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unnamed 42-yearold British driver was arrested by the Guardia Civil on Saturday for driving the wrong way down the CT-32 north of Cartagena , and hitting another car in the process. The man, who the Guardia said lived in the Orihuela municipality, has been charged with reckless driving and also for driving under the influence of drugs.

Reports suggested that it was not his first motoring offence with the Guardia being called in after worried drivers reported that a car was zig-zagging around them and going against the flow. A number of vehicles were hit as the wayward

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motorist continued his journey, and his progress stopped when he finally col-

lided with another car. One of the other drivers was slightly injured, whilst the

arrested man was confirmed as having cannabis and cocaine in his system.

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37-year old man of Brazilian nationality has been arrested for threatening to kill a pregnant woman in a Torrevieja flat with a large knife. The ordeal lasted for some 10 hours before the 33-year-old victim managed to escape and contact the Guardia Civil.

The Guardia arrested the assailant where they also found drugs in his rented apartment, and charged him with kidnapping as well as possessing drugs. A

Torrevieja court subsequently refused him bail.

The woman was threatened with death if she and her family did not hand over an unspecified amount of money, and after she escaped, she was went to a local health centre suffering from shock, and subsequently to Torrevieja Hospital to check that her unborn child was unharmed, which it was.

The man saw the Guardia arriving and tried to

escape via the rooftop terrace throwing away a bag of what appeared to be drugs. Officers caught him, and discovered cocaine

and marijuana along with drug paraphernalia in the flat, in addition to other items they believe were stolen.

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San Javier’s Los Arcos del Mar Menor hospital is to have a new mental health unit. Murcia’s health minister Encarna Guillén (pictured in the centre) made the announcement this week on a visit to facility, and then

she went onto San Pedro del Pinatar, where she said that the Lo Pagan Health Centre would be improved and expanded, especially with the additional pressure that it comes under during the summer months.

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Brits looking for a taste of the sun are abandoning Turkey and other locations because of security concerns, and are going for Portugal and Spain according to latest figures and information released

by British travel operators, who have warned customers to book now, or risk missing out on a holiday.

The Courier recently reported the head of TUI travel saying that most Spanish hotel breaks in their brochures had sold out, and this is now being echoed by other operators, which strongly suggests that last year's record breaking tourist figures for Spain, are set to be smashed in 2016.

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nificant increase in summer holiday bookings to western Mediterranean destinations is also being mirrored in other Northern markets."

European Meanwhile Bob Atkinson Travel website from Supermarket said that Spain was the "most searched for" destination amongst their users.

Last week, Thomas Cook announced that they had switched 400 thousand seats from Turkey to Spain, and Thompson Holidays had increased what they could offer in of because Spain demand. increased Spanish hotel prices are also on the rise because of the new circumstances.

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month's last Already returns for Alicante-Elche airport, reported last week, showed a big 19 percent rise on the passenger numbers on the previous January.

Spain has seen a 27 percent rise in British bookings compared to last year, with Portugal doing even better at 32 percent, with places like Greece, Malta, and Cyprus also doing well. The increases have prompted the British Association of Travel Agents (ABTA) for holidaymakers to book now, to risk not getting what they want.

Mark Tanzer, ABTA Chief Executive told The Daily Telegraph: "The sig-

The Guardia Civil are investigating the tampering of the rail line in the Northern Costa Blanca last Friday afternoon when a train “jumped” after several screws and bolts had been placed on the line between Teulada and Calpe. No passengers were injured on the service between Alicante

and Denia, with the driver reporting his suspicions after the “jump” with the train arriving 22 minutes late at Calpe. Coaches took passengers between Calpe and Teulada as officials removed all of the obstructions that had been intentionally placed at several points of the track.

A San Fulgencio man faces nine years behind bars as an Alicante court heard prosecution claims that he drugged his exgirlfriend in May 2013 and forced her to have sex with him, after they had gone out to an Alicante restaurant. The woman, who was with her ex-partner for 10 years, woke up the following morning at her home and noticed some missing Benzodiazepines from a pill box that was used by her aunt when she stayed there. The defendant was

still in the house when she woke up, and she started to get flashbacks over him forcing her home in his car

and them sleeping together. The defendant has admitted to having sex but said it was consensual.

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Shocking Sight

25 Spaniards involved in organising and betting on illegal cock fights have been arrested by the Guardia Civil at a Los Montesinos finca. The 25 men have all been charged with mistreating animals, after the Guardia broke up a session at a secluded finca hidden amongst orange groves and lemon trees, making it difficult to detect the clandestine activities for casual passers-by in the area.

The Guardia agents had been suspicious that illegal cockfighting had been going on in the Vega Baja region for a number of

months, and so they launched an operation to track down the venue which hosted regular sessions of animal cruelty.

They raided the latest gathering, with agents out in force who rounded up everybody there despite some of them jumping over the fences and trying to escape by running through the fields.

The officers discovered a fight-pit at the venue as well as 26 fighting cocks, breeding hens, and roosters, a number of which were badly injured. A vet who travelled with the Guardia treated the

injured animals, some of whom had razor blades attached to them to increase the injuries suffered during the illegal fights. Knives were discovered on some of the arrested men, and five and a half thousand euros of cash was seized.

The total value of the animals was reported to be in the region of 50 thousand euros, with many crammed into cages, with no identification chips to guide the authorities as to where they originally came from. The arrested men are now being handled by the courts in Torrevieja.

Bonfire Boost

On A High Smoking cannabis has been made legal in Navarra, the first region in Spain to do so, but with restrictions.

'Cannabis clubs', where members can consume the drug without penalty of any description – provided those members were already regular users before joining – are now fully-regulated by the Navarran regional government. "One of the substances most commonly consumed in Navarra is cannabis, both as a recreational drug and for its painrelieving effects for certain illnesses," says regional president Yolanda Barcina.

"Consumption of cannabis no longer constitutes a criminal or civil offence provided it is within the limits imposed by the new regional law or its interpretation by a judge – limits which apply to both shared and individual consumption, and supply for personal use", Barcina added.

Plane Tragedy

The traditional and popular festival takes place on the evening of June 23rd, St. John's Eve, with many celebrations across Spain, with the largest one taking place in Alicante, where it is the most important festival in the city. The move is seen as helping to boost tourism and also to encourage communities through-

out the region to stage bonfire celebrations.

The bonfires are particularly popular in many Catalan-speaking areas like Catalonia and the northern parts of the Valencia region, and for this reason some Catalan nationalists regard June 24th as Catalan Nation day.

President Barack Obama signed a bill Wednesday that includes a provision banning U.S. imports of fish caught by slaves in Southeast Asia.

China's Defence Ministry says the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific smeared China while seeking additional defence funding from Congress.

Amazon has pulled Hoverboards from its site after new safety warning.

Police say four Belgian soccer fans have been treated in the hospital for minor injuries following a brawl in Athens.

Two people died on Sunday when their ultralight plane hit power cables as it was preparing to land at an airfield at Muxtamel, north of Alicante. The accident happened at around 11.00 am as the plane was coming in from

making a short journey from Alcocer de Planes near Alcoy. One of those who was killed was the owner of a chain of funeral homes in the La Safor area of Valencia Province, who was being trained to get a pilot’s licence.

A Romanian man and woman, who are accused of stealing a gold bracelet from a shop worker in La Marina village's Calle Alegría, have been refused bail by an Elche court. An accomplice fled the scene as the other two were arrested by the Guardia Civil, as reported in last week's Courier.

A key factor in bail being denied was that the couple are said to be wanted by a number of other courts in Alicante Province, with the Santa Pola Guardia Civil subsequently reporting that a description of their car matched other reports and sightings across the region.

It was not made clear whether these incidents included a serious of "hugging" robberies reported in the Orihuela Costa area which featured a photo taken by a witness and which was given to the local police.

In a separate incident, the Guardia arrested a man and a woman trying sell drugs on Calle Marges in La Marina village last week. Both were charged with drug trafficking, as well as the woman facing "resisting arrest" charges, after she violently lashed out at the officers. Their home was raided and a number of drugs as well as cash was discovered.

Banged Up

The local Valencian Parliament has voted to switch one of the region’s annual red day public holidays with the Hogueras de San Juan (The Bonfires of Saint John) going to be celebrated every year on June 24th, with the Easter Monday bank holiday being scrapped on the Costa Blanca as of 2016.

NATO allies have agreed to a plan for their ships in the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece counter criminal networks.

Authorities have seized 154 pounds of cocaine valued at $2 million at Port Everglades in Florida.

France criticises 'strange' Belgium border checks.

Legendary 'Flying Scotsman' steam train travels to York after 10year, £4.2 million restoration.

China has asked local governments in 11 provinces to ban in urban areas the selling of highsulphur diesel.

Ukraine has until March 4 to respond to Russia's lawsuit on a $3 billion Eurobond debt, Russia's Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said.

Australia will bolster its naval strength with more submarines and warships as part of a long-term military buildup needed to maintain peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Three non-Spaniards are amongst those accused of illegally claiming social security benefits in a clampdown by the National Police in the Mar Menor and Cartagena areas. The officers had a look at around one thousand claims at social security offices in San Javier, Torre Pacheco, and Cartagena, uncovering over 400 thousand euros of bogus claims, including a number of people no longer living in the country or who used fake names.

Keep Droning On

Four companies have applied for a contract to run a safety drone in a pilot scheme at Torrevieja's La Mata beach this summer. Such a drone would drop some floats on the water next to where a bather might be in trouble and that would give the swimmer vital extra time until a rescue boat arrived. The tender, which is for no more than 18 thousand euros, has attracted bidding companies from Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia, according to Torrevieja's beaches councillor Javier Manzanares.

Tapped Up

A new committee to deal with the drought situation which is affecting farms in Alicante Province has been announced by Valencian President, Ximo Puig. On a visit to Alicante City, Puig said that the Comisión Interdepartamental del Agua would meet in the area to discuss action on dealing with the drought as well improving water quality. He added that he would be asking the central government in Madrid for authorisation to increase water production at Torrevieja's desalination plant.

Friday 26th February 2016

No Hiding Place

Over 20 per cent of drivers in Spain believe they can mask drink and drug test results with 'foolproof' methods that will mean they do not get caught.

They believed drinking coffee or sucking lemons would hide the results, and coffee would 'sober them up' according to a survey, along with consuming energy drinks or special liquids that claimed to rid the human body of alcohol.

In a sample of twelve

hundred drivers aged 18 to 60, a total of 22 percent believed they could con police officers by using such methods after taking drugs – rising to 27 percent of the 18-25 age-group – whilst thirty percent thought that such ruses would work for a breath test.

The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) says there is no way of rigging the results, because it is scientifically and medically impossible.

Killer Fish Species

Where’s The Bus?

Residents of the Entre Naranjos urbanisation are still without a new bus service that was promised by the Orihuela council last September, and there’s no indication when it will start, despite a promise of last December being the launch date. The Courier reported earlier this month concerns from opposition socialist PSOE councillor, Maria Garcia, that nothing had happened, and that an existing Tuesday service had been scrapped in readiness of a more comprehensive schedule.

Garcia now says that the Valencian government has not had any application from the Partido Popular-led Orihuela

council to change their bus services, something that had been confirmed by Valencia’s transport chief, Carlos Domingo Soler.

Garcia has again called on coastal councillor, Sofia Alvarez, to do something about the delay.

Back in October, The Courier reported the plans of coastal councillor, Sofia Alvarez, to have a December launch for a twice-daily bus service from the Costa Azul company linking the Orihuela Costa to Torrevieja Hospital including a stop at the Entre Naranjos urbanisation. No reason or statement has been made about what has gone wrong or why the service launch is three months

late.

Local resident Sarah Hill criticised what has been going on at Entre Naranjos since the council changed political colour last spring, including the cut of the weekly bus link, with Garcia saying that residents were paying taxes but not getting the full range of services that they were entitled to.

Coastal PP councillor, Sofia Alzarez, launched a series of monthly meetings with residents of the Entre Naranjos urbanisation early last autumn, with Alvarez promising to make it a regular gathering where she would be accompanied by a member of the council government team.

Salford Bound An innocent-looking fish washed up at Torrevieja's La Mata beach last Friday but looks certainly deceive as it was a poisonous puffer known as the silver-cheeked toadfish (Lagocephalus Sceleratus) or in Japan, as the fish delicacy fugu, which is specially prepared by trained chefs, as the poison can kill a diner within a couple of hours.

The species is common in the tropical waters of the

Indian and Pacific oceans and has come into this area via the Suez Canal, having been caught off the coasts of Israel, the south of Turkey and Rhodes. A few years ago a number were caught off the Northern Costa Blanca, and after last Friday's landing at La Mata, warnings were issued for people not to take any home for a meal if more should appear, as it would be the last thing they will eat ahead of certain death.

The Signs Of Safety "Look Left" letterings are being painted on Benidorm's pedestrian crossings to help confused British tourists, some of whom may a little worse for wear after a night out on the town. Benidorm council says the idea is to reduce the number of accidents, especially at night-time when holidaymakers who have had too many drinks look the wrong way before crossing.

Many of the 17 pedestrians knocked over in Benidorm in the six years leading up to 2013 - and the 102 accidents involving damage to vehicles - have

been linked to Brits making a mistake when they cross roads.

Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, Benidorm's head of mobility, said: "The main problems are in roads with traffic going in both directions in which cars in our country, from the pedestrian's point of view, are coming from the left. I'm sure we're going to significantly reduce the number of accidents involving British nationals. We have to look after our tourists and that includes improving their security with regards to the increasing volume of traffic on our roads."

Six people have been arrested on the Costa Del Sol after series of violent incidents between organised crime groups in Salford. The National

Police with support from Greater Manchester Police and the National Crime Agency launched dawn raids and arrested four men and a woman in Marbella. It’s believed that an assassination crew travelled to the Costa Del Sol of avenge the murder of Paul 'Mr Big' Massey, who was shot to death with a machine gun outside his Manchester home in July. It's thought the gangster who ordered the hit ran away to Spain shortly after the killing.

Three men from Salford, aged, 28, 25 and 20 were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder, possession of a firearm and membership of an organised crime group. The 20 year old man was also

wanted on a European Arrest Warrant by Greater Manchester Police for possession of class A drugs and counterfeit currency.

A 41 year-old man from Trafford and a 31-year-old woman from Dublin, Ireland were also arrested on suspicion of membership of an organised crime group. Two properties were raided as part of the operation, officers also recovered a loaded hand gun and ammunition and four knives from the properties during the warrants.

At the start of the month, a 23-year-old man from Salford was also arrested in Marbella on a European Arrest Warrant on suspicion of possession of class A drugs with intent to supply.

A thousand MiddleEastern refugees are heading towards the Valencia region after Greek officials reached a deal with Valencian representatives to bypass the European Union's slow moving relocation system.

The Greek islands have been hard hit by Europe's refugee crisis, with more than 800 thousand asylumseekers arriving last year and roughly four thousand per day so far in 2016.

The migrants were due to travel by chartered ferry

from the island of Leros to Valencia, with representatives from both parties saying the move "sends a message that the refugee problem in Europe can been managed with humanity and enlightenment."

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What’s Up Doc?

Spain's High Court has refused to extradite an Argentinean doctor, Carlos Fernando Gori, who was arrested in Alicante City last September. He was accused of participating in killings and torture committed in 1976 under Argentina's military dictatorship but the three judges ruled that Gori, who was practising medicine in the Alicante area on an international license, had no concrete evidence against him and that too much time had expired

since the incidents that he was accused of being involved in. The 75-yearold medic had been

Step By Step

The National Police have arrested a man who posted videos on You Tube showing how to make weapons that could pass undetected through airport scanners.

Several banned weapons, explosives precursors, and even a home-made grenade was seized during a raid at his home in Marmolejo in Jaen province in southern Spain.

A police spokesman said: 'Some of the weapons were specifically designed so they could not be detected on airport scanners and

other security systems. A large part of the material distributed by this man on the Internet was in Arabic and one of the videos even starred a man of north African origin’.

'In the property searches that have taken place, officers have confiscated several banned weapons, explosives precursors and documents which including one with detailed information about the security measures on the border separating Spain from Morocco.'

The Costa Blanca Hotels association, Hosbec, says that unregistered accommodation is not fair on their members and is affecting their income, especially during the winter months, despite figures showing a record number of visitors coming into the area. Last week, The Courier reported that Valencia's tourist boss, Francesc Colomer, was planning to take legal action against holiday properties

that were not registered, with more inspectors operating this summer.

Hosbec claim that many winter visitors have been renting apartments and villas that were not legally registered. Figures suggest that there are close to 200 thousand holiday properties across the Costa Blanca and the whole of the Valencia region, but just fewer than 40 thousand are operating as legally registered lets.

Illegal Lets

The Meat Of The Matter

A big tax-fraud investigation involving the national meat industry right down the production line has led to at least 73 companies in 15 of Spain's 17 regions raided.

Producers and wholesalers, including Mercabarna and Mercamadrid have come under scrutiny, with at least 25 directors and managers taken in for questioning. A huge sum of money in cash

and several computers have been seized.

Inquiries started over a year ago when the profits of around three thousand firms did not appear to match up with company tax declarations. As yet, it is not thought any official arrests have been made, or anyone charged, but company bosses are being interrogated.

ordered to check in daily at a court as part of his bail conditions imposed last October.

High And Dry

A 20-year-old British man living in Rojales has been arrested for sending regular parcels stuffed with Marijuana to Ireland. The National Police intercepted an Irish-bound package at a carrier at the Las Atalayas industrial estate in Alicante with some five kilos of the drug in it, and discovered that the sender, who used a false name, had made several shipments to the same Irish address, with the product then being sold on at a vastly inflated price.

Despite the fact that the British sender was using a bogus identity to cover up his trail, the police were able to find out who he was and that he had lived in the Rojales area for a number of years. They arrested him in Almoradi, after intercepting another five kilo parcel and he has now been summoned to the Orihuela magistrates. Last month a man who tried to send 14 kilos of drugs to Denmark via a Daya Nueva courier company was sentenced to six years in jail by an Alicante court.

Warrant Works

A suspected Moroccan drug trafficker wanted by Belgian authorities on a European arrest warrant has been detained in Torre Pacheco. The 25-year-old lived in different places around the Torre Pacheco area, and was regarded as the Spanish link in a Belgian drug smuggling operation.

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Glass Call

Guilty Trio

San Fulgencio residents have been asked for a final push in the three month ‘Pobles Envidriables’ glass recycling campaign which ends this Monday. 20 municipalities across the Valencia region have been taking part with a total target of 54 tons of recycled glass to be hit at the end of February in the San Fulgencio area.

Visa Victims

A 45-year-old man who advertised non-existent jobs and charged immigrants 525 euros each for work visas, has been arrested in Algorfa. The National Police say that he conned five people from Central and Latin America by advertising on a social network under the headline, “Jobs For Immigrants in Spain”. Pictures of luxury hotels on the Costa Blanca were featured as well as work on a farm, but all of it was a con, but the arrested male still fleeced each of his victims for the cost of a visa, which is normally available at no charge.

Better Signs For Social

The number of nonSpaniards paying into the country’s social security system fell by just over 27 thousand in January, the smallest fall for that month since the recession started to kick in back in 2008.

Annually the number of foreigners registered for work went up by 85 thousand over the twelve months ending in January, a rise of over five percent, with the largest group paying in being Romanians at 285 thousand, followed by Moroccans at 201 thousand. The British come sixth in the list at 55 thousand.

Tangle Wrangle

The state of the Avenida de Tenerife area in Aguas Nuevas, Torrevieja will not get any better in the foreseeable future as an eightyear battle over maintenance between developer Corpic and Torrevieja. The council says it wants to take the 180 thousand euro bond lodged by the company and use it to clean up the area, including the overgrown vegetation and areas that have been used as refuse dumps. Corpic though has launched a legal appeal over the decision.

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Three women on trial for the murder of MP Isabel Carrasco back in May 2014 have been found guilty by a jury. Montserrat González, 56, already admitted to the premeditated killing of the PP leader for León provincial council, insisting it was 'either Carrasco or her daughter'. Ex-council worker Triana Martínez, 35, had been suffering a nervous breakdown after Carrasco – who was described by inside sources as arrogant and despotic – had 'made her life hell', according to her moth-

er.

Montserrat insisted her daughter and Triana's friend, Local Police officer Raquel Gago, 42, were innocent, but the jury also found them guilty. They considered it proven that Triana had been actively involved in her mother's decision to murder Carrasco, seeking photos online and helping to source the gun with which Montserrat shot the MP three times in the head as she crossed a bridge in León city on foot after leaving her block of flats.

Rojales council has paid over 445 thousand euros to a company, Electricidad Ansa SL,for maintaining the municipality’s street lights amongst other work, but there has been no contract between the company and council for the last five years. The PSOE administration led by Antonio Perez, violated their contractual

obligations according to a report from the National Government’s Secretaría and Intervención department which reviews contracts and tenders. The council’s opposition PP and Pader forced a discussion on the issue during an extraordinary plenary session of Rojales council on Monday afternoon.

Rojales Contract Row

Bin Blazing A Concern

La Zenia residents are claiming that it took firefighters some 40 minutes to get to a container blaze in the area, reigniting the long-standing debate over the need to complete the local emergency centre.

The fire happened in middle of last Sunday afternoon on Calle Salzillo, a few hundred metres from La Zenia roundabout, with the garbage container ablaze, and witnesses reporting that a local police patrol arrived on the scene with an extinguisher that didn’t work. Not much damage was caused, but residents said that the fire tender took

the best part of three quarters of an hour to arrive at the scene.

Work on the new emergency centre which was scheduled to house local police, firefighters and ambulance service started in 2010 on a site next to the Consum supermarket in La Zenia,but construction was stopped when the builder went bankrupt just months later, leading to five years of inactivity. Last month, Orihuela PSOE councillor Carolina Gracia said that the coalition Valencia Government had budget plans in hand to complete the building at La Zenia.

Something In The Air

A father and son were shot in a violent gun fight between feuding gypsy clans in the Valencia region after two rivals broke wind near each other. A 57-yearold man was shot in the chest and stomach and his 29-year-old son in the leg during a row with three brothers living in the same street in Torrent near Valencia City.

The shooting sparked a street battle, forcing a

police officer who was first on the scene to barricade himself in a house with the suspected gunman as angry rivals gathered outside threatening revenge.

They were only saved when back-up arrived to clear the mob and arrest the gypsy suspected of shooting the father and son. Two other people were held and two teenagers taken to hospital alongside the shooting victims with

injuries sustained during the mass fight.

The Informacion newspaper says the violence broke out after two rivals broke wind next to each other just before midnight on Sunday. Both shooting victims are expected to survive, although the older man is said to have suffered kidney damage. The injured pair belong to a clan known as Bocanegra, Spanish for Black Mouth.

Fraud And Corruption Fight Nearly two and a half thousand people were arrested for fraud and corruption in Spain last year according to figures from the Interior Ministry, though the number of detentions is down on those made in 2014, but is still ten times higher than the 2010 figures. The overall number of people arrested on corrup-

tion charges dropped between 2014 and 2015 from 2,743 to 2,442.

Bribery made up 12.5 percent of corruption cases and embezzlement made up just over eight percent.

The National Police and Guardia Civil investigated 6,488 businesses last year, finding 2,057 of them to have broken the law,

including 847 bogus companies. The authorities also investigated nearly 11,500 workplaces for labour violations, of which 4,616 were suspected of breaking the Law of Foreigners by using cheap and un-contracted non-Spanish labour. The report said that the value of last year's frauds amounted to almost 80 million euros

The battle against dementia for British people living on the Costa Blanca and the Mar Menor has been boosted by the British Consulate in Alicante working with expat support organisations including the Royal British Legion, Age Concern España, HELP and Age Care to improve services for people affected by the condition.

