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Fight for a voice THE FIGHT to win all British citizens a ‘vote for life’ continues in the wake of losing a legal battle to get expats a voice in this month’s EU Referendum. The highest court in the UK rejected a challenge that the current rule – which bars expats from voting after they have left the country for 15 years – discriminated against people who had taken up their right to ‘freedom of movement’. However, of an estimated 5.5 million Britons living around the globe; some 2.2 million live within Europe - and around 800,000 will be barred from voting in the referendum on Thursday 23rd June. There has been a record surge in the numbers of people living outside the UK to register to vote in the EU ballot; the deadline was 16th May for a postal vote although it is still possible to register online for a proxy vote.

Mojacar in bloom THE STREETS of Mojacar became a blaze of colour as it staged its fi rst fl ower festival – tipped to become an annual event.

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A word from JT EXPATS COUNTED out of the EU Referendum because of the time they have lived outside the UK stand undaunted as they demand not only the promised vote for life but also proper representation inside the corridors of power in Westminster. The campaign may have suffered a bloody nose in the courts but with 5.5 million British citizens resident in other countries around the world, people want to know they are not forgotten when laws are made in future. The topic of Brexit now dominates newspapers, television, and radio, and this week RTN was again invited to lock horns with opinionated radio broadcaster Jon Gaunt; who wanted to know why expats should have a vote in any case after “abandoning” the UK. A colourful 10 minute debate followed and - without having to excuse any French -words like democracy, paying taxes, and remaining British citizens passed to and fro; sometimes faster than a Murray ace. And it feels good to report another victory in the fight to strike the bad guys out of off-plan property purchases in Spain. Security for home buyers has to be the most important aspect if the housing market is to recover.

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The Spanish Legion

RTN was lucky enough to be invited on Monday to the Sappers Patron Saint’s Day parade at the Spanish Legion Engineer Battalion’s base ‘La Brigada Rey Alfonso XIII’ in Viator, Almería. by Lenox Napier The saint is San Fernando. The invitation had come from Andrew Mortimer, who teaches English to the officers - a vital language for any NATO commander. Andrew is known to many British families in Almería as he brings officers to stay with them in their homes for a week improving their English while learning about sherry trifles and how one really makes a sangria. There were ten of us invited on to the base. We were taken by Andrew, where he’s known as Andi - who was in a jacket and tie and wearing a legionnaire’s cap - to the museum, a fascinating building with memorabilia from ‘La Legión’, which was founded by an eccentric one-armed and oneeyed commander called José Millán Astrey in 1920. The museum holds uniforms, flags, paintings, and an alarming number of guns, pistols, mortars, mines and other bloodthirsty souvenirs of service in the Rif, in Lebanon, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the past hundred years. SPIRIT We heard that founder Millán Astrey didn’t approve of smoking or drinking, so the squaddies – during the Civil War – invented a concoction called Panther’s Milk: which held lots of white spirit, mixed and hidden with condensed milk

and a twist of gunpowder. The long walk across to the parade ground – Viator also houses regular army units (soldiers are known as ‘pistolos’ by legionnaires) – took us past tanks, personnel carriers and an old Legionnaire’s land-rover to the stands where we were to receive the Salute. In the event, around three hundred soldiers marched briskly past us, formed into ranks, as the commandant took the inspection and issued some ribbon. The musicians played as Christ on a Cross was carried past reverently (but fast: the legion likes to go at 120 steps per minute). Finally, the mascot for the Spanish Legion was led past, a magnificent white goat. The Legion is known to be tough. Their motto is ‘Legion-

naires to the fight. Legionnaires to the death’. We met some of the officers for a drink (wine, thank goodness) after the parade. They all spoke good English, a tribute to Andi’s hard work.

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Action group wins again DISGRACED CAM Bank has accepted a judge’s verdict it failed to protect investors’ cash as they paid deposits for dream homes in the sun. by Jack Troughton Once described by the Governor of the Bank of Spain as the “worst of the worst”, CAM – now owned by Banco Sabadell – must now repay 13 victims nearly 500,000€ following the second case brought by the Finca Parcs Action Group. The trial involved the development of 617 luxury homes at Las Higuericas Finca Parcs, close to the village of Argramon, in Albacete. When the development was abandoned after the bank withdrew funding in 2009, just 10% of the homes were completed but none had first occupational licences. Victims paid off plan deposits between 2006 and 2008 and in February, Hellin Court found CAM and developer Cleyton GES guilty and ordered they repay deposits, interest and legal costs. In July 2014, following an appeal, the bank was ordered to repay 47 losers a total of 1.5 million Euros in the first case brought by the action group. A third trial involving around 250,000€ and nine more purchasers is scheduled for October. CAM was then found guilty of malpractice and “a complete dereliction of its duties” and since the landmark case Spain’s highest court has confirmed liabilities of the banks in such cases involving off-plan purchases. DEMAND Under Spanish law Ley 57/1968, the bank was responsible for demanding individual guarantees were issued to buyers for the cash deposited in accounts – and was also responsible to purchasers for their cash if no paperwork was issued. And the judge commented that the bank admitted there were “irregularities” in the fate of the money it received. Action group leader Keith Rule said: “All our hard work over the past eight years has been successful and the Supreme Court has recently confirmed many important aspects regarding bank liabilities according to Ley 57/1968.” Solicitors Costaluz Lawyers acting for the action group pioneered such actions and Director Maria de Castro said: “We have now won more than 200 cases against developers’ banks on failed off-plan developments all over Spain.” And the action group lawyer, Jaime de Castro commented: “Spain is unique among European countries in having an effective law to safeguard buyer’s off-plan deposits. “The supreme Courts have been applying this law strictly and categorically and I am confident this will continue.”

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE By JACK TROUGHTON AND AS campaigners announce their disgust at the Government’s failure to push new legislation forward as a matter of urgency ahead of the referendum; the next stage in the battle for representation for all enters its next phase. Harry Shindler, MBE, the war veteran who took an appeal over the referendum to the Supreme Court, believes the British Government must now put its promised ‘Vote for Life’ legislation on the statute book and give all UK citizens a voice. Thanking everyone who sent messages of support, Harry, who lives in Italy, said: “We have lost a battle...now to win the war! Let’s put this set-back behind us. We must not let it overshadow the battle that starts now, to make the ‘Vote for Life’ Bill into law.” SUPPORT He added: “MPs of all parties must now be contacted and urged to support the ‘Vote for Life’ Bill when it is before the House of Commons. “Let’s put pressure on MPs in their constituency through our family and friends in the UK. We won a great deal of support in this past period, including an editorial in the Times in our support – so let’s keep it up.” Harry said the campaign must send letters to MPs, the local and national press in the “fi nal push” to win a vote and repeal the arbitrary 15-year legislation. The Votes for Expat Brits campaign believes all British citizens should have a vote and should be properly represented in Parliament – the French model has MPs to represent people living in diff erent parts of the world. However, the failed legal challenge to win a say in the EU Referendum has brought an angry response from people wanting to vote in a ballot that directly aff ects them. Costa Blanca campaigner Margaret Hales said: “Yet again the British system discriminates against its own and prevents British people from voting. But this time it is a vote in a ‘once in a lifetime’ referendum, which is of the utmost importance to our future. “The Conservatives have reneged on their promise for a ‘Votes for life’ Bill – after the Referendum, they say! What good will that do if the Brexiters win and we all have to fl ee back to Blighty?” INSULT And she said the “insulting ruling” meant the burden fell on the shoulders of those who could still vote – casting a ballot for themselves and neighbours left disenfranchised. On the Votes for Expat Brits Facebook page, a fl ood of comments included Paulo Castro Garrido saying: “The Supreme Court is saying it is ok to have fi rst and second class British citizens, it is disgusting – maybe the ‘freedom of movement’ argument was not a good one – the case should have been based on ‘equality. The judges would not dare to directly confi rm there are two or more types of British citizen.” And Jackie Cook Grillo said: “This really leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. I feel abandoned by my own country.” Clare Ferguson posted “let them eat sympathy” after top judges apologised to expats. She added: “There is a reverberation of anger abroad.” There is a general feeling British politicians are now encased in “The Westminster Bubble” and make laws and treaties which directly aff ect expats without considering the consequences of individual citizens abroad. For more information about the campaign visit www.votes-for-expat-brits.com or its Facebook page. For more information about voting, go to www.aboutmyvote.co.uk.

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Brexit gathers pace

THE LATEST EU referendum polling data suggests the Brexit campaign may be gaining ground, although Remain still leads the way. The ORB survey put Remain ahead on 51% and Brexit on only 46%. Of those, 52% said quitting the EU would improve Britain’s immigration system and 48% agreed leaving would ‘give us greater control of our lives’. Pundits say results show a late surge for Brexit, placing the campaign only fi ve points behind – a big shift from the last poll, where the ‘Leave’ campaign trailed the Remain by 13 points. The results were compiled from telephone interviews of 800 people last week, and follow the release of migration statistics, showing that 184,000 people moved from the EU to come to Britain.

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Owners still ‘home alone’ PROTEST GROUPS fighting for the “regularisation” of hundreds of thousands of homes across Andalusia are concerned at ongoing delays. by Jack Troughton The associations – representing thousands of owners of ‘illegal’ properties – believe the government is dragging its feet over a parliamentary bill “which will provide a solution”. And the legislation slowly passing through the Parliament of Andalusia to modify current land laws – and to tweak the LOUA – was actually drawn up with the word ‘urgent’ two years ago, they maintain. The AUAN, Abusos Urbanisticos Almazora No!, SOHA, Save Our Homes in Axarquia, and CALU, the Andalusian Confederation for Legislation, believe despite two months ago political parties presenting amendments, nothing has happened since. As a result, the three associations have established a sixstrong working party to meet with political groups and ask them to “hurry up” with the bill. The group will push for three issues to be resolved: a commitment as to when the bill will be completed; urgent measures to allow supplies of water and electricity to people living in “subhuman conditions” because of their irregular home; and a working party within the Adalusian parliament to both analyse and propose answers to the main planning issues. Gerardo Vazquez, a spokesman for AUAN, said: “We must continue working to resolve the pressing human problems that people live with every day as soon as possible, given that a large number of people have already died without

knowing that their home would ever be legalised. “I would like to highlight the case of the Prior family, who will never see the legalisation of their home because it was demolished without compensation, in spite of having planning permission and having acted in good faith.” He believes the meetings will not only discuss the need to move the local legislation along “but also about the need for changes at national level”, adding “it is a matter of urgency for consumers to have good faith in what the Land Registry says about planning issues, which is not the case now.”

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Mojacar in bloom THE STREETS of Mojacar became a blaze of colour as it staged its first flower festival – tipped to become an annual event. Residents, organisers, and exhibitors all helped the town become “radiant” and guests were welcomed with typical Andalusian tapas, sangria, and flamenco in the streets and squares – youngsters and adults wearing traditional costume in a number of parades. And a number of parades were backed by the town band as they passed along streets filled with stalls offering a number of ‘goodies’. Isabel Sanchez, president of the Mojácar Pueblo Merchants Association and Raquel Belmonte, local Councillor for Festivities, were delighted with the success of the success of the first festival of the ‘Indalos of May’. They thanked everyone their help and enthusiasm they had put into decorating every street and every square of Mojácar.

