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CITIZENS FIRST
ritish Prime Minister Theresa May fired the starting gun to the UK leaving the European Union on Wednesday by invoking Article 50, meaning there is two years to go before Britain quits the EU. Negotiations are expected to start within the next two months, and the British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, has been quick to offer assurance to expats in the country. “One of our top priorities for the negotiations is our citizens, and there will be no immediate changes to expat rights here in Spain in the interim” said Manley. “From the meetings that our teams across Spain have had in recent months, we know that many British residents in Spain have
questions about the future, ranging from residency rights to healthcare and pensions.” “One of our top priorities for the negotiations is our citizens. As the Prime Minister said in her letter to European Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday, we should always put our citizens first, and we want an early agreement about their rights. We are ready to reach such an agreement right now if other countries agree. We want to give citizens as much certainty as possible, as early as possible.” “In the interim, there will be no immediate changes to expat rights here in Spain. Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the
BY ALEX TRELINSKI European Union and all the rights British Nationals enjoy in Spain remain in force”, added Manley. The British Embassy in Madrid was keen to emphasise that all work rights, healthcare access; and the access of British children to Spanish schools remains unchanged. Manley commented: “We encourage all British
citizens residing in Spain to register on their local padron, so that you can fully exercise your rights to access local services in Spain and so that we have the most complete possible picture of all the British citizens are living here. If you encounter any problems exercising your rights, get in touch with your the British consulate in Alicante”.
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otorious blackspots on the N-332 highway in the Santa Pola area are set to be eliminated, if Spain's infrastructure minister, Julio Gómez-Pomar, gets official approval for his plans this
Friday (March 31st) from the Council of Ministers, the country's equivalent of the UK government cabinet. Partido Popular national deputy, Loreto Cascales (pictured), who comes from Santa Pola, says she got the pledge following a meeting she had with Gómez.-Pomar. Cascales says that draft bills, set to be passed as part of the General State Budget, will include a new roundabout link and lower speed lanes at Gran Alacant, as well as an extra lane to be built between the junctions for Playa Lisa and
Santa Pola town centre. Cascales added that the measures would then have to get parliamentary approval in Congress as part of the State Budget, where the Partido Popular are governing in a minority.
In January, the infrastructure ministry promised to improve warning signposts on the N-332 close to the accident spot by the empty Rocas de Blancas hotel, though no date was given for the work to be done.
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A 29-year-old Cartagena man has been arrested by the Guardia Civil based in Almoradi for tricking an 11year-old girl to send him sexually explicit photos of her via a mobile phone app. The man befriended the child in an internet chatroom dedicated to manga and Japanese animation, and she sent him some naked and semi-naked photos of herself. He then
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Torrevieja's finance councillor, José Hurtado, says that the coalition authority inherited what he described as a "financial disaster" when they took over the government from the Partido Popular in the summer of 2015. Hurtado claims that council budgets have been hamstrung by previous late payments and interest provi-
sions, which has meant that the authority has had to cough up nine million euros over the last three years due to arrears and interest. "The interest payments could have been used for the benefit of residents", said Hurtado, who added that the figures would only get worse as he was only working on statistics up to December 2016.
I Beg Your Padron Orihuela council claim that six thousand unregistered foreigners live in the area, and that's costing them vital regional and national grants. A campaign has been launched which will run until mid-April to get people onto the municipal padron and to make sure that EU nationals, including British residents, have renewed their padron documentation, which they have to do every six years. International Residents councillor, Sofía Álvarez, and head of statistics for the council, Noelia Grao, said that there are over 33 thousand registered foreigners in the municipality according to official figures, which accounts for 39 percent of the local population. They emphasised that
everybody has to be on the padron if they spend more than three months a year living in the area, and that the figures are used by the National Statistics Institute to calculate money that is given to the council. The councillors said that although the campaign is aimed at all foreigners in the area, it was very much in the interest of British residents to make sure they
What Am I Bid? The formal tender to run Corvera Airport in Murcia was published by the regional government last Saturday. Prospective bidders have been given 40 days to say they are interested in tendering for the 25-year franchise, which would then be followed by a 60 day period for the bidders to present their detailed plans. At a formal tender launch at Corvera, Murcia’s Infrastructure Minister, Pedro Rivera, claimed that airport revenues would be nearly 500 million euro over a quarter of a century, and said that the facility at Corvera would make the Murcia region, and adjoining areas, more attractive to allyear-round tourism, as boosting the local economy. Rivera did not say when the long-delayed Corvera airport would actually open, only to restate that the regional government’s aim is for Corvera to start operating at the same time that the
existing San Javier airport closes. San Javier operator (and likely Corvera bidder) AENA is embroiled in a compensation dispute with the Murcia government over a runway that was built a few years ago, and Rivera was forced to admit that he did not know what was going to happen over San Javier, as AENA have not given him a closure date.
were on the padron, given what might or might not happen in regard to access to healthcare and education once Brexit negotiations are concluded. A padron registration service is being made available this Wednesday (April 5th) at the office on the Entre Naranjos urbanisation between 10.00 am and 1.30 pm.
Stinking Worry
The opposition Partido Popular group on Rojales council say that plans for a new waste disposal area in Guardamar could cause a stink for local residents. Alberto Ros of the PP claims that the proposed site, which is situated in El Pallaret in Guardamar, will bring an odious smell to Rojales if the wind blows in a certain direction. He's also worried about the potential stream of big garbage trucks rumbling through the municipality. Ros has asked for details on what route the lorries would take, and whether new roads would be needed. He has accused the PSOE mayor, Antonio Pérez, of staying silent on the matter.
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Give Me A Motor
A leading ex-councillor in Pilar de la Horadada could face six years behind bars over bribery and corruption charges, as he tried to force a businessman to give him a car worth up to 30 thousand euro in exchange for a
municipal contract. Pilar’s former health and fiestas councillor, Francisco Javier Lara, is in the dock at the Provincial Court in Elche accused of dodgy dealings with the businessman between 2011 and 2012, who
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refused to bow down to his demands. In the end, he recorded a conversation between himself and the Partido Popular councillor at the town hall, which is part of the evidence being used in the case.
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Stubbed Out
A clandestine Bulgarianrun cigarette factory in Elche that could have produced 40 million cigarettes has been raided by the National Police, with five people arrested. Two million packets were set to be marked with two popular brand labels, with the Spanish tax office potentially defrauded of six and a half million euro. A Bulgarian criminal gang, with a long list of activities behind them like smuggling and money laundering, and who operated across Europe, started setting up their illegal factory at an unspecified Elche address in November. A shipment of tobacco was followed by the National Police this month, and was traced to an Elche area warehouse, which was then raided, and five
Bulgarians arrested, some of them with existing criminal records in Spain and Bulgaria. The warehouse unit was sophisticated in what it had to offer, with beds and showers, as well as a dining area and kitchen. There was even a mobile phone jamming device to stop workers making contact with the outside. The building had also been specially soundproofed. Another part of the Bulgarian gang had been arrested back in July for running three clandestine factories in isolated areas of Toledo, Malaga, and Salamanca. 22 people were detained,, with workers being shipped in from Bulgaria to work for up to a month on manufacturing the illegal cigarettes from the raw tobacco leaves.
Friendly Welcome
Torrevieja council wants more local businesses to welcome pets as a boost for trade and tourism, with 40 establishments already signed up for the authority's 'Pet Friendly' scheme. Animal welfare councillor Carmen Morate, and business councillor Manuela Osuna say that traders, including those who offer holiday accommodation, can get registered with the council and pick up more information. Pet owners would then able to access participating businesses via the official municipal website http://www.torrevieja.es.
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Mum Knows Best
A 33-year-old runner died on Saturday morning when he fell from the top of the Sierra de Callosa de Segura. The athlete from Elda had sent his wife pictures via his mobile phone at around 9.00 am, but when she had not heard from him three hours later, she got in touch with authorities to report his disappearance. Rescuers, including Guardia Civil patrols and a fire team from Orihuela then
launched a search, and a helicopter spotted the man's body an hour later at Cueva de la Luna. Such was the difficulty of accessing the area, it wasn't until three hours later that the helicopter was able to winch the body, and subsequently land at a local sports field. where relatives identified the man. The Guardia Civil in Torrevieja have launched an inquiry into what exactly may have happened.
Dolores has become the first municipality in Alicante Province to have a horse unit as part of the local police force, with four officers trained up to ride the two animals. They will be used to patrol major events, as well as helping to cut down on robberies on local farms, especially during harvest seasons. The new horse unit will make its official debut at May's popular fiesta, la Vuelta al Carro.
An Almeria teenager has lost his court case over denouncing his mother for mistreating him, after she took away his mobile phone because he wasn't doing his school homework. Almeria judge Luis Columna said the mum of the 15-year-old boy would
not be a "responsible parent, if she allowed her son to be distracted by the mobile phone leading to a failure to study”. The judge went on to quote the Civil Code and the need for a parent to be responsible for the child's education, as the mother did in this instance.
Former defence minister Pedro Morenés has been named as Spain’s new ambassador to the USA in a move that is being widely interpreted as a bid to get closer to President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy wants to apparently use contacts that Morenés maintains in the US military, knowing Trump’s concerns about national security and defence.
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Pruning Back
BBVA will close around 130 branches throughout Spain this year, in addition to the 132 outlets that were shut down last month. The bank puts down the move to an increase in internet banking, and fear of new companies entering the banking sector. The news means that BBVA are shutting down eight percent of their network in 2017, but will still leave them with over three thousand branches across the country.
Roman High
Two Spaniards aged in their mid-forties have been arrested in Alicante and Madrid for running a mailorder marijuana business, with packages being sent to Rome. Three parcels were intercepted by the National Police and their Italian counterparts, with a postal courier service on an Alicante City industrial estate used to send the product abroad.
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Cops And Robber
An Orihuela local police officer was injured on Monday night, after he was hit by a man who was suspected of robbing a Villamartin shop. The man, said by the police to be South American, was spotted walking around the area, after two patrol cars were sent to investigate reports of two men breaking into a store. Two officers asked the man for some identification and then he knocked one of
them down, with the agent suffering several bruises. He ran away and a chase ensued through the Villamartin urbanisation, with the Guardia Civil from Pilar de la Horadada called in as reinforcements. He was eventually caught, but still violently tried to resist arrest. The investigation remains active as security footage from the premises shows an accomplice involved in the burglary.
Tender Time
The Valencian government's public works department has started a two million euro tender process for the dual carriageway conversion of a section of the CV-865 road between Elche and Santa Pola. The 18-month project will see the upgrade on the highway between the inter-
section with the CV-851 at Vereda de Sendres through to the existing stretch of dual carriageway towards Santa Pola. No timetable has yet been declared, though the process will also include the purchase of land, and the creation of a new bicycle lane.
Dry Docked
The captain of a catamaran ferry service between Alicante and Tabarca island was arrested by the Guardia Civil after a random drugs test showed that he had taken cocaine and hashish. The skipper of the Kon Tiki V, operated by the Cruceros Kontiki, had a high price to pay, as he
was fired immediately by his bosses, with a fine also being imposed by authorities. The Guardia tested the man last Thursday, when the boat landed at Alicante, and they emphasised that despite him taking drugs, none of the 54 passengers, of which 32 were children, were in any danger.
Last summer, two captains of craft operating between Santa Pola and Tabarca were found guilty of using drugs, though they worked for different companies, as opposed to Cruceros Kontiki, who were keen to point out that what happened last week was “an isolated incident� and has been dealt with.
Eight Years On
A 20-strong drug trafficking gang based in Torrevieja has gone on trial this week, accused of selling cocaine across the Alicante Province. The Guardia Civil investigation took place in 2009
with home raids in Torrevieja and Elche and other locations, with several kilos of drugs discovered, as well as cash (pictured). In one instance, a defendant tried to bribe a Guardia officer with eight thousand
euro to let a sailor pass by a customs checkpoint at Torrevieja port without being checked for drugs. Prosecutors are calling for a range of jail sentences from a year through to seven and a half years.
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Day Of Decision
A censure motion lodged by the Socialist PSOE party against underpressure Murcia President, Pedro Antonio Sรกnchez, is scheduled to be heard at the regional assembly today (Friday). Antonio Sรกnchez is being investigated by the National Court over corruption claims under
Operation Punica, and appeared in court at the start of the month to answer questions over the use of public finances for an auditorium in Puerto Lumbreras when he was mayor there. The PSOE is now the largest single grouping in the Murcian parliament after Ciudadanos pulled
out of their coalition with the Partido Popular because of the corruption scandal. Ciudadanos have said that they are not in favour of the PSOE and their leader, Rafael Gonzรกlez Tovar, taking over the Murcian administration, and would back instead a motion calling for fresh elections.
Three-Way Fight
Susana Diaz, the president of the Andalucia region, launched her bid last weekend to become the first woman to lead Spain's national Socialist PSOE party. Diaz announced her candidacy for the PSOE upcoming leadership election on
Sunday at a rally in Madrid, where she was flanked by former Prime Ministers Felipe Gonzalez and Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Diaz, 42, has been the regional president of Andalucia since 2013, with the southern region one of the few remaining strong-
holds for the PSOE, who have been in opposition to the Partido Popular since 2011. Diaz will go up against former party leader Pedro Sanchez and Basque politician Patxi Lopez with the primaries set to take place in May.
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A Load Of Dopes
Fourteen people were arrested last week by the Guardia Civil, who seized more than three million doses of a banned growth hormones in a crackdown on the trafficking of sports performance-enhancing drugs. It was one of the biggest hauls of its kind in Europe, according to court officials in the Costa Blanca region based at Denia, who were co-ordinating the operation. Two of those arrested, including a well-known body builder called Paco Mula, were held on remand in
Malaga on the Costa del Sol, while the rest were released but remain under investigation for a "public health offence". A search took place in the Gandia area, with no nationalities of those arrested being declared. Last September, authorities dismantled a network said to have been led by a doctor and a law-enforcement official who sold performance-enhancing substances in northern Spain to both professional and amateur sportsmen
Monk Does Time
A drug kingpin who ran a supply network from his Costa Blanca villa, which imported more than 40 million euro worth of cocaine into the UK has been jailed for 18 years. Paul Monk, 56, was sentenced at the Old Bailey last week after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply a quantity of Class A drugs. Monk had been wanted by the Metropolitan Police's Organised Crime Command since December 2013, after he breached a bail condition by travelling to the Costa Blanca, as part of the conditions of a nine-year-jail term he got for importing cannabis. As featured in The Courier back in April 2015, Monk was arrested by the Guardia Civil at a luxury villa in Javea, with officers discov-
ering a large quantity of cash hidden in plant pots, as well as paperwork tying Monk to the distribution of drugs. They also found a fake passport and an imitation fireman, Detective Sergeant David Williams said: "Monk is a career criminal who showed a disregard for the laws of UK after he fled to Spain in 2013 to escape justice. He obtained false identity documents in order to evade authorities while he continued to run an international drug supply network from his home in Spain." "Monk has been sentenced to a lengthy period in custody and I would like to thank the Guardia Civil for their co-operation in the investigation that secured this conviction", concluded Williams.
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Naughty But Fun
Saucy laughs will be the order of the day for an adults-only show being put on by the Stagestruck Theatre Group for their spring production, Carry On Pompeii. If you think of Frankie Howard and the TV comedy, Up Pompeii, then you have a very good idea of what
you are going to get in this show penned by Stagestruck Director, Leigh Humphries, which will also feature plenty of music and dancing! It will be staged at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga theatre between Thursday May 11th and Saturday May 13th, with
tickets on sale for seven euros available from the regular local outlets, or by calling Leigh on 679 679 584. The main part of the head slave, Grovello, will be played by Alan Appleton, who got everybody booing as the nasty Abanazar in Aladdin last year.
The tenth anniversary celebratory concerts will feature some of the choir’s most favourite pieces over the last decade, with two performances taking place. The first will be tonight (Friday March 31st) in Torrevieja at La Siesta Church, starting at with the
Fancy Footwork
The Butterfly Children’s charity, DEBRA, got a welcome boost to their coffers with a three thousand euro presentation from the Quesada Art Group, raised by the sales of their calen-
second in San Miguel’s Casa de Cultura (tickets cost just five euro) tomorrow evening at 8.00pm. Tickets are still available and can be obtained by phoning Douglas Brown on 659 616 356, or from Bargain Books in San Miguel.
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dar, as well as staging a raffle. The calendar proved to be a great success this year and was totally sold out, whilst the raffle winner got themselves a painting.
The group thanked everybody involved, and said that without the support of sponsorship of local businesses, the project would not have been able to come to fruition.
