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Friday 22nd May 2015

ALL CHANGE? BIG VOTE COULD HERALD REGIONAL AND TOWN HALL SHAKE UP

ALEX TRELINSKI

pain goes to the polls this Sunday in the last major test of public opinion before this autumn's General Election. Most of the country's regional governments will be elected as will local municipalities with a major sea change in the country's political landscape expected with the emergence of the left-wing party, Podemos, and the centrist, Ciudadamos. On a more local level,

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many of the municipal contests will also feature new independent groupings that pose a serious threat to the traditional duopoly of the Partido Popular and the socialist PSOE. Nationally, the vote is seen as a major test as to whether or not the PP government in Madrid, led by Mariano Rajoy, has a chance of winning a second term in office this autumn. Recent opinion polls suggest that the Partido Popular is likely to continue to be the largest single

FABRA IN FIGHT

party in both the Valencia and Murcia legislatures, but with dramatic falls. A Valencia survey for the Informacion and La Verdad newspapers says that the current PP administration led by President Alberto Fabra could be thrown out, with their seats halved from 55 to 27, with Ciudadamos picking up 19 seats in their first election. The socialist PSOE is set to lose 13 seats, as it goes down to 20, whilst Podemos will debut with 14 seats, plus smaller left- wing parties picking up representation, which suggests the possibility of a left of centre alliance that could cobble together a working majority that would be greater than say a PP/Ciudadamos combination. A big PP fall is also projected in surveys for Murcia, with President Alberto Garre predicted to lose around a third of the seats his party got in 2011, with Ciudadamos seen as the main beneficiary. Polls suggest a knife-edge result in the region between left wing and right wing parties. Non-Spaniards who are on the electoral register are entitled to vote in the local municipal elections, which like the regional

contests, are decided via proportional representation. Political pundits say that the backlash against traditional parties plus numerous local factors will make for an exciting evening, with incumbent Mayors across Spain from the PP and PSOE trying hard to fend off numerous new opponents, many of whom are fighting on anti-corruption tickets. Locally, the PP appear to have the most to lose, as they are defending control of most of the municipalities across the Southern Costa Blanca and the Murcia region. Some of the most interesting contests include Torrevieja’s PP Mayor Eduardo Dolon defending his four year reign; Antonio Perez Garcia for the PSOE in Rojales, who took control in 2011; and 24 year PSOE incumbent, Jose Maria Butron in Los Montesinos. A close call result is expected again in the unpredictable Orihuela municipality, whilst PP controlled councils in San Pedro and San Javier appear to have the main threat coming from Ciudadamos. Results will start to come in this Sunday evening after 8.00 pm.

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Friday 22nd May 2015

BLUE IS THE COLOUR

ALEX TRELINSKI

A record-breaking 577 Spanish beaches have been awarded the coveted blue flag this year, four more than last year with the country topping the worldwide rankings. Spain has the most blue flag beaches in the world, says the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) - the body that awards the coveted status, with the country continuing to lead the pack since the awards first started in 1987. The blue flag is a symbol of the environmental quality of beaches and is awarded on the basis of four criteria: environmental education and information, water quality, environmental management and safety and services. Spain is followed in the international rankings by Turkey, which boasts 436 blue flag beaches, Greece with 395 and France with 379. Galicia

is the Spanish region with the most blue flag beaches, with 131, followed by Valencia, with 120 and Catalonia with 89. The Orihuela Costa leads the way across the Valencia region with the biggest number of blue flags, with a record number of eight awards, to add to the marinas at Cabo Roig and Dehesa de Campoamor. The beaches that are recognised are Punta Prima, Cala Flamenca, Cala Bosque (La Zenia), La Caleta-Cabo Roig, Cala Capitán-Cabo Roig, Aguamarina, Campoamor and Barranco Rubio. The Torrevieja and Elche areas (Arenales de Sol pictured) each have five flagged beaches, whilst Pilar de la Horadada has four. In the Murcia region, 36 beaches will be flying blues

flags this year on the Costa Calida, an increase of five on 2014. San Javier's quota has gone up by two, with the addition of the beaches at El Pudrochillo and Barneuvo,

making it five in the area, Neighbouring San Pedro del Pinatar has two at La Puntica and Villananitos, whilst Los Alcazares maintains its five at Carrion, La Concha, El

NORTHERN INFERNO

The Costa Blanca's worst fire in over 20 years flared up again last Saturday afternoon in the Pego area in the northern part of Alicante

Province, with the road to the Vall d'Ebo being cut off. Pego was surrounded by a ring of fire last Thursday(May 14th), which was the hottest May

day in the Valencia region since 1869, and then the problems surfaced again on Friday after a foolish farmer in the Vall d'Ebo ignored drought and extreme heat warnings, and decided to light a bonfire which raged out of control. At least 50 homes around Pego had to be evacuated last Thursday and the main road leading from Pego to the Vall d'Ebo, on to Forna and then back to the town of Oliva in the northern Valencia province was shut. By Friday night, after 14 hydroplanes

had been working constantly during every hour of daylight since Thursday lunchtime, the fire was extinguished. Then last Saturday afternoon, the flames broke out again, this time in the Barranco del Infierno – which translates as 'Hell's Ravine' – forcing firefighters on site to

Espejo, Los Narejos, and Las Palmeras. Further south, Cartagena, has the highest amount of blue flag beaches for any Spanish municipality, with the total standing at 10.

call in reinforcements for a second time. During the Thursday and Friday, two members of the Armed Forces Emergency Unit were injured, and two homes on the outskirts of Pego burnt down. The fires were formally declared extinguished on Monday.

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TOURIST PLEDGE

Spain’s Industry and Tourism minister, José Manuel Soria, has pledged backing from the Madrid government for Torrevieja to be classified as a tourist municipality, which in turn would bring financial bonuses to the city. In a pre-local and regional election visit to Torrevieja on Tuesday, the minister met with mayor Eduardo Dolon and Valencian President, Alberto Fabra, as he visited the city’s

tourist information centre and the Real Club Nautico. Manuel Soria said that Torrevieja was an important tourist destination for both the country and the Valencia region, and appeared to have the necessary criteria to be labelled a tourist municipality, and therefore steps would be taken to kickstart a process that had been put on the back-burner a few years ago due to the recession.

NASTY MOZZIE

The recent unseasonal high temperatures have brought out early appearances of the disease baring Tiger mos-

quito across 14 municipalities in the Murcia region. The report from Murcia University scientists says that the mosquito has been spotted in San Javier, Los Alcazares, and Torre Pacheco, and it carries a tropical virus called chikungunya, which though not deadly, is painful. Joint pains can be suffered for months, with the Tiger having caused most problems in American and the Caribbean. Chikungunya can transfer quickly, though for most people, the problems pass after ten days.

BUTANO DOWN The official price of a gas butano cylinder fell by the best part of two euros last Tuesday, with the government saying that the maximum price for a cylinder should be no more than 14.12 euros, as opposed to 15.81 euros. Back in March, butano cost 17.50 a bottle, and the new price will run until the end of July.

A man who forced a Barcelona taxi driver to travel all the way south to Santa Pola, and refused to pay his 900 euro fare, has been jailed for four months and given ten days to cough up the money. The Guardia Civil and local police got together to catch the passenger last Friday in a trap on the N332 after a Barcelona colleague of the driver alerted authorities that something was amiss. Some 900 euros had been clocked up on the taxi meter, with the driver intimidated and threatened by his unwanted passenger to make the long journey, who quit the cab in Santa Pola, without paying, and then went on to steal food and drink from a petrol station. As he left the service area, he was arrested and charged with fraud, ahead of his appearance in court.

BIG BLAZE Black smoke filled the air around the Catral area last Saturday afternoon as a factory that makes supplies for shoe wear and handbag manufacturers caught fire. Nobody was in the building at the time, and it had been locked up for the weekend. The blaze on the San Juan industrial estate could be seen across a wide distance as firefighters from Alicante, Elche and El Campello were brought in to deal with the incident. The fire lasted for some ten hours, fanned by materials made to produce rubber soles as well as wooden material for shoes contributing to the severity of the blaze. The fire was apparently caused by a build up of chemicals in the courtyard.

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HIVED OFF

A man who specialised in stealing beehives around the Mar Menor area has been arrested by the Guardia Civil and brought before a San Javier judge. Local beekeepers reported that their hives were disappearing and the accused thief was found with 308 stolen hives worth around 15 thousand euros in his apiary (pictured).

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Friday 22nd May 2015

MUMMY DEAREST

Spain is the seventh best country in the world to be a mother. Save the Children has revealed its 16th annual Mother's Index, and Spain has left the UK way behind in 24th, while Norway came first. Meanwhile, a different survey by MumAbroad.com found that 50% of expat mums in Spain, France, Italy and Germany never want to return to their home country. Overall, 62% of mothers ranked the quality of life better in their adoptive countries, but many felt the education system was worse. Exactly 50% had given birth in their adoptive country, with the majority (85%) describing it as a positive experience.

COMING SOON

Torrevieja travellers will soon be able to find out whether their bus is late or not, thanks to a new information display that will be installed at most of the city’s main bus stops. Every vehicle will be equipped with GPS tracking equipment that will relay details to the stops on the route that it is using.

MUM JAILED

Six Spanish and Armenians have been arrested by the The Alicante Provincial Guardia Civil for belonging to a gang that specialised in stealing and then selling luxury cars throughout Spain. The group court has sentenced a 29 operated across Alicante Province and the Murcia region, as year old woman, Dayana well as other parts of the country including Madrid. They’ve been charged with a variety of offences including theft and falsifying documents.

ADIOS

More expat Brits die in Spain than in any other foreign country. There are four thousand deaths per year among globetrotting British travellers according to Foreign Office figures, and last year a fifth of those deaths(856) were in Spain, which due to the high concentration of Brits in the country, is relatively low. The second most common place to die after Spain is Thailand which saw 362 deaths last year – a reduction on the previous year.

GR, to 12 years behind bars on Tuesday after finding her guilty of attempted murder. The mother threw her newly-born baby boy down a drain in the Virgen del Carmen area of the city in June 2013, in a story that made international headlines. A neighbour hearing the sobbing baby some two days after it had been dumped, and the so-called “miracle baby” was rescued and was found to be well after the ordeal. Dayana’s lawyers say they intend to appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Low cost carrier, Ryanair, is promising better passenger service, with their Spain and Portugal sales director, José Espartero, saying that we "should listen more to our passengers". Espartero, who joined the company at the start of the year, made his comments as his company announced a new winter route between AlicanteElche and Hamburg which starts on Monday October 26th. The company, despite threats four years ago of pulling out of the airport over the use of passenger air bridges, is the biggest user of the facility with over 240 flights a week. Ryanair is projected to carry over two a half million passengers over the high season.

DOGGY TREAT

Gran Alacant has its first dog park which opened for business recently. The area, which is situated at the main entrance behind the petrol station adjacent to the park in Gran Alacant. can only be used by dogs that have been vaccinated and are in good health, as well having an identity microchip. Potentially dangerous breeds must also be muzzled.

MONKEY BUSINESS

The Guardia Civil have rescued a female Barbary ape that was kept in a cage in the Los Balcones area of Torrevieja. The owner of the villa was arrested for not having the appropriate documentation for having the animal, which the Guardia’s wildlife branch, Seprona, said was in good health.

ELCHE’S TRAVELS

20 lorries and a couple of long distance coaches are having posters publicising Elche put on them to encourage tourists across Europe to come to the area. The City council has linked up with local companies that travel around the continent for the initiative that aims to advertise what Elche can offer for visitors.

BEACH WATCH

Orihuela Costa’s beaches will have their lifeguard services kicking in from Monday June 15th through to Friday September 25th. Eleven beaches will be monitored by a 43 strong team between 10.00 am and 8.00pm. The broken lift at used by elderly and disabled visitors at Punta Prima beach will be repaired in time for the high season according to the council, with improved access and facilities at Cabo Roig, Campoamor and Aguamarina.

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NETWORKS OF HATE

Over 20 people were arrested by the Guardia Civil on Tuesday for using social media networks to threaten politicians, as well as glorifying terrorist groups, and even writing disparaging messages about terrorism victims. Most of the arrested came from the northern Basque region, but there was one collar in the Valencia region. Among those detained was Cesar Montana

Lehmann, the leader of Madrid-based band Def Con Dos, who goes by the stage name Cesar Strawberry. Def Con Dos, which has been influenced by US hip-hop bands Beastie Boys and Public Enemy, makes many references to pop culture, news and cinema in its lyrics. Those arrested were accused of making comments online that defended organizations like the

Basque terrorist group Eta, Grapo (First of October AntiFascist Resistance Groups), and Catalan separatist group Terra Lliure. The suspects also allegedly wrote messages humiliating and insulting victims of terrorist acts, mocking the physical injuries that they suffered. Some comments praised the killing of Guardia Civil officers by Eta as well as the killing of the Basque Autonomous Police.

LAST POST

A village near San Pedro del Pinatar hasn’t got any post for over a year, because Correos says it’s too small! The 300-strong community of Venta de los Pinos, which has a bar/restaurant as a focal point, have carried out all kinds of protests but with no success. They’ve described the treatment as unfair and immoral, saying that rural residents should not be punished unjustly, many of whom are elderly and infirm. They are expected to collect their mail from the Correos office in Alquerias, which for many is at best difficult, and for some, impossible.

TRAPS SNARED

505 illegal hunting snares have been discovered or seized in a joint operation between government and National Police officials in the Valencia region since last autumn. Many of the traps were being sold via the internet as camouflaged crop protection nets, but were in fact going to be used to trap rabbits, hares, and wild birds. Hunting is only

permitted in the area under special license.

LIGHTEN UP

New energy efficient street lighting is being installed around the Acequión area of Torrevieja. The 129 thousand euro project will take another three weeks to complete, and involves replacing 263 lights which will cut energy use by around 60 percent and save around 10 thousand euros a year.

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TAKE NOTE

If you hail a taxi in the Murcia region from the end of this month, then you will not be able to pay for your trip with anything over a 20 euro note, that’s unless the driver agrees a deal with you beforehand. The new taxi laws kick in from Thursday May 28th, and will see rules that taxis must be less than 12 years old, and cab owners will also be given a two year time limit during which they will have to install credit card machines. Fares throughout the whole region will also be standardized next year.

SIX YEAR STRETCH

Orihuela’s coastal councillor, Martina Scheurer, has rubbished criticism over the nine kilometre bicycle track that runs along the Orihuela Costa. Critics have said that it was nonsensical that the track runs in the middle of

some roads like in Cabo Roig, but Scheurer has retorted that it that was normal practice in many European countries, and the only alternative would have been to slash street parking to put the cycle lane next to the pavement.

A homeless Lithuanian man has accepted a six year jail sentence at a court in Elche (pictured), after stabbing to death a homeless friend of his on the Orihuela Costa in May 2013. The Lithuanian, who has been in custody for the last two years, pled guilty to knifing the 48 year old several times in a row over money. The victim then stumbled across from Calle Abdelacíes towards the Ciñuelicas urbanisation, before crossing over to the Punta Marina commercial centre, where he died.

MAYOR DATE

Jailed ex-Torrevieja Mayor, Pedro Hernandez Mateo, is facing another court date: this time over an action by the Green Party that he didn't call enough full plenary meetings of Torrevieja council between 2003 and 2007. The wrangling over the matter started back in 2006 when the Greens filed a complaint and Hernandez Mateo, who was jailed for three years over rigging a rubbish collection contract, will have to declare before a Torrevieja judge. The original case was thrown out by a local court, but the Greens appealed successfully before the Provincial Court, with the corrupt ex-Mayor, who went into prison last summer, now set for a day out at the Torrevieja courthouse.

IT’S BACK!

The Spanish government has renewed its PIVE vehicle scrappage incentive scheme for the seventh time, which offers people subsidies for turning in old vehicles when buying a new car. The subsidies have substantially boosted sales, and the new package will be worth 225 million euros. Car sales grew only three point two percent in April after the previous scrappage scheme ended, compared with a 40.5 percent rise in

sales in March. Spain has posted 20 months of growth for passenger car registrations. The scheme aims to reduce the number of older cars on the road, improving road safety and supporting the car manufacturing industry in Spain.

Friday 22nd May 2015

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Smile DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T BE SHORT

DAVE SILVER

AS I sank into my favourite armchair, my visiting granddaughter aged seven, gently raised my legs onto a footstool, tenderly covered my lower limbs with a blanket and daintily slid a cushion beneath my head. 'Ah, my little darling, you do enjoy spoiling your grandpa,' I purred. To which the girl responded: 'Waddya mean? I'm playing a game called Care Homes.' 'Yikes!' I yelled, leaping out of my chair. 'I guess I'm enjoying all this pampering a little too much, considering that in my own world I am still a teenage rebel.' Yes, my granddaughter's game was making me feel ancient. But then I thought that maybe it was my being called Grandpa that was the real scary part. After all, I was always David or Dave before the kids came along. Then I became Daddy or Dad. And since the grandkids arrived on the scene, I am Grandpa or Gramps. I think what I'm trying to say is that in the last 44 years of parenthood, and more latterly grandparenthood, I have been not so much a person as a title. Mind you, although I said I always used to be David or Dave, that strictly isn't true. I had a title in my young days, too. And that strictly isn't true either. It was more a nickname. I asked my mother one day: 'Why does everybody at school call me Shorty?' Mother, who was washing rhubarb in the kitchen, turned her head at the

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sound of my voice, couldn't see anyone, and turned back to the sink. I tugged at Mother's apron strings. She turned once more and then looked down. 'Ah, there you are,' she said. 'What was your question again?' 'Mother, there are two other Davids in my class -yet I am the only one who has been lumbered with a stupid nickname.' Mother dried her hands on her apron and lifted me up. 'Son, I reckon your schoolmates must think the world of you. The fact that they have given you a nickname is a tangible expression of the high regard in which you are held.' 'Do you really think so?' I asked hopefully.

Mother shrugged. 'Well, it's a bit of a long shot but maybe, yeah.' Fast-forward to young adulthood and I had indeed grown -- but to my mind not enough. 'I'm gonna feel really stupid standing at the altar looking little,' I moaned to my mother the week before I got married. 'Don't worry,' she said. 'I've got you a tall top hat to compensate for your lack of height. But if I were you, I'd forget about wearing tails. You'd look too much like The Penguin in Batman.' Fast-forward, but just a little bit, to the marriage ceremony. The minister said: 'Do you, David . . . David . . David?' He turned one way and then the other and then

looked down. 'Ah, there you are . . . 'Do you, David, take this woman, the soon-to-be Mrs S, for your lawful wedded wife, to live in the holy estate of matrimony? Will you love, honour, comfort, and cherish her from this day forward, forsaking all others, keeping only unto her for as long as you both shall live?' 'Huh?' I responded. 'Sorry, I didn't hear what you just said. My top hat has slipped down over my ears.' 'Stop showing me up, Shorty!' hissed my bride from under her veil. 'Tell the bloke that you are willing to go through with it. Just say "I do" or "I will" or something similar.'