The consulate has host-

ed learning events in Alicante and Murcia and Malaga, led by UK dementia experts Sue Brewin and Su Burns, seeking to help support groups understand the different types of dementia and ways to overcome barriers to communication with people affected by the disorder. Delegates donned special glasses to check out the the reduced visual perception of dementia sufferers.

Figures suggest that the number of dementia sufferers will double by 2050, and that will put a greater strain on organisations that help elderly British people in the area, many of whom may have little or no resources or family to support them. To qualify for social services such as home help, British nationals must have previously registered with the Spanish authorities.

Dementia Fight

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Friday 26th February 2016

Pontiff’s Gift For Trump Will the Pope's condemnation of Donald Trump, calling his immigration views "not Christian" make one jot of difference to his popularity in the Republican camp in the US? It's my guess it has done nothing to harm it and perhaps has made him even more popular.What's certain is that it has reduced the Pope's credibility in many Americans' eyes.The Pope had been visiting Catholic Mexico and, no doubt, his comments were more aimed at that audience, coming after visiting the border and praying for those who have died trying to cross to America. Trump wants to build a wall along the border between the US and Mexico to keep unwanted immigrants out. "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.

This is not in the gospel," was the Pope's comment.

What the Pope conveniently ignored is that Mexico is a hotbed of crime.

Murders are commonplace, and so are gang wars fuelled by the enormous drug trade. America has taken the brunt of all this, with Mexicans pouring over the border and many have brought additional drug use and addiction, and related crime, murder and rape.

There are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the US from Mexico, most living in the black economy.

It's hardly un-Christian not to want to inflict America with drugs, criminal gangs and Mexicans who give scant regard for human life, far more interested in making illegal money. Trump has not said there won't be gates in his wall to get the good guys in while keeping the criminals out (rather like Heaven perhaps!). So, in my book, Pope Francis has made himself look extremely foolish by these remarks and certainly will not win much support even among the faithful. His outburst of anger when a man pulled at his clothing while he was on a walkabout, making him topple over a wheelchair, also in Mexico, didn't go down well either. It showed an unpleasant side to him.

And the Pope has also displayed total hypocrisy over his latest pronouncement concerning birth control. Faced by the most frightening Zika disease spread by mosquitoes, and possibly sexually transmitted too, the Pope, when questioned, said "avoiding pregnancy is not an absolute evil".

I totally agree with him.

The Roman Catholic Church should be pouring money and the full range of

contraceptives into those countries where women are at appalling risk of giving birth to malformed babies most of them are Catholic countries. But of course they're not, as all we have is an airy fairy, silly comment from the Pope. Sadly, for generations, priests, faced with dictats from the Vatican, have claimed contraception was an absolute evil. So now, if it is perhaps acceptable to use contraceptives to combat the Zika virus, why is it not acceptable to avoid pregnancy when a couple have not the slightest possible chance of feeding their offspring and we see thousands of babies die from starvation or disease brought on my malnutricion? Or why is it not acceptable for a person with a disease which could be transmitted to the next generation not to use effective birth control?

I have never read anywhere in the Bible that there's a commandment that says “Thou shalt not use French letters” or “Thou shall not take the pill”. Of course, there's "go forth and multiply" but that doesn't mean giving birth each year to too many children you can't afford to feed, clothe or nurture.

This ridiculous hypocrisy from the Roman Catholic Church must end. For far

too long criticism of the Church has been off limits but it's time religious hardliners were taken on by politicians and the mainstream press so that the public can see how ridiculous some of the religious dogma that has inflicted humanity for centuries and cost countless lives, really is. I would also welcome watching a debate entited "is religion a force for good or evil in the world?" With some utter religious nonsense spouted I would welcome such a debate and I'm sure millions of people would too.

Incidentally, I started writing this before last weekend’s South Carolina primary which gave Trump a double digit victory. Perhaps the Pope should learn to keep his trap shut? Why do I say that? I am just as worried about Trump being President as I am that of clown Jeremy Corbyn becoming Britain’s Prime Minister. Trump would put his finger on the nuclear button without much hesitation and Corbyn would see Britain decimated before he did. Rock and a hard place comes to mind!

I am often asked by friends what I think about the forthcoming EU referendum - in or out? My answer is that if I was living in the UK, I would want out. Why?

Why on earth do we want to allow any leader of any foreign country to have any say on how Britain should act. Why shouldn't we say who comes into Britain and who doesn't?And the only reason big business wants to remain in is that it provides them with a source of cheap labour and immigration keeps wages down.

European markets will still be there after the referendum, but Britain will be free to trade with the rest of the world, as we did for centuries before we tied ourselves to a European mast.As an ex-pat I'm worried that the government will end the automatic increase in the State pension for expats, as has happened with ex-pats in the rest of the world. We could see our pensions gradually eroded by inflation. All ex-pats in Europe should now be campaigning to get a written guarantee that our pensions will not be eroded if there's a get out vote. The writing is on the wall - after all we've already seen the loss of our heating allowance.

It's official - last year was the hottest the world has experienced in recorded history and January has gone the same way with parts of the Arctic being unusually warm.Right across the tropics, sea temperatures are above normal

with most of the oceans around the Equator between 25 and 30 degrees centigrade, if not more.

Winter storms across the Atlantic pushed warmer winds into the Arctic and warmer water under the sea ice, almost to the North Pole. Satellite images show that ice is thinner than usual to within about 30 miles of the Pole. The islands of Svalbard, north of Norway, should be almost completely surrounded by ice at this time of the year, but this winter more than three quarters of the islands are ice free. There should be 13.9 square kilometres of ice surrounding the North Pole but this year there is only 12.5 square kilometres - substantially less than normal.

And the surrounding Antarctica where it is midsummer, there's precious little sea ice left - just 1.8 square kilometres allowing land ice to melt more rapidly because warmer winds can penetrate even further inland. These alarming statistics should convince even the most hardened global warming sceptic that something is seriously amiss. The day we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the air cannot come soon enough, or within a few decades planet Earth is going to be a very sorry place.

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Scammer Held

The Guardia Civil have arrested a 46-year-old conartist who got money out of people by promising them non-existent jobs. The woman operated around Santa Pola, Elche, and Crevillente targeting unemployed people with a bogus contract for a newly opened restaurant. The trickster asked for money to be paid "up front" to her, as a part-payment for a work's uniform, which never appeared along with the promised job. Reports suggest that eight people were conned out of a total of two thousand euros, with the woman changing her appearance and travelling around Alicante Province to avoid being recognised by any of her previous "marks".

Baby Drugged

A 14-month-old baby was rushed to Alicante General Hospital last Saturday after suffering suspected marijuana poisoning. The National Police are investigating the matter with one theory being that the baby, according to her grandmother who was looking after her, ate some marijuana which was lying on the ground in a park.

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Taste Of Freedom A Benejúzar woman who was jailed in May 2014 after being convicted of killing her daughter's rapist, and exhausting a whole series of appeals to keep her out of prison, has just had her first weekend of prison leave.

The crime, which hit the international headlines, dates back to 2005 when Maria del Carmen Garcia came across her daughter's rapist – who was on a pass out of jail – and, after soaking him in petrol in the bar he was at the time, set him on fire, while eventually caused his death.

She had already served a year on remand in 2006 and was sentenced for murder and causing injuries to five and a half years in 2009 after the initial term of nine years was reduced because at the time she suffered a mental disorder. Appeals to the Spanish cabinet and to the Supreme Court to quash the sentence were rejected

despite a mass outcry in María’s favour.

Speaking to the Informacion newspaper at the start of her three days of leave from Villena Prison, María said that it was her children and grandchildren that gave her the strength to continue behind bars. Her lawyer added that she is soon reaching the stage where she will be transferred to a low security facility, which will give her extra privileges.

National Police Warrants Enforced A British man wanted on charges of sexually abusing his step-daughter in Ireland in the early nineties has been arrested by the National Police based in Alicante.

Details were limited, including where exactly he was arrested in Alicante Province, except for

officers saying they were executing four arrest warrants issued by a Dublin court last month concerning four offences of sexual assault on a minor committed between 1991 and 1993, when the victim was aged between nine and eleven.

Park Impasse

Torrevieja council is having to refund over 180 thousand euros over an illfated employment workshop which was suspended last summer halfway through the creation of a new park and other amenities in the El Chaparral-La Siesta area.

48 people from the Mediterraneo employment workshop had been involved with the 40 thousand square metre area which should have been finished at the end of 2015, with skateboard facilities, and water fountains as part of the reinvigoration of a former piece of wasteland. Before May’s local elections, the previous Partido Popularrun council claimed that the project was all running to schedule and would be finished before the end of

the year. The new coalition authority say invoices for materials amounting to 140 thousand euros were not produced and the project has run out of money.

Torrevieja’s employment councillor, Víctor Ferrández, speaking on Monday, said that the city had to return half of the subsidy for the workshop and blamed what he described as the “disastrous management of the

PP for this”. He said that the amount of money budgeted for the project was not enough and there were not enough people employed, and that the “previous government team acted without showing any common sense and were keen to get publicity ahead of the local elections”. He repeated earlier comments that proper invoices and contracts were not done.

Showdown Coming Spain's Socialists have signed a pact with the centrist Ciudadanos (Citizens) backing the PSOE leader’s Pedro Sanchez's bid to be prime minister. A five-point plan for constitutional reform is at the heart of the deal which was agreed on Wednesday morning between Sanchez and Ciudadnos leader, Albert Rivera. Mr Sanchez will then seek parliamentary backing to

become prime minister in a vote this coming Wednesday.

The five-point pact would strip immunity from senior officials from being tried in lower courts; depoliticise the judiciary; make it easier for citizens to propose legislative initiatives; remove central government representation within the regional administrations; and limit prime ministers to two terms in office.

The PSOE and Ciudadanos deal, between them they would command 130 seats - still fall far short of the number of seats required for an absolute majority in the 350-seat lower house. Acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's centre-right Partido Popular, which took won the greatest number of seats in the election, has already tried to form a coalition without success.

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Past Revealed

Local historian Antonio Zapata, a high school teacher spoke at the recent monthly meeting of Help At Home Chatters about the history of Los Alcazares and the surrounding area. A slide show accompanied the talk at the Pasty Shack with a fascinating look at the changes around that part of the Murcia region. The next meeting will be on Wednesday March 15th, with the theme being of communications, as a computer and mobile phone expert will be coming to offer lots of useful problem-

solving tips.

To find out more about HAH Mar Menor and the Chatters Group, go to the website,

Calling All Beauties

www.helpathome.es or if you would like to volunteer a little time, please contact the website for more details helpathomespain@gmail.com

Fayre Enough The Torrevieja Christian Fellowship (TCF) is holding a Craft Fayre at their headquarters on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas on Wednesday March 9th from 3.00 pm. A variety of hand-made cards, knitted goods and embroidery will be on sale, plus a selection of items suitable for Easter.

A “Sleeping Beauty” is wanted to take centre-stage in the next Rojales Pantomime Group show in January 2017.

The group rehearse at Quesada’s Cultural Centre, with performances at the music school in Los Montesinos, with money raised going to local charities.

The Group are holding an open meeting at the Cultural Centre this evening (February

26th) at 6.00pm, where anybody interested in working on-stage or backstage will be welcome to come along. New people are urgently needed to keep things going, and any ages with any level of experience, or just having enthusiasm will be warmly welcomed.

For more details, call Christine on 678212034 or website, Rojalespantomime.com

Top Cruiser

Joyce Miles from Dona Pepa in Quesada is sailing off on a Mediterranean Cruise by winning the raffle at a recent fund-raiser for the Alzheimer’s Association at Restaurante El Alto La Dolores, in Guardamar.

Eleven hundred euros was raised for the charity, with entertainment provided by Woody, who’ll be back at the same venue on Wednesday March 23rd in a charity night for the Elche Children’s Care Home.

AGM Time

Rojales Neighbourhood Watch Group will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Monday March 14th at the Quesada Municipal Centre, with everybody living in the 03170 postal code area welcome to come. New ideas and initiatives will be discussed with the meeting starting at 11.00am.

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Pets

Friday 26th February 2016

Open Finca

The animal sanctuary, Finca San Miguel de Salinas is staging an Open Day tomorrow (Saturday February 27th) with a chance for visitors to see the animals and help the group out to continue financing all the various fees they have to pay to keep their residents nice and happy! They currently have eight horses; three ponies; six goats; two big pigs and two small pigs; two dogs; and a dozen chickens.

The Finca is located just off the canal between San Miguel and Villamartin, and the sanctuary would love you to bring along any apples, carrots, or dog food as well as spending a little bit of money to

help the cause. The event starts at 1.00pm and runs until 5.00pm.

It's also possible to become a member of the organisation for just ten euros per annum, or you can sponsor an animal for five or ten euros a month.

If you would like more information about the event, visit their website, happyanimalesspain.com or via Facebook, where you look for the group, Finca San Miguel de Salinas.

Looking much much further ahead, the group is organising a fun charity afternoon with Afecancer at Bar La Sahara at La Fuente on Saturday April 2nd from 1.00pm, with live entertainment and a raffle.

My Dog Won’t Eat Many dog owners are used to their pets wolfing down their meals as fast as possible so when a dog won’t eat it can be very upsetting.

This condition can occur for a number of reasons.

Most of the time your dog will start eating again after he skips a meal or two. Here are some things to look for if your dog isn’t eating and what you can do to get him back to normal.

TEMPORARY UPSET If your dog won’t eat, it’s possible that he could have a temporary gastrointestinal upset. Look for signs that he has some diarrhoea or notice if he has vomited somewhere. Your dog’s body will attempt to get rid of whatever he has eaten that has upset his digestion. In the meantime, he won’t feel much like eating. As long as there is no blood in the stool or vomit, you should allow your dog to expel the offending matter from his system, provided he doesn’t become dehydrated. If the vomiting or diarrhoea lasts more than 24 hours, take your dog to the vets.

ROUTINE CHANGE If you change the time you

feed your dog, change the time you take walks or potty your dog, or make serious changes in your household such as adding a family member, a dog can easily stop eating. Dogs like routine and anything that upsets what they are familiar with can make them stop eating, at least temporarily, until they feel secure again.

It’s best to make any changes gradually and make sure that your dog feels secure and included in what’s happening in your home.

BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS Some dogs may stop eating because of behaviour problems, which are not always caused by the dog who won’t eat. If you have another dog or pet in the home, your dog could be reacting to that pet. . He may prefer to eat alone so he can take his time. If you have multiple dogs, it’s often a good idea to feed them separately – in separate rooms or in crates – so each dog can eat in peace. Dogs will often start eating again when they are left alone with their food.

OLDER DOGS Too often owners assume

a senior dog won’t eat because he is getting old when in reality the problem could be something that is easily remedied.

For example, a senior dog can have dental problems which make it hard for him to eat his ordinary food. A trip to the vet to examine your dog’s teeth can reveal the problem and allow the vet to fix it. You can also warm a senior dog’s food and heat it to make it smell and taste more appealing to him since the senses begin to fade as a dog gets older. Try topping the food with some stew or something else tasty.

PICKY EATERS Dogs are not born picky eaters – owners make them that way. If your dog won’t eat and you are feeding him a good quality food that he normally likes, put the food down and leave it for fifteen minutes. If your dog has not eaten it in that time, pick the bowl up and put it away. Do not give your dog treats or snacks during the day. Do not feed your dog any other food until it’s time for his next meal. Your dog will eat when he gets hungry. If you feed meals at a regular time each day and monitor how much

you feed, and how much your dog eats, and keep the treats to a reasonable amount, your dog will stop being a picky eater.

If you change dog food frequently, your dog will be picky about his food. It’s better to find a good food and stay with it. The more you change dog foods, the more likely your dog is to suffer from gastrointestinal upsets, which will lead to missing meals. Find a good food that your dog does well on and stick with it, even when you hear about new foods. If your dog is healthy and happy on a food, there’s really no reason to change.

Remember that dogs don’t like change!

These are the major reasons why a dog won’t eat, barring illness. If your dog won’t eat after 24 hours, you should take him to the vet. It’s possible that your dog could be sick and your vet will need to check him out and start looking for more serious reasons why your dog is not eating. He or she will ask you about any other possible symptoms your dog may be exhibiting, so be prepared to discuss your dog’s overall health.

Pets Corner: Can You take in a Homeless Dog or Cat?

TYLER Tyler and his brother Kingsley were rescued by APAH in January 2013 as small puppies.

Now they are three years old and have never known a loving home.

They are both lovely dogs and deserve the chance to be part of a loving family.

To arrange to meet the brothers and offer them a new home please call APAH on 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

ROSEY Rosey is a beautiful, seven month old female dog, really good with other dogs. Rosey is not very big and will be medium size when fully grown, with her and her sister being fostered in a home with other cats and dogs which they get on well with both.

They love being cuddled and are very affectionate. For more on Rosey, call PEPA on 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

ODIN Odin is a 17 month old male Fox Terrier type crossbreed who was found running along a busy main road late at night.

He is fully vaccinated, micro chipped and castrated; a happy boy who plays well with his kennel mates but is looking for a loving home to call his own. Please contact the SAT kennels on 966710047 or send an email info@satanimalrescue.com

DUKE Duke is a very two year old gentle neutered dog and to start with, was a shy young man.

He has turned out to be a very friendly and lovely dog who will be a very close companion to his new carer.

If you can adopt Duke, or for more information, then please call 610832726 or Tel:600845420 and you could make a difference to this beautiful loving boy.

DANI Dani is a large GSD cross and is now four years old.

Dani is obedient, loving,large and he likes to play and loves to be with people. He is a happy boy that would make a great addition to any family. If you can offer this super dog a home or if you want to find out more about him, please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or send an email to p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail. com

ANGELO Angelo has been in the vets now for three months and desperate to find a home.

He is ten years old and the problem is he has feline leukaemia so needs to either be the only house cat or with others with feline leukaemia.

He deserves a lot of love and will be a loyal friend and companion.

For more information, please call 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

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Worried About The Stock Market In 2016?

You might have concerns about the stock market decline this year. I thought it would be nice to put some things in perspective to ease your fears and give you some interesting data to offset what you might be seeing on television or hearing on the radio.

A Bad January Does Not Equal A Bad Year As expected over any period, prices in January 2016 and the start of February changed from day-to-day as aggregate expectations changed and investors processed new information.

During the month, the S&P 500 Index had a return of -4.96%, the ninth lowest return for the index since 1926. Based on this information, some may wonder whether the returns in January have some predictive power for the returns during the remainder of the year. They do not! In fact, a negative January ends up having a positive subsequent 11-months 60% of the time. So don't assume a negative January ends up being a bad rest of the year.

What This Means To You! It is also important to remember that your portfolio is still producing the same amount of dividends and interest income. Any losses you may see today are just paper losses. You don't lose money unless you sell in a down market. While the realised return over any period may be positive or negative, in the long run, we believe markets will go up. As investors, we should remain disciplined through all periods in order to capture the expected returns the market offers.

I will leave you with one last fun fact. The average 20-something watches television about 25 hours per week. By the time you get into your 60s, that average doubles to 50 hours per week. If you want to lower your anxiety about the market, my recommendation is to turn off the television!

Enjoy the beautiful Spanish weather (and if you don't live here, you should visit!). Please contact me at tracy.storer@seagatewealth.es to review your current investment options.

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Dave Silver

Friday 26th February 2016

Those Weekend Chores Are All Yours!

It was that delicious time on a late Sunday afternoon in February when all the winter weekend chores have at last been completed.

The car has been cleaned, the lawn mower has been taken to bits and it's oilable parts oiled in readiness for the first cut of spring, that self-assembly bookcase has finally been assembled, and the gutters have been cleared of gunge.

As I stretched out on the sofa, Mrs S entered the living room. 'You look tired, love,' I observed, plumping the cushions behind my head just the way I like them.

'And you'd look knackered, too, if you'd just unblocked the gutters,' Mrs S sighed. 'You know I fear heights.

'And just look at my

hands,' she whinged on.

'Ingrained dirt and chipped nails from also having to clean the car, service the lawn mower and put up that flaming bookcase so you can store your bound copies of The Courier.'

Covering myself with a throw in order to keep in the warmth, I said: 'That's not fair. I sometimes help with the hoovering and mopping.'

Mrs S was looking even more displeased than she had when I'd first proposed marriage many moons before.

'No, dear,' she almost spluttered. 'Not hoovering and mopping. You mean HOVERING and MOPING. 'I mean why do you hover in the background checking on me when I'm doing the chores? It would be nice for you to help me once in a

while. And that look of total mopery on your face when it's me who does all the work.'

'I've got to go bobies now,' I yawned as I buried my head deep into the cushions.

When I couldn't breathe properly any longer, I lifted my head from the cushions, gulped in a couple of lungfuls of air and resumed speaking.

'Anyway, you should have said hoovering with a capital 'H' because Hoover is a brand name. Now if you'd have said vacuuming, that would have required no capital 'V' because it is a generic term.'

Mrs S put down the scrunched-up pages of my old Courier columns with which she was about to clean the windows and

stared at me with a look of deep disdain.

An uneasy silence ensued until I broke first. 'This conversation seems to have died on its feet . . . well, on YOUR feet,' I observed.

'What conversation?' responded Mrs S. 'I believe someone has to be listening to you for it to be an actual conversation.'

I leaped off the sofa with the aim of demonstrating my defiance at Mrs S's attitude - but then fell over, which rather ruined my intention.

Nevertheless, I was not prepared to take my wife's words lying down.

I lurched to my feet and said: 'What do you mean by saying that I never help you?

I did wash the car not that long ago.'

Mrs S sighed. 'Oh, yes, that was 12 years ago. You

chucked a bucket of sudsy water over the vehicle and then our dog Brian refused to climb into it.'

Her remark puzzled me.

'Why on earth would a dog want to climb into a bucket?'

'The car, you obtuse fool!'

Mrs S gently pointed out.

'The bewildered mutt must have thought that it was too clean to be our vehicle and thus suspected that he was about to be dognapped by villains in a getaway car.'

I wasn't going to stand for Mrs S's venomous viewpoint any longer -- so I sat back down on the sofa.

'And who do you think paid the vet's fees for our paranoid pooch's course of cognitive behaviour therapy?' I ventured. 'Anyway, it wasn't my fault that the animal doctor was found to be an unregistered fraud who

later did a runner.'

Mrs S sighed. 'And that certainly didn't help with our Brian's already damaged trust issues. He didn't wag his tail a lot after that unfortunate episode.

'And then he didn't wag his tail at all when you chased the vet after spotting him in the park and our poor dog thought that you were abandoning him during his daily walk.'

We both paused to remember the life of Brian and, I must confess, we both shared a tear or two.

'I miss our doggy since he was rehomed with a proper functioning family,' sobbed Mrs S. 'Don't upset yourself, luv,' I said. 'Why don't you let me help you clean the cobwebs off the light fittings. I'll hold the ladder for you.'

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TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

How do you fill that War and Peace gap on BBC 1 on a Sunday night? Just put on a star-filled spy thriller instead called The Night Manager, based on the John Le Carré book. I say based because this adaptation apparently takes a lot of liberties with the original tale, but since I’ve never read it, I’m not bothered.