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Henna tattoo scars child by Caroline Tyszka A young child had been scarred for life having had a henna tattoo at a stall whilst on holiday in Malaga. Dad Simon Loxham, on holiday with his wife and two daughters, told reporters: “We all know what it’s like to be pestered by the kids for things when you’re away…this beach ball or that hair braid.” And he said this trip was no different. Gabriel, aged six, and four-year-old Reuben both spotted the stall and begged their parents to have one. Both parents thought it was just a bit of harmless fun and so agreed. Gabriel, chose a scorpion tattoo, which took around 5 minutes to complete, and little Reuben a skull and crossbones. After suffering a severe reaction almost two weeks later to the dye in the tattoo, six-yearold Gabriel’s arm started to swell. After taking him immediately to see their GP, he given a strong course of antibiotics and it is believed he may be scarred for life. . Simon said: “He’s had spots come up on his head, chest and glands. We’re using ointment but the seeping is really bad. “Our other son, Reuben, also had a tattoo and suffered no reaction at all. We want to raise awareness so other parents know the risks of the ‘temporary’ tattoos and how dangerous they can be for some children.” The tattoo Gabriel had was a black henna tattoo, which is henna ink mixed with a toxic chemical dye known as ParaPhenylenediamine or PPD - but you won’t see that on the signs

at the beach. Natural henna is brown and harmless. Entering the bloodstream, PPD toxins can cause liver and kidney damage. Exposure can also lead to cancer. It has been banned in the EU, however some artists do not realise the severity of any reaction and continue to use it.

Street brawl triggers alarm Local Police and Guardia Civil in Caravaca are looking for two men involved in a fight in the Gran Via last Saturday afternoon - one of allegedly wielding a gun. The brawl caused alarm among residents when one of the two men involved apparently threatened the other with a short firearm. And confusion started rumours that there had been a gunshot, unconfirmed by the police, who are still searching for the two individuals.

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Enjoy your holiday THE HOLIDAY season is here and after the usual months of waiting for the ink to dry, Mojácar’s latest rules of ‘acceptable behaviour’ have finally become law. by Lenox Napier There will be no wearing of swimming costumes away from the beach or offensive t-shirts and other costumes - apparently outside of the Carnival season - especially those which are sexist, or racist, or irreligious. These will all be met with disapproval from the boys in blue...along with an eye-watering fine for 1,000€. This remarkable piece of legislation has already attracted the attention of the Spanish press, including pictures of stag night events and headlines which, in a family newspaper, should be considered inappropriate. Mojácar often appears in the national press for the wrong reasons; local remember the fun over the ‘clack clack’ of the dominoes last year, which contributed to the sleepless nights of the Lady Mayor. The latest bye-law also prohibits other antisocial behaviour, like playing with a ball inappropriately, or scooting about on a skate-board or (for some reason) the practice of parquet: the leaping off tall buildings and bouncing off rails and stairways, much appreciated in James Bond films, but rarely seen in Mojácar except when the practi-

tioner, a little the worse for wear after too many gins, misses his step at the exit of an establishment. Perhaps the main concern of the PP-dominated town hall is the stag-night industry, where, apparently, inflatable dolls and improper head-gear worn by the inebriated celebrants are upsetting the sand and spade tourists; who really should be in bed by that time. The soliciting for sex, brothels, and indeed begging outside of a supermarket - or even playing a tune for money, badly, on an accordion - are all, now, things of the past. The Town Hall of Mojácar sees this legislation as a way to attract the kind of tourism that the local citizens yearn for: appropriately dressed middle class shoppers. After all, visitors can’t carry money around in a pair of swimming trunks.

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Motorway dare devil by RHIANNAN BELL A DRUG addict fi lmed crossing the busy A7 motorway after being ‘dared’ by a group of youths in return for a ´joint. It involved the man standing on the dividing lines of traffi c lanes on a section of the road which allows speeds of up to 120km. At one point two vehicles travelling in the same direction alongside each other missed the man by mere centimetres. The Guardia Civil investigation into the events began at the beginning of last week what had occurred through social media – fi lm of the dare

were repeatedly crossing the carriageway were being spread on sites. And after obtaining images and studying them, offi cers managed to determine the location on the motorway and recognised the person performing the dare; who was already known by the authorities. Eventually four people were identifi ed as being the instigators. All are residents of La Mojonera, one of whom was under 16, and all were seen encouraging and cheering the performance of the victim. The four have been variously charged with road safety offences and a crime against moral integrity.

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Longest tunnel opens THE SWISS Gotthard rail tunnel, the world´s longest and deepest, has opened after taking 17 years to complete at a cost of £8.2bn. by Caroline Tyszka A massive 10m boring machine was used to drill the 57.1km tunnel which experts say will revolutionise Europe’s freight transport. For 17 years and round the clock, more than 2,000 people worked on the tunnel. During the drilling nine miners died. Twin tunnels running in both directions will transport Europe’s freight not only much more safely, but much faster. With no danger of collision, trains will race through the tunnel at speeds of up to 250km/h. While older Alpine tunnels corkscrewed through the mountains, the new railway line, from Zurich in the north all the way to Lugano in the south, is completely flat and straight.

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Transport chaos in France

FRENCH STRIKERS continue to cause transport chaos as further workers join the national protests. Rail workers joined fellow union members taking industrial action on Wednesday and the Paris metro workers again walked out yesterday (Thursday). And air travellers face disruption with another air traffic control action scheduled to start today (Friday 3rd June) until Sunday 5th June. The strikers have brought much of the country to a standstill by blockading everything from oil refineries to major roads in a mass protest against labour reforms. The protests have also included violent demonstrations, which have often descended into riots, as police and public buildings are attacked. Public sector workers in neighbouring Belgium also went on strike on Tuesday over budget cuts. Police officers, teachers and some civil servants join train drivers and prison guards in the walkout - the unions are also protesting against changes to working hours and a rise in the retirement age.

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Gloves on in La Nucia by JAMES MARTIN

RETIRED FIGHTER Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton MBE and boxer Kell Brook visited the Costa Blanca this week and both took time out to meet with RTN. Ricky is on holiday in Benidorm and joined with Kell Brook, who has flown over for a 10 day training camp as part of the Dominic Ingle Gym, and training at the popular Vista Gym in La Nucia. Ricky has been supporting Kell and others members of his training camp. Kell is currently waiting for a confirmation date for his next fight. The Vista Gym has made quite a reputation in the boxing world and it plans to stage more training camps in the future. Ricky’s son Cameron was also at the camp and looks to be following in his father’s footsteps after winning his first fight last week.

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Parents could be prosecuted The parents of the boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure could face prosecution after a rare ape was killed in order to protect their child. by JAMES MARTIN A zoo response team shot the giant male silverback after he grabbed the four-year-old at Cincinnati Zoo and dragged him around for more than ten minutes. The child was released from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Centre on Saturday night. Police have said his parents could still be indicted by prosecutors. Zoo officials said the four-year-old climbed through a barrier at the Gorilla World exhibit and then fell into the enclosure 15 feet below. Two female gorillas complied with calls from zoo staff to leave the area, but Harambe, a 17-year-old, ignored the signal and picked up the child. Although the gorilla was not harming the child, zoo experts say this was “an extremely strong” animal in an agitated situation – adding “they made a tough choice and they made the right choice because they saved that little boy’s life.”

Sentencing delay THE MAN found guilty of killing missing Amy Fitzpatrick’s brother Dean has had his sentencing adjourned until June 13th. The delay occurred after the judge heard many of impact statements, and although David Mahon was cleared of murder he was found guilty of manslaughter. In a statement from his lawyer it was confirmed Mahon will not appeal against the guilty verdict issued last month for killing his stepson Dean Fitzpatrick. However, Dean’s father, Christopher, said in an impact statement: “No words can describe my pain, anger and despair.” Despite Mahon stabbing his stepson, his wife Audrey Fitzpatrick said that she had “forgiven” her husband for killing her son. Amy Fitzpatrick, 15 years old, disappeared on New Year’s Day in 2008 after leaving a friends house in Mijas, Costa del Sol.

EasyJet cracks down on late fliers

EasyJet is to start turning away late passengers who arrive at security barriers 30 minutes before departure – leaving them to rebook travel. As the peak holiday season approaches, EasyJet has instructed Gatwick to reprogramme the barriers, so that travellers with a boarding time of less than 30 minutes will be grounded and could face a charge of £80 to change their flight. The budget airline already sells a ‘missed flight cover’ for £7.50 so anyone caught out by being late can qualify for a refund.

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Man found dead on beach A young man’s body found on Sunday morning on San Juan de los Terreros beach in Almería, lived in the town of Pulpí and had been swimming with a group of friends the previous day. by Rhiannan Bell The victim, of Moroccan origin, whose exact age was unknown but was estimated to be around 19 years, was reported missing by the group. A police spokesman said: “He was swimming with a group of friends in the Playa Serena. When reaching the shore, the friends realised that he was not with them so authorities were alerted and a search began.” He explained that “the sea was bad and it was very windy,” and added that the teenager’s family had been up all night looking for the young man on the beach. The search continued through the night but it was not until Sunday morning that members of the Guardia Civil Underwater Division (GREAS) found the lifeless body.

Forest fire in marmol Almeria region Fifty firefighters battled against a forest fire at the Ermita de la Virgen del Carmen de Purchena in Almeria at the beginning of the week. Fortunately weather conditions enabled the emergency services to extinguish the fire just two hours later. Three air support units and several fire trucks battled against the blaze on the same day that a ban on barbecues and stubble burning came into effect.

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by Rhiannan Bell

AN AUCTION of sporting shotguns, rifles, pistols, revolvers, and air guns will be held in the form of closed tender in Almeria. The event will be held on Monday 6th June at 9.30am at the Guardia Civil barracks and as in earlier years the sale will proceed with sealed bids. Envelopes containing bids received throughout the previous week will be opened during the morning. Bids are only accepted by those persons registered as residents and legally authorized to use, have possession of, or trade in weapons.

Flying high

YOUNG KITESURFER Osaia Reding has taken Spain’s contribution to the international sport racing up the rankings with success in the European Championship in Holland. Osaia, just 12-years-old and from Mojacar, achieved 5th place

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despite being pitched against competitiors – said to be the best in Europe - aged up to 18. She already holds a Spanish title and has been fifth in a world championship, but is still desperate for more success for herself and Mojacar. And she is next competing in the second stage of the world championships in Gerona later this month - and is tipped to lift silverware over the next two years as she sharpens her natural talents.

Accident in dust cloud

Eight to ten vehicles were involved in an accident on the A7 motorway near Puerto Lambreras following the dense dust cloud which covered the area last Saturday afternoon. Emergency services were called to the smash on Saturday afternoon which involved up to ten vehicles travelling on both carriageways. At the time of the accident, a dense cloud of orange dust caused by the winds had significantly reduced visibility along the highway and the surrounding area. A total of 15 people received minor injuries. Three people were taken to the hospital in Huercal Overa and three others to Rafael Méndez Hospital in Lorca.

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Employees take stress test by Rhiannan Bell GERMAN MULTINATIONAL company Netlight Consulting flew 550 of its employees to Spain for a stress free vacation in the Tabernas Desert. The travellers, from German cities Munich, Berlin and Hamburg, and others from European capitals such as London, Paris, Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki, only discovered their destination once they arrived in Almería. The area has been carefully prepared prior to their arrival for a two-day stay spending the night in tents. The company wants the break to help the employees ‘disconnect’ from their daily working practices and they were provided with an array of relaxing activities including yoga and meditation as tools to help them unwind. By nightfall the magic of the landscape and the silence provided a wonderful

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Red Cross Nature Hike

THE RED Cross has organised a hike in the natural park of “Los Molinos del Rios Aguas” in Sorbas to take place tomorrow (4th June).

backdrop for dinner under the stars, a show and a music concert. Netlight said aim was to help workers “better themselves and for them to get to know their colleagues better “ and to also “release tension and stress

that is generated by the intense daily activity.” He added: “The event was arranged with strict environmental control, without using plastics, alcohol and all food was ‘vegan’ prepared”.