'Charming,' I observed. 'I never figured you for a romantic person until this moment.' And then the minister joined the fray. 'Will you two dearly beloveds kindly get your act together. I'm conducting a funeral in half an hour and, after comparing menus, I believe the food's bound to be better at the wake than at your reception.' Somehow we all muddled through the ceremony followed by the food and the speeches. And then the new Mrs S and I took to the dance floor for the first waltz. 'Do you know you're stamping on my foot?' she whispered into the ear which wasn't covered by my

tilting top hat. 'No, I don't know that song,' I responded. 'And what an odd title for a waltz. Anyway, I could have sworn the band was playing Moon River.' We waltzed some more and then I said: 'I think I'll go ask the music-makers to turn up the tempo.' I approached the musician nearest to me. 'Hey, Mr Tambourine Man, have you got any Bob Dylan classics amongst your average middle-of-the-road repertoire?' The tambourine man turned one way and then the other and then looked down. 'Ah, there you are,' he said. 'Please don't tell us what to play, Shorty. You can only do that at request time.' 'Well, I shall be requesting that the band goes home,' I sniffed. 'Just as long as you don't repeat that awful first waltz which I still maintain was Moon River. Whatever it was called it has ruined Mrs S's feet. She's had to hobble outside for a ciggy.' Fast-forward more than 40 years and Mrs S said: 'Just what exactly are you blathering on about? You should be proud that your kids and grandkids call you Dad and Grandpa. They are honourable labels for the head of a family dynasty.' 'Do you really think so?' I asked. Mrs S looked around and then downwards. 'Ah, there you are. Yes, I really do believe that. And whatever your shortcomings, I shall always be a little in love with you.'

Friday 22nd May 2015

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Life Say it in Spanish Spanish 171

JEANETTE ERATH ¡Hola! I hope you are having a great spring and are enjoying this fantastic weather. As promised last week we are going to continue putting words together to make sentences, after all this is what most of us want to learn Spanish for. Over the past few weeks we have covered from making a very basic present simple tense sentence to using the Spanish reflexive verbs. Now it´s going to get a little bit more tricky. Hopefully you are constantly revising and learning new words and phrases in Spanish and all you need now is some help in putting the words together, that is what we are going to concentrate on in these articles. Remember that it is not always possible to translate directly from English to Spanish, in fact it´s better not to try rather to think in Spanish when possible. The most difficult parts of Spanish can be the preposi-

tions; that is the small words that join or make sense of a sentence, such as: of, from, at, during, to, etc. They are often used differently and so we need to learn to use them in context rather than as direct translations. Sometimes of course they are the same but many times they are not. This week we are going to concentrate on Spanish prepositions especially those which are used differently in Spanish, and I will be giving you a few useful phrases that you are likely to use. Firstly it is worth mentioning that although prepositions can go at the end of a sentence in English in Spanish is it never possible. Therefore when we say in English where are you from? In Spanish we have to change the word order to from where are you? This is a literal translation and so let´s go through the words one by one. From = de which is pronounced as in ´day´ where = dónde pronounced ´don day´ and you are or are

you in this case is from the verb ser and is eres pronounced ´air es´so if we put them together we have ¿de dónde eres? And we reply soy de……. and the name of the country or town we are from. In this way prepositions are used in the same way as in English, i.e. the preposition from = de however it is important to remember that they may not be asking us where we are actually from, rather where do we live. I have often been asked this question and depending on the circumstances I have to guess if they mean where do I live or where am I actually from, if I´m not sure I ask. Once people know we are from another country we are often asked how long we have been living here, this in Spanish is completely different than in English due mainly to their different use of verb tenses. Whereas we use what´s called the present perfect continuous tense (have been living) Spanish is more simple, and they keep

it in the present simple (live), however they don´t always use the verb to live, common ways to ask are: ¿cuánto tiempo llevas en España?or ¿llevas mucho tiempo en España? Don´t think about translating the phrase word for word as you will not be able to understand the context, it is one time you need to just accept that it is a common phrase that is used. You may also be asked ¿cuánto tiempo vives en España? or ¿cuántos años vives aquí/en España? They all mean the same thing but this is where we have to be careful with our reply, in English we would say: I have lived here for … and the amount of time, however in Spanish we have to use the preposition durante which translates in English as during, the pronunciation is similar to ´do ran tay´ so if we have been living here, like I have, for ten years we would reply with he vivido aquí durante diez años we could also say: llevo aquí diez años, hace diez años que vivo aquí.

With regards to pronunciation you have to remember the ll sound is like an English y so llevo is pronounced ýey vo´. It´s a good idea to practise this phrase with the actual amount of time that you have lived here, so when you are asked your reply is fluent and confident. I haven´t broken down these sentences simply because they are common phrases, not literal translations, therefore to try and break them down would be confusing, just learn them and repeat, listen for the question and use your reply in Spanish when possible. Another preposition that we commonly use is én´ most people translate this as in, at or on and it does work in that way, for example Londres está en Inglaterra however it does have another use, and that is when we want to talk about how something is done and in English we use the preposition ´byé.g. we went to England by plane. Firstly let´s break it down into

words, we went is fuimos (pron. fwee mos), then to England for this we use the direct translation of to = a so it´s a Inglaterra then the change in preposition comes into play and to say by plane we have to use por avión (note the accent on the ´o´ in avión so you get the correct stress on the word) therefore putting it all together we have: fuimos a Inglaterra en avión. This is used for all sentences with prepositions of manner, I´m going to the doctor by car = voy al medico en coche, he´s going to Madrid by train = él va a Madrid en tren. That´s it for another week, next time there will be more prepositions, if there are any that you´re not sure of and would like me to explain, please feel free to contact me via The Courier and I´ll be happy to incorporate them into my articles. You can be named or remain anonymous as you wish. Como siempre ¡que tengáis una buena semana! ¡Hasta la próxima!

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IN THE PINK

Playa Flamenca goes all pink on Sunday June 7th as Maria and the Pink Ladies stage their fifth annual Walk for Life in aid the AECC cancer charity. The promenade will be the venue for the start of the event at 10.30am in front of the Surfers Bar, with a five kilometre route around the area that can be walked, run, skipped, or pushed round! Walkers can register on the day from 9.00 am with the cost being just five euros, with live entertainment being provided all day at the promenade. More details by phoning 965 329 841.

CARNATIONS BLOOM

Just over 600 euros was raised for the Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity in a special Carnation Day last weekend at Casa Ventura, San Luis, Torrevieja. A good time was had by all with many hungry stomachs fed by the hog roast whilst the youngsters had fun on the bouncy castle. The next fundraiser will be the annual Paul Cunningham Fashion Show at the Quesada Country Club on Thursday 11th June.

GOING, GOING, GONE!

The recent annual auction for Help at Home Mar Menor proved to be another resounding success, with the 100 donated items raising an impressive total of 704 euros. The event was staged at La Zona bar in Los Narejos, and kept auctioneer Joanne Scott very busy with her gavel for the best part of two and a half hours!

OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SHOW!

Oklahoma is set to hit the stage of San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga theatre next month in the latest production from Studio 32. The musical, packed from classic numbers penned by Rodgers and Hammerstein, tells the story of love between a cowboy and a farmer’s daughter in the wild west of America. The beneficiaries from the shows are la Asociación de Alzhéimer de San Fulgencio, local charities and the Cardenal Bulluga Theatre. The performances will be staged on Thursday 4th, Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June, with curtain up at 7.30pm. Ticket details are available from Ann on 966 318 019.

THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT The Campoverde Theatre Group is putting the finishing touches to their latest variety show, Let Us Entertain You, which they’ll be performing next month in aid of AMMA, the Alzheimer’s Mar Menor Association. One of the founding members of AMMA has links to the Theatre Group and so it’s a perfect match up, as the show gets ready to be staged at San Miguel’s Casa de Cultura on Friday 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June. The show has is sure to have something to appeal to all tastes and for tickets and more details, phone Jude on 966 844 460.

HOT SHOW

HELP Murcia Mar Menor braved 40 degree temperatures to stage its Spring Fashion Show around the pool at the Caravan Club in San Javier last week. The afternoon was a great success and raised over 700 euros for the charity.

BE A WINNER!

Spring is very much in the air for the annual Spring Fair at the Quesada Country Club raising funds for the Elche Children’s Home. There’ll be over 30 stalls selling all kinds of goodies from food through till arts and crafts on Thursday May 28th from 11.00am, and there’s an added bonus! If you fancy a free cup of tea and a taste of cake then just send an e-mail to sueinthesun @hotmail.co.uk and you will be sent a number which will also give a chance of winning a dozen bottles of wine! Entry to the fair is just one euro.

Friday 22nd May 2015

Life

Dog

PETER SINGH Our charity is set up to rescue and rehabilitate Europe’s most severely abused animals. The animals that come into our care, have been through hell and when they arrive with us, they are usually trembling wrecks. They look at you with lifeless eyes, as if they are resigned to the fact that this new chapter for them is another which will be filled with abuse. After a few days, they realise that what we provide and do for them here, is the opposite to what they received in their previous abusive lives. The part of the rehabilitation process that melts our hearts every time, is that moment the animal finally begins to trust us. The trust part is something we cannot push. Each animal is different and we must wait until they give us the signal that tells us that they realise we are no harm and they want to remain close to us. In the time we have been involved in rescue, we have seen some of the most sadistic abuse shown towards animals, including what many will remember as the worst, which was Phoenix, a beautiful Mastin mixed dog, who was beaten with shovels and buried alive. Another dog found him a couple of days later

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DOGS ARE OUR TEACHERS

and if it was not for an air pocket, he would have died within minutes. He came into our care and could not walk because of his injuries and could not go to the toilet by himself. We managed to give him four months of total love and care, before he lost his fight for life. We are honoured that in that final four months, we were able to show him the love he should have received from the start of his abusive life. Phoenix endured 12 years of continuous abuse from humans and when he came to us, he still found it within him, to trust humans again and forgive. This is why I always say to people that dogs are our teachers. They teach us how to show true forgiveness, they have no ego, they live in the moment and they follow calm. If we followed those four characteristics that each dog has, can you imagine what a peaceful world we would live in? Our registered rescue and rehabilitation charity is based on the ethos of five words, which are, love, dedication, passion, togetherness and honesty. The love to show to these animals that have never known the meaning of the word. The dedication to work around the clock to

save the life of any animal. The passion to do this valuable work for the remainder of our lives. The togetherness to make every new arrival part of our family and finally the honesty to always do what is right for the charity and the animals in our care. This work is the most demanding we have ever carried out in our entire lives. The struggle to con-

tinually find the finances to keep everything going is a monumental challenge, but it is also the most enjoyable work we have ever been involved in. To finally see an animal who has been to hell and back, finally wag their tail when they see you and have a sparkle in their eye, is simply beyond words. The most difficult factor of our work is saying goodbye to a dog you have

taken from rock bottom, to full of confidence. The time this takes differs with each dog. It could be a month or sometimes it could be eighteen months. Then one day they are gone to pastures new. To their new forever loving homes. We will sometimes walk where we use to walk them and look at a patch of grass they use to roll around on. But they are no longer with us. A

tinge of sadness is then replaced by happiness, as I know they are now safe and happy. Then there is a knock on the door and in front of us is another lost soul that we must put back together again. They do not know it straight away, but they have just arrived at the earth’s version of Rainbow Bridge, where they will run and play and never know sadness again. www.thedogyouneed.co m is a registered charity, where we rehabilitate the most severely abused animals. Our charity registration number is 1157175. If you would be kind enough to donate anything to this special cause you can do by Paypal, where the account details are peter@thedogyouneed.co m or to our Nat West charity account, where the sort code is 60-16-03 and the account number is 73754900. Anyone wanting to pay into the Spanish account, can do, where the details are The Spanish account is Cajamurcia bank. Account number 9007006467. IBAN - ES42 0487 0485 7290 0700 6467. BIC - GBMNESMMXXX. When donating via Paypal, can you please choose the option, personal payment or gift. Thank you sincerely.

PETS CORNER: CAN YOU TAKE IN A HOMELESS DOG OR CAT? DUCHESS

HONEY

DAVE Dave is a young pup he will not be very big when he is fully grown, possibly between 10 and 14 kilos. Apart from being lovely to look at, Dave is turning into a really nice very well behaved dog, who is currently in a foster home with other dogs and is great with the four year old child that lives there. Please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or e-mail p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Honey is a beautiful medium sized dog that was found along with her nine puppies outside an abandoned house. Honey is very easy to look after as she is very well behaved, and is very loving and great with other dogs. For more about Honey please YOGI phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or Yogi is around eight months p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com old and still very much a puppy. He's playful and mischievous like any pup and is great with others dogs, cats and children. He weighs about five kilos and will remain small. Call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

Duchess is nine months old, weighing six kilos, and is 38 cms tall. She has been neutered, fully vaccinated, and waiting for you with her passport. Duchess is a wonderful playful puppy who was tied up to a car with a bag of food. Can you offer her a forever home? For more on Duchess, please contact Eleanor Morris at sitamorris2002@yahoo.co.uk

ROMUS

Romus is a handsome affectionate boy who was with us for just over a year and was then adopted. He spent three years in a home but his owners couldn’t take Romus back with them to the UK, and so he re-joined us, before finding a new home that sadly only lasted a year. That was back in December 2011 and so poor Romus has been

with us since then. He will be ten years old in September and he doesn´t deserve to spend the rest of his life in kennels. He would make a super companion for any family and is loving, loyal, and gentle and is good with other dogs. Please give Romus the home he deserves and contact the kennels on 966 710 047 info@satanimalrescue.com

Friday 22nd May 2015

WHAT CAN YOU DO TO PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO FROM A MARKET CRASH?

Mark Harrison Partner AES International

Far from our being free of the recessions which have dogged UK and global growth in the recent past, it seems bad news is again bubbling to the surface. Recently, Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund warned that governments must not allow “mediocre to become the new reality”, as data from three independent research agencies revealed emerging market (EM) economic growth had slipped to its lowest level since the 2009 slump. EM economies have been affected by a mixture of things. Commodity driven countries such as Brazil and Russia have been hit by the shrinking oil price – although events in Ukraine have compounded issues for Russia – while the very strong dollar has exacerbated the outflow of capital from others. Predictions from the three research agencies of what the average growth levels for the EM economies will be in the first quarter of this year, ranged from between 3.5% to 5% per year – the lowest levels since before 2009. These low predictions followed weak jobs data in the US the week before, which revealed increased employment, but at about half the rate predicted by a Wall Street consensus. On the same day Lagarde called for governments not to allow growth mediocrity to prevail, the US Treasury stepped up calls for big economies – including Europe and Japan – to boost demand as the global economy was becoming “increasingly unbalanced”. Then in March, the UK’s Office for National statistics released data showing that Britain’s building sector had contracted by 0.9% in February. This was a surprise and was far below economist’s expectations of around 2.2% growth during the month. All of this comes on the back of continued deflationary pressures in the eurozone (the UK’s ONS this morning revealed

inflation remained at 0% last month), high levels of government debt and low oil prices. So what can be done? According to David Norton, head of investments at AES International, there are a few approaches to investing which may help you prepare for a potential crash, if indeed this is the path down which markets are headed. “If there were to be a crash, the most obvious answer would be to leave all your money in cash. But, while you may not see the value of the cash plummet in the conventional sense – it will still be eroded by inflation, and bank security cannot be as relied upon today as it once was,” said Norton. “Gold is the traditional safe haven when all else is uncertain. Other physical assets provide emotional security for investors, such as bullion, coins, bricks and mortar. Property can also generate a yield, making it easier to ride out a crash. “However all of these carry their own risks, and you wouldn’t want to switch everything you have into just one of them. “There is only one real way to remain invested and safeguard against a market crash, and that is to diversify your portfolio. Strategic asset allocation accounts for over 90% of risk, and will shelter your portfolio from depreciation if a bubble bursts. If equity markets fall, or property is hit, a well-diversified portfolio will safeguard your investments. “Lastly, it is worth remembering that while crashes happen, so do recoveries. One option would be to do nothing, ride it out and wait. It would be an uncomfortable ride, and the recovery could take years - meaning you're not using your money at all, just waiting to get back to parity, but you should eventually get back to where you started.” For further information please contact me at mark.harrison@aesinternational.com

Friday 22nd May 2015

About

Life DEAR DAVID……. TONY MAYES

One in three shops on some high streets in Britain are now charity shops, and there are far too many charities back home, with some of them raising money for spurious causes, whilst many spend an absolute fortune in advertising. Their latest "crime" is bombarding vulnerable people with heart-rending stories. A 92-year-old grandmother was hit with a multitude of begging letters - so much so that she killed herself because she couldn´t cope with the barrage! Her family have accused three charities of exploiting the poppy seller´s kind heart but they have replied, insisting they are not to blame for her death. I applaud David Cameron who has called for watchdogs to investigate the case. Memo to the PM - he should extend the probe to examining the role of charities in Britain, including whether there are too many of them and where the money is going. Having said all this, my wife and I are heavily involved in a Spanish charity, but we have seen how easy it is for people to become reliant on charity, and I suspect that it´s happening even more in the UK. Charities really need to ask themselves if they need to be in people´s faces so much. Is it reasonable to loiter outside supermarkets with the begging bowls and inflict the public with endless adverts pleading to save every conceivable wild life and every imaginable cause? Charities have become big business their bosses earn mega bucks. As an editor, I was constantly in competition with the RSPCA for staff, which had its HQ in Sussex. They were always after reporters to become public relations officers for them and were offering at least one thousand pounds more than we could afford to pay at the local newspaper. They had the money pouring in from donations and legacies and it was impossible to compete.

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to become a true Socialist or a Labour prime minister. Labour has been tearing itself to pieces since its humiliating general election defeat - and it’s little wonder. At one level you have Lord Sugar and shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, who have both been in the limelight recently (stinking rich and Socialist), and at the other end of the spectrum, Communists, leftist agitators and leftie loonies. In other words, Labour has been trying for decades to be too broad a church - trying to represent people who would be far more at home in the Conservative party if they had the moral courage to vote Tory, or Communist, if that was not a dirty word. In Britain, Communism is a no go and few will openly admit being one and instead they drift into the Labour party. New Labour, under Tony Blair, wooed the right, and drew in otherwise Tory supporters - and it worked, although the left hated it. But Red Ed tried to swing Labour to the left again, with talk of bashing the banks, power companies and the rich and it failed miserably. And now the thinking is to move back to the right once more. The problem is that if left wing voters went to a left wing party and moderate Socialists stayed with Labour, neither would ever be elected. Being simplistic, the majority of Brits want a government which will not run up a huge and unmanageable national debt, but will help business, creating an environment which will promote jobs and keep unemployment as near to zero as possible. Brits want a party that will nurture the NHS, be tough on crime and keep our defences strong, ensuring the next generation is taught in good quality schools, as well as trying to wean people off living on benefits, but in a

humane way. That’s in addition to cracking down on benefit cheats and keeping a strong lid on immigration. Most of all Brits don´t like hypocrites - like chuck-out Chucka, purporting to be supporting the working class while living in a lap of luxury and especially the

And now let´s look at the way big business so often lacks any moral fibre and needs to be dealt a massive lesson. I refer to Thomas Cook who had a £3.5 million pay-out over the tragic deaths of two British children in a hotel on the Greek island of

an inquest this month. Two years ago, the company went to the High Court to seek financial redress from Louis Hotels, soon after two Thomas Cook employees were tried and cleared in Greece on charges of negligent manslaughter. Three hotel

dren. Here´s an opportunity to teach big business it needs to get a heart. Readers of my column will know I hate strikes. They were necessary in Victorian times when the majority lived hand to mouth and often starved, kept poor by appallingly

likes of Bono, who crafted an image of himself as a moral crusader, fighting for the world's poor against those who don't "return wealth to the people". But this apology has admitted he does his best to reduce his tax bill – and suggested that those who don't are "stupid in business". He bases some business ventures in the Netherlands, where tax rates are far lower than in his native Ireland. For too long people in business have been able to get away with screwing the public with a multitude of tax-avoiding dodges. Memo to the PM: If you want the respect of the British people don´t let the rich, powerful companies and people with their own businesses continue to get away with tax avoidance at any level. If you do, you too will suffer to consequences at the next election (though Mr.Cameron has said that he will have stepped down by then).