Hey, the original War and Peace was ripped to shreds for a few weeks, and nobody lost much sleep over it! Tom Hiddleston, fresh from his conflicts with his big-screen brother Thor in the Marvel movies, plays the lead character who works at a Cairo hotel and discovers some secrets.

Other locations appear and we fast forward in time to another hotel in the Alps, where we meet the baddie wonderfully played by Hugh Laurie. It’s glossy, sexy and entertaining, with shades of the much-missed Spooks about it all, and that’s no bad thing.

Ant and Dec Saturday Takeaway roared back in big style last Saturday night and whopped The Voice big time in the ratings, something that's never happened

Spy Yarn Delivers

before, which will get some ITV executives quaking a wee bit over “stealing” the show from the Beeb. The Geordie Duo were in fine form for a format that I'm sure they'll admit is largely influenced by the old days of Noel's House Party with some TFI Friday thrown in for good measure.

There's nothing wrong with that and its tightly put together, and despite the “live” label pinned on it, you can tell its sharply rehearsed with the odd adlib thrown in as well. It's all good fun and there's nothing wrong with that on a Saturday night, with so many newer formats across the channels failing miserably. Not all was perfect like the Pacman game which just didn't translate to being good television and I didn't think the stunt on James Corden was as funny as I expected, but the energy and enthusiasm levels are high, and you just can't help being drawn into all, plus I can't wait for the start of the “Who Shot Simon Cowell?” mystery series tomorrow night!

There was certainly mystery on ITV's Jonathan

Ross Show over what exactly did happen between tennis fan Wossy and British tennis star, Jo Konta.

To edit or not to edit, that is the question? The tabloids

went crazy over the fact that Konta didn't play ball with Ross during the recording and behaved somewhat arrogantly in a series of frosty exchanges.

I couldn't wait to see it, but barring a sarcastic comment thrown at nice guy Rob Brydon, the rest of it was left on the cutting room floor. If I was in charge, I'd

have run it “warts and all”, but instead Konta's contribution was shortened to what seemed to be not even five minutes. If I were her, I'd be sending a nice gift to Ross and his production team for not airing something which would have been a PR disaster for her.

Here's some TV Marmite in the shape of Vinyl, airing on Sky Atlantic, which has come from a large part of the production team of the old gangster show, Boardwalk Empire, plus Mick Jagger. Produced for the US HBO channel, it's a very graphic (in terms of words and action) look at a New York-based record company in the early seventies.

The opener was even directed by Martin Scorsese and has had mixed reviews including The Guardian branding it a “stinker”, which I totally disagree with. There were many funny moments and I loved the nostalgia element You'll love it or hate it, and just hours after last week's premiere, HBO immediately ordered a second series.

Good on them!

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Churchill's Secret

Michael Gambon Michael Gambon and Lindsay Duncan star as Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill in this feature length film, Churchill’s Secret.

Set during the summer of 1953, Churchill’s Secret tells a little known part of Winston Churchill’s great life

story.

Having suffered a life‐threatening stroke, which his inner circle conspired to hide from the public, the film charts the course of Winston’s remarkable recovery and investigates the strain that his great public service wrought upon his

private life.

By now in his late 70s, Prime Minister for the second time and with his sights set on achieving peace with the Russians, the great war god Churchill falters at a public dinner. Confused and emotional, he appears to be entering his dotage – if not his demise.

Unsure if he will survive the weekend, his passionately loyal wife Clementine spirits him away to Chartwell, their private country residence.

In the darkest hours, Clemmie calls their children to his bedside. However, the crisis reveals deep divisions within the family. Just as it does within the Conservative party, as those waiting in the wings begin to whisper.

The press barons and

politicians, unsure who could replace him as leader, agree to keep the situation a secret‐ an unprecedented event in modern British history.

But Winston won’t give up. With the help of Millie, a young and surprisingly spirited nurse, and to the bittersweet relief of Clementine, he lives to fight another day on the front line of international politics. His last great battle in his sights: European re‐unification and nuclear disarmament.

Told from the point of view of his family, his doctor, the men he championed and, most touchingly, his young nurse, Churchill’s Secret follows Winston’s extraordinary battle to recover, casting an honest light on the tensions within his brilliant and dysfunctional family.

New cast confirmed for DCI Banks

Contemporary detective drama DCI Banks starring Stephen Tompkinson (Trollied, Truckers, Wild At Heart), Andrea Lowe (Love Life, Monroe) and Caroline Catz (Doc Martin) has gone into production in the stunning county of Yorkshire, ITV confirmed today.

The six-part drama features new cast members Samuel Anderson (Trollied, Doctor Who) who will play Vince, the latest member of Banks’ team, Shaun Dingwall (Legends, Silent Witness) as Chief Superintendent Colin Anderson, Shaun Dooley (Broadchurch, Ordinary Lies) as hardened career criminal Steve Richards and

Maimie McCoy (Musketeers) as Richards’ wife, Tamsin. The series will also see the return of popular cast members Jack Deam (New Tricks, Casualty) as DC Ken Livingstone and Keith Barron (Holby City, Doctors) as Banks’ father, Arthur Banks.

Produced by award-winning indie Left Bank Pictures, series five is set to be the grittiest season yet with the Yorkshire detective facing his toughest investigation to date. The series is comprised of 6 x 60’ original episodes inspired by the books from acclaimed novelist Peter Robinson. The drama features self-contained stories told over two episodes, but also, in an explosive serial crime story that weaves throughout the whole series, DCI Banks will be forced to question all that he holds dear, as he pits his detective skills against criminals who will stop at nothing to escape the law.

When Banks confronts a powerful adversary who has

been dubbed by his superiors as too big to bring down, his dogged pursuit of justice sets in motion a chain of events that rips at the very fabric of his life, both professional and personal. Helen encounters unexpected challenges when she tries for promotion and Annie pursues her own results-driven, gut instinct style of policing which threatens to ruin her relationship with Banks.

The first story finds Banks drawn into the dark world of self-harm when a school teacher and his pupil are found dead. In the second story, Annie discovers a disturbing secret as the team investigate a kidnap within Leeds’ Chinese community and in the final two episodes, Banks’ team question how far he will go in pursuit of justice when he enters a dangerous cat-andmouse game to pin down a man who is seemingly outside the reach of the law.

The series will be produced by Anne-Louise Russell (Casualty as producer, DCI Banks, Crossing

Lines as script executive).

Radford Neville (Wuthering Heights, Loving Miss Hatto, The Borrowers) who produced series four of the drama returns as executive producer alongside Left Bank Pictures Chief Executive, Andy Harries.

Peter Robinson continues his involvement in the creative process, ensuring the stories are true to his characters and the spirit of DCI Banks.

Series 5 will be directed

by Craig Pickles (DCI Banks, Suspects), Robert Quinn (Home Fires, Jekyll And Hyde) and Mark Brozel (Dickensian, Holy Cross).

The series has been commissioned for ITV by Director of Drama, Steve November and Head of Drama Series, Jane Hudson.

“DCI Banks has become a firm favourite with the ITV drama audience and this series will be the grittiest yet,” said Jane. “We’ll see the team embark on an investigation that will truly change things forever.”

favourite holidaymakers will be appearing throughout the new series with the everresourceful Solana staff that includes Joyce Temple

Savage (Sherrie Hewson), Les/Lesley (Tim Healy) and Mateo (Jake Canuso) who are all back to ensure everyone’s holiday goes to plan.

Benidorm series 9 goes in production

As the last series came to a close this week, ITV’s award winning comedy Benidorm goes into production this month for a brand

new ninth series. The eighth series has so far averaged 5.8 million viewers across the run (eps 1-5 with a 21% share). Many of your

Grantchester returns to ITV on Wednesday

Robson Green and James Norton James Norton (Happy Valley, War and Peace) reprises his role as Sidney Chambers, the charismatic, charming, crime-fighting clergyman, and Robson Green (Strikeback, Wire In The Blood) returns as his partner in crime, Detective Inspector Geordie Keating, in the second series of Grantchester.

In episode 1 on Wednesday of this week it’s 1954, and just outside the Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester, local vicar Sidney Chambers [James Norton] is enjoying a glorious picnic with his best friend, DI Geordie Keating [Robson Green], Geordie’s family, Sidney’s shy curate Leonard Finch [Al Weaver] and their grumpy housekeeper Mrs Maguire [Tessa Peake-Jones].

Walking home, their happy day is cut short when DC Phil Wilkinson [Lorne Macfadyen] arrests Sidney – and the charge is sexual assault.

Doting father Harding Redmond [Neil Morrissey] is the source of the accusation, horrified at the claims made in the diary of his teenage daughter, Abigail [Gracie Brooke], who has now gone missing, along with the diary

itself. After being grilled by DCI Benson [David Troughton], Sidney sets out to prove his innocence, but not before the Archdeacon [Geoff McGivern] sends Sidney’s old friend Reverend Sam Milburn [Andrew Knott] over from the neighbouring parish to check up on him.

Questioning Abigail’s friends at the village youth club, Sidney discovers she had recently spent time with local photographer Daniel Marlowe [Oliver Dimsdale].

Sidney and Geordie discover Daniel’s studio is empty – except for the lifeless body of Abigail.

With Daniel missing, Sidney and Geordie talk to local teenager Gary Bell [Sam Frenchum], who had previously been accused by Abigail’s father of inappropriate behaviour toward her, as well as her family and friends.

However, as more and more secrets begin to surface about Abigail’s life, it becomes clear that no one knew her as well as they thought. Only by finding her missing diary can Sidney and Geordie pinpoint exactly who was responsible for her death – but will the answer damage their friendship forever?

Comedy Playhouse: Hospital People

Tom Binns as Ivan Brackenbury Hospital People is a mockumentary set in the fictional Brimlington Hospital and debuts as part of the BBC Comedy Playhouse season.

The show follows the lives of a collection of characters connected to the hospital in some way, all played by one man: Tom Binns.

Hospitals are mainly about

the medical staff and the patients, but what about the other inhabitants? Porters, hospital radio DJs, chaplains, hospital managers you could call them ‘nonessential’ but they would all strongly disagree. Hospital People follows how the big decisions affect the little people.

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Friday 26th February 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Food: Truth or Scare 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:10 Moving On 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News and Weather 20:00 The One Show

07:15 Food: Truth or Scare 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Claimed 09:15 Shamed and The MasterChef: Professionals 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:50 The Best Dishes Ever 17:20 The Life of Mammals 18:20 19:00 Hunt Bargain Eggheads 19:30 Great British Railway Journeys

Morning Good 07:00 Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Aaron is shocked by Cain’s advice 20:30 Coronation Street Tracy’s plans are thwarted

21:00 Best Walks with a 20:00 Celebrity Antiques View with Julia Bradbury 20:30 Six Nations Rugby Road Trip Johnny Ball and Setting from off Union Wales v France John Craven embark on a Rosthwaite, a small village quest to unearth collectibles John Inverdale introduces in the jaws of Borrowdale, the expert walker takes in live coverage from the 21:00 Mastermind Quiz the history and landscape Millennium Stadium as Wales meet France in the 21:30 Canals: The Making of the Cumbrian fells as third round of fixtures in of a Nation Liz McIvor she heads up the small peak Castle Crag 2016’s Six Nations. Warren explores the heritage of the network canal Gatland’s side are looking 21:30 Coronation Street to claim a fifth successive 22:00 Film - Philomena Carla feels the heat from triumph over Les Bleus (12) A world-weary political Tracy after a hard-fought 20-13 journalist picks up the story victory in Paris last year. of a woman’s search for her 22:00 Mr Selfridge Harry, Jimmy and France haven’t won in son, who was taken away Gordon Cardiff since 2010 when from her decades ago after announce the purchase of they went on to win the title she became pregnant and Whiteleys to the world, it’s was forced to live in a con- an exciting project that will cement the future of the 23:00 BBC News and vent Selfridge legacy Weather 23:35 Hospital 23:30 Newsnight 00:00 People 00:05 Catherine Artsnight 00:35 Film - The 23:00 News 23:40 Birds of Tate’s Nan 00:45 The Disappearance of Alice a Feather 00:10 Film - Live Celebrity Apprentice USA Creed (18) 02:10 Question and Let Die (PG) 02:25 04:15 Weather for the Time 03:10 The Real Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, Week Ahead 04:20 BBC Marigold Hotel 04:10 This is She Wrote 04:50 ITV BBC Two Nightscreen News

07:00 Countdown 07:45 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 The Supervet 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Hugh Bonneville relives his Asian travels as he treats the café diners to an authentic pad thai. Jamie goes for the ultimate roast with his overnight shoulder of pork 21:30 Food Unwrapped A special episode containing some of Food Unwrapped’s most memorable investigations 22:00 Gogglebox Britain’s favourite opinionated TV viewers share their sharp, insightful, passionate and sometimes emotional critiques of the week’s biggest and best shows 23:00 The Last Leg 00:05 Rude Tube 01:10 Virtually Famous 01:55 Film Rising Sun (18) 04:05 Undercover Boss USA 04:55 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 05:50 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:20 Film Black Friday (18) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Gadget Show Jon looks at the latest raft of budget smartphones and Jason takes on a group of ex-special forces soldiers as they storm an abandoned Boeing 747 against the clock 21:00 That’s So 1981 The series that looks back on different years from the 1980s and 90s via the news, pop and TV archives 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans The team investigate an explosive case, which sees Pride go undercover to retrieve a missile that has got into the wrong hands 23:00 NCIS 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles 00:50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 01:15 Super Casino 04:10 The Holiday Airport: Sun, Sea and Scousers 05:00 Police Interceptors 05:45 House Doctor

07:00 Peter Hurst, 10:00 Trev Massey, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:05 Emmerdale 10:05 You’ve Been Framed 10:35 Catchphrase 11:20 Dinner Date 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - The Bourne Ultimatum (12)

07:00 Man About the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Wycliffe 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Sherlock Holmes 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 A Touch of Frost 01:20 Film - The Bucket List (12)

07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Minder 08:00 The Chase 08:55 Magnum, PI 09:55 The Sweeney 11:00 The Professionals 12:00 The Chase 13:00 Pawn Stars 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:55 Magnum, PI 15:55 Minder 17:00 The Sweeney 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Counting Cars 21:30 Counting Cars 22:00 Film - Lethal Weapon 4 (15) 00:30 Film - Fire Down Below (18)

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shell - a second victim has come forward…

tracts drawn up as soon as possible, Carla is relieved.

Robert and Tracy celebrate, but Leanne arrives with Ken in tow and announces that she’d like to match their offer of £90,000. Carla is shocked and Tracy throws her a warning look.

In Emmerdale Chas is worried when DS Wise tells them that Sandra denied any knowledge of the abuse.

Meanwhile, Ashley is fuming over Gabby and tells Bernice that he wants her to live with him. However, Ashley and Lawrence soon bond over Gabby’s future when Lawrence tells her that she will be punished. Ashley comes up with an idea and asks Lawrence to adopt Gabby…

In Coronation Street, Leanne confides in Ken about how she wishes she could afford to buy the Bistro and give Simon a secure future. With Tracy only excited about the prospect of owning the Bistro and spending the money, Ken realises with a heavy heart that Tracy hasn’t given a thought to Amy’s future.

Cain promises Chas that he’ll have a proper talk with Aaron and urges him to drop the case. However, just as Aaron is about to tell the police that he wants to drop the case, DC Wise drops a bomb-

Ken tells Leanne that he is prepared to release Simon’s trust money from Deirdre so that in conjunction with a bank loan, she can buy the Bistro.

As Nick accepts Robert’s offer for the Bistro and suggests they have con-

From the Kentish Town Forum, north London, Mel Giedroyc hosts the culmination of the UK’s biggest ever national song search for the Eurovision Song Contest. This selection show sees six shortlisted acts compete for the honour of representing the United Kingdom at Eurovision 2016. An expert panel is on hand to offer its thoughts on how the songs could be made

Meanwhile, dropping Jake at the gym with Gary, Izzy throws a sickie and returns to the pub to confront the lad who sold her the oregano. Fighting back the pain, Izzy begs the lad to give her the cannabis she paid for. When he refuses, Izzy threatens to call the police but the lad knocks her phone out of her hand.

Izzy is terrified.

to look and sound on the stage in Stockholm.

However, it is the public who will have the final say via a telephone and an online vote. Plus, performances by last year’s Swedish victor Mans Zelmerlow and 1997 UK winner Katrina Leskanich.

In the second episode, As Tracy demands to know where Leanne got the money from, she is incandescent to learn that it’s from Ken. Nick continues to deliberate the offers on the table, preferring to sell to Leanne but also aware how important Robert is to the business. Tracy calls on Carla and blackmails her, demanding that she comes up with an extra £10,000 so she can trump Leanne’s offer - or Nick finds out the truth.

Meanwhile, the frightening lad makes a grab for Izzy’s bag, but he is distracted when a fight breaks out

and Izzy escape.

makes

her

Having called Gary, he finds Izzy scared and wracked with pain. When she admits that she was trying to buy some cannabis, Gary is shocked. Izzy opens up to Gary and explains that some days she can’t cope with the pain and cannabis is the only answer. How will Gary react?

6 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 13:00 News 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Homes Under the Hammer 16:00 Escape to the Continent 17:00 Final Score 18:20 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 18:50 News 19:10 The Getaway Car 20:00 The Voice UK As the battles commence, the premise is simple: one song - two voices - one winner, as coaches william, Boy George, Paloma Faith and Ricky Wilson choose the artists they want to take to the knockouts 22:00 Casualty Lofty is finally getting the hang of his new role, but could one fatal error make his victory short-lived?

22:50 The National Lottery Live 23:00 News 23:20 Match of the Day 00:40 Film - The Tuxedo (12) 02:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:20 News

Saturday 27th February 07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:25 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 07:50 Share a Story 07:55 Sooty 08:05 Super 4 08:15 Looped 08:30 Scrambled 08:35 Mr Bean 08:50 Horrid Henry 09:10 Nerds and Monsters 09:30 Jessie 10:05 Tom and Jerry 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 Jeremy Kyle 13:30 River Monsters 14:00 News 14:25 6 Nations Live - Italy v Scotland 17:25 6 Nations 20:30 Queen Victoria’s Live - England v Ireland Children The first episode focuses on Victoria and 20:00 Ant and Dec’s Prince Albert’s tempestu- Saturday Night Takeaway ous marriage, Ant and Dec are joined by more special guests, 21:30 Dad’s Army A visit to including Gino D’Acampo in the cinema and a toasted the first I’m a Celebrity Get make Out of Me Ear! of the new supper cheese Captain Mainwaring dream series that he is Napoleon

06:55 Homes Under the Hammer 07:55 Animal Park 08:50 Film - Invaders from Mars (PG) 10:15 Film - The Password is Courage (U) 12:10 Natural World 13:00 James Martin: Home Rick 13:45 Comforts Stein’s India 14:45 The Best Dishes Ever 15:45 Film - Up Periscope (PG) 17:30 Big Dreams Small Spaces 18:30 Flog It 19:30 Back in Time for the Weekend

22:00 Stag An obnoxious group of friends struggle to survive the stag weekend from hell as a deer-hunting expedition in the Scottish highlands turns messy 23:00 Film - Spike Island (15) 00:40 They Came from Manchester 01:40 Film The Secret in Their Eyes (18) 03:40 This is BBC Two

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 Frostgun Invitational 08:30 Freerider World Tour 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 The Superhumans Show 12:30 The Simpsons 13:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 14:30 Racing: Kempton Park, Newcastle and Lingfield Park 17:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 News 20:00 Great Canal Journeys Timothy West and Prunella Scales explore the Canal du Midi in the south of France 21:00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Penelope travels through Royal Deeside, a remote and mountainous part of Aberdeenshire

21:30 Take Me Out Paddy’s 30 single ladies are all hoping to bag themselves a date on the Isle of Fernandos

22:00 Film - Taken 2 (15) In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing 22:45 News 23:00 The his daughter Jonathan Ross Show 00:05 Film - Invictus (12) 02:30 23:55 Film - Braveheart Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, (15) 03:05 Hollyoaks 05:15 She Wrote 04:50 ITV Omnibus Undercover Boss USA Nightscreen

07:00 Milkshake 09:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30 The Saturday Show Live 12:30 Funniest Fails, Falls & Flops 13:00 Police Interceptors 15:00 87 Stone: Fat Chance Of Work 16:00 Benefits Britain: Life On the Dole 19:00 Can’t Pay? Benefits Special 20:00 World War II in Colour Showing Hitler’s attempts in the latter end of 1944 to shift the balance of power back in his favour 21:00 The Gadget Show Jon looks at the latest raft of budget smartphones 21:55 5 News Weekend National and international news 22:00 The Championship Extended highlights of the latest matches in the Championship, including favourites Wolverhampton Wanderers v Derby County, Fulham v Middlesbrough and a north-east mega match between Hull City and Sheffield Wednesday 23:00 Goal Rush 23:30 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 01:15 Super Casino 04:10 BAMMA 24

14:40 Scorpion 15:35 Film - Baby Mama (12) 17:35 Catchphrase 18:20 Film The Smurfs 2 (U) 20:25 Film - Back to the Future (PG) 22:45 Take Me Out: The Gossip 23:45 Ibiza Weekender 00:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show (Comedy) ITV3 11:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 A Touch of Frost 01:00 Blue Murder ITV4 13:45 Storage Wars 14:40 Film - Blues Brothers 2000 (PG) 17:15 Film Superman (PG) 20:10 Film - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (PG) 22:00 Film - Tremors (15) 23:55 Film - Raw Deal (18) 02:05 Film - The Jerk (15)

09:00 The Weekend Mix, 12:00 Suzy G, 15:00 Keith Nicol

Sunday 28th February 07:00 Breakfast 08:40 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:15 The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 Pointless 18:35 Nature’s Miracle Orphans 19:35 News 20:00 Countryfile Matt Baker and Shauna Lowry present the show from the Essex coast 21:00 Call the Midwife The introduction of the contraceptive pill is welcomed by Dr Turner, but some of his colleagues are less keen on the idea 22:00 The Night Manager On the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Roper’s life of luxury and calm is shattered 23:00 News 23:30 Match of the Day 2 00:30 Film - The Other Man (15) 01:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:00 News

07:20 A to Z of TV Gardening 08:05 Great British Garden Revival 09:05 An Island Parish 09:35 Countryfile 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00 James Martin: Home Comforts 12:45 The Best Dishes Ever 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Film Apache Territory (PG) 15:10 Talking Pictures The Film 15:50 Philadelphia Story (PG) 17:40 Film - Tron (PG) 19:10 Flog It

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:25 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 07:50 Share a Story 07:55 Sooty 08:05 Super 4 08:15 Looped 08:30 Scrambled 08:35 Mr Bean 08:50 Horrid Henry 09:10 Nerds and Monsters 09:30 Bear Grylls Survival School 10:05 Tom and Jerry 10:25 News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 Jeremy Kyle 13:20 News 13:30 Jeremy Kyle 14:30 Judge Rinder 15:35 The Chase 16:35 Film - The Man with the 20:00 Six Nations Rugby Golden Gun (PG) 19:00 Special Highlights from News 19:30 Planet’s Got Talent week three of the 2016 Six Nations 20:00 Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands Beowulf 21:00 Dragons’ Den Re- and Elvina steal a private live the most extraordinary moment together moments from the past 13 series of Dragons’ Den 21:00 Churchill’s Secret In the summer of 1953, 22:00 Let’s Play Darts for Winston Churchill - now Sports Relief 2016 Gabby prime minister for the secLogan presents the third ond time and in his late 70s and fourth quarter finals of - suffers a life-threatening the pro-celebrity contest stroke, which is kept secret from the world 23:00 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime 23:10 News 23:25 Story 23:40 Film - The Perspectives 00:20 Rugby Reluctant Fundamentalist Highlights 01:15 (15) 01:40 Film - The Black Jackpot247 04:00 ITV Balloon (15) Nightscreen

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 King of Queens 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 14:35 Film - Diary of a Wimpy Kid (PG) 16:25 The Simpsons 17:50 News 18:10 Film - Finding Nemo (U) 20:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo The Sumatran tigers are upgrading to a luxury new enclosure on the other side of the zoo 21:00 The Jump Tonight the fearless celebrities take on another winter sporting event as they bid to become Jump Champion 2016 22:00 Film The Wolverine (12) When Wolverine is summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons 00:35 Film - Attack The Block (15) 02:05 Embarrassing Bodies 03:05 Come Dine with Me 05:20 Location, Location, Location

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja The 11:30 Turtles Championship 12:30 Goal Rush 13:00 Fail Army 13:30 Police Interceptors 14:30 Film - The Reef (U) 16:00 Film - Made of Honour (12) 18:00 Film Monster-in-Law (12)

14:35 Film - Beethoven’s 2nd (U) 16:20 Film Despicable Me 2 (U) 18:20 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 19:50 Film - Back to the Future Part II (PG) 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Meet the Family Guys

19:55 Now That’s Funny Family-friendly comedy clip show featuring usergenerated video content from around the world

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20:55 News National and international news 21:00 Capital One Cup Final Highlights Liverpool v Manchester City - Kelly Cates presents action from the final at the Etihad Stadium 22:00 Film - Grown Ups (12) After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend 00:05 Film - The Switch (12) 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 The Holiday Airport: Sun, Sea and Scousers

14:00 Sherlock Holmes 15:05 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Midsomer Murders 21:00 Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 22:00 Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India 23:00 Mrs Biggs ITV4 14:00 Film - Nevada Smith (15) 16:40 Film - Blues Brothers 2000 (PG) 19:10 Film - Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (PG) 21:00 Rugby Highlights 22:00 Film Texas Killing Fields (15)

09:00 The Weekend Mix, 12:00 Suzy G, 15:00 Keith Nicol

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8 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Moving On 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders Further truths come to light for Whitney and Lee 21:30 The Inside Story With exclusive interviews and previously unseen footage, this programme tells the inside story of how an organised crime syndicate arranged a hit on three police officers 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys Everyone in the Brown family has a date for Valentine’s Day except Agnes. Can she really start internet dating at her age?

