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Friday, June 22, 2012

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CLOUT OF AFRICA!

‘Lookie Lookie’ men in new standoff with police: Five face charges

By KEITH NICOL

FIVE Senegalese street sellers were released from custody on Tuesday following a confrontation with local police in Torrevieja the previous day.

The usually friendly ‘Lookie Lookie’ men came into direct conflict with the Policia Local and Guardia Civil following an incident on the Juan Aparicio promenade in which five men were arrested.

The conflict has laid dormant following clashes between the street sellers

and security forces following last month’s announcement of a new Task Force designed to control the increasing illegal sales of imitation trademark and copyrighted products.

On Monday, tempers flared - resulting in two arrests for ‘assault’ and a further three for being “without papers’’ followed by the seizure of illegal goods.

The five detainees were immediately transported to the Guardia Civil Barracks and an 8pm court time was set up. Word quickly spread and an 80-strong group of supporters, mostly family and friends, blocked off the area in front of the courthouse and access to the bus station.

They staged a peaceful sitdown protest, although a few of the more excitable had to be restrained by their compatriots.

Tuesday saw the crowd of supporters grow to around 200, who again blocked off the streets demanding the release of the detainees.

Tensions were higher this time with chairs and tables from a nearby café being thrown around and bus station access blocked with garbage bins. By noon,

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UNFINISHED : The FincaP arcs develop ment

CAM off it!

Bank ordered to pay €1.5m to Brits duped by developer

CAM Bank have been ordered to repay €1.5million to 47 British expats who invested in a failed Murcia property development. The decision follows a six-year legal battle.

The expats, known collectively as the FincaParcs Action Group, each paid between €10,000 an €70,000 in deposits for off-plan homes on a 'luxury development', only for the developer to disappear and Spain's fourth biggest savings bank, Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo (CAM), to withhold their downpayments.

Keith Rule, who has headed the action group and fought for the return of his €53,000, said: "For far too long Spain has alienated the very people who once helped the country prosper.

"Now the Spanish Government must learn important lessons from this case.

"If these types of cases are dealt with in a fair and speedy manner then maybe some of those people who have been the victims of negligence and malpractice may once again have the confidence to invest in Spanish property.

"After all that is what Spain wants and more importantly, desperately needs."

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JUNGLE DRUMS

PSOE members quit in battle for control in Orihuela

LEFT FOR DEAD

IN the clearest sign yet that Orihuela’s coalition is a dead government walking, the six Socialist PSOE party members have resigned.

They say they will leave the governing team at the end of the month because the coalition is achieving nothing and they have no faith in mayor Monserrate Guillén.

A party spokesperson explained: “We will not continue to endure pressures to continue [in governALLIES: Pepa Ferrando, Monica Lorente and Bob Houliston ment] and strategies based crumbles

By AMANDA BLACK Orihuela has ever had” and government only on resistance because that he “remains entrenched around him, camp Lorente when we ask what Orihuela on the couch with no respect must have been cheered by wins with this, the answer is forces kept the PP out of for the people of Orihuela”. the PSOE resignation. It is power. nothing.”

While Guillén has now very hard for what’s left The PP called on the Astonishingly, despite the largest group in the govern- mayor to explain his stance remained quiet on the sub- of the coalition to continue to ing team throwing in the to the citizens of Orihuela, ject, his party put out a state- claim a mandate to govern.

However, any PP celebratowel, Guillén insists he will with PP’s Pepa Ferrando ment describing him as “a responsible politician who tions will have been marred only give up power if there is asking if he had “no shame”.

Ferrando said the mayor believes in the politics of by the issuing last week of an a confidence vote against should leave office immedi- truth, who is serious and is order for Monica Lorente and him.

His own Green Party won ately out of “decency” and here for the good of the other party members to just three seats in last year’s claimed that Guillén contin- municipality, believing that if appear before the court elections and he was the ues to “laugh at all we can stay at the head of investigating the Brugal corcompromise candidate for Orihuelans and not give a the local administration we ruption case. will be able to do much good Lorente will be called in mayor. He got the job as a damn what they think”.

October to testify for alleged for the people of Orihuela.” means of linking together all Despite the mayor’s insis- breach of trust, disclosure of She added the mayor is the groups of the tripartite government, which by joining “the greatest fraud the city of tence on staying while the secret or privileged informa-

tion, prohibited activities to authorities, influence peddling and fraud.

She has played down the accusations, insisting she is not worried and that there is no evidence of any wrongdoing.

“Our names do not appear in conversations or meetings, nor the 19,000 pages that make up the summary of this case,” said Lorente Meanwhile, Bob Houliston continues to come under fire for defecting to the PP. This week his party, CLARO, issued a statement against its detractors, saying that “there are those who believe the only principle worth defending in local politics is opposition to the return to power of the Popular Party”.

While Houliston stood on an anti-PP ticket in last year’s election, his party now maintain a PP-CLARO government offers the best opportunity for strong coastal government.

Citing constant “political hostility” toward CLARO from CLR, the statement said: “It is CLARO’s conviction that Orihuela Costa gained nothing substantial or concrete

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Friday, June 22, 2012

How many times did the earth move for you?

SIX QUAKES IN A MONTH BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR, SAY THE EXPERTS

TORREVIEJA and the Vega Baja have been shaken by six mini earthquakes in the past few weeks in a phenomenon known as ‘earthquake swarm’.

The quakes, ranging between 1.6 and 2.2, all occurred in one month between May 17 and June 17.

