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OFIPOL system for Torrevieja DURING AUGUST Torrevieja will have Spain’s second OFIPOL system installed, to allow 24 hour access to police services.

by Keith Nicol Maria and the pink ladies raised another 1,500 Euros for the AECC

Pink Ladies at the Citrus Centre Maria and the Pink Ladies held another excellent fund raising event on behalf of the AECC at the Citrus Centre. The entertainment and activities raised a fantastic 1,500€ towards the AECC’s early detection program and into Cancer research. Read the full story on page 48.

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During a visit to the City of Salt, Spain’s Secretary of State for Security announced that Torrevieja will have a Permanent Police Office (OFIPOL) installed this month. It will be the second such installation, with the first, a pilot program in Malaga, proving to be very popular.

OFIPOL is an innovative project developed in Spain. The facility is designed to allow for progressive and efficient care and management between the police and both Spanish and International citizens. OFIPOL will enable Spanish citizens and foreign residents and tourists direct access to police services. It is adapted for the disabled (deaf, blind and in wheelchairs) and gives

access to a comprehensive system of immediate police assistance, that’s permanently available, 24-hours a day, 365 days per year in the official Spanish languages and foreign languages that are most used. The System of OFIPOL’s backbone is developed around using smart booths, strategically located in Torrevieja on the Paseo Vista Alegre.

The system is designed around allowing automatic video conferencing to communicate with remote police stations. This all happens in real time and is primarily designed for criminal and administrative complaints plus document processing and renewal of identity certificates plus passports and to request physical protection and assistance against aggression or violent crime.

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by Keith Nicol WITH MANY municipalities suffering from major infighting this last term over who should be mayor, the sharing of duties and coalition governments, Torrevieja’s Partido Popular have proposed a change in the law for the 2015 elections. They have presented a motion to the city to support the reform of the electoral law and promote the direct election of the mayor.

In essence, this would mean that the party with the most votes would have their number one candidate installed as mayor, regardless of which party or parties held the most seats. The spokesman of the Municipal Partido Popular Party for the city of Torrevieja, Joaquín Albaladejo, has raised a motion in Parliament to support the reform

of the Electoral Act and promote the direct election of the mayor. Thus, it is intended that the Municipal Corporations would show respect for the majority will of the citizens and the stability of the Municipality, so that the head of the municipality is taken from the most voted for party Local elections will be elected mayor.

Albaladejo added, “This is an electoral reform to allow citizens to directly elect the mayor, embodying more choice by allowing maximum municipal responsibility to rests with the head of the list of the most voted for candidate. We believe that the representative legitimacy of mayors should be strengthened, facilitating governance, ensuring stability during the electoral mandate and enabling the fulfilment of the proposed citizens electoral program.”

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The driver of the vehicle was unhurt and in fact helped the Port Police with the help of a Guardia Civil vessel recover the car from the water, estimated to be around 8m in depth. Professional divers attached balloons to the car to assist towing it to deeper water to avoid damaging expensive yachts moored in the area. The vehicle was lifted form the water with a crane boom. The rescue operation took around six hours.

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Tax returns

BRITISH EXPATS living on the Costa Blanca suffer frustration and discrimination at the hands of the Spanish tax authorities, the European Commission has been told.

by Jack Troughton National and local tax penalties, punitive inheritance tax laws, and the more recent overseas wealth declarations – which have triggered ever more cross-border problems with the authorities – are all seen as a problem for EU nationals moving within the single market.

The ongoing problem prompted the Commission to launch an initiative inviting people to inform them of tax issues arising when they actively moved between member states.

And the Commission promised feedback would allow officers to discover solutions to problems highlighted regarding cross border taxation.

Campaigner Margaret Hales, MBE, agreed to return a compilation of the personal experiences of British expats living on the coast to the Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union.

She reminded Brussels of how at the start of the millennium the “dream” of moving to Spain had captured the imagination of the British public.

Margaret noted: “Enthusiastic promotional campaigns by a buoyant Spanish construction industry along the whole coast of Spain led families moving to enjoy a Mediterranean lifestyle.

HELPFUL “The British government quickly adopted a helpful advisory system regarding health provision and transferring to the Spanish income tax system. The existence of a ‘double tax system’ was taken for granted as a benefit of the EU, as was the ease of movement and settling down in Spain.”

But she said the country was relatively cheap, collection of taxes “lax”, life was good, and the economy booming – few thought of inheritance tax, declaration of assets, or hard economic times.

“They were not in that part of their ‘life cycle’ to consider death, senility and the effect of a different country, its traditions and its taxes in later life. Nor did the estate agents and developers touch on such murky matters,” said Margaret.

“Now, some 14 years later, with all the familiar problems of the financial crisis, the realisation that ‘double tax agreements’ only applied to income tax and not other forms of taxation came as a bolt out of the blue.”

And Margaret, who lives in Benitachell, said ongoing confusion had led to some people leaving Spain, others selling holiday homes at a loss, while the Spanish government had been required by Brussels to raise taxation – forcing up prices, increasing the personal tax burden, and instituting other taxation such as the asset declaration.

“This has caused hardship among all, whatever nationality, but given the British state pension is one of the lowest in Europe and the Spanish one some three times more, the lonely frail Brit is now a problem along the whole of the Spanish coast,” she said.

Margaret underlined that apart from income tax, trying to discover accurate information was a “nightmare” as different tax offices, accountants and tax specialists gave different views – and there was no compre-

Margaret Hales compiled expats’ views

hensive list of taxes and their implications for a non-Spanish resident. She added: “Advice from UK accountants is usually wrong and definitely misleading.”

OPPORTUNITY She said she and most British people resident in Spain had little knowledge of tax and rarely were their views taken into account, so the Commission’s initiative and sending a list of people’s views was a “valued opportunity”.

“The comments contain all their prejudices and will give you a good flavour of how frustrated the British community is. They feel, rightly or wrongly, that they are suffering discrimination and have no avenue for their frustrations or hope of redress.”

Charles Svoboda, of campaign group AUN, said the Commission’s review was “especially timely” for Spain intended to introduce a series of major financial and economic reforms before next year’s elections.

He said submissions on taxation had been made on behalf of AUN members. “The laws are complex, even convoluted, especially so since while the national government in Madrid ‘makes’ the basic laws as regards taxation, so do the 17 autonomous regions create their own frameworks.

“In many instances the regional governments are charged with administering and enforcing national as well as their own regional laws, with little or no central coordination.”

And court cases illustrated how some regional laws contradicted Madrid and even violated EU norms.

“The Commission will be well aware of the level of discontent expressed by citizens and residents alike in Spain regarding the taxes they pay for poor standards of service, an administration overall that is considered inefficient and bloated, an opaque legal and court system that leaves them bewildered, and a level of corruption that almost beggars belief.”

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Torrevieja’s new National Police office opened

by Keith Nicol SPAIN’S SECRETARY of State for Security, Francisco Martínez Vázquez officially gave Torrevieja’s new National Police Office his blessing last week about a month after operations moved from the area of the windmill. He was joined by the Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, the government delegate in Valencia, Serafin Castilian, the deputy of the Government in Alicante, Alberto Martinez, and Chief General of the Guardia Civil of the VI Zone in Valencia, Fernando Santa Fe. In a short ceremony, Vázquez inaugurated the new Documentation and Foreigners Office of the National Police, located in Calle Architect Larramendi, No.3, just off Avda de la Habaneras and clkose the Playa de los Locos. The inauguration was also attended by the Deputy of Provincial Tourism, Joaquín Albaladejo, the Security council of the City of Torrevieja,

Torrevieja’s new National Police office was officially opened last week

Eduardo Gil Rebollo, and the Councillor of Police, Agustina Esteve.

This new office will not just issue documentation to Spanish citizens (DNI and passport), but also the issue of certain documents to foreign nationals resident in Spain, which means that in the same physical space you can process different documents for both Spanish and foreign citizens.

Eduardo Dolon thanked the Ministry of Internal Affairs who commissioned the new facilities. For his part, the Secretary

of State for Security thanked the Mayor of Torrevieja for his support and noted its importance in the city since it is one of Spain’s most important resorts.

Francisco Martinez noted that this new Office of Documentation for the National Police has 12 police officers and to meet the needs of the population of Torrevieja. Francisco Martinez also` visited the headquarters of the Guardia Civil in Torrevieja in which there are around 245 agents in residence to make up the total workforce of the barracks.

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More lost power in Torrevieja NOT FOR the first time this summer, the Torrevieja city centre suffered another power outage. At just after 2.00pm on Tuesday afternoon there was a power outage that affected several blocks of the downtown area.

Although the restoration of the service and work on the main power line was quickly seen to, some streets took almost forty five minutes for power to be restored. Among the affected streets were Ramón Gallud, Avda Gregorio Marañón, San Policarpo, Campoamor, Orihuela and the Jardin, among others. Due to the time of the incident, dozens of local restaurants were preparing to serve hundreds of tourists and customers at this time, adding to the resulting discomfort and displeasure of their owners who had to turn away custom. According to the power company, outage was caused by a fault in an underground medium voltage cable. People living in the area, also complained that it is not the first time that the power supply has been lost this summer and noted that it always seems to be around 2.00pm that the power is interrupted.

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Ministry mothballs plans for coastal rail network THE GOVERNMENT and the Ministry of Public Works have postponed a decision on the construction of the coastal rail service from Alicante to Valencia and facilitating a service to the tourist centres of the Marina Baixa.

by Jan Gamm THE PROPOSED line, plans for which are now shelved until 2016, would enable a connection from Alicante to Valencia in just one hour. A feasibility report submitted by the Department of Infrastructure shows that a total of 4 million passengers would use the service annually – twice the number using the high speed rail corridor between Alicante and Madrid, yet despite the obvious demand plans for the new rail system are to be mothballed due to Treasury cuts. The coastal line has long been recognised as vital to serve passengers requiring a fast link to Benidorm and other popular resorts that generate vital tourism revenue.

Messi tax fraud mess won’t go away

THE SPANISH court has rejected the public prosecutors’ request to drop tax fraud charges against Barcelona forward Lionel Messi, ordering enquiries to continue. Messi and his father Jorge Horacio Messi are accused of tax evasion amounting to €4.6 million on earnings against image rights through companies networked through Belize and Uruguay between 2007 and 2009. In their defence in court in 2013 they accused a former agent of being responsible for wrong doing.

Messi is the world’s 4th richest sporting celebrity and continues to represent EA sports and Adidas in global advertising campaigns.

Ex environment minister jailed

Matas handed a jail sentence

FORMER ENVIRONMENT Minister Jaume Matas has been sentenced to nine months in jail after being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling. Matas was also the President of the Balearics from 1996-99 and from 2003-7.

He has been of interest to the police on several occasions in recent years on numerous allegations including blackmail.

He was taken directly from the court to begin his prison sentence in Segovia.

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Rojales grows weed MORE THAN 1,300 marijuana plants were discovered in a villa in Rojales this week.

by Keith Nicol Two men made an illegal connection for the special lighting required running up a bill of more than 30,000 euros with the power company, who called in the police to find out what has happening with the illegal use of their power supply.

The Guardia Civil found more than 1,300 marijuana plants in the basement of a villa located in the Alicante town of Rojales, whose

units had sophisticated facilities for growing these plants. The two responsible for this plantation, had made an illegal connection to the mains to power the artificial lighting system used for plant growth close to 30,000 euros, The police operation is the result of an investigation that began last April when the Guardia Civil became aware of the possible existence of a marijuana plantation in Rojales. In the basement of the house were

found 1,366 marijuana plants, numerous materials for the development and cultivation of cannabis such as seeds, substrates, fertilizers and sprays, and control systems of temperature and humidity.

