RTN South Edition 819 by Round Town News

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south costa blanca edition

January 2015

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Issue 819

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Torrevieja’s Lady in Waiting FANNY SERRANO RODRIGUEZ is a name that soon every single citizen in Torrevieja will know about, if they do not do so already. by Keith Nicol As head of the PSOE party in Torrevieja, Fanny is the spokesperson for Torrevieja’s Municipal Government, as a qualified lawyer and their adviser on all legal matters, a Councillor with her own areas of responsibility and Torrevieja’s next and seventh mayor in waiting, after the two year term of the Green Party holding the position of Mayor has passed. Although not born in Torrevieja, the city of salt has always been her ‘home town’. Her grandparents fled the city from France during the Spanish Civil War, as being supporters of the King and the Republican movement, they left with hundreds of others, as staying might have put their lives and livelihood at risk. Fanny has a home in Torrevieja and spends weekends in Valencia and Alicante region visiting family when her new government responsibilities allow her to do so. As a councillor, Fanny holds posts of major responsibility for the future of the city and relishes the challenges ahead, as she notes that “For the last 27 years, the Partido Popular followed their own plan of action, and now is the time for change.” Fanny Serrano’s portfolio includes Urbanismo, Town Planning, Environment, Housing, Opening Licences and the lifeblood of the city; Tourism. Apart from some fundamental aspects, such as driving out the elements and possibility of corruption among council members and those in positions of authority, she also has in her sights plans to improve the bus system and routes for the city, in making them more reliable, user friendly and covering the city for the benefit of citizens and tourists, rather than what is comfortable for the bus company.

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Pascual Flores back home

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by Keith Nicol HER RETURN sparked an immediate conflict between the new municipal government and the Partido Popular. According to reports from the Cultural Councillor, the historic schooner has returned to her dock with water leakage, loss of engine oil and disrepair of clubs. A few days shy of two months since her departure, the ‘Pascual Flores’ returned on Tuesday to her homeport from Algeciras, where she underwent a programme of maintenance, caulking and tuning. Some of the tasks undertaken were granted by the previous municipal government of the PP through the Fundación de Veleros Históricos Nao Victoria, to the tune of 18,000€. Due to favourable wind conditions, the yacht returned two days early, as confirmed by the Councillor for Culture, Alejandro Blanco, who also noted that the aforementioned foundation had attached a report that outlined numerous deficiencies on the schooner. The technical report reflects the poor state of many parts of the ship that Blanco described as “disastrous”. Examples included water leaks, an engine oil leak and serious problems with the mast. “We will have to analyze the feasibility of the future of the sailboat,” said the Councillor for Culture, Alejandro Blanco. Blanco met with the ship’s captain, Manuel

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The Pascual Flores returned to Torrevieja on Tuesday.

Murube Seville, who explained first-hand the conditions of ‘Pascual Flores’ during the voyage, the first he has done since bringing the yacht to Torrevieja in 2009. The Partido Popular questioned Alejandro Blanco, for “doubting the state of schooner Pascual Flores”, with the PP saying that if the report is true they have not seen the proof as they are still awaiting a report specifying the deficiencies in the ship. The PP explained that the seaworthiness of the ship is “beyond question” since it has the correct seaworthiness certificates, “as has been seen in recent days on the return journey from Algeciras. The PP group said the municipal budget for 2015 set aside budget of no more than 200,000€ to make the necessary adjustments for the future of the ship. The municipal group claim that the mayor is to launch a local foundation that will manage the upkeep of the Pascual Flores. The Partido Popular welcome this saying they are “willing to collaborate in developing the project initiated for ‘Pascual Flores’, that will be of benefit to the city. Meanwhile, the people of Torrevieja await an announcement from Mayor Dolon and Councillor for Culture Blanco, as to the future of this Torrevieja icon.

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Woman caught with liquid cocaine in her breast implants ON SATURDAY a woman travelling from Colombia to Barcelona was arrested attempting to smuggle cocaine in Spain.

The implants had been filled with 3.3lbs of liquid cocaine.

by Jeanette Rice PAOLA DEYANIRA Sabillon, aged 22, was en route to Barcelona, Spain when customs officers at the Bogota airport in Colombia stopped her for further checks. Diego Rosero, the airport police colonel, said â&#x20AC;&#x153;officers noticed her looking obviously nervous whilst she stood in the secuirty line, and decided to detain her for further questioningâ&#x20AC;?. Ms Sabillon, from Honduras, was then taken to the x-ray machine where the officers could clearly see the breast implants had been tampered with. In fact, they had been filled with 3.3lbs of liquid cocaine. Ms Sabillon told the officers that although she had recently undergone breast surgery she had taken instructions to deliver the contents in Barcelona without knowing what she was carrying. Although under arrest, she was taken to Bogota hospital to have the implants removed and was admitted for treatment due to an infection resulting from the surgery. The procedure had been carried out in a back street clinic in Pereira, western Colombia, and clearly not to the hygienic standards that would normally accompany such an operation. Colombia produces around 300 tonnes of the class A drug each year, with the smugglers seeking new ways to try and dupe the authorities with their human mules.

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Birth rate rises in Spain for the first time in five years

FIGURES JUST released show that for the first time in five years the birth rate has risen in Spain. With a total of 426,303 babies being born in Spain last year, 588 more than the previous year, the National Statistics Institute published that this amounted to a rise of 0.1%. Of the total births 17.8% were non-Spanish mothers, a drop from the previous years 18.6%. The study of Natural Population Movement, which was released on Monday also stated that for the first time in history, life expectancy of those born here in the country was 83 years.

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New trafďŹ c controls at Alicante-Elche airport

by Jeanette Rice ALICANTE AIRPORT is currently installing new barriers for the parking area in departures. Amidst complaints from the Elche taxi drivers that illegal taxis are still operating at the airport and that some of the legal taxis are not operating by the same rules, the airport authorities are now installing barriers to allow the monitoring of vehicles passing through the terminal parking. Last year a new regulation came into force where taxis from outside of the Elche area such as Torrevieja, Cartagena and Murcia could only have 6 fares per month to or from the airport. However, as the Guardia Civil no longer have control of policing the parking area, the local police from Elche are now responsible for handling complaints and many seem to be caught up in the usual red tape. The official taxi drivers have continued with their claims that even though there are automatic licence plate readers, these only

control the area where taxis are supposed to pick up passengers and not the area on the 2nd floor, departures, or in the lower floor where the parking is situated. The new barriers, which are currently being installed, will be controlled with cameras and automatically record the licence plate of any vehicle. Drivers will collect a ticket at the barrier and be allowed 15 minutes free to either drop off or collect their passengers. Should a vehicle be recorded as staying longer than this time, upon exit, they will be required to pay an additional amount. Airport authorities state that the need for the barriers is to offer a better service for those wishing to pick up or collect passengers, encouraging drivers to only park in the area for a shorter period of time so that others can also benefit from the spaces. It is anticipated that the new barriers will be fully operational in July.

International news...

Hoax phone call forces plane to make emergency landing A RYANAIR flight, travelling from Oslo to Warsaw yesterday morning, Thursday, was forced to make an emergency landing after authorities received what they believed to be a hoax call saying that explosives were on board. The plane landed safely and all the passengers disembarked, shaken but unharmed, and at the time of going to press explosive experts had began their search of the plane.

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Man dies falling from plane ONE MAN has died, and another is fighting for his life in a London hospital after stowing away on a flight from South Africa. by Jeanette Rice THE MAN died, following an 8,000 mile flight from Johannesburg, South Africa to London’s Heathrow airport, when he fell from the plane and landed on a busy high street shop. He was found with his feet sticking out of an air conditioning unit by emergency services. It is believed, although not yet confirmed, that the man had hidden in the wheel well area of the Boeing 747. David Learmount, a consulting editor of Flight International magazine said “the conditions at 35,000 feet meant that it would be highly unlikely for anyone to have survived, with temperatures getting to minus 50 degrees and the lack of oxygen, you are either going to be frozen or unable to breath”. Experts believe that the man fell to his death when the plane lowered its undercarriage in preparation for the landing. The other man, aged 24, who at the time of going to press was still fighting for his life in hospital with multiple injuries, is believed to have managed to have somehow got inside the plane in order to have survived the journey, with some aviation experts suggesting that maybe his body had gone into a state of hibernation. An investigation is under way as to how the two men avoided security in Johannesburg and were able to get so close to the plane, whilst the Metropolitan Police have stated that they were still investigating if the two men were stowaways on the same flight. An inquest into the death of the young man from Mozambique heard that medical reports showed it was more than likely that he had survived for most of the 12 hour flight.

National news...

Caver trapped overnight as emergency teams battle to free him

IT TOOK 40 specialist emergency crew to free an injured caver at the weekend in Catalonia. The 45 year old man was with his friends in the Cuberes cave in Catalonia when he fell approximately 20ft into a crevice, which was a three hour walk from the cave entrance. Unable to reach him his four friends called the emergency services who attended the scene but could not immediately free the man. After hours of the specialist team, including 19 special rescue workers, a doctor, nurse, underground cavers from the Catalan Speleology Federation and 12 police officers managed to free the man and used special tools to chip away at sections of the cave to make it wide enough for a stretcher to fit through. The injured man was evacuated by helicopter to Lleida hospital where he was reported to have back injuries.

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RCCL help Elche Children’s Home by Keith Nicol

ONE OF the World’s largest Cruise Ships docked in Cartagena on Wednesday. There to great their inaugural visit to the city were representatives from the Town Hall: Deputy Mayor, Ana Belen Castejon , and the Councillor for Tourism, Obdulia Gómez plus Richie Sparks from Big FM, his fiancé Rachael, children from the Elche Orphanage plus Steve Howells and his removal team from Formentera, with one of their biggest trucks. Howells removal RCCL’s Anthem of the Seas is a huge vessel that dwarfs almost everything else in the City, including Steve Howell’s scale resorts, the largest indoor sports and removal truck, which is one of the larg- entertainment centre at sea, that includes est vehicles on the road. Standing16 boat bumper cars, ice skating and much more. decks above the water line and being Richie Sparks said; “Today Rachael and more than three football fields long, the I were lucky enough to be invited by Anship offers guests a variety of activities nette and Dave English to join the children not available or even thought of a decade from the Children’s Home in Elche to visit ago such as a skydiving simulator and the Royal Caribbean ship ‘Anthem of the Crane watchtower, among others. Seas’. We had the most amazing day and The ship is 347 meters in length, 40.8 me- our thanks go to the crew who showed us ters at its maximum width, has a draft of all around the ship including the bridge 8.5 meters deep and an impressive 22 knots and the North Star Eye in the Sky. We were cruising speed. The Anthem of the Seas made to feel incredibly welcome and they boasts a watchtower crane that lifts passen- laid on food, drinks and activities for the gers over 90 meters high to enjoy the best kids that were out of this world.” views, while at sea or in the city, leisure areRitchie had only words of prase for the as that are more avant-garde than many up- RCCL of whom he said; “Not content there,

they held a raffle among the crew and raised an amazing amount of cash for the home and it didn’t stop there. They then provided a whole articulated lorry load of furniture to be used for the benefit of the home. Many thanks go out to Steve Howells for providing the lorry and the manpower to shift it and tolerating the hassles of customs. So many thanks to the Captain and fantastic crew of the Anthem of the Seas; a truly spectacular vessel and a crew that are a credit to Royal Caribbean.” Removal expert Steve Howells added; “A big thank you to everyone, especially the staff and crew from the Anthem of the Seas, for all there great donations and gifts for the Elche Children’s Orphanage.”

