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THE MOOD is still upbeat in RTN towers this week after the team enjoyed meeting and chatting with such a colourful cross-section of our readers at the Homes Gardens and Lifestyle Show last weekend. It’s good to know we are getting things right at the paper; it seems you guys enjoy picking up a copy every Friday…and all our efforts are not instant chip paper! With Easter looming, please note we are publishing a day early next week - so for one week only, grab a copy on Maundy Thursday. And it was also a blast to have a chat with one of the special guests at the show, comedian Syd Little. A genuinely nice guy and funnier than his straight man reputation, we were pleased to offer him a seat to watch his beloved Manchester City on the RTN television. Sorry we couldn’t fix a win and he had to settle for a 0-0 draw. Later in the week we were able to present lucky reader Mary-Claire Weber with the top prize of an eight-day cruise and all the crew wish her a happy time afloat. Better luck next time to everyone else! Back to the EU Referendum front. The battle has now gone to the High Court in London in a bid to get all expats a voice in the crucial ballot. Democracy is calling Mr Cameron.

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Drug sales on the increase by CAROLINE TYSZKA POLICE IN Benidorm have expressed their concerns over the growing number of drug sales recently, particularly in the British area. Police sources have told local media that there has been a surge in drug sales within the town, and, although it has always been a problem when the weather improves and more British arrive, the illegal activity has seen a vast increase in off-season months as well. One area particularly highlighted is Calle Mallorca, where police sources, according to local media, say “with the massive influx of British tourists, the selling of drugs has again increased.” Earlier in the week, three British bars were fined for illegal opening hours, as officers patrolling the area not only observed drug-related crimes but also had to caution bar owners for ensuring the new “prop” rules were adhered to. Lorenzo Martínez, councillor for public safety, rejected calls for further officers to be on the streets, particularly during the Easter period and other peak tourist times, saying that there was no record of the rise in cases of drug-related sales in the British zone. Addressing the request from the local officers for more manpower, he said “you are controlling this area. With the actions being undertaken by the local police, understand that it is enough.”

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BARGAIN PRICES AT CHARITY SHOP CALPE-BASED ANIMAL charity SPA is now holding a seasonal sale with proceeds going to help the care and re-homing of animals rescued in the Marina Alta resort. The Sociedad Protectora Animales shop is one of the oldest charity shops in the area and has welcomed customers for over a quarter of a century. And the shop can be found on the lower ground floor of Edificio Perlamar, just up from the Sol y Mar Hotel on Gabriel Miro in Calpe.

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Maroc makeover BY JACK TROUGHTON THE COURAGEOUS girls of Team Fab Four are ready for the thrills and spills of the gruelling Maroc Challenge, and even their powerful 4x4 has enjoyed a makeover. The team leaves the Costa Blanca tomorrow (Saturday) to take on the heat of the Sahara Desert and the rented car has been given a new look – it now sports a fetching pair of false eyelashes over the headlights. And while the Nicola Franklyn, Julie Voce, Sally Moore and Pat McCue, are looking forward to a great adventure, there is a serious side to the trip and they hope to raise a small fortune for charity. Team Fab Four is also unique to the history of the Maroc Challenge. The girls are believed to be the first four-strong ladies team to take part. Nicola, Julie, Sally, and Pat, have had two days of theory and practical training in car mechanics and the long wheelbase white 1992 Nissan Patrol 2.8 turbo diesel has been thoroughly checked. Each of the team has paid for themselves and will split the money raised between two charities; Make A Smile, which supports children cared for in EMAUS homes, and Javea-based animal charity APASA. The race itself starts in Nador in Morocco and the seven-day route crosses the Atlas Mountains, into the Sahara Desert and back. There are around 130 entries from across Europe but Team Fab Four is just one of a handful of ladies´ teams and are planning to return with the women’s trophy. DRIVE Each of the team has been given lessons in driving a 4x4 – none had been behind the wheel of one before. One of Team Fab Four has only driven an automatic for the last 20 years. But confidence is running high. RTN was told: “We have all had our nails done; we have Murray Mints for the journey and gin for the overnight stops and we have loads of goodies to give away to kids along the way.” Enjoying a few drinks was how the girls initially got involved in the rally. “It was over a few gins when we first said ´let’s do it´.” Julie added: “And what started as a joke suddenly turned into something much more concrete and here we are off on the Maroc Challenge.” The car is rented from Javea Auto Sales – one of the rally officials - and the company also provided a theory and a practical lesson in basic mechanics. Nicola said: “We do have our own mechanic but unfortunately, he is going along in another car!” HOTEL The girls will stay in hotels during the rally – many competitors chose to camp out – and because they are ´car sharing´, the adventure will cost them in the region of 1,250€ each. And as one-off, they think it is very affordable. Pat said: “I hope more people will want to do it.” Andy from Javea Auto Sales said he was confident Team Fab Four would cross the finish line. “Everyone mucks in together on the race and if anyone really gets stuck, there is always someone ready to help out. “There is a separate trophy for women’s team but in truth there are only three or four in each rally. The girls are pretty unique, I am fairly sure they are the only four-strong ladies team that has ever gone on the Maroc Challenge.” Donations can be made to support the team at Heaven Boutique, Quicksave, and Salamandra in Javea, and Mullins Bar, Javea. Money can also be pledged online at www.gofundme/fabfourmaroc. The girls are in car number 57 and their progress can be followed via GPS at www.tracemyway.com and of the whole rally at www.marocchallenge.com.

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by JACK TROUGHTON LUCKY MARY-CLAIRE Weber is “absolutely over the moon” after winning an eight-day Mediterranean Cruise for two courtesy of RTN and Gandia Tours. The Javea pensioner and a neighbour visited the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show 2016 at the Denia Marriott Hotel and Spa on Saturday morning – and was looking forward to life on the ocean waves later the same evening. “I never win anything,” said Mary-Claire. “When they rang up on Saturday to say I had won I simply couldn’t believe it; I thought it was a wrong number. I still can’t believe it.” Mary-Claire is originally from Dublin – she was busy nurturing some shamrocks for St Patrick’s Day – when RTN’s photographer called but moved to Javea in 1965 with her parents. And she said she had not had the best of times really but 2016 was going to be different; her son and his wife in Valencia were expecting twins and she was going on a cruise. “It is a real tonic.” Mary-Claire, who will sail with a best friend, admitted she had enjoyed a cruise before. “My other son is an English teacher in China and we once went on a cruise along the Yangtze River, we were the only foreigners – I visit China every year.” She also keeps herself busy teaching English, and likes gardening, shopping and going out with her many friends.

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Centre keeps patients waiting by CAROLINE TYSZKA WAITING LISTS for patients at the Foietes specialist centre in Benidorm exceed one year in some departments. The centre has come under fire as it was revealed that many of the departments have waiting lists of over 12 months and the Dermatology is keeping patients waiting for an appointment for 14 months. The Department of Health for the Marina Baixa, which oversees the centre, confirmed the excessive waiting times, although it said steps had already been taken to reduce the queues by employing another dermatologist. And another department experiencing a backlog is Traumatology, where patients are expected to wait for a year to see a specialist. The CCOO union spokesperson said: “The problem has arisen because of the lack of doctors. With additional staff, including a radiologist for the evenings, many departments could utilise the facilities in the evening and reduce the waiting times.” Doctors at some of the local medical centres are now being encouraged to treat dermatology patients themselves, rather than referring them to the specialist centre. It is hoped that this will also help to reduce the waiting lists.

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TRUMP IS A RISK VICTORY FOR right winger Donald Trump in the US Presidency elections is one of the top 10 risks facing the world, says the Economic Intelligence Unit. The research company believes Mr Trump would disrupt the global economy and increase security risks in the USA. However, it does not believe he would beat its favoured candidate Hilary Clinton to the top job come election day.

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THE ANNUAL ‘Olde Tea Shoppe’ run by U3A Marina Baixa was again a success at the La Nucia International Fair with traditional refreshments served all day, raising over 400€. The team manning the stall was kept busy all day serving copious amounts of tea, coffee, and a enticing choice of cakes and buns – all home baked and donated by U3A members. Pictured in costume at the stall (from left) are Susan Bell, Janice Butterfield and Marilyn Rogers.

St Georges Day celebrations RTN ARE proud to be part of the sponsorship team helping to make the 3rd St. George’s Day celebrations, in Alfaz del Pi, the biggest yet. In 2014, a group of businessmen decided that British residents should get together and celebrate St George’s Day, as other nationalities did in the region. A fake wedding and birthday of local residents Rachel and Stephen, regular customers of a popular Indian restaurant in Alfaz, was chosen as an appropriate opportunity and venue for the first attempt to organise a St George’s Day celebration. It worked really well, attracting 170 guests, all dressed in red and white, with the following year 330 people attending. The 4,300€ (including individual donations from local businessmen of 100€ each) was donated to the lo-

cal charity, Alfaz Food Bank. Encouraged by the success of the previous two years, the 2016 version has now been organised. It will take place on Saturday 23rd April, at the Almafra Campsite in Alfaz del Pi, starting at 12 noon, and going on until late in the evening. There will be food, drink and live music all day long, with the aim of raising money for the Alfaz Food Bank and also to help local resident Majbrit, who is suffering from a life-threatening disease and needs specialist surgery in America. Sponsors of the event are RTN; The Curry Pot, Pride Construction, Corona Blinds and Toldos, Union Jack Bar Benidorm, Hepburns Bar Albir, Steve & Janette Malone, Steve & Janice, Mark Carter Plumbing Services, Leeonard Knowles Construction, CP Signs and, finally, Vista Gym La Nucia. Further sponsorship is, of course, very welcome, and tickets can be obtained in advance for 5€ from The Curry Pot, the Town Hall, Almafra Camping in Alfaz, and Hepburns Bar and the Companions Social Club in Albir. On the door, tickets will be 7€.

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Pop goes ﬂat by JACK TROUGHTON BRITAIN WILL become one of the first countries in the world to introduce a ‘sugar tax’ on soft drinks, Chancellor George Osborne announced in Wednesday’s Budget 2016. He said he was acting to help halt the obesity crisis in children and the cash raised by the controversial measure would fund sport in primary schools. Mr Osborne announced a raft of measures designed to help UK finances, but the raid on the soft drinks industry was a shock. And speaking in the House of Commons, he said his Budget was “one that takes bold decisions so that our children can grow up fit and healthy.” The sugar tax, which will come into force in two years, will raise £520 million in its first year – money to be invested in school sports programmes – and will increase the price of a can of Coca-Cola by some 8p, or a litre of the fizzy drink by 24p. The Government believes companies will begin to reduce sugar levels in soft drinks to avoid the tax and the move was welcomed by health campaigners but attacked by the soft drinks industry. Mr Osborne said: “I am not prepared to look back at my time here in this Parliament, doing this job, and say to my children’s generation ‘I’m sorry. We knew there was a problem with sugary drinks. We knew it caused disease. But we ducked the difficult decisions and we did nothing’. “So today I can announce that we will introduce a new sugar levy on the soft drinks industry.”

Cocaine washes up on beach By Caroline Tyszka COCAINE, HIDDEN in punch bags, has been discovered by a woman walking along a beach on the island of Formentera. A woman, out for a stroll on Tuesday afternoon, discovered more than 4 million euros worth of cocaine, washed up on a local beach and caught up in seaweed. She immediately contacted the Guardia Civil, who found 83 kg of the class A drug in three punch bags, tied together and carrying a GPS system. Officers, who attended the scene at the Migjorn Beach, on the south part of the island, believe that the drugs were left outside the port area, to be retrieved at a later date.

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GIFT HITS HIGH NOTE JAVEA RESIDENTS Bert and Marian Hulleman have presented the Javea Conservatory of Music with a violin and a valuable collection of sheet music to help students. The material contains work from a number of classical composers of different eras and styles, as well as handwritten compositions from the Dutch couple’s own ancestors.A grateful conservatory said the instrument and the music will be used to teach students of the violin and orchestra.

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International Day Success by CAROLINE TYSZKA AN ESTIMATED 11,000 people attended the 3rd annual International Day in La Nucia at the weekend. The Marina Baixa community hosted the popular celebration on Sunday and were blessed with good weather, as consuls from Bulgaria, Belgium and Norway joined together with the town’s mayor, Bernabe Cano, and Bart Gommans, Councillor for foreign residents, to celebrate the multicultural event. Food tasting, from over 40 nationalities, were popular throughout, as guests were entertained over seven hours with shows and music from 22 clubs and associations from the area. And stalls representing 50 different countries, displayed food, clothing and crafts that symbolised their culture, ranging from French wine tasting to traditional cakes and pastries. The day, which was designed to help improve the integration of the different nationalities within the town and region, had entertainment for all ages, with bouncy castles and craft workshops for the smaller visitors.

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MERSEY BEAT IN JAVEA JAVEA U3A’s popular ‘Not just Folk Music’ group enjoyed a full house at the latest get together at the Inn on the Green. The audience was attracted by the group’s wide variety of music and songs to suit all tastes. Presented by leader Ian Mackenzie, the evening featured a number of musicians. And there was something of a Liverpool theme to the night with some Beatles numbers, a variety of songs from the city, and a guest performance from someone who played at the famous Cavern Club – where the Fab Four and other bands played. Pictured is the guest with a U3A duo – husband and wife Phil and Jean – performing Gerry and the Pacemakers’ ‘Ferry across the Mersey.” For more details about the group and the association, go to the website www.u3ajavea.org.

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Magician Paul Daniels dies by Caroline Tyszka

SID, DESCRIBED as a “smashing dog”, needs a home after becoming a resident of animal charity Jalon Valley ARC. His foster care arranged through another rescue organisation fell through and ARC hopes to find him another ‘forever home’ soon. And he is aged about three-years-old and is medium sized. He is chipped and has a passport. Sid is said to love fuss and cuddles and gets on with other dogs.

