The Courier Newspaper - Edition 210

Edition 210

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Friday 27th February 2015

FILLED UP

SERVICE STATION ROBBERS NICKED A

gang of violent thieves that robbed at least 20 petrol stations across the Vega Baja region are behind bars after a joint operation between the Guardia Civil and the National Police. Officers collared four suspects in raids on Wednesday in Bigastro, and in the Murcia region in La Unión and Cieza. At least one of those arrested is understood to be non-Spanish, perhaps Romanian, with authorities believing that the men were also responsible for around 20 home burglaries. Wednesday’s dragnet including the cordoning off of an apartment block on Calle San Pascual(pictured) for a 7.00am raid which involved the arrest of the non-Spaniard there.

The masked gang is said to have carried a gun and a samurai-style sword in their raids to intimidate victims to hand over money and goods as they raided premises across the area with stations at Catral, San Fulgencio, Crevilliente and Los Montesinos being targeted, some of them on more than one occasion. They also struck at homes including one at La Murada before being chased by Orihuela police and the Guardia for a number of miles before abandoning their car and man-

aging to escape. They then robbed a Catral service station before hitting other properties including a tobacco shop, using a stolen van to transport their booty. It’s understood that abandoned van at the turn of the year provided authorities with key clues to tracking down the robbers.

The joint operation was staged by the Guardia Civil and the National Police Special Violent Crime Unit(UDEV) based out of Elche. Both organisations have been carrying out extensive surveillance operations since the start of the year.

News

BODY IN BOOT SHOCKER! A man's chopped up body with a bullet in the head was found in the boot of a car in San Javier last Thursday (February 19th), after he had been reported missing for a week. continued on page 2

Sport

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DAZZER IN CHARGE

A slim-line Darren Clarke, together with a new hair-style, was last week announced as the popular choice to captain the European team in their defence of The Ryder Cup. The newlook Ulsterman has shed four stone in five months, and hopefully the pressure of the new job won’t see him disappear into thin air! read more on page 44

MORE WOE FOR TORRY!

Here’s the bad news:- Torrevieja finished February with absolutely no points during the month, and have now chalked up five straight defeats that has seen their promotion hopes disintegrate into mere fantasy. read more on page 46

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TELEPHONE

CAR BOOT MURDER RIDDLE continued from the front page The 48 year old, Javier Romero Henarejos, originally came from San Pedro del Pinatar where his family are well known in the area including his father being a former school principal, whilst his brother was the organiser of the San Pedro Flamenco Festival. Javier RH ran a real estate business based in Torrevieja called Cas Serres, but was also known as a DJ and party organiser in places like Ibiza.

According to his partner, with whom he lived with in Alcantarilla, he had set off to go to Pilar de la Horadada to pick up their daughter to spend the weekend in the

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Sierra Nevada. En route he was meant to be spending some six thousand euros on furniture that he had withdrawn from an Alcantarilla bank. Police tracked down his Audi A6 car parked up at Los Arcos Hospital, San Javier, after activating the GPS tracking device on his mobile phone.

Authorities are at a loss to work out what was behind the killing, with Javier RH having no criminal history; no financial problems; and no suggestion of him being involved in drug dealing and shipping.

Police though are trying to work what was behind a recent month long visit to Argentina.

OSCAR WINNER

Kind-hearted Alicante police officers have temporarily adopted a dog that they rescued from a cruel owner, who has been arrested for animal abuse. A neighbour reported the owner of Oscar the dog with the two policemen rushing the animal to a vet after discovering him with a broken leg, as well as bruising; all his claws being broken; and blood in his lungs.

Oscar was given emergency treatment, with the vet discovering that he was not micro-chipped and

had never been vaccinated. The dog will need another operation which will mean the total cost of his medication and treatment will rise to fifteen hundred euros which will be raised by the officers at Alicante Police station.

One of the policemen, Javier, has adopted Oscar for the time being and says that from being a very nervous dog when they discovered him, he is starting to relax as he is getting love and affection from Javier and his colleagues.

SHARP EXIT WHITE VAN MAN HURT

Patrick International Rep 5 Languages Tel. 685 901 265 Writers Sally Bengtsson Jeanette Erath Alex Trelinski Dave Silver Tony Mayes John McGregor Ivie Davies James Bone Peter Singh

An Almoradi man has appeared in an Orihuela court after a road rage incident saw another driver being fatally run over at the side of one of the region’s major roads.

The drama happened on the AP7 in the Callosa de Segura area early last Sunday morning, with a collision between the two cars at 5.45am leading to both vehicles parking up on the hard shoulder, with the two drivers getting out and

exchanging blows. Then one of the men got back into his vehicle whilst reports suggest that the other man dried to grab hold of the door to stop him, but was run over as the vehicle sped away, with the driver fleeing the scene to his Almoradi home. Paramedics were unable to revive the mowed-down victim, who was travelling with four other people, who watched the events unfurl in horror.

An unnamed British driver escaped with just head injuries after his van was involved in a double collision in Torrevieja last Wednesday afternoon.

The man, said to be in his mid-sixties was trapped behind the wheel but was freed by passers-by and was taken for treatment to Torrevieja Hospital.

Reports suggested that the vehicle

was travelling at speed down Calle La Loma at around 5.00pm as it overtook a car and hit it, and then swerved suddenly to avoid roadworks to do with the installation of natural gas, with the van ending up ploughing into the facade of a building. Witnesses said that it was fortunate that pedestrians in the area did not end up being injured by the out of control vehicle.

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ON FIDDLERS MEMO THREE SACKING SCHEDULE

A Murcia region landlord offered a novel way of an indebted family being able to pay their electricity bills. The man offered to have sex with some them, including a 14 year old girl, to defray their utility costs, but they refused to oblige his desires, and so he cut off their electricity and water supplies.

The Guardia Civil arrested him in the Puente Tocinos area of Murcia, along with two other landlords who were accused of fraud over the cost of electricity charged to tenants, including illegally re-wiring supplies to swindle Iberdrola(pictured inspecting with the Guardia).

BACK BEHIND BARS

A violent robber, who had spent several years behind bars, clearly fancied a quick return to jail, as he held up a Chinese shop in Cartagena earlier this month. Thanks to security cameras in the shop, the National Police traced down the thug, who already had been hauled in for questioning a few days earlier over possessing a fake gun, which was identical to the one he used in the attack in the Chinese shop. The man is now back in prison.

The Madrid Metro has sacked its head of security over a memo warning staff to be suspicious of gays. The man was shown the door on Monday and two other security employees have also been fired. The memo, which was circulated among Madrid Metro staff, called for "gays, musicians and beggars" to be more routinely checked for tickets than other passengers. In a show of remorse, representatives from Madrid Metro met with gay and lesbian groups to explain to them in person that the Metro does not share the views expressed in the memo.

Valencian Government education secretary, Manuel Tomás, has reassured parents and teachers at the Príncipe de España school in Rojales that work will definitely go ahead in constructing a new building to replace the current ailing structure. Tomás (pictured) met with school representatives this week and said that building tenders will be announced within six weeks. Campaigners for a replacement building have been keeping up the pressure on the regional government to move forward with plans after last autumn’s pledge from the President, Alberto Fabra.

RADAR LADY IN REVEALED RED

Spain's highway agency, the DGT, is set to disclose the whereabouts of speed cameras across the country, in a move likely to make it easier for drivers to evade fines. The surprise move was announced by DGT director Maria Segui:- "This initiative is being implemented so that drivers abide by the established speed limits, especially on stretches of road that have been identified as very dangerous," Segui explained.

Drivers will now receive early warning of speed cameras' presence, giving them a chance to put their foot on the brake if necessary. They'll also be able to view all the camera checkpoints, both fixed and mobile, on the DGT website.

Segui added that Spain is "one of the safest countries in terms of moving around" according to 2014 figures, but the sharp decrease in deaths over the past decade has now reached a plateau, with only three less road deaths than in 2013.

Over half a million euros is being used to repair the La Mata boardwalk in Torrevieja after the late autumn storms of last year. Valencian government minister Serafin Castilian checked in to look at the work and said that some 200 thousand euros was spent on emergency work on the La Mata walkway which was opened in 2003. That's in addition to a similar figure earmarked for more general enhancements there, plus some 70 thousand for emergency work at Los Locos beach. Torrevieja council chiefs lobbied the minister for more money and resources to be put into the Los Locos area due to the problems of coastal erosion and confirmed they are talking with government officials about future plans there.

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GANGSTERS ON TRIAL

Prosecutors have called for a total of nearly 150 years behind bars for seven men after a Sunday night shootout between two mafia-style gangs (Los García Gallego and Los Wenceslas) left two members with severe gunshot wounds. The showdown happened between Alicante and San Vicente del Respeig in July 2013, as two rival drug trafficking gangs faced off in a street in Colonia Santa Isabel over a debt of 500 euros. Some 60 witnesses have been lined up for next month’s trial.

KIND OF SORRY

ALL FOR LOVE

FARES PLEASE

A 50 year old Chilean man who sexually abused his expartner’s 12 year old grand-daughter, and got her pregnant, has been jailed for eight years by an Alicante court. The convicted pervert, Jaime Eduardo RT, admitted to a judge that he had intercourse with the girl, but claimed that he thought that she was 13 years old back in 2013, which would have dramatically reduced his jail time if true. He argued that he was not the father of the girl’s child, despite DNA evidence to the contrary, but added that he was in love with her. He was also fined 40 thousand euros plus a monthly support order of 180 euros for the baby in addition to being given a ten year order to stay away from the teenager, once he’s eventually released from prison.

Work on Santa Pola's bus station should be finished by the autumn, with the first services set to use it around October.

Plans for the station were first unveiled nine years ago and after variety of delays due to the recession and re-advertising the construction contract, building work according to Santa Pola planning councillor, is said to be progressing "very quickly".

WALK THIS WAY

Valencian Health Minister, Manuel Llombart, has apologised for lengthy waits in the emergency departments in local hospitals over the winter, especially at the Vega Baja Hospital, as reported in last week’s Courier. Speaking in Torrevieja last Monday at the opening of a private clinic, the minister said that the problems will disappear in March but that the delays that happened at the Vega Baja facility were no different to those elsewhere in the region and further afield. Llombart added that he believed Torrevieja Hospital to be one of the best in Spain.

NEW WHEELS

Daya Nueva’s local police will have their own car again, after having to use an unmarked vehicle from the council’s social services department for the last month. The previous car was taken away from them after a leasing deal was not renewed, with the council now agreeing to spend 17 thousand euros on buying a new vehicle. The measure was passed by the council, despite some opposition over the financial sense of purchasing a car as opposed to having one on lease.

New as well as improved walking and cycle tracks, are being created around the Vega Baja by people who have been out of work, as part of a special project to build on tourism in the area. Enhanced routes are being created in the Redovan and Callosa de Segura areas, as well as one based around Mount Benejúzar. Project members will also learn more about tourism in the area, working with the tourist offices in Almoradi and Callosa.

HOLE LOAD OF TROUBLE

Holes in roads and pavements around Dolores are potential killers according to the opposition Partido Popular group on the council. They claim that there’s a serious risk of death, especially to children, in the area between la Vereda del Royo and the Tobalete(pictured) in the town, and that the Mayor, Joaquín Hernández, has done nothing about the problem.

CAT CALL

A Guardamar animal rights group has criticised the local council for not keeping a promise to provide a special secure area for feral cats. Andrés Navarro(pictured) the leader of Animalistas Guardamar del Segura says that volunteers are looking after the animals after they have undergone sterilisation, but nothing has happened so far in regard to a pledge to create a secure pound for them with power and water.

Navarro claims the council has not delivered so far and they plan to protest about their alleged failure, but the authority says that the welfare group are to blame. The council say that Animalistas has not constituted itself formally as a nonprofit association and therefore at the moment does not legally qualify for grants or help.

ONE FOR THE ROAD

A drunk British driver made it easy pickings for the San Miguel de Salinas local police when his vehicle ploughed through cones and signs that the cops had put up at a control point on Avenida del Nido in the town.

The 69 year old identified as TWR, was spotted heading from the Orihuela Costa at around one-thirty in the morning last week with the police car signalling for him to stop. The driver instead drove through a set of markers erected at the site and claimed that he did not see the warning lights that had been switched on by the police.

The man was nearly twice the drink-drive limit, with the officers at the scene saying that he had great difficulty in answering their questions as he was “under the influence of alcohol” and his speech was slurred and stuttering.

Friday 27th February 2015

FLIGHT RISK

British officials have called for action at the biggest hot-spot for passport theft on the Costa Blanca, namely AlicanteElche airport. Consulate representatives have met with the National Police and car hire companies at El Altet to curb the problem which sees some 20 percent of all stolen British passports in the area being taken in and around the airport.

Consular representatives have asked vehicle rental companies to remove stickers from the back of cars as this makes them an obvious target for thieves. The car hire companies have pledged to issue new advice to their customers, which include never leaving belongings visible from outside the vehicle; parking the car whenever possible in a car park with security cameras; keeping valu-

ables close to you and be wary of on-lookers when loading and unloading; and ignore distraction attempts either on the road or in a car park, as this could be part of a ploy ahead of a robbery.

RUN IN THE SUN

Around thirteen hundred runners enjoyed excellent conditions for last Sunday's 32nd running of the Torrevieja Half-Marathon. Victor Calvo from the El Altet sports club won the men's race in one hour eleven minutes, with Cristina González taking the women's event.

PEÑISCOLA

Peñiscola , a delightful little coastal town situated north of Valencia carved its way into history as the third Papal seat in history following Rome and Avignon. Pedro Martinez Luna who was born in Zaragoza was to rise through the ranks of the Catholic church to become first a cardinal and then Pope.

Legend has it that Pope Luna was a miraculous man, and that one night he spread his cloak over the Mediterranean and walked to Rome with the help of his walking stick in order to declare to Martin V: “I am the true Pope”. It is also said that in a single night he built a staircase down to the sea, in order to flee in his galley, the Santa Ventura, once his followers had deserted him. That night, he lost his papal ring in the sea: an exceptional treasure that nobody has been able to find, as the sea has concealed the precious offering Modern Peñiscola has a very relaxed feeling to it. Two long golden sandy beaches are separated by the very well preserved Peñiscola castle. Some of you may remember Charleton Heston as el Cid marching his troops to the walls of an impressive castle. This was none other than the castle at Peñiscola The castle however had fallen into disrepair over the years and the producers arranged for some refurbishment of the walls. This refurbishment has continued until recent times and the castle today is in quite a remarkable restored condition. The film and publicity undoubtedly started the growth of Peñíscola into the resort it is today Surrounding the castle are the narrow cobbled streets of the old town.. A visit can be made to the interior of the castle. With long golden beaches, seafront cafes, a traditional fishing port and mini cruises on the Med, Peñiscola is the sort of place you would go for a pleasant relaxing short break. Even the journey up is pleasing to the eye with a series of medieval castles, interesting towns and lush green orchards surrounded by mountains.The town has its own water supply within the walls and withstood a heavy siege by the French in 1812, before finally surrendering, the castle walls showing cannonball damage today.

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A GRIM FURRY TALE

BACK in the day when all my faculties were functioning (and when I even HAD faculties), I would take my dog Brian out for long walks along the grimy, tired and worn-out back streets which lay in the shadow of chimneys belching black smoke.

'Hold on a minute!' interjected Mrs S who as usual was eavesdropping on my thoughts. 'It wasn't like that at all. We lived in a lovely neighbourhood when we got married. The estate went downhill only because you dragged it down.'

'I know, I know,' I said knowingly. 'But I thought a Dickensian-type description would appeal to my Courier readers. They love a good tale.'

'Quite honestly, I don't think you have any readers left,' said Mrs S bluntly.

'And please don't drag our darling Brian into your made-up mess. I loved that dog.'

'Brian dragged me into his own mess often enough!' I retorted. I was telling a lie, of course. One of the great things about Brian was that he had bowels which worked like clockwork and he never embarrassed me in public -- well, only the once when he decided uncharacteristically to evacuate his innards in the middle of a busy road with an articulated lorry fast approaching.

It turned out that Brian was just joking with me. He had a strange sense of humour, that dog did. As

the giant truck was about to hit us, Brian abandoned his squatting position on the central white line and legged it to the oppos i t e k e r b , dragging m e behind him.

M i n d you, when I think about it, I'm not so sure that the lorry driver wasn't in on Brian's joke.

It's fortunate really that I'm not paranoid.

A n y w a y, the second great thing about my dog was that he wasn't a hamster. As a young lad growing up in the grimy, tired and wornout back streets which lay in the shadow of belching chimneys (that part of my history IS true), I became the owner of a creature named Hannibal.

I introduced the hamster to his other housemates, namely Rover the dog, Tiddles the cat, and Joey the budgie, but Hannibal affected a somewhat anti-social manner, tending to wander off into

corners whenever the other beasties were around.

'I don't think that Hammy the Hanster . .

. er, I mean Hanny the Hamster, likes living here that much,' I observed to Mother.

'That's easy for you to say,' she said.

'Actually, it wasn't all that easy to say,' I said.

'Stop taking me so literally!' Mother barked. (It could have

been Rover who actually barked but it all happened so long ago.)

Anyway, Mother explained that as the newest member of the family, Hannibal had to be given more time to get used to us. 'Just think,' she went on, 'To a hamster we must

appear as two-legged giants clad in cloth apparel who speak in a strange tongue.'

I scratched my head, puzzled. 'I don't reckon Hanny sees it that way when he looks at Rover the dog, Tiddles the cat and Joey the budgie.'

Mother turned to my father. 'You're staying quiet. What do you think?'

Dad thought for a moment and then said: 'I think the pub's open.'

It turned out that I was correct.

Although Hannibal the hamster mellowed a bit, he still looked as if he didn't belong. 'I reckon we should put Hanny up for adoption,' I ventured.