Continued from front page... SHE ALSO spoke of the new council being more open and offering easy access for any citizen to voice their opinion or have their suggestions and ideas heard. As a Ciudad Grande, a large city of more than 100,000 residents, she invites anyone who wishes to visit the Government offices on the second floor of the Town Hall, and not to feel afraid of not being understood, as many members of the local council and their support team, all speak or understand English. She also plans to reintroduce the ‘Citizens Suggestion Box’ where residents and visitors can voice their ideas virtually by email or drop a note in an actual ‘box’. With more than half the population being foreign residents, Fanny said that more emphasis would be put on supporting the needs of foreign residents than ever before. Although no date, location, staffing or make up of the office has been decided, the OARI office will return and become an important part of the government’s action plan. One of her largest challenges will be to meld the departments of Tourism, Urbanismo and Environmental departments together, in order to look for new and innovative ideas to promote and expand the tourism offering in the city, which includes the building of hotels, a new port and harbour plan and attracting new cruise ships to the city. Work on a new and more open Cultural program is underway, with more focus on International events rather than just artists known to the Spanish community. Cycling routes and more bicycle friendly areas of the city are of paramount importance, being green, environmentally friendly and a 100% clean form of transportation while she promises that more emphasis will be placed on the improvement of disability and mobility access over kerbs and entrance into buildings, etc. Fanny can be contacted directly through the Municipal office on the 2nd floor of the Town Hall or via her office in the Urbanismo building.

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International Press Institute members fear for freedom of the press JOURNALISTS IN Spain have spoken out about their fear for the future of the freedom of the press in the country. by Jeanette Rice THE INTERNATIONAL Press Institute (IPI) members have begun to express their concerns publicly about their fears of a clamp down on the freedom of expression ahead of the national elections in November of this year. A report out in this months edition of IPI written by Stephen Whittle argues that the freedom of expression, which has been in place since the end of Franco’s dictatorship, is under threat. The report detailed five factors that were felt to be infringements on this freedom and that the journalist felt impelled to speak out about. Of these five factors the group of journalist point to the politicisation of RTVE, Spain’s public broadcaster. Six new broadcasting licences are going to be granted by the government rather than an independent broadcasting regulator. This is due to a new public security law which will come into effect next week. The report also points out that the new chairman of RTVE had publicly boasted of his support for the PP party, and when the issue was raised in parliament the spokesperson for the PP stated that the appointment had been necessary as RTVE’s reporting had previously been anti government. The new law will fine those taking “unauthorised images” of the police and security forces, change the way in which institutional advertising is allocated and will also put a private pressure on media owners and editors to comply with the general consensus. Citing concerns raised by the Platform for the Defence of Free Expression (PDLI), a group of journalist, lawyers ad aca-

Freedom of the press

demics, Mr Whittle discusses in the report that the four political parties are all fighting to win power, and as each party holds about 20% of support in the polls the first casualty in such a war would be the truth. The president of PDLI, Virginia Perez Alonso, said that “Spain’s economic crisis and claims about terrorist threats are being used as a smokescreen to introduce reforms that would restrict press freedom”. Ms Alonso went on to say that “many of the reforms have a common denominator, to reduce methods of sharing information, putting barriers on the internet, a space of free ex-

pression, and penalising new forms of protest”. The PDLI stated that the new public security law, which they are calling the “gag law” has already been criticised by the United Nations human rights delegates. The IPI delegation, along with representatives from the European Federation of Journalists and the Committee to Protect Journalists met with political parties in Madrid over a period of three days to plead for the benefits of accurate and impartial political media coverage. For the full report you can go to: www.access-info.org/wpcontent/uploads/IPISpainReport_ENG.pdf

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Award for Olympia Restaurant by Keith Nicol

THE ORIHUELA Costa Branch of the Royal British Legion held their June meeting at the Olympia Restaurant in Mil Palmeras last Thursday evening. To show their appreciation for everything that the restaurant has done for them over the past nine years, a Certificate of Appreciation was presented to restaurant owner Elaina for the help and support she has provided to the organisation since its formation at the beginning of 2008. The branch also held a spontaneous collection, initiated during AOB by member Ted Marsh, for the Gurkha Welfare Trust Earthquake Response Fund, created to provide emergency aid to the Gurkha and ex Ghurkha community affected by the earthquake in Nepal last May. A total of €255 was collected, which has already been despatched to TRLB to be added to the initial £50,000 grant awarded by the charity last month. Guest speaker for the evening was my good self, local broadcaster and journalist Keith Nicol who presented a short ‘What’s on, in and around the local area’ followed by an overview of cruising (by ship) in and around the Costa Blanca, which was, although I say so myself, very well received. Members were also delighted at the news that later in the year I will return to the branch to treat the members to some previously unseen video footage of one of the last commercial mini-submarine dives onto the wreck of the Titanic.

Pink Ladies Royal Ascot Day

THURSDAY JUNE 18th was a pink letter day for dozens of lady race-goers who gathered in their finery to support Maria and The Pink Ladies/AECC cancer charity at The Evolution Bar in La Fuente. A “Royal Ascot” lunch was enjoyed by all while the racing was beamed in during the afternoon,so everyone could have a flutter. The excitement continued all afternoon, and raised another important 455€ for the fight against cancer. Maria thanked Evolution Bar and all the guests for their support, and her Pink Ladies and Pink Panthers for their tireless work on behalf of cancer research and the AECC early detection programme.

Community news...

La Zenia’s new beach lockers

Ted Marsh, who helped raise an impromptu 255 Eurosfor the Gurkha Welfare Trust Earthquake Response Fund

LA ZENIA has new beach lockers where you can keep your valuables safe while you swim or sunbathe. The new, eco-friendly, high tech, beach lockers were introduced on La Glea beach, Campoamor last year, with the new and improved version now installed at La Zenia. The lockers operate from 10am until 9pm everyday, are powered by solar energy and allow you to open and close your locker, to access it as often as you wish for just a 5€ rental charge, with other charges for shorter periods available. Renting a locker also gives you free WiFi across the entire beach zone. The unit takes coins or credit/debit cards, has an information touch screen and after depositing your money, a unique token is provided along with a wrist band; a locker opens and this is yours for the day. They are completely automatic and don’t require an attendant sitting there all day, although help is at hand if required. For more information visit their website at www.beachlocker.es or email jef@mobilelocker.eu

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Benidorm - Not A Relaxing Time! I HAVE just returned from a ten-day holiday in Benidorm, where I had hoped to get some rest and relaxation on the beach. No chance! For a start the price of the sun-beds and parasols is exorbitant .With two of us the daily cost of a day on the beach is 13.50€, making a total of 135€ for the10 days. We could have had an extra flight for that price! Once on the beach you pay an attendant and then, just as you are about to relax, a ticket inspector hovers over you until you wake up( if you are lucky to be sleeping) so as to punch your ticket. Then you discover the powers that be have decided that frontline sun-beds have to be facing south at all times. Even though the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the sun-beds must not follow the sun. This is bureaucracy gone mad! Next thing, the peace is shattered by the loud screams of illegal sellers of everything from mojitos, sangria, sunglasses, beach dresses, to lollies and even massages. Benidorm could learn a thing or two from Fuengirola, where each restaurant is in charge of their own little stretch of beach, sells their own drinks and snacks and even provides toilet facilities, something which Benidorm’s beach totally lacks. Benidorm Council needs to get their act together as this treatment will cause people to boycott the beach and stay around their respective pools. This was definitely not the relaxing holiday I had anticipated.

Rule breakers

IN REPLY to Toms letter last week, I was intrigued by Toms tales of the felonious goings on at the Finestrat pool and I agree. It is indeed discouraging to see people do what they shouldn’t do and not do what they should. What a pickle we’d be in if all of society did that. Rules are rules for a reason. Dalai Lama XIV may have said “Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively”, but when was the last time you saw him at the Finestrat swimming pool? However, now I’m beguiled: What were these rules that these “transgressors” were breaking, and who made them? Were they noisy, naked, smoking, plot-

ting, cooking, dancing, praying, murdering, organising a meeting of more than 5 people, feeding their dog, coveting, chanting, displaying avarice, singing, running wildly or maybe blaspheming? We need to know! In addition, for showing disapprobation to an elderly president, I’d throw the book at them (assuming book throwing is indeed allowed according to the list on the gate). This story has legs. You’ve whetted our appetite. We need more details. I shall eagerly scan next week’s RTN to get the full story. Rule breakers eh? Makes you ashamed to be British! Mitch Johnson, Tormos

An act of kindness

I WOULD be grateful if you would allow me to use your “readers’ letters” page to acknowledge an act of kindness and honesty. Last Tuesday, 16th June, I lost my wallet in the Boulevard. It contained all my bank cards, driving license, health cards, etc. and a small amount of money. However, it was found by some kind soul and handed in to security personnel and I was able to collect from the Boulevard Information Desk the following day. The contents of the wallet were fully intact; the money was of little importance but words cannot describe my relief at getting the other items back. The finder did not leave a name and address and this is the only way I can thank him or her for this considerable act of kindness and honesty. I would also like to thank the staff at the Boulevard for their help in this matter. Thank you for the opportunity for me to use your paper to express my appreciation to everyone involved. Sincerely, George Berry, Calle Almanzor, Villa Costa II

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Sleepy town changes their “kill Jews” name A TOWN near Burgos called Castrillo Matajudios (translated into English meaning “kill Jews”) has legally changed its name. by Jeanette Rice THE TOWN will now be called Castrillo Mota de Judíos meaning “Hill of Jews” and the official state bulletin now reflects this change. Historians are still debating when exactly the “Kill Jews” name was first widely known for the town, some saying it dates back to 1627 when anti-Semitism was high during the Spanish Inquisition between 1478 and 1834, whilst others believes it goes back as far as 1492 when a royal order was put in place banishing Jews from Spanish lands if they did not convert to Catholicism. Prior to this the town was believed to have been called Mota de Judíos, in reference to the Jewish pioneers who settled there. The town’s 56 residents voted on the name change with the full support of the mayor and are reported to be excited about the future with a new outlook towards their town, although the practicalities of changing all relevant deeds and documents may take some time. The Board which agreed the name change said that the aim was “to recognise the Jewish origin of the town, and remove the racist implications that the town had endured with the previous name”. It is hoped that by September all the new signs will be in place.

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Mercadona to create 4,000 new jobs

THE SPANISH supermarket chain, Mercadona, has announced that they will been seeking 4,000 new employees. The Valencian registered company has 1,536 stores throughout Spain and is looking to employ the additional staff mainly to cover the summer period where the stores experience a sudden influx of tourists particularly in the coastal areas. The jobs will be offered on temporary contracts running from June to September and will pay a net monthly salary of €1,100.