Corfu. Shame on them! This was ten times what each of their parents received in compensation. A national newspaper reported the travel giant was quietly paid the cash after Bobby and Christi Shepherd died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the hotel some nine years ago. By contrast, the children's parents, Neil Shepherd and Sharon Wood, received about £350,000 each after a bitter seven-year legal battle in which the tour operator has steadfastly refused to say sorry. Thomas Cook, which last year achieved £8.6 billion in sales, received the money from Louis Hotels – owner of the bungalow whose faulty boiler leaked the deadly gas into the room where Christi, seven, and Bobby, six, were staying. The children's parents – who had to re-mortgage their homes in the ensuing legal battle – say they felt abandoned by Thomas Cook, which was found to have 'breached its duty of care' at

maintenance workers were convicted. Part of the massive pay out to Thomas Cook was for the cost of sending special 'media advisers' to Greece whose brief would have been to limit damage to their reputation; loss of profits as a result of bookings being cancelled; refunds or compensation over the incident and loss of revenue because 'their employees had to spend a considerable proportion of their time dealing with the tragedy'. So, what´s more deserving, the loss of reputation for a company or the loss of two children suffered by parents? I hope future holiday-makers show their contempt over this sorry tale when they next consider which travel company to use. Memo to the PM. Stand up in parliament and condemn Thomas Cook for unacceptable business practice in seeking compensation for its loss of profit while not ensuring the parents had the equivalent for the loss of their chil-

greedy bosses. Yes, some bosses are still greedy ba-t-ds, but not like in Victorian times. I refer to the threatened national rail strike in Britain next week. On the table was a £500 bonus, inflation-linked pay and a promise of no compulsory redundancies until the end of 2016, but this has been rejected by the greedy workers. Now it has been revealed how much they earn, with 150 of the future strikers earning between £80,000 and £111,000 a year. It´s about time laws were introduced which made strikes illegal and that any dispute went to totally independent industrial courts, the decisions of which were legally binding. Any striker would then be dismissed, with no guarantee whatsoever they would ever be reinstated. Memo to the PM: Crack on with trade union reform and put bloody minded trade union power into the pages of history once and for all!

ISSUE 1 - 22ND MAY 2015

Friday 22nd May 2015

Motoring + from The Courier

How About a Ferrari with a Price of Porsche CHECK OUT 2015 ACURA (HONDA) NSX! If you’ve been dreaming of the next NSX, it’s time to wake up: it’s almost here in the form of a highly technical and utterly exhilarating supercar. With weight-saving construction combined with a hybrid powertrain that has three electric motors and a mid-mounted twin-turbo V-6 making more than 550 hp, the NSX promises pulse-pounding performance paired with everyday usability. A nine-speed dual-clutch automatic and all-wheel drive are standard, along with exclusivity and head-turning design. The 2015 Acura NSX has already made the premiere of its concept car at the beginning of this year at Detroit Auto Show. The unveiling of this amazing sports car was followed by a loud applause of the audience. What’s more, we could enjoy watching testing this new car this summer. Design of 2015 Acura NSX The 2015 Acura NSX is a supercar with an extremely modern and attractive look. By the end of the next year, it will appear in the streets worldwide, but with slightly changed dimensions. The new ones will be 74.6” in width, 45.7” in height and 170.5” in length. Also, its wheelbase will obtain 101.4” in length. Generally speaking, this fast vehicle will obtain an upgraded and more futuristic appearance in comparison to the previous model. As far as the interior, the cabin of the 2015 Acura NSX will be furnished with luxurious materials, such as leather and chrome. Furthermore, its dashboard will be supplied with plenty of high technology elements. Yet, we suppose that it won’t lack any safety features, either. Engine range for 2015 Acura NSX Under the hood, the 2015 Acura NSX will be powered by only one engine option. That will be a direct-injected 3.7L DOHC mid-mounted engine with 24 valves and six cylinders. Hopefully, this power unit will be able to develop up to 480 horsepower and a very high pick of torque. As for the transmission choice, there will be only a twin-clutch sevenspeed gearbox. Moreover, the electric motor will run the rear wheels of the vehicle whereas the engine will run the front ones. The company isn't going to reveal the total power output of the car until closer to its launch this summer, but has admitted that the max power output is ‘over 550bhp'. It will need to be if it's going to stay with its intended sparring partners: the Ferrari 458, Porsche 911 Turbo and Audi R8 V10. Price of 2015 Acura NSX The 2015 Acura NSX’s assembly plant is supposed to be in Ohio, USA, but its powertrain will still be produced in Japan. It will cost around $150,000 in the US when it goes on sale there this summer. so expect a similar number in Sterling when the UK price list goes live, with production starting this fall and deliveries to follow later in the year. Acura’s product planners and designers as much as its customers, who have been waiting a very long time for a car as exciting as this to finally emerge.. When this mighty beast comes out on the roads, it will be a great competition to the Audi A8 and the Porsche 911, it'll be called a Honda when it gets here, eventually. Excited? You should be!

Welcome to Motoring Plus IN CONJUCTION WITH N332.ES The Courier newspaper has re-launched our popular Motoring Plus supplement this week, offering more fantastic features and information relating to motoring than ever before. Not only will we be able to bring you the latest industry news and reviews about the future developments in motoring, we are also collaborating with the N332 traffic safety project, to provide first-read articles about the rules, procedures and laws relating to driving in Spain. The N332 project began when a group of traffic police officers began posting articles and features on Facebook to try to educate drivers about the rules in Spain, as they could see every day that foreign drivers were committing the same mistakes over and over again, and the same offences. Rather than simply continuing to fine these motorists,

they felt it unfair unless they at least went some way to provide the information in a language and style they could understand. Further to those roots, the website n332.es was set up as a private concern to catalogue those articles, and provide more news and information relating to motoring. The website is also run by a group of volunteers, but this team composes of lawyers, driving instructors, journalists and other industry specialists, to make sure that the information is correct, and is approved by the traffic police officers before being published. Having met with the volunteers behind the scenes, the police officers and web managers, The Courier is pleased to be able to extend that information even further, by including it in our Motoring Plus pull-out. You can rest assured that the driving advice in these

pages has been meticulously checked and approved before publication, and that a lot of the information will be here first. It is our intention to make this pull-out a fortnightly publication, so you can keep each copy as a catalogue of your own to refer to any time you have a question about driving. On the subject of questions, you can also send them to us by email at traffic@thecourier.es, and we will forward your questions to the group who will then be able to collate answers or articles for the most important ones to be printed here. You can visit the Facebook page by searching for “N332” or “TorreviejaTrafficDepartmen t”, where you will be able to interact with the Guardia Civil officers direct, or you can visit the website, n332.es, to read through the wealth of articles already published.

Motoring + from The Courier

Friday 22nd May 2015

Motoring + from The Courier

Exiting Roundabouts For many drivers in Spain, the idea of driving on a roundabout is quite confusing, however, if we break down the process of driving on roundabouts, we can actually get a better understanding of how they are intended to be driven on, and, therefore, realise exactly what should be going on. We probably already realise that we have to give way to traffic already on the roundabout, but for now, we are not going to look at the approach to roundabouts, or for that matter driving on them, but we are going to look and examine the situation where most roundabout incidents take place, during the process of exiting the roundabout onto another road. There are three basic principles we need to know. Firstly, in Spain, we drive on the right. In fact, we should drive as far to the right as possible, subject to any factors which may prevent this. This rule applies irrespective of how many lanes there are on a road, the right hand lane is considered our normal driving lane. Secondly, although they are classed as a special intersection, roundabouts are treated just like any other road. Albeit a one way street, but a normal road none the less, irrespective

of the number of lanes, a roundabout is nothing more than a normal, curved road, with junctions. The third principle we must be aware of is that, under normal circumstances, we should always exit the roundabout from the right hand lane, the outer lane, unless signs or signals tell you otherwise. Imagine a road that never ends and is a straight line, with no curves, but it does have junctions. We can consider it to be a one way street to make it easier. As we drive along this road, there may come a point when we want to turn right, at a junction. As we drive along the road we know where we want to turn and we carry out our procedure we learnt when a novice driver, mirror, signal, manoeuvre, perhaps even remembering position, speed and look, and we turn right from the major road to the minor road. Now, let us consider that we are driving along the same straight one way road, although this time it has two lanes. We still want to turn right, and so think for a moment what would the procedure be? The procedure is of course exactly the same, the only difference being that if we are in the second, left hand lane for some rea-

son, lane 2 as we will call it, we would normally move back into the right hand lane, lane 1, before we exercise our procedure to turn right. It would never normally cross our mind in this situation to cut across the path from lane 2 to lane 1 in front of another vehicle, as this is quite obviously a dangerous move, particularly if the

vehicle in lane 1 is continuing straight ahead. Next, we are on a road that is not straight, but rather curves to the left, constantly. Other than that, the features of the road are the same, it has junctions and it has more than one lane. Supposing we are driving along this long curved one way street and we wish to turn right, think for a moment, would the same procedure apply? The answer is yes, it would. Under normal circumstances we would be driving in the right hand lane, or normal driving lane. If we wish to turn right, we exercise our right turn procedure as we approach, including mirror, signal, manoeuvre, position, speed and look, before we turn from the major to a minor road. In the event of us being in lane 2, would we cut across the vehicle in lane 1? No, we would first exercise a procedure for us to return from lane 2 to lane 1 and then exercise our right turn process. Now, if we look back at our second general rule, we must consider that roundabouts are treated just like any normal road, albeit a one way street. In other words, a roundabout is exactly the same as the situation we have just described. Now reinforced by the third principle we looked at in the beginning, that we would normally exit a roundabout from the right hand lane. If we are on the roundabout and wish to exit at the first junction, we would do so exactly the same way as we would on either our long straight road, or the curved one we described. In fact, this procedure is the same for the second, third or fourth exit, it is the same procedure for any exit in

fact, we should normally be in the right hand lane before exiting, and would signal with a right turn indicator before leaving the roundabout. Although we are not looking at what we do on a roundabout, there are two points we must look at. The first one if that the lanes are marked out for a reason, and so we must follow the lane markings, not cutting across the roundabout, just like we wouldn't normally cut across lanes on any other road. Secondly, we may well find ourselves not in the right hand lane, just like we might find ourselves in lane 2 in the previous example. Does that mean that we can cut across in front of other drivers in order to exit the roundabout? No, it does not, in exactly the same way we shouldn't cut across a vehicle on our straight road. Remember, our third principle is that we should, under normal circumstances, always exit the roundabout from the right hand lane. One question that always comes up is "why then are there sometimes more than one lane on a roundabout?", the answer is simply the same as if the question were "why are there sometimes more than one lane on any road?", because sometimes more than one lane is needed for the smooth flow of traffic, sometimes you need to use that second lane, but it doesn't take away from the fact that the right hand lane is our normal driving lane. The DGT answers the question, “Can I exit directly from the inside lane?” with the response “no”, unless the movement within the roundabout is channelled through suitably marked lanes and road markings: in this case, the exit could be made from the inner lane and the right. Although,

remember, if the outside lane was not busy, the rule requires you to use it. If the outside, normal driving lane is occupied, then the general principle of security offered this type of infrastructure is that the exit should be from the outside lane, you must not stop in the middle of the roundabout waiting to be let by, nor should you cut in front of other road users in the outside lane, remember the rules of priority and try to move into the correct lane early enough. What about indicators? Well, once again, that question could also refer to any other road. In our first example of a long straight road, would we indicate to show other road users our intention to turn right? Yes, of course we would, it is part of our procedure, under normal circumstances. But on the straight road, would a vehicle indicate that they are not intending to turn and are in fact going straight on? The answer to this one is no, not normally, and on roundabouts the DGT say that it is not a requirement, however, it is often advised to implement what we describe as a "courtesy indicator". There is no requirement to indicate that we are going straight on, but as the roundabout often requires quicker responses to movements, indications that we are not turning off, by using our left turn indicator, can be considered courteous and affirms our intentions. If we put our three basic principles into practice, we will soon see that the process is slightly less confusing than we might have thought. Always drive on the right, under normal circumstances, and always exit a roundabout from the right hand lane unless signs or signals tell you otherwise.

Friday 22nd May toâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Thursday 28th May 2015

2 - TV Pull-Out

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

FRIDAY

22nd MAY

00:45 The Other Man 02:05 Holiday Weatherview 02:10 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Escape to the Country 16:15 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 16:45 Decimate 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC Local News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC & Regional News 20:30 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 The Vicar of Dibley 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Peter Kay's Car Share 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Local News; Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show

00:15 Weather 00:20 Death Defying Acts 01:50 Panorama 02:20 Inside Harley Street 03:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Evolution Watch 05:30 Schools - Made of Money 06:00 Schools - Bringing Books to Life 2 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 08:45 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 09:15 Gardeners' World 09:45 Cowboys and Angels 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Italy Unpacked 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Monty Don's Italian Gardens 16:15 Elephant Diaries 16:45 Are You Being Served? 17:15 'Allo 'Allo! 17:45 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites 21:30 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 22:30 Britain's Greatest Generation 23:30 Newsnight

00:10 Piers Morgan's Life Stories 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Local Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Local Weather 14:55 ITV Local News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 ITV Local Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Paul O'Grady Show 19:00 ITV Local News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Man and Beast with Martin Clunes 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Local Weather 23:30 ITV Local News 23:40 Fletch

00:05 The Night Bus 01:05 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:55 The Job Centre 02:50 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? 03:45 Damned Designs: Don't Demolish My Home 04:40 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:40 Unreported World 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:25 Undercover Boss 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:35 Unreported World 21:00 Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Gotham 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Great Artists 05:50 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:40 5 News Lunchtime 13:45 Big Brother 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Stone Cold 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Caught on Camera 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Mysteries of the Bible 22:00 Big Brother 23:30 Big Brother's Bit on the Side

00:20 American Dad!

01:35 Two and a Half Men 02:30 Mom 03:25 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:10 New You've Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Scorpion 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 You've Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You've Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Matrix Revolutions

00:00 Trial & Retribution 01:05 Northern Lights 02:00 Cornwall with Caroline Quentin 02:50 Judge Judy 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Fresh Fields 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 Murder, She Wrote 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Where the Heart Is 16:10 Wild at Heart 17:15 Fresh Fields 17:50 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law & Order: UK

TV Choice 00:40 Family Guy 01:05 Don't Tell the Bride 02:00 Murder in Successville 02:30 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 03:00 The Human Tissue Squad 04:00 Don't Tell the Bride 05:00 Close Coronation Street - Will Carla Buy the Rovers?

20:00 Great Movie Mistakes

In Emmerdale, Ashley is supportive of Laurel following her admission the previous day. He encourages her to attend an AA meeting but Laurel is nervous. Later, Laurel admits to Rhona she's an alcoholic, desperate for some words of reassurance from someone who has also been through addiction. Pete tells Debbie about Cain's 'father of the bride' chat. Debbie visits Cain, irked he’s interfering and insisting she doesn’t have feelings for Ross. Later, Debbie's concerned when Charlie arrives at the garage and soon it is Ross who is concerned regarding his impending big fight. Charlie explains he has placed a hefty bet on Ross losing and Ross realises what the costs might be if he does not go through with it. In our double episode of Coronation Street, as Carla struggles to come up with the money to buy the Rovers, Liz and Tony head to the solicitors to do the deal with Travis Ltd. Tracy buzzes with excitement as Tony promises the pub will be theirs by the end of the day. Nick hosts a family party in the bistro and raises a toast to Erica and the baby. As Gail makes snide remarks, David becomes drunk and maudlin and rows with Andy. It´s a sad day in Walford as it's Kat and Alfie's final day in Walford and Alfie gives an emotional goodbye speech. However, when Sister Judith arrives in Walford looking for Kat, is the couple's happy ending about to come crashing down?

