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VET CONFESSES BY ALEX TRELINSKI

Benijófar vet has accepted a 10 year jail term after he admitted to killing his wife by injecting anesthetic drugs into her because "she did not want to live anymore". 50-year-old Marcelo G (in a file picture from 2013), then chopped up the body at the Pet Care Veterinary Clinic in the town and had it burnt at a pet crematorium. Prosecutors had called for a 15-year-jail term on a count of homicide, but agreed in a plea deal to cut the sentence, since the vet had already served four years in custody. Since the body was incinerated, pros-

ecutors used the term that Marcelo G had killed his wife "using unknown instruments and procedures". Marcelo G told the court if he had not taken the life of his wife through drugs, she "would have done it in a more bloody way herself", as he claimed she had attempted suicide previously. At the start of the trial in the Alicante Provincial Court in Elche, Marcelo G, confessed to killing his 45-yearold wife, who also worked at his clinic, after giving two previous contradictory statements. He firstly told the Guardia Civil that she had committed suicide by taking

an overdose, but last year changed his statement to say that he had been performing stomach reducing surgery on her but the procedure went wrong, and she died. Defence solicitor Javier Caballero said that he totally believed in the innocence of his client, and that he had to follow his instructions that he had taken his wife's life. He claimed that she had morally blackmailed Marcelo G with the threat of suicide if he did not perform the stomach surgery that she wanted. "He did not get any benefit from his wife's death", said Caballero in court. "If a client asks me what would happen

to him if he killed his wife, I tell them not to do it and just go for a divorce which would cost around 2,300 euro". Caballero added that Marcelo G kept her remains in plastic bags in the back of his car, because he feared being struck off as a vet. A few days later, he took her body for incineration claiming that it was a big dog, with the ashes then spread around in various locations. The story shocked the local community as Marcelo G, his wife, and two children were popular in the area, with the veterinary practice attracting many British customers.

BRITISH ASSAULT

63-year-old British man is set to be charged with trying to kill a 54-year-old fellow Briton, with the initials S.A.M, at his Orihuela Costa home on Sunday night, after they had a row in a local bar. Details are sparse, short of the fact that Orihuela local police made an arrest at around 11.30 pm outside the 54-year-old’s home on Calle Cantabria on the Playa Golf urbanisation, Lomas de Cabo Roig, after heated

words had been exchanged between the two British men earlier in the evening. The police say that the 63year-old wanted to pursue the matter further, and assaulted the younger man in the street with an array of knives and a starting pistol amongst his weapons of choice. Authorities said that the victim suffered a stab-wound to his left collar bone and was taken to Torrevieja

Hospital for emergency treatment, before being

transferred to the Intensive Care Unit.

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One point six million euro is to be handed out by the Valencian Government to repair January’s storm damage that hit beaches across Alicante Province. Francesc Colomer of Valencia’s Tourist Authority says that the money will be distributed as soon as possible to help repair infrastructures like paths, footbridges, water collection

systems, waste bins, and play areas and related equipment. An inventory has been carried out by regional technicians in Elche, Santa Pola, Guardamar, Torrevieja, Orihuela and Pilar de la Horadada, with Colomer saying that it’s important that beaches are ready to welcome tourists from the Easter period.

Killer Blast

Keep It Open! Demonstrators have protested at San Javier airport over plans to close the facility down once the new Corvera airport is eventually opened. The protest was initially planned for February 10th, but had to be postponed because appropriate documents had not been submitted to the Murcia government before the necessary deadline. Organisers claimed that around 400 people took part in the protest showing concern that over 500 jobs directly and indirectly connected with the airport may be lost once the move to Corvera happens. The protest group said that San Javier is one of the most profitable for the airport operator AENA. Meanwhile, the timetable for the switch to Corvera continues to be shrouded

in mystery. Murcia’s regional works and development minister Pedro Rivera last weeky said that AENA had agreed to close their operations at San Javier when Corvera eventually opens, but reports in the press suggest that this not the case, with AENA standing firm on claiming 35 million euro of compensation. Part of that sum includes the cost of a runway that was

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put down at San Javier in 2011, despite the fact that Corvera was being built. Ironically AENA is said to be one of the likely bidders for the Corvera operating franchise, which is set to be tendered soon according to Rivera, who insisted that a full deal involving the closure of San Javier is set to be signed soon by the Murcia government and AENA.

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A gas explosion in a Santa Pola flat killed one man and caused a fire which caused damage to three storeys of an apartment block on Calle Almansa on Saturday evening. The blast was caused by a butano gas cylinder, and follows a similar incident a few weeks ago in La Zenia, though in that case, the elderly resident was only slightly injured. Nobody else was inside the three-storey Santa Pola building, close to the seafront in the Gran Playa area of the town, though

municipal surveyors confirmed that that there was no structural damage. Four fire engines from Elche and a mobile intensive care unit rushed to the scene, but a 45-year-old man originally from Cuenca, died instantly in the blast. His neighbours rushed to his aid when they heard him shouting for help, even trying to climb into his first-floor flat by standing on parked cars and to kick the door down from the outside, but were beaten back by the flames and smoke.

The National Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy who is accused of bullying a schoolgirl, not just in the classroom, but also outside the school and even at the victim's own home. The location was only specified as being somewhere within the Valencia region. Three other boys aged 14 and 15 are also being investigated over a constant series of threats and actions against the girl, which start-

ed in October 2015. The victim was regularly physically and verbally insulted by the group and it got to the stage when she was followed and insulted at weekends, with eggs hurled at her window on one occasion. The girl's parents only found out what was going on when she refused to go to school, as she suffered from depression and anxiety. They then filed a complaint with the National Police.

32 protected animal species were discovered in Torrevieja last year according to the council's environment councillor, Fanny Serrano. Most prominent of the finds was a Royal Python that was probably abandoned having been kept as a pet, and was discovered by Guardia Civil agents in the IES Mediterráneo urbanisation. 24 Birds, including owls and an eagle, dominated the list.

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Costly Proposal

A plan to stop flooding on the Orihuela Costa caused by heavy storms has been produced by water company Hidraqua, but Orihuela council can’t afford to pay for it. A 12-strong set of proposals was unveiled this week at a presentation involving Hidraqua and

council officials, with Orihuela infrastructure councillor, Juan Ignacio López-Bas, saying that the work could cost up to 22 million euro, and that the authority would have to get regional, state, and European funding for the repair work to become a reality.

Mosca Move

The European Parliament’s Petitions committee is to write to the Valencian Government to make sure that planning permission for homes to be built on Cala Mosca on the Orihuela Costa are within appropriate regulations. The body will also check that all environmental impact reports are acted upon by the builder, but these moves fall short of throwing a spanner in the works to stop the project altogether. Local politicians (pictured in Brussels) Marta Guillén

(Cambiemos Orihuela) and Bob Houliston (CLARO) went to the Petitions committee meeting on Tuesday, where they appealed for action to be taken over the controversial plans for a 1,500 home development at Cala Mosca, which they claim would destroy an area of key environmental importance. Meanwhile, Orihuela Costa-based neighbourhood groups have called for a demonstration at Playa Flamenca promenade this Sunday morning against the Cala Mosca plans.

Suicide Claim

The plan budgets out three and a half million euro to deal with flooding in La Zenia and a similar sum for Playa Flanenca, whilst at the other end of the scale, 63 thousand euro is required, according to Hidraqua, to make improvements in the Mil Palmeras area.

Kennel Raid

A dog-breeding facility which operated without the required licenses has been raided in Crevillente by the Guardia Civil's environment division, Seprona. 30 adult dogs and puppies were discovered, with many of the animals lacking appropriate documentation, microchips and vaccinations.

86-year-old Ronald Stenning, who is suspected of stabbing his wife to death at an El Campello retirement home on Sunday February 19th, will be remanded in jail after being questioned in San Juan University Hospital in Alicante last Friday. Stenning is understood to have claimed that his wife Margaret, 79, killed herself by slashing her own throat. He told the unnamed female investigating judge that they were suffering from failing health and they had spoken several times about ending their own lives when they were incapable of looking after each other. He added

that such suicide pacts were "common" back in the UK. Her body was found by a cleaner, with Mr.Stenning lying close to her with knife wounds to his neck. Their daughter, who would frequently fly out to visit them, told the judge that they were a loving couple and they there was no history of any violence between them. The prison order will take effect once Mr.Stenning is deemed to be fit enough to be taken to jail. No formal charges as yet have been laid down, and Mr.Stenning is expected to be given a series of psychiatric tests at the request of his solicitor.

Close To Home

A recent routine vehicle stop in San Miguel de Salinas by the Guardia Civil just a few metres from their barracks netted 21 kilos of marijuana. The drugs could easily be spotted inside the car, as they were not even stashed away in the boot.

The Guardia were operating on the main road through the town, Calle 19 de Abril, when they discovered the drugs in four big plastic bags, with a market value of around 80 thousand euro. No details of any arrests wave been disclosed.

Cracking Tower

A local group says that cracks and deterioration at a Torrevieja area landmark are getting worse, and that the council hasn't done anything about it. La Plataforma Independiente Matera (PIM) has called for urgent work on the Torre del Embarcadero in La Mata, with PIM secretary José Pérez stressing that the state of the structure needs to be addressed immediately.

Return To Sender Five men have been arrested for running a "mailorder" drugs service out of Alicante Province with clients in the UK as well as Holland and Germany getting postal deliveries of marijuana. The gang, aged between 31 and 58 were of Irish, Dutch, Moroccan, and Spanish nationality and were arrested in a joint operation between the Guardia Civil and the National Police in Crevillente as well as in the Alicante City area. 44 kilos of marijuana in plastic bags were recovered, along with a raid on a clandestine marijuana farm in the Crevillente area which uncovered over a thousand plants.

Floor Clause Talk On Friday the 10th March, at 12.00, the San Miguel Councillor, Maria Jose Costa Medrano, will be hosting an informative talk about the “Floor Clause” at the Las Filipinas Social Centre. The talk has been arranged by San Miguel town hall to try to help clear up some of the confusion caused by the legislation which can financially benefit those affected. The free talk is open to all residents and may well be of huge benefit to those who could be able to claim back thousands after the European Court ordered banks to hand back money to clients, with total pay outs set to run into billions from their “unfair” mortgage floor clauses.

Pilar Investment

The company that runs waste collection and road cleaning services in Pilar de la Horadada has announced a three point three million euro investment to buy new vehicles and machinery. STV Gestió have a new 10 year franchise with the municipality, and have now committed to replace their fleet and associated equipment. Pilar mayor, Ignacio Ramos, said that it was a major investment by a company, who have already been running the service for a decade in the area.

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Dog Fighters Held

Five people have been arrested in the Almoradi, Rojales, and Crevillente areas for being involved in a nationwide ring that staged illegal dog fights. The dogs were drugged to make them more agressive, with the National Police saying that 230 animals were saved from death across the country including the Canary Islands, Madrid and the Murcia region, with 56 dogs rescued in Alicante Province. A total of 34 people were arrested in an operation that was sparked by a tip-off from an animal protection society about illegal dog fights in the Madrid area, and the investigation led to the

discovery of an organisation organising illegal fights as part of a 'national circuit' with headquarters in different Spanish provinces. “'Dogs who had survived the national circuit were taken to fights abroad in countries like the Arab Emirates, Thailand and Mexico”, said a National Police spokesman. “The dogs used in the fights were submitted to extreme training and forced cross-breeding, as well as being injected with steroids to make them more powerful and aggressive.” The rescued dogs have now been handed over into the care of animal welfare groups.

Lots Of Brits

Falling exchange rates and Brexit fears do not seem to be bothering UK tourists coming to the Costa Blanca, according to latest figures from the National Statistics Institute. On the back of a record 2016 for foreign tourism, the January returns show a massive 32 percent hike

in the number of British visitors coming to the Costa Blanca, compared to a year earlier, according to the figures. The statistics for the first month of the year saw 401 thousand foreign visitors coming to the region, an overall rise over 12 months of 26 percent. UK tourists accounted for 128

thousand of the figure, with French visitors second at 66 thousand. Murcia’s foreign visitors in January leapt up by 35 percent over a year, with 15 thousand British visitors accounting for 37 percent of the overall figure, some 11 percent more compared to January 2016.

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Taken Down

The oldest castle in Alicante Province, at Callosa, has once again been vandalised with slogans painted on the wall. The castle, which dates back to the year 924, had been daubed with graffitti in November 2015, with the Callosa council reporting the new incident to the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, as well as appealing to local residents to come forward with any information that could identify the culprits.

A dozen commemorative plaques featuring the name of ex-San Fulgencio mayor, Trinidad Martinez, and former independent councillor Mariano Marti have been removed from municipal buildings in the area. The disgraced socialistPSOE mayor was given a 17-month jail sentence for corruption and banned from public office for nine years back in 2015 over the building of eight apartment blocks

on the La Marina urbanisation, which were built on land that had been designated for sports accommodation. Current Partido Popular mayor, Carlos Ramírez, is himself facing a corruption hearing later this year, and said that he was following regional Valencian government policy on removing the names of corrupt politicians from plaques erected on public buildings.

December's storms caused 3.4 million euro of damage to Orihuela City and the surrounding villages according to Orihuela council. Infrastructure councillor Juan Ignacio López-Bas and Emergencies councillor Víctor Valverde have pre-

sented a report outlining the devastation caused to local roads, buildings, and facilities, which has been produced by council officials. The document is being sent to the Valencian Government with a call for them to subsidise the bill for

any necessary repairs, along with a request to the Interior Ministry in Madrid. The councillors added that the three point four million euro figure did not take into account damage done to local farms or private housing.

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False Impression Forged paintings by artists from the Valencian and Catalan modernist era have been seized by authorities, after their buyers discovered they bought a bunch of fakes worth around 100 thousand euro. Six people were arrested by the Guardia Civil and the Mossos d'Esuadra in Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid with over 100 copies taken away. Three of the fraudsters have been remanded in custody, including the actual painting and certificate forger An inquiry was launched last October a Barcelona art dealer paid

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over seven thousand euro for a painting by R a m ó n Casas y Carbó which turned out to be a fake. He had been made offers for other paintings from the same sellers. Authorities then raided two Madrid art studios where the faker, steeped in art history knowledge, worked. The gang had stolen original stamps from authenticity certificates to enable them to forge these and sell

More Than Beaches

"There's a lot more to the Vega Baja area than just beaches" is the message that local councils are saying in a new move to attract more tourists to explore the inland attractions of the area when they come on holiday. Orihuela council hosted a meeting of representatives of 27 councils which included Torrevieja, Pilar de la Motorists in Alicante Province lost over 60 thousand points on their driving licenses in 2015, an increase of six thousand compared to 2014, according to the latest figures compiled by the traffic authority, DGT. The illegal use of mobile phones has gone up, with the rising figure also attributed to the greater number of speed traps set up by the Guardia Civil on key black spots roads and close to schools.

Men Of Hate Two San Javier brothers aged in their early thirties have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for race crimes, after inciting hatred against Jews. The men are said to be behind anti- Jewish demonstrations in recent years in San Javier and Cartagena, as well as being involved in flag-burning incidents. They are also alleged to have used social media to promote their views with their profiles praising Adolf Hitler and supporting terrorist organisations like Islamic State.

them along with the paintings. Antique-style frames were added to give the impression of the paintings being from the original era, and the finish was carefully 'aged', with the gang setting up operations in Barcelona and Valencia to target art dealers and collectors.

Horadada, Rojales, Almoradí, Guardamar, Catral, Dolores, Los Montesinos, and Rafal, with Orihuela's tourism councillor, Sofía Álvarez, saying that they have the backing of the Valencian Tourist Board and the Alicante Provincial Council to promote what the inland areas of the Vega Baja have to offer.

The Party’s Over

The ex-boss of the International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail for misusing corporate credit cards while in charge of two leading Spanish banks at the height of the country’s financial crisis. Rato, a former economy minister and deputy prime minister, was found guilty of embezzlement at the end of a five-month trial at the national court. He had been on trial with 64 other former executives and board members from the Caja Madrid and Bankia banks, whose

near collapse sparked an EU bailout of Spain’s financial sector. The defendants had been accused of spending a total of 12 million euros between 2003 and 2012, using “black credit cards” to pay for hotels, parties and luxury goods. Prosecutors had claimed the executives used the cards issued to them by Caja Madrid and Bankia without declaring them to tax authorities. Rato is to appeal against the verdict and sentence, which means that for the time being, he is still a free man.

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The Big Cull

New Wheels

Dolores local police have a new patrol car acquired by the council, and presented to the force by mayor José Joaquín Hernández. The vehicle is suitable for both urban and rural roads, as well as having a defibrillator on it to help anybody who might be suffering More than 17 thousand ducks will be culled in Spain after a highly contagious bird flu strain that has affected poultry throughout Europe was detected at a Catalunya region farm. The virus is H5N8, which has

seen hundreds of thousands of ducks and geese slaughtered across the border in the southwest of Franca. Up until now, the virus had only been detected in Spain in three wild animals. The H5N8 strain can

spread quickly in affected farms, often leading to the culling of thousands of birds. Joan Guix, in charge of public health in Catalunya, sought to ease fears, saying it was a virus "that does not spread to humans."

from a cardiac arrest. The car will also have a QR code on it which means that certain mobile phone users with a code reading app can access the very latest information from the police by scanning a small image on the car.

