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Fury at tax bill Friday, June 17 - Thursday, June 23 2016

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ANGRY COUPLE Richard and Pauline Pope are fi ghting a shock 10,000€ tax demand after being forced to surrender their home to the bank. by JACK TROUGHTON

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UNABLE TO pay a large mortgage when Ritchie gave up work to care for Pauline as she successfully battled cancer; they took the bank’s advice and handed the keys back and now rent the Costa Blanca property. However, despite both now working, they still struggle to make ends meet and were disgusted when a letter from SUMA dropped onto the doormat. “Our main gripe is after we handed the keys back, we had this letter from the taxman telling us we owed 10,000€ - that’s apparently because the house has changed hands – but we never got a dime,” he said. “If I had that sort of money, the bank

would not have our house; and certainly no money has changed hands – where do they think I would suddenly get 10 grand from? I have been going to the bank for months saying we have no money...it’s staggering.” Benidorm advice company Alba Consultas is acting for the Popes and negotiating with La Caixa Bank and SUMA – attempting to get the tax offi ce to deal with the bank. “We were trying to do this to attempt to get some money behind us,” added Ritchie. “But all it is doing is costing us more money. Continued on page 5.

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A word from JT THE HORSES are finally out on the track, it’s the final week of the run into the EU referendum but neither nags – that’s the Cameron Kidz and the Boris Boyz (please note the modern spellings) – can be seen as seasoned thoroughbreds as they come under starter’s orders. All and sundry amongst our excitable elected representatives seem to have taken up the colours of one jockey or the other, some have certainly switched during the Brexit campaigning, and the bookies are constantly swapping the odds for ‘leave’ or ‘remain’. Record numbers of expats have registered to vote, putting their money on one side or the other; those barred by broken promises to get a voice, rightly feel shortchanged. Anyone wanting to hear a grownup debate must also be a little peeved at arguments that appear to have been thought up in a public school tuck shop queue. Where were the facts from either side allowing voters an informed choice? Instead, juvenile mud-slinging appears to be the way of things in a suited and booted TV drama – packed with sad clichés - that has had viewers searching for the remote...the great British press has not helped matters either. A famous citizen of the United States of America, a fan of the ‘special relationship’, suggested (as a jape?) the UK signs up to become another a significant part of the stars and stripes. What a great idea (not). We would then be making a choice between Ms Clinton and Mr Trump in a kindergarten lottery.

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Benidorm battles to take control THE TOWN of Benidorm has seen a growing number of residents and holidaymakers, both Spanish and British, speaking out over concerns for their safety when visiting the resort. by Caroline Tyszka Such is the gravity of the situation one independent Spanish online media source, interviu.es, has published information pertaining to eleven police officers who are now under investigation, for amongst other things the attack on a bouncer in April this year. Costi Guduleasa, a Romanian doorman, has spoken out about his treatment by several police officers following his very public arrest, stating that even though he was handcuffed and on the ground he was kicked in the face, resulting in severe bruising and the loss of his job. The online publication along with other respectable Spanish organisations have united and announced a petition which they would give to the town hall, demanding that crime and corruption in the town is dealt with. The petition which details the group’s love of Benidorm and passion to stop the resort becoming another Magaluf would be passed to the Ministry of Interior if no action was taken. IMMEDIATELY following the Interviu article the town hall announced that they had planned to increase security patrols for the area following the rise in recent altercations. At the Local Government Board meeting held at the end of last week attendees were quick to assert that they had already made plans to reinforce security in the resort prior to the recent negative press – locally, nationally and internationally. The “guri zone,” as it is known locally, the main focus for the additional patrols, covers from Avenida Murcia to Avenida Philippines and includes streets such as Gerona, Lepanto and Ibiza. It has been reported that the local safety board has put the focus of the increasingly violent incidents on the nightclub bouncers rather than a lack of law enforcement, with one report in the last week saying that three doormen from the English square had been arrested for the attempted murder of another doorman. The victim, who was working for a recognised security company, felt that he had been targeted because he was interfering with their drug dealing since he had replaced one of their colleagues. In addition, the plans for a new SATE office in the Rincon area, which will be a police checkpoint and tourist office, have suddenly been given the green light – despite being promised a few years ago and rumoured last month to have again been put on the back burner. The councillors also discussed problems such as the “pea men” and prostitution with the aim of increased patrols, both on foot and in vehicles, hopefully making visitors to the town feel safer.

SATE office reopens in La Cala de Finestrat THE SERVICE for Foreign Tourist Assistance (SATE) office has reopened for the summer at the La Cala beach area of Finestrat. The office, which will be open until September 30th 2016, is run jointly between the Guardia Civil and the local police officers and is situated on Avenida de Finestrat nº8. In its third year SATE is a service dedicated to foreigners and provided in several languages. The office helps those who need to report stolen or lost credit cards, passports and communicate with embassies’ and consulates. They also assist victims of crime, making denuncias and ensuring that the processes are made as easy as possible.

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Destiny calling

BRITISH VOTERS go to the polls next Thursday to finally have their say in the historic EU Referendum; deciding whether the UK remains part of the European Union. by Jack Troughton For weeks the ‘remain’ and ‘leave’ campaigns have been putting forward their case in the ‘Brexit’ ballot but on 23rd June, destiny is in the hands of those entitled to vote. And this week, RTN chatted with two expats over their views; for and against the EU. Jacqui Cotterill lives in Parcent and Lorna Ainsworth in Javea. Both have followed the debate but represent the different sides. Jacqui does not have a vote under the controversial 15-year rule – she believes all British citizens should have a voice in the referendum and UK general elections – but backs ‘remain’. “Firstly, because I believe it is best for Britain. I would worry about the effect on the economy, long and short term, and the effect on security and peace,” she said. “I believe it is better to work together with your neighbours around the table rather than isolate yourself from them. “I think the EU has guaranteed many of the civic and environmental rights we now take for granted and which could be threatened without those guarantees.” Jacqui, Deputy Mayor of Parcent, said she is both British and a part of Europe. “As a long term resident in Spain, I want to remain because I feel a part of Europe; I am a British citizen integrated with Spanish neighbours and welcomed as a European...I don’t want to go back to being a foreigner.” And she said an ‘out’ vote would cause massive uncertainty over such things as health care, pensions, work permits and taxes and believed a reformed EU is the way forward. PEACE Jacqui said remaining in Europe gave access to a market 500 million people and living in peace with neighbours; celebrating a cultural integration – and believes many EU migrants were just ‘transient’ as they worked in the UK but would later move back to their home countries. “For me, Great Britain means a country and people who look outwards, influencing the world with our democracy and traditions and I hope we continue to do so.” However, Lorna thinks Britain would be better standing alone and after a brief shallow recession would prosper, while being able to stop mass migration, adding: “There was just too many people all at once; putting a strain on things like the NHS and schools.” She used to work as a health professional and said leaving the EU would be a positive step and enhance her role in the world. “From my research, there’s nothing to prevent the UK from being a successful nation without Europe; we have done it before,” said Lorna. “I have a friend working as a lawyer with the European Commission. His advice was to ‘get out as quickly as possible’.” And she believes nothing will happen to effect expats for at least two years as governments make representations about its citizens. “People talk about EU reform. They cannot do it unless they break it up and start again...the Eurozone is bust and it needs complete reform...the whole emphasis is on a Federal Europe,” she said. “Europe has done nothing over the last 48 years to rectify its faults and we are the leading democracy in the world – we don’t need Mrs Merkel and Germany’s woeful lack of democracy. “No matter what happens, the EU will not stop trading with the UK and we will not lose our cultural ties.”

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE EMBARGO “And now our bank account has been embargoed by SUMA, not that there is a lot in there, but they are stopping me use the account to pay things like the electricity bill. I have to pay bills through our advisors. “It is absolutely incredible they can do this to you. I had paid the mortgage for nine years – and they want 10,000€ for the pleasure of it all...and then they embargo your account so you cannot get the money to buy food or pay bills, or anything.” Ritchie and Pauline moved to Spain in 2004 with daughter Jessica, now 18. Sadly, they lost nearly 90,000€ after investing in an ‘offplan’ home in Alcalali. “The building never went ahead and I was robbed of the money.” The builder was later jailed for his part in a scam that cost victims in the around 10 million Euros. The Popes moved to an apartment in Polop, and towards the end of 2006 bought their home in La Nucia – the property bubble was still to burst, and they paid 315,000€. Ritchie said they were able to put down 80,000€ and took on a large mortgage to secure the property. “And literally three months later we were hit by the biggest recession so far on

record – everything went wrong; I couldn’t find work here, I am a builder, a roofer by trade,” he said. INTEREST He started travelling back to the Isle of Man to work, staying a fortnight at a time and living in a caravan to save to pay the bank loan. La Caixa did attempt to help by changing the mortgage to an ‘interest only’ advance for a time. However, disaster struck in March 2014. Pauline was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery at Villajoyosa hospital before six gruelling months of radio and chemotherapy. Ritchie could no longer return to the UK to work and again went to the bank for advice and was told the best thing was for the house to be repossessed and the family rent the home at a reduced rate. “We were in a desperate situation and all our money had gone,” he said. “In the circumstances, and trying to keep mind and soul together and look after my wife and daughter, I decided the best thing was to hand the house back and rent it.” After ‘fantastic” treatment but still going back for three monthly checks, Pauline has remained free of the disease and is currently working part time – Ritchie works as a DJ in a Benidorm bar and Jessica is chipping in when she can as she finishes final exams. “We have got through all the illness and come through to the other side – I know Pauline is getting stronger – but suddenly we are hit with this tax bill,” said Richie. “You throw the dice and think nothing can get worse...but it can. Just how much can one family take?”

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CARTOONIST CARTER McKeague was suddenly taken ill last weekend and both RTN and its readers wish him a swift recovery. Carter’s pictures and the genuine warmth of his take on the world have struck a chord with people over the years – his cartoons have even become teaching aids with English students along the coast. “He is a genuine talent and much-loved by a growing number of fans who appreciate his eye for detail and sense of humour,” said RTN’s Editor Jack Troughton. “He has the ability to make sometimes complex issues fun. “We all hope he is soon back at the drawing board and underlining the absurd nature of the world at large. In the meantime, we all want to send Carter and his wife Mirella our best wishes.”

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Help for Heroes fundraiser ALFAZ DEL PI was alive with fun and games during the week as expats gathered to raise funds for the Help for Heroes charity. by CAROLINE TYSZKA EASY CONSULTING SL and their team of workers organised the fun evening on Wednesday which included a mini assault course, buff et – donated by local businesses – and a raffl e with the main prize being a three day spa break. Joining the fundraisers were two veteran families who are holidaying in the area thanks to the generosity of many locals. Michael Dekeyser, who severed in Afghanistan, with his wife Emma-Louise and children Sophie aged 4 and Poppy aged 2, are staying in La Nucia thanks to the generosity of local businessman Mike Ciccotosto of Mikes Watch Repairs, and his wife Linda along with Easy Consulting and many other benefactors including Jackie Harrison-Knapp. Michael, from Royton, said: “everyone has been amazing, we have been treated to local theme parks and been able to enjoy time as a family, I cannot thank the expat community enough for everything they have done.” The second family, from London, were Caleta Cunningham, her partner and family who are staying in La Cala thanks to a generous local expat. Caleta served Iraq as a medic and her partner is currently serving as a physical instructor. “This is my ﬁrst time in Spain,” she said, “it has been wonderful, we have been made to feel so welcome and we just want to say such a huge thank you to the person who donated their apartment for us to stay in.” Even the arrival of the local police did not dampen the spirits of everyone as Easy Consulting employee Jason took the raffl e draw inside.The expat community, too many unfortunately to individually mention, created an extremely fun evening and RTN were delighted to have been invited to enjoy the worthwhile charity event.