20:30 Atlantis 22:00 Live at the Apollo 22:30 Family Guy 23:15 EastEnders 23:45 Family Guy

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

TV Pull-Out - 3

SATURDAY

23rd MAY

00:35 Peter Kay's Car Share

00:00 Weather

01:00 The Rebound

00:05 Later - with Jools

02:30 Weather for the Week

Holland 01:05 The History Boys

Ahead

02:55 Question Time

02:35 BBC News

03:55 Wastemen

07:00 Breakfast

04:55 This Is BBC Two

11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live

07:20 A Walk in the Sun

12:30 Paul Hollywood's Bread 13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Football Focus

09:10 Jubal 10:50 Animal Park 11:50 Homes Under the Hammer

13:50 Saturday Sportsday

12:50 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on

14:00 Bargain Hunt

Trial

15:00 Father of the Bride Pt 2

13:50 Hitch

16:40 Escape to the Continent

14:50 Talking Pictures 15:35 The Trouble with Harry

17:40 Celebrity Mastermind

17:10 Formula 1 Rewind

18:10 Formula 1

18:10 Flog It! Travels Around

19:45 BBC News

Britain

19:55 BBC Local News;

18:30 Britain's Greatest Generation

Weather

19:30 Golf: PGA Highlights 20:00 The National Lottery:

20:30 Dad's Army

Who Dares Wins

21:00 RHS Chelsea Flower

21:00 Eurovision Song

Show 2015

Contest 2015

22:00 Great Expectations

01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Nerds & Monsters 09:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:39 ITV Local Weather 13:40 Doc Martin 14:35 Who's Doing the Dishes? 15:40 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 18:30 ITV Local Weather 18:30 ITV Local News 18:45 ITV News and Weather 19:00 New You've Been Framed! 20:00 Ninja Warrior UK 21:00 Britain's Got Talent 22:20 Play to the Whistle 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:19 ITV Local Weather 23:20 Mickey Blue Eyes

00:05 Virtually Famous

Apes

00:30 Big Brother 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:20 Great Artists 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:30 Milkshake! Bop Box 07:35 Pip Ahoy! 07:45 The Mr Men Show 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:10 Milkshake! Monkey 08:15 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:00 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Chinese Food in Minutes 11:50 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 12:50 Columbo: Mind over Mayhem 14:25 The Great Escape 17:45 Anzio 19:55 5 News Weekend 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 What the Dambusters Did Next 22:20 Big Brother 23:20 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

00:10 Family Guy

00:35 Two and a Half Men 01:35 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:00 Fake Reaction 02:40 Royal Pains 03:25 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Emmerdale 09:35 Coronation Street 12:00 Britain's Got Talent 13:20 Britain's Got More Talent 14:20 The Hot Desk 14:30 Catchphrase 15:10 Mr Bean 16:20 King Kong 19:55 The Mummy 22:20 Britain's Got More Talent 23:20 Celebrity Juice

00:00 Wycliffe 01:15 Steptoe and Son 02:55 Wycliffe 03:50 Judge Judy 04:30 ITV3 Nightscreen 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 Murder, She Wrote 08:20 Where the Heart Is 10:35 Inspector Morse 12:55 The Railway Children 15:10 Wycliffe 16:20 Columbo: Lovely but Lethal 17:55 Lewis 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Foyle's War 23:00 Inspector Wexford

00:50 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 01:15 The Waterboy 02:50 Shameless USA 03:45 Just Wright 05:25 Four Rooms US 06:15 Hugh's 3 Good Things: Best Bites 06:20 Deal or No Deal 07:15 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 Volkswagen Racing Cup 08:30 The Grid 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:35 Frasier 12:05 Frasier 12:35 The Big Bang Theory 13:35 Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:15 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Walking Through History 21:00 The World's Most Extreme 22:00 Rise of the Planet of the

TV Choice 00:30 American Dad! 00:50 Family Guy 01:15 Murder in Successville 01:45 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 02:15 Crims 03:40 Murder in Successville Eurovision - Electro Velvet Rehearsals Undoubtedly, the highlight for many tonight will be the 60th Eurovision Song Contest broadcast live from the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna. Graham Norton introduces the show and commentates throughout, on the biggest multinational event in the world, football excluded of course. Alex Larke and Bianca Nicholas will be representing the UK as Electro Velvet, with their funky, electro-swing party song Still in Love. Fingers crossed they pull out all the stops on the night as their rehearsal this week was described as a “total disaster”. Starting off shouting “let’s dance, let’s dance” was the first apparent problem, not sounding quite as polished vocally as their recorded performance. Bianca seemed to have difficulty walking down the stairs, as well as other problems with the props on the stage, with neon lights, unusual dance moves and a bizarre dress looking more Euro-odd than Eurovision, we can only hope that´s why they have rehearsals, in order to polish their act and hope it´ll be alright on the night. They are one of 27 acts competing for the coveted title of Eurovision Song Contest winner 2015. If you fancy a film tonight instead, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is on Channel 4, as director Rupert Wyatt gives us his version of the sci-fi saga in which compassionate scientist Will Rodman finds that testing a cure for Alzheimer's on apes has unexpected consequences.

04:10 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 04:40 Comedy Feeds 05:00 Close 20:00 Radio 1's Big Weekend

4 - TV Pull-Out

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

SUNDAY

24th MAY

00:35 National Lottery Update 00:35 BBC News; Weather 00:55 Peter Kay's Car Share 01:25 Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! 02:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:00 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Pentecost 2015 12:00 Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Wanted Down Under 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:15 Escape to the Country 15:45 Shark 16:45 Points of View 17:00 Songs of Praise 17:35 RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 18:05 Formula 1 19:35 BBC News 19:50 BBC Local News; Weather 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC Local News; Weather 23:30 Match of the Day

01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 02:50 This Is BBC Two 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Homes Under the 07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Hammer Challenge 07:30 The Big Allotment 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek's Challenge Adventures 08:30 RHS Chelsea Flower 08:00 Canimals Show 2015 08:15 Sooty 09:00 Countryfile 08:30 Fort Boyard Ultimate 10:00 The Beechgrove Garden Challenge 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend Bites 10:25 Judge Rinder 12:00 Mary Berry's Absolute 13:25 ITV News and Weather Favourites 13:39 ITV Local Weather 12:30 Paul Hollywood's Bread 13:40 The Unforgettable 13:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on 14:10 *batteries not included 16:15 Britain's Got Talent Trial 17:30 All Star Family 14:00 Camelot Fortunes 16:50 Flog It! 18:15 Thunderbirds Are Go 17:30 Final Score 18:45 Ninja Warrior UK 18:30 Nature's Weirdest 19:45 ITV Local Weather Events 19:45 ITV Local News 20:00 ITV News and Weather 19:00 Golf: PGA Highlights 20:15 Celebrity Squares 20:00 A Very British Airline 21:00 Sunday Night at the 21:00 Demolition: The Palladium Wrecking Crew 22:00 Home Fires 22:00 Armada 23:05 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV Local Weather 23:00 1945: The Savage 23:15 Perspectives Peace 00:00 The Many Faces of 01:00 Man of the Year

22:00 Trance

00:20 NCIS 01:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:00 The Gadget Show 05:50 Make It Big 06:45 Angels of Jarm 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:30 Milkshake! Bop Box 07:35 Pip Ahoy! 07:45 The Mr Men Show 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:10 Milkshake! Monkey 08:15 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:45 Milkshake! Show Songs 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:25 Olly the Little White Van 09:30 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:00 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:40 Ultimate Police Interceptors 14:25 The Deep End of the Ocean 16:35 What a Girl Wants 18:30 Chicken Little 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Make You Laugh Out Loud 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Stevie Wonder: An All-Star Grammy Salute

00:05 01:20 02:25 03:55 06:55 07:00 07:10 09:50 12:15 2015 14:20 16:10 18:40 20:00 21:00 22:00

01:10 Wire in the Blood 02:15 Wycliffe 03:10 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Murder, She Wrote 07:55 The Railway Children 10:05 Heartbeat 12:05 Wycliffe 13:10 Columbo: Lovely but Lethal 14:45 Lewis 16:50 Wycliffe 17:55 A Touch of Frost 19:55 Foyle's War 22:00 The Best of the Royal Variety 23:00 Vicious

00:10 Savages 02:35 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 03:30 Hollyoaks 05:45 SuperScrimpers 06:00 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 06:55 How I Met Your Mother 08:10 Ginetta GT5 Challenge 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Simpsons 16:30 Casper 18:30 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Speed with Guy Martin 21:00 For the Love of Cars

TV Choice 00:00 Family Guy 02:30 Murder in Successville 03:00 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 03:30 Crims 04:00 Crims 04:30 Crims Anita Dobson in Armada Motorsport fans have coverage of the latest race in this season's F1 calendar to look forward to on BBC One, but if youÂ´re looking for variety, ITV is the place to be for Sunday Night at the Palladium. Comedian Jason Manford presents a packed hour of entertainment from the famous Palladium theatre in London, featuring music and variety acts from all over the planet. Performing his new single Love Revolution is singer, songwriter, actor and the first Pop Idol winner Will Young. Singer-songwriter David Gray is joined on stage by US singer LeAnn Rimes for a special duet. Adding to the variety and the international feel of the show are The Chinese Disabled People's Performing Arts Troupe, veteran circus ringmaster Norman Barrett and his amazing performing budgerigars, and acclaimed Chinese pianist Lang Lang and Croatian double act 2 Cellos, who combine forces for an explosive rendition of Live and Let Die. There are also special appearances from the casts of West End hits Bugsy Malone and The Producers, and stand-up comedy comes from Joe Lycett. If you want a piece of history on your TV, BBC 2 is the place to be for Armada: 12 Days to Save England, a three-part drama documentary series in which former Eastenders actress Anita Dobson stars as Elizabeth I, and Dan Snow takes to the sea to tell the story of how England came within a whisker of disaster in summer 1588.

05:00 Close 20:00 Radio 1's Big Weekend 21:00 Radio 1's Big Weekend 22:00 Radio 1's Big Weekend 22:55 Radio 1's Big Weekend

Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got More Talent Hell's Kitchen USA Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen The Hot Desk Emmerdale Coronation Street The British Soap Awards The Little Vampire Jurassic Park Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got More Talent You've Been Framed! I Am Legend

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

MONDAY

TV Pull-Out - 5

25th MAY

01:00 The Football League Show

00:00 The Many Faces of

02:00 Weather for the Week

01:00 Valhalla Rising

Ahead

02:25 Countryfile

02:05 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast

03:25 Holby City

10:00 The Housing Enforcers

04:20 This Is BBC Two

10:45 Homes Under the Hammer

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer

11:45 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:30 Saints and Scroungers

08:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom

13:00 Bargain Hunt

08:45 Flog It! Trade Secrets

14:00 BBC News; Weather

09:15 Glorious Gardens from

14:30 Moving On

Above

15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country

10:00 Kidnapped

17:00 The Box

11:30 Golf: PGA Highlights

17:30 Holiday of My Lifetime with

13:30 Bedknobs and

Len Goodman

Broomsticks

18:00 Flog It! 15:25 Dances with Wolves

18:45 Pointless 19:30 Weather

18:15 Eggheads

19:30 BBC News

18:45 Antiques Roadshow

19:50 Weather

19:30 Beat the Brain

19:50 BBC Local News 20:00 A Cook Abroad

20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders

21:00 Springwatch

21:00 Marvel Avengers Assemble

22:00 Churchill: When Britain

23:15 BBC News

Said No

23:30 BBC Local News; Weather 23:40 Have I Got a Bit More News for You

23:00 Episodes 23:30 The Many Faces of

00:15 Premiership Rugby Union 01:10 The Store 03:30 Motorsport UK 04:20 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:10 Canimals 07:35 Sooty 07:50 Sooty 08:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:30 Columbo: Last Salute to the Commodore 13:25 The Unforgettable 14:00 ITV News and Weather 14:10 ITV Local Weather 14:10 ITV Local News 14:15 Catchphrase 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Paul O'Grady Show 19:00 Off Their Rockers 19:25 ITV Local Weather 19:25 ITV Local News 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Britain's Got Talent 22:00 Coronation Street 22:30 Britain's Got Talent Results 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:10 ITV Local Weather 23:10 ITV Local News 23:15 Carry On Forever

00:00 The Mega Brothel 01:00 Sean Lock: Purple Van Man 02:00 Renaissance 03:45 Born Naughty? 04:45 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:40 The Renovation Game 06:35 The Common Denominator 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:25 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Food Unwrapped 21:00 Damned Designs: Don't Demolish My Home 22:00 Benefits Street 23:00 The Night Bus

00:50 Blinging Up Baby: You Won't Believe It! 01:50 Caught on Camera 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Furious & Funny: Caught on Camera 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 06:45 Angels of Jarm 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:45 Big Brother 13:45 5 News Lunchtime 13:50 Neighbours 14:20 The Ghost of Greville Lodge 16:20 Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Caught on Camera 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Furious & Funny: Caught on Camera 22:00 Gotham 23:00 Big Brother

00:05 02:30 03:15 06:45 07:00 World 07:25 08:15 08:50 09:50 13:05 13:40 14:40 16:00 17:05 17:35 18:10 20:15 23:00

00:00 Vicious 01:05 Steptoe and Son Ride Again 02:55 Like Father, Like Son 04:10 Judge Judy 04:30 ITV3 Nightscreen 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 Fresh Fields 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:35 The Secret of My Success 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Where the Heart Is 16:10 Wild at Heart 17:15 Fresh Fields 17:50 Doctor in the House 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 Law & Order: UK

TV Choice

Eastenders - Martin Gets the Wrong Idea In Emmerdale, Debbie explains to Pete and Finn that Ross, who is about to fight, is in trouble, urging them to help her find him. They soon find Ross at the venue preparing for his big fight, seemingly determined to go ahead. Debbie and Cain are shocked to learn Zak's pawned all Lisa's jewellery to bet on Ross winning the fight. As the fight ensues it makes for uncomfortable viewing, but when Debbie witnesses an exchange between Ross and Charlie she realises there's more riding on this than meets the eye. In Coronation Street, The Rovers is a hive of activity as the final preparations are made for Steve and Michelle’s wedding. Tracy watches from No.1, consumed with jealousy. Hell bent on revenge, Tracy corners Liz in the Rovers yard and drops the bombshell that she’s been having an affair with Tony and they’ve plotting to oust her from the pub. When Kevin tells Jenny that he’s enrolled Jack for nursery so she can reduce her hours, Jenny’s gutted and feigning a migraine, heads home leaving Kevin to attend the wedding alone. Jenny then makes a secret phone call and confirms that she and Jack will be moving to Hull that evening! In Eastenders, Kush and Shabnam celebrate their engagement, but more trouble seems to be looming when a conversation with Shirley makes Masood doubt whether his daughter is telling the truth about the baby. When Masood demands the truth from Shabnam, she is finally honest with him. A furious Masood then storms over to see Dean but Shabnam begs him not to say anything.

00:00 Family Guy 00:45 Murder in Successville 01:15 American Dad! 01:35 Family Guy 02:20 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 02:50 Murder in Successville 03:25 People Just Do Nothing 04:25 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 04:55 Close 20:00 Great Movie Mistakes 20:30 Top Gear 21:30 Sherlock 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Family Guy

The Matrix Revolutions Mom Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen Totally Bonkers Guinness Records All Star Family Fortunes Emmerdale Coronation Street The Jeremy Kyle Show Emmerdale Coronation Street Britain's Got Talent Britain's Got More Talent Mr Bean Mr Bean Freaky Friday Apollo 13 Britain's Got More Talent

6 - TV Pull-Out

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

TUESDAY

26th MAY

00:15 Carry On Cowboy 02:00 Jackpot247 01:30 Watchdog 01:00 The Graham Norton Show 04:00 UEFA Champions League 02:25 Britain's Greatest 02:00 Weather for the Week Ahead Weekly Generation 02:05 BBC News 04:25 ITV Nightscreen 03:25 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Breakfast 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 07:00 Good Morning Britain 08:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 09:30 Lorraine 08:45 Flog It! Trade Secrets 12:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 09:15 Collectaholics 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 11:30 This Morning 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 13:15 Bargain Hunt 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Local Weather 12:00 BBC News 14:00 BBC News; Weather 12:00 This Morning 12:30 BBC World News 14:45 Doctors 13:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 13:30 Loose Women 15:15 Perfection 14:30 ITV News and Weather 13:20 Italy Unpacked 16:00 Escape to the Country 14:55 ITV Local Weather 14:20 The Super League Show 17:00 The Box 14:55 ITV Local News 15:15 Monty Don's Italian 17:30 Flog It! 15:00 Judge Rinder Gardens 18:15 Pointless 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:15 Elephant Diaries 19:00 BBC News 16:59 ITV Local Weather 16:45 Are You Being Served? 19:30 Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Paul O'Grady Show 17:15 'Allo 'Allo! 19:30 BBC Local News 19:00 ITV Local News 17:40 Just Good Friends 20:00 The One Show 19:30 ITV News and Weather 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:00 Emmerdale 19:00 Eggheads 20:30 EastEnders 20:30 Britain's Got Talent 19:30 Beat the Brain 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Coronation Street 20:00 A Cook Abroad 22:00 Crimewatch 22:30 Britain's Got Talent Results 21:00 Springwatch 23:00 BBC News 23:00 ITV News at Ten and 22:00 Joan of Arc: God's Warrior Weather 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:00 Later Live - with Jools 23:25 BBC Local News; Weather 23:30 ITV Local Weather 23:45 Gary Lineker on the Road to FA Holland 23:30 ITV Local News 23:45 On Assignment 23:30 Newsnight Cup Glory 00:20 The Football League Show

00:30 Armada

00:00 The Island with Bear Grylls 01:05 The Shooting Gallery 01:30 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under 02:25 Supersize vs Superskinny 03:20 You Can't Get the Staff 04:15 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:10 The Renovation Game 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Frasier 10:25 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It 22:00 No Offence 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:30 Jackass 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Dog Rescuers 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Great Artists 05:50 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:40 5 News Lunchtime 13:45 Big Brother 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Justice for Natalee Holloway 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Caught on Camera 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 21:00 The Dog Rescuers 22:00 Make You Laugh Out Loud 23:00 Big Brother

00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 01:20 Two and a Half Men 02:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:40 The Vampire Diaries 03:25 Teleshopping 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 New You've Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Scorpion 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 New You've Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Britain's Got Talent 20:00 You've Been Framed! 20:30 The Mummy Returns 23:00 Britain's Got More Talent

00:00 01:35 03:30 07:00 07:25 08:30 09:30 10:30 11:50 14:05 15:05 16:10 17:15 17:50 18:20 18:55 20:00 21:00 23:00

TV Choice

Corrie - Is History Repeating for Tracey? In Emmerdale, with Ruby due back tomorrow, Sam and Rachel decide to make the most of their last day alone together. The day takes a turn for the worse when Archie has an accident and needs to go to hospital. The doctor offers reassurance to Rachel, but when Sam is alone with the doctor, Sam makes a grim discovery which puts his whole relationship into question… Sam discovers this is in fact Archie’s first visit to A&E so realises Rachel lied when she previously said she had taken him due to him having swallowed a pill left by Belle. It’s a big enough lie for Sam to then end his relationship with Rachel. In Coronation Street tonight, Tracy vows to destroy the lives of those she feels have wronged her, Steve waits nervously at the registry office for Michelle. Will the wedding go ahead without a hitch or will Tracy wreak revenge? Jenny packs Jack’s belongings into a holdall, ready for their getaway. In Eastenders, Vincent is questioned by the police over the disappearance of the drug dealer in Dot's court case. He is eventually released on bail. Soon afterwards, Kim's birthday gets off to a bad start when Donna arrives and demands to know why she called the police. When Vincent returns to the Square, he assures Donna that it wasn't Kim. He also asks Donna to be his alibi, but when she refuses, he is forced to ask Kim instead.