Last Stop

Car Collar A 22-year-old Moroccan man living in Roldán has been arrested for being involved in stealing two cars, a Peugeot 406 and a Seat Cordoba. The Torre Pacheco local police also seized a mobile phone and three watches that were in his possession.

A 54-year-old train driver died at the controls of his cab after suffering a heart attack last Thursday night. The Alicante to Murcia service was heading south with the drama unfolding at around 9.00pm, when the

train was in the Crevillente area. The Alicante-based driver managed to bring the train to a stop before he died, with no injuries to the passengers who were then transferred to another train within an hour.

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Choirs Together

Voices joined forces recently to raise money for those who suffered badly from December’s floods in Los Alcázares. Nearly fifteen-hundred euro was raised when the Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus (pictured in red) hooked up with the Agrupación Coral

NuestraSeñora de la Asunción and Rondalla son del Mar Menor groups for a special benefit concert. “It was a pleasure and an honour to be included in this very significant event to help our local community and we are certain that this will lead to further collaborations in

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the future.” commented Spangles MD, Wendy Grant. Spangles always welcomes new members and it’s a great way to make new friends, as they meet every Thursday at 10.00am at Las Claras, Calle Helena, Los Narejos, in Los Alcázares.

Another Term

The APAH animal rescue charity was recently involved in a pet awareness event staged at the Alcampo store at Zenia Boulevard. There was an excellent response from shoppers who donated pet food to

APAH as well as handing over money to keep the work of the charity going. The group was delighted by the exposure they got and hopefully will get some extra volunteers to join them.

Loads Of Colour HELP Vega Baja’s recent Annual General Meeting in San Miguel de Salinas saw the re-election of the organisations key officers, namely Michele Masson (President, pictured in the centre), Carole Jones (Treasurer)

and Richard Garland (Secretary). The charity also hosted a visit to their San Miguel centre by the British Consul for the area, SarahJane Morris, along with the Director of Consular Services, Julia Longbottom,

and the British Vice-Consul Elizabeth Bell. The trio met the HELP volunteers as well as taking part in a discussion on the implications of Brexit on British people living in the area.

The Carnival Is Over Fifteen-hundred participants in over 30 floats took part in last Saturday night's traditional evening parade to bring down the curtain on the 2017 Torrevieja Carnival celebrations. A perfect party atmosphere hit the city and good weather to help participants and spectators alike to enjoy the evening.

25 floats took part in San Pedro del Pinatar’s closing annual carnival parade on Sunday, including one from the local ADAPT association for English speakers

(pictured), celebrating the traditional British weather, only in the sunshine of Spain! The procession snaking its way through the town’s

streets before ending up at the Lo Pagan promendade. The sea of colour made for a great finish to the municipality’s 10 day carnival celebrations.

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Located on the Cabo Roig Strip, Blacktower now have an office where you can go and see a fully qualified International Financial Adviser and discuss your financial planning needs. Keith Littlewood is the Regional Manager and he has been giving Financial Advice for 30 years, 5 of which have been in Spain advising Expats on how to get their finances

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Adoption Corner

The Secret Of Purring

KODI Kodi is a young beautiful Podenco dog who was wandering for some time before he was caught by some kind dog lovers. Kodi is a gentle soul, who gets on very well with other dogs and cats, and is clean and very easy to look after. He walks very well on the lead and is very affectionate. For more details on this lovely boy, please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

Cats are evolutionary masterpieces of design. They have evolved in such a way that many of their characteristics, including their behaviour, are multifunctional — helping to increase the odds of survival. Scratching marks territories, it communicates conflicted feelings and it maintains nail health. Whiskers feel wind directions, broadcast moods, and help cats navigate. Purring helps newborns survive, promotes healing, and is a communication tool. WHAT CAUSES PURRING?

LADY Lady followed someone home who was out walking their dog, she just didn´t want to leave them. Sadly she had no microchip and has been staying at the SAT kennels. Lady is a one-year-old Podenco cross who loves to play and loves lots of affection. She is a gentle dog that is very easy to walk and will make a very loving, fun companion for any family. For more on Lady please call 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

LOUIE Louie is a mastiff and a real gentle giant. He is loveable and likes a good belly rub and appears to have been well looked after, but no microchip has been found. He is well house- trained, is very good on a lead and also when left to roam freely within boundaries. He would make an excellent family dog. If you are able to give Louie a home, then please call K9 on 600 845 420.

ROBBIE

Robbie is a tiny little boy that needs a very special home. He is around five-years- old and was that desperate to be rescued he jumped into a ladies car at a petrol station. Robbie has an irregular heartbeat which causes mini fits but is still a very active, happy boy. He is good with other dogs, vaccinated, chipped and weighs four kilos. For more details, call Pets in Spain on 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

There are a few theories about the anatomy of cat purrs. The one that stands up the strongest states that purrs are produced through a combination of the laryngeal and diaphragmatic muscles along with a neural oscillator. This theory makes sense, because when cats suffer from laryngeal paralysis, they cannot purr. A second theory claims that the small hyoid bone is responsible for purrs. The hyoid bone is located between the skull and the larynx. Another theory states that purrs initiate from the central nervous system. PRIMAL PURRING Purring is vital for the survival of newborn kittens. The little ones are welcomed into the world by the soft vibrations of their mum’s purr. They are born deaf and blind, but they do feel vibrations. These sweet vibrations are perfect homing devices, guiding newborns to the protective warmth of mum’s body and to their first meals. Kittens start communicating back to mum and their siblings through purrs. They start purring when they are two days old. When kittens nurse, they cannot meow, so they show their contentment by purring. Mum purrs back comfort and safety. There is another way primal purring ups the odds for survival. Purring helps keep neonates safe from predators. Hungry predators are more likely to detect cries and other vocalisations than the vibrations of purrs. Cat mums purr when they give birth. In addition to benefitting kittens, purring helps the mothers in a number of ways. The new mums are vulnerable and cannot defend themselves when they are giving birth. Painful cries attract danger. Instead of crying, they purr. Purring releases endorphins,

RUSTY How would you like to adopt a gorgeous kitten? Born in May last year, Rusty is a beautiful, very sweet natured ginger kitten. He is one of the many ginger cats/kittens living in APAH's Cattery, who need a loving home, and they would make an absolutely perfect companion. To arrange to meet Rusty and the rest of APAH's cats, then please get in touch on either 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.

reducing pain while simultaneously reassuring the newborns without luring unwanted visitors. EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM PURRING Cat parents are familiar with the relaxing purrs of cats as they cuddle and stroke them. These little purr machines exude contentment, with the added benefit of uplifting the moods of the people who adore them while lowering their blood pressure. Many kitties quickly figure out another basic benefit of purring — soliciting food and attention from their favourite people. Since most cat-parents lavish attention on their cats when they purr, cats often purr when they want affection and treats. HEALING POWER Not all purrs are purrs of contentment. Cats will purr when they are stressed, in pain, or severely ill. Often, cats at the end of life will purr. Cats enter life and leave life on a purr. What makes a purr a purr has tickled the curiosity of the scientific community for years. Studies find that purrs oscillate at a low frequency of 25 to 100 HZ. These frequencies promote bone healing and ease muscle pain. Clinical trials of people receiving ultrasound treatments have proven that low-frequency/intensity ultrasound accelerates healing in fractures. Purrs reassure and soothe, they promote healing, and reduce pain. There are also reports that cats heal faster than other animals that do not purr, and that purring releases endorphins. Endorphins reduce pain while healing takes place. Purring is the feline equivalent of expensive ultrasound treatments, but without the medical bills. EXERCISE It is hard to imagine that relaxed, purring cats are in the midst of low-intensity exercise sessions, but some experts believe that the vibrations from purring may stimulate muscles and bones without the cat extending a lot of energy and effort. Something for you to think about the next time you cuddle with your little purr-machine. Looks are deceiving — in reality, she or he might be heavily engaged in calisthenics!

SOCKS Socks is an adorable four- month-old puppy who is currently weighing in at around four kilos, and she will stay small reaching a weight of no more than eight kilos. She is really lovely, very affectionate and great with the other dogs and cats that she is fostered with. If you think you could offer Socks a home, please call PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

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Free For Now King Felipe’s brother-inlaw will avoid jail but must show up in court in Switzerland, where he lives, once per month while he waits for the Supreme Court to rule on an appeal to a fraud and tax evasion guilty verdict. The Balearic Islands court sentenced Inaki Urdangarin to six years and three months in prison last month, but the decision is now being reviewed by the higher chamber. The court's anticorruption prosecutor Pedro Horrach in turn is proposing that Urdangarin is given a longer jail term. The Balearic court cleared his wife Princess Cristina,

but ordered her to pay a fine for benefiting from her husband’s deals. The decision

is final in her case because all parties have rejected appealing the ruling.

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Rail operator RENFE has launched a new free Wi-Fi service for its Cercanías, or outer suburban line stations, in twelve locations

across Spain, including a facility at Elche-Parque. Travellers can connect for up to half an hour for free, no more than once per

24-hour period, and can even use the PlayRENFE platform provided by operator Movístar to monitor their services.

Two water drones that will be used to monitor the state of the Mar Menor were officially presented yesterday, including San Pedro del Pinatar mayor, Visitación

Martínez having a close up inspection. One of the units will work on the surface of the Mar Menor, and the other will operate in the water to reach

areas that have been difficult to access. They will measure water quality and fish farm stocks, as well as being able to be used in search and rescue operations.

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Homes & Gardens

Why the fuss about 360 virtual tours? We don´t need to panic and buy virtual reality headsets (you only have to look in the secondhand shops to see how many have already been hung out to dry), we just need to be aware of the differences between the technology available and what we can actually use. Facebook now accepts 360º images and video, Twitter is following on. Websites can also use third-party applications to display these tours to us, without the need for expensive upgrades that won´t actually make a difference. For your business, the advice is simple. That´s it, keep it simple. Because, if you do want a virtual tour like the Quesada Fish and Chips one, or Autos Direct, another one we produced recently, then by keeping it simple means that is is more accessible to a wider audience. You still don´t have to worry though because we can help you. We can guide you all the way to the end production of your presentation. We don´t claim to be Steven Spielberg, why would we. We don´t want to make epic movie, we want to present your product to a wider market. This week, TKO.Media launched a virtual tour of the newly refurbished Quesada Fish and Chips restaurant. The idea of the tour was to showcase the work done by the owners to improve an already popular venue. We also wanted to show how new media such as virtual tours can benefit by being shared through social media, such as Facebook, allowing visitors and clients, both old and new, from anywhere around the world to see exactly what the new restaurant looks like. Within a few days, the post had already reached over 13,000 Facebook users, with over 2,000 of those choosing to click the image and take the tour. Because the tour was shared through Facebook it also allowed for the image to be shared by those who saw it themselves, going "viral" being the popular term. Almost

500 users liked, commented or shared the tour to their friends, hence the widened reach of 13,000 real people. New technology such as virtual tours does have a "gimmick" element to it. Many marketeers are dismissing it as nothing more at the moment, partly because the end user isn´t ready, that´s you and me in other words. Our phones and devices are not yet fully compatible with the developments already available at the technical and production stage, let alone the fact that many of us are still struggling to get to grips with setting the clock on the microwave. However, the future is developing at a faster rate than the end user, but we can now appreciate what was popular perhaps a decade ago, when these sort of virtual tours started t be introduced.

So, let us come and talk to you. You will be surprised how easy the process of getting a virtual tour produced is. It doesn´t take weeks, it doesn´t take lots of equipment, it just takes the knowhow to produce results. Contact us and let us help you. Let´s do business.

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Food & Drink

Caramelised onion and goats cheese tarte tatin Ingredients: 1.2 kg red onions 25g butter 1 teaspoon caster sugar 2 tsp Goodallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dried Thyme 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar Salt and pepper to taste 1 roll of ready-made puff pastry 150-200g crumbly Goats Cheese Method: Begin by preparing the onions, which should have skins removed and be cut in half from root to stem. Then place a frying pan with the butter over a medium heat and as soon as the butter begins to sizzle, quickly add in the thyme and arrange the onions with their cut side down. Add salt and pepper to the top of the onions and sprinkle the vinegar over them also. Now turn the heat down on

the pan and leave them simmer for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes cover with foil and place in an oven preheated to 180Â°C for 40-50 mins. Once the onions are cooked you can cut out your pastry circle, (the pastry circle should be the size of the pan you are working with) and place over the onions. Take care to tuck in the edges around the onions like a blanket. Place the tarte back in the oven for approx 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Leave to cool for 5 minutes and then turn out onto a plate. Scatter some Goats cheese over the top if serving immediately or if you make it in advance, it can be reheated in a 150Â°C oven in around 20 minutes. Scatter the goats cheese just before going to the table.

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Bacon, vegetable and turkey kebabs

Ingredients:

Method:

8 slices streaky bacon, cut in half

Use 8 small skewers. If using wooden skewers, soak in water for about 20 minutes beforehand. Wrap a piece of bacon around each piece of turkey. Thread 2 pieces of bacon wrapped turkey onto each skewer, alternating with the vegetables. Mix together the honey, mustard, oil and rosemary (if using). Brush over each kebab. Line a grill pan with foil and grill the kebabs for 10-12 minutes, turning occasionally, until lightly charred and cooked through. Serve with rice, plus some lemon wedges for squeezing.

400g turkey breast steaks, cut into about 16 pieces 2 peppers, of mixed colours deseeded and cut into chunks 2 small red onions cut into 6 wedges 2 tbsp clear honey 2 tbsp grain mustard 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp chopped rosemary (optional) Rice, to serve Lemons wedges, to serve

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Mini pistachio cakes

Ingredients:

Method:

175g butter 175g caster sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract 140g ground pistachio nuts, plus extra chopped pistachios to decorate 75g plain flour 1 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp milk Icing 290g cream cheese 50g butter 100g icing sugar

Preheat oven to 180Â°C/350Â°F/Gas 4. Grease a 6 hole muffin tray and dust with flour, shake out the excess. Beat butter and sugar. Add eggs one at at time. Beat butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating between each addition. Add vanilla and ground pistachios. Sift in flour and baking

powder. Add milk and fold together. Spoon mix into prepared muffin moulds and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. To prepare the icing, mix together cream cheese, butter and icing sugar. Once the cakes have cooled, spread the mini cakes with the icing. Scatter with chopped pistachios and serve.

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Health

Friday 3rd March 2017

Yo-yo dieting might actually be good for people even if they end up gaining weight back, expert says

Yo-yo dieting might actually make people healthy, despite the huge amounts of criticism directed towards them, according to an expert. Repeated crash diets might be best compared to going to the dentist, according to US biostatistician David Allison. In the same way, the extreme slimming method ensures that people get healthier â&#x20AC;&#x201C; even if they gradually move away from that again. Dr Allison found that in tests on mice, repeated diets didn't seem to do much harm. In fact, those that went on yo-yo diets actually lived longer than those who stayed obese. In keeping with that, Dr Allison said that the technique might actually serve a useful way for many people to keep fit. Dr Allison, from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, said: "If you go the dentist for your six month evaluation, they find there's some plaque around your teeth and scrape it off, and then they give you a toothbrush and piece of string and send you out and say keep up the good work. "And six months later, guess what, the plaque is back on. Just like weight

loss. Nobody says dentistry is a failure. They say that's okay." Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, he added: "We think it's probably not a bad idea to lose weight even if you are going to gain it back and redo it every few years." Around two in three British adults have body mass indexes (BMIs) that classify them as overweight or obese. Excess weight increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, liver disease and some cancers. Leading nutritionist Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at Oxford University pointed out that it was better to try losing weight than to do nothing. She said: "I agree with the notion that losing weight is generally worthwhile, even if you put the weight back on again. "We have good evidence from long-term follow up studies after controlled intervention studies in humans that there is a benefit." But Professor Tim Spector, from King's College, London, author of The Diet Myth, spoke out strongly against yo-yo

dieting. He said: "Data in humans shows that yo-yo dieting makes you gain weight long-term. In our twin study of 5,000 twins, the yo-yo dieter was usually heavier long-term than the identical twin who didn't diet." A recent Israeli study in mice had linked yo-yo dieting to a massive change in gut microbe population that permanently altered energy regulation, said Prof Spector. The bugs caused obesity when transplanted into other mice. "So the evidence for me shows crash calorie restriction dieting is to be avoided at all costs," said Prof Spector.Scientists at the meeting also warned that obesity can be socially contagious, so that mingling with people who are putting on weight increases the risk of following their example. Conversely, spending time in the gym with a friend encouraged more healthy behaviour. Dr Allison said: "One way people have thought about manipulating these social networks is through intervention programmes... So you and your buddy come in and get the treatment together."