Officers also located a BB gun, two security cameras, computer equipment and telephone termi1,366 nals. The detainees are two men, marijuana aged 48 and 29 years old, who plants were discovered are charged with crimes against in Rojales public health and fraud. last week

Continued from front page The Standing Police Office is designed against vandalism and is a personalized videoconferencing service by video conferencing centre that is easy to use and can support audio, video, physical objects and paper documents. Using OFIPOL is very simple: Once inside the booth you can chat in your own language and the unit begins receiving the complaint. The police officer will ask user identification through some approved document and once the processing of the complaint is complete, the system will issue two receipts, In short, it is a system of innovation technology for public safety, located New OFIPOL system will be installed along Torrevieja’s seafront near the city centre and very easy to use.

Council closes Playhouse

THE LOCAL council in Calvia has fined the local nightspots ‘Playhouse’ and ‘Carnage’ in Magaluf 55,000€ and ordered the establishments to close for 12 months following incidents of lewd behaviour where a female customer allegedly performed a sex act on a number of men in exchange for drinks. A video taken of the act was circulated on social networks. The sanctions are considered appropriate under the Protection of Children Act. The regulations allow that at certain times ‘children aged between 14 and 16 can enter such premises provided they are accompanied by adults authorised by their parents or guardians to ensure their physical and moral integrity’. A council spokesman said: “The town hall has acted on a full and conclusive police report, not solely on the evidence of a video posted on the internet. The message is clear - the town hall won’t tolerate activities of this kind under any circumstances.

We will use all the laws available to us to ensure there is no repetition.”

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Keep passports safe

Spain slowly climbs out of recession THE SPANISH government announced an improved economic growth on Tuesday approaching 1.5 per cent. Bankia, Spain’s largest nationalised bank and considered key barometer of economic health confirmed on Monday that profits recorded in its second quarter almost doubled, helping to send Spain’s borrowing costs to a record low. Economy Minister Luis de Guindos told a parliamentary committee that he hoped to see growth achieve 2 per cent next year.

Unionists plan to occupy Gibraltar Consul Paul Rodwell with Alicante airport Director Santiago Martinez

by Jack Troughton BRITISH HOLIDAYMAKERS touching down at Alicante airport this summer are being reminded to keep their passports safe. The stark warning of a banner campaign is ‘Lose your passport, lose your holiday’ as the British Consulate team hoping to reduce the number of visitors to the Costa Blanca who lose or have the vital travel document stolen.

Alicante airport authorities agreed the British consulate in Alicante to display the banners in the arrivals area – the message further repeated in baggage halls.

Over two million British travellers

– who make up 45% of all people using the airport – will see the banners as they head towards their holiday destinations.

Tourists who lose passports face frustration and inconvenience as they waste valuable holiday time to visit the consulate and pay for emergency travel documents.

CAMPAIGN And the campaign has been extended to include posters being displayed in main tourist information offices across the Valencia region.

Every year around 1,000 emergency passports – costing the euro equivalent of £95 – are issued in Alicante.

It is a number Consul Paul Rodwell would like to reduce.

“We want to prevent British nationals from getting into trouble in the first place. Everyone arriving in Alicante is being reminded to think about where they are going to keep their passport during the duration of their stay.

“My advice is to lock it away somewhere safe and, if you have to take it with you, keep it in a zipped bag or pocket to insure a hassle-free holiday.”

The consul added: “Partnership is key in preventing consular cases and I am very grateful to both the airport and tourist authorities for agreeing to display these banners and posters free of charge.”

THE ANDALUSIAN Workers Union under the leadership of controversial figure Diego Canamero has announced plans to ‘occupy’ the Rock of Gibraltar at 11am on 29th August to report tax havens, establish Spanish sovereignty and ‘protect Spanish fishing rights’. Their decision to ‘invade’ the Rock follows last week’s European Union rejection of Spanish demands that the artificial reef in the waters off Gibraltar be dismantled. The EU found that no environmental regulations had been breached therefore the reef is to remain. The unionists’ intention is to make a “peaceful entry” with “intentions to stay.” When asked how they would gain access in view of tight British security at the Rock, they replied that they hadn’t decided yet but would “find a way round it.”

Unionist Diego Canamero

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Spain’s partly dressed shoppers

by Jan Gamm COSTA BLANCA supermarkets are dealing with customers who are inappropriately dressed by asking them to leave the premises without their shopping. At the height of the summer holiday season some shoppers step straight into their cars at the beach or the pool and head to their local supermarket without bothering to cover up. Store managers are tired of having to explain that Spain does not welcome halfdressed customers and are clamping down on those who show up shirtless and shoeless, some covered in sand, others shiny with sun cream, many accompanied by children who are also half-dressed. Store workers now refuse entry to customers in-

Beware; Spain’s supermarkets are clamping down on inappropriately dressed customers

appropriately dressed but those who slip through the net risk being asked to leave without their purchases.

Rail strike causes chaos THE STRIKE called for Thursday 31st July and Friday 1st August caused chaos this week forcing Renfe to consider its position as almost 1000 passengers on four trains on the Madrid-Alicante service were unable to complete their journeys at the height of the summer holiday season. Although other rail services were not subject to strike action there were significant delays.

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Tipping tips COULD SOMEONE please enlighten me on how much to tip in Spain? I’m sure I’m not the only one who is confused!

I recently moved here from the US where tipping is considered essential if you want to make it safely to your car! In Spain I have seen customers tipping twice the price of their coffee and others leaving nothing at all.

Some carefully calculate 10% and another time I saw an elderly lady leave just 20 cents after enjoying a large meal, which would have gotten her lynched or at least run out of town back in Baltimore!

I’ve watched carefully over some months and have now perfected my system of dropping Euro coins onto the tray at the end of the meal. When the waiter’s smile stretches from one ear to the other at each side of his face I figure it’s enough!

John Bray, Baltimore and Villajoyosa

Mans best friend?

SUMMER IS in full swing but I’m sorry to say some problems don’t go away, in fact they get worse. Madridians bring their dogs on holiday with them then lock them in the garden when they go to the beach.

The dog barks, then other dogs join in - this goes on all day and into the night but it’s not just them. In Torrevieja where I live the smell of dog pee and excrement is everywhere. Everyone, including the English, seems to have at least three dogs and they don’t care where they leave their lot as long as it’s not on their doorstep.

I was sitting in the local Chinese restaurant the other night and a woman came in with her little terrier and promptly sat down and placed it on her knee at the table.

Then the family came with a baby’s pushchair but there was no baby - the buggy was for the dog and it spent the rest of the night in its diamante collar being hand fed from the table.

Although the table was outside surely there are laws about animals and food? Yes I understand blind and lonely people having a pet for company but this area has gone dog mad and the rest of us have to suffer the noise and the smell.

D Wiegand

It could be a beautiful place

I WOULD like to endorse Mr Pringle’s comments re: Life on Orihuela Costa - especially in summer.

To walk in Cabo Roig is akin to being in a slum in a third world country. I assume it is the lure of cheap alcohol that brings many tourists, resulting in litter, vandalism and worse. If I was a visitor I would find it unpleasant and an experience never to be repeated.

I am ashamed of prevailing conditions when friends and family visit. The pity is that it could be a beautiful place. Maureen Turner, Orihuela Costa

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The new king still on prince’s wages

Malpractice case wins widow 111,000€ THE INSURERS of Denia Hospital have been ordered to pay 111,000€ in compensation to the widow of a man who died after suffering a ruptured aorta on 9th October 2012. The tests and treatment given by the hospital were found to be inadequate by the Patient’s Advocate leading to the widow filing her case with the court.

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

by Jan Gamm FELIPE VI has announced measures aimed at preserving the monarchy within a framework of financial transparency. An audit of royal expenditure is to take place in 2015 along with a detailed activity report and it is intended that the palace will seek financial advice from experts in the future. The

Spanish royal house has been defined to include King Felipe, Queen Letizia, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia and the two daughters of Felipe and Letizia, distinguishing these six from the daughters of King Juan Carlos, the Infantas Elena and Cristina. The royal house will retain salary levels as before the abdication, with King Juan Carlos keeping his 292,752€ per year

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wage and King Felipe earning half of that amount - 146,375.50€. Queen Sofia will earn 131,739€ and Letizia 102,464€. The new King desires that only members of the royal house contributing to institutional activity should receive a state salary; hence his sisters are excluded from a royal income and will attend royal duties only in exceptional circumstances.

Student banned from driving after highway stupidity A 20-YEAR-OLD Frenchman who posted a film clip of himself on YouTube driving from the passenger’s seat on a Barcelona highway has been given a 6-month sentence suspended for two years and banned from driving for a year. The film clip, which lasted for more than 30 seconds, featured the student yawning, talking to an imaginary driver and generally fooling around at the wheel. He was arrested shortly after the video broadcast.

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Painting by numbers

Veterans awarded French honour

By Jack Troughton FRANCE IS to award surviving veterans of D-Day and the Liberation of France the Legion D’Honneur as part of events marking the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

The French government has notified the Ministry of Defence it wished to give the medal to military personnel who took part not only in the landings but also the wider Battle for Normandy; the Invasion of Provence, also known as Operation Dragoon; the Liberation of Paris and the Liberation of France.

A spokesman for the MOD said: “Any veterans, not only the troops that landed, but also Royal Navy and Royal Air Force personnel who operated in support of the landings, who have not yet received this award from the French government, or have not been identified to take part in award ceremonies during the events in Normandy, are invited to submit their details.”

Applicants are required to submit an MOD application form, including brief details of their service in France to be considered to receive the ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur’. The spokesman added: “We will forward consolidated lists of potential recipients to the French Embassy for further consideration.” The MOD said it could not detail timings, arrangements for the presentation of awards – but said normal French clearance procedures took “some months”.

TREASURED MURALS decorating the walls of a Costa Blanca seaside resort are to be protected and preserved by the town hall.

by Jack Troughton Calpe’s civic society is currently cataloguing the paintings and compiling the stories behind the work - some date back more than 30 years.

French artist and Calpe resident Pierre La Fleur – who painted his mural in 1987 - prompted the local authority to restore and protect the 10 main murals.

And another of the artists attended a town hall meeting to show councillors a book of similar community artwork in the United States and how it was valued.

Councillor Carole Saunders told RTN: “We have decided these colourful murals should be protected and the move was instigated by Pierre, who is one of the artists involved and a resident of the town.

“There will be restoration of the work.

Although special paint was used, some are 30 years and time has obviously affected them.

“The civic society will also research the pictures. We believe that all but one of the artists is still alive.”

Christian burial site

Calpe Mayor Cesar Sanchez (left) with artist Pierre la Fleur and his mural

ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE uncovered the skeleton of an early Christian in a tomb at the Queen’s Baths in Calpe. The dig is exploring the remains of a Roman villa at the site, where salt was produced for export to other Mediterranean countries within the Rome administered empire. However, it is known a later Visigoth church was built at the Queen’s Baths and believers were buried in its grounds. Archaeologists continue to work at Calpe helped by 28 archaeology and history students. It is believed the Romans left their mark as they turned to Christianity – prompting the Visigoths to build a church at the Queen’s Baths – and it is hoped to discover the link.

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The 60th Habaneras Contest closes WITH FULL and appreciative houses every night, the 60th edition of the Habaneras Contest came to its end last weekend.

The 60th Habaneras contest concluded on Saturday evening to rave reviews

by Keith Nicol Attracting more than 2,000 spectators each night, the performances will also be broadcast on Spain’s National Television Channel TVE2, so if you missed a live performance, you will soon be able to find out what all the fuss is about on your TV. But although the contest has closed, the 60th Contest of Habanera, but will continue celebrating their anniversary until the end of this year. Torrevieja Mayor, Eduardo Dolon announced this week the release of a recording by local choirs and the closing gala of the 60th anniversary, that will be available soon.

As one contest closed, planning for the next is already under way and in closing the 60th International Contest of Habanera and Polyphony of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon announce that the next edition will be held in July 2015 at the Eras de la Sal. The mayor also revealed that a special closing ceremony of the 60th anniversary will be

held in December in line with recent international presentations of the competition.