But, far from being cause for alarm, experts say the mini quakes should be welcomed as they release trapped energy and actually reduce the risk of a bigger, more destructive quake.

José Juan Giner Caturla, professor of Applied Physics and director of the Seismic Recording Unit the University of Alicante explained that the swarm “is a

natural and positive event”. He added: “What we would worry about is not detecting any tremors for months.”

The Vega Baja is one of the areas with the greatest seismic risk in Spain.

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SPEED limits on Spanish secondary roads look set to be reduced from 100kph to 90kph.

The move is being proposed because there are twice as many accidents on secondary roads as on motorways. And 80 per cent of road deaths occur on secondary roads. Interior Minister Jorge Fernández Díaz said the government was working on the changes because of a

Fireworks, fires and football...

KEITH NICOL suggests we all go to blazes in Torrevieja this weekend THE traditional bonfires or Hogueras de San around 2.00am, all subject to running a little later than planned! Great fun and not to be missed.

Juan take place this weekend.

The three Torrevieja barrios of Acequión, La Punta and Calvario are where you can go to discover, music, eating, dancing, bingo for gifts and then the final cremation of the satirical sculptures.

Activities start tonight, Friday, and end on Sunday. Don’t miss out on the amazing firework display tomorrow (Saturday) on the paseo Juan Aparicio at midnight.

The lights on the paseo go out a few minutes before midnight, the music starts, and the fireworks go up, set in time to the music.

The ‘crema’ or setting alight of the hogueras takes place very late on the following night, June 24, and in the early hours of the 25th. There are three on the one night: Acequión at midnight; La Punta at 1.00am and Calvario

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from the three-party government.” It added: “The threeparty government is sooner or later doomed to fail since it has no joint programme of government, no common ideology and serious personality differences between the leaders of the two main parties, the Socialists and CLR.” And CLARO defended switching allegiance to the PP, insisting the party had admitted its “big mistake’’ was “to underestimate the

importance of Orihuela Costa” and that it was now ready to support “an independent party on the coast representing the many different nationalities who are residents of Orihuela Costa”.

The CLARO statement added: “In the political circumstances of today, the only alternative which would serve the interests of Orihuela Costa is to form a joint PP-CLARO government provided a satisfactory, politically and legally binding government agreement can be negotiated between the two parties.

“The three-party ship is sinking and CLARO is not ready to go down with it.”

As we went to press, the PP and CLARO announced a joint press conference for this morning (Friday), so further developments are likely.

On Saturday at 8.00pm, the doors will open in the Centro Cultural “Virgen del Carmen” for the Spain v France Euro 2012 quarter final on the big screen.

The game kicks off at 8.45pm. It promises to be a noisy and memorable occasion and a preclude to the possibility of an England v Spain Final on July 1, for all you wishful thinkers out there.

social consensus that the 20km/h difference between secondary roads and motorways “is not reasonable”.

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PARTY-GOERS travelling the Mar Menor by boat in order to avoid being booked for drink-driving could now be stopped on the water by floating police patrols.

Guardia Civil officers will be keeping an eye on boat skippers during summer, stopping and breathalysing any seen to be driving haphazardly.

Speeding fines will also be handed out to boats and jet skis travelling too fast on the inland sea.

Clout of Africa From Page One around 50 supporters cut off access to the Paseo de la Libertad in protest. Eyewitnesses report that there was no attack on the officers.

Thirty policemen in riot gear arrived on the scene, but left shortly after when a group of Senegalese managed to contain those whose passions were getting the better of them.

Although exaggerated rumours spread around the city of cars being damaged, this was only because impatient drivers forced their way past the temporary barricades.

Court proceedings lasted about an hour and just after 3pm, all five were released, with charges pending for undermining of the authority of the police and living in the country illegally.

For the last decade, Policia Local have mainly turned a blind eye to the Senegalese dropping their blankets full of illegal CDs, DVDs and copies of Brand-name clothing, purses, sunglasses and watches and selling to tourists on the waterfront.

Last month, a new Policia Local unit was tasked with stopping the sale of illegal items – a move which has heightened tensions between the authorities and the Lookie Lookie men.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

NO-ONE KUHN BEAT ME!

Nicola savours his Mutua Madrid Open success

TORREVIEJA wonderkid Nicola Kuhn has completed his THIRD straight tournament win on the Nike Junior Tour - and has become almost unbeatable in his European age group.

Nicola, 12, has not lost a single match against the cream of the continent’s young tennis stars. And his fast-growing collection of silverware emphasises his reputation as arguably the best 12 year old in world tennis.

He recently won the Mutua Madrid Open, where he beat Japan’s top contender 6-2, 6-1 in the final. That victory earned Nicola a wild-card entry into the full Masters tournament due to take place in Madrid in 2017.

His father Alfred told The Courier: ‘’The invitation is now hanging framed at his room as a reminder to keep being successful.’’

Last week, Nicola added the Sevilla title to his unblemished Nike Junior Tour record this year, following his earlier successes at Valencia and Barcelona. And he aims to make it four NJT titles in a row by winning the current tournament at Alicante-Montemar, whose final is scheduled forr Sunday.

Nicola (second from right) with top Spanish player Carlos Moya

WINDY MIRACLE

John and Doreen breeze to SAMM win THE sixth and final race day of SAMM’s Spring Series saw John Clarke and Doreen Squires in their Miracle beating Roger Drew and Annemarie Tasney in the Laser 1300 'Shoestring Cuatro' by just 42 seconds.