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Focus on July

AS WE enter the hot summer months, although fewer performances take place in local theatres, much of the action moves outdoors with the major focus being the annual San Javier Jazz Festival. by Keith Nicol MEANWHILE, LOTS of beach clubs open their doors, along with aqua parks and many special activities for the summer. In Rojales, this weekend the Moors and Christians festival tales plus the Cuevas del Rodeo Craft Market happens on 1st Sunday of the month in July and August, but with a change of time, to the evening; from 7pm to 11pm. Today, Friday 26th, a benefit fashion show for Reach Out takes place at Catorce Restaurant in Benijofar. The first model is out of her blocks at 3pm with the show on until 5pm. The Reach Out Fashion Show includes a Tombola and the restaurant is organising an afternoon cream tea for only 5€ a head. For those feeling peckish, this weekend Almoradi holds the second week of V Jornadas del Arroz, a gastronomic rice dish weekend, featuring 10 bars and restaurants who have special rice menus. Meanwhile, under the blazing hot sun, the VI International Beach Volleyball Tournament takes place in Santa Pola on the 27th and 28th June on the Gran Playa. It’s not all sport and sexy bikinis or Bermuda shorts as the event also has its fair share of music, dancing, entertainment and prizes throughout the weekend. On Friday the 26th and Saturday 27th June, Santa Pola will also host the Rock ‘n’ Pola Festival at the auditorium in the Palmeral Park. Entrance is free before 7pm. On Friday the line up is: Liqua, Hard Bard, Smokin’ Rings, The Ambassadors and Green Cold Chili Onions and Saturday: Tregua, Abony Code, Real Dreams, Dark Wind and Leviatan. Staying on the beach although further down the coast, the Acrobatic Aeroplane Festival will take place in Los Alcazares. It’s an opportunity to take your spot on the beach, with your picnic and cold chest and enjoy watch the planes performing amazing displays. On Saturday the 27th at dusk, an international aerobatic team will demonstrate their acrobatic

manoeuvres with fireworks while on Sunday, flying and aerobatic skills can be viewed from 10am until 2:30pm. The XVIII San Javier 2015 festival starts on July 3rd. All events happen in Almansa Park Auditorium, San Javier (Murcia) with a special Season Pass available for 125€, which includes all concerts, except Jackson Browne, for which entrance is 35€. All concerts begin at 9:30pm except on Sunday July 12th and Wednesday July 22nd, when they will begin at 9pm. Friday July 3rd features CMD & The Nomads, the 4th with Tony Desare Quartet while the headliner of the festival on Monday July 6th, is Jackson Browne, who although not really a Jazz artist, has sold over 18 million albums in the United States alone and written and recorded songs such as “Stay”, “Running on Empty”, “Lawyers in Love”, “Doctor My Eyes”, “Take It Easy”, “For a Rocker”, and “Somebody’s Baby”. The following Friday July 10th, Jethro Tull’s Martin Barre is joined by Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, on Saturday Ginesa Ortega, Raynald Colom Cuarteto, Lynne Arriale, Grace Kelly & Cécile Verny Present “Cinema” and Sunday July 12th Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne & The Drew Davies Rhythm Combo and joined by Janiva Magness. These are just a few of the performances with more information on the artists and the agenda from: www.jazz.sanjavier.es.

Jackson Browne performs at San Javier Jazz Festival

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On ‘yer’ bike

FROM BABES in arms to great granddads, more than 200 cyclists toured Torrevieja last Sunday as part of the XV Bisiquión. Although it started an hour later than advertised, at 10.30am instead of 9.30am, the event was full of fun although on one of the hottest days of the year, an earlier start would have been appreciated by many. This year’s event also attracted more than 50 people on inline skates and even one ten year old boy who ran almost the entire 13 kilometres of the route. The tour took a slightly different turn this year due to Torrevieja’s Triathlon also being planned for a 1.30pm start and the roads been cut off to traffic along Acequión although the time gap in times between events would easily have allowed the Bisiquión cyclists the opportunity to ride the entire seafront without disturbing traffic further. The event is part of the annual Comisiones de Hogueras, the Bonfire festivities, of Acequión and Molinos del Calvario. The event started with the traditional music from the Sociedad Musical Ciudad de Torrevieja ‘Los Salerosos’, followed by the cycalists and skaters lining up behind an American Truck Cab, which set the pace foe the informal event. XV Bisiquión was organized by the Barrio del Acequión, and was also attended by members of the opposition PP and in the presence of Councillor for Security and Emergency, Javier Manzanares Solivelles. This year enrolment cost the normal 2€ which was going towards work by the NGO New Fraternity, to build a maternity ward in Rukara (Rwanda). After the tour of Torrevieja, participants got their money’s worth with snacks and refreshments available for everyone along with a fun water festival to cool everyone down.

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Brico Depot’s second great promotion of the year: 10 days only! THE HARDWARE and builders’ merchant chain celebrates the start of summer by offering its customers for 10 days only incredible prices across a wide range of products.

Brico Depot: 10 days only

THE BRICO Depot centre located on the N340 (Crevillent direction) continues to surprise with the arrival of summer. The “10 days only” campaign which starts on Friday 26th has special offers on a wide range of products both for trade customers and for those seeking DIY solutions. Every year the company uses this time to reinforce its “low prices every day” policy and offer its customers its well known bargains, at unbeatable market prices, promotions so attractive that people flock to the stores. Not only that, the store will announce its latest news aimed at making it easier to shop. From now on they will provide finance, with payment on easy terms, a delivery and installation service, and a new windows to measure service. Brico Depot, Crevillent has therefore organised, on 26th and 27th June, a special event, with music, giant inflatable figures, and special purchase gifts. Also they will repeat recent events and lay on a snack service together with “Food Trucks” and “La Reina Street Food”.

Remember, the store is open all day from 8am to 9.30pm, Monday to Saturday. BRICO DEPOT IN SPAIN Since opening its first store in 2003 in Viana (Navarra) the company has seen continual growth to 28 outlets in Spain and 2 in Portugal, which equates to more than 134,000 square metres of sales floor, more than 8 million customers, and over 1,800 staff. THE KINGFISHER GROUP The Brico Depot chain is part of the Kingfisher Group, European leaders and third largest in the world in the hardware and builders’ merchant sector. With more than 1,000 outlets spread through 11 countries across Europe and Asia, it has more than 80,000 staff and over 6 million customers a week. The company trades in France, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Poland, China, Russia, Turkey, Spain, Portugal and Rumania. The Kingfisher Group comprises Brico Depot, B&Q, Castorama, Screwfix and Koctas.

Find them at Crevillent (Alicante), N-340, km 711 or telephone 965 40 60 63.

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International Gay Pride Day this weekend AROUND THE world this weekend there will be celebrations and parties to mark International Gay Pride Day, 28th June. by Jeanette Rice

Bars and other venues will be flying their rainbow flags with extra pride and although the town of Benidorm does not hold their annual gay pride event until September there is no doubt that the local businesses will celebrate this weekend also. Madrid Pride Parade, know as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orgullo Gayâ&#x20AC;? is always held on the first Saturday after June 28th. The event, organised by COGAM (Madrid GLTB Collective) and FELGTB (Spanish Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals) and supported by other national and international LGTB groups. The first gay parade in Madrid was held after the death of Franco and is now the biggest pride event in Europe with more than 1.5 million attending. Other European cities holding a similar event are Paris, London, Berlin, Stockholm, Vienna, Amsterdam and the list goes on.

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Emiliano Casal still number one EMILIANO CASAL, Spain’s three time undefeated lightweight boxing champion is preparing himself for an assault on the European Belt later in 2015 or early 2016. by Jack Troughton THE TEAMS of both boxers are presently in negotiations, primarily over were the fight will be in Torrevieja or Belgium, with the winner moving up to a whole new level of completion and being eligible for a World Title fight. Emiliano said; “We are presently in negotiation over where and when we shall fight for the European belt. It will take me about three months to reach my Lightweight weight and be in fighting shape.” In the meantime, Emiliano has been keeping himself very busy. His wife is expecting their second child, he has been appearing in two local films, making appearances at local prize giving ceremonies, running two taxis and has still found the time to help design and open a brand new beach restaurant, Velero. On the acting front, Emiliano has been working on the good side of the law with Siesta Productions ‘The Cucarcha Club’, and a nastier piece of work as a mafia gang boss, in Bill Little’s ‘Trained to Kill’ with offers to appear in both films follow up, should they happen. Bill Little has also earmarked a part for Emiliano in his new film, ‘Realm of Darkness’, which should start production on the Costa Blanca this Autumn. Although he is first a boxer and will continue boxing until he retires from the ring, reviews of his work as an actor have been very positive and so possibly yet another career will open it’s doors for Emiliano in the mid 2020’s, after boxing, as a thespian. Apart from his family, Emiliano’s new pride and joy is his family restaurant that he opened last month called; Velero. Located less than 100 metres from the Salt Pier and built on the beach at Playa del Acequion, his new restaurant offers

Emiliano (white shirt), with wife Stine and staff at Velero

something a little different. Emiliano added; “My wife and I wanted to offer something just a little different for the people of and visitors to, Torrevieja. Our new restaurant is open from 10.00am until ‘whenever’, and we serve up very special dishes not found elsewhere in Torrevieja. A very special taste of the Mediterranean.” During the Bonfire celebrations this week, Velero was packed, with the new ‘chill out’ zone proving to be extremely

popular. Emiliano believes in the hands on approach, is there most evenings to meet and greet everyone and to ensure the service visitors receive is first class. Being a first class act himself, Emiliano is also very approachable and speaks fluent Spanish, English and Norwegian, plus has a working knowledge of a number of other languages. So feel free to say hello if you are passing before he goes into training mode for his European Belt bout after the summer season.

Oklahoma 32

Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

AFTER A hectic few months of casting, rehearsing, building sets and selling tickets, it all worked out worthwhile for Studio 32, who delighted their audience, with three sell out performances of Oklahoma. by Keith Nicol THE LEAD roles of Curly and Laurey were accomplishedly portrayed by Rae Daniel and Verity Jo Spencer Hall with exceptional supporting roles from Jenni Hardy –Rooney as the feisty Aunt Eller, the flirtatious Ado Annie played by Bev McEwan, along with the talented Mark Lord as Will Parker. The casting was even more of a surprise when one realises that it was the first time for Rae and Verity to take lead roles in a musical, along with many other members of the talented cast. Special credit also goes to the gifted Mike Oates, who played peddler Ali Hakim and to Dan Ullah, who played the mysterious and sinister Jud Fry. The lead actors were well supported by a host of dancing girls, cowboys, farmers wives and girlfriends, all of whom added their personal touch to make this a truly authentic and fantastic show. Oklahoma was produced and directed by Susan Zillah Wilson, backed by a dedicated back stage crew and Studio 32 members. Having just got their breath back and after their end of show dinner, the group are already planning their next production, the popular Pantomime Dick Whittington. This will be staged once again in the Cardinal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio and be one of the first pantos of the winter season, taking place in November. They are both hoping for another sell out show, as it’s anticipated that another large donation will be made to local charities to add to the 2,000€ presented this time, to the Alzheimer’s Association and San Fulgencio town hall. The society are just two years old and always on the lookout for new talent, of any age, sex or nationality. If you are interested in becoming a member of Studio 32 in any capacity, just stop by one of their rehearsals at Casa Ventura, San Luis, Torrevieja on Wednesday 17th June between 4pm and 6pm.

The cast of Oklamoma! take a well deserved bow

Community news...

Dates for your diary

THE EX-SERVICEMEN’S Association (Mazarrón District) have organised the following events. On Wednesday 8th July, lunch (1.30pm for 2pm) at the Restaurante Ramonete in Las Librilleras. Take RM-332 towards Aguilas then onto D21. On Wednesday 12th August, dinner (7.30pm for 8pm) at the Restaurante Pekin 5 in Puerto de Mazarrón, near Mercadona. On Wednesday 16th September, lunch (lunchtime menu) at Restaurante Viggos, on the Paseo in Puerto de Mazarrón For membership and enquiries, call Ian 629 81 86 11 or esamd_espana@yahoo.co.uk

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Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

Carlos Baos

from White & Baos Abogados Solicitors Lawyers

How to get a Spanish Criminal Record Certificate in Spain DEAR LAWYERS, I am a teacher moving back to my home country. I am currently finalising preparations for my move for the next school year. I have been told that I will need, among other requirements, a certificate of my criminal record in Spain. Is this correct and if so can you can help with the paperwork? CERTAIN JOBS and / or activities require a certificate attesting that one does not have a criminal record, particularly those jobs related to the health sector, teaching and caring for children, elderly, etc. In order to be able to get such a certificate you should be registered officially in your country of origin or the country where you have lived in, which in your case is Spain, and they are the country that could grant this kind of certificate. In Spain you can apply for a criminal record Certificate from the Regional Offices of the Ministry of Justice of the corresponding Autonomous Community. The application could be made either by yourself in person, or you can appoint an authorized

representative, who will be able to act on your behalf. If you apply personally, it would be necessary to present the following documentation: Original identity document in force like ID card, passport, etc. It is very convenient if you are a foreigner to provide your NIE. Form number 790 completed, and proof of the payment of the application fees. You can ask someone to represent you and apply for it on your behalf, in which case the following would be needed: Power of Attorney (POA) granted by you in favor of the person who will represent you before the competent authority. It is essential to note that if the POA is granted abroad, it must be duly Apostilled to

be valid in Spain. Original or certified copy of the identity document in force of you and your representative. You should know that the Spanish authorities will seek information about your criminal records in your home country before issuing a certificate of criminal record in Spain, and also, the Spanish Criminal Record Certificate must be duly apostilled, to be valid in your country. If you need assistance obtaining Spanish Criminal Record Certificate in Spain, contact us.

