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FLIGHT RELIEF

osta Blanca and Mar Menor-bound holidaymakers and ex-pats heading back to the UK can breathe a sigh of relief as the two biggest French air traffic control unions called off a long weekend of strike action that was due to start yesterday. But there was still misery for users of Alicante-Elche and San Javier airports as Wednesday’s breakthrough came too late for carriers like Ryanair and Easyjet to reverse their plans to cancel services yesterday. EasyJet had expected a 'large impact' to its sched-

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BY ALEX TRELINSKI ules as around 65% of its flights use French airspace. "We have been working very hard to minimise the impact on our customers, but just like other airlines,

we have been forced to cancel flights ahead of the strike," the company said. A dozen Ryanair flights to and from Spain were scrapped yesterday.

The three main air traffic control unions had threated industrial action from yesterday until Sunday, with major disruption to services that fly over France to destinations like Spain. It would have been the ninth strike action in three months and had threatened to hit families returning to the UK after the half-term holidays. But after last-minute talks with two of the unions on Wednesday night, the strikes were called off, with a third union also reaching an agreement yesterday meaning that the dispute over work contracts was finally settled.

GUARDIA COLLAPSE

70-year-old woman who went to make a complaint at the Guardia Civil’s barracks in Torrevieja had an even bigger gripe after her visit, after the plastic chair that she sat on in the reception area collapsed. As a result, she suffered a suspected fractured knee that meant an unscheduled visit to hospital. The non-Spanish speaker went to the Guardia on Monday lunchtime, and there was a printed note put up by officers which she could not understand. She sat down and the chair gave way, with an ambulance called in to take her to Torrevieja

Hospital. The local Guardia union, the AUGC, say that they’d already warned their bosses

about the state of the chairs in the reception area, but nothing had been done about it. The AUGC say that the

unnamed woman has joined them in denouncing the state of the furniture, which has since been removed.

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The environmental group, the Friends of the Sierra Escalona (ASE) have complained to Orihuela local council about a house that is being built on a protected part of the Sierra Escalona natural reserve, two and a half kilometres out of

Torremendo village. Limited construction for agricultural use is allowed with planning councillor Begoña Cuartero telling the Informacion newspaper that an order to stop the building work would be put into place if rules had been broken.

Wheels Of Fortune

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A resident from the Montemar urbanisation in Campoamor has got the Orihuela council to say that 60 thousand euros of public money was spent on dealing with last August's illegal Campoamor Music festival. Councillor Begoña Cuartero answered a question at a council meeting from a resident where she disclosed that 37 thousand euros was spent on clearing and cleaning up the area; eight thousand euros on police offi-

cers; seven thousand euros on temporary fencing; and nearly four thousand euros on civil protection staff. In a follow up question, the unnamed resident than asked about council plans to stop the annual problem of people drinking alcohol in the streets of Campoamor during the summer in the so-called macrobotellones. Cuartero replied that anybody caught breaking and causing disturbances would be dealt with, but if laws

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were not broken, then there was little that the council could do. Local residents associations have regularly lobbied and campaigned over disturbances suffered in the Campoamor area around the first Wednesday of August, with a website already promoting the Music festival for Wednesday August 3rd, with a ticket price of seven euros for the unauthorised event.

National Police agents hit the jackpot when they collared a four-strong gang who were using electronic gadgets to win big prizes on American roulette machines in amusement arcades in Alicante City and Alcoy. The number came up for the four Chinese nationals who were accused of fiddling wins amounting to almost 100 thousand euros since the start of the year, with 75 thousand of that coming from just one venue in Alicante in four separate visits. A manager of an Alcoy

arcade got suspicious last week when a gambler netted 22 thousand euros and having studied security video footage, he called the police. Authorities seized five highend mobile phones from a San Vicente address along with a laptop and three thousand euros in cash. Investigations showed that the roulette machines would cough up big prizes after suffering very brief power outages, and that the gang would even offer ten percent of their winnings to suspicious arcade employees to buy their silence.

Jolly Holiday A 29-year-old British man wanted by the courts in Benidorm has been arrested in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria. The wanted Brit, with

the initials DP, and who is said to have a criminal record, was picked up by the National Police. No details of the charges were made public.

A total of four thousand euros has been donated to two local cancer charity fund-raising groups thanks to a series of pink "boob" glass recycling bins being put up in Orihuela City and Playa Flamenca last

month. Ecovidrio, a nonprofit organisation responsible for managing the recycling of all glass packaging waste in Spain, in conjunction with Orihuela council, nominated Maria and the Pink Ladies and

Más Vida (More Life) to get one euro for every three glass bottles put into the bins. Both charities received cheques for two thousand euros each at a presentation last Friday. Such has been the success of the recycling campaign that two pink bins will remain in Orihuela and Playa Flamenca to encourage people to recycle all year round, and not just during a special week. Meanwhile the Pink Ladies are staging their annual Walk For Life at Playa Flamenca promenade this Sunday morning at 10.30am, with registration starting 90 minutes earlier.

Attack Update No further public information has been made available by the Guardia Civil after a British woman was beaten up and sexually assaulted by three men at her house at Gea y Truyols

in the Murcia region a fortnight ago. The raiders burst into her home at around 4.00pm and subjected the woman to a terrifying ordeal, which only ended when they were interrupted by her sis-

ter. The attack happened at the hamlet of La Tercia, and not at the nearby golf complex, as reported in last week’s Courier, something that we are pleased to correct and clarify.

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Red Alert Swimmers ignoring red flags and lifeguard warnings on Guardamar’s beaches this summer will have to dig deep into their trunks and costumes for a 150 euro fine in a gettough move launched by the local council. Three bathers who flouted warnings last year were punished and the authority says that they will be even stricter this year on acting against people who put their own and the lives of lifeguards at risk. Police patrols are to be stepped up on the beaches concentrating on illegal hawking of goods, people

with dogs, and beach hoggers who put umbrellas

into the sand before permitted hours.

Up The Workers Alicante-Elche airport staff are going to stage a protest this Tuesday over job security worries. The Comisiones Obreras union will lead the demonstration over concerns that airport

owner AENA are doing deals with companies that involve hiring workers on poorer contracts amidst claims that fewer people are being hired. The union adds that workers car parking is not

good enough and that some of their members report late for duty because their reserved spaces are being occupied by cars that should not be there in the first place.

Copycats Caught Over 20 Benidorm shops were raided by the National Police last week in a major push against fake goods, which saw 32 people of Romanian, Pakistani, and Chinese nationalities being arrested. Operation Copycat saw over six thousand items seized, mainly counterfeit sports shirts, but fake batteries, headphones, and MP3 players were also confiscated. Agents discovered that many of the shops did not have proper licenses to open and they also broke employment laws. In a separate operation, three Senegalese men were arrested by the National Police in Alicante and over two and half thousand branded fake clothes, mainly sportswear, were impounded. Authorities were alerted that something was going on as regular large parcels were being sent to a courier company in Alicante and the men were picking them up and taking them to a storage depot, which was raided by agents along with a house.

Erection Concern

The opposition Partido Independiente por las Nacionalidades (PIPN) on San Fulgencio council have slammed the state of some of the pavements on La Marina’s Oasis urbanisation, saying that some are impassable because of big electrical and telephone poles that have been put up on them. The PIPN have criticised the Partido Popular mayor, Carlos Ramirez, for rushing through the work before last year's local elections and not installing a proper underground network. Up to May 2015, the PIPN were in coalition with

the PP in running the authority. The party is to ask the mayor what he intends to do about the issue, which PIPN says also includes concerns over drainage pipes made out of asbestos-laden cement and open electrical network boxes on the street. They claim that the work carried out doesn't conform to standards laid down within the area's General Plan and European Union rules, adding that they are concerned that Oasis residents will have to foot the bill for any future improvement work to sort things out.

The Game’s Up One of Spain’s biggest fraudsters, who has over one hundred pending court warrants right across the country, has been arrested in Cartagena. He was stopped by plain-clothed officers whilst he was travelling with three people (two

of whom were minors) in a car in the area. No further details were given except that the man was wanted on multiple fraud and illegal weapons charges. The arrest was made on May 18th but the story was only made public this week.

Quick Drag 119 million cigarette packets were sold in Alicante Province tobacco shops and bars last year according to the local tobacconist asssociation, saying that sales were rising buoyed by 17 million packets bought by foreign tourists. The association warned that smuggled and often dangerous cheap tobacco consumption was still rising.

American Presidential candidate Donald Trump will visit Scotland on June 24th. Meanwhile, an online petition to ban him from Britain for hatespeech received nearly 600,000 signatures. Prime Minister David Cameron called Mr. Trump's attacks on Muslims "stupid, divisive and wrong." Scotland's first minister stripped Trump of his honorary title of "GlobalScot" business ambassador. The world's longest rail tunnel opens in Switerland, boosting EU transit and ties. The 35mile long Gotthard Base Tunnel cost 12.2 billion Swiss francs and took two decades to complete. The European Union must prolong its sanctions on Russia this month because the crisis in Ukraine is far from being resolved despite a FrancoGerman push to implement a peace deal, Ukraine's new Europe minister said. Turkey's relations with Germany will be harmed if the parliament in Berlin votes to describe the World War 1 era killings of Armenians as genocide, the Turkish prime minister said. A French search vessel has picked up signals from one of the black boxes of EgyptAir flight MS804, Egyptian and French investigators said, iIt’s a potential breakthrough. The first convoys of weary, anxious residents returned to wildfire-ravaged Fort McMurray on Wednesday, a month after they were forced to flee the Canadian oil city due to the inferno.

Grants Granted

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Expensive Spot

Brit Assault

Alicante Provincial Council is to hand out a total of nearly 30 thousand euros to improve cultural facilities in Benferri, Benijófar, Algorfa, Los Montesinos, Benejúzar, Bigastro and Cox. This in practice means giving grants to improve local centres be it new computers, furniture, or even air conditioning.

Brum Bound

Spanish air carrier Vueling has started running a weekly summer Saturday service between AlicanteElche and Birmingham airports which will expand to three flights during the middle of this month. The Vueling company also has existing UK services to Cardiff, Edinburgh, and Manchester.

Jailed The National Police have arrested a Pakistani man suspected of spreading Islamic extremist propaganda via social media networks. He was arrested on Tuesday in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, just outside Barcelona, where he lived. Spanish police have arrested dozens of suspected pro-jihad activists in recent years.

A Madrid area man got a shock when he got a fine for pitching his umbrella on a Torrevieja beach last September in the first such penalty to be handed out in Spain. Torrevieja council say that the sun seeker from Fuenlabrada had planted the brolly in the sand on La Cura beach to reserve a spot but it cost him a 150 euro fine as he had broken local laws that aim to prevent disruption of early morning beach cleaning, as well as people

claiming public space when they're not physically present. This is the first time that the law has been enforced which bans the use of umbrellas, towels, or seats to reserve part of the beach between 3.00am and 8.00am. Beach monitors had walked by the umbrella and seeing that no one was by it, removed the brolly and wrote out the fine. The unnamed man argued that he had simply gone for a swim, leaving his umbrella

behind and the monitors had taken advantage of the fact that he had stepped away for a moment. Torrevieja's beaches councillor, Javier Manzanares, said in a statement that the city’s plan was to "prevent the private use of beaches". "The Torrevieja residents know that there are people who come at 5.30am, place their umbrella and their things right at the front of the beach and then leave," added Manzanares.

A man accused of a sexual assault on a British woman in Alicante City two years ago during the San Juan bonfire holiday celebrations appeared in court this week. The unnamed man is currently serving time for similar offences, and faces a seven year sentence if found guilty. In June 2014, the British

victim was assaulted in the doorway of her home at 6.30am after saying goodbye to her boyfriend. She initially thought that he had made a quick return but she told the court that it was the defendant who sexually assaulted her, whilst putting his hand on her mouth and using vile language.

Pat On The Back

Trunks On New changing room facilities are being introduced at beaches across the Costa Blanca in time for the high summer season thanks to a two million investment plan from the Valencian Tourist Agency. It’s boss, Francesc

Colomer, said that units were being installed in seven areas including Alicante, Santa Pola, Torrevieja and Pilar de la Horadada. He added that the Agency budget was 38 million euros, some 20 percent more than last year, and

money was also being spent on improving footpaths.

Not A Cat!

A woman got a shock nearly two years ago when a drugged-up man sneaked into her bed alongside her, before her husband chased him out of their El Campello bungalow. The incident came to court in Alicante this week, with the accused man facing 27 months behind bars on sexual assault and burglary charges. He admitted to being high on drugs and enterting the wrong address in July 2014. The intrusion happened at five in the morning, and the woman woke up by what she thought was her pet cat stroking her thigh, but it was in fact the intruder lying next to her. The woman started to scream and her husband chased the accused man out of the home, as he leapt out of the window and sprained his ankle, with neighbours catching him before he could flee.

Work on extending the cycle routes around the Orihuela Costa has been formally recognised, with the presentation of certificates by Orihuela mayor Emilio Bascuñana to the 35 people who were involved in the sixmonth employment workshop project.

The team, which featured mainly long-term employed people aged in their fifties, was responsible for creating seven kilometres of cycle routes extending the route all the way between La Zenia and Punta Prima, in addition to creating a link between the N-332 and Villamartin.

Risk Assessment

A new guide predicting damage caused by a major earthquake in the Valencia region is set to be produced in a new initiative by the regional government’s emergency response and safety team as well as the Valencian institute of building. The Vega Baja region, including Torrevieja

and the Orihuela areas, is viewed to be the most vulnerable with the emergency and safety team’s director-general, José María Ángel, saying that the guide would assess what damage would happen should a major earth tremor strike. In 1829, the Vega Baja suffered a quake that killed nearly 400 people and was centred on Almoradi. Structural damage is likely to happen in some buildings if a tremor hits six or seven on the Richter scale, but the highest level hit in the last six years in the area was two in June 2014 in a tremor which was felt in Torrevieja, the Orihuela Costa, and Pilar de la Horadada.

Park Vote Pilar de la Horadada councillors have unanimously approved a motion calling on the Sierra Escalona to be declared as a Valencia Natural Park of

Valencia. On a recent visit to the area, Valencia President Ximo Puig said that he was planning for the area to be reclassified as a park.

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What About Me?

A British wheelchair user who was left behind at Alicante-Elche airport in mid-May and could not return home for 24 hours, has been telling his story to the Daily Mail newspaper. Billy Howard, 73, from Leigh in Greater Manchester was taken to the departure gate, ready for transfer to the Ryanair flight for Manchester that the rest of the passengers had already boarded. The Daily Mail reported that nobody took Mr. Howard to the plane and he was left sitting helpless as he watched the aircraft taxi towards the runway. A relative who spoke to him on the phone said he was 'in floods of tears'. The grandfather is in constant pain due to his arthritis and struggles to walk unaided.

'I was left stranded,' Mr.Howard told the Mail. 'I heard my name called on the airport tannoy and I twice told Ryanair and the airport staff that I had booked the wheelchair assistance service and needed them to board me on my plane but they ignored me and then the plane went without me. They didn't apologise at all and just offered me a flight to Leeds-Bradford'. To make matters worse, Mr Howard had given his cabin bag and his phone to his travelling companion. The former builder had to wait for his friend to raise the alarm when he landed at Manchester. AlicanteElche airport authorities put him up in a nearby hotel and booked him on a Manchester flight the follow-

ing day. A spokesman for Ryanair told the Daily Mail: 'Unfortunately no wheelchair assistance had been pre-booked by Mr. Howard. When the customer arrived at the check-in desk at Alicante, a request was made for wheelchair assistance. Lesma Handling, the third party handling provider at Alicante-Elche airport, failed to notify the wheelchair service provider. Lesma Handling have accepted full responsibility for their failure and have taken the necessary steps to ensure this will not happen again. Mr. Howard was not stranded at the airport as he was booked onto the next available flight and provided with an overnight hotel as well as airport transfers'.

Hotel Hitch Building work has been ordered to be suspended on the new hotel and spa complex on the site of the old Arenales del Sol hotel which faces onto the local Arenales beach. The eight million euro project from the Princesol company has hit a hitch with the central government, acting on several complaints. saying that approval was given for renovation work as opposed to demolition, though work has continued this week despite the order. Workers moved onto the site six months ago with the deserted structure being converted into a four-star resort complex with 101 bedrooms, as well as restau-

Found Not Guilty Former Los Alcรกzares PSOE mayor Juan Escudero has been found not guilty of withholding documents that the opposition Partido Popular claimed they had a right to see between 2003 and 2006. Murcia Provincial Court in Cartagena said that there was no proof that Escudero been involved in obstruction. The prosecutor had called for the ex-mayor to be banned from public office for three years.

rants, bars, function rooms, and spas which will be open to non-residents. 40 people will be employed by the hotel with another 200 indirect jobs. The plan was for every-

thing to ready for the first customers in the summer of 2017, with project manager Florentino Regalado saying that everything has been followed to the letter of the law.

Much Bigger Pockets Spanish retail sales rose by four point one percent in April from a year earlier, according to official figures. Increased household spending, fuelled by a better employment rate, kept growth moving at one of the fastest speeds in the euro zone in the first three months of 2016.

The Italian Job A man pretended that he owned a Murcia region lemon grove and tried to negotiate a cut price sale of 80 thousand kilos of lemons with prospective buyers is now behind bars. The 45-year-old Italian was wanted on a European Arrest warrant drafted by Italian authorities for weapons trafficking, and had already been arrested nearly fifty times on similar fruit fraud selling charges. This time he was detained in Molina de Segura near Murcia City, and used a false name and bogus address as part of his operation.

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Floating Body

The body of a dressed man said to be in his late sixties was found floating in the waters of the Playa Cura area of Torrevieja on Wednesday morning. The

Guardia Civil got a call at around 8.00am and the corpse was pulled out at Punta Margalla, with the coroner conducting an autopsy.

Model Prisoner A Slovakian model found guilty of murdering her British ex-boyfriend has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison by a Malaga court. Mayka Kukucova, 26, was sentenced to15 years in jail for murder, and another six months for breaking into the apartment where the shooting took place. Last week a jury in Malaga found Kukucova guilty of killing Andrew Bush on 5 April 2014. She said she had not meant to harm Bush, claiming the former jewellery store owner died during a violent struggle at his Estepona home on the Costa del Sol. Prosecutors said Kukucova shot the 48-year-old millionaire twice in the head and once in the shoulder. The court heard there had been a violent struggle before Bush’s

Cardinal Controversy

death, after he returned home unexpectedly from a trip to the UK while Kukucova was in the house collecting her possessions. She had allegedly been staying in the house for at least two days and was reported to have made a getaway in Bush’s Hummer vehicle. Kukucova, who did not enter a formal plea, said shots were fired during the fight but denied murder.

A regional Gay and Lesbian rights group, Lambda, is to file a hate speech complaint against the Archbishop of Valencia over a Sunday address where he said that modern thinking about gender were the "most insidious and destructive to mankind". Cardinal Antonio Cañizares’s comments came just days after the regional Valencian Government introduced plans that would give unmarried couples the same rights as married couples, as well as protecting the rights of

transgender people and extending education on the subject. The Cardinal recently criticised what he saw as a "gay empire" being aided by politicians to "work against the family", with his spokesman having to deny some days later that he was homophobic. Speaking in his home last Sunday, Cañizares said over transgender policy in Valencia:- "This is what is destructive, the ideology most insidious and destructive to mankind throughout history is the ideology of gen-

der, which is trying to force the world powers in a more or less sneaky way throughout the world, with cruel legislation that does not have to be obeyed." "There is new legislation inspired by this ideology in our community and I ask those whom it may concern to avoid going against humanity," he added, encouraging listeners not to abide by new laws. "Valencia does not deserve this, nor should it be spearheading the implementation of such insidious and destructive ideology."

On The Up The number of home mortgages granted to prospective buyers in Spain increased by 14.5 percent in March, compared with the

same month of a year earlier, according to figures compiled by the National Statistics Institute. A total of 22,983 mort-

gages were granted in the third month of the year, with the amount of capital loaned rising by 20 percent to more than 2.478 billion euros.

Wish You Were Here Spain welcomed 13 percent more foreign tourists over the first four months of 2016, compared to the same period last year. Just over 18 million visitors have come on holiday to Spain up till the end of April, and the April figures alone showed an 11 percent rise over 12 months, which is especially significant as Easter fell in April last year. UK tourists have seen a massive rise of nearly 20 percent over the first four months, standing at over four million visitors, and accounting for over 22 percent of all foreign tourists. France stands next at two point seven million visitors. The Valencia region,

including the Costa Blanca, showed a 20 percent rise on the 2015 returns, accounting for ten percent of the total Spanish tourist market, and welcoming one point eight million tourists over

the first four months of 2016. The Canary Islands and Catalunya though dominate the picture, as both regions together account for almost half of all international tourist visitors.