Shoestring Tres with Vernon O'Byrne and Tug Wilson capsized and still made it to third place.

The race involved 11 boats and took place from the CAR Sailing Centre at Los Narejos.

It started in a south westerly wind of seven to 10 knots and turned out to be the only race of the day, as the second race was cancelled due to the winds becoming too strong, Results on corrected times: 1 - Miracle ( J o h n Clarke, Doreen Squires) 2: Shoestring Cuatro ( R o g e r Drew, Anne-marie Tasney). 3

The winners: Doreen Squires and John Clarke - Shoestring Tres ( Ve r n o n O'Byrne, Tug Wilson); 4 Deltania Dos (Duncan Moffat, Oakley Petts, Brian Norris); 5 - Weta 14 (Brian Murray, Linda T. Coates); 6Balaton Conny (Terry Chapman. Andy Kaluza, Carol Sibson); 7 - S e a Hopper (Mick Burgess); 8 Shoestring Uno (George Wedgwood B.Young, Phil &

Kath Roper); 9- Shoestring Dos (Peter Cadwell, John Down). DNF due to damaged sail - Sailfish Mistral; DNS due to rudder problems Sailfish Sorocco. The next race is a round the Island Race on Sunday (June 24).

Anyone is welcome to join in.

More info at www.sailingmarmenor.com or email sammracing@yahoo.co.uk

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editor@thecourier.es COURIER POSTBAG: YOUR VIEWS ON OUR NEWS

REPLY TO EL PAIS ARTICLE ALLEGING FALSIFICATION OF TAX DECLARATIONS I HOPE I can be excused for thinking that the El Pais just article represents the latest in a series of dirty tricks (disrupting the

Taxing times and dirty tricks

Plenary, harassment resulting in the need to be escorted by the police to my car after a plenary meeting and the painting of politically insulting graffiti on the walls and gates of our home) being perpetrated against me and my party, CLARO, by those who must be getting increasingly desperate about their chances of political survival.

Why do I suspect dirty tricks? Firstly, because the information about the

details of my declaration of assets to which the article refers are not available to the press. They are available to other councillors.

It may be a coincidence that supporters of the CLR party are using the article as a propaganda weapon here on the coast.

However, I have nothing to hide. It is not necessary for me to declare the income from my pension in my statement

of assets to Orihuela Town Hall as a councillor - and since my pension from the European Union is taxed at source, there is no need to declare the pension as income for the purposes of my annual Spanish tax declaration.

Each year I produce a certificate from the European Commission stating that my pension is taxed at source and that by agreement between members states of the European Union, pensions (and

salaries) should not be subject to additional national taxes.

The second accusation in the article is that income from a property in the United Kingdom MAY not have been declared in my annual Spanish tax declaration. I can save whoever it is the worry on this score. Income from letting property in the United Kingdom must be declared and is taxed in the United Kingdom.

I am absolutely sure about this since

TURNING OVER A NEW THIEF...

some years ago, I declared the income from letting property in the UK in my Spanish tax declaration and after it was confirmed that this was not necessary, I received a refund.

If these are the tactics of those who are desperate to stay in power, they are not of course interested in the facts or the truth. But the truth will out.

They should therefore concentrate on explaining their lack of achievement during their year in office or defending the indefensible of selling land in Orihuela Costa to compensate for their inability to control expenditure and their need for millions of euros to finance non-priority, politically motivated prestige projects in Orihuela.

15 seconds for this man to take hold of the bottle and he then walked off saying ‘Thank you’.

I realised straight away that my wallet was missing from my left pocket so I grabbed this man and went through his pockets looking for my wallet.

All I found was HIS wallet, which I was In broken English, he asked me to help checking when a third man approached us him pick something up. He wanted me to and handed me my own wallet. He gestured place a five-litre bottle of water onto his fin- that I had dropped it on the floor, which I ger but he kept missing the loop (I now knew I had not done. realise this was part of the distraction).

This third man then stood in front of me, I was unaware that at the same time staring, for about 10 seconds while I another man was distracting my wife by ask- checked my wallet contents during which BOB HOULISTON, ing her a question in Spanish. It took about time the first man walked off quickly, President, CLARO, I went straight to a memOrihuela Costa. ber of staff and told her what had happened. We both went doing from other customers looking for the three men but while he stole my wallet. they had already left the I was very lucky to get my store and we found the shop- wallet back. Had I not noticed ping dumped on a wine shelf it was missing for another 20 IN the early hours of June 18, a house in Campoverde I HAVE to congratulate Mr Alan Clasper (last week’s Courier) near the exit. The girl or 30 seconds, these guys was broken into and a car stolen.

The silver grey Audi A4, registration number 0418 for his imagination. I wish I had been informed about an inter- informed her manager and would all have gone. view regarding my support for the CLARO party, which sup- then told me that these same I try to be aware of what is FXZ, is a sports version with huge twin exhaust pipes.

Should anyone see the car, please inform the Guardia posedly took place in my own home. I would have made an three men had been reported happening around me but effort to attended had I known about it. for doing the same thing in a this incident just goes to Civil immediately and also please let me know on 966 What a shame he couldn't come to an open CLARO meet- Mercadona in Torrevieja. show what happens when 763 258. My neighbour and the car owner is in fact a ing where his undoubted sense of humour would be appreciIn hindsight I realise that you let your guard down for a Guardia officer, so we have a chance to repay the help ated. He would also hear the real reasons why we as a party the third man had come up few seconds. Hopefully read- we have received from the Guardia in the past.