Eduardo Dolon also had words of greeting to the participants and winners choirs, as well as for organization. In fact, during the break, the mayor found in one of the walls of the enclosure of the Eras de la Sal a plaque that reads: “In its LX Anniversary, the Municipal Habanera honours all who their dedication and hard work have made the success of the Show.”

Prior to the closing ceremony, torrevejense coral groups performed an outstanding program featuring Havana and polyphony with the evening concluded with the everstirring rendition of the hymn to Torrevieja, by the Municipal Ricardo Lafuente Choir and Band Musical Union Torrevieja along with the personal greeting from the mayor and vice president of the Board of all members of the organization, who interpreted, informally finished the evening, the sailor waltz “Swallow of love.”

Picasso in Paris A DAUGHTER of the late Spanish master Picasso has donated two of her father’s works to the Picasso Museum in Paris. The museum has been closed for the past five years for renovation with a re-opening planned for June of this year. However, a postponement was announced in May with the re-opening re-scheduled in October. The two items include a drawing of a female face dating from 1908 and a sketchbook containing 38 drawings of nudes in pencil dated April 1960.

Picasso at work

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Here we go again by

Jennifer Cunningham

YET AGAIN the newspapers are inundated with gloomy news on the Spanish Health System, it seems that despite the fact that the coastal areas are inundated with tourists at this time of the year, Doctors have still gone on their well earned holidays and there appears to be no money for replacement staff.

This puts added pressure to a system that is already overworked and understaffed. For those who require treatment which could be urgent, this could be very difficult. It seems that the Valencian Government once again have miscalculated the huge response to their latest offer of allowing everybody to pay into a system which is already suffering tremendously from overcrowding, a shortage of staff and a complete lack of funds. The extra money required to cover expatriates of all nationalities with all of their health problems, and with the facilities available must be a logistical nightmare. The delays to visit specialists and the wait for tests will become even longer, not a comforting situation to be in when you are ill and desperate for a diagnose.

It is amazing that a Government who are in financial disarray should be offering unrealistic health cover when there is a perfectly acceptable market place covered by various excellent Health Insurance Companies who have invested in Spain. Obviously the uptake has surprised them and the financial enormity of covering all pre existing conditions and especially cancer must be a nightmare. As always there are rumours flying around, that there is to be a review of the situation similar to the previous SIP card saga a few years ago.

At the same time, please do not be seduced by a bank or a company that predominantly deals with house and car, but who have now started offering cut rate prices for health, stating that it is exactly the same cover as others who specialize only in Health Insurance. If you are offered a policy that you are assured covers everything, do not accept this at face value, because if Asssa cannot offer this type of policy, it just doesn’t exist, you only have to think how much a full diagnostic procedure to include an MRI can cost, then to expect a stay in hospital with a major operation you will begin to understand how unrealistic a very low premium is.

Another point which is very serious, are the words “GUARANTEED FOR LIFE”. You would be correct in thinking that once you have joined a company you would be covered until you decide to cancel your policy. No, this is not how it works in Spain. The Insurer has the right to terminate your policy if the costs exceed those which the Insurer thinks is viable, what a terrible situation this would put you in if you were in the middle of treatment. In fact this has happened to a person who was undergoing cancer treatment, however the patient took the company to court and after a long period of time they won their case to be reinstated in the company and to be reimbursed for costs occurred during this time. What a very stressful and expensive situation…. As a professional Insurance company Asssa offer “Guaranteed For Life, which means that the policy can never be cancelled due to cost of treatment, this cover has to be granted by the DGS ( the Direction General de Seguros) and is

clearly shown on all their documentation, as I always advise you, never accept the verbal word, make sure you have this in writing, and not just by the salesperson but by the company itself.

A further bonus with Asssa is that “The Age you Join is the Age you Stay”, many companies have large periodic increases but especially when you reach the age of 70 years old.

One final point I would like to mention is the after sales. I recommend that you confirm if the company has invested in an expat division with administrators to assist you through a very worrying and traumatic experience of arranging hospital appointments and hospitalisation, especially if you are ill.

You need to consider this very carefully if Spanish is not your strong point, once again this is where we are very strong as Mandy our full time Asssa administrator is there to always go the extra mile, as many of you are already aware.

Please take care before going ahead with any form of health cover, that for a number of reasons you could regret later, when you may have pre existing conditions that no private health insurance will insure you for and, if you are at all concerned about your policy please ring Mandy in the Javea office and she will explain the benefits to you. Also if you are with another company or agent and you are not receiving the service you deserve, again speak to Mandy there is every possibility that we could take you under our wing.

You will be amazed at the difference, don’t settle for second best when you have the best on your doorstep, just a telephone call or email away.

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Torrevieja Tennis Tournament

Trophies to end the swimming season

The XIX City of Torrevieja Tennis Tournament is open for registration

by Keith Nicol IT MAY be hot and Wimbledon is but a long lost memory but for tennis players in the region, few local tournaments hold as a many kudos as in Torrevieja this month. This week Torrevieja Councillor for Sports Luis María Pizana, along with the President of the Tennis Club Torrevieja, Antonio Tafalla, tournament director, Humberto Zuleta and Championship Referee David Pérez announced the nineteenth Tennis Tournament “Ciudad de Torrevieja”, to be held on the premises of Torrevieja Tennis Club in Los Balcones, from 9th to 17th August.

The Tournament is one of the largest

in the region with games being played from early morning until late afternoon and into the evening. The event is splint into two weeks of activities, from 9th to 12th August the first phase will be held, while 12th to 17th August those who qualified for the finals will be on court, so dedication and time to play in the tournament is required. The tournament involves players of all categories: including youth, veteran and absolute. There will be male and female awards for both Champions of 300 Euros, Finalist 150 Euros and Semifinalist 75 Euros. The male veterans of +35, +45, +55 and +65 and female +30 and +40 categories will receive awards for the Champion of 100 Euros,

50 Euros to 25 Euros for the Finalist and Semifinalist. Prizes in the youth categories are not cash but amount to 2,000€ in sports equipment for the finalists.

Registration to participate in the XIX Tennis Tournament “Ciudad de Torrevieja”, is expected to attract more than 300 players, and is 18 Euros for the youngest two categories and 20 Euros for all other categories. The closing date for registration is Thursday, August 7th. Notably, this tournament is the only one in the Vega Baja region that counts towards the Official Ranking of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation (RFET), which is just one of the reasons it is so popular.

THIS WEEKEND was a busy one, ending the 2013-2014 season with the ‘XV Memorial Juan Fuster Zaragoza’ on Saturday 26th July in the 25m pool at the International School Lopez de Vega, Benidorm. Fifteen of the regions’ clubs participated in 50m freestyle and 100m individual medley events in age categories from Pre-benjamin to Infantil (7 – 14yrs).

Torrevieja swimmers enjoyed some good racing and two of the team members won 1st place. Paula Garcia won gold in her 50m freestyle event with a new best time of 31:17 and Piroska Rideg first in her 100m medley event with another best time of 1:14:91. Other members of the team also had good swims improving on previous times. Lastly the girls’ 4 x 50m freestyle relay fought hard in their race just missing out on trophies with 4th place.

Also this weekend Zoe Connolly travelled to Barcelona for the ‘XXXVI Infantil Spanish National Summer Championships’.

Zoe had worked hard to gain qualification times in the 100m and 200m Backstroke events. For Zoe the event was a fantastic experience but was masked with disappointment as she fell and sprained her ankle an hour before her first race so her swims did not produce best times but she still remains ranked in the top 50 swimmers for her age across Spain.

The Club now takes a break throughout August and comes back in September to the new swimming season 2014-2015. For more information regarding Torrevieja Swimming Club please contact Rosa – 665 454 126, President Felipe on 609 418 776 or Vicki 669 637 015 or email info@clubnataciontorrevieja.com

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Costa Calida Golf Janet Bell of MABS being presented with a cheque by some of the players

by Patricia Thompson MABS IS delighted to have been chosen by Costa Calida Golf Tours as their designated charity for 2014. And what a great day over at Mar Menor Golf Resort for Event 7 of the Costa Calida Golf Days,with 40 golfers taking part.

The course at was in superb condition with fairways like carpets and consistent greens.

Luke Murphy and his team allowed a two tee start, ensuring the day ran smoothly. This was Costa Calida Golf Tours designated charity day and 760€ was raised on the day for MABS Cancer Support.

Something a little bit different for this event: a Pairs Betterball Medal Competition from 3/4s handicap.

THE RESULTS WERE: Winners: Alan MacDonald & John Aitchison (Nett 65) Runners up: Chris Pugh & Terry Pugh (Nett 66) Nearest pin in 1 shot: Rob Stevens

Nearest pin in 2 shots: John Aitchison Nearest pin in 3 shots: Mark McCluskey Longest drive Men: Keith Morrison Longest drive Ladies: Julie Purdy 2s pot shared: Dean McCluskey, Glen Whittemore, Gary Ward, Gareth Smyth and Jake Lawson Many thanks to all sponsors and partners, Adidas TaylorMade Golf, IRM Nike Golf, Mick the Grip & The Great Golf Company Balsicas for providing such outstanding prizes for the winners. The biggest thanks must go to the players who bought raffle tickets and bid at the auction and also the local courses who donated the raffle and auction prizes - Las Colinas Golf & Country Club, Roda Golf, IRM Nike Golf, La Serena Golf, La Manga Club & Hacienda del Alamo thank you all for your generosity. Thanks also to Jim Campbell who donated a ‘Lady Golfer’ piece of art for the auction.

MABS helps anyone of any nationality affected by Cancer: Helpline 693 275 779.

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Funky Mopeds in San Pedro

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IN TRUE Jasper Carrot fashion, a Vespa moped is about to try and endure an 8,000 kilometre ride along the coast.

by Keith Nicol This initiative, organised by Salvador Valentín and Francesc Garí, with the support of the association Run Run Classic, started this week at the door of the City Hall in San Pedro.

The Mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitacion Martinez, the president of the local association Run Run Classic, Pedro Andreo, and the promoters of this initiative, Salvador Valentín and Francesc Garí, posed with

their moped that is taking part in II Spanish Moped.Vuelta.

In this test a SINGLE moped, will travel 8,000 miles visiting the 47 capitals of peninsular, on the way to the Portuguese city of Braga. This adventure will involve 130 relievers who will ride their iconic vehicles throughout Spain. During the presentation, the proponents of this initiative explained their experience of the first Tour of Spain, held six years ago, They also highlighted

8,000 km are about to be covered on this tiny Vespa from San Pedro

the work done on the Vespa to prepare the bike for such a long trip. The tour will con-

clude with a major rally of vespinos along with social networking along route.

More than 14,000 visit military model exhibition

IN ONLY its second year, the Military modelling exhibition received more than 14,000 visitors over just three weeks. The exhibition, which was open to the public from 7th to 29th June at the Sala Vista Alegre and has become one of the most visited exhibitions in recent years. A total of 14,321 people visited the exhibition organized by the Municipal Institute of Culture “Joaquin Chapaprieta” and the Spanish Association of Military Modelling of Torrevieja. The exhibition was the idea of Rafael García and Torrevieja’s Councillor for Culture and Tourism Luis María Pizana said: “This second edition is worthy of note because of the great support and the special collaboration of the Military Corps of the Royal Guard, who have provided the torrevejense association with material to exhibit, which was personally removed from the premises of the Royal Guard in Madrid by members of the association for this special display.

A total of 80 people loaned exhibition pieces, with there being more than 500 exhibits, including dioramas that highlighted military vehicles of the ground forces, air force planes, ships of the Spanish Armada, a motorcycle of the National Police, a car similar to those used by the Royal Guard, radio controlled tanks, 20 complete uniforms of the three Spanish armies and a very interesting collection of tin soldiers.

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The big cats rule: Jaguars in Spain

by Jan Gamm THE JAGUAR Enthusiasts Club in Spain, now established for more than three years, has been fortunate with the weather for their events and Sunday 27th July was no exception with bright blue skies.