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

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Keith Littlewood International Financial Adviser

UK National Lottery – now 45million-1 to win it! It ‘COULDN’T BE YOU’

AS IF it was not hard enough before to win at 7 million-1 Camelot have decided to increase the difficulty by adding a further 10 Balls. LADBROKES NOW say that you are more likely to be abducted by Aliens than to win the Jackpot on the UK National Lottery! So all you people relying on winning the lottery to help financially to get you through retirement should probably start thinking of a backup plan. Trying to find the right investment especially in Spain has often been described to me as difficult as trying to pick the winning Lotto numbers. There are no ISA’s or tax relieving funds for Spanish fiscal residents. This

has often meant that ex-pats try to keep their UK based tax friendly investments in tact because ‘the Spanish authorities will never know about them’. I have bad news on that front because the ‘Spanish Authorities’ have been and continuing to take steps to make sure that everyone pays the tax on their investments that they should. This includes ISA’s and Pension Lump Sums. New tax reforms and asset declaration Modello 720 have just been the start of this process. What you should do if you find yourself in this position is speak to an IFA such as myself as soon as possible. The discussions will be confidential and at least you will be aware of where you stand and the best way of going forward and all it will cost you is a few minutes of your time. What is available for Ex-Pats living in Spain are the

Spanish Compliant Bonds that can offer security as well as a very good rate of return and can cater for all risk profiles from the Cautious Investor to the more speculative risk taker. These can be very tax efficient and offer an excellent vehicle for clients wanting to take regular income or if you just want to let your investments grow over time If you would like a brochure or more information on Spanish Compliant Bonds or just simply want a sit down and a face to face discussion about your savings then do not hesitate to email or phone me, often just a reassuring discussion is all that is needed for some people. If you need advice or have any questions regarding the above you can contact me on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com

The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity. Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licenced in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Licence No: 00805B and registered with the DGS in Spain.

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Protect your home with LIBERTY QUALITY HOME Insurance Probably the biggest asset you will ever buy will be your home so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vital you are well protected with a quality insurance policy that will cover you as you wish to be covered. With Liberty QUALITY HOME Insurance you can be assured it does what it says on the tin, so to speak; it gives you QUALITY cover for your most prized possession. Liberty QUALITY HOME policies are available with three levels of protection namely: Basic; Plus and Premium cover. All three options can include our two new additional services that you can use free of charge, with just a telephone call: A DIY assistance service - once a year, during weekdays, you can request for a professional to handle certain small household tasks like plumbing, hanging artworks or erecting flat-pack furniture for example, with up to 3 hours of labour costs. And also, an IT service for home technology equipment that can provide support via telephone or on-line chat. When the technicalities are, may be, a little too complicated for you, we can help with computers, multimedia players and browsers. Sometimes help is provided in-situ for the first hour. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, as a new feature this year, Liberty has added a new cover: the unblocking of pipes, even if an incident has not occurred. A very useful added value that very few insurance companies offer. The BASIC protection guarantees essential home coverage at an affordable price. Optional additional covers are available. For example, the landlords can take advantage by taking out defense cover to claim for imperfections caused by tenants and non-payment of rent. The PLUS option additionally covers: the costs of aesthetic restoration of the building and its contents; rebuilding or replanting a garden. PLUS also covers: 100% of the cost of glass and ceramic household appliances; broken windows; Plexiglass/Perspex furniture breakages, and mugging. Refrigerated goods are also covered, as is garden furniture. And the PREMIUM protection goes that little bit further. As part of its significant improvement, it covers the costs that the PLUS policy offers but includes: cover for costs resulting from excess water consumption through broken pipes; solar panel glass; total building collapse; accidental spillage of hazardous liquids, on the carpet for example. Whichever cover you prefer, some aspects can be tailormade accordingly to suit your personal circumstances. Optional extra covers can include: personal accidents at home, increased cover limits for specified valuable objects like jewelry or cameras for example; all risks outside the home on specified and non-specified goods, as well as in storerooms; all risks against accidental damage to the home, including property subsidence; public liability for dangerous breeds of dog. Your Liberty Seguros broker can advise you on all the options that are available to you. With LIBERTY SEGUROS you will be always in safe hands. With over 150,000 international clients, LIBERTY SEGUROS is the leading expatriate insurance provider in Spain, with a wide range of products as well as home, including car, marine, leisure, commercial, life, pets and public liability; all available to protect and cover you in our unexpected world. Go to www.libertyexpatriates.es now for the name of your nearest LIBERTY SEGUROS broker, who can give you expert advice on which cover best suits your needs in a friendly face-to-face environment and speak in your own language or call 902 255 258 for more guidance.

by Jeanette Rice

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Gala Bingo winners come to Benidorm LAST WEEK the winners of the Gala Bingo UK competition visited Benidorm and some of the cast of the well known programme of the same name. See page 36

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What happened to the bees in your garden by

Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

INCREASINGLY READERS are noticing that year by year there are less and less bees around. NOT JUST of the common honey bees that live in colonies of 50,000 plus worker bees but also the rarer species of bumble bees that build up colonies of just 100-200 bees and the large black wild digger bees that live in small colonies of just ten or 20 and bury into the ground to make their natural hives. Unfortunately the problem is not confined to Spain. Moving hundreds of hives from one orchard are to another according to the pollinating seasons has become a major business in the US. Close to home our local honey farmer moved his hives from various parts of our Costa Blanca valley to Leon to rebuild his bee colonies in a healthier environment and obtain greater yields of honey. Doing some research indicates that there are several causes of the serious decline in bee populations . 40% of Spain’s 700,000 million bees are thought to have died as a result of a mysterious disease during the period 2004 and 2005. The deaths were 70% in some regions but apparently only 10% in some northerly regions. The March 2005 big freeze killed some active bees and in some areas decimated that years blossom season on fruit trees and seriously damaged and even killed off many old fruit orchards, including citrus plantations. The aerial spraying of fruit trees and in some areas gardens as well. An increase of spraying in the countryside around and

between villages and towns as fruit and vegetable growers upped their spraying with insecticides and fungicides as abandoned trees and piles of fallen fruit stimulated an increase in unwanted insects and fungi spores. The increased use of insecticides ,fungicides and weed killers in industrial vegetable growing and animal rearing. An increase of spraying in gardens especially where large new urbanisations were allowed to be built on agricultural land previously used to grow fruit and vegetables. The removal of old mixed hedgerows, which included wild plum, sloe, hawthorn, and wild rose trees which attracted and sustained pollinators, including bees. Exposure to aluminium from the pollen of flowers which naturally high in aluminium. This is thought to cause something approaching Alzheimer’s in bees which lose their ability to orientate and home in on hives. Mountainside fires that destroyed acres of rosemary where hives were previously located. A major reduction in the number of hives and beekeepers as the importation of low cost Chinese honey bites into the local market. A reduction in the number of birds, bats and beneficial insects that used to control unwanted insects naturally. The spraying to tackle new garden pests such as the geranium moth, a series of new citrus pests, new vegetable

pests attacking crops such as tomatoes and artichokes and of course the biggest current problem the palm weevil, plus the new weevil killing off agaves. Depending on the product used the fog created by treating palm trees with copious amounts of chemicals in water cannot be healthy for humans, pets, birds, butterflies and beneficial insects as well as bees. Against that background it is unlikely that bee populations recover to the numbers of two decades ago and gardeners can expect to see far fewer if their neighbours continue to use chemical sprays on the first appearance of any bug and protect doomed palms with obnoxious chemical compounds rather than seeking out less harmful natural solutions. Incidentally enormous sums have been quoted for the labour costs of hand pollination in the fruit and vegetable industries if bees died out completely. One quote for the US was 265 billion euros which would probably kill off large sections of the industries because of the extra costs.

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All Change at Carpet Heaven WITH THE hot and humid weather at the moment, probably the last things on your mind are cosy rugs and carpets. WELL IN the carpet and rug business that is exactly what we think about during the summer months, when all the designers bring out their new lines for the following season, and when we, the retailers, start looking at clearing old stock to make room for the new. Here at Carpet Heaven in Los Montesinos we are now starting to bring in this year’s new fashionable designs & colours Have you just bought, or are you trying to sell a house with old or cracked marble or ceramic tiles? Why not cover your floor with high quality Burmatex carpet tiles, available in a vast range of styles, colours and textures, which will provide warmth, practicality and sound reduction. Another excellent alternative, especially for kitchens and bathrooms is non slip and durable cushioned vinyl, in a wide range of wood, marble or stone effects. We have our extensive range of British ‘Stainfree For Life’ carpets, available for fitting or as large area rugs, still at 2013 prices. Due to exchange rate increases, these prices will inevitably have to rise in the new winter season, so get excellent value for money by ordering this summer, (order, pay a deposit and pay the balance when fitted in the autumn). You’ll be glad you did when those cold winter nights return! To make room on the shop floor for our new lines we will be holding an ‘End Of Line Sale’ from Wednesday 1st July until Saturday 18th July when all our rugs will be discounted by 20%. Why wait for the inevitable autumn price increases? Buy now at this year’s prices. We will even store for free until you are ready to collect. We are open Monday to Saturday 10am – 2pm.

Find them at Avenida Del Mar 33B (The Main Street) 03187 Los Montesinos or call 966 720 782. Alternativley email carpetheaven@hotmail.es or visit www.carpetheaven.es

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Artist’s dream PHOTOGRAPHER JOSE Ferrer’s work mixing the past with ‘today’ is at the centre of July’s exhibition at the Artefactus gallery in Javea Old Town. by Jack Troughton The intriguing compositions by the Canary Islands-based artist appear as a mixture of reality and a dreamland. And also on show are works by film director Wolfgang Burmann, currently living in Brussels, and Dutch artist Marijke de Vries. The Artefactus shop is also stocked with the jewellery by Viko, which incorporates glass with other materials such as silver, leather and fabrics. The exhibition runs from Thursday 2nd July to Saturday 25th July. Artefactus is in Calle Mestre Angel Palencia. For more information, visit www.artefactus.es or its Facebook page.

Checkmate outdoors

THE FIRST Oriheula Costa outdoor chess tournament, organised by the DTOC will take place on Saturday 18th July from 10.00am to 8.00pm in La Zenia Park. Tis is the first ever outdoor chess tournament on the Orihuela Costa. Everyone is welcome and as an added attraction, there is free beer for all, while stocks last. To participate in the tournament you have to be an Orihuela Costa resident with the deadline to participate in the tournament open until Monday 13th July. Send applications to: info@ dtoc.eu. Participation fee for the tournament is 10€.