Phoenix Rises The Phoenix Concert Band have appointed David Last as their new musical director are pleased to announce the appointment of the new Musical Director, David Last. He has a vast amount of experience from being a boy soldier at the Home Counties School of Music, through to having his own youth band and being a woodwind player with the Royal Artillery Band TA. The band is going
Tom’s Farewell
The Vivace Classical Choir, based in San Miguel de Salinas, is set for their final two concerts this weekend under the baton of musical director, Tom Pargeter, who is retiring after 10 years of building of up the choir from just 16 singers.
Calendar Proceeds
through a restructuring and the new-look formation performed at the recent St.Patrick Day’s celebrations at Cabo Roig outside Milos Bar. There are vacancies for musicians, in all sections, both brass and woodwind, and they rehearse every Tuesday afternoon in San Miguel de Salinas. For more details, phone Pat Shepley on 646 031 584, or send an e-mail to
mspatshep@hotmail.com
Show Stopper The recent annual dog show for the Little Pod Association held at El Rancho in Los Montesinos saw a bumper entry of 80 dogs, with an impressive sum of just under two and a half thousand euro raised. Four of the team from San Anton vets acted as judges, with all of the money going for the vets bills that the Association have to fork out to look after the animals under their care. Pictured is the best in
show and pedigree category winner Selma, with her
owner Lennant, and the judges.
Tea For Plenty A traditional afternoon tea recently held at CaféBar Almoradi raised 212 euro for the Huntington's Disease Association. It was the first event staged at the new premises on Rehearsals are underway for the Footwork Dance Summer Review show to be staged at the Casa de Cultura y Musica in Los Montesinos on Sunday July 23rd, with proceeds, like for the successful Xmas show, going to help underprivileged people in the town. Students of all ages have recently been put through their paces with a series of exams under International
Dance Teachers Association examiner Elizabeth Harris (pictured with some of the dancers), who came especially from the UK to mark the various ballet, tap, and gymnastic categories. If you are interested in learning more about Footwork Dance and what they do you can contact Erica by phoning 662 003 823.
928 euro was raised for the Elche Childrens Home thanks to a recent charity evening held at the Restaurante El Alto La Dolores, Guardamar. Annette and Dave English received the donation from event organisers, Marlene Brown and Joan Rampton.
Calle Mayor in the town, as the customers enjoyed sandwiches, savouries and home-made cakes. The next fundraising event in aid of the Association will be a fun
quiz on Saturday April 22nd, at 8.00 pm, with tickets priced at just five euro, which include some tapas. For more details, call Marion Smith on 651 043 681.
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Best Income for Expats Update Keith Littlewood, International Financial Adviser at Blacktower, Costa Cálida
Here is a brief resume of what is exactly available in the market place for investors and the rates you can expect to receive. Getting the best income possible from your investments is crucial in the current economic climate. Deposit Accounts –If you are lucky enough to be an existing customer or have an address in the UK you can have a bank account that offers interest. Currently the best providers are Santander 1.5% for up to £20,000 and Royal Bank of Scotland 3% for up to £5,000 only. Normal easy access accounts are being offered by Yorkshire \building Society at 1.15% with the Nottingham Building Society, West Brom Building Society and Sainsbury’s bank all offering 1.05%. If you are limited to a Spanish provider now you will not be even able to get 1% now unless you are willing to tie your money up for 18 months. I saw one client this week who has just had their interest reduced after the 18-month period at 0.5% to 0.01%. Yes 0.01% which means you will get the princely sum of €1 interest after one year if you invest €10,000. In the current climate deposit accounts should be used for emergency money only with the rates offered often do not even match inflation. One way to combat inflation is to put money away for some sort of term. Spanish Compliant Bonds – Rates vary and depend on the size of investment. Prudential offer a Cautious Fund that is currently paying growth rates of 4.8% for Investments in Euros and 5.5% for investments in Sterling. This type of investment is great for people wanting medium to long term income or growth. 5% of capital is allowed to be withdrawn each year penalty free.
share price as many do sell once they qualify for the dividend which can reduce your capital value. Hence, I have given examples for top FTSE Companies above as they are usually more stable. There are other investment vehicles such as Annuities, Structured notes, unit-linked or unit trust funds but then we are going up the risk ladder and usually a fully Qualified Financial Adviser will be involved. Remember everything is ok in moderation and putting all your eggs in one basket can lead to trouble. In today’s financial climate it is essential you do everything you can to make sure your money is safe and secure and what you want to transpire in the future has the best chance of happening. If you need advice or if have any questions regarding the above you can contact me,
These offer very good tax benefits but are only available if you are a Spanish Fiscal resident. Shares – In the UK we are fast approaching the end of the financial year for a lot of companies and 6th April is when many of the giants go ex-dividend. What this means that if you have shares in this company you can qualify for a final dividend payment. 3 of these are Pearson paying 34p (around 5% of the share value), Aviva 15.88p (3%) and Lloyds 1.7p plus a special div of .5p (adds up to around 3.5%). If you are an active player on the markets you can take advantage of this period by buying the share, getting the dividend and then selling again when the time is right. Be warned though after a Share does go ex-div there can be a sudden dip in the
Keith Littlewood DipPFS on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com. You can now make an appointment to come and have a no-obligation discussion in our new office opened at Cabo Roig. The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licensed in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV in Spain
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Adoption Corner
Fighting Off Pests
BUTTON Button was found with her brother as six-week-old puppies. She is a small crossbreed who has a very big character, and as they say ´big things come in small packages´ and that definitely applies to Button. If you think you could give this little girl her forever home then please contact the SAT kennels in Dolores on 966710047 (leave a message) or email info@satanimalrescue.com
DAKOTA Dakota is a beautiful three-month-old old pup who is being fostered in a home with his siblings and other dogs and cats. He will not be very big when fully grown, with a medium size likely, with Dakota ready to go to his very own home. For more details about Dakota please phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
GEORGE George is a beautiful seven-week-old pup, who is being fostered in a home with his siblings and other dogs and cats. George is a Boxer/GSD cross, and when fully grown, it’s believed he will be a big size. He will ready to go to a home of his own in a few weeks time, but you can reserve him as a forever friend tight now. For more about George phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com
SANCHO
Sancho is a beautiful male pointer aged around six years who was found wandering along the N-332 and was taken in by one of the K9 charity volunteers. He is very friendly and loves people and other dogs, but does not like cats. Like all pointers, he is very lively and would benefit from a reasonable amount of exercise. If you are able to give Sancho a place to call home, then please call K9 on 600 845 420.
We are approaching the time of year when you should start increase your protection for your dog against fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes as the temperatures start to rise. Protective collars and a monthly application of products give your furry friend a pretty much hassle-free spring and summer. The popular Scalibor Dog Collars control the infestations of ticks, mosquitoes and flies for up to six months, and used in conjunction with something like Advantix, a good level of protection if provided. As with humans, a bite from a mosquito can result in everything from an annoying itch to more serious parasitic diseases. In dogs, heartworm disease is the primary concern, but there are many things that you can do. Heartworm disease is a serious parasitic condition caused by a worm, Dirofilaria immitis, which lives in the blood vessels and heart of infected pets. The disease is spread by mosquitoes. When an infected dog is bitten by a mosquito, the blood that is withdrawn can contain heartworm offspring. When the mosquito bites a second dog, the offspring are passed through. Inside the host, the heartworm can grow into a parasite up to a foot in length. The parasite can cause injury to the lungs, arteries and the heart. Symptoms include: • • • • • •
Lethargy Coughing Vomiting Difficulty breathing Fainting Exercise intolerance
TARZAN Tarzan is a stunning four-year-old Ragdoll cat. His owner has sadly passed away and he is desperate to find a forever home. Tarzan is chipped, vaccinated and sterilised, and loves to be cuddled and stroked. Tarzan has been in a home with other cats, and if you would like to meet him or to learn more, then phone Pets in Spain on 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com
These symptoms are also associated with other canine diseases so diagnosis can be difficult. Often, a blood test is required to confirm the diagnosis. Treatments are available but prevention and mosquito control are most important. Vets here in Spain offer an annual heartworm injection as a matter of course. The likelihood of mosquito bites can be minimised by these preventative measures to reduce the risks for your pets, as well as the measures mentioned earlier:• Remove sources of stagnant water around the house and patio. Mosquitoes breed and thrive in standing water. • Change water bowls frequently. • Fit windows and doors of your home with screens to prevent mosquitoes from entering. • Keep your pets inside, especially in the early morning and early evening, when mosquitoes are most active. The less exposure your animals have to mosquitoes, the less likely they are to be bitten. Treat bites on the ears and nose with an antibacterial cream to keep them from becoming infected. See your vet if the bites do not heal or appear to be getting worse. Prevention is always better than cure and a combination of an annual heartworm injection from your vet along with using a couple of products over a six-month period, should mean that you furry friend will have no problems during the long hot Spanish summer.
TREACLE Seven-month-old Treacle is one of several Tortoiseshell cats in APAH's care. Always females, they are beautiful cats, and Treacle is a small, sweetnatured little girl, rescued as a tiny kitten and ready for her first loving home. To arrange to meet Treacle and the other APAH cats, then please call 630 422 563 or 616 210 850.
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On The Fiddle A free-loading guest who stayed at 13 luxury hotels in Madrid without paying his bill, found it unlucky number 14, when police arrested him, before he could play the same trick at his latest establishment. The incident in the capital follows on from two highprofile cases in Barcelona in the last year, where the same con was played. ln the latest case in Madrid, police seized five different credit cards the man used for making his unpaid bookings, which totalled up to over seven thousand euro. Hotel staff, when they tried to take the
money from the debit card number he had given, found there were no funds in the account. Police found he had never aroused suspicion, because he always left the hotel empty-handed, with no luggage, and it was only later that they found he had not returned. As well as searching for him using the details given by the first 13 hotels, police warned all other hotels in Madrid of his presence, in case he tried to pull the same stunt. All the credit and debit cards they confiscated had been cancelled by his bank.
Santiago Spruce New pavements, street signs, and lighting are just part of a 450 thousand euro regeneration project for Santiago de la Ribera in the San Javier municipality. Miguel JosĂŠ Mayor Luengo and public services councillor Maria Dolores Ruiz this week checked out the work going on across several streets in three separate projects in Santiago, with everything set to be four within completed months.
Banana's Split The Guardia Civil arrested two men on Sunday in Valencia and Malaga for allegedly transporting large quantities of cocaine inside fake bananas. The investigation was started in November when agents discovered the drugs in a shipment of bananas. Among the real bananas, police found 57 fake bananas made of resin that were stuffed with seven kilograms of cocaine. Another 10 kilograms of cocaine were hidden inside the flaps of the cardboard boxes that carried the fruit. The two men charged with trafficking drugs and belong-
ing to a criminal organization are Spanish, with the
Guardia also investigating a third man, who is Italian.
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DIY Peg Shelf Materials: – – – – – – – – – –
6 foot 1×2 pine board measuring tape & pencil drill press with spade bit scrap piece of wood plywood 3/8”x12”x24” table saw mitre box 1/2” dowel sandpaper drill & screws
Directions: Cut your 6’ 1×2 board into two 25” pieces with a mitre box. Starting from one end, make a mark at 2” in the center of the wide side of the board and then every 3” from there until you get to the other end; make center marks at each of these lines. Using a drill press and a 1/2” spade bit, drill a hole in a scrap piece of wood; check to see if your dowel fits snugly in this hole. (The dowel we had was slightly smaller than the 1/2” hole so we used a metal file to file the spade bit’s width until the dowel fit snugly). Drill a hole at each of the marks, placing a piece of scrap wood beneath your piece so that you can drill all the way through. Drill a 1/8” hole 3/4” from each end for the screw to mount the board to the wall. Cut plywood 3-3/4” wide by 18” long for the shelves. Cut dowels 4-1/4” long (you will need 2 for each shelf). Sand everything as needed.
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Life Savers
Slot Robbers
Several public buildings in Almoradi are to have defibrillator machines placed in them, according to the local authority's health councillor Almudena Albentosa. The defibrillators had stopped being available, but the PP-Ciudadanos coalition council is now reintroducing them to the tow. The Cruz Roja will run refresher courses for the local police, civil protection volunteers, and council workers on how to use the units if somebody suffers a cardiac arrest.
Corporal Penalty Spain’s Supreme Court has confirmed the Defence Ministry’s sacking of a Guardia Civil officer who exposed himself to a couple of 16-year-old girls in an Alicante City street in June 2014. The man, with the rank of first corporal, was given a five-year probationary sentence by the Alicante court last year, which included psychiatric treatment, in addition to paying a fine of a thousand euros, after being found guilty of the crime of exhibitionism.
Bum Deal A woman sitting on a Murcia city bus had her buttocks partially burnt when she was travelling on the 41 Latbus service between Murcia and Las Torres de Cotillas on Tuesday. The woman, aged in her sixties, complained about itching to her buttocks and legs, and asked the driver to stop, with paramedics called in to help her. She was taken to hospital, and discharged after doctors treated her injuries. Experts believe some kind of cleaning fluid had spilt on her seat.
Old and New
Six Spaniards from the Mil Viviendas area of Alicante City, who robbed slot machines, have been charged with two offences in
the Santa Pola area. Four men and two men were arrested by the Guardia Civil based in Santa Pola in connection with
stealing over two thousand euro from the two machines, with investigations continuiing over other incidents across Alicante Province.
Silent Right Ex-San Javier mayor Juan Hernández used his right to stay silent, after being ordered to testify in front of a judge on Tuesday over corruption allegations stretching back a number of years involving the awarding of local building contracts. The investigations concern the business relationship between Hernández and various building companies, with the ex-mayor tell a San Javier judge that key documents were missing which proved his innocence, and that meant that he could conduct a defence.
No Thank You San Fulgencio council has installed some new exercise equipment aimed at elderly residents in a local park.
A series of units have been put up in the park on Avendia del Polideportivo in the town, with the authority
saying that have plans to increase the amount of children’s equipment as well in the future.
Public Views
Plans for a major development on Torrevieja’s seafront which would see tower blocks built by the Metrovacesa company are
still very much alive, according to councillor Fanny Serrano. Despite the positive technical reports carried out by council technicians,
Serrano says that the plans need to be extensively open to public consultation, and that will be done with associations and individuals.
Spain's capital Madrid has said no to an offer from American developer Cordish Companies to build a two billion euro entertainment complex in the city. The 134-hectare piazza dubbed 'Live! Resorts Madrid' and comprising dining, shopping and hotel facilities would have been the largest of its kind in Europe,
with the creation of over 50,000 jobs. The regional government claim that 340 million euro of public money would have been needed to build the necessary infrastructure around the complex, as well as being unsure about the economic viability of the project. It is the second time a
project of this kind has failed to come to fruition in Madrid, as four years ago, US casino operator Las Vegas Sands scrapped plans for a four billion euro gambling resort 'Eurovegas' after the government refused to give ground on certain demands, such as lifting a nationwide smoking ban inside the complex
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Croque Monsieur Ingredients 30g unsalted butter 25g plain flour 475ml hot milk 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper Pinch nutmeg 340g Gruyere, grated 50g freshly grated Parmesan 16 slices white sandwich bread, crusts removed Dijon mustard 225g baked ham, sliced but not paper thin Method 1) Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas mark 6. Melt the butter over a low heat in a small saucepan and add the flour all at once, stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Slowly pour the hot milk into the butter-flour mixture and cook, whisking constantly, until the sauce is thickened. 2) Turn off the heat and add the salt, pepper, nutmeg, 35g of the grated Gruyere and all the Parmesan. Mix well and set aside. 3) To toast the bread, place the slices on 2 baking sheets and bake for 5 minutes. Turn each slice and bake for another 2 minutes, until toasted. 4) Lightly brush half the toasted slices with mustard, add a slice of ham to each, and sprinkle with half the remaining Gruyere. Top with another piece of toasted bread. 5) Slather the tops of the sandwiches with the cheese sauce, sprinkle with the remaining Gruyere and bake the sandwiches for 5 minutes. Turn on the grill element and grill for 3 to 5 minutes, or until the topping is bubbly and lightly browned. Serve hot.
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Boerie Meatballs and Potato Dumplings
Ingredients
ture, place onto a floured tray.
