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Friday 29th July 2016

“BANNED DRUG” KILLS MAN Coma And Death After Emergency Operation

BY ALEX TRELINSKI

n Irishman died from sceptic shock after he was prescribed a common painkiller for his shoulder pain while he was staying in Torrevieja, reports the Irish Independent newspaper. William "Billy" Smyth (66) from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland was visiting Torrevieja in February when he was prescribed the painkiller Nolotil from a GP, which he took for five days. In April, Mr. Smyth returned to another doctor to get a renewal for his normal medications and told the doctor he couldn’t shake cold-like symptoms. "He couldn't shake a common cold and the sore throat

he had. The GP checked him out and found his white blood cell count was very low and called an ambulance to take him to hospital straight away," Billy's son Derek Smyth told the Irish Independent. At Torrevieja Hospital’s emergency department, Mr. Smyth went through a series of tests and doctors found that the Nolotil drug had caused a toxic poisoning in his bone marrow, causing him to stop producing white blood cells, which are used to fight infection. "This is a known side effect of the drug, which the hospital doctors said is particularly a problem for people of British and Irish decent. The second GP who sent him to hospital

afterwards also stated it was "common knowledge" not to prescribe English or Irish people this drug," said Derek. Mr.Smyth developed sepsis and necrotising fasciitis as a result of the low white cell count and he required "radi-

cal surgery" to remove the affected tissue in an attempt to save his life. "My father remained in a coma following surgery. He developed multiple organ failure, received a colostomy, kidney dialysis and many lifesaving measures but on April 17th my father died from septic shock due to the complications developed from taking Nolotil," said Derek. The Nolotil drug is a brand name for Metamizole. Metamizole is an anti-inflammatory drug used for the treatment of mild pain such as toothaches, headaches, arthralgia, neuralgia, myositis, mild to moderate visceral pain, and high fever. While the drug is available in countries such as Spain, it's banned in Ireland, the UK, US, Australia and other EU countries.

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An Orihuela judge has allowed the PIPN political party to pursue legal action against the San Fulgencio mayor, Carlos Ramírez, for using the municipality's rubbish and cleaning contractor for a number of years without tendering an official contract. The Partido Popular mayor is currently facing charges in Orihuela over the non-tendering of a contract for a

company to look after the La Marina sports centre, with an employee hired instead. An investigating judge has found that Ramírez does have a case to answer but the mayor says that he is being singled out unfairly by the anti-corruption prosecutor, Pablo Romero, who he accuses of bias and lying simply because he is a member of the Partido Popular.

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receiving a call from his sister, and found him in his flat, with one of his kidnappers next to him trying to prevent him from calling out for help. The victim was taken to hospital where he was treated for

30 thousand Spaniards are getting a state pension every year, despite the fact they're dead.The Audit Office says that 300 million euros is being wasted on the payments, having worked out the figures based on cross-checking

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A German man was freed by the Guardia Civil after he was kidnapped by five people and held at his home in Torrevieja. The gang demanded a ransom payment from the man's sister and he had been badly beaten up and had received little food or water during his two week ordeal. The five kidnappers, three men and two women (four of whom are Spanish and one man of Moroccan nationality), have been charged with assault, kidnapping, and extortion, with further charges not being ruled out. Two out of the five were remanded into custody by a Torrevieja judge, who ordered those who had been bailed to stay away from their victim. The Guardia went to where the German national was being held after

two broken ribs, a punctured lung, and bruising on his face and body. The Guardia did not specify any further details as to why the man had been targeted and have not revealed his name.

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The skies above the Mar Menor were full of colour and noise on Sunday as the Spanish equivalent of the UK Red Arrows, La Patrulla Acrobática Águila (Eagle Acrobatic Patrol) took to the air to celebrate the annual Santiago de la Ribera fies-

pension names with a list of recorded deaths from the National Institute of Statistics. The Audit Office pointed out after somebody died, details were often not passed onto to the appropriate social security office,

meaning that payments continued for months after a claimant had passed away. The Audit Office called on procedures to be tightened up, including those at banks who pay out the pensions.

Stubbed Out

tas. The team, whose home is at the Spanish air force base in Santiago, wowed thousands of spectators in their 30 minute display which was watched by local dignitaries including San Javier mayor, José Miguel Luengo.

Two Rescues An 83-year-old man who went for an early Sunday morning swim in the Los Alcázares area lost consciousness in the sea and was pulled out by a family member. The incident happened at Playa de La Concha at around 8.30 am, and he was taken by ambulance to

the intensive care unit of San Javier's Los Arcos hospital. Up the coast, the previous day, an 83-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest after losing consciousness in the waters of San Pedro's Lo Pagán beach. She was also admitted to Los Arcos hospital.

18 tons of illegal tobacco said to have a retail value of two point seven million euros has been seized and

three Spaniards arrested by the Guardia Civil after a raid on a storage facility in Elche. Authorities believe that the

gang may have distributed over 54 tons of tobacco since 2016, worth around eight million euros.

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Trash Talk

Opposition Partido Popular councillor, Carmen Gómez, has criticised Torrevieja council's poor waste removal services over the high summer season, saying that she cannot remember the last time the city was "so dirty and smelly" Gómez said the month-to-month contract with private company Acciona who are maintaining services whilst the council sort out their plans to bring waste and cleaning services under council control, is simply not working out with Acciona carrying out their work "half-heartedly", whilst they are being a lot of money. The councillor claimed, with a variety of photographs, that refuse bins were overflowing because not enough have been put out, and that pavements have more rubbish on them, and that fly-posting is on the rise. She criticised the council for being silent in recent weeks in updates over the replacement service for Acciona. Down the coast, La Federación de Asociaciones de Orihuela Costa (FAOC) have complained about the state of the area and the accumulated rubbish, adding to the

criticism aimed at Orihuela council by the opposition socialist PSOE party recently. FAOC claim that they have received numerous complaints in recent weeks from angry residents over a lack of street cleaning and waste removal in the area with containers piling up high and causing a stench because there are not enough of them. The group also says that garden waste and prunings are not being properly dealt with whilst “mountains” of seaweed are “piling up” on the beaches in what FAOC says is hardly appropriate for “blue flag” award-winning areas. Orihuela’s councillor responsible for waste disposal services, Noelia Grao, responded that a total of 350 thousand euros had been spent on bolstering services over the summer.

The councillor said that 15 thousand euros was allocated to renting 90 additional containers for a four month period during the high season, and that 35 thousand euros had been spent on hiring extra vehicles, and 200 thousand on additional staff and holiday cover, including additional expenditure to make sure that a service was provided seven days a week. Grao apologised to Orihuela Costa residents for any problems, stating that the collection and cleaning services had not been properly budgeted for since they were brought under municipal control by the previous council administration in 2012, which has not allowed for a proper investment in the service, including the repair of trucks and equipment.

Campoamor Chaos Time Residents in the Campoamor area are once again bracing themselves for the aftermath of the annual Campoamor Music Festival next Wednesday, despite the Orihuela council refusing a license for the event to take place. The Federación de Asociaciones de Orihuela Costa (FAOC) have told the council that the evening is still being advertised via the internet and that tickets are being sold, in spite of the authority communicating

their decision to the organisers. The council admitted in May, in response to residents questions, that thousands of euros was spent last year on policing the illegal event as well as clearing up the area adjoining La Glea beach. Local residents associations have regularly lobbied and campaigned over disturbances suffered in the Campoamor area on the first Wednesday of August, due to the unauthorised event.

Thieves Detained Eight Algerian men who are accused of stealing jewellery from homes across Alicante Province have been arrested by the National Police and put in front of an Elche judge. Over 50 items were recovered that were taken from at least seven properties in Alicante and Elche, as well as further afield in Dénia and Javea as well as Almeria. The gang would look to pawn any stolen items at gold shops around the area.

La Hoya Move

Porn Raids 21 people in 14 areas of Spain including one each in Alicante Province and the Murcia region have been

arrested for being part of a group that made and distributed obsene videos of child sexual abuse via the inter-

net. 24 homes were raided by the National Police who seized a variety of computer equipment.

Sailing Back?

Plans are being made for the maritime rescue boat, the SAR Mesana, to be docked in Torrevieja

throughout the year to continue to provide support to emergency rescue operations and to assist the

Guardia Civil in anti-smuggling operations. The boat has been providing summer cover across the coast from Santa Pola to Pilar de la Horadada and Alicante Province. Harbourmaster, Cayetano Pérez Pérez, said that he is hopeful of a permanent arrangement being made involving the Public Works ministry for next year. The ship left Torrevieja on Sunday for maintenance and inspection work.

Developers are set to put forward formal planning permission requests for the building of a seven and a half thousand properties in the La Hoya area of Torrevieja, The initial go-ahead for the use of La Hoya was given by the Valencian government back in 2009, and the sub-division of the land was approved by the previous Partido Popularrun Torrevieja council in February 2014. The completed project would see potentially 23 thousand residents added to the

local population with the development based in an area essentially between the La Siesta/El Chaparral urbanisation and the CV-905 road heading to the boundary of La Mata Park and the Chiron Hospital. In March, Torrevieja council told developers to get on with the project or they would forfeit their rights. The new estate is the largest building project on the table in Alicante Province, and the last major piece of building land allocated in Torrevieja.

In Honolulu, community members and an environmental group sued the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defence and the secretary of defence over a plan to turn two Pacific islands into live-fire testing sites. In Berlin, German authorities arrested a 15-year-old boy who they suspect of having planned a rampage and also believe was in contact with a teenager who killed nine people in Munich last week. In Paris, several major media outlets in France said they would no longer use photographs of killers responsible for terror attacks to avoid giving them "posthumous glorification". In Washington, John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, is to be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live full-time with his mother, a federal judge ordered. In Milan, the caretakers of the historic Duomo cathedral requested additional police surveillance in light of an incident in which an American tourist was locked inside overnight and the terror attack on a French church. In Islamabad, Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan ordered an investigation into the mysterious death of a Pakistani woman living in England after her husband claimed she was killed for marrying against her family's wishes. In outer space, Earth bid a final farewell to robot lab Philae, severing communications after a year-long silence from the pioneering probe hurtling through space on a comet.

Elcheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Palm Weevil On Fall

The on-going war to preserve Elche's famous palm trees against the scurge of the red palm weevil appears to be turning, with a survey suggesting that presence of the weevil has fallen by five percent since March. The figures are based on inspections and the improvement is said to be down to tracking down the weevil at an early stage. The felling of infected palm trees has also been reduced by nearly 13 percent.

Better To Be Safe

A 31-year-old pregnant waitress working at a Tabarca island restaurant was ferried by an emergency medical helicopter to Alicante General Hospital on Saturday lunchtime after she complained of suffering severe abdominal pains. Her condition was described as not serious with medics deciding to take her to the mainland as a precaution.

Friday 29th July 2016

Pull Out Threat

An eleven million euro project to renovate the Arenales del Sol hotel in Arenales could be scrapped, despite work starting earlier this year. The Princesol company was hit last week with an 80 thousand euro fine by the Costas Directorate for doing unauthorised demolition work on the site, where construction was suspended two months ago. The deserted building would have become a fourstar resort complex, with

100 bedrooms, as well as restaurants, bars, function rooms, and spas which will be open to non-residents. with the premises owned by Princesol, which is a subsidiary company of the Group Benidorm Hotels chain. Project engineer Florentino Regalado said that the fine was excessive and not proportionate to what happened on the site, and that they did have approval for some demolition which was needed to

bring the building up to modern safety standards and to comply with all laws. He added that Princesol were serious about abandoning the site permanently and writing off their losses if an amicable agreement is not reached soon. At the start of the month, 300 people gathered in front of the suspended redevelopment to call on the project to be immediately restarted, arguing that the project is good news for the area and the local economy.

Armed And Dangerous

The National Police have broken up an international arms gang based in Ibiza and headed by a Polish billionaire who claimed to be a diplomat from Guinea Bissau. The exmilitary man had a plaque put up outside his house on the island to say he enjoyed diplomatic immunity and even used the Gambian presidential plane to send military weapons to South Sudan. A police officer is said to be one of nine men arrested during raids in connection with

the illegal sale of more than 200,000 Kalashnikov AK-47s assault rifles, rocket launchers and military tanks. 'The billionaire ring leader was using an international network of companies and contacts to extort and receive payments for alleged arms trafficking, even using the presidential plane in Gambia to sell weapons to this country,' said a spokesman for the National Police. The gang was said to be violent, using threats and intimidation to collect debts.

Let It Roll

Surfâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Up An off-duty police officer saved the life of a young Bulgarian woman last week, after she spent the whole night clinging to her surfboard in the sea off the southern coastal town of Tarifa in Andalucia.

The woman had been unable to reach the shore due to strong currents and had spent the night floating on a cork board. The off-duty officer was fishing on a boat in the waters of the Strait of Gibraltar when he spotted

the woman at 9.00 am last Thursday, and saved her. The Guardia Civil said that she had decided to go for a midnight dip in the water, and was suffering from exhaustion and mild hypothermia.

Up And Down Economy

Road resurfacing, new pavements, and better signs, in addition to replacing old water pipes in a key part of Catral have been taking place recently at a cost of over 95 thousands

euros, funded by the Alicante Provincial Council. The major makeover has taken shape in the Calle Santa Ă gueda and Rollo bridge area of the municipality.

Zika Birth

Spain's economy may grow around two point nine percent in 2016, up from the current official target of two point seven percent, although 2017 could come under pressure due to lower global growth, according to the acting Financial Minister Luis de Guindos. Though de Guindos did not provide any figure for economic growth in 2017 he said that a slowdown in the EU eurozone could have an impact. Madrid faces European Union sanctions for breaching fiscal rules in 2015, when it did not sufficiently cut its deficit.

A woman in Spain infected with the Zika virus has given birth to a baby with the brain disease microcephaly, thought to be the first such birth in Europe. Authorities revealed in May they had detected microcephaly in the foetus but the couple decided to keep the baby. Felix Castillo, the neonatal chief at Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron hospital, said that

the child's vital signs were "normal and stable". The baby was born by caesarean section after 40 weeks of pregnancy. Mr Castillo confirmed that the circumference of the child's head was "smaller than normal and that it has microcephaly". He said the child was being constantly monitored, adding that the parents were "very excited" about the birth.

Location Views Torrevieja residents have until next Friday (August 5th) to submit comments to the council on where a proposed dog beach should be situated in the municipality. Beaches councillor, Javier Manzanares, said that it was an impossible task to come up with a site that would suit everybody but the authority was seeking to find some kind of sensible consensus on the location of the dog beach.

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Power Broking

King Felipe VI has been meeting leaders of Spain's political parties this week for the fourth time in an attempt to break a seven-month-old deadlock, as the parties struggle to form a coalition government. This time around, the king is widely expected to propose acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy as a candidate to try and form an administration. Rajoy's right-wing Partido Popular (PP) won most of the votes in June, but fell 39 seats short of the majority he needed to govern, the

second general election in six months to prove inconclusive. King Felipe met the PP, the PSOE (Socialist), Podemos, and Ciudadanos leaders yesterday, after meetings with the smaller parties earlier in the week. When a party wins fewer than the 176 seats needed to control the lower house of the 350-strong parliament, under Spanish law, the king holds talks with all parties across the political spectrum and proposes a candidate to become prime minister. The candidate will

then submit a viable proposal for government to a confidence vote in parliament in which they must secure an absolute majority to avoid a second vote 48 hours later. King Felipe has already held three such consultations since the first election in December, of which two resulted in no proposal and one in the nomination of Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez, who did not pass the confidence vote that ensued. A fresh vote is pencilled in for next week.

Russian Anchors

A 119-metre long luxury boat, belonging to a 44-yearold Russian millionaire, anchored on the coast of Denia, on the northern Costa Blanca. Andrey Melnichenko, who features at number 172 of the Forbes Richest Men on the Planet list, is the owner of the impressive mega-yacht named “A”. The sleek vessel, designed by Philippe Stark which is valued at 232 million euro, docked in Denia for the night then set off at midday yesterday and headed towards the marine reserve of Cabo de Sant Antoni and

the coast of Javea. The boat, which has been partly constructed from aluminium, was inspired by Captain Nemo’s the “Nautilus” in Julio Verne’s ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’, although the Russian millionaire has ensured that some of the design reflects his own eccentric character. For example, the bed in the main cabin, which measures 230 square metres itself, is able to turn a full 360 degrees. This way, the millionaire and his wife Aleksandra can choose, without getting out of the

bed, which view they’d like to wake up to each morning. The futuristic boat, which can travel at a very fast 23 knots an hour and 12,000 km without having to stop to fill up for fuel, boasts a helicopter and launch pad, a massive library filled with some of the world’s greatest classics, 44 security cameras, three swimming pools and a glass bottom, which is actually the roof of the nightclub inside. In June last year, the Russian millionaire docked in the Royal Marina of Valencia and often spends time in the marina of Palma de Mallorca.

Take The High Road Seven drug traffickers have been arrested for using a transport company as a front for shipping hashish to Britain and Holland. The National Police say that they had lorries based at Onil in the hills of Alicante Province, where the gang would make modifications to conceal the

Goods Are Not What They Seem Five and a half thousand fake-branded sports shoes have been seized in a National Police operation at a Valencia City industrial estate. Two Chinese nationals were arrested with authorities saying that the counterfeit footwear had been shipped in crates from Italy for distribution across Spain.

drugs before their journeys north. The drugs were imported into Spain from Morocco, and two lorry journeys were stopped by the police, with over 500 kilos of hashish seized on both occasions, as well as a number of arrests including the leader of the gang.

Vests And Computers Pilar de la Horadada council is to lease 27 bulletproof vests for the municipality’s local police force at a cost of just under 13 thousand euros. The council has also authorised the spending of over nine thousand euros to buy 20 computers for the administration staff at the municipal sports centre.

Santa Pola Council’s Health Concerns

Santa Pola council have been told that they will continue to lose health centre staff over the summer months that are switched to Tabarca Island to cater for the extra visitors there during the tourist season. The authority heard the news at a meeting of health district officials and Elche General Hospital bosses. Plans for a new health centre at Gran Alacant were discussed as well as the council calling for an expansion for the current centre building in Santa Pola itself.

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Friday 29th July 2016

Speedster Warning

Rojales police are being given access to the latest radar speed trap equipment from the DGT traffic authority in a bid to cut down on speeding cars in the Rojales and Quesada area. Police

chief Iñaki Esparza says that 10 recent complaints have been received from residents over speedsters and that the computerised radar gear will be used to catch offenders.

Wet Lesson

Out On The Street

A British drugs baron labelled “one of Europe’s most wanted criminals” is awaiting prosecution in Spain, but has been released on bail after being arrested on the Costa Blanca back in July 2013. It has not been revealed what charges he faces from the Spanish authorities and when he is likely to appear in court again. Brian Charrington, a former associate of notorious gangster Curtis Warren, was detained along with his son in Calpe, with a

police operation leading to the seizure of 220 kilos of cocaine worth 12 million Euros at an apartment in Albir outside Benidorm. The UK National Crime Agency, Venezuelan police and a regional 18-memberstate police organisation called Ameripol set up to fight drugs trafficking, were also involved in the arrests. Seven people were detained in Spain and six in Venezuela during the joint operation with the Spanish authorities

describing Charrington as 'one of the ten most investigated criminals' by European police forces and 'leader of an international gang of drugs smugglers.' A Costa Blanca court then embargoed bank accounts, property and other assets worth around six million Euros. The UK’s National Crime Agency confirmed Brian Charrington was released from prison last November. Since he moved to the Costa Blanca, he is alleged to have built up a huge drug dealing empire. Earlier this year, Salford armed robber Andrew Moran was given a six and a half year sentence after being dramatically arrested at a Calpe villa reportedly owned by Charrington. After a string of other arrests and allegations, Charrington is now thought to own 10 properties in Spain, and a fleet of luxury cars and yachts.

Tooth Death Riddle A costly reminder over the use of a handbrake hit a Santa Pola motorist last week when he forgot to engage it as he parked his

car at the port. The vehicle careered into the water with divers helping to secure a link to a crane to fish the sodden vehicle out of the sea.

A bridesmaid has died during a hen party holiday on the Costa del Sol after going into hospital with tooth pain. Natalie Beaumont, 31, was enjoying a break in Malaga to celebrate the upcoming wedding of her best friend when she was taken ill.

She died in hospital in the early hours of last Thursday following a routine operation to drain a tooth abscess. Mrs Beaumont's husband Brett, 42, paid tribute to his wife of five years as "one of God's wonderful people" following her sudden death.

Natalie and a group of 10 friends had earlier enjoyed a boat trip and karaoke while staying at a villa as part of their holiday. Mr Beaumont is now awaiting the return of his wife's body to Britain, which is being dealt with by insurers.

On The Nod The boss of Spain's traffic authority (DGT), María Seguí has quit after corruption allegations surfaced in the Spanish press. The interior ministry announced last week that an 'urgent inquiry' had been launched after it was found that money from the DGT had gone into research projects at the University College Engineering Research Institute of Aragón, which is part of Zaragoza University. The head of the Institute happens to be María Seguí's husband, Francisco López Valdés. If any research is commissioned, the DGT as a public

body has to put any contract out to a bid and the selection process must be unbiased and points-based but it appears the Institute got the money on a nod. Three

research projects covering children's road safety education, costing 50 thousand euros, were awarded to López Valdés' department within the space of a year.

