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#RTNNorthEdition856 (EL CAMPELLO - VALENCIA) Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

Emergency EU summit

EUROPEAN LEADERS met this week to discuss the migrant crisis. As Royal Navy ships headed towards Greece for a NATO mission to patrol the waters of Greece and other eastern European hotspots, European Union leaders met in Brussels to tackle the spiralling migration crisis that is spreading across Europe p4

Helping keep the streets clean

VILLAJOYOSA residents are to be issued with special “poop kits” in a bid to reduce dog poo on local footpaths p6

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UNITED IN HISTORY by JACK TROUGHTON

ALICANTE AND Cardiff could unite as “twins” through historical links dating back to the Spanish Civil War and a Welsh hero who helped rescue almost 3,000 people in the conflict’s final days. In March 1939, Captain Archibald Dickson and his crew aboard SS Stanbrook took on board desperate families fleeing Franco’s fascist regime as Italian troops marched on the city. A memorial to the heroic act can be seen at the side of the modern day marina. The refugees were taken to Algeria despite the owners of the ship’s orders. Sadly, the Cardiff ship was to fall victim – with all hands lost - to a torpedo of a German U-Boat in the early days of World War Two. However, links between the Costa Blanca city and Cardiff look to be forged with an official bridge to thank the seaman and his crew. Alicante Mayor Gabriel Echavarri welcomed 30 members of the International Brigades Memorial Trust to the city – an association pledged to protect the memory of those who fought in the 1936 to 1939 conflict – to city hall. “Alicante City council will pursue twinning with the city of Cardiff,” said the politician, as he met with trust members and representatives of the Comision Civica de Alicante para le Recuperacion de la Memoria Historica – which aims to preserve the memory of those who suffered at the hands of Franco’s regime, which crushed the democratically elected republican government. Every year, members and supporters of the International Brigades Memorial Trust (IBMT) stage a march at Jarama – one of the bitterly contested battlefields of Madrid – in memory of British volunteers who gave their lives defending liberty.

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The growing relationship between the cities of Alicante and Cardiff is a bright light evolving from the dark days of the Spanish Civil War and might actually see them ´twinned´ in a meaningful relationship.

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The International Brigades played a significant part in the brutal conflict and are honoured each year in Madrid. Memories of the war dim with time but in Alicante steps are being taken to insure key events never disappear from history. The story of the SS Stanhope is one of humanity and courage and is once again featured in our pages. The heroism of the ship´s captain and crew in rescuing almost 3,000 refugees from the port is still something overlooked in British history books but is an incredible tale – sadly, the ship was lost with all hands later in 1939 when she was torpedoed in the North Sea. And 15th Century history also resurfaces with the story of Joan of Arc´s ring making its way back to France after spending 600 years in England. The Hundred Years War is definitely beyond memory but at RTN Towers we do like to keep people informed. The EU referendum will play an important part in Britain´s history and once again there is a reminder for those who can to register to vote.

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El Campello bike thieves caught

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by CAROLINE TYSZKA GUARDIA CIVIL officers in El Campello have detained eight people, suspected of bike theft. Seven adults and one minor, suspected of stealing at least 37 bicycles, have been arrested, following an operation launched by the Guardia Civil called “RUEDIN.” Bikes, including six high-end models, were recovered by officers, having detained three of the arrested at the local tram stop. When they were questioned about the bicycles in their possession, they could not prove ownership, and it later transpired that the cycles had

been stolen a few days before in Alfaz del Pi. The operation had been instigated due to the high increase of reported bicycle thefts in recent months throughout the region, and due to the Guardia Civils vigilance at the time, further thefts were avoided. The other arrests were made just a few days later, when plain clothed officers caught the rest of the criminal group entering a garage area about to commit another crime. The area was sealed off and they were caught red handed trying to leave the area with three bikes. The 8 people have been charged with the 37 thefts and with belonging to a criminal group.

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ALTEA HELPING THE DISABLED ALTEA TOWN council workers have been busy installing new road signs that include the word disabled. Previously Altea town’s disabled spaces have been marked with a parking sign and then an additional white board posted underneath indicating that the space was only for that use. Aware that this showed a lack of acceptance for integration the town hall decided that one measure was to have the signage incorporate the word without the need for the extra sign. Roque Ferrer, councillor for infrastructure, announced that the town was also creating more disabled parking spaces in the Old Town zones, where it is particularly difficult for the less mobile as well as improving access to the beach area. The councillor explained that there had been a great deal of coordination between his department and that of Social Welfare and Equality to ensure that people living with a disability were treated with dignity.

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Emergency EU summit

by CAROLINE TYSZKA EUROPEAN LEADERS met this week to discuss the migrant crisis. As Royal Navy ships headed towards Greece for a NATO mission to patrol the waters of Greece and other eastern European hotspots, European Union leaders met in Brussels to tackle the spiralling migration crisis that is spreading across Europe. Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish Prime Minister, whose country is currently in crisis because of the number of migrants trying to escape Syria via their borders, was key to the talks, as figures released showed that over 125,000 migrants had arrived in Europe already in 2016. David Cameron, who attended the summit, said “the migration and refugee crisis is the greatest challenge facing Europe today.” Whilst the finer details need to be finalised, the EU and Turkey said that they had agreed the broad principles of a plan to ease the migration crisis. Under the plan discussed in Brussels, all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey would be returned. For every Syrian sent back from Greece to Turkey, a Syrian already in Turkey would be resettled within the EU. In a very complex issue, many leaders felt that this was a gamechanging decision, including the Turkish Prime Minister, who said, “this will discourage illegal migration, prevent human smugglers, and help people who want to come to Europe, through encouraging legal migration.” It is hoped that the deal will be finalised very shortly, ahead of the next EU meeting on 17th and 18th March, although, at the time of going to press, Hungary’s anti-migration Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, had indicated he may veto the resettlement deal.

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OPERATIONS CANCELLED AS DOCTORS STRIKE AGAIN JUNIOR DOCTORS staged a 48 hour strike this week, with only emergency care being provided in hospitals around the UK. As junior doctors took to the picket lines at 8am on Wednesday morning, it was estimated that over 5,000 operations had been cancelled because of the ongoing protest over new contracts. The British Medical Association members, 38,000 in total, provided emergency care until 8am this morning, as patients became frustrated about cancelled outpatient appointments and long awaited surgeries. The national incident director for the NHS, Anne Rainsberry, assured the public on Wednesday that patients would remain safe, with consultants helping to cover the gap left by the striking doctors. With both sides claiming to be acting in the interests of patient safety, a stalemate in talks does not look likely to change, as

Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, has inflamed the situation by stating that he will now impose the new contract. Further 48-hour strikes are planned from 8am on 6th April and 8am on 26th April.

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Forged prescription arrests NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested two men at a Benidorm Hotel, and charged them with forging prescriptions. Two Spanish nationals, aged 34, were arrested in Benidorm, following a detailed investigation by the authorities, which involved drugs being sold on the black market, having being obtained at pharmacies on forged prescriptions. The police received information, from a pharmacist in Yecla, Murcia, that the same doctor was repeatedly signing prescriptions for a psychotropic drug – belonging to the group of benzo-

diazepines – and that he was concerned something was amiss. The accused were visiting pharmacies in Andalucía, Murcia, Valencia, Madrid and Castilla-La Mancha, to buy the drugs and then sell them, via the black market, often to addicts. The hotel rooms and vehicles of both detainees were searched, and officers seized 1,980 tablets that had been acquired fraudulently in pharmacies around Benidorm, and then hidden inside their car so as not to be detected if stopped for a general road check. They also found forged prescriptions and 740€ in cash. The investigation is still ongoing, with the possibility of other members of the criminal organisation being involved. The two arrested were charged with forgery and crimes against public health.

Energy giant job losses NPOWER have announced that they will be making over two thousand employees redundant. The ‘big six’ energy firm Npower confirmed at the beginning of the week that 2,400 jobs will go within the UK, with the company having had an operating loss of £106m in 2015. The German parent company, RWE, stated that they were having a “radical restructuring”, as their UK customer numbers fell by 360,000, resulting in them suffering a loss of 7% of their domestic customers last year alone. The cuts will come from those working full time, as well as contractors, with the Unison general secretary, Dave Prentis, saying “these huge job losses have come as a devastating blow, Npower have been in trouble for some time, due to poor decision making, and, now, the workers are having to pay the price.” The company was ordered to pay £26m, in a settlement imposed by the regulatory Ofgem, in December, for failing to treat customers fairly. Npower’s chief executive, Paul Coffey, said: “The 2015 results were extremely disappointing, and we have estimated that it will take two years to restructure and make the changes for our customers, and encourage previous clients to return.”

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Helping keep the streets clean by CAROLINE TYSZKA

VILLAJOYOSA residents are to be issued with special “poop kits” in a bid to reduce dog poo on local footpaths. The Department of Urban Cleaning and the Department of Trade in Villajoyosa town hall have got together with the concessionaire who collects the rubbish and the Agricultural Society La Vega to campaign for cleaner streets, particularly when dealing with animals who excrement in public places. The awareness campaign is focusing on pet owners and their responsibility to pick up

after their animals when they leave droppings whilst out and about. Posters have been put up throughout the town and surrounding areas reminding owners to be thoughtful of others and a special free kit is being made available to help with the initiative. Included in the kit is bags for collecting the animal droppings and a spray that when used discourages the pets from urinating in that area. Jaime Ramis, local councillor, said “this is a much needed campaign as we find that many owners leave their animal droppings

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uncollected in public spaces. I am also asking pet owners to discourage their animals from urinating in the same areas as it makes a bad smell for others to have to endure.” The kits can be collected from the Agricul-

Finestrat ﬂooding plans

THE MAYOR of Finestrat has met with regional government ministers to urgently discuss the ongoing flooding problems in La Cala de Finestrat. Juan Francisco Pérez, mayor of Finestrat, travelled to Valencia to meet with the Director General of Planning, José Luis Ferrando Calatayud, to present a technical proposal to resolve the problem of constant flooding in the barranco de la Cala. The La Cala de Finestrat area suffers from extreme flooding every time the area has heavy rainfall, with the beach area, and surrounding roads, often having to be closed. Mr Pérez said, during the meeting, that more than regional financing “we ask urgently for validation of the technical project we have presented to the City Council, because we believe that is the most appropriate, economically viable, option, and offers a solution to the problem.” Finestrat is calling for the project to be approved urgently, so that the work can start immediately, and has asked that the River Basin Authority and City Council work together to make it happen.

tural Society La Vega throughout the month of March or until stocks run out. Their office is located in Calle Constitución, 48 open to the public from 9 am until 1pm, telephone number 900 504 294.

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SKATEPARK OPENS

BENITACHELL HAS officially opened its new skatepark offering fun on wheels for the community. Dozens of youngsters attended the event and gave it the thumbs up as they tested out the thrills and spills on offer for skateboards, scooters and BMX bikes.

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Help with the bono social

THE BONO social is a rate subsidy or discount, established by the government, to help small consumers with their energy bills. The Spanish government has a special discount, called bono social, that is automatically applied to any household that contracts under 3 kW - this information can be found on your energy bill. However, there are also allowances for those who have higher than the 3 kW, but lower than 10 kW. Pensioners on low incomes, families with three or more children, single parent families, or households where all members are unemployed, can apply for the social bono, if they meet the ‘below 10 kW’ criteria. The difference that this can make to a small household may be a saving of 25% per bill, as the social bono is applied to usage throughout the year, not just when temperatures fall or rise. Obviously, there are certain conditions prior to applying for the discount, the primary one being that the person applying must be the titleholder of the energy supply. Full details regarding the bono social, as well as application forms, can be found on www.iberdrola.es and www.endesaclientes.com. Alternatively you can contact them via email: bonosocial@endesa.es or bonosocial@iberdrola.es. Iberdrola offer an English speaking telephone service on 900 22 52 35, as do Endesa when calling 800 76 09 09. Another very useful source of information about this benefit is the citizens’ advice bureau here in Spain, who can be contacted on www.citizensadvice.org.es.

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International drug ring captured AN INTERNATIONAL drug trafficking network has been dealt a serious blow, as ten of its members have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Officers arrested eight men and two women in Pamplona, Navarra, in northern Spain, suspected of crimes against public health, drug trafficking and belonging to criminal organisations. The operation, called “JOKER”, came about after the Guardia Civil intercepted 70 grams of cocaine hidden inside a vehicle on the N-7100 near the town of Arbizu. Further investigations led them to make a connection between two criminal organisations who were dealing with consignments of hashish from Morocco and speed from the Netherlands. The ten were arrested at two locations, one organisation based in Puente La Reina, Navarra, which dealt in localised sales, and the other group were based in the nearby town of Barañain. The second group dealt more with international shipments. This organization acquired significant amounts of hashish directly from Morocco and, after bringing the drugs into Spain through the coastal area of Cádiz, they transported it in vehicles equipped with double bottoms. The vehicles would deliver the hashish to Holland and then return with speed hidden in the emptied compartments. Officers searched several buildings and seized more than 72 kilos of hashish, over 1 kilo of marijuana, 120 grams of cocaine, 1 kilo of speed, 80 grams of MDMA, 50 grams of ketamine, 8 pills of ecstasy, 91 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms “longuis” and 2,200 grams of cutting substances. In addition, they confiscated 17,890€, 8 sets of scales, 7 mobile phones, 2 laptops and 3 high-end vehicles.

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Ties and Tiaras donation by CAROLINE TYSZKA THE MONEY raised from last weekend’s “Ties and Tiaras” event at Camping El Raco in Benidorm, was presented to the staff at the La Nucia Animal Shelter earlier this week. Mal Ritchie and Julie Willis visited the La Nucia Animal Shelter earlier this week to present a cheque for 1,374€ to help complete the new cattery building, funds that were raised from an evening of food, entertainment and much laughter, the previous week. It is hoped that this donation will mean that the new addition to the shelter can be finished, fulfilling founder member Pepita’s wish before she died.