RAY MARSH, Campoverde felt we could no longer support this failing government. They behind me while the first one ing this will make others WITH reference to the acticle in The Courier regardhave no intention of giving a fair deal to the people of was distracting me and aware of this con and they Orihuela Costa. In fact if Bob Houliston had not voted against placed his basket on the can avoid getting caught out ing UK pensioners’ healthcare, I really feel it should the Government on the distribution of power/ monies allocat- fridge to hide what he was themselves.

PETE HULL be included in the Spanish papers as well.

It is the Spanish people ed in Orihuela, we on the coast would have for the best part who are under the misguidbeen ignored as in the past. ed idea that British penThis is the real reason for the possible alliance with the PP sioners, who are legally (not just Monica Lorente). Instead, he chose to believe a few resident, are a drain on the disgruntled ex-members left the Party when the overwhelm- With reference to big dogs in Spain, strength pulled away from their handler Spanish system. ing majority of members did not agree with them. They some time ago an attack on a small and attacked my screaming dog and A Spanish friend told me seemed blinkered to the fact that we as a Party are only try- white Westie on the Urb La Marina, by a also me as I tried to protect her . I manthat English pensioners ing to protect the interests of the people who live on the German Shepherd resulted in several aged to lift my dog away and grabbed draining the Spanish coast.I hope they will soon wake up to the fact that they are injuries from which I am glad to report the leads of both Boxers.

My dog ended up with three bites and healthcare was one of the now being used. What will they do when they cease to be of the Westie recovered.

Today I left my home to take my small the vet told me she was lucky to be alive reasons for the state of the any political use?

Spanish economy.

I stand by my support of CLARO and hopefully in the full- dog for her morning walk, and was con- as her main arteries were adjacent to the I did contact the British ness of time we will be able to prove to the people of Orihuela fronted by two large Boxer dogs led by a wounds. How long iwill it be before a Embassy in Madrid and costa that we have kept our promise to work towards getting German lady. They were on the opposite child gets bitten, especially as the holirecieved the same reply as the best deal for the people who trusted us with their vote. side of the road but straight away start- day season is on its way?

TOM FORD ed to growl at my dog and with their you printed.

F R EDE Watch this space.

M DOWDING

LAST Thursday, June 14, I was shopping with my wife in the Mercadona at La Siesta. As I was picking up a cold drink in the fridge section, I was approached by a guy (mid 40's with grey hair) with an armful of shopping.

Party time with a real difference

CIVIL SERVICE

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German Boxers mauled my dog

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Friday, June 22, 2012

TWO weeks ago, I agreed to become a guinea pig to test the benefits of a revolutionary new health programme.

I admit that when I checked into Dr Machi Mannu’s clinic, it was more in hope than expectation - with just a touch of cynicism thrown in.

Despite the hugely positive vibes sparked by the good doctor’s weekly medical column in The Courier, it’s hard to think in terms of a cure when your coronary arteries are clogged up and your left hand has a habit of shaking like a pneumatic drill.

On top of my angina and Parkinson’s Disease, I’d been subjected to a permanent pain in the a*** - legacy of dwindling bone density and incurable, according to my own GP. But here at least was a chance to exorcise the health demons - and have my entire body analysed using the latest technology.

I couldn’t have wished for a gentler, more understanding and knowledgable therapist than Lancaster-born Dr Mannu.

THE MIRACLE How Dr Magic cured my ‘incurable’ backache The son of a prominent chemistry professor, he left the UK with his family when he was seven and went on to graduate in medicine in Nigeria and then in the UK. Predictably the English climate eventually sent him in search of Spanish sunshine and he now insists: ‘’I feel more European than Nigerian.’’

Working in an English NHS hospital, Machi quickly became disillusioned with the ‘unhealthy’ bond between Dr Machi Mannu: He eased my pain in just two days mainstream medicine and Blanca and thoroughly inves- before its onset as well as the pharmaceutical compa- tigating the latest develop- detecting and monitoring the nies – and the damage being ments in medical technology, detoxing and nutritional caused by the prescribing of he invested in an award-win- requirements of the patient. ning diagnostic scanning proSubjecting myself to its incorrect medication. developed in gaze certainly made a His involvement in medical gramme change from the old-school research at Imperial College Eastern Europe.

The Sensitiv Imago system procedures of the cardioloin London sparked a passion for that particular field. And boasts 96 per cent accuracy gist and neurologist who after moving to the Costa – and can prevent disease have been treating my major

ongoing problems.

As for the incessant pain in my lower back, the mainstream medical profession gave up on that one ages ago.

The last time I moaned to my GP, he merely prescribed me some painkillers and fobbed me off with a dismissive: ‘’It’s osteoporosis - just put it down to old age.’’

The pain had got so bad recently that I dreaded having to stoop to pick things up – and when I did bend down, it was sheer agony.

Needing to make subconscious adjustments to minimise the pain, my posture was appalling.

The degree of pain varied during the day, but the one unchanging element was that it with me from the moment I got up until the second I fell

asleep at night.

I clearly had nothing to lose by giving Machi’s method a chance, so last Friday I underwent a twohour scanning procedure at his Punta Prima clinic in which my entire body was electronically analysed.

From my head to my heart, fmy lungs to my liver, my kidneys to my stomach, my entire body was checked.

Around 150 different bits in fact.