Guardamar’s Top The Tax Agency says that the biggest earners in the Vega Baja region are in the Guardamar area, with average incomes of just over 20 thousand euros per annum, based on tax returns. Pilar

de la Horadada residents come in at 19 thousand euros, followed by Torrevieja earners on over 18 and a half thousand euros. At the other end of the scale, the three bottom earn-

ing municipalities are Algorfa, San Fulgencio, and Formentera all averaging over 14 thousand euros per annum. The national Spanish average stands at over 24 thousand euros.

Tony Mayes - About Life

Friday 29th July 2016

Shambles Of A French Farce UK holidaymakers and travellers heading to France and having to wait up to 12 hours to get through huge traffic jams and onto the ferries through Dover is an absolute disgrace. It was caused by increased checks put in place by French authorities at the port in light of recent terror attacks, but to introduce Draconian checks without sending more French police to Dover to boost staffing levels to deal with the huge increase in people travelling

at this time was totally crass. Port authorities said French border control booths at Dover had been "seriously understaffed overnight", claiming coaches were at one point having to wait 40 minutes each for all passengers to be checked in. It was the same utter nonsense when my wife and I were travelling from Calais to Dover a few weeks ago. There were long queues caused by two French police officers taking ages

to check motorists through just two checkpoints which were open. What it was all about, heaven knows, normally those checkpoints are unmanned. We got to within two cars of the checkpoint when the two French police left their posts and walked off, allowing everyone to simply drive through. It was quite obvious that then all the police were doing were taking the proverbial. Are they doing the same at Dover - could it be a crass reaction to the British Brexit

vote or Britain not allowing all those asylum seekers in Calais entry into the UK or just a French pastime like farmers and a multitude of bolshy trade unionists making life as difficult as possible for as many people as possible? We all know how the Spanish react at the drop of a hat causing mayhem at the border with Gibraltar under the pretext of drug or cigarette smuggling or some other lame excuse when we all know the real

Depressing Doom-Mongers UK newspapers and TV were full of doom and gloom again last week lapping up a report from Markit purchasing managers which indicated the economy had been plunged into its steepest downturn since the height of the financial crisis in early 2009. They went on to say Britain faces the threat of a Brexit-driven recession, after this first snapshot of business activity since the vote showed it had been knocked "sharply off course" by the result. Typically all the news outlets homed in on all the bad news, lapping it up. What was ignored by most was some good news, name-

ly that since the vote there was a clear evidence that businesses were quickly turning their attentions to new markets and these were showing positive growth. We now hear of a possible new free trade deal with China. What also hardly got a mention was that UK unemployment fell again last month and was at one of its lowest points ever - what would some EU countries give to have that news? The problem with newspapers picking up on the bad news and ignoring the good is that it worries people and business owners and makes them falsely think things are

going sour and also that it would be best to defer spending. The more that happens the more likely it is that the British public talk themselves into an economic downturn or even a recession, and all of it quite unnecessary. Yes, British business will have to re-adjust, but we have the whole world to trade with, not just relatively tiny Europe and its a fact that Europe (and Spain for that matter) needs Britain far more than Britain needs Europe and to hell with all the doom mongers. Still on the doom and gloom, I read another ridiculous story in the British press that ex-pats

were facing economic disaster because of the fall in the value of the pound post Brexit. True it dropped from 1.30 euro to about 1.20 but that's not a big deal. Some pensioner ex-pat who was being interviewed was trying to make out he was about 400 pounds worse off a month now. All I can say he must have a fantastic pension. And does he remember only a few years ago when the pound was worth a euro? He must have a very short memory. It all makes me think that some journalists who write such distorted stories just want Britain to fail. Well, to hell with them!

reason is political. Back to the Dover chaos. We all know where the greater number of potential terrorists are - already in France, allowed in by the lax French allowing them to cross borders from Belgium, Germany and Italy without any restriction due to the Schengen free-movement rules. Typical to over-react now with the stable door left open for years. So, if it's good enough for the French to cause mayhem at British borders, why are they not

doing exactly the same thing at every other border from Belgium, Germany, Switzerland Luxembourg, Italy and Spain - after all isn't the exercise all about stopping terrorism? So Brits, forget holidaying in France ad have a staycation instead, and stop buying French goods too. Hit the French in their pockets and they might think twice next time and not take the rip at the expense of us Brits at the height of the holiday season.

The Cost Of Bullying Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horrific shooting in Munich in which nine young people died was caused by an 18-year-old German-Tunisian student, David Ali Sonboly, who had been bullied at school. He had been in a psychiatric hospital for two months in 2015 apparently suffering from an anxiety disorder when in contact with other people. He was an avid player of first-person shooter video games, including "Counter-Strike: Source" He had planned the Munich attack for a year, last year visiting Winnenden, the scene of a school shooting in 2009, and he took photos. Whether David's mental problems started as a result of being bullied at school we will never know, but I personally know how damaging school bulling can be, because I went though it for years. After the war, London paid south coast councils to build massive estates to re-house people made homeless by the blitz. Local schools were inundated by newcomers, who had learned how to be rough and tough, and quickly formed gangs to terrorise the local kids and I was a prime target,

being smaller and thus more vulnerable than most. It went on day after day, being regularly beaten up and I would find places in the school grounds to hide myself away during lunch breaks to wait for lessons to re-start and I would be safe again. It all ended when a prefect in a higher class than me and three years older, saw what was going on and with a few others gave the bullies some of their own medicine and threatened them with more of the same if I was ever bullied again. But it had a profound affect on me and if I see an episode of EastEnders depicting violence on the TV, with the London accents it all comes flooding back. My step grandson has also been going through school bulling, but nowadays it is far more subtle and in some ways more horrific. Unbeknown even to his parents, he has been receiving numerous threats of violence, all received on his mobile devices. Why has he been bullied? Because he is at least three years ahead of his school year and at the age of 13 is a computer wizz-kid!

Better Roads

135 thousand euros is to be spent on improving three country roads in the San Javier area, which will include resurfacing and widening the routes. The work will be done on the Los Garneses, Lo Llerena, and Los Rastrojos roads.

More Info A tourist information office has been opened on the ground floor of the Gran Alacant Commercial Centre on Avenida Finlandia. The service will be provided until the end of the summer and will be open between Monday through Saturday between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm, as well evening opening between Tuesday and Friday from 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm.

Quieter Zone

An additional 850 thousand euros is to be spent soundproofing around 100 homes close to AlicanteElche airport, to add to those properties that have had work done in the Alicante, El Altet and Torrellano areas. Two-thirds of the planned soundproofing designated for just four thousand residences has been completed.

Friday 29th July 2016

Open And Shut Case The High Court has acquitted a Pakistani man of trying to smuggle drugs into Spain via AlicanteElche airport because his suitcase weighed three kilos more at its arrival destination then it did when it was weighed in at his Pakistan departure point, according to the Informacion newspaper. The defendant was arrested in September 2014 and spent nearly two years in custody after a suitcase was said to contain nearly 12 kilos of heroin. He embarked on the final leg of his journey from Madrid to Alicante-Elche, with Guardia Civil officers at Madrid alerting their Alicante counterparts that a transit suitcase may have

drugs in it. The traveller continued to Alicante-Elche where he was arrested as he reported to authorities that his case was not on the conveyor retrieval system. He said that he knew nothing about any drugs and that the clothes in the

case were not even his, with the High Court ruling that a third party could have planted the drugs at some stage, and that there was a three kilo discrepancy in the recorded weight of the case from leaving Pakistan to arriving in Spain.

Hot Truck A lorry driver was unhurt after he had to make a sharp exit last week when his vehicle caught fire in the Almoradi area. The incident happened on the main CV91 highway between Guardamar and Orihuela close to the Los Palacios roundabout with the driver spotting smoke bellowing out from under the lorry chassis. The driver pulled over and tried to put out the blaze himself, but the fire took hold

Chance Sighting

A British luxury car rental dealer has been arrested on the Costa del Sol after police stopped a member of the Saudi Royal family in a 350 thousand euro Lamborghini which had been reported as stolen, with the owner just happening to spot whilst on holiday! The Marbella local police detained the dealer after the wealthy Arab named him as the person he had rented the car from when they stopped the car at a checkpoint in Puerto Banus. The police discovered the Lamborghini Aventador had been reported as stolen by a London-based German who

was on holiday in Marbella and who just happened to spot it being driven through the area. The car had fake British number plates and the documents corresponded to a temporary German plate which had run out a week earlier. The British man, listed as the current sales director of a bespoke luxury car sales firm in London, was arrested on suspicion of falsifying documents. He was bailed ahead of investigations to confirm that the car was stolen in the Britain with officers trying to work how it was taken and ended up in Spain.

Plaza Peace

as large plumes of smokes took to the sky, with an Almoradi fire crew

extinguishing the blaze which totally destroyed the vehicle.

Death Plunge

Playing football, skateboarding and cycling on Almoradi's Plaza de la Constituciรณn should be stopped according to the town's Ciudadanos political

party. They want the council to act on complaints from residents that they are having to dodge balls, skaters, and bikes whilst walking through the square.

Carriage Smash

A man from Glasgow died after falling from a block of flats while on holiday on Ibiza. The body of 33-yearold Christopher Beattie was found in San Antonio on Saturday morning. The Guardia Civil are investigating the incident.

Bulls In Sea

The Bous a la Mar has been held for over 200 years in Denia. The aim is to herd the animals into the sea on the open side of the arena.

A drunk-driver crashed into an farm carriage being pulled by two horses in the Villena area of Alicante Province, with the two animals instantly killed. The collision happened

last Saturday on the CV-81 with two farm labourers on the carriage suffering bruising, whilst the car driver was arrested by the Guardia Civil after failing a breath test.

Friday 29th July 2016

Deafening Silence

There's still no indication as to when work will start on the three million euro rebuild of the Poeta Miguel Hernández school in Rojales (formerly known as the Príncipe de España school) after Rojales mayor, Antonio Pérez, revealed earlier this month that there was a dispute between the Valencian education department and the builder. Work was due to start in

June, but the education department admitted to the Informacion newspaper that they now could not say when construction would begin, as they and the builder have a disagreement over the nature of the contract with Ecisa which was awarded in February. Earlier this year the education department said the project would start once the school year finished.

Woods Burnt

A fire raged over five thousand square metres and destroyed dozens of palm trees in woodland south of Orihuela City on the Arneva

road last week. Several fire crews were pressed into service with smoke spotted over a wide distance, with the cause of the blaze unknown.

All My Own Work

A 90-year-old Madrid man who made a pledge to build a cathedral after surviving tuberculosis in the 60s has spent over five decades building one with his own hands. After catching tuberculosis in 1961, former farmer, bullfighter and monk, Justo Gallego, made a vow to

build a chapel in the name of Virgin Mary if God could help him overcome his illness. Just two years later, after recovering from the infection, he honoured his promise by beginning work on a cathedral on the outskirts of of the City. Despite having no prior construction experience

and limited resources, Mr Gallego continued his work on the project with his own hands over the next 53 years. His commitment has seen him sell both his possessions and his home. “When I started building this cathedral, the word on the street was that I was crazy,” Mr Gallego said. “Nobody believed I was going to be so dedicated, and well, I’m proving them wrong.” The 90-year-old credits as faith as inspiration for his perseverance. “It’s impossible that I finish this cathedral in my lifetime because there’s still so much work to do,” he admitted. “After I die this cathedral… Well, I’m leaving it to the divine hand.”

Villar’s Bid

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president Angel Maria Villar said he plans to seek re-

election to his country's governing body later this year if he fails in a bid to become UEFA president. Villar has been acting head of the European football federation since October 2015, when Michel Platini was suspended from all football-related activities for six years - later reduced to four - for ethics violations.

Last week the Spaniard announced his intention to stand in the UEFA elections on Sept. 14 to replace Platini. Slovenian Aleksandar Ceferin and Dutchman Michael van Praag will also contest the presidency. "I'm standing for UEFA president because the majority of the European federations have asked me to," Villar, who has been president of the RFEF since 1988, said following a meeting with referees. "If I don't win or I pull out, which I don't believe will happen, I will stand for reelection of the RFEF." RFEF general secretary Jorge Perez is among other candidates.

Bang On Target

Catral’s 14 local police officers have been put through their paces on how to use guns after a couple of sessions at the Elche

Olympic Shooting Club. The refresher course is mandatory for all local police officers throughout the Valencia Region.

Take To The Skies

Classic scale model aircraft took to the Skies of the Mar Menor for the fiestas of santiago Apostol. The model

areoplanes replicated the moves of bigger versions of classic planes, both military and commercial.

On Tap 281 thousand euros has been given to 16 municipalities by the Alicante Provincial Council to improve various water supply and sewage issues in the area. 11 and a half thousand euros will be spent in Almoradi improving the drains around Calles Rafael Alberti, Miguel Hernández and Valencia.

Pensioner Injured In Gas Explosion A 63 year old man was injured on Tuesday night in a butane gas explosion in his Orihuela home. The emergency services received the call just after midnight reporting the explosion on calle Aragon in Orihuela. The fire service immediately responded, accompanied by a paramedic unit, who found the man having suffered second degree burns. He was taken to the Vega Baja hospital for treatment in the intensive care unit.

Blue Wine!

Some people are sticklers for tradition and believe that there are certain things that you just shouldn’t mess with. While there are others that love to break the mould and change people’s perception about things that we always take for granted. The creators of Gik Live happen to fall into the second category, and they have ventured into a domain in which no one else has dared to venture before. Forget everything that you have previously learned about wine. Wipe your mind clear of Spain’s more than 50 excellent denomination of origin brands, the way in which the drink should be served, and the etiquette involved in sampling it. Now, when your mind is blank, try to imagine a bright blue, sweet liquid made from a mixture of red and white Spanish and French grapes together with the natural organic pigments found in grape skin, with an alcohol content of 11.5%. This is Gik Live. The team that created Gik is comprised of six twentysomethings from Spain. They have no previous viticultural experience and they claim to be entrepreneurs rather than businessmen. They are creators, designers and chemists. They work when they feel like it and their office is the world.

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Friday 29th July 2016

Raised Voices

Cuban choir Entrevoces was last weekend's winner of the 62nd International Habaneras and Polyphony of Torrevieja with its musical director, Digna Guerra (who started the choir in 1981),

doubling up by getting the award for best director. The week long competition at Torrevieja's Eras de la Sal saw the audience award go to the Madrid Youth Choir.

Nostalgic Fun

Grease was certainly the word when the girls and boys from the Totally Dance studios took part in last Saturday’s annual Benijófar Fiesta Parade. Over a hundred youngsters took part with the group led by their very own Danny and Sandy from the famous musical set in the fifties, followed by their

'Pink Ladies’ Senior group sporting custom made jackets. The Mini movers and Juniors then followed in their traditional fifties- style skirts with the Boys in T Bird Tshirts. Next for the Totally Dance youngsters is their autumn show this November at the Benijófar Cultural Centre.

Do Fence Us In

Work will soon begin on a major Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre fence upgrade after generous supporters helped raise 13 thousand euros in just three months to secure the Rojales sanctuary’s collapsing perimeter. The centre started their fence fundraising in March, after a custody battle over a “walking skeleton” rescued horse named Oscar (pictured) turned sour, leaving centre co-founders Sue and Rod Weeding feeling "under siege" in their own home. The centre suffered a string of break-ins and Sue and Rod, who live at the refuge, also began to notice vans driving past slowly at night. More than 90 online donors, plus countless others at the centre’s monthly open days and via its charity shops, generously donated to allow the immediate construction of a secure new 378m boundary fence. "We've been overwhelmed by the generosity of our supporters. This fence upgrade is so important to the safety of our animals who

have already suffered so much in their lives, and also to secure our belongings and home,” Sue said. The final donations came as a peacock named Jasper was stolen from the rescue centre earlier this month (thankfully, he was later returned), and a two-year-old foal named Lily suffered a stable injury in which foul play could not be ruled out. The Weedings are now awaiting final council approval before beginning work on a new two-metre high block wall across the road-front boundary of the rescue centre, complete with concrete foundations and topped by metal fencing for extra security. The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, located just outside Rojales at Partido Lo Garriga, 59, is open to the public on the first Sunday of every month between 1pm and 4pm. A free horse tour with centre co-founder Rod Weeding begins at 2pm and refreshments are available in the café. For more details and directions, please visit www.easyhorsecare.net.

And The Winner Is…

Over thirteen hundred euros was raised for Torrevieja Stroke Support at a recent charity night at Guardamar’s Restaurante El Alto La Dolores. Entertainment was provided by Woody and the

Peckers, with the regular Mediterranean Cruise first prize in the raffle donated by restaurant owners Andres and Berna being won by none other than the Stroke Support president, Lilybeth Stevens!

Rascals Give

The Rascals showgroup have donated a couple of hoists to be used by disabled people in the Los Montesinos area as part of the proceeds from their spring show Saturday Night at the Movies. The presentation was made to the mayor, José Manuel

Butrón, with the groups planning to make more donations to local charities and groups after the summer break in September. If you are interested in joining The Rascals, then go to their website, www.therascals.org or call Sue on 96 678 4874.

Friday 29th July 2016

Pets

Friday 29th July 2016

Looking After Doggy Teeth

Finca On Show

The animals at the Finca San Miguel de Salinas sanctuary near Villamartin are going to be on their best behaviour tomorrow (Saturday July 30th) as they are the stars of an Open Day between 5.00 pm and 9.00pm. The Finca is located just off the canal between San Miguel and Villamartin. You are invited to come along and have a drink and a bite to eat and of course meet the animals. All the money raised from the open day will go to the animals for food,hay, water, and on vet bills. If you can bring along some carrots, apples, lettuce,cat biscuits, or dog food or just a donation, it would be gratefully appreciated.

They currently have horses, goats, geese, pigs, dogs, chickens, as well as some feral cats on the way which were helped in the Playa Flamenca area, and once they are neutered, they will come to live at the Fibna. It's also possible to become a member of the organisation for just ten euros per annum, or you can sponsor an animal for five or ten euros a month. There's more information on the website, www.happyanimalesspain.c om or via Facebook, where you look for the group, Finca San Miguel de Salinas, who try to find news homes for cats and dogs. Incidentally, they have a big summer party coming up on Saturday August 27th.

Did you know that dental problems are the most commonly diagnosed health condition in all dogs over the age of three? Because your dog's teeth and gums are as vulnerable to disease as yours, make sure you give the same care and attention to your dog's dental health as you do to your own.When your four-legged friend has healthy teeth and gums they can get the most out of their food, crunching every delicious kibble as they go, but if their teeth hurt they’ll soon go off their meals and their metabolism will suffer. Poor dental care doesn’t just affect their mouths; the bacteria generated by dental disease could eventually enter your dog’s bloodstream and potentially damage their heart, liver or kidneys. So, as a loving owner, what do you need to look out for to protect your pet’s pearly whites? Plaque Bacteria constantly form in your dog’s mouth and when they mix with saliva and leftover morsels of food, your dog will get a sticky and colourless film (plaque) collecting on the outside of

their teeth, especially their upper pre-molars and molars. It’s important to clean this plaque off dog’s teeth as it can harden to form tartar. Peridontal Disease After three to five days of being left untouched, plaque forms another alliance, this time with the minerals in your dog’s saliva. This hardens the plaque and it turns it into tartar, also known as calculus. Tartar can irritate your dog’s gums causing gingivitis, a swelling and reddening of the gums, and can lead to bad breath something you’re likely to notice quite quickly! The Warning Signs You should examine your dog's mouth regularly for signs of oral disease. The first hint is likely to be their bad breath (which is hard to ignore) but also look out for reddened, bleeding or swollen gums, crusted yellow-brown tartar build-up on the teeth and drooling. Teeth Trauma Whenever you examine your dog’s mouth, check for broken or worn teeth and encourage your pet to chew on dog chews and toys

rather than stones or sticks. Brushing The Teeth Ideally you should aim to brush your dog’s teeth every day, but if that’s not possible, try to give your dog's teeth and gums some attention at least three to four times a week. Start by simply lifting the lips on either side of their mouth then progress to rubbing their teeth carefully with a finger wrapped in gauze or a soft flannel. You want the experience to be pleasurable, so keep it short and to the point. Concentrate on the outside of their teeth, where plaque is most likely to build up, and praise your puppy throughout. Give them a treat as you finish each session, so that they learn behaving themselves during brushing is a rewarding experience for them. Once your dog’s accepted having their teeth gently wiped it’s time to progress to a soft dog toothbrush. Don’t worry about toothpaste at first; it’s more important to get them used to the sensation of the brush. Soak the toothbrush in warm water and apply to the teeth with the brush head at a 45-

degree angle, so you can focus on reaching under the gum line where their teeth and gums meet. Stroke up and down gently, in even movements, with only a little pressure. Only when your dog is completely happy with their special dog toothbrush should you start to introduce enzymatic canine toothpaste, which are specially formulated for dogs. Of course some dogs just won’t accept you fiddling around in their mouths, particularly if dog dental care only began later in their lives, but don’t give up. With patience and time you should be able to persuade them to have their teeth brushed but, in the meantime, there are a few other things you could try such as oral hygiene gels, available from your vet, that contain enzymes to inhibit the bacteria responsible for plaque, chew toys and specially formulated dental chew products designed to reduce tartar and massage the gums. If your older dog isn’t too keen on having their teeth brushed, speak to your vet as they may be able to give you some helpful tips.

