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Friday 17th July 2015

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ENERGY PRICES FALL AS BETTER TIMES ARRIVE ALEX TRELINSKI

drop in electricity standing charges and a 20% fall in butano canister rates so far this year, coupled with falling petrol and diesel prices is leading to a bit more spare change for consumers around Spain, amidst revised upward growth rates for the country’s economy, just months before Mariano Rajoy’s PP government faces the Spanish electorate. Electricity standing charges are about to go down by an average of 2.1% across the board, or 2.2% for domestic consumers. A new bill of law was passed last week to cut the fixed fee for the supply, with deputy president Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría saying the government has now cleared its energy deficit which had caused prices to rocket. She stressed that the only element of electricity bills which the government is able to control is the standing charge, not the price per unit. In practice, however, about 60% of a typical electricity bill is made up of taxes, charges and the fixed fee for connection. Electricity bills have been multiplying in the last few

years and, in the last three, have increased by nearly 50%. Some critics though have slammed the imminent 2.2% reduction, saying it is too little and too late and merely vote chasing by the government with the general election set for the autumn. Bottled butano gas went down in price again this week, this time by 5%, but since the start of the year it has dropped by nearly a quarter, or 23.3%. A typical 12.5-kilo orange bottle is now down from 14.12€ to 13.42€ off the shelf, although consumers who have a delivery contract normally pay a surcharge of a couple of euro, and some petrol stations which sell them will charge a further euro for lifting them down from the rack. At the beginning of 2015, a 12.5-kilo orange gas bottle cost

17.50€, having nearly doubled in six years due to the government's energy supply deficit. Prices are reviewed every two months, and went down in May because the ministry of industry said this debt had been wiped out, similar to what has happened over electricity standing charges. In fact gas bottles should have gone down in price by 6.9% - but the maximum bi-monthly price adjustment is 5% either up or down, meaning costs cannot fall any further until

September. Prices at the Spanish petrol forecourts have been dropping by around four cents a litre on average over the last week, mainly through falling world oil prices, and the ruling PP government have upgraded their economic forecasts for the country, with the autumn general election looming. The economy ministry said the Spanish economy would create more than 600,000 jobs this year and start to chip away from next year at its debt mountain. It said the overall jobless rate in 2015 would be 21.1% - one percentage point lower than its previous forecast, though still one of the highest in the EU. It confirmed its new growth forecast for this year, which it has revised upwards from 2.9 to 3.3 percent. That is more than twice the 1.5 percent average rate forecast by Brussels for the Eurozone.

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ONWARDS AND UPWARDS

The bumper year for Alicante-Elche is continuing to be set to be a recordbreaker, with June’s figures revealing that over one million passengers travelled to and from the facilities at El Altet. It means that the airport has recorded four straight months of record figures, with just over one million passengers recorded for June, which is three per cent more than the same month last year, according to data supplied by airport owner, AENA. Over 40 per cent of the passengers were to and from the United Kingdom. The record figures mean there’s no surprise in the

news that the tills are working overtime in the airport’s shops with a projection of a 10 percent hike in business compared to last year. José Manuel Fernández Boch, AENA’s commercial director at Alicante-Elche said that the average spend per passenger using the terminal was 10 euro, with the biggest spend being by Scandinavian customers at close to 48 euro per head. He added that he expected a final total of 10 and a half million people to have used the airport by the end of 2015. Meanwhile, the news was not so good for San Javier

airport, due to the uncertainty in part over the longstanding move to Corvera, and more carriers opting to use Alicante-Elche. The facility saw just over 454 thousand passengers passing through the gates over the first half of 2015, some two percent less than the same period last year, which in turn was a fall on the figures for 2013. There was some comfort though that June’s figures showed a rise of over two and a half percent on the same month last year, with 90 percent of last month’s 144 thousand passengers coming from Britain and Ireland.

RIGHT OF WAY

PARK ROW

Work on a prestigious new park in the El Chaparral area of Torrevieja has been suspended by the new council administration who claim the project had run out of money, with some one million euros budgeted for the work. 48 people from the Mediterraneo employment workshop had been involved with the 40 thousand square metre area being scheduled for completion by the end of the year, with skateboard facilities, and water fountains as part of the reinvigoration of a former piece of wasteland. Before May’s local elections, the old PP council in Torrevieja claimed that the project was all running to schedule and would be finished before the end of the year. Development council-

lor Victor Ferrández said 142 thousand euro was spent on buying materials for the project without necessary contracts and proper plans being put into place. Meanwhile a public meeting has been arranged for Monday July 27th at Casa

Ventura in San Luis starting at 4.30pm to discuss what is going on with the park. Amongst the politicians attending will be exTorrevieja mayor, Eduardo Dolon and Victor Ferrández’s predecessor, Carmen Garcia.

Spain’s longest heatwave since 1975 is coming to an end with temperatures becoming more bearable, according to the Met office, with forecasters saying that the whole country will be experiencing “normal” July

weather this weekend. According to the National Grid, electricity consumption shot up by 13.3% in the first two weeks of July compared to the same period in 2014, because of air-conditioning units and fans on the

go constantly. Sales of portable air-conditioning and fans also went off the scale, and forest fires have been more prolific than ever with over 300 reported since the last week in June.

Two cars were involved in a spectacular prang in Elche last Sunday afternoon with four people including a young child being taken to Vinalopó Hospital. No serious injuries were suffered as

THE HEAT IS OFF

a result of the collision at the junction of Calle Reina Victoria and Concepción Arenal, with police working on the theory that one of the vehicles jumped a red traffic light signal.

TRIAL STARTS

The trial began this week at Elche’s Provincial Court of a British man accused of raping a woman that he met in an Orihuela Costa bar. The alleged incident happened in 2012, and he was arrested two years later in the United Kingdom on a European arrest warrant, before being brought back to Spain. Prosecutors have called for an eleven year jail sentence for the unnamed man who had consensual sex with the woman, before allegedly forcing her into extreme sex acts that he she did not consent to.

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BLACK WEEKEND Three people lost their lives in road accidents in the space of a few hours across the Vega Baja region last weekend. A 70 year motor bike rider died just after midnight on Saturday morning when he collided with a car on Avenida Maestro Francisco Casanovas in Torrevieja, and then at 5.25am a car driver died close to the village of La Aparecida near Orihuela, when the vehicle went off the road and crashed into a ditch next to the river Segura. Finally, a motorcyclist lost his life at around 9.30am when his bike was

in collision with a car on the southbound carriageway of the AP7 close to Almoradi. Meanwhile two cars collided (pictured) in Torrevieja on the Saturday afternoon on Calle Policarpo after one of them jumped a stop sign. One of the vehicles

slammed into the front of the Restaurant Lebache, whilst the driver of the car that didn’t observe the sign, showed no apparent injury as he did a swift runner from the clutches of the police who were interested in having a chat with him.

GORED TO DEATH

A 44-year-old French tourist was fatally gored during a bull festival in the northern Alicante province town of Pedreguer, close to the Denia and Javea areas of the Costa Blanca. Officials in Pedreguer said the man had been standing

with friends when he was gored by one of the bulls at 1.00am on Tuesday morning during the event held as part of the town's summer festival. Doctors could do nothing to save him and pronounced him dead at the scene. The man had been in

the town with a group of friends to watch the bull festival, which was cancelled on the Tuesday and Wednesday “as a sign of mourning for the death of the visitor". The fatality came as Spain's most famous bullrunning festival, San Fermin in Pamplona, came to an end on Tuesday. It is the third death by goring recorded at festivals across Spain in recent weeks, although none of them were at Pamplona, though during the first run last week, two Americans and a British man were gored, with a total of ten people being injured during the week long San Fermin celebration.

NO LAUGHING MATTER

Two British women have had their spirits deflated in Benidorm after being arrested by the police for selling laughing gas at five euro a pop to mainly British tourists. The unnamed women, aged 20 and 24, filled helium balloons with N2O, or nitrous oxide, using a pump from a gas bottle, and customers would then inhale the contents by mouth. The end result is to produce an attack of uncontrolled laughter, but N2O can cause death, unconsciousness, or brain damage. The women were selling

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the doses of N2O in one of the many expat-run bars in the Rincón de Loix area, and known to Spaniards as 'the English district'. Police raided the bar in the early

hours of last Sunday morning, seizing over 100 gas capsules, dispensing bottles, 200 euro in cash and piles of balloons waiting to be pumped up.

POPULAR EL POZO

Murcia-based meat manufacturer, El Pozo, is the most consumed Spanish brand in the country, only beaten into second place in the overall standings by the international giant that is Coca Cola, according to a survey produced by Kantar Wordlpanel, The Brand Footprint report shows that El Pozo is the top brand in the Murcia region, along with three

other regions whilst nationally 79 percent of Spanish householders buy its products at least eight times a year. Coca Cola has a market penetration of 80 percent, whilst the survey puts Campofrio third on 75 percent, and drinks manufacturer, Don Simon, on just under 62 percent. The map shows the most popular products per Spanish region.

NEW OPTION

A different stretch of Torrevieja coastline is looking like becoming the council’s favoured option for a dog beach, following complaints from some La Mata residents about having one in their area. Beaches

councillor, Javier Manzanares, has said that a rocky area south of Cala Piteras linking up to Punta Prima looks like being a strong possibility for the facility having personally inspected the site.

Torre In Tune

Around 10 thousand people are expected to visit Torrevieja’s Electromar Music Festival at the city’s Antonio Soria park which starts this Saturday night at 8.00pm and runs for twelve hours until the Sunday morning. Some 40 acts will be performing on three stages, with tickets priced at 24 euros each. Police are advising non-ticket holders to stay well clear of the area because of the expected traffic congestion.

MAN CLEARED Elche’s Provincial court have found a father not guilty on two charges of raping his two-year-old daughter and infected her with the human papilloma virus (HPV). He had been accused of assaulting the

child at his home during one of his usual access visits following his separation from the girl's mother. The man remains though in custody as he faces other sexual abuse charges.

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CATCHING CRAB

Blue crabs are threatening marine species along the Costa Blanca with a number being found along Spain's east coast, including one being found in recent months at Guardamar del Segura. Researchers from the University of Valencia have been monitoring developments with the aim

of stopping them spreading around the area. The Atlantic blue crab comes from the western Atlantic Ocean and is a predator that threatens all kinds of Mediterranean mollusc species like cockles and jellyfish, as well as some types of fish, leading to concerns from local fishermen.

POLA PIGS

A group of Vietnamese pot-bellied may have been abandoned on the Sierra of Santa Pola, with one young piglet unable to be saved by volunteers due to last weekend's high temperatures. Members of Proyecto Cuatro Patas (Project Four Paws) have

been combing the high ground above Santa Pola in search of other pigs who have proven to be a popular pet for some people, with more cases of the breed being found abandoned in recent years in rural areas of Alicante Province.

A LOAD OF BAGGAGE

Budget airline Ryanair is taking legal action against a group of baggage handlers who have been on strike at Spain’s busiest airport for more than a month. Ryanair says the ongoing walkout by a ‘small minority of’ its ground crew at Madrid’s

international airport is illegal, and is asking a labour court to bring it to an end. The workers, hired by the Dublin-based airline to handle checked luggage, called an indefinite strike in late May in a dispute over pay and working conditions.

DEAD BODY CAUGHT SHORT RIDDLE

A man's chopped up body has been found in a suitcase which was discovered dumped in the Rabasa Lakes, a few kilometres out of Alicante City. The gruesome find was made by the Guardia Civil last Friday (July 10th) after a group of young bathers who swim regularly there told the authorities that they had seen some floating bags and cases since the end of June. The Guardia said that

the body could be that of somebody aged between 40 and 50, and that he could be non-Spanish because of the type of one of the dentures that he had. The Guardia are working on the theory that he had been killed over a "settling of scores" and his body was found naked. The state of the corpse means that identification is likely to prove difficult. The area is normally used to dump weapons and stolen cars.

An EasyJet flight had an unscheduled French stopover in a problem over a water shortage as it was taking British holidaymakers to Alicante-Elche airport last Friday. The Airbus A319 was flying from Newcastle to El Altet when it diverted to Charles de Gaulle Airport on the outskirts of Paris. The plane had a limited water supply

and the flight crew decided to land at Europe's second busiest airport to fill up its tanks, causing a two-hour delay for passengers heading to the Costa Blanca. The Luton-based budget airline said the flight landed as a precaution, and the water that was running low is used in boilers which make hot drinks, and lavatories.

Eight elderly residents died and eleven others were injured in the early hours of last Sunday morning as a fire swept through a nursing home just outside the northeastern city of Zaragoza. The blaze happened at the Santa Fe home and investi-

gations pointed to a mattress catching fire in a first floor bedroom of the three-storey home. The occupant of the bedroom died as well as a next-door neighbour, whilst those in the bedrooms directly above also passed away from smoke inhalation.

HOME TRAGEDY

BAIL POSTED

A Madrid court has freed a Chinese businessman accused of leading one of the country's biggest money-laundering scams after he posted bail of 400 thousand euro. Gao Ping was arrested in 2012, accused of leading a gang that allegedly laundered 300 thousand euro a year as well as dodging taxes, bribing officials, and forging documents. A judge at Madrid's National Court granted Gao conditional release after he paid the bail sum last week, but the judge confiscated his passport and ordered him to check in with the court weekly. Apparently mem-

bers of the Chinese community clubbed together to raise his bail money. Gao, aged in his late forties and reportedly from Zhejiang in north-eastern China, owned art galleries in Madrid and Beijing plus businesses in Cobo Calleja, a huge Chinese trading estate in southern Madrid. He was arrested in October 2012 along with about 80 other suspects, mostly Chinese but also including Spanish police officers, authorities said at the time. Police said they seized 10 million in cash during raids on the gang as well as guns, jewels and art works.

SPLIT DECISION

A Spanish catholic group wants segregated beaches in order to avoid the “sins of the flesh”. The traditionalist sect called Pedro Menéndez de Avilés posted a call on its Facebook page decrying mixed beaches, "Catholics, preserve your decency in summer too, don’t go to

mixed beaches!” "The scenes that you see on mixed beaches are often close to sin," added a spokesman to reporters at a news conference "The nudity of the bodies and the prevailing hedonism can weaken the devout soul," he added.

NO FUN AT THE FAIR

Panic broke out at the fairground next to the Bilbao Exhibition Centre after 22 people became stuck at the top of one of the rides last Saturday night, some 50 metres above the ground. A type of horizontal big wheel with swings which shifts from side to side at the top of a pole, the ride, set up for the El Carmen patron saint fiestas in Barakaldo near Bilbao, ground to a sudden halt at around 8.00pm leav-

ing horrified occupants suspended at over 162 feet up in the air for up to four hours. Local firefighters but their ladders were not high enough, which meant a further delay as another fire engine from Bilbao had to be called out with a longer ladder, arriving at about 21.45hrs. The people who were trapped on the ride were lifted down in pairs, with the whole process taking around two hours.

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WATCH THE BIRDIE!

Some Swiss tourists got more than they bargained for when they were filming along the coast of the Cíes islands, off Galicia in northern Spain earlier this month. The holidaymakers were filming a seagull on a clifftop wall when suddenly the feathered fiend snatched their GoPro video camera and took flight, to the horror of the pair, who can be heard shouting in Swiss German. The video of the incident, uploaded to YouTube, shows the bird tentatively making its way towards the camera, before picking it up and flying away, recording some incredible

shots of the sheer cliff face and the crashing waves below. Amazingly, the “natural drone” did not drop the

camera and landed a little further along the clifftop where the GoPro was recovered by its owners.

SUDDEN END

A 51 year old balloon pilot from Sitges died and six others were injured last Sunday

when a hot air balloon crashed during the European Balloon Festival in the

Barcelona area. The craft crashed into an embankment as it was about to land.

MOJACAR & ALMERIA CITY

With more than 3000 hours of sun per year Mojácar has the perfect climate to be enjoyed on an all year round basis. Mojacar has a long, multi-faceted history which stretches over 4000 years. Populated by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, and Moors, it still remains an intersection of many cultures. It is located within an hour’s drive from the provincial capital of Almercia City. Mojacar is actually comprised of two distinct areas: Mojacar Pueblo (town) and Mojacar Playa (beach), roughly 2 km apart. . Mojacar Playa (beach), With hotels, shops, bars, restaurants and golf resorts make up a low rise beach resort with an apparent Andalucian style. In the opposite direction lies the town of Garrucha a slightly livelier resort centre for people who prefer a bit more action. Mojacar Pueblo (town), a whitewashed hilltop village with a picture book

setting, nestling in the foothills of the Sierra Cabrera mountain range overlooking the beach resort of Mojacar Playa with its seventeen kilometres of uncrowded sandy beaches. The Pueblo offers a good choice of local crafts for sale, quaint bars and restaurants offering menu del dias. For lovers of history there are the remnants of its Moorish past with its old city gateway, its fortress like Iglesia Santa Maria and many more Moorish structures. For those who wish to venture further afield, Almeria City is a city just begging to be explored with sightseeing and shopping, monuments, museums and art galleries, bars and restaurants or a simple stroll along the seafront promenade. A historical city with a modern feel, Almeria City has something for everyone and makes an ideal day trip destination though one visit will undoubtedly be the first of many. The

main city attractions, and must do places to visit, are the old quarter of the city, the ancient Alcazaba fortress and the City Cathedral. All of the above is on offer with Davids Coachtrips SL, on a half board basis, from 31st August - 4th September, including a day trip to Almeria City, using the 4* Best Mojacar Hotel. This hotel stands directly in front of the sea, and is a few minutes away from the golf course, offering a choice of swimming pools, gymnasium, spa/massage area, day & night entertainment ,buffet restaurant with national & international cuisine. All rooms have balconies, hairdryer, satelitte tv, fridges, and free Wifi. 5 days 4 nights for only 285€ per person this is the ideal end of summer excursion in a perfect location for relaxation. Reservations can be made online at www.coachtripsonline.co m or by calling direct on (0034) 966785910.

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WEEDED OUT

SWIMMER SAVED

A 61 year old drowning woman was saved by a fellow swimmer, after she got into difficulty in waters close to Santa Pola's lighthouse last Sunday. Reports suggested that she had been drinking at a local beach bar before

deciding to go for a dip. Bathers spotted her torso floating upside down on top of the water, and they got her onto the beach, with a SAMU medical team managing to revive her, before she was taken to hospital.

GUARDIA HEROES

FAREWELL HABANERA Police have swooped to close down a cannabis club in Orihuela. Last Tuesday’s operation saw teams of National Police officers linking up with Orihuela’s local police to smoke out a build-

ing on Calle San Agustin, with around a dozen people arrested in an operation that saw the road closed for an hour and half. Drugs and money were seized by the police in the raid.

FASTER LINK

Alicante’s newly elected mayor, Gabriel Echavarri, has given the green light for a bus shuttle service to be introduced between the high speed AVE train station in the city and Torrevieja. The previous administration said that shuttles were inpractical due to congestion and parking but Echavarri said he wanted Alicante to be good neighbours, and he added that he did not see taxi drivers losing out under the

measure, which will also include a shuttle service to Benidorm. Torrevieja and Benidorm have been running shuttle services since last summer to the AVE station at Villena. A new “Express Parking” unit opens at Alicante-Elche airport this Tuesday. The facility will allow motorists to park free of charge right in front of the terminal building for up to 15 minutes, before “higher than average” tariffs kick-in.

A loggerhead turtle called Habanera is safely back in familiar waters having been released into the sea off Torrevieja last week close to the Real Club Nautico, having spent almost a year recovering from severe injuries caused by a boat propeller. He was spotted injured some 70 metres from la Cala de la Higuera and

then rescued by a team from the Ark of the Sea of Valencia, who nurtured Habanera (named after the annual choir festival) back to full health. Habanera’s progress and travels will be closely monitored by a microchip in an identical way that other turtles like Lola (released last year) have been followed by scientists.

Two Guardia Civil officers rescued a two-week-old baby boy from a submerged rubbish container after a dog walker heard his cries for help. The unnamed man was passing a children’s play area in Mejorada del Campo, near Madrid, on Wednesday morning when he heard the tot’s wails, and he called the police. Guardia officers arrived on the scene, but were initially unable to find the infant because he’d gone silent. They contacted waste collection workers, who raised the container above the ground. The dog walker and police officers then trawled through the trash, and eventually found the youngster, who had been stuffed inside

a rucksack, which had then been placed into a bin bag and thrown away. The infant was taken to Henares Hospital, where doctors found he was breathing normally and discovered he’d eaten earlier that morning, and had not suffered any serious injuries. The Guardia arrested the mother, a Colombian aged 37, who was identified from a baby bottle found in a backpack with the baby. The bottle came from the hospital where he was born at the end of June. The woman had three other children and lived close to where the baby was found in Mejorada del Campo, a town east of Madrid. The Guardia said the baby is in good health.