Tony Mayes - About Life

Friday 3rd June 2016

17-year-old Gorillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pointless Death At Zoo I watched with acute sadness, disbelief and pure anger last weekend the footage of the four-year-old child who crawled through a public barrier into a moat at a gorilla enclosure at Cincinnati Zoo. The boy fell into the water, chased by Harambe, a 17year-old male gorilla who then took him out of the

water, but then ten minutes later Harambe was shot dead by zoo staff. How on earth can a zoo exist with such lax security that any child can get through barriers and into an animal enclosure? What on earth were the parents doing to allow a young child out of sight long enough to allow it to happen? In contrast, look at

Carping On A man built a fish pond in his back garden in Abingdon but has now been ordered to remove it. Why? Because it poses a danger if a trespasser falls into it! The owner said his housing association told him his property must be "safe for everyone" including uninvited guests. Kevin Sheehan built the pond because he's a koi carp enthusiast, with the association also miffed because he had not sought permission for

the large pond. But like so many of the modern-day problems, it is more about the fear of litigation with the association worried that it could be liable for damages if a tresspasser falls in and drowns. Real or perceived risks which could lead to someone being sued, is killing off so many pleasures of life - in my book if someone comes to grief in the course of tresspassing on private property then that's tough.

what the gorilla did. The animal saw the child was in difficulty in the water. Did it rush in and drown it? Did it eat it? Did it tear it limb from limb? No. Instead, it rushed in, appeared to comfort him and then took him by the arm and pulled him out. Gorillas are the most intelligent of creatures, sometimes, arguably, more intelligent than

humans! That gorilla's natural nurturing instinct had obviously kicked in. Isn't it sad then that many in the human race have lost touch with that natural instinct? If a trained and experienced zoo keeper went into the enclosure, humbled himself at a discrete distance from the animal, eventually, I am sure, it would have handed the

Brexit: The Clincher! Still being bored to death over the Brexit debate? Still confused? Still don't now how to vote? Well, here's the real answer folks - the reason why we must escape the clutches of the EU. Ready to be convinced? Well the EU wants to tear up the restrictions preventing TV companies showing more than 12 minutes of commercials every hour. Forget all the other doom

and gloom stuff about Brexit - ask yourself one question. Do you want to sit through even more advertising trash interrupting your favourite TV shows? Vote to stay in the EU and you know what's coming 59 minutes in every hour of commercials on the tele. Making that decision whether to vote in or out is simple when you start considering the things that really matter!

child back. Sadly all around the enclosure were screaming, crazy women frightening the animal - and we all know how frightening and intimidating neurotic screaming women are. Harambe would, and should, have been alive today if it wasn't for stupid parents, irresponsible zoo staff, unthinking women and Americans who cannot think

beyond shooting first and asking questions later. Everything that's wrong with the human race was there staring at us in front of our TV screens this weekend and it made me so angry to watch. If only the human race could learn something from it, we all would be enriched by it. Sadly I doubt this will happen.

Poor Priority The parlous state of GP cover in Britain has been highlighted with news of a West Sussex practice because it just cannot recruit doctors. For two years the Arun Medical Group has been trying to get more staff without success, and now the doors have closed.. It means a seven mile round trip for patients to get to the Group's remaining practice in Litttlehampton, or to try to get onto the books of another

practice in an adjoining village. West Sussex is a desirable place to live and work and if it is difficult to recruit doctors into general practice there, it must be many times worse in deprived areas where the workload must be intense. It's all very well the government trying to get adequate weekend cover in hospitals, but the basic need for a properly run surgery within a reasonable distance is essential.

Itchy Fingers

Friday 3rd June 2016

Tower Block

Negotiating Roundabouts

HOW TO NEGOTIATE ROUNDABOUTS If you are unsure about the correct way to negotiate roundabouts, here are some simple rules to help you enter and exit roundabouts safely and in the right lane.

A 49-year-old male masseur was acquitted of sexual abuse during a massage with a 30-year old female client back in 2011 at an Alicante hairdressing salon. The woman, who was given the treatment whilst having her hair styled, accused the masseur of letting his fingers do the walking in areas that she deemed inappropriate. The Alicante Provincial Court found that there was no evidence of sexual abuse though some of the techniques used by the masseur went beyond what the customer expected, but he did stop immediately when she asked him to, and did not object to some of the techniques that he used on her.

Building on four luxury apartment blocks in Punta Prima has been suspended by Torrevieja council because the developer went ahead with the project without getting final formal approval for the work to go ahead. Planning department officials went to the site on Monday lunchtime with construction already in progress

on the first tower, with the suspension viewed as only temporary until the paperwork goes through. The Informacion newspaper has reported that the previous Partido Popular ran council failed to disclose to the current administration that it had allowed the developer to increase the size of the tower blocks.

Safety First For Pool High chlorine levels forced San Javier’s indoor swimming pool at the municipal sports centre to be closed on Monday. A worker detected above normal chlorine figures in the small pool used by babies and pregnant women, and was taken as a precaution to Los Arcos hospital after

complaining of an itchy throat. An Alicante company was called in to drain the small pool and fresh measurements confirmed that the facility was fine to open on Tuesday, though nobody was able to shed any light on what caused the high concentration of chlorine in the first place.

APPROACHING ROUNDABOUTS It’s important to remember to give way to traffic already on the roundabout. If the roundabout is outside urban areas of towns or cities, keep right. If the roundabout is in a built-up area inside a town or city and the lanes are clearly marked, you should use the lane that best corresponds to the exit you need to take. LEAVING ROUNDABOUTS This causes the most confusion amongst drivers. Which lane to choose? Why do I get beeped at if I’m in the right lane? Drivers must exit roundabouts from the right hand lane, because the only way to leave the roundabout is by turning right. This doesn’t mean we always have to enter the roundabout from the right hand lane. It depends on the exit we need to take. However this simple rule, in practice, can be more complex. Let us see some examples. 1st EXIT RIGHT Enter roundabout keeping to right hand side lane. Stay in lane until exit is reached. Indicate and exit roundabout. CONTINUING STRAIGHT ON (e.g. 2nd EXIT STRAIGHT AHEAD) Enter roundabout keeping to right hand side lane. Stay in lane until exit is reached. Indicate prior to exit and leave roundabout. TURNING LEFT OR CHANGING DIRECTION (e.g. 3rd OR FINAL EXIT) Enter roundabout keeping to left hand side lane. Stay in lane until you have passed the exit before your turn off, then change lane by indicating right and giving other road users sufficient time to anticipate your manoeuvre. Don’t forget that drivers circulating in the outside lanes have priority, so use your mirrors to ensure you are not blocking them as you change lanes. We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902 123 182 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

Well That’s Quick

Computer and internet giants Facebook and Microsoft are joining forces to lay a new underwater megacable that will link Spain to America with a superfast internet connection. The cable will stretch for over six and a half thousand kilometres between Virginia Beach and Bilbao in northern Spain, and services will be 16 million times faster than a domestic broadband connection.

Acuamed Quiz

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is investigating what happened to European grant money that was used to finance projects involving the public water company Acuamed. 13 executives were arrested in January over fraud allegations with offices raided across the country including buildings in

Torrevieja and Murcia City. OLAF officials last week met with National Court judge Eloy Velasco who is leading the case investigation with the Brussels delegation seeking information over 15 European-funded projects involving Acuamed which included the building of the Torrevieja desalination plant.

Full Services

Beaches at La Marina, Arenales de Sol and El Altet saw full lifeguard and first aid cover provided for the high season as of last Wednesday, The areas, that come under Elche council, will also offer sporting events during July and August, and

later this month tourist information points at La Marina and Arenales del Sol will be manned until midSeptember. The beaches at Arenales, El Altet, Carabassí, El Pinet, La Marina and El Rebollo will all be in wifi service areas.

Friday 3rd June 2016

BHS Pension Deficit – Tip of the Iceberg? Crisis that will hit millions in retirement By Richard Samuels, Wealth Manager, DeVere Spain Last Month, BHS collapsed with a huge pension burden that still needs to be addressed. It would cost £571m to fully address the shortfall between assets and future liabilities according to the latest estimates. It joins some of the high street’s most well-known names such as Woolworth’s, Peacocks and Monarch Airlines whose pension schemes have had to be bailed out by the Pension Protection Fund.

Whilst this has highlighted the case for actively transferring funds, thousands of expats are completely unaware that they may have pension funds left in the UK. Frozen Pensions The scale of the problem is huge — £1.4 billion is estimated to have been left in forgotten or deferred pension schemes. These ‘stranded’ pots are left behind when workers move

Scheme managers are faced with a £81bn black hole

between jobs, particularly at the start of their careers.

between what the pensions are worth and what needs to

Many savers won’t even remember they started paying

be paid out. Pension analysts are calling it “the end of an

into the fund or put the money aside. Others will be con-

era”, as every single one of the “Final Salary” (or defined

vinced it’s gone forever as companies change, close or

benefit (DB)) schemes offered by the country’s top compa-

simply get swallowed up by rivals.

nies could be shut down.

EXPAT EXODUS

How can I trace a Forgotten Pension?

Expats have sought refuge by transferring out.

DeVere offer a

more and more difficult to keep the DB schemes open. While changes in economic conditions and increasing life

Many Expats are using their right to request a Cash

personal pensions or occupational pensions and schemes

expectancy have also contributed to the spiralling growth

Equivalent Transfer Value, whereby schemes must provide

used to “contract out”. If you have lost touch with a pen-

in pension liabilities.

a cash value for their defined pension benefits.These val-

sion scheme since moving to Spain we can contact them

ues are at an all time high as schemes look to reduce

on your behalf in order to find out what your pension enti-

Attempts by many companies to stem the growth of their

their liabilities, in some cases offering enhanced rates to

tlement may be.

pension liabilities by closing DB pension schemes to new

get members off their books.

Difficult economic conditions, rising pension costs and increasingly aggressive pension regulations are making it

entrants and/or to all members have had little impact. Transferring the Cash Value to a Recognised Overseas FirstGroup, the UK bus operator, have disclosed total pen-

Pension enables expats to protect their pension funds in a

sion liabilities of greater than three times their equity mar-

new scheme. The crystallised funds are then available for

ket value, The Go-Ahead Group, Phoenix Group, Balfour

flexible drawdown, including taking a lump sum from the

Beatty and Carillion have all disclosed pension liabilities

age of 55. Unlike “Final Salary”(DB) schemes, unused

that are almost double their equity market value.

funds are also available to beneficiaries.

FREE pension tracing service with no

obligation. We can help you track lost pensions, including

If you want further information, or wish to trace lost pensions please contact Richard Samuels, Wealth Manager, deVere Spain on Telephone 965 02 04 02 Mobile 692 352 156 or e-mail richard.samuels@devere-spain.es

Local

Friday 3rd June 2016

Movie Magic

The Rascals showgroup raised nearly three and a half thousand euros for local charities over three nights last week in a special celebration of movie musicals at the Los Montesinos music school. New members and a new choreographer, Julia Young, who is a performing arts teacher helped to raise standards even higher with show director, Annette Baldwin, telling The Courier that it was the first time that many people had performed on stage:“When I look back to January, I really wondered if

we would ever get a show off the ground, because so many of the older Rascals members had retired or wanted to take a break. We advertised for new recruits and organised membership rallies in many different areas. I really could not have hoped for the wonderful response we received.” The Rascals are now planning their Christmas show and new members will get a warm welcome. You can phone either Annette or Paul on 965 993 486 or check out the website, www.therascals.org.

Songs Aplenty

The Melody Makers International choral group will be staging two shows in aid of the Butterfly Children’s charity Debra on Saturday June 25th at La Zenia’s Orihuela Costa Resort Hotel. 'A Century of Popular Songs' will include smash hit songs from every decade from the 1920s until the present day, with the performances at 2.00pm and 8.00pm. It’s second time in six months that the Melody

Makers are supporting Debra and will be looking to at least match the three thousand euros raised at January’s concert. Tickets for the shows - priced at 10 euros (afternoon) and 12 euros (evening) are available from La Ponderosa Gift Shop at La Zenia, as well as The Card Place at both Punta Prima and Benimar. Tickets can also be obtained from the Debra charity shops in Quesada and San Fulgencio.

Members Wanted

Samaritans In Spain Fair

Live entertainment and a chance to meet TKO Teddy will all be part of the Samaritans in Spain summer fair on Saturday June 11th at their charity shop at the Punta Marina Shopping Centre, Punta

Prima, beginning at 11.30am running until 2.00pm. The day will start with a special ladies fashion show, with the Samaritans also celebrating the Queen’s Official Birthday on Trooping the Colour day.

ADAPT (Asociacion de Angloparlantes) is an English-speaking club based in San Pedro del Pinatar, and they are holding an Open Day tomorrow (Saturday June 4th) from 10:30am until 12 noon at

the Pensionista de Lo Pagan next to Castelar College, on Calle Las Palmas, in Lo Pagan. You will be able to talk to members about all the various activities that ADAPT gets up to, and hopefully sign up!

Stagestruck Success

An original musical comedy set in a Costa Blanca hotel written by the Stagestruck Theatre Group’s director Leigh Humphries got the audience rolling in the aisles at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre last week, as well as raising around three and a half thousand euros for local charities. The 23-strong cast, several

of whom appeared on stage for the first time, had a great time under Leigh’s watchful eye in the show, ’Just Another Week in Paradise’. The main beneficiary from the latest success for Stagestruck will be the Alzheimer’s Association, along with other local groups, and now the group is turning its eye towards their next show!

Followers of Fashion

Help at Home Mar Menor recently staged a successful charity fashion show at La Mario restaurant in Sucina, with the HAH volunteers acting as the models, as the clothes were then auctioned off. The various HAH stalls raised over 700 euros on a busy day. Pam Prince, volunteer and organiser

said: - “It was a great day, a terrific atmosphere, and lovely to see so many new faces supporting us. We look forward to returning next year”. HAH Mar Menor is still after more volunteers, and for more details of what HAH do, or you can goand visit their website www.helpathome.es

Friday 3rd June 2016

Pets

Friday 3rd June 2016

Your Cat Has It Licked

How you ever had the desire to lick your cat without getting a mouth full of fur? Well a new device gives you the answer, thanks to the Licki Brush which is a mechanical brush which attaches to your mouth, so you can groom your cat. The bizarre device was invented by PDX Pet Design. The Licki Brush is a new fake tongue that you can pop in your mouth and use

to gently lick your cat whenever you choose. It’s even got the scratchy, rough texture of an actual cat’s tongue, which helps to brush your cat’s fur as you lick. You might think the whole concept is a joke, but it isn’t with the PDX company looking for “crowdfunding” to help mass market the product, assuming there are any takers!

My Dog Disobeys Me Dog disobedience, for the purpose of this article, is a dog that knows a command but chooses not to follow it. Example: You tell him to “sit” and he deliberately refuses to “sit,” even though he has had no trouble executing the command in the past. When your dog disobeys you, he is actually saying, “I don’t respect your authority." You have no authority over me; I am more important than you." Dog disobedience comes from disrespect. "I’m not going to do what you want me to do.” If this is allowed to continue, a degree of passive-aggression will form and it will NOT fix itself. The problem will worsen. Dog disobedience is a problem of "ALPHA DOG syndrome," or "hierarchy in the family." Your dog will be much happier when he realizes YOU are the leader, the ALPHA in his pack. Once he sees you as the leader, he will settle down and happily take orders from you, as any functioning

relationship with a dog should be. How To Train A Dog The dog wants to know that someone is making all the important decisions for him such as food schedules, walks, exercise and play. Once he knows he is beneath you and you are the clear-cut authority, you’ll have a great dog-owner relationship Don’t let your dog initiate play. If he comes to you with a ball or hints at the desire to play, ignore him. If he tries to become affectionate, find something else to do. Start play time and affection on your own schedule. What he’s saying is “I’m the boss, play with me right now.” Don’t give him access to the whole house. Prevent the dog from roaming. Put him outdoors for a half hour, then indoors for awhile on your schedule. He must learn he will do things YOUR way. Keep areas of the house and furniture strictly off limits to the dog. Make it a rule he must

follow. Maintain a schedule of obedience training. It’s a good way to counteract dog disobedience and bond with your dog at the same time. Since disobedience is a lack of dominance, obedience training is the opposite in your dog’s eyes. You are definitely exerting your dominance when you’re training. Just do five to ten minutes at a time, twice a day. When you come home after being out, do NOT go straight to your dog. Walk in, put your things away, get the paper and sit down, all the while ignoring the dog as best you can. MAKE HIM FEEL UNIMPORTANT. After five or six minutes, call him to you and then shower him with affection on your own schedule. You’ll have a much better dog if you follow through on this anti-dog disobedience effort. And, as “alpha dog,” you will be solving other behaviour problems before they arise too.

HEAT STROKE IN HAMSTER’S Heat Stroke (or Sleeper's Disease as it is sometimes known) occurs when the temperature is too high. The hamster lies flat on the cage floor, is limp and may tremble when touched. Often the hamster will show some movement if you blow on it but if this does not revive it, the hamster should be placed in cooler area and allowed to gradually cool down. If the hamster shows no improvement within a few moments it may be necessary to gently spray the hamster with a fine mist of cool water. If the hamster still shows no improvement within a few moments urgent veterinary advice should be sought. A hamster should never be placed near a window or left in a car on a warm day as these are the most common cause heat stroke.

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

BETH

CHIP

LEO

MEGAN

MOLLY

Beth is a beautiful eight month old female dog, who was found with her sister having been dumped in a village. She is not very big and will be medium sized when fully grown, and she and her sister are being fostered in a home with other cats and dogs and they get on well with both. They love being cuddled and are very affectionate.Please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Chip is a small dog aged between seven and eight years who was abandoned by her owner and rescued by K9 just after Christmas. Chip is spayed and is used to cats and other dogs. If you or a friend are interested in adopting this beautiful, lovely girl, who will give your family years of loving and plenty of fun. Please call today 600 845 420.

Leo is a gorgeous playful two to three-year old dog who will quite happily sit on your lap. Leo weighs around eight kilos and gets his confidence from other dogs and will come up to you and say hello. Take the other dogs away and he is not sure at all. Leo will need a home with time to settle in and once he has done that, you will have a friend for life. Call PEPA on 650 304 746 email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Megan was found running along a main road with a piece of broken string around her neck; although a little thin she was not in bad condition. She loves lots of fuss, is very playful and is a happy young two year old dog. She will make a great companion and fit into any family. If you think Megan is the girl for you then please contact the SAT kennels on 966 710 047 or info@satanimalrescue.com

Molly is a young poodle cross and was born a few weeks ago on March 30th and is looking for her first home. She has started her vaccinations and will be medium sized when fully grown. Molly already has shown to be great with other dogs and cats, and looks to be a great companion. To learn more about her, please call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

SKIPPY Skippy is a very friendly young man aged around three years who is looking for his forever home. He is a mixed breed dog who is very playful and loves other people and other dogs. Skippy would be a fabulous dog to have with children as he has such a playful manner, he is medium sized boy. Please call today 600 845 420 or check out www.k9club.es

Friday 3rd June 2016

TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

I'm certainly missing my nightly fix of Britain's Got Talent, which produced an amiable winner in the shape of magician Richard Jones last Saturday night. The army officer didn't really come up with anything new (Paul Daniels did all this stuff decades ago), but his modesty and likeability won the show for him, and you'd have to be pretty mean to begrudge him that victory. I personally would have gone for young crooner, Wayne Woodward, but I suspect he will be around for a few years to come. I loved the interval ten year tribute to BGT put together by Diversity, and this show can (and will) run for at least another decade. BGT's success is very important for Simon Cowell as he can use it as a lever for what he wants to do with The X Factor, as opposed to the direction that it has gone in the last year or so. The old and now-departed (failed) ITV bosses wanted The X Factor to skew in a direction towards younger viewers last year, and it lost a bucket load of viewers. Cowell's contract with ITV includes Britain's Got Talent,

Tricky Dicky’s Magic

and so he's got his way for the new X Factor run in bringing back the fun and madness courtesy of Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, and Nicole Scherzinger, as well ITV's new managers temping Dermot O'Leary back with a big deal to host

it all. Likeability is one of the reasons that BGT does so well for ITV from the presentation of Ant and Dec through to the judging panel, and it's pretty clear that Cowell wants to transfer that over to The X Factor after

the failure of last autumn's “yoof” experiment. The X Factor has treated itself too seriously in recent years and needs to take a leaf out of the BGT and Strictly Come Dancing book in needing a heart and soul, especially with The Voice coming to

ITV in 2017. Another show that has had a makeover is Top Gear which bounced back onto BBC 2 last Sunday, with a new presentation team led by Chris Evans, on the back of Jeremy Clarkson's dismissal last year. There's

clearly been a smear campaign against Evans in some UK tabloids but I'm interested in what has popped up on screen, and I have to say that it’s very good indeed. All the elements of the old show are there and getting Matt LeBlanc onboard is a shrewd move for a programme that barring North Korea, is sold to pretty much every country on the planet. Though some of the old “laddishness” is still around, Top Gear, now has a wider and more-embracing feel about it. Fans of Messrs. Clarkson, Hammond, and May will feel cheated, but they would not have been happy in any new direction taken by Top Gear after their departure. To use an old broadcasting mantra, nobody is “bigger than a programme”.There's no messing in the BBC drama department these days, and since we've unbelievably reached the final episode of Peaky Blinders this coming Thursday, we've news that the Beeb have ordered two more series. And as predicted, a second run has also been booked for the heartwarming BBC 1 drama, The A Word.

