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Age of the train

by Jack Troughton

David Ferrer

Game, set and match

TENNIS STAR David Ferrer was in his home town of Javea to unveil the renovated beach promenade that now bears his name. Read the full story on page 8.

HIGH SPEED rail links to the Costa Blanca are vital to the future of the tourist industry and the region’s economy – including the creation of jobs – it was claimed this week.

The Valencia Government undertaking a feasibility study to investigate extending the AVE rail network to Denia and Benidorm, the two centres linked by the narrow gauge TRAM line.

The high speed RENFE trains will begin to arrive in Alicante this summer after the direct line between the city and Madrid finally opens – making it possible to travel directly by rail from northern Europe.

President of the Valencia Generalitat Alberto Fabra announced the government’s commitment for the project named ‘Train of the Coast’.

Valencia is already linked to the AVE network but the mainline south from Spain’s third largest city ends at Gandia, yet for decades there have been

calls for the line to be extended to its historic terminus at Denia – a move that remains controversial.

And the high speed spur between Alicante and Spain’s most famous resort, Benidorm, has been planned for a number of years.

Last year the regional government announced a programme of engineering works along the TRAM line between Benidorm and Denia after claims it was to be closed. Thousands of people signed petitions calling for the link to be maintained, saying it was essential for both commuters and holidaymakers.

Mr Fabra said a direct rail link between Valencia and Alicante was “essential” to open up new opportunities for tourism in the region.

And he said the coastal train service would be fully integrated into Valencia’s transport system and the Spanish rail network – part of a protocol signed by central government, RENFE, and Valencia in 2011.

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Top of the form President Alberto Fabra (centre front) is shown the site

by Calpe Mayor Cesar Sanchez.

Presidential sweet VALENCIA PRESIDENT Alberto Fabra has given his seal of approval after officially opening 2.6 million Euros of road improvements at a Costa Blanca resort.

by Jack Troughton THE POLITICIAN was in Calpe last Friday at the inauguration of Avenida Europa following its conversion into a four-lane thoroughfare, and the remodelling of Boulevard Americanas and Calle Luxembourg.

Avenida Europa runs parallel to the beach and bisects a number of first and second line properties. A series of ‘English-style’ mini-roundabouts will help control the speed of traffic.

Mr Fabra said it had benefited one of the most important communication links between the town centre and its port and would improve its use with wide pavements, trees, structured parking, and new modern rubbish containers – as well as being a key part of Calpe’s new network of cycle lanes.

Critics claim there has been a wasted opportunity to construct a “mixed use” street and maintain there should be one-way traffic along the

road allowing pedestrian areas with benches, a bike lane, roller skating routes, and play areas.

They point out there is already dual carriageway surrounding the saltwater lake of Las Salinas and forward thinking could have provided “an attractive zone for young and old, for residents and tourists.”

However, the town hall maintains when finally complete, the avenue will be an asset for the town and its visitors.

By Jack Troughton SEVEN NEW international schools could be built across Valencia as the government plans an ambitious programme of bilingual education.

The Generalitat de Valencia has given permission for a large scale project involving the private sector and companies already running schools across Spain will be invited to enter a tender process.

One of the identified sites is at Calpe where a school of 1,000 students from infants through to seniors is envisaged.

And a town hall insider told RTN the local authority would give up land near the existing nursery school for a development hoped to bring between 70 and 100 permanent jobs to the area – while the local economy would also benefit.

“Certainly unemployed teachers living in Calpe would be able to apply for jobs and work in their home town,” he said.

“Under the current public education system, teachers are classed as civil servants and can find themselves moved to schools some way from their homes, forcing them to travel distances or find temporary accommodation. An advantage of the private system is a fixed place of employment.”

Russian tour operators target Benidorm THE GRAN Hotel Bali in Benidorm hosted the visit of a dozen travel agents of Slavic Natalie Tours on a fact-finding mission in Spain’s most popular holiday destination. Representatives of Slavic Natalie Tours, which has 300 branch offices in Russia, visited other hotels in the city and also travelled to Altea, Calpe, Alicante and Valencia.

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Empty properties confiscated to help the homeless

Minister of Public Works and Housing, Elena Cortes

by Jan Gamm THE REGIONAL Government in Andalusia is taking steps to enable a series of legal procedures that will force the owners and developers of empty homes to rent them to families that are evicted from their properties by the banks. The measures implement a penalty system of fines of up to 9,000€ that may be imposed on the owners of properties that have been empty for more than a given number of years and also include in extreme cases the legal expropriation of homes to prevent bank eviction. The decree was presented in Congress by the Minister of Public Works and Housing, Elena Cortes. In Andalusia there are between 700,000 and one million empty homes half of which are owned by financial institutions and property companies.

Alicante and Valencia provinces hardest hit by cuts in teaching posts MORE THAN half of the 638 teaching posts to be lost by next year are in schools located between Denia and Pilar de la Horadada, with the most overcrowded classrooms in the community subjected to the majority of the cuts. Measures imposed by the Education Ministry will see classes expand to accommodate up to 33 pupils per classroom. Factors that prompted ‘adjustments’ in the number of classrooms and teachers for the next school year included the ‘drop in the birth rate’ combined with the number of ‘repatriating foreign students’.

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CAM loses appeal

By Jack Troughton SHAMED CAM Bank has lost its appeal and remains guilty of “malpractice” over a failure to guarantee the safety of 1.5 million euros in deposits for off-plan homes paid by 47 purchasers at Las Higuericas Finca Parcs development near Hellin.

The decision, announced yesterday afternoon (Thursday), brings hope to every off-plan purchaser across Spain who has lost money and underlines the legal responsibility of banks by becoming

case law.

Keith Rule, co-ordinator of the Finca Parcs Action Group, told RTN: “We have won; this is an absolutely fantastic decision and upholds last year’s verdict of the First Instance Court in Hellin.

“CAM was found guilty of malpractice and a dereliction of its legal duties. Justice has prevailed. We have won in the Albacete Appeal Court with a sentence totally dismissing the Banco CAM appeal.”

RTN will publish the full story next week.

What happened to Javea’s fire hydrants?

by Jan Gamm BURGLARS IN the scrap iron trade have stolen a number of fire hydrant covers from several residential areas in the town including the Avenida Augusta which connects the Port and the popular Arenal.

Augusta’s hydrants have now been completely pillaged over the past few months

- it takes a thief a matter of minutes to unscrew the casings and throw them into the back of a van ready to be sold for scrap. To make things worse, the remaining parts of the hydrants, which are still in working order, are now being used by passers-by as rubbish receptacles. Civil Defence volunteers have been set the task of counting the number of cover-less hydrants.

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Alicante invests

By Jack Troughton STREETS ON Calpe’s urbanisations are to be given a 920,000€ facelift as the provincial government, the Diputicion de Alicante invests in infrastructure.

The long-promised work will see streets receive new layers of asphalt as the roads are renovated in a two phase project – next year’s works will complete the resurfacing and add modern street lighting.

And other grants from Alicante include 71,250€ to improve street lights in Benissa, 63,700€ for Benitachell to modernise council electrical installations, almost 6,700€ for street lights in Rafol d’Almunia, a 13,500€ grant to the Vall d’Alcala for energy saving works, and 65,450€ to Ondara.

A saucy address offends Benidorm residents

FRIENDLY TOMÁS Rivas, proud new owner of Rivas Butcher Shop and Delicatessen in downtown Benidorm, caused a right row when he published a thousand leaflets carrying directions to his store on well-known ‘Calle Coño’, the translation of which cannot be printed here but which refers to a colloquial and somewhat offensive term for an intimate part of the female anatomy.

Tomas’s leaflet referred to his shop being on ‘**** Street’ rather than the street’s formal name of ‘Paseo de la Carretera’. Outraged local residents, despite often using the street’s historic nickname themselves, complained vigorously and the well-intentioned and apologetic Tomás immediately withdrew the leaflets. President of the Neighborhood Association of the Old Town, Pepita Orozco, acknowledged that the ‘common use’ of the street’s nickname cannot be avoided as it has been known as ‘Calle Coño’ for many years. However, he made it clear that residents would prefer the name was not formalised in print!

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Rough ride

by Jack Troughton ANGRY RESIDENTS have renamed the “rat run” outside their Costa Blanca homes ‘Valle del Potholes’ because of the condition of the road. They maintain Benitachell Town Hall has ignored the decaying surface of the street for over 13 years – despite promises the local authority would repair Valle del Portet.

And the group of neighbours – mainly British, Dutch and German residents – are demanding action and have launched a campaign to publicise their plight.

The road leads from Cumbre del Sol down to El Portet in Moraira and it has become popular with drivers wishing to escape the speed bumps of the main road.

And residents claim a Moraira company renting out quad bikes even includes Valle del Portet as a place people can enjoy ‘offroading’ on the machines. One neighbour told RTN: “It starts around Easter and sometimes there are nine machines together – it throws dust and dirt all over the place.”

Alan Westgarth said the council had made temporary repairs including filling in potholes and laying concrete down the middle of the street but the road continued to break up.

“The mayor was down here last year and

Neighbours demand action

promised the situation would be fixed. We denounced the town hall early last year but nothing was done, we have emailed the town hall but just had the reply ‘the mayor has been informed’ and the next day they sent a street cleaning machine,” he said.

“People in 4x4 vehicles just roar up and down the road which results in debris and dust being thrown all over the place.”

Another resident added: “The last three mayors have promised that they would do something and the last mayor said it would be a priority. It has been like this for over 13 years and now it is just potholes on top of potholes.”

People living in Valle del Portet and surrounding streets are forced to count the cost of damage to their own cars, particularly tyres, and say those with swimming pools adjacent to the road suffer having the chemical balance of the water being thrown off kilter because of the dust.

Alan said everyone understood that town hall finances were tight “but we do all live here and pay our taxes, so we would like some action to fix this problem.”

However, they fear there will have to be a serious accident before anything is done to improve the situation that has “gone from bad to worse.”

Continued from front page “This is strategically important for both tourists and for improving the quality of life of residents who live here or want to live here with us in the coming years,” he said.

Mr Fabra said the new age of the train was fully supported by town halls because of the visitors it would bring to the whole region.

And he said visitor numbers to the Costa Blanca as a whole were expected to leap in June when the Ave line between Alicante and Madrid opened.

He said it was a “qualitative and quantitative” jump in the accessibility of the coast to tourists – a region which had “one of the best international airports in Spain” in Alicante’s El Altet Airport and a comprehensive network of motorways linking it to Europe.

The president said tourism remained one of the main assets of the Costa Blanca and the whole of Valencia’s coastline – the Costa boasting 120 Blue Flags for the quality of its beaches.

“We are confident tourism is a sector we can continue to grow and develop – it remains a key area for us because it remains our past, our present and our future.”

Calpe Councillor Carole Saunders was with Mr Fabra as he outlined the proposals for the future of the railway network on the coast.

“It appears the Gandia to Denia extension remains the most controversial section because of its likely environmental impact,” she explained.

“Unfortunately, you have to weigh the cost of any environmental damage against the number of jobs being created and bringing more tourists to the area – tourism is our most important industry now.”

EC to fine Spain for failing to achieve economic balances by end of April

by Jan Gamm THE EUROPEAN Commission is considering demanding a fine from Spain of up to €1,000 million in May should the country fail to achieve certain ‘economic balances’ by the end of April.

The unemployment rate, public and private debt and Spain’s international investment status continue to drag down the country’s economic performance levels. Besides Spain the Commission publishes this week a thorough examination of imbalances in 11 EU Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Italy, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and the UK.

Body of missing man found in the Postiguet area THE BODY of a 63-year-old resident of Alicante missing from his home for a week has been found near the port beach area of Postiguet. The man had set out for a swim last week on his bicycle but did not return home. The bicycle was found parked next to the beach, identified by documents secured to the frame. Later a National Police helicopter spotted the victim’s body in the vicinity of the Hotel Meliá. An autopsy is scheduled.

Five drug arrests in Benidorm cocktail bar IN THE early hours of Monday 8th April The National Police seized pills, cocaine, hashish, marijuana and 158,000€ in cash as well as a shotgun, a handgun and ammunition found in a Benidorm cocktail bar. Five men have been arrested, ranging in age from 26 to 52, one a Romanian citizen and the rest Spanish. They are being charged with weapon offences and drug dealing. The drugs and weapons were concealed in wrappers stashed inside airconditioner units and holes in the walls. Three of the five men have a criminal record.

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Game, set and match

by Jack Troughton TENNIS STAR David Ferrer was greeted by hundreds of fans in his home town of Javea as he arrived at a ceremony to unveil the renovated beach promenade that now bears his name.

The 31-year-old was surrounded by eager autograph hunters as he arrived at Arenal Beach for the official opening of ‘Passeig Tenista David Ferrer’ – the result of a 2 million euro facelift.

And despite the weather – the pomp and circumstance was cut short by torrential rain – the town’s famous son braved the downpour to insure his supporters, clutching pens, photographs and even huge tennis balls, were not disappointed.

Fresh from the Miami Masters – where David went to No 4 in the ATP world rankings despite losing in a thriller to Andy Murray in the final – he was obviously thrilled to be in Javea.

“This is the most important honour I have received in my career,” he said. “You have nothing to thank me

for because I feel very proud to be a ‘xabiero’ and I owe everything to this town.

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The Arenal is the centre of Javea’s tourist industry and the player revealed: “Since I was three I have come to play at the Arenal and now it bears my name – the feeling of pride is very strong.”

David was accompanied by Javea Mayor Jose Chulvi and Valencia’s President Alberto Fabra, making his first official visit to the town.

Mr Chulvi expressed his satisfaction the project had been completed to update the Arenal after the beach area had been neglected for decades despite its importance to the local economy.

He described Davis as “the best ambassador” for the town and said it was decided to dedicate the promenade to the tennis player because “he is a great example of the values of effort, sacrifice and perseverance which are so necessary today to overcome adversity.”

Port of Valencia overwhelmed by passenger overload THE COINCIDENTAL arrival of two large ocean liners in Valencia caused the near collapse of the port facilities at Acciona on Sunday when more than 3,200 passengers from the Grand Mistral and the Aidavita converged on the inadequate and seriously overstretched terminals. The problem was aggravated by the Aidavita arriving two hours late due to bad weather. Terminal operators were left with no choice but to request a large number of passengers to remain on board. Valencia is Spain’s biggest port of entry for cruise liners - the Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth is due in late April, one of the port’s busiest months.

Urgent expansion of Valencia’s port facilities is underway.

David Ferrer signs autographs watched by Valencia President Alberto Fabre

The historic Guardia Civil HQ in Moraira falls into ruins THE DIRECTOR General of the Civil Guard has called on the Ministry of the Interior to urgently address the restoration of the historic Guardia Civil HQ in El Portet in Moraira. The building dates back to 1913 and refurbishment was underway but abandoned in 2009 following the bankruptcy of the contractor undertaken to complete the works. Nowadays weeds grow up the walls of the building and it is necessary to prune them to gain access to the front door!

Meanwhile, officers of the Guardia Civil are operating from temporary and somewhat inadequate premises provided by the municipalities of Gata de Gorgos and Moraira.

SEE Page 24 for full details!

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Purely a money making scheme

I HAVE just been reading your article on the Pegasus system in which you, quite rightly, imply that it is purely a money making scheme. I could not agree more, but would be interested to know just how many motorists it has to trap in order to actually start making money?

All helicopters are extremely expensive to run, especially as they burn fuel at a very high rate and, taking all the other costs into consideration with regard to administering the system, the number of ‘convictions’ will have to be extremely high simply to pay for the system. This is before it can start to make surplus money.

It seems that Spain, like the UK and several other countries see the motorist as the easiest money cow that they can milk! Barry Weston

sense isn’t very common A cruel twist ITCommon HAS been on my mind for some The people who risk crossing this busy BREAK-INS at caravan sites in Benidorm have taken a cruel twist. An elderly gentleman robbed a week ago had a second visit in the early hours from the thieves who took his wallet and passport. Not content with that, they ripped jewellery from his arm while he was in bed and left him bleeding and needing a visit to the hospital, I’m sure the scars on his arms will heal but how long will it take for the mental fear of being vulnerable and at risk to fade? No one should have to live like this, especially in their eighties.

Let’s try and stop this speak to the management on your site tell them what you need to be safe before it gets out of hand. Name and address withheld

time to add my voice to the chorus of concerned complaints from people saying how dangerous it is to cross the N332 at the roundabout near the Playa Flamenca Burger King. I have crossed the N332 to get to the beach with friends and having to do so it makes me cross that there is no zebra crossing.

It would be fair to say that numerous people every day take a chance and cross the N332 to walk down to the beach. In the summer months there must be even more people crossing at their own risk and drivers seem unwilling to slow down.

road are of all ages: elderly, young people, some with children and baby carriages…

The common sense solution would be to have either a walk-over or a zebra crossing with lights and speed bumps to make drivers slow down. But as they say, common sense isn’t very common.

People will continue taking risks crossing the N332 to get to the beach - I just hope no one is killed before Orihuela Town Hall finally deals with this complaint from so many people.

From a concerned reader: Brad Murray, Playa Flaminca

A very warming experience

WE WOULD like to tell you of a very warming experience we had in Bolneuvo last Saturday night. We are new in the area and locked ourselves out of our apartment - the keys where left on the inside! We had a great meal at the The Blues Bar, came back with our tale of woe and the help and support we received was wonderful. They were all a bit too ‘in the sauce’ to climb the ladder from the roof to our balcony and into the patio door there and then but Mick was there at 10am the next morning. The owners, Chris and Debbie, lent us 100€, although we had only met them once for a short chat and with this we could pay for a room at the inn. Bolneuvo seems like a very friendly and community-spirited place. And we love the Blues Bar! Bob & Janey Richard

What is the problem

RE: JACK Troughton’s ‘Spanish Inquisition’ - could you please explain what the problem is with reporting oversees assets as a tax resident in Spain? I have lived in many different countries and every country demands that you declare your worldwide assets in the country where you live as tax resident.

UK and Spain has a double tax agreement that states what tax should be paid in which country in order to avoid double taxation. What is the problem here? It is difficult to understand what is so unique in this case - I should be glad if you could tell me! Bo Björkman

Cannot believe his problems HAVING JUST returned from a short visit to the UK I read the letter from Philip T Humberstone in the 8th -14th March edition and cannot believe his problems. Before we left the UK in 2004, we visited the Sevenoaks Council offices and registered our Spanish address and completed the relevant paperwork for not only our voting rights but for our son to have a postal vote for us.

Whenever there is any update to sign, the gentleman at Sevenoaks emails the forms to us to sign and return by email. We then get another email confirming that the form has been received and actioned. The postal vote paperwork is sent to our son when ready and again confirmed by email.

So Philip, you have now met an expat who has voted without problem since 2004 and I would suggest that your problem is incompetence on the part of Brighton electoral office.

Lynn and Richard Prowse, Playa Paraiso

Website appeal for missing walker

by Jack Troughton DETECTIVES HUNTING for missing walker Robert Golden who vanished on a Spanish holiday have renewed appeals for help and launched a website to help the search.

Police investigating the 58-year-old’s disappearance have taken heart from a series of possible sightings of him – including a report he was spotted on the Costa Blanca.

The Sussex Police website www.findrobertgolden.com has appeals in both English and Spanish and is a fresh attempt to gather information from the public.

Robert flew alone to Seville on 5th November last year and the latest reported sighting was on January 28th when a man fitting his description and carrying a backpack was seen in Sabinilla, walking at a pace towards Gibraltar.

There was also a sighting of Robert on 11th January when he was seen hitchhiking on the AP7 motorway in the direction of Gibraltar, Nurca and Seville.

Two days earlier on 9th January a man living in Vera saw a walker carrying a rucksack walking towards the AP7 to Almeria and the previous month, on 21st December, a couple thought they saw Robert sitting on the ground outside Lidl supermarket in Benissa.

Sussex Police’s Detective Chief Inspector Dave Wardley-Wilkins said: “These unconfirmed sightings of Robert are encouraging.