Cheque presentation

NEWS BITES SPONSORED WALK ENDS WOMEN’S WEEK

WOMEN’S WEEK in Teulada ends on Sunday (13th March) with a sponsored walk taking people to some of the hidden gems of the town. Activities all week marked International Women’s Day on Tuesday and the walk will raise money or the ‘El Nevus de Alvaro’ project. To take part it is necessary to register and make a donation of 3€ or more. The event starts at 9am and begins at Plaza VI Centenari Square – behind Teulada Town Hall. To register and donate, go to www.somesport.com or go to the shop ‘Entrefils’ in Avenida Santa Catalina in Teulada, or the Espai La Senieta, Moraira.

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Facebook trolls outlawed by Caroline Tyszka INTERNET USERS who create fake Facebook profiles could face criminal charges, as new guidelines come into force. Anyone who makes a Facebook account in a name other than their own by copying someone else’s, giving the impression that they are that person, could be outlawed under the new regulations. The Crown Prosecution service has said that the new rules could allow for the prosecution of people who create a profile “under the name of the victim, with fake information uploaded which, if believed, could damage their reputation and humiliate them.” Alison Saunders, Director for Public Prosecutions said, “online abuse is cowardly and can be deeply upsetting to the victim.” Social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook have facilities in place to report impersonation accounts. There will now be a six week public consultation period for the proposed guideline revisions, overseen by the CPS. On a lighter note here is this week’s poem from Anne-Marie:

Am i the only one ?... A constant source of shame to me Is my ignorance and fear of technology! I consider myself, at least, to be quite capable. But literally... Social networking reveals my idiocy! Facebook – there’s one that freaked me out ‘It’s easy....’, they said, ‘Give your business some clout!’ So, I joined. Horrified, I thought, ‘What have I done..?’ I got 300 new friends...and I didn’t know one! And with couples at tables - no word’s ever said! They whip out their mobiles...then bending their heads Contact everyone else in the whole human race, Forgetting those sitting in front of their face!

I’ve joined Twitter now...thought that I’d give it a go... Well, I’ve got an account, but there’s not much to show! I must learn what to do and which buttons to press ...And with Facebook! I’m worried of causing distress... By sending a message that’s private and not For the eyes of some others...OR THE WHOLE BLOOMING LOT!!! But, this fear holds me back – and it now has to go... Look for Anne-Marie Fry and see how I grow Watch this space - what will happen? ...NOBODY KNOWS!!! (Certainly not me!!!) Poem by Anne-Marie Fry, for commissions contact scoobysbenidorm@gmail.com.

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Continued from FRONT PAGE AND THIS year, Labour International Costa Blanca helped organise a trip to Alicante. Although the international brigades were not involved in action in the region, it has strong historical links to the province and 30 IBMT members travelled to the coast. The twinning suggestion is promoted by the Civic Commission and the mayor apologised to the visitors for the failure of previous administrations to recognise the ‘historic memory’ of the civil war. And acknowledging the IBMT banner, Mr Echavarri said: “It is the first time in 77 years that the colours of the Republican government have been displayed in Alicante Civic Hall.” Sue Lent, a IBMT member and deputy leader of Cardiff City Council, said the Civic Commission had visited the Welsh capital last year to honour Captain Dickson and his crew and had presented a plaque. She promised to work with the Welsh Assembly to get it displayed in the city’s docks area. The first visit by the party was to Alicante’s main cemetery; the site of a mass grave. Some 724 Republican prisoners were executed after the end of the war and “dumped” in mass graves. The Civic Commission has managed to name the dead and they are remembered on a monument – smaller individual markers have been placed in the cemetery by families. The party was taken to the grave of poet Miguel Hernandez, the Spanish poet imprisoned by Franco for his Republican sympathies and died in an Alicante prison from medical neglect. MADRID Another of the dead was Colonel Antonio Ortega Gutierrez, a member of the Communist Party and a former President of Real Madrid FC. He was executed on 15th July 1939 at the age of 51. The IBMT members were also taken to the harbour and the memorial dedicated to Captain Dickson and the SS Stanbrook – they also visited the ‘field of almonds’ where those who

were unable to flee on the ship were taken by the Italian troops – again a monument marks the site. And there was also a visit to Alicante’s Central Market. On 25th May 1938, Italian bombers fighting for Franco raided the city, killing 300 civilians. A stainless steel plaque on the market floor remembers the “forgotten tragedy”, and recalls the nine aircraft, the number of bombs dropped and red lights remember the dead – they are illuminated each day at 11.45am for 15 minutes. The visitors were also taken to Petrer, the final seat of the Republican government which could become a museum, and a nearby airfield at El Hondon, where Prime Minister Juan Negrin was flown out to exile. The party also visited Alcoy, another community bombed by the Italians as it produced war materials for the Republican side, and the Swedish Norwegian Hospital which provided humanitarian aid during the Civil War. Caves at Canalobre are a popular tourist attraction but many visitors do not know of its connection to the Civil War. The access tunnel was carved by engineers and it was a Republican Army store and repair area for aircraft. The final visit was to Alicante University and the exhibition of photographs called ‘Cartografias Silenciados’ by Ana Teresa Ortega. They are 61 colour pictures of Franco’s prisoner of war camps and accompanying memorabilia. There was also an opportunity to read a list of the inmates of the San Pedro prison – including British and other nationalities who fought for the International Brigades.

At Alicante City Hall

A poster recalls the Alcoy hospital

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EU urged to act on ‘Brexit’ by JACK TROUGHTON

THE EUROPEAN Union is being urged to pressure the British Government to give all expats a vote in June’s ‘Brexit’ referendum. At present a ’15-year rule’ bars people from having a say in UK general elections and referenda after that time but it is hoped the EU can intervene and open the ballot to all two million expats in Europe. Parcent Town Hall has unanimously passed a motion asking for the franchise to be extended – and other councils in Valencia have been asked to support the action. It has been sent to the EU’s powerful petitions committee and added to an existing petition lodged by Parcent’s Deputy Mayor Jacqui Cotterill lodged in 2012 calling for all Spanish residents to be able to vote. And while the EU cannot force a change, it is hoped it will persuade Britain to extend the franchise – just as it did in 2013 when the Conservative Party put a ‘votes for life’ promise in its manifesto; legislation that has still to be made into law. “It is very late, the campaign to get the vote has been going for years and we are still at this very late stage asking for action,” said Jacqui. “We remain British citizens and apart from our own futures here in Spain, the majority of us retain links and interests in the UK. It is not as if we have turned our backs on our country – we have savings, family and homes there – there is a stake in our pensions.” And she said however people chose to vote in the referendum over membership of the EU, it was vital those who could registered to have their say. “I cannot vote, my family here cannot vote and I find it democratically frustrating because this referendum has a direct impact on our lives here in Spain - but many hundreds of thousands of people can still vote!”

Jacqui at the EU

She said at present people were being “bombarded” with information by both sides of the ‘in-out’ debate. “It is difficult to get the facts on the potential impact on our lives but it is not scaremongering to point out there is a huge uncertainty for people living here.

“It has been said that nothing will change because our acquired rights will be protected. However, there are no guarantees.” To register to vote, go to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. People last registered to vote in the last 15 years can apply.

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Another music legend dies by CAROLINE TYSZKA SIR GEORGE Martin, fondly known as the “fifth Beatle” has died aged 90. It was announced that the influential record producer, Sir George Martin, passed away at his home on Tuesday, with social media immediately becoming a source for people to offer their condolences and relive happy memories. Sir George signed the Beatles in 1962 and went on to enjoy 17 number ones with the band, as well as working with musical icons such as Bob Dylan and Sir Elton John. His manager said, in a statement, that Sir George’s family “would like to thank everyone for their thoughts, prayers and messages of support” after he passed away at home on Tuesday. Ringo Starr tweeted: “God bless George Martin peace and love to Judy and his family ... Thank you for all your love and kindness George peace and love xx.” During one interview with the then popular publication Melody Maker, he famously said about the Beatles that, “as composers, they didn’t rate. They hadn’t shown me that they could write anything at all.” The Queen awarded the record producer with a CBE in 1988 and he then became a Sir in 1996. TENSIONS ARE mounting in the Far East after North Korea launched two short-ranged ballistic missiles. After working with the Beatles, he produced, or coSouth Korea reported the rockets were fired from the East coast of the country and landed in the sea some 500km away. produced, many well-loved songs, including Sir Elton And North Korea leader Kim Jong-on has boasted the country´s scientists had developed nuclear warheads small enough to be carJohn’s Candle in the Wind, which was released in 1997 ried on such missiles. However, this is disputed by international experts who say the move is still years away. to mark the death of Princess Diana, selling over 37 million copies.

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MISSILES FIRED

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Child smuggled in luggage

Northern Lights spectacular UK show

A TRAVELLER smuggled a four-year-old child into Paris hidden inside her hand luggage, Air France has revealed. The woman passenger flew from Istanbul after purchasing a ticket for herself but not for the little girl. The woman, a French resident, placed the bag containing the girl at her feet but at one stage opened her luggage and a fellow passenger spotted movement and alerted members of the cabin crew. The airline reported the incident to the authorities but the women, who is adopting the child, will not be prosecuted.

THE SKIES of the UK were lit up at the weekend in a rare and spectacular show, as the Northern Lights glowed a rainbow of colours. The Aurora Borealis, more commonly known as the Northern Lights, gave the UK a rare and beautiful display of green, red and orange skies on Sunday night as the phenomenon was clearly visible in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as reports that it could be seen in Anglesey and Oxfordshire. Weather experts had predicted the solar storm which enabled many to take breathtakingly beautiful images of the sky from about 8 pm last night. Amanda Townsend, a space weather adviser for the Met Office, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;this was a lucky combination of conditions which has given us this fantastic display. Once in a while the solar winds are enhanced to levels stronger than normal, with particles at higher speeds, and on this occasion it has connected really well with the Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnetic field.â&#x20AC;?

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It’s SHOWTIME! …..The Homes Gardens & LIFESTYLE Show is NOW OPEN!

AFTER MONTHS of preparation the HOMES GARDENS & LIFESTYLE SHOW is now open, for TWO DAY’S of inspiration, information, feature attractions, galleries, fun and fabulous give-aways at the DENIA MARRIOTT HOTEL, La Sella Golf & Spa Resort, Jesus Pobre. From 10am to 5pm both days, come and enjoy some top entertainment, meet the Celebs, and all of our sponsors and over 90 exhibitors who are all ready to enjoy the biggest and best event that is the Homes Gardens & Lifestyle Show………… The only Show that is interactive with our visitors, good luck to all who have entered the Art Competition and sent some fantastic pet pictures into Pet Idol 2016! So now it is time to enjoy browsing the Art Gallery, Pet Idol 2016, watching the Costa’s Cook Off! Following the Tapa Trail with FREE Tapa’s, enjoying a Blu cocktail, the opportunity to win some cash in crack the safe, and a star prize courtesy of the Round Town News to Win a Cruise, plus much, much more! Two truly great days of Showtime in the fabulous setting of the Denia Marriott Hotel, refreshments, beverages, snacks, paella and cream teas will all be available to purchase during the event, there is plenty of free parking, and the doors are open from 10am to 5pm. So come along and enjoy GM Promotions HOMES GARDENS & LIFESTYLE SHOW! There really is only ONE place to be for a fantastic day out on Friday 11th & Saturday 12th March. SEE YOU THERE! Cooking it up in the Showcase kitchens designed by CCM Quality Services are our super talented local Chef’s, Billy Fullerton from HQ Gastropub, Calpe, and Abi Satari from Satari’s restaurant in Moraira, they are both on at 12 noon in round one today (Friday) and then it’s Carol West from Obsidian Wellness with Stephen Gill from the Big Bad BBQ Company at 3.30 today (Friday) in round two……….The standard this year is higher than ever!…….Which kitchen and chef will you put through to the Costa’s Cook Off! FINAL on Saturday ??!!! Get your voting paddle at the show……Your votes decide! Don’t forget on Saturday 12th there are very special appearances by Elsa, Olaf & Dave the Minion in the Children’s Club House area in the Courtyard Terrace behind the Ballroom, with activities planned from 10am to 5pm. INSPERATION, Information, and whole lot of FUN is what the Homes Gardens & Lifestyle Show is all about! Show Director Gina Marks of GM Promotions, the Show’s main sponsors BLU ……So Easy!, the feature sponsors, all of the exhibitors and our supporting media’s have been working together to create and stage the biggest and best event here in the North Costa Blanca and are now ready to open the doors and welcome our visitors…… We hope you have a fabulous time at the Show! And we look forward to meeting each and every one of you over the two days on Friday 11th & Saturday 12th March.