Almería woos Hollywood

THE PROVINCE of Almería has begun a campaign in the US to reaffirm its name as a destination for film making. Popular in the 60s and 70s for the natural landscape that fitted Wild West scenes, big international film producers are now looking again at the area. In recent years renowned directors such as Kevin Reynolds and Ridley Scott have used the scenery, and filming for “Game of Thrones” took place in the region. As the regional government realises the income that such activities bring to the area they are proposing a film school amongst other initiatives to show that the area is an ideal location for many international companies. Antonio Rodriguez, regional deputy for Culture, said: “if we want to make our area a destination for shooting at international level we have to aware that we can offer what they need.”

The 8 km walk is advertised as low difficulty and is open to all ages and should take about two hours and a half to complete. The group will set off at 18:30 from the village “Los Molinos del Rio Aguas” and will be able shown the rich landscape with the river running through the middle of an arid zone. Walkers will also be shown the desert of Karts Yesos de Sorbas, full of vegetation and inhabited by numerous birds and Greek tortoise. Registration costs 5€ and can be made at the Assembly of the Red Cross in Vera in person or by calling 950 39 37 57 or 661 28 00 65 or by email to evacerezo@cruzroja.es.

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Chopper hunts tigers by Rhiannan Bell

Reconnaissance flights by a helicopter is helping to control the tiger mosquito and has identified more than 80 outbreaks of insect activity in the Murcia municipality. The vast majority of cases are said to be located in private pools and irrigation ponds. The control campaign is being driven by the Veterinary Service and this year is taking place on the ground and in the air. Collaboration with the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS) for the monitoring and control of the river environment is also being maintained, while the helicopter and drones are responsible for the detection in difficult to access areas. The treatment of specific infestations prevents indiscriminate mass fumigations, which could hit human health, and allows a focus on an identified location. A spokesman said: “This allows us to combat more effectively this species and act against larvae, since the tiger mosquito grows in small isolated spaces rather than large bodies of water.” The authorities stressed the importance of neighbourhood cooperation, because in 90% of cases the locations for infestation are on private property. The Tiger mosquito is native to the tropical and subtropical areas of Southeast Asia; however, it has spread to other countries through the transport of goods and international travel. The insect is named ‘tiger mosquito’ because of its striped body.

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Drug gang arrests Building of THE GUARDIA Civil have arrested a criminal group who were selling drugs in Totana, Murcia. by Caroline Tyszka Operation SAN Peter officers arrested 8 people and seized 10,000 doses of NSP (new psychoactive substances). The GHB/GBL drug has already caused the death of several young people across Europe. The 5 men and three women arrested were residents of Totana where a young man died in July 2015. Two other youths were also hospitalised having taken the drug whilst at a nightclub in Murcia. Seven properties were searched with the officers finding doses of GHB and GBL as well a cocaine, speed and ecstasy. They also discovered two greenhouses containing a hundred marijuana plants. Two cars, laptops, scales, mobiles and growing equipment were also seized. GBL and GHB first appeared in the US and following several deaths was banned in 1995. Users of the drugs risk liver failure, breathing problems, tremors, convulsions and death. The drugs, which have no odour or taste and are colourless have also been used in many cases of sexual assault.

school to start The Parents Association (AMPA) at the Principe de EspaĂąa Primary school in Rojales has received confirmation from the Rojales Town Hall that construction of the new centre will begin once the 2015/16 school year ends in June. Parents have been protesting for more than a decade to get the construction approved and underway at the facility which has had its name changed to Poeta Miguel HernĂĄndez. The improvements, which were approved last April, will consist of a total of 18 primary classes and a canteen to accommodate 300 school children.

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Audience is Stagestruck THEATRE GROUP Stagestruck has received rave reviews for the three performances of original comedy ‘Just Another Week in Paradise’ at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio. by patricia thompson Scriptwriter and director Leigh Humphries penned the piece and was delighted at the positive reaction from audiences – some people saying it was the best Stagestruck show ever. The audience laughed throughout; apart from one intense scene where Georgia, the Hotel Paradise owner, played by Jenny Dexter, revealed to her new staff member, Hannah (Victoria Scott) that she was in fact her estranged mother. During this scene, you could hear a pin drop until the actual reveal when an EastEnders ‘doofer’ unexpectedly and temporarily broke the tension - hilarious!

The audience particularly warmed to Barry and Doreen, played by Jim and Jean Speakman, the Hen party played by Katie Farmer, Sue Stabler and Dianne Scott, Maureen on her mobility scooter played by Chrissie Wright, and Pat Hiscock, the only Gay in the Hotel played by Joe Luker. And the whole cast deserve praise for their portrayal of their characters and for their professionalism. The set, built by Don Payen looked terrific and Roger Scott and his team added atmosphere with skilful lighting and sound effects. Email Leigh at leigh.humphries58@gmail. com to be added to the Stagestruck mailing list to be informed of our future shows and events.

Championship success THE PUEBLO Bravo Petanca Club staged its annual championships last week with three days of competition keenly fought by members. Sponsored by Rojales Town Hall, there were less teams in

evidence this year because several Spanish members had other commitments; but the final day was both intense and exciting. Four teams were separated by just a couple of points at the start of the finals and it got even more nail-biting – at one point three teams were equal but at the end Pedro, Ron and Rudy nudged ahead by a point to win; leaving the

other two teams to a very close match to decide second and third places. Rojales provided trophies and the Councillor for Sport Pedro Llopis presented them at the end of play. Goyos in Quesada provided t-shirts and at the end of the championships everyone had enjoyed playing competitive and friendly petanca.

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DELIGHTED ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood celebrated the birth of twin daughters Gracie Jane and Alice Rose ahead of his 69th birthday on Wednesday. by Rhiannan Bell Ronnie and wife Sally, 38, welcomed the safe arrival of the girls two days earlier. The girls are the guitarist’s fifth and sixth children but the first with his theatre producer partner - they married in 2012 with Rod Stewart as best man. Ronnie has just returned from a tour of Cuba with the Stones and believes the band are a big child-loving family despite the hell-raising reputation of old – in fact all are said to be Mother’s Little Helpers

RTN Facebook – reaching around the world

HERE AT RTN we continually strive to seek new ways to interact with our readers and are extremely proud of the growth and interaction that we receive through our Facebook page. As they say “the proof is in the pudding” and with one story alone – Poundland to open store in Benidorm, 25th May – we had 36,250 visits for that story alone to our webpage hundreds of shares (directly and indirectly) and many comments on Facebook. We are proud that we get the news out there and that our readers respond, continuingly liking, sharing and commenting on our posts not just here in Spain or back in the UK but in over 45 other countries. Reaching over 100,000 people every week on Facebook alone we say hello to those around the world including: - US; Norway; India; Australia; Iceland; United Arab Emirate and Canada, to name just a few.

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Improving tourism brings surprise backlash

THE RESORT of Palma de Mallorca has seen an increase in negativity towards tourism with tensions increasing. by Caroline Tyszka On the Spanish island of Mallorca, which attracts millions of foreigners every year, a new type of graffiti has been occurring more and more often. The “tourists go home” protest, which represents only a minority of the islanders seems to be gathering numbers and has reportedly spread to the mainland as residents complain of the rising number of visitors who, although bring money to their regions, disrupt the lives of the locals and put unnecessary strain on the services such as transport and water. Tourism accounts for 12 percent of economic output and 16 percent of jobs in Spain which is drawing record numbers of visitors who are avoiding destinations where security is a concern, notably Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey.

Whilst the surge has helped the country recover from recession and alleviate a jobs crisis, for many Spaniards, the jump in tourism has a downside. “They want to turn us into a theme park, a place you close the doors on at night because no-one lives there,” said Luis Clar, who heads an association in the La Seu neighbourhood of Palma de Mallorca, home to its main monuments. He complained that the council had recently banned parking in certain areas as it was deemed an eyesore but that this meant residents were unable to park anywhere near their homes. In drought-prone island Ibiza water reserves are getting low and in rural Menorca fears are mounting that natural beauty-spots risk being spoiled. For example one day last August, the population across the Balearics nearly doubled, reaching a record 2 million.

Deadly storms hit northern Europe Severe thunderstorms caused havoc across northern Europe last week. The storms, which saw several people being injured and one man killed, also caused travel disruption for flights to cities such as Amsterdam. In Germany, 30 people were taken to hospital on Saturday after they were struck during a junior football match. Three adults were seriously hurt, including the referee who was directly hit by a lightning bolt. He had to be resuscitated before being airlifted to hospital. Guenter Denzer, a volunteer firefighter told reporters, “there were many spectators, which was problematic, and that we live in a rural area where everybody knows everyone. It’s more of a shock, because you know the person lying there who is seriously injured.” In South-west Poland, one man was killed after he was struck by lightning while hiking in Mountains, and in Paris, 11 people, most of them children, were injured during a birthday party in a park in the north-west of the city.

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Dahl’s dictionary

A NEW dictionary defines thousands of words used by children’s author Roald Dahl to celebrate the centenary of the writer’s birth. Almost 8,000 words – real and invented – will be included in the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary, which has taken over five years to compile and was published yesterday. Dahl famously invented words to prevent young readers becoming bored, placing his novels aside, and watching television. The dictionary features his longtime illustrator Sir Quentin Blake and has been assembled by lexicographer Dr Susan Rennie. With a love of wordplay, the author swapped letters around and adopted spoonerisms and malapropisms; often basing the word on sound he liked. Dr Rennie said even if the writer did not explain what his words actually meant; kids could work it out for themselves. “For example, you know that something lickswishy and delumptious is good to eat...whereas something uckyslush or rotsome is definitely not.” The dictionary is surely something ‘swashboggling’ – very special – although adults might find some words, without a definition, somewhat ‘flushbunking’; that’s ‘makes no sense whatsoever’. Dahl also used the odd bit of biographical detail. Matilda’s parrot is named ‘Chopper’, the name of the writer’s own Jack Russell dog. His first children’s story, James and the giant Peach, was published in 1961 and was a hit. Every subsequent release – including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Friendly giant, and Fantastic Mr Fox – were also bestsellers. And Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of BFG – Big Friendly Giant – is set for release in July and could be a blockbuster.

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Carlos Baos

Advantages of contracting an independent Lawyer in the purchase or sale of a property in Spain WE OCCASIONALLY receive enquiries from clients who have suffered wrong advice and even abuse from some of the professionals who have been involved in the buying or selling of their property in Spain, including the agents, consultants, and banks, etc. FOR THIS reason and to ensure the legality of the transaction, we understand that it is essential to hire the services of an independent lawyer, so if there is any problem you would be able to claim for liability. Always remember to ask your lawyer to confirm their registration number on the territorial Law Society they belong to. You can check if a lawyer is properly registered by looking on the following website: http://www.abogacia.es/serviciosabogacia/censo-de-letrados/ You should also know that to register with the Spanish Law Society, lawyers must have professional liability insurance. Many clients inform us that on some occasions they have been recommended a lawyer by the real estate agent or the seller or promoter. We believe that in these cases there can be a clear conflict of interest. It is essential that the lawyer chosen only looks after the client’s interest and rights. Here at White Baos Lawyers we advise against contracting a lawyer who has a professional relationship or represents any of the other parties of the transaction. In addition, an independent lawyer can avoid unnecessary economic damages. Without going into great detail today, we can relate that recently we warned an expatriate client buyer of an abuse that a bank wanted to commit against him, as he had been informed by this bank that as a necessary part of the mortgage loan applied for, the client had to sign a life insurance, which was unique and carried a pre-paid premium of 30,000 €, more than 10 times the normal cost of a premium in the open market. Clearly, this was a real abuse . Apparently the bank was introduced to the client by the agent as the best possible bank in Spain to get a mortgage loan. An independent lawyer will tell you that you should compare between different banks’ offers, before agreeing a mortgage loan, or opening an account, and even if the lawyer can rec-

ommend some banks they will always advise you to compare between as many as possible, to be able to contract what is the most suitable for you, the same applies to insurance companies, currency exchange companies, etc. An independent expert lawyer can provide you with information about the process of buying or selling in Spain, drawing

up the contract that best suits your circumstances and protect your rights, and will ensure that the property you want to buy is in the correct land registry, urban, planning, cadastral, etc, status. And they will warn you about the possible risks of the purchase or sale, etc. Contact us and we will help you.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 – All rights reserved. Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

