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SITE DEAL

10 year old approved project to build two thousand three hundred properties close to La Mata lake at the El Mirador site has been resuscitated according to a report in the Informacion newspaper.

The paper says that it has discovered that a developer has paid over a million euros to clear outstanding debts and to gain building status for the sector ZO-9 site between the Recorral wood in the Rojales municipality and the Campo de Guardamar road. Área Blanca Estates has picked up the rights for the area,

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after a previous promoter went bust as the recession kicked in. Informacion has

reported that work on the 650 thousand square metre site could begin as soon as

April with a full potential of adding an extra six thousand residents to the area.

HOUSE FULL

AG, Europe’s largest tour operator and owner of companies like Thomson, First Choice and Falcon, says that they are virtually sold out in Spain for this year in regard to hotel rooms, according to their chief executive Fritz Joussen. Joussen said that German and other TUI customers, including those from Britain, are shunning Turkey because of terrorist incidents including last month’s slaying of 11 German visitors in a bomb blast at a tourist attraction in Istanbul.

Customers are instead planning holidays in Spain, contributing to a 13 per

cent jump in average revenue per bed at TUI’s Riu hotel chain and leading to a capacity squeeze in the

country. Pricing there and in other countries viewed as less prone to terrorism will remain high because

hotel operators won’t have to offer last-minute discounts to fill empty beds, Joussen added.

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An unnamed 65-year-old British walker died last Thursday afternoon when he fell down a ravine in the hills above Crevillente.

The Guardia Civil got an emergency call from a woman that was with the man to say that he had slipped at the Crevillente Garganta (Gorge).

Guardia officers arrived at

the scene to find the unconscious hiker on the ground, suffering from an apparent heart attack. They spent some three quarters of an hour trying to revive him before an ambulance team arrived, who also spent another 45 minutes in what was a fruitless attempt to bring him back to life.

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Six people were arrested in Spain on Monday on suspicion of the possession and distribution of child pornography via the internet. The detentions by the National Police are part of 48 arrests made in nine countries initiated in an

international operation nearly two years ago by the New Zealand police. The FBI assisted in tracking down the perverts with two people being arrested in Madrid, as well as arrests in the Alicante, Almeria, Murcia, and Valencia area.

Road Plea

led two-man A prostitution Romanian racket has been broken up by the Guardia Civil with addresses in Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada been raided. The properties housed the women that were being exploited, with the two detainees denied bail as they were charged with human trafficking and exploitation for the purpose of prostitution.

The arrests were made under Operation Aciclovir with the Guardia saying

that the women were shipped over to Spain with threats of violence and forced into prostitution in local clubs or standing on roadsides looking for clients across the Vega Baja. The women were dropped off at various locations, and then were later picked up and taken back one of the addresses as well as having to hand over all of their proceeds.

Some were forced to take drugs so that the men could increase their con-

trol over them as well as being blackmailed over what they were doing in Spain with threats that news of their activities would be communicated back to their families in Romania.

The exploited women were taken into care by social services workers, with the Guardia seizing mobile phones, drugs, and unspecified documents from both addresses that were raided. The operation remains open.

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A San Miguel de Salinas residents group has called for the reopening of a local road that was shut a few months ago. La Asociación de Vecinos San Miguel Arcángel wants the track linking the CV-95 to the villages to the east of San Miguel to be open again after locked barriers appeared there last year.

The group say the road has been used for many years

adding that access should be immediately restored in addition to any safety improvements being undertaken. Elsewhere the group has called on San Miguel’s Parks department to do something about the influx of processionary caterpillars in the green zone at the Calles Góngora and Murillo where they join with the Barrio Primero de Mayo.

World Cancer Day was marked last week in Torrevieja with a special release of balloons in the city's Plaza de la Constitucion. Members of the Afecáncer charity joined mayor, Jose Manuel Dolon, for the ceremony, which also featured information from groups like the AECC. Meanwhile, Spain will have nearly a quarter of a million new cancer cases by 2020,

according to a survey from the Society for MedIcal Oncology, The study estimates that 148,998 of those cases will be in men and 97,715 in women, with a third of those cases provoked by "avoidable" factors such as tobacco, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle.

One major factor in the rise in cases is that Spain has an aging population, which puts more at risk of

developing a tumor of one kind or another, according to the report In 2012, the most commonly detected forms of cancer were colon, prostate, lung and breast.

The report estimates that cancer caused 102,762 deaths in Spain in 2012 and the disease is predicted to cause 117,859 deaths in 2020, when lung and colon cancer will become the biggest killers.

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Drone Patrol

A drone is set to be used this summer in a pilot scheme in the La Mata area of Torrevieja to help beach lifeguards in their patrols. The news follows a successful experiment last summer in the Mar Menor. Torrevieja's beaches councillor Javier Manzanares said that the 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.

Manzanares said that a new tender for lifeguard provision would be advertised soon, with the intention of providing cover during the Easter holidays as well as during the peak summer season. The councillor added that the plan is to provide two extra

hours of daily cover compared to last year, and that disabled access would be improved for Los Locos and Cura beaches. Work is still continuing on drafting legislation to allow a beach area for dogs, with an announcement still to be made over the preferred location, with an area adjoining Punta Prima expected to be selected.

Pedal Power

133 cyclists will be descending on the San Javier area tomorrow (Saturday February 13th) for the annual one-day Veulta de Murcia. The 200

kilometre route starts on the Explanada Barnuevo in Santiago de la Ribera at 10.45am, with the cyclists doing a circuit around the San Javier area taking El

Mirador, San Cayetano, and Pozo Aldeo before moving on to Sierra Espuna, and the eventual finish estimated to be around 4.00pm in Murcia City.

Clearer Route

Benefit Crook A former British soldier who raked in almost 40 thousand pounds in over eight years of fraudulent benefit claims without revealing he had nearly 300 thousand pounds in two banks as well owning a house and bar complex in the Alicante area has been given a 12 month jail sentence, suspended for two years.

47-year-old Clive Miller from Enniskillen in Northern Ireland was sentenced at Dungannon Crown Court, and admitted four charges of failing to declare a change of circumstances to the Social Security Agency and two charges of money laundering were left on the books.

The court heard that Miller

Female suicide bombers kill over 60 people in northeast Nigeria: officials.

North Korea executes army chief of staff: South Korean media.

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Clean Power Plan. properties in the Alicante area which he had not declared. He had used the benefits he had received to pay the mortgages on these properties.

Fakes Found

Manga area. Talks have taken place between the Murcia regional government and the councils at San Javier and Cartagena to see what can be done, and besides the new serv-

ice at Cabo de Palos, a flexible “reversible” lane of the main road is being considered, as well as a pledge to take on illegal car parkers with a greater presence of tow trucks.

Hong Kong to send Chinese man back to US over teen deaths.

Iran seeks tourism millions as nuclear chill ends.

S. Korea shuts down joint industrial park with N. Korea.

US WWII vet reunites with wartime girlfriend in Australia.

35 thousand fake items that kept arriving at AlicanteElche airport and were then transported to the Murcia region, have all been seized by the Guardia Civil, who also nabbed five people for crimes against intellectual property. The street value of the items is estimated to be in the region of three million euros.

The gang, consisting of four Moroccans and a Senegalese man, would drip-

feed the fake consignments in small deliveries sent into Alicante-Elche airport, which would then be stored in all of their homes across Murcia.

Operation Currucas (translated as Warblers) netted thousands of clothes, shoes, watches, cosmetics, perfumes, and handbags, which had all one thing in common: - namely they were all fakes.

Thousands of fake designer labels were also discovered by the Guardia.

Opposition parties on San Fulgencio council claim that the municipality’s waste disposal services have been run without a legal contract for the last four years and want an Orihuela court to clarify the position. They allege that since March 2012, the council has maintained the service with the same company, Ginssa, without a formal contract, paying them a total of two point eight million euros, as well two price hikes last

year and in 2013.

The Mayor, Carlos Ramiréz denies any illegalities, saying that the law allows extensions to contracts if necessary.

He added that what is happening in San Fulgencio with contracts is common in many other municipalities.

A request from the opposition to Ramiréz ,asking him to resolve the situation as quickly as possible has gone unanswered.

Rubbish Row

A new park and ride service based at Cabo de Palos is to be opened over the summer as part of a plan to cut down on the peak season jams caused by tourist traffic in the La

Aussie Olympic doctor says Rio water bigger worry than Zika.

Germany to try ex-SS guard, 94, over Auschwitz killings.

EU pushes Greece to improve conditions for migrants.

Russia proposes March 1 ceasefire in Syria; US wants it now.

Hong Kong leads fresh Asia market sell-off.

Panel denies parole to Sirhan, assassin of Robert F. Kennedy.

US, allies target North Korea finances after rocket test.

Australian deputy prime minister announces retirement.

Daughter of Peru's disgraced Fujimori leads presidential poll.

Australian charged with sex attack on 2 backpackers on beach.

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Record Haul

Crash Landing

25 dangerous nautical emergency flares have been discovered by the Guardia Civil during inspections of various premises in the La Manga area. All of them have been deactivated by the Guardia’s bomb disposal unit.

Lets Pump It Up Torrevieja's desalination plant must produce more water to help local farmers according to Valencia's environment secretary, Julia Alvaro.

He says that the water situation in the southern part of Alicante Province is potentially very serious especially in regard to good irrigation for farmers and has called on the Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura (CHS) to ask the central government for permission to increase the flow, as opposed to other suggestions like pumping more water into the River Segura.

Three British men and a Dutch citizen were arrested after the National Police raided a drugs laboratory in a remote farmhouse in the town of Alcalalí in the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca. They also seized 122 kilos of APAAN, the potentially lethal amphetamine which is now being used as the raw ingredient to produce other forms of speed. It is the largest haul made by police in Europe since the drug was listed as illegal by the United Nations Convention.

The gang are said to have been responsible for the production, distribution and

sale of the drugs once the APAAN had been turned into speed. Police said the remaining members of the gang were in the process of dismantling the lab because they knew they were being investigated. They were shadowed by drugs squad officers on the Costa Blanca as they returned to Spain to dispose of their assets and go into hiding.

"Whilst dismantling the lab, we also found various equipment, containers, sulphuric acid, a bag of marijuana, a gun, computer equipment and mobile phones," said a spokesman for the National Police.

Baby Drugged

A pilot for an Irish air carrier was arrested in Spain following a row with a prostitute he is said to have accused of stealing one thousand euro from him.

Officers arrived at the scene and found the money stashed in his other trousers. The police said that the unnamed Irishman had been on a night out and came back to his hotel near the airport (also undisclosed) with the woman who he took to his room.

During the early morning at around 4.30am, the hotel clerk got calls from other guests that there

was a noisy row involving a man and a woman coming from the pilot's room.

The employee shut the front door of the hotel and waited for police to come.

The incident took place before the man was set to fly out of the unnamed Spanish city to Ireland - he returned the following day.

Officers told the Irish Sun that the man intended to pay the prostitute with one thousand euros in cash but couldn't find it.

This led the pilot to accusing the women of stealing it and a row began. Police found the man on the scene barefoot and with

scratches. The woman was from North Africa with Spanish citizenship and she had a few bruises, However, the cops found money in his other pants and the officers believe he had forgotten where he had left the cash.

The man was brought to a local police station where he started to cry in the cells, saying that he didn't want anybody to be contacted over his arrest. The pilot informed them he was meant to be on a flight out of Spain at noon that day and released later without change as the woman didn't make a complaint.

Jihadi Swoop

Locked Up

An Algerian man’s been given four years in a psychiatric institution by a court after threatening to blow up an Alicante City petrol station last April. The incident happened at an outlet on Avenida de Novelda with the accused cutting a tube at a petrol pump with a knife, and holding a lighter next to it whilst uttering the words, “Allah is great”.

Mamma Mia!

A drunken Italian woman was pulled over by cops in San Miguel de Salinas recently who discovered that she was driving witout a licence, having lost it for previous offences. It turned out to be some very costly drinks for the 68-year-old as a database check by the local police found that the car had been stolen in 2013 and had been involved in previous road offences. The sobered-up lady found a quickie trial at the Torrevieja courthouse as her next and somewhat unexpected appointment.

An Elche court is being asked to jail the parents of a two and a half year old child who was given cocaine, only months after he was allowed to live with them.

The Elche couple only gained parental rights after six months following the boy's birth back in August 2013, because the mother had taken cocaine during her pregnancy. In June

2014, the baby was found to have cocaine in his system after being admitted to Elche General Hospital, and stayed there for emergency treatment for five days, before being taken into foster care. Prosecutors are calling for over five years behind bars for the parents, plus rulings that will bar them from any contact with their son until he aged 18.

Marginal Cut The Supreme Court has cut the jail sentences for four men, all from the same family, who kidnapped an underage girl in Torrevieja in 2011 to try to hide the fact that one of them had made her pregnant. The men moved around between buildings in the Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa areas to avoid being caught by the National Police until the youngster was rescued by

firefighters from a locked Orihuela Costa address in August 2011. The Supreme Court reduced the sentences between two years and eighteen months, originally handed out in 2014, due to an element of doubt over exactly how long the girl was held for. Two of the men now have five years and a half years behind bars, whilst the other two family members get two years each.

The National Police arrested seven suspected jihadists, five of them in Alicante Province, in a series of raids last Sunday morning. They are said to be members of a jihadi cell linked to Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra militants, with other detentions happening in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta.

Five of those those arrested have Spanish nationali-

ty but are of Syrian, Jordanian and Moroccan ancestry. whilst two others are Syrian and Moroccan nationals living in Spain.

The local arrests were made in Crevillente, L´Alquería, Muro d´Alcoi, Alcoy and Alicante City, and with all of the suspects being taken to Madrid where they appeared on Tuesday in front of a High Court judge, who denied

them bail.

The National Police said they began investigating the suspected cell in 2014 and their work uncovered evidence that those arrested provided "logistical support that was essential for the maintenance of terror activities" in Syria and Iraq.

The investigation was coordinated by Spain's National Court in conjunction with state prosecutors.

Missing Thousands The Vega Baja region in Alicante Province has "lost" over 37 thousand people since 2012 according to padron registration figures and analysis for 2015 released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

The Algorfa, San Fulgencio, and Rojales municipalities has seen the biggest percentage falls, presumably down to though the INE doesn't state so) an exodus of foreign residents combined with people failing to renew their padron details at the local town hall.

In sheer numbers

though, Torrevieja and Orihuela as the biggest population areas with a large non-Spanish contingent, saw the greatest declines.Torrevieja lost over 15 thousand people from the padron between 2012 and 2015, with seven thousand disappearing off the Orihuela register.

The biggest percentage drop was in the San Fulgencio area which includes the La Marina urbanisation, which saw three and a half thousand fall on the padron, translated into a 28 percent fall

over three years. Algorfa lost 22 percent, with the drop in Rojales being 17 percent (nearly four thousand inhabitants).

The falls across the mentioned areas mean reduced regional and central funding for those municipalities as well as fewer councillors on the authorities in the future, which was the case in last year's local elections. On the plus side, Almoradi, Callosa, Cox, and Redovan all recorded small population rises according to their local padron returns.

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Pedro’s Plans PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez has unveiled his plans for government with a 53-page document sent to all of Spain’s political parties on Monday. The country has had an actingPartido Popular government since the general election on December 20th when no party was able to secure an overall majority.

Sanchez was called upon

by King Felipe to form a government at the second investiture session after PP leader Mariano Rajoy turned down the chance to do so.

In the document, Sanchez declares his intention to reform the constitution and ‘develop Spain into

a federal state’. “The nature and range of the reforms we need will require everybody’s participation and attention,” said the document.

“Only then will it be possible that the new phase starts and its benefits can be extended for decades to all today’s citizens and

Factory Blast

Two people were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion in a biodiesel plant in the town of Algemesi, south of Valencia City on Saturday. The explosion happened around 11:00 am. on an industrial estate and the two victims were

workers in their thirties while the injured person had burns on 80 percent of his body.

The working theory is that the accident could have been caused by people soldering a storage silo, which contained residual flammable gas.

Zika Outbreak Latest

A pregnant woman in the Catalunya region has become Europe's first Zika virus case involving an expectant mother. Officials confirmed that the woman had recently returned from Colombia, where it is thought she was infected.

Health officials said there were seven other confirmed cases in Spain namely two more in Catalunya, two in

Castille and Leon, one in Murcia (reported in The Courier last week as being in Lorca) and one in Madrid.

All those infected are said to be in "good health". The virus especially affects pregnant mothers and has been linked to babies being born with abnormally small brains. Pregnant women have been advised not to travel to affected areas.

Rapist’s Guilt

A 31-year-old Slovak handyman has pleaded guilty to robbery and the rape of a 35-year-old female doctor at her Alicante area home, and will spend over 24 years in jail. The incident happened in August 2013 in Cabo de las Huertas with the rapist spending time doing some DIY work in the victim's house two month's earlier. A full trial was avoided with the need of the victim to testify after the man pled guilty after just five minutes of the hearing at Alicante Provincial Court.

those who follow us.”

There is one mention of Catalunya in the document, which makes no reference to Podemos’s demand for a referendum on Catalan independence. Sanchez has been meeting with other party leaders to get their reaction to his proposals this week.

On Alert

A new crime busting phone application, AlertCops has been rolled out across the country, after tests in some areas of Spain, including the Valencia region. The app allows users to tell the police about a crime or security incident straight from their smartphone, whether they are victims or witnesses. It has been specifically targeted at foreign residents and tourists as it can also be used in English.

It is hoped to improve response times as well as guarantee access to emergency services for people with speech and hearing disabilities. AlertCops can be downloaded from Google Play and the Apple store.

Journey’s End

A British driver parked illegally in Guardamar was caught out by the local police last week when they found a fake driving license on him.

The cops went up to the car and asked the motorist to produce his identification papers, upon which he started to look nervous and to give them some evasive answers. He then handed over his UK driving license which was found to be forged, and so he was promptly arrested.

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Friday Crash

Boozy Spain

Five men and a woman were slightly injured when two cars collided in the Daya Vieja area last Thursday with one of the vehicles going into an adjoining canal. The accident happened on the CV859 at around 2.15 pm as one car went into the back of another with all six people suffering minor bruising and hypothermia.

Sour Ending

A 55-strong lemon rustling gang, led by five men, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil’s rural crime unit operating out of Torrevieja. Two of the leaders were caught red-handed at the start of last month (as previously reported by The Courier) trying to steal fifteen hundred kilos of lemons from an Almoradi farm which led to the whole network being brought down which the Guardia say involved some 120 tonnes of lemons and other citrus fruit being stolen and distributed across the Vega Baja. Charges include theft, handling stolen goods, conspiracy, and membership of a criminal gang.

A motorist was seriously injured when his car went off the Formentera to Rojales road last Friday morning. No other vehicle was involved in

the incident as the injured driver lost control of the car, with no more information being available about the motorist.

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Vlad’s Fags

146 packets of smuggled Russian cigarettes have been seized from a Torrevieja restaurant close to the Playa del Cura. The local police made the find during a routine inspection of the premises.

Valiant Effort Guardia Civil officers tried in vain to save the life of a northern Costa Blanca British resident who had gone into a diabetic coma at his Javea home. A friend of the 70-year-old man called the authorities last Friday afternoon after he had failed to turn up for a pre-arranged meeting and was not answering his phone. The officers got into his apartment through a window and spotted him lying on the floor. They managed to get a slight pulse for a short time, but he passed away minutes after the arrival of the ambulance team.

One in six people in Spain drinks dangerously-high amounts of alcohol, and three-quarters of the country's inhabitants believe their drinking to be less serious than it really is, according to a survey. Danish medicine manufacturer Lundbeck interviewed a sample of 4,250 people across Spain, and concluded that 17.1 percent or a sixth of the population drinks too much alcohol, but only one point three percent admits to it.

Overall, seventy six percent of those who abuse

alcohol do not realise they are doing so.

Researchers used two methods for working out high-risk drinkers based upon cultural attitudes and habits – Mediterranean countries tend to see more people drinking moderate amounts daily, whilst binge-drinking, or excessive intake once or twice a week, is more common in northern European countries where alcohol is more expensive, such as in the UK. Alcohol and drug researcher Julio Bobes

says Spain is 'always one of the countries where people drink the most', together with Italy, France and Portugal. But it is not true that 'everyone in Spain drinks' – according to the study, fewer than a quarter of Spaniards consume alcohol more than twice-weekly. Men drink more than women in Spain, with nearly one in five being considered 'high-risk' compared with fourteen percent of females, and the 25-andunder age-group is the one which consumes the most alcohol.

Sorry, Liz! Two men have gone on trial in Elche this week accused of murdering a 45year-old man, Francesco Javier Illescas, who died in Torrevieja back in June 2013 on the night of the San Juan celebrations, after was stabbed at least five times during an assault that happened on the Paseo Vista Alegre, not far from the Musical Union statues.

A fight broke out at around 5.00am, with two

Spaniards alleged involved in the attack which saw a kitchen knife being produced with investigators saying at the time that the victim was repeatedly kicked and punched before being knifed to death. The two accused are said to have been under the influence of alcohol and drugs at the time. The victim died in the street despite the efforts of an ambulance team to try to revive him.

On Parade King Felipe and Queen Letizia have postponed next month's state visit to Britain because of the longer-thanexpected process to form a Spanish government following an inconclusive general election in December. The

Spanish royal household announced on last December that the king and queen would pay a threeday state visit to Britain from March 8th at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth.

However, the king has been

playing a central role in political parties' negotiations to form a government seven weeks after an indecisive general election and it looks like this process could continue for at least another month.

Bus Pledge Quiz Around 40 groups braved last Sunday’s breezes to show off their wares during the Torrevieja Carnival parade which kicked off from the Plaza de María Asunción and headed down Calle Ramón Gallud. Thousands of people watched the floats which were mainly from the

Torrevieja area, but also like in previous years featured groups from the Murcia region. Next to look forward to is this Saturday evening’s night parade starting at 10.00pm taking the same route, and ending up with a closing fiesta at the Eras de la Sal marquee.

A socialist opposition councillor on Orihuela council is asking why a muchtrumpeted bus service between the Entre Naranjos urbanisation and the Orihuela Costa still hasn't started. Back in October, The Courier reported the promise of coastal councillor, Sofia Alvarez, of 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.

PSOE councillor, Maria Garcia said: - "We are in February and nothing has happened. A number of residents at Entre Naranjos have been in touch with us to find out what is going on, and nobody has been given

an answer".

Garcia called on Sofia Alvarez to clarify the position and also to explain why a weekly Tuesday service linking the urbanisation to Orihuela City had disappeared, She also demanded the resurrection of a project to build two new bus stops on the N-332 at La Zenia, which had been mothballed due to a lack of money.

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Mamma Mia! What A Mess!

Fellas - are you having problems with her indoors?

Does she do the cleaning as you would like? Does she have your meals ready and waiting on the table when you want them? Is she uncooperative in the bedroom department? Well fellas, you don't have to put up with it any longer because help is at hand. Just take her on a holiday to Italy, and drop her in to the local police station and file a complaint. You will find the police only too willing to start the ball rolling to get her up to six years in jail to make her repent her ways! You think I've lost my marbles, don't you? Well, that's been the reaction around the world to the news that a woman has been charged in Italy with "bad management of domestic affairs". The Italian husband accused his wife of being slovenly, failing to put meals on the table and leaving their home in a dreadful mess. And that's a serious matter in Italy, because the police decided to send the 42-year-old woman to trial, with the chances of up to six years in prison if found guilty of the charge of "mistreatment within the family". The husband complained that for the past two years he had been chronically neglected by his wife. She failed to clean their house, refused to cook for him and on occasion kicked him out of the bedroom. The trial is due to start in the town of Latina this October, and will be presided

over by a female judge. I can't wait to hear the result of this one! Can you imagine the floodgates opening if this woman is found guilty!!