WELL-LOVED TV magician, Paul Daniels, sadly passed away during the early hours of Thursday after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. Paul, aged 77, lost his battle for life with his wife, Debbie McGee, at his side at their Berkshire home. A statement, issued from the magician’s publicist, said: “Debbie and the family would like to thank everyone for their support, and ask that their privacy be respected at this sad time.” Paul hosted his BBC magic show for 15 years, and married his then assistant, Debbie, in 1988. Born in Middlesbrough, he worked in many clubs before making his TV debut on the talent show, Opportunity Knocks, where

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he soon became known for a string of catchphrases, including the line: “You’ll like this... not a lot, but you’ll like it.” The magician also leaves three sons from a previous marriage, with one of them, Daniel, tweeting a picture of a rabbit in a magician’s hat with a tear in its eye.

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Legal challenge over EU vote by jack troughton

HIGH COURT proceedings were launched in London on Wednesday challenging the UK Government’s refusal to give a voice to two million expats in June’s EU Referendum. Law firm Leigh Day, based in the capital, is acting on behalf of veteran campaigner 94-year-old Harry Shindler, who lives in Italy, and lawyer Jacquelyn MacLennon, a resident of Belgium. In papers lodged by lawyers, both claim they are being illegally denied the right to vote on Britain’s continued membership of the EU. Despite the Conservative manifesto pledge in 2015 to introduce ‘votes for life’ and scrap the controversial rule that bans British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years from voting, the government has not acted. The court case seeks urgent judicial review of the “unlawful” EU Referendum Act and EU law and lawyers will maintain the 15-year rule is a disincentive from and a penalty for, people exercising their free movement rights. It also prevents expats from participating in a democratic process which could result in the end of the very EU rights on which they rely to live and work abroad. And if successful, a judicial review would require the government to fast track legislation to change the franchise ahead of the June referendum ballot.

PENALISED Richard Stein, a lawyer with Leigh Day, said the firm’s clients were being “penalised” for exercising their freedom of movement. “The UK Referendum Act 2015 is said to be based on legislation for UK parliamentary elections. But it gives a vote in the EU Referendum to members of the House of Lords, as well as to Irish and Commonwealth citizens who are resident in Gibralter. None of these are allowed to vote in UK general elections. “The people it arbitrarily excludes are those UK citizens who are those most likely to be affected by the decision taken by voters in this referendum.” Britons across Europe feel betrayed at the government’s failure to return voting rights ahead of the referendum. Harry Shindler MBE said: “We will take any steps necessary to get the vote. “It is quite undemocratic and we have tried everything – I’ve written to the Prime Minister, it’s been raised in the House of Commons, to no avail. The only thing to do now is go to a court of law.” Two years ago when lobbying Brussels about voting rights, Harry was described by EU Justic Commissioner Viviane Reding as a “remarkable man” who had “lost his voice in the nation for which he fought.” And Costa Blanca campaigner Margaret Hales MBE added: “There are thousands of us Brits on the Spanish Costas disenfranchised in the upcoming crucial Referendum. Up until now we have been ignored, out of sight, out of mind. “What none of us can understand is why the Government of the Land of the Mother of Parliaments is at the forefront of anti-democratic practices.”

Harry Shindler with Viviane Reding

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Syd still larger than life by JACK TROUGHTON

COMEDIAN SYD Little – once part of duo Little and Large – may have slipped from regular prime time television slots but still enjoys playing to an audience. Aged 73, and with former partner Eddie Large retired from showbiz through ill health, Syd is still game for a laugh and was one of the VIP’s at last weekend’s Home, Gardens and Lifestyle Show. Based in Fleetwood, he said he was still recognised in the street...although people frequently thought he was record producer Peter Waterman. Syd and Peter actually share a love of trains and model railways. And Syd, a special guest at the Denia Marriott Hotel and Spa, now has to explain his part in a very British double act as being like the modern day ‘Ant and Dec’ as the comic scene had changed; but added: “I do still love getting up on stage and doing a bit.” Based in Fleetwood, he said: “When Eddie had a heart transplant 15 years ago, I didn’t want to give up show business and decided to go on my own – and still am. “I used to do the cruise ships and get flown out to Miami. It sounds glamorous but you

are always either travelling or performing – and everyone is always asking ‘how is your mate?’...they always ask after Eddie. “It’s the first time I have been to this part of Spain, before it was always down south. I used to do ‘fly-backs’. They were once fun, you used to get three days in a hotel, do a show and relax. Now it is just fly out, perform, fly back.” PRESSURE A contestant in last year’s Celebrity Masterchef, Syd said he enjoyed life in the kitchen learning about herbs and spices. “It was a lot of pressure but they said we would learn how to cook and make things taste better.” And he revealed he did not miss being in a double act after 50 years with Eddie despite for a time enjoying a “great life”. Syd explained: “We outlived ‘Little and Large’; we did all we could do including 14 years of prime time television. At the end, the last series, we just felt we were regurgitating material we had rejected earlier. “You cannot keep rewriting the same script. Everyone has a shelf life and I thought we had passed ours and knew it.”

In the tradition of British double acts, he said Little and Large – like Laurel and Hardy – had the advantage of their very different physique for a gag. “The traditional double act is a dying breed and we were not the best in the world but the public liked us and I have

fond memories of that time,” said Syd. “I still get nervous before a show now as a 73-year-old but it shows you are still thinking about it and not taking anything for granted – and you can still be a good act and have something to give.”

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Hotel ﬁre in Benidorm by CAROLINE TYSZKA

A BENIDORM hotel had to evacuate its guests at the weekend when the top floor was engulfed in flames. The fire, in the laundry room of the RH Victoria hotel, in the centre of Benidorm, meant that 400 people were taken to a nearby hotel in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Emergency services were called to the hotel at 6.30am on 12th March as the 20th floor storage area, used for laundry, caught fire and flames could be seen from the street. Within an hour, the firefighters had contained the blaze, and guests were allowed to return to their rooms at 7.40am - although the smell of smoke through the ventilation system took hours to subside. Guests sent to the RH Royal hotel, just a few metres from the Victoria, until the all clear was given by the authorities, praised the efficiency of the management of the evacuation. A spokesperson for the emergency services said that there were no serious injuries, although one Dutch guest experienced a panic attack and was treated at the scene.

Literature competition fraud A BRITISH man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining money by creating a bogus literature competition. A British citizen set up a competition for “young writers” in Spain, inviting schools across the country to submit students’ short stories for publication, then charging the parents 13€ for a copy of the finished book. However, no such book existed. It is believed the man, who had operated a similar scam in the UK, managed to bank 195,000€ from pre-book sales, and had also used a website to entice millions of clients to show an interest in his fraudulent business. Operating from Malaga, in Spain, the British man has now fled the country, clearing all his bank accounts, both here and in the UK. Although police sources believe him now to be planning a similar operation in France, Spanish prosecutors are calling for a six year sentence, once he has been captured.

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Raising the roof by JACK TROUGHTON CROWDS TURNED out in record numbers to enjoy the fun and community spirit of the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show 2016. The Denia Marriott Hotel and Spa hosted the event for a second year and more than 3,000 people went along to investigate what the best of Costa Blanca businesses and services have to offer – including expat charities. Organised by GM Promotions and this year sponsored by communications specialists Blu So Easy! and the coast’s favourite English newspaper RTN, record numbers already mean next year’s event is being planned. Gina Marks, of GM Promotions, said she was “delighted” at the success, adding: “I would love to hold it at the Marriott again next year. It was an excellent event and a pleasure to be part of. “I think the general atmosphere was really good and there was a real feeling of community spirit amongst the exhibitors and visitors.” And receiving a warm Costa Blanca welcome were the show’s

special guests, including comedian Syd Little, television antique’s expert Mark Stacey, Yanni the street magician, and local Chef Dani Bowler. Naturally, they were happy to sign autographs, chat with everyone, and currently feature in people’s ‘selfies’ all over the region. The VIPs also featured in the ‘Costa Cook Off’ – a popular challenge along the lines of television’s ‘Ready Steady Cook’ that was first unveiled in the 2014 show in Calpe and is still going strong. Syd – once part of Little and Large – enjoyed Celebrity Masterchef on television last year; while Dani was a part of Masterchef 2014 and both enjoyed cooking in front of visitors. Gina added: “All the exhibitors were really pleased with the response and social media has come alive with messages thanking us for a wonderful show – even asking when the next one was. “People in general found it really informative and I think it went smoothly without any major stress caused on the organisational front...I am a very happy bunny.”

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Younger looking skin without marks thanks to the new dermatological treatments of Hospital Clínica Benidorm THE DERMATOLOGY Unit of Hospital Clínica Benidorm offers dermatological and aesthetic advantages with intense pulsed light (Ellipse), one of the most advanced techniques for skin care on the face, hands and chest. It is based on a machine that, within just a few sessions with the dermatologist, can help to improve and rejuvenate the appearance of the skin, treating vascular lesions on the skin, solar lentigines, eliminates blotches, marks, acne stains and scars. Dr. Magdalena Silla, specialist of the Dermatology Unit of HCB has explained that “the technique of intense pulsed light gives many wavelengths, which differentiates it from the common laser and converts it into one of the most versatile techniques for the improvement of the skin of the face, chest and hands”. The Dermatologist examines the patient in the consultation and rules out malignant lesions in order to program the necessary sessions with the intense pulsed light machine. The amount of sessions will depend on the condition of each patient and the lesion which needs treating, but one to two sessions may be needed, three at most. Dr. Magdalena Silla insists on the importance of carrying out these treatments with a specialist because “before eliminating a stain or lesion on the skin, the dermatologist should carry out a prior revision to rule out any relation to melanoma or other pathologies”. The Dermatology Unit of HCB offers different treatments with the technique of intense pulsed light: • Photo rejuvenation. This technique can be applied on the face, the hands and the chest and can also treat solar lentigines to improve the appearance of the skin making it appear younger, smoother and more radiant. • Vascular Lesions. With intense pulsed light we eliminate the follicles and blotches of the face and chest, as well as the ruby spots all over the body. • Scars and marks on the skin. Winter, the best time. The specialists insist on the need to carry out these types of treatments in seasons with less sun exposure. “In the seasons with less sun radiation, such as autumn and winter, we have less melanin on the skin and the machine can detect the areas that need treatment. When we absorb more sunlight, we generate more melanin, making us browner, and the machine cannot detect the area of the stain or lesion which it should eliminate”, explained Dr. Silla.

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Giving4Giving opens euro shop by CAROLINE TYSZKA THE GIVING4GIVING charity opened the doors to its new shop in the village of Finestrat this week. Gary Burr, founder of the Giving4Giving cancer support charity, welcomed Victoria Curtis to the new “everything for a euro” shop on Monday morning, as customers eagerly waited to grab some bargains. Victoria, who is the councillor for residents of foreign nationalities, the department of health, commercial complaints and also the neighbours (Spanish) department expressed her delight at being able to officially open the new charity outlet. “It is wonderful to be able to support local businesses that work closely with the community for such a worthwhile cause,” she said. The councillor explained to RTN that the town is building stronger community links between all nationalities, and had already taken a bus of local British and Spanish residents on a day trip to Murcia, which had proved very successful. Ms Curtis said: “Everyone got on so well, and the town hall is planning many more events that will enable our residents to become further integrated with each other.”

Barn dance success U3A VALL del Pop put its best foot forward as 64 members enjoyed a lively and fun evening dancing to the music of the ShamRockers and a well-supported Barn Dance. The Vall del Pop Restaurant in Lliber hosted the evening and the band’s guest Aileen Lightfoot called the moves which were soon mastered by the guests. The new shop, open from 10am until 2pm, is the third for the Giving4Giving charity, and joins the La Nucia and Altea stores in raising much needed funds for local charities. Anyone who wishes to make a donation, or can offer their time to volunteer in one of the shops, should call Gary on 603 13 76 97 or visit their Facebook page – Giving4Giving.

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BENIDORM ROYAL BRITISH LEGION THE BENIDORM and district branch of the Royal British Legion meet the first Friday of every month, at Ciudad Patricia in Benidorm.

During March and April, several events have been planned, with a lunch on the 18th March in Benidorm, and a day trip to Castalla on the 26th. On 1st April, there will be a general meeting at Ciudad Patricia, and a branch lunch on 15th April. For more details on meetings, events or membership, contact Pam 966 86 07 35 or pdawson802t@cv.gva.es.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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INFORMATION POINT

By Jack Troughton VISITORS TO the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle Show were able to find out the wide-ranging services offered by the charity – and help boost its funds. People enjoying last weekend’s event at the Denia Marriott Hotel and Spa took the opportunity to meet the volunteers at the HELP stand. It was a great success for the community charity in spreading the word about its work and an opportunity to sell a number of items on the stall. Pictured (from left) representing the charity on the HELP stand are volunteer Mavis Wade; Amanda Rosser, the La Xara Shop Manager; and charity President Candida Wright. To find out more about HELP or to join the team, visit www.helpofdenia.com or go to the Facebook page Help DAMA.