If they were in fact Robert then it is obviously good news.

SAFE “We want to confirm it is him and that he is safe and well. His family have not heard from him and they would be delighted to hear positive news.”

He said the new website was a part of the

police’s efforts to find Robert. “By appealing directly to people in Spain we hope they will come forward with any information about his whereabouts. I would appeal to anyone living or visiting southern Spain who believes they may have seen him to get in touch.”

And Robert’s brother Barry added: “I’m really worried. I’m really missing him and want to see him back home.

“Robert loves walking and the outdoors.

It is worrying that he can be away for this length of time and not use his bank cards. He is a very nice chap and approachable.

“If anyone thinks they have seen him could they please talk to him to see if he is okay. He would never be rude. We are worried that he has possibly had a medical episode.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0044 1273 475432 from Spain, quoting 804 of 23/11 or email contact.centre@sussex.pnn.police.uk

Black and white movies return to Novelda

JUAN PEREZ, a former movie projectionist, has altruistically repaired and restored two projectors dating back to 1917 and 1920. His aim is to run the projectors and show nostalgic black and white movies at Novelda’s vintage Maria Guerrero theatre. Perez said: “The last couple of movies to be shown by the 1925 machine date back to 1968 - The Planet of the Apes and 2001 a Space Odyssey!”

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Hypnosis The next generation!

AFTER 25 years as a Hypnotherapist and with more than 55,000 clients from all walks of life the children of some of my clients are now coming to see me! Indeed one of my own children is following in my footsteps as a successful Hypnotherapist on the Costa Blanca. It is rewarding to hear of how these patients’ parents got on with their lives after their hypnotherapy.

By Alan Gilchrist: Costs Blanca’s Top Hypnotherapist Recently I saw a young woman with a fear of flying. The flying phobia may have occurred from concerns about the weather; inappropriate behaviour from other passengers; running out of fuel; turbulence; landings; flying over water; claustrophobia; hijackings to name but a few… I have even had people confide their fear that they couldn’t go to the toilet on a plane!

People have cancelled their honeymoon plans, refused promotion and turned down opportunities for free holidays or family visits because they would not board an aircraft. Yet air travel has become a necessary part of today’s travel experience - so more and more

people now seek help to overcome their fear of flying.

Aviophobia or aerophobia is one of the most common fears, yet according to insurance brokers ‘flying is 25 times safer than driving a car’. With over 100,000 international flights taking off and landing safely each day and a million passengers in the air at any one time people still experience fear.

I was featured a few years ago on a BBC show where a businesswoman was so frightened on a plane that she locked herself in the toilet and wouldn’t come out! After the show one of the BBC technicians informed me that he was also petrified of flying and consequently made an appointment: after four sessions of fast track hypnosis he was sorted out.

That programme prompted various TV and radio personalities to avail of my services. Their problems ranged from lack of confidence; smoking; weight control… one person had developed a shaky hand whilst holding a microphone doing interviews!

Glancing through an old lifestyle magazine I recently came across an article about a hairdresser called Keith Kane who was nominated for the British Hairdressing Awards 2009-2010. He is pictured standing beside Graham Norton and he was the most nominated hairdresser in the history of the competition - his 14th, and his work can be seen in many publications, e.g.

Cosmopolitan, etc.

How do I fit into all this? In 1990 Keith consulted me for confidence to compete in the Schwartzkopf World Championships

in Tokyo. I did some sessions with him and he won! (It was featured in one of the Sunday Papers - he came back again for a weight control session!)

Alan and his son Jonathan hold their Fast Track Hypnosis sessions in Cabo Roig, Guardarmar, Benidorm and now Fortuna. Alan is also the Creator of the Stop Smoking in Under 30 Minutes Fast Track System, featured and proven on TV. Jonathan also does sessions in Spanish as well as English.

For an appointment, brochure or free-ofcharge initial consultation, contact Alan Gilchrist on 659 229 408 or Jonathan on 691 784 954. www.alangilchristinspain.com www.hypnosiscostablanca.com www.thegastroband.com

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Spanish Cinema icon Duke of Palma prepares to leave Sara Montiel dies

by Keith Nicol AN ICON of Spanish Cinema passed away this week, Sara Montiel, at age 85. The actress was treated Monday morning at her home but passed away resisting attempts to revive her. Montiel was born on March 10, 1928, Sara Montiel rose to fame after starring in ‘The last couplet’. Her husky voice and beauty opened the doors of Hollywood, where he worked with actors like Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster and Charles Bronson.

After limited success in Spain, her career took off in Mexico in the late 1940s which attracted the big Hollywood studio, who although she didn’t speak any English, she started in a number of big movies, one of the most famous playing a supporting role in the legendary 1955 western “Vera Cruz” alongside actors Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster. Her second U.S. film was the 1956 musical “Serenade,” with

tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine and Vincent Price as stars and Anthony Mann as director, whom she later married in 1957 but divorced him in 1963. It’s claimed she had tumultuous affairs with author Ernest Hemingway and actor James Dean, news reports, which Montiel never denied!

In the mid-1970s, Montiel gave up film work and dedicated herself to live musicals on stage and television. Protagonist in more than fifty films, among which are titles like ‘The last couplet’, ‘The violetera’, ‘Veracruz’ and ‘Yuma’, she recorded numerous albums and Montiel was always in demand for her views and comments on Spanish TV gossip shows. She was well known for her love of smoking large cigars in public, and on TV and was one of the first sexual and artistic icons of Spanish culture in the second half of the twentieth century.

Spain for Qatar

THE DUKE of Palma, Iñaki Urdnagarin, has informed the King that he will accept an invitation from handball coach Valero Rivera to live in Doha, Qatar, where he will assist in the technical training of the Qatari national handball team.

The Duke is an Olympic handball player, competing in three Olympic tournaments in 1992, 1996 and 2000. He will be required to return to Spain for prosecution in the Noos corruption case.

His wife the Infanta Cristina will remain in Barcelona with her children for the time being.

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Market forces THE WORK of Pego-based animal charity LAPS is being supported with an income from a new monthly market on the Marina Alta.

by Jack Troughton The first Saturday of the month will see stalls set up outside La Cova Bar and Restaurant on Monte Pego – last weekend’s first event raising over 400€ for the Local Animal Protection Society.

Organiser Stu McCall, of the Book-X-Change, said he believed there was the demand in the local area to support a market and benefit a worthwhile charity.

“We have already been running a market at Iron Art in Benitachell on the third Saturday of the month to support a different charity each time and felt this area would do well with one,” he said. “Most of the stall holders will do both

markets and the stall rents here at Monte Pego are going to LAPS, so they will always make money.

“And in fact Iron Art has a stall here today so we are all helping each other. The idea is to get both markets established – because the rent money goes to charity there is a shortage of cash for advertising.”

Ramon Howard, marketing director at Continental Wealth Management, was selling raffle tickets to raise money for Grant A Wish – a project designed to spread a little happiness along the coast by helping dreams come true.

The prize in the draw is a Renault Twizy and Ramon (left) is pictured with Stu at the market with the fun electric-powered vehicle.

Roadside promo for La Cala Finestrat THE DEPARTMENT of Communication within the council of La Cala Finestrat has installed enormous posters marking the boundaries between La Cala Finestrat and Benidorm and providing information on how to access the beach via Avenida Marina Baixa. The 8m x 3m posters are in several languages, including Russian, and highlight directions to the city website www.finestrat.org and other social network details. A council spokesman said: “The signage seeks to use these supports to improve awareness of the attractions of the town such as The Creek, the Old Town, the beach and the shopping boulevard.”

Cystic Fibrosis Charity Market: Saturday 20th April at IronArt Gata A FUNDRAISING market is to be held at Ironart, Gata on 20th April; the venue kindly given free of charge once a month to raise money for various charities.

Cystic Fibrosis is a terrible illness but thanks to international research charity CFTRUST there is light at the end of the tunnel for sufferers: in 1964 children were lucky to reach their 5th birthday but are now living to over 40.

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a life-shortening inherited disease affecting almost 10,000 people in the UK and many more in Spain. You cannot catch or develop CF - it’s something you’re born with and most cases in Europe are now diagnosed soon after birth.

If you or someone you know has been recently diagnosed with CF it can be overwhelming but the CF Trust can help with information and support.

We would like to appeal to anyone on the Costa Blanca who has anything to do with this terrible illness, either directly or through friends, to help represent the charity on the day. Alongside the market it would be great to run a grand raffle and other things to raise money for this very important cause.

Anyone who would be interested in working with us to make this day extra special can contact Tash on 663 545 962 or 687 694 038. www.cftrust.org.uk/

Born to be wild

by Jack Troughton TWENTY LADIES can reveal their wild side and ride out on a powerful gleaming Harley Davidson by becoming Bay Radio Biker Babes for a charity extravaganza.

The radio station and the Harley Owners Group (Costa Blanca Chapter Spain) are offering a seat on one of the world’s most iconic two-wheeled machines for a fun day on Sunday 9th June – raising cash for the children of EMAUS. The ‘babes’ will enjoy being pillion passengers on a motorbike driven by a suitably suited and booted HOG member as hundreds of Harleys cruise through Albir, Altea and Benidorm – including a ride down Playa Levante Beach Esplanade with a police escort in

front of thousands of spectators.

To become one of the lucky passengers, girls need to commit to raising a minimum of 100€ in sponsorship for the EMAUS charity – and the one that raises the most cash will be declared Queen Biker Babe.

It is part of a Fun Day being organised by HOG at Parque de los Eucaliptos in Albir where hundreds of Harleys will be on show. Gates open at 9am and entrance is free.

HOG’s Peter Emmett said: “Noelle from Bay Radio has signed up to become the first Biker Babe and just hopes that female listeners and readers of RTN will join her for what promises to be a memorable event for the participants and the charity.

“The Costa Blanca Chapter Fun Day Spectacular will be a fitting finale to the ‘ride out’ which is expected to see hundreds of Harley Davidson bikes burning rubber.

“My hope is that this is all going to raise a considerable amount of funds for the Children of EMAUS.” The Fun Day will feature live entertainment including a rock band and surprise act, a large number of trade stands – including a demonstration stand of new Harleys – a bar and refreshments. For information on how to become a Biker Babe contact bob@bayradio.fm or visit the Bay Radio website at www.bayradio.fm.

And for more information about HOG, contact Peter on 96 646 1039 or email peter@peteremmett.com

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Green light for golf

By Jack Troughton PLANS FOR a golf course and housing development at the Marina Alta town of Pego have been passed by planners after eight years of wrangling. The Pego Golf project was finally given the go ahead by the Valencia Government this week and the town hall hopes the project – which involves 1.6 million square metres of agricultural land being reclassified and building 1,300 houses – will rejuvenate the local economy and become a tourist magnet. However, given the collapse of the Spanish construction industry and the financial woes of the recession, the media is already asking when – if ever - work will begin.

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Do you need money? Línea Directa is giving away up to 300€ in cash LÍNEA DIRECTA Aseguradora, the insurer of choice for foreign residents in Spain, has offered all its services in both English and German Since 1998, including the purchase of the policy, handling claims, forwarding documents and 24-hour road assistance.

Now the company has taken another step in its commitment to its foreign policyholders with a remarkable offer: Línea Directa is giving its customers up to 300€ when they recommend the company’s excellent car and home insurance to their friends and family.

HOW DOES IT WORK? It is very easy - for each person purchasing car or home insurance that has been recommended by a Línea Directa customer, the company will give 30€ to the current policyholder and also to the new customer. To qualify for this offer, the new customer must call the company with the name and ID

number (NIE or passport) of the person who recommended Línea Directa and, if the policy is finally signed, both parties will receive the money in 45 days.

The offer is limited to a maximum of 10 people per customer, which could result in a profit of up to 300€ - a considerable amount in the current economic crisis. The offer, the only one of its kind in the insurance sector, will be valid until 30th June 2013.

ABOUT LÍNEA DIRECTA ASEGURADORA Línea Directa Asegurador is the fifth largest motor insurer in Spain, and specialises in the sale of direct car, motorbike, company fleet and home insurance. It currently has over two million customers and almost 2,000 employees providing a service to the whole of Spain in Spanish, English and German. .

Call now: 902 123 104.

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Update on the seminars to be held regarding worldwide asset declaration by

Jennifer Cunningham

TWO WEEKS ago I wrote an article regarding a Worldwide Assets Seminar. I have received a number of emails requesting more information about my statement of the law coming from the EU. MANY HAVE said that no other country has this law.

Yes, that may be correct at this moment and normally Spain drags its feet re directives but not this one. For more information please visit www.agenciatributaria.gob.es/AEAT.sede/tramitacion/GI34.shtml With regards to the now two seminars (see further down the page for details) at each venue there will be a Gestor supported by senior staff to supply you with the forms and assist you in completing them. I realise we are approaching the dreaded date of April 30th, but better late than never as the fines are really shocking.

Let’s face it Spain is seeking money to support their economy, so you can imagine that non-disclosures will be heavily fined.

I agree with everyone else when they state that it is frightening and an intrusion into their lives and privacy. However, it is not just the expat community who is having to make a declaration, but Spanish Nationals as well, and sadly there is no way around it.

I mentioned last time that I am now associated with the de Vere Group, the largest independent financial company in the world. I am delighted at long last that I seem to have finally managed to obtain some excellent people and companies to support Ex Pats Services, which will offer a service on the everyday requirements to be able to live legally in Spain along with your financial requirements. It also supports my

Sound Advice programme on Bay Radio on the last Thursday of the month at 1pm.

Andy Oliver, who is in overall charge of de Vere Spain together with a member of JP Morgan Asset Management, will help and advise you on which documents are required to present the declaration of your worldwide assets. In addition to the declaration, they will also be discussing how you can protect your investments and maximise the benefits of living abroad, tax benefits and the potential of leaving your pension in total to the beneficiaries of your choice. Things change so rapidly in the financial world that what was beneficial yesterday is not necessarily so today.

THE TWO VENUES ARE 18th April - Hotel La Laguna on the Lemon Tree Road, off the CV 895 at 18.30: drinks will be served from 6pm.

25th April - The Parador Hotel, Javea at 11.30am and to be repeated at 6.30pm: Please come 30 minutes early and have a drink with us.

My ladies/gents will be on hand to assist you with any insurance matters or just to say hello. We look forward to seeing you. It would be helpful if you could telephone Ayla on 965 326209 or Mandy on 966 461690 or email to ayla@expatsservices.co.uk to reserve your seat.

My main business is Insurance which thanks to

clients who join us and remain with us, is now very strong, and why not? We offer a good service. Liberty and Asssa are both excellent companies where service and quality are important. Liberty is part of one of the largest insurers in the world, therefore very secure.

Asssa is offering excellent policies at attractive prices and terms.

There are various interesting happenings within my company. Due to unforeseen circumstances I had to close my office in Lanzarote. I am now very happy to say we have reopened a smart little office in Tias which I hope will become a thriving centre, whilst also reaching the other islands as well. The second up and coming possible change is a move of the Los Alcazares office to much larger premises next door to the 525 Hotel: I would be delighted to hear from a local Gestor who would like to rent a desk and along with his/her own business become a part of my expat services for the area.

Despite the crisis that we are unfortunately still living through and it seems may continue for years to come, we are flourishing, despite ruthless price cutting where often the lowest price is quoted and then modules added; for example there are a few companies who do not offer breakdown service outside of Spain as a standard, which Liberty Seguros does - I wonder how many people realise that they may not be covered abroad? We may not be the cheapest but we are the best and a thank you to all the clients who support us year in and year out.

As many of you have already discovered, the consultants in all my offices are highly trained and professional and will always go that extra mile for you, alongside the Asssa claims and renewals departments.

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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Watts In Britain By

Paul Watts

Maggie’s like Marmite AS I sat down to hammer away on my typewriter the news was announced of the death of the Iron Lady, Mrs T. NOW, LOVE her or loathe her one thing has become remarkably clear, it is impossible to dismiss Maggie Thatcher.

And judging by this week’s raft of radio and TV programmes that have been dedicated to her, the Maggie

debate will rage on and on. Everyone has an opinion on the question: was she the worst or the best Prime Minister of modern times?

Long ready ‘obits’ were pulled off the shelves, dusted down and put into the broadcaster’s VT machines. Meanwhile miles and miles of print columns trundled off the presses. If this week was panning out to be a slow-news-week, all of that has now changed. Hacks and opinion writers of all political hues have been hard at it giving their own ‘take’ on Margaret Thatcher. ‘Voxpops’ from all corners of the country have been on our screens giving the ordinary person-in-the-street their chance to air their feelings towards MrsT. She can certainly polarise opinion. A good example is to compare examples from the press. Okay, let’s take a peep at the view from the mighty broadsheets.

Ian Jack from our friends over there in The Guardian, says that for many she was the wicked witch of the south.

Ian writes: “The day before she died I passed through Greenock on the train.

In 1979 it had a mile or so of shipyards, a sugar works and factories that still made rope and ship’s fittings. On Sunday, looking down at the waterfront, I

could see how these had been replaced by a housing estate, a supermarket, and sometimes by nothing at all.

“We can’t blame (or credit) her for all of this, of course. But she personified the change from meaning to meaninglessness in so many settlements and lives, and for this reason she is hard to forgive. Strident, divisive, and in her own view infallible, and for these reasons hard to mourn.”

Meantime, our chums over at The Telegraph offer another view. Peter Oborne says she joins the ranks of the immortals.

Peter writes: “The reason is simple.

Most prime ministers allow themselves to be shaped by the times in which they live. Just a very few – and she was emphatically one of these – refuse to conform…The magnificence of Thatcher was her adamantine refusal to accept the conventional wisdom of her age.

When she became premier in 1979, almost everybody who mattered accepted it as fact that Britain was finished.

Almost everyone believed that the unions – the new feudal barons – were in control, and there was nothing to be done about it… And then along came this extraordinary woman. She burned with passion, certainty and belief. She could not comprehend the meaning of

defeat. She felt passionately proud to be British. It was this pride which enabled her to change not just Britain, but eventually the world.”

See what I mean? She’s like Marmite.

Either, she enabled many to buy their council houses and get on the property ladder; or she completely ruined council housing stock, causing a lasting loss of affordable dwellings.

Take a look at the newspaper game.

The print industry was hampered in the late 70s by union controlled restrictive practices and new technology was held at bay. Now, the media press barons rule supreme and content is produced from the cheapest possible means (e.g., a journalist position on the Birmingham Mail was recently offered at sixteen grand – you’d earn more pushing the trolleys at Tesco). I don’t know folks, what do you think?

I’m guessing that maybe a good fifty years will need to elapse before a common view of Mrs T will evolve. In the meantime the debate will bounce backwards and forwards; she will continue to engender a Marmite effect even though she is no longer around. As I contend though, it will remain impossible to dismiss Maggie Thatcher.

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Treading the boards Free electricity!

by Jack Troughton A PIECE of theatre history walks onto a Costa Blanca stage next week when a pair of boots made for late great actor Laurence Olivier takes a starring role in a new production.

The distinguished footwear, once worn by Baron Olivier of Brighton, were purchased in a sale of theatre costumes in Stratford and will tread the boards again during Javea Players sold out performances of ‘Bottoms Up!’ The comedy, a spoof of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, has been devised by director Terry Dean and Denise Sisson – who dresses his productions – fittingly bought the boots in the playwright’s home town.

She often goes shopping at Stratford Theatre to buy pieces being sold off by the wardrobe department to add to her treasure trove of costumes and could not resist the elegant boots.

PURCHASE It was only later Denise looked inside and saw the name ‘Laurence Olivier’ and realised the significance of her purchase, “It’s a little bit of theatre history,” said Javea Players Chairman Tony Cabban. “From time to time Denise buys stuff at Stratford Theatre when they are selling things off and bought the boots.

“Inside was the name ‘Olivier’ and she turned up at rehearsals with them and said ‘by the way, they really are his’.”