Incidentally, there's another interesting case to come out of Italy last week. A court in Sicily ruled that a male boss who was accused of groping three female colleagues was not guilty of sexual harassment because his behaviour was playful, not "lascivious".

The court in Palermo said that 65-year-old had been driven by an immature sense of humour, rather than a desire for sexual gratification.

The three women had accused him of touching them inappropriately, slapping their bottoms and brushing his hands across their breasts and genital area. But in its ruling the court said: "Objectively, it was brought on by an immature and inappropriate sense of humour, mixed in with a veiled abuse of power and an albeit improper way of establishing hierarchical relationships in the office." Now come on you women, you know, deep down, that every time a fella tries it on he's only being playful! Only joking...only joking! If there's something I love. it's when an ordinary bloke takes on the establishment, runs rings around them, wins hands down, making top politicians look like prize prats and spits out the pompous farts.

And you have to hand it to WikiLeaks founder Julian

Assange because he's done just that but sad that he has had to be banged up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for his trouble. A United Nations panel, which has reviewed his case, has ruled in his favour, declaring his "stay" in the embassy as "arbitrary detention".

Assange has upset the establishment big time, publishing loads of top American military and diplomatic secrets as well as giving a load of top brass and politicians over the water blood pressure levels that have gone through the roof. The Yanks, not used to this appalling behaviour, which, no doubt, they will claim put their entire defence structure in jeopardy, wanted his blood and extradition to stand trial.

Then came an amazing accusation that a woman in Sweden had been raped by him, just amazingly timed just after the American’s declared that they wanted Assange's blood. And, don't forget, that, according to the Italians, any man touching a woman is only being "playful"(Sorry, I couldn't resist adding that line). Seriously, the UN has ruled in Assange's favour and says he has been unlawfully detained. Now, as I understand it, America, Britain and Sweden are in the UN and should abide by its findings. The fact that Britain doesn't give Assange back his passport and allow him to leave the embassy unhindered is just typical. Why?

Because b.... politicians and police won't want to lose face and they now claim that the UN finding has no judicial authority. So, here we are!

Britain cherry- picking what it will agree with and what it won't. I would go along with this hands down but for one sad thing. Britain doesn't do the same with the European Union and in particular with the European Convention on Human Rights. If Britain had put two fingers up at the vast majority of rubbish coming out of Europe it would have been far better off, especially its farmers and fishermen, and particularly when it comes to ridiculous tripe from the Human Rights Court requiring the UK to keeping certain hate-spitting Muslim Clerics in the country for decades at the expense of the public purse, instead of putting them on the first plane to the Middle East.

I hate lenient sentences given to criminals, and it seems even lawyers are realising how soft some judges are in the UK. A female solicitor, Ffona McKeating, 43, has hit out at a judge for sentencing a career criminal to four and a half years after terrorising her in her home. She woke to find burglar David Patel, 26, standing over her bed and hit him in the face with her laptop as she feared for her two young children.

He was one of two burglars rifling her home. He admitted a string of burglaries and thefts when he appeared in a

Crown Court. Ffyona said: "Four and a half years for something that still gives me night terrors, and now has me leaping out of bed several times a night at the slightest noise is nothing. They are career criminals, they've done this before and were warned by a previous judge that whilst rehabilitation would be attempted in the first instance, the judicial system would clamp down on them if they re-offended. I don't think this has happened, and as a qualified lawyer I feel disappointed in a system I've always supported." Two things are wrong here - one is that four and a half years does not mean that length of sentence, far from it, and prison is too soft.

As Ffyona says, try rehabilitation in the first instance, but for re-offenders give them a punishment they wouldn't want to experience again. That might do wonders in reducing crime.

A relative of ours found her car, parked outside her home a wreck, thanks to a motor cyclist who crashed into it, causing more than fifteen hundred pounds worth of damage. The rider, who, incredibly suffered only minor injuries, tried to quit the scene, and little wonder because the 28-year-old was riding without a licence, tax or insurance. When our relative contacted her insurance company, the RAC, she learned the car, a Citroen

Picasso, was a write-off, and she would only receive two thousand pounds, less 100 pounds excess, with which to buy another vehicle. Then came another bombshell because the culprit was an uninsured driver and she was claiming on her own policy, she would lose six out of nine years' no claims bonus, sending her premiums rocketing by 300 percent to nearly 800 pounds! Rightly, she told the insurer, the RAC just what they could do and is now re-insured with the Coop. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a government who properly legislated in these circumstances to ensure the innocent are not out of pocket. So often we hear insurance companies being not fit for purpose, whether it is in dealing with accidents caused by uninsured drivers or companies refusing to insure homes subject to flooding. Perhaps it's time the government nationalised insurance companies without compensation and ran the industry, and while they are doing that, do the same with those appalling pay-day loan companies which are no more than leaches on society. There are times, sadly, when I have to agree with, of all people, Jeremy Corbyn, whose support is growing because of his attacks on the abuses of capitalism.

Cameron should beware and stop putting big business first rather than people who he relies on as electors.

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Give Us Room

The opposition party on one of the Vega Baja's smallest councils, Daya Vieja, has complained about not having a room to operate within the local town hall. The left-wing Compromis party got three members elected for the first time at last May's elections, with the Partido Popular clinging onto power with four seats. Now Crompromis say that they've been asking for an office since last June, and nothing has happened, adding that an opposition party has a right to be accommodated.

Blaze A butano heater was the likely cause of an Elche house fire that cost the life of a 78-year-old woman last Friday morning. The blaze hit the first-floor apartment in the Toscar area of the city.

Clever Pussy

A meowing cat alerted two residents of an Alicante City apartment block that something was wrong, and indeed the cat was right, as a fire had broken out. A dozen people escaped, including a woman who was

rescued by firefighters from the rooftop of the flats on Calle Cid in the historic quarter of the city last Thursday morning. The blaze was brought under control, and the cat was found safe and well.

Stronger Than Sooty A Spanish court has ordered the detention of two puppeteers for allegedly praising terrorism during a children's performance in Madrid last Friday. In a statement

by Judge Ismael Moreno, the court says puppeteers Alfonso Lazaro de la Fuente and Raul Garcia Perez, who worked for the "Puppets from Below" company,

had staged a play featuring the "hanging of an effigy of a judge, the stabbing of a nun with a crucifix and several police beatings as well as a rape scene." The court said the puppets held up a sign saying "Up with ETA," a reference to the banned Basque separatist group, with horrified parents calling in the police.

The show had been commissioned as part of Madrid's Carnival celebrations, with the programme organisers now having been sacked according to the city’s culture councillor, Celia Mayer. Praising terrorism has been a crime in Spain since 1995. ETA is considered a terrorist organization by Spain, the U.S. and the European Union.

Wetland Worry

The Price Of Freedom Fifty members of a local environment group celebrated World Wetland Day last Sunday by staging a protest about the state of the river Segura in the

All Saint’s Hundreds of people lined Catral’s streets last Friday to watch the annual procession in honour of the town’s patron saint, Saint Águeda (Agatha).

Spaniards mixed with British and European residents to enjoy the commemoration.

News

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A crooked Alicante-based lawyer has cheated a 16 month jail stretch if he pays back 332 thousand euro that he pocketed from a client who was buying a house in the La Fiesta area of Quesada back in 2004 and 2005.

Prosecutors at an Elche court

initially wanted to send the lawyer (with the initials P.J.S.B) down for four years, but a payment plan has been created where the aggrieved client will be paid back all of the money within a ten year period at a minimum of one thousand euros per month.

Guardamar area. The Friends of the Alicante South Wetlands walked by the river to protest about the amount of rubbish dumping that’s been taking

place in the river, which they say is affecting wildlife and plants. They’ve already made a formal complaint to the Guardia Civil’s environment unit, Seprona.

Dealers Done

Three people accused of being drug dealers operating in Torrevieja have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The Spaniards aged in their

forties and a 22-year-old Russian woman are said to have peddled drugs around different areas of the city, and operated from different addresses to try

to give the authorities the slip.

An extensive surveillance operation eventually caught them out and led to their detention.

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Friday 12th February 2016

Zumba Fun

Almoradi went Zumba crazy last Saturday in a special event to raise money for the AECC Contra el

Cancer charity. Around 150 people took part in a three hour Zumbathon staged in the Plaza de la Constitucion.

Generous Help

700 kilos of food was donated at a recent charity lunch organised by HELP Murcia Mar Menor at Galindas restaurant at La Puebla, near Torre Pacheco. This was the second year that the charity has held this event and this year it was bigger and better than ever. Once again each guest was asked to donate five kilos of non-perishable food to help families in need in the village, and the generous contributions meant that over 50 families in La Puebla would be helped.

Local resident and HELP

member, Janneke Chambers explained that the people being helped are out of work; are unable to claim any money from the State; and get very very little help from the Government. “This donation of food will go some way to easing their plight for a short time� she added.

Rosalia Sanz gave a short speech of acceptance on behalf of Caritas to express their gratitude for the donation and then presented Doreen Sykes, head fundraiser of HELP, with a statuette as a memento of the day..

Quiz Time Reflections Bar in San Luis, Torrevieja is going to be staging a Charity Quiz Night in aid of the Paul Cunningham Nurses on Saturday February 20th at 7.30 p.m. Tickets will be seven euros fifty which also includes a Lasagne meal with chips and salad, plus a vegetarian option will be available. For reservations please call 688 387 490.

logo Wanted

Pilar de la Horadada council has launched a competition to find a new corporate logo to promote the municipality. The winner will get 300 euros and there are also prizes of mini-breaks at the Palmera Beach apartments at Mil Palmeras. Anybody aged 17 or over can take part with Thursday March 3rd being deadline day. More details are available via the municipality website, www.pilardelahoradada.org

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Pets

Friday 12th February 2016

Diet For Clive?

A family cat which disappeared 14 months ago has piled on the pounds - after he was found living in a nearby pet food factory. Two-year-old Norwegian Forest cat Clive disappeared from his Nottinghamshire home in December 2014 leaving the owners Tanya and Jonathan Irons devastated. The couple put up posters around their area and launched an appeal on Facebook but to no avail.

Clive was finally found last week by staff at a pet

food factory two miles away, who had noticed treats had been going missing. Now the family have been reunited with Clive - who has ballooned to almost twice his original size.

Tanya, a marketing manager, said: “Clive was nine months old when we lost him – and he was a lot smaller then.

“When we got him back we were shocked to see how big and fluffy he was.

He’s obviously been living the life of Riley in that pet food factory.

Lost Pondenco

Elena was spooked by the Postman and his scooter this morning and managed to get through the gate and escape from her new home. Her home is close to Quesada fish and Chips restaurant but there is a lot of open ground and 2 main roads.

She does not know the area well. We took Lleo with us hoping his presence would reassure

her but there is no sign of her at the moment. We will all be going back at dusk when it is a bit quieter. If you see her please do not approach her. She will not accept food or treats from anyone and will not approach strangers. She is a very nervous and timid dog. She is microchipped.

PLEASE CALL 660832360 IF YOU SEE HER. Many Thanks

Hope For Pondencos The hunting season has just ended here in Spain, which means a time or terror, unbelievable torture and death of up to 50,000 thousand Podenco (translated as hound) and Galgo (greyhound type) dogs. They are mostly surplus to requirement and are disposed of by their owners.

The Podenco is an elegant and agile breed with an athletic and attractive outline. Though graceful in appearance is a rugged and hardy breed. Its large upright ears – a hallmark of the breed – are broad at the base and frame a long and elegant head and long neck.

Podencos come in both smooth and wire coated varieties and there are also several smaller breeds such as the Podenco Andaluz; a small and more robust breed; and the Canarian Podenco. All of the varieties are either red

or white, or a combination of red and white. The eyes of a Podenco are a striking amber colour and have an alert and intelligent expression.

All Podencos are very intelligent, active, and engaging by nature. They are true “clowns” of the dog world, delighting in entertaining people with their antics.

Though somewhat independent and stubborn at times, they do take well to training if positive methods are used.

They are generally quiet, but will alarm bark if necessary, so they make good watch dogs.

Despite being called a “Spanish Greyhound”, the Galgo is not truly a Greyhound. The lineages of the two breeds are different. However, in the last century or so, some breeders have cross-bred Galgos and Greyhounds in order to produce faster Galgos.

Galgos are

unfortunately bred in large numbers by unscrupulous breeders, who then kill them in the most barbaric ways possible- hanging, burning, battering, shooting, or throwing them from a moving car.

The dogs are gentle, affectionate creatures that make wonderful and truly beautiful pets, but possibly because people perceive them to be hounds needing hours of exercise every day, they are not always easy to re-home. In fact, they don’t need any more exercise than any other dog, and just want to be loved. Consequently the rescue organisations, some of which specialise in caring for this breed, are in overload, especially at this time of year.

Hope for Podencos, based at Torremendo is one of them, and they work incredibly hard to restore these poor animals to health and to find them new

homes, often abroad. They are underfunded and struggle to meet vet and food bills, so if you can spare a few euros, their charity number is - CV-01054570-A There have been protest marches around Europe over the last week or so, with people also taking to the streets in Spain calling for laws to stop the mistreatment of the Podenco and Galgo. There is great cruelty to animals in every country – the Spanish are not unique, but the vast numbers of these animals that are slaughtered every year has led to the formation of the charity, so that next year there will truly be Hope for Podencos.

To contact Irene and Steve you can email them on hopeforpodencos@outlook. com or see their website www.hopeforpodencos.com The telephone number is 965 073 084 or 634 065 540.

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

BLACKIE Blackie is one of those loving and loyal dogs that will do anything to please you. He is aged between two and three years and has had such a bad life that he truly deserves a kind loving owner that will appreciate how special he really is. He is great with other dogs and has a lovely disposition. Please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or you can email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

JET Jet is 14 weeks old and looking for a forever home.

He has been in a foster home since he was six weeks old and is in excellent health. He has had his first vaccination, house trained and good with other dogs, he will be medium size when fully grown. For more information on Jet Please Call today on : 645 469 253or you can visit our website below www.petsinspain.com

POLKA Polka is a pointer/setter crossbreed, who was found tied to a tree near a abandoned house with no food or water. She had old scars all over her body, quite disturbing for a dog that was only six months old. Polka loves to go for a walk and walks well on the lead. She is fullyvaccinated, micro chipped and sterilised. Call 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

RUFUS Rufus at three years old is one of the loveliest dogs that has come PEPA’s way in recent months and he was rescued from the Perrera in a dreadful terrified state. He is a beautiful dog, but is still scared but will adjust quickly to a new care giver once he gets a home of his own. He is wonderful with all other dogs and cats too. Phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

TAMMY Tammy is a medium sized dog, rescued by APAH when she was abandoned by her owners. She is a very friendly, lively dog who loves people and gets on very well with all the other APAH dogs.

To arrange to visit the APAH kennels, grown. She would be a great addition to any home. For more information on Tammy Please Call today on 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

TAYTA Tayta is one of the beautiful cats and kittens being cared for by APAH in its Cattery.

Some of the cats were rescued as kittens and have never known a loving home.

We have a range of cats of all ages and colours, come and see for yourself.

If you want to give a cat a new life, please telephone 630 422 563 or 616 210 850 to arrange a time to meet them all.

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Dave Silver

Friday 12th February 2016

Banging The Drum To Beat Off The Butterflies 'ISN'T it fabulous watching our grandchildren growing up,' Mrs S asked rhetorically the other day.

'Why?' I responded nonrhetorically. 'Kids can only grow upwards.'

Mrs S glared at me. 'So who rattled your straitjacket?'

'You wouldn't understand,' I said. 'Sometimes a man can labour so hard but it all comes to nought.'

Mrs S wrapped a comforting arm around my sagging shoulders. 'Then allow me to take on your burden, husband.'

Heaving a huge sigh of relief, I passed her the tin opener and the semi-mangled, yet still airtight, can of baked beans.

'I know your mind is on other things,' Mrs S consoled me. 'But I'm sure that the pub

will reopen soon. I mean how long can it take to install a new carpet?'

'It's not that so much as the worry that my former lifeguide Ol' Red Eyes will be rolled up in the old Axminster and transported with it to the local dump.

'We warned the old codger not to sleep on the pub floor while the carpet layers were in. Well, I THINK we warned him.'

Mrs S was staring at me with surprise. 'I didn't know you believed in reincarnation.' she said. 'So what were you in a previous life?'

It was my turn to look surprised. 'What are you going on about, woman? What has a previous existence got to do with an old guy being wrapped in a carpet and dumped on the municipal tip?'

Mrs S said: 'You referred to Ol' Red Eyes as being a guide in your former life.'

'No, I didn't,' I argued. 'I said a "former life-guide."

You obviously didn't hear the hyphen. I meant a former guide not a former life.'

Before Mrs S could argue back, there came a child's voice from the dining room.

'Grandpa, where's my beans on toast? Can't you get the can open?'

My granddaughter is seven going on 17.

Consequently, she and I are not always on the same wavelength. Indeed, she once asked: 'Grandpa, are you actually a toy?'

'Sometimes I believe I AM a toy,' I grumbled as Mrs S wielded the tin opener in one swift action and poured the baked beans into a pan.

'I'm like one of those pink

rabbits in the telly advert who can no longer bang on their snare drums because their batteries have run out.

'Incidentally, that last remaining drumming bunny with the better battery always looks so flaming smug.'

Mrs S stared at me with concern as she stirred the steaming pan containing the baked beans while simultaneously slipping two pieces of bread under the grill.

'I think you need a battery of tests to prove your sanity,' she said.

I picked up the phone and punched in Dave the barman's home number.

'Hello, there's no-one here to take your call at the moment. If you will leave a message, I shall get back to you as soon as possible.'

'Knock it off, Dave!' I

yelled. 'I know you're there. I can hear the current radio news headlines in the background. This is an emergency.'

'So call 999,' said Dave the barman. 'I'm taking a rare day off while the carpet people are working at the pub.'

I told Dave the barman my problem -- that I was worried about Ol' Red Eyes being accidentally parcelled up and dumped.

'No probs,' he said. 'Before I left the pub last night, I gave him a herbal pep pill and a little snare drum. I told him to bash on it every time the carpet layers came near him.

'All the workmen have to do is work around him and then place him gently on the bar when the new underfelt goes down.'

'Goodbye, Dave,' I said, relieved at Dave's comforting

words.

'Goodbye, Dave,' Dave said, relieved at getting shut of me.

That was Dave,' I said to Mrs S as she slid the toast onto a plate while simultaneously pouring the beans on top.

'How do you manage to do that so well?' I asked in awe.

Mrs S merely smiled and loaded the plate onto a tray together with cutlery and a drink. 'Just take our granddaughter her lunch.'

I carefully picked up the tray, left the kitchen and then dropped the lot -- including me -- when I tripped over a lump under the carpet.

It turned out to be a longabandoned toy and, before the spilled baked beans filled my ears, I swear I could hear the sound of a snare drum being bashed.

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TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

I’ve been left mentally scarred after Tuesday night’s sight of Downton Abbey’s Mr. Molesley’s bare buttocks (and full naked back) in a hotel bedroom after being drugged in a blackmail plot. What would Carson have made of it all? It was just one of a whole set of intriguing new stories and characters in a tremendous return for Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley on BBC 1 in a simply fantastic hour of British TV drama. Murder, revenge, relationships and even sheep rustling also featured in a beautifully crafted script where Wainwright shows her ability to write words and sentences that sound so realistic and natural, perfectly delivered by a cast that oozed with familiar British performers, led of course by Sarah Lancashire in the terrific lead role. One tiny gripe of mine was the fact that some of the dialogue was barely audible at times like in baddie James Norton’s whispered prison scenes which in this high

tech age is ridiculous.

That aside, add some great Yorkshire location settings, and just sit back and enjoy something that is required and totally addictive viewing for all TV drama fans.

Happy Valley’s return conveniently fills the void left by Sunday’s end of War and Peace, but what was BBC 1 up to last Sunday night? It was a sadistic schedule where the emotion overflow button was firstly pressed in Call The Midwife, and whilst I made a quick grab for the valium, I then fell into complete blubber mode in the extended War and Peace finale, where the Grim Reaper was working overtime with 80 minutes to play with! I loved every second of this series, which I suspect will be fighting it out with Happy Valley for a stack of awards somewhere down the line, and we even got a happy ending, with the miraculously youthful appearance of Paul Dano’s character, Pierre, who didn’t seem to have aged at all despite

Addictive Valley

everything he went through before marrying the love of his life. That’s what Lily James does to you.

I had to laugh when I read some US reviews of the revived X Files a fortnight ago, saying that they found the conspiracy theory story in the new miniseries to be confusing and lacking credibility! Really?

They’ve missed the point as the stories have always been nuts, though this new one of bogus aliens as a part of an American political-industrial takeover plot reaches a new level of being sheer bonkers! I don’t care as an X Files fan, as the show has always been about style and the relationship between Mulder

Endeavour Will Return To ITV

Shaun Evans Successful detective drama Endeavour, the prequel to Inspector Morse, will return to ITV for a fourth series following the strong audience reaction to series three, it has been announced today. Set in 1967, the new films will go into production in late Spring 2016.

The Endeavour series stars Shaun Evans (War Book, The Scandalous Lady W) who has won the hearts and minds of critics and viewers alike with his portrayal of the young Morse.

Scripts will once again be written by Russell Lewis, who also wrote for Inspector Morse and created Endeavour.

Acclaimed stage and screen actor Roger Allam

(The Lady in the Van, Mr Holmes, Parade's End) will return as Endeavour’s senior officer, Detective Inspector Fred Thursday.

Endeavour and Thursday have forged an unmissable partnership since they came together on screen in January 2012 in a one off single film to mark the 25th anniversary of Inspector Morse.

The most recent films, which began airing on ITV this January, delivered a consolidated average rating of 6.3 million viewers and a 22% share of the audience.

Endeavour III’s most watched episode - Arcadia which featured the debut of new recruit WPC Shirley Trewlove played by Dakota Blue Richards - had a con-

solidated rating of 6.7m and a 23% share of the audience against strong competition on BBC1. In fact the episode, which aired on 10 January 2016, had the best ABC1 audience figures for any returning ITV drama series in a year behind only Downton Abbey.

Mammoth Screen will produce the new set of films, which begin filming on location in Oxford during the late Spring of 2016. The series will be executive produced

by Damien Timmer, MD of Mammoth Screen, one of the UK’s leading independent production companies and an ITV Studios owned company. Writer and creator Russell Lewis will also executive produce, alongside former Endeavour producer Tom Mullens and Rebecca Eaton for WGBH. “#TeamEndeavour looks forward to welcoming you back to Cowley Police Station early next year – when we reopen the 1960s casebook of Detective Constable Endeavour Morse and unravel a set of brand new murder mysteries” said Russell Lewis.

“It’s a privilege to revisit Oxford in 1967 to savour Russell Lewis’ impeccably crafted and multi-layered scripts and enjoy the dream team partnership of Shaun Evans and Roger Allam as

DC Morse and DI Thursday.

The series is enjoyed by fans the world over and this next chapter of the Endeavour Morse story will keep viewers everywhere on the edge of their seats!” said Damien Timmer.

Colin Dexter, whose first Morse story was published in 1975, continues his association with the drama, acting as a consultant to Endeavour producers.