M o t h e r sighed. 'If you think that's best, I shall accede to your wishes.

At the same time, I think your father should be adopted, too.

HE'S the one who can't seem to settle in this house, especially during the hostelry's hours of business.'

I packed up Hannibal and his belongings and traipsed through the grimy, tired and worn-out back streets which lay in the shadow of chimneys belching black

smoke. I ended my mission of mercy at the home of my best friend Eric the (future) dentist.

It turned out to be a match made in hamster heaven. Eric the (future) dentist and Hannibal hit it off immediately. Eric loved his new pet because he was a rodent with a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

The two played Dentists and Patients throughout the day. Hannibal would lie flat on his back while Eric bent over him, examining and polishing those long teeth.

The game appealed to my best friend because he was fired with enthusiasm for his subsequent career in the tooth business. And Hannibal, of course, loved all the attention.

So all was well that ended well. Everyone was happy except Tiddles the cat who unbeknownst to us had fallen deeply in love with Hannibal but because it seemed an odd love match, the poor moggie had kept his mouth shut about his unrequited feelings.

Fast-forward to the present. 'Well?' I said, turning to Mrs S. 'What did you think of that story?'

Mrs S sighed. 'It's no wonder your dad spent every single minute of his spare time at the pub. I sometimes wish you would do the same.'

I grabbed my hat and coat. 'Wish granted,' I said, hurtling out of the house.

Friday 27th February 2015

HOTEL MONDAY BOOST RUMBLE

Increased Costa Blanca hotel occupancy rates for last month are giving further early weight to the view that it is going to be another bumper year for tourism in the region.

After last year's record tourist figures, both nationally and locally, and a rise in January in passenger numbers for Alicante-Elche airport, overnight hotel stays for the Alicante Province region were up by over six percent compared to the first month of 2014. Returns showed that overnight stays amounted to nearly 800 thousand in the area, with large increases for domestic visitors, as well as a more modest rise for international guests, with Benidorm(pictured), continuing to be very popular.

CAMELOT CLOSES

The largest earthquake in Spain since 2012 struck on late Monday afternoon, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale. It was felt from Madrid to the Murcia and Alicante areas, with the National Geographic Institute saying that the epicentre was near Ossa de Montiel, a town near Albacete in the region of Castille-La Mancha and happened at 5.16 pm, striking at a depth of between 10 and 14.8 kilometres. There were reports San Miguel de Salinas’ neighbourhood association has of the tremor being felt in Alicante City and Elche in addition to northern and central parts of the Murcia region. Some 25 warned of steep water rate rises for 2016, after news that aftershocks were felt in the Albacete area, with the strongest bills have been frozen this year. The group say it’s a crude trick ahead of May’s local elections by the incumbent PP late on Monday night, registering 2.7 on the Richter scale. mayor Ángel Sáez (pictured) and that after two years of freezes, they claim that there’ll be a big hike next year. No evidence is available to prove this, one way or another.

EXCITING ARTICHOKES WIDER WALK

Representatives from the Vega Baja's artichoke capital, Almoradi, were in Alicante last weekend waving the flag for the town's annual artichoke festival which takes place next weekend. The mayor, Antonio Hurtado, led the team at the Gastroalicante event last Saturday to promote the two day festival on Saturday March 7th and Sunday March 8th, which will be based in Almoradi's Plaza de la Constitucion. Many artichoke-based dishes will be available to sample as well as cooking demonstrations over the weekend.

SPRUCED UP

Santa Pola’s Camelot night club has shut its doors after being the area’s leading entertainment venue for 25 years.

The building will be converted into a supermarket, with the club owners saying that road closures, a lack of a pedestrian crossing, and increased competition all contributed to Camelot’s demise. The owners though are looking to stage an annual summer festival featuring top DJs in the Palmeral of Santa Pola in early August.

DIRTY TRICK

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Over 60 people turned up last Saturday to lend their services in a voluntary clean-up of part of the La Mata and Torrevieja Natural Park. It was all part of an environmental clean up day called "Clean Up Nature:- Rubbish-free lakes", with the workers focussing on the white pine inhabited El Chaparral area between the two lakes.

Pedestrians will find life a lot easier once work is completed on expanding the service road alongside Torrevieja's Avenida Gregorio Marañón. The money for the 226 thousand euro project comes from the Alicante Provincial Council, and will see a wider walkway as well as shaded areas and benches.

VOTE WEEVIL

Red weevil infested palm trees have been chopped down on the large CV91 roundabout in Almoradi after a four year campaign for action. The general secretary of the local anticorruption group, Moses Cruz, told the Informacion newspaper that nothing had been done about the problem since 2011, but it had suddenly been resolved with three months to go before the local elections.

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A TRIVIAL TALE

I am furious that last week’s front page of The Courier was filled with a story featuring the death of a puppy and a nonrefundable payment after it had passed away! What is more depressing is that the lady went on to buy yet another puppy from another pet shop. Do these people not study or read anything concerning the vile industry of puppy mills? The horrendous conditions the farmed animals live in as well as the illegal imports into all European countries and the terrible misfortune of these puppies being taken from their mothers before a decent wean time has been taken. I have only rescue dogs, six in total. Yet if I were ever ( unlikely) to pay for a dog, I would without a doubt want to visit and see both parents, living conditions and then a check with their vet to see if all the pups had been given a full bill of health. Most of the dog rescue centres on the Costa Blanca wouldn't dream of passing on any dog without a full bill of health.

Pet shops use puppy farms and if

they can't validate the true home source then no moral person would ever buy from a pet shop. Rescue centres carry many pedigree dogs and you could always go on a list and await such a rescue.

I am very disappointed in your paper for making such a trival story out of a trade which should be illegal.

Angela Young EDITOR: Clearly Angela the story isn’t trivial, as you rightly feel passionate about the mistreatment of dogs. Not all pet shops use puppy farms and some have excellent reputations, whilst others haven’t.

Our role is not to comment on what should or should not be legal, but to present facts.

The Courier on a weekly basis supports rescue centres and their work on Peter Singh’s page.

My heart goes out to the lady who bought the puppy who died after just a few days, and the arrogant behaviour of the pet shop concerned. I know that she chose a reputable outlet for her new pet, but surely with the sheer volume of rescued dogs that we have in our area, then one of

the many local animal charities ought to be the first port of call? They do a great job and every week when I read about the doggies in The Courier, I wish I could give them all a home!

Anna Windsor Quesada

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LOCAL LOOK-IN EVE IT FOR ADAM

Generous customers raised just over one thousand euros to help animals after a sell-out night at the Restaurant El Alto La Dolores, Guardamar. ADAM (Assistance and Defence of Animals Mistreated) is a Spanish charity that helps cats and dogs, with the evening organised by the Benijofar Spiritualist Centre.

Entertainment was provided by Lyndon B, and the winner of the Mediterranean Cruise in the raffle was Carol Myers from San Luis, Torrevieja.

Pictured: l to r. Co-organiser Joan Rampton; Restaurant owner Berne; Brian and Carol Myers, and Vicky and John, who run ADAM.

STEVE HAS SOME BOTTLE

Steve Carroll who spends his time between Los Montesinos and Liverpool, got a late New Year surprise of a gallon of whisky after his name was drawn out at Bar Monte in Los Montesinos. Steve bought his ticket for the Lions festive gallon of scotch on Boxing Day and then headed back to Merseyside to see in the New Year, unaware that he had scooped up the prize! On his return, he hooked up with Torrevieja Costa Lions Club President, Iain Bennett to get his prize at Bar Monte. The Lions festive fundraising produced the bumper sum of 2,800 euros, with all of the money already being handed over to the ALPE charity in Torrevieja.

CAN YOU HELP? HANDOVER TIME

The Rojales Pantomime Group has been continuing to hand over the proceeds of their seasonal show, Cinderella. A variety of local charities have been the beneficiaries, including a latest presentation to the Mayor of Rojales,Antonio Perez Garcia on behalf of the welfare charity, Caritas, in addition to a cheque for the SAT animal rescue centre in Dolores(pictured).

The Torrevieja Stroke Support Group is looking for volunteers as they continue to support those who have suffered a stroke (as well as their carers) by providing a stimulating, informative and social weekly gathering. You don’t need any qualifications but some knowledge about strokes would be useful, and the group is also after people with committee and organisational experience. They meet every Friday afternoon from 2.45pm at the Annex of the Municipal buildings on Calle Paganini in La Siesta. For more details phone 966 718 964 or look at the website, www.torreviejastrokesupport.com.

MICK GETS THE GRIP

A local fundraiser has been honoured in raising over 15 thousand euros for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Michael Reeves got a special commendation at the recent meeting of the RBL Orihuela Costa branch, with the award being given to him by the Chairman of RBL Spain District North, Nigel Hails, on behalf of Ray Sheppard, Head of the Poppy Appeal.

Michael said that he was absolutely overwhelmed but delighted to accept the commendation on behalf of all the local golf societies that have contributed so generously to his efforts.

Known as ‘Mick the Grip’, his Poppy Golf Days have been a key fundraiser taking many hours to organise.

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INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ADVICE IS (NEARLY) ALWAYS BAD

Mark Harrison Partner AES International

It started with a blank sheet of paper in a room in Geneva. AES International had no clients, no financial backers, and no awards; but there was one thing - a really exciting mission, a mission we remain completely committed to over a decade later.

So why is great financial advice for expats so hard to find?

Simply because huge (and often hidden) upfront commission payments incentivise sales people to do the wrong thing – to sell expensive financial products to expats which destroy their investment returns. Here's the story of our journey to change this.

As a group of late twenty-somethings, we wanted to take on the international financial services marketplace - to challenge the status quo. We wanted to pioneer the transformation of an industry. Turning one that manufactures and vends toxic investment products into a profession centred round the client and changing people’s financial futures for the better; by delivering the best information, the best prices, the best advice and the best service.

This means change. However, we know that most people hate change: it often elicits fear, anger and resentment.

But, our type of change is Positive Change.

Based on our core values of Knowledge, Integrity and Teamwork; we dare to do everything within our marketplace

very, very differently. Our radical transparency can make many people uncomfortable. Why? Because...

1. Financial sales people (or, as we call them, dinosaurs) don’t want us to tell others the truth; and 2. Clients aren’t used to being told the truth.

In order to achieve this we are unreasonably picky about the type of people we employ. Our people are completely critical to our success and we strive to create a positive environment for positive people, whatever their role in the firm. We therefore invest in championing our people, putting us in the top 1% of all Investor in People firms.

As well as loving our people - we obsess over our clients, not our competitors. This is all part of our DNA. We wanted to be one of the key drivers for change in the international financial advice market for expats. We wanted to help turn the industry into a respected profession, healing the lack of trust and improving the lives of those we serve and those who we employ.

This is why AES International exists today, and why we have won over 26 awards for our international financial advice in the last five years. we'd be delighted to help you plan your future. Please contact me on 965 704 338 or email me at mark.harrison@aesinternational.com

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Friday 27th February 2015

BALTON’S A BEAUTY

At the weekend, we rescued Balton, a little dog from Benidorm pound. He was found on the streets and has Leishmania. To add to that he also has severe separation anxiety and he was brought back to the pound, after his last foster carer did not work out. I was busy in the mountains on Sunday, working with my dogs when he arrived. When we all got back, there was little Balton, waiting to greet us all. He was an instant hit with all of our dogs, as he wagged his little tail on meeting them all.

He had a lot of dead skin, due to the fact that he suffers from Leishmania, so on Monday, I took him out on the bike, where we cycled around Pinoso for 40 minutes and we ended up at our vets, so that he could be pampered from head to toe, with a full groom.

He had his nails cut, his ears cleaned, a full shampoo and cut. This got rid of most of the dead skin and when I collected him, you would have thought he was ready for a night out with the girls! On the way out, he

DANI

was sprayed with dog perfume and off we went back home, where a chicken dinner awaited him.

Separation anxiety is something that can easily be cured and I will explain how I did it in this article, in the hope that it may help others out there, who's dogs are suffering from this problem.

The first thing I did when I met Balton, that was when he had finally stopped wagging his tail, was to take him out on a long bike ride. I have a bike, that has a dog attachment connected, so all I have to do is hook the dog on and off we go, with the dog running safely next to my bike.

We went out for about an

hour on the bike and you must remember that dogs love this, because you are actually travelling at their

ner which consisted of nothing but quality. That first night when I put Balton to bed, he was tired, because

natural pace. We stopped in a few places, for some breaks, where he had a little bit of water and basically on that first journey we were bonding.

When we arrived home, he was tired. He had a din-

of the workout he had done on the bike. His belly was full of delicious food, he had a warm blanket, a bowl of water and a chew, just in case he fancied a midnight treat. Chewing is good for dogs, because it releases

the same endorphins that we release, after we laugh, so having a chew ready is always a good idea for your dog.

He chewed his treat for about ten minutes and then after this he fell f a s t asleep and there was not a sound out of the little man until the morning. We humans m u s t remember that we must meet our dogs needs, everyday of their lives, in order for them to live a happy and balanced life. Because he is now getting what he needs, good exercise, along with the best food money can buy, at night, all he is ready to do is

sleep next to his little teddy bear that he arrived with.

That broke my heart when I saw that. I just looked at him, sitting next to his little teddy bear, which was his only possession in the whole world.

Thankfully he now not only owns his own little teddy bear, but a whole lot of love, care and dedication, which he will receive for the rest of his life. Once again, we are honoured to do the work we do. www.thedogyouneed.com is a registered charity, where we rehabilitate the most severely abused animals.

Our charity registration number is 1157175. If you would be kind enough to donate anything to this special cause you can do by Paypal, where the account details are peter@thedogyouneed.com or to our Nat West charity account, where the sort code is 60-16-03 and the account number is 73754900. When donating via Paypal, can you please choose the option, personal payment or gift. Thank you sincerely from our hearts.

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

Carlton is a nine week old puppy, that’s looking for a home. It’s expected that he’ll grow up to be a small/medium sized dog, and he’s so far proved to be a bundle of fun. For details on this cuddle monster please phone the PEPA helpline on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.com

has had the treatment. She is good with other dogs and cats and will make a wonderful lap dog. Call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

Cute sisters, Lily and Bobo are nearly a year old and are rarely apart. They have been sterilised and are being fed by kind donations

LILY AND BOBO CHLOE

CARLTON Chloe is an adorable tiny Pincher cross and was found emaciated and covered in ticks and fleas. She is around three years old and has Leishmaniasis but

email animalcharityevent@hotmail.co.uk

Kristoff is another puppy brought into the kennels from an unwanted litter. Like all puppies, he is happy, playful and loves lots of fuss.

He will be small/medium when he is older but looking at him now is going to be a gorgeous boy. He is now four months old and is fully vaccinated and microchipped. If you think that Kristoff could be the boy for you then please contact the kennels on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

KRISTOFF from friends and golfers at La Finca, Algorfa where they have been living since they were born. However to keep them safe and healthy they really need a family and a home. They are both very sociable and clean - having experienced indoor living following their operations. If you can offer them a home or a big safe garden and lots of affection you would not be disappointed. Please contact: Gin on 693 485 236 or

Dottie is a nine month old female border collie / pointer cross, and will grow to be medium-sized. She is very friendly and lovable, and good with other dogs and cats. More details from K9 kennels on 865 776 348 or 600 845 420.

DOTTIE

CALLING ALL ANIMAL CHARITIES...

Please send details of Dogs or Cats needing a home to office@thecourier.es We try to feature as many as we can each week.

We also love hearing about the animals featured here!

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Friday 27th February 2015

POLLS APART

Politicians always rubbish opinion polls, as they produce the old phrase that it is the actual vote on election day that counts, but then privately they commission endless surveys that they pour over night and day. George Gallup(pictured) has a lot to answer for after creating political surveys in the mid-thirties in America, and they quickly crossed the water to the UK. In times past, opinion polls have produced some howlers, notably every single survey, bar one very late one predicting a Harold Wilson victory in 1970, only for Ted Heath and his smiling teeth to win. More recently, exit polls on polling day itself in 1992 showing a hung parliament were rubbished when the actual returns produced a comfortable (well, it seemed at the time anyway) majority for John Major.

I have to say that these days opinion polls are pretty much on the money, and to some extent take the fun out of elections, except in countries like the UK, where you have a “first past the post” constituency system, where individual seats can throw up surprises. But over most of Europe, like here in Spain, with proportional representation using a list system of candidates, you know already that it will take something amazing for anybody to get an overall majority in this year’s Spanish general election, helped by the intervention of Podemos. The polls got it spot on in the recent Greek vote, and

even though predicting seats for May’s UK election is difficult, a trend is appearing that must be sending shivers down the back of Labour leader Ed Miliband!

Surveys are beginning to show that as the election date looms, people’s minds are beginning to focus that much more, and the Tories seem to be the beneficiaries. Two polls in the last week put them ahead of Labour, and both also suggest that support for UKIP is falling, as well as for the Lib Dems. Yes, it is the vote on Thursday May 7th that counts, but Miliband has another major worry and that’s Scotland. Not just the fact that the SNP can could take away seats from Labour, but an SNP/Labour battle might actual give the Tories an extra seat or two north of the border (because of “splitting” the vote), where at the moment David Cameron’s party just have a pathetic single representative.

The Tories are also quietly confident of picking up seats from the Lib Dems in southern England, and that’s true to some extent for Labour as well in the north. There’s all to play for with less than 10 weeks of campaigning left, but you get a little bit concerned for Miliband when his party makes the “exciting” announcement that Lord John Prescott is making a return to front-line politics to advise him on climate-change. Perhaps the pollsters have told him that a bit of verve is required for a Labour campaign that so far is lacking any kind of verve and has a losing feel about it.

YOU’RE NEVER TOO OLD!

What would you rather be doing in your golden years?