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Pensioner drowns in Marbella by Caroline Tyszka

A BRITISH pensioner has drowned in what appears to be a tragic accident, whilst on holiday in the Costa del Sol. Jeffrey Dobson, aged 76, was discovered floating in the sea close to the celebrity Marbella Ocean Club, his wife was on the beach at the time. One eyewitness said that they believed Mr Dobson had been floating in the water for a short time before anyone realised that something was wrong. He was pulled from the water as paramedics and police officers attempted to revive him but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The couple were believed to be staying at a villa near to the Ocean Club when they took time out at the nearby beach to enjoy the warmer weather. The location, and particularly the club is very popular with Premier League footballers and reality TV stars.

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Costa Blanca’s Agadoo singer’s benefi t fraud by CAROLINE TYSZKA THE COSTA Blanca’s Agadoo singer, Dene Michael appeared in a Leeds court at the beginning of the week charged with benefi t fraud. The Black Lace frontman, full name Dene Michael Betteridge and his wife, Karen, had pleaded guilty for claiming over £25,000 in disability benefi ts and other allowances, despite the singer still publically performing. Appearing at Leeds Crown Court, on Monday 13th June, the couple were due to be sentenced but the case had to be adjourned until June 27th. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) said Betteridge and his wife admitted benefi t fraud off ences at a previous hearing at Leeds Magistrates’ Court, having claimed £11,579.66 in Disability Living Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance and £13,667 in Council Tax and Housing Benefi t, they said. Investigators found that whilst claiming he could not leave his house without the assistance of walking sticks or an electric scooter the singer was openly performing without such aids. Dene met his wife Karen whilst he was performing on the Benidorm circuit in 2009.

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Orlando shooter was known to the FBI OMAR MATEEN who killed at least 50 people and left 53 others injured in Orlando was known to the FBI. by Caroline Tyszka Omar Mateen called 911 last Sunday morning minutes before he walked into a gay nightclub in Florida and opened fire on his innocent victims. Swearing his allegiance to Islamic State the gunman had sat quietly with the other patrons of the Pulse nightclub before calmly getting up and shooting them one by one. Eyewitnesses reported that Mateen picked out those who were pretending to be dead, and then proceeded to shoot them before moving on to his next victim. Omar had been on the FBI watch list until recently when it was decided that he was not considered a threat. Just days after this decision he was able to purchase an assault rifle and handgun. Mateen was shot dead as officers stormed the club in an attempt to release several hostages. Seddique Mir Mateeen said that he did not believe this was a terror attack but more lightly to have been a homophobic incident triggered by the sight of a gay couple kissing in Miami. “He saw two men kissing each other in front of his wife and kid and he got very angry,” he said. Federal investigators digging for clues in the Orlando nightclub massacre are zeroing in on Noor Salman, his widow, about if in fact her husband was gay, as he had visited the club several times, and what she knew of his plans. The US attorney plans to bring evidence before a federal grand jury following Salman giving conflicting statements about what she knew of her husband’s intentions in the hours before the attack.

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More arrested in criminal drug gang by Caroline Tyszka GUARDIA CIVIL officers seized almost three tons of hashish which was ready to be distributed throughout Spain and France. Seventeen people were arrested under operation MOUNTED II/TRUCE which was established over eight months ago to dismantle criminal organisations dedicated to drug trafficking nationally and internationally. The gang, who were operating in Cadiz, Seville, Madrid and Zaragoza comprised of twelve Spanish nationals, three Moroccans and two Gibraltarians. Police searched several properties during the operation and seized 2,446 kg of hashish, firearms, vehicles and cash. Following the initial reporting of the operation additional investigations by the Guardia Civil found that the hashish was being brought from Morocco to Cadiz by boat where it was then distributed to Navalcarnero, near Madrid, as well as Zaragoza. Officers in Cadiz were able to seize another shipment of hashish when they intercepted one of the inflatable boats being taken from the water by a tractor.

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Bomber Command’s 80th anniversary

THE AIRCREW Association Costa Blanca held a special lunch to mark the founding of Bomber Command in 1936. by Jack Troughton The association has five former members of the command which controlled the RAF’s bomber forces until 1968 – and two were present at the celebration at the Cumbre Restaurant. Charles Gallagher, who survived active service flying Halifax aircraft during World War Two, and John Othen, who served with Bomber Command after the War. Many other former members also served with Bomber Command and a number of their widows were also present at the meal. During WW2, 125,000 aircrew served on bomber; of these 55,573 were killed, 44%, and a further 8,403 were wounded,

and 9,838 became Prisoners of War. O those who lost their lives, 72% were British, 18% Canadian, 7% Australian and 3% New Zealanders. At the lunch, Chairman Max Maxwell welcomed people to the celebration and Vice Life President Peter Langley recited a poem he composed for the occasion, while Honorary Chaplain Father Marcus Ronchetti said Grace. One of the raffle prizes attracting particular interest was donated by John Power; it was a montage of photographs of the RAF Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park – and appropriately won by Secretary John Othen. Antone interested in joining the association can contact the secretary on 96 640 4123.

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White water BRAVE MEMBERS of U3A Marina Baixa enjoyed a thrilling river rafting trip down the Rio Seguro last Friday. Armed with a life jacket, helmet and oar each, 45 members clambered into rafts and negotiated rapids and exciting water fights – some even risking a swim in the fast flowing river.

Red, white and blue THE ‘RED, White and Blue Street Party’ staged by U3A Marina Baixa to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday was a huge hit. Held in the garden of Treasurer Maureen Barrett and her husband John, the area was adorned with bunting and tables were covered with Union Jack table cloths. And 93 members enjoyed a traditional ‘sausage and mash’ meal before being honoured to meet members of the Royal Family.

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Russia congratulates their football hooligans A RUSSIAN MP has been reported as openly encouraging his nation’s football fans to “keep it up” following the shocking violent scenes between Russia and England supporters at Saturday night’s match, a situation that has not improved during the week. by Caroline Tyszka Igor Lebedev, who is also an executive member of the country’s football union took to twitter and posted, “I don’t see anything wrong with the fans fighting. Quite the opposite, well done lads, keep it up!” As the week has progressed fears that the two groups of fans would clash again became a reality although to

a minor extent and police in Lille attempted to curtail a concerning situation on Wednesday evening. English supporters had gathered in their hundreds and become rowdy with flares being released and a naked man climbing a lamp post. At this point the riot police moved in and, along with British Police, attempted to disperse the crowd. Tear gas, pepper spray and batons were used on the fans several times as 16 people were taken to hospital. At least 36 people

were arrested. UEFA has warned Russia and England that they could face disqualification if there is further violence. Three thousand England fans were handed banning orders preventing their travel to France due to previous offences, while French authorities said only 30 Russian supporters were barred from travelling. Half a million fans from the UK are thought to be at the tournament.

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Poniente beach Olympic lanes by Caroline Tyszka BENIDORM’S PONIENTE beach now has two swimming lanes, both 50 metres long, the equivalent of two Olympic sized swimming pools. The areas, which are marked by buoys, are to enable keen open water swimmers the opportunity to safely enjoy their sport. Ana Pelicar, Councillor for Sports, told

reporters on Monday that the area in front of the Elche Park had been chosen as it offered “the most protection from the wind.” Several local swimming clubs participated in using the lanes which will remain open throughout the summer months. One of the swimmers, Gabriel Ruiz, said that “we wanted to have a secure area to swim without worrying about jet skis, boats and water ski’s, having the buoys’ offers us this safety.”

Evening markets

The popular Farmers Market in Jalon switches to being an evening event next month running from 6pm to 10pm on Saturday 2nd July. The main square by the church will be home to more than 40 stalls selling a huge range of produce and crafts – with the traditional Spanish ‘coca’ and wine tasting at its heart. And during the summer the market will be staged twice a month; the next is 16th July, followed by the 4th and 20th August.

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Dealz cut the ribbon to their value store RTN were delighted to be invited to the inauguration of the new Dealz store at the La Marina shopping centre in Finestrat last week. by Caroline Tyszka

DIXIE JUMBLE – a Valencia-based three piece – is the special guest at the Season Finale of the Costa Blanca Blues series of matinee concerts on Sunday (19th June).

Shoppers had been emptying the shelves throughout the day on Thursday 9th June - opening day – and as the official inauguration took place later, at 7 pm, the store was still full of “Poundland” fans. Local dignitaries in attendance were Juan Francisco Pérez, mayor for Finestrat, Dolores Viudes Councillor for Commerce and Victoria Curtis, Councillor for foreign residents. They were joined by Pavan Riyat-Ward the Poundland Marketing Controller from the UK, Álvaro Villamizar the Dealz Executive Director for Spain and Laura Rodríguez, Communications Manager. Pavan told the RTN: “We are delighted with the response that we have had since the opening of our first store in Torremolinos in 2014. When we then opened a shop in Madrid we were pleasantly surprised that a lot of our customers were Spanish, with the concept of having one fixed price appealing to them. We aim to give a better shopping experience than most expect from a discount retailer.” “The response that the RTN has had through their Facebook page, website and printed edition has been wonderful,” she said.

U3A meeting THE NEXT meeting of U3A Moraira Teulada is on Monday 4th July at Salon SL, Avenida Mediterraneo, Teulada.

Grand finale for blues fans

Alvaro Villamizar first brought the Poundland concept under the name of Dealz to Spain two years ago. Speaking of the success he told RTN: “When we started this adventure two years ago our target was to open ten stores in two years, and yet here we are having reached that target in just half of the time.” “We are the first to bring the idea of fixed pricing to the Spanish,” he said, “offering top brands at amazing value.” Over 60 million British people visit Spain every year, Alvaro explained, and the Dealz concept matched both Spanish and British people because of the fixed prices. The new store employs 30 local people who speak English as well as Spanish.

The doors open at 9.30am and the meeting proper starts an hour later; providing an opportunity to renew memberships, join groups and discover more about the association’s travel and cultural events. Unfortunately there will be no guest

speaker. Geoff Wingfield an ex-marine, whose talk was to be titled, ‘An interview with a Close Protection Officer’, has been forced to cancel. For further information, please go to our website www.u3amoraira-teulada.org.

The Sunday socials at the Bar Mediterraneo in Teulada are popular with music fans; and the band is billed as “a charming and swooning traditional American musical trio”. Dixie Jumble celebrates all of the romance and adventure found in blues, ragtime, jazz and swing music. The fun starts at 2pm and entrance is by 10€ donation. Book online at www.CBBlues.com or call 648 156 066.

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Heads above water

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SPECIALIST ROYAL Navy mine clearance divers Peter Gallant and Robin ‘Harry’ Neave enjoyed meeting on dry land to a rare catch up. by JACK TROUGHTON Both served in a naval diving team based at Portland Harbour in Dorset in 1963 – Peter now lives in Jalon and Harry in Melbourne. However, with Harry visiting family in Spain, there was an opportunity for the former comrades to meet. Both were trained in bomb and mine disposal – dealing with suspect devices washed up on the coast or

caught in fishing nets, as well as other underwater duties. When ships visited Portland, their team would attach dummy limpet mines to hulls to help train the crew’s own divers in the art of searching for explosive devices after dark. After the Dorset posting, Peter went to the Far East to help clear Japanese munitions dumped in the sea between Singapore and Malaya at

the end of WW2, Harry was stationed in Malta dealing with unexploded bombs in the waters around the Mediterranean island during the war. And following their Navy service, Harry worked for a diving company recovering gold bullion from the wreck of HMS Edinburgh sunk on its voyage to Russia; Peter dived for oil companies operating around the world.