Endeavour IV has been commissioned by ITV’s Director of Drama Steve November and Controller of Drama Victoria Fea. “We’re delighted with the audiences reaction to Endeavour and it was an easy decision to recommission due to the quality of the scripts from Russell Lewis and the excellent production values from Damien and his production team,” said Steve.

ITV Studios Global Entertainment will distribute Endeavour internationally.

Mammoth Screen is one of the UK's leading drama indies, and made three of the top five highest rated new UK dramas in 2015 (POLDARK and AND THEN THERE WERE NONE for BBC One and BLACK WORK for ITV). Other shows include THE CITY AND THE CITY for BBC2, VICTORIA for ITV.

and Scully, with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson picking things up as if they’d not been away for 14 years. Loads of chemistry abounded in a Monday night ratings triumph for Channel Five plus the final scene bringing the unscheduled return of Mulder and Scully’s nemesis, the “Cigarette Smoking Man”

which all added up to a very entertaining view. I’m hooked once again, but I wonder whether brand new viewers will really get what the fuss is all about?

Simon Reeve is one of those people that interesting television documentaries was made for alongside the likes of David Attenborough , Brian Cox, and Michael Palin. His programmes visiting countries don’t trundle out the familiar tourist scenes, and that’s very much the case with his latest series on Greece for BBC 2. I love the country to bits and Reeve showed tons of compassion, enthusiasm, and inquisitiveness that just drew you in instantly.

We got refugees making the dangerous journey from Turkey to the islands; a gun-toting German-hating priest on Crete; and young people in some frightening anti-government riots in Athens. This was a million miles away from a cheap travelogue in a fascinating opener hosted by a natural broadcaster.

Social Kids

Seventy-eight percent of 10 to 12 year-olds say they have social media accounts, despite recommended minimum age limits on platforms like Facebook and Snapchat, according to a new survey of over 1,000 10-18 year olds, conducted

by ComRes. BBC Newsround commissioned the report to coincide with Safer Internet Day 2016 (February 9) which shows that children are using social media - even though rules for many networks advise they should be 13.

Nearly a quarter (22 percent) of those aged between 10 and 12, with a social media account, also revealed they have been bullied or trolled online; more than a third (37 percent) admitted they had made friends online with people they have never met in person.

More than 1,000 UK 1018-year-olds were interviewed for the poll. It highlighted that nearly half (49 percent) of 10-12 say they have a Facebook account,

while around 40 per cent of 10-12 year-olds said they had an account on Instagram. Over a third were users of Whatsapp (38 percent) and more than a quarter of them say they use Snapchat (28 percent).

When it comes to bullying and trolling online, nearly half (47 percent) of all the 10-18 year-olds with a social media account who took part in the poll said that social media companies don’t take bullying seriously enough. Despite these findings most children also reported positive experiences on social media: 71 percent of 10-12 year-olds on social media said they felt ‘happy’ when they used it and 76 percent said it was important to them.

Newsround’s Deputy Editor, Georgina Bowman, says: “We commissioned the survey as we know this is an important issue which affects a lot of our audience. We also wanted to investigate how much 1012-year-olds were using social media, despite the age restrictions placed by social media companies.

The survey is part of broader coverage of Safer Internet Day on CBBC.” For more details on the CBBC programming and content around Safer Internet Day visit bbc.co.uk/cbbc

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Could This By Leo’s Year? At least he could have a breast lift!

Leonardo DiCaprio Although our focus might be on the home grown awards known as the BAFTA’s, over the water Oscar season is dominating the entertainment headlines, but not only what the stars and background workers might acheive in terms of recognition for their work, but also for the freebies they

get just for turning up!

Every year, the Oscars offer nominees a gift bag and every year the contents get increasingly weird.

This year, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cate Blanchett will have the chance to take home over $200,000 worth of gifts, including items such as a

Vampire Breast Lift, an “arouser” (for just the female contestants) and a 10-day trip to Israel worth $55,000.

Describing the gift bag, the Academy wrote how this year’s bag will “once again a blend of fabulous, fun and functional items meant to thrill and pamper those who may have everything money

BAFTA’s 2016 Stephen Fry takes centrestage at London’s Royal Opera House on Sunday, as he returns to host one of the world’s most prestigious film ceremonies, the EE British Academy Film Awards.

Leading the charge for the famous Bafta masks are Steven Spielberg’s film Bridge Of Spies and Todd Haynes’ film Carol, with a total of nine nominations each. The Revenant is nominated in ten categories. Mad Max: Fury Road has seven nominations. Brooklyn and The Martian are each nominated six times. The Big Short, The Danish Girl and Ex Machina receive five nominations. Star Wars: The

Force Awakens receives four nominations.

Idris Elba has received his first Bafta nomination as Supporting Actor for Beast Of No Nation. Brie Larson who is also nominated for the Rising Star Award has received her first nomination as Leading Actress in Room.

Dame Maggie Smith marks her 13th nomination with The Lady In The Van, being nominated for Leading Actress.

You can see the full list of nominations on the right.

Why not play along and see if you can pick the winners before the show on BBC One, you could even make a competition out of it.

can buy but still savour the simple joy of a gift.”

Also up for grabs is a year’s worth of unlimited Audi car rentals ($45,000), a 15-day walking tour of Japan ($45,000), a laser skin-tightening procedure ($5,300), a lifetime supply of skin creams from Lizora ($1,300) and a Haze Dual V3 Vaporiser ($249.99) sure to keep Leo happy.

In case you were wondering what the aforementioned Vampire Breast Lift is, it is a procedure that “uses bloodderived growth factors to revive rounder cleavage without implants”.

Apparently it is the “must have” new thing in Hollywood, so Matt Damon should be happy about that.

These gift bags only go to those in the main categories; those who worked tirelessly behind the camera won’t be getting anything quite as nice - perhaps a

long weekend to Ibiza or a day spa ticket.

Meanwhile, amidst the controversy over the lack of "minority nominees" in the Oscars, Kate Winslet has made it clear that she won't boycott the ceremony set for February 28th, and her decision to attend has less to do with her own supportingactress nomination for Steve Jobs than her everlasting devotion to her Titanic love interest Leonardo DiCaprio.

When asked about the Oscars boycott at the London premiere of her latest film, Triple 9, Winslet revealed why she will be attending the awards ceremony, “I feel very strongly that it may possibly be Leo’s year,” she said, referring to her beloved former co-star and friend, who is favoured to finally win Hollywood’s big prize for his role in The Revenant. “[H]e is my clos-

est friend in the world and I just couldn’t imagine not being there to support him.”

She does have another reason to attend, though.

“To be honest with you, it has been such an extraordinary year for women. I’d feel like I was letting my side down if I didn’t go,” Winslet told reporters, including the BBC. “I think those are reasons enough really to show my face.”

Her points are strong, especially since Winslet has been loyally campaigning for her Titanic co-star at ever turn, even waxing poetic about the actor to People magazine for no discernible reason other than, well, Leo. (“He’s a stronger actor in this moment than he’s ever been,” Winslet said. “I think he’s more handsome than he’s ever been.”)

Who knows, we might even get treated to a mini Titanic reunion on the night.

The 2016 BAFTA Nominations Best film The Big Short Bridge of Spies Carol The Revenant Spotlight Outstanding British film 45 Years Amy Brooklyn The Danish Girl Ex Machina The Lobster Outstanding debut by British writer, director or producer Alex Garland (director, Ex Machina) Debbie Tucker Green (writer/director, Second Coming) Naji Abu Nowar (writer/director, Theeb), Rupert Lloyd (producer, Theeb) Sean McAllister (director/producer, A Syrian Love Story), Elhum Shakerifar (producer, A Syrian Love Story) Stephen Fingleton (writer/director, The Survivalist) Best film not in the English language The Assassin Force Majeure Theeb Timbuktu Wild Tales Best documentary Amy Cartel Land He Named Me Malala Listen to Me Marlon Sherpa Best animated film Inside Out Minions Shaun the Sheep the Movie Best director Adam McKay, The Big Short Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies Todd Haynes, Carol Ridley Scott, The Martian Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant Best original screenplay

Bridge of Spies Ex Machina The Hateful Eight Inside Out Spotlight Best adapted screenplay The Big Short Brooklyn Carol Room Steve Jobs Best actor Bryan Cranston, Trumbo Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant Matt Damon, The Martian Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs Best actress Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl Brie Larson, Room Cate Blanchett, Carol Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn Best supporting actor Benicio del Toro, Sicario Christian Bale, The Big Short Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Best supporting actress Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight Julie Walters, Brooklyn Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs Rooney Mara, Carol Best original music Bridge of Spies The Hateful Eight The Revenant Sicario Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best cinematography Bridge of Spies Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Sicario Best editing The Big Short

Bridge of Spies Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Best production design Bridge of Spies Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best costume design Brooklyn Carol Cinderella The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road Best make-up and hair Brooklyn Carol The Danish Girl Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Best sound Bridge of Spies Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best special visual effects Ant-Man Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force Awakens Best British short animation Edmond Manoman Prologue Best British short film Elephant Mining Poems or Odes Operator Over Samuel-613 EE Rising Star (voted by the public) Bel Powley Brie Larson Dakota Johnson John Boyega Taron Egerton

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Friday 12th February 1994 Housing The 07:15 Enforcers 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Emergency Rescue 09:15 Under Down 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 16:45 The Best Dishes Ever 17:15 Nature’s Great Events 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Eggheads Great American 19:30 20:30 A Question of Sport Railroad Journeys Sue Barker hosts another edition of the lighthearted 20:00 Sea Cities Dock sports quiz, with captains workers in Hull deal with a Matt Dawson and Phil rare cruise ship in a hectic Tufnell and guests ten-hour turnaround of pas-

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Emergency Rescue Down Under 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Father Brown 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

sengers and baggage 21:00 EastEnders Denise is left facing the reality of 21:00 Mastermind Quiz her situation 21:30 What to Buy and Dickensian Why Cherry finds out if 21:30 Inspector Bucket makes a cordless vacuums are worth startling discovery which buying enables him to finally solve who killed Jacob Marley 22:00 Earth’s Greatest Svalbard Spectacles 22:00 Shetland Perez and spends many months of the his team are determined to year in complete darkness, track down the person who but when the sun finally Michael reappears, the landscape helped on magically transforms killer Thompson’s Shetland 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 23:00 News 23:35 The 00:00 00:35 Artsnight Graham Norton Show Rudolf Nureyev - Dance to 00:25 Would I Lie to You? Freedom 02:05 Film - X: Celebrity The Unknown (PG) 03:20 The 00:55 Apprentice USA 02:20 Question Time 04:20 The Weather for the Week Real Marigold Hotel 05:20 Ahead 02:25 News This is BBC Two

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 16:00 Rinder Judge Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Sam makes a discovery 20:30 Coronation Street Leanne stands by her decision 21:00 The Martin Lewis Money Show Martin Lewis and Saira Khan offer more money-saving tips including how to fight to get compensation for delayed flights 21:30 Coronation Street Izzy decides to take Erica up on her offer 22:00 Mr Selfridge Harry is left reeling in the aftermath of the assault on the store, and his mood is worsened by the amount of bad press that results.

When D’Ancona piles on more pressure, Harry is finally forced to admit the true state of his financial affairs 23:00 News 23:45 Birds of a Feather 00:15 Film - Evil Under the Sun (PG) 02:20 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Four in a Bed 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Four in a Bed 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine Champion of Champions 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Jamie and Jimmy return to their pop-up cafe on Southend Pier, where Jamie cooks up indulgent recipes with the help of his celebrity friends, and Jimmy goes off creating a whole range of foods with his DIY builds 22:00 First Dates With the season of love arriving, Fred and the team welcome a batch of hopeful singletons all looking for ‘the one’ in a very special episode for Valentine’s Day 23:00 The Last Leg 00:05 Virtually Famous 00:55 Rude Tube 01:50 Film Boomerang (15) 03:50 Undercover Boss USA 04:40 Beat My Build 05:35 Deal or No Deal

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Benefits: Can’t Work, Won’t Work 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Justice for Natalee Holloway (12) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Fail Army Clip show 20:30 That’s So 1989 Entertainment series that looks back on different years from the 1980s and 90s via the news, pop and TV archive from each year 21:30 Bankrupt and Broke: When Celebs Go Bust From celebrity fame to bankruptcy shame, this special countdown show explores how the lifestyles of the rich and famous can often lead to skint row.

From addiction and overspending to bad investments and mammoth tax bills, what was it that made the stars go bust?

23:00 Lip Sync Battle UK 23:30 The Best of Bad TV: The 90s 01:00 Super 04:10 Police Casino Interceptors 05:45 House Doctor

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

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 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed and Famous 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - The Bourne Identity (12)

07:00 Man About the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Sherlock Holmes 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:10 Man About the House 17:40 In Loving Memory 18:15 On the Buses 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Sherlock Holmes 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 Lewis

07:00 Motorway Patrol 07:25 The Sweeney 08:20 Shed and Buried 09:20 Minder 10:20 Magnum, PI 11:20 The Sweeney 12:25 Pawn Stars 13:20 Shed and Buried 14:20 The Professionals 15:20 Magnum, PI 16:20 Minder 17:25 The Sweeney 18:25 The Professionals 19:30 Snooker Shoot Out 00:15 Film - Escape From New York (15) 02:15 Ax Men 03:10 Motorway Patrol 03:35 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping

SPECTACLES

SOAPS

while, but is clearly struggling as she almost has a drink from Sandy's flask.

es across. Leanne can barely watch, hating herself for reporting her own son. Breaking down, she admits to Zeedan how she reported Simon to the police, not just for injuring Kyle but also for the abuse he's subjected her to.

caused by hair dye and is nothing to do with the bistro food. She turns on Kylie but they’re stopped in their tracks when the Environmental Health Officer arrives.

In Emmerdale Gabby is irked when Bernice refuses to do her eyebrows.

She tells Lachlan about her plan to draw on a "Scouse brow" with marker pen, and he tries to keep a straight face as she starts. Bernice is furious as she sees Gabby's eyebrows and tells her that she's not going on the ski trip. Laurel agrees to have Gabby stay with them for a

In Coronation Street, Simon is delighted, unaware of her turmoil.

Having chosen a DVD, Simon snuggles up to Leanne on the sofa - but they're interrupted by the police knocking at the door. Simon cries out as the police take him away for questioning. Hearing the commotion, Ken dash-

BBC2 22.00 Svalbard in the Arctic spends many months of the year in complete darkness, an unrelenting frozen winter with temperatures down to minus 40C. However, as this documentary reveals when the sun finally reappears, the landscape magically transforms from an ice world into a rich tundra, full of exotic plants,

Beth shows David her awful rash and tells him Nick can expect a visit from the Environmental Health.

Izzy confides In Erica that since dislocating her hip, she’s been in terrible pain and her painkillers aren’t working. Erica offers to get her some cannabis but Izzy’s not keen.

David’s horrified, realising he’s responsible for her rash. When he admits the truth to Audrey, she insists he goes to the bistro and confesses to Nick. Beth’s furious when David reveals that her rash was

In the second episode, under Simon remains adamant that the incident involving Kyle was a genuine accident but when it’s obvious neither the police nor Ken believe him, he loses his temper and

Art thieves snatch Scream Thieves have stolen one of the world's best-known paintings from a gallery in the Norwegian capital, Oslo.

Two men took just 50 seconds to climb a ladder, smash through a window of the National Art Museum in Oslo and cut The Scream, by Edvard Munch, from the wall with wire cutters.

The cutters were left behind along with a short ladder as the men fled with the painting. The entire incident was filmed by security cameras.

The director of the museum, Knut Berg, said, "It is impossible to estimate the value of the painting.

"But it is Norway's most valuable, Munch's most renowned, and it would be impossible to sell."

The museum's alarm went off at 0630 local time (0530 GMT) and a security guard immediately alerted police, who arrived within minutes.

Police officers are searching for a Mercedes car thought to have been used as a getaway vehicle.

The painting was in the gallery as the highlight of a Norwegian Culture Festival staged in connection with the Winter Olympics which start today in Lillehammer.

birds, arctic foxes, polar bears, walrus and reindeer. This transformation is only possible thanks to some bizarre micro-organisms that feed on ice and the stunning abilities of migrating birds. Narrated

by Domhnall Gleeson.

There is widespread speculation that the theft may have some connection with the Games, possibly as a publicity stunt by campaigners. Art experts believe the painting is so well-known that it is unsaleable.

thumps the desk. Having been released pending an investigation, Simon refuses to speak to Leanne and asks Ken if he can stay with him. Leanne feels terrible. As Leanne, Eva and Zeedan discuss the Simon situation, Tom calls round and explaining that one of the parents recorded the match, shows them the footage of Simon’s tackle.

Will the evidence condemn Simon?.

Later, Ben prepares dinner for Abi as he gets ready to break things off between them, but his plans are scuppered when Abi finds a present that Ben has hidden and assumes it's for her. She opens it and receives a shock when she sees what it is, realising it must be for Paul. A devastated Abi rushes to The Vic and confides in Babe. Later on, Abi has a shock for Ben...

In Eastenders, Jordan runs into his old friends Abi and Ben in the café and is surprised to find out they are in a relationship.

Things quickly get awkward as a result.

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Saturday 13th February

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 Six Nations: France v Ireland 17:30 Six Nations: Wales v Scotland 19:55 News

07:20 Film - Battle Cry (PG) The Film 09:45 Desperados (15) 11:10 Homes Under the Hammer 12:10 Natural World 13:00 Home Martin: James Rick 13:45 Comforts Stein’s India 14:45 The Best Dishes Ever 15:15 Holiday of My Lifetime with 16:00 Goodman Len Escape to the Country 16:45 Flog It 17:30 Final Earth’s 18:30 Score Greatest Spectacles 19:30 Back in Time for the Weekend

20:15 The Voice UK Superstar coaches will.i.am, Boy George, Paloma Faith and Ricky Wilson return for the sixth blind auditions as they 20:30 Henry VII: Winter search for this year’s potenKing Thomas Penn takes tial winner an extraordinary journey into the dark world of the 21:30 The National first Tudor, Henry VII Lottery Shane Richie hosts the game show that sees 21:30 Dad’s Army Godfrey couples playing to win the and Walker are trapped prizes of their dreams inside the pumping station 22:20 Casualty Valentines Day and everyone’s feeling the but guess who gets romantic ending?

It’s not love their

23:10 News 23:30 Match of the Day 00:55 Film - Meet the Parents (12) 02:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:45 News

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:25 Dino Dan 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 Columbo 12:15 Jeremy Kyle 13:20 News 13:25 Jeremy Kyle 14:30 Judge Rinder 15:30 Tipping Point 16:30 Doc Martin 17:30 The Martin Lewis Money Show 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed

07:15 King of Queens 07:35 Frostgun Invitational 08:30 Tenerife Blue Trail 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 Frasier 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 13:30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD 14:30 Racing: Newbury and Warwick 17:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 News 20:00 Great Canal Journeys Timothy West and Prunella Scales begin their journey in the romantic city of Oxford

20:00 Ninja Warrior UK The final, as 15 competitors from all over the UK take on TV’s toughest obstacle course

21:00 Penelope Keith’s Hidden Villages Penelope Keith takes to the road once again for a second series, exploring the world 21:00 Take Me Out of the nation’s smallest Paddy’s 30 single ladies communities are all hoping to bag themselves a date on the Isle of 22:00 Film - Escape Plan (15) When a structuralFernandos security authority finds him22:00 The Real Marigold 22:20 The Jonathan Ross self set up and incarcerated Hotel The group take part Show Jonathan welcomes in the world’s most secret in laughing yoga and go in Sacha Baron Cohen, and secure prison, he has search of a cultural fix Stephen Fry, Amy Poehler to use his skills to escape and singer Shawn Mendes with help from the inside 23:00 Live at the Apollo 23:45 Insert Name Here 23:20 News 23:35 Film - 00:20 Film - Predator (18) 00:15 Film - There Will be Twins (PG) 01:30 02:20 Hollyoaks Omnibus Blood (15) 02:45 Film - Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, 04:35 Phil Spencer: Secret Primeval (15) 04:10 This is She Wrote 04:50 ITV Agent 05:30 Deal or No Nightscreen Deal BBC Two

07:00 Milkshake 09:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30 The Saturday Show 12:30 Fail Army 13:00 Police Interceptors 14:00 Now That’s Funny 15:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 19:55 News 20:00 World War II in Colour A look at how Nazi U-boats’ efforts to sever transatlantic supply lines and the Allied firebombing of German cities affected the course of the conflict 21:00 Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail Examining the story of the Nazis’ quest to rediscover the lost Aryan race and retrieve their forgotten secrets - including the Holy Grail 22:00 The Championship Matches include QPR and Fulham and Reading v Burnley 23:00 Goal Rush 23:30 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 01:15 Super Casino 04:10 The Great British Benefits Handout 05:00 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 05:50 Divine Designs

13:00 Scorpion 14:05 You’ve Been Framed 15:35 Film - Beethoven (U) 17:25 Catchphrase 18:10 Film Despicable Me (U) 20:05 Film - The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (12) 22:20 Take Me Out: The Gossip 23:20 Secret Dates 00:20 Ibiza Weekender ITV3 12:40 A Touch of Frost 14:50 Sherlock Holmes 17:00 Columbo 19:05 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Lewis 01:00 Blue Murder ITV4 13:00 Pawn Stars 13:30 Snooker: Shoot Out 18:20 Storage Wars 19:15 Football’s Greatest 19:30 Snooker: Shoot Out 00:20 Film - The Long Kiss Goodnight (18) 01:20 FYI Daily 02:45 River Monsters

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Neil Couzins, 15:00 Keith Nicol

Sunday 14th February 07:00 A to Z of TV Gardening 08:30 Monty Don’s Secret History of the 09:30 Garden British Countryfile 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00 Home Martin: James Comforts 12:45 The Best Dishes Ever 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Coast 14:30 Film - 84 Charing Cross Road (15) 16:00 Film - The Being of Importance Earnest (U) 17:30 Cats v 20:00 Countryfile Matt Dogs: Which is Best? 18:30 Baker and Ellie Harrison Flog It 19:15 Ski Sunday explore the Norfolk Broads, meeting student game- 20:00 Nations Six keepers, learning how to Highlights Highlights from prepare venison, and discovering how a naturalist week two has helped cranes to return to the area after 400 years 21:00 Greece with Simon Reeve Simon travels from 21:00 Call the Midwife the Peloponnese peninsula New mother Roseanne’s to the north of the country past continues to haunt her, wreaking havoc on her fam- 22:00 Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration ily life on Earth Exploring new 22:00 The British year celebrations in China, Academy Film - Awards through the personal stoStephen Fry hosts the most ries of people involved in prestigious and star-stud- traditional celebrations, ded event in the British Film - calendar 23:00 Match of the Day 2 00:10 Film - Tron Legacy 00:00 News 00:30 Film - (PG) 02:05 Film - Steal (15) While You Were Sleeping 03:25 Countryfile 04:20 (PG) 02:05 Weather 02:10 Holby City 05:20 This is News BBC Two 07:00 Breakfast 08:35 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 The Truth About Fat 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 Pointless 18:35 Nature’s Miracle Orphans 19:35 News

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 Columbo 12:15 Jeremy Kyle 13:20 News 13:30 Off Their Rockers 14:00 Six Nations:Italy v England 17:30 Big Box Little Box 18:00 Ninja Warrior UK 19:00 News 19:35 Planet’s Got Talent