Riding a bicycle or pushing a Zimmer frame? Regular cycling keeps you physically and mentally strong, and more and people aged sixty and over are getting involved in all forms of cycling in record numbers! Competitive cycling can unlock the door to health and longevity. Two years ago, a Danish Scientist produced a fascinating survey over 786 French competitors in the Tour De France between 1947 and 2012. It showed that the cyclists lived six years longer compared with the male population of the same age and that for mere mortals to reap similar rewards, we have to look to elite level training to extend the life of our body cells.

Long rides give strength to your immune system, with the body becoming more efficient at defending itself and regenerating new cells. People who do at least four hours of cycling per week or the exercise equivalent, are nine years biologically younger than those who don’t. A study of

3,500 people over an eight year period found that those who took up sport in their thirties and later, still had significantly healthier statistics compared to those who hadn’t been near a bike since their school paper round.

To fuel for a ride, you should eat less processed stuff and more fruit and veg. Seven or more servings of fruit and veg per day can cut your chances of premature death from any cause by 42%. People who eat three to five servings reduced early mortality risk by 29%, and that each additional serving of vegetables was linked to a 16% reduction in premature death!

Learn how to identify what your body is telling you, and ignore your body’s needs at your peril. If you find that you are lacking motivation, you don’t fancy training or don’t face a ride then you are too tired and need more rest. Do as many miles as you are able to recover from sufficiently to be able to build strength and not wear yourself out. After a long strenuous ride, cyclists recover quicker if they

emerge their legs in cold water for up to 60 seconds.

You are never too old to start cycling and never too old to stop cycling. One of Cyclogical’s regular customers is 88 year old Don Robinson from Quesada who is still doing 3040km per week. He has difficulty getting on and off his bike due to his age, but he has designed, commissioned and had his own racing bike made with a step through Reynolds 631 aluminium frame. The bike was built by Kevin Winter from Durham and Don has fitted all the parts from his original road bike onto his new trusty steed. It is equipped with a 10 speed Shimano 105 groupset and weighs in at 10kgs. Don, pictured here with his bike, is delighted and is looking forward to riding forever. He is an inspiration to all fellow cyclists, and get in touch with Cyclogical for more details on Don’s bike! Gary and Lynn are available at the shop in Quesada on weekdays from 9.30am to 5.30pm and from 10am to 2pm on Saturdays to assist and advise you on all your cycling requirements.

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Friday 27th February 2015

REVENGE OF THE GREY VOTE

With inflation so low in Britain, the increase in retirement pension will be little more than a pound a week in April. Rises are linked to inflation rates, but because that has been going through the floor, pensions are heading that way too. But is that fair? It seems not. That’s because new figures suggest that the measure of inflation for the whole of UK society is now working against pensioners, and they have suffered a cost increase of £800 in the past year, with a typical 'basket of goods' for older people, including food, household bills and insurance, rising by 16 times the inflation rate!

The average over 65 spent £11,200 on goods and services last year, compared to £10,400 in 2013, according to an analysis of official figures, which is an eight percent rise in costs. By contrast the average rate of inflation in December was only 0.5 per cent. If pensioners' costs had risen at the same rate as inflation, they would have seen a price hike of just £50, instead of £800. Most working age people have seen their spending costs plunge due to a significant drop in global oil prices, which has brought down the cost of their daily commute. But because the elderly do not travel as much and have free bus passes, they have not benefited. At the same time, they have been hit by increases in the cost of food, alcohol and tobacco, along with utility bill rises. Pensioners have not benefited as much from the current low mortgage rates because most have paid off their home loans by the time they reach retirement. Some of them are faring well in retirement if they are enjoying inflation-proof protected pensions and have paid into schemes all their working

lives.

But there are many - the majority - who are not so lucky and with any savings earning next to nothing in

their interests the most.

How´s this for the ultimate in stupidity? It seems that Labour wants to cut university fees from nine to six thou-

interest, pensioners are having a hard time of it. And any political party thinking it can get away with short-changing pensioners had better watch out - they represent a very large potential vote and can inflict a major blow at the polls.

One of the silliest decisions taken by the UK coalition government was to allow over 55s "pension freedom". They will be able to opt out of buying an annuity - a guaranteed income for life - with their pension pot and will instead be able to spend it as they wish. OK, most will be prudent enough to invest wisely, perhaps in property or antiques. Others may fritter it away in lavish holidays, a luxury car or simply living beyond their means. The Centre for Policy Studies think-tank believes there could be "ghastly consequences" for those who risk running out of money before they die.

Others could be victims of fraudsters. All in all, it looks like it´s going to be a tough time for pensioners, both now and in the future. All must be more prudent and money savvy than ever and cast their votes for the party which will look after

sand pounds, and to pay for it, one idea to cut the amount of money you can put into pension schemes tax free. Stupid? You bet it is. It will reduce the amount of money people put into retirement pensions, storing up huge problems in the future. It could also mean that universities have less income and to make up the shortfall they will look abroad for more high-paying students, reducing the UK intake. It´s yet another daft idea from Labour.

Oh dear - the Church did it a fortnight ago sounding off against a medical breakthrough which will prevent babies being born with hereditary diseases, urging MPs not to allow it to go ahead. Now they’re at it again issuing, through their Church of England bishops, a 52-page manifesto of what has been described as leftwing policies three months before the general election.

In the document, they have attacked Margaret Thatcher; demanded higher pay for the poor; and called for a debate on the end of Britain´s nuclear deterrent. It backs cooperation with Europe; criticises the immigration debate; praises foreign aid;

and says that it is every Christian´s moral duty to vote. The Church’s intervention has been described as naive and takes no account of the measures which were necessary to help Britain out of recession and financial problems created by the previous Labour government.

And to even think of turning away from a nuclear deterrent with Russia posing more of a threat to the West every day is ridiculous! The Church is also way off beam when it comes to overseas aid. Britain has poured billions of pounds into India and is still doing so., though that is to end this year, thank goodness. Why? Because India is going ahead with a massive military spending plan, with £10billion going on a fleet of new warships and submarines. The country will bolster its navy by building seven frigates at the cost of £5.2million with a further £5.2million spent on six nuclear-powered submarines. It´s the same with Pakistan - which spends a fortune on its military and has nuclear weapons. Why should Britain be pouring money into countries that are spending a fortune on armaments, or those with appalling human rights records or where there is blatant corruption? When it comes to overseas aid, I am a strong believer in helping other countries through fair trade - buying from them at fair prices, thereby providing more jobs and wore wealth.

Britain has been pouring money into Africa for generations, but the same problems remain, like women producing baby after baby which they cannot afford, feed or raise. Aid should be prioritised to helping women avoid pregnancies rather than trying to cope with an ever increasing population.

The Church´s own admis-

sion is that Britain has its own poor which should have a living wage. Very true and that´s where the priority should be - not trying to solve all the world´s problems.

One thing that all British political parties have at least agreed on is that priority must be given to the problem of global warming. It is now not just a maybe - there is absolutely no doubt that the world is heating up and it´s happening at an alarming rate. OK, if you talk to people in Eastern America right now they probably think anyone who talks about global warming is barmy, and Spain has had a pretty chilly winter, as has the UK. But current global ocean temperature charts speak for themselves. Right across the globe in tropical oceans, sea temperatures are way higher than a 30-year average. And at the poles, there is less ice than normal, and there has been greater land ice melt at the Antarctic during its summer.

Rising sea levels, increasing difficulties in producing food for a rising global population, more e x t r e m e weather and global catastrophes are the consequences and the longer the world continues to do so little in prevention the worse it will get. It amused me to hear that John Prescott is to be the Labour czar to fight global warm-

ing. What hypocrisy...wasn´t he known as two Jags?

Meet Mikel Ruffinelli. Her claim to fame is that her backside is eight foot round!

Despite being just 5ft 4" and tipping the scales at 30st, 39 year old Ruffinelli from Los Angeles, says she is healthy and has a shape that other women envy. "I have an extreme physique," said the mother-of-four, who has a proportionally small 40-inch waist. "I love my curves, I love my hips, I love my attributes. I love my shape and I see no reason to diet because I don't have health problems. Men don't fancy skinny girls, they like an hourglass figure." Now she is to appear on a new documentary, World's Biggest Hips, alongside three other women who boast supersized rear ends. One of these makes her "fortune" doing striptease at stag parties and the like. Well that´s one party I certainly won´t be going to!

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Friday 27th February 2015

SHADES OF ABUSE

Following from last week, I’m continuing my reflections about Fifty Shades of Grey, the controversial book that came out as a movie a fortnight ago. I mentioned how I believe it promotes abuse in a subtle but unacceptable way, and now I will give you some quotes from the book.

There is no context to these quotes and one person tried to justify them by saying they were in a sub/dom role, but I will later explain why this is no reason to accept the quotes as mere entertainment.

For example, in one part of the book Christian Grey says “Alaska is very cold and no place to run. I would find you.

I can track your cell phone – remember”. If those lines don’t disturb you, then what about: - “No, I protest, trying to kick him off. He stops. If you struggle I´ll tie your feet too. If you make a noise Anastasia, I will gag you”.

One part of the book is about the control that the lead, Christian Grey wants to hold over the female, Anastasia, but some of the dialogue is

terrifyingly similar to that experienced by regular abuse victims. Here’s another example: - “Christ Ana! He bangs his fist on the table, making me jump and stands so abruptly he almost knocks the dining chair over. You have one thing, one thing to remember.

S--t! I don´t f---ing believe it.

How could you be so stupid?”

Remember the context of this conversation, because as far as I´m aware, this isn´t part of some role play, but this is someone talking to another human being as though they

were a piece of rubbish. This is how thousands of women and men are spoken to daily by abusive partners. There is

depressing parts of this book is the ending. The fairy tale finale that our young heroine manages to get the man of

no justification for this language and treatment of another person.

Maybe one of the most

her dreams to understand where he was going wrong and to fall in love, as she liberates him and there is a

happy ever after. This may well give the impression to all those people suffering in the same way, that maybe their other half will one day realise w h a t they´ve b e e n doing all this time and love will finally conquer all.

That of course is without paying the blindest bit of notice to the fact that this is fiction with the author making money from giving us what we want in the end.

Perhaps they´ll lose sight of the fact that we don´t live in a

fairy tale world where dreams come true and abusers become loving, caring people?

This book is wrong on so many levels, but the justification of abuse has to be the major mistake. I posted the article from which I took the quotes, on my Facebook page and one friend has tried to justify the comments as being part of a sub/dom game. This I can´t comment on having never read the book, but she also stated that Ana didn´t want to be a part of this lifestyle and as such, how can she be a willing participant? Maybe it´s my past that has made me question so much about this book and not to be able to just shrug it off as a bit of harmless literature, or maybe it´s because I´m not into BDSM, but then remember, everyone who has read the book has told me that neither is Anastasia. I don´t understand how anyone could possibly enjoy listening to one person talk with such contempt to another but again, that´s just what I think.

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Friday 27th February 2015

Spanish 161

How did you get on with last week´s article totally in Spanish? I hope you managed to understand most of it and the parts that you didn´t know, you managed to understand in context with the rest of the sentences. It´s always good to push yourself at times to try and move the boundaries and to step out of your comfort zone. Learning a language is about trying new things, reading or listening to unfamiliar words and making the effort to find out what they mean. I always stress that this is not an easy thing to do, and Spanish, as far as I´m concerned is harder to learn than English, at first at least. Once you get to an advanced level, any language becomes more confusing, however Spanish is so different to English from the very beginning that it can become confusing and put a lot of people off. However, if you are reading this then you are at least trying to stick with and improve your Spanish. Remember all my past lessons are available online so if you need any revision or aren´t quite up to this level then you can always go back.

This week we are going back to verbs that have more than one meaning, the verb this week is echar which literally translates as to throw, however as you have guessed it means much more than this. It is a regular verb, therefore I hope you can conjugate it accordingly.

Echar also translates as ´to move from one place to another´ however how we use this verb depends on what we are moving and as such isn´t always a literal translation.

Check out these examples to see what I mean: echo los

dados en la mesa – I throw the dice on the table, echar una cuchara de azúcar – add a spoonful of sugar, María echo la carta al correo – Maria put the letter in the post, echas el vino en una copa – you poured the wine in a glass, Este dragón es monstruo que echa llamas de fuego por la boca – This dragon is a monster that breathes fire from its mouth, esa maquina echa chispas – that machine gives off sparks.

Due to the verb echar being understood in a variety of ways it is used in many idioms or expressions, for example: echar la culpa which you could try and say literally as to throw blame, but actually just means ´to blame´. Here are some more idioms using the verb, I will start with the ones that I believe are more common, at least they´re the ones I tend to hear (or have heard) most frequently:

Echar un vistazo – to glance at / have a look at, echar de menos – to miss someone, echar la vista atrás – to look back, echar una siesta – to take a nap or siesta, echar una mano – to help out, give a hand, echar la llave – to lock, echar el freno – put the handbrake on, echar abajo – to pull down, echarse un novio/una novia – to get a boyfriend/girlfriend, echarle ganas – to put a lot of effort into something, echarlo a suerte – to make a decision in a random way, like tossing a coin for example, echa el alto – to order someone to stop, echar un ojo – to watch or look at, echar algo en falta to miss something, echar una mirada – to take a look, similar to echar un ojo, echar una película – to show a film, echar leña al fuego – to add fuel to the fire, echar chispas – to let off sparks and also to rant.

Also, the phrase echar a followed by an infinitive often means "to begin," as in this example: Laura echa a correr detrás del gato – Laura begins to run behind the cat.

Now it´s your turn to translate some phrases from English to Spanish using the above examples: Keep an eye on Jack because he´s in the street, in order to get this you have to put in a lot of effort, I will pull down the blind, the boys had a nap all afternoon, the police will stop that car, have you locked the door?, I miss you, do you want me to give you a hand?, to climb the mountain you have to make an effort, I´m going to have a look at the food, I don´t want to choose, let´s do it in a random way.

Take your time to check the above and also bear in mind the tenses that are being used. As ever, have a great week and I´ll see you again next time.

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Friday 27th February 2015

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answers in next weeks edition

Last Weeks Answers: 1) Mick Jagger 2) Michael Burke 3) Michael Owen 4) Michael Caine 5) Michael Flatley 6) Michael Douglas 7) Mike Reid (DJ) 8) Mick Hucknell 9) Michael Jordan 10) Michael Jackson 11) Michael Heseltine 12) Michael Buble 13) Mike Reid (Actor) 14) Michael Johnson 15) Michael ‘Micky’ Skinner

TRELI ON THE TELLY SAME OLD, SAME OLD

with ALEX TRELINSKI If it works, don’t change it.

That seems to be the mantra for a number of formulaic TV programmes these days, and that’s not to say they are bad, but they just don’t challenge those brain cells. Take the ever-expanding NCIS franchise, which is the biggest thing on US network these days. NCIS is where CSI was a decade ago and is the most watched show in America.

Back in 2009, we saw the launch of spin-off NCIS: - Los Angeles, which mainly plays it for fun, but has some good serious moments in a largely predictable but still enjoyable format.

Guess what?

Channel Five now brings us NCIS: - New Orleans, which based on just one episode brings us a routine story-line

(I guessed who dunnit in five seconds), and doesn’t know where to pitch itself, either in the comedy camp, or a bit more like the original NCIS. With it being New Orleans, we got the lead star, the familiar Scott Bakula, drawling away like Deputy Dawg in an offputting accent, and yes we got some jazz in the first episode. I can’t wait for some voodoo or a Cajan theme soon! As a relaxing watch, it worked but it just seems like same old, same old, and in an era where we can be treated to transatlantic delights like The Good Wife or Game of Thrones, this really is TV drama by numbers which is almost being

spewed out by a computer.

There’s also a lot of déjà vu about Ant and Dec’s Saturday Takeaway which turned up like the cavalry arriving late at Little Big Horn to rescue what’s left of ITV’s wretched line up. The boys are great (and nearly trebled

the viewing figures), but we’ve seen all the elements before in shows like Game for a Laugh or the old Gotcha routine (it was funny though with Olly Murs as the victim) in the days of Noel’s House Party. That being said, you can’t help being infected by

the fun and enthusiasm of it all, and it’s like Shakespeare compared to what has filled the slot since the start of the year. It’s a good laugh and I’m happy to record it along with The Voice to enjoy watching both.

Strangely the Geordie duo seemed a bit out of sorts when hosting the Brits for ITV on Wednesday night: - the first time they’d done it since 2001. A lame script on the autocue seemed to hamper them, but they were great when bantering with the acts, but of course Madonna’s fall stole the show in what was frankly the only surprise of the night. Zero marks though

to Kanye West whose foul comments got the ITV bleeper working overtime on their “delayed” live coverage.

Full marks to the second series of Broadchurch finishing on a high on Monday.

After what I thought were a couple of dodgy opening episodes, it returned to top form, but I’m afraid no marks to a useless ITV continuity announcer at the end. The closing credits had barely started as she blurted out in great gusto that a third series was on the way, thus totally destroying the intended surprise caption at the end saying that “Broadchurch will return”. I presume that series three will concentrate on trying to find out who did actually kill Danny Latimer? For me it’s obvious. It’s young Tom Miller, with his dad Joe taking the can for it all, despite being found not guilty, and being given a fate worse than death in being deported to Sheffield.