A magical evening BENIDORM PALACE is holding a magic gala this weekend, which is set to enthral both the young and the old. Three magicians will be performing, at a special show on Sunday 20th March, in the Benidorm Palace, including the Merlin Prize 2015 winner, Mr David Climent. The magic gala will exhibit David, Domingo Artes and Lumaky’s different styles of magic, using magic, escapism, mystery and technology to wow the audience and leave them wondering “how did they do that!” Domingo Artes is the organiser and producer of the annual

Gran Gala Mágica which is held in the Romea Theatre in Murcia and Lumaky is a new and exciting magician for Spain. Lumaky recently showcased his talents in Orihuela for a local charity evening, and said “this will be a new show that will impress children and adults alike. We will see new tricks that we may have seen on television, but that are much more impressive seen live.” The show at the Palace starts at 6.30pm with tickets priced at 14€ for adults and 10€ for children. Tickets are available online at www.entradasbenidormpalace.com or at the box office in Calle Gerona, Benidorm.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

Drug factory busted by CAROLINE TYSZKA NATIONAL POLICE have closed down a drug factory in Altea and made several arrests. Police officers arrested five people and shut down a laboratory that was selling synthetic drugs and natural products in the town of Altea at the weekend. Over 14,000 doses of drugs, not illegal, but considered to be far more toxic than cocaine, were seized – believed to be ready for distribution in both Spain and the UK. The factory producing the drugs was set up in a villa located in a luxurious complex of Altea, where two residents, originally from Lithuanian, were based. The five arrested were from Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine, and have been accused of designing and producing substances such as “rave drugs” or ‘legal highs,” not classified as illegal, but tampered with to give similar, if not more extreme, results as taking cocaine. Some of the drugs had been prepared, and were ready for distribution at “grow shops” within the area. Police launched an investigation in January, having been alerted about the laboratory when they detected the drugs in nightclubs throughout the region. Following a surveillance operation, which included observing parcels being delivered and collected, the National Police contacted the National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK. The NCA intercepted some of the packages and found that the parcels contained synthetic cannabinoids. The collaboration between the law enforcement teams resulted in 14,678 packets of the synthetic drugs being seized, and the five arrested charged with crimes against public health.

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BRITISH LEGION FLYING THE FLAG THE BENIDORM branch of the Royal British Legion attended the International Day in La Nucia on Sunday. Branch members, Lyn and Jacqui, had a long, but successful, day, meeting with many of the British residents, and attracting the interest of other Europeans, as they showed some of the Poppy memorabilia that is available to the public all year round.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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A bright and traditional Spanish villa right next to the Mediterranean Sea Live full board in the villa located just a few meters from the incredible national park coast walk along the Mediterranean, with your own bedroom of course. The villa has a large peaceful garden, terraces and a large swimming pool to take a dip. Spend your time in a relaxed atmosphere where you will be able to speak Spanish spontaneously, without inhibitions, and really advance through professional guidance and easy to learn techniques.

Snorkelling on the beach metres away

The smarter way to learn Spanish The classes are designed specifically according to your preferences and tailored to your own needs with 5 “one-to-one” hours per day tuition, plus one or two enjoyable activities per day of your choice, and living with the family the rest of the time. Learn to Speak Spanish with Confidence All work and no play makes the Spanish stay away… so enjoying activities of your own choice during your stay will help you practice what you are learning, in activities such as: Hiking, walking, cycling, Cultural walks in Denia or surroundings Sailing, Kite or Paddle-surf, Kayak, Scuba-diving Preparing real Mediterranean cuisine and other gastronomic activities.

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Maximise your learning with our Spanish Immersion Courses This Spanish Immersion method will really help you to make very fast progress. The dedicated Spanish teaching concentrates on giving you confidence and gaining fluency, enlarging your vocabulary and obtaining the correct pronunciation. We help you vastly improve your Spanish language skills. One total immersion day is equivalent to one week’s intensive course!!!

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Skype classes for continuing your Spanish studies Once you leave the villa, Skype Spanish tuition is our method for continuing your Spanish studies after the Spanish immersion. You choose the day and time for each class, giving you the flexibility of a lesson timetable that suits your lifestyle. You can learn Spanish from the comfort of your home, or from behind your desk at work. You will have an assessment of your needs and a progress report with recommendations for continuing your Spanish studies. Do you know somebody to immerse? If you have a friend who would enjoy these total immersion Spanish classes, let him/her know!! and when he/she enroles, you will enjoy a free “one-to-one” Spanish class. Choose how long you want to study You have the flexibility to choose how long you want to study, from: A weekend 2 day course, to a number of weeks depending on the time you have available. If you prefer you can even choose daytime courses only, thus spending the night at your own home. Don’t wait, Contact us today for more details. crislasrotas@gmail.com - Tel. +34619333068 Or visit our spanish blogsite: http://aprenderrapidoespanol.blogspot.com.es/

Traditional Paella in the garden

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

Town revives HELP’S SALE SUCCESS historic attraction #NEWS BITES

A MASSIVE 250 items went under the hammer at Jalon Valley HELP’s Annual Auction – the ‘lottery’ helping raise more than 3,000€.

by CAROLINE TYSZKA CALLOSA D’EN Sarria council has reopened its 18th century laundry, to encourage further tourism. The town hall in Callosa d’en Sarria has spent 2,000€ refitting an old washing area, at the Font Major medieval water feature. A council spokesperson said: “for many years this has been in a poor state of repair and created a bad odour in the town. Now it has been restored, we hope it will give many of our older residents fond memories, and be something for people to admire.” The refit involved workers, from the technical services department, installing a valve to allow the water to flow into the Font artificially. The new system does not affect farmers’ irrigation supplies, and will also keep the water circulating, therefore reducing any water odours.

It was quite a marathon for auctioneer Alan Lewis and his El Cid auction team, taking three-and-a-half hours to sell the lots in a crowded saleroom. Alan was quickly out of the blocks at 1pm and by 4.30pm his voice was beginning to show the strain. Once the final figure is established, a cheque will be presented to HELP President Elaine Horton. It was standing room only in El Cid’s large restaurant and charity volunteers sold tickets for a raffle, raising another 350€ for HELP’s work in the community. Afterwards Elaine thanked Charlie and her team for coping with food and drink orders in the crush, Alan and his team for all their efforts, Shirley Penter, a HELP volunteer, who organized the collection and cataloguing of the items up for sale, “and everyone who brought their wallets and bought”. The charity’s next fund raising event is an Afternoon Tea and Flower Arranging event on Monday 21st March at Pepe’s Restaurant in Alcalali. For details, go to www.jalonvalleyhelp.com.

News from afar

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

Assassins wanted

JAPAN PLANS to make a killing through ‘warlord tourism’ and is looking to hire six full-time ninja to attract visitors to the Aichi prefecture. Physical fitness and acrobatic skills are needed for the 2,000€ a month jobs rather than any specialist knowledge of 15th Century warfare. Historically ninja were Japanese mercenaries specialising in espionage, assassination, sabotage, and other forms of guerrilla warfare – roles seen below the military nobility of the samurai, who followed strict codes on honourable fighting. However, the job specification has changed somewhat for anyone considering sending in an application by the 22nd March deadline. Instead applicants, who must be aged over 18, should enjoy stage performances and PR work for radio and television. Combat experience is not a necessity and a record of dispatching people would positively be frowned upon. And despite the historic secrecy surrounding ninja, applicants should “enjoy being under the spotlight” and as candidates will have to sometimes use English, it appears language skills are an advantage and a passion for history essential. Training will also be quicker than learning the undercover work of the past; successful applicants are expected to be performing by the end of April. There is already an established ninja museum in neighbouring Mie prefecture. The city of Iga is branded as the ‘home’ of the secret fighters. A very real historical phenomenon, although much of the ninja story is based on legend and myth, the mercenaries gradually disappeared as Japan unified in the 17th Century. They may have become little more than a curiosity and shady characters for electronic games, but the country is keen to exploit its history – and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to increase tourism in the run in to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

Terror in Turkey

A CAR bomb, packed with explosives, killed at least 37 people in Ankara, Turkey, at the weekend. Suspected Kurdish militants were believed to be behind the car bomb that exploded on Sunday. The car explosion was close to a bus, and caused several other vehicles to catch fire – more than 100 were injured, some said to be critical. Following the second attack in the city in less than a month, Turkey responded immediately by sending warplanes to bomb Kurdish targets in Northern Iraq. And Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said following the attack: “Terrorism will be brought to its knees...the struggle against terrorism will end in success.” World leaders also responded to the attack, with Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, saying the incident was “inhuman.” The Australian ambassador to Turkey, James Larsen, was in a car just 20m away from where the bomb was detonated, and was said to be in shock but unharmed.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

Downbeat down under The moment I saw the 1950’s film The Kangaroo Kid, at the hell that was the Saturday morning flicks, I wanted to be Australian. The film was so-so, but as a 10 year old to me it was pure magic.

Chris Ashley

Writer & Broadcaster

Westerns were great, but a western set in Oz was fan-blooming-tastic. My parents agreed I could emigrate Down Under as a £10 immigrant when I reached 18, in hindsight, with rather intemperate glee. 1960’s Australia was a whole lot different then, rather dowdy. When you came into land the pilot would announce “Ladies & Gentlemen we are about to touch down at Sydney International Airport, please set your watches back - 20 years.” Make no mistake it was a very conservative country, however today Sydney is the gay capital of the Pacific Rim (I sense a lurking euphemism) and is generally a cosmopolitan liberal place. Then, Australians didn’t outwardly acknowledge gays among the 11½ million population (Melbourne had a bit of a bohemian reputation so it was rumoured 2 or 3 were there – to general disbelief). The Aborigines only got the vote in 1963 – mind you Queensland held out until 1965, but you have to remember that in those days ‘Banana Benders’ (locals) made a KKK rally look like a fusion of a Women’s Institute Bring & Buy sale and a Mary Berry Bake Off. Although some pompous Poms were about as welcome as a Rabbi in Riyadh, I can’t say I was ever a full-on victim of Pom bashing, just the occasional skirmish,and the questioning of my parents marital status when I was born. Soon learnt it wasn’t prudent to venture into a rough dockside bar – the type of place where the ashtrays were kneecaps and order all hoity-toity “A pint of your finest mead my man, and make it snappy.” Such a place was in an area of Sydney called The Rocks, now marketing the gentry instead of mugging the gentry. All baristas & boutiques opposed to burglars & brothels. So I learnt ‘Strine’ PDQ with the odd snide jibe. “How do you get a Pom out of the bath?” “Put some water in it.” Mind you before I went native I got this one in at passport control. Security.“Have you got a criminal record?” Me.“Why, do I still need one to come in?” Boom Boom Bruce! You can’t beat the British Beano.

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DEAR LAWYER, In recent years the local taxes we pay for our villa in Spain have multiplied. I have asked at the Town Hall, and they told me that it is because the property used to be classified as rustic, and is now considered as developable (possibility to be urbanised), but there are no plans to urbanize it. Is this correct? Can we do something? Dear reader, thank you for your enquiry. Although it is impossible to provide you with a legal advice without reviewing in detail the documents and specific information regarding your situation, it is possible you may be affected by a review of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;cadastralâ&#x20AC;? rating or classification of your property. It often happens when a rustic property or undeveloped (non urbanisable) land is reclassified as developable (urbanisable), its cadastral value is reviewed, giving a value as developable property, which is much higher than that of a rustic property. However, this may happen without any actual project being approved for any development or any relevant planning instruments. The consequence of this revision of the cadastral value is that there are rustic properties, which have been formally classified as developable, but with the crisis or for whatever reason, they will not be developed, so they will remain for practical purposes as rustic for many years, but, as they are formally recognized as developable, they are taxed as such, and their cadastral value is much greater than the actual value. On this situation, the Supreme Court of Spain granted a judgment on the 30th of May 2014, stating that the cadastral value cannot be based solely on the classification of the property, so that land or property should only be valued as urban or developable and taxed as such when it is actually able to be really urbanized, i.e., the developable properties without development should be kept as rustic valuation for cadastral effects. Readers should note that this is an issue of great importance, because a much higher cadastral value will mean numerous negative consequences, especially of a fiscal nature, such as: a higher yearly IBI (Property Tax / Local tax). If the property is transferred (sale, inheritance, gift) we would pay to the Town Hall a much higher Municipal Plusvalia (Gain) than we should. In fact, we should not pay anything if it is considered rustic. It also affects the Income Tax for Residents and Non Residents, since we pay these taxes for properties that are not our main residence, based on their cadastral value, so we would be overpaying. It has bad consequences on inheritance and gift tax, because the cadastral value is used to determine the minimum property value for these taxes. If the cadastral value is much lower, the valuation of the property for the purposes of succession and donation - gift will be much lower, which will mean major tax savings. If you or someone you know is in this situation, you should request a revision of the cadastral value, and request that your urbanisable property that is not developed is valued as rustic based on the said judgment of the Supreme Spanish Court, you can also request and claim for a refund of the amount overpaid on the mentioned taxes. Remember that a lower cadastral value will mean large tax savings in the present and future. Contact Us.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All rights reserved. Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

LEGAL & FINANCE

Are the taxes on your rustic property high, almost as if it were classified as urban? Changes in the cadastral classification

Carlos Baos

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

Safeguarding your pension and assets

Money

Many UK expatriates do not realise that they remain UK-domiciled even if they have left the UK and are no longer resident in the UK and therefore subject to UK Inheritance Tax (IHT) on their worldwide estate at a rate of 40 per cent after allowances.