There was no pain and no intrusion…just a succession of on-screen illustrations and flashing lights of various colours on the computer screen to which I was electronically wired.

The system even analysed my blood without drawing a single drop from my body. It

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PILLOW TALK

I RECEIVED a terrible shock the other day.

I was informed that Spike, the husband of Mrs S's best friend Phyllis, had been taken to hospital.

But it wasn't that piece of unfortunate news which distressed me. No, my traumatised state resulted from the instant realisation that I would be expected to visit Spike in the infirmary.

'But I simply cannot do it,' I mewled to Mrs S. 'You know how I hate hospitals.'

'No you don't!' she snorted. 'You LOVE hospitals. They're the places you're always skulking around in when you're not at home or in the pub.'

Mrs S pointed an accusing finger. 'You've been spotted on several occasions trawling through the wards looking for new diseases you can impress the GP with.'

'Lies!' I countered. 'That can't be me. I avoid the wards. I go straight to the records office.'

I believe I have mentioned Phyllis's husband before.

Spike is the most boring person in the northern hemisphere.

And before I am accused of being hyperbolic, let me point out that even Spike's mother thought her only child so wearingly tedious that she had herself put into care.

No, I exaggerate not. Spike is an unbearable bore. So it was with heavy heart that I turned up at the infirmary at visiting time.

My sense of dread increased as I spotted Spike waving to me from his bed. There was no escape now.

'Hello, my best friend!' he hailed me as I grabbed a chair to clobber him with . . . sorry, to sit at his bedside.

And anyway what was that 'best friend' business all about?

If I were Spike's closest crony then one had to assume that HE was MY bosom buddy. And I was having none of that. My best friend was, and always would be, Eric the dentist.

I had no desire to talk to Spike so I turned to the man in the next bed.

'And how are you feeling?' I inquired.

'Don't ask,' moaned the man.

'Okay, forget it,' I shrugged and turned to the guy in the bed on the other side of Spike.

'And how are you today?' I inquired.

'Terrible,' groaned the guy. 'I feel like I've been run over

by a steamroller. I'm aching everywhere. My arms, back, legs . . .'

'You have back legs?' I giggled. 'What are you, the rear end of a pantomime horse?'

The guy groaned again. 'Well, excuse me,' I sniffed.

'Obviously you have no sense of the ridiculous.'

The groaner leaned towards me and whispered in a conspiratorial manner: 'Would you help me out? That bloke you've come to visit is driving me nuts. He has not shut up for the past three hours.'

He leaned in closer. 'Any chance that you could smother him with his pillow before you go? I'll even lend you mine if one pillow isn't enough.'

'What are you saying!' I cried. 'Are you seriously asking me to suffocate Spike? And just for argument's sake, do you believe I could get away with it?'

'You misunderstand,' groaned the patient. 'I'm not asking you to murder him. Couldn't you just deprive him of air until he dozes off?'

Smother Spike? I thought. Why, I hadn't even spoken to him yet.

I looked at my watch. Another 55 minutes of visiting time to go. I couldn't put off the moment any longer.

'Hello, Spike,' I muttered.

'I'd have got you grapes but I thought you might be nil by mouth. So I brought you a roll of duct tape instead.'

'Ho, ho, ho!' chortled Spike. 'You are such a cheeky chappie. I'm so glad we're close chums.'

My fingers twitched as I resisted the temptation to reach for the pillow.

'So what are you doing in here?' I asked. But already my eyelids were starting to droop.

'I had unwitting involvement in a road traffic accident,' Spike began. 'I was in a taxi returning from the library after renewing my book on multicellular algae.

'I was telling the cabbie all about my interesting pursuits when the vehicle swerved suddenly and sustained a prang with the kerb. I do believe the driver nodded off. Poor chap must have been working too hard.

'The main consideration is that the fellow is all right and I am feeling fine, too. But the doctors have decided to keep me in overnight for observation.'

'Do it now!' hissed the guy in the next bed . . .

An hour or so later I staggered into the pub. I had survived visiting time with Spike -- and what is perhaps of greater import, so had Spike.

I would report on his condition to his wife Phyllis when she returned home from bingo with Mrs S. (Priorities, eh?)

'You've missed all the excitement,' Dave the barman greeted me as I slumped exhausted over the counter. 'We had an actor gracing us with his presence a few hours ago.'

My ears pricked up. 'An actor?

Like in De Niro or Pacino? Blimey, I'm impressed.'

'Huh?' said Dave the barman.

'Nah, nobody like that. It was the guy who's playing the back end of the horse in the panto at The Palace.

'He popped in for a quick pint between scenes but got run over on his way back to the theatre.

Apparently he had to dodge out of the way of a swerving taxi and ran into the path of a steamroller. Anyway, where've you been?'

'Hospital visiting,' I sighed.

'Anyone I know?' asked Dave the barman.

'Nah. Just some guy who can talk the hind legs off a donkey.'

PASSPORT TO DISASTER

Consulates in video warning to holidaymakers MORE than 4.000 Brits lose their passports in Spain every year – ruining holidays and causing massive problems.

That’s the message of a new awareness video produced by the network of British Consulates in this country.

“Losing your passport will cost you time, cost you money and could ruin your holiday,’’ they point out. “For the unfortunate passport holder it usually means a journey to the nearest consulate, time spent making an application for an Emergency Travel Document, and a fee of over 100 euros.

