RTN South Edition 808 by Round Town News

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SOUTH COSTA BLANCA EDITION

January 2015

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

Issue 808

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Costa Blanca property sales on the rise PROPERTY SALES in the region are on the rise with Torrevieja leading the charge. by Keith Nicol PROPERTY SALES in the region are on the rise with Torrevieja leading the charge. The revival of the construction industry and the desire for new first and second home is once again being led by foreigners, a fact highlighted by the latest situation report of the Chamber of Commerce. The latest official statistics support this thesis. In the case of licenses for new housing, the College of Technical Architects and Surveyors note that construction

levels will return this year to previous figures before the crisis of 2008. In addition, employers Provia noted that demand for the English market, because of the weakening of the euro against the pound sterling, was among other causes, to â&#x20AC;&#x153;accentuateâ&#x20AC;? the market throughout 2015. 31,655 licenses for new housing constructions were issued in 2007 on the Costa Blanca, a figure well below the 52,715 and 52,737 units in 2003 and 2004. The

Association of Surveyors reports that in the first two months of the year they issued 882 new work licenses representing half or those granted during the years of crisis. In 2010 these stood at 1,939, in 2011 they totaled 1,667 and 1,329 in 2012. Half of all new homes starting construction this year are located in Torrevieja (265), the Orihuela Costa (120) and Rojales (77). Continued on page 8.

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Unemployment drops by almost a thousand ALMOST ONE thousand people signed off the Unemployment Register during March 2015.

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THE TOWN that experienced the greatest drop was Torrevieja, with 448 more people employed, followed by Pilar de la Horadada and Orihuela. Overall, unemployment figures in the region of the Vega Baja experienced a reduction last March of 997 people. According to statistics provided by Servef, Torrevieja once again led the way in finding people work, accounting for almost half of those leaving the dole, with 448, followed by Pilar de la Horadada, with 147, and 123 people in Orihuela. Other Municipalities that showed significant improvements ncluded Guardamar, where 112 people found work. According to the latest figures, the overall Unemployed in the region through 27 locations now stands at 34,105. It’s not all good news however, as the trend moved in the op-

posite direction in Callosa, where unemployment rose by 22 people during March, Benferri with other ten and eight in Algorfa. The major workers union UGT considered that the decline in registered unemployment in the Valencian Employment Service (Servef) is positive although the union insists that there also a negative factor associated with the figures due to the low quality of jobs created with few being offered full time contracts. Of those finding work, the service sector accounted for 824 people, followed by construction, where 120 jobs were created, agriculture with 62 and industry with 33. As for the age ranges; 718 fewer unemployed were between 25 and 44 years and 112 youths, aged under 25 years, to which must be added another 62 people over the age of 45.

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French air traffic cause chaos on the Costas HUNDREDS OF flights were grounded on Wednesday and Thursday, with delays affecting flights through French airspace, in a dispute over increase in pension age. The Civil Aviation Authority has said any passengers due to fly out in the next few days should check with their airline before going to the airport in case their journey is cancelled.

by Jeanette Rice RYANAIR CANCELLED 250 flights on Wednesday from airports including Birmingham, Luton, Leeds Bradford, Stansted, East Midlands and Dublin. Among the destinations on Ryanair’s cancelled were are Alicante and Málaga in Spain. EasyJet cancelled 118 flights. Most of the axed services involve flights within France, but also include return flights to Paris from Gatwick, Belfast and Luton, as well as a Gatwick-Toulouse return service. Ryanair criticised the industrial action by French airtraffic controllers, who want fresh talks on working conditions and are angry at plans to push back their pension age by two years. An easyJet spokesperson said: “We can assure our passengers we are doing everything possible to limit the inconvenience of this strike on them.” Across Europe flight delays had accumulated to a total of more than 278,000 minutes by Wednesday morning, Eurocontrol’s network operations portal showed. Normally this figure would be somewhere between 3,000 and 15,000 minutes, the spokesman said. The strike, which began on Wednesday at 5am and was set to last 48 hours, was called by the main airtraffic union SNCTA, which wants talks over the working conditions of its members. It is anticipated that although the strike period was 48 hours it will take days for the airlines to re schedule those who have had their flights cancelled. SNCTA had originally called the strike from 25 to 27 March but scrapped it after the Germanwings crash in the French Alps in which 150 people were killed.

International news...

Nicaragua rejects gay marriage A NEW legal definition of what constitutes a family took effect in Nicaragua on Wednesday, drawing anger from gay groups who say it massively impacts their rights. The so-called Family Code, first agreed in June 2014, establishes marriage as only “between a man and a woman.” Aside from barring gay marriage, the definition precludes gays from adopting and diminishes other rights. “We feel we have been excluded from these laws,” said Marvin Mayorga, leader of the Movement for Sexual Diversity. The rule explicitly states that only man-woman couples, foreign or Nicaraguan, can adopt. Additionally, Mayorga said gay couples would not be allowed to use fertility treatments to get pregnant. Nor would they be entitled to social security protection or inheritance in the case of loss of a spouse. Several gay-rights groups plan to challenge the code in the country’s supreme court. About 600,000 gay people live in Nicaragua.

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ACCOUNTANT JAMES Jackson is standing against Mayor of London Boris Johnson in the UK General election – hoping to raise awareness of the fight to win a vote for all expats. The former treasurer of Colwyn Borough Council and the Falkland Islands Government lives near Narbonne in France and will contest the Parliamentary seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip for the campaign group Votes for British Citizens Abroad. James admitted: “I am not at all concerned with obtaining votes. Indeed, it would be a shock if Boris Johnson was not elected with a thumping majority. My objectives are to both raise awareness that many British citizens, passport holders and tax payers, are denied a vote, and to have some ammunition in the event the Government pursuing the restriction of income tax personal allowance to its very own people.” He said it was time Britain supported all its citizens and returned the vote to them and “stop punishing them for living in Europe of which Britain is supposed to be a part.” James had to pay £500 to become a candidate and needed 10 signatures from residents on the electoral register in the constituency – which took 90 minutes to collect. “Once our objective of overturning the 15 years rule was explained, most residents were very supportive and signed without hesitation. One commented that it was disgraceful that British citizens and taxpayers were excluded from voting when the government was considering giving the vote to prisoners – who, incidentally, are excluded from standing as Parliamentary candidates.” He said his actions were triggered by his “disgust” at losing the right to vote after 15 years of living abroad. And James said he believed opponent Mr Johnson was a charismatic personality capable of obtaining media attention to the campaign for an expat vote. “He has already actively encouraged those British citizens abroad who are able to vote, to register to do so,” he added. “He should be a great asset in support of obtaining a lifetime vote for Britons abroad and eventually representation in the British Parliament.” To find out more about the campaign for an expat vote at James Jackson www.votes-for-expat-brits.com

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New passport checks may cause travel disruption PASSPORT CHECKS on all travellers leaving Britain were introduced on Wednesday amid fears of delays during peak travel times. by Jeanette Rice New border checks have been introduced which will require every passport to be thoroughly verified before a person can leave the UK. The checks have been introduced at seaports, airports and tunnels which provide exit points from the British Isles. The changes are expected to particularly affect cross-Channel and Channel tunnel travellers, who will now need to have their passports scanned. It is hoped that as airlines currently gather passengers’ information ahead of time, there is unlikely to be a noticeable difference in queues for passengers, although there are fears of delays at peak travelling times. The Home Office says the changes will strengthen Britain’s border security, adding that the implementation of the checks will be staggered at sites across the country. For the first month all passports will be scanned, but only 25% of passport holders will have their details verified. In the second month 50% will be checked. By the middle of June, 100% of passports will be fully checked. More staff have been brought in to cope with the new measures, but whether the changes will have a detrimental impact on passengers will not be known until peak travelling times, such as the summer months. A P&O spokesperson said: “They picked a quiet day for the introduction of the checks. “The actual scanning of passports is quick, it’s the verification that takes longer. We are hoping there will be a fairly seamless transition to the new system.” Those travelling on coaches must all now exit the coach and have their passport individually identified before continuing on their journey.

Animal news...

Stolen yorkshire terrier flags down RSPCA van ALFIE, STOLEN from his owner, was dumped by burglars but managed to find his owner 100 miles away after barking at a passing RSPCA officer’s van. Alfie ran into the middle of a country road in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, and barked at inspector Stephanie Law’s van to get her to pull over.Ms Law stopped and the Yorkshire terrier jumped in as soon as she opened the door. The RSPCA officer then scanned the dog’s microchip to find out its owner’s address and discovered the seven-year-old dog had been stolen from a house in the West Midlands on 21 March. She said: “I have had plenty of people wave me down for help, but I have never actually been flagged down by a dog in need of rescue before. It was as if he recognised my uniform and knew I was there to rescue him.” His owner Kirsty Mitton, 23, is over the moon to have Alfie back, who seems none the worse for wear after his ordeal.

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

Eduardo meets the press

Eduardo Dolon is looking to the future

by Keith Nicol EDUARDO DOLON, Mayor or Torrevieja met with members of the International Press last week in an open question and answer session. It was a chance for the Mayor to provide many updates that were taking place in the City and to talk about his plans for the future, should he be reelected. Having taken office in a most difficult time, with Spain not only in a financial crisis but also tainted with corruption charges nationwide, a few of the major projects reached an impass due to a lack of money from National or Regional sources but thanks to the excellent money management of the Government team, many of these projects should be completed within the next couple of months. Projects in limbo but due to be completed in the next couple of months include the opening of the Semana Santa Museum and new sports pavilions at the Sports City and La Mata plus the moving of the Friday Market from its present temporary location. Other projects due to open in 2015 include the residential centre for those with disabilities, the movement of the Pacual Flores Schooner, which will relocate to the south of Spain for part of the year to be used as a training vessel while also be used to visit different ports to promote Torrevieja. Some of the major achievements over the last three years include the moving and expansion of offers through Jean Paul at the Foreign Resi-

dents Office, which is now located within the Tourism Office and two major financial projects: the first to provide aid and assistance were needed for those who have found themselves in trouble due to the financial crisis and the other to clean up the city’s accounts and make the city itself more self sufficient. Over the last three years, Torrevieja’s debt has dropped from 80% to 60% with a further 50% drop, to bring the debt to just 30% over the next four years. Eduardo is well aware of the problems and concerns over dog droppings, graffiti, bus timetables, health centres, garden maintenance, beach facilities, all issues of which he has been working on. He also hopes to have some positive news later in the year about the disused Spa Project, connections to the AVE, new cycle routes, the expansion of the N332 and addition of two new roundabouts plus when confirmed, the new Harbour Project and hotels for the city will be revealed along with a new plan for the fishing fleet, and of course the first arrival of a cruise ship to the city. New staff are being sought to expand the offerings of the Sports City and the City’s museums and the future plans for the city as a whole are very impressive. Eduardo is also giving a number of talks to various Spanish and International group and is always open to answer your questions, which can be sent to: keith@roundtownnews.com.

Continued from front page.. According to the Association of Surveyors, figures this year could reach 5,236 homes on the Costa Blanca with an investment by the promoters of 349 million euros. Promoters Provia noted that the most interest shown was for properties on the first and second line, of which stocks are very low at the moment. Torrevieja, Orihuela and Rojales account for nearly half of all new properties initiated at the start of 2015. However, signs of recovery can also be seen in Alicante City, with 90 new units in January and February, Elche with 90, El Campello with 76 and Pilar de la Horadada has 92 and Elche with 30 to date.

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Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

Yacht Clubs seek renewal

Charity news..

ADAPT Easter Parade

LIKE HAVING the preverbial Albatross around their necks, some of the region’s yacht clubs are waiting to hear what future beholds them.