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 14:30 Location, Location, Location 15:35 Film - The Harry Hill Movie (PG) 17:20 The Simpsons 18:20 News 18:40 Film - Mr Popper’s Penguins (PG)

20:30 The Jump The remaining ten celebrities race hell-for-leather as they compete live in the fast and 20:05 Beowulf: Return to furious Speed Ski the Shieldlands A fearsome clan known as the 22:00 Deutschland 83 Wulfing raiders launches an Preparations for Nato’s milattack on Herot, and with itary exercises are well the element of surprise on under way and Moritz their side, all seems lost grows increasingly concerned that his East 21:00 Vera DCI Stanhope German bosses are taking and her team, including the practice war games so new recruit DC Hicham seriously. Meanwhile, Alex Cherradi, travel to a remote country house when the confronts his own demons woman looking after it is 23:45 Film - Predator 2 killed (18) 01:45 Embarrassing 23:00 News 23:15 Rookies Bodies 02:40 Come Dine 00:15 Rugby Highlights with Me 05:05 Undercover 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Boss USA 05:55 Kirstie’s ITV Nightscreen Handmade Treasures

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja The 11:30 Turtles Championship 12:20 Goal Police 12:45 Rush Interceptors 13:45 Film Mr Holland’s Opus (PG) 16:20 Film - Housesitter (PG) 18:30 Film - What a Girl Wants (PG) 20:25 News 20:30 Film - Jumper (12) A teenager makes the shocking discovery that he has a genetic anomaly that allows him to teleport himself to anywhere in the world. Initially using his ability to embark on a crime spree, he soon attracts the attention of a sinister organisation

12:55 Take Me Out 15:10 Film - The Perfect Man (PG) 17:15 Film - Legally Blonde (12) 19:10 Catchphrase 20:15 Film Along Came Polly (12) 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Love Fix ITV3 13:25 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 14:35 Sherlock Holmes 16:55 Lewis 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

12:05 Storage Wars Texas 12:30 Pawn Stars 14:30 Snooker: Shoot Out 17:15 22:00 Homefront (15) A Storage Wars Texas 18:10 former DEA agent moves The Classic Car Show to a small town with his 19:15 Goals of the 90s daughter to start a new 19:30 Snooker: Shoot Out life, but he does not know 22:20 Film - Sudden Impact (18) 23:20 FYI that a drug lord rules the Daily 00:45 Film - Mercury town Rising (15)

00:05 Film - Revolver (15) 02:15 Super Casino 04:10 05:00 Brides Prison Wildlife SOS 05:50 The Great Artists

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Tony De Love, 15:00 Keith Nicol

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8 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Father Brown 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 Ben is faced with a tough decision 21:30 Panorama A report from the weekly current affairs programme 22:00 The Not So Secret Life of the Manic Depressive: 10 Years on In 2006, in an award-winning series, Stephen Fry first spoke about living with manic depression and began a national conversation about mental health. A decade later, we returns to the subject to understand where he and thousands of others diagnosed with bipolar (as it is now called) are now 23:00 News 23:45 Tracey Ullman’s Show 00:15 Have I Got News for You 00:45 The Graham Norton Show 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News

Monday 15th February 1971 07:15 The Housing Enforcers 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:15 Close Calls: On Camera 09:45 Now You See It 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Coast 12:05 Film - The Taming of the Shrew (U) 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:45 The Best Dishes Ever 17:15 Frozen Planet 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great American Railroad Journeys 20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge Four more amateur designers take up the challenge 21:00 Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth Hairy Bikers Dave Myers and Si King take us to New Year’s Eve in Beijing

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 Judge Rinder 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Ashley is concerned by a discovery 20:30 Coronation Street Tracy has suspicions about Robert’s surprise 21:00 Griff’s Great Britain Griff visits the breathtaking vistas and butterscotch-coloured villages of the Cotswolds 21:30 Coronation Street Carla is terrified as Tracy vows vengeance

22:00 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story Epic drama revealing new insights into the controversial murder investigation and trial that became a media sensation

22:00 Benidorm Benidorm stages a fancy dress bonanza and the whole town is out to impress, including Rob, Joey and Tiger who are all dressed as nuns. Les is down in the dumps as he is missing his son Liam more than ever, so Amber and the staff hatch a plan to cheer him up

23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Greece with Simon Reeve 01:15 Phone Shop Idol 01:45 The Celebrity Apprentice USA 03:15 This is BBC Two

23:00 News 23:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:50 Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera 01:40 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 News 13:05 The Supervet 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine Champion of Champions 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Dispatches: 999: Where’s My Ambulance?

Morland Sanders investigates why demand is rising for ambulances and what can be done to tackle the problem 21:30 Supershoppers Andi Osho and Anna Richardson take garments from shirtmaker Thomas Pink to a lab to assess their quality, and delve into the brand’s heritage 22:00 Royal Navy School When juvenile pranks get out of hand, the rookies face disciplinary procedures and must fight to save their careers 23:00 Crashing 23:35 Tattoo Fixers 00:35 Bodyshockers 01:35 Keeping Up with the Khans 02:30 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 03:25 Grand Designs 04:25 Beat My Build 05:15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - The Preacher’s Mistress 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 FIA World Rally C h a m p i o n s h i p Highlights Highlights of the second stage of this year’s World Rally Championship from Sweden 21:00 Ice Road Truckers (PG) The drivers are faced with a long and difficult journey back through merciless winter terrain 22:00 The X Files During an investigation into the strange suicide of a scientist specialising in biochemical engineering. FBI special agents Mulder and Scully contend with memories of their missing son William 23:00 Gotham 00:00 Film Trespass (15) 01:45 Tattoo Disasters 02:05 Super Casino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:00 Wildlife SOS

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:05 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 10:35 Catchphrase 11:20 Dinner Date 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 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 Supremacy (12) 00:10 Plebs 01:15 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Man About the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Sherlock Holmes 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:15 Man About 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 Lewis

07:00 Minder 07:50 The Professionals 08:50 Shed and Buried 09:50 Magnum, PI 10:50 The Sweeney 11:50 The Chase 12:55 Storage Wars 13:50 The Professionals 14:55 Magnum, PI 15:55 Minder 16:55 The Sweeney 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Rugby Highlights 21:00 Storage Wars 22:00 The Chase: Celebrity Special 23:00 Ax Men 00:00 Bundesliga

SOAPS

of the loop over what’s been going on with his family when he returns from his trip with Joanie.

Kerry updates him on what she knows about Aaron, so he heads off determined to find the truth and confronts Belle and Sam in the shop. He’s devastated when Belle tells him that Aaron was abused, accusing him of not looking after him.

Robert secretly phones the hotel where the wedding fayre is taking place to book a surprise room for himself and Tracy.

Getting suspicious, Tracy wonders who he’s talking to.

In Emmerdale, Ashley’s heart sinks as he discovers a plastic bottle under the sofa, which is half full of alcohol.

Ashley looks for more hidden booze as he confides in Sandy that he’s worried Laurel has started drinking again.

Meanwhile, Zak feels out

In

Coronation

Street,

Later, as Michelle and Carla arrive for the wedding fayre, they’re annoyed to see Tracy and Robert there with a stand for the florists. Robert is equally surprised to see Carla, but Tracy is now convinced they’ve organised a secret tryst.

While Tracy deals with a prospective customer, Robert slips away to put the final touches to their surprise romantic night.

Telling Michelle she needs

THE NOT SO SECRET LIFE OF THE MANIC DEPRESSIVE: 10 YEARS ON BBC1 22.00 A follow-up to Stephen Fry’s 2006 documentary about living with mental health problems, looking at his experiences and those others who have bipolar disorder and examining if the public’s attitude to these conditions has changed. The her painkillers, Carla also slips away.

With her suspicions heightened, Tracy follows Carla. Barging into Carla’s room and snatching her painkillers from her, Tracy demands to know where Robert is. Carla assures her she has no idea, but Tracy rounds on Carla and reveals that she knows all about their night of passion.

In the second episode, In agony, Carla begs Tracy for her painkillers.

Enjoying the power, Tracy holds them out of reach, telling her that she deserves to suffer. Carla finally admits that she had a one-night stand with Robert.

programme meets Alika, whose manic episode on the London Underground went viral on the internet, and Scott, who is battling to hold down his job as a chef as well as coping with his role as a husband When Robert calls from reception and explains how he has booked the honeymoon suite and dinner as a surprise for her, Tracy is wrong-footed.

Pointing out that Nick will be devastated when he finds out about her sordid tryst, Tracy leaves In Eastenders, Ben wonders what to do following Abi’s bombshell that she is pregnant. He tries turning to Paul for support, but they’re interrupted by Whitney who makes Ben doubt whether Abi is really telling the truth about the baby. When Ben confronts

D-Day delivers new UK currency The British Government has launched a new decimal currency across the country.

The familiar pound (£), shilling (s) and pence (d) coins are to be phased out over the next 18 months in favour of a system dividing the pound into units of ten, including half, one, two, five, ten and 50 pence denominations.

Chairman of the Decimal Currency Board (DCB) Lord Fiske told reporters: "The general picture is quite clear and the smooth and efficient changeover so many people have worked for is now in fact being achieved."

But he expected it would take several months to adapt the five million machines affected by the new coinage.

According to Chairman of the Joint Trade Committee of the London Cab Trade, John Welland, it will take 15 months to convert all the fare meters for London's 9,000 taxis.

Banks have been closed for the past two working days to prepare for the implementation of the new currency on what has become known as D Day. Some traders - such as luxury London department store Fortnum and Mason have been well-prepared for the switch, with dual pricing on many items.

But reporters noted some men have continued to spend their old pennies in the public lavatories in Piccadilly.

Abi with his suspicious, she’s furious and later shows him the positive pregnancy test to prove her story. When Ben’s family start to get involved and Phil doesn’t show much support, Ben decides that he’s going to be a better dad than Phil is. He tells Abi that his main focus will be her and the baby from now on, but Paul is gutted when he realises that Ben has rejected him again.

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Tuesday 16th February

1965 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Father Brown 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 Kathy is confronted by an unexpected face 21:00 Holby City It’s Dom’s first day back at work after Lee’s attack 22:00 Happy Valley Drama series about a Yorkshire police sergeant.

Catherine arrives home with Ilinka, an emaciated Croatian woman who has been rescued after being trafficked and enslaved for the past four years.

Meanwhile, John’s panic over Vicky’s threat spills out into his home life. With Sarah Lancashire, Ivana Basic, Siobhan Finneran, Karl Davies, and Angela Pleasence 23:00 News 23:45 My Baby, Psychosis and Me 00:45 Animals Unexpected 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News

07:15 The Housing Enforcers 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 Emergency Rescue Down Under 09:45 Great British Railway Journeys 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Film The Restless Breed (PG) 13:20 The Super League Show 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:45 The Best Dishes Ever 17:15 Frozen Planet 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great American Railroad Journeys 20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge The most demanding rooms to redesign on a tight budget the kitchen 21:00 Back in Time for the Weekend The Ashby Hawkins travel back in time to discover the radical transformation of our leisure time since 1950 22:00 Chinese New Year The final programme looking at what happens right after New Year 23:00 Phone Shop Idol 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Story of China 01:15 Back in Time for the Weekend 02:15 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor 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 Judge Rinder 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Laurel has news for Ashley 20:30 The Kyle Files Jeremy investigates the realities of living on benefits in Britain today 21:00 It’s Not Rocket Science Man is pitted against machine as Olympic hopeful Adam Gemili tries to outrun an iconic Red Arrow and Rachel Riley risks her life as she passes through a wall of fire at 450 degrees centigrade 22:00 Heroes and Villains: Caught on Camera A great-grandfather fighting off armed intruders at his home, carers caught stealing from their vulnerable patients and a supermarket creep snapping dodgy photos.

Plus the burglar that hid in a wardrobe for thirteen hours 23:00 News 23:40 School Swap: The Class Divide 00:45 Double Decker Driving School 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 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 The Supervet 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine Champion of Champions 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo Rothschild giraffe Orla has got the keepers guessing, she’s about to give birth to her second calf but is three weeks overdue 22:00 The Supervet A Newfoundland called Billy clocks up thousands of miles travelling back and forth from his home in Aberdeen for treatment on his legs whilst a tiny Yorkshire terrier Barney has a deformity in his neck which is compressing his spinal cord 23:00 First Dates 00:00 Britain’s Weirdest Council Houses 01:05 16 Kids and Counting 02:00 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:30 Gillette World Sport 02:55 Frostgun Invitational 03:50 Tenerife Blue Trail 04:20 Embarrassing Fat Bodies 05:15 Undercover Boss Canada

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Lost Letter Mysteries (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies Anthony rescues a submissive springer spaniel and Herchy finds the owners of a house full of huskies struggling to cope with 18 puppies 21:00 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun Drag artist Dusty Crack has seen her earnings go down from 100 euros per gig to 30. Paul and Jacqui run Foley’s bar, which charges significantly more than others 22:00 The Great British Benefits Handout Documentary series following three unemployed families given a cash lump sum of £26,000 23:00 Milly’s Killer: How Many More? 00:00 The X Files 01:00 Secret History

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:05 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 10:35 Catchphrase 11:20 Dinner Date 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Sex and the City 2 (15)

07:00 Man About the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Sherlock Holmes 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:15 Man About the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Lewis

07:00 Minder 07:55 The Chase 08:45 Magnum, PI 09:50 The Sweeney 10:50 The Professionals 11:55 The Chase 12:55 Storage Wars 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:50 Magnum, PI 15:50 Minder 16:55 The Sweeney 17:55 The Professionals 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:55 The Chase: Celebrity Special 22:00 River Monsters 23:00 Film - Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (18) 00:00 FYI Daily

GREAT AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNEYS

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was actually Gabby’s booze he found, not Laurel’s. He’s devastated to have thought the worst of Laurel.

terrified over Gavin’s reappearance and threatens to call the police if he doesn’t leave. Gavin surprises her by revealing that he went on holiday with Sharon, but now needs Kathy to pass on a message to her as it ended badly.

cry. Dot can see that it’s all a clever act and leaves, but Gavin manages to win Kathy round by convincing her to talk to Sharon on his behalf.

In Emmerdale, Laurel goes to the shop for headache tablets, leaving Ashley more suspicious.

He decides to confront her, but she’s angry and denies returning to her old ways.

She’s also adamant that she’s now going to the baby scan on her own.

Later, Ashley is furious when he discovers that it

Meanwhile, Zak tells Lisa that he wants to be there for his family and is hopeful when she promises to think about it. Zak is aware something is going on when Belle and Sam make plans to have a meeting.

He decides to confront Lisa about the secret meeting, so heads over to Wishing Well. But will Zak end up rubbing salt into Lisa’s wounds?

In Eastenders, Kathy is

As Kathy continues to stand up to him, Gavin breaks down and starts to

BBC2 20.30 Michael Portillo rides the railroads of America, armed with Appleton’s General Guide to the United States, published in 1879. Michael arrives in the nation’s capital, Washington DC. He admires its fine public buildings, including the largest library in the world, and discovers how the capital was built from

Meanwhile, Pam and Les are on a date but the atmosphere is tense as Pam resists Les’s efforts to win her back. Pam ultimately tells Les that she can’t get the image of Christine out of her head, before storming out and telling him that it’s definitely over between them.

Babe witnesses the row and tries to comfort Les, but she realises that she is making a move on him and

scratch after a political compromise between north and south. At the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Michael meets the man responsible for engraving the portrait of President Abraham Lincoln on the current fivedollar bill. tells her to back off. Later, Les takes drastic action to get Pam back, but will his latest plan work?

In Holby City, It’s Dom’s first day back at work after Lee’s attack. He’s been cleared of any wrongdoing by the police but is stunned that he’s now the focus of an internal investigation based on a complaint made by Lee. He’s emerged unscathed from the assault but does Lee still have the power to hurt him professionally?

When tests reveal that Austin’s liver disease has progressed, Morven takes

Beeching plans 'bloated' railways

for

A second report from the British Railways Board chairman, Dr Richard Beeching, has outlined transport needs for the next quarter of a century.

The report follows his first controversial review of the state of Britain's railways, published two years ago.

In that report, he said the railway system was uneconomic and under-used, and recommended that a quarter of the railway system should be shut down.

Today's report, called "Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes", elaborates on those conclusions.

Dr Beeching's rail modernisation scheme is to cater for a growing population and freight movements, increasingly served by alternative means of transport such as cars and aeroplanes.

Speaking at a press conference to unveil his proposals he said it was "necessary to establish how the through-route system can best be developed to match the future pattern of rail traffic demand."

The 100-page report explained the "bloated" network is a legacy from the private foundations of the railways but is no longer cost-effective.

It estimates savings of £50£100m by closing down selected, superfluous lines.

There are currently five routes over the Central Pennines, three routes between London and Glasgow, and two between London and Birmingham. decisive action to help her father. Arthur, however, is alarmed. Is Morven is taking unnecessary risks with her own health? Mo needs to take her plans for solo parenthood to the next stage and find a suitable baby father. However, she distracts herself helping a patient. Just how committed is she to having a baby, now Mr T is out of the picture?

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CODE CRACKER

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD

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, 10 represents R and 14 represents P, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

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

QUICKIE

Across 1 Respectable (6) 4 Racket game (6) 9 Height (7) 10 Private instructor (5) 11 Later on (5) 12 Understand (7) 13 Beer (3) 14 Revolutionary (5) 16 Keen (5) 18 Male child (3) 19 Italian dumpling (7) 21 Concentration (5) 23 Force out (5) 24 Recount (7) 25 Be in a rage (6)

26 Overcome (6) Down 1 Lose hope (7) 2 Gregorian intonation (5) 3 Impartial (7) 5 Surplus (5) 6 Nought (7) 7 Wait on (5) 8 Indentations (11) 15 Chemical element (7) 16 Impose (7) 17 Admire (7) 19 Estimate (5) 20 Capture (5) 22 Pursue (5)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Satsuma, 4 Shift, 7 Scalp, 9 Soldier, 10 Express, 11 Seize, 12 Detest, 14 Gallop, 18 First, 20 Inflate, 22 Croatia, 23 Leave, 24 Solve, 25 Devoted.

Down: 1 Suspend, 2 Tramp, 3 Assist, 4 Sulks, 5 Initial, 6 Terse, 8 Press, 13 Turmoil, 15 Awful, 16 Pretend, 17 Lizard, 18 Focus, 19 Title, 21 Apart.

Scribble Pad

CRYTPIC CLUES Across 1 Wallops feet covering (5) 4 Hit and miss or damn silly (6) 9 Prepared for different trade-in (7) 10 Hand-cuffs (5) 11 Taking off from British Isles' Stanstead Airport (4) 12 The object is to add nothing to a cooked supper (7) 13 Abstract art shop (3) 14 The charge is all right (4) 16 Simple pastime as youngster? Not altogether (4) 18 Fill out a notebook (3) 20 Exeter motorway crash is far away (7) 21 Temptation found in Cuba, Italy and France (4) 24 Ran Kansas classes (5) 25 Church in China developing the bends (7) 26 Second part finishes, but still hands over the money (6)

27 Warbles in The Rising Sun (5) Down 1 Put down roots in North Yorkshire (6) 2 Young men's leggings (5) 3 Poison gases produce air (4) 5 Gripped exotic-bred boas (8) 6 Monsters created from dead organs (7) 7 Get the hang of being a teacher (6) 8 Translate taped expert (5) 13 Are Leeds constituents allowed to go free (8) 15 Very serious in grammatical form (7) 17 Should end in bear's whiskers (6) 18 Juicy fruit, penny apiece (5) 19 The rest from the Isley Brothers (6) 22 Once more a drink has the answer (5) 23 Appreciates lodgings (4)

STANDARD CLUES 27 Produces tones with the Across voice (5) 1 Foot coverings (5) Down 4 Haphazard (6) 1 Agree on (6) 9 Coached (7) 2 Cowboy leggings (5) 10 Cuffs (5) 3 Melody (4) 11 Fewer (4) 5 Engrossed (8) 12 Intention (7) 6 Fire-breathing beasts (7) 13 Long-tailed rodent (3) 7 Expert (6) 14 Not coarse or heavy (4) 8 Skilled (5) 16 Not difficult (4) 13 Set free (8) 18 Cushion (3) 15 Extreme (7) 20 Outermost (7) 17 Facial growths (6) 21 Angler's lure (4) 18 Juicy fruit (5) 24 Grades (5) 19 Alternatives (6) 25 Movable barrier used in 22 Once more (5) motor racing (7) 23 Temporary living quar26 Pays out (6) ters (4) Last weeks Solution Across:7 Facade, 8 Turkey, 9 Maze, 10 Torments, 11 Fencing, 13 Borer, 15 Watch, 17 Gazebos, 20 Vicarage, 21 Spit, 22 Annexe, 23 Ironed.

Down:1 Damage, 2 Gate, 3 Neptune, 4 Stork, 5 Gruesome, 6 Beetle, 12 Cyclamen, 14 Javelin, 16 Aliens, 18 Oliver, 19 Caged, 21 Sloe.

Wordsearch

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

Ballet

Flamenco

Mambo

Stomp

Ballroom

Foxtrot

Mazurka

Swing

Bolero

Gavote

Minuet

Tango

Bossa nova Hoedown

Paso doble

Tarantella

Can-can

Jitterbug

Polka

Twist

Cha-cha

Jive

Quickstep

Waltz

Conga

Lambada

Rumba

Watusi

Disco

Macarena

Salsa

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 1 Toads (5) 3 Swedish (f) (5) 7 Sacerdotes (7) 9 Near (in place) (5) 10 De mĂĄs (5) 11 Emanar (7) 12 Transcurrir (tiempo) (6) 14 Geese (domestic) (6) 18 Always (7) 20 Madurar (fruta) (5) 22 Flecha (5) 23 Waterfall (7) 24 Fox (5) 25 Equipos (deporte) (5)

Down 1 Blowtorch (7) 2 Pintura (5) 3 Hermana (6) 4 Gum (anatomical) (5) 5 Atrasos (7) 6 Valiente (5) 8 Asientos (muebles) (5) 13 Chess 15 Behind (at the back) (5) 16 Sandalias (7) 17 Third (fraction) (6) 18 Bufanda (5) 19 Fuerza (electricidad) (5) 21 Beach (5)

11 Across 1 Part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the slit-like opening between them (7) 5 Fries food lightly and then stews it slowly in a closed container (7) 9 Race between teams in which each member runs or swims part of the distance (5) 10 Edible soft fruit related to the blackberry, consisting of a cluster of reddish-pink drupelets (9) 11 British children’s programme, produced by BBC television, first transmitted in 1952, featuring the characters Bill and Ben: The ----- --- Men (6,3) 12 Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law (5) 13 Christian hermit or recluse (7) 15 Person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it

against enemies or detractors (7) 17 Preposition meaning ‘in relation to’ or ‘with regard to’ derived from the French for ‘face to face’ (3-1-3) 19 Siberian breed of white or cream-coloured dog of the spitz family (7) 21 Large barrel-like containers used for storing liquids, typically alcoholic drinks (5) 23 US name for an open car with a rumble seat or large boot instead of a rear seat and a single seat for two or three in front (9) 25 From a ship into the water (9) 26 Given name shared by Swiss tennis player, Federer, first man to run the four minute mile, Bannister and lead singer of the Who, Daltrey (5) 27 Marque registered by John Marston Co Ltd of Wolverhampton in 1888 that first made bicycles, then motorcycles and cars

SUDOKU (Easy)

Quiz Word

from the late 19th century until about 1936 (7) 28 London-born boxing manager and trainer who

worked with Frank Bruno, Charlie Magri, Maurice Hope, John H Stracey and Jim Watt: Terry ------- (7)

Down 1 Large African mammal with a very long neck and forelegs, having a coat patterned with brown patches separated by lighter lines (7) 2 Non-participating observers (9) 3 Third studio album by Simon and Garfunkel: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and ----- (5) 4 Unit of weight equal to 20 grains, used by apothecaries (7) 5 UK 1966 Top 5 hit for the Hollies written by Graham Gouldman (3,4) 6 Botanical garden devoted to trees (9) 7 Woody plant that is smaller than a tree and has several main stems arising at or near the ground (5) 8 Someone who cuts or beautifies hair (7) 14 Science fiction novella

by H G Wells published in 1897: The --------- Man (9) 16 Vocal trio formed in

August 1964 by session singers John Carter, Ken Lewis and Perry Ford. Their UK hit singles include: Funny How Love Can Be and Tossing and Turning (3,6) 17 Stage surname of punk musician, born John Simon Ritchie in May 1957: Sid ------- (7) 18 Use of irony to mock or convey contempt (7) 19 1989 British film that was a fictionalised account of the ‘Profumo Affair’, based on Anthony Summers’ 1987 book Honeytrap (7) 20 Waterless, desolate areas of land with little or no vegetation, typically ones covered with sand (7) 22 Flock of wild geese or swans in flight, typically in a V-shaped formation (5) 24 Small mouse-like insectivorous mammal with a long pointed snout and tiny eyes (5)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH LOS NIÑOS - CHILDREN

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

(Answers below)

colorear

jugar

correr

la niñera

dibujar

las fiestas

divertirse

la tarta

el chocolate

los caramelos

el colegio

los columpios

el juego

los juguetes

el parque

pintar

sports QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. Italian Club Torino 2. 99 3. Malaysia 4. Alan Shearer 5. Tim Henman 6. Australian Rules Football 7. Tennis / Queens 8.