The venue was Restaurant La Herradura in Los Montesinos, an old converted Finca with oodles of history, great parking, an outside terrace and an extremely good Spanish lunch served in the private hall: a big thank you to Ian and Uschi McMenemy for organising the event.

The next meeting will be on Sunday 28th September, the venue yet to be decided. For the meeting on 16th November at Restaurant La Torreta, near Elda, we will be hosting a presentation from Pelicer and Heredia, a team of renowned lawyers. The presentation will cover all things legal relating to vehicles in Spain. And now The Big One - in March 2015, there will be a joint meeting between JEC

Spain and JEC France. The ‘pride of big cats’ will meet at an 8th Century castle in northern Spain - a very special event that should not be missed.

The Jaguar Enthusiasts Club is the largest of the world’s Jaguar Clubs. Apart from joining in the fun at meetings, members also benefit from a glossy 140-page A4 monthly magazine; Jaguar spares department; and a technical advice service second to none.

Velocity Racing

The JEC in Spain is organised by Eric Arnold and Ian McMenemy. Eric can be contacted by email at jaguarspain@ outlook.com or on 609 931 647. Alternatively check out www.jec-spain.es or the JEC main web site www.jec.org. uk Events director, Ian McMenemy can be contacted at McMenemy@JEC-events.com and not forgetting David Shea who looks after our Facebook identity and John Parkin who manages our dedicated web site www.jec-spain.es

ANOTHER GREAT night at the Circuito de Cartagena last Saturday with Velocity Racing! Lots of action and some great driving!Velocity Racing is hosting an all-day event on 9th August when the long track will also be available for participants and car clubs to take their cars for a spin! (see the website for more details or contact Velocity Racing at info@velocityracing. eu) There will also be a raffle with a chance to win a go in a race car!

Oval racing will commence as per usual! Cars available for hire and we welcome new marshals! Come and enjoy - FREE entrance for all! www.velocityracing.eu

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home and garden

by

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

Avoid the summer grave yard for plants! Part Two POOR SPACING OF PLANTS: Planting too close so that the faster-growing plants spread to touch each other and smother smaller plants between.

Planting with large gaps between: the tops of the plants’ root balls roast in the sun and quickly dry out...

FAILURE TO MULCH: The failure to mulch young shrubs with compost, stones, chippings or rocks can result in a shallow root ball that will dry out before the permanent deep tap roots are established.

The failure to mulch annuals with a water absorbing/ retaining compost so that shallow roots dry out by midday when temperatures soar.

POOR INSECT/MILDEW CONTROL: Failure to spray preventatively, taking action only when plants are half dead: For instance geraniums need to be sprayed two or three times a week from mid-March to midOctober to have a real chance of combating the African moth.

Planting out seedlings/young plants, especially annuals and perennials and forgetting to apply a snail/slug repellent around the plants.

Thinking about snails and slugs but forgetting about caterpillars. Some are very small but can be amazingly hungry. Young seedlings/plants can be destroyed overnight.

Failure to watch out for and treat first signs of mildew, rust, scale etc...

Failure to kill off ants’ nests in plant pots as soon as noticed or if seriously affected failing to immediately repot the plant in ant-free soil.

Inappropriate to your soil and microclimate.

Forced in unnatural perfect hot house conditions and not acclimatising them before planting out.

ROOT DISTURBANCE The digging up of plants by cats and dogs Loosening the soil around annuals and recently planted perennials when pulling or digging out weeds growing close to the stems and failing to replace, firm and water in the disturbed soil.

So check back through the list and count the number of statements that you have ticked. My observations on scores are as follows – 0 – 10: Trying hard but being honest: even the most dedicated gardeners make mistakes or are forgetful at times.

11– 20: Generally more attentive summer gardening required.

21 – 36: Garden centres must love you! The purchasing of replacement plants improves their profits dramatically!

Perhaps you need a daily gardener in the summer. Or create a courtyard or paved garden with fewer plants.

We hope that our thoughts prevent some summer failures. But remember Murphy’s Law, here adapted: “Nature watches continuously for the chance to prove that expatriate gardeners don’t understand the natural necessities of nature!”

To help you reduce the watering needs of your gardens the book ‘How to Use Less Water in Your Garden – A Practical Guide to Waterwise Mediterranean Style Gardening Worldwide’ ISBN 978 – 1499228601 has been recently published and is available from Amazon Books and other internet bookshops.

WEEDING The failure to summer weed: thirsty fast-growing perennial weeds can soon smother and starve annuals and shallow-rooted shrubs.

The use of weed killer near delicate plants...

POOR PRUNING Failure to deadhead annuals as soon as the first flowers have dried back to allow seed to develop and mature: the plants therefore believe that their useful reproductive life cycle is over, and do not produce new flower buds and die.

Pruning too hard so that the sap dries back and the plant dies.

POOR CHOICE OF PLANTS The purchase of varieties of plants:

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Nicola Kuhn champion of Spain

Which gem is shining brightest…

Nicola Kuhn crowned Infantile Champion of Spain

by Keith Nicol LOCAL TORREVIEJA tennis player Nicola Kuhn continues to make a name for himself as a star of future, after being crowed Infantile Champion of Spain. The tennis player from Torrevieja Tennis Club won the championship of Spain under ‘14 category in the thirty-ninth edition of the Coca-Cola Challenge “Manuel Alonso Memorial’ held at the Sporting Club Casino de La Coruña.

After also winning the title last

year, favourite Nicola Kuhn won after the retirement of Carlos Sánchez Jover with the game already on track for a win for Kuhn, 6-2, 5-0. The Torrevieja player is of German origin, and this win once again reaffirmed him as one of the best players in the world in his category. He was also a finalist of ‘Les Petis As “unofficial world category in Tarbes, France in January and led Germany to a win in the European Cup and Copa del Sol, among other important results. He also won the juvenile category sub

‘12, two years ago to become champion of Spain in this category.

Both Nicola and Carlos Sánchez Jover train at the Equelite Academy of Juan Carlos Ferrero outside Alicante and are currently involved in other major competitions such as the European Youth Singles category in Russia. In August, both will play with Torrevieja Tennis Club, in the national team championships to be held in Barcelona. If you are not watching their names already, take note of these tennis stars of the future.

Sponsored by Blacktower Financial Management and Telitec Communications IN THE CBBA Northern Summer Leaque, the Winners are BBC with points of 148. In second slot are El Cid on 137 points: they had a stonking win of nearly maximum points to nick the second position placing from under Javea’s noses. Congratulation and well done to both teams. There was only one point separating Javea’s ‘Sapphire’’ and ‘Emeralds’. In their last game against BBC on 21st July, Sapphires scored 12 points putting them in the third place slot with a score-line of 129 points.

However, Javea’s Emeralds still had a game in hand against Finca Guila on 24th July. To seize second place they needed to get 22 points - a big ask in an away game. To take the lustre from their sister squad they needed to get 14 points. It might be the third place slot, but it was still worth fighting for.

Emeralds gritted their teeth and got down to business, but had a disastrous start by going down 1-4 in the Triples discipline.

Determined to soldier on, they went all out in the Pairs and won all four. It all came down now to how the Singles turned out and it went Javea’s way with three out of four won. The shot difference of 81-66 meant Emeralds won the shot difference bonus points and the final score-line was 18-8.

So Emeralds are shining brightest at Javea as they take third position on the podium with a final points tally of 134.

The last competition of the Summer Season, the Taylor Floodlit Triples, has only two weeks to go. Still just holding onto top spot are ‘Taylor Made’ on 18 points with a shots advantage of +39. Almost nibbling their heels are the ‘Woodpeckers’, also on 18 points with shots of +28. In third slot are ‘Deviates’ on 16 points and shots of +34.

There is still everything to play for in this competition, there are still only four points separating the first and sixth placings, so everything hinges on the performances in the coming two weeks.

Can ‘Taylor Made’ hang on…? To be continued…

To find out more ring Matt on 96 577 1553: Also visit: www.javeagreenbowls.wikidot.com or www.innonthegreen.es

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money

by

Phil Pennick

Financial Advisor, Pennick Blackwell

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QROPS – Constantly improving, constantly beneficial IN CASE you missed the news last week, the most recent budget and its pension reform is still being debated on and it was decided that people with Defined Benefits pensions have been given the permission to continue to examine the QROPS option if they have left the shores of ‘ol Blighty.

THIS IS a major development in the QROPS market as these pensions make up nearly 40% of all QROPS pensions being transferred at nearly 10,000 pensions a year as ex-pats see the advantages of this option to them. This news also shows the faith HMRC has in the QROPS industry and the validity of these investment options.

As QROPS has grown year on year since its inception, many ex-pats are seeing it for the attractive option it is and enjoy the benefits it gives them including -Tax free lump sums of up to 30% of your entire Pension Pot - Greater flexibility in the investing of your pension - Protected funds that are not subject to inheritance tax (currently 55%) or divorce judgements However, many people still choose to leave their pensions in the UK as they are either not aware of the option or they do not know or understand the benefits of it. While for some customers their pension pot may be too low to take advantage of the QROPS

option, meeting an independent financial advisor will let you see just what your options are and what could be available to you.

If you have worked in the UK and have a private pension pot left there, take the time to speak to a financial advisor, you can find out how much you have (many have been pleasantly surprised) and then you can look at your options.

If you have an idea of your pension pot, think what 30% of that could do for your life now….

Call us here at Pennick Blackwell, we will come to you for a free, no obligation fact find in order to establish your pension pot value and give you the options on how you can get the best out of it.

Prepare with Pennick Blackwell and minimise the risks to your money (and health!)

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money

Mad World

by

Keith Littlewood International Financial Adviser

THE CURRENT investments markets have a lot to cope with at the moment.

EVENTS IN Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine not to mention the potential Oil Price Crisis in Libya, Ebola and the Chinese debt crisis all on their own in days gone by would have a disastrous effect on the world markets with what then would be the usual bounce back once everything has blown over.

What we are seeing at the moment is very little movement with the odd minus/plus 5% return on portfolios over the last 18 months. What all this says is that there has to be some sort of surge in the markets in the coming months or years once things in the world are not so mad.

Even the greatest pessimist must admit to there being value in investing at the current moment in time. Let us just look at the FTSE 100: December 1999 saw an alltime high at 6930 then another high point in October 2007 of 6721 after various crashes and bounce backs.

Right now it is hovering around 6800 touching this year

a high of 6894.

Companies and banks are continuing to hold on to cash so if growth is not what is expected then at least higher than normal dividends should be paid by Companies, all of which adds to the returns for investors. Unlike the Banks they will not pay extra interest to their savers.

Over the last 18 months nothing much has happened in the markets, but when considering the above world events are they just the calm before the storm.

If you want to discuss this further and the types of companies or funds or investments that may suit you,

then now may be the time to jump in. Also elections in UK and USA usually mean that markets tend to do well to give the voter that feel good factor prior to making their all-important election decision If you need advice or have any questions regarding the above you can contact me on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com

The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity.

Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licenced in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Licence No: 00805B and registered with the DGS in Spain.

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legal

by

Carlos Baos

from White & Baos Abogados Solicitors Lawyers

On holiday in Spain? Your tax obligations as a non resident in Spain AS WE do occasionally, we wish to remind readers who are Non Tax Residents in Spain, if they own a property or a share of it in Spain, they must pay Income Taxes in Spain for Non Tax Residents, even if they do not have any income in Spain, merely for the fact of owning a property here.

SO IF you are here on holidays or if you live in Spain but you are not registered with the taxman as a tax resident, and you do not submit taxes as tax residents, you could be legally considered as Non Tax Resident, as no notice has been given to the Tax Authority.

WEALTH TAX Please remember that Non Tax Residents could be liable to pay Wealth Tax, but only if the value of their assets in Spain (after deducting debts, i.e: pending capital of the mortgage, etc.) is above 700.000€.