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

BETH

CAPITAN

JIMMY

KITTENS

ROSA

Beth is a beautiful one-year old female dog who was found dumped with her sister in a village. Beth is not very big and will be medium size when fully grown, and is currently with her sister in a foster home with other cats and dogs and they get on well with both. They love being cuddled and are very affectionate. For more on Beth please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

At the start of July, we featured Capitan the white male two-year old Chihuahua came to the K9 Animal Shelter. Capitan did find a new home but the sad news was that he just could not settle, and so he is looking for a new place and would suit someone who could offer him a quiet and calm environment. Please call 600 845 420 if you would like to adopt this lovely little fellow.

Jimmy is a lovely natured friendly dog who was found wandering a small town and is now safely fostered with other dogs and cats. Jimmy is heading towards being one-yearold and weighing in at around 20 kilos, we believe he is a setter/retriever cross. He is vaccinated and blood-tested clear and castrated. Please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

This beautiful little ginger kitten was abandoned in the doorway of the APAH Charity Shop in Pilar de la Horadada along with his brother and sister. We believe that are aged around two months and are more than ready to be adopted into loving homes. To arrange to meet this little family of joy, then do get in touch with us at APAH by calling either 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

Rosa is aged just six months and weighs in at just eight kilos, so she is quite a small dog. She has made an excellent impression so far and has turned out to be very well behaved and gets on really well with other dogs. Rosa is good on a lead, housetrained and will make someone a wonderful companion. Could you welcome her to your home? Phone 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

SABRINA Sabrina was found with two other small female dogs in a concrete irrigation canal some six weeks ago. She is aged seven years old and is a very sweet natured and calm little girl. Sabrina has now now been fully vaccinated, micro chipped and spayed, and is ready to become part of a loving home. Contact the SAT kennels on Tel: 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

Friday 29th July 2016

TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

Mrs. Brown's Delivers Live explained Mrs. Brown's comments at the end and the appreciation for great comedy, which is wanted more than ever right now. It's just a shame that we'll have to wait until Xmas for the return of the Brown clan. I'm sorry if you're not a fan but as an old politician friend of mine used to say, it would be a dull world if we all thought the same. It was also a reminder that there is always a special something about watching something go out “live” which hasn't happened for a BBC sitcom since the early sixties.

Gosh we really can do with a good laugh these days and what a great time to have a “live” edition of Mrs.Brown's Boys on BBC 1 last Saturday night. Like with all comedy, it's a matter of taste and some folk can't stand it, but I love it as it just makes me laugh….simple really! The stand-out moment was Rory being waved back in for some ad-lib comments by Brendan O' Carroll over the fate of Mrs. Murphy's pussy. I don't need to say anything more even if you didn't see it (It's on You Tube anyway), but I was on the floor and span back the sequence

many times on the night. O'Carroll and his crew just reel you in with verbal slapstick which is rough round the edges, and of course some predictable gags, but so what? Critics say it's old hat and not funny at all, but these are the people that seem to wet themselves over some “intelligent” comedy on Channel Four or BBC 2 that nobody watches because there are no laughs as well as getting heaps of undeserved awards. It's the atmosphere and cordiality of it all and a genuine respect for family that makes Mrs. Brown's Boys

stand out and a reminder that television should be entertaining and fun. O'Carroll has it right as well, in that a couple of appearances a year (normally at Christmas) is about right to keep it fresh and make it an event. Incidentally, the live transmission raked in an incredible six and a half million viewers, which for a non-sporting event on a late July Saturday is quite something. It also was a curtain-raiser for a BBC autumn season paying tribute to great sitcoms, 60 years after Hancock's Half Hour first appeared on the Beeb as a TV show, which

We don’t have enough riproaring modern adventure shows, which is why I enjoy the US drama, The Last Ship, which has sailed back onto Sky One for a third season. It started as a yarn about an American vessel carrying a virus that would save the world from a nasty killer virus, but that story has been done and dusted and we've moved into other areas of politics and power, as well as some cracking action and stunt scenes. With a dozen episodes in a series, filler episodes don't happen, and

the plot brings a stack of surprises and the producers are not scared to bump off characters we like. Predictable, The Last Ship isn't, and do catch up on it. After giving Coronation Street a ticking-off the over week over the welltelegraphed death of Kylie Platt, I give them full credit for the surprise reveal that Steve is the one that “did the deed” with Leanne in a “moment of madness”. Now that did surprise me, and led me to think which one was more desperate?

Friday 29th July 2016

Imagine… Generation Rod Stewart: '66 Can’t Stop Me Now

Sunday 31 July 10.30pm to 11.55pm BBC ONE Earlier this year one of Britain’s most successful recording artists became Sir Roderick Stewart knighted by the Queen for services to music and charity. Alan Yentob visits Rod at his LA home as he releases his first album of new material in almost 20 years - an album which, instantly shot to the top of the charts. In a series of conversations, 'Rod the Mod' looks back to the 1960s, where he started out with groundbreaking acts like Steampacket and Jeff Beck, going on to front the Faces

from 1969. In an unmissable sequence, Imagine captures Rod with his soulmate and mischievous partner in crime, Ronnie Wood. The band’s offstage antics and wildly energetic shows became legendary, as did Rod’s love affairs with a string of models, actresses and Bond girls. In tandem, his solo career - songs like Maggie May, You Wear It Well, and Sailing propelled him to global superstardom. Whether pouting and gorgeous in silk harem pants and eyeliner, or kicking a football around on Top Of The Pops, Rod quickly became British rock music’s most popular Jack the Lad.

Sunday 31 July 9.00pm10.00pm BBC FOUR The defining moment of 1966 may have been England winning the World Cup, but what about the other 364 days of that landmark year? 1966 was the pinnacle of Britain’s post-war transformation, as a new generation filled with optimism and exuberance pushed tradition aside and ushered in a bright new era when anyone and everyone could make it big. Our pop music had conquered the globe, fashion was exploding into a sea of colour and it truly felt like anything was possible. But the buoyant mood hid

some darker realities. Boarding houses still displayed signs saying ‘No Irish. No Blacks. No Dogs’. Divorce remained a social taboo. Homosexuality was a criminal offence. Abortion was illegal. Half a century on, BBC Four brings together the Generation of ’66 to share their memories of that time. They reveal what it was really like to be young, ambitious and on the move in the summer that made modern Britain. Featuring revealing interviews with; Michael Palin, Janet Street Porter, Peter Stringfellow, Nina Baden Semper and Geno Washington.

Tom Daley: Diving For Gold

Saturday 30 July 8.00pm - 9.00pm ITV ITV has commissioned a new documentary from Twofour, following one of Britain’s best loved sporting heroes, Tom Daley, between the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Tom Daley: Diving For Gold follows the athlete’s sporting, public and personal life. The documentary sees Daley embark on the next chapter of his career under new coach Jane Figueiredo, as he challenges for gold in Rio. The film also follows Tom’s coming out as he reveals to the world his relationship with Dustin Lance Black. Twofour has previously produced two documentaries on Tom Daley and two series of Splash!, which the diver copresented. Neil Edwards, Senior Executive Producer, Twofour, said: “It’s a privilege to have such intimate access to one of Britain’s best loved and most talented Olympians. Tom’s four year journey from London 2012 to Rio 2016 is the latest gripping chapter in a story we’ve all been following since he burst into the public consciousness as a young boy. As a nation we’re emotionally invested in Tom Daley, and I’m delighted Twofour and Tom continue to share our close relationship and will be bringing his exhilarating sporting and personal story to the screen through ITV.” Amanda Stavri, Entertainment Commissioner, ITV, said: “Tom is one of Britain’s best loved athletes and I can’t wait for viewers to see his journey to once again compete in the ultimate level of sporting competition. We’ll follow his highs and the lows as well as discovering new insights into both Tom’s sporting and personal life.”

Friday 29th July 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryside 999 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fake Britain 12:45 Blues Neighbourhood 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Red Rock 15:25 Escape to the Country 16:25 Garden Rescue 17:10 Flog It! 18:10 Celebrities Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport Sue Barker hosts the lighthearted quiz, with Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell heading teams

07:00 Fake Britain 07:45 Garden Rescue 08:30 The Hairy Builder 09:00 Eat Well for Less? 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Nature’s Miracle Orphans 14:00 Live: Women’s British Open, LPGA Golf 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 20:00 The Hairy Builder Dave Myers is in Leicester, helping to restore one of the Midlands most historically important treasures, the fantastic 18th-century Friars Mill

21:00 EastEnders Andy’s 20:30 Challenge Cup plans are thwarted, but is Rugby League Mark there another way? Chapman introduces live coverage of what promises Celebrity to be a titanic semi-final tus21:30 MasterChef The remaining sle between Wigan Warriors three competitors’ penulti- and Hull FC at the mate challenge is the Stadium in toughest and most daunting Keepmoat of the competition - the Doncaster. Both sides have Chef’s Table, hosted by impressed in this year’s Michelin star chef Atul Super League and won one Kochhar at Benares, where game apiece in their two they must master new tech- meetings so far this season. niques and unfamiliar ingre- Shaun Wane’s Wigan are dients to impress some of vying for a record-extending the best chefs in the UK. 20th Challenge Cup trophy, Judging the food are Cyrus while Hull FC last won the Todiwala, Alyn Williams, competition in 2005. Sabrina Ghayour, Romy Gill Commentary comes from and Ed Baines. The finalists Dave Woods are then tasked to present a faultless three-course meal - their last chance to prove 23:00 Clare Balding Meets 00:00 that they have what it takes 23:30 Newsnight Artsnight 00:35 Keith to be crowned champion Richards: The Origin of the 23:00 News 23:35 New Species 01:35 Film Tricks 00:35 Film - The Tomboy (G) 02:50 Forces of 02:20 Nature with Brian Cox 03:50 (14) Sentinel Weather for the Week Trust Me I’m a Doctor 04:50 Ahead 02:25 News This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Ashley and Laurel learn a devastating truth 20:30 Coronation Street The Platts worry for David’s sanity 21:00 Gino’s Italian Escape: Islands in the Sun Gino goes from arrivederci to Sardinia and moves on to Palermo, the capital city of Sicily. Famous for being the home of the mafia, along with a vibrant street food culture and interesting history, this coastal city stops Gino in his tracks 21:30 Coronation Street Eileen lays down the law 22:00 Doc Martin Louisa and Martin have their first therapy session together, but neither of them expected to be given homework. Louisa is surprised when Martin agrees to let schoolboy Peter Cronk do work experience at the surgery, but Morwenna is not quite so happy about it when Peter starts trying to boss her around 23:00 News 23:40 Film The Nutty Professor (PG) 01:25 Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:15 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:25 Dare to Believe 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Simpsons 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:35 Racing: Glorious Goodwood 17:00 The Question Jury 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Amazing Spaces: Shed of the Year George Clarke and the Amazing Spaces team return for the highlight in every shed owner’s calendar: The Shed of the Year competition. From hundreds of entries, just 32 have made it on to the judges” shortlist for 2016 22:00 Celebrity First Dates Fred and his staff guide more VIPs down the red carpet, and hopefully into the arms of a new love. Made in Chelsea star Jess Woodley swaps SW3 for a blind date with wideboy entrepreneur Luke 23:00 Friday Night Dinner 23:35 Rude Tube 00:35 Man Down 01:05 Dare to Believe 01:10 Film District 9 (14) 03:00 Peep Show 03:30 I’m Spazticus 04:00 Location, Location, Location

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:10 News 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:10 Rosamunde Pilcher 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Funniest Falls, Fails & Flops Clip show based on the YouTube phenomenon FailArmy 20:30 20 Moments That Rocked the 90s From the death of Princess Diana, political storms and financial disasters to the birth of iconic entertainers, ratingssmashing TV shows and sporting triumphs, all the headline-grabbing events of the 1990s are recalled 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother Highlights from launch night as a fresh group of familiar faces make their grand entrances down the staircase and into the house that for some will be their home for the next few weeks. As always, Big Brother is bound to have a twist or two up his sleeve as the new acquaintances sip champagne and get to know one another better 23:00 It’s Not Me, It’s You 23:30 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 00:35 Lip Sync Battle 01:00 Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House 01:20 SuperCasino 04:10 Celebrity Big Brother

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CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF

BBC One 21:30

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After six weeks of gruelling challenges, one of the remaining three contestants will be crowned champion. Just two tough challenges stand between them and the title. Their penultimate challenge is the Chef’s Table, hosted by Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar at Benares. The finalists must deliver food of an exceptional standard to impress some of the best chefs in the country. As they battle to master new techniques and unfamiliar ingredients, will they hold their nerve or is the pressure too much? Then it’s back to the MasterChef kitchen for the last time, where the finalists must cook and present a three-course meal for John and Gregg.

Meanwhile, Chrissie plays her role of innocence to perfection, but underneath she is enjoying the revenge. Chrissie pretends to be devastated over Andy’s situation and tells them she has hired Rakesh.

In Emmerdale Laurel spots Gabby’s bruises and she pretends she got them from the stables. Ashley soon realises Gabby is lying to them. Later, Laurel returns and realises Gabby was the thief. Ashley is stunned and soon things take a turn for the worse at the Thomas house.

In Coronation Street, an apologetic Billy tells Todd that they’ll have to cancel their trip to Formby, as he’s been left to run the community centre play-

group. As Billy surveys Aadi, Simon and Amy causing mayhem, he realises it’s going to be a long day. He’s delighted when Todd arrives offering to help out. As Billy and Todd emerge from the community centre, Eileen wants to know what they’ve been doing. Painting on his best innocent face, Todd explains he was just helping the vicar with playgroup. Eileen is suspicious. Later, Billy suggests to Todd they have a night on the town. As Billy and Todd wait in Tyrone’s cab, they discuss their relationship and how much easier

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 19:50 The Hot Desk 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Fast & Furious (14) 00:10 Family Guy 01:10 American Dad! 02:10 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Love Your Garden 13:55 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 Doctor in the House 17:45 On the Buses 18:20 Man About the House 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Birds of a Feather 22:00 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs PG 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Wycliffe 01:10 Film - Steptoe and Son (PG) ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 Minder 08:45 Ironside 09:50 Quincy, ME 10:50 Ax Men 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Gunsmoke 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:50 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:55 Quincy, ME 18:00 Ironside 19:00 The Saint 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Film - A View to a Kill (PG) 23:45 Film - Awake (14) 01:30 Film - The Big Lebowski (14)

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack things will be when they go public. Unbeknown to them, a furious Eileen listens to every word over the cab radio. Meanwhile, having been discharged from hospital for the day, Sarah returns home with Harry. As the Platts clear out Kylie’s clothes, they’re taken aback when David tells them he has already chosen Kylie’s last outfit for the funeral. In the second episode, Eileen angrily drags Todd and Billy out of Tyrone’s taxi. The boys are horrified to realise she heard their conversation over the radio.

Later, Sean arrives home from London bearing gifts for Eileen and Todd. Eileen feels terrible, knowing how hurt he’ll be when he finds out about Todd and Billy. Todd confides in Eileen that he’s never felt this way before and he reckons Billy is the one. Eileen softens, but insists he must tell Sean the truth and soon. Meanwhile, Gail and Sarah put pressure on David to let Gemma attend the funeral, as she was Kylie’s oldest friend. David lets Max choose the music, food and drink. Gail is horrified, pointing out that a funeral is meant to be a dignified affair.

In Eastenders, Ronnie is pleased when she sees that Jack has finally made a connection with Ricky. This leads to her telling Andy that they want him to find a new place to live. Roxy suggests that she and Andy should go to Martin’s birthday drinks together to cheer him up. After sharing a few drinks, they return home together and one thing quickly leads to another.

Saturday 30th July

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Home Cooking Made Easy 13:00 News 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 Escape to the Country 14:30 The Olympic Journey 15:00 Live: Challenge Cup Rugby League 17:35 Celebrity Mastermind 18:05 Now You See It 18:35 The Getaway Car 19:25 News

Women’s The 07:40 Football Show 08:10 Film City Beneath the Sea (U) 09:40 Film - Hotel for Dogs (G) 11:10 Homes Under the Hammer 12:10 Natural World 13:00 The Hairy Biker’s Northern Exposure 14:00 Flog It! 15:00 Live: Women’s British Open, Golf LPGA 19:00 Live: RideLondon Women’s Road Cycling

19:45 Pointless Celebrities A special celebrity Olympic golds edition of the general knowledge quiz

20:00 BBC Proms Extra The focus falls on Tippett’s A Child of Our Time this week

20:35 The National Lottery: 5-Star Family Reunion Quiz in which families in the UK play alongside their family around the world 21:30 The Musketeers Treville takes controversial steps to protect the Dauphin as France’s enemies draw closer 22:25 Casualty Connie deals with a case too close to home, will she and Grace find a way through? 23:15 News 23:35 Mrs Brown’s Boys 00:05 Live at the Apollo 00:50 Film Reign of Fire (PG) 02:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:30 The Travel Show 03:00 News

07:00 CITV 09:25 News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:20 News 13:35 The Wine Show 14:40 Wild Animal Reunions 15:40 Doc Martin 16:40 Planet’s Got Talent 17:10 Britain’s Favourite Dogs 18:10 The Chase 19:15 News 19:45 You’ve Been Framed!

07:05 Gillette World Sport 07:30 FIA World Endurance Championship 08:00 Swansea Triathlon 08:30 Mini Challenge Motor Racing 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 Car SOS 12:00 The Superhumans Show 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 Come Dine with Me 14:30 Racing: Glorious Goodwood 17:15 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 18:20 News 18:45 Formula 1 Motor Racing

20:15 Catchphrase Kelly, Kendall and Andrea each hope to win fifty thousand pounds as they guess the familiar phrases hidden in 20:40 Gardeners’ World animated clues 20:30 Britain’s Favourite Monty gets to grips with 21:00 Tom Daley: Diving Superhero Celebrating the summer pruning for Gold An intimate por- greatest movie superheroes of all time 21:10 Grand Tours of trait of one of Britain’s bestScotland Paul Murton vis- loved sporting heroes. With 22:00 Film - Iron Man 2 its the places connected to unique access, this docufollows Tom Tycoon-turned-superhero the life of Robert Burns mentary Daley’s four-year journey Tony Stark confronts a fear21:40 Dad’s Army Captain from London 2012 until now some new foe in a Russian scientist using his own Mainwaring declares martial law when a bomb drops 22:00 1966 - A Nation deadly hi-tech weapons to of Remembers A documen- seek revenge. He also outskirts the on W a l m i n g t o n - o n - S e a tary to celebrate the 50th faces a struggle to keep his anniversary of England secrets out of the hands of 22:10 Versus: The Life hosting and winning the both the government and and Films of Ken Loach A World Cup for the first and an amoral rival, and discovbiography of the celebrated only time, featuring the tes- ers the armour he develtimonies of people who oped to fight evil is slowly director were there killing him (PG) 23:40 Versailles 00:35 23:00 News 23:15 Film Inside Versailles 00:40 Crank (18) 00:55 River 00:30 Film - Terminator Film - Sweet Sixteen (18) Monsters (14) 02:40 01:25 Salvation 02:25 Film - Love Like Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, Ramsay’s Kitchen Poison (15) 03:45 This Is She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightmares USA 03:30 BBC Two Hollyoaks Omnibus Nightscreen

07:00 Milkshake 09:25 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:00 The Saturday Show Live 12:00 Funniest Falls, Fails & Flops 12:25 Police Interceptors 16:20 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 20:10 NCIS: Los Angeles The murder of a recently released convict forces Callen to go undercover solo as an old alias, while Sam and the LA team track him from a distance 21:00 NCIS NCIS feverishly investigates a global terrorist group that is recruiting teens via the Internet, following a deadly bombing overseas that results in an emotional and surprising loss for the team 21:55 News 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother The celebrities may be used to staring down a lens as part of their working lives, but Big Brother’s 24-hour spy-like devices are not the TV, movie and paparazzi cameras they are used to facing 23:00 The Funny Thing About 00:05 My Sister Had My Boyfriend’s Babyand Other Betrayals 01:00 SuperCasino

13:30 Ninja Warrior UK 14:30 Film - Batteries not Included (PG) 16:35 Film Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (PG) 18:25 Film - King Kong (PG) 22:00 Film - The Dark Knight (PG) 01:00 Family Guy 02:30 American Dad! ITV3 13:45 Film - Blue Murder at St Trinian’s (U) 15:35 Film Jane Eyre (PG) 17:55 Midsomer Murders 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Lewis 23:00 Foyle’s War 01:00 Inspector Morse ITV4 12:30 Pawn Stars 15:05 British Superbikes Motorcycle Racing 16:05 Film - The Land That Time Forgot (PG) 18:00 Monster Carp 19:00 The Motorbike Show 20:00 The Hand of God: 30 Years On 21:00 Film - Open Range (14) 23:50 Film - Unforgiven (15) 02:25 Minder

