nationalities including both Residents and Non Residents of Spain and can be completed within 2 to 4 weeks if required.

To receive your Free Spanish Inheritance Tax illustration and the opportunity to discuss how this method of ownership could benefit your personal circumstances visit www.winchamiht.com or scan the QR code below.

Alternatively contact one of our advisers on +44 (0)1260 299700 (UK) or 0034 965 830 991 (Spain).

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THE COMPANY, active in Marbella since 1990, was established on the Costa Blanca in 2005, with real estate experts, its own construction company that practices to German standards and a legal department to assure clients of a total service.

With a total service package potential buyers are assured that it is safe to buy in Spain; there are a lot of good investment

opportunities and that Spain has and will always have the ‘feel good’ factor: the climate; the good infrastructure; the health system and a pleasant way of life.

Despite the crisis people will come to Spain. Fewer compared to the golden years and yes the prices have dropped immensely but this does not mean that people will not buy.

What do these words from the team of Live your Spanish Dream mean for house sellers?

What we want to explain to sellers is that it is not enough just to ‘put the house on the market and see what happens’. What is a realistic price and what represents value? Why does one house sell while others are on the market forever?

WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE? That your home stands out - especially when houses on the market are more or less the same. Make the difference.

How? Look at your house as if you were the future buyer.

Would that crack in the wall (although not a construction failure) put you off?

Would that damp spot, paintwork, broken tiles, furniture disappoint you?

Putting your house on the market to sell requires a realistic look at your Spanish home.

Bear in mind the emotions that future buyers have. We all know that outside Spain there is also a crisis going on and there has been a lot of bad publicity about Spain in many countries.

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Still houses do sell and new buyers are happy in Spain. Good properties with the combination of the right price and a fresh look attract potential buyers to return for a second look.

FREE ESTIMATE Live Your Spanish Dream offers you a free estimate along with a make-over plan, and will gladly share expert knowledge with you. This estimate includes a realistic price quotation and a list of

the most important matters to improve your property.

Contact Live Your Spanish Dream’s construction department on 646 538 079: properties are sought in the coastal area and also inland.

For any questions and for tips to improve your property or to list your property call us: www.liveyourspanishdream.com Email: info@liveyourspanishdream.com Office: 96 506 0779.

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WHETHER YOU are hiring a professional removal firm to transport your goods to your new destination or not it is possible to do your own packing. You will save a considerable amount, though you will have to spend a lot of time and effort wrapping and packing your furniture, furnishings and personal belongings.

You might benefit from asking at least one firm for a quote to do your packing (perhaps your unpacking also), then calculate what you will spend if you buy packaging materials yourself. Depending on your moving schedule and how much free time your family has, it should be simple to determine whether you can justify spending money to pay for professional packing.

If you feel you can handle your own packing try to spread it over several weeks. If possible, allocate one room (or an area of your home) to store the packed bags and boxes as they are completed. Begin with one room rather than wander all over the house, and start with items you are absolutely certain nobody will require during the days or weeks preceding moving day. However, careful labelling of each box, suitcase or other container will ensure that you can always find something if there is an emergency.

A simple way of noting the contents of each item is to put a numbered label or paper tag on the container, keeping a separate notebook with each page numbered. On the corresponding numbered page write down everything you put into the carton or bag.

It should be simple to find things you know you can pack at an early date, including: Some china, dishes, cookware, flatware, tableware and linen (be sure to leave out those things you need to cook and eat for the next few weeks).

Other items might include ornaments, pictures, artificial flowers, books and photo albums, mirrors, CDs, and tapes, tools, hobby equipment, sports equipment, off-season clothes, shoes and bedding.

If you have an attic, basement, garage or garden shed these are excellent areas to begin your search for items suitable for early packing, as well as those things you will be disposing of before your move.

Once you begin going through your rooms, you will find plenty more items you can safely pack away in preparation for moving day.

USEFUL MATERIALS FOR YOUR OWN PACKING For several weeks or months before mov-

ing, begin saving all useful packing materials including: Newspaper String Plastic Bags Labels Rubber Bands Tape Bubble Wrap Boxes Organize your personal ‘work kit’ early on and have it handy the moment you begin to pack for yourself: Paper towels Rags Cleaning products Scissors Tools Tape measure Notepad Pens Rubbish bags Camera/film Soap Hand cream First Aid kit

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Keith Littlewood International Financial Adviser

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Whose money is it anyway?

NO IT’S not the title of a new comedy show – quite the opposite, it is very serious business.

I AM seeing more and more clients very recently telling me their bank is making incredibly high charges for telegraphic bank charges.

Last week, a client in La Marina said his bank wanted to charge 240€ to transfer 60,000€ into a new investment. This particular client argued and the bank clerk immediately lowered it to 100€.

This week, a client in Javea tried to make a 160,000€ transfer only to be told this would cost 560€, then after being challenged by the client quite miraculously reduced it to 420€. The client then challenged him further and was responded with jargon and misinformation. When examining the client’s bank

statements, charges seem to appear that were not only not pre-informed but just seemed to have slipped in between other transactions with no separate confirmation.

Couple this with the standardising of interest rates offering customers less interest than they ever have done before and wiping out competition The Banks in Spain seem to be under enormous pressure to make profits and are going to great lengths to stop people transferring money out of their accounts.

You would think that in these uncertain times for banks with what has recently happened in Cyprus and the bad press they have had with bad debts and the brilliantly orchestrated share sales to unsuspecting

customers, they would do all they can to retain long standing customers by rewarding their loyalty instead of trying to bleed every last cent out of them!

If you are unhappy with the service and returns you are getting from your bank or would just like to get better returns than they are offering you at the moment then seek advice and do not be scared to stand up to them and move your money – perhaps if enough people vote with their feet they might think about giving better value for money in the future.

If you need advice or if have any questions regarding the above you can contact me on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com

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 Services 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.

As a company we have over 25 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry and have been doing pension transfers since inception in April 2006. We are now in a position to offer Expats and UK residents our services due to a new product launch.

We understand that times are tough in the UK and overseas, and that people need cash NOW to sort out their personal lives. We are told every time we speak to clients “I would rather have my money now rather than wait until I retire” we completely sympathize and understand your feelings.

We now have several options to help our clients release money NOW from the pension fund. It is a very simple process and takes only a short time to release your cash.

No matter how small or large your pension fund is even the smallest amount of money now could help in these difficult times.

To find out if you qualify to release money now call 951 206 138 or email admin@kennedyfinancialservices.com or visit www.kennedyfinancialservices.com and complete the free assessment form.

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Carlos Baos

of White & Baos Abogados

English & Spanish Solicitors

We are sorry to repeat ourselves but we have to remind readers that a Spanish will is a must!

IF YOU do not have a will, or if it is not in line with the Regulation of the European Union 650/2012 of last year, you really need to have a Spanish Will drafted or reviewed as soon as possible, especially if you own any asset or property in Spain.

IT IS A COST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF SIMPLIFYING THE HANDLING OF YOUR AFFAIRS Without a Spanish Will no action can be taken in Spain until the Probate of your English estate has been finalised. This can take a very long time and can be expensive with official translations of the English Will, its legalisation, etc, which together will cost significantly more than preparing a Spanish Will in the first place. Do not rely upon your English Will or, even worse, English intestacy rules where there is no Will at all, to deal with your Spanish estate.

IN YOUR WILL YOU CAN EXPRESSIVELY APPOINT YOUR NATIONAL LAW TO APPLY TO YOUR SUCCESSION AND WILL Without a Will explicitly choosing the law of your country of origin, it would be understood if you live and have your assets in Spain that Spanish inheritance Law applies to your succession, so at least 2/3 of the estate must go to your children, as per the European Regulation 650/2012.

Under Spanish law you generally have six months to pay IHT following the date of death. Failing to do so will result in a surcharge and interest will start to accrue.

It is rare for the English probate to be dealt with in time to allow this deadline to be met.

For tax purposes a Spanish Will can be drawn in such a way that it will minimise the Inheritance Tax (IHT). Needless to say you

have to know how the Spanish IHT works to make your Will really tax efficient.

Sometimes (due to the amount of the estate etc) when an English person passes away there is NO need to get a Probate as long as there is a valid Spanish Will BUT if this person does not have a Spanish Will then normally the Spanish authorities will need to see the Probate before dealing with the Spanish estate.

So, if you have assets in Spain and have not yet drawn your Spanish Will we advise you to do it as soon as possible. Also, if you have an existing Will and have not opted expressly for your national law, you need to review it.

We can assist you with that here in Spain and even if is not possible for you to travel to Spain, we can prepare the Spanish Will to be signed in your country and register it here.

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) © White & Baos Abogados 2012 - All rights reserved. C/Diana 19, 2º-D, 03700 Dénia (located 1 minute away from the La Via underground car park). Tel: 966 426 185. Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com. This article is available in English and Spanish at www.white-baos.com. The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. Visit our blog at http://www.white-baos.com/blog/ and Facebook (White-Baos-Abogados-Solicitors)

Aguirre says the Spanish ‘brain drain’ is positive THE FORMER PP president of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, addressed a meeting of the alumni at Oxford University on Saturday and included in her speech the extraordinary statement that the PP believes the exodus of young people from Spain will have a positive impact on the Spanish economy.

“The growing number of Spanish students who have good jobs abroad will have a very positive effect on the Spanish economy,” she said, “and on the way the Spanish face future challenges.”

She went on to add: “We are twice as prosperous as during our last recession in the early 90s, and that gives us hope for a future recovery.

One of the strengths of the Spanish is their positivity and we are confident that prosperity will return.”

Life Get the Benidorm buzz!

BENIDORM WEEKENDER brings RTN readers all the news and the best places to visit and enjoy in one of Europe’s top holiday destinations.

By Jack Troughton EVERY YEAR hundreds of thousands of people fly into Spain to enjoy a holiday or a short break in the heart of the Costa Blanca – now expats living along the coast have the chance to steal a march and sample the town the tourists love.

Our new weekly feature, starting next week, provides a ‘hands on’ guide to the resort for hundreds of thousands of British residents yet to explore Benidorm and all its hidden treasures, or even entice people back from all along the coast.