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GROUND FLOOR LOBBY Ent� trance 93 BLU… So Easy! Telecommunications JAZZ & BLUES BAR RTN -The Magic Experience RTN – Win A Cruise BALLROOM 1 Vida Plena 2 EVENSWISS Treatments 3 Funky Designs Baglets 4 Tisserand Aromatherapy 5 Lynne’s British Bakeware 6 GL Ex-Pat Services – Pet Idol 2016 Animal Portrait Artist 7 Total FM 8 The Costa’s Cook Off! 9 CCM Quality Services 10 Cambridge 800 11 Grupo CG Gardening World

EXHIBITOR LIST

15 Beniconnect Travel Agency 16 Help of Denia & Marina Alta 17 Stardust International 18 JustJuice 19 Relocating2 20 Whirlpools World Spain 21 Whirlpools World Spain 22 Whirlpools World Spain 23 Whirlpools World Spain 24 Inglaterra en Casa 25 APASA 26 My Destination Alicante 27 Satari’s Restaurant 28 The CB Property Guide 29 Obsidian Wellness Centre 30 BG Home – BG Intermoda 31 Balearia Port 31 Yvonne Beauty 32 Robin Look 33 Robin Look 34 Robin Look 35 Calpe Aventura 36 Female Focus

37 Scottsdale Overseas 38 BMResort SL 39 Tobias Reflexology 40 Healing – Pat Jay 41 Clinica La Alegria 42 Algo Mas – Magnetic Jewellery 43 Quiropractic Adjus 44 Samaritans 45 Protectapet SL BALLROOM FOYER The Art Gallery 46 HIA -Hull Insurance Agents 47 Seagate Wealth Management 47B Segaria Thai Restaurant 48 Area REC 49 Pure Gold 50 Curry on Cooking 50A Costa Blanca News/The Post 51 Moyua, Artista Plastico 52 Galeria de Arte Georgie Poulariani 53 Jan Calderwood

54 Make A Smile 55 Currencies Direct 56 Jenny Morrison

CASINO 57 Pellicer & Heredia – Legal Suite 58 Infinity International FX – Crack The Safe & Win the Cash 60 Alta Villas 61 Indigo Car Hire 62 Nesfor Restaurant 63 Avalon 64 Security & Services 65 AngloINFO Costa Blanca 66 ASSSA 67 Simply U 68 Kas Clairvoyant 69 Red Cross Javea 70 Effortless Living 71 Herbal Life 72 The Colina Club 72A Flatpaxabia

73 Beauty Care 74 Continental Wealth Management 75 View TV Abroad 77 Spanish Legal Reclaims SL 78 deVere 80 CLUB F!T 81 Mark Stacey Antique Quiz 82 Footworks Studio 83 Nucerity 84 Forever Health & Beauty Spain POOL SIDE 85 Coolashade 86 The Grilling School 87 Fiona’s Flowerpower 88 Toldos Aitana 89 Active Surfaces CB 90 World of Nature Art 94 Neater Pool Guardian Information correct at time of going to print

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Benidorm celebrates local police anniversary by CAROLINE TYSZKA BENIDORM CELEBRATED the local police’s 172nd anniversary at the weekend, with a special presentation ceremony. The mayor of Benidorm, Toni Pérez, along with other dignitaries, hosted an official ceremony, on Saturday, to honour the work that the local police in the resort have done over many years, and also to present special service awards, which included some officers who have been with the force for 25 years. Part of the ceremony saw the mayor lay a wreath in memory of the local policemen who had died last year, with Juan Fuertes, head of the local force, highlighting the dangerous job that his officers do daily. Mr Fuertes addressed the crowd and talked of a Guardia Civil officer who lost his life recently in a traffic control accident, and also the loss of fellow comrades at the attack on the Spanish Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, just four months ago. Presenting diplomas to the long serving officers, the mayor gave “unequivocal and unflinching” support, on behalf of himself and his government team, for all local police officers, and pledged to continue to improve working conditions.

A meeting of minds CHARM AND colour dominate the paintings and sculptures currently being exhibited by Jenny Anne Morrison and Georgie Poulariani in Calpe. Jenny’s paintings are complimented by the metal sculptures of Georgie at the Exposiciones Ajuntament Vell in Calpe’s historic old town and are well worth checking out. Georgie has a workshop and small gallery in Benissa and Jenny’s podiatrist Philip Mann suggested they get together. “They came over to my house in Tormos and saw my work and Georgie liked it – I have since put paintings in his gallery,” Jenny explained. “He said he had this exhibition in Calpe and would I like to show some pieces. “I had a very good year last year and wasn’t sure if I had enough paintings -so since New Year I have been painting my socks off.” The free exhibition at Calpe’s old Casa de Cultura in Calle Francisco Zaragosa, is open until Wednesday 30th March and can be seen Tuesday to Saturday between 10am and 2pm, and 4.30pm to 7.30pm.

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

Athletics for the blind

by CAROLINE TYSZKA

ALFAZ DEL Pi are set to host the Spanish Athletics for the blind championship this weekend. The blind athletic championship, which is organised by the Spanish Federation of the Blind (FEDC), will take place at the Municipal Sports Centre, in Alfaz del Pi, on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March 2016. Competitors, young and old, will take part in a wide range of events starting at 9.30am each day. Luis Miguel Morant, councillor for sports in the town, said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we have always worked to promote sport, and to be chosen for the championship is clear evidence that our facilities enable people to show what they can do, and excel at, along with their other virtues.â&#x20AC;? The tracks will be closed to the public at 8.30am each day, only accessible to the athletes participating, and will be re-opened to the public an hour after the events conclude, which will be 8.30pm on the Saturday and 1.30pm on the Sunday.

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LA COLINA BOWLS CLUB LA COLINA Bowls Club are a small friendly club at La Colina Home Resort, where you can play bowls, and, at the same time, enjoy the sea views of Calpe rock. They are currently looking for new members so, if you want more information, please contact Joy on 669 21 35 24. They are a non competitive club but all enjoy a good game of bowls.

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Everything must go by JACK TROUGHTON THE CALPE and Benissa Lions Charity Shop is staging a half price sale to clear its winter clothing rails and help prepare for summer. From Monday 21st March until Thursday 7th April, there are bargains to be had at the Calpe shop – which will close on 8th and 9th of April to restock before opening again on Monday 11th April. Since opening in December 2014, the shop has raised more than 40,000€ to help fund charitable causes supported by the Lions. It also enables a monthly donation of 250€ to be made to Caritas in Benissa and Calpe, and to Calpe Ayuda. The Lions also contribute to the Gargasindi School in Calpe, EMAUS homes in Benissa and Calpe, the Red Cross and a number of ‘one off’ donations. Calpe and Benissa Lions are currently looking to recruit new members. To find out more, contact President Bob Sydney on 636 695 569 or email elaineandbobinspain@gmail. com, or Vice President Keith Littlewood on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com.

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EASTER HAMPERS SPECIAL HAMPERS can be won as raffle prizes at the Charity Shop of Calpe’s ‘Easter event’ on Saturday 19th March from 10am. There will be stalls outside the shop in Galerias Mar Azul, in Avenida Gabriel Miro, selling homemade cakes, bric-a-brac, and garden ‘bits and pieces’. The shop has recently been extended and now offers a larger range of clothes, household items and small pieces of furniture, with the spring and summer range now on show.

Glorious food THE BENIDORM Social Centre received a delivery of 200€ of food to distribute to the needy after U3A Marina Baixa went shopping. U3A members Rob and Liz delivered the food after the centre supplied a shopping list for the association. U3A Marina Baixa holds its general meetings on the fourth Monday of each month at the auditorium in the Casa de Cultura, Alfaz del Pi. The next Meeting is a week earlier than normal on Monday 21st March because Easter Monday falls on the fourth Monday, starting at 11am. Anyone who wants to find out more about U3A can visit the website www.u3amarinabaixa.com or its Facebook page. Those without internet access can call Joan Flint on 96 586 1226 or 663 637 167.

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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.

Hiking

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

Sunset

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Paradise found

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EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE

by JACK TROUGHTON

SET THE alarm for a spectacular sunrise service being staged on Easter Sunday by Javea International Baptist Church on the beach at around 7.40am.

ACTOR Christopher Robbie plays scientist Charles Darwin in his oneman show ‘Beyond Paradise’ on the Costa Blanca next month. Promoted by Concerts Costa Blanca, the play explores the life and work of the Victorian scientist. Famed for his theory of evolution through natural selection, his work was highly controversial but Darwin did not set out to contradict the bible or rock the establishment. Christopher Robbie, who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, appears in Beyond Paradise at the Espai La Senieta theatre in Moraira on the 7th, 8th and 9th of April. He first brought the play to Teulada 16 years ago, when he performed before an audience of 180 at El Canor to great acclaim and Concerts Costa Blanca believe people will again enjoy “a memorable evening of superb theatre”. Sir David Attenborough described Beyond Paradise as “absorbing and intriguing”, while John Thackray, the Naturalist History Museum Archivist said: “The play perfectly encapsulates Darwin as a family man and shows him as an experimenter, observer, thinker, and writer.” Tickets are 15€ and can be booked by sending an email to info@concertscostablanca.com with the number of seats required, the date of the performance and a mobile ‘phone contact. The show starts at 8pm on the 7th and 8th of April and 7.30pm on 9th April.

JIBC is inviting everyone along to the informal service by the sea near the La Siesta Restaurant – between the Arenal and Javea Port - on Sunday 27th March. And JIBC Pastor Steve Hall said: “What better time is there to start to mark the most important day in the Christian calendar than at sunrise? “Easter Day is a glorious day of celebration for all Christians as we remember the Resurrection of Christ. “We hope that many people will join with us as we meet together to mark this special day.” JIBC also holds a traditional Easter Sunday service at the Church Centre in Carrer Favara in Javea Old Town at 10.30am. For more information about this English-speaking church which meets every Sunday and stages a variety of events in the week go to www.javeabaptist.com or call 96 579 5847.

Christopher Robbie

News from afar Return of the ring

JOAN OF Arc’s silver ring has been returned back to France after being purchased for 385,000€ following an auction in the UK. History-themed amusement park Le Puy du Fou won a hotly contested sale and will be put on public display in April. London-based Timeline Auctions said a number of documents offered the evidence that the ring belonged to the Maid of Orleans, who gave it to English cardinal Henry Beaufort just before she was burned at the stake. However, the new owner has given a different version of events. The amusement park claims the ring was confiscated by pro-English Bishop Pierre Cauchon during Joan of Arc’s heresy trial and despite her repeated plea for the prized possession to be returned to her, the bishop gave it to Beaufort and it was carried back to England as “a symbolic spoil of war”. It then remained 600 years in England, and the park’s founder Philippe de Villiers said the long-lost “treasure” was finally “restored to the French people”. The ring is inscribed with the letters ‘IHS’ and ‘MAR’, abbreviations for Jesus and Mary, and was said to have been a gift to Joan from her parents for her first communion. Mr de Villiers said there was “no doubt” it was the saint’s ring and it had been dated to the 15th Century. Joan believed God chose her to lead France to victory in its long-running war with England. With no military training, she convinced the Crown Prince Charles of Valois to allow her to lead a French army to the besieged city of Orleans and a famous victory over the English. But after the prince was crowned King Charles VII, Joan was captured and tried for witchcraft and heresy by the English. She was burned at the stake in 1431 at the age of 19.

Taser sets man on fire

AUSTRALIAN POLICE accidently set fire to a man by deploying a Taser device. A 51 year old man, throwing petrol at Australian police officers, caught fire, after they attempted to subdue him with a Taser gun. Officers were called to a disturbance in Sydney, after receiving reports that a man carrying a chainsaw was attempting to cut down a nearby power pole. At the scene, in Riverstone, Sydney, the man approached the police and began throwing petrol at them, resulting in pepper spray and a Taser gun being deployed. This ignited the man’s clothing, with the officers rushing to extinguish the flames and the 51 year old man then running back into his home. After an hour of negotiating with the authorities, the man surrendered and was taken to a local hospital, where he was treated for minor burns. One of the officers was also treated at the hospital, as the petrol had splashed into his eyes.

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

Not so sweet Gene Vincent by

Chris Ashley

Writer & Broadcaster

(Apologies to Ian Dury) POP QUIZ, hotshot. What connects the late boxing commentator Reg Gutteridge and the late rocker Gene Vincent? They were able to stab themselves in the left leg and feel no pain. Reg lost his limb during the D-Day landings and the P.R. Machine had it that Gene suffered major injuries during the Korean conflict – in fact it was a motor cycle accident with drink involved. Reg had a prosthetic leg, Gene had a metal leg brace- thus they were both able to enjoy endless hours entertaining unsuspecting guests at social soirées by taking a barbecue fork and skewering their limp limb with no outward signs of stress. Such japes. Having never met Mr. Gutteridge I can only assume he had a puckish sense of humour – having met Mr. Vincent – well that was a completely different case of Be-Bop-A-Lula lunacy. He arrived with more baggage than Louis Vuitton as I found out when, as a cub reporter, I interviewed him. He was appearing at a dance hall in Woebegone Worthing, this is a rock God that had sold millions of records & had The Beatles as major fans, but here he was scuffing around in my little home town just before he went on tour with Eddie Cochran – and we know that didn’t end well. So there I am with my notebook, quill poised, when Darlene, 2nd of Gene’s 4 wives caught this 16 year old virgin’s eye & captured his beating heart. We chatted and being a Southern belle she just loved my English accent (not sure about my wonky teeth, national health specs & zits). She told me why racial segregation was necessary in the Deep South & that JFK had better watch his back, y’all. In return I tried to explain why Mike & Bernie Winters were considered funny & how a cricket match can last 5 days & still finish in a draw. It was all very cosy, but bearing in mind Eric Burdon described Gene as an alcoholic pistol packing pill popping paranoid (who in 1968 shot at Gary Glitter because he was getting too friendly with the then Mrs Vincent) this besotted, but I like to think, prescient wimp made his excuses and left. Still a huge fan though – just about to slap on ‘Say Mama’ (Capitol CL14974) 45 rpm vinyl on the old Dansette & if you google that label number checking it’s kosher, you’re even sadder than me.