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BREXIT Chances We are fast approaching the referendum date 23rd June but over the last few weeks the polls seem to edging more and more in favour for the IN Campaign with polls varying between a 10% and 15% lead. The bookies seem to think it is an even bigger certainty now offering 1/5 remain IN and 4/1 for an OUT vote (average odds using online price analyst oddschecker.com). This has also been indicated with the Pound V Euro rate edging back towards the pre referendum announcement figure of 1.4 with the current exchange rate being around 1.31 after dropping below the 1.2 mark just a few weeks ago. (stats provided by XE.com live) The Social Media campaign is being won by the OUT campaigners with every other post is about why we would be better off OUT but this seems to be becoming more and more in vain as the date approaches. With regards to investing the schools of thought are that OUT will be bad for the Markets and IN will be good. With the increasing likelihood of an IN there could be some real potential opportunities to be had now before the actual vote. Having said that the Pundits and Bookies do not always get it right. Just look at Leicester winning the English Premier League at 5000/1 and it is only 1 year ago the odds for Donald Trump to be the next U.S. President were 250/1! Still the most frequent question I get is ‘what about exchanging Euro’s and Sterling’ When investing I try to eliminate extra risks for my clients so it is best to keep things simple. If you hold Euro’s and live in Spain invest in Euro’s. If you hold Sterling invest in Sterling and do not change for changes sake as this will just create additional costs and risk that are not needed. I have been a fully Qualified Financial Adviser for 28 years and also understand the needs of ex-pats and the rules that apply to ex British living and retiring in Spain so if you need to talk through your own situation then please feel free to call me and we can have a no obligation discussion about the best way forward for your Investments. In today’s financial climate it is essential you do everything you can to make sure your money is safe and secure and what you want to transpire in the future has the best chance of happening. If you need advice or if have any questions regarding the above contact me Keith Littlewood DipPFS 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 Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licenced in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Licence No: 00805B and registered with the DGS in Spain.

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Company Director and Spanish Tax Consultant

10 Reasons to Buy Spanish Property within a UK Limited Company TO COMPLEMENT the two Wincham websites that inform Buyers and Owners of the benefits of owning Spanish Property within a UK Limited Company, Wincham recently launched our third website for these services: www.winchamukcompany.com 1: 24 Hour UK Company Formation. 2: UK Registered Office, Company Secretary & Fiscal duties in Spain. 3: Wincham produce off the shelf UK Companies all ready to go in Spain including Company CIF Number. 4: We supply Company documents directly to your Spanish Lawyer / Notary, or you may use Wincham as your Spanish Lawyer to complete full

due-diligence and searches on the property or land. 5: Couriered documents to the UK & mainland Spain, the Canary Islands & the Balearic Islands. 6: 20 Year Defective Title Deed Policy. 7: Possible reduction of the 7-10% Property Purchase Tax on Resale Purchases 8: Spanish Inheritance Tax Savings. 9: No 3% annual Off-Shore Company Tax or Non Resident 3% Withholding Tax on Company sale. 10: Fixed Wincham fees & Professional Indemnity Insurance (PI) Cover. Wincham has been dedicated to our Clients for 21 years and are the market Leaders in helping Clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

purchase and own Spanish property within a UK Limited Company, we currently manage over 500 UK Companies that own Spanish property. If you have any Legal, Accounting or Taxation requirements please visit our website www.wincham.com or call a Wincham Consultant in the UK on 0044 (0)1260 299 700 or our Spain office number: 0034 965 830 991.

If you wish to learn more about the benefits of owning Spanish property within a UK Limited Company structure to avoid Spanish Inheritance Tax visit www.winchamiht.com

Wincham International Ltd, Wincham House, Greenfield Farm Trading Estate, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 4TR, England. Office also located in Calpe, Alicante, and Marbella, Costa del Sol. UK Tel: +44 (0) 1260 299 700 or Spain Tel: 0034 965 830 991 or visit our website www.wincham.com

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Golden Leaves International just got bigger and offers even better service with the opening of its new Office in Turre, Spain Golden Leaves International Limited, proprietors of International Funeral Plans for the expatriate community, has announced that the company has expanded its operations across the Costa’s with the opening of its new Office in Turre, Spain. In a glittering ceremony, the new Turre office was officially opened by Martin Morales Fuentes, the Mayor of Turre on the 12th of May 2016 who cut the ribbon whilst Barry Floyd, Managing Director at Golden Leaves International Limited, looked on. Live music on the day was provided by accomplished and ever popular artist, Chris Pottle, and drinks and canapes by La Parata. Barry Floyd, Managing Director at Golden Leaves International Limited said of event, “With the opening of our new office, the business will expand its service as a hub of valuable support by providing a spectrum of much needed products and services to the expatriate community living in Spain and more specifically in and around Turre. The requirement for a new office is also further proof that more and more expatriates living in Spain are seeking out our GL International Expat Services’ offering. They’re coming to us quite simply because word is spreading that when it comes to procuring all the vital services they require, ‘one call really does do it all’.

Besides the local dignitaries, the event was also witnessed by the cancer charity Macs. This is an organization that Golden Leaves International has a proud association with and will continue to support by placing advertising on their website.

For more information about GL International Expat Services’ portfolio Call 8000 98309, visit: glexpatservices.com or pop in and see their team at new office in Avenida De Almeria 39, local 1, Turre, 04638, Almeria.

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Stewart: full of ‘Teen Spirit’ COSTA BLANCA musician Stewart Collier died suddenly last Thursday at his home in Javea after a short illness.

by JACK TROUGHTON THE 50-YEAR-old was a guitarist, singer, writer and producer, and with keyboard player Christian Pearl inspired new musicians with his vast knowledge of the business at Javea Rock Academy. He was also Kurt Cobain – pictured in character crowdsurfing – in ‘Teen Spirit’, the world’s number one Nirvana tribute band. In this guise, Stewart performed on

television for the BBC and MTV, and was lucky enough to travel the world for live stage performances. And in a varied and long stage and studio career, he performed with some of the rock industry’s best known names including Aerosmith, Meatloaf, Alanis Morrisette, Tori Amos, Alice Cooper, The Stereophonics and Primal Scream. In 2002, he was invited by Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker to appear

and sing on the band’s last video and has produced recording sessions for artists from folk, jazz, pop, to fullblown rock bands. During his nine years in Javea, Stewart also worked as a presenter for Bay Radio and just a day before his death recorded his last music with the station’s Bob and Noelle, broadcast from a Dutch-based shortwave station on Friday evening.

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Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

Roses are very traditional in spain

ROSES LOOK wonderful in Spanish gardens at present as they have in late spring for two millenniums. The flowers and perfume can make great features of a wall, corner of the garden, patio or courtyard but only with a fair amount of effort. The six most important factors being the choice of plants, their planting in well prepared rich soil, regular watering, the frequent removal of dead flowers, the prevention of diseases and a heavy late winter pruning. Before you decide to invest in rose plants recognise that: a. Although roses can flower for nine months of the year they will not be as continuously flowering or as profusely covered with flowers as say bougainvilleas or lantanas. b. Climbers can be planted as an isolated feature or fitted in with other climbers on a wall or pergola but bush roses look best in a dedicated rose bed or garden, planted closely to give a mass of colour. But as already suggested that means a lot of work with a need to deadhead as flowers die as well as a heavy winter pruning. c. In hot weather roses often last longer if cut and put in a vase than if left on the bush. If one cuts roses for the house this reduces the colour in the rose garden unless extensive. This is why many Spaniards, and ourselves, grow their roses alongside their vegetable plots. d. In general there is less choice of varieties of roses in Spanish nurseries than in northern Europe, some of the varieties you will not recognise, and the best varieties sell out fast. Unless you have a local nursery with a good selection obtain a few mail order catalogues from UK specialists and order early to avoid disappointments. e. One good thing about Spain is that it is easy to propagate roses from cuttings at any time of the year. So beg a cutting of every rose that impresses you in your neighbours and friends gardens, or beg the stems of cut roses when they empty a vase to throw them away. We use the following approach learned from a Spanish neighbour. 1. Cut off the flowering or leafy top. Slit the base of the cutting for a centimetre and a half and squeeze in a dried sweet corn seed. 2. Plant the cutting so that two thirds of the cutting is buried making sure that the sweet corn is not dislodged. Keep damp. We prefer to plant cuttings in the open ground to planting in pots….largely because we might forget to water them! 3. When the cutting shows growth grow it on in the same place or dig up and transplant when a year old during the late autumn, winter or early spring. f. The heat and humidity of Spain can cause as many disease problems as in northern Europe. However the following actions should avoid most disasters. 1. Only use healthy cuttings and purchase healthy plants. 2. Never allow rose plants to dry out. 3. Feed by working well rotted manure into planting holes and surround the base of planted stems with a ring of horse manure each spring. A twice monthly feed with a proprietary rose fertilizer or comfrey solution is also beneficial during the months of flowering. 4. Plant garlic corms alongside each plant or if growing alongside the vegetable plant grow a line of garlic through the rose bed to protect against fungal diseases. 5. Spray plants against rust with an infusion made from horsetail and tomato leaves. 6. Prune off any diseased leaves and stems as soon as they occur and dispose of well away from rose bed. Do not compost them.

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Printer driver is unavailable HI AUNTY Virus, I have a Lenovo computer with 8.1 windows with a Canon MP240 printer, I recently upgraded to Windows 10 and now can’t use my printer, the message is saying driver is unavailable for the printer, surely I don’t have to buy a new printer just because I have upgraded to Windows 10. Regards, Ray

Aunty says: You are not alone. Sometimes the default drivers installed by W10 may not work, so you may have to install the drivers direct from the manufacturer’s website. I went to the Cannon MP240 driver website : http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/printers_multifunction/pixma_mp_series/pixma_ mp240#DriversAndSoftware But there is a message saying: “Canon will not issue drivers for this model to support the Windows 10 operating system, the Windows 7 or Windows 8 drivers should function in the Windows 10 environment with some limitations which are currently unknown to Canon.”. So it looks like if you cannot get your printer to work using the W7 or W8 drivers, then you will need another printer. Hi Aunty The problem I have is I cannot type in the “at” in my email address. It is on laptop bottom right of number 2 but does not work. So I am stuck with no email. Can you help please? Bob Aunty says: For characters on the bottom right of keys you need to press the “alt gr” button (usually located to the right of the space bar) with that key. If that does not bring you your “@” sign, then your keyboard setting in W8.1 are not set up to your keyboard layout - and perhaps the “@” sign is allocated to a different key... on a “querty” UK setting keyboard it can be allocated to the “apostrophe” key. So you will need to go into the control panel and change the keyboard layout options. Or if you are really struggling, copy and paste the “@” sign from somewhere else, like from someone else’s email address, or the character map.

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Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 52.