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Are there Scientific Benefits of Meditation? Clinical studies show that people who meditate on a regular basis, have enlarged prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls thinking. Very possibly meditation also offsets the mental decline that occurs with age as well as helping to reduce the risk of brain diseases such as Alzheimer's. There is evidence showing that controlling the mind through meditation increases mental strength, resilience, and emotional intelligence. Long-term meditation increases grey matter density in the areas of the brain involved with memory, learning, self-awareness, compassion, and introspection. Researchers from Nottingham Trent University UK reported that when participants with stress and depressed mood underwent meditation, they experienced improvement in psychological well-being. In another study, participants that underwent several months of meditation noticed that they had better control over distributing mental resources. A published study in the journal of Brain, Behaviour, and Immunity, found that 30 mins of meditation daily not only reduces the sense of loneliness but also reduces the risk of heart disease, depression, Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and premature death. For A Full Body Diagnostic Scan Call 965071745, 966189074, www.medb.es

Meditation is the process of emptying the mind of thoughts. The mind is active all through the wakeful state and continually processes information from the present, past and future. However, when this activity becomes uncontrollable, it becomes a source of stress and eventually diseases, and meditation offers a way to reduce the chatter and relax the mind. Uncontrollable thoughts are a primary source of sleep deprivation, anxiety, and tension. Long term stress and anxiety will eventually lead to diseases especially of the nervous and immune system. There are many different meditation techniques; nevertheless, they all aim for the same goal of quieting the mind and relaxing the body. There is evidence that meditation benefits the mind and brain and relieves some disorders of the brain. Practitioners of meditation report an increase in focus and concentration. When the body is tense, the brain fires at a higher frequency, and although the brain can function at this speed, it performs better at a slower speed. Meditation also helps depression. Sometimes depression is caused by a persistent pattern of thoughts with no break in sight and meditation breaks this cycle of negative thoughts.

Step counting apps probably make people less healthy, leading computer scientist says Step counting apps might be not only a waste of time but a dangerous one, according to one expert. The fitness apps might be doing more harm than good because they don't work but force people to focus on ambitious goals that they will never reach, according to a leading computer scientist. "Very few" of the roughly 165,000 healthcare apps are actually based on any scientific evidence, said Dr Greg Hager, from Johns Hopkins University in the US. But they have been downloaded more than a billion times by people looking to improve their health. A range of app and their dedicated hardware â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like FitBits â&#x20AC;&#x201C; have taken off in recent years.

Dr Hager singled out those apps that encourage people to reach 10,000 steps, specifically, arguing that there was no sense in the minimum limit. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston, he said: "Some of you might wear Fitbits or something equivalent, and I bet every now and then it gives you that cool little message 'you did 10,000 steps today'. "But why is 10,000 steps important? What's big about 10,000? "Turns out in 1960 in Japan they figured out that the average Japanese man, when he walked 10,000 steps a day burned something like 3,000 calories and that is what they thought the average person should consume so they picked 10,000 steps as a number. "But is that the right number for any of you in this room? Who knows? It's just a number that's now built into the apps." A survey of several hundred mental health apps used for coaching and diagnosis found only five that could be linked to an evidence base, he said. None of those were available to the public, they were all research tools. Dr Hager added: "I think apps could definitely be doing more harm than good. I am sure that these apps are causing problems. "Without any scientific

evidence base, how do you know that any of these apps are good for you? They may even be harmful. "The 10,000 steps example typifies the problem in many ways. "We all know that probably the more you exercise, the better it is for you. But if you are elderly or infirm then this is not going to be good for you."

Fashion

Friday 3rd March 2017

When ‘Nude’ Is Only Nude for Some People Clothing designers are grappling with the challenge of an increasingly popular, yet racially problematic, style.

Nudity is en vogue these days. Shoppers are clamoring for nude swimsuits, nude lingerie, and nude designer clothes. It’s a simple yet edgy look for those bold enough to suggest they’re baring it all, and tolerant enough to endure the occasional double-take.

the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York. Wissinger, who’s done extensive research on diversity within the industry, says fashion has begun to acknowledge alternative body types and complexions, but its attachment to narrow traditions suggests it will take a long time.

Yet for some, nude simply means beige. Or perhaps some lighter shade of tan. The problem with this particular colour label is that, more often than not, “nude” is only nude if you happen to be white.

“Fashion claims to be nimble and responsive and on the cutting edge,” said Wissinger. But “there are also such long cultural echoes of what’s deemed fashionable, so there’s this subconscious background of calling it ‘nude.’”

As the style has become increasingly popular, this retail conundrum is gaining attention. Some are now challenging the industry norm, jettisoning the interchangeability of “nude” and “beige” and producing clothing that matches the flesh of everyone. “Finally, the fashion and beauty industries are catching up,” said Katie May Atkinson, an analyst at trend forecasting firm WGSN, “but it’s been a long time coming.” Why did it take so long? Pairing skin tone to clothes was a hot trend in the late 2000s, with couture designers walking light brown looks down runways, albeit on white models. Nude pumps gained a bigger following; so did nude nail polish. Then one night in 2010, Michelle Obama wore a strapless beige evening gown to a state dinner—a gown whose colour was described as “nude.” Not so much. Fashion’s issues with colour are born of a longstanding, racially insensitive beauty standard, said Elizabeth Wissinger, a professor of fashion studies at

The concept of nude-as-a-colour was challenged a long time ago, just not in fashion. Crayola, the crayon maker (now owned by Hallmark Cards Inc.) once made a pinkish beige colour called “flesh.” The tone was renamed “peach” in the 1960s, when exclusionary references began to unwind in the face of the civil rights movement. One definition of nude in the Oxford Dictionary was “of a pinkish-beige colour,” though another states that nude is “denoting or relating to clothing or makeup that is of a colour resembling that of the wearer’s skin.” Until 2015, when a college student successfully petitioned Merriam-Webster, that dictionary defined nude as “having the colour of a white person’s skin.” This is the definition now in its place: having a color (as pale beige or tan) that matches the wearer’s skin tones <nudepantyhose> <nude lipstick> (2) : giving the appearance of nudity <a nude dress> The beauty industry, meanwhile, has been miles

ahead of fashion in catering to women with darker skin. Women of colour have more choices than ever thanks to labels such as Bobbi Brown and MAC, providing an inclusive set of swatches for their customers. Bobbi Brown’s nude finishing illuminating powder, for instance, comes in six different sets, spanning “porcelain” to “rich.” Yet on the catwalk, there’s been little evidence of the nude rainbow. One notable exception is the label of performer Kanye West, whose inclusion of many tones on multi-ethnic models has created some buzz around the word’s budding redefinition. And yes, the Kardashian pack has played a role too, with the never-shy Kim in the lead role of nude hue pitchwoman. She’s worn looks from nude bikinis to nude blouses and skirts. To be sure, there are some fashion brands that have joined in. Nubian Skin was the first, with a line of lingerie that’s available in plenty of dark brown shades. BeingU, Nudest, and BrownBottims also sell underwear in lots of hues. A new U.K. shoe brand called Kahmune offers 10 separate shades of high heels to match skin tones. Nunude is a label that sells tracksuits and lounge wear with the hopes of redefining nude. And Christian Louboutin, maker of the iconic red-soled shoes, has expanded the colour range of his nude ballet flats and pumps. “I’ve always done a nude shoe but only using the colour beige,” Louboutin, the designer, said at the time. But he decided to change things when one of his staffers told him flatly: “Beige is not the colour of my skin.”

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Benicàssim, an increasingly popular coastal town located on the Costa del Azahar (orange blossom coast), in the province of Castellón, is still perhaps one of those places that you may have heard of but have never thought to visit. This historic and picturesque town sits 12km from Castellón, 75km from Valencia and around 250km from Alicante and has approximately 17,000 inhabitants. In the late 1800’s, Benicàssim comparably started the trend of holidaying by the sea, making it one of the first tourist hotspots in Spain. Nowadays, it is still a very popular resort with Spanish holidaymakers, yet only now is it becoming increasingly favoured by the international tourist. Benicàssim has much to offer all types of visitor, with its mountain backdrop, sandy beaches and historic yet lively town centre. However, it is now becoming most well known, particularly amongst the younger generation, as hosting one of the biggest music festivals in Europe – the FIB (Festival of International Independent Music in Benicàssim) – a fiveday event staging some of the biggest bands and performers in the music industry. During the month of July, thousands of festival-goers descend on Benicàssim for several days of partying, good music and generally an unforgettable experience in the sun. The actual town of Benicàssim is fairly small and mainly consists of one long road with numerous back streets and quaint alleyways leading off from it. It was originally built around the Saint Thomas of Villanueva Church, which was constructed between 1769 and 1776. Now, this area is known as the “old quarter”, due to its rich, old-style architecture and narrow streets. The main high street, Avenida Santo Tomas, has an array of small boutiques, hotels, bars, shops and restaurants. One of the most striking things about the whole area is the number of trees, flowers and greenery, not to mention the cleanliness of the place. Located on a beautiful part of the Mediterranean coast, not only is Benicàssim a sunbather’s paradise, with its 7km stretch of beautiful, blue flag beaches, it is also sheltered by the Las Palmas mountains, an area home to the protected nature park, the “Desierto de las Palmas”, 3200 hectares of exceptional scenic beauty. There are five main beaches in the Benicàssim region, starting with Voramar in the north, followed by Almadraba, Torre San Vicent, Els Terrers and finally Heliópolis beach, which is furthest south. Hotel Voramar dates back to 1930 and is one of the few hotels to be built on the beach. What was originally a bathing house and cafeteria-restaurant, is now a modern three-storey hotel designed in a colonial style, replicating the form of other villas located on the beach front. The hotel has been in the Pallarés family since it was first constructed, even when it functioned as a hospital during the Civil War. First it was used as a refuge for injured members of the left-wing International Brigade after the Battle of Teruel, and then to house General Franco’s supporters a year later, when Benicàssim was taken by the right-wing Nationalists. Hotel Voramar is the starting place for the “Ruta de las Villas” (The Villa Route), a walk along the Paseo Marítimo of the Voramar, Almadraba and Torre San Vicent beaches. Along this splendid avenue sit numerous stately villas that were previously built and owned by the wealthiest bourgeois

families from Castellón and Valencia. For this reason the area gradually became known as the “Biarritz” of the Levante, due to the grandeur and exuberant architectural structures. For mountain or nature lovers, a visit to the Desierto de las Palmas is essential. At an altitude of 729m, the Bartolo peak of the San Miguel Mountain holds breathtaking views and on a clear day, it is said that you can see the top of the Montgo Mountain in Alicante. The Order of the barefoot Carmelite monks chose this peaceful, mountainous setting to build their first monastery during the seventeenth century. Due to a period of disastrous weather and torrential rains the monastery was destroyed and the monks were forced to move their home to a more protected site within the “desierto” in 1783, although the ruins of the first site still remain to this day The new monastery is not so high up at 459m, and is well hidden and sheltered from the harsh weather and from the bustling life of the town. It contains a small art museum with an important collection of books, documents and archives of great historical value, which visitors are shown during the guided tours given by the monks. The tours take place at 12pm on Monday to Saturday to groups with a minimum of 12 people. The origin of the name of the natural park – “El Desierto” has absolutely nothing to do with it formerly being a desert

or its geography. The monks referred to these solitary, silent and spiritual places as “deserts” and they would often retreat to these areas to read, pray, write or contemplate. One of the ways in which the Carmelite monks used to make a living was by manufacturing wines and liqueurs. Their famous “Licor Carmelitano” (Carmelite Liqueur) is still produced today at the monk’s distillery, which is now found at the top of the High St., although previously it was located in the monastery in the “Desierto de las Palmas”. The monks sold their “Bodegas Carmelitanas” to a private company in the 1960’s, and surprisingly, this company still adheres to the monk’s traditions of liqueur manufacturing and even follows their secret recipes that combine seeds, roots and aromatic herbs, all of which are found growing in the “Desierto”. Entrance to the “Bodegas” is 2 euros and this includes a guided tour and sampling of the many wines, brandies and liqueurs made there. There are many other fantastic sites and places to visit in Benicàssim, not to mention plenty of land and water sports to try out. The restaurants are superb and great value for money and it is rare to dine out and not enjoy your meal. With so many activities for visitors of all ages, a variety of indoor and outdoor pursuits on offer and accommodation from campsites to five-star luxury hotels, Benicàssim makes an ideal holiday destination for everyone.

Friday 3rd March 2017 Events Calendar Sunday 19 February to Saturday 4th March, 2017 Torrevieja Lighthouse exhibition, Eras de la Sal Thursday 2 to Friday 17 March, 2017 Orihuela “Mujeres de Orihuela y Pedanías” Exhibition celebrating local women, for International Women´s Day, in the Sala Museo San Juan de Dios. Friday 3 to Friday 31 March, 2017 Guardamar Science and scientists exhibition “Investigadoras en la Luz y en las Tecnologías de la Luz”

Fallas 2017 Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Saturday 4 to Monday 6 March, 2017 Alicante Health, Hair and Beauty Show, IFA Alicante.

It is time once again for Valencia to celebrate with fireworks and noise, as the annual Fallas celebrations are set to begin. This year, it is the first Falls since the event was declared as being of Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and so the excitement is already building as the event is about to begin. Valencia’s most famous international festival will inundate the city with 800 Fallas monuments bursting with humour and satire, fireworks, music and tradition. The inauguration has already taken place last week, and so you can visit the city now, but here are the key dates: From 1 March, every day at 14:00 at the Plaza del Ayuntamiento you can hear the mascletà, an exiting symphony of gunpowder. All of the figures (ninots) that are candidates for saving from the flames on the night of the Cremà on 19 March will be exhibited in the Science Museum, and you can have an influence on the final decision by voting for your favourite in the Exposició del Ninot. The 15th sees the start of the intense activity, with all of the monuments in the streets and a diary full of parades, floral offering to the Virgen de los Desamparados (Our Lady of the Forsaken), fireworks, concerts, dances... Plus, mix in the day-to-day Valencia activities and enjoy March’s good weather, try typical Valencian paella and the rest of our cuisine and take advantage to discover the city essentials with discounts provided by the Valencia Tourist Card. And to discover the essence of the Fallas, book a guided tour to find out all the secrets of the festival. The fuse of the 2017 Fallas is now lit!

Saturday 4 March to Thursday 6 April, 2017 Torrevieja “Poema envasado al vacío”, poetry exhibition, Eras de la Sal. Sunday 5 March, 2017 Alicante Piñata Sunday. Santa Pola Mig Any 2017. Moors and Christians Event. Wednesday 8 March, 2017 International Women´s Day Guardamar Town Hall organised trip to Cartagena as part of International Women´s Day. Friday 10 March, 2017 Santa Pola Evening walk through the streets of the town as part of International Women´s Week celebrations. Sunday 12 March, 2017 Full Moon Los Montesinos Little Pod 4th annual Dog Show. Monday 13 to Friday 17 March, 2017 Santa Pola Exhibtion of the work of writer Isabel de Villena.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY In America, March is Women’s History Month, which grew out of a weeklong celebration of women’s contributions to culture, history and society organised by the school district of Sonoma, California, in 1978. Presentations were given at dozens of schools, hundreds of students participated in a “Real Woman” essay contest and a parade was held in downtown Santa Rosa. International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, took place for the first time on March 8, 1911. Many countries around the world celebrate the holiday with demonstrations, educational initiatives and customs such as presenting women with gifts and flowers. The United Nations has sponsored International Women’s Day since 1975. When adopting its resolution on the observance of International Women’s Day, the United Nations General Assembly cited the following reasons: “To recognize the fact that securing peace and social progress and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms require the active participation, equality and development of women; and to acknowledge the contribution of women to the strengthening of international peace and security.” In Spain, most local town halls have events surrounding the date. We have a selection of some of those events in the guide above, but check with your local office or tourist information centre for events close to you.