Continued from page 33 In March this year, Gala Bingo in the UK launched a special bingo game with the ultimate prize for the winners of a holiday in the resort of Benidorm combined with a meet and greet with some of the stars of the popular “Benidorm” programme. All players had to do was opt in at the beginning of their bingo game and each day a holiday for two would be awarded via a draw, 14 draws in total. Last week the winners arrived in the resort to enjoy their prize and got the opportunity to meet and greet with Tim Healy who plays Lesley, Jake Canuso the charismatic waiter and Sherrie Hewson who plays Joyce Temple-Savage. Elizabeth and John Reddy, from Preston, enjoyed meeting the cast and had quite a chat with Sherrie Hewson who is a Gala Bingo fan, Elizabeth, a Coronation Street fan was clearly enjoying every moment of this very special holiday. Benidorm was chosen as the destination by Gala following a survey that they conducted of 1,000 of their members. The survey revealed that 47% felt that Benidorm gave value for money and 26% said that the resort had been recommended by either a friend or a family member. 20% expressed that they had been influenced by the TV show although 4% said that they had been at least 6 times before, such was their love for the town. The survey also found that at least A picture by Jose Ferrer 23% who responded would love to live in Benidorm, the attraction being the weather and lifestyle, some of them even chose the resort over options such as New York, Las Vegas and Australia.

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

Outgrown each other My Fiancée and I grew up together. She now works away, and we don’t get to see each other very often. She often cancels visits, saying she has to work. Because of our long relationship, both our families expect us to marry. I feel I am trapped and am being railroaded in to a marriage that I no longer think I want. But I have mixed feelings, because we have been together for so long, she feels like a member of my family. Long standing relationships sometimes can run their course, and it sounds like this is what has happened to you both. It is possible that your Fiancée’s feelings have also changed, if she is making excuses not to meet up. Her new working life has taken her in different directions, and she herself may now be questioning your relationship. You both need to sit down and talk about it. Unfortunately there are always casualties when people break up, and your parents will be sad, but must accept that you may have simply outgrown one another.

Write to Sara in confidence. A pseudonym will be used if you wish. Sara reads all letters and can give a personal reply. Email your question to agonyaunt@roundtownnews.com or Sara is available for private consultations, telephone 633 614 476.

Marriage worries I am an Asian girl, and my mother is trying to push me into an arranged marriage with the son of her friend. I have said no to the match, but my mother is urging me to reconsider. I already have a boyfriend - we met at College. My parents haven’t met him yet, but are aware of him. We want to get married one day. I am worried my parents might not agree to this because he is still studying, and not yet established in a career. You will need to talk to your parents about what your wishes are. It would be a good time now for you to take your boyfriend home and introduce him. If you are serious about marrying, and you are prepared to wait until he leaves education, and gets a job, then your parents should think well of this. Have you met his parents yet? The outcome may not be as worrying as you fear. You won’t know your respective parents opinions about your futures until you all come together.

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Magic moments

 You are well connected to your inner self right now and highly charged by your own special psychic energies. What you thought was maybe a romantic notion may prove to be very much more as you are warm and centred in your thoughts and boosted by your creative and inspiring energies. Anything could happen if you really want it to! Somebody needs your help right now, but it could be that they are afraid of a refusal or too proud to share their dilemma. You are very generous and open to lending a hand just when and where you are needed; and if this means rolling up your sleeves to get the job done then just go for it. Venus and Jupiter combine talents to reward! Mercury takes on Pluto, and a secret from the past is to revealed to you this week. It will change your mind about someone and will find you questioning that it was the right thing to do at the time. Although much water has passed under the bridge you will be glad that something helps you now to clear the way towards peace. Time to de-clutter your home, your life and just anything that you have to. Mercury sextiles mighty Uranus and brings you into touch with some positive Aquarian energies. A great time to start a project, or to start something new that will benefit from your calm patience, dedication and resilience to get the job well and truly done. The Sun reacts to a trine with Neptune bringing all aspects of finance into play. Watch spending and tighten that belt while you can, as unexpected expenses are looming. Someone doesn’t seem to be paying their way at the moment, and this needs to change if any balances to expenditure are to see you comfortably out of the red. The Sun reacts to a trine with Neptune bringing all aspects of finance into play. Watch spending and tighten that belt while you can, as unexpected expenses are looming. Someone doesn’t seem to be paying their way at the moment, and this needs to change if any balances to expenditure are to see you comfortably out of the red. Your heart is in the right place and that is the saving grace for you this week when others appear to be determined to sway you in each their own direction. The positive and empowering energies of both Venus and Jupiter ensure that you get off on a better footing, and show others, too, that you are not to be messed with. You seem to have recovered from the recent minor niggles that have badly affected you just recently. Welcome to a calmer, more reflective time when you can freely show those who you care for what they really do mean to you. Working with Sun energies you will find that precise Ceres has your timetable well and truly in hand. Jupiter beguiles with Venus bringing love on all levels, and certainly not before time either. You have had to prioritise just lately but you haven’t had to compromise or defer your immediate reactions to things.Your actions go far beyond and are motivated by your need to bring dialogue to the table, since it’s time. A great time to study and to expand your ideas as you take on something challenging and new. Aspects of the Cosmos are gently nudging you towards new horizons, and you are beginning to feel the differences this is making all across the board. Right now Mercury is opening your consciousness and Uranus making ongoing future plans. Uranus is spurring you on by reacting positively with Mercury. This does a lot more then opening your channels ready for necessary communication, as it forms a defensive energy that will see you through the next few weeks. Decisions will still have to be made but it will be better to have drive and direction right beside you. Neptune enjoys a tryst with the basking energies of the Sun, and this as it would seem brings solutions to many recent problems. You are taking very good care of others but are you looking after yourself? Surprisingly enough, such self love is the key to your way ahead; so give yourself the biggest dose of it that you possibly can.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week

Aspects throughout the Cosmos are highly motivated this week by reactions from the Sun. Time to let it be known what your full intentions are, and for you to work to see that they are turned from the dreams that could be, into the realities they will be.

I AM often asked about magic, and particularly if it exists and why doesn’t it come along more often. Well, you see it has to be special to make it magic, and so it could never be anything but spontaneous, and therefore it is infrequent too. Sheer magic is often a reflection because we didn’t value it at the time. We take a look back on something that was rather wonderful at the time, but that in time has become very special, taking on a real touch of magic? This could be because nothing else better has happened to eclipse it, so too it can mean that we have much magic to anticipate into the future. Photo album perusal is never, ever a quick glance, even at a page of aging faded cellophane wrapped moments from the past. These treasured snaps bring back the happiest of memories and somehow act as a trigger as we remember a special time or a specific occasion that brought us happiness back there in the past, that is to be enjoyed now in the present. Maybe those times, way back when, were magical after all? Maybe they were portents in this our Spiritual life here on Earth or they have unleashed, especially for us, the power of evocative actions that were a part of the skilful magic that is a truly highly prized element of our very being. Magic moments? Truly they are, and just like the words of the song...filled with love. So often the gift of love has come to us. There was somewhere back then the very first love, that brought with it that gnawing feeling in our stomachs. This may or may not have been accompanied by not being able to eat or sleep. Then there were the endless days of childhood, before we became a product of the system, and time took over us. Our first kitten or puppy and the first cakes and jelly party with laughing clowns, or a summer picnic. Each of us has our own trigger for the magic of the past, and we are all governed by the level of happiness that it brought us. So too is the great impact brought about by anticipation of magic. Knowing something is going to happen can be predictable, but if it is special and if it releases something within us; then the greatest thrill can come from pleasures that are yet to come, and which will be the next photo album on the shelf, harnessing yet another magical time, just for us. Nostalgia is a great gift, so do not relegate it in favour of what may come along. We are born into a World, thankfully, without a sell by date. Thus we are free to live the life we can have. Every day can be a part of the magic as we inspire others and indeed allow this to form a part of the greatest delight of our lives. Here the not knowing is the joy, the very greatest joy as we examine our own magic moments. Doubt that magic can come and you are blocking the true treasures of the future and what it can bring Being a part of what can be might just be enough magic to spur us on. As I get older I find myself doing the maths just in case I really am younger than I think I am. Sadly, although I was away when they did adding at school, I always end up with the same sixty one years I have been given. I cannot regret anything whatsoever, but the longer that I live the more I see the magic of life and the great result that my Mediumship has brought me and continues to bring me. New magic is a joy to behold. Recently the young son of a friend in Norway taught me that the, “high five” is out and the touch of the knuckles together with someone very hip. This knuckle action is followed by a V sign spread horizontally across the forehead. I questioned this V action, whereby my friend’s son looked at me, and told me it was a hippy sign from the 1960’s. So it was. Sadly he was very good at the maths and knew that, for me, it was for the second time around. Now that’s magic for you!

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KENNY, I believe in the power of prayer, but my faith is tested when I see senseless deaths as innocent people are gunned down in their local church. Where has the spiritual kindness in the World gone? Val K. Val I can understand your feelings, but surely no bad actions of others should stop us from what we truly believe in? Whether we have a religious or a spiritual connection, or both, it should make us all the more determined to promote the peace we know the World needs; more than ever right now. When bad or wrong things happen it does jolt us as we feel the pain of others in their suffering; but it should make us all the more determined that what we are doing is so very right!

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Quick Crossword ACROSS 6. Of no religion (7) 7. Circular (5) 9. Court (3) 10. Constable (9) 12. Upkeep (11) 15. Resound (11) 17. About (9) 19. Colliery (3) 21. Arbour (5) 22. Wreath (7) DOWN 1. Criminal (5) 2. Pig-pen (3) 3. Nothing (4) 4. Anticipation (9) 5. Heighten (7) 8. Long and very narrow (6) 11. Brazen (4-5) 13. Nonentity (6) 14. Unfold (7) 16. Titan (5) 18. Close (4) 20. Moose (3)

Cryptic Crossword ACROSS 6. How overweight associate came to his end? (7) 7. Thomas loses article to funny insect (5) 9. Observed a cutting tool (3) 10. Didn’t make a will, but had a meal during trial (9) 12. Why the songbird couldn’t sleep? (11) 15. In favour of calling - something to make one angry (11) 17. The very best directors are right (9) 19. Bashful, but will have a fling (3) 21. The French worker rested (5) 22. Sympathy strike at harbour (7) DOWN 1. Up in London a gaping heathen (5) 2. Was prostrate in narrative poem (3) 3. Plot to put fifty in the pot (4) 4. I cannot go because of infection (9) 5. Pare while the abstainer is inside (7) 8. Oppose because is amongst the others (6) 11. Evil grins indicate coating with precious metal (9) 13. He must be a bully! (6) 14. Be perplexed about right relation (7) 16. Part of a plough no single person can own? (5) 18. Bring up the tail (4) 20. See a secret agent (3)

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Days out in Benidorm WITH 5 separate theme parks, it’s easy to understand why Benidorm is a great destination for family holidays. Now that they are all open daily for the season, here is a summary of what each has to offer. TERRA MITICA

Theme park divided into 5 zones – Egypt, Rome, Greece, Iberia and the Islands with stunning architecture and a multitude of rides in each, including a 360degree rollercoaster for the adventurous thrill seekers. Beautifully landscaped grounds with plenty of shady areas and a new swimming section with Jacuzzi and plenty of water rides throughout the park. Some good shows throughout the day but dialogue is in Spanish – however it is easy to follow. Be aware you are not allowed to take your own food and drink into the park.

AQUALANDIA

MUNDOMAR

Marine animal park directly next door to Aqualandia which also has many exotic animals. A particular favourite with children, offering plenty of shows throughout the day, including parrot, sea lion and dolphin spectaculars. There is also an opportunity to book a unique ´swimming with the sea lions´ or ´encounter with dolphins´ experience – however both need to be pre-booked.