½ wheel boerewors 200g baked potato flesh 1 egg yolk 100g plain flour (half weight of potato) Mature cheddar – grated Generous handful of baby spinach 10-15 hazelnuts Salt and pepper Flour (to dust) Olive oil
To assemble and finish:
Method 1.Scoop cooked flesh from potatoes and put into a metal bowl 2.Add the egg yolk and flour, then mix. 3.Roll out mixture into a tube onto a floured surface. 4.Cut 3cm sized measures of potato mix-
1.Place a non-stick pan onto the heat with 1 teaspoon of oil. 2. Pull boerewors out of the skin in small chunks. Put into the warm pan and gently cook through. Add hazelnuts to pan to toast. 3.Prepare a medium pot of salted water, bring to the boil. Add all potato dumplings to simmering water. 4.Cook till dumplings rises to the surface then strain and place into the same pan as the meat balls. 5.Sauté till golden brown before adding baby spinach to wilt. 6.Remove all ingredients from the pan and place into bowel, top with mature cheddar and serve.
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Lamb and aubergine traybake INGREDIENTS 2 aubergines, cut into rounds 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into thick strips, lengthways 1 red onion, cut into wedges 8 new potatoes, halved 2 tbsp olive oil 2 tsp red wine vinegar 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 1 tsp dried oregano a few sprigs of rosemary 2 lamb leg steaks handful of cherry tomatoes 150g feta cheese, cut into chunks small bunch of mint, leaves only flaked sea salt freshly ground black pepper Method Preheat the oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 6. Put the aubergines, pepper, onion and potatoes in a large roasting tin and drizzle them with the olive oil and red wine vinegar. Sprinkle the garlic, oregano and rosemary on top, then season with salt and pepper. Cover the dish with foil, then put it in the oven for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, remove the roasting tin from the oven and check the vegetables – they should feel tender when pierced with a knife. Turn the oven up to 220°C/Fan 200°C/Gas 7. Tuck the tomatoes and feta around the vegetables, making sure they are evenly spaced. Season the lamb steaks with salt and pepper, then put them on top of the veg. Put the dish back in the oven and cook, uncovered,
for 15–20 minutes, depending on how well done you want your lamb. Remove and allow the lamb steaks to
La Leche Frita Dessert Ingredients 2 1/4 cup milk Rind of 1 lemon 1 cinnamon stick 3 Tbs cornflour 5 eggs 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup plain flour 1/2 cup fine breadcrumbs olive oil 2 Tbs sugar for sprinkling Ground cinnamon Method Pour 1 1/2 cup milk into a pan with the lemon rind and the cinnamon stick. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Strain the milk and wipe the pan clean. Meanwhile, stir the cornflour into the rest of the cold milk until smooth. Beat three eggs in a bowl with the sugar and stir in the corn-flour. Whisk in the hot milk and return the custard mixture to the pan. Cook until thick and smooth stirring constantly. Spread the custard mix-
ture in an oiled dish and chill for several hours. Beat the remaining 2 eggs and place in a shallow dish. Put the flour and breadcrumbs in dishes. Cut the chilled custard into squares. Dip each piece into the flour, then into the beaten egg, and finally into
the breadcrumbs. Heat the olive oil in a heavy frying pan and fry the pieces of custard until browned on both sides. Drain on absorbent paper. Sprinkle the fried custard with sugar and ground cinnamon. Serve warm and enjoy!
rest for at least 5 minutes. Slice the lamb and serve with the vegetables, strewn with fresh mint.
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Health
New test helps people predict when they may get Alzheimer's disease
New forms of genetic testing could allow people to discover their risk of developing Alzheimer’s at a particular age, scientists have said. An individual’s genetic data can be used to estimate how likely they are to develop the debilitating disease in the future, according to a new study published in Plos Medicine. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia, which mainly affects people over 65 and can cause a deterioration in memory, thinking and behaviour. Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK and recently overtook heart disease to become the leading cause of death in England and Wales. Rahul Desikan, a researcher from the University of California, analysed genetic data from more than 70,000 elderly people, some who had Alzheimer’s and some who didn’t.
By identifying known genetic risk factors for the disease in each person’s genetic “fingerprint”, he and his team created a scoring system known as the polygenic hazard score (PHS). The researchers then combined this score with statistics on the incidence rates of the disease to predict an individual’s Alzheimer’s risk and even predict the age of the onset of the disease. They tested their risk calculations in two independent groups of patients and found people with the highest score were several times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than those with lower scores. People with the highest PHS score were also found to have an earlier than expected age of onset of the disease by up to 10 years. “Our genetic risk score may serve as a ‘risk factor’ for accurately identifying older individuals at greatest risk for developing Alzheimer’s, at a given age,” Dr Desikan told The Independent. “This score may also be helpful for identifying non-demented older individuals at greatest risk for developing Alzheimer’s neurodegeneration.” Dr Desikan said while there may be “justified fear” among patients about finding out they have a disease for which there is currently no cure, “knowing your ‘personalised’ risk for Alzheimer’s can really help with planning for the future.” “For example, if you know that you are at elevated risk for this disease, you may want to make decisions on making a will, getting your finances in order, figure out when to stop driving and perhaps reprioritise your life,” he said. Dr James Pickett, head of research at the Alzheimer’s Society, said the study was “fairly successful at predicting the likelihood of someone developing dementia over the coming year”. He said the study, which focused primarily on individuals of European descent living in the US, “needs to be tested further in mixed, non-US populations”. “This genetic risk score could help identify people to take part in research studies, but is not opening a door to genetic testing for dementia risk in the clinic,” he added. “For anyone concerned about dementia the first step is to visit your GP. If you’re looking for ways to reduce your risk, remember what’s good for your heart is good for your head, and it may be possible to lower your risk by staying active, eating well and learning new skills.” Early diagnosis of dementia can help patients receive treatment to help with symptoms more quickly and help them and their families to develop coping strategies, which in some cases can save lives. Professor Paul Morgan, director of the Systems Immunity Research Institute at Cardiff University, said the study “adds to the strong evidence that an approach that takes into account the polygenic nature of Alzheimer’s disease can be a useful way of aiding risk prediction”. “As effective therapies emerge, the approach might be used more widely to enable early intervention in those at highest risk,” he added.
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What is Sick Building Syndrome? Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) describes health problems that occur when people spend time in a building and when they move away from the building, they feel better. Sometimes people may notice an improvement in illnesses when the leave the area they reside in, and such health problems are mainly due to allergies and are different from Sick building syndrome which refers to worsening health problems inside a building. The typical symptoms of SBS are headaches, fatigue, respiratory illnesses, cough, ear, nose and throat irritation, difficulty concentrating, skin irritation and allergies. Studies show that the primary cause of Sick Building Syndrome is the presence of toxins in a building. Molds and mycotoxins from fungi are well-known causes. Fungi thrive in wet and humid areas, especially indoors in
colder climates with indoor heating. Molds produce visible spores which when inhaled can cause serious pneumonia and other health problems. But Molds also produce some of the deadliest toxins called mycotoxins which are invisible to the naked eye. Mycotoxins are breakdown products of molds and are known causes of chronic respiratory diseases including the allergic symptoms associated with Sick Building Syndrome. Mycotoxins can be difficult to eradicate and may require the help of professional cleaners. In commercial buildings, molds can invade the ventilation and air conditioning system causing contamination in an entire building. Some bacteria such as Listeria typically colonize air condition systems and cause respiratory diseases. Some of the materials
used in constructing buildings, especially modern composite materials, are known to leach toxic chemicals into the air. Paint and other synthetic adhesives employed in buildings also release deadly toxins over time. Commercially cleaned carpets and upholstery release VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) and gases such as formaldehyde, which are proven to cause diseases. A well-documented cause of Sick Building Syndrome is Poor ventilation. Many modern buildings are airtight to conserve energy, and for air circulation, they rely on ventilation system that is prone to contamination. Adequate air circulation is a first step in preventing or eliminating Sick Building Syndrome. For A Full Body Scan Call MedB Diagnostics – 965071745, 966189074, www.medb.es
Moderate drinking may reduce heart disease risk "A daily pint or glass of wine can slash the chances of a suffering heart attack by a third," reports sugest. Researchers found that people who drank alcohol within moderate drinking guidelines were less likely to have a first episode of a range of heart and vascular diseases than those who never drank alcohol. This four-year study looked at health records of almost 2 million adults without any cardiovascular disease at the start of the study. It found that non-drinkers were more likely to need treat-
ment for many diseases such as heart attack, heart failure and angina, compared to people who drank alcohol within the previous recommended guidelines, which were 21 units per week for men and 14 units for women. There was less difference between the groups for circulation diseases such as stroke and bleeding in the brain. However, heavy drinkers, consuming above guideline limits, were also at higher risk compared with moderate drinkers. Former and occasional drinkers also had increased risk of several outcomes. Along with other study
limitations, like the possible influence of other health and lifestyle factors, we can't be certain that moderate drinking directly decreases risk. And at the risk of sounding like killjoys, there are far healthier and more effective methods of reducing cardiovascular disease, such as regular exercise. Regular drinking, can increase your risks of a number of cancers. Alcohol guidelines changed at the start of 2016 to recommend that both men and women should drink no more than 14 units per week. This was to reflect the point that there is no such thing as a "safe amount" of alcohol.
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New Routes
Budget airline Ryanair has opened a new route with a daily service from Alicante-Elche airport to Frankfurt in Germany.
The city has already got flights to Alicante-Elche provided by Lufthansa, and now offers an alternative thanks to Ryanair.
Costly Row
Two drug dealers, who got into fight outside a garage where drugs were being sold, were arrested last Meanwhile, Finnair has week by the Guardia Civil in the Lo Pagรกn area of San returned to Alicante-Elche after a 20 year gap, with a four times a week link to the Finnish capital, Helsinki.
Pedro del Pinatar. A third man was also detained, with drugs and money seized by the Guardia, and the trio put in front of a San Javier judge.
Fake Crime
Nordic Fall A 73-year-old Norwegian woman suffered a suspected broken ankle after she was out for a walk with her husband and fell down an embankment on the Sierra de Gran Alacant last Friday. Elche fire department transport were mobilised due to the difficulty of the terrain, and she was transferred to hospital.
Graffitti War
Guardamar council is get tough over vandalism and the daubing of slogans at local heritage sites by creating a special division of the local police to track down offenders. Fines of up to 60 thousand euro have been promised in a bid to stop graffitti appearing at places like Guardamar castle, with the council saying that incidents have sharply risen over the last decade.
Gas Boost A 48-year-old Ukrainian man has been charged with filing a bogus crime report claiming that 30 thousand euro had apparently been stolen from his Alicante City home. The National Police
swooped on the complainant, after discovering that he had not lived at his declared address for two years, and that it was all a scam to try and collect an insurance payout.
13 kilometres of pipelines are to be laid down this year to extend the availability of natural gas to an extra 500 homes in the San Javier area. The Redexis Gas company say that there are currently two thousand private and business customers benefitting from the service.
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Castilla-La Mancha – El Campo de Montiel
By Julie Day Although made famous worldwide through the tales of the unfortunate and disillusioned Don Quijote, the region of Castilla-La Mancha is largely overlooked by the modern tourist. Despite being the third biggest autonomous region in Spain, it is one of the most sparsely populated; yet it is still an area of unspoilt beauty and has plenty to offer all types of visitor. It certainly has a lot more to show than deserted, arid plains and the odd bleak windmill as recounted by Cervantes. Castilla-La Mancha forms the main part of central Spain and is bordered by the provinces of Castilla y León, Aragon, Madrid, Valencia, Murcia, Andalucia and Extremadura. It is divided into 5 provinces, namely, Toledo, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Ciudad Real and Albacete. Campo de Montiel is a comarca in the southern part of Castilla-La Mancha that sits within the southeast region of Ciudad Real and the southwest part of Albacete. This is a hilly area of natural beauty with great historic and cultural wealth. There are several natural protected parks in this region that are the resting place of many migratory birds travelling between Europe and Africa throughout the year. This fundamentally forgotten part of Spain is a nature lover’s and history enthusiast’s paradise! For those wishing to visit this area of Castilla-La Mancha, there are a number of locations that should form part of your things-to-do list and they are outlined below. Parque Natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera Located within an otherwise parched region of Castilla-La Mancha, the wetlands of the Parque Natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera is an oasis of stunning lakes and diverse flora and fauna. This protected park consists of 15 interconnected turquoise-coloured lakes that stretch for 25km through the valley of the Alto Guadiana. Here you will find numerous species of birds including bustards, herons, eagles and many species of duck. During the summer visitors are able to enjoy the waters in the bathing areas and practice sports such as diving, fishing and canoeing.
La Sierra de Alcaraz The Sierra de Alcaraz is a series of mountains that is broken up by deep gorges, dense pine forests and fertile valleys. It is an excellent area for walking, hiking and cycling with numerous paths winding through it. The highest peak is the Pico de Almenara, which stands at a height of 1,700m. The source of the Río Mundo, which begins as a 200m high waterfall within the Cueva de los Chorros is also found here and is a particularly stunning beauty spot. Here you can find approximately 1300 species of different plants and flowers, many of which are on the endangered species list, 2 in peril of extinction, which demonstrates the importance of this area’s environment, biodiversity and its conservation. Alcaraz Alcaraz is an ancient city, steeped in history and culture that sits at the foot of the Sierra de Alcaraz. Of particular tourist interest is the Renaissance Plaza Mayor that houses the “twin towers” of Tardón and Trinidad, which have been declared sites of national tourist interest. The main square is surrounded by narrow streets that are lined with traditional houses. On the outskirts of the town you will see the castle ruins as well as the remaining arch of what was once a magnificent aqueduct. Other impressive buildings include the San Miguel church and the Santa María Magdalena convent. Valdepeñas Wine connoisseurs will be familiar with the name of this town, as it is the capital of Castilla-La Mancha’s immense wine region. Valdepeñas is the world’s largest wine-producing area, covering 30,000 hectares and makes excellent white, red, rosé and claret wines. For those that want a break from taking in the historical sites or walking through the many natural parks, a visit to one of the 47 vineyards, or bodegas, may be just the thing. As you can see, it is clear that this region of Castilla-La Mancha boasts a marvellous countryside and cultural and historical heritage that visitors to the area can enjoy all year round.
Twin Towers, Plaza Mayor, Alcaraz
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Friday 31st March 2017 Events Calendar
Friday 31 March to Sunday 2 April, 2017 Orihuela Murales de San Isidro. An opportunity to visit the painted houses of the San Isidro area of Orihuela City, paying tribute to local history and the poet, Miguel Hernández. Various activities for World Autism Day. Alicante Classic car show at the Palacio Provincial, with exhibitions, workshops, and children´s entertainment.
Paddle Surf Tramontana, thousands of reasons to go stand-up paddleboarding in Benicàssim
Friday 31 March, 2017 Rojales Carlos Piñana concert (Part of the Music Without Frontiers festival). Torrevieja Free colon cancer testing, Hospital Quirónsalud. Saturday 1 to Thursday 23 April, 2017 Torrevieja Model boat exhibition, Park of Nations. Saturday 1 April, 2017 April Fools Day Torrevieja TCF Spring Fayre, Avenida de las Valencianas,68. San Miguel Vivace Concert, Casa de Cultura. Saturday 1and Sunday 2 April, 2017 Orihuela Beauty and the Beast, the musical. Bus service available from the coast to the city, arranged by the town hall. Saturday 1 to Friday 7 April, 2017 Rojales Gastronomic Festival. Sunday 2 April, 2017 Pilar de la Horadada “Welcome Spring” Flower market. Wednesday 5 April, 2017 Orihuela Costa Spring Fiesta at the Centro Civico Alameda del Mar. Thursday 6 to Saturday 8 April, 2017 Orihuela Costa Padel competition at the CDM.
Culture and entertainment coexist peacefully in Benicàssim, one of the most charming towns in the Valencia Region. Why go stand-up paddlesurfing? Because it strengthens every single muscle in your body in a non-aggressive fashion by keeping your entire body active while you keep your balance on the surfboard; because you are in contact with nature, with the sea, with the sun, with the wind, because it is therapy for the soul; because you can enjoy this simple sport with your entire family; and because it is a way to have fun, to have a great time and to make the most out of your stay. These motivations are the motto of Paddle Surf Tramontana, a surfing school located in Benicàssim, a town in the Region of Castellón that fulfils all of the ideal conditions to perform this sport and where culture and entertainment, relaxation and hustle and bustle coexist harmoniously in one of the most charming towns in the Region of Valencia.
Murales de San Isidro If you have never visited the Murales de San Isidro in Orihuela, this weekend is the time to change that, and talk a stroll around one of the most vibrant and colourful areas of this historic city. This weekend, more than 30 houses will be painted in honour of local poet, Miguel Hernández, as the area pays tribute to a local hero. The weekend promises to be "full of cultural activity, thanks to the neighbourhood", according to the councillor for culture, Mar Ezcurra, "with music, poetry, theatre, exhibitions, workshops, and more, starting with a concert on Friday in the San Isidro park, by Kiko Veneno". At any time during the weekend you can stroll around the neighbourhood, seeing some if the paintings, and immerse yourself into this unique piece of local culture that sets the area aside from any other. The neighbourhood of San Isidro is located just on the outskirts of Orihuela city.