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

This can come as a major shock. What can be done about this? There are several options. Transfers of wealth on death between husband and wife are exempt from IHT, but only if the spouse is also domiciled in the UK (or both are non-domiciled). This catches out many expatriates who have married a foreign passport holder who is likely to be domiciled elsewhere. Even then the IHT is only delayed rather than avoided, because on the death of the survivor the tax will be payable on the passing of the family assets to the next generation. IHT can be mitigated by giving away assets at least seven years before death. This is not an attractive option, as a person rarely know when they are going to die, and will seldom be content to rely on their relatives to maintain them so this is generally a non-starter. But there is another option, and one which is finding increasing favour, that is the qualifying non-UK pension scheme (QNUPS). A QNUPS is exempt from UK IHT on the member’s death There can be problems if the only reason for setting up a QNUPS is to avoid UK IHT. There is a danger that, where the member is in ill health and sets up the QNUPS with the sole objective of avoiding IHT, HMRC could seek to attack the arrangement. They would do this by trying to claim the pension was essentially a sham and was no different to a normal trust. This could lead to the member suffering a lifetime IHT charge on the transfer into the QNUPS, and a further charge on his death if he were to die within seven years. But there are so many other advantages in setting up a QNUPS that it should be easy to point to, and which have been well documented, these alternative and additional motives, and thereby rebut this suggestion if it were ever made. The most important part of moving monies/assets to QNUPS is that it is seen as a genuine ‘pension’ – so the earlier you do it the better. The UK Government has shown that it is not beyond raiding UK pensions when it needs money to prop up its own finances. At the moment it needs money arguably more than at any time since the Second World War. This is not unique to the UK Government. Most of the EU governments are in the same boat. Anything which puts assets into a friendlier tax climate allows more flexibility in their administration and draws down and carries substantial IHT tax advantages would seem to be a very attractive proposition which everyone should grab with both hands. A QNUPS can hold most assets: subject to the Trustees consent including UK Residential property (but not your main residence) , fine wine, fine art, antiques may all be acceptable. Assets which will depreciate, such as cars and yachts, are generally excluded Your investment decisions should be based on your specific circumstances and objectives. You should always seek advice and consult with a tax and wealth management specialist on how QNUPS can help you in your individual circumstances. I am here to help you, to arrange an independent, professional and impartial consultation please contact me by email christina.brady@blacktowerfm. com or call me on 658 892 330 . Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is authorised and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licensed in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV in Spain.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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SPAIN’S FIRST tribute band to rock legends Pink Floyd makes a rare live appearance on the Costa Blanca on Wednesday 23rd March in aid of charity Grant A Wish. The Pink Floyd Experience – Jools Cooper, Christian Pearl, Stewart Collier and saxophonist Carmelo Fresnedo - is performing at the Casa de Cultura in el Verger...backed by an amazing laser light show.

And while the running list of the gig remains a secret, it will feature the most well-known and popular of Pink Floyd favourites – plus the Experience’s own version of the megaselling album Dark side of the Moon. Jools formed the tribute in 1999 and the Pink Floyd Experience travelled and played extensively across Spain until 2010. The guitarist, who still frequently plays live as a solo act and with rock band The Rockets, he formed Frakah and won the Melody Maker ‘Folk Rock’ contest in 1976.

The same year he found himself commuting into London with sound engineer Brian Humphries to the Britannia Row studios where Pink Floyd was recording the album ‘Animals’. The band’s guitarist Dave Gilmour encouraged the young musician to bring his guitar to the sessions and play – he learnt a great deal and still pays tribute to his Floyd mentor. Jools moved to Spain in the 1980s and formed The Rockets with drummer Geoff Britton, ex-Wings and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, and bassist Steve Emery, ex-Stretch and Eric Clapton. He continues to work as a session musician and his playing with Spanish artists can frequently be heard on the radio. Stewart is a guitarist, singer, writer and producer and has been playing in the music business for over 20 years; working with a range of bands such as Aerosmith, Meatloaf, Alanis Morrisette, Tori Amos, Alice Cooper, The Stereophonics and Primal Scream.

He was also a key member of ‘Teen Spirit’, playing legend Kurt Cobain in the world’s number one Nirvana tribute – and in this guise has performed on television for the BBC and MTV, as well as live across the globe. And in 2002, he was invited by Jarvis cocker to appear and sing in the last video recorded by Pulp. The show starts with Stewart Collier and the Loop, an acoustic studio show. The Loop is a floor pedal that allows him to record a sequence of chords and play these back as an accompaniment as he plays solo – more fun is the wall of sound he builds up to sound like a full band. And after a break and some charity fund raising, it will be time for Stewart to join the others as the Pink Floyd Experience. Doors open at 6pm and the show begins at 7.45pm. Tickets are 12€ and available by calling 96 500 8816. A full bar will be available on the night.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

Some useful gardening information OVER THE months readers have regularly asked for the following information re useful gardening products. Gardening by the moon We have used a Spanish translation of a French calendar for the past fifteen years. The title and publisher are as follows. ‘Lunario 2016 – Calendario lunar para el huerto y el jardín ecológicos y para salud’ Edita Artus Porta Manresa. You will be able to obtain it from good Spanish bookshops or via calendario@lunario.es. The calendar is updated and improved each year and publication date is around October each year. An introduction to using a lunar calendar is provided in Chapter 4.15 of our book ‘Growing healthy vegetables in Spain’. The photograph shows the solar cooker that I use on a regular basis. It was assembled from a kit purchased from a Spanish company called Alsol. There are two sizes , a one metre one as illustrated and a larger 1.4 metre version. Full details will be found on www.alsol.es. Terracottem soil improver This is a gel product for mixing into soils and composts for planting holes, new beds and containers. Originally developed for growing vegetables in Africa it found a major market in Spain from Golf course constructors and vegetable growers for under the right conditions irrigation can be reduced by up to 50 to 70 percent. Full information, including in English will be found on www. terravida.com or www.terracottem.com. The easiest and most economical way of buying Terracottem is to buy a five kilo container from Terravida. This can be shared between neighbours of members of a gardening club for instance. Mail order suppliers of ecological garden products The two that I have used most over the years are Trabe and Neudorff.

Trabes website is www.trabe.net and email number trabe@trabe.net. The address is Poligono Industrial los Urreas no.31. There products include Neem oil a useful general insecticide, Propolis an eco fungicide and Potassium Soap a useful insecticide for the flower garden. Neudorff products in Spain are distributed by Seipasa from offices in Tardienta Huesca and Carlet Valencia. Their website is www.seipasa.com. Supplies of dwarf fruit trees Fruit trees on dwarf rooting stock can be difficult to trace in Spain. However if you are travelling by car from the UK a diversion towards the coast around Gerona in northern Cataluña to visit Soljardi could be of interest. They also sell triple fruited grafted citrus trees. Their location etc., will be found on www.

soljardi.com. Vivers Hermandorena S.L. also sometimes have some to sell or can supply dwarf root stocks for grafting to. They are based outside Carlet south of Valencia. Contact via commercial@hermandorena.com Worms and mini worm composters Within Spain Humus +Fertil S.L.L. can supply worms. There email contacts is humusfertil@humusfertil.com The best worm composter supplier we know of is www.wigglywigglers.co.uk. They normally have a number of designs and sizes for sale and their stocking worms travel ok by road or post. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com March 2016.

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Hi Aunty, Thank you for your weekly column, all my blips have been solved by your answers to other people so far. Now I have a problem which I haven’t seen before and hope you can help me with.. My picture on Skype is upside down and Skype do not answer my questions, I have upgraded to Windows 10 recently. They say my camera is up to date and working ok, I went into the Asus website and they say the same thing. I don’t need to download new software as the camera is fine. Any suggestions please? Pamela Reply: Your problem is very common with Asus Skype users. The only way to solve this problem is use a third party webcam program to help configure your own camera. Install Manycam - from http://download.cnet.com/ManyCam-Virtual-Webcam/30002348_4-10593500.html?tag=mncol? 1. Start Manycam, Go to: sources - cameras, Select your camdriver, Click the icon for vertical flip right of yourself image (smallest blue circle in the screenshot below). 2. Start Skype, Go to: tools - options - general - video settings - select webcam: Select “manycam virtual webcam” Click on “Save”

Upgrade to Windows 10 Hi Aunty, My computer is Windows 7. And my computer comes up now & again to tell me get Windows 10. Is there a reason for this? I don’t want to change if I don’t have to. Regards, Margaret Reply: Microsoft is offering for the next 10 months a free upgrade to Windows 10, for all users with a genuine version of W7 and W8.1. You can upgrade if you want to, or you

can continue to use W7. Obviously, at some point in the future (2020 they say), Microsoft will stop supporting W7, and no longer issue updates. However, if you do not upgrade within the free upgrade time period, then you will have to pay for W10. If you do decide to upgrade, first make a back up of ALL your important files and folders, just in case the W10 installation process does not go as smoothly as it should.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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

Parents divorcing I have just received the news that my parents are to divorce. I am pretty much devastated. My brother is relieved and says it is the best thing for the whole family, as family life was sometimes very fraught growing up. I do agree itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best thing, but my mother and father have always been there, together in the same house. Now the family home is to be sold, and everything will change. Their one joint passion was their grandchildren, I am worried that they will also suffer. Parents splitting up at any age, is hard to deal with. You know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for the best, but are grieving as a result. Often the fear of the unknown is far worse than the reality, and you might find once the divorce is over, that things are not as bad as they might be. Talk to your Mum and Dad and voice your fears about the grandchildren being affected by the changes, and suggest that, as much as they can, they still attend special events for their sakes

Honesty is the best policy I have lived in Spain for 8 years, retired for ten. During that time I became good friends with a woman and her husband. Their marriage unfortunately ended last year, and my girlfriend went back to England to her family. Her husband stayed in Spain as he had work here. He and I have since become romantically involved and believe we could have a future together. The problem is that I have never told my girlfriend about our relationship, and neither has he. Any advice? There is no choice but for you to contact your friend and tell her the truth. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to tell your friend just how long you have been seeing each other, and you could ask her how she might feel about you pursuing a relationship, and see what her reaction is. Ultimately, feelings might be hurt, and this is unavoidable. If you are serious about this man, there is no alternative but to come clean.

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

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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The law, as it relates to swimming pools THE LAW, by Royal Decree, has established basic criteria and technical standards for air and water quality of outdoor pools, to protect users from possible risks, whether physical, chemical or microbiological. The following definitions have been established: Swimming Pool: An installation composed of the pool vessel itself, or Spa, for, recreational, sports training or therapeutic use, as well as the additions and services necessary to ensure its operation. The pool can be open, covered or mixed. Swimming pool for public use: Those swimming pools open to the public, or to a defined group of users, that are not just for family and guests of an owner or occupier, whether or not an entry fee is charged. Pools may be: (a) Type 1. Swimming pools where the water activity is the main objective, such as public swimming pools, leisure or water parks, or spas; (b) Type 2. Swimming pools that act as an extra service to the main objective, such as swimming pools in hotels, communal pools, or pools in tourist or camping accommodation, or therapeutic pools in health centres. Basically, if you are responsible for a pool used by members of the public, you need to be aware of certain controls and measures that should be in place. You must not administer chemicals directly into the pool – Chemicals must be administered via the filtration system. This is done using automated systems that monitor and control the water quality every second the system is in use, administering chemicals in small amounts as required – Watermaid have been supplying these systems since 2004. For guidance, email: info@watermaid-europe.com. Website http://www.watermaid-europe.com.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure#horoscopes

Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

 Don’t hold your breath because somethings will never change, even if they really need to! Right now you have to prioritise and give someone the benefit of the doubt when it comes to a nagging issue best done and dusted as soon as possible, and then forgotten about. Mercury trines Mars and brings strong reactions in so doing as the Cosmos shifts again for good reason. To be perfectly frank you saw the writing on the wall and you knew what was happening but decided to do nothing about it. Now as things move on a step it is clear that you have your reasons, and this is why you are holding your cards close to your chest. Partnership issues get in the way of a solution, and you can blame the Saturn overlay for last minute changes to schedule. Indecisions are a thorn in the side right now and something has to be done that will bring dividends to all who are rightly involved or implicated, at the very least. Take time to make a solution really work by getting the thumbs up it deserves and remember that you are making an effort to keep the peace. A wayward Mercury moves in on Neptune to emphasise the matter. Come out of your shell this week and do not refuse an invitation, which turns out to be a lot more than it seems to be. If someone wants to make a mountain over a molehill then let them, but air your views very strongly and walk away from any conflict you may encounter on the way, with you head held high. Uranus trines Saturn and puts the cat amongst the pigeons, for sure. Aspects of Neptune in cahoots with Mercury serve to send you a warning that you have to tighten your belt this week. It seems as if someone is not paying their way and that you have to take the matter in hand and face up to better financial management in the future, if you want to balance the books. Watch out for any last minute deals that may not be quite what you think they are. Stubborn to the last you have dug your heels in and this takes a matter to the next level. Instigate the changes that you feel are going to work and forget what others may think, if they were so involved in the first place none of what is currently happening would be a problem to anyone. Know what you do as Mercury guides and implements the start of a new step forward. Mercury and Aries dally together to bring your attention to something you would rather be brushing under the carpet. Pride truly does come before a fall, and it is the best time to let everyone know what you are up against and how you will not let it interfere with your forward thinking plans; or risk not having the right support around you just when you will actually need it around you Towards the end of the week Mercury trines Mars and this action may just throw you off kilter for a while. Aim not to make decisions or to give your signature to anything until after the weekend, when you will have had the time to put everything into context. Whilst a matter disturbs you somewhat you are not going to give anybody the satisfaction of knowing this. Keep Mum! Saturn has a far reaching effect this week as you start to take a trip along memory lane and the past links in fairly andsquarely with the immediate present. Since there is a melancholic twist to this action you would do well to ensure that you have around you those people who are a part of your now, as they alone can show you what a difference time has made to all that you do! Things just couldn’t get more complicated and it would appear that someone, rather than something, is making waves that aren’t helping the situation in any way whatsoever. With hindsight you would have taken some prompt alternative action but time has not been on your side and it is time to face the music by issuing a challenge that you have cleverly kept up your sleeve. Intrigue brings you to the reality that things are not what they should be. If there is a weak link in the fence then this isn’t you, but why do you continue to suffer? Time for a clean sweep of your emotions and an establishment of your priorities, since the mechanics matter nothing but the reality is all that you have to live by right now in the current scheme of things. Venus continues in actions with Neptune, your trusty planetary leader. You know that you are capable of working with your heart, and you show this in daily patient actions, but so too should there be something further out there for you to help see you through. Unselfishly you brush off offers that would help you as your independence sometimes gets the better of you, but why?