Sir Stanley Matthews 9. Goldie 10. Seven 11. Munich

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution ACROSS: 1 Goth, 3 Cappuccino, 10 Shot put, 11 Respect, 12 Rissole, 13 Stamen, 15 Neeps, 16 Hindsight, 18 Mayflower, 21 Basra, 23 Gnomon, 25 Ikebana, 27 Ezekiel, 28 Spectre, 29 Misogynist, 30 Fens. DOWN: 1 Gastronomy, 2 Tootsie, 4 Artie Shaw, 5 Paris, 6 Casuals, 7 Iceberg, 8 Oath, 9 Spooks, 14 Stratagems, 17 Narcissus, 19 Yankees, 20 Lemming, 21 Brevet, 22 Seattle, 24 Nylon, 26 Beam.

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

1.colorear, 2.correr, 3.dibujar,

14.los columpios,

i.to colour, j.the swings,

4.divertirse, 5.el chocolate,

15.los juguetes, 16.pintar.

k.the toys, l.to enjoy yourself,

6.el colegio, 7.el juego,

a.the park, b.the parties,

m.to run, n.the school, o.to play,

8.el parque, 9.jugar,

c.the sweets, d.to draw,

p.the baby sitter.

10.la niñera, 11.las fiestas,

e.the cake, f.the chocolate,

12.la tarta, 13.los caramelos,

g.to paint, h.the game,

Soduko

Span - Eng

Quizword

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

1. Who did Dennis law play for immediately before Manchester United?

2. In Darts From What Number Under 100 , Is It Not Possible To Finish With 2 Darts?

3. In Which Country Is The Sepang Grand Pruix Circuit?

4. Who Was The First Footballer To Score 100 Goals In The English Premiership League?

5. Who Was Ranked As Britains No.1 Male Tennis Player In 2001?

6. At Which Sport Do The Brisbane Lions Play The Adelaide Crows?

7. What Sport Features In The Stella Artois Tournament?

8. Who Was The Fist Footballer To Receive A Knighthood?

9. In Rowing, Wjhat Is The Name Of Cambridge University's Reserve Team?

10. How many players make up a water polo team is it six, seven or eight?

11. At Which Games Were Israeli Competitors Kidnapped And Killed?

Fill It In

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Wednesday 17th February 1987

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Father Brown 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 21:00 The Great Sport Relief Bake Off The celebrities taking up the baking baton this time are ex-Spice Girl Geri Horner, BBC world affairs editor John Simpson, footballer and pundit Jermaine Jenas, and 1990s pop sensation Louise Redknapp 22:00 DIY SOS The Big Build The DIY SOS teams is back and in Birmingham helping a family in need. Charlotte and Chris have twins who were born prematurely and have a condition known as global development delay 23:00 News 23:45 Life After Suicide 00:45 Film - 2016 01:15 Film Brooklyn Rules (15) 02:50 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:55 News

07:15 The Housing Enforcers 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 Great British Menu 09:45 Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Coast 12:10 Film Pride and Prejudice (U) 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:45 The Best Dishes Ever 17:15 Frozen Planet 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great American Railroad Journeys 20:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge Two designers compete for one spot in the quarter-final 21:00 £100k House: Tricks of the Trade Piers and Meredith help people in need of life-changing transformations to their homes 22:00 One Child Adopted as a baby from China, Mei gets a message from a journalist in China, Pan Qianyi, saying that Mei’s birth mother wants to meet her 23:00 The Great Chinese Crash?

With Robert Peston 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Russell Howard’s Good News 00:45 Earth’s Greatest Spectacles 01:45 Camila’s Kids Company: The Inside Story 02:45 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 Judge Rinder 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Paddy continues to deceive Rhona 20:30 Coronation Street Tracy is determined to get rid of Carla 21:00 Midsomer Murders The annual harvest fair and the daredevil riders of the Wall of Death come to Midsomer village Whitcombe Mallet. When the owner of an equestrian centre is trampled by his horse DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson have to unravel a complex feud from the past, where nothing is what it seems. At the stables Kam discovers bullet holes from a gun and Barnaby calls for an immediate search 22:00 News 23:45 UEFA Champions League Highlights 00:45 The Kyle Files 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 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 The Supervet 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine Champion of Champions 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Posh Pawn Highend pawnbroker James tries to cut an £85,000 deal on a modified sports car and designer handbag expert Claudia travels to Germany to appraise a large collection of bags owned by a former New York socialite 22:00 24 Hours in A and E Martin is rushed to St George’s after collapsing at home. It’s not the first time that Martin has blacked out, and he has two further seizures in A&E

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story (U) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door In Shropshire, neighbourly harassment turns to violence and in Essex, a mother and daughter’s lives are made a misery after they objected to a neighbour’s extension plans 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors Dr Bower correctly suspects that an innocuous case of pins and needles suggests a more serious condition 22:00 Violent Child, Desperate Parents Pioneering behavioural therapist Mandy Saligari takes on some of the UK’s most violent and difficult children

23:00 The Boy with Giant Hands 00:00 10,000 BC: 23:00 Bodyshockers 00:05 Two Tribes 01:00 10,000 01:50 Lip Sync Battle Royal Navy School 01:05 BC UK 02:15 Super Casino The Last Leg 02:05 Film Because I Said So (PG) 03:45 Beat My Build 04:40 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 05:35 Kirstie’s Handmade Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy Treasures 05:45 Deal or James, 18:00 Suzy G No Deal

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

07:00 Man About the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Sherlock Holmes 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:15 Man About the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs 22:00 Inside Asprey: Luxury by Royal Appointment 23:00 Lewis 01:05 Sherlock

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reception when they turn up at the pub, but Lisa insists she wants them to stay. However, Lisa has a plan which soon leaves Zak stunned.

In Emmerdale, Paddy’s mind is not on the job as he’s clearly distracted by everything that has gone on recently. Rhona is given reason to wonder what he’s up to.

Meanwhile, Lisa surprises Zak by inviting him to attend her 60th party. Zak and Joanie get a frosty

Elsewhere, Nikhil gets a call about his job in Canada and admits his insecurities over Leyla.

Leyla confesses to David that she still cares for Nikhil, but is it too late?

Also, Laurel hides some news from Doug, instead lying that she and Ashley are getting married again.

Will this lie give Ashley food for thought?

Finally, Rakesh gets a

07:00 Minder 07:55 The Chase 08:45 Magnum, PI 09:50 The Sweeney 10:50 The Professionals 11:55 The Chase 12:55 Pawn Stars 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:50 Magnum, PI 15:50 Minder 16:55 The Sweeney 17:55 The Professionals 19:00 The Car Chasers 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Storage Wars Texas 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Film - Total Recall (18) 00:00 FYI Daily 01:20 Film - Child’s Play 2 (15) very frosty reception from both Priya and Vanessa.

ONE CHILD: BBC2 22:00 Adopted as a baby from China, Mei has had a contented upbringing in the UK. She has grown up knowing little about her beginnings, but is the love of her parents’ life. One day out of the blue, Mei gets a message from a journalist in China, Pan Qianyi, saying that Mei’s birth mother wants to meet her. She is desperate for Mei’s help. Her son - the brother Mei has never met - is on death row for a crime he didn’t commit.

Suddenly questions of has offered to lend her for the wedding.

Later, Tracy corners Carla and gives her an ultimatum - persuade Nick to sell his share of the business to Robert and move away, or her relationship with Nick is history...

In Coronation Street, With Tracy calling the shots, Carla confides in Michelle that she has no option but to tell Nick about her night with Robert and hope he’ll forgive her. Carla calls in the Bistro and summons up the courage to confess all to Nick, but she’s thwarted when Nick shows her some earrings which Gail

Meanwhile, having finished work on the Arches, Phelan bids farewell to Jason, handing him the name of a contact in the trade and suggesting he gives him a ring. Glad to be rid of Phelan, Anna heads into town with Kevin to celebrate. However, after being summoned by Jason, Phelan returns to

abandonment and identity overwhelm Mei. Qianyi asks her to come to Guangzhou immediately.

Telling her adoptive parents only that her mother wants to meet her, Mei is relieved when they agree she should go and that she must take this journey alone.

Number 11.

Jason explains that he rang the contact and he’s landed a big new contract!

Elsewhere, as Sinead heads for her photoshoot, she begs Chesney to come along for moral support.

Once the shoot is under way, Sinead enjoys modelling the new underwear range. Aidan and the O’Driscolls are impressed with her skills, but Chesney remains uneasy.

Walking on air, Sinead reveals the photographer has offered her another job - this time modelling for a catalogue. How will

Tamils strip off at Heathrow A group of Tamils from Sri Lanka seeking asylum in Britain protested at Heathrow airport by removing their clothes as they were about to be deported.

Twelve male members of a 64-strong group, who arrived in the UK last week on a Bangladeshi aircraft, stripped off on the tarmac in freezing weather conditions.

Amid a frenzied scuffle with security personnel they were forcibly placed onto the awaiting aircraft which was bound for Dhaka.

But they were removed soon afterwards after their loud protests onboard drew complaints from fellow passengers and resulted in the pilot refusing to take-off.

The pilot agreed to fly the aircraft with the 25 female members of the group and their nine children.

But take-off was aborted for a second time when news reached the airport that the High Court had granted an injunction order preventing the whole group being deported until 23 February 1987.

Six members of the original 64 had been allowed to stay with friends of relatives in Britain on arrival.

The remaining 58 were due to be immediately deported because the Home Office said they did not qualify for refugee status.

Following the decision a spokesperson for the Home Office said: "We are urgently reviewing the situation. We do not know yet what action we will take.

Chesney feel about this?

Also, when Gail imparts the news that Freshco are planning a new superstore, Norris vows that he and Sally will fight them all the way. Norris drafts a letter to the Gazette, which Mary encourages him to post without consulting Sally. Finally, Sharif and Yasmeen present Alya with a vintage sewing machine for her birthday.

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1969 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Claimed and Shamed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Father Brown 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 Tina shares her concerns with Sonia about their relationship 21:00 Dickensian Bucket begins the unpleasant task of bringing the murderer to justice 21:30 Room 101 Frank Skinner hosts as Shaun Ryder, Meera Syal and Australian comedian Sam Simmons compete to have their pet hates consigned to Room 101 22:00 Death in Paradise When a marine salvage hunter is killed, the evidence seems to point to one man. It would be an open-and-shut case for the team if it wasn’t for the suspect’s solid alibi 23:00 News 23:45 Question Time 00:45 Professor Green: Suicide and Me 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News

07:15 The Housing Enforcers 08:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:45 Claimed and Shamed 09:15 The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Coast 12:10 Film The Wind and The Lion (PG) 14:05 The Pallisers 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 A Place to Call Home 16:45 The Best Dishes Ever 17:15 Frozen Planet 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great American Railroad Journeys 20:00 Sea Cities In Liverpool, a cruise terminal manager is at the centre of an historic anniversary visit

by Cunard Line’s cruise ships 21:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces Monty travels around the country helping amateurs to create the garden of their dreams 22:00 The Story of China Michael Wood explores the history of the world’s newest superpower 23:00 The Clare Balding Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story 01:15 Panorama 01:45 The Story of China 02:45 Children Saved from the Nazis: The Story of Sir Nicholas Winton 03:45 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 Judge Rinder 16:00 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Rhona is left devastated 20:30 Tonight Each week in Britain two women die at the hands of their partners - the Tonight team follow the police on call-outs as they make arrests under a new law 21:00 Emmerdale Megan wonders if Leyla can be trusted 21:30 Birds of a Feather Travis has serious school news that he is scared to break to his mum 22:00 Jericho Johnny is now the prime suspect for the murder of Red Killeen.

Charles has washed his hands of Johnny, in spite of a desperate plea from Annie, and Coates is charged with delivering justice 23:00 News 23:45 UEFA Europa League Highlights 00:45 Heroes and Villains: Caught on Camera 01:40 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 The Supervet 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine Champion of Champions 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location Around Derby, Phil Spencer helps Wendy and Simon and Kirstie’s searches in south east London, with Nadine and Toby 22:00 Keeping Up with the Khans This episode focuses on the Pakistani community, who first came to Page Hall in the 1960s and 1970s and have thrived, now owning properties, shops and restaurants 23:00 Inside the Ku Klux Klan 00:05 24 Hours in A and E 01:10 My Big Fat Wedding 02:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:55 Dispatches 03:25 Back From the Dead 04:20 Something for Nothing 05:15 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Imaginary Friend (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Ben meets two septuagenarian brothers who live out in the wilds of Utah 21:00 Storm Force Emergency calls come in thick and fast, and the RAC, Scotland’s Highland Council and heavy recovery vehicles must battle the extreme conditions to reach those in need 22:00 Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons Paul spends time in the overcrowded and impoverished Rizal City Jail, where he shares a cell with a convicted murder and a rapist 23:00 Whitney and Bobby: Addicted to Love 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Nazi Quest for the Holy Grail 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

DON´T MISS 07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:05 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 10:05 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:35 Catchphrase 11:20 Dinner Date 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:40 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 23:30 Film - Delivery Man

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In Emmerdale, Rhona is suspicious about Paddy’s behaviour and starts looking through his phone for clues on why he’s been lying to her. Suddenly the penny drops for Rhona that Paddy was the man who Tess was having an affair with.

Well and truly caught out, Paddy tells a heartbroken Rhona that he’s sorry, but

07:00 Man About the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:35 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Sherlock Holmes 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Man About the House 17:50 In Loving Memory 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 By Royal Appointment 23:00 Lewis 01:05 Sherlock Holmes

07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:05 Minder 07:55 The Chase 08:50 Magnum, PI 09:50 The Sweeney 10:55 The Professionals 12:00 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 Tomorrow Never Dies (12) 23:00 FYI Daily 00:25 Film - Dirty Harry (18)

INSIDE THE KU KLUX KLAN:

she is devastated and rushes upstairs.

her to keep fighting to put Gordon away.

realise the consequences of what he’s done.

Meanwhile, Jacob and David are alarmed to discover that an excited Leyla and Nikhil are getting married. David can’t hide his worry, while Jacob is also conflicted. Will the happy couple realise the lack of support from their closest?

And how will the news go down with the rest of the family, especially Jai?

In the second episode, Paddy admits to Rhona that his affair was about more than just sex. She tells him that she’ll never be able to forgive him, but as far as their adoption process is concerned, they are as strong as ever.

Meanwhile, everyone in the pub is stunned when Jai returns and reveals that he checked himself into rehab, but he knows he has a long way to go to win back his family’s trust.

Elsewhere, Chas is overwhelmed as the police are getting no further with the investigation and can’t find Sandra. Chas is thrown by Robert’s insistence that he’s there for Aaron. She’s thoughtful when he tells

As the fallout continues, Paddy is devastated to

CHANNEL 4 23:00 2015 marked the 150th anniversary of America’s most notorious white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan.This one-off observational documentary gains unprecedented access to a modern day Missouri-based chapter of the Klan, the Traditionalist American Knights. Filming across several states over a period of seven months,

Leyla is left shaken after she shares a highlycharged moment with Jai. Could Jai’s return be a spanner in the works for Leyla and Nikhil?

Elsewhere, Zak tells Joanie about what happened to Aaron, but he also assures her that she’s the only family he needs right now. At the same

in the wake of the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri,Bafta-award winning filmmaker Dan Vernon journeys into the heart of the group. In a bid to challenge and explore the views of the normally reticent KKK, he meets prominent members. time, Belle is relieved when she sees her mum growing in strength every day following her split.

In Eastenders, Sonia tries to make peace with Tina by suggesting that they should spend the afternoon together.

Wanting to put her relationship first, she refuses to help Martin when he asks her to look after

Lulu ties knot with Bee Gee Hundreds of people have clamoured to see the marriage of popstars Lulu and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a Buckinghamshire church.

Lulu, 20, had hoped to keep her wedding plans secret but around 1,000 people - mostly women and girls - filled the grounds of St James' Church in Gerrards Cross.

Several children were hurt as the crowd - that had waited for an hour - surged forward when Lulu arrived in her green Rolls Royce, 20 minutes late.

Wearing a long, white, mink-trimmed coat with fur hood and a white, silk minidress, Lulu - born Marie McDonald McLaughlin begged onlookers to let her through, saying, "Please let me in, please let me in."

As police formed a cordon to allow the bride to reach the church, Maurice Gibb also wearing white - waited inside with his best man, twin brother Robin, who was married only three months ago. The third Gibb brother, Barry, arrived 10 minutes later, after earlier objecting to the wedding saying the couple was too young. The Bee Gees and the bride were the only celebrities at the small, family wedding.

After a half-hour service presided over by Reverend Gordon Harrison - the newlyweds were trapped in the church for another 10 minutes until a path had been cleared to their waiting car.

They spent a few minutes at the 19-year-old groom's parents' house in Gerrards Cross before travelling to London for their reception.

Arthur so he can go and visit a mother and baby unit in Bristol. However, Sonia does talk to Kush about recent events and Tina gets annoyed when she sees that he is spoiling their afternoon together.

Once Kush has gone, Tina tells Sonia that she is worried their relationship is falling apart. As Sonia tries to reassure her, Tina surprises her with a gift and they start to rebuild their connection.

Sonia continues to prioritise Tina when she ignores a call from Martin, but she’s later shocked when Bex turns up and reveals that Martin and Arthur have been in a car crash.

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Friday 12th February 2016

Food & Drink

Valentine Cupcakes

Valentine's Day Cocktails

Make these cupcakes for someone you love

Dessert

Rasperry And Apple Smoothie Ingredients Serves: 2 Cooking time: 5 mins

400ml apple juice 2 handfuls of frozen raspberries (add more if you want it thicker) (optional).

Directions 1. Put the apple juice and frozen raspberries into a blender or food processor.

2. Blend.

3. Pour into two small smoothie glasses.

Ingredients: For the cakes 125g/4oz unsalted butter, softened 125g/4oz caster sugar 2 free-range eggs 125g/4oz self-raising flour 150g/5oz raspberries 6 passion fruit, sieved pulp only a little milk, to loosen the mixture as necessary For the icing 500g/1lb 1½oz icing sugar 160g/5½oz butter 1 vanilla pod, seeds only 2-3 drops pink liquid food colouring 50ml/1¾oz milk hundreds and thousands

Method For the cakes, preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

Sit 12 paper cases in a muffin tray.

Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until well combined.

Fold the flour, raspberries and passion fruit pulp into the mixture until almost smooth. If the mixture looks too stiff, add a little milk, as necessary.

Divide the mixture among the paper cases then bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and set

aside to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack and set aside until completely cooled.

For the icing, using an electric whisk, cream the icing sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Whisk in the vanilla pod seeds and food colouring. Gradually whisk in enough milk to form a smooth paste.

Spoon the icing into a piping bag with a large starshaped nozzle and pipe the icing over the cake.

Sprinkle over the hundreds and thousands.

Dirty Martini Ingredients 70ml/2fl oz vodka or gin 1 tbsp dry vermouth 2 tbsp olive brine 1 wedge of lemon 1 green olive Method Pour the vodka, dry vermouth and olive brine into a cocktail shaker with a handful of ice and shake well.

Rub the rim of a martini glass with the wedge of lemon.

Strain the contents of the cocktail shaker into the glass and add the olive.

Strawberry Daiquiri Ingredients 4 fresh strawberries, plus ½ strawberry to garnish 2 tsp white sugar 35ml/1½fl oz white rum 1 tbsp strawberry liqueur 25ml/1fl oz lime juice Method Place the strawberries, sugar, rum, strawberry liqueur and lime juice

into the base of a cocktail shaker and mash (muddle) with the end of a clean rolling pin.

Place the lid onto the cocktail shaker and shake well.

Strain the mixture into a Martini glass and garnish with half a strawberry.

Classic Margarita Ingredients 35ml/1¼fl oz Reposado Tequila 20ml/¾fl oz Cointreau 35ml/1¼fl oz fresh lime juice handful ice cubes lime wedge, to garnish Method Pour the Tequila, Cointreau and lime juice into a cocktail shaker.

Add a handful of ice cubes and shake vigorously for 10-15 seconds.

Strain into a Martini glass with half the rim damped with water, then dipped in salt.

Add a lime wedge on the rim by way of garnish.

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Friday 12th February 2016

The Perfect Seafood Paella Monkfish, King Prawns and Mussels, makes perfect Paella

Ingredients 20-24 raw shell-on king prawns, 2 tbsp olive oil, 500g monkfish, cut into chunks, 1 large onion, finely chopped, 500g paella rice, 4 garlic cloves, sliced, 2 tsp smoked paprika, 1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional), pinch of saffron, ½ x 400g can chopped tomatoes (save the rest for the stock, below), 500g mussels, cleaned, 100g frozen peas, 100g frozen baby broad beans, handful parsley, leaves, roughly chopped For the stock 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 onion, roughly chopped, ½ x 400g can chopped tomatoes, 6 garlic cloves, roughly chopped, 1 chicken stock cube, 1 star anise

Method Peel and de-vein the prawns, reserving the heads and shells. Return the prawns to the fridge.

To make the stock, heat the oil in a large pan over a medium-high heat and add the onion, tomatoes, garlic, and reserved prawn shells and heads. Cook for 3-4 mins, then pour in 2 litres of water and add the stock cube and star anise. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 mins. Leave to cool slightly, then whizz in batches in a blender or food processor.

Strain through a fine sieve.

Heat the oil in a large paella pan or an extra-large frying pan. Brown the monkfish for a few mins each side, then remove and set aside. Add

the onion and fry for 4-5 mins until softened.

Stir in the rice and cook for 30 secs to toast. Add the garlic, paprika, cayenne (if using) and saffron, cook for another 30 secs, then stir in the tomatoes and 1.5 litres of the fish stock. Bring to the boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook, stirring, for about 10 mins (the rice should still be al dente).