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TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI
We are being treated at the moment, with two of the best-ever UK cop shows on air within 24 hours of each other, with Broadchurch on a Monday, and last Sunday seeing the return of the fantastic Line of Duty on BBC 1. Duty fans know that creator, writer, and director Jed Mercurio always has a big shock lined up in episode one of a new series (remember Daniel Mays and Jessica Raine being bumped off), but this time we are not certain that this is a fate that has befallen potentially bent copper DCI Roz Huntley, brilliantly played by Thandie Newton. I hope she hasn’t gone because Newton was terrific in the opener, but does she fight back against forensic investigator Tom Ifield (the excellent Jason Watkins)? Is he Balaclava Man? The research that Mercurio does into police procedures gives Line of Duty a massive edge, along with the usual top performances from our corruption investigators at AC-12 led by the cool Ted (Adrian Dunbar, pictured centre
Your Duty To Watch
alongside Martin Compston and Vicky McClure). If you are new to Line of Duty, let me say that nothing is ever like it seems, and of course I can’t wait for some of the most gripping police interview scenes on the small screen. If you don’t like Mrs.Brown’s Boys, then you would have hated “All Round to Mrs. Brown’s” on BBC 1 last Saturday night. It was billed as a bit of chatshow, but actually it really is a vehicle for Brendan O’Carroll’s Agnes Brown, and the rest of his crew to have a bit of fun with a few celebs. As a Mrs.Brown fan, there were some hilarious moments that I loved, notably Agnes getting Rory to corpse with the Botox/buttocks gag; Judy Murray and her mum were good fun; and I loved the routine between Agnes and James Blunt. My criticism is that at a one hour run-time, it was at least 15 minutes too long, and there were too many lulls in the laughs. When they did come, they were great, and I think with some
better editing and decisionmaking, there is a seriously big hit here, based on the first lot of audience figures. There is something so captivating about the Brown clan that I’ll forgive some lapses, and I can’t wait for this weekend when Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are the guests. There were more laughs thanks to Mrs. Brown on Saturday compared to Comic Relief the previous night (also on BBC 1). At the
start of the week, around 150 viewers had written complaints to the broadcasting regulator OFCOM, whingeing about what they thought was “inappropriate material” that was screened. It would have been of greater merit if thousands had complained about a largely laughless evening, albeit raising stacks of dosh for great causes. Comic Relief has always produced top comedy and top acts, but barring a Love Actually
sequel and an entertaining James Cordon Carpool Karoake with Take That, this was the worst Red Nose evening that I have ever seen….by a zillion miles. Obscure names with unknown BBC 3 shows were being plugged, but where were the big names of British comedy? It also looked like it had been on a cheap budget, and where was a big audience to get into the spirit of things? It was pants, and let’s leave it
at that! If you like daft Scandinavian dramas in the vein of the nutty Fortitude done by Sky Atlantic, the same channel is airing a French/Swedish co-production called Midnight Sun. We have bizarre murders in north Sweden; a troubled French detective; a weird Swedish investigator; and loads of secrets! You know the mix, but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the early episodes so far.
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Friday Ashley’s illness continues to leave the Thomas family in turmoil, but will Arthur be left fearing that it’s his fault? Meanwhile, Liv receives some bad news. Elsewhere, Tracy suffers a setback. Monday Laurel optimistically waits for news on Ashley’s recovery, but there’s an upsetting outcome when she and Doug are told to prepare themselves for the worst. Later, it’s confirmed that Ashley is not going to recover. Devastated by the news, Laurel decides to take Ashley home to familiar surroundings as they prepare for the end. Meanwhile, Faith confides in Moira. Not long afterwards, Moira sticks up for Faith to Cain, suggesting that he should spend some time getting to know his mum better. Moira adds that he could start by speaking to Chas about it, but how will Faith feel when she finds out about her interference? Elsewhere, Pierce spots an opportunity. Tuesday Vanessa decides that it’s time to make peace with Rhona and heads over to see her.
When Vanessa arrives, she spies on Pierce through the window and is shocked to realise that he’s watching the sex tape on his laptop – proving that he didn’t delete it after all.
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Meanwhile, Laurel has to break the news to Gabby and Arthur that Ashley is not going to recover and the Thomases start to prepare for the future. Elsewhere, Tracy gets excited over positive ‘reviews’ of her first novel and decides to write a second one. Wednesday Laurel invites all of Ashley’s friends over so that they can see him before he passes away. With her attentions elsewhere, Laurel fails to realise that Gabby just wants some time alone with her dad. Bernice assures Gabby that she’ll get her chance later, but will she?
Friday While Sally prepares for her radio interview, Rosie gets offered even more money for the glamour shoot. Sophie informs Kevin of how Rosie is going back to glamour modelling to help him avoid bankruptcy. Furious, will Kevin be able to talk her out of it? Later, Jenny and Sally are interviewed on Radio Weatherfield. Sally talks about her cancer experience as Tim and Rosie listen with pride. Once back at home, Sally takes a phone call from the hospital and listens in horror to the bombshell that her latest mammogram shows her cancer has returned.
Meanwhile, Vanessa Sally tells Tim that she’s got to go into hospital as makes another mistake. her cancer has come back. Elsewhere, Debbie is wor- Tim is floored as he hugs ried about recent events. his wife. Rosie and Sophie burst into Number 4 and Thursday It’s the day of play Sally and Tim a Aaron’s release from recording of Sally’s phone prison and he couldn’t be call from the hospital, happier that his prison which has been posted ordeal is finally over. online. Although Robert is excited to have Aaron back, he’s also deeply worried about the Rebecca situation and what might happen next.
Sally is sickened to realise the whole thing has been a vicious prank. Tim is furious to discover the extent of the online abuse Sall has been suffering and Later, Aaron arrives back insists she deletes her and is greeted by a sur- accounts. Sally is deeply prise welcome home party, disturbed. but he gets overwhelmed. Things only get worse when Rebecca makes an unwanted appearance and Robert fears that she might tell Aaron everything. Rakesh worries about Jai helping Nell and warns him that it might not be such a good idea. Will Jai be prepared to listen? Meanwhile, Aaron continues to feel overwhelmed Monday Ken comes round following his release from in hospital, but he’s aghast prison. when the police inform him
that someone attacked him and left him for dead. Unable to recall the night in question, Ken takes exception when Mackinnon hints that a family member could be responsible. Later, the Barlows visit Ken. He’s surprised to see Peter, Tracy and Adam, given their recent acrimony towards him. Ken eyes his family with suspicion, desperately trying to jog his memory. Adam is also embarrassed when Ken mentions his dabbling in drugs, but he plays it down in front of the others. Peter tracks down Simon’s teacher and asks for Simon’s mobile. Without success, he then tries to crack the security passcode on Simon’s mobile. Unable to access Simon’s phone, grim-faced Peter fetches a hammer and smashes it to bits before retrieving the SIM card and cutting it up. What is Peter trying to hide? Meanwhile, Ken calls the police back to his bedside. With a heavy heart, he admits that his family could well have motives for attacking him. DS Mackinnon is taken aback to learn of the various grievances Ken’s family held against him. Wednesday Simon is gutted when Peter lies that he dropped his phone in a puddle and had to chuck it away, but he’s mollified when Peter gives him money to buy a new one. As he is reconnected by his provider, Simon accesses his missed messages, including a voicemail from last Monday where a panicky Peter apologises for messing up again and insists he’s got to get away. Simon is rocked by the implications of Peter’s words. Later, Mackinnon intercepts Peter and Daniel at the hospital and explains that Ken is refusing to see any members of his family.
Thursday Lauren tells Max that she’s planning to apply for the new job at his company, but he isn’t keen on the idea. Friday With the Albert Square residents still in shock over recent events, it’s a time for family and friends to pull together. But who will stand by their loved ones? And can the past be forgotten? Monday Albert Square’s residents try to get back to normal after last week’s dramatic events, but it’s easier said than done. One family lays in pieces, while another drifts further apart.
Ignoring Max’s advice to apply somewhere else, Lauren decides to go ahead as planned. Meanwhile, Tina receives a helping hand from an unexpected friend. Elsewhere, Bex remains in shock after recent events.
When an emotionally weary Jasmine makes a life-changing decision, Serena is brought up short by the pain she has caused. Later, a determined Bernie offers Serena support, but she fears it’s come too late.
With gossip also spreading, Martin struggles to get his head around everything that’s happened. Meanwhile, Kush learns some upsetting news. Tuesday Lauren receives an unexpected phone call from her new love interest Josh, who wants them to meet for dinner and discuss a possible photography job. Leaving Steven with Louie, an excited Lauren heads out to meet Josh and he encourages her to apply for the new job at his company.
Meanwhile, Dominic reveals the extent of Isaac’s cruelty and Zosia seizes a chance to help her friend, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Meanwhile, as alarm bells ring for one resident, another realises the severity of their situation. Elsewhere, Tina pays a visit to Shirley in prison. Also today, Abi tries to help Ben and Jay find a new flatmate. When it doesn’t go well, she has an alternative solution.
Elsewhere, Mo reels when she’s confronted with a challenging view of motherhood when a pregnant woman makes a difficult choice.
Friday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Holding Back the Years 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Fugitives 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 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 A Question of Sport Sue asks the questions in the light-hearted quiz, with Matt Fitzpatrick, Steve Finn, Mark Foster and Jazmin Sawyers joining captains Matt and Phil. 21:00 EastEnders With residents still reeling from recent events, it’s a time for family and friends to pull together, but who will stand by their loved ones? 21:30 MasterChef Journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan sets a challenge for the amateur cooks to make an exceptional dish, choosing from one of two briefs he has given them. The contestants must either cook a savoury dish using Indian spices or a chocolate dessert with a playful twist.
07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Back to the Land with Kate Humble 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:00 The TV That Made Me 15:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:45 More Creatures Great and Small 17:15 Life Story 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop
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 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
20:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo heads for the Netherlands, where he roots around the world’s largest flower auction in Haarlem, operates a crane in Europe’s largest container port, Rotterdam, and investigates Amsterdam’s famous red light district.
21:00 Judge Rinder’s Crime Stories Robert Rinder examines the case of 20-year-old hair stylist Hollie Gazzard, who was fatally stabbed by former boyfriend Asher Maslin in her Gloucester salon in the presence of customers. Maslin had proved to be a controlling character, and had a record of violent and criminal activities. He had threatened that if Gazzard left him, there would be `hell to pay’, prior to the incident.
21:00 Gardeners’ World Monty begins a new project when he starts a new soft fruit garden. 21:30 Only Connect Two teams compete to draw together the connections between things which seem utterly random.
22:00 Decline and Fall Adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s 1928 novel about a young teacher falling in love with the aristocratic mother of one of his pupils.
22:00 The House That £100k Built Jody and Lori have outgrown their cramped house near Southend and are desperate for a modern family home.
23:00 News 23:35 Film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (PG) 01:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:45 News
23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:05 Robot Wars 01:05 Film - Shadow Dancer (15) 02:40 Panorama 03:10 Question Time 04:40 This Is BBC Two
New psychological thriller Requiem
Filming has commenced in Newport, Wales on a major 6x60 psychological thriller series, Requiem, created and written by Kris Mrksa (The Slap, Underbelly) and directed by Mahalia Belo (Volume, Ellen).What if you want to find out who you really are but you don't like the answer? In 1994 a toddler disappears from a small Welsh town, never to be seen again. Twenty-three years later, talented young cellist Matilda, played by Lydia Wilson (Star Trek Beyond, About Time), has her life turned upside down by her mother’s inexplicable suicide. In the wake of the tragedy Matilda begins to question everything she thought she knew about herself, embarking on a quest that leads her to that Welsh village - a place haunted by its own past, where the secrets she uncovers threaten to unravel her very identity. A taut psychological thriller with subtle supernatural undertones, Requiem avoids giving easy answers, playing instead on uncertainty and ambiguity while interrogating our contemporary obsession with personal identity. Matilda is joined on her journey to discover the truth by loyal best friend Hal (Joel Fry) and Nick (James Freecheville), another stranger in town who may not be all that he seems.
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20:00 Emmerdale gets bad news.
Liv
20:30 Coronation Street Sally continues to fight the good fight.
21:30 Coronation Street Sally’s troll oversteps the mark. 22:00 Lethal Weapon Murtaugh delves deep into the psyche of a former Navy SEAL who is wanted for criminal activity, and draws parallels between him and his partner Riggs. 23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Play to the Whistle 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Storage Hoarders 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 10:35 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Unreported World Krishnan Guru-Murthy investigates whether Myanmar’s fledgling democracy is already under attack, as Aung San Suu Kyi is accused of not bringing real freedoms to many in the country. 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George Clarke looks back at some amazing spaces, from a double decker bus with a retractable roof, to a futuristic house with a living room hidden under the bed.
20:00 The Gadget Show Craig turns up some smart headphones, Ortis gives two paramedics a hightech spa day, Jon makes his call on the latest Chinese smart phone and Georgie visits the New York Toy Fair. 21:00 Tony Robinson: Coast To Coast - In the Eden Valley Tony makes a dramatic ascent to limestone paved Asby Scar, the last evidence of a 300 million-year-old tropical sea. He also finds out why border collies make perfect sheepdogs, before reflecting upon the huge drystone cairns at Nine Standards Rigg.
22:00 Gogglebox The popular armchair critics share their opinions on what they have been watching during the week. The programme captures their instant reactions and lively discussions from the comfort of their own homes.
22:00 Spectacular Spain with Alex Polizzi In the north east, Alex visits a hotel designed by the architect of the Bilbao Guggenheim, the Pamplona bull run, Gaudi’s extraordinary, unfinished basilica in Barcelona and takes part in a human tower nine stories high.
23:00 The Last Leg 00:10 First Dates 01:10 How’d You Get So Rich? 01:55 Film - Battle: Los Angeles (14) 03:50 Time Crashers 04:45 Catastrophe
23:00 Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Michael Jackson On Trial 05:00 Traffic Cops 05:45 House Doctor
Martin Clunes is back in Cornwall as Doc Martin Martin Clunes reprises his role as Dr. Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in eight new episodes of the hugely successful drama produced by Buffalo Pictures and set in the idyllic, sleepy hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall. Filming has just begun on location in picturesque Port Isaac with all regular members of the cast returning to the popular series. Caroline Catz plays Doc Martin’s wife and local school headmistress, Louisa Ellingham. After having therapy to save their marriage in the last series, they face the challenge of living happily together with their baby James Henry. Martin Clunes says: “I’m thrilled to be back on the beautiful North Cornish coast to shoot series eight of Doc Martin. The Doc is as obstinate as ever, but he is trying his best to be a better husband and father.” Returning to the series, Dame Eileen Atkins plays Doc Martin’s formidable Aunt Ruth, who is beginning to doubt the wisdom of going into business with Bert Large and his son Al.
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 To B&B the Best 13:10 News 13:15 The Gadget Show 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Lost Letter Mysteries: From the Heart 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News
Ian McNeice is back to play Bert Large, with Joe Absolom son Al. Bert is desperate to make his home distilled whisky a success, but there’s a shortage of customers willing to buy. Meanwhile guests are not exactly flocking to Al’s bed and breakfast, and he fears he will have to close the doors for good. Wedding bells are ringing for unlucky in love PC Joe Penhale , played by John Marquez. He popped the question to the Doc’s nanny Janice Bone, played by Robyn Addison, in the last series and is looking forward to marital bliss. Will the course of true love run smoothly at last for Portwenn’s police officer? There’s romance too for the doctor’s receptionist, Morwenna Newcross, played by Jessica Ransom. Morwenna and Al have become an item.