And with exclusive special offers to readers there is an opportunity for everyone to travel to Benidorm and enjoy themselves over a weekend – whether it is the ‘kiss me quick’ round-the-clock fun of the town, its bars and clubs, the excellent restaurants suitable for every purse, or just the three gorgeous beaches.

The Benidorm Weekender is the key to opening the door to an enjoyable weekend away and RTN believes in sharing the Benidorm experience – for example, we can offer three nights stay at the Queen’s Hotel in the centre of the Old Town for just 99€ half board.

To make it even easier, we are even hoping to provide transport. In conjunction with Round Town Travel, the plan is to ferry people into the resort for their weekend away – and get them home again. Put simply, let RTN take the strain.

Benidorm Weekender will be packed with what’s on. It will focus on the town’s top 20 attractions, those hidden gems, local news, and invite people to ‘Dine with the Duchess’ in a no-holds barred look at the best places to eat.

DELIGHT Businesses across the town have welcomed the opportunity to get their names across and fly the flag for this historic holiday town, the place that first put foreign holidays on the map. Their responses to our publicising the delights of a weekend away were described as “staggering”.

Geoff Gartland, managing director of the Round Town Newsgroup, said RTN is published every Friday and it was only right it should be in a position to take an initiative to tell

The gorgeous Levante beach viewed from the headland

expats what they are missing.

“British residents are sitting on the doorstep of what is Europe’s most well known and biggest tourist resort. We want to help promote the all round fun of the town – not to the tourists through holiday company brochures but through the pages of the paper,” he said.

“There are huge amounts of expats who live all along the Mediterranean coast, from retired people with time on their

hands to working families who might want an affordable but enjoyable short break. We will highlight the reasons why they should taste life in Benidorm.”

He promised that Benidorm Weekender would be “packed full” of places to go and things to do. “Each week we will highlight different attractions in different areas, whether it is the Old Town the popular Levante Beach or the quieter Poniente Beach.

“There will also be a gig guide giving the best in entertainment. After all, Benidorm is club land for those who want it with singers, comedians, and drag artists. For the first time in any newspaper we will pinpoint where the action is going on.”

He added: “Everyone should come and visit Benidorm at least once. They can make their own minds up about what makes a great weekend break but I bet many will be back!

Benidorm is the beating heart of the Costa Blanca.”

Customer loyalty because Másmóvil plays fair MÁSMÓVIL HAS recently seen an increase in new clients: besides the obvious reasons for people to switch, such as cheaper rates and customer service in their own language, be it English, German, Scandinavian, Russian or Spanish, one of the main reasons for people to switch to MÁSMÓVIL was a lack of satisfaction with their current operator, most of whom do not ‘speak your language!’

According to the ‘Accenture Global Consumer’ annual survey, one in every four consumers changed mobile phone operator in 2012, with two out of every three consumers saying that they would have continued with the same operator if its customer service department had resolved their problem or at least shown greater interest in doing so.

More than a third of complaints made to the ‘Federation of Consumers’ Associations’ were due to a lack of truthfulness in the offers they had received from their providers, as well as threats for cancelling

contracts, and money taken for calls not made.

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with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

A complete load of **** HELLO AUNTY: I normally use Firefox, with Bing for using the internet, and I have found it to be fairly problem free, that is until earlier today. I tried to clear my search history and found that the page layout and look had been completely changed. It has gone from clean and uncluttered to what I personally think is a complete load of ****. Everything now appears to have been changed to be used with a touch screen (like the useless Windows 8). I think it would be nice to be informed of any change or at least give an option to change back to previous settings if wanted (Hotmail was changed to Outlook without warning).

Is there any way to restore the pages to their previous look and layout? I have tried numerous reinstalls and system restores but I still get the unwanted version back. Any ideas to get the old look back? Thank you, Mark Aunty says: The Bing page has been updated.

According to Bing they have listened to people comments and updated the pages feel and look.

Or, as many have suggested, ‘It’s a bit like Google now isn’t it?’

They have not done this all of a sudden - in fact I remember seeing an email from them a few months ago informing people that the Bing page would be changing and I think Europe is one of the last places to actually get the update. Just like they informed people that Hotmail would be dropped in favour of Outlook. And like they informed people that Messenger will be dropped

in favour of Skype… So none of this is actually without warning… As this is on their page that they have updated I cannot see an option to revert back to their previous style, as presumably they want people to use the new style.

This is not an issue with your PC, so no amount of restoring or resetting will make the changes go away, as this is actually on the Bing website.

If you do not like the new style then there is their ‘feedback’ button at the foot of the page.

Moving emails HELLO AGAIN Aunty! I want to transfer some of the e-mails I have saved in folders on Yahoo also onto a memory stick.

I have looked for an answer on the internet but each one needs expensive kit buying which as a pensioner is not possible. Can you advise me, once again?

Lorna.

Aunty says: Yahoo stores emails ‘in the cloud’ - on the internet.

As far as I am aware Yahoo has no export function so you cannot export emails directly from Yahoo. The only way to export Yahoos emails to a USB stick, is to use a third party program like Thunderbird, or Incredimail, or Outlook, that downloads and stored the emails on your PC. Then you can save whole folders or individual emails to another place.

Is AVG 2013 better than AVG 2012

DEAR AUNTY: Can you advise if I should update and download the new free version of AVG 2013 Anti Virus software that I have been reading about online? Are there any problems with it? Is it better than the AVG 2012 version I have at the present time?

Many thanks for your help and your great page in the RTN. Andrea Aunty says: Essentially the two will be the same ‘behind the scenes’ and will basically do the same as each other.

AVG2013 does have a new ‘look’, and like people moving to Windows 8 with its new look, people are preferring the older look of things over the new look!

Also, trawling around reviews, there do seem to be more people with problems with installing AVG2013 or trying to get AVG2013 running, compared to AVG2012. But then that may simply be people tend to complain more than praise things.

Alternative Antivirus software are: Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast, Avira, Kaspersky, Panda, and at the end of the day they will all do essentially the same thing as each other.

Gadget Inspector Investigates:

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by

Peter Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

Let’s Get Believing in Bonnie!

THE EUROVISION Song Contest in truth has become a bit of a disaster for the UK, especially when you look back to those halcyon days when Sandie Shaw barefooted her way to success with ‘Puppet on a String’ in ’67, then Lulu ‘Boom Bang-a-Banged’ to the trophy two years later, before the dubious Brotherhood of Man did that daft dance and won it in ‘76 with ‘Save your Kisses for Me’.

Many have tried and failed since, and as much as we all loved Engelbert Humperdinck’s effort last year it was always going to end in tears…

Although songwriting in Britain has been at the forefront of the popular music for many decades, in two weeks’ time on 18th May in Malmo in Sweden, chances are the UK entry could well be staring down the barrel of mucho nil pointos yet again. However, they have selected a tough cookie to get the job done in the shape of Bonnie Tyler, a valley lass who has ‘been there and done it’ and then some. She told the Daily

You cheeky boy Jimmy!

Mail last week: “The Eurovision Song Contest is tricky because as it’s not only about the music, is it? ... I’ve just been shown a few of the videos and I can’t compete with the some of them virtually stripping off” … by the way, Bonnie will be 62 in June.

Bonnie was asked to represent the UK 30 years ago but had to turn it down due to her touring schedule, and said when asked about what she will be wearing in Malmo: “I’m quite nervous about what I am going to wear because I haven’t got my outfit yet, but I’m not going to be half naked and ripping things off!”

She will be performing a song called ‘Believe in Me,’ and who knows, if she believes strongly enough in herself - even if she wears a sequinedcovered boiler suit - she might get the job done. Q: Which country won three of the first seven Eurovisions?

THERE’S A guy who has a show on US TV called ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ and he has a segment on the show he calls ‘Lie Witness News’. Last week he ran a sequence where a reporter went to Coachella, a three-day music festival over there, and spoke to young folks about all the latest bands and what they thought of them. Pretty bog standard stuff I hear you cry! … Not so, you hear me reply!

Smiley, giggling teens were asked what they thought of ‘Dumb White Guy’ and ‘Doctor Shlo-mo’ then there was ‘GI Clinic’ and ‘The Obesity Epidemic’ then the interestingly named ‘Chelsea Clintons’ and several of these ‘finger on the pulse’ teenagers said stuff along the lines of: “Yeah, I’m really excited about them,” and, “they just have a great energy,” and yes you’ve guessed it … none of these groups exist!

A very clever move by Jimmy Kimmel exposing young folks who like to spoof how hip they are when it comes to the world of pop! … is this something you never did?

Flirty and flighty button pushing AGEISM IS very much part of modern life with the young’uns laying claim to their apparent lofty position based mostly on their knowledge and skills when it comes to modern technology.

Their speed when using computers initially sets them apart, but it is the business of texting that I am looking at today as Channel 5 have just announced that they are set to air a documentary later this year they describe as: “…taking a light-hearted look at the trend of sending sexually explicit messages on mobile phones.’

The show is to be called ‘Sexting’, but then it would be wouldn’t it, and it seemingly all

started with a project run at the National Film and Television School and hey presto! a very dodgy rabbit has been pulled out of the hat!

Ben Frow, Channel 5’s director of programmes, said: “The idea behind the documentary is to explore the ways in which texting has changed how people, young and old, flirt and conduct relationships.”

What I like about the project is that the documentary will be made entirely by the students and the Head of Television at the NFS, so watch out if you get up to no good next time you send a text, as the peeps at the National Film School might well be tuned in.

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3rd May - 9th May

FRIDAY 3rd May BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

E4

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Animal Frontline 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Would I Lie to You? 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Not Going Out 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 Graham Norton Show 24:20 The Wright Way 24:50 Dark Water

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:45 Animal Frontline 09:15 Saints and Scroungers 10:00 Great British Menu 11:00 Snooker: The World Championship 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Vote 2013 14:00 Snooker: The World Championship 15:00 Vote 2013 16:00 Snooker: The World Championship 18:00 Vote 2013 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! 20:00 Snooker: The World Championship 22:00 The Genius of Marie Curie - The Woman Who Lit Up the World 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:05 Later with Jools Holland

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Rory Bremner’s Great British Views 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Martin Lewis Money Show 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 The Ice Cream Girls 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Frasier 10:25 Frasier 11:00 The Secret Millionaire 12:00 Location, Location, Location 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 What’s Cooking?