He added: “I expect there are a lot of things with famous people’s names on because in the professional theatre they get things made especially for the cast – in this case a particular sort of boot.

“But it is quite amazing they have turned up here and with such a thrilling provenance.”

One, two, three ...

THE ESPLANADE in Alicante resembled the Tower Ballroom in Blackpool last week when ballroom enthusiasts and their dancing teachers turned out to promote Salsa, Tango and the Angolan Kizomba as well as the Waltz, the Pasa Doblé and other classics. The crowd joined in enthusiastically as tuition in the Quickstep and Rock n Roll was provided throughout the morning. And Spain’s Latin Dance youth champions, Giulio Ferrante and Lidia Martinez, provided a very special routine for the finale.

Solar in Spain invites you to a Solar seminar

THE SOLAR in Spain seminars will cover: New government legislation How to generate you own electricity and use that electricity to lower your electricity bills How to heat your pool with solar energy and start swimming every year from early April until the end of October How to reduce central heating bills by over 50% by changing to wood pellet heating systems ANSWERING ALL YOUR QUESTIONS regarding solar electricity, solar pool heating, solar water heating, solar ventilation systems and wood pellet heating systems AVAILABLE GOVERNMENT GRANTS and how Solar in Spain can help!

At 10am coffee will be served - and the seminars are completely free to attend.

Friday 12th April - ALBIR - As noted in last week’s RTN, there will be a seminar today, , at the Sun Palace Hotel in Albir from 10am - 12.15pm Friday 19th April - JAVEA -, Inn on the Green Bowling Club in Javea: 10am -12.15pm - Call to book a space on 96 285 4488 INTEREST FREE FINANCE AVAILABLE Solar in Spain has been established for 12 years and has thousands of satisfied customers enjoying the benefits of very low household bills as a result of installing a renewable energy system in their property. We look forward to welcoming you to the seminars.

As places are limited we would ask everyone coming along to Javea’s seminar to pre-register by calling 96 285 4488 or by sending an email to info@solarinspain.com

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The Searchers for one night only NOW CELEBRATING their 50th Anniversary, The Searchers remarkable career continues. With their classic hits as Sweets For My Sweet; Needles and Pins; Don’t Throw Your Love Away; Sugar and Spice and When You Walk In The Room, they have contributed enormously in establishing the UK as the world’s leading nation in the music industry.

There is no doubt that the decade that gave us The Beatles as well as The Searchers and many others was very special and will go down in history as being the most imaginative period of music creativity and expression.

John McNally, Frank Allen, Spencer James and Scott Ottaway as

The Searchers have achieved a total sales record well in excess of 40 million and still have great appeal to audiences of all ages. They tour the globe as much today as they have done throughout a fantastic career spanning five decades.

Their highly entertaining show, warmly received by audiences of all ages throughout the world, includes all their famous hits, plus album recordings, B-sides and a selection of other collector and wellknown favourites.

Don’t Don’t miss The Searchers live at Benidorm Palace on Sunday 21st miss The Searchers April. For more information call live at 96 585 1660 or visit Benidorm Palace www.benidormpalace.es

Fancy a free Round of Golf at Oliva Nova?

SIMPLY MENTION the Portal De La Marina’s Free Golf advert on page 9 in RTN, at the information point in Ondara’s shopping centre, and you will be entered into the week’s draw for two free rounds of 18 holes at Oliva Nova Golf!

Don’t worry if your handicap is well into double figures: a free lesson hour will be thrown in, compulsory for those with a handicap above 24, or those who have never played.

If you win, and you know someone that will make better use of the round, you can swap it to their name like the good friend or relative that you are.

The rules of the competition are simple: just mention the advert in RTN any week to enter in the draw for that week. And you can enter every week by doing the same: limited to one entry per person, per week.

And the draws are on every week until the end of June! That’s 12 chances to get your free round! Winners will be informed by telephone each week, and can also be seen on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ccportaldelamarina. Good Luck!

Join up for HELP’s Quiz Night PLACES ARE still available for the Help of Denia and Marina Alta Quiz night, to be held at Restaurante Los Leones in Moraira at 7.30pm on Friday 19th April. Make up your own team to a maximum of six persons per team - if you are a couple come along and we will help you make up a table.

Only 15€ for a three course meal including ½ a bottle of wine per person. Please telephone the Help Centre 96 642 7044 or the Help Moraira Charity shop 96 649 1284 for more details and tickets or call in between 10am – 1pm Monday to Saturday.

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It’s growing daily! The Homes, Gardens & Lifestyle Show is back ARE YOU a show exhibitor? Would you like to see your business grow overnight? Well you can - in two locations!

GM Events are back - greater and greener than ever before! This year, the Homes Gardens and Lifestyle Show brings you Tommy Walsh from UK TV Ground Force. It’s Two Show Tommy!

Following the success of the lovely Charlie Dimmock at the Show in San Miguel last May we now have Tommy in Torremolinos and also Tommy in Torrevieja (well almost…) He will actually be just a few kms away in the beautiful grounds of the La Finca Golf and Spa Hotel in Algorfa.

Tommy is currently one of the stars at The Ideal Home Exhibition in London and then in April and May he will be our Star in two major locations in Spain, first in the Costa Del Sol, 17th & 28th April and then Costa Blanca South on 29th & 30th May. Here is an ideal opportunity to promote your business at one or both of these two tremendous shows as we attract thousands of visitors - 5000 plus in fact!

Now you can feature your products and services related to homes, gardens and lifestyle joining showcase room settings with fabulous garden stands; wine tastings; tea tastings; food demonstrations; amazing clothes; live artists; an art competition and gallery. Live demonstrations and talks in the presentation area plus more attractions are being added every single day!

As well as favourites from last year at the May Show in San Miguel (including the popular art competition, with entries

for all levels from beginners upwards) we also have live painting and art demonstrations from experienced artists, talks from gardening experts as well as Take Tea with Tommy Ascot Style and next week we will be telling you how you can win FREE VIP tickets to meet Tommy and have a glass of Cava with him courtesy of our main sponsor HIFX and GM Events themselves.

Gina Marks, show organizer, said: “The whole idea behind these shows is that they are shows rather than exhibitions - yes we will have some lifestyle companies but the emphasis will be on Homes & Gardens and Leisure products and activities.”

For more details of the Homes Gardens and Lifestyle Show and a growing list of our exhibitors / promoters take a look at www. homesandgardens.es Proud sponsor of ‘Tea with Tommy’, Sarah Hawes from Cambridge 800, says we always want to encourage people to eat well and eat healthily - and one cupcake will contain around 225 calories - so a good walk around the Show and you will have burned off all those calories!

Don’t delay, book your stand today and be part of the most successful show on the Costas. Visit www.homesandgardens.es for more information: to book your stand at either venue email gina@solproductions.tv or call 634 399 125. The RTN are proud media partners and will be keeping you up to date as the show grows daily!

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Royal Decree approves Energy Certification ALL HOMES for sale or rent must obtain a Certificado de Eficiencia Energética (CEE) from 1st June 2013. The new law was enacted last week by Spanish ministers in a Royal Decree on the Certification for Energy in Existing Buildings.

In short, the energy efficiency certificate is a document signed by a qualified assessor that contains information about the energy efficiency of a building according to the calculation method defined by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

A CEE must be obtained before a property is marketed and the information must be included in all advertising.

The certificate must also be produced at the signing of the contract of sale. Rentals, including holiday lets, must make a certificate available to tenants. Agents cannot legally offer properties for rent or sale without a certificate.

Those with property in the UK should be familiar with the certificate. The Energy Performance Certificate or EPC, as it is commonly known there, was introduced on 1st August 2007 into England and Wales as part of the Home Information Pack. When the requirement for HIPs was removed in May 2010, the requirement for EPCs continued.

“Homes consume 17% of all energy in the country and 38% of Spanish citizens are dissatisfied with the insulation in their homes,” according to the Minister of Development Ana Pastor. A CEE analyses the energy consumption of a home and suggests possible improvements to make the building more energy efficient. The information contained in the certificate is summarised by a colour coded bar chart using a scale ranging from A to G, similar to labels found on white goods.

The most energy efficient homes are in band A and the least energy efficient in band G. Those properties in band

A should have the lowest energy bills. The same scale is used to define the impact a home has on the environment.

Better-rated homes should have less impact through carbon dioxide (CO²) emissions. Calculated over time, the average property in Spain is expected to be band D or E for both ratings.

The CEE is an initiative of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, an international treaty that sets binding obligations on industrialised countries to reduce emissions

of greenhouse gases. Within the treaty Spain is committed to reduce CO² emissions by 20% by the end of 2020.

According to the latest data published by the United Nations, Spain is number 20 in a list of countries by CO² emissions, producing just over 1% of emissions worldwide.

China is number 1 followed by the United States.

Next week, we will fully explain the time scale, the consequences of not complying with the new law, plus the process involved in obtaining a CEE. Sparks in Spain @ http://eecinspain.blogspot.com.es

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Building raised beds by

Clodagh & Dick Handscombe

compost/manure available or you are willing to buy in.

WE HAVE recently had several contacts asking how to grow things better; or indeed at all in some cases, with only shallow, poor soil. The answer for all was to construct some raised beds for growing herbs, fruit trees, flowering plants and vegetables. So we thought it worth repeating a column we published last year.

HOW WIDE AND LONG SHOULD THE BED BE? Width of beds: A. A maximum width of 1.5m if the layout of your raised bed/ beds will allow you to work from both sides.

B. A maximum width of 70 to 80cm if the raised bed is against a wall or hedge which will only allow it to be worked from one side.

If you build raised beds any wider you will need to walk on the soil which will consolidate it and defeat the reason for building the raised beds in the first place.

WHAT IS A RAISED BED? In our popular vegetable growing book ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’ we defined a raised bed as an elevated area of deep, rich soil mix, built up within retaining walls to allow it to be worked with less bending...

Length of beds: The length of a raised bed can be anything from one metre to twenty metres or more. However, it may be more practical to design a layout with several shorter beds with the space between wide enough to accommodate a wheelbarrow or wheelchair...

There are four basic types: A four-sided box constructed so that soil can be worked from all sides without walking on it A three-sided box built onto an existing wall A narrow terrace on a sloping site A series of raised beds on a sloping site

WHAT CAN RAISED BEDS BE MADE FROM? The walls could be constructed with railway sleepers, long logs, old doors or panels, dry stone walls, cemented brick or rocks, aggregate blocks or peat blocks. The advantages and disadvantages of each are discussed in Chapter 3.5 of ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’. We prefer long lasting cemented stone, rendered block walls or wooden railway sleepers.

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HOW DEEP SHOULD THE SOIL BE? A minimum height of 30cm will provide a depth of soil sufficient for the roots of most vegetable plants and many flowering plants and shrubs.

A maximum height of 70 to 80cm would allow the bed to be worked without much bending and also from a stool, chair or wheelchair. The most comfortable height will depend on the height of the person or persons who will be working the raised bed. Deep beds can be used for trees and even palms.

Any intermediate heights depending on the materials you have available for building the walls and the amount of good soil/

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RAISED BEDS? The practical benefits are as follows: A.You can use them for a wide range of plantings including: A small vegetable patch A herb collection A small orchard of fruit trees A collection of roses The base for a rockery or water garden Mixed herbaceous and shrub beds Collections of succulents

‘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

B. You do not need to walk on the soil which means that you can use every square centimetre for growing crops. Therefore the soil will not be compacted by your weight.

C. They can be filled with a soil/sand/compost/manure mix which is fertile, well-draining, easy to work and unlikely to be compacted by heavy rains followed by hot, baking sun.

D. The paths between and around the beds can be clear of weeds and mud. They can either be pointed rock slabs, cm of stone chippings laid over black plastic sheeting or trodden down, deep straw.

E. You can use them in a garden which has no topsoil. Even on solid rock or a previously concreted area.

F. A drip or porous pipe irrigation system can be easily set up.

G. Anything can be grown in soil depths of 40cm or more including potatoes and Jerusalem artichokes.

H. Spreading vegetables such as courgettes, cucumbers, trailing tomatoes, capers and nasturtiums can be cascaded down the outside of the walls to reduce the space taken up on the top of the bed.

I. It is easy to install tunnel cloches made to fit the beds for winter plant protection and summer shading for leaf crops that can wither in the sun.

J. They are easy to extend if you have the space.

K.A number of raised beds could be hidden away in various parts of the garden if you do not want a large dedicated area.

L.They are particularly user friendly for children, aged and infirm gardeners.

The ‘ten tub’ vegetable garden we describe in Chapter 3.9 of ‘Growing Healthy Vegetables in Spain’, which uses large sized builders buckets as mini raised beds has additional advantages for vegetable growers and can also be used to grow a ten tree orchard in a small space.

The use of raised beds to grow trees: palms, accommodating rockeries and general flower beds is discussed in Chapter 2.5: Design Manageable Flower Beds in ‘Your Garden in Spain – From Planning to Planting and Maintenance’.

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Wealth Declarations and Tax: the recent tax amnesty on undeclared assets explained by

Mark Roach

Company Director and Spanish Tax Consultant

THE SPANISH government had high expectations in collecting circa 2,500 million in unpaid taxes through the recent “tax amnesty”.

TOWARDS THE end of 2012 only €150 million had been collected with the disclosure of €12,000 million of undeclared income generated from hidden assets which including foreign residents.

A key factor for this response was the Law 7/2012 published in October 2012 introducing a new tax declaration to be filed before the end of March each year, starting in 2013. Exceptionally for 2013, the deadline is extended until the end of April. Tax resident individuals and companies are now obliged to file a declaration disclosing the ownership of all nonSpanish assets including foreign bank accounts and real estate amongst others.

This annual declaration is for informative purposes and does not involve paying any tax. However, having given the tax office all of this information they may then check that income and wealth has been declared.

Fines for not filing or failing to disclose an asset start at the rate of €10,000, so it is imperative to check if this applies to you!

This disclosure is not just for simple ownership of foreign assets but also for persons or companies who are beneficial owners, or have €50,000 or more in foreign assets. This is clearly meant to catch beneficiaries or settlors of trusts and other legal structures. All shareholders of foreign companies must supply certificates of residence showing their tax paying status, if not supplied the company will be charged tax as an offshore company at 3% of the value of its assets, if the owner is offshore then the control will be considered to be in an offshore environment and taxed accordingly.

WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO Should the tax office discover that a Spanish tax

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resident owns an undeclared foreign asset it could presume that the whole asset value represents undeclared taxable income. The tax office would regard the asset cost as general income generated in the oldest of tax years (e.g. four years ago). Tax rates vary between 24% and 56% in Spain (15/30% corporation tax), including potential fines of 150% of the unpaid tax, late payment interest plus the fines for failing to disclose, the total payment to the tax office would almost certainly be substantially more than the value of the hidden asset.

Please contact Wincham to discuss your Wealth and Tax Declarations, we can submit both the 2012 Wealth Declaration and 2012 Resident Income Tax return for a fixed fee of £250 including VAT per person.

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by

Carlos Baos

of White & Baos Abogados

English & Spanish Solicitors

Spanish Consumer Laws and Problems PURCHASE OF second hand or used cars, motorbikes, and vehicles in Spain. The consumers’ rights to recover money for repairs made to vehicles.

SOME MONTHS ago we answered a consultation of Mr M. through the RTN. Mr M. bought a car from a local car dealer and after some months the head cylinder and the motor were replaced as they were in a really bad condition.

Mr M instructed us to start a legal claim against the car dealer and in the first instance at the Court of Denia, we won. The vendor appealed and finally the Alicante Province Audience (Section 5) on its Court Order number 152 of the 25/03/2013 confirmed fully the first decision and agreed with all our petition, including the need for the car seller to pay all the legal costs and the court process.

As said on our first consultation, as per the General Law for Protection of Consumers and Users 1/2007 (LGDCU) (Ley General para la Defensa de los Consumidores y Usuarios y otras leyes complementarias (R.D.L. 1/2007), as the problem took place before the end of a six month period from the delivery of the product, and also within guarantee period agreed by the seller, it should be understood that the problem already existed when the car was delivered, unless the vendor proves that the buyerconsumer caused the problem.

We were able to prove in the court hearing that the problem, the car’s overheating, was due to the bad condition of the motor.

Crucial to this case was the declaration of the authorised Toyota mechanic confirming the origin of the problems. However, we were close to losing the case due to a mistake made by our client in an email sent, where he made a mistake regarding the date of when the problems with the car started. For that reason, we remind readers that when they have a possible legal problem, they should never send anything in writing by email, fax, or letter until you first check it with a lawyer.

Finally, and also in connection with the Spanish Consumers Laws and Problems, I am happy to inform that last week, I was interviewed in “ la teua veu” (your voice) a Radio Pego program. It was a focus on Spanish Consumer Rights, and mainly Bank Abuses, like: preference shares, Floor Mortgage Rates Clauses, Breach of the obligation to grant Bank Guarantees when buying off plan (Law 57/1968), etc. We would like to thank the response of the audience and we hope that the interview was of help to the listeners.

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

Poverty fund proposed by the PSOE THE PSOE general secretary, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, during a presentation on ‘Overcoming Poverty’ held at the Socialists’ HQ in Madrid, has proposed that the government set up a ‘poverty fund’ with an initial deposit of €1,000 million to provide relief to the needy and also provide 30,000 jobs. Its priority, he said, would be children, the elderly and families. He indicated that €400 million should be allocated directly to autonomous communities, €400 million to social services for food distribution and to provide support for schools and the remaining €200 million to NGOs. The PSOE’s document ‘Commitment Against Poverty’ claims that in modern Spain more than 20% of the population is poverty stricken with two million children at risk and overwhelmed NGOs serving more than five million people due to the PP government’s cuts. Rubalcaba added: “Budgetary constraints cannot be an obstacle when the right of millions to make a decent living is at stake.”

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)

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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Keep your documents in order

by

Suzanne O’Connell Customer Care at Ábaco

PEOPLE WANT to be sure they can buy property safely.

Most people now take a meticulous approach to purchase they’ve heard too many stories not to. But what about selling?

ONCE YOU’VE found you’re buyer and have agreed your price you might think the main job’s over. It’s not. Now it is just as important that you find a good solicitor and keep that cava on ice for just a little longer.

To begin with, do you know where all your documents are? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the sales process involves you searching through your piles of files to find: • Purchase Title Deed • Local Rates and Council Tax receipts • Latest water, electricity and gas bills • Receipt for the payment of the Community Fees • NIE number • Certificate of habitation • Installation certificates for electricity, water and gas • Income tax declarations from the previous year • Certificate from your bank showing your full name and account number If this list makes your heart flutter and your mouth go dry, don’t panic. A good solicitor will help you locate

or replace anything that’s missing. However, the more you can supply yourself, the swifter the process will be – a very important factor when you are lucky enough to have found your buyer.

PROVING YOU’RE DEBT-FREE Some of these documents are needed to demonstrate that your property does not have debts held against it.

Any unpaid bills that might have remained hidden until now will suddenly come to the surface and will need to be settled prior to the sales transaction being complete.

PROVING YOU’RE A FISCAL RESIDENT This is one time when residents realise that making an annual tax declaration has its uses. If you are a resident and wish to avoid the Tax Authority retaining 3% you will need to demonstrate that you are a fiscal resident in Spain. Without this proof you might still find yourself three per cent poorer when the money for the sale comes through.

SEVEN STEPS TO SELLING Sounds a little more complicated than you’d thought?

We’ve simplified it with our seven steps to buying and selling a property in Spain: 1. Ensure documentation is in place 2. Draw up the private contract 3. Search for any debts held against the property including contacting the bank to cancel any remaining mortgages 4. Sign the contract 5. Organise the signing at the notary and methods of payment 6. Sign the deed 7. Manage the tax payments associated with the sale Although the purchaser’s solicitor will take the lead, it is important that the seller’s solicitor keeps an eye on the process and the interests of the vendor in view. This is particularly important during the final stage of signing in the notary’s office.