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DEAR READERS, As we have informed in previous articles, the European Inheritance Regulation 650/2012 applies to all successions in relation to deaths that occurred from 17th of August 2015 onwards. Since the 17th of August last year, successions in Spain are in principle governed by the law of the country where the deceased has habitual residency at the time of their death. Therefore, in principle the succession of all people who have their habitual residency in Spain and have no will, will be governed according to Spanish law. However, it is possible under this regulation (Article 22), by means of a testament, to opt expressly for the law of nationality of the testator or testatrix, as the one to govern the succession. We should clarify that the application of Spanish law refers to the law that should govern the inheritance, that is: who should inherit, whether or not family members must necessarily receive part of the inheritance or if there is freedom to testate, etc., but has nothing to do with inheritance taxes to be paid, as they are governed by other legislation. I make this clarification, because many foreigners are not being properly advised and believe that this European Regulation allows them to choose to pay inheritance taxes according to the law of their nationality, but this is not the case. As we have reiterated, according to Spanish law, the descendants have the right to inherit the majority of the estate, as they are considered as forced heirs. In addition, depending on the circumstances, there are other forced heirs that could be entitled to inherit, such as ancestors and spouses. Therefore, if you have your habitual residence in Spain and you pass away without a will, Spanish intestate law will apply to your succession, and your descendants will inherit the vast majority of your estate, and your spouse will be entitled to only a residual part (the usufruct of a third of estate), which contrasts with the rules of other countries, that reserve a greater share of the inheritance to husbands and wives. For this reason, if you want your assets to be distributed as allowed according to your own national laws, or to choose how to distribute them (with the limits established by applicable law), you must make a Will. This will also simplify the succession process to your beneficiaries, the probate process will be faster, cheaper and easier, avoiding problems between the family members, etc. If you do not have a Will in Spain, you should make one getting the right advice, please 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 you an expatriate or foreigner, resident in Spain, but without a Will? Legal consequences.

Carlos Baos

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

Why invest?

Money

A good question when you look at the current volatility and current period of negative growth in the equity, bond, foreign exchange and commodities markets

But could this mean it is a golden opportunity to buy cheaply, with lots of potential to make money when the markets start to turn. Over the last 100 years statistically equities have beaten bonds and inflation and if whilst invested in equities you have reinvested income earned from equities then you are onto winner. As seasoned investors know the markets go through Bull ( good) and Bear (bad) times, but investments are for the medium to long term , 5 years plus. So when investing the main thing is not to panic when markets go down and not to get too overjoyed when they rise, take a long term view. Also if you want the potential to make your money work for you investing is one of the very few options that can offer this at the current time. At the moment placing money that you need to generate income or growth in a savings account, is quite frankly just not an option. Just look at interest rates being offered in the UK and Europe on savings accounts, they are at an all time low, and it now looks more than likely they will not rise until 2020 at the earliest and we could even see negative interest rates before rates start to go up very slowly. If you want to know what investment options are out there for YOU? Blacktower Financial Management has been established for 30 years and have worked with clients through the good and the bad times, offering sound independent advice. We have products that can to a certain extent smooth out the volatility for clients and offer consistent returns, products that offer more flexibility and can hold a wide selection of funds of varying risk from Cautious and Balanced through to Adventurous . Also for those of you interested in wealth preservation we work with one of the oldest and most respected Swiss Banks Lombard Odier who specialise in helping high net worth individuals manage their wealth. Plus we have products that can help mitigate UK and Spanish inheritance tax. I am here to help you find the right solution to make your money work for 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 .

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

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.

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Fallas Festival THE TRADITIONAL fallas take place across the region over the next few days, with beautiful creations being judged and then ceremonially burnt. Valencia, Benidorm and Denia, amongst others, will be holding their fallas festival, which starts traditionally on 15th March. Originally said to be a pagan event, where villagers burnt fires to welcome in the spring, the festival has transitioned through the years to become a popular artistic expression of giant humorous characters, such as Pinocchio. The creations are paraded through the streets on the 15th, with a more religious ceremony the following day, starting with a 5.30am grand awakening - which calls the community to parade through the town with a statue of the virgin and offerings of flowers. 19th March sees the grand finale, called the crema, where religious parades blend into more of a party atmosphere, including the very loud daytime fireworks, mascletas. The evening concludes with the fire parade, called the cabalgata de fuego, where everyone dresses in colourful costumes, dances to the many bands and watches the burning of the creations. For full details of timetables please go to www.visitbenidorm.es; www.denia.com; www.lovevalencia.com/fallas.

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life&leisure #gardening

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Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

Irises are great spring ﬂowers IRISES ARE now starting to flower in many gardens and will create colourful displays for up to two months. Basically there are three types of iris that grow well in both coastal and inland gardens. Dutch and Spanish irises and the larger flowered bearded irises. Irises have become a popular bulbous plant for ten reasons. They for many weeks in the Spring. They are perennials so flower for many years. They multiply each year. After a few years daughter rhizomes can be separated from the original parent plant in the autumn and planted to expand displays. At this time it is best to discard the original mother rhizome. The tough skin of the Iris rhizome means that it is less susceptible to eel worm, slug and snail damage than the thinner skins of bulbs such as tulips especially during the dry summer months. There are many varieties available so interesting collections can be built up. They do best in full sun. They can be grown in dedicated beds, mixed beds, in containers and on rockeries. Irises need very little if any watering. They have few disease problems. When planting irises prefer a soil enriched with well rotted compost or manure rather than a post feeding with manufactured nitrogen rich fertilisers. The latter can result in too much green growth and smaller flowers. Rhizome type irises should be planted so that the top is just showing with the roots spread out and covered with firmed down soil. Water all irises once a week to stimulate root growth for a month, or two if there is no rain, but always remember that irises do not like to be waterlogged. In the spring and early summer watch out for aphids if the weather is humid and spray for several weeks until the danger is past. The height of the iris stem and size of flower means that the plant needs plenty of nutrients so feed your irises each year six weeks before you expect them to flower. Typically this will be March /April on the coast and April/May in higher up inland gardens. A second feed each October is also beneficial. Grasses and other weeds can grow within clumps of dying back plants but do weed by hand rather than using weed killers irises as the latter can affect the quality – especially the colour – of the flowers.’ Finally if you invest in a few irises they are something that you can enjoy for the rest of your life.

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The help manual Dear Auntie Virus I have recently downloaded GIMP 2.8 and the English Help Manual, it is like Photoshop only free. To use it, I need to open the help dialogue by clicking on ‘Help’ which then offers On-line or Manual. I cannot open the help manual I downloaded as it will only offer the on-line help. If I go to Edit>Preferences>Help System it says help is not installed locally. I know it is there because I can open it from Programme Files in little pieces and nothing I change will open it up. I have reloaded the whole programme twice and it is no different. Can you recommend anything please? Kind regards, Mike. Reply: I have just downloaded GIMP, and installed it, changing the language preference to English. I then downloaded and installed the manual - the English one, and not the English United Kingdom one. I opened GIMP, and I could access the “off line” manual. Searching around I found a few people having the same issue but they were trying to use the “English United Kingdom” version. Using the “English” version and they could then access the manual from within GIMP. Response: Thanks very much. I’ll give that a whirl

Keyboard characters Dear Aunty, I bought a new Asus laptop locally last year and configured the keyboard to Spanish to get the lower set of characters |@#~€¬[]{}\ using “alt gr” with the 123456``+´çº keys and I am sure that they used to work with all applications. Now, the alt gr option doesn’t work with Gmail - annoying when you want to type the @ symbol for an email address. I have to cut and paste from, say, Wordpad. The “alt gr” characters do work in LibreOffice, Wordpad, names for new folders, sticky notes,etc. I have checked Gmail via Internet Explorer and the alt gr keys work fine, so it’s just a Google Chrome issue it seems. Can you tell me if it is possible to get these characters back for Gmail and if so how to do it. I can’t find anything in Google chrome settings that might be causing the problem. Hope you can help......best regards David Reply: A bit of a strange one, as I have tried the alt gr keys in W7, W8 and W10 in gmail in Chrome and they worked fine... So it suggests an issue with your system somewhere, as it does not affect all users. As they work fine in your Internet Explorer, then it does seem to be an issue with your Chrome. Whilst searching for a solution I found a few others have the same issue, but no sign of a solution. The only thing that I can suggest is perhaps the language settings in W8 and Chrome are not the same, which is causing a conflict... so check these. eg if you have the keyboard configured for Spanish, but Chrome configured for English?

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

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Life Coach

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.

In sickness and in health My husband and I don’t have a good marriage. We were both talking about divorce, and I was about to leave him when he got ill. He is now partially disabled, although he does get about with a stick and sometimes uses a wheelchair. He has an adapted car, and still works. I stayed to help him to begin with, but our relationship is far worse now and he constantly abuses me. I am so down and unhappy, I wish I’d have left sooner, but felt obligated. He has family who could help. Do you have any advice?

When any marriage is as miserable as yours, something needs to be done. If you were thinking about leaving before your husband became disabled, then you are to be commended for staying initially to look after him, but if he is independent and is also working, you really have no need to stay. Wouldn’t you both be happier apart? See your Solicitor, and talk to his family about them stepping in to help. 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.

It’s hard making friends I am 12. We recently moved house and I changed schools. I am different from other boys and I find it difficult to make friends. I have hobbies like having reptiles for pets, I like to dress differently, and my family are Churchgoers. Friends don’t seem to want to be with me because of these things. Are you sure your friends don’t want to be with you because of what you do in your spare time? Lads in particular would be interested in seeing your reptiles, so why not invite them round? It’s fine if you want to dress differently and express yourself at your age - a lot of people do it. Have you thought about joining a club for keepers of reptiles? And is there a group at Church for the younger people? If you can find friends who share the same interests, then you have a good start. Also, see what’s going on at school, and go along to any after school activities. This is a good way to make friends.

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure #events

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St Patricks Day by caroline tyszka

ST PATRICKS Day is one of the most celebrated expat community events in Spain. This Thursday, 17th March, up and down the Costa Blanca, thousands of leprechauns, walking Guinness bottles, and four leaf clovers, will be out celebrating the Irish patron saint, Patrick. Events have been organised in many towns, with Cabo Roig holding a fabulous parade and party, as the strip turns into a sea of green for the day. Last year, the Cabo Roig parade was the largest in Spain, and, this year, they are hoping to retain that title, with bars and restaurants offering Irish food, drink, music and much more for all ages. Benidorm also has a reputation for hosting one of the most popular March 17th events, with The Shamrock Bar on Calle Gerona being the main focus for many years, as a sea of oranges and greens parties down the street to traditional Irish music. Many other venues, including the White Star, will also be holding events. Other towns offer smaller, but still fun, events, such as the Hepburns bar in Albir, who are offering promotions on Guinness, going all green for the day, and having live music between 5pm and 8pm. Winnie, from Hepburns, said “for anyone who wants to stay closer to home and miss the bustle of the Benidorm festivities, we offer a warm Irish welcome.” Tourism Ireland announced its ‘Global Greening’ line-up for the day, with new participants for 2016 including 7 World Trade Centre in New York, the Big Wheel in Paris, the light rail system in Addis Ababa, and the City Hall in Tel Aviv. The Boston Red Sox baseball team will also wear green on St Patrick’s Day. Ireland’s Tourism Minister, Paschal Donohoe, said, “St Patrick’s Day presents a unique and wonderful opportunity to promote Ireland worldwide.”

Central fountain in Madrid last year

Art in Dubai

COSTA BLANCA artist Rosalia de Meindorfer is exhibiting her collage ‘Ladies for Freedom’ at the 10th annual international art exhibition in Dubai. A resident of Teulada-Moraira, she is taking part in the exhibition ‘Art Projection in Dubai’ with her work. Rosalia has previously shown her work around the world, in cities including Rome, Florence, Miami, Paris, Milan, Munich, Cannes, Singapore, Huston, Texas, Dubai, Valencia, Madrid, Barcelona, Ibiza and Marbella.

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure#horoscopes

Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

 Venus and Mars are in cahoots and love and war are definitive opposing emotions that normally lead onwards to conflict and only possibly to resolve. However Venus is ensconced in Pisces this week and love can, and will, bring a good result all around. Let bygones be bygones and look within the parameters of your heart, where forgiveness lies. Piscean energies bring nurturing powers just when they are needed. This is a time to put things right on an emotional level, as there has been a lot of water passing under the bridge, and it is time to shine. Your tender love and care is both renown and embracing but even you can be fooled by passion, and a need to come to terms will over rule Finances are once again in the spotlight, as you have failed to make allowances for the current drain on your income. Unexpected outlay has clearly dipped the scales and a positive solution would be to tighten your belt and to try to make money work for you, not you for it. Mercury conjuncts with Neptune midweek; and this action has tipped the cart! Remove all the debris from your life. You appear to be clinging onto things from the past, for dear life; when nothing else should matter unless it matters to you. Moving on is heralded by Mercury squaring Saturn whereas the subsequent sextile with Pluto brings you to a time when your life should be becoming more poignant and less complicated. The Lion is evoked into action by portents seen all along the way this week. You need to commit, but you are not alone in needing to have assurances that protect your interests, for all concerned. Your actions are covered by the Jupiter trine with Pluto and these mighty Planets are combining to show you safely just the way to go, on this one! Ceres both opposes Jupiter and conjuncts Mercury this week. This double intrinsic action is finally calling time and asking you to properly consider closure in a matter that has snowballed. The truth can hurt somebody, but you are not to blame in any way. You can be sure that whilst that someone needs their comeuppance the right time isn’t now. Venus in her role as Planetary Goddess of Love crosses the Cosmos with the clear direction to enter into the dreamy, psychic energies of Pisces. Together these stalwarts of Love are sending out a very tender message peppered with mystique and arousing passion. You are pulling out all the stops, but this message of love needs to be fully requited too! Your opposing sign of Taurus appears to be getting the job done right now, so look at something another way, because it could very well be the olive branch that you need to bring things to a healthy compromise. You are angry, and the inner you denotes that this has been internalised and needs to be worked on to finally promote a quiet life for all. The triple effect of actions centring around Jupiter see an opposition of both Ceres and Mercury followed by a trine with Pluto. This week is bound to keep you on your by a trine with Pluto. This week is bound to keep you on your toes, and though there may be some last minute adjustments to your schedule; time is on your side to fit in what you will, and to pursue something to the bitter end if it’s necessary. Calming energies are wholly essential right now, because you cannot show your true colours in the current climate. If this means biting your tongue then rest assured that things will start to kick in very soon and you can cease to be implicated in something which has lost all sense of propriety. Mercury and Saturn pour oil on troubled waters. With Uranus way across the Cosmos this week it is high time that others started to stop feeling sorry for you and actively combined their time and talents to point you to where you ought to be. This is not because you have no say in the matter but because you need the boost that active energies combine to bring you the good result that you need. Mercury ensures that channels of communication are both open and ready and willing to be at your side, now that they are so very much needed. Balancing skills are tuned within you to emphasise the heart and soul you put successfully into everything that you turn your hand to. Just remember that you matter too and whatever that takes!