ACROSS 6. Late tributes to somebody coming from the wars! (7) 7 & 9 Across. Could they be the barriers between political factions? (5-5) 9. See 7 Across 10. Daily record at the saw-mill? (3-4) 12. A man with unbelievable relations! (5-6) 14. He displays an advertisement for William’s watch (4-7) 18. Strike another match (7) 19. Could possibly be synonymous with power (5) 21. Young attendants used by bookmakers (5) 22. One who will produce hand-made predictions (7) DOWN 1. Put your weight on a rung of the ladder (5)

2. Plaque that shows a different battle (6) 3. No-one who is brazen will be cast! (3) 4. A jagged point will get the Spanish fish (6) 5. Swimming movements for oarsmen! (7) 8 & 20 Down. Get in touch with the fellow - he’s an intermediary (7,3) 11. See 17 Down 13. According to the letter, it’s illuminated with real variation (7) 15. He conducts the German songs we hear (6) 16. This is quite a problem - give me a gin well mixed (6) 17 & 11 Down. Could they be authors of “The Wraith” and “The Phantom Spirit”? (5-7) 20. See 8 Down

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Quick ACROSS 6. Malady (7) 7. Beneath (5) 9. Crease (5) 10. Least (7) 12. Command (11) 14. Component (11) 18. Unaffected (7) 19. Amusing (5) 21. Player (5) 22. Move forward (7) DOWN 1. Passage (5) 2. Keep (6) 3. Employ (3) 4. Maintain (6) 5. Assault (3,4) 8. Alcoholic cordial (7) 11. Moral (7) 13. Sovereign (7) 15. Coma (6) 16. Usual (6) 17. Negligent (5) 20. Uneven (3)

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Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

 The Mercury opposition to Mars puts a block on communication so please think twice before saying or doing something that you may later regret. Sometimes things are best kept a secret, and anyway, you may not be the right person to spill the beans when all is said and done. Be careful that your actions could cause offence, look before you leap! It is a romantic Venus that squares up to Neptune and sextiles Ceres this week. This puts a timing on something that you have to do, and serves to start the process of a new relationship, which bodes well. Your own specific psychic energies are released, and it is time to do what you feel you both need right now. Go for it, only don’t look back! After the recent upheaval you are currently unsure whether to make you next move, or not; and you are erring on the side of caution. Intelligence tells you that there is more to all this then meets the eye and that there is something that appears to be holding you back. This week sees Venus square on Saturn and at last the truth will be told. Moon faced, you are very focussed on something that is proving harder than you think to do. There is a need to both dispel rumour and cement energies that take you to more positive and inspiring levels. Uranus is advising you to go for what it is you really want and not to take advice from those who really don’t know where you really are right now! The Sun squares on Jupiter and opposes Saturn. These encouraging actions are backed by a midweek conjunction with Venus. Do what you do for good cause, but if it doesn’t feel right then don’t do it. Love is all around you in many ways and you shouldn’t have to take sides to please others. Take a long, hard intuitive look and establish your priorities. Mercury seems to be able to steer you so well and keeps you safe even when danger comes along. This is the very worst time for you to have to make your decision, but before you do there cannot be any rest or respite. In firm opposition to Mars this week, Mercury supports; but also shows you the true alternatives, whether good or bad!

Venus rubs up to Pluto this week en route to Planet Ceres. Above all stay focussed and in tune with what you know is yet to come, because you are the best person to deal with it. The actions of analysis allow you to open your creative energies and they may very well become the support you need to help you to find your best way ahead right now! Mars opposes Mercury heralding change for change’s sake! You are right to take in all aspects of what is going on because someone is not to be trusted, and you have other fish to fry. Venus, planetary leader of opposing Taurus consults with Pluto, and consults with Ceres calling time on something that has proved to be a waste of time, so drop it! Jupiter is exalted in the energies of the Sun midweek. This brings a blessing that you will use in many ways to bring some happiness to others as well as yourself. Your unselfish actions will later be rewarded, but right now you are sharing your luck and good fortune with people who support you, and they deserve all the good things coming. In clear opposition to the Sun, Saturn opposes Venus and this allows you to focus on the inner you. Whilst you are inspirational to people it is time to look within, and to learn to love what you feel. This is not a selfish action in any way, but it is self assuring and maybe that is what you want and need right now; especially as things are hotting up! Uranus, your trusty planetary leader homes in to Kora this week. This is a great time to take on a new skill or to start a study enabling you to see a process and broadening your horizons as a result. You are much more than you think that you are, and development will prove this, even if you do things the hard way it will be your way and that matters a lot. Neptune squares on Venus and love comes in many ways to you all through this busy week. Often people take you for granted and now is an ideal time for them to show both their love and respect for you and all that you do. Actions between Venus and Ceres call time on something that currently seems to drain your much needed energies!

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

KENNY, I pray to Spirit that they will keep me and my family together because we are facing very difficult times ahead, and I am being challenged. I hate to ask for anything but I have fears that things will go wrong somewhere along the line. Marge G. Marge, ask for what you deserve to have, and ask freely and specifically on behalf of the wonderful family you are managing to keep together. You will get through because you have to, and your mail shows me just how independent and strong you are. You have a pivotable role in the family and when challenge comes you are up for it! Sharing your words will help to you to take off some of the pressure. All will be well, believe in it and then the magic happens, because it can!

If It’s Your Birthday This Week PUT INNOVATIONS as number one on the menu, as this year unfolds to bring you many great blessings directly from the Cosmos. Be very unafraid to ask for what you deserve and turn what happens into the magic you are capable of making!

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WITH A background in family and matrimonial mediation, Life Coach Sara Bell helps Readers with their daily worries. If you are having diffi culties with relationships, family, work or any other aspect of your life, then help is at hand.

I want to retire

MY WIFE and I married late in life, and had two girls who are now 18 and 20. I should have retired from work two years ago. However the girls were young and are still dependent on us. Now my Employers have suggested I leave this year at 67 years of age, and I really do want to go. However, the girls are used to an certain lifestyle, that will no longer be available to them. I assume you will be worse off financially when you retire. If your girls don’t understand why life cannot be the same as before, you must sit them down, get your accounts out, and show them exactly how much money goes out of the house in terms of costs, and how much will now be coming in, in terms of your reduced pension. Sacrifices will have to be made, and they should help towards running the household by working themselves, and paying for their keep. If they want the luxuries they have been used to, they will have to pay for them themselves - it‘s as simple as that.

Write to Sara in confidence. A pseudonym will be used if you wish. Sara reads all letters and can give a personal reply. Email your question to agonyaunt@roundtownnews.com or Sara is available for private consultations, telephone 650 054 467.

I gave up everything MY HUSBAND has been working in Kuwait for 10 years. He is away for a month each time, and then for one month he returns home. I discovered he had a second mobile. He hid it well, but I went hunting because I suspected something. He tried to deny it at first but then admitted that he has another woman, and a thirteen year old child. Now he says he is staying in Kuwait. Presumably this other woman did not know about you either. You are hurt now, and it will take a long time to get over the betrayal, but you know in your heart that you are better off without this man. It will be better for you that he is in another country, so that you won’t have to see him again. See your Solicitor and sort out the practical things. Nurse your wounds for a while, and then look for some strength inside you to carry on with your life, and find happiness again, with someone more deserving.

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life&leisure #charity //////////////////////////////////// Cancer campaign wins 4,000€ by Rhiannan Bell The recent recycling campaign in Orihuela in support of cancer charities collected 4,000kg of glass - now converted into 4,000€. The money was donated to ‘The Pink Ladies’ and ‘Mas Vida’ after glass was deposited into special pink ‘boob’ containers. The campaign was organised by Ecoembes and the Town Hall to help in the fight against cancer, installed containers both in the city and along the coast. Associations Más Vida and the Pink Ladies, of Orihuela Costa, who are both busy in the area supporting the fight against cancer. Councillor Noelia Grao and the representative of Ecoembes, Roberto Fuentes, handed over the cheques. Two positive aspects of the campaign were highlighted; the high rate of glass recycling in the municipality over one week and the commitment of residents in their support of the environment and the fight against cancer. Two pink containers are to remain in the town centre and a pair on the coast to mark the campaign’s success and to encourage recycling all year round.

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#tv&showbiz goss

by Peter Taylor

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Can ye stay employed by Kanye? … Can Ye? IT ALWAYS worth taking a closer look when a member of a famous person’s entourage pops up with a comment or three on how they are in real life. These types of comments can of course be influenced by many different scenarios, but in the case of Steve Stanulis, former bodyguard of Kanye West, the rappers track record of bad behaviour goes before him … in other words I´m leaning in favour of the bodyguard. Steve, whose client list has included Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, told The Sun “I was actually fired by Kanye for introducing myself to his wife Kim Kardashian West,” before adding “I had to look after his toddler daughter once and it was so much easier than babysitting the father.” He was warned by others in his line of work about West saying “I was told, don’t expect to last long, he goes through a lot of guys and some don’t even last the first hour!” The tale gets more and more bizarre with Steve explaining the run up to going to a recording studio with Kanye. “We headed to his music studio, and when we got into the elevator he just stood there with his arms folded and said, “Aren’t you going to press the button?“ Steve then said Kanye ´flipped out´ because he didn’t know what floor they were supposed to go to and Kanye was squealing that his time was precious and that he couldn’t believe I hadn’t called ahead to find out which floor he worked on! Stanulis lasted a mere two weeks in West´s employ and encapsulated the time rather neatly telling The Sun “I was amazed by the amount of bizarre behavior I saw in just two weeks. One time he got annoyed because I ‘got in his shot’ when the paparazzi were taking pictures,” and on the business of his sacking said “I thought he was joking when he said I was not to speak to his wife Kim, and when he saw me introducing myself to her at the Met Gala he fired me immediately!” Westie baby is in need of some serious therapy don’t you think! The world of the rapper is to shock people with their ´in your face´ lyrics and their ´over the top´ behaviour, but Kanye West seems to have taken this modus operandi to a whole new level, and it’s not pretty! “

MARSHALL BRUCE Mathers III was born in 1972, in St. Joseph, Missouri, then cleverly changing his name to Eminem, became the first guy to bring rapping to the fore. His first album ´Infinite´ bombed in ´96, his second ´The Slim Shady LP´ fell one place short of the top, then he struck gold in 2000 when his album The Marshall Mathers LP made No 1 as did the following five. He´s here today on the back of selling house bricks and various other ´object da´ from the house he grew up in. Yes I know it’s pretty strange, but it’s to do with a package that includes a retro cassette of that first No 1 album with part of the profits going to charity. House Bricks!!

WHEN IDRIS Elba is mentioned it’s usually about him becoming the first black James Bond, but this is not entirely why he´s here today. It’s actually a three part story so you´ll need your best attention boots on to avoid getting lost. Part 1 is that Idris is indeed still in contention for the role of James Bond … Part 2 refers to summer blockbuster Star Trek: Beyond, released on July 22nd, in which he plays baddie Krall, and Part 3 is to do with a music video. Two guys from Seattle, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, are a hip hop duo, and Idris plays a pretty risqué role in the video of their latest single ´Dance Off.´ Check it out. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS DANCE OFF (FEAT. IDRIS ELBA) OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO

I HAD a dig at social media recently based on how unpleasant some people can be, but I´ve got a tale that includes two videos for you to watch that fly in the face of all that ugliness. A lady called Candice Payne became famous for posting a Facebook video of the moment she bought a Chewbacca mask that makes actual Chewy sounds. Her utter joy and incredible belly laugh earned her 140million views in three days, and following on from that she appeared in James Corden´s carpool item on his talk show in America. If you fancy laughing your socks off check these out. Video 1 Chewbacca Mom Takes James Corden to Work. Video 2 Chewbacca Mom Gets a Surprise from the Real Chewbacca.

THE QUEEN´S 90th birthday celebrations are well behind us now, but what´s gone unnoticed is that Winnie the Pooh is also 90 years old. A.A. Milne wrote his first Winne the Pooh book way back in 1926 and dedicated it to the then new born Princess Elizabeth. The writer passed on in 1956, but his legacy continues and ´Winniethe-Pooh and the Royal Birthday´ was recently published in honour of the both the Queen and the honey-loving bear turning 90. One of A.A. Milne´s teachers at school was H.G. Wells whom I´m sure taught him many things in the art of writing, like leaving a legacy that includes featuring not just the Queen in the book but Prince George also. Who´s a clever boy then!