09:00 The Weekend Mix, , 15:00 Keith Nicol

Sunday 31st July 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 News 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Flog It! 14:55 Eat Well for Less? 15:55 Songs of Praise 16:30 Live: RideLondon-Surrey Classic Road Cycling 19:35 News 20:00 Countryfile Matt travels along the South Wales coastline, Naomi goes punting on the river, John Craven reports on the summer bulrush harvest in Suffolk, Sean goes cycling in Pembrokeshire, and Adam meets a farmer in Northern Ireland with a special way of keeping his cattle cool 21:00 Fake or Fortune? Fiona Bruce and Philip Mould investigate a sketch of a dancer, which is believed to be the work of sculptor Auguste Rodin 22:00 The Secret Agent While Chief Inspector Heat struggles to makes sense of the plot behind the Greenwich bomb, Winnie is devastated by the news of Verloc’s role in the outrage 23:00 News 23:30 Imagine 00:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:00 News

07:00 CITV 09:25 News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 12:20 Judge Rinder 13:20 News 13:30 Rebound 14:30 Long Lost Family 15:30 Love Your Garden 16:35 Midsomer Murders 18:30 Masterpiece with Alan Titchmarsh 19:30 News

07:15 Shipping Wars 08:05 The King of Queens 08:55 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Film - A Goofy Movie (U) 15:00 Film - Dr Seuss’ the Lorax (G) 16:40 Location, Location, Location 17:45 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:45 News

20:00 The Chase Choreographer Arlene Phillips, TV garden designer Diarmuid Gavin, Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton and comedian Micky Flanagan compete to 19:40 Film - G-Force An win thousands of pounds elite team of highly trained for charity guinea pigs, armed with the latest high-tech spy equip- 21:00 Film - Skyfall James ment, fight to save the Bond pursues a mysterious criminal mastermind who world (G) has orchestrated a terrorist attack on MI6 headquarters 21:00 Robot Wars Dara O and exposed the identities Briain and Angela Scanlon of undercover agents present another round of around the world. The trail battles in the arena leads to a rogue former operative who has a per22:00 Dragons’ Den The sonal vendetta against the Den’s five multi-millionaire intelligence organisation’s investors consider the prof- leader. Action thriller, starit-making potential of wear- ring Daniel Craig, Javier able maps, interference- Bardem, Judi Dench and free guitar cables and keys Ralph Fiennes (14) for manhole covers 23:45 News 00:00 23:00 World Cup 1966: Premiership Rugby 7s 01:00 River Alfie’s Boys 00:30 Film - Series 01:25 02:00 Monsters (14) Buried 04:00 Countryfile 02:55 Holby Jackpot247 City 03:55 This Is BBC Two Motorsport UK

19:00 Formula 1 Motor Racing Highlights from the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring

07:15 Glorious Gardens From Above 08:00 Great British Garden Revival 09:00 Gardeners’ World 09:30 Countryfile 10:30 The Beechgrove Garden 11:00 Live: Ride London Cycling 12:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 13:30 Lorraine Pascale - How To Be A Better Cook 14:00 The A to Z of TV Cooking 14:05 Winners with Denise Lewis 14:30 Clare Balding Live: 15:00 Meets Women’s British Open, LPGA Golf

21:00 Flying to the Ends of the Earth Former Royal Marine turned private pilot Arthur Williams discovers how dangerous flying to the ends of the Earth can be when he faces a helicopter crash in one of the coldest regions on Earth: Siberia 22:00 Film - The Imitation Game Genius British logician and cryptologist Alan Turing helps crack Germany’s Enigma Code during World War II, but is later prosecuted by his government for illegal homosexual acts (PG) 00:10 Friday Night Dinner 00:45 Film - Date Night (PG) 02:20 The World’s Weirdest Weather 03:15 Walking the Himalayas 04:10 Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb

07:00 Milkshake 10:50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:55 Film Beverly Hills Ninja (12) 13:35 Police Interceptors 14:30 Film - Zookeeper (PG) 16:20 Film - The Parent Trap (PG) 19:00 Bruce Almighty A TV reporter blames God for the worst day of his life, not expecting him to then bestow his divine powers upon him to see if he could do a better job. At first, he uses his omnipotence for personal gain, but then comes to realise that one of his main duties is to listen and answer peoples” prayers (PG) 21:00 Now That’s Funny Comedy clips, featuring dancing animals, urban cross-country skiing and ways to cope with the heat 21:55 News Big Celebrity 22:00 Brother A chance to catch up with the latest events inside the house 23:00 Ultimate Celebrity Power Couples 2016 00:55 Family Feud: My Big 01:55 Family Fallout 04:10 SuperCasino Secrets of Great British Castles

14:00 You’ve Been Framed! 15:05 Film Stormbreaker (PG) 16:55 Film - The Wedding Planner (PG) 18:55 Film Yogi Bear (G) 20:30 Film Twilight (PG) 23:00 Family Guy 00:30 Bordertown 00:55 American Dad! 01:55 The Cleveland Show ITV3 12:40 A Touch of Frost 14:55 Film - Sparkling Cyanide 16:50 Film - The Pure Hell of St Trinian’s (U) 18:55 Doc Martin 21:00 Film - The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt (12) 23:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 01:00 Wire in the Blood ITV4 11:30 Live: British Touring Car Championship 19:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Premiership Rugby 7s Series 22:00 1966 - A Nation Remembers 23:00 Film - Tremors (12) 01:05 Film - Born to Raise Hell (18)

09:00 The Weekend Mix,

Monday 1st August

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryfile Summer Homes Diaries 11:00 Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under 12:45 Neighbourhood Blues 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Red Rock 15:25 Escape to the Country 16:25 Garden Rescue 17:10 Flog It! 18:10 Pointless Celebrities 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Rip-Off Britain Angela, Gloria and Julia meet people plagued by a barrage of nuisance calls, and test out a gadget that comes with the promise it will bring down how many you receive 21:00 EastEnders Whitney turns to Lauren for support - will the truth finally out? 21:30 Panorama Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was expelled from North Korea for showing disrespect and “distorting facts.’ He now tells the full story of his visit to the country and explores what his detention and interrogation by senior Korean officials say about this secretive state 22:00 The Musketeers Grimaud declares war on the musketeers - starting with the people they love 23:00 News 23:45 Have I Got Old News for You 01:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05 News

07:00 Fake Britain 07:45 Garden Rescue 08:30 The Hairy Builder 09:00 An Island Parish 09:30 Gardeners’ World 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Film - The Caine Mutiny (U) 15:00 Coast 15:25 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 16:10 Animal Odd Couples 17:10 Michael Palin’s New Europe 18:10 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Blitz Cities 20:00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands Sam Neill narrates the story of some of New Zealand’s wildest places, home to hyper-intelligent parrots, snails with teeth, and constellations of glowworms 21:00 University Challenge Quiz 21:30 Only Connect A trio of networkers take on a family team tonight 22:00 The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire Peter Barton concludes his examination of the events of the First World War battle from German and British perspectives by looking at the final months of the campaign 23:00 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 The Women’s Football Show 00:35 Robot Wars 01:35 Celebrity MasterChef 02:35 Full Steam Ahead 03:35 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 Cash Trapped 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Ashley’s actions have a devastating result 20:30 Coronation Street David says goodbye to the love of his life 21:00 Wild France with Ray Mears Ray visits the Cevennes National Park in southern France, one of the country’s most uninhabited regions. He meets Laurent, a farmer whose family have grown chestnut trees for generations, before setting up a campfire to cook some of the nuts to make soup 21:30 Coronation Street Todd finds out the truth about Callum’s killer 22:00 Brief Encounters Dawn and Russell’s wedding reception at the pub is the scene for a number of confrontations, heart-tohearts and surprises. Terry storms out after an argument with Steph, while the bride’s father Len turns up unannounced but is he there to make amends or cause trouble? 23:00 News 23:45 Benidorm 00:45 Britain as Seen on ITV 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:55 ITV Nightscreen

07:15 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Simpsons 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 The Question Jury 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Dispatches Following the car emissions scandal in 2015 when some manufacturers admitted they manipulated the results of exhaust tests, reporter Morland Sanders investigates if we can trust manufacturers and testers with car safety 21:30 Superfoods: The Real Story Kate Quilton goes salmon fishing in Oregon, and tries to find out which kind of salmon is best, wild or farmed. In Spain, she gets to grips with tiger nuts 22:00 Eden With rations still scarce, the camp has been on the potato diet for a month now and it’s putting them under pressure 23:00 Naked Attraction 00:05 Tattoo Fixers on Holiday 01:10 Bodyshockers: Nips, Tucks and Tattoos 02:05 The Three Day Nanny 03:00 One Born: What Happened Next? 03:55 Grand Designs Australia 04:50 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 News 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Film - Boy in the Attic 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 FIA World Rally Championship Highlights of the eighth stage of the 2016 World Rally Championship from Finland 21:00 Police Interceptors: Unleashed The Essex interceptors are put on their mettle when they are called out to deal with a potential hostage situation. In Lincolnshire, the police are hot on the heels of a burglar, a roadside stop reveals a huge bag of cannabis and Jon Peacock encounters the county’s fussiest felon 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother Marcus Bentley narrates as the famous housemates lie in their beds, chat on the sofas and argue in the kitchen all for the enjoyment of the viewers 23:00 Supersized 00:05 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 01:05 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Person of Interest

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THE MUSKETEERS

BBC One 22:00

In the wake of a devastating tragedy, Grimaud declares war on the Musketeers - starting with the people they love - and they and their supporters must fight to defend a city on the brink of destruction against their most relentless enemy yet. The battle takes them into the depths of Paris, where Grimaud tests Athos’s resolve to the limit. Swashbuckling drama, starring Matthew McNulty and Tom Burke. Last in the series.

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Ashley to come to the station.

In Emmerdale, Gabby tells Liv that her dad has turned her in to the police, but as she looks at her bruised face in the mirror, she gets an idea.

Meanwhile, Simon warns Holly to call Moira off, or else the people he works for will get involved. Victoria witnesses everything and puts the pieces together. Victoria is outraged as the truth sinks in, but Moira begs her to understand that Holly would die in prison and pleads with her to keep quiet.

Later, Gabby finds the police officers and becomes tearful, explaining that she needs to tell them something. The police then return to Mulberry Cottage and ask

In Coronation Street, as the Platts ready themselves for Kylie’s funeral, Audrey worries that they shouldn’t have let Max dictate the music and food. When Sarah calls in the

flower shop and announces that she’ll be attending the funeral, Sarah is shocked to realise Todd thinks she murdered Callum and swears she didn’t. Realising she is telling the truth, Todd wrongly assumes David to be the murderer.

Later, Billy conducts Kylie’s funeral and Max delivers a heartfelt eulogy.

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 Bordertown 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 American Dad! 00:30 The Cleveland Show 01:25 Two and a Half Men 02:20 The Vampire Diaries 03:10The Hot Desk ITV3 07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Love Your Garden 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 Rising Damp 18:20 Man About the House 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Charles: The Destiny of a Prince 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Liverpool One 01:15 Blue Murder 02:10 Marchlands ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 Minder 08:50 Ironside 09:50 Quincy, ME 10:55 Ax Men12 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Gunsmoke 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:20 Pawn Stars 14:45 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:55 Quincy, ME 17:55 Ironside 19:00 The Saint 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 River Monsters 22:00 Film Nighthawks (18) 00:05 Film Universal Soldier: Regeneration (18) 02:00 Premiership Rugby 7s Series 03:00 Motorsport UK

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack As David heads to the graveside, he is incensed to see a wreath from Kylie’s mates at the Dog & Gun. In the second episode, Todd confronts David at the graveside, telling him that he lied about Tony and made out he was Callum’s murderer to protect Sarah - but now he knows the truth. As the pair go nose-tonose, Billy breaks it up and drags Todd away, pointing out that it’s neither the time nor the place. As Billy consoles a distressed Todd, there’s a moment of real tenderness between them, which

is witnessed by a shocked Sean. While the wake takes place in The Rovers, Todd and Sarah follow David to Number 8. Furious Todd lays into David, telling him how Jason is now in a hospital bed because he believed his dad to be a murderer when all along it was David. Unable to stand it any longer, Sarah finally cracks and reveals that Callum’s killer was Kylie. Todd is stunned. In Eastenders, Whitney worries about what the Carters think of her following the news that she has

chlamydia. At the same time, the pressure mounts for Abi when Babe overhears her talking to Lauren about how she gave Lee chlamydia. Starting to realise that something is amiss, Whitney soon confronts Lee and Abi about really what’s going on. Will the truth about their one-night stand finally be revealed?

Tuesday 2nd August 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryfile Summer Homes Diaries 11:00 Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under 12:45 Neighbourhood Blues 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Red Rock 15:25 Escape to the Country 16:25 Garden Rescue 17:10 Flog It! 18:10 Pointless Celebrities 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Ronnie makes an unsettling discovery 21:00 Holby City Still grieving for Arthur, Ric questions his surgical skill when he faces losing another young man 22:00 The Living and the Dead Shepzoy is a changed place after the horrifying events of All Hallows’ Eve. Nathan is desperate attempts to contact Gabriel have left him on the edge of madness, and Charlotte is struggling to hold their marriage and the farm together. The harder she tries to save Nathan the further he pushes her away. As the increasingly strange happenings reach a haunting climax, could Nathan finally unravel the mystery of the woman with the book of light? 23:00 News 23:45 NYPD: Biggest Gang in New York? 00:30 Film - Blades of Glory (PG) 02:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:05 News

07:00 Countryfile Summer Diaries 07:45 Garden Rescue 08:30 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 An Island Parish 09:30 The Hairy Builder 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Film The Master of Ballantrae (U) 14:25 Coast 15:25 David Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities 16:10 Animal Odd Couples 17:10 Michael Palin’s New Europe 18:10 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Blitz Cities 20:00 Great American Railroad Journeys Michael Portillo travels from Philadelphia to Gettysburg 21:00 Inside the Factory Gregg Wallace follows 27 tonnes of potatoes from a farm in Hampshire through the largest crisp factory on earth 22:00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands A caving expedition reveals relics of the original lost world of its pre-human past; the actual bones of a cow-sized flightless grazing bird, a moa, among the largest birds that has ever lived. However, as narrator Sam Neill reveals, against all the odds, one giant bird from primeval New Zealand has survived to this day 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Dragons’ Den 01:05 The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home 02:05 Celebrity MasterChef 03:35 The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire 04:35 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 Cash Trapped 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Cain takes drastic action 21:00 Love Your Garden When 39-year-old Durham dad Philip Hunter discovered he had terminal cancer, he got in touch with Alan Titchmarsh and his team to build a special garden for him, his wife Sam and two boys, Ethan and Josh to enjoy in his final years. However, when tragedy strikes earlier than expected, Alan and his colleagues do their best to create the garden Philip would have wanted 22:00 Holiday Horrors: Caught on Camera Jamie Theakston narrates more footage sharing the experiences of Brits abroad, including airline passengers preparing for an emergency landing. Cameras also follow a parachute that fails to open and a hot-air balloon crash. Plus, clips filmed by holidaymakers who might wished they’d never taken time off work 23:00 News 23:40 Tom Daley: Diving for Gold 00:40 Murder, She Wrote 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:15 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Simpsons 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Fifteen to One 16:10 Countdown 17:00 The Question Jury 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Child Genius Quizmaster Richard Osman tests the five gifted finalists as they chase the coveted trophy. Round One is a specialist round, with topics ranging from spiders that mimic insects to Russian ballet to Margaret Thatcher’s premiership and tax policy 22:00 The Job Interview Cameras follow interviewees as they apply for jobs with London-based waste disposal company O’Donovan and Knightsbridge-based party planners Snapdragon. Nearly 300 applicants applied for the role at O’Donovan and in the running are Tracie, who was recently made redundant and personal assistant Hilary 23:00 Celebrity First Dates 00:05 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 01:00 Eden 02:00 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:25 FIA World Endurance Championship 02:55 Mini Challenge Motor Racing 03:20 Swansea Triathlon 03:50 Gillette World Sport

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 News 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - The Gourmet Detective: Death Al Dente 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors A car thief careers across Mark’s path, the interceptors engage in a highspeed pursuit through Lincoln city centre and a member of the public helps them to track down a drunk driver 21:00 The Dog Rescuers The focus is on the incredible transformations of four very different dogs, including a drastically underweight mastiff, a spoiled and overweight whippet, a poodle that was found on the side of the road, and a sharpei that was found with barely a hair on his body 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother A chance to catch up with the latest action as the celebrity contestants continue to get to know each other 23:00 Borderline 23:30 Impractical Jokers UK 00:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 01:05 Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House 01:30 SuperCasino 04:10 Person of Interest

DON´T MISS

On This Day

NYPD: BIGGEST GANG IN NEW YORK?

BBC One 23:45 SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Cain finds the Pep treatment in Moira’s handbag and accuses Holly of having HIV, only for Moira to confess they’re actually hers. Cain and Adam are furious when Holly admits that she was back on drugs and it was her fault that Victoria got hurt. When Moira refuses to get rid of Holly, Cain leaves.

Later, Charity is dressed to kill at the pub and gets a drink with smitten Steve, but when an angry Cain enters, will this be Charity’s chance to get her claws into her man once more? Meanwhile, Ashley admits that he shouldn’t have gone to the police, but he won’t apologise and Gabby refuses to back down either. An upset Gabby tells her dad that she wishes he would drop dead, and a hurt Ashley tells her he wishes she’d never been born. Elsewhere, Nicola asks Dan to do her physio and there’s a spark when he

Documentary examining the issue of police brutality in America by focusing on the largest force in the USA - the NYPD. Cameras follow the `Cop Watchers’ people who chase the police in a catand-mouse game to film arrests and expose possible assaults.

1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with 100,000 soldiers and 70 tanks.

catches her fall. Later, Nicola is happy to hear she can get around without her wheelchair, but she and Dan are left fearful when she is told her arm might not recover. Can she bring herself to tell Jimmy the bad news?

In Eastenders, Ronnie starts to worry about Andy and the children’s whereabouts. They eventually return, but Ronnie remains suspicious of Andy’s behaviour and finally realises all isn’t as it seems.

Also today, Adam is pleased that Victoria has taken back her van, but he is confused when she doesn’t want to work with Holly.

When Ronnie seeks answers from Kyle, he hides his own unease and tries to stand up for Andy. However, he soon crumbles and also tells Ronnie about the folder with the pictures that he found. After making another unsettling discovery, Ronnie realises who Andy really is. Meanwhile, Denise insists

to Vincent that Kush is just a friend.

Elsewhere, Vincent reaches out to Claudette and invites her for dinner. Also today, after Phil fills Sharon in on Ben’s disappearance, Sharon is worried about Ben and takes control. She tells an uneasy Ian what they need to do, but what does she have in mind?

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Mom 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:45 Two and a Half Men 02:40 Mom 03:25 Teleshopping ITV3 07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Love Your Garden 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 Rising Damp 18:20 Man About the House 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Wire in the Blood 01:35 Inspector Morse 03:30Teleshopping ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 The Saint 08:40 Minder 09:45 Ironside 10:50 Quincy, ME 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Gunsmoke 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:50 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:55 Quincy, ME 18:00 Ironside 19:00 The Saint 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Mr Bean 22:00 Benidorm 23:05 Film - The Glimmer Man (18) 01:00 Film Firefox (PG) 03:40 Highway Patrol 04:00 Teleshopping

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Trev Massey, 14:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Gordon Lack In Holby City, still grieving for Arthur, Ric questions his surgical skill, when he faces losing another young man. Oliver realises he needs to move on from his relationship with Zosia, when he treats a patient with a malfunctioning mechanical heart. Meanwhile, Jason observes the ward, and Serena finds herself not only clashing with Bernie, but under scrutiny from her nephew.

CODE CRACKER

DOUBLE CROSS-WORD

Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents B and 11 represents L, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

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

QUICKIE

Across 1 Seedless mandarin orange (7) 4 Change (5) 7 Head covering (5) 9 Enlisted person (7) 10 Articulate (7) 11 Grab (5) 12 Hate (6) 14 Canter (6) 18 Original (5) 20 Blow up (7) 22 Country on the Adriatic (7) 23 Depart (5) 24 Work out (5) 25 Completely committed

(7) Down 1 Hang (7) 2 Hobo (5) 3 Lend a hand (6) 4 Broods (5) 5 Beginning (7) 6 Brief (5) 8 Clasp (5) 13 Confusion (7) 15 Horrific (5) 16 Feign (7) 17 Long-bodied reptile (6) 18 Concentrate (5) 19 Heading (5) 21 To one side (5)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Tapers, 5 Settle, 8 Type, 9 Caffeine, 10 Distress, 11 Best, 12 Genius, 14 Stench, 16 Eats, 18 Shilling, 20 Diligent, 21 Arid, 22 Legend, 23 Yonder. Down: 2 Anytime, 3 Elect, 4 Success, 5 Sifts, 6 Tremble, 7 Links, 13 Inspire, 14 Swiftly, 15 Concise, 17 Abide, 18 Spend, 19 Learn.