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ALL SHOOK UP AT THE SHOPS

I hate going shopping with my wife. Nothing personal, you understand. I hated going shopping with my mother, too. 'Have you noticed how YOU happen to be the common denominator in things you don't like doing?' Mrs S has just observed. 'A mind doctor would find that most interesting methinks.' I'm trying to find a witty and biting response to that comment but all I can come up with is: 'Phooey!' Anyway, what was I saying? Oh, yes, I hate going shopping -- whoever I'm with. I'd rather spend a wet weekend in Wigan than go traipsing around the stores. Actually, I've nothing against Wigan. I went for the letter W alliteration in what I've just written because it reads funny. But as my old English Literature teacher advised me after he'd marked (low) one of my essays: 'Never sacrifice the truth for the sake of a cheap laugh.' I think what prompted his remark was the title I had applied to that particular composition -"Shakespeare's Unknown Play: Show Us Your Knickers, Elsie." I had great respect for my old English Lit teacher. He was a sincere and lovely

man and, come to think of it, I believe he was from Wigan. Anyway, I have now completely lost the plot and shall have to break off for a cup of tea and a biscuit to gather my thoughts. . . Hello, I'm back. I hate shopping. I believe my negative feelings stem from a traumatic incident many years ago when I became separated from my mother in the ladieswear section of a heaving department store. There we were, Mother and me, ambling along past the elasticated frocks rail when suddenly she

launched herself into a scrum of determined shoppers slugging it out threedeep around a counter bearing the sign EVERYTHING REDUCED. Left on my own and believing I would never see Mother again, I went into lower lip quiver mode. Fortunately, a sympathetic sales assistant witnessed my distress and escorted me to the manager's office where I was plonked onto a chair and given a biscuit and mug of orange juice. 'Don't worry, lad,' the manager, a nice man, said. 'We'll soon find your mum

for you.' I gulped down some juice and mumbled: 'I don't think so, Mr Nice Man. It's not that I don't particularly believe you. It's just that everybody lies to me in the end.' 'Now then, lad,' said the manager soothingly. 'I wouldn't fib to you. I can't tell you how many frantic mothers and lost children I was able to reunite when I managed our Wigan branch.' Despite my distress, I couldn't help but affix a sardonic smile to my youthful face. 'Mother does not do frantic,' I said. 'Most likely she'll come to find me after she's nipped home to feed the dog.' The nice manager patted me reassuringly on the head. 'I can't keep calling you lad, lad, so why not tell me your name and where you live.' 'My name is David but I don't know where I live.' 'Never mind,' said the nice manager. 'Tell me how old you are.' I took a deep breath and counted up the years I had been on this planet. 'I'm 24,' I answered eventually. 'But,' I went on, 'Please don't assume that I'm being childish. If I appear childlike -- and there is a difference between childish and childlike -- it is because I am feel-

ing out of my comfort zone and I tend to revert to yesteryear when I am in certain situations.' Holding out my orange juice, I added: 'Do you think I might swap this for a tot of rum?' Mother was not best pleased when she found me later. 'Why did you tell the store manager that you didn't know your address?' 'Because, Mother, I honestly don't know where I live any more. Look, I got married three weeks ago but instead of going home to Mrs S after work, I have to report to you first at my old house. Surely, that's not normal.' Mother sniffed. 'It's certainly not normal to run away from your mother while she's shopping. Anyway, I need you at my house in order to feed and walk the dog.' 'Why can't YOU do it?' I asked. 'Because I'M out shopping,' Mother replied. 'Well, why can't Dad do it?' I further asked. 'Because he's tired after slaving away all day in the shop,' Mother further replied. 'Dad's got a job?' I furthest asked. 'Not exactly,' Mother furthest replied. 'He's too busy picking losers in the betting shop.' 'Why are you telling such

blatant lies?' gasps Mrs S as she reads this over my shoulder. 'Your father worked hard all his adult life to support his family. You have no right to slur his good name.' 'I know, I know,' I shrug indifferently. 'But why let facts spoil a good story.' Anyway, where was I? Oh, yes, all Dad's money was going on the horses. Consequently, our family was going to the dogs. 'Don't talk to me about families and dogs,' grumbled my best pal Eric the dentist after my disastrous shopping trip. 'My mum wanted a dog but my dad was opposed to the idea. Guess what happened?' 'How should I know?' I said impatiently. 'You're the one telling the story.' 'Okay, okay, Mr Grumpy,' said Eric the dentist. 'My mum visited the kennels in Wigan and bought a puppy anyway, thus presenting my dad with a fait accompli.' After my exhausting day, I eventually arrived at my new marital home and was chatting to the new Mrs Grumpy. . I mean Mrs S. 'Eric the dentist's mum has bought a dog,' I announced. 'It's a fait accompli. Must be a French breed but I've never heard of it.'

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Jeanette Erath - Learn Spanish

SPANISH MADE EASY ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás? Espero que estés bien, ¿te gusta el calor? A mi me encanta el calor, odio el frio, por eso España es mi país preferido para vivir. ¿Has ido a la playa o la piscina? Mi hijo está todos los días en la piscina, le gusta mucho nadar y jugar con sus amigos. El jueves pasado fui a Alicante con mi hijo y un amigo, disfrutamos mucho todo el día. Fuimos a la playa, las tiendas y el castillo de Santa Bárbara, lo recomiendo a todos. Fuimos en tren porque ni mi hijo ni yo hemos viajado en tren por España, fue una experiencia maravillosa. Yo pude descansar un poco y disfrutar de las vistas, tampoco tuve que buscar aparcamientos ni pagar por ello. Espero que cuando leas este artículo estés leyendo en voz alta con el fin de oír las palabras y los sonidos, piensa en el movimiento de la boca, como se hace los sonidos, y como suenan. Utiliza cada oportunidad para hablar en español y también escuchar el idioma, de esta manera vas a aprender más y más y al final lo entenderás casi todo. Leer libros y periódicos está muy bien para mejorar

tu vocabulario y gramática pero para poder entender bien el español hablado es necesario hablar, y escuchar. Esta semana vamos a continuar con la pronunciación, la semana pasada hicimos algunas combinaciones de letras con vocales y cómo se pronuncian, esta semana vamos a concentrarnos en otras formas de letras: Empezamos con dos vocales que se pronuncian fuerte, por ejemplo: empleado, estéreo, europeo, impermeable, todas estas vocales son fuertes, los vocales débiles son I y U, pero en estos ejemplos tenemos los vocales fuertes: A,E y O. Entonces, como son fuertes hay que pronunciar ambos sonidos por separado, piensa en sílabas, la primera palabra es empleado, las sílabas suenan así: em ple ado, puedes ver que hay un sonido corto entre los vocales. Entonces, ¿cómo se dicen las palabras con vocales débiles? Por ejemplo abierto, el énfasis está en la vocal fuerte, las reglas son iguales con todos las palabras con vocal fuerte y vocal débil, como: australiano, baile, estudioso, fuerte. Si hay dos vocales

débiles pues el estrés está en la segunda vocal: suizo, cuidado, ruido. Hay excepciones, y en estos casos es imprescindible poner un acento (tilde) en la letra que suena fuerte, por ejemplo: asiático, frío, miércoles, natación, policía, televisión. La letra U, cuando el propósito de la letra U es cambiar el sonido de la consonante, para hacerlo sordo en lugar de suave, como en las palabras portugués y guisantes, no se usa como vocal y en reglas normales no se aplican. Entonces recuerda las normas de la pronunciación en español, eso es el estrés está en la última sílaba en todas las palabras además de aquellas que terminan con una vocal o las letras S o N, con estas palabras el estrés está en la penúltima sílaba, también las normas no valen en aquellas palabras que tienen un acento, y el estrés está en la letra acentuada. Espero que practiques tu acento cuando hables y también escuches cuando oigas a una persona española nativa. Como siempre, que tengas una buena semana ¡hasta la próxima!

News

Friday 17th July 2015

RENEWAL OF EUROPEAN DRIVING LICENSES EU driving licenses are valid for driving throughout the Spanish territory. The renewal of EU driving licenses requires the holder to undergo psychometric aptitude tests and be legally resident in Spain.

REBOLLO BIG BLAZE

A forest fire just three hundred metres away from a La Marina beach was brought under control by firefighters last Sunday. A helicopter and two planes were brought in to control the blaze which was threatening Rebollo beach and a campsite. Around three thousand square metres of woodland was destroyed in the blaze which experts say was almost certainly started by one or more individuals showing little consideration for the danger of fire.

WHO NEEDS TO RENEW? The latest EU Directive 2006/126/CE states that holders of EU driving licenses that have expired or are about to expire need to renew their license. Holders of EU driving licenses that are valid indefinitely or for more than 15 years for Group 1 (AM, A1, A2, A, B & BE) or valid for 5 years or more for Group 2 (BTP, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE) need to renew their license providing they have been legally resident in Spain for 2 years since 19th January 2013. TWO EXAMPLES EU license holders that are valid indefinitely or for more than 15 years, who are legally resident in Spain before or up to 19th January 2013, should renew their driving license from 19th January 2015. EU license holders that are valid indefinitely or for more than 15 years, who are legally resident in Spain since 6th June 2014, should renew their driving license from 6th June 2016. HOW TO RENEW This can be done in the local office of the Spanish Traffic Department, by calling 060 and making an appointment, or online at www.dgt.es DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED • Official application form (available from local Spanish Traffic Dept. or download from www.dgt.es) • Proof of identity and residency • EU driving license. Original and a photocopy • Results from psychometric aptitude tests from recognised and authorised centre • A recent photograph 32mm x 26mm IN THE INTERESTS OF ROAD SAFETY These procedures have been implemented to comply with driving license regulations (Directive 2006/126/CE) in an effort to help increase road safety in general. Countries of the European Union have a single driving license for all 28 members, in a drive to harmonise the more than 110 different types of driving licenses currently in circulation. We hope the information provided in this article is of interest. If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902 123 182 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

NOT BOTTLING IT

Pilar de la Horadada council is looking to increase the amount of glass recycling across the municipality, in an aim to boost the close to 400 thousand kilos that were recycled last year. Additional collection points have been installed around the area, with the aim to boost the figure by 35 thousand kilos, especially during the height of the tourist season when bars and restaurants have more bottles to get rid of. It’s all part of a national campaign to increase recycling awareness, which as the bins show, has a touch of humour about it!

Friday 17th July 2015

TULL THE NEXT TIME

Jethro Tull guitarist, Martin Barre (pictured), was one of the top attractions at the 2015 San Javier Jazz Festival to wow the enthusiastic audience at last Friday’s gig, writes Andrew Atkinson. Birmingham-born Barre, 68, who was in the band for over for over four decades, and whose album sales exceed 60 million, has worked alongside some of the world's top stars - including Paul McCartney and Phil Collins. Having been on the same stage as Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, Barre's presence in Spain was one to be devoured. Barre, voted

25th best Solo act ever in America, and 20th best Solo ever in the United Kingdom, for his playing on 'Aqualung', won a Grammy Award in 1988, playing on the album: ‘Crest of a Knave’. 'I suspect there may be a Jethro Tull T-shirt in the audience!' said Barre, who played a mixed set including Lennon and McCartney’s Eleanor Rigby. 'Tull was a Blues Band in the beginning and that's what I'm trying to get back to', said Barre, who also performed their classic track, Crossroads'. Barre then boarded a plane to Italy straight after being on stage in San Javier, after a rare treat for Tull fans

and giving a chance for the audience to hear some tracks not performed for many years. Barre’s band included Richard Beesley, who has recorded and played with Michael Buble and Mark Ronson and toured with The Stylistics, The Supremes and Temptations. Another blast from the past at the festival was Texas-born singer-bassist, Larry Graham (pictured with singer Ashling Cole), was part of Sly and the Family Stone in the late sixties and early seventies. Larry Graham, inventor of the electric bass slap technique, literally got the crowd dancing to the music as he performed

with his Graham Central Station band. 'Ve came to Spain especially for you, we've been waiting for so long', said Larry, who became a Jehovah's Witness, and is credited with introducing Prince to the faith. In 1998, he recorded a solo album, in collaboration with Prince, and he has also toured with the reclusive musician since the late nineties. Larry, who told the audience he was influenced by his mother, performed noteworthy songs 'Can't stand the Rain', 'Roller Coaster' and the iconic hit 'Dance to the Music', as well as Prince’s 1999.

THE BIG DISPLAY

Hundreds of people converged on the La Mata area of Torrevieja last Friday (July

10th) for an event that commemorated the work of the Spanish armed forces.

ACT OF MURDER

The brand new drama group called A.C.T.S. which is made up of a mixture of novices and members of the former Dramatic License company, are set for their first show, which is a Murder Mystery night at The Club in Quesada on Friday July

24th. The event starts at 7.30pm and entry costs 12 euro which includes a two course meal and entertainment from singer, Ricky Patton. For more details about joining A.C.T.S. contact Tony Goddard on email: newleaf2014@hotmail.co.uk

There were all kinds of displays including police dogs catching villains and the lat-

est military vehicles to look at as well parachutists landing on the beach.

BRIAN REMEMBERED

The Just Brass band recently played a concert in memory of their founder member Brian Bewicke which raised the bumper sum of 400 euro for the Maria and The Pink Ladies cancer charity. The picture shows band

members Cliff Morton, Stuart Burnley, Jayne Illingworth, Nicky Dick, with Sheila Bewicke presenting the donation at Collies Bar in St Miguel de Salinas to Pink Ladies representatives Carole Weaver and Sue.

Local News & Events

FIESTA TIME

Classic cars (including an old American police vehicle) and motorbikes took to the streets of Benijófar last weekend to celebrate San

Jaime, with the festivities culminating in the big traditional evening street parade tomorrow evening (Saturday).

After the winding up earlier this year of the Torrevieja Costa Lions Club due to falling membership and new blood wanting to take up the administrative reins, the club has handed over the final tranche of money to deserving local causes. A staggering 400 euro washanded over by exLions President, Iain Bennett, to the Vecinos de San Miguel Archangel and

their President, Manuel Gomez Costa, as the balance of a concert last year featuring JB Brass and the Barbershop Harmonisers. The Lions have been delighted to be able to assist Manuel and his many international volunteers in San Miguel over the years, and since the Lions club folded in March, they have given out over 11 thousand euro to local charities.

FINAL ROAR

Friday 17th July 2015

Friday 17th July 2015 Check Out: www.thedogyouneed.com

Peter Singh & Pets

Email: peter@thedogyouneed.com

FOUR THINGS TO LEARN

When I visit people to analyse the behaviour of their dogs, one of the main points I make is that a dog comes into our lives to teach us things. Some dog owners will take it on board and their lives change dramatically in a very positive way but sadly others fail to take notice. So here is your chance and my wish is that you read carefully here as to what a dog has to teach you. Your dog will be so happy you did and I simply cannot stress this enough. Dogs are on this earth to teach us four things. They are as follows:Teaching One: Dogs have no ego. When I was younger, I though only footballers and movie stars had egos, but I was wrong. We all do. Ego is the thinking that I am right and you are wrong. It is the "Who do you think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking at?" mentality. It is what causes wars throughout time and much suffering. When you drop the need to be right, you are allowing happiness into your life. Like I say to people now, "I would rather be happy than be right". Imagine if someone does something horrible to you in life. You have two choices.

The first is to fight back, which will cause you misery. The second is to ignore it, which will give you balance and peace. Teaching Two: Dogs have instant forgiveness. I have worked with dogs who have been physically abused and even sexually abused by human beings,

but when I work with them,they show instant forgiveness and give me a chance, although I am a member of the same species that did the wrong to them. Instant forgiveness is an amazing thing and it takes away the bitterness that can grow inside you for years and therefore ruin

your life. I used to rarely forgive and it made me a very bitter person. I now forgive and bitterness is no longer part of me, only peace is. Teaching Three: Dogs live in the now. Not the past or the future, only the now. Many humans live in a negative state, which is either

thinking about the past, or thinking about the future and sadly never living in the now. That is why, when a dog walks down the street, they notice the beauty of the floating butterfly, but the human rarely does, as they are wrapped up in thought and not the present moment. All you ever have

in life is the present moment, so learn from the dog and live it to the fullest. Teaching Four: Dogs follow calm. Many humans in the world follow chaos and anarchy. Look at the world at the moment and the mess it is in. A lot of this is caused by humans not following calm. Give a dog a choice to follow either a calm person or an erratic person and they will follow the calm person a hundred times out of a hundred without fail. So nurture calm in your life and not chaos. So there it is: - the teachings of a dog. Now you have a choice to make. Turn the page and forget about what you have just read or make the most amazing change in your life and follow what our furry friends have to teach us. The choice is yours. I so sincerely hope you follow the latter, as I did. Then you will forever know the wisdom of a dog. www.thedogyouneed.com is my registered charity, where we rehabilitate the most severely abused animals. Visit the site to learn about our work and if you can help us out in anyway. It will be much appreciated and thank you in advance.

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

BAILEY Bailey was abandoned with his two sisters in a cardboard box by a basura. They were in a good bodily condition but were a little overheated after being confined to the box in direct sunlight; a fact that obviously didn't concern the person who put them there. They are six weeks old and have started to receive the necessary vaccinations. Please contact the kennels in Dolores directly on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com for an appointment or more information.

DINO Dino is around 18 months old and is a lovely, friendly boy. He is a Podenco cross and has been in a foster home for over four months now, is great with other dogs and has been neutered. Call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

EMILY Born in March 2014, Emily and her brother were small puppies when they were found running down a busy road. Her lucky brother has been adopted, but Emily is still looking for a loving home. She has a lovely nature and would be a joy for her new owner. To meet Emily, please call 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

KITTENS APAH has lots of kittens, all of different ages and colours. They are all looking for a loving home to make up for such a hard start in life. If you want to meet them please call 630 422 563 or 616 210 850

R H Y V R E , B R U C E , A N D W I LLI S

This trio of beautiful 11 week old pups are very intelligent and sweet and very good with other dogs and cats. They spend their days playing and are very affectionate, and will be medium to large when fully grown. For more on these adorable puppies please phone PEPA helpline on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

ROXIE Roxie is a beautiful very intelligent 15 week old pup, who is sweet and has the most amazing blue eyes. She is very good with children and is currently being fostered with three. For more info on this adorable girl please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail .com

Friday 17th July 2015

Tony Mayes - About Life

OWN GOAL OF RIP-OFF CHARITIES

Charities are out of control in Britain - well, perhaps that’s an over-statement, but there is more than a grain of truth in it. I welcome David Cameron's intervention having agreed to act to "curb the shameful tactics of charity fundraisers". The main target are charities' "boilerroom" tactics in targeting the elderly and vulnerable, and even those they know are suffering from dementia, as they try to extract money from them. This was prompted by the infamous case of 92-year old Olive Cooke (pictured) who took her life earlier this year because the way she was affected by all of the hardselling pestering charities, especially those on the phone. There will now be a major crackdown on the charities' excesses, and not before time. Britain used to have a great reputation for being the most charitable nation on earth, but that was before the whole charity empire became big business and their bosses got the salaries people doing the giving could only dream of. Like everything else in life, whenever financial greed takes over, everything goes to pot and it's the same with the charity "industry". Charities used to be relatively small groups of people getting together to do good in a community but now the big boys have moved in and there are charity shops everywhere. We counted seven in a 100-yard UK shopping street and that's absurd. And as the number of charity shops has grown, so have the prices they charge for goods - so much so that they are in grave danger of killing the goose which lays the golden egg. Here in Spain my wife and I are heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the Help at Home Costa Blanca charity shop in Playa Flamenca, where a man's

summer shirt would cost between one and two euros. Last week in Chichester, similar shirts were on sale for 6 pounds and 6 pound 50 each. At these prices they are comparable to those on sale new at Primark and at weekly markets. It was the same story in the women's section, where dresses and skirts were for sale at more than double and nearly treble the prices in Spain. Let's not forget that all the items offered for sale have been donated free by the public, so, potentially, every penny raised is pure profit. Charities are getting too greedy for their own good and are quickly gaining a very bad reputation. Action needs to be taken quickly, otherwise people will think twice before giving anything and that will hit hard those people the charities are supposed to be helping. I hope the government's Charities Commission will require charities to justify themselves a whole lot more than they have in the past. There are moves afoot in England and Wales to allow large stores to open longer on Sundays and about time too, as Scotland have had them open for years! When the government loosened up Sunday shop opening two decades ago, they put a restriction on the large supermarkets, requiring them to open only between 10am and 4pm. This was a sop to the Bishops in the Lords, but now there are plans to allow local councils to make the final decision on extending opening hours. This is crazy. You will have one council allowing opening for ten hours, another for eight hours and nobody will know when the stores will be open! We have a government elected to make decisions and we don't need decisions like these left to the whims of

councillors. Elsewhere, the government wants to speed up the development of brown field (old factory and industrial sites) to provide more housing. They will do it by removing planning powers from councils with Whitehall making the final decision. The problem with planning in local hands is that there is always nimbyism - people who don't want any development in their own back yard. And a councillor is often under pressure to look after the interests of neighbours rather than the greater good because of the need to preserve electoral popularity. This nimbyism has slowed down the building of much needed new homes for decades and the situation has become ever more serious because it creates a housing shortage which pushes up house prices. You’ll no doubt see the irony in the government removing powers from councils over planning applica-

tions but giving them the final verdict over local shopping hours. It smacks of hypocrisy. Let’s go to Sunderland in the north-east of England and the story of a six year old kicking a pensioner's walking stick and swearing at him in a park. A concerned 23 year old passerby decided to confront the foul-mouthed youngster and promptly shoved a bar of soap in his mouth. That was after witnessing the abuse and actually rushing into a shop and buying the soap, before shoving it into his potty gob! The man may well have received a pat on the back by the boy's parents and police in Victorian times, but not today. The mother complained to police and her reaction was to say her son had sworn but "kids do that kind of thing." The man was given a 12-month conditional discharge, and was ordered to pay £85

court costs and a £15 victim surcharge. The case provoked a storm of comments on newspaper websites with the majority condemning the mother's attitude. Here's a shining example of what has gone wrong in society - a parent not accepting responsibility for properly disciplining a child. No, it's not right to shove a bar of soap into a child's mouth, although it's what happened to cheeky kids a century ago. P.S. I've just read this to my wife and she can recall that when she was at junior school, if a youngster swore at a teacher or a prefect, the culprit would get the soap punishment. And that was 60 years ago. A lot has changed in 60 years and a lot not for the better. Finally the most appalling news story of the week was that of a couple in Scotland who had a car accident and remained critically injured in

the vehicle for three days until they were found. She died on Sunday, and at the time of writing, it wasn’t known how long after the crash the man passed away. They lay unfound despite reports to police that the couple were missing and another report of a passing motorist who reported an accident. By the time the police finally discovered the car just off the M9 in Sterling, the male driver was dead and the woman passenger was critically injured, having several broken bones and damaged kidneys due to dehydration. Not surprisingly the families of the couple are disgusted at the handling of the matter by police. The chief constable has since apologised, but I would like to see every single police officer involved in the fiasco sacked. It's questionable whether criminal charges could be brought against the police for such negligence - I hope they can. Clearly the public expect and deserve far better than the police gave to this poor couple last week. The local MP is on the case and says you don't expect people to be lying injured near a busy road for days in the Third World, and certainly not the First. I hope he makes these” not fit for purpose police” squirm. There may of course be another dimension to all this, as the police are now claiming that there are problems coping with demands on the service following severe financial cutbacks and the creation of a pan- Scotland police force. Is it a case of the left- wing Scottish Nationalists who run the country being so fixated on providing welfare benefits to all kinds of people, that they are forgetting other essential services. If so, perhaps the Scots may quickly end their love affair with Sturgeon and her SNP.