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

A recent matter has been cleared because you took control. This astrological year sees you asserting yourself, and it is the precursor to making the changes you chiefly wish for become the reality that they should be!

Life or death

SO MANY good spiritual people feel that they are alone in their devotion to the actions of the Spirit World.

The World is noticing a great increase in the number of people openly believing in the principals of a belief in life after death, and that many of us have reincarnated to be here at this time. The shift that we are awaiting is the chance for spiritually enabled persons to work together for the elimination of some of the atrocities that this World subjects its people to; and a true chance to put a spiritual energy into practise for the betterment of each our unknown but anticipated futures. Many of us want to be a part of a future that has clarity and reality, and where decisions could be made hand in hand with spiritually acceptable doctrines. Earthed and ready for action there are many who are taking up the call for sweeping changes that allow us to live in harmony and peace in a World where poverty has been swept away and loving care replaces the greed and extortion the current World is enslaved to. Africa is one of the richest Countries in the World in terms of natural resources, but its people are kept in disease and poverty, and many who die daily do so because of a lack of a simple human right of the access to clean fresh drinking water. Undernourished children and barren fields of crops are commonplace and the human suffering is appallingly unacceptable at a time when Space exploration is deemed more important than saving a human life. The call to Spirit has come because so many people have begun to realise that death is not the end of anything, but it is in fact the great beginning instead. Whilst programmes on the television have infiltrated our homes with Psychic messages; and many are encouraged to make positive contact with deceased loved ones who have passed into the Spirit World, there comes a great change in attitude. The fear of being thought to be mad or stupid has been replaced with a more permanent acceptance that the Spirit World does actually exist, and that the dead are capable of communication; and the subsequent comfort that this two way communication can bring. Whenever fear is involved in anything it brings discomfort and misery, apprehension and stress. For many the fear of speaking to the dead was stopping the clearest channels from working the way that they should. O.K. there are still those people who are afraid that we shouldn’t disturb the dead because they are sleeping, but even they are opening up to their own significant psychic centres and realising that we can not only communicate with the Other Side, but also as a result we can greatly learn by what knowledge the deceased can pass on to us Earth dwellers. As Conspiracy theories become rapidly conspiracy facts we also know a lot about the hidden agendas that are threatening our Earth, and that we are nearing many important changes in the way we will live in the future. Spirit supports the continuity of the soul and so has a vested interest in anything that is remotely going to stop this process. There is no antidote necessary for the loving care and spiritual energy that is sent daily to sentient beings throughout the World, and their numbers are escalating very nicely too! There is no fear in being able to communicate our beliefs and no shame in anyone knowing that we are truly the spiritual beings that we undoubtedly are. The truth is out there and Spirit are geared up to help us any which way that they can...that’s what life and death is all about, after all!

Kenny‛s Postbag

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

KENNY, WHAT does it mean when you don’t get any answer from Spirit about something that is so important to you? This silence is not what I signed up for! Amy. T. Hi Amy. What is such a priority to us often transcribes as not to be such a big number for Spirit, who, after all, have a blueprint of our life and who know when we need to act in certain prescribed ways. It can be that we are putting an emphasis on something that would be best left to chance or to fate. Silence is never a good reply, but then sometimes what we ask for meets with no response. It isn’t a refusal to answer, which would worry some of us greatly; more it is a way of holding back what has to happen until the time is right, the secret of which is part of the general reveal that brings the unexpected into our lives!

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 52.

Sudoku

Cryptic Crossword Across 1. Nevertheless, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no variety (3,3,4) 7. It has been known to be tickled to death (5) 8. I left the priest in church (7) 10. Told but possibly not needing to be (8) 11. Given a start in life (4) 13. What the unsatisfied audience may shout!! (6) 15. Afternoon service? (3-3) 17. He employs us with hesitation (4) 18. Continues to make money (8) 21. Drunk, but not canned! (7) 22. A small island passage (5) 23. The aggregate is an impressive sum (5,5) Down 1. A fool disposed to be distant (5) 2. Possibly it rarely is about books (8) 3. Play for the village (6) 4. Invest capital in kitchen equipment (4) 5. Became acquainted with brick-carriersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ways of working (7) 6. Surprise someone more than they can say? (6,4) 9. Gets blooming old? (4,2,4) 12. An inclination to write and sing (8) 14. He makes a new reactor (7) 16. Believe one side of the account (6) 19. Stand by a new lease (5) 20. Blueprint for a tail-less aircraft (4)

Doodle Box

Quick Crossword Across 1. Taking Hostage (10) 7. Perch (5) 8. Secluded (7) 10. Stronghold (8) 11. Overtake (4) 13. Tell (6) 15. To this (6) 17. Every single (4) 18. Perverse (8) 21. Defensible (7) 22. Overwhelm (5) 23. Contrition (10) Down 1. Recognises (5) 2. Explode (8) 3. Apprehend (6) 4. Compassion (4) 5. Recount (7) 6. Promotion (10) 9. Jarring (10) 12. Under obligation (8) 14. Permission (7) 16. Contrive (6) 19. Expiate (5) 20. Clever (4)

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Eastern promise

by Jack Troughton

BIG-HEARTED COUPLE Elsie and David Spence raised 2,730€ organising another of their legendary charity lunches in El Campello. The Hong Kong Restaurant welcomed 120 people to the meal and the fabulous total was reached with the help of the Almafra Campsite Committee – who donated 1,730€ to the cause – all to help the EMAUS home in Relleu. Everyone enjoyed the atmosphere of the occasion and the raffle which helped boost the total. And 1,500€ will help Peter Hazel of the Bonalba Golf club which is putting a safe rubber surface on the children’s playground at the home.

Before curtain up

Costume drama FOOTLIGHTS THEATRE Group was delighted to raise more than 500€ by staging a Spring Fair selling off unwanted costume and props. The spring clean at the Footlights Studio in Calpe was well supported and the day started with a visit from visitors from the town hall – and ended amidst cake crumbs and washing up. This evening at 7pm, the group is staging a general meeting to discuss the next show, rehearsals and membership – new faces are always welcome. For more information please email the press secretary on footlights.secretary@gmail.com or call the chairman on 634347937.

Dramatic waterfalls A THREE-DAY trip to the famous Source of the Cuervo organized by animal charity APASA was enjoyed by 40 people. The group was based at Canete and scenes at the waterfalls – enhanced by falling snow – was said to belong on a Christmas card by those who made the trip – recommending everyone put it on their bucket list of destinations. The Javea-based charity also took the group to Teruel and Albaracin, and explored the charming village of Canete before returning to the Costa Blanca on a journey that took in beautiful countryside.

OZZY: Stunning Red Colour Podenco. Born Sep. 2014 Soft and gentle nature, just adorable. Loves other dogs good with cats & is desperate for a family life. Full pet passport 96 587 8284 info@doggieangells.org

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #advertising feature

Make extra money this summer as a host family for Chit Chat As regular readers of RTN will know, for many years the Chit Chat Language School has been running its Summer School program for Spanish students from all over Spain to come and study English in their Javea summer school. If you live in Javea, Benitachell, Calpe, Denia, Gata, Moraira or Pedreguer, you could take part in their very rewarding hosting program. The childrens’ ages range from 8 to 15, boys and girls, all with one thing in common, their need to practice their English in a real English environment. Caroline, the program Director here in Javea for over 7 years, explained that during the day the students are taught at the Chit Chat facilities in Javea, and after school hours and evenings are spent with their British host families. We took the opportunity to ask a couple of the kids at the school what was their favourite part of their program. 11 year old Juan, pictured, was on his 2nd summer, and said he loved the games and football most of all, as well as making new friends. Emma, slightly older, and from Segovia, was on her 3rd week at the camp said she had made great friends and especially loved the trips into Javea Port. If you are a British family living in Benitachell, Denia, Gata, Javea, Moraira or Pedreguer then please note that more Host Families are always needed as demand continues to grow, many Spanish parents regard their children learning the English language as one of the highest priorities of their education, and despite the continuing economic recession more and more children want to attend the Chit Chat program. The students are not just taught all day in English at the Chit Chat facilities, they are also ‘immersed’ in everything English by staying with a British host family. This way they also learn some of our customs, experience British cooking, and see how British people live. The students leave feeling far more confident and speaking much better English than when they arrived and everybody has great fun during their stay. You can request to have 2, 3 or 4 children, and you can also request the sex and age groups ranging from 8 to 15. The courses are for two, three or five weeks’ duration. The children are at home with you overnight, and go off to the Chit Chat school by bus for the day, then return (again by bus) about 5pm-ish and are with you for the evening. Apart from having the family evening meal together, this is when the host family comes into its own and the time can be used to really get to know the students and encourage them to use their English and to participate in British family life. It is very rewarding to see the kids improve their confidence an ability from their stay with host families. NO SPANISH SPEAKING NEEDED! On Saturday the children usually go on organised trips to Benidorm or other areas, although some prefer to stay at home with their Host Family. There is absolutely no need for the Host Family to speak Spanish themselves. Indeed, the very idea is to speak English with the children the whole time so that for their length of their stay they are exposed fully to the English language. AR REWARDING EXPERIENCE! Finally, it should also be mentioned that financially it also pays well to be a Host Family; and if you are in need of earning extra funds throughout the summer this could be a very good opportunity for you. Call 650 426 677 to speak with Caroline Sinfield, the local Supervisor for Chit Chat.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #Whats on

Stamping out corruption by CAROLINE TYSZKA GOOD PRACTICE within the corporate world and ending a culture of corruption are a modern day challenge for both business leaders and governments. As corporate ethics continue to come under the microscope – and the European Union intends to legislate for increased transparency – it is an area of vital importance. And a new easy-to-use guide by Richard Handscombe has been published; ‘Auditing and Improving Company Cultures – a vital need worldwide in the 21st Century’. Dick, who lives in La Drova, near Gandia, regularly writes gardening tips for RTN and publishes books on how to grow flowers, fruit and vegetables. However, in another life he had a career in management consultancy and development and worked in 40 industries across 30 countries. His new guide has been favourably received. Copies were sent to UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Charles – both sent favourable replies – and a Spanish translation was received by Mariano Rajoy; the politician sent an acknowledgement in his native tongue. Dick said he had stepped out of retirement to compile the book, based on a string of business and management guides he wrote during his working life. ISSUE He said corruption had become a major issue for the Spanish people in recent polls, second only to employment. “If a company is corrupt, one has to assume that amongst senior managers there are conscious decisions being made to be so,” said Dick. “There is plenty of evidence that plenty of companies are not that truthful with customers, suppliers, staff, or share holders.” And he added: “People are getting very concerned about the size and power of the multinationals, some of which have a larger turnover than the GDP of a small country.” He said the guide, available through Amazon, allowed companies large and small to look at their own situation and improve towards best practice. “People have to get back to doing more thinking about where they fit against best practice through self-assessment; to look at their company ethics regarding developing and marketing company products.”

Easter Fair fun for the family

WITH ONLY a week to go until the long weekend, an Easter Fair in Albir gives visitors a chance to buy special gifts and enjoy an afternoon of fun. Katie Dell, who organised a Christmas Fair at the Sun Palace Hotel in Albir last December, has organised the event on 20th March 2016, at the same venue. The Christmas Fair attracted over 2,000 people so the Easter event will be expanded over two floors at the hotel as well as using the outdoor terraces. Katie said: “We will have nearly 100 stalls this time and a mermaid display in the hotel’s outdoor swimming pool, as well as princesses greeting the little ones.” Stalls will include a tombola, hog roast, bouncy castles, face painting, crafts, and beauty. Children will be able to have their photo taken with the Easter bunny and receive an Easter egg. The event, which is free to attend, starts at 1pm and finishes at 6pm. If anyone requires further information regarding the event they can contact Katie on the Facebook page www.facebook. com/events/936641346417717.

On the Licor trail MEMBERS OF U3A Marina Baixa travelled south to taste the Spanish liqueur ‘Licor 43’ and marvel at its secret formula. The 55-strong group arrived at the factory near Cartagena for the Licor 43 Experience Chillout Bar – tasting the drink with coffee for the first sample of the day. The party toured the museum and factory of the Zamora family who developed the drink in 1946. Its name comes from the number of ingredients in the drink. Still blended by a third-generation of the family, the mixing aging and cooling process takes between six and nine months before it is bottled. After the tour there was more sampling before a visit to the brand’s shop where souvenirs and bottles of the liqueur were purchased before the happy brand enjoyed a well-earned late lunch.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #music

The Desperados “The Desperados” are a five piece band performing a tribute to “The Eagles”, who are appearing at Le Cabaret, La Pedrera Industrial Estate, Benissa on Saturday 2nd April. The band will be playing all the hits, ‘Hotel California’, ‘Take it to the Limit´, ‘Life in the Fast Lane’ and many more. Entry is 20 euros – which includes a two course meal. For bookings and details of future events in Le Cabaret phone: 608 419 715 or email: lecabaret1@gmail.com. Le Cabaret is located in the La Pedrera Industrial Estate, on the N 332, between Teulada and Benissa.