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It didn’t even take me five minutes on Monday night to work out that ITV’s Broadchurch was bang back on form for the start of the third and last series. It was all there with the great pairing of Detectives Hardy and Miller, wonderfully executed by David Tennant and Olivia Colman, and a superb performance by Julie Hesmondhalgh as a rape victim. She didn’t have to say anything as you just watched the pain and expressions on her face, but is there more in all of this than meets the eye? What was so good about this opener was that we were back to Broadchurch basics as opposed to loads of confusing sub-plots in series two that made it somewhat boring until the last two episodes. Also we got a lot more of Hardy and Miller along with some Latimerstyle connections to the previous two seasons, and glimpses of new cast members like Lenny Henry. I can’t wait for the rest of this series, which is certainly the feeling that I didn’t have at the start of series two. As an

Brilliant Broadchurch

aside, with Broadchurch creator/writer/boss Chris Chibnall now moving onto his new project of running Doctor Who, and amidst calls for a female Time Lord to be in charge of the Tardis, let’s give the job to Olivia Colman, who also has the useful credentials of being known internationally for Broadchurch and her Golden Globe winning role in The Night Manager. BBC 1 brought us the start of a three-part piece of irresistable hokum on Tuesday called The Replacement from the same hokum producers of The Halcyon, Left Bank Pictures (who are rolling in in it, thanks to The Crown). An architect(played by Morven Christie) who is in a charge of a project to build a library in Glasgow is about to have a baby, so a replacement is brought in whilst she goes on maternity leave. She’s involved in the selection with her bosses, but then cue a whole load of paranoia as she thinks the new woman(played by Vicky McClure) is after her job, and is in league with her col-

leagues. It reminds me of working at the Beeb and being scared to go away on leave, so she might have a point! Science fiction and fantasy writer Joe Ahearne has come with up this enjoyable craziness that will will keep you on the edge of your seat and grinning like a Cheshire Cat. There’s nowt wrong with hokum, so check out series two of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man over on Sky One, and there’s even The Halcyon’s manager Steven Mackintosh back from being shot in series one, as James Nesbitt’s copper boss. Nesbitt discovers there’s a second woman who has a hand bracelet that brings her luck, whilst he wants rid of his, and he’s still got last season’s baddie on the loose. Lucky Man was Sky’s biggest ever drama success when it premiered last year and is a very enjoyable romp to be enjoyed whilst supping some beer or wine. You’d need to guzzle the product of a ton of grapes to get any pleasure out of ITV’s disastrous Nightly Show hosted by David Walliams,

yet I’m not writing the obituaries at the moment. Some quick points:- I think UK TV should have a nightly chat/entertainment show, but Walliams was totally the wrong person to launch it, as he cannot interview or ad-lib. Why didn’t ITV go for winning hosts on a crucial “launch week” with folk they have already lined up like Mel & Sue, Jack Whitehall, Gordon Ramsey or next week’s host John Bishop? Graham Norton and Jonathan Ross must have wet themselves laughing. Also you need talented

scriptwriters to come up with the topical material, which clearly ITV have not hired; some decent guests (Martin Clunes on Monday….come on!); and also a band or group for the host to banter with, like they do in the States. Otherwise, The Nightly Show was brilliant! Taboo must return to the BBC for a second series, and they must be applauded for scheduling it on a Saturday night and get some decent ratings. Tom Hardy was of course great, but my favourite character was the cocksure Sir Stuart

Strange of the East India company played with great gusto (and loads of swearing) by Jonathan Pryce. I hope he wasn’t bumped off in the events of the last episode. By the way, the BBC will play little part in deciding if there is a third series. Creator Steven Knight wants two more runs, but that will all be in the hands of the US FX channel which is screening Taboo and funding a large part of it. By the way BBC 2 starts a latenight repeat screening tonight.

Friday Aaron’s prison ordeal gets even worse when the top dog behind bars discovers that he’s Gordon’s son. As things become more dangerous as a result, how will Aaron cope? Will he seek help from his family or not? Meanwhile, Eric uncovers Chrissie’s secret presence at the B&B and fears the worst, knowing that Diane still hates Chrissie and won’t be happy to see her there.

When Paddy steps away for a moment, Liv gets her chance to confront Aaron over his actions and accuses him of jeopardising his appeal. Liv storms out when Aaron refuses to Friday Fiz tells Chesney listen, but will he take any that he was wrong to sell Sinead’s belongings and notice of her advice? she thought better of him. Wednesday Chrissie is Feeling guilty about the leaving the village today brooch, which was a family after being ousted from heirloom, Chesney hands Home Farm, but Rebecca Sinead a hotel voucher still holds out hope that her he’d bought for the two of troubled family can resolve them by way of a peace offering. their differences. Making a last-ditch attempt to help, Rebecca handcuffs Chrissie and Lawrence together. Seeing the chaotic situation unfold, will Ronnie finally confess that he set Chrissie up? Meanwhile, tension mounts when Vanessa criticises Pierce’s controlling behaviour towards Rhona. When Laurel helps to ease Rhona’s doubts over the wedding, Rhona sets a date for the ceremony, which will be taking place in six weeks’ time.

Monday Aaron’s cellmate can see that he’s in a bad way after being beaten up and offers him a joint to help ease the pain, but he refuses to take it. Not long afterwards, Aaron has another frightening encounter when he’s pushed hard to the ground during a confrontation with Jason and his gang. When Jason goes a step further with a surprise revelation, Aaron is close to having a panic attack. Later, the prison chaplain Father Aidan offers support to Aaron – but will he be willing to accept it? Tuesday When Aaron asks his cellmate Ethan for drugs, he’s told that he needs to ask Jason instead. Soon afterwards, Liv and Paddy both visit Aaron but Liv is quick to realise what he’s been up to when she spots his strange mood.

SOAPS

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Using Johnny’s computer, Sinead goes online to book the hotel for herself and Daniel. However, as she studies the booking calendar, she realises with horror that she’s muddled up her dates. Sinead hurries out of the factory, clearly worried. Taking Beth to one side, Sinead drops the bombshell that she’s pregnant. Beth advises Sinead to keep her pregnancy a secret for now while she considers her options. At the same time, Ken laments to Brian how he reckons Sinead is a bad influence on Daniel. Brian warns him not to get involved or he could end up losing his son.

Thursday Rhona models some of Laurel’s underwear stock for Pierce, but he takes things a step further by getting his tablet out to record her strip tease and later leaving the Later, Daniel is horrified when he stumbles across camera running. Sinead’s pregnancy testing When Pierce watches the kit and confronts her with footage back, he spots a the test. It’s clear that text from Vanessa on Daniel and Sinead have a Rhona’s phone and is furi- big decision to make, but which way will things go? ous over what it says. Monday Adam distracts Mary and helps himself to £100 from the flower shop till. Tracy angrily informs Ken that Adam has had his Pierce tries to make her fingers in her till, while Ken feel guilty for not wanting notices his car has been to watch it, so she tries to taken too. keep him happy by telling him not to delete the tape. Soon afterwards, a jittery Adam pulls up at Ronan’s Later, Pierce confronts house in Ken’s car but is Vanessa over her text surprised when Trina message. Their clash turns answers the door. Claiming nasty and Vanessa is more to be an old friend of Trina, determined than ever to Adam is nervous as he destroy Pierce after seeing offers Ronan the chance to his true colours. make some serious cash Rhona isn’t pleased when she discovers that she and Pierce have unwittingly made a sex tape.

by buying some drugs. Meanwhile, Daniel and Sinead walk on eggshells around each other in light of their decision about the baby. Ken apologises to Daniel for passing judgement on his relationship with Sinead.

Also today, Ian tells Steven that he’s worried after receiving a text about his test results. Friday Kim is still curious to know who the father of Denise’s baby is and gossips about the situation with Carmel. Later, Denise joins the two ladies in The Vic for a drink, where Kim soon comes to a shocking conclusion about the baby’s dad.

With Amy refusing to get out of the car, Adam is forced to drive her to the cemetery where she wants to visit Deirdre’s grave. Adam is desperate to keep his appointment with Ronan, but when Amy thanks him for taking notice of her and calls him a good person, Adam has an attack of conscience and phones Ronan to cancel their deal. Meanwhile, when Peter tells Daniel how he regrets not putting his family first over the years, Daniel is given food for thought about his future with Sinead. Wednesday Ken is furious with Adam for taking his car without permission and goes hunting round his flat in search of his car key. However, Ken is in for a shock when he finds much more than he bargained for. When Ronan turns up on the street, aware that Adam slept with Trina, it becomes clear the drug deal has gone badly wrong. As Ronan drops threatening hints to oblivious Tracy and Amy, Adam is terrified. Sinead feels burdened by the responsibility of making the final decision about the baby. Daniel charms Robert into giving him a trial job as a waiter at the Bistro.

Meanwhile, Mick hopes for the best as he and Whitney have their meeting with the bank. Elsewhere, Bex’s eventful week continues after she attends Ian’s birthday celebrations at The Vic. Also today, the Carters make plans for Sylvie’s 75th birthday party.

Tuesday Martin’s world is turned upside down when he is called back to the school and hears something shocking. Later, Bex refuses to explain what’s been going on, so a furious Martin reacts badly by shunning his daughter. Thursday Mick receives an unexpected offer which would potentially keep him out of jail, but he shocks everyone by refusing to take it. With a prison sentence for Mick now looking likely, Johnny orders his dad to tell Linda the truth about Lee and the debts before he gets sent down.

Monday Michelle receives an unexpected phone call from Preston’s mother, who wants to know where he is. She lies that she doesn’t know, but is clearly worried by the development and insists to Preston that it’s time for him to leave. After a difficult day for Michelle, Preston finally realises that his presence in Walford is having a negative impact on her and finally agrees to go.

Elsewhere, Martin has a meeting with the school headteacher after Keegan’s revenge against Bex. Madison and Alexandra warn Bex not to mention their names – and it’s clear just how serious the situation will be when it’s revealed that the police will be getting involved.

Jasmine exhausts herself preparing to join Serena for prestigious surgery, where she can finally prove herself to Jac. But does her reluctance to confide in best friend Morven conceal a dark secret? Essie worries the truth about Kim’s arrest will drive Parker away. When he arrives at the hospital following a fight at school, Essie must decide to come clean or lose him forever. Oliver claims he has let go of his anger toward Jac for abandoning their research project, but his new zen outlook is tested when Jac and Matteo receive funding for their improved stent.

Friday 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

07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 Big Dreams Small Spaces 09:15 Live: European Indoor Championship Athletics 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Beat the Brain 15:00 Natural World 16:00 Live: European Indoor Championship A t h l e t i c s 20:30 Mastermind.

20:30 A Question of Sport Joining Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell are Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock, England netball star Pamela Cookey, lightweight boxer Anthony Crolla and Premier League defender Curtis Davies.

21:30 Only Connect The Psmiths take on the Cosmpolitans in a quarterfinal game. So join Victoria Coren Mitchell if you want to know what connects Ali Amako, Reece Thens, Elize Elmopan and Enya Airobi.

21:00 EastEnders Kim comes to a shocking conclusion.

22:00 The Secrets of Your Food Michael Mosley and James Wong unpack the wonderful evolutionary story of food and people’s sense of taste and smell. In this instalment, Michael heads to Spain to search for some of the most powerful tastes on the planet, while James travels high in the Peruvian Andes to discover how a bitter potato a cousin of the traditional type - has been `tamed’ to help the inhabitants survive the extreme altitude. The presenters also touch upon strawberries that deceive their eaters into thinking they are sweeter than they actually are.

21:30 Room 101 Rob Delaney, Davina McCall and Laurence Fox compete to have their pet hates and peeves consigned to Room 101. 22:00 Not Going Out Are Lee and Lucy ready for another child? 22:30 Tracey Ullman’s Show Kate and Wills are away, so it is up to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, to look after Princess Charlotte for the day. But Camilla is better with boys they just need food and exercise. 23:00 News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 00:25 Film - Meet the Fockers (14) 02:15 Weather 02:20 News

23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Imagine... 01:05 Taboo 02:00 Further Back In Time for Dinner 03:00 Film - Genghis Khan (12) 05:05 Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest

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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 Things get worse for Aaron. 20:30 Coronation Street Sinead makes a shocking discovery. 21:00 Schofield’s South African Adventure Phillip discovers what Cape Town has to offer. 21:30 Coronation Street Daniel and Sinead have a big decision to make. 22:00 Lethal Weapon Grief-stricken after the loss of his wife and unborn child, ex-Navy Sealturned-detective Martin Riggs moves to California to start afresh at the LAPD. He’s paired up with veteran detective Roger Murtaugh, who’s just coming back to the job after a near-fatal heart attack. Riggs’ penchant for diving headfirst into the line of fire soon clashes with Murtaugh’s prudent bythe-book technique and his life-on-the-edge attitude makes him a priority case for the department’s psychologist. 23:00 The Nightly with... 23:30 News Play to the Whistle The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 Storage Hoarders

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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 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Hosts Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty are joined by actor, writer and awardwinning comedian Jack Whitehall, who is taught how to cook a mega-indulgent chocolate pizza. Plus, Jamie makes an epic Gurkha chicken curry, while Jimmy prepares a smoked ham using a DIY smoker built out of plant pots, baking trays and a colander. And the boys are on the trail of an innovative solution to the UK’s most wasted household food product, bread, meeting some inspiring Belgium brewers turning discarded loaves into beer.

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 15:20 NCIS 16:20 Film - Patricia Cornwell’s The Front (15) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Carry On Caravanning Santa shows up in the summertime when Daz and his wife Tracey elect to hold a Christmas-themed weekend in the sunny Lake District. 21:00 Celebrity Carry On Barging Nigel Havers, Debbie McGee, Simon Callow and Lorraine Chase conclude their narrowboating odyssey with a trip down the Llangollen Canal. Nigel tries to escape when it is his turn to cook, Lorraine’s sense of adventure tests the team to possible destruction, Simon tries to overcome his claustrophobia and Debbie faces a personal demon.

22:00 Gogglebox Britain’s most opinionated and avid TV viewers comment freely on what the box has to offer.

22:00 Cruising with Jane McDonald Starting in Vancouver, Jane cruises around Alaska, enjoying a dog sledding adventure on an ice field, visiting the Glacier Bay National Park and meeting the cast of the onboard nightly musicals.

23:00 The Last Leg 00:05 8 Out of 10 Cats 00:55 Rude Tube 01:55 Film Zero Dark Thirty (14) 04:30 Catastrophe 05:00 Time Crashers

23:00 The Best of Bad TV 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Stealing The Mona Lisa 05:00 The Railways That Built Britain with Chris Tarrant

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07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 08:15 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Scorpion 12:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 13:25 Emmerdale 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 Film - American Pie (18) 00:00 Family Guy 00:55 American Dad! 01:55 Two and a Half Men 02:25 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 14:00 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 Doc Martin 22:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 00:00 Prime Suspect 02:00 Wycliffe ITV 4 07:00 Gunsmoke 08:05 The Saint 09:05 Hogan’s Heroes 09:40 The Professionals 10:45 Gunsmoke 11:50 Pawn Stars 12:45 Live: UK Open Darts 18:00 The Saint 19:00 Storage Wars Texas 19:30 The Darts Show 20:00 Live: UK Open Darts 00:00 Film - Dawn of the Dead (18)

Robot Wars Returns

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Sunday - BBC Two

BBC One presents more celebrities donning fantastic outfits and learning iconic dance routines for Comic Relief, but this time the brave celebrities will be facing double the challenge - dancing and singing! Let’s Dance For Comic Relief is back for Red Nose Day 2017, now bigger and better than ever before, as it's been supersized into Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief.

Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon present the new series of Robot Wars, with battles commentated by Jonathan Pearce. This is the first group heat, as eight robot fighting teams battle for a place in the grand final. Each heat begins with two group battles; the four top teams go into a mini-league. Points are awarded to competitors based on control, damage and aggression with maximum points awarded to competitors who incapacitate their adversary.

The brand new series starts on Saturday 4 March at 6.45pm and will be hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, marking their return to BBC One. The pair bring their own formidable and comic double-act to the show, with access-all-areas to the celebrities backstage. In addition to the live studio performances, the show will hit the streets to enlist the help of the great British public in some of the biggest dance-offs ever. And with some surprise special guests in store, Saturday nights will be jam-packed of performances from some of the nation’s favourite faces. The celebrity performers will face three live heats before a live grand final on Saturday 25 March. Together, the viewers at home and the judging panel will decide who makes it through to the final and the public vote to crown their winner, all in aid of Comic Relief. In episode one, Mel and Sue are joined by TV Presenter and Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson, stargazer Russell Grant, funny girl Sara Pascoe, DJ’s Rickie and Melvin and Absolutely Fabulous actresses Helen Lederer and Harriet Thorpe. Comedy royalty Paul O’Grady, Jo Brand and Frank Skinner are on the judging panel, plus there will be some very special guests. Sit back and let us sing, dance and entertain you! Red Nose Day is back on Friday 24 March 2017, and it’s all about your power to make the world a better place, simply by having a great time. All the money raised through Red Nose Day will help to change countless lives, both here in the UK and across Africa. To get involved and make your laugh matter, go to rednoseday.com

Robbie Williams on Saturday Night Takeaway Robbie Williams and Ayda Field are the first celebrities to face I'm A Celebrity...Get Out Of Me Ear in a brand new series of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. Masquerading as new pub owners to meet a series of party planners, inevitably the conversation doesn't quite go as planned. Talking one of the planners through his list of black listed celebrities, Robbie jokingly reignites his feud with Gary Barlow: "I've got a guest list of people to not invite. Gary Barlow obviously. That's a no. Alan Titchmarsh, I don't want coming. All of Coronation Street. Apart from Gail Platt's son, I like him. Mary Berry. I think that's it. I definitely put Gary Barlow as a no?" The situation gets all the more surreal when Robbie re-enters the pub with two new pets - a pair of ferrets!

Presiding over the battles are three judges: Professor Noel Sharkey, Dr Lucy Rogers and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar. In the case of no clear winner they will appoint a winner based on competitors’ control, damage and aggression. During their fights teams must try to dodge the arena hazards The Pit, The Spikes, The Flipper and Fire. They also have the four House Robots to deal with: Matilda, Dead Metal, Sir Killalot and Shunt. This series there’s a menacing new twist. Hitting the Arena Tyre no longer automatically lowers The Pit. It can also activate a mode called Rogue House Robot. This releases a House Robot to attack the competitors for a period of ten seconds, anywhere in the arena. Let battle commence!

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Imagine…Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll And Mrs Hyde Monday - BBC Two On the eve of International Women’s Day, Imagine…presents a portrait of a remarkable artist, Alice Neel. American painter Alice Neel was an extraordinary and prolific figurative painter, yet spent most of her life working in obscurity, struggling as a single mother to survive.