23:00 News 23:45 Cuckoo 00:15 Have I Got Election News for You 00:45 Live at the Apollo 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News

Monday 29th February 1964 07:15 Food: Truth or Scare 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:45 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:50 The Life of Mammals 17:50 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:20 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge The last four designers are in the village of Beer, taking on a cosy sitting room each 21:00 University Challenge Quiz 21:30 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking Mary shares her recipes for those days when time is at a premium, 22:00 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story Lawyer Robert Shapiro shops around for support 22:45 QI XL 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Dragons’ Den 01:15 Phone Shop Idol 01:45 The Celebrity Apprentice USA 03:15 MasterChef: The Professionals 04:15 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Chas has an unwelcome visitor 20:30 Coronation Street Carla is caught in the act 21:00 Further Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green At a former RAF training base at Milfield, Robson is given a lesson in flying a glider, soaring like a bird over the Cheviot Hills and getting an aerial view of an Iron Age hill fort 21:30 Coronation Street Will Tracy’s dream come true?

22:00 Davina Mccall: Life at the Extreme Davina McCall takes a leap into the unknown and explores some of the most extreme places on Earth while tracking the animals who call these brutal conditions home 23:00 News 23:45 The Agenda 00:25 The Jonathan Ross Show 01:20 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Supershoppers In a bumper episode, Supershoppers Andi Osho and Anna Richardson lift the lid on everything from car insurance to cosmetics 22:00 Royal Navy School Ex-cheese shop assistant Cara Gillies, who’s 21, struggles to lead her team across Dartmoor during a gruelling exercise, and is left wondering if a life in the navy is for her 23:00 Fresh Meat 23:50 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:55 24 Hours in A and E 01:50 Keeping Up with the Khans 02:45 The Last Leg 03:45 Grand Designs 04:40 Beat My Build 05:35 Ultimate Dealer

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Film - A Killer Among Us 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Dog handler Martyn finds himself in the firing line when he cops a tasty right hook and Dan is given the runaround by an uninsured driver 21:00 Criminally Funny: Caught in the Act Clip show featuring criminallyfunny lawbreakers including a shoplifter arrested when he complains to police about the public display of his e-fit 22:00 The X Files While Scully sits by her dying mother’s bedside in Washington, Mulder investigates one of the most repulsive creatures he has ever encountered

Royal baby for leap year day The Queen's cousin, Princess Alexandra, has given birth to a son at her home in Surrey.

The baby, who was more than a week overdue, is believed to be the first-ever royal baby to be born on 29 February. He follows in the footsteps of his mother in arriving on a significant date - Princess Alexandra, 27, was born on Christmas Day. The princess' husband, Angus Ogilvy, 35, was present at the birth in the couple's home, Thatched House Lodge in Richmond Park.

He telephoned the Queen shortly after his son was born at 1215GMT.

23:00 Gotham 00:00 Film Hummingbird (15) 01:55 Super Casino 04:10 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 05:00 Wildlife SOS

07:00 Peter Hurst, 10:00 Trev Massey, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 Bordertown 23:00 Family Guy 00:00 American Dad

07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Wycliffe 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 The Bletchley Circle 23:00 A Touch of Frost 01:10 Wycliffe

07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Minder 08:00 The Chase 08:55 Magnum, PI 09:55 The Sweeney 11:00 The Professionals 12:00 The Chase 13:00 Pawn Stars 14:00 The Car Chasers 15:00 Magnum, PI 16:00 Minder 17:00 The Sweeney 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Ax Men 22:00 Film - Tremors (15) 00:05 Bundesliga 01:00 Rugby Highlights

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abused by him. Gordon slams Chas against the wall and everyone in the pub is soon shocked to see Marlon pushing Gordon through from the back, while Doug calls the police.

move out.

hands Tracy the cash.

Tracy reminds her that she now needs to make sure Nick sells the Bistro to Robert. However, when Johnny confronts Carla about the missing money, is the game up already?

Later, Chas is in disbelief as Robert drops a bombshell which could have huge repercussions for Aaron…

In Coronation Street, As Nick mulls over Robert and Leanne’s separate offers for the Bistro, he vows to make a decision by the end of the day.

Carla is filled with dread.

When Richie calls in the factory and transfers £30,000 to Underworld’s account as a down payment on his order, Carla’s ears prick up. Later, having stolen £10,000 from the factory account, Carla

Meanwhile, Eva throws a sickie so that she can spend the day looking after Marta. Marta is clearly not well, but she refuses point blank to see a doctor.

In Emmerdale, Chas is feeling optimistic about the case against Gordon following the news of the ‘new victim’ who has come forward.

However, she is soon left shocked when Gordon turns up, claiming that he knows she paid his neighbour Ryan to say he was

Meanwhile, the adoption panel tell Paddy and Rhona that they’re being put forward for recommendation, but their bubble of happiness is burst when Vanessa mentions Pearl’s concerns. Rhona tells Paddy that Pearl has to

THE INSIDE STORYBBC1 21.30 With exclusive interviews and previously unseen footage, this programme tells the inside story of how an organised crime syndicate arranged a hit on three police officers, and hears from law enforcement officials who tapped the phones of drug dealers only to find themselves hearing corrupt police on the line. The film

In the second episode, Carla points out to Johnny that she’s a director of Underworld and claims that she just borrowed the money.

Will Johnny accept this?

also reveals how Scotland Yard reacted when alerted to the extent of the corruption and the extraordinary lengths that criminals go to so they can undermine the police’s ability to catch them.

At the same time, Tracy shows Robert the £10,000, claiming that she has dipped into her flower shop funds. Robert is thrilled. Tracy tells Nick they’d like to up their offer for the Bistro by a further £10k. Nick confides in Carla that he’d rather sell to Leanne, but Carla is adamant that he’d be foolish not to take the extra cash. Will Nick accept Carla’s advice and agree to sell the Bistro to Robert?

In Eastenders, Nancy turns up at Sonia’s house to give Whitney her belongings, insisting that Lee doesn’t want anything to do with her anymore.

However, when Abi tells Lee that Whitney is planning to leave Walford, he realises that he doesn’t want to lose his girlfriend and rushes over to apologise to her. After Lee makes an admission of his own, Whitney promises to support him.

Later, Nancy is far from happy when Lee announces that he and Whitney are giving things another go.

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Tuesday 1st March 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Moving On 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Honey comes up with an idea to cheer Ronnie up 21:00 Holby City Arthur goes into battle for a young patient who was hit by a train, but buries his head in the sand over his own health. A hungover Adele gets more than she bargains for when she becomes Guy Self’s nurse for the day 22:00 Happy Valley A gift for Ryan on his tenth birthday reminds Catherine that danger may be closer than she thinks 23:00 News 23:45 Life and Death Row 00:45 Film 2016 01:15 Film - Charlie and Boots (15) 02:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:00 News

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:45 Great British Railway Journeys 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Coast 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:45 The Life of Mammals 17:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge The three designers redesign a sitting room each on a medieval terrace in the grand cathedral city of Wells 21:00 Back in Time for the Weekend The AshbyHawkins family enters the 1990s 22:00 Who’s the Boss?

The boss of a chocolate manufacturer gives his entire workforce the power to decide on who will become its new Business Development Manager 23:00 Scrappers 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Let’s Play Darts for Sports Relief 2016 01:15 Back in Time for the Weekend 02:15 MasterChef: The Professionals 03:15 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Chrissie discovers a family secret 20:30 The Inspectors are Coming Tara has to deal with two volatile roofers and needs to call for police backup, while in Cleethorpes, a man who has got his car stuck on the beach could be facing a fine of several thousand pounds 21:00 It’s Not Rocket Science In this edition, can science save Romesh from a fridge being dropped on his head and Rachel finds out what life in space is like for British astronaut Tim Peake 22:00 Frustrated Britain: Caught on Camera Examining things that anger the public, featuring an annoying brother, a foul-mouthed granny, and celebrities seeing red 23:00 News 23:40 On Assignment 00:10 Davina Mccall: Life at the Extreme 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo Cameras follow Chester Zoo’s four new fledgling Humboldt penguins who are being brought up apart from the main colony until they’re old enough to compete for fish in the main pool 22:00 Born to be Different As the documentary returns for a two-part special, this episode catches up with three of the families and continues to chart the joys and heartaches of growing up different 23:00 Gogglebox 00:05 Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live 01:10 PokerstarsCom and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final 02:05 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:30 Gillette World Sport 02:55 Frostgun Invitational 03:50 Freerider World Tour 04:20 Beat My Build 05:15 Location, Location, Location

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Abducted (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Natalie follows up on a skinny shar pei cross with an eye infection, Sandy finds a jack russell who needs its owners to clean up their act, and Kate checks over a runaway husky 21:00 Britain’s Horror Homes A family in Carlisle are left homeless when one of the biggest floods in history leaves the city underwater 22:00 The Great British Benefits Handout Tony and Diane are experiencing a shift in their relationship when she gets a job for the first time in seven years 23:00 Age Gap Love 00:00 The Woman with No Face 01:00 Botched Up Bodies 01:55 Super Casino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors

07:00 Peter Hurst, 10:00 Trev Massey, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film Shaun of the Dead (15) 00:05 Family Guy

07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Wycliffe 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 A Touch of Frost 01:10 Wycliffe

07:00 Goals of the 80s 07:10 Minder 08:00 The Chase 09:00 The Professionals 10:00 The Sweeney 11:00 Magnum, PI 12:00 The Chase 13:00 Pawn Stars 13:55 The Car Chasers 15:00 Magnum, PI 16:00 Minder 17:00 The Sweeney 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Storage Wars Texas 22:00 Film - The World is Not Enough (12) 00:40 Film - Raw Deal (18) 02:45 Ax Men

HAPPY VALLEY

SOAPS

ment with her mother, Chrissie wonders if her father is gay and even questions whether he is her real biological father.

Lawrence is horrified. At the same time, Andy is shocked to hear of Chrissie’s honey trap and quits his job at Home Farm.

doesn’t think Billy’s own efforts are good enough.

Honey is also trying to put together her own big surprise for Ronnie. Later at the party, Honey tricks Ronnie into playing a blindfolded game and Ronnie is shocked when she realises that Jack is there waiting for her.

off when she realises that he’s only there because Honey contacted him. Billy intervenes by telling Ronnie that she shouldn’t throw this chance of happiness away, but it could be too late as Jack is already leaving again.

When Ronnie rushes out and sees Jack getting into a cab, she jumps inside too.

Can she win him back for good this time?

In Emmerdale, With Lachlan now under suspicion, Chrissie is forced to admit that she was the one who was spying on Bernice. Chrissie is incredulous when she learns that Lawrence gave Bernice permission to stray whenever she wants.

Thinking that Lawrence also had a similar arrange-

Meanwhile, Rhona tells Marlon that letting him go might have been the biggest mistake of her life.

There’s a moment where they’re about to kiss, but how far will it go? At the same time, Pearl is hurt when Paddy tells her that she has to move out.

In

Eastenders,

she

Although Ronnie is delighted to see Jack, her mood turns sour and she storms

BBC1 22:00 Sean becomes prime suspect when Leonie is raped, and the authorities believe he could be responsible for the string of murders Andy and the team have been investigating. Meanwhile, John has to think fast when he’s asked why his number was on Vicky’s phone, and a gift for Ryan on his tenth

Meanwhile, Nancy disapproves of Lee’s engagement and clashes with her mum when Linda begins to help with the wedding plans. However, Nancy soon confides in Donna by admitting that there’s more to her behaviour than

birthday reminds Catherine that danger may be closer than she thinks.

Elsewhere, Daryl takes action when he is confronted by the three lads who have been bullying him. . she’s making out.

In Holby City, Arthur is in limbo as he waits for his test results, but he’s still putting Morven’s needs first. She has already got a lot to cope with, so Arthur vows not to burden her with his problems too.

However, this backfires horribly when Morven realises Arthur has a secret and convinces herself he’s having an affair.

A teenage patient arrives in a desperate state after being hit by a train and the odds are stacked against his survival. The senior team believe his injuries are fatal, but Arthur throws himself into the case,

refusing to accept the inevitability of the boy’s death.

With Bernie at the helm, the team fight heroically to bring the boy back from the brink of death, time and again. Arthur starts to feel as if he can cheat death today and help the boy make a recovery - but will he get the happy ending he’s hoping for in this case?

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CODE CRACKER

Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents B and 3 represents C, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

QUICKIE

Across 1/6 Postpone (3,3) 3 Fundamental (5) 6 See 1 8 Capital of Georgia (7) 9 Free from dirt (5) 10 Loans (5) 11 Make clear (7) 12 Forgive (6) 14 Balanced (6) 17 Duplicate (7) 19 Slightly burn (5) 21 Greeting (5) 22 Put to use (7) 23/25 Neptune, for example (3,3) 24 Frightening (5) 25 See 23

Down 1 Flower part (5) 2 Diluting agent (7) 3 Dreamy happiness (5) 4 Tremble (6) 5 Pilot's compartment (7) 6 Last letter of Greek alphabet (5) 7 Money matters (7) 12 Roosts (7) 13 Menacing (7) 15 Flags (7) 16 World's largest desert (6) 18 Bohemian dance (5) 19 Overly sentimental (5) 20 Terminated (5)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Pat, 3 Bossa nova, 8 Raids, 9 Leading, 10 Ire, 11 Ahead, 12 Collide, 13 Sparse, 15 Ushers, 19 Promise, 21 Admit, 23 Mar, 24 Unaware, 25 Traps, 26 Prototype, 27 Sty. Down: 1 Perhaps, 2 Twice, 3 Besides, 4 Select, 5 Avail, 6 Orifice, 7 Argue, 14 Avocado, 16 Startle, 17 Satisfy, 18 Remedy, 19 Plump, 20 Imago, 22 Moans.

Scribble Pad

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

CRYTPIC CLUES (6) Across 23 Sy’s red, can look styl1 Like a bird slightly injured ish (6) (6) Down 5 Dairy food for a dirty 2 Adore lookers (but not fighter (6) doers), we hear (7) 8 Spanish painter involved 3 Flies the deer back north in yoga (4) in (5) 9 Ignominious hoax leads 4 Detest scruffy kid’s lie (7) to fuel spill (8) 5 Capital of Belgium has a 10 War paint in defeat dearth of ebony (5) across one quiet street (8) 6 Move otter record to 11 Streak without South canopy (7) African tramp (4) 7 Draw out end, but crew 12 The beloved compiler’s regularly missing (5) expression of dismay (4,2) 13 War returning? Conceal 14 Portray part of old epic television series (7) tale (6) 14 Wasn’t sure about 16 Cold weather from the party, but confused jourfirst of September, instant- nalist (7) ly (4) 15 Slips company up on 18 False encouragement Saturday (7) before debts (8) 17 No points on afternoon 20 Fashionable police prayers (5) force at hospital depart- 18 A dialectic name for varment event (8) ious ducks seems back21 Female with hole in her ward (5) footwear (4) 19 An edition for the chil22 Weigh a female donkey dren (5) 23 In fancy clothing (6) STANDARD CLUES Across Down 1 Wounded superficially (6) 2 Hero-worship (7) 5 Dairy product (6) 3 Small flies (5) 8 Spanish painter (4) 4 Aversion (7) 9 Disgraceful (8) 5 Of the darkest colour (5) 10 Coloured cosmetic (8) 11 Long, arduous journey 6 Upper branches and leaves of large woody plant (4) 12 Used to express shock, (7) dismay, disappointment or 7 Draw out (5) sympathy (4,2) 13 Clint Eastwood TV 14 Portray (6) series (7) 16 Precipitation falling from 14 Considered questionclouds in the form of ice able (7) crystals (4) 15 Vouchers (7) 18 Plausible but false (8) 17 Fifth canonical hour (5) 20 Single distinct event (8) 18 Pintail ducks (5) 21 Footwear (4) 22 Evaluate (6) 19 Edition (5) Last weeks Solution Across:1 Opiate, 5 Grouse, 8 Bond, 9 Bracelet, 10 Relegate, 11 Awed, 12 Berate, 14 Herbal, 16 Item, 18 Marginal, 20 Magnesia, 21 Chin, 22 Falcon, 23 Dorset.

Down: 2 Protege, 3 Addle, 4 Embrace, 5 Grape, 6 Open-air, 7 Suede, 13 Almanac, 14 Harvard, 15 Avarice, 17 Tiara, 18 Mason, 19 Incur.

Wordsearch

The aim of our Word Search puzzle is to find all the 33 words listed below hidden within the puzzle.

Auk Avocet Bunting Crane Crow Curlew Dove Duck Eagle Emu Finch

Flamingo Goose Grebe Heron Hummingbir d Ibis Jay Kestrel Kite Macaw

Magpie Ostrich Owl Pelican Pigeon Plover Quail Raven Rhea Robin Rook

Shrike Skylark Snipe Sparrow Stork Swan Swift Tern Toucan Woodpecker Wren

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

Improve your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.

Across 1 Sierras (herramientas) (4) 4 Cream (for face, shoes etc) (5) 9 Bee (5) 10 Recipes (7) 11 Southeast (7) 12 Basket (5) 13 Puddle (6) 15 Mirror (6) 18 Dressing gowns (5) 20 Respuestas (a preguntas, en examen, test) (7) 23 Goddaughter (7) 24 Cebolla (5) 25 Esclavo (5) 26 Zapato (4)

Down 2 Happiness (cheerfulness) (7) 3 Costuras (puntadas) (5) 4 Jail (6) 5 Scottish (person) (7) 6 Before (5) 7 Country (nation) (4) 8 Tin (ore) (6) 13 Goats (6) 14 Waterfall (7) 16 Enemy (7) 17 Palacio (6) 19 Colas (de animales, aviónes, cometas) (5) 21 Tiendas (5) 22 Healthy (4)

11 Across 7 British passenger liner, the largest ship in the world when she was built and supposedly unsinkable, that struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on her maiden voyage in April 1912 and sank with the loss of 1,490 lives (7) 8 Government building in Washington where the US Senate and the House of Representatives meet (7) 10 Stew of meat and vegetables and hardtack that is eaten by sailors (6) 11 American political movement known for advocating a reduction in the US national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing US government spending and taxes (3,5) 12 Small slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on

land and returning to water to breed (4) 13 Communist country in East Asia, established in 1948, whose capital is Pyongyang (5,5) 14 Woman who performs undulating movements of the stomach and rapid gyration of the hips (5,6) 19 Rastafarian hairstyle in which the hair is washed but not combed and twisted while wet into tight braids or ringlets hanging down on all sides (10) 22 Animal, especially a horse or cow, having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey (4) 23 Number by which the votes cast for one party or candidate exceed those for the next (8) 24 Thin slice of bacon or ham (6) 25 Fall from a surfboard, especially one that looks

SUDOKU (Easy)

Quiz Word

painful. (7) 26 One of two metal bands joined by a chain, for fastening a person's hands or

ankles (7) Down 1 In baseball, the player who delivers the ball to the

batter (7) 2 Long, narrow French stick loaf (8) 3 Wild and domesticated bird having a heavy body and short legs; now common in many cities (6) 4 Long-distance running race, strictly one of 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km) (8) 5 Ceremonial monarch in Japan's system of constitutional monarchy (6) 6 American actor and film director, the first black American actor to achieve superstar status, whose notable films include Lilies of the Field (1963, for which he won an Oscar) and In the Heat of the Night (1967): Sidney ------- (7) 9 Extinct flying reptile of the late Jurassic period, with a long slender head and neck and a very short tail (11) 15 Land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was

inhabited by tiny people (8) 16 High-speed passenger rail service that links London with various European cities via the Channel Tunnel (8) 17 Country in SE Europe, formerly a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, whose capital is Zagreb (7) 18 Small, slender antelope that typically has curved horns and a fawn-coloured coat with white underparts, found in open country in Africa and Asia (7) 20 Group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Portugal (6) 21 Popular name given to each of four versions of a composition, created as both paintings and pastels, by the Expressionist artist Edvard Munch between 1893 and 1910: The -----(6)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH MEDIDAS - MEASUREMENTS

Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch.

(Answers below)

el año

el vatio

el año luz

el voltio

el día

la hora

el grado

la libra

el metro

la milla

el minuto

la piedra

el nudo

la pulgada

el pie

la semana

el segundo

la tonelada

general QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. Backstreet Boys 2. New York Marathon 3. Redbud 4. Jack Straw 5. Dragon Flies 6. Angola 7. In The forehead 8.

Margaret Thatcher 9. Round, Square, Arch 10. Kalahari 11.

Madonna 12. Cpacitance

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 5 Ottawa, 7 Amethyst, 9 Mantilla, 10 Aviary, 11 Palette knife, 13 Kiosks, 15 Muscle, 18 Harley Street, 21 Lariat, 22 Squeegee, 23 Tenement, 24 Sundae.

Down: 1 Matthews, 2 Hamlet, 3 Geranium, 4 Shrike, 6 Tia Maria, 7 Alaska, 8 Surf, 12 Aloe vera, 14 Spritzer, 16 Sergeant, 17 Jet set, 18 Heifer, 19 Squash, 20 Dace.

