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BRIT KNIFES WIFE
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he Guardia Civil arrested an 86-year-old British man, Ronald Stenning, on suspicion of killing his wife at a retirement home in El Campello, north-east of Alicante City. The incident happened at around 9.00 am on Sunday, with his 79year-old wife Margaret having her throat slashed, whilst Mr.Stenning then allegedly tried to harm himself with the same knife. He was taken to San Juan University Hospital in Alicante with what were initially described as superficial injuries, but he then needed emergency surgery. He was said to be "out of danger and conscious" on Monday morning, but as The Courier went to press, still not well
enough later in the week to be questioned by a judge. He was scheduled to be seen by a psychiatrist. The drama unfolded at the Orbea Buenavista residential home in the Muchavista beach area of El Campello. A worker at the facility said that the Stennings had not lived there long, with some reports suggesting that they had originally come to Spain from the Brixham area of Devon. Staff at the home said the couple had never previously been involved in any violent incidents and the woman had never reported her husband for abuse. A minute's silence in memory of Margaret Stenning took place on
Monday lunchtime outside the regional government building in Valencia City. Valencian vice-president
Monica Oltra described it as a "new example of male violence which had ended Margaret's life".
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A man died and four people, including a young child, were seriously injured in a Tuesday night collision between a Volkswagen Golf car and a lorry on what is a stretch of straight road. The crash happened at around 7.30 pm on the route linking Orihuela City to the A-7 close to the exit for La Matanza. The driver of the Golf, who was from the Murcia region
village of Patino, died instantly, whilst his wife and two-year-old son were injured and taken to the Vega Baja Hospital, along with the two people in the lorry. Fire crews from Orihuela, Almoradi and Crevillent were involved in freeing the man’s wife and child from their car, with the road closed for a number of hours.
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A British-owned bar on the Orihuela Costa was raided by Valencian regional police as part of a major push against illegal gambling in Alicante Province. Officers also visited premises in Catral and Elda as part of their swoops, with two and a half thousand euro seized, as well as an electronic bingo kit; a box full of betting slips; a computer laptop; and gaming tables. Illegal betting on UK
sports events was going on at the unnamed Orihuela Costa bar, which was full of British clients taking an unauthorised punt on football matches as well as horse and greyhound racing. In Catral, a bar popular with British residents was raided with bingo equipment seized, whilst seven men involved in a poker game at an Elda address had their entertainment suddenly stopped by the Valencian agents.
Elche council says that they are willing to sacrifice a "Blue Flag" award at one of their local beaches if residents want to see a dog beach set up. Tourism councillor Mireia Mollà has said the authority are keeping all options open as to where such a facility would be set up along the nine kilometres of coast in the municipality. A previous plan for a dog beach at El Pinet in La Marina was dropped amidst controversy that the resi-
dents were not even consulted. Mollà says that she has an open mind on the location, but that residents have to be fully involved. She also plans to go with council officials to check out the dog beach that neighbouring Alicante council have set up at El Campello. No time scale has been in put in place, with Mollà stating that getting things right was important, as opposed to getting something open in time for this summer.
11 Orihuela Costa beaches have been given a maximum clean water quality rating based on independent regional government research last summer. Beaches and coastal councillor Luisa Boné said it was excellent news for bathers, as well as a boost for Orihuela council trying to maintain the coveted Blue flag status for the beaches. Sampling was carried out on a regular basis at Punta Prima, Cala Mosca, Cala Estaca, Cala Bosque, Cala Cerrada, Cala Capitán, La Caleta, Calas de Aguamarina, La Glea, Barranco Rubio and Mil Palmeras
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Savaged To Death
An Alicante Province man was mauled to death in what was a vicious attack by his neighbour's five dogs (pictured in a shelter), who have now been put to sleep on the orders of a court. The 66-year-old was discovered by his son lying on the ground covered in wounds caused by bites from the dogs, all crosses between pit bulls and bull terriers. The victim left his home in Beniarbeig in the Marina
but police realised that one of them was soaking wet, as if it had just been washed," the Guardia Civil said. "The owner alleged he had fallen in the pool." DNA samples were taken from the dogs which confirmed they killed the man and they owner is now set face charges of involuntary manslaughter. The dogs were taken to a shelter at Els Poblets where they bit two workers and destroyed the cage they were kept in.
Alta area on Saturday to tend to his vegetables nearby. When his son realised he had been gone a long time, he went to look for him and found him lying on the ground in a "horrific scene", according to the Guardia Civil. There are no dangerous wild animals in the area, and suspicion soon fell on a neighbour whose dogs have caused problems in the past. "The dogs didn't have any trace of blood on them,
About Turn
Torrevieja's coalition council seems almost certain to get the 2017 budget passed, just days after the two Ciudadanos councillors, Pilar Gómez Magán and Paqui Parra changed their minds on voting it down. The current government team would now get 14 votes, as opposed to the Partido Popular opposition only able to muster 11 votes. Last week, Gómez Magán did not go into specifics as to why her party had pulled out of talks with the government team over supporting the
budget, but she said that there was a "lack of confidence" in the governing coalition. She made a surprise appearance with Torrevieja mayor, José Manuel Dolon on Tuesday to sign a declaration of support, with the sole condition of the deal apparently being that the coalition council support 50 percent of proposals from Ciudadanos. The two Sueña Torrevieja councillors, who quit the coalition in the autumn, had already declared that they would support the budget.
lorry was all apparently caused by a massive daylong spending spree on alcohol and drugs. The incident happened on Tuesday morning, with officers opening fire as the man was driving the lorry against the flow of traffic along the Roda del Litoral towards the heart of the city. The vehicle, carrying
dozens of butano canisters, rammed several cars before it was finally stopped on one of the road's exits. Authorities said there was no terrorist motivation behind the lorry hijack, and that the “driver” had allegedly spent 20 thousand euro in the previous 24 hours on alcohol, drugs, and prostitutes.
A series of major works around San Pedro del Pinatar were formally unveiled this week by the San Pedro mayor, Visitación Martínez (pictured right), and Murcia’s regional environment minister, Adela Martínez Cachá. The projects include a new network of floodwater collectors in the municipality as well as regeneration work at Villananitos beach.
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Exploiting Bulgars
It’s A Hijack
Armed Mossos d'Esquadra agents (Catalunya’s equivalent of the Guardia Civil), arrested a Swedish man, named as 32-year-old Joakim Robin Berggren, after he was seen speeding the wrong way down a motorway towards Barcelona in a stolen truck carrying gas cylinders. His driving of the
San Pedro Plans
A five-strong Bulgarian family who enticed fellow Bulgarians to come over to Spain for a new life, and then forced them to beg on the streets, has been arrested by the National Police. Two children and an adult were freed by the authorities, who discovered that they were coerced into asking for money in Orihuela, and were kept as a virtual prisoners in a house in the local area. Any money they got from
begging had to be handed over to their Bulgarian masters, and their documents like passports were taken away from them. Any thought of trying to leave was countered with violence. The gang, three men and two women aged between 40 and 55, would get people and their families to come over via bus from Bulgaria, and they would be picked up in Murcia, and then transferred to their Orihuela base.
The owner and operator of San Javier airport, AENA has set up a feedback machine at the facility as it rolls out the hi-tech way of getting the views of passengers across the whole of its network in Spain, including AlicanteElche airport. The machines feature four round buttons in red, pink, light green and dark green, with faces on them. These range from wide smiles to downturned mouths, through half-smiles and 'flat' mouths, and passengers who choose to do so press the one they think most reflects how they feel about the services in question. Smiley or non-smiley faces are used so as to avoid language barrier problems with international travellers. AENA will then be able to see how the majority rate their experiences and act accordingly.
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Yorkshire Link
Low cost carrier Ryanair has announced the launch of a new winter 2017 service from Leeds-Bradford airport to San Javier, which will run twice-weekly. Tony Hallwood, Aviation Development Director at Leeds Bradford Airport, said: "The new San Javier service will provide easy access to the Costa Calida being conveniently close to La Manga, Cartegena and to Torrevieja, which is favoured by overseas property owners"
Crime City
Torrevieja had the highest number of domestic burglaries with violence in Alicante Province according to crime figures for 2016 released by the Interior Ministry. 978 robberies were logged last year, compared to 972 in 2015. In comparison, the Orihuela municipality recorded 453 robberies in 2016. Most crime indicators were up for Torrevieja last year, with the number of crimes up by 500 to 7,617, with thefts and drug-trafficking also on the rise. No reason behind the increases were given in the Madrid government statistics.
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Cleaner Containers
The cleaning of rubbish containers across the Orihuela Costa has been significantly improved with a major programme, claims Orihuela council. Road cleaning councillor Dámaso Aparicio said this week that the “service had been considerably improved after demands from local
residents over the years”. Three extra staff members have been brought in, according to Aparicio, which has seen 683 containers cleaned since the start of the year, including night working. With work ongoing, the project is expected to be completed by the start of next week.
Angry Mayor Rafal's mayor Manuel Pineda is looking at legal action after an opposition politician accused him of changing plans for the town's CV-912 by-pass, so that the route would not go by his house. Pineda, of the socialist PSOE party says that lawyers are looking into the accusations made by María Dolores Navarro of the Partido Popular, adding that "insult" and slander charges may be brought against her.
Hopeful View
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he thinks a deal can quickly be worked out with Britain to defend the rights of British expats in Spain after Brexit. "I am absolutely convinced that we will reach an agreement so that these people will not be affected by political decisions," Rajoy said in an interview with the AFP
news agency last week. "I hope that we will soon be able to tell them: Don't worry, nothing is going to change for the Spaniards in the United Kingdom, nor for the Britons in Spain," he said. He said the negotiations would start after an EU summit that will convene once Britain formally begins its EU divorce pro-
ceedings, expected for the end of March. He also noted the importance of British tourism to Spain and the economy, which attracts more visitors from Britain than any other country. "Last year 17 million Britons came to Spain, and we want that to continue," he said. "They like it, and so do we."
Barracks Blasted He added that the 500 thousand euro project is being run by the Valencian regional government and not by Rafal council
Training Day
Guardia Civil union chiefs are up in arms again over the state of the Guardia barracks in Torrevieja. Last summer the AUGC complained about regular power cuts making working conditions intolerable, with air conditioning units tripping the electricity supply. Now the AUGC say that essential items are not available at the reception desk with the state of area being called “deplorable” and not appropriate for visitors. Staff are said to have limited work materials for writing down reports, whilst the printer is
always out of ink, and the chairs they have to sit on are uncomfortable, according to the AUGC. They claim that
the building’s lavatory is often out of toilet paper, but at least the soft drinks machine does work.
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Scientists say that the effects of olive oil on cholesterol levels and circulatory health in the socalled 'Mediterranean diet' may be even more beneficial than first thought. Researchers at Barcelona's Hospital del Mar Institute of Medical Investigations found that a diet rich in extra-virgin olive oil improves the work of highdensity lipoproteins (HDLs, known as 'good cholesterol'). The job of HDLs is to extract 'bad' cholesterol from the arteries and transport it to the liver, which eliminates it from the body.
Orihuela police checks on drugged-drivers yielded 17 people driving at two check points on the coast and in Orihuela city on a training day for officers. The points had been introduced to help the local police through the training process of detecting motorists who are driving when they shouldn’t be, and they produced a high number of offenders. Such has been the level of drug-driving, that the Orihuela police are planning to make such random stop and checks more permanent. The stops were also used to make sure that drivers had all their appropriate insurance and ITV information, and they had the bonus of yielding a Kosovan man wanted on an international arrest warrant.
A 300 thousand euro tender to demolish a controversial Torrevieja building, nicknamed La Ballena (The Whale), has been advertised by Torrevieja council. Bidders are likely to offer to
do the work on pulling down the structure on Calle Pedro Lorca for around 100 thousand euro less. The building has been empty for over a decade and has been the subject of
numerous complaints from local residents over the years. Security netting was erected around the block towards the end of last year for protection.
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Cristina Aquitted Princess Cristina, the 51-year-old sister of King Felipe and sixth in line to the Spanish throne, was cleared last Friday in her tax fraud trial. However her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, was given a six year and three month jail term by the court in Palma, Mallorca. Urdangarin was accused of using his royal connections to generate business income used for private spending. The case began in 2010 and became symbolic of perceived corruption among Spain's elites, including the royals. Princess Cristina, who
Kiosk Row
A kiosk that has operated on Rafal’s Plaza de Espana for half a century, has been pulled down on the order of the council. The town’s socialist mayor Manuel Pineda said that the structure had been operating without the proper licenses, though the kiosk had not been open for over a year. The twist to the story is that is owned by the mother of the leading opposition Partido Popular councillor Albert Pastor and that a “political” decision had been taken to remove it. An on-line petition has been launched to see the kiosk restored, but Rafal councillor Noemí Cutillas said that nobody has been harmed as it had been closed for some time, and that the law had to be applied.
N-332 Crash A 54-year-old man had to be freed by Elche firefighters after a three-vehicle accident on the N-332 in the La Marina area on Monday lunchtime. Two cars and a van were involved in the incident with the injured man, who was one of the car drivers, taken to Elche General Hospital with chest and leg pains.
now lives in Switzerland, was the first member of Spain's royal family to go on trial. In 2015, King Felipe stripped her and Urdangarin, 49, of their
titles as Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca. Although she was absolved, Princess Cristina will have to pay a fine for civil responsibility.
Bagged Up
All Spanish shops will be legally obliged to charge a minimum of five cents for plastic carrier bags. Environment minister, Isabel García Tejerina, says free plastic bags will be banned from January 1st next year in an attempt to cut their use, in line with the European Directive of 2015
which all member States are obliged to apply progressively. Bags of less than 50 micrograms in density, or the lightweight, easily-breakable supermarket kind, cause the greatest levels of pollution, including the water supply, although all sizes of carrier bag will attract a cost.
Strange Visions
A brain tumor caused a 60-year-old Murcia region woman to believe she was speaking with the Virgin Mary. A report from Murcia's Morales Meseguer hospital said she became "obsessed with religion" during a two month period before being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. She began to have regular visions of the Virgin Mary reporting that she was “seeing, feeling, and conversing with the Virgin Mary with some of the episodes lasting for days. Her friends and family thought she might be suffering from depression because she had been caring for a terminally ill relative
at the time, and urged her to seek medical advice. Doctors performed an MRI, and discovered several lesions in her brain, which a biopsy revealed was glioblastoma multiforme, a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer. The tumors were too large to treat with surgery, so the woman received chemotherapy and radiation for the cancer. Her doctors also prescribed antipsychotic drugs for her, and during a five-week treatment, her religious fervour and the visions gradually disappeared. She sadly though died within eight months of the tumor being detected.
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Beach Boost
Wi-Fi is set to spread to all beaches in La Manga as part of an 18 million euro regeneration plan for the area paid for by the European Union. San Javier mayor José Miguel Luengo met on Monday with Francisco Abri, director general of the “Simplification of Business for the Digital Economy” organisation, who said that
the project would be pioneering for Spain, with not just Wi-Fi on beaches, but also special umbrellas provided where mobile phones can be recharged, and the creation of special apps full of relevant information to tourists and local residents. A number of beaches will see the scheme piloted before an extensive roll-out across the area.
Refugees Welcomed
At least 160 thousand people holding placards and banners, marched through the streets of Barcelona on Saturday demanding that Spain take in more refugees seeking asylum. Failing in its pledge to resettle 17 thousand refugees from the warravaged areas of the Middle East within two years, Spain has accepted just over a thousand people since 2015. Police estimated the demonstrators to be around
160, though organisers claimed it was nearly double that number. Organizer Ruben Wagensberg said what was clear after the protest was that the Catalunya region of Spain is prepared to welcome refugees fleeing violence in the Middle East and Africa. "There is an ample consensus in Catalunya to demand that the Madrid government's commitments are upheld, he said.
Rubbish Tender
San Fulgencio council has been ordered by Madrid officials to suspend the tender for the municipality’s rubbish disposal and street cleaning contract, after two applicants complained about the specifications of the contract being put through the tender process. Now the council, under the Partido Popular mayor, Carlos Ramiréz (pictured), has opted to restart the whole tender process, with the authority claiming that
the document had been drafted by somebody who “no longer works there”. The socialist PSOE opposition councillor, Alejandro Sampere, slammed the “ridiculous” requirements of the original tender. Waste disposal services in San Fulgencio have not been contracted since 2012, with nearly four million euro spent over the last six years on extending an old deal with franchise holder Ginssa.
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Cancer Donations
ADAPT (the Association of English Speakers of San Pedro del Pinatar) recently handed out donations to local charities that help cancer sufferers and their families. ADAPT President Janet Pierce and charity co-ordinator Celia Drinkall presented 500 euro cheques to Hilario Tárraga of the local
AECC cancer group and to the MABS Mar Menor, coordinator Janet Bell. ADAPT had decided last year that cancer charities would be the beneficiaries through last year’s local charity fund-raising, with AFACAR, a group that supports parents of cancer-suffering youngsters, also get-
ting a 500 euro donation. The next monthly meeting for ADAPT will be on Saturday March 4th at 10.30 am at the Pensionista building, next to the Castelar College, Lo Pagan. New members of all nationalities are welcome with more details on the website, adaptsanpedro.com
A Good Cause A Ugandan orphanage is set to benefit from a concert being put on by the Crescendo International Choir. The event at the Torrevieja Christian Fellowship on Saturday March 4th will raise funds for the orphanage which has a music school run by Elisabeth Minchot who will also be giving a presentation on the love of music and song amongst African children. All the money from the concert, with tickets costing just five euros each, will be taken back directly by
The Royal British Legion, Spain District North has a new District Chaplain, with Father Ray Andrews taking over the role from the Reverend Terence Samson. Father Ray was born in Greenwich, London and spent a good deal of time there, living briefly in Spain and Southern Africa. He trained as a psychotherapist, specialising in addiction and still practices today at a clinic in Alicante. His last London parish was St George the Martyr in Southwark, where he was
parish priest to the Head Office of The Royal British Legion in Borough High Street. Father Ray came to live in Spain in 2015, taking the position of Chaplain in the Costa Blanca Chaplaincy. Father Ray said “I was delighted and honoured to be asked to serve as Chaplain for the District North of The RBL here in Spain, particularly given my association with the organisation in London. I look forward to this happy association”.