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FRIDAY

27th FEBRUARY

00:45 This Week 01:30 Skiing Weatherview 01:35 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Countryside 999 12:45 Real Lives Reunited 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 The Link 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Room 101 22:00 The Musketeers 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show

00:15 Weather 00:20 A Cook Abroad 01:20 Panorama 01:50 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies 05:30 Schools - Real World Chemistry 06:00 Schools - Planet Dinosaur 07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Countryside 999 08:50 Real Lives Reunited 09:20 Wanted Down Under 10:05 The Big Allotment Challenge 11:05 Food & Drink 11:35 The Travel Show 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:05 Cagney & Lacey 14:50 The World at War 15:45 Africa 16:45 Open All Hours 17:15 Three Up, Two Down 17:45 Hi-de-Hi! 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Wanted in Paradise 21:00 Mastermind 21:30 Britain's Supermarket Revolution: What's in It for Us? 22:00 Italy Unpacked 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight

00:55 River Monsters 01:20 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Meridian Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tipping Point 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 1000 Heartbeats 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Barging Round Britain with John Sergeant 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Meridian Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 The 40 Year Old Virgin

00:05 The Romanians Are Coming 01:05 Immigration Street 02:00 NHS: £2billion a Week & Counting 02:55 Dispatches 03:25 Food Unwrapped 03:55 Double Your House for Half the Money 04:50 Location, Location, Location 05:50 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Frasier 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:35 Undercover Boss Canada 12:30 Shipping Wars UK 13:15 Channel 4 News Summary 13:20 Couples Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Million Pound Drop 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 The Last Leg

00:55 Access 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Billion Dollar Wreck Hunt 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Police Interceptors 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Do You Know Me? 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away 21:00 Angry Britain 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans 23:55 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 Russell Howard's Good News 02:00 Bangkok Airport 03:00 South Side Story 03:30 Revolution Presents: Democracy Dealers 04:00 World's Toughest Jobs 05:00 Close 20:00 Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide 20:15 Doctor Who 21:00 Tough Young Teachers 22:00 Live at the Apollo 22:30 Live at the Apollo 23:00 Russell Howard's Good News 23:30 EastEnders

00:00 Digging for Ireland 01:00 Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines 02:00 The Sky at Night 02:30 Wallander 04:00 Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries 05:00 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Sounds of the Sixties 21:00 Symphony 22:00 Joy Division 23:35 Synth Britannia at the BBC

00:15 Educating Joey Essex: Supermodel Student 01:15 Two and a Half Men 02:10 Scorpion 02:50 Life's Funniest Moments 03:15 Teleshopping 06:45 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 You've Been Framed!

07:25 Psych 08:10 Emmerdale 09:10 You've Been Framed!

09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 Catchphrase 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 You've Been Framed!

14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 White Chicks

00:05 Trial & Retribution 01:10 The Likely Lads 02:50 Judge Judy 03:10 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Fresh Fields 07:25 Hamish Macbeth 08:25 Heartbeat 09:30 Where the Heart Is 10:35 The Royal 11:35 Judge Judy 12:55 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:00 Where the Heart Is 16:05 The Royal 17:10 Fresh Fields 17:45 Rising Damp 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Agatha Christie's Marple 23:00 Law & Order: UK

00:05 Shootout 02:05 Doom 03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Greatest England World Cup Matches 07:10 Motorway Patrol 07:55 Magnum, PI 09:00 Minder 10:05 Ax Men 11:00 Hogan's Heroes 12:05 Magnum, PI 13:05 The Professionals 14:05 Highway Patrol 15:00 Ax Men 16:00 Storage Wars 16:55 Hogan's Heroes 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 UEFA Europa League Highlights 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Counting Cars 22:00 Storage Wars 23:00 Cricket World Cup Highlights

DON’T MISS

Wanted in Paradise 20:00 - BBC2

4/8. Commercial diver Alex Summers wants to leave Glasgow with his partner Jane for a new life in Thailand, but she has never left her native Glasgow and would miss her sisters terribly. They spend a week putting a new life on the island of Phuket to the test. Will it persuade her to make the move? Steve Toussaint narrates.

COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 27th February to Thursday 5th March

SATURDAY

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28th FEBRUARY

Live

22:15 Reginald D Hunter's

23:15 BBC News; Weather

Songs of the South

23:30 National Lottery Update

23:15 James Brown - Mr

23:30 Match of the Day

Dynamite

01:50 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:35 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Signed Stories 08:30 Scrambled!

08:35 Nerds & Monsters 08:50 Adventure Time 09:30 Horrid Henry 09:50 Hulk and the Agents of Smash 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:34 ITV Meridian Weather 13:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:35 Tipping Point 15:35 The Chase 16:35 Doc Martin 17:35 Big Star's Little Star 18:35 ITV Meridian Weather 18:35 ITV News Meridian 18:45 ITV News and Weather 19:00 You've Been Framed!

20:00 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 21:25 Take Me Out 22:40 The Jonathan Ross Show 23:35 ITV News and Weather 23:49 ITV Meridian Weather 23:50 Live Boxing

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:05 Family Guy 01:30 Uncle 02:00 I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 03:00 Russell Howard's Good News 03:30 South Side Story 04:00 Bangkok Airport 04:55 Close 20:00 Great Movie Mistakes 20:10 Great TV Mistakes 21:10 Top Gear 22:15 Déjà Vu

00:35 Guitar Heroes at the BBC 01:35 Joy Division 03:05 Synth Britannia at the BBC 04:05 Sounds of the Sixties 04:35 Close 20:00 The Secret Life of Elephants 21:00 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley 22:00 Hostages 22:45 Hostages 23:25 Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 23:55 Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace

00:20 Take Me Out 01:35 Take Me Out - The Gossip 02:15 Crazy Beaches 02:40 Royal Pains 03:25 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 09:50 Coronation Street 12:15 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 13:40 Evan Almighty 15:35 The Hot Desk 15:50 The Brit Awards 2015 18:10 Nanny McPhee 20:10 Jurassic Park 22:40 Take Me Out - The Gossip 23:25 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 23:55 Reality Bites

00:25 Would I Lie to You?

00:00 Weather

00:55 EastEnders

00:05 Doubt

02:50 Weather for the Week

01:40 Question Time

Ahead

02:40 This Is BBC Two

02:55 BBC News

07:00 This Is BBC Two

07:00 Breakfast

07:15 School for Scoundrels

11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live

08:50 Whisky Galore!

12:30 Mary Berry Cooks

10:10 Six Nations Rewind

13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday

11:10 The Fred Dibnah Story 12:10 The Nature of Britain 13:00 A Taste of Britain 13:30 Talking Pictures

14:00 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Live Six Nations Rugby

14:00 The Victors 16:30 Natural World

Union

17:30 Final Score 17:30 Live Six Nations Rugby Union

19:00 The Great British

19:55 BBC News; Regional News and Weather

Sewing Bee 20:00 Flog It!

20:15 The Voice UK

20:45 How We Got to Now

22:15 Casualty

with Steven Johnson

23:05 The National Lottery

DON’T MISS

18:30 The Wonder of Animals

21:45 Dad's Army

The Jonathan Ross Show 22:40 - ITV

6/11. The host is joined by Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver, who can be seen in forthcoming sci-fi thriller Chappie, and Doc Martin star Martin Clunes, talking about his new drama Arthur & George. Also on the sofa tonight are Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, controversial artist Tracey Emin, and rapper Kanye West, who also performs live.

00:05 Catastrophe

23:55 Runaway Jury

00:55 Access 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:35 Pip Ahoy!

07:45 The Mr Men Show 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:10 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 08:15 Olly the Little White Van 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 Wanda and the Alien 09:20 Zack and Quack 09:35 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:50 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:35 Dora and Friends 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 11:35 Ice Road Truckers 15:25 Rio Bravo 18:10 5 News Weekend 18:15 Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light 20:10 NCIS 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 23:55 Law & Order

00:00 Trial & Retribution 01:05 Hamish Macbeth 02:10 The Portrait of a Lady 04:35 ITV3 Nightscreen 04:40 Emmerdale 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 Where the Heart Is 09:30 Agatha Christie's Marple 11:35 The Darling Buds of May 12:40 A Touch of Frost 14:55 Wycliffe 16:05 Carry On at Your Convenience 17:55 Agatha Christie's Marple 20:00 Doc Martin 21:00 Foyle's War 23:05 Lewis

00:00 Sports Life Stories 01:00 Benidorm 02:00 Plunkett & Macleane 03:40 Movies Now 03:50 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Greatest World Cup Matches 07:15 The Professionals 09:05 Bundesliga Football Highlights 10:05 UEFA Champions League Weekly 10:35 The Big Fish Off 11:35 Field of Dreams 13:45 Dragnet 15:50 Dunkirk 18:35 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 20:30 Live Boxing 23:45 Cricket World Cup Highlights

00:40 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 01:05 Rude Tube 02:00 Wayne's World 03:40 Fargo 05:00 Double Your House for Half the Money 06:00 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 06:05 Deal or No Deal 06:20 Face the Clock 06:45 NFL: Rush Zone 07:00 Trans World Sport 08:00 FIM Superbike World Championship 08:25 The Grid 08:55 The Morning Line 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30 Frasier 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 Child Genius 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:15 Come Dine with Me Extra Portions 19:15 The Simpsons 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Homes by the Sea 21:00 The World's Weirdest Weather 22:00 Cuban Fury

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SUNDAY

1st MARCH

00:55 The Football League

00:55 Brooklyn's Finest

Show

03:00 Beauty & the Briefcase

02:15 Halloween:

04:20 This Is BBC Two

Resurrection

07:15 Great British Garden

03:40 Weather for the Week

Revival

Ahead

08:15 Glorious Gardens from

03:45 BBC News

Above

07:00 Breakfast

09:00 Countryfile

08:40 Match of the Day

10:00 The Football League

10:00 The Andrew Marr Show

Show

11:00 The Big Questions

11:20 Saturday Kitchen Best

12:00 Sunday Politics

Bites

13:15 MOTD2 Extra

12:50 The Great Comic Relief

14:00 BBC News

Bake Off

14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead

13:50 A Taste of Britain 14:50 Some Mothers Do 'Ave

14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:00 My Chinese New Year 15:30 Live Six Nations Rugby Union

'Em 15:15 Three Up, Two Down 15:45 Hi-de-Hi! 16:15 Flog It!

18:00 Songs of Praise 18:35 BBC News; Regional

17:00 Speed Dreams: The Fastest Place on Earth

News and Weather

18:00 The Tuxedo

19:00 The Big Painting

19:30 Pompidou

Challenge 20:00 Countryfile

20:00 The Fifteen Billion

21:00 Call the Midwife

Pound Railway

22:00 The Casual Vacancy

21:00 Top Gear

23:00 BBC News; Regional

22:00 Let's Play Darts for

News and Weather

Comic Relief

23:30 Match of the Day 2

22:50 Cosmopolis

00:10 Family Guy 00:35 Family Guy 00:55 Family Guy 01:20 Family Guy 01:40 Family Guy 02:00 Uncle 02:30 South Side Story 03:00 An Idiot's Guide to Politics 04:00 Great TV Mistakes 05:00 Close 20:00 Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 The Voice UK 23:00 I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse

00:55 Brothers in Arms

DON’T MISS

01:55 The Kinks at the BBC 02:55 The Secret Life of Elephants 03:55 A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley 04:55 Close 20:00 The Great War 20:40 Britain's Wild Places 20:50 Britain's Wild Places 21:00 Mark Lawson Talks To 22:00 Arts Question Time with Kirsty Wark 23:00 Storyville

Top Gear 21:00 - BBC TWO

6/10. In this week's programme, Richard Hammond is dropped into the remote, frozen wastes of Canada to test a watch with a built-in emergency beacon. The distress signal is sent directly to Jeremy Clarkson and James May, who get their hands on two machines and set off on an epic adventure to find their colleague. Plus, Jeremy puts the new 471bhp Lexus RC F coupe thought its paces, while The Fall and The X-Files star Gillian Anderson takes to the track in the Reasonably Priced Car.

01:30 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:35 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Signed Stories 08:30 Scrambled!

08:35 Nerds & Monsters 08:50 Ultimate Spider-Man 09:30 Horrid Henry 09:50 Deadtime Stories 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:35 ITV News and Weather 13:45 Neil Diamond: One Night Only 14:55 Catchphrase 15:40 Tipping Point 16:40 A View to a Kill 19:05 ITV Meridian Weather 19:05 ITV News Meridian 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 The Chase 20:30 Off Their Rockers 21:00 All Star Family Fortunes 22:00 Mr Selfridge 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV Meridian Weather 23:15 Cricket World Cup Highlights

02:25 The Last Leg

Countdown

00:50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 01:15 SuperCasino 04:10 10,000 BC 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 06:15 Angels of Jarm 06:40 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:35 Pip Ahoy!

07:45 The Mr Men Show 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:15 Olly the Little White Van 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:45 Little Princess 09:00 Wanda and the Alien 09:10 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:20 Zack and Quack 09:35 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:50 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:35 Dora and Friends 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 11:35 Chinese Food in Minutes 11:50 The Dog Rescuers 12:20 The Hotel Inspector 14:15 Thunderbirds 16:00 Arthur and the Invisibles 17:45 Three Men and a Little Lady 19:45 5 News Weekend 19:50 Ghost Rider 22:00 Total Recall

00:40 Ibiza Weekender 01:35 Crazy Beaches 02:05 Hell's Kitchen USA 02:55 Fake Reaction 03:30 Life's Funniest Moments 03:55 Teleshopping 06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 Life's Funniest Moments 07:25 You've Been Framed!

07:45 Emmerdale 10:40 Coronation Street 13:10 Take Me Out 15:05 You've Been Framed!

15:35 Scorpion 16:30 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 17:55 The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement 20:10 Jurassic Park III 22:00 Ibiza Weekender 23:00 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 23:30 American Pie Presents Band Camp

01:10 A Touch of Frost 03:10 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Judge Judy 07:40 Stephen Tompkinson's Australian Balloon Adventure 08:40 Carry On at Your Convenience 10:30 Heartbeat 11:35 Heartbeat 12:35 Rosemary & Thyme 13:35 A Touch of Frost 15:45 Agatha Christie's Marple 17:50 Inspector Morse 20:00 Lewis 22:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium 23:00 Birds of a Feather 23:35 City Lights

00:50 The Island 03:10 River Monsters 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 The Professionals 08:55 Hogan's Heroes 10:30 Counting Cars 11:25 Storage Wars 12:20 Pawn Stars 15:05 Storage Wars 16:00 Dragnet 18:10 Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach 20:00 The Big Fish Off 21:00 Premiership Rugby Union 22:00 Pale Rider

03:20 Hollyoaks 05:30 The Supervet 06:25 Deal or No Deal 07:20 How I Met Your Mother 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 Amazing Spaces Shed of the Year 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Wizard of Oz 17:30 Location, Location, Location 18:35 Channel 4 News 19:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 20:00 Four Rooms 21:00 The Auction House 22:00 Indian Summers 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does

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MONDAY

2nd MARCH

00:35 The League Cup Show 01:15 The Apprentice USA 02:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Operation Hospital Food 12:45 Watchdog Test House 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 The Link 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Crimewatch 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:45 Crimewatch Update 23:55 Waterloo Road

00:30 Genghis Khan 02:30 Countryfile 03:30 Holby City 04:30 This Is BBC Two 07:20 Perfection 08:05 Countryside 999 08:50 Real Lives Reunited 09:20 Wanted Down Under 10:05 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05 Great British Railway Journeys 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:05 Cagney & Lacey 14:50 The World at War 15:45 Africa 16:45 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 17:15 Three Up, Two Down 17:45 Hi-de-Hi! 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 A Cook Abroad 23:00 Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 23:30 Newsnight

00:15 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive 01:15 Premiership Rugby Union 02:15 The Store 03:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:15 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Meridian Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tipping Point 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 1000 Heartbeats 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Arthur & George 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Meridian Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 The Jonathan Ross Show

00:05 Twilight 02:25 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 03:15 The Million Pound Drop 04:10 Come Dine with Me 06:25 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 06:30 Face the Clock 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Frasier 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 For the Love of Cars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Food Unwrapped 22:00 NHS: £2billion a Week & Counting 23:00 My Baggy Body

00:15 Twelve Monkeys 02:50 SuperCasino 04:10 10,000 BC 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 06:15 Angels of Jarm 06:40 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:05 Milkshake! Monkey 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:10 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Benidorm ER 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Out of Control 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 23:00 10,000 BC

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 Uncle 01:15 American Dad! 01:35 I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 02:35 Bangkok Airport 03:30 South Side Story 04:00 Bangkok Airport 05:00 Close 20:00 Snog, Marry, Avoid?

20:30 Don't Tell the Bride 21:30 Waterloo Road 22:30 Uncle 23:00 Cuckoo 23:30 EastEnders

00:20 The Great European Disaster Movie: Newsnight Debate 00:50 Animals Through the Night: Sleepover at the Zoo 02:20 Sounds of the Eighties 02:50 Synth Britannia at the BBC 03:50 Guitar Heroes at the BBC 04:50 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 21:00 Nature's Great Events 22:00 Climate Change by Numbers 23:15 Storyville

01:20 The Butterfly Effect 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 You've Been Framed!

07:25 Psych 08:10 Emmerdale 08:40 Coronation Street 09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 Catchphrase 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Mom 23:00 American Pie Presents the Naked Mile

00:35 02:30 03:20 04:05 04:40 07:00 07:25 08:30 09:35 10:40 11:40 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:05 17:10 17:45 18:20 18:55 19:55 21:00 22:00 23:00

00:25 Buried 02:20 River Monsters: Untold Stories 03:20 Hogan's Heroes 03:45 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Hogan's Heroes 07:25 Highway Patrol 08:05 Magnum, PI 09:05 Minder 10:05 Ax Men 11:05 Hogan's Heroes 12:10 Magnum, PI 13:10 The Professionals 14:10 Highway Patrol 15:05 Ax Men 16:00 Pawn Stars 16:55 Hogan's Heroes 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 Minder 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Storage Wars 22:00 Storage Wars: Texas 23:00 Ax Men

DON’T MISS

Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 21:00 - ITV

3/8. The actor canoes along Northumberland's longest river, the Coquet, discovering its wildlife and hidden history. He then visits Warkworth Hermitage, an ancient chapel accessibly by boat, and stops off at Warkworth Castle, before heading to Amble to hear the story of a seal that surprised two surfers last summer by taking a ride with them.