“So, keeping your passport safe will save you hassle and

expense, and avoid you wasting precious holiday time. ‘’ Paul Rodwell, British Consul in Alicante, said: “We want to help holidaymakers and prevent passports from getting lost or stolen. This new video is an innovative

way of getting across some simple steps to keep your passport safe and prevent your holiday getting ruined.

“We want as many people as possible to see this video, so we’re asking members of the British community in Spain to share it as widely as

possible – in Spain and back home in the UK. It doesn’t matter if you’re embedding it in your website, including it in a blog posting, or simply sharing it via Twitter or Facebook.

“We hope that by distributing the video through our community, we can reduce the number of Brits who suffer the stress and expense of a lost or stolen passport.”

Thomas Cook is already planning to use the video casts to show to an estimated 60,000 British tourists this year.

The video can be found on YouTube using the search term ‘Lose your passport, lose your holiday - Spain’ and was produced by the local television company,

Viva TV.

And just in case…

Recognising that some people may still lose their passport or have it stolen, the Consulates have pro-

duced a second video podcast that provides a step-bystep guide of what to do. This video can be found on YouTube using the search term ‘Getting an Emergency Travel Document’.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

SAY IT IN SPANISH Learn the lingo - with a little help from JEANETTE ERATH LESSON 25 WELCOME to another week learning Spanish. As the sun comes out and we all enjoy this weather, take time to practise your Spanish whenever you can - at the beach, at a cafe or bar, or anywhere you get the opportunity.

Summer is a great time for getting out and about and discovering the real Spain.

Try heading off on day trips to typical Spanish towns; there are some beautiful places nearby and further afield. As you are travelling make it your mission to seek out Spanish bars and restaurants and speak to the locals. They will mostly be only too friendly and happy to help you improve.

This week and next we are going to concentrate once more on verbs and we are going to add the ending which in English is ´ING´ - for example, ´doing´, ´seeing´, ´learning´.

There is a lot to learn, which is why I am spreading it over two weeks. Take your time and enjoy.

As in English there are two parts to this tense, the verb ´to be´ and the verb that is changed to the ´ing´ ending. This is used when an activity is being done at the time, as in ‘I am reading a book’. When you are talking about a different time than right now you use the simple present tense, e.g. I live in New York, I work in a bank, etc.

In Spanish, the verb used for ´to be´is ESTAR, which we learnt in lesson 13, and then the conjugated (or changed) version of the verb is followed by the second verb (present participle).

Nearly all present participles are formed regularly. To form them follow this pattern: -ar verbs: drop the -ar and add -ando (e.g. hablando, andando) -er verbs: drop the -er and add -iendo (e.g. haciendo, comiendo) -ir verbs: drop the -ir and add -iendo (e.g. viviendo, abriendo) Note that -er and -ir endings share the same present par-

ticiple ending.

Examples: Estoy hablando – I am speaking, Estás comiendo – you are eating, Él está abriendo la puerta – he is opening the door, Estamos estudiando – we are studying, Estáis andando – you are walking, Ellos están hablando español – they are talking Spanish.

There are a few verbs that are formed irregularly, that is, they do not follow the above pattern:

IR verbs: construir (to build) = construyendo, incluir (to include) = incluyendo, ir (to go) = yendo, oír (to hear) oyendo, sustituir (to substitute) = sustituyendo.

That is all for this week. Next week we will be learning some more ways to change this tense but for this week here are some sentences to translate into Spanish.

You may need a dictionary or verb book to find the following verbs, but it is good practice to get used to looking in books for your translations. By building your vocabulary little by little you will find it growing without really noticing.

Translate the following into Spanish: I am working, you are studying Spanish, she is writing a letter (una carta), we are drinking milk, they are speaking Spanish, I am not doing anything (the direct translation is ´I am not doing nothing´) we are eating pizza, I am selling clothes.

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READER Audrey Beilin spotted a number of grammatical errors in a recent Spanish lesson. She emailed to say: ‘’The answers you gave included: Those earrings are very expensive. You say estos pendientes - I would have thought it should be esos.

“You say Este es una calle larga. I would have thought it should be esta in relation to calle and larga.

“Finally, you say nuestras gatos - I think it is nuestros gatos. Forgive me if I am wrong as I like to be corrected and see that as my only way of improving my Spanish.’’

-er and -ir verbs whose stem (that is the verb with the last two letters taken off) ends in a vowel (e.g. leer or creer) require a slight change to the ending.

With these verbs the ending is -yendo (this avoids having three vowels in a row) Here are some of these verbs with their present participle: ER verbs: caer (to fall) = cayendo, creer (to know/believe) = creyendo, leer (to read) = leyendo, poseer (to possess) = poseyendo, traer (to bring) = trayendo.

Spanish reader Lola Ruiz also spotted those mistakes, along with This shop is near- Esta tienda está cerca (estar for location, not ser) JEANETTE REPLIES: Thank you Audrey and Lola for your e-mails - you are correct on those points, which goes to show that it is easy to get confused with these words!

I´m glad to see you are finding my lessons interesting and I always appreciate feedback.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

WHY DO THEY DO THAT? Top dog psychologist PETER SINGH writes exclusively for The Courier. Check out www.thedogyouneed.com or email Peter at peter@thedogyouneed.com

INHUMAN BEINGS!

THE most destructive species in the universe is, probably no surprise - humans.

There are so many wars, terrorists, murders, rapes, assaults, hate, anger and desire in this world right now, that I believe it has never been in a more vulnerable state.