INCOME TAX FOR NON RESIDENTS (IRNR) If you are Non Tax Resident in Spain ( or

you are not legally tax resident in Spain), you will need to pay tax for income in Spain i.e.: for rents from a letting, interest on bank accounts, etc., and even if you do not have any income but you own a property or a share on a property, your tax bill will be based on a calculation as per the Cadastral Value (value that appears on your Spanish Local Rates receipt from the Town Hall, the SUMA office or the equivalent).

Even now it is quite common for people who are Non Fiscal Residents in Spain ( or not legally Tax Resident in Spain) to simply not pay this tax; usually due to ignorance or neglect, especially when they have no income in Spain and only

own a property.

Caution is needed as the Spanish Tax Office, equivalent to the Spanish Inland Revenue (Agencia Tributaria), is investigating property owners in Spain who do not pay taxes as either tax residents or non tax residents, urging them to update their status and pay the applicable tax.

If you are not sure if you are “legally or officially” tax resident or non tax resident, if you want to know what is the most convenient for you, we can assist you, studying your personal situation. If you are non tax resident, do not forget to meet your tax obligation if you want to avoid a possible tax inspection, penalties, etc.

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

White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 – All rights reserved Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

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Banks agree easier mortgage terms for distressed customers ACCORDING TO data released on Monday by the Finance Ministry, 45 banks have agreed new payment structures for 2,124 families in economic difficulties so that they may stay in their homes rather than face ruinous eviction processes. Since 2012 the number of suspended evictions has topped 10,000 and a total of 927 homes have been reassessed and awarded a reduced rent – part of the banks’ social housing support created to provide relief for tenants in difficulty. Priority is given to families with children and disabled or dependent relatives and retirees who are supporting their children or grandchildren.

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Life

Terra Mitica opens late for the summer TERRA MITICA is extending its opening hours during the height of the summer season.

By Jan Gamm BENIDORM’S MOST popular theme park will open until midnight each evening until 31st August with the added attraction ‘The Romance of the Andalusian Horse’ staged from 10pm proving a special draw for holidaymakers.

The performance in Iberia Park features the beauty and skill of Flamenco dancing combined with the elegance of equine dressage, an outstanding and unique evening’s entertainment and superb value for money. Mare Nostrum in the Egyptian area is also not to be missed - a romantic representation of the tale of Bella Xana and her lover Pietro. And a group of magical sea nymphs delight the audience with an enchanting dance on the water. The show includes magical light and sound effects with images projected onto a giant screen.

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY Terra Mitica is inviting candidates for a unique job opportunity. The person they are looking for must be over 18 years of age with a desire to travel and a love of fun entertainment.

This lucky ‘fun hunter’ will be sponsored by the theme park to travel around Europe for around 20 days to five selected destinations offering fun entertainment, with regular reports and assessments on the leisure and entertainment sector. The work carries a generous budget of 6,000€. Well it’s hard work but someone has to do it!

Interested parties should initially contact www.ulysses.terramiticapark.com to complete a questionnaire and submit a one minute application video profile before 6th August.

The company has received more than 500 applications in less than 24 hours so competition is tough!

Short-listers will be invited for interview by Terra Mitica Human Resources management.

new display kitchens now on show

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Mars squares on lucky Jupiter which gives you the thumbs up to start a new project and to immerse yourself in it. The feeling of achievement is all you need right now whilst you are both indecisive and unsure at least this will take your mind of things and help you to focus on the here and now.

A job worth doing is worth doing well, and you will.

Venus passes Saturn midweek and it is important that you take into consideration all that is open to you right now.

There has been some pressure from others who do not really know your reasons to stall, but then they are only seeing your expertise and wish to back you positively in your venture, they do not know what actually lies ahead!

Mercury takes a complicated route this week across the Cosmos as actions with Mars hedges on conflict whilst with Jupiter there is a silver lining in the form of a deserved reward. However the sanctions with Neptune midweek are the icing on the cake, so leave things be until the full implications of this are known and fully understood.

Sliding towards the Full Moon there is a restlessness about you that conveys something to others they do not expect from you. A good time to get things out in the open, you are sulking about something, and there is nothing to be gained by being sorry for yourself right now. Keep up momentum until you know you can rest those laurels.

Ceres takes on Scorpio, and it is a question of good timing right now that will see completed that which you have left late to do. There is a reason why you are doing this, but you are about to have the very best audience you ever had, and out there on centre stage is where you so belong.

Everything comes to those who wait. I wonder?

Stop this negativity now before it goes too far. O.K. if someone has got away with behaving badly, this is no excuse for you to follow suit in any way. You are made of stronger more resilient material than to just crumple at the mere suggestion of what is really at hand. Blame resolute actions between exasperating Pluto and a fixed Mercury.

You are better then most at weighing up a situation, but as for taking sides, this goes against the grain somewhat.

You may be tempted to spill the beans, but it is a lot better not to be involved in the first place than to be any part of a compromise. Contrary energies of Scorpio do nothing to set the matter straight but keep you in check.

Ceres is like a ticking clock and has influenced you somewhat in relation to recent developments, which are about to finally go your way. Anyone who bites the hand that feeds them is taking on far too much in the current scheme of things, and it is up to you not to remain silent, but to adequately put them once and for all in their place!

Jupiter helps Mercury to open new channels of communication, and this could lead to advancement in a private and personal nature. There is nobody so blind as someone who will not see, and your patience, whilst being sorely tested, is at the lowest ebb. Your proposals are for the common good, after all, and are no skin off your nose.

Actions of the Sun with Pluto greatly illuminate the darkness of the past, hopefully heralding a way ahead that is seen as both a challenge and a new way of looking ahead. You are about to make changes in your business life as you deputise at short notice, and this is the quickest way of getting your message through on all levels.

Plans made have had to be scuppered, but your intentions are good and based on those around you who need your input right now. As you wait for news remember that your psychic inner you has all kinds of possibilities, and that everything that happens is for a reason even if that same reason cannot be understood just yet, it will be.

Neptune is in cahoots with Mercury bringing a wealth of communication and well deserved publicity your way at last. You will achieve nothing by hiding away, but you are acting in support of others who really do need your tender love and care right now. So too though must your needs be brought to the surface. They matter very much, too!

If it’s your birthday this week

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Unity and forgiveness are what comes to mind as your astrological year begins. This year of change should be dedicated to your many achievements and your silent suffering should be swept away once and for all as it is time to shine, any way you know how!

Kenny Corris For Readings, Consultations and Castings email: kennycorris@hotmail.com / www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424

Running bear I COULDN’T believe it the first time I saw him.

My new Guide was on horseback and staring right at me. Oval hazel eyes peered out from a face lined with experience and strength. A finger pointed at me and then his headdress caught the sun and the myriad ice blue and coral glass beads could be seen between each clump of three feathers. Navajo chieftains appeared at his side as if they wanted to be introduced to me as well. This was my first vision of a Spiritual Guide, and I was thirteen years old. Running Bear was a Medicine man, and true to his name he carried a pouch of buffalo hide, within which were the potions of Native Red Indian remedies: enough to care for an entire tribe. He was so knowing of me, and he appeared so sure of me; whereas the White man in conflict of his predecessors had left him scarred and traumatised, battle weary and suspicious.

I had always dreamed of having a Red Indian Guide. I had read a book about Guides when I was in third grade, and marvelled that such wonderful people could be a part of my spiritual life. Running Bear was just like a dream that had very much come true for me, and I couldn’t believe my luck at this assignation. My Medicine man was soulful and spiritual and yet he was knowledgeable and prepared. He showed at once

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his inner energies and his strong need to alleviate pain and to support his tribe. Now, he was set to help me in my mission.

Though I had hot hands, I did not immediately take on the healing energies that were growing within me. A thirteen year old isn’t normally ready to take on a healing energy and to turn it into a ministry. However, my Guide was sent to tell me that I did have work to do, and that he would help me all the way along the spiritual path that was already opening in front of me.

Running Bear looked about a hundred years old. The lines on his sun beaten face always lovingly turned into ridges, like a well ploughed field, when he looked at me. I now know that he saw a future within me and the start of an association that would last for many years. He was so supportive of me and so consistently there when he was needed.

Just sometimes I dream of the prairies. The warm wind blows tumbleweed across a stretch of sand where grows the flowering cactus, and the sun fades dramatically over the ridge Suddenly, without warning, Running Bear digs in his heels and is carried into a blazing sunset by his trusty horse.

I watch him until he fades away and I am left with his pride, his love and his continued support and care of me for ever, in this World and the next.

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

Kenny, I heard that you run séances and I have always wanted to attend. My Great Aunt used to get out the Ouija board and terrify us when I was younger. We always felt that there was something there! Betty. O’M. Hi Betty. Yes I do have séances from time to time with a small invited audience. Nobody needs any qualification to be there but your past experience with your Aunt prepares you nicely. However a séance is not the same as using a Ouija board which many perceive is dabbling in black magic somewhat. My small Circle sit together and we make a connection, each of them is free to make contact individually if they wish to, and we do get some wonderful results. Time flies by and a three hour séance flashes by in what seems like half and hour! Shall I list you for the Autumn?

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 46.

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ACROSS 1. It’s right for top actor to join the directors (9) 8. Strange ring worn by learned divine (3) 9. Approach the lamp so as to be revealed (4,2,5) 11. Got out of the way with theologian coming round quite deceived (7) 12. Frequently mollify missing skinhead (5) 13. Amused a female who wasn’t nice to know (6) 15. Some of the side let everybody down - get rid of them! (6) 17. It takes a cool head and continuous pain to find a hiding-place (5) 18. Make a ripping removal (4,3) 20. Not well and inclined to be not at all friendly (3-8) 22. Bill may take it as lovers do (3) 23. Fell back and received medical attention again (9) DOWN DOWN 2. Born (3) 2. Also in the direction of nothing (3) 3. Small wood (5) 3. Restrained Edward the graduate (5) 4. Merchant (6) 4. Refer to everybody with due order (6) 5. Wild flower came up under animal (3-4) 5. Accumulate (7) 6. Airborne soldier (11) 6. Visit the greyhound stadium and be ruined (2,2,3,4) 7. Mend a torn decoration (9) 7. Lasting (9) 10. Curse the way men talk! (11) 10. Crises (11) 11. Popular government production of funny 11. Practical (9) comedy about over-turned car (9) 14. Extend (7) 14. All rest of stars in disturbance... (7) 16. Coil (6) 16. ...restrictions are precisely defined in part (6) 19. Spacious (5) 19. The fruit of temptation... (5) 21. ...by a woman the night before (3) 21. Dry (of wine) (3) ACROSS 1. Vigorous (9) 8. Wonder (3) 9. Abstainer (11) 11. Go before (7) 12. Additional (5) 13. Majestic (6) 15. Blow (6) 17. Collier (5) 18. Balcony wall (7) 20. Communication (11) 22. Anger (3) 23. A plant (9)

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What does the female menopause have to do with men?

WELL, IF you share your life with a woman of a ‘certain age’ you will be aware that it is not just women who suffer as a result of menopause!

Of course this is not always the case and there are woman who ‘sail’ through the menopause without so much as a single hot sweat or emotional outburst! Unfortunately, these women are the lucky few.

As a man, it can be difficult to understand what is happening to your beloved. It may remind you of her mysterious moods during pregnancy (if you have been down that road together).

Fluctuating hormone levels can cause havoc with a woman’s body, mind and emotions, whether this is due to periods, pregnancy or menopause. She will need your support and understanding.

SO WHAT IS THE MENOPAUSE ANYWAY? The menopause is actually the last menstrual period of a woman’s life. The average age of the menopause is 51 but it can occur later or much earlier. It is the end of her reproductive years. She will stop producing eggs and her sex hormones drop to very low levels.