Nautical presidents campaign

by Keith Nicol With most of the yachting areas in Torrevieja having their 30 year leases coming up for renewal shortly, life at the International Marina and Real Club Nautico is slightly tense, as nobody is 100% sure that they will definitely be offered a new lease, and if offered, for how long. The yacht clubs, with expiring concessions visited the Ministry of Infrastructure this week to deliver their application for renewal of the concession to allow them to manage nautical sports facilities, under the Law on Ports of the Generalitat as approved in June. In a joint statement, the group

noted the presidents of other clubs had grouped together with the Association of Nautical Club of Valencia, as well as the presidents of various nautical activity groups including the federations of Sailing, José Martínez; Rowing, Juan Bautista Romero; Canoeing, Juan Antonio Cinto; Motonáutica, Marcos Pérez Manglano and Underwater Activities, Alejandro Carbonell. Eight yacht clubs in the Region find themslves with their concession liciences due for renewal immediately or within the next few years, which is hampering investment in each nautical zone. The clubs are from Cullera,

El Perello, Vinaroz, Les Basetes, Costa Blanca, Torre Horadada, Torrevieja and Dehesa de Campoamor. For the group, this situation should have been solved with the adoption of the Law on Ports of the Generalitat Valenciana, which gives the possibility to award grants directly to the municipality without a tender process to invite competition. ‘Where the applicant is a non-profit yacht club or other sports nonprofit, provided that the conditions of the grant are adhered to. The member clubs now account for 10,184 members and serve more than 40,000 users, including nautical tourists.

Elephants to the rescue

WHEN AN 18-wheeler truck became stranded by the side of a Louisiana road, two elephants inside came to the rescue. Sheriff’s deputies in Natchitoches Parish on Tuesday morning received a call about a stuck truck. Upon arriving on the scene, they saw two elephants preventing the vehicle from overturning. The truck’s driver, also an elephant trainer, walked the elephants out of the cargo compartment and directed them to help prop up the vehicle. “It’s creative,” said sheriff’s Captain Tony Moran, who added the responding deputies were “just astonished to see it.” Leaning side-by-side, the elephants pushed with their weight against the truck, the sheriff’s photos showed. The truck was carrying three elephants from Florida to a circus near Dallas.and had pulled over near Powhatan, Louisiana. The ground was soft after recent rains, the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. After summoning aid to right the truck, the driver walked the elephants back onto the truck, using spoken commands, said Moran. The elephants were unharmed and continued on their way. Authorities did not issue any citations in the incident.

ADAPT, the Association of English Speakers of San Pedro del Pinatar, held its monthly meeting, and Easter Parade, at its new venue, The Pensionistas del Hogar in Lo Pagan. This is a bright and airy new venue for the monthly meetings with good facilities for guest speakers and demonstrations and with the all important cafe where members can socialise before and after the meeting. At this meeting there were some imaginative Easter Bonnets made lovingly by enthusiastic ADAPT members and the judges, committee member Yolanda Rodriguez and the lovely bar staff girls, found it difficult to choose a winner. In the end the accolade went to Janet Pierce for originality and colour. President John Frame gave a very interesting talk with slides about our arch enemy, the Tiger Mosquito and Janet Pierce talked of the importance of giving someone Power of Attorney . ADAPT is open to new members who can find details of all the groups and activities within the association by viewing the website www.adaptsanpedro.com . The next ADAPT meeting will be at 10:30 on Saturday 2nd May at The Pensionistas del Hogar in Lo Pagan. See website for directions.

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

Home won for Ten Euros

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Queen Victoria’s first story to be published

A SPACIOUS four-bed house in a Castellón province town has been won in a raffle for just 10 euros. by Jeanette Rice Pepe Bolumar and his family inherited the 141-square-metre home in the inland village of Segorbe, 32 kilometres from the nearest beach and just 80 kilometres from the ski slopes of Javalambre and Valdelinares in Teruel, and needed to sell it. With it being a buyers market they priced the home at just €90,000 but had little interest. They then hit upon the idea of selling raffle tickets. “People would then have the chance to buy a home for a discounted price, and we would still end up covering the value of it,” said Pepe. Facebook and Twitter pages were set up and raffle tickets were sold online as well as through a betting shop in the Valencia region. Ticketbuyers were from as far afield as Canada, the USA, Australia and the UK, although the majority were from Spain and for many, it was their

only hope of having a home for themselves and their families, many whose own homes had been repossessed when they could no longer pay their mortgage due to redundancy, and who were desperate to be able to win. The draw – the first time a house has ever been raffled in Spain – took place publicly before a notary will balls dropping from a dispenser the same as the various State lotteries are decided on TV. Although Pepe’s family sold 32,000 tickets at €10 each, they did not earn €320,000 from the draw – they had to pay advertising costs, notary fees, website maintenance and taxes, including transfer and inheritance tax. The raffle winner’s identity is not known, but the home is now in the hands of its new owner who has the keys and the deeds.

Outside of Home

Celebrity news...

Dukes Of Hazzard’s Bumbling Sheriff Dies

DUKES OF Hazzard actor James Best, who played bumbling Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane in the hit show, has died aged 88 on Monday after a short battle with pneumonia.He appeared in films like One Way Street and on TV’s Annie Oakley before landing the role of Boss Hogg’s hapless and much-tormented sidekick in the Dukes of Hazzard. Tom Wopat, who starred as Luke Duke in the TV show, said: “The work he did with Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) probably defined our show as much as the car chases. “He was a fine actor, director and mentor, and an even better friend. He will be greatly missed.” John Schneider, who played Bo Duke, said: “I learned more about acting in front of a camera from Jimmie Best in an afternoon than from anyone else in a year. When asked to cry on camera, he would say, ‘Sure thing…which eye?’ I’m forever thankful to have cut my teeth in the company of such a fine man.” After retiring from acting, Best taught at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He is survived by his wife Angela, three children and three grandchildren.

A STORY written by Queen Victoria aged 10 is to be published for the first time. The Adventures of Alice Laselles, by Alexandrina Victoria Aged 10 and 3/4, tells of a girl sent to boarding school. Her father has remarried and characters include a rich banker’s daughter Barbara and a ‘poor little French orphan’ Ernestine who lost one eye because of smallpox. She described it as “my first composition”. The 1829 tale, in a red notebook, has been in the archives at Windsor Castle and will be out in June, almost 200 years after it was written. It was penned in an red notebook and has the dedication to her mother Princess Victoria: “To my dear Mamma, this is my first attempt at composition is affectionately and dutifully inscribed by her affectionate daughter, Victoria.” Victoria was known for her journals as an adult. Tracy Beaker author Dame Jacqueline Wilson said: “She might have made a remarkable novelist.” Royal Collection publisher Jacky Colliss Harvey said: “Queen Victoria is well known for the journals she wrote as an adult but this composition which she produced as a child has never been published before.”

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First Computer Gaming Tournament by Keith Nicol

THIS WEEKEND thumbs, fingers and remote controls will be working themselves into a frenzy as Torrevieja presents it’s first Computer Gaming Tournament, I Lan Party. The action all takes place in the Sports City’s Pavillion with the Blue Roof, the “Cecilio Gallego” and it’s expected to involve some 1,000 young people from Torrevieja and other towns in the Vega Baja. The ‘Party’ starts today, Friday 10th, with Tournament play on Saturday and more fun stuff on Sunday. Along with tournament play, time is also set aside for those who just want to try out some of the computers and consoles on display, for a little fun on Friday evening. On Tuesday Torrevieja’s Councillor of Youth Rosario Martínez Chazarra, along with Gustavo Garcia from the Center for Information and Youth Animation (CIAJ) and Marvi García, from the Technological Department responsible for the event,, presented Torrevieja’s I LAN Party Games and Technology, which starts today, Friday 10th and continues on Saturday April 11th at the Municipal Sports Pavilion “Cecilio Gallego”. The event is aimed at young people aged between 12 and 35 interested in alternative entertainment, using as main focus video gaming through consoles, computers and wireless networks and covering many different platforms, tournaments, championships, free play, lectures, awards and

gifts for the participants. Rosario Martinez stressed the enormous acceptance of such events among the young, the main objectives to promote alternative leisure through videogames as well as training and employability options in the area for the young from Torrevieja. The Councillor of Youth said they expect about 1,000 young people over the two-days of the LAN Party, not only from the city of Torrevieja, but also from neighboring towns in the district of Vega Baja. On Sunday April 12th, 100 young people will show off their gaming skills. There are just 20 seats left for this but registration for the event is free to participate in the LAN Party and can be done through email logrodesbloqueado.com@gmail.com and marvisen@yahoo.es (giving name, last name and phone) and through whatsapp 625 355 717. Just for fun, anyone who wishes to play on any of the consoles, pc’s, etc., can do so on Friday April 10th, from 5pm to 11pm. Besides being fun all weekend, the Youth Council has organised lectures for all young people to be held on Saturday April 11th: 8pm; “Game development and employability in the sector” by ESAT Valencia: 9:30pm; “Online Marketing” by Informedia Academy, Torrevieja and at 11pm; “Media Studies” by Pixel Juice, Torrevieja.

I LAN Party is open to everyone this weekend

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Such a fine is fine with me We were recently in England and noticed how the streets were clean in comparison to here. My first thought was people are considerate and thoughtful concerning cleaning up after their dogs. But then we saw stickers on light posts and park benches stating there is a thousand pound fine for dog littering. The thousand pound fine, coupled with clean sidewalks confirmed that the fear of punished is an affective method to stop selfish dog owners. Dog owners should be fined for refusing to clean up after their dogs. Such a fine is fine with me. May I propose a fine for selfish dog owners who allow their animals to dump on streets, and not just a fine, but enforcement of the fine. The revenue from the fines would help pay for the law to be enforced. Some will huff and puff and think having such a law is intolerant and cannot be done. Such a reaction confirms that humans are basically not good. Brad Coe, La Mata

Un-common Sense

RECENTLY I read of a town that passed curfew laws requiring teenagers to be at home between 11 PM and 6AM. This might sound unusual to those of us who live on the Costa Blanca, but there is a common sense reason for it. The curfew is to help put a stop to graffiti, which is something most of us do not like, but do not know how it can be stopped. In many towns along the coast; graffiti is a problem that mayors and councillors are at a loss to know how to deal with. Some people may mock, scoff and find reasons to discredit the concept of curfews, but it does seem like common sense to me. Some will say they do not care whether teenagers spray graffiti, but would soon change their opinion if it were on their property. Teenagers should be at home at night and not on the streets getting into trouble. Sadly, common sense is not too common. Cliff Lander, La Marina

Eyesore on the sea front I WRITE regarding the derelict building on the sea front at Playa del Cura. The beautiful sea front of Torrevieja is totally marred by this horrendous eyesore which houses the town´s homeless alcoholics. Yes, these poor souls need somewhere to live but they are living in filth and squalor, surrounded by junk they collect and rubbish they accumulate. They don’t have toilet facilities and just squat, urinate and vomit regardless of onlookers. Have those in high places at Torrevieja Town Hall blinked and missed the existence of this building and its “tenants”? When under the influence they climb the stairs (extremely dangerous) and there is also a huge gap where the pavement has caved in. This apparently happened a long time ago. These are accidents waiting to happen as a result of the Town Hall’s serious neglect . Name and address withheld

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

224 acts for the cultural programme

by Keith Nicol

THE SPRING edition of Torrevieja’s new cultural programme was announced last week. Torrevieja’s Councillor for Culture, Luis María Pizana, accompanied by the coordinator of Culture, Manuel Esteban Moreno, presented the Agenda Cultural + Leisure “Spring 2015”, which offers a total of 224 acts for an overall budget of 58,000€. The scheduled activities for April, May and June 2015, include 65 concerts, 18 workshops of various kinds, 17 plays, a ballet, 8 exhibitions, 6 childish acts, May 3 music conference, 3 exhibitions, film screenings and a zarzuela contest. Luis María Pizana highlighted the collaboration of a total of 55 local associations and partner companies, who have made the Cultural Programming for Spring possible. For this quarter, the Municipal Institute of Culture “Joaquin Chapaprieta” Culture has published a total of 15,000 copies of the complete cultural and leisure programme which can be picked up at the Office of Tourism, Town Hall, Theatres or any public office. The Cultural Programming for the Spring began with the Spanish girl-band Sweet California last Saturday at the Eras de la Sal. This week, on 10th and 11th April, the Municipal Theatre will host the 29th Meeting International Coral “Ciudad de Torrevieja” with one of the highlights happening on April 16th, at 8:00pm when Torrevieja’s Municipal Theatre will host the national premiere of “Stars of Russian Ballet”, under the artistic direction of Yuri

Torrevieja’s Spring Cultural and Leisure program is underway

Vyskubenko, and will feature the leading figures of the Bolshoi, Stanislavski and Kremlin theaters. Staying with the musical theme, on 24th and 25th April, the Youth Theatre will host the 21st Youth Habaneras Festival. On Saturday, May 2nd, at 9pm at the International Music Auditorium, the Symphony Orchestra of the Region of Murcia and the Municipal Choir Ricardo Lafuente will perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. The following day, on Sunday May 3rd, the Municipal Theatre will be the setting for the staging of a Tribute to Eric Clapton, and on Saturday, May 16th, the Theatre will also host a tribute concert to Dire Straits.