14:45 Four Rooms 15:45 Countdown 16:30 1001 Things You Should Know 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Five Minutes to a Fortune 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Unreported World 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Come Dine with Me 22:00 Ben Earl: Trick Artist 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 10 O’Clock Live

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Nature Shock 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Iceland: Ash Cloud Apocalypse 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 CSI: NY 16:10 My Neighbor’s Keeper 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 The Removal Men 21:00 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 22:00 The Mentalist 23:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:55 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 24:55 Inside Hollywood

07:00 Emmerdale 07:55 Planet’s Funniest Animals 08:25 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Judge Judy 10:05 The Only Way Is Essex 10:50 The Only Way Is Essex 11:35 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:35 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:30 Emmerdale 14:30 Judge Judy 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Totally You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Hot Fuzz 24:25 Van Helsing

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 Desperate Housewives 09:40 Scrubs 10:10 Rules of Engagement 10:40 Charmed 11:35 90210 12:30 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:30 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:25 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 Youngers 22:00 John Tucker Must Die 23:50 Body Shocking Show 24:20 The Big Bang Theory 24:50 The Big Bang Theory

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

SATURDAY 4th May BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Nigel Slater’s Simple Suppers 13:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 13:15 Football Focus 14:00 Snooker: The World Championship 17:30 Final Score 18:20 Pointless Celebrities 19:10 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:30 Doctor Who 20:15 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:05 The Voice UK 22:25 Casualty 23:15 BBC News; Weather 23:30 Match of the Day

BBC2

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:55 Up in the World 09:25 The Early Bird 11:00 Snooker: The World Championship 13:00 University Challenge 13:30 Just a Minute 14:00 MotoGP 15:00 EastEnders 16:50 Coast 17:30 Snooker: The World Championship 18:30 Flog It! 19:30 Dad’s Army 20:00 Snooker: The World Championship 22:30 QI XL 23:15 The United States of Television: America in Primetime 24:15 Sin City

SUNDAY 5th May BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 08:30 Match of the Day 10:00 Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:20 Countryfile 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:15 Helicopter Heroes 15:45 Points of View 16:00 Escape to the Country 17:00 Songs of Praise 17:35 Great Bear Stakeout 18:35 The Diamond Queen 19:35 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 The Village 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Match of the Day 2 24:35 Late Kick Off

BBC2

07:10 Experiment Perilous 08:40 The White Tower 10:15 The A to Z of TV Gardening 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 The Beechgrove Garden 13:00 Gardeners’ World 13:30 MotoGP 15:00 Snooker: The World Championship 19:00 Coast 20:00 Snooker: The World Championship 24:00 Dave Allen: God’s Own Comedian

ITV1 07:00 Childrens TV 08:20 Almost Naked Animals 08:35 Ultimate Spider-Man 09:00 Jessie 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Saturday Farm 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20 My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 12:20 Murder, She Wrote 13:20 ITV News 13:35 Fool Britannia 14:05 All Star Mr & Mrs 15:05 River Monsters 16:10 The Chase 17:10 Midsomer Murders 18:45 ITV News Central 19:00 ITV News 19:15 You’ve Been Framed!

20:15 Britain’s Got Talent 21:15 The Cube 22:20 Jonathan Ross Show 23:20 ITV News 23:35 Basic Instinct

ITV1 07:00 Childrens TV 08:20 Almost Naked Animals 08:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 09:00 Sonny with a Chance 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Country House Sunday 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:20 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 Dickinson’s Real Deal 13:20 ITV News and Weather 13:30 Love Your Garden 14:30 Britain’s Got Talent 15:30 Fletch 17:25 Midsomer Murders 19:15 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 19:45 Catchphrase 20:30 Off Their Rockers 21:00 Endeavour 23:00 Perspectives 23:55 ITV News and Weather 24:15 Premiership Rugby Union

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 Caterham UK Racing 08:00 FIM Superbike World Championship 08:25 The Grid 08:55 The Morning Line 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Frasier 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:35 The Big Bang Theory 13:05 The Simpsons 13:35 Heston’s Titanic Feast 14:40 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 17:40 Come Dine with Me 18:10 Come Dine with Me 18:40 Come Dine with Me 19:10 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 Star Trek 24:25 Premonition

07:00 Childrens TV 10:30 Roary the Racing Car 10:45 Jelly Jamm 11:00 The Mr Men Show 11:15 Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:50 Batman: The Brave and the Bold 12:15 Inside Hollywood 12:20 Frontline Police 13:20 Emergency Bikers 14:20 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 15:25 Avalanche Express 17:10 Breakheart Pass 19:00 5 News Weekend 19:05 Stone Cold 20:30 NCIS 21:20 NCIS 22:20 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 23:15 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 24:10 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

07:00 Coronation Street 09:15 Emmerdale 12:15 Britain’s Got More Talent 13:20 The Hot Desk 13:35 King Ralph 15:35 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 17:20 You’ve Been Framed!

17:50 You’ve Been Framed!

18:25 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 Twister 21:15 Britain’s Got More Talent 22:20 Totally You’ve Been Framed!

23:15 Celebrity Juice 24:05 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 24:35 Britain’s Got Talent

E4

07:00 Heartland 07:45 Greek 08:30 Gok’s Clothes Roadshow 09:30 Make It or Break It 10:30 Ugly Betty 11:30 Scrubs 12:00 Scrubs 12:30 Scrubs 13:00 Glee 14:00 Charmed 15:00 Made in Chelsea 16:00 Rules of Engagement 16:30 Rules of Engagement 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 Rules of Engagement 18:25 The Mindy Project 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Youngers 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 How I Met Your Mother 21:30 2 Broke Girls 22:00 The Omen 24:15 The Big Bang Theory

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

E4

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:05 Freesports on 4 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:00 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 The Big Bang Theory 13:50 The Simpsons 14:20 The Simpsons 14:50 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Deal or No Deal 18:10 Five Minutes to a Fortune 19:10 Channel 4 News 19:30 Come Dine with Me 20:25 Gulliver’s Travels 22:00 Peter Kay Live: The Tour That Didn’t Tour - Tour 23:55 The Waterboy

07:00 Childrens TV 09:20 Milkshake! Show Songs 09:25 Angelina Ballerina 09:45 Rupert Bear 10:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:30 Roary the Racing Car 10:45 Jelly Jamm 11:00 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 11:10 Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:40 Batman: The Brave and the Bold 12:05 Climbing the Giants 12:35 The Hotel Inspector 13:35 Thunderpants 15:20 Along Came Polly 17:00 What a Girl Wants 19:00 Dirty Dancing 21:05 Once Upon a Time 22:00 The Truth About Travellers 22:55 5 News Weekend 23:00 London Boulevard 24:55 Soho Blues

02:35 You’ve Been Framed!

03:00 You’ve Been Framed!

03:50 Teleshopping 06:50 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Emmerdale 10:10 Coronation Street 12:40 The Borrowers 14:25 Happy Feet 16:30 You’ve Been Framed!

17:00 You’ve Been Framed!

17:35 Britain’s Got Talent 18:40 Britain’s Got More Talent 19:45 Peter Pan 22:00 300 24:20 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Gok’s Clothes Roadshow 07:50 Make It or Break It 08:40 Ugly Betty 09:40 Scrubs 10:05 Scrubs 10:35 Hollyoaks 13:10 Youngers 13:40 Made in Chelsea 14:40 Glee 15:40 Charmed 16:40 How I Met Your Mother 17:05 How I Met Your Mother 17:35 Revenge 18:30 New Girl 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Mindy Project 21:00 Journey to the Center of the Earth 22:55 Derren Brown: Enigma 24:35 2 Broke Girls

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MONDAY 6th May

BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Breakfast 10:00 Fake Britain 10:45 Homes Under the Hammer 11:45 Animal Frontline 12:15 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 13:00 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:20 Regional News and Weather 14:30 Escape to the Country 15:30 Perfection 16:15 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 17:00 Planet Earth 18:30 Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave 19:00 BBC News 19:25 BBC London News 19:30 The One Show 20:10 Pointless Celebrities 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl 23:40 BBC News 23:55 Regional News and Weather 24:00 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:45 The Graham Norton Show

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:20 Homes Under the Hammer 08:20 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 09:05 Animal Frontline 09:35 Animal Park 10:20 The Prince of Egypt 11:50 Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece 13:30 Badminton Horse Trials 15:30 Snooker: The World Championship 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! 20:00 Snooker: The World Championship 24:00 The Many Faces of

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 Tipping Point 12:30 You’ve Been Framed!

12:55 ITV News 13:05 ITV News Central 13:15 K-9 15:00 Rory Bremner’s Great British Views 16:00 Our Queen 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:15 ITV News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 James Nesbitt’s Ireland 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Vicious 22:30 The Job Lot 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:15 Jonathan Ross Show 24:15 Monk

07:15 The Hoobs 07:40 The Hoobs 08:10 The Land before Time 09:25 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Secret Millionaire 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 What’s Cooking?

13:40 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 14:45 Four Rooms 15:45 Countdown 16:30 1001 Things You Should Know 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 SuperScrimpers 22:00 The Hoarder Next Door 23:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 24:05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Trauma Doctors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Benidorm ER 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 The Poseidon Adventure 17:55 Inside Hollywood 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 19:35 Ultimate Police Interceptors 20:00 Building the London Underground 21:00 Motor Morphers 22:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 23:00 The Bone Collector

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Coronation Street 08:25 The Hot Desk 08:35 You’ve Been Framed!

09:05 You’ve Been Framed!

09:35 Flipper 11:25 The Borrowers 13:15 Emmerdale 13:50 Coronation Street 14:20 Coronation Street 14:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 Totally You’ve Been Framed!

18:00 Happy Feet 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Britain’s Got Talent 22:00 Hellboy II: the Golden Army 24:20 The Grudge

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

E4

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Rory Bremner’s Great British Views 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 River Monsters 21:00 Caroline Quentin’s National Parks 22:00 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The People Play 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 The Zoo 24:35 In Plain Sight

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 11:00 The Secret Millionaire 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 What’s Cooking?