Lewis Countrywise Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Emmerdale Fresh Fields Hamish Macbeth Heartbeat Where the Heart Is The Royal Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Where the Heart Is The Royal Fresh Fields Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Rosemary & Thyme Long Lost Family Law & Order: UK

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TUESDAY

3rd MARCH

00:50 The Graham Norton Show 01:35 The Daisy Chain 03:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:05 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Operation Hospital Food 12:45 Watchdog Test House 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 The Link 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Gift 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:45 No Place to Call Home

00:00 Family Guy 00:25 Family Guy 00:45 American Dad! 01:10 Family Guy 01:30 South Side Story 02:00 I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 03:00 Cuckoo 03:30 Uncle 04:00 Revolution Presents: Democracy Dealers 04:30 South Side Story 05:00 Close 20:00 Don't Tell the Bride 21:00 Don't Tell the Bride 22:00 World's Toughest Jobs 23:00 Uncle 23:30 EastEnders

DON’T MISS

00:15 Weather 00:20 Suffragettes Forever!

The Story of Women and Power 01:20 Inside the Commons 02:20 This Is BBC Two 04:55 Fit to Rule 05:25 Schools - How God Made the English 06:00 The Modern Monarchy 07:05 Perfection 07:50 Canterbury Cathedral 08:50 An Island Parish 09:20 Wanted Down Under 10:05 Attenborough's Paradise Birds 11:05 Great British Railway Journeys 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:05 The Super League Show 14:50 The World at War 15:45 Frozen Planet 16:45 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 17:15 Three Up, Two Down 17:45 Hi-de-Hi! 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Wanted in Paradise 21:00 Natural World 22:00 Horizon 23:00 Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 23:30 Newsnight

00:45 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones 01:15 Jackpot247 04:00 UEFA Champions League Weekly 04:30 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Meridian Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tipping Point 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 1000 Heartbeats 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 River Monsters 21:00 Bargain Fever Britain 22:00 Exposure 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Meridian Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 On Assignment

00:00 24 Hours in A&E 01:05 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 01:55 Alois Nebel 03:25 Random Acts 03:30 Double Your House for Half the Money 04:30 Location, Location, Location 05:25 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 05:35 Deal or No Deal 06:30 Face the Clock 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Frasier 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 For the Love of Cars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Mary Portas: Secret Shopper 22:00 The Romanians Are Coming 23:00 Drugs Live: Cannabis on Trial

00:00 Crimson Tide 02:10 SuperCasino 04:10 Benidorm ER 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 09:55 Milkshake! Bop Box 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Cowboy Builders 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Stealing Paradise 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Benidorm ER 22:00 Killer Psychopaths 23:00 Chicago PD

00:30 Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries 01:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 02:00 Wallander 03:25 Climate Change by Numbers 04:40 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 21:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 21:30 Secret Knowledge 22:00 Emma 23:55 Twin Sisters: A World Apart

01:10 Two and a Half Men 02:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:30 Royal Pains 03:15 Teleshopping 06:45 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 You've Been Framed!

07:25 Psych 08:10 Emmerdale 08:40 Coronation Street 09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 Catchphrase 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Dinner Date 22:00 Hell's Kitchen USA 23:00 Ibiza Weekender

00:00 01:40 02:50 03:10 03:30 07:00 07:25 08:30 09:35 10:40 11:40 13:00 14:00 15:05 16:10 17:15 17:50 18:20 18:55 19:55 21:00 23:00

00:00 Bundesliga Football Highlights 01:00 Premiership Rugby Union 02:00 Sports Life Stories 02:50 Minder 03:40 Movies Now 03:50 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Hogan's Heroes 07:25 Highway Patrol 08:15 Magnum, PI 09:15 Minder 10:20 Ax Men 11:15 Hogan's Heroes 12:15 Magnum, PI 13:10 The Professionals 14:10 Highway Patrol 15:05 Ax Men 16:05 Pawn Stars 16:55 Hogan's Heroes 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 Minder 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Chase 22:00 Benidorm 23:00 Sports Life Stories

Horizon 22:00 BBC TWO

Planets are now being discovered outside Earth's solar system on a regular basis, and these strange new worlds are forcing scientists to rewrite the history of how the Sun and the planets, satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets that orbit it came into being. This programme reveals that far from a simple story of stable objects orbiting a star, the development of the solar system was a potent combination of hellfire, chaos and planetary pinball that makes it somewhat of a miracle that Earth was created at all.

Wire in the Blood Cracker Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping Fresh Fields Hamish Macbeth Heartbeat Where the Heart Is The Royal Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Where the Heart Is The Royal Fresh Fields Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law & Order: UK

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WEDNESDAY

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4th MARCH

00:45 Cemetery Junction 02:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:20 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Operation Hospital Food 12:45 Watchdog Test House 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 The Link 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 19:55 Party Political Broadcast 20:00 The One Show 21:00 The Great Comic Relief Bake Off 22:00 The People's Strictly for Comic Relief 23:00 BBC News 23:25 National Lottery Update 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:45 Match of the Day

00:15 Weather 00:20 Reinventing the Royals 01:20 Film 2015 01:50 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools - Michael Mosley: Infested! Living with Parasites 05:30 Schools - Rock Pool Survivors 06:00 Schools - Deadly Dilemmas: Mission Madagascar 06:30 Schools - The Burrowers 07:00 Perfection 07:45 Canterbury Cathedral 08:45 An Island Parish 09:15 Wanted Down Under 10:00 Eat Well for Less?

11:00 Great British Railway Journeys 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:05 Cagney & Lacey 14:50 The World at War 15:45 Frozen Planet 16:45 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 17:15 Three Up, Two Down 17:45 Hi-de-Hi! 18:15 Party Political Broadcast 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Wanted in Paradise 21:00 Suffragettes Forever!

The Story of Women and Power 22:00 This World 23:00 Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 23:30 Newsnight

00:10 Benidorm 00:40 Carry On Follow That Camel 02:15 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Meridian Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tipping Point 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 1000 Heartbeats 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:25 Party Political Broadcast 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Big Star's Little Star 22:00 DCI Banks 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Meridian Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:45 Pop Gold

00:35 Don't Look Down 01:30 Poker 02:25 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:50 Trans World Sport 03:45 FIM Superbike World Championship 04:15 The Grid 04:45 Location, Location, Location 05:40 Deal or No Deal 06:35 Face the Clock 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Frasier 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 For the Love of Cars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 Being Bipolar

00:00 Jack the Ripper: New Suspect Revealed 01:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Jack the Ripper: New Suspect Revealed 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:05 Milkshake! Monkey 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:10 Milkshake! Show Songs 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Bop Box 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Britain's Biggest Primary School 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Honor Student 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cowboy Builders 21:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 22:00 My Violent Child: Tearing Us Apart 23:00 Farage Fans & UKIP Lovers

00:00 00:25 00:45 01:05 01:30 02:00 03:00 03:55 04:25 04:55 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:40 News

00:55 Rise of the Continents 01:55 Great Continental Railway Journeys 02:25 Great Continental Railway Journeys 02:55 Wallander 04:20 Secret Knowledge 04:50 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Great Continental Railway Journeys 21:00 Nature's Great Events 22:00 Horizon 23:00 Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice

00:00 Reality Bites 00:45 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 01:15 Two and a Half Men 02:05 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 02:30 Royal Pains 03:15 Teleshopping 06:45 ITV2 Nightscreen 07:00 You've Been Framed!

07:25 Psych 08:10 Emmerdale 08:40 You've Been Framed!

09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 Catchphrase 11:25 Psych 12:20 Royal Pains 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 19:00 You've Been Framed!

21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Vampire Diaries 23:00 The Butterfly Effect

00:00 Wire in the Blood 01:35 Cracker 02:30 The Royal 03:25 ITV3 Nightscreen 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Fresh Fields 07:25 Hamish Macbeth 08:30 Heartbeat 09:30 Where the Heart Is 10:35 The Royal 11:40 Judge Judy 13:00 Murder, She Wrote 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Where the Heart Is 16:10 The Royal 17:15 Fresh Fields 17:50 Rising Damp 18:20 On the Buses 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Rosemary & Thyme 22:00 Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs 23:00 Law & Order: UK

00:00 Cricket World Cup Highlights 01:00 The Island 03:05 Minder 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Hogan's Heroes 07:25 Highway Patrol 08:05 Magnum, PI 09:05 Minder 10:05 Ax Men 11:05 Hogan's Heroes 12:10 Magnum, PI 13:10 The Professionals 14:10 Highway Patrol 15:05 Ax Men 15:55 Pawn Star 16:55 Hogan's Heroes 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 Minder 20:00 River Monsters 21:00 The Big Fish Off 23:00 Cricket World Cup Highlights

Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Uncle World's Toughest Jobs Bangkok Airport South Side Story Uncle Close Top Gear Bangkok Airport Adventureland Russell Howard's Good

DON’T MISS

DCI Banks 22:00 - ITV

1/6. New series. The crime drama starring Stephen Tompkinson returns with the first of a two-part story. When the detective suffers a personal loss, he's forced to navigate a complex murder case while grieving. A young Estonian woman has been found dead, with the evidence suggesting she was buried alive. Piecing together her movements, the team uncovers a dark world of prostitution and drugs, and investigates her connection to a single father, his autistic son, and a family who seem to have silenced the town.

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THURSDAY

5th MARCH

01:15 Three Fugitives 02:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:50 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Heir Hunters 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Operation Hospital Food 12:45 Watchdog Test House 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 WPC 56 16:00 The Link 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 DIY SOS 22:00 The People's Strictly for Comic Relief 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:45 Question Time

00:15 Weather 00:20 Reinventing the Royals 01:20 See Hear 01:50 Modern Times 02:50 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools - Poets in Person 05:30 Schools - Save Your Energy 06:00 Schools - Bringing Books to Life 07:05 Perfection 07:50 Canterbury Cathedral 08:50 An Island Parish 09:20 Countryside 999 10:05 The Big Allotment Challenge 11:05 The Great Antiques Map of Britain 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:05 Cagney & Lacey 14:50 The World at War 15:45 Frozen Planet 16:45 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em 17:15 Three Up, Two Down 17:45 Hi-de-Hi! 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Two Tribes 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Wanted in Paradise 21:00 The Great British Sewing Bee 22:00 Banished 23:00 Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Spandau Ballet: True Gold 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 11:59 ITV Meridian Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Meridian Weather 14:55 ITV News Meridian 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Tipping Point 16:59 ITV Meridian Weather 17:00 1000 Heartbeats 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Meridian 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 The Nation's Favourite 70s Number One 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Meridian Weather 23:30 ITV News Meridian 23:40 The Last Word

00:00 My Tattoo Addiction 00:50 Nas: Time Is Illmatic 01:45 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:35 The Conspirator 04:35 Location, Location, Location 05:30 Kirstie's Vintage Gems 05:40 Deal or No Deal 06:35 Face the Clock 07:00 Countdown 07:45 The King of Queens 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Frasier 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 For the Love of Cars 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Come Dine with Me 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Coach Trip 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Supervet 22:00 Cucumber 23:00 Gogglebox

00:10 Family Guy 00:55 American Dad! 01:15 Family Guy 01:40 I Survived a Zombie Apocalypse 02:40 Uncle 03:10 Russell Howard's Good News 03:40 Comedy Feeds 04:00 World's Toughest Jobs 04:55 Close 20:00 Top Gear 21:00 World's Toughest Jobs 22:00 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live 23:00 Russell Howard's Good News 23:30 EastEnders

00:00 Rise of the Continents 01:00 Nature's Great Events 02:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 02:30 Wallander 04:00 Horizon 05:00 Close 20:00 World News Today 20:30 Top of the Pops: 1980 21:00 Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines 22:00 Saints and Sinners: Britain's Millennium of Monasteries 23:00 Climate Change by Numbers

01:20 02:20 03:15 06:45 07:00 07:25 08:10 08:40 09:10 09:40 10:40 11:25 12:20 13:10 13:40 14:15 14:40 15:40 19:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 Show 23:30

00:00 01:10 02:10 03:05 03:25 03:30 07:00 07:25 08:30 09:35 10:40 11:40 13:00 14:00 15:05 16:10 17:15 17:50 18:20 18:55 20:00 21:00 23:05

DON’T MISS

The Classic Car Show 20:00 - CHANNEL 5

5/13. Quentin Willson heads to the French Riviera to drive the silver Ferrari Dino once owned by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, while Jodie Kidd heads to the Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery to examine the history of the French motor-racing circuit. Chris Routledge uncovers the wartime history of the Morris 8, Alex Riley drives a 1958 MG A roadster in a rally in the Highlands, and Bruno Senna takes to the track in an Austin Healey 3000.

Two and a Half Men The Vampire Diaries Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen You've Been Framed!

Psych Emmerdale Coronation Street You've Been Framed!

Dinner Date Catchphrase Psych Royal Pains Emmerdale Coronation Street You've Been Framed!

Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Scorpion The Keith Lemon Sketch Reality Bites

Wycliffe Northern Lights Cracker Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping Fresh Fields Hamish Macbeth Heartbeat Where the Heart Is The Royal Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Where the Heart Is The Royal Fresh Fields Rising Damp On the Buses Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Foyle's War Law & Order: UK

00:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 01:00 Trauma Doctors 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Britain's Biggest Primary School 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Fireman Sam 07:30 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:05 Milkshake! Monkey 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Cedar Cove 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 The Classic Car Show 21:00 Britain's Worst Crimes 22:00 Britain's Biggest Primary School 23:00 The Mentalist

00:00 Pale Rider 02:20 Timshel 03:05 Minder 03:55 ITV4 Nightscreen 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Hogan's Heroes 07:25 Highway Patrol 08:10 Magnum, PI 09:10 Minder 10:10 Ax Men 11:05 Hogan's Heroes 12:05 Magnum, PI 13:10 The Professionals 14:10 Highway Patrol 15:05 Ax Men 16:00 The Car Chasers 16:55 Hogan's Heroes 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 Minder 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 River Monsters 22:00 The Chase 23:00 Cricket World Cup Highlights

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CODE CRACKER Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents Y and 10 represents J, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

QUICKIE

Across

Down

1 Invoice (4) 4 Column (6) 9 Refuse (7) 10 Tremble (5) 11 Adheres to (5) 12 Outlive (7) 13 Silky (6) 15 Shriek (6) 19 Angry (7) 21 Dirty (5) 23 Respond (5) 24 Inspect (7) 25 United (6) 26 Action (4)

2 Publication (5) 3 Love affair (7) 4 Penalise (6) 5 Also-ran (5) 6 Covetousness (7) 7 Well-known (6) 8 Fair (4) 14 Storm (7) 16 Order (7) 17 Chaos (6) 18 Rise (6) 19 Fixed (4) 20 Frequently (5) 22 Gloop (5)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Remains, 5 Lap up, 8 Trailer, 9 Shove, 10 Rash, 11 Collide, 12 Bet, 13 Drama, 15 Sweep, 17 Was, 18 Stumble, 19 Fees, 22 Opted, 23 Salvage, 24 Facts, 25 Legless.

Down: 1 Retired, 2 Meals, 3 Idle, 4 Strict, 5 Listless, 6 Provide, 7 Piece, 12 Barbados, 14 Aquatic, 16 Possess, 17 Weasel, 18 Scoff, 20 Erase, 21 Flog.

Scribble Pad

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

CRYTPIC CLUES Across 1 Speaking Polaroid camera reveals about turn (4) 4 Throw mud at information (5) 9 No cat goes astray in West London (5) 10 Knowledge Garland added for enchantress (7) 11 Get flu from rough golf course skinflint (7) 12 Ostentatious, but only for a very short time (5) 13 Fight off disturbed sister (6) 15 Is there nothing at the counter to equalise pressure? (6) 18 Communicate on a higher level (5) 20 Aimed for despair by mistake (7) 23 Such a generous politician (7) 24 Distant from pedalo off the coast (5) 25 Water creature seen in first routemarch (5) 26 Where the heat is on in Coventry (4)

Down 2 It’s right about children’s replies (7) 3 Go slow when fasting, my love! (5) 4 Digs diamonds with elves (6) 5 There will be charges if loud sailors are around (7) 6 Some formal takeovers for an island (5) 7 Girl in the French vessel (4) 8 Christopher, no short nonentity (6) 13 Troy also featured a monarchy (6) 14 An Italian port - New Orleans (7) 16 Exclude nobody, or everybody (3,4) 17 Sphere whereat the alien demonstrates a style of expressive dancing (6) 19 Piped up during an individual’s first performance (5) 21 Ethiopian opera features this instrument (5) 22 Five hundred behind is just stupid (4)

STANDARD CLUES Down Across 2 Sharp replies (7) 1 Verbal (4) 3 Slowly (5) 4 Information bit (5) 9 District of West London 4 Digs into (6) 5 Customs duties (7) (5) 10 Mythical German siren 6 Mediterranean island (5) (7) 7 Young girl (4) 11 Cheapskate (7) 8 Secret code (6) 12 Burst of light (5) 13 Blue bloods (6) 13 Oppose (6) 15 Atmospheric pressure 14 Italian port (7) line (6) 16 With no exceptions (3,4) 18 Alpine call (5) 17 Artistic dance form (6) 20 Aimed ambitiously (7) 19 First performance (5) 23 Broad-minded (7) 24 Distant (5) 21 Large musical instru25 Freshwater game fish ment (5) (5) 22 Foolish (4) 26 Small furnace (4) Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Interim, 5 Writs, 8 Overact, 9 Dodge, 10 Smash, 11 Open-air, 12 Escudo, 14 Aviary, 17 Cringes, 19 Negev, 22 Ringo, 23 Regions, 24 Still, 25 Stripes.

Down: 1 Icons, 2 Theta, 3 Reached, 4 Mutton, 5 Wedge, 6 Indiana, 7 Swear by, 12 Encores, 13 Chianti, 15 Vinegar, 16 Osiris, 18 Growl, 20 Group, 21 Vests.