The XXVII Torrevieja May Fair, will be held this year from Wednesday, 6th to Sunday, May 10th. Acts will include the Spanish duo Camela on Friday, May 8th, from 11pm with the opening, turning on of the lights and fireworks all taking place on the first night. On Saturday May 23rd, the renowned Spanish artist David Bustamante will perform at the Municipal Theatre, from 10:30pm. In June, Audiovisual Torrevieja V 2015, the National Short Film Competition organized by Tourmaline Films, and will happen once again in the “Virgen del Carmen” Cultural Centre on 25th and 26th June.

Choir news....

Cantible female choir to perform Faure’s Requiem

ON SATURDAY 18th April, CANTABILE female choir will perform French composer Gabriel Fauré’s exquisite Requiem, which includes the delightful Pie Jesu, sung and made famous in his youth by Aled Jones. It has been a long and exciting journey for the choir, to learn a work of this magnitude and importance, and denotes a singular departure from their usual repertoire of classical and traditional songs and airs. The performance will take place in La Siesta Church, Torrevieja, at 7pm. Under the direction of Jennifer Morton the choir will also sing works by Bach, Elgar, Franck and John Williams and will be accompanied by professional pianist and teacher, Antonio (Toni) Guillén, from Guardamar. There will also be solo performances from choir members. Entry is free with a retiring collection supporting the Anglican Church of La Siesta. For more information phone: 966 79 68 66 or email: jen-morton@hotmail.co.uk

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Eras de la Sal rocked by “Sweet California” THE SPRING concert season started in style last Saturday with Spain’s premier girlband playing in the iconic Eras de la Sal.

by Keith Nicol The rain stayed away and hundreds turned out to see Spain’s most successful girl-band of modern times, as the trio entertained late into the night. Singing in English too, the concert consisted of two parts; the first more of a vocal set, highlighting the singing and harmony skills of the trio, while after the short interval, the tempo rose, guitars came out and a little more rock and roll was introduced into the set. The concert was suitable for all ages and indeed, attracted children, teenagers, twenty somethings and parents all came to see what the fuss was about that makes Sweet

Sweet California

California one of Spain’s most successful bands. The trio are Rocio Cabrera, Alba Reig and Sonia Gomez who have been working hard to improve their English to reach out to a worldwide audience. Their voices complement each other and their two sets included songs with catchy, funny and silly lyrics plus an excellent backing group and good production. As on each occasion that an artist visits Torrevieja for the first time, they were presented with a traditional salt boat by Councillor for Culture, Luis María Pizana prior to the start of the concert.

Community news....

Re-opening of Benijofar Foreign Residents Library THE FOREIGN Residents Library in Benijófar re-opens on Tuesday the 14th April, having been closed for renovation since mid-December. The Library will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9.30am to 1pm. The re-opening by the Mayor of Benijófar, Luis Rodrigez, will include a coffee morning, and raffle for which the 1st Prize will be a ‘KINDLE’, the 2nd Prize a ‘Juice maker and the 3rd Prize a ‘Free excursion’, with the Library Members, on one of their daysout. More raffle prizes will be included in the draw. Membership of the Library is free, so please come along to see the huge range of books, jigsaws and DVD’s etc. The Library is in the Medical Centre/Correos Building, next to the Town Hall.

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Antic Auto returns to the IFA by Keith Nicol

THE LARGEST CLASSIC CAR and Bike show returns to the IFA this weekend. The exhibition is open on Saturday and Sunday April 11th and 12th from 10am (Saturday until 8.30pm and Sunday until 7pm) and is the best showcase for lovers of classic cars and historical objects. The twelfth edition of ANTIC AUTO, the international exhibition of automobiles, motorcycles and ancient and classic parts also includes the added attraction of the fourth edition of ‘COLLECT’, the Collectables Fair of Valencia. ANTIC AUTO features over 400 classic cars between cars and motorcycles with many on sale with prices ranging from 1,000 euros along with some very special vehicles that will be on display. Juan Zaragoza, president of the event, said: “we offer a unique opportunity where motor enthusiasts can find all kinds of parts for vehicles throughout automotive history. In this show we want to break with the belief that these cars are in-

accessible, so we have cars and bikes on sale priced from 1,000 euros.” The fair will occupy 7,000 square meters of exhibition and will feature over 80 exhibitors including the antique and jewellery COLLECT fair. Paco Muntaner, president of Club La Gauge and member of the organizing committee, said that “the volume of vehicles and innovations presented in this edition of Antic Auto, makes this one of the best automotive fairs nationwide.” Antic Auto will also feature eight exhibitions that contain iconic vehicles. Mythical brands like Ferrari are featured including the following models: Ferrari Mondial, Spider, Testarrosa, 458 and others from the Modena factory. The Porsche exhibition features numerous models including a 993 turbo model, the last turbo manufactured by Porsche with air cooling, being one of the most sought after models reaching a value of approximately 180,000€. The 997 turbo is also noted for its

The largest Classic Car and Bike show

ceramic brakes. Another prominent model is the 911SC Group 3-FIA.1983, with this vehicle Thomas Jorda Santa Creu has won 5 Historic Rally Championships. Other exhibitions hosted by the salon are CAFÉ RACER & CLASSIC CYCLES, exhibition of antique motorcycles and RACE CLASSIC CAR, featuring classic cars that are regularly participating in local rallies. The 1st EXHIBITION OF NATIONAL CLASSIC TRUCKS is also presented, featuring an ex-

hibition of the private collection of Vicente Salvall of over 200 classic trucks. Other displays feature VW and a special American Car section.The show also features a huge selection of classic car and bikes parts, plus toys, books, magazines, insurance, finance, testing area along with many cars for sale. More information from the IFA website, along with discount coupons and directions to the site, beside the Airport from: www.feria-alicante.com.

Velvetones New Charities and Website

THE VELVETONES Harmony Chorus have just announced their new website www.velvetonesharmonytorrevieja.com and their new charities which are AFE, for Alzheimers, and ALPE, for the rehabilitation of disabled children and relief for parents, both based in Torrevieja. If you would like a fun and interesting new hobby, why not join the Velvetones for a coffee? They rehearse every Wednesday at El Paraiso, behind Carrefour, Torrevieja from 10 am till 12.30, or call Ena on 965 707 598, or Lorraine on 663 751 773. Their next charity show is 20th May, for more details, see the website, or watch this space! (Photo by Kristoff)

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Change Of Venue For Military Wives Concert

Pink Ladies go back to the sixties IT WAS back to the sixties for the Pink Ladies on Friday March 27th as they hosted a special theme night at Sunrise Playa Flamenca, in aid of the cancer charity AECC. Over 800€ was raised on the night, with 120 guests enjoying an excellent dinner, and dancing the night away with popular star Dan Davy providing the nonstop sounds of the sixties. Many of the revellers wore sixties costumes, and several celebrities were spotted among the dancers. Maria thanked everyone for their support, especially including all her volunteer Pink Ladies and Pink Panthers and all those from Sunrise.

The Military Wives Choir

by Patricia Thompson THE MASSIVE demand for tickets for the concert by the Orihuela Costa Male Voice Choir and their special guests the Military Wives choir - has forced a change of venue to accommodate both audiences and choirs alike. The concert was intended to be performed on Saturday 25th April at both 2pm and 8pm at La Zenia church on La Zenia Island. The date and times remain the same, but the venue is now the new Ecumenical Centre - Parroquia Cristo Resucitado - in Calle Diamante. From La Zenia Island go towards Villamartin/Zenia Boulevard until the next island. This has both Mercadona and Lidl stores on it. Turn LEFT here, (to do so,

go to the next roundabout and go all the way round, past the two entries onto the motorway - and then turn right into C/ Diamante). Gilabert the dentist, and De Bassus German pub (with the giant beer glass on top) are on the left. Continue approx. 400m, (past Swedent the dentist), and the church is on the left. The Military Wives Choir is the original group from Chivenor in Devon which appeared with Gareth Malone on BBC television when the now nationally-famous choir was formed. Local pianist Sue Trick, who played for various choirs on the Costa, became pianist to the Military Wives when she returned to the UK. She will play for the

group in April’s concerts. The Orihuela Costa Male Voice Choir, conducted by Nigel Hopkins, will perform an entirely new repertoire of songs in the concerts, culminating in both choirs performing together in a rousing finale. Tickets for the evening performance have long since sold out, but there are still some left for the 2pm performance. These are only available from La Ponderosa gift shop on La Xenia island, at 10€ each. All proceeds will go to various charities in both Spain and the UK. Tickets bought before the change of venue are valid for entry to the new venue. A fabulous day´s entertainment is promised to all supporters.

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Elche Children’s Care Bella Luna at Quesada Country Club Home with Bublé Community news......

Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity presents the fabulous singing duo Bella Luna on Friday 24th April at 8pm at Quesada Country Club, Ciudad Quesada, plus charity auction., 10€ per ticket including full buffet (tickets only). To reserve your ticket phone 673 465 245. All monies raised will go to the Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity.

by Keith Nicol

BENIDORM’S TOP Michael Bublé vocalist Kriz K will be performing for the first time at Restaurante Los Rosales in Guardamar at the Bublé/Barlow show on Saturday April 11th. Kriz K is not only the Costa Blancas top Michael Bublé act but also has the honour of being registered in the USA with Michael Bublé’s agent as the number one sound-alike. With award winning hits like “Cry Me A River”, “Feeling Good” (Virgin Advert) and “Haven’t Met You Yet” the smooth sounds of any Bublé song have been delighting millions of fans all over the world. As if that accolade wasn’t high enough, Kriz also has the astonishing ability to sound exactly like Gary Barlow. The show is a full production with amazing lights and sound that befits a showman of Kriz’s calibre. Raising money on the night with a superb raffle will be Elche Children’s Care Home volunteers. The care home presently houses 18 children between the ages of 12 and 18. Since the cession of government funding the volunteers have relied on public donations to pay for many essentials such as books, glasses, clothes and dentistry. They have been funded a project which helps children grown vegetables in a communal garden.