Toast to her Majesty By Jack Troughton MEMBERS OF the Javea Branch of the Royal British Legion toasted the 90th Birthday of Queen Eliza-

beth II at a sunshine-filled garden party. Sangria and Pimms were the drinks of the day, with a buffet and desserts contributed by members and friends. Hilda and Dick Morley hosted the event at their home and the garden was decorated in red, white and blue by the couple, with daughter Alison and grand-daughter Sarah – Dick and Hilda also donned masks to become the Queen and Prince Philip.

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Oil slick clears beach BATHERS AT an Alicante beach were ordered to leave the water at the weekend following a small oil spillage. by Caroline Tyszka

The ship, out at sea off the San Juan beach, spilt a small amount of oil on Sunday evening around 7 pm. Coastguards immediately reacted by hoisting the red flags and, as a matter of precaution, swimmers were told to return to the beach area. Authorities reported that the swift action had resulted in bathers being unaffected health wise by this minor incident.

Blues and BBQ

BIG JACK’s Rhythm and Bluesband stoke up the heat at Hotel El Bichet on Almadrava Beach, Els Poblets on Sunday (19th June). Barbeque food is available from 1pm – call 96 647 4533 for a reservation – and the new look band will play with three different singers to create a party atmosphere.

New antenna cuts El Campello costs EL CAMPELLO council has installed a new telecommunications antenna which enables live transmissions from various public buildings. The new installation will send images to the local police via video surveillance cameras, which up until recently has been done by a private company. Situated in the town hall the new antenna uses wireless to send the live information from parking del Furs, Casa del Cultura, the El Vincle sports facility, the town hall and also tourist offices to surveillance officers, it also has the benefit of allowing voice communications between the sites.

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Pistorius sentencing by Caroline Tyszka THE ATHELETE Oscar Pistorius’s sentencing hearing began this week with the judge announcing on Wednesday that he will deliver a considered sentence on 6th July. Judge Thozokile Masipa’s decision at a courthouse in Pretoria followed a three-day court hearing broadcast around the world. The former Paralympian was accused of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in February 2013 and was initially found guilty of culpable homicide, serving a year of a five year sentence in prison before being released under house arrest. In December 2015, the prosecution had the judgement overturned in South Africa’s Supreme Court and Pistorius was found guilty of murder. And this week, the court heard from a physiologist who monitored Pistorius during his trial and before sentencing. He described the defendant as being “anxious and depressed.” The defence team argued that his disability, both his legs were amputated as a young boy, and the time he had already served in jail should be taken as mitigating factors – deserving leniency. In an emotional impact statement by Ree-

va’s father said that whilst he had forgiven Pistorius, he must be punished. However, facing up to 15 years in prison, the athlete

was said to be too mentally ill to speak; despite him having given an interview at the beginning of the week.

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Protecting the Puig Campana

THE MAYOR of Finestrat has called on the regional government to help the town protect the Puig Campana. Juan Francisco Perez has requested the assistance claiming that the town council are the only ones who clean the area, of which 80% comes under the Finestrat boundaries, which has been damaged by several fires and attacked by a plague of pine beetles. The Tomicus piniperda (common pine shoot beetle) is a bark beetle native throughout Europe, and is one of the most destructive shootfeeding species. Mr Perez has reportedly criticised the authorities saying that he did not believe they had addressed the beetle problem adequately this year, considering that a plague in Valencia a couple of years ago destroyed a large quantity of pines making them more susceptible to fire it was vital that this insect be kept under control. The Ministry of Environment has responded and said that the Puig Campana “had no major problems” with this insect and that general measures have been put in place, although they were not specific as to what these were.

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Promising figures for Terra Mitica hotel THE NEW Grand Luxor hotel, situated at the Terra Mitica theme park in Benidorm, is due to open at the beginning of July and already has an estimated 80% of its rooms booked. by Caroline Tyszka The 300 room hotel will be opening in two phases, the first will see 216 rooms available, although 170 have already been reserved, with the remaining rooms being made available shortly after. Situated near the Egyptian area of the theme park, the four star hotel is now being furnished and the 150 staff are currently being selected.

Direct bus link moves closer

THE DIRECT bus link from Benidorm to the train station in Alicante has moved one step closer to reality with three route stops being announced. Buses will pick up from Avenida Jaime I, Europa and the bus station in Benidorm before heading off to Alicante. Whilst the official start date for the new service has not been established it is hoped that by the end of June the buses will be running, making it easier for travellers to move around the region and further afield. Officials at the town hall in Benidorm say that Jaime I may have two stops and that specially designed bus stops, which will clearly identifiable, will be erected at no cost to the public â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as the concessionaire will be required to pay for the street furniture.

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Politics and war Hot gossip MEMBERS OF U3A Vall del Pop were fascinated by guest speaker Alan Oliver’s insight into the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War. by Jack Troughton Using slides and video clips, he revealed how complex the situation was between 1930 and 1939, with different factions struggling for power. In 1930, the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera collapsed, King Alfonso XIII abdicated and the Second Republic was established - the coalition governments that were elected became increasingly unstable and finally left wing. A coup by the fascist Generals in July 1936 followed, which initially, appeared to be only partially successful. However, with the help of German and Italian forces and after nearly three years of conflict – and despite the assistance given to the government by the Soviet Union - the rebels (Nationalists) achieved victory on 1st April 1939. The war, and the appalling genocide, proved to be a rehearsal for World War 2 and all its horrors.

HELP’S summer night

JALON VALLEY HELP is staging its first of two night markets in Alcalali on Friday 1st July from 7pm. Stalls will line the main street, especially lit with ‘fiesta’ lighting and there will be a variety of stalls selling handmade and gift items, local produce and other food stuffs. In addition live entertainment will create a party atmosphere in this delightful and historic village. Please come along to support the event as it promises to be a fantastic evening for all; or to book at pitch, contact jvhevents@hotmail.com or telephone 635 873 133.

Javea U3A’s Discussion Group gets to grips with two hot topics at its next meeting on Friday 1st July – ‘the results and implications of the UK referendum on staying or leaving the European Union’ and ‘the results and implications of the Spanish General Election’. Members are invited to join the discussion from 4pm to 6pm on the first floor of the Social centre in Javea Old Town. Group member Felicity Arnot said: “These affect everyone living either here or in the UK. Don’t be shy - you may wish to join in or just listen. All viewpoints are equally valid. We look forward to a lively debate.” For further details, see the website at www.u3ajavea. org and contact Discussion Group leader Christine English.

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Toddler snatched by Alligator Spanish rescue

A TWO year old boy was snatched by an alligator hundreds of migrants at the Florida Disney resort earlier this week.

THE GUARDIA Civil have rescued 714 immigrants in Italian territorial waters. Under operation FRONTEX the Rio Segura ship which is currently deployed in the Mediterranean has conducted two rescue operations in the past two weeks. The first rescue which took place on 4th June saw 392 people being saved from a drifting fishing boat and then more recently, on June 12th, a further 332 migrants were picked from the waters. The 380 men, 195 women and 139 children – including two babies – were given food and water in addition to being checked by a doctor. Generally they were all found to be well although the mother of one of the babies, which was born a sea, was airlifted to a local hospital suffering from low blood pressure. Since May the Spanish authorities have assisted in rescuing 1,559 immigrants in eight operations that have seen eight Egyptians being charged with human trafficking.

Recovery teams searching a lake near Florida’s Magic Kingdom Park after the animal dragged Lane Graves into a manmade lagoon late on Tuesday evening. The toddler was paddling in a foot of water on a beach beside the Seven Seas Lagoon when the animal attacked and dragged him away. Jerry Demings, Orange County Sheriff said: “The father was nearby and the alligator came up and attacked. The father struggled and tried to get his son but was not successful and he alerted others nearby to assist him.” On Wednesday Lane’s body was recovered, intact not far from where he had been grabbed. Demings said: “His body only had a few puncture wounds, it is more than likely that he drowned.” The boy’s parents, who are from Elkhorn, Nebraska, were identified as Matt and Melissa Graves. “The Graves family appreciates the support they have received and have asked for privacy as they grieve the loss of their son,” the sheriff’s department said on its Twitter page.

Taser death in Wales

A MAN has died having been Tasered by police in South Wales. The incident occurred in Llanelli late on Tuesday evening, after officers were called by a member of the public who

had become concerned for the man who appeared to be injured, and during contact with the man a Taser was discharged. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have released a

statement which says, “Officers attended and, during engagement with the man, it is understood a Taser was discharged. The man became unresponsive and was subsequently pronounced dead.” The IPCC has begun an independent investigation as the Dyfed-Powys Police confirmed the incident and said that “our thoughts are with the family of the man.”

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Carlos Baos

Mortgage Floor Clauses Beware of “free” or “No Win No Fees” claims. DEAR READERS, In today’s article we would like to warn you of the lack of information or misinformation that some companies and professionals are giving those affected by mortgage floor rate interest clauses, mainly in relation to claims known as “no win no fee”, or “if you do not get paid, we will not charge you. “ Professionals may offer those affected by floor interest rate clauses to claim on their behalf against the offending banks in front of the courts, stating that they will only charge their fees if the claims are accepted. We understand that this is positive for affected individuals, and indeed, our firm also offers this kind of service. However, whilst it is true that the chances of success may be very high, indeed our firm has successfully claimed in 100% of these cases, legally the client must still be informed that in the unlikely event of losing the court case, they could be sentenced by the court to pay the court costs of the process. This would mean paying the fees of the bank’s lawyer and procurator, as stated on the Article 394.1 of the Spanish Civil Jurisdiction Code, which states: “On the declaratory process, the costs of the first instance will be imposed on the party which all petitions have been rejected, unless the court considers, and give reasons, that the case presented serious legal or fact doubts.” In this regard, we understand that there are some additional legal strategies to minimize the risk of losing the legal proceedings and being asked by the court to pay the legal costs of the other party, for example: in addition to claiming for the floor interest clauses we also claim at the same time for the nullity of other clauses that are clearly abusive, and which appear in many mortgage loans, such as: .- Abusive Delay Interests. Currently a delay interest which is more than three times the legal interest is considered abusive. On 2016 the legal interest is of 3%, therefore, if you have a delay interest of more than 9%, you can claim against it as unfair or abusive. .-Nullity of other clauses such as those known as “early

termination of the loan”, where some banks reserve the right to terminate the mortgage loan and claim for all outstanding capital back, just for a simple delay in payment of a monthly installment. These clauses are unfair because they are not proportional, nor do they take into account the seriousness of the breach, and do not allow the consumers to update or repair the situation, etc. Therefore, in the claim it is advisable to ask not just for the mortgage floor rates clauses to be declared null and unfair,

but also other unfair terms included on the mortgage loan. By doing this, the chances of losing all the petition and being asked by the court to pay the cost of the bank’s lawyers will be extremely small. You as consumers must be correctly informed about the potential consequences and costs that by law could apply, in the event of losing the court claim. If you are affected by a mortgage floor clause, 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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Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

Is it time to dump your premium bonds? Is it time the 21 million people with over £60 billion saved should cash in. Of course, you maybe could, just, win millions!!! Premium bonds are a savings account where the interest is based on a monthly prize draw and the annual prize rate is dropping from 1.35pc to 1.25pc. This is the average return, indicating that for every £100 paid in to bonds, on average £1.25 a year is be paid out. In practice, that’s impossible. The smallest prize is £25; so in practice if 20 people each had £100 in, for one to win £25-plus, the remaining 19 win nothing. They seduce with tax-free returns, but if you live in Spain that is not and has never been the case and in the UK now that’s no longer special with the new rule meaning all savings interest is automatically paid tax-free. It promised a unique safe haven but... Premium bonds are operated by NS&I which is Treasury-owned so your capital is as safe as it gets. This safety used to be a special charm, but these days all UK regulated savings accounts are protected up to £75,000 per person, per institution, by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme – while the maximum you can put in premium bonds is £50,000 – so the safety boon isn’t as big. So Premium Bonds are certainly not as good as they used to be, but ultimately it’s only worth re-allocating your cash if there’s something better out there… So unless you’re extremely lucky, premium bonds earn far less than the top savings and most investments – the safest bet is to get rid of them. The key to managing your wealth is to diversify and if you want the potential for growth in this low interest rate environment then the first option is to look at investing. If you need any help or guidance, I am here to help you, to arrange an independent, professional and impartial consultation or review of your current investment portfolio, please contact me by email christina.brady@blacktowerfm.com or call me on 658 892 330. The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity.