ISSUE 2 - 17TH JULY 2015

Lifestyle

Friday 17th July 2015

Accessorising For Your Holidays From beaches to fields, it’s important to look your best out. Burberry has retained their trademark pattern for their bags and accessories, but throwing in a blast of summer colour, with yellow and orange mixing well with their otherwise autumnal overall feel. Desigual have also not let us down with their splash of colour when it comes to bags. Like a psychotropic drug fuelled paintball fight has taken place at their design room, the colours leap rather than flow, but when combined with the shoes, and your own little touch of magic, t h e Wherever you choose to holiday this summer, it´s crucial to look and feel the part and remain glamorous throughout. This week, we’re having a look at camping, which is no longer about muddy fields and wellies, it has become modern and, dare we say it, even glamorous in places. Glamping, as it has become known, adds the glamour to

camping, and as Shivam said, “There's always glamour of pain even in pleasure” For now though, we´ll glamorise for the beach, with a range of shoes and bags from the likes of Burberry and Desigual being top of our choice. As we´re right in the middle of the summer sales, it is the perfect time to grab a beachwear bargain. Starting off with footwear,

we´ll kick off with Desigual. With floral patterns and a nautical feel of rope-like and canvas featured surrounds, their key range this year is like a flower festooned yacht for the feet, setting sail into a summer of sensational style, with bold colours and prints that will make your feet really stand

combination is like a rainbow of joy and happiness, glowing from your extremities. One final accessory to consider accompanying our footwear and bag range is a must for the beach, and perfectly acceptable for camping too, but an accessory we perhaps would consider being one of fashionable interest, the deckchair. Many believe that London´s Royal Parks started the trend for designer deckchairs back in 2010, although the concept first began in 2006, when illustrators, designers and cartoonists all collaborated to create incredible works of art. You can design your own with either prints or photo-

graphs through companies such as eyeswidedigital.com, one of the companies behind the park project, and with a price tag of 85 pound, it´s not much to become your own beach trend setter. They also make great gifts, so the manufacturer says, adding that little extra to your garden or patio, as well as the beach. For your home you might consider a picture of your cat, for example. Talking of cats, we have a little feature on them this week too. Back to the deckchair though, if its not your cat, it could be your family, grandchildren, favourite scene from your last holiday, your friends, or going back to the idea of designing your very own work of art, from scratch, and be the envy of your neighbours too.

printed designs for around 40 pound, John Lewis selling the components of a frame and replacement sling for a combined price of under 60 quid, and even the likes of Tesco getting in on the deckchair market. The prices do vary depending on

Mainstream DIY stores in the UK have also got in on the deckchair act, with the likes of Homebase selling

to work out how to carry it to the beach along with all our other bits and bobs we need for a fund day out.

where y o u shop, but it has to be the ultimate accessory to your accessories, your own designer deckchair. Now we just have

Lifestyle

Friday 17th July 2015

Lifestyle

Friday 17th July 2015

The New Face of Special K

A Trumping Tribute

Former model Tess Daly launches their new look

Prepare your puddy for a rich tribute

TV presenter Tess Daly has been unveiled as the new face of breakfast cereal, Special K. Kellogg´s had announced a “multi-million pound overhaul” of the cereal´s marketing strategy, with a new brand ambassador appointment being part of that review. Seen most recently fronting Strictly Come Dancing, Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly began her career as a model, as did husband Vernon Kay, before the celebrity pair hit

For altogether too many reasons, he is a well known American businessman around the world, with his recent comments on immigration causing him no end of trouble, and no end of media spotlighting, but Donald Trump is now finding a whole new level of fame thanks to the creativity of Instagram users. He has seen sex toys made in his image, received death threats, abuse, and praise, but this time it is all in the interest of fun, as his trademark toupée is imitated, on cats! The process takes just four simple stages. First, you brush your cat. Second, you gather the hair that you just removed from your cat and form it into a shape. Place the shape back onto your cat´s head, in the image of a toupee, photograph your work of art and use the Instagram hashtag, #trumpyourcat. You can also tag the account, @trumpyourcat, to make sure they get to see your work of tribute. However, for those of us who don´t want to take part, or don´t have a cat prepared

the limelight in a range of TV shows. In addition to the brand overhaul, Kellogg´s also said that they were to ditch the now dated traditional brunette model in red swimsuit, and true to their word, with a brown and yellow washed rustic background, Tess wore a dress made of seemingly edible ingredients, which was created by artist and designer, Petra Storrs. Tess has also apparently been busy in the kitchen and whilst no doubt enjoy-

ing a bounty of Special K, has come up with her own cereal recipe as part of the launch, obviously a blend far superior to the mix that the people employed to create food magic could. Tess said, “I have loved working on my very own recipe of Special K, from experimenting with all the ingredients to all the taste tests involved to find the perfect blend. “I wanted almonds from the start because, as well as tasting so great, they are also known for their high nutritional value and add a fantastic texture and crunch. “I really hope everyone agrees that my final choice of Red Apple, almond and vanilla is absolutely delicious and will join me for a bowl at breakfast.” The whole campaign revolves around encouraging women to, “live a life full of variety, choice and fun rather than one of diet and deprivation”, so what are you waiting for, bin that red swimsuit and get dressed in cereal and fruit, whilst giving Tess Daly´s Red Apple, Almond and Vanilla Special K a try.

to act, or have a cat who sees the hairbrush as a torture implement, you can also view the work of others by visiting instagram.com/trumpyourca t By the way, if you’re not sure what Instagram is, it’s a picture orientated social network website, or to put it in English, it’s a place where people share pic-

tures of their everyday lives for all to see and share. There are lots of food, cats and selfie pictures, but don’t let that put you off, there are also lots of images from around the globe and beyond. The downside, it’s only available on smartphones, but if you have one, check the app store and download it today.

Friday 17th July toâ&#x20AC;&#x2C6;Thursday 23rd July 2015

2 - The Courier TV Pull-out

Life in Squares From super baddie to super goodie, we´ve seen actor James Norton play the full spectrum of roles in recent years, from kidnapping junkie in Happy Valley to god-fearing vicar in Grantchester, now he´ll be back on our screens at the end of the month as a gay artist in Life in Squares on BBC Two. Life in Squares is an intimate and emotional portrayal of the complex relationships between the inspirational and revolutionary Bloomsbury group, a collection of friends and lovers who were pioneers of artistic and sexual freedom. Penned by Bafta awardwinning writer Amanda Coe, Life In Squares dramatises the close yet often fraught relationship between painter Vanessa Bell and her sister Virginia Woolf, alongside Vanessa’s complicated alliance with gay artist

Duncan Grant. We meet the Stephen sisters in 1905 as Vanessa (Phoebe Fox) and Virginia (Lydia Leonard), struggle to escape the stuffiness of Victorian England. They begin to forge a life of bohemian freedom, in which their friendship with Bloomsbury contemporaries Duncan Grant (James Norton), Lytton Strachey (Ed Birch), Clive Bell (Sam Hoare) and John Maynard Keynes (Edmund Kingsley) looms large. Determined to make the world to their own design, the group suffers growing pains as friendship turns to many kinds of love, in many combinations. But honesty and idealism turn out to be no proof against very human dilemmas of romance, family, work and sex. In the 1930s, the drama follows the older Vanessa and Virginia (Eve Best and

Catherine McCormack), as they settle into marriage and creative success. Despite the beauty of the life Vanessa creates at Charleston farmhouse, Bloomsbury’s legacy to the next generation - and in particular to Vanessa and Duncan’s daughter Angelica (Lucy Boynton) - is a turbulent one. As war looms once again, Virginia’s own mental anguish returns, though her

love for her sister never wavers. And Vanessa is forced to confront, through the pain of many losses, the success or failure of her extraordinary experiments in living. As you settle down to watch, you might be interested to know that filming took place on location in London and at Charleston Farmhouse, the group’s iconic base in East Sussex.

The Sky xx At Night: Pluto Revealed BBC Four celebrates The Sky At Night's 750th episode with the most exciting space event of 2015 - the inside story of NASA's ground-breaking visit to Pluto, broadcast at 11pm, Spanish time, on 20 July. Presenters Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Chris Lintott will be your guides for ringside seats to the first visit by a probe to the dwarf planets, bringing you the entire story and expert insight into the latest images from New Horizons. In addition, a BBC Four Planetary Exploration Collection

will be available exclusively on BBC iPlayer. The collection features seven archive Sky At Night programmes, taking a look back at historic planetary flyby’s. The programmes included in the collection are: Mariner To Mars (1969), Pioneer To Saturn (1979), The Man Who Discovered A Planet (1980), Voyager To Uranus (1986), Neptune: Voyager's Last Planet (1989), Messages From Jupiter (1995) And Unveiling Titan (2005). The collection will be available on BBC iPlayer apps and browser at midday on 20 July.

Danger Mouse Revelations Game of Thrones actress Lena Headey and leading comedian and talk show host John Oliver are set to join the multi-talented voice cast of the eagerly awaited new animated series of Danger Mouse, it was

announced at San Diego Comic-Com. Lena Headey is set to provide the super-smart tones of US Secret Agent Jeopardy Mouse, while Oliver will be breathing life into mad scientist wolf Dr

Augustus P Crumhorn III. The exciting news was revealed at a special panel consisting of key members of the Danger Mouse production team who were addressing the crowds at the festival where adult and children fantasy fans come together, many dressed up, to celebrate like in comics. And in another exclusive reveal, the panel also announced that villainous vampire duck and original Danger Mouse spin-off character Count Duckula will appear in the new series, testing Danger Mouse’s resolve with his traditionally dark and dangerous ways. The new cast members will appear alongside Alexander Armstrong who stars as the voice of the world’s smallest secret agent Danger Mouse,

Kevin Eldon who stars as Danger Mouse’s trusty sidekick Penfold, Stephen Fry who plays Colonel K and Dave Lamb who voices the narrator. Licensed to thrill a whole new generation of fans, this reimagined new series follows the misadventures of the heroic, small but perfectly formed super spy Danger Mouse who returns in style to save a world teetering on the edge of disaster. Bursting with boundless confidence, the show’s hero is still as cool as ever as he attempts to overthrow a host of villainous rivals with the help of hapless hamster Penfold and a collection of state-of-the-art gadgetry and vehicles. Danger Mouse will be shown on CBBC in the autumn, something else to look forward to..

Sarah Harding on Coronation Street How did you get the role of Coronation Street? I was here last year doing a film with Good Morning Britain and everyone saw that I was a really big fan of the show, I was running around getting my photo taken on set. I asked them if they ever did cameo appearances and they knew I had done some acting. That was how it started and the producer Stuart Blackburn got in touch and we had a meeting and he said there was maybe a role for a guest appearance and a good few months later here I am! Did you have to keep it quiet for a while? I did yes, I only told my mum and my fella and swore them to secrecy. I

was bursting to speak about it as I was so honoured to have a part in this programme so it was hard keeping it quiet. I was a bit overwhelmed with it but so excited at the same time. There is so much pressure too. It is a guest role at the moment but would you be interested in making it something more permanent? It’s not just about whether I would like to, it depends on whether the storyline would work for Joni to return and also my schedule as I am very busy with my music now across the summer. Obviously I would love to come back and do some more bits and bobs but we will have to wait and see, it

isn’t something that could happen in the near future. Is it a shock for Joni that Robert has come back to Weatherfield to find Tracy? Yes it is a bit of a shock but she knows deep down he hasn’t ever got over Tracy. Joni has moved up with him to his restaurant but obviously he is still holding a torch for Tracy so I play a woman on the edge! She is very vulnerable at the same time, she does come across as very angry and feisty but she is also hurting people have to remember that. If you catch your husband having an affair you would be wouldn’t you! What has their marriage been like, has she been aware of him holding a torch for Tracy?

In the scenes she does say to him that she is not surprised because of the way he goes on about Tracy. She is aware she is not living up to his ex wife’s memory. Then she meets her and she is less than impressed. She knows she is in someone else’s shadow, she is living a lie and trying to believe that he will fall in love with her. But once he meets up with Tracy again it is evident that isn’t going to happen. Does she give him an ultimatum? She doesn’t want to play second fiddle, he clearly goes for a certain type of woman and having Tracy and Joni in the same room there are bound to be fireworks. It’s a natural reaction

if you literally catch your husband with someone else. Are you planning anything special for your first episode? I haven’t really had time to

think about it. I am my own worst enemy, my own worst critic I am the same with the music. I will probably just watch my Corrie episodes with my mum she is my biggest fan.

Friday 17th July

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07:15 Homes Under the Hammer. 08:15 Call the Council. 09:00 Gardeners’ World. 09:30 Nigel Slater: Eating Together.

07:00 Good Morning Britain. 09:30 Lorraine. 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 11:30 This Morning. 11:55 ITV News. 12:00 This Morning. 13:30 Loose 10:00 Golf - The Open Women. 14:30 ITV News Championship. Hazel and Weather. 15:00 Judge Irvine presents live coverRinder. 16:00 Secret age of day two of the 144th Dealers. 17:00 Tipping Open from St Andrews. Point. 18:00 The Chase. 19:00 ITV Regional News. 21:00 First Night of the 19:30 ITV News and Proms 2015. BBC Music Weather. launches the world’s greatest classical music festival 20:00 Emmerdale. Debbie from the Royal Albert Hall. confronts Ross about the robbery. Bob tries to make Katie Derham and Tom 20:30 A Question of things right with Jimmy. Sport. A look back at some Service introduce William Ashley offers Laurel his of the funniest and most Walton’s choral classic support. memorable moments from Belshazzar’s Feast and this series of the lightMozart’s glorious Piano 20:30 Coronation Street. hearted sports quiz. Concerto No 20 with soloist Carla runs out of luck and Lars Vogt. To mark the she turns on Roy and 21:00 EastEnders. With 150th anniversaries of two Cathy. their dark secret weighing heavily on their minds, the great Nordic composers, 21:00 Gino’s Italian the programme also feaBeales fear the truth is about to emerge - but who tures Sibelius’s own exotic Escape. Chef Gino D’Acampo continues his have the police come for? retelling of the Belshazzar journey in Venice. story and Nielsen’s 21:30 Celebrity sparkling overture 21:30 Coronation Street. MasterChef. The celebriMaskarade. Sakari Oramo Carla spirals out of control. ties must prepare afternoon tea for a Mad Hatter’s conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra. 22:00 Doc Martin. During tea party. an examination, Mrs The Perfect Tishell falls head-over23:00 BBC News at Ten. . 23:00 Morecambe and Wise. heels in love again. 23:35 Room 101. Tim 23:30 Newsnight. 00:00 23:00 ITV News at Ten Vine, Len Goodman and Artsnight. 00:30 T in the and Weather. actress Ronni Ancona Park 2015 Highlights. 02:30 compete. Pinewood: 80 Years of 23:40 Film - Gladiator Movie Magic. 03:30 La (15). Multi-Oscar winning 00:15 Film - Pretty Traviata: Love, Death and film about a powerful Woman (15). Romantic Roman general. Divas. comedy.

07:00 Breakfast. 10:15 Right on the Money. 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 12:00 Call the Council. 12:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under. 13:15 Bargain Hunt. 14:00 BBC News at One. 14:30 Regional News and Weather. 14:45 The Link. 15:30 Escape to the Country. 16:30 Channel Patrol. 17:15 Flog It. 18:15 Pointless. 19:00 BBC News at Six. 19:30 Regional News and Weather. 20:00 The One Show.

SOAPS In Emmerdale, Debbie anxiously waits to break up with Pete but is stopped in her tracks when he tells her Ross was in on the robbery. A fuming Debbie storms over and slaps Ross, confronting him about the robbery, he’s unable to deny it. Has Ross blown it and will Debbie really leave Pete?

When Bob rifles through Jimmy’s boxes he takes out two grand cash and plants it before pretending to find it, but is left thwarted when Jimmy’s adamant it must be Pete’s. Bob winces when Jimmy hands over the cash to surprised Pete and has to confess about the heist. Will Bob manage to get the money to Jimmy? Marlon’s guilty to see Ashley supporting Laurel and decides he needs to be a shoulder to cry on too.

Bob feels bad when he notices Jimmy’s selling his things and offers his help.

Charity’s miffed when Ross turns up demanding confirmation that no one will find out he’s the father of Moses. He’s caught out when Charity realises it’s because of Debbie, and agrees to

keep his secret, but under her terms and conditions...

In Coronation Street, Michelle tells Carla that Roy’s worried about her and reckons she’s drinking too much and not been sleeping. Michelle suggests a shopping spree but emptying the petty cash tin, Carla cancels her shopping trip with Michelle and heads to the casino. On a winning streak, Carla gambles all her chips and loses the lot.

07:00 Countdown. 07:45 Will and Grace. 08:10 Will and Grace. 08:35 King of Queens. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10:00 Frasier. 10:30 Frasier. 11:00 The Big Bang Theory. 11:30 The Big Bang Theory. 12:00 Undercover Boss USA. 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary. 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad. 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent. 15:10 Countdown. 16:00 Fifteen to One. 17:00 A Place in the Sun. 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me. 19:00 The Simpsons. 19:30 Hollyoaks. 20:00 Channel 4 News.

07:00 Milkshake. 10:15 The Wright Stuff. 12:10 Cowboy Builders. 13:10 5 News Lunchtime. 13:15 Stop! Roadworks Ahead. 14:15 Home and Away. 14:45 Neighbours. 15:15 NCIS. 16:15 Film - The Accidental Witness. 18:00 5 News at 5. 18:30 Neighbours. 19:00 Home and Away. 19:30 5 News Tonight.

21:00 Location, Location, Location. Looking back at a story of love from 2003 to today.

21:00 Conspiracy: The Alien Files. Part-dramatised documentary series examining events through the perspective of conspiracy theories.

22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Jimmy Carr hosts a new edition of the panel game with Sean Lock and Johnny Vegas. 21:00 Location, Location, Location. 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 23:00 The Last Leg. 00:05 Josh Widdecombe: And Another Thing. 01:10 Film Shallow Grave (18). 02:45 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners. 03:40 The Hotel. 04:35 Supernatural. 05:20 The Renovation Game.

Returning home from her disastrous gambling spree, Carla vents her anger on Roy and Cathy. How wil Roy react? When Liz quizzes Dan about Leanne, having heard about their altercation, he lies making out he hasn’t seen her. Still suspicious Liz calls in the bistro where she asks Leanne how she and Dan know each other. When we return, Roy demands an apology but Carla remains unrepentant and storms out of the café. As Roy mulls over Carla’s accusations, Cathy assures him they’ve done nothing wrong but Roy’s less convinced and Cathy leaves hurt. Alone with Michelle,

20:00 Cricket on 5. England v Australia 2nd Test. Mark Nicholas presents highlights of the second day’s play in the second Test between England and Australia at Lord’s, with commentary by Michael Vaughan, Geoffrey Boycott & Simon Hughes.