“Steps for Stroke” Easter walk

The Torrevieja Stroke Support group held their “Steps for Stroke” walk along the sea front in Torrevieja on Easter Monday. Members of TSS along with guests and holiday makers participated in the 5 kilometre walk from the musicians´ statues near the port to the pillars at Monumento Culturas Mediterraneos and back. The annual walk was held to make people aware of the Torrevieja Stroke Support group as well as fund raising. The picture shows all the walkers ready to start the walk. To add colour to the event many of the participants made Easter bonnets, a passing family was asked to select their choice as the best, the winning bonnet was made and worn by Sue Stutely. The weather was ideal for the walk, not too hot but very windy. At the end of the walk everyone gathered at the Marina Bar for a drink and tapas.

Kriz K Michael Bublé doing for the kids

Volunteers take no expenses so every cent goes towards making the lives of the children as normal as possible, with the occasional trip out and the all important birthday presents. Please visit their website http://elchechildrenscarehome. webs.com. Tickets are 13€ including a 2 course

meal. Doors open at 7pm and are on sale from Restaurante Los Rosales, Cards and More La Marina, Hire Centre San Luis, The Card Place Benimar, Post Box Doña Pepa and directly from www.lrshows.com, email: letsrockshowslive@gmail.com or call 697 501 992.

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Sixth Torrevieja Cup success IT WAS another bumper Easter for youth football in Torrevieja as the Torrevieja Cup rolled into town. by Keith Nicol For the sixth consecutive year, the City of Salt hosted what is becoming one of Spain’s most popular Semana Santa football tournaments and this year attracted record numbers with more than 2,200 participants, 130 teams and 200 games played. For four days children of all ages from six to nineteen played in seven different tournament competitions. The tournament attracted four teams from La Liga: Valencia CF, Sevilla FC, Elche CF and Rayo Vallecano and two top teams from the second level Liga Adelante: Albacete and CD Leganés who made their mark in winning some of the categories. For the first time, three Asian teams made their way to Torrevieja, demonstrating that there are no lan-

guage or cultural barriers in sport. The other teams came from Valencia itself, Murcia and Madrid, where the organisers are based. With more than 200 games to be fitted into the four days of competition, the event did away with the traditional opening ceremonies and on Wednesday, the competition began early in the morning, with dozens of games being played on the five different pitches, with the final games of the day kicking off at 8pm. After Thursday’s games were completed, the Torrevieja Cup Party offered a more relaxing and social gathering and all the teams were invited to the Nelson Mandela Stadium, where singer Syra Martin, DJ Maximum FM, Jesus Sanchez and dance group PAYAS mixed music, light and colour

More than 2,200 players took part in Easter’s Torrevieja Cup

to produce a spectacular ceremony. Friday saw the first of finals being played leading to the ultimate seven finals on Saturday followed by the prize giving ceremonies. Saturday was also a day filed with atmosphere as more than 2,500 players, officials and their families watched the games and enjoyed a giant paella prepared by local renowned professionals “Mediterranean Paella”. The awards ceremony was attended by the Councillor for Tourism, Culture, Sport and Hospitality, Luis

María Pizana who presented medals to the winners with all tournament players and teams received a trophy and a commemorative backpack from the tournament. The major teams from La Liga showed the worth of an academy system, which Torrevieja unfortunately does not have. Winners from young to old were: Inter Promises CD, Valencia CF, Sevilla FC, Hercules CF, Rayo Vallecano and AC de T Torres Cabezoa with Vallecas CF taking home the Ladies Open Category.

Sports news......

Another Great Win For The “Lions”

IT WAS the Benitachell Bowls Club Lions V San Louis Lions North South Play off at Montemar on Monday 30th March with the Lions winning BBC 6 points San Louis 4 points. Thirteen BBC supporters travelled to Montemar by coach with the Lions team to enjoy yet another Lions success. The Lions have had a really remarkable season having already won the Northern League Title for the sixth consecutive year. Please see www.benitachellbowlsclub.com for details about our club, all our forthcoming competitions, and our results.

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home and garden

Summer sunflowers

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

SUNFLOWERS HELIANTHUS are majestic summer flowers and do especially well in Spain in any reasonable soil, if one remembers to water them. At first one thinks of the large single headed yellow flowers on stems up to two or three metres high that look like a summer sun. Growing a single specimen as a child in a small patch, pot or school garden has been the stimulus to many children for the development of a lifetime interest in gardening. Such tall plants are not always easy to fit into a balanced garden layout. However there are now an amazing number of varieties available from dwarf varieties to the Russian Giants from Siberia. They can give valuable displays of colour and interest throughout the summer and early autumn, and with luck beyond. We have even had selfseeded plants flower during February in the middle of our vegetable plot, having survived many nights below zero..

BENEFITS OF GROWING SUNFLOWERS Ten reasons for growing sunflowers come to mind. 1. They are relatively easy to grow. 2.Their wonderful display whether you grow a block of tall varieties in the vegetable garden, medium height varieties mixed in a perennial /shrub bed or dwarf varieties grown in flower pots. 3. Long lasting cut flowers for the covered terrace or house. 4. Flower heads that attract beneficial insects. 5. Supports for climbing beans in the vegetable garden. Or why not at the back of a flower bed? 6. A natural windbreak for lower growing vegetables or annuals. 7.Seed heads that can be separated and sundried to provide seeds as an alternative to nuts or olives with an evening drink, adding to breakfast cereals or fruit ,or crushing to extract sunflower oil if you have sufficient. Make sure you eat them before the oil content turns rancid. 8. Seed heads left on the plant to dry can be cut of with a short stem and then tied to a suitable branch of a tree in the garden to

attract and feed birds during the winter. Loose seeds can also be added to the bird table or the food for many cage and aviary birds. 9. As a sprouting seed – soak seeds overnight. Cut the base out of a 5 litre water bottle, about 8cm deep. Fill with 50/50 soil and compost, dampen, lay seeds on top and cover with damp newspaper. Put in a sunny corner, but remember to keep the paper moist but not soaking. As soon as the seeds start to sprout remove the paper but continue to keep the soil moist. In a couple of days you will have green shoots two centimetres high which you can cut off and add to salads for their flavour and high mineral content. 10. A good first seed for a children’s corner. Some years ago we have also just read that a famous 16th century herbalist, name escapes me, found that sunflower buds boiled and eaten like globe artichokes with butter, vinegar and pepper exceeded the taste of artichokes - as well as stimulating a bodily lust as a natural alternative to Viagra if that is to your taste. Something to try this summer, but with olive oil? VARIETIES TO CHOOSE FROM As already mentioned sunflowers now come in a wide variety of heights, leaf forms, single or multi headed branches of flowers, and most importantly colours. Yellow, red, orange, bronze and cream varieties are now available in single or mixed hues. Unfortunately few seed shops and catalogues stock more than a few common varieties. For variety we have purchased seed for many years from the mail order catalogue of Chiltern Seeds, www.chilternseeds. co.uk. which has had upto thirty varieties The following selection will give a feel for the range of sunflowers available. 1. Drawf. 30 to 45 cms. Pavino. Can grow well even in a 10 cm. pot .Develops a number of branches with a continuing display of 10 cm. flowers. 2. A little taller.40 to 60 cms. Little Dorrit. Asingle stem

with 20 cm. yellow flowers around a dark chocolate centre. Useful for the front of a bed. 3. Mid height.120 to140 cms. Autumn Beauty. Branching stems of 15 cm. flowers in a range of artists colours..bronze, lemon, mahogany, old gold and cream. 4. Tall.200 to 300 cms. Earth Walker. An abundance of multi headed branches of terracota and reddish brown flowers. 5. Even taller! 300 cms plus. Uniflorus gigantus - why not call it Sky rocket? Traditional single headed large plate sized yellow flowers .It is obviously possible to achieve a breath taking display. PLANTING SEEDS Plant singly in plant pots for planting out when 15 cms. high or growing dwarf varieties to maturity. One can also plant seeds direct but inevitably one looses a few seeds to hungry mice and snails. .Plant in a rich water retaining seed compost or garden soil. Work in some TerraCottem water absorbing/stroring soil improver to help maintain a constant moisture content to sustain uninterrupted growth. CARE OF SUNFLOWER PLANTS Although established plants can survive in poor soil this only where there is deep soil that the tap root can explore searching for water. In most soils it is best to water and feed regularly to achieve maximum heights, number and size of flowers and seed heads . Apart from a little leaf rust sunflowers give little problem provided you establish strong young plants. Don’t over water seedlings as they can rot off. They do not like marshy conditions. Sunflowers do best in full sun but will tolerate semi shade.

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Sunny outlook PEOPLE INTERESTED in renewable energy can attend a ‘solar seminar’ being staged in Calpe at 11am this morning (Friday 27th March) and learn of the grants available. The meeting is being held at the town’s Casa de Cultura as part of a European Union backed sevenyear campaign – money flowing from the EU to the Valencian Government. Residents and non-residents are able to apply for subsidies of up to 45%. The full amount is never known until projects have been submitted and approved but over the last 12 years people have received up to 50% and the grants have been paid. The seminar will fully explain what schemes attract government money and those that are excluded and RTN will carry a report on the subsidy scheme next week.

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money

Revolution comrades by

Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

and

Dave Diggle

From 6th April 2015, if you have a private UK pension and are 55 years or older you can: ACTION

PRO’S

CON’S

Cash-in your pension fund

Cash immediately and spend or reinvest, this gives you the choice of your own investments or investment vehicle. Can be bequeathed to family.

For UK tax residents taxed at your marginal rate: i.e. either 20%, 40% or 45% or a combination of these tax bands. For Spanish Tax residents taxed at a combination of the applicable tax rates starting at 20%, then 25%, 31%, 39% up to 47%. But there are tax allowances on the first cash lump sum taken no matter what the amount. Please note: HMRC will notify the tax authorities in your country of residence that you have taken money from your pension and ask for evidence you have been taxed.

Leave it as it is

Under new rules complete flexibility take money as and when you want.

As above

Leave it as it is and buy an annuity when you are ready to receive income

Less hassle and guaranteed income for life (for you only or you and your spouse) Annuity rules are changing in April 2016 to allow greater flexibility and encashment.

Only your spouse can benefit, your children will not, i.e. annuities terminate upon spouse’s death. Annuity rules are changing in April 2016 to allow greater flexibility and encashment.

Transfer it to a QROPS (if you are no longer tax resident in the UK)

No tax charge for transfer. Choice of investments and investment vehicles can be bequeathed to family tax free in certain countries with the correct tax planning. Flexible drawdown and cash-in option available if QROPS is based in EU country.

Current uncertainty of what the rule changes will be in the various QROPS jurisdictions. At present if QROPS in non EU country then 30/70 rule still applies. No flexibility.

International Financial Adviser

THIS WEEK saw possibly the biggest UK pension revolution since the idea of a pension was first aired. For the last few months International Advisers have had a great deal of reading to do to ensure they understand the new rules, and we are certainly not finished yet. There are many loose ends at this time but in order to give you, the reader of this article, something of value I will summarise what has happened and what the latest thoughts are. The following table is a simple summary due the “ifs” and “buts” of the pension rule changes. But it must be said that it looks like a quick pension cash will not be available at the moment. It would appear that the administration teams of the various pension providers are not yet ready to be able to cash-in and release your pension fund, and when they do, they have been instructed to deduct the full tax per each tax band (if non UK resident then no UK personal allowances will apply) and if non resident advise the tax authorities in your country of residence that you have cashed in your pension, so they can assess if you owe tax. At Blacktower we are here to give you FREE, impartial, independent investment and financial advice . If you would like more information call Dave Diggle on 615 607 278 or email dave.diggle@ blacktowerfm.com or Christina Brady 658 892 330 email Christina. brady@blacktowerfm.com Dave Diggle (South Costa Blanca adviser) Christina Brady (North Costa Blanca) Main office: Edificio Palau III, local 7, Javea 03730, Alicante, Spain.