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 Below Deck 11:55 You’ve Been Framed! 12:20 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 - Hall Pass (15) ITV 3 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:50 The Darling Buds of May 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 You’re Only Young Twice 17:45 Doctor At Large 18:15 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple ITV 4 07:50 Hogan’s Heroes 08:50 The Professionals 09:50 Ironside 10:55 The Sweeney 11:55 The Chase 12:55 Counting Cars 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 16:00 Ironside 17:05 The Professionals 18:05 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 19:35 The Darts Show 20:05 Pawn Stars 21:00 Counting Cars 22:00 Film - Assassins (15)
New BGT to get Britain buzzing
Britain’s Got Talent returns this April with judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams on a quest to find a winning act that will win the hearts of the nation and be fit to perform for Royalty. In the brand new promo, created exclusively to launch the upcoming 11th series, we see much-loved hosts - and OBEs - Ant & Dec as they accidentally kickstart a chain reaction backstage at auditions which leads them to the stage with very funny results… The promo - which will premiere during Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway tomorrow night - celebrates
the bizarre, bonkers and brilliant talent we have all come to know and love and sees Ant & Dec meeting acts such as a fire eater, ballerina, cyclist and hula hooper before the boys stumble upon an angry magician who casts a spell on them. Dec said: “It was quite intricate. It's a chain of events that result in us appearing in our boxer shorts in front of a live theatre audience. It was very embarrassing, like one of those anxiety dreams where you end up with no trousers on!” Prepare yourself, Britain's Got Talent returns next month on ITV
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The Boat Races
Sunday - ITV It's the Final of The Voice UK 2017 as one singer will be crowned winner and walk away with a massive recording contract with Polydor Records. Three singers will battle it out to convince the public that they deserve the title. Tune in for what promises to be an explosive night.
When Danny Won The Masters Sunday - BBC Two The extraordinary story of Danny Willett, the Sheffield golfer who last year became the first Briton to win the Masters since 1996. Willett’s stunning success was all the more remarkable given he was the last player to arrive at Augusta - his wife was due to give birth on the final day of the tournament, but the early arrival of baby Zachariah enabled him to take part after all.
Sunday - BBC One From the banks of the River Thames in London, Clare Balding introduces live coverage of one of the oldest and most iconic events in the sporting calendar. This year's meeting between Oxford and Cambridge universities sees the 163rd men's Boat Race and the 72nd women's contest. Cambridge’s men were victorious last year, claiming their first victory since 2012. However, Oxford’s women extended their formidable recent record, making it four wins in a row as the Cambridge boat almost sank in the closing stages.
Saturday TV 07:15 The A to Z of TV Gardening 08:00 Film Beautiful but Dangerous 09:25 Film - We Dive at Dawn 11:00 Natural World 12:00 Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Raymond Blanc: How to Cook Well 13:30 Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 14:15 Film - Gypsy 16:30 Natural World 17:30 19:50 Pointless University Challenge 18:00 Celebrities A special Only Connect 18:30 Flog It! celebrity medical edition of 19:30 Gardeners’ World the general knowledge quiz. Featuring Guy Henry 20:00 Amazing Hotels: and Rosie Marcel, Vicki Life Beyond the Lobby Pepperdine and Ricky Giles Coren and Monica Grover, Ranj Singh and Galetti join the staff working Hilary Jones, and Charles in some of the most Dale and Amanda extraordinary hotels around the world, beginning with Henderson. Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. 20:40 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:00 Grand Tours of the Nick Knowles hosts the quiz Scottish Islands Paul viswhere two teams of its the once-inhabited strangers compete to win island of Heisgeir. up to £100,000. Army Dad’s 21:30 21:25 Casualty There’s Mainwaring calls a court of bad news in store for the enquiry when the platoon’s team as Sam announces entire ammunition supply is budget cuts, and Gem used up on a passing airhitches a ride with Iain. craft during a night exercise. 22:15 All Round to Mrs Brown’s Agnes and the 22:00 QI XL Stephen Fry family are joined by Holly meanders about some Willoughby and Phillip places which start with an Schofield, who are put “M.” through their paces in the Brown family version of The 22:45 Film - Jimi: All Is by Cube, while Lulu pops in for My Side Biopic of Jimi a chat. the following Hendrix events of 1966, when he 23:15 News 23:30 Match of left New York to spend a the Day 01:00 Film - year living in London. (15) Jagged Edge (18) 02:45 Weather for the Week 00:35 Populaire (12) 02:20 Ahead 02:50 News This Is BBC Two
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 Escape to the Country 16:15 Money for Nothing 17:00 Final Score 18:15 Film - Madagascar 19:35 News
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07:00 CITV 11:20 James Martin’s French Adventure 12:20 Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 12:50 News 13:00 Rebound 13:55 Film Beethoven’s 2nd 15:40 Film - Superman (PG) 18:30 News 19:00 You’ve Been Framed!
07:05 Challenge Wanaka Triathlon 07:30 The King of Queens 08:45 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:35 Frasier 10:40 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 The Simpsons 13:30 Extreme Food 14:00 Come Dine with Me 16:30 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 17:35 Location, Location, 20:00 Ant and Dec’s Location 18:35 Grand Saturday Night Takeaway Designs 19:30 News Dermot O’Leary joins the duo on tonight’s show for 20:00 Film - Titanic A party an edition of I’m A Celebrity of explorers studying the Get Out of Me Ear! Plus, sunken remains of the Ant and Dec take a journey famous liner meets an eldthrough time back to the erly woman who was a 1980s, there is a special passenger on the ill-fated voyage. She Singalong Live, and more maiden giveaways in The Happiest recounts how she boarded Minute of the Week and the ship while on the brink of being forced into marWin the Ads. riage by her family, and was stopped from killing 21:30 The Voice UK This herself by a penniless year’s contest draws to a artist. She fell in love with close as the four finalists her saviour, but the disaster take to the stage in the first on the horizon meant their part of the two-part climax time together was doomed and the would-be stars face to be short. There are two the ultimate test of their love stories here: one is vocal abilities, with the win- between James Cameron ner earning themselves a and a ship; the other is prestigious contract with between society girl Kate Polydor Records. Superstar Winslet and third-class coaches Will.i.am, Tom , passenger Leonardo Jennifer and Gavin are on DiCaprio. Cameron’s script hand to share their wouldn’t have sustained thoughts as each performer Clark Gable and Vivien steps down from the stage, Leigh for 80 minutes, but, with one of them being somehow, he and his mageliminated from the contest ical cast revive that oldbefore the last programme style studio gloss for three of the series tomorrow riveting hours. (PG) night. 23:45 Film - Colombiana 01:45 Ramsay’s 23:20 News 23:35 Lethal (14) Weapon 00:35 The Chase Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 02:35 Our Guy in China 03:30 Hollyoaks Omnibus Who’s Doing the Dishes?
07:00 Milkshake 11:05 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:40 Access 11:50 Police Interceptors: Unleashed 12:20 Police Interceptors 13:20 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 16:20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 18:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!
07:00 CITV 10:25 News 10:30 Countrywise 11:00 Secret Dealers 12:00 Wild Australia with Ray Mears 12:30 News 12:45 Film From Russia With Love (PG) 15:00 The Voice UK 16:50 Little Big Shots 17:55 Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule 18:30 News 19:00 5 Gold Rings
07:00 Milkshake 10:45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20 Football 12:35 The Gadget Show 13:35 Police Interceptors 14:35 Film - Operation Daybreak (15) 16:50 Film The Four Feathers (14) 19:15 News 19:20 Inside Kensington Palace
20:10 NCIS: Los Angeles The team hunt an international killer who is able to transform himself like a chameleon to avoid capture. 21:00 NCIS When a deep sea diver is murdered on the job, his body and suspected co-workers must remain in a high-tech decompression chamber for four days, leaving the NCIS team to complete an unorthodox investigation from outside the tank. 21:55 News 22:00 Football Highlights from the weekend’s games in the Championship, including Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday at Oakwell and Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic at St James’ Park. Plus, the best of the action from Reading v Leeds United at the Madejski Stadium and Huddersfield Town v Burton Albion at the John Smith’s Stadium. 23:30 Live: FIA Formula E Motor Racing 01:15 SuperCasino 04:10 Film Blood Creek (15)
07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 You’ve Been Framed! 07:35 Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:35 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 14:10 Britain’s Got Talent 15:15 Film Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 17:00 Mr Bean 18:05 Film - Evan Almighty 20:00 Scorpion 21:00 Film - The Mask (PG) 23:05 Family Guy 23:30 Celebrity Juice ITV 3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 On the Buses 07:45 Murder, She Wrote 10:40 Film - Anne of Green Gables (PG) 12:25 Film The Baby and the Battleship 14:30 Heidi 16:35 Rosemary and Thyme 17:40 Inspector Morse 20:00 Endeavour 22:00 Lewis ITV 4 07:00 Football Rivalries 07:10 The Wine Show 08:10 The Darts Show 08:40 Storage Wars 09:05 Pawn Stars 11:00 ITV Racing 12:00 The Big Fish Off 13:00 Fishing Impossible 14:00 Pawn Stars 14:30 Live: ITV Racing - Doncaster 17:00 Film - The Horse Soldiers 19:25 It’s Not Rocket Science 20:25 Fierce 21:30 Film - Cannonball Run II (PG) 23:40 Film The Last Boy Scout (18)
Sunday TV 07:00 Breakfast 08:25 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 15:10 Countryfile 15:55 Escape to the Country 16:20 Songs of Praise 17:00 Live: The Boat Race 19:25 News
07:15 An Island Parish 07:45 The Beechgrove Garden 08:15 Around the World in 80 Gardens 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Countryfile 10:45 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 12:45 Simply Nigella 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Live: ISU World Championship Figure Skating 16:00 When Danny 19:50 Countryfile Matt’s in Won the Masters 16:30 the New Forest taking part Holiday of My Lifetime with in the biggest inventory of Len Goodman 17:00 The That £100k Built our trees ever undertaken. House 18:00 Flog It!G 19:00 Inside The Factory 21:00 Antiques Roadshow Fiona Bruce 20:00 Robot Wars and the team head to Reigning champions Apollo Caversham Park near mount their defence of the Reading. It’s a busy day for title. They face stiff compethe experts who specialise tition from Ms Nightshade, in written documents includ- Coyote, Rusty, ing a stunned appraisal of a C r a c k e r s ’ N ’ S m a s h , very rare booklet containing Meggamouse, Trolley Rage notes made in the 17th- and second place finalist century by one of from last series, Carbide. Shakespeare’s earliest readers. 21:00 Top Gear Matt LeBlanc is the first to test 22:00 Line of Duty A dis- America’s explosive new membered body is discov- supercar, the Ford GT. ered, and worries grow when DCI Roz Huntley fails 22:00 Turkey with Simon to report for duty. AC-12 Reeve In the Taurus crank up their investigation Mountains Simon stays into Operation Trapdoor, with descendants of the concerned that Michael original Turks, nomads Farmer will go to jail for known as Yoruks. crimes he didn’t commit. 23:00 Live at the Apollo 23:00 News 23:30 Match of 23:45 Film - Dead Poets (PG) 01:50 the Day 2 00:35 I’m Society Different: Let Me Drive Question Time 02:50 Holby 01:05 Weather 01:10 News City 03:45 This Is BBC Two
20:00 The Voice UK FINAL Conclusion of the two-part final, as we learn which of the three remaining acts will have been chosen by the voting viewers as this year’s winner and be awarded a prestigious contract with Polydor Records. Superstar coaches Will.i.am, Tom, Jennifer and Gavin are on hand as the singers give their final performances. 21:00 Vera The detective is called to the University of Northumberland when Jamie Marshall, a promising young journalism student, falls to his death from the top of a disused faculty building. With no eyewitnesses and no immediate leads, Vera turns to friends and family to glean all she can about Jamie, and to discover who might have wanted him dead. 23:00 News 23:15 The Nightly Show Best Bits 23:45 Film - Hard Target (15) 01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 The Cube
07:20 The King of Queens 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Simpsons 14:50 Gogglesprogs 15:55 Film Gulliver’s Travels (PG) 17:30 Film - Night at the Museum (PG) 19:35 News 20:00 Titanic: The New Evidence Investigative journalist and Titanic expert Senan Molony reveals the real story behind the largest ship ever built. A previously unseen mark on the hull launches Senan into a fresh investigation into the century-old mystery of the ship’s sinking. 21:00 Spying on the Royals Part one of a twopart documentary examining an espionage operation conducted to gather information on Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. Shown to mark the 80th anniversary of the king’s abdication, the programmes examines recently declassified documents revealing the extent of the surveillance and who ordered it. 22:00 Homeland Dar plays his hand, and Quinn revisits his past. 23:05 Gogglebox 00:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 01:00 Film Seven Psychopaths (18) 03:00 The Last Leg 03:55 Great British Buildings: Restoration of the Year
Inside 20:05 Buckingham Palace This second of two programmes reflects on previous monarchs’ accomplishments during their reign, from Edward VII’s commitment in 1901 to making the palace a royal stage, to George V’s decision to change the family name from Saxe-CoburgGotha to Windsor. 21:00 Disobedient Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud Compilation clip show featuring a pack of the badly-behaved dogs causing comic chaos. Michael The 22:00 Story Mcintyre Documentary about the comedian’s rise to fame, examining the influence of his fellow comedian father on his early routines. 23:30 20 Moments That Rocked Comedy 01:00 Football League Tonight 01:45 Police Interceptors: 02:10 Unleashed 04:10 SuperCasino Yorkshire: A Year In The Wild
07:00 Emmerdale Omnibus 09:40 Coronation Street Omnibus 12:05 The Voice UK 14:00 2Awesome 14:05 Guidance 14:40 Fame High 14:55 LA Story 15:10 Side Effects 15:40 The Hot Desk 15:50 You’ve Been Framed! 16:20 Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 17:55 Film - The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 20:15 Film Liar Liar (12) 22:00 The Ibiza Weekender 23:00 Family Guy ITV 3 07:00 On the Buses 07:25 Film - The Baby and the Battleship 09:25 Heartbeat 11:30 Murder, She Wrote 12:30 Heidi 14:45 Film Sparkling Cyanide 16:50 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Midsomer Murders 21:00 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs 22:00 Les Dawson: An Audience With That Never Was 23:00 Les Dawson Forever ITV 4 07:15 The Wine Show 08:20 Hogan’s Heroes 08:55 The Car Chasers 09:25 Pawn Stars 11:15 Live: British Touring Car Championship 19:15 The Sporting Mavericks 20:15 The Big Fish Off 21:15 Film - Jackie Chan’s First Strike (12) 23:00 Film - Rambo
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07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 Fugitives 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Antiques Roadshow 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Conversations 13:45 Two Tribes 14:15 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 14:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 15:45 More Creatures Great and Small 16:15 Natural World 17:15 Life Story 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop
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 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News
20:00 Top Gear Matt LeBlanc is the first to test America’s explosive new supercar, the Ford GT.
21:00 The Kyle Files Jeremy Kyle looks at the rise of hate crime in the UK, hearing about shocking racial abuse and visiting Manchester’s Gay Pride parade, where he confronts some protesters.
21:00 University Challenge Quiz.
20:00 Emmerdale Faith puts on a brave face. 20:30 Coronation Street Ken cannot trust his own memory.
21:30 Mary Berry Everyday As Mary and her husband reach their 50th wedding anniversary it’s time to push the boat out.
21:30 Coronation Street Peter has something to hide.
22:00 Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Giles and Monica head to the Andean Cloud Forest of Ecuador to work at Mashpi Lodge. A 10 million dollar modernist hotel featuring an extraordinary gondola cable car that flies guests one mile through the jungle canopy.
22:00 Broadchurch Ellie and Hardy bring a new suspect in for questioning and in a search of this suspect’s premises, Ellie finds devastating new evidence linking him to the crime. Back at the station, he gives them his detailed version of events, but when they dig deeper they begin to doubt his story.