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

The year ahead is one in which you have invested in already, very wisely. However check that your intentions are mirrored and supported by the significant other who centres on your life anytime soon.

The list

I WAS very young and really before my time when I started to work together with Spirit, and I have always been protected as a result, have been well taken care of and always kept safe and one step, or more, ahead too. Since my Spiritual Journey continues then I can look back to various stages when Spirit first came to me and how they prepared me for every eventuality as it came my way. This doesn’t mean that I was scared and terrified, but it shows that Spirit chose to work with me and that I accepted the offer they threw my way because I could and because I wanted to. I was seven when friends of my Mothers began to contact me. Like any successful shopping list the outcome was to convince my Mother of the existence of life after death, and to ensure that her beliefs supported me as both the child, and self developing Medium that I was. My list wasn’t to buy goods at the supermarket however, but a list of thirteen of the friends of my Mother who wanted to prove their survival in what I know today to be the Spirit World. I wrote my list in secret with a leaky blue biro directly onto the black and white line guide from my Mother’s Basildon Bond Onionskin Writing paper. I had just begun to learn to do joined writing, but here was I writing down the names of those treasured friends of my Mother who somehow knew that broadcasting to me was going to be a part of their right to communicate together after the Earthly lives they had left behind. It would bring the joy of survival to my Mother and point me, somehow, in the right direction. I was thrilled with every name that came through, and I just knew that in time there would be a purpose for every letter scrawled by my shaking and underdeveloped hand. I was oblivious as to what it all meant, and yet I never ever questioned when a new name came to me in careless whisper, or snatched vision. There was always such a vibrational energy when Spirit came through me this way. The time came when there were no more names to be added to my list, and it was time to confront Mama. Initially she was surprised, then shocked and then the look on her face turned from a smile to a tear, a frown to a gasp. All the names on my list were correct, and each represented somebody who was dead, but whom I had never met. I was delighted to pass on my findings, and I knew they were for a reason and that that reason was unknown yet to me. I felt that I was due an explanation, but this was not immediately forthcoming. Yet too, did I feel that my Mother wanted to say something to me, but couldn’t or wouldn’t. I could not work out which. That night something happened that finally blew the lid on the whole thing! My Mother had asked me several times that there might have been a mistake on the last name on my list Marjorie Johnson. My Mother knew a Marjorie Peters, but she was still alive. I was sitting on the stairs of the house when the matte black telephone in the hall began to ring. It was usually silent at night, and it was cold in the hall. I can remember the tracks of tears falling from Mother’s eyes as she replaced the receiver. Her friend Marjorie Peters had married a Mr. Johnson the day before, and they had both been killed in a car crash on their honeymoon in France. Unfortunately the dead Marjorie Johnson on my list was the living Marjorie Peters in my Mother’s mind. I was a Medium, directly contacting the Spirit World...nothing much has changed there, I still am!

Kenny‛s Postbag

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

KENNY, MY Father came through to me in a reading with you. He seemed very relaxed and calm now that he is free from pain and can live again as I knew that he would. Lately though I have felt that he is no longer around me, and can you shed any light on where he has gone now? Ulla B.G. Hi Ulla. It is always a privilege to be able to work in this way, and I am delighted that I was able to pass on to you specific physical evidence of the survival of your Father. The Spirit World is the holding station for souls who have passed over. This means that for many there comes a time to move on and there are many who incarnate. Be very happy that your Father has made his decision to move on and this means he has most definitely made a choice to live again on this Earth. May The Universe bless you both!

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

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Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 52.

Sudoku

Cryptic Crossword

Doodle Box

Quick Crossword

Across 6. Getting up a revolt? (7) 7. It just goes to show how time passes! (5) 9. Our first cardinal (3) 10. River rose, perhaps, to fill it? (9) 12. An order which doesn’t require attention (5,2,4) 15. Father, in making wagers, is very careful (11) 17. They may struggle to break locks (9) 19. Consumed stirred tea (3) 21. Complete set of notes (5) 22. Make believe (7)

Across 6. Liken (7) 7. Serpent (5) 9. Attempt (3) 10. Shows (9) 12. Prophetic vision (6,5) 15. Understaffed (5-6) 17. Society (9) 19. Wicked (3) 21. Pangs (5) 22. Immense (7)

Down 1. Odd person to alter the motion? (5) 2. One who could be taken for a ride (3) 3. Low joint keen to be reformed (4) 4. Madly in love and such a romantic place (3,6) 5. Put in the shade, naturally (7) 8. Comment about foreign (6) 11. Doesn’t sit inside and is conspicuous (6,3) 13. Sting to anger (6) 14. Good route for a long-distance driver (7) 16. Baby bird? (5) 18. Bird you can play with (4) 20. The first mate (3)

Down 1. Fret (5) 2. Secret agent (3) 3. Region (4) 4. Not resolved (9) 5. Not detailed (7) 8. Concealed (6) 11. Harm (9) 13. In one’s possession (2,4) 14. During (7) 16. Bisect (5) 18. Rip (4) 20. Enquire (3)

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

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Simply electric

by JACK TROUGHTON MUSIC FANS on the Costa Blanca are in for a treat on Sunday 20th March when blues and soul singer Lizzy Lee – the ‘Electric Lady’ – is the special guest of CBBlues.

Flowers by arrangement FLORAL DEMONSTRATOR Linda Hardman makes her first visit to the Marina Alta and Costa Blanca Floral Club on Thursday 17th March. The UK demonstrator will be on stage at the Salon de Actos, La Senieta, Moraira, to show off her skills in arranging flowers. Doors open at 2pm and everyone is asked to be seated by 2.45pm. Entrance is 5€ for members and 8€ for guests. The venue is adjacent to the large free car park and everyone is welcome.

One of the top names on the Valencia music scene, Madrid-born Lizzy plays the group’s Sunday Social Matinee at Bar Mediterraneo in Teulada, at 2pm. Born to Cuban parents, she spent her childhood between Florida and Spain and has always loved music and singing – her first audiences were family and friends. However, she turned professional after winning a singing competition and backed by the advice of her late grandmother. “Maybe winning gave me some self confidence to continue trying. The big point that made me decide to put myself into the music circuit, professionally, was the death of my grandmother a few years ago,” she explained. “She always told me to overcome my shame and believe in myself. She was sure I had something to contribute and something to say with my voice, my music and my songs. “Before her death I promised to at least try. It was at this point I started to search for musicians and creating a band...and now here I am, following a musical path. “There are certain feelings, gestures and impulses that normally you wouldn’t experience but with singing they just happen. Sometimes it is like electricity, other times it is sadness, passion or joy, but all of them speak about living. For me, music is my inner life.” Entrance is 10€ and to book in advance go to Lizzy Lee www.CBBlues.com.

World Champion Quartets in Calpe BARBERSHOP HARMONY has been around since the 1870s. Popular music success depended on sales of sheet music, so songs had to be easily “singable” with simple, straightforward melodies. The “phonograph” and the coming of radio prompted a shift in American popular music, although radio quartets kept close harmony singing popular with many amateur singers. In 1938, O. C. Cash and Rupert Hall formed the “Society for the Preservation and Propagation of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in the United States” Soon, groups were meeting throughout North America to sing barbershop harmony, and still do today,. as ‘barbershop’ has spread throughout the world. The Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS) was inaugurated in October 2008, and was the brainchild of Nico de las Peñas and his brother Jorge, after a visit to their first-ever Harmony College, in Coesfeld, Germany. See two world champion quartets for yourself on March 31st at the Casa de Cultura in Calpe. Almost six hundred singers are gathering for the SABS weekend, to celebrate with, and learn from, the masters.

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure #whats on

Country and Western for charity THE COMPANIONS group will be hosting a charity evening on Friday 25th March to raise funds for Emaus. An evening of country and western is planned, to help raise funds for Emaus, at the Rober Palas in Albir. There will be prizes for the best dressed cowboy and cowgirl, with a raffle, and entertainment provided by local group KAMEO. Theresa and Trevor make up Vocal Act ‘KAMEO’. They formed Country and Western their Act in the 90’s whilst working in a Pontin’s Holiday Centre near Great Yarmouth, Theresa as a Bluecoat/Entertainer, and Trevor as a drummer and vocalist. Since then, they have performed in Lanzarote, a cruise ship around the Greek Islands, on Brittany Ferries, and numerous venues in the UK. They have performed for many years on the Costa del Sol, and Costa Blanca, in various bars and hotels. They have recently joined forces with vocal guitarist Chris (Jones) for this particular show, creating a three part harmony vocal act, featuring classic country and rock ‘n’ roll numbers, with the emphasis on lots of dancing and audience participation. The doors open for the event at 7.30pm with the show starting at 8pm. Tapas will be available, and tickets can be purchased for 5€, either at the Companions meetings, or on the door that evening.

Hands are the key CLASSICAL MUSIC lovers have the rare opportunity to witness four hands at the piano at the Casa de Cultura in Alfas del Pi on Saturday 26th March. The Alfas del Pi Classical Music Society is presenting a concert by the Ebony Piano Duo, Maria Ala-Hannula from Finland and Leonardo Zunica from Italy. The programme includes Liszt’s 15 Rhapsodies and pieces by Urmas Sisask, Eero Hammeniemi and Max Reger. Maria and Leonardo’s performance starts at 8pm and tickets at 10€are available at the door. Full details about the programme and the society’s future concerts are available at www.alfasmusica.com.

Maria and Leonardo

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure #travel

Disney On Ice Valencia - Sunday 17th April

ENDLESS FUN comes with 4 of your favourite Disney stories at Disney on Ice - Enchanted Worlds. The speed and acrobatics will be in charge of Lightning McQueen, Mater and the gang from Disney. Pixar Cars who will compete on the ice in a crazy race! The public can enter the underwater realm and accompany Little Mermaid Ariel and her friends in their aquatic adventures. The toys are back in town as Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and the Toy Story Gang become heroes to escape Sunnyside nursery to return home in a bold and fun trip. We go into the winter world Arendelle with Anna & Elsa sisters and their friends Olaf and Kristoff with the magical story of Frozen. A treat for all the family with this one off excursion, travelling to a venue in Valencia this is wonderful experience for lovers of Ice Skating. Sunday 17th April - Price 51€ coach/ entry

It is easy to book. Simply call David’s Coachtrips direct on (0034) 966 785 910 or book online at www.coachtripsonline.com

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure #music

The Freddie Kool Set THE FREDDIE Kool Set is a Duo with Freddie Kool on Bass and Vocals, plus Howard on Guitar and Vocals. The main influence is Soul, Tamla Motown and Funk. Freddie also performs as a solo artist. They will be also joined by Frank Abrams a Saxophonist from the South of England. Frank has been a Professional Saxophonist for most of his life as a solo artist and has performed in many venues and cruise ships around Europe. On Sunday 13th March they will be performing in Bar Quo Vadis, Javea from 6 pm. For more info contact Freddie: 962 868 954 or Mobile 634 337 420. Email: freddygofreddy@yahoo.co.uk

Irish Des- The Shamrockers THIS YEAR’S St Patrick’s celebrations stretch over a weekend and why not, there is no better excuse for a party! It is one of the few national holidays which is celebrated the world over and here on the Costa Blanca is no exception. Irish Des and The ShamRockers, will be flying the flag for the Irish with their great blend of high energy Jigs and Reels and Rock and Pop classics, including; The Dubliners, The Pogues, Van Morrison, U2, Adele, Rolling Stones, etc. The band fea-

tures Des (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Kirsty (accordion, piano, vocals), Tommy (bass, vocals) and Alvaro (drums). If you enjoy authentic Irish music played with passion and enthusiasm they are the real deal. For more info visit: www.theshamrockers.com or facebook - The ShamRockers. MARCH GIGS Friday 11: Bar Emillo, Llosa de Camacho, 8.30pm Thursday 17: Bar Planet, Parcent. St Patrick’s Day lunch (Irish Des) Thursday 17: Club Saxo, Moraira, 7pm Friday 18: Bar Quo Vadis, Javea. 8.30pm Saturday 19: Saxo Garden Chillout, Moraira, 6pm

Celtic gets green light FANS OF live music get a green light for ‘Rock Celtic’ – a night out on the Costa Blanca with good time band The ShamRockers. The four-piece play Bar Emilio, La Llosa, inland from Pedregeur tonight, Friday 11th March, and are on stage from 9pm.

Soggy Bottom Band THE SOGGY Bottom Band consists of Malcolm Adams (guitar-vocals), Terry Hayes (drums), Mike Con (guitar-vocals) and Jose Calle (bass guitar-vocals) who perform regular Jammin’ Sessions every month. The “Jams” are very popular as they get many established, intermediate and beginner musicians turning up

to play and sing. The “Soggys” can be contacted on 669 315 657. MARCH GIGS: Saturday 12: Bar Rafol, La Pedrera, Denia, 6pm Sunday 13: Bar Planet, Parcent, 6pm Saturday 26: Bar Rafol, La Pedrera, Denia, 6pm

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

#tv&showbiz goss

by Peter Taylor

 Britney Spears is now 34 years of age, and believe it or not, by her own admission, is as good as computer ignorant. Talking to writer John Norris during an interview for the cover of V Magazine’s 100th issue, she said “My kids use the computer more than I do, I understand that a lot of people are into it, I have days where I write and stuff, but it’s really not for me,” well bless my soul. Asked if it was anything to do with internet trolls Britney replied “I’ve been doing this for 20 years, I don’t pay attention to that!” Good on you Britters!