Friday 3rd June 2016

Cameron and Farage Live: The EU Referendum Tuesday - ITV First of ITV’s major European Union Referendum live events, Cameron and Farage Live: The EU Referendum. Julie Etchingham, who moderated ITV's successful Leaders' Debate during the 2015 General Election campaign, will present the hour-

long programme in which David Cameron and Nigel Farage will in turn answer questions from a studio audience, coming live from a London location. The live programme will see both party leaders answer questions from a studio audience of up to 200 people. Nigel Farage will take questions first, fol-

Fraud - How They Steal Your ID

lowed by David Cameron. The audience will pose their questions directly to the politicians. David Cameron wants Britain to remain in the EU, announcing the date of the 23rd June referendum in February. Nigel Farage has been campaigning for Britain to leave the EU for more than 20 years.

New Blood

Thursday – BBC One Six years after a drug trial in India goes horribly wrong, one of the guinea pigs, Mark Henson, is found dead. Young PC Arrash ‘Rash’ Sayyad is sure it’s murder and approaches DS Derek

Sands. Sands isn’t convinced but DI Heywood is impressed by Rash and offers him a trainee Detective Constable position. Stefan Kowolski, a junior investigator for the Serious Fraud Office, is working

undercover, gathering intelligence on David Leese, the Chief Pharmacist for six London hospitals. Leese is suspected of accepting bribes from pharmaceutical giant UK Remicon - the target of a major SFO investigation. When an incident in Leese’s office places Stefan in a compromising situation, his boss Marcus has to pick up the pieces with SFO Director Eleanor Davies. Encouraged by Marcus, Stefan uses his ingenuity and finds a breakthrough clue. When newly-promoted

Rash takes his sister Leila to a duathlon, she catches the eye of Stefan, who’s also competing in the event, Rash is none too pleased and the distraction proves disruptive for them both. Following up on Rash’s instinct that Mark’s death wasn't suicide, Sands and Rash interview Mark's former colleague Laura. Rash recognises her from a group photograph he’s seen in Mark’s flat and discovers that not only did Laura and Mark travel together in India, but their friend Steve Mullen has recently died in a hit-and-run.

sion: to stand against Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield, in the next General Election, as an independent candidate in opposition to the Iraq war. Reg begins an intense onthe-ground daily routine of campaigning. Faced by an electorate in a safe Labour seat, the process is exhausting and takes Reg away from Sally, who continues to strug-

gle with her grief. As election night draws in, and the world’s press gathers in Sedgefield, tensions run high as the final count begins to emerge. Reg is a new drama by Jimmy McGovern. Reg Keys is played by Tim Roth, Sally Keys by Anna Maxwell Martin, Richard Keys by Elliott Tittensor and Bob Clay by Ralph Brown.

Reg Monday – BBC One In June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they switch on the TV to hear six military policemen have been murdered in Iraq, two men arrive bearing the terrible news that their son, Tom, was among them. Plunged into grief and despair, Sally struggles with the day-to-day reality of hav-

ing lost her son, while Reg desperately tries to make sense of what has happened. Reg discovers that three weeks prior to his son’s death the army had ordered a scale-down in weapons and communications, leaving the six men with limited resources to defend themselves. Angered by his belief that it was an army blunder, Reg makes a radical deci-

You Saw Them Here First

Saturday – ITV It’s time to name that famous face once more with a brand new collection of before they were famous TV moments. The show features a stellar Saturday night collection of

TV debuts from some of the nation’s favourite stars including Sheridan Smith, Daniel Craig, Maxine Peake, Nigella Lawson, Paul Hollywood, Sue Perkins, Sarah Lancashire, Keeley Hawes, Sia, Bradley Walsh,

Stephen Fry, Robert Peston, Fiona Bruce and many more. Where else would you see a documentary featuring Paloma Faith as a barmaid? An interior design show with Grand Designs’ Kevin McCloud as the painter & decorator, or movie star Idris Elba as an intergalactic pizza delivery guy? And there are further surprises to be had in the celebrity video booth as the stars face up to their TV past. Who knew Death In Paradise star Danny John-Jules was George Michael’s choreographer? Or that Midsomer Murders’ Neil Dudgeon had a criminal past in London’s

Crimewatch Roadshow All Week - BBC One Crimewatch Roadshow is back for a new series and it’s on a mission - to put more crooks behind bars. This will be the eighth series of the daytime spin-off from the long-running evening programme. Presented by Rav Wilding, the show appeals directly to the public for help with unsolved cases from all over the UK. He’s joined by Michelle Ackerley, who will be hitting the road, finding out how police forces up and

down the country are tackling the everyday sorts of crime that affects us all. Thanks to calls from viewers, last year Crimewatch Roadshow helped to catch armed robbers, fraudsters, burglars and violent criminals. Live every weekday morning, the series features reconstructions, CCTV and Wanted Faces alongside fascinating insights into the latest crime fighting technology and advice on how viewers can avoid becoming a victim themselves.

Burning? There’s a ‘pearl’ of a performance from Emmerdale’s Meg Johnson in a sexy Seventies sitcom and Call The Midwife’s Judy Parfitt looks back even further to her Sixties TV crimes in The Avengers. Plus there’s comic confessions from Arabella Weir about her ‘Demon Lover’ Hugh Grant and singer Sinitta has Hot Gossip, Imagination and a tough Harlem childhood all hiding in her TV closet. Meanwhile, also on Saturday night, Griff Rhys Jones presents an all-new collection of never-seenbefore out-takes from the world of film and TV.

Friday – ITV “Fraudsters will pose as whoever they need to be to elicit personal details from you. Whether they portray themselves on the phone to be a banking institution or some other corporate organisation, whatever they need to be they will be in order to commit fraud.” – Det. Chief Supt. David Clark, the City Of London Police. In this new documentary for ITV, detectives hunt an elusive major criminal who has hijacked the credit card accounts and identities of hundreds of British victims. Dubbed by detectives as ‘Mr Posh’, he is a master of disguise and accents. Every day he telephones the banks posing as different cus-

tomers, impersonating everyone from a female pensioner to an Asian businessman. He’s tricked the banks and traumatised his victims, stealing tens of thousands of pounds a day. ‘Mr Posh’ has mastered a new crime known as telephone banking fraud, which increased by 95 per cent in the first six months of 2015 and resulted in thousands of British victims collectively losing over £14 million. With only a voice to go on, capturing ‘Mr Posh’ will not be easy. Over six months detectives from the City of London and Metropolitan Police use cutting-edge technology and good old-fashioned police work to unmask and capture an evasive criminal.

DIY SOS: The Big Build

Thursday – BBC One In a volunteering extravaganza, the DIY SOS team along with hundreds of helpers from local communities - will be transforming the home of ex-fireman Joe and his seven year-old daughter, Lucy. Joe lost his wife Jess suddenly in 2014. At the time they were part-way through renovating an old worker’s cottage in Hopesay, Shropshire, into what they’d hoped would be the dream family home. But problems with flooding and an accident at work for Joe meant money and progress on their home ground to a halt. Joe and Lucy were left to

live in a tiny caravan in the garden. Only DIY SOS and an incredible team of local volunteers can help them to rebuild their lives and give them the home Jess had wanted for them. During this touching episode the team will also be looking at what motivates people to lend a hand as part of the BBC’s Do Something Great season - a pan-BBC project to inspire audiences to do just that. Ahead of National Volunteering week in June, there will be inspiring programmes all across BBC TV and radio, and an online quiz to help people discover their perfect volunteering match.

Friday 3rd June 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Film - The Great Caruso (U) 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch

20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 EastEnders Ronnie Charlie Ross takes a risky tries to help Roxy punt on a pricey purchase hoping it will beat James 21:30 Would I Lie to You? Braxton at the auction finale Comedy panel show, hosted by Rob Brydon, in which 21:00 The Extraordinary David Collector Art dealer Gordon captains team visits Lord Mitchell and Lee Mack are Watson joined by celebrity guests Cholmondeley at Houghton Jon Hall, Norfolk Dyer, Danny Richardson, Moira Stuart and Joe Lycett to hoodwink 21:30 Gardeners’ World their opponents with absurd Celebrating the work of the facts and plausible lies army of volunteers who keep gardens up and down about themselves the country looking their best for visitors 22:00 Have I Got News for You Regular team captains 22:00 Deepcut: The Paul Merton and Ian Hislop Army’s Shame Former solare joined by guest host diers discuss their experiMartin Clunes ences of serving at the Deepcut barracks in Surrey. 22:30 Love, Nina Nina Postponed from 19th May looks after Joe while he is poorly 23:00 Mum 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 No Such 23:00 News 23:35 The Thing as the News 00:35 Graham Norton Show Artsnight 01:05 Later with 00:25 Gareth Bale: Euro Jools Holland 02:05 Time 03:05 Star 00:55 Film - Fright Question Night (18) 02:35 Weather Paxman in Brussels: Who for the Week Ahead 02:40 Really Rules Us? 04:05 This is BBC Two News

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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Cain confronts Dr Bailey 20:30 Coronation Street Norris hits the roof 21:00 Emmerdale Chas tries to escape her past 21:30 Coronation Street Todd has a huge dilemma on his hands 22:00 Fraud: How They Steal Your ID Criminals are increasingly procuring bank and credit card details from online customers, which are then freely traded on the so-called `dark web.’ However, as this programme reveals, to succeed in doing this they must first get personal with their targets using a combination of data hacks, spam e-mail and malware - often coupled by posing as inquisitive bank staff via telephone calls. With reference to true-life occurrences, this programme outlines the various techniques used to swindle account holders of their cash 23:00 News 23:40 Film Back to the Future Part II (PG) 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss Canada 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:35 Racing: The Oaks From Epsom 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Eating Well with Hemsley and Hemsley Jasmine and Melissa Hemsley demonstrate recipes to ensure that children enjoy their food while still getting optimum nutrition 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Sheds From a giant green tea pot to a shed that motors along Britain’s rivers, George rediscovers the extraordinary things people have created from the humble garden structure. There’s also a shed built from old wine bottles, as well as a faithful replica of a Japanese tea house built in an Essex garden 22:00 Gogglebox The nation’s favourite armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week 23:00 The Windsors 23:35 Rude Tube 00:40 Comedy Gala 2016 03:05 Film Withnail and I (15) 04:55 Flowers 05:25 Location, Location, Location

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Film - Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK Amanda left Huddersfield to pursue her lifelong dream to become a traditional dog-and-stick hill shepherdess. She now lives on a 2,000 acre hill farm in one of the most remote and exposed parts of the Yorkshire Dales 21:00 Inside the Mega Twister Documentary which charts the growth and impact of one of the biggest and highest velocity tornados ever recorded, which struck Oklahoma in May 2013 22:00 Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love Partdramatised documentary detailing the pop icon’s career through the 1970s, when she and older brother Richard clocked up 80 million record sales, to her untimely death from anorexia nervosaat the age of 32 00:00 Carpenters: Their Greatest Hits 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:45 Wildlife SOS

DON´T MISS

DEEPCUT: THE ARMY’S SHAME

BBC Two 22:00

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In Emmerdale Lachlan has spilled the beans on what he knows to Cain. He sends Cain the photos and wonders what the bad boy is going to do, but Cain claims that the less he knows, the better. When Belle finds out what Lachlan has done, she’s sickened and fears the consequences. Later, at the surgery, Cain

As the inquest delivers its verdict into the death of young soldier Pte Cheryl James, former soldiers discuss their experiences of serving alongside her at the Deepcut barracks in Surrey. James was found dead from a bullet wound to her head in November 1995, and was one of four recruits to die at the base in seven years. This documentary hears what life is really like behind the barbed wire, including an alleged culture of bullying and physical and sexual abuse, which has cast a shadow over the Army for more than two decades. Postponed from 19th May.

confronts Bailey about sleeping with Belle - and the timing couldn’t be worse as Bailey’s wife Angie is there to hear the whole thing.

In Coronation Street, it’s Bethany’s 16th birthday and Gail bans all talk of Callum for the day, but yesterday’s scare continues to prey on Sarah’s mind. Sarah is spooked further when Bethany receives a parcel from a secret admirer in the post.

Things get worse for Belle when Doctor Bailey’s wife Angie confronts her at the factory. What will Belle do now the news is out?

At the same time, Todd tells Jason that he’s sure that Sarah is hiding something about Callum’s death. Jason has a

ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:10 In Loving Memory 17:40 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 23:00 Wycliffe 00:00 The Knock 01:15 Film - Good Will Hunting (15) 03:30 Long Lost Family 04:20 Rory Bremner’s Great British Views ITV4 07:00 Football’s Greatest: Ronaldo 07:05 Minder 08:10 The Chase 09:10 Fifth Gear 10:05 Ax Men 11:00 Storage Wars 11:30 TT 2016 12:30 French Open 21:30 Counting Cars 22:00 TT 2016: Qualifying Highlights 23:00 Cycling: Tour Series Highlights 00:00 Film - Village of the Damned (15) 02:00 TT 2016: Qualifying Highlights 03:00 Hell on Wheels (PG) 04:00 Teleshopping (U)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James defeatist attitude over his future, but Todd vows to get to the truth.

In the second episode, the Dingles are shocked and concerned as they discuss what has been going on with Belle and Doctor Bailey. Tension mounts when Lisa snipes in front of Zak, claiming that Belle was probably looking for a decent father figure in someone.

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Safeword 00:35 Family Guy 01:55 American Dad 02:55 The Cleveland Show 03:20 Teleshopping

Later, Todd implores Sarah to confide in him and is baffled when Sarah lets slip that she saw Callum’s dead body. Todd humours Sarah by promising to keep her confidence and asking who killed him. Todd’s eyes widen in shock as Sarah whispers her reply in his ear... In the second episode, Sarah tells Todd that Callum attacked her and she’s to blame for his death. As she breaks down, Sarah is oblivious that Todd believes she has just confessed to murder.

Todd tries to calm Sarah, but David is alarmed to spot them talking and whisks Sarah away to Bethany’s party. Later, Billy is astounded when Todd reveals that Sarah killed Callum. Todd refuses to let Sarah be punished for her tormentor’s murder, but can’t countenance Jason taking the rap either. Feeling for him, Billy insists that he must do the right thing. Todd doesn’t know what to do. In Eastenders, Ronnie rebukes Jack for refusing to let Roxy back into Amy’s life. The pair’s argument is interrupted by Roxy, but

will she come clean about everything that’s happened recently? Later, Andy tries to win Roxy over and invites her for some food. As the pair grow closer, Andy leans in for a kiss. Meanwhile, Donna seeks help from the council when Buster and Lee continue to take advantage of not having a market inspector. Unfortunately, she has no luck and decides to close up instead.

Saturday 4th June

07:10 Film - Finishing School (U) 08:20 Film Hue and Cry (U) 09:40 Film - The Island at the Top of the World (U) 11:10 Homes Under the Hammer 12:10 Natural World 13:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Everyday Tom 14:00 Gourmets Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 14:30 Film - Pal Joey Great 16:20The (PG) British Sewing Bee 17:20 This Week’s World 18:00 19:50 Pointless A special Women’s Football: Euro celebrity Euro 2016 edition 2017 Qualifier: England v of the general knowledge Serbia quiz 20:30 Gardeners’ World 20:40 The National Celebrating the work of the Lottery: In It to Win It Dale army of volunteers who Winton presents the gener- keep gardens up and down al knowledge quiz show the country looking their best for visitors 21:30 The Musketeers With Paris on the brink of 21:00 Army Dad’s starvation, Grimaud and Mainwaring and the platoon Feron join forces with the take part in a Home Guard Duke of Beaufort to win the efficiency using test king’s business by framing Jones’s van the city’s refugees for grain theft 21:30 Film - Alice in (PG) Tim 22:25 Casualty Elle is Wonderland forced into a corner after a Burton 2010 fantasy featuring Lewis Carroll’s creshocking discovery ations 23:25 News 23:45 Film 23:55 XL QI Die Hard with a Vengeance 23:10 (15) 01:45 Film - The Versailles 00:55 Film - You Children (15) 03:05 Will be My Son 02:35 Film Weather for the Week Quatermass 2 (PG) 03:55 This is BBC Two Ahead 03:10 News 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry Cooks 13:00 News 13:10 Athletics: Gotzis Highlights 13:40 Athletics: Diamond League - Rome Highlights 14:40 Boxing: Women’s World Championships 15:40 Flog It 16:35 Escape to the Country 17:20 Film Madagascar (U) 18:40 Can’t Touch This 19:30 News

07:00 CITV 09:25 News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:25 Jeremy Kyle USA 13:20 News 13:25 Jeremy Kyle 14:30 French Open: Roland-Garros Live 19:00 News 19:30 You’ve Been Framed 20:00 Bang on the Money Rickie Haywood-Williams and Melvin Odoom host the final edition of the high-precision game show 21:00 You Saw Them Here First Another collection of TV appearances by stars before they became household names. This edition features Sheridan Smith, Daniel Craig, Idris Elba, Paloma Faith, Bradley Walsh and Stephen Fry as you have never seen them before

07:15 King of Queens 07:40 Transvulcania Ultramarathon 08:10 Motorsport 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Derby Day Morning Line 11:00 Frasier 12:00 The Superhumans Show 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 The Simpsons 14:30 The Derby: Racing From Epsom 18:00 A Place in the Sun 19:00 Homes by the Med 20:00 News 20:15 The Restoration Man Marco and Kath have bought a pair of 17th and 18th-century cow barns but the couple are restoration novices so George offers much-needed advice

21:00 Grand Designs Kevin follows the progress of Stephen and Anita, who want to build a cutting22:00 New It’ll be Alright edge, post-industrial house on the Night Griff Rhys covered in rusty metal Jones presents another collection of never-before- 22:00 Film - 12 Years a seen outtakes from the Slave (15) In the antebelworld of film and TV with lum US, Solomon Northup, clips with Sir Elton John, a free black man from David Beckham and Ricky upstate New York, is Gervais abducted and sold into slavery 23:00 News 23:20 Secrets of Growing Old 00:20 Film - 00:45 Film - Colombiana Carry on Cleo (PG) 02:00 (15) 02:40 Hollyoaks Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, Omnibus 04:50 Posh She Wrote 04:50 ITV Pawnbrokers 05:40 Win it Nightscreen Cook it

07:00 Milkshake 09:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30 The Saturday Show Live 12:30 Police Interceptors 18:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 20:25 Can’t Pay Special: Big Family Bust Up Paul and Steve carry out an emotive eviction when one family member decides to evict another from her home, and Stuart and Elmore try to collect on a debt that sparks a fullblown family bust up 21:20 News 21:30 NCIS The NCIS team suspects Gibbs’ arch-nemesis is behind an explosion at a summit, but Gibbs elects to sit out the investigation in order to help a grief-stricken Fornell, whose life is on the verge of imploding following his wife’s murder

14:10 Film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (PG) 16:00 Film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (U) 17:45 Film - Despicable Me (U) 19:40 Film - Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (12) 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy ITV3 14:25 Lewis 16:25 Rosemary and Thyme 18:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Foyle’s War 23:00 Film - Colditz (15) 01:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire ITV4

22:25 NCIS A covert identity created for one of Gibbs’ undercover cases 20 years ago resurfaces after a murder victim is found living under the alias

13:00 TT 2016 15:00 BRDC Formula 3 Championship Highlights 16:00 Counting Cars 16:30 Storage Wars 18:30 British Touring Car Crashes and Smashes 18:45 French Open Tennis 20:00 TT 2016 23:00 Film - Road (PG) 01:15 Fastest

23:20 NCIS: Los Angeles 01:10 Super Casino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:50 Divine Designs

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

Sunday 5th June 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:15 News 14:30 Athletics: Birmingham Grand Prix 17:30 Celebrity Mastermind 18:00 Points of View 18:15 Songs of Praise 18:50 Pointless 19:35 News 20:00 Countryfile Matt Baker and Anita Rani present the show from Scotland’s Montrose Basin, an internationally important location for wild fowl

07:05 Great British Garden Revival 08:05 This Farming Life 09:05 Gardeners’ World 09:35 Countryfile 10:30 The Beechgrove Garden 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure 13:00 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 13:30 Film - How the West Was Won (PG) 16:00 Flog It 17:00 Gymnastics: European Women’s 19:00 Championships Britain’s Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 20:00 Dara and Ed’s Great Big Adventure Dara O Briain and Ed Byrne undertake a 4,000-mile journey Pan-American the on Highway

21:00 Antiques Roadshow The Antiques Roadshow returns to Chenies Manor near Amersham where members of the public bring along treasured antiques and col- 21:00 Top Gear Matt, Chris and Eddie Jordan take lectibles Sharleen Spiteri, Seasick 22:00 Wallander Wallander Steve and Tinie Tempah on is in a race against time as the ultimate SUV test he embarks on his final case - the disappearance of 22:00 City in the Sky Linda’s father-in-law. Dallas Campbell and Dr Becoming entangled in Hannah Fry present a docCold War politics and frac- umentary exploring aviatured familial relationships, tion, beginning with a look Wallander must prevail at the challenges of getting against the odds if he is to aircraft into the air safeguard his daughter’s future 23:05 Top Gear 23:30 Stupid Man, Smart Phone 23:30 News 00:00 Duran 00:20 Flat TV 00:45 Later Duran at Eden 01:00 with Jools Holland 01:45 Weather for the Week Countryfile 02:40 Holby City 03:40 This is BBC Two Ahead 01:05 News