Humans make up idiotic rules and cause mass destruction - but one is causing misery for many dog owners throughout the world.

PETER will next be in Many countries have banned Spain for one to one different breeds of dog consultations from July because they are totally 4 to July 8. For the one- ignorant to dog psychology. off fee of 145 euros, he It is so, so simple to offers you and your understand dogs and to dog: realise what they need in 1 - Home consultation order to be balanced and with no time limit calm. The way these morons 2 - Written report regar- who make up the rules think ding everything discus- is really disturbing. sed The Pit Bull Terrier is one 3 - Lifetime support for of the banned breeds in you and your dog many parts of the world.

To book your consul- However, If people follow five tation e-mail him at simple steps, you end up peter@thedogyoune- with a calm and relaxed ed.com dog.Take one of these dogs

Solve your problems with Peter

Lennox as a pup. Now he’s under sentence of death because of idiotic rules from a puppy and practise cise. the advice I give to all my 2 - Make sure you instil clients, regardless of the rules into the relationship breed of their dog. It can be and stick to them. broken down into five simple 3 - Give affection at the steps: right times (whenever you 1 - Make sure you are giv- give a dog affection you are ing your dog enough exer- nurturing their current state

of mind.

4 - When you correct your dog, do not shout or get angry.

5 - Our dogs are our mirrors, so we have to be calm in order to have a calm dog.

The rule makers should not be banning certain breeds, they should be banning certain people from having dogs.

If any dog has attacked, it is down to human error and not the fault of the dog. The human did not give the dog what they needed, which is the five steps I have mentioned.

Believe it or not, it can now be an offence if your dog looks like a banned breed, which is what has sadly happened to Lennox, a sevenyear-old American Bull Dog Labrador cross. He has been devoted all his life to Brooke, an 11-year-old girl from Northern Ireland. She is reg-

istered as disabled and due to her illness is unable to play each day with other children.

Because of this, the two have become inseparable.

Lennox has never put a foot wrong in his life. Never.

He is the epitome of the word ‘gentle’.

But Belfast City Council found it within their wisdom to seize Lennox, because they believe he is ‘possibly’ a Pit Bull type breed. He has been kept in disgusting conditions, sleeping in sawdust and surrounded by his own faeces, for over two years and recently a judge sentenced him to death.

This is a decision fuelled by ignorance and lacking in the understanding of dogs.

If people began to understand what dogs need each day to remain calm and balanced, rather than what they

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ERIN is a lovely little 13-week-old crossbreed who was abandoned with her sister in a vegetable crate. Jessie is also 13 weeks and was abandoned with four litter mates in a cardboard box. Both are fully vaccinated and micro chipped. If you would like further information or would like to visit Erin or Jessie to see if you could Erin give them a home, call SAT on 966 710 047 or visit w w w. s a t a n i malrescue. com

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Lennox: An innocent pet on death row

Magical musicals are just the ticket

From Page 12

THINK they need, there would be no need for breed bans.

As I write this, Lennox is still in this hell, away from his family and on his own, which is the worst cruelty you can give to a pack animal.

Lennox and Brooke’s hearts have been broken.

Please, please sign the petition at http://www.savelennox.co.uk and help to stop this planned act of murder.

There is a little girl in Northern Ireland who has lost her ‘bestest’ friend in the whole world.

ROJALES Netball Club hosted teams from Alfaz Del Pi and Torrevieja in a three-team tournament last weekend – and turned on a performance to delight the watching Mayor and Sports Councillor.

Rojales took on Torrevieja in the first game – and produced some fast exciting netball in a 22 – 6 vic-

tory. Alfaz Del Pi then beat Torrevieja 9-1 but were no match for Rojales, whose 18-3 victory clinched the tournament trophy.

The Cup was collected by team captain Claire Naylor and presented to the Sports Councillor as a thank-you for the Council’s continued support. It will be kept in

Rojales Town Hall.

Rojales Netball Club are always looking for new players. They train on a Tuesday from 7pm to 8.30pm on the courts behind the Norwegian School in Quesada.

For more info contact Tracey on 679 539 995 or email traceyburton@hotmail.co.uk.

Machi the medical miracle man From Page 7 was a dream scenario for anyone with a fear of needles.

Predictably, my engine-room was found wanting in several areas. Top priority was to get the toxins out of my body – and replace them with a balanced nutritional programme .

Machi was convinced the inflammation which was causing my back pain would ease rapidly once the supplements kicked in.

I hoped he’d got it right, without too much expectation …and was totally unprepared for the dramatic developments that were to follow. By Sunday, just a dozen nutritional cap-

sules and tablets into my treatment, the pain had reduced by roughly half. And when I got up on Monday, it had all but disappeared At the time of writing, I’m walking upright again (well, relatively speaking) …and while I am still getting the odd twinge, I feel like a new woman.

That’s not all, either. Machi the Medical Miracle Man believes he can shake up the battle against Parkinson’s by steadying that intermittent tremble in my left hand and reducing the bloating that plagues my left hand and foot.

He has strong reservations about a main-

stream medical service which he believes is driven by the hugely profitable pharmaceutical companies. And he is not convinced that I actually have Parkinson’s - despite the diagnosis made three years ago by one of the North of England’s top neurologists.

I’ll let you know how the treatment develops…but for now, I’m enjoying my first miracle cure.

Then I’m booking my ticket for a long cruise back to health on the good ship MedB (www.medb.es). If you fancy joining me, Dr Mannu’s booking line is 630118439. His Courier column this week is on Page 20.