00:15 American Dad! 00:35 Family Guy 01:00 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 01:30 Murder in Successville 02:00 Tom Felton Meets the Superfans 03:00 People Just Do Nothing 04:00 Tom Felton Meets the Superfans 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment

Wire in the Blood Inspector Morse Teleshopping Fresh Fields Heartbeat Where the Heart Is Murder, She Wrote Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Where the Heart Is Wild at Heart Fresh Fields Doctor in the House On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Law & Order: UK

TV Pull-Out - 7

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

WEDNESDAY

27th MAY

00:45 Crimewatch Update 00:55 Biker Boyz 02:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:30 State Opening of Parliament 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Continent 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC Local News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Traffic Cops 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Local News; Weather 23:45 SunTrap

00:15 Weather 00:20 The Detectives 01:15 Antiques Roadshow 02:15 Rip Off Britain: Food 03:00 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 08:45 Flog It! Trade Secrets 09:15 See Hear 09:45 Cowboys and Angels 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 11:30 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Glorious Gardens from Above 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Monty Don's French Gardens 16:15 Elephant Diaries 16:45 Are You Being Served? 17:15 'Allo 'Allo! 17:40 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 A Cook Abroad 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 Springwatch Unsprung 22:30 Modern Times 23:30 Newsnight

00:15 The Big Fish Off 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Local Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Local Weather 14:55 ITV Local News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 ITV Local Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Paul O'Grady Show 19:00 ITV Local News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Britain's Got Talent 22:00 Coronation Street 22:30 Britain's Got Talent Results 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Local Weather 23:30 ITV Local News 23:40 Come On Down! The Game Show Story

00:00 Benefits Street 01:00 The Island with Bear Grylls 01:55 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:25 The Grid 02:50 Ginetta GT5 Challenge 03:20 Shameless USA 04:15 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:10 The Renovation Game 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:25 Car SOS 11:25 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 The Job Centre

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Great Artists 05:50 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:40 5 News Lunchtime 13:45 Big Brother 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 The Husband She Met Online 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Caught on Camera 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00 Seconds from Death: World's Worst Near Misses 22:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 23:00 Big Brother

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents 02:30 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 03:00 Slum Survivors 04:00 Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 23:00 Murder in Successville 23:30 Family Guy

00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 01:20 Two and a Half Men 02:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:35 Royal Pains 03:20 Teleshopping 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 New You've Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Scorpion 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 You've Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Britain's Got Talent 20:00 You've Been Framed! 20:30 Dante's Peak 22:45 The Hot Desk 23:00 Britain's Got More Talent

00:00 01:05 03:05 03:30 07:00 07:25 08:25 09:30 10:30 11:50 14:05 15:05 16:10 17:15 17:50 18:20 18:55 20:00 21:00 23:00

TV Choice

Emmerdale - Trouble with Jai In Emmerdale, Sam's evasive when Lisa asks if he and Rachel have split. Rachel's scared to tell Jai about Archie's accident but he later finds out from Lisa. Soon Rachel is horrified when he threatens her with court. Rachel explains, hoping she's done enough to reassure him. Jai purposefully winds Rachel up and soon once again a fracas ensues which has Rachel exactly where Jai wants her, in trouble. Vanessa tells Kirin about Rakesh wanting her to have a termination. Rakesh is irked to be told they’ve decided to have the baby no matter what. Carly and Leyla are surprised Vanessa is pregnant and Leyla begins to wonder who’s the baby’s dad is. Adam admits to Moira he had a thing with Vanessa. Could Adam be the father of Vanessa’s baby? In Coronation Street, With Tracy having snook from the flat will anyone find Carla before it’s too late? And when flames suddenly start licking through the building it looks like there could be more than one person in jeopardy! Kal rushes back to Leanne, explaining he went home to fetch the ring so he could propose. Leanne’s thrilled. Will they get their happy ever after? Maddie’s perplexed to find Jenny at No.13 wearing a wig with her bags packed. Liz seethes over Tony’s betrayal but will he stick around for a showdown?

The Vice Inspector Morse ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping Fresh Fields Heartbeat Where the Heart Is Murder, She Wrote Judge Judy Inspector Morse Heartbeat Where the Heart Is Wild at Heart Fresh Fields Doctor in the House On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Law & Order: UK

8 - TV Pull-Out

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

THURSDAY

28th MAY

00:15 FA Cup: The Road to

00:15 Weather

Wembley

00:20 The Detectives

00:45 Jagged Edge

01:20 See Hear

02:30 Weather for the Week

01:50 Portillo's State Secrets

Ahead

02:20 Hunters of the South Seas

02:35 BBC News

03:20 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Breakfast

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer

10:15 The Housing Enforcers

08:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom

11:00 Homes Under the Hammer

08:45 Flog It! Trade Secrets

12:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom

09:15 Shark

12:45 Saints and Scroungers

10:15 Victoria Derbyshire

13:15 Bargain Hunt

12:00 BBC News

14:00 BBC News; Weather

12:30 BBC World News

14:45 Doctors

13:00 Daily Politics

15:15 Perfection

14:00 Cagney & Lacey

16:00 Escape to the Continent

14:45 Cash in the Attic

17:00 The Box

15:15 Monty Don's French

17:30 Flog It!

Gardens

18:15 Pointless

16:15 Elephant Diaries

19:00 BBC News

16:45 Are You Being Served?

19:30 Weather

17:15 'Allo 'Allo!

19:30 BBC Local News

17:40 Just Good Friends

20:00 The One Show

18:15 Antiques Roadshow

20:30 BBC News; Regional News

19:00 Eggheads

20:30 EastEnders

19:30 Beat the Brain

21:00 Watchdog

20:00 A Cook Abroad

22:00 Britain's Secret Terror

21:00 Springwatch

Deals

22:00 The Game

23:00 BBC News

23:00 QI

23:25 BBC Local News; Weather

23:30 Weather

23:45 Question Time

23:30 Newsnight

00:45 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Local Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Local Weather 14:55 ITV Local News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 ITV Local Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Paul O'Grady Show 19:00 ITV Local News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Britain's Got Talent 22:00 Coronation Street 22:30 Britain's Got Talent Results 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Local Weather 23:30 ITV Local News 23:45 The Last Word

00:00 Bodyshockers 01:00 Street Sound and Style 01:25 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:15 One Born Every Minute USA 03:10 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 04:05 Cat Ballou 05:40 Deal or No Deal 06:35 The Common Denominator 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 09:55 Frasier 10:25 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Born Naughty? 22:00 Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car 23:00 Seven Psychopaths

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 The Hotel Inspector 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Person of Interest 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Great Artists 05:50 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy! 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:40 5 News Lunchtime 13:45 Big Brother 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Beyond the Blackboard 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Caught on Camera 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 World War II in Colour 21:00 Deep-Sea Super Predator 22:00 The Hotel Inspector 23:00 Big Brother

00:15 American Dad! 00:40 Family Guy 01:00 Murder in Successville 01:30 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 02:00 Festivals, Sex & Suspicious Parents 03:00 Slum Survivors 04:00 Nick Helm's Heavy Entertainment 04:30 Murder in Successville 05:00 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 Russell Howard's Good News 22:30 Russell Howard's Good News 23:00 EastEnders 23:30 Family Guy

00:00 Celebrity Juice 00:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 01:20 Two and a Half Men 02:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:35 Royal Pains 03:20 Teleshopping 06:50 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 New You've Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Scorpion 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 You've Been Framed! 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 Britain's Got Talent 20:00 New You've Been Framed! 20:30 The Mummy 23:00 Britain's Got More Talent

00:00 01:10 03:05 03:30 07:00 07:25 08:30 09:30 10:30 11:50 14:05 15:05 16:10 17:15 17:50 18:20 18:55 20:00 21:00 23:00

TV Choice

Corrie - Jenny is Desperate In Emmerdale, Adam admits to Aaron that Moira knows about the baby. Moira tells Cain what's going on and warns Adam the truth will come out if the baby's his. Vanessa’s taken aback when Moira threatens subtly, she either comes clean over the baby or she will. Scared Vanessa orders a private DNA test and soon she and Adam sit apprehensively as the nurse arrives. Meanwhile, Kirin's back from college early. With Vanessa with Adam getting a test, will their one nightstand now be exposed? In our penultimate visit to Weatherfield in our high drama Coronation Street week, As the fire takes hold of the Victoria Court flats has Tracy got the ultimate revenge or will it turn into a nightmare? Having spotted Jack’s clothes in Jenny’s holdall, Maddie realises with horror Jenny is planning to do a runner with Jack. Jenny admits to Maddie how she wants to protect Jack, Maddie’s deeply concerned. As Maddie makes to leave, Jenny shoves her and bars her way but Maddie manages to distract Jenny and make a run for it. Can she get to Sophie and Kevin with the news before it’s too late? In Thursday´s Eastenders, Kim is stunned following Donna's bombshell but when she confronts Vincent, he denies having feelings for Ronnie. Kim makes an excuse to leave but when Vincent realises that she is going to see Ronnie, he calls Ronnie to warn her. Later on, Vincent heads to see Kim but what will he say to her? As the day continues, Roxy is also shocked after hearing a revelation from Ronnie, which sparks an argument between the sisters.

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

TV Pull-Out - 9

10 - TV Pull-Out

Friday 22nd May 2015

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, 1 represents G and 12 represents C, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

QUICKIE

Across

Down

1 Break into pieces (5) 4 Rely on (6) 9 Flyer (7) 10 Extreme confusion (5) 11 Look for (4) 12 Inspect (7) 13/18 Hallux (3,3) 14 Immense (4) 16 Computer nerd (4) 18 See 13 20 Aged (7) 21 Thought (4) 24 Fear (5) 25 Lift (7) 26 Fails to hit (6) 27 Snares (5)

1 Thinly scattered (6) 2 Similar (5) 3 Dislike (4) 5 Replace (8) 6 Deliberately vague (7) 7 Cloth for cleaning (6) 8 Norwegian composer (5) 13 Be resentful of (8) 15 Strip (7) 17 Rarely (6) 18 Hoops that cover wheels (5) 19 Stroke lightly (6) 22 Play (5) 23 Hit (4)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Swim, 4 Fast, 9 Opinion, 10 Minor, 11 Elect, 12 Terrify, 13 Nephew, 15 Scream, 19 Parable, 21 Roots, 23 Links, 24 Avarice, 25 Pass, 26 None. Down: 2 Whistle, 3 Minute, 4 Femur, 5 Sunrise, 6 Govern, 7 Dine, 8 Pray, 14 Piranha, 16 Curtain, 17 Master, 18 Remain, 19 Pale, 20 Basis, 22 Omit.

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 Across 1 They like to be heard in coves I find (6) 5 Will, from the rear, looks dowdy (4) 9 Allow rent (3) 10 Law-breaking flourish (5,4) 11 Guarantee semi-pro organisation (7) 12 Holy man not at home with drink (5) 13 Places church in takeover (6) 15 Found time went quickly (6) 19 Ensemble is of a capital city (5) 21 To reduce consumption is no good (7) 23 Waterproofs from Croatians (9) 24 Goods vehicle seen in the servants’ quarters (3) 25 Arouse feelings in prison (4) 26 Resent change of name (6)

Down 2 Writes about posture in frontier settlement (7) 3 Note start of play involves plants (5) 4 Transparencies of playground structures (6) 5 Actor’s assistant’s bureau (7) 6 Doctor is after a Los Angeles mission (5) 7 Make a mistake with undergarment raised (4,2) 8 Its purpose in sport is to eliminate passion (4) 14 Dachau certainly held a famous poet (7) 16 Chops a hundred pages (7) 17 No digs involved in administering drugs (6) 18 Dog consumed a minister (6) 19 Angry famous statue is returned (4) 20 A very hard stone to find in Wales (5) 22 Quintessentially in German town (5)

Down STANDARD CLUES 2 Distant settlement (7) Across 1 Articulates (6) 3 Desert growth (5) 4 Moves smoothly (6) 5 Bland (4) 5 Bedroom furniture piece 9 Allow (3) 10 Surge in lawlessness (7) 6 Famous US massacre (5) (5,4) 7 Make a mistake (4,2) 11 Make a pledge (7) 8 Form of energy (4) 12 Full-bodied ale (5) 14 Medieval English poet 13 Coup d'état (6) (7) 15 Copied (6) 16 Splits apart (7) 19 Capital of Bulgaria (5) 17 Medicating (6) 21 Futile (7) 18 Clergyman (6) 23 Wet-weather wear (9) 19 Hurting (4) 24 Cargo carrier (3) 20 Hard quartz (5) 25 Begin to wake (4) 22 German city on the Ruhr 26 Author Hemingway (6) (5) Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Golf, 4 Nash, 9 Heels, 10 Profile, 11 Moo, 12 Over there, 13 Attune, 14 Hassle, 18 Versatile, 21 Cow, 23 Retouch, 24 Guide, 25 Stir, 26 Rank. Down: 2 Open out, 3 Festoon, 4 Nipper, 5 Sport, 6 Chum, 7 Bite, 8 Severe, 13 Adverb, 15 Avenger, 16 Section, 17 Zither, 19 Rota, 20 Adult, 22 Wren.

FILL IT IN

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

3 letter words Alp Dam Dot Ego Etc Eye Fir Lea Nut Ode Opt Yes 4 letter words Ally Aloe Arts

Blue Boat Cash Clue Deed Dive Edge Elms Else Eyes Face Idol Limy Lore Loss Love Pale Pear Quiz

Rise Roes Rote Sage Sand Slop Spit Spot Stem Tire Toes Trod Twee Unit 5 letter words Adieu Alloy Cause

Costs Dealt Deeds Drops Ducat Elect Embed Igloo Inane Silty Solve Souls Spite Trail Traps Tress Vista Yours Zeros

6 letter words Edible Ethics Redact Serial Teacup Triple 7 letter words Antique Distort Sawdust Similar 8 letter words Scruples Spirited

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 1 Aceptar (oferta, propuesta, dimisión) (6) 4 Goose (domestic) (5) 9 Waterfall (7) 10 Spy (5) 11 Bears (animals) (4) 12 Mammal (8) 14 Sage (herb) (6) 16 Panaderos (6) 19 Pulsera (8) 20 Expensive (4) 23 Melodías (5) 24 Trapecio (en gimnasia, circo) (7) 25 Latón (metal) (5) 26 Skirts (6)

Down 1 Anchovies (salted, tinned) (7) 2 Helmet (5) 3 Pera (4) 5 Estadounidense (8) 6 Blowlamp (7) 7 Ensalada (5) 8 Hand (part of body) (4) 13 Enfermedades (agentes concretos) (8) 15 Principante (aprendiz) (7) 17 Chubascos (7) 18 Deudas (obligaciones) (5) 19 Baño (en bañera) (4) 21 Delante (5) 22 Frog (4)

Friday 22nd May 2015 Across 1 Ulmus americana is the botanical name of which large, ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America? (4,3) 7 What was the surname of the Italian composer whose operas include Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Otello and Aida? (5) 8 Which form of poetry that does not rhyme or have a regular rhythm is also called vers libre? (4,5) 9 Which type of submachine gun that is designed and manufactured in Israel, is used throughout the world as a police and special forces firearm? (3) 10 The biblical ‘garden of God’, as described in the Book of Genesis, is also known as the ‘Garden of (What)? (4)

11 What word meaning ‘a large indefinite number’ is derived from the Greek for ‘10 thousand’? (6) 13 Which verb means ‘to restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war’? (6) 14 In physics, what name is given to the units of energy or work? (6) 17 In Roman mythology, what was the name of goddess of the dawn (6) 18 What name is given to a raised platform at one end of a hall, usually reserved for officers, dignitaries, or speakers? (4) 19/5 John Simon Ritchie was the real name of which notorious punk rocker? (3,7) 22 Carthorse is an anagram of which name for a large group of musicians? (9) 23 What is the name of the fruit of the oak tree? (5)

SUDOKU (Hard)

Quiz Word

24 Which word can precede: chance, money, out, spacing, handed and song (4)

Down 1 Which type of gun, especially one fired from

TV Pull-Out 11 shoulder level, has a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance? (5) 1/4 Which British writer, broadcaster and politician who died in 2009, was the Member of Parliament for North East Cambridgeshire from 1983 to 1987? (7,5) 3 According to philosopher Bertrand Russell, which of the Seven Deadly Sins was ‘one of the most potent causes of unhappiness’? (4) 4 Historically, what name is usually applied to a person who dies for his or her religious faith? (6) 5 See 2 6 See 20 Across 7 What name is given to the edible flesh of a game animal, especially a deer? (7) 12 Which name is shared

by an American form of whiskey, an important European royal house and a chocolate biscuit? (7) 13 What nationality are the chess grandmasters Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov? (7) 15 What name is given to a small roughly-made building that is built against the side of a larger building? (42) 16 In ancient Greece, what name was given to a priest or priestess who made statements about future events? (6) 17 What is the Spanish word for ‘goodbye’? (5) 19 Which word can precede: age, station, walk, craft, man, ship and suit? (5) 21 What name is given to the part of a cell in a living thing that controls its physical characteristics, growth, and development? (4)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH CARNE Y PESCADO-MEAT AND FISH Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch. (Answers below)

general QUIZ

ANSEWRS: 1. Sleuth 2. Gottlieb Daimler 3. Double Bladed Axe 4. Iris Murdoch 5. Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia 6. A mushroom 7. Chad and Libya 8. Chamomile 9. Save the Children 10. J.M.W. Turner 11. Protagoras 12. Mona Lisa

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 1 Sorrow, 4 Diameter, 9 Rouge, 10 Holy Grail, 11 Peel, 12 Bros, 13 Socks, 15 Estuary, 16 Fore, 19 Rice, 20 Cathode, 23 Rumba, 24 Kiln, 25 Over, 27 Tributary, 28 Banns, 29 Contempt, 30 Debris. Down: 1 Shrapnel, 2 Roulette, 3 Oder, 5 Isles of Scilly, 6 Magistrate, 7 Thatch, 8 Relish, 10 Harry Redknapp, 14 Caricature, 17 Souvenir, 18 Neurosis, 21 Arctic, 22 Amnion, 26 Oboe.

la carne de res

el cerdo

la carne molida

el conejo

la chuleta

el cordero

la langosta

el jamon

la salchicha

el pato

las almejas

el pavo

los camarones

el pescado

la ternera

el pollo

los mariscos

el tocino Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1.asado, 2.el cerdo, 3.el conejo,

15.la salchicha, 16.las almejas,

j.mince, k.the lamb, l.the chop,

4.el cordero, 5.el jamon,

17.los camarones, 18.la ternera,

m.the shellfish, n.the turkey,

6.el pato, 7.el pavo,

19.los mariscos

o.the bacon, p.the clams,

8.el pescado, 9.el pollo,

a.the shrimps, b.the ham,

q.the rabbit, r.the fish, s.veal.

10.el tocino, 11.la carne de res,

c.the sausage, d.the pork,

12.la carne molida,

e.the duck, f.the beef, g.roast,

13.la chuleta, 14.la langosta,

h.the lobster, i.the chicken,

Soduko

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COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 22nd May to Thursday 28th May

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Your Weekly round-up of the soap news

Returning disappointed from their soap award defeat, the cast of Coronation Street are about to set the screen alight this week, quite literally, with an explosion, a fire, a kidnapping, a proposal, the revelation, revenge and even a murder or two, maybe! Broadcast every night from Monday to Friday, the residents of Weatherfield will find themselves caught up in a huge fire at Victoria Court but who is behind the blaze? There are surprises and shocks in store in each episode as secrets and lies are exposed. Tracy Barlow is out for revenge after Carla Connor unwittingly scuppers her evil plan to take over the Rovers with secret lover Tony. With her Rovers dream in tatters, Tracy will be consumed by rage for those she feels have wronged her Tracy chooses Steve and Michelle’s wedding day to bring the whole house of cards tumbling down. She tells stunned Liz McDonald about her affair with Tony before turning her attentions to Carla, sneaking into her flat as she sleeps. Does she have murder in mind? And when fire takes hold at Victoria Court it seems Tracy’s revenge has gone to a whole new level. Leanne is thrilled when Kal asks for her hand in marriage, and Maddie is stunned to discover the truth about Jenny Bradley’s plans for Kevin’s son Jack. The fire at Victoria Court is the biggest fire ever seen

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on Coronation Street and was created by Danny Hargreaves and his BAFTA winning team from Real SFX, the team also behind the Tram Crash and the Rovers Fire. Danny said: “This is the biggest fire and explosion we have ever worked on for Coronation Street. Bigger than the tram crash explosion and the Rovers fire. “We had 30 large gas bottles and a huge amount of explosives. A special effects team of six controlled the fire ignition and we worked alongside the fire-fighters from Rapid Fire who also work on a lot of film fires. “The temperatures within the sets were extreme and I was very impressed by the cast who did some of their own stunts. Everyone had to wear fire-proofed clothing and all the sets are coated to ensure that nothing actually catches fire. The fire can literally be turned on and off in seconds. “A set of the interior of the flats was built off site in a

huge warehouse. For the exterior filming a drone was used in some of the shots and we had to be aware of where that was at all times so we didn’t blow it out of the sky with the explosion! “The local fire brigade were advised of what we were filming but the effects were so realistic that a resident nearby heard the explosion and dialled 999. Even though they knew we were filming they still had to come out and check everything was ok.” We can reveal that Carla's flat was shot across 2 locations. At the beginning of the episode as Carla and Michelle prepare for the wedding, the flat is in the Coronation Street studio as usual and was shot on day 1. Once that filming was finished the set was stripped all of the dressings, including pictures and even the light switches, to be redressed in a completely new location - the Burn Stage situated in another part of Trafford Park.