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

Carlos Baos

from White & Baos Abogados Solicitors Lawyers

Reminder about claiming for the Spanish Inheritance and Gift tax back WE REMIND our readers that recently, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in its decision of 3 September, ruled against Spain, confirming that it’s Spanish Inheritance and Gift Tax is contrary to the principle of free movement of capital within Europe. This is because in practice, the heirs (beneficiaries of the inheritance) and donees (beneficiaries of a gift), usually pay a much higher Inheritance and Gift Tax in Spain if they are non-residents in Spain, or when the deceased or the donor are non tax resident in Spain, since in these cases Spanish state tax law and scale applies, rather than Autonomous Community law, which would usually be much more advantageous and give tax benefits. As informed in previous articles, this is a really good news for people who have paid Spanish Inheritance or Gift Tax in the last 4 years at the national rate as a nonresident but being tax resident on the European Union, as you could be entitled to review these taxes paid, and claim back the amount overpaid, in accordance with the judgment mentioned. In most of the cases, you would be able to claim back for the majority of the taxes paid. We would like also to remind our readers that we are offering our clients

the possibility to claim and apply for the IHT paid to be recalculated at the rate of tax residents in Spain, and asking for the difference back. If this process is denied in the first instance by the taxman, we could appeal the tax authority’s decision in front of the courts. LEGAL FEES: We offer a NO WIN NO FEES deal to our clients, for the administrative claims in front of the Taxman, meaning the initial petition and the administrative appeal of it, will have no costs should

the petition not be accepted. If finally we need to present a second appeal in front of the ordinary courts, and we decide to do so, then it would be some minor costs to be paid, like procurator, etc. In these cases we will know and inform our clients about them in due time, and in every case before start the court case, so you the client will be able to decide to proceed or not. DOCUMENTS As informed previously, in order to be able to proceed on your behalf, and ask for the payment of the taxes

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

back to your own bank account, we will need you to send us the following documents: 1.-Copy of the inheritance deed signed. 2.-Copy of the Inheritance Tax form paid. 3.-Confirmation of your bank account details, as the taxman will only pay back the taxes overpaid to the person who paid them. If you are interested or if you know somebody who is in this situation, contact us.

life XIC’s Easter parade

Health | TV | Showbiz | Travel | Food

Rita has an Aura, but it’s got nothing to do with being Saintly! p38

By Jack Troughton YOUNGSTERS AT Xabia International College’s primary school ended term with an egg hunt and an Easter bonnet parade. The fun was organized by Friends of XIC and the highlight of the afternoon was the display of dazzling head gear designed by pupils at the Javea school.

Our mystery man on the street ENJOYS A sneaky look at the BRISA BEACH a quality 4* prime location hotel p34

A career in Golf GOOD LUCK to one young man taking his first steps! p52

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travel

Our mystery man on the street enjoys a sneaky look at the BRISA BEACH a quality 4* prime location hotel The Hotel Totally refurbished to a good standard 4* hotel in 2011 the Brisa Beach is located directly on Levante Playa, Offering fantastic sea views from all of the 70 new balcony rooms. The Brisa is a favourite of the best travel companies and is a firm favourite with the more demanding of guests. Here you can expect a good quality beach holiday in a prime location with stylish guest areas. Only a 10 minute walk to cabaret bars and the lively night bars and discos. The Rooms All rooms and bathrooms were completely refurbished in 2011 and offer modern bright tastefully decorated rooms all with a balcony and either direct sea view room or side sea views. Facilities include satellite TV, room safe, hair dryer and air-conditioning. The daily maid service is fantastic,

exceptional attention to detail. Beds are very comfy and nicely firm. The Food Served buffet style in the lovely bright restaurant food is tasty with a good selection that will tempt even the fussy eaters, in summer you can also enjoy a weekly BBQ night plus gala dinners. The staff are happy and make for a very pleasant dining experience. With just 70 rooms the restaurant is never over busy, a real bonus when compared to some of the nearby giant hotels! The Pool Terrace The pool and sun terrace overlook the beach and allow for a relaxing place to sit and watch the resort in full swing and if you fancy the beach it really is a hop and a skip away. Finding a sunbed is not too much of an issue even during high season.

What You Should Know We loved the Brisa, from the moment you arrive you are greeted by happy friendly and efficient staff which immediately makes you feel welcome. Despite

being in the area popular with British guests, most guests are not British which depending on what you want for a holiday is either a good or bad thing. What makes this hotel stand out from

the rest is the 100% top service, we would defy anyone to find anything negative to say in fact! For great rates see (if you find a room book it, this hotel fills up early)

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television

10th - 16th April

friday 10th April BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Neighbourhood Blues 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 The Edge 15:30 Escape to the Country 16:30 Home Away from Home 17:15 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regionalo News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 MasterChef 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:25 Would I Lie to You? 24:55 EastEnders

07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Flog It! Trade Secrets 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:05 Cagney & Lacey 14:50 Animal Park 15:25 Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:10 Floyd on France 16:40 Are You Being Served? 17:10 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 17:40 Hi-de-Hi! 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 20:00 Golf: The Masters 21:00 An Island Parish: Falklands 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Sex and the Church 23:00 The Clare Balding Show 23:30 Newsnight 24:30 Weather 24:35 The White Countess

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 O’Brien 14:30 ITV News and Weather 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:20 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 First Blood

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:25 Four in a Bed 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Come Dine with Me 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:40 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Jamie’s Comfort Food 14:45 Channel 4 Racing 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Unreported World 20:55 Party Election Broadcast 21:00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:10 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 24:40 Showgirls

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Monkey 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Virtual Lies 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Secrets of Great British Castles 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans 23:00 NCIS 23:55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 24:50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours

itv2

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Emmerdale 09:10 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Ben and Kate 11:00 Up All Night 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Back-Up Plan 24:15 Take Me Out

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Happy Endings 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Made in Chelsea 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 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 Baby Daddy 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 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 Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Rush Hour 3 23:50 The Big Bang Theory 24:50 Rude Tube

saturday 11th April BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry Cooks 13:00 BBC News and Weather 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Formula 1 15:15 Golf: The Masters 16:30 Bargain Hunt 17:15 The Boat Race 19:35 BBC News 19:45 BBC Regional News 19:55 Pointless Celebrities 20:45 Atlantis 21:30 The National Lottery: In It to Win It 22:20 Casualty 23:10 BBC News and Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 24:55 The Football League Show

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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07:10 How I Met Your Mother 07:35 The King of Queens 08:00 The King of Queens 08:25 The Grid 09:00 The Morning Line 11:00 Sunday Brunch 14:00 Channel 4 Racing 18:15 Celebrity Fifteen to One 19:15 Channel 4 News 19:40 Independence Day 22:20 I Give It a Year 24:20 Sean Lock: Purple Van Man

07:00 Childrens TV 08:40 Little Princess 08:55 Wanda and the Alien 09:05 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:10 Zack and Quack 09:25 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 The Dog Rescuers 12:05 Ice Road Truckers 15:05 Columbo: Sex and the Married Detective 17:00 Columbo: the Most Crucial Game 18:30 Most Shocking Talent Show Moments 21:10 5 News Weekend 21:15 NCIS 22:10 NCIS 23:10 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 24:05 Britain’s Favourite Detectives

07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 12:00 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 13:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:00 Britain’s Got More Talent 15:00 Britain’s Got More Talent 16:00 Britain’s Got More Talent 17:00 Mr Bean 17:35 Mr Bean 18:10 ET the Extra-Terrestrial 20:30 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure 22:20 Britain’s Got More Talent 23:20 Celebrity Juice 24:05 Britain’s Got Talent

The Philadelphia Story 15:40

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 08:00 Share a Story 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Signed Stories 08:30 Scrambled! 08:35 Nerds & Monsters 09:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 09:30 Horrid Henry 09:50 Hulk and the Agents of Smash 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:39 ITV Regional Weather 13:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:40 Scooby-Doo 16:20 The Unforgettable 17:05 Big Star’s Little Star 18:05 Off Their Rockers 18:30 ITV Regional News 18:45 ITV News and Weather 19:00 New You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 Ninja Warrior UK 21:00 Britain’s Got Talent 22:20 Play to the Whistle 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:19 ITV Regional Weather 23:20 Backdraft

07:00 Rude(ish) Tube 07:15 Melissa & Joey 07:40 Melissa & Joey 08:05 Melissa & Joey 08:35 Marry Me 09:00 Rules of Engagement 09:30 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Rules of Engagement 11:00 Rules of Engagement 11:30 Rules of Engagement 12:00 Melissa & Joey 12:30 Melissa & Joey 13:00 How I Met Your Mother 13:30 How I Met Your Mother 14:00 The NeverEnding Story II: the Next Chapter 15:45 Rude(ish) Tube 15:55 Come Dine with Me 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Van Helsing 24:40 Rude Tube

07:15 Animal Park 07:45 The Magic Box 09:30 The Man from Laramie 11:10 Fred Dibnah’s Magnificent Monuments 12:10 The Nature of Britain 13:00 Food & Drink 13:30 Michel Roux’s Service 14:30 A Taste of Britain 15:00 Flog It! 15:40 The Philadelphia Story 17:30 Final Score 18:30 Kew on a Plate 19:30 Gardeners’ World 20:00 Dad’s Army 20:30 Golf: The Masters

Independence Day 19:40

ET the Extra-Terrestrial 18:10

sunday 12th April BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

itv2

07:00 Great British Garden Revival 08:00 Countryfile 09:00 Gardeners’ World 09:30 The Beechgrove Garden 10:00 The Football League Show 11:20 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50 Back in Time for Dinner 13:50 A Taste of Britain 14:20 Triathlon 15:50 Little Women 17:50 Flog It! 18:30 Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves 19:30 Golf: The Masters

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Breakfast 08:30 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Formula 1 16:55 Escape to the Country 17:25 Points of View 17:40 Songs of Praise 18:15 Pointless Celebrities 19:05 BBC News 19:20 BBC Regional News 19:30 Countryfile 20:30 MasterChef 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Poldark 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC Regional News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 24:30 The Last Castle

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 08:00 Canimals 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Signed Stories 08:30 Scrambled! 08:35 Nerds & Monsters 08:50 The Aquabats! Super Show! 09:30 Horrid Henry 09:50 Hulk and the Agents of Smash 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:29 ITV Regional Weather 13:30 Murder, She Wrote 15:30 Britain’s Got Talent 16:50 All Star Family Fortunes 17:35 Ninja Warrior UK 18:35 You’ve Been Framed! 19:05 ITV Regional News 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 The Chase 20:30 Off Their Rockers 21:00 Vera 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV Regional Weather 23:15 The Olivier Awards

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 British GT Championship 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:25 The Simpsons 15:55 The Simpsons 16:25 The Simpsons 16:55 Location, Location, Location 17:55 Channel 4 News 18:20 Dr Seuss’ The Lorax 20:00 Three in a Bed 21:00 Britain’s Winter: Storm Heroes 22:00 Indian Summers 23:05 Gogglebox 24:10 The Final Destination

07:00 Childrens TV 08:55 Wanda and the Alien 09:05 Zack and Quack 09:20 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 09:25 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:40 The Dog Rescuers 12:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 13:05 The Hotel Inspector 14:05 Are We There Yet? 15:55 Nim’s Island 17:40 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 19:40 5 News Weekend 19:45 Spider-Man 22:00 Olympus Has Fallen 24:20 Ultimate Action Movies with Vinnie Jones

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Emmerdale 10:05 Coronation Street 12:35 Take Me Out 13:45 Scorpion 14:45 Honey 16:40 Despicable Me 18:35 Britain’s Got Talent 20:00 Britain’s Got More Talent 21:00 The Back-Up Plan 23:10 The Bourne Identity