22:00 20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows. With contributions from Gareth Gates, Bonnie Langord, Anthea Turner and more. 23:30 Lip Sync Battle. The Rock v Jimmy Fallon. 23:55 Tattoo Disasters UK. 00:25 Tattoo Disasters. 00:55 Access. 01:00 Super Casino. 04:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away. 05:00 Trauma Doctors.

Carla admits how unhappy she is.

In Eastenders, it’s been almost 15 months since the murder of Lucy Beale and the police are determined to arrest their suspect. With the dark secret of Bobby’s guilt still weighing heavily on their minds, the Beales fear the truth is about to emerge - but the question is, who have the police come for?

07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:10 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 Coronation Street 14:45 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:55 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 New You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Rush Hour 00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 Two and a Half Men 01:45 Fake Reaction

07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Rising Damp 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 The Royal 09:35 Murder, She Wrote 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Wild at Heart 17:10 French Fields 17:45 Doctor at Large 18:15 Rising Damp 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary & Thyme 22:00 Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off 23:00 afterlife 00:00 The Vice 01:10 A Touch of Frost 03:00 Doctor at Large 03:55 Judge Judy 04:40 Emmerdale

07:00 Duck Dynasty 07:45 Minder 08:40 The Professionals 09:40 Kojak 10:45 The Sweeney 11:50 Minder 12:50 Gunsmoke 14:00 Tour de France Highlights 17:30 Pawn Stars 18:00 Kojak 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Counting Cars 22:00 Never Say Never Again 00:40 Rambo: First Blood, Part II

07:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

Saturday 18th July

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07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Golf: The Open Championship 13:00 BBC News 13:10 Golf: The Open Championship 19:45 BBC News 19:55 Regional News and Weather 20:00 Prized Apart. Five remaining adventurers face off in the ‘sardine capital of the world’, Essaouira. 21:05 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins. Teams of complete strangers compete to win 50,000. 21:55 Casualty. An unlikely hero leads the team to a crucial diagnosis and things get worse for Dylan as he struggles with his obsessive behaviour compulsions. Rita helps a desperate man to realise that he needs help. 22:45 The John Bishop Show. Comedy entertainment series. 23:30 BBC News 23:50 Not Going Out 00:20 Would I Lie to You? 00:50 Film Seraphim Falls (15). Western action thriller 02:35 Weather for the Week Ahead

06:35 Film - The Maggie (U) 08:05 Film - The Master of Ballantrae (PG) 09:30 The Women’s Football Show 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 The Box 12:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 13:00 Athletics: Diamond League - Monaco Highlights 14:00 Tennis: Davis Cup - Great Britain v France 17:00 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 17:45 Escape to the Continent 18:45 Flog It 19:45 Golf: The Open Championship 20:45 Edwardian Farm. It is March and Ruth, Alex and Peter greet the longawaited arrival of spring 21:45 Dad’s Army. Sergeant Wilson's commitment to Home Guard activities wavers while he has a little problem of his own to contend with. 22:15 Melvyn Bragg: Wigton to Westminster 23:30 Mock the Week 00:05 Film - Little Voice (15) 01:35 Film - Heavenly Creatures (18) 03:10 This is BBC Two

07:00 Children’s TV 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:35 Surprise Surprise 15:35 The Chase 16:30 All Star Family Fortunes 17:15 Tipping Point 18:15 Catchphrase 19:00 ITV News and Weather

07:05 The Chester Deva Triathlon 07:35 Mobil 1 The Grid 08:00 IPC World Swimming Championships 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Simpsons 13:55 Rude(Ish) Tube 14:25 Channel 4 Racing: Newbury, Newmarket and Market Rasen 17:15 Come Dine with Me 19:40 News

19:30 You’ve Been Framed Pregnancy reactions, a dog ruining a living room and Nan doing a cheeky striptease!

20:00 Homes by the Sea. Charlie Luxton’s journey across the country visiting fantastic homes by the sea continues in Norfolk

20:00 Film - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (12) As Harry, Ron and Hermione search for the final fragments of Voldemort’s soul, Hogwarts comes under attack

21:00 Walking Through History. Tony Robinson visits the Cairngorms National Park to discover how Queen Victoria and Prince Albert helped to shape Scottish traditions and imagery such as tartan and caber tossing

22:30 ITV News and Weather 22:45 Boxing Carl Frampton Vs Alejandro Gonzalez Jr 00:00 The Chase 01:00 Jackpot247 04:00 Ejector Seat

22:00 Film - The Watch (15) 00:00 Film - Scary Movie (18) 01:45 The Last Leg 02:40 Hollyoaks Omnibus 04:50 You Deserve This House 05:45 River Cottage Bites

07:00 Milkshake 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:45 Cowboy Builders 12:40 Cowboy Builders 13:40 Cowboy Builders 14:35 Columbo 16:10 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 17:05 Sick Note Skivers Exposed 18:05 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 19:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 19:55 5 News Weekend 20:00 Cricket on 5. England v Australia 21:00 Deep-Sea Super Predator. Documentary about a mysterious superpredator that hunts down and devours a threemetre-long great white shark 22:00 Transporter: The Series. Frank is now a driver for hire. 23:00 Film - The Siege (15). Thriller about an FBI agent on the trail of terrorists waging a bombing campaign on New York City

14:30 The Flintstones 16:15 Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 17:45 Peter Pan 19:55 The Lake House 22:00 Something Borrowed

11:00 Murder on the Orient Express 13:40 Jane Eyre 15:50 A Touch of Frost 17:55 Columbo: Troubled Waters 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple

12:05 Pawn Stars 14:00 Tour de France 17:30 The Professionals 18:30 Counting Cars 19:00 Storage Wars 20:00 Tour de France 21:00 The Chase 22:00 Live Boxing 23:00 Rambo III

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Gordon Lack, 15:00 Keith Nicol

01:10 Super Casino

Sunday 19th July 07:00 Breakfast. 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Golf: The Open Championship 19:50 BBC News 20:00 Regional News and Weather 20:10 Countryfile. Matt Baker meets the artist who has learnt to dive so he can capture on canvas what lies beneath the North Sea 21:00 Fake or Fortune? Fiona Bruce and art expert Philip Mould visit a church in Lancashire, once patronised by Yorkshire’s famous Bronte sisters 22:00 The Outcast. Postwar coming-of-age drama based on the novel by Sadie Jones. In the second of two parts, a young man returns home from prison determined to make amends for his past.Will he manage to? 23:30 BBC News 00:00 Prized Apart 01:00 Don’t Tell the Bride 02:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:05 BBC News

07:15 A to Z of TV Gardening 08:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 09:00 Countryfile 09:55 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:25 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites 12:00 Golf: The Open Championship 13:15 Tennis: Davis Cup - Great Britain v France 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 Hair 18:50 Ireland’s Wild River: The Mighty Shannon 19:50 Laurence Llewelyn Bowen: Cracking China 20:50 Meet the New Dragons 21:00 Dragons’ Den. A former city accountant comes into the den with an entourage of dancers as she tries to win over the Dragons with her Nigerianinspired snacks, and new Dragon Nick Jenkins impresses everyone with his portfolio of languages and accents

07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show 07:25 Pat and Stan 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Fish Hooks 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:35 Love Your Garden 14:40 Long Lost Family 15:40 Film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (PG) 17:50 Midsomer Murders 19:45 ITV News 20:15 Catchphrase Robert and Jayne compete to guess the familiar phrases hidden in animated clues 21:00 Surprise Surprise Lee Dixon goes in search of a footballing hero

22:00 Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian Adventure Joanna Lumley spends time with some Mongolian 22:00 Odyssey 22:45 The nomads Javone Prince Show 23:15 Family Guy 00:20 Film - 23:05 ITV News and The Infidel (15) 02:00 Film - Weather 23:20 Bear Grylls: Perfect Creature (15) 03:20 Mission Survive 00:20 Countryfile 04:20 Holby Piers Morgan’s Life Stories City 05:15 This is BBC Two 01:15 Jackpot247

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 British GT 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 The Simpsons 17:30 Location, Location, Location 18:35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Grand Designs. Kevin McCloud draws on 15 years of Grand Designs . 21:00 London’s Lost Graveyard: The Crossrail Discovery. In the heart of London, engineers from Europe’s biggest construction project, Crossrail, have made an extraordinary discovery: a graveyard that was lost for nearly 300 years. 22:00 Humans 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 00:05 Film - It’s Complicated (15) 02:15 Secret History 03:10 Come Dine with Me

07:00 Milkshake. 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 11:35 The Secret Life of Pets. 12:05 Police Interceptors. 15:05 Film Jack and the Beanstalk (U). 16:50 Film - Madeline (U). 18:35 Film - The Emperor’s New Groove (U). 20:00 Cricket on 5. 20:55 5 News Weekend. 21:00 Police Interceptors: Unleashed. Highlights include a pair of bolshie bandits in an offroad runaround. 22:00 Film - Red Dawn (15). Action thriller set in an alternative 1980s about an attack on Washington. 23:45 Film - Under Siege (15). A US battleship on its way to be decommissioned is the target for a ruthless gang of terrorists. Fortunately, there is a hero, and he’s the cook. 01:45 Tattoo Disasters UK. 02:15 Super Casino. 04:10 Under the Dome. 05:00 House Doctor. 05:25 Make it Big. 05:50 Make it Big.

13:05 Take Me Out 15:00 Catchphrase 15:40 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 18:00 Back to the Future Part II 20:10 Jurassic Park III 22:00 Love Actually

13:40 A Touch of Frost 17:50 Death Becomes Her 19:55 Wycliffe 21:00 Inspector Morse 23:20 Parenthood

14:00 Tour de France 17:30 Storage Wars 18:30 Counting Cars 19:00 BRDC Formula 4 Championship 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Licence to Kill 23:45 Absolute Power

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Gordon Lack, 15:00 Tony De Love

Monday 20th July 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Close Calls: On Camera 12:30 Heir Hunters 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Link 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 Regional News and Weather 20:00 The Housing Enforcers Consumer programme Matt Allwright joins the ranks of Britain’s housing officers to search out bad landlords

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Call the Council 08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down Under 09:15 Escape to the Continent 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:20 Athletics 15:20 Triathlon 16:50 Yes, Minister 17:20 ‘Allo, ‘Allo 17:45 Are You Being Served? 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip. It’s the last leg for Charles Hanson and Mark Stacey on this edition of Antiques Road Trip and the first for Anita Manning and Paul Laidlaw

21:00 EastEnders The surprise arrest in the Lucy Beale case sends shockwaves through the Square

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07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:10 Will and Grace 08:35 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 20:00 Emmerdale Laurel 15:10 Countdown 16:00 leaves everyone shocked Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Couples 20:30 Coronation Street A Come Dine with Me 19:00 desperate Dan is out for The Simpsons 19:30 revenge Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 21:00 Vet School Will tests News on Bunny the horse show 21:00 Supershoppers. Are why she is so sick? Tegan the cat needs urgent help £10 Primark jeans as good And in rodent week in the as £90 Levis? How do you small animal hospital an get a half-price hire car? unusual pet turns up with What’s in the nation’s the Scottish SPCA favourite chocolate bars? 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather

21:00 University Challenge. Students from the University of Liverpool do battle with St Peter’s 21:30 Coronation Street 21:30 The Train that College, Oxford Dan attacks Leanne in an Divides Jerusalem Filmexplosive rage maker Adam Wishart visits 21:30 Only Connect. A Jerusalem and rides the team of linguists take on 22:00 Rookies Weeks into city’s controversial new three York University stu- hitting the beat, the train trainees realise that learndents ing on the job can mean 22:00 Britain at the 22:00 Cake Bakers and making mistakes in full Bookies Documentary view of a very critical examining the winners and Trouble Makers 23:00 Hair losers in Britain’s gambling 23:30 Newsnight 00:20 23:00 ITV News at Ten and revolution Odyssey 01:00 Nature’s Weather 23:40 Plebs 00:10 Greatest Dancers 02:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 23:00 BBC News 23:35 The Bank: A Matter of Life USA 01:00 Jackpot247 Have I Got a Bit More Old and Debt 03:00 This is BBC 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle News for You 01:05 Show Weather 01:10 BBC News Two

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Emotions are high at Laurel’s mother’s wake and Laurel ends up blurting out more than she means to. Arriving home, Marlon and Laurel are in a sombre mood, in need of some comfort she moves in to kiss him but can they accept their relationship is over or is there one last moment of intimacy for this doomed couple?

Debbie’s gutted when Ross tells her they can’t leave today. He asks Moira for a job at the farm, to the objection of Pete but she gives it to him thinking it’s so he can distance himself from Debbie. Paddy’s edgy when Rhona answers a call from Home Farm. Wanting to keep her away, he takes the call out himself. He clocks Aaron smartly dressed with Robert and fears they’re becoming embroiled again. Paddy tries to stir things by telling Lawrence about Aaron’s criminal record, leaving Lawrence alarmed. Later, Chrissie invites Rhona and Paddy for lunch as a thank you for the call out but Robert firmly tells Paddy to make an

excuse and cancel. What could possibly go worng? In Coronation Street, Leanne realises she’s got to work late, Liz agrees to pop round and give Simon his tea. Dan watches the two women with hatred. Simon’s disappointed to find Liz is looking after him. As Leanne heads home, Dan tells Leanne she’s ruined his life and he’s going to make her pay. Grabbing Leanne by the wrist, Dan forces his way into her flat. Leanne yells at Liz to phone the police but as Liz reaches for her phone, Dan hurls her bag across the room. Leanne, Liz and Simon watch Dan, terrified what he’ll do next. In part 2, in a rage, Dan

21:30 The Real Story. Kate Quilton examines the science behind some of the supposed health benefits of so-called superfoods.

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:10 Til Death Do Us Part 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5. Mark Nicholas presents highlights of the fifth and final day’s play in the second Test between England and Australia at Lord’s 21:00 Stop! Roadworks Ahead. Tempers fray as night-time road works take a wrong turn, a gulley clearing crew keep the drains free from muck, and a simple pothole repair runs into trouble 22:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild. Ben journeys to southeast Asia to live with 31-year-old former city financier Jon Watkinson in his handmade bamboo hut on a hidden jungle island on the Mekong river in Laos

22:00 How to Get a Council House 23:00 Lookalikes 23:30 Tattoo Fixers 00:30 Married at First Sight 01:25 24 Hours in A and E 02:20 Child Genius 03:15 One Born Every Minute USA 04:10 Mary’s Bottom Line 05:05 Secret Eaters

23:00 Under the Dome 23:55 Film - Next (12) 01:45 Tattoo Disasters 02:15 Super Casino 04:10 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Divine Designs 05:50 House Doctor

demands their mobile phones and stamps on them. Liz and Simon are scared witless. Liz tries to talk Dan round, telling him she knows he’s a good man underneath, but Dan’s not taken in by her

a prostitute. Simon’s visibly upset and Leanne reels. Leanne flies at Dan, knocking him to the floor. Grabbing his keys, they attempt to make a run for it. Will they escape Dan’s clutches? Beth tells Tracy how she met Robert and he’s obviously still in love with her. Tracy’s sceptical but Beth insists she should give their relationship another go.

platitudes. Hoping that someone will come to their rescue, Leanne shouts and stamps her feet but Dan wrenches her wrist again, causing her to scream in pain. Dan finally snaps and reveals to Simon how Leanne used to work as

In Eastenders, the surprise arrest in the Lucy Beale case sends shockwaves through the Square. As the residents struggle to come to terms with the news, further truths come to light threatening to tear families apart.

00:40 Batman Returns 03:05 Life’s Funniest Moments 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 22:00 The Fast and the Furious

02:55 Cornwall with Caroline Quentin 03:45 Man About the House 04:10 Man About the House 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Rising Damp 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 The Royal 09:40 Murder, She Wrote 10:45 Judge Judy 12:05 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 French Fields 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 23:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire

07:00 Goals of the 90s 07:10 Duck Dynasty 07:55 Minder 08:45 The Professionals 09:50 Kojak 10:50 The Sweeney 11:50 Minder 12:55 Gunsmoke 14:00 Tour de France Highlights 15:00 Tour de France Live 17:30 Pawn Stars 18:00 Kojak 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 Storage Wars: New York 22:00 Storage Wars: Texas 23:00 Ax Men

07:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

Tuesday 21st July

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Close Calls: On Camera 12:30 Heir Hunters 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Link 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 Regional News and Weather 20:00 Rip Off Britain Gloria Hunniford, Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville meet a woman who devours decades-old ingredients, so which are still safe to eat? 20:30 EastEnders The fallout of the arrest continues to ripple through the Square 21:00 Holby City It’s the day of Adele and Jesse’s engagement party 22:00 Death in Paradise DI Goodman and his team are drawn into the world of politics 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:35 Imagine 00:45 Film Once (15) 02:10 Weather for the Week Ahead

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Paddy is on tenterhooks about the lunch at Home Farm and is doing everything he can to avoid having to go. Aaron’s angry to hear Paddy’s dropped him in it with Lawrence and the awards. But later when Aaron furiously confronts Paddy he is soon sickened with what Paddy tells him. As Paddy

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Close Calls: On Camera 08:30 Heir Hunters 09:15 The £100k House: The Final Fix 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Film Dean Spanley (U) 16:50 Yes, Minister 17:20 ‘Allo, ‘Allo 17:45 Are You Being Served? 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads

20:00 Antiques Road Trip. Antiques experts Paul Laidlaw and Anita Manning search for collectibles in Sheffield.

20:30 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones Griff Rhys Jones explores the remains of the now forgotten Aust Ferry, once the gateway into Wales

21:00 The House That £100k Built. Following the progress of a double organ transplant couple. 22:00 Great Ormond Street. Cameras follow the treatment of youngsters including Charlie, a nineyear-old with cystic fibrosis. 23:00 Hair 23:30 Newsnight 00:20 Dragons’ Den 01:20 Don’t Tell the Bride 02:20 The Bin Laden Conspiracy 02:50 Haslar Secrets of a War Hospital 03:20 This is BBC Two 05:00 Orbit: Earth’s Extraordinary Journey Learning Zone

is forced to tell him that Robert tried to kill him. With the fear still visible in Paddy’s eyes it gives Aaron the confirmation he needs, that Paddy is telling the truth. Paddy’s firm when he tells Aaron to stay away from Robert, but filled with revenge Aaron can’t make any promises. That evening, Aaron tries to remain calm and keep his contempt from his voice when Robert arrives, suggesting they go away to the hotel together. And tomorrow can’t come sooner for vengeful Aaron. Marlon tentatively broaches planning their separation with Laurel, although both

20:00 Emmerdale Aaron is angry with Paddy

21:00 Love Your Garden Alan Titchmarsh and the team are in Hemel Hempstead, where they meet deaf couple Asif Iqbal and wife Sabina 22:00 Virgin Atlantic: Up in the Air The airline’s new director of communications hopes to meet her boss Richard Branson for the first time as he shoots a range of adverts for the brand in Florida 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:40 Benidorm 00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen

daunted, they’re united in this. Soon Laurel accompanies Ashley to the see the Bishop. They are both driven by Tracy who later reveals she doesn’t have a driving license. Ashley and Laurel share a giggle. Meanwhile, Marlon worries how to tell the kids. Jai and Megan head to a custody meeting. Later both she and Rachel are flummoxed when Jai arrives with keys. Debbie’s thrown when Moira reveals Ross is working at the farm. Later, Cain’s unsettled to open another visiting order from Charity, Moira takes it off him and puts it in the bin. Seeing this as an opportu-

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:35 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners. Gemma gets through 10 packs of antibacterial wipes a week and spends £100 per month on cleaning products 22:00 Child Genius. Logic, reasoning and a complex memory test on human anatomy challenge the remaining eight competitors

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Stolen From the Womb (12) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors. Jim intercepts a car containing cannabis, a latenight reveller talks himself into trouble and Sgt Baxter has his work cut out when confronted by a dishonest driver 21:00 The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies. A 10year-old lhasa apso is discovered with matted fur and poor skin 22:00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick. Cameras follow young couple Naomi and Stuart, who face eviction as they owe her uncle’s landlord £600

23:00 Not Safe for Work. A mysterious tension 23:00 Botched Up Bodies between Jenny and Nathanial comes to a head 00:00 20 Moments That Rocked Talent Shows 23:50 Britain’s Benefit 01:30 Lip Sync Battle Tenants 00:50 Undercover 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 Boss USA 01:45 KOTV Sick Note Skivers Exposed Boxing Weekly 02:10 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Gillette World Sport Divine Designs

nity to meddle, Ross starts to stir.