The largest waterpark in Europe and a favourite throughout the hot months with everyone, regardless of age. The coloured water slides are quite an iconic sight on the Benidorm skyline and Aqualandia has the worlds highest capsule slide – Verti-Go, measuring 33 metres. Open from 10am, you can purchase all days tickets or half day – valid after 3pm.

AQUA NATURA

Water park located next to Terra Natura. Smaller than Aqualandia but there is certainly no shortage of slides, plumes and activities to keep you amused which has the added bonus of a free Sea Lion show twice daily. There is a man made beach with sand and this park is probably better suited than the other water park for younger children.

TERRA NATURA

Wildlife park divided into 3 zones – America, Asia and Europe where you get to see animals of those continents living within their natural environment. The park has over 1500 animals of 200 different species – 50 of which are classified as endangered and they run a very successful breeding program. There are plenty of interactive activities going on throughout the day, such as feeding the animals and for the brave you can fly across the elephant plain on the 400 metre ´Zipwire´!

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Anybody looking for laughs down Walford Way?

Rock ‘n Roll at its very best! ‘John Coffey singer catches beer while crowd walking.’

THIRTY YEARS, four months and one week ago BBC1 brought a brand new show to the screen that was designed to make inroads into the pulling power of Coronation Street, and with gritty groundbreaking tales of folks in the London Borough of Walford, EastEnders took off with a bang, and the soap loving armchair millions were beside themselves. In case you’re a big fan of the show, I suggest you consider not reading on as you might well lose it … big time! Phil Daniels, the actor who popped up in February 2006 as Pat Butchers cheekie chappie wheeler dealer nephew Kevin Wicks said in an interview last week that the show has ´run its course and should be axed by the BBC´ were his actual words, easy with that coffee cup there! Mostly because of my lifestyle, I ´ve long since left watching EastEnders off of my things to do of an evening, and with Daniels adding “how have we allowed this moribund dirge of a soap opera to carry on for so long,” I´ve now got to realising that my decision to give EastEnders a wide berth was very much along those lines. Phil Daniels (Kevin Wicks) was offered a new contract to remain in the show 18 months on in August 2007, but decided to decline the offer and was duly killed off in a car crash, yet another example of how the morbid has continually been route one for the producers of the show. Why not have him winning some lottery dosh and moving to the Seychelles! I decided to include this story after I found out that an internet survey produced a sizeable 57% of peeps who agreed with Phil Daniels, that apart, I will be wearing a crash helmet every time I leave the house!

Yet more confirmation that the pop business is completely nuts comes in the shape of a promo item from Helsinki that includes 1000 cardboard cutouts of Nicki Minaj and her famous buttocks! I have to say it must be comforting for Nicki to know her buttocks are just as famous as she is. Oh yes, and the buttock cut-outs were placed outside a cathedral in the city! Honest!

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Quote of “the Week

The Daily Star Sunday on watching a movie made by Kim Kardashian and Kayne West about themselves “Wow! I’d rather stick pins in my eyes!”

´Spectre´ could well be Daniel Craig´s last outing as James Bond, after Homeland actor Damien Lewis’ odds for the 007 role were shortened from 25/1 to 3/1 by bookmaker William Hill. “The Wire” and “Luther” actor Idris Elba remains the favourite at 5/2, but is this simply a ploy to keep JB in the news in behind the spectacular opening scenes of Sceptre being leaked on YouTube.

It’s pretty ancient news that Chris Evans is the new presenter of Top Gear, but you might have missed some comments posted at the time of the announcement. Twitter users mourning the death of their favourite show posted ´Nice knowing you, Top Gear! Bye!’ ‘Like anyone is going to watch Top Gear without Clarkson and the gang!’ another. Good luck oh spectacled one, your gonna need it mate!! I genuinely hope the rumours that The Crystal Maze is returning is not just idle gossip. The original shows ran on Channel 4 in the 90´s, and at its peak was the most watched on the station regularly attracting 4- 6 million viewers. It’s also said that legendary host Richard O’Brien will be part the project, so cross your eyes, ears, nose and throat it’s not twaddle talk.

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Family Finders 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Continent 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Would I Lie to You? 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 Graham Norton Show 24:25 SunTrap 24:55 Fallen

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07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Claimed and Shamed 08:30 Family Finders 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Cowboys and Angels 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Tennis from Eastbourne 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 20:30 Glastonbury 2015 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 Arthur Ashe: More Than a Champion 23:00 Glastonbury 2015 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Glastonbury 2015

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07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 The Box 13:00 BBC News 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Homes Under the Hammer 15:00 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:30 Live Challenge Cup Rugby League 18:05 Escape to the Country 18:50 Pointless Celebrities 19:40 BBC News 19:50 BBC London News 20:00 Prized Apart 21:05 National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:55 Casualty 22:45 John Bishop Show 23:30 BBC News 23:50 Not Going Out 24:20 Room 101 - Extra Storage

07:10 The Lost Squadron 08:30 East of Sudan 10:00 Wimbledon Classics 12:00 Kangaroo Dundee 12:30 Kangaroo Dundee 13:00 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain 13:15 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 14:15 Tennis from Eastbourne 17:00 Kangaroo Dundee 17:30 Glastonbury 2015 19:00 Gardeners’ World 19:30 Edwardian Farm 20:30 Japan: Earth’s Enchanted Islands 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 Mock the Week 22:30 Glastonbury 2015

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV News Central 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Gino’s Italian Escape 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:40 Vicious 24:10 Bloody Sunday

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07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Jimmy’s Australian Food Adventure 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 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 The Last Leg 24:10 Man Down

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07:25 Childrens TV 09:00 Nerds & Monsters 09:10 Nerds & Monsters 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:20 Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20 Jeremy Kyle Show 13:20 ITV News 13:29 ITV Central Weather 13:30 Jeremy Kyle Show 14:35 Surprise Surprise 15:35 1000 Heartbeats 16:35 All Star Family Fortunes 17:20 Scooby-Doo 19:00 ITV News Central 19:10 ITV News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed! 20:00 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 22:40 Black Work 23:40 ITV News 23:54 ITV Central Weather 23:55 FIA Formula E Championship

07:10 How I Met Your Mother 07:35 Triathlon 08:30 FIM Superbike World Championship 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 11:50 The Big Bang Theory 12:20 The Simpsons 12:50 The Simpsons 13:25 The Simpsons 13:55 Rude(ish) Tube 14:25 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Walking Through History 21:00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages 22:00 Taken 2 23:55 Babylon AD

07:00 Childrens TV 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Jesse Stone: No Remorse 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 World War II in Colour 21:00 Conspiracy 22:00 Big Brother 23:30 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:30 Big Brother

07:00 Childrens TV 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:50 Stop! Police Interceptors 12:45 Stop! Police Interceptors 13:50 Columbo: Playback 15:20 The Green Berets 18:05 5 News Weekend 18:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 19:10 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 20:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 21:00 Celebs on Benefits: Fame to Claim 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 The 80s: The Best of Bad TV 24:30 Jackass

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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 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Back-Up Plan 24:10 Celebrity Juice

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07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 12:00 Catchphrase 13:00 Music and Lyrics 15:10 Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium 17:05 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 17:35 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 19:05 Minion Madness 19:20 A Cinderella Story 21:10 Along Came Polly 23:00 Love Island 24:00 Bachelorette

19:20 A Cinderella Story

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 Happy Endings 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 16:30 Baby Daddy 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Predators 24:05 The Big Bang Theory 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

07:00 Jane the Virgin 07:45 Suburgatory 08:10 Suburgatory 08:40 How I Met Your Mother 11:00 Melissa & Joey 11:30 Melissa & Joey 12:00 Baby Daddy 12:30 Baby Daddy 13:00 The Goldbergs 13:30 The Goldbergs 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 Made in Chelsea 17:00 The Addams Family 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Friends with Benefits 24:05 Gogglebox

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Wimbledon 2015 starts on 29th June until 12th July with live daily coverage. Wimbledon 2015, BBC1 and BBC2 starting 29th June

Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

sunday 28th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:00 Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Prized Apart 15:20 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:50 Flog It! 16:25 Escape to the Continent 17:25 Songs of Praise 18:00 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 18:30 Nature’s Greatest Dancers 19:30 BBC News 19:50 BBC London News 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 23:00 BBC News 23:30 A David Attenborough Special 24:05 Don’t Tell the Bride

BBC2

07:05 Animal Park 07:35 The Big Allotment Challenge 08:35 Countryfile 09:35 Gardeners’ World 10:05 Beechgrove Garden 10:35 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:05 The Box 12:35 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 13:35 Wimbledon 2015 14:35 From Here to Eternity 16:30 Live Challenge Cup Rugby League 19:15 Glastonbury 2015 21:00 Top Gear 22:15 Odyssey 23:40 Glastonbury 2015

ITV1

07:25 Childrens TV 08:30 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 12:30 Live FIA Formula E Championship 14:15 ITV News 14:29 ITV Central Weather 14:30 Long Lost Family 15:30 Off Their Rockers 16:00 Live FIA Formula E Championship 18:45 Love Your Garden 19:45 ITV News Central 20:00 ITV News 20:15 Catchphrase 21:00 Surprise Surprise 22:00 Black Work 23:00 ITV News 23:19 ITV Central Weather 23:20 FIA Formula E Championship 24:20 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

CHANNEL 4

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 Ginetta GT5 Challenge 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 Edward Scissorhands 17:35 Location, Location, Location 18:35 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Kevin McCloud’s Escape to the Wild 21:00 Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year 22:00 Humans 23:00 Cold Light of Day 24:55 Rude Tube

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Wanda and the Alien 09:10 Zack and Quack 09:25 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:00 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 The Secret Life of Pets 12:05 Stop! Police Interceptors 13:05 The Land before Time 14:20 The Princess Bride 16:15 Spies like Us 18:05 5 News Weekend 18:10 Beetle Juice 19:55 Dirty Dancing 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Greatest 80s Movies

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07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:45 Emmerdale 10:35 Coronation Street 13:00 Catchphrase 13:40 Take Me Out 14:50 Take Me Out - The Gossip 15:35 Love Island 16:35 Minion Madness 16:50 Despicable Me 18:45 The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey 22:00 Love Island 23:00 The Break-Up

07:00 Suburgatory 07:30 Suburgatory 07:55 Baby Daddy 08:25 Baby Daddy 08:50 Melissa & Joey 09:25 Melissa & Joey 09:55 Made in Chelsea 11:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Couples Come Dine with Me 14:30 Couples Come Dine with Me 15:35 The Goldbergs 16:00 The Goldbergs 16:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 SPYkids 4: All the Time in the World 20:45 Rude(ish) Tube 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 Gogglebox 24:00 Gogglebox

Editor’s Choice John Torode and Gregg Wallace host Celebrity Masterchef 2015.