07:00 Rude(ish) Tube 07:25 Rude(ish) Tube 07:50 The Tomorrow People 08:40 Baby Daddy 09:05 Baby Daddy 09:35 Come Dine with Me 10:35 Hollyoaks 13:05 Revenge 14:00 Hop 16:00 How I Met Your Mother 16:30 How I Met Your Mother 17:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 Big 21:05 The Big Bang Theory 21:35 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 Rude Tube 24:00 Bodyshockers

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Wild Ireland 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Code of a Killer 23:30 ITV News and Weather 24:00 ITV Regional News 24:10 The Agenda 24:55 Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones

07:40 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:25 Four in a Bed 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:40 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Party Election Broadcast 21:00 Food Unwrapped 21:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in 22:00 Skint 23:00 Raised by Wolves 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:35 The Island with Bear Grylls

07:00 Chilldrens TV 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Bop Box 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Britain’s Horror Homes 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Black Friday 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Gotham 23:00 Person of Interest 23:55 Vantage Point

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Ben and Kate 11:00 Up All Night 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 19:30 You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Mom 22:30 Mom 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Almost Married

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Happy Endings 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Made in Chelsea 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 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 Baby Daddy 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Rules of Engagement 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 Revenge 22:00 Made in Chelsea 23:00 Virtually Famous 23:55 The Big Bang Theory 24:25 The Big Bang Theory 24:55 Rude Tube

Little Women 15:50

monday 13th April BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain: Food 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Cowboys and Angels 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Home Away from Home 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Leader Interviews 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:30 The Graham Norton Show

BBC2

07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Italy Unpacked 09:15 Wanted in Paradise 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:30 Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:15 Floyd on France 16:45 Are You Being Served? 17:15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 17:45 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 20:00 Collectaholics 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Food & Drink 22:00 Inside Harley Street 23:00 Jack Dee’s Election Help Desk 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Rooms, Rogues & Renters 24:50 The Great Property Race

16:40 Despicable Me

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

tuesday 14th April BBC1 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain: Food 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Cowboys and Angels 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Home Away from Home 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Ordinary Lies 23:00 BBC News 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 Millionaire Basement Wars 24:35 Moonlight Mile

BBC2

07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Italy Unpacked 09:15 Your Home in Their Hands 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:30 Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:15 Floyd on France 16:40 Are You Being Served? 17:10 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 17:45 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 20:00 Collectaholics 21:00 Back in Time for Dinner 22:00 Britain’s Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You? 23:00 Later Live - with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Inside Harley Street

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Live UEFA Champions League 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 24:40 Benidorm

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:25 Four in a Bed 11:30 Come Dine with Me 12:00 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Party Election Broadcast 21:00 Burger Bar to Gourmet Star 22:00 One Born Every Minute 23:00 My Big Fat Asian Wedding 24:00 The Island with Bear Grylls

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Bop Box 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 My Daughter Must Live 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Britain’s Horror Homes 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 23:00 2,000 Tattoos, 40 Piercings and a Pickled Ear 24:00 200 Nips & Tucks and I Want More!

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07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Ben and Kate 11:00 Up All Night 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 19:30 You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Educating Joey Essex 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 Keith Lemon: the Film 24:50 Two and a Half Men

E4 07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Happy Endings 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Made in Chelsea 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 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 Baby Daddy 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Rules of Engagement 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 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The 100 23:00 Supernatural 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

Pick of the week

Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams are back with Series 9 of Britain’s Got Talent. Saturday 11th April 21:00 on ITV1 wednesday 15th April BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain: Food 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Cowboys and Angels 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Home Away from Home 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Leader Interviews 21:00 MasterChef 22:00 Secret Britain 23:00 BBC News 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 A Question of Sport 24:15 Wild Hogs

BBC2

07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Italy Unpacked 09:15 An Island Parish: Falklands 09:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:30 Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:15 Floyd on France 16:45 Are You Being Served? 17:15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 17:45 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 20:00 Collectaholics 21:00 The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives 22:00 This World 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Britain’s Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You?

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Give a Pet a Home 22:00 Newzoids 22:30 The Delivery Man 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Raining in My Heart 24:40 Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:25 Four in a Bed 11:30 Come Dine with Me 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 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Party Election Broadcast 21:00 Million Pound Properties 22:00 The Island with Bear Grylls 23:00 First Dates 24:00 One Born Every Minute

07:00 Childrens TV 07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 09:10 Peppa Pig 07:20 Psych 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 08:05 Emmerdale 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:35 You’ve Been Framed! 09:55 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:35 Dinner Date 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:35 Ben and Kate 10:15 The Wright Stuff 11:00 Up All Night 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 11:25 Psych 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 12:20 Royal Pains 13:15 Police Interceptors 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 Home and Away 13:40 Britain’s Got More Talent 14:45 Neighbours 14:45 Dinner Date 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:15 Betrayed 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:00 5 News 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 You’ve 19:00 Home and Away Been Framed! 19:30 5 News Tonight 21:00 Two and 19:55 Party Election Broadcast a Half Men 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:30 Two and a 21:00 The Nightmare Half Men Neighbour Next Door 22:00 The Vampire 22:00 CSI: NY Diaries 23:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:55 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 24:50 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show

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E4 07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Happy Endings 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Made in Chelsea 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 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 Baby Daddy 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 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 Hairspray 22:50 The Big Bang Theory 23:25 The Big Bang Theory 23:50 Virtually Famous 24:40 Made in Chelsea

thursday 16th April BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain: Food 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Cowboys and Angels 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Edge 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Home Away from Home 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC Regional News 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 BBC Election Debate 2015 22:30 BBC Election Debate 2015 - The Reaction 23:00 BBC News 23:30 BBC Regional News 23:45 Question Time 24:45 This Week

07:15 Homes Under the Hammer 08:15 Italy Unpacked 09:15 Great British Garden Revival 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:30 Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 16:15 Floyd on France 16:45 Are You Being Served? 17:15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 17:45 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 18:55 Party Election Broadcast 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 20:00 Collectaholics 21:00 Coast Australia 21:50 Nature’s Weirdest Events 22:00 Banished 23:00 Inside No 9 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 This World

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:25 Party Election Broadcast 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Double Decker Driving School 22:00 Ice Rink on the Estate 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 The Agenda 24:25 Newzoids 24:50 River Monsters

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:10 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:25 Four in a Bed 11:30 Come Dine with Me 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 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Party Election Broadcast 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 The Island with Bear Grylls 23:00 The Secret Life of the Pub 24:00 Skint

07:00 Childrens TV 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector Returns 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Secrets of Great British Castles 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Look Again 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 19:55 Party Election Broadcast 20:00 The Classic Car Show 21:00 The Last Days of 22:00 The Hotel Inspector 23:00 The Mentalist 23:55 Born to Kill? 24:55 Access

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Ben and Kate 11:00 Up All Night 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 19:30 You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Release the Hounds 24:45 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Happy Endings 07:45 Charmed 08:35 Made in Chelsea 09:35 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 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 Baby Daddy 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Rules of Engagement 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 2 Broke Girls 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 22:30 Marry Me 23:00 The Inbetweeners 23:35 The Inbetweeners 24:05 The Big Bang Theory 24:40 The Big Bang Theory

22:00 The Hotel Inspector

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showbiz goss

by Peter

Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

LAST WEEK Kim Kardashian found out that although she has mucho cash, her zero talent has jumped up and bit her bumski. Membership Director of the exclusive Soho Club in LA Tim Geary said “we value ‘creativity’ over how much someone is worth, we denied access to every Real Housewife who applied, and Kim Kardashian has unsuccessfully tried numerous times!” Love you Tim!

ALL IS seriously not well in the Royal Household. This coming Tuesday 14th, 120 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union could well take industrial action against the Queen and Co. It’s all about them being asked to carry out unpaid duties at Windsor Castle, and the Royals go there every Easter for a month ... Oh dear oh dear.

Rita has an Aura, but it’s got nothing to do with being Saintly!

ALTHOUGH RUSSELL Crowe has never met Michael Jackson, in an interview with The Guardian last week Russell said how MJ used to find out what name he checked into hotels with and prank call him. One he recalled was ‘Is Mr Wall there? Is Mrs Wall there? Are there IN 2006 Rita Ora sung back-up vocals for Craig David and James Morrison, this coming in behind how much she any Walls there? Then enjoyed singing at the jam sessions in her father’s London pub. Rita´s mother is a psychiatrist, something she might what’s holding the roof up? find a bit handy on the back of the 400 complaints the BBC have had about her flashing the flesh each week on The Ha ha,’ you’re supposed Voice. The channels bosses have officially banned her from showing off her prize assets, but she is still doing it, with to grow out of doing that, a quote picked up by The Sun that reads “we’re still not sure how showing off a bit of cleavage is right?” said Russell. actually offensive, she’s a woman, she’s got boobs, but each to their own I guess,” a right on statement that sadly has no official owner. Rita is now front page news with the 24 year old BOY GEORGE tells us he has recently being spotted on a night out in London in a see-through black knit top and a t-shirt a new album coming out. that had a picture of some boobs on it,” that’s Rita having a bit of fun surely, suggesting “It’s done and ready to that the head of the BBC banning committee should enter a feather tickling competition. It go,” he said, adding “It’s all started in earnest in January when Rita appeared on The One Show after which 400-odd us wearing our influences people took to Facebook to complain about her low-cut white jacket, with a swift response unashamedly on our from the Beeb that read “We’re sorry to those of you who were offended by Rita Ora’s sleeves.” In 1981 Culture choice of outfit on yesterday’s show, if we had been consulted we would have requested Club had massive worldwide she wore something more suitable for 7pm!” All is likely to remain the same however, as a success with ´Do You Really close friend of Rita’s told The Sun” the warning won’t bother her much … she isn’t going to Want to Hurt me,´ but broke suddenly start dressing like a nun, that’s not her style!” up in ´86. Let’s wish Georgie boy all the best with the BORIS JOHNSON “St Georges Day! … I remember album and tour of when I went to Eton, we used to paint a pauper red America which and white and chase them through nearby villages starts in July. … what a jolly wheeze!” Word for word.

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ask Sara

by Sara

Bell

Life Coach

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

I could just do with a friend My wife died 5 months ago. She was everything to me, and I have absolutely no joy left in my life. I am sad and lonely every minute of every day. My wife didn’t want me to be on my own. Before she died, she said she wanted me to find someone else. I don’t want a new partner, however, I feel so unhappy and alone. I could just do with a friend. Social clubs, particularly for the bereaved, are a good place to start. Not everyone who has lost their spouse wants to take up with a new partner, but are just looking for company and companionship. These groups are invaluable because all of their members are in a similar situation, so you will receive the support and understanding you need, as well as joining in with the many social activities the Group has to offer. Suffering a bereavement is one of the hardest experiences we have to endure in life. Try to keep yourself busy and the time will pass more quickly.

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Online affair

My wife has announced she has been having an online affair with someone she talks to in a chat room. They have never met, and he lives a long distance away. We have a son, and she plans to leave, and take him with her. I am having to accept the fact that she wants to go, because I realise the marriage has been dead for some time, but the issue is that she doesn’t really know this man, and I am worried for our son. Your wife needs to understand that, while she may want to leave, you have valid concerns about your child, which is quite natural. You could suggest that she initially go and meet this man on her own, for a holiday to see how things work out, and leave your son with you in the meantime. If you are still not happy about the situation, I suggest you see a good family solicitor to see what your rights are.