Animal Carnival
The animal sanctuary, Finca San Miguel de Salinas is staging a Carnival Party tomorrow (Saturday February 25th) between 1.00 pm and 5.00 pm, with a variety of food and refreshments. The finca is situated off the canal road from Villamartin to San Miguel, with your chance to meet all the animals there including the dogs, horses, ponies, pigs, goats, and chickens. The Finca is supported by Happy Animals Spanien, which was set up by Mona Nowak, who only last week rescued three feral cats, and now they have settled in at the Finca. The sanctuary also rescued Snow (pictured with Tracey Hawkins), a twoyear-old dog who was locked up for his whole life, and will next month embark on a new adventure with his forever home in the UK!
Home Boosted Elisabeth to be spent by her at the orphanage. The event starts at the Torrevieja Christian Fellowship at 5.00pm, and tickets can be obtained from Mary Priddle on 638 623 012 or 966 789 550.
Crescendo rehearsals take place every Friday morning from 9.30 am at Torrevieja’s El Paraiso Restaurant, and more details about the choir are available via their website, www.crescendo-choir.com
Busy Centre 40 people have enrolled to learn Spanish at the Las Filipinas Centre, and got a visit recently from two local councillors responsible for the Orihuela Costa and San Miguel area centre, Noelia Torres Gea and Maria Jose Costa Medrano. Meanwhile, the new minilibrary for residents is now open and is lending out books, despite the fact that shelving has yet to be finished. The books can be taken away, or they can be
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read at the site which is fast becoming a central point in the community, offering a range of services such as Spanish lessons, as well as a hub for community based activities, and even has petanque courses in the grounds. The library is still looking for more books that might be donated to the centre, rather than gathering dust in your home. If you would like to make a donation, or if you would like to borrow any
928 euro was raised by the latest fundraiser for the Elche Children’s Home at the Restaurante El Alto La Dolores, Guardamar. Entertainment was provided by Richie Alexander, with Irene Late from Guardamar winning the raffle and the first prize of the Mediterranean cruise donated by the restaurant. Pictured left to right are retiring restaurant owner Andres; Dawn Bennett who picked up the cruise prize on
behalf of Irene; and new
owner Meechu.
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books yourself, then pop along during the weekday opening hours, between 8.00 am and 3.00 pm.
The New Cardenal Belluga Theatre Group are on the look out for new members as they are looking for people to work on or backstage ahead of their latest show this autumn, Let Us Entertain You. Besides all the singing and dancing, this production will have a strong accent on comedy,
and if you would like to join this San Fulgencio-based
team, then get in touch with Tom Ford on 966 790 547.
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High-speed AVE train ticket costs for services between Alicante, Villena, and Madrid, and those across the country, plus those for general long-distance journeys have gone up by one percent, in the first rise in five years. Rail company RENFE says that only the basic
price of these two types of train journey will be affected, with special discounts and offers continuing to apply. Medium-distance train ticket prices covering inter-provincial journeys of up to around 500 kilometres will continue to be frozen for this year, as announced by RENFE a few weeks ago.
Project List
Almost seven million euro is to be handed out by the Alicante Provincial Council to projects across municipalities in the Vega Baja. Almoradí, Benijófar, Bigastro, Catral, Daya Nueva, Dolores, Formentera del Segura, Los Montesinos, Pilar de la Horadada, Rafal, San Fulgencio, and San Miguel de Salinas will be amongst the areas that will benefit from the
subsidies. Some of the works include a new path and bicycle track in Benijófar between the main town and the Atalaya urbanisation; the replacement of the main drain in Catral; new road signs in the San Fulgencio area; and the resurfacing of streets in Los Montesinos including Calle Santos Medicos and Calle Virgen del Remedio.
Playa Concerns
Representatives from the Guardamar Playa neighbourhood association have held talks in Madrid with the environment minister, Isabel García Tejerina, about the state of the local beaches and their adjoining areas. The problems at the Babylon and Los Viveros
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beaches were discussed, with García Tejerina quoted by the Playa association as being “concerned about what was going on”. The association said a new line of contact between local and national representatives has been opened up to see what solutions can be found
Shock Death A 33-year-old Alicante City man died on Monday night whilst he was having a shower. The victim had
switched on an electric heater in his bathroom, and was electrocuted at his Virgen del Remedio home.
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Adoption Corner
The Danger Of Caterpillars
BINDI Bindi was found abandoned and although she was in good condition, she was sadly not microchipped so there was no way of contacting her owner. She is now fully vaccinated, microchipped and now looking for a new home. Bindi is a medium sized crossbreed who is five months old and has a bouncy, bubbly personality. If you would like more information please contact the SAT kennels on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com
CASSANDRA Cassandra is a beautiful eight year old black and white Schnauzer cross who loves people and other dogs. She is very lively and enjoys playing with people. Cassandra is used to living as an outside dog and would benefit from a home with a large garden. If you are able to give her a forever home or to meet her, then please call the K9 charity on 600 845 420.
It’s that time of the year that processionary caterpillars start to make their annual appearance and they are a real danger to dogs. These caterpillars represent a public health hazard because they have thousands of hairs which contain an irritating protein called thaumetopoein. These hairs can be blown by the wind into contact with people and animals, resulting in painful skin irritations and rashes and, in some cases, allergic reactions in some people and animals. They are native to, and until recently were only found in the Mediterranean region, North Africa, and some areas of the Middle East and southern Europe. In Spain especially, they are a huge problem. They feed off the needles of pine trees and it is very easy to spot their nests. Looking at a pine tree, if you see a white ball, which resembles cotton wool or candy floss, that is them. More commonly referred to as the pine processionary caterpillar as its name implies, they are a kind of caterpillar that lives on the tree tops of pine trees. The word processionary comes from the fact that they line-up forming long caterpillar lines that can reach several meters long, although generally they only measure around a centimeter in length. If you come across them, do not touch them! Warn your children that they are not like the friendly English caterpillars. The very fine hairs on these creatures are poisonous and most dangerous. They are most noticeable from January to mid-April and are at their most dangerous in mid/late February. The caterpillars are often seen in the evenings, walking in procession from tree to tree. If they drop onto you or your pet, don't brush them off with
your hands because the effect is most unpleasant, causing great irritation, rash and pain. Dogs, cats and people can suffer from shock. The hairs of the caterpillars are still very harmful even when the creatures are dead. Do not hit them with sticks because hairs flying in the air are just as dangerous. Burn them, but be careful of floating hairs. If the caterpillars are in the tree cocoon state, first spray the nest with hair spray (to seal down the hairs), cover the cocoon and the affected part of the branch with a plastic bag, cut down the branch, place it on clear ground and burn it. The larvae secrete an acidic poison, which causes severe infections in the dog's mouth or tongue upon contact. If you suspect that your pet has come in contact with them, immediately consult your nearest vet. It is easy to detect the problem early, as a poisoned dog has extremely powerful salivation. The poison quickly leads to a severe allergic reaction. This can lead to lowered blood pressure, which, in turn, can lead to shock and even death. Another sign is that dogs' tongues usually experience heavy swelling. Dogs that survive the first stage usually develop an infection on the tongue and/or throat. After some time gangrene can occur, causing parts on the tongue to fall off. As first aid, it is advisable to flush the dog's mouth with plenty of water, before going to the vet. Be sure to remember that the poison is also harmful to humans, so be sure to wear protective gloves.
JOSIE Five month old Josie and her identical sister Mollie were found abandoned when they were a few days old. Mollie has found a loving home, and Josie is missing her sister a lot. Is there anyone out there who could give Josie a loving home to make up for losing her sister? To meet Josie and the other APAH cats, then please call 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.
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Three-year-old Ralff was rescued from the Perrera and has been in a lovely foster home learning how to behave and live in domestic surroundings. He is great with other dogs and fine with the cats and is now ready to go to a home of his own. He is a big lad and is believed to be a Portuguese Water dog who just loves people. Please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
TARA Tara has been in a foster home since she was found just over six weeks ago and is a wonderful, happy little girl. Can you giver her a forever home? Tara is around eight months old and weighs around seven kilos, so she is quite a small dog and won't grow any bigger. She has been sterilised and is great with other dogs. For more details, please call Pets in Spain on 645 469 253 or go to the website, www.petsinspain.com
YOGI Yogi is a beautiful young medium sized dog, and is a perfect all round animal, who loves everyone and other dogs. He is very easy, so full of loving and lots of fun. If you are looking for a great family dog, then he is it. He is currently fostered in a loving home with lots of other dogs. For more info on this adorable boy please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
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Roof Fall
A 44-year old worker suffered serious injuries in Almoradi on Tuesday when he fell to the ground from a roof that he was working on.
The five metre fall happened at around 9.00 am on Calle Perpetuo Socorro when part of the roof collapsed, sending the victim to the ground.
After initial on-site treatment, the labourer was taken by an emergency ambulance to the Vega Baja Hospital in Orihuela.
Road Repairs
Eleven roads in the Murcia region, which were damaged by December and January’s storms are to have one and a half million
euro spent on them in emergency work commissioned by the regional government. The main RM-F51 road in the Torre Pacheco area is on
the repair list, but more minor routes, with nearly 60 roads hit, have not been included in the first phase of work.
New Trees
Thirteen dead palm trees have been replaced on a stretch of the Orihuela Costa between La Zenia and Cala
Capitán, according to coastal councillor Luisa Boné. Other work has been or
will be done to improve the appearance of the walkway as well as repairs to the irrigation system in the area.
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Use Lemon Rinds to Make Adorable Soaps Instead of tossing lemon rinds, use for making supercute lemon soaps. Usually tossed in the trash, lemon zest brightens basic glycerin soap for an invigorating cleaner that also leaves hands nice and soft. After grating, use the rest of the lemon for whatever you have planned.
What You'll Need: 8 ounces unscented glycerin soap 1 lemon Microplane or grater Small heat-safe bowl Small saucepan Lemon essential oil (optional) Silicone mold
Directions: Place a small saucepan filled one-third full with water over medium heat. Place the unscented glycerin soap in a small heat-safe bowl, and place over the saucepan, creating a homemade double boiler. You can find unscented glycerin soap at your local grocery or craft store for about a dollar per bar. Gently heat until the soap begins to melt. Once the soap starts to melt, carefully zest the lemon rind into the small bowl. If you don't have a microplane, carefully cut away the rind from the lemon, finely chop,
and add to the bowl. Continue heating until the soap has completely melted. Carefully remove the soap mixture from the heat. You can add 10 to 20 drops of lemon essential oil to really elevate the lemon scent. Slowly pour the soap into a silicone mold, and let set until the soap has completely cooled. Pop out the soaps and enjoy using after dinner prep or to freshen hands after working in the garden. Or package a few together and give them to someone special!
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Classic crumpets “These require a little patience, but you just cannot beat a homemade crumpet. Making your own butter is optional, but it’s surprisingly simple and satisfying to do. ” Ingredients 400 ml milk 1 tablespoon dried yeast 1 teaspoon caster sugar 300 g strong white flour ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda vegetable oil , for greasing HOMEMADE BUTTER 350 ml double cream Method Gently warm the milk. In a bowl, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm milk and 100ml of tepid water. Leave in a warm place for 15 minutes, or until frothy. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and 1 teaspoon of fine sea salt into a large bowl. Make a well in the centre and pour in the
yeast mixture. Whisk from the centre outwards until the consistency of double cream – this will take a few minutes. Add a splash more water, if needed. Cover with a damp tea towel and set aside for 45 minutes or until little bubbles form on the surface. For the butter, pour the cream into a freestanding mixer. Whisk on high for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the cream splits into solids and liquid. Drain through a sieve, discard the liquid, then rinse the solids thoroughly with cold water. Place in muslin and squeeze out any excess liquid. Mix ½ a teaspoon of sea salt through and wrap in greaseproof paper. Grease four 10cm egg
rings with vegetable oil. Wipe a little oil around a large frying pan or iron skillet and place over a medium-high heat. Arrange the rings in the frying pan and, once hot, spoon 4 tablespoons of the batter into each ring. Cook for 5 minutes, or until little bubbles appear on the surface. Once the bubbles have burst, leaving little holes, use tongs to carefully lift off the rings and flip over the crumpets, then cook for 1 minute on the other side. Re-grease and reheat the rings and pan before cooking the next batch. Serve the crumpets warm, with a slather of butter. If making them in advance, just toast lightly on both sides when you come to serve them.
Slow Cooker Veggie Tortilla Soup Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion, diced 2 medium cloves garlic, minced 1/2 medium jalapeño pepper, seeded and diced 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes 1 (14.5-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed 1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels 6 cups vegetable broth 2 teaspoons chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1 bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Additional salt and pepper, to taste Instructions Heat the oil in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until softened, 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute more. Add the cooked onion to a 3-quart or larger slow cooker. Add the jalapeño, tomatoes, black beans, corn, broth, chili powder, cumin, coriander, bay leaf, 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/2 tea-
spoon black pepper to the slow cooker. Stir. Cook on low 8–10 hours, or high 4-6 hours. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.
To freeze, allow the soup to cool, then freeze it in a large freezer bag or airtight plastic container, omitting the tortilla strips. To reheat, take the soup out
of the freezer and let it thaw in your refrigerator. If you’ve frozen the soup in a microwavesafe plastic container, you can use the thaw setting on
your microwave to thaw it. Once thawed, cook soup on the stovetop on medium heat until heated through or microwave in a microwavesafe container, stirring every
2-3 minutes, until heated through. Serve with tortilla strips, avocado, sour cream, cheese, fresh cilantro and any other toppings you like.
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Pork chow mein If you love noodles – like we do – you’ll love chow mein. The secret to success is to have some of the noodles nice and crispy and others soft, and this is easiest to do in a wok. You could call this dish a one-wok wonder. INGREDIENTS 500g (1lb 2oz) pork tenderloin 1tsp Chinese five-spice powder Flaked sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 200g (7oz) dried medium egg noodles 4tbsp vegetable oil 2tbsp soft light brown sugar 2tsp cornflour 4tbsp dark soy sauce 2tbsp mirin (Japanese rice wine, from supermarkets) or dry sherry 1 red pepper, quartered, deseeded and sliced 1 large carrot, cut into thin strips, about 6cm (2½in) long 25g (1oz) fresh root ginger, peeled and very thinly sliced 3 garlic cloves, very thinly sliced 6 spring onions, sliced 50g (1¾oz) frozen peas 225g tin water chestnuts, drained, halved METHOD Using a sharp knife, carefully trim the excess fat and sinew from the pork. Cut the pork in half lengthways and then into thin slices. Put it in a bowl and toss it with the five-spice powder, ½tsp of salt and plenty of pepper, then set aside. Bring a saucepan of water to the boil. Add the egg noodles and separate the strands with a wooden spoon. Bring the water back to the boil and cook the noodles for 3-4 minutes, or according to the packet instructions, until tender. Drain and rinse them in a sieve under running water until cold, then toss
with 1tbsp of the vegetable oil and set aside. Mix the sugar and cornflour in a bowl and gradually stir in the soy sauce, mirin (or sherry) and 100ml (3½fl oz) water, then set aside. Heat 1tbsp of the oil in a wok or a large nonstick frying pan. Add the pork and stir-fry over a high heat for 2 minutes or until nicely browned. Transfer it to a plate and put the pan back on the heat. Add another 1tbsp of the oil and stir-fry the pepper and carrot for 2 minutes. Add the ginger, garlic, spring onions, peas and water chestnuts and stir-fry for 2 minutes until softened but
not soggy. Tip everything onto a plate. Pour the remaining oil into the pan and add the noodles. Stir-fry the noodles for 2-3 minutes, or until some are beginning to turn crisp and golden-brown. Tip the meat and vegetables back into the pan and stir-fry everything together, tossing all the ingredients for 1-2 minutes, or until they’re evenly mixed and piping hot. Stir the soy and mirin mixture again and pour it into the pan. Continue tossing everything together for 1-2 minutes, or until hot and glossy. Eat immediately.