FILL IT IN

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

3 letter words Age Ale Apt Are Cad Cos Did Eke Foe Got Ray See Set She Soh Tic

4 letter words Afar Ante Area Asps Bran Caps Deed Dogs Edge Else Goat Gran Idea Lilt Lore Loth Ocas

Ogre Ohio Oink Para Pits Poke Pose Rent Rigs Role Sail Sale Sect Send Sins Sled Slew Soar Spin

Tsar Tune 5 letter words Acids Ahold Apace April Asset Astir Cable Cadre Dials Ocean Pinky Range Saint Sauce Sauna

Shine Shred Slant Slunk Spare Stand Tiara 6 letter words Apiary Collie Dredge Sister 8 letter words Deadline Distract Inkwells Shipyard

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

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

Across 1 Alfombra (6) 5 Billete (6) 8 Tin can (4) 9 Forward (8) 10 Panaderos (6) 11 Ducha (6) 12 Abanicos (para darse aire) (4) 14 There (near you) (3) 15 Train (railway) (4) 16 Gente (personas) (6) 18 Zanahoria (6) 20 Horses (8) 22 Minutes (of a meeting) (4) 23 Apio (6) 24 Tailor (6)

Down 2 Spider (5) 3 Oraciones (7) 4 Traducir (9) 5 Dedo del pie (3) 6 Nail (metal) (5) 7 Extremo (máximo) (7) 11 Maletas (para equipaje) (9) 13 Promedio (7) 15 Hilos (7) 17 Paz (tranquilidad, no guerra) (5) 19 Nutria (carnívoro) (5) 21 Law (legislation) (3)

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COURIER TV GUIDE - Friday 27th February to Thursday 5th March Across 1 Which adjective means ‘of or relating to or obtained from milk, especially sour milk or whey’? (6) 5 What name is given to the hard upper shell of a tortoise, crustacean or arachnid? (8) 9 What name is often applied to a ring of buoyant or inflatable material used to help a person who has fallen into water to stay afloat?

(8) 10 What is the name of the outermost region of the sun’s atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse? (6) 11 Situated on the Alaska Highway, what is the name of the provincial capital of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada? (10) 12 According to J M Barrie, what is the last name of the pirate captain of the brig Jolly Roger and lord of the pirate village/harbour in Neverland? (4) 13 What name is often applied to a severe headache or other aftereffects caused by drinking an excess of alcohol? (8) 16 What is the basic monetary unit of modern Israel,

equal to 100 agorot? (6) 17 Derived from the Old French for ‘innkeeper’, what name is given to a person employed to look after the horses of people staying at an inn? (6) 19 What was the surname of the Liberal statesman, who was the prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003? (8) 21 What is the surname of the award-winning comedian Tim and television and radio presenter Jeremy? (4) 22 What was the surname of the Australian-born operatic soprano, noted for her dramatic coloratura roles, particularly the title role in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor? (10) 25 Often referred to as strictly Orthodox or ultraOrthodox outside of Israel, what is the name of the most theologically conservative stream of Orthodox Judaism? (6) 26 What name for an alcoholic drink taken before a meal to stimulate the appetite, is derived from the Latin for ‘to open’? (8) 27 Which branch of biology is concerned with the study of heredity and the variation

SUDOKU (Medium)

Quiz Word

of inherited characteristics?

(8) 28 What name for a split or division between strongly opposed sections or parties,

caused by differences in opinion or belief, is derived from the Greek for ‘to split’?

(6) Down

2 Now living mainly in Pennsylvania and Ohio, what is the name given to the members of a strict Mennonite sect founded by the Swiss preacher Jakob Amman? (5) 3 The source of which major English river is in Staffordshire on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor?

It flows through the Midlands until it joins the River Ouse to form the Humber Estuary? (5) 4 What was the surname of the Russian author of the plays The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, The Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya?

(7) 5 What name is given to someone who provides food and service, as for a party?

(7) 6 Which childhood disease caused by deficiency of vitamin D and sunlight, is associated with impaired metabolism of calcium and phosphorus? (7) 7 Which stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat, was used as a durable writing surface in ancient and mediaeval times? (9)

8 What name is normally applied to a native or inhabitant of Congo or the Democratic Republic of Congo? (9) 14 In zoology, which verb means to spend a hot or dry period (often the summer months) in a prolonged state of torpor or dormancy?

(9) 15 The title of which 1995 James Bond movie, starring Pierce Brosnan, was also the name of Ian Fleming’s Jamaican estate? (9) 18 What was the surname of the Italian composer who wrote over 30 operas, including The Barber of Seville and William Tell? (7) 19 Which short, heavy curved sword with one edge was formerly used by sailors? (7) 20 Which slang term was formerly used for marijuana leaves rolled into cigarettes for smoking? (7) 23 What stage surname connects Gone with the Wind actress Vivien and Psycho actress Janet? (5) 24 Which word can mean both ‘horny plates at the end of fingers or toes’ and ‘small, flat-headed metal spikes’?

(5)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH LOS NEGOCIOS - BUSINESS Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch.

(Answers below)

el banco

la aduana

el cliente

la deuda

el consumidor

la divisa

el dinero

la empresa

el impuesto

la factura

el ingreso

la ganancia

el pedido

la quiebra

el saldo

la subasta

el seguro

los gastos

geography QUIZ

ANSEWRS: 1. Dublin 2. The Amazon 3. Sheffield 4. New Mexico 5. The Tonga Islands 6. Alaska 7. Wyoming 8. Rhodesia 9. Kent 10. "4,540 Million Years" 11. Vancouver 12. Scotland 13.

The Congo 14. Montreal

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 8 Albert, 9 Negligee, 10 Demerara, 11 Twenty, 12 Doggie, 13 Thirteen, 15 En masse, 17 Ostrich, 20 Abu Dhabi, 22 Prince, 23 Island, 25 Collagen, 26 Hustings, 27 Exocet.

Down: 1 Blue Moon, 2 New England, 3 Strafe, 4 Infanta, 5 Ego trips, 6 Pike, 7 Pestle, 14 Terminator, 16 Slam dunk, 18 Cockerel, 19 Diocese, 21 Bisque, 22 Pollen, 24 Alto.

la acción Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.el banco, 2.el cliente,

17.la quiebra, 18.la subasta,

l.the foreign exchange rate,

3.el consumidor, 4.el dinero,

19.los gastos.

m.the tax, n.the debt,

5.el impuesto, 6.el ingreso,

a.the bankruptcy,

o.the balance, p.the order,

7.el pedido, 8.el saldo,

b.the consumer, c.the expenses,

q.customs, r.the share,

9.el seguro, 10.la acción,

d.the invoice, e.the company,

s.the insurance.

11.la aduana, 12.la deuda,

f.the bank, g.the profit,

13.la divisa, 14.la empresa,

h.the income, i.the money,

15.la factura, 16.la ganancia,

j.the client, k.the auction,

Soduko

Span - Eng

Quizword

Answers: 1f, 2j, 3b, 4i, 5m, 6h, 7p, 8o, 9s, 10r, 11q, 12n, 13l, 14e, 15d, 16g, 17a, 18k, 19c.

1. Which European City's Name Means Black Pool?

2. What's the longest river in the Americas?

3. In Which English City Will You Find The Crucible Theatre?

4. What US state boasts the Carlsbad caverns national park?

5. Which Group Of Islands Are Known As The Friendly Islands?

6. Which Is The Largest State In America?

7. Which is the least populated state in the USA? 8. Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be called what?

9. Which County Is Maidstone In? 10. To The Nearest 100 Million Years How Old Is The Earth?

11. "He visited Australia and New Zealand, then surveyed the pacific coast of North America. "?

12. Which Country Sent The Most Explorers To Africa?

13. What's the only river that flows both north and south of the equator?

14. Ville Marie was the original name of what city?

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Friday 27th February 2015

BRITAIN'S HOUSE OF LORDS APPROVES CONCEPTION OF THREE-PERSON BABIES Britain has become the first country in the world to permit the use of “three-person IVF” to prevent incurable genetic diseases.

The House of Lords voted by 280 votes to 48 on Tuesday evening to approve changes to the law allowing fertility clinics to carry out mitochondrial donation. Babies conceived through this IVF technique would have biological material from three different people – a mother, father and a female donor. MPs voted in favour of the new rules earlier this month and clinics can apply for licences to use the technique from the autumn.

Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, which supports research into mitochondrial donation at Newcastle University, said: “Families who know what it is like to care for a child with a devastating disease are the people best placed to decide whether mitochondrial donation is the right option for them. Parliament is to be commended for a considered and compassionate decision to give these families that choice, with proper safeguards under the UK’s international-

ly-admired regulatory system.”

Robert Meadowcroft, chief executive of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, said: “This result will be life-changing for many women living with mitochondrial disease, giving them the precious chance to bear unaffected children, removing the condition from a family line and reducing the numbers faced with its devastating effects.”

Addressing the House of Lords on Tuesday, Lord Winston, the Labour peer and fertility expert, acknowledged that treating the first patients would be a “step in the dark”, but said the same had been true of all major advances in reproductive technology, such as IVF, which are now widely accepted.

“It would be utterly wrong for this house to turn down the democratically elected chamber,” he said.

Addressing concerns that the rules would pave the way for “designer babies”, Ridley pointed out the rules applied to a narrow range of serious diseases. “There is nothing slippery about this slope,” he said.

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I am a 62 year old retired man, and in fairly good health even though I smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day.

Other than quitting, which I don’t see myself doing in the near future, what can I do to improve my health?

The most important thing for you to do right now is to detoxify your body. By that I mean helping your body get rid of toxins that would have accumulated from smoking cigarettes. It has been estimated that the smoke from cigarettes contains over 4000 different chemicals, many of which are extremely toxic and have been linked to cancer.

These toxic chemicals are the reason why cigarettes are harmful to our health. Many people are aware of Carbon monoxide as a toxic by-product of cigarette smoking.

Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen in haemoglobin – the red pigment that transports oxygen. A lack of oxygen equates to a lack of energy in cells. Without energy, cells cannot get rid of toxic waste mostly from cigarettes, thus

creating a vicious cycle. Cigarette smoking is recognised as the biggest source of cadmium contamination in the body.

Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal.

In my experience with performing diagnostic scans, I have observed that nearly all smokers and even ex-smokers are heavily contaminated with cadmium. A number of international agencies have recognised cadmium as a cancer causing chemical. Cadmium has clearly been documented to decrease attention span and memory in people.

In men, it r e d u c e s sperm count and libido, and has also been linked to disorders of the p r o s t a t e gland. Arsenic, Cyanide and lead are known poisons, and are found in cigarette smoke. In addition, cigarette smoke is known to contain other deadly substances such as Polonium- a cancer causing radioactive metal, Formaldehyde – used to preserve dead bodies, Methoprene – an insecticide, Benzene – used in making dyes and rubbers, among many other toxic substances.

You can see that the most useful advice for any smoker is to undergo a complete detoxification process to rid the

body of these toxins. First, it is important to make the distinction between a ‘Metabolic Detoxification’ and a ‘Colonic Irrigation’. Metabolic detoxification eliminates toxins from inside the cells, while a colonic irrigation is more of an external process, to clean out the intestines. The difference between them can be likened to the difference between having your car cleaned out in a car wash, and having it cleaned out in a garage. Properly performed detox usually takes several weeks. In my experience, the most effective products for eliminating toxins from the body are ‘Metabolic Cleanse’ and ‘Pectasol’. I usually use both products together for a more complete cleanse. Metabolic cleanse is a special formulation by Douglas laboratories. It contains special nutrients required by the liver and intestines to remove toxic substances from the body. These special nutrients include: N-acetyl Cysteine, Inositol, and many amino acids required for the body’s detoxification processes.

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Horoscopes Aries March 21 - April 19 Your ruler, Mars, joins forces with seductive Venus in your sign this week, putting romance and pleasure high on your agenda. You have extra powers of persuasion now, so if you have been waiting for a chance to take a situation one stage further, do not hesitate to do so. If you trust your sense of timing, you can bring about some kind of breakthrough.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 You may be determined to take action and brush certain obstacles aside, but the time has not yet come to do so.

Long-term, your chances of success are almost guaranteed, but you could create unnecessary problems if you say too much, too soon. If you let events unfold, you will find the right way forward.

Gemini May 21 - June 20 The pattern of the stars this week suggests that a close friendship could develop into something deeper. It also seems your feelings have been changing, so work out where you really want to go from here before you show your hand. This weekend’s meeting between the Zodiac’s lovers, Mars and Venus, marks a watershed in your affairs.

Cancer June 21 - July 22 You are now at your most creative and determined, which puts you streets ahead of your career rivals, so focus on a scheme that you had been forced to shelve. You can carry all before you if you take a positive approach, so do not let a minor setback or misunderstanding undermine your confidence midweek. Your goal is within reach.

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By Pandora Leo July 23 - August 22 Mars and Venus, the planets of romance and pleasure, meet up in the area of your skies that rules long-distance travel as well as your personal goals and dreams.

The stars are on your side, so do not let your doubts about a certain situation make you hedge your bets. This is an important time of growth and change. Do things your way.

Virgo August 23 - September 22 Reaching a more stable and secure understanding with a loved one should be easy in the week ahead, when persuasive, diplomatic Venus and the action planet, Mars, join forces. You also have a sixth sense for what remains unsaid, so do not wait until you feel quite sure of where you stand. The time has come to take decisive action.

Libra September 23 - October 22 mportant changes in a close relationship are due this week, when your ruler, Venus, meets up with passionate Mars in the area of your skies that rules your deepest long-term bonds. Do not feel you should maintain the status quo, or waste time weighing up the pros and cons of showing your hand. Trust your intuition later in the week.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21 If you are thorough and determined and focus on the details of your plan, you can push through major changes in the week ahead. Your goal is now in reach, so put it at the top of your agenda while Mars and Venus give you extra creativity and flair.

Your intuition about someone’s hidden or unspoken feelings should be working overtime on Thursday.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21 This week hard-working, realistic Saturn in your sign lines up with creative Venus and the action planet, Mars, to help you break a recent deadlock and move forward. This is a win-win planetary combination, so press home your advantage. It also seems a new relationship has the stars behind it.

You call the tune this time around.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19 Home life, pleasure and romance are strongly linked over the weekend, so plan to entertain, or to spend some extra time with someone close, and focus on your personal needs and feelings. If you trust your instinct, you can also bring about important changes in a situation that preoccupies you now. It seems a certain battle is as good as won.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18 With the planets of romance, Mars and Venus, in your chart’s communication zone the emphasis is now on your close bonds with others and on breaking new emotional ground. A lot could hinge on how, and when, you play your hand, so focus on your private life and do not let your doubts about the future of a close alliance hold you back.

Pisces February 19 - March 20 With the Sun in Pisces in the month ahead you can at last begin to make real progress with a new ambition. In fact, you should be on a winning streak, so back a hunch midweek and do not let existing ties restrict your freedom. Your ruler, Neptune, also gives you extra insight into someone’s feelings.

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RICHARD CAVENDER

Bluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

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

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

ADVICE: Peita was having problems getting the right set- ADVICE: Scott phoned and wanted to know how to contings selected for sound and microphone within Skype nect her laptop to her TV so that she could watch DVD’s

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Hi, we cannot hear our friends on Skype without the headphone/microphone plugged in, can you help please?

Hi Peita, this is a common problem with Skype users and usually occurs when the wrong settings are selected within the Skype options.

You can check your settings and modify them if necessary by doing the following…

1. Disconnect any headphones you have plugged into your laptop.

Hi Richard, I have a laptop that is 6 months old and a TV that is just over a year old and I want to know whether I can connect the two together to watch DVD movies – I don’t have a separate DVD player you see and the screen on the laptop is just too small to fully enjoy the films.

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2. Open up Skype by double clicking on its icon 3. Click Tools, Options to open up the options screen 4. Click Audio Settings and the following screen will be displayed 5. Click on the arrow to the right of Microphone and you may have a number of microphones to choose from, select each one individually until you see the volume bar (green squares under the Microphone settings) increase with the background noise.

6. Click on the arrow to the right of the Speakers and you may have a number of speaker options, if you do select each one individually and then click on the green circle with the white triangle in it to the right of the speaker name – when you hear sound you have the correct one selected.

ADVICE: John wanted advice with a Java Update message he kept receiving Hi Richard, love the help page, I read it every week! I wondered whether you could help me with a message I keep receiving on my computer every time it boots up?

It says Java update available, click here to update. What is Java? Should I update it?

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7. Click Save once you have the correct Microphone and Speaker selected.

office@bluemoonsolutions.es www.bluemoonsolutions.es Mobile: 655 044 970

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Hi Scott, yes you almost certainly can, there are two ways in which you can do this (the old way and the new way!), first the “Old Way” on your laptop you will see a VGA port (it’s a series of 15 holes in 3 rows and is usually blue), you will have the same on your TV and using these two ports you can get the video from your laptop to your TV, to get the sound from your laptop you will need to look for a headphone socket, plug an audio cable in there and into the same port on the TV (sometimes they have a “jack” plug on the TV side and sometimes they have two “phono” sockets, just get a cable that will suit your situation. The “New Way” pre-supposes that you have HDMI on your TV (almost certainly) and on your laptop (not as certain), is you do then you can buy a HDMI cable and this one cable will take both the video and sound from your laptop over to your TV.

Office: 902 906 200

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

Hi John, Java is a “client side” application, what that means is it’s a piece of software that sits on your computer and is utilised by some websites, usually the ones that have pretty animation or moving graphics and with regards to updates, yes you should wherever possible update Java on your computer.

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Friday 27th February 2015

DOES SIZE MATTER?

Perhaps the most salient fact about Ford’s new Mondeo isn’t about the new Mondeo at all. It’s about the Nissan Qashqai, the Brit-built crossover SUV that’s also a shortlisted contender for this year’s Car of the Year award.