07:00 Salvage SOS 08:10 King of Queens 09:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Simpsons 13:55 Film Step Up 3 (12) 16:05 Location, Location, Location 17:05 A Place in the Sun 18:05 Film - The Jungle Book (U) 19:35 19:00 Soccer Aid: 2016 News Dermot O’Leary and Kirsty Gallacher host the prematch build up and live cov- 20:00 Escape to the erage of 2016’s big Soccer Chateau Series following a Aid match from Old British family that buys a Trafford. Robbie Williams’ French chateau England team of celebrities and footballing greats take 21:00 Penelope Keith at on Michael Sheen’s Rest of Her Majesty’s Service the World, all in aid of lead- Penelope travels to the four ing children’s charity corners of the Union to UNICEF. This year’s England side is managed venture behind the scenes by Jose Mourinho, while of Her Majesty’s official the Rest of the World squad royal residences is managed by Claudio Ranieri, boss of Premier 22:00 Film - About Time League champions (12) Tim discovers he can Leicester City. Famous travel in time and change faces in the England squad what happens and has include Jamie Theakston, happened in his own life. Olly Murs, Mark Wright and His decision to make his Marvin Humes. The Rest of world a better place by getthe World squad features ting a girlfriend turns out Gordon Ramsay and Nicky not to be as easy as you Byrne might think 23:00 News 23:20 Fraud: How They Steal Your ID 00:25 Film - Bad Teacher 00:20 Tipping Point 01:20 (15) 02:10 Million Pound Jackpot247 04:00 Properties 03:05 Come Motorsport UK 04:50 ITV Dine with Me 05:30 Win it Cook it Nightscreen 07:00 CITV 09:25 News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Griff’s Great Britain 11:00 Peston on Sunday 12:00 Jeremy Kyle USA 12:50 News 13:00 Planet’s Got Talent 13:30 Fierce 14:30 French Open: RolandGarros Live 18:45 News

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Fail Army 12:00 Now That’s Funny 13:00 Film - See No Evil, Hear No Evil (15) 14:50 Film - Spies Like Us (PG) 16:45 Film - Wayne’s World (PG) 18:35 News 18:40 Film - Six Days, (12) Nights Seven Romantic adventure in which an ill-tempered pilot and a beautiful magazine editor crash-land on a remote desert island and find themselves stranded. couple unlikely The embark on an epic adventure during which they encounter a band of pirates and a host of other perils 20:40 Film - PS I Love You (12) Romantic comedy about a widow who tries to come to terms with her husband’s death by following ten instructions he has left for her 23:00 Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015 01:55 Super Casino 04:10 Inside the Murder Prison 05:00 Caught on Camera 05:50 Nick’s Quest

14:05 Film - Beethoven (U) 15:50 Film - A Cinderella Story (PG) 17:45 Film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (PG) 19:55 Film The Wedding Planner (PG) 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Family Guy 00:00 American Dad 01:00 The Cleveland Show 02:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records ITV3 13:00 Columbo 15:00 Lewis 19:00 Midsomer Murders 23:05 Film - The Constant Gardener (15) 01:40 Secret Smile 03:00 Blue Murder ITV4 12:15 MSA British Touring Car Championship 18:40 French Open Tennis 21:00 Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 22:00 TT 2016 23:00 Life on the Limit 01:15 TT 2016 02:15 Hell on WheelS 03:15 Tommy Cooper

09:00 The Weekend Mix, 12:00 Suzy G, 15:00 Tony De Love

Monday 6th June

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Andrew Neil Interviews: Leave or Remain? Andrew Neil talks to leading figures from the leave and remain campaigns ahead of the EU Referendum 21:00 EastEnders Donna reels from her drunken actions 21:30 Panorama Panorama looks at the breakthrough that could change the lives of everyone and everything on the planet - gene editing 22:00 Reg Drama by Jimmy McGovern based on the true story of Reg Keys, the father of a royal military policeman, who took on the British prime minister over Britain’s participation in the Iraq War 23:30 News 00:15 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 01:00 The Graham Norton Show 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News

07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 The Food Detectives 09:30 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:15 Athletics: Diamond League - Rome Highlights 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch

20:00 Top Gear Repeat of last night’s programme

21:00 Wild Australia with Ray Mears On his journey to the heart of the continent, Ray flies past the red rock mass of Uluru in a helicopter, camps under the stars and meets all sorts of marsupials including the star of the desert, the red kangaroo

21:00 Springwatch It is week two for the Springwatch team at RSPB Minsmere in Suffolk, and Chris and Michaela catch up with all the wildlife action that has happened over the weekend 22:00 The Great British Sewing Bee It is ‘international week’ as Patrick and Esme set the seven remaining sewers the challenge of tackling techniques and garment styles from other cultures and continents 23:00 Upstart Crow 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story 01:10 City in the Sky 02:10 Living with Dementia: Chris’s Story 03:10 Lose Weight for Love 04:10 The Truth About Alcohol 05:10 This is BBC Two

20:00 Emmerdale Jacob proves a point to David 20:30 Coronation Street Steve is rocked by a bombshell

21:30 Coronation Street Leanne lays it on the line 22:00 Britain’s Busiest Airport - Heathrow An American airline has one of its busiest days as hundreds of people fly to the USA for Thanksgiving, while Heathrow employee Sunita helps a woman who has lost her two-year old daughter 23:00 News 23:40 The Big Fish Off 00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen

06:55 Will and Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss Canada 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Meet What You Eat Britain’s leading fish experts reveal their secrets, with award-winning chef Mark Petrou showing how to fry up the perfect fish and chips 21:30 Food Unwrapped Matt discovers whether absinthe can really lead to hallucinations and madness 22:00 24 Hours in A and E Liam is rushed to St George’s after collapsing at home during an epileptic seizure It was his fourth seizure of the day and he experiences another at the hospital 23:00 An Immigrant’s Guide to Britain 23:35 Jon Richardson: Nidiot 00:40 24 Hours in Police Custody 01:35 Random Acts 02:00 Million Pound Properties 02:55 Mary Portas: Secret Shopper 03:50 The Three Day Nanny 04:45 The Restoration Man 05:40 Win it Cook it

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Film - Fatal Fiancé 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 King Tut’s Tomb: The Hidden Chamber Documentary examining recent discoveries made in the famous burial chamber and following scientists as they forensically analyse the hidden, blocked doorways identified in the tomb 21:00 Police Interceptors Dog handler Jimmy Grieves collars a thief in the act and the interceptors use the big red key to open the door of a drugs farm 22:00 Can’t Pay Special: Secrets and Lies Paul and Steve have an emotional confrontation in Berkshire when a tearful woman accuses her landlord of fleecing her for extra rent 23:00 Gotham 00:00 Up Late with Rylan 00:45 20 Moments That Rocked the 00s 02:10 Super Casino 04:10 Castle 05:00 Streets of Rage: Caught on Camera 05:45 Wildlife SOS

DON´T MISS REG

BBC One 22:00

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Jacob worries that David is not looking after himself, so to prove a point, he deliberately lights a cigarette in front of Tracy. He later tells David and Leyla that he was only risking his life in the same way David is. Later, Tracy consoles David over Jacob and they kiss, but they’re both

In June 2003, Lance Corporal Tom Keys was among six military policemen killed by a mob in the Shia city of Majar al-Kabir in southern Iraq. Angered by his belief and the growing public feeling that the war with Iraq was based on a lie, Tom’s father Reg forms pressure group Military Families Against the War and decides to stand against prime minister Tony Blair in his home constituency of Sedgefield in the 2005 general election. Fact-based drama, starring Tim Roth and Anna Maxwell Martin.

shocked and upset when a tuft of David’s hair comes away in her hand. Struggling to cope, David pushes Tracy away. Meanwhile, Chas tells DS Wise that she isn’t ready for a relationship so soon after Gordon. He respects her decision, but Charity encourages her to give him a chance. Aaron tries his best to comfort his mum but she insists he should go on his holiday to Wales. In Coronation Street, when Steve suggests that Amy should have her tea at Tracy’s and start building some bridges, Amy bunks off school and

returns home in a foul mood. She confides in Michelle that Sam has dumped her on the grounds that she’s horrible like her mother.

ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart is 17:10 In Loving Memory 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 Wycliffe 00:10 The Knock 01:20 A Touch of Frost 03:15 ITV3 Nightscreen ITV4 07:00 The Big Match Revisited 07:50 Minder 08:50 Ironside 09:55 Quincy ME 10:55 Ax Men 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Gunsmoke 13:50 TT 2016 15:55 Minder 16:55 Quincy ME 17:55 Ironside 19:00 Film - The Saint (12) 20:00 Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 21:00 Motogp Highlights 22:00 TT 2016 23:00 Joey: The Man Who Conquered the TT 00:30 The Motorsport Mavericks 01:30 Motorsport UK 02:30 TT 2016 03:25 Motorway Patrol

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James a tender kiss in the back room, they’re then interrupted by the arrival of Will and Saskia. Clearly fired up, Saskia has an accusation to make... Meanwhile, Billy puts pressure on Todd to do the right thing and tell the police about Sarah’s confession

Later in The Rovers backyard, Michelle assures Amy that Will was her first boyfriend and means nothing to her now as she loves Steve. Amy apologises and they hug. As Steve and Michelle share

Later, Todd goes to the police station and tells the police that Tony Stewart killed Callum Logan and confessed to the murder months ago. Todd then arrives home and announces that he’s been to the police and reported Tony for Callum’s murder. Eileen, Jason and Billy lis-

ten in stunned silence. In the second episode, Michelle assures Steve that she realised her mistake and never actually had sex with Will. Devastated, Steve orders Will and Saskia out of the pub. In the cab office, Steve confides in Tim how Michelle cheated on him with Will while he was recuperating in Spain. Tim is sympathetic. Will later calls in the cab office and promises Steve that after a roll around on the bed, Michelle got cold feet. Because an incensed Steve has hurt his arm, Tim comes to his aid and punches Will.

In Eastenders, Donna is regretting her drunken actions from last night, but she confides in Pam that she really wants a baby. As talk turns to the current poor state of the market, Pam suggests that Donna should take over as the new market inspector. When Vincent arrives, Donna tells him her news and drops another huge bombshell - she wants him to be the father of her baby.

Tuesday 7th June 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Les takes a stand against Babe

07:00 Flog it! Trade Secrets 07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built Britain 09:30 The Extraordinary Collector 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch

21:00 Holby City Arthur begins to question how he wants to spend the rest of his life with Morven, and the two of them come to a joint decision

20:00 Antiques Road Trip Auctioneers Catherine Southon and Paul Laidlaw continue the Northern Ireland leg of their journey, starting from Aghadowey, County Londonderry

22:00 In the Club Jasmin and Dev are busy preparing for their daughter Amber’s Hindu naming ceremony, but when Vicky arrives to check on the twins their plans are thrown into chaos as Jasmin is rushed into hospital. Will both twins be ok? Elsewhere, a heartbroken Roanna has to face the consequences of her actions

21:00 Springwatch Chris, Martin and Michaela continue their wildlife watch live from the RSPB’s Minsmere reserve in Suffolk

23:00 News 23:45 Thierry Henry: My France, My Euros 00:45 The Truth About Healthy Eating 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News

22:00 Horizon With more than half of the UK’s adults are currently overweight, Cambridge geneticist Dr Giles Yeo believes that for many obese people, simply eating less is a harder than some might think 23:00 Jack Dee’s Referendum HelpDesk 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The People v OJ Simpson 00:55 Horizon 01:55 Nature’s Epic Journeys 02:55 This Farming Life 03:55 This is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Chas faces her fears 20:30 River Monsters Jeremy Wade searches for alien-like super sharks, from the very first river monster, an eel-like horror, to a lethal giant nicknamed the Buzz-saw Killer 21:00 Don’t Look Down Personal cameras and drones follow industrial abseilers as they scale iconic buildings such as Tower Bridge, and Alexandra Palace and there’s trouble in Dubai when a specialist team are suspended 800ft up a skyscraper in 118-degree heat 22:00 Cameron and Farage Live: The EU Referendum Julie Etchingham presents a live hour-long programme in which David Cameron and Nigel Farage will in turn answer questions from a studio audience in London 23:00 News 23:50 You Saw Them Here First 00:55 Columbo 02:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Rosamunde Pilcher’s Autumn (12) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

21:00 George Clarke’s Old House, New Home George sets out to discover the rules you need to know when it comes to putting a kitchen in a period home

20:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK Ben meets Simon and Debbie who swapped city life for a hidden valley small-holding in Exmoor National Park with more than 100 animals

22:00 Cutting Edge Documentary exploring the wealth gap in Britain via two charismatic but estranged siblings. Multimillionaire Ivan Massow lives in a luxurious fivestorey home in central London but his brother David is an odd-jobs man and lives in a white van on a lay-by

21:00 The Yorkshire Vet Julian is called out to a cow struggling to give birth to her first calf, Peter treats a horse with toothache and a duck with an unusual and embarrassing injury, and the female staff are going giddy over a group of baby goats

23:00 Lagos to London: Britain’s New Super-Rich 00:05 First Dates 01:10 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:00 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:25 Gillette World Sport 02:55 Motorsport 03:20 T r a n s v u l c a n i a Ultramarathon 03:50 The Superhumans Show 04:20 Posh Pawnbrokers 05:15 Draw it

22:00 Big Brother Emma Willis opens the door to the Big Brother house, allowing this year’s housemates to enter 00:05 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 01:05 Big Brother 02:05 Super Casino 04:10 Castle 05:00 Burglars and Break-Ins: Caught on Camera 05:45 Wildlife SOS

DON´T MISS HORIZON: WHY ARE WE GETTING SO FAT?

BBC Two 22:00

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, James is getting ready for his plan of action, but as he drives along a country lane, he accidentally knocks down Chas when she steps out in front of him. He accompanies her to the hospital where a nurse asks if Chas could be pregnant. James is taken aback when Chas admits that she thinks she could be.

With more than half of the UK’s adults are currently overweight, Cambridge geneticist Dr Giles Yeo believes that for many obese people, simply eating less is a harder than some might think. He takes a road trip around the UK and America to uncover why, meets people behind some of the shocking newspaper headlines, and through their stories, reveals truths which dispel commonly held myths about obesity.

Later, once back home, Chas explains to James that if she is pregnant, it means it is Gordon’s child. He invites her inside to take the pregnancy test and they await the results. Later at The Woolpack, Charity can tell something is wrong with Chas. Meanwhile, James’s involvement in Chas’s accident means that he cancels his date with Emma. Finn slips up by telling Emma that he saw Chas and James together at Dale View. Later, James hides Chas’s mascara in the bin. Emma returns home and promptly finds it, along with the pregnancy test. Her heart breaks

and it’s clear that Chas has a new problem to deal with. Elsewhere, David is touched when he finds that Jacob has shaved his head. David then decides to shave his too, as Jacob and Leyla watch on. Tracy sees them from outside and although she is happy for them, she’s also sad that she isn’t included. In Eastenders, Paul encourages Les to take a stand over the blackmail problem. Taking this on board, Les visits Babe and warns that he’s prepared to go the police about her even if it means the truth about Christine comes out.

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 00:50 American Dad! 01:45 Two and a Half Men 02:15 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Sherlock Holmes 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart Is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Wycliffe 00:05 The Knock 01:20 A Touch of Frost ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 Minder 08:40 Ironside 09:45 Quincy ME 10:45 Ax Men 11:45 The Chase 12:40 Gunsmoke 13:45 TT 2016 14:45 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:50 Quincy ME 17:55 Ironside 19:00 MotoGP Highlights 20:00 Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 22:00 TT 2016 23:00 Euro 96: The Summer Football Came Home 00:00 Film Village of the Damned (PG) 02:05 BRDC Formula 3 Championship Highlights 03:05 TT 2016

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack However, when Babe realises that Pam doesn’t know about Les calling her bluff, she retaliates by upping the payment demands.

Pam is devastated and still doesn’t want the truth to come out, which puts her marriage under strain. Soon afterwards, Claudette arrives and shows her support. Les admits that he misses Christine, so Claudette reveals that she still has

some of her things. As a result, Les secretly decides to wear Christine’s clothes. Vincent initially refuses to be the father of Donna's baby, but eventually agrees to talk to Kim about it after Donna makes a heartfelt plea. Unfortunately, the moment is lost when Carmel arrives to confront Kim about why she was banned from the salsa show, prompting a danceoff between the pair. Vincent returns to Donna and tells her that he’s having doubts, but when Kim realises he is hiding something, it’s time for him to

come clean... In Holby City, Arthur begins to question how he wants to spend the rest of his life with Morven, and the two of them come to a joint decision - but are they thinking things through? Dom feels left out in the cold by Arthur - but will a vengeful Dom hurt his dearest friend? Zosia battles with Jac yet again to win back her trust - but at what cost?

CODE CRACKER

Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 12 represents N and 10 represents Q, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

QUICKIE

Across

25 Cul de sac (4,3)

1 Writ issued by authority of law (7) 4 Subject (5) 7 Injure with hot liquid (5) 9 Keeps (7) 10 Pardon (7) 11 White lily (5) 12 US five-cent piece (6) 14 Former name of Chennai (6) 18 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 20 Rubeola (7) 22 Female thespian (7) 23 Solid (5) 24 Wander (5)

Down 1 Maintain (7) 2 Methods (5) 3 Scream (6) 4 Sum (5) 5 Artist (7) 6 Prices (5) 8 Burrow (5) 13 Main division of a book (7) 15 Prize (5) 16 Hang (7) 17 Entertained (6) 18 Wild pigs (5) 19 Shabby (5) 21 Sudden thrust (5)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Batch, 4 Cursed, 9 Arrange, 10 Spree, 11 Dust, 12 Zealous, 13 Bee, 14 Rogue, 16 Lusty, 18 Lie, 19 Sincere, 20 Cite, 23 Aorta, 24 Steward, 25 Pulled, 26 Spend. Down: 1 Boarder, 2 Terms, 3 Hint, 5 Unstable, 6 Serious, 7 Dregs, 8 Seize, 13 Beverage, 15 General, 17 Yielded, 18 Least, 19 Scalp, 21 Irate, 22 Mess.

Scribble Pad

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

CRYTPIC CLUES 23 Flogs cooked sprats (6) Across Down 1 Grab something from the 2 Continuing the French car (6) con trick (7) 5 Greek character leading 3 Bridge support rusts very small rebellion (6) badly (5) 8 Use a converted Old 4 Stolen food offered to Testament character (4) Gods on their return (7) 9 Look at the next page for 5 Combine some summer value of total sales (8) gear (5) 10 It sharpens art quality 6 Hate our eccentric US (8) writer (7) 11 Besides it’s included in 7 The French son moves chapel service (4) for the holidays (5) 12 Logos I designed for 13 Great musician makes these cold dwellings (6) her soup (7) 14 Fools could start lifts (6) 14 Politician cares about 16 Gather about a piano transient holidaymakers (4) 18 Serious or only a big (7) 15 Badly nips ARP plant hat (8) 20 Classy ferries go off (7) and are sure to succeed 17 Avoid the Spanish with due preparation (5) (4-4) 21 An element of jazz in 18 The dean’s very fast (5) 19 ‘Abracadabra’, classical music (4) 22 Senior journalists in lit- Zoroastrian exposes blade (5) tle apartment (6) 23 Thongs (6) STANDARD CLUES Down Across 2 Enduring (7) 1 Take hold of (6) 3 Bridge support (5) 5 Open rebellion (6) 4 Frankfurters (7) 8 Biblical twin (4) 5 Combine (5) 9 Apple pastry (8) 6 US writer and social critic 10 Blade sharpener (8) (1817-1862) (7) 11 Other than (4) 7 Christmas seasons (5) 12 Eskimo homes (6) 13 Mythical Greek musician 14 Blockheads (6) (7) 16 Harvest (4) 14 Motor homes (7) 18 Mexican hat (8) 20 Certain to be successful 15 Root vegetable (7) 17 Avoid captivity (5) (4-4) 18 Fast (5) 21 Blue-white element (4) 19 Shaving implement (5) 22 Furnished room (6) Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Appro, 4 Ailing, 9 Demesne, 10 Thora, 11 Real, 12 Virgins, 13 Cry, 14 Newer, 16 Oread, 18 Ell, 19 Genesis, 20 Cuff, 23 Adobe, 24 Exempla, 25 Treats, 26 Aegis. Down: 1 Andiron, 2 Pampa, 3 Oast, 5 Interpol, 6 Idolise, 7 Goats, 8 Heavy, 13 Crescent, 15 Winsome, 17 Defrays, 18 Ester, 19 Giant, 21 Unpeg, 22 Hera.