Carla's Flat was completely re-constructed using a mix of fireproof materials called Superlux and a double skin of plasterboard and took 5 weeks to build and dress. New sets like Carla's bedroom and the Victoria Court hallway, as well as a duplicate balcony, were also built in this stage. Fabrics, soft furnishings and clothing had to be made from natural fibres and the filling of the cushions, sofa and the padded "feature wall" were re-stuffed using a ceramic wool. The exterior night shoots were shot between 7pm and 6am over a period of 7 nights and the interiors at the stage took 3 days. The fepisodes took 5 weeks to shoot and involved 80 crew members as well as most of the principle cast. There is no doubt that this week will keep Corrie fans on the edge of their seats, the only hope being that everybody remembers the drama in time for next year´s soap awards.

After another mammoth year in soap opera, The British Soap Awards looked back on the last twelve months of murder, mystery, make ups, break ups, trials, tribulations and tears, with Eastenders coming out on top, scooping up most of the awards. Having taken place at the weekend in Manchester, the event was broadcast last night on ITV where the five biggest soaps – Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – battled it out to win recognition for their work over the past year. In case you missed them, here are the winners in full. BEST BRITISH SOAP – EastEnders. BEST ACTOR EastEnders: Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale). BEST ACTRESS EastEnders: Kellie Bright (Linda Carter). VILLAIN OF THE YEAR Hollyoaks: Jeremy Sheffield (Patrick Blake). BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE - Coronation Street: Sally Dynevor (SallyWebster). BEST NEWCOMER Doctors: Jessica Regan (Niamh Donoghue). BEST STORYLINE -

detection! Another historic show bowed out this week, screened in the UK on Sky Atlantic, and that’s

Mad Men. After a poor start to the final season, it just then fizzed on top form with loads of references and appearances from past characters, that we have enjoyed since 2007. Of course it is a drama that you either loved or hated, but putting advertising agency business aside, it has been a gripping commentary on human relationships and prejudice, with writing and performances to match. To think that eight years ago we had never heard of actors and actresses of the likes of Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, and Christina Hendricks! The first time I was allowed to stay up to watch the Eurovision Song Contest was back in 1967 when Sandie Shaw

EastEnders: Who Killed Lucy? BEST SINGLE EPISODE EastEnders: The Live Episode. BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE - EastEnders: Kellie Bright (Linda Carter). BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP EastEnders: Laurie Brett & Adam Woodyatt (Jane Beale & Ian Beale). BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE - Emmerdale: Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor). SCENE OF THE YEAR Emmerdale: Donna’s Goodbye. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED BY WILLIAM ROACHE AND BEVERLEY CALLARD TO ANNE KIRKBRIDE. ANNE’S HUSBAND DAVID BECKETT COLLECTED THE AWARD IN HER HONOUR.

TRELI ON THE TELLY BYE BYE CSI WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

Amidst the recent list of US cancellations and renewals for the autumn came the news that it would be the end of the road for CSI after a groundbreaking fifteen years. It was the expected announcement after the current season (which ends tomorrow night on Channel Five) had a reduced episode order, but here’s the good bit. American network CBS are giving a cancelled show a rare chance for a proper goodbye with a two hour full length CSI finale in September, which brings back old favourites William Petersen (Grissom) and Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows), plus Ted Danson will be moving his character of DB

Russell over to the new CSI spin-off Cyber to team up with Patricia Arquette. CSI was the launch pad for a new and graphic set of TV police procedurals at the start of the century and has a deserved place in TV history for more often or not delivering on a regular basis. Its main struggle was William Petersen’s departure and the loss of humour with the introduction of Laurence Fishburne’s character Raymond Langston, which took the fun out of the show, which it got back with the arrival of Ted Danson. Subsequent shows like NCIS (and its spin-off’s) owe a great deal to what CSI did in breaking the mould of cop shows, as apparently do a

lot in the Stateside criminal fraternity who religiously studied the forensic techniques of the programme, in a bid to avoid

was the UK’s first winner with Puppet on a String. That year ’s show was staged in Vienna, and it’s back there tomorrow night on BBC1, but don’t look for any historical omens. The UK entry from duo Electro Velvet stinks and is a good candidate to be amongst the bottom four. The same applies I’m afraid to the Spanish entry from Edurne which sounds like a dirge last sung at a wake for General Franco, and some bookmakers even place it below the UK. Put your money on Sweden’s Måns Zelmerlöw and a song called Heroes, which shows the UK as to how it should be done, rather than entering a second-rate vaudeville act.

Motoring + from The Courier

Friday 22nd May 2015

Do you know your signs and Signals? As we go about our way on the road network, we are fed a constant supply of information and instructions, designed to keep us safe and advise us about various features on the road and route. Ordinarily, it is obligatory for road users to adhere to the instructions of traffic lights and road signs located immediately on your right, above the roadway or on top of your lane and, in the case of lanes where traffic can turn left or

go straight ahead, those located immediately on your left. However, sometimes some of the signs and signals can change and be replaced by alternatives, and so it´s important to know the priority in which we must adhere to instructions on the road. The first priority is always the police, law enforcers and officials directing traffic. If an instruction is given by one of these operatives, it overrules

any other sign or signal that you can see. This is sometimes apparent when a police officer might instruct you to cross a junction without stopping, or to stop on a road where it is not normally allowed, for example. Secondly are road works and diversion signs. To describe them another way, circumstantial signalling that modifies the normal operational status of the road and fixed signals. An example of

this is when traffic is directed onto the opposite carriageway or during works where the speed limit is lowered. A temporary speed limit on the road will always take precedence over the normal speed. Third priority is traffic lights, these must always be adhered to at all times, remembering to stop when instructed, but they can sometimes be overruled by the previous two circumstances.

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Police, law enforcers and officials directing traffic.

Semáforos.

Prioridad entre señales Artículo 133 Orden de prioridad 1. El orden de prioridad entre los distintos tipos de señales de circulación es el sigu-

Señalización circunstancial.

Vertical traffic signs. Señales verticales de circulación.

iente: a) Señales y órdenes de los agentes de circulación. b) Señalización circunstancial que modifique el régimen normal de utilización de la vía y

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Road works and diversion signs.

Señales y órdenes de los agentes de circulación.

Traffic lights.

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but the application may be limited to one or more lanes defined by longitudinal road markings. As a final note, if there is ever any confusion over situations where multiple signs or signals are present, the more restrictive type of sign will always take prevalence. For example, on a junction with a Give Way sign on a pole but Stop written on the road, the Stop instruction must be adhered to.

Vertical traffic signs are the next in our list of priorities, where we have a wide range of different mandatory and advisory instructions and warnings about road characteristics. Finally, road markings are the next priority on the list, although they too can be indicative of mandatory requirements for drivers and other road users. Any signals normally apply to the entire width of the road

Road markings. Marcas viales.

señales de balizamiento fijo. c) Semáforos. d) Señales verticales de circulación. e) Marcas viales. 2. En el caso de que las prescripciones indi-

cadas por diferentes señales parezcan estar en contradicción entre sí, prevalecerá la prioritaria, según el orden a que se refiere el apartado anterior, o la más restrictiva.

Friday 22nd May 2015

Motoring + from The Courier

Documents You Must Carry THE DOCUMENTS YOU NEED TO BE LEGAL When you drive a vehicle on Spain´s roads, it is compulsory for you to carry certain documents with you in the vehicle. The ITV Card An official document which relates to the technical inspection of the vehicle, the Inspección Técnica de Vehículos, or ITV. ITV Report Once your vehicle is 4 years old it will have to undergo the mandatory ITV test. The ITV report details what happened during that inspection. Permiso de Circulacion The Permiso de Circulacion is similar to what we might refer to as the log book for a vehicle, which contains information such as the number plate, the vehicle owner and other details. There are also some documents which are not compulsory, but it is advisable that you carry them with you too. Insurance Policy Carrying the insurance policy is NOT compulsory as the information is contained on a central computer, however, if you are involved in an incident you will need to know your policy details for the Accident Agreement. European Accident Agreement Again, it is not compulsory to carry the European Accident form, but it is advisable as it will help you ensure data is recorded correctly in the event of an incident. The forms are available in multiple languages and a laid out the same, so it also makes it easier for bridging language gaps. It is also not compulsory to carry the information relating to the annual tax paid to municipal town halls. It is mandatory though that the documents you carry are the originals, not photocopies. The only copy that is allowed is one that has been stamped and certified by a Notary. Notarised copies of documents are allowed, but that is the only exception. Visit the website, n332.es, for more information and samples of these documents.

BRADLEY BREAKERS,THE SCRAP SPECIALISTS Bradley Breakers have been scrapping vehicles in Spain for over 10 years. The specialists are now proud to announce their Expansion to Catral. After building up their successful business in Los Montesinos, they have now moved to new premises on

the industrial estate in Catral, which is triple the size of their old premises. The multilingual team travels across the Valencia and Murcia regions and takes care of all aspects of legally and correctly. Using their own grua, they also collect your vehicle and will carry

out all the necessary paperwork to see that your car is scrapped and the all important ‘baja’ is issued to you. Without the car being officially scrapped, you will still be registered as the owner, and will be liable to pay the annual Suma bills. Missing a vital document? Bradley

Breakers can also get the necessary duplicates for you, enabling everything to be done correctly and smoothly. They also sell second hand cars and can carry out the owner transfers and a breakdown service is available. Bradley Breakers houses literally thousands upon thousands of vehicle parts and accessories, all logged and catalogued in make and year from 1990 onwards,

making it the one stop shop for affordable, fully functional, working second hand parts. Everything from door handles and window regulators to alternators and complete motors are available with the team able to quickly source and advise on what you need and assist in any way they can. They can also recommend trusted local mechanics to fit your part if you need it. Everything has been fully tested prior to

being sold and a warranty is offered. New stock comes in daily, but they never know what is arriving, so if they don’t have what you need one day, it may well be there the next. The new Bradley Breaker site is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 6pm and Saturdays from 9am to 2pm. Bradley Breakers, Catral. Telephone 722211982. Or Whatsapp 965723270. Email bradleybreakerscatral1@outlook.com

Motoring + from The Courier

Friday 22nd May 2015

The Guardia Civil Motorbike The motorbike is one of the most useful vehicles that traffic police officers have. It is fast, manageable and able to outrun most cars on the road, whilst taking up minimum space and providing additional safety for both the rider and other road users. At the moment, there are two main types of bike operated by the Guardia Civil, the traditional and trusted BMW, and the more modern, and more powerful, Yamaha FJR 1300, which is gradually replacing the old workhorse. The standard BMW R1200RT was first introduced in 2005 to replace the R1150RT model and features a 1,170 cc flattwin engine with a sixspeed gearbox, with 109 hp and a top speed of around 200 kilometres per hour. By comparison, the FJR 1300 has a 1,298 cc inline-four liquid-cooled, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, electronic fuel injection engine, offering 141.5 hp. The bike under normal conditions has a top speed of around 240 kilometres per hour, although is considered more fuel efficient under normal road speed conditions. The new bike was introduced early last year to a few choice areas of the country, in order to test the vehicle under normal operational conditions, and will continue to roll out throughout the country shortly. Orihuela has just taken delivery of their first batch. The Guardia Civil in To r r e v i e j a currently use the B M W

R850RT, an 848 cc, a four stroke, two-cylinder, horizontallyopposed Boxer engine equipped motorbike, offering 73 hp and a top speed of 186.2 kilometres per hour. From a cruising speed of 60 kilometres per hour, the bike can stop in just 14.2 metres and from standing can go from zero to 100 kilometres per hour in just 5.8 seconds. It is scheduled to be replaced in the next couple of years. The Guardia Civil motorbikes are equipped with a range of safety and security equipment to allow the officers to perform their duties in remote locations. Like m o s t p o l i c e motor-

bikes, they are adapted so single seat models, allowing for more space to carry the equipment needed in their fixed, sturdy panniers. The bikes are equipped with sirens and lights and carry a fire extinguisher. They also have fixed holders and brackets for the PDA personal digital assistant and printers, so that nothing moves whist the bike is in motion. In addition, the officers carry documents to enable them to make reports when there is a minor accident. The helmets are equipped with Bluetooth which is connected to a radio in the rear of the bike so the officers can communicate with both the central control centre to enable them to request information such as number plate identification whilst riding,

as well as checking the status of the ITV, insurance and driving license

of the vehicle owner. The radio also allows direct communication

ple thought. Although if you think that means they canÂ´t test your

with their colleagues. In order to keep the bikes in premium condition, they are serviced by the official garages, BMW or Yamaha, every 5,000 or 10,000 kilometres depending on what the motorbikes need. In addition, the wheels are changed every 7,000 kilometres for safety reasons. Some of the bike had been fitted with cameras in the past, but these were part of a testing scheme for Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), they were not hidden speed cameras or radar detectors as some peo-

speed, think again, the Guardia Civil have a range of speed detectors, so you never know when or from where you are being watched. Although highly trained on the machines, in fact the training scheme is one of the most highly respected across European police forces, one of the unusual characteristics of the Guardia Civil traffic police is that all of the officers ride motorbikes and drive cars as part of their routine duties, so it is quite normal for the officers to be using different modes of transport on a daily basis.

Friday 22nd May 2015

Motoring + from The Courier

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Friday 22nd May 2015

Life

JEANETTE ERATH A few weeks ago I was chatting to a friend about Spanish life, and we both decided that Spain is not a perfect place to set up home. There are all the problems associated with paperwork that has many a Spaniard scratching their head, so for us foreigners it´s even harder, especially with the language barrier! Over my time of living here, I have had to deal with many different departments and been left many times open mouthed at the sheer difficulty in doing things, and this is with being able to speak the language. Where in the UK you can do most things by post, here in Spain it has to all be done in person, and this nearly always entails a journey to a major city and cannot be done in your local town. If, for some reason you are unable to do something or go to some, office then you have to pay someone else to do it for you. This aspect of Spain is very expensive, and I am

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constantly thinking that there must be a better way, however it is a part of life over here that we have to accept for the privilege of living in this country. As I was talking, I was reminded that it is amazing to live in Spain and it is easy to take it for granted as we

here for just a week or two and then have to head home to their mundane lives in the dreary UK, often working long hours and even when they have free time, not having the energy, inclination or weather to be able to go out and enjoy themselves. We forget that we are living in a

too hot and they prefer to go back to the coolness of the UK for a few months but that again is a benefit that is not possible for many. As I travel to Manchester every summer to collect my girls, I look at all the red and brown faces getting on the plane here at the end of their holi-

go about our day to day lives, trying to earn a wage or just relaxing at home. It is easy to forget that people pay a lot of money to come

holiday place, and that we don´t have to go anywhere in summer because summer is here. I know there are people for whom summer is

day, the excitement beginning to fade as the reality of life back in the UK begins to dawn on them. Then, as I board the plane to come

back to Spain, I see in the faces of the passengers, including my girls, the excitement and thrill of spending a week or two in the sun. I remember once again, in those few moments, of the good fortune I have being able to raise my son in this country and being able to survive here. I am so glad I came when I did and didn´t wait to retire here, and I just know that this is where I am meant to be. I hope those of you reading this are also aware of how fortunate you are to be living in the sun. Go out and enjoy everything this country has to offer, explore the local area and go further afield. Take a coach trip or get in your car and head off. Don´t make the common mistake of living here yet not seeing everything this place has to offer. It´s very usual for tourists to visit places that locals didn´t even know existed! My son has already

enjoyed several sunny days splashing around in the pool with his friends, exercising without even thinking about it and making the most of the fresh country air blowing around the garden. However, Spain isn´t perfect, but then where is? I hope you appreciate everything you have here, and share in the excitement of those not as fortunate, the people who only have two or three weeks to enjoy something we have all year. It´s easy to not appreciate our luck, but one look at a newspaper or the TV news should help us to value the life we have, including the freedom, but we have more than that. We have warm weather and a safe environment to walk the streets at night and to let our children play outside. Our parks are clean and our streets are safe. Have a great summer, and I´ll be back next week with more tales about living in this usually fantastic country.

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Desserts

Chocolate Creme Brulee Ingredients 2 large Egg Yolks, 40 grams Dark Chocolate, 100 grams Milk Hazelnuts - Original (Pacific), 30+20 grams Brown Sugar, Directions Preheat oven to 300°F (150C). Bring milk to boil in heavy large saucepan. Reduce heat to low. Add chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Remove from heat. Whisk yolks and 30 grams of sugar in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk in hot chocolate mixture. Strain. Divide custard among espresso cups. Add enough hot water to pan to come halfway up sides of cups. Bake until custards are set, about 30-40 minutes. Remove from water; chill 2 hours. Refrigerate overnight. Sprinkle each custard with 1 teaspoon sugar. Boil until sugar turns golden, about 3 minutes.

Key Lime Desserts Ingredients Fresh Pineapple, 1 fl oz Lemon Juice, 100 grams Agave Syrup,10 tbsp fresh Peppermint, 25 gramsChopped Ginger Bites. Directions Boil and simmer lemon juice, mint and 100ml water, until reduced to 1/4. Cut pineapple into 2-inch pieces. Place pineapple and lemon juice in a food processor; process until smooth. Add sugar; process 1 minute or until sugar dissolves. Mix in ginger. Pour mixture into the freezer can of an ice-cream freezer; freeze according to manufacturer's instructions. Cover and freeze.