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.el año, 2.el año luz, 3.el día,

18.la tonelada.

l.the week, m.the light year,

4.el grado, 5.el metro,

n.the minute, o.the tonne,

6.el minuto, 7.el nudo, 8.el pie,

a.the mile, b.the metre,

p.the knot, q.the pound,

9.el segundo, 10.el vatio, 1

c.the day, d.the volt, e.the inch,

r.the foot.

1.el voltio, 12.la hora, 13.la libra,

f.the hour, g.the year,

14.la milla, 15.la piedra,

h.the degree(s), i.the watt,

16.la pulgada, 17.la semana,

Soduko

j.the second, k.the stone,

Span - Eng

Quizword

Answers: 1g, 2m, 3c, 4h, 5b, 6n, 7p, 8r, 9j, 10i, 11d, 12f, 13q, 14a, 15k, 16e, 17l, 18o.

1. Which American Vocal Group Scored Their First UK Top Ten Hit In 1996 With 'We Got It Going On'?

2. Which Is Older The New York Marathon Or The London Marathon?

3. what is the common name for cercis canadensis, the state tree of Oklahoma?

4. Which Labour Politician Was Elected MP For Blackburn In 1979?

5. What Type Of Insects Are Hawkers, Clubtails, Biddies, Emeralds, Darts & Skimmers?

6. By what name is Portuguese West Africa now known?

7. Where In The Human Body Is The Pineal Gland?

8. Who Said & I Quote 'There Will Never Be A Woman Prime Minister In My LifeTime'?

9. What Were The Shape Of The 3 Windows In Play School (PFE) (There Were NOT 4 Windows)?

10. In Africa the Namibia Desert merges with which other Desert?

11. Who Had A Hit In 1985 With the Gambler?

12. What Is Measured In Farads?

Word Search

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Wednesday 2nd March 1969

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Moving On 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 See Hear 09:45 Great British Menu 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:10 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:55 The Life of Mammals 17:55 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:25 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

21:00 Traffic Cops An insight into the working life of officers as they patrol the nation’s busiest and most dangerous roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned techniques to bring car criminals to justice

20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge Grand final The two designers must take on three rooms each in an apartment in a grand stately home

21:00 Big Star’s Little Star Stephen Mulhern returns to host a brand new fourth series of the fun-filled family entertainment show which lifts the lid on celebrities’ lives through the eyes of their children

22:00 DIY SOS Since his wife died shortly after giving birth to their sixth child, Paul Makings has been valiantly holding the family together as they grieve.

But he’s facing even more problems - living in a twobedroom house he has started to extend, and forced to sleep on the sofa 23:00 News 23:45 Match of the Day 01:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:20 News

21:00 £100k House: Tricks of the Trade Piers and Cheryl hunt for ingenious micro-budget solutions to improve two homes 22:00 One Child As they await the verdict from Ajun’s appeal, the Citizen’s Justice Movement take advantage of new government policy to crackdown on corruption 23:00 Live From the BBC 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Story of China 01:15 See Hear 01:45 The Great Sport Relief Bake Off 02:45 Nature’s Miracle Orphans 03:40 This is BBC Two

20:00 Emmerdale Chrissie calls a truce 20:30 Coronation Street Will Eva and Aidan be caught red-handed?

22:00 Grantchester When Grantchester vicar Sidney Chambers is accused of a terrible crime, unmasking the real culprit sends shockwaves through the community.

Walking back from a picnic with his friend Inspector Geordie Keating, he is arrested by DC Phil Wilkinson and accused of sexual assault 23:00 News 23:40 When Ant and Dec Met the Prince 01:10 Richard Wilson on the Road 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film Hit and Run 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

20:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door A quiet Suffolk neighbourhood is torn apart by a 71year-old man believed to 21:00 Posh Pawn The be deliberately breaching Prestige Pawnbrokers the peace team are put to the test 21:00 GPs: Behind when a £30,000 diamond Closed Doors When longring arrives with the wrong term patient Allan enters paperwork her consultation room, Dr Sian Morris can immedi22:00 24 Hours in A and E ately see something is not IT project manager Robert, right who’s 37, was travelling to 22:00 Inside Buckingham work on his motorbike Palace Exploring one of when he collided with a car. the most famous buildings Robert is confused and has in the world, and its roles injuries to his face and as a family home, the offihead, so he’s taken straight cial office of the Queen as for a CT scan to assess Head of State and a stage for pomp and ceremony their severity

Concorde flies for the first time The supersonic airliner, Concorde, has made a "faultless" maiden flight.

The Anglo-French plane took off from Toulouse and was in the air for just 27 minutes before the pilot made the decision to land.

The first pilot, Andre Turcat, said on his return to the airport: "Finally the big bird flies, and I can say now that it flies pretty well."

The test flight reached 10,000ft (3,000m), but Concorde's speed never rose above 300mph (480kph). The plane will eventually fly at a speed of 1,300mph (2,080kph).

Two previous test flights had to be abandoned because of poor weather conditions.

23:00 Person of Interest 23:00 Raised by Wolves 00:00 Person of Interest 23:35 Secrets of the Sauna 00:55 NCIS 01:50 True 00:35 How to Get a Crimes: The First 72 Hours Council House 01:35 Music on 4 03:00 Film - All About Steve (12) 04:35 Location, Location, 07:00 Peter Hurst, 10:00 Trev Massey, 13:00 Alex Location 05:30 Ultimate Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Dealer 05:55 Hugh’s 3 Lack 19:00 Andy James Good Things

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 The Cube 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed Rides Again 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Quantum of Solace (12) 00:10 Family Guy

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Robert panics when Ryan arrives in the village and protests that he can’t go through with the plan as it’s getting out of hand.

As Robert wins Ryan round by offering him more cash, Aaron arrives and looks put out to see Robert with another guy.

Will Robert come clean as

07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Wycliffe 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Love Your Garden 23:00A Touch of Frost 01:15 Wire in the Blood to what he’s up to?

Andy is gobsmacked to learn how Lawrence offered both Bernice and Chrissie’s mother an open marriage. He feels for Chrissie when she tells him that she needs to know if Lawrence is actually her father.

Elsewhere, Rhona admits to Marlon that she and Paddy have been in a really bad place, but Marlon is convinced there’s more to it than she’s letting on.

Also today, Megan is touched when Sam offers to be her birthing partner.

Jai is also stunned and

07:00 Minder 07:50 The Chase 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 The Sweeney 10:50 Magnum, PI 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Pawn Stars 13:50 The Car Chasers 14:55 Magnum, PI 15:55 Minder 16:55 The Sweeney 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Chase: Celebrity Special 22:00 Film - Lethal Weapon 4 (15) 00:30 Film - Death Race (15) 02:40 Ax Men grateful when Megan invites him to her scan the next day.

GRANTCHESTER - ITV 22:00 The return of the 1950sset detective drama about a vicar and a police inspector solving crimes in rural Cambridgeshire. DC Phil Wilkinson arrests Sidney on a charge of sexual assault made by Harding Redmond after reading entries in the diary of his teenage daughter Abigail, who has now gone missing, along with to slip away from dinner and find Marta’s passport.

While dinner is served at the O’Driscolls’, Eva sets about her mission. Aidan is shocked to find Eva rifling through Julia’s office drawers.

In Coronation Street, Johnny reminds Aidan and Eva of the importance of their dinner date at the O’Driscolls’, as they’re crucial to the future of the factory.

Eva tells Billy that she plans to use the evening

Pulling out a passport, Eva explains that it belongs to Marta and the O’Driscolls were keeping her as their slave. But as Richie and Julia enter the room, will Eva be caught in the act?

Meanwhile, Mary tells Erica that it’s obvious she and Dev fancy each other and should stop pussyfooting about. When Dev

the journal itself. After being grilled by DCI Benson, Sidney sets out to prove his innocence and is joined in his investigation by Geordie. James Norton and Robson Green star. shows off his new date Karen, Erica and Mary form a plan to scupper his evening. Introducing herself as Dev’s nanny, Mary tells Karen that she’s just one in a long line of girlfriends as Dev is such a womaniser. As Karen leaves horrified, Erica approaches dressed to the nines and kisses him on the lips. Is it mission accomplished?

Elsewhere, Phelan flirts with Eileen at The Rovers while Michael seethes.

Aware that Andy is saving up for a holiday, Phelan offers him some labouring work and Andy gratefully accepts.

Phelan is pleased, knowing how

annoyed Michael will be.

Also today, Sarah escorts Bethany to school and makes it clear that she’ll be checking up on her from now until her exams.

Finally, Tracy calls in the Bistro and starts throwing her weight around as she assumes her position of joint owner, but how will Robert feel about her interference?

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Thursday 3rd March 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Moving On 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Ronnie must come to a decision about her future 21:00 Room 101 Frank Skinner hosts as Robert Peston, Bridget Christie and Greg James compete to have their pet hates consigned to Room 101 21:30 Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon host’s and David Mitchell and Lee Mack are the lightningquick team captains 22:00 Pompeii: New Secrets Revealed with Mary Beard The renowned classicist and TV historian explores what life was like 2,000 years ago in Pompeii 23:00 News 23:45 Question Time 00:45 This Week 01:30 Women’s Football: USA v England 03:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:50 News

07:15 Heir Hunters 08:00 Countryside 999 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:55 The Life of Mammals 17:55 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 18:25 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Too Much TV 20:00 Cycling Live coverage of day two of the Track Cycling World Championships from London 22:00 Murder Leo Durridge stands accused of murdering his brother-inlaw Rafe Carey. Durridge claims Carey was swept away by powerful currents in the river following a storm. When Carey’s body is dragged ashore however, he hasn’t drowned at all - he’s been stabbed to death 23:00 Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story 00:55 The Inside Story 01:55 The Story of China 02:55 Earth’s Greatest Spectacles 03:55 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Jeremy Kyle’s Emergency Room 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Chrissie digs up the past 20:30 Tonight Shot over two years, this film explores whether bringing a victim of crime face-toface with the perpetrator actually works 21:00 Emmerdale The stakes are high for Megan 21:30 The Cruise Documentary series that follows the crew who live and work on board the cruise ship Regal Princess for up to nine months at a time 22:00 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Bear Grylls presents the series in which seven celebrities face a 12-day survival mission in the dangerous wilderness of the South African bush 23:00 News 23:40 The Late Debate 00:10 Frustrated Britain: Caught on Camera 01:10 Murder, She Wrote 02:00 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 News 13:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A New Life in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke Architect Ed Lipton renovates a house for a couple who moved in nine years ago for £220,000, but with two young sons are fast outgrowing the property and cannot afford to move 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Jimmy Carr hosts this new episode, packed with silly games and plenty of surprises 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 Tattoo Fixers 01:10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:05 Royal Navy School 03:00 Born to be Different 03:55 Undercover Boss Canada 04:45 Beat My Build 05:40 Ultimate Dealer

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Britain’s Horror Homes 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Dangerous Lessons 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben journeys to southeast Asia to live Jon in his handmade bamboo hut 21:00 The Secret Life of the Family Documentary series which captures the lives of six British families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 22:00 Film - Olympus Has Fallen (15) A disgraced former guard to the US president becomes trapped in the White House following a terrorist attack and must use his knowledge of the building and security procedures to free the president and prevent a national emergency 00:15 Can’t Pay? Final Demand Special 01:10 Super Casino 04:10 I Want That Wedding

07:00 Peter Hurst, 10:00 Trev Massey, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed 10:35 Catchphrase 11:15 Dinner Date 12:15 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show

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In Emmerdale, Megan has a heart-to-heart with Sam while they’re out driving together, admitting that she has been treating him too much like a partner.

Sam leaves the car and heads towards the woods in a strop. Despite her pain, Megan decides to follow him - keen to make sure there are no misunderstandings between

07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Wycliffe 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Film - The Making of a Lady 22:55 A Touch of Frost 01:10 Wire in the Blood

07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:05 Minder 08:00 The Chase 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 The Sweeney 10:55 Magnum, PI 11:55 The Chase 13:00 Pawn Stars 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:55 Magnum, PI 15:55 Minder 16:55 The Sweeney 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Classic Car Show 22:00 Film - The Chronicles of Riddick (15) 00:20 Bundesliga

MURDER:THE THIRD VOICE

them.

They soon discover that Joanie has shot Sam...

up with guilt. Zak is overwhelmed with relief as the doctor tells him that Sam is going to be okay, but things soon become tense again when the doctor says that he has a duty to inform the police when someone has been shot.

Joanie admits to Sam that she was to blame and he’s left torn over what to do.

Amid the tension, Sam is shocked when Megan suddenly squats down and tells him the baby is coming. Megan tells Sam to call an ambulance, but they both realise they’ve left their phones in the car.

Sam runs off, while Megan is left praying that she won’t have to give birth in the woods.

Meanwhile, Zak and Joanie are also in the woods to do some poaching. Zak says that he’ll give Joanie a shooting lesson.

Joanie fires the shotgun at a tree stump but is horrified to hear a cry of pain.

In the second episode, Still out in the woods and all alone, Megan fights her rising panic as her labour pains progress.

By chance, Jai is on his way to the scan and spots the car by some trees. He is left uneasy when he calls Megan’s phone and goes into the woods to look for her. Will he find Megan?

Meanwhile, Zak and Joanie are relieved when Sam regains consciousness at the hospital, but Joanie is still utterly eaten

BBC2 22:00 Drama analysing a murder from every angle and casting the viewer as a member of the jury to decide on guilt or innocence. When a man’s body is washed up by the Tweed, it seems he has drowned after being swept away by powerful currents in a storm. But as DS

Evans investigates, she finds he has been stabbed through the heart - and his brother-in-law, who was fishing with him at the time, becomes prime suspect. Starring Morven Christie and Peter McDonald. in Walford, but the atmosphere remains tense as Ronnie is struggling to be honest about her feelings.

When Ronnie confides in Sharon about her true feelings, she is encouraged to take a chance on love.

Unfortunately, Ronnie’s optimism is soon shattered when Phil tells her that a reunion with Jack would ultimately be doomed.

Later, Jack tells Ronnie that his train home is in two hours and he needs an answer today. This is her final chance - does she want to be with him or not?

In Eastenders, Jack is still

Meanwhile, Jordan tells Denise that he wants to

see Lucas to end things once and for all. Denise joins him at the prison, but it all becomes too much for Jordan. After Denise leaves father and son alone for a short while, Jordan tells her that they should speak to the governor about a work scheme for Lucas. Denise refuses, but Jordan manages to convince her once they’re back at home.

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Friday 26th February 2016

National Margarita Day Bakewell Tart Nothing is more refreshing than a margarita Finger

Dessert

Sponge Pudding Ingredients Serves: 4 50g (2 oz) butter 50g (2 oz) caster sugar 50g (2 oz) self raising flour 1 medium egg, beaten 2 tablespoons milk 2 tablespoons of jam or syrup.

Directions Prep:10min › Cook:3min › Ready in:13min In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth.

Mix in the egg and milk gradually, so as not to curdle the butter.

Sift in the flour, and fold in gently.

Put 2 tablespoons of golden syrup, treacle or jam in bottom of microwave-safe bowl. Pour in batter.

Cover, and cook for 3 1/2 minutes on full powder, or until the pudding appears set when gently jiggled, and the top is sticky. Serve hot.

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The Cadillac margarita So called because you don’t skimp on the ingredients — we’re exchanging our blanco tequila for 45ml of a good reposado (I favour Herradura here). Most people now replace Cointreau with Grand Marnier, but if we’re really talking “top shelf” spirits, I think we have to use 30ml of Pierre Ferrand Dry Orange Curaçao, followed by 20ml of fresh lime juice. As above, rim the tumbler with salt and fill it with fresh ice. Fill your cocktail shaker with ice, add the liquids. Shake to the throb of a 1949 Cadillac V8 engine, strain into the tumbler, and serve.

The Mamacita This recipe comes from my friend Musa Özgül at Quo Vadis in Soho. You will need to make a rhubarb cordial first. At Quo Vadis, Musa tells me they boil a kilo of chopped rhubarb with a kilo

of sugar and then let it strain slowly. I prefer to make mine a little less sweet: chop a kilo of rhubarb into 3cm pieces, place it in a saucepan with 100ml cold water and 500g caster sugar. Bring to the boil and cook until the rhubarb is soft, but hasn’t yet broken down into mush. Strain through a sieve and leave to cool. To make the drink, pour 40ml tequila blanco (Musa recommends Tapatio), 30ml rhubarb cordial, 15ml Becherovka (the Czech digestif) and 25ml fresh lime juice into a dry shaker. Add the white of one egg and shake to emulsify.

Taste for sweetness — if you want it a little sweeter, add a little extra sugar syrup. Now add the ice and shake hard to chill. Strain into a coupette glass, and serve.

Bloody Mezcal margarita Run by my friend Bricia

Lopez and her brother Fernando, Guelaguetza is one of my favourite Mexican restaurants in Los Angeles, specialising in Oaxacan regional food, and justly famous for its moles. I have based this margarita on their famed Garra de Tigre (The Tiger’s Claw), replacing the lime juice with blood oranges since they are now in season. The mezcal replaces the usual tequila giving the drink an altogether smokier flavor. Sip and dream of Oaxacan dusks….

Rub a cut lime around the rim of a glass, then dip it some chilli salt to coat it. To make the chilli salt just mix 1 teaspoon dried, ground chilli to ½ teaspoon salt. Place 60ml mescal, 60ml blood orange juice, 10ml lime juice and 15–20ml sugar syrup into a blender with a large handful or two of ice. Blitz until smooth and frothy. Pour into the glass and serve.

If you’re anything like me when you travel, you’re more likely to visit the farmers’ market than the Louvre. You want to see Napoleon’s apartments, but you can’t tear yourself away from the still-quivering ceps in leafy baskets or the wild strawberries in neat little punnets with their intoxicating perfume. A cured ham from a village shop on a hilltop in Spain, cultured butter from a friend’s farm in Ireland, or a jar of Wild West Ferments sauerkraut from California are the treasures I want to travel for.

Makes 12 For the base 250g plain flour, 100g icing sugar ½ tsp salt, 200g cold butter, cubed, 6 tbsp raspberry jam, 6 tbsp strawberry jam.

For the topping 200g unsalted butter, soft, 200g golden caster sugar, ¼ tsp almond extract, ½ tsp vanilla extract, 3 eggs, 100g ground almonds, 100g plain flour, 1½ tsp baking powder, 50g flaked almonds.

1 Heat the oven to 200C/400F/gas mark 6.

Butter and line an 18cm x 30cm x 5cm tin with parchment.

2 For the shortbread base, combine all the ingredients, except the jams, in a food processor and blitz until the mixture has just come together into a ball.

Press the pastry evenly into the prepared tin.

Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

Remove from the oven.

Turn the temperature down to 180C/350F/gas mark 4. Let the base cool for 10 minutes.

Gently spread both jams over the pastry.

3 For the topping, beat the butter and sugar well. Once creamy, add the extracts and eggs, then beat well.

4 Add the ground almonds, flour and baking powder just to combine. Spread this over the jam evenly and sprinkle with flaked almonds. Return to the oven for 30-40 minutes or until golden and set.

Cool for 20 minutes before slicing into fingers.

Keep well in an airtight container for up to five days.

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Friday 26th February 2016

Vietnamese Bun Cha

Bun cha is a Vietnamese dish of grilled pork with vermicelli, heaps of fresh vegetables and herbs, and an exquisite dipping sauce. The contrast of crunchy salad,

yielding noodles and bursts of flavour from the herbs and meat is completely captivating; I’ve recreated it here using prawn patties instead of pork. Skip over to Japan,

meanwhile, and you’ll find that ginger, herbs, rice vinegar and fresh lime are used with similar dexterity to make rice bowls of amazing depth of flavour. In both today’s recipes, the bulk of each dish is made up of complex carbs and bundles of vegetables and herbs, with comparatively little protein, which, for me, is the epitome of modern, healthy eating. If you are vegetarian, substitute the fish or meat with fried or soaked tofu, or even toasted nuts.

Prawn bun cha The dipping sauce should be sharp, sweet and savoury, with a fiery bite: as with all such south-east

Asian sauces, it’s about getting the right balance.

Serves four to six.

600g raw prawns, 6 coriander stems (stalk and leaves), rinsed and roughly chopped, 5cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped, 2 garlic cloves, peeled, inner green shoot removed, roughly chopped 1 bird’s eye chilli, roughly chopped, seeds and all, 2 lemongrass stalks, outer layer discarded, bruised and roughly chopped. 4 tsp fish sauce, 3 tsp rice vinegar, 1½ tbsp vegetable oil For the dipping sauce 3 tsp palm sugar or brown sugar, 4 tbsp fish sauce, 2 tbsp rice-wine vinegar, Juice of 2 fat limes, plus 1 lime cut into wedges, to serve. 1 banana shallot, peeled and finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, peeled, inner green shoot removed, finely chopped, 1-2 bird’s eye chillies, finely chopped, seeds and all For the salad 2 carrots, peeled and shredded, 1 cucumber, cut in half and watery core removed, then shredded ½ head butter lettuce, leaves separated, washed and dried, 1 large handful each mint, coriander and Thai basil leaves (or ordinary basil). 300g thin rice noodles Put the prawns, coriander, ginger, garlic, chilli, lemongrass, fish sauce and vine-

gar in a food processor, and blitz. Add more fish sauce or vinegar to taste: it should be sharp and nicely rounded, with the individual ingredients all standing out. Shape into flattish, tablespoon-size patties and put in the fridge.

If you’re using palm sugar for the dressing (it has a deeper flavour than brown), melt it in a small saucepan, then whisk in the fish sauce, vinegar and lime juice; otherwise, just whisk normal sugar into the liquids. Add the remaining dressing ingredients and adjust the seasoning with fish sauce, lime or sugar, to balance the flavours. Divide the salad ingredients between four bowls. Put the noodles in a large bowl, cover with boiling water, leave for three minutes (or according to the instructions), then rinse under cold water. Loosen with a teaspoon of vegetable oil, divvy up between the bowls, and spoon a teaspoon of dressing on each portion.

To finish, heat the oil in a frying pan on a medium-high heat and fry the patties for three to four minutes, until golden, then turn and repeat on the other side (cut into one to make sure it’s cooked through). Serve at once, or keep warm in the oven until you are ready. Serve with the rest of the sauce in a small bowl.

I can’t think of many better ways to use up leftovers in such a healthy and delicious manner. Serves two.

150-200g brown rice, 1½ tbsp coconut oil, Salt, 1½ tbsp rice vinegar, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil, 1 tsp freshly grated ginger. Juice 1 lime, plus extra halves to serve.

200g spring greens, 200300g leftover roast chicken, pulled apart (or tofu), ½ ripe mango, peeled and sliced, 3 medium carrots, grated, 2 spring onions, finely sliced (optional), ¼ tsp crushed chilli flakes, 1 handful coriander leaves, 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds .

Put the rice in a pan with double its volume in water.

Add a tablespoon of coconut oil and half a teaspoon of salt, bring to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook until the water is absorbed.

Turn off the heat, cover and leave the rice to finish cooking in its own steam.

Meanwhile, mix the vinegar, soy, sesame oil, ginger and lime juice, then pour half into each of two deep serving bowls. Heat the remaining coconut oil in a large wok on a high heat, then stir-fry the greens; after a minute, add three to four tablespoons of water and a few pinches of salt, cover and steam for just two minutes, so they don’t lose that lovely green colour.