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

tech

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Battery issues

HI AUNTY: I’m running an Acer Aspire laptop with Windows 7 and the time keeps changing when I switch off. When I first switch on and try to load Firefox I get an error message ‘unable to confirm page security’- however, once I correct the time it all works fine. I am linked to “time.windows.com” but I understand that it only synchronises weekly. Any help you can offer would be appreciated. Regards, Jim. Aunty says: The issue of your PC’s time reverting back to a default time, will be down to your PC’s internal battery running low and not able to power the memory when the PC is switched off. If you are on “default time” and you try to access webpage, they may be blocked for security reasons. For example if your PCs time is “01 01 2001”, then it will think something is up if it tried to access a web page of today’s date...how can it trust a website that has a date stamp of 15 years in the future! So you will need to disconnect the pc from the power, open the case, locate the battery, carefully remove it, find and carefully insert a replacement battery of the same specification. Response: Thanks - I thought there was a backup battery but it never mentioned it when I used help.

Homegroup Dear Aunty, until recently my Lenovo G500 an my wife’s HP Stream laptops were able to access each other in the homegroup on my Telefonica wi-fi router. Yesterday, for no apparent reason, my wife’s hard disk became almost full. To resolve this problem I had to restore her laptop to its original factory settings. This was successfully achieved and I joined her back into the homegroup. However when either of us goes into the homegroup we are told there are no other pcs available despite them both being switched on and media steaming enabled. Both are set to share all files with other devices in the homegroup and are visible to each other in the homegroup settings. Any suggestions? Geoff

Aunty says: Firstly, is it a bit strange to “restore to factory settings” when a hard drive becomes full. You can simply delete unwanted files, or move files you want to keep to an external drive. Or run the disk clean up options in Windows. It would suggest that you have not set up the media streaming options correctly on one or both PCs. Microsoft have a help page for this, which i suggest you read and make sure you have implemented all the required steps. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows7/streamyour-media-to-devices-and-computers-using-windows-media-player

Android problem HI AUNTY: I have a problem with my Android tablet purchased 31/07/14. 8GB A23 Dual Core Android 4.2 tablet PC Bluetooth camera 1M Red is the information I have. When I switched on yesterday across the screen in large letters was DEMO: I’ve tried all I know to get rid of it but it remains, the tablet will not function properly. Can you help? Bob

Aunty says: Many people have had an issue with the word DEMO appearing on the Android tablet. Some have solved this by resetting the tablet to factory settings - note you may lose all personal data on the tablet. It maybe that the manufacturer of your tablet, which I cannot see mentioned, may have an update file available on their website that fixes this issue. As for some tablets, an update file / patch has been made available, and the problem has been resolved by downloading and running this patch for the tablet...

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spanish Direct Object Pronouns

Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

QUITE A few months ago I wrote a couple of articles about “direct object pronouns”, using as examples the words “lo” “la” “los” and “las” meaning “it” and “them”. We saw how they can link to the ends of verb infinitives to make up a longer word, like this: “Voy a cocinarlo” (I’m going to cook it) “Quiero comprarlas” (I want to buy them). At that stage I kept things simple in two ways. Firstly, we only looked at “it” and “them” and avoided “me, you, him, her, us” and secondly, we stuck to examples with infinitives of verbs, where we were able to simply tack “lo, la, los, las” onto the ends of the words. Now that we’ve learnt a bit more about verbs, and particularly how to conjugate them (that is, change their endings) in the present tense, we can now expand in these two directions. So, we are going to learn more direct object pronouns and also find out where they should go in sentences. I would imagine this might take more than one article, as we are going to take this fascinating subject step by step and try and make sure no one gets left behind. First and foremost then, let’s remind ourselves about what we are talking about. In other words, what does “direct object pronoun” actually mean? To answer this question, let’s look at this sentence: “The boy reads the book”. In this sentence boy is the subject and book is the direct object, in other words the thing that receives the action of the verb “reads”. The word book can be replaced

by the pronoun it, giving us the sentence “The boy reads it”. We would change a sentence in this way if we already knew what “it” referred to. In English we call the words that replace direct objects in this way “direct object pronouns”. One main difference between Spanish and English is in the word order. “The boy reads the book” in Spanish is “El niño lee el libro”, with the same order as in English. However, when we say “The boy reads it” we place the “lo” in front of the verb, like this: “El niño lo lee” (“the boy it reads”). Now the direct object might be a person rather than a thing. For example, this is how we would say “The bus leaves us in the square”: “El autobus nos deja en la plaza” (“The bus us leaves …”). The direct object pronoun appears before the verb when that verb is what I call “live”, in other words it is a conjugated verb agreeing with the subject of the sentence (El autobus deja – third person singular form). The difference between this and the first examples, such as “Voy a cocinarlo” is that the “live” or conjugated verb is the sentence is “voy”, whilst “cocinar” is an unchanging infinitive form, to which object pronouns can be tacked on to the end. So far I think that is fairly simple, but there is rather a lot more to say about these direct object pronouns, so if you do feel there are some big gaps, hold on tight and I will do my best to expand the subject next week, and quite possibly the week after as well!

Crossword Solutions for Last Week Suduko Answer CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Relish; 4 Swamps; 9 Readyreckoner; 10 Tablets; 11 Fifty; 12 Steal; 14 Close; 18 Ahead; 19 Upstart; 21 Provincialism; 22 Emerge; 23 Beings. Down: 1 Rarity; 2 Lead by the nose; 3 Style; 5 Wakeful; 6 Manifestation; 7 Strays; 8 Least; 13 Addling; 15 Sample; 16 Punch; 17 Stamps; 20 Stale. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Battle; 4 Secret; 9 Ask for trouble; 10 Content; 11 Inlet; 12 Scamp; 14 Inure; 18 Amass; 19 Unequal; 21 Recrimination; 22 Dispel; 23 Beagle. Down: 1 Branch; 2 Take no chances; 3 Loose; 5 Emotion; 6 Rabble-rousing; 7 Treaty; 8 State; 13 Massive; 15 Hatred; 16 Quail; 17 Glance; 20 Elate.

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

health

6 out of 10 People fail at Operation Bikini Not trusting miracle diets and forming healthy eating habits, key to weight loss success. Operation Bikini has become a race against the clock to reach an ideal “perfect body” we dream of showing off in the summer, but which eludes us. In fact, six out of every 10 people abandon these quick weight loss diets, and 70% do so because of their adverse effects; of those who do finish, 70% quickly regain the lost pounds. Specialists from Quirón Torrevieja and Quirón Valencia Hospitals give us the keys to successfully wage the battle to lose those extra pounds. Miguel Sánchez Barredo, Psychology specialist at Hospital Quirón Torrevieja explains how “it is essential to ensure that this shaping up process does not become an anxious race against time in which we intend to take short cuts to have a “perfect body”, aesthetically speaking, from one day to the next. This type of approach usually leads us to periods of great sacrifice that end up causing frustration, discomfort, impotence, low self esteem and abandonment.” Sánchez Barredo’s proposal is to opt for choosing a healthier lifestyle, one of “loving oneself, where the goal is physical and mental wellbeing,” leaving any hurry aside, and placing oneself in the hands of competent professionals. Doctor Caridad Gimeno, Nutrition specialist at the Obesity Unit of the Hospital Quirón Valencia provides the keys to this healthy lifestyle: “The most effective treatment is a balanced hypo-caloric diet, with the characteristic elements of the Mediterranean diet,

avoiding the consumption of simple sugars, such as sodas or sweets, and overly fatty foods.” She also points out that support from professionals is essential. “Obesity is an illness that requires treatment, which must include specialist doctors, such as nutritionists, dieticians and endocrinologists, all of whom will advise on the most adequate medical or surgical treatment, depending on the degree of obesity or excess weight of the patient.” Doctor Gimeno advises on the importance of daily aerobic exercise, such as brisk walks, cycling, swimming, playing tennis or dancing. “The most important factor is to acquire healthy physical activity and eating habits, which will allow us to maintain the weight loss in the long term, and lower the risk factors associated to inactivity and an unbalanced diet, such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, joint problems, depression, and cardiovascular problems, among others. There are no miracle diets. Doctor Gimeno is blunt about the “short cuts” to obtain the desired weight loss: “Currently, there is no medication in Spain that has been specifically approved for treating obesity.” She also insists that inadequate treatment may place our health at risk. “Just like we consult with a specialist for other pathologies, and we do not decide on the treatment ourselves, we must do the same when it comes to excess weight,” Doctor Gimeno points out. Tips to succeed when loosing weight: Set yourself a goal: be realistic, as well as flexible. Consider that we’re talking about a change in lifestyle,

not merely loosing pounds or inches. Create a plan to reach the goal: consult professional specialists, follow the guidelines they set, and keep a record of the objectives you are reaching. Avoid negative emotional states: keep your emotions in shape by exercising, meditating, and giving yourself rewards once in a while (make sure these are not hyper-caloric foods, of course), by taking some “me” time or interacting with people who make you feel good. Never eat when you’re stressed or worried: in these cases, you’ll surely end up using food to quench anxiety, and that’s a bad choice. Talk to someone, call a friend to talk to them about your problem, try relaxation exercises, write a journal, take a hot shower, or go out for a walk... Postpone mealtime for a few minutes, until you feel more relaxed. Before quitting, get a sheet of paper and a pen, sit down and write: “why do I want to give up?” Surely, by the time you’ve written down some reasons, you’ll have realised that you really have more reasons to keep working on your health than to quit. For more information, contact Hospital Quirón Torrevieja: 966 92 57 61, or email atencionalpaciente@quiron.es

health

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

Broken Heart Syndrome

SURELY PEOPLE can’t die from a broken heart! Well actually yes, they can!

Broken heart syndrome is the common term for Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Other terms for the condition are ‘stress cardiomyopathy’ or ‘apical ballooning syndrome’. Symptoms are similar to that of a heart attack although the two conditions are completely different. A heart attack occurs when a blood clot forms in a coronary artery, reducing or cutting off the blood supply to a part of the heart muscle. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy causes temporary swelling of the heart, the large or small arteries may narrow and the normal pumping action of the heart is disrupted. Very little is understood about this condition which was only identified in the 1990s by Japanese researchers. The research is still in it’s infancy but it is thought that the sudden release of stress hormones such as adrenalin and cortisol play a role. The condition can be treated and normally resolves in around a week although it can be fatal. Broken heart syndrome affects more women than men and is more common in the over 50s age group. An episode of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is normally preceded by a sudden shock, intense physical / emotional

pain or fear for example: Death of a loved one Accidents e.g. car accident Natural disasters Being given bad news Divorce Job loss Public speaking or performance It is even suggested that a surprise party could result in the birthday boy or girl ending up in hospital! There is nothing that can be done to prevent broken heart syndrome apart from avoiding heartbreak situations which is impossible for most of us in this life! Managing stress is possible, however, and we should all have healthy strategies for coping with life’s difficulties. Counselling and therapy when things are tough can literally save lives. Some people will have more than one episode of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and doctors may prescribe beta blockers to reduce the effect of stress hormones on the heart. Any chest pain, especially when accompanied by shortness of breath or other symptoms, always requires immediate medical attention.