13:40 Channel 4 News 13:45 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 14:45 Four Rooms 15:45 Countdown 16:30 1001 Things You Should Know 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic 22:00 Mary Queen of the High Street 23:00 Shameless 24:05 Random Acts 24:10 Ben Earl: Trick Artist

07:00 Childrens TV 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:40 Milkshake! Monkey 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Emergency Bikers 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Eddie Stobart: Trucks and Trailers 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Mystery of Natalie Wood 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 Inside Hollywood 20:05 The Truth About Travellers 21:00 Big Body Squad 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 Body of Proof 23:55 Dallas 24:55 CSI: NY

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Coronation Street 08:25 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Judge Judy 10:05 The Only Way Is Essex 10:50 The Only Way Is Essex 11:35 Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:35 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 Coronation Street 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Peter Andre: My Life 22:00 The Vampire Diaries 23:00 666 Park Avenue 24:00 Celebrity Juice 24:45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 Desperate Housewives 09:40 Scrubs 10:10 Rules of Engagement 10:40 Charmed 11:35 90210 12:35 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:30 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 How I Met Your Mother 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 New Girl 22:30 The Mindy Project 23:00 The Cleveland Show 23:30 The Inbetweeners 24:00 Rude Tube

TUESDAY 7th May

BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Animal Frontline 12:30 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Apprentice 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 The Wright Way 24:05 Live at the Apollo 24:35 What Just Happened?

BBC2

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:50 Animal Frontline 09:20 Saints and Scroungers 10:05 Watchdog 11:05 Paul Hollywood’s Bread 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Britain’s First Photo Album 14:30 Super League Show 15:15 Mastermind 15:45 My Life in Books 16:15 Rewind the 60s 17:00 Life in the Undergrowth 18:00 Great British Bake Off 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! 20:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events 21:00 Alex Polizzi: The Fixer 22:00 Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day 23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Toughest Place to Be

WEDNESDAY 8th May

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07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 Desperate Housewives 09:40 Scrubs 10:10 Rules of Engagement 10:40 Charmed 11:35 90210 12:30 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:30 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:35 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 New Girl 21:30 The Mindy Project 22:00 Revenge 23:00 Made in Chelsea 24:05 The Inbetweeners 24:40 8 Out of 10 Cats

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CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Animal Frontline 11:30 State Opening of Parliament 2013 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Watchdog 22:00 The Apprentice 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 Surrogates

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:45 Animal Frontline 09:15 Saints and Scroungers 10:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 11:00 Deadly 60 on a Mission 11:30 See Hear 12:00 Tiger Bay 13:45 Animal Park 14:30 Weakest Link 15:15 Mastermind 15:45 My Life in Books 16:15 Rewind the 60s 17:00 Life in the Undergrowth 18:00 The Great British Bake Off 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! 20:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events 21:00 Coast 22:00 Bankers 23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 The Culture Show

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Rory Bremner’s Great British Views 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 All Star Mr & Mrs 22:00 Scott & Bailey 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:35 ITV News Central 23:40 Fast & Furious

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:00 According to Jim 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Secret Millionaire Changed My Life 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 What’s Cooking?

13:25 Channel 4 News 13:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 16:30 1001 Things You Should Know 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 10 O’Clock Live 23:55 Random Acts 24:00 Secrets of the Shoplifters

07:00 Childrens TV 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Frontline Police 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Mystery of Natalie Wood 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 Frontline Police 21:00 Emergency Bikers 22:00 NCIS 22:55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 23:55 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 24:50 Poker

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Britain’s Got More Talent 08:25 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Judge Judy 10:00 The Only Way Is Essex 10:50 The Only Way Is Essex 11:35 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:35 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Britain’s Got More Talent 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies 24:55 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 Desperate Housewives 09:40 Scrubs 10:10 Rules of Engagement 10:40 Charmed 11:35 90210 12:35 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:30 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:25 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Youngers 21:00 St Trinian’s 23:05 Rude Tube 24:05 Made in Chelsea

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THURSDAY 9th May BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Animal Frontline 12:30 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Waterloo Road 22:00 Britain’s Biggest Hoarders 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 Question Time 24:35 This Week

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:25 Animal Park 08:10 Coast 08:50 Animal Frontline 09:20 Saints and Scroungers 10:05 Italy Unpacked 11:05 Great British Railway Journeys 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Britain’s First Photo Album 14:30 Weakest Link 15:15 Mastermind 15:45 My Life in Books 16:15 Rewind the 60s 17:00 Life in the Undergrowth 18:00 Great British Bake Off 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Flog It! 20:00 Nature’s Weirdest Events 21:00 Bradford: City of Dreams 22:00 The Politician’s Husband 23:00 Watson & Oliver 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Rory Bremner’s Great British Views 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs 22:00 Murder on the Home Front 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 Vicious 24:05 The Job Lot 24:35 All You Can Eat

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Secret Millionaire 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 What’s Cooking?

13:25 Channel 4 News 13:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 16:30 1001 Things You Should Know 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Secret Eaters 22:00 The Repo Man 23:00 Sex on Wheels 24:05 24 Hours in A&E

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Big Body Squad 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Hotel Inspector 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Chinese Food in Minutes 16:20 McBride: Fallen Idol 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 Britain’s Closest Encounters 21:00 The True Story 22:00 The Ninth Gate 24:45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Planet’s Funniest Animals 08:25 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Judge Judy 10:05 The Only Way Is Essex 10:50 The Only Way Is Essex 11:40 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:35 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 Judge Judy 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Peter Andre: My Life 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 The Chronicles of Riddick

CROSSWORD SOLUTIONS 706 Cryptic Solutions Across: 7 Hearts; 8 Laxity 10 Regally; 11 Latin; 12 Till; 13 Beard; 17 Glare; 18 Fair; 22 Aside; 23 Express; 24 Resign; 25 Grouse.

Down: 1 Charity; 2 Largely; 3 Still; 4 Gallery; 5 Lists; 6 Hyena; 9 By degrees; 14 Allergy; 15 Careful; 16 Dresser; 19 Harry; 20 First; 21 Sport.

Quick Solutions Across: 7 Option; 8 Docile; 10 Perplex; 11 Peace; 12 Roll; 13 Sever; 17 House; 18 Lone; 22 Craft; 23 Vagrant; 24 Urgent; 25 Victor.

Down: 1 Compare; 2 Startle; 3 Jolly; 4 Complex; 5 Final; 6 Never; 9 Expensive; 14 Content; 15 Loyalty; 16 Venture; 19 Scrub; 20 Range; 21 Again.

E4 07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 Desperate Housewives 09:40 Scrubs 10:10 Rules of Engagement 10:40 Charmed 11:35 90210 12:35 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:30 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:25 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 The New Normal 22:30 2 Broke Girls 23:00 Body Shocking Show 23:30 Rude Tube 24:00 Fresh Meat

What’s on Viva TV this week VIVA TV broadcasts on the Torresat Networks every day from 2.00pm until 10pm.

And you can watch all our programmes and find our full listings at www.vivatv.es Friday 3rd May Let’s Talk – with local magician Graham Mykal and TV actor & producer from Ireland Robbie Gallagher.

18.30 Saturday 4th May Celebrity Archive –with BAFTA award winning and Oscar nominated actress Susannah York. 18.00 Sunday 5th May Host Your Own(series) The Costa Blanca’s answer to “Come Dine With Me” – Ep. 7. Our judges look back at the last 6 weeks and award their bonus scores.

19.30 Monday 6th May The Costa Blanca town that was almost lost to

the encroaching sands but saved by one man – Guardamar Discovered. 18.05 Tuesday 7th May The San Fulgencio Fiestas – a collection of fantastic local and international bands and singers at one of the best fiestas on the coast. 19.00 Wednesday 8th May The Passion – a haunting prizewinning Torrevieja play adapted for television starring Raquel Peña.

18.05 Thursday 9th May Speekee (NEW series) A fun way to learn Spanish for younger viewers. – ‘La Casa’ 18.05

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Board games are still great FUN! THE OLD idea of ‘Study hard get a good degree and you will be set up for life’ is long gone. Some young people with degrees are now serving burgers and fries.

‘Get a job in a big company and you’ll get a good pension at the end,’ was what people used to say. But there is no job security or company loyalty any more. We hear of 50-year-olds who have worked in a firm for 30 years suddenly out looking for a job.

Governments are running out of money, countries are going bankrupt... In today’s world the only way to be financially secure is to be financially aware and invest wisely and it’s never too late (or too early) to start.

The current recession got local resident John MacNamara thinking. With over thirty years experience of financial markets in the City of London he has incorporated his knowledge into a board game. He decided to call the game ‘Realism’ - a way to prepare for or change behaviour to cope with real life, learning in a fun way how to make good choices and to experience the penalties involved in risky investments.

Nowadays, with computers such an integral part of our lives, we all tend to seek answers on screen. John himself wondered

as he created the game. “Who plays board games nowadays?” He was surprised to find a recent study in the UK showing that board games are alive and well, and that six out of ten families choose board games over ‘unsociable’ computer games in holiday periods. Since ‘staying in’ is the new ‘going out’ in these recessionary times, sales of board games have soared - up 20% over the last three years.

“Financial awareness is hugely important in today’s world,” says John. “We owe it to our children and grandchildren to make sure they are financially savvy. What better way than a fun and realistic board game that all generations can enjoy and that subtly teaches about investment and managing money?”

Summing up the game, John told RTN: “Realism is a traditional style family board game. It gets children away from their computers to sit down and play a game as a family and it makes a great present.”

More information plus a special local offer for RTN readers visit: www.RealismGame.com

Life recipe Poached trout salad with horseradish dressing ON ONE occasion many, many years ago I remember eating a first course of smoked trout with hot - very hot - horseradish sauce. It must have left an impression because it came to mind when I was trying to think of something different to do with a couple of fresh trout fillets. They weren’t smoked, so I poached them and then made a dressing using a little horseradish, but not enough to blow your hat off!

• 2 trout, filleted • 200ml fish stock • A glass of white wine For the salad • A handful of mixed salad leaves • 1 apple cored and cut into wedges • 8 cherry tomatoes, halved For the dressing • 1 tsp ready made horseradish sauce • 2 tsp mayonnaise • 2 tbls milk 1. To poach the trout, place the stock and white wine in a frying pan and bring to the boil. Add the fish fillets, skin side down and cover with a tight fitting lid. Turn of the heat and allow to cool. Remove the fillets and chill.