02:05 The Royal 02:55 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Rising Damp 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 The Royal 09:40 Murder, She Wrote 10:45 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Wild at Heart 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Bouquet of Barbed Wire

go of it. In Holby City, On the day of Adele and Jesse’s engagement party, their celebration is overshadowed by tragedy. Clifford’s bad debts come back to haunt him when the gangsters turn violent, leaving Mo in terrible danger.

In Eastenders, the fallout of the recent arrest continues to ripple through the Square. One resident starts to have doubts about their own account of Good Friday 2014, forcing them to make a shocking decision. Meanwhile, in the midst of the drama, two residents decide to make a

00:05 Ibiza Weekender 01:05 Celebrity Juice 01:55 Two and a Half Men 02:15 Mom 03:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 03:20 Teleshopping 06:50 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 Ninja Warrior UK 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA

On a busy AAU, Arthur’s anxiety disorder takes hold and he finds himself unable to cope. It leaves him so desperate that he starts to self-medicate. Essie takes a well earned day off work with Sacha all day. After a few drinks she eventually blurts out the truth.

07:00 Goals of the 80s 07:10 Duck Dynasty 07:30 Minder 08:20 The Professionals 09:15 Kojak 10:15 The Sweeney 11:15 Minder 12:20 Alias Smith and Jones 13:55 The Professionals 14:55 Tour de France Highlights 15:55 Pawn Stars 16:50 Gunsmoke 17:55 Kojak 19:00 Motorsport UK 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 The Chase 22:00 The Gauntlet

07:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

Wednesday 22nd July 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Close Calls: On Camera 12:30 Heir Hunters 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Link 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 Regional News and Weather 20:00 The Sheriffs are Coming A look at the work of high court enforcement officers, also known as sheriffs 21:00 Don’t Tell the Bride A brave bride leaves the most important day of her life in the hands of the man she loves 22:00 The Interceptor After his violent encounter with Yorkie, Ash returns to work at a low ebb: Lorna has thrown him out, and now that his cover is blown 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 Cashing In 00:35 Britain at the Bookies 01:35 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:40 BBC News

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Paddy’s frustrated, unable to get hold of Aaron. Meanwhile, Robert is naively looking forward to spending the night away with Aaron, totally unaware of what Aaron now knows. Chrissie suggests joining Robert on his business break but he quickly reassures her they’ll spend time together when he’s home. Meanwhile at the

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Close Calls: On Camera 08:30 Heir Hunters 09:15 Claimed and Shamed 09:45 Antiques Roadshow 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Animal Park 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Film - We Dive at Dawn (U) 16:50 Yes, Minister 17:20 ‘Allo, ‘Allo 17:45 Are You Being Served? 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Antiques Road Trip. Navenby, Lincolnshire, Diss and Norwich 21:00 Trust Me, I’m a Doctor. Dr Saleyha Ahsan reveals new research that could cure snoring 22:00 Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners. David Olusoga traces the bitter propaganda war waged between the pro-slavery lobby and the abolitionists 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:20 Great Ormond Street 01:20 The Truth About Your Teeth 02:20 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 03:20 This is BBC Two 04:55 Fit to Rule - Learning Zone 05:25 How God Made the English holiday lodge, Aaron’s on edge as he waits for Robert. When he arrives, they both head inside with Aaron acting as normal as he can, covering his hatred. When Robert’s back is turned, Aaron takes out his mobile phone and hits record. But will his trap work? Robert is unsettled by all Aaron’s questions and tries to kiss him. Pushing Robert away, Aaron blurts what he knows and Robert is stunned as Aaron accuses him of trying to kill Paddy. Robert tries to explain, but soon the conversation turns to Katie’s death and Aaron is utterly dumbfounded by what Robert admits to and launches

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Secret Dealers 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale Aaron tries to trick Robert into confessing 20:30 Coronation Street Released from hospital, Leanne faces yet more trouble at home 21:00 Vera Detective drama series based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves Investigating the mysterious death of pensioner Margaret Kraszewski on a busy Newcastle Metro train at the height of rush hour, DCI Vera Stanhope finds herself in a quiet Northumberland coastal town with clues that keep revolving around one street But why are the residents so reluctant to talk?

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07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:35 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Autistic Gardener. Alan Gardner and his team take on an overgrown 95-foot plot in south London 22:00 One Born Every Minute. The documentary returns to capture life in the maternity unit at Liverpool Women’s Hospital 23:00 Witnesses. New police thriller, set in a village in northern France, where the bodies of a man, woman and teenager are unearthed

00:10 How to Get a Council House 01:10 Four to the 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Floor 01:35 Strippers 02:30 Weather 23:40 Exposure One Born Every Minute 00:40 Tipping Point 01:35 USA 03:25 Film - Gambit Jackpot247 (U) 05:15 Secret Eaters himself at him. Desperate to defend himself Robert hits Aaron hard with a beer bottle, knocking him out. Robert panics not knowing what to do, as Aaron is bleeding and unconscious. Megan and Rachel are both baffled when out of the blue Jai, gives Rachel time off work to move back into Tenants cottage. A delighted Rachel starts unpacking when suddenly someone hammers on the door. Both Sam and Jai are shocked to see a police officer with a warrant to search the property for drugs. Elsewhere, Megan quizzes Jai and is secretly horrified to hear

what his plan is. Will Jai’s plan succeed?

In Coronation Street, as the police arrive at Leanne’s flat, how far has Dan’s revenge gone? Will he make his getaway? An already traumatised Liz is stunned when Tony appears, asking if she’s okay. Liz refuses to talk to him. Zeedan takes Simon back to the flat and sets

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Audrey’s Rain (PG) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors. Officers are forced to exercise caution when they stop an uninsured driver who is known to have a violent past 21:00 Carry on Caravanning. Light-hearted documentary profiling some of the million caravan owners in UK 22:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords. Landlord Nicholas Parrington discovers a couple are subletting his house, months after a previous tenant had turned the property into a brothel 23:00 Wentworth Prison (18) 00:00 Benefits by the Sea: Jaywick 01:00 Police Interceptors: Unleashed 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 Conspiracy: The Alien Files 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Divine Designs 05:50 House Doctor

about tidying up the mess left by Dan. Simon remains uncommunicative and Zeedan’s concerned for him. Released from hospital, Leanne returns home. Desperate to clear the air, Leanne persuades Simon to sit down with her and tries to explain how she’s made some mistakes in her life. But Leanne’s stunned as Simon attacks her? Tony returns to the pub and this time Liz agrees to hear him out. Tony begs Liz’s forgiveness for his affair and tells her he never stopped loving her. Will Liz be able to see past Tony’s betrayal, or fall for his charm?

02:20 Hell’s Kitchen USA 03:05 Life’s Funniest Moments 03:25 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life’s Funniest Moments 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 The Cube 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 Ninja Warrior UK 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Rush Hour

07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 In Loving Memory 07:50 Heartbeat 08:50 The Royal 09:55 Murder, She Wrote 10:55 Judge Judy 12:10 A Touch of Frost 14:15 Heartbeat 15:15 The Royal 16:20 Wild at Heart 17:20 In Loving Memory 17:55 Doctor at Large 18:25 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Cornwall with Caroline Quentin 21:30 Richard Wilson on the Road 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 Blue Murder

07:00 Movies Now 07:10 Duck Dynasty 07:30 Alias Smith and Jones 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 Kojak 10:55 The Sweeney 11:55 Minder 13:00 Tour de France Highlights 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Tour de France Live 17:30 Pawn Stars 17:55 Kojak 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 British Superbike Championship Highlights 22:00 Coogan’s Bluff

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Thursday 23rd July

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Council House Crackdown 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Close Calls: On Camera 12:30 Heir Hunters 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Link 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Instant Gardener 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 Regional News and Weather 20:00 Fake Britain Matt Allwright looks at the fraudsters faking their gas meter readings 20:30 EastEnders As the police continue with their investigation 21:00 DIY SOS The Big Build Paramedics Sam and Ben Laws spend their days working opposite shifts to look after their two children 22:00 Celebrity MasterChef The celebrities’ first challenge is their most daunting yet - John’s palate test 23:00 BBC News 23:35 Reggie Yates’ Extreme Russia 00:35 Operation Wild 01:35 Weather

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Chrissie notices blood on Robert’s collar when he returns home. Paddy aggressively asks about Aaron’s whereabouts, but Robert remains arrogant and just smirks. Meanwhile, Aaron’s still body is tied to the radiator. He attempts to weaken the cord around his wrists when Robert returns with food and water. It quickly turns into a heated argument as they

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Close Calls: On Camera 08:30 Heir Hunters 09:15 Coast 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Animal Park 13:55 Coast 14:10 The Rockford Files 15:00 Film - The Glass Bottom Boat (U) 16:50 Yes, Minister 17:20 ‘Allo, ‘Allo 17:45 Are You Being Served? 18:15 Flog It 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads

20:00 RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2015. Monty Don presents the first of two visits to the horticultural event in Cheshire, beginning with an exploration of the show gardens and a tour of the event

20:30 Real Stories with Ranvir Singh Unique stories of people involved in extraordinary, life-changing events

21:00 Natural World. On Canada’s west coast lie forests that are home to North American black bears

21:30 Coronation Street Michael has a choice to make

22:00 Coast. Nick Crane follows the Welsh coast path around Anglesey 23:00 The Javone Prince Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:20 Britain’s Forgotten Slave Owners 01:20 The Train that Divides Jerusalem 01:50 The Met: Policing London 02:50 This is BBC Two 05:00 Sleeping Lions 05:15 3, 2, 1, Go

discuss Katie. Robert tries to remain calm but ends the conversation by pulling out a gun. Elsewhere, Lawrence reveals the location of Aaron’s business convention to a worried Paddy who heads off with intent. At the lodge, Robert walks over to the gun, picks it up and points it at Aaron, who doesn’t look away knowing this could be the end. Beginning to shake, Robert slowly pulls the trigger when the door slams open and there’s a bang. Paddy in the doorway slumps to the floor. Rachel feels defeated when a social worker calls round. Meanwhile, Jai reveals to Megan he’s spoken to social services and things are looking positive on Archie’s

20:00 Emmerdale Aaron’s plan goes badly wrong

21:00 Emmerdale Paddy is in pain

22:00 Caught on Camera The first of two programmes features footage of ordinary consumers who have been pushed over the edge, as well as the workers who are on the receiving end of their anger

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will and Grace 08:35 King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad 14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Grand Designs. Kevin McCloud reveals how self-builders in the suburbs are transforming this most maligned of residential environments 22:00 Married at First Sight. Having been chosen from 1,500 applicants, the couples have been matched - and last week they finally tied the knot 23:00 Dogs on the Dole. One-off documentary looking at the world of dog ownership on Britain’s housing estates

23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:40 Paula Radcliffe: Sports Life Stories 00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:35 Jackpot247

00:05 Hunted 01:05 One Born Every Minute 02:00 The Tribe 02:55 The Auction House 03:50 Running the Shop

custody. Later, Megan promises Rachel and Sam, that Jai will pay for this.

thrilled, thinking he’s chosen her over Eileen but Michael has news for both the women in his life.

It’s a terrifying scene at the holiday hut. Paddy is in pain, Aaron is still tied up and Robert has the gun…. Later, Chrissie’s world crumbles when she learns about her husband’s affair. In Corrie, Eileen’s excited to receive a text from Michael inviting her to dinner. Gail finds Eileen in the salon where they’re having their hair done, both secretly hoping to impress Michael. With Audrey’s party in full swing, Michael tries to sneak away. Eileen arrives for their dinner date but when Michael asks her to return home Eileen’s crushed. Gail’s

Having been questioned over the events with Dan, Simon leaves the police station with Leanne. Leanne tries to talk to him but Simon remains sullen. Back at home will he open up? Robert invites Ken and Tracy to join him at a trade fair. While they’re out a

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Baby Sellers 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Trauma Doctors. A motorcyclist’s leg is broken in a serious traffic accident and the medics try to determine whether he has sustained any hidden damage, while an 88-year-old woman suffers multiple lifethreatening injuries when her mobility scooter is hit by a car 21:00 The Holiday Airport: Sun, Sea and Scousers. The staff face a busy few days as Valentine’s weekend arrives 22:00 87 Stone: Fat Chance of Work – Supersized. Documentary exploring obesity from several different perspectives 23:00 Person of Interest 00:55 Access 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Deep-Sea Super Predator 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Great Scientists 05:45 House Doctor

woman named Joni calls at No.1 looking for Tracy. After a lovely day out, Robert offers to cook for Ken and Tracy again. Tracy kisses him, inviting Robert to stay the night. Robert surreptitiously makes a call, claiming he’s staying at a mate’s house. What’s he up to? In Eastenders, As the police continue with their investigation into Lucy Beale’s murder, further new evidence comes to light. The Mitchells, Beales and Brannings come to blows, and as the day unfolds, residents begin to question their own loyalties. Meanwhile, Max swallows his pride and Mick questions Ian.

00:50 Two and a Half Men 01:45 Fake Reaction 02:30 Hell’s Kitchen USA 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 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 Judge Rinder 20:00 Ninja Warrior UK 21:05 Jurassic Park III 23:00 Safeword 23:45 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Movies Now 07:10 In Loving Memory 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 The Royal 09:40 Murder, She Wrote 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Wild at Heart 17:20 In Loving Memory 17:50 Doctor at Large 18:20 Rising Damp 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Endeavour 23:00 A Touch of Frost

07:00 Hat-Trick Heroes 07:15 Duck Dynasty 07:35 Duck Dynasty 08:00 Alias Smith and Jones 08:50 The Professionals 09:55 Kojak 10:55 The Sweeney 12:00 Minder 13:00 Tour de France Highlights 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Tour de France Live 18:00 Kojak 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Tour de France Highlights 21:00 The Cycle Show 22:00 Tango & Cash

07:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

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Life on Marbs

If you´re a fan of socalled reality TV shows, you probably don´t want to miss Life on Marbs on ITV2 on Wednesday, a brand new series following the lives of some of Marbella’s most glamorous residents. From superclub owners to designer-clad housewives, from millionaire bachelors to business entrepreneurs and to the new kids just starting out, the series will reveal what life is really like living in one of Europe’s most luxurious

resorts. Mother of two and selftitled ‘Marbie Barbie’ Natalie and her friends, semiretired Cassie, personal trainer to the stars Danni and new business owner Felicity are the first to be introduced, and it soon appears that their friendships are perhaps not all that they appear on the surface. Meanwhile, multimillionaire Jon, his friend Jeff and his more sensible older brother Adam look forward

to a summer of breaking hearts, but how successful will they be with Adam's ex Lola never far from his mind? The show also meets the people who run the most exclusive venues around the port and marina, including ‘Mummy Marbella’ Lina, who rules her bars and clubs with an iron hand. Woe betide anyone who fails to toe the line - including her best friend, the glamorous Suzy, and the PRs who are tasked with making sure that only the best clientele come into her bars. Elsewhere, The Golden Tarts salon is a hotbed of gossip, carefully orchestrated by staff Max and Lauren. The series also follows the trials and tribulations of newcomers Alex and Jordan, who plan to enjoy the summer of their lives after upping sticks from Essex and moving to Spain, we follow them all the way.

Celeb 15 To 1

Channel 4 has announced four more celebrity filled specials of their popular quiz show Fifteen to One - to air later this summer. Fronting the celebrity shows will be Australian comedian and presenter of The Last Leg, Adam Hills. Taking their places at the fifteen podiums for TV’s toughest general knowledge quiz will be well known faces from the worlds of comedy, entertainment, sport and music. The celebrities will fight it out for the chance of winning tens of thousands of pounds for a charity of their choice. Episode one features Sean Lock, Kay Burley, Alex James, Bill Oddie, Sally Phillips, Hugh Dennis, Tony Hadley, Emily Atack, Christian O’Connell, Charlie Brooks, Joe Lycett, Nicky Clarke, Alison Hammond, Brian McFadden and Michael

Vaughan. Those taking part in episode two are Ken Livingstone, Meera Syal, Kate Humble, Russell Kane, Vic Reeves, Rebecca Front, Milton Jones, Amanda Lamb, Ed Byrne, Natalie Cassidy, Una Foden, Jenny Jones, Isy Suttie and Dave Spikey. Putting their general knowledge to the test in episode three are David Baddiel, David Haye, Rhod Gilbert, Bruno Tonioli, Sara Pascoe, Gary Delaney, Shobna Gulati, Cathy

Newman, Matt Forde, Sam Thompson, Rob Beckett, Claire Richards, Olivia Lee, Greg Rusedski and Eve Pollard. Completing the quizzical line up in episode four are Caroline Quentin, Julian Clary, Tanni GreyThompson, Gyles Brandreth, Gareth Thomas, Donna Air, Rhod Gilbert, Henning Wehn, Nina Wadia, Tyger Drew-Honey, Zoe Lyons, Naga Munchetty, Louie Spence, Paul Chowdhry and Ellie Taylor.

TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI It’s taken me a few days to get over the fact that Wimbledon has finished for another year (Wasn’t Andy Roddick a fantastic find for the BBC?), but at least my tennis appetite is being fed this weekend with the Davis Cup, which the BBC is also screening. Barring the bizarre new Wimbledon2day shocker which was pulled after a week and transformed into the traditional evening highlights show, the Beeb have once again delivered big time and crucially the All England Club love them. The rights for the event are up after 2017, and the boss at Wimbledon, Richard Lewis, said the other day that he saw absolutely no reason to switch from the BBC, stating that quality of the coverage and free to air availability for the event

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was paramount at the All England Club, rather than picking up extra millions as a wonderful British event goes behind a pay wall. Good on him, but sadly most sporting bodies don’t seem to give a proverbial as they are happy to grab loads of money from Sky and BT Sport, as their events are watched by a handful of people, crucially creating an elitist atmosphere with youngsters being unable to be inspired by new sporting heroes. Cricket (How many saw England win the first Ashes Test last Saturday?) and golf have sold out their souls with virtually nothing available on free to air UK TV (you might already be aware that The Open goes to Sky in 2017), but there is some hope for the future in other sports if old rivalries can be put aside.

In the old pre-satellite days, the BBC and ITV had everything with the BBC ruling the roost, down to their higher production

valuations and being able to offer commercial free coverage. Nevertheless, the two broadcasters would joint bid for events

like the World Cup football and the Euro Championship finals to cut costs, and they still do so today. Having refused to bid silly money for the Champions League and the Europa League footie (BT Sport bound), ITV has a big war chest to do other things across its range of channels, and that includes sport. With them having the rights to this autumn’s Rugby World Cup, I was pleased to hear that they’ve joined forces with the Beeb, to secure full free coverage of the Six Nations Championship, to stop Sky getting it. The cashstrapped BBC could not afford it, but with ITV Sport being run by former BBC Sports executive, Niall Sloane, I’m sure a friendly drink sealed the deal. That might well be the way to go forward, and though I’ve

always hated ITV’s football coverage (virtually all gone now barring the odd live England international and European highlights), they have established a justified high reputation for what they’ve done with the Tour de France (on right now); the French Open tennis; in addition to snooker, darts, and motor sport. I’m sure they will do a good job with the Six Nations as well. It’s a sign of the times, especially with the BBC being unfairly treated over the license fee, but if they and ITV can cut mutually beneficial deals that do the business for them and for the viewer who does not want to cough up loads of money to satellite providers, then it surely must be a win-win for everybody, and a lose-lose for Sky and BT.

10 - The Courier TV Pull-out

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, 4 represents W and 22 represents D, 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 Picture-house (6) 4 Emergency (6) 9 Organise (7) 10 Piece of cutlery (5) 11 Demonstrate (4) 12 Comprehend (7) 15 Fix (6) 16 Kindly (6) 19 Grasped (7) 21 Just (4) 24 Once more (5) 25 Catastrophe (7) 26 Flavours (6) 27 Stopped (6)

1 Categorise (8) 2 Highly-strung (7) 3 Large number of (4) 5 Determined (8) 6 Footwear (5) 7 Transmit (4) 8 At no time (5) 13 Answer (8) 14 Double-crossed (8) 17 Merchants (7) 18 Amounts owing (5) 20 Studies (5) 22 Quick (4) 23 Naked (4)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Scanty, 4 Faiths, 9 Attract, 10 Felon, 11 Curse, 12 Palaver, 13 New Year's Eve, 18 Aquatic, 20 Cobra, 22 Chaos, 23 Elevate, 24 Sweden, 25 Gently. Down: 1 Search, 2 After, 3 Tragedy, 5 Awful, 6 Tel Aviv, 7 Sundry, 8 Stopwatches, 14 Educate, 15 Secrete, 16 Farces, 17 Lately, 19 Taste, 21 Boast.