Last year, more top-spec model Qashqais were sold than all Mondeos in the top five European markets. Fact is, people aren’t buying big family cars any more unless they are German and premium; think Audi, BMW and MercedesBenz.

Wonder if either of them would dare offer an A4, 3-series or a C-class with a one-litre engine? Probably not. As Ulrich Koesters, Ford’s vehicle line director for larger cars, says: “most customers do not trust that such a small displacement engine has enough torque to pull a large car like the Mondeo.”

Ford’s Mondeo might be late, unfashionably big and well, slap-bang non premium, but no one could accuse the Blue Oval of being less than ambitious and innovative. The new Mondeo is being fitted up with an Ecoboost one-litre threecylinder engine as I write this, and we’ve had a chance behind the wheel.

Clever it might be (it’s won the International Engine of the

Year award three years running), as well as small and lightweight, but the Ecoboost is, well, very small.

Open the Mondeo’s huge bonnet and it sits inside like a child’s shoe box, the block is no longer than an A4 sheet of paper and in fact the gearbox looks slightly bigger than the engine.

The Mondeo weighs 1½ tonnes (1,445kg) so the 998cc twin cam three has a fair bit to do. To help it out, Ford has stacked the first three gears closely, with the remaining three ratios farther spread to give economical cruising.

The headline figures are 123bhp and 125lb ft giving a top speed of 124mph, 0-62mph in 12sec, 55.4mpg Combined and Band C CO2 emissions of 119g/km. Impressive, but is that only when you are on it like jam on toast.

Start her up and the engine thrums mightily, but it’s well damped in the frame and the noise that reaches the cabin is far from unpleasant.

First gear doesn’t feel stupidly low and two and three slot in suit although you are always using slightly more revs than you think and that will ruin the fuel consumption.

The engine delivers a flat, linear thrust without ever feeling over turbocharged or peaky. It’s brisk rather than fast, but sounds unpressed and flat, which is a feature of a lot of three pots. There isn't a huge amount in reserve and merely revving the engine doesn’t necessarily liberate more go, so you need to think carefully before overtaking.

At higher speeds, and in the top three gears, the unit feels calm and unhurried and there’s enough pulling power to cruise at motorway speeds.

Again, it’s any extra loading that reveals the lack of cubic inches and a full complement of passengers makes progress harder work; towing with this car might not be advisable.

The handling shows the lack of weight in the nose, but not

as much as you might think. The Mondeo is a big and weighty car and the engine is a relatively small proportion of that mass, so the nose turns in faster than the rest of the Mondeo range, but not by much.

There’s also a vivacious ride quality, particularly compared to the rather stolid feel of the diesel Mondeos, but it’s not overwhelming. You notice it most at speed over crests where the one-litre Mondeo doesn’t heave like its bigger engined sisters.

Perhaps it’s the love and care that Ford gives the rest of the Mondeo engine derivatives that makes the one-litre car somewhat less than a revolution.

It’s almost as if Ford has spent a huge amount of blood and treasure trying to disguise rather than celebrate the fact that there’s a tiny engine under the bonnet. Strange.

It goes on sale this summer, is available to order now, and costs a whisker under 20 grand.

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WHAT YOU CAN, AND CAN'T, EAT

This was the week when everything we thought we knew about eating and drinking healthily was turned on its head.

First, a damning new study in the British Medical Journal showed that – after all we have been told to the contrary – saturated fat is good for you. Far from being the great risk to our health and hearts, it turns out that most people who eat butter, milk, cream and full-fat yoghurts generally have better heart health, less risk of Type 2 diabetes, and are even slimmer than those who eat fat-free. It seems that there is a connection between our 30-year war on saturated fat and our terrifying obesity epidemic.

Now experts are saying instead that carbohydrates are the real killer.

Later in the week, more research was published in the British Medical Journal, suggesting that despite what we have always thought, the benefits of drinking wine have been overstated.

So what can we safely eat these days? And what had we better avoid? Here, the experts give their “definitive” verdict...

BUTTER What the line has been: Avoid butter at all costs and replace with low-fat polyunsaturated spreads.

What we now know: Butter can be good for you in small amounts.

“We used to think that if you ate saturated fat, it raised your cholesterol levels and increased your risk of heart attack,” says Dr Michael Mosley, the science journalist. “It turns out that dairy fats don’t work like that in your bloodstream. When you look at all the big studies, the proof that butter is bad for you isn’t there.

Recommended amount: A moderate amount, which may even do you good.

MILK What the line has been: Better to drink semi-skimmed or skimmed.

What we now know: Full-fat is fine to drink. It is still less than four per cent fat and contains some healthy fats.

“People have this misconception that full-fat milk is fattening, but we are not big milk drinkers in the UK and we know that just because a food is fatty doesn’t mean it’s always bad for you, as there are different types of fats,” says Mel Wakeman,

a senior lecturer in nutrition at Birmingham City University.

“I’ve gone back to drinking full-fat milk because I prefer the taste and it's a good source of nutrients.”

Recommended amount: Half a pint of full-fat milk a day is fine - one serving (250ml) will provide around one third of your calcium intake.

EGGS What the line has been: Eggs are full of cholesterol and you should limit your intake.

What we now know: “Repeated studies have now shown that dietary cholesterol has little impact on blood cholesterol levels,” says Mrs Wakeman. “Eggs are full of all sorts of nutrients and vitamins, and are very good for you. They are rich in protein, so may also keep you fuller for longer and help with appetite control.”

Recommended amount: Three times a week.

Olive oil What the line has been: Olive oil is a wonder-ingredient that is key to better health.

What we now know: Olive oil is fine on salads but not necessarily for frying. “Olive oil is very good for you but some olive oils have a very low smoke point, and produce small amounts of carcinogens when heated,” says Dr Glenys Jones, a nutritionist. “For frying, I recommend either a light coloured olive oil or rapeseed oil, which have similar nutritional benefits, but a high smoke point.”

Recommended amount: One to two tablespoons a day.

CARBOHYDRATES What the line has been: Carbohydrates should make up 50 per cent of your food intake.

What the line is now: “I’m a big supporter of carbohydrates,” says Mrs Wakeman, “but try to choose wholegrain.

White spaghetti, bread and rice are not our friends in large quantities. Once they hit the bloodstream they are quickly digested, rapidly releasing sugar into the bloodstream. Too many simple carbohydrates put us at increased risk of obesity, heart problems, Type 2 diabetes and cancer. Plus, the fibre and minerals have been stripped from white carbohydrates.”

Recommended amount: Starchy carbohydrates should make up 50 per cent of your calorie intake.

PROCESSED MEAT What the line has been: Fine in moderation.

What the line is now: There are strong links between eating processed meat and the risk of heart attacks, bowel cancer and strokes. “Processed meats, including bacon, sausages, parma ham, ham and salami, have a very high salt content and the act of processing itself is associated with an increase of heart disease, bowel cancer and stroke,” says Dr Michael Mosley. “One esteemed scientist I know called Dr David Spiegelhalter told me that if you crunch the numbers, every bacon sandwich you eat knocks half an hour off your life.”

Recommended amount: A couple of times a week if you really have to – but no more.

WINE What the line has been: A small amount of alcohol, particularly red wine, is good for the heart.

What we now know: The benefits of drinking may have been overstated. "Recent studies about resveratrol (a possible active ingredient derived from the grapes) shows that the benefits of even a small amount of red wine may have been exaggerated, but there has been a lot of conflicting research,” says Mrs Wakeman.

“The benefits may be greatest for post-menopausal women (and men over 45) because red wine makes the blood less sticky, helping to lower the risk of heart disease.

But the more alcohol you drink, the higher the risk of devel-

oping cancer and other diseases.”

Recommended amount: A small glass of red a day is probably fine, with a couple of days off a week.

YOGHURT What the line has been: Stick to the low-fat variety.

What the line is now: Full-fat may be better. “There is now strong evidence that eating full-fat yoghurt is likely to cut your risk of heart disease and diabetes, and is associated with effective weight loss in a way that eating low-fat yoghurt isn’t,” says Dr Mosley. “The problem with low-fat yoghurts is that they remove the fat but stuff them full of sugar to improve the taste.

“Also, when you get rid of the fat, you lose a lot of the fatsoluble vitamins, so you lose the goodness, and also the yoghurt becomes less filling so you eat more later.”

Recommended amount: Switch to full-fat and you may eat regularly if you like.

SUPERFOODS What the line has been: There is no such thing as a superfood.

What the line is now: There has been much debate over how to define a 'superfood’ but it is now clear that certain foods – mostly fruits and vegetables – are extraordinarily nutrient-dense.

“There is strong evidence that some foods deliver far more micro-nutrients than others,” says Dr Mosley.“Watercress, beetroot and spinach, for example, all seem to deliver a record number of vitamins and micro-nutrients.”

Recommended amount: As much as you like.

FRUIT JUICE What the line has been: Fruit juice is good for you.

What we now know: Many commercial fruit juices contain unhealthy amounts of sugar, the equivalent of 10 teaspoons per glassful. “I’ve been banging on about the dangers of fruit juice for some years,” says Dr Mosley.

“Many fruit juices have a similar sugar content to CocaCola. Commercial juices get rid of the fibre, which is the good stuff, and you’re also consuming a lot of sugar in one drink, which isn’t good for you. It also doesn’t affect your appetite so you don’t eat any less at your next meal.”

Recommended amount: Making your own is better but it’s a treat, not a health drink.

RED MEAT What the line has been: Red meat is bad for you.

What the line is now: Red meat from grass-fed animals can be good for you. “If you look at American studies, there does seem to be evidence of a small increase of risk to your heart from eating red meat, but when you look at similar studies from Europe there is no link,” says Dr Mosley. “This is probably because American meat is reared on concrete lots, fed corn and given a lot of antibiotics and growth hormones, whereas beef in Europe is often fed on grass and hasn’t been pumped full of all the bad stuff.”

Recommended amount: 3-4oz or 100g three or four times a week is fine.

BREAD What the line has been: Bread is good for you.

What the line is now: Bread is still good for you. “The key thing with bread is to have a mixture and try to include bread made from wholemeal flour," says Mrs Wakeman. "Eating only bread made with white flour could play havoc with your blood sugars. Just because bread is covered in seeds doesn’t mean it has been made from wholemeal flour. Lots of healthy-looking artisan breads are made with white flour so try to vary what you have. There’s no difference in terms of nutrition if you buy sliced bread.”

Recommended amount: Two to four slices a day is fine.

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Many ex-pats moved to Spain to start a new life and business, or moved here in retirement seeking a relaxed and untroubled life.

But as we grow older we come to realise that we are not so independent, and some need help, reassurance and care that may be available in our home country but is in shorter supply in Spain.

We may become lonely, and just need someone to chat to.

And that´s where Help at Home Costa Blanca comes into its own.

This charity is run by ex-pats who know and understand the needs of people who have left their homeland behind.

You may be trying to pick up the pieces after bereavement; you may be caring for a sick loved-one; you may be having difficulty shopping, or keeping your home clean, need help getting to the hospital, doctors or the pharmacy.

This is where our volunteers in the Help at Home Costa Blanca charity can assist. We´re a small, dedicated band of people who want to help, giving up their valuable time for others in a practical way - by actually getting out of their armchairs and doing something practical.

But there is a major problem - a lack of volunteers. Sadly, volunteers grow older and they themselves find that they too need help.

So we need a new band of people prepared to give just a few hours of their time when they can provide it - they can volunteer to help as little or as often as they wish - no pressure!

Just pause a minute and think what you did in your job. Were you a nurse or a carer, or a driver, or a handyman, someone who knows one end of a screwdriver from the other, or someone who understands the inner workings of electrical appliances, or an ex shop worker or office worker?

All of these people, and many more, are the sort of folk we want to hear from. If you are retired, the chances are you have a few hours of time on your hands. Why not use it to help others - who knows, in a few years you will have an organisation behind you who can provide help for you.

What was that wonderful song in The Lion King...The Circle of Life!

So, here are your call up papers... Help at Home Costa Blanca is holding a Volunteers Day on March 6th from 11am to 1.30pm, at the charity´s shop called the Charity Centre. at C.C. Flamenca Beach Calle Niagara 2 Orihuela Costa. Charity Reg. No. CV--01048327-A Tlf. 965 328 794 email: charitycentre.helpathomecb@gmail.com

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They will not be holding the Wednesday night meeting at 6.00 pm. For further information and/or directions please telephone 966700391 or visit our website on www.tcfspain.org.

International Christian Assembly, Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja.

Evangelical non-denominational church. Sunday services 11am.

Children's church 11am. House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier. Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Craft club, Tuesdays, 2pm.

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QUIZZES Experienced quizmaster/question setter with personality available to host quiz nights in local bars.

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SITUATIONS VACANT SALES PROMOTERS REQUIRED Leading Financial Services Group is looking for sales promoters to man our stands in stores across the Costa Blanca including our new concession in Torrevieja. You will be required to meet and greet members of the public (UK Ex-pats) asking them to complete a short survey and obtain contact details to arrange a free consultation with one of our Financial Advisors. You will need to be friendly, outgoing and in good health as the job involves working on your feet. Full training will be given though some sales experience would be preferable. The position is offered on a freelance basis and you must have you own transport. Daily rate of EUR 50 plus Incentives/Expenses. Max 5 days per week. 9-5pm.

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NEW LOOK DAZZER IN CHARGE

A slim-line Darren Clarke, together with a new hairstyle, was last week announced as the popular choice to captain the European team in their defence of The Ryder Cup next year at Hazeltine, Minnesota. The new-look Ulsterman has shed four stone in five months, and hopefully the pressure of the new job won’t see him disappear into thin air!

The 2011 Open Champion becomes the first Northern Irishman to lead Europe against the United States, having played in the biennial contest five times, featuring on the winning side on four occasions. He was also a vice captain under Colin Montgomerie and José María Olazábal in the European wins in 2010 and 2012 respectively, and succeeds Irishman Paul McGinley, who captained Europe to a 16 ½-11 ½ triumph at Gleneagles last September.

Clarke takes the reins for the 41st Ryder Cup with the aim of leading Europe to a record fourth consecutive victory in the biennial contest, and was the 46 year old was chosen by a five man selection panel consisting of those three most recent European Ryder Cup Captains McGinley,

Olazábal and Montgomerie – as well as the Chief Executive of The European Tour, George O’Grady, and

lucky to have played and worked under some fantastic captains in my seven Ryder Cups to date, and I

European Tour Tournament Committee member David Howell.

Clarke said: “I am naturally extremely proud to be selected as European Ryder Cup captain for 2016.

The Ryder Cup has been a massive part of my life and my career, so to have the chance to lead Europe next year is a huge honour. I am

look forward to the challenge of trying to follow in their footsteps and help Europe to a fourth consecutive Ryder Cup victory at Hazeltine next year.”

The 14-time European Tour winner made his Ryder Cup debut in 1997 at Valderrama in Spain under Seve Ballesteros, partnering Montgomerie to defeat Fred Couples and Davis Love III (and could be again in 2016) in the fourballs before losing narrowly to Phil Mickelson in the singles. He contributed two points at each of the next two Ryder Cups, at Brookline in 1999 and The Belfry in 2002, and three-and-a-half points in Europe’s record 18½-9½ victory at Oakland Hills Country Club in 2004.

But his most memorable, and emotional, Ryder Cup

performance came two years later when he inspired Europe to victory by the same record equaling margin in front of passionate Irish galleries at The K Club, just six weeks after his first wife Heather passed away.

Clarke won all three of his matches in Co. Kildare, joining forces with Lee Westwood to defeat Mickelson and Chris DiMarco then Tiger Woods and Jim Fuyrk in the fourballs, before beating Zach Johnson 3 and 2 in the singles. His two victories alongside Westwood mean the duo are joint second in the all-time list of most successful Ryder Cup partnerships, with six points from their eight matches together, while overall Clarke has contributed a total of 11½ points in the blue of Europe.

He returned to The Ryder Cup fold four years later as a vice captain under Montgomerie at The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, as Europe beat the United States by 14½-13½, and he gained further experience as part of the backroom team under Olazábal at Medinah in 2012.

That came a year after the finest individual achievement of his distinguished career, when he held off Mickelson and Dustin Johnson to win The 140th Open Championship at Royal St George’s, adding the Claret Jug to the two World Golf Championship titles he won in the early 2000s, when he became just the second

KNOW YOUR RULES

QUESTION

A ball is embedded in an orange lying under an orange tree.

What is the ruling?

A: The player may proceed under Rule 24-1 (Movable Obstruction).

B: As the orange is a loose impediment, the player should mark the position of the ball, remove the ball from the orange, and replace the ball.

C: The player must play the ball as it lies or declare it unplayable.

player after Tiger Woods to win more than one WGC crown.

George O’Grady, speaking on behalf of the Ryder Cup Europe selection panel, said: “Darren has an impressive Ryder Cup pedigree having featured five times as a player and twice as a vice captain, so he has a strong understanding of the attributes required to be a successful captain. He is also a popular figure among the players and has both the passion and knowledge to lead Europe in the quest for a record fourth consecutive Ryder Cup victory.”

Crucial to that vote was the backing of high-profile European players, Rory McIlroy among them.

“Obviously I appreciated it an awful lot, that those guys were supporting me and have the trust in me to be their captain.

The fact that they did come out and publicly support me means an awful lot to me. Hopefully I’ll be able to repay them in any small way that I can when I’m captain.”

Darren Clarke, has admitted he relishes the prospect of the ailing Tiger Woods being recovered and back in the United States team for the 2016 clash at Hazeltine.

Clarke, who was confirmed in his new position by the European Tour on Wednesday, has held a close friendship with Woods for a considerable time. The 14-times major winner offered Clarke words of encouragement, for example, during his run to an Open Championship success at the age of 42, in 2011.