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Friday 26th February 2016

Swede, Sweet Potato & Chia Hash Recipe Square roots: swede, sweet potato and chia hash

The recipe Peel 500g of swede and cut it into small dice, about 1cm square. Then do the same with 300g of sweet potato. Warm 4 tbsp of olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan then add the swede and cook for 4 or 5 minutes.

Add the sweet potato and continue cooking, stirring from time to time.

After 20 to 25 minutes the roots should be tender and starting to crisp lightly.

Roughly chop 2 spring onions then fold them through the frying root vegetables together with 1 tbsp of chia seeds.

Heat 3 tbsp of olive oil in a nonstick frying pan, break two eggs into the oil and fry them for a couple of minutes until they are as you like them.

You know how you like your fried eggs.

Divide the swede and sweet potato between two hot plates then slide a fried egg on top of each. Serves 2.

The trick Keep the frying temperature low enough that the roots get a chance to cook right through. Turn the heat up towards the end so the edges of the roots crisp appetisingly.

Don’t start cooking the eggs until the root vegetables are well and truly ready.

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Scrambled Eggs With Smoked Salmon

Scrambled eggs are made extra special by adding smoked salmon.

Serve with fresh watercress and grilled beef tomatoes for a more filling breakfast.

As part of an Intermittent diet plan 1 serving provides your daily salty food.

Each serving provides 263kcal, 21g protein, 10g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 14g fat (of which 3.5g saturates), 4g fibre and 1g salt.

Ingredients: 8 midi vine tomatoes, halved, lowcalorie cooking spray, 3 large free-range eggs, 35g/1¼oz of smoked salmon, roughly chopped 1 tbsp chopped chives, 25g/1oz fresh watercress, to serve with freshly

ground black pepper.

Method Season the tomatoes with pepper. Heat a pan sprayed with cooking spray oil over a medium heat, add the tomatoes and cook for 2-3 minutes, until softened, stirring from time to time but not breaking up the tomatoes. Meanwhile, beat the eggs in a bowl with some pepper. Stir in the salmon and chives and pour into a saucepan.

Cook very gently for 34 minutes, stirring slowly, until the eggs are softly scrambled. Remove from the heat and stir for a few seconds.

Divide the tomatoes between two plates and serve with the scrambled eggs and watercress.

Jumbo Prawns With Tomatoes & Garlic Ingredients 1 tbsp mild olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced, 1 long red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped (or use ½ tsp dried chilli flakes), 150g/5½oz cherry tomatoes, halved, ½ lemon, juice only, 250g/9oz jumbo king prawns, cooked, peeled and deveined. 3 heaped tbsp roughly chopped flat leaf parsley ground black pepper, 160g/6oz green beans, steamed, to serve.

Method: Heat the oil in a small frying pan over a

low heat. Add the garlic and chilli and cook very gently for five minutes or until the garlic is very soft but not coloured, stirring occasionally. Add the tomatoes and lemon juice and cook for two minutes or until beginning to soften. Stir in the prawns and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring, until the tomatoes are well softened and the prawns are hot through.

Remove the pan from the heat, stir in the parsley, season with lots of pepper and serve with the beans.

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DVD’S Falling Skies

The Costa Blanca´s Biggest and Best Live Local radio station - TKO fm - are currently looking for RADIO PRESENTERS to enhance their current rosta.

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Either way – in the first instance send a 2 minute mp3 file showing off your voice and presenting talents and style to tkomedia2015@gmail.com with a brief covering note explaining why you think you should be On Air! Remember, experience is not required if you are the right person for the job and all applications will be treated in the strictest of confidence – but those without the required mp3 file will not be considered, so get recording. Your radio future is waiting.

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1. Deadpool 2. Kung Fu Panda 3 3. Risen 4. The Witch 5. How to Be Single 6. Race 7. Zoolander 2 8. Star Wars: Episode VIIThe Force Awakens 9. The Revenant 10. Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar! Review

DIRECTOR Ethan Coen Joel Coen GENRE Comedy SYNOPSIS Set in Hollywood of the 1950s, the film starts with Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) going to confession at a local church.

The priest is already used to hearing from Eddie too often. Eddie confesses that he has been hiding his smoking habit from his wife.RELEASE DATE 5 February 2016 DURATION 1h 40mins RATING PG-13

The Coen brothers' razzledazzle Hollywood comedy has more gags than plot, but George Clooney and Ralph Fiennes steal the show The Coen brothers’ whole oeuvre is so winkingly savvy about the genres, styles and fetishes of films past that they habitually feel like pastiche artists, or devious mag-

pies. They plunder, they remake, they dust off an old recipe and fill it with new delights.

They obviously know a great deal about the ins and outs of the studio era, enough to launch a satirical Exocet missile or two: once before, in 1991’s Barton Fink, they explored the black heart of Hollywood in 1941, flinging John Turturro’s hapless scribe into a Kafkaesque inferno.

Hail, Caesar!, their latest, is much more of a comedy, and you wouldn’t quite call it a sequel, even though it uses the name of the same fictional studio – Capitol Pictures – which lured Barton in with a thousand dollars a week before consuming his soul. It’s set a little over a decade later, in a post-war Los Angeles that hasn’t yet been ransacked by the tribulations of the

McCarthy period, and follows a single fraught day in the life of Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), Capitol’s "Head of Physical Production".The large group of conspirators responsible for this plan demand a ransom, but their intentions for it are not immediately disclosed. Meanwhile, we get to see Clooney wake up in full centurion armour and pancake make-up, and stumble around wondering what set he’s on and what exactly he’s meant to be doing.

The Coens have taken risks with Clooney in the past, and surely let him go way overboard as the preening, pomaded hero of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).

He's better deployed as featured attraction than leading man – his flummoxed vanity in this role scores some solid laughs.

So does Tilda Swinton, at first. She plays Thora and Thessaly Thacker, identical twins who are rival gossip columnists, and deadly ones, at that – essentially Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, if the pair had been separated at birth and splashed each other with acid in passing. It’s an irresistible idea. Given Swinton, you just wish more had been done with it than running sight gags: the sisters constantly turn up at the same function wearing almost the same hat, and that’s about it.

It’s doubtful the Coens would take much of this as cutting criticism. Their film’s through-line wants to have a shrugging, so-what insouciance – you could almost call it limply plotted on purpose. Whole subplots like Johansson’s fizzle out with barely a raised eyebrow. But it’s still a bit of a shame.

Valencia holds its first major Fallas ceremony In Valencia, final preparations are underway for Fallas, the city's Festival of Interest for International Tourism, due to take place from 15 to 19 March. The first festival ceremony is scheduled for Sunday 28 February at 8pm, when “Falleros” and visitors alike throng the area in front of the Torres de Serranos to celebrate the official start of events leading up to the Fallas festival. If you’re in Valencia, you can be part

of pre-Fallas events by going to watch La Crida, as well as visiting the city’s many attractions.

You’ll be spellbound!

The official events for Fallas 2016 will be starting bright and early on Sunday. The classic "Despertà", or wake-up call, sets out from Calle La Paz in the city centre at 7.30am. From here, the Falleros make their way through the city streets to Plaza del Ayuntamiento, letting everyone know that

the festivities have begun.

Then, at 12.30pm, local bands will be playing to entertain everyone and encourage all Valencia residents to come out and enjoy the party as they parade round the historic city centre, starting in Plaza de la Virgen and ending in Plaza del Ayuntamiento. At 2pm, thunderous explosions and the smell of gunpowder herald this year's first "mascletà" firework display, announcing that

Fallas 2016 is well and truly underway.

That night at 8pm, is when the emblematic opening ceremony for Fallas takes place. La Crida is the moment when the Mayor of Valencia hands over the keys of the city to Valencia's Chief Fallera, who then calls upon all the Falleros to begin the festivities. This event always attracts huge crowds of people, as it is one of the most eagerly awaited moments of the year.

Aliens have attacked the Earth, and they won. Now, a small group of survivors surrounding major cities around the world must band together and rebuild some sort of society. Not only must they figure out how to w o r k together, t h e y must figure how to eliminate the new alien race who have taken over their planet. Tom Mason, a Boston historian, has his family torn apart.

His knowledge of how civilizations are born makes him an ideal leader for starting over.

Batman: Bad Blood Reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne has gone missing, which also means that dark superhero Batman has disappeared. Bruce's faithful butler Alfred does his best to cover for h i s absence while his devoted sidekick Robin a n d another comrade named Nightwing take over his crime-fighting duties.

Effie Gray In the 1800s, John Ruskin is the most celebrated art critic and historian in the world. He takes the innocent teenager Effie Gray for his wife, and their unhappy marriage begins. One aspect of their married life that is peculiar is the fact that they n e v e r consummate their marriage due to Effie's lack of knowledge of sexual matters and John's impotence. Five years down the line, once she has fallen in love with the artist John Everett Millais, Effie decides to try to annul her marriage.

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TKO Teddy On His Travels Hi everybody from TKO Teddy, and I can’t believe that we are almost in March! That means one of my big dates will be getting involved with the massive St.Patrick’s Day parade at Cabo Roig, with March 17th falling on a Thursday. I’ve brought you some more pictures from my recent visit to the Orihuela Costa, visiting Pablo’s Bar in Playa Flamenca and also the nice team at Quicksave in Los Dolces. Thanks once again to everybody who has made me feel very welcome and also given some nice food and drinks? Have you seen my Facebook page, TKO Teddy, yet? Come along and join me there and feel free to post or send any fun, cute or just plain old funny photos you may have. I do love animals, you know! I'd also love you to post details of any events, that you know about or perhaps are going to, or that you are even organising! Just post away plus let me know of any special birthdays or anniversaries and put them on there as well! I’m also after visiting loads of businesses, charities, and events across the area, so don’t forget that if you want me to pay you a visit in 2016, contact me via Facebook and my special page, TKO Teddy. My phone number is 664 315 470 or via e-mail tkoteddy@tko.media

6 Nations So Far...

TEAMS STANDINGS

Friday 26 February 21:05 Wales v France – Principality Stadium – BBC One Saturday 27 February 15:25 Italy v Scotland – Stadio Olimpico – ITV 17:50 England v Ireland – Twickenham – ITV Saturday 12 March 14:30 Ireland v Italy – Aviva Stadium - ITV 17:00 England v Wales – Twickenham - ITV Sunday 13 March 16:00 Scotland v France – Murrayfield – BBC One Saturday 19 March 15:30 Wales v Italy – Principality Stadium – BBC One 18:00 Ireland v Scotland – Aviva Stadium - ITV 21:00 France v England – Stade de France – BBC One

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Friday 26th February 2016

Jeanette Erath - Learn Spanish

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Translations And Modal Verbs Hola, ¿qué tal? Espero que estéis bien y hayas pasado una buena semana.

Ya te doy las traducciones de los párrafos de la semana pasada: Mi nombre es Ryan.

Tengo once años. Vivo en Madrid, España con mi padre, madre, dos hermanos y tres hermanas.

Mis abuelos también viven con nosotros. En España, la familia es muy importante.

Es común tener abuelos, tías, tíos y/o primos viviendo en la misma casa.

Mis tías, tíos y primos también viven cerca. Nos vemos a menudo. Mi hermano mayor es programador de ordenadores. Ahora mismo, él está en Australia. Su compañía lo envió allá por un año.

Todos lo extrañamos mucho (le echamos de menos). Le escribimos cartas cada semana. Yo quiero que él venga a casa pronto.

Y ya el segundo: Carolina escribe un

correo electrónico (email) a su amiga acerca del trabajo:"Hola Cristina, siento no haberte llamado por tanto tiempo. ¿Cómo estás? ¿Cómo está tu nuevo apartamento? He estado muy ocupada en el trabajo. Llego a la oficina a las 7 y me voy alrededor de las 18:30. Sólo tengo media hora para el almuerzo y un descanso de cinco minutos en la mañana y en la tarde.

Estoy muy cansada cuando llego a casa así que sólo como, veo algo de televisión y me voy a la cama. En la oficina, estoy en el teléfono todo el día, escuchando las quejas de los clientes y entrándolas en nuestro sistema de computadoras. Al final del día tengo que escribir un resumen de todas las llamadas que recibí durante el día y darle a mi jefe un informe de las quejas que no se han resuelto todavía.

No sé en cuanto tiempo más pueda hacer esto.

Necesito unas vacaciones,

o mejor aún, ¡necesito otro trabajo! Tellamaréeste fin de semana. Carolina” Taking note of the above paragraphs I hope you managed ok with the different verb tenses and the certain phrases. Now you´ve seen and checked your paragraphs be sure to say them out loud with good pronunciation.

Record yourself if possible and listen to it, do you sound as Spanish as you can? If not, which letters or combinations of letters are causing you problems? In this way you can constantly improve your spoken Spanish.

This week we are going to look at modal verbs in Spanish. These are different than in English however firstly I´ll explain what they are in English so, if you´re not familiar with the phrase ´modal verb´ at least you understand what they are.

Basically the modals verbs in English are the verbs that need another one

to make sense and they speak about obligation and probability. In English some modal verbs are: should, would, could, might, may, ought to, can, have to, be able to, must, etc. In English as you are aware, they do not change, the word is the same for all subjects, for example we say I should go and he should go, the word should never changes, and it is always followed by the base of the verb; that is the verb in the infinitive without ´to´. In Spanish however the modals are different, in fact there are no modal verbs´ as such in Spanish, they use verbs conjugated to act as modals. Let´s work through them one by one.

Firstly if you want to say should/ought to or must we need the verb: deber which in its normal form means ´to owe´ but is also used as a modal to say ´must´ We use the verb in the present tense, which is: debo, debes, debe, debemos, debéis, deben. So to say:

you must come immediately = debesvenirinmediatamente, everyone must wear a seatbelt = todosdebenusarcinturón de seguridad.

When we want to say ´should´ or ´ought to´ we still use deber and we can use it in the present simple as above but to make it softer and more like the English ´should´ then we tend to use the conditional tense, which I hope you remember is ía, ías, etc. so we need to say: debería, deberías, debería, deberíamos, deberíais, deberían. Therefore in order to say I should do my homework we need to say: (yo) deberíahacermisdeberes.

When we are talking about an assumption in English we can also use ´must´ for example: it must be 5 o´clock (because the children are leaving school) in these cases we use the verb deber followed by de and of course the infinitive,

so the above sentence would be debe de ser las cinco (porquelosniñosestánsalien do el colegio). So when something isn´t certain but we still use must then we can still use deber.

Here are some sentences for you to translate into Spanish, next week we will continue with modal verbs: You don't owe me anything, He must be tired, These pills should alleviate the pain, You should copy it, You should sign it, I ought to work, You must create a new file, they must work, You shouldn't smoke so much, I should go, You must arrive at school by 8 o'clock, it must be late.

Remember I am offering Spanish classes with a native speaker on Saturday mornings from 11.30am in Almoradí, if you´re interested e-mail me onevoicespain@gmail.com for more details. I´ll see you next week with the translations.

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Health

Friday 26th February 2016

The Vital Signs Of Meningitis Contact@medb.es

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Meningitis should be treated as a medical emergency because bacterial meningitis can lead to septicaemia Mason Timmins was just seven-years-old when he died of the disease and his mother, Claire, has become the latest parent to try and raise awareness of the dangers of the killer.

Mrs Timmins is urging parents to be vigilant with other symptoms as Mason did not have the red rash most commonly associated with the illness.

He told his mother he felt ill one morning and died less than 24 hours later.

He had had the viral meningitis vaccination but contracted the bacterial disease and died in 2013.

Mrs Timmins, 37, a teaching assistant from Walsall near Birmingham said: "It was very hard to deal with and still is.

"Mason was just sevenyears-old and he was fit and healthy. He was always smiling and always

had something to say.

"One Monday morning I heard him coughing and then he started to be sick I thought it was just a sickness bug as to be honest I had seen him a lot worse and it was nothing out of the ordinary.

"But by 3.30pm he started to get a temperature.

"I gave him some Calpol but it didn't go down."

Mrs Timmins contacted her husband Mark, 49, a service engineer, who rushed home and the pair took their young son to the doctors.

"We got to the doctors and he got really floppy,” she said.

"The doctor said straight away he thought it was Meningitis and gave him some injections.

"Mason then lost consciousness and he never regained it."

"We then found out that the Meningitis had already attacked his brain and he was brain dead.

"He felt ill at 6.30am and by midnight he was brain dead."

His life support was then switched off the next day.

Mrs Timmins is supporting the petition to change the UK governments policy on the meningitis B vaccine.

The campaign was prompted by the highly publicised plight of twoyear-old Faye Burdett, who was killed by the disease on Valentine's Day, coupled with the revelation that the two-year-old son of former England rugby captain Matt Dawson was battling meningitis C. On releasing the harrowing images of her son’s final moments, Mrs Timmins said: " It is quite

shocking but that's what we want as hopefully it will make people sit up and listen.

"We want to raise as much awareness as possible and keep campaigning

for this vaccination.

"It's very well for babies to have it but what about all the other children?

"There has been more and more cases and people need to think not only

about the rash but the other symptoms as it can get hold quickly and can result in death.

"It is important to look for the rash - but there are other signs too."

About Meningitis Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. It can be caused by a bacteria or a virus Bacterial meningitis • Babies and young children are most at risk of developing bacterial meningitis.

• It is more serious than viral meningitis. The symptoms usually begin suddenly and get worse rapidly.

• Symptoms include a high fever with cold hands and feet, vomiting and refusal to feed, drowsiness, floppiness, grunting or rapid breathing, convulsions or seizures, dislike of bright lights and pale or blotchy skin with a red rash that doesn't fade when a glass is rolled over it.

Viral meningitis • Most people with viral meningitis will have mild flu-like symptoms, such as headaches, fever and generally not feeling well.

• Symptoms may also include neck stiffness, muscle or joint pain, nausea and vomiting, diarrhoea and sensitivity to light.

• Unlike bacterial meningitis, viral meningitis does not usually lead to septicaemia (blood poisoning).

• Clinical tests are needed to distinguish between the two types of meningitis.

Fresh Blood To Help Fight Malaria MediSieve, a machine invented by George Frodsham, strips out infected cells from blood and could be used to treat malaria Malaria is one of the world’s deadliest diseases, killing an estimated 600,000 people each year. Most of its victims are children, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a shocking statistic that has prompted governments and philanthropists alike to promise that tackling the mosquito-borne disease is a global priority.

Only last month George Osborne, the Chancellor, pledged £500m a year from the nation’s coffers to fight the disease, alongside £140m from the Gates Foundation, the organisation founded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates and wife Melinda.

But one of the most efficient weapons against the disease may already be out

there, according to the Royal Academy of Engineering, which has helped one startup secure backing and support for a new anti-malarial invention.

George Frodsham, 29, who holds a PhD from University College London, has devised a new machine that strips out infected cells from the bloodstream and can reduce a child’s “infection burden” – the measure of how likely the patient is to die – by 90pc within three and a half hours.

Unlike existing treatments, which require aggressive drugs, this is a form of dialysis, where the blood is passed through a device using magnetic nanoparticles to remove the disease. Malaria-infected cells carry a natural charge, and can be drawn safely out of the blood this way, Frodsham claims.

The MediSieve – so called because of the way it sieves out the infection – is currently in pre-clinical testing, and could go to full clinical trials

as early as next year because it doesn’t introduce pharmaceuticals into the body. In contrast, a vaccine called Mosquirix was finally given the green light last summer after 30 years of research – and it still hasn’t come to market.

“Malaria is a big and complex problem that can’t be solved with a single invention,” Frodsham says, speaking via Skype from a hospital in Tanzania, where he is observing the treatment of severe malarial cases. “But when you have a four-year-old turning up at a hospital with malaria, we do think that this could be the difference between life and death.”

MediSieve, which was created last year, will focus initially on treating only the worst cases – patients for whom drugs may not work.

“There are only a few thousand severe patients out of the 6m people diagnosed with malaria each year,” Frodsham says.

The start-up will sell

directly to hospitals – chiefly in sub-Saharan Africa, where most deaths occur – as well as to non-governmental organisations and health ministries in various countries.

The company has raised £350,000 from a consortium of angels, plus £100,000 from the Government’s innovation arm, Innovate UK, and a further £100,000 from the Wellcome Trust to commercialise the technology and comply with regulation.

One of the chief challenges is that the MediSieve must be manufactured costeffectively, to bring down the cost of treatment.

“The intravenous drugs currently used to treat malaria cost $20 a dose, and a patient can receive three or more doses,” Frodsham says. “We’re aiming for $10 per treatment but it’s really hard to say at the moment.

The price may vary depending on the customers – hospitals here in Tanzania could pay a different price to India, for example.”o bring down

the cost of developing the device, the nanotechnology graduate used 3D printers to create bespoke parts for the prototype.

“We’ve taken the technology from something I built in my garage to something that can be easily mass-produced,” he says. The company is hoping to sell “hundreds of thousands” of MediSieves from next year.

Malaria is just one application for the technology, which could be used to filter all kinds of infections from the bloodstream, according to Frodsham. “This is a platform technology,” he says.

“A whole new industry could be created within healthcare that moves away from using pharmaceuticals as a way of treating everything towards a purely physical way of removing bad stuff from blood.”

Other scientists have looked at using magnetic nanoparticles to clean blood in this way, but Frodsham says he has the only working filter that can be used on humans.

“This is not a trivial thing to achieve,” he says. “People have a lot of blood and you have to filter a hell of a lot to get enough bad stuff out.”

He explains: “Imagine you have a bucket of dirty water and you pass it through a filter and then back into the dirty bucket. It will take a long time before the water’s clean. Combining all these elements together to make this possible has been very challenging.

“I worked out the science first and then I found the problem that it solved.”

Health Dr M. Mannu

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Friday 26th February 2016

Kidney Failure: Causes And Prevention Contact@medb.es

The main function of the kidneys is to filter out waste from the body. We are continually exposed to toxins; whether from the foods we eat, medications we take, or from everyday toxic chemicals from plastics, cleaning

products, cosmetics and chemicals all around us.

Every substance that enters the body must pass through the liver and broken down into non-toxic forms before excretion from the body. The process of detox-

ification is quite complex and requires a lot of nutrients that may be mostly lacking in the body.

Furthermore, we live in a world with increasing pollution which means the liver has to deal with far more

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toxins than it was designed to handle.

When the liver becomes overloaded, the detox system is unable to function properly. And with the detox system not functioning properly, the kidneys may become exposed to partial detoxed and highly toxic compounds that can cause damage. Many products in everyday use such as cleaning liquids and detergents contain chemicals that are known to cause kidney damage. Shampoos, bubble baths and facial cleansers typically contain DEA (Diethanolamine), a toxic chemical known to cause kidney cancer.

Prescription drugs are usually toxic compounds,and many will cause harm to the kidney if not properly detoxed by the liver. Certain drugs are known to be particularly damaging to the kidneys especially pain killers.

Naproxen, Ibuprofen and Aspirin can cause kidney damage and failure, especially when there’s high blood pressure. To protect your kidneys, you must understand that the biggest risk they face are from toxins, and reducing your exposure to toxins will reduce your risk of kidney failure.

The more medications

you take the more pressure you pile on your kidneys.

Painkillers are the most widely available and consumed medications, and they are well known to cause kidney and liver damage. Painkillers are mostly taken for joint pains.

However joint and muscle pain are easily relieved by MSM (Methyl sulphonyl methane), a mineral naturally found in the body. Not drinking enough water through the day may on the long run put the kidneys at risk of failing. Water is essential for the kidneys to function properly. And you need to drink 2-3 litres of water to help your kidneys.

Hepatitis C: The Key Questions Answered In the UK, most hepatitis C infections occur in intravenous drug users

What is hepatitis C and what harm does it do?