TK’S - Simply Jazz Quintet The band was formed just over a year ago with the aim of performing easy to listen “Dinner Jazz”, from swing, mainstream and Latin music. The Jazz Standards and music from the American Song Book make up the most part of their programme but others are

included as long as they fit the quintet’s jazz style. The rhythm section has three young Spanish jazz musicians with Dani Picazo (piano), Albert Llobell (drums) and either Julio Fuster or Josep Palmer (double bass). Dick Crooks is on saxophones & clarinet, with Terry Kennedy, aka TK, on vocals. For more info on the

band phone: 96 645 7231 or by email: hi2teekay@gmail.com. The band currently play the second and fourth Wednesdays at Arena Bar & Bistro in Denia (near Port Hotel) starting at 8.30. Next date is the 23rd March. For reservations phone the bar on 96 642 5860, not Tuesdays.

Javea players

The next Javea Players production will be ‘Steel Magnolias’, directed by Roger Brown.

The play is set in Truvy’s Beauty Parlour in the fictional town of Chinquapin in Louisana. The close knit circle of women at Truvy’s Beauty Palour, have lots of time to gossip. Their husbands – absent, depressed or dead – have made sure of that. The wise-cracking Truvy (Pat Doidge), with the help of her new glamour technician, Annelle (Tasha Fish), dispenses shampoo with liberal doses of free advice and gossip to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Claire; the local town social worker, M’Lynn and her daughter Shelby who is on the verge of marriage. Alternately hilarious and touching, the play focuses on the camaraderie of these six southern women who talk, gab, gossip, chitchat, needle and harangue each other through the best of time and the worst. Pushing laughter and pain together, Steel Magnolias draws tears from even the most cynical eyes. It plays the Javea Players’ Studio Theatre from Monday 11th April to Saturday 16th April. Curtain-up is at 8pm. Tickets are priced at 8 euros and are available from the box office on 96 579 4937 and boxofficejp@gmail.com.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

#tv&showbiz goss

by Peter Taylor

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How ´fat with cash´ does Beyonce want to be? WAY BACK in 1937 a film called ´A Star is Born´ was made starring Janet Gaynor and Frederic March, then in 1954 Judy Garland and James Mason starred in a re-make, then in 1976 Kris Kristofferson and Barbra Streisand did their version of the film, and now actor Bradley Cooper plans to make his directorial debut of the movie, but this apparent juggernaut of a master plan has come up against the most difficult of problems. I´ve seen all three versions, and each one is a real treat, but this irresistible storyline of a wannabee singer falling for a fading actor addicted to the bottle has hit the wall bigtime, and the ugly business of money is behind it all. Bradley and his team decided Beyonce would be the ideal female lead but a source told the New York Post’s Page Six: ‘Beyonce wanted too much money, and Warner Bros. balked at her price,” OMG! How much did she ask for? Beyonce made her big screen debut in Austin Powers -Goldmember and went on to appear in The Fighting Temptations, The Pink Panther and Dreamgirls, all average to not bad movies, but certainly not anything super-dooper enough that would have her shaking the money tree so violently. Beyonce and husband Jay-Z have ruffled the feathers of many in the music business, and in virtually each case it´s gone way off the scale in the dosh area, and here they are doing it in the film business. The couple are regularly referred to in the media as American Royalty and it’s extremely sad to realise that for all their fame and fortune they still want to fill a cup that is already brimming over. Let’s hope Bradley passes on the cash couple then a new star will be born!

THE PASSING of George Martin was quite rightly marked by creative people from across the spectrum of the entertainment world, most especially musicians of course. Sir Paul spoke beautifully when he said “I’m so sad to hear the news of the passing of dear George Martin, he was a true gentleman and like a second father to me, if anyone earned the title of the fifth Beatle it was George … from the day he gave The Beatles our first recording contract, to the last time I saw him, he was the most generous, intelligent and musical person I’ve ever had the pleasure to know.” No other words needed. KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN is here, but only so that we can then reference Scott Disick who fathered one of her children. Scott baby, who got to know the media on a seriously high level, has come up with a rather novel way of making sure his bedroom conquests don’t pop up out of nowhere and bite him on the ass. Over the past week Scott´s been living it up in Mexico, and according to the New York Post, any girl that comes back to his beachside villa must sign a nondisclosure agreement to prevent them from dishing any dirt on him. Interesting chat up line!

IF EVER the expression ´out of the frying pan and into the fire´ fitted, it’s what’s unfolding at the Top Gear offices at the BBC. Jeremy Clarkson took it to the abyss; at least we all thought it was the abyss, but it’s looking like Chris Evans is JC with ginger hair. At the time of writing producer Lisa Clark had quit after clashing with Evans due to his “tyrannical manner!” According to The Sun Evans said “I´ve completed some footage with Jenson Button” to which Lisa said ‘Yes but we need to make more, it’s not enough.” It seems he gave her a look for undermining him and soon she was gone.

FOR SOME inexplicable reason The National Enquirer in America has been printing the most outrageous stories over the years, and are particularly keen on rubbing Cher´s nose in the poopski. A story snuck out last year that the singer was dying! Honest to god! The latest that´s about to burst open is that Cher and her son Elijah Blue Allman are in the middle of a full on feud, and Cher jumped onto the merry-go-round as only she can. “Family fights ´r bad, ours was horrible,” she said, as well as mentioning someone she called “obsessed haters,” accusing them of selling stories to the Enquirer. Oh dear oh dear!

JOHN GOODMAN made 11 movies before he came to prominence in 1988 playing Dan Connor alongside Roseanne Barr in the wonderfully funny Roseanne. He´s gone on to prove he´s an extremely versatile actor and has been nominated 14 times for his work in the movies. John has always been BIG, but was spotted last week looking considerably slimmer having lost an almighty 100 pounds. He said “I´ve stuck to a “Mediterraneanstyle eating plan,” Alrighty!! “It takes a lot of creative energy to sit on your ass and figure out what you’re going to eat next!” he added. Thanks Slim!

THEIRS A right old to-do going on in Poland over the nations song choice for the Eurovision song Contest in Stockholm in May. In their home contest last Saturday night singer Margaret sung ´Cool Me Down´ and won the support of many. Then a guy called Michal Szpak came along with song ´The Colour of Your Life´ and all hell broke loose. That was because Michal won the right to represent Poland in May, but Margaret´s supporters only went ahead and petitioned the government to change it back to pre-contest favourite song ´Cool me Down.´ Something they should all do.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

tv listings Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

“ Quote of the week

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Rebel Wilson, 36 year old full-bodied Australian comedienne has taken the US chat show circuit by the scruff of the neck and said on ´Ellen´ “I did pick up Justin Bieber the other night in Las Vegas but we’ll leave it at that,” then leaning forward added “I’ll talk to you later as I don’t want his fans sending me death threats!” Strange but True.

FRIDAY 18th March BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The TV That Made Me 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven and Weather 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 Sport Relief 2016 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 Sport Relief 2016

BBC2

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Caught Red Handed 09:15 Sea Cities 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Chef’s Protege 14:30 Portillo’s State Secrets 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:55 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 17:55 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:25 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feast 21:00 Mastermind 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Land of Hope and Glory - British Country Life 23:00 Sport Relief 2016 23:40 Newsnight 24:10 Artsnight 24:40 American Crime Story

SATURDAY 19th March BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 James Martin: Home Comforts 13:00 BBC News 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Athletics 15:00 Live Six Nations Rugby Union 17:30 Final Score 18:15 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 18:45 Celebrity Mastermind 19:15 BBC News 19:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 19:30 Pointless Celebrities 20:20 Live Six Nations Rugby Union 23:00 The National Lottery Live 23:10 BBC News; Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 24:50 The Uninvited

07:35 The Big Sky 09:35 Forbidden Planet 11:10 Homes Under the Hammer 12:10 Natural World 13:00 Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul 14:00 The Best Dishes Ever 14:30 Escape to the Country 15:20 The Red Shoes 17:30 Flog It! 18:30 Big Dreams Small Spaces 19:30 Gardeners’ World 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Perry and Croft: Made in Britain 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall 23:30 Pop Goes BBC Two

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 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 It’ll Be Alright on the Night 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 Benidorm 24:10 For Your Eyes Only

ITV1

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:50 Horrid Henry 09:10 Nerds & Monsters 09:30 Jessie 10:05 The Tom & Jerry Show 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:29 ITV Central Weather 13:30 Big Box Little Box 14:00 Judge Rinder 15:00 The Chase 16:00 Tipping Point 17:00 ITV News 17:15 ITV News and Weather 17:30 Live Six Nations Rugby Union 20:10 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 21:40 You’re Back in the Room 22:40 The Jonathan Ross Show 23:45 ITV News and Weather 23:59 ITV Regional Weather 24:00 Yes Man

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:10 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Shipping Wars UK 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Food Unwrapped 13:35 Channel 4 Racing 17:30 Three in a Bed 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Unreported World 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 Formula 1 22:05 Gogglebox 23:05 The Last Leg 24:05 First Dates

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 The King of Queens 08:05 The King of Queens 08:30 The Grid 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 The Superhumans Show 12:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 13:30 Formula 1 15:15 Channel 4 Racing 17:30 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Come Dine with Me 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 Channel 4 News 19:45 The World’s Weirdest Weather 20:40 The Day after Tomorrow 23:00 Kick-Ass 2

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 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Abducted: the Carlina White Story 18:00 5 News at 6 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 That’s So 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans 22:55 NCIS 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles 24:50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours

07:00 Childrens TV 09:10 Blaze and the Monster Machines 09:35 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Wanda and the Alien 09:55 The Fairly OddParents 10:30 The Saturday Show 12:40 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops 13:10 The Gadget Show 14:10 Police Interceptors 15:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 16:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 17:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 18:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 19:00 5 News Weekend 19:05 NCIS: Los Angeles 20:00 NCIS: New Orleans 21:00 NCIS 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Football League Tonight 23:00 Football League Tonight 23:30 NCIS

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 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Break-Up 24:10 Family Guy 24:40 Family Guy

ITV2

07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 12:00 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 13:30 The Almost Impossible Gameshow 14:25 Scorpion 15:25 You’ve Been Framed! 16:30 Legally Blonde 18:25 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous 20:40 The Mummy 23:00 Celebrity Juice 24:00 Family Guy 24:35 Family Guy

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:05 09:35 10:00 10:30 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 21:00 21:30 22:00 24:05 24:35

07:00 07:25 07:50 08:10 08:40 09:05 09:35 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 17:05 17:35 18:00 18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 24:00

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement New Girl New Girl Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Limitless The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy New Girl New Girl How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Big The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Max Payne Gogglebox

Youtube videos of the week The Mummy 20.40

When you watch vid one you´ll want one of your own ‘Adult only’ bouncy castle attracts visitors in London´ then enjoy Keith Richards reminiscing the past ´Chuck Berry Punched Keith Richards in the Face´ closing with this week’s tear-jerker ´Penguin return to the island to his savior´ it’s very short, but watch it again as the story will get you every time.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

sunday 20th March BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 08:40 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics London 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Sport Relief 2016 16:15 A Question of Sport 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Lifeline 17:40 Songs of Praise 18:15 Sport Relief 2016 19:15 BBC News 19:35 BBC Regional News and Weather 19:45 Countryfile 20:45 The Voice UK 22:00 The Night Manager 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC Regional News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 24:55 Live Athletics

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:15 An Island Parish 07:45 An Island Parish 08:15 This Farming Life 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Countryfile 10:45 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15 The Best Dishes Ever 12:45 The Best Dishes Ever 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Homes Under the Hammer 15:00 Heir Hunters 16:00 Athletics 18:00 Flog It! 18:30 The Secret History of My Family 19:30 Perry and Croft: Made in Britain 20:00 Gareth Malone’s Great Choir Reunion 21:00 World’s Weirdest Events 22:00 Tribes, Predators & Me 23:00 Thirteen 24:00 American Crime Story 24:50 Line of Duty

ITV1

07:00 Childrens TV 08:50 Horrid Henry 09:10 Nerds & Monsters 09:30 Bear Grylls Survival School 10:05 The Tom & Jerry Show 10:25 ITV News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:34 ITV Regional Weather 13:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:40 River Monsters 15:40 Big Star’s Little Star 16:40 Off Their Rockers 17:10 Octopussy 19:35 ITV News Central 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 21:00 The Story of Cats 22:00 Doctor Thorne 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:19 ITV Regional Weather 23:20 Six Nations Highlights 24:20 Premiership Rugby Union

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:10 How I Met Your Mother 07:35 How I Met Your Mother 08:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:50 Frasier 09:15 Frasier 09:40 Frasier 10:10 The Big Bang Theory 10:35 The Big Bang Theory 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 Sunday Brunch 14:30 Formula 1 17:00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 19:00 Heston’s Dinner in Space 20:30 Channel 4 News 21:00 Great Canal Journeys 22:00 Indian Summers 23:00 Gogglebox 24:00 The Taking of Pelham 123

07:00 Childrens TV 09:10 Blaze and the Monster Machines 09:35 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:50 Wanda and the Alien 10:05 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:20 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 10:55 The Fairly OddParents 11:30 Football League Tonight 12:30 Football League Tonight 13:00 Chinese Food in Minutes 13:15 Madeline 15:00 Justin and the Knights of Valour 17:00 A Cinderella Story 19:00 Make You Laugh Out Loud 20:00 Now That’s Funny! 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Tower Block 23:45 Harry Brown

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 You’ve Been Framed! 08:00 Emmerdale 10:50 Coronation Street 13:20 Take Me Out 14:30 The Incredible Hulk 16:40 Nim’s Island 18:45 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 20:15 Liar Liar 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Bordertown 24:00 Family Guy 24:30 Family Guy 24:55 American Dad!