Brexit: Britain's Biggest Deal

Born in 1900, Neel portrayed the 20th century until her death in 1984. She painted the people around her, on the margins of society, as well as her own hard, complicated and sometimes broken life. So many of her own traumas were compounded by her uncompromising need to paint: “I had to paint,” she says, and it was always at great personal cost. Made by Alice’s grandson Andrew Neel, Imagine reveals a complex and captivating woman, weaving home-movie footage and candid interviews with family and friends. It is honest, at times upsetting, and yet ultimately inspiring.

Thursday - BBC Two

Meet the Lords Monday - BBC Two Episode two of the exclusive behind the scenes documentary returns to the House as the Government threatens to trim the Lords’ powers if they rebel again, but will they comply? Lord Strathclyde publishes his review into the powers the Lords have to block legislation. Rebellious peer Lord Dubs is on a crusade to push through an amendment to the Immigration Bill to allow unaccompanied refugee children into the country, we see how his efforts unfold.

Talking to key players on all sides, Laura Kuenssberg maps out the key issues facing Britain and Europe in the coming years, the political minefield Theresa May’s government needs to navigate - and why Brexit matters to us all.

And Admiral Lord West isn’t happy about a public poll that has voted overwhelmingly to name a new polar research ship Boaty McBoatface and raises a question about it.

The Nightly Show Weekdays - ITV

Over the course of a year, Meet the Lords follows some of the larger than life characters that inhabit the House of Lords, one of Britain’s oldest, most idiosyncratic and important institutions. For the first time free roaming cameras have been allowed to film inside the Lords Chamber and in its committees to capture moments that matter to the UK, but usually go unseen. Featuring new people’s peers, hereditaries and political grandees as they try to change or influence legislation, we follow their personal passions and clashes with the Government, all in a gothic palace where centuries-old ceremony and tradition still dominate proceedings.

With the Government poised to fire the starting gun for negotiations on Brexit, the BBC’s Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg investigates what is likely to be the biggest challenge we have faced since the Second World War. Will doing a Brexit deal be an impossibly complex and all-consuming process which will bog down the whole of Whitehall for years? Or could a quick and clean break be much easier than we think?

Comedian, presenter and actor John Bishop is in the hot seat for week two of The Nightly Show, the exciting new daily 30minute entertainment show going out 5 nights a week for 8 weeks. It is a period that covers the nation splitting over Brexit and where a Conservative government is for the first time having to tackle a Lords chamber where the opposition outnumber them. Produced in partnership with The Open University.

John hosts the second week of live shows which promise a high tempo mixture of topical monologue, studio games, celebrity guests, stand up and VT’s. The Nightly Show is a host a week, a show a day, a laugh a minute and will be recorded ‘as live’ each day.

Saturday TV 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Mary Berry Everyday 13:00 Football Focus 14:00 News 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:15 My Life 15:45 Film Monsters vs Aliens 17:10 Final Score 18:10 Celebrity Mastermind 18:40 News 19:00 Pointless Celebrities 19:45 Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief Presenter double-team Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins are reunited to host the allstar talent show, in which celebrity performers take to the stage to display their musical talents by delivering their interpretations of various pop hits. 21:00 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins Nick Knowles hosts the quiz where two teams of strangers compete to win up to £100,000. 21:40 Casualty David’s erratic behaviour is a source of concern, and Gem struggles on her first day at work. 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys It’s all kicking off in the Brown residence this week as Rory and Dino have a bust up and Mark and Betty announce their imminent departure to Australia. 23:00 News 23:20 Match of the Day 00:45 This Country 01:10 Film - Papadopoulos & Sons (15) 02:55 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:00 News

07:25 Film - Northwest 09:30 Live: Frontier Indoor European Athletics Championship 11:00 Natural World 12:00 Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Two Greedy Italians: Still Hungry 14:00 The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 14:30 Escape to the Country 15:15 16:15 Mastermind University Challenge 16:45 Only Connect 17:15 Live: Indoor European Championship Athletics 21:15 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Paul explores the eastern outposts of Shetland - Papa Stour, Whalsay and the Out encountering Skerries, newborn lambs, ancient traditional and ruins Shetland sword dancing along the way. Paul’s journey reveals a bittersweet story of islands where life seems to continue against the odds. 21:45 Dad’s Army Sgt Wilson finds it difficult to concentrate on Home Guard activities as he has a little problem of his own. 22:15 Live at the Apollo Adam Hills is the latest master of ceremonies at Hammersmith London’s Apollo. He introduces Michelle Wolf and Jamali Maddix to the stage. 23:00 Martin Scorsese: True Confessions 23:30 Film - Mean Streets (18) 01:20 Taboo 03:15 Film Witchfinder General (15)

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07:00 CITV 09:30 Bear Grylls Survival School 10:05 Adventure Time 10:25 Alphabetical 11:20 Guess This House 12:20 News 12:25 The Voice UK 14:30 Live: ITV Racing Live- Doncaster 17:00 You’ve Been Framed! 17:30 News 18:00 Film Despicable Me 2

07:20 The King of Queens 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 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 17:35 Location, Location, Location 18:35 Grand Designs 19:30 News

07:00 Milkshake 10:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:30 Access 11:35 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 14:30 Dance Moms 17:15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 18:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 19:10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

20:00 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway The popular duo’s entertainment show continues, as Robbie Williams and his wife Ayda Field join the pair for this year’s first I’m A Celebrity Get Out of Me Ear. Brendan O’Carroll, otherwise known as Agnes Brown of Mrs Brown’s Boys, serves as this week’s guest announcer, and Stephen Mulhern takes the boys back through time to Ancient Egypt in another round of Ant Versus Dec.

20:00 Escape to the Chateau Dick launches into designing and fitting a monumental heating system. Angel discovers the chateau’s vintage secrets a world of hand-painted wallpaper, bespoke iron work and spectacular flooring. The move to France will change their lives forever.

20:05 NCIS: Los Angeles When a researcher with the Department of Defence is found dead, Nell must put her high IQ to the test when she goes undercover as his replacement. Meanwhile, Hetty’s ability to lead the team is questioned.

21:30 The Voice UK The contest switches gear once again, as the battle phase comes to an end and the contestants face the first of the live knock-out shows, in which they must perform not only for the coaches, but also for the viewers at home. This time, Jennifer Hudson’s six remaining acts are whittled down to three. 22:45 News 23:00 Lethal Weapon 23:55 Film Rambo: First Blood (15) 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

21:00 Penelope Keith at Her Majesty’s Service Penelope starts her journey in England at the Queen’s much-loved Windsor Castle. Stepping into St George’s Chapel, Penelope finds out about the oldest and highest order of chivalry in the country, the Knights of the Garter.

21:00 NCIS In order to clear his name, a petty officer volunteers to be courtmartialled if NCIS agrees to conduct its own investigation after his murder case is dismissed due to a mishandled warrant. Also, Bishop and Jake discuss their marital problems. 21:55 News

22:00 Film The Wolverine In Japan and vulnerable for the first time, Wolverine confronts lethal samurai steel and grapples with the ghosts of his own haunted past. (14)

22:00 Football Highlights from the weekend’s games, including Huddersfield Town v Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic and Fulham v Preston North End.

00:25 Film - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (14) 02:20 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 03:10 Hollyoaks Omnibus

23:30 Conspiracy 00:30 Criminals: Caught on Camera 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Inside Windsor Castle

07:15 The King of Queens 08:30 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 Fantastic Four (PG)

07:00 Milkshake 10:50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25 Football 12:50 Film - The Fifth Element (PG) 15:10 Film Spies Like Us (PG) 17:10 Secrets Of The National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh 18:10 Cruising with Jane McDonald 19:05 Inside Windsor Castle

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:45 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 13:40 Take Me Out 14:55 The Voice UK 16:55 Film - Paul Blart: Mall Cop (PG) 18:45 Film Kindergarten Cop (12) 21:00 Scorpion 22:00 Film - American Pie 2 (18) 00:10 Family Guy 01:35 American Dad! 02:05 Film Wanted (18) ITV 3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 On the Buses 07:45 Murder, She Wrote 10:40 Film - Carry on Girls (PG) 12:35 Lewis 14:40 Inspector Morse 16:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Rosemary and Thyme 20:00 Midsomer Murders 00:00 Carry On Forever 01:00 Wycliffe 02:05 Marchlands ITV 4 07:00 The Professionals 09:00 FIM World Superbike Series Motorcycle Racing 10:00 Bundesliga Football Highlights 11:00 ITV Racing 12:00 The Car Chasers 12:35 The Car Chasers 13:00 Storage Wars Texas 13:30 Live: UK Open Darts 18:00 The Darts Show 18:25 Pawn Stars 18:55 It’s Not Rocket Science 20:00 Live: UK Open Darts 00:00 Film Jackie Brown (15) 03:05 Minder

Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 08:30 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

07:30 The A to Z of TV Gardening 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 ITU World Series Triathlon 15:30 Live: European Indoor Championship Athletics

07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Countrywise 11:00 Peston on Sunday 11:55 Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 12:25 Chopping Block 13:25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 14:30 News 14:35 The Voice UK 15:50 Little Big Shots 16:50 The Chase 17:50 Tipping Point 18:50 News 19:15 Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule

20:00 Countryfile Matt Baker meets the pony who’s blazing a trail across the South Downs landscape. Plus, Helen Skelton discovers why dark skies are so important for our wildlife.

20:00 Robot Wars A brand new spinner has something to prove and a family team pour blood sweat and tears into keeping their robot wars dream alive.

19:40 5 Gold Rings New series. Game show, hosted by Phillip Schofield, in which contestants compete to answer visual questions by placing rings on an LED floor in five increasingly difficult stages. In the first episode, a couple take on a mother and daughter for the £25,000 grand prize.

21:00 Call the Midwife Dr Turner helps the Mullucks cope with the stresses of caring for a disabled child as the terrible legacy of Thalidomide becomes apparent. 22:00 SS-GB Finding the missing atomic bomb documents becomes Archer’s main priority as he frantically tries to track down the elusive Dr John Spode. Still a target for the Resistance, Archer faces a fatal tussle on the Underground and a deadly explosion at Highgate Cemetery.

21:00 Top Gear Chris Harris test-drives the Ferrari FXXK at the Daytona circuit in Florida and is joined by Matt LeBlanc and Rory Reid to race across Kazakhstan in three high-mileage cars - a Mercedes saloon, a Volvo estate and a London taxi.

22:00 Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week The seven remaining contestants arrive in Australia for the final challenge, where they undergo training with the Special Air Service Regiment - but must first undergo a gruelling exercise to see if they are physically prepared for what is 23:00 News 23:30 Match of to come. the Day 2 00:35 American High School 01:20 23:00 Film - London Road Celebrity Apprentice USA (PG) 0:30 Film - Papillon 02:45 Weather 02:50 News (15) 02:55 Taboo

20:45 The Voice UK The second of five live knockout shows, which sees three of Tom Jones’ remaining acts eliminated from the contest.

19:30 The Jump The remaining contestants compete for a place in the final, battling it out in the air jump, an event that requires them to gain the most height during a ski jump. They then move on to the Giant Slalom - the fastest event in the competition, on a much longer and steeper course than previous slalom events. 21:00 Rivers with Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Paxman is on the Severn, the longest river in Britain. He meets the last mudhorse fisherman on the Severn Sea, investigates the country’s largest ship graveyard, and stops off for a glass or two of organic Worcestershire wine.

22:00 The Good Karma Hospital Lydia and Ruby visit a convent where Lydia’s interference in the destiny of a young nun 22:00 Homeland Carrie backfires - bringing Lydia follows a lead; Saul meets and Ruby to blows an old friend; Keane takes a stand. .23:00 News 23:20 The Nightly Show Best Bits 23:00 Gogglebox 00:00 8 23:50 Peston on Sunday Out of 10 Cats Does 00:50 Aviva Premiership Countdown 01:00 Broken Rugby 01:40 Jackpot247 City (14) 03:00 The Last 04:00 Chopping Block Leg 03:55 Under Lock and 04:50 ITV Nightscreen Key

20:00 Inside Windsor Castle Windsor was the safe haven that kept Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret safe during the war. Nightmare 21:00 Tenants, Slum Landlords Observational documentary following people who have been affected by the UK’s housing crisis. including Wendy, who was left with rental arrears of almost £3,000 after renting a house out to a nightmare tenant. 21:55 News. 22:00 The Bruce Forsyth the From Story: Palladium to the Palace A look back at the entertainer’s 75 years in showbiz. 23:30 An Audience with Bruce 00:35 Bruce Forsyth’s Comedy Heroes 01:35 Peter Kay the Early Days 01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 Secrets Of The National Trust

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 You’ve Been Framed! 07:35 Emmerdale Omnibus 10:10 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45 The UK 14:00 Voice 2Awesome 14:05 Guidance 14:40 Fame High 15:05 Third Wheel 15:30 LA Story 15:50 You’ve Been Framed! 16:50 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 18:25 Film - King Kong (PG) 22:00 The Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 On the Buses 07:25 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 09:30 Heartbeat 11:35 Murder, She Wrote 13:45 Film - The Belles of St. Trinian’s 15:35 Inspector Morse 17:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:55 Midsomer Murders 22:00 Tonight at the London Palladium 23:00 Carry On Forever ITV 4 07:00 Hat-trick Heroes 07:20 The Wine Show 08:25 The Professionals 09:25 Shed & Buried 10:30 Storage Wars Texas 11:25 Pawn Stars 13:45 Live: UK Open Darts 18:00 Pawn Stars 18:55 Fishing Impossible 20:00 Live: UK Open Darts

32 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 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders Michelle is thrown into panic. 21:30 Panorama The nation’s children are going to bed later and sleeping less, which is playing havoc with their health and education - causing obesity, problems for parents and teachers and even family breakdowns. 22:00 Crimewatch The team explores the devastating effects of dangerous driving by talking to Kate Goldsmith, whose 11-yearold daughter Aimee was killed alongside three members of her wider family after lorry driver Tomasz Kroker ploughed into the back of their car while distracted as he was changing the music on his phone in the moments leading up to the impact. 23:00 News 23:45 Imagine... 01:05 The Graham Norton Show 01:50 Weather 01:55 News

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07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 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 Two Tribes 14:30 Beat the Brain 15:00 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Channel Patrol 16:15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 Madagascar 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Mary Berry Everyday Mary shares inspiring everyday dishes full of wholesome goodness from her secret tip for a rich bolognaise to a heart-warming soup. She dons a white suit and tries her hand at bee keeping, collecting fresh honey to make a winning pud. 22:00 Meet the Lords The Government threatens to trim the Lords’ powers if they rebel again, but will they comply? Rebellious peer Lord Dubs is on a crusade to push through an amendment to the Immigration Bill to allow unaccompanied refugee children into the country. 23:00 Cradle to Grave 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Secrets of Your Food 01:15 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook

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 Aaron is cornered. 20:30 Coronation Street Amy interferes with Adam’s plan. 21:00 The Kyle Files This edition focuses on the issue of irresponsible driving, particularly when combined with the use of mobile phones at the wheel. 21:30 Coronation Street Adam lands himself in hot water. 22:00 Broadchurch To Ellie and Hardy, and the rest of Broadchurch CID, it becomes clear very quickly that the location of the attack and all the surrounding circumstances are going to make this an incredibly difficult investigation. 23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 The Chase 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 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 Food Unwrapped Kate heads to Japan on the trail of tofu, wondering how they turn green soy beans into something so white and creamy. 21:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in St Petersburg Comedian Rob Beckett joins Richard Ayoade as together they do St Petersburg, Russia, in two days flat.

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 16:20 Film Her Dark Past 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Cars That Made Britain Great Rufus Hound narrates as celebrity petrol heads share their memories of classic British motors. 21:00 Winter Road Rescue In Northumbria, the pressure is on as Michael tries to retrieve a lorry that has careered off the carriageway into a ditch and on a foggy and snow-covered A road Phil tries to get a stranded driver up and running as traffic thunders by.

22:00 Mutiny Anthony Middleton, of “SAS: Who Dares Wins’ is stepping into Captain Bligh”s shoes as leader of the expedition, joined by eight other men including a carpenter, a doctor, and several specialist sailors.

22:00 Inside King’s Cross: The Railway A train loses power, causing delays all the way from the North east to the capital. The team at the Rail Operating Centre must work the problem to get the vital network running again.