However, problematic symptoms can begin around 10 years before this! This time leading up to the menopause, is called the ‘peri-menopause’. Women can also suffer menopausal symptoms for many years after the menopause.

HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN MY PARTNER IS GOING THROUGH THE MENOPAUSE? This is very difficult to answer as often, the woman herself may not know, especially if she is younger than average.

Her periods may be normal and regular but she may be experiencing other symptoms such as memory loss or tearfulness. Women may be mis-diagnosed with depression when in fact the cause is hormonal. However, if you are aware of the symptoms of menopause, you may be able to piece together the puzzle.

It is important to remember that these symptoms may have other causes that should be ruled out by a doctor.

Symptoms include: Unusually emotional/irritable/angry Depression Anxiety Low energy Low sex drive Pain during sexual intercourse Irregular/chaotic periods Periods that are very heavy or light Hot flushes Night sweats Memory loss Poor sleep Inability to cope with life

This article was written by the Family Medical Centre, Albir: for further information or to make an appointment call 96 686 5072.

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Put this together with getting wrinkles, sagging skin and breasts and flab appearing from nowhere and you can see that this is not always a fun time in a woman’s life!

Whether you are a male/female partner, friend or family member of a woman experiencing the menopause, you need to be aware of her difficulties. She will appreciate your support during this often troublesome time.

For women with severe or multiple symptoms that are making life difficult, herbal remedies and other complementary therapies can help. Alternatively, speak to a doctor about hormone replacement therapy (HRT).

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07:00 Breakfast 10:00 Commonwealth Games 13:00 Commonwealth Games 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Commonwealth Games 16:00 Commonwealth Games 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 Commonwealth Games 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:40 Tonight at the Games 24:40 Commonwealth Games Sportsday 24:55 EastEnders

07:45 Rip Off Britain: Food 08:30 The Big Allotment Challenge 09:30 First Time on the Front Line 10:00 Heir Hunters 10:45 Homes Under the Hammer 11:45 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:30 Saints and Scroungers 13:00 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Commonwealth Games 14:45 Perfection 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Wanted Down Under 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 Commonwealth Games 20:00 Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives 20:30 Red Arrows: Inside the Bubble 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 The Secret History of Our Streets 23:00 Commonwealth Games 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 24:05 Infamous

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Cruise Ship 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Jaws 2

07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 Come Dine with Me Down Under 12:25 Come Dine with Me Down Under 12:55 Channel 4 News 13:00 Come Dine with Me Down Under 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Million Pound Drop 22:00 The Singer Takes It All 23:00 The Last Leg 23:50 Virtually Famous 24:40 Run Fatboy Run

07:00 Childrens TV 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Police Interceptors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Memory Keeper’s Daughter 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Revealed 21:00 On the Yorkshire Buses 22:00 Big Brother 23:35 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:30 Stand by Your Man

07:00 Emmerdale 07:30 Emmerdale 08:00 You’ve Been Framed!

08:25 You’ve Been Framed!

08:50 Dinner Date 09:45 The Only Way Is Essex 10:30 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:15 Big Rich Texas 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed!

14:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

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22:00 The World Is Not Enough 24:30 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Glee 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 The Mindy Project 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Revenge 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Revenge 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Suburgatory 21:00 How I Met Your Mother 21:30 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 Hitman 23:55 8 Out of 10 Cats 24:25 Rude Tube

SATURDAY 2nd August BBC1

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07:00 A Date with the Falcon 08:00 The Falcon Strikes Back 09:05 The Living Planet 10:00 Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age 10:30 Great British Railway Journeys 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 Food & Drink 13:00 Rick Stein’s India 14:00 Talking Pictures 14:40 The Way We Were 16:35 Escape to the Country 17:20 Natural World 18:20 Commonwealth Games 18:40 Flog It! 19:10 Great War Diaries 20:10 Pembrokeshire: Coastal Lives 20:40 Dad’s Army 21:15 Proms Extra 22:00 Melvyn Bragg’s Radical Lives 23:00 Commonwealth Games 23:30 QI XL 24:15 Apocalypto

07:00 Pat & Stan 07:25 Dino Dan 07:50 Canimals 08:00 Canimals 08:05 Sooty 08:20 Digimon Fusion 08:40 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 09:00 Adventure Time 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Hungry Sailors 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:29 ITV Central Weather 12:30 Storage Hoarders 13:30 All Star Mr & Mrs 14:30 60 Minute Makeover 15:25 Catchphrase 16:10 The Great St Trinian’s Train Robbery 18:00 Valiant 19:35 ITV News Central 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 21:30 All Star Family

07:10 The Hoobs 07:40 The Grid 08:05 Trans World Sport 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Frasier 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Big Bang Theory 12:55 The Simpsons 13:25 Speed with Guy Martin 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 17:40 Come Dine with Me 18:10 Come Dine with Me 18:45 Come Dine with Me 19:15 Come Dine with Me 19:45 Channel 4 News 20:05 Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 The Inbetweeners Movie 24:05 Scary Movie

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:25 Make Way for Noddy 08:40 City of Friends 08:55 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:25 Angelina Ballerina 09:40 Rupert Bear 10:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Access 11:05 Emergency Bikers 12:00 Emergency Bikers 13:00 Emergency Bikers 14:00 Rocky III 15:55 Every Which Way but Loose 18:10 Where Eagles Dare 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Blinging Up Baby 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Autopsy: The Last Hours Of 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Psych

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 10:15 Coronation Street 12:45 Take Me Out 13:40 Dinner Date: Australia 14:35 The Only Way Is Essex 15:20 The Only Way Is Essex 16:05 Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 18:00 You’ve Been Framed!

19:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:00 About a Boy 22:00 Friends with Kids 24:15 Saw II

07:00 Switched 07:25 Desperate Housewives 08:10 Rules of Engagement 08:35 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Suburgatory 11:00 Suburgatory 11:30 The Mindy Project 12:00 The Mindy Project 12:30 2 Broke Girls 13:00 2 Broke Girls 13:30 How I Met Your Mother 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 Melissa & Joey 18:00 Melissa & Joey 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The 100 22:00 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 24:45 The Big Bang Theory

SUNDAY 3rd August

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07:25 Sinbad the Sailor

07:00 Pat & Stan 07:25 Dino Dan 07:50 Canimals 08:05 Sooty 08:20 Digimon Fusion 08:40 Mr Bean: The Animated Series 08:55 Chowder 09:10 Chowder 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 May the Best House Win 11:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 ITV News and Weather 12:35 River Monsters 13:05 Love Your Garden 14:05 Long Lost Family 15:10 Columbo: the Bye-Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case 16:50 Midsomer Murders 18:50 Tipping Point 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:15 Catchphrase 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:15 Brothers in Arms: The Pals Army of World War One 24:15 Premiership Rugby 7s Series

07:35 Ironman 2014 08:05 British F3 International Series 08:30 How I Met Your Mother 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:35 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 14:40 The Big Bang Theory 15:10 The Big Bang Theory 15:35 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Simpsons 16:35 Step Up 2 the Streets 18:35 Deal or No Deal 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Tom’s Fantastic Floating Home 21:00 The Mill 22:00 Child Genius 23:00 The Women

07:00 Childrens TV 08:40 City of Friends 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:15 Angelina Ballerina 09:30 Mio Mao 09:40 Rupert Bear 09:55 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15 Jelly Jamm 10:30 LazyTown 11:00 Access 11:05 Police Interceptors 12:00 Police Interceptors 13:00 Police Interceptors 14:00 Police Interceptors 15:00 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 16:45 Are We There Yet? 18:35 Hercules 20:15 5 News Weekend 20:20 Little Nicky 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 The Losers 24:50 Criminals: Caught on Camera

07:00 You’ve Been Framed!

07:25 Emmerdale 10:40 Coronation Street 13:05 America’s Got Talent 14:55 America’s Got Talent 15:45 Small Soldiers 17:55 Scooby-Doo 19:45 Back to the Future 22:00 The Holiday 24:45 Billy Madison

07:00 Make It or Break It 07:45 Suburgatory 08:10 Suburgatory 08:35 Suburgatory 09:00 The Mindy Project 09:30 The Mindy Project 10:00 The Mindy Project 10:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:55 Hollyoaks 13:30 Melissa & Joey 13:55 Melissa & Joey 14:25 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 15:25 Suburgatory 15:55 The Mindy Project 16:25 New Girl 16:55 The Big Bang Theory 17:25 The Big Bang Theory 17:55 The 100 19:00 Rude(ish) Tube 19:30 Rude(ish) Tube 19:50 Dear John 22:00 The Inbetweeners Go Global 23:00 The Inbetweeners: Viewers’ Top 5 23:35 The Inbetweeners: Viewers’ Top 5 24:05 The Inbetweeners: Viewers’ Top 5 24:40 The Inbetweeners: Viewers’ Top 5

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07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Wanted Down Under 08:50 Animal Park 09:20 Rip Off Britain: Food 10:05 Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies 11:05 Animal SOS 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 My Favourite Political Thinker 13:30 Climbing Great Buildings 14:00 My Life in Books 14:30 Breakaway 15:15 Coast 15:35 The Man from Laramie 17:15 Italy Unpacked 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 19:30 World War One Remembered 22:00 World War One Remembered 24:15 Dragons’ Den

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The 21st Question 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Countrywise 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Perspectives 24:40 Life of Ryan: Caretaker Manager

07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Win It Cook It 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 Marines Commando School 23:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 23:55 Kids and Guns 24:55 The Shooting Gallery

07:00 Childrens TV 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Revealed 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Murder without Conviction 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 World’s 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Dangerous Dog Owners & Proud 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 Emmerdale 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 Coronation Street 08:25 You’ve Been Framed!

08:50 Dinner Date 09:45 The Only Way Is Essex 10:25 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:15 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Die Another Day 24:40 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Switched 07:25 Rude(ish) Tube 08:10 Glee 08:55 Suburgatory 09:30 The Mindy Project 10:00 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Revenge 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Revenge 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 New Girl 21:00 The Mindy Project 21:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 22:00 The 100 23:00 Virtually Famous 23:50 Rude Tube 24:55 The Inbetweeners Top 10 Moments

09:20 Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets 10:20 Gardeners’ World 10:50 The Beechgrove Garden 11:20 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50 Rick Stein’s India 13:50 The Philadelphia Story 15:40 Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 17:25 Songs of Praise 18:00 Escape to the Country 19:00 Flog It! 20:00 Tropic of Capricorn 21:00 Dragons’ Den 22:00 The Thirteenth Tale 23:30 Winter’s Bone

MONDAY 4th August BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:10 World War One Remembered Across the Commonwealth 12:15 Best of Homes Under the Hammer 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Room 101 22:00 Death in Paradise 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC News and Weather 23:40 My £9.50 Holiday 24:20 Live at the Apollo

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 Fake Britain 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 In the Club 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Have I Got Old News for You 24:05 Imagine

07:05 Best of Homes Under the Hammer 07:35 Wanted Down Under 08:20 Animal Park 09:20 Rip Off Britain: Food 10:05 The Food Inspectors 11:05 The Great Property Race 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 13:00 My Favourite Political Thinker 13:30 Climbing Great Buildings 14:00 Coast 14:10 My Life in Books 14:40 The Super League Show 15:25 Picnic 17:15 Italy Unpacked 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 20:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 21:00 Coast 22:00 The Secret History of Our Streets 23:00 The Sarah Millican Television Programme 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 The Stuarts

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The 21st Question 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Love Your Garden 22:00 Kids Behind Bars 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 The Chase 24:40 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Win It Cook It 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free 22:00 Undercover Boss 23:00 Utopia 24:00 Royal Marines Commando School

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Emergency Bikers 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Girl He Met Online 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Henry VIII & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History 21:00 The Dog Rescuers 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 Emmerdale 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 Coronation Street 08:25 You’ve Been Framed!