Scribble Pad

CRYTPIC CLUES Across 7 Face it, it’s just an advertisement about a cafe (6) 8 Seasonal fare for holiday destination (6) 9 Mother begins zealously to find her way out of it (4) 10 Annoys men in the reformed Trots (8) 11 It might be a boundary in sport (7) 13 Tedious driller (5) 15 Notice women at little church (5) 17 Boz ages terribly in summerhouses (7) 20 Cooked George caviare in the rectory (8) 21 Skewer found in hospital waiting room (4) 22 With her former husband in tow, the Princess made for the outhouse (6) 23 When pressed, me and Ron will stay with Ed

Down 1 Lady collecting silver, what’s the cost? (6) 2 Get a new barrier (4) 3 Write out a melody for a Roman god (7) 4 Sort Kelvin out with a bird (5) 5 The Gunner’s leader regrets nothing by half time. That’s frightful (8) 6 Volkswagen car – one in drive, perhaps (6) 12 Cancel my new flower (8) 14 Jane, at precisely 5.51, is about to compete in a throwing contest (7) 16 Saline mixture is for strangers (6) 18 ‘Jamie’ the musical (6) 19 Boxed disc about a period (5) 21 Bush, dull to listen to (4)

Down STANDARD CLUES 1 Cause harm to (6) Across 7 Building front (6) 2 Box office receipts (4) 8 Large domesticated bird 3 Poseidon's counterpart (6) (7) 9 Labyrinth (4) 10 Inflicts mental anguish 4 Large wading bird (5) on (8) 5 Shockingly repellent (8) 11 Barrier (7) 6 Insect (6) 13 Drill for penetrating rock 12 Houseplant (8) (5) 14 Athletics event (7) 15 Look attentively (5) 17 Summerhouses (7) 16 Foreigners (6) 20 Church officer's resi- 18 Dickens-based musical dence (8) (6) 21 Rain gently (4) 22 Addition that extends a 19 Confined (5) 21 Small, sour dark purple main building (6) 23 Smoothed out (6) fruit (4) Last weeks Solution Across: 7 Radial, 8 Austen, 9 Dare, 10 Elevates, 11 Feasted, 13 Zooms, 15 Taxes, 17 Foreman, 20 Fuselage, 21 Loom, 22 Remote, 23 Tennis. Down:: 1 Manage, 2 Mine, 3 Sleeper, 4 Cadet, 5 Escalope, 6 Redeem, 12 Skeleton, 14 Poverty, 16 Amused, 18 Adonis, 19 Wager, 21 Lend.

FILL IT IN

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

3 letter words Bed Bib But Eft Led Log Oaf Ode Pet Sad Sea Tot 4 letter words Alas Alto Arab

Area Aria Bang Beat Beer Bias Duff Eggs Erst Folk Game Gone Idea Idle Kiln Knot Lima Long Lota

Oats Oven Over Redo Role Rule Sail Scam Sled Stot Swat Togs Tome Ulna 5 letter words Adage Alert Angel

Attic Cello Clots Elope Enrol Horde Inuit Knots Mania Odour Roost Salsa Selfs Stent Tapas Tasty Tempo Tenet Towel

6 letter words Ascend Ethics Floats Moaner Series Shirks 7 letter words Basinet Hostile Stinker Tersely 8 letter words Appeases Foredoom

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 1 Inútil (inepto) (7) 5 Espalda (4) 8 Holly (5) 9 Heads (body parts) (7) 11 Eastern (side, part) (4) 12 Lazy (idle) (8) 15 Votante (5) 16 Boxing (5) 19 Amount (quantity) (8) 21 Remover (sopa) (4) 23 Beehive (7) 25 January (5) 26 Aficionados (de equipo, grupo) (4) 27 Garajes (7)

Down 2 Maíz dulce (9) 3 Lion (4) 4 Sagrado (lugar, libro) (6) 5 Abeja (3) 6 Garras (de animal) (5) 7 Cuevas (5) 10 Broccoli (6) 13 Allá (4,5) 14 Receta (6) 17 Hammock (bed) (6) 18 Tree (5) 20 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 22 Yolk (of egg) (4) 24 More (3)

Across 1 Style of rock music derived from punk, typically with apocalyptic or mystical lyrics (4) 3 Type of coffee made with milk that has been frothed up with pressurised steam (10) 10 Athletic contest in which a very heavy round ball is thrown as far as possible. (4,3) 11 Song written and originally released by Otis Redding in 1965, which became a 1967 hit and signature song for Aretha Franklin (7) 12 Compressed mixture of meat and spices, coated in breadcrumbs and fried (7) 13 Male reproductive organ of a flower (6) 15 Scottish name for turnips (5) 16 Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed (9) 18 Ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts

in 1620 (9) 21 Second largest city in Iraq (5) 23 Projecting piece on a sundial that shows the time by the position of its shadow (6) 25 Art of Japanese flower arrangement, with formal display according to strict rules (7) 27 Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who prophesied the forthcoming destruction of Jerusalem and the Jewish nation and inspired hope for the future well-being of a restored state (7) 28 Fictional global terrorist organisation led by evil genius and super-villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld that feature in the James Bond books and films (7) 29 Misanthrope who dislikes women in particular (10) 30 Flat, low-lying areas of eastern England, mainly in L i n c o l n s h i r e , Cambridgeshire and Norfolk (4)

SUDOKU (Very Easy)

Quiz Word

Down 1 Practice or art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food (10) 2 1982 American come-

dy-drama film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor, played by Dustin Hoffman, whose reputation for being difficult

forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman to land a job (7) 4 American clarinettist, composer and bandleader, born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23, 1910 (5,4) 5 Capital and largest city of France (5) 6 British pop group from Lincoln who are best known for their 1968 UK hit single Jesamine (7) 7 Lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head (7) 8 Commitment to tell the truth, especially in a court of law (4) 9 BBC TV series (2002 2010) that followed the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service’s Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid (6) 14 Plans or schemes, especially ones used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end (10) 17 In Greek mythology, a

beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection (9) 19 American professional baseball team based in the Bronx that competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the American League’s (AL) East Division: New York ------- (7) 20 Small, short-tailed, thickset rodent related to the voles, found in the Arctic tundra (7) 21 Former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay (6) 22 Major port of entry and the largest city in Washington (7) 24 Tough, lightweight, elastic synthetic polymer with a protein-like chemical structure, able to be produced as filaments, sheets or moulded (5) 26 Gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts (4)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH EL VIENTO – THE WIND

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

movies/tv QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. Roald Dahl 2. Hocus Pocus 3. Sylvester Stallone 4. Mickey Rooney 5. The Great Dictator, Adenoid Hinkel 6. Burt Lancaster

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 1 Belts up, 5 Asphalt, 8 Nomad, 9 Perdition, 11 Night watchman, 13 Abseil, 16 Stunt man, 18 Sinecure, 19 Seesaw, 24 Pinking shears, 26 Chameleon, 27 Noise, 28 Traumas, 29 Aniseed. Down: 1 Bonanza, 2 Limoges, 3 Sadat, 4 Poplar, 5 Atrocity, 6 Alien, 7 Tango, 10 Immense, 12 Dana, 14 Bail, 15 Incense, 17 Trainers, 20 Seaside, 21 West End, 22 Uganda, 23 Yacht, 24 Plaza, 25 Hanoi.

energía eólica

contra el viento

la ala delta

el huracán

la cometa

el molinito

la vela

el molino

turbina eólica

el planeador

viento en popa

el velero

viento fuerte

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz. 1.aires de cambio, 2.contra el viento, 3.el huracán, 4.el molinito, 5.el molino, 6.el planeador, 7.el velero, 8.energía eólica, 9.la ala delta, 10.la cometa, 11.la vela, 12.turbina eólica, 13.viento en popa,

Soduko

14.viento fuerte. a.the sail, b.the hurricane, c.against the wind, d.before the wind, e.winds of change, f.wind power, g.wind generator, h.the toy wind mill, i.the kite,

Span - Eng

Quizword

j.the hang glider, k.the glider, l.the wind mill, m.the sailing boat, n.strong wind. Answers: 1e, 2c, 3b, 4h, 5l, 6k, 7m, 8f, 9j, 10i, 11a, 12g, 13d, 14n.

1. Which author wrote the screenplay fot the movie 'You Only Live Twice'? 2. Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witch? 3. Who starred as Rocky Balboa? 4. Joe Yule Jr. who was born in 1920 became famous using what stage name? 5. In which film did Charlie Chaplain have his first speaking part in 1940? 6. What star once sold lingerie door to door?

aires de cambio

Fill It In

Wednesday 3rd August

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryfile Summer Diaries 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under 12:45 Neighbourhood Blues 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Red Rock 15:25 Escape to the Country 16:25 Garden Rescue 17:10 Flog It! 18:10 Pointless Celebrities 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

07:00 Countryfile Summer Diaries 07:45 Garden Rescue 08:30 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 See Hear 09:30 The Hairy Builder 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire12:00 News 13:00 Film - The Deadly Companions (PG) 14:30 Coast 15:10 Nature’s Weirdest Events 16:10 Animals in Love 17:10 Brazil with Michael Palin 18:10 Antiques R o a d s h o w 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Blitz Cities

21:00 Eat Well for Less? Gregg and Chris have a challenge on their hands with the Haynes family in Hampshire. Their different tastes mean that they are eating different dinners, causing lots of waste and their food bills to spiral

20:00 Great American Railroad Journeys Armed with his Appleton’s Guide, Michael Portillo reaches a milestone on his American journey: the boundary between the northern and southern states, known as the Mason-Dixon line

21:00 Wild Animal Reunions Cameras follow animal keepers and caregivers as they are reunited with their charges in the wild, including a woman who kisses sharks, a surrogate mother to 300 monkeys, and a person who befriended a cheetah

22:00 Saving Lives at Sea The army of unpaid volunteers has to contend with everything from overly ambitious novice sailors caught in a storm to a little girl who has become trapped in the rocks below the high-water mark. The dangers of the water are further put into perspective when a father gets himself into serious difficulties after swimming out to try and rescue his young son 23:00 News 23:45 A Question of Sport 00:15 Film - In the Electric Mist (15) 02:05 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:10 News

21:00 The £100k House: The Final Fix Piers Taylor revisits Wajid and Anam from Burnley, who have hit a problem as they near the completion of their ambitious home 22:00 Versailles The traitor strikes in the palace prison, Henriette has a rocky reunion with her brother, Charles II of England, while Béatrice risks a rendezvous with Marchal 22:55 Inside Versailles 23:00 Boy Meets Girl 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 People Just Do Nothing 00:35 Inside the Factory 01:35 See Hear 02:05 Saving Lives at Sea 03:05 Horizon 04:05 This Is BBC Two

20:00 Emmerdale Charity puts her plan into action 20:30 Coronation Street Sarah and David are forced to confess

22:00 Long Lost Family Seventy-year-old Susan Webb is desperate find the daughter she gave up for adoption in 1968. At the time, she was suffering with depression, and after being treated with electroconvulsive therapy that severely affected her memory, she was left with no recollections of her child. Meanwhile, Sonia Walsh looks for the mother that abandoned her at the age of three with her younger sister 23:00 News 23:40 Holiday Horrors: Caught on Camera 00:40 Murder, 01:35 She Wrote Jackpot247 04:00 Murder, She Wrote 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 News 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film Stolen Daughter 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Cricket Mark Nicholas introduces highlights of the first day’s play at Edgbaston in the Third Test between England and Pakistan, with commentary by Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Vaughan and Simon Hughes

21:00 The Three Day Nanny Kathryn Mewes visits the Smith family and attempts to ban smacking and restore order in a house where communication has broken down and chaos rules 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors The doctors 22:00 Gogglebox Brexit see a variety of patients Special Everyone’s talking who have been using alterabout Britain’s decision to native treatments that may leave the EU, but what do do them more harm than the Goggleboxers think of good. Dr Hassas sees a the events that have man whose alternative unfolded since Brexit? In practitioner is treating his this special one-off episode sore neck by repeatedly the regular households dis- punching the painful area cuss and comment on everything from Boris 22:00 Celebrity Big Johnson’s new job to Brother Emma Willis Jeremy Corbyn’s divided presents the action from party and our new Prime the CBB House which has Minister, Theresa May been given a glamorous makeover. But the celebrity should 23:00 Man Down 23:35 A Housemates Granny’s Guide to the remember that all that glitModern World 00:05 999: ters is not gold What’s Your Emergency? 01:05 Music on 4 01:30 23:00 Suspects 00:00 Film - The Accused (18) Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit 03:20 Double Your House on the Side 01:05 Benefits for Half the Money 04:15 Britain: Life on the Dole Phil: Secret Agent Down 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 Under Underground Britain

DON´T MISS

On This Day

THE £100K HOUSE: THE FINAL FIX

BBC Two 21:00

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Chas warns Charity that Cain won’t fight for her and she shouldn’t use the kiss to break him and Moira up. Charity taunts Moira, but will she reveal what happened last night? Later, Chas is shocked to learn that Moira could have HIV and orders Cain to go back to her. Moira

Piers Taylor revisits Wajid and Anam from Burnley, who have hit a problem as they near the completion of their ambitious home. They are struggling to make the largest room feel welcoming, so the presenter searches for an ingenious design solution, delivering a radical idea inspired by a fashionable hotel. Meanwhile, Heidi and Steven’s house in north east Scotland still sits on a barren piece of wasteland. Presented with the seemingly impossible task of transforming the garden with a budget of just £1,000, Piers takes a risk and shows the pair a piece of landscape architecture in Edinburgh.

admits that she should have told Cain the truth, but it’s Cain who’s hiding a big secret now. Will he tell Moira about the kiss with Charity?

news. Dan comforts her, but she’s upset that Jimmy now sees her differently and she kisses Dan. How will a shocked Dan react?

Meanwhile, Gabby is moved when she overhears Ashley tell Bernice to put her daughter first when he realises Gabby feels second place in her affections. Elsewhere, Dan is disturbed to learn that Nicola hasn’t told Jimmy the paralysis in her arm could be permanent. He urges her to tell him and she takes his advice, but her heart breaks as Jimmy struggles to handle the

In Coronation Street, Worried that David will do something stupid, Sarah begs him not to go after Todd and promises that she’ll talk him round. Sarah then finds Todd about to set off in Phelan’s van. Todd tells her that he’s going to the police

Outside the police station, Sarah begs Todd to hear her side of the story. Reliving that fateful night, she explains how Callum was going to kill her but Kylie stepped in and saved her life. Sarah implores Todd to bury the truth for the sake of Max and Lily. Will Todd agree? At the same time, a vulnerable David sits by Kylie’s grave and admits that he’s struggling to keep his anger in check. Meanwhile, Michael finds Eileen in the cab office clearly upset. She

explains that she’s worried about Jason and she has fallen out with Phelan. Eileen reveals to Michael how Phelan said some hateful things about Todd. Michael explains that Phelan feels threatened by Todd as Todd can see through him. Later, Eileen is thrilled when Jason phones from a Thai hospital and explains that he was drunk and fell off a wall but he’s on the mend. Handing her some flowers by way of an apology, Phelan tells Eileen he loves her. Will Eileen forget his harsh words? Elsewhere,

ITV3 07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Love Your Garden 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 Doctor in the House 17:50 Rising Damp 18:15 Man About the House 18:50 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Miss Marple 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Wire in the Blood 01:35 Inspector Morse 03:30 Teleshopping ITV4 07:00 Sporting Funnies 07:15 Highway Patrol 07:40 Gunsmoke 08:35 Minder 09:40 Ironside 10:45 Quincy, ME 11:45 The Chase 12:45 Gunsmoke 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:45 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:55 Quincy, ME 17:55 Ironside 19:00 The Saint 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 1966 - A Nation Remembers 22:00 The Motorbike Show 23:00 TT Blues 00:00 Film Tremors (12) 02:00 Film Raw Deal (18) 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen

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

1978: Queen Elizabeth II opens the Commonwealth Games. station and she can’t stop him.

Nick

takes

Max to the Bistro for the takeaway of his choice and is taken aback to find the place in complete chaos. Steph explains that they’re short staffed. At the end of her tether, Steph announces that she’s taking a break whether Robert likes it or not. Knocking back the wine, stressed-out Robert promises Steph he’ll sort it and hire some more staff.

Thursday 4th August 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryfile Summer Diaries 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under 12:45 Neighbourhood Blues 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Red Rock 15:25 Escape to the Country 16:25 Garden Rescue 17:10 Flog It! 18:10 Pointless Celebrities 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Ronnie is determined to get the truth but is she putting herself in danger? 21:00 Holby City Bernie faces an ethical dilemma when her wayward son arrives at the hospital 22:00 Mo Farah: Race of His Life A profile of the distance-running star, who won gold at both the 5,000m and 10,000m in the 2012 London Olympics. Farah discusses his personal and sporting life, and meets up with his twin brother in the small African country of Djibouti where he spent his early childhood. He also discusses allegations about his coach and demonstrates how hard he pushes himself at training camps in Ethiopia, Arizona and France 23:00 News 23:45 Matron, Medicine and Me: 70 Years of the NHS 00:30 Jessica Ennis-Hill: A Coach’s Story 01:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:05 News

07:00 Countryfile Summer Diaries 07:45 Garden Rescue 08:30 Neighbourhood Blues 09:00 New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Natural World 14:00 Pressure Pad 14:45 Coast 15:10 Nature’s Weirdest Events 16:10 Animals in Love 17:10 Brazil with Michael Palin 18:10 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Blitz Cities

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 Cash Trapped 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Cain is pushed to the limit 20:30 Real Stories with Ranvir Singh The story of Sianagh Gallagher, who was born prematurely but is now the captain of the British paraclimbing team

20:00 Great American Railroad Journeys Michael Portillo arrives in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, centre of political power in the world’s most powerful country

21:00 Emmerdale Cain takes matters into his own hands 21:30 Tonight Corrie actress Catherine Tyldesley investigates the diet industry as people try to lose weight for their holidays. What impact do quick-fix diets have on our minds and bodies?

21:00 Full Steam Ahead The team find out how the railways transformed the British diet, rescuing a nation that was struggling to feed itself 22:00 The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook Tonight takes in everything from the popularity of Delia Smith to affordable fashions on the high street, from the subcultures of Britain’s youth to the crisis of identity that rocked and splintered the political Left

22:00 The Investigator: A British Crime Story Mark Williams-Thomas nears the end of his investigation into the disappearance of Carole Packman, pondering whether her home could be a crime scene. With his investigation finally at an end, Mark reveals to Sam what he believes happened to her mother three decades earlier

23:00 Boy Meets Girl 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 The Gift of Hearing 00:35 The Somme 1916: From Both Sides of the Wire 01:35 Panorama 02:05 The Refugee Camp: Our Desert Home 03:05 This Is BBC Two

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In Emmerdale, James is shocked when Charity hints that she spent the night with Cain. Soon afterwards, Cain apologises to Moira and insists they’re right together. He’s on the point of winning her over when James interrupts, telling Moira how Cain stayed with Charity. Cain is furious and goes for James, especially

when he realises James knew about the HIV scare before him. Storming out, Cain smashes a car window. Spotting James, he then gets into the car. Charity sees his dangerous mood and tries to stop him, but he drives at her. Meanwhile, Nicola is crushed when Dan tells her that he can’t do physio with her and she’s guilty to learn that Dan is cancelling things with Jimmy too. Elsewhere, Joanie asks Belle to be a bridesmaid but Belle has no idea what

In the series finale, a broken boiler threatens disaster the night before the wedding, until Pam comes to the rescue. However, worse is yet to come on the day of the ceremony itself when a freak accident puts Pam in A&E, Peggy gets locked in a bathroom and Leo finds himself waiting at the church for his absent bride. Is this the end of the road for the happy couple? to say and walks off, leaving Joanie hurt. In the second episode, Holly urges Moira not to give up on her marriage, insisting Charity has nothing on her. James arrives at Butler’s Farm and tells Moira she is better off without Cain, but his words have the opposite effect. Cain spots James driving out of the farm and follows him, preparing to ram him, but he sees Moira in the car and pushes down on the brakes. His car careers wildly, crashing through a wall… Meanwhile, Ellie has a go

2000: Queen Mother celebrates her 100th birthday.

07:00 The Planet’s Funniest Animals 07:20 Dinner Date 08:10 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Psych 11:20 Royal Pains 12:15 Dinner Date 13:15 Emmerdale 13:45 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:45 Ellen DeGeneres 15:35 Jeremy Kyle 18:50 Take Me Out 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Fast & Furious (14) 00:15 Family Guy 01:10 American Dad! 02:05 Two and a Half Men 02:35 The Vampire Diaries 03:25 Teleshopping ITV3 07:00 Doctor in the House 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Murder, She Wrote 12:55 Love Your Garden 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:15 Doctor in the House 17:50 Rising Damp 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Endeavour 23:00 Law & Order: UK 00:00 Wycliffe 01:05 Inspector Morse 03:10 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping ITV4 07:00 World Cup Top Goalscorers 07:10 Highway Patrol 07:35 Gunsmoke 08:35 Minder 09:40 Ironside 10:45 Quincy, ME 11:50 The Chase 12:50 Gunsmoke 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:50 The Saint 15:50 Minder 16:55 Quincy, ME 18:00 Ironside 19:00 The Saint 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Motorbike Show 22:00 Film - Ransom (15) 00:25 Film - Awake (14) 02:10 Benidorm 03:10 Minder 04:00 Teleshopping

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at Belle and insists she should tell Joanie to shove it. Lisa tells Belle she’s okay with her being a bridesmaid and Bailey encourages her to forgive and forget. When Bailey goes back to work, Ellie warns Belle he would leave if he knew why she was really upset.

about him, but is she putting herself in danger when they meet up?

forcing Bernie to face some home truths about her poor parenting.