2. To make the dressing, whisk together the horserasdish and mayonnaise and gradually add the milk until you have a

pouring consistency.

3. Place the salad leaves on a serving plate, add the apple and tomatoes then place the chilled trout fillets on top. Finally, drizzle with the dressing.

Serves: 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 5 minutes

If you have a recipe you would like to share with RTN Readers, email your recipe and if possible a photo to rtnmail@roundtownnews.com

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Mystical Medium and Mesmerising Magic

By Keith Nicol LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT and promotions company ‘Night Out Promotions’ will be holding an evening unlike any that has been held before for an international audience in this region, with their mystical and magic show, to be held at Restaurante Los Rosales on 11 May from 7.30pm.

Psychic Medium Sandra Aetheris will be sure to amaze even non-believers with her accuracy of readings. She has worked in Spiritualist Churches all over the world for over 30 years and was discovered here in Spain by a local television company. Since then she has given readings to the rich and famous, and has converted many skeptics. With both a clairvoyant Grandmother and Mother, her gift has been a way of life. Sandra will only be in Spain for a short time, as she has such a full diary of clients to satisfy. So this could be a once in a lifetime chance to see the lady in action.

Joining Sandra will be Costa Blanca X-Factor winner Graeme Mykal with his superb close up table magic.

Sandra has performed hundreds of charity events over the years, for such NGOs as Help for Heros, Cancer research and here in Spain, for the Elche Children’s Home. The evening will also be magical for the invited charity Elche Children’s Care Home, a regular guest at Night Out Promotions shows. Ticket numbers will be limited for this unique show, and are already selling fast. Tickets for the show and meal 12.50€. Available from Restaurante Los Rosales CV895 Guardamar, Post Box Doña Pepa, Postroom Benijofar, Hire Centre San Luis, Cards and More La Marina, Easy Post Los Montesinos or telephone 697 501 992 or 672 885 418 or email losrosaleshows@gmail.com. Full details on www.lrshows.com

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Life health

Michael Burke

RHAD MSHAA of Digital Hearing

Choosing a hearing aid A HEARING-CARE professional should use their expertise to best advise you of the right hearing aid for your individual hearing loss and circumstances. Take note of the advice given, weigh up all the information received and then make your own decision.

DEGREE OF HEARING LOSS The aid you choose must have the power to cover your loss; it is no use having an aid that may be cheaper or better-looking but which is incapable of doing the job. No aid at all is better than an under-powered aid. As well as your current loss you must also realise that your hearing will probably deteriorate over the coming years.

Make sure you have some headroom, i.e. excess capacity. This cannot be planned for total accuracy as there is no logic to the rate of deterioration of your

hearing: it may never happen; it may happen overnight.

COMMUNICATION NEEDS What do your ears have to put up with? In what sort of situations and places do you most experience hearing problems: demanding situations, e.g. orchestras; concerts; big parties; social situations; restaurants; small groups or just a quiet lifestyle at home? Do you need a Bluetooth connection to other devices, such as mobile phones, TVs, computers, etc?

Purchase a system capable of doing the job you need it to do.

COSMETICS Cosmetics are critical. The best, most suitable hearing aid in the world that stays in the drawer and not in your ear is no use to anyone. Ask yourself the

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question: Would I wear the aid? If the answer is no, don’t buy it. Some people have very small ears; some people have dexterity problems. Ask yourself: Is it physically comfortable? Can I change the battery and operate the controls with ease?

BUDGET Set yourself a budget and stick to it.

Spend what you need to do to do the job. If a hearing loss is in both ears, then two aids are five times better than one (- two of the cheapest hearing aids are better than one of the dearest).

Whatever you decide, ensure you have a trial period in which you can try your aids in your own environment and if not suitable get your money back or try a different option.

In the next Hearing Column we will look at open-fit hearing aids.

If you have any question’s about this week’s topic, email digitalhearing@hotmail.co.uk or contact Michael Burke at Digital Hearing, Quesada Business Centre, Calle Los Arcos 7, Quesada: Tel 698 418 642.

ALFIE’S PLACE La Zenia hosted a charity auction in aid of Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre on Wednesday 24th April, raising in excess of 1,200€.

Looking Good Boutique has always raised funds for this most deserving of local charities with local businesses rising to the challenge with generous donations for the auction.

Main supplier Joseph Ribkoff Canada sent two dresses to include in the auction, each worth more than 200€, snapped up at a bargain price. Looking Good’s two vouchers each worth 100€ offered the chance to be a model at the store’s next fashion show on Thursday 9th May. The help and support from local shops, restaurants, hair salons and bars is very much appreciated: thanks go to all of them for their help in raising a fantastic amount for horses, donkeys and ponies in varying states off illness and neglect rescued by the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales over the past four years.

Simon Morton of Sunshine FM emceed the event along with David from EHCRC. The main auction lot was given by one of Looking Good’s lovely regular customers, Clare Le Duc, who donated a beautiful white porcelain statue of a rearing horse from a famous German sculptor: this lot raised a fantastic 140€.

Dr Xavier Dutey-Harispe D.C Clinica Quiropractica Algorfa Carretera Almoradi, No.18 Bajo 03169, Algorfa Tel: 965 071 898 / 618 337 616 (out of clinic hours)

FREE POSTURE SCREENING ANALYSIS

The importance of posture – chiropractic care We offer a non obligatory detailed spinal screening analysis which will evaluate & educate the individual about their posture. It will highlight if there are any problems that Dr Dutey-Harispe D.C. can treat with Chiropractic care.

Why is good posture important? * Helps keep bones and joints in correct alignment, decreasing the abnormal wearing of joint surfaces that could result in degenerative arthritis and joint pain. * Reduces the stress on the ligaments holding the spinal joints together, minimizing the likelihood of injury. * Helps prevent muscle strain, overuse disorders and even back and muscular pain.

Chiropractic treatment can correct your misalignments in the spine, restoring your body to optimal health.

The clinic offers professional care at affordable prices for the whole family.

Please contact us for details.

Please view our website, for more information Hours of opening: Tuesday & Wednesday: Thursday:

www.chiropractorspain.com

9.00 - 14.00 16.00 - 21.00

info@chiropractoralgorfa.es

WANT TO join a nonprofit organisation which is thriving on the Costa Blanca and committed to supporting charitable causes and bringing people together? There are Freemasons lodges throughout the Costa Blanca who meet on a weekly basis and welcome new members. For more information please contact Harry Palmer by email at palmers. quesada@yahoo.co.uk or 96 671 2326.

Dr Hans Christian Madsen DC

has developed techniques with pinpoint lasers, to treat specific injured, damaged or weak areas of the body. His patented lasers can treat any structure, (any tendons and muscles) inside the affected joint or within the spine. The laser penetrates light to the affected areas, supplying energy to the body, which encourages new cell growth.

This strengthening and healing of damaged cells can lead to healthier discs and joints.

Our patients are a testimony to the success of Laser Therapy.

Mr Cotton recently came to see Dr Madsen, with terrible pain in his neck and shoulder. After examining X-rays, Dr Madsen advised that Mr Cotton’s neck was very bad.

Nearly all the discs were severely degraded. He gave Mr Cotton some initial laser therapy to start the healing process and he immediately felt some improvement. Mr Cotton is continuing with regular laser treatments and he is feeling better with each visit.

It is never too late to seek help for pain. Come and talk to us or take a look at our website to see what our patients are saying.

TEL: 966 185 242 / 693 371 616 / 617 info@chiropractor-benijofar.es

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Life people

Local charity PALS achieves donations of more than 250,000€ A NEW, fully equipped state of the art ambulance was presented by the Honorary British Consul Antonio Berdonces to the Alcalde of Mazarron, Gines Campillo.

The money to buy the ambulance was raised by the expat community over a six year period by a team led by PALS (Protection and Life Saving) and Bahia Lions, and the huge input by Costa Calida Radio and Lions Country club were recognised as very important.

Some 45,100€ was raised by various events not least being the annual CAFÉ Concert, (which this year will be 28th September at the Playa Grande) and PALS have advanced the balance to ensure that the vehicle was available before the summer influx of visitors.

The new ambulance will be staffed and administered by Cruz Roja but will be permanently based in Mazarron for the use of the whole community.

PALS are the area’s oldest registered expatriate charity and have since 2000 donated over 188,000€ in life saving

Spain’s first Festival of Speed PETROLHEADS FROM all over Spain will be well aware of one of the UK’s best known and attended car shows; the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

By Keith Nicol IT’S A fantastic weekend event that mixes track racing, displays, music, entertainment, classic, custom and all variety of cars and bikes. For the first time, Spain will offer their own version, at the Cartagena Race Track over the weekend of May 4, 2013 till May 5, The Festival of Speed features two days of racing, but that’s not all as there will also be Stunt shows, Drift cars, Nascars, Custom Cars and Vintage Cars all for your viewing pleasure.

Other activities taking place over the weekend include live music, bouncy castle, tribute acts from England, top Spanish DJ (Boca Boca) performing live, and you can even camp over for the entire weekend!

More information on the entire event in next week’s RTN or visit www.velocity-racing.eu.

The new state of the art ambulance

equipment to the local emergency teams, such as 112 and FAST and have contributed equipment to local health centres. In addition PALS, together with Costa Calida Radio, inspired a one day concert following the Lorca Earthquake and this provided 6,400€

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worth of emergency equipment. The new ambulance therefore brings PALS total of donation involvement to more than 250,000€.

PALS organise events and trips and further information can be found on www.pals.sm4.biz

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Life horoscopes

Kenny corris www.kennycorris.net

Deathly silence

Working towards the Solar Eclipse in Taurus midweek there comes a need to reward your partner for a job well done, as Pluto picks up on energies of love and commitment and spills the beans. Relationship wise this is a great time for forward planning, a new project or anything that sees you DEATH IS one thing very sure to come our way, though working together in domestic situations. the lottery that is life makes sure that we never know

Mars enters into Taurus adding depth to the fallout from the midweek Solar Eclipse that centres energy on the Taurean tenth house of imagination and planning. With love abounding you have to find a way to tell someone the truth this week, because they are living in a dream, and need to be told the reality of the current situation.