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Salted Chocolate Tart
Ingredients For the Tart Shell Pastry 2 cups plain flour, plus more for dusting 3 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cold and cut into small chunks 1 large egg, separated 2 tablespoons ice water, plus more if needed For the Filling 1 cup double cream 1/2 cup milk
10 ounces milk chocolate, chopped 2 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs, at room temperature Method To make the pastry: combine the flour, sugar, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter and mix with a pastry blender or hands until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the middle of the pastry. Combine the egg yolk with the ice water in a small bowl, whisking to blend; pour it into the well and work it in to bind the dough until it holds together without being too wet or sticky. Squeeze a small amount together, if it is crumbly, add more ice water, 1 tablespoon at a time. Form the dough into a disk and wrap in cling film; refrigerate for at least 30 minutes Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch circle, about 1/4-inch thick. Carefully roll the dough up onto the pin (this may take a little practice) and lay it inside a 9inch tart pan with a removable bottom. Press the dough into the pan so it fits tightly; press the edges into the sides of the pan. It is important to press the dough evenly into every nook and corner of the ring, especially the scalloped edges. Shave off the excess hanging dough with a knife. Put the tart in the refrigerator for 15 minutes to relax. Preheat the oven to 175°C. Place the tart pan on a sturdy cookie sheet so it will be easy to move in and out of the oven. Line the tart with aluminum foil and add pie weights or dried beans to keep the sides of the tart from buckling. Bake for 30 minutes, then remove the foil and weights. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat the crust with a beaten egg white. Return to the oven and continue to bake for another 8 minutes until the tart is golden in color, but not brown. Remember the tart will be cooked again with the filling. It should be cooked but light in color so that it will not burn on the second bake. Set aside to cool and lower the oven temperature to 160°C. To make the filling: Heat the cream and milk in a pot over medium-low flame, until it simmers slightly around the edges. Remove from the heat; add the chopped chocolate and stir until melted and smoothed out. Add the sugar and salt and whisk until well incorporated. Beat the eggs in a small bowl until blended and add them to the chocolate mixture, stir until completely blended. Pour the filling into the cooled tart shell and bake at 160°C for 15 to 20 minutes until the filling is set and the surface is glossy. If you see any bubbles or cracks forming on the surface, take the tart out right away - that means it is beginning to become over baked. Cool before cutting.
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Hay fever symptoms can be significantly reduced after three years of treatment, research suggests
Hay fever sufferers may be able to significantly reduce their symptoms such as
itchy red eyes and a runny nose by having treatment for three years, new
research suggests. Scientists from Imperial College London found peo-
ple with hay fever, an allergic reaction to pollen, were able to “suppress” the condition by taking pollen pills or undergoing injections. However, while a threeyear course of treatment was shown to markedly lessen symptoms “for several years”, two years of treatment did not bring the same benefits. Past studies have shown that exposing patients to increasing amounts of grass pollen over time – a type of immunotherapy – is an effective way to reduce severe symptoms in the long term. Hay fever has been estimated to affect as many as one in four people across the UK. The majority of these cases are initiated as a reaction to grass pollen. The new study, published in the journal JAMA,
involved patient volunteers at Royal Brompton Hospital in London. Experts assessed the effectiveness of two different immunotherapies which used grass pollen extract – as an injection or a pill taken under the tongue. A total of 106 patients were given either injection, tablets or a placebo. Overall, 92 patients completed the study. After a two-year course of treatment, the results showed that both therapies were effective at tackling symptoms. But one year after patients had stopped taking the medication the effects were no better than the placebo group. Lead author Professor Stephen Durham, head of allergy and clinical immunology at the
National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial and clinical lead for allergy services at Royal Brompton Hospital, said: “This study shows that whereas both immunotherapy treatments were highly effective, two years of treatment was insufficient for long-term benefits. “Clinicians and patients should continue to follow international guidelines that recommend a minimum of three years' treatment.” He added: “You treat patients for three years and then they have a big improvement in their hay fever for several years afterwards. Concluding, “exposing people to grass pollen in this way is a very effective treatment for people who really have debilitating hay fever.”
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Understanding Parkinson’s Disease According to mainstream medicine, Parkinson's disease occurs due to a lack of a brain chemical called Dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for controlling smooth muscle movement and Parkinson's disease manifests as difficulties with walking, talking, swallowing and writing. In addition, there is a diminished sense of smell and a lack of facial expression as well as the characteristic shuffling of the feet. The first symptoms of Parkinson's diseases relate to diminished smell, confusion, and subtle personality changes. The symptoms of Parkinson's should not be confused with the normal ageing process which results in diminished senses and slower movements due to aching bones and joints. Some researchers believe that Parkinson's disease has many causes including environmental toxins, a lack of antioxidants in the body, genetic factors, and accelerated ageing. Antioxidants neutralize toxins called free radicals which damage the body in a process similar to rusting of iron. Studies show that the brains of people with Parkinson's disease have high levels of iron. And although iron is essential for the body, it can be very toxic in excessive amounts in
the brain. Some conditions are known to precede Parkinson’s disease, including long-term use of antibiotics, exposure to chemicals such as lead, and repeated head injury. Unbalanced nutrition is also a cause of Parkinson's, and a diet rich in meat is known to worsen symptoms. Some scientists believe that Parkinson's disease may originate from diseases of the digestive system as the earliest symptoms of Parkinson's disease are related to digestion and smell. In recent years, Scientists from Lund University have traced Parkinson's disease from the nerves in the stomach to the nerves in the brain. The human gut has a nervous system that is as complex as the brain and is called the 2nd brain. It also consumes and produces many of the chemicals that fire the brain. Most of the brain chemical serotonin is produced in the gut. People feel emotions in the gut rather than the brain. A healthy diet rich in Antioxidants from nuts, blue and black berries, fresh greens as well as healthy oils like coconut oil will help prevent Parkinson's disease. Call 965071745 For A Whole Body Diagnostic Scan
Vitamin D pills 'could stop colds or flu' Vitamin D supplements could spare more than three million people from colds or flu in the UK each year, researchers claim. The sunshine vitamin is vital for healthy bones, but also has a role in the immune system. The analysis, published in the British Medical Journal, argues food should be fortified with the vitamin. But Public Health England (PHE) says the infections data is not conclusive, although it does recommend supplements. These, it says, should be taken for improved bone and muscle health. The immune system uses vitamin D to make antimicrobial weapons that puncture holes in bacteria and viruses. But as vitamin D is made in the skin while out in the sun, many people have low levels during winter. Trials on using supplements to prevent infections have
given mixed results, so the researchers pooled data on 11,321 people from 25 separate trials to try to get a definitive answer. The team at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) looked at respiratory tract infections - which covers a wide range of illnesses from a sniffle to flu to pneumonia. Overall, the study said one person would be spared infection for every 33 taking vitamin D supplements. That is more effective than flu vaccination, which needs to treat 40 to prevent one case, although flu is far more serious than the common cold. There were greater benefits for those taking pills daily or weekly - rather than in monthly super-doses - and in people who were deficient in the first place. Why is vitamin D important? Its main function is to regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body, which are vital for the growth and maintenance of healthy bones, teeth and muscles. In extreme cases, low levels can lead to rickets in children - where the bones become soft and weak and misshapen as they continue to grow. In adults, vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteomalacia - causing severe bone pain and muscle aches. But there is a balance too much vitamin D can lead to high levels of calcium in the blood which can cause heart and kidney problems. Anyone with a chronic condition or taking medication should seek advice from their doctor. Vitamin D: Why do we all need to take a pill a day?
Vitamin D supplements should be taken in autumn and winter Line One of the researchers, Prof Adrian Martineau, said: "Assuming a UK population of 65 million, and that 70% have at least one acute respiratory infection each year, then daily or weekly vitamin D supplements will mean 3.25 million fewer people would get at least one acute respiratory infection a year." PHE already advises everyone to take vitamin D supplements in autumn and winter for the sake of healthy bones and muscles. They are recommended all year round for some people who get little sunlight on their skin, including people in care homes or those who cover up. However, there is considerable debate about the importance of the latest study. Prof Louis Levy, the head of nutrition science at PHE, said: "The evidence on vitamin D and infection is inconsistent and this study does not provide sufficient evidence to support recommending vitamin D for reducing the risk of respiratory tract infections." But Prof Martin Hewison, from the University of Birmingham and the Society for Endocrinology, said the findings were "striking". "I agree with the authors that this study supports a new indication for vitamin D beyond its established benefits for bone health," he added. And the research wing of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research which funded the study, said the findings were "worthy of serious further debate". Ultimately, the researcher team at QMUL want vitamin D to be added to food like in the US where milk is fortified. Prof Martineau said: "Vitamin D fortification of foods provides a steady, low-level intake of vitamin D that has virtually eliminated profound vitamin D deficiency in several countries. "By demonstrating this new benefit of vitamin D, our study strengthens the case for introducing food fortification to improve vitamin D levels in countries such as the UK where profound vitamin D deficiency is common."
24 Squash is not a game for the faint-hearted. It is fast-paced, vigorous, and highly energetic. (This is also dependant on the players.) If you want to get fit, build up your heart rate, and sweat a few buckets, whilst engaging in some form of physical activity, squash could possibly be the game for you (or in some cases, it definitely won’t be). Squash is an indoor game, usually played with two players, but it can also be played with four (doubles). The court consists of four walls, all of which are used throughout. There is a line on the floor that indicates the middle of the court, plus another line on the front wall that indicates the same for that wall. When serving, the ball must go above the line on the front wall and land in the opponent’s side of the court, behind the middle line on the floor. If a player wins the point on his serve, he serves again and again until he loses a shot. However, the other player only wins the right to serve at this point, and will only notch up a point if he wins the following point too. The scoring system in squash is difficult to get to grips with at first, but is easy to get the hang of after a while. A match is usually played up to nine points, although many people prefer to play to eleven. Squash is not as popular as other racquet sports in Spain, perhaps because this sport is played inside, and with the lovely weather that we have here, outdoor sports such as tennis are preferred. Fortunately, in the Torrevieja and Orihuela Costa area there are squash facilities available. Torrevieja’s Palacio de Deportes is now equipped with two squash courts that are open to the public on a daily basis. These courts are situated in the fairly recently built racquet sports centre, which is located next to Torrevieja Football Club’s home ground. Booking a court can be done in two ways. If you just want to play a single game, you must go to the centre and book the court in person at reception. First of all, find out from the person on the desk whether the time that you wish to play is free, then, when this has been confirmed, you must purchase a ticket from the machine opposite. Following this, the receptionist will make a note of the time in his book and write the details on your ticket before handing it back to you. You can only do this in the same week that you wish to play and not before. A court for one hour costs 5€, which is for the court itself and not per person. To make things slightly cheaper and a lot easier when it comes to reserving a court, it is possible to buy a ‘bono’ for 40€. This is a ticket that entitles you to ten games, at a lower cost of just 4€. With the ‘bono’ you are allowed to reserve a court over the phone and this can be done by calling 966 111 222. Courts are available from Monday – Friday, every hour on the half hour, from 8.30am until 10.30pm; Saturdays from 8.30am – 1.30pm and 4.30pm – 8.30pm; and on Sundays from 8.30am – 1.30pm and 4.30pm – 7.30pm. Players must bring their own racquet and ball and they must wear trainers with a white sole. The centre is facilitated with changing rooms and hot showers plus lockers to store any valuable items.
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Anyone for squash? Now we know how to book our court, one question still remains. Are tennis players better dressed than squash players? If you have to think about the answer, all you have to do is look at online images of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Gregory Gaultier, and Ramy Ashour. Clearly, professional tennis players – or their handlers – seem to spend more time on picking the right accessories to ensure a coordinated look on the court. So here are a few things to consider when you invest in tennis or squash gear. Shirts and tops: When it comes to shirts, the younger players are going neon. If you are unsure whether you can carry one-off, check out this post by Liam Mannix titled Nike designs fluoro range for male tennis stars. Apart from Serena Williams, the women players appear to be slow to adopt the fluoro look. Shorts & Skirts: In the world of tennis and squash, shorts have gotten longer. While the shirts have gone neon, the shorts continue to be largely white, black, red, or blue. Skirts, on the other hand, have become marginally shorter when compared to a few years ago. Not surprisingly, they are often sold by the length of the skirt. Here’s a sample from Tennis Warehouse. Matching a top to a pair of shorts or a skirt should not be difficult to do. Racquets: This is the most expensive piece of equipment for both tennis and squash players. Picking a racquet based on its colour would be like betting on a horse based on its name! If you have a favourite racquet, it may be worth checking to see if the manufacturer offers options in terms of the colour of the frame. Grip: This is an easy one to fix. Players rightfully pay attention to the type of grip that they use, but largely ignore its colour. A red frame with a bright blue grip will do the job, but is certainly not aesthetically pleasing. Grips come in multitude of colours. Pick one that works with the colour of your racquet frame. Coordinated Look in Squash & TennisShoes: Court shoes are not cheap. Most players that I know don’t own more than one or two pairs of shoes. One for tennis and another one for squash is the norm. With court shoes becoming more and more colourful, matching them up with the rest of your outfit may become a challenge. If your shoes are largely neutral – black, white, grey etc. – you may be able to use colourful laces to create a look that is closer to the rest of your gear. Socks: This is another easy one to fix. If you are wearing bright blue socks with red shoes, make sure that the rest of your ensemble follows suit. At the very least, you can pick wristbands or headbands that bring it all together.
Hats and Visors: This one is for tennis players. Hats and visors are popular with female players and come in various shapes, colours, and patterns. Hats act as sunshades, make a fashion statement, and help hold your hair in place. Pick a couple that match your favourite tennis outfits and you are off to a good start. Headband: Tied headbands are in and the slip-on ones are passé. If you wear a headband when you play, you may want to consider buying a couple that match your shirt, shorts, or skirt. Wrist band: Wristbands come in all colours and sizes. Wristbands can easily be matched up with your headband, shirt, shorts, or your racquet grip. You can also buy multicoloured wristbands that enable you to mix and match when needed. Protective glasses: This applies to squash players who are smart enough to wear protective glasses on the court. Your favourite pair of glasses may not come with a bright yellow neon frame to match your shirt. You can always go with a neutral shade to ensure that it blends in with any outfit that you choose to wear on the court. Bag: This one is a nice to have. Like everything else, discussed above, colour is lower down on the list of features for people looking for a squash or tennis bag. If you are planning to invest in a new bag, you may want to add colour to list of things that you want. So there you have it. At the end of the day, what makes you feel good, and comfortable is what you should wear. Contrasting colours maybe your thing. Finally, it is about the game and not the clothes or the accessories. Unless, you are a tennis player!
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Casino de Torrevieja
The ‘old’ Casino, as it is often referred to, is the oldest building in Torrevieja and sits majestically opposite the Port on the Paseo Vista Alegre, the town’s main promenade that runs along the seafront. These days, it is the norm to see the outside terrace populated with residents or tourists, enjoying a cool drink or coffee, most likely unaware that the building behind them is so much more than just a large cafeteria. Although this grand edifice is called a ‘casino’, it was never a gambling casino. In Spanish, this term has a totally different meaning. In January 1867, thirty-seven years after Torrevieja was officially named a town and segregated from Orihuela, a group of 76 citizens, prominent in Torrevieja’s cultural and social society, decided to create an association that would offer entertainment and leisure activities for its members, as well as providing education in certain areas and carrying out charitable acts in the community. This society was christened ‘Casino Numancia’ and by December of the same year its membership had grown to 90. In 1882 the Casino Numancia acquired a new name, which is still used to this day, the ‘Sociedad Cultural Casino de Torrevieja’. At this point in time the group held their meetings and based their headquarters in an old bakery, which forms part of the main building that we see today. Over the years, as the Casino grew in size and importance, its members bought up neighbouring properties and gradually converted them into the existing Casino that we see now. The old Casino covers a total area of 403,70 m² and consists of two main floors plus a large outside terrace and a smaller upstairs balcony. Upon entering the casino, you will find yourself in the 100m² salon de baile or ballroom. Today, this hall is used for exhibitions as well as an area for visitors to sit, have a drink and read the newspaper. The room is sumptuously decorated with magnificent chandeliers, imposing paintings, and lavish mirrors adorn the red walls, matching the amber furniture and heavy amber-coloured drapes. Passing through the ballroom the area is divided into two sections. On the left is the working bar, featuring a traditional mosaic bar area that serves everything from ‘churros and chocolate at 2,50 euro to delicious homemade tapas. To the right of the bar is probably the main attraction of the whole building – the Arabic Room. This is a typical old Andalucian patio styled room that was designed and built by Andalucian experts as an exact replica of a Granadine patio. It consists of intricately designed dark wood panels positioned above mosaic wall segments and several arches, often seen in Moorish architecture, at the top of each of the four walls. The ceiling has been removed and the room extends to the top floor where a splendid stained glass ceiling sits if you look above you. The Arabic room is also open for customers to sit and drink their coffee. The final social room on the ground floor is at the back of the building and is now known as the ‘television room’, although during the morning it is another area to sit and socialise. The room pays homage to Spain’s greatest literary group, the ‘Generación ‘98’, and features portraits of the most important writers and poets of this time including Antonio Machado, Azorín, Miguel de Unanumo and Pío Baroja. Following the stairs that lead up to the first floor, which can also be accessed by a lift, is a gallery of paintings that have been donated to the Casino by local artists. The paintings adorn the walls of the stairway as well as those of the upstairs balcony. The top floor is home to what are now a games and an activities room for the members of the Casino association. Here they can participate in pursuits such as dominos, card games, pool, embroidery, darts or reading. A small terrace that overlooks the Paseo Vista Alegre and the Port leads out from the front games room where members can sit and take in the fresh air.