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Mark Roach

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

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Rise of British retirees to Spain increases household insurance enquiries Golden Leaves International Expat Services, providers of a range of expat services including home, pet, household, car insurance and wealth management, announced today that with the recent rise of expat retirees to Spain, they are now offering comprehensive and leading household insurance products to its customer base in the country. This has come off of the back of recently commissioned research that indicated that certain search terms on Google had increased exponentially over the last year or so. ‘Retirement homes in Spain’ Google search volumes increased 150% compared to this time last year, ‘retire to Spain from UK’ online enquiries are up 75% in past 12 months and website queries for ‘Best places to retire in Spain’ double year on year. Speaking about the findings, Barry Floyd, Managing Director at Golden Leaves International Limited said, “Brexit aside, these investigations demonstrate that Spain is becoming a more attractive proposition for UK retirees once again. It is already Brits who buy more Spanish property than expats from any other country and this trend is likely to continue. So obviously we’d be looking to be their first port of call when it comes to offering comprehensive household insurance at a highly competitive price. The product stacks up incredibly well when compared to its nearest competitors namely Mapfre, Intasure, Liberty Seguros and Helvetia, and is underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd’s, the world’s leading insurance market, designed exclusively for European expatriates with property in Spain. For more information about GL International Expat Services’ household insurance, please call 8000 98309, visit glexpatservices.com or pop in and see their team at their either of their new offices: in Javea, in the Arenal at Avenida De La Pla 123-125, Edifico Caribe, Locale1 Javea 03730 Alicante or in Turre, Avenida De Almeria 39, local 1, Turre, 04638, Almeria. Follow Golden Leaves International on twitter: @GoldenLeavesInternational

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Kids Got Talent by Jack Troughton

YOUNGSTERS ALONG the coast have an opportunity to audition for a new talent contest and impress judges with their entertainment skills. Kids Got Talent is open to anyone under the age of 18 and able to make live auditions being staged in October – online entries will be open from 1st August. And organisers hope just like popular show Britain’s Got Talent it will entice a huge range of performers: comedians, magicians, jugglers, as well as singers and dancers. The grand final is scheduled for Saturday 5th November at a venue to be confirmed. Details and information about how

to enter and record and upload an audition video are available at www.telitec.com/kidsgottalent. The competition was launched at the Palau de Javea Restaurant in Javea Old Town when the winner and some runnersup from a ‘rehearsal’ competition – staged at the Family Fun Day in Teulada in April – were invited for brunch. Competition judges were also at the launch. They are: Howard Westacott of the Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir; Lucy Grande, of charity Make A Smile, and the restaurant’s Sergiu Stoiadin. Dancer Edu Velasquez walked away with 300€ after winning the April contest, money he will put towards studying at a

dance school in Barcelona. The 16-year-old from Benissa said: “My dream is to become a professional dancer and I want to go to London afterwards. “Kids Got Talent is great fun and really worth entering and it is a great opportunity for any performer.” Edu has been dancing since he was eight-years-old and is a member of ‘Footworks’ in Javea, where he dances ballet, tap, modern and jazz. Pictured is Edu (second from left) with runners-up Lois Quadflieg and Anna Browning, judges and organisers at the Palau de Javea

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Living well from our garden EVER SINCE I started gardening in my parents, grandparents and school gardens and my own first mini garden in the 1940’s including things to eat has been an important element of our plant mixes.

Dick Handscombe Practical gardener and author

This led me to most enjoy holistic gardens with an element of cottage garden style and a series of patio gardens around the house including ones focussed on fruit vegetables herbs edible flowers and tree leaves plus eggs and poultry meat. Moving to Spain to retire early allowed me to seek to repeat the edible garden my family had in West London in order to eat well during the second world war. My efforts driven by the recommendation of my cancer surgeon back in 1993 that I retire early to Spain to an active life eating a traditional village Mediterranean diet rather than undergo radio and chemical treatments for a persistent slow growing cancer they would probably not have touched and I would have lost my mop of hair. Reports on the latest medical thinking in recent editions of the magazine ‘What Doctors Don’t Tell You’ demonstrate how forward thinking the surgeon was. A few years ago I gave a talk at a U3A conference at the Javea Parador on health for the third age illustrating how we gradually expanded the edible content of our garden in parallel with local agriculturalists using heavier and heavier doses of chemical fertilisers insecticides and fungicides and then eventually abandoning most of the local agricultural terraces and fields. Eventually I took on borrowed land to expand our eco vegetable and fruit production for the family, friends and a local Michelin starred restaurant and make some own eco olive oil. Now the external production has been cut back to levels appropriate to an almost 80 year old and can be fitted into the house garden. After the conference I expanded this into a booklet for people attending our talks. Later this was updated and published as a book titled ‘ Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’ available from Amazon Books UK Spain etc., to meet an increasing interest in ideas related to wellness gardens, what constitutes good and poor eating and what to grow most of based on the vitamin mineral and fibre content etc. In recent years I have often organised a tapas and paella lunch or dinner for friends and often the majority of the ingredients have been from the garden including most of the thirty ingredients required for producing a quality authentic Valencian paella. Something unfortunately rarely found in tourist restaurants these days as short cuts on ingredients and the method of cooking them have been introduced to survive the economic crisis.

If you are interested in the history, ingredients required, method of cooking a fully fledged paella for festive occasions and understanding the other rice dishes eaten by Spanish families on a day to day basis my twenty five years of observations and personal practice are now published as a booklet ‘ Your personal guide to making AUTHENTIC VALENCIAN PAELLAS’ . This is also available from Amazon Books. Hope that these two books help you make better use of your gardens and apartment terraces.

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Accidentally misread Hi Aunty, I have an laptop running Windows 7 Home, with AVG, SuperAntiSpyware, and Malwarebytes free versions. About 2 months ago I accidentally misread “Upgrade” for “Update”, and installed a 14 day AVG Pro free trial. Since then I have been faced with a non-critical, but nevertheless annoying “AVG PRO purchase prompt” which overlays my AVG dashboard/home window whenever I attempt to access the dashboard. I thought I could lose this overlay by performing an AVG un-install and re-install from CNet, but all that has produced is AVG ZEN in addition to the AVG Free. The overlay is still present, appearing a few seconds after I open AVG, and covering the whole of the dashboard window so that I cannot access any of the options normally available via the dashboard. Can you point me to where this annoying overlay may be lurking so that I may defeat it in its lair? Rgds – AndyP

Reply: Perhaps the best thing to do is uninstall AVG form your system, and download a version of AVG from the AVG website, rather than CNET. It should be possible to uninstall AVG from the PC via the Uninstall options. If not, you can use the AVG removal tool at : http://www.avg.com/gb-en/utilities IF you want to install AVG again, then the versions here - http://www.avg.com/ww-en/ download.prd-afh-free - direct from AVG should be better than those from a third party site.

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Staying for my son MY MARRIAGE is on the rocks. My wife and I have slept in separate rooms since our son was 4. He’s now 10, and I don’t think I can live life this way any longer. The only light in my life is my son, (and our dog). My parents know how miserable I am, as I confided in them recently. They said I should leave if I am that unhappy. They said I could go there, and bring the dog. My son asked me the other day, why I am always sad. It broke my heart. Life is too short to be miserable, and you owe it to your son to be the best Dad you can be. It is possible to be a good parent, and separate from your partner. Marriages break down all the time. Not sleeping together for six years is not normal. That’s not a happy marriage, it’s just a living arrangement. Have a good talk to your wife. You might find she isn’t entirely happy either.

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He called it off MY BOYFRIEND called off our wedding and ended our relationship, two months before the big day. He is Asian, and I am not, so his parents have never been keen on me. In the beginning he used to stand up for us, and defy them, and say that he would stay with me and they’d better get used to the idea. They threatened to cut him off totally, to never see him again, and exclude him from their Will. It looks like they got to him in the end. I am utterly heartbroken. How do I get over this? Having the disapproval of your parents can be a giant problem for most people, and it would take a very strong and determined couple to endure it. Your boyfriend was weak and gave in to his parents demands, and it is better to find out now, than have to go through an unhappy marriage and divorce later. Try and surround yourself with your friends, and go out and enjoy yourself. It will take time, but you will get over it.

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Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 52.

ACROSS 1. Scheme that gives little professional status (11) 9. If most of it was eradicated there would be few complaints (7) 10. Boat propeller (5) 11. Multitudes in pubs (5) 12. The first mate takes the other for a tough climb (7) 13. No society for a person of no importance (6) 15. Unusually astute piece of work by an artist (6) 18. Does it lead to brave conflict? (3-4) 20. Best conceivable thought to fifty (5) 22. Goes in front, using a sled (5) 23. Pays a quick visit and watches TV (5,2) 24. They take steps in many ways for progress

(11) DOWN 2. Keeps turning over lists of names (5) 3. How the iron was put into service? (7) 4. My sets are methodically arranged (6) 5. Experience discrimination (5) 6. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no let-up for the rich (7) 7. Prayer for good health, and where to make it? (7,4) 8. Washing may depend on it (7,4) 14. A fire screen, perhaps! (7) 16. Journey with crude oil in N. Africa (7) 17. A few words about the French hut (6) 19. Passage in this cinema is lengthy (5) 21. German town seen in countless engravings. (5)

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ACROSS 1. Waywardness (11) 9. Open-air (7) 10. Collide (5) 11. Nobleman (5) 12. Jersey (7) 13. Help (6) 15. Char (6) 18. Slander (7) 20. Fruit (5) 22. Unsullied (5) 23. Messenger (7) 24. Hatred (11) DOWN 2. Change (5) 3. Reasons (7) 4. Flog (6) 5. Recess (5) 6. Strew (7) 7. Patience (11) 8. Understaffed (11) 14. Highest (7) 16. Console (7) 17. Leave (6) 19. Scope (5) 21. Game of chance (5)

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Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

 There is an open door to new experiences and change this week. Though it is very much up to you right now, any chance to channel your energies into something more positive would be most welcome. Mars brushes up to mighty planet Uranus and this brings invention, ingenuity and endeavour together with a focus on a new positive direction. As Saturn ingresses Neptune and Mercury takes a square on Jupiter there are some mixed blessings, and maybe something that will lead to becoming a blessing in disguise. You have been channelling your energy into something that just isn’t going anywhere. Take your talents and fly solo, because it is time to step up and take control by yourself. Mercury opposes Saturn and squares on Jupiter this week bringing a wealth of opportunity to the fore. Whilst Jupiter schedules luck and fortune it is a reactionary Saturn that ensures that whatever you decide to do that you have your feet firmly on the ground. This reality check does much to ensure that what you about to get is just what you want! The entry of the Sun midweek heralds an illumination of your subtle hard working talents, and it shines all the way to new methods of sharing your power. You have been badly let down by someone who cannot be happy for you, and is determined to have their way. This week is all about telling someone to eat a very humble pie! The Sun enters into Cancer, and it is high time to take a fresh look at something shelved. Apart from clearing much from your life to make things flow more easily; there is also a need to attack clutter from your life, which you have accumulated and need to focus on if the future is going to bring you the richer dividends you both need and deserve. Mercury squares up to Jupiter and heralds the start of a busy week in which you will have your work cut out, but which will work very much for you too. People need to know your true talents, and this week, as chaos ensues, you begin to find a way of letting others know that you are not to be messed with and that you have specific ideas for the future.