However, to make sure you get off to a good start with your sale, blow the dust off your lever arch file, flick through your plastic wallets and hope that the bin wasn’t your filing cabinet when you first bought your home.

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

George Harry WALKER -

Notice is hereby given pursuant to S.27 of the Trustee Act 1925 that any person having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of the late George Harry WALKER of 31 Palmeras, Pueblo Montecala, Cumbre, del Sol, 03726 Benitachell, Alicante, Spain who died on 16th August 2012 in Alicante, Spain is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his or her claim or interest to the undermentioned Solicitors acting for the administrator, on or before 30th June 2013 after which date the Estate will be distributed having regard only to valid claims and interests of which Notice has been given in accordance with the foregoing. FAO Marc White, Marc White & Co Solicitors and Notary Public, 157 Redland Road, Redland, Bristol BS6 6YE. 0044 117 946 7709 www.mwnotary.com Ref: WAL001-1

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Melting the pension ice by

Keith Littlewood International Financial Adviser

THERE ARE some big names out there that have issues towards solvency of their pension scheme: BT, BP/Exxon Mobil, British Airways, UNIQ, Sodexo…the list could go on.

BBC NEWS reported: ‘The collective deficit of the UK’s 6,316 schemes rose to £237bn at the end of March, from £201bn a month earlier. The latest data shows that 5,080 schemes were in deficit at the end of March and 1,236 schemes were in surplus’.

Most of the above schemes have not been available to new starters for a long time as analysts and auditors were well aware that these types of schemes were not sustainable.

Many Expats have pensions in the UK that they believe are frozen – cannot be accessed until age 60 or 65. Large institutions have ex-employees (deferred members) struggling to make ends meet when in essence they may have access to a large pot of money, which if transferred out of the country can now quite legitimately be accessed

from age 50.

Lots of these big companies are reluctant to let money seep out of their pension funds and some in fact are in danger of becoming insolvent, which may impact on an ex-employees’ pensions when they retire.

As long as a pension is transferred to a Qualifying Recognised overseas Pension Scheme (QROPS) quite often a larger lump sum can be obtained and more tax efficient pension income from a much earlier age than if left with an ex employer.

If an ex-employee is not yet 50 then they can take the control away from the ex-employer and have control themselves. You can even consolidate lots of pensions from previous employers into one QROPS. The key thing is to make sure a QROPs provider has the HMRC stamp of approval.

If you are worried about your pension

There are some big names out there that have issues towards solvency of their pension scheme

from a previous employment it is quite simple to get an independent report followed by advice on the options available to you.

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.

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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

UK unveils exchange of information agreement with France, Germany, Italy and Spain

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

Asset Declaration requirements in Spain and had decided to ignore it, now is the time to start to panic, because you WILL be found out if you fail to declare.

The UK Government announced on Wednesday that it is to develop and pilot a new ‘multilateral tax information exchange agreement’ with four of its largest EU fellow members.

In a statement, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) noted that the new agreement between the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain would “…help catch and deter tax evaders as well as providing a template for wider multilateral automatic tax information exchange.”

The terms of the new agreement have been set out in a joint letter that was issued today to the European Commission, the HMRC statement went on. It added: “This will help ensure that international tax evasion is tackled in a way that minimises costs for both businesses and governments.”

In November 2012, Spain announced its New Asset Declaration requirement for all residents of Spain by which they had to declare all their overseas assets over 50,000€. The main comment I get from people is how will the Spanish authorities find out what I have in the UK, and vice versa - how will the UK authorities know what I have in Spain - well the above is your answer.

In France last year they unveiled a similar scheme which contained measures that oblige trusts and their trustees to report on the trust’s French assets, their French beneficiaries, and/or French settlers.

At the beginning of 2013, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey also agreed to report information on accounts held with them to the HMRC UK. There is a proposed new rule planned to come into force at the end of 2013 for all the UK overseas territories to report accounts to the HMRC. Treasury minister David Gauke said the new agreement was “an important further step in the fight against tax evasion, and represents the next stage

“ ....now is the time to start to

panic, because you WILL be found out if you fail to declare.

in promoting a new standard in the automatic exchange of tax information.”

In its statement announcing the new agreement, HMRC noted that Prime Minister David Cameron had indicated his intention of using the UK’s presidency of the G8 to “explore options for greater levels of tax information exchange, particularly on a multilateral basis.”

For this reason, “the Government therefore sees this agreement as an important early step in a much wider move towards a new international standard in the automatic exchange of tax information, providing a step change in the ability of tax administrations to clamp down on tax evasion,” HMRC said.

If you feel you would like help in taking take control of your financial future you can contact me on 658 892 330 or

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by IF YOU have heard about the New

Christina Brady

email christina.brady@blacktowerfm.com or moneymatters@roundtownnews.com to arrange for a free confidential financial consultation to make sure YOUR money is in the right place and tax efficient.

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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Invest in your health!

CURRENTLY, MANY European citizens are experiencing changes that are being brought in as a result of the crisis in Spain.

Seminars to more fully inform British Expats in the correct use of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) are currently being held throughout our region.

The card gives the holder access to necessary care during a temporary stay in Spain.

The cards can only be used within the Spanish state system – not Private Healthcare facilities. Those entitled to use this card could be Holidaymakers from the UK having a second home in Spain or UK Students on study courses in Spain, or UK workers on a work transfer to Spain, for example.

The EHIC is not the correct vehicle for obtaining routine medical assistance for those persons who may consider they ‘temporarily’ live in Spain yet reside here for the main part or even all of the year. These persons should be registered to access state healthcare in an entirely different way to ensure they are fully protected.

Where you apply for your registration documents depends on which country is ultimately responsible for your healthcare: either the UK via the reciprocal agreement with Spain (early retirees for the first 2.5 years after leaving the UK; Pensioners and those on UK state benefits) or the Spanish INSS office (those employed or previously employed and having paid contributions in Spain; those with Residency certificates issued prior to 24th April 2012.)

Naturally, there will be some persons who will discover that they have no automatic entitlement to healthcare provision from either Spain or the UK, simply because for many years they have paid no contributions in either country, risking a large personal bill for treatments should they become ill or require hospitalisation in Spain. In such circumstances it would be wise to invest in a Private Healthcare policy.

Even some Private Health Insurance companies have

become victims of the crisis and have been bought out by other companies. Their insured clients must then adjust to seeing new doctors, because the doctor that they previously used no longer works with the new company.

ASSSA offers an easy transfer, to include very special conditions. For example, we eliminate any of the usual waiting periods on commencement amongst others - a particularly favorable option.

Are you in such a situation? Would you consider private health insurance with ASSSA to enable you to visit English speaking specialists and doctors of your choice in Spain? You may already be privately insured but dissatisfied due to premium increases, new GPs who are unknown to you, no contact person who speaks your language and no customer service office in your area…

EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE & CUSTOMER SERVICE Experienced, friendly and multilingual staff will fully inform you without obligation about ASSSA insurances and various services. The philosophy is transparency: all of your questions are answered openly and honestly.

Many customers come to us on the recommendation from clients who appreciate our knowledgeable, caring customer service. With ASSSA, you have a contact person in your area who speaks your language; helps you if you have any questions and is always available with help and advice.

OUR DOCTORS AND CLINICS ASSSA offers its clients the most comprehensive Medical Directory with the best private clinics, general - and specialist physicians. You will also find many English speaking doctors in the ASSSA medical directory.

QUALITY INSURANCE ASSSA offers flexible health insurance levels depending on the medical requirements and financial expectations of its customers – from the supplementary

Katrin Sasse

insurance (from 44.25€ per month) up to a more fully comprehensive insurance (from 85€ per month). In addition, the following offers are valid to 30/06/2013: 10%-12% discount on the entire contract lifetime period; 50% discount for insured children up to the age of 16; convenient monthly payments without any extra charge.

For dental insurance policies, a 20% discount is available (starting at 68€ per year). And very important: No premium increase due to age.

INSURE YOUR HEALTH! Visit us and without obligation we will calculate your premium in the course of a personal consultation.

Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 9.30am – 1.30pm, with later appointments or home visits by arrangement.

ASSSA - your private health insurer in Spain: info@asssa.es: www.asssa.es

CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICES La Zenia/Orihuela Costa Tel: 96 676 1794 Katrin Sasse & Teresa Howard orihuelacosta@asssa.es

Ciudad Quesada Tel. 96 572 5421 Ilka Thiede ciudadquesada@asssa.es

Altea Tel. 96 688 2680 Magdalena Koczon altea@asssa.es

Moraira Tel. 96 574 4033 Kate Taylor moraira@asssa.es

Denia Tel. 96 578 6969 Anja Neubauer denia@asssa.es

Vera Tel. 95 039 2487 Louise Zarb vera@asssa.es

Mazarrón Tel: 96 815 3396 Diane Nolan mazarron@asssa.es

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SAN MIGUEL Estates specialises in quality, prestigious apartments, fincas, villas and townhouses stretching along the Costa Blanca, coast and inland. And you can expect a truly personalised experience that makes SME so different from other real estate companies.

The entire process is managed from searching for the right property to arranging mortgages; NIE numbers; conveyance; and also providing local knowledge for schools, hospitals, doctors, golf courses, restaurants and local beaches.

Owner Eddie Hill is an expert on advising property owners the appropriate price ranges. As a semi-professional photographer with numerous photographs published in the media, he takes stunning shots that really support the sale.

In the last few weeks there has been a sudden and encouraging upturn with demand for properties at a high. So if you are looking to sell your property or feel you are not getting the best advice, contact SME now - you won’t be disappointed.

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Milton Express Services: the perfect solution MILTON EXPRESS receives enquires every week from potential clients interested to learn more about Sporting Arbitrage and Winning Express. Current clients already benefit from an arbitrage trading facility, regularly providing 2.75% monthly returns.

Milton Express actually market a sports advisory service that pays significantly higher returns – but with a degree of volatility. Members will not only benefit from the services themselves, Winning Express offers a home-based business opportunity with the potential to earn generous commissions by promoting the services to others. This week, some FAQ’s will help with your queries: Q: WHAT IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT A MEMBER CAN INVEST IN WINNING EXPRESS? Simple answer: NIL. The mission statement makes clear that the purpose of Winning Express is to provide its members with tax free returns, along with an earnings opportunity, and a sense of enjoyment in simply belonging to a club that’s dedicated to our mutual success.

Q: SO SOMEONE CAN JOIN WINNING EXPRESS AND SIMPLY SELL THE SERVICES TO OTHERS? Exactly right. It is a business opportunity, pure and simple.

Q: AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO JOIN? For the full services the cost will be £325 per quarter, but there is an initial trial period that costs just £99 Q: SO, DO THEY HAVE A RESTRICTED SERVICE INITIALLY? No, quite the reverse – they receive the FULL services immediately PLUS the ability to earn introductory commissions straightaway.

Q: AND WHAT ARE THE FULL SERVICES? A combination of features including access to the arbitrage facility, sports betting advices and various competitions and prize draws.

Q: WHAT IS THE EARNING POTENTIAL? It’s genuinely unlimited. We pay out up to 75% of membership fees back in introductory commissions in a structure that runs eight levels deep. Sponsoring three people covers your initial outlay.

And if that process continues through eight levels then a six figure residual income is achieved.

Q: HOW DO MEMBERS RECEIVE THEIR COMMISSIONS? Through their own Winning Express website and they can draw their income weekly.

Q: WHY DO YOU STATE RETURNS ARE TAX FREE? All profits are derived either from Betting Exchanges or bookmakers and Betting Tax was abolished at the turn of the millennium. Commissions are of course another matter, and should be regarded as earnings.

Q: THE ARBITRAGE FACILITY – HOW DOES THAT WORK? Arbitrage has been around for thousands of years; traditionally the preserve of banks, financial institutions and the very wealthy. It’s the purchase/sale of a commodity with a built in profit. Our traders engage in backing horses or football teams at a higher price than they can lay. If we bet at a higher price than we lay, then although we may not necessarily win we cannot possibly lose.

Q: YOU QUOTE A RETURN OF 2.75% MONTHLY – IS THAT GUARANTEED? No. The estimated return is geared to the amount of completed, positive trades in any one month. We concentrate on the first three horses in each market – if one of those three win the race then it’s a positive trade, should another horse win then we have a neutral trade.

Q: SOME PEOPLE MAY SAY THE RETURN SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE? Of course: people are conditioned in that manner. The fact, however, is that the advent of the Betting Exchanges (Betfair predominantly) in 2001 heralded an unprecedented opportunity for traders to engage in arbitrage activity via the biggest industry on the internet. Skilled, experienced traders make markedly higher returns than the figure we quote – however, they not only have access to significant funds, they also invest in extremely sophisticated state-of-the-art software. Crucially too, they spend many hours each day glued to computer screens.

Q: DO YOU FORSEE THE 2.75% ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE? We have to be realistic. This is first and foremost a business opportunity, and we are providing people with a genuine opportunity to build a huge residual income through building

a team. As the network expands, then capacity will eventually become an issue – we have already indicated to members that there is likely to be a reduction in rates in the Autumn. BUT, the arbitrage facility will always offer members returns way above what’s available in the high street.

Q: AND WHAT ABOUT THE SPORTS ADVICES? Over a protracted period, we would expect this facility to outperform the arbitrage although we do stress its volatility. If someone is requiring a monthly income then arbitrage would be the better option whereas for capital growth we’d recommend the sports advices.

Q: YOUR ADVERTS AND YOUR WEBSITE REFER TO A ‘MANAGED SERVICE’ – WHAT IS MEANT BY THAT? When we advise involvement in a football fixture or suchlike we quote the best prices available and name the firms that are offering them. For those members who for whatever reason cannot find the time to enact the transaction themselves, we offer the managed service. In other words we place the bet on their behalf and we retain 10% of profits as an administration charge.

Q: And can ‘managed’ service clients access the progress of their activity?

Yes, 24/7 via their own username and password. Our results are updated daily. Again, it’s not a facility we actively promote – it’s something we introduced for those who otherwise would in all probability miss out For further information on our services and how to join Winning Express contact the Milton Express Office, La Zenia on 96 599 4815. Or call into our offices located on 1st floor, Edif.

2 Centro Zenia, Avda. De Villamartin s/n Urb. La Zenia, Orihuela Costa. Find us off the N332 at La Zenia roundabout, above Alejandros Restaurant. Presentations can be arranged in our La Zenia Office, your own home or a venue to suit. You can also register your interest via our website www.winningexpress.com All administration duties for Milton Express are carried out by Admin Solutions (UK) Ltd;Velocity House, Tenter Street, Sheffield S14DE Tel: 0114 213 3539. Visit the website for full terms and conditions along with details of all our services and promotions.

Life

St. George to slay the dragon on Playa Flamenca

Last years parade

By Keith Nicol

AFTER THE success of last year’s event, St. George’s Day will again be celebrated on the Orihuela Costa. The event is being organised as a charity event for the Fundación Arcos del Castillo (Elche Children´s Care Home) and the Royal British Legion in Playa Flamenca (Orihuela Costa). The days, as all good former Girl Guides and Boy Scouts will no doubt remember is Tuesday, 23 April 2013. The St. George’s Day Festival will take place in Playa Flamenca, Orihuela Costa. The event starts at 12-noon with a street parade, led by Torrevieja Pipes and Drums, which will start from the parking area of the Mercadona supermarket at Playa Flamenca and will march down to the beach. There, the festival will take place with live music from local artists, a raffle, and fun for the whole family.

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High note for finale

By Jack Troughton THREE HIGHLY talented classical musicians of Trio Alba arrive on the Costa Blanca to make their Spanish debut and underline a reputation as one of the most promising acts on the international scene.

Their concerts on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of April at Calpe’s Casa Shandor are a scoop for promoters Ilusion-Arte and make an impressive end to a third season – bringing quality music to a loyal audience.

And the two candlelight concerts provide an opportunity to hear Trio Alba before a high profile tour of large concert halls in Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao and Barcelona.

Trio Alba was founded in 2008 by German violinist Livia Sellin, Austrian-Italian cellist Philipp Comploi and Chinese pianist Chengcheng Zhao. The three met at the Music University of Graz, where they studied with renowned Trio Parnassus – visitors to Calpe in 2011.

The classical trio last year performed in Beijing and Shanghai and has since appeared at festivals and chamber music events across the globe, winning a recording contract with MDG and releasing their first recording featuring pieces by Mendelssohn.

Both concerts at Casa Shandor, Calle Mayor 25, in Calpe Old Town begin at 8pm.

Tickets are 9€ for Ilusion-Arte members and 14€ for non-members. They can be reserved by calling Inge on 656 714 787 or Josefina on 687 536 761, or by email to ilusionartecalpe@gmail.com. On both evenings tickets will be available from 7.30pm.

Trio Alba will perform music by Joseph Haydn, Edouard Lalo, and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. The musicians also have a website www.trioalba.com.

Solidarity Art Exhibition in San Miguel

By Keith Nicol AFECANCER IS a relatively new charity based in Torrevieja, but who provide vital support for cancer suffers and their families, throughout the Vega Baja. This weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there is a painting exhibition taking place in the Cuevas de la Marina, Calle Gongora No. 9, in San Miguel, as a fundraising event for the charity.

The Solidarity Art Exhibition that will open in San Miguel de Salinas, on Friday 12th April at 5.30pm. The show will feature some high quality works in oils and watercolors by artists such as Solano, Girona, White, and Buitrago Bisier Puche. There will also have a “mini-market” of thrift and some curiosities.

For more information please check their website at www.afecancer.org

Art at the Virgen del Carmen

By Keith Nicol ON WEDNESDAY, a new art show went on display inside the exhibition centre of Torrevieja’s Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre. This is an exhibition of student’s work from the Bachelor of Arts program in IES Mediterranean, Aguas Neuvas. The exhibition will remain open until April 26.

Torrevieja’s Councillor for Culture, Luis Maria Pizana said that the Mediterranean IES No. 4 is the only Institute in Torrevieja that has Arts Program, which in turn is becoming a point of reference in the field of artistic disciplines for the southern Alicante province. The centre has a large faculty, workshops and resources for teaching that give access to countless college and professional programs that are increasingly in demanded by the labour market. This small sample of the work of 40 students, is just a little testimony of local talent, effort and creativity of young people who have attended classes and workshops, embodied in the works that are on display.

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Swinging for Help Mar Menor

By Keith Nicol IF YOU love the sound of a big band, then head on down to Hotel Spa Costa Narejos, Los Alcazares, on Thursday, 18 April for the first date for this season, of Big Band Dance Nights’ with Swingtet -Plus Big Band. They play from 9.00 to 11.30 pm and it’s an opportunity to hear the best of Big Band music and Swing, Latin and more played live by this group of very experienced musicians cumulating in an evening of top-class live entertainment not to be missed. On this occasion their featured vocalist will be Patti Ross, who many may remember from the Andy Ross Orchestra and BBC’s ‘Come Dancing’.

All of these events support the local Charity HELP Murcia Mar Menor and the Hotel Management also give their support with some of the prizes for the Raffle winners.

Gil Monks brought together this group of professional musicians, to form his 10 piece band with a very big ‘Big Band Sound’ nearly 8 years ago.

The original group of musicians was Gil Monks, saxophones, clarinets and flute, Keith Monk keyboard and vocals, Brian Shotton, bass, Arthur Buck on drums. All have years of professional experience with most of the well-known star singers, Big name Bands and groups, both from the UK and

The first of Big Band Dance Nights

America. Four Tops, Three Degrees, The Drifters, Jack Jones, Matt Monroe, Johnny Mathis to name but a few of the vocalists and groups and also as support for big bands such as Eric Delaney, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson - so many names - They, and the present members of the ‘Big Band’ could all probably write a book about their experiences on the subject and there are a lot of experiences to be told from this group of musicians, most of whom have know each other or worked with each other for many years in the UK, cruise ships

and other parts of the world - at one time or another.