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

Friday, April 10 - Thursday, April 16 2015

Horoscopes The Mars/Neptune sextile provokes changes to schedule and re timing of events. This is because time is of an essence and there is a need to reschedule to allow fate to intercede in a matter of urgency. This allows you to reconsider what you are doing, and hopefully too, alleviates the pressure that you are currently forced to work under. The Venus opposition of Saturn brings frustration into an already difficult situation. With Venus aiming at joy, beauty and happiness, Saturn twists fate into ruling on the responsibility and pressures of life in general. Add to this the problems brought on by a friend not taking your side under difficult circumstances and it’s a confusing and heavy week. Venus enters and sets the emotional cat amongst the pigeons once more. Love has has to take sides, whilst you gain sufficient strength to see through the number of pitfalls and are able to put them in a wider more transparent context so they can work for you; not you for them. Your sensitivity is maxed out, but all will be OK if you just bring it to your level . Mercury brings a sufficiency of obstacles designed to test your resillience and determination to see things through to a satisfactory conclusion that is right for all concerned. Whilst things won’t get any easier for you just yet, neither will they become more complicated, and you will see that there is a large loophole looming to allow an escape. The Sun conjuncts Mercury at the start of the week bringing creativity and intelligence into projects and schemes. You are highly tuned and will feel very connected as you prepare to take on something new and rather wonderful. Do not feel that you are out there on a limb, when in fact portents all along the way are saying to just go for it! As Mercury enters into sensitive and all embracing Taurus you are able to lower your current defences and rely on your own soul energy to see you through. If it isn’t broken then do not try to fix it, since conservation and preservation are important elements; and the positive energy of Taurus brings inspiration, amidst the start of newly found depths. As Venus trines Ceres then time is right to put your best foot forward and to make your own wishes known instead of holding on to your current silence. Venus puts love back on the menu and helps you to better see where progress has to be made if you are to succeed in the current minefield of negativity brought about by the ignorance of others. The midweek sextile between Mars and Neptune serves to open your clearly psychic centres. Your own magnetism combines with clairvoyant energies bringing a very new vista of the future. This is a time to make more public your own set of gifts and to seek the guidance that you open your gifts to deeper and stronger spirituality. Mercury and Saturn clash somewhat at the end of an eventful week. Do not give an immediate answer to a pressing question, because stalling for time is the very best policy right now. Only this way you can be as impartial and as fair as you can; and if someone doesn’t like what they hear, they do not have your true interest at heart anyway! Mercury brings energy to you as this mighty planet of communication seriously takes on your planetary leader, Saturn. Used to being in control of situations Saturn often only sees one direction ahead, but with the current choices offered there is more than one way to skin a rabbit; as you are happily about to find out, all by yourself. Wayward Uranus travels across the Cosmos and leaves a small trail of destruction that will challenge and stimulate you in the week ahead. You are maintaining a silent stance on a project you feel is going to veer out of control, but then you really do not want to get involved in any way since, just right now, you have other vital fish to fry. Mars directs Neptune and gives some sage and friendly advice that will help your equilibrium in the next few days. You need a guiding hand and it is good to know that you openly encourage the supportive well intentioned energies of those around you who really do have your interests at heart. They know how you care so well for them!

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

Sudoku

Be open and you will feel the current shift more strongly if you believe in yourself more. Times are changing and the challenges of the year ahead are an indication of a job needing to be done and done well!

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Size matters!

HOW WONDERFUL it is to walk into a British supermarket here in Spain. Whilst I can remember the days way back when you had to smuggle tea bags in your luggage, and Mercadona had never heard of coleslaw. Back in those dark days you relied on trips back to the UK to buy Cheddar Cheese that didn’t taste like soap and Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers and Iron Bru had to be smuggled over the border. What did you smuggle in in your knickers in the distant past? Being able to visit a well stocked British Supermarket here in Spain is to enter into a treasure trove. I am not someone who has to rely on eating British food, really, but entering into that shop of lined up British goods all waiting to be bought is such a wonderful experience. On a recent visit I was not disappointed at the range of foods available. Those sauces and pickles alone get my saliva going. My partner, Carl, once had to make his own version of Branston Pickle to go with my cheese sandwich; and it was wonderful...but it wasn’t Branston and then you couldn’t buy a jar for love nor money! The lemons proffered by a generous neighbour became very quickly Lemon Curd, and the oranges, Breakfast Marmalade. Visitors were briefed to bring Fruit Pastilles, Earl Grey Tea and Sugar Free Jellies as well as Cadbury Chocolate. They were bullied into raiding UK Supermarket shelves and cramming their cases with long desired delicacies and everything else from hoover bags to a copy of last night’s London Evening Standard and bayonet light bulbs were requested as highly suitable and highly prized booty. That first entry as a Spanish resident into Mercadona in Denia revealed that even in such a high profile flagship store there would be no Hummous, no Haagen Dazs ice cream and certainly no fresh pasta or Diet Coke. We survived however, and yet, how wonderful it was when little

Kenny‛s Postbag

treats came your way, and guests arrived rustling M and S carrier bags. However, back to my last trip. There were all the products and labels from the past, some like Bird’s Custard and Kit Kat and Rolo that haven’t changed at all, only the price. But, shock horror, what has dramatically changed is the sizing. What has happened? I hovered over a Yorkie Chocolate Bar, which used to be labelled quite clearly, “Not for Girls” and which was in its chunkiness a food snack only appropriate for long distance lorry drivers who had just been eight hours on the road...now it would appeal only to Barbie. The purchased Mr. Kipling Almond Slices appeared to be in a traditional packing, but when that sealed carton was opened it revealed doll’s house fondant fancies that could be demolished in just one bite. One wonders how minuscule is a Cadbury Flake, and would a finger of fudge be enough to give a girl a treat these days? The mind boggles! A chunky Mars Bar on today’s shelf is smaller then the regular Mars Bar ever was, and as for a Wagon Wheel, don’t go there......they used to be of near tractor tyre size, now they are smaller than a mini. I sound greedy I know, but at this rate all those beloved treats we collectively adore will disappear entirely. OK I know it is all about obesity and cutting down, but this is ridiculous. Spirit does not shrink in any way. Business is booming for all Spiritual Organisations as we take on the openness and the loving care offered by belief. Spirit does what it says on the packet, and although there may be no special reductions everything is as it was and about to get better as more and more inspired people find their entry and rightful place. Life cannot shrink the product in any way and it remains under wraps until we fancy a bite...or two?

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KENNY, I have recently had a tarot reading and it has worried me greatly. I think that I have taken things the wrong way, but it has caused me to fear an event in the near future. What can I do? Helen “J” B. Helen, I have to more to be able to help you. Naturally your reading would be better explained by contacting the tarot reader concerned, and I can’t really comment on it. I do hope that there is something you have homed in on here that seems a lot worse than it is. Look at the event causing your concern with all the positive energy you can muster and try and prove the reader wrong....is my best possible advice!

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ACROSS 1. Hew (4) 8. Uneducated (10) 9. Passage (8) 10. Scoff (4) 12. Prophet (6) 14. Treat (6) 15. Ridiculous (6) 17. On fire (6) 18. Aperture (4) 19. Purity (8) 21. Scruples (10) 22. Reed (4) DOWN 2. Upright (10) 3. Jetty (4) 4. Vow (6) 5. Stiffen (6) 6. Felon (8) 7. Adorn (4) 11. Disastrous (10) 13. Politeness (8) 16. Fraud (6) 17. Begone (6) 18. Sin (4) 20. Row (4)

ACROSS 1. Gin not all knocked back (4) 8. Unable to read, as I shall repeat (10) 9. Not topping up the battery for nothing (8) 10. It’s not hard thus to take short measure (4) 12. Story about abstainer is idle talk (6) 14. Divers lose moisture in the golden warmth (6) 15. Didn’t dissent from an insatiate longing (6) 17. Red and having had a hole mended (6) 18. Ring missing from instrument 6 may have (4) 19. Many too old for insurance risk (8) 21. Resistance to work taking place (10) 22. The stronghold is obviously not to be lost (4) DOWN 2. The correct point of view is neither acute nor oblique (5,5) 3. Mole is result of pastry given to redhead (4) 4. Fish has one in position (6) 5. Points reached by actors, perhaps (6) 6. He’d take a liberty if he could (8) 7. Political radicals went out (4) 11. Set machine alight: it fights the deeds of arsonists (4-6) 13. Time of the first house-boat party? (3,5) 16. Mistakenly cede it through guile (6) 17. Do dive: it’s empty (6) 18. Cut off many who go one leg (4) 20. The class is wild (4)

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Focus on Golf

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A career in Golf

Good luck to one young man taking his first steps! by Tony Myles IN THE last few days I had the pleasure of joining a four ball which included a teenager who is creating a career for himself in golf. He is James Ivory and he is just 18 years old. He was seven when his dad first introduced him to the game and even from that early age, it was evident that he had a natural ability. His family moved from Watford to Spain and that was when James started to hit some golf balls at Javea driving range. With that experience behind him he then tackled the full 18 holes at Alicante. Those who know this course will appreciate that it is not easy and is a tough test for most golfers. James was undeterred by this and indeed it fired his enthusiasm for the sport even higher. James During a recent Campbell Lamont Ivory outing to El Bosque one of the aspects of his game which impressed everyone, and is surely the mark of a good golfer, was his ability to recover from shots which were less than perfect. Without exception any wayward

shot was followed by one right back into the heart of the game. Like all the successful pros, James spent more time studying the contours of the green than on any other shot. This meant that his putting was positive and accurate. SO HOW IS HE MOVING INTO PROFESSIONAL GOLFER? His first step is to join the Campbell Lamont organisation and he will available for lessons within a very short time. Meanwhile James is preparing himself for an extension in his training as he applies to join the PGA Foundation course at Birmingham University as an Assistant Professional. Assistant Professionals are expected to continue playing and improving their own golf game. During each year of the programme they should play in a minimum of seven qualifying tournaments each season, meaning that over the three years of training, twenty-one rounds must be recorded and submitted, to be eligible to apply for membership. The syllabus is comprehensive and covers coaching, technology and career and personal development. Graduation from the course after three years can lead to a variety of employment opportunities anywhere in the world. We all wish him every success and please make a note of the fact that you first heard about him here.

Head He2ad Campbell - Did you do anything special over the Easter weekend? Tony M - Just the usual really and for many ex Pats in Spain there is little difference between weekdays and weekends. Campbell - That is why some social events can happen during the week. Tony M - You are right and you put me in mind of something from my school days. Campbell - Apart from having an astonishingly good memory what gem are you about to share? Tony M - When I was at school I would always resent the fact that Monday was a long way from Friday but Friday was very close to Monday.

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New DGT Instructions for European Driving License Renewals by Keith Nicol MUCH SCORN has been levelled at Spain’s DGT as they once again failed in their attempt to clarify the correct rules and regulations when it came to whether or not, one needs to change or renew a driving license. Acoording to Trafico, anyone changing their UK, Irish or EU licence for a Spanish one is not actually changing it, but renewing it. The first thing you should be aware of is that the regulation is only for Spanish Residents, so if you are not on the Padron and hold residency in Spain, the following does not apply to you. Details sent from Trafico state; “In order to clarify some of the confusion which has arisen over foreign residents in Spain changing their driving license for a Spanish one, the DGT has issued an instruction which details the obligations of both drivers and law enforcers in dealing with the issue. Firstly, if your license has an indefinite date, or more than 15 years validity and you were legally resident in Spain before January 19, 2013, you should have already renewed your driving license. If you only became resident after that date, you have until 2 years from your date of residency to renew. Secondly, if your license has expired or is due to expire, you must renew it in your country of residence: in other

words, if you are a resident in Spain, your current license (no matter if it is from the UK, Ireland or EU), once it expires, must be renewed in Spain.” The good news is that Trafico realise that there has been a lot of confusion and they have decided that “No sanctions of fines will be issued before January 1st, 2016, to allow drivers sufficient time to renew their license.” However, if a driver is stopped by traffic police and is found to be in violation of the rule and has not renewed their license and exchanged it for a Spanish equivalent, then their details would be recorded and forwarded to the DGT, where details would be added to the central computer system, so that if the driver is stopped again and is found still to have not changed their license within a six month period, and after the enforcement date of January 1, 2016, then sanctions would become applicable and a 200 euro fine would be issued. There will be leniency if the driver can prove that an appointment has been made and is due in which the renewal is scheduled if it is beyond the six month or final date period. More information and the full text about driving in Spain can be found by searching for “N332” on Facebook or visiting http://n332.es.

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