Friday 22nd May 2015

Plate spinning

Food & Drink Spanish-style clams

Food that’s pointing in a particular direction is more appealing – which is why restaurants can charge you extra for it In what must be food’s biggest contribution to science since Newton’s apple, a plate of pickled onions has given us new insight. Small, halved teardrop-shaped onions, to be precise, arranged on a puddle of tapioca, sugar cane vinegar, peanut and fermented cream. Charles Michel, a chef with a keen interest in food psychology, came across this dish by the Michelin-starred São Paulobased chef Alberto Landgraf and considered how the pointy bits of the onions were intuitively positioned away from the diner. This, he thought, was interesting – according to other research, downward-pointing triangles are perceived as threatening. And nobody wants a scary pickled onion. The research that followed, conducted by Michel and his colleagues from the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at Oxford University’s department of experimental psychology, appears to have found the best way to plate food. They conducted an experiment online, and another with more than 1,600 participants at the Science Museum in London, asking people to rank their preference of the dish pointing up, down, right or left; then they were asked the rotate the plate to their favoured orientation. Of course, this depends on

what is on the plate – pasta will look pretty much the same however you rotate it – but with food that has an obvious visual “point”, they found diners prefer it to be directed upwards, or away. Not only was this the most visually appealing, people also said they would be willing to pay more for it (they also said they would pay more if it was angled to the right, but not to the left). “Sometimes chefs plate [food] in the kitchen and waiters take the plates out and often the orientation is not the same as the chef had it,” says Michel. “When I get a dish of food in front of me, I tend to move it to one side or the other, trying to find the place where it looks more visually comfortable. We are really animals that are driven by vision.” How food looks is perhaps more important than ever. “I’m sure some restaurants are preparing food now that is going to look good on Instagram,” says Adam Hyman, restaurant consultant and publisher of the CODE Bulletin. “I’m not saying chefs purely make

their food for that purpose, but they’ll have it in mind.” There are vague rules for presentation, he says, pointing to the idea that chefs always use an odd number of food items on a plate. (He admits to being a plate-rotator – mainly if the restaurant uses plates with a name or logo and it’s not positioned at the top – but only when the waiter’s back is turned.) But fashions in food plating make positioning tricky. Restaurants that insist on serving food on bits of slate, tiles or worse (the Twitter feed @WeWantPlates has the full horror) make it even harder for the hungry aesthete. What if the bacteria-ridden wooden plank is centred nicely in front of you, but the food on it is arranged in a challenging way? Which takes priority? Even white plates aren’t foolproof; Hyman has noticed a trend for large plates, with the food positioned off-centre and confined to a small area. “But if it’s on a plate,” he says, “that’s a big plus.”

Although conventional wisdom dictates that it’s better to eat shellfish in winter, clams are a great early summer treat. Sunshine, a glass of chilled white wine and eating alfresco are great partners for their delicate flavour. And, while clams with linguine is the classic combo, I think I prefer them cooked the Spanish way, with soupy, creamy white beans, which absorb all those shellfishy juices even better than pasta. Cooking dried beans from scratch is a cinch: just get them going one evening while watching a TV box set, and they’re good to go (plus you don’t really need to soak them overnight, although it does reduce the cooking time dramatically, especially if your beans have been hanging around a while). You will get a far softer, smoother result than with tinned beans, though I do keep some of those in my larder for emergencies. Pair with new season’s garlic and you have the makings of a special weekend dish. Follow with a slice of the best chocolate cake ever and make it a weekend feast. Clams and beans with summer garlic and vermouth The world’s going crazy for vermouth right now, with so many new brands to try. The sweet-savoury, slightly unfathomable flavour goes brilliantly with clams and delicate summer garlic. Serves four. 300g dried cannellini beans (or 3 tins) 1 bay leaf, 1 large handful parsley leaves picked and roughly chopped. Salt and black pepper, ½ head

new season’s garlic, 30g butter, 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 150g shallots, peeled and finely chopped, 150ml vermouth, 150g creme fraiche, 2kg clams If using dried beans, cover the beans with plenty of cold water and bring to a boil (if you’ve time to soak them for a few hours first, so much the better). Add a bay leaf, a few parsley branches, some peppercorns and a couple of cloves of the garlic, and simmer gently for a few hours, until tender. Season generously with salt, simmer for another 20 minutes, then remove from the heat. Finely slice the remaining garlic. Meanwhile, heat the butter and three tablespoons of the oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pan and add the shallots. Cook over a medium heat until soft and translucent, then add the sliced garlic and season. Cook for a few minutes, until the garlic is soft, then pour in the vermouth, bring to simmering point and cook for five minutes, to reduce a little. Add the creme fraiche, beans and parsley, simmer for a few minutes and season to taste. Put the remaining oil in a wide, deep pan and, when smoking hot, add the clams. Cover, shake and leave to cook for a minute, then add 200ml boiling water. Cover again, shake and cook for a few minutes, until the clams are beginning to open. As they do so, scoop them into the beans pot. Once all the clams have opened, tip the pan juices into the beans, stir in and heat through. Serve with good crusty bread and a glass of white wine.

Food & Drink

Friday 22nd May 2015

Cook once, make three meals with smashed peas With a little imagination a bowl of peas can be transformed into varied springtime recipes

Most of us have a bag of frozen peas lurking in our freezer, but it’s rare that we ever let them be the star of the show. be the star of the show. It’s a shame, because there is nothing better than the earthy sweetness of peas, and they absolutely love being combined with other flavours, whether it’s zingy lemon zest or fragrant curry leaves. Smashing them means they really absorb

their surrounding flavours. They also add a beautiful colour and texture to your plate.

How to make smashed peas 625g freshly-podded peas or defrosted frozen peas 75ml olive oil 1 Put the peas in a food processor and blend until you have a coarse puree, adding the oil as you go. Transfer to a container,

cover and keep in the fridge.

The bright brunch: Smashed peas and parmesan on toast with poached egg and pea shoots (pictured below) This is a really simple, clean-tasting plate of food that lets the peas shine. Brilliant as either a brunch or light lunch. Serves 4. 1 garlic clove, 150g smashed peas, 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus

extra to drizzle, 2 tbsp grated parmesan or pecorino. A small handful of mint leaves, shredded, ½ lemon, 4 thick slices of rustic bread, such as sourdough, 4 eggs, 4 handfuls of pea shoots. 1 Finely chop half the garlic clove, then crush with a pinch of salt. Stir this into the peas, then slowly drizzle in the olive oil, fold in the cheese and mint, and add a squeeze of lemon (keeping the rest of it for the pea shoots). Season to taste. 2 Put a pan of lightly salted water over a low heat and break the eggs into ramekins. When the water is gently simmering, use a spoon to create a whirlpool in the pan, then drop 2 of the eggs into the middle. Cook gently for 2-3 minutes, then scoop out, drain on kitchen paper and repeat. 3 Toast or grill the bread, then very gently rub the slices with the other half of

the garlic clove. 4 Quickly dress the pea shoots with a little squeeze of lemon, a dash of oil and a little seasoning. 5 Spoon the smashed peas over the toast and sit the poached eggs on top. Scatter with the pea shoots, drizzle with a little extra oil, and serve.

The spicy starter: Pea, curry leaf, mustard seeds and gram flour pancakes These tasty little numbers take seconds to whip up, but never fail to impress. The combination of Indian spices and peas is an absolute winner. Top with a fried egg for something more substantial. Makes 12-14, 125g smashed peas, 1 green chilli, seeds removed and finely chopped, A handful of coriander leaves, roughly chopped, A small handful of fresh curry leaves, ¼ tsp turmeric, 1 tsp brown mustard seeds, 200ml water,

150g gram flour, Olive oil, to fry, Yoghurt, to serve, Chutneys, to serve. 1 Heat your oven on a very, low setting. Put the peas in a large mixing bowl and mix in the chilli, coriander, curry leaves, turmeric and mustard seeds. Add a generous teaspoon of salt. 2 In a separate bowl, slowly pour the water into the gram flour in a steady stream, whisking constantly until smooth. Stir the pea mix into the gram batter, and a few drops of water to loosen, if necessary – you want it to be the consistency of double cream. Let it sit for at least 30 minutes and up to 2 hours. 3 Put a large frying pan over a medium high heat and add a splash of oil. Swirl it around to coat, then pour any excess into a cup. When the pan is hot, add 1 tbsp of the mix and immediately spread it out a little with the back of a spoon. After about 30 seconds, you will see bubbles appearing in the centre of the pancake and the edges will be light brown. Use a spatula or palette knife to flip the pancakes over. Cook on the other side for 20 seconds or so until golden, then keep warm in the oven while you make a few more. Sprinkle with a little salt, if needed, and serve with yoghurt and chutneys as a starter.

Friday 22nd May 2015

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DR MACHI MANNU Mention the prostate gland and most men will think of prostate cancer. The reality however is that prostate cancer is a rare cause of prostate disease and an even rarer form of cancer. The incidence of prostate cancer in society varies from 0.1% to 5%,

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and expert urologists have proposed that the higher rates of prostate cancer seen especially in western countries is due to indiscriminate referrals for prostate biopsies. The process of inserting a needle into the prostate gland to extract tissue for exami-

nation will cause an already contained prostate cancer to spread. The prostate gland is a naturally unstable organ. It experiences several growth spurts in the lifetime of a man, and this can lead to a number of well known prostate disorders. The first

growth spurt occurs between the age of 20 and 30, and usually doesn’t cause any problems but the next growth spurts which starts around 50 can cause problems. In most men, this growth phase will stop on its own after a while, but in some men, it continues unabated, and may cause obstruction of the urethra – the urinary tube that runs through the prostate. An obstructed urethra affects the normal flow of urine. It is important to realise that an enlarged prostate can be shrunken

using a number of scientifically proven natural remedies such as Saw palmetto, Pygeum africanum, zinc, manganese and grape seed extract. These agents work best when combined. The commonest disease of the prostate, one that we pick up very commonly from diagnostic scans, is Prostatitis or inflammation of the prostate. Inflammation of the prostate can be caused by a number of factors including microbial infections, poor nutrition, and accumulation of toxins. An impor-

tant point to note is that the 3 common disorders of the prostate – Prostate inflammation, Prostate enlargement and prostate cancer, will all give rise to a high PSA blood test. The PSA test is a very unreliable screen for the prostate gland. The diagnostic scan carried out at MedB is able to differentiate between the common problems of the prostate, saving you the stress and risks involved with unnecessary prostate biopsies. To book a scan call Dr Mannu on 965071745, 966189074

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Friday 22nd May 2015

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

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

Sue wanted to know how to get her new Spanish key- Rita was having problems with Skype being blocked by McAfee board working on her computer

Just a minor query regarding Spanish keyboards. I am unable to get the Spanish n with the tilde over it as in manana etc, even though there is a character key for it as it was a Spanish keyboard. We bought and installed a new Spanish keyboard yesterday and again the same is happening. When I press the key for n+tilde I just get ; or in capitals ; and pressing alt or alt gr does not make any difference. Not a big deal I know, but if I want to write in Spanish then I do need the proper keyboard so do you have any advice on how to fix this?

Hi Sue, yep it’s not that straight forward really, for what should be a simple change, but here goes…

1. Click Start , type intl.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. 2. On the Keyboards and Language tab, click Change keyboards. 3. Click Add. 4. Expand the language that you want. For example, expand Spanish (Spain, International Sort). 5. Expand Keyboard list, click to select the Spanish check box, and then click OK. 6. In the options, click View Layout to compare the layout with the actual keyboard. In the Default input language list, click Spanish (Spain, International Sort) – Spanish, and then click OK two times. 8. In the Regional and Language Options dialog box, click OK. Note The Language bar appears on the taskbar. When you rest the mouse pointer over this bar, a tooltip appears that describes the active keyboard layout. 10. Click the Language bar, and then click ES Spanish (Spain, International Sort)

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Hello - I wonder if you can help me. I accidentally said "block" when my McAfee Security asked if I wanted to block Skype and so now I can't access my Skype. How do I get back my Skype? My mistake of course but I don't know how to rectify it. Would appreciate your assistance. Many thanks - Rita Hi Rita, you will need to open up McAffee and do the following…

1. Open security centre 2. Go Web and email protection 3. Go to firewall 4. go to Internet connection for programs 5. Locate the program that you want to unblock and change its access to the Internet Update: Richard - thank you so much. I really REALLY appreciated your help. Well done. Regards - Rita

Michael was having problems with Microsoft ActiveSync and his Sat Nav system

Hi Richard, I am trying to install a programme for my sat nav and a programme called `Microsoft active sync` will not install as it says there is not an email programme installed for this. Obviously it will take live mail. It says it cannot complete the installation due to incompatibility problems check on line for a solution which I press but there is no solution for it. Is there anything I can do to install this programme independent from the sat nav installation set up? Hi Michael, I’m not sure why your installation is confusing Microsoft ActiveSync with an email application as the two are very different programmes. ActiveSync is used for some applications to synchronise data between your computer and a mobile device and in this case I suspect that you may be using Windows 7 as this operating system has its own synchronisation software and doesn’t use ActiveSync (that’s an older application used for Windows XP et al)

If you are using Windows 7 and your Sat Nav is compatible with this operating system then you should just be able to plug it in and Windows will setup or download ”Windows Mobile Device Centre” automatically for you.

Friday 22nd May 2015

Horoscopes Aries March 21-April 20 With romantic Venus in your chart’s zone of adventure, you should be in an easy-going, forward-looking mood in the weeks to come. Do not let advice from friends colour the decisions that you make now. People who are on your wavelength could also make you see how strong your hand is in a tricky situation, so take an independent approach.

Taurus April 21-May 21 The New Moon in your sign on Monday helps you to break free from recent problems and restrictions. If you focus on the future, not the past, you will find the right solution, so turn the page and look ahead. An unexpected conversation later in the week could also help you see how strong your hand is in a situation that preoccupies you now.

Gemini May 22-June 21 The New Moon gives you insight into your real feelings about something that preoccupies you now. With the Sun in Gemini from Friday, you will be better placed to ask for what you want, so put ambitious plans on hold until next week. If you slow down, you can also sidestep a financial problem. Patience is the key.

Cancer June 22-July 23 A certain dream is within reach this week, but do not share your thoughts with someone close. The time has not yet come to show your hand or to enlist support from those who count. You will recognise the moment to take action when it comes. Meanwhile, concentrate on social life. A new friendship will soon go from strength to strength.

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By Pandora Leo July 24-August 23 A certain dream is within reach this week, but do not share your thoughts with someone close. The time has not yet come to show your hand or to enlist support from those who count. You will recognise the moment to take action when it comes. Meanwhile, concentrate on social life. A new friendship will soon go from strength to strength.

Virgo August 24-September 23 A harmonious link between diplomatic Venus and the psychic planet, Neptune, eases recent tensions or misunderstandings with a loved one early in the week. An old ambition also comes into sharper focus, so work out exactly how far you are prepared to go to reach your goal. It could be easier to get what you are after than you now imagine.

Libra September 24-October 23 A harmonious link between diplomatic Venus and the psychic planet, Neptune, eases recent tensions or misunderstandings with a loved one early in the week. An old ambition also comes into sharper focus, so work out exactly how far you are prepared to go to reach your goal. It could be easier to get what you are after than you now imagine.

Scorpio October 24-November 22 The easy, flowing planetary pattern this weekend gives you insight and detachment. This could be all it takes to solve a problem that has puzzled you in recent weeks, so stand back and try to see the bigger picture. Monday’s New Moon marks a new chapter in your private life. A more fulfilling, forwardlooking phase is beginning.

Sagittarius November 23-December 21 If you deal with all unfinished business early in the week, you will be able to take full advantage of an unexpected chance to break new ground in the near future. What matters most is having extra freedom to manoeuvre, and trusting your own judgment, so ignore pressure to fit in with others’ plans and insist they let you do things your way.

Capricorn December 22 - January 20 Domestic chores and old commitments may have slowed you down in recent weeks, but Monday’s New Moon ushers in a more adventurous and fulfilling era. If you make it clear to someone close that you need extra space, you can avoid misunderstandings. It is now important to be open to the possibilities around you.

Aquarius January 21 - February 19 Changes in your home life and routine are due this week, when the New Moon falls in your chart’s domestic zone, so clear the decks in readiness for better times ahead. What you need now is extra time to follow up on recent leads and to pursue a very personal dream. An unexpected sequence of events later in the week could get you a lot closer to your goal.

Pisces February 20 - March 20 With romantic Venus in your chart’s zone of adventure, you should be in an easy-going, forward-looking mood in the weeks to come. Do not let advice from friends colour the decisions that you make now. People who are on your wavelength could also make you see how strong your hand is in a tricky situation, so take an independent approach.

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About

Golf

IVIE DAVIES There were no Chinese golfers participating in The Masters a few weeks ago and that perhaps is fitting as it's already been a rough spring for "the rich man's game" in China. At the end of March, Chinese authorities announced the closure of 66 "illegal" golf courses -roughly 10% of all courses in the country -- in an apparent attempt to start enforcing a long-ignored ban on golf-related construction. The Commerce Ministry said that one of its senior officials was under investigation for "participating in a company's golf event," thus putting him on the wrong side of President Xi Jinping's "eight rules" against extravagance among government officials. In Xi's China, being put "under investigation" is tantamount to being found guilty. Since embarking on his seemingly ceaseless anti-corruption campaign more than two years ago, hundreds of thousands of

officials at all levels of government have been put in the crosshairs. The biggest names caught in the web are called "tigers." That's not a golf reference, but China's current crackdown on the sport does show how pervasive and unpredictable Xi's crusade has become. China has long had a complicated relationship with golf, and Chairman Mao Tse-tung even banned it, denouncing it as the "sport for millionaires." Even after China opened up and golf reemerged in the mid-1980s, largely as a way to attract foreign investment, the sport was saddled with serious image problems. It's not hard to see why. The construction and maintenance of golf courses is particularly resource intensive. China is home to 20% of the world's population, yet just 7% of its fresh water and 9% of its arable land, one-fifth of which is polluted. Golf also remains prohibitively expensive in China

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CHINA FAR FROM BROKEN (this was one thing about which Mao was right) and it has earned a reputation as a

China. While it's been illegal to build new golf courses in China since at least 2004,

self-indulgent, elitist pursuit. In a nation of 700 million peasant farmers, only a small sliver of the population can afford to play the game. That small sliver should not include anyone living off the salary of a public official, but it often has over the years. At best, the public would view these backswinging bureaucrats as out of touch. At worst, they are thought to be totally corrupt. In Guangdong province, the birthplace of golf in modern China, an investigative team has been formed to crack down on officials who took part in any of nine golf-related activities. There's even a public hotline for reporting suspected golf violations. Over the past decade, however, not much seemed like it could get in the way of golf's meteoric growth in

no other country has built more of them over the past decade -- not even close. Beijing would say new construction is banned, while at the same time local governments would line their pockets with the proceeds from the boom. There didn't seem to be too many rules in all of this, but one was especially important: When building a golf course in China, don't call it a golf course. One massive project of note was known as "ecological restoration." There were crackdowns. But most were regional and temporary. And at the end of the year, you could always count on two things: a dramatic increase in the number of golf courses in China, and rumours that the Chinese government was about to legitimise and regu-

TITTER ON THE TEE

A father and son are in a restaurant, and he gives the young boy three pennies to play with so as to keep him occupied. Suddenly, the boy starts choking, going blue in the face. The father realizes the boy has swallowed the pennies and starts slapping him on the back. The boy coughs up two of them, but keeps choking, as the father panics, shouting for help. A well dressed, attractive, serious looking woman is sitting nearby reading a newspaper and sipping her coffee. At the sound of the commotion, she looks up, puts her coffee cup down, neatly folds the newspaper and places it on the table, gets up from her seat and makes her way, unhurried, across the restaurant. Reaching the boy, the woman carefully drops his pants; takes hold of his testicles and starts to squeeze and twist, gently at first then gradually more firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the last penny, which the woman deftly catches in her free hand. Releasing the boy's testicles, the woman hands the penny to the father and walks back to her seat without saying a word. As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no ill effects, the father rushes over to the woman and starts thanking her saying, he had never seen anything like that before, it was fantastic. Are you a doctor? " 'No,' the woman replied. I'm with the Inland Revenue...

late the industry. Just wait and see how many golf courses get built then, people would say. This past year, however, things changed dramatically. This current crackdown actually seems to be one of the rare times that industry rumours ended up becoming reality. Last autumn, everyone was abuzz with the unofficial word of up to 100 courses being shut down in the coming year. Construction had already almost come to a complete halt, and scrutiny seemed to be shifting to existing courses. This crackdown is indeed real and serious and it appears to be far-reaching. Courses on the tropical island of Hainan, where golf seemingly had the green light, have been

issues or just provide fodder for headlines. It will be interesting to see how many of the 66 courses on the government's list close, and stay closed. And it will be even more interesting to see what that land is being used for five years from now. And yet, in some ways, it seems to be business as usual in China! Just days before the latest golf crackdown was announced, it was widely reported that Tiger Woods had signed a $16.5 million deal to redesign two courses in China. The week after The Masters, Bubba Watson, competed in the $2.5 million Shenzhen Invitational, the latest international golf tournament to land on China's shores.

impacted, as have well-connected developers who most assumed would be untouchable. The focus of the crackdown appears to be not just a golf course's mere existence, but its impact on land and water supplies. These are valid concerns, especially in China, but who knows if the closures will really address those serious

Meanwhile, the Chinese government quietly continues to funnel an unprecedented amount of money into its national golf team, all in pursuit of those all-important Olympic medals. So what does this all mean? And what does the future hold for golf in China? Watch this space, but I suspect they are far from disappearing off the scene!