Inner peace comes from laying all your cards on the table and facing a few facts which may be a short sharp shock to someone. All is not as it seems, and you can blame this on the actions of Pluto and Capricorn as Mars trines. Any warnings now are the sincerest way of making amends for something that should have been done long ago.

Until now you have had to play a supportive role in a matter of the heart, but resolve and solution comes to you this week as you piece together that which it was hard to pick up on before. Along the line someone has made a mountain of a molehill, and there has been a lack of transparency; it is clear now what you have to do.

Take time for yourself this week as a welcome escape brings you a breather that’s welcome in the current spate of things. You need to look back at events and see them from a distance; this way you will realise that your initial reaction was correct and it may be too late to do anything about it now. Alternatives can wait until you are ready.

Broken promises may mean that you have to take the bull by the horns and follow your heart for a change. Don’t look at complications that simply aren’t there because you can’t believe your luck. Fortune smiles on you this week as Venus and Mercury ensure that you get what you truly deserve to have, and not before time either!

Always hesitant but sure in your actions it is because you need to get it right. You have taken something on which has led to all kinds of complications, but if you look at things as they are you have learned a lesson and much can come from this. Trust your instincts to warn you and expect a weekend treat brought to your door.

You are angry, moody and silent, and you have reacted by being grumpy, which won’t get you anywhere. Take some time to work with balancing the inner you and bringing calm back into your hectic but happy life. Mars takes on Taurus and may ruffle your feathers this week, but keep your temper even if others are losing theirs!

Watch routines go out of the window this week as your attentions turn to being a friend in need. Calm and centred in a crisis your talent of organisation comes to the fore and puts somebody right back on their feet again in no time.

Planetary influences will see that you get the reward you need as things hot up this week.

Whether it is the influence of Pluto or not you are reviewing aspects of your current position with a view to making change where it is necessary. Your gregarious actions and heightened sensitivity brings others so much, but there comes a time to be self motivated and to think of yourself and what your next step could be.

Time is on your side as you are standing back and waiting for things to get better for a change, rather than getting too deeply involved and living to regret it. Letting things calm may bring someone back to their senses and relax you in the process, even if you have to bite your tongue and hope for the best.

Start as you mean to continue and be ready to take on full responsibility for someone else’s blunder. Whilst this does wonders in showing others what you can do, it is also a very warranted feather in your cap; and a portent, for sure, of what very well could be there for you in the future. Come what may, take this as a prelude to promotion.

just when it will be or how it will come. We are born dying with a genetic blueprint mapped out that brings us out into the World with the keys to our demise clearly printed. Fate may very well intervene here as we live within dangers and snares, and we are mere mortals after all. Our lives are for living and they should not stop us from pursuing that which we feel that we should do. Each flight, or car journey, or elevator floor has the potential of doom, but we cannot live such a protected life and avoid that which may bring about our own end of life.

It is said that death is trivialised these days. For instance you could not go through an evening’s television without a death scene. As forensics and gruesome autopsies now trump Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, and Colonel Mustard appears ominously in the library with the lead piping; we can say that we have made rather a joke of death over the years. There is scarcely a Hollywood film without death, or a funeral, just as it is always thundering and lightening in every horror film as someone walks around terrified in the dark. Why can’t they put the lights on, I wonder? In horror we count the bodies and the blood, and it is no wonder that make up artists call fake blood Kensington Gore.

Death felt close is no joke. We do expect all our friends, relatives, and those that we love to always be with us, but sadly it cannot be this way. To lose somebody can bring sadness and grieving into a natural mourning process, and this really brings home to us our lifespan, what we

Kennys diary Albir Readings: The End of the Mayan Calendar has brought the Maya Bistro in Albir a brand new name.

In future it will be known as SOMETHING ELSE. Readings are available on Monday May 6th and Wednesday 8th from 17.00. Call for bookings for mini readings on: 966 868 213.

DNA: A Spring Workshop: A one day workshop that helps you to charge your own unique Spiritual DNA. An intensive workshop, open to all, that intensifies, accelerates and inspires Spiritual progress and indicates the clear way ahead. Dates in April/May, or can travel to your own group or organisation. For details please call Kenny directly on 686 361 594 or leave a message on: 96 587 8424.

Meditation Workshop: Working with your Sanctuary is a half day workshop in Meditation technique. No previous experience necessary and all welcome as we explore our hidden depths. May dates. Call for info.

If it’s your birthday this week

have yet to do, and where this will eventually take us in the living scheme of things.

I had a wonderful friend and we used to start every day spent together by saying, “Not Dead Yet!” It was true of course, but we knew that one day one of us would not mutter it under our breath because we would have started our journey over to the other side. Our time together and the fun we had took our minds off this. Many people like to plan their funeral service. Maggie Thatcher chose a concise service with no long reckonings or laments. I went to a well planned funeral service entirely with Dusty Springfield music and songs once. It was such a send off; only I can never hear, “Going Back” without a tear in my eyes. Sentimental, you may say but we do remember things, happy or sad because they mean something to us, and because we have to realise that they may always do so.

I am always infuriated when national disasters list the number of dead British people as if they were more important than other nationalities. The recent collapse of a building in Bangladesh and the death of hundreds under rubble really brings home the mass death of disaster, together with helplessness. I am shocked of the number of children who die each day in Third World Countries, the starvation and cruelty of tortured donkeys, pets and children; and the need to ask for money for charities such as Cancer Research; who should have all the finances they ever need without question.

Well there we are, death changes things, sells cinema tickets, and it all adds to the lottery. Considering we all made it into this World, one day we will make it out again when our time comes. We will take with us a bucket of memories and some very good times and hopefully we will be able to say that we did it……… our way too!

Love & Light... Kenny Corris

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Email your letters to me at: kennycorris@roundtownnews.com

KENNY, I know that you say it isn’t wrong to ask for money, but I have tried every way and I never seem to get a thing. I know I am rich in many other ways but that doesn’t pay the bills right now. Una C. It isn’t wrong to ask for anything that you deserve, but you have to believe that you will get it. Money is how we pay our debts, how we reward each other and how we are able to live. Abundance should be yours if you believe it is possible so imagine paying your bills, having spare change in your purse and the security it brings. With World pressure mounting on financial matters it is even harder to pay the debts and rest assured, and we are all tightening our belts right now. Do not stop asking for what you deserve, eliminate any begging because that’s not the right thing to be doing and visualise a solution to financial worries.

If actions by you don’t amount to anything it is anything yet….. and so never give up, because you truly do deserve; and all will be well.

Be sure. Acting on impulse takes you back there in the past when you were clutching at straws. Continue to play your cards close to your chest, but know that deep down you just have to keep all your options open right now.

Sudoku

Cryptic Crossword ACROSS 1. Reporters seem to want things urgently (5) 4. Support in reverse? (7) 8. No artificial note (7) 9. Mother wants boy to become stone worker (5) 10. What a well lubricated man becomes? (4) 11. Pretend to be ill to make mother stay (8) 13. Furniture not quite up to this point (4) 14. Resigned from the socialist side (4) 16. This critic is clearly one who has a second look (8) 17. Facts given in the end at an enquiry (4) 20. Closely follow graduate in doctrine (5) 21. A reason for being stranded? (7) 22. Nose and lip are used to form a Greek letter (7) 23. What the raw golfer aims for? (5)

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DOWN 1. Card games suitable for river crossing? (7,6) 2. Praise some of the opposite sex, to lessen nagging (5) 3. Rues being certain (4) 4. This song is wicked contains everything! (6) 5. Does he make up heaps of clues? (8) 6. Thorough knowledge is within one’s vision (7) 7. Amnesty from army commander apparently (7,6) 12. The very last, in spite of everything (5,3) 13. Like returning to five eras of uncivilised people (7) 15. Get back for example in the wet (6) 18. In the morning employ to entertain (5) 19. Boast that clothes have gone up (4)

The key rule is that you must only change one letter at a time as you move from one rung to another, and the word you make must be a proper word! Therefore you may move from BATH --> BATS but not from BATH --> CASH because that changes two letters in one go which is not allowed.

Quick Crossword

ACROSS 1. Previous to (5) 4. Trip (7) 8. Win back (7) 9. Sluggish (5) 10. Merit (4) 11. Ominous (8) 13. Destiny (4) 14. Yield (4) 16. Pottery (8) 17. Eager (4) 20. Get to know (5) 21. Exalt (7) 22. Go back (7) 23. Dulcet (5)

DOWN 1. Upright (13) 2. Become liable to (5) 3. Bellow (4) 4. Apex (6) 5. Used (8) 6. Respire (7) 7. Amusement (13) 12. Start (8) 13. Sleeping (7) 15. Emphasise (6) 18. Escape (5) 19. Information (4)

Euromillions Draw Friday 26th April 2013

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One Portuguese ticket won the 32,469,029 Euros Tuesday 30th April 2013

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on on page 47.

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Life spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Step by Step Spanish - 30 WE ARE still on the subject of colours. We have covered the basic colour words which should be enough to satisfy those of us who are not interior designers or paint shop assistants. However, you don’t have to think for long to realize that colours are also the subject of a lot of expressions.

IN ENGLISH we say things like “out of the blue” and “in the red” – occasionally we are in the red out of the blue, which is a bit upsetting.

Colour words are also used in these figurative ways in Spanish, and although some of the obvious ones are the same, there are others that are, surprise surprise, completely different.

Let’s try some more obvious ones first – “lo veo todo negro” (I see everything as black, that is, I have a pessimistic view of life). “Se puso rojo como un tomate” (She or he went as red as a tomato). The word for white – blanco - can also be translated as “blank” which accounts for a sentence like this: “Cuando la profesora me hace una pregunta, me quedo en blanco” (When the teacher asks me a question I go blank). This also happens when Spanish people speak to you in Spanish, unfortunately. Another use of “blanco” is “He pasado la noche en blanco” which means “I haven’t slept a wink all night”.

Another way of saying that is: “No he pegado ojo en toda la noche” (loosely translated as “My eyes haven’t closed all night”).

Pink is a colour that is associated with glamour and celebrity as it is served up for us via gossip magazines. If you’d like to find out where the most popular bullfighters go on holiday with their model girlfriends, or what the interior of some film stars house looks

like (as you can tell, I’m very interested) then you need to turn to the “prensa rosa” (the pink press). Actually, and seriously, they do make very good reading for students of Spanish as they are full of everyday words and expressions and have lots of pictures to help with the meaning!