Admission is by ticket only through advance sales of only 7.50€ at Hotel Spa Costa Narejos Reception, Tel: 968 583 980, at Bar La Zona or Shape & Tone, in Los Alcazares There will be a very limited number of tickets available on the door which opens at 8.30pm. There are also 6 further dates booked throughout this year - for details Tel: 868 182 486. There will be a Raffle on the night with proceeds all going for HELP Murcia Mar Menor.

Club 25 Serena raise 1,000€ for PCN

By Keith Nicol LOCAL CHARITIES are all being effected by the financial crisis so it came as a wonderful surprise when Paul Cunningham Nurses were invited to meet with members from Club 25 Serena Gold who presented them 1000.28€ form their last year of fundraising activities. The money was raised by a penalty charge from members who lost balls in the water hazards at holes 5 and 6 and Paul Cunningham Nurses benefited this year as the Captain’s nominated charity.

Those in the photo presenting the cheque are Captain Allan Ross with PCN nurse Val Roland along with, from left to right: Kevin Hughes, Alex Newstead, Tim Newstead, Tom Crowhurst, Doreen Crowhurst, Albert Thrupp, Alan Roggess, John Owen, Judith Owen, May Ross, Martin Okely, Ian Robertson, Nole Foster, Micheal Gibb, Caroline Foster, Linda Smith, Peter Ferries, Ray Millgate, Alan Perry, Barry Gibb, George Rowlands.

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Life tech Internet Explorer blocked DEAR AUNTY: Suddenly when I open up my Dell Inspiron 6400 computer it says ‘Internet Explorer blocked this website from displaying content with security certificate errors’.

To continue opening up I have to press ‘show content’. I have never had this problem in the past and have found that some websites I can’t open at all, e.g. gmail for a friend… Can you think of any way to solve this problem? Many thanks, Sue Aunty says: The most common fault that causes this error message is that the date and time are not correct on the PC. This can be caused by the PC’s internal battery being low on power, and so the PC cannot store the correct date and time. So when you start the PC, the date and time are set to the system default.

So if your PC has set the date and time to its default - like 01/01/2002 - and it tries to open a webpage with the date of 14/03/2013, then internet browsers will show warnings, as it will not be able to comprehend why you want to use webpages with dates 10 years into the future, and thus thinks you are trying to go to a site that may be ‘unsecure’.

However, a few people who say their date and time are correct have used the following to overcome the problem: In IE, click ‘Tools’, ‘Tracking Protection’, then ‘Your Personalized List’, then ‘Enable’.

The first time you visit a site a pop up, it appeared, but after clicking on ‘Show Content’, on subsequent visits it did not appear.

Response: Thanks for your help. All now okay!

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Old Toshiba DEAR AUNTY, I have a seven-year-old Toshiba Equium laptop which keeps shutting down. It does not drop power - it just clicks off then boots up again. It does run a bit warm but not enough for the heat cut out to shut the power off: any ideas? Antonio.

Aunty says: This is a common problem with Toshiba laptops, with many people reporting that they shut down after a few minutes. A common issue with laptop shutting down is overheating and it is shutting down to ‘protect’ itself.

Check the vents on the back of the unit: are they clean and clear of dirt/dust/debris? - blow the debris out using a can of compressed air.

Perhaps getting a ‘chiller mat’ / laptop cooling stand would help?

If the laptop does not shut down when running in Safe Mode, this shut down will be more to do with an operating system fault…

Aunty: Thanks for your answer re Delta search - I have at last got rid of Funmoods from my home page. Hoorah! Alan Aunty says: Happy I could help

Temporarily disable MS Security HELLO AUNTY: How do I temporarily disable MS Security Essentials and Malwarebytes,in order to update Adobe Flash Player? Barrie Aunty says: You should not have to disable MSE or Malwarebytes to update

Flash Player. If you already have Flash player installed, then it should automatically update itself, or at least notify you, when an update is available.

If not, then you can update manually via http://www.adobe.com/support/ flashplayer/downloads.html

Cursor freeze

DEAR AUNTY, My cursor freezes from time to time. Is there any other way of ‘un-freezing’ it without having to switch my laptop off, and re-open it? Or should I perform some other task in order to prevent it? I use Windows XP. Aunty says: A freezing PC can be down to any number of problems: a Windows file problem; a device ‘driver’ issue - make sure all your hardware devices have the latest drivers installed; software crashing - if the crash happens when you do certain things, then at least you may be able to identify what software is crashing the PC; hardware failure (hard drive or memory problems).

Gadget Inspector Investigates:

SanDisk 32GB Cruzer Fit USB Flash Drive THIS WEEK the Inspector takes a look at the SanDisk 32GB Cruzer Fit USB Flash Drive.

A USB Flash what? For those of you who don’t know what this means it’s a small, portable device that plugs into a computer’s USB port and allows you to transfer files onto it and then take them with you wherever you go, to access or copy them onto another computer with a USB drive. This is handy for work if you don’t want to carry your laptop around with you, or want to take music, movies or pictures to a friend’s house. Flash drives are also very

useful for keeping backup copies of important files in case your computer has a drive failure.

It wasn’t so long ago that the 32GB of storage this drive packs was as much

as you got in a full blown laptop or PC. Just to put this into context 32GB equates to 8 HD movies, around 10,000 music files or 32,000 pictures (depending on resolution). That´s pretty impressive in a device that measures only 2.3cm x 1.5cm x 0.75cm, so it´ll fit easily in the smallest pocket or compartment – but also this means it´ll be able to fit USB drives where other larger drives won’t go such as the back of TVs. Its tiny dimensions are also ideally suited to plugging into a car’s audio system – you won’t be knocking this easily and breaking any expensive connectors!

The Sandisk Cruzer Fit is a USB 2 compliant device which means it can transfer data at a faster rate when fitted to a compatible USB 2 device. It will work with the newer USB 3 devices but at a slower rate than USB 3 can handle.

An added bonus is the SanDisk Secure Access Software to protect your private files. This creates a 128-bit AES encryption password protected folder on your flash drive where these important backups/files can be stored. This feature is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Mac OS X v10.5+ - although you will need to install separate software on your Mac. The Inspectors Verdict: The tiny size, large capacity and low cost make the SanDisk 32GB Cruzer Fit USB Flash Drive a very flexible portable device that fulfils a large number of uses. So what are you waiting for – get flashing!

Please note the following is for information and is not intended as an advertisement - visit www.gadget-hound.co.uk/ sandisk/ to purchase the SanDisk 32GB Cruzer Fit USB Flash Drive for 27€. Price quoted includes free delivery to Spain and is subject to availability (Euro cost subject to exchange rate at time of purchase).

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Recipes by Ingredients This is a new innovative recipe app that is a must have for any cook. As one of the first recipe mobile apps that allow you to search by multiple ingredients, with allergies, calories, serving, cook time and much for for free.

It has a cloud cookbook feature so you can add your own recipes, save recipes, and have them all backed up to the cloud so you can access them anytime, anywhere.

There are over 175,000 recipes to pick from, even ones that can be made gluten or allergy free! You literally get to pick the specific ingredients you want, input the allergies you have and choose quick options for Category, Servings, or Calories or go for a certain meal with the meal type. This app will even let you sort by quickest, 20 minutes or less. Free to download on Google Play on all Android devices.

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Life Showbiz Goss ED should head Too much mouth for Geneva on The Voice by

Peter Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

JESSIE J IS a young lady who proved a couple of years ago that she could both write and hold a tune pretty well when her song ‘Price Tag’ went to No 1 in nineteen different countries, and this almighty leap from nowhere to everywhere could well be the backdrop to today’s story.

Jesse has since grabbed the headlines on many levels with her attitude of speaking her mind and openly sharing her love interest in other females - being the stuff our loveable gutter press delight in scooping up by the shedload.

Becoming a judge on ‘The Voice’ surprised many with such a promising career up ahead, and if we are to run with what Ally Ross, a TV critic for The Sun said about her last week, our Jesse could well need to sit down and have a serious re-think. I suggest you now put on some protective clothing, as this next bit is pretty high octane stuff.

“Charmless, rude and unpleasant” are three of the words The Sun critic said about Jesse, adding with venom, “Her malign presence on the judging panel kills the mood of the show.” Told you it was high octane stuff didn’t I … now in full flow, The Sun reporter went for the kill when he said “Jessie J mistakes being charmless, rude, egotistical and unpleasant for being real.”

Headline-making is a journalist’s job as we all know, but it’s the level of this one that I feel Jesse needs to be concerned about, ‘cos I don’t know about you, but if somebody said something this strong about my work I would want to sit down and take a long hard look in the mirror.

Step aside Lloyd Webber!

WHEN GARY Barlow was just eighteen, his credentials as a singer and songwriter were well established within the business, but it was only when Take That were formed that we found out about him. Gary went on to write most of the songs for the band and has now carved himself a mega

niche in the world of showbiz.

I have brought Gary here today having read that he is planning to write a stage musical in collaboration with Elliot Kennedy, a guy who has written hits for S Club 7 and the Spice Girls.

Online paper Metro stated last week: ‘Gary’s the happiest he’s ever been in

his career right now and he loves being given the freedom to write music and take on different projects, and he’s really pleased that the musical has come to light and has loads of ideas to make it a West End hit.’

Gary Barlow is a very rare talent, and with the word that the emergence of Take That is to be the basis to the storyline, I fancy we are all in for a real treat.

THIS NEXT story features not one but three pop stars and is quite a tale of love lost and won and friendships that get seriously strained at the leash. The first two of our main players are Harry Styles and Taylor Swift, a couple who have been giving us yawns aplenty over their … ´It’s on! … It’s off crapolla….

I now bring in pop star number three in the shape of Ed Sherrin, a young man who is currently touring with Taylor and is a close friend of both Harry and the young American girl. The couple say they are now back together again but they are still arguing over the way they broke up and poor old stuck-inthe-middle Ed was quoted in last week’s US Weekly as saying: “I feel like I’m Switzerland!”

Harry boy has been putting it about like a rabid dog since the band took off, and Taylor ain’t no nun neither - and an untimely article in OK! Magazine hasn’t helped very much.

“Taylor has a real crush on Ed,” the headline read, “She adores him … She’s been texting and calling him a lot and is very excited about spending lots of time with him.” This friendshipthreatening quote has been furiously denied with Ed Sherrin saying, “Yes I was in her hotel room, and yes till the early hours of the morning, but we were just passing the guitar to each other and singing songs,” and you know what? I believe him … best thing to do Ed is book a flight to Switzerland mate.

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12th April - 18th April

FRIDAY 12th April BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 You’ve Been Scammed 12:30 Real Rescues 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 MasterChef 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Not Going Out 23:00 BBC News 23:35 Graham Norton Show 24:25 The Matt Lucas Awards 24:55 Paycheck

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:55 Formula One 09:35 The A to Z of TV Gardening 10:00 Holiday Hit Squad 11:00 Question Time 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Coast 12:55 Formula One 14:35 Formula One 16:15 Mastermind 16:45 Britain’s First Photo Album 17:15 The Life of Mammals 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Golf: The Masters 20:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Isaac Newton: The Last Magician 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 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 15:00 Cook Me the Money!

16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Ade in Britain 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Martin Lewis Money Show 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 The Security Men 23:00 ITV News 23:35 The Majestic

07:00 The Treacle People 07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 13:35 What’s Cooking?

14:45 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge 15:45 Countdown 16:30 The Common Denominator 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 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 Rude Tube

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 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 Trisha 13:00 Looney Tunes 13:05 5 News 13:15 Classic Car Rescue 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 CSI: NY 16:15 Recipe for Murder 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News 20:00 Rolf’s Animal Clinic 21:00 Ice Road Truckers 22:00 The Mentalist 23:00 CSI 24:55 Inside Hollywood

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

09:40 Judge Judy 10:10 Judge Judy 10:35 The Only Way Is Essex 11:05 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 The Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

Funniest 100 22:00 The Bourne Supremacy 24:10 The Interpreter

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 One Tree Hill 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 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 Trading Places 24:20 Body Shocking Show 24:55 The Big Bang Theory

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SATURDAY 13th April BBC1

07:00 Formula One 09:30 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking 13:00 BBC News 13:15 Football Focus 14:00 Formula One 15:15 Golf: The Masters 16:30 Final Score 18:15 Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death 18:45 BBC News 19:00 Doctor Who 19:45 The Voice UK 21:20 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 22:10 Casualty 23:00 BBC News 23:20 Match of the Day 24:35 Football League Show

BBC2

07:00 This Is BBC Two 08:05 The First of the Few 10:00 Gardeners’ World 10:30 The Beechgrove Garden 11:00 A History of Britain by Simon Schama 12:00 Climbing Great Buildings 12:30 Map Man 13:00 Indian Food Made Easy 13:30 The Sky at Night 13:50 Coast 14:00 University Challenge 14:30 Just a Minute 15:00 I Know Where I’m Going!

16:30 Flog It! 17:30 The Great British Sewing Bee 18:30 The Story of Are You Being Served?

19:30 Are You Being Served?

20:00 Dad’s Army 20:30 Golf: The Masters

SUNDAY 14th April BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 08:00 Formula One 11:15 The Big Questions 12:15 Sunday Politics 13:35 Points of View 13:50 Britain’s Maharajah 14:20 Bargain Hunt 15:20 Formula One 17:20 Escape to the Country 18:20 Songs of Praise 19:05 Deadly 60 on a Mission 19:35 BBC News 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 The Village 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Match of the Day 2 24:25 Late Kick Off 24:55 New Jack City

BBC2

07:00 The Story of GI Joe 08:40 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread 13:00 EastEnders 14:50 Coast 15:00 Great British Food Revival 15:30 The Great Rift: Africa’s Wild Heart 16:30 Secrets of Our Living Planet 17:30 Coast 18:30 Driven: The Fastest Woman in the World 19:30 Golf: The Masters

ITV1 07:00 Jungle Junction 07:25 The Hive 07:45 Dino Dan 08:05 Canimals 08:25 Bookaboo 08:35 Kick Buttowski 09:05 Ultimate Spider-Man 09:25 Almost Naked Animals 09:55 Figaro Pho 10:00 Jessie 10:25 ITV News 10:30 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:25 My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 12:25 Dinner Date 13:25 ITV News 13:30 Columbo: Identity Crisis 15:30 The Chase 16:30 Midsomer Murders 18:30 ITV News 19:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 Britain’s Got Talent 21:35 The Cube

ITV1 07:00 Jungle Junction 07:25 The Hive 07:45 Dino Dan 08:05 Canimals 08:20 Bookaboo 08:30 Teenage Ninja Turtles 09:00 Kick Buttowski 09:25 Almost Naked Animals 09:55 Figaro Pho 10:00 Aquabats Super Show 10:25 ITV News 10:30 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:25 Dickinson’s Real Deal 12:25 ITV News 12:30 Dinner Date 13:30 You’ve Been Framed!

14:00 Britain’s Got Talent 15:35 Food Glorious Food 16:30 Live FA Cup Football 19:15 ITV News 19:45 Catchphrase 20:30 Off Their Rockers 21:00 Endeavour 23:00 Perspectives 24:00 ITV News 24:15 Football Highlights

CHANNEL 4 07:00 The Treacle People 07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:00 Volkswagen Racing Cup 08:30 The Grid 08:55 The Morning Line 09:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:55 Frasier 11:25 Frasier 11:55 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Big Bang Theory 12:50 The Simpsons 13:25 The Secret Millionaire 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:05 Come Dine with Me 19:05 Channel 4 News 19:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 20:30 Grand Designs 21:30 Walking Through History 22:30 Get Him to the Greek 24:35 Derren Brown Investigates: The Man Who Contacts the Dead

CHANNEL 5 07:00 Childrens TV 10:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:25 Roary the Racing Car 10:40 Jelly Jamm 11:00 The Mr Men Show 11:15 Power Rangers 11:50 Batman: The Brave and the Bold 12:15 Monkey Life 12:45 Rolf’s Animal Clinic 13:45 Emergency Bikers 14:45 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 15:45 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol 17:25 Rocky III 19:20 The Magnificent Seven Ride!

21:05 5 News Weekend 21:10 NCIS 23:10 Law & Order

ITV2 07:00 All Star Family Fortunes 07:35 Coronation Street 10:05 Emmerdale 13:10 Babe 15:00 Animal Practice 15:30 Animal Practice 16:00 Animal Practice 16:30 You’ve Been Framed!

17:00 You’ve Been Framed!

17:30 You’ve Been Framed!

18:00 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 ET the Extra-Terrestrial 21:35 Britain’s Got More Talent 22:35 You’ve Been Framed!

23:35 Celebrity Juice 24:20 Plebs 24:50 Britain’s Got Talent

E4

07:00 Heartland 07:45 Greek 08:40 Gok’s Clothes Roadshow 09:45 Make It or Break It 10:45 Ugly Betty 11:40 Scrubs 12:10 Scrubs 12:40 Scrubs 13:10 Glee 14:10 Charmed 15:10 Made in Chelsea 16:10 Rules of Engagement 16:35 Rules of Engagement 18:30 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 Black Knight 23:55 The Big Bang Theory 24:25 The Big Bang Theory 24:55 The Cleveland Show

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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07:05 River Cottage Bites 07:10 The Treacle People 07:20 The Hoobs 07:45 The Hoobs 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:05 The Big Bang Theory 13:35 The Big Bang Theory 14:05 The Simpsons 14:40 The Addams Family 16:40 Deal or No Deal 17:40 Channel 4 News 18:10 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 20:00 Five Minutes to a Fortune 21:00 The Secret Millions 22:00 My Big Fat Gypsy Fortune 23:00 Juno 24:50 Cocktail

07:00 Childrens TV 09:25 Angelina Ballerina 09:40 Milkshake! Show Songs 09:45 Rupert Bear 10:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:25 Roary the Racing Car 10:40 Jelly Jamm 10:55 The Mr Men Show 11:10 Power Rangers 11:45 Batman: The Brave and the Bold 12:15 Disney Shorts: How to Play Football 12:20 Monkey Life 12:50 Cowboy Builders 13:50 Practical Magic 15:55 The Secret Garden 18:00 Stepmom 20:15 5 News Weekend 20:20 Big Daddy 22:00 Once Upon a Time 23:00 Person of Interest 24:00 Ultraviolet

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 09:55 Coronation Street 12:25 Curly Sue 14:25 ET the Extra-Terrestrial 16:40 Britain’s Got Talent 18:15 Britain’s Got More Talent 19:15 Kangaroo Jack 21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

Family Special 22:00 The Shawshank Redemption 24:50 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 13:05 Youngers 13:35 Made in Chelsea 14:40 Glee 15:40 Charmed 16:35 How I Met Your Mother 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 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 Big Momma’s House 2 23:00 Rude Tube 24:00 The Body Shocking Show 24:30 2 Broke Girls

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12th April - 18th Apri

MONDAY 15th April BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Crime Scene Rescue 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Bang Goes the Theory 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 The Prisoners 23:00 BBC News 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:20 The Graham Norton Show

07:10 Homes Under the Hammer 08:10 Real Rescues 08:55 You’ve Been Scammed 09:25 Heir Hunters 10:10 Great British Menu 10:40 Countryfile 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Animal Park 14:40 Mastermind 15:40 Great British Bake Off 16:40 Britain’s First Photo Album 17:10 The Life of Mammals 18:10 Flog It! 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 20:00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread 22:00 Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History 23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Toughest Place to Be

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 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 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 James Nesbitt’s Ireland 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Broadchurch 23:00 ITV News 23:35 The Unforgettable 24:35 Monk

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

14:45 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge 15:45 Countdown 16:30 Common Denominator 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 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 SuperScrimpers 22:00 The Hoarder Next Door 23:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 24:05 Random Acts 24:10 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:30 Bert and Ernie 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Trisha 13:00 Looney Tunes 13:05 5 News 13:15 Classic Car Rescue 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News 20:00 Trauma Doctors 21:00 Nature Shock 22:00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 23:00 Battle Scarred 24:00 Outlaw

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

09:40 Judge Judy 10:10 Judge Judy 10:35 The Only Way Is Essex 11:35 The 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 17:10 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:25 Britain’s Got Talent 22:00 Best of You’ve Been Framed!