NEW YORKER Lindsay Lohan has spent the last half a dozen years in the world of arrests, imprisonment and drink related incidents that have rendered her more or less unemployable, that is, until she got engaged to Russian Egor Tarabasov in April. She has recently moved to London where she changed her phone number and email addresses, then changed them both again in an attempt to weed out any temptation from old friends, all of which has been under the guidance of Egor. Father Michael Lohan said “Egor wants things to be in the right place for Lindsay,” adding “she still stays up late, but nowadays she’s at home reading scripts rather than going out.” Is this the comeback story of all time?

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friday 3rd June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 20:00 The One Show 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Would I Lie to You? 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Love, Nina 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:25 Gareth Bale: Euro Star 24:55 Fright Night

BBC2

07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 The Great Caruso 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch Unsprung 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 The Extraordinary Collector 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Deepcut: The Army’s Shame 23:00 Mum 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 24:05 No Such Thing As the News 24:35 Artsnight

saturday 4th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry Cooks 13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Athletics 13:40 Athletics 14:40 Boxing 15:40 Flog It! 16:35 Escape to the Country 17:20 Madagascar 18:40 Can’t Touch This 19:30 BBC News 19:40 BBC Regional News; Weather 19:50 Pointless Celebrities 20:40 The National Lottery: In It to Win It 21:30 The Musketeers 22:25 Casualty 23:25 BBC News; Weather 23:45 Die Hard with a Vengeance

BBC2

07:10 Finishing School 08:20 Hue and Cry 09:40 The Island at the Top of the World 11:10 Homes Under the Hammer 12:10 Natural World 13:00 The Hairy Bikers: Everyday Gourmets 14:00 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 14:30 Pal Joey 16:20 The Great British Sewing Bee 17:20 This Week’s World 18:00 Match of the Day Live 20:30 Gardeners’ World 21:00 Dad’s Army 21:30 Alice in Wonderland 23:10 QI XL 23:55 Versailles 24:55 You Will Be My Son

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Fraud - How They Steal Your ID 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 Back to the Future Part II

ITV1

07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show! 07:20 Pat & Stan 07:30 Dino Dan 07:55 Signed Stories 08:00 Sooty 08:15 Super 4 08:30 Nerds & Monsters 08:45 The Tom & Jerry Show 09:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 13:20 ITV News and Weather 13:24 ITV Regional Weather 13:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:30 Live French Open Tennis 19:00 ITV News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 Bang on the Money 21:00 You Saw Them Here First 22:00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:19 ITV Central Weather 23:20 Secrets of Growing Old 24:20 Carry On Cleo

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CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss Canada 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Come Dine with Me 14:35 Channel 4 Racing 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars UK 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Eating Well with Hemsley + Hemsley 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 The Windsors 23:35 Rude Tube 24:40 Channel 4’s Comedy Gala

07:15 The King of Queens 07:40 Transvulcania Ultramarathon 08:10 British GT Championship 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 The Morning Line 11:00 Frasier 12:00 The Superhumans Show 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:00 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 The Simpsons 13:55 The Simpsons 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 18:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 19:00 Homes by the Med 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:15 The Restoration Man 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 12 Years a Slave 24:45 Colombiana

07:00 Childrens T.V 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK 21:00 Inside the Mega Twister 22:00 Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love 24:00 Carpenters: Their Greatest Hits

07:00 Childrens T.V 09:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30 The Saturday Show 12:30 Police Interceptors 13:30 Police Interceptors 14:30 Police Interceptors 15:25 Police Interceptors 16:25 Police Interceptors 17:25 Police Interceptors 18:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 19:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 20:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 21:20 5 News Weekend 21:30 NCIS 22:25 NCIS 23:20 NCIS: Los Angeles 24:15 NCIS: Los Angeles

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07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:15 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Safeword 24:35 Family Guy

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07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 10:10 Coronation Street 12:25 Catchphrase 13:10 The Cube 14:10 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 15:10 FYI Daily 15:15 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 16:00 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 17:00 FYI Daily 17:05 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 17:45 Despicable Me 18:45 FYI Daily 18:50 Despicable Me 19:40 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous 20:40 FYI Daily 20:45 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 24:20 Family Guy 24:45 Family Guy

07:00 Charmed 08:35 Hollyoaks 09:05 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:00 Melissa & Joey 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Charmed 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 Rush Hour 22:00 Battle Los Angeles 24:15 The Big Bang Theory 24:45 The Big Bang Theory

07:00 Rude(ish) Tube 07:20 Rude(ish) Tube 07:45 Jane the Virgin 08:35 Made in Chelsea 09:35 Suburgatory 10:00 Suburgatory 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Baby Daddy 11:30 The Goldbergs 12:00 The Goldbergs 12:30 How I Met Your Mother 13:00 How I Met Your Mother 13:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 14:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 15:00 Rio 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Predator 24:05 Gogglebox

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sunday 5th June BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics London 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:15 BBC News 14:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:30 Live Athletics 17:30 Celebrity Mastermind 18:00 Points of View 18:15 Songs of Praise 18:50 Pointless Celebrities 19:35 BBC News 19:50 BBC Regional News; Weather 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Wallander 23:30 BBC News 23:50 BBC Regional News; Weather 24:00 Duran Duran at Eden

07:05 Great British Garden Revival 08:05 This Farming Life 09:05 Gardeners’ World 09:35 Countryfile 10:30 The Beechgrove Garden 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 13:00 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 13:30 How the West Was Won 16:00 Flog It! 17:00 Gymnastics 19:00 Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 20:00 Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure 21:00 Top Gear 22:00 City in the Sky 23:00 Stupid Man, Smart Phone 23:50 Flat TV 24:15 Later - with Jools Holland

ITV1

07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show! 07:20 Pat & Stan 07:30 Dino Dan 07:55 Signed Stories 08:00 Sooty 08:15 Super 4 08:30 Nerds & Monsters 08:45 The Tom & Jerry Show 09:00 Teen Titans Go! 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Griff’s Great Britain 11:00 Peston on Sunday 12:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:50 ITV News and Weather 12:59 ITV Regional Weather 13:00 Planet’s Got Talent 13:30 Fierce 14:30 Live French Open Tennis 18:45 ITV News 18:50 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Soccer Aid 2016 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:19 ITV Regional Weather 23:20 Fraud - How They Steal Your ID 24:20 Tipping Point

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Salvage SOS 07:25 Salvage SOS 07:50 Salvage SOS 08:10 The King of Queens 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Frasier 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Simpsons 13:55 Step Up 3 16:05 Location, Location, Location 17:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:05 The Jungle Book 19:35 Channel 4 News 20:00 Escape to the Chateau 21:00 Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service 22:00 About Time 24:25 Bad Teacher

07:00 Childrens T.V 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Shimmer and Shine 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops 12:00 Now That’s Funny! 13:00 See No Evil, Hear No Evil 14:50 Spies like Us 16:45 Wayne’s World 18:35 5 News Weekend 18:40 Six Days Seven Nights 20:40 PS I Love You 23:00 Most Shocking Celebrity Moments

07:00 Emmerdale 10:00 Coronation Street 12:25 Take Me Out 13:35 Love Island 14:05 Beethoven 15:05 FYI Daily 15:10 Beethoven 15:50 A Cinderella Story 16:50 FYI Daily 16:55 A Cinderella Story 17:45 Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang 18:45 FYI Daily 18:50 Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang 19:55 The Wedding Planner 20:55 FYI Daily 21:00 The Wedding Planner 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy 24:00 American Dad! 24:30 American Dad!

07:00 Rude(ish) Tube 07:20 Suburgatory 07:45 Suburgatory 08:05 Baby Daddy 08:35 Baby Daddy 09:00 How I Met Your Mother 09:35 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 The Goldbergs 10:30 The Goldbergs 11:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Made in Chelsea 14:35 The Big Bang Theory 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:30 The Big Bang Theory 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 Twilight 22:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 23:00 Tattoo Fixers 24:00 The Inbetweeners 24:35 The Inbetweeners

monday 6th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Andrew Neil Interviews: Leave or Remain? 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Reg 23:30 BBC News at Eleven 24:00 BBC Regional News; Weather 24:15 Have I Got a Bit More News for You

BBC2

07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 Food Detectives 09:30 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:15 Athletics 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch Unsprung 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 23:00 Upstart Crow 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 American Crime Story

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Wild Australia with Ray Mears 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 The Big Fish Off 24:40 Murder, She Wrote

CHANNEL 4

07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss Canada 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars UK 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Meet What You Eat 21:30 Food Unwrapped 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 An Immigrant’s Guide to Britain 23:35 Jon Richardson: Nidiot 24:40 24 Hours in Police Custody

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens T.V 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Fatal Fiance 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ancient Mysteries 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 23:00 Gotham 24:00 Up Late with Rylan 24:45 20 Moments

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07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy 24:00 American Dad! 24:30 American Dad!

07:00 Charmed 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Hollyoaks 09:05 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:00 Melissa & Joey 11:30 Melissa & Joey 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Charmed 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Made in Chelsea 23:00 Million Pound Party People 24:05 The Big Bang Theory 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

tuesday 7th June BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 In the Club 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 Thierry Henry: My France, My Euros 24:45 The Truth About

BBC2

07:00 Flog It! Trade Secrets 07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built Britain 09:30 The Extraordinary Collector 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch Unsprung 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 Horizon 23:00 Jack Dee’s Referendum Help Desk 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 American Crime Story 24:55 Horizon

ITV1 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 River Monsters 21:00 Don’t Look Down: Rope Men 22:00 Cameron and Farage Live: The EU Referendum 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:40 ITV News 23:50 You Saw Them Here First 24:55 Columbo: Double Exposure

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars UK 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home 22:00 Cutting Edge 23:00 Lagos to London: Britain’s New Super-Rich 24:05 First Dates

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens T.V 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Rosamunde Pilcher’s Autumn 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK 21:00 The Yorkshire Vet 22:00 Big Brother 24:05 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

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07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 24:20 Family Guy 24:50 American Dad!

07:00 Charmed 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Hollyoaks 09:05 Rules of Engagement 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:00 Melissa & Joey 11:30 Melissa & Joey 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Charmed 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 New Moon 23:35 The Big Bang Theory 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 Tattoo Fixers

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wednesday 8th June BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:30 BBC Regional News 19:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Andrew Neil Interviews: Leave or Remain? 21:00 Lose Weight for Love 22:00 The Big C & Me 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:45 Football Focus 24:30 A Question of Sport

BBC2 07:00 Flog It! Trade Secrets 07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Pressure Pad 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Monkey Planet 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 18:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch Unsprung 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 Versailles 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 American Crime Story 24:55 Horizon

ITV1 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:25 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 22:00 Secrets of Growing Up 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport 24:40 Murder, She Wrote

CHANNEL 4 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars UK 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 21:00 Rescue Dog to Super Dog 22:00 24 Hours in Police Custody 23:00 Power Monkeys 23:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:35 High Class Call Girls

CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Childrens T.V 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Big Brother 14:10 5 News Lunchtime 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Bond of Silence 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 22:00 The Hotel Inspector 23:00 Big Brother 24:05 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Emmerdale 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 The Vampire Diaries 23:55 Family Guy 24:25 Family Guy 24:55 American Dad!

07:00 Charmed 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Hollyoaks 09:05 Rules of Engagement 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:00 Melissa & Joey 11:30 Melissa & Joey 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Charmed 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 18:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Jane the Virgin 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Tattoo Fixers 23:00 Supernatural 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

Thursday 9th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 DIY SOS 22:00 New Blood 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 Question Time 24:45 This Week

BBC2

07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Pressure Pad 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Monkey Planet 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 18:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch Unsprung 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 Peaky Blinders 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Top Gear

ITV1 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:25 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 The ITV Referendum Debate 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:50 ITV News 24:00 Central Lobby 24:25 Pop Gold

CHANNEL 4 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars UK 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 21:00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It 22:00 Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital 23:00 Gogglebox 24:05 24 Hours in A&E

CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Childrens T.V 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:45 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Taken Back: Finding Haley 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 On Benefits 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Gold Digger and Proud 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Safeword 23:50 Family Guy 24:50 American Dad!