The colour green is used in various expressions. If someone says something horrible about someone else we say that they “turn them green” (poner verde). We would say, for example: “Cuando me equivoco, mi profesora me pone verde” (When I make a mistake my teacher has a real go at me). However, the expression is more often associated with talking behind people’s backs: “Como Juan no estuvo ese día, sus amigos le pusieron verde” (As Juan wasn’t there that day, his friends ripped him to shreds).

Verde is also used to mean immature or inexperienced (“estoy muy verde” – I’m new to this) but then at the other extreme “un viejo verde” describes a certain kind of old man, the sort we call a dirty old man - yes, the leering kind!

And finally, in Spanish if you eat too much you turn purple. “La comida estaba tan rica que nos pusimos morados de tanto comer.”

The food was so delicious we went purple eating so much!

Life books

Omid Djalili @omid: Only a Turkish barber would ask me to “look after shop” as I sit alone waiting for a head shave as he runs out clutching £20 notes Mark Jenkins@_MarkJenkins: I woke up this morning thinking today was Saturday...

But what concerned me.. I wasn’t sure if it was last Saturday or next Saturday !!

Bill Bailey @BillBailey: Middle England leaving the Tories for UKIP. I’d like a cab please, picking up from ‘frying pan’ dropping off? ‘the fire’. On it’s way!

Danny Baker @prodnose: Local election johnny just knocked at door. Noticed he had written on his clipboard: ‘SHAKE hands. KISS babies. NOT other way round.’

Gok Wan @therealgokwan: That awkward moment when the hot guy smiles at you and when you smile back you realise you have a cappuccino moustache!

Sarah Millican @SarahMillican75: I had a lovely nap in the middle of Iron Man 3 last night. I only counted one vest scene when awake. I hope I didn’t sleep through more.

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Costa Blanca Mountains 1:40,000 scale map CAN ONE review a map? Yes, why not? It’s a publication after all, and this is a good one, covering a double sided 77cm x 60cm at a scale of 1:40,000. (You do the maths).

It covers from beyond Benimassot in the west to Alcalalí in the east and from the coast of Santa Ana in the north then south to Puig Campana and Relleu, and in doing so it includes all walking routes on the way: a brilliant piece of kit for all those who wear hob-nailed boots at weekends and go clomping over mountains.

You won’t get lost with this. Its legend includes roads, tracks, and trails, walking routes in both red and green, and UTM Map Grid Datum WGS84. (If you walk, you’ll probably know what that is. I don’t).

It also includes viewpoints, springs, caves, and picnic areas, camping sites, all sorts of monuments and ruins, and bars. You’ll find me giving cheery waves from the window of the latter. I don’t walk up mountains. The fact that they’re there doesn’t bother me in the least. They’ll all be there tomorrow but I’m not sure if I would if I attempted to walk up one. But - good luck and all my best wishes for those hardy souls who do!

I have a daughter and son-in-law who do and I’ll be sending them this map so that they can stand on peaks and halloo across valleys.

Author: David Brown Publisher: Discovery Walking Guides Ltd Price: 12.15€ ISBN: 1904946844

Suduko Answer

I’m sure the views are wonderful and they have cameras so I won’t miss anything except the wind in my face and the crunch of gravel under my boots. I can forego that (really) but can you? If you’re a trekker of the Costa Blanca, this is the bargain of the year. If you’re not, I’ll see you in the bar.

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San Pedro Badminton Club

By Keith Nicol SAN PEDRO has a thriving and successful badminton club that is always looking to attract new members. The club is affiliated to the Spanish Badminton Federation and also to the Murcian Region Federation. The team consists of three male and three ladies teams, all veterans, which means over 30 years old. The team has entered various competitions around Spain and has also competed in the Spanish National Veterans Championships over the last five years.

Their major successes to date are, champions and sub-champions in the Valencian region; in March this year 2013, champions and sub-champions in the Murcian Region bringing home a total of 11 medals and champion and subchampions in the Spanish Nationals in our respective age groups. This week they are traveling to Zaragoza to take part in the Spanish National Veterans and are San Pedro Badminton looking to add more trophies to their already growing collection.

Club If you’d like to know more about badminton in the region, please send an members email with your contact details to: ziamadi@hotmail.com. veterans

LA Mummy Club HELP MMM forthcoming events THIS WEDNESDAY 8th May will be the first date for any mums diary, as The L.A. Mummy Club is launched in Los Alcazares. All mums are invited to the first, and of course subsequent events, with the first one at 5.30pm next Wednesday at the Las Velas Childrens Play Area which is situated on the first floor. The centre is great for children of all ages with ball pits, soft play, football, trampolines, role play and much more. There is also smaller toys which babies can enjoy. It will also give a chance for mums to get together to catch up and support each other.

It is 2.50€ for one hours play time in the centre per child, and will be followed by optional pizza. No need to book - just turn up! The aim of the group is to meet every 4-6 weeks at different low cost or free venues. For more information you can contact Janine on 616 332 178.

TUESDAY 14TH May Quiz with a difference at El Carmoli restaurant, El Carmoli near Punta Brava at 7 for a 7.30 p.m. start. Tickets are €11 which includes a chicken and chips supper Thursday 13th June Afternoon at the Races at Viva Bar and Restaurante overlooking the sea, Los Nietos at 1 for 1.30 for lunch at 7.50 euros per person. Racing to follow.

Saturday 22nd June Treasure Hunt

starting off from Don Lorenzo’s, Los Urrutias. We meet at 1 o’clock for lunch of goulash or schnitzel followed by the Treasure Hunt, all for €12.

Every second Tuesday in the month there is a charity market at La Zona, Los Alcazares from 11-1 pm.

Every third Tuesday in the month HELP MMM’s general meeting takes place at Las Claras, Los Narejos at 11.30 for 12 noon

Every Saturday morning there is a clothes sale at The Arches restaurant, Los Narejos from 10.30 to 1 p.m.

HELP has a stall at the Autocine, Los Narejos every Sunday a.m. 8.30 a.m. to 12.30.

Tickets or information about events available from Joan Mitchell on telephone 868 185 685 or 678 135 467, Janice Clark on 968 134 355, or the office 968 570 059

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Life cars

Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Robust and versatile

THESE ARE two words that spring to mind when I am confronted by the Suzuki SX4 DDiS, the 4x4 hatchback.

A switch allows the driver to select between two and fourwheel drive, which is useful in this day and age of increasingly expensive fuel. Vehicles are always more efficient when in twowheel drive and this is great for day-to-day use.

Four-wheel drive is ideal for challenging winter conditions or the occasional bit of off-roading and being able to switch between the two while you’re driving is really useful. Compare this to a Land Rover 90 where you have to be stationary to perform this move and it is impressive.

Interestingly when my first daughter Harriett was born in February 2011, the petrol SX4 was the first vehicle she experienced when I drove her home from hospital. When my second daughter Heidi was born a day before Harriett in the same month, she too was driven home from hospital in an SX4 but this time a diesel version.

I like Suzuki vehicles in the same way that I appreciate Land Rovers. They both have an excellent no messing about reputation and can be relied upon in most circumstances.

The test takes place in high winds and when I manoeuvre into the outside lane of the motorway there is an unsettling banging from the roof, which does make me question what it is for a moment. I am sure it is the flexible radio aerial – and although this has not happened to me in any other vehicle I plough on regardless, impatient to see my second daughter. Arriving at the hospital my opinion seems to be correct. I suggest this should be removed and the aerial fitted somewhere else on the vehicle.

Inside, the black plastic interior is no doubt hardwearing and although the seats are reasonably comfortable there is little inspiration as you can see from the video at testdrives.biz. No matter how hard I try, I cannot find my favourite

radio station but the steering wheel mounted cruise control is easy to use.

There is a raised driving position when compared to a standard hatchback and this gives a more commanding view of the road. I actually prefer the two-litre diesel engine to the 1.6-litre petrol I tested previously for two reasons. First, it is pretty gutsy and second it delivers much better fuel economy, although it is much more expensive to purchase than the petrol version. On the motorway it is noisy but it consistently delivers over 50mpg.

The boot is a good size and there is room inside for five adults, all of which makes for good family transport.

New price range: 14,403.33€ to 20,240.14€ Engine: 2-litre diesel Power: 133bhp 0-60mph: 11.2secs Economy: over 50mpg Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

Advanced motorist Tim Saunders is the former Business and Motoring Editor of the Bournemouth Daily Echo. His regular test reports appear in numerous newspapers, magazines and websites throughout the UK, Ireland and Gibraltar. For more independent unbiased car reviews and videos visit www.testdrives.biz

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The same for all?

NOEL’S WORLD OF GOLF

By Noel Eastwell Teaching Professional Alicante Golf 639 730 891

ON A visit to a golf club just to the south of Valencia last week I saw what I thought was one of the most stupid things I have seen in many years on a golf complex.

A man and his wife on holiday from England had a day free on their holiday and heard of the reputation of this particular golf course and they had a desire to play it while they were in the area. They wanted a buggy included and were told this was no problem as there were a number available for hire.

They were given a tee time and were about to proceed with the reservation until they were told the price they had to pay: 80€ each for the green fee and 15€ each for the buggy. These stupid prices I am afraid are just absolutely ridiculous and anybody who pays them is just as crazy as the people who are trying to rip them off. In an effort to make the lovely people aware that they

had options I intervened before they walked away and told all of their friends about the rip-off attitude of the staff at the golf course when they got home. I recommended they call Melinda on the RTN Golf Booking Hotline and see if she could do anything for them and gave them the number to call.

Within five minutes this couple from Oxfordshire had the same tee time as they had previously reserved but was now only going to pay forty six euros each for the green fee and ten euros each for the buggy. They went out on the golf course a very happy and perhaps lucky couple that I was there and heard the conversation.

What I found hard to believe was the attitude of the staff who just tried as hard as they could to overcharge them and I wonder if the couple had been Spanish would they have even

attempted to overcharge this English couple in the way they did? We probably all know the answer to this question but it still frustrates me so much that we still see this attitude to foreigners in this day and age when money is so hard to come by.

Not only did the staff try hard to rip off this couple their attempts at this crazy act would certainly have seen the income of the club reduced by at least two green fees. Just how many green fees are lost because of a similar attitude at other times I wonder?