´SINGING IN the Rain´ first appeared in 1952, and remains one of the greatest musicals of all time. Derek Hough, a Latin and ballroom dancer, actor and singer, has announced he will play the lead role in a stage production of the show on Broadway next January. He´s been part of USTV show ´Dancing with the Stars´ for a record 7 seasons and said “I am ecstatic that I’ll be able to extend my passion for performing and I can’t wait to show fans this production, it’s going to be like nothing they’ve seen me in before.” I wanna see it!

BRIE LARSON is only 26, but already she has lived at least two lives. She wrote and recorded an album when she was 16, although anymore on that subject is best left unsaid. Coming right up to date, Brie was a surprise, but worthy recipient of Best Actress at The Oscars for her role in 2015 film ´Room´ and on the ´any advice for your fans´ question said “You have to be really comfortable with yourself because people are going to tell you that your eyes are too brown or you’re this or you’re that, and if you’re not comfortable with yourself, you could get pretty freaked out.” Gotcha!

There’s no crying in Cryer’s memoirs JON CRYER, who turns 50 next month, is a New York born actor who had a lead role in one of the biggest USTV comedy shows of the recent times. He won 2 Emmys for his role as Alan harper, brother of Charlie and father of 10 year old Jake in Two and a Half Men for the full 12 seasons of the show. He was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter recently about his memoir ´So What Happened´(out on April 7th from New American Library), and he described it as “a wry, self-deprecating and funny memoir that covers my 35-year career from getting cast in Torch Song Trilogy on Broadway in 1983 because I looked like Matthew Broderick.” After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science he won small acclaim playing Phil ´Duckie´ Dale in ´86 cult movie ´Pretty in Pink, ´ then had sixteen years of failed TV series and just-misses, he was nearly Chandler Bing on Friends, the character of Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs was another near miss, before it all dropped into place with Two and a Half Men in 2002. The memoir inevitably contains tales of Charlie, like when he knocked on Cryer’s trailer door begging him “Dude! Dude! I need your help, Denise is coming over, and I need you to hide something for me,” after which he was handed a heavy shopping bag filled with porn. “I was prepared for the weirdest,” admitted Jon, “but it really was all pretty tame, mostly just topless mags,” now that’s what you call a surprise. Another surprise for Cryer came when the two men arrived in Las Vegas to start shooting, and expecting to be given the Sin City tour, Charlie instead went to his room and took a nap. Cryer’s memoir might well be a worthy read, and there’s only one way to find out.

WHILE GIGI Hadid modelled for Versace’s during Milan Fashion Week 10 days ago, she suffered a major wardrobe malfunction when a full strawberry topped bosom paid a visit to the camera lenses. Despite her youth Gigi continued unperturbed and afterwards wrote on Twitter, “Wardrobe malfunctions happen on the runway every day of the week and are unfortunate, lol, but what about the new VERSACE CHOKERS!” Earlier this month, photos were released of her French Vogue cover debut in which she appears fully nude atop two stacked boxes. Humm!

GRINDCORE IS an extreme genre of music that draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive sounding popular music genres including hardcore punk, thrash metal, crust punk, industrial and noise rock … wow! It’s remained pretty obscure since the late 80´s when it gathered some momentum … until now that is. 67 year old Canadian senior citizen known as The Grindmother is the lead singer of a group her grandson plays drums in, and her work has not gone unnoticed. Ozzy Osbourne tweeted ‘what the f**k?’ If you think you can deal with it watch ´GRINDMOTHER “Age of Destruction”

CHRIS RAMSEY began his career in comedy in 2007 by hosting an open-mic night in Newcastle upon Tyne. I´m sure he´s had to deal with many unusual situations over these last 9 years, but I don’t imagine he was truly ready to deal with what happened to him last week in a London hotel when he was dragged out of his room in his underpants by police who mistook him for a knife-wielding madman. It came about after he was falsely identified by hotel staff … “I thought it must be a wind-up” he said “10 minutes later it could´ve been very embarrassing.”

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

tv listings 11th March -17th March 2016

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Talking to US Weekly Prince Harry said “I’m fed up with the single life, but there are a lot of things to get done before settling down … I would love to have kids right now but there’s a process one has to go through,” sure is ´H´ ... Potential princesses should apply at Kensington Palace: Kensington Gardens, London W8 4PX, UK

FRIDAY 11th March BBC2

BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at Two and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Moving On 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 and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:35 Comedy Playhouse 24:05 Catherine Tate’s Nan 24:35 The Apprentice USA

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 MasterChef: The Professionals 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 16:50 Mountain 17:50 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:20 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge 21:00 Mastermind 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Land of Hope and Glory - British Country Life 23:00 Britain’s Secret Slavery Business 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Artsnight 24:30 Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

SATURDAY 12th March BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 13:00 BBC News and Weather 13:10 Football Focus 14:00 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Homes Under the Hammer 16:00 Flog It! 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Final Score 18:00 BBC News 18:10 BBC Regional News and Weather 18:20 Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 20:30 The Voice UK 21:45 The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List 22:35 Casualty 23:25 BBC News; Weather 23:45 Match of the Day 24:30 The Ring

07:15 Animal Park 08:10 Homes Under the Hammer 09:10 Station West 10:40 The Master of Ballantrae 12:10 Natural World 13:00 Rick Stein’s India 14:00 The Best Dishes Ever 14:30 The Best Dishes Ever 15:00 An Ideal Husband 16:30 Coast 17:15 The TV That Made Me 18:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 19:00 Gardeners’ World 19:30 Queen Victoria’s Children 20:30 Back in Time for the Weekend 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 Stag 23:00 The Talented Mr Ripley

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 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 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 Mr Selfridge 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:40 Benidorm 24:10 The Spy Who Loved Me

ITV1

07:00 Childrens TV 08:15 Looped 08:30 Scrambled! 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 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:24 ITV Regional Weather 12:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 Live Six Nations Rugby Union 16:25 Live Six Nations Rugby Union 19:30 ITV News 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 21:30 You’re Back in the Room 22:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 23:30 ITV News and Weather 23:44 ITV Regional Weather 23:45 Moonraker

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Undercover Boss Canada 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 20:30 Crufts 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 The Last Leg 24:10 Raised by Wolves 24:40 Rude Tube

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 The King of Queens 08:05 The King of Queens 08:30 MSA British Rally Championship 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 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 The Simpsons 13:00 The Simpsons 13:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 17:40 Come Dine with Me 18:10 Come Dine with Me 18:40 Come Dine with Me 19:10 Come Dine with Me 19:35 Channel 4 News 20:00 Crufts 22:00 Lee Evans - Monsters 23:00 Riddick

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 Killer Date 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Kitten Impossible 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans 23:00 NCIS 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles 24:55 Access

07:00 Childrens TV 09:20 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:35 Wanda and the Alien 09:45 The Fairly OddParents 10:20 The Saturday Show 12:20 Police Interceptors 13:20 Police Interceptors 14:15 Pets Who Hate Vets 15:15 Psycho Pussies: When Cats Attack 16:15 90 Cats and Counting: Cat Crazies 17:15 Kitten Impossible 18:10 41 Dogs in a 3-Bed Semi 19:10 Now That’s Funny! 20:10 5 News Weekend 20:15 World War II in Colour 21:10 The Gadget Show 22:00 Football League Tonight 23:00 Football League Tonight 23:30 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 24:20 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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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 Run Fatboy Run 24:05 Family Guy 24:35 Family Guy

ITV2

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 09:45 Coronation Street 12:10 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 13:45 The Almost Impossible Gameshow 14:40 Scorpion 15:35 Nancy Drew 17:40 Catchphrase 18:45 Legally Blonde 20:40 Back to the Future Part III 23:00 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 23:30 Family Guy 24:00 Family Guy 24:30 Family Guy

07:00 07:45 08:35 09:05 09:30 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 07:50 08:40 09:05 09:35 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 14:05 14:35 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

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 Transporter 3 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa & Joey Melissa & Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Jump The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Limitless Tattoo Fixers

Youtube videos of the week 18:45 Legally Blonde

Yet another triple bill for you starting with ´Eva Longoria Performs Spice Girls’ “Wannabe” Like a Soap Opera´ Hilarious!, then proof Morgan F has a sweet tooth ´Morgan Freeman Steal Girls Cookies On Stage At The Oscars´ and closing with a beautiful video I guarantee will have you reaching for the Kleenex ´How Friendship Changed Everything for a Blind Goat named Marcia´

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

sunday 13th March BBC1

BBC2

07:00 Breakfast 09:15 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 The TV That Made Me 15:00 Live Six Nations Rugby Union 18:05 Songs of Praise 18:40 Pointless Celebrities 19:30 BBC News 19:50 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 The Night Manager 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC Regional News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 24:00 Match of the Day 24:30 It’s a Wonderful Afterlife

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 Winter Youth Olympic Games 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Homes Under the Hammer 15:00 Escape to the Continent 16:00 Strictly Ballroom 17:30 Gymnastics 19:00 Flog It! 20:00 Who’s the Boss? 21:00 Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge 22:00 Let’s Play Darts for Comic Relief 23:00 Thirteen 24:00 American Crime Story 24:50 The Magdalene Sisters

ITV1

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 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 FIA Formula E Championship 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:39 ITV Regional Weather 13:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:45 River Monsters 15:45 Big Star’s Little Star 16:45 Off Their Rockers 17:15 For Your Eyes Only 19:35 ITV News 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands 21:00 The Story of Cats 22:00 Doctor Thorne 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV Regional Weather 23:15 Houdini & Doyle 24:15 Six Nations Highlights

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 The King of Queens 08:05 The King of Queens 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 14:30 Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3: Dog Days 16:20 Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief 18:40 Channel 4 News 19:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo 20:00 Crufts 22:00 Indian Summers 23:00 Slumdog Millionaire

07:00 Children TV 09:05 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 10:35 LazyTown 10:55 The Fairly OddParents 11:30 Football League Tonight 12:30 Football League Tonight 13:00 Zathura: a Space Adventure 15:00 Big Mommas: Like Father, like Son 17:15 Flubber 19:00 Now That’s Funny! 20:00 Make You Laugh Out Loud 21:00 Penn & Teller: Fool Us in Vegas 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Jonah Hex 23:20 Angels & Demons

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:50 Emmerdale 10:30 Coronation Street 12:55 Take Me Out 13:55 Nancy Drew 16:00 The Incredible Hulk 18:05 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 19:45 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Bordertown 24:00 Family Guy 24:30 Family Guy

07:00 Rude(ish) Tube 07:25 Rude(ish) Tube 07:50 Rules of Engagement 08:10 Rules of Engagement 08:35 Rules of Engagement 09:05 Baby Daddy 09:35 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 The Goldbergs 14:00 The Goldbergs 14:30 The Goldbergs 15:00 The Goldbergs 15:30 Big 17:35 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 23:00 Tattoo Fixers 24:00 Tattoo Fixers

monday 14th 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 Escape to the Country 15:45 The Queen’s 90th Birthday: A Service of Celebration for Commonwealth Day 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Seven 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Boris: The London Years 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Behind Closed Doors 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

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:45 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:15 Who Do You Think You Are? 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:55 Mountain 17:55 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:25 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 This Farming Life 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 American Crime Story 22:50 QI XL 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge

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 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

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Shipping Wars UK 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 Food Unwrapped 22:00 Royal Navy School 23:00 Fresh Meat 23:50 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:55 24 Hours in A&E

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Children 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 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Mother Betrayed 18:00 5 News 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 X-Files 23:00 Gotham 23:55 NCIS 24:55 NCIS

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 15:40 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 Family Guy 22:30 Bordertown 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 American Dad! 24:00 American Dad! 24:30 The Cleveland Show

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 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 24:05 24:35

Made in Chelsea 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 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Rude Tube The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

tuesday 15th 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 14:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 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 19:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Happy Valley 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:45 The Estate We’re In 24:45 Shop Well... For Less?