FILL IT IN

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

2 letter words Am Do 3 letter words Ask Ate Ear Map Nor Opt Tee Use 4 letter words Ally Area Cube Data

Dice Eery Elms Ergo Have Icon Idol Inky Iron Lake Lave Leak Lent Oboe Ores Oval Over Para Pole Prim

Rams Rare Said Sane Sloe Teds Undo Vain 5 letter words Alien Alloy Bases Bible Boots Broke Dares Dense Dines Dolly

Dried Duchy Elate Erase Handy Harem Inane Laity Lavas Naked Never Noted Opera Runny Saner Silky Silly Theta

6 letter words Bakery Icicle Learns Sachet Samosa Secede Shekel Thanks 8 letter words Baseline Sensible 9 letter words Manoeuvre Rearrange

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 7 Duchas (7) 9 Paz (tranquilidad, no guerra) (5) 10 Year (12 months) (3) 11 Forward (in position) (9) 12 Silla (asiento) (5) 14 Respuestas (a preguntas, en examen, test) (7) 16 Wardrobe (7) 18 Alubias (5) 19 Carpintero (9) 20 Ver (persona, objeto) (3) 21 Flood (5)

22 Almacenamiento (7) Down 1 Frost (substance) (8) 2 Elbow (4) 3 Líder (6) 4 Hardly (6) 5 Wastepaper bin (8) 6 Kiss (4) 8 Grasshopper (11) 13 To have lunch (8) 15 To hold up (support) (8) 17 Wheels (6) 18 Donkeys (6) 19 Zero (4) 20 Jabón (para lavar) (4)

Across 8 Long or roundabout route that is taken to avoid something or to visit somewhere along the way (6) 9 Playing field on which American football is played (8) 10 Large coloured handkerchief, typically with white spots, worn tied around the head or neck (8) 11 Game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court (6) 12 Edible Mediterranean plant, the bitter leaves of which may be used in salads (6) 13 American psychedelic rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965: Jefferson -------- (8) 15 Fourth studio album from the progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1971 on Atlantic

Records. It was their first album recorded with keyboard player Rick Wakeman (7) 17 Cushion for kneeling on in church, while at prayer (7) 20 Irish dramatist whose plays are comedies of manners, including The Rivals (1775) and The School for Scandal (1777): Richard Brinsley -------- (8) 22 Small room or cupboard in which food, crockery and cutlery are kept (6) 23 Town in Salford that shares its name with a comedy character, created and performed by Spike Milligan, from the Goon Show (6) 25 Queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain (8) 26 Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the American Southwest as

SUDOKU

Quiz Word

resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909) (8) 27 Greek mythological sea nymph, mother of

Achilles (6) Down 1 Servant, especially one who has worked for a per-

son or family for a long time (8) 2 Woman who forms relationships with men purely to obtain money or gifts from them (4,6) 3 American singer-songwriter born in Minneapolis in 1958, whose UK hit singles include: Little Red Corvette, When Doves Cry and Purple Rain (6) 4 Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the backs (7) 5 State in the south-east of Australia whose capital and largest city is Melbourne (8) 6 Furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks (4) 7 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter (6) 14 Most populous city of California and second

largest in the United States (3,7) 16 Title used to address any peeress except a duchess (8) 18 Alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages) (8) 19 Narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting (7) 21 Programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal, change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism (6) 22 Hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair (6) 24 Mountainous landlocked communist state in south-eastern Asia that achieved independence from France in 1949 (4)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH LA COPA DEL MUNDO Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch.

el arbitro el delantero el empate el equipo el jugador el portero el primer tiempo esquina fuera de lugar

sports QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. 19th 2. Frank Bruno 3. Tennis 4. Daley Thompson 5. Fred Perry

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 1/24 Paper Moon, 4 Hit parade, 9/10 Pen pal, 11 Red flag, 12 Loin, 13 Belladonna, 15 Corgi, 16 Desecrate, 17 Stood fast, 21 Moses, 23 Astronomer, 27 Embassy, 28 Aga, 29 Pod, 30 Strasberg, 31 Putty. Down: 1 Pupil, 2 Pannier, 3 Ripe, 4 Halberd, 5 Turtles, 6 Aidede-camp, 7 Atlanta, 8 Engravers, 14 Wild Horses, 15 Castanets, 18 October, 19 Acolyte, 20 Trepang, 22 Shot put, 25 Noddy, 26 Rasp.

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1.el arbitro, 2.el delantero, 3.el empate, 4.el equipo, 5.el jugador, 6.el portero, 7.el primer tiempo, 8.esquina, 9.fuera de lugar, 10.jugar bien, 11.jugar mal, 12.la alineación, 13.la red, 14.tarjeta roja,

Soduko

15.tiempo extra, 16.un golazo, 17.un partidazo, 18.un tiro libre. a.the draw, b.the player, c.a great game, d.off side, e.extra time, f.the first half, g.the referee, h.to play badly, i.a great goal, j.the forward,

Span - Eng

Quizword

k.to play well, l.the goal keeper, m.corner, n.the line up, o.the net, p.a free kick, q.red card, r.the team Answers: 1g, 2j, 3a, 4r, 5b, 6l, 7f, 8m, 9d, 10k, 11h, 12n, 13o, 14q, 15e, 16i, 17c, 18p.

1. Was The Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race First Contested In The 18th, 19th Or 20th Century? 2. In Boxing Who Suffered Defeats To Tim Witherspoon, Mike Tyson & Lennox Lewis? 3. Which Sport Was Inroduced Into The Olympic Games In 1988? 4. How is British sportsman Francis Thompson more usually known? 5. Who died in 1995 and was the last Brit to win the Wimbledon Mens Singles Title?

jugar bien jugar mal la alineación la red tarjeta roja tiempo extra un golazo un partidazo un tiro libre

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Wednesday 8th June

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Andrew Neil Interviews: Leave or Remain? Andrew Neil talks to leading figures from the leave and remain campaigns ahead of the EU Referendum 21:00 Lose Weight for Love Psychologist Tanya Byron and her team separate a couple for ten weeks in a bid to end their selfdestructive behaviour 22:00 The Big C and Me Cameras follow three more families whose lives have been reshaped by a cancer diagnosis, including 83-year-old June, whose family must face up to her imminent death when she learns she has pancreatic cancer 23:00 News 23:45 Euro 2016 00:30 A Question of Sport 01:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05 News

07:00 Flog it! Trade Secrets 07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 Great British Menu 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 The Daily Politics 14:00 Pressure Pad 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Monkey Planet 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 18:55 A Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the Stronger IN Europe Campaign 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Paul Laidlaw and Catherine Southon search for bargains in Scotland, beginning in Callander and shopping in Perthshire and Angus 21:00 Springwatch Live from their base on the Suffolk coast, Chris and Michaela share overnight breaking news from the wildlife cameras 22:00 Versailles Harsh steps must be taken to preserve the royal reputation, while flamboyant Philippe causes a stir of his own 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The People v OJ Simpson: American Crime Story 00:55 Horizon 01:55 World Cup 1966 - Alfie’s Boys 03:25 Jimmy Hill: A Man for All Seasons 04:25 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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale James discovers a secret 20:30 Coronation Street Todd is in the frame 21:00 Tonight at the London Palladium Bradley Walsh hosts the final episode of the current series, and is joined by Simply Red, French electro swing band Caravan Palace and Pixie Lott, who performs the much-loved classic Moon River from her upcoming stage debut in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. There is also a very special performance from the cast of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, while comic Dane Baptiste, Britain’s Got Talent winners Attraction and speciality act Naked Lunch complete the line-up 22:00 Secrets of Growing Up Documentary which looks at the emotional and physical transformation that takes place over 20 years from birth to adulthood 23:00 News 23:40 Britain’s Busiest Airport Heathrow 00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 21:00 Rescue Dog to Super Dog Six dogs are selected from rescue centres and paired with six people with disabilities. Aided by two of the country’s top dog trainers, the aim is to transform these canine companions into brilliant disability helper dogs 22:00 24 Hours in Police Custody As Luton takes to the streets to celebrate its annual May carnival, a man seizes his opportunity to enter a house and sexually assault two young children 23:00 Power Monkeys 23:35 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:35 High Class Call Girls 01:30 Blink 02:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:50 Film - Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (15) 04:20 The Restoration Man 05:15 Posh Pawnbrokers

DON´T MISS RESCUE DOG TO SUPER DOG

CHANNEL 4 21:00

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, jealous Emma tries to trap James into coming clean over Chas, but he then realises the boys have let slip about his plan. When Emma later arrives at The Woolpack, she is furious to see James chatting with Chas and fakes a funny turn by stumbling. James is concerned and Pete

New three part series pairing dogs from rescue centres around the UK with six people with disabilities. Aided by two of the country’s top dog trainers, the aim is to transform the canine companions into disability helper dogs in 12 weeks. The first edition meets 26year-old Emily, who has narcolepsy and cataplexy, meaning she can collapse up to 30 times a day, and desperately wants a dog to guard her when she passes out in the street. Meanwhile, Alan, who has Tourette’s, wants a dog to support him during his tic attacks, which sometimes leave him hospitalised.

reveals that Emma hasn’t been well.

lies awake terrified and close to tears.

Back at Dale View, Emma tries to soothe James’s concerns, but he remains worried. He goes to the surgery to find out the truth, but will he get it from Doctor Bailey?

In Coronation Street, the police call at Number 11 to question Todd. They suggest to him that perhaps he, Tony and Jason all conspired to kill Callum between them. Todd is shocked to realise he’s now in the frame for murder.

Meanwhile, when Ronnie struggles with a digger outside Mill, Lawrence helps and they later share a drink. Could there be a slight thawing as the two men reminisce? Elsewhere, David struggles with his new look. Also today, after waking from a nightmare, Chas

Eileen tentatively points out to Jason that Tony loved him very much and when he said he wanted revenge on Callum, perhaps he meant murder. With his guilt weighing heavily, Billy tells Todd that he’s considering telling the police the truth.

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Big Brother 13:15 Cowboy Builders 14:10 News 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film Bond of Silence 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 19:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:00 Police Interceptors Kev Salter and Ian Squire hunt for a man roaming the late-night streets with a machete. The driver of a feisty Fiesta makes off from the cops and takes the pursuit off-road

21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors A patient ITV3 with neuropathy consults Dr Clare MacMichael, but 07:00 In Loving Memory their constipation and 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 weight loss gives the GP Where the Heart Is 09:30 cause for concern The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She 22:00 The Hotel Inspector Alex turns her Wrote 12:55 Sherlock attention to a hotel located Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat in the grounds of a stable, 15:00 The Royal 16:05 where the horses enjoy Where the Heart Is 17:05 five-star facilities but In Loving Memory 17:40 human guests are treated On the Buses 18:15 George and Mildred 18:55 less well Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, 23:00 Big Brother 00:05 She Wrote 21:00 Foyle’s Big Brother’s Bit on the War 23:00 Wycliffe 00:05 Side 01:00 Benefits The Knock 01:20 A Touch Special: 18 Kids and of Frost Claiming 01:55 Super ITV4 Casino 04:10 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 05:00 Ram Raid 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 Britain: Caught on Camera Minder 08:50 Ironside 09:50 Quincy ME 10:55 Ax 05:45 Wildlife SOS Men 11:45 The Chase 12:45 Cycling: Tour Series On This Day Highlights 13:45 TT 2016 14:45 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:50 Quincy ME 17:50 Ironside 18:55 The Saint 20:00 Cycling: Criterium Du Dauphine Highlights 22:00 TT 2016 23:00 The Motorsport Mavericks 00:00 1: Life on the Limit 02:20 TT 2016

1963: Ward charged over ‘immoral earnings’ in Profumo affair. Todd begs him to think twice, as in doing so, he’d destroy Sarah’s life.

Meanwhile, as Sean and Billy settle down to a cosy lunch in the Bistro, Billy gets a call from Todd telling him that he’s found Lee unconscious in the ginnel. Billy heads out clearly worried and Sean is fuming to find himself playing second fiddle yet again. Todd helps Billy

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 The Vampire Diaries 23:55 Family Guy 00:55 American Dad! 02:00 Two and a Half Men 02:25 Safeword 03:05 The Hot Desk

with Lee and Billy’s anguish is evident. Todd tells him how sorry he is and gives him a comforting hug. Sean watches from a distance, stunned. Elsewhere, Michelle laments to Eva that Steve can barely look at her, let alone talk to her. In the cab office, Steve confides in Tim how he can’t get thoughts of Michelle with Will out of his head. Michelle begs Steve to forgive her but Steve remains cold, telling her that he doesn’t want a wife he has to forgive. Hearing their row, Amy is upset and Steve comforts her. Also today, when Craig

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James admits that he’s hungover and he got the beer from Tim, Beth is furious. Beth tears a strip off Tim for allowing Craig to help himself to his home brew. When Beth threatens to tell Sally about the goings on at Number 4, Tim buys her silence with free beer. With Leanne gone, Robert is short-staffed and snaps at Andy, Steph and Zeedan.

Thursday 9th June 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Family Finders 12:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 For What It’s Worth 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Lauren reaches out to Max, but will she get a response? 21:00 DIY SOS The Big Build Nick Knowles travels to Hopesay, Shropshire to meet ex-fireman Joe and his seven-year-old daughter Lucy. Joe lost his wife Jess suddenly in 2014, partway through renovating an old cottage into what they had hoped would be a dream family home 22:00 New Blood New seven part drama in which two junior investigators come together against a new breed of criminal - the uber-rich and powerful corporations, individuals and governments who hide behind legitimate facades 23:00 News 23:45 Question Time 00:45 This Week 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News

07:00 Flog it! Trade Secrets 07:30 Family Finders 08:15 The Instant Gardener 09:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Pressure Pad 14:45 The TV That Made Me 15:15 The Big Allotment Challenge 16:15 Monkey Planet 17:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 18:15 Bargain Hunt 18:55 A Referendum Campaign Broadcast by the Vote Leave Campaign 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Springwatch 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Anita Manning and Philip Serrell kick off in the Lake District, before ending at their first auction in Lancashire 21:00 Springwatch At the end of a dramatic week for wildlife on the Suffolk coast, Chris and Michaela report live on all the latest action from RSPB Minsmere 22:00 Peaky Blinders As Tommy prepares to commit the most audacious crime of his career, a blow is struck against him that could change everything 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Top Gear 01:20 Panorama 01:50 Last Whites of the East End 02:45 Rick Stein’s Long Weekends 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 ITV News and Weather 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale The Bartons make a decision about Emma 21:00 The ITV Referendum Debate With just two weeks to go until the nation goes to the polls to decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union, Julie Etchingham hosts the second of two live programmes this week. On Tuesday, David Cameron and Nigel Farage went face to face; tonight, three more senior political figures supporting each side of the argument will have the opportunity to answer questions from members of the studio audience, before the floor is opened up to a free-flowing debate in this live two hour programme 23:00 ITV News and Weather 00:00 The Late Debate 00:25 Pop Gold: Best of the 80s: Vol 1 01:25 Murder, She Wrote 02:15 Jackpot247 04:00 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Shipping Wars 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 21:00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it Phil and Kirstie help another family to decide once and for all if they should stay or go from their beloved home 22:00 Inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital Documentary going behind the scenes of Birmingham Children’s Hospital, exploring how the treatment affects the patients and their families 23:00 Gogglebox 00:05 24 Hours in A and E 01:05 An Immigrant’s Guide to Britain 01:35 The World’s Most Expensive Food 02:30 Britain’s Most Extreme Weather 03:30 Mary Portas: Secret Shopper 04:25 The Restoration Man 05:20 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 05:40 Draw it

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Taken Back: Finding Haley 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 19:55 Referendum Campaign Broadcast 20:00 Cricket: England v Sri Lanka Mark Nicholas introduces highlights of the first day of the Third Test from Lord’s where England play Sri Lanka 21:00 On Benefits: Life on the Dole Sammy has to spend her reduced benefits wisely to cater for her family. Simone is hoping to forge a career as a model. Brian is struggling to live on just £46 a week after ill health 22:00 Big Brother Emma Willis presents the latest drama from inside the house as this year’s Housemates get to grips with each other, and Big Brother’s unseen influence 23:00 Gold Diggers 00:00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Carpenters: Their Greatest Hits 05:00 Violent Assault: Caught on Camera 05:45 Wildlife SOS

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On This Day

NEW BLOOD

BBC One 22:00 SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Finn, Pete and Ross are outraged to now know that Emma faked her illness and she is shocked when none of them object to her leaving. Emma leaves under a cloud. Later, James is having doubts about Emma leaving and decides to reunite with her, leaving the boys

Six years after a sinister drugs trial in India, one of the participants is found dead - and although it is ruled as suicide, eager young PC Rash Sayyad is sure it’s murder, impressing DS Sands so much that he offers him a trainee detective position. But as they begin to follow up on the junior cop’s suspicions, Serious Fraud Office investigator Stefan Kowolski is gathering intelligence on a hospital pharmacist eventually drawing him into the same case. Crime drama written by Anthony Horowitz, starring Mark Addy, Ben Tavassoli, Mark Strepan and Anna Chancellor.

stunned.

Meanwhile, Charity is shocked to find The Woolpack has been trashed in the night, but Chas stops her from phoning the police, suspecting that her PTSD is back. Chas panics and runs off, but Emma helps to get her to a mental health clinic. Later, Charity grudgingly admits that Emma came through, but is Emma as helpful as she thinks?

her divorce through, but she impresses Sam and Belle by swearing not to shed another tear for Zak.

Also today, Moira is relieved when Holly passes another urine test. Holly seems determined to stay clean from drugs and Moira is starting to trust her again. Holly is also happy that Victoria has offered her a job.

In Eastenders, Max’s court hearing has arrived, so Lauren tells Abi they need to be there for him. In the end, Abi decides that she can’t face Max, so Lauren suggests they should write a letter to him instead to say they’re there for him if he wants to be a family again.

Finally, Lisa is upset to get

Lauren hands the letter to Stacey, explaining that it says they’ll be waiting at The Vic. Will Max reach out to his family? Meanwhile, Pam is in a better mood and even suggests that Ben should stay the night, leaving Les feeling guilty about what he did the night before. Les tries to get rid of Christine’s belongings but can’t bring himself to do it. As everyone settles for the night, a struggling Les once again becomes Christine, but as he puts on her wig, someone walks in... Elsewhere,

ITV3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Sherlock Holmes 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart Is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Endeavour 23:00 Wycliffe 00:05 The Knock 01:20 A Touch of Frost ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 Minder 08:50 Ironside 09:55 Quincy ME 10:55 Ax Men 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Cycling: Tour Series Highlights 13:50 TT 2016 14:50 The Saint 15:55 Minder 16:55 Quincy ME 18:00 Ironside 19:00 The Saint 20:00 Cycling: Tour Series Highlights 21:00 History of the Euros 22:00 TT 2016 23:05 Film Maximum Conviction (15) 01:10 The Motorsport Mavericks 02:15 TT 2016 03:10 Highway Patrol

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack 19:00 Andy James

1958: Queen Elizabeth II opens revamped Gatwick.

Elsewhere, the penny finally drops for Bernice when she finds out from Lisa that Ronnie is gay and sees Lawrence burning old love letters they once wrote. Having seen Ronnie. Bernice is furious that Lawrence even went through the sham of marrying her.

07:00 Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 10:30 Psych 11:20 Scorpion 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 Love Island 20:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Love Island 23:00 Safeword 23:50 Family Guy 00:50 American Dad! 01:40 Two and a Half Men

Kim

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Patrick both confront Vincent and Donna together. Will they be able to change Vincent’s mind? Vincent is also furious when he realises that Kim has reached out to Claudette, but whose side will Claudette be on? Also today, Louise plays games with Bex and tells her to pretend she doesn’t like Shakil in order to make him fight for her.

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How to eat out if you're vegan There’s nothing wrong with pushing the boat out for breakfast, just as we sometimes do for lunch or dinner Vegetarians are now relatively well catered for, but if you want to avoid animal products such as eggs and dairy altogether, it’s tougher to find a restaurant to meet your needs. There are lots of great places if you’re open to those that are not exclusively vegan, but it pays to have some careful questions handy. Go for a curry India is the centre of the veggie universe. This is no surprise: 40% of the population lives meat-free. No other cuisine matches the subcontinent’s scale and variety of vegetarian cookery, and while it’s not all suitable for vegans, a good deal of it is. The food of south India is lighter and fiercer than the north, with hot-sour sambar (lentil stew) and spicy coconut chutney served as addictive embellishments to many dishes. Dosa (rice and lentil crepes)

are hugely popular southern staples, and their close cousins, uttapham, are covered in myriad toppings like pizzas. Take a tour of south-east Asia The super-spicy near-neighbours of India also boast some of the finest meat-free dishes around. Indonesian cuisine has tempeh, a nutritional powerhouse and close relative of tofu. It’s made with whole rather than ground soybeans, which are pressed and fermented. Look out for it deep-fried into crisp chips, which are traditionally dipped in chillispiked sauces. Much south-east Asian food is knee-deep in greenery but vegans will need to keep a watchful eye out for shrimp paste and fish sauce, which give many dishes their umami hit. In Thai restaurants, you can ask for vegetable curries to be pre-

pared with the fragrant massaman pastes of the far south, which omit shellfish – and you will find lots of tofu and vegetable curries, vegetarian versions of pad thai (stir-fried rice noodles with veg or meat) and tom yum soups – as well as the many excellent and delicious Thai salads (fish sauce, which is often used for salty flavour, can be replaced with soy sauce). Ask them to hold the

cheese in your local Italian Did you know that Italy has the highest percentage of vegetarians in Europe? It certainly has a rich culinary tradition of cooking without meat. It’s not always easy to find a wide choice of strictly vegan dishes in an Italian restaurant, but it’s a myth that all pasta or risotto dishes are cheesy, buttery affairs. Now that the regional diversity of Italian food is

celebrated in many of the UK’s restaurants, it’s getting easier. A restaurant carrying specialties from southern Italian regions will offer the most choice. Olive oil rather than cheese will season many pasta dishes. Rich, toothsome Puglian pasta shapes like orecchiette are usually made without eggs – and dried pasta, made from durum wheat, is always vegan. Go cold turkey

With British restaurants falling over themselves to talk you into ordering several small sharing plates, you could do a lot worse than going to the spiritual home of this style of eating. A spread of Turkish mezze dishes can be as nourishing as it is delicious. Match a pulse dish like hummus with kisir (wheat, chopped herbs and walnuts) and you’re packing some serious protein. Delicious falafel has found its way into many southern European kitchens too. Smoky aubergine baba ganoush, stuffed vine leaves and many other dishes are vegan-friendly, with tahini paste used to give creamy nutty richness. Baklava, Turkey’s national dessert, is often made with syrup rather than honey, and traditional Turkish delight is also vegan (although it’s always worth checking).