Have the temerity to back your words with appropriate action this week. What you have to say needs to be heard, although you may have been wrongly pre-judged. Actions between Mars and Ceres call time on something that seems to be dragging you down, but really it is the evasive action that you now take that will seal the deal for all.

Mars in ensconced in Kora, and the basic rhythm of life is good and stable. Be very sure to say an emphatic, “ no”, however, to someone who you feel, quite rightly, has an ulterior motive for their request. Put your time and trouble into working on something that all can enjoy, it is what you love to do, and simply just what you do best too!

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

KENNY, I am having problems sleeping worrying about the forthcoming possibility of a Brexit and what it means to me an English widow living here in Spain. Carol (SMS)

Saturn beguiles Mercury, who in return salutes Neptune in the fifth house. There is more than meets the eye in a recent action, and you seem to be the best person to sort things out. Start by opening your psychic senses and leave no stone unturned until you can back your intuition with facts. Nothing is what it appears to be right now, and you know it!

Carol...whatever happens nothing very much will change for Expats living here in Spain. Other nationalities from outside the EU. manage to live here without fear or incrimination. Whatever the result, and I think it will be very close, the UK. will have liaison with the Spanish Authorities and a deal will be struck. Our homes will not be taken from us if we become non EU. citizens and maybe we will have to have a new registration as Aliens rather than European Citizens. We will do what we have to...so mentally unpack those bags and wait and see; take any fear away meanwhile, it won’t help.

Uranus dallies with Mars adding to the recent equation which has seen you finding a suitable foothold. However it is not the be all or end all of what you really have to do to showcase your absolute talents. If there is a fly in the ointment right now, it got there because it could, and you have now to be clear and transparent about everything. Mercury squares up to your planetary leader, Neptune with one eye on a discreet move over to a reactionary and static Saturn, planet of wisdom. You are full of the spiritual energy that you need to get a job done...but then you have to do it, since talking about it is not enough right now. You will get all the Universal backing you need.

TAKE TIME to examine the possibilities recent actions have brought you. It will help to see things from a different angle and you need this right now. Challenge comes from several directions, and here you do not have to prove yourself, but put in motion that which you have to to get the ball rolling!

Jupiter squares on Mercury and it is time to let the cat out of the bag. Though you were sworn to secrecy the ban has been lifted now, and you are free to tell your tale the way that it is. Channels of communication are readily open now to make sure that your message is sent out loud and clear, however it does not take into account any closed ears.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

life&leisure #charity /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Choir on song By Jack Troughton

VALLEY VOICES ended its season with a successful concert in Alcalali, the choir performing stirring excerpts from West End musical Les Miserables as a finale. At the Multi Uso hall, Valley voices were directed by Aileen Lightfoot and accompanied on piano by Kirsty Glen; with guitarist John Anthony playing a selection of popular film themes. And a collection held at the end of the show raised 200€ which will be donated to local charity Caritas to buy food and distributed to the needy. Valley Voices is a happy choir and a place to meet and make new friends – it will return to rehearse at Bar L’Assut in Jalon in September. Anyone interested in joining should contact Jennie on 96 558 1519 or Aileen on 696 514 613.

Dance under the stars

ANIMAL CHARITY APASA is staging its popular Summer Ball on Friday 8th July in the beautiful gardens of the Salon Canor in Teulada. Last year 90 guests enjoyed the charity’s most popular event on the calendar and it is hoped even more people will want to enjoy the cava reception, a four-course dinner with wine, and music and dancing under the stars to The OK Band. This year the organisers hope guests will be inspired to wear clothes with the colour theme of purple and white. Tickets are 35€; booking is essential, call 96 574 1668 or 639 603 880.

‘Harrods’ needs staff THE ORIGINAL Charity Shop in Javea needs volunteers to join its international team to help fund raising for good causes across the Costa Blanca. The successful enterprise – proud of its reputation as the ‘Harrods of Javea’ – needs more staff to help carry out the many tasks involved in this successful enterprise which donates between 40,000€ and 60,000€ every year. And anyone with a few hours to spare who would like to join a friendly team can go and visit the shop in Javea’s Avenida Fontana between 10am and 1pm Monday to Friday. For more information, visit www. charityshoplibrary.com or email info@charityshoplibrary.com.

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

life&leisure #music

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Chill factor/ rio

The Brink band jam seesion

Chill Factor are Pam (vocals) and John Pearson (guitars/vocals), now one of the most popular live music acts on the Costa Blanca. They play carefully selected, originally arranged and well performed classic pop/rock songs . Together with Christian Pearl (phenomenal keyboardist) they form the rock band ‘RIO’, playing popular rock anthems including tracks by Tears for Fears, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, U2, Simple Minds, Arcade Fire, Sting, Spandau Ballet, Pretenders, Talk Talk, Yes, Peter Gabriel, etc... For more details phone Pam or John on 696 731 290 or, as they live in the mountains and have nearly no phone signal, better to email: pamandjohnspain@hotmail.com and/or check out their web site: www.pamandjohn.net June Gigs: Saturday 18: Baladrar Beach Bar, Cala Baladrar (Ctra. Moraira-Calpe). 8 pm. Sunday 19: Bar Quo Vadis, Javea. 6 pm. (RIO BAND) Friday 24: Café Haventje, Avd. del Puerto, Altea. 8 pm. Saturday 25: Club Nautica, Moraira Marina. 8 pm. July Gigs: Friday 1: Bar Emillo, Llosa de Camacho. 9 pm Sunday 3: Aleluya Bar, Jalon. 8 pm (RIO BAND) Wednesday 6: Baladrar Beach Bar, Cala Baladrar (Ctra. Moraira-

Nicky’s jam session Nicky Chapman started the “Sunday Jam Sessions” a few months ago and is now starting a “Thursday Jam Session” at the Brew Rock Bar, Albir Playa on Thursdays, starting on 23rd June at 7 pm. If you can play any musical instrument or sing, you

Calpe) 8 pm. Thursday 7: Bar Citrus, Orba. 8.30 pm. Sunday 10: Coll de Rates Rte., Tarbena. 1.30 pm Wednesday 13: Camping El Naranjal, Javea. 8.30 pm. Sunday 17: Bar Quo Vadis, Javea. 6 pm. (RIO BAND) Wednesday 20: Baladrar Beach Bar, Baladrar (Ctra. Moraira-Calpe) 8 pm. Wednesday 27: Baladrar Beach Bar, Baladrar (Ctra. Moraira-Calpe) 8 pm. Sunday 31: Laguna Ribs Bar, C/Cannes 1, Javea. 6 pm.

are welcome to come and join in the Jam Session together with the House Band. If not, just come and enjoy listening to some wonderful music played by these amazing artists. Everyone welcome. *** Meal deals available on Jam nites*** For more info contact Nicky on:663 593 310 or email: nicky0811@yahoo.co.uk. Life Music is compiled by Eric Taylor, Presenter, Pure Gold Radio Station, 94.1 & 94.3 FM

For the past five years The Brink Band has been rocking Monday nights with their Jam Sessions at Café del Mar, Cala Andragó, Moraira. They have now organized a new Jam Session at the La Galera Restaurant, 91 Carretera Javea – Benitachell, starting on Wednesday 22nd June at 8.30 pm. Tel. 635 788 089. The Brink Band comprises of Billy & Janet Brink, Alvaro (drums) and Woody (bass). Bring your instrument and join in or just come along and enjoy the music. La Galera Restaurant is on the road between Benitachell and Javea, immediately next to Restaurant Masena. Free snacks served with drinks. There is a menu del dia for €18 or a full “a la carte menu” also available. Best to book a table if you wish to eat otherwise it’s not necessary to book and there is plenty of parking to the rear of the restaurant. The event will be outdoors on the terrace but there is a cover in case weather not perfect. Monday 20th June: The Brink Band Jam, Café del Mar, Cala Andragó, Ctra. Moraira to Calpe, Moraira. Tel. 96 574 5356. (Every Monday).

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

life&leisure #whats on

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Alec’s river shoot PHOTOGRAPHER ALEC Bettney’s hunt for turtles along the Rio Albaida drew a blank but he snapped some “great shots” of the water as it fl owed towards theRio Jugar near Villanueva de Castellon. by JACK TROUGHTON A LARGE fish was photographed in a fastflowing section of the river as it narrows before a lagoon – a popular spot with anglers – and before the water slows near the town of Manuel and a manmade weir next to an old bridge. Alec also took a shot of a 1.2 metre snake, saying “it was no small guy” – and posting a video on You Tube as ‘wild snake Valencia Alec B’. He explained the Rio Albaida was 52 km long and started as a stream high up somewhere near the mountain village of Fontanares before winding its way to the Reservoir at Bellus. “It’s thanks to this reservoir that the river gets a top-up and so remains with water all year. My neighbour told me before the reservoir came into being that the river dried out in the summer months,” said Alec. “It finds its way to the side of sleepy village of Torre de Lloris and onwards to Xativa and finally joins the Rio Jugar. The river is very clean and supports some large fish and plenty of other wildlife including small turtles. “However the turtles were not seen on our shoot day. The river for most part is well lined each side with cane and this can catch fire in the heat of July and August.” Alec is a professional photographer and accepts commissions. Call 630 981 229 or email ibizafixit@yahoo.com.

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Happy birthday THE ROYAL Society of St George celebrated the official 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday at La Galera Restaurant, Javea. Chairman Bob Hunt MBE welcomed 82 society members and their guests to the lunch, especially groups from the RAF Association, the Aircrew Association, Rotarians and the Costa Blanca Wine Appreciation Society. Bob reminded everyone of the “tremendous service” to the British nation and the Commonwealth given by the Queen over her reign. And at the end of the speech, there was a rousing chorus of ‘Happy Birthday’ before a toast the Queen’s past and future service to her peoples around the world.

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

#tv&showbiz showbiz goss

by Peter Taylor

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GOD FORBID the headline for this story comes true, as it reads ´England has a Kardashian family.´ Jack Watkins is a 17 year old rich kid from Cheshire who is soon to feature in a TV series called ´The Majors,´ although on what channel and when was not stated. We´ll have the unabashed joy of spending 24 hours with a wealthy whelk from various countries, starting from the moment they wake up, till the moment they go to bed, filming every single aspect of their life: restaurants, clothes, friends, cars, sport, shopping, going to party etc. discovering their goals and aspirations, their dreams, their attitude and their world- view. Is there are no depths these reality show makers won’t stoop to. Pass me the sedatives!

IT’S FAIRLY rare to find out about a famous persons true financial situation, and when it does one of the first questions is ´what did they do with all that money,´ and the fact that David Hasselhoff is todays subject, you might be running that question through your mind yourself. ´Knight Rider´ and ´Baywatch´ were two huge shows, but sadly for David, last week he admitted to only having $4,000 in cash to his name, bad news for ex-wife Pamela, who should be receiving $252,000 a year in spousal support from their 17 year marriage. David says that he’s hoping new reality show ´Hoff the Record´ will help revitalize his career, but isn’t sure if it will improve his bank account. With a title like that bud I think your right!