Unfortunately many Spanish people see all northern Europeans as ‘cash rich’ and in the past we probably were compared to the locals but that was when the world was a very different place and one where we will probably never go to again. There is a big lesson to be learned here but I have no doubt that it

will be some considerable time before the lesson is learned locally if indeed it is learned at all. Hmm… I wonder?

WIN A DOZEN SRIXON GOLF BALLS COURTESY OF GOLF MED Answer the question below correctly to have a chance to win. The winner of this fantastic prize will be picked at random at the end of each month. Send your entries by email to golf@roundtownnews.com: The decision of the editor of RTN will be final in making the winning selection.

QUESTION FOR MAY 3RD 2013 How many US Masters victories has Bernhard Langer got to his name?

All answers must be received no later than 5pm on 2nd June to be entered into May’s draw, which will be made on 2nd June 2013. The winner will be announced in RTN on 7th June 2013. To collect your prize you will have to come along to an RTN Golf Club day and meet with Noel Eastwell.

Winner for April: Margaret Stevens

Any questions you have for Noel should be sent to golf@roundtownnews.com - Free golf lesson for all new RTN Golf members! Sign up now, limited offer

The RTN Club Scene OUR WEEKLY golf meeting at Alicante Golf last Tuesday once again saw another new name enter the winners’ list as Malcolm Smith won on his third game with us.

ON A day where the swirling wind made club selection very difficult Malcolm’s winning score of 30 points was the only one outside the twenty point bracket which was the first time this has happened this season.

Our ‘twos pot’ once again went unclaimed and now rolls over to a third week with the chance for one lucky golfers to pick up three weeks winnings with a birdie on one of the six par three holes on Alicante Golf.

The best shot of the day was undoubtedly the shot from one player on hole three who hit a shank on the tee that struck the fence of an adjoining garden and landed on the green: he bought a lottery ticket on the way home but his luck had already ran out before the purchase.

MAY 10TH TITLEIST VISITS ALICANTE GOLF Titleist has long been known for the quality of their golf clubs and in recent years their reputation for producing quality drivers and fairway woods has been enhanced. On 10th May we will again give our readers the chance to test all of the clubs produced by one of golf’s top club manufacturers and putter makers: for more information call Noel on 639 730 891.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 7th May: RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf 10th May: Titleist Golf Demonstration Day at Alicante Golf 14th May RTN Monthly League golf meeting at Alicante Golf 21st May; RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf NOEL EASTWELL GOLF ACADEMY Quality group lesson available at Alicante Golf from just 10€ per person: contact Noel on 639 730 891 for more information.

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ANDREW JAMES... The man in the middle Sponsored by “The Three Lions” (Carrer de Manuel de Falla, Albir) The Best Footy Bar on the Costa Blanca; Showing Every Game, Every Week!

The Rocket’s Return

THE WORLD Snooker Championships are underway at The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and Ronnie O’Sullivan has cruised through to the semi-finals.

ALTHOUGH ‘THE Rocket’ is reigning world champion and seeded Nº1 for the tournament, no-one was sure how he’d perform because, prior to his first round match with Marcus Campbell, he’d played just seven frames of competitive snooker since last year’s victory.

But the enigmatic man from The Midlands has been in imperious form and if anyone can spend almost 12 months away from the sport and come back to win the world title it’s Ronnie O’Sullivan. The guy is just an incredible talent. Of course he has what you might call a chequered past, with both on and off-baize antics hitting the headlines in recent years, but there

remains no doubt that he’s the sport’s biggest draw and will continue to be so for however long he continues to play. Personally, I hope that’s for many, many years yet but I wouldn’t be entirely surprised either if he decided to announce his retirement half-way through Monday night’s final!?

TOFFEES TOP DOGS? Over the past couple years, there’s been a lot of talk in Manchester that a Red-to-Blue shift in power is on the horizon. Now I’m not going to wade into that argument but there’s a city just 40 minutes down the M62 where the same could also be suggested.

Yes, Liverpool won The Carling Cup in 2012 but, in the league, they finished in 8th place, four points behind bitter rivals Everton. At the time, Reds fans claimed that this was just a one-off but, with just a few games to go this year, The Toffees are five points clear and look like finishing above Liverpool once again. Don’t get me wrong, The Reds have improved this year; they’ve already surpassed last campaign’s points tally and have scored a heck of a lot more goals but, and it’s a big BUT, Everton have improved as well.

This is why, in my opinion, and given neither club will have a trophy to show for their efforts this campaign, Sunday’s Merseyside derby at Anfield is now of massive significance. A win for the home side will give

Fishing The Torrevieja David Hoare Balonmano compete at Monovar by

ON A wet and windy Sunday (28th March) the Balonmano girls of Torrevieja ‘A & B’, along with 20 parents, headed to Monovar for a Tournament. The girls played against sides far more experienced than they were such as Elche (final winners), Monovar (runner up), and Elda amongst others. The Torrevieja teams finished 7th and 8th.

Nevertheless, all the girls played really well and delivered a performance that made their parents really proud. Well done girls! Pictured are Suzanna, coach of Torrevieja A and Marcos, coach of Torrevieja B: Team A is in blue and Team B in white.

Spanish Under 18 Rugby Championships in Torrevieja THIS WEEKEND 4th and 5th May, the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Torrevieja will host an under 18 Spanish Club Championship, and fans can come along and watch the next generation of Spanish talent for ‘free’!

The first stage of the tournament will be played on the three pitches at the Sports City in Torrevieja, before moving to the Nelson Mandela Stadium for the finals. Saturday games start at 9.00 am and go on until 2.00 pm, and Sunday games will start at 10.00 am, with the Final to be played at 1.00 pm. Entry is FREE for everyone. Torrevieja council will be providing a giant paella to keep all of the players energised after their matches, and the finals will also be shown on television, as well as online via the Spanish Federation web page

Brendan Rodgers’ men a chance to restore the status-quo but a victory for David Moyes’ side could signal worrying times ahead for the red half of the city.

For a while now, it’s been suggested that Everton are punching above their weight in being in the league’s top six and that it’s only a matter of time before Liverpool break back into the top four but, against top-five opposition this season, The Toffees have picked up thirteen points (with an away trip to Chelsea still to come) whereas The Reds’ have managed just eight. Stats don’t tell the whole story of course but, of the two teams, it’s Everton who appear to be in the ascendancy at the moment.

THIS WEEK IN “THE LIONS”: Sat 4th May: Swansea v Man City (4pm) Spurs v Southampton (4pm) QPR v Arsenal (6.30pm) Sun 5th May: Liverpool v Everton (2.30pm) Man United v Chelsea (5pm) Tues 7th May: Man City v West Brom (8.45pm) Wigan v Swansea (8.45pm) Wed 8th May: Chelsea v Spurs (8.45pm) ***Plus all play-off games***

Maggots End

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THIS WEEK’S competition was the 4th round of the Summer Championship, the venue being the Embalse de Argos.

This is the first time we have fished here this year. The water level is well up as are all the reservoirs. The venue fished reasonably well with only four blanks. As can be seen from the results, a variety of methods are still catching so hopefully we could be in for a good season! The fish are growing and the average size is becoming about a kilo, so let’s hope that we might get back to some 100lb weights!

Again this week we had the Guardia visit us complaining that no signs were put up for the match although we had booked the venue through the Murcia federation. Just a word to let you know if you do fish there make sure you have a license and insurance.

TOP RODS ON THE DAY 1st - Bill (The Master) Reade fishing the feeder using maggot with 26.37 kilos 2nd - Dave (The Sweetie Man) Hutchinson fishing the pole using paste with 25.32 kilos 3rd - Alan (The Emperor) Roscoe fishing the feeder using corn with 23.60 kilos

PLEASE NOTE The club has some vacancies at present: if you are interested in joining please contact Derek Swann on 96 672 9293 or 603 535 771.

I would like to add a personal note for the work put in by the committee, but to single out Bill Reade, who pegs and manages the pools on a weekly basis.

As well as doing that, he takes all the abuse about bad pegging and rubbish venues - as I will contest to having complained about in the past - and still with true northern grit and Teflon shoulders lets it slide away and continues for the next week… thank you.

ABBEY ANGLING RESULTS: SUPPLIED BY TERRY SCREEN We fished this week’s 5th round of the Spring Series at Nancy’s on 23rd April and not Murcia due to it still being in flood.

The water below the boom at Nancy’s was still pulling through quite fast and the colour was good, but above there was just a gentle pull on it but with an upstream easterly wind blowing, making the float almost stationery.

The fishing on this water is improving with just one dry net out of the fif-

FC Torry news

TORRY TRAVELLED north on Sunday to play mid-table Borriol and returned home with a point after a 0-0 stalemate.

It was cold and wet and a bit of a battle of attrition.

One of the Borriol subs was none other than the famous golfer Sergio Garcia who came on for the second-half but

teen anglers that fished, and the in-bait seems to be double or single maggot fished on 16s or 18s. The state of the river banks is atrocious with beer cans and bottles everywhere once again.

1st - Lennie (Ex Cultural Attaché) Bolton with 11.000kg fishing the feeder using maggot: good to see him back with us fit and well 2nd - Terry (Swing ‘Em) Screen with 9.150kg fishing the pole using maggot 3rd - Stan (The Man) Roberts with 9.020kg fishing feeder and pole using bread punch and maggot All details are available at www.abbeyangling.com or from the Match Secretary Terry Screen on 96 532 8368.

ANGLERS TOGETHER THE OBJECTIVE of Anglers Together was to introduce anglers to each other, who otherwise had no one to fish with or didn’t know where to fish. It was successful in bringing together many anglers who established friendships and which continue to this day. No meetings are held now but information is still available via anglerstogether@hotmail.co.uk.

fortunately was not as adept with a football as he is with a golf club. Torry created the better chances with Koeman going close on several occasions. New keeper Pepitiu had a competent debut for Torry and Rafa was again solid at the heart of the Torry defence. Torry’s relegation fears are easing but they are not quite clear yet. This past Wednesday Torry entertained 3rd placed Elche Ilicitano and hopefully will have got a positive result. This weekend they are away to CD Llosa and lets hope they return home with all 3 points in the bag.

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