23:00 How’d You Get So Rich? 23:50 Tattoo Fixers 00:50 Gap Year 01:45 A Very British Hotel 02:40 Extremely British Muslims 03:35 Escape to the Wild

23:05 Britain’s Biggest Cash Grab 00:05 Film G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (14) 02:10 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 Family Guy 22:30 The Great Indoors 23:00 American Dad! ITV 3 07:25 Heartbeat 08:20 Where the Heart Is 09:20 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:45 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 Foyle’s War ITV 4 08:35 Hogan’s Heroes 09:40 The Professionals 10:40 Ironside 11:40 Gunsmoke 12:45 Storage Wars Texas 13:45 Pawn Stars 14:40 Hogan’s Heroes 15:40 Ironside 16:45 The Professionals 17:45 Storage Wars Texas 18:45 Aviva Premiership Rugby 19:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 23:45 Bundesliga Football Highlights

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 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Things grow even worse for Bex. 21:00 Holby City Jasmine fights chronic fatigue, while trying to impress Serena and support Morven, who has found new love. 22:00 The Replacement Ellen finds evidence that her boss was having an affair, but her only lead is Paula’s 10 year-old daughter Caris, and a former colleague, the mysterious Georgia, neither of who want to speak to her. Ian asks her to stop pushing, as her fixation is taking priority over Lia, her newborn baby. When Paula discovers Ellen’s investigation, she engineers a humiliating situation with a client and a warning visit from social services. Drama, starring Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin and Dougray Scott. 23:00 News 23:45 Panorama 00:25 The Big Painting Challenge 01:25 Weather 01:30 News

07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 The Farmers’ Country Showdown 09:00 The Big Painting Challenge 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 Countryfile 15:00 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Channel Patrol 16:15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 Madagascar 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 20:00 Antiques Road Trip An unreliable classic car threatens to derail Charles Hanson and James Braxton’s road trip. 21:00 Kate Humble: Back to the Land Kate Humble meets a seaweed collector who left an office job in Swindon for a life working on the beach and is now running a successful business selling welsh seaweed products.

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 Liv makes a shocking discovery. 20:30 Britain’s Busiest Motorway A heatwave hits during a busy bank holiday and it leads to delays, pile ups and a bridge collapse causing problems for all. 21:00 The Secret Chef In his 27 years of marriage, businessman Steve has never peeled a potato. He’d like to surprise his wife for their wedding anniversary, so he has five weeks to take a crash course in cooking in the hope of amazing his spouse with a show-stopping meal.

22:00 1066: A Year to Conquer England Docudrama in which Dan Snow explores the political intrigues and family betrayals between Vikings, AngloSaxons and Normans that led to the Battle of Hastings.

22:00 Play to the Whistle Alan Shearer, James Anderson and Jimmy Carr join team captains Frank Lampard and Bradley Walsh for the sportsbased comedy panel show.

23:00 Inside No. 9 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Imagine... 01:25 Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week 02:25 This World

23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 Prime Suspect 1973 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women

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 Young giraffe mum Tula gives birth, while both the penguin chicks and a silvery gibbon baby must face their fears. Rothschild giraffe Tula is a week overdue after a 13month pregnancy. 22:00 Mutiny The men set out to explore a tropical island where they hunt for vital food and water. As they prepare to set sail on the next leg of their voyage, pressures of hunger and the intensity of life on such a small boat start setting in. 23:00 Catastrophe 23:35 This Is Us 00:30 Gogglebox 01:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:20 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:50 Gillette World Sport 03:20 Dogs: Their Secret Lives 04:15 Building the Dream

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film Deadly Pursuit 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Winter Road Rescue In Northumbria, the pressure is on as Michael tries to retrieve a lorry that has careered off the carriageway into a ditch and on a foggy and snow-covered A road Phil tries to get a stranded driver up and running as traffic thunders by. 21:00 Inside Windsor Castle A look at 20 years in the life of the Queen and her family covering the era from 1972 to 1992 when several divorces and a fire at Windsor Castle rocked one of the world's bestloved families. 22:00 Secrets Of The National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh Alan pieces together the incredible rags-to-riches story of Thomas Legh, owner of Lyme in Cheshire. 23:00 Adolf and Eva: Love and War 01:05 The Hunt for Hitler’s Missing Millions 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Climbing the Property Ladder

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 08:20 Where the Heart Is 09:20 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:45 Inspector Morse 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 07:15 Gunsmoke 08:20 The Saint 09:25 Hogan’s Heroes 10:30 The Professionals 11:35 Ironside 12:40 Gunsmoke 13:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 17:45 Storage Wars New York 18:15 Storage Wars Texas 19:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 23:45 Lethal Weapon

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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 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

07:00 The World’s Most Photographed 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Sicily: The Wonder of the Mediterranean 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 Budget Special 16:30 Channel Patrol 17:15 Madagascar 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:20 News: Budget Special 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 The Home Game 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

21:00 Who Do You Think You Are? Sophie Raworth traces her family tree, discovering tragic yet inspiring tales of her ancestors who risked everything to move to America in search of religious freedom. She then uncovers a tale of an ancestor whose life took a turn for the worse, leaving her determined to find the cause of his descent into darkness. Later, Sophie explores a family rumour that her great grandfather worked at Kew Gardens, and is astonished to uncover a horticultural heritage stretching back to the 1700s.

20:00 Antiques Road Trip Philip Serrell and Catherine Southon are behind the wheel of a classic Citroen. From the midlands they’re journeying for their first auction in Salisbury. When they’re not shopping Phil discovers the roots of lawn tennis.

20:30 Coronation Street Adam is on borrowed time.

22:00 The Real Marigold Hotel Amanda and Rustie visit a local hair salon and meet a bride-to-be getting styled for her big day. The bride invites them to her wedding, so in preparation the whole group go to buy traditional clothes. 23:00 News 23:45 Peter Kay’s Car Share 00:15 A Question of Sport 00:45 Beti and David: Lost for Words 01:50 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:55 News

21:00 The House That £100k Built Jason and his Finnish wife Riikka, have lived in many homes in Torquay, but never one that truly felt like home. Their battle to get their dream home becomes the longest build ever featured.

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20:00 Emmerdale Rebecca takes matters into her own hands.

21:00 Little Big Shots Dawn French hosts the latest episode of the variety show featuring some of the world’s most talented children, which this week includes a David Bowie fan, a nine-year-old speed boxer, a group of breakdancing girls, and an ice-cream maker from India.

22:00 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook We meet a man who feels no pain, a woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease, and a man who can remember every face he has ever seen.

22:00 Benidorm Kenneth inadvertently starts up a mini-cab business, and Joyce is asked to go to a conference in Barcelona, but panics when she finds out she has to deliver a speech in Spanish. Elsewhere, Sheron’s mother Loretta turns up to join the family on holiday, and Joey thinks he has signed himself up for a trip to Ibiza.

23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Meet the Lords 01:15 1066: A Year to Conquer England 02:15 Trust Me I’m a Doctor 03:15 DIY SOS: The Big Build 04:15 This Is BBC Two

23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 UEFA Champions League Football 01:15 The Nightly Show with... 01:45 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: Winter Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Hidden Restaurants with Michel Roux Jr Michel is joined by fellow chef Freddy Bird to tour Britain in search of secret eateries and food mavericks, as he seeks inspiration for a threecourse menu for his own Oast restaurant, The House. In the first episode, Michel heads to the south west of England and discovers visual feasts inside a sculpture, and visits a floating cafe only reachable by boat. 22:00 The Royal House of Windsor This episode reveals how Prince Philip was frustrated by having to give up his beloved naval career in exchange for a lifetime of trailing after his wife, but channeled his energy into becoming the Windsors’ most radical moderniser. 23:00 A Killing in My Family 00:05 24 Hours in A&E 01:10 Mutiny 02:10 Mutiny 03:05 Film - The ChangeUp (18) 05:00 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 15:20 NCIS 16:20 Film Two Wrongs 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Killer Landslides Globally, landslides and other ground failures cost more lives and money each year than all other natural disasters combined. This programme investigates some of the biggest land slips ever recorded. 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors This episode focuses on how cancer affects patients at different stages stages of their lives. The patients are a four-year-old boy with a suspected ear infection following chemotherapy for a tumour that affects balance and coordination, a 19year-old girl worried that her symptoms have begun to recur, and a 72-year-old smoker facing an agonising wait for test results. 22:00 Climbing the Property Ladder Matt and Rich have borrowed heavily to purchase two London houses, and must keep a cool head when both projects stall. 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

07:25 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 Film - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (18) ITV 3 07:00 You’re Only Young Twice 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:30 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:55 Inspector Morse 14:05 Heartbeat 15:10 The Royal 16:10 Where the Heart Is 17:15 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 Doctor At Large 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 07:00 Gunsmoke 08:05 The Saint 09:05 Hogan’s Heroes 10:05 The Professionals 11:10 Ironside 12:10 Gunsmoke 13:15 Storage Wars Texas 13:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 17:45 Storage Wars New York 18:15 Storage Wars Texas 19:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 23:45 Lethal Weapon

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36 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 Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:15 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Mick receives an unexpected offer. 21:00 Would I Lie to You? Comedy panel show, hosted by Rob Brydon, in which team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack are joined by celebrity guests Bob Mortimer, Gabby Logan, Katherine Parkinson and Steve Backshall to hoodwink their opponents with absurd facts and plausible lies about themselves. 21:30 EastEnders Carmel crosses a line leading to a fraught situation. 22:00 Britain on the Fiddle The case against a multiple-identity fraudster is in danger of collapsing as she tries every trick in the book to avoid her day in court. In Durham an exserviceman, injured in the line of duty, tries to defend his honour as his disability claim is investigated. 23:00 News 23:45 Question Time 00:45 This Week 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News

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07:00 Flog It! 07:30 Heir Hunters 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 An Island Parish 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Beat the Brain 15:00 Building Dream Homes 15:30 Channel Patrol 16:15 Rivers with Griff Rhys Jones 17:15 The Hunt 18:15 Bargain Hunt 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 20:00 Antiques Road Trip Our antiques odyssey with Catherine Southon and Philip Serrell has them pootling the old Citroen through the West Country and heading for the Cornish coastline. 21:00 The Great Pottery Throw Down It’s the quarter-final and with nobody leaving the pottery last time, two potters will be sent home. 22:00 Brexit: Britain’s Biggest Deal With the Government about to fire the starting gun for negotiations on Brexit, Laura Kuenssberg investigates what is likely to be the biggest challenge we have faced since the Second World War. 23:00 MOTD: The Premier League Show 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Top Gear 01:15 Top Gear: Extra Gear 01:40 Panorama 02:10 The Real Marigold Hotel 03:10 Royal Recipes 03:50 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 Pierce enjoys the moment. 20:30 Tonight With households currently borrowing more than a billion pounds a month, Adam Shaw investigates whether Britain is heading for a new credit crunch. 21:00 Emmerdale Vanessa is unhappy with Pierce. 21:30 Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Harry Hill is back with a madcap mission to fill a special capsule with funny clips, songs and games. 22:00 Prime Suspect 1973 The police delve deeper into the murder of Julie-Ann Collins, setting their sights on the driver of the car the victim was last seen climbing into. However, as the hunt gets under way, relations become strained between Jane and DI Bradfield when she walks her drunken boss home one night. 23:00 The Nightly Show with... 23:30 News 00:15 UEFA Europa League Football 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 12:05 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 Crufts Dog Show 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Crufts Dog Show Clare Balding presents further coverage from the world’s largest dog show at Birmingham NEC, where a packed programme includes judging of the Terrier and Hound groups and highlights of the Agility and Flyball. Clare also meets last year’s Crufts winner Devon, who is competing in the Eukanuba World Challenge - a league of nations-style competition for top winners from different countries. 22:00 A Very British Hotel This episode joins the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Hotel in the midst of their busy wedding season. The hotel hosts over 70 weddings a year in their historic ballroom and this film features the flamboyant nuptials of Samantha and Rike from China.

Thursday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Film - 10 Year Reunion 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Catching up with some of the featured cases in the series including Les who had been forced to sleep on his sofa for two months and 70-year-old Joan whose tenants refused to go quietly. 21:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Giovanni set up a tourist attraction in Snowdonia, but neighbour Terence launched a campaign of violence and vandalism and Saif’s downstairs neighbour James disturbed his peace with all-night parties and abuse.

22:00 The Great British Benefits Handout Having been living hand-to-mouth for years, Danny takes the windfall to do something special for mum-of-five Fran, single parent of four Sophie hopes to kick start her own dress-making business and Adam and Leanne have different ideas about their opportu23:00 Extremely British nity. Muslims 00:05 Rich Dog Poor Dog 01:05 Britain’s 23:00 Celebrity Sex Pod Weirdest Council Houses 00:05 100 Percent Hotter! 02:05 A Killing in My Family 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 03:00 The Supervet 03:55 Cruising with Jane Shipping Wars UK McDonald

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 08:30 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 You’re Only Young Twice 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 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 08:20 The Saint 09:30 Hogan’s Heroes 10:00 The Professionals 11:05 Ironside 12:05 Gunsmoke 13:10 Storage Wars Texas 13:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 17:45 Storage Wars New York 18:15 Storage Wars Texas 19:45 Live: Players Tour Championship Snooker 23:45 Film - Dawn of the Dead (18)

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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 Agitated (7) 5 Cults (5) 8 Commencement (5) 9 Sailor (7) 10 Red fruit (9) 12 Unwell (3) 13 Ill-gotten (6) 14 Pester (6) 17 Metal container (3) 18 Tomb (9) 20 Outer appearance (7) 21 Secret store (5) 23 Shouts (5) 24 Coffee bar employee (7)

Down 1 Monk (5) 2 Applicable (3) 3 Bother (7) 4 Photographic equipment (6) 5 Gruff (5) 6 Applicant (9) 7 Excess (7) 11 Rogue (9) 13 Gratify (7) 15 Additional (7) 16 Excellent (6) 18 Repasts (5) 19 Journalists collectively (5) 22 Donkey (3)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Praises, 5 Hurts, 8 Regular, 9 Races, 10 Stern, 11 Observe, 12 Copies, 14 Ceased, 17 Prayers, 19 Patch, 22 Blame, 23 Elegant, 24 Entry, 25 Possess. Down: 1 Parts, 2 Argue, 3 Silence, 4 Sorrow, 5 Harms, 6 Records, 7 Suspend, 12 Capable, 13 Peasant, 15 Express, 16 Asleep, 18 Enemy, 20 Tease, 21 Hates.

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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 Spreads out nurses after operation (5) 4 Troop leader in marine mammals’ lifts (6) 9 The weather’s fine so put the amusements in place (3,4) 10 A trap created like this is isolated (5) 11 Anna taught here in Asia Minor (4) 12 Gee, neat, sort of, to be adolescent (7) 13 Sign a piece of sports equipment (3) 14 Get by in a comic opera (4) 16 Amphibian in tomato advertising campaign (4) 18 Sally without the gangster is cunning (3) 20 Peter is about to have time off (7) 21 Despatched to the audience to get money (4) 24 Near a clapped out stadium (5) 25 It’s normal to profess maturity (7) 26 Not as hard as Eire, correct (6) 27 Take care of delicacy (5)

Down 1 Think too much about bosses (6) 2 More a face in the crowd (5) 3 Employee’s wage packet contains stolen goods (4) 5 Make fun of a waistcoat during evaluation (8) 6 A small laboratory takes on a graduate in America (7) 7 Fabric seen at building (6) 8 Make a speech with nothing but speed (5) 13 Bet Alice is uneasy among the chaste (8) 15 Yes, sort out bed occupants (7) 17 Elbow product is part of meagre, as expected, supply (6) 18 Danes make this type of car (5) 19 Affirm at examination (6) 22 Dave Earl is not put off (5) 23 A tendency to be crooked (4)

STANDARD CLUES

Down 1 Preoccupy (6) 2 Additional (5) 3 Loot (4) 5 Mockery (8) 6 US state (7) 7 Cotton fabric (6) 8 Speak (5) 13 Chaste (8) 15 Marine molluscs (7) 17 Lubrication (6) 18 Type of car (5) 19 Bear witness (6) 22 Dodge (5) 23 Corrupt (4)

Across 1 Unlocks (5) 4 Robs (6) 9 Settled and secure (3,4) 10 Separately (5) 11 Former name of Thailand (4) 12 Adolescent (7) 13 Prompt (3) 14 Get through (4) 16 Tailless amphibian (4) 18 Cunning (3) 20 Intermission (7) 21 US coin (4) 24 Stadium (5) 25 Standard (7) 26 Not as difficult (6) 27 Indulgence (5)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Cadavers, 7/19 Scrap metal, 8 Dunstable, 9 Den, 10 Soap, 11 Pirate, 13 Spears, 14 Concur, 17 Therms, 18 Trim, 20 Err, 22 Terrorist, 23 Altos, 24 Clerical. Down: 1 Codes, 2 Dentate, 3 Veto, 4 Rabbit, 5 Prude, 6 Spenser, 7 Senator, 13 Several, 15/12 Cardiac arrests, 16 Amoral, 17 Trite, 21 Door.

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Fit the words into the boxes.