Throughout the history of the Casino, the building and the society have been at the heart of Torrevieja’s cultural and social scene. The Casino building has hosted hundreds of events ranging from dances, poetry recitals, art exhibitions, conferences and even political speeches, whilst the society has created some of the most popular cultural events that still take place in the town today. Leading literary and political figures in Spain and also further a field have visited the Casino either on business or for pleasure, including Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, one of Spain’s most famous novelists and the present King and Queen of Spain. At the outbreak of the Civil War in Spain in July 1936, the Republican Party, the Frente Popular, seized the Casino, dissolved the society and converted the building into Army barracks and Frente Popular offices. At the end of the war in 1939, the building had to be rebuilt along with the rest of the town and its society, which proved to be difficult given the economic situation of the country after three years of internal upheaval, and so a ten-year mortgage loan was granted and the Casino was completely redecorated and restored to its former glory by December 1955. The same year, the Certamen de Habaneras was created and the Casino’s members did all that they could to ensure that the competition would be a huge success and place Torrevieja on the world map for cultural events. In December 1982, the Sociedad Cultural Casino de Torrevieja celebrated its 100th anniversary. Although it was founded in 1867, it acquired its present name and status in 1882. The Casino’s cultural society was made up of members as well as an elected committee consisting of President, VicePresident, Secretary and Treasurer. Many of the society’s Presidents have been leading figures
in Torrevieja’s political and cultural spheres. Many of them have streets named after them such as Ramón Gallud Mínguez, Manuel Martínez Carrión and Joaquín Aguierre Calero. In 1998, it was proposed by the President and unanimously voted in that men could enter the Casino rooms wearing shorts, which they had previously not been able to do. And extraordinarily, after 130 of the society’s existence, women were finally allowed to become members in 1996! One of the things that sets Torrevieja’s Casino apart from some of the other Casinos in cities such as Alicante or Murcia, is that the Torrevieja Casino has always opened its doors to the public, which is still the case to this day. Members of the public are able to sit outside at all times when the Casino is open to enjoy a refreshment, whilst viewing the inside building is permitted from 9am until 2pm, after which the members meet up to socialise and partake in a few leisurely pastimes.
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Almoradí Artichoke Tapas Route
Sunday 19 February to Saturday 4th March, 2017 Torrevieja Lighthouse exhibition, Eras de la Sal Friday 24 February, 2017 Valencia Legendary group Boney M at Moon, Valencia. Friday 24 to Sunday 26 February, 2017 Almoradí Artichoke Tapas Route Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February, 2017 Pilar de la Horadada Cycle race through the streets of the local area, (expect road closures).
The V Vega Baja Artichoke Tapas Route will be held from February 24 to 26 in establishments throughout Almoradí. The Alcachofa Vega Baja (Vega Baja Artichoke) brand is a quality distinction that guarantees the care and selection of the very best crops. These fertile lands, the experienced farmers that tend to them, traditional irrigation techniques and the Mediterranean climate all contribute to yield these fresh and tasty artichokes. The V Vega Baja Artichoke Tapas Route, which is organised by the Almoradí Catering Association, was intended to put this unique product under the spotlight through a culinary route throughout local establishments. From February 24 to 26, restaurants will offer sweet and savoury tapas that feature artichokes as their main ingredient for 2,50 Euros, with one drink included in the price. Moreover, whoever fills in the form handed out at the venues or in the tourism office will have the chance to win one of our many prizes. Almoradí combines the finest products of land and sea, and it is thanks to these products that southern Alicante has developed its outstanding culinary culture. The town itself is set against the backdrop of typically Mediterranean landscapes. It is also very close to a number of environmentally significant natural spaces, such as the Pantano del Hondo and the Lagunas de la Mata. Do not miss this natural and culinary paradise that can be felt and experienced through the finest gems of its crops and traditions.
Saturday 25 February, 2017 Torrevieja Night Carnival Procession. Orihuela Costa Carnival Day, Centro Civico Alameda del Mar. Rojales Carnival 2017. Elche Carnival and night parade. Albatera Gin and Tonic Tapas Route. Alicante Large carnival parade in the evening with music and partying with the 40 Principales radio roadshow. Sunday 26 February, 2017 Orihuela El Río Segura Te Guía el Camino. Pilgrimage (24km) from Orihuela Cathedral to Murcia. Albatera Mountain Bike Competition. Wednesday 1 March, 2017 Alicante Funeral parade, burial of the sardine. Saturday 4 to Monday 6 March, 2017 Alicante Health, Hair and Beauty Show, IFA Alicante. Sunday 5 March, 2017 Alicante Piñata Sunday.
Carnival on the Orihuela Costa Orihuela town hall are presenting their mini-carnival, which will take place on the Orihuela Costa on Saturday 25th February, at the Civic Centre in Alameda del Mar, calle Santa Alodia. Starting at 1pm, the café in the centre will be offering a special menu for just 5€, excluding drinks, but including musical entertainment, although your meal must be booked in advance at the centre. There will also be prizes for the best costumes, so get dressed up, and party the afternoon away in the Orihuela Costa Carnival, 2017.
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I’m no fan of cheap documentary shows featuring celebrities on a jolly, but The Real Marigold Hotel is a glorious exception. After the success of the first series on BBC 1, we have a new bunch of folk trying out life in India, and it works on both levels in giving us a glimpse on life in that country, as well as checking out how a bunch of people that don’t know each other, get on. It’s very enjoyable and of course interesting to see how some people have aged well, or perhaps not so well. Lionel Blair in his lateeighties is fun, and hey, he smokes cigarettes! Dennis Taylor is full of his Irish geniality, but I was surprised to see “Just Good Friends” star Paul Nicholas with most of his eighties hair all gone. Life in India is so different but cheap, and I’m enjoying the insights like the fact you have to cue up at government-run shops to buy a restricted amount of alcohol. We don’t know how lucky we are! The BBC drama department just keeps rolling out the hits, and we now have a
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Sunday night gripper in the shape of SS-GB based on the Len Deighton novel. The nasty Nazis are in charge of a large part of Britain back in 1941, and we have our star/hero Sam Riley playing a high-ranking London copper who is caught in the middle having to work with the occupiers. He’s no fan of them, but he believes in the concepts of law and order, which leads to complications as understandably resistance members think he is a traitor. This drama is much more than an occupation story, as Riley has to work with a new high-ranking German who is brought in from Berlin because of something that has got Adolf and his mates really worried. So we have a big spy and detective element running through SS-GB, and it was an impressive watch, with some great designs and CGI-creations of bombravaged London to marvel at. One gripe though was some of the “mumbling soundtrack”, which understandably led viewers to complain, and forced me to
hit my subtitle feature at home. Why will modern TV drama producers never learn over this particular problem that keeps on happening? Also in 1941, we literally had an explosive finish to ITV’s The Halcyon, which has been an enjoyable Monday night romp. Yes there were a couple of bor-
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ing episodes in the middle, but things built up a great head of steam towards the end, and I loved the way that the nasty Nazi spy that was trying to get into the knickers of the hotel owner, got his head bashed in by her. Please ITV stick with this silly fun for a second series, and also, as I wrote a few
weeks ago, please bung it on a Sunday night in the old Downton slot. Back-stabbing and manipulation is the name of the game of US drama Billions which returned to Sky Atlantic on Tuesday. I just root for Damien Lewis and his vile character of hedgefund company owner Bobby Axelrod, who dumps on
everybody in sight, to keep on getting away with his crooked behaviour! The district attorney trying to hang him is played by Paul Giamatti, who is just as low in trying to get his man, and it makes for an absorbing view, with a regular use of foul language to add to the nasty atmosphere! Watch it, and you’ll be hooked.
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Friday Laurel visits the care home and takes Ashley for a picnic. Sadly, the day takes a devastating turn when Laurel realises that Ashley is forgetting who she is and is making new friendships, leaving her out in the cold. Meanwhile, Debbie worries that she has put Sarah in harm’s way. Elsewhere, Jai discovers that Priya and Rakesh are back together when Brenda lets the news slip. Also today, Jacob dumps Gabby and Liv can’t help feeling pleased that Gabby will have more time to spend with her. Monday Laurel faces another devastating visit to Ashley, who doesn’t remember her and is now growing closer to another patient called Maggie. Later, Marlon tries to cheer Laurel up but she crosses the line by kissing him. Will there be trouble when an unimpressed Sandy catches them? Meanwhile, Priya realises she’ll have to go public over her reunion with Rakesh now that Jai knows the truth. The couple share the news by having a drink together at The Woolpack, but how will Nicola react? Tuesday Rakesh tells David that that he’s taking a job overseas, but Jimmy interferes by informing David that Rakesh was the one who started the fire last year. David knows that he now has potential ammunition to stop Rakesh and Priya taking Amba out of the country. Later, someone attacks Rakesh by hitting him over the head. Who is the culprit? Meanwhile, Marlon has to come clean to Carly about his kiss with Lauel.
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Wednesday Rakesh has been kidnapped and wakes up bound and gagged. When Rakesh sees who his kidnapper is, tensions run high but he also starts to feel sorry for his attacker. Will Rakesh manage to get away?
Friday Michelle confides in Steve that she’d like to try for another baby. Steve admits the idea scares him, but suggests they discuss it over dinner at the Bistro. After talking to David, Leanne tells Nick that she’s had a change of heart and she wants his name on the birth certificate. Nick is thrilled, but as they’re about to leave, David stops them and explains that the Register Office will have to wait as Gail has organised a party in the Bistro to celebrate the birth of their baby.
Meanwhile, Robert visits Aaron in prison but they try to hide their relationship to avoid problems with the other jailmates. However, As the Platts gather in the could an intimate moment bistro, Michelle and Steve between them be spotted? are forced to watch the party from their table, with Elsewhere, Chrissie con- both struggling to mask fronts Ronnie over recent their conflicting emotions. events – but Lawrence is not happy. Aidan stumbles across the incriminating photo of Also today, Charity decides Richard Drake on his comshe can use Frank to get puter and realises Jenny’s revenge on Megan. intentions. Thursday Chrissie faces yet another setback when she discovers that Lawrence is changing his will.
Later, Chrissie’s suspicions over Ronnie’s behaviour intensify when a digger goes missing. Can she prove that he’s up to no good, or is she barking up Jenny spells out to Richard Drake that either he reinthe wrong tree? states his order and douMeanwhile, Rakesh is in a bles the quantity, or his bad state and his kidnap- wife gets a copy of the per fears the conse- photo. Richard is fuming, quences of him potentially but will he admit defeat telling all. and bow down to Jenny’s demands? Police officers haul Ronnie away – but the truth soon Monday As Rosie and comes out. Sophie clean the kebab Will Chrissie have to eat shop windows, while the humble pie, or was she builders working nearby right about Ronnie all watch admiringly. When along? Norris suggests that Rosie’s modelling career Meanwhile, Charity thinks must have taken a noseshe’s succeeded in luring dive if she is reduced to Frank away from Megan cleaning windows, it touchas they kiss in the back room of The Woolpack. But es a nerve with Sally. what are Frank’s intentions here?
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calls at Number 13 to tear a strip off Kevin and Anna for making the girls clean windows for a living. Anna sees red and points out that ‘Darling Rosie’ is actually a drugs mule. Sally is stunned. Sally is shocked when Rosie bursts into tears, admitting that her whole career is in tatters but she’s been pretending to live the high life to avoid Sally’s judgement. Sally tells Tim what an awful mother she’s been, focusing on her own career while Rosie has lost her job and home. With Tim’s support, Sally decides to put her family first. She gets her chance when one of the builders, Zack, throws a flirty comment at Rosie and Sally threatens to report him for sexual harassment. Wednesday Realising Chesney’s meeting with Sinead didn’t go well, Gemma suggests that it’s time he had his revenge. When Rita reveals that Chesney is selling Sinead’s belongings in the kebab shop, Daniel sees red - marching in and making a grab for Sinead’s things. Chesney shoves him hard, but as Daniel snaps, Chesney is hit with more than he bargained for. As Daniel later consoles Sinead, she’s stunned when he presents her with a necklace and explains it belonged to his mother. Meanwhile, as Rosie and Sophie clean the flower shop windows, Zack the builder makes lewd comments. Sally approaches the foreman of the building site and makes a complaint about Zack’s sexist behaviour. When the foreman fails to take her seriously, Sally is fuming. Clutching a megaphone, she launches a one woman protest. As Tim begs her to stop, will Sally gain support from any of the other residents?
Friday When Mick receives more bad news about the Queen Vic’s ceiling and how costly it will be to fix the leaks, Konrad kindly offers to fix it for half the price. Jack also gets involved by offering Mick a lifeline, but Max gives him second thoughts. Is Max scheming again? Meanwhile, Konrad also invites Shirley out for dinner. Elsewhere, Denise speaks to a journalist about the state of the community.
Tuesday Ian is still avoiding making a call to the doctor. Just as the pub’s pancake race begins, Ian receives a text urging him to speak to the GP about his test results. Still determined to focus on the race, Ian tries his best to win but disaster strikes when he suddenly passes out. Once he’s back on his feet, Ian is alarmed when Jane offers up some tough love and calls the doctor to make an appointment on his behalf. Thursday Denise needs to sign the consent form for the adoption today, but Kim is still adamant that she shouldn’t go through with it. What will Denise decide to do?
Monday Michelle continues to struggle with having Preston in Walford. Meanwhile, Keegan promises Shakil that he’s going to make Bex pay for her recent behaviour. Elsewhere, Denise’s interview about the state of the Walford community and the Minute Mart has hit the headlines - and it’s already causing a stir. Keegan can’t resist turning up to reignite his feud with Denise, but Kush steps in by warning him and Shakil to make themselves scarce. Later on, Denise realises she might have made the wrong move when the local area manager vows to see her tomorrow to discuss the comments she made about the Minute Mart. Also today, Jane has an idea which could affect both Ian and Dot.
Though surprised he’s going to be a father of twins, Raf enthusiastically plans for a future with Kim. However, when Kim is accused of a series of deceptions, his hopes and dreams could be dashed.
Devastated by the loss of her daughter, Serena channels her grief into a campaign of intimidation directed at Jasmine. Can she admit she has a problem before she inflicts irreparable emotional damage on both herself and her mentee? Matteo wants Jac to share more of her life with him. But when Hanssen alludes to his lies catching up with him, Matteo re-assesses his position. How can he expect Jac to involve him more in her life, when he’s been economical with the truth about his?
Friday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Britain’s Home Truths 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Wanted Down Under Revisited 12:45 Oxford Street Revealed 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Coroner 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport Regular captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are joined by Lynsey Sharp, Andrew “Beef” Johnston, JP Pietersen and Kevin Davies. 21:00 EastEnders Denise decides to take action following recent events 21:30 Room 101 Richard Ayoade, Alun Cochrane and Gabby Logan compete to have their pet hates and peeves consigned to Room 101. 22:00 Not Going Out If Lee and Lucy’s marriage wasn’t in trouble before they go to marriage counselling, it is by the time they leave. 22:30 Tracey Ullman’s Show Another selection of inventive comedy sketches. 23:00 News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 00:25 The Real Marigold Hotel 01:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:30 News
07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:15 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 09:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:25 Beat the Brain 14:55 Landward 15:25 Mountain 16:25 Africa 17:20 A Place to Call Home 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 20:00 Big Dreams Small Spaces Two gardeners, each living on their own, are hoping Monty can help them. 21:00 Mastermind Quiz 21:30 Only Connect The Surrealists take on the Korfballers in a quarterfinal game. 22:00 The Secrets of Your Food Michael and James explore how chemistry fuels and builds our bodies. Michael begins by trying the first meal most of us enjoyed, human breast milk, which contains everything a baby needs - fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals. 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Further Back In Time for Dinner 01:05 Terry Pratchett: Back in Black 01:55 Film - Big Jim McLain 03:20 Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest 04:20 The Brit Who Tried to Kill Trump 05:05 Royal Recipes 05:50 This Is BBC TWO
The Secrets Of Your Food Friday - BBC Two The Secrets Of Your Food is the delicious science story of the food on your plate. Michael Mosley and James Wong present a celebration of the physics, chemistry and biology that lie hidden inside every bite. Together they travel the world and take over the UK’s leading food lab in order to deconstruct our favourite meals, taking us inside the food, right down to the molecular level. In this episode, We Are What We Eat, Michael and James explore how the chemicals in our food feed and build our bodies.
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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 James Martin’s French Adventure 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Laurel gets an unwelcome surprise. 20:30 Coronation Street Baby Oliver is welcomed into the world. 21:00 Schofield’s South African Adventure Diving with one of the world's most dangerous predators has long been a bucket list dream for This Morning host Phillip Schofield. In the first of three programmes, he travels to Gansbaai in South Africa to wait underwater in a cage to catch a glimpse of a great white shark upclose. 21:30 Coronation Street Jenny and Aidan declare battle. 22:00 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories Nigel Farage talks to Piers Morgan about his extraordinary life and career. Britain’s most controversial politician reflects on his numerous brushes with death. 23:00 News 23:40 Fishing Impossible 00:10 The Wine Show 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Freeze Out 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock From the Sun 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A New Life in the Sun 14:05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty present dishes for the weekend from their cafe on Southend Pier. The pair are joined by Pirates of the Caribbean and Three Musketeers actor Orlando Bloom, who shows off his sword training when he rustles up a Moroccan tagine. Jamie prepares fragrant, aromatic Asian seafood parcels, while Jimmy takes on the great British banger, showing how to make a DIY version that can be trusted. The presenters also uncover a by-product of the goat dairy industry - delicious meat that is currently being binned. 22:00 Gogglebox The amateur critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week. 23:00 The Last Leg 00:05 8 Out of 10 Cats 00:55 Rude Tube 01:55 Film Man on a Ledge (PG) 03:40 Time Crashers 04:35 Four in a Bed
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Winter Road Rescue 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Patricia Cornwell’s At Risk (15) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Carry On Caravanning Emma and Kevin plan a full wedding around their beloved caravan. The Blincows and the Walburtons attend a 1940s-style ‘wartime weekend’. Claire takes her pampered pooches to a dog-friendly campsite. 21:00 Celebrity Carry On Barging The gang set off along the Welsh-English Llangollen Canal, and go antique shopping in Whitchurch, before exploring an ice-age peat bog. Finally, a visit to Ellesmere gives the stars access to a maintenance yard used by prominent canal architect Thomas Telford. 22:00 Cruising with Jane McDonald On her first ever river cruise, Jane heads to Budapest’s Szechenyi Baths, before a visit to the moving WWII memorial, Shoes on the Danube Bank. 23:00 The Freddie Mercury Story: Who Wants to Live Forever? 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Secrets Of The Great Train Robbery 05:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 05:45 House Doctor
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:30 Ninja Warrior UK 11:30 Film - St. Trinian’s (12) 13:30 Emmerdale 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Film - Hot Fuzz (14) 00:20 Family Guy 01:20 American Dad! 02:15 The Ibiza Weekender ITV 3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart Is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 00:00 Prime Suspect 02:20 Wycliffe 03:15 Inspector Morse 05:10 Rory Bremner's Great British Views ITV 4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 The Saint 09:00 Hogan’s Heroes 09:30 The Professionals 10:35 Ironside 11:35 Gunsmoke 12:45 Live: Shoot-Out Snooker 18:30 Storage Wars Texas 19:25 Hat-trick Heroes II 19:45 Live: Shoot-Out Snooker 23:45 Film - The Specialist (15)
Schofield's South African Adventure
The world is full of different cuisines and thousands of different meals. Yet when they’re reduced to their essence, there are actually just a handful of ingredients that our bodies absolutely need from our food to survive. These essential molecules come in a series of familiar sounding groups: carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitamins and minerals - but Michael and James discover plenty of surprises as they seek to understand exactly why each class of molecule is so important for the way our bodies work. This show is in partnership with the Open University.