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 Seaweed found in Trafalgar Square (4) 3 Judgement alters tea times (8) 9 Cuddle broken gnu’s leg (7) 10 Gazes at equals (5) 11 Drunk Yugoslav guy missing shots (5) 12 Strata for hens (6) 14 One in seven surprisingly is covetous (6) 16 Promise place on the border (6) 19 Imagine no one solving a puzzle (6) 21 Females started walk out, meanwhile everybody needed (5) 24 Sneak around a reptile (5) 25 I relate about workshop (7) 26 In strange store, Eva dines excessively (8) 27 Leading man has that woman’s love (4)

Down 1 Helped to show donkey is with Edward (8) 2 Luger ends up as soup! (5) 4 Augments a source of water on board (6) 5 Simply missing the point, I suggest (5) 6 Swore a few made a mistake (7) 7 Instead it’s in part of Chelsea (4) 8 Take no notice of ogre in trouble (6) 13 Da Vinci fixed rod alone (8) 15 Get Ivan to change time of origin (7) 17 Barman? (6) 18 Expert vehicle sat around (6) 20 Birds begin getting extra essentials surprisingly easily (5) 22 Principal state of the union? (5) 23 Capital seen in El Greco’s lovely painting (4)

STANDARD CLUES Down Across 1 Helped (8) 1 Seaweed (4) 2 Thin porridge (5) 3 Calculate approximately 4 Distends (6) (8) 5 Express indirectly (5) 9 Cuddle together (7) 6 Declared (7) 10 Noblemen (5) 7 Alternative option (4) 11 Fusillade (5) 8 Disregard (6) 12 Strata (6) 13 Painter da Vinci’s first 14 Begrudges (6) name (8) 16 Solemn promise (6) 15 Season’s yield of wine 19 Mystery (6) (7) 21 Females (5) 17 Attorney (6) 24 Serpent (5) 18 Learned person (6) 25 Artist’s workshop (7) 20 Large water birds (5) 26 Gorges (8) 27 Person of distinguished 22 New England state (5) 23 Capital of Norway (4) braver (4) Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Etna, 4 Oiled, 9 Mourned, 10 Inure, 11 Ambit, 12 Gryphon, 13 Rehash, 15 Giants, 19 Parapet, 21 Hotel, 23 Maize, 24 Romance, 25 Sated, 26 Nice. Down: 2 Thumb, 3 Annates, 4 Old-age, 5 Laity, 6 Dauphin, 7 Impair, 8 Lean, 14 Harries, 16 Inhuman, 17 Solder, 18 Stored, 19 Pomp, 20 Pleat, 22 Tonic.

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Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

3 letter words Ass Ate Bee Dab Gas Lie Mud Net Ode Paw Rat Set Sim Sit Son Tec

4 letter words Acid Aide Alee Aloe Alum Anti Apes Asps Bass Bent Brag Cosy Elan Ewer Gelt Gene Gone

Ides Less Ludo Menu Mini Nice Ones Oral Otic Page Rads Seal Site Slat Soda Stye Suss Tame Tine

Toga Upon 5 letter words Adore Arena Banes Blurb Caper Comet Demob Eagle Inane Litre Manes Melee Peats Pipes Rupee

Sales Salty Sleet Soles Sorel Tasty Times 6 letter words Eraser Nestle Snoods Sortie 8 letter words Baritone Emanates Rerecord Sidereal

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across Across 1 To jump (6) 4 Almohada (6) 7 Stools (seats) (9) 10 Planchas (utensilios) (5) 11 Pulpos (9) 13 Poster (6) 14 Antes de (6) 16 Tradición (9) 18 Chest (5) 20 Hombros (9) 22 Escalera (de edificio) (6) 23 Dueños (propietarios) (6)

Down 1 Place (5) 2 Langostas (de mar) (8) 3 Airports (11) 4 Foot (3) 5 Luxury (4) 6 Silbido (con los labios) (7) 8 Colmillo (de elefante, morsa, jabalí) (4) 9 Cuñada (6-2-3) 12 Small cushion (8) 13 Alfombras (grandes) (7) 15 Hand (part of body) (4) 17 Narices (5) 19 Cot (for baby) (4) 21 Su (de él) (3)

The Courier TV Pull-out - 11 Across 1 What name is often applied to a small pouch on a belt, for money and other valuables, worn round the waist or hips? (6) 4 Which hand-held tool with two crossed pivoting blades is used for cutting paper and material? (8) 10 Conventionally taken as beginning in the early 1st millennium, what name is given to the prehistoric period that followed the Bronze Age? (4,3) 11 See 3 Down 12 Which hardy cabbage has coarse curly leaves that do not form a head? (4) 13 Which adjective that means unable to read or write, is derived from the Latin for ‘unlearned, ignorant’? (10) 15 According to the lyrics of their 1978 hit single Dreadlock Holiday, what sort of music did 10cc not like? (6) 16 NH3 is the chemical formula for which pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen? (7) 20 Which low upholstered seat without a back or arms that typically serves also as

a box, has a seat hinged to form a lid? (7) 21 The council area in the west of Scotland whose administrative centre is Lochgilphead is known as ----- and Bute? (6) 24 What sort or creature was Cheeta, the character who appeared in numerous Hollywood Tarzan movies of the 1930s–1960s, as well as the 1966–1968 television series? (10) 26 What name is normally given to the outer coloured part of the peel of citrus fruit, used as flavouring? (4) 28 The leaves of which Australasian flowering shrub are sometimes used for tea? Some species also yield an oil that is valued for its antiseptic properties. (3,4) 29 What word is often used to mean a temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need? (7) 30 What word is often used to describe partiality to long-standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications? (8) 31 Which word can be

SUDOKU (Medium)

Quiz Word

used to mean both short tight-fitting underpants and a slang term for barristers? (6)

Down 1 What name is given to a pair of small leather screens attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it

seeing sideways and behind and being startled? (8) 2 What word completes the title of a 1983 UK top five hit single by Mike Oldfield and Maggie Reilly, -------- Shadow? (9) 3/11 What was the name of the fictional adventurer born in 1867 and revived from hibernation in 1966, played on television by Gerald Harper? (4,7) 5 What word meaning personal charm or magnetism, comes from the Ancient Greek for ‘grace'? (8) 6 With what piece of sports equipment would you principally associate Tony Hawk? (10) 7 What is the surname of the 44th president of the USA? (5) 8 English, Irish and Gordon are all varieties of which breed of large longhaired dog? (6) 9 With which musical instrument would you principally associate Julian Lloyd Webber and Jacqueline du Pré? (5) 14 Ramsay MacDonald, George Lansbury and Hugh Gaitskell have all been leaders of which British political

organisation? (5,5) 17 Funny How Love Can Be and Tossing and Turning were both UK hit singles in 1965 for which vocal pop trio? (3,6) 18 Which word completes the title of the theme song for both the movie and television series M*A*S*H, Suicide is --------? (8) 19 Which semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal that frequents lakes and streams in eastern Australia, has a sensitive pliable bill shaped like that of a duck, webbed feet with venomous spurs and dense fur? (8) 22 Which acid is commonly found in vinegar? (6) 23 What name is given to the Celtic language of Wales? (5) 25 Which US state, whose capital is Boise, is nicknamed the Gem State? (5) 27 What was the surname of the Danish physicist whose theory of the structure of the atom incorporated quantum theory for the first time and is the basis for present-day quantummechanical models? (4)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH

ADVERBIOS - ADVERBS Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch. (Answers below)

accidentalmente

lentamente

bien

mal

cuidadosamente

mejor

difícilmente

peor

felizmente

rápidamente

fácilmente

sencillamente

incorrectamente

silenciosamente

juntos

suavemente

general QUIZ

ANSEWRS: 1. James Wattana 2. Mick Jagger 3. Curling 4. Halibut 5. Port 6. The Anniversary Waltz (Part 1) 7. Zero 8. 40 9. Illegally Replacing A Horse 10. Is There Something I Should Know 11. 14 12. David Beckham

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 1 Daphne, 4 Patois, 8 Cutlery, 9 Jupiter, 11 Whitehorse, 12 Alec, 13 Gonzo, 14 Poseidon, 16 Seamless, 18 Horne, 20 Utah, 21 Doodlebugs, 23 Devolve, 24 Linctus, 25 Rogers, 26 Iguana. Down: 1 Dough, 2 Peloton, 3 North Pole, 5 Acute, 6 Origami, 7 Stevedore, 10 Grapeshot, 13 Great Bear, 15 Schilling, 17 Mahjong, 19 Rebecca, 21 Dover, 22 Gouda.

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1.accidentalmente, 2.bien,

13.rápidamente,

h.accidentally, i.silently, j.softly,

3.cuidadosamente,

14.sencillamente,

k.simply, l.carefully, m.together,

4.difícilmente, 5.felizmente,

15.silenciosamente,

n.with difficulty, o.incorrectly,

6.fácilmente, 7.incorrectamente,

16.suavemente.

p.easily.

8.juntos, 9.lentamente, 10.mal,

a.better, b.worse, c.well, d.badly,

11.mejor, 12.peor,

e.happily, f.slowly, g.quickly,

Soduko

Span - Eng

Quizword

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

1. Who Was The First Asian Snooker Player To Be Ranked In The World's Top 10? 2. Whose Dalliance With Brazilian Model Luciana Morad Led Him To The Divorce Court In July 1999? 3. Which winter game is known as the roaring game? 4. What is the largest flat fish species? 5. What did George Washington soak his wooden teeth in to improve the taste? 6. Which Was The Only Status Quo Record To Go Top 10 In The 90's? 7. What Is The Only Digit That Doesn't Exist In Roman Numerals? 8. What Is The Maximum Number Of Horses Allowed To Run In The Grand National? 9. In Horse Racing What Is A "Ringer"? 10. What Song Features The Lyric 'Please Please Tell Me Now'? 11. In the English National Lottery how many red thunderballs are there (as at 2006)? 12. A Statue Of Which Footballer Is Located At The Pariwas Temple In Bangkok?

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Friday 17th July 2015

Changes to UK Driving Laws A motoring body in the UK doubt how many people are aware of the changes Northern Ireland and Scotland but you could still be arrested if you’re unfit to drive.

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) is warning people to be ready for a host of changes coming up in driving laws in the UK – and fear many are totally unaware of what’s in store in 2015. New regulations that have changed driving licences, drug-drive limits and speed limits have already taken place in 2015. There are, however, other changes expected to take place later in the year. For motorists oblivious to these changes, the IAM is raising awareness to ensure all road users understand the new driving laws and changes.

It’s illegal to drive if either you’re unfit to do so because you’re on legal or illegal drugs, or if you have certain levels of illegal drugs in your blood (even if they haven’t affected your driving). Legal drugs are prescription or over-the-counter medicines. If you’re taking them and not sure if you should drive, talk to your doctor, pharmacist or healthcare professional. The police can stop you and make you do a ‘field impairment assessment’ if they think you’re on drugs. This is a series of tests, eg asking you to walk in a straight line. They can also use a roadside drug kit to screen for cannabis and

cocaine. If they think you’re unfit to drive because of taking drugs, you’ll be arrested and will have to take a blood or urine test at a police station. You could be charged with a crime if the test shows you’ve taken drugs. It’s illegal in England and Wales to drive with legal drugs in your body if it impairs your driving. It’s an offence to drive if you have over the specified limits of certain drugs in your blood and you haven’t been prescribed them. Talk to your doctor about whether you should drive if you’ve been prescribed drugs The law doesn’t cover

If you’re convicted of drug driving you’ll get a minimum 1 year driving ba, an unlimited fine, up to 6 months in prison and a criminal record. Your driving licence will also show you’ve been convicted for drug driving. This will last for 11 years. The penalty for causing death by dangerous driving under the influence of drugs is a prison sentence of up to 14 years. A conviction for drug driving also means that your car insurance costs will increase significantly, if you drive for work, your employer will see your conviction on your licence, and you may have trouble travelling to countries like the USA. In April, the speed limit for the largest heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) travelling on a single carriageway across England and Wales increased from 40mph to 50mph, and on a dual carriageway it has increased from 50mph to 60mph. This complements the decision that the government has already announced to raise the national speed limit for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes on single carriageway roads, and is part of a wider package of associated measures that the government is bringing forward to continue to increase economic efficiency and remove outdated restrictions. The national speed limit increase on dual carriageways will modernise an outdated regulation dating from the 1980s, better reflecting the capabilities of modern HGVs. It will help to free professional hauliers from unnecessary regulation. The change will ensure that HGV speed limits are proportionate and better aligned with the limits for HGVs on motorways and single carriageways, and with other vehicles such as

coaches and cars towing caravans. Evidence indicates that actual average speeds are unlikely to change in response to the change in national speed limit. The impact assessment, which has been scrutinised by independent experts, concludes that there is not expected to be an adverse effect on road safety, but IAM will be monitoring the impacts closely. The Department for Transport is publishing the summary of dual carriageway HGV speed limit consultation responses. The department is also publishing an impact assessment. Changes to driving laws and other-related procedural changes have also come into force this year to take advantage of the internet, increase convenience and save time on administration. From the government’s launch of the ‘Make a Plea’ service in March, which enables motorists charged with minor motoring offences including speeding, failing to identify the driver or using a vehicle without insurance to respond to the charges made against them digitally, to the scrapping of the the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) paper counterpart of the photo card on 8 June, in which all driver information such as endorsements and which category of vehicles you are entitled to drive is stored electronically – the changes have allowed motorists to access information remotely. Important changes have also come into force with how motorists provide proof of their driving records to a third party and will need to obtain a special code from online to allow sharing of data. A new scheme in London will be introduced later this year that ensures all lorries and construction vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are fitted with basic safety equipment. The Safer Lorry Scheme, which will be enforced by the

Metropolitan Police, City of London Police and the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency, will aim to tackle the number of fatal collisions involving cyclists and pedestrians. The scheme will run 24 hours a day across the city and any drivers found in charge of a non-compliant vehicle may be issued with a £50 penalty notice and a potential £1000 fine at the Magistrates Court. Upcoming changes to driving laws will also see smoking in cars carrying children under the age of 18 becoming illegal from 1 October and people failing to comply could face a £50 fixed penalty notice. Public Health Minister Jane Ellison said: Three million children are exposed to secondhand smoke in cars, putting their health at risk. We know that many of them feel embarrassed or frightened to ask adults to stop smoking which is why the regulations are an important step in protecting children from the harms of secondhand smoke. Public Health England will launch its campaign to raise awareness of the dangers that secondhand smoke in homes and cars can cause to children’s health. PHE will also be running a campaign later in the year to raise awareness of the new legislation. The regulations will become part of the existing smokefree laws and would make it an offence to smoke or to fail to prevent smoking in a private vehicle with someone under the age of 18 present. The regulations do not apply to a driver on their own in a car. Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer said: “This year has seen some of the biggest changes in motoring procedures we have ever seen. It is very important drivers and riders are fully up-to-date, the changes will affect everyone in one way or another. So don’t get caught out, get informed.”

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Friday 17th July 2015

Give Camping a Try No More Muddy Fields and Wellies The thought of camping may conjure up images of days of soggy tents and muddy fields, but these days

the experience now to more people than ever before. The area surrounding Torrevieja and Orihuela

on a natural is bordered parkland of Guardamar.

camping has changed considerably, not only with its new found fame for families wanting to holiday on a budget, but right through the whole spectrum of expenditure as so called “Glamping” turned the grubby image on its head and brought about a change for many people who were perhaps fearful of staying outdoors, bringing

boasts some of the best campsites in the whole of Spain, if not Europe. With features and facilities that can suit the occasional overnight visitor, or for a longer term holiday break, there is something for everyone, whether coastal or inland is your preference. Camping Marjal in Guardamar del Segura sits

eucalyptus and pine forests, the privacy and shelter are unique in such a natural environment, and yet it is just a few moments walk to the beach and the Mediterranean Sea. This site itself has 212 individual plots of 90m2, with water, waste and electricity. If you don´t fancy venturing outside the campsite, you will still find plenty to do, as the grounds have a restaurant, bar, social room, children’s park, recreation center, supermarket, clinic, gym, heated-indoor pool, saunas, sport field, minigolf and a 1.100m2, outdoor swimming pool all at your disposal. Just a short trip further north, almost bordering Camping Marjal, you will find the Camping Internacional La Marina site. Set in the heart of the natural and protected area, this campsite has been well known for its quality standards and customer service. Situated in an area of 60,000 m2, the 414 plots and 64 bungalows and mobile-homes are set in the natural canvas, again just a short stroll to the beach, and again fully equipped on the site. There is a lavish pool in

Staying Bug Free Out and About You´ve decided to get closer to nature by going camping, but that doesn´t mean you want nature to get closer to you. Especially when nature dresses herself up into a bundle of pain, annoyance and destruction, or insects as they are more commonly known! Nobody wants to be bitten or stung, but the reality is that when we do go back in the wild that it is inevitable. You can think of it like a home delivery food service for our little bug friends. The good news is that one of the best ways to keep (some) insects away is by using nature to fight back. Citronella is one way of doing this, as its natural components are known to repel insects like mosquitoes. Repelling insects is always better than killing them, as, believe it or not, even the smallest insect plays a big part in our eco system, and who are we to destroy the planet. Insects are often pollinators of plants, for example, or might just be food for others. There was a story from China not too long ago where the locals eradicated ants from their neighbourhood. The results were that all the birds start-

ed to die as the food chain was interrupted. The most famous example however is the plight of the honey bee and how pesticides and over farming is threatening the human food chain. Citronella oil is one of the essential oils obtained from the leaves and stems of different species of Cymbopogon (lemongrass). The oil is used extensively as a source of perfumery chemicals such as citronellal, citronellol and geraniol. These chemicals find extensive use in soap, candles and incense, perfumery, cosmetic and flavouring industries throughout the world. You can set up a perimeter of candles or incense sticks around your tent, use a spray for yourself, or even armbands and stickers, although it´s important to know how frequently you should change these, as they don´t last forever. Camping will never be a bug-free environment, but part of the pleasure is in tuning in with nature and being part of your surroundings, avoiding destruction, and so this natural ingredient might be your new friend.

river outlet and by the natural the Dunas de Surrounded by

the centre of this park, with plenty of distractions for everybody of all ages, as well as plenty of idyllic

peaceful places for unwinding and feeling yourself getting back to

nature. As we move slightly away from the coast, this time to another in the Marjal chain, the Marjal Costa Blanca Camping & Resort located in Crevillente. This is one of the most modern campsites in Europe, having only opened recently, with high quality facilities, a privileged climate and a team at your disposal who will make your vacation unforgettable. Marjal Costa Blanca Eco Camping Resort is the perfect resort for all ages and all activities, although situated inland and so not really suitable for natural beach lovers, you to relax and enjoy a well-deserved rest, everything else will take care of itself. The site features 1,432 plots, from 90m ² to 180m ², all equipped with water, waste, elec-

tricity and free TV and Wi-Fi areas. They have bungalows available on the site, and a restaurant, a number of bars, and the very popular Marjal Sport Fitness & Spa, with gymnasium, heated swimming pool, heated children’s pool, spa, saunas, steam bath, foot bath, and a variety of body and facial treatments. Whether you do want to bed down in the more earthy and traditional tent, or if you want to glam up and stay in something a little more luxurious, the range of campsites in this area will serve your every desire. It is also the season to pick up some great deals on camping material too, with modern tents popping up with ease, folding back down still being a skill to master, it is something that everybody should try, and with these sites so close, whether a weekend or a week, it´s worth a try.

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Friday 17th July 2015

Friday 17th July 2015 Aries March 21-April 20 Events linked to your home life take centre stage this week, so do not let career commitments stop you from thinking your real options through, or you could make the wrong decisions. Take the line of least resistance and let no one put you under pressure. Thursday’s New Moon in your chart’s domestic zone helps you to leave problems in the past.

Taurus April 21-May 21 Something that comes to light this week could revolutionise your outlook on your current situation and make you reconsider certain long-term goals. Do not act on impulse, or show your hand too soon. From Thursday, the New Moon in your chart’s communication zone helps you to express your feelings and put your point of view across to those who count.

Gemini May 22-June 21 Your chart’s financial sector is action-packed this week. You are also at your most determined, but do not ignore advice from someone you rely on or try to go too far, too fast. If you slow down and take each situation as it comes you will make the right decisions. You could also find that someone unexpected is prepared to help you out.

Cancer June 22-July 23 Do not let short-term career decisions stop you from concentrating on your real goals. Thursday’s meeting between rational Mercury and forceful Mars gives you an advantage, so do not feel you should fit in with others’ plans and insist that they agree to settle on your terms. A new era is beginning.

Leo July 24-August 23 Changes in the way you feel about a personal situation could preoccupy you. Put your current plans on hold until you are quite sure what action you should take. If you are flexible about the future you will make the right decisions, so do not let an unexpected sequence of events undermine your confidence or put you under pressure.

Virgo August 24-September 23 Whether you should settle for short-term solutions in a close alliance or bide your time and branch out on your own may appear to be a question that has no easy answer. Thursday’s New Moon in your chart’s zone of social life suggests that farreaching changes in the company you keep are on the horizon. Do not try to swim against the tide.

Libra September 24-October 23 This week’s meeting between Mercury and Mars in your chart’s career sector gives you the clarity and drive to push through major changes. A lot could be at stake, so do not let your home life take up too much of your energy and time, or allow a friend or colleague to make decisions for you. Thursday’s New Moon ushers in a more successful era.