Contrasting English and French attitudes to children in restaurants Treating small children as discerning customers makes for good restaurant behaviour

Eating in restaurants with young children is often a pain in the neck in the UK for precisely the reasons that Stuart Heritage lists as strategies for coping (9 rules for eating in restaurants with young children, Family, 21 May). In France it is a joy to see how small children behave, eat and are treated in many restau-

rants. They order what they want from the same menu as everybody else, they are keen to try new dishes, and they wait politely and quietly while the food is cooked. I have long puzzled about why this is so and have concluded that it is because, from birth, they are not treated as an alien species but as discerning customers

in the same way as the adults in the party are, often late into the evening. They are respected, talked to, titbits are swapped and tasted, and they are not provided with piles of crayons and toys. Generally, such children respond by behaving in a decorous and acceptable way. 1 Your days of exciting dining are done. Where once you thought nothing of eating in swanky Michelinstarred establishments or queuing up outside the hot new artisanal burger joint, your priorities have now shifted. Now all you want is cheap food brought to you as quickly as possible by a sympathetic waiting staff. Anything else is a bonus. 2 Don’t stroll in blind. The more you know about a place, the better. Are there highchairs? Is there a kids’ menu? Is there somewhere you can store your buggy?

Are the tables too small or close together? Are there steps? Are there adequate changing facilities? Seriously, find out. Surprises are your worst enemy right now. 3 Go off-peak. If you want a toddler to eat in public, you need time and space, ie when nobody else is there. Get used to 5pm meals. Especially if your child gets ratty when tired. 4 Make sure they serve something familiar. Since I had my baby, my favourite restaurants are the ones that include “Penne in Red Crap” on their kids’ menus. I don’t care if they’ve got poor TripAdvisor reviews or are unethical about sharing their tips, or if there are piles of warm rat faeces on every table. All I want is Penne in Red Crap because I know my son will definitely eat Penne in Red Crap. 5 Order your child’s food

first. This is important. Many babies like food tepid but many restaurants pride themselves on serving bubbling hot dishes on just nuked plates. Here’s my workaround: get their food brought out with your starters. Better yet, order it with your drinks. The earlier it arrives, the more time it has to cool and the less likely you are to go bald with stress. 6 Give them space. My son’s reach has suddenly become enormous. Look away for a second and he’ll lean over and grab your knife, plate or glass. To combat this, pile everything they can grab into a ramshackle barricade on the opposite side of the table. 7 Avoid tablecloths. A child will never be able to damage a wooden table by rubbing a slice of pizza on it. Tablecloths are a different matter entirely. Only eat at

clothless establishments or get used to apologising relentlessly. 8 Be considerate. Yes, your child is your world but not everyone else’s, so try to let the other diners enjoy their meal as much as possible. Obviously a toddler is an uncontrollable timebomb of noise and emotion, but do whatever you can to minimise it. Take them out for walks. Load an iPad with CBeebies shows. Anything it takes not to become the most hated table in the restaurant. 9 Clean up. This is just basic politeness. When the meal is over, look down. Look at that wasteland of half-chewed breadsticks and splattered vegetables at your feet. It will take two seconds to bend down and pick it up. Even if you don’t leave it spotless, the staff will appreciate the gesture.

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Dessert

Gordon Ramsay cooks up new production company

Rocky Road Ingredients

Serves: 6 2 medium-sized bars of milk chocolate a couple of handfuls of mini marshmallows 6 digestive biscuits (broken into largish chunks) a handful of raisins (optional)

Directions Prep:10min › Cook:30min › Ready in:40min And here is the easy bit how to make them: Melt the chocolate in a bowl suspended over a pan of boiling water, making sure that the water does not touch the bowl. Once the chocolate has melted add the rest of the ingredients and mix well, but make sure that you don't break up the biscuits too much. Pour into a baking tray, which has been lined with parchment or greaseproof paper, level out and stick in the refrigerator for a few hours. Once the mix has set, tip out and cut into squares, make yourself a cuppa and enjoy it with your rocky road.

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Gordon Ramsay has launched his own production company, Studio Ramsay, to cook up scripted and unscripted TV shows. Ramsay, whose programmes include Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and The F Word, also announced a joint venture deal with All3Media, jointly owned by Discovery and John Malone’s Liberty Global, to help get projects off the ground. The new company plans to develop scripted programmes “on food-related themes” as well as the sort of unscripted factual shows for which the foul-mouthed chef has become famous. Ramsay, whose exclusive

UK deal with Channel 4 came to an end in 2014, said: “I’m really excited about this new venture, giving our team the opportunity to expand creatively on a global scale.” Many of Ramsay’s shows have historically been made by Optomen Productions, which was bought by All3Media in 2010. It also bought Ramsay’s joint venture, One Potato Two Potato, netting the celebrity chef millions. Studio Ramsay will be a fully independent company solely owned by Ramsay but it has entered a joint venture with All3Media to develop and produce unscripted and scripted TV programmes.

Announcing the new venture, Studio Ramsay described itself as a “nextgeneration multimedia production company, and the natural progression for Ramsay given his vast television knowledge and production capabilities”. In the US, Ramsay is currently in the middle of a twoyear deal with Fox. Jane Turton, chief executive of All3Media, said: “We really look forward to continuing our relationship with Gordon, working alongside him as he establishes and grows his new production company, Studio Ramsay. He is a world-class talent with a phenomenal record of hit TV series.”

Put some sunshine on your plate Flattened tandoori chicken thighs with mango relish. Serves four. 8 skinless and boneless chicken thighs, 3 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped, ½ small thumbsized piece fresh ginger, peeled and roughly chopped, 1 small red chilli, roughly chopped, ½ tsp turmeric powder, 2 tsp garam masala, 1 tsp paprika 150g natural yoghurt, For the mango relish, 150g soft brown sugar, 150ml whitewine vinegar, 1 star anise ½ red onion, peeled and very finely chopped, 2 garlic cloves, peeled and very finely chopped 1 thumb-sized piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped, 1 tsp black mustard seeds, 1 red chilli, finely chopped, 3-4 ripe, sweet mangoes, stoned, peeled and roughly chopped, Salt and freshly ground black pepper. First prepare the chicken. Put each thigh between two sheets of clingfilm and flatten by bashing with a rolling pin until it’s roughly 1cm thick. Put the flattened, tenderised chicken in a bowl. In a pestle and mortar, bash

the garlic, ginger and chilli to a rough paste, then add to the bowl with the remaining chicken ingredients, rubbing in the marinade so the meat is coated. Refrigerate while while you make the relish. Put the sugar and vinegar in a saucepan on a medium-low heat, bring to a boil and, once the sugar has dissolved, stir in all the other ingredients and add a good pinch each of salt and pepper. Leave to simmer for 25-30 minutes, until the liquid has reduced, then take off the heat, adjust the seasoning to taste, then set aside to cool. Heat the grill (or barbecue). Season the chicken all over, then lay on a rack set over an oven tray. Grill for 10-12 minutes, turning it halfway through. When the chicken is brown at the edges and cooked though (check by cutting into a thigh: if the juices run clear, it’s done), transfer to plates and serve with the relish alongside. To bulk it up into a full meal, add a light cucumber salad and/or a cardamom rice salad with flaked almonds and dried apricots.

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Drinking Champagne instead of English sparkling wine is now 'unpatriotic'

English wine is now so good it is unpatriotic to drink Champagne, Waitrose says, as the UK's vineyards are being recognized on a global scale for the first time.

Home-grown wines which were once considered "a joke" have started to be offered to guests at Royal events and functions at no.10 Downing Street, instead of

champagne or wine from more popular regions. Last week Downing Street showed its support for English wine producers by choosing Ridgeview, a Brighton-based winery, and Chapel Down, from Hastings, to be the official suppliers for its receptions. Over 200 new vineyards being established in the UK over the past five years and English wines and this year 72 English wines won medals at the 2015 International Wine Challenge, with 14 gold medals. The trend is also taking

hold among middle-class shoppers with Waitrose reporting sales of English wine are up by 13pc from last year. Becky Hull, head of wine buying at Waitrose, said: "Serving English wine and asking people to guess where it is from used to be a popular party trick. But now members of the Establishment are serving it as standard instead of French Champagne. The quality is just as good these days, and supporting English growers is seen as a positive and patriotic thing to do.”

Bigoli pasta with courgettes, fresh peas and prawns

Bigoli are a Venetian speciality – thick-ish spaghetti made with wholewheat flour and traditionally pressed through a special sieve contraption to give them their shape. If you can’t find them, use wholewheat dried spaghetti. SERVES 4

INGREDIENTS 2 medium courgettes 100g unsalted butter 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 100g uncooked, peeled small prawns 80g green peas, from the pod or frozen and defrosted 250ml good-quality dry

white wine 1 x 500g pack bigoli, or other wholewheat pasta 75ml extra-virgin olive oil METHOD Bring a large pan of salted water to a rapid boil over a high heat. Meanwhile, peel the courgettes (skin and flesh) into

full-length strips. Discard the cores or use them in another dish. Place a large sauté pan over a medium heat. Melt the butter, then add the garlic and prawns and cook for two minutes. Add the courgettes and peas and cook for a further two minutes before adding the wine. At this stage, plunge the pasta into the boiling water and cook according to the packet instructions. Continue to cook the courgettes and peas until the wine has reduced by half. When the pasta is cooked, drain it (reserving some cooking liquid) and toss it into the sauté pan. Pour in the oil and toss well, ensuring everything is coated. Add some pasta water if the sauce appears to be too thick. Season to taste and then serve immediately.

Food & Drink

Why burrata is the smarter starter

Sometimes ingredients seem to just appear, rather like mushrooms on an autumn morning. Burrata seemed to come out of nowhere. I had read Marcella Hazan, cooked in Tuscany and watched Antonio Carluccio on television, but still hadn’t heard of it. Then in 2008, while on holiday in Puglia, I saw something that looked like mozzarella. I tried it with tomatoes, basil and olive oil. It was sensational – the flavour of fresh cream captured in a soft cheese, gentler and more subtle than the sharp tang of buffalo milk in mozzarella. Back home, I looked into the history of burrata. It has only been around since the Fifties, and like many inventions, it came about by accident. When making moz-

zarella there would be lots of trimmings left over. To use these up, and to provide themselves with something for tea, Puglia’s mozzarella makers would make one final cheese which they would wrap around the mozzarella trimmings. Into this stuffing they poured fresh cream as binding. The cheese was tied with a topknot, and taken home to be eaten that day. The need to eat the cheese fresh was the reason it rarely left Puglia. The fresh cream meant it had an even shorter shelf life than mozzarella. Versions in Britain made with UHT cream are delicious, but find the variety with fresh cream and you are really are in luck. Calling it simply mozzarella just doesn’t do it justice.

Spring bubble and squeak

The recipe Peel, roughly chop and boil 500g of potatoes in deep, lightly salted water for 15-20 minutes until tender enough to mash. Remove the core from 250g of spring cabbage, then roughly chop the leaves and wash them. Cook the cabbage in a saucepan with a little boiling water then drain thoroughly. Slice 3 spring onions finely, discarding any tough dark green leaves as you go. Chop 8 tbsp of herbs. I used dill, mint, tarragon and parsley – but it will depend what you have around. Wash a couple of handfuls of watercress, shake them dry and set aside. Drain the potatoes thoroughly, add 40g of butter

then mash them using a food mixer fitted with a flat paddle, or with a potato masher. Fold the drained spring cabbage, well drained of any liquid, and the herbs into the potato together with a little ground black pepper. Roll the mixture into 9 balls or thick patties, using a little flour on your hands if necessary. Warm a thin layer of olive oil and a little butter in a shallow, nonstick pan over a moderate heat, then lower in the patties, letting them cook for 5 or 6 minutes until pale gold and lightly crisp on the underside. Turn each over and brown the other side. Divide the watercress among 3 plates then add the sizzling patties. Serves 2-3.

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DVD’S The Boy

Record Of The Week!

Yet another cracking good tune chosen for the TKO Record of the week – and this weeks choice was from Suzy G – it contains the lyric ...´Throw those curtains wide...One day like this a year would see me right¨ It was quite a shock to realise that One Day Like This by Elbo had been released back in 2008 and only managed to hit number 39 in the uk charts! ´Destined to become a classic´ .. said Suzy – and not many would argue that ! - it has a timeless quality said Suzy, adding .. who hasnt had a day in there life where they can say – one day like this a year would see me right ! Its an anthem to waking up and realising how lucky we are. I think for once – we were all agreed! If you have never had the pleasure of tuning into TKO at the weekends – try it ! as between 3 and 6 on a Sunday you will find Tony De Love – who has an impeccible taste in music – but I wonder what he will pick for us all to play? You will have to tune in to find out! . So don´t forget to tune into TKO 91.9 & 90.8fm and www.tko.fm every day from 8am to hear. The brand new Record Of The Week! For sponsorship deals and advertising please call 966 921 003 or email office@tko.media

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1. X-Men: Apocalypse 2. Alice Through the Looking Glass 3. The Angry Birds Movie 4. Captain America: Civil War 5.Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising 6. The Jungle Book 7.The Nice Guys 8. Money Monster 9. Love & Friendship 10. Zootopia

An American nanny, Greta, is hired to care of a family's 8-year-old boy in a remote village in England. Upon arriving for her new job, Greta is shocked to learn that her charge is a lifesized, childstyle doll that the family uses to h e l p t h e m with their grief: The parents were never able to move on when they lost their actual son two decades before. Greta chooses to stay with the family and serve as the "boy's" nanny. After Greta violates a list of rules, she begins to question her sanity when several unexplained events make the boy appear alive.

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS REVIEW

DIRECTOR James Bobin GENRE Adventure SYNOPSIS Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to Wonderland after finding success in the real world as a ship's captain, only to discover that the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) is suffering from severe depression. RELEASE DATE May 27, 2016 DURATION 113 mins Despite its massive box office success, Disney and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland received mixed reviews in 2010. In addition to being the umpteenth take on Lewis Carroll's fantasy classic, it

wasn't even the definitive version. Burton's gothic style never really meshed with the whimsical palette of the books, and the film's lack of engaging characters and incoherent story didn't help. Were audiences really clamoring for more, let alone six years later? Ready or not, here comes the sequel (directed by The Muppets' James Bobin), the result of which is a flashier, more vibrant adventure -albeit with the same muddy storytelling and two-dimensional characters. In Alice Through the Looking Glass, which is seemingly based on Carroll's book in

name only, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has just returned from her voyage at sea, which started at the end of the last film. But when her ex-fiance Hamish threatens to reclaim her ship the Wonder, Alice decides to go down the rabbit hole once more -- or in this case, through the mirror -- and travel to Wonderland. Alas, things aren't much better in the magical realm. Upon learning that his family may still be alive, the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp) starts to die because... nobody believes him... or something. From there, Alice is tasked with convincing Time himself (Sacha

Baron Cohen) to let her go back to the past, where she might learn the truth about the Hatter's family and save the Hatter from dying inexplicably. But in spite of the film's marketing, Time isn't so much the villain as he is a victim of circumstance. When the immortal being refuses Alice's request -- because obviously changing the past would and does have wild repercussions -- Alice simply steals a timetraveling ship, which forces Time to go after her. As a result, it's kind of hard to root for Alice, who is not only a thief in this but doesn't even know what she's doing.

Benicàssim, capital of 'bodywisdom'

The Fourth Congress 2016 of BODYWISDOM will be held in Benicàssim from the 2nd to the 5th of June under the theme "Walking through life '.

Tell me the way you walk and I'll tell who you are. The way we walk betrays us, it reveals our unique integration of neuromuscular patterns and qualities of our anatomy. This will be the leitmotif of the Fourth Congress BODYWISDOM (body wisdom), to be held in the Castellon town of Benicàssim from the 2nd to 5th June. 'Walking through life' is the title of the conference this year, which will bring together dozens of health professionals and therapists to discuss our wanderings. This event was born when two experts in manual and move-

ment therapies got aware of the need to bring together professionals from different therapies and movement, in a meeting to exchange knowledge and experiences. And once again, Benicàssim is the venue chosen for this event. It is said that Benicàssim is one of the pioneer tourist destinations for over a hundred years now. Its beautiful sandy beaches and crystal clear waters, makes it a perfect place to walk beside the sea. The Natural Park of “Desert de Les Palmes” is another attraction spot where you can stretch your legs and get carried away by its history and natural settings. Benicàssim has something for everyone: culture, leisure, nature, relaxation and bustle, coexist and balance each other.

Killjoys Dutch, John, and D'avin are a team of three bounty hunters that travel through the galaxy to catch dangerous criminals while a deadly interplanetary war wages. T h e y attempt to remain neutral through everything, but as more and more time passes, their choices catch up to thrust them into the throes of difficult moral decisions.

IMAX Journey to Space Chronicling the incredible leaps and bounds human beings have made in order to inspire discoveries, this documentary explores the next big step�a trip to Mars. With unbelievable footage that makes viewers feel as if they're stepp i n g o n t o the red planet themselves, beautiful imagery s u r rounds e a c h viewer as they take in this stunning, memorable IMAX experience.

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A Visit to Another World

The Courier newspaper, TKO Radio and The Pocket Directory have teamed up with the Terra Natura animal park in Benidorm to offer you the chance to win four free tickets to the park every week, so the whole family can have a fun day out meeting some of the wonderful and exotic animals on display at the park. From the moment you walk through the gates you are immersed into another world, as Amazonian plants adorn the walkways with large parrots and other colourful birds flying wild through the trees. Keep an

eye out for Wayne, a rather bolshie parrot, who flatly refused to return to his handler during our visit this week, instead choosing to lead the keepers on a wild goose (or should that be parrot) chase through the forest. Tiny monkeys and other delightfully cute animals are waiting for you as you move towards the aviary itself, where you then meet up with hundreds of other birds from around the globe, and maybe even the odd one or two monkeys swinging through the trees. As you leave the aviary, you pass through the

darkness of the bat cave before emerging back into the wild where a central island plays home to another colony of monkeys, surrounded by the Iberian Lynx, wild boar and much more, before you reach the fearless and

commanding panther enclosure. If large cats are your thing then you will love the tigers who roam wild through their enclosure, playing with each other and getting up close and personal with the visitors,

albeit through the safety of toughened glass, and including the latest addition to the family, a white Bengal tiger. We will tell you about more of the animals next time but for now, make sure you listen to TKO Radio every day for

your chance to win a set of tickets, but don Ě t worry if you Ě re not lucky enough this week, check through the pages of The Courier or visit thepocketdirectory.com for some incredible discount vouchers.

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Health

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Warning Signs About Your Health From The Colour Of Your Urine Contact@medb.es

Could the colour of your urine be offering you an ‘early warning’ that you are seriously ill? Most people’s urine varies widely in colour - with early

morning wee being much darker than the stuff you produce later in the day. But there are some warning signs in the colour of your urine that you shouldn’t

ignore - even if it just means you need to drink more water. The NHS says, ‘If you’re dehydrated, drink plenty of fluids such as water, diluted squash or fruit juice. These are much more effective than large amounts of tea or coffee. Fizzy drinks may contain more sugar than you need and may be harder to take in large amounts.’ ‘Brown ale’ coloured urine If your urine is dark brown, this could be a sign of severe dehydration - or an early warning of liver disease. The Cleveland Clinic suggest that you should drink lots of water, and continue to check the colour of your urine.

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If it stays brown, contact a doctor. Red urine In most cases, this alarming tinge is simply a sideeffect of eating foods such as beetroot - but it could be something worse. It takes a very small amount of blood to make urine look pinkish - and this can be caused by highimpact sports having an effect on the bladder. But it COULD be a sign of a more serious illness such as kidney stones, or even cancer. If it persists, contact a doctor. Clear urine This is mostly nothing to worry about - but in rare cases, sports fans drink so much water their bodies

can’t get rid of it. This is rare - but if you’re worried you’re swilling down too much water, restrict yourself to drinking when you actually feel thirsty, rather than downing extra to improve performance. Bright yellow urine Many people become alarmed when they see their urine turn bright yellow - but this is usually caused by vitamin supplements, and the body rapidly getting rid of nutrients it can’t absorb. Don’t worry, in other words. Cloudy urine Cloudy urine could be something as innocuous as recently having had sex (if you’re a man) or crystals caused by eating foods such as cheese.

But if it persists, it could be the sign of a bacterial infection in the urinary tract. These usually aren’t serious - but it’s worth seeing your GP. Bright orange urine This is often caused by dehydration - and people’s urine tends to be most orange in the morning, when the kidneys have been working overnight without urinating. It could also be a sign you eat too many salty foods which cause the body to ‘hang on’ to water. Try drinking more water, and eating less salt. If it persists, consult a GP - it could be a sign of something more serious, such as jaundice.