BBC2

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Caught Red Handed 09:15 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:45 Great British Railway Journeys 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Coast 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:55 Mountain 17:55 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:25 Bargain Hunt 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 24:15 Miss Transgender: Britain’s New Beauty Queens

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 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 Premiership Rugby Union 24:40 Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 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 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 First Dates 23:00 Gogglebox 24:05 Very British Problems

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 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 After All These Years 18:00 5 News 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 On Benefits & Proud

itv2

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 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:50 24:55

Made in Chelsea 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 The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Aliens Virtually Famous Tattoo Fixers The Big Bang Theory

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

wednesday 16th March BBC1

BBC2

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 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 19:30 BBC Regional News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Shop Well... For Less? 22:00 Famous, Rich and Homeless 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 24:30 Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Caught Red Handed 09:15 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:45 Great British Menu 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 The Budget 16:45 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 17:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 This Farming Life 21:00 Horizon 22:00 Brendan O’Carroll: My Family at War 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 13:15 ITV 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 Big Star’s Little Star 22:00 Grantchester 23:00 ITV News at Eleven 23:30 ITV News 23:45 UEFA Champions League Highlights 24:50 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

CHANNEL 4 07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 Everybody Loves Raymond 08:10 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 21:00 Scruffts: Britain’s Favourite Dog 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Raised by Wolves 23:35 How to Get a Council House 24:35 My Big Fat Asian Wedding

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 Trauma Doctors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Damaged 18:00 5 News 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 Person of Interest 24:00 Person of Interest 24:55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 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 15:40 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 Fast and the Furious 24:10 Family Guy 24:40 Family Guy

07:00 07:45 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 24:00 24:30

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 Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The 100 Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

Thursday 17th 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 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 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Room 101 21:30 EastEnders 22:00 Jo Brand’s Hell of a Walk for Sport Relief 23:00 BBC News at Eleven 23:30 BBC Regional News and weather 23:45 Question Time 24:45 This Week

BBC2 07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Caught Red Handed 09:15 The Great Interior Design Challenge 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 17:50 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:20 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV

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 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 UEFA Europa League Highlights 24:55 Speeding Wars

CHANNEL 4 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 21:00 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke 22:00 Speed with Guy Martin 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 Tattoo Fixers

CHANNEL 5

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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 Britain’s Horror Homes 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Nightmare 911 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK 21:00 The Secret Life of the Family 22:00 Trauma Doctors 23:00 Britain’s Worst Crimes 24:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away

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 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 Take Me Out 19:45 The Hot Desk 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 24:00 @elevenish 24:30 Family Guy

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

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Pablo Bloom supports the Manfreds

MorairaTeulada U3A

by CAROLINE TYSZKA LOCAL TALENT, Pablo Bloom supported the Manfreds at a packed Benidorm Palace over the weekend. Pablo Bloom, the Costa Blanca’s talented musician and singer, got to cross something off his wish list on Sunday evening, as he took to the Benidorm Palace stage to support the Manfreds, who performed at the venue as part of their 2016 tour. The Manfreds line up included not just one but both front men, Paul Jones & Mike D’arbo, who, along with the other band members, took the audience back in time, with hits such as “handbags and gladrags” “do wah diddy diddy” and “build me up buttercup.” Speaking to RTN, Pablo said “Playing in the Benidorm Palace was on my wish list for a long time now; such an amazing venue! Also, I got to meet the Manfreds in the sound check. They were very nice and friendly to this strange guy with the cheap keyboard (me), and proved to be not only hit record makers, but also top musicians.” Jenny Renn, another well-loved local singer and comedienne, went to see the show with friends. Jenny said: “I was incredibly fortunate to have been at the Benidorm Palace to watch a fine bit of Nostalgia with the Manfreds, and one of our own, the incredibly talented Pablo Bloom.” In addition to the four original members of the Manfreds, the

Pablo Bloom at Benidorm Palace

audience were treated to Tom McGuinness, from McGuinness Flint, performing alongside them, in a show that lasted an hour and half. Jenny went on to say: “It was full to capacity, so professionally run, with Christine, Vincente and David Climent at the helm. The whole place was electric. Pablo blew everyone away, so entertaining.” Whilst Pablo’s fans are waiting for his upcoming appearance on Spain’s Got Talent, it was lovely to see him shine at the Palace, not only showing his outstanding musical talent but the showmanship that makes him so unique. Pablo said “thanks to the fantastic audience, to the Manfreds and the Benidorm Palace for making me feel so welcome!”

THE VENUE for the monthly general meeting, on Monday 4th April, 2016, is Salón S.L., Avenida Mediterráneo, Teulada. The doors do not open until 9.30am in order for the committee to prepare the room. The formal meeting starts at 10.30am. Existing members, who have not renewed their membership, are invited to do so, but are advised that, as technically late, they will have to pay the full fee of 10€. New members are welcome to join, and can do so from 9.30am until 10.30am. Application forms may be downloaded from the website, and the joining fee is 10€. During that time, members will be able to join groups and also find out about travel and cultural events. Once the meeting has started at 10.30am. these desks will be closed. The speaker this month is Peter Atkinson, whose talk will be on the life and work of the Catalan Architect, Antoni Gaudí(1852-1926), who was responsible for much of the art nouveaux (or modernist) architecture in Barcelona, most notably residences such as Casa Batilo and Casa Mila for the wealthy industrialist, together with Park Guell and other projects for the same client and, of course, his master-work, still unfinished, the Sagrada Familia church. He, more or less single-handily, put Barcelona on the tourist map. For further information please go to the website www.u3amoraira-teulada.org.

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life&leisure #Spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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Expressions with “soler” When people start learning Spanish they often assume that every word in English has an exact equivalent in Spanish.

Although this assumption is very quickly dispelled, it always takes us longer to remember words and phrases when we cannot translate them directly back into our own language. It is also a lot harder to explain their meaning. We are going to spend a few articles looking at individual words in Spanish that do not have a direct translation in English. Our first example is the verb “soler”. As we do not have a direct equivalent in English, we have to use several words to explain what it means, and the nearest equivalent is: “to be in the habit of”. Very often when translating the word in the present tense we substitute it for “usually”. However, this can be confusing as “soler” is a verb and “usually” is an adverb. So, how do we use this wonderful word? Well in the present tense “soler” is a root-changing verb, so the six forms of the conjugation are: “suelo, sueles, suele, solemos, soléis, suelen”. This is then followed by the infinitive of another verb. So, for example, we say things like “Suelo leer antes de dormir” – (I am in the habit of reading before sleeping), or in other words “I usually read before I go to sleep). Here’s another example “solemos salir los sábados” (we are in the habit of – that is,

we usually – go out on Saturdays). This use of “soler” plus the infinitive is a very common way of expressing the idea of “usually”. There is also an adverb that means “usually” which is “normalmente” which gives us an alternative. Therefore, if I want to say “I usually watch TV in the evening”, I can say “Normalmente veo la tele por la tarde” or “Suelo ver la tele por la tarde”. The difference between these two is minimal and hard to explain. To all intents and purposes they mean exactly the same thing. Like all verbs, “soler” can be used in other tenses, although we have to use a bit of common sense to realize that it is more likely to occur in some tenses than in others. Most common of all is the past continuous tense: “solía”. If I say “Solía nadar todos los días” I am saying: “I was in the habit of swimming every day”. The most common way of expressing this idea in English is with the expression “used to” - “I used to swim every day”. Now there is another way of saying this is Spanish! As well as “Solía nadar todos los días”, we could say “nadaba todos los días” (I swam, or I used to swim, every day). What is the difference? In reality very little indeed. We are in the realms of “finer points”. The sentence with “solía” perhaps empha-

sizes more distance in time and contrast with the present, but really the difference is minimal and certainly both can be translated in the same way. As you can see, I’m already running into difficulties explaining a word which does not have a direct equivalent in English. To sum up, there are two paths we can take when understanding expressions like “solía nadar” and “suelo leer” in English. We can either translate them literally and clumsily: (“I was in the habit of swimming” “I am in the habit of reading”) or find the nearest equivalent in English, (“I used to swim”, “I usually read”) on the understanding that the nearest equivalent in English may already have another alternative in Spanish (Nadaba, “normalmente leo”). Well, whoever said that learning Spanish was a straightforward affair? I’ve got a really nice word for next week which I will do my best not to complicate, though I’m afraid I can’t promise. See you then.

Crossword solutions for last week Cryptic solutions Across: 7 Railway ticket; 8 Pressman; 9 Oils; 10 Candid; 12 Inland; 14 Vessel; 16 Glance; 18 Spur; 20 Venetian; 22 Prefer a charge. Down: 1 Marriage; 2 Closed; 3 Farm; 4 Stunning; 5 School; 6 Well; 11 Delivery; 13 No change; 15 Strife; 17 Astray; 19 Part; 21 Nice. Quick solutions Across: 7 Make nothing of; 8 Converse; 9 Rare; 10 Ransom; 12 Employ; 14 Barren; 16 Yelled; 18 Deaf; 20 Unstable; 22 Consolidation. Down: 1 Panorama; 2 Serves; 3 Poor; 4 Thievery; 5 Unwrap; 6 Sour; 11 Manfully; 13 Overlook; 15 Refuse; 17 Lean-to; 19 Eros; 21 Side.

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How much does it cost to build a house in Spain? (Final part) To proceed with last week article on the costs of materials and labour involve in building a house in Spain, this week we will provide a break down of all prices entailed in that activity. Let me say however that the prices made available here will varied depending on the need and personal circumstances of the suppliers and contractor employed, so please view these prices as a guide only and not as an exact bill of quantities. I have to say however, that I have performed a complete measurement of all items required to build a typical house as described below, so although it is intended to be used as a guide the work has been done professionally and accurately. Let us first imagine a particular type of house so that the theoretical house can be measured and quantified. Let us firs give answers to the questions presented on last week article. So, we are dealing here with a typical Spanish country home construction, built to comply with all legal regulations, especially with those dealing with energy savings. This hypothetical house is erected on one floor within a building plot 300m2 in size, with all services connected to the plot. To be more exact, below we have provided a description of the different aspects taken

into account to produce the costs. As I mentioned before, a complete bill of quantities have been produced for this article, together with all the costs involved in the construction of this house. Please let me know if any reader has any queries on any aspect of the prices or if any reader needs a more accurate breakdown of costs. Type of construction: Let us suppose that we have an individual house and not an apartment etc. General Market situation: In recession. Access to site: Easy. Site topography: Almost on a horizontal plane. Exact location of site: Jacarilla: (Alicante) House shape: Rectangular shape, bungalow type. Number of bedrooms and bathrooms: Two bedrooms, one bath room and one guest’s W.C. Finishes: To choose from high quality, average and basic finishes we have opted for average finishes. Type of soil for foundation excavation: Let us say, compacted sand. Type of structure: Reinforced concrete frame with concrete slabs. Installation services: Let us installed all central heating pipes but no main boiler or radiators, this is normally done in Spain as most pipes are recessed in the walls but we do not want to spend money on boilers or radiators at

this stage but we may do it in the near future without having to spoil wall finishes. We do have however up to 70% of all our sanitary hot water heating from thermal solar panels, needed by law now days. No gas installation, we will use the old butane gas bottle. Type of façade construction: Cavity brick wall with thermal insulation, double glazed aluminium windows and our walls are rendered out side and plastered internally. Type of roofs: Let us say we have a mixed roof with a portion with double pitched roof finished off with round Roman tiles and another portion of flat roof to be used as a solarium. Finishes: Floors and bathrooms and kitchen walls are covered with ceramic tiles. With these elements decided on, we are able to provide an estimate of the total cost of construction and this cost should be pretty accurately within the standard local market price. Let us see the prices divided in main sections. 1 Plot preparation and removal of top soil etc: 2.869,30 € 2 Foundations: 4.908,81 € 3 Structure: 21.619,00 € 4 Façades: 18.432,99 € 5 Internal Partitions: 9.693,01 € 6 Installations and services: 5.306,92 € 7 Roofs: 6.336,29 € 8 Finishes: 14.472,70 € 9 Equipment for bathrooms and kitchen:

4.676,09 10 Plot finishing off, fencing etc (Plot size 300m2.) 19.949,65 € 11 Quality control and site testing of materials: 723,90 € 12 Safety and health at work including provisional toilets and showers for workers, helmets etc: 12.183,48 € Subtotal of Material and labours cost: 131.172,27 € Contractors Overheads approx.12%: 15.740,67 € Contractors profit approx. 8%: 10.493,78 € Sub Total: 157.406,72 € VAT 8%: 12.592,54 € Total: 169.999,26 There are other costs that should be added to the cost of this construction such as architects fees, legal licences, etc but that we will require another article to quantify more exactly and carefully these extra expenses. Expenses that when they are not known and are discovered after one has embarked oneself into the construction of a house could turn out to be a nasty experience. Please note that these costs are based on a design which is not shown here for obvious reason. Different designs may vary the costs.

Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure #Food

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Marinated chicken kebabs

THESE SPICY kebabs are ideal on their own with a fresh salad or as part of a choice of barbecued meats. They are best prepared in advance and left to stand for at least an hour before cooking.

• 350g skinless chicken meat, cut into cubes • 1 tbls tomato ketchup • A small piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated (or 1 tsp powdered ginger) • 1 tsp mild paprika • The grated rind and juice of an orange • 1 garlic clove, crushed • 1 tbls olive oil

1. Combine all the ingredients for the marinade in a large bowl then stir in the chicken pieces. Set aside for at least an hour. 2. Thread the marinated chicken onto skewers then grill or barbecue until the chicken is well browned on the outside and cooked through in the middle. Serves 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Tip If you are using bamboo skewers, soak them in water beforehand to stop them from burning on the barbecue. Don’t cram too many pieces of chicken on each skewer. Leave a little space between each piece and this will help them brown and cook evenly.

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March madness for Giving4Giving by caroline tyszka THE GIVING4GIVING Cancer Support charity bounced into the month of March with their annual sponsored dog walk at the weekend. Working with Doggie Angells, the Giving4Giving charity organised a sponsored dog walk on Sunday 6th March. Despite it being British Mother’s Day, around 35 dogs, with their owners of course, set off along the Terra Mítica road in beautiful sunshine. All the dogs behaved themselves, with the 5 km stroll raising 1,400€, much needed funds for the local animal rescue Doggie Angells, and the local cancer support charity AECC. Gary, from Giving4Giving, said: “It has been a brilliant start to the year, with so much more to come. Thank you to everyone who has supported us.” With the new Giving4Giving charity shop in Finestrat almost ready for its grand opening on Monday 14th March, and

everything being priced at just 1€, buyers are sure to find many bargains. However, donations and volunteers are still urgently needed. In a new fundraising adventure, on 24th April, there will be an opportunity to help raise funds for Aspanion, the baby and children’s cancer charity in Spain, by doing an abseil, near Orcheta. The free abseil is an ideal chance to try something different whilst raising funds for a worthy cause, and will

be followed by a charity luncheon at 2pm at the Mollie Dos restaurant in Finestrat. Interested parties can either do just the abseil or the lunch, or both, with tickets for the meal priced at 12€ (3 courses including wine). There will be entertainment, an auction and a raffle. For further information regarding the abseil, either contact Kris 678 43 70 55 and quote “Gary” or, for general enquiries, call Gary 603 13 76 97.