Do all you can to watch ´Janis: Little Girl Blue´ AS WITH when Janis Joplin was alive, a documentary about her life went out on BBC 4 in March this year, and chances are, like me, you missed it. Fortunately thanks to our modern world of technology I have now seen the film, and I would advise you all to do the same, as it’s a tale of music and celebrity from an era that is unlikely to ever come round again. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas, on January 19, 1943, and her first song recording was at the home of a fellow University of Texas student in December 1962 and was called ´What Good Can Drinkin’ Do,´ something she unfortunately was unable to apply to her own life. She stumbled along in and out of music for next 5 years, then in 1967 during an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival the name of Janis Joplin became commonplace. There were virtually no female singers around at the time, so it was quite something for the interest in her to take off like it did. Amy Berg the director of the film ´Janis: Little Girl Blue´ explained “her big-voiced, bluesy style dominated the stage, forging her own path and paving the way for female singers to come … it was a very male-dominated industry at the time.” Janis appeared at Woodstock two years later, and from which we are treated to a previously unseen version of her biggest hit, “Me and Bobby McGee.” Berg builds the movie around letters Janis wrote to her parents back home in Texas, chronicling her quest to find both musical success and love. “If you watch Janis onstage you see this woman who just seems fearless, and then you read these letters and it’s such a different persona,” said Berg. Talking about her ´fitting in´ at Thomas Jefferson High School Janis was quoted as saying, “I was a misfit, I read, I painted, I thought, and I didn’t hate black people.” The subtext suggests there’s a strong connection between Joplin and Amy Berg after the director admitted “At certain points in my life when I was going through something great or something awful, I found myself going back to her music, it was like a healing thing for me. I was so hard on myself when editing because I just wanted to make her proud. Gets you right there doesn´t it!

MANY FAMOUS celebs have taken to the trend of sharing selfies of themselves without makeup, and Alicia Keys, US singer and actress has taken the trend of showing their imperfect selves to the world one step further. The singer, whose smiling, makeup-free face appears regularly on her husband´s Instagram, reflects on what it means for a woman to come to terms with the pressure to look the way our culture expects us to look. “I wrote a list of all the things that I was sick of, “said Alicia “feeling like I have to be skinny, or sexy, or desirable, or perfect, and one of the many things I was really tired of was the constant judgment of women,” strong but worthy words indeed. Bring it on ladies … and gents!

LAST OCTOBER Ladybird produced three books for adults called The Ladybird Book of the Hipster, TLB of the Hangover, TLB of the Mid-life Crisis, and they sold extremely well, and now Enid Blyton´s Famous Five are getting a similar make-over. The new series is written by Bruno Vincent and bring the Famous Five into modern day, with titles such as Five Go Gluten Free, Five Go On A Strategy Away Day, and Five Go Parenting. It’s kind of hallowed ground for me personally as I recall being mesmerised by the Famous Five books as a lad, and with the publishers using the same artwork style as the originals they´d better be good! All three books will be available on 3rd November. Will they be worthy chrissie prezzies?

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

friday 17th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Rip Off Britain: Holidays 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 For What It’s Worth 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:15 The Instant Gardener 17:00 Flog It! 17:45 MOTD: Euro 2016 Live 20:00 BBC News; Weather 20:30 BBC Regional News 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 The Andrew Neil Interviews: Leave or Remain? 22:00 Would I Lie to You? 22:30 Love, Nina 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:20 MOTD: Euro 2016 Highlights

BBC2

07:00 Flog It! Trade Secrets 08:00 Homes Under the Hammer 09:00 Burma’s Secret Jungle War with Joe Simpson 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Tennis: Queens 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch Unsprung 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 The Extraordinary Collector 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 The Millionaires’ Holiday Club 23:00 Mum 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 24:05 No Such Thing As the News 24:35 Artsnight

saturday 18th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites 13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Athletics 14:00 Tennis: Queens 17:30 MOTD: Euro 2016 Live 20:00 BBC News 20:20 BBC London News 20:30 MOTD: Euro 2016 Live 23:05 The National Lottery Draw 23:15 BBC News and Weather 23:35 Mrs Brown’s Boys 24:05 Thierry Henry: My France, My Euros

Mrs Brown’s Boys 23.35

BBC2

07:05 Coast 07:50 Without Reservations 09:35 Lucky Jim 11:10 Homes Under the Hammer 12:10 Natural World 13:00 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 13:30 A Cook Abroad 14:30 Bargain Hunt 15:30 Escape to the Continent 16:30 The Great British Sewing Bee 17:30 Flog It! 18:10 This Week’s World 18:50 Gardeners’ World 19:20 Natural World 20:20 The Liver Birds 20:50 Comedy Connections 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 The New Tate Modern: Switched On 23:00 UK’s Best PartTime Band 24:00 Versailles

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 Euro 2016 17:15 All Star Family Fortunes 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:25 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Euro 2016 23:15 ITV News 23:45 ITV News 24:05 Red Heat

All Star Family Fortunes 17.15

ITV1

07:00 08:30 08:45 09:00 09:25 09:30 10:25 11:30 12:35 12:49 12:50 14:00 17:30 18:00 19:00 19:15 19:30 20:00 21:00 23:00 23:14 23:15 24:15

Childrens TV Nerds & Monsters Looped Thunderbirds Are Go ITV News Weekend Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote ITV News and Weather ITV Regional Weather The Wine Show Euro 2016 Big Box Little Box The Chase ITV News ITV News and Weather You’ve Been Framed! Catchphrase Endeavour ITV News and Weather ITV Regional Weather Euro 2016 Highlights Carry On Camping

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CHANNEL 5

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Salvage SOS 07:25 Salvage SOS 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Will & Grace 09:00 The Morning Line 09:55 Frasier 10:25 Frasier 10:55 Live Formula 1 12:35 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Channel 4 Racing 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:25 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:30 Food Unwrapped 21:00 Gogglesprogs 22:00 Eurotrash 23:00 The Last Leg 24:05 Rude Tube

07:05 FIA World Endurance Championship 07:35 British GT Championship 08:00 Bloodwise Blenheim Palace Triathlon 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 The Morning Line 10:55 Frasier 11:25 Frasier 11:55 Live Formula 1 13:05 The Big Bang Theory 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:00 Live Formula 1 16:20 Channel 4 Racing 19:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 19:45 Channel 4 News 20:00 Gogglesprogs 21:00 Independence Day 23:50 I, Frankenstein

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told 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 Alex Polizzi’s Italian Islands 21:00 Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild 22:00 Big Brother 23:30 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:30 Big Brother

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:30 Shimmer and Shine 09:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30 The Saturday Show 12:35 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops 13:05 Star Trek: First Contact 15:10 Columbo: the Most Dangerous Match 16:35 Columbo: Double Shock 18:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 19:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 20:10 NCIS: Los Angeles 21:00 NCIS 21:55 NCIS 22:50 5 News Weekend 23:00 Big Brother 24:05 Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies

itv2

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 The Cube 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:10 The Cube 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 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 Safeword 24:35 Family Guy

itv2

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 The Cube 08:15 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 12:25 Ninja Warrior UK 13:30 Educating Joey Essex 14:30 The Bachelor 15:30 FYI Daily 15:35 The Bachelor 16:30 Nancy Drew 17:30 FYI Daily 17:35 Nancy Drew 18:30 Hotel Transylvania 19:30 FYI Daily 19:35 Hotel Transylvania 20:15 Along Came Polly 21:15 FYI Daily 21:20 Along Came Polly 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 24:20 Family Guy 24:50 Family Guy

07:00 08:35 09:05 10:00 11:00 12:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 24:05 24:35

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Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa & Joey Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Predators The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Jane the Virgin Made in Chelsea Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Inkheart The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Sleepy Hollow The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

sunday 19th June BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics London 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer 15:00 Flog It! 15:45 Escape to the Country 16:30 Lifeline 16:40 Songs of Praise 17:15 Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People 18:15 BBC News 18:35 BBC Regional News 18:45 Countryfile 19:45 Question Time 20:30 MOTD: Euro 2016 Live 23:05 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Room 101 - Extra Storage 24:15 Moonlight Mile

07:30 Great British Garden Revival 08:30 Gardeners’ World 09:00 Countryfile 10:00 The Beechgrove Garden 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 12:30 A Cook Abroad 13:30 Seven Little Foys 15:00 Tennis: Queens 18:30 Live Rowing World Cup 19:30 Flog It! 20:00 Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure 21:00 Top Gear 22:00 City in the Sky 23:00 Mock the Week 23:35 Stupid Man, Smart Phone 24:25 Flat TV 24:45 The Millionaires’ Holiday Club

ITV1

07:00 Childrens TV 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 Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 12:30 Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 13:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 14:00 ITV News and Weather 14:15 Catchphrase 14:59 ITV Regional Weather 15:00 Planet’s Got Talent 15:30 Evan Almighty 17:30 Midsomer Murders 19:25 ITV News 19:40 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:30 Vera 23:30 ITV News and Weather 23:44 ITV Regional Weather 23:45 Euro 2016 Highlights 24:45 Peston on Sunday

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:10 Salvage SOS 07:35 Salvage SOS 08:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 IPC European Athletics Championships 10:00 Sunday Brunch 13:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 14:00 Live Formula 1 17:30 Location, Location, Location 18:30 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Escape to the Chateau 21:00 Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service 22:00 August: Osage County 24:25 Formula 1

07:00 Childrens TV 09:05 Blaze and the Monster Machines 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 Access 11:40 Now That’s Funny! 12:40 Now That’s Funny! 13:40 Tinker Bell 15:10 Khumba 16:45 Open 18:15 The Shaggy Dog 20:00 The Secret Life of Kittens 21:00 Now That’s Funny! 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 The Best of Bad TV 24:20 20 Moments

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:30 The Cube 08:20 Emmerdale 09:40 Coronation Street 12:35 Take Me Out 13:45 Love Island 14:15 Catchphrase 15:00 Back to the Future Part II 16:00 FYI Daily 16:05 Back to the Future Part II 17:10 The Perfect Man 18:10 FYI Daily 18:15 The Perfect Man 19:15 Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore 20:15 FYI Daily 20:20 Cats & Dogs: the Revenge of Kitty Galore 21:00 Educating Joey Essex 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy 24:00 Family Guy 24:30 American Dad!

07:00 07:20 07:40 08:05 08:35 09:00 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 13:30 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 23:25 24:30

Rude(ish) Tube Suburgatory Suburgatory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Made in Chelsea The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Eclipse Gogglebox Gogglebox

monday 20th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Rip Off Britain: Holidays 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 For What It’s Worth 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 The Instant Gardener 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Big EU Reality Check 21:00 DIY SOS 22:00 The Musketeers 23:00 BBC News 23:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:45 MOTD: Euro 2016 Highlights 24:35 The Graham Norton Show

BBC2

07:45 Close Calls: On Camera 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 Pressure Pad 14:45 Athletics 15:35 Coast 16:15 The World’s Fastest Indian 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Operation Meet the Street 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Rick Stein’s Taste of Shanghai 22:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 23:00 Cunk on Shakespeare 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 American Crime Story 24:55 MOTD: Euro 2016 Match Replay

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’s Crime Stories 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:15 ITV Evening News 19:45 Emmerdale 20:15 Euro 2016 23:30 ITV News 24:00 ITV News 24:15 The Big Fish Off

The Chase 18.00

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Salvage SOS 07:45 Will & Grace 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 14:10 Posh Pawnbrokers 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 Food Unwrapped 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game 24:05 Eurotrash

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 21:00 The Secret Life of Kittens 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 23:00 Big Brother 24:05 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 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 You’ve Been Framed! 19:25 The Hot Desk 19:40 Love Island 20:15 Euro 2016 23:00 Love Island 24:00 Family Guy 24:30 Family Guy

07:00 08:35 09:05 10:00 11:00 12:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 24:05 24:35

tuesday 21st June BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Rip Off Britain: Holidays 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 For What It’s Worth 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:15 The Instant Gardener 17:00 Flog It! 17:30 MOTD: Euro 2016 Live 20:00 BBC News at Seven 20:15 BBC Regional News 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 EU Referendum: The Great Debate 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 MOTD: Euro 2016 Highlights 24:45 Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC2

07:45 Close Calls: On Camera 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 Tennis from Eastbourne 18:15 Pointless 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Operation Meet the Street 20:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 21:00 Britain’s Most Spectacular Backyard Builds 22:00 Mr vs Mrs: Call the Mediator 23:00 Jack Dee’s Referendum Help Desk 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 American Crime Story 24:55 The Super League Show