Liar Liar 20.15

07:00 Rules of Engagement 07:20 Rules of Engagement 07:40 Melissa & Joey 08:10 Melissa & Joey 08:35 How I Met Your Mother 09:00 How I Met Your Mother 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 How I Met Your Mother 10:30 Hollyoaks 13:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 14:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 15:00 Hairspray 17:20 Rude(ish) Tube 17:30 The Goldbergs 18:00 The Goldbergs 18:30 The Goldbergs 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 23:00 Tattoo Fixers 24:00 Tattoo Fixers

monday 21st March BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The TV That Made Me 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Fake Britain 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 Cuckoo 24:15 Have I Got Old News for You 24:45 Live at the Apollo

BBC2

07:00 Heir Hunters 07:45 Show Me the Monet 08:30 Caught Red Handed 09:00 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:30 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:20 Athletics 15:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 The Best Dishes Ever 17:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 This Farming Life 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 An Island Parish 22:00 American Crime Story 22:50 QI XL 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Kipling’s Indian Adventure

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:45 The Agenda 24:25 The Jonathan Ross Show

CHANNEL 4

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 The Goldbergs 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Shipping Wars 12:30 Shipping Wars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 The Food Chain 22:00 Royal Navy School 23:00 Fresh Meat 23:50 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:50 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 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops 12:40 5 News Lunchtime 12:45 Home and Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 The Boy Next Door 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Weather Terror: Brits in Peril 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 The Tube: Going Underground 23:00 Gotham 23:55 Person of Interest 24:50 Person of Interest

itv2

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Coronation Street 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 Bordertown 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 American Dad! 24:00 American Dad! 24:30 The Cleveland Show 24:55 The Cleveland Show

07:00 07:50 08:35 09:05 10:00 11:00 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 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:35 24:35

Made in Chelsea Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement New Girl Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Scheiffer Bates: I Con Rude Tube The Big Bang Theory

tuesday 22nd March BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The TV That Made Me 17:30 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 The A Word 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 The Battle for Christianity 24:45 Shop Well... For Less?

BBC2

07:00 Show Me the Monet 07:45 Talking Pictures 08:30 Caught Red Handed 09:00 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:05 The Super League Show 14:50 Portillo’s State Secrets 15:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 The Best Dishes Ever 17:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 This Farming Life 21:00 Mary Berry’s Easter Feast 22:00 Inside Obama’s White House 23:00 Scrappers 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 The Inspectors Are Coming 21:00 It’s Not Rocket Science 22:00 Speeding Wars 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 Exposure 24:45 Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The Goldbergs 08:10 The Goldbergs 08:35 The Goldbergs 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Shipping Wars 12:30 Shipping Wars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 One Born Every Minute 23:00 First Dates 24:05 Million Pound Jewellers

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Wrong Woman 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 Britain’s Horror Homes 22:00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick 23:00 The Best of Bad TV 24:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas 24:55 Gypsies on Benefits & Proud

itv2

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Coronation Street 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Break-Up 24:10 Family Guy 24:35 Family Guy

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:05 10:00 10:30 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 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:50 24:55

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement New Girl New Girl Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Aliens Virtually Famous Tattoo Fixers The Goldbergs

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

wednesday 23rd March BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The TV That Made Me 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 MasterChef 22:00 Panorama 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 A Question of Sport 24:15 Would I Lie to You? 24:45 Wedding Daze

07:00 Show Me the Monet 07:45 Talking Pictures 08:30 Caught Red Handed 09:00 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:30 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 Lifeline 14:20 The Chef’s Protege 14:50 Portillo’s State Secrets 15:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 The Best Dishes Ever 17:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 This Farming Life 21:00 Horizon 22:00 Employable Me 23:00 Live From the BBC 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Inside Obama’s White House

ITV1 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:55 ITV News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News 19:30 ITV Evening News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Big Star’s Little Star 22:00 Grantchester 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:45 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 24:40 Richard Wilson on the Road

CHANNEL 4 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The Goldbergs 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Shipping Wars 12:30 Shipping Wars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Raised by Wolves 23:35 Gogglebox 24:35 Plus Sized Wars

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Mystery Girl 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 22:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 23:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 23:55 Botched Up Bodies 24:55 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick

08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 You’ve Been Framed! 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 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Back-Up Plan 24:10 Family Guy 24:40 Family Guy

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 23:30 24:00

Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement New Girl Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Jane the Virgin The Big Bang Theory The 100 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers

Thursday 24th March BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Caught Red Handed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Think Tank 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The TV That Made Me 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 MasterChef 22:00 DIY SOS 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 The Autistic Me 24:45 This Week

BBC2

07:00 Show Me the Monet 07:45 Talking Pictures 08:30 Caught Red Handed 09:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC Newsroom Live 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:20 The Chef’s Protege 14:50 Portillo’s State Secrets 15:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 The Best Dishes Ever 17:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 21:00 The Secret History of My Family 22:00 Line of Duty 23:00 Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 The Women’s Football 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 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 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 The Cruise 22:00 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 Speeding Wars 24:40 Murder, She Wrote

CHANNEL 4 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The Goldbergs 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Car SOS 12:05 Shipping Wars 12:30 Shipping Wars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 14:10 A Place in the Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 Tattoo Fixers

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Paw Patrol 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Garage Sale Mystery II: All That Glitters 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 Medical Mysteries 22:00 Trauma Doctors 23:00 Britain’s Worst Crimes 24:00 Left for Dead by the Yorkshire Ripper

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 @elevenish 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 15:35 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 23:35 24:10 24:35

Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement New Girl Baby Daddy Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother New Girl New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Marching on together

by Jack Troughton

COSTA BLANCA groups The Castalla and Campello Walkers and Bilingue El Campello showed their support for two charities at a special presentation on Saturday. The MABS Cancer Support Group, which helps people affected by the disease across the región, and Friends of the Children of EMAUS, which supports youngsters living in care, each received 400€. A locally-based mountain walking group, the Walkers, together with the new bilingual group – which promotes better integration between the British and Spanish communities – have been busy fund raising. Cash was raised through raffles, t-shirt sales, donations, and the ongoing fund raising efforts of both groups. For more information about the walking group visit www. castallawalkers.weebly.com and for the cultural association, go to www.bilinguecampello.weebly.com

Herb secrets revealed THE JALON Farmer’s Market returns on Saturday 2nd April and this month the ‘Mercat de la Terra’ features mountain herbs. The market is based in Jalon’s Plaza Major and runs from 9am to 2pm with more than 40 stalls selling natural products such a honey, preserves, bread, beers and wines and vegetables. And at noon there will be a workshop explaining how to use aromatic wild herbs in cooking and medicinally.

Performers wanted for Dickens’ classic SINGING GROUP Sounds Familiar is to perform a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic story ‘A Christmas Carol’ – the tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge and the lessons delivered by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and future. The production will be performed at the Casa de Cultura in Calpe on two nights, 30th November and 1st December. It promises to be a fun production packed with music, colour, and humour. Sounds Familiar is now looking for new members of all ages who would like to join the cast of this much-loved tale. And as well as parts for adults, youngsters are needed to play parts including the Cratchit children and a young Ebenezer. Anyone interested in joining the group – Sounds Familiar rehearses on Monday evenings in Benissa – can obtain full details by calling Philip on 96 558 1483 or by email to philip@soundsfamiliar.es.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #Spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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The verb “estrenar” I’ve always been rather fond of discovering words that have no direct translation in English, although they can be really tricky to explain to other people. A very good example of this is the verb “estrenar”. Let’s start off with a dictionary definition to give us some idea of the meaning. My dictionary says: “to use for the first time”, “to wear for the first time”, “to show off for the first time”, “to show for the first time, “to perform for the first time”. Here are some other definitions gathered from here and there: “to launch”, “to release”, “to premier”, “to make one’s debut” with this latter definition translating the reflexive form “estrenarse”. The only sane way of understanding the use of this word is to see it in context. One of its most obvious associations is with show business. Here are some examples: “Antonio Banderas, el actor y director malagueño, estrena un drama musical.” (Antonio Banderas, the actor and director from Malaga, is releasing a new musical drama.) “Pedro Almodóvar estrenó “La Mala Educación” en Hollywood.” (Pedro Almodóvar premiered “La Mala Educación” in Hollywood) From this basic meaning we can expand the use of “estrenar” to express all sorts of everyday meanings. “Estreno estos zapatos hoy” (I’m wearing these shoes for the first time today). “Esta blusa está sin estrenar” (I haven’t worn this blouse yet). Already you can see that direct translations of this word are impossible, and we have to find a phrase that provides the same meaning in English, depending on the exact context. At some time you may have been looking at advertisements in the newspaper, or in an estate agents window and come across this phrase: “Se vende piso a estrenar”. It means that a brand new flat, or at least, a flat that hasn’t been lived in before, is for sale. The literal meaning is: “One sells a flat to be used for the first time” – now translate that into English! Here is an interesting sentence I’ve just come across: “Este año todavía no me he ido de fiesta. Estoy sin estrenar”. (This year I haven’t been to a party yet. I am “sin estrenar” – without being shown off for the first time?!) As you can see, words start to fail and we’re into the territory of things that can be said so neatly in one language, and just don’t exist in another. When we are talking about old and new clothing, there is rather a nice “sort-of” opposite to THE ANNUAL Easter Antiques and Collectors Fair is again being staged at Salones the word “estrenar”, which is “estar visto” (literally: to be seen”). If you don’t want to wear Canor, Teulada, on Good Friday, 25th March. something that you have worn lots of times already, you can say: “No quiero ponerme ese vestido, está muy visto”. (I don’t want to put that dress on, it’s very “seen”). In English we Doors open at 9am and the event is open until 3pm in the indoor halls. Entrance and parksometimes say that something is “old hat”, but that does sound quite right when talking about ing is free and food and drink is available. a dress. No wonder we all end up speaking Spanglish, it’s by far the easiest solution. For more information, call Paul or sue on 96573 2741 or 626 795 587.

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #architects

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Is your home earthquake proof? (Part I) I am afraid that under the current circumstances it may not be ethically correct to ask that question right now, but I am sure that more than one reader had wondered about the stability of their homes before an earthquake specially as we are on earthquake zone.

Although it is a highly technical matter, I believe that we can converse about the subject circumscribing to general information, so that at the end of the following expositions some of us (including me, I had to carry out some research on the subject and dust up the old text books) would understand a little better how our buildings literally stand up, should an earthquake occur around East Spain. The zones most likely to occur earthquakes in Spain are in Granada, Murcia and Alicante. In recent years in Spain, earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 4 degrees (Richter scale) have taken place causing considerable damage to buildings. For example, the earthquakes in Andalusia on Dec. 23rd , 1993 and January 4th, 1994 with a intensity in both cases of 5.0 degrees and with epicentres in the province of Almería, near the towns of San Roque and Berja, and 20 km from the coast off Almerimar Balerma and Bath respectively (Yépez, 1994). In Galicia on May 22nd, 1997 with intensity 5.1 and centred near the towns of Sarria and Becerreá and the latest occurred in Murcia on February 2nd, 1999, of intensity 5.0 and centred about 5 km north of Mula (Mena, in1999). There are historical records of great seismic activity in south Europe in countries such as Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, Portugal, and of course Spain. Devastating earthquakes, as was the one on 1st of November 1755 on the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, producing high waves and its destructive power caused between 50,000 and 70,000 deaths. In Lisbon and surroundings areas on December the 25th of 1884, an earthquake killed 800 people. In Alicante in the year 1500, another earthquake destroyed some

4,400 homes and damaged 13,000. In Messina Italy, 28th of December 1908 an earthquake killed 120,000 people and caused considerable damage in the infrastructure of the city. The two seismic activities which have produced the highest numbers of deaths happened in China, one in 1556 in the province of Shaanxi, where 830.000 people died and more recently, in 1976 an earthquake of intensity 7,6 in the region of Tangshan, generated 650.000 deaths. I haven’t found records on the economic losses which obviously are concatenated with disasters of that enormity, and most important o all, there are no way of quantifying grieve and suffering generated by the loss of loved ones. It is not a trivial issue what we have here. But why do earthquakes occur? Earthquakes occur when stresses accumulated due to the deformation of the earth layers are released abruptly. Broken masses of rocks sometimes large as whole mountains are subject to enormous forces and rearrange themselves releasing enormous energies that shake the earth surface with tremendous force. The (hypocenters) are located at different depths, the deepest being up to 700 kilometres. They are particularly common near the edges of tectonic plates. Believe it or not, there are about one million earthquakes recorded every year, although most of them are of such low intensity that goes unnoticed by us. They act instantaneously over a wide area and can cause seismic waves, (tsunami) similar to the recent one in Japan that was transmitted live world wide and may also cause landslides, appearance and disappearance of springs, construction damage and deaths, mostly due to the collapsing of buildings. They are very difficult to predict and, at present, there are no effective systems to warn people in advance of an imminent earthquake. Intensity and magnitude of earthquakes To describe the strength of an earthquake and resulting damage, there different scales that measure their intensity and magnitude.