Typal

3 letter words

Son

Axial

Age

Sou

Beeps

Wrote

Ant

Sty

Beryl

6 letter words

Are

Tip

Cares

Aerial

Ebb

Tut

Caret

Ceding

Err

4 letter words

Diary

Enlist

Fab

East

Elate

Lawyer

Lee

Else

Exert

Newish

Mat

Opal

Maori

Traced

Nag

Went

Ready

7 letter words

Oft

5 letter words

Stain

Abalone

Par

Agnes

Teeth

Realise

Ram

Aorta

Tempt

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 7 Cheap (goods, labour, shop, ticket) (6) 8 Flour (6) 9 Duck (bird) (4) 10 Actresses (8) 11 Perejil (7) 13 These (5) 15 Goat (5) 17 Fósforos (7) 20 Medianoche (8) 21 Último (final) (4) 23 Por favor (6) 24 To scratch (6)

Down 1 Cup (for tea, etc) (4) 2 Alcades (6) 3 Walnut trees (7) 4 Blanco (color) (5) 5 Trenes (Ferro) (6) 6 Sobre (para cartas) (8) 12 Yellow (ribbon, paint, colour) (8) 14 Fábrica (7) 16 Pista de aterrizaje (6) 18 Jealous (husband, wife, lover) (6) 19 Acordar (precio, fecha) (5) 22 Cisne (4)

Across 1 Which dance craze was popularised by singer Chubby Checker in the 1960s? (3,5) 7 What name is given to physical strength in contrast to intelligence? (5) 8 Which singer/actress starred as Coco Hernandez in the 1982 film Fame? She also topped the charts with the theme song. (5,4) 9 Which group’s UK hit singles include Poison Arrow, The Look Of Love and All Of My Heart? (3) 10 Which is the longest river in Spain? (4) 11 Which 1959 Charlton Heston film won 11 Academy Awards? (3,3) 13/16 Which Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist was known as the ‘father of the H-bomb’? (6,6) 14 Nigel who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from June 1983 to October 1989? (6) 17 Oswald who founded the British Union of Fascists in 1932? (6) 18 What name is usually given to a large enclosed shopping area from which traffic is excluded? (4) 20 Morten Harket was the lead singer of which chart topping Norwegian group? (1-2) 22 Where in Virginia is the American National Cemetery located? (9) 23 Which constellation, said to represent a hunter holding a club and shield, contains many bright stars, including Rigel and Betelgeuse? (5)

Quiz Word

24 What is the capital of Belgium? (8) Down 1 What is the name given to the lining of the stomach

of a cow or other ruminant used as food? (5) 2 ‘Superciliary’ means of or relating to which part of the face? (7) 3 What is the name of the watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds? (4) 4 Sissy who starred as country singer Loretta Lynn in the 1980 film Coal Miner’s Daughter? (6) 5 Which system for detecting the presence of aircraft, ships, etc, sends out pulses of high-frequency electromagnetic waves that are reflected off the object back to the source? (5) 6 Which imaginary creature is represented as a white horse with a long horn growing from its forehead? (7) 7 Which city is the capital of Iraq? (7) 12 According to Celtic legend, who was the lover of Isolde? (7) 13 What is the name of the imaginary line around the Earth dividing it into northern and southern hemispheres? (7) 15 Which city, the largest in the Pacific Northwest region of the US, is nicknamed the ‘Emerald City’? (7) 16 See 13 Across 17 Which US crime syndicate is also referred to as the Cosa Nostra? (5) 19 What name is given to a golf course, especially one on grass-covered sandy ground near the sea? (5) 21 Which Australian group topped the US charts with Need You Tonight? (4)

Spot the Difference

SUDOKU

science QUIZ 1. What Figure Has Four Sides All The Same Length But No Right Angles? 2. Emphysema Affects Which Part Of The Body? 3. Which bird turns it's head upside down to eat? 4. What plant has flowers but no leaves? 5. There are over 130,000 species of what on earth? 6. Which Lays Blue Egg's , The Song Thrush Or The Mistle Thrush? 7. Which Small Breed Of Cattle Is Found Wile In The Tibetan Plateu , North Of The Himalayas? 8. What Are The Pads Of Cartilage Between Spinal Vertabrae Commonly Called? 1. A Rhombus 2. Lungs 3. Flamingo 4. Cactus 5. Butterflies 6. Song Thrush 7. Yak 8. Discs

ANSWERS

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Wordsolution Across:1 Poaching, 7 Moose, 8 Androcles, 9 Leo, 10 Luke, 11 Poor Me, 13 Nymphs, 14 McCoys, 17 Lolita, 20 Lei, 22 Analgesia, 23 Chess, 24 Bergamot. Down: 1 Pearl, 2 Andy Kim, 3 Hoof, 4 Nelson, 5 Doyle, 6 Seconds, 7 Ms Grace, 12/18 Phileas Fogg, 13 Niblick, 15 Opossum, 16 Strafe, 17 Liver, 19 Grant, 21 Agog.

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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: Keith wanted advice on backup solutions.

ADVICE: Another Keith wanted advice on DropBox

Hi I am about to download my tablet photos onto my pc as suggested in a recent BlueMoon article. Once I have done that I wish to organise a backup for my pc. I recently answered an advert for a free backup but was plagued for months after the free backup was completed to pay for a continuation of the service. I declined.Can you please advise me of a reputable low cost backup service? Regards Keith

Hi I recently downloaded Dropbox as a photo back up. Unfortunately I should have deleted many of my photos on my PC and IPad before transfer. My drop box is now full. Should I delete directly from drop box or delete files from my PC and I pad first.2Gb storage is more than ample and I do not need to purchase more. Thanks I find the info in your articles very interesting Keith

Hi Keith, we use Carbonite, here is a link to their home products...

http://partners.carbonite.com/bluemoonsolutions?product=Home ... as long as the data you need to protect is on one computer then the basic version will serve you fine at just 60 US dollars a year.

Hey Keith thanks, we enjoy writing the articles.

Items in your DropBox folder are automatically synchronised between your devices, in your case I would move the pictures from your PC's " DropBox" folder into your PC's "pictures" folder, this will have the effect of removing them from DropBox but keeping them on your computer and will free up space on your DropBox.

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TEAM BMW HERALDS A NEW ERA FOR BMW UK IN THE 2017 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP A further chapter in BMW’s illustrious history in touring car racing unfolded today as BMW UK, in partnership with West Surrey Racing (WSR), announced a three-car team that will again bid for victory of the 2017 British Touring Car Championship. The announcement of TEAM BMW is a landmark occasion, marking BMW’s return to the country’s bestwatched motor race series as a manufacturer team. It has been 21 years since the marque last contested the series in this manner, when BMW Team Schnitzer fielded a BMW 320i line-up. Graeme Grieve, CEO of BMW Group UK, commented: “The BTCC is one of the most significant race series in the UK and has a huge and enthusiastic following. With a history of success and the continuous support of WSR for the past decade, we are delighted to step up as a Manufacturer Team again after 21 years.” BMW UK’s significant financial investment in the BTCC team includes the funding of technical developments on all fronts, focused on the very latest BMW

engine derivative. At the launch at BMW Park Lane, London, Graeme Grieve joined WSR Team Principal, Dick Bennetts, to remove the wraps from one of the three BMW 125i M Sport team cars that will contest the 2017 BTCC. With the cars freshly-developed, prepared and run again by WSR, BMW’s return to the Series as a Manufacturer coincides with a further landmark, marking a decade since WSR first contested the BTCC with BMW, which has endured to this day. The BMW relationship with Dick Bennetts’ Sunburybased operation in the BTCC was established in 2007, where they claimed both the Independent Drivers and Teams Championships. They repeated the feat in 2008 and went on to take the overall BTCC Drivers’ title in 2009, and added a driver and team double crown in 2014. Dick Bennetts remarked: “I reckon that working together successfully as motorsport partners for ten years is the equivalent of a lifelong marriage. It is a tribute to BMW’s product and

commitment, and we are delighted to once again represent the marque as they return with increased commitment as a Manufacturer in the BTCC.” Significantly, the driver roll of honour for each of the three BTCC Independent, Overall and Teams Championship victories fell to Northern Ireland’s Colin Turkington. Turkington has spent nine of his 12 BTCC seasons with

the WSR-BMW team, during which he scored 26 wins over five seasons. Now, two years after claiming the outright Drivers Championship at the wheel of a previousgeneration BMW 125i M Sport, he returns to the rearwheel drive TEAM BMW with renewed vigour. Driver talent runs deep in BMW’s 2017 BTCC campaign. Joining Turkington is Andrew Jordan, 2013 BTCC Overall Drivers Champion

and three-time Independent Drivers Champion - who brings with him long-term personal sponsor, Pirtek. Completing the trio is Rob Collard, a BTCC followers’ favourite and the Series’ legendary overtaker who, after his most competitive season to date in 2016, marks the tenth consecutive year he has driven a BMW in the BTCC, the last seven with WSR. Last year, the trio of WSR-

prepared BMW 125i M Sport cars contributed to a nail-biting finale that went down to the wire at the final round. Team driver Sam Tordoff was pipped at the post for the overall driver’s title, just two points shy of victory. Nevertheless, the WSR BMW team claimed a double title success at the conclusion of the series, taking the BTCC Constructors crown and the Teams’ Championship once again. Entering the 2017 season of the super-competitive BTCC, TEAM BMW has heavyweight success behind it, increased financial and technical investment from BMW UK, the skills, consistency and superb track record of West Surrey Racing, and a driver trio that collectively represents the most powerful line-up in this year’s BTCC series. The 2015 season brought race victories for WSR’s three drivers; Rob Collard, Sam Tordoff and Andy Priaulx while Collard, Tordoff and Jack Goff combined to win the constructors’ and teams’ championships in 2016; the latter under the Team JCT600 with GardX banner.

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A Minor But Major Difference! Though they may be very close to the same surface, the fringe and the green are two very different places. This is especially true when you begin talking about the rules that apply to each location. Specifically, the rules that apply to what you can and cannot do when your ball is on the green or on the fringe. Fixing a ball mark just seems like it is always the right thing to do. After all, we have all suffered the consequences of playing on greens where people seem to always forget to fix their ball marks. They leave nasty scars that can take weeks to heal. However, before you bend down to fix a ball mark, you need to make sure that you are doing it in a legal fashion. If your ball is not yet on the green, you are not allowed to fix any ball mark or pitch mark that is anywhere other than on the green. For example, if you end up on the fringe and there is a ball mark on the fringe that is in your line, you may not fix it. However, if the ball mark is on the green, then you are entitled to fix it. In fact, any ball mark that is on the green can always be fixed. But, be very careful, you have to make sure that the mark is indeed a ball mark! As per rule 16-1c, the only other damage that you can fix is damage from an old hole plug. If the damage is caused by anything else, like spikes, a slammed club, or just a random scar, you may not attempt to repair it until you have finished the hole. Ball marks off the putting surface may be fixed before the completion of the hole, but only after your ball has made it to the green. So, if you land your approach shot in the fringe and your ball ends up right behind your ball mark, don’t touch it. Hit your chip shot and then, only after your ball has come to rest on the green, should you go back and fix the ball mark in the fringe. If you do violate this rule, the penalty is two strokes. Quite a hefty conse-

Stuart's Success

There was a British winner in Sunday's 34th staging of the Torrevieja Half Marathon, with Notts Athletic Club runner Stuart Spencer taking the men's race in one hour, nine minutes, and 14 seconds. The Leicestershire accountant was rated as the UK's 11th best marathon runner last year, and is now looking for a personal best at

the full distance in next month's London Marathon. Livson Matleena was the women's victor in a time of one hour, 26 minutes and 52 seconds, whilst 40 percent of the one thousand runners opted for the shorter 10 kilometre test, with Hazma Chetoui winning the men's category, and Silje Lindstad being the fastest female.

quence for a common courtesy! Another big difference between your ball lying in the fringe or on the green is whether or not you can mark your ball. On the green, you may mark and clean your ball at any time. On the fringe, however, you may only mark your ball if you are requested to do so by an opponent. Rule 22-2 states that, if you are off the green, you cannot just lift your ball because you think it is in someone’s way, you must be requested to do so. And, if you are asked to lift your ball, you may not clean it. You must lift it and replace it exactly as it lay prior to being marked. If you lift your ball when it lies off the putting surface without the action being requested by another player, your penalty is one stroke in accordance with rule 18-2a.Now, once your ball is marked, you may think that the rulings stop, but they don’t. In fact, it actually gets a little more complicated. Basically, your ball marker may be intentionally moved only if it is in the line of another player and they request for it to be moved. Accidental movement of your ball marker is without penalty if the movement is a result of the moving of loose impediments or in the act of measuring your ball. Also, if your ball marker is moved during the act of marking the ball, it is without penalty. This is important because tapping down your ball marker with your putter is considered to be part of the act of marking. So, if you tap down your marker and it moves or sticks to your putter, you are not subject to penalty. However, if your marker moves in any of these situations, it must be returned to its original location. If a player replaces his ball without relocating his marker to the original spot and then plays from an incorrect position, he is subject to penalty under rule 20-7.If the marker is moved outside of one of the given exceptions, he is subject to penalty under rule 20-1 or 18-2 depending on the cause of the motion. Marking your ball seems like a simple act, but don’t let your guard down just because your ball is in your pocket. Although the situations become complicated and difficult to interpret, moving your marker can result in a costly penalty. If you want to have some fun, you can begin to read some of the crazy rulings and decisions that apply to ball markers. You may be surprised how easy it can be to break the rules when you’re on or around the green!

Weekend Rugby

In last Saturday’s FERRMUR Murcia league rugby match, the ITV Orihuela Vega Baja men’s senior side (pictured in yellow and black) lost by 55 points to 10 at Albacete. Orihuela’s senior side take

Rojales Boost

on Murcia XV this weekend, who recorded a victory last Saturday away to the joint San Javier Squalos/Totana team (picture in blue) whilst the Orihuela under-18 cadetes have a match against Lorca.

New sports facilities have opened up in the municipal sports centres across the Rojales area at Heredades, Rojales, and Quesada. The works were paid for by the Valencian Government and feature new paddle courts at

Heredades and Rojales, as well extra facilities for playing petanque at Heredades. Additions to the Quesada centre on Avenida del Aeropuerto include three tennis courts and two for boules.

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What A Win!

Almoradi Pegged

CD CASTELLON 1 CD TORREVIEJA 2 CD Torrevieja got their first victory last Sunday since early November, but in getting three points at promotion-chasing Castellon, they produced a great performance in their best result of the season, as they inflicted Castllon’s second home defeat of the campaign. For Torry, it demonstrated the quality that they do have in the squad, along with the grit and determination to get out of the relegation mire, with a massive match to come this Sunday. The result means that they are six points adrift from safety, and the team in that safe spot is Bunol who come to the Nelson Mandela stadium on Sunday for an 11.45am kick-off. Muro though are two points above Torry, and they picked up a predictable win over bottomside Segorbe, but at least Bunol were held at home by Alzira, and with Almoradi getting a point(see right), there are three sides including Torry that can see Bunol in their sights. Muro incidentally have a tough match this Sunday at Alzira. Every Torrevieja player was outstanding at Castellon, and Lewis Allen led the pack with his phenomenal work rate where he made Castellon weep with his diagonal runs, his fierce desire for the ball and his predatory instinct.

He had brought out a fine save from Zagalá only moments before debutant Molina got to the goal line, cut the ball back for the onrushing Luis Carlos to drive a composed low shot into the far side of the net. It was a beauty to give Torry the lead in the 16th minute. Molina on his first outing looked a resounding success both in his attacking support for Lewis Allen but also using the ball in midfield decisively. Castellon, as expected, dominated play, but attack after attack was managed impressively by a resolute and composed Torry rearguard. When a shot breached the back four, then Jose Carlos was authoritative on his goal line, determined to keep a clean sheet, as well as side-lining Buba to the bench. He was beaten though in the 27th minute from the penalty spot by Zarzo, after Calzado was adjudged to have tripped an opponent in the box. Jose Carlos made up his mind which way to dive, but it was the wrong decision - the only one he was to make throughout the match. With the score level then for the second half, Castellon came out like a team on a mission, knowing a win would take them back into the top four after Novelda's home defeat on

Saturday. Torry were resolute with every player ensuring serious shots on target were kept to a minimum. Jose Carlos did have two key saves to make, one with his legs, to ensure the score did not inch in favour of the home side. When Pastor was hauled down in the box midpoint into the second period, it was Lewis Allen in the 68th minute who stepped up to the mark. He oozed confidence as his left foot strike placed the ball securely into the net, before he was lifted aloft by colleagues who knew they could keep the hosts at bay. They did so with conviction and the fresh legs of Matheus (for Pastor) and Joel (for Molina), with Dani Salazar having replaced Nica shortly before the winning goal. Castellon did not give up, but they could not find the equaliser. The result put Torrevieja up one slot, but they remain solidly berthed in the relegation places. Fans know that March is the month of destiny as Torry contest the first three Sundays at home and take on fellow-strugglers Muro in a midweek showdown. These five fixtures in March can provide the exit door for Torry from the basement group so along as they play as they did in Castellon.

CD ALMORADI 1 CF BORRIOL 1 Almoradi have only lost once in their last five matches, which have included two straight wins, but the problem is that as the business end of the season approaches, they need to get more three- pointers in their fight against relegation. As it is, the point gained in the match against Borriol on Sunday was still another positive sign of their recent improvement, and with a trip to bottom of the table whipping boys Segorbe to come this weekend, Almoradi will be hopeful of victory this weekend. They will also be keeping their fingers crosssed that Torrevieja turn over Bunol on Sunday (see left), the side that is just five

points above the two Vega Baja sides as the first team in the safety zone. Almoradi pretty much controlled last Sunday’s first half in a match where Obele didn’t start, with Momo putting Almoradi into the lead with a header from David’s 26th minute corner. The second half produced two chances within a minute for Almoradi to extend their lead with opportunities for David and Saul in the 56th and 57th minutes, whilst at the other end Jaume missed a good chance to level up for Borriol on the hour mark. A Borriol corner produced their equaliser in the 67th minute with Chimo scoring after the visitors, who then

looked the more dangerous of the two sides, with eventually both outfits seemingly content to settle for point. Victory now is essential for Almoradi at Segorbe this Sunday, as well as casting a watching eye at what is going on elsewhere. In other matches last weekend, Orihuela took their derby game against Crevillente, to put them just four points off the play-off zone, and with the next match to come at midtable Paterna. Crevillente entertain the runaway league leaders Olimpic this Sunday, whilst Elche Ilicitano are at home to fourth-placed Novelda, having not had a fixture last weekend.