Let It Shine: Live Final
Saturday - BBC One
After seven sensational weeks of singing, dancing and showstopping performances, the wait is finally over, Tonight the three remaining bands will take to the stage for the last time to compete in the Let It Shine final. Graham Norton and Mel Giedroyc (pictured) present the ultimate battle of the bands, as each band performs to impress the audience at home and the Let It Shine judges, Gary Barlow, Dannii Minogue, Martin Kemp and a very special guest judge. Each of the three remaining bands will perform twice. The judges will give their feedback, but this week it's up to the viewers to decide which band they want to win the competition. The evening wouldn’t be complete without an extraordinary musical performance fit for the final, before the winning band is announced by Graham and Mel.
Friday - ITV This Morning host Phillip Schofield embarks on a trip of a lifetime to South Africa with his wife Stephanie. Whilst some people may do all they can to get out of the water when they see a Great White Shark, Phillip heads straight in because diving with one of the world's most dangerous predators has long been a bucket list dream for the TV presenter! To learn more about the sharks, Phillip travels to Gansbaai where he is fully briefed and kitted out in undersea equipment before stepping inside a cage to catch a glimpse of a Great White Shark in the wild. The couple also explore the city of Cape Town taking in the stunning scenery before stopping on their tour to have a drumming lesson. Taught by a djembe instructor, Phillip and Step join a group of drummers to see if they can learn the rhythms of the country.
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Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Returns Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway returns to ITV this week.
of winning a wedge of cash.
"Undercover" is back, with TV chef Jamie Oliver at the mercy of Ant & Dec’s hidden camera antics. With Jamie conducting a day of press at his new restaurant in Harrogate, Ant and Dec run riot behind the scenes, including photo bombing a staff picture by wielding 'We Love Turkey Twizzlers' signs - a sure fire way to rile healthy eating advocate Jamie!
This year the Saturday Night Takeaway family welcomes a new addition in the shape of 'Queen of the Jungle' Scarlett Moffatt. She'll make her spectacular debut by surprising members of the public in an electrifying live stunt that could see her reach new heights - quite literally. Scarlett will also be entertaining the lucky winners of each week’s "Best Seats in the House" - where viewers around the country win VIP studio seats by finding one of four secret sofas placed in mystery locations across the UK.
Fresh from winning 'Best Entertainment Programme' at the National Television Awards 2017, Ant & Dec triumphantly return with a brand new series of 'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'. Saturday night's most high octane and feel good show is back, promising even more live surprises, stunts and hidden camera antics - with big name guests, an exciting new comedy serial and a jet set series finale which will be a British television first. Hot on the heels of last year’s "Who Shot Simon Cowell?" (the spoof mystery that kept the nation guessing) comes "The Missing Crown Jewels" - a brand new comedy miniserial that sees the royal regalia stolen by a mysterious masked villain on Ant & Dec’s watch. Emilia Fox returns to investigate, while Joanna Lumley, Michael Sheen and Dame Shirley Bassey amongst others help Ant and Dec to recover the jewels. After 2016’s cruise ship spectacular live from Barcelona, Ant & Dec will make British TV history by jetting up to 200 viewers overseas for their biggest series finale yet. The whole nation will be in with a chance of winning this once in a lifetime trip. In a brand new item "Make ‘Em Laugh" Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby will go head to head with Ant & Dec. The rules are simple - they have to make each other laugh using costumes, props and their imaginations. You laugh, you lose. Stephen Mulhern once again presides over the drama of "Ant vs Dec", which this time sees the duo face off in a series of themed head to heads. Stephen is also unleashed on the streets of Britain for a new pop-up game show - "In for A Penny". Anyone who has a one pence piece can enter and be in with a chance
Once again, top names in the world of TV, showbiz and music line up to Guest Announce and perform in the celebrated "End Of The Show Show", while the cheekiest pocket-sized duo in the business, Little Ant and Dec, return to make some more mischief. The ultimate Saturday night feel good show is back on screens – let the surprises commence!
Benidorm Returns
ITV’s award winning comedy Benidorm returns to the channel for its ninth series. The new holiday season kicks off at the Solana resort with the return of two popular characters - Liam (Adam Gillen) and Sam (Shelley Longworth). The Dawson’s arrive for a new holiday that doesn’t get off to a great start and when Sheron’s Mum Loretta (Kate Fitzgerald) joins them – Benidorm will never be the same again! Could Joyce Temple Savage (Sherrie Hewson) finally find romance this series with Monty (John Challis)? Guest stars in the new series include Nigel Havers, John Challis, Jason Manford, Uri Geller, Amanda Barrie, George Shelley, Madness and Dame Joan Collins. Series nine is a suitcase packed full of all your favourite characters, great guest stars, holiday mishaps and Mr Wu! In episode 1, on Wednesday, the Dawsons’ holiday starts with a bang when Eddie has an accident and Sheron’s fashion taste is put into question. An old inheritance puts a smile Kenneth’s face. Tiger and Joey are in a party mood as Sam, the new holiday rep, takes them under her wing. Guest Nigel Havers.
Saturday TV 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 13:00 Football Focus 14:00 News 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Live: Six Nations Rugby: Scotland v Wales. 17:30 Final Score 18:10 News 18:30 Celebrity Mastermind 19:00 Pointless Celebrities 19:45 Let It Shine It is the final, and three bands are left in the competition. Each band has two chances to impress, performing one musical theatre song and one pop classic, before the viewers decide which band should win. There are also two surprise guest performances, and regular judges Gary Barlow, Dannii Minogue and Martin Kemp are joined by a special guest judge. 21:25 Casualty Connie’s faced with a difficult decision when an opportunity for vengeance arises, and Iain’s determined to make amends with his sister.
07:30 Film - They Flew Alone 09:10 Film - In Which We Serve 11:00 Britain’s Secret Seas 12:00 Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Two Greedy Italians: Still Hungry 14:00 Film Waterloo 16:10 Natural World 17:00 Mastermind 17:30 University Challenge 18:00 Only Connect 18:30 The House That £100k Built 19:30 Flog It! 20:30 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Paul journeys around the coast of the Long Island of Harris and Lewis, beginning on Scarp, travelling north to Great Bernera, then south east to Scalpay. 21:00 Diana: Designing A Brenda Princess Emmanus marks the forthcoming 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, with a documentary exploring the stories behind some of her most exquisite dresses, brought together for a new exhibition at Kensington Palace in February. 21:30 Dad’s Army When the platoon hear the church bells ringing, they think have forces Hitler’s launched an invasion.
22:15 Taboo James Delaney confronts Sir Stuart Strange of the East India Company with the cold hard truth. Revelations about those surrounding 22:00 Film - My Old Lady him are unearthed and met An American inherits an with deadly ramifications. apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected 23:15 News 23:30 Match of resident. the Day 00:50 This Country 01:15 Film - Return From 23:45 QI XL 00:30 Film the River Kwai (15) 02:50 Albert Nobbs (14) 02:15 Weather for the Week Film - Youth Without Youth Ahead 02:55 News (15) 04:15 This Is BBC Two
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07:20 Mobil 1 The Grid 07:45 The King of Queens 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 The Simpsons 13:00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast 14:00 Come Dine with Me 16:30 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 17:30 Location, Location, Location 18:35 Grand 20:00 Ant and Dec’s Designs 19:30 News Saturday Night Takeaway Ant and Dec are back for 20:00 Penelope Keith’s the fourteenth series of the Hidden Villages Penelope award-winning live enter- travels around Britain visittainment extravaganza. As ing villages in different well as star guests, audi- parts of the country, and ence surprises, and incred- discovers how people's ible stunts, the boys go attitudes have changed to undercover for the first time these small communities. in the series as they take on Her trip takes her to vilinternational superstar chef lages in Devon, Cornwall, Jamie Oliver. Stephen Scotland and the Lake Mulhern returns with a pre- District. historic Ant Versus Dec, Great Canal and Queen of the Jungle 21:00 Scarlett Moffatt joins the Journeys Timothy West and Prunella Scales continfamily. ue their journey exploring 21:30 The Voice UK Emma the Highlands and islands Willis hosts as the spinning- of Scotland. chair talent contest moves beyond the genial business 22:00 Film - Dawn of the of the Blind Auditions into Planet of the Apes Human the more cutthroat competi- survivors of a deadly tion of the Battle phase. plague threaten Caesar’s Coaches Tom Jones, growing nation of geneticalWill.i.am, Gavin Rossdale ly evolved apes. Though and Jennifer Hudson are they reach a fragile peace, called upon to begin whit- both sides are soon tling down their roster of brought to the brink of a would-be stars via head-to- war that will determine which will become Earth’s head studio battles. dominant species. (PG) 23:30 News 23:45 Film The Boat That Rocked (14) 00:35 Film - Surrogates 02:15 Ramsay’s 02:10 Jackpot247 04:00 (14) Who’s Doing the Dishes? Kitchen Nightmares USA 03:05 Hollyoaks Omnibus 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
23:30 Stealing The Mona Lisa 00:30 Police Interceptors: Unleashed 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 That’s So... 05:00 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun
07:00 CITV 10:25 Countrywise 11:00 Peston on Sunday 11:55 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 12:55 News 13:00 The Voice UK 15:00 Live: Six Nations Rugby: England v Italy 18:30 News 19:00 Unbelievable Moments: Caught on Camera
07:00 Milkshake 11:10 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:45 Football 13:10 Inside Windsor Castle 14:10 Secrets Of The National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh 15:10 Film - No Reservations (PG) 17:10 Film - Bride Wars (PG) 18:55 News
07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Alphabetical 11:25 Guess This House 12:25 Off Their Rockers 12:55 News 13:00 Film - Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 14:50 Tipping Point 15:50 The Chase 16:50 News 17:15 Live: Six Nations Rugby: Ireland v France.
07:00 Milkshake 11:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:40 Access 11:45 Police Interceptors: Unleashed 12:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 16:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 17:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 18:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 19:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 20:05 NCIS: Los Angeles The team must locate a classified device with the power to destroy Los Angeles that was stolen from a college research facility. 21:00 NCIS DiNozzo is reunited with his ex-girlfriend, Jeanne Benoit, when insurgents in Sudan attack a group of volunteer doctors, including her husband.
07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:50 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10 Ninja Warrior UK 13:10 Take Me Out 14:25 The BRIT Awards 2017 16:55 Film - Step Up 3 (PG) 19:05 Film - Jack and Jill (PG) 21:00 Scorpion 22:00 Film - American Pie (18) 00:00 Family Guy 01:25 American Dad! 01:55 Film Couples Retreat (PG) 04:00 Teleshopping ITV 3 07:00 Murder, She Wrote 09:45 Hidden Treasure 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:05 Film - Carry on Cleo (PG) 16:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 18:05 Midsomer Murders 00:00 Carry On Forever 01:00 Wycliffe 02:05 Marchlands 03:05 ITV3 Nightscreen
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22:00 Football Highlights from the weekend’s Championship games, including Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday. Plus, action from Aston Villa v Derby County, Barnsley v Huddersfield Town and Newcastle United v Bristol City.
07:00 The Professionals 09:00 The Car Chasers 10:00 Bundesliga Football Highlights 11:00 ITV Racing 12:00 Storage Wars Texas 13:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Live: ITV Racing Live: Kempton Park, Lingfield Park, and Newcastle 17:00 The Cimarron Kid (U) 18:45 Storage Wars 19:45 Live: Shoot-Out Snooker 00:00 Film - Red Heat (18) 02:05 River Monsters 03:00 Gunsmoke 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen
Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 08:35 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:15 Homes Under the Hammer 15:15 Flog It! 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:00 Songs of Praise 17:35 Shop Well for Less? 18:35 News 19:00 The Big Painting Challenge 20:00 Countryfile Matt takes a trip back in time in grand old style on the last horse drawn tram in the world.
07:15 Big Dreams Small Spaces 08:15 An Island Parish 08:45 Around the World in 80 Gardens 09:45 Countryfile 10:45 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15 Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day 12:45 Nigellissima 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Holiday of My Lifetime With Len Goodman 14:30 Money for Nothing 15:15 Wanted Down Under Revisited 16:00 Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest 17:00 FIBT World Championship Bobsleigh and Skeleton 19:00 Six Nations Rugby Highlights
20:00 The Voice UK Emma Willis hosts as the singing competition moves into the second night of Battles, in which the singers have to impress coaches Tom Jones, Will.i.am, Gavin Rossdale and Jennifer Hudson to remain in the contest. Each of the coaches are given the chance to save any acts they believe shouldn’t have been knocked out of the contest in the forthcoming head-tohead sing-offs.
20:00 Dragons’ Den Richard catches up Caner Velli, who dazzled the Dragons with his liquid repelling product and the pun toting duo from a pork scratching company in their 22:00 SS-GB An unexpect- new HQ. 22:00 The Good Karma ed meeting with Professor Hospital Ram clashes with Springer underlines to 21:00 Dragons’ Den A hus- Lydia as a medical case Archer why the SS so des- band and wife duo hope to becomes personal on the perately needs to track get the Dragons’ taste buds day he is due to attend a down Dr John Spode. tingling with their Welsh lavish wedding. Ruby treats When Archer finds himself super-food delicacy. a patient from the UK unwillingly dragged into the whose story does not add Resistance’s plans, Huth 22:00 Special Forces: up, and the experience endeavours to swing Ultimate Hell Week Only 9 leaves her wondering Archer’s allegiance to the recruits remain to face Tana where she really belongs. SS cause. and Toto, former members of GIGN an elite tactical 23:00 News 23:20 Peston 23:00 News 23:30 Have I unit of the French police on Sunday 00:20 Aviva Premiership Rugby 01:20 Got a Bit More News for Force. Schofield’s South African You 00:15 American High 01:45 School 01:00 Celebrity 23:00 Film - Life of Crime Adventure 04:00 Apprentice USA 02:20 (14) 00:35 Women’s Six Jackpot247 Weather for the Week Nations Rugby 01:05 Film - Chopping Block 04:50 ITV Nightscreen Ahead 02:25 News Badlands (15) 21:00 Call the Midwife Valerie Dyer cares for a pregnant Somali woman and is shocked by aspects of this unfamiliar culture.
07:15 The King of Queens 08:05 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Simpsons 15:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 16:00 Location, Location, Location 17:00 News 17:30 Film - 101 Dalmatians 19:30 The Jump The remaining contestants compete in two different disciplines. First, they face a speed ski challenge, the results of which will determine the line-up for the second event - the relatively new winter sport of ski cross, in which they will navigate a winding course of sprints, drops, rollers and banks. 21:00 Rivers with Jeremy Paxman The presenter and fishing enthusiast travels along four of England’s greatest rivers, exploring their history, traditions and wildlife. The first episode follows the Tweed along the English-Scottish border, where he helps to shear Cheviot sheep, tags osprey chicks, goes in search of Merlin’s grave and discovers the origins of famous border ballads. 22:00 Homeland Keane gets sidelined, while Carrie’s work follows her home. 23:00 Gogglebox 00:00 Film - Clear and Present Danger (12) 02:30 The Last Leg 03:30 Hoarder SOS 04:25 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
19:00 Film - The Fifth Element In the 23rd century, the world faces destruction from a seemingly unstoppable force of pure evil. Meanwhile, a New York cab driver encounters a mysterious woman destined to save the Earth from its fate, and has to protect her from a scheming arms dealer and a horde of alien mercenaries. (PG) 21:15 Football Highlights from Wembley of this year’s EFL Cup Final Manchester between United and Southampton. 22:00 Film - Olympus Has Fallen A secret service operative is dismissed from duty after a tragic accident. As he prepares to leave his assignment, terrorists take control of the White House and hold the president hostage. (14) 00:15 The Terminator (15) 02:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Secrets Of The National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh
07:00 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:35 The Voice UK 11:35 Coronation Street Omnibus 14:00 2Awesome 14:05 Guidance 14:45 Fame High 15:05 Third Wheel 15:35 LA Story 15:50 The Hot Desk 16:05 Film - The Smurfs 2 18:10 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 19:45 Film Kindergarten Cop (12) 22:00 The Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 On the Buses 07:25 Heartbeat 09:20 Murder, She Wrote 11:30 Inspector Morse 16:10 Film - Carry on Girls (PG) 18:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 20:00 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Tonight at the London Palladium 23:00 Carry On Forever ITV 4 07:00 Football Rivalries 07:10 The Wine Show 08:10 The Saint 09:15 Hogan’s Heroes 09:50 Shed & Buried 10:50 Storage Wars 11:50 Pawn Stars 17:30 The Car Chasers 18:25 World Cup Top Goalscorers 18:45 Live: Shoot-Out Snooker 23:00 Film - Total Recall (15)
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07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Wanted Down Under Revisited 08:15 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 09:00 The Great Interior Design Challenge 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Women’s Six Nations Rugby 14:30 Beat the Brain 15:00 Landward 15:30 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 16:30 Africa 17:25 A Place to Call Home 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Anita and Raj , each with £200, set off on an antique hunting adventure through the south east. 21:00 University Challenge Quiz. 21:30 Mary Berry’s Everyday Mary travels to Scotland to enjoy the best of their everyday larder with recipes inspired by her own Scots heritage. 22:00 Meet the Lords Documentary filmed over a year following life at the House of Lords. 23:00 Cradle to Grave 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Secrets of Your Food 01:15 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook 02:15 Countryfile 03:10 Who Do You Think You Are?