KNOW YOUR RULES

QUESTION

Ron was playing in a team match and tried to play a flop shot onto the green, but instead he shanked it and it hit his partner. The ball then rolled close to the hole stopping just a couple of inches away, and nothing was said because both players were laughing. Should they have called a penalty?

ANSWER In individual stroke play, there is no penalty on either player, and the ball is played as it lies, since the player the ball struck was an opponent. In a team competition as in the question, the person the ball hit was a â&#x20AC;&#x153;partnerâ&#x20AC;? and Ron will incur a two stroke penalty in stroke play or loss of hole in match play.

Friday 22nd May 2015

CHAMPIONS!

Lionel Messi's second-half winner sealed the Primera Division title for Barcelona, who claimed a narrow 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid

at the Vicente Calderon last Sunday. The Catalan side dominated for the majority of the first half but took until the 65th minute to open the

scoring and clinch the three points needed to seal their 23rd Spanish title with a game to go. Barca had goalkeeper Claudio Bravo to

ESPANYOL 1 REAL MADRID 4

A hat-trick from Cristiano Ronaldo at Espanyol on Sunday night could not keep Real Madrid in the Primera Division title race. Madrid's

win was rendered meaningless by Barcelona's victory at Atletico Madrid which saw the Catalan club crowned champions with one game

ATLETICO MADRID 0 BARCELONA 1

thank for holding the hosts at bay as they held on in the second half, where efforts from Messi and Neymar could have doubled their

margin of victory. The La Liga title is the first stage of a hat-trick that Barcelona are going for, with the Copa del Rey and Champions

League finals to come, with their final league match at home tomorrow afternoon to relegation-threatened Deportivo La Coruna.

was another bitter, if unsurprising, blow. Ronaldo did his bit, three more goals taking his league tally for the season

to 45, but the task was out of their hands. Christian Stuani briefly levelled for Espanyol following some awful Madrid defending, while Marcelo

was also on target for Carlo Ancelotti's men, who play their final league match at home to Getafe tomorrow evening.

RONALDO DOES HIS BEST

of the season to go. Coming at the end of a week in which Madrid crashed out of the Champions League, watching their bitter rivals

ILCITANOS STUNNED

Elche tossed away their chance of a final home win of the season as the Basque side pulled it all back in the last ten minutes to steal all the points on Sunday. Athletic's late show was even more the remarkable considering how badly they had played in the first half. The visitors could have fallen

behind as early as the seventh minute when Jonathas' cross-shot fizzed wide of the post, and midway through the half, Victor Rodriguez sent the ball crashing over the bar after a cutback from Faycal Fajr. Fran Escriba's side found the goal they deserved on 32 minutes, as Fajr played in Jonathas and

the Brazilian arrowed the ball past Iago Herrerin. Jonathas scored his and Elche's second goal on the stroke of half-time, finishing from close range after Adrian Gonzalez took a free-kick quickly, outfoxing the Athletic defence. Elche had a penalty shout turned down early in the first half as Jonathas' shot

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appeared to hit the arm of Mikel Balenziaga and at the other end Aritz Aduriz was shown a yellow card for venting his fury at not being awarded a spot-kick after he was felled in the area. Aduriz did manage to contribute to Athletic's comeback, however, playing in Aketxe on the left hand side of the area,

Torrevieja’s Club Natacion swimmers picked up a bagful of trophies in last weekend’s San Vicente Trophy competitions. Six trophies and a silver in the girls relay were great reward for all the efforts produced by the Torrevieja competitors. In the

and the midfielder powered his effort past Przemyslaw Tyton to make it 2-1. Seven minutes later San Jose appeared on the edge of the area to volley a loose ball beyond Tyton into the far corner and just moments later the defender thought he had won the match - but his close range effort was harsh-

ly ruled out for a foul. However, his side were able to celebrate a dramatic turnaround in injury time as Williams volleyed home, choosing a perfect time to score his first league goal for Athletic. Elche’s final match of the season sees them away to Levante tomorrow afternoon.

nine to eleven year category, Vicky Pigneur struck gold in the girls Alevin 100m Butterfly as well as a bronze in the 100m Freestyle. In the twelve years and over section, Zoe Connolly got two medals in the Infantil category, with gold in the 100m

Butterfly and silver in the 100m Backstroke. Silver medals also went to Paula Garcia and Elian Del Rio, and in a grand finale, Torrevieja were just edged out of the gold medal slot in an exciting Infantil girls four by 50m medley relay.

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Friday 22nd May 2015

TORRY FIGHT BACK

CD TORREVIEJA 2 UD ALZIRA 2 To r r e v i e j a ’s f r u s t r a t ing season that promised much but ended in the removal of coach G a l l i a n a i n F e b r u a r y, ended in a Saturday night draw at the Vi c e n t e Garcia Stadium, with all local eyes turning towards the new campaign in August. To r r e v i e j a

started the brighter of the sides, but Alzira seemed to have a plan in mind to isolate the To r r e v i e j a captain, d r a g g i n g Vi c e n t e f o r ward from right back before consistently pinging the ball into the space left. The warning signs were there and the plan worked when Jorge was left one on one on the edge of the Torrevieja area. He was unable to deal with his man and the ball was worked to Higon who shot into Oscar's far right corner to put the visitors ahead. To r r e v i e j a responded positively but it was Alzira who doubled their lead from a c o r n e r, P a l o m a r e s finding himself incredi-

bly lonely in the packed area and heading home powerfully. Again To r r e v i e j a pushed forward and just before half time were given a lifeline. A quick move saw Brani play a one-two with Rafa Gomez and cross low across the goal. Cristian arrived from the opposite wing to flick it home with his left foot to pull one back for Torry. The second half saw Torry’s Oscar produce a couple of great saves, as countless chances went abegging at both ends, before with eight minutes remaining, Cesar on as a substitute, put in a cross for Cristian to get his second and a share

OSCAR WINNER

Six trophies were awarded at last Tuesday night’s Gala Awards evening for CD Torrevieja staged at the Restaurante El Huertano, with the manager Pedreno announcing that he was looking to arrange a pre-season friendly against the stillPremier League side Hull City towards the end of July. He added that he would be keeping the majority of the Torrevieja squad and that he was after six new players to strengthen the team in key areas. Torrevieja’s mayor, Eduardo Dolon, presented the Player of the Year tro-

of the spoils, which might even have been better as Eddy saw a shot clear off the line

from a c o r n e r. Afterwards, club captain Jorge was presente d w i t h " T h e To r r y

Army Player of the Season" award, voted for by members of the supporters club.

phy to goalkeeper Oscar, who played in all 40 fixtures over the season, keeping 16 clean sheets. Rafa Gomez got two awards for top goal scorer and player’s player of the year. Adrian got the nod as most improved player, whilst Ruben took the young player of the year accolade. Meanwhile, the fans player of the year award, the Val Lancaster Memorial Trophy, went to Vicente Boix. It was a double celebration for Boix who won the encased signed Cristiano Ronaldo number seven Manchester United shirt in the raffle whilst it was a

second winner for as he claimed the end break for two Cabo Cevera hotel.

players and guests enjoyed themselves in what was a true night of celebration.

Oscar weekat the All the

MONTE’S HOME BLOW CD MONTESINOS 3 ALMORADI B 6

CD Montesinos were taken for six last Sunday afternoon as they conceded the highest amount of goals in their campaign against an

Almoradi B side in their final home match of the season. The fourth placed visitors thoroughly deserved their sixthree victory, with

Monte’s final game likely to be just as difficult as they go away to third in the table Dolores this Sunday with a 5.45pm kick-off.

Friday 22nd May 2015

Sport

Gossip THE KING IS DEAD….

JOHN McGREGOR

…and the Prince wants to leave. Last Saturday at Anfield, the Palace courtiers hadn’t read the script and Steven Gerrard’s last home match before moving to America ended sadly in a 3 – 1 defeat. The impertinent, disrespectful visitors from south London set about the Reds with a purpose and a vengeance that hushed the expectant

years while winning most major domestic honours the Premier League title missing, however. So on Saturday, Liverpool’s last home match of the season and Gerrard’s final home game was always going to be hugely emotional: it’s just the result was Crystallized into defeat but Alan Pardew’s men did him proud and their per-

win the young man few friends on the Merseyside streets, indeed he was booed while collecting his Liverpool ‘Young Player of the Year’ award this week. Yes, the brilliant talent is there, but has not been seen consistently enough as was perfectly evident on Saturday against Palace. Perceived lack of concentration and poor involve-

Liverpool crowd into stunned silence. In particular, and painful for the home crowd to watch, the Crystal Place striker Yannick Bolasie was a revelation, running Lovren and Skrtel ragged, and showing up the Red corner of Merseyside’s blunted attack for what it is these days: toothless. Stevie’s Big Day Out wasn’t meant to be like that. The Liverpool captain’s long record is impressive for club and country, both of which he has captained magnificently for many

formance bodes well for next season. In the wake of Bye Bye Stevie, we now have Sterlingate at Anfield, to take away the feeling of loss and replace it with real anger and bewilderment on the terraces. The nonLiverpudlian wonder boy is fast becoming wander boy, as Raheem Sterling does himself no favours this season, the 20 year-old currently resisting offers to pay him an obscene £100,000 a week. Sterling’s avowed wish to leave Liverpool will

ment in other matches speaks volumes to the loyal fans: they don’t like that at Liverpool. 100% commitment to the cause has always been a must-have quality at Anfield, something sadly lacking in Sterling – who is not irreplaceable*. And so the £64m question: where do Liverpool go from here without their talisman and driving force, and their gifted but wayward midfielder/striker? With Gerrard, though there is also a different problem, the

XAVI GOES

Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernández is leaving the club he joined as an 11-yearold to sign a lucrative threeyear deal with the Qatari side Al Sadd. Xavi, Barça’s appearance record holder and the club captain, is set to follow in the footsteps of his former Spain team-mate

Raúl, who played for Al Sadd between 2012-14. Xavi, 35, would also work with Qatar’s Aspire Academy, become an ambassador for the 2022 World Cup to be held in the Gulf state, which is one of Barcelona’s main sponsors, and and will also aim to start his coaching qualifications.

man is the last in a long line of Liverpool legends: Keegan, Dalglish, Hansen, Rush, Fowler, Carragher and many more illustrious names have now gone but remain part of Liverpool folklore. Where is the next legend coming from? It has to be said that for Liverpool to eventually finish fifth this season and qualify for the also-ran Europa Cup was a feat in itself, given the absences of two key players from last year. Just as Gerrard himself is ‘irreplaceable’ according to manager Brendan Rodgers, so was the unique 30-plus goal machine Luis Suarez, this season now settling in with dazzling consequences at La Liga Champions-again Barcelona. But just to make matters much worse, Rodgers’ other striker, England international Daniel Sturridge, also hugely prolific last season has been cruelly held back this campaign with injuries that threaten his career, the latest setback already taking him into next season. Just what did this huge club do to replace thoroughbreds like Suarez and supplement Sturridge? Well, they bought one old nag nearing the end of his time, and a very unpredictable previously-troublesome stallion that could not be shackled to the necessary job. Ricky Lambert and Mario Balotelli are just nowhere in comparison to Suarez and Sturridge, and the goals have dried up. The Leaving of Liverpool has seen an expensive exodus of extraordinary talent in recent years: Alonso, Mascherano, Torres, Reina not to even mention Suarez. Just why is that? What signs does that give out to young players to come to Anfield, as to say down the East Lancs road at Old Trafford? The present average Premier

League team just do not inspire respect and fear from the opposition as previous Liverpool sides have always done. The nearest pretender to captain courageous Gerrard’s throne is Jordan Henderson who has improved this season, but has a long way to go, and many battles to fight and win to prove himself acceptable as even the apprentice heir to the throne. Adam Lallana is taking time to settle at Anfield after a starstudded

Southampton rise to the big time as the Saints captain, but needs a regular run to establish himself as a Liverpool star. There is Coutinho and Can, but little else really to stir Red blood these days. Lovren and Markovic cost £40m, but don’t impress. Much thought must now be applied by the Fenway Sports Group who own Liverpool as to why the club is Europa-headed next season, and not Champions League bound as the Reds were this year. It’s going to be a very busy close season for beleaguered Brendan Rodgers and the club’s top management. One of England’s great footballing clubs stand hesitantly at the crossroads, uncertain which direction to go in, while their world-wide army of fans looks on, ever expectant and e v e r demanding of success.

Friday 22nd May 2015

TIGERS TAMED? It’s Showdown Sunday in the Prem, most issues are settled, but we’re down to the wire at the bottom - its Hull or Newcastle to go down with Burnley and Quite Pathetic Really*. Hull can only survive by winning against Man U, and Newcastle lose to West Ham– although the latter’s highly likely the way the Magpies are miserably ending this season. Reality says the Tigers are down, plus poor old Steve Bruce has substance-ial problems now at the KC stadium. The Loonies have long since taken over the asylum at Loftus Road*. The Hoops are going down in bottom place, courtesy of winning three of the vital last 14 crucial games of the season, while getting results like being hammered 6 – 0 last week. New manager? No sir, just the opposite, QPR-style that’s the way to get your temporary job made permanent. Barmpot boss Tony Fernandes has confirmed nice-but-useless Chris Ramsey is now the permanent head coach, while the incredibly-titled and exorbitantly paid ‘Director Of Football’ Les Ferdinand absolves himself of any relegation responsibility, (with many other backroom boys/hangers on) preferring to warble on about the ‘Gers youth policy – which all clubs worth their salt should have anyway. The massive loss in revenues dropping – back in Rangers case – to the Chumpionship should have engineered a clear-out of the management passengers that Fernandes has carried for far too long – but I bet they’re still there next season. Bring back Harry, I say (that’s a joke btw- but I wouldn’t put it past Poco Loco Tony to dig ‘im up).

Masked men marked men – deadly shooters – aka West Brom 3 Chelsea 0. This was no dull endof–season affair with little to play for, with a full-s trength Jose Mourinho Champions side against a vastlyimproved Tony Pulis side, both teams full of fight and passion. Topical question: has Diego Costa been ‘found out’ - a bit like Harry Kane seems to have be en at Spurs ? T h e Brazilian t u r n e d Spaniard is a spiky, easilyriled c haracter who takes no prisoners and just won’t walk away from trouble – most, but not all of which he initiates. The initially-successful goal-scoring machine that got Chelsea on the road

WONDERFUL WEMBLEY WEEKEND The three play-off finals are on consecutive days over this UK Bank Holiday weekend, all at Wembley. In the Championship for once the league positions were right, as it’s third v fourth, Norwich v Middlesbrough to slug it out on Monday 25th May at 3pm for the right to join Bournemouth and Watford in the Prem. The League One play off is this Sunday between Swindon and Preston, and the League Two affair tomorrow afternoon(Saturday)between Wycombe Wanderers and Southend: both those last two matches kick off at 5.30 UK time.

to the title has now slowed right down in s c o r i n g terms, albeit hampered by injuries. Now superc o a c h

Mourinho has a problem on his hands for next season with his only real main striker so brittle in his approach - and it would appear oppos i t i on de f e n c e s a re finding ways to ‘handle’ him. If Cesc Fabregas got away with be i n g s e n t off against Liverpool, the masked m a n ma de up for it o n M o n d a y, petulantly kicking the ball at t he gro u p of p l a y e rs m a s s e d a r o u n d b e s i e ge d re f Mike J one s who was trying to s o rt out C os t a ’s latest spat with the big B a ggi e s bru i s -

vs ers. Good job it didn’t hit Jones, the lucky one match ban would have be e n much l onge r: bad B l ues b e h a v i our, u n w ort h y of a Champions team. Ya Ya Ya, boyo! In Swales, Man City just got the better of spirited S w a ns e a , two g o a l To u re t he h e r o after the Swans had fought back to equali z e a f t e r b e i ng t w o down. The draw-bore specialists A rs e n a l have virtually sealed t he a l s o- ra n p l a c e s: City second, the G unne rs t hi rd a n d U ni t e d f ourt h w i t h Liverpool a way back i n f i f t h ( s e e ov e r ) . Like Chelsea, United have upfront striking p robl e ms , but the arrival of lively Dutch winger M e m p h is D e pa y c oul d soon re pa y h i s £ 3 1 m f ee a n d p rov i d e mi g h t y Old Tra f f ord with some excitement next season. Arsenal, yawn

have the FA Cup to d e f e n d , b u t wh a t a shellacking and calls f o r h is h e a d t h a t A r s e n e We n g e r w ill g e t if t h e G u n n e r s lose to Villa. It’s been an amazing season for Tim Sherwood, h is team and everyone at Villa Park. What could have been a nice weekend outing to the South Coast from the sea-starved M id la n d s turned in t o a n ig h t m a r e . Three quickfire first half goals saw an a m a z in g two m in u t e f if t y s ix second h a t t r ic k f o r S a d io Mane, the fastest ever in the Prem, but worse was to come as the Villains were washed away 6 – 1. With a result lik e t h a t it ’s a g o o d jo b Villa

aren’t submerging to the Championship, or Tim ’s tormenters would be turning up t h e t e m p e r a t u r e . Oh yes, it’s Gunner be an A s t o n is h in g d a y a t Wembley on Saturday M a y 3 0 t h ! Will t h e Liverpoolb e a t in g Villa have recovered and turn up, or w ill the Cup-holders experience prove too much?

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