23:00 Cradle to Grave 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 When Danny Won the Masters 00:45 Incredible Medicine: Dr Weston’s Casebook 01:45 Versailles 02:40 Countryfile
23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Tales from the Coast with Robson Green 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Dispatches Reporter Abi Austen travels to the US to investigate what Donald Trump’s Presidency means for global security. 21:30 Travel Man: 48 Hours in...Miami Richard Ayoade and comedian Rhod Gilbert’s high-speed visit to Florida’s hot spot takes in art, art deco, alligators, speedboats, an airboat tour of the everglades - and dominoes. 22:00 24 Hours in A&E Thirty-year-old Chris has sustained a potentially lifethreatening wound in a shooting. 23:00 How’d You Get So Rich? 23:50 Britain’s Benefit Tenants 00:50 Three Wives, One Husband 01:50 Tattoo Fixers 02:45 Gap Year 03:35 Building the Dream 04:30 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 05:25 Shipping Wars UK
Monday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:20 Film Nightmare Nurse (15) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Lost at Sea: Air France 447 On June 1st 2009, a state-of-the-art Air France passenger jet flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris mysteriously vanished over the Atlantic Ocean in one of the worst disasters in commercial aviation history. 21:00 Police Interceptors Cases include a raid on a suspected drug user whose door won’t budge, a chase after a souped-up hot hatch and a late-night reveler in Nantwich town centre. 22:00 Inside The Tube: Going Underground The Northern Line was the world’s first deep Tube line, running 36 miles and connecting the north and south of the Thames. Rob reveals the obstacles encountered and the innovations pioneered by the Victorian engineers. 23:00 Traffic Cops 00:05 Film - Conan the Barbarian (18) 02:05 SuperCasino 04:10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
08:20 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 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 09:25 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:45 Road to Avonlea 12:50 The Darling Buds of May 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 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 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War ITV 4 08:45 The Professionals 09:50 Ironside 10:55 The Sweeney 11:55 The Chase 12:55 Counting Cars 13:50 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Sweeney 19:00 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 20:30 FA Youth Cup Stoke City v Manchester City 23:00 Bundesliga Football Highlights
Tuesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryside 999 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 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 One resident realises the severity of their situation. 21:00 Holby City Serena faces her demons and comes to a heart-wrenching conclusion. 22:00 A Child of Our Time Professors Robert Winston and Tanya Byron follow the youngsters through their GCSE year to discover how the teenagers are being shaped by these unique times. In Scotland, Nathan shares how it feels growing up in an unconventional family - attitudes to his father’s homosexuality have transformed in his lifetime. And in Essex, Taliesin reveals what impact his online gaming habit is having on friendships and his sleep. 23:00 News 23:45 The Richard Dimbleby Lecture 00:30 Galapagos 01:30 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:35 News
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 The Sheriffs Are Coming 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 The Big Painting Challenge 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 The Masters, PGA Tour Golf 15:45 More Creatures Great and Small 16:15 Kate Humble: Into the Volcano 17:15 Attenborough’s Paradise Birds10 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop 20:00 Great American Railroad Journeys In St Louis Michael Portillo ascends America’s monument to the Wild West, the astonishing Gateway Arch. 21:00 Bake Off Crème de la Crème The teams are put through two testing challenges in just 36 hours, presided over by returning judges Benoit Blin and Cherish Finden. 22:00 American Justice When he was twelveyears-old, Sharron Townsend was arrested for shooting a homeless man in the head. Now fourteen, he is facing justice. 23:00 Inside No. 9 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Turkey with Simon Reeve 01:15 Versailles 03:00 The Great Pottery Throw Down 04:00 Further Back In Time for Dinner 05:00 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 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale The Thomases prepare for the future. 20:30 Britain as Seen on ITV The programme trawls the ITV archives to see how the way people get from A to B has changed over the 60 years since the station first took to the air, including a feature on the men with the task of building the M62 in the 1960s. 21:00 Save Money: Good Food Susanna Reid and Matt Tebbutt save a family thousands of pounds by showing them how to make five delicious family meals for under a fiver. 22:00 Play to the Whistle Holly Willoughby hosts the sports-themed comedy panel show, with Bradley Walsh and Frank Lampard, who are joined by Andrew ‘Beef’ Johnston, Scarlett Moffatt and Rob Beckett. 23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Prime Suspect 1973 01:15 The Nightly Show 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 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 The Secret Life of the Zoo Stomp, a 13-yearold male okapi, is being encouraged to mate with younger female K’Tusha. But on his first attempt, he snaps his horn and causes K’Tusha a minor injury. Cameras at Chester Zoo also follow African painted dogs as they compete to be pack leader, and Raja the Bornean river turtle meets two prospective mates. 22:00 One Born Every Minute “Friends with benefits’ Jodie and Stephen are expecting a baby together. Derroll is a devoted stepfather to Maria”s four children and now they hope to have a baby together. 23:00 Catastrophe 23:40 This Is Us 00:35 19 Kids and Counting 01:35 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:25 Gillette World Sport 02:50 Staying Healthy: A Doctor’s Guide 03:45 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 NeighboursG 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 ilm - Stranger In An Amish Town 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Police Interceptors Cases include a raid on a suspected drug user whose door won’t budge, a chase after a souped-up hot hatch and a late-night reveler in Nantwich town centre. 21:00 Inside St Paul’s Cathedral A look at the history of St Paul’s, including Charles and Diana’s wedding, how Sir Christopher Wren came to build it, a visit by Martin Luther King, the Luftwaffe attack and Churchill’s funeral. 22:00 Yorkshire: A Year In The Wild Autumn is on hold as summer continues, with unexpectedly balmy conditions throwing a life line to the roe deer as they prepare for the winter ahead. 23:00 Restless Legs: Desperate for Help 00:05 The Boy Who Sees Upside Down 01:05 Benefits 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 05:00 Britain’s Greatest Bridges
08:20 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 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 Family Guy ITV 3 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:25 The Royal 10:30 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:50 The Darling Buds of May 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 08:50 The Professionals 09:55 Ironside 11:00 The Sweeney 12:00 The Chase 13:00 Counting Cars 14:25 Pawn Stars 14:55 Hogan’s Heroes 16:00 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:05 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 FIM World Superbike Series Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Lethal Weapon
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BE PART OF THE DRAMA Step into the exciting world of telly at the Emmerdale Studio Experience
Follow in the footsteps of your favourite characters at the Emmerdale Village Tour
The Emmerdale Studio Experience is a visitor attraction now open at the former ITV studios at 27 Burley Road, Leeds.
The live, outdoor TV set located within the Harewood Estate in Leeds opens its gates on selected dates as cast and crew down scripts for the weekend to allow you to enjoy an exclusive, tour of the popular, fictional village. This fully guided, walking tour of the exterior set takes around 1.5 hours and, as it is a working TV set, is only available on selected weekend dates and must be pre-booked in advance.
The Emmerdale Studio Experience takes you on a journey, showing you how we bring the characters you love and stories you remember to life. By shining a light on the production process you’ll get to see how everything fits together. With full scale set reconstructions, preserved props and costumes to the secrets behind stunts and special effects; this is your chance to step into the exciting world of telly.
Book direct and meet us at Weetwood Hall – Saturdays only
On your fully-guided tour, you’ll be able to get up close to all things Emmerdale and discover the magic behind some of the finest stunts seen on TV. You’ll also have the opportunity to take your memories home with a souvenir photograph from behind the bar at The Woolpack and shop exclusive Emmerdale merchandise. Plus, before and after your tour, you can enjoy a brew and a bite to eat in the Café.
Tickets are £31 per person including transport to and from the meeting point at Weetwood Hall in Leeds where there is ample parking; please note there are no parking facilities at the set. Call 01904 261 262 for more details and to book your tickets. Tickets are also available through a large number of coach operators across the country, as part of 1 or 2 day packages. Availability and prices from these coach operators will vary and individual coach companies will confirm your collection points when you make your booking.
Info: www.emmerdalestudioexperience.co.uk
Info: www.continuumattractions.com/emmerdale-village-tour/
Wednesday TV 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Countryside 999 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 The Sheriffs Are Coming 12:45 Fake Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Code 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 MasterChef Eight more competitors enter the kitchen, challenged to create their own dish using ingredients taken from the MasterChef Market, including clams, kidneys and pork chops. The cooks must choose their ingredients wisely as three of them will be sent home after this initial round. For the second challenge, the remaining five are asked to create a two-course meal to impress judges John and Gregg, and also win over some of the competition’s most inspiring winners and finalists from previous years. 22:00 Panorama Following the lives of families who have lost hundreds of pounds due to benefit caps. Tens of thousands of households claiming benefits have had their payments cut as part of a new government policy, and this programme follows parents as they struggle to provide for their families and keep their homes. 23:00 News 23:45 Match of the Day 01:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:30 News
07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 The Sheriffs Are Coming 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 See Hear 09:30 Mary Berry Everyday 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Conversations 13:45 Two Tribes 14:15 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 14:45 Who Do You Think You Are? 15:45 More Creatures Great and Small 16:15 Kate Humble: Into the Volcano 17:15 David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop 20:00 Great American Railroad Journeys Michael Portillo rolls westwards across the United States. With true frontier spirit he discovers the hidden pleasures of 19th-century railroad workers in Sedalia, and discovers the birthplace of Ragtime. 21:00 Me and My Dog: The Ultimate Contest The eight pairs are split into two groups, the reds and the yellows and it’s the Reds who have the first chance to score points. 22:00 Second Chance Summer: Tuscany Ten strangers all at a crossroads in life, embark on the adventure of a lifetime. 23:00 Jack Dee’s HelpDesk 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The Masters, PGA Tour Golf 00:45 American Justice 01:45 Versailles 02:35 See Hear 03:05 Comic Relief 2017 04:05 The Secrets of Your Food
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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 Chopping Block 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Vanessa makes a mistake. 20:30 Coronation Street Peter finally gets his message heard. 21:00 Little Big Shots Dawn meets a little big shepherd, a 13-year-old tap dancing champion and plays Maria Von Trapp to 11 world champion street dancers. 22:00 Benidorm Joyce asks Sir Henry to cover while she is at her conference in Barcelona, while Neville steps into Les’s shoes during the time he is back in the UK. Sam gets free tickets for the dinosaur park and Liam has a day off, giving him the perfect opportunity to address his childhood fear of dinosaurs. When Tiger and Joey hear about the free trip they decide that they want to get involved too, but end up being roped into being the entertainment for the park’s visitors, with disastrous results. 23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Crash: Anatomy of an Accident 01:10 The Nightly Show 01:40 Jackpot247 04:00 1000 Heartbeats 04:50 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location Phil Spencer catches up with two couples who struggled to find their first marital home, including Rupreet and Sundeep who had their hearts set on a specific area in Harrow. Phil also revisits Paul and Elly, who searched for a property in Bristol, to see if they found the perfect house. 22:00 Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime Documentary exploring Marilyn Monroe’s life story, told through some of her most personal and glamorous possessions, and interviews with those who knew her well. The programme focuses on an auction that took place in November 2016 in Los Angeles, where many of the Hollywood icon’s most sought-after belongings were sold. 23:00 Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President 00:05 Gogglebox 01:10 One Born Every Minute 02:05 Film - Heartbreakers (14) 04:10 Building the Dream
07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 The Gadget Show 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - Abducted: The Carlina White Story (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Revealed... The Truth About the Holy Grail Documentary examining the possible whereabouts of the ancient Christian relic, reputed to be the cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper and that received His blood at the Crucifixion. 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors A pregnant woman suffering from abdominal pain visits the surgery, and worries that her unborn baby has also stopped moving in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, an epileptic patient is left physically and mentally exhausted after suffering from frequent seizures, and a new mother's checkup suggests she may be suffering from post-natal depression. 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away! Gary and Cona try to pinpoint a debtor in South East London, but instead encounter his angry brother, who proceeds to attack Gary. 23:00 One Night With My Ex 00:05 Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 01:05 Traffic Cops 02:00 SuperCasino
07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:10 You’ve Been Framed! 07:35 Below Deck 08:20 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 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 Horrible Bosses (14) ITV 3 07:25 Heartbeat 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:20 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:50 The Darling Buds of May 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 You’re Only Young Twice 17:45 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Lewis 23:00 A Touch of Frost ITV 4 07:50 Hogan’s Heroes 08:45 The Professionals 09:50 Ironside 10:55 The Sweeney 11:55 The Chase 12:55 Counting Cars 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 British Superbikes Motorcycle Racing 22:00 Film Rambo: First Blood Part II
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07:00 Flog It!: Trade Secrets 07:30 The Sheriffs Are Coming 08:15 Money for Nothing 09:00 Gardeners’ World 09:30 Great British Railway Journeys 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 Westminster in Review 14:00 Two Tribes 14:30 Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 15:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 16:00 More Creatures Great and Small 16:30 Natural World 17:15 David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 18:15 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 The Repair Shop 20:00 Great American Railroad Journeys In Lawrence, Kansas, Michael joins the Jayhawks basketball team before travelling through Tornado Alley to Topeka. 21:00 Alone with the InLaws Chris and Stacey are getting married in the summer, and while planning for the big day is one thing, making a success of the years that follow is another. 22:00 The Last Kingdom Uhtred is under orders from Alfred to rid Northumbria of the warlord brothers Erik and Sigefrid. 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Top Gear 01:45 Versailles 02:35 Dame Vera Lynn 03:35 Britain at War: Imperial War Museum at 100 04:35 This Is BBC Two
07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Live: ITV Racing - Grand National Festival: 2017 Day One 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Robert is nervous. 20:30 Tonight Julie Etchingham explores the opportunities and obstacles for Britain as we prepare to leave a trading block we’ve called home for nearly half a century. 21:00 Emmerdale Aaron is overwhelmed. Pierce is smug. Rakesh warns Jai. 21:30 Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Helping Harry fill his capsule with humanity’s most hilarious moments in this edition are Fay Ripley, Nina Wadia, Nish Kumar and Des O’Connor. 22:00 Prime Suspect 1973 The police officers are numb after the explosion, and as they search the rubble, they make a horrifying realisation. The Bentleys make one last stand as a manhunt is launched for Clifford and David, while a distraught Renee is put under arrest. 23:00 The Nightly Show 23:30 News 00:15 Speeding Wars 01:15 The Nightly Show 01:45 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05 Frasier 11:05 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 13:00 News 13:05 Vet on the Hill 14:05 Posh Pawn 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 21:00 Great British Buildings: Restoration of the Year Kevin McCloud and Anna Keay present buildings in the Early category - those constructed between the 13th and 16th centuries. Those in the running are Hampton Court Palace, the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, a medieval building in Ledbury, and Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, where the previously derelict stable block and barns have been revitalised for modern use. At the end of the programme, it is revealed which buildings have been chosen to make the final shortlist. 22:00 Three Wives, One Husband Melinda and Anazella’s husband Jim recently passed away after a long battle with cancer. His dying wish was for his brother Abel to marry his two widows and bring up his seven children. 23:00 Kitchen 999: Emergency Chefs 00:00 Dispatches 01:00 24 Hours in A&E 02:00 The Supervet 02:55 The Secret Life of the Zoo 03:50 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
Thursday TV 07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:15 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 13:10 News 13:15 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Film - Bond of Silence 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Kate’s tenants became antisocial, and now they are suing her for trying to evict them. Dhiren bought a flat that already had a tenant, but the moment he did, she stopped paying rent. After a health scare, Tim wants to sell his property, but his tenant refuse to leave. 21:00 Benefits The stories of four people who have spent a total of almost 90 years on benefits. They include Greater Manchester couple Irene and Steve, who between them have been claiming for 70 years. Irene suffers with agoraphobia, and until recently husband Steve received a care allowance to look after her, but after a recent assessment their money has been cut by £6,000. 22:00 Rich House, Poor House The wealthy Bentleys swap house and lifestyle with hard-working and hard-up, single mother-of-four Angela CarterBegbie. 23:00 Shannon Matthews: The Mother’s Story 00:05 When Kids Kill 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
08:20 Ellen DeGeneres 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Psych 11:25 Below Deck 12:20 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 Film The Mask (PG) 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Celebrity Juice ITV 3 08:25 Where the Heart Is 09:20 The Royal 10:25 Judge Judy 11:50 Road to Avonlea 12:50 The Darling Buds of May 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 The Royal 16:05 Where the Heart Is 17:10 You’re Only Young Twice 17:50 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 08:00 Hogan’s Heroes 08:55 The Professionals 09:55 Ironside 11:00 ITV Racing 12:00 The Sweeney 13:00 Counting Cars 13:55 Pawn Stars 14:50 Hogan’s Heroes 15:55 Ironside 17:00 The Professionals 18:00 The Sweeney 19:05 Counting Cars 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Big Fish Off 22:00 Film - Pale Rider (15)
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Friday 31st March 2017 You can't keep this until you have given it. What is it? Answer at the bottom of the next page. FILL IT IN
CODE CRACKER
Fit the words into the boxes.
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.
DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.