Should you really eat fat to stay slim? Green leafy vegetables are particularly good for you

The nation was enjoying its breakfast last week when the latest food fight broke out. A damning report by a leading obesity charity warned that the low-fat, lowcholesterol message underpinning 30 years of public health advice was plain wrong. Eat more fat, less carbohydrate and don’t worry about cholesterol, urged the report by the National Obesity Forum (NOF). In response, Public Health

England (PHE) condemned the report as “a risk to the nation’s health”. For consumers, the furore was yet another recipe for confusion when it comes to healthy eating. What is clear is that the UK has a serious health problem. In England, 25 per cent of adults are obese and the number of people with Type 2 diabetes has doubled in the past 20 years to almost 3.5 million. PHE argues that we have these problems because, as

a nation, we don’t observe official health guidelines, consuming too much sugar and too much saturated fat. The authors of the NOF report disagree and say the guidelines are wrong. Dr David Unwin, a GP in Merseyside who contributed to the report, believes we just need to focus on a few rules if we want to eat well. “There’s a lot that health experts agree on,” he says. “We need to concentrate on some simple messages.” Here, we outline every-

thing you should – and shouldn’t – be eating. Eggs Previous links to high cholesterol and heart disease have been revised and daily limits scrapped. Starchy foods

a more natural option. Nuts Once had a dubious reputation for being high in fat and calories, but are now regarded as a key part of a healthy diet. Red meat

Official advice to base meals around bread, pasta and rice are being challenged by some experts who say these foods cause blood sugar to rise, increasing the risk of diabetes. Low-carb diets are recognised as good for weight loss and reducing the risk of Type 2 diabetes. Low fat Once the diet du jour, research now shows that low-fat diets are ineffective, and that some fats benefit our health. Most experts worry that low-fat products such as yogurt often contain lots of added sugar. Margarine and spreads Still recommended by public health officials as a way to limit our intake of saturated fats, some experts advocate butter as

Health guidelines suggest eating no more than 70g per day. The World Health Organisation has classified red meat as a “probable” trigger for cancer, but some experts have questioned the research behind this. Sugar and starchy carbs Almost everyone agrees that sugar damages our health. Official guidelines

say we should limit our daily intake of added sugar to 25g or six teaspoons a day. This includes honey, syrups and fruit juice. But opinion is divided over starchy carbohydrates. The UK’s recently revised Eatwell Guide recommends we base our meals around carbs such as wholegrain bread, rice and pasta – wholegrain where possible. But the NOF report suggests this advice is making our health worse. Dr Unwin has successfully treated patients for obesity and Type 2 diabetes by encouraging them to switch to lower carbohydrate diets.

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The Surprising Truth about Cholesterol

You probably believe that cholesterol is the greatest

health threat facing your heart today. But truth be told, cho-

lesterol is probably the most useful nutrient required by

your body. Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as good or bad cholesterol. There is only one cholesterol and it is good cholesterol. What is wrongfully called ‘Bad cholesterol’ is a transporter of cholesterol that moves cholesterol from the liver to other parts of the body. And the so-called ‘good cholesterol’ is a transporter that moves cholesterol from other parts of the body to the liver. Cholesterol plays such a useful role in the body that the body makes 70% of the total cholesterol in the body. Only 30% of all the cholesterol in the body comes from our diet. Cholesterol is critical for our survival. Over half of the dry weight of the brain is cholesterol. A membrane composed of cholesterol protects every

cell in the body. The nerves are protected by a padding of cholesterol called the myelin sheath. Biologists point out that the main difference between animals and plants is the presence of cholesterol in animals. Plants do not have cholesterol. Cholesterol is critical for the functioning of the brain and nervous system, and low cholesterol is associated with neurological problems including depression, insomnia, irritability and memory loss. The underlying cause of heart disease and stroke is inflammation of the arteries and not high cholesterol. And the main cause of inflammation of arteries is toxins, especially the type known as free radicals. Inflammation attracts clotting cells or platelets to the arteries, and over time, these

accumulate, eventually blocking arteries. The body produces more cholesterol to fight inflammation. Today more and more health experts recognise that the best way to treat heart disease and stroke is not to lower cholesterol with harmful cholesterol-lowering drugs, but to reduce inflammation in the body. Cholesterol is not a danger to health, and worse still, the medications used to lower cholesterol such as statins are one of the most poisonous drugs prescribed today. If you are worried about raised cholesterol, there are natural alternatives that do not have side effects and are more effective than statins. For A Full Body Diagnostic Scan Call MedB Diagnostics: 965071745, 966189074.

Middle-class latte drinkers will escape the sugar tax, while poor will pay Sugary coffees and fruit smoothies enjoyed by the middle-classes will escape

the sugar tax according to campaigners who are complaining that the levy is being

unfairly aimed at the poor. The TaxPayers' Alliance (TPA), a campaign for lower

taxes, said the controversial sugar tax will be an arbitrary burden on the poor as it targets fizzy drinks which are disproportionately consumed by lower socioeconomic groups. The TPA claims wants the tax scrapped as it takes no account of the amount of sugar in drinks, as some

beverages laden with sugar such as syrupy lattes and juices will be exempt. on soft drinks because they are the main source of added sugar in children's and teenagers' diets, many with no intrinsic nutritional value." The sugar tax will come into force from April 2018,

when soft drinks companies will pay a levy on drinks with added sugar. Similar taxes have worked in five other countries, with some methods reducing consumption of fizzy drinks by up to one quarter. A sugar tax on fizzy drinks in Mexico cut sales by 12% in its first year

What is the sugar tax? A new £520m levy on sugar-sweetened drinks to combat child obesity Why? An official report says the NHS could save £15bn and almost 80,000 lives in a generation by weaning the public off its sweet tooth. Today's children and teenagers are consuming three times the recommended level of sugar (adults fare almost as badly) Why is it controversial? Some people resent being taxed for something which causes no harm if eaten in moderation and they don't want the 'nanny state' interfering in their choices How much will it be? In his March 2016 budget, the Chancellor announced a new sugar levy on the soft drinks industry, to be introduced in 2018. There will be two bands: • One for total sugar content above 5g per 100ml • And a second higher band for the most sugary drinks with more than 8g per 100ml • Pure fruit juices and milk-based drinks will be excluded.

Dave Silver

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Mrs S Knows The Alphabet Down To A T WHEN I got my first telephone index book I liked to make sure there was at least one entry on every page. Of course, people named Smith and Jones proved no problem but I endeavoured to cultivate contacts whose names began with the letters X and Z -- thus leaving no folio unfilled, no side unsigned. I must admit that I did cheat a bit. Instead of listing my local hospital by name, I entered it as X-Ray Department. As for the 'Z', well. I'll tell you about that a little later. You might consider me silly but I'm not as daft as Mrs S as she revealed when she wrested control of the phone book. Everyone we knew with a phone was crammed onto the page with the letter 'T' at

the top. She wrote them down as THE doctor, THE garage, THE butcher, THE baker, THE candlestick maker . . . Yes, all went under the 'T' listing. And when that page was full, she chucked away the phone book, bought a new one and started the whole tish-tash . . . I mean, mish-mash . . . again. Utter madness, I thought. Even my best friend Eric the dentist was demoted to merely THE dentist on that damned packed 'T' page. Mind you, I must be honest here. Sometimes, my humble lifestyle seems to irritate Mrs S. 'I'm bored!' she huffed and puffed at me the other evening as I sorted out my stamp album. 'You may huff but please do not puff,' I responded.

'You're blowing my stamp hinges all over the floor.' Mrs S stamped back with: 'Night after night I sit here while you are at the pub with your weird mates. And then you come home and pore over your blasted stamp album like the passionless philatelist you are.' 'Passionless philatelist?' I retorted. 'That's easy for you to say. And, by the way, never knock boredom. Being bored means nothing bad is happening to you.' 'I just might leave you,' Mrs S hissed. But I knew she never would because love will always conquer everything -- and besides I'd hidden her suitcase. Determined to salvage Mrs S's lousy evening, I nipped out to the supermarket to buy her favourite biscuits.

I tapped the shoulder of the guy standing in front of me at the checkout. 'Excuse me,' I said. 'I was wondering if you would like to save my marriage by letting me go ahead of you.' 'As it so happens,' replied the stranger, 'I'm doing the shopping because my own wife is not feeling well and I've got to get home before the (THE?) doctor comes. 'Also, just a couple of minutes ago my mother phoned me on my mobile to say she's accidentally locked herself in the loo in her flat. 'When I said I'd be around as soon as I'd finished the shopping to let the (THE?) doctor in, my mum panicked and I heard her drop the cordless down the lavatory.' I tutted sympathetically and said: 'So are you going to let me go ahead of you in

the queue, then?' 'On yer bike, pal,' the stranger snorted. 'No need to turn ugly,' I said. 'Ugly?' the stranger said. 'At least my pullover isn't covered in stamp hinges.' Eventually, I returned home and emerged from the kitchen with two mugs of tea and a plate of biscuits. 'I don't know why you're watching this fluffy nonsense,' I said, pointing at the telly and spilling tea all over the biscuits. 'I can see exactly what's going on here. Boy meets girl. They fall in love. Outside events force them to separate. They each meet other people and marry them. 'Stuff happens and fate throws our young lovers together again. A couple more minor plot hiccups

before they get to live happily ever after. The End. Sickly, soppy, sentimental tosh.' 'Better put your glasses on,' sighed Mrs S. 'I'm actually watching The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.' 'Whoops!' I said. 'My vision must be impaired by all that steam coming off the biscuits.' Anyway, we switched off the telly and settled down to start a game of Scrabble. I plunged my hand into the cloth bag and pulled out the requisite seven letter tiles -which turned out to be one blank (good) and all six 'T's (bad). I'd had enough of 'T's. It was all too much for my nerves. So I checked our phone book and dialled the number of my new psychiatrist Ziggy Zapata.

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Intelligent Road Signs

A new wave of roadsigns in being installed across much of the main road network in Spain, all part of a multimillion euro investment scheme to make the roads safer. On the infamous N-332 around Torrevieja we have already seen illuminated signs offering more protection at roundabouts. Arrows which flash in the direction of movement and triangular signs that flash orange to warn us of the approaching hazard are just some of the signs that drivers have been

getting used to for some time. This week, intelligent signs have been installed in one of the most problematic areas in terms of congestion, in the single-line section as the N-332 passes Torrevieja, which both monitor the flow of traffic on the roads and then communicate with each other to warn approaching drivers of queues ahead. These sign groups have two units, one which is the detector, the other the receptor and warning sign.

When traffic flows freely the signs look like nothing more than a black square. But, when traffic is detected, the square displays an electronic version of the triangular P31 road sign, warning of congestion, with flashing orange lights to attract attention. These are not the only intelligent signs being installed on the network. In other areas of Spain a number of junctions have already had warning systems installed which tell drivers on the main carriageway that

there is a vehicle at a junction ahead on a minor road likely to join or cross the flow of traffic. Sensors built into the road, similar to those used to monitor traffic flow, become aware of the presence of a vehicle at the junction. They are able to identify the size and type of vehicle, if needed, and then send the information to the warning sign located on the main carriageway, almost offering an extra set of eyes to the driver and the theoretical ability to see beyond bends

and buildings ahead, thus reducing the surprise factor and, hopefully, reducing the risk. It is known under the name of “sistema de advertenciadinámica en intersecciones”, or “dynamic junction warning system”, which uses low-cost technology to exchange information between the vehicle, infrastructure and back to the vehicle, and so commonly known as “V2V”, the aim being to warn of the proxim-

preference through the junction, so they can know well in advance this circumstance, adjusting their speed and taking extreme care”. So far, there are four locations in Spain where the system has been installed, chosen because of their high incident rate. Two of them, located in the provinces of Madrid and León, are also in locations known for their concentration of a high number of incidents.

ity of vehicles at junctions. Jaime Moreno, deputy director of Mobility at the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT), explains that, “when the system detects the presence of a vehicle approaching the intersection, this situation activates the alert signal for vehicles traveling the main stem, with

The locations are: Leon (in the N-VI, at kilometre 399); Madrid (also in the NVI, pk 56); Navarra (N-113, pk 78) and A Coruña (N-634, pk 676). In these four locations, between 2012 and 2014, a total of 48 crashes occurred, resulting in the loss of 3 lives and injury to another 47 people.

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BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca. BlueMoon Solutions come to you at home or work, our personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada.

Richard moved to Spain ten 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 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: David wanted to know how to stop the Windows ADVICE: Uffe wanted to know how to remove a Gmail account and how to get into the Microsoft Snipping Tool 10 update from happening on his PC

Richard.This must be the biggest virus making the rounds, my neighbour has just been given an unsolicited update to Windows 10. I’m trying to avoid it. Several weeks ago you published some advice on how to prevent it infecting one’s computer Unfortunately I’ve lost the reference. Could you give out the information again please?Best regards David.

. Hi David, yes it was called "Never 10" and here is a link to it... http://www.brucebnews.com/2016/04/finally-a-simple-way-to-prevent-windows-10upgrades/

Hello Richard,Can I bother you with two (for me) unsolvable problems: 1. How do I delete unwanted mail-addresses (4 of my own...@gmail.com ) from Google? 2. Some time ago you published an article about "Taking a Screenshot with Microsoft Snipping Tool". In the article you mentioned that this facility is built into Windows 10.Probably I don't see the forest for all the trees, but I can't find the Tool! Can you guide me, please?

Hi Uffe, in order to remove a Gmail account permanently, you should do the following... 1. Sign in to My Account. 2. In the “Account preferences” section, select Delete your account or services. 3. Choose Delete products. You may have to sign in again. 4. In the “Delete a Product” section, find Gmail and choose Delete (the bin icon). 5. Follow the onscreen instructions and choose Remove Gmail. To get to the Microsoft Snipping Tool from Windows 10, you should click on the start button and type "snipping" into the search bar at the bottom, it will locate the tool for you to click on. Hope that helps, more unsolvable problems solved haha - sorry for the delay in replying In order to wipe the device and perform a hard reset, you should do the following… 1 Power the device off. 2. Press and hold the Volume up button then press and hold the Power button. 3. When the Samsung logo appears, release all. 4. Select wipe data/factory reset. ... 5. Select Yes -- delete all user data. 6. Select reboot system now. Once completed you will need to set up all of your apps, email accounts and wifi access, just as you did when you first purchased the tablet.

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Torry’s Nic Meets Big Mac Torrevieja tennis teenager, and now registered Spanish player, Nicola Kuhn got a real surprise when he was offering some warm up practice for the tall Canadian star, Milos Raonic in some rare sunshine at the French Open at Roland Garros last weekend. Legend turned TV commentator, John McEnroe, happened to be passing by and joined the duo for a photo, along with former French

Winds Of Change On Your Bike It may have been breezy at times over the last week, but the SAMM (Sailing Association Mar Menor) sailors turned up for their races last Sunday, the wind decided not to make an appearance. Seven boats though came to the start at Los Narejos in the hope that the forecast eight knots would actually materialise! The first group away saw the day boats Conny, Sirocco and Mistral take five minutes to drift across the line but, ten minutes later when the dinghies, Shoestrings Dos, Tres and Quarto plus the diminutive Rosita started, there was a zephyr of a breeze from the west. This built to about eight knots and backed south by the end of the four laps which took around 80 minutes to complete. A fine display of sailing by the crew of Conny in such light conditions gave her a win

by just 89 seconds. The afternoon race saw the wind coming in with a vengeance, blowing easterly 12 to 15 knots, only to swing back south by the 2.15pm start and gusting even higher, kicking up a short chop almost one metre high!. Rosita had wisely decided not to sail and the conditions proved too much for Dos who capsized twice and retired. Tug Wilson and Pat Fleck in Tres were flying round the course and on line for a win when they also went over at the gibe mark on lap five. They were soon up but lost enough time to push them back to last. Mistral also retired after lap five. The six laps took on average only 46 minutes to complete. The result, was another fine win by Robert Hudson and Terry Cook (who was competing in his first ever SAMM race) on Conny. The next race day is this coming Sunday (June 5th).

Two groups of hardy mountain bikers will be taking on the seventh Mar Menor to Calblanque race that starts from San Javier’s municipal sports centre this Sunday morning (June 5th). The groups of different levels will take on 60 and 80

kilometre routes heading out of San Javier via Santiago de la Ribera, and inland towards Calblanque, before heading back to the sports centre via the Mar Menor ferry from Tomás Maestre to Santiago de la Ribera.

Petanca Success

Open winner and world number one, Spain’s Carlos Moya. The 16-year-old from La Mata was taking part in the rain affected junior tournament at Roland Garros which started last weekend with a first round match against Poland’s Kacper Zuk that began on Sunday, and was finished with Kuhn winning in three sets on Tuesday after rain washed out Monday’s play.

Hot Wheels

A record two thousandplus motorbikers hit the streets of Santiago de la Ribera last weekend for “The Hot Rally” 2016 which attracted a total of five thousand people to what organisers describe as the biggest event in Europe to feature custom made

American motorcycles. The Hot Rally based itself on Santiago’s Barnuevo esplanade and much of the promenade area and the bikers even had a large screen put up so that they could enjoy last Saturday’s all-Madrid Champions League final.

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Local Clashes The Pueblo Bravo Petanca club in Rojales recently hosted their club championships, which were sponsored by the Rojales council who provided the trophies. Sports councillor Pedro Llopis made the presentations including the award to the winning trio of Pedro, Ron, and Rudy. Six local rugby sides will be taking part in this Saturday’s (June 4th) seventh staging of the Miguel Hernández Sevens tournament at the Los Arcos stadium in Orihuela starting at 5.00pm. The initial matches

will feature two groups of three teams, with the Torrevieja Tigers, Albacete, and Murcia University in Group A, whilst Group B has ITV Orihuela, the San Javier Squalos, and Murcia in it.

It was a slightly smaller turn out than usual for the three days of play due to a number of the club’s Spanish members being unavailable due to other commitments. The competition though was still exciting and very close, as the winners snuck in by just one point.

Beach Bound Over 250 male and femaleplayers from around Europe including Ireland, Italy, Bulgaria and Germany will be descending on

Alicante’s Playa de San Juan this weekend for the eighth staging of the Costa Blanca Club Beach Volleyball championships.

Pilar Badminton Club held their annual in-house tournament finals recently, with all of the contests contended in a sporting fashion, umpired by John Cox and Brian Nash. The Ladies Doubles was a very close run affair which saw each pair on top before Erika Klose and Carol Winstone ran out winners over Judy Adams and Marie Garsous by a score of 2114, 18-21, 21-14. The Mens Doubles Final between Nico Nicotin and Horst Klose and Derek Styles and Cliff Stansbie,

saw Nicotin and Klose victorious in straight sets, 21-11, 21-17. The closest encounter was the Mixed Doubles final, with many exciting rallies, which ebbed and flowed before Erika Klose and Steve Walley eventually prevailed 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 over the pairing of Russ Eagleton and Carol Winstone. Anyone who has played badminton before and wants to join the Pilar club can contact them on 966 786 774 or e-mail carolejohn_3@hotmail.com

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Golfs Followers Of Fashion Earlier this year, Ian Poulter hopped on Twitter and pleaded, “Get rid of the stuffy old rules that hold golf back. Make it more fun everyone!” The European Tour listened. Well, they listened a little bit. 2016 marks the first year ever that Tour pros have been allowed to wear shorts during practice rounds at the EurAsia Cup. While it’s a small step, it might be the start of a much younger, more relaxed golf environment. Half of the currently ranked top 10 golfers in the world are under the age of thirty, bringing a fresh young approach to golf.

Rickie Fowler has become famous for moving the fashion needle. Back in January he created quite the social media buzz when he was spotted in Puma ankle high golf shoes at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. This past month at the Players Championship, he was photographed in these very loud pink and yellow TITAN TOUR IGNITEs. While Rickie Fowler has been making bold fashion statements his entire career, it was a little surprising to see Rory McIlroy competing in joggers that could have been pulled directly from Fowler’s closet!

Today’s golf fashion is a far cry from traditional visors and pastel polos but the break from tradition is extending far beyond shoes, shorts and the occasional jogger trousers. Young golfers are much more relaxed about broadcasting their personal lives. While traditional golfers might scoff at the adolescent nonsense, the truth of the matter is that younger fans ate it up. Much of this comes from younger players growing up in a social media world. It’s not strange for them to get the news on Twitter before it’s released to mainstream TV. There’s no difference between what

they share on the internet and how they act in everyday life. And for that reason, the lines between work and play become blurred. Millennial job entrants are willing to sacrifice the pension plan providing nineto-five corporate jobs, for grueling startups that give you work flexibility, free lunch and a casual work environment. It isn’t uncommon to see the boss of a multi-billionpound business in flip flops and a graphic tee. Everything about their life has become more casual and they aren’t waiting around for companies that resist. The movie rental busi-

ness Blockbuster has morphed into on-demand services like Netflix. Books written by Mark Twain can now be read on digital devices such as Kindles. People haven’t stopped watching movies, television or reading books but the way they chose to consume and interact with them has. Young fans still love golf. They are in awe of Nicklaus’ comeback in ’86, and won’t forget when Tiger became the tournament’s youngest Masters champion and will continue to pay upwards of four thousand euros to walk through Augusta’s gates. The history and traditions of the game still underpin

its identity, now people just want to be able to play and relate to it on their terms; fitting with their modern lifestyle. The golf industry might not be ready to completely throw out the rule book like Ian Poulter suggests but it’s probably time we rip out a few pages - this means meeting the millennial generation half way. Is it time we undo our top buttons and loosen the dress code a little. The history and traditions that are important will remain intact? Casual Friday is being successfully adopted in the most traditional suit and tie industries, so why not in golf?