Scorpio October 24-November 22 Doubts about the future of a current project could undermine your confidence. Do not let yourself get thrown off course. Thursday’s annual New Moon in the area of your skies that rules your real ambitions is due to help you find the right way forward, so be decisive and proactive. The way you handle problems now could be all-important.

Lifestyle + Sagittarius November 23-December 21 Trouble in the skies this week could cloud your judgment, so postpone decisions on important issues, slow down and focus on the details of your current plan. If you concentrate on what you can achieve short-term, you will be ready to take action when the tide turns in your favour later in the week, when the New Moon marks the start of a fresh chapter.

Capricorn December 22 - January 20 Unexpected changes in a close relationship or friendship could make it hard to see your situation in perspective in the week ahead. Do not make a snap decision or say too much, too soon. Tensions start to ease from Thursday, when the New Moon ushers in a whole new era, so let go of your doubts, relax and focus on the future.

Aquarius January 21 - February 19 You could feel swept along by an unexpected sequence of events this week, or feel your current course of action may not be the right one. Trust your instincts and let no one pressurise you. If you put ambitious plans on hold and wait until you get your bearings in the new terrain, you could gain an unexpected new advantage.

Pisces February 20 - March 20 Tuesday’s link between cool-headed Mercury and your ruler, Neptune, is due to help you come up with the right solution to a situation that preoccupies you. This is not the time to make a hard and fast decision, or to take risks with either money or emotions, so play your hand with care and let events unfold. The tide turns in your favour later in the week.

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Desserts

Cherry & Vanilla Brûlées

Ingredients 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways, 2 tbsp sweetener 400g cherries, pitted, 400g fat free natural Greek yogurt, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 4 level tbsp caster sugar Directions Deseed the vanilla pod, add 200ml water and half the sweetener and bring to the boil. Turn the heat to low and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Stir in the cherries and leave to cool. Mix the yogurt, vanilla extract and remaining sweetener in a bowl.Top with the yogurt mixture, sprinkle the sugar evenly over each one and grill for 3-4 minutes. Blueberry, Lime & Prosecco Jellies Ingredients 185g blueberries, 6 sheets of leaf gelatine, 250ml made-up low calorie summer fruits cordial, juice of 2 limes, 2 tsp sweetener, 125ml Prosecco Directions Put the Blueberries in four glasses and chill. Soak the gelatine sheets in cold water for 4-5 mins. Simmer the water along with the cordial, lime juice and sweetener. Pour the cordial mix into a jug, add the Prosecco and pour over blueberries. Chill for at least 4 hours or until set.

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Friday 17th July 2015

Prawn Toast - Healthy

Prawn toasts healthier than those from a Chinese takeaway Too often you open your Chinese takeaway container to reveal greasy-spoonstyle fried bread with a hint of prawn spread over the top, all topped with a concrete layer of sesame seeds. We seem to eat the toasts out of habit and a craving for that omniflavoured oil they are fried in. Not only are these prawn toasts far healthier, they are also so simple, yet so delicious, that you will find yourself wondering why you ever dialled the takeaway’s number. 10 good-sized raw prawns, peeled, 1 egg white, lightly whisked until just frothy, 1 tsp sesame oil,

½ tbsp cornflour, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1 tbsp finely chopped chives, 1cm piece fresh ginger, peeled and grated, 1 clove garlic, finely diced, 2 thick slices of white bread, toasted, 2 tbsp sesame seeds. Place the prawns on your chopping board and using a sharp knife, mince them as finely as possible. This takes a bit of time, but is worth doing. You may be tempted to use a food processor, but I find doing it by hand results in a better texture. Place the minced prawns in a bowl along with the egg white, sesame oil, cornflour, soy sauce, chives, ginger and

garlic. Mix all of the ingredients until they are thoroughly combined. Preheat your grill to a medium-high heat. Using a spoon or knife, spread the prawn mixture on top of the toast, dividing it evenly. Spread right to the edges, and don’t be afraid to spread it thickly. Sprinkle each piece with a generous amount of sesame seeds and place under the grill. Grill the toasts for 5–6 minutes, by which time the sesame seeds should have turned a lovely golden colour and the prawn mixture should be cooked all the way through.

Lemon pancakes with blueberries & yoghurt

These delicious pancakes combine coconut, lemon and blueberry for a lipsmacking dessert that is low in added sugar. This meal provides 406 kcal, 13.5g protein, 40g carbohydrate (of which 18g sugars), 21g fat (of which 14g saturates), 7g fibre and 1.1g salt per portion. Ingredients: 4 tbsp coconut oil or butter, 4 free-range eggs, at room temperature, 4 tbsp warm (boiled) water, 2 tbsp maple syrup, 1 tsp vanilla extract. 1 unwaxed lemon, juice and zest. 4 tbsp coconut flour ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda. To serve: 150g/5oz full-fat probiotic yoghurt or coconut-flavoured Greek-style yoghurt. 400g/14oz blueberries, washed and drained Preparation method Line a baking tray with baking parchment. Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan over a low heat until melted, then set

aside to cool. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs with the water, maple syrup, vanilla extract, lemon juice and zest, and salt until pale and fluffy. Sift in the coconut flour and bicarbonate of soda and whisk until the batter is smooth and thick. Whisk in the melted coconut oil or butter until well combined. Set aside for 5 minutes to rest. Add 2 tablespoonfuls of the batter to the centre of the pan and swirl to evenly distribute. Fry for 1-2 minutes, or until the pancake can be lifted easily. Flip over, then fry on the other side for a further minute. Remove from the pan and keep warm in the oven. Repeat the process with the remaining batter. To serve, spoon a dollop of yoghurt into the centre of each pancake, then scatter over a good handful of blueberries. Roll up into a sausage shape and eat.

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Superberries are coming to Britain soon Specialist soft fruit supplier CPM Retail have grown the Blue Honeysuckle berry for the first time in Britain. The berry is usually found in Siberia or Japan and is said to taste like a "tangy" mix between a blueberry and a raspberry. Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and Dalhousie University in Canada found the berries, also known as 'haksaps', contain double the amount

of nutrients of other berries, and contain higher levels of Vitamin A and calcium. One handful is believed to have three times as much iron per 100g as a blueberry. In Japan, the berry is recognised as the 'elixir of life' due to its health properties. Head of the Fruit Program at the Department of Plant Sciences University of Saskatchewan and lead researcher, Bob Bors said: “This is a very exciting and

key time for Blue Honeysuckle in the UK market. The fruit has so much potential. In our research, released earlier this year, over 15,000 Blue Honeysuckle seedlings were field evaluated, with the best intensively evaluated in lab tests and additional field studies. “Antioxidant testing, in cooperation with Dalhouse University, rated our varieties highest in antioxidants compared to other berries and grapes. Additionally, we discovered that some varieties have three times more nutraceuticals than other Blue Honeysuckle varieties.” Farmers who usually grow strawberries in Hampshire, Somerset and Scotland are currently growing the honeysuckle berries. Managing director of New Forest Fruits, Sandy Booth said: “I’m really excited to get involved in a project like

this. We’ve always prided ourselves as innovators and a product like this is one that we can really get behind, as not only do I love the fruit itself, but the range of products you can create from it are great.” Due to the UK's cold winters and rainy spring weather, the fruit can grow well here according to CPM's commercial director Begnat Robichaud, though she added that shoppers will have to be quick if they want to purchase it: "Blue Honeysuckle berries have a short harvesting window and are only available to buy fresh for 3-4 weeks. However, there are new varieties being planted, which should enable seasonal extension in a few years." The berries will be available in selected stores from June 2016, following the UK harvest.

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Food & Health

Fancy a plate-sized egg? Weighing around 1.4 kilograms, the ostrich egg could provide quite a challenge for the most fanatic egg-eater Fancy a plate-sized egg? Hungry? A Fulham restaurant WingsEggs is selling whole ostrich eggs for £55. Ostrich eggs for breakfast? We couldn’t believe our ears when we heard that a London restaurant is offering diners the chance to enjoy a whole ostrich egg with their fry up. Weighing an average of 1.4 kilograms and providing about 24 times the amount of egg as a regular hen’s egg, the ostrich egg could provide quite a challenge for even the most fanatic eggeater.

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The delicious dish is on offer at Fulham restaurant WingsEggs - an eatery dedicated, you won't be surprised to learn, to wings and eggs - but you won't find it on the menu. Interested visitors need to order the egg two days in advance, as presumably there aren't too many giant eggs lying around in the kitchen, and be prepared to shell out £55 for the pleasure. Diners can have the dinner plate-sized egg scrambled or fried - and presumably take home the leftovers in a doggy bag. If the idea of having an

ostrich egg for breakfast seems mundane, WingsEggs also offers diners the chance to try an emu egg. Although minuscule in comparison to the ostrich egg, weighing only between 700 and 900g, it is priced at £110. The chances of buying a dozen in your local supermarket might be slim though, if only for the fact that your shopping trolley would have to be huge, let alone the size of your bag. So what’s the verdict? Egg-cellent idea? Or an expensive way to put us off eggs forever?

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Cancer and the Immune system Many of us believe that the only function of the immune system is to protect us against infections. Nevertheless, the function of the immune system far exceeds fighting off deadly microbes. Our immune system is also responsible for protecting us against allergies and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and thyroiditis. However the most important job of our immune system is to fight off cancer cells. Every day, our immune system destroys thousands of cancer cells, and by doing so, protects us against all forms of cancer. Cancer has clearly been shown scientifically to be a disease associated with a weakened immune system. The human body has devised a number of intelligent and efficient ways to deal with harmful microorganisms, toxic chemical compounds, and abnormal cancer cells. The blood contains a variety of specialised cells called white blood cells, which search out unwanted elements in the body and the most abundant of these cells are called neutrophils. These neutrophils

typically fight harmful bacteria, viruses and other pathogens but not cancer cells. Lymphocytes are another type of white blood cells which produce antibodies to fight specific diseases. To destroy cancer cells however, the body utilizes special cells called Natural-Killer cells, and these seek out and destroy all kinds of microbes as well as cancer cells. A healthy immune system can be weakened by a number of factors such as antibiotics, stress, poor diet and high levels of toxins. Antibiotics destroy both the harmful bacteria as well as good bacteria in the body and good bacteria forms part of our immune system by keep-

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My wife has had Meniere’s disease for approx. 30 years she is now 72 years of age and during the last 2years she is getting attacks more often and during the last 6 months she is having virtually daily attacks and has to spend a lot of time in bed and getting very depressed. We went to our doctor and she did not seem to know what we were talking about we did take an interpreter the tablet she is taking is SERC 16mg X2 three times a day. Is there any way you can help her or know where she can get help.

I am so sorry to hear of your wife’s situation. Meniere’s disease is such a troublesome illness. Meniere’s is a disorder of the hearing system characterized by vertigo (spinning sensation), tinnitus (ringing or buzzing in the ear) and deafness. There is no single test for Meniere’s and so it is diagnosed by clinically examination, usually when other illnesses with similar presenting symptoms have

been ruled out. Researchers don’t agree on the exact cause of Meniere’s diseases; however what is clear is that it arises due to a malfunction in the labyrinth system of the inner ear. The labyrinth is made of a series of fluid filled channels that send signals of sound and balance to the brain and Meniere’s occurs when there is an abnormality in the amount and composition of this fluid. Meniere’s can

also cause other problems such as nausea, vomiting, irregular heart-beats and depression. There is no drug treatment for Meniere’s, instead doctors treat symptoms as they show-up. SERC – the medication prescribed for your wife - is only used to treat vertigo, which is just one out of many symptoms of Meniere’s. Current clinical research and even anecdotal evidence clearly points towards heavy metals, especially mercury as one of the causes of Meniere’s disease. In 2010 Conductor Benjamin Zander of the Boston Philharmonic gave evidence before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US of how removing his mercury amalgam fillings cured his Meniere’s disease. Evidence notwithstanding, what we know for sure is that mercury is toxic to the delicate organs of our ears. Even without waiting for conclusive research it

makes sense for anyone suffering from Meniere’s disease, a very debilitating disease, to take the steps to remove any mercury fillings they may have. However even the process of removing mercury amalgam exposures the body to a heavy load of mercury which can cause a lot of ill health. And so it’s advisable to detox your body during the same

time period you are removing your fillings. It may also be a good idea to see the effect of a mercury detox first, before she removes her amalgam fillings, if she has any present. There are other sources of mercury contamination besides amalgam like: environmental toxins, pesticides, insecticides, cosmetics, vaccines, drugs etc. The only substance taken by

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Aid2mobility At Aid2mobility our mission is to help you find the mobility and healthcare products that will enable you to enjoy a more independent and active life. We know that trying to find the most suitable products to suit your needs can be a very daunting and potentially costly exercise. We offer a comprehensive range of products and services and are proud of our reputation for providing honest guidance on all aspects of mobility and daily living aids. We can also guarantee an excellent after sales and support service which will always be available when you need it. SERVICES OFFERED Mobility equipment and daily living aids for sale and to hire. Short or long term hire of equipment. Free home assessments. Mobile repairs and servicing carried out at a place convenient to you. If you have a particular product in mind that will help to make life easier for you, please contact us and we will do all we can to fulfil your requirements. Tel: 965 073 199 or 603 338 880 Email: swatson@aid2mobility.com Website: www.aid2mobility.com

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Bluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

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

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

ADVICE: Anne wanted to know why Zenmate had ADVICE: Bob wanted to know whether MalwareBytes was worth shelling out his hard earned for. stopped allowing access to the UK.

Hi Richard, I had downloaded Zenmate for google chrome on my laptop to enable us to watch BBC iPlayer etc. it has worked fine for ages but today it is saying I am connected through Germany? Any ideas why? It works fine on the iPad.

Hi Richard, I downloaded and tried MalwareBytes but now it says my free trial is ending and I have to buy it at $25. Is it worth it or is there another free program which is just as good? Bob

Hi Bob, yes I fully recommend upgrading to the “paid for” version of MalwareBytes, its well worth it and for the price you mentioned you can install it on up to 3 computers.

INFO: George had some good information to share. Hi Richard, I enjoy reading your column in the Courier and thought that you might be interested in what I believe were scam phone calls that I received today. Telephone numbers: 16077329064 16077350870 15857629912

Hi Anne, I believe that the UK is now a premium location for Zenmate, so you would have to sign up to their premium edition in order to get a UK location. I´m not sure why the iPad is still working, however if you are in the first 30 days then you get the premium version on trial, so perhaps that’s why its working.

Don’t forget you can follow me on twitter @bluemoonspain Alternatively why don’t you sign up for my newsletter. You can do this by going to:www.bluemoonsolutions.es and fill in the form that is on any page except the front page.

The first number was recieved this morning at 09:10 hrs and a female speaking English with a strong Asian accent said that "Windows had contacted her to say that I had a problem with my computer. Being aware of scams going the rounds I told her that I did not have a computer and hung up, the other 2 calls were received during the day but I ignored them. I don't know what country the calls came from (perhaps you could find out) but I thought that perhaps you could advise your readers of the telephone numbers through your column. Keep up the good work, George Update: it looks like the numbers are US (+1), however they could easily be non-geographic (Internet) numbers and therefore could be being used from anywhere, the moral of the story is don’t believe anyone that calls you to tell you that your computer is doing strange things (even if it is!)

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Ivie Davies on Golf

Friday 17th July 2015

HERE COME THE GIRLS

Even in these fairly enlightened times, there are still a number of the sexist male species that do not like women playing golf or have a lot of negative comments about them playing from a tee that can be a 100 meters in front of the men’s yellow tees. Now I like playing a round with the ladies, as they bring a certain elegance to the game and besides their talent, there’s a positive point of helping the male golfer to keep their cool when they’re not playing too well and it will improve their game into the bargain. Women’s golf is growing, with more females playing all the time and seeing all the amazing benefits that golf has to offer. So if you’re a female reader and you want to play golf, but feel intimated or think that you’re not good enough, I hope these reasons would inspire you to start playing. IT HELPS YOUR CAREER Golf has been deemed the sport of business. In fact, it is one of the few sports that are widely accepted in the workplace. In today’s competitive business environment, business owners and executives use their time on the course to build relationships with their current and potential clients and close deals with them. For that reason, women can’t afford

not to play golf. IT COUNTS AS EXERCISE Since you’ll be spending about five hours on the course, a good golf game can provide you with plenty of exercise. Studies suggest that an average golfer usually burns about 1,500 calories per eight holes of golf. This is especially true for golfers who opt to walk instead of riding the golf

cart. It’s a great way to burn calories without you noticing. MEET NEW PEOPLE Golf is one of the most social sports ever invented. It is a great activity that you can share with family and friends. The golf course is also a great place to meet new acquaintances. Most golf clubs and societies have competitions and events where they encourage members to meet and socialise. COMPETITIVENESS Golf is a game where women can compete equally with men. Once your ball is on the green, there’s no advantage for either sex. The advantage goes to the person who has spent the most hours mastering his or

her swing. IT GETS YOU OUTSIDE You let toxins out each time you breathe. But if you stay indoors for long period of time, you breathe in the same air over and over again. Several studies show that indoor air is five times more polluted than outdoor air. Since most of us spend 90% of our time in our homes or offices, so think what it could do to your body in the long run. Golf is a sport that requires you to be outside and even better, golf courses are usually surrounded by trees, or in our case here in Spain the sea air, where you can breathe in fresh air for several hours. LADIES GOLF ATTIRE When playing golf, you want to be comfortable and be able to move freely. But you also have to remember that most courses and country clubs follow strict dress codes. If you’re new to the game, you probably have no idea what to wear as you hit the first tee. Knowing what to wear is important as guests who are not dressed appropriately are not allowed to play or enter the premises. Here’s a simple guide that will help you determine what and what not to wear on the course. TOPS At most courses, women are given the chance to wear whatever blouse they want as long it has a collar and it’s not form fitting. So, whether you decide to come to the course in a sleeveless top or button down shirt, that won’t be a problem. This summer, you may prefer to go sleeveless, but midriff, tank tops, halters and tube tops are

TITTER ON THE TEE A country club didn’t allow women on the golf course. Eventually, there was enough pressure that they decided to allow women on the course during the week. The ladies were satisfied with this arrangement, formed a women’s club and became very active. After about six months, the club main board received a letter from the women’s club complaining about the men urinating on the golf course. Naturally, they just ignored the matter. After another six months, they received another letter reminding them of the previous letter and demanding action. After due deliberation by the all-male committee, they sent the women a letter advising them that they had been granted equal privileges. A man had just played a game of golf at a strange golf course and rushed off to have a quick shower before going off to an important business appointment. He took his flannel into the shower and, after washing himself, was just about to step out to find a towel when, to his horror, he heard the sound of ladies' voices. He peeped through the shower curtain and saw two elderly ladies and a young blonde. He realised that he had gone into the ladies' shower room by mistake. But he had to get out of the shower as he had this important meeting to go to. So he thought that the only thing to do was to cover his face with the flannel and make a dash for it. He emerged stealthily from the shower and ran quickly past the three ladies, his face hidden by his flannel. “I wonder who that was?” said one of the elderly ladies. “Well, it wasn't my husband,” said the other. “And it certainly wasn't mine,” said the first lady. “And I can assure you,’ “said the younger one, "that it wasn't any member of this club, either”

not allowed. BOTTOMS Slacks are more commonly worn by women on the course. But during the summer months, women are also allowed to wear shorts. If you can’t bend over without people seeing your naughty bits, then you shouldn’t wear it on the course! Athletic shorts, sweat shorts and jeans are all considered improper. SHOES Shoes are considered part of the game’s equipment. It provides comfort during a round that usually lasts for several hours, allows for traction when walking and help stabilize a player’s swing. Soft spike footwear is required. While some courses allow trainers and running shoes, they do not provide comfort and

stability. Now you have your attire sorted, just go out and give a great sport a go as in recent times got its act together over equality with top players like America’s Paula Creamer (pictured) and England’s Charley Hull leading the way in showing how you can make a big career out of it

Spieth on St Andrews

World golf had barely cleared its throat in acclaiming Rory McIlroy as the game's most coruscating star when Jordan Spieth entered the picture, humble as you please, lethal as you like. Twenty one years old 22 later this month - and already Spieth has a place in the pantheon. Only five players in the history of golf have won the first two majors of the year in the four-major era. Ben Hogan did it in 1953 at the age of 40. Arnold Palmer followed him into the annals in 1960, at 30. Then it was Jack Nicklaus in 1972, aged 32. And after that, Tiger Woods, just a 26-year-old pup when he took the Masters and the US Open in 2002. Spieth became the fifth at Chambers Bay last month. The fact he took five years less than Woods to do it is remarkable given the other-worldly nature of

Woods in his prime. In terms of exclusive clubs, the first-two-majorsclub takes some beating, Locked outside: McIlroy and Mickelson; Ballesteros and Faldo; Player and Watson; Trevino and Snead. Not so long ago we were talking of Woods like he was something that might never be seen again in a lifetime, but here we are in a relative blink of an eye talking about a boy out of Texas going for three major championships in a row.