23:00 Plebs 23:30 The Bourne Supremacy

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07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 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 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 ITV News 23:35 Royal Paintbox 24:35 In Plain Sight

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

14:45 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge 15:45 Countdown 16:30 Common Denominator 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 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Bedtime Live 22:00 Secrets of the Shoplifters 23:00 Shameless 24:05 Random Acts 24:10 8 Out of 10 Cats

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:30 Bert and Ernie 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Trisha 13:00 Looney Tunes 13:05 5 News 13:15 Classic Car Rescue 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Audrey’s Rain 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News 20:00 Cowboy Builders 21:00 Big Body Squad 22:00 CSI 23:00 Neighbours 24:00 Dallas

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

09:40 Judge Judy 10:35 The Only Way Is Essex 11:35 The 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 17:10 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 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 Plebs

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 One Tree Hill 09:50 Scrubs 10:15 Rules of Engagement 10:45 Charmed 11:40 90210 12:35 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:35 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 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 24:05 Rude Tube

TUESDAY 16th April

BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Crime Scene Rescue 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Syndicate 23:00 BBC News 23:35 The Matt Lucas Awards 24:05 Cuckoo 24:35 Like Minds

BBC2

07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:50 Crime Scene Rescue 09:20 Heir Hunters 10:05 Great British Menu 10:35 Deadly 60 on a Mission 11:05 British Railway Journeys 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Super League Show 14:45 Mastermind 15:15 Coast 15:40 Great British Bake Off 16:40 Britain’s First Photo Album 17:10 The Life of Mammals 18:10 Flog It! 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 20:00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 21:00 British Sewing Bee 22:00 Keeping Britain Alive: The NHS in a Day 23:00 Later Live 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Horizon

WEDNESDAY 17th April

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07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 One Tree Hill 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 17:25 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 New Girl 21:30 The Mindy Project 22:00 Revenge 23:00 Made in Chelsea 24:00 The Inbetweeners 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

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CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Crime Scene Rescue 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 21:00 MasterChef 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 Bend It like Beckham

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:45 Crime Scene Rescue 09:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Great British Menu 10:30 Deadly 60 on a Mission 11:00 British Railway Journeys 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Animal Park 14:40 Mastermind 15:10 Great British Bake Off 16:10 The Life of Mammals 18:10 Flog It! 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Helicopter Heroes 20:00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 21:00 Coast 22:00 Israel: Facing the Future 23:00 James May’s Things You Need to Know 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Keeping Britain Alive

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 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 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Food Glorious Food 22:00 Scott & Bailey 23:00 ITV News 23:35 Sports Life Stories 24:35 The Dales

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

14:45 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge 15:45 Countdown 16:30 Common Denominator 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 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Phil Spencer 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Syria: Across the Lines - Channel 4 Dispatches 24:00 Random Acts 24:05 16 Kids and Counting

07:00 Childrens TV 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:30 Bert and Ernie 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Trisha 13:00 Looney Tunes 13:05 5 News 13:15 Classic Car Rescue 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Disney Shorts: Beach Picnic 16:20 Jane Doe: The Harder they Fall 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News 20:00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 21:00 Rolf’s Animal Clinic 22:00 NCIS 23:00 Law & Order 23:55 CSI 24:55 Poker

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

09:40 Judge Judy 10:10 Judge Judy 10:35 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 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 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 Wanted

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 One Tree Hill 09:50 Scrubs 10:15 Rules of Engagement 10:45 Charmed 11:40 90210 12:35 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:35 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 15:35 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 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 Youngers 21:00 Bride Wars 22:50 Rude Tube 23:55 Made in Chelsea

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THURSDAY 18th April BBC1

BBC2

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Crime Scene Rescue 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:00 Perfection 16:45 Chefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 MasterChef 22:00 Maureen Lipman: If Memory Serves Me Right 23:00 BBC News 23:35 Question Time 24:35 This Week

07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:50 Crime Scene Rescue 09:20 The A to Z of TV Gardening 10:05 Great British Menu 11:05 British Railway Journeys 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Animal Park 14:40 Mastermind 15:10 Great British Bake Off 16:10 The Life of Mammals 18:10 Flog It! 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Helicopter Heroes 20:00 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 21:00 James May’s Man Lab 22:00 Could We Survive a Mega-Tsunami?

23:00 How TV Ruined Your Life 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Fit to Rule

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 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 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 The British Animal Honours 2013 23:00 ITV News 23:35 The Jonathan Ross Show 24:40 The Lobby

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

14:45 SuperScrimpers’ Challenge 15:45 Countdown 16:30 Common Denominator 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 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Secret Eaters 22:00 The Intern 23:00 The Sex Clinic 24:05 24 Hours in A&E

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Trisha 13:00 Looney Tunes 13:05 5 News 13:15 Classic Car Rescue 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 The Mentalist 16:15 Blue Smoke 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News 20:00 Big Body Squad 21:00 Cowboy Builders 22:00 Trauma Doctors 23:00 Exit Wounds

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

09:40 Judge Judy 10:10 Judge Judy 10:35 The Only Way Is Essex 11:35 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 17:10 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 18:05 Millionaire Matchmaker 19:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Dinner Date: Australia 22:00 Peter Andre: My Life

Crossword Answers 703 Cryptic Solutions Across: 1 Pick; 3 Starling; 8 Soul; 9 Trumpery; 11 Point of order; 13 Rental; 14 Limpet; 17 Standingroom; 20 Operetta; 21 Solo; 22 Latitude; 23 Left.

Down: 1 Passport; 2 Caution; 4 Thrift; 5 Remarriage; 6 Irene; 7 Goya; 10 Attainment; 12 Stamp out; 15 Propose; 16 Jilted; 18 Theft; 19 Fowl.

Quick Solutions Across: 1 Deep; 3 Prepared; 8 Sips; 9 Asterisk; 11 Bewilderment; 13 Strays; 14 Snatch; 17 Imprisonment; 20 Assuaged; 21 Isle; 22 Hesitate; 23 Onus.

Down: 1 Disabuse; 2 Empower; 4 Roster; 5 Pre-eminent; 6 Reign; 7 Dyke; 10 Play truant; 12 Chattels; 15 Treason; 16 Ascent; 18 Moses; 19 Rash.

E4 07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 One Tree Hill 09:50 Scrubs 10:15 Rules of Engagement 10:45 Charmed 11:40 90210 12:35 Ugly Betty 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 Scrubs 16:00 Charmed 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 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 23:35 Rude Tube 24:05 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 12th April Let’s Talk – we speak to outspoken radio presenter John Guant in Benidorm. 18.30 Saturday 13th April Celebrity Archive – Simon Baldock talks with probably the best ever known golf commentator Peter Aliss. 18.00 Sunday 14th April Spanish Eye – Gemma Quinn takes to the skies in search of hawks over Gran Alicant. 18.15 Monday 15th April Host Your Own(series) The Costa Blanca’s answer to

“Come Dine With Me” – Ep. 5 Sue Ford hosts a Greek style evening. 19.30 Tuesday 16th April Real England (series) – Wiltshire – a mystic shire probably best known for Stone Henge and Avebury stone circles. 19.00 Wednesday 17th April Out and About in Torrevieja with Graham Knight.

- Semana Santa. 18.30 Thursday 18th April Spanish Eye – the incredible re-enactment of the battle of Arnhem staged in Murcia city. 18.30

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Life music Country/ Americana Jam Session: Calpe

COUNTRY/AMERICANA Jam Sessions take place every second and fourth Monday in the Piazza di Spagna on the La Merced Road (opposite the church), Calpe, from 8pm.

The sessions are being run by the duo ‘Flavours’ (Barrie & Veronica Dunn). Flavours were known as ‘Country Flavour’.

However, they felt the name categorised them wrongly as they do a lot of other music e.g. folk, standards, Irish, Scottish and more. Everyone is welcome to join in, playing an instrument, singing or just listening. The Bar/Restaurant also does good food at reasonable prices. For more information phone: 96 583 8311.

Niamh O’ Sheehan – Female Vocalist

NIAMH OFFERS an energetic performance of popular favourite folk-pop-soul-blues - all events catered for - whether you want atmospheric background music during dinner or up-tempo dance music for after dinner. Together with Matthias Coblenzer, both from the band ‘Gatecrash’, they are ‘Celtic Knot’, a duo performing an acoustic guitar set with Niamh focusing on singing traditional Irish ballads and folk music. Check out Niamh’s powerful vocals on her website where you will find videos, demos, photos and testimonials www.costablancamusica.com Theme nights, i.e. Irish Night, a speciality!

For more info phone: 676 507 791.

GIGS IN APRIL Friday 19th, Bar La Torre, Alcalali (Celtic Friday 12th, Bar Planet, Parcent Knot) (Celtic Knot) Saturday 20th, Bar Ambiente, Moraira Sat 13th, Quatre, Pedreguer (Gatecrash) (Celtic Knot) Wednesday 17th, El Bravo, Denia (Solo) Wednesday 24th, El Bravo, Denia (Solo) Thursday 18th, Rte. Duodama, Denia Saturday 27th, The Hills Bar/Rte., Altea, Al(Celtic Knot) tea La Vella (Solo)

Fashion on the cakewalk A FASHION SHOW and Afternoon Tea in aid of the MABS Cancer Support Group are being staged at Javea’s Inn on the Green on Monday 15th April from 2pm.

Guests will be greeted with a glass of cava before models take to the catwalk in a show of the latest looks arranged by High Street Heaven and tea courtesy of the Inn itself.

Tickets are 8€ and available by calling Nicola on 679 428 570 or Pam on 687 393 035.

Zodiac Duo: Gary & Keith

ZODIAC ARE the ‘people’s favourite’ vocal harmony duo on the Costa Blanca, covering songs from the 60’s to date. Zodiac regularly performs in Benidorm during the week but would like to remind everyone that although they are now semi retired they still work elsewhere, either on a Friday or Saturday night. Zodiac is also very popular with the local Masonic Lodges, Bowls Clubs, Social Clubs, etc. as entertainment for their dinner / dances. For a fun night’s entertainment, get along and enjoy the boys’ show.

For more information phone: 661 179 765.

GIGS FOR APRIL All Mondays, Hotel Rio Park, Benidorm 8.45 pm All Thursdays, Hotel Rio Park, Benidorm 8.45 pm All Thursdays, Tower Lounge, Benidorm 11.00 pm Friday 19th, Bar Quo Vadis, Javea Saturday 20th, Private Event, Tuesday 23rd, Dinner/Dance RBL, Calpe Saturday 27th, Druids Cave II, Paichi Centre, Moraira

Swing for Legion

By Jack Troughton FAVOURITE HITS from the much-loved era of Swing make up a fund raising concert in aid of the Royal British Legion’s 1013 Poppy Appeal on Saturday 4th May. ‘Poppies in Swingtime’ is being staged at the Casa de Cultura, Alfaz del Pi, at 8pm and features Fabio Miano, Joanna James, Abel Vilaro, Dawson Chance, Chic Gammidge, Pablo Foco, Simon Small and Duo Intermezzo.

Tickets are 10€ and available by calling the Box Office on 96 686 0735, by email to pdawson8021@cv.gva.es, or from the Tourist Office in Alfaz del Pi.

Forthcoming Events in April at Haweli Indian Restaurant Denia from sunday 14th april onwards

Special Sunday Buffet…

Delicious! just 12.90€ Including all you can eat from the Extensive Menu of succulent Lamb, Beef, Chicken, Vegetarian dishes, Delicious rices & Fresh special breads.

wednesday 24th april 3pm

Introduction to Buddhist Meditation

Tibet in 1957. He began his monastic studies when he was just a child training first in the Sacred Tibetan Buddhist Tradition of Nygmapa and later in the Sakyapa tradition.

Venerable Lama Thupten is the Lama in residence of the Sakya Drogön Ling Buddhist Community located in Denia, Alicante, He is both teacher, and a spiritual guide when he is asked to.

away with hits from the 60’s all the way to the present day, includiong Adele, Ollie Murs, Nancy Sinatra, and Peggy Lee. So why not join us here at Indian Haweli Restaurant Denia

saturday 27th from 8-11pm tuesday 23rd april

St Georges Day Celebration

Diners welcomed with a special Buy 2 GET 1 EXTRA FREE drinks menu all day

Live Music by Encore

(Non-diners welcome, just drink purchase) Guidance offered by the Venerable Lama Thupten Nyimais, a completely ordained Tibetan monk.

Venerable Lama was born in Kham,

Encore! Are the hottest duo on the Costa Blanca. Come along and listen to their smooth renditions of jazz, easy listening and swing classics from Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, Katie Melua. Then dance the night

For Full Menu, see our website www.hawelispain.com *NEW* RESTAURANT DINERS CAN ENJOY FREE TRANSPORT HOME *NEW* CATERING SERVICE OFFERED (MIN 20 PERSONS)

Opening Times 12:30pm-4.30pm & 6:30pm till late | Las Marinas Km2, 69 | DENIA

TEL: 965 783 637 | 677 004 651

* Conditions apply

BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL EVENTS

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Life health Chiropractic care can help people with Diabetes!

DIABETES MELLITUS Type 2, also known as adult-onset diabetes, is a metabolic disorder that is characterised by high glucose levels (sugar) in the bloodstream.

IN A normally functioning body sugars when entering the body are taken up by the cells for storage. When this mechanism becomes distorted, insulin receptors (door locks) sitting on the individual cells of the body resistant insulin (door key) and the storage rooms for sugar cannot be opened anymore. The ‘cell doors’ stay closed and sugar in the blood stream is rising.

There is a lot of evidence, which supports the thesis that diabetes is a lifestyle disorder that is reversible. Symptoms like excess thirst, frequent urination, and constant hunger do not have to limit one’s life.

Ideally type 2 Diabetes is manageable with increasing exercise and dietary modification, but often just medication is described to manage the pain and the symptoms.

Ignoring the signals from the body for too long can

cause long-term complications like heart disease, strokes, diabetic retinopathy (eyesight is affected), kidney failure (which may require dialysis), and poor circulation of limbs leading to amputations.

But it is never too late for a change, if a change is wanted.

In the Centro Quiropráctico Dénia we help people on the way to reverse their diabetes. Latest studies illustrated the positive effects of chiropractic care and diabetes patients.

There is a connection between the spine, the nervous system and the blood sugar in the body. After one month of being on the program, the patient’s glucose blood and urine levels normalised and remained stable.

Chiropractic care works by optimising the neural connections throughout the body. With an enhanced brain-body connection, better coordination can take place and immunity

and hormone function throughout the body will improve.

For an appointment with one of our chiropractors in any of our clinics (Denia, Alicante or Cartagena), please call 965 200 005.

For an appointment with one of our chiropractors in any of our clinics (Denia, Alicante or Cartagena), call 96 520 0005.

Do you frequently ask people to repeat themselves? Pardon?

COULD THIS be a sign of Hearing Loss? Have you ever been told to turn the volume down on the TV? Or maybe you can’t quite understand what people say, especially in noisy places.

NONE OF us like to think we are getting old but hearing loss is actually more common than you think.

For the over 50s, one in five have some degree of hearing loss. It creeps up on us over a number of years and since it is usually painless it might be a while before you realise that your hearing is no longer as good as it used to be.

The realisation that your hearing has deteriorated might be when your grandchild comments on the sound of a bird singing and you can’t hear it, or even to the point that you have difficulty hearing your grandchild’s voice clearly. You may have difficulty hearing others at social gatherings, particularly if there is lots of background noise and not just because the music is too loud!

Hearing loss can leave an individual concerned, feeling isolated, frustrated and even depressed. But there is no need to be - in fact, you can do a simple ‘Self-Test’ right now - just look at this list of common signs of hearing loss: • Do you frequently ask people to repeat themselves?

• Do you have trouble hearing in a noisy or busy place?

• Do you misunderstand conversations?

• Do you find that you can hear people talking but you cannot make out the words?

• Do you turn up the volume on the TV or radio?

• Do you avoid social occasions?

• Do you find greater difficulty hearing female or children’s voices?

• Have your family, friends or colleagues suggested that you have your hearing checked?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then maybe it’s time to take that step and have a hearing evaluation carried out by a qualified registered hearing aid audiologist. Premier Hearing Services. Contact us now for a Hearing Evaluation: 659 644 106.

Richard G. Sykes HAD FSHAA: Hearing Aid Audiologist: Fellow of the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists.

Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (UK)

Smokers at risk from sight loss A LOCAL optician is warning smokers of the risks that the habit poses to their vision.

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe vision loss for people over the age of 55 in the western world. AMD is a degenerative retinal eye disease that causes progressive loss of central vision. AMD affects the macula – the part of the retina responsible for clear vision needed for daily activities such as reading or driving.

According to the World Health Organisation the only established modifiable risk factor is smoking. People who smoke more than double their risk of developing AMD yet this is not widely known.

“Awareness of blindness from smoking is worryingly low,” says Colin Evans from Specsavers Opticas in Torrevieja. “When you inhale a cigarette, approximately 4,000 chemicals such as nicotine, tar, arsenic and ammonia enter your bloodstream and travel throughout your body. Many of these are poisonous to the delicate tissues of the eye, damaging the macula and ultimately leading to loss of vision.”

Mr. Evans warns: “As well as the early onset of AMD, smokers

also have a higher likelihood of developing cataracts, a common cause of blindness and visual impairment. In addition, tobacco smoking can lead to damage of the optic nerve, causing further vision impairment.”

In January 2012, just a year after the smoking ban came into force in Spain, the National Committee for the Prevention of Tobacco (CNPT) and the Commission for the Tobacco Market estimated that 600,000 Spanish individuals had given up smoking and estimated that the consumption of tobacco in Spain fell by 17% as a result.

Mr. Evans says: “This is excellent news for the nation’s eye health. Other countries that have adopted the smoking ban have seen really positive health benefits as a result and it is hoped that this trend will continue in Spain.”

Specsavers Opticas expect to see similar health benefits following the smoking ban in Spain and is encouraging smokers to take a positive step in safeguarding their eye sight by giving up. If a smoker has concerns, a thorough eye test can identify whether their eyes have any of the signs of AMD. Visit www.specsavers.es to find your nearest Specsavers and book a free eye test.

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CBMW Walks

SATURDAY 13TH APRIL Spring Leg Stretcher: Moderately strenuous with some rough terrain: 14kms of 6 hours’ duration with a 400m ascent: No dogs: Ann 646 716 303.

Famorca: Moderately strenuous over some rough terrain: 13kms of 5 hours’ duration with a 666m ascent: No dogs: Peter 669 873 159.

Bco Encantada: Very strenuous over mostly rough terrain with some scrambling: 16kms of 6 hours’ duration with a 500m ascent: Dogs on leads at rear: Jon 686 148 704.

Tuesday 9th April to Saturday 13th April, to celebrate CBMW’s 25th anniversary, we are walking the Costa Blanca Way: Day 1: Villalonga to Val d’Ebo 26kms: 11 hours: 1100m ascent Day 2: Val d’Ebo to Fleix/Campell 14 kms: 7 hours: 439m ascent Day 3: Fleix/Campell to Castell de Castells 27 kms: 11 hours: 824m ascent Day 4: Castell de Castells to Confrides 23 kms: 8 hours: 800m ascent Day 5: Confrides to Benifato and finish 20 kms: 7 hours: 772m ascent Not for the faint hearted!

WEDNESDAY 17TH APRIL Orchid walks: Moderate, with mostly good tracks: Optional lunch: 7kms of 3 hours’ duration with a 400m ascent: Dogs on leads at rear: Clive 96 648 1092.

Calpe station circuit: Note later start at 10.30am. Moderate, over mostly good tracks: 9kms of 3 hours’ duration with a 200m ascent: Dogs on leads at rear: Geoff 676 616 101.

Alcala de la Jovada from Vall d’Ebo: Very strenuous over some rough terrain: 25kms of 7 hours’ duration with a 1,000m ascent: Dogs on leads at rear: David 693 480 190.