08:50 Dinner Date 09:45 The Only Way Is Essex 10:25 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:15 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 The Cube 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:50 Celebrity Juice 24:40 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Glee 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 The Mindy Project 10:00 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Revenge 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Revenge 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 New Girl 22:30 The Mindy Project 23:00 The Inbetweeners 23:35 The Inbetweeners 24:05 The Inbetweeners 24:40 The Inbetweeners

wednesday 6th August BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 20:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 21:00 The Great British Bake Off 22:00 Operation Wild 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Who Do You Think You Are? 24:35 The Man without a Face

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Wanted Down Under 08:45 Animal Park 09:15 Rip Off Britain: Food 10:00 Talk to the Animals 11:00 The Machine Gun and Skye’s Band of Brothers 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Life in the Freezer 13:30 Life in the Freezer 14:00 My Life in Books 14:30 Breakaway 15:15 Mrs Miniver 17:20 Italy Unpacked 18:20 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 20:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 21:00 The Stuarts 22:00 The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire 23:00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 The Secret History of Our Streets

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The 21st Question 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 All Star Mr & Mrs 22:00 Secrets from the Clink 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Weight Loss Ward 24:40 Off the Beaten Track

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Win It Cook It 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money 22:00 One Born Every Minute 23:00 The Mimic 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 On the Yorkshire Buses 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Mind over Murder 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 21:00 Emergency Bikers 22:00 World’s Worst Storms 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 Emmerdale 08:00 You’ve Been Framed!

08:25 You’ve Been Framed!

08:50 Dinner Date 09:45 The Only Way Is Essex 10:25 The Real Housewives of New Jersey 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:15 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed!

14:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Through the Keyhole 23:00 The Bourne Supremacy

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Glee 08:55 Suburgatory 09:30 The Mindy Project 09:55 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Revenge 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Revenge 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Wedding Planner 23:05 The Inbetweeners Go Global 24:10 The Big Bang Theory 24:40 The Big Bang Theory

thursday 7th August BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:30 BBC Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Wanted Down Under 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 Fake Britain 20:30 EastEnders 21:30 Scrappers 22:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Motorway Cops 24:35 Trust the Man

07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Wanted Down Under 08:50 Animal Park 09:20 Rip Off Britain: Food 10:05 Escape to the Continent 11:05 Gardeners’ World 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Life in the Freezer 13:30 Life in the Freezer 14:00 My Life in Books 14:30 Quo Vadis 17:15 Italy Unpacked 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo 20:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 21:00 Natural World 22:00 The Honourable Woman 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 The World’s War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 The Speakmans 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The 21st Question 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Harbour Lives 22:00 Kids with Cameras: Diary of a Children’s Ward 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Benidorm 24:40 The Chase

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Swimming 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Come Dine with Me 14:40 Four in a Bed 15:40 Countdown 16:30 Deal or No Deal 17:30 Win It Cook It 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year 22:00 Embarrassing Bodies 23:00 First Time Farmers 24:05 Child Genius

07:00 Childrens TV 08:00 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Little Princess 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Ultimate Police Interceptors 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Husband She Met Online 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket 2014 21:00 Countdown to Murder 22:00 Autopsy: The Last Hours Of 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 Emmerdale 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 You’ve Been Framed!

08:25 You’ve Been Framed!

08:50 Dinner Date 09:45 The Only Way Is Essex 10:25 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:15 Millionaire Matchmaker 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed!

14:45 The Jeremy Kyle Show 15:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Shaun of the Dead 24:05 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Switched 07:20 90210 08:05 Glee 09:05 Suburgatory 09:35 The Mindy Project 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Revenge 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:35 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Revenge 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Suburgatory 22:30 The Inbetweeners 23:00 Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy 23:35 The IT Crowd 24:05 New Girl 24:35 The Mindy Project

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showbiz goss

by Peter

Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

Ron Howards Fab Four Time Machine I SAID last week to ‘Watch this Space’ when telling you about a film documentary about to be made about The Beatles in the 60s, and I’ve now got lots more info about it and can’t wait to pass it on.

Ron Howard will be the director, the man who won an Oscar for that amazing movie ‘A Beautiful Mind’ starring Russell Crowe, and he said to Rolling Stone magazine: “The six years of Beatlemania was such a dramatic transformation in terms of global culture and these remarkable four individuals were not only geniuses but entirely relatable, and that duality is something that is going to be very interesting to explore.”

Sounds a bit deep that but when he went on to say: “The movie will also incorporate fan videos to help recreate previously unseen concerts and original recordings,” we find out that this film is going to be very special indeed. Howard then totally got my juices flowing when he added “we can now create a concert experience so immersive and so engaging, I believe you’re going to actually feel like you’re somewhere in the sixties, seeing what it was like to be there, feeling it and hearing it.” … OMG!!!

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono and George Harrison’s widow Olivia have all agreed to take part, confirming that they’ve got all the bases covered in terms of authenticity and truth. Howard then teased us with a rather delightful snippet when he said: “Their last concert was in ’66, when they were probably the most famous people on the planet, and they carried their own amps onstage, something that’s emblematic of the charm of this story.” The documentary is tentatively scheduled for release late next year, and I don’t know about you, but I´m already counting the days.

I NEVER ever thought I would be writing about ‘teabag wars’ but such is the case and the two giants of the business, PG Tips and Tetley are at the heart of it. It’s clear they both keep a keen eye on each other’s commercials, as they are currently doing battle over whether round shaped teabags are better than pyramid shaped ones. Send in your personal preference and I´ll pass on the results to the idiots!

THE ODDS are that the news of S Club 7 definitely getting back together will be met with a varying mix of delight and horror. They were formed in 1998 by Simon Fuller who put The Spice Girls together, and produced a sugarcoated bubblegum pop that personally speaking I found extremely irritating. This reunion has come about because of a reality TV show; that genre has so much tripe to answer for.

Celebrity Clips MICK JAGGER attended the premiere in New York of a movie he produced called ‘Get on Up’ about soul man James Brown, and his 15-year-old lovechild son Lucas stole the show from his charismatic dad. Being pictured with his mother Luciana Giménez young Lucas looked totally at home posing with a taller woman, something dad has done most of his life. Mick met Luciana backstage at a gig in 1998 and (ahem) … they got on well.

LADY GAGA came off the road 18 months ago to have hip surgery and it’s more or less gone downhill for the poor girl since. Her new toons after the break have been indifferent, and as if that was not enough to be dealing with she´s put on a few kilos and is now battling the bulge. She said on Jimmy Kimmel show “I´m curvy and proud!” … whatever the hell that means!

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Irregular Past Participles We are now continuing our quest to learn how to talk about the recent past in Spanish, and a few other things besides, by forming the past participle of verbs.

There are actually quite a few things to say about all of this which will take a few articles.

Whilst the picture is still incomplete you will probably have all sorts of questions, but if you wait you may well find them answered as we go along.

So for today we will just talk about the formation of the past participle and give a few examples at the end of the sorts of sentences we are aiming at so that you’re not left completely in the dark.

We saw last week that in the case of regular verbs, that is most of them, we take the two letter endings off our infinitive verbs and make a simple change with them. The –ar ending becomes – ado; and the –er and –ir endings become – ido. This gives us, for example: to speak -“hablar”, spoken - “hablado”; to drink – “beber”, drunk - “bebido”; to sleep “dormir”, slept - “dormido”. Now this is very simple indeed, but there are a few irregular verbs as well to think about.

Happily they are very common, so we tend to get to know them quite quickly. Here are some of them: Abrir (to open) - abierto (opened) Escribir (to write) - escrito (written) Decir (to say/to tell) - dicho (said/told) Hacer (to make/to do) - hecho (made/done)

Morir (to die) - muerto (died) Ver (to see/to watch) - visto (seen/watched) Volver (to return) - vuelto (returned) I feel I can go no further without given you actual examples of how these things are used, on the understanding that more will be explained next time, particular regarding the translation of “have” and “has” in these sentences.

Here we go: He hablado con mi vecino. - I have spoken to my neighbour.

Has escrito una carta. - You have written a letter Ha dormido bien. - He has slept well.

Hemos visto la película - We have seen the film.

Habéis vuelto de vacaciones- You have come back from holiday.

Han bebibo mucha cerveza. - They have drunk a lot of beer.

Before next week, practise forming some more past participles. Here are some verbs we have already learnt to get you started. They are all regular so you should do them in a jiffy: Trabajar, cocinar, bailar, aprender, comer, firmar, visitar, tener, comprar, conducir, ir, cambiar.

Crossword Solutions for Last Week

CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Primer; 8 Search; 10 Receded; 11 Maxim; 12 Seen; 13 Knell; 17 Plump; 18 Pare; 22 Sloop; 23 Elector; 24 Eleven; 25 Patron.

Down: 1 Oppress; 2 Pitched; 3 Wends; 4 Seamile; 5 Proxy; 6 Thyme; 9 Odd number; 14 Clipper; 15 Pasture; 16 Wearing; 19 Asset; 20 Rowed; 21 He-man.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Repair; 8 Damage; 10 Verbose; 11 Agree; 12 Road; 13 Tally; 17 State; 18 Moor; 22 Tramp; 23 Tension; 24 Fluffy; 25 Rugged.

Down: 1 Bravery; 2 Spartan; 3 Pilot; 4 Manacle; 5 Harry; 6 Sever; 9 Devastate; 14 Stupefy; 15 Foliage; 16 Grenade; 19 Stuff; 20 Vague; 21 Annul.

Suduko Answer

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charity

Pink Ladies at the Citrus Centre

Reach Out strike a pose

Maria and the pink ladies raised another 1,500 euros for the AECC

LAST SATURDAY, 26th July Maria and the Pink Ladies held another excellent fund raising event on behalf of the AECC at the Citrus Centre. The entertainment and activities raised a fantastic 1,500€ towards the AECC’s early detection program and into Cancer research.

The event was supported by some of the top entertainers in the region including Dan Davy, Robert Bonovox and Ashley Tweddle, all supported by the team at Sunshine Radio, There was a host of children’s activities to keep then busy and adding to the fun

including a bouncy castle, face painting and their very own children’s tombola but with also with plenty to do to keep the adults amused too. Maria would like to than all who came along and supported the cause and helping to raise a fantastic amount of money.

THE SECOND annual ‘Reach Out’ fashion show proved to be another success. This year the event was held at the New Asturias Restaurant on Friday 25th July and highlighted a selection of quality, donated clothing, for both sexes, that can be found in their charity shops. The appreciative audience marvelled at the quality and were very pleasantly surprised at the low prices of the clothes being modelled, all of which came from the newest ‘Reach Out’ charity shop, located at Calle Dona Sinforosa 8.

After the show the clothes went on sale together with other selected clothing, handbags, shoes, jewellery and the afternoon continued with a Tombola, Hamper Raffle and general Raffle,with some wonderful prizes. The event raised an excellent 345€ to assist the worthwhile charity who help the homeless. Apart from the two youngsters, all the the models strutting their stuff were members of The Actors Studio who all gave up their precious time and coped with the heat and the challenges of changing clothes, to present the fashions. Thanks must go to the Asturias Restaurant who provided the room, and especially the ‘air con’, free of charge and who helped raise the profile of the new shop by letting “Reach Out” present the show.

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people

The Royal British Legion’s Summer Event THE ROYAL British Legion held their Summer Event for the District as a summer BBQ, organised by the District Chairman, Nigel Hails. It was held in Hondón de los Frailes and six local Branches attended as well as many friends and guests. 140 people enjoyed a superb spread cooked and served by Tina of Aulsberry’s Catering Service and a local Spanish DJ Antonio, entertained those present. It was a great opportunity for Legion members to meet those from other Branches and swap ideas.

Members of the Benidorm and District Branch were there to see Marilyn Rogers, Branch Membership Secretary being presented with the McCrea Shield. The Branch had been awarded this Shield at the Annual Conference in Torquay in May for their increased recruiting of members – this being the second time in three years that they have been recognised in this way.