It is a blood-borne virus which can infect and damage the liver, potentially leading to cirrhosis if untreated. In the most severe cases it can lead to liver failure or liver cancer, both of which can be fatal.

About 215,000 people in the UK are estimated to have hepatitis C. How does it spread?

It is usually contracted through contact with the blood of an infected person, although it is also present in other body fluids. In the UK, most hepatitis C infections

occur in intravenous drug users or people who have injected them in the past.

Other common means of infection include through sharing razors or toothbrushes.

What are the symptoms?

Often people have no symptoms or symptoms that are not obviously linked to the virus. They may only become noticeable when the liver has been significantly damaged.

How can it be treated?

One in five people fight off the infection without treatment, with their own immune system, during the first six months of infection. If this does not happen, treatment typically lasts between 12 and 48 weeks and involves a combination of drugs that stop the virus multiplying inside the body. The success rate of treatment varies for different strains but the majority of people can be successfully treated.

Is there a vaccine?

Unlike for hepatitis A and B, there is no vaccine.

More than 8,000 patients who may have been treated by a former NHS worker who tested positive for hepatitis C are being advised to have a blood test, Lanarkshire health trust has said.

The trust is contacting patients who may have had a surgical procedure carried out by the employee before they tested positive for the virus in 2008 and ceased clinical practice.

At the time of the positive test, the UK Advisory Panel (UKAP) advised that a patient notification exercise was not necessary, the trust said on Tuesday. It was being done now because its health protection team had been made aware of two patients who were probably infected with the virus during procedures carried out by the healthcare worker.

Hepatitis C can be contracted through contact with the blood of an infected person. The trust said that when there had been similar scares previously, either no

patients or a small number had been found to be infected.

Dr Iain Wallace, the medical director of NHS Lanarkshire, said: “We would like to reassure people that the likelihood of patients acquiring the virus from a surgical procedure carried out by the healthcare worker is low.

“We know that some people receiving the letter may be anxious about what this means for them. We have apologised to patients for any concern that may be caused by this situation.

“We are committed to supporting patients and are ensuring they have every opportunity to get information about hepatitis C, the testing process and the situation in general.”

Most people with hepatitis C show no symptoms for years, meaning those infected may be unaware they have the virus. But if left untreated it can cause serious and potentially lifethreatening damage to the liver. It is estimated that

about 215,000 people in the UK have the virus, which can be treated with a combination of medicines that stop it multiplying inside the body.

UKAP chairman, Prof David Goldberg, defended the decision not to notify patients in 2008, saying there was no evidence then that any patient had been infected by the healthcare worker. “I think it’s a very reasonable decision,” he said. “It wasn’t the wrong decision based on the evidence we had at the time.”

The stories you need to read, in one handy email Read more He said there was a less than 1 in 1,000 chance of the at-risk patients being infected with hepatitis C. Testing clinics have been set up for Lanarkshire patients.

Arrangements have also been made by other health boards to enable patients to be tested.

Of the 8,383 patients being contacted, 7,311 are from the Scottish county. All were treated between 1982 and January 2008.

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Motoring

Friday 26th February 2016

2016 Audi R8 Debuts with More Power, Lower Weight The second-generation R8 looks to improve on the first

The debut of the secondgeneration Audi R8 was, as are most launches, carefully choreographed to lead up to a spectacular autoshow reveal. We saw teasers. We even rode shotgun in a prototype. But everything spilled onto Twitter and Instagram

early, ruining Audi’s plans.

We’re sort of okay with that, though, as now we get to tell you about the spectacular second-generation Audi supercar a little early.

To create the new car, Audi started with the platform of the first-gen R8 and modified it into the modern

MSS (Modular Sport System) architecture. The bones are shared with the Lamborghini Huracán, but they’re tweaked here for a bit more space and comfort.

Compared with the outgoing model, more than 100 pounds have been

shed. The R8's backbone is a lightweight aluminum space frame, with the B-pillars, central tunnel, and rear firewall made from carbon-fiber composite materials. At 174.0 inches long, 76.4 inches wide, and 48.8 inches high, it is wider, lower, and a little bit short-

er, which gives it slightly more-dramatic proportions.

Besides the trunk up front for luggage, there is space behind the front seats designed to hold the proverbial golf bag.

Like the TT, the R8 comes with Audi's "virtual cockpit," although this version is more sophisticated.

There is a TFT monitor placed directly in front of the driver; the centrally mounted screen is gone.

The flat-bottom steering wheel is fitted with four buttons to select the modes, open the exhaust flaps, and to start and stop the engine. Audi offers different looks and trims for the interior that range from traditional to futuristic.

Outside, the R8 is more angular than the predecessor, and the massive vertical sideblade has been split into two elements. The aesthetic doesn't really take sports-car design to

the next level, but it’s contemporary and also doesn't make the outgoing car look dated and frumpy. LED headlights are standard, and there are optional laser lights; they might eventually be offered in the U.S. if the federal government can figure out the regulations.

On the European market, they cost about one-third of what BMW is charging for laser lights on the i8.

Down the road, we expect to see another convertible Spyder, an entrylevel version powered by a V-6 or a V-8, and two rearwheel-drive derivatives: the R8 LMS race car and the all-electric R8 e-tron, which will top out at 155 mph and travel up to 280 miles on an electric charge. It should give the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid a run for its money.

And perhaps there is even a diesel in the R8's future.

To all of this we say, “Bring it on.”

2016 Seat Leon Cross Sport Struggling to make a profit for quite a few years now, Seat is in the middle of a massive makeover that

includes new products for the brand’s entry in previously unexplored segments.

Having launched both a

new hot-hatch and performance estate under the Cupra 280 badge, as well as the 2014 Seat Leon X-

Perience , a competitor for the 2013 Audi A4 Allroad and 2014 Skoda Octavia Scout , Seat is now preparing the launch of its first SUV , due to arrive in 2016.

Meanwhile, the Spanish automaker unveiled the Leon Cross Sport concept at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.

A hybrid between the newly introduced Leon Cupra 290 and the Leon XPerience, the Cross Sport concept is a high-riding hothatch the folks over at Seat

describe as "a performance athlete in high-tech trekking shoes." There’s no word as to whether it will spawn a production car, but we hope so.

Either way, the Cross Sport concept is likely Seat’s way of raising awareness about the company’s future, which will include at least a couple of crossovers by the end of the decade.

Power comes from the same 2.0-liter four-cylinder found in the 2014 Seat Leon SC Cupra 280 and the 2016

Volkswagen Golf R , but output is identical to the newly launched Cupra 290.

Specifically, the turbocharged four-banger cranks out 286 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, 10 horses more than the already awesome Leon Cupra 280. Charging from 0 to 62 mph takes 4.9 seconds with the DSG transmission and the electronically controlled allwheel-drive with electronic differential lock. Top speed is likely limited at 155 mph.

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Five Wet Weather Tips Spring will soon be upon us, and with that brings the first of the two main rainy seasons in Spain. Weather conditions pose the biggest risk to road users, partly due to the inexperience and lack of preparedness by drivers, and partly due to the changing dynamics of the road and driving environment.

However, in preparation, here are our top tips for dealing with rain.

1. Slow down It might seem like the most obvious thing to say, but all too often it is advice that is ignored. It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security within our vehicles but speed and adverse weather is a deadly combination. When the road is wet, your vehicle´s tyres cannot grip the road as much as in normal, dry con-

ditions. Cornering and braking are all affected by water on the road, reducing grip and increasing stopping distances considerably, therefore, slowing down allows more time to adapt and deal with the situation. Ease off the accelerator a little and you will see the difference immediately.

2. Avoid violent movements or sharp braking Sudden braking, acceleration or harsh movements of the steering wheel may result in loss of vehicle control. If the operations are carried out progressively, smoothly and slowly, it also gives other drivers more time to react. Remember that a smooth drive is a safer and more efficient ride under normal conditions and even more so when it rains.

3. Avoid driving on road

markings Road markings including lane lines, crossings and markers provide less grip that the road surface and can therefore increase braking distances. Riders on two wheels should be particularly aware of this problem.

4. Be seen During rain or reduced visibility make sure that you have your lights on.

Daytime Running Lights may not be sufficient, especially during reduced visibility where headlights must be used. The timely use of indicators, including brake lights, is crucial to give other road users advanced warnings of your intentions.

Keeping your vehicle under control and following all the advice for a smooth ride will also allow for an improvement in your visibility to other road users.

5. Avoid aquaplaning risks Keep a sharp lookout for puddles and pools of water which may reduce the grip of your tyres on the road even more, potentially creating a liquid barrier between the tyre and road surface, commonly referred to as aquaplaning.

However, don´t carry out any sudden movements to avoid these puddles, simply slow down, hold the steering wheel firmly and try to keep your vehicle on a straight and level course.

Whilst maintaining an adequate distance from the vehicle in front, it is often beneficial to follow vehicles through such areas as the displacement of water becomes easier.

With these five basic tips your journey through the rain should be a much safer

one, but remember that it is not only about how you drive your vehicle, but about the vehicle itself.

Proper maintenance is crucial, checking tyres and their pressure, lights, win-

dows, brakes and other such features on a regular basis should also reduce the risk.

If in doubt, your local garage can keep a check on these for you.

The Latest Laws on Alcohol and Drugs New laws came into force in January of this year, with many more still pending final approval. One of the main areas that is being enforced is the use of alcohol and drugs by road users, with stricter penalties for those who risk the lives of themselves and others.

Alcohol and Testing The rules are now entitled “Persons obliged to submit to alcohol detection testing”, and clarify lots of matters relating to the responsibilities of those required to submit to testing.

All vehicle drivers are obliged to submit to tests established for the detection of alcohol.

Equally all other road users finding themselves implicated in a traffic accident or having committed an infraction under traffic, movement of vehicles and road safety rules.

To be clear, the rule now clearly covers drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians and passengers, by the very virtue of the fact it covers “all other road users”.

Agents of the authorities in charge of traffic control may carry out these tests: a) On any road user or vehicle driver implicated as possibly liable in a traffic related incident. b) On anyone driving any vehicle with obvious symptoms, utterances or deeds which allow the reasonable presumption that they are under the influence of alcohol. c) On those drivers or other road users who are reported for committing any of the offences contained in the rules of traffic, movement of vehicles and road safety. d) On those who, while driving a vehicle, are required to by the aforemen-

tioned agents during prevention checkpoint programmes for alcohol detection.

Alcohol detection testing by means of exhaled breath.

1. Agents of the authorities in charge of traffic control will carry out alcohol detection tests on those drivers and other road users obliged by them, consisting of a test of exhaled breath by means of officially authorised breathalysers, which determine by a quantitative method the degree of alcoholic impregnation.

At the request of the applicant, the test may be repeated by a different method which will preferably consist of a blood analysis, except when this may not be carried out due to exceptional valid reasons.

2. Where the obliged persons are suffering from wounds, illnesses or conditions whose seriousness impedes carrying out the tests, or where another exceptional valid reason impedes the carrying out thereof, a medical examination may be arranged for the individual or clinical analyses may be performed which the doctors deem to be most suitable for the purpose of the present law.”

Rules Regarding Drugs The first point makes it very clear indeed that drugs and driving do not mix. The driver of any vehicle may not drive on the roads, subject to the legislation on traffic, movement of vehicles and road safety with drugs present in their system.

Those substances which are used under medical prescription and to a therapeutic end are excluded, always where the driver is found to be in a condition to use the vehicle which conforms to the duty of diligence, care

and lack of distraction.

Prescription drugs can also affect driving and care should also be taken around these, checking the warnings on the packages or clarifying the situation with your doctor or pharmacist, making them fully aware that you intend to drive if appropriate.

Every person who is found to be in a situation similar to those specified in the rules relating to the investigation of the presence of alcohol is also obliged to submit to drug testing.

In those cases where the subject tests positive for drugs, the agent may immediately proceed to immobilize the vehicle, in accordance with the established rules.

The test for the detection of drugs will consist of a saliva test by means of a device authorised for the purpose, and a later toxicology analysis of a saliva sample of a sufficient quantity.

Where the obliged persons are suffering from wounds, illnesses or conditions which seriously impede the carrying out of the tests, or where another exceptional valid reason impedes the carrying out thereof, a medical examination may be arranged for the individual or clinical analyses may be performed which the doctors deem to be most suitable, the preferred method being blood analysis.

The agent charged with carrying out the tests will inform the subject that for control purposes, the drug tests may be repeated, which will preferably consist of analysis of blood, in the nearest facility having adequate means of carrying out tests of this type.

If the agent in charge of carrying out the tests considers that the driver is under the influence of drugs, the

suitable procedure under the Criminal Prosecution Law will be carried out.

The medical staff and the approved laboratories will be obliged, in all cases, to provide the results of the tests to the Chief of Traffic Police in the province where they have been carried out or,

where appropriate, to the corresponding authority of the regional Autonomous Communities or local municipalities.

Infractions of this rule regarding driving with the presence of drugs in the system will be considered very serious by definition.

If you would like to know more about these changes to the law, you can purchase the eBook from the website, n332.es/ebook, which details all of these changes and future proposals, as well as many of the most popular articles taken from the website, n332.es

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Friday 26th February 2016

Guide To Buying Property In Spain The Property Market in Spain

Spain remains our favourite holiday home destination by some stretch and in 2015, the market has picked up at an impressive pace.

The deep property crash and global downturn put international buyers off for a couple of years, but they are very definitely back with a vengeance.

After all, that fabulous lifestyle has changed little, is still more affordable than in the UK, and tourism rates have never really dipped either. In fact some recent official figures put demand for second homes at an even higher rate than at the peak of the boom.

Whilst the domestic market remains sluggish, curtailed by lack of lending, international cash buyers are back on the Costas, taking advantage of the lowest Spanish property prices in a generation.

With many markets slowly rising the investors have been joined by lifestyle buyers with semi-retirement to Spain in mind, taking advantage of a strong sterling, and revisions to pensions legislation.

Buyers tend to be arriving in Spain with a healthy caution, more savvy about the importance of buying not just on price alone, the scale of

buying costs, and also the need to use a lawyer to avoid some of the issues that have given the country a bad press in years gone by.

Buyers are also beginning to embrace new-build schemes again, now that a new generation of developments can offer advantages over the raft of schemes bashed out at the peak of the boom.

How to Buy Property in Spain Once you have found your the purchase property, process begins with a reservation agreement. This is a contract that freezes the purchase price and takes prop-

erty off the market for, usually, 30 days on payment of a fee between €3,000 and €12,000. The deposit is usually held by your lawyer or your agent in a client or escrow account.

Within 10 days of signing the reservation agreement, the full private purchase contract (contrato de arras) is signed between the buyer and the seller. This is similar to exchanging contracts in the UK buying process.

Within this time your lawyer should complete all the searches on the property confirming that the seller own the property being sold, there are no mortgages or charges and that planning consents are in order.

Once both parties sign the main contract, it is binding.

The arras contract or full private contract will usually require a 10 to 20 per cent deposit to be paid. The buyer is then committed to pay the balance of the price, and the seller (once the money has been paid) must transfer ownership to the buyer.

If the seller pulls out of the transaction he must return double the amount of the deposit received by way of compensation. If the buyer pulls out he will lose the deposit paid.

The property sale is for-

mally completed when the title deed (“Escritura de Compraventa”) is signed before a public official called a Public Notary, or Notario.

This will happen at their office and be accompanied by the agreed final payment and all the relevant purchase taxes.

The Escritura is then presented by the Notary to the Land Registry for registration and the property is passed to the new owner. Final registation of the title deed can take several months.; With a new-build property, obviously completion can take a lot longer, and the payments are split over stages of the build process, and the developer should provide bank guarantees against each payment. This protects your payments in the event the developer fails to complete the property or goes bust.

Spain Buying Costs Allow for between 10 and 14 per cent of the purchase price to cover the costs of buying your property in Spain but this figure varies, according to the region. If you have a Spanish mortgage you need to add an additional cost of 2 to 4 per cent.

But this ballpark includes Transfer tax, equivalent to stamp duty, calculated on the property purchase price and

between 6.5 and 10 per cent, depending on the region. It also includes the Notary fee of around 0.5 per cent of the purchase price, and tends to range from €300 and €1200.

Land Registry fees in Spain tend to be between €400 and €600 – or 0.4 per cent of the purchase price.

Legal fees are usually a percentage of the purchase price – generally 1 per cent plus VAT– but with a minimum fee. VAT on new-build properties in Spain is 10 per cent.

Finally, you will need to budget for utility connections and obtaining your NIE number.

You'll also need to find the most cost-effective, safe and easy way to move your money abroad when you purchase. Bank charges and fluctuating exchange rates can both have an impact on your overall cost of purchase - but if you’re well prepared, you can save up to 4% of the cost.

Working with a specialist currency firm will help you achieve currency exchange rates better than the banks, and reduce the risk of your international payments increasing.

Call The Experts now at Best Price Properties on Tel: 966 443 381.

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RICHARD CAVENDER

Bluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca, they provide quality computer services at realistic prices and specialise in working with home users and small businesses.

Richard moved to Spain eight years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to (usually) sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!

ADVICE: Steve was receiving a message when using ADVICE: Michael wanted information about using Google Chrome.

Internet Explorer rather than Edge and how to copy a USB stick

Q A

Hi, I am receiving the following message on my laptop…

"This computer will soon stop receiving Google Chrome updates because Windows XP & Vista will no longer be supported" This message is across the top of the screen on each new log in, can you help?

Steve.

Hi Steve, ok this relates to people using Windows XP or Windows Vista together with Google Chrome, essentially support for these operating systems will end soon, if you want to continue to use your old operating system then you should consider moving to another browser (like Firefox) that will continue to support your operating system.

Alternatively consider upgrading or replacing your computer with a more up to date one.

ADVICE: Malcolm received a number of suspicious emails purporting to be from Google

Q A

Richard, I have had a number of e-mails that come to my junk box, which Itry and see if they are ok when I view them in Message Source - most of them, well in the DOZENS by now, Ihave blocked. Ihave attached a copy of my latest, which Ihave viewed, but I haven’t clicked on the link yet! do you think it is ok. Thanks.Malcolm..

Yep looks dodgy to me Malcolm, to be certain I would need to see the link itself but the fact is that the email address sending you the “warning” is not from Google although it purports to be from them, so you have very good grounds for suspicion, well done.

Q

Hi Richard,I have a couple of questions for you if I may ask, I think you posted an article relating to be able to use internet explorer 11 in windows 10,as opposed to the edge,but I can’t find it in a search.Did I imagine this? If not can you give me a link to it.I have loads of favourites in 11, and so would like to access it.

The other question is about backing up backup.

Can I make a backup of a memory stick onto another memory stick? I used to back up floppies in my windows 95 by using certain commands, but don't know if it can be done that easily in windows 7/10, without having to copy each individual file from the computer to each stick.Thanks for your help, Michael

A

Hi Michael, ok first Internet Explorer 11, yes you can enable this in Windows 10 by doing the following...

1. click the start button (bottom left of the screen) 2. Type "internet explorer" and as you start to type Windows will display the usual IE icon (a blue E shape) 3. Right hand click the icon and select "pin to start" or "pin to taskbar", this will create an icon on the start menu or the task bar that you can use to launch IE In terms of your backups, yes you can just drag the data from your first stick onto the second stick, alternatively you can use software like "allway sync" or "sync back" to do this automatically for you, have a look at the articles section of our webpage at http://www.bluemoonsolutions.es/articles.

Check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/bluemoonsolutionsspain for more information.

office@bluemoonsolutions.es www.bluemoonsolutions.es Mobile: 655 044 970 Office: 902 906 200 Don’t forget you can follow me on twitter @bluemoonspain Alternatively why don’t you sign up for my newsletter. You can do this by going to:www.bluemoonsolutions.es and fill in the form that is on any page except the front page.

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So You Win Again!

Spanish Steps

Kenyan Cosmas Kiplimo Lagat broke the Maraton de Sevilla record again last Sunday, finishing in 2h08:14 in a great day for the Spanish athletes who were competing in their National Championship with four (Carles Castillejo, Jesús España, female overall winner Paula Gonzalez and

Estela Navascues) achieving the Olympic Qualifying Standard for Rio. It was a historic day for the 32nd Zurich Maraton de Sevilla, the flattest marathon course in Europe with 13 thousand participants, crossing the city centre and main monuments around Sevilla in Andalucia. Lagat did it

Alejandro Valverde claimed his fourth overall win in five years at the Ruta del Sol event in Andalucia

by climbing to a solo victory on Sunday's final stage.

The 35-year-old Movistar rider, who started the day

again, running on his own for the final 15km after pulling away from the leading pack.

The fastest athlete ever in Sevilla broke his own course record from 2014 of 2h08:14.

In second place was Carles Castillejo in 2h11:29, who is the new Spanish Champion in a thrilling com-

petition with Jesus España.

Castillejo gets a direct place to take part in Rio 2016.

España got the Olympic Qualifying Standard as well, and awaits the final decision from the Spanish Federation. The battle for the male Spanish championship was tight, with both athletes neck and neck until the final kilometres.

Spaniard Paula Gonzalez Berodia won the female race and became the new Spanish Champion in 2h31:18 in a great debut in the distance, and she booked her place in the Olympics. After halfway she pushed and kept the lead of the race right to the finish.

Kaoutar Boulaid from Morroco (2h31:26), was second, and Spain’s Estela Navascues (2h32:49), third who also achieved the Olympic Qualifying Standard.

22 seconds down on leader Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), attacked 7km from the summit finish at Penas Blancas and held on to win by 36 seconds from runnerup Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) and 42 seconds from third-placed Rafal Majka (Tinkoff).

Van Garderen could only finish 48 seconds down in fourth place and consequently surrendered the red jersey to Valverde, who also won the race in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

American Van Garderen dropped to second place in the final general classification, 26 seconds down on Valverde, while Mollema finished the race 52 seconds adrift in third.

Valverde told cyclingnews.com: "The other three were good wins, but this was one special because it was getting very complicated, and my rivals were even tougher than usual. I knew I was going well, but not as well as this."

Get On Your Bike!

Second Time Round CD MONTESINOS 3 CD BORNEO 1

Wednesday night saw both teams pick up the match which was stopped 12 days ago after a quarter of an hour due to gale force winds whipping up sand that prevented anybody from seeing anything!

The Cox-based side led from the first meeting and exerted early pressure

again, but Monte came into things more and a wellplaced Dario free kick made sure both teams went into the interval levelpegging.

Five minutes into the second half, Monte took the lead as Macan avoided several defenders to pass the ball into the Borneo

goal area, where Orourke went in with a diving header to score. The home side created a string of chances with Orourke in good form and Wallace creating problems for the defenders. But it took until the dying moments of the match for Mario to get Monte’s third to seal the victory, which

was their sixth successive win and puts them right amongst the end of season play-off contenders.

They’re away to one of their rivals in the table, Sporting Orihuela this Sunday.

A report on Monte’s win at RP Orihuela last weekend is on page 45.

400 cyclists will taking part this Sunday in the first ever “Feast de Bici” in Rojales celebrating the bike, with people of all ages and abilities getting involved.

The 15 kilometre circuit will

take in the Rojales area starting on Calle Malecon del Soto from 10.30 am, with special commemorative Tshirts available, and presentations for the best looking bikes and costumes.

Local Rugby Roundup Lifesaving Contest

ITV Orihuela Vega Baja continue to be rooted to the bottom of the Murcia Federation’s first division as

they were beaten 34-22 away last weekend to Albacete, who are above them in the table. The San Javier

Squalos (blue shirts pictured in action) went top of the second division as they defeated bottom team Totana at home, 17-14.