3 letter words Ace Aga Age Ate Beg Bra Cat Eke Elm End Fir Gap Gel Gym Has
Lag Law Lay Leg Lot Mac Mid Mop Oaf Oak Pet Pot Roc Spa Tab Tar
Cryptic Clues Across 1 Gather it’s a church service (5) 4 A rugby match is not odd in a ship (6) 9 Mix-up as Spurs excel (7) 10 Cold girl showing high social standing (5) 11 Start to exhibit worry! (4) 12 Braise a stew in a military installation (3,4) 13 Able to store vegetables (3) 14 Get steamed up over such a sore (4) 16 Award youth leader, do as you are told (4) 18 Betray abstract art (3) 20 Injured rare cat’s exhausting routine (3,4) 21 Confused mate is submissive (4) 24 Part of the hoopla Zachary caused at The Mall (5) 25 Same woe story strangely intimidating (7) 26 Ready, stand on the seat (6)
Ted Use Yen 4 letter words Aces Acid Ages Area Boar Boas Boot Deal Dock Ears Etch
Loch Magi Note Pore Rare Role Soon Soot Told 5 letter words Asset Lathe Pasta Slant
27 Twist of the head (5) Down 1 Such donkeys point at the way we tax them (6) 2 See eye to eye with a Green without end (5) 3 Phineas Taylor Barnum admitted delay (4) 5 Get Oscar to change the French delicacy (8) 6 Originate from an Eastern team now disbanded (7) 7 Nun is back to sort out the rest (6) 8 As in a way to become different continental (5) 13 Silicone Valley? (8) 15 Pariah dismissed players (7) 17 Bitches about bellyaches (6) 18 Concerned with the non-clerical? They do it by stages (5) 19 Depression about church ship (6) 22 Fuss about love (5) 23 To some, garden tools are a source of impression (4)
7 letter words Greeted Macabre Slyness Undated 9 letter words Bagatelle Cameraman Pacemaker Wallpaper
Standard Clues Across 1 Accumulate (5) 4 Card game (6) 9 Distinguish oneself (7) 10 Lesson (5) 11 Ragout (4) 12 Military aircraft station (3,4) 13 Container (3) 14 Simmer (4) 16 Follow (4) 18 Rodent (3) 20 Continual round of hectic activity (3,4) 21 Domesticated (4) 24 Public square (5) 25 Impressive (7) 26 Sofa (6) 27 Braid (5) Down 1 Evaluate (6) 2 Concur (5) 3 Remain (4) 5 Edible snail (8) 6 Radiate (7) 7 Female sibling (6) 8 Far Eastern (5) 13 Split (8) 15 Exile (7) 17 Grumbles (6) 18 Broadcast (5) 19 Break (6) 22 Love intensely (5) 23 Hollow (4)
Quiz Word
Across 1 What name is given to fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion? (8) 7 Which is the third largest and most populous country in the world? (5) 8 San José is the capital of which republic in Central America? (5,4) 9 By what much shorter name is the long linear polymer deoxyribonucleic acid usually known? (3) 10 Which garment consisting of a length of cotton or silk elaborately draped around the body, is traditionally worn by women from the Indian subcontinent? (4) 11 The name of which traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat means ‘empty hand’? (6) 13 What name is given to the flat part of either side of the head between the forehead and the ear? (6) 14 Up until the introduction of the euro, what was the basic monetary unit of Finland? (6) 17 See 22 18 In music, what name is given to a separate composition or set of compositions?
(4) 20 The wildebeest is another term for which animal? (3) 22/17 Which national park in eastern Arizona, 29 km east of Holbrook, was established as a national monument in 1906 and as a national park in 1962? (9,6) 23 In golf, which bird of prey gives its name to a score of two strokes under par at a hole? (5) 24 Which building near Washington DC serves as the headquarters of the US Department of Defence? (8) Down 1 Andrew who played the Spanish waiter Manuel in Fawlty Towers? (5) 2 Derived from the Latin for ‘to gnaw’, what name is given to a raised platform on which a person stands to make a public speech, play music or conduct an orchestra? (7) 3 Williams, Bartlett and Conference are all varieties of which fruit? (4) 4 Which Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament opposed the worship of idols
QUICKIE Across 1 Charts (6) 4 Staple (6) 9 Laces up (7) 10 Alecs (5) 11 Deers (5) 12 Spectra (7) 13 Are (3) 14 Stead (5) 16 Bassi (5) 18 Rep (3) 19 Cartels (7) 21 Agree (5) 23 Oldie (5) 24 Tedious (7) 25 Neared (6) 26 Serves (6)
SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD
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Soduko
Span - Eng
SUDOKU
Down 1 Rescued (7) 2 Ape LP (5) 3 Sucrose (7) 5 Roles (5) 6 Varlets (7) 7 Pests (5) 8 Predictions (11) 15 Retrial (7) 16 Herb tea (7) 17 Testers (7) 19 Votes (5) 20 Ogled (5) 22 Rings (5)
Improve your Spanish - Clues in Spanish, answer in English or vice versa. Across 1 Leer (4) 3 Turkey (4) 8 Nieta (13) 10 Estado (de objeto, proceso) (5) 11 Camiones (7) 12 Obsessed (6) 14 Alicates (6) 18 Cosecha (recogida) (7) 20 To turn (wheel etc) (5) 22 Cuñados (8-2-3) 23 Seguro (convencido) (4) 24 To drop (object, person) (4)
and was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel? (6) 5 Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills were the first names of which Irish dramatist, novelist, poet, and wit? (5) 6 Kingston is the capital of which island country in the Caribbean Sea? (7) 7 What name is given to a procession of wagons, mules or camels travelling together in single file? (7) 12 Money for what means money or reward earned for little or no effort (3,4) 13 What was the name of Roy Rogers’ horse? (7) 15 Rudyard who wrote The Jungle Book and the Just So Stories? (7) 16 Which African bloodsucking fly transmits sleeping sickness and nagana? (6) 17 Which soft crumbly or chewy sweet is made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream? (5) 19 Name given to an enclosed chair for conveying one person, carried between horizontal poles by two porters? (5) 21 Which Italian automobile company was founded in 1899 by Giovanni Agnelli? (4)
Down 1 Flood (5) 2 Dirección (señas) (7) 4 Ira (de persona) (5) 5 Fuera (de edificio, objeto, indicando posición) (7) 6 August (6) 7 Grey (in colour) (4) 9 There (4) 13 Serio (expresión, tono) (7) 15 Tear (drop) (7) 16 Tornillos (6) 17 Remover (sopa) (4) 18 Broad bean (4) 19 To throw (ball, stone, dice) (5) 21 Regla (instrumento) (5)
Riddle Above A promise Code Cracker
Last Week’s Solutions Quiz Word Across: 1/24 Charlton Athletic, 7/10 Cutty Sark, 8 Tasman Sea, 9 Len, 11 Engage, 13 Reagan, 14 Mercer, 17 Convoy, 18 Aria, 20 Ike, 22 Sister Act, 23 Leeds. Down: 1 Cates, 2 Austria, 3 Lead, 4 Orsino, 5 Stole, 6 Myanmar, 7 Cabaret, 12 Madness, 13 Ravioli, 15 Currant, 16 Dorset, 17 Ceres, 19 Aztec, 21 Seal. Double Crossword Across: 1 Rational, 7 Shave, 8 Barcelona, 9 Owl, 10 Skip, 11 Saline, 13 Skewer, 14 Rescue, 17 Shares, 18 Unit, 20 Cut, 22 Rationale, 23 Roars, 24 Freehand. Down: 1 Robes, 2 Termite, 3 Over, 4 Amoral, 5 Canoe, 6 Realise, 7 Satires, 12 Repairs, 13 Spectre, 15 Cantata, 16 Pewter, 17 Steam, 19 Tweed, 21 Done. Quickie Across: 1 Glasses, 5 Sight, 8 Aroma, 9 Glamour, 10 Trounce, 11 Taste, 12 Fasten, 14 Genius, 17 Cocoa, 19 Carcass, 22 Survive, 23 Laird, 24 Abode, 25 Success. Down: : 1 Grant, 2 Amorous, 3 Stain, 4 Signed, 5 Startle, 6 Gloss, 7 Targets, 12 Fuchsia, 13 Evasive, 15 Imagine, 16 Access, 18 Cargo, 20 Relic, 21 Sides.
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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: Neil wanted his number lock key to be on in Windows 10
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Hi Richard, it bugs me that the number lock key is not enabled on my keyboard on start-up of my PC running Windows10. I've looked on line for a solution but the majority of answers are to edit the registry which I am loathe to do as there is a discrepancy between answers as to exactly what number to change the existing one to in
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\CONTROL PANEL\KEYBOARD\INIALKEYBOARDINDICATORS Some answers give a value of 2 and others say that the last two numbers in the string should be changed from 48 to 50.Even if I was happy do experiment I'm concerned about causing a problem to the registry as I'm not sure how to go about editing the number i.e. what to select in the choices from the dropdown menu when EDIT is clicked. As you no doubt can tell from what I've said so far, I've had a look as far as getting to the EDIT step of the process, but didn't want to commit myself any further.Any advice that you could give me would be appreciated. Regards, Neil
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Hi Neil, I’ve done a bit of research for you and the value you need is “2”, this will turn on the numlock key after login. You should double click on the InitialKeyboardIndicator key and change it’s value to from 2147483648 to 2
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How Formula 1 drivers prepare for battle Formula 1 driver fitness is a delicate balancing act between strength, endurance and weight. Every kilogram counts at the top level of motorsport, so drivers are under significant pressure to be as lean as possible. But they also need to be strong enough to meet the extreme demands of high-speed racing, and to do so for more than two hours at a time. The machines set to take part in the 2017 Australian Grand Prix could represent the fastest F1 cars in history, placing unprecedented loads on a driver's body. As the medical and sports performance director for Hintsa Performance, Australia's Luke Bennett is the team doctor for the Mercedes-AMG and McLaren-Honda grand prix teams. Hintsa provides fulltime performance coaches to eight current F1 drivers, and medical support to a further four pilots on pit lane, giving Dr Bennett and his colleagues unrivalled access to the world of F1 fitness. The company has had a hand in 11 world titles for drivers including Mika Hakkinen, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. Dr Bennett originally spe-
cialised in intensive care and critical care before joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service in West Australia, indulging in a passion for motorsport by working with trackside medical teams at the Australian Grand Prix, Australian WRC rounds, the Australasian Safari and other events. He says updated F1 cars with new spoilers and significantly wider tyres will be "more physical to drive than they have been for over a decade". "We have seen a substantial increase in commitment from all of our drivers and coaches this winter based on the assumption that the cars will be much more physical to drive," he says. "Neck and upper body strength is an obvious focus, particularly tolerance to lateral neck loadings. We have introduced a great deal more specific measurement and more intense and nuanced weight regimens in this area for 2017. "Core abdominal, back
and pelvic muscle strength is always of huge benefit in open-cockpit motorsport categories, and together with building a better cardiovascular endurance base, these have been additional priorities. Explosive braking forces are likely to be more demanding, so leg strength is also a more focussed adjunct to this core stability." Dr Bennett says that although specific workout routines vary between drivers' individual demands, every single racer on the grid this weekend spent less time relaxing over Christmas than usual, dedicating additional time to the gym. There, the goal is to add as much strength as possible while minimising muscle gain ? there's little point adding bulk muscle that could slow the car down. Dr Bennett and his team achieve this by putting drivers through a training regime that focuses on strong cardio endurance coupled with short bouts of extreme performance.
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Georgia On Our Minds The first, and for a lot of people, the best of golf’s majors starts next Thursday with the US Masters at Augusta, Georgia writes JOHN FARMER. Will there be another British victor after Danny Willett scooped the famous green jacket last year? The British and NI contingent will be boosted by Ross Fisher who will make his first appearance at the Masters since 2012 after reaching the quarter-finals of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play with a handsome win over Bubba Watson. Fisher came into the tournament ranked 53rd in the world and it was projected that he needed to reach the last eight to earn enough ranking points to break back into the top 50 and secure an invite to Augusta National. The 36-year-old had looked out of the running for a place at the first major of the year until earning a tie for third place at the WGC-Mexico Championship, which propelled him from 72nd to 55th in the world rankings, and Monday’s new ranking list confirmed him in the world’s top 50. "Getting into the top 50 was the goal last week, but I still was turning up here
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and trying to win the golf tournament," said Fisher, whose best performance at Augusta was a tie for 15th in 2011. "I was trying to put the Masters to the back of my mind.” Meanwhile, Rory McIlroy believes a lack of competitive action won’t be an issue when he bids to complete a Grand Slam at the Masters. The Northern Irishman is hoping for Masters victory to become only the sixth player in the modern era to win all four majors. "I've played a couple of practice rounds this week. I've already been there once this year, so the more times I get there and get comfortable with the place the better.” "I've felt fresh and I've felt healthy, so hopefully that freshness can help me through and help me at Augusta. As much as everyone says they want to peak for Augusta, everyone out here is doing something different every year.” “It's a very fluid process and this year it has been a bit of a different build up for me because I haven't played that much, but hopefully that'll be in my favour”, added McIlroy.
Valverde On Fire
Champions Again
In last weekend’s local rugby union action, the San Javier Squalas womens team secured a fourth succesive Murcia Federation league title after victory over the Torrevieja Tigers, with the squad quick to show their appreciation to their
The 2017 MotoGP season began with a shock result at last weekend’s first race meeting in Qatar, with Spain's Maverick Viñales netting only the second victory of his career and his compatriots, current and former champions Marc Márquez and Jorge Lorenzo getting nowhere near the
podium. Viñales (Yamaha YZR M1) knocked his team-mate, Italian veteran Valentino Rossi into third place, behind Rossi's fellow countryman Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Desmosedici GP-17) in a race which was delayed due to rain on the track at the Losail circuit.
Britain's Adam Yates narrowly missed out on a podium finish as Murcia's Alejandro Valverde claimed his second Volta a Catalunya title on Sunday. Orica rider Yates, 24, finished fourth overall, one minute and 31 seconds behind Valverde, who won Sunday's seventh and final stage. Alberto Contador was second in the final classifica-
tion, with Valverde's Movistar team-mate Marc Soler completing an allSpanish top three. Chris Froome finished 30th. Victory continues a superb start to the season for 36-year-old Valverde, who also beat Contador by a second to win the Tour of Andalucia and was victorious in the one-day Tour of Murcia for a fifth time in February.
coach, Kike Calatrava. In the men’s senior division, ITV Vega Baja Orihuela recorded an easy 59 points to 10 away win (pictured below), scoring an easy victory over the joint San Javier Squalos / Totana side.
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Torry’s Silla Slip-Up
Just The Tonic
SILLA CF 3 CD TORREVIEJA 0 Torry’s Sunday away defeat was disappointing, but the news that Bunol lost at Almazora meant that Torrevieja’s fate is still in their own hands, as they remain out of the relegation spots in the Valencian third division….just! A scoreless draw looked the most likely result at Silla, with both sides playing with gusto, but defences were very much in command, with few clear cut chances. There was drama, with one or two exciting moments before Martin was dismissed on the hour mark to hand dominance and all three points to the home side. The first chance was after 15 minutes when Silla won a penalty. Jose Carlos dived low and correct to save the shot, and then bounded to his feet to reposition himself to save the follow up strike. Then it was the turn of Lucas in the Silla goal to match his heroics. Lewis Allen thundered a 25-yard free kick over the wall but Lucas got to his left hand post just before it whistled into the net, palming it forward. Borja Mir was first on site to half-vollley the rebound into the goal, but once again the agile Lucas got his fist to it to push it wide. Other than these moments of high drama, defences were on top, and it was scoreless at the
interval, with added time seeing Martin committing a run-of-the-mill foul in the centre of the park, and the weak-willed referee, Ángel Enrique Sanz Terrades, yellow-carded him as the locals cried for blood. One goal was all it was going to take to run away with the spoils. That did not happen and after another modest challenge, once more in the centre circle, Martin found himself the victim of player and crowd abuse on the hour mark. It appeared as though the referee had no interest in anything other than awarding the free kick, but encircled by angry players and aware of the incensed indignation of the crowd, he eventually cautioned the Torry midfielder, which meant that he had to go off. The Salineros held out for ten more minutes before a quick break saw Carles all on his own on the right hand side of goal a few yards inside the penalty box, and he gave Jose Carlos no chance. Torry legs were weakening fast, but it was not until the 76th minute that Molina was introduced for the flagging Borja Mir. Then it was not until they were two down, thanks to a Carrascosa strike in the 80th minute, that a belated double substitution of Dani Salazar and Joel breathed
new life into the Torry efforts. Luis Carlos had a great shot over the bar, whilst Javi Meca flicked on a header from a corner from the left, which was looping into the far corner of the net until a defender hooked it off the goal line, with cries abounding from Torry players that it had crossed over. In injury time, Silla ‘s Carrascosa notched his second for a final score which looked comfortable, but it certainly had not been, until the last twenty minutes when Torry ran out of steam. It wasn’t helped by Martin’s dismissal, with manager Pedreno sent to the stands after passing a strong opinion to the referee. Despite the result, Torry remain out of the bottom four, and four of their remaining seven games are at home, with probably three victories all they may need to retain their division three status, which seemed very unlikely at the start of February. The first of those matches is an 11.45 am kick-off at the Nelson Mandela stadium on Sunday when eighthplaced Torre Levante are the visitors. An early note as well, that Torry’s following home match has been brought forward to Thursday 13th April, as opposed to being played on Easter Day.