The event raised 400€ for the Poppy Appeal. Nigel said “It was the first event of its kind and we plan to organise another occasion in the future in another part of the District in order to involve other Branches.”

Anyone wishing to find out more about Branches in their area, are asked to go to the website: www.britishlegion.org.uk/counties/spain-north or contact the District Secretary on secretary.rbl.dns@gmail.com. For any welfare enquiries, please ring 676 451 780, between 9.00am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday.

Peggy Wyatt, District Vice Chairman, Marilyn Rogers, Benidorm and District Branch, Nigel Hails, District Chairman and Pamela Dawson Tasker, BEM, Chairman, Benidorm and District Branch

Grateful Lions!

WHEN THE Lions required a notice board they commissioned Peter Kent to build it for them.

To the Lions’ surprise not only was it built, installed and varnished but when they came to pay for it they were told that it had been jointly funded by the Sierra Espuna Masons and Camposol Bridge Club.

The Lions’ sincere thanks go out to them for this kind gesture.

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tech

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Recording on laptop HOLA AUNTY: When I watched my granddaughter’s graduation ceremony live online on the laptop, Windows 7, wifi, the picture at times froze, disappeared, became blurry...

Luckily I had my iPad on as well, In case I missed anything, and there were no problems with this apart from periodic blurring then clearing.

Could it be anything to do with the fact I had downloaded software for recording it, (and was trying to use it, with which I was unsuccessful).

Thank God I had the iPad on, or I wouldn’t have seen my granddaughter graduate! Marion Aunty says: Recording software running on a PC will be the problem there...

The software requires a very powerful PC to do what you want to do... and so the stopping and starting would have been that your PC is not powerful enough to do both play and recording...

Skype video problems DEAR AUNTY: Can you help? When I Skype, the other person can’t see me: when I go into tools then options, then video, the camera curser just keeps going around. When I try to take a photo of myself in the picture box it says ‘error unknown’.

I sometimes have had a box come up saying ‘Warning. VCE-icode APIis supported’ - I have Windows 7 and Skype 6.16 I haven’t a clue what this means. When I press the ‘x’ to clear it the picture then starts to work: it says I have the latest updates. Valerie.

Aunty says: Some people have had this issue with the latest version of Skype, where there is a conflict between the camera and Skype. There are three options: To uninstall the camera and camera software, reboot the PC, and then reinstall the camera To uninstall Skype and reinstall Skype To uninstall Skype and reinstall a previous version of Skype (Download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup_6.14.0.104.msi), and turn off its Automatic updates (Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> Automatic updates ->Turn off automatic updates).

Response: I did as you suggested and went back to the older version of Skype and that works fine. Thanks!

Outlook cannot complete this request

HI AUNTY: I wonder if you could help me again. When I open Outlook to check or send emails I would have this message appear at the top of the page, ‘Outlook.com was not able to complete this request. Microsoft may contact you about any issues you report’. I would close it, only for it to appear again. When I close it for the second time does it disappear, and allows me to enter a subject? Is it possible to get rid of it? Should have asked you about it some time ago, but it is now driving me crazy… I look forward to your page every week. Tom. Aunty says: It is a bit difficult to give a full diagnosis without all the information (browser, operating system). The error may be an issue with your web-browser. If so, try another web browser: Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera…

Or the browser you are using is not updated to the latest version.

Or, within your current browser, you have some form of ‘pop up blocker’ or other ‘add on’ that is conflicting with outlook.

Or, as it is outlook, which can be slow to respond at times, this may be an issue at their end which is stopping your PC from completing the required actions.

Blocking phone numbers DEAR AUNTY: I have an Android mobile and keep getting a text message in Spanish saying I have ‘called the wrong number, please revise and try again’ - I have rung or texted this number but the text keeps coming back, up to 300 messages in one instance. I have since changed my SIM card and had the phone re-set to the factory settings on two occasions. Have you any ideas? Mal Aunty says: Perhaps the simplest method to stop calls and texts coming through is to block this number. On the call / message log, press and hold for a few seconds the number you wish to block. A menu will appear where you can ‘Add to reject list’. You can check your ‘rejected calls list’ by Phone > Menu > Call settings > Call rejection > Auto reject list.

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Gadget Inspector Investigates: Kärcher WV60 Cordless Window Vac

THIS WEEK the Inspector takes a look at the Kärcher WV60 Cordless Window Vac – the complete window cleaning vacuum kit.

The idea of vacuuming windows creates a somewhat surreal image of someone using the Dyson in what would appear to be a futile attempt to clean them. The reality, however, is not as bonkers as it may sound.

The Kärcher Cordless Window Vac works by sucking surfaces dry and as a result makes it easier to achieve streak free windows due to the design of the rubber blades, allowing the liquid to suck straight from a smooth surface.

Powered by a re-chargeable Lithium-Ion battery the Kärcher will clean up to 45 windows on a single charge.

It is also designed to remove liquid from other surfaces including mirrors, tiles, shower screens and can even deal with spills on worktops and floors. And the Kärcher even has its uses in the damper months being very handy at dealing with any condensation build-up on windows and other surfaces.

And when you’re done simply empty the collected liquid from the 100ml tank and connect to the re-charging unit ready for the next time!

The kit also comes with a small 170mm blade designed to clean smaller windows - simply disconnect the current blade and click the small head into place. Also included is a handy spray bottle from which detergent can be sprayed and then cleaned with the micro-fibre cleaning cloth attached to the spray bottle head.

The Inspector’s Verdict: The Kärcher WV60 Cordless Window Vac is one of these gadgets you never realised would be such a boon until you’d tried it. So why continue to make such a necessary chore just that? Instead make it a breeze and get yourself a Kärcher Cordless Window Vac! Please note the following is for information and is not intended as an advertisement - visit www.gadgethound.co.uk/window-vac to purchase the Kärcher WV60 Window Vac for 90€. Please note the charger unit has a UK plug which will require a Spanish 2-pin adapter. Price quoted includes delivery to Spain and is subject to availability (Euro cost subject to exchange rate at time of purchase).

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Focus on Golf Powered by Campbell Lamont Golf, partnered by BayRadio

Olympic Golf Golden Opportunity given a bronze by the IGF

By Tony Myles IT IS still a couple of years away but the return of golf to the Olympics is already provoking controversy. There are two major areas of contention.

1. SELECTION PROCESS Firstly the method by which individuals can be invited to compete.

Many would have wished this to be by some form of regional knockout qualification event which would allow the new countries who are just discovering the sport to become giant killers and get through to the finals.

Instead the International Golf Federation have decided that qualification will be determined by world rankings and sixty players will be invited with four from each qualifying country and then only the top four who feature highest in the world rankings. These are the same rankings that can see a player hold onto a top ten position without actually winning anything. So this process will exclude a number of countries and will also prevent any participating country from having an option in choosing who should represent them.

2. FOUR DAY FORMAT Secondly the format is a four day individual stroke play. For this historic return wouldn’t it be much universally enthralling to have some form of team event with a format that prompted enthusiastic national support, in much the same way that the Ryder cups evokes that fervour? Instead it will be a polite parade with the winner marching up the eighteenth fairway in the same manner that they do in the Masters, and the OPEN and the US OPEN and the Women’s US OPEN and countless other events. Such a

squandered opportunity to make this a truly exciting and memorable occasion. Instead it will merely blend into the background in the same way that Olympic Tennis has much lower profile, and consequently lower interest, than any of the Grand Slam events.

I have no doubt this issue will be debated constantly for the next two years and I will enjoy hearing your views.

One final point on the subject is the venue. It will be in Rio, and of course everyone was thrilled that the recent world Cup was such a great success, when many were fearful that it would be plagued with problems and conflict. With two years to go the golf course has yet to be built.

However it is not too early to plan your trip to the event and so if you are considering doing so then contact our Campbell who will be putting together some great packages. Email info@clgolf.es.

DO WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR ‘GET IN THE HOLE!’ ON EVERY SHOT?

It is always a pleasure to receive feedback and so I welcome comments in agreement and in disagreement. Taking an opposing view is always healthy as it stimulates debate, and most people enjoy an argument, provided it is based on valid points-of-view. So I have to thank those who kindly commented on the point I made last week about loutish behaviour in Golf. Not by the players of course, but by a very small minority of spectators.

Most viewers who watched the OPEN will have noticed an incident which involved Sergio Garcia, Rory McIlroy and a spectator. Sergio and Rory had suffered heckling throughout their final round and by the sixteenth tee Rory had had enough, and so he reported the offender to the authorities who then showed the perpetrator the exit. In the midst of various comments received there were a few who suggested that, as a professional player, he should have been able to shut out all those intrusive noises - “Pay me a Million Euros and you can make as much noise as you like!”.

Which I can agree with, but of course it is not

Head 2 Head Summer

Campbell - How are you managing in the hot summer weather?

Tony M - Most of the crew still play three times each week.

Campbell - That must be a bit of a struggle at times.

Tony M - Well there are days when it is still dark when I get up.

Campbell - Ah that explains a lot.

Tony M - You mean the fact that we can all play a full round before it gets too hot.

Campbell - No the fact that I’ve seen you wearing odd shoes.

Tony M - Well I once got up very early to watch the sun rise and I couldn’t understand why. Then it dawned on me.

Campbell - I think we should quit while we’re behind! merely a matter of how big the purse is, as I know some amateur golfers playing for five Euros who will lose their rag if someone passes wind on the next fairway. So my argument is that, irrespective of who you are and the size of the reward on offer, if you are endeavouring to play a sport to the best of your ability then you deserve the respect of those who are there to watch you do so and if that sport demands a high level of concentration, you should be afforded every consideration by the watching crowd. Email tony@bayradio.fm.

Join Campbell and Tony every Saturday from 11.00 on Bay Radio. Bay Radio is the most popular English language radio station in Spain. Tune in From Valencia to Cartagena and online on www.bayradio.fm

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Registering your vehicle in Spain Spanish license plates and registration document.

Registering a non-Spanish vehicle in Spain is a complex and potentially costly procedure. However, you may be exempt from Spanish registration tax by getting Spanish number plates within one month of entering the country. But to do this, you need to become a resident. Linea Directa has been insuring expat drivers in Spain for over a decade and understands all the steps involved. Below we outline this process.

STEP 1: OBTAINING A CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMITY This is a statement by the car’s manufacturer that it conforms to EU regulations. You will need the car’s chassis number to complete this straightforward process online at www.eurococ.eu/en/certificate_ of_conformity. The charges for this service will vary according to type of vehicle, make and country of 1st registration.

STEP 2: CURRENT LOG BOOK The vehicle’s original log book showing your name as the owner, the vehicles age and a valid UK

address. You will also need the bill of sale for the car.

STEP 3: RESIDENCY IN SPAIN The Spanish residency certificate (Certificado de Empadronamiento) is your official proof of residency in Spain. Your local town hall can provide you with this document.

You will need to take your passport and proof of Spanish address (rental contract, contract to purchase or property deeds).

STEP 4: OBTAINING A SPANISH MOT CERTIFICATE All vehicles over 4 years old must be roadworthy and clearly display a valid ITV sticker. The ITV (Vehicle Technical Inspection) must be tested at an authorised centre, just as for an MOT test.

You can find out the location of your nearest ITV centre on DGT website (equivalent to the DVLA).

You can also call your local centre to make a booking. If the centre is busy, especially pre-summer, this can save a lot of time. The cost can vary but generally is around 40€

for petrol-engine cars and 56€ for diesel-engine cars.

Step 5: OBTAINING A SPANISH EQUIVALENT OF A TAX DISC The Spanish Tax Agency can provide your vehicle with a valid “tax disc” for Spain, which must be carried in the car when in use. You will need to complete the relevant form online and pay the amount according to

your car’s tax band.

You can carry out all these procedures yourself or you can seek the assistance of an accountant to do this for you.

We hope the information provided in this article is of interest.

If you would like to contact Linea Directa please call 902-123-148 More information on Linea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

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