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 The Home Game 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Laurel confides in Marlon. 20:30 Coronation Street Sally learns some home truths about her girls. 21:00 The Kyle Files Jeremy returns to tackle more high-profile issues affecting people's lives, beginning by looking at Britain's obesity crisis and how the nation's eating habits have changed. He lifts the lid on the competitive world of eating challenges, a craze from America that involves people consuming huge portions of food within a time limit. 21:30 Coronation Street Sally vows to protect her daughter. 22:00 Broadchurch DS Ellie Miller and DI Alec Hardy return, this time investigating a serious sexual assault in the Dorset community. 23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 The Cube 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A New Life in the Sun 14:05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Dispatches Harry Wallop investigates how Heathrow and other airports really make their money. 21:30 Food Unwrapped Jimmy Doherty investigates if food additive MSG is really as bad as some scary headlines claim. 22:00 999: What’s Your Emergency? Exploring the challenges that the police custody teams face. Almost 20,000 people pass through Cheshire’s custody cells every year, and although most of them object to having their liberty taken away, for some the custody cell can be a welcome break. 23:00 The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet 00:00 Britain’s Benefit Tenants 01:05 Has Political Correctness Gone Mad? 02:00 Walking The Nile 02:55 Escape to the Wild
Monday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - A Father’s Denial (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Cars That Made Britain Great Jodie Kidd, Phil Tuffnell and Jonny Smith seek out the sexiest, sleekest, most irresistible car of all time, with the Jaguar E-type, the Lotus Europa, and the Ford Capri in the running. 21:00 Winter Road Rescue Jason and Barry rush to a serious incident in which a car hangs precariously above a motorway, ten fire engines tackle a lorry fire and Jamie deals with a mangled car abandoned by its driver at the scene of a crash. 22:00 The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant Chris Tarrant tells the story of how the engines that had made Britain finally ran out of steam, the devastating effect of the Beeching Report. 23:00 Film - From Paris With Love (14) 00:50 Film War (18) 02:30 SuperCasino 04:10 The Week We Went Wild 05:00 Tattoo Disasters UK
07:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Psych 11:25 Scorpion 12:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 The Great Indoors 23:00 American Dad! ITV 3 07:25 Heartbeat 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Where the Heart Is 17:20 In Loving Memory 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War ITV 4 08:45 Hogan’s Heroes 09:50 The Professionals 10:50 Ironside 11:55 Gunsmoke 13:00 Storage Wars Texas 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 16:55 The Professionals 18:00 The Saint 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Aviva Premiership Rugby 21:00 Parking Wars 22:00 Film - Double Jeopardy (14)
Tuesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Heir Hunters 12:45 Dom on the Spot 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Coroner 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Kim attempts to help her sister, but will her idea work? 21:00 Holby City Raf’s plans for a happy ever after with Kim are shattered by a shocking revelation. 22:00 The Replacement Ellen is a hotshot at a Glasgow firm of architects who discovers she’s pregnant after receiving a big promotion. Her maternityleave cover is the smiling, seemingly empathetic Paula. Just so we get the picture, Paula is introduced in that clichéd shot where the camera follows her up from her high heels and her black stockinged legs right to her shapely bottom. But burgeoning Ellen fears that Paula is out to steal her job for ever when she’s ingratiating with the daft bosses and an even dafter bigspending client. 23:00 News 23:45 Imagine... 01:20 Who Do You Think You Are? 02:20 Weather 02:25 News
07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 09:00 The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:50 Countryfile 15:00 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 16:25 Africa 17:25 A Place to Call Home 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Anita Manning and Raj Bisram are heading for their next two auctions. 21:00 Further Back In Time for Dinner The family and Debbie reflect on their time travels, discovering that much of what they experienced in the past, still lives on around our dinner tables today. 22:00 1066: A Year to Conquer England When Edward the Confessor dies without an heir, it triggers a bitter race to succeed him as King of England. 23:00 Inside No. 9 23:30 Newsnight 0:15 Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week16 01:15 Our Dancing Town 02:15 The Big Painting Challenge 03:15 This Is BBC Two
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 The Home Game 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Rakesh and Priya decide their future. 20:30 Britain’s Busiest Motorway Traffic officers Steve and Grant set off to attend a vehicle on fire, and end up having to shut the entire motorway. 21:00 The Secret Chef Mel Giedroyc narrates the cooking show in which someone with minimal skills has five weeks to learn and prepare a showstopping restaurant meal, taught in secret by a top chef. 22:00 Play to the Whistle Sports-based comedy panel show Play To The Whistle is back for a third series, each week the two teams battle it out to prove their sporting prowess. 23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 Unbelievable Moments: Caught on Camera 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A New Life in the Sun 14:05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo At Chester Zoo, Pedro the giant anteater is about to be reunited with his long-term partner, Bliss. The zoo’s extremely rare bald ibises produce a batch of new chicks, who are destined to be released back into the wild in southern Spain. 22:00 24 Hours in A&E Fifty-one-year-old painter and decorator Gary is rushed to St George’s after falling ten feet from a ladder. As Dr Rob sends Gary for urgent CT scans, Gary’s dad Don talks about Gary’s bad luck in love after two engagements were broken off. 23:00 Catastrophe 23:35 This Is Us 00:30 Gogglebox 01:35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:25 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:55 Gillette World Sport
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film - Dear Diary I Died 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Winter Road Rescue Jason and Barry rush to a serious incident in which a car hangs precariously above a motorway, ten fire engines tackle a lorry fire and Jamie deals with a mangled car abandoned by its driver at the scene of a crash. 21:00 Inside Windsor Castle As the family made Windsor their home, Philip grew restless. Elizabeth assigned him as ranger of Windsor Great Park, but that only led to more problems. 22:00 Secrets Of The National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh Alan visits Quarry Bank Mill in Cheshire, an 18th-century cotton mill that is still home to a working mill as well as a museum. 23:00 Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next 00:05 Ian Brady: 50 Years Behind Bars 01:05 When Kids Kill 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors
08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Psych 11:25 Scorpion 12:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 Plebs 23:30 Family Guy ITV 3 08:30 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:15 Where the Heart Is 17:20 In Loving Memory 17:55 Doctor At Large 18:25 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Wycliffe ITV 4 08:45 Hogan’s Heroes 09:50 The Professionals 10:50 Ironside 11:55 Gunsmoke 13:00 Storage Wars Texas 13:55 The Car Chasers 14:55 Hogan’s Heroes 16:00 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:05 The Saint 19:05 Storage Wars Texas 20:30 Pawn Stars 21:00 FIM World Superbike Series Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Film - Total Recall (15)
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Wednesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Heir Hunters 12:45 Dom on the Spot 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Coroner 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show
20:30 Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup: Manchester City v Huddersfield Town Coverage of the fifth-round replay, which takes place at the Etihad Stadium. The original game finished in an entertaining 0-0 draw in front of a record 24,129 crowd at the John Smith's Stadium, and was the only tied game of the entire round. Terriers manager David Wagner will be hoping for attendances of a similar size in the Premier League next season, should his side continue their fine Championship form and clinch promotion at the end of the campaign. (Kick Off 20:45.) 23:00 News 23:45 Peter Kay’s Car Share 00:15 Film 2017 00:45 The Big Painting Challenge 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 News
07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 09:00 See Hear 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 14:30 Beat the Brain 15:00 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Channel Patrol 16:15 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 Africa 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Anita Manning’s phenomenal win at the last auction is proving a sticky wicket for Raj Bisram, who is keen to avoid the wooden spoon. 21:00 The House That £100k Built Retired couple Derek and Christine from Huddersfield attempt to build their first house from scratch in the south-east of England. 22:00 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook We meet a man who injects himself with deadly snake venom, a woman who leads a normal life with only half a brain, a girl who collapses 50 times a day, and the only man in the world to be completely cured of HIV. 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Dragons’ Den 01:15 1066: A Year to Conquer England 02:15 See Hear 02:45 Trust Me I’m a Doctor 03:45 Royal Recipes
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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 The Home Game 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Rakesh faces the consequences. 20:30 Coronation Street Chesney’s revenge backfires. 21:00 Little Big Shots Dawn French hosts a variety show featuring some of the world’s most talented children. This episode features seven-year-old Shaolin kung fu performer Junayde, Filipino internet sensation and dancer Balang, and a young piano maestro. 22:00 Benidorm The package-holiday comedy returns, as the Dawsons’ holiday starts with a bang when Eddie has an accident. Meanwhile, Kenneth is having financial problems, but interest in an old inheritance from local dentist Stanley might be the solution. Kenneth and Liam pay him a visit, and walk away with a smile on their faces. 23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 A Robson Crusoe: Surprising Adventure 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 1000 Heartbeats 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A New Life in the Sun 14:05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location Phil Spencer catches up with two couples to see if they managed to find their perfect property. First, Phil revisits civil partners Jo and Ally, who were house hunting in South London for a home big enough for three. Later, Phil also meets back up with Steve and Jo, who searched for a family home in Cardiff in 2015. 22:00 The Royal House of Windsor This second episode reveals how Elizabeth and her father George VI kept up appearances while crises loomed on every front. In 1947, as Britain suffered from crippling post-war austerity, the royal family set off on a tour of South Africa, but behind the smiles, the king felt the pressures of the strains of war, and anxiety about his eldest daughter. 23:00 Under Lock and Key 00:00 999: What’s Your Emergency? 01:05 The 2,000,000 Calorie Buffet 02:00 Film - The Insider (15) 04:40 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 The Great British Benefits Handout 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCISG 16:15 Film Fatal Honeymoon (14) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Sinkholes: Buried Alive Filled with compelling eyewitness video of dramatic collapses, and following scientists as they explore the underlying forces behind these natural disasters, this programme travels the globe to investigate what it is like to have your world vanish beneath your feet. 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors Dr Ameet Tailor treats Connor, who suffers from severe acne. Samantha is so nauseous that she cannot keep her pain pills down. David has a cyst on his head, but doesn’t want to lose the few hairs he has left. Nurse Swinburne must balance treating John for his asthma with controlling his rambunctious younger brothers. 22:00 Climbing the Property Ladder In Wales, university lecturer Rebecca finds that the walls cave in on her dream to get rich quick. 23:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 00:05 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 01:05 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 02:00 SuperCasino
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Scorpion 12:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 You’ve Been Framed! 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Through the Keyhole 23:00 Plebs 23:30 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 In Loving Memory 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart Is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 Wycliffe ITV 4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 The Saint 08:50 Hogan’s Heroes 09:55 The Professionals 10:55 Ironside 12:00 Gunsmoke 13:05 Storage Wars Texas 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:55 Hogan’s Heroes 16:00 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Saint 19:05 Storage Wars Texas 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 River Monsters 22:00 Film - 16 Blocks (14)
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07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 09:00 An Island Parish 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 14:30 Beat the Brain 15:00 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Channel Patrol 16:15 Britain’s Lost Routes with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 Africa 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys
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 The Home Game 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
20:00 Antiques Road Trip Charles Hanson and James Braxton continue their Scottish road trip.
Emmerdale 21:00 Lawrence is angry with Chrissie.
21:00 The Great Pottery Throw Down In the Throw Down the potters rush to make as many goblets as they can in 15 minutes. However, any that fail to meet the judge’s exacting standards will be thrown into the bin of doom. 22:00 This World With a mass casualty terror attack in the UK seen as almost inevitable this drama-documentary dramatises what terrorism experts fear is the most likely scenario for Britain’s next major terror attack. 23:00 MOTD: The Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Meet the Lords 01:15 Diana: Designing A Princess 01:45 Panorama 02:15 June Brown at 90: A Walford Legend 02:40 The Real Marigold Hotel
20:00 Emmerdale Chrissie tries to get the truth. 20:30 Tonight Britain’s health service is one of the best in the world - but what happens when the medics get it wrong?
21:30 Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Madcap panel show presented by the comedian, who presides over two teams nominally tasked with saving the planet from any potential alien invasion. 22:00 Prime Suspect 1973 Crime drama prequel following the early career of Jane Tennison, as she starts out as a single-minded 22-year-old probationary officer in 1970s London. Jane is thrown into a brutal murder inquiry when the body of a teenage girl, Julie-Ann Collins, is found in the underground car park of a Hackney housing estate 23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 Tipping Point 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 A New Life in the Sun 14:05 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News
Thursday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - A Date to Die For 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords After her tenant claimed that the property was full of damp, a landlord gets a shock when she finally gets inside to inspect the damage. Elsewhere, a landlord’s son has to deal with unruly tenants when his father passes away.
21:00 The Supervet Professor Noel Fitzpatrick and his team fight to save the leg of a much loved golden retriever called Mikka. Lola, a French bulldog with twisted elbows, needs a doggy wheelchair 21:00 The Nightmare and some challenging sur- Neighbour Next Door A gery. new arrival in a Lancashire cul-de-sac provokes a 22:00 A Very British Hotel deadly confrontation, there Behind the scenes at is disharmony when a moves to London’s Mandarin musician Oriental Hyde Park, locat- Lincolnshire and seven ed in the heart of huskies cause issues in Knightsbridge and one of Norwich. the world’s most exclusive hotels. It has been a 22:00 The Great British favourite with royals from Benefits Handout Emptyall around the globe, nester Lorraine is finding celebrities and the super- the new family dynamic a shock. Adam is superrich for more than 100 eager to get back to work, years, and the series starts Kim’s tanning business has with the hotel in the middle really taken off, and Donna of its busy summer season. is still trying her best to make the cut. 23:00 Extremely British Muslims 00:05 24 Hours in 23:00 Celebrity Sex Pod A&E 01:05 Sex Party 00:05 100 Percent Hotter! Secrets 02:05 Married 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Behind Bars 03:00 Britain’s Cruising with Jane Racist Election 03:55 McDonald 05:00 Witch Dispatches 04:25 The Hunt: A Century of Murder 05:45 House Doctor Health Detectives
07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Scorpion 12:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 13:55 Coronation Street 14:30 You’ve Been Framed! 15:00 Ellen DeGeneres 15:50 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 Judge Rinder 19:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Release the Hounds 23:00 Family Guy ITV 3 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:15 Where the Heart Is 17:15 In Loving Memory 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Heartbeat 22:00 Rosemary and Thyme 23:00 Wycliffe ITV 4 08:45 Hogan’s Heroes 09:50 The Professionals 10:55 Ironside 11:55 Gunsmoke 13:00 Storage Wars Texas 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:55 Hogan’s Heroes 16:00 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:05 The Saint 19:10 Storage Wars Texas 20:05 Pawn Stars 22:00 Film Double Jeopardy (14)
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CODE CRACKER
Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week's puzzle, 9 represents X and 18 represents M, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.
QUICKIE
Across 1 Expresses approval of (7) 5 Aches (5) 8 Routine (7) 9 Competitions (5) 10 Grim (5) 11 Notice (7) 12 Imitates (6) 14 Finished (6) 17 Appeals (7) 19 Bandage (5) 22 Hold responsible (5) 23 Graceful (7) 24 Access (5) 25 Own (7)
Down 1 Components (5) 2 Quarrel (5) 3 Muteness (7) 4 Sadness (6) 5 Damages (5) 6 Discs (7) 7 Adjourn (7) 12 Competent (7) 13 Country person (7) 15 Articulate (7) 16 Napping (6) 18 Foe (5) 20 Make fun of (5) 21 Detests (5)
Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Asset, 4 Editor, 9 Seaside, 10 Siren, 11 Reed, 12 Sardine, 13 Gut, 14 Cane, 16 Vied, 18 Ape, 20 Actress, 21 Beta, 24 Pasta, 25 Emanate, 26 Rented, 27 Lotus. Down: 1 Adsorb, 2 Scale, 3 This, 5 Disprove, 6 Turbine, 7 Ranger, 8 Feast, 13 Generate, 15 Artisan, 17 Dapper, 18 Aster, 19 Caress, 22 Exalt, 23 Earl.
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DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.