Meanwhile, Phil’s condition is growing worse. Sharon gets frustrated and tells him that she’ll find Ben, before sending a desperate message to Grant. Sharon assures Kathy that everything is under control and then confides in Jane about her plan. Not long afterwards, Sharon receives a message from Grant and goes to meet him, but she gets a shock.

When Cameron then asks Bernie to lie for him about a serious car accident, she finds it harder than ever to refuse him.

In Eastenders, Ronnie phones Andy and is determined to get to the truth

In Holby City, Bernie’s son Cameron comes crashing into the hospital,

Meanwhile, Sacha and Essie disagree over a patient, but it soon becomes clear the tension is not just professional.

Food & Drink

Friday 29th July 2016

The Best Spanish Stew Recipie The spicy kick of chorizo works brilliantly with seafood in this Spanish dish

INGREDIENTS 50g chorizo diced 1 onion finely chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed small bunch flat-leaf ½ finely parsley, chopped, ½ roughly chopped 200ml hot stock, fish or vegetable 400g can chopped tomatoes 400g can butter beans or white beans, rinsed and drained 1 tsp sherry vinegar 600g clams, cleaned crusty bread, to serve. METHOD

Add the onion and cook for 5 mins until starting to soften. Then add the garlic and finely chopped parsley, and fry for 1 min more.

The UK has ditched Scotland – at least in terms of its drinking habits. The nation’s most popular whisky to drink at home is

no longer a Scotch, after Jack Daniel’s outsold The Famous Grouse in the past year. Sales of Jack Daniel’s in shops and supermarkets

Fry the chorizo in a large frying pan with a lid, over a medium heat until it is starting to crisp up and release its oil.

Pour on the stock and tomatoes. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, then add the beans and sherry vinegar. Simmer for 10 mins until the liquid is slightly reduced. Scatter over the clams, cover with the lid and steam for 2-4 mins, shaking the pan occasionally until the clams are open. Have a little taste before seasoning, as the clams can be quite salty. Then scatter over the chopped parsley. Eat with lots of crusty bread.

How an American whiskey became the UK’s favourite have risen by 9.3%, according to trade magazine The Grocer, while The Famous Grouse’s sales have tumbled by 14.3% in the same period. Alwynne Gwilt runs the Miss Whisky blog. She sees the change as a sign of our post-recession shift in drinking habits. “There has been an upsurge in the number of people drinking at home, and Jack Daniel’s is a party drink,” she says. The Scotch, a traditional favourite, “just doesn’t have

the same excitement”. The “excitement” associated with Jack Daniel’s comes down to its relentless advertising campaigns. And several decades of photographs of Keith Richards and Slash with bottles of Jack haven’t hurt in making it “cool” either. The rise in popularity of American barbeque food has also helped fuel the sales of Jack Daniel’s (JD is not technically a bourbon but a Tennessee whiskey, though it serves the same purpose

for most drinkers) in bars and restaurants, but when they are in the supermarket, they plump for the familiar black and white label. Others are careful not to overstate the implications of these findings. Rosemary Gallagher, of the Scotch Whisky Association, is keen to put the figures into context. These figures only concern two brands – “The UK is the third biggest market for

Scotch and volume of sales increased last year. Interest in the entire whisky category is welcome, and Scotch leads the way. Globally, it sells three times the amount of A m e r i c a n whiskey.” In fact, the world’s largest market for Scotch is the US.

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Dessert Apple Betty Ingredients

Serves: 8 500g thinly sliced apples 60ml orange juice 100g plain flour 200g caster sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 pinch salt 125g butter

Method Prep:30min Cook:45min Ready in:1hr15min Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas 5. Lightly grease a 23cm pie dish. Mound sliced apples in the pie dish. Sprinkle with orange juice. In a medium bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Rub in butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Scatter over the apples. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes. Serve warm. Cook's note You can control the sweetness by increasing or decreasing the amount of topping you use.

Friday 29th July 2016

Strawberry and peanut butter ice cream

As the UK sizzles in a heatwave, we conjure up a sweet, cold treat enjoyed by Harry Potter himself Harry, Ron, and Hermione strolled off along the winding, cobbled street. The bag of gold, silver, and bronze jangling cheerfully in Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pocket was clamoring to be spent, so he bought three large strawberry-and-peanutbutter ice creams, which they slurped happily as they wandered up the alley, examining the fascinating shop windows. Serves 10 Ingredients 480ml milk, 235ml double cream, 100g sugar 5 egg yolks, Pinch sea salt 150g peanut butter, Berry Ripple, 200g mixed strawberries and raspberries, 200g granulated sugar, 10 waffle cones, 75g dark chocolate 1. First, make the ripple for your ice-cream. This is essentially a very soft set jam, roasted rather than cooked over the hob for maximum sweetness. Preheat oven to 170C. Hull and chop strawberries. Line two roasting trays with greaseproof paper, place the strawberries and raspberries in one and sugar in the other, and place both trays in the oven for 25 minutes. Remove, tip the sugar into the fruit (be careful

as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much hotter than it looks) and stir to combine with a wooden spoon. Transfer to the jars, screw the lids on while still hot. 2. To make the ice-cream, bring the milk and cream almost to the boil over a medium heat. While they are heating, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until pale and creamy. Once the milk and cream are piping hot, slowly pour them into the yolks, whisking continuously to prevent them splitting. 3. Wash out the saucepan, and return the custard to it. Cook over a low heat for around ten minutes, until thick enough to coat the back of the wooden spoon. Once thick, whisk the peanut butter into the custard. Pour into a bowl, press a sheet of cling film to the top of the custard. Allow it to cool out of the fridge, then refrigerate until cold, or overnight if you wish. 4. Pour the custard into the ice-cream maker and follow the machine directions to reach soft serve stage. OR Pour the custard into the freezer-proof container and place in the freezer. In

around an hour, beat it with the electric hand whisk, breaking up any ice crystals that have formed. Repeat hourly for four hours. 5. Sieve your jam to rid it of any seeds and set aside. To ripple the ice-cream, first ensure that it is about the texture of soft serve. Spoon half of the ice-cream into a storage container. Top with the jam, then the rest of the icecream. With a butter knife, swirl the ice-cream gently, mixing the layers. Return to the fridge for at least two hours. 6. While the ice-cream is in the freezer, you can prepare the ice-cream cones. Melt the chocolate in a mixing bowl over a pan of hot water and then dip the top of the cones in the chocolate. Shake gently to get rid of any drips and hold the cone upside down for a minute of so. Turn the cone up the right way and leave it to dry in a glass. Repeat with the other cones. 7. Take the ice-cream from the freezer five minutes before you want to serve it. Balance a couple of scoops in a cone and serve.

How to make the perfect fattoush (deseeded if the large variServes 4 2 stale pitta or other flat- ety) into rough 1.5cm dice. Finely slice the spring breads onions 1 garlic clove a n d Juice of 1/2 lemon 1/2 tbsp cider vinegar 3 tbsp good olive oil, plus extra to grease In the M 1 tsp sumac, plus idd salad is le East, this ch extra to sprinkle o eaten a meal. S t almos pped hould y 500g ripe mixed t e very ours inc es, pep lu pers or tomatoes both? A de radishnd is it 3 small cucumbers no to ad a nothe cho d feta? or 1 large one ice is yo urs! 2 spring onions 25g flat-leaf parspick ley the leaves of the herbs 15g mint and roughly chop. Pick the 100g purslane (optional) leaves of the purslane but 100g radishes Heat the oven to 200C. leave whole. Combine in a Toss the pitta with a little large bowl. olive oil, then bake for Toss the dressing with the about 15 minutes until salad, then, just before crisp. Allow to cool slightly, serving, cut the radishes then break into shards. into quarters and use to Meanwhile, crush the gar- top the salad, along with lic clove and put in a jar the bread and a final flourwith the lemon juice, vine- ish of sumac. gar, oil and sumac. Season Is fattoush the king of and shake well then leave Middle Eastern salads, or to infuse until the salad is are there fancier rivals to finished. its crown? Is crisp lettuce a Meanwhile, cut the toma- must? And what other toes into irregular chunks lovely stuff do you make and the cucumber with stale bread?

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Friday 29th July 2016

Chicken satay with cucumber salad

Warm to the feel of summer

Get the summer ball rolling with homemade chicken satay

Ask your butcher to spatchcock the chicken, or do it yourself at home: just cut out the back bone with a pair of poultry shears, then flatten the bird with a firm push on the breasts. It’s a wonderfully simple bit of butchery. Serves four to six. For the marinade 1 tbsp coriander seeds, 2 garlic cloves, peeled and roughly chopped, ½ thumb fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated, 1 lemongrass stalk, tough outer layer peeled and discarded, finely chopped, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp

sesame oil, 1.6kg chicken, spatchcocked (or 8 thighs) For the satay 150g unsalted skinned peanuts, 3 baby shallots, peeled and roughly chopped, 1 lemongrass stem, tough outer layer peeled and discarded, roughly chopped, 1 bird’s-eye chilli, roughly chopped, 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped. 4 anchovy fillets, 2 tbsp vegetable oil, 300ml coconut milk, 2 tbsp palm or caster sugar, 2 tbsp dark soy sauce, plus extra to taste Juice of 2 limes, plus extra

to taste. For the salad 1 large iceberg lettuce, halved and cut into thin wedges, 2 cucumbers, thickly sliced diagonally, 6 spring onions, shredded, 1 bunch fresh coriander, leaves picked 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar, Juice of 1 lime. Start with the chicken. Toast the coriander seeds in a dry pan until they smell fragrant. Tip into a spice grinder, food processor or mortar, add the garlic, ginger and lemongrass, and blitz or pound to a coarse paste. Add the soy sauce and sesame oil, rub this mixture into the chicken and leave in the fridge to marinade for at least an hour, preferably longer. Heat the oven to 200C/390F/gas mark 6. Roast the chicken skin side up for 40-45 minutes, until it’s crisp and the juices run clear. Meanwhile, make the sauce. Roast the peanuts on another shelf in the oven, shaking them occasionally, for 10-12 minutes, until golden.

Once cool, blitz in a food processor for about a minute, until they resemble fine breadcrumbs, then tip into a bowl. Blitz the shallots, lemongrass, chilli, garlic and anchovies in the processor, also for about a minute, then add a few tablespoons of water and blitz to a smoothish paste. Heat the oil in a wok on a medium flame, then stir-fry the paste for a minute, until it darkens. Add the coconut milk, sugar and ground nuts, cook for a minute or two, then stir in the soy and lime; loosen with water until it’s the consistency of thick double cream. Once the chicken is cooked, leave it to rest for 10 minutes, then cut into large chunks and rip up the crisp skin. Toss both in the cooking juices. Put the salad ingredients in a bowl, dress, season generously and toss. Serve with the shredded chicken and a bowl of warm satay sauce; I like some sticky rice alongside, too.

The recipe Trim 400g of young turnips and cut them in half. Scrub 200g of small carrots then cut them in half lengthways. Place the vegetables in a roasting tin with 2 tbsp of olive oil and 4 large peeled cloves of garlic, then add 4 sprigs of thyme. Season lightly, toss everything together then roast for about 30 minutes at 200C/gas mark 6 until golden and tender. Combine 3 heaped tbsp of natural yogurt with the same amount of mayonnaise, 2 tbsp of chopped parsley and 1 of tarragon. Season and set aside. Shred 150g of sugar snap peas and put them

Is Spanish food the new Italian?

into the hot pan and fold into the other vegetables. Place the vegetables on plates then spoon over the herb dressing. Serves 2. The trick The only turnips worth roasting are the sweet, early summer variety, no bigger than a golf ball. The older ones are better for casseroles and braising. Roasted, they can appear a little bitter. Cutting the turnips in half before roasting, gives a chance for the edges to toast appetisingly. Shake the pan every now and again during roasting to give the vegetables a chance to brown evenly.

Ten years ago Spanish food was a relatively unknown entity, but recently it’s been embraced Shunning Italian staples in favour of Iberian delicacies. The Co-op experts explain the popularity behind tapas dishes based on their customers' buying habits, and offer a beginner’s guide to versatile Spanish ingredients. SHARING IS CARING Sharing food is one of the hottest trends we at the Co-op have seen over the last few years, as classically British, formal dining has been replaced by a more relaxed, European style. Much of this is due to an increase in eating out – it’s now estimated 19 million adults dine out at least once a week, up from 17 million in 2012. MORE CHORIZO PLEASE! We think the new popularity of Spanish food, could simply be down to one not-so-humble sausage – the chorizo. Our Co-op buyers tell us this is because spice is one of the biggest food trends at the moment, and chorizo packs a punch without being too ‘hot’. Our Spanish produce experts at the Co-op think the 21% growth in sales of chorizo is also down to its versatility - it has a long life, and gives added depth of flavour to loads of everyday meals, not just tapas!en is cooked through. MANCHEGO The most popular Spanish cheese, it has a mild, nutty flavour a bit like Swiss Gruyere. Traditionally the Spanish slice it thinly and top with a little honey.

Guide To Sangria 2 litres of red wine, ideally from La Rioja 3 peaches, 1/2 lemon, 2 oranges, 1/2 glass of lemon juice, 50 grams of sugar, 1 glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, 1 spiral lemon peel. PREPARATION: Peel the peaches, slice them in half and remove the pit. Now cut them in very fine slices. Peel the oranges and slice them very finely, do the same with the lemon Put the fruit in a container with sugar and brandy, let it macerate up to a maximum of 2 hours

Add the wine, the orange and lemon juice Add the cinnamon and lemon peel spiral and let cool in the fridge. Serve very cold and enjoy!

Food & Drink

Friday 29th July 2016

DVD’S

Record Of The Week!

It is wonderful when you hear from listeners that have never made contact previously - and our Record of the Week was chosen by such a listener this week. The email we received said Hi TKO! My record of the week isn´t one that has any great meaning personally – but as a regular breakfast listener to TKO on my drive to work – I have heard this recenlty played a couple of times – and just couldn´t help singing along - I am sure other drivers who saw me must have thought I was in pain! Its a real feel good version of an old song that I had forgotten all about - and with the early morning sunshine it makes me smile all the way to work ! The Record that Helen from Algorfa had heard was the old classic from the White Plains – done in a reggae style by Dr Victor and the Rebel Rastas – called My Baby Loves Lovin - presenters and Listeners alike have all given it the big Thumbs Up! Perhaps you have a song that brings back happy memories or says thankyou to someone special or is just a great tune that you love to hear? Then send your own Record of the Week request to studio@tko.fm … and include details of the track and what it means to you … and next week ... It could be your special track played every day on TKO 91.9 & 90.8fm.

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1. Star Trek Beyond 2. The Secret Life of Pets 3. Lights Out 4. Ice Age: Collision Course 5. Ghostbusters 6. Finding Dory 7. The Legend of Tarzan 8. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates 9. Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party 10. The Infiltrator

The Boss

Michelle Darnell is a ruthless businesswoman whose rise to the top has left her w i t h m a n y enemies. H e r unscrupul o u s actions catch up with her when she is arrested for insider trading, but she decides to try to turn this setback into something positive for her career. After all, her prison term is short, and Americans love a good redemption story. If she can convince everyone she has changed her tune, her business may bounce back stronger than ever.

STAR TREK BEYOND REVIEW

DIRECTOR Justin Lin GENRE Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi SYNOPSIS The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new ruthless enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test. RELEASE DATE 22 July 2016 (USA) DURATION 2h 2mins

The split in the crew works brilliantly, with the new partnership dynamics adding extra layers to the movie. Spock and Doc provide the best pairing, and the back-and-forth between sardonic Bones and his Vulcan crewmate humanises Spock beautifully, as well

as providing the film’s funniest moments. Meanwhile Kirk is paired with Chekov – their excellent interplay a sad memoriam to the fact that the brilliant actor, Anton Yelchin, is no longer with us – and Uhuru and Sulu find themselves prisoners together in the enemy enclave. Scotty escapes alone, and meets the enigmatic Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), another stranded being who has come up against Krall in the past – and might just be their best hope at defeating his madness before he destroys millions of lives. So far, so standard! Simon Pegg and Doug Jung have taken writing duties, faithfully listening to the fandom when it came to constructing this instalment…and loathe as I

am to admit it, pandering has worked in this case. It had a real echo of Douglas Adams – perhaps thanks to Pegg’s English sci-fi sensibilities – in the overarching story of a sad megalomaniac collecting bits and pieces from all over the galaxy to construct a bomb. ‘A very, very small bomb’, you could almost hear Hactar mumbling from the dustcloud… Pegg can’t resist the Spaced-style banter, but it works pretty well in this context – particularly on the Spock and Doc show – I would watch a whole other movie of those two bouncing off each other. Fast and the Furious director Justin Lin takes the helm from JJ Abrams – which means less lens flare, for sure, but a mas-

sive increase in high-speed space donuts. Not that I’m complaining, because the pace of this movie meant I didn’t draw breath until the two hours were up – and would have easily watched another hour. Yes it’s formulaic, and follows a standard blue-print of space odysseys both in general and in a way particular to Star Trek – but if there’s anything Trek fans love (and I count myself in that group), it’s a little repetition. I’d quite happily watch this crew of the Enterprise travel through space for the next ten years, growing into their roles and making them their own. Star Trek Beyond is a fast-moving sci-fi adventure with the gentle comedy ribbing.

Low Benidorm Festival

Low Festival in Benidorm will gather on the next 29th, 30th and 31st of July more than 70 artists of national and international indie, pop, electronic and rock scene. After a successful 2015 in which more than 70,000 people passed through the Ciudad Deportiva Guillermo Amor Benidorm, Low Festival prepares a year to receive thousands of attendees who will enjoy performances by Belle and Sebastian (only concert in Spain) , Hot Chip, Los Planetas (only show at festivals), Peaches and Vetusta Morla or 091 among many others. These are some of the more than 70 bands that will go through four stages, which will alternate the presence of groups of national reference as Love of Lesbian, León Benavente, La Habitación Roja or the already named Los Planetas and 091 with other large international name such as Hot Chip and The Kooks. Also in its strong commitment to music in all its aspects, Benidorm Low Festival also opens its doors to genres like

punk and garage with bands like Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg (with a review of the legendary drummer of Los Ramones and his 40 years on stage) Dwarves, Girls Names, Novedades Carminha or Belako and gives voice to emerging groups like Testarosa, Badlands or Holy Paul that undoubtedly will become great national promises. Beyond the musical area, Low Festival - which has become one of the festivals reference in the state - will offer large and various activities that will host its 2 VIP areas, one with a pool, and comfortable and spacious facilities with plenty of spaces and green relaxing areas and international restoration. All in a space with more than 30,000m2 lawn without big crowds. Certainly a large and varied range of leisure complete a poster at the level of any other major international festival which one more year, the public has received positively. A fact reflected in the 'sold out' of VIP POOL and VIP Budweiser.

The Magicians

This Syfy network series, filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, debuted in m i d December of 2015. A bunch of college kids converge on New York City after b e i n g recruited to a secret school for magic. What they soon find out is that the magic is all too real and if not with the well-intentioned can wreak as much havoc as you can imagine.

Born to Be Blue During the 1950s, trumpeter Chet Baker was the epitome of West Coast cool jazz. But a heroin addiction had put his musical career on hold and left him afoul of the law. Now it's the year 1966, and a movie company asks Chet to star in a film about himself, a biography that focuses upon his life and music during the previous decade. Chet willingly takes on the project. He finds himself attracted to Jane Azuka, the actress who plays his girlfriend in the film

Friday 29th July 2016

Health

Friday 29th July 2016

Vattenfall commits to £300m UK offshore windfarm despite Brexit Contact@medb.es

Website: www.medb.es

Donald Trump lost his legal battle last year over the impact of Vattenfall’s windfarm on his Aberdeen Bay golf course.