Thursday 2nd July, BBC1, 10pm monday 29th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 The Met: Policing London 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 Have I Got Old News for You 24:05 Have I Got Old News for You

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Claimed and Shamed 08:30 Family Finders 09:15 Demolition: The Wrecking Crew 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Daily Politics 12:30 Wimbledon 2015 21:30 Wimbledon 2Day 22:30 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 23:00 Episodes 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Odyssey

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CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Countrywise 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Vicious 22:30 It’s a Funny Old Week with Jason Manford 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:40 Plebs

07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 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 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story 22:00 Kevin McCloud’s Escape to the Wild 23:00 Man Down 23:35 Tattoo Fixers

07:00 Childrens TV 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 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 King of Texas 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Stop! Police Interceptors 21:00 Furious & Funny: Caught on Camera 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Under the Dome 23:55 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

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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 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:10 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Love Island 24:00 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 Happy Endings 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 16:30 Baby Daddy 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:00 New Girl 21:30 The Mindy Project 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 My Mad Fat Diary 24:00 Gogglebox

tuesday 30th June BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Syndicate 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 Imagine 24:45 Surviving Summer

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine the Hammer 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 08:00 Call the Council 11:55 ITV News 08:45 RHS Hampton 11:59 ITV Central Weather Court Palace Flower Show 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 09:15 Japan: 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central Earth’s Enchanted Islands 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 16:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 Daily Politics 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 12:30 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 ITV News Central 21:30 Wimbledon 2Day 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 22:30 The Bank: 20:30 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones A Matter of Life and Debt 21:00 Love Your Garden 23:30 Newsnight 22:00 The 7/7 Bombing: Survivors’ Stories 24:15 Weather 23:00 ITV News at Ten 24:20 Match of the Day Live 23:45 Benidorm

07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:25 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 Child Genius 23:00 Not Safe For Work 23:50 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

07:00 Childrens TV 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Bop Box 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Polar Storm 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Stop! Police Interceptors 21:00 The Dog Rescuers 22:00 OAPs Behaving Badly 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

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07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:10 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Bad Bridesmaid 24:50 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 Happy Endings 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 Charmed 12:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 16:30 Baby Daddy 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Empire 23:00 Tattoo Fixers 24:00 The Big Bang Theory

Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

wednesday 1st July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:45 Call the Council 12:30 Wimbledon 2015 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Don’t Tell the Bride 22:00 The Interceptor 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 SunTrap 24:05 The Met: Policing London

22:00 The Interceptor

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 See Hear 09:45 Cowboys and Angels 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Wimbledon 2015 21:30 Wimbledon 2Day 22:30 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 23:30 Newsnight 24:15 Weather 24:20 Match of the Day Live

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Cube 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 The Mafia with Trevor McDonald

07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Auction House 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Kids in Crisis?

07:00 Childrens TV 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:15 Trauma Doctors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Subzero 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 12-Year-Old Shopaholic, and Other Big Spending Kids 21:00 90 Cats and Counting: Cat Crazies 22:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 23:00 Big Brother 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

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07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 The Cube 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 The Vampire Diaries 24:45 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 90210 08:10 Charmed 09:00 Happy Endings 09:30 How I Met Your Mother 10:00 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 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 16:30 Baby Daddy 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Jane the Virgin 23:00 Nashville 24:00 Gogglebox

thursday 2nd July BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Call the Council 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Wimbledon 2015 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Britain Beneath Your Feet 22:00 Celebrity MasterChef 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 Question Time 24:35 This Week

BBC2

07:15 Homes Under

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine the Hammer 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 08:15 RHS Hampton 11:55 ITV News Court Palace Flower Show 11:59 ITV Central Weather 09:15 Animals Unexpected 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 12:00 Daily Politics 15:00 Judge Rinder 12:30 Wimbledon 2015 16:00 Secret Dealers 16:59 ITV Central Weather 21:30 Wimbledon 2Day 17:00 Tipping Point 22:30 RHS Hampton 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central Court Palace Flower Show 19:30 ITV News 23:00 Mock the Week 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 23:30 Newsnight 21:00 Emmerdale 24:15 Weather 21:30 Big Box Little Box 22:00 Superhospital 24:20 The Bank: 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:40 Exposure A Matter of Life and Debt

07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dogs: Their Secret Lives 22:00 The Tribe 23:00 Career Criminals

07:00 Childrens TV 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 NYC: Tornado Terror 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Trauma Doctors 21:00 Benefits: 37 Years on the Dole 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Person of Interest 24:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

20:00 Trauma Doctors

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07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 16:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 Jurassic Park 23:00 Love Island 24:00 Celebrity Juice

Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

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Having problems backing up HI AUNTY: Recently I’ve noticed that backing up my Asus Windows 8.1 pc to my Toshiba external hard drive via File History is not working. It appears to back up in a few seconds (!) but the up-to-date files do not appear on the Toshiba. There is plenty of free disc space on the Toshiba. It used to back up okay, and the older files from my two PC’s are still there. Can you help please? Thanks, David.

Aunty says: One possibility is that the amount of disk space you have allocated for back up is now too small...? In the Options, perhaps increasing the size of space for back-up will help... There is the ‘offline cache’ option’ that allows you to set a limit on the amount of disk space used for back-ups. It may also be that there is a single folder that it causing a problem. To find out which folder is causing the problem requires a bit of trial and error. I think there is an option in File History to exclude certain folders from back up. So it will be a case of doing a back-up excluding one folder at a time, to see if the back-up functions or not. You will then be able to find which folder the back-up is failing on, and do a manual back-up of that folder instead...

Removing Adbysaleplus Hello Aunty Virus, Hope you can help again. I have that adsbysaleplus on my PC. There are lots of programs on Google, but do not trust them. Can you point me in the right direction, and also how to avoid getting it again? Regards, Brian Aunty says: First of all you need to uninstall Saleplus, and all the other programs that were installed at the same time. Do this by using the Uninstall service from Control Panel. Scroll through the list of currently installed programs and remove the following: SalePlus, GoSave, deals4me, SaveNewaAppz, and any others that were installed at the same date and time. Check to make sure the folders have been deleted. Go to the Start menu and search for “SalePlus”. Delete found “salesplus” items You then need to go to your internet browsers, and in each of them you will need to go to the add ons / extensions section of the settings and remove the salesplus add on (and any others that you think may be related) You may also have to go into your search engine providers list, and check for any unwanted search engines. After that, check that your web browser’s “home page” is set to the home page you want. Then download, install, update and run Antimalware Bytes to check for any more traces. To avoid getting it again, be careful of what websites you go to, and what you click on those pages. Also, when installing “free” software, make sure you do the advanced install options, as “default” install options can install such unwanted items.

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Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

life&leisure Spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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CON and CONTRA AS YOU may have noticed by now, I find words themselves fascinating. I am not an expert in the origins of words, more like an enthusiastic amateur, which means that I simply enjoy looking at words and working out how they are made up, or how they connect with others. If by doing this I can make the language more memorable and useful for others, so much the better. There are different types of language enthusiasts, and the ones who I think win hands down are those who are so desperate to communicate that they will get their message over one way or another just through sheer force of personality. However, just enjoying words is a good start! At the moment we’re looking at prefixes, which are bits tacked on to the front of words, and there are enough of these to keep us going for a very long time. Sometimes the connections between the prefix and the root word are quite obvious, but in many cases they have evolved to create a completely new meaning and become more obscure. Today we’re going to look at a few of the more obvious examples, the idea being that if you are

interested you can explore and discover other similar connections for yourself. “Con” as you no doubt know means “with”, and when it appears at the front of a word it sometimes carries this sense of “with” “together” or “joining”. A few fascinating examples spring to mind: the first for some reason, being “cónyuge” which means “spouse”. The “yuge” part comes from “yugo” meaning “yoke” (as in oxen, not eggs) so a “cónyuge” is the one you are yoked together with. Many comments spring to mind but I will refrain. A word I like a lot and is quite trendy amongst progressive Spaniards is “convivencia”. This comes from “vivir” to live, so means “living together”. School children are taken away for weekends of “convivencia” and the word is also used when talking about subjects like immigration and integration, which sound a lot more serious. “Convocar” is frequently used word, amongst other things for calling meetings. Its root “voc” is connected to the word “voz” (voice) and “vocal” which exists in English

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and Spanish. “Vocal” actually has the additional meaning of “vowel” in Spanish. However “convocar” can be clearly understood as meaning “to call together”, that is, to announce a meeting. It only occurred to me the other day that the grammatical word “conjugar” is a combination of “con” and the word “jugar” meaning to play. As well as meaning the way we have to change the endings of verbs, the dictionary says that “conjugar” means “to blend”. I rather like the root idea of “playing together” though and am looking forward to announcing this to the next lot of mystified students which we are tackling verb changes in the present tense! Similar to “con” but a bit longer is “contra” which means “against”. Many of the examples of this are similar in English. We have “decir” to say “contradecir” to “contradict”. “Mandar” is to order “contramandar” is to “countermand”. “Contranatural” means “against nature” that is “unnatural” whilst “contrario” means “opposite”, reminding us of “contrary” in English, which was problem with “Mary, Mary” as we all know.

Raising Another Big, Big ‘Smile’ For Torrevieja Stroke Support’ SMILE CHARITY Group’s next charity fundraiser, is on the 27th June, at the Restaurante El Alto La Dolores, on the N332 south of G u a r damar. The fabulous entertainer Dee will be performing in her own inimitable way, with funds being raised for Torrevieja Stroke Support, a truly worthwhile cause. ‘Dee’s’ enigmatic show will be of interest to all, with her ability to provide high-quality vocals across all genres, from rock to slow ballads. Since forming , less than 2 years ago, the Smile Charity Group has raised 12,500€ for various charities, and are looking to exceed 13,000€ by the end of June. Tickets are only 10€, including a 2 course meal, obtainable from ‘Restaurante El Alto La Dolores’, The Post Room Benijófar, or by calling 966 71 23 82.

Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2 2015

life&leisure health

Richard G Sykes, RHAD FSHAA Premier Hearing Services

Adjusting to a better life with hearing instruments CHOOSING A hearing device is just the beginning of the journey to better hearing. How quickly you adjust to wearing hearing aids depends on how often you wear them. INITIALLY YOU will notice an increase in the noise levels around you. This background noise has always been there but with your hearing loss you might not have noticed these sounds. As with anything that is new, it will take time and patience to adapt to this new way of hearing. Hearing is only part of how we exchange thoughts ideas and feelings. Reading lips, facial expressions and gestures can help. The following steps make communicating easier when you are adjusting to a new hearing system: Look at the person who is speaking and sitting face to face in a quiet room Minimise distractions: for example, washing dishes at the sink and trying to have a conversation is difficult even for those with normal hearing Move closer to the speaker and within sight Try different locations in a room with poor acoustics

When you use your instruments for the first time, you will notice that the hearing process feels different. That’s because your brain has to relearn how to hear soundsespecially the complex range of frequencies in speech. The following are observations that first-time hearing aid wearers have made: It takes time to adjust to wearing hearing aids Your voice may sound different at first Hearing situations with background noise should improve, but probably not as much as in quiet places This period of adjustment is completely normal but before long you will begin to hear sounds that you have been missing as well as some you didn’t realise were gone - such as the hum of household appliances. Research suggests that speech comprehension increases over time and also the more the instruments are worn.

If you have a concern about your hearing then call Richard G Sykes, RHAD FSHAA of Premier Hearing Services on 659 644 106 (premierhearing@hotmail.co.uk /www.premierhearingaids.es) for professional and personal advice. Richard covers all of the Costa Blanca area, and offers a free Hearing Test. The latest digital hearing aids are available and Richard is able to offer 50% off UK prices. Call now – you have nothing to lose and your hearing to gain!