CRYTPIC CLUES Across 1 Bounder affirms that they are late (8) 7/19 Let Pam’s car go as steel for recycling (5,5) 8 Drab brown string of horses in Bedfordshire (9) 9 Outlaw Kelly returns to his lair (3) 10 It might clean up longrunning television series (4) 11 Bootleg vermin in food (6) 13 The odds against listeners having weapons (6) 14 Agree to trick cowardly dog (6) 17 The wayward married woman gets some heat (6) 18 For a start the river is magnificently well kept (4) 20 Mistake from which one never recovers (3) 22 Radical type whose error is to be trapped in abstemious surroundings (9) 23 Singers lost a production (5) 24 In a tizzy? Call Eric, in a pen pushing capacity (8)
Down 1 Many poems not in plain English (5) 2 Serrated hideaway gallery (7) 3 Inspect the ring, then say no (4) 4 Scottish Robert gets a small part as a furry animal (6) 5 Puritan can be bad-mannered on the quiet (5) 6 Writer enters the ship with some hesitation; a poet that is (7) 7 Legislator made a mess of treason (7) 12 See 15 13 Cut off gangster, then quite a few (7) 15/12 They put a stop to affairs of the heart (7,7) 16 Spoken test the morning before is dishonourable (6) 17 Middle Eastern initiation ceremony is commonplace (5) 19 See 7 Across 21 Perform the state entry (4)
STANDARD CLUES
Down 1 Cyphers (5) 2 Toothed (7) 3 Turn down (4) 4 Bunny (6) 5 Puritan (5) 6 English poet (7) 7 Legislator (7) 12 See 15 13 A number of (7) 15/12 Asystoles (7,7) 16 Shameless (6) 17 Banal (5) 19 See 7 Across 21 Opening (4)
Across 1 Corpses (8) 7/19 Junk (5,5) 8 Bedfordshire market town (9) 9 Hideout (3) 10 Lather (4) 11 Buccaneer (6) 13 Lances (6) 14 Agree (6) 17 Units of heat (6) 18 Cut down (4) 20 Mistake (3) 22 Radical (9) 23 Countertenors (5) 24 Belonging to the clergy (8)
Last weeks Solution Across: 1/21 Heavens above, 5 Pitch, 8 Dirge, 9 Avocets, 10 Eliminate, 12 Eye, 13 Bitter, 14 Spoons, 17 Gag, 18 Outsiders, 20 Anagram, 23 Seems, 24 Shebeen. Down: 1 Hedge, 2/7 Air hostess, 3 Eremite, 4 Scarab, 5 Prose, 6 Therefore, 11 Integrate, 13 Beggars, 15 Private, 16 Stamps, 18 Ogres, 19 Sheen, 22 Ore.
Scribble Pad
Fit the words into the boxes.
2 letter words
Col
Saw
5 letter words Canoe
Do
Cot
Ski
In
Don
Tow
Coral
Is
Eke
Tub
Macaw
It
Inn
4 letter words
Yearn 7 letter words
No
Lah
Bars
On
Mob
Ewer
Auction
So
Mop
Many
Contour
To
Ore
Posh
9 letter words
3 letter words
Ran
Scab
Direction
Ann
Ray
Tare
Horseshoe
Arm
Rue
Team
Polythene
Car
Sag
Togs
Statistic
SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD
Improve your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.
Across 7 Frost (weather) (6) 8 To grow (plant, hair, person, animal) (6) 9 Nothing (4) 10 Forward (8) 11 Lamp (table lamp, floor lamp) (7) 13 Panadero (5) 15 Mejilla (5) 17 Porque (por causa de que) (7) 20 Princesa (8) 21 Chasquido (de dedos) (4) 22 Cacahuete (6) 23 Corredor (atleta) (6)
Down 1 Decade (decenio) (6) 2 Berry (4) 3 Word (7) 4 Dolores (físico) (5) 5 Cobweb (8) 6 Centro (medio) (6) 12 Embarazada (8) 14 Postre (7) 16 Avispón (6) 18 Espacios (6) 19 Basket (5) 21 Healthy (person, plant, cell, mind) (4)
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Across 1 Which word can mean both ‘cooking in simmering liquid’ or ‘hunting illegally’? (8) 7 What is the North American name for the elk? (5) 8 According to legend, what was the name of the runaway Roman slave who extracted a thorn from the paw of a lion, which later recognised him and refrained from attacking him when he faced it in the arena? (9) 9 Which is the fifth sign of the zodiac? (3) 10 Which evangelist was the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles? (4) 11 What was the title of Adam Faith’s second British number one hit single? (4,2) 13 Which mythological spirits of nature are imagined as beautiful maidens inhabiting rivers and woods? (6) 14 Which US group reached number five in the charts in 1965 with Hang On Sloopy? (6) 17 Which book by Vladimir Nabokov tells the story of Humbert Humbert, who is possessed by an overpowering desire for very young girls? (6) 18 See 12 Down 20 What is the name given to the Polynesian garland of flowers? (3) 22 Which medical term means an ‘absence of the sense of pain without loss of consciousness’? (9) 23 With which board game would you principally associate Bobby Fischer and Gary Kasparov? (5) 24 Which oily substance extracted from the rind of a dwarf
Quiz Word
variety of Seville orange is used to flavour Earl Grey tea? (8) Down 1 Which hard, lustrous spherical mass forms within the
shell of an oyster or other bivalve mollusc? (5) 2 Rock Me Gently was which Canadian singer’s only British hit single? (4,3) 3 What name is given to the horny part of the foot of an ungulate animal? (4) 4 What was the surname of the British admiral was mortally wounded at the Battle of Trafalgar? (6) 5 What was the surname of the author of the Sherlock Holmes’ stories? (5) 6 What title is given to the attendants assisting a combatant in a duel or boxing match? (7) 7 What was the title of The Tymes only British number one hit single? (2,5) 12/18 What is the name of the hero of Jules Verne’s 1873 novel Around The World in 80 Days? (7,4) 13 In golf, what was the old name for the nine-iron with a heavy, lofted head, used especially for playing out of bunkers? (7) 15 Which American arboreal marsupial has a naked prehensile tail and hind feet with an opposable thumb? (7) 16 Which word means to ‘attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft’? (6) 17 Which is the largest internal organ in the human body? (5) 19 What was the surname of the 18th president of the USA (1869-77)? (5) 21 Which word means ‘very eager or curious to hear or see something’? (4)
Spot the Difference
SUDOKU
sports QUIZ 1. Yabusame is the Japanese version of what sport? 2. What Type Of Fruit Stands On Top Of The Men's Singles Trophy At Wimbledon? 3. Which football team are nicknamed the Swans? 4. Who Was The First Professional Footballer To Be Knighted? 5. Who Did Muhammed Ali Fight In "The Rumble In The Jungle"? 6. In Which Sport Might You Play For The Sheffield Shield? 7. Which Is Always The 3 rd Grand Slam Event In The Tennis Calendar? 1. Archery 2. A Pineapple 3. Swansea 4. Sir Stanley Matthews 5. George Foreman 6. Australian Cricket 7. Wimbledon
ANSWERS
Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Wordsolution Across:1 Speedway, 7/18 Fools gold, 8 Aerodrome, 9 Eta, 10 Tara, 11 Tehran, 13/17D Samuel Pepys, 14 Crusoe, 17 Petrol, 20 Bee, 22 Tim Hardin, 23 Thyme, 24 Sri Lanka. Down: 1 Shaft, 2 Eardrum, 3 Dido, 4 Azores, 5 Woden, 6 Astaire, 7 Ferrari, 12 Testate, 13 Sabbath, 15 Snowdon, 16 Rohmer, 19 Donna, 21 Earl.
Soduko
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Quizword
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Technology
RICHARD CAVENDER
BlueMoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es
BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca. BlueMoon Solutions comes to you at home or at work. Their personal service covers from Alicante to Pilar de la Horadada.
Richard moved to Spain ten years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!
ADVICE: Sid wanted some advice on backups.
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I have a 1TB hard drive for backing up my computer. I have it set to back up midnight every Friday using the windows 7 backup program. The problem is although the computer is backed up I cannot access any folders or files as it has been saved as a disk Image. What free back up program do you suggest that will run in conjunction with the windows 7 back up program so that I can access files and folders on the Hard Drive?
Hi Sid, you are absolutely correct, the data that is backed up by Windows 7’s backup application stores the data in such a format that it is not readable directly, you need to go back into the backup program to read the data. Like you I much prefer to store my backups (space allowing) as a direct copy of the individual files – that way I can see what data has been backed up and access the files directly should I need to. There are a number of applications out there that will allow you do perform backups in this way, one of the best ones that I have used is called “Allway Sync” and you can get a free copy of it at www.allwaysync.com The great thing about this product is that it will, should you require, keep multiple locations in sync – by that I mean if you delete a file from one location, allway sync will remove the file from the backup, keeping both locations exactly synchronised. It has the facility to be scheduled, so you could still run your backups at midnight on Fridays and as I mentioned before it stores the files in the same format as they are in the source location so you can view the files directly in the destination location.
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RACE ACE PIRRO TO BE REUNITED WITH CARS FROM HIS PAST Five times Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro will be taken back in time at next week’s Historic Motorsport International (23-26 February at ExCeL, London) when he will be reunited with two significant cars that have featured in his long and distinguished racing career. They include the Formula 1 Scuderia Italia Dallara F191 he raced in the 1991 season and the Audi A4 quattro ST he used to defend his 1996 German Supertouring championship title. The Dallara – in which Pirro finished sixth in Monaco – is just one of several iconic F1 machines at the show and will form part of a display from the Historic European Formula One Race Car Entrants organisation, better known as FORCE. The Audi from 1997 is the final racing A4 quattro built and represents an era when its four-wheel drive technology helped the company dominate Supertouring racing across Europe. As well as Pirro winning in Germany, 1996 saw Audi claim titles in the UK and Italy. Pirro and Audi were also Italian
Supertouring champions in 1994 and 1995. The Audi will be one of the star cars on the Dunlop stand – technical partners
with Audi during its Supertouring programme – and will be rubbing shoulders with a Jaguar D-type. Although the cars are sepa-
rated by 50 years, Dunlop produces racing rubber for both… and for many more historic racers besides. As well as a facsimile of
the famous Dunlop bridge from Le Mans, the stand will also have 12 mounted wheels and tyres covering a diverse range of cars includ-
ing the Jaguar XKSS on period-style R5 rubber to the slick-shod Group A Ford Sierra Cosworth. Pirro will join the show’s guest of honour, Jacky Ickx, and fellow Le Mans winners Derek Bell, Jackie Oliver and JürgenBarth at a special gala celebration to mark the opening evening of HMI’s sister event, The London Classic Car Show. Other stars due to appear include TV’s classic car guru Quentin Willson and Indycar racing legend Dario Franchitti. Pirro will also be at Historic Motorsport International today, Friday, and visitors will be able to see him being interviewed in the Supagard Theatre at 1:30pm. Historic Motorsport International is being held alongside The London Classic Car Show, now in its third year and looking to build on the record 33,000 visitors who visited the 2016 event. Both shows are staged by Brand Events, the company behind a raft of successful motoring events including CarFest, Top Gear Live and the recent IGNITION Festival of Motoring.
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Friday 24th February 2017
Taking On The Big Boys
Spain's top tennis prospect from Torrevieja has abandoned his bid to become world number one junior by launching an assault on the ATP men's professional circuit at the age of 16, writes DONNA GEE. Nicola Kuhn(pictured with 2017 Australian Open champion Roger Federer), began the year at number five in the under-18 rankings and would have been among the top seeds for all four junior Grand Slams this year. However, the blond six-footer and his advi-
Dustin On Top
America’s Dustin Johnson became world number one for the first time with victory at the Genesis Open. Johnson, 32, carded a par 71 on Sunday’s final day to finish on 17 under with compatriot Scott Brown and Belgium's Thomas Pieters tied second on 12 under. The US Open champion had to play both his third and fourth rounds on Sunday after storms disrupted the tournament. England's Justin Rose finished in a five-way tie for third as he shot a fourth-round 68 to finish on 11 under. "I believe in myself. I think I'm a great player," said
Johnson after Sunday's victory in California. "To finally get a win at Riviera feels good because I've finished second here a couple of times, lost in a play-off, and felt I should have won a couple of other times." The American continued his fine form from the first two rounds, dropping only two shots over the entire weekend. Victory preserves Johnson's record of having won at least once in each of the 10 seasons he has been a professional. The Masters, the first major of the year, takes place in Augusta at the start of April.
sors feel his future will be better served by concentrating on the ITF Futures and Challenger circuit, picking up crucial ATP ranking points and breaking into the men's elite. Consequently, the La Mata teenager pulled out of last month's junior Australian Open – opting instead to compete in men's Futures events in Egypt. "Basically my idea this year is to play pro tournaments, so we decided not to go to Melbourne,'' Nico told me after making a big impression in Sharm El Sheikh. "I may be playing in the junior French Open and at Wimbledon, but I hope not, because that means I am in the ATP top ranking and playing the big tournaments. It's a tough goal but I am taking it match by match and we will see how it goes.'' Unseeded Kuhn, a product of former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero’s Equelite tennis academy in Villena, stormed into the semi-final in Egypt, beating experienced pros Jose Vidal Azorin, Ilija Vukic and No.4 seed Lorenzo Frigerio before bowing out to topseeded Aldin Setkic – a player 12 years his senior. "I'm really improving,'' he insisted. "Day by day it gets better and I am gaining much confidence which is a good sign''. Austrian-born Nico moved to Spain with his Russian mother and German father when he was three months old and has been hooked on tennis since he was a toddler. He was voted the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 Junior Davis Cup and a year ago was ATP-ranked way down at number 1,997 in men’s tennis. The latest ranking list confirms a remarkable rise of more than 1,250 places in 12 months – and adds emphasis to the growing belief that he is destined to be the Rafa Nadal of Spain’s next generation. So what are Kuhn’s targets for 2017? ''I would like to end the year under 200 in the ATP rankings,'' he says optimistically. ''It’s a tough goal but I am taking at match by match and we’ll see how it goes.’’
A Careful Ruse SAMM (Sailing Association Mar Menor) hold a regular monthly meeting where members can get together, report on their activities and decide on future policy, and January's gathering featured a bit of deception to fool one of their members The Race Committee presented their Special Award for services to the 2016 race programme to George Noden, who had served as Race Officer last year. As soon as he got the trophy from Race Chairman, Terry Chapman (pictured), he immediately handed it back, with the tables turned well and truly turned! It had been decided that Terry would get the award for his work over the last five years, with the committee working quietly to make sure that he knew nothing about it! SAMM run a regular Spring and Autumn series of mixed boat races using the RYA PY handicap system of scoring. They run on alternate Sundays on the Mar Menor at the CTD sports centre, Los Narejos. The Spring 2017 Series starts on March 5th with registra-
tion at 10.00 am. Visiting boats are welcome and, if you are interested, you can find out more on the Racing section of SAMM website www.sailingmarmenor.com and then click on the ‘Racing’ image on the puzzle picture.
Valverde Again
Murcia cyclist Alejandro Valverde claimed his fifth Tour of Andalucia win in six years on Sunday as he held off compatriot Alberto Contador to win by just one second,. It keeps his winning run going after taking the oneday Tour of Murcia event the previous weekend. Belgium's Tim Wellens won the 151.5km fifth stage from Setenil de las Bodegas to Coin in a breakaway group in a time of 3hrs
58min 31sec from Australia's Simon Clarke and another Belgian Victor Campenaerts. Both Valverde and Contador crossed the line as part of the peloton 1min 45sec back. "It wasn't an easy day at all," Valverde said. "It was cold, windy, rainy, there was all sorts, but in the end there weren't any attacks and that was better for us." France's Thibaut Pinot was third, six seconds back overall on Valverde.
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Send In The Clowns
CD TORREVIEJA 0 ONTINYENT CF 2 It may have been carnival parade day in Torrevieja, but the clowns were out in force in the shape of the officials in charge of last Sunday's crucial match for Torry at the Nelson Mandela stadium. Livewire Nica in midfield skipped round his opponent and was unceremoniously felled to the ground in such an obvious fashion that the crowd bayed for a caution, only to see the hapless referee wave play on! Ivan collected the loose ball and sped towards goal where his shot was deflected by the foot of goalkeeper Buba, but only into the path of the on-rushing Vicente who toe-poked it into his own goal in the 15th minute. The crowd gasped in collective disbelief. Nobody in the Torry camp was laughing on the half hour mark when Lewis Allen was adjudged to have handled the ball deliberately inside the penalty box. Far from it, as the tireless striker, back helping his colleagues, had closely binded his arms to his body to ensure no flailing arm caught the ball by accident or otherwise, but ball having hit arm, the
spot kick was bizarrely awarded by the referee. Domenech had his shot saved by Buba, but the ball rebounded to him and he headed back towards the goal. Once more Buba got to the ball, but could only palm it into the net. Nobody was laughing, but it did seem as though someone was playing a nasty joke on the Salineros. Torry more than held their own against their top four placed visitors, but yet again the inability to score was at the heart of their problems. Lewis played the out and out striker role, with Beltran sitting behind him this time. Luis Carlos and Pastor occupied the wings giving the potential for a four strong attack. In reality, the front line were disjointed with rarely more than one attacker threatening the solid Ontinyent back line. Lewis made something from a deep cross to go close in the first period, and then Pastor wriggled through in the second only to fail at the final hurdle. It was all the more disheartening given the work rate and effort of the entire team. The supporters were spitting feathers as they exited the ground, wonder-
ing how referee Pérez Romero(nickname Coco?) and his cohorts had been given the chance to officiate the match. Losing games, especially with relegation beckoning, often sees the officials blamed, but in this case they truly did undermine the work and determination of CD Torrevieja. The only solace for them came from the fact that Almoradi lost (see right), and that the relegation clash between Muro and Bunol finished in a goaless draw. It means though that Torry are second from bottom, and eight points away from Bunol and safety. Torrevieja now travel to Castellon this Sunday for a 5.00 pm kick-off against the team sitting safely in second place and any points there will be very tough to win. But then Torry has no less than three matches at home over the first three Sundays in March, with a midweek trip to lowly Muro sandwiched in-between. It’s just about reached the point of no return with Torry fans hoping that there will be no mad March hare to follow on from last Sunday’s carnival clowns that were mascarading as the match officials.