Return the monkfish to the pan with the prawns, mussels, peas and broad beans.

Cover the pan with a large baking tray, or foil, and cook on a low heat for another 10-15 mins until the mussels are open and the prawns are cooked through.

Scatter over the parsley before serving.

Two For Breakfast: What To Eat The Morning After Valentine's Day Whether you’re recovering from a romantic meal for two, impress your hungover lover with a romantic and tasty breakfast t’s the day after Valentine’s Day and you’re feeling slightly worse for wear.

Perhaps you’re reeling after a few too many glasses of wine with your significant other. Or maybe you’re hungover after a Jagerbomb laced “singles night”. Why not treat yourself and your partner (or unplanned onenight-stand) to an indulgent breakfast?

Here are two simple recipes that will make your breakfast spectacular. The first goes by many names; eggy bread and omelette bread are two of the less appealing. For romantic reasons we’ll stick to calling it French toast; in this case layered with Nutella, strawberries and banana.

The most important thing with French toast is to make sure the bread is slightly stale, so that it mops up the egg and milk mixture. Avoid soaking the bread for too long as it can make it difficult to get the soggy bread into the pan without it breaking up.

The second recipe, a fruit smoothie, is a no-brainer.

It’s particularly good if you’re feeling nauseous and incapable of digesting solid

foods. It’s red - that’s romantic, right? Raspberries are also a bona-fide super food chocked full of antioxidants, so if last night was a little heavy, they’ll have you feeling right as rain in no time.

French toast with Nutella, strawberry and banana Serves: 2 Cooking time: 20-30 minutes Ingredients: 2 slices of bread (thick farmhouse white ideally, better if stale) 2 eggs

A splash of milk 1 tsp butter Nutella 1 banana A handful of strawberries Icing sugar (optional, but looks cool) Directions 1. Add the eggs to a bowl with a splash of milk, beat until mixed.

2. Place bread into the bowl to absorb the mix.

3. Remove bread from the bowl once soaked 4. Heat 1 tsp of butter in a medium sized pan.

5. Once the butter is melted and shimmering, place the bread into the pan.

6. Fry until golden brown and then flip over.

7. Repeat.

8. Remove French toast from the pan, place on a board.

9. Liberally coat one side with Nutella.

10. Dust with icing sugar.

11. Chop up your strawberries and bananas and place on top of your Nutella’d french toast.

12. Serve and enjoy!

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Friday 12th February 2016

Spiced Goose FatRoasted Neeps, Tatties and steak

Food & Drink

Patak's Lime Pickle Reverts To Old Recipe

Spiced and rich in flavour, this is a different take on traditional ingredients

The recipe Preheat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6. Put a large pot of water on to boil.

Wash, but do not peel, 500g of large floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper, then cut them into big pieces as you would for roast potatoes. Peel 500g of swede then cut them into similar-sized chunks. Cook the potatoes and swede in the boiling water, lightly salted, for 10 minutes or until they are approaching tenderness.

Lightly crush 1 tsp of coriander seeds and another of cumin, using a pestle and mortar or spice mill. Put the spices in a roasting tin set over a moderate heat and toast for a minute or two, till fragrant. Add 5 tbsp of goose fat to the roasting tin. When it has melted, drain the potatoes and swedes in a colander then add them to the hot fat. Toss the vegetables to coat with the fat and spices then put them in the oven and roast for about 40 min-

utes till crisp and golden.

Season and lightly oil a 500g piece of skirt steak, then cook it on a heated grill or griddle pan until done to your liking. Leave the steak to rest for a few minutes then slice it thickly and serve with the roast vegetables. Serves 2.

The trick Parboiling the veg is well worth the small amount of trouble it takes. That way they will be melting-soft inside and crunchy outside

when roasted. Boil the potatoes and swedes until just tender – they shouldn’t be quite fully cooked. Test them with a skewer. Drain them thoroughly in a colander and let a little of the steam go before adding them carefully to the hot fat.

The twist In place of the steak, use large, open-cap mushrooms, baked in the oven, basted with olive oil, sherry vinegar and a little butter. Baste the mushrooms as they cook.

Indian food producer relents and brings back old recipe following hundreds of complaints about ‘improved’ product.

When Patak’s launched a new version of its top-selling lime pickle last year, it no doubt seemed like a good idea at the time.

But curry fans thought otherwise.

In an about-turn reminiscent of Coca-Cola’s climbdown over the introduction of “New Coke” in the 1980s, the power of social media has forced Patak’s to go back to its old recipe.

The Indian food producer introduced what it said was an improved recipe for lime pickle early last year. It had less oil, extra lime in smaller chunks and extra kalonji seeds for a peppery flavour.

But devotees were horrified. One customer wrote on Patak’s Facebook page: “The old lime pickle recipe was SO much better.

That’s the first and last jar I buy of the ‘new improved’ pickle. Yuk!” Another said: “Bring back the old lime pickle recipe. Time for a petition!”

As the year wore on, more customers complained. About 250 contacted the company by email and social media, and comments on Amazon, which sells the

pickle, were vitriolic.

One reviewer wrote: “The current version of this lime pickle is foul.

There is a lime pickleshaped hole in our weekly shop.” Another asked: “Why does it taste like toilet cleaner?”

Patak’s relented in November and jars in shops now bear the message “It’s back!” and say they contain the old recipe. Some fans are not convinced the formula is the same but Patak’s said the recipe was the original.

Patak’s sells 1.5m jars of pickle a year and lime pickle is the most popular with sales of 580,000. Separately, the company sells bulk quantities to wholesalers who sell it to the majority of Britain’s Indian restaurants.

The recipes for mixed and mango pickle, which also changed in early 2015, have not been switched back. A spokesman said customer unrest was muted over those products.

Patak’s was founded in 1957 by Laxmishanker Pathak who arrived in Britain as a refugee from Kenya with his wife and six children, with £5 in his pocket. The family sold the business to Associated British Foods in 2007 for more than £100m.

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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.

Norm Of The North

DIRECTOR Trevor Wall GENRE Animation SYNOPSIS A polar bear of many words, Norm's greatest gripe is simple: there is no room for tourists in the Arctic. But when a maniacal developer threatens to build luxury condos in his own backyard, Norm does what all normal polar bears would do...he heads to New York City to stop it. With a cast of ragtag lemmings at his side, Norm takes on the big apple, big business and a big identity crisis to save the day.

RELEASE DATE March 11, 2016 (UK) DURATION 90 mins RATING PG

The stereoscopic 3D animated family film "Norm" tells the story of the titular polar bear and his three Arctic lemming buddies, who are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart.

Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly

responsible for the destruction of his polar home.

A polar bear named Norm winds up in New York City on a journey to save his Arctic homeland in the first trailer for Lionsgate's Norm of the North, arriving in theaters January 15, 2016. Rob Schneider voices the title character The animated comedy will go up against 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The 5th Wave, Ride Along 2 and The Nut Job 2 in theaters next year.

The supporting voice cast

includes Ken Jeong, Loretta Devine, Heather Graham, Bill Nighy, Colm Meaney, Gabriel Iglesias and Janet Varney. Trevor Wall makes his feature directorial debut with Norm of the North, after directing several episodes of animated TV shows such as Hero: 108 and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. The script was written by Jack Donaldson and Derek Elliott.

Nicolas Atlan, Ken Katsumoto, Mike Young, Liz Young and Steve Rosen serve as producers on Norm of the North.

The Ninot Exhibition 2016

BOX OFFICE

TOP 10

1. Kung Fu Panda 3 2. Hail, Caesar!

3. Star Wars: Episode VII-The Force Awakens 4. The Revenant 5. The Choice 6. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies 7 The Finest Hours 8. Ride Along 2 9. The Boy 10. Dirty Grandpa

Elle is a hip grandmother who is trying to deal with the recent split from her girlfriend.

When her granddaughter suddenly shows up in need of some cash before the end of the day, her grandmother needs to get creative to raise the m o n e y because, at the moment, she is b r o k e .

They both spend the day trying to raise money as their surprise visits to mates and old friends ends up uncovering surprising secrets and truths.

Crimson Peak In the isolated mountains of northern England lies a crumbling mansion, the new home of a young author, Edith Cushing.

Edith has just married the charming but mysterious Sir Thomas Sharpe and while attempting to escape from the demons of her past, she discovers her husband may not be all he appears to be.

Caught in between two lovers and desperate to forget her recent family tragedy, the author slowly grows to realize that the decaying manor is more than just a house; it is a breathing, bleeding entity, and it remembers the past more than Edith could realize.

99 Homes

More than 700 "ninots" will open the season of the Museum of Sciences Príncipe Felipe and will bring the warmth of Fallas to the City of Arts and Sciences.

The Ninot Exhibition 2016, which will take place from 5th February until 15th March, changes its usual location on the esplanade of Nuevo Centro to the Sala

Arquerías of the Museum of Sciences Principe Felipe.

This room, located on the ground floor of the museum, has 3,500 square meters, a conference room and an auditorium to hold conferences and complementary activities. Moreover, it is located in a tourist area close to the Fallas Museum.

The opening of the Ninot Exhibition and Ninot Infantil

will take place on Friday, 5th February at 8:00 pm and will end with a fireworks show. The entrance fee is €3 for the general public.

There will be a reduced price of €1.50 for children, seniors and members of the City of Arts and Sciences. In addition, all the Fallas committees will have free entrance. The City of Arts and Sciences, known for its

stunning architecture, is one of the largest complexes for science and culture dissemination in Europe. It consists of the Hemisfèric, the Science Museum Príncipe Felipe, the Oceanogràfic, Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía, the Umbracle and Agora. This complex is located at the end of the former bed of the Turia River in Valencia.

Rick Carver is a rich and ruthless real estate broker who makes a living repossessing houses.

He evicts a struggling single father named Dennis N a s h from his h o m e .

Desperate, Dennis takes a job with Rick hoping to make enough money to survive and reclaim his home.

Friday 12th February 2016

TKO Teddy On The Road Hi everybody from TKO Teddy, and I had a great time last Sunday lunchtime watching CD Torrevieja take on Villarreal, and it was a shame that the lads couldn’t win, but at least they didn’t get beat and are still on a big unbeaten run! Thanks for coming over to say hello and I’ve put in a selection of photos taken with some of you, but there’s an even bigger selection on my Facebook page!

Don’t forget this very Friday morning (February 12th), I’m in for a bit of pampering as I’ll be checking out the Hollywood Hair and Beauty Salon’s Ladies Pamper Day from 12 o’clock.

You’ll find the Hollywood team at Los Dolses, so I look forward to seeing you there!

Have you seen my Facebook page, TKO Teddy?

Come along and join me there and feel free to to post or send any fun, cute or just plain old funny photos you may have, especially of your pets. I'd also love you to post details of any events, carnivals, or fiestas that you know about or perhaps are going to, or that you are even organising!

So if you want me to pay you a visit this year at your business or event, then contact me via Facebook and look for TKO Teddy. My phone number is 664 315 470 or via e-mail tkoteddy@tko.media

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6 Nations So Far...

Saturday 13 February 15:25 France v Ireland – Stade de France – BBC One 17:50 Wales v Scotland – Principality Stadium – BBC One Sunday 14 February 15:00 Italy v England – Stadio Olimpico – ITV 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

Follow the action on TKO FM 90.8fm & 91.9fm Listen Live Tko.fm

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Friday 12th February 2016

Jeanette Erath - Learn Spanish

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Becoming Fluent in Spanish Hola, ¿cómo estás? Estoy bien, gracias. These are words that we are very familiar with, why? Because they are words that we use a lot, I guess that we say the above words at least once a day, if not more. So how do we learn to be more fluent in Spanish? The answer is right there in what you have just read. The way to become more proficient in a language is to use the language in a natural environment. The key to becoming a better, more fluent speaker is repetition.

If you want to play the guitar you have to pick one up and strum the strings, it´s the same with a new language, except the tools are books and the strumming is speaking.

If you are new to Spanish I hope you have made the decision to learn with as much positivity as possible,

as it´s a long, hard road but one, as I´ve said many times that is well worth the journey.

So, where do you start?

Well, the first thing you need to do is learn words: nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, etc. Then you need to put them into the correct order with the right pronunciation.

This is the hard bit with Spanish. You can catch up with my basic articles at www.thecourier.es or you can join me in Almoradí for some small group classes, these are available at all levels and include one class a week with my native Spanish teacher, Mila.

Contact me at onevoicespain@gmail.com for more details.

If you aren´t able to meet and speak with Spanish speakers regularly you can still improve your grasp of the language by reading and watching television. Over

the past few years I´ve covered a lot of grammar and vocabulary, however if there is anything that you missed or wish me to revise write to me via The Courier and I will do my best to include it.

This week we are going to do some translating. A good way to learn to listen to Spanish is by getting a Spanish native to dictate a passage and write it as they speak, however direct translating can also help when you want to practice your grammar and words.

So, translate the following paragraph into Spanish, it is set at a high intermediate level: We usually use this element daily, but if someone asks us, what is the internet? Do you think you would be able to reply?

The truth is that there are few people that really know

what the internet is, it´s used daily, sometimes all day or for many hours, but few people are clear, or know how to say that the Internet is a decentralized set of interconnected communications networks.

The Internet has made a profound impact on work, leisure and knowledge.

Thanks to the Internet, millions of people have easy and immediate access to a lot of information online and the most diverse subjects.

In addition to finding information, the internet offers, among other things, music downloading, software and video games; however, you should be aware that this ease of access has created in many people a kind of addiction, plus sometimes the information provided is not very reliable, so care must be taken with this. All over

the world the internet is praised, as it is considered as a great source of knowledge and education, seeing it as an important learning tool. However sometimes the lessons received through the network can be highly negative or harmful, exercising a function, which in many cases can be extremely negative.

Compared to encyclopedias and libraries, the Internet has achieved greater decentralization in information. It has now been extended to Internet access almost everywhere in the world, it is relatively easy to find computers connected in areas where before it could never have been imagined.

Many people around the world have reached a consensus that the internet requires regulation, since any person, without

precondition, can upload a page and present ideas with high negative content and what is worse, call many to follow. Who regulates this?

We cannot deny that the Internet is one of the greatest inventions in history, with a high impact on society, however, for many it's unfortunate that the Internet has no boundaries Do you think the internet should have a certain limit?

Well what we do have clear is that thanks to the Internet the whole world is able to communicate, is updated and informed, and each can set their own limit or that of their children, the choice is ours.

I will give you my translation of the above paragraph next week and also give an easier paragraph for those of you struggling with the above.

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Health

Friday 12th February 2016

Will EU Migrants Destroy The NHS? Contact@medb.es

Website: www.medb.es

Professor Angus Dalgleish is one of the UK’s leading cancer specialists – and his diagnosis for the NHS is terminal

Non-empirical … Angus Dalgleish, renowned cancer expert, committed euro-

phobe and unsuccessful Ukip candidate for Sutton and Cheam, 2015.

Name: Angus Dalgleish.

Age: 66.

Appearance: Concerned.

Who Is He? A medical professor. Principal of the Cancer Vaccine Institute.

Specialist in cancer immunology and HIV/Aids research.

Good for him! Is he in the news with a treatment breakthrough? Is there something to uplift us all for once rather than send us yet further into the deepening slough of despond? Umm …

Go on. He says the NHS is on its knees and “could collapse completely” because of immigrants from the EU that we are legally obliged to treat.

Did he perhaps say this while drunk at a private dinner party? No, it’s part of a speech he will deliver at a conference entitled “The Good Life After Brexit”.

Oh. This depresses me.

He is a member of Ukip.

This depresses me more.

He stood as its general election candidate last year in Sutton and Cheam.

But I expect doctors to be liberal! By which I mean intelligent! By which I mean liberal! We expect much. And sometimes we are disappointed.

Is he right, though? When a cancer expert says things, I sort of think maybe they are right? They are often right if they are saying things about cancer. About the cost of immigrants to Britain’s health services, not so much.

How so? Well, there’s the 2013 research that showed traffic – and money – flows many ways.

For example? Eighteen British hospitals made £42m from people coming here for treatment on 2010. Health tourists in total spent about £219m on shopping, eating, transport and accommoda-

tion while they were here.

And while an estimated 52,000 came here for treatment, about 63,000 Brits went abroad. To say nothing, of course, of the 11% of NHS staff and 26% of doctors who are non-British.

So the picture is more complicated than the notquite-member of Sutton and Cheam suggests? Just a bit, yes. It would take a global initiative to accurately measure international patient mobility.

Until then, we just count the cost of incomers – unless they’re staff we’ve siphoned out of other, poorer countries – and ignore the rest? It turns out you shouldn’t always do what your doctor tells you.

Do say: Physician, listen to thyself.

Don’t say: Empirical research is for diseases, not thoughts!

I Treat Depression For A Living. So What Happens When It Strikes Me? I thought that my line of work shielded me from mental challenges, but it turned out that even psychologists get the blues I am talking to one of my patients who is depressed.

They tell me they have been struggling to sleep and are feeling low, with no appetite any more. Sometimes they say they even wake up thinking that life isn’t worth living; it can feel like it’s all too much to cope with. As their psy-

chologist, I’m offering them advice: telling them about the power of exercise, why sleep and diet are both so important and how to recognise and challenge their negative thoughts.

But there’s one thing I don’t share with them – the fact that recently I’ve started

wondering if I might be feeling the same way, if I too might be depressed.

This is the situation I found myself in several years ago.

I’d been working as a qualified psychologist in adult mental health services for several years, helping people with all sorts of psychological problems. I naively thought this might make me immune to any mental challenges myself. But that simply wasn’t the case, and isn’t for almost half of my colleagues, who, according to a new study, suffer from symptoms of depression too.

A whole combination of things led to my depression: pressures at home, financial difficulties, illness and working on the frontline of mental health services in this country. All these conspired together to contrive a situation where, on that particular day, there were two people with depression in the consulting room.

As a psychologist I was very aware of what the early signs of depression were.

You can’t see that you are not thinking straight. You jump to conclusions, get stressed by minor difficulties and problems, and question yourself. I felt all of these things. Despite knowing the signs, I thought that it was just a transitory thing – the ups and downs of everyday life.

But then I crashed. My family knew that I’d been having sleep problems and I’d been to the GP to get some sleeping pills, but they

didn’t work. Then one morning the time came for me to get up and go to work, and I just couldn’t.

It was at that moment I realised something was desperately wrong. My partner phoned my work to tell them that I wasn’t well, without going into any detail, and drove me round to see the GP, who gave me some more pills (antidepressants, this time), which didn’t work either, and then some more.

I began to wonder if I would ever get over it. I felt as if I were in the bottom of a deep valley with sheer, unclimbable rock faces towering above me on either side and I just couldn’t see the path out.

Then I started thinking about all the things that I would say to the people who came to see me in my clinic.

“Have you tried keeping a thought record?” “Try thinking about some of the things that you really enjoy.” But all

the tips that I would normally give people – exercise, challenging negativity – I couldn’t do any of them. I couldn’t even get out of bed. Now I really had an insight into what the people that I worked with felt like.

Finally, the doctor found the right sort of pills that suited me. And then things started very slowly to get better. I got out of bed, I walked, I talked and I began sleeping properly again. I went to see a psychologist who worked in another part of the health service for some sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy for depression.

My brain had felt frozen for so long, but with all this help it suddenly started to thaw, and I plucked up the courage to tell my work why I had been away. They were brilliant. I had lots of cards and people sent flowers too.

After several months, I went back to work. At first half a day and then a whole

one, and then a couple, then two or three and then a whole week.

Has this experience changed me? I’m still a psychologist and I think that I probably know how to look after myself much better now, to pace myself better, and to talk more, as well as just to listen. And I have a brilliant supportive partner, and family, friends and colleagues.

But sometimes, if someone comes to see me and they tell me that they are depressed or have been depressed, I say, “I think I know something about what you might be feeling.”

In a strange way, I’m so glad that I had that experience. It may even have made me into a better psychologist. I can certainly empathise with people on a different level than before.

And sometimes, when it’s appropriate, I tell people that I’ve been down into that deep valley too.

Health Dr M. Mannu

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Friday 12th February 2016

Be Careful with Aspirin Contact@medb.es

Many people take aspirin, believing it will prevent heart disease and stroke.

Nevertheless clinical studies have cast serious doubt

on the benefits of aspirin.

According to a publication in the British Journal of Medicine, while aspirin reduced the occurrence of

non-fatal heart diseases, it increased the occurrence of sudden deaths from heart conditions. It appeared that Aspirin masked progressing

Website: www.medb.es

heart diseases.

Other studies have also shown that aspirin has a poor record in preventing heart diseases.

A Harvard study involving 40,000 w o m e n found no difference in the occurrence of heart attacks between those taking aspirin and those not. The main problem with aspirin is that it increases the risk of bleeding.

Most people taking aspirin notice they bruise easily, and have blotches all over their skin from bleeding caused by aspirin. As well as causing bleeding on the skin, aspirin also causes

internal bleeding and this can be the real danger.

Aspirin destroys the lining of the stomach and the intestines. People on

aspirin are known to suffer more digestive diseases such as ulcers.

Aspirin seems to be beneficial only after a triple bypass or stent insertion. In such cases, it may be important to keep blood thinner.

Aspirin is not effective at preventing heart disease and stroke. The underlying cause of heart and artery diseases is inflammation.

And to reduce your risk of heart disease your aim should be to reduce the rate of inflammation in the body by eating healthy foods rich in antioxidants, minerals and beneficial essential acids, or taking natural anti-inflammatory supplements when necessary.

FOR A FULL BODY DIAGNOSTIC SCAN CALL MEDB DIAGNOSTICS: 965071745, 966189074.

Swine Flu Spreading Across Eastern Europe And Middle East 3,000 people a day in Ukraine are being hospitalised with H1N1 virus Swine flu has killed 183 people in Ukraine this winter and is spreading rapidly across eastern Europe and the Middle East. At least 107 people have died in Russia after contracting the disease, 18 in Armenia and 10 in Georgia, according to government figures.

In the Middle East, 112 deaths from the virus have been reported in Iran and there are unconfirmed reports of dozens more deaths in areas of Syria and Iraq occupied by Islamic State.

Rates of severe H1N1 infection have spiked within the EU. Hospitals in eight countries have recorded an increase in the number of cases requiring intensive care over the past three weeks, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

“Western European cou tries are also reporting

severe cases associated with H1N1,” said Dr Caroline Brown, programme manager for influenza at the WHO in Europe. “It’s all over

the region at the moment.”

Unlike other strains of the flu virus, which are most dangerous for older people, H1N1 can be life-threatening for healthy people under the age of 65. Symptoms can appear similar to the common cold and include fever, fatigue, coughing and a sore throat – but the disease can quickly lead to pneumonia if left untreated.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that the 2009-10 global H1N1 pandemic caused an estimated 284,000 deaths worldwide.

Vaccination programmes and residual immunity were thought to have kept the virus under control. Experts are struggling to determine why the latest outbreak is proving so aggressive.

“The information we have so far shows the virus hasn’t changed in any significant

way to make us suspect it would be causing more severe disease,” Brown said.

In Ukraine, the health ministry says 3,000 people a day are now being hospitalised with flu. More than 3.2 million people have been diagnosed since 1 October 2015 – 63% of whom are under the age of 17.

“Because of what’s happening this flu season we’re looking very carefully at this younger age group that is affected,” Brown added.

“We think the data shows that most of the people severely affected have underlying conditions.”