KNOW YOUR RULES

QUESTION

Player A slices his shot onto an adjoining fairway close to Player B's ball, who is playing the other hole. The balls are very close together are the same model and number and have no identification marks on them, so the players cannot tell whose ball belongs to who. Which of the following is correct? (a) The players must decide by mutual agreement which ball belongs to each of them and proceed without penalty (b) Both balls are lost, the players must proceed under Rule 271 (Stroke & Distance) (c) Both players are penalised one stroke, must decide which ball belongs to which player by drawing lots or tossing a coin and proceed from where the balls lie.

ANSWER (b) Both balls are lost, the players must proceed under Rule 271 (Stroke & Distance) at anytime, a player may, under penalty of one stroke, play a ball as nearly as possible at the spot from which the original ball was last played proceed under penalty of stroke and distance.

The Courier Sport

NEW MEN ARRIVE

CD Torrevieja have unveiled two new signings, Junafran and Sanchez, in the week that pre-season training got underway with their first friendly match of the season to come tomorrow night(Saturday) at the Vicente Garcia stadium as they entertain Cordoba with an 8.00pm kick off. Juan Francisco Iniesta, known as

Juanfran, played a key part in seeing Ebro win the third division group 17 championship last season and promotion to 2B, with 15 goals to his name. José Antonio Sánchez Molina, known as Sanchez played in group 9 of the third division last season for Yeclano in group 13, where they finished sixth. This 26 year old is a com-

bative midfield battler who should add necessary steel to what last season looked a lightweight central area, Jorge notwithstanding. 27 players have been taking part in pre-season training this week, with manager Pedreño running the rule on a number of British trialists before settling on his final 20-man squad.

LAVA FLOWS IN MURCIA

Triathlons have become common events in many Spanish communities with a variety of categories for all ages and fitness levels, but the ultimate test is hitting the Spanish mainland for the first time this early October, after early successes in Lanzarote (pictured) with a big event across the Murcia region. Ocean Lava Murcia will be

staged on Sunday October 11th offering brave competitors the chance to take part in a 3.8 kilometre swim, followed by a 180 kilometre cycle ride, and finished off by the mere matter of a fulllength marathon run, with the whole challenge expected to last around 12 hours! The swimming section (any style) will start and finish at

the Hotel Entremares in La Manga, and then the competitors will cycle to Murcia City via Cartagena, Torre Pacheco and Alhama. The marathon will consist of four laps around the city of Murcia. It will cost 195 euros for the privilege of taking part, and you can get more details via the website at www.oceanlava.com

PEDRO PEDDLING

Barcelona and Spain winger Pedro is said to be keen on a move to Chelsea, despite being heavily linked with a number of Premier League clubs. Both Arsenal and Liverpool were believed to be interested, while it was understood

Manchester United might enter the race. Pedro said last week that he was prepared to fight for his place at Barca, but reports in the Spanish media suggest that his future lies elsewhere after the buy-out clause in his contract was slashed.

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The fee is believed to be in the region of 30 million euros and Blues boss Jose Mourinho is ready to splash the cash. The signing of Pedro could set the ball rolling as first-team opportunities at the Nou Camp could be limited next season. The 27-year-old is already behind Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar in the pecking order, while Arda Turan was signed recently and provides further competition for places. Mourinho could push a deal through quickly after demanding his board back him with funds during the summer transfer window.

WHAT THE HULL?

CD Torrevieja have held their hands up and admitted a cock up over their friendly match with Hull City on Friday July 24th. The Tigers are most certainly coming to town but it’s their baby cubs in the shape of their under-21 side and not the senior team, which is not what the Spanish section of the Torry directors expected when they lined up the fixture. British fans of Torrevieja spotted the blunder when they noticed on various websites that the Hull first team had engagements elsewhere on the scheduled friendly date, and frantic enquiries confirmed that a big mistake had been made! The club have said sorry to fans who have already bought tickets for the fixture and full refunds will be

given if asked for. Those who want to check out the new look Torrevieja squad as well as looking at some Hull players of the future, will be able to do so at a reduced price of five euros, with ticket holders being refunded the difference

between the new and old prices. Those who have a new season ticket will only need to pay €2.50. CD Torrevieja apologises to all supporters and football followers who were looking forward to such a high profile game for the city.

WAVES OF CHARITY

A great day was enjoyed by spectators and competitors alike when a recent charity race staged by SAMM, the Sailing Association Mar Menor, raised over twelve hundred euros for their chosen charity AMMA, Alzheimer Mar Menor Association. The event was a team race; with four teams of three boats, one IOM radio controlled boat, one dinghy and one day boat. The IOM radio controlled yachts opened the proceedings, resulting in a very close four lap race. As each team’s IOM boat finished, the dinghy commenced its first lap in ideal conditions. As this finished, it passed a baton to the day boat which did the second lap. Then the dinghy did the third lap till each boat completed four laps. The format was interesting and exciting. As the race progressed, the conditions gradually became more challenging (the Easterly wind force 2-3 at the start

built to around 4-5) and the baton passing increasingly difficult, often requiring a number of attempts before success was achieved. For some, this proved to be decisive, as with the increasing wind came swimming, the odd paint exchange and shroud twanging as battens were exchanged. This provided both excitement and anticipation of the result, whilst adding to the ever increasing complexity of keeping track of the race. Despite this, the officials did a great job recording the exchanges

and the numerous start and finish times, helped of course, by some computer timing and reporting. Overall, all participants agreed this proved to be a good spirited, fun and worthy event (albeit challenging) and worth doing again. The Autumn Series of races is scheduled to start on Sunday September 6th at the usual venue, The Centro Tecnico Deportivo at Los Narejos on the Mar Menor. Everybody is welcome and there are more details on the website, www.sailingmarmenor.com.

A BEACH DATE

The San Javier Squalos are welcoming rugby teams from around the Costa Blanca and Murcia to their beach 5’s tournament this Saturday (July 18th) being staged in Santiago de la Ribera on Playa Barnuevo. from 9.00am. The teams taking part in the seniors matches are from Alcalá (Club de Rugby, Alcalá de Henares), Cartagena (Club de Rugby Cartagena), Cieza (Club de Rugby Cieza), Costa Cobras RFC, Colossus Cockroach (Cartagena), Lorca (Club de Rugby Lorca), Los Zorros (Alicante), Moe´s Team (Totana), Squalos (Club de Rugby Squalos San Javier), Úbeda Atlanes (Club de Rugby Úbeda Atlantes), XV Murcia (Club de Rugby XV Murcia) and Zepeling (Murcia) .

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Friday 17th July 2015

ELCHE DOOMED

TOUGH TASK

Former Valencia player, Rubén Baraja, is Elche's new manager, taking over after Fran Esbriba's resignation last month, with the 40-year-old signing a oneyear contract. Baraja's task is huge and he'll start life with the team in the second division, after their administrative relegation for financial regularities was confirmed by Spain's sports arbitration court last Monday. Baraja, 40, started his

new job on Monday (pictured alongside Elche president Juan Anguix), and he took a session at the club's training ground before being officially introduced to the media as the new man in charge. Baraja spent his playing career with Real Valladolid, who he debuted for in 1993, Atletico Madrid and Valencia, where he won two La Liga titles, a Copa del Rey, a UEFA Cup and a European Super Cup. Since retiring, he has

worked as commentator for television, before becoming the assistant manager to Gregorio Manzano at Atletico Madrid in 2011, before Manzano was sacked and replaced by Diego Simeone. In July 2013 he took on a role at Valencia's academy and in December of the same year briefly became the coach of Los Che's second team, Valencia Mestalla, while Nico Estevez took on first team duties. Elche are hoping that the former Spanish international will be able to bring his experience and knowledge to a squad that is in desperate need of guidance as they try to rebuild. Baraja has been joined by his assistant José Ramón Rodríguez Sánchez and fitness trainer, Manuel Poblaciones Risoto. Baraja’s first match will be a friendly encounter with Eldense in Santa Pola tomorrow night with an 8.30pm kick-off, which is a repeat of same pre-season meeting a year ago which Elche won two-nil at the same venue. Another friendly will be at the San Pedro del Pinatar arena on Wednesday August 5th, as the Ilicitanos take on Real Murcia.

DATES TO SAVOUR New Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez will oversee his first El Clasico La Liga match in charge of Los Blancos on Sunday November 8th, at the Bernabeu. The reverse league fixture falls in the spring,

withBarcelona hosting Real in a potentially crucial early April encounter, with just seven games left before the end of the season. Luis Enrique's treblewinning Barcelona outfit begin their domestic title defence away at Basque s i d e Athletic Bilbao o n August 23rd their third game in a

week against Ernesto Valverde's men, given the two teams' twolegged Super Cup tussle. Benitez will bring his new-look side to Sporting Gijon's El Molinon stadium on the opening day, while Malaga entertain Sevilla in an Andalucian derby. On the last day of the 2015-16 campaign, May 15th, Real travel to Galicia to play Deportivo La Coruna, while Barcelona also finish the season away from home at Granada, who finished 17th in La Liga last season.

The Spanish Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected Elche's appeals and ruled that it must be relegated from the Primera Liga of La Liga to the second division due to non-payment of taxes and wages to players. Elche, which finished the season in 13th place, will be replaced by Eibar, which gets a reprieve having finished third from bottom. Last Monday, the CAS upheld the previous decision by the league to relegate Elche due to its debts with Spain's tax office and its own staff. The Spanish

league had in June ruled that Elche should go down given that it was the second consecutive year that the club had failed to pay its taxes. The club though is still pursuing legal action through Spain's regular courts, with a case being put forward before the National Court that Elche has been unfairly discriminated against, with the La Liga president, Javier Tebas, being sued for “prevarication”. But the problems may get even worse for the Ilicitanos. Due to a debt they have with

the AFE (the Spanish Players' Association), they could still be relegated to Segunda B, the third tier of Spanish football. That may well happen if they are unable to come up with the seven million euros they owe their players, In the case that they don't find the money and they are relegated again, one of the teams who went down last season, Racing Santander, Recreativo Huelva, Sabadell and Barça B, could occupy their place in Segunda A if they deposit the cash that Elche owe the AFE.

Telefónica has agreed to pay 600 million euros for the domestic rights to broadcast La Liga matches from the top two divisions, led of course by Barcelona and Real Madrid. The deal was announced by the Spanish telecoms group and the LFP professional league association last Friday (July 10th). It is the first time that La Liga has sold the broadcasting rights for its top two divisions collectively, rather than each team being free to market its own rights, though in practical terms the main casualty is Gol TV, which saw the writing on the wall some months ago,. It offered La Liga matches via subscription on terrestrial television, but its owners closed the channel at the

start of the month, but are planning to launch a new satellite channel next month offering games from Europe, including the English Premier League. Telefónica are the new owners of the satellite Canal Plus services which have screened the vast bulk of La Liga matches for a number of years, and that will continue, but under Spanish competition laws, some fixtures from the top two divisions have to be offered to terrestrial broadcasters, like before. One match per round will be provided on a free-to-air basis, but will not feature Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid, Valencia or teams involved in European club competitions. Telefónica will hold exclu-

sive rights to games and highlights from the Segunda Division, but will have to sublicense 50 per cent of those matches to meet competition regulations. Telefónica has also secured exclusive rights to the Copa del Rey, with two games per round provided free-to-air. However, the Copa final is not part of the package. In January, commercial broadcaster Mediaset (owners of free to air channels Cuatro and Telecinco) agreed a threeyear deal with the Spanish Football Federation for national team and club competition rights, including the Copa del Rey final, which has left state broadcaster TVE with nothing, unless they get some sublicensed fixtures.

TV DEAL STRUCK

IKER’S TEARS

Iker Casillas bid an emotional farewell to Real Madrid at his official goodbye press conference last weekend, as he broke down in tears after his expected move to Porto was confirmed.

Casillas joined Real as a nine-year-old, and progressed through the youth ranks to become one of the best goalkeepers of all time. He has played his whole career so far with Real, but suffered indifferent form last year, and has now sealed his switch to Portugal. Casillas made 725 appearances for Real since making his debut for the senior team in 1999. He tearfully struggled to read a statement, the day after the Bernabeu outfit confirmed his departure. Meanwhile in a newspaper interview, his

mother, María del Carmen Fernández launched into Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, blaming him for driving her boy Iker out of his boyhood club. She then went further by insulting his new club! "Porto is a second division team and my son deserves a greater one than that, such as Barcelona," claimed Iker's mother. "A world champion can't end up at Porto. He could have gone wherever he wanted and I wouldn't have minded if it were Barcelona because they are perfect gentlemen."

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Friday 17th July 2015

PIES TO PAELLA, PAL…

Noel Coward once accurately observed ‘Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun’. So which Englishman said recently: ‘It was one of those once-in-alifetime phone calls…..? I was picking the children up from school when I got it. We've been here a couple of days. Between 2pm and 4pm we English tend to go out to the swimming pool… empty because it's the hottest part of the day… the locals have gone inside to take a siesta and there's my family and I just toughing it out…’ Hmm, does this sound familiar to us ex-pats

here in Spain? And there’s more… much more where that came from: ‘We're going to have to get used to the culture. In England I wake up at 6 every morning and I tend to go to bed at 9. In Spain they don't go out until 10 at night.

So I'm going to have to really change and that's one of the challenges... me out of my comfort zone… change the way I have lived my life the last 38 years… always tended to rely on my own gut instinct and judgement… never thought I'd move away from the north-west....’ Doesn’t that sound like someone you’ve heard out here in Spain whose experience of actually living here amounts to a holiday in Benidorm? Coming over here extremely naively with their allegedly supportive family of dutiful put-

upon wife and very apprehensive kids in tow. The true Brit who abandons everything they hold dear (and know little else) for a visionary perfect new life here in the Spanish sunshine. Hey, what can go wrong, pal? Ex-Manchester United and Everton player, football

That King Stadium!

What planet are Leicester City’s Thairarchy on, for Fox sakes? After the sordid sacking of Pearson-andson the, Thai owners have tinkered around with a replacement, studiously – no make that stupidly avoiding the tried-and-tested out-of-work English management favourites like Sam Allardyce and gone for an outsider – right outside English football for eleven years. 63 year-old Italian Claudio Ranieri, aka ‘the Tinkerman’ due to his favourite trick of never

coach and lately TV pundit, Philip Neville is moving his wife Julie, and their two children to Spain to take up a coaching role at the Costa Blanca’s capital city of Valencia. Last season our region’s number one team finished only one point behind third-placed Atletico Madrid and took four points off runners-up Real Madrid. OK, but we need to know more… Phil hails from an interesting, but very Lancashire family. Father Neville Neville (yes, that’s

not a misprint) is an ex-director of English football club Bury. He is married to Jill Neville who is the General Manager and Club Secretary of Bury. They have three children who have all been professional athletes: eldest son Gary is now a successful Sky TV pundit and England coach to Roy Hodgson. Then come

twins retired netball International Tracey - and our Phil. The brothers are co-owners of Mancunian club Salford City FC along with Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt who were all part of Fergie’s famous youngsters at Man United growing up in the 90s during the David Beckham period. After the disastrous coaching period as number two at Man United with nowdeparted manager David

Moyes, Phil has lately tried to emulate his Sky-high big brother Gary with his own brand of punditry and analytical skills at the BBC. Alas, the venture was not wholeheartedly welcomed by the public: Phil was initially criticised for his lack of emotion and ‘monotone’ style. In his opening game watching England v Italy, Neville the younger man-

knowingly playing a winning team twice, has been appointed the Foxes’ manager for the next three years – if he lasts that long in the cauldron of the Premier League. Ranieri has not worked in England since leaving Stamford Bridge in 2004, and just to confirm his total suitability for the huge Premier League task ahead, the Italian was recently sacked as Greece manager last year after only four months in the job, following a home defeat by the Faroe Islands. Ideal credentials for the Prem, eh? The Beeb’s Gary Lineker, a Leicester lad and former striker said ‘… this is an uninspired choice by Leicester. It's amazing how the same old names keep getting a go on the managerial merry-go-round.’ Who’s next at that King stadium, then, Gary? Paolo Di Canio?

aged to ‘attract’ 445 complaints from a huge BBC audience of 14.4 million viewers, many taking to Twitter to criticise. Several joked that England physio Gary Lewin who was stretchered off after injuring his ankle had actually ‘fallen into a coma’ listening to Neville. Hmm - perhaps media analysis on TV isn’t the answer - stick to coaching, our Phil? How now did this latest major move manifest itself? Well, Peter Lim, Valencia’s owner is a Singaporean businessman with a major involvement in Old Trafford and Salford City, but the major factor was Valencia's Portuguese boss, 41-yearold Nuno Espirito Santo. ‘Nuno is a really impressive young manager,’ said 38 year-old Neville. ‘My con-

tact has been through him. He's assured…knows exactly what he wants… speaks perfect English… taken Valencia into the Champions League in his first season with a very young squad… talented team with hungry young players… can only get better. I've been twice this season… impressed by the technical standards.’ Ooh, twice already, our Phil – well, you practically know the place inside out then. So on the football field - or perhaps just off it - an easy decision to make? But even briefly dipping your toe in the swimming pool has shown up big new problems, even before you start yelling at the players. Eh - are you sure you’ve thought this thing through, pal? Next week the concluding part of the Phil Neville interview goes into more depth…

Friday 17th July 2015

ALLEZ BRITAIN! James Ward, who broke into the world top 100 after his run at Wimbledon, will be linking up with Andy Murray today in the first two singles rubbers of Britain’s Davis Cup quarter final tie against France at Queen’s Club, London. The British team will be trying to reach their first World Group semi-final since 1981.

THE REAL DEAL Real Madrid, with expensive stars like Cristiano Ronaldo, have been named as the world's most valuable sports team for the third year running by Forbes magazine. Real are valued at £2.08bn, with American football side Dallas Cowboys and baseball's New York Yankees in joint second at £2.04 billion. Real's rivals Barcelona are fourth on £2.02billion, with Manchester United (£1.98bn) dropping from third to fifth.

STERLING CRISIS OVER ST O M N O I L L I M 9 4 £ EXPENSIVE ENGLISH PLAY ER ‘AGreekments’ in Europe this week were easily equalled in Lancashire with the Sterling balance of payments being settled at last. £49m will go one way down the East Lancs Road towards Liverpool and in return a relieved but highly unpopular Raheem Sterling will leave Red Merseyside to join Blue

Manchester City. The 20year-old England winger had asked to leave Anfield and was the subject of two big bids from City in June, which were both rejected. The unbelievable sum is a British record and Sterling becomes the most expensive English player ever by far, after Andy Carroll (who?) signed for Liverpool from

Newcastle at £35m (N.B Real Madrid paid £85m for Gareth Bale, but that was poco loco). To hype things up, several former senior Liverpool players including Mark Lawrenson and Jamie Carragher have criticised the Liverpool starlet and his behaviour since he told manager Brendan Rodgers and chief executive Ian Ayre

SCHHH! YOU KNOW Man United will kick off the new season with a commentator’s double nightmare in midfield. If you look up ‘bastion’ in a dictionary it means ‘stronghold’ or ‘rock’ or ‘fortress’. Well, hopefully at Old Trafford, Man United have just bought themselves a real bas-

tion from Bayern Munich. Depending on where your football sympathies lie, I can think of few names to stir passions on the English terraces more than ‘Bastian Schweinsteiger’. The tough 30 year-old German captain is joining the Red Devils United

having played 500 games for the Bundesliga champions while scoring 67 goals – oh, and 111 games for his country and 23 goals. Schweinsteiger won the World Cup in 2014 with that great national side, and gained third place in 2006 and 2010. For his

he wanted to leave the club this summer, turning down a new £100,000-a-week deal. Last week the stakes were raised as Sterling opted out of Liverpool’s pre-season tour to Thailand, Australia and Malaysia claiming he wasn’t well. Ex-Liverpool captain and Reds diehard Steven Gerrard observed: ‘You don't

club he won one Champions League medal and eight Bundesligia titles, and the midfielder previously played for United manager Louis van Gaal between 2009 and 2011. Just to complicate the pronunciation issue at the Theatre of Dreams Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin is also joining United for a fee of £25m. The unlikely-sounding Frenchman nearly left Saints in the big exodus last year, but stayed and played well at St Mary’s to help Southampton end up in

have to throw in illness, or refuse to go on tour. The fans have shown him great support, they want him to stay and I believe that he should too.’ If and when Sterling returns to play at Anfield, he will be assured of a very hostile reception from Liverpool’s legion of passionate fans. As for City, they’ve got their man in their seeming

seventh place. Now he’s flown across the Atlantic to join United’s pre-season tour of the United States together with Schhyou-knowwho

money-no-object manner to mount this season’s attack on the Prem and Europe: what an attacking array of artistry available at the Etihad including Aguero, Silva, Toure, Nasri, Bony, Decko and Navas. But will the Blues get it right this time, after stuttering several times in important matches last season?

off - what a move t h a t w o u l d have been for United.

numb e r one… Last week United also signed versatile Italian defender Matteo Darmian for an undisclosed fee from Torino, but what had looked the ideal deal, the Sergio Ramos transfer from Real Madrid is

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