The future of Woods, how-

ever, is in doubt amid a series of fitness and form woes. By the time Europe’s Ryder Cup defence comes around, Clarke hopes Woods is again part of the equation. “Tiger is still one of the biggest draws in the game of golf,” Clarke said.

“He is a very special talent.

I, for one, being not only a friend of his but having a huge amount of respect for his golf game, would love to see him getting back to playing the sort of golf that he can play”.

Tiger Woods on the team at Hazeltine? It may be a stronger team with him being on it. Darren Clarke wants to compete against the strongest team possible and a healthy Tiger Woods playing his best golf would certainly add to the whole event. Wouldn’t it?

Miguel Ángel Jiménez expressed his disappointment at missing out on the Ryder Cup captaincy for 2016 and hinted his chance may have gone as he will be 54 when it goes to Paris.

But what’s the betting that Clarke will have the amiable Spaniard as his vice-captain so that they can share some Havana cigars?

TITTER ON THE TEE An old man goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 40 years.

The Wizard says, 'Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you.'

ANSWER C: Since the orange was adhering to the ball, it was not a loose impediment. See Decision 23/10

The old man says without hesitation, 'I now pronounce you man and wife.'

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MESSI MISSES AS BITER STRIKES MANCHESTER CITY 1

Barcelona boss Luis Enrique refused to blame Lionel Messi for his late penalty miss against Manchester City at the Etihad on Tuesday night. Luis Suarez scored twice on his return to England, before Sergio Aguero pulled a goal back in the first leg of the last16 Champions League tie at the Etihad. But City were lucky to escape with a 2-1 defeat after an astonishing open-goal miss from Messi, who nodded a simple header wide

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after seeing Joe Hart save his injury-time penalty seconds earlier.

"The only people that miss penalties are the ones that dare to take them," Enrique told reporters. "Leo Messi takes ours. We know penalties can be missed in this game of ours and he will take the next one. Even if we’d won 3-1, the tie would not have been decided”.

PREDICTABLE RESULT ELCHE 0

Second-half goals from Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo earned Real Madrid their expected win at Elche that moved them four points clear at the top of the Primera Division. The visitors took full advantage of Barcelona's home defeat to Malaga on Saturday as a routine victory further strengthened their hold on top spot. Meanwhile, the Ilicitanos knew that whatever happened, they would still be above the relegation zone after their Sunday night encounter.

Madrid made a bright start, with Ronaldo curling a shot against a post and then seeing a fierce effort from long range tipped round a post by Przemyslaw Tyton. The for-

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ward had only himself to blame for not scoring in the 21st minute, though, as Gareth Bale's excellent low cross from the right reached him at the back post, but instead of opting for what looked a simple tap-in he knocked the ball back inside and the chance went begging. Benzema had the ball in the net in the 39th minute, converting a cross from Bale – who was lucky not to be more seriously hurt under a tackle from Aaron - from the right, with an acrobatic overhead kick, but the goal was ruled out for a marginal offside.

Elche threatened at the start of the second half as Aaron Niguez's shot was parried by Iker Casillas. But the visitors went in front in the 56th minute and this time Benzema's luck

was in. Ronaldo burst down the left and into the area before laying the ball across goal towards Benzema. David Lomban slid in in an effort to clear the ball, but could only knock it against his own goalkeeper and the rebound left Benzema with an easy finish.

There was nothing fortunate about Madrid's second in the 69th minute, though, Ronaldo rising to power a fine header into the roof of the net from Isco's left-wing cross. At two behind there was no way back for the hosts and the league leaders closed out the game in comfort. Elche are now away to Celta Vigo this Monday evening, whilst Real entertain Villarreal on Sunday night.

BARCA’S EARLY SHOCK

Barcelona suffered a surprise defeat to Malaga last Saturday, which allowed Real Madrid to stretch their lead at the top of the Primera Division table to four points the following day at Elche. The Catalans were looking for their 12th win in a row in all competitions but fell behind in the seventh minute when Juanmi capitalised on Dani Alves' error to score.

Barcelona nearly produced the ideal response but Rafinha's shot was blocked on the line by Weligton. Possession continued to be dominated by Barcelona but they created few clear chances. From one, midfielder Andres Iniesta could only nod straight at Kameni, while Jordi

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Alba and Gerard Pique headed over the bar.

Malaga continued to look dangerous on the break while Barca were caught offside a number of times as they struggled to make any impact in the final third of the field. Their best opportunity came seven minutes from the end when Pedro found space down the right side of the area but smashed into the side-netting. Luis Suarez and Pique also saw efforts saved by Kameni in injury-time as Malaga held on for victory. Barcelona are away to struggling Granada this Sunday.

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BAD RUN CONTINUES CD TORREVIEJA 0

Here’s the bad news:- Torrevieja finished February with absolutely no points during the month, and have now chalked up five straight defeats that has seen their promotion hopes disintegrate into mere fantasy. The good news:- Torrevieja played brilliantly against a highflying Levante B team who were given a gift-wrapped present with a large bow on it, as they collected all the points from the Vicente Garcia stadium last Sunday.

It was excellent entertainment with Torry boosted by the return of Rafa Gomez, Alexis, Carrasco and Jorge after injury and suspension. Rafa and Carrasco (shown being tackled) ran the show with their close control and skill. Alexis twice was denied from corner kicks, whilst free kicks from Adrian and Rafa Gomez were inches off the mark.

Zagalá in the Levante goal brought off three superb reflex saves to ensure a clean sheet for his side, emphasising the fact that his side has conceded the fewest goals in this group.

They also took advantage of weak refereeing to knock over, elbow or chop down Torry players with near immunity. They were punished only rarely and only when Quique walloped

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Obele as he was skipping clear off him late on, did any of their number receive a caution.

Poor refereeing had nothing to do with the only goal of the match. Ten yards inside the Levante half, Cesar found himself facing his own goal with no outfield options. He blasted the ball back to keeper Oscar who fluffed the kick clear, presenting it to Keita to gladly push it into the net. It was a horrendous error that cost Torry dearly. The players did not give up, and they redoubled their efforts with Jorge(pictured with two Levante markers) powering through tackles like a man possessed.

Rafa Gomez dribbled past three before being hacked down four yards outside the penalty area. He took the place kick and curled in agonisingly wide of the post. Then he and Borja jinked their way into the box and won a corner. Levante defended with considerable composure and broke fast when they could, but Torry held the reins tight and limited them to few chances. So a lack of scoring plus defensive stupidity has cost the side dearly again, as they hit the road this Sunday for a trip to fifth placed Ontinyent.

SMASH AND GRAB CD MONTESINOS 0

The apparent home banker for promotion-seeking Montesinos against bottom-club San Isidro produced a one-sided performance, but the visitors sucker-punched Monte, thanks to a second-half penalty, to give them only their third win of the season. Monte created numerous first half chances with the wind behind them, including striking the bar twice in five minutes, firstly from a Rubio free kick, and then a powerful shot from Macan. The home side looked certain to score as they made all the running as Carlos and Vaz produced fine saves from the visiting keeper, as the goal glut just didn’t happen.

The same one-way pattern continued in the second half, with chances galore and the corner tally well into double figures already. Angel headed just over; Macan had a shot well saved; Vaz missed when it was easier to score; and a Carlos thunderbolt just scraped the post. Monte fans suspected the inevitable and it happened, as the visitors got the only goal

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of the match. A long clearance found the San Isidro forward on a one on one with the Monte keeper Alex who saved well but he was then was hauled down by Fernando for a penalty which was duly converted,. The locals were stunned and San Isidro rightly shut up shop for the rest of the match to grab three very welcome points. With 80 per cent of the possession and a total of 26 corners, Monte should have won this easily but lacked the cutting edge some of the diehard fans have been concerned about for some time. One described it as “like watching paint dry”.

It’s derby time this weekend as Montesinos are away to Racing San Miguel, with both teams on 36 points. The match though is being played in Torrevieja on the artificial pitch next to the swimming pool with a Sunday 11.30am kick-off, as the San Miguel ground is being redeveloped.

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THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

continued from the back page I don’t normally do politics, but how’s this for an idea, to really test the mettle of the locals in the area these racist supporters come from? If all – centre-thinking people – I nearly said right-minded, but that’s a dangerous description – how about banning the culprits really where it hurts: in the pubs they frequent, their pictures displayed locally so the ordinary people can really know just who, right in their midst is dragging the British name into the gutter for all the world to see? OK,

rant over, but there’s plenty more disgust where that came from.

Mourinho’s Chelsea are five points clear at the top of the prestigious Prem - but that’s not good enough for

Motormouth - he has to go the extra mile and further alienate the neutrals amongst us with his mumbling, self-contradictory rants. Me – anti-Chelsea?

Actually, old chap, far from it… As a young serviceman on the south coast during the late sixties, every year my mates and I would travel up to Stamford Bridge on the Saturday that Chelsea played Manchester United, the Reds together with Law, Best and Charlton (be still, my beating heart). Team support varied within our group, but overall I preferred the swash and buckle of the Kings R o a d heroes of Osgood, Hutchinson, C o o k e , Ta m b l i n g , Bonetti etc.

W h a t games they w e r e .

A n y o n e remember Chopper Harris trying and failing to stop Best with that shuddering tackle that G e o r g e somehow rode, socks round his soaked ankles as he went on to score – and I saw Norman Burtenshaw send Best off for dissent at the Bridge one year, in the same match as a Bobby Charlton rocket

passed goalie Jon Phillips on the way back out. And in those Leeds Cup Final matches, I definitely supported Chelsea then.

Probably if I lived in London I would prefer Spurs, ‘cos of my all-time hero Jimmy Greaves (Harry Kane looks to have the same killer

touch). I’m no Arsenal, West Ham, Crystal Palace or Quickly Pursuing Relegation fan - but I’m certainly not against the Chelsea Blues.

They play good football, most of the time anyway,

when they’re not stamping or diving.

I just wish Mourinho was big enough to see the full picture: his players are not the saints he makes out. Yes, Ashley Barnes should have been sent off on Saturday, but hasn’t Matic been around and got enough experience

to handle that? Obviously not - and that’s your fault, Jose, you should discipline him he cost you two points - and there’s the rub. Penalties?

They’re such a hot issue these days for everyone.

After Alex Song’s hauling down of Harry Kane in the 110th minute (whatever) big Sam at West Ham pointed out the Hammers hadn’t even had a penalty awarded this season, and maybe they should be looking for them.

No, the uncomfortable truth is that Mourinho is deeply (and correctly) worried about Man City catching them, and it shows – so he’s catching every possible straw to prevent that happening. If the Portuguese can plant one shred, one tiny iota of doubt in any potential referee or linesman’s head pre or during a match, to tip the balance or thwart any ‘unfair’ treatment to his Blue Boys, even to tip the 50/50 scales to 51/49 in his favour he will do it. Like Alex Ferguson, Mourinho knows on such things championships and cups can be won – and lost. And after last season Jose dare not lose another Premier League - it’s three long seasons since he won the La Liga crown with Real Madrid. He might be adored at the Bridge, but he’s not widely popular en Espana, where Ancelotti’s doing it better.

There is one very interesting point about Chelsea currently. In the last four games the Blues have scored five goals. Unbelievably three of these were scored by full

back Branislav Ivanovic, who keeps getting better, and the other two came from midfielders Hazard and Willian.

The defence has conceded three with Thibaut Courtois performing miracles every week (and if not him Petr Cech). Erm… that’s hardly Championship-winning form, is it? Where’s that mighty, feared forward line? Of course, Diego Costa’s suspension didn’t help, but with Remy and Drogba available that shouldn’t be a problem.

Mourinho mis-management?

Chelsea are having a midseason crisis, one that started with December defeats by Newcastle and Spurs (we sportingly won’t mention the FA Cup and Bradford – oops, sorry, I did…).

Well, it all makes Sunday’s Capital One Cup Final on Sunday afternoon against Tottenham a fascinating duel for the neutrals – like me.

Whatever happens, I just hope Mourinho shuts his mouth and gets on with it – and lets the football do the talking!

BETH’S GOLD RUN

Club Natacion Torrevieja’s Masters duo of Beth Altabas and Vicki Connolly had an enjoyable five days in Galicia with Beth(pictured on the left with Vicki)notching up a brilliant five gold medal haul in the National Masters Winter Championships. Over twelve hundred swimmers took part in the meeting with Beth striking gold in the 400m Freestyle; the 100m Medley; the 50m Butterfly; and the 100m freestyle. Her results also meant that she was unsurprisingly the overall gold medallist in the 70 to 74 year category, with Vicki coming in fifth overall.

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The Theory of Everything

By John McGregor

AND THE OSCAR GOES TO…

By John McGregor No competition for the Priceless Prize Pillock of the week - Joey Barton! Joining such illustrious-but-dirty company as Roy Keane, Patrick Viera, Richard Dunne, Lee Cattermole and Nicky Butt, Pal Joey has now been sent off seven times. Can there have been a more ridiculously stupid exhibition? As team captain Barton was ‘responsibly’ going to protect a younger team member from the wrath of both the referee and opposing team members, who were complaining and trying to get the lad sent off. But Cap’n Crackpot then deemed it necessary to whack Hull’s Tom Huddlestone in the Max Walls, conveniently right in front of the ref and 50 million TV viewers: straight red and off. Oh, how Quaintly Pursuing Relegation need Barton so badly at the moment ,it hurts; three teams equal on 22 points in the bottom four – and time is running out in the DDD. On Tuesday night, ITV showed Man City v Barcelona in the Champions League. As the Spanish stars ambled out, the usual suspects were identified: Messi, Neymar, Iniesta, Pique… and at the back, hardly mentioned, his trademark pre-match scowl glaring around was a face until recently regularly recognised on UK TV. Within 30 minutes – Wham, Bam, thank you Man City! Yes, Luis Suarez was back in town, reminding all we Ingles again of his lethal finishing: two viper strikes, two goals, two nil – wow! City fans will point to the omission through suspension of dynamo YaYa Toure, who certainly made a big difference last Saturday against Newcastle. YaYa’s back from the Africas cup, and Silva, Nasri and 24 carat striker Aguero are all playing superbly.

Even Noel Gallagher was purring – well Mancunian growling… The Northern Blues murdered the ‘pathetic and embarrassing’ Magpies side - hurt Geordie pundit Alan

Shearer’s words. Guess what? City are at Anfield on Saturday. What’s that in my ribs?

Oh, yes, a Bony nudge, I’d forgotten him.

Bring it on…

Man United got theirs, some would say ‘at last’ in the wet valleys, as Swansea stormed back from recent lethargy to overturn Ander Herrera’s opener for United. Ki Sung-Yueng quickly equalised, but then the Shelvey/Gomis winner was a cracker, returning the Bonyless Swans back up to ninth. But the result soaked open the papered cracks in United’s spine.

Where will the goals come from to keep United up in the top four? Falcao was rightly dropped to the bench, Rooney is marooned in midfield and Van Persie limped out of the Liberty stadium on crutches. Grey rinse RVP should read Tony Cascarino‘s book ‘Full Time’ about dying his hair black to look younger - it could similarly prolong the Dutchman’s career.

Did you catch naughty Noel Gallagher’s TV quip about lofty Louis showing the press pictures of his long balls? At this rate the Dutchman will soon be losing the plot (see over) Mourinho-style, and questions asked in the Old Trafford house about lofty Louis’ future. The Red Devils should see off suffering Sunderland at the Theatre of Dreams on Saturday, but the Black Cats are a bogey side to United. With Arsenal going third it was a good job for United that Southampton lost to a resurgent Liverpool - but they must be worried at Old Trafford.

The must-win dream looked on for Tim Sherwood and everyone at Aston Villa, and for the second week Scott Sinclair scored, to put Villa ahead against Stoke. But the plucky Potters have now unbelievably won seven games away from home to stay up in the top half, and stormed back to win 2 – 1 with a 90th minute Moses penalty. Sparkie Hughes has

done a great job, but Testy Tim has a massive one to do, There’s only poor old Leicester below the Villains with 12 games to go – can Tim turn Villa round in time?

Even with that haircut, Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud was voted the prettiest in the Prem by an American women’s survey. It didn’t do him, or the Gunners much good at the Emirates on Wednesday against modest-these-days Monaco, going down 3 – 1 with an away mountain to climb in the second leg. In the Prem, a Cazorla penalty and a second from the catwalk King (Giroud now has 50 Prem goals in 119 games, respect) left Crystal Palace too much to do. A grandstand finish from Pardew’s Eagles saw Glenn Murray score and then hit the post in the dying seconds. Selhurst Park was rocking, but the fervent fans weren’t ‘Glad All Over’ this week.

After a longish period of walking through a storm, post-Suarez, sin Sturridge, and with King Con Balotelli firing blanks, Liverpool supporters are now holding their heads high again as the Reds hit sixth place, only three points behind third-placed Arsenal. The latest conquests were sad Southampton who welcomed (?) back old boys Adam Lallana and Dejan Lovren. But hey, youse, there’s a huge game on Sunday at Anfield as mighty Man City come to town – we’ll see how real the Red revival is, the needle being Liverpool were just pipped for the Prem title last year by the Blues. So who’ll be singing ‘Ya Ya Ya’?

I saw Jose Mourinho looking round a churchyard the other day. When I saw him later, he was still looking puzzled amongst the gravestones. I thought ‘He’s lost the plot…’.

We–ell: he has, hasn’t he?

These days the man is paranoid with his warped theories about everything concerning ‘his’ Chelsea, ‘his’ beloved team being cruelly persecuted by officialdom, the media and just about everybody and everything that disagrees with him.

Having recently irritated the FA and been punished for it the Portuguese is now hellbent on taking his crusade further, taking four hours to complain on last Sunday’s Sky Sports coverage.

Perhaps if he turned his attention on some of his ’supporters’, you know the ones who travel on the Eurostar to Paris, and go to the match on the Metro, he might get some support from those of us he clearly alienates with his extreme views. continued on page 47

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