Wentworth Workover If were watching Chris Wood winning last weekend’ s BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, then the next time you see the course on the box, it should look different as the bulldozers are coming to restore the venue to its former glory, according to European Tour supremo Keith Pelley. The iconic layout on the outskirts of London was originally designed by Harry Colt in 1926 but has undergone a complete facelift from fourtime major champion Ernie Els in the last decade.

The changes have not met with unanimous approval and top players such as Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Ian Poulter and Padraig Harrington chose to give the tour's flagship event a miss this year for a variety of reasons. "There are a number of players that aren't here because they don't want to play this golf course," Pelley told reporters. "I'm confident ...that what owners Reignwood have

planned will bring this back to the Harry Colt design and the Harry Colt magic that once made this the place where players want to play.” Among the sweeping changes made by South African Els, who has a house on the estate, was a re-vamp of the par-five 18th hole. The intention now is to create a world-class golf course, with Wentworth, as we all know, being a majestic venue and has an aura about it that is simply astounding. "We have every intention to

be at Wentworth for a long period of time," said Canadian Pelley who took over from George O'Grady last year. "I'm confident our players want to play here, our players have said that to me. Everything that we do we do with a 'players first' philosophy." Pelley also hinted that the prize fund of five million euros, lower than the purse of close to seven million dollars available at the middle-ranking U.S. Tour event being held in Texas at the same time, was

another issue with some of his members. On the U.S. Tour they are playing for an average figure of seven million dollars every week and for the younger European players, it is a great opportunity to literally make big bucks. So it looks that if the European Tour can combine the fact of playing on some great golf courses with increased prize funds, and give their golfers great experiences, Keith Pelley seems confident the players will want to play there.

TITTER ON THE TEE As a senior citizen was driving down a Spanish highway, his mobile rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, “Vernon, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on the AP7. Please be careful!" "Hell," said Vernon, "It's not just one car. It's hundreds of them!"

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Top Bowls Finale

ANN EAGLE AND MEL HIGHLAND Last weekend’s finals of the Linea Directa Spanish Lawn Bowling Championships at Orihuela Costa’s Emerald Isle delivered some fine sport, led by a nail-biting Ladies final and were the perfect finish for the two-week event that was blessed by good weather. The Ladies singles final saw the 2007 champion, San Miguel’s Ann Eagle take on Mel Highland from Quesada in what was viewed afterwards as the match of the tournament with brilliant bowls from both finalists. Neither contender looked like giving up and a count of three gave Eagle the first significant lead in the match but back came Highland. At 20-16, the spectators all thought Eagle held game lie but it was Highland who got the shot & picked up a two on the next end to be just one behind at 20-19. On the final end Highland held shot after two bowls each when Eagle played perhaps the shot of the tournament which was a

very brave nudge shot around Highland’s third bowl which was only 10 inches from the jack. It was played to perfection just nudging the jack to Eagle’s bowl, and although Highland was very close with her last bowl, Eagle shaded the title 2119. Vistabella’s Martin Foulcer took down the pretournament favourite (and home contender), Frank Close of the Emerald Isle to take the Mens singles title. Foulcer did the damage early on being 10-0 up after four ends, but Close stormed back to take an 1110 lead before Foulcer took control again to win a great see-saw contest 21-17. In the Mixed triples final, Grace Cathcart, Robert Cathcart and their son Graham (Teide, Tenerife) were up against Bob Nesbitt, Carl Eagle and Ann Eagle (San Miguel), with the outcome literally coming down to the wire. The Teide team led by five going into the final end but at one

NATIONAL DIRECTOR BOB DONNELLY WITH MEN'S WINNER MARTIN FOULCER stage they were five shots down and it looked as though it could go to an extra end. Graham Cathcart though managed to reduce the count and the Teide team of the Cathcarts earned their victory. The Mixed pairs final saw Lynn Greenland and Stuart Denholm (San Miguel) up against Ann Holland and Keith Phillips (San Luis, Torrevieja), and though based on experience the San Miguel pairing were viewed as the favourites, it was the San Luis duo that delivered on the day, as they were always a few shots ahead as they secured the title. Two teams from San Luis fought it out for the Mens pairs title, as Julian Pering and Paul Parkes took on Dave Blackie and Scott Malden. It was a close affair early on, but Pering and Parkes led at the halfway stage, and kept their noses in front right until the end. There was a close game also in the Ladies pairs final

Victor Vanishes

Deportivo La Coruna, who finished sixth from bottom in La Liga this season, have sacked coach Victor Sanchez. He signed a contract extension in January to remain in charge of the Galician outfit until the end of

with the Quesada duo of Peta Rhodes and Carol Broomfield just losing out to Chris Parsons and Lin Miller from San Miguel, who went into the last end leading by three. At one stage in the final end the Quesada ladies were holding game lie but Lin Miller played a trail shot on the jack. Although the San Miguel pair were still shot down, they had done enough to become the Spanish champions. The presentations of engraved glassware were made to both winners & finalists by the various sponsors & organising committee. Bob Donnelly, the National Director of Spanish Lawn Bowling thanked the Emerald Isle management, committee & members for giving up their green for a fortnight, and praised the sponsors, in particular Linea Directa but also Avalon and Seagate. The tournament was formally closed by the lowering of the Spanish flag and the playing of the Spanish National anthem.

side of Europe. The 34-year-old said last week he has already made a decision about his future and what his next move will be, with speculation suggesting he could be set to join Jose Mourinho at Manchester United, he is also considering an offer from China.

Milner above Bale in UEFA rankings

James Milner is not even a guaranteed starter for England but he is currently the fifth best player among Euro 2016 teams, according to a UEFA rankings tool. The Liverpool midfielder is above big names such as Toni Kroos (9th), Gareth Bale (12th) and Paul Pogba (16th), with Tottenham's

Dele Alli the next highestranked Englishman at 14th. UEFA's 'barometer', which is based on a statistical analysis of form for club and country since the start of January, is topped by Cristiano Ronaldo after a run of nine goals in his last eight appearances of the season.

Internationals Friday 3 June

09:00 Bosnia and Herzegovina v Denmark 12:40 Japan v Bulgaria 18:00 Switzerland v Moldova 19:00 Azerbaijan v Canada 20:00 Kosovo v Faroe Islands 20:00 Romania v Georgia 20:30 Albania v Ukraine

Saturday 4 June

12:00 Australia v Greece 18:00 Germany v Hungary 18:00 Slovakia v Northern Ireland 19:00 Estonia v Latvia 20:30 Austria v Netherlands 21:00 France v Scotland 20:15 Croatia v San marino

Sunday 5 June

15:10 Czech Republic v Korea Republic 16:00 Sweden v Wales 18:00 Belgium v Norway

Monday 6 June

18:00 Poland v Lithuania 20:45 Italy v Finland next season but the team won only two of their last 21 league games. "Deportivo has taken the decision to terminate the contract of Victor Sanchez del Amo," the club said in a statement on Monday.

Ibrahimovic happy at speculation Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he enjoys the speculation surrounding his future and the stories being written about him. Ibrahimovic is a free agent after leaving Paris Saint-Germain, and has had "concrete offers" from England, Italy and other clubs, including some out-

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Tuesday 7 June

12:00 Australia v Greece

Wednesday 8 June 04:00 Uzbekistan v Canada 20:45 Portugal v Estonia

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Atlético Pay The Penalty REAL MARDID 1-1 ATLETICO MADRID (AFTER EXTRA-TIME) REAL WIN 5-3 ON PENALTIES Real Madrid celebrated their Champions League victory over city rivals Atlético in Milan on Saturday night with an open-top bus parade through the streets of Madrid last Sunday, ahead of a celebration party at Madrid City Hall. It was the eleventh time in Real’s history that they had taken Europe’s top club crown, and it was an Atlético spot kick miss and then later hitting the woodwork in a penalty shoot out that will give their supporters a whole series of nightmares. The contest was at odds with Atlético manager Diego Simeone's prediction that "the game will be very tense" as both sides went at it before fatigue took its toll, Casemiro forcing a fine reaction save out of Jan Oblak after getting on the end of Gareth Bale's inswinging freekick from the right. On the quarter-hour mark it was a Toni Kroos set piece from the opposite flank that proved Atlético's undoing. Bale, having lost his marker, flicked it on and Ramos manoeuvred around Stefan Savić to prod the ball under Oblak. Atlético's purposeful start to the second period bore fruit when Pepe fouled Fernando Torres in the area. Opting for power rather than placement, Antoine Griezmann blasted his penalty against the crossbar. Real might have doubled their lead inside the last 20 minutes through Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bale, whose shot was blocked in front of goal by Savić. Moments later, Juanfran exchanged passes with Gabi and crossed for half-time substitute Carrasco to turn in his first Champions League goal of the campaign. Heading into extra-time the momentum seemed to be with Atlético who were looking to avenge their 2014 final defeat to Real. However, neither side could find a winner and Juanfran hit the post with Atlético's fourth penalty to give Cristiano Ronaldo the chance to seal victory for Real, which he duly did.

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James Rodriguez remains keen to leave Real Madrid this summer in search of greater first-team action, reports suggest. The Colombia playmaker joined Madrid from Monaco for €75m in the summer of 2014 and enjoyed a brilliant debut season at the club. However, he has fallen down the pecking order at the Bernabeu in recent months and he endured a disappointing 2015/16 campaign. James’ agent Jorge Mendes spoke to Real Madrid chiefs two weeks ago and was informed that the midfielder is considered non-transferable and that nobody at the club is thinking about his exit. What a difference a month can make. Elche entered May with very realistic hopes of a place in the end of season play-offs, and even (assuming they pretty much won everything) a remote chance of direct promotion. Over four weeks later, they have absolutely nothing to go for after a winless May and yet another draw in their final home match of the season on Sunday, which mathematically finished off the Ilicitanos hopes of play-off glory, as well as notching up a Segunda division leading 18th draw of the season. Sunday’s encounter against Valladolid was witnessed by just over five thousand fans in the worst home gate of the season and was Elche’s seventh match without a win. At least those who turned up witnessed an entertaining clash which the home side should have sealed up towards the end. A goal from Roger woke up Elche after 25 minutes, and within two minutes, Sergio León (pictured celebrating with Isidoro) ended a recent barren personal spell by heading in from a corner to level up matters. Pelayo put Elche ahead just after the hour mark, but a double substitution for the visitors gave them some extra spirit, and it was the fresh pair of legs of Juan Villar that saw them equalise nine minutes later. Elche did more of the pressing in the closing stages and a Sergio León strike hit the post later in a “what might have been moment” that pretty much summed up the last few weeks for the Ilicitanos. They finish off their campaign at play-off contenders Alcorcon tomorrow night (Saturday).

Liverpool are lining up a sensational swoop for bring former goalkeeper Pepe Reina back to Anfield, according to reports. The Spaniard, who represented Liverpool between 2005 and 2013, could be available for cheap this summer after a two-year stint at Napoli. Valencia have informed Juventus that midfielder Andre Gomes is not for sale. Senior figures from both clubs held a meeting last week and the Italian side expressed their interest in making an offer for the Portuguese. Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez has lost his assistant Fabio Pecchia, who has decided to take over as boss at Hellas Verona. The Italian side finished bottom of Serie A last season and swooped to sign Pecchia, 42, who was Benitez's No 2 at Napoli and Real Madrid before following him to St James' Park. Newcastle were relegated to the Championship under the pair and will now begin their search for a new assistant. Lazio have made a 10 million euros offer to sign Fenerbache to sign Robin van Persie, according to reports in Turkey. Van Persie is open to a move to Italy after having an inconsistent period with the Turkish giants. Chinese side Sghangai Shenhua are also reportedly chasing the former Manchester United and Arsenal striker.

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Villa Close To Aston Villa are hopeful of announcing Roberto Di Matteo as their new manager in the next 24 hours. The club's new owner Dr Tony Xia is understood to have been impressed with Di Matteo's CV and his plans for the Villa squad. Dr Xia's £76m takeover will only be concluded once he passes the Premier League's owners' and directors' test. Villa chairman Steve Hollis had originally been keen to appoint former Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson, who has since joined Derby County. Di Matteo, who has been deemed the 'preferred' choice for the Aston Villa job, was in Rome on Saturday to hold talks with Lazio over replacing Simone Inzaghi, who took over the Serie A side on a caretaker basis on April 3 following the sacking of Stefano Pioli. The former Chelsea boss, who stepped down at Schalke a year ago after a seven-month spell at the German club, is understood to have been at the

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FOOTBALL Manchester City have signed Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal. City have reportedly paid the Bundesliga side a fee of about £20m. The 25-year-old, who will miss Euro 2016 and the start of the new Premier League season through injury, becomes the first signing for incoming City manager Pep Guardiola.

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Don’t Forget The Rest! It’s not just England flying the flag for the home nations in Euro 2016, with Wales and Northern Ireland in there, and keeping it within the British Isles, there’s the Republic of Ireland as well. For Wales, manager Chris Coleman says that despite all the focus on Gareth Bale, he believes that Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsey, despite an injury hit season, will be a key player for Wales in their group games against England, Slovakia and Russia. Ex-Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pat Jennings has marked out captain Steven Davis as the man to watch in France. "Davis has had a brilliant season for Southampton, commented Jennings.”If he played for another country, he'd be a superstar.” Meanwhile, Shane Long and Jonathan Walters will be leading the Republic of Ireland's attack this summer at Euro 2016.

Di Matteo Deal top of Villa's wish-list ever since the takeover, with new owner Dr Tony Jiantong Xia looking to make a marquee appointment to replace Remi Garde. Di Matteo led Chelsea to Champions League glory in 2012, stepping up from his role as assistant to Andre Villas-Boas, only to leave six months later following a 3-0 Champions League defeat by Juventus. Burnley boss Sean Dyche and David Moyes have also been linked with the Villa Park vacancy. Damien Comolli was initially touted as a possible technical director, but he has had no contact with the Chinese consortium.

Hey, did you know, Leicester won the Prem? Deservedly too, only losing three games in a season that will go down forever as one of the unlikeliest performances of all time over one glorious season. Arsenal/also-rans/Arsene’s artisans again came second, but didn’t even win the Cup: the only solace at The Emirates was squeezing out Spurs in the last game of the season oh – against relegated Aston Villa, don’t laugh. The Manchesters eventually battled it out for fourth and fifth and Champions League qualification. You wouldn’t have thought mightily expensive City would finish abjectly fourth given their frightening start to the season - but the Blues blew it dismally in the end, fizzling out of the Champions League semi finals against eventual winners Real Madrid. Lofty Louis van Gaal left United with problems, albeit gave the Old Trafford success-starved stalwarts summat to savour by scooping the FA Cup against Crystal Palace. And now Jose and Pep are both house-hunting in Mancunia: ooh! What a terrific performance by Southampton to finish a very creditable sixth and keep Ronald Koeman’s name high in the

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frame for top jobs elsewhere – that’s if he doesn’t take his Saints even higher next season. A similarlystorming season saw West Ham almost make the Champions League spots in seventh and what about Liverpool? Eighth, wack... Nah, not good enough, but Jurgen Klopp is the man to put it all right. Nine big points down come Stoke, ninth disappointing in the end after playing some great football from some terrific players. Guess who’s next? It’s only Chelsea way down in tenth. You just would not/could not have forecast that situation this time last season when Mourinho’s Blues were champions. Straight after Euro 2016, there’s a new (Italian) boss, is it all change at the Bridge? A sad season that promised so much at Goodison Park, it all slowly but steadily went wrong for nice guy Roberto Martinez. Now who’s turn is it – David Moyes returning? Those nice boyos in Swales turned things round eventually with a nice Italian guy at the helm called Francesco Guidolin – can he guide the Swans back up now? Here’s a crazy club – Watford... any manager who can take over a side newly promoted to the Piranha-polluted Prem and keep ‘em there

with some great performance s deserves knighting – not sacking. Poor old Quique Flores, who deserved much, much more. West Brom’s 14th place eventually kept the Baggies out of trouble - but that’s not too exciting either, Tony Pulis. What a fantastic performance by Bournemouth to stay up but now for consolidation and pushing upwards – just like nice neighbours Southampton. Much has already been written of Sam’s stupendous saving of Sunderland to protect the big man’s proud never-ever-relegated status (PS:-Huge thanks also to evergreen striker Jermain Defoe and his fifteen golden goals). Of the dead men, only Newcastle can really feel unlucky. Indifferent performances and Steve McClaren’s inept management contributed to the Magpies’ downfall before experienced Rafa Benitez came - too late - to right the Black and White juggernaut. Norwich just didn’t have the experience to withstand the pressure when needed, and as for Astounded Villa, well... what can you expect? It’s amazing it took so long for the top management at the club to be found out, and a huge re-build is now necessary at Villa Park.

FOOTBALL Lionel Messi is due to give evidence at court in Spain on tax fraud charges. Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his financial affairs, are accused of defrauding Spain of more than €4m (£3m; $4.5m) between 2007 and 2009. The authorities allege that the two used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights. Spain's tax agency is demanding heavy fines and prison sentences. Both men deny any wrongdoing. The trial began on Tuesday, and Thursday is expected to be the final day. A verdict is not expected until next week. RUGBY UNION England's Australian head coach Eddie Jones expects life to be made as difficult as possible during their three-Test tour of Australia. Jones said he was "shunted" into the baggage check area by customs officials on arrival in Brisbane on Thursday. Bag checks are common in Australia, but Jones is well known in his home nation. TENNIS Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club because of the wrist injury that forced him to withdraw from the French Open. Nadal said he feared he could tear a tendon if he played at Queen's, which starts in London on 13 June - a fortnight before Wimbledon begins.

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England's Australian head coach Eddie Jones expects a tough examination of his team during their three-Test tour of Australia. After landing in Brisbane yesterday, Jones quipped:- “"In Australia, we've won three Tests since Captain Cook arrived, so it's not a great record is it?" The first test is a week tomorrow.

Flat racing’s showpiece, The Epsom Derby, will take place this Saturday 5.30pm, in what is the richest horse race in Britain, as the field runs over the world-famous one mile and four furlongs course. Frankie Dettori triumphed on Golden Horn last year and he’s looking for his third Derby win as he rides this season's Dante Stakes victor Wings Of Desire.

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Printing deadlines for The Courier on an early Thursday evening meant that we had fingers crossed that England completed their three match Euro 2016 warm-up with a win against Portugal at Wembley last night, and all Roy Hodgson’s questions asked of his squad should be answered. The exciting, positive news is that the 18 year old young-man-of-the-moment, Man United striker Marcus Rashford has been officially named in the England 23 man squad to travel to France (Full squad details inside on Pages 46 and 47).Rashford joins team mate and captain Wayne Rooney up front with the cream of this Premier League campaign’s scorers, James Vardy, Harry Kane, and Daniel Sturridge. England’s defence starts with Joe Hart, Chris Smalling and Gary Cahill expected to start against Russia a week on Saturday (June 11th), possibly with the Tottenham full backs Kyle Walker and Danny Rose on either flank,

although adequate cover for both is available in the form of Nathaniel Clyne and Ryan Bertrand. If England struggle in France, it would appear that midfield is the area where most of the tough questions will be asked. How about ‘Are we good enough?’ The modest opposition of Turkey and Australia has already papered over the issue, where several players who have not enjoyed a good season for their clubs have been lately tried by Hodgson, and appear to have done little to merit travelling to France. And yet all of them are still there: Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling and the most injuryprone disaster of them all, Jack Wilshere. Leicester’s Danny Drinkwater has proved he should be the man to stiffen England’s midfield as he has done all season for his club – where Henderson and Wilshere haven’t. Yet Drinkwater has now been omitted by Roy Hodgson, what a decision.

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Andros Townsend ‘s abilities down the flank and sharp shooting should also have merited his place, the Newcastle winger has already proved his worth to England. Again now omitted by Hodgson in favour of Sterling looks a huge mistake when compared to the Man City man’s puzzling performances these days, his (£54m) form or lack of it has greatly contributed to the Blues’ woes in finishing a poor fourth. So if we trust in our defence, and manage to score a few up front will that be enough to protect a midfield with dodgy cover? Yes, agreed, Dele Alli, Ross Barkley, Adam Lallana and Eric Dier should all be good enough for their country on their day – but their replacements? Hodgson's heroes begin their campaign in France by playing Russia on Saturday June 11th at 9.00pm Spanish time. Then it’s domestic enemies Wales on Thursday June 16th and Slovakia on Monday June 20th. Will it be all right on the night? In Roy we trust – and England expects.

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Andy Murray says that he’ll have to be on top form to beat Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka in this afternoon’s French Open semi-final in Paris. “The last two years here Stan has played great tennis. He’s been at the top of the game for a number of years and is still improving,” Murray said. “He’s been a little bit inconsistent this year, but won a tournament last week and has been playing better with each match here. It will be very tough. He plays well on that court. I’ll have to play great tennis to beat him.”

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