The Swedish energy company Vattenfall is pushing ahead with a £300m windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen despite last month’s EU referendum vote. The offshore windfarm has been dogged by years of legal battles between Donald Trump and the Scottish government over its impact on his golf course, which the tycoon ultimately lost in the courts last year. But on Thursday Vattenfall announced its final investment decision on the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, which sees it buying out Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group’s 25% share for an undisclosed sum. The 11 turbines in the development will send clean

energy back to the grid, but will also be a key testing ground for bringing down the cost of the technology, which is around twice as expensive as turbines on land. Ministers made clear last year that offshore was “still too expensive” and further subsidies would be conditional on the industry cutting cost. The 92.4MW project in Aberdeen Bay is all about trying experimental technologies to drive down the costs, Vattenfall said. “It’s all geared to a cost reduction,” said Gunnar Groebler, the senior vice president at Vattenfall. “We expect a lot of findings, a lot of options to further reduce the cost. If you look in Europe, the cost is clearly going south. This windfarm will help us get

to the next level.” Among the cost-cutting measures is a means of attaching the turbines to the seabed using technology that uses less material and higher

voltage cabling that loses less of the electricity generated. But the investment decision is also a vote of confidence in the industry, after the vote to leave the EU. Siemens said Brexit could freeze its offshore wind plans in the UK, though it later rowed back on the remarks. Groebler said Vattenfall was in the UK to stay. “We’ve repeatedly said the UK is a fundamentally interesting market for us, especially in wind, both onshore and offshore, and we have no reason to change that opinion. The best proof is the decision we are making, this is not something we do lightly.” He added that it was too early to say what the new UK government’s approach

would be towards the industry, but he had seen no signs it would differ from government strategy under David Cameron. Groebler dismissed claims made on Wednesday by the former energy minister Brian Wilson that “offshore wind in Scotland is pretty much dead” after a court upheld a legal challenge against several

ADVANTAGES OF WIND POWER 1. The wind is free and with modern technology it can be captured efficiently. 2. Once the wind turbine is built the energy it produces does not cause green house gases or other pollutants. 3. Although wind turbines can be very tall each takes up only a small plot of land. This means that the land below can still be used. This is especially the case in agricultural areas as farming can still continue. 4. Many people find wind farms an interesting feature of the landscape. 5. Remote areas that are not connected to the electricity power grid can use wind turbines to produce their own supply. 6. Wind turbines have a role to play in both the developed and third world. 7. Wind turbines are available in a range of sizes which means a vast range of people and businesses can use them. Single households to small towns and villages can make good use of range of wind turbines available today.

projects over their impact on wildlife. “I think we prove him wrong, right? This is not a specific Scottish thing [issues around birds and planning consent], it can happen with any windfarm you develop.” Paul Wheelhouse, the Scottish energy minister, welcomed the investment decision. “This project will keep our nation at the forefront of innovation by allowing energy companies to identify new ways to reduce operating costs,” he said. WWF Scotland’s climate and energy policy officer, Fabrice Leveque, said: “This is very positive news and provides a welcome boost to Scotland’s offshore wind sector. Scotland has 25% of Europe’s offshore wind resource and this new development provides a great opportunity to progress on capturing the benefits at lowest cost and least impact to the environment.”

Is your job killing you? Working hard during busy periods is bad for your health. Time to put your feet up … among women So women are soft? I wouldn’t say that. Maybe women work harder during booms? Although it does seem to be a bigger problem for women. How do these economists know that Denmark isn’t weird? There is, after all, nothing like a Dane. That’s true, but Denmark has the best data for their purposes.

Name: Work. Age: 9-5. Appearance: Every flipping day. I hate work. It’s always like: “Ooh, do this useful thing for hours and we’ll give you money to buy electricity.” And I’m like: “Electricity is boring. I want a Ferrari!” And work’s like: “In that case, do more work.” And I’m like: “You always say that …” Good, yes. You seem to grasp the basic principle. And you’ll be pleased to hear that ignoring the demands of work might actually be good for you.

I’m ecstatic. Is this scientists again? Economists. Close enough. Give me the details so I can explain them to my boss. Well, these economists, who work at the University of Copenhagen and Purdue University, Indiana, looked at the health of Danish manufacturing workers between 1996 and 2006. Some had quiet spells; some suddenly got a lot of foreign orders, making them very busy. And what did they discover? Women at companies that experienced an export boom were significantly more

likely to be treated afterwards for severe depression, or take medication to protect against heart attacks or strokes. The rate of serious work injuries also increased among both men and women. Interesting. They also found that workers took fewer sick days when the company first got busy, but when things became extremely busy, they suddenly started taking more. Companies experiencing one of the top 25% biggest booms had 14% more sick days among men, and 24%

You can’t just work people half to death to see what happens. Tell that to my boss. Besides, lots of other evidence associates working too hard with health problems. An Australian study in February found that working more than 25 hours a week may even lower the IQ of people over 40. That explains why I’m so

clever! I spend all my time on Facebook or making tea. Twenty-five hours is the optimum. Working less than that was also correlated with a lower IQ. Oh. Indeed. Do say: I’m not lazy, I’m just very, very health-conscious. Don’t say: Sorry. I can’t come in today. I’m not ill, but I feel as though I might be.

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Friday 29th July 2016

Self Help Therapy for Chronic Back Pain Back pain is so common in older people it is considered a part of the ageing process. Yes, our joints and bones break down with age, but certainly not at the rate seen today. Today many people in their 40s and even younger suffer from chronic back pain, something that was unheard of a few years ago. The structure of the vertebrae provides a clue as to why many people suffer from chronic back pain today. Our backbone, the vertebrae, is made up of 33 independent bones separated by a narrow space and held together by ligaments and tendons. Adjacent ends of the vertebrae are lined by cartilage and membrane to prevent the bones from rubbing against each other and also to protect the blood vessels and nerves that pass through the narrow space between the vertebrae. These blood vessels and nerves provide nutrient to the bones and joints and also innervate the arms and legs. Back pain occurs when the spaces between the vertebrae become very narrow, compressing the nerves and blood vessels that run

through. Several factors may contribute to this process, most especially poor nutrition. Studies show that today´s diet is lacking in the most important nutrient required for regeneration our bones and joints – MSM (Methyl Sulphonyl Methane). MSM is a vital nutrient used by the body to produce collagen, and collagen is what maintains the structure of our joints, bones, ligaments, tendons, muscles, skin, hair and the supporting frame of our organs. M S M occurs a b u n dantly in f r e s h greens and vegetables. However it is easily destroyed by heat, and so it isn´t available from cooked foods. The loss of collagen from our connective tissues caused by a lack of MSM in our diet is the main reason for the escalating bone and joint diseases we see today. Although many people associate

bone strength with calcium, this is not the case. Calcium helps maintain the structure of bones. However, it is not as important as MSM, and it is very rarely lost from the body, contrary to popular opinion. Rather than Calcium, MSM is the nutrient that should be taken as a supplement to maintain the strength of bones and joints. MSM supplem e n t s are very effective for treating m a n y types of

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taken in sufficient amount. The recommended dose is between 7.5 – 15 grammes daily. MSM is a natural painkiller and also has powerful anti-inflammatory effects. Hospitals can only prescribe painkillers and sometimes anti-inflammatory medications for treating arthritis. Painkillers provide pain relief for a few hours and do nothing to treat the underlying cause of the pain. Even worse is

the fact that they cause severe damage to the liver and kidneys. Anti-inflammatory drugs will depress the immune system and attack the joints and bones if taken for a long time. A poor posture is also a common cause of chronic back pain. The spine has a natural curve which may become misaligned from a poor posture. Sitting in a slouched position or not walking erect will lead to an unnatural curvature of the spine which narrows the space between the verte-

brae, compressing the blood vessels and nerves that run through the spaces. Maintaining a healthy posture is important in the management of chronic back pain. Practice by sitting on a stool without a backrest for as long as you can and do this very often. You should also become aware of your walking posture at all times, reminding yourself to walk erect whenever you find yourself slouching. FOR A FULL BODY SCAN CALL MEDB CLINIC – 965071745, 966189074.

How to remember for the future Remembering to do something at a later date is much harder than remembering something that’s already happened

Why, when packing for a holiday, does one thing end up left behind? For a simple task, it’s surprisingly easy to forget the suncream, spare socks or, if you’re unlucky, your passport. The way the brain works makes it much more difficult to remember to do something at a later moment, known as prospective memory. Retrospective memory, remembering something

that has already happened, is much easier. This is because the neural encoding of retrospective memories is activated by context sounds, thoughts and conversations. So, it’s easy to tell someone what you’ve packed if they ask, but nearly impossible to be sure in advance that you will remember to pack the right things, as you can’t predict the exact context of when you’ll be packing. A slight

change to the circumstances, such as an interruption, can thwart the prospective memory of even the most conscientious person. Perhaps one day we will understand how not to forget things but, for now, the best solution is detailed checklists, or phone alarms – as long as you remember to consult them, or recall what that alarm was supposed to remind you of.

Dave Silver

Friday 29th July 2016

Dog-Tired And Bone-Weary? It Must Be Saturday I tend to be down in the dumps on a Saturday night. In the old days I had plenty of woeful weekends because few girls would agree to go out with me and those that did had usually changed their minds by the time we had arranged to meet. Latterly, I'm in a miserable mood on Saturday nights because I cannot seem to come up with a win on the National Lottery. 'Even a measly few million quid once in a while would be nice,' I grumbled to Mrs S last weekend. 'You being nice to me would be nice, too,' Mrs S grumbled back. 'You don't understand,' I said, tearing up my losing Lottery ticket. 'I just don't seem to have any luck.' 'Luck!' Mrs S exploded. 'Just be grateful you're not in

some swamp with crocodiles snapping at your heels.' 'Less dangerous than YOU snapping at me,' I muttered under my breath. 'What did you just say?' Mrs S asked, eyeing me suspiciously. 'I said: See you later, alligator.' And away I fled. 'I shall never understand women, even if I live until the year 2016,' I commented to my dog Brian one Saturday afternoon in 1999. We were out walking and I was starting to feel depressed anticipating how even more depressed I would feel after that night's Lottery draw. 'It's all right for you,' I observed bitterly to my pooch as we pounded the pavements. 'All you do is eat, sleep and play with the Jack Russell at No.14.' Brian halted and gave me

a withering look. 'Okay, I'm sorry,' I said. 'I forgot you've fallen out with the Jack Russell over a bone. 'You claim it's your bone, the Jack Russell insists it's his. Why don't the pair of you compromise and share the blasted thing.' Brian glared at me. 'Okay,' I sighed. 'It's a matter of honour. But always remember that pride cometh before a fall.' Brian gave me a lopsided smirk and fell over deliberately. 'All right, wise guy,' I sniffed, jerking on the lead. 'It's none of my business. You've made your point.' 'And just what IS your point?' my mother asked me one Saturday night back in 1969. 'My point, Mother, is that all my pals will be out on

dates so there's no point in me leaving the house to socialise on my own.' At which point my father swept into the room. 'When I'm feeling low, I find that the best tonic is to nip to the pub. What say you, Son?' 'Okay, Dad,' I said. 'I'll go fetch our coats.' 'Just fetch mine,' Dad said. 'You need to keep your mother company.' 'Things can't get much worse,' I groaned. 'Things can't get much worse,' I repeated in 1999 as I dragged my dog Brian along the streets. Suddenly, a bird dived off a roof and perched on a gatepost. 'That's all I need,' I groaned. 'A flaming magpie.' My mutt gave me a quizzical look. 'You know what they say about seeing magpies, Brian. It's one for sorrow,

two for joy. It's just my luck to spot the loneliest bird in Bury.' Brian leaped forward on the lead and careered around the corner, dragging me behind him. He stopped dead and indicated with his paw. There, on another gatepost, stood another magpie. 'Bless you, Brian,' I almost sobbed in gratitude. 'That makes it two magpies in total. It looks like I'm in for some joy after all. Maybe, just maybe, it might be me winning the Lottery tonight.' Then I thought it over. 'You stupid mutt!' I barked. You're supposed to see two magpies TOGETHER to receive joy! You've made me see two SEPARATE ones! That means I'm in for two lots of misery!' Brian shrugged, slipped

his lead and headed off to No.14 to stick his tongue out at the Jack Russell. I got home to find Mrs S watching a television documentary about crocodiles -or maybe it was alligators. Anyway, Brian and the Jack Russell made up after the latter's owner grabbed an axe and chopped the bone of contention in half. And I would have won £10 on that night's lottery if I hadn't forgotten to buy a ticket. The following Saturday afternoon my dog and I spotted SEVEN magpies sitting together in a garden. I hadn't a clue what that number of magpies was supposed to signify. So, just to be on the safe side, me and my pooch hid under a hedge for several hours just in case the sky fell down.

Bloodhound SSC on road in spring 2017 The British Bloodhound SSC project, aiming to break the 1000mph land speed barrier, has been slowed by funding issues. But now, after fresh funding has been obtained, the 13.5m vehicle can fire up its motors and start speed testing. The first test will be a mere 200mph, at a track in Newquay, Cornwall next Easter. From there the team moves to a salt pan in South Africa to achieve a run which should hit 800mph. The current record is 763mph. But they’re not resting

there. The aim is to crack 1000mph, well beyond the speed of sound. The pilot – driver? – will be Andy Green who is aiming to break his own land speed record. Andy Green is the only man to have gone supersonic in a car but Bloodhound SSC aims to go far faster than Thrust SSC did when it set the current

record in 1997. So how do you get a vehicle to go that fast on land? Well, you need a supercharged 5.0-litre V8 producing 550bhp. But that engine, taken from a Jaguar F-Type, isn’t used to propel the vehicle. That’s just to pump fuel into the hybrid rocket. The hybrid rocket is like you’d find in a rocket used for launching missions into

space, and it has a relatively short, intense burn which is why it needs that V8 to pump in 40 litres of propellant every second. But that’s not enough, and that only comes in when the vehicle is travelling at hundreds of miles an hour already. Launching the Bloodhound and taking it up to 650mph on its own is a jet engine, taken in this case from the Eurofighter

Typhoon. So the jet engine builds it up to 650mph then the rocket comes in to boost it significantly higher. To get from standstill to 1000mph is projected to take just 55 seconds. That’s the easy bit. The hard part is

stopping. That will take all of Andy Green’s skill as various braking systems are slowly deployed – you don’t stand on the brakes at 1000mph. In all Green will have to juggle 133,151bhp. The whole attempt, from launch to standstill, should take a little over two minutes. Andy Green is going to be very busy and under intense physical and mental strain for that short period, but if it all goes to plan Britain will hold a new Land Speed Record. Again.

Friday 29th July 2016

The best new convertibles - from £13k Smart to £265k Rolls-Royce

Smart ForTwo Cabrio From £13,265 The new Smart is as much fun as it was always meant to be without the compromises of the previous model, and the convertible version is no exception. Big on character, and with faintly absurd manoeuvring abilities, it's the perfect alfresco town companion Mini Convertible From £18,475 It's established itself as one of the most fashionable convertibles out there, and this latest Mini Convertible is sure to continue in that vein – new personalisation options, including a fabric version of the famous Union Jack roof adornment, will see to that. Mazda MX-5 Roadster

Coupé From (approx £20,000) There are no pictures yet of Mazda's more weatherproof MX-5, but rumour has it it's set to make its debut very soon. Expect a targastyle roof made from lightweight materials, but with the same engine line-up as its fully convertible sibling. Mercedes-Benz SLC From £30,495 A heavy facelift of the old SLK rather than, as its name would have you believe, an entirely new car, the SLC will nevertheless prove popular thanks to its folding hard-top roof and a solid line-up of engines. Just don't expect the last word in sharp driving dynamics. Lexus RC-C

From (approx £38,000) We've no official pictures of the production version of the convertible Lexus RC just yet, but the sharp-suited LF-C2 concept gives us a fairly sizeable clue as to its looks. Power options will include a gutsy 2.0-litre turbo four-cylinder and a hybrid version. Rolls-Royce Dawn From £265,000 Almost certainly this year's most opulent convertible, the new Dawn is a magnificent thing to drive, with the boundless luxury and beautiful craftsmanship that have become RollsRoyce hallmarks. Thanks to a 563bhp V12, though, it also goes like a wealthy mans or ladies cool pride and joy.

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BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca. BlueMoon Solutions come to you at home or work, our personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada. ADVICE: Kathy was having problems with her Internet connection and needed to figure out where the problem was.

Hi, I recently changed internet provider and am paying for 4mb The trouble is I am not constantly getting 4mb, the readings fluctuate between 4 and anything as low as 0.06 The test has even been timed out it is taking that long. If I try to watch a video on Facebook it won’t let me.My husband doesn’t seem to have the same trouble as me on his lap top. Is there anything I can do? (or you do?)

Hi Kathy, you and your husband are sharing the same internet connection so if one of you has an issue then you should both experience the same thing - I suspect that he just happens to be trying when the Internet connection is "ok" - certainly being as low as 0.06 is very slow and would cause significant issues. If you both do a test and he is fine and you're not then it’s a problem related to your computer (and I can come and have a look at it for you), if you both experience issues at the same time then it's more likely related to your Internet connection and you should contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider) - again if you would prefer that I do some diagnoses and present your ISP with the results showing the issue to be related to their end then let me know.

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

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Julen’s Tough Task

Weekend In The Water

Club Natacion Torrevieja’s swimmers had a busy weekend which included taking part in Sunday’s sea swimming event at Torre de la Horadada. This year the organisers reversed the course making all the competitors in four races swim anti-clockwise around the bay, constantly against the tide and wind, making it the toughest ever event in Torre. Vicki Connolly came first in the Women’s Masters 50+ category with teammate Beryl Altabas coming in fifth in the same category. Amy Connolly had a good swim in the 500m race being placed ninth in the Alevin category, whilst in the 1500m contest, Zoe Connolly came in before her other team members being placed sixth in her Alevin category, shortly fol-

lowed by Skye Burns, a year younger, but in the same category with a time of 29 minutes. The previous day, three of the club’s teams went to the Benidorm for the 17th Memoria Juan Fuster Zaragoza Trophy event with racing divided into age categories. Amy Connolly swam first in the 50m freestyle and gained a new personal best of 38:39 knocking three and a half seconds of her previous time. Then Skye Burns came a close fourth in her 50m freestyle Infantil category (32:56). Zoe Connolly then swam in the last individual race of the day working hard in her 100m Individual Medley race to knock two seconds off her recent personal best to take third place.

Punching Pinatar

150 boxers from 12 counties, including representatives from the Spanish national junior and youth teams will be heading to San Pedro del Pinatar in early Ocober for an International Tournament that will take place over five days. The event was officially launched by San Pedro’s

sports councillor Daniel Pérez and Murcia Boxing Federation president, Felipe Martínez. The Pinatar tournament will run between Wednesday October 5th and Sunday October 9th with Martinez saying that the high standard of the event will allow young Spanish boxers to gain invaluable experience at a top level.

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Howzat For La Manga? La Manga Club has teamed up with Cricket Ireland and Cricket Scotland in a new long-term partnership to create a European Cricket Performance Centre – the first of its kind in Europe. The sports and leisure resort has signed a ten-year deal with the two national organisations to develop an exclusive warmweather overseas training base. Designed to help prepare men’s and women’s teams for international cricket as well as assisting with the development of players and coaches, the first phase

of the jointly-funded project is set to open in January 2017. In a joint statement, Cricket Ireland and Cricket Scotland said: “This is the culmination of a long-term project to develop state-ofthe-art training facilities on continental Europe. Rather than having to travel to the UAE or further afield to escape our long winters, our players at all levels now have the chance to train in a costeffective way on world-class grass and artificial surfaces in a warm-weather southern European setting on a yearround basis.”

Britain's Chris Froome intends to ride in the Vuelta a Espana just 10 days after competing at the Olympic Games, according to Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford. The three-time Tour de France champion will ride in the Olympic road race on August 6th and time-trial on August 10th. The Vuelta, one of cycling's three Grand Tours, begins in Ourense on August 20th and finishes on September 11th in Madrid, and includes two days of action centred around the

Northern Costa Blanca. "All being well, that's what we will be doing," Brailsford told Sky Sports. "The season-long plan was Tour, on to the Olympics and on after that to the Vuelta, and that's still the outline at the minute." Froome, 31, added to his 2013 and 2015 Tour de France successes with the 2016 title on Sunday. He finished second in the Vuelta in 2011 and 2014, but broke a bone in his foot after crashing on last year's stage 11.

Newly named Spain coach Julen Lopetegui said he plans to build upon the groundwork already laid by outgoing manager Vicente del Bosque but with an eye to the future and the challenges the team face. Spain's football federation named Lopetegui as the new coach last week on a two year contract, replacing Del Bosque. His first match will be Spain's friendly in Belgium on September 1st. Four days later, Spain begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign with a home match against Liechtenstein. Del Bosque stepped down after eight years in charge following Spain's elimination in the round of 16 of the European Championship last month. "There is a lot of work to be done. The principal players will have to be chosen to compete in the best way possible. In all of this, the players are the most important priority." Lopetegui had been without a job since January after being fired by Porto, his only head coaching job with a major club. He failed to win a title during almost two years in Portugal. Asked how he has changed, he cited the experience with Porto for helping shape him and prepare him for this job. He said: "I am better prepared to make better decisions." One of Lopetegui's main tasks will be to rebuild the team as many of its top players have started to fade. His familiarity with some of Spain's younger players from

his stint as its youth team coach could help him move on from an aging group led by the 32-year-old Andres Iniesta. A former goalkeeper who started a handful of games for Real Madrid and Barcelona, Lopetegui played for Spain in the 1994 World Cup. He coached Spain's youth squads from 2010 to 2014 and admitted that his experience with the youth squads would help him to shape a new future for Spain. "It is true I know many of them," he said. "I am convinced that Spain had a great generation and the next one is full of ambition and quality and it will bring us to win more titles with great pride." Del Bosque left after leading Spain's most successful generation of players to titles at the 2010 World Cup and the 2012 European Championship. He wished his successor well on Thursday. "He's a man with experience, well trained and with huge enthusiasm and lots of energy," Del Bosque told Radio Marca. "He will know how to manage [the team] like he has done brilliantly in the younger age categories." Asked about Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas' potential continuance with Spain, Lopetegui said: "Today is not the time or place to speak about individual players but any player who is in optimum condition is a candidate for the team. "There is nothing absolute right now, as we look at all the players we will evaluate with the idea of improvement."