CD ALMORADI 1 UD RAYO IBENSE 0 Almoradi knew they had to win Sunday’s home clash with Rayo, after their slaughter at leaders Olimpic the previous weekend. Coach Joserra pretty much branded the Rayo match as must-win to keep Almoradi’s chances alive of staying in the Valencian third division, and to keep them in touch with Torrevieja and Bunol. Joserra also knew that he had key players like Obele, Sergio Moya, Alexis and Luis back after injury or suspension, and that there would be a very different feel to the Almoradi side. The home defence were determined not to give an inch with Rayo’s best opportunity coming in the eighth minute when Navarro produced a dangerous cross in the box which his colleagues could not take advantage of, and Moya in the 35th minute produced a good save to keep Rayo out. At the other end, Obele and Saúl had a couple of half-chances, as
the teams went in nil-nil at half-time. The only goal of the game came in the 55th minute when Obele was brought down in the box, and referee López Larrosa awarded a penalty, which was converted by Manu. In truth, there were not many chances created for either side during the rest of the match, as Almoradi’s defence held firm, with Moya not having much to do. The forwards meantime didn’t produce another clear chance, with three points banked. With Almoradi having played a game more than Torrevieja and Bunol, it is their turn this Sunday to have a blank weekend, and to hope that they don’t extend their three point advantage over them. Orihuela coach José Manuel Roca, who took over in the autumn, has been sacked after the Orihuela board initially rejected his resignation, after his side
could only get a one-all draw at bottom side Segorbe on Sunday. Club president Antonio Felices changed his mind within 24 hours and on Tuesday, José Antonio Rodríguez, known as Machuca, and who ran Orihuela’s lower teams, has been placed in charge. Despite Manuel Roca only losing one match in charge, two many draws have proved costly, and Sunday’s result was a big blow for Orihuela. They are now six points behind fourth-placed Ontinyent, and now have the tough trip to leaders Olimpic to look forward to this weekend. Crevillente’s excellent two-one win over Ontinyent has come too late for them to figure in the promotion play-off rac e, and they go to sixth-placed Castellon this weekend, whilst Elche Ilicitano go to second-placed Alzria, on the back of their two-nil win over struggling Muro.
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UD PETRELENSE 0 CD THADER 2 Thader picked up a victory at mid-table Petrelense last Saturday to get them back into the promotion hunt in group four of the Preferente. Both goals for the
Rojales side came in the second half, with a great 30 metre shot from Dani Lucas on the hour mark, and Noé doubling the advantage with ten minutes remaining. Thader are fourth in the
table, five points behind third-placed Hercules B. Thader now face an exciting fixture this coming weekend at home to relegation-threatened UD Altea.
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The Same Old Story
Sport
La Liga Returns
ELCHE 0 REAL ZARAGOZA 3 It was like Groundhog Day for Elche fans on Saturday, who for the fourth successive time saw their team flounder at home to lower Segunda division opposition. Also the Ilicitanos failed to break their duck of recording successive league wins on the back of their victory at Gimnastic the previous weekend. Perhaps if Elche played all their matches away from the Martinez Valero stadium, they might have been promotion play-off contenders? The visitors got the win after the old trick of appointing a new coach, César Láinez, to breath life into what has been a disappointing season for them. Two goals from Ángel and one from Pombo had effectively killed off the match at half-time, as the home supporters looked on in disbelief, especially those who had made the journey to Gimnastic nine days earlier. The Ilicitanos, not surprisingly, went on all-out attack in the second half, and did create a string of chances, but it was all too little and too late. Interestingly coach Alberto Toril decided to have a string of “behind closed doors” training sessions at the Martinez Valero this week, with the side eight points adrift of the play off zone, with 11 matches left to be played. 12th-placed Elche now go away to yet another team below them in the table on Sunday, namely Cordoba. The Ilicitanos will have go there without midfielder Pelayo Novo, who will not be able to play against his ex-side, after suffering an ankle injury in the Zaragoza defeat that will keep him out for up to six weeks.
The top three sides in La Liga are in action this Sunday, after top-flight domestic football returns after the international break. Table-topping Real Madrid are at home to mid-table Alaves, with Real two points clear of Barcelona, and they have a game in hand. Barca are away to strugglers Granada, whilst third-placed Sevilla also have a team fighting relegation up against them, as they entertain Sporting Gijon. There’s a full deck of mid-week matches to come as well, with the outstanding fixture pairing up Barcelona and Sevilla on Wednesday with a 7.30 pm kick-off, followed by Real Madrid’s trip to relegation-threatened Alaves at 9.30 pm.
Hazard Talks
The Great Monte Massacre Chelsea’s Eden Hazard could be heading to Real Madrid, with reports yesterday suggesting that the London club have given him permission to talk to the La Liga leaders. The sports website Don Balon says that Hazard is now openly discussing terms over a summer move. He has emerged as Real’s top target in recent weeks in what could be a worldrecord transfer. Real president Florentino Perez is reportedly planning a massive overhaul this summer which would include a 100 million euro move for Hazard, as well as 60 million euro for Manchester United keeper David de Gea.
Hector’s Return CD MONTESINOS 15 TD MONTESINOS 0
Sunday’s slaughter keeps CD Montesinos on top of the Group 16 table, and with just three matches remaining of the season, Monte are five points ahead of second-placed Callosa, and well-placed to claim a spot in the 1st Valencia region group eight next season, with tasty local clashes in prospect with the likes of San Miguel and Algorfa. Another big plus in Monte’s favour is the Spanish system that if two sides finish level on points, the deciding factor is overall score in the two matches between the respective teams and in this respect, CD Montesinos would finish above Callosa, having won 2-0 and then lost 2-1 in their two matches played against each other, leading to a 3-2 overall win! CD Benijofar are in third place with 38 points from their 19 matches and CD Murada who have played 18 games, have 37 points to their name. It would have been extraordinary if Monte had not won last Sunday, and by a big margin, with TD just having one point to their name. Nobody quite banked on the massacre that happened in a terribly one-sided match, where the final score actually flattered TD. There were three hat-tricks for Monte, as Vazquinho and Carlos Ventura both bagged five apiece, whilst Aure had to make do with just three. The scoring was rounded off with Fran and Fernando Carrasco with a goal apiece. This weekend is another blank one for Monte, but they are in action this Friday evening (March 31st) at the Nelson Mandela stadium in Torrevieja, when they take on Norwegian third division side, Redalen CF. The match kicks-off at 8.30 pm. The next league fixture will be on the Sunday April 9th with a home fixture against CF Popular Orihuela.
Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin could be heading back to Barcelona, after holding talks with Barca’s sporting director Robert Fernandez in London. The right-back has long been linked with a return to the club he left in 2011. It is claimed Fernandez spoke to Bellerin about whether he would be open to a return to the Nou Camp. Barcelona are desperate to sign the 22-year-old after struggling to replace Dani Alves at right-back.
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FIXTURES Friday 31st March 2017 LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 20:45 Dundee v Aberdeen SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 20:45 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers
Obscene chants from Sevilla fans targeting former favourite Sergio Ramos has earned the La Liga team a one-match partial stadium closure, after a ruling on Wednesday by Spanish football authorities. The incidents took place during a highly charged January La Liga encounter when Sevilla ended Real Madrid's 40-match unbeaten streak at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. It was the third game in 10 days between the sides including a home and away Copa del Rey clash decided by a dramatic late Ramos header. In a volatile atmosphere Sevilla came from 1-0 down with five minutes to go to defeat Madrid 2-1 deep in injury time as passion from the terraces spilled over into hate chants against the charismatic Ramos. Sevilla will have to close one stand as punishment.
Kylian Welcome
Barcelona will honour former player and manager Johan Cruyff with a statue of him at their Nou Camp stadium. The club will also name the new stadium they are building for their B team after the former Dutch international. Barcelona made the announcement last Saturday, a day after the first anniversary of Cruyff's death at the age of 68. Cruyff won 13 trophies during his time managing and playing for the club, including their first European Cup in 1992. His son Jordi also said the family will donate a number nine Barcelona shirt worn by his father and the Ballon d'Or trophy from 1974 to a new Johan Cruyff exhibition at the Spanish club's museum. "It is an agreement by which my father will always be present at the club that he loved," Jordi Cruyff said. Barcelona, who are scheduled to start major redevelopment work at the Nou Camp in 2018, will also ask the city's council to name a street or space in the vicinity of their stadium after Johan Cruyff. "It is an honour for me to say the name of the stadium we are building at the training ground will no longer be the Miniestadi, but from now on will be the Johan Cruyff stadium," club president Josep Maria Bartomeu said. "Cruyff broke down barriers, he was the man who made us lift our heads up and see that nothing is impossible."
Messi Backed
Sergio Ramos says the gates are open for Monaco's Kylian Mbappe to join Real Madrid. The 18-year-old is hot property having scored 19 goals for Monaco in all competitions this season, with Real, Barcelona and Manchester United linked with the striker in the British and European media. "I do not call president Florentino Perez to consult me about signings, but the gates of Real Madrid are always open for the best players," Ramos said. "If you come to Madrid, Mbappe, we will welcome you with all the affection as we always do with the new players who arrive." Ramos did, however, admit that any talk of Mbappe joining Real would be disrespectful to his current team-mates, with Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema still going strong as a front trio at the club. "Right now it's a lack respect for those in the squad to get us talking about others who are not from the club."
Barcelona have branded a four-game international ban handed to Lionel Messi for abusing an assistant referee as "unjust and totally disproportionate". The La Liga side released a statement expressing their "surprise and outrage" at the punishment dished out to their star player. Barca added that Messi was an "exemplary sportsman". As well as the ban, Messi was fined almost 10 thousand euro by FIFA for having “directed insulting words” at an official during Argentina’s World Cup qualifier with Chile last week. He was caught on camera venting his fury at an assistant who signalled he had committed a foul late in Argentina's 1-0 win. He was not shown a card. The 29-year-old missed Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Bolivia and will also be banned for Argentina's next three World Cup qualifiers, unless an appeal is successful. His international absence should benefit his club side, but nevertheless Barca have issued a statement condemning the sanction. The club said: "FC Barcelona express their surprise and outrage at the official decision of the FIFA disciplinary committee to sanction Leo Messi after the World Cup qualifying match between Argentina and Chile. "The club consider the four-game ban imposed upon the player unjust and totally disproportionate.”
PREMIER LEAGUE 13:30 Liverpool v Everton 16:00 Burnley v Tottenham Hotspur 16:00 Chelsea v Crystal Palace 16:00 Hull City v West Ham United 16:00 Leicester City v Stoke City 16:00 Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion 16:00 Watford v Sunderland 18:30 Southampton v Bournemouth LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 16:00 Hamilton Academical v St Johnstone 16:00 Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Kilmarnock 16:00 Partick Thistle v Ross County 16:00 Rangers v Motherwell SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP 13:30 Barnsley v Sheffield Wednesday 16:00 Aston Villa v Norwich City 16:00 Brentford v Bristol City 16:00 Brighton & Hove Albion v Blackburn Rovers 16:00 Huddersfield Town v Burton Albion 16:00 Ipswich Town v Birmingham City 16:00 Newcastle United v Wigan Athletic 16:00 Preston North End v Nottingham Forest 16:00 Rotherham United v Fulham 16:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Cardiff City 18:30 Reading v Leeds United SKY BET LEAGUE ONE 16:00 Bolton Wanderers v Chesterfield 16:00 Bradford City v Walsall 16:00 Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town 16:00 Fleetwood Town v Swindon Town 16:00 Millwall v Scunthorpe United 16:00 Milton Keynes Dons v Gillingham 16:00 Peterborough United v Charlton Athletic 16:00 Port Vale v AFC Wimbledon 16:00 Rochdale v Northampton Town 16:00 Southend United v Oldham Athletic SKY BET LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Grimsby Town v Doncaster Rovers 16:00 Cheltenham Town v Morecambe 16:00 Crewe Alexandra v Cambridge United 16:00 Hartlepool United v Portsmouth 16:00 Leyton Orient v Wycombe Wanderers 16:00 Luton Town v Blackpool 16:00 Mansfield Town v Exeter City 16:00 Newport County v Crawley Town 16:00 Notts County v Colchester United 16:00 Plymouth Argyle v Accrington Stanley 16:00 Stevenage v Barnet 16:00 Yeovil Town v Carlisle United LADBROKES SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP 16:00 Dumbarton v Greenock Morton 16:00 Dunfermline Athletic v Hibernian 16:00 Falkirk v Raith Rovers 16:00 Queen of the South v Dundee United 16:00 St Mirren v Ayr United LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE ONE 16:00 Alloa Athletic v Albion Rovers 16:00 Brechin City v Livingston 16:00 East Fife v Queen's Park 16:00 Peterhead v Airdrieonians 16:00 Stranraer v Stenhousemuir LADBROKES SCOTTISH LEAGUE TWO 16:00 Annan Athletic v Arbroath 16:00 Cowdenbeath v Clyde 16:00 Elgin City v Berwick Rangers 16:00 Montrose v Edinburgh City 16:00 Stirling Albion v Forfar Athletic Sunday 2nd April 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 14:30 Swansea City v Middlesbrough 16:00 Arsenal v Manchester City LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 13:30 Heart of Midlothian v Celtic Tuesday 4th April 2017 PREMIER LEAGUE 20:45 Burnley v Stoke City 20:45 Leicester City v Sunderland 20:45 Watford v West Bromwich Albion 21:00 Manchester United v Everton LADBROKES SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP 20:45 Aberdeen v Inverness Caledonian Thistle 20:45 Ross County v Dundee
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Saturday 1st April 2017
BELLEW OPTIONS
Tony Bellew's WBC cruiserweight champion status has been changed as a result of potential ongoing involvement in the heavyweight division. Bellew, 34, has held the title since May but fought at heavyweight this month in a shock win over David Haye. As he is yet to make clear which weight he will fight at, the WBC has made him Emeritus Champion - so he can return to contest the title at any time. Saturday's fight between Mairis Briedis and Marco Huck will be for the title.
JIMMY STAYS
England’s leading Test wicket-taker, Jimmy Anderson, insists he does not intend to retire after next winter's Ashes series down-under. Speaking to the BBC, Anderson said: - "If we win the Test series I'll be over the moon. It means we will have had an amazing year, but right now I have no interest in stopping."
MERSEY BATTLE Now that the international break is done and dusted, we’re back to Premier League action this weekend with a bang, writes ALEX TRELINSKI. It’s Merseyside derby time in the Saturday early kick-off, as Liverpool host Everton at 1.30 pn, with the Reds amazingly unbeaten in their last dozen clashes with the Blues. For Klopp’s Liverpool, it’s all about getting that Champions League slot, but with Ronald Koeman’s Everton six points behind them, plus teams like Arsenal and Man Utd having games in hand, the Toffee’s outside continental hopes are all about sneaking into the Europa League. Leaders Chelsea welcome improving Crystal Palace to the Bridge, but despite that, you can’t see anything but a home win, and ten points behind Spurs make the journey to Lancashire to take on Burnley. Fifth-placed Manchester United entertain West Bromwich Albion, who quietly under Tony Pulis and after some early season disquiet, have sneaked into eighth place. Manchester City incidentally go to Arsenal on Sunday, where the talk of “Will Arsene go or stay?” has reached the stage of rigor-mortis boredom. Arsenal have lost six of their last nine games but, asked if the issue was creating a distraction, Wenger said on Thursday: "I believe the priority in life is to focus on what is important, not to look for excuses." There’s some clarity for you then:- not! Rumours are abounding that West Ham are already trawling around for a successor to undefire boss Slaven Bilic, and the Hammers have lost their last three games and are winless in five, and have dropped to 12th in the Premier League. Not a nice time to go Hull City, who are three points adrift from safety, with Saturday’s match perhaps having a “must win” feel about it. East Midlands play West Midlands tomorrow as rejuvenated Leicester City (relegation, what relegation?) take on Stoke City, and poor old Sunderland will probably have another nail in their relegation coffin truly thrust in by Watford’s international cavaliers at Vicarage Road. There’s nothing at stake but South Coast pride in the 6.30 pm Saturday showdown at St. Mary’s as Southampton play Bournemouth, and on Sunday lunchtime, Swansea can take another big stride towards maintaining their Premier League status, as they welcome a Middlesborough side that’s almost certain to join their north-eastern rivals Sunderland in the Championship next season. By the way, there’s a full deck of Premier matches on Tuesday and Wednesday, so this really is a big sort-out time at the top and bottom. Don’t forget to join me this Saturday afternoon on TKO FM, on 90.8 and 91.9fm, or on the website, tko.fm, between 3.00 pm and 6.00 pm for the latest scores and the very best in TKO Music.