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Kim Kardashian loves treatments available at Medcare Pregnant reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s growing baby bump is the talk of the gossip columns. And with a figure as famous as her’s, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star will no doubt want to shed her baby weight just as soon as her second child arrives in December. Luckily, Kim has access to the best beauty doctors - and she knows which treatments work. Before her wedding last year, Kim opted for body sculpting with radiofrequency (probably celebs’ favourite Exilis Elite) to tone her famous curves, and the treatment will be perfect for slimming after baby number two. Radiofrequency ‘melts’ fat and shrinks inches off problem areas. Great for bellies, bottoms, thighs and bingo wings. For radiant post-baby skin, Kim will likely choose favourite antiageing treatment, Platelet-Rich-Plasma Therapy (PRP), which she’s raved about on Twitter. PRP harnesses healing properties in the blood to boost collagen and restore youthful skin. The best news is PRP and Exilis Elite are not just for celebs. Both Kim’s preferred treatments are available at Medcare clinics in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi. Book a free consultation to find out what they can do for you. Call 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com Medcare aesthetics offers a wide range of aesthetics treatments plus cosmetic surgery. Medcare medical provides a private GP service, dentistry, dental implants, osteopathy, psychotherapy and chiropody. www.medcarespain.com

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IT HARDLY seems as if the football season has ended and yet next week CD Torrevieja will be back on the training ground. by Keith Nicol Half a dozen players have already been signed for the 2015/16 with a few more expected to be announced this weekend and early next week. While the world of local football is in a spot of turmoil, with Elche being relegated one minute and then back in La Liga the next, Cartagena facing relegation, Real Murcia facing closure and many more items of intrigue to be dealt with before August and the kick off of the new season, CD Torrevieja are busy fundraising for. For those interested in supporting the club while at the same time enjoying one of the cheapest from of advertising possible, the club are producing 2,000 posters to publicise home games, starting in mid-July with the friendly matches. It costs just 25€ to take out an advert. Built in 1971, the Vicente Garcia Stadium is showing her age, although thanks to President Vicente, the pitch is in great shape. But the entrance and may of the areas around the club could do with a splash of new paint and so on July 18th, the club are having an ‘open to all ‘ painting party. They are still looking for volunteers on the morning and early afternoon of July 18th. If you are able to support them with either, please let Chris Dawin, Club PR man, know. This week the board started their new “200

Club”, looking to find 50 companies that are happy to buy two season tickets (you can use them, raffle them, give them to someone deserving). They will then be entered into the Grand Draw and the winner will become the official club sponsor for the 2015/16 season, having their name on the front of both the home and away shirts. A 50/1 chance of winning 20,000€ of shirt advertising, not bad at all. Those that have been following the club website www.clubdeportivotorrevieja.com will know that they have confirmed the signings of some key players for next season, while some players from the UK arriving in Torrevieja during July for a trial. If anyone in the Torrevieja area would consider playing host to some of these young men, please let Chris know. On July 18th CD Torrevieja will welcome Cordobra, who have just been relegated. Having faced the likes of Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar and Bale it will interesting to see how they cope against the likes of Jorge, Vicente and Oscar. On July 24th, Steve Bruce will be bringing his “relegated from the Premier League” side Hull City to play in Torrevieja. Kick off times and ticket prices will be confirmed next week. Season tickets will be going on sale later this week. Tribuna tickets will be 125€ and General tickets 100€.

Sucina Golf Society Match Report A WARM and sunny day greeted 40 players at Saurines de La Torre (IRM Course) on Tuesday16th June, so nearly all players opted for a buggy. A breeze did pick up which gave the players some much needed respite from the heat. This month we decided on a team game and individual Stableford format, chosing a ´best 2 scores´ option. As the results show, some good scores were recorded, with John Lester scoring a massive 42 points as winner of Division 3. Our handicap secretary will have his scissors out this month! The course was in good condition but the greens were recently hollow tined which made putting difficult. The Pro Shop, now in the bar, is a long way from the first tee, and quite a distance from where the buggies are kept, so players had to walk back and forth to pick up keys, collect and return buggies and keys. However, the general feeling was that it was a very enjoyable and social day. The prizes were presented at Franc y Louise Bar in Sucina. We were delighted to welcome our sponsors, Avalon Europe and also that Graeme Wilson was able to join us at Saurines. The overall results were:Winning team - Gordon Hutchinson, Peter Robinson, Geoff Hallet and Len Stevens with 87 points ( on count back) Runners up - Graeme Wilson (S), Phil Edwards, Trevor Cooling & John Lester with 87 points. Individual Stableford Division winners - Division 1 - Gordon Hutchinson: 39 points, Division 2 - Richard Davenport: 33 points (on count back) and Division 3 - John Lester with 42 points. Nearest the pins went to: Hole 6 - Geoff Hallet, Hole 10 - John Storey, Hole 14 - John Lester and Hole 18 - Mike Harding Our next meeting is at Hacienda Riquelme on Tuesday 21st July. The format will be an individual Stableford with a team game. In addition, players will be competing for the Franc y Louise Cup .

Painters are required for July 18th, to help spruce up the ground

Las Salinas Summer Petanca League

THE LAS Salinas Summer Petanca League is now in its 12th week. In division 1 there is no change to the top 3 teams, as Amigos Belgas 1 won away at Guardamar 5-3. Los Bandidos remain 2nd with a hard fought away win at Amigos Belgas 2 6-2. Pirates 1 stay 3rd with a good home win over Mirador Blue 7-1. Pumas move up to 4th place with a good home win against Dominos Red 7-1. In divsion 2 Dominos Mc Coys consolidated the top spot with a very good home win over Laguna Rosa 7-1. El Rancho, with a good away win at Daja Vieja Hillbillies 8-0 move into second place. Mirador White are now in 3rd place after losing at home to Pirates 2 6-2. There is a presentation buffet on the 8th July, 1pm at Dominos Bar, to present trophies and medals. All are invited to attend. Please contact John Gage, league secretary. Thanks to our sponsor Reditel for the summer league.

Pego Golf Society President’s Cup

TODAY WE had forty two members and four guests for our Presidents Cup. The course again was in wonderful condition and the weather was excellent but on the hot side. Our guests today were Terry Oram, Wolfgang Shuster, Richard Vass and Ray Clark, who won the visitors prize. There were three match plays today, all keenly fought with the following results: Mike Holloway bt Bill Pyke 1 up, Stella Fox bt Paul Singh 3&1, Colin Foster bt Peter Brown 3&1 Nearest the pin today were hole 5 Alan Simpson and hole 16 Bill Sykes. Twos today were Ray Clark and Bill Sykes. The Results of the competition were: 1st Peter Rapley with a magnificent 40 pts off 12.8 hcp. 2nd Simon Fox 38 pts off 14 hcp 3rd Trinnie Sutherland 38 pts off 25.9 hcp 4th Gordon Weston 37 pts off 18.3 5th Malcolm Cannon 37 pts off 12.6 hcp 6th Dave Collins 37 pts off 12.2. Congratulations to all and we look forward to seeing you next week. If you wish to play as a guest with Pego you can contact us through the website www.pegogolfsociety.com

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Campbell’s Costa Blanca International Cup Roda Golf Resort in Mar Menor By Tony Myles One of Campbell’s recent events took place at the delightful Roda Golf Resort in Mar Menor. The competitors arrived from various parts of Spain and from other European countries and they were all in agreement that Roda Golf is exceptional. When asked for their views on the choice of location there was a common theme -

and offers the very highest standards of an 18-hole, par 72 course (6,177 metres), with extensive, undulating greens and strategically placed bunkers, together with three large lakes. Designed to be challenging and entertaining so that any player, whatever their level, will enjoy playing this course and it is ideally situated within a few minutes’ drive from Los Alcazares in Murcia.

“Absolutely perfect. Stunning. Can’t praise it highly enough.” “Unquestionably one of the most enjoyable golf courses I have played in any competition.” “Everything was first class and professional from start to finish. Couldn’t have been better.” This superb course with its beautifully landscaped fairways was designed by the internationally renowned golf CB Cup winners architect Dave Thomas

Costa Blanca International Cup Friday was a Pairs Better Ball event and the winners were, Lewys Staple and Adam Stamenkovic, both in their early twenties. Two father and son teams came second and third respectively. Steve and Callum Hitcham was second and third place went to Steve and Lloyd Stock. Both first and third places were from Criegau Golf Club in Wales on their annual away trip and they are already looking forward to returning next year to defend their title. Celebrations obviously marred the Friday winners as none of them featured in the Saturday results. The standard of golf remained high with the top two players on 42 points and third place with 41pts. The winner was John Gibson who scored an incredible 24 points on his back nine. Commiserations must go to James Woodham, who also scored 42 points but couldn’t match John on the back 9. A solid 40pts was scored by Wolfgang Niedemark to

come third. Such very positive feedback has motivated Campbell to negotiate special rates for green fees at Roda and for rooms at two local hotels. This is what he had to say Roda Golf is a fantastic option for a leisure weekend or longer. Great golf course, practice facilities and the clubhouse is truly five star. The other great thing is the location being next to the motorway and only minutes from the Mar Menor, Los Alcareres where there are some fantastic bars and restaurants making it the perfect place for a short golfing break. Contact info@clgolf.es for more information.

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A versatile people carrier SLIDING DOORS are a great benefit. I’ve never considered this until now. But as we’re crammed onto a cross channel ferry where unless you’re really scrawny you are unable to access your vehicle, such doors are a distinct advantage. While others have to patiently wait for other cars to move so that they may gain entry to theirs we simply pull the rear doors of the Mazda 5 and smile. We’ve already had a long difficult journey with our two young daughters, who are understandably fed up so late at night, especially after they have had to endure unexpected delays. But thankfully they can get into the back of the car and soon they are fast asleep. With two young children it does become clear how awkward life can be just parking the car in a car park. Unless there is a parent and toddlers space available at your local Tesco car parks are not user-friendly at all for most vehicles especially if

car seats need removing. Again this is not a problem in the Mazda 5 and it is a joy to park in such situations. As is the side of the road or indeed any other awkward situation. The drawback though is that if Harriett decides to be awkward, and believe it or not the little cherub can be at times, she can actually open the sliding door from inside and there’s nothing we can do about it. Here’s the scenario: Harriett is tired and irritable. Caroline puts her in her child seat and shuts the sliding door. As Caroline gets into the front seat, Harriett opens the sliding door. Yes, I can lock all the doors from the driver’s seat but then Caroline is left locked outside! The only way round this that we can find is to restrain Harriett! The folding rear picnic tables help entertain her, though and she does enjoy putting her apple on hers. It’s certainly a capable vehicle with a cavernous boot, large enough for our tandem pushchair and luggage. It is also possible to transport seven passengers thanks to a third row of seats tucked under the floor in the boot. Although the diesel engine is audible from inside especially under pressure it is a good driver’s car, too with a reasonable amount of torque making it a capable over-taker. Cruise control is always helpful when travelling down the motorway, especially at night when there’s less traffic about. Over the course of the test in Jersey it returns around 38mpg. Other bonuses are the folding armrests in the front and the power folding wing mirrors, again ideal for tight spots. “Never before has there been so much choice and while the Mazda 5 may not be the first to spring to mind it is worth considering,” says Parkers, the car experts. “It has been seating seven

since 2005 and has done a decent job of it too. This time it gets the full design overhaul with the look inspired by water, wind and nature. Basically, it’s got some flowing lines along the side of the car. The styling is an opinion-splitter but Mazda’s ‘family face’, also found on models like the 6 and the 3, is an improvement giving the 5 a sharper front end. While the manufacturer claims it will seat seven, squashing someone into the middle seat of the second row is not recommended and is best reserved for small children making this more of a 6+1 rather than a bona fide seven-seater. However, don’t let this put you off. The clever folding seats make the interior incredibly functional and practical, while you get the usual Mazda build quality and reliability. “Engine options are limited to three - a 1.8-litre petrol with 113bhp was dropped during the car’s life cycle and in the end just the 2.0-litre petrol and 1.6-litre diesel were left in the range. The former has 148bhp for a sprint to 62mph in 11 seconds, while the latter means CO2 emissions as low as 138g/km and claimed average fuel economy of 54.3mpg. Not too shabby for a seven-seater people-carrier. “In early 2013 a new Venture trim level was announced. Available in both petrol and diesel guises, the new specification includes rear parking sensors, a tyre pressure monitoring system, an automatic dimming rear-view mirror, Sat-nav, Bluetooth connectivity, climate control, cruise control and a six-speaker stereo system.” New price range: £20,495 - £21,895 Top speed: 111mph 0-60mph: 13.3secs Power: 113bhp Economy: up to 54mpg Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

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

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