In the under-18 cadetes league, the big top of the table clash saw CRU Cartagena beat the Torrevieja Tigers, 35-17 whilst ITV Vega Baja defeated Totana 13-10.

In the women’s play-off’s, the San Javier Squalos had a comfortable 50-3 victory over Lorca, and now take Cuder on in the final on Sunday March 6th.

Over 450 competitors from 47 swimming clubs, including those from the Costa Blanca and Murcia, will be hitting Torrevieja this weekend for the 30th annual national lifesaving championships. The Palacio de los Deportes pool will host the event which will feature swimmers who’ll be taking part in the world championships in Holland this autumn.

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Ivie Davies on Golf

Not A Sport…

But A Way Of Life!

Arguments all over the world take place day-in day-out over which sport is the best with everyone believing their sport is the best of them all.

Ultimately it comes down to a matter of opinion, and of course you know where I’m going to stand!

So here are my reasons as to why golf is the premier sport on the planet!

1: ETIQUETTE Golf is known for its unwritten rules like never walking on your playing partners’ putting lines, removing your hat and shaking hands at the end of each round, and the way everyone in the group gets together to help look for strayed golf balls. The game teaches good manners and respect, and this is something we should be very proud of as golfers.

2: THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN PLAYING A LOVELY COURSE ON A

SUNNY DAY Golf on a warm day (plenty of those over here) with your pals on a lovely course cannot be beaten.

3: THERE’S PLENTY OF DIFFERENT FORMATS You can play Medal, Stableford, TexasScramble, Foursomes, Greensomes, the list goes on. There are so many different ways to score and enjoy your golf meaning that it never gets boring.

4: VERSATILITY Golf is such a versatile game. You can play golf on your own or with up to three of your mates at one time. Four is when you’re feeling rebellious.

5: YOU CAN COMPETE WITH ANYONE DESPITE CONTRASTING ABILITIES Thanks to the handicap system, golfers of all different abilities can compete against one another on a level playing field.

You can compete against a professional. In what other sport can you do that in without a blindfold or a weapon? What other sport could you play as an amateur on the same places that the top Pro’s compete?

How many amateur soccer players can go and play at Wembley or the Nou Camp!

6: YOU CAN EAT AND DRINK WHILE YOU PLAY You can walk down the fairway eating anything from a banana to last night’s dinner out of a Tupperware container.

What other sport can you do this in? This is the same with beverages. If you fancy a coffee you can have one, if you fancy a beer that’s doable, or why not bring your own hipflask and celebrate a birdie with some Brandy?

7: DIFFERENT WAYS OF TRANSPORTING YOUR CLUBS

There are various ways of transporting your clubs. Most golfers carry; or you can use a trolley or a buggy. You can even transport them on a Mobility Chairs.

8: NO AGE LIMIT Tiger Woods started playing when he was two, and the world’s oldest golfer is 103. Every club has its senior section and every club has its junior section. Golf is enjoyed by people of all different ages which are unseen in most other sports.

9: YOU CAN PLAY AS MANY HOLES AS YOU WANT You can play the standard 18 or nine but if you fancy less. it’s usually easy enough to just play certain loops of three or four holes. If you’re feeling ambitious you can play 100 holes in a day, just make sure you wake up early.

10: REWARDING

Golf can be extremely rewarding. It’s also very painful, agonising, and frustrating but that just makes it even more rewarding when it all comes good, and it does, eventually. That feeling when you first break 90, 80 or even 70 is a momentous occasion and makes you realise all the pain was worth it and go back for more.

11: YOU CAN PRACTICE ANYWHERE (LITERALLY) You can practice at the club, on the range, the garden, the living room and even the toilet 12: PROFESSIONAL CAREERS ARE LONGER IN GOLF THAN MOST SPORTS Take Tom Watson for example. If he was a footballer he’d have retired 30 years ago. Yet in 2009 at the age of 59 he came one shot away from winning the Open Championship

at Turnberry.

13: YOU CAN PLAY AS A TEAM OR AN INDIVIDUAL Golf is commonly played as an individual game but can be played as a team event in all sorts of different varieties. You can have teams of any number: pairs, three-balls, fourballs or 12-man Ryder Cup style teams.

14: NO ROUND OF GOLF IS EVER THE SAME If you’re a member of a golf club or Society you’ll inevitably have been asked “don’t you get bored of playing the same course over and over again?” Well the answer is always no. The conditions are never the same, the company is never the same, and your golf is certainly never the same.

Every single round of golf is different and that’s why we love it and keep coming back to it.

KNOW YOUR RULES Declaring a ball unplayable The player may deem his ball unplayable at any place on the course, except when the ball is in a water hazard. The player is the sole judge as to whether his ball is unplayable. If the player deems his ball to be unplayable, he must, under penalty of one stroke:a. Proceed under the stroke and distance provision of Rule 27-1 by playing a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played (see Rule 205); or b. Drop a ball behind the point where the ball lay, keeping that point directly between the hole and the spot on which the ball is dropped, with no limit to how far behind that point the ball may be dropped; or c. Drop a ball within two club-lengths of the spot where the ball lay, but not nearer the hole.

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At The Double!

Barclays Premier League Saturday 27 February 13:45 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 18:30

West Ham United v Sunderland Leicester City v Norwich City Southampton v Chelsea Stoke City v Aston Villa Watford v Bournemouth West Bromwich Albion v Crystal Palace

Sunday 28 February

15:05 Manchester United v Arsenal 15:05 Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea City

Tuesday 1 March

20:45Aston Villa v Everton 20:45 Bournemouth v Southampton 20:45 Leicester City v West Bromwich Albion 20:45Norwich City v Chelsea 20:45 Sunderland v Crystal Palace

Wednesday 2 March

20:45 Arsenal v Swansea City 20:45 Stoke City v Newcastle United 20:45 West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur 21:00 Liverpool v Manchester City 21:00 Manchester United v Watford

Sky Bet Championship Friday 26 February CD TORREVIEJA 2 NOVELDA CF 0 Two goals from Hignon helped Torry extend their current unbeaten run to eleven matches but still remain a not inconsiderable eight points adrift of the final play-off position.

Getting back on the winning road was important after three consecutive draws dropped them down the table. Novelda had no answer to Torry’s firepower and were blown away by the pace and sheer ferocity of the attacking prowess of the Salineros. Higon netted twice in the first half and was most unlucky not to grab at least a hat-trick, as one fierce drive from him nearly smashed the crossbar in half, another hit the post and a great save denied him again.

Other than a tendency to faff around passing between themselves in the back four, this is looking

like a very good Torry outfit. The team is full of enterprise and creativity, none more so that the elfin Suarez, whose magic is sheer joy. He dinks one way then another, accelerates past defenders, then goes to ground to win a free kick when all else fails. In Allen and Higon he has powerful non-stop warriors who chase everything, constantly hassling defenders and worrying them into mistakes. Both have a desire to score and their ability matches their appetite. Add to that, the driving wing power of Vicente and Luis Carlos and this is a side hard to stop when they move into top gear. Miguel Serna in goal is simply the best. He is what Tina Turner sings about and what every club wants to have - an athletic, agile, courageous and

consistent goalkeeper.

Higon took his goals with the class of a top notch striker. His pace drove him clear of the Novelda back line and as the keeper advanced, he coolly slipped it to his left and into the corner of the net. His second was a near replica, with the added degree of difficulty of having his arm tugged as he scorched into the box. This knocked him off balance, but instead of going down for the penalty, he stretched to his limit and once more skipped the ball past the keeper into the same corner of the net.

Torry failed to add further goals in the second period, despite their superiority. All Novelda had in their armoury was a sixty yard clearance cum hopeful blast from defence to

their willing forwards.

Martin and Matej had them well marshalled and their only flaw was an insistence to over play the ball along their back line and create their own problems.

This was Torry back on the winning trail but the toughest fixtures are still to come, starting with consecutive away games at Crevillente and Orihuela, both sides above them in the standings. Success in both of these will be crucial to their outside chance of booking a play-off place, as then will the next home tie against high flying Elche B. The return of Javi Selvas will assist enormously, as will the selfless, powerful running of the forward players. It is still all to play for, but with 12 matches remaining, it is victories that are now imperative.

Five On The Bounce RP ORIHUELA 0 CD MONTESINOS 1

A blustery Sunday morning greeted the players at Racing Orihuela’s home ground next door to Torrevieja’s Swimming Pool, which saw Monte come away with all three

points, notching up five consecutive victories, with a late winner. The cold and windy conditions were not conducive to good football, as both teams kept the ball moving from one half to the

other with neither side bothering the goalkeepers.

Orihuela were a bit more physical in their tackles, whereas Monte seemed to hold off from going in with good tackles, and there

was nothing to show for either side come the interval.

The scrappy affair continued in the same vein in the second half, and it was late on that the action happened. With a couple of minutes remaining, Wallace was substituted by Josema, and within seconds of the change, Monte won a free-kick, which was taken by Galindo, who himself had come on earlier.

The ball floated into the centre of the goal area to be met with a strong header from Orourke, straight at the goalkeeper, who could only parry it to Manuel, who tapped the ball into the Orihuela net. Three points bagged for Monte, though it really was a disappointing match to watch, with just a couple of genuine goal scoring chances over the whole lacklustre affair.

20:45 Hull City v Sheffield Wednesday

Saturday 27 February

13:30Wolverhampton Wanderers v Derby County 16:00 Blackburn Rovers v MK Dons 16:00 Bolton Wanderers v Burnley 16:00 Cardiff City v Preston North End 16:00 Charlton Athletic v Reading 16:00 Fulham v Middlesbrough 16:00 Huddersfield Town v Ipswich Town 16:00 Nottingham Forest v Bristol City 16:00 Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City 16:00 Rotherham United v Brentford

Monday 29 February 20:45Brighton and Hove Albion v Leeds United

Tuesday 1 March 20:45 Blackburn Rovers v Middlesbrough

Thursday 3 March 20:45 Birmingham City v Hull City

Scottish Premiership Friday 26 February 20:45 Hamilton Academical v Celtic

Saturday 27 February

16:00 Aberdeen v St. Johnstone 16:00 Dundee v Inverness Caledonian Thistle 16:00 Heart of Midlothian v Kilmarnock 16:00 Motherwell v Partick Thistle 16:00 Ross County v Dundee United

Tuesday 1 March

20:45 Heart of Midlothian v Inverness Caledonian Thistle 20:45 Kilmarnock v Ross County

Wednesday 2 March

20:45 Celtic v Dundee 20:45 Dundee United v Aberdeen 20:45 St. Johnstone v Partick Thistle

Spanish La Liga Friday 26 February 20:30 Eibar v Las Palmas

Saturday 27 February 16:00 18:15 18:15 20:30 22:05

Real Madrid v Atlético de Madrid Getafe v Celta de Vigo Sporting de Gijón v Espanyol Real Betis v Rayo Vallecano Real Sociedad v Málaga

Sunday 28 February 12:00 16:00 18:15 20:30

Villarreal v Levante Valencia CF v Athletic Club Deportivo de La Coruña v Granada CF Barcelona v Sevilla

Tuesday 1 March 21:00 Atlético de Madrid v Real Sociedad 22:00 Las Palmas v Getafe

Thursday 3 March 20:00 Granada CF v Sporting de Gijón 20:30 Espanyol v Real Betis 21:00 Rayo Vallecano v Barcelona

Capital One Cup Sunday 28 February 17:30Liverpool v Manchester City

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Fat Lady Singing?

Magical Messi

ARSENAL 0 BARCELONA 2

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L O R T CON Barcelona manager Luis Enrique admitted his side suffered in their victory at Las Palmas in La Liga last Saturday. Goals from Luis Suarez and Neymar either side of Willian Jose's equaliser for the hosts was enough to secure Barca's eighth straight win and send them eight points clear at the top, with both their rivals from Madrid only managing draws.

Enrique said his side looked more vulnerable to counter-attacks than normal while dispelling questions of his side's intensity. "There was no lack of rhythm to the game. At some moments, given we were on the attack, we suffered more on the counter than is normal."

Barcelona entertain Sevilla this Sunday evening.

All To Play For MALAGA 1 REAL MADRID 1

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane won't give up on hopes of winning the La Liga title, despite being held to a 1-1 draw at Malaga on Sunday which left them nine points behind Barcelona. Ronaldo gave Madrid the lead in the first half by heading home Toni Kroos' freekick, but was fortunate the goal was allowed to stand as he was in an offside position. The Portuguese then had a penalty saved by Carlos Kameni barely a minute later and Malaga defender Raul Albentosa punished Madrid after the break by smashing in the equaliser.

"There are 39 points still to play for”, said Zidane.”

You may think the league is over, but the players and myself don't believe that. There are plenty of points up for grabs and the others can lose too.” The team entertain city rivals and second-placed side, Atletico in a “must-win” match tomorrow afternoon.

Saviour Sergio ELCHE 1 HUESCA 1

A penalty ten minutes from time from the division’s top-scorer, Sergio León, spared the Ilicitanos blushes as they rescued a home point against the visitors, who dominated large portions of the match on Sunday.

Keeper Javi Jiménez kept the home side in it as Huesca played better than their mediocre position in the Segunda division table suggested. They thoroughly deserved to take the lead in the 27th minute thanks to an individual piece of skill from Fran Mérida who dribbled past an Elche defender, and gave Jiménez no chance with a well-placed strike.

Huesca kept going during the second half, but Elche got some luck when a penalty came out of nowhere in the 80th minute as Lolo was clearly brought down in the box when a corner came in, and León, back after suspension, made no mistake with the spot-kick.

Defender Nagore was then sent off for the visitors, with seven minutes remaining, but Huesca still probed forward, yet Elche could have got all three points in the dying seconds when a Mandi effort in the box was pushed away for a corner by Huesca keeper, Leo Franco.

The tightness of the table continues, with Elche lying ninth, and a point outside the play-off zone. They have a tough Sunday encounter beckoning away to thirdplaced Oviedo.

Lionel Messi was the undoing of Arsenal's impressive rearguard action on Tuesday night at the Emirates which realistically saw them knocked out of the Champions League for this season with the second leg to come at the Nou Camp.

Messi took his chance with 19 minutes left, completing a sweeping move. Another Messi goal from the penalty spot after he had been brought down, effectively sealing Barca’s spot in the quarter-finals.

Football Gossip Real Madrid will face competition from Paris SaintGermain this summer if they make a renewed attempt to sign Manchester United 'keeper David de Gea.

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strikes la Yaya Toure 1 at C r ity win 3Mancheste mco v to take Dynamo Kie s n io p eir Cham mand of th e ti 6 -1 League last

Chelsea are already working on an £80m deal for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba even though they are yet to confirm a manager past the end of the season.

Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic is set to leave the Serie A club this summer, with Arsenal favourites to land the £18.3m rated 23-year-old.

Chelsea's technical director Michael Emenalo scouted Arturo Vidal during Bayern Munich's Champions League clash with Juventus on Tuesday.

Manchester United will make Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi their chief summer transfer target if Jose Mourinho takes over as manager.

Roman Abramovich will give Chelsea's next manager a £130m transfer war chest, with the club set to spend some of it on Everton defender John Stones and Bayern Munich midfielder Arturo Vidal.

Sunderland striker Duncan Watmore should be back before the end of the season after learning he does not need surgery on an ankle ligament injury.

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Manchester United have been told to forget about signing Barcelona forward Neymar in the summer but a deal for Real Madrid's Gareth Bale could be on.

Arsenal star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is fearing for his Euro 2016 chances after being crocked again.

West Brom fans will unveil a giant banner backing coin-throw victim Chris Brunt on Saturday.

Stoke keeper Jack Butland has ruled out a bigmoney move to a top club this summer.

Erik Lamela has credited Mauricio Pochettino for turning him from a £30m flop into a title chaser.

Liverpool could sign target Ignacio Camacho for as little as £4m this summer, with Malaga facing money problems - the midfielder has an £8m buyout clause in his contract.

Valencia are set to offer Gary Neville a two-year deal to take over as head coach, casting serious doubt over his future as part of England's coaching set-up.

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Fifa Election: Football's crisis-hit world governing body Fifa will meet in Zurich today and elect a new leader to try to take the damaged organisation forward into a new era.

A winner must be declared on the night - as an ice hockey rink needs to be laid at midnight for a match at the same Hallenstadion venue the following day.

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Fifa's 209 nations will gather in Zurich for what is billed as an "extraordinary congress".

It was called after Sepp Blatter dramatically announced last June that he would step aside after 18 years as Fifa president.

The 79-year-old Swiss said he was "laying down his mandate", which has led to some concern he may not have actually resigned.

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However, Fifa officials are confident he will not make an awkward reappearance - not least because he has been banned from football for eight years over a "disloyal payment" of £1.3m to suspended Uefa president Michel Platini.

Both men deny wrongdoing and are appealing against their bans.

Blatter also has no accreditation to get into the conference hall on the outskirts of Zurich where the congress is being held.

Fifa is still in a perilous position with ongoing American and Swiss investigations into the activities of current and former officials.

As it stands, the organisation is considered a "victim" by the US Department of Justice. But that could change.

If the DoJ believes Fifa is not reforming or is carrying on as usual then it could be charged under US racketeering laws designed initially to tackle organised crime.

Deep down in the DNA of big Northern clubs is the spirit of travelling south to Wembley for a Final, scarves and banners flying for a great day out, the essence of being a faithful, fervent football fan – but of course, coom back wi’ t’Coop. On Sunday in yet another North-West clash of the Titans, Liverpool take on Man City in the Capital One, aka the League Cup Final at the traditional HQ of English football. The kick-off is at 6.30pm, a strange sign of the times most football lovers agree. What with massively important Champions League progress and the prestigious Prem title still to contest, City have a lot on their expensive plate currently.

The way the Blues strangely squandered their FA Cup hopes last weekend against Chelsea in playing some untried youngsters and duly getting heavily slaughtered 5 – 1 tells us much about the muddled management thinking at the Etihad currently.

Alan Hansen once said famously – and inaccurately as it proved - ‘You win nowt wi’ kids’ – but this time the sour old

Scottish sage looked dead right… Lessons learnt, City?

Back in the Holy Grail of Europe on Wednesday, away to Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League, City had re-thought it through and the big guns were back. By the final whistle, the real Manchester City had masterfully cruised through the first leg 3 – 1 to look set for the quarter-finals, providing of course nothing untoward happens at the Etihad in two weeks time.

So: the £64m-and-muchmore question will be – which Man City will turn up on Sunday?

For Liverpool, the position is much more obvious: crystal clear in fact.

This is the Reds’ seasonal summit, no-one needs to be in any doubt. Sure, OK, the Red corner of Merseyside are still striving away in the unfancied-by-most Europa Cup, but like certain other big Prem clubs, have a very long way to go to succeed in any way there. Knocked out of the FA Cup at home by West Ham and currently lurking somewhat disappointingly in eighth place in the Prem, Kop King Klopp’s kids need to win this final badly, to prove

to everyone at Anfield, the Fenway Sports Group, and the Reds’ fanatical fans all round the world that Liverpool are back in the big time – but are they?

What a roller-coaster of a season this is proving for Liverpool.

J u r g e n - t h e - G e r m a n ’s first taste of English football is providing huge excitement and drama for everyone concerned at one of England’s greatest clubs. Now with super striker, England’s Daniel Sturridge at last returning to the forward fold, KKK has an embarrassment of riches available upfront with Christian Benteke, Roberto Firmino, Jordan Ibi, Divock Origi all available, and ably supported by plenty of potent midfield strikers available in the armoury for Sunday. That scoring power is a formidably fearsome factor which weighs heavily for all Red expectations – just ask poor old vanquished Villa who got six of the best last week.

So coom Sunday night who’ll be dancing their Northern Souls off back up the motorway? The heart says Liverpool, and the head says City. Bring it on…

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r e ig e t s in e w h Sc Close To Return After the FA Cup and Champions League drams, it’s back to League basics for most this weekend although there are certain important omissions (see ‘Northern Soul’ overleaf). Following recent high profile dust-ups with the big boys, pretenders to the Prem title Leicester entertain nervy Norwich, newly near the Dreaded Drop Department. Ironically both clubs are only recent promotees to the big time – but today the Foxes are first and the Canaries aren’t – they’re 17th!

First this Saturday, 19th placed Sunderland visit the Boleyn Ground - I’ve always known it as Upton Park.

Whatever it’s called, it’s the Black Cats’ last visit before West Ham move to the Olympic Stadium at the end of the season. With the Hammers’ new star Dimitri Payet almost unstoppable, Sunderland will be up against it. Slaven Bilic has done a great job since he took over from Sam Allardyce, Sunderland’s present honcho who didn’t do a bad job for West Ham

himself. Talking of valuable new (temporary?) management, a big test for Guus Hiddink’s recovering Chelsea will come at Southampton, the Saints now rising again back up to a heavenly sixth.

Newbies Watford are having a sensational season, and currently sit ninth. The Hornets’ visitors Bournemouth came up with them but have struggled more than their hosts. But hey, the Cherries are also having a great year, Eddie Howe’s heroes achieving really respectable results while mixing with the giants of UK football. More modest Midlands matches mean stabilising Stoke entertain Aston Villa (aka ‘doomed, Cap’n Mainwaring’…). Staying in Midlandia, Humbled-of-West-Bromwich are still smarting from their FA Cup exit to Championship Reading. Now the Baggies host Crystal Palace, the Eagles fluttering right at the crossroads of this super season after a brilliant start - although now cock-a-hoop after putting Spurs out of the FA Cup.

QUIGG’S BIG ITOJE TO START HOPE Scott Quigg believes he will always be remembered for this Saturday’s fight with Carl Frampton, no matter what else he achieves in his boxing career.

Quigg and Frampton will finally meet at the Manchester Arena this weekend when they put their WBA and IBF super-bantamweight titles on the line.

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Saracens lock Maro Itoje will make his first start for England after being named in the XV to face Ireland in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday. Itoje, one of two changes to the side that started the 40-9 win over Italy two weeks ago, is included after Joe Launchbury was ruled out of the game with a hamstring problem.

Excepting a certain Capital clash later at Wembley two old rivals clash this Sunday in a hugelyimportant Prem encounter with top four European significance. Man United entertain old foes Arsenal, the Red Devils seeing off lowly Shrewsbury in the FA Cup. That win was achieved without captain Wayne Rooney who is now on that long Red injury list, and let’s hope he’s back well in time for Euro 2016. The result though gave beleaguered old lofty Louis a few more days respite without sustaining even more savage criticism. But if the Gunners aren’t firing blanks – again - on Sunday, speculation may be rife about the LvG’s immediate future.

Arsenal (sigh) – when are they going to stop trying to walk it in following nineteen passes, and instead try to hit some accurate shots – just like everyone else? That stupid, wasteful style cost them badly on Tuesday at home in the Champions League, against the team who patented that sort of super soccer and make it all look so easy. With Messi, Suarez and Neymar about, Barcelona can do it Martini-style – anytime, any place, anywhere – and in Barca’s case - any way.

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Improving Swansea City travel to White Hart Lane this Sunday afternoon to take on Tottenham Hotspur in yet another colossal clash where points are vital for both teams. Are the Swans swimming back up river under new (Italian) manager Francesco Guidolin? Prego, signor, don’t look down as you’re only three points above the DDD. Toughies today, Tottenham are tanking along in joint second, the Lillywhites lording it up there with the best alongside their biggest rivals in North London, Arsenal - and also battling away in the Europa League – hey, it’s a great season down The Lane.

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