07:00 Charmed 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Hollyoaks 09:05 Rules of Engagement 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:00 Melissa & Joey 11:30 Melissa & Joey 12:00 Charmed 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Goldbergs 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 New Girl 22:30 Angie Tribeca 23:00 The Windsors 23:30 The IT Crowd 24:00 The IT Crowd 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

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British Soap Awards winners by JAMES MARTIN ITV’s Emmerdale triumphed in the Best British Soap category for the first time in the award show’s 18 year history. Speaking on behalf of the entire cast and crew at the 2016 ceremony, John Middleton - who stars as longstanding character Ashley Thomas - remembered the late actress Shirley Stelfox, who played Edna Birch, as he received the award. He said: “Not only was she wonderfully talented, she was also fiercely proud of the show.” Danny Miller, Emmerdale’s Aaron Livesy, took home a brace of awards, winning Best Actor and Best Male Dramatic Performance in a special night for the Yorkshirebased show. And EastEnders’ actress Lacey Turner, who plays the troubled Stacey Branning, also secured a pair of prizes, securing the Best Actress and Best Female Dramatic Performance awards to the delight of the Eastenders crew. Connor McIntyre, Coronation Street baddie Pat Phelan won the Villain of the Year award while Corrie’s Sally Dynevor and Joe Duttine, couple Sally Webster and Tim Metcalfe, picked up the gong for Best OnScreen Partnership. Steve McFadden, Eastenders’ hard man Phil Mitchell, was honoured with the

Andalucia festival SAN FULGENCIO is staging first ‘Feria Andaluzas’ to offer a traditional taste of southern Spain over the weekend of 10th to 12th June. A varied programme of events includes an appearance of the internationally famous ‘Picadero Candido Pina’ of Redovan and an exhibition of its horses. The event is jointly organised by San Fulgencio Town Hall and local business association ACESF and features a funfair, food court, handicraft market and a disco. And over the weekend there will be the chance to enjoy Spanish dancers, the horse riding exhibition, choirs, classic cars, and much more. The weekend will end with a free giant paella.

Outstanding Achievement Award after 26 years in the soap. Best British Soap – Emmerdale Best Actor - Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale) Best Actress - Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning, ‘EastEnders’) Villain of the Year - Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan, ‘Coronation Street’) Best Comedy Performance - Patti Clare (Mary Taylor, Coronation Street) Best Newcomer - Bonnie Langford (Carmel Kazemi, EastEnders) Best Storyline - EastEnders, Stacey’s Postpartum Psychosis

Best Single Episode - Doctors, The Heart of England Best Male Dramatic Performance Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale) Best Female Dramatic Performance - Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning, EastEnders) Best On-Screen Partnership - Sally Dynevor and Joe Duttine (Sally Webster and Tim Metcalfe, Coronation Street) Best Young Performance - Ruby O’Donnell (Peri Lomax, Hollyoaks) Scene of the Year - Emmerdale: Val’s death Outstanding Achievement Award (OnScreen) - Steve McFadden, Eastenders

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A Day of Two Halves for SAMM Sailors by patricia thompson Having cancelled the racing on May 22nd due to a Dragon Boat event at CTD the competitors arrived bright and early for the rescheduled racing on May 29th only to find that the wind had decided not to turn up. Despite this seven boats came to the start at 11.15am in the hope that the forecast 8 knots would make a showing. But no, and the first group away, the day boats Conny, Sirocco and Mistral took 5 minutes to drift across the line but, 10 minutes later when the dinghies, Shoestrings Dos, Tres and Quarto plus the diminutive Rosita started there was a zephyr of a breeze from the west. This built to about 8 knots and backed south by the end of the four laps which took around 1 hour 20 minutes to complete. A fine display of sailing by the crew of Conny in such light conditions gave her a win by just 89 seconds. During the break the wind came in with a vengeance, blowing easterly 12 to 15 knots, only to swing back south by the 2.15pm start and gusting even higher, kicking up a short

chop almost 1 meter high. Rosita had wisely decided not to sail and the conditions proved too much for Dos who capsized twice and retired. Tug Wilson and Pat Fleck in Tres were flying round the course and on line for a win when they also went over at the gibe mark on lap five. They were soon up but lost enough time to push them back to last. Mistral also

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retired after lap five. The six laps took on average only 46 minutes to complete. The result, another fine win by Robert Hudson and Terry Cook (who was competing in his first ever SAMM race) on Conny. Next race day June 5th. For more information on SAMM visit the web site at www.sailingmarmenor.com

Due to ill health, the Neil Diamond Tribute has been cancelled at The Club, Quesada on Saturday 4th June. However, the amazing Danny Fisher has stepped up to the plate and will be performing a fabulous Elvis tribute. Tickets are 12 euros per person and to include dinner of chicken in a mushroom sauce or spaghetti bolognese. To book please telephone 966 717 028. This is a fabulous show and not to be missed.

The stage comes to chatters The June meeting of Chatters will include a selection of short humorous monologues and sketches presented by the newly formed Deadwood Stage Company. Open to all this informal Meeting starts at 11am on Wednesday 15th June at the Pasty Shack in Rio Nalon - (near to the Mercadona) - in Los Alcazares. Make a note of the date and come along and enjoy the free refreshments from 10.15 until 10.45, followed by The Deadwood Stage players presentation and perhaps win modest prizes in the Quiz and other games. We are anticipating a substantial attendance so come early to ensure that you can join in, meet old and new friends, and enjoy the performance. Perhaps stay and enjoy a Pasty Shack lunch afterwards. Chatters is sponsored by Help At Home Mar Menor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a local charity offering a little temporary help in their own homes to those in need. We make no charge for any help given and rely solely on Donations and Fundraising. Follow us on Face book, or find out more about who we are and what we do by visiting. www.helpathome.es

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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More about rhythm and vowels

We were talking about the rhythm of words, and how important it is in both English and Spanish. Understanding where the beat goes in a word is so fundamental to communication, that I am always surprised not to hear it mentioned more often. In our own language it is completely unconscious; which is all the more reason why we should pay attention to it when learning another language. We have looked at the three basic rules of word stress in Spanish, which are really straightforward. They mean that we can always be confident in knowing exactly how a Spanish word should sound by the way that it is spelt, and whether it has an accent or not. There is one last matter to deal with before we have the whole picture, and this is slightly more complex, but again completely fixed and regular. The first thing we need to learn is that the five Spanish vowels that we know and love so well, for the purposes of this subject, are divided into “weak” and “strong” vowels. The three strong vowels are A, E, O and the two weak vowels are I and U. If it helps you to remember which one is which, it is connected to the shape of the mouth. A,E and O are sounds made with the mouth wide open, whereas with I and U the mouth is narrower. As you know, many words in Spanish have combinations of vowels in them, possibly even the majority of words. There are many thousands of examples, so here are just three – aceite, puedo, residencia. As you will see, each of these words has a different vowel combination “ei”, “ue”, “ia”. In fact, if you look at any text in Spanish you will find examples of every possible combination of vowels. One or two are less common, and I’ve only ever found one case of “ou” which is “estadounidense” (someone from the United States) which is cheating really as it’s a combination of two words.

lable word.

If you remember the rules of stress we learnt last week, you can work out where the beat goes on each of these words. All three of them fall into the category of words ending in vowels, which have the beat on the last but one syllable. Therefore they sound like this: aCEIte, PUEdo, resiDENcia. In the case of “residencia” you will see that, since “ia” counts as one syllable, the beat goes on the syllable before DEN. If nothing else, this should answer the eternal question – how should we say “farmacia” which is very often mispronounced by English speakers. Since “ia” is only one beat, then it has to be “farMAcia”. When two strong vowels are put together, they count as syllables in their own right - hence, the next time you need the loo in a restaurant you should ask for the asEo, and not the “Asio”, as it is so often mispronounced. Mind you, they always seem to know where you mean for some strange reason. Finally, when the beat does actually fall on the weak vowel in a “weak-strong” combination, this is indicated with an accent: for example “panadería”, the accent making it a five-syllable word. I know I have condensed a lot of information into one article, but the idea is that you spend the rest of the week, or month, or year, testing it out for yourself to see if I am telling you the truth, and if I am, to help it stick in your mind.

Anyway, back to the point. If you look at the three examples “aceite, puedo, residencia” you will see that in each case the combination is of one weak and one strong vowel (ei, ue, ia). When this combination occurs, in whichever order, it is counted as one syllable. Therefore “aceite” is a three syllable word, “puedo” is a two-syllable word and “residencia” is a four-syl-

Crossword solutions for last week Cryptic Solutions

Across: 6 Matches; 7 Bound; 9 Act; 10 Breakdown; 12 Close second; 15 Dance for joy; 17 Stampeded; 19 Tip; 21 Media; 22 Drought. Down: 1 March; 2 Ice; 3 Bear; 4 Conductor; 5 Untwine; 8 Raiser; 11 Blackmail; 13 Soften; 14 Bay-tree; 16 Right; 18 Eire; 20 Cue. QUICK SOLUTION Across: 6 Display; 7 Later; 9 Due; 10 Delivered; 12 Drunkenness; 15 Precipitate; 17 Conscious; 19 Top; 21 Felon; 22 Clarity. Down: 1 Minus; 2 Apt; 3 Rate; 4 Paternity; 5 Release; 8 Bisect; 11 Precision; 13 Napkin; 14 Crooked; 16 Booty; 18 Ugly; 20 Ire.

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Reason to be cheerless1,2,3, (apologies to Ian Dury) by

Chris Ashley

Writer & Broadcaster

RANT # 1 – Am I the only person in the free World that doesn’t get Ant & Dec? Wherever you turn the maniacal munchkins are there getting into places where smoke can’t go. When the phone rings they pick up & the first words they say are “Yeah! We’ll do it.” Methinks,time now to surgically remove them from the collective Windsor backsides & pack ‘em off back to Byker Grove. Rant # 2-why are so many of you in thrall to the Kardashian cult? Even that arch ball breaker, Harriet Harman wittered & no doubt twittered “Kim’s nude selfies are – brave & pioneering.” No they’re not, they are tacky. For the sake of research & to protect you my chaste reader from an attack of the vapours, I perused the dodgy home made video she filmed cavorting with a thug rapper (allegedly the tape was pimped around by her own Mother – classy). Let me tell you it’s about as erotic as roadkill. Yes! yes I know she has 75 million social media acolytes, that’s 25 times more than the population of Armenia, from whence the Kardashian Klan originally came. Rant # 3- actor Tom Conti recently thought the slightly mocking thespian epithet ‘luvvie’ was on a par with the derogatory ethnic slur - n****r. Now I don’t know what colour the sky is on Planet Conti, but I suggest he pops down to Tower Hamlets, a scant few miles from his £17.5m mansion in leafy Hampstead and puts forward his theory to the inhabitants there. Look! I know they are soppy showbiz flibbertigibbets & perhaps we should be aiming the barbs at a more disreputable target like -Tony Blair. The problem is he’s beyond parody as he goes on a Smarm Offensive, pre-empting and trying to soften an imminent severe kicking from the Chilcot Inquiry after a 7 year gestation period - costing the thick end of £9m & running in excess of 2½ million words. The American Declaration Of Independence took 1,340 words, 240 years ago and still, fundamentally, appears to work – whether that will be the case if ‘The Trumpster’ struts his funky hairy stuff into the White House remains to be seen. Right! that’s my own personal rant-a-thon, let there be no more mention of - Ant, Dec, Kim,Tom (say that in the late Burt Kwouk’s voice & it sounds like a tyrannical Asian warlord). AntDecKimTom. However, I am keen on your Silly Pseuds Hit List (Stevenage born Lewis Hamilton’s recently acquired mid – Atlantic accent anyone?). Just email me ; ashleybobble@hotmail.com

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Orange chilli pork chops

Surprise your palette with this playful combination of sweet and heat. It’s so effortless it’s sure to be added to the weeknight rotation. INGREDIENTS 4 pork chops, 1 1/2” thick 2 tsp chili powder 2 tbsp honey 1/2 tsp grated orange peel 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp rosemary 1/2 tsp thyme DIRECTIONS In a bowl, combine honey, seasonings and orange peel; mix well. Spread over one side of pork chops. Place honey-side down on grill over MEDIUM - LOW heat and barbecue 4 - 6 minutes per side, brushing remaining honey mixture over other side of meat.