We can measure its intensity, which is a subjective measure of the effects of earthquakes on the earth surface, people and man-made structures but without using any technical instruments. It is based on observing the consequences that take place during an earthquake. It is useful to explain an earthquake in areas where there are no seismographs near and enable us to compare ancient earthquakes. The magnitude is an objective measure of the energy of an earthquake which is reflected by seismographs. The best known and used scale is the Richter scale (1935) and measures the logarithm of the maximum amplitude of a seismogram recorded by a standard instrument, at a distance of 100 kilometres from the epicentre. This method has been corrected later, but the basic idea remains the same. As the scale is logarithmic every step up involves multiplying by the ten the intensity of the lower number. i.e. Roughly speaking an earthquake grade 7 is equal to one of intensity 6 multiply by ten. There are 12 degrees in the scale from 1 to 12 being 1 so small that is only felt by technical apparatus. An earthquake measuring 12 on the Richter scale would break the earth in two. This concept allows classification of earthquakes: Complete destruction M = 12 Large earthquakes M>=7 Moderate earthquakes 5=<M<7 Small earthquakes 3=<M<5 Micro earthquakes M<3 The EMS scale is officially used in most European countries and is utilized in the calculation of building and all types of structures by architects and engineers in Spain known as “Norma de Construcción Sismorresistente: Parte General y Edificación (Ncsr-02)” Earthquake-Resistant Norm. Now that we have established the basic principles for measuring earthquakes, in the next issues of CBN we will examine what precautions we architect take when designing buildings in Spain.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Summer is coming Maple Smoked ribs STICKY, SWEET, savory, fall off the bone; everything smoked ribs should be. By using both the maple plank and the maple syrup you achieve a deep and unforgettable flavor. INGREDIENTS 2 lb pork side ribs 1 cup pure maple syrup 3 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate 3 tbsp ketchup 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp Dijon mustard 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp curry powder 1 clove garlic, minced 2 green onions, minced 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds DIRECTIONS 1. Soak maple planks in sink or clean bucket filled with water for at least 1 hour. (this can be done during first stage of cooking the ribs) 2. Light one side of your barbecue, and preheat until temperature gauge shows 350°F. Place ribs meat side up in a roasting pan. Cover pan tightly with foil and place on the unlit side of your barbecue. Bake for 1

1/4 hours. This step can also be done in the oven.

3. In a saucepan over MEDIUM heat on the stove or on the sideburner of the barbecue, combine maple syrup, orange juice concentrate, ketchup, soy sauce, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. Stir in curry powder, garlic and green onions. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. 4. Remove ribs from roasting pan, and baste completely meat side and bone side with still warm sauce. Retain 1/2 of sauce for additional basting. Place ribs on soaked maple planks bone side down. Put the planks with the ribs on them on one side of the barbecue with LOW heat setting directly underneath them. Turn the other side of the barbecue to HIGH and close lid. Keep temperature around 350°F. Planks should begin to smoke within a few minutes, and produce a sweet fragrant smoke in your barbecue. Adjust the amount of smoke you would like to add by increasing/ decreasing direct heat underneath the planks, and opening/closing the lid. Do not allow planks to catch fire. Allow ribs to cook on the planks for 25 minutes. Use remaining sauce to baste ribs several times throughout cooking. Remove planks with ribs on them from the grill and place the planks directly on a plate or tray for serving.

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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by Dani Bowler Owner Vintage Cafe, Albir & MasterChef semi fi nalist 

Clams in white wine ADD THE clams to a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of salt and cover with water, and set aside for about 1 hour, this will realise any grit they have inside of the clams Chop the onion and slice garlic. In a large frying pan, add a drizzle of olive oil. When it is hot, add in chopped onion and sauté until they turn golden. Add 2 tbsp of flour, the pepper, and a clove of garlic. Once everything has turned a golden colour, add a 1/2 cup of water,white wine and the tomato paste. Add 3 slices of lemon and season well, Cook for 2-3 minutes more. Pour the onion mixture into the saucepan with the clams. Cook on low until the sauce thickens, stirring often for about 4 minutes. When cooked add your parsley and serve in bowls and serve hot. You can Serve with a crisp baguette or slices of pitta bread. 2 lbs. medium clams (cleaned) 1 large yellow onion, finely chopped 8 oz. white wine olive oil 2 tbsp flour pinch of pepper Pinch of Salt 2 cloves garlic, sliced 1 tablespoon tomato paste Tbsp flat leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 bay leaf 1 lemon butter, melted to brush Sponsored Vintage Cafe Albir. For bookings and info call: +34 865 60 93 45 Kitchen open 13h-16h 18,30h-22h Avenida del Albir, 68 (next to Europa Sol) info@danibowler.com

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #health

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Have YOU had your Free hearing check up with GAES yet?

If not, why not call your nearest clinic today? In order to raise awareness about the importance of detecting hearing problems, GAES Hearing Centres are offering readers a hearing check up absolutely free, at any of their GAES centres. Regular Hearing check ups offer the best protection to maintain hearing and should be taken as often as visual or dental examinations. From age 55, yearly check ups are recommended. We have asked one of GAES hearing specialists, Vanessa, (hearing specialist in the Torrevieja clinic of GAES, Spain’s leading Hearing Specialists) to explain the clinic’s hearing examination offered to readers. Hi Vanessa, could you let our readers know where your clinic is located in Torrevieja, and where do your clients usually live? Of course. The clinic is located in Calle Ramon Gallud, no 52, near the Ayuntamiento de Torevieja (Town Hall). We have regular English clients from as far as San Fulgencio, La Marina, Guardamar, Orihuela Costa and all the close towns right up to Cartagena. How long have you worked for GAES? I have been working in GAES since 2003, as a qualified professional specialist in Audiology and Audio Protethis. Do all the medical staff speak English at GAES CLINICS? Yes, absolutely. We have very many English patients, so English is a must in all GAES clinics, especially on the Costa Blanca, in

areas like Javea, Calpe and here in Torrevieja. Who should be coming to the clinic for a check up? In reality, anybody older than 16 could take a hearing examination. Particularly anyone who feels that they may have had some hearing loss, or who are older, or simply would like to check that everything is still optimum. What is the normal process in a hearing revision at your clinic? Is there any obligation of further treatment? Firstly we would inspect the auditive canal to check there is no blockage, and if the ear is found to be clear, then there is a complete and thorough audio test to know the grade of hearing. If there is found to be hearing loss, we fully explain what help is suitable and recommended to regain a good level of hearing. The appointment lasts approximately one hour. There is no obligation of further treatment. How much does the revision cost (is it free?) It is completely free. Are there new technologies that Gaes uses in your clinic, in both treatment and diagnosis? Of course! As market leaders, we have to stay ahead using the latest technology. Every year we incorporate the latest advances and products to achieve the best results in diagnosis and treatment. There are also aesthetic advances that are just as important.

Thanks Vanessa. Your welcome. We look forward to hearing from readers soon. Don’t wait, book your free hearing check up today at YOUR local Gaes hearing clinic.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #motoring

Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

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Citroen Berlingo Multispace DRIVING THE Citroen Berlingo Multispace reignites memories for me of 1977 – 1984 and the first leisure vehicle inspired by Range Rover - its similar, if taller than the Rancho. The Pope-mobile inspired design is not my typical choice of transport. However, it is a true multipurpose vehicle ideal for taking my wife, her parents and our baby daughter on a family trip to London.

The sliding rear doors are easy to operate, great for car parks where there’s never enough room to open a normal car door properly – useful when strapping Harriett into her baby seat. The boot makes light work of luggage and there are plenty of cubby holes, with helpful overhead storage above the boot - see the video at testdrives.biz: the boot cover can be lifted from inside. There’s a high driving position. While at first the seats seem pretty comfortable, over a long journey they could be more supportive. The interior is spacious and snazzy and the dashboard is user-friendly and funky: copious amounts of glass ensure plenty of light and air. The handbrake is a bit close to the driver’s seat for comfort but you get used to it. Its gutsy 1.6litre, 90bhp diesel can cover over 600 miles with its 60 litre tank. The five-speed box is perfectly adequate but a sixth gear might further improve economy. Rear passengers have roof mounted air vents and fan control and air conditioning creates a pleasant climate. The Berlingo Multispace is surprisingly

compact considering the room inside. A mammoth tailgate makes great shelter from the rain. However, the driver has to remember to leave space behind him in order to access the boot. Driving - a little remote and cumbersome, with vision impeded by the centre pillar, so extra care is required when overtaking. No cruise control for motorway travelling; and if fifth gear is engaged at 30mph the vehicle shudders, resulting in a rattle from the dash. Car expert Parkers say: “Spacious, practical and brimming with family-friendly features, the Berlingo Multispace is a fiveseat people carrier for buyers on a budget. It sits between the cheaper Xsara Picasso and stylish C4 Picasso in the Citroen range but, unlike its predecessor, is no longer based on a van. Instead it uses car underpinnings, is comfortable and surprisingly good to drive as a result.” Similar to variants from both Fiat and Peugeot, also unconventionally styled, these vehicles are popular with families but the Citroen is particularly so due to its incredibly well-designed interior, keen price and strong economy. Citroen Berlingo Multispace VTR HDi 90 New price range: £12,795 - £16,795 Top speed: 102mph Power: 90bhp 0-60mph: 14.3secs Road tax: £120 a year Watch the video at: www.testdrives.biz

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

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

life&leisure #sports //////////////////////////////////// Alfaz Fantasy Football League by patricia thompson ONE F.A. CUP Replay, four 6th Round F.A. Cup Ties and 3 Premier League games gave Alfaz Fantasy Football League 23 goals,6 clean sheets,25 yellow cards and 3 red ones. Joe’s team, Keith Lard F.C., are only 25 points ahead of Scott’s Dog Dale, with Maxine’s Plaistow13hammers and Darren’s team, The Phoenix Club, still 3rd and 4th. Lyn’s Handbrake City, despite a good week, are still at the bottom. The U.K.T.V. SPAIN Junior League has Nathan’s Tyrannosuarez-Rex F.C. 9 points ahead of Harley’s Ginger Ninjar. At the opposite end, Bradley’s team, Hero to Zero, and Lily’s Sponge Bob are level. Maxine’s Plaistow13hammers are 30 points ahead of Joanna’s Hup Hannah City in the Mark Carter Ladies Section, and also lead the chase for the 20€ voucher sponsored by QUICK SAVE Supermarket in Albir, 9 points ahead of Isobel’s team, The Bluebells. In the Leonard Knowles Construction Golden Boot League, James’s Jukeboxers lead David’s Pearson’s Smashers by 2 points. Tom’s team, Benidorm Trotters, are just behind the leaders. At the bottom is, of course, Handbrake City. Top scoring team this week was Joe’s A.C. Eccles, with 59 points, which puts them in the monthly Premier Imports draw for a case of cava, together with low scorers, Rachel’s Revenge, with -5. Manager of the Month, for March, is sponsored by Danny at the Sarita’s top Restaurant in Albir, who provide a super authentic Indian Cuisine menu at reasonable prices. After 2 weeks, Maxine’s Plaistow13hammers are 5 points ahead of Joe’s A.C.Eccles, with.Benidorm Trotters and The Bluebells also contenders. Bryan’s team, When Skies are Grey, have won this week’s Breakfast for 2 at Rafters, sponsored by Kate, by moving up 35 places to number 94 in the league. Jin’s Dream Team joined the other lady manager in the last 8 of the RTN K.O. Cup Competition, winning the replay against Johnny’s Rockets 44-37. The other replay was won by Bribed by Blatter, who easily disposed of Chris’s Flying Swans 26-12. For the latest information on the RTN F.A. Cup League, see the website www.alfazffl.com or visit one of the bars which display all the league tables and results, in Albir The Local & Wyndhams, in Benidorm Union Jack, in Alfaz Robin’s Nest and in Moraira Barilloche.

Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Rugby La Vila News by PATRICIA THOMPSON THE FIRST team did not play last weekend, but the second team travelled to Castellón, where they won 24-20, staying top of the second division of the Valencian league. Maybe, next season, we´ll see them in the first division. The under 18s lost in Gandía 32-12, while the womens’ team lost in Valencia 21-15. The under 12s travelled to Tarragona for an under 12s tournament, where they played Barca Rugby, Santboiana Rugby, San Cugat and Tarragona, only losing one game. Next Sunday 20th March, the first team will be at home at 12.30pm to Barcelona BUC. 5th in the league. Tickets will be 5€ for adults and free for under12s, and can be bought at www.instanticket.es for the same price as at the gate. As usual the Argentinian barbecue will be available, a large hot roll for 4€. If you want to join in the after-match meal with the players, book your ticket at the bar. It is paella and a drink for 5€. The shop will be open on Sunday for sales of the new Rugby La Vila hoodie for 25€, and there will be live music from Mick and Peter (Shades of Grey). Next Saturday 19th March, La Vila will play host to Gonzaga High School from Washington, USA. playing at 4.30pm the under16s, 5.30pm the under 17s and 7pm the under 18s. After the matches, there will be a huge barbecue. The club will be open on Saturday for the 6 Nations final day on the big screen, at 3.30pm Wales v Italy, at 6pm Ireland v Scotland and at 9pm France v England. (at same time as the after-match dinner with Gonzaga High School). From 20th to 26th March, Clermont Auvergne, a Top 14 French Club, with all their international players, will be training at the club, on Wednesday from 10am to 12 noon, and from 4pm to 6pm, and on Friday and Saturday from 10am to 12 noon. Go along and watch them. Clermont is now second

in the French Top-14 league. On Saturday 26th March, Totness Under 16s, from England, will play at 5pm, and New Panteg under 18s from Wales will play La Vila’s under 18s at 6.30pm, The 30th International Benidorm Sevens competition will be held next 28th and 29th May, with top teams preparing for the next Olympic Sevens Qualifiers. The first team play-offs will be on April 24th, and May 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd, with the final on 29th May, the same day as the 30th Benidorm Sevens. Promotional games for the finals will be on June 5th and 12th. The first home play-off

game will be on Sunday 1st May, at 12.30pm La Vila Rugby Club is situated at Carretera El Pantano, Villajoyosa. Just take the motorway AP-7 exit 66 (Villajoyosa). At the first roundabout head for the mountain. It is about 1 km from the Motorway exit 66. Alternatively, take the Villajoyosa by-pass, and take the middle exit, at the first roundabout bear right towards the motorway entrance and at the second roundabout bear left towards the mountain. If you are interested in joining La Vila contact Jason Craig on 659 67 47 68 or Ignacio Davila 608 06 82 08 or email oficina@rugbylavila.net.

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016

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Friday, March 18 - Thursday, March 24 2016