Thader’s Late Blow CF UD ILICITANA 1 Rojales-based Thader are in a poor run at the moment, as they’ve slipped to sixth in the Preferente Group Four table as they are struggling to pick up points and victories. Last Sunday, they lost in the 88th minute to an Ibarra free-kick from just outside the box, after Quino(lucky to get a yellow card) upended Ilicitana’s Tomas in a

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threatening position. The match before the late drama appeared to be heading for a draw in a contest of few chances for either side. Thader’s recent form now seems them seven points adrift from third-placed Hercules, and this Sunday they entertain second-placed La Nucia, who beat them two-one back in October.

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Friday 3rd March 2017

Leo’s Repeat Rescue

Ilicitanos Held

VILLARREAL 2 REAL MADRID 3 Real Madrid kept their narrow lead at the top of La Liga on Sunday night, but they had to come from two goals down to win at Villarreal, managed by ex-Elche boss Fran Escriba. Manuel Trigueros and Cedric Bakambu gave the hosts a deserved two-goal lead in the span of six second-half minutes, but Gareth Bale pulled one back in the 64th minute. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano handed Real a controversial penalty after 74 minutes, which Cristiano Ronaldo converted, and substitute Alvaro Morata gave his side the lead with a strong header seven minutes from time. Ramos missed a great chance to make it 4-2, as his header flew over the goal, and Navas produced an excellent save on Dos Santos to preserve the win. In the final minutes, Bale limped off the pitch, although the change seemed to be more of a precaution than anything else. Speaking after the match, coach Zinedine Zidane hailed substitutes Alvaro Morata and Isco, as their introduction turned the tide of the game Real Madrid’s way. Zidane admitted that Madrid had to change their tactics in order to combat Villarreal and was pleased with the result. “They did very well and changed the game for us. I’m certain that we’ll need to call on the whole squad”, said Zidane, with his side on action on Wednesday against Las Palmas (see below).

Lionel Messi scored a late winner for the second week in a row as Barcelona beat Atletico in a crucial six-point La Liga showdown on Sunday. Having netted a 90th-minute penalty to secure victory over lowly Leganes last time out, Messi was on hand again to see Barca past Atletico with a goal three minutes from time at the Vicente Calderon. Rafinha had put Barca ahead midway through the second half, only for Diego Godin to head in an equaliser for Atletico shortly afterwards. Barcelona had the perfect chance to raise the pressure on Wednesday, as they entertained struggling Sporting Gijon (report below).

Bale Sees Red

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ELCHE 1 HUESCA 1 Elche still can’t lift that monkey off their Segunda division back of getting successive wins, after their away victory the previous weekend at Lugo. They had to share a draw last Saturday with Huesca in an enjoyable clash, which saw Pelegrín grab a point for the Ilicitanos midway through the second half. The match was played at a good pace with both sides in a positive frame of mind, especially in the first half, with Vadilo putting Huesca in front in the 27th minute with a fine strike that gave Juan Carlos no chance in the Ilicitanos goal. The opening goal came after Iriondo for Elche and Samu Sáiz for Huesca both had good opportunties to open the account for their respective sides. Huesca looked to build on their advantage, though Hervías came very close to levelling for Elche before the interval. Pelegrín got a cracking leveller from a free kick in the 66th minute, and then Elche held the upper hand as they went for a winner, and they thought they got it from Dorca, after the referee had deemed that Malonga was offside. Elche lie 12th in the table, some 24 points behind the leaders Levante, who they go to this Sunday afternoon.

Brexit Fear

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Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane says Gareth Bale apologised for his red card against Las Palmas on Wednesday night and was disappointed with the incident. Bale was shown his first red card since joining Real Madrid and his first since 2008 for kicking out at Jonathan Viera before pushing the midfielder to the ground. It looked like it would result in a first home league defeat in a year for Real until a late comeback saw them snatch a draw at the Bernabeu.Cristiano Ronaldo's late double salvaged a draw that keeps Real just a point adrift of league leaders Barcelona with a game in hand. Asked about Bale's dismissal, Zidane said: "He has apologised. He is not happy with the sending off.”"This can happen, it is a fact of the game and we cannot change it. I used to be happy after the matches and now I cannot be happy lately, but this is a very long season and we are going to change it." Real have a tricky match away to Eibar tomorrow afternoon with a 4.15 pm kick-off.

La Liga champions Barcelona regained the top spot with a comfortable win over Sporting Gijon at the Nou Camp on Wednesday, that was overshadowed by the news afterwards that coach Luis Enrique is standing down at the season (see opposite page). A header from Lionel Messi, making his 500th Barca start, and Juan Rodriguez's own goal set the Barca on course to victory inside 11 minutes. Carlos Castro pulled one back for the visitors midway through the first half but Luis Suarez's sensational volley saw Barca wrestle back the initiative. The hosts then cut loose after the break as Paco Alcacer's third goal of the season, an exquisite Neymar free-kick and Ivan Rakitic's thunderous drive moved Barcelona a point clear at the top of La Liga, after Real Madrid drew with Las Palmas later in the evening. Barcelona now entertain Celta Vigo on Saturday evening.

Monte On Target AT. ORIHUELA 2 CD MONTESINOS 4 CD Montesinos made it 14 straight unbeaten matches in the Valencia regional group 16, as they took an early lead Orihuelka in eight minutes from Carlos Lorente who beat the right-hand side and beat the Orihuela keeper with a fierce drive. From the restart, Atletico lost possession and Carlos Ventura ran through to double Monte’s lead. Atletico woke up and forced a string of good saves from Dani, but Atletico pulled one back on the half-hour mark, and missed other good chances. Monte missed out on some early secondhalf chances, opportunities capped by a rare Vaz penalty miss, with the visitors made to pay when the home side levelled things up in 65th minute after a Monte defensive lapse. Both sides went for it, and with five minutes remaining, Vaz made up for his penalty miss by bursting through two defenders to put Monte in front, and then in added time, Carlos Ventura got his second goal to seal another win for Monte, who are third in the group 16 table, and three points behind leaders Benijofar. They entertain second-bottom Sporting Orihuela CF this Sunday with a 5.00 pm kick-off.

Brexit will cause "serious problems" for the United Kingdom hosting Champions League and European Championship finals, says the UEFA president. Aleksander Ceferin was adamant European football's governing body remained committed to hosting the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 at Wembley, but raised concerns at the possibility of players and fans being refused entry. "If Brexit happens, everything changes, but football was played before, and it will be played in the future," Ceferin told The New York Times. "Now, with free movement in the European Union, it is much better.”

Pepe’s Back

Former West Brom manager Pepe Mel has been appointed coach of struggling La Liga side Deportivo La Coruna. Gaizka Garitano was sacked on Saturday as Deportivo registered their fourth consecutive league defeat. Mel, 54, only lasted 17 games in charge at West Brom in 2014 and has not managed since he was sacked by Real Betis in January 2016. Deportivo, league champions in 2000, are two points above the relegation zone having not won since December. He is the club's seventh manager in six years and has been put in charge until the end of the season.

Perez Concern

Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is reportedly worried about the form of some of his star players like Cristiano Ronaldo, despite the fact that the striker rescued a point for Real on Wednesday night (see opposite page). The Spanish sports website Diario Gol claims that the Perez has told close friends in recent weeks he believes the 32-yearold could be past his best. Besides his goals, Ronaldo cut a subdued figure against Las Palmas and struggled to make much of an impact until the closing stages. He remains a far cry from his usual self and Perez is concerned his struggles could derail Madrid’s attempts to win a first La Liga title since 2012. The Madrid chief was also unimpressed with the performances of Keylor Navas and Sergio Ramos. Navas, who is expected to leave at the end of the season, should have done better with two of Las Palmas’ goals. And Ramos also endured a difficult evening - and was mocked by Sporting midfielder Tana after his goal in the 10th minute.

Beltran Blow

CD Torrevieja forward Jorge Beltran, who joined the club in January, is going to be out of the side for the next four weeks with a torn muscle that he suffered in a training session. Beltran scored a spectacular goal in his debut against Olimpic Xativa on January 22nd.

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Enrique Quits

Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique has announced that he will not be in charge at the Nou Camp next season. Enrique made the shock announcement in the wake of Wednesday night's thrashing of Sporting Gijon(see opposite page). The 46-year-old confirmed that he has decided to step down when his contract expires this summer. "I will not be the coach of Barcelona next season," he said. "I would like to thank the club for the confidence they have shown in me, it's been three unforgettable years.” "In pre-season I had a meeting with Barca directors Albert Soler and Robert Fernandez, in which I told them about the possibility of not renewing my contract. They told me there was no hurry to make a decision - but now that moment has arrived. It is a difficult, measured and well thought out decision, and I think I have to be loyal to what I think.” "There are three exciting months ahead. We are in a difficult situation, especially in one competition, but with the help of everyone and if the stars align, we can turn that game around. I will give my full dedication in these three months." Like his friend and former teammate Pep Guardiola, who stood down in 2012 after four successful years in charge of Barca, Enrique highlighted the pressure of life in charge at the Nou Camp as a factor in his thinking. "The reason is the way in which I live this profession," Enrique added. "It means very few hours of rest." Barca may be up against it in the Champions League but they remain in the La Liga title race and will face Alaves in the Copa Del Rey final on May 27th - meaning Enrique will have a chance to add to his haul of eight trophies as Barca boss in what is likely to be his final match at the helm. Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu said: "We accept Luis Enrique's decision. He has been a great coach. Now it is time to end his spell in the best possible way”. "Luis Enrique has brought us great success and he can still bring us more. The players are motivated to do it." Enrique, a former Barcelona player, took charge in May 2014 and led the Catalan side to a remarkable Champions League, La Liga, Copa del Rey treble in 2014/15. Last season, Enrique added further La Liga and Copa del Rey titles, but Barca came in for heavy criticism after a 4-0 loss in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie at Paris Saint-Germain last month. The Barcelona players were told Enrique would be leaving after they hit six against Gijon. Midfielder Ivan Rakitic said: "The coach came into the dressing room and told us before the press conference. We were all left a bit open-mouthed. We didn't know he was going to announce it today.” "He has all the support of the dressing room. We will do everything we can to do our best in the months to come." The news will immediately ignite speculation over who will succeed Enrique at the Nou Camp. Sevilla's former Chile boss Jorge Sampaoli is among the early favourites for the role, alongside Athletic Bilbao boss Ernesto Valverde.

FIXTURES Friday 3rd March 2017 SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 20:45 Birmingham City v Leeds United Saturday 4th March 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 13:30 Manchester United v Bournemouth 16:00 Leicester City v Hull City 16:00 Stoke City v Middlesbrough 16:00 Swansea City v Burnley 16:00 Watford v Southampton 16:00 West Bromwich Albion v Crystal Palace 18:30 Liverpool v Arsenal LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 16:00 Kilmarnock v Motherwell SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 16:00 Blackburn Rovers v Wigan Athletic 16:00 Bristol City v Burton Albion 16:00 Derby County v Barnsley 16:00 Fulham v Preston North End 16:00 Ipswich Town v Brentford 16:00 Nottingham Forest v Brighton & Hove Albion 16:00 Queens Park Rangers v Cardiff City 16:00 Reading v Wolverhampton Wanderers 16:00 Rotherham United v Aston Villa 16:00 Sheffield Wednesday v Norwich City 18:30 Huddersfield Town v Newcastle United SKY BET LEAGUE ONE 16:00 Bolton Wanderers v AFC Wimbledon 16:00 Bradford City v Peterborough United 16:00 Bury v Gillingham 16:00 Millwall v Milton Keynes Dons 16:00 Northampton Town v Charlton Athletic 16:00 Oxford United v Bristol Rovers 16:00 Rochdale v Sheffield United 16:00 Scunthorpe United v Fleetwood Town 16:00 Shrewsbury Town v Coventry City 16:00 Southend United v Port Vale 16:00 Swindon Town v Chesterfield 16:00 Walsall v Oldham Athletic SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Accrington Stanley v Barnet 16:00 Blackpool v Morecambe 16:00 Cambridge United v Colchester United 16:00 Cheltenham Town v Mansfield Town 16:00 Crawley Town v Doncaster Rovers 16:00 Grimsby Town v Wycombe Wanderers 16:00 Hartlepool United v Exeter City 16:00 Newport County v Leyton Orient 16:00 Plymouth Argyle v Carlisle United 16:00 Portsmouth v Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Stevenage v Notts County 16:00 Yeovil Town v Luton Town LADBROKES SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP 16:00 Dunfermline Athletic v Dumbarton 16:00 Queen of the South v Falkirk LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE 16:00 Airdrieonians v Stranraer 16:00 Brechin City v Alloa Athletic 16:00 East Fife v Albion Rovers 16:00 Queen's Park v Livingston 16:00 Stenhousemuir v Peterhead LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Clyde v Forfar Athletic 16:00 Cowdenbeath v Stirling Albion 16:00 Edinburgh City v Berwick Rangers 16:00 Elgin City v Arbroath 16:00 Montrose v Annan Athletic

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Sunday 5th March 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 14:30 Tottenham Hotspur v Everton 17:00 Sunderland v Manchester City THE WILLIAM HILL SCOTTISH CUP - QUARTER-FINAL 13:30 Celtic v St Mirren 16:00 Aberdeen v Partick Thistle Monday 6th March 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 21:00 West Ham United v Chelsea Tuesday 7th March 2017 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - ROUND OF 16 20:45 Arsenal v Bayern Munich 20:45 Napoli v Real Madrid SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 20:45 Birmingham City v Wigan Athletic 20:45 Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City 20:45 Bristol City v Norwich City 20:45 Derby County v Preston North End 20:45 Fulham v Leeds United 20:45 Huddersfield Town v Aston Villa 20:45 Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers 20:45 Nottingham Forest v Brentford 20:45 Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley

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DROP ZONE BATTLES

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he is not interested in taking over from Luis Enrique at Barcelona in the summer. Enrique announced on Wednesday that he will leave his position as head coach at the Nou Camp at the end of the season (see page 47). "I am not looking for jobs in other clubs or jobs for other people. I am just focused on me getting to the next level and trying to improve”.

SHUT UP!

David Haye and Tony Bellew have been warned by British boxing chiefs after "extremely disappointing comments" before Saturday's heavyweight bout. The British Boxing Board of Control acted after a news conference on Monday where Haye insulted fans and gave graphic descriptions of hurting Bellew. BBBofC general secretary Robert Smith cited "tragedies" in the sport and said he has asked both men to be "sensible".

With Chelsea, Spurs and Manchester City not playing this Saturday, tomorrow’s focus is very much on the battle against relegation from the Premier League, writes ALEX TRELINSKI. There’s no bigger clash than the afternoon showdown between Leicester City and Hull City at the King Power stadium, with the Ranieri-less Foxes producing the win of the season against Liverpool, whilst Hull, despite being second-bottom, are looking altogether a tougher outfit these days. Plus dangerously for all opponents, Jamie Vardy (pictured in the Liverpool win), has rediscovered his scoring touch. Caretaker Foxes boss Craig Shakespeare appears to appears to have a whole different chemistry amongst the players based on the Liverpool result, whilst the Hull boss Marco Silva has improved the Tigers defense significantly as the team has conceded no more than three goals in last four matches including the ones with the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. A draw perhaps? Crystal Palace are in desperate search of a win to find a way to get themselves out of their predicament where they are third from bottom, and travel for a tough match at West Bromwich, managed by former Palace chief Tony Pulis. Middlesborough are above Palace by virtue of goal difference, and they also have a difficult away-day, with a trip to Stoke City. People thought that Paul Clement was on a hiding to nothing when took up the cudgels at Swansea City, but the highly thought of coach is producing a minor miracle in South Wales, and though there is a lot of work still to be done, his side could get some more breathing space with a likely home win over Burnley. Bottom side Sunderland look a good bet for the drop and they must be dreading the Sunday afternoon visit of Manchester City who have been going up the gears recently. Meanwhile the Saturday lunchtime early kick-off(1.30 pm) has Manchester United entertain Bournemouth, with the South Coast side slowly sliding down the table and only four points above the relegation zone. If defeat at the hands of hard-to- beat United at Old Trafford happens tomorrow, then it looks like a tough game-on for Eddie Howe and his men for the rest of the season. Anfield hosts the Saturday late clash between Liverpool and Arsenal (6.30 pm kick-off) with the match all about trying to secure a Champions League slot, and with the unpredicability of both outfits, any result could, and probably will happen! Second-placed Spurs play Everton on Sunday, and runaway leaders Chelsea go to West Ham United for the capital derby on Monday night. Join me this Saturday afternoon for TKO FM sport and music on 90.8 and 91.9FM between 3.00 and 6.00 pm for the latest news and scores.