Schools in the country are closed for a third consecutive week and all public-facing workers have been ordered to wear surgical masks in an effort to hamper transmission of the highly

contagious illness.

The WHO has deployed an epidemiologist from Public Health England, Sophie Newitt, to support Kiev’s response to the outbreak, but the Ukrainian healthcare system – handicapped by war, economic crisis and years of mismanagement – is struggling to cope.

Countries where the H1N1 virus is circulating, including Ukraine, can expect an increase in the level of severe disease and death in high-risk groups, according to the WHO. The vaccine for the 2015–16 season in the northern hemisphere includes H1N1, H3N2 and B virus strains – closely related to those circulating among people. The vaccine is therefore expected to provide good protection.

But less than 1% of

Ukraine’s 45 million inhabitants have been vaccinated against the flu, and potentially life-saving treatments are in short supply. State hospitals usually dispatch patients to private pharmacies to buy medicine, but, despite a recent donation from Lithuania, there is a nationwide shortage of the anti-viral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza.

“Last Sunday my sister complained that she had difficulty breathing,” said Svetlana Yatsenko, whose 44-year-old sister, Tanya Polonsky, was diagnosed with H1N1. “The clinic took x-rays and said she had pneumonia. They took her by ambulance to the hospital, where we were given a list of the drugs we had to buy, including Tamiflu. We were only able to find them on Wednesday, but by then Tanya was already in intensive care. She died shortly afterwards. She left behind her six-year-old son.”

Access to medical care is even more limited in the country’s war-torn eastern regions.

Kremlin-backed rebels have banned several international aid organisations from the territory under their control and heavy fighting has destroyed much of the medical infrastructure.

Hundreds of doctors, nurses and paramedics fled the area during 22 months of fighting, which has left more than 9,000 people dead and 2.7 million displaced. Others simply left after months without pay, cut off from the government in Kiev by trenches and checkpoints.

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Motoring

Friday 12th February 2016

Ford Bolster Upgraded Mid-Size SUV Ford hikes Kuga prices and continues RAV4 attack Ford Australia has announced its upgraded 2016 Kuga line-up ahead of first deliveries in early December, when prices will increase by up to 317€ Chief among the changes are the addition of a reversing camera as standard across the three-variant range (previously only fitted to the Titanium flagship), plus DAB+ digital radio and a 4.2-inch colour instrument display for the entry-level Ambiente model (previously only on mid-grade Trend and topshelf Titanium models).

The latter two Kuga models also receive Ford’s SYNC2 infotainment system with 8.0-inch colour touch-screen (up from 5.0inch in Titanium), but the base Ambiente retains SYNC1 with a 4.2-inch centre display, which replaces

the outgoing car’s blue dotmatrix screen.

In other equipment upgrades, Trend model’s score the Titanium’s satellite-

navigation and both the Trend and Titanium score Traffic Monitoring, WiFi hotspot, Enhanced Voice Control and two USB ports.

All 2016 Kuga variants also benefit from redesigned air vents and the panoramic sunroof

standard in the Kuga can now be opened via the key fob.

Ford says these features are in addition to the 10 available

technologies not available on Toyota’s RAV4 – Australia’s second most popular midsize SUV behind the Mazda CX-5 — including Auto Start-Stop, Active City Stop, with Emergency Assistance, Advance Trac

with Roll Stability Control, Wi-Fi hotspot, Active Grille Shutter, Capless Refueling System, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, Adaptive Cruise Control and Hand-free Power Tailgate (standard on Titanium and a 763€ option on Trend).

Kuga pricing

increases by 317€ for all Ambiente models and now opens at 17796€ plus onroad costs for the base front-wheel drive manual, with Trend variants up by 254€ and Titaniums up 126€ – to 30,000€ plus

ORCs for the diesel auto flagship.

There are no changes to Kuga engines, including the base Ambiente six-speed manual’s 110kW/240Nm 1.5-litre turbo-petrol engine, which compares favourably to its chief 2.0litre FWD entry-level rivals including the CX-5, which opens at 17.272€ plus ORCs, and the RAV4, pricing continues to start at 17.456€ plus ORCs. Ambiente all-wheel drive and (six-speed) automatic models continue to offer 134kW, while Trend and Titanium EcoBoost models stick with a 178kW/345Nm 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine, and Trend and Titanium diesels still come with a 132kW/400Nm 2.0-litre oiler and six-speed dualclutch auto.

Shadow Black exterior paint replaces Panther Black and a new Green Instinct premium mica hue replaces Ginger Ale, while other colours include

Magnetic, Frozen White, Deep Impact Blue, Ruby Red, Tiger Eye, Moondust Silver and Race Red. First launched in Australia in April 2013, Ford’s secondgeneration Kuga has found 3800 customers Down Under to October this year, accounting for 3.7 per cent of its sales segment – less than the CX-5, RAV4, Subaru Forester, Mitsubishi Outlander, Honda CR-V, Kia Sportage, Jeep Cherokee and Holden Captiva 5.

2016 PRICING Ambiente FWD manual 17.796€ Ambiente FWD auto 18.750€ Ambiente AWD auto 20.338€ Trend EcoBoost auto 23.454€ Trend Diesel auto 24.726€ Titanium EcoBoost auto 28.731€ Titanium Diesel auto 30,000€

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor The 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor made its world debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show. It is such a great off-

road vehicle that will appeal to the most customers.

Thanks to the new architecture, the 2017 Ford F-150

Raptor is gonna be much lighter compared to the previous models. It is also wider and higher than the rest of

the F-Series lineup and rides on a set of 17-inch alloy wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich KO2 tires, making this truck a great choice for those who need an all-terrain vehicle. In the front you can notice a new octagonal grille with a massive FORD badge, and a stronger bumper. The automaker added new LED lights

around the headlights for a better visibility. The rear end and bed remain pretty much the same.

The 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor also features the new 360-degree camera technology, which has a purpose to increase visibility, navigation and parking. Other interior upgrades feature a new seats for better comfort, new

color schemes, multifunction steering wheel with paddle shifters, improved infotainment system with navigation, digital instrument cluster, cup holders, roof-mounted auxiliary switches.

The new F-Series Raptor pickup truck will be released in the autumn of 2016. Price of this model is not known at this moment.

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Friday 12th February 2016

Rospa Launches Website To Keep Older Drivers Safe On The Roads

A website aimed at helping older people adapt to changes in their driving to stay safe on the road, has been launched by the Royal

Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). www.olderdrivers.org.uk has been set up by the U.K.safety charity, with

funding from the Department for Transport, to provide advice and information for older drivers in a bid to help them to drive

safely for longer.

The website gives tips on how people can update their driving skills and knowledge to maintain their freedom and independence on the road, as well as advice for families or friends who are concerned about a loved one’s driving. It will help drivers to: • recognise whether and how their driving is changing • find out what they can do to cope with these changes, such as change when and where they drive, adapt their car or take driver assessment or training • find local driving assessment or refresher training • understand the

Government Must Learn From Scottish Drink Drive Laws

Brake is disappointed transport minister Andrew Jones MP has now confirmed there will be no review of the drink drive limit in England and Wales.

This seems to be at odds with his stated intentions to discuss the experience of the lower limit in Scotland and get access to robust evidence of the road safety impact.

We are urging the minister to learn from the suc-

cessful reduction of the drink drive limit in Scotland during talks with his Scottish counterpart [i] and instigate a review of those levels in the rest of the UK. We already know the number of drink drive offences fell by more than 12 per cent in Scotland in the first nine months after the drink drive limit was lowered from 80 to 50mg/100ml of blood in December 2014.

It dropped by almost 8 per-

cent during the first year in total, the figure being reduced by a drink driving spike over Christmas and New Year.[ii] A study by the Scottish government also found the reduction is changing attitudes with 82 per cent of people there now believing it is not acceptable to drink any amount of alcohol and then drive. [iii] The government’s own research in the latest British

Social Attitudes survey shows 85 percent of people think you should not drink any alcohol at all if you plan to drive.[iv] Campaigns director for Brake, the road safety charity Gary Rae said: “We would urge the minister to listen to and learn from his Scottish counterpart and respect the wishes of both the British public and the police by following Scotland’s lead and dropping the drink drive limit.

Early indications show a clear reduction in offences in Scotland which can only make our roads safer and mean fewer devastating preventable deaths and injuries.

This would be a useful step in moving towards a complete zero tolerance of drink driving, which is the only way to make our roads safe.”

travel on segregated tracks or low-traffic roads from Acton and Swiss Cottage to central London, Elephant and Castle and Canary Wharf.

FTA supports the principle of safe, segregated bike routes - both to improve safety for cyclists and to encourage car users to switch to bikes - but this must balance the needs of all road users.

Natalie Chapman, FTA’s Head of Policy for London, said: “These schemes must be well thought out so they not only serve London

today, but for decades to come.

“We are already seeing massive delays on Lower Thames Street due to the construction of the EastWest Cycle Superhighway.

This is resulting in some companies putting more vans and lorries on London’s roads to deliver the same quantity of goods, either to comply with the maximum shifts required under EU Drivers’ Hours rules or to maintain customer service levels.

“This is not good for emissions, congestion, transport

taking medications that can affect our driving.

“Many older drivers recognise that their driving ability is changing and alter when and where they drive to compensate – but not all drivers do this. There comes a time when each of us needs to reduce our driving, or even stop altogether.

Of course, this is different for each person; there isn't an age at which we automatically become unsafe to drive.

“The aim of the website is to help older people to continue to drive for as long as they are safe to do so, and to provide advice on making the decision to retire from driving if they are no longer able to drive safely.”

Driving Safely In Storms

The Institute of Advanced Motorists offer help, advice and training for drivers in the U.K., although much of their advice us useful wherever we drive.

This week’s tips from the IAM’s director of standards, Mark Lewis, are about driving safely in storms. As storm Imogen brings strong gusts of wind across the costs or indeed safety. And country, here’s how you can this is not a temporary situ- make your journey a safe ation - the loss of capacity one for the road.

If weather conditions are will be permanent.”

The new cycling schemes extremely bad avoid starting currently under construction your journey. Take note of were rushed through and any weather warnings and FTA is calling on the next traffic updates in your local Mayor of London to work area – this will help you with the freight industry and make an informed decision.

Driving in strong winds the businesses it serves to ensure that future schemes can be extremely dangerare better planned for the ous, unsettling your car and even pushing it to change benefit of all road users.

The consultation runs direction. Grip the steering until 20 March and full wheel firmly and be mindful details can be seen at the of vulnerable road users, government’s website such as motorcyclists, who https://consultations.tfl.gov. will need more room than

New Uk Cycle Proposals The Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the Mayor of London’s proposals for major new bike routes across the capital must consider the impact on all road users.

Consultation begins today on a package of cycling, pedestrian and road improvements designed to reflect the fact that cycling in central London has trebled in 15 years and the number of people commuting by bike will soon overtake the number in cars.

Among the proposals are plans to allow cyclists to

law about health conditions and driving and how to renew their driving licence • plan for the need to change when and where they drive, and if it becomes necessary, to retire from driving.

Kevin Clinton, RoSPA’s head of road safety, said: “The older we are, the more experience we have as drivers. This is one of the reasons why older drivers tend to be safer and more considerate drivers. However, our health and fitness often begins to decline as we grow older. Our eyesight, physical condition and reaction times may not be as good as they once were, and we may develop agerelated conditions, or be

usual.

Always look well ahead for gaps between buildings and be careful when overtaking larger vehicles – in both instances gusts might be particularly strong.

The movement of trees on the roadside can give a useful indication of wind strength too.

Be wary of debris on roads and allow yourself enough space to move around it if necessary. Driving at a steady speed will also ensure you give yourself more time to slow down before a hazard.

Mark said: “Keep an eye on the vehicles ahead of you – looking for clues as to how the wind may be affecting them will give you advanced warning of where it may be gusting strongly.

“Stormy weather can be extremely unpredictable – be prepared for the worst. And as always, avoid the journey where possible.”

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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: Barry had some questions relating to the free ADVICE: Denise wanted to know how to remove a saved password from Google Chrome Windows 10 upgrade.

Q

Hi Richard,I have been holding on installing Windows 10 to hear if anyone has had any problems with it. So far I have seen and heard nothing about it. Are you aware of any problems with it as yet?

I also noticed on your page in this week’s Courier, the block of Windows 10 where it says "Free upgrade for the first year". Does this mean that anyone who upgrades after 1 year from now will have to pay or does it mean that everyone who has it now will have to pay something after 1 year?

Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work!!

A

Hi Barry, of course there are always potential problems when upgrading to a new operating system, however the only real issues I have found have been with people who currently have issues with Windows 7 or 8 and don’t fix them before upgrading to Windows 10.

Q A

Hi Richard. Somehow or other I have ticked a box for Google to remember my password on my internet banking, not a good idea. How do I go about changing it back to manual please? Regards, Denise.

Hi Denise, so problem it’s an easy one to sort out, all you need to do is...

1. Launch Google Chrome 2. Click on the three bars in the top right hand corner

3. Click settings 4. Scroll to the bottom and click “show advanced settings” 5. Under the “passwords and forms” section click on the “manage passwords” link 6. Locate the site and password you want to forget and click on the small X to the right of the relevant line 7. Click Done 8. Restart Google Chrome and you’re all done 

The upgrade is free for one year, if you take advantage of the offer then you will have the software free of charge forever (you can burn a DVD with a free copy of Windows 10 on it), if you leave it until after the offer has closed then yes you will have to pay for the software.

ADVICE: Warren wanted to know why he was having problems opening .pdf files.

Q

Hi Richard. Can you help me? I brought an older laptop out to Spain after getting it whipped.

When i tried to access a user manual on disc it comes up in gibberish and Ican’tread it. I know it’s a settings problem but don’t know how to correct it?

A

Hi, it’s always a good idea to give old laptops a good whipping, they appreciate it ;-)

In terms of your problem, it looks like you are trying to open up an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) document in Microsoft Word (or some other Microsoft product) – this won’t work, as you have discovered.

You will need to go to http://get.adobe.com/reader and download Adobe Acrobat Reader, this will then allow you to open up your manual.

office@bluemoonsolutions.es www.bluemoonsolutions.es Mobile: 655 044 970

Office: 902 906 200

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Friday 12th February 2016

How To Buy Property In Spain Help for British nationals overseas – guidance

Introduction This guide sets out essential information for British nationals wanting to buy property in Spain, including advice on legal advice, buying in certain areas, complaints and more. It should be read together with the ‘How to buy property abroad’ guide.

We are unable to provide any guidance on individual property purchases apart from the information and links listed below. See our information on what consulates can and cannot do for British nationals.

Legal advice It is strongly recommended that you choose an

independent lawyer who is specialised in Spanish land law (urbanismo).

Independent means that they work on your behalf only and are not also looking after the interests of the agent or developer. The Spanish property conveyancing system is different to the UK system so you should ensure that those involved in the transaction are qualified and experienced in Spain.

Exercise extreme caution if an estate agent, promoter or lawyer urges you to cut corners to save money or time.

A Spanish notary will be involved in preparing the

contract of sale and issuing the public deeds. As the purchaser, you have the right to choose which notary you use. The notary is a public servant who has a duty to provide you with free and impartial legal advice on all aspects of the contract before you sign. It is a good idea to seek advice from the notary early on. When a date is set for signing the contract, you have three days beforehand to visit the notary and ask any questions you may have about any aspect of the contract.

If you choose to work with a British estate agent, promoter or lawyer, check

that they are qualified, reliable and have experience operating in Spain. Check that they are registered with the Law Society in the UK and specialise in International Transactions.

If your lawyer is based in Spain, ask for their registration number and check that they are registered and practising with the local bar association (Colegio de Abogados).

You should also check that your lawyer has professional indemnity insurance and not sign any papers or hand over any money until you have taken independent legal advice.

Although the British Embassy cannot recommend a lawyer, we do have lists of local English-speaking lawyers and qualified translators available on our website.

Many Spanish citizens use a ‘Gestor’ to carry out bureaucracy on their behalf. You should note that only a Gestor Administrativo with the GA kite mark is professionally qualified and certified to process paperwork directly with the Spanish administration. More information can be found on their services here Should you become

involved in a property dispute, but do not have sufficient means to meet the costs of a court case, you can apply for legal aid.

More information is available on the European EJustice Portal. Applications for those resident in Spain should be directed to the local bar association.

Please bear in mind that if you do become involved in a property dispute, you may need to seek a new lawyer with specific expertise in the field of litigation you wish to pursue, e.g. specialist civil lawyers for compensation claims against private parties such as agents, developers or banks, and specialist public body litigants (contencioso administrativo) for claims against local, regional or state authorities.

Mortgages Do your homework: you should analyse and compare a range of different products and services offered by different lending companies. If you have any doubts about the terms and conditions, ask the lender to clarify. You should also check that the lender is listed as authorised to operate in Spain with the Bank of Spain.

Look for the mortgage

which is most appropriate for your capabilities and needs. There are a range of mortgages on offer and you should pay special attention to the interest rate and repayment period, fees for setting up the mortgage as well as early repayment and cancellation fees.

If you cannot keep up the mortgage repayments, the Spanish bank could repossess your property in Spain. If the value of the property is less than the total debt outstanding (you are in negative equity), the bank may pursue your UK assets to recover the mortgage shortfall using a European Enforcement Order.

Make sure you fully understand the mortgage agreement you sign. If you have any doubts check with the branch during the 10 working-day period after the binding offer has been provided. If for any reason you cannot keep up the mortgage repayments, you should speak to your bank immediately (before defaulting on repayments) to discuss the options available.

Further information on mortgages in Spain is available from the Spanish Mortgage Association.

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They will not be holding the Wednesday night meeting at 6.00 pm. For further

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Friday 12th February 2016 Friday 30th October 2015

Move Over Nadal!

Tennis sensation Nicola Kuhn aims to put the experience of his 21,000-mile round trip to the Australian Open to good use - by soaring to new heights in his quest to become Spain's next Rafa Nadal, writes DONNA GEE. And the Torrevieja-based superkid has a hunch that Wimbledon 2016 will be the tournament

that launches him as a genuine Grand Slam contender of the future.

Nico, one of only two 15year-olds in the world's Top 50 juniors, celebrated his flying visit to Melbourne by reaching the Junior Doubles quarter final, as reported by The Courier a fortnight ago.

That unexpected success alongside Japan's top junior

Toru Horie followed a singles horror show in which Austrian-born Nico failed to progress beyond the last 64 after being given the medical all-clear to compete following a foot stress fracture.

"Just being there in Melbourne was a great experience but I definitely needed more preparation time,'' he told me just hours after arriving back in Spain.

"One thing is for sure. Next year I will try to get there a week before the tournament.''

In a ploy designed to counter the effects of jet-lag, blond six-footer Kuhn – a top pupil of former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero's Equelite Tennis Academy in Villena (and pictured getting some physio there after his Australian exploits), - stayed up all night at home in Torrevieja immediately before boarding his flight from Madrid to Doha en route to Australia. The outcome of the eat now, sleep later exercise was particularly hard to swallow as, three days later, Nico was beaten

by Canada's Jack Mingjie Lin after powering into a commanding 4-1 first-set lead in his opening match in Melbourne.

Lin went on to hit a streak of sensational form to take the match 6-4 6-3 and the lad from La Mata, who speaks Spanish, English, German and Russian fluently, generously conceded:

"You can't do a lot to break someone's serve when your opponent is banging down three aces in his service games.''

However, Kuhn's overall game was about to come up with an unlikely ace of its own – a winning doubles partnership with Horie.

"Playing two matches in one day has been a bit too much physically in my career so far,'' Nico admits.”Now I find I can handle that sort of demand, so when Toru Horie suggested we partnered up for the Australian Open, I thought 'why not?' We had a tremendous match against each other in the Junior Davis Cup finals in October, when I won after saving two match points, and we also get on pretty well together.”

"Our first match was a little crazy,'' reflected Nico on the new Horie alliance.

"Basically we were both playing our own game but as things settled, it seemed to work OK and we started to feel more like a team.''

The first-round victory over Turkey's Irgi Kirkin and Aussie Alexei Popyrin and a shock success against number four seeds Yousef Hossam and Alberto Lim, took the unlikely lads into the last eight.

Kuhn and Horie finally capitulated to the eventual champions, local heroes Alex De Minaur and Blake Ellis, but Nico believes he and the highly-ranked Horie

Valentine’s Day Run Up to two thousand runners will be taking part in this Sunday’s Orihuela half marathon, as well as others in an eight kilometre novice fun run that will be staged on part of the half marathon route. It will be the eighteenth running of the race and will start at 10.30am from La Glorieta Gabriél Miró in Orihuela City with

Team Sky's Dutch rider Wouter Poels secured overall victory in the Tour of Valencia as Belgium's Stijn Vandenbergh won the fifth and final stage on Sunday.

Holding a 46-second lead heading into the 105.7km ride around Valencia, Poels was never troubled as he maintained his lead over Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez

with his Sky teammate Benat Intxausti a further 10 seconds adrift in third.

Vandenbergh attacked with three laps of the circuit to go to hold off a bunch sprint and win from Dutch riders Dylan Groenewegen and Raymond Kreder.

Fabio Aru, winner of the Vuelta a Espana in 2015 and a contender for this year's Tour de France, finished back in sixth overall, 1min 26sec behind Poels, who had won Saturday’s stage between Orihuela and Xorret del Cati.

three months old and by his third birthday was already wielding his first tennis racket, a gift from mum and dad.

As the silverware mounted while still at junior school, the tennis authorities in his father's homeland Germany offered to finance Nico's rapidly increasing travel and equipment expenses – something their cashstrapped Spanish counterparts could not afford. And for the past four years Kaiser Kuhn has provided the main thrust of a highly successful German junior team.

The pinnacle was his record run of 11 successive singles victories in leading his father's homeland to the Final of the Junior Davis Cup and winning the tournament's Most Valuable Player award into the bargain.

That was to be Nico's final team appearance for Germany pending the longanticipated arrival of the Spanish passport which will enable him to switch his national allegiance to the country he has always regarded as home. Ironically, Nico is due to play in an ATP Futures tournament in Murcia on the day those passport formalities are scheduled for completion – adding yet another complication to the mass of red tape he has had to endure to be accepted on the international stage simply as El Nico, the blond tennis kid from Torrevieja who made good.

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the course essentially being three circuits around the city. Everybody successfully finishing the route will be given a souvenir medal.

The event was officially launched and promoted by local sporting officials and sponsors, as well as Orihuela mayor, Emilio Bascuñana, positioned in the middle.

Wouter’s Win

are destined for more success as a doubles pair.

Kuhn, who will be 16 next month, still has three more years' eligibility as a Junior, though his involvement with the ITF circuit is likely to be limited from now on as he pushes to climb the official Association of Tennis Professsionals ladder.

"My target is to be in ATP top 600 by the end of the year,'' he says, ''and also hopefully to reach the Junior Top 10.''

Climbing 1400 places up the ATP ladder (he is currently ranked 2009) will probably necessitate winning two Futures tournaments against adult professional opposition. However, he already has enough ranking points to qualify for the main draw of all four junior Grand Slams and sees this summer's Wimbledon as the brightest ray of sunshine on the immediate horizon.

"The next Grand Slam challenge is the French Open at Roland Garros but Wimbledon is the one I am really looking forward to,'' he says. "I think I can do well there, even though playing on grass will be a new experience.''