Almoradí Setback
PATERNA CF 3 CD ALMORADI 0 After two wins and a draw, Almoradi went in high spirits to Paterna on Sunday, but they got a dreadful start after Tobías put the home side into the league in the fourth minute. That ironically followed a bright beginning from Almoradi who came straight out of the traps with a good run from Pablo setting up a strike for Pablo. That though in truth was the most dangerous moment that Paterna faced, and they
took control of the match and should have at least gone in two-nil up at halftime, despite the brave attempts of Almoradi to get into the contest. The second half was fairly tedious to watch, and it wasn’t until the 82nd minute that midfielder Gaby doubled the Paterna advantage, and then Moscoso added a third (pictured below) in added time. Next for Almoradi, who are six points off safety, is Sunday’s home match
against mid-table Burriol. Elsewhere in the Valencian regional third division, Orihuela climbed to seventh spot after their twonil win at Recambios Colon. It means they are seven points behind four-placed Novelda, and now get ready to entertain Crevillente in a local clash this Sunday, after they drew two-two with Villarreal. Elche Ilicitano beat Rayo Ibense one-nil, but now have a blank weekend.
Weekend Rugby Last weekend’s action in the Murcia FERRMUR under-18 cadetes league, saw the Torrevieja Tigers (pictured in blue) record a fine 42-31 victory away to CURM Cartagena.
The ITV Orihuela Vega Baja under-18 side lost by 43 points to 15 at home to Lorca. The senior Orihuela team return to action tomorrow, when they travel to
Albacete, whilst the combined San Javier Squalos and Totana senior side entertain the Rugby Murcia team at their ground in Totana this Saturday with a 5.45 pm kick-off.
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A Dream Return
Blushes Saved
Great Away Day
REAL MADRID 2 ESPANYOL 0 Substitute Gareth Bale made a goalscoring return from an ankle injury as he scored Real Madrid's second in a comfortable win over Espanyol on Saturday. Los Periquitos had not won at the Bernabeu since 1996, but looked organised in the early stages of the game, though they went behind when Alvaro Morata headed Isco's cross past David Lopez in the 33rd minute. Morata's goal put Real on top and they found themselves in an utterly dominant position, though they left it late to kill off the game - despite 13 corners being awarded their way - when Bale, on as a substitute in the 71st minute, picked up Isco's pass on the left and fired home to confirm the three points. After scoring and the final whistle, Bale had plenty to say to the Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, in a secret meeting that clearly wasn’t secret. Bale allegedly told Perez after the game that he’s fed up with being in Cristiano Ronaldo's shadow, and the “special treatment” that the striker gets. Bale said that he wanted to be looked after in the same way.
A Real Shock
VALENCIA 2 REAL MADRID 1 Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his side lacked "cleverness" as their slow start cost them dearly on Wednesday night. Simone Zaza gave Valencia the lead in the fifth minute with a brilliant shot on the turn, and Fabian Orellana added the second in the ninth. Cristiano Ronaldo headed Real back into contention just before half-time, but they were unable to build on their momentum after the break. Real remain on top of La Liga, one ahead of Barcelona and three clear of Sevilla in third, and still have one game in hand on both of their title rivals. They have a tough match coming on Sunday at Villarreal. "The truth is we lost the game in 10 minutes," Zidane said. “We had 80 minutes to rescue the game and tried, but we lacked many things today.
BARCELONA 2 LEGANES 1 A late penalty from Lionel Messi salvaged a Sunday night win over lowly Leganes for a below-par Barcelona at the Nou Camp. After Luis Suarez set up Messi for his 16th goal in his last 17 games just four minutes in, it looked ominous for Leganes. However, the visitors put in a spirited showing and got a deserved equaliser in the 71st minute through substitute Unai Lopez. With the whistles bellowing from the stands, Neymar won a spot-kick in stoppage time, which was emphatically converted by Messi. The result ensured Barca closed the gap to Real Madrid at the top of La Liga to one point, but another lacklustre showing will have done little to alleviate the pressure on Luis Enrique's shoulders. The atmosphere at the Nou Camp was fractious on the back of Barca’s thrashing in Paris in the Champions League, with some fans jeering and whistling both Enrique and midfielder Andre Gomes to express their dissatisfaction. A section of Barca supporters also sang Enrique's name, which was then greeted with further disapproval. "I accept that they whistle at me, that the fans are hurt because of Paris, but not that they whistle at the players," Enrique told reporters. "I do not understand. As a fan, whistling a player from your own team does not make sense. Anyone can show their disagreement however they want. But in the case of Andre it annoys me.” Barcelona are a point behind Real Madrid, but the league leaders have two games in hand over their rivals and Barca face a tough trip to Atletico Madrid this Sunday afternoon.
Routine Victory
Enrique Backed
CD MONTESINOS 2 FB REDOVAN 0 Montesinos were not on top form on Sunday but they got a result that keeps them in fourth place in the regional group 16 table, and three points behind the leaders Benijofar in a very tight league. The result was achieved with striker Vaz out through to suspension, and they were without Macan who was injured. A cold windy day was not good for the fast, free flowing football that Monte have played this season, but they took all the points with a goal in each half, the first scored by Carlos Ventura and the second by German with an assist from Ventura. It all meant that Monte kept up their unbeaten record under manager Carlos Perez. Monte are away to sixth-placed Atletico Orihuela this weekend.
Take That!
Kevin Gameiro netted the quickest La Liga hat-trick in over 20 years on Saturday as Atletico Madrid staged a late blitz to stun lowly Sporting Gijon. Diego Simeone's side were level at 1-1 going into the final 10 minutes when Gameiro struck three times in four minutes and 45 seconds to seal victory. It was the quickest treble since Brazilian Bebeto's hat-trick for Deportivo La Coruna against Albacete in October 1995.
LUGO 1 ELCHE 2 The frustration of being an Elche fan this season is that the Ilicitanos have equipped themselves well against some of the better sides in the Segunda Division, but have faltered against teams that they should beat if they are to get into the promotion mix. So it was last Friday that the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the side displayed itself with an excellent result at Lugo, who have high hopes of getting into the end of season play-offs. Elche were two-nil up within 26 minutes as Borja Valle first struck the ball into the net in the 19th minute giving keeper José Juan no chance. Borja Valle, who was in excellent form , hit a shot that the Lugo keeper saved, but the ball fell into the path of Elche’s top scorer Nino to net again. The visitors dominated, but the home side pulled one back a minute into added time, with Calavera the scorer. The expected onslaught came from Lugo in the second half, but Elche held firm, and a great late save from Elche’s Juan Carlos stopped the Segunda’s top scorer Joselu from grabbing a point for his side. Elche now entertain Huesca tomorrow afternoon (6.00 pm kick-off), with the visitors lying 10th in the table , just a point above the Ilicitanos.
Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu (pictured) has backed Luis Enrique to continue as manager next season, despite last week’s defeat at Paris Saint-Germain, and a limp home La Liga win over Leganes (see above). Enrique’s contract at the Nou Camp expires in the summer, with reports suggesting that the Barcelona players expect him to leave the club at the end of the season. But Bartomeu told Barca TV that the Barcelona hierarchy was fully behind Enrique and that a decision on his future would be made in April. "We agreed with him a while ago that we would talk in April," he said. "Now it is time to focus on the games that are coming up. Luis Enrique is the coach that we want, he is doing a fantastic job, and with the exception of Paris, we are happy with results."
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Blue Skies Await?
FIXTURES Friday 24th February 2017 SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 20:45 Burton Albion v Blackburn Rovers 20:45 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Birmingham City LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 20:45 Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Rangers
Barcelona star Neymar, along with his current club, and his former employers Brazilian club Santos will stand trial on fraud and corruption charges after their appeals were turned down by Spain's high court on Monday. The charges relate to the player's 50 million euro transfer to Barcelona from Santos in the summer of 2013. Neymar's mother Nadine Goncalves and the family company N&N also had their appeals rejected, and they cannot appeal against the high court's decision. The case stems from a complaint by Brazilian investment group DIS, which owned part of Neymar's transfer rights and alleges that it received less money than it was entitled to when Neymar made the switch. Investigations were carried out in Spain and Brazil into whether any part of Neymar's transfer fee had been concealed when he made the move from Brazil to Spain.
It’s A Fix
A Pamplona judge has charged three former Real Betis players for their alleged involvement in match-fixing three years ago. Former directors of Osasuna were also charged for allegedly paying 650 thousand euros to Amaya Carazo, Jordi Figueras and Xavi Torres to help Osasuna stay in the first division in the 2013-14 season. Court documents showed that the money was paid to have Betis defeat Osasuna rival Valladolid in the second-to-last round and to lose to Osasuna in the last round. Both results happened, Betis defeated Valladolid 4-3 and lost to Osasuna 2-1 but all three clubs were relegated. Eighteen people were charged, most of them with links to Osasuna, including former president Miguel Archanco. The charges include fraud and sports corruption.
Happy Leo
Lionel Messi could not be happier than at Barcelona, and can crown his status as an all time great by winning the World Cup with Argentina, national coach Edgardo Bauza said on Wednesday. "I can see just how happy he is at Barcelona with his family around him," said Bauza, who has been at the helm of the Argentine national team since August 2016. "Of course when Leo is happy that helps him give his best performance, morale is crucial for form," said the 59-year-old former defender. "A footballer is happy when he is playing and winning, otherwise he is rarely happy," said Bauza.
For those of us of a certain vintage, myself included, the EFL Cup Final between Manchester United and Southampton this Sunday ( February 26th) will stir memories of the 1976 FA Cup Final, writes NEIL SAMBROOK. Despite Second Division Southampton upsetting the odds and winning 1-0, thanks to a Bobby Stokes(pictured) goal, it was not an era-defining final in the way 1953, 1965 or 1973 were, but the pitch was immaculate and the sun shone – a foretaste of the summer to follow. The summer of 1976 was the warmest of the century. Friday 3rd August 1990 was declared the hottest day of the 20th Century – a day I remember distinctly being the fifth birthday of my eldest son, his little friends not interested in the bouncy castle hired for the occasion in favour of being continually doused by the garden hose, but for the most prolonged spell without rain 1976 eclipsed previous records. With the timing for which British weather is renowned, the last time it rained for over three months that summer was Monday 31st May – a Bank Holiday, naturally. That date has entered the annals of rock music history due to a skyscraper performance, even by their unique standards, by The Who, headlining a one day festival at Charlton Athletic football ground. It was a grim day at The Valley, the atrocious weather more comparable with November than Whitsun, the huge crowd bad-tempered and drenched. But such is mythology surrounding this monumental show, it is claimed that twenty minutes before they went on the Almighty, clearly a Who fan, intervened – as the rain stopped and a late-evening sun appeared in the south London sky. Which is pretty much where it stayed until September - such was the drought of 1976, Britain suffered its first hosepipe ban since World War Two, with standpipes appearing in towns and cities where the water shortage was at its worst. This sweltering summer also brought a tour by the West Indies cricket team, their demolition of England at The Oval in lateAugust taking place at a venue where the normally green outfield had been scorched away almost to dust. So Southampton to beat Manchester United on Sunday, West Indies to overcome England in the cricket and a long, hot summer for the UK? We shall soon find out.
PREMIER LEAGUE 16:00 Chelsea v Swansea City 16:00 Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough 16:00 Everton v Sunderland 16:00 Hull City v Burnley 16:00 West Bromwich Albion v Bournemouth 18:30 Watford v West Ham United SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 13:30 Leeds United v Sheffield Wednesday 16:00 Aston Villa v Derby County 16:00 Barnsley v Huddersfield Town 16:00 Brentford v Rotherham United 16:00 Cardiff City v Fulham 16:00 Newcastle United v Bristol City 16:00 Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers 16:00 Wigan Athletic v Nottingham Forest 18:30 Brighton & Hove Albion v Reading LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 16:00 Aberdeen v Ross County 16:00 Celtic v Hamilton Academical 16:00 Motherwell v Dundee 16:00 Partick Thistle v Heart of Midlothian 16:00 St Johnstone v Kilmarnock SKY BET LEAGUE ONE 16:00 AFC Wimbledon v Walsall 16:00 Bristol Rovers v Scunthorpe United 16:00 Charlton Athletic v Bury 16:00 Chesterfield v Oxford United 16:00 Coventry City v Swindon Town 16:00 Fleetwood Town v Northampton Town 16:00 Gillingham v Southend United 16:00 Milton Keynes Dons v Shrewsbury Town 16:00 Oldham Athletic v Millwall 16:00 Peterborough United v Rochdale 16:00 Port Vale v Bradford City 16:00 Sheffield United v Bolton Wanderers SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Barnet v Cambridge United 16:00 Carlisle United v Portsmouth 16:00 Colchester United v Hartlepool United 16:00 Crewe Alexandra v Stevenage 16:00 Doncaster Rovers v Accrington Stanley 16:00 Exeter City v Blackpool 16:00 Leyton Orient v Cheltenham Town 16:00 Luton Town v Plymouth Argyle 16:00 Mansfield Town v Newport County 16:00 Morecambe v Grimsby Town 16:00 Notts County v Yeovil Town 16:00 Wycombe Wanderers v Crawley Town LADBROKES SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP 16:00 Ayr United v St Mirren 16:00 Dundee United v Greenock Morton 16:00 Falkirk v Dumbarton 16:00 Queen of the South v Raith Rovers 18:15 Hibernian v Dunfermline Athletic LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE 16:00 Albion Rovers v Queen's Park 16:00 Alloa Athletic v Airdrieonians 16:00 Livingston v Stenhousemuir 16:00 Peterhead v East Fife 16:00 Stranraer v Brechin City LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Annan Athletic v Clyde 16:00 Arbroath v Cowdenbeath 16:00 Berwick Rangers v Elgin City 16:00 Forfar Athletic v Montrose 16:00 Stirling Albion v Edinburgh City Sunday 26th February 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 14:30 Tottenham Hotspur v Stoke City FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP - FINAL 17:30 Manchester United v Southampton SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 13:00 Norwich City v Ipswich Town Monday 27th February 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 21:00 Leicester City v Liverpool Tuesday 28th February 2017 THE EMIRATES FA CUP - FIFTH ROUND 21:00 Manchester City v Huddersfield Town SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 20:45 Aston Villa v Bristol City 20:45 Blackburn Rovers v Derby County 20:45 Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United 20:45 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Huddersfield Town
Information correct at time of publication but subject to change at short notice.
Saturday 25th February 2017
FIGHT TALKS
Britain's Amir Khan is in talks with Manny Pacquiao to be the WBO world welterweight champion's next title challenger, both boxers have said. Khan said on Twitter: "Currently negotiating with Manny. Coming soon. Watch this space!" Six-weight world champion Pacquaio, who said his next fight will be in the United Arab Emirates, added: "My team and I are in negotiations with Amir Khan for our next fight. A further announcement is coming soon." The 38-year-old Filipino retired in April, but returned to claim the belt by beating Jessie Vargas in November.
LEWIS WORRY
Lewis Hamilton says he believes the new faster Formula 1 cars this year will be a "massive challenge". The Mercedes driver said he had trained hard but had no idea whether he was fit enough for cars which could be four seconds a lap faster than 2016. "I don't know if I'll be easily fit enough, or will struggle a bit or be super-underneath and need to work harder," the 32-year-old said.
THE ITALIAN JOB
England rugby coach Eddie Jones will name his starting XV and replacements this Friday morning as he gets ready to rack up the points against lowly Italy in Sunday’s Six Nations clash at Twickenham(4.00pm, live on ITV). Centre Jonathan Joseph was cut out of the squad on Wednesday, having played in all 15 Tests. Elliot Daly is favourite to start at outside centre for the Six Nations table-toppers, with Ben Te'o also pushing for a starting berth, while James Haskell is set to return on the open-side flank. Meanwhile, Italy have recalled Exeter centre Michele Campagnaro for Sunday's match. Wing George North has recovered from a bruised thigh to start for Wales in their clash tomorrow against Scotland at Murrayfield (3.25pm, live on BBC 1). The 24-year-old replaces Alex Cuthbert in the only change from the 21-16 defeat by England in Cardiff. The second part of Saturday’s double-header sees Ireland entertain France in Dublin (5.50pm, live on ITV), with the home side looking to avenge a one point defeat by the French last year.
UP FOR THE CUP Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney, who may be China-bound in the summer, is likely to be on the bench, at best, for Sunday’s EFL Cup final against Southampton at Wembley(5.30pm, live on Sky Sports 1). Rooney has missed the last five matches through a combination of a muscle injury and root canal treatment and seems highly unlikely to be recalled, with a Rooney-less United cruising through to the next stage of the Europa League at St Etienne on Wednesday. Meanwhile Southampton right-back, Cedric Soares, is backing his side to pull off a surprise win on Sunday, akin to what his national side, Portugal, did in Euro 2016. “Nobody expected Portugal to do it in the Euros and here for Saints is the same,” he said. “We need to enjoy it, but we must get the win because we don’t always get these moments in life. We just need to do everything to achieve the win because in 10 years’ time you want to look back and remember what a great game we had there.” Sunday’s clash is a Wembley rematch of the famous FA Cup final upset of 1976 which the Saints won one-nil. More memories from that time on page 47.