Walks depart promptly at 10am unless otherwise noted. Boots, packed lunch and adequate drinking water are required. First aid kit is recommended, as well as protection against sun, wind and rain: walkers participate at their own risk. Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the time stated for each walk will always depend on the fitness and ability of the walkers and also the weather and passage conditions on the day of the walk. The rules and guidelines for walking are given at http://www.cbmwalkers.org. Please also refer to this website for any last minute changes to the walks.

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Life going out

Peer pressure

By Jack Troughton UPPER CRUST toffs sitting in the House of Lords find themselves mere mortals when faced with the magic of fairies in Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera Iolanthe.

The Calpe Gilbert and Sullivan Society is busy rehearsing the show first produced at London’s Savoy Theatre in 1882 – a satire poking fun at the British Government of the day and its laws.

In Iolanthe the peers of the Upper House are lampooned as being ineffective, privileged and, well, dim.

Iolanthe herself is a fairy banished by the Fairy Queen for marrying a mortal – finally forgiven; she reveals she has a son, the half-fairy halfhuman Strephon who takes the Commons by storm with a little help from his magical relatives.

Meanwhile, Strephon falls in love with the Lord Chancellor’s ward.

M’Lord, along with half the house, has also fallen for the beautiful Phyllis.

To find out what happens and learn more about the society, a seat at the performances is recommended – the show is also being staged to help CARITAS feed hungry people in Benissa.

CAGSS will be performing Iolanthe at the Casa de la Cultura, Benissa, on 9th and 10th May. Tickets are 12€ and can be reserved by calling 96 648 0300 or 696 514 613, and can be bought at Margaret and Elena’s Card Shop, Avenida Gabriel Miro 16, Calpe.

Ancient and modern

By Jack Troughton ARTIST FREDY E Wubben’s new collection of glass sculptures is being exhibited on the Costa Blanca until Thursday 22nd June.

The work is influenced by ancient Egypt and can be seen at Serra Nevada 6, Urb. El Cautivador 03580, Alfaz del Pi. Opening hours are Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays between 10.30am and 2pm or by appointment by calling 96 686 0522 or 606 652 242.

A royal flavour

By Jack Troughton MONTGO CHORALE will add a royal flavor to its next concert by introducing music performed at the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The choir will sing the motet Blest Pair of Sirens by Hubert Parry, part of a programme including the Saint Cecilia Mass by Gounod and Te Deum by Haydn.

A classical choir, Montgo Chorale is directed by Gordon Lawson and its members live and work in the Marina Alta. The Sunday 5th May concert will include soloists Rosemary Jukic, Soprano; tenor Pepe Martinez; and Andy Headford Lord, bass.

The choir will again be accompanied by organist Josep Vicent Giner in the beautiful surroundings of Pedregeur church La Iglesia de la Santa Cruz – which is next to the town’s police station.

Entrance to the concert is by programme. They are 10€ each and available from the Humpty Dumpty in Javea and Hostal Loreto, Denia, and at the church door on the evening of the concert.

The choir is also introducing a loyalty scheme for the first time. By sending an email to dewlandjan@hotmail.com to reserve a ticket and authorizing the choir to send information on future events, it will entitle members to a discount on this and forthcoming concerts when ordering via email.

Life recipes

Tagliatelle with roast tomatoes and serrano ham THIS IS an unusual way to prepare a “sauce” to go with pasta because all the ingredients are roasted together and then added to the pasta at the last minute.

I USED tagliatelle in this version, but any other pasta would do just as well.

• 12-14 cherry tomatoes, halved • 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced • 4 thin slices of serrano ham • 12 pitted black olives, halved • A handful of fresh basil leaves, roughly torn (or a tsp of dried basil) • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • Olive oil • 175g dried tagliatelle or other pasta • 25g fresh parmesan cheese, shaved

the dish from the oven and scrape the contents into the pan with the pasta. Gently mix together then turn out onto serving plates. Top with a sprinkling of parmesan shavings.

Serves: 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 40 minutes

1. Pre-heat the oven to 200°C. 2. Place the sliced onion in the bottom of a shallow, ovenproof dish and add the tomatoes. Tear the serrano ham into rough strips and tuck in between the tomatoes. Add the basil and sprinkle the black olives over the top. Season with plenty of salt and pepper and drizzle with a generous amount of olive oil. Place in the oven and cook for about 40 minutes until the tomatoes blacken at the edges and become mushy.

3. Meanwhile cook the pasta in a large pan with plenty of boiling salted water for the recommended time. Drain the pasta and return to the pan with a splash of olive oil. Remove

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

Manhattan Shakespeare

By Jack Troughton FOOTLIGHTS YOUTH Theatre heads across the Atlantic to update the Romeo and Juliet story with the exciting musical West Side Story.

After the success of debut show ‘CATS’, the group turns to the classic love story set against two warring street gangs in New York – the American ‘Jets’ and the Puerto Rican ‘Sharks’.

And while the group currently has 30 members, all teenagers, it has a full complement of girls but needs more boys, preferably aged over 14.

Famous songs in the Oscar-winning West Side Story include ‘Tonight’, ‘Maria’, ‘Somewhere’ and ‘I like to be in America’ and it is sure to be a hit with Costa Blanca audiences as the lovers struggle to survive against a background of hate, violence and prejudice.

A heart-wrenching and powerful drama, it is planned to bring West Side Story alive in Calpe and Torrevieja in February next year but anyone hoping to join the cast and crew can call 96 587 0198 or email secretary@footlightscalpe.com

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Life horoscopes Uranus is joined by Mercury mid month as they begin to work on Arian energies. The mighty power of achievement generated

by Uranus, and the skill of communication brought by Mercury, hardest working planet, brings something very special to your door. Something well worth getting your teeth into!

Devotion

I RECENTLY gave demonstrations on stage at the Annual Bergen Spiritual Fair. This is a great honour, and following Expect some sudden changes this week but also know you have me on stage one day was the Norwegian Princess Marie the backing of your Planetary leader, Venus...and that such changes Marit who was talking about her famous School of Angels. will be doing you the very biggest of favours. The calm and tender There were a few spaces in the auditorium, and so approach you favour is all very well, but you need the courage of I asked Spirit that they would be filled too. Little did I your convictions if what you get is what you want. know that my instruction would be carried out by the entry of people from the Spirit World. By the time I Jupiter’s luck and Chiron’s judgment would indicate that there began there was only one spare seat and that made me is work ahead for you to complete. The complacency of late is very happy. However, many people reported that they something you should leave well behind as it does very little for your energies and your peace of mind. As a decision sees you turn a were feeling hands touching them, stroking their hair and one person felt somebody blowing in their ear. Whilst corner all will become more than obvious in the scheme of things. all this is common phenomena in such a spirituallyCuriosity killed the cat, and someone appears to be prying into enriched environment, it was highly delightful for me to your circumstances right now. Since you have absolutely nothing see Spirit en masse and participating in the proceedings. to hide then be open and transparent and rest assured that you Great too that so many of the audience were feeling the have covered things from all angles. Blame this on Saturn’s take vibrations and picking up on the energy of their spiritual on with Scorpio and background energies of Pluto to boot! surroundings as well.

Suddenly in the back row entered the Spirit of a Though you cannot put your finger on it there is something not quite right just now and it is holding you back somewhat from beautifully dressed woman. I was told the year was 1915, the final completion of a project. Be aware not to sign anything when I asked, and her fashionable Edwardian attire was during the start of the Pluto retrograde, as you may well be sorry; backed with an elegantly large hat and a folded parasol. and curb spending too until the coast is clear next week!

She took her time to find the only place, next to a young lady, and sat looking straight at me. I was surprised when Nobody has the right to test you the way that they are. You should make the young lady in question called out to me. She wanted it clear that you are not to be messed with and that you will see things me to give her the name of someone dear to her who through in your own time and in your own way. You are very much torn had recently passed over. Without hesitation I found between the aggression of Mars and the resolution of Mercury. The next myself calling the name, ‘Lily’. The floods of tears that step will be easier to see through and is final and binding. followed were shed because Lily had died of Cancer the Venus enters your sister planet and brings a dreamy and romantic week previously, and the young lady was her daughter. energy to your door. You are hesitant and hanker back to the times when you had to close your heart to protect it. For sure you can never have enough of a good thing; and that’s just what you have right now, so don’t risk losing the best thing that has happened in a while.

Saturn takes on wisdom and knowledge to see you safely through to where you want to be. This sage and mystical planet is determined that you do well and that you continue as you have been, making slow but steady and significant progress. A request has to be turned down, which you won’t like, but sometimes NO has to be said.

A great time to examine your innermost energies and to realise your strengths and weaknesses. Knowing better your significant power and consistency will put you in pole position to take on new enterprise at your direction and show others that you are not to be messed with, and highlight your own specific achievements.

Pluto retrogrades in the fifth house of inter dimensional personal skills. This may very well mean that you get the red light, but that you have a clear instruction that you are not only on the right track, but examining things from different angles with a view to seeing things from a very different and inspirational angle.

Please do not make a mountain out of a molehill, but do get what you want out of a situation that would have failed were it not for your clear thinking and highly psychic energies. It is once bitten, twice shy but when the options come to your door you will finally realise just how talented you are, and just what you really need.

There is such a lot going on in the Cosmos this week. You have sharpened your own spiritual abilities to take advantage of any situation that arises. However, sometimes you cannot see the wood for the trees and don’t know a good thing when it comes your way. Have confidence in all you take on, all will be well if you feel like a gamble!

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 April 15th and Wednesday 17th April from 5pm. Call for bookings for mini readings on: 96 686 8213.

Alfaz Spiritual Foundation: Thursday April 11th……at 6.30pm: Demonstration and Service by Me: all are most welcome to attend at The Forum Mare Nostrum in Alfaz del Pi. 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.

If it’s your birthday this week

Kenny corris www.kennycorris.net The atmosphere in the audience was electric. It appeared that many were feeling the passing of Lily and also were picking up on the recent grief of a mourning daughter. But who was the elegant lady? What part did she play? It came to me in a flash. This elegant lady was Lily’s Mother; she had come through to claim and collect her daughter Lily and to take her back to the Spirit World with her. I was seeing three generations of women, grandmother, mother and daughter. As Grandmother faded away she took the energy of her daughter Lily and they were gone almost in an instant. The surprised daughter was applauded by the whole audience, many of whom had witnessed the act of love as Mother called to collect her loved one and take her safely away.

This story of love was played out in public. It certainly isn’t anything new, but it must form a classic tale as loved ones take on those who they need to care for and this endorses the simple fact that love never dies. This triple act of three loving and loved women was poignant and dramatic and unforgettable. It proves the existence of the Spirit World and it subtly highlights what unconditional and devotional love can do. Spirit can and does survive without a time limit for those who are determined to carry out instructions and take the loving care of those they have left behind.

Bergen is a very Spiritual City, bordered by seven mountains….I am not surprised that there are those in the Spirit World who are free enough to make the journey back to reclaim what is rightfully theirs. God bless the process that made this possible and thank you for allowing me to be such a witness in this devoted action.

Love & Light... Kenny Corris

Postbag

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

KENNY, WE have a new puppy in the house, and he has started to bark at a space on the wall. The funny thing is that our old and very placid dog of eleven years has started barking at the same space too though he has been silent for nine years in this, our present property. I can feel something on the reverse wall of the barking spot, it is cold and I shiver sometimes when I pass. Do you think things are getting spookier? Annie H. Could be, Annie… The hierarchy of dogs could just mean that the older dog is barking so that he can be heard above the bark of the new arrival. Or it could mean that both of them are picking up on something there at that spot. And they say that you can´t teach an old dog new tricks! As for the cold spot, that point of the house has seen a new wall built. Spirit manifesting will live in the house as if the new wall doesn’t exist because it didn’t in their heyday. That’s why ghosts can pass through walls. Let me know what happens. Try taking the puppy out of the way and seeing if the older dog still barks at the same spot…if so he is seeing something for sure. We won’t rule anything out but please monitor things. I am curious too!

If It’s Your Birthday This Week: Open your inner energies and get to know the real you, in depth. Not only will you like what you see, but you will take on qualities that you feel are denied you and make something of them!

Sudoku

Cryptic Crossword Across 3. Hinder by anticipation, everybody going to the woods (9) 8. I had gone after father - but not for nothing! (4) 9. Mathematical instrument used when tennis scores are level?

(3-6) 10. Rig one area (6) 11. About five observed?

No, more than five (5) 14. Lost article in the sea (5) 15. Or back the politician for a frolic (4) 16. Memento taken from derelict building (5) 18. Complete defeat for May in comparison with Mary (4) 20. Outer way taken (5) 21. More than a second interval in music (5) 24. If depressed it might throw light on the matter (6) 25. Breed elms that looked like something else (9) 26. No backing at 50 to 1 for the royal beast (4) 27. Bars trend to showing big breed of dog (2,7)

Word Ladders

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Down 1. Be merciful to ancient city; slimmers want to get rid of it! (5,4) 2. Pick only those who are married for special treatment? (6,3) 4. Frank has nothing to write (4) 5. Follow in green suede shoes (5) 6. Excursionist’s car goes right after mistaking the way in 20 (6) 7. Bird provides an amusing incident (4) 9. Not drunk like this at the end of December? (5) 11. In order that the cover shall not be hollow... (5) 12. ... see this is lower, but unable to cope (3,2,2,2) 13. Foreman, perhaps, has the mastery (5,4) 17. A lot of people boast 500 joined (5) 19. Wrongly hit the first woman to steal (6) 22. Bird is almost getting dressed up? (5) 23. One can do better than this rhythm (4) 24. The prophet evidently has eyes (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 3. Uninviting (9) 8. Bellow (4) 9. Kind, helpful person (9) 10. Not present (6) 11. Mix (5) 14. Object (5) 15. Rotate (4) 16. Boat crew (5) 18. Coil (4) 20. Saunter (5) 21. Long (5) 24. Repudiate (6) 25. Translate (9) 26. Entanglement (4) 27. Mythical (9)

Down 1. Collapse (9) 2. Miserliness (9) 4. Tidy (4) 5. Be of value (5) 6. East (6) 7. Genuine (4) 9. Trap (5) 11. Start (5) 12. Astonish (9) 13. Compensation (9) 17. Implied (5) 19. Erase (6) 22. Swift (5) 23. At one time (4) 24. Beloved (4)

Euromillions Draw Friday 5th April 2013

1

11 17 32 39

2

7

2 Belgian tickets each won a 13,269,446 Euros

Tuesday 9th April 2013

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 53.

15 35 38 44 48

5

No ticket won the 15,000,000 Euros

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Life spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Step by Step Spanish -27

FIRSTLY, THANK you very much Arthur Hacking for you lovely letter of support. It’s amazing to think that I´m coming up to the fifth anniversary of these articles and that someone has stuck with me from the beginning!

THIS WEEK I’ll try to keep mainly to practical examples of the present subjunctive as last week there was quite a bit of theory. It’s always a good idea to reinforce any kind of grammar with expressions you have some chance of using in real life, or that you can use as a model for making up your own sentences. Also, I’ll divide them into categories. I always think that sections and subsections make things appear more manageable.

IMPERSONAL STATEMENTS The Spanish language in general makes a lot of use of impersonal expressions but the ones we are talking about here make use of adjectives like “important, normal, interesting etc.” as follows: Es necesario que rellenes este impreso - It´s necessary that you fill in this form Es lógico que te conteste así - It´s logical that s/he answers in that way Es posible que termine pronto - It’s possible that I’ll finish soon Es importante que sepas la verdad.

- It is important that you know the truth Está bien que vengas mañana.

- It’s fine that you come tomorrow I’ve kept the English translations as literal as possible, but in actual fact in English we often change the words around to express the same ideas – “It’s necessary for you to fill in this form”; “It’s important for you to know the truth”; “It’s fine for you to come tomorrow” and so on.

“CUANDO” EXPRESSING THE FUTURE Moving swiftly on – we use the present subjunctive to express a

future idea after “cuando” (when) or equivalent expressions such as “en cuanto” (as soon as).

Te llamaré cuando lleguemos al hotel.

- I’ll call you when we arrive at the hotel.

En cuanto sepa algo te avisaré.

- As soon as I know something I’ll let you know.

Notice that this only applies when “cuando” refers to future events.

If we use “cuando” to refer to past or present events we don’t use the subjunctive. For example: “Siempre desayuno bien cuando trabajo fuera de casa” (I always have a good breakfast when I work away from home”). Here we use the usual indicative form “trabajo” and not the subjunctive form “trabaje”.

AFTER “PARA QUE” (SO THAT) Te llevo en coche para que puedas llegar temprano.

- I`ll give you a lift so that you can arrive early.

Nos lo va a enseñar para que veamos como es.

- He’s going to show it to us so that we see what it’s like.

The mind boggles. That isn’t a subjunctive, just something I felt like writing.

OJALÁ This delightful word means “if only” or “let’s hope”.

Ojalá sea verdad If only it were true.

Ojalá vengan pronto Let’s hope they come soon.

You can also use the word “ojalá” on its own, like this.

Question: “Will you ever get the hang of the present subjunctive” Answer: (with wistful expression) Ojalá

Life books

THATCHER TWEETS Kevin O’Sullivan@TVKev: Nearly seven million watched Broadchurch last night.

Less than three million watched the Beeb’s rambling Thatcher tribute. A nation mourns?

Sophy Ridge @SophyRidgeSky: My cabbie’s take on Thatcher this morning: “I was in the army during the Falklands. We loved her. We were terrified Labour would get in.”

Jon gaunt @jongaunt: I would rather have Maggie as leader than the professional spineless snouts in trough PC obsessed POLITICAL PYGMIES who want to lead us now James Whale @THEJamesWhale: Those people on twitter etc saying terrible things about Margaret Thatcher.You did not say it when she was alive,cowards of the worst kind?

Piers Morgan @piersmorgan: Thatcher lived off 4hrs sleep, never read the papers, drank a LOT of whiskey and liked poking men (incl me!) in the chest with bony fingers.

Omid Djalili @omid9: The death of #Thatcher should be marked at comedy clubs tonight with a respectful minutes shouting Barack Obama @BarackObama: “She stands as an example to our daughters that there is no glass ceiling that can’t be shattered.” —Obama on Margaret Thatcher’s passing David Cameron @David_Cameron: Lady Thatcher didn’t just lead our country, she saved our country.

Danny Collins - copy@dannyjpcollins.com

Emma Watson – The Biography I’M NOT a great one for bios, I guess I don’t like my illusions shattered. But Emma Watson’s life has been an incredible story. As a very young girl, she suffered the heartbreak of seeing her parents divorced – she admits her mother could be quite fearsome - and finally found the stability she sought with the characters created by JK Rowling on the film sets of the Harry Potter movies.

The book has some quite startling revelations, as all good bios should. As a nineyear-old Emma Watson had never acted professionally before she was cast as Harry’s tomboy chum, Hermione Granger.

These days she is a sleek, international star – currently the highest paid female star in Hollywood – and part of a global phenomenon that was the most successful film franchise of all time. She’s not even sure that she wants to act any more – but I rather think at £20 million a year, she will.

The book has a nice, family feel and is a comforting read to know that a nice girl made good in an industry that doesn’t always favour the brave or particularly welcome the talented.

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Life cars

Brian Deller Author of Motoring in Spain

Questions and answers – Part 1 FROM JOHN Bevan: So many times you hear or are told things to do with motoring that the individuals are convinced they are absolutely correct but are they? Could you please clarify the following points?

You must carry all the original vehicle documents with you at all times.

Answer: In Spain yes, you must carry all documents to prove the vehicle is yours and you must also have your current legal driving licence. If you have borrowed the vehicle, you must also have a letter stating the owners’ full details plus yours and the permission to use the vehicle and for what period, in Spanish.

The reasons for these rules are to make it easier to catch thieves in a roadblock situation. The letter rule also applies in the UK (in the EU) and I have an email from a Torrevieja expat who lent his son his Spanish-plated car to travel to the UK. In Manchester he was stopped by the police and fined for not having placed the car on UK plates.