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’s Crime Stories 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 Euro 2016 23:15 ITV News 23:45 ITV News 24:00 The Secret Life of a Bus Garage

Dickinson’s Real Deal 16.00

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 14:10 Posh Pawnbrokers 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 Born on the Same Day 23:00 The Border 24:00 24 Hours in A&E

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 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 To B&B the Best 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Rosamunde Pilcher’s Four Seasons 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 Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Body Freaks: Make Me a Perfect 10 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Emmerdale 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:10 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 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 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 2 Broke Girls 21:30 2 Broke Girls 22:00 Breaking Dawn Part One 24:15 The Big Bang Theory 24:45 The Big Bang Theory

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

wednesday 22nd June BBC1

BBC2

07:45 Close Calls: On Camera 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 08:15 The Instant Gardener 11:00 Homes Under the 09:00 Great British Menu Hammer 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Rip Off Britain: Holidays 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:00 Daily Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Lifeline 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:10 Tennis from Eastbourne 14:30 BBC Regional News 18:15 Pointless 14:45 For What It’s Worth 15:30 Escape to the Country 19:00 Eggheads 16:15 The Instant Gardener 19:30 Operation Meet 17:00 Flog It! the Street 17:30 MOTD: Euro 2016 Live 20:00 Great Continental 20:00 BBC News at Seven Railway Journeys 20:30 BBC Regional News 21:00 The Â£100K House: 21:00 Celebrity MasterChef The Final Fix 22:00 The Big C & Me 22:00 Versailles 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:00 QI 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:30 Newsnight 23:45 MOTD: Euro 2016 24:10 Weather Highlights 24:30 Live at the Apollo 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’s Crime Stories 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:15 ITV Evening News 19:45 Emmerdale 20:15 Euro 2016 23:15 ITV News 23:45 ITV News 24:00 Her Majesty’s Prison: Norwich

CHANNEL 4 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 14:10 Posh Pawnbrokers 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 Rescue Dog to Super Dog 22:00 Europe: The Final Debate with Jeremy Paxman 23:00 Power Monkeys 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:35 Bodyshockers

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 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 To B&B the Best 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Heart of the Country 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Your Child In Their Hands 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 22:00 The Hotel Inspector 23:00 Big Brother 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 The Cube 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 The Cube 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 The Vampire Diaries 23:55 Family Guy 24:25 Family Guy 24:55 American Dad!

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:05 10:00 11:00 11:30 12:00 13:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:30 22:00 23:00 24:00 24:30

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Brooklyn Nine-Nine Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Jane the Virgin The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Supernatural The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Thursday 23rd June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Rip Off Britain: Holidays 12:45 Close Calls: On Camera 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 For What It’s Worth 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 The Instant Gardener 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven and Weather 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 New Blood 22:55 EU Referendum The Result

BBC2

07:45 Close Calls: On Camera

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 08:15 Escape to the Country 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 09:00 The Great British 11:30 This Morning Sewing Bee 13:30 Loose Women 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder’s 13:00 Coast Crime Stories 14:00 Tennis from Eastbourne 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 19:00 Eggheads 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:30 Operation Meet 19:00 ITV News the Street 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Great Continental 20:00 Emmerdale Railway Journeys 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Natural World 21:30 Bargain Shop Wars 22:00 This World 22:00 Coronation Street 23:00 Mock the Week 23:00 Referendum Result Live: 23:30 Defiance ITV News Special

CHANNEL 4 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 14:10 Posh Pawnbrokers 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 What Britain Buys 22:00 Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital 23:00 First Dates 24:05 The World’s Most Expensive Food

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 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 To B&B the Best 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Amish Abduction 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 On Benefits 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 It’s Not Me, It’s You 23:45 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:45 Lip Sync Battle

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 The Cube 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 The Cube 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 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Safeword 23:50 Family Guy 24:20 Family Guy 24:50 American Dad!

07:00 08:35 09:05 10:00 11:00 12:00 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 17:30 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30 23:00 23:30 24:00 24:30

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

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Heroes’ Arctic adventure by Jack Troughton

DOCTOR WHO writer Victor Pemberton undertakes a 10,000km adventure next month hoping his epic drive to the Arctic and back will raise a Tardis-full of cash for charity Help for Heroes. The big-hearted author, actor, and script editor, created two complete Doctor Who series; one for “great friend”, the late Patrick Troughton and a second for Tom Baker in the lead role – and invented an essential piece of kit for the endearing hero...the sonic screwdriver. And now something of a Time Lord himself, Victor says he is doing “a mad thing for my age” by driving from his Orba home to Bodo in Norway, about 100 miles into the Arctic Circle; and back. Film of his epic trip will be uploaded with commentary and available via You Tube, Facebook, Dr Who websites – there is a massive following – and the charity, which helps wounded ex-servicemen and women. Help for Heroes has thrown its weight behind the adventure, Victor’s BBC friends hope to secure a ‘One Show’ interview, and Prince Harry – no stranger to helping former military comrades – is said to be taking an interest. “I want to make as much money as I can,” Victor told RTN. “Help for Heroes is absolutely over the moon; the board wrote me a wonderful letter saying I am an inspiration to them all – I find that very encouraging. “I don’t mind where the money comes from; from whom or what, as long as I make money for the charity.”

Friends have promised a traditional red, white and blue sendoff for Victor as he leaves in his trusty VW on Thursday 28th July. He hopes to be back at home with his dogs Bubble and Squeak – who are staying with friends – a month later. “Help for Heroes is a cause very close to my heart. Father was in World War One, he was a machine gunner at the Battle of the Somme. A shell landed behind his platoon and killed everyone except him, but he lost a leg,” said Victor.

“There was no Help for heroes in those days and he got nothing. In a way, I am doing this trip as a tribute to him. At the start it was just a trip but I thought that was a waste and I really hope to benefit all the guys and girls of Help for Heroes...they deserve it.” People can support Victor by making a donation at his Help for Heroes page www.justgiving.com/thearcticadventure2016 or using the unique text code VPAA53.

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

life&leisure #advertising feature

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17 - 23 JUNE 2016

life&leisure #Spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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Yours Untranslatably Apparently a lot of people read these articles. I am frequently being told by people how helpful they are, and last week I met a gentleman in Denia who brought every single one of the 125 articles that he had carefully cut out from the paper, to show me! Occasionally people e-mail me with comments and corrections and last week I was picked up on missing the accent off the word “antídoto”. I would like to blame this small slip on my annoyingly bossy computer which unsurprisingly gets rather confused about which language I am writing in. However, I must take overall responsibility, and therefore will now metaphorically fall on my sword. I would now like you to re-read the passage above, and underline the adverbs. In case you haven’t got a pen on you at the moment, here they are: apparently, frequently, carefully, occasionally, annoyingly, unsurprisingly, metaphorically. Those faithful followers I have already mentioned will no doubt remember that we have already “done” adverbs, in article 70 in fact, but just recently I’ve been noticing some more things about them. What article 70 told us was that “adverbs of manner” are formed by adding “mente” on to the ends of adjectives. They are the equivalent of when we add “ly” on to adjectives in English, as in nice – nicely. In Spanish

if the adjective ends in the letter “o”, this changes to “a”, otherwise there are no changes, so we have for example: “últimamente” (from último) and “recientemente” (from reciente). Both adverbs mean the same thing incidentally – lately, or recently. In theory, we should be able to translate the English adverbs above directly into Spanish. Let’s see if it works – aparentemente, frecuentemente, cuidadosamente, ocasionalmente, (“annoyingly” doesn’t work, neither does “unsurprisingly”) metafóricamente. As you can see we have been able to do this with all adverbs but two, which simply don’t exist in Spanish. However, even those we have translated are not found all that commonly (commonly – there’s another one). The fact is that these kind of adverbs are extremely (got it? – extremely) common in English but not nearly (another one) so frequent in Spanish. It is far more usual for the Spanish to find other ways of saying the same thing. For example, a common equivalent of “apparently” is “por lo visto”; “frequently” becomes “con frecuencia”; “carefully” – “con cuidado”; “occasionally” – “de vez en cuando”; “annoyingly” and “unsurprisingly” would probably (another one) require a complete rephrasing of the sentence, whilst “metafóricamente” does appear in written Spanish, but does not exactly (another one) trip off the tongue otherwise.

There is an increasing tendency in the English language to start sentences with adverbs, in a way that many purists find unacceptable. Some examples of this are: “Hopefully”, “Obviously”, “Incredibly”, “Incidentally”, “Interestingly”, “Reluctantly” “Curiously”. Yes, we English just love our adverbs, but they create quite a challenge to translators into Spanish. I don’t think there has ever been a Spanish sentence starting “Interesantemente …” unless it has been badly translated from English. Feel free to prove me wrong. Reluctantly, I have come to the end of this article. Hopefully you have found it of interest, and obviously I will be back with more next week. Yours untranslatably.

Crossword solutions for last week Cryptic Solutions

Across: 1 Primrose; 5 Used; 9 Eggs; 10 Particle; 11 Utter; 12 Ladders; 13 Called to order; 18 Watch out; 19 Nips; 20 Lantern; 21 Cowed; 22 Pays; 23 Organist. Down: 2 Regatta; 3 Misdeal; 4 Scarlet runner; 6 Succeed; 7 Dresser; 8 Studio; 13 Cowslip; 14 Latency; 15 Echoes; 16 Rangoon; 17 Express. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Submerge; 5 Scum; 9 Scan; 10 Stubborn; 11 Avoid; 12 Uniting; 13 Bring together; 18 Devilish; 19 Near; 20 Earning; 21 Limit; 22 Slew; 23 Staining. Down: 2 Uncover; 3 Mention; 4 Get out of sight; 6 Coolish; 7 Manager; 8 Oblige; 13 Badness; 14 Inverse; 15 Gallic; 16 Tension; 17 Elation.

Sudoku Answer

17 - 23 JUNE 2016

Double Trouble LURKING around Heathrow Airport a few years ago a chap came up to me & asked for my autograph. Odd I mused, I’m not famous.

Chris Ashley

Writer & Broadcaster

Proof if proof were needed, at a radio awards shindig at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London attended by such luminaries as Rod & Penny Stewart along with Elton & the ever faithful Furnish - the paparazzi were going bonkers. “Elton love over here - Rod give us a wave - Penny give us a flash.” As I traipsed in, one of the ‘clicking clodhoppers’ bellowed “Relax, it’s nobody.” If they had just inserted the vowel ‘a’ it would have softened the blow, as then, I would have been one of a million nobodies – not this completely friendless nonentity among the glitterati. Therefore being asked to sign a scrap of paper by a total stranger was extremely weird. “Who do you think I am?” I asked. “Come on Dave, don’t be standoffish.” Dave! Dave? It felt like a conversation between Rodney & Trigger in Only Fools & Horses. “Look chum you’re confusing me with someone else, my name is Christopher Aloysius” “Oh! Gone all hoity toity have we Dave – or should that be La- Di- Da Lord Vine?” Then it dawned, he mistook me for David Vine from ‘It’s A Knockout’ – morbidly this happened 3 months after he died (didn’t realise I looked that knackered). During the 60’s occasionally folks would say I was a dead ringer for Jonathan King, which I revelled in until the waste product hit the rudimentary air conditioning unit for John boy – I stopped wearing hornrimmed specs too. Some well known stars start to look like someone else as they age. Mick Hucknall is turning into a Charlie Drake doppelgänger. By the end of this decade Robbie Williams will look like Norman Wisdom, mark my words. Eric Clapton looks like my old maths teacher (you’ll have to take my word, unless of course you went to The Norman Bates C of E Secondary in Woebegone Worthing & had numeracy beaten into you by Mr. Grimethorpe). Hardly a day passes that I don’t peruse my 1950’s logarithm tables – thanks Grimy – they’re a true boon. Now you dear reader – devilishly handsome / beguilingly beautiful – or like the south end of a north bound bus? Who do you resemble & has it got you into compromising scrapes. We need to know. Get in touch; ashleybobble@hotmail.com & spill.