World day of prayer celebrated in Albir

On Friday 4th March the Church of England on the Costa Blanca joined with an estimated 3 million people all over the world in the service written by the Christian Women of Cuba “Receive Children. Receive Me”. There were ten members taking part and a congregation totalling 35. After the service everyone enjoyed Lemonade and Cookies both made from Cuba recipes. The front table was decorated with hand made white Flowers and colourful parrots, then as the service progressed various items relating to the service were added to the table. NEXT YEAR this service which is for everyone, not just women, will be on Friday 3rd March and has been prepared by the Women of the Philippines. A very advanced date for your diaries! A service of Holy Communion is held in Albir every Sunday at 9.45am. You can find us in the centre of Albir, turn up the main road hill, Camino de la Cantera, quite near the Consum Supermarket, signposted Rober Palas Hotel, turn right in front of the hotel and the Church (Norwegian Seaman’s Church) is just inside the next road on the left, Carrer Mart. ALSO every Thursday at 11.00am at the Forum Mare Nostrum, Alfaz del Pi we have a service of Holy Communion. The second Thursday of each month is a healing service If you need any further information please telephone our Local Church Warden , Elaine Mitchell on 96 686 4962 or mobile 636 164 467. Albir is one of eight churches in the Chaplaincy, from Gandia to El Campello and you can find much more information on the website www.costablanca-anglicanchaplaincy.org always be assured that a warm welcome awaits you.

U3A shoot out MEMBERS OF the Digital Photography Group of U3A Vall del Pop enjoyed a visit to the Monastery of Santa Maria la Valldigdna in Simit. Group Leader Peter Tomlin made sure everyone had the opportunity to take a variety of pictures of the old building – which dates back to 1297. The monastery was occupied by monks until 1835 when they were forced to leave. The building was then plundered and many artefacts removed. However, it is currently undergoing a major restoration and much of the project has been completed. And following the ‘shoot’, the group relaxed and enjoyed lunch at a local cafe.

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life&leisure #health

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Massage for those living with cancer by Laura Gregory IT’S A sad fact of life that cancer touches most of us in some way during our lives. Whether being a cancer patient, or a partner, family member, loved one or friend. I’m no different. My sister was diagnosed with cancer of the colon 2 years ago and my father has leukaemia. My calling in life is as a beauty therapist. I trained at the Cambridge School of Beauty Therapy and am a fully qualified Therapist with Cidesco, Cibtac and Itec qualifications. I have always been interested in the holistic approach within beauty, especially massage. I had heard that therapists were giving massage to cancer patients and actually doing more harm than good. I knew that Cancer was a Con-

traindication (an indication that a therapy may do harm) and started to look in to this further, thereby discovering that now there are actual courses for Oncology massage. I learned that Oncology massage is a contraindication only IF the therapist has not been trained in Oncology Massage. I was delighted to seize this wonderful opportunity as the therapist is “Somebody who doesn’t takes but gives” making the sufferer feel more like a person less like a patient, sentiments I totally agree with. The training has taught me many things. Firstly, a very thorough consultation has to take place before a treatment can take place. Secondly, the massage is adapted in many ways – every cancer patient has different reactions to the treatment they are undergoing (2 people being treated for Colon cancer will react very differently even if taking some medication etc.). Also surgery and location of a tumour affects how the person can be massaged. Thus any massage is unique to that person’s needs. The benefits are both physical and emotional and include: Increases Relaxation Decreases oedema and lymphedema Improves sleep Decreases symptoms related to chemo and radiation, such as fatigue nausea, diarrhoea and loss of appetite Decreases anxiety and depression The Oils used can help with scarring after surgery This isn’t some theoretical list, I should know

– I have massaged my father and have seen first hand the relief he has shown – even his consultant at Denia Hospital is happy at this complimentary therapy. I am available for oncology massages at Blush Beauty Salon in Alcalali and have agreed with Teresa (the owner) to offer oncology massages to anyone living with cancer, it is also for people who have a history of cancer, this is because they may have had lymph nodes removed. I am also at Blush on Tuesday/Thursday and the contact telephone number is 966 482 106 but appointments for other days can be made! I am also now working at MABS in Benidorm every Wednesday 10am till 2pm. If you’d like to find out more, go on the Macmillan Cancer website they have a section about massage and its benefits. http://www.macmillan.org. uk/information-and-support/ coping/complementary-therapies/ complementary-therapies-explained/ massage-therapies.html#95429 For more information call Laura on 603 668 161 or email info@lauragregorymassage.com

Bed for MABS

TEULADA MORAIRA Lions Club has donated a 1,500€ electrically operated bed to the MABS Cancer Support Group to help the care and support it can offer. The cancer charity is looking to buy two of the beds, which not only offer greater comfort to the patient but also make it easier for carers. MABS President Jacqui Phillips approached the Lions to ask for a donation – and the club responded by meeting the full cost of one bed. As a result, Lions President David Platt and representatives of the club presented Jacqui with a cheque for 1,500€ at the MABS Meeting Room at Policlinica IMED in Teulada. Pictured (from left) are Lions Treasurer, John Snell; MABS Director, Sue Reula; Lion Gary Vincent; Lion Sue Suri; MABS President, Jacqui Phillips MBE; Lion Laura Hillstead; Lions President, David Platt; Lion Sue Platt; Lion John Evans; Lions Welfare Committee Chairperson, Carol McGrae; Lion Barry Groves; and Lion Ann Colclough.

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Friday, March 11 - Thursday, March 17 2016

life&leisure #motoring

Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Mitsubishi Outlander IT IS interesting to see how technology falls down through the ranks. When I road tested the Rolls Royce Ghost a few years ago it shared a unique piece of technology with Volvo.

That was intelligent cruise control that kept the vehicle at a safe distance from the car in front, automatically braking and accelerating as required. Over time more and more manufacturers have included this bit of kit in their models. The latest one is Mitsubishi with its Outlander. The 2.2-litre diesel that I test uses this to great effect when we are on the motorway to London. I find the cruise control on this 4x4 one of the easiest to operate and the automatic gearbox with manual mode adds to making my life easier on what can be a rather dull commute to the city. It is also good to see the traditional handbrake, which I do prefer over the new fancy electric ones because it gives more control to the driver. As we go on a Sunday we do not need to worry about the congestion charge and it is a great opportunity for Caroline and her parents to visit Uncle Harry who lives in St Johns Wood, my favourite part of London because it is so homely and welcoming. The Outlander incorporates two seats (which form a third row) that neatly fold into the boot when not required. These are fine for our two little daughters Harriett (4) and Heidi (2) and easily accommodate their child seats. Space is a bit tight for the adult fitting the children in their seats and after a bit of contortion they are able to jump down from the vehicle. When these are in use boot space is minimal but there is still room for a few bags, which is useful. “It’s a comfortable ride,” says Lin, Caroline’s mum. “There’s plenty of leg space in the middle and more than in other similar vehicles.” I tend to agree and the seats are pretty supportive, too. When we overtake other 4x4s it becomes clear that the Outlander is not as high off the ground as a Land Rover Discovery, for instance. I’m not complaining about this because sometimes 4x4s can feel too high, which can make some passengers feel uneasy. The ride height is just right for us and because the driver’s seat is electrically adjustable and heated, combined with the fact that the steering column moves forward, back and up and down, this ensures that a fairly perfect driving position can be achieved. It is easy for the driver to rest an arm on the side of the door while driving and if it was better padded this would be more comfortable. It’s not a good habit to get into though and I should stick to the 10 to 2 position on the steering wheel. But long journeys can affect driving habits. When accelerating there is a bit too much of a rattle from the diesel unit for my liking but it is responsive and seems to be pretty efficient, travelling 100 miles or so on one bar of fuel. The test model is finished in black with blacked out rear windows, giving it oodles of street-cred. I also like the distinctive alloy wheels. In my opinion the side profile is its best angle while the front just doesn’t gel for me. I think I’d prefer a bit of a chrome grille or something just to break up the bonnet from the bumper. A neat touch, shared with other luxury vehicles like Range Rover and Rolls Royce, is the electrically operated boot, which shuts itself. This is all very well but I find it takes too long, especially when it is raining hard. You just want to be able to shut the boot quickly and make a dash for it. Unfortunately, the Outlander is home to another disappointing satellite navigation system that does not recognise the village of Tadley in Hampshire. Not a problem if you don’t need to visit but if you do, like us, we have to stop and ask a local. We usually always leave home with a map but I thought we could rely on this system. “Does it have a Points of Interest function?” he asks. I search and find that it does. “Put the Queens College Arms in and it should know that.” Thank goodness it does and so we get to our destination. You don’t expect to have to stop to ask when you have a sat nav. There’s also an electric tilt/slide glass sunroof, which is good to see because not everyone wants to rely on the air conditioning. Watch the videos at www.testdrives.biz

FACTS AT A GLANCE

2004 onwards Outlander 2.2 DI-D GX4s Automatic Diesel New price: £33,999 Engine: 2.2 diesel Top speed: 124 0-60mph: 11.7secs Power: 148bhp Economy: 50mpg

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

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life&leisure #people Alfaz Fantasy Football League

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PREMIER LEAGUE fixtures gave the fantasy league a total of 53 goals,9 clean sheets,61 yellow cards and 5 red ones.

Joe’s team, Keith Lard F.C., with a 34 point lead, are still holding off the challenge from Scott’s team, Dog Dale. Maxine’s Plaistow13hammers are now 3rd, 14 points ahead of Darren’s team, The Pheonix Club. Lyn’s team, Handbrake City, are still at the bottom. In the U.K.T.V.SPAIN Junior League, Nathan’s Tyrannosuarez-Rex F.C. are back at the top, 5 points ahead of Harley’s Ginger Ninjar, while, at the bottom, Bradley’s team, Hero to Zero, are no longer last, haven overtaken Lily’s team, Sponge Bob, by 2 points. David’s team, Pearson’s Smashers, lead James’s Jukeboxers by 5 points in the Leonard Knowles Construction Golden Boot League. Mark’s team, No Bad Losers, and Lyn’s Handbrake City, are at the bottom. Maxine’s Plaistow13hammers are this week’s top scorers with 74 points, putting them at the top of the Mark Carter Ladies Section, as well as getting a fine start in the quest for the 20€ voucher, sponsored QUICK SAVE Supermarket in Albir. Maxine’s team also goes into the monthly Premier Imports draw for a case of cava, together with the lowest scoring team, Harry’s Monkey Hangers, who only scored 5 points. Manager of the Month, for March, is sponsored by Danny at the Sarita Restaurant in Albir, who provide a fabulous authentic Indian cuisine menu. After just one week, Maxine’s Plaistow13hammers have a 10 point lead over Gary’s Cupid Stunts. Andrew is also a contender with his team, We are Going Up. Gary’s Cupid Stunts have won the Breakfast for 2 at Rafters, sponsored by Kate, after climbing 28 places to number 79 in the league. In the 5th Round RTN K.O. Cup Competition, Lesley’s Law’s Lads were knocked out by Gonners. Gil’s Eastlanders beat Kevin’s team, Clever Cookie, 35-27, and Jin’s Dream Team, after drawing 44-44 with Johnny’s Rockets, have to replay this weekend, as will Bribed by Blatter and Flying Swans, after their 35-35 draw. This weekend will see the F.A.Cup Quarter Finals, which will mean changes in the RTN F.A. Cup League. Currently, Coey & Doey’s team, Parkwyddn, have a 2 point lead over Ian’s Tasty Toffees. Don’t forget to follow your team by logging onto the website www.alfazffl.com or just pop into one of the bars which display the league tables and results, in Albir The Local & Wyndhams, in Benidorm Union Jack, in Alfaz Robin’s Nest and in Moraira Barilloche.

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Rugby La Vila by patricia thompson LAST SUNDAY, 6th March, the first team played at home against Les Abelles Valencia, and won, convincingly, 35-19. La Vila stay top of the table and have now qualified for the play-offs, which will be on April 24th, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. The finals will be on June 5th and 12th. It looks as though the first home play-off game will be on Sunday 1st May, at 12.30pm. However, there are still some league games to play. The next home game will be on Sunday 20th March at 12.30pm, against Barcelona University Club, who are currently 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 Weekend, the first team has no official game, since the Spanish National Team will play Portugal, in Madrid, next Saturday 12th, March at 4pm. On that Saturday, the Under 12s will travel to Tarragona to take part in their Mini Rugby Festival. At 5pm that day, the club will be open for watching, on TV, the England v Wales. VI Nations game. The bar will be open. La Vila Rugby Club is situated at Carretera El Pantano, Vil-

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JAVEA BOWLS Club made the long trip to play top of the table San Luis Orcas in the Costa Blanca Winter League, and came away with a fantastic 10-2 victory. The Orcas were previously unbeaten this season, but Javea proved to be much too strong for them on the day. The winning teams were Skipped by John North, Clive English, Chris Evans and Nick Cole. This win puts Javea level with close neighbours Benitachell, but still leaves both clubs 20 points behind the Orcas. With just six matches remaining in the league, everything looks set for an exciting finish to the season, especially on Wednesday 23rd March, when Javea entertain Benitachell at the Inn on the Green. On Friday 11th March and Saturday 12th March Javea is holding its Club Championship Finals, so, if you have some spare time why not go along, enjoy the bowls and have a quiet drink at the club.

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Formula 1, 2016 season changes

LOVE IT or loathe it, the greatest car chase is about to return to our screens. With pit talk already centred around how fast Mercedes are, and their predicted dominance of the coming season, the Australian GP will kick off the season as always from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th March. With some major rule changes planned for next year, there are only minor tweaks to the regulations for 2016. Exhaust layout - to improve engine noise, teams must now use separate exhaust pipes for the turbine and wastegate, rather than the single exhaust used in 2015. The rules allow for the option of using a twinpipe for the wastegate, though any exit must not be more than 100mm from the main pipe. Power unit allowance - with the number of championship rounds increasing from 19 to 21 this year, the number of power units each driver is allowed to use over the course of the season has increased from four to five. Consequently, grid penalties will only kick in when each driver uses a sixth of any one of the six disparate power unit elements. Power unit development - Each manufacturer will be allowed 32 power unit tokens for in-season development. They may use these at their discretion. Additionally, whereas, previously, no manufacturer could supply more than one specification of power unit, engines homologated in previous seasons may now be re-homologated for use in 2016.

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