Beach Success

Nearly 300 hundred rugby players and supporters enjoyed last weekend’s seventh Mar Menor beach event organised by the San Javier Squalos club. The ladies final was won by the Irish team, CYM, who beat

the local Squalos side, whilst Roma Rugby took the men’s category by beating Alcalá in the final. 20 teams took part in Saturday’s tournament held on Santiago de la Ribera’s Barnuevo beach.

Friday 29th July 2016

Ivie Davies on Golf

Paul’s Long Long Wait Is Over England's Paul Broadhurst won his first major title at the Senior Open at Carnoustie as Miguel Angel Jimenez's form collapsed in Sunday's final round. Broadhurst, 50, who won the Scottish Senior Open last year, started four shots behind overnight leader Jimenez. But he led the popular Spaniard by a shot heading down the 18th and parred it for a round of 68 as Jimenez had a double bogey which dropped him to jointthird. American Scott

McCarron surged into a one-shot lead but ended up in second. Broadhurst, whose best Open finish is a tie for 12th in both 1990, when he shot a joint-Open record of 63 at St Andrews, and 2007 at Carnoustie, now qualifies for next year's 146th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. He has also secured an exemption for next year's lucrative Champions Tour, where he has already won a tournament to accompany six previous wins on

the European Tour and two on the European Seniors Tour. "It's incredible to be honest. I never dreamed this would ever happen," the former Ryder Cup player from Atherstone, Warwickshire, told the BBC. "It is seriously beyond my wildest dreams. It hasn't really sunk in yet." Broadhurst's last events on the main European Tour were in 2012. He has spent the last few years playing PGA Midlands tourna-

ments, mostly Pro-Ams. "I had a decision to make; either stop playing and perhaps go into teaching or find a job - I was only 45-46," he explained. "But I decided I wanted to carry on playing. I was working with Tim Rouse, the pro at Northants County Golf Club, and he has turned my game around really. "That was my remit when we first met - 'I want to be playing well when I get to 50 - we have got three years to sort my

game out'. So a massive thank-you to him. Without his help, this wouldn't have happened." The cigar-smoking Jimenez, 52, who finished 18th at The Open earlier in the month, had led by four shots overnight after a sparkling seven-under 65 on Saturday. But hoping to land a first career major of any kind after 21 wins on the European Tour and three on the Champions Tour, he could only manage a three-over-par 75. Jimenez's best major fin-

ish is runner-up in the 2000 US Open. "It looks like I was not the same guy who played yesterday," he said. "At the beginning I was not loose enough you know. I didn't have the confidence. Any time I missed a shot I got a bogey. "You feel tense of course. It's important for you. But I didn't feel comfortable. But that's golf, that's the game. Anything that happens like this is very disappointing and this is very disappointing."

Sky’s Fine Despite Low Figures

UK TV audience numbers for the final round of The

Open at Royal Troon show that, at their peak, live view-

ing figures (combined between Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 4) reached just over a million, compared to nearly five million on the BBC during the final round in 2015 – when The Open finished on Monday, and five and a half million in the final round of 2014 when Rory McIlroy was champion. Incidentally, one and half million watched the BBC’s twohour highlight programme with coverage of the final round on the Sunday evening. On paper, the figures don’t look great and they give easy ammunition for those looking to criticise the move of The Open’s live coverage from the BBC to Sky. But what did

we expect? Should we be surprised? Of course not. Far fewer people have access to Sky Sports than the BBC so obviously the figures were going to be down. But we shouldn’t forget that anybody who watched The Open on Sky got a feast of golfing insight and expertise to accompany the scintillating action. Coverage was comprehensive, barely a shot was missed. The socalled experts worked tirelessly in the commentary booth, on the course, in the range and amongst the fans to paint an accurate picture of the 2016 Open. Last year, when The Open finished on a Monday, the BBC provided no live cover-

age pretty much until the leaders teed off. We missed hours of action. We weren’t able to see how the course was playing, get a feel for the pin positions or the speed of the greens. This year, Sky was there from the outset every day. If you’d wanted to, you could have watched golf all day for four days – doubtless, many did. And, if you missed anything, you could watch again in the evenings, then again all this week as Sky has been re-showing the live coverage. Basically – Sky’s coverage of this year’s Open was the best that’s ever been done in the UK. Should we be worried for golf that the viewing figures are down? Possibly. We

need golf to reach as many people as possible right now, as the game struggles to maintain participation figures. Of course, if three million fewer people see the Open’s final day live, that’s three million people amongst whom just a few casual viewers might have been inspired to pick up a club. As word spreads that watching The Open on Sky was a different experience altogether, with complete coverage and comprehensive analysis, then hopefully we’ll see the viewing numbers growing. Sky’s technical approach will certainly have appealed more to the younger generation and they, after all, are who the game needs to attract.

TITTER ON THE TEE A little girl asked her mother, "How did the human race appear?" The mother answered, "God made Adam and Eve and they had children, and so was all mankind made." Two days later the girl asked her father the same question.. The father answered, "Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved." The confused girl returned to her mother and said, "Mum, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?" The mother answered, "Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his."

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Signs Of Torry Promise CD TORREVIEJA 0 ELCHE CF 4 New signing Pastor captained the Torry side that took on Segunda Division side Elche CF in front of 500 fans at the Vicente Garcia stadium last Saturday evening, with a final scoreline that promised a lot in the first half, despite a bad start, and Elche getting three goals in the space of seven minutes late on. The first half was extremely competitive with youth catching the eye,

notably Mattheus in midfield, whilst Omar looked a class act in the Torry goal, but he did pick the ball out of the net after just five minutes after Torry lost possession in their own half and were caught short by a quick and penetrative Elche break, with Pedro scoring for the Ilicitanos. The Torry youngsters looked composed and full of fight, suggesting a bright future ahead of them, whilst Vicente and Luis

Carlos showed their experience with Vicente in particular being impressive, with Martin solid in the back four alongside Pastor. With lots of second half changes, in order to give everyone some playing time, Torry lost their midfield cohesion, allowing Elche to dominate and add three late second half goals between the 75th and 82nd minutes through Josete, Jarana , and Liberto.

Although it was a disappointing second half display from Torry, there was much to like about that first half performance and new manager Gabi Correa will already be forming a sense of who he prefers in what positions. Another opportunity to evolve his formation comes tomorrow evening (Saturday) when Torry host Real Murcia, again with a 7.30pm kick off at the Vicente Garcia stadium.

Vaz’s Monte Return

CD Montesinos is welcoming back their all-time leading scorer, Vazquiño, to their squad for the new season, after one year away at Sporting Saladar where he finished as top scorer in the last campaign. Five players have been brought in by the new man-

ager, Camcaho, from his previous club, Deportivo Orihuela, in addition to forward Mario Lopez from Bigastro, On the debit side, the locally-based centrehalf, Manu, has left the club, after being of the side’s best players in recent seasons. The new players have

been added to some of last season´s squad plus some youngsters from the youth side to make up a 21-strong squad to start pre-season training, which has now been confirmed as starting on Wednesday August 3rd. Four home friendly matches have provisionally been lined up against Torrevieja CF (Wednesday, August 17th, 9.00pm); San Isidro (Friday, August 26th, 9.00 pm); Racing San Miguel (Saturday, September 3rd, 9.00pm); and Bigastro (Saturday, September 10th, 9.00pm). The matches and times are subject to change. CD Montesinos season tickets are priced at 30 euros for the full campaign and can be bought via The Full Monte supporters club or at any of the pre-season fixtures. League matches are normally played on a Sunday afternoon with the “on the day” entry admission has been kept at last

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24-year-old winger Pablo Navas Alors (pictured) known as "Pablo Navas" has signed for CD Torrevieja from SD Rayo Cantabria.

Pablo Navas played for the Barcelona and Atletico Madrid youth sides, and had a spell with Portsmouth which included playing for the first team in the FA Cup. He also played for Cowdenbeath in Scotland and has 2nd Division B experience with Lucena CF and CD Alcoyano. Also joining Torrevieja is defender Abraham Pérez Cruz "Abraham" who has extensive 2nd Division B experience, including Villajoyosa CF, Valencia Mestalla, UD Villa Santa Brigida and Alicante CF. He

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has also played for a number of teams in the 3rd Division, such as UD Tijarafe, UD Alzira, UD Altea, Hellin Deportivo, UD Vecindario, Ontinyent CF and UD Almansa club where he was one of the most important players in their setup. On the downside for Torrevieja comes the news that Javier Burguillos has had to leave the club, as the training schedule is conflicting with his work commitments, after he initially said last week that he was signing up for Torrevieja for a seventh season.

season’s level of just two euros. For more details check out CD Montesinos on Facebook or via the club website at www.cdmontesinos.com

Bruce Left Hull ‘For sake Of Club’ Steve Bruce has thanked Hull City fans for their "unwavering" support and says he resigned as manager "for the sake of the club". Bruce joined the Tigers in 2012 and led them to promotion to the Premier League twice and also an FA Cup final. His resignation followed a breakdown in his relationship with vice-chairman Ehab Allam. "It was a decision I had to make for the sake of the club," he said in an open letter to the fansl. "The last 12 months have been very tough and it felt like the right step for t h e club t o

move forward in a different direction and with someone else in charge." Hull's owners put plans to sell the club on hold on Wednesday to "ensure stability in the transfer window", with the senior squad reduced to only 13 fit players. Bruce continued: "It is rare for a manager to have the backing I've had from fans. It's been unwavering. "One of the abiding memories was the reaction of supporters the day we were relegated on the final day of the 201415 season. "They applauded us off the pitch when you'd expect them to have been ripping the roof off."

New Signing 28-year-old Juan Carlos Martín Corral, known as Juan Carlos, is to be Elche’s new first-pick goalkeeper, having joined the Ilicitanos on a two-year-contract from Rayo Vallecano, who were relegated from the top tier of La Liga last season. Juan Carlos takes over the keeping gloves from the popular Javi Jiménez, and was presented at the club on Monday, saying that Elche coach Toril knew him well from their times together at Cordoba and that the club was eager for success and promotion.

Sergio’s Hope Elche striker Sergio León is back “in the mix” for the club’s pre-season friendlies after missing matches against CD Almoradi and CD Torrevieja over fears that he might get injured ahead of a move to another club. Sporting director, Chuti, said on Monday that despite interest in the Segunda division’s top scorer last season from Sporting Gijon as well as Las Palmas, no formal offer has been tabled despite “informal” talks. León is still likely to move though before the start of the season with Elche being seen as holding out for around two million euros for the forward. Gijon apparently tabled a one point three million euro bid plus extras amounting to 400 thousand euros, which allegedly was topped by Las Palmas, who also offered striker Asdrúbal, who was loaned out to Leganes last season, as part of the deal. The player was quoted as saying that he was “inpatient” about his uncertain future.

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David Moyes has been appointed Sunderland manager on a four-year deal. ‘Dim’ American chairman Ellis Short said Moyes was ‘by far and away first choice’ to take control of the Black Cats and that he had tried to recruit him several times before. Funny that never came out while appointing Gus Poyet, Dick Advocaat and lately England-bound Sam Allerdyce. See, Ellis, the Scot has been out of work since being fired by Real Sociedad last November. ‘He is a man whose football pedigree speaks for itself and is someone I have long admired,’ said Short (of UK football lore). ‘I have spoken with him on many occasions and I have always been hugely impressed. He was my number one managerial target for the last five appointments, but his desire to honour existing contracts meant we were not able to bring him to Sunderland previously. To be able to finally welcome him as our manager is fantastic news for the club.’ Phew, that’s all right then Ellis - see you in the usual place then - this year’s relegation fight as usual...

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La Liga Deal La Liga have announced a new sponsorship deal with Banco Santander, who take over from BBVA. The deal with the Spanish bank is for three years, with the option of an additional fourth year, the league says. La Liga, will now officially be called La Liga Santander, with media reports suggesting that the deal is worth around 20 million euros a year, some six million euros less than the BBVA contract. LFP president Javier Tebas did admit that the new deal with Banco Santander is for a lower sum while also defending another rebranding of Spanish football's second tier. BBVA had previously held the league's naming rights since 2008, but decided not to renew its deal in May. "It must be said, Banco Santander will pay less than we could have received before," Tebas said. "But when we looked for someone to join with La Liga, it was much more important to have someone who fitted our objective of internationalisation. Money wasn't the important thing.” The new arrangement will also see Spain's segunda division, which was rebranded as La Liga 2 less than a month ago, now being called LaLiga 1|2|3 as Santander have a banking product by that name

Extra World Cup Places For Africa Africa will get an additional two World Cup finals places should the tournament be expanded to 40 teams from 2026, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino proposed the expansion from 32 teams before he was elected by world football's governing body in February. Africa is currently allocated five places at World Cups. "My proposal has been 40 teams and if that happens then my proposal has been to have at least two extra places for African teams," said Infantino. The move would not come into effect until 2026 with the format of 32 teams already confirmed for Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.

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Barcelona have signed Portugal midfielder Andre Gomes after securing his transfer from Valencia, on a five year contract. A skilled playmaker, Gomes helped Portugal win the European Championship earlier this month. Barcelona did not reveal the financial details of the transfer, but reports have suggested that it is in the region of 55 million euros. The 22-year-old Gomes played for Valencia for the past two seasons after a move from Benfica, where he won the Portuguese league and cup. He is Barcelona's fourth summer signing, following the arrivals of Denis Suarez, Samuel Umtiti and Lucas Digne. Reports had suggested last week that Real Madrid were close to signing Gomes for a transfer fee of around 50 million euros with an additional 10 million euros in performance-related add-ons. Chelsea and Manchester United both had bids rejected for Gomes, while Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain were also linked to a possible deal.

Clearing The Air

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has confirmed that he plans to meet with James Rodriguez with speculation about the Colombian player’ future at the Bernabeu still rife. Rodriguez has been heavily linked with a move away for several months already after a difficult second season in Real colours. Manchester United, Manchester City, Paris SaintGermain, Chelsea and even West Ham have been linked with the player at various points in time. But Zidane has insisted he will continue to play a part in 2016/17 and will be treated no differently to anyone else. "James Rodriguez is a Real Madrid player. I will speak to him like I will with everybody," said Zidane at the club's pre-season training camp in Canada. "I won't say that James isn't part of the first team. He is important to us. Sure he has played less, but I don't see him as a substitute, Zidane added.

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Mertesacker Out Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker could be out for up to five months with a knee injury. The German centre-back suffered the problem during Friday night's friendly against Lens and was left out of Arsenal's pre-season tour of the United States. Arsenal are yet to confirm the news. Mertesacker, who was Arsenal's vice-captain last season, was favourite to be named new club captain at the Emirates following Mikel Arteta's departure to Manchester City in the summer.When Vermaelen and Arteta were given the captaincy roles full time, they

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FOOTBALL Cesc Fabregas was sentoff as Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0 in a feisty International Champions Cup clash in California. Gary Cahill headed the winner with just 10 minutes on the clock at the Pasadena Rose Bowl as Chelsea kicked off their tournament with a win in what was a physical clash between two Premier League giants.

>> Jurgen Klopp banished star from Liverpool’s US tour.

All Over? It Is Now – Nearly!

Madrid Swoop For Pogba Zinedine Zidane has praised Paul Pogba and said that Real Madrid are always interested in the best players in the world. Manchester United took advantage of the lack of enthusiasm at the Bernabeu towards the Juventus midfielder to put themselves firmly at the front of the race to sign him. Jose Mourinho has grown more confident of wrapping up a world-record deal for Pogba, even if the Serie A club are digging their heels in over the fee. But as Real continue their pre-season preparations, their coach is not ruling out a move.

For Five Months! both barely featured in the first-team due to injuries. Arsene Wenger's side have problems at centre-back with Gabriel Paulista struggling with tonsillitis and Laurent Koscielny allowed an extended break after reaching the final of Euro 2016 with France. That leaves Calum Chambers as Arsenal's only fit senior central defender but new signing Rob Holding could partner his England U21 colleague in the US. Arsenal play an MLS All-Star team on Friday and finish their tour against Chivas on Monday.

Just when poor Paul Gascoigne’s latest ghastly flirtations with drink and death were being splashed over the Red Top headlines, it looked like ‘That’s it, Gazza, surely no more?’ Would his demise signal the end of an awful line of tragic ex-footballers ruined by drink? But then along comes more trouble... This week sadly saw Ray ‘Butch’ Wilkins nearly jailed for being three t i m e s over the limit in his Mercedes on the A4 i n

London. It wasn’t long ago – 2008 - when Wilkins was no 2 at Chelsea to the great Carlos Ancelotti, and the 59 year old’s CV is impressive. Since Ray’s impressive playing career ended the Londoner has worked as both a television pundit and as a football coach and manager with Queens Park Rangers, Fulham, Chelsea and Jordan: Wilkins was most recently the assistant manager of Aston Villa. This four year ban from driving follows disastrous previous ones for the same offence. Questions: is this drink and famous footballers a malaise from the past? Are today’s stars more aware, more educated about the dangers of the d e m o n

drink? Or will we continue to see the likes of Tony Adams, Paul Merson and lately Kenny Sansom going down the pan with their lives unless, like Adams they square up to their problem, seek help and repair their lives? The sad case of Paul Gascoigne has uncanny traits of George Best. Depending on your view George Best was one of the world’s greats, but alcohol saw the mercurial Irishman off, way, way before his time. It certainly looks like that with Gazza too, but there the resem-

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blance ends. No disrespect to poor Paul, but George Best had brains as well, and often in his drinking days could eloquently argue the world’s political problems in print in his regular newspaper columns. By direct and sharp contrast if you have ever read Gascoigne’s book* ‘Gazza: My Story’ it’s about a football-obsessed boy who ‘grew up’ into the shape of a man, but the head stayed on the park – and then also the bar. These two places saw Gazza at his happiest: playing, drinking, laughing. But as most of us know, the world isn’t like that. Sometime those joyful antics have to stop, reality faced and responsibility accepted. Marriage? Fatherhood? A post-playing career? Paul Gascoigne was not cut out for any of them. Most of his playboy, paidtoo-much ‘acquaintenances’ have now deserted him, like Danny Baker and Chris Evans. These high livers are clearly not able to begin to understand their alcoholic playmate who just never, ever knew when to stop – and still doesn’t he never will. Nowhere and nothing on the planet gives Gazza the same buzz he craves, the reason to exist, that bars, alcohol and his so-called mates provide in his immature life, the man who never grew up to think and act like a man of his day and age. Is it all over? That’s a good question...

MARTIAL ARTS Amir Khan has reiterated that he would "love to take on" Conor McGregor in a mixed martial arts fight. McGregor, the current UFC featherweight champion, has been involved in very public negotiations to take on retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather for several months. FOOTBALL Manchester City are in talks with Everton over a possible purchase of England international defender John Stones. But City want to complete a deal for less than the £50m valuation placed on Stones by the Merseyside club. The 22-year-old, who has 10 international caps for England, was the subject of three transfer bids by Chelsea in last season's summer transfer window all of them turned down by Everton. CRICKET England all-rounder Ben Stokes has been ruled out of next week's third Test against Pakistan with a calf injury. The 25-year-old was injured while bowling on day four of the second Test at Old Trafford, which England won by 330 runs to level the series at 1-1. The Durham player will have further tests next week to determine the severity of the injury.

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ALLISON LEAVES Ferrari have split with technical director James Allison in what the team say was a "joint decision". The move comes three years after Allison rejoined Ferrari as part of a restructuring plan to improve the team's performance. The first car designed under his control won three races in 2015, but Ferrari's revival has stalled this season, with no wins so far.

MANAGERS MERRY-GOROUND! The latest saga of moronic managerial musical chairs is almost comical from a neutral point of view. Suddenly, sacked Everton manager Roberto Martinez is being touted as the favourite to take over from resigned-ofHull/didn’t-get-the-England-job Steve Bruce. writes JOHN MCGREGOR. Meanwhile ex-Manchester United (failed) Real Sociedad (failed) boss David Moyes. The Scot is/was nearly famous for doing moderate things with ...Everton, where we started out – round we go...

REAL LOSE PSG maintained their winning run in pre-season with a 3-1 victory over Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup. In front of 86,000 fans in Ohio, the French champions made it three wins in friendlies for new coach Unai Emery as a firsthalf brace from Thomas Meunier and a Nanitamo Ikoné strike saw off a Madrid side that were without most of their first-

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team players although firstchoice left-back Marcelo scored from the penalty spot.

SAM’S HONEYMOON! For a very brief period Sam Allerdyce appears to be revelling in the glory of becoming the new England manager, talking meaningless twaddle about who will captain his side. Who cares, it didn’t do us much good in France, did it? (It never does

btw....) Oh, do enjoy this period Sam, because unless you are a real miracle worker and can turn an indifferent bunch of vastly-overpaid mercenaries into world beaters, brace yourself for the kicking of your life The English sporting press are legendary in

savaging the footballing leader of our nation anyone remember ‘Turnip’ Graham Taylor, or the ‘Wally with the Brolly aka Steve McLaren? Just enjoy the favourable limelight while you can, Sam – because it surely won’t last!

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