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Seared tuna burgers with wasabi flavoured mayonnaise

This is a whole different level of a tuna sandwich, and we don’t think you’ll be returning to the canned variety any time soon. INGREDIENTS 8 – 3/4” thick tuna steaks 3 tbsp sesame oil 1 1/2 tbsp salt 1 1/2 tbsp freshly ground black pepper 3 tbsp sesame seeds Mayonnaise 10 tbsp mayonnaise 2 tbsp prepared wasabi (available in tubes in specialty grocery stores) 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tbsp coriander , chopped 1 small bunch rocket

8 plain buns DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat barbecue on MEDIUM. Pat dry tuna steaks. Brush with sesame oil, and sprinkle with salt, pepper and sesame seeds. 2. Meanwhile, prepare the mayonnaise by combining the mayonnaise, wasabi, garlic and coriander in a small bowl. 3. Brush or spray cooking grids with vegetable oil. Place tuna on the grill for 1 1/2 – 2 minutes per side, (refer to the Direct Grilling Guide) until seared outside and rare inside. At the same time, toast the buns on the upper rack. Spread the buns with mayonnaise, place tuna on the bun and top with rocket.

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Spinach lasagne Ingredients 70 g unsalted butter 50 g plain flour 800 ml milk 1 fresh bay leaf 800 g spinach 200 g ricotta cheese 1 whole nutmeg , for grating 300 g fresh lasagne sheets 100 g Parmesan cheese Method Preheat the oven to 190ยบC/gas 5. Melt 50g of the butter in a pan and whisk in the flour. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes, then whisk in the milk till smooth. Season, add

the bay leaf and simmer for 5 minutes. Turn off heat. Remove the stalks from the spinach, then wilt with the remaining 20g butter in a covered pan. When wilted, drain and, when cool enough to handle, squeeze out the liquid. Chop the spinach and mix with the ricotta, a ladleful of the white sauce and a good grating of nutmeg. Season. In a baking dish, layer the lasagne sheets, white sauce, spinach mixture and a grating of Parmesan. Finish with a layer of pasta topped with sauce and more Parmesan. Bake for 30 minutes, or till golden.

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life&leis re #health u  What can you tell about your health from your urine? THE COLOUR of your urine could be giving you an ‘early warning’ that you are seriously ill. Most people’s urine varies widely in colour depending on the time of day, early morning urine being much darker than that produced later in the day. There are some signs in your urine that you shouldn’t ignore even if it only means drinking more water. If you are dehydrated you need to drink plenty of fluids such as water, diluted squash or fruit juice. These are far more effective than large amounts of tea or coffee. Fizzy drinks can be full of sugar and will be harder to drink in large volume.

Dark brown urine

Dark brown urine can be a sign of severe dehydration or early liver disease. If your urine is dark brown you need to drink lots of water and check the colour of your urine to see if it changes. If it remains dark brown then you need to contact a doctor.

This is usually nothing to worry about and is caused by drinking too much especially when taking part in sport. In rare cases you can drink so much that the body can’t get rid of the fluid. This is rare and if you only drink when you are thirsty and not because you think you should then it should not occur.

Bright yellow urine

This can be alarming but is usually caused by vitamin supplements and the body getting rid of nutrients it can’t absorb and is therefore nothing to worry about.

Cloudy urine

Cloudy urine for a man can be caused by recently having sex or for both sexes by eating foods such as cheese. If it persists it could be due to a bacterial infection which may need to be treated with antibiotics.

Bright orange urine

This can be a side-effect of eating foods such as beetroot but could be due to something more sinister. A very small amount of blood will make the urine pinkish. This could be caused by high-impact sports having an effect on the bladder but it could be a sign of a more serious illness such as kidney stones, or even cancer. If it persists contact a doctor.

This is often caused by dehydration and is common first thing in the morning as the kidneys have continued working overnight without urinating. It can also be a sign that you are eating too many salty foods which causes the body to retain water. Try eating less salty foods and drinking more water. If it persists then consult your doctor as it could be a sign of jaundice.

Clear urine

If you are concerned about any of these issues then con-

Red urine

tact your Family Medical Centre.

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Life saving success ‘HOW TO Save a Life’ courses in the Marina Alta have proved a “resounding success” as qualified paramedics demonstrated how to use CPR.

Organised by Sandy Tsalikidis with Javea Red Cross for the English-speaking community, people paid 20€ to attend and the proceeds will go towards the Javea Ambulance Appeal – the town urgently needs three new vehicles. The courses were run by Debbie Glover and her husband, both trained paramedics, who offered their time free to improve safety in the community where they now live. And their training has inspired many people to have the confidence to ‘save a life’ - and the success of the course means more training will be offered. One student said afterwards: “It’s the best 20€ I’ve ever spent. I now have the confidence to intervene if someone needs help and many others have signed up for the future courses.” For further information contact Sandy 626 681 720 or Lorena at Red Cross Javea on 96 579 1961. Alternatively, email ambulanciaparajavea@live.com or go to Facebook Ambulancia Javea.

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La Vila finish their season with a flourish by TONY FOX By finishing third in the Spanish National Rugby Sevens tournament at the National Stadium in Madrid La Vila ended their season on a happy note. The only team that they lost to were the eventual winners. Reflecting on a season where fortunes changed on a technicality, Club President Jason Craig is confident that in keeping together this years team that won the league and their semi final play-off games (only to be disqualified on protest from CAU Valencia) we can look forward to next season with high hopes. CAU were trounced 129-25 0n aggregate by Bizkarla Gernika, a bottom first division team, so ending their quest for a first division place. If La Vila are to successfully defend their league title and achieve promotion, the on the field performance must be matched by a sound financial platform which will mean new sponsorship deals and ‘bums on seats’ at all their home matches. This in a country where the round ball rules over the oval and is no mean task. You can show your support for La Vila by attending their end of season BBQ at the Vila Joyosa ground (take exit 66 from the motorway) when club trophies for best player etc. will be presented. The cost for the sit-down meal is just 10 euros per person to include an aperitif and two drinks. You can book on-line at officina@rugbylavila.net or by phoning Ignacio DaVila on 608 068 208

Marina alta Report

Our latest match at Oliva Nova on the 13th june on a nice and sunny day was attended by 20 golfers. Dave Reid was on fine form with a winning score of 38 points, Second this week was Pete Gardiner with a good score of 36 points also on 36 points was Alan Tissington losing on count back.and in fourth was Dave Clark with 34 points. NTP on hole 3 Alan Mcmanus and Hole 16 Barry Woodcock. Only two weeks to our Captains day should be a great day with lots of fun,Details off our society are on our facebook page or phone Pete Gardiner on 699832394

Pego golf society The good news from Oliva Nova Golf Course, is that the course is now back to it’s best, with the greens now becoming slick and true, and the remaining part of the golf course wet from heavy watering. We had a rather low turnout today of only 36 members and guests, and the guests were Jock Anderson, Richard Morris, Richard Vaas and Brian O’Connor. All were welcomed warmly by our Captain David O’Connor. We went round today in three hours and fifty minutes, which was a change from the tedious rounds of between five and six hours in April and May. The competition today was a “Texas Scramble Team Competition” and with the course and the greens returned to their normal pristine condition, the scene was set for an exciting tournament In the main part of the competition, the results were as follows Texas Scramble Results 1st Place with 58.9 net score was the team of Brendan Young, Brian O’Connor, Richard Morris and Tony Jerman 2nd Place with 63.0 net score was the team of Martin Gates, Paul Singh, Barry Levett and Mario Van Kessel 3rd Place with 63.6 was the team of Donna Green, Linda Davies, Terry Oram and Trevor Baker

There were only two 2’s today, and they were by Robert Jenkins and Brian O’Connor. Brian O’Connor, who was a guest player today is a Plus 1 player from United Kingdom, and this class showed in the Texas Scramble, as his team won the competition at a canter. The “Balls in the Water” prize numbered 80 balls in the water and that was not won so it will be carried forward until next week. Nearest the hole at Hole 6 with their tee shot was Brian Barden with 3.94 meters, and at hole 16, the closest was Terry Oram with 1 meter, but shame about the putt Terry.

There were two match-play games played today and they were as follows:Dave Collins beat Paul Trigwell by 4/3 and Patrick Lynch defeated our Captain David O’Connor by 5/4 If any member or guest would like to play with the Pego Golf Society, and who wouldn’t, as we are playing a “Singles Stableford Handicap 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.

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Teams play for the RTN Cup by Caroline Tyszka THERE IS just one week until the Chorltonians football team hit the Costa Blanca for their annual tour of friendly games concluding with a tournament against local teams for the RTN Trophy. The Chorltonians have been touring the world for over 40 years and until recently visited a different country each time – that was until four years ago when they came to Benidorm and local expat Ken Scott, author, ghost writer, huge football fan and coach organised the teams Spanish tour - they have been returning ever since. Phil Singleton, manager for the Chorltonians told RTN, “we enjoyed visiting different parts of the world on our annual football tour but just ran out of places to go.” “Sometimes the organisation and language barrier left a lot to be desired,” he said, “then we met Ken and he took care of everything, organising friendlies and a tournament at the end of the week. We enjoyed the experience so much that we kept coming back, this being our fourth year and boys love it.” The tournament will be held on the 26th June in Albir featuring the Orange All Stars team from Albir and Premier Imports from Benidorm. There will be a special award presentation barbeque being at El Portet in Altea. Last year’s winners were the Orange Allstars. Who will win the RTN cup this year?

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Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Feel at home in the SX4 S-Cross FIRST IMPRESSIONS matter. In business it is that care and attention to appearance, dress and general conduct that makes a lasting impression.

The same can be applied to vehicles and that’s where Suzuki scores highly. From that first moment of opening the door and sitting in the driver’s seat I feel at home in the SX4 S-Cross. Bear in mind that I drive a lot of cars and yet Suzukis always stands out because they are all comfortable. I test the Suzuki during the worst weather for 100 years. At one point over 100,000 homes are without power and some unfortunate residents in Somerset have been without power since Christmas. Flooding is encountered on almost every route but my Japanese friend with its

raised ride height is ideal in such situations. High winds and water logged roads ensure that it is nigh on impossible to exceed 60mph. Those gusting high winds do buffet the Suzuki but it feels confident enough. It is quite sluggish though especially on start-up and so it is pleasing to find that it is equipped with a sport mode that livens things up. In fact it remains on this mode for most of the test because I find it gives it the ‘oomph’ that I require. Interestingly it doesn’t affect fuel economy that much either with the vehicle still returning over 40mpg, which I’m quite impressed with considering it’s a 1.6-litre petrol. When conditions become too slippery it is easy to turn the centre mounted dial to ‘snow and mud’ mode, which is also extremely useful during the test. Some of the routes that I am most familiar with have been closed due to the floods and workmen try hard to remedy the situation. All this talk of climate change being the problem - Queen Victoria reported similar circumstances in her diary many years ago. Whatever the reason, you’re grateful to be driving the SX4 S-Cross. The raised ride height, the permanent 4WD and the powerful windscreen wipers and washers make driving in these challenging conditions enjoyable rather than a chore. My two girls in the back quickly fall asleep and my wife Caroline finds her heated front seat comfortable. “I like the lemon fragrance to the windscreen wash,” she says, adding that sometimes it can be very overpowering requiring the windows to be wound down. The large glass panoramic roof makes the cabin feel light and airy and on just one of the days of the test the sun actually appears bringing the glass roof really into its own. I like the fact that the front part also has a tilting sunroof function. New price: 18,117€ to 28,444€ 0-60mph: 12secs Top speed: 108mph Economy: 40mpg Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

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