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Thai-style steamed fish

Serve with Thai jasmine rice for a flavour-packed low-fat meal. Ingredients 2 trout fillets, each weighing about 140g/5oz a small knob of fresh root ginger , peeled and chopped 1 small garlic clove, chopped 1 small red chilli (not birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye), seeded and finely chopped grated zest and juice of 1 lime 3 baby pak choi, each quartered lengthways 2 tbsp soy sauce Method 1. Place the fish fillets side by side on a large square of foil and scatter the ginger, garlic, chilli and lime zest over them. Drizzle the lime juice on top and then scatter the pieces of pak choi around and on top of the fish. Pour the soy sauce over the pak choi and loosely seal the foil to make a package, making sure you leave space at the top for the steam to circulate as the fish cooks.

2. Steam for 15 minutes. (If you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t got a steamer, put the parcel on a heatproof plate over a pan of gently simmering water, cover with a lid and steam.)

Try serving with Thai jasmine rice, and if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some sesame seeds, toast a handful and toss them into the rice just before serving.

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Morocco dominate the Benidorm Rugby Sevens tournament by TONY FOX FOR THOSE who like their rugby fast and furious a sun renched weekend saw a feast of sevens matches to suit all tastes at Vila Joyosa. Finals day on Sunday was climaxed by a superb display from the Moroccan team to win the international team prize beating a select Spanish Team under the Viator (leading suppliers of rugby clothing) banner 29-7. This Morocco team now go on to Rio for the Olympics and we wish them well. In the international plate final La Vila first team beat Moldavia 7-0, however their B team lost to Bearnaise France 7-27 in the clubs cup final.

The Women’s Cup was won by Alicante as was the Clubs Plate Cup. Unfortunately the Italian Old Lemons team when beaten by La Vila in the Club Cup semi- final threw the dummy out of the pram and berated the officials with complaints, one incident in a tournament played in the very best of team spirit. A lighter moment was when the referees transport was wheel clamped on Finals morning in Benidorm and they only just made it for the first match. We must congratulate Ignacio Da Vila and his team who did an excellent job in the organisation of this annual tournament. In their quest for the first Honours Division place CAU

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WE PLAYED a strange game today called “Team Accumulator”, where we were divided into a team of four players, and at each hole the best three net Stableford points scored counted. The greens, although they showed an improvement to last week, were still miserable, but the rest of the course was impeccable We had 41 players today, with three guests, and they were Richard Morris, Jason Webb, and Billy Campbell and all were warmly welcomed by our Captain David O’Connor. The results of the competition were as follows:116 Points :- John Nicol, Martin Gates, Rob Westlands and Dave Collins. 112 Points :- David O,Connor, Angus Muir, Mike Holloway and Paul Trigwell 109 Points :- Danny Herron, David Blakeley, Celia Cronin and Stephen Halstead. Nearest the hole at Hole No 5 with their second shot was Martin Gate with a very long 6.15

Marina Alta golf results MAY 30TH 1st Alan Tissington 37 points 2nd John Gordon with 32 points 3rd Pete Gardiner with 32 points NTP Hole 3 Derek Hall ,Hole 16 Dave Reid One Two this week Anne Kitson May 23rd Result 1st Dave Reid with 34 points 2nd Dave Clark with 31 points 3rd John Foreman with 31 points Our first summer match at La sella on 26th against Montgo was a clean sweep for us four and half to zero. We are a new Society at Oliva Nova and have opened our Books for new members if you on a waiting list with other Societies come and play a round with us for details phone Pete on 699832394

Valencia were beaten in Extra Time by Cajasol Ciencias 48-47 on aggregate. They now have another bite at the cherry playing the bottom team in the first division where a win will see them promoted. Just a reminder that they achieved this by default when La Vila who beat them comprehensively were disqualified on a disputed technicality the result of which should mean a change in the Spanish Rugby Federation rules. Watch this space ! La Vila Club President Jason Craig tells me that La Vila will field their 2016 league winning team next season and hopefully regain their rightful position.

meters, and at Hole No 16 closest to the hole was Peter Rapley with 1.15 meters. The number of “Balls in the Water” was 94, and that was won by Dave Collins, and it was a roll over from last week, so “mucho dinero” for David Collins. There was five 2’s today and they were by John Guest, Paul Trigwell, Mervyn Joseph, Peter Rapley and Mike Cuerden. It has to be noted, that John Nicol in winning the competition with his three other colleagues, collected 43 Stableford Points and he volunteered the Society to cut his handicap, and they cut it by three shots for General Play. Well done John, and that is the spirit of the game in a nutshell. In the Matchplay event Andrew Harrison defeated Terry Langley by 5/4 and John Guest beat Ian Robertson by 2/1 If any member or guest would like to play with the Pego Golf Society, and who wouldn’t, as we are playing a one of our major tournaments next week called The Presidents Cup” Competition” please contact our secretary and send an e-mail to Penny Barden at pegohandicapsec@gmail.com or enter through our website www.pegogolfsociety.com. A warm welcome awaits you.

Thrilling ﬁnals close competition HARD FOUGHT bowls matches brought the 2016 Linea Directa Spanish Championships at the Emerald Isle club to a close.

The finals were staged last Friday and Saturday after using the club’s green for two weeks – the final moments of the tournament seeing the lowering of the flag and playing the Spanish national anthem. On Friday in the Mixed Triples, family team Robert and Grace Cathcart with son Graham from Teide earned a win over San Miguel’s Bob Nesbitt, with Carl and Ann Eagle. Lynn Greenland and Stuart Denholm of San Miguel beat Ann Holland and Keith Phillips from San Luis in the Mixed Pairs. The experienced champions were pre-match favourites on paper but the San Luis pair played some great bowls. Saturday morning brought two San Luis teams together in the Mens Pairs. It was ‘nip and tuck’ as Julian Pering and Paul Parkes played Dave Blackie and Scott Malden but Julian and Paul took a lead midway and held on to take the title. In the Ladies Pairs, Chris Parsons and Lin Miller of San Miguel hung on to a tight lead going into the last end and did enough to beat Peta Rhodes and Carol Broomfield of Quesada, despite losing the stage. Favourite Martin Foulcer of Vistabella met the Emerald Isle’s Frank Close in the final of the Men’s Singles – Martin got off to a storming start and was 10-0 up after four ends and although his opponent fought back, he won 21-17. And in the Ladies Singles, Ann Eagle, the 2007 champion from San Miguel, met Melanie Holland of Quesada – it was the match of the competition and closely fought throughout, Ann winning 21-19.

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Alfaz fantasy football league by patricia thompson Manchester United’s 2-1 victory after extra time against Crystal Palace in the F.A.Cup Final brought the curtain down on another exciting Season of the Alfaz Fantasy Football League. Congratulations go out to our overall Champion Joe whose team Keith Lard F.C. won the 22nd A.F.F.L. by the largest margin ever of 107 points. Our other major winners were Ian’s team Tasty Toffees who beat Parky’s Players by a comfortable 16 points to lift our RTN F.A.Cup League. Jeanette’s team Jin’s Dream Team beat Dazza’s team The Pheonix Club in the Final of our RTN K.O.Cup Competition to become our 4th Lady Manager to win this Trophy.I must mention that she won the A.F.F.L. in 2005 Season so she is no stranger to winning Trophies in the Fantasy. James’s Jukeboxers became only the 3rd team to win our prestigious Leonard Knowles Construction Golden Boot League when his team just pipped David’s Pearson’s Smashers courtesy of Wayne Rooney’s goal against Bournemouth in the last week of the Season. Maxine’s team Plaistow13hammers finished up winning our Mark Carter Ladies Section with a 88 point advantage over Debbie’s Foxy Filberts who is still celebrating Leicester City Fantasy Premier League win! Nathan’s Tyrannosuarez-Rex lifted our U.K.T.V.SPAIN Junior League Trophy when they came on strong towards the end of the Season which left Super Rhys 19 points behind. It’s great to see all the trophies being shared out between 6 teams which goes to show everybody has a chance of winning something right up to the end of the Season. The highest score of the Season went Tracey’s Flyers who rattled up 107 points in week 24 while at the other end of the scale the lowest score of the Season went to Anne’s team Bolton Wanderers who some how managed a remarkable minus 10 1st week of the Fantasy. 3 Wooden Spoons went to Lyn’s Handbrake City while Bradley’s team Hero to Zero(Junior League)and Penny’s Penz Zephyers(F.A.Cup League) picked up the other 2. Top performers in this Season’s Fantasy League are as follows,in goal no surprise there with Manchester United’s David de Gea scoring 108 points,6 more than Arsenal’s Peta Cech. Only 1 Manager selected the Spanish keeper mainly because everybody though he would be going to Real Madrid. The Two Arsenal full-backs Bellerin(135) & Monreal(119) were the top Defenders in the Fantasy while in the Golden Boot League Sunderland’s van Aanholt(60 points) & Palace’s Dann(50) were the top scorers. In Mid-Field West Ham’s Payet had a great 1st Season scoring 167 Fantasy points which was 10 more than the other Player who had a smashing Season Leicester City’s Mahrez. Up Front the Fox in the Box Jamie Vardy was last Seasons top Fantasy Player with a tally of 210 points just beating Spur’s ace marksman Harry Kane who clocked up 204 points. Harry Kane & Sergio Aguero were joint top scorers in the Golden Boot League both on 125 points. Thanks once again for playing the 22nd A.F.F.L. and we hope to be back in early July after our Presentation with a brand new Season coming up involving Manchester City’s Pepe Guardiola & Jose Mourinio going head to head.Don’t forget to keep an eye on this Newspaper for all the details.

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How to negotiate roundabouts IF YOU are unsure about the correct way to negotiate roundabouts, here are some simple rules to help you enter and exit roundabouts safely and in the right lane. APPROACHING ROUNDABOUTS It’s important to remember to give way to traffic already on the roundabout. If the roundabout is outside urban areas of towns or cities, keep right. If the roundabout is in a built-up area inside a town or city and the lanes are clearly marked, you should use the lane that best corresponds to the exit you need to take. LEAVING ROUNDABOUTS This causes the most confusion amongst drivers. Which lane to choose? Why do I get beeped at if I’m in the right lane? Drivers must exit roundabouts from the right hand lane, because the only way to leave the roundabout is by turning right. This doesn’t mean we always have to enter the roundabout from the right hand lane. It depends on the exit we need to take. However this simple rule, in practice, can be more complex. Let us see some examples. 1st EXIT RIGHT Enter roundabout keeping to right hand side lane. Stay in lane until exit is reached. Indicate and exit roundabout. CONTINUING STRAIGHT ON (e.g. 2nd EXIT STRAIGHT AHEAD) Enter roundabout keeping to right hand side lane. Stay in lane until exit is reached. Indicate prior to exit and leave roundabout. TURNING LEFT OR CHANGING DIRECTION (e.g. 3rd OR FINAL EXIT) Enter roundabout keeping to left hand side lane. Stay in lane until you have passed the exit before your turn off, then change lane by indicating right and giving other road users sufficient time to anticipate your manoeuvre. Don’t forget that drivers circulating in the outside lanes have priority, so use your mirrors to ensure you are not blocking them as you change lanes. We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902 123 148 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

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