When asked where he lived, he gave the Manchester address where he was going to visit. If he had had the letter (also in English as he knew he was going to the UK) he would have avoided the problem of having to sort out the charge later at a Manchester police station. Knowing the laws is so important.

When driving an open top vehicle you must wear some form of head protection from the sun.

Answer: While being a sensible action to take there is no law to this effect unless the vehicle is classed as a motorcycle e.g. quad bike. But if you have long hair blowing in your eyes a case could be made if you are seen driving erratically, I guess.

Animals must be secured and not in the driver’s compartment, i.e. the front seats of a car.

Answer: Any animals carried in a vehicle must be secured so they cannot reach the driver or be able to distract the same. A comfortable animal is a contented, quiet one.

Drivers must have footwear that supports the heels and not flip-flops or mules, etc.

Answer: Drivers must be suitably attired so as clothing/shoes do not cause any driving hazards. Flip-flops are a definite no-no as are shoes with long laces that can catch in the pedals. Mules are another…

You are not allowed to reverse on to a public road from any houses or business premises.

Answer: As in the UK and most sensible countries reversing onto a road with running (potentially) traffic is against the Highway Code. You should either reverse into the side turning e.g. a driveway or have someone in the road seeing you out safely if safe to do so (no traffic). If you do not and an accident happens you will almost certainly be judged at fault.

You are not allowed to do a 3-point turn but may do a U turn if the road is wide enough and it is safe to do so.

Answer: Correct. If you need to do a 3-point turn you are causing a risk. You may do a U-turn if safe to do so and there are no signs forbidding this action.

You are not allowed to carry loose items on the seats or parcel shelves unless they are properly and safely secured.

Answer: True but again a common sense rule that would cause a policeman to comment on any such items, especially if heavy. To many sensible people such rules should be unnecessary but so many others cannot think for themselves as we know.

More questions and answers next time........

There is much more detailed information on all motoring subjects in my book. Brian Juan (John) Deller, Malaga, author, ‘Motoring in Spain’ www.spainvia.com.

Tel: 666 888 870 Brian Deller, author, book Motoring in Spain, ISBN No 978 84 611 9278 6. Shops’ addresses in my web site at: www.spainvia.com/bookshopslist.htm

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Jack’s rhythm and blues

By Jack Troughton BIG JACK and his tribute to some of the big names of rock and roll are playing a series of gigs across the Marina Alta.

Performing as a piano and sax duo, with Big Jack’s Rockin’ Danceclub or as the five-piece Big Jack’s Rhythm and Bluesband the music will be a tribute to the likes of Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.

Catch Big Jack live at the following: Saturday 13th April, 11am to 2.30pm Restaurant Voramar, Ctr. Las Marinas km 3, Denia, piano and sax duo; Sunday 14th April, 6pm to 11pm, Big Jack’s Rockin’ Danceclub, El Carrer, Calle Pinto Sorrola 15, Calpe.

Friday 19th April, 8pm to 11.30pm Big Jack’s Rhythm and Bluesband, Restaurant Tortuga, Calle Iglesias 14, Jalon; Saturday 20th April, 11am to 2.30pm, Restaurant Voramar; Sunday 21st April, Big Jack’s Rockin’ Danceclub, El Carrer.

Patron saint’s dance

By Jack Troughton THE CALPE branch of the Royal British Legion is celebrating St George’s Day with a dinner and dance at the Hotel Gran Sol. Tickets for the 23rd April event are now said to be limited and so members and friend wishing to attend are asked to contact social Secretary Carol Leedham as soon as possible.

And the branch’s next major event is its Summer Fete on Saturday 8th June at the Chez Flo Bar and Restaurant, Fustera.

The grand opening is at 3pm and everyone is welcome to attend and enjoy an afternoon of fun, games and refreshments – all money raised will go to the 1013 Poppy Appeal.

Calpe Branch always welcomes new members, both ex-servicemen and women and people without a service background looking for friendship and a good social life. Anyone interested can contact Carl Gullis, Membership Secretary on 96 649 9282.

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A warm welcome

NOEL’S WORLD OF GOLF

By Noel Eastwell Teaching Professional Alicante Golf 639 730 891

IN RECENT weeks I have had the pleasure of visiting a number of our golf clubs to enjoy the golf course and a drink and a chat with friends old and new. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that I received a warm welcome in practically every establishment I visited in both cafes and pro shops.

It may just be that at last some staff at the golf clubs are learning that a friendly smile and a warm welcome will see them retain not only their customers but also their jobs.

I was also surprised to find that the number of seats that were reserved for members had practically reduced to nothing giving visitors the chance to feel comfortable and appreciated by the golf club.

All these things add up to the local workforce having possibly learned that customer service matters and that the customer has to feel welcome if he or she is to return and spend more of their hard earned money with them rather than somewhere else. Now don’t misunderstand me; I am not saying things are perfect but at last we are seeing some progress although the difference in

prices for drinks and food paid by members as opposed to visitors still sticks on my throat and needs to be addressed if more people are to feel part of the club.

I (and I am sure many others) fail to see why I pay more for a beer or glass of wine than the bloke standing next to me who is in the same environment buying the same things as me. This practice was introduced in the United Kingdom years ago to encourage members to use the bar facilities and that was fair enough at the time as clubs struggled to stay profitable.

The difference in Spain is that here the majority of golf clubs are commercial ventures, therefore making a profit already from the green fees they sell so why should they charge visitors more for a round of drinks?

Out and out profiteering is the answer in many cases.

The funny thing, though, is that the course managers wonder why the golfers go to a local bar instead of getting ripped off at the bar in the golf club. Really - do they live in the same planet as us? What would they do in the same circumstances?

We are making progress but we still need to make

our feelings known to those in authority to try and get a fairer deal for us all.

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 12TH APRIL 2013 Who makes the bright pink driver currently used

by Bubba Watson?

All answers must be received no later than 5pm on 29th April to be entered into the March draw, to be made on 29th April 2013. The winner will be announced in RTN on 3rd May 2013. To collect your prize you will have to come along to an RTN Golf Club day and meet with Noel Eastwell.

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The RTN Club Scene WE WERE joined last Tuesday by another low handicap golfer for the first time after he joined RTN Golf Club in the shape of Mark Smith from Hertfordshire in England. On his debut Mark was the one to master Alicante Golf in what once again became a battle against the elements to return a good score. With the persistent high winds swirling around the golf course and with pin positions that were in areas where the ‘borrows’ were cleverly disguised the 36 points returned by Mark off his 6 handicap was impressive.

Once again we had a number of countries represented but it was the British contingent who took the top three spots in the field with both Wayne McDonnell and Peter Hasell taking the runners up spots.

For the second week running there was no winner of our twos competition so the money rolls over agan: the tax man is watching so the winner needs to make sure he declares his or her winnings when the pot eventually gets paid out.

DEMO DAY FOR RTN GOLF CLUB MEMBERS On 25th April we will stage another club-fitting day at Alicante Golf where any member of RTN Golf Club can come along and be measured for a set of clubs free of charge that will cost no more to buy than an off-the-shelf set of clubs or driver or any other club including putter.

Appointments can be booked to ensure you have an allocated time slot where we can get you in front of the top level computer equipment provided by TaylorMade. Once you have been advised of the best specifications for you we will give you a completed form of recommended clubs and a price for purchase.

Priority will be given to members of RTN Golf Club for appointments: last month we ran out of time to see everyone so to avoid disappointment please call Marife on 96 515 2043.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 16th April RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf 23rd April RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf 25th April TaylorMade Demo Day at Alicante Golf 30th April RTN Golf League 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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Should boxing be boxed off?

Readers who don’t follow boxing probably aren’t even aware, but Michael Norgrove passed away last Saturday as a result of injuries sustained in the ring nine days earlier and his death has reopened the debate as to the safety of boxing as a sport.

The news has understandably shaken the community because you know there are so many fighters who give their all. And of course it will bring up that argument of should boxing be allowed, but fighters and everyone in the sport knows the risks, and whilst the board continues to make the sport as safe as possible, these incidents are isolated. Every now and again though, it makes you realise just how serious the sport is.

While boxing is undoubtedly a dangerous game, the safety of any fighter can be assured to an extent with a good corner (ie. a team of guys who know when a fight’s lost and throw in the towel before long term damage is done), and ringside paramedics ready to rush in at the first sign of danger. In any fight, as long as these factors are present, and barring any tragic accidents, the two guys in the ring are safe as they’re possibly going to get.

Above all though, it’s my opinion that it’s the referee that’s pivotal and critical to the safety of fighters. When you’re that close to a fight, you can tell in the body language whether a fight should be stopped. Everyone can criticise referees for stopping a fight too early, but surely that’s better than a ref who stops it too late?

RIP Michael.

Sinners become Saints!

At the turn of the year, I tipped Southampton to be relegated this season because, at the time, Nigel Adkins had them playing good football but they just couldn’t get the points on the board. Now though, with six games remaining, they sit in 12th spot and six points clear of the drop zone. It is of course too early to come to a definitive judgment on Adkins’ replacement Mauricio Pochettino, but his first job, that of survival, appears to be done and the future now looks bright for his team.

Just staying in the division was I’m sure the club’s only mandate at the start of the season but, looking at their side, and assuming they can keep it together, Pochettino could well have the squad to be more than simply a Premier League survivor next year. In Jay Rodriguez, Rickie Lambert and Gaston Ramirez, they have an exciting and dynamic forward line, ducking here and there, interchanging splendidly. The midfield also looks handy with Morgan Schneiderlin perhaps being the best ‘under the radar’ player in the league this season, while Adam Lallana was recognised by England a few months back.

And not only is the current squad decent, but the procession of youngsters

Michael Norgrove

looks like it’ll continue too. They’re currently second and third respectively in the Under-18 and Under-21 Premier League Elite Groups and are in fact one of only two teams to qualify for the Elite phase of both those leagues this season; the other being Man United.

So if the present looks pretty good for Southampton, the future could be even better.

This Week in “The Lions”: Sat 13th Apr: Arsenal v Norwich (4pm) Reading v Liverpool (4pm)

Millwall v Wigan (FA Cup 6.15pm) Sun 14th Apr: Newcastle v Sunderland (1pm) Stoke v Man United (3.05pm) Chelsea v Man City (FA Cup 5pm) Tue 16th Apr: Arsenal v Everton (8.45pm) Wed 17th Apr: West Ham v Man United (8.45pm) 12th/13th/14th: The Masters

Torrevieja play San Fishing Maggots End Fulgencio on Saturday David Hoare by

By Keith Nicol ON SATURDAY 13 April, a charity cricket match will take place between Torrevieja CC and a San Fulgencio Select in aid of the AECC. There will be two teams from each side and the contest will take the form of the fast paced 20/20 cricket.

Matches start at 10.00am and should finish by 5.00pm at the Torrevieja sports centre, within the Daniel Plaza Athletics Track. There will be a hot dog and beer stall as well as the local cafes and a raffle for a flat screen TV will be held. A bus will leave La Marina urbanisation at 09.00am and will return at 6.00pm. All spectators are welcome as it should be a fun and competitive day of cricket.

Women’s Cricket at La Manga Club

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THIS WEEK was the 2nd round of the Summer Championship, again held on the Embalse de Pedrera.

As stated last week, the water was going down - well what a change in the week! The level had come up about 3ft. During the match the water level rose about 6 inches! So, it looks like now that they will be filling it maybe to the level it was! (No fishing then, until it drops). The water temperature is rising slowly but at present there is no sign of bleak or plenty of fish on the waggler line.

Another rare day as well - there were no blanks.

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.

ABBEY ANGLING RESULTS: Supplied by Terry Screen We fished the second round of the Spring Series at Nancy’s on 2nd April.

The river and all the waterways around us are in a state of flood at present and all the Reservoirs are filled to capacity, so the recent rain falling up country is coming straight into the rivers as the reservoirs cannot hold any more at present.

The water at Nancy’s was coloured and also flowing fast below the boom, making fishing difficult, the pegs either side of the river by the Car Park being probably the best two pegs of the day, producing the top two weights 1st Stan (The Man) Roberts with 9.300kg fishing the pole using paste 2nd Andy (The Web Man) Stevenson

TOP RODS ON THE DAY 1st Dave (Yours Truly) Hoare fishing the

By Keith Nicol feeder using maggot with 5.60 kilos EASTER WEEK week on La Manga’s Club cricket pitches saw 2nd Doug (Welsh Goldminer) Hornthe arrival of the Irish Under 19 Ladies Squad and Berkshire blow fishing the feeder using maggot Ladies Cricket Club which included members of the ECB with 5.11 kilos England Academy and current England cricketer Heather 3rd Pete (Yorkie) Kerr fishing the feedKnight who has recently represented England in the Ladies er using maggot with 4.76 kilos World Cup in Sri Lanka. Berkshire sit in a league above Ireland, whose young squad were here to gain experience playing higher ranked opposition and both teams were grateful to be able to enjoy some sunshine and outdoor cricket!

After catching early flights on the Sunday, and arriving to light drizzle, both teams brushed off the cobwebs with some intensive training routines and fielding Torry were held at home last Sunday to a drills. This was followed by four days of cricket in which 2 x 50 over games and 3 x 0-0 by fellow strugglers Eldense. The wind got T20 matches were played, giving all of the girls valuable pre season practice before up again and made playing conditions difficult. their season starts in just a few weeks time.

To be fair Eldense mastered the conditions Berkshire triumphed as expected in all of the games but Ireland’s performances better than Torry and were the better side on improved with every game against their more experienced opponents. the day particularly in the second-half. Torry Highlight for Ireland was undoubtedly Lucy O’Reilly, taking two wickets in her could have won it at the death when they first three balls in an Ireland shirt, at the age of 13! For Berkshire, Alex Rogers 82 were awarded a penalty for a foul on Koeman. not out in the final T20 was the stand out performance with the bat. The week was Koeman took the spot-kick and struck it a triumph for both sides and plans are already underway for a ladies tournament straight down the middle but the ball deflected here pre season in 2014.

FC Torry news

with 7.760kg fishing the Pole using corn 3rd Doug (The Welsh Gold miner) Hornblow with 5.220kg fishing the pole using maggot All details are available on our website 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 through our email address: anglerstogether@hotmail.co.uk.

Tight lines…

Dave Hoare

off the keepers legs and clear – if only. Torry remain in the 4th and final relegation spot level on points with Denia with a cluster of clubs with one or two points more. There is still all to play for in a relegation battle which will go to the last round of games. This weekend Torry are away to bottom of the table Catarroja who look doomed for the drop. Results of matches in this league are though never predictable and Catarroja went and won 2-1 at table toppers Novelda last Sunday. Torry really do all bring three points home from Catarroja. Keep your fingers crossed for the Salineros.

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PEUGEOT 206 CABRIOLET 2006 RHD Spanish Reg Black.Peugeot Service History.53,000 miles.2 Lady owners.Immaculate condition.Tral welcome.4,950 Euros Telephone 966 796 788 La Marina San Fulgencio PEUGEOT 206,2004 1.6 LTR Petrol AUTOMATIC Gold, Spanish LHD, 29000KM Spanish LHD, one owner, 5495€ www.venuscars.com 965 368 274 KIA SPORTAGE, 4X2, 2008, 2 LTR Petrol, silver Spanish LHD and CD player. Excellent condition 9995€ www.venuscars.com 965 368 274 HYMER HM 700, 1988 Diesel Auto, 5 berth, Spanish LHD, Mercedes Engine, Air con, 11995€ www.venuscars.com 965 368 274 AUDI A3, 2011 1.6 LTR Diesel Spanish LHD, Audi Extended warranty, silver, 14495€ www.venuscars.com 965 368 274 BMW X1, 2011, 4X4, S Drive 2 Ltr Auto Diesel, Lacs Silver, leather interior, excellent condition, one owner 22995€ www.venuscars.com 965 368 274 PEUGEOT 206, 2003, 1.4 LTR HDI Diesel Agean Blue, Low KLM, 5495€ www.venuscars. com 965 368 274

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SUPERB RESTORED FINCA in fabulous mountain location within 10km Benissa/Calpe Tel: 626 897 041. Offers around 450,000€ www.fincawithlandforsale.moonfruit.com HOUSE FOR SALE in quiet area of Torreta 2. 55,000€. Convenient location, close to all amenties.

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335,000€. Tel: 965 748 390 SIX BED, FOUR BATH, VILLA superb 360° vistas, 10x6m pool, valued €1.178.000 (2007) forced sale €425,000. Contact 650657467 view http://youtu.be/ PLW83q4uAFw PLOT FOR SALE Registered Building Plot 800m² with uninterrupted views across valley, Calpe rock and the Sea, yet only 1.5km from the town centre. Pintor Dali

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2, Moraira 150,000.00€ No offers 965 745 606. PROPERTY FOR SALE 7 bed roomed (all doubles) detached house 500-800mtrs from Moraira. Arranged into a 3 and a 4 bed roomed apartments.

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Carol 96 819 24 25 Mob 626 055 622. www.mobilehomesmarmenorspain.com SELLING YOUR HOUSE? Sold your house? Moving funds back to the UK? Don’t let your Spanish Bank take up to 1% of your sale price, Talk to MoneyCorp now about how to save up to 4,500€* Moneycorp’s repatriation service can help you drastically reduce or even eliminate Spanish bank fees when sending your property sale proceeds back to the UK. Call Moneycorp +34 902 887 243 and quote RTN to get more out of your money. www.moneycorp. com/roundtownnews 3 BED APARTMENT ALTEA LA VELLA 110m squared, 3 double bedrooms - 2 with patio doors and balconies and mountain views, 1 bathroom, 1 shower room, separate fully fitted kitchen, large living room with 2 patio doors onto large terrace with mountain views and open views onto orange groves, large trastero and private parking space. Central village location. 1 min walk to supermarket, bars, restaurants, pharmacy, bus stop. 2 mins to AP7 motorway. Private sale.

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Atalayas de Polop. Really well presented 2 bedroom townhouse with fantastic views. 495€ La Nucia 3 bedroom townhouse with air con, well furnished, sunny position and communal pool and parking.545€ p/m La Nucia. 2 bed house, very well presented with front and back gardens. Great price at 495€ p/m Tel: 0034 966 260877 www.pmrspain.com LONG LETS TORREVIEJA 2 bedroom park home, air con, TV, DVD, communal pool and bar, near Torreta II shops and bars, close to beach. 250€ per month plus bills. Tel:617 599 470 NTH TORREVIEJA/LA MATA: Furnished 2 Bed corner apartment close to shops in a very popular location. Pool/Gardens.

For long term, 375€ pcm. Ref: 96. Torrevieja: Excellent 1 bed furnished grd. Flr. apt. Convenient for beach, shops. Balcony, For holiday lets. 200€ p.w. Ref: 157. Aguas Nuevas: Furnished 2 bed Townhouse, convenient location. Balcony, Communal Pool. 450€ pcm. Ref:137. Torrevieja: Grd 3 bedroom apt. in Torreblanca. Close to shops. 2 terraces + garden. Long term, 400€ pcm. Ref: 158. La Mata: 2 Bed apartment. mins to shops or beach , bars, etc. 350€ pcm.

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819 24 25 Mob. 626 055 6622 Email. Haydn47@hotmail.com www.mobilehomesmarmenorspain.com LONG LETS - HOLIDAYS Best Price Rentals Paul 966785891 659647616 miramarproperties@ yahoo.co.uk www.miramarholidays.com 2 OR 3 BED / 2 BATH APARTMENTS in San Miguel. Lift, communal rooftop pool & solarium, video entry system. Available for short or long term rent from 350pcm. 96 672 3437 or 636615716 FOR RENT/SALE 350€PCM 85.000€ Classic Spanish Old Town House, 3 double bedrooms (1 with en-suite bathroom) master bathroom, modern kitchen, downstairs toilet, sun terrace with view of mountains, BBQ terrace with summer kitchen, recentley refurbished and fully furnished.

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