More immediate on the agenda is the passport that will finally enable Nico to play under the flag of Spain, the country he has always regarded as home. His parents Alfred and Rita moved to Torrevieja when he was

There’s another round of Murcia regional division rugby union fixtures this weekend, with the first division’s bottom side, ITV Vega Baja Orihuela, away to second-placed CRU Cartagena, whose “B” team entertain the San Javier Squalos in a sec-

ond division encounter between the top two sides.

The under-18 cadetes league fixtures produce a top of the table clash as the leaders Lorca take on the Torrevieja Tigers, whilst ITV Orihuela, like their seniors, go to CRU Cartagena.

Just A Sprint Forget marathons and try running 100 kilometres instead which is exactly what some very fit men and women did around a circuit based on Los Alcázares last Saturday! It was the Murcia region’s first ever high endurance race which was organised by the Club Amigos del Maratón in association with the regional athletics federation and Los Alcázares council. Óscar Latorre(pictured) was the men’s winner clocking up the course in seven

hours, two minutes, and 43 seconds. British competitor, Sarah Watkins took the

women’s title for the My Goal 42K club with a time of just under 13 hours.

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Ivie Davies on Golf

Friday 12th February 2016

How To Make Golf Better During the 2015 golf season, much was written about the state of the sport. Here’s a reminder of some of the statements:“There’s not enough kids playing playing the game!!!”

“How do you stop slow play???”

“Golf will never be the same without Tiger!!!!”

“Jordan Spieth is amazing, I love him!”

“Spieth is nowhere near exciting enough!!!

“Technology has gone too far, the courses won’t hold up!! There’s way too much money involved in the professional game these days!”

“FootGolf is the answer to bring people to the game!!!!”

By the sound of that little lot you would think that the golfing world has imploded upon itself and every living golfer has cashed in their clubs and taken up bowls.

Trust me, however bad the supposed ‘condition’ of the game gets, that

will never happen. Yes there are problems, and golf could and maybe should be in a better place, but you have to look at the positives. I think that 2015 was a marvellous year for the game of golf, and long may that continue.

To make sure our game keeps ticking over; I have put my golf ball sized brain together to create the wish list of all wish lists. After all, a little optimism never hurt anyone did it?

So, in no particular order here is my top five 1. STOP SLOW PLAY

BY PENALISING PLAYERS SHOTS, NOT CASH! Wouldn’t it be absolutely marvellous if someone with power on the golfing tree stood up and actually did something about slow play in professional golf? Every single year we have the same debate, the same complaints and inevitably the same outcome. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realise

that fining professional golfers for slow play doesn’t actually do anything (£25,000 is nothing to Keegan Bradley!!!).

What I would like to see is someone with some courage to stand up and put in place a system where pros are actually penalised shots, not money. For example, if you are over the average time taken to play a round of golf, at the end of the round you will be given a two shot penalty.

Players care more about their shots than their money. If that doesn’t work, then I don’t know what will.

2. SOMEONE TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE BY WINNING THE GRAND SLAM Reckon anyone will ever do the Grand Slam?

2015 was a good year for Grand Slam hopefuls, as a young chap came along and holes and unfathomable amount of putts came along and won two in a row, and then tied fourth and sec-

ond in the others. Jordan Spieth, for this we thank you. During the Tiger years, the question of the Grand Slam was raised every season; some journalists even got that desperate and re-named it ‘The Tiger Slam’. The reason we are so desperate for this to happen is because it would benefit the sport, a hero of the modern game would be born and youngsters would be running to the driving range with their twenty year old Big Berthas in hand. Not only that, hopefully this hero would inspire the next generation of golfers. Mr McIlroy, step up and claim that title, we know you want to.

3. MORE PITCH AND PUTT PLEASE Most of us started playing golf on Pitch and Putt courses, so what does this tell you? It tells you that golf is an expensive game to get into, so before you invest hundreds of pounds into

shiny new metal sticks, you want to try before you buy. Where do you do this? The local Pitch and Putt with your mates. You go to the bar and drink pints of beer or jugs of sangria instead.

You do the maths. We really need to get the beloved Pitch and Putt courses back in favour, and more please here in Spain. You only have to listen to the wise words of Gary Player. Pitch and Putt, NOT ditch and shut!

4. ALL CLUBS TO HOLD A ‘GET INTO GOLF’ DAY I’m really proud of this one and don’t see why it can’t happen. For one day of the year I propose that every golf club on the Costas should be open to the public.

Obviously it would need some planning but it would be a brilliant way of advertising club golf to people who may have never played before.

There could be free tuition, six-hole tournaments, putting competi-

tions, give-aways, and maybe even some sandwiches. If the right people marketed this correctly, there is no reason why it couldn’t work.

Let's make people who have never played the game feel welcome, not alienated.

5. MORE MATCHPLAY EVENTS FOR ALL TOURS The matchplay format in golf has surely but slowly been working its way out of our tours.

This may seem ironic when the biggest golfing event on the planet by far is the Ryder Cup. But maybe this is the reason for the decline in matchplay tournaments. We have become complacent and unfortunately compared every single matchplay game to the Ryder Cup making them seem irrelevant which is simply not true.

Matchplay is the purest form of the game, and if you ask me, the most enjoyable to play, so let’s give it a push.

TITTER ON THE TEE

Is giving birth more painful compared to a guy getting kicked in the nuts? Women always maintain that giving birth is way more painful than the unkindest kick of all for a bloke, but how could they "know"? After some more heavy deductive thinking, I have come up with an answer to that question.

Getting kicked in the proverbials is more painful than having a baby, and even though I obviously couldn't really "know", here is the reason for my conclusion. A year or so after giving birth, a woman will often say, "It might be nice to have another child."

On the other hand, you never hear a guy say, "You know, I think I would like another kick in the nuts."

KNOW YOUR RULES

QUESTION

In stroke play, a competitor concedes his fellowcompetitor a short putt and knocks the ball away. The fellow competitor lifts his ball, does not replace it as required by Rule 18-4 and plays from the next tee. What is the ruling?

ANSWER The fellow-competitor is disqualified (Rule 3-2).

Conceded shots/putts are only allowed in Matchplay.

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Friday 12th February 2016

Torry Draw A Blank

Barclays Premier League Saturday 13 February 13:45 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00 18:30

Sunderland v Manchester United Bournemouth v Stoke City Crystal Palace v Watford Everton v West Bromwich Albion Norwich City v West Ham United Swansea City v Southampton Chelsea v Newcastle United

Sunday 14 February 13:00 Arsenal v Leicester City 15:05 Aston Villa v Liverpool 17:15 Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur

Sky Bet Championship Saturday 13 February

CD TORREVIEJA 0 VILLARREAL CF 0 No less than fifteen of the twenty teams in group six failed to score over the weekend, illustrating how heavily managers at this level concentrate on defence and just how difficult it can be to find a prolific goal scorer. Torry slip to tenth place with this draw, now eight points behind the fourth placed team in the final play-off position, and are undefeated in nine outings. There are fourteen games left to contest, but Torrevieja will need to be one of those sides who rediscover their shooting boots and start rattling the goals in, or else mid-table is where they will stay, with the dreadful early season start being their undoing.

Costly misses could ruin Torry's season, but there were two main reasons why Torry did not win this match.

The first was Joan in the visitor's goal was in scintillating form, saving at point blank range and punching shots away with invincibility. Then when he was vulnerable, he enjoyed the double advantage of resolute defenders around him, allied to some indifferent finishing from the Torry attackers.

Villarreal’s resolute defending was evident by

the referee's notebook, which recorded seven cautions for this combative outfit, which included two for Raba who was duly dismissed in the 54th minute, whilst Burguillos and Vicente collected the Torry yellow cards. It was not a bruising contest, though maybe Suarez would disagree with that, as he was dished out illegal punishment more than most. He is always in the thick of things, with his colleagues looking for him to create the dangerous plays. Torry did much of this but Higon firing into the side netting, Prieto needing more time to control the ball and Allen not just getting the run of the ball, all contributed to a rare Torry blank.

In the first half, both Higon and Luis Carlos smashed fiercesome drives from the edge of the box on target, but Joan denied them with fabulous saves.

The visitors were fast and dangerous on the break, but Martin and Matej ably handled all they threw at them.

Miguel had less to do in this match than others, but when called into action, he was safe and sound.

Luis Carlos was the Pinada Blinds sponsored

Man of the Match. He forged forward willingly, ghosting past opponents and delivering some telling crosses which went begging. Prieto and Higon looked odds on to take advantage of a couple of these, but luck was not with them when it mattered. Rafa Gomez brought another dimension to the game when he was introduced, showing that he retains all of his guile and deception. He added to Villarreal's worry, but as before with others, he could not find that telling

goal.

Although it is now unbeaten in the last nine matches for Torry, it is disconcerting that it is only two points collected from a possible six in the last two games, albeit against good teams. The defence is doing its job, but once more, although chances are being created, the lack of conversion is emerging once again as the elephant in the playing field.

Torry are away to Muro this Sunday, a team who are six points below them in the table.

20:45 Leeds United v Middlesbrough

Tuesday 16 February 20:45 Blackburn Rovers v Fulham 20:45 Hull City v Brighton and Hove Albion

Scottish Premiership Friday 12 February 20:45 Dundee v St. Johnstone

Saturday 13 February 16:00 16:00 16:00 16:00

Celtic v Ross County Hamilton Academical v Dundee United Heart of Midlothian v Partick Thistle Motherwell v Kilmarnock

20:45 Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Aberdeen

Tuesday 16 February 20:45 Dundee United v Motherwell

Spanish La Liga Friday 12 February 20:30 Sporting de Gijón v Rayo Vallecano

Saturday 13 February 16:00 18:15 20:30 22:05

Real Madrid v Athletic Club Villarreal v Málaga Valencia CF v Espanyol Deportivo de La Coruña v Real Betis

Sunday 14 February

CD RAYO ORIHUELA 0 CD MONTESINOS 3 like a solid, compact and determined outfit who look capable of staying in touch with the top four sides.

It was a comfortable win for Montesinos who took the game to the home side and the only surprise of the first half was that it took them so long to get the first goal, and when it did arrive, it was a superbly taken headed effort by Daniel Orourke, who leapt high at

Monday 15 February

Monday 15 February

Rayo Rolled Over

Whatever manager Roberto Cases said or did to his players after the defeat by runaway leaders Dolores early in January seems to have done the business, as CD Montesinos have gone on to win their next four games including Sunday’s encounter at Playa Flamenca. It was a solid performance again by a Monte side that now look

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the far post to score. Young Paredes had to be replaced

by Wallace, whose strength and pace unsettled the home side time after time.

Orourke never stopped chasing and running, winning challenges all over the park and it was his pass out wide to Dimitri whose low cross was met in the centre

by Manuel to double the lead. Wallace sealed the deal 10 minutes before the

end after he won an aerial challenge and slotted the loose ball home.

With regular players like out with long-term injuries and suspensions, Roberto Cases has made good use of some of the youth players at the club who have rewarded him well. This Sunday, Monte should be too good for the modestlyplaced CD Borneo, with a 4.30pm kick-off.

1200 Real Sociedad v Granada CF 16:00 Sevilla v Las Palmas 18:15 Eibar v Levante 18:15 Getafe v Atlético de Madrid 20:30 Barcelona v Celta de Vigo

Wednesday 17 February 18:30Sporting de Gijón v Barcelona

Champions League Tuesday 16 February 20:45 Benfica v Zenit St Petersburg 20:45 Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea

Wednesday 17 February 20:45 KAA Gent v VfL Wolfsburg 20:45 Roma v Real Madrid

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No Surprise VALENCIA 1 BARCELONA 1 (agg 1-8)

LEVANTE 0 BARCELONA 2

Barcelona beat Levante to stay top of the La Liga table Sunday, despite struggling for large parts of the game against the league's bottom side.

It took an own goal from Levante defender David Navarro to break the deadlock after 21 minutes and Levante missed several chances to level, while midfielder Jose Luis Morales hit the post, until Luis Suarez added Barca's second in injury time.

Barcelona also equalled a club record of 28 games in all competitions without defeat in what was Luis Enrique's 100th game in charge, but the coach insisted he was not interested in these records. "It's good to reach 100 games, it's better than 50, but statistics don't tell me anything. I'm more interested in group objectives, like winning league titles."

Barca entertain Celta Vigo this Sunday evening.

Luka’s LifeSaver GRANADA 1 REAL MADRID 2 Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane encouraged Croatian playmaker Luka Modric to shoot more often as his first league goal of the season salvaged a win at Granada last Sunday.

Youssef El Arabi had deservedly cancelled out Karim Benzema's first-half opener for Real before Modric's fantastic strike into the top corner five minutes from time kept Real just four points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona.

"Modric scored a great goal that has given us life and, above all, three points," said Zidane.

Real are at home to Athletic Bilbao tomorrow afternoon.

STILL

Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey final as they beat Gary Neville's Valencia 8-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla Stadium on Wednesday.

Trailing 7-0 from the first leg, the home side went in front on the night when Alvaro Negredo rolled home.

And Neville was on course to celebrate a rare victory as Valencia coach before Barca substitute Wilfrid Kaptoum side-footed in a late equaliser, as the La Liga champions fielded a second-string side.

The result means Barcelona are unbeaten in 29 games, a Spanish record. Their opponents in the final will be either Celta Vigo or Sevilla, the latter of whom lead 4-0 going into last night's second leg.

Stubbed Out The Reds' owners Fenway Sports Group released a statement on Thursday stating they had listened to the protests of supporters over plans to raise the most expensive ticket in the club's new stand to £77 - and acted. Liverpool have frozen their prices for the next two years, with the most expensive remaining at £59, and apologised for the upheaval that caused many fans to walk out of Anfield in the 77th minute of their last home game.

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A draw was a fair result last Saturday as both teams pretty much cancelled each other out, as the two keepers, Javi Jiménez for Elche, and Munir for Numancia, look assured. The visitors had a few long range attempts in the first half, but the Ilicitanos produced little danger in the first period of play with manager Rubén Baraja bringing on Cristaldo at the start of the second half to liven things up.

Things did get livelier though at the other end as Marc Mateu produced one of the best moves of the whole match and looked a good bet to score before Jiménez produced a great save to keep the game scoreless. Baraja brought on Eldin on the hour mark, and it was only then that Elche managed to show what they have been producing in recent weeks, though Numancia through Luis Varcarce also kept Jiménez on his toes at the other end. Even though the visitors had a man sent off with seven minutes remaining, the Ilicitanos just were not telling enough going forward and had to settle for a point, which Numancia were good value for.

The situation in the Segunda division is incredibly tight with Elche in eighth place on 38 points, but just two points off second-placed Leganes. There’s a key match tomorrow as the Ilicitanos go to Tarragona to take on the team above them in the table, Gimnàstic.

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Neymar is happy to stay at Barcelona, according to the club's director of football Robert Fernandez. The Brazilian has been linked with a move away from the club in the Spanish media in recent months, and his father, Neymar Sr, revealed last week that Manchester United made a world-record bid of £140m for the 24-year-old in the summer. But Fernandez insists Neymar is happy at the Nou Camp, and that the club are relaxed about his future.

Allegri Rejects Talk uventus boss Massimiliano Allegri says there is "nothing" in reports linking him with Chelsea.

The 48-year-old Italian has been touted as a possible successor to Guus Hiddink at Stamford Bridge, with the Dutchman in interim charge of the Blues until the end of the season.

Allegri's former manager Giovanni Galeone said earlier on Tuesday the Italian will become Chelsea's new boss in the summer after receiving a "fantastic" offer from Roman Abramovich.

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West Brom Through West Brom needed penalties to defeat League One side Peterborough in an FA Cup fourth-round replay.

With the Premier League team leading 4-3 in the shootout, Posh striker Lee Angol had his spot-kick saved by Ben Foster to take the Baggies through.

Earlier, Jon Taylor - who scored the equaliser at The Hawthorns to take the tie to a replay - put Posh ahead.

But Darren Fletcher smashed in an equaliser for the visitors, who will play Reading in the fifth round.

Like Angol, Peterborough midfielder Martin Samuelsen also had a spotkick saved in the shootout, but his miss was cancelled out when Fletcher slid his penalty wide.

Led by a superb man-of-the-match display by West Ham loanee Samuelsen, Posh looked equal to a side 36 places above them in the

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scoring for top of the table Leicester at Man City.

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And the team eighth in League One almost opened the scoring when Harry Beautyman's effort was blocked by a diving James Chester.

Beautyman had another chance in the first half, but allowed the ball to run across him instead of taking an instinctive shot in the area, which allowed Foster to get across to save.

Posh got their reward when Taylor latched on to a ball by Angol, ran into the area and shot across Foster to put Graham Westley's side ahead. West Brom came into the match having won just one of their past eight away matches, and without a Premier League win in five.

Peterborough boss Graham Westley: "Our lads will gain so much from that experience. They performed tremendously but now we have the league to concentrate on, as any manager would say.

sheer delight at one end of the huge stadium confined to the visiting pens. The happy fans jumping up and down and singing in unison in sheer delight as their team unbelievably goes six points clear at the top. Oh yes, believe it, this is a modern tale of two cities, a miracle, even by football's crazy unpredictable standards: Manchester City 1 Leicester City 3.

You couldn't make it up.

Only last season Leicester City, the smaller club was rock-bottom of the Premier League, and looking certainties for relegation; this after being promoted from the Championship the previous year. Somehow the losing run was stopped just before it became too late and a stupendous run of results then followed that kept these underdogs up. Then, shock horror, further domestic drama occurred, due to the manager's son (a reserve player for the club) taking part in lewd off-field transgressions, which resulted in the innocent father's dismissal during the close season. Now what?

Amid great interest a moderately successful Italian is appointed team manager. His nickname 'The Tinkerman' refers to Claudio Ranieri's previous record of always changing his team, week in, week

FOOTBALL Mourinho 'is perfect for Man Utd' EUROPEAN FOOTBALL Valencia hold Barca but exit cup FOOTBALL West Brom scrape past Posh on penalties

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The home team in second place in the league cost over £400m: in the close season two players alone cost over £100m.

The club's wage bill here is staggering, because the club pay astronomical salaries and bonuses to attract the best. In their fabulous stadium the capacity is 60,000, huge

by Premier League standards. In direct and staggering contrast, their modest opponents cost £54m in total, their most expensive player costing just £10m - and three of these visitors' players came on free transfers. There is one more important statistic to be considered before this vital match kicks off with two-thirds of the season gone: those modest visitors are leading the league by three points.

As the rain pours down, within three minutes the away team score – and then again early in the second half with a superb second goal to stun the millionaires. To further twist the knife , a third sends many home supporters trudging away in abject disgust and bewilderment at what they have witnessed. A consolation goal by the residents home goalscorer does little to relieve the gloom in the rain-soaked stadium, scene of thousands of plastic cagoules. There is, however one rainbow of

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out, attracting criticism as a result. His last position as manager of the Greek national team was terminated after defeat by the Faroe Islands. All this is now forgiven as the experienced Ranieri quickly settles in, and to everyone's amazement takes his team right to the top of the Premier League, and in doing so using fewer players than any other team.

Leicester has never enjoyed major success, historically run on an unlucky also-ran base. So what has brought this amazing turn around?

How have he/they done it?

Well, even the pundits don't really know, each one advancing different comments and theories.

'The Foxes' make no reasonable sense resultswise, winning games with previously hardly-known names playing out of their skins consistently.

Surely this Fairy Tale season isn't going to end in disappointment ? With only thirteen games left, it's to be hoped by the neutrals the blue bubble isn't going to burst by the end as the big boys gird up their loins for the traditional run in. So, the £54m question – can the nice guys at Leicester keep it up and miraculously win the Premier League?

Sunday at the Emirates will give us a good idea.

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Will Leicester get murdered by the enormous, expensive Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday? Will the feisty Foxes then be ensnared by the chasing hounds and torn apart for the rest of the season? After putting mighty Man City away, this is the last big test for them against one of the leading title contenders. Sunday apart, the Foxes look to have a decent run-in- 12 games left to secure a fabulous, unbelievable Premier League title win (see over).

Man City v Tottenham is another Sunday belter and Spurs have the added incentive that if the hated Gunners are outfoxed earlier, then a positive result at the Etihad could cement second place – and the Gooners will not like that, Arsene!

Chelsea’s current problem is limited vision – everywhere. On the field that stupid bandit’s mask is now being worn by their best player Azpiliceuta and of course his form has dipped! I don’t think you can see out of it properly. Just as the Man United train was pulling away victoriously from The Bridge on Sunday, Chelsea once again scrambled into the Guard’s Van, scoring with a

BIGGAR’S BETTER

Dan Biggar will start Wales' Six Nations clash against Scotland tomorrow after recovering from a sprained ankle. He limped out of Sunday's draw with Ireland, and was replaced by Rhys Priestland. "It's great to be able to name an unchanged side, with Dan coming through, fit and ready to play," said Wales coach Warren Gatland.

dodgy late equaliser - just like John Terry’s 110th minute offside equaliser against Everton. BTW, does anybody in charge (who is?) know what’s happening to leader/legend/lost lamb JT come May? What a way to run a club!

Now it’s unpredictable Newcastle at the Bridge on Sunday, the match wedged between the aforementioned two biggies, Saturday lunchtime sees second-bottom Sunderland entertain speculation-rife Man United, with Portuguese man-o-war Jose haunting Dutchman Louis (see bottom), as the Old Trafford hierarchy seem set to seal the Mou deal. Later on, we have two losers who need to win, facing each other, namely Bournemouth against Stoke, after you with three points please? A similar picture is painted at Selhurst Park where Pardew’s Palace, who have lately hit the skids play plucky Watford, who finally gave in 1 – 0 at Spurs last time out.

Are Everton back on track? A thumping 3 – 0 win against stuttering Stoke makes the erratic Toffees look better in eighth place. West Brom are no pushovers, but will be weary after Wednesday’s FA Cup penalty win against plucky Peterborough.

JOSE IS COMING

Jose Mourinho is set to land a three-year, £15million-a-season deal to replace Louis van Gaal at Manchester United according to reports yesterday. Personal terms have been agreed in principle with Mourinho, who is set to bring in Atletico Madrid’s sporting director Andrea Berta to look after the signing of players.

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What a season this is for Liverpool: the team, the Anfield fans and particularly Jurgen the German.

Appendix One saw Kop King Klopp (KKK) miss the strange Sunderland result, where, with Liverpool 2 – 0 up, loadsa fans walked out on 77 minutes in protest over next season’s announced prices – a decision that has now been rescinded (see inside for details).

But the Reds suddenly somehow conceded two late goals to merely draw and stay a poor ninth alongside near neighbours Everton. Last Tuesday night the recovering KKK returned tenderly to the bench for their FA Cup 4th round replay against West Ham United - no touchlines histrionics and leaping about this time, watching quietly as his youth side eventually went down 2 – 1 after extra time, as the happy Hammers marched on. At this rate Liverpool’s entire season will depend on the League Cup final against mighty Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday February 28th.

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N W O D Norwich City are officially in trouble having slipped into the Dreaded Drop Department after a disastrous defeat at – wait for it – Villa Park (no it’s true! Hey, you don’t think Aston Villa could do a Leicester City and…nah…). A Saturday afternoon visit to Carrow Road now from happy West Ham United, going well in sixth, and thrillingly through to the FA Cup Fifth Round is not the best way to recover for the Canaries. Is it ‘Si Signor’ at Swansea City with Francesco Guidolin atta da helma? A 1– 1 home draw with perplexed Crystal Palace is not exactly the stuff of legends, but hey – it’s a start to get away from the DDD. Now a big test awaits as Southampton are coming to Swales, the Saints fresh from putting away that same West Ham 1 – 0, while holding out with only 10 men.

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