TWO performances of the 'Magic of the Musicals' will be staged in the exotic surroundings of La Zenia’s Orihuela Costa Resort Hotel next Saturday (June 30).

Just a few tickets remain for the Melody Makers International evening (8pm) concert, but there are plenty available for the 2pm matinee performance.

The concert will consist of music from many popular favourite musicals, including Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Fiddler On The Roof, Blood Brothers, Camelot, Paint Your Wagon, Sound of Music, Chess and many many more.

The concert will also include performances from the Cantemos! children’s choir, several of whose soloists are personally trained by Nigel Hopkins.

Tickets are available from the Orihuela Costa Resort Box Office (Tel: 966 760 800) or from CALLNET Internet Cafe - along the lane behind Consum, next to Paddy's Point, at La Zenia (Tel: 966 761 171).

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An accident report form is a document which outlines the circumstances which have occurred in a car accident. In addition to the personal details of the drivers and their vehicles, the document includes a jointly agreed description of the manoeuvres carried out by the drivers when the accident took place, which plays a key role in determining who is responsible for a traffic accident.

How should it be completed?

Línea Directa offers the following advice to complete the form: 1. Columns A and B (blue and yellow), are for the personal details of the drivers and their vehicles.

2. In section 12, (Circumstances) the numbered column on the left describes the manoeuvres of car A and the one on the right those of car B. If you are unsure which box to mark, leave it blank. Make a drawing of the accident in section 13 indicating the manoeuvre of each car.

3. If anybody has been injured or if you think they might have been injured, complete section 24.

4. If there is more than one car involved in the accident, also complete section 23, on the reverse side of the form, and include it in the sketch.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Relieving the boredom HOW do you, personally, occupy yourself here in Spain?

Many people here are on their own at some point, whether it´s all the time or while a partner is at work, a child at school or some other time. So what do you do to keep yourself occupied and stop the boredom?

I had been talking to a retired friend a few weeks ago. On the outside she is confident, outgoing and has lots of friends, but she confided in me that she is often lonely. There are times when she has no one to talk to, her husband is out and she is home alone and really does not know how to pass the time and overcome the boredom.

It started me thinking that there must be quite a few women and men like her who want to keep busy but find themselves running out of ideas. Boredom for a single mother is a bit of a luxury I sometimes think, as my days are filled with giving Spanish lessons, translating, writing and looking after a rather boisterous four year old. But I can understand where she is coming from, at least I can comprehend that boredom is easily achieved and not so easily remedied.

Then I got to thinking, ‘What exactly IS boredom and how is it defined?’ Is it simply not having anything to do or is it not being

the UK, so she can’t see or speak to them whenever she´d like and this could be a reason for her feeling slightly lonely.

able to think of anything to do? For example, the woman I am talking about wants to speak Spanish, she wants to learn and I´m pleased to say my Say it in Spanish column has been a bit of a catalyst for her interest.

Therefore, when she feels bored why doesn´t she read some Spanish? Learn a few words?

All her children are grown up and live in

I have found exercise is a great way to destress and enercan It gise. reduce negative and feelings replace them with positivity. No matter what your age or size, everyone can benefit from exercise; like learning Spanish, all it takes is a bit of time and mostly motivation. I admit to finding my exercise regime slipping and now have vowed to write an exercise diary and stick to it. But that is because I don’t have time during the day to exercise so I have to do it in the evening when my son is in bed. By then I really cannot find the motivation but I am

going to write the exercise plan to remind myself.

However, those struggling with boredom don´t need to fit it in around other things; they can just do it whenever they feel the boredom setting in. But again, it takes a positive mindset and a bit of thought to do something when you just feel there is nothing to do.

Spain has many clubs and a lot of these are English-speaking, run by British people.

There are clubs to fit almost every interest and the more things we find to fill our days and nights, the less time there is for boredom to set in.

Don’t over or underestimate anyone.

Even the people around us who seem most in control feel lost at times. We owe it to ourselves and our friends not to judge nor be judged. There is no shame in admitting you are lonely and maybe you’ll find the person you are telling feels exactly the same way. It is by no means a unique feeling.

So, back to my friend. How is she going to next fill the space when she feels that there is nothing to do? Well, that is up to her, and as for those of us who get bored from time to time, what are we going to do? I´m sure you can find the answer to that.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Gib obsession leaves Spain on rocky ground THE Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 is not a topic that folk in Spain chew over whilst sipping wine and nibbling some cheese and ham. That fateful piece of business almost 300 years ago basically gave a bit of rock at the bottom of the Iberian Peninsula to Britain, much to the angst of the Spanish. And that morsel of diplomacy has been a sore in Anglo-Spanish relations ever since.

Some 30,000 people live there along with the Barbary Apes, and in a referendum back in 2002, more than 99 per cent of Gibraltarians voted to stay under British rule.

Why, then, is the current Spanish government getting so obsessed with Gib at the moment? The cynic in me suggests it’s a good old piece of jingoism being used as a cheap fig leaf to mask over the big issue that most people in Spain care about, and that’s the economy.

I suggest the PP administration concentrates on that bread and butter issue, rather than a fairly unimportant piece of symbolism. Or perhaps I could come up with an idea. Why not show a piece of consistency? If Spain returns the autonomous North African cities of Melilla and Ceuta to Morocco, then it could have the moral high ground to make a case for Gibraltar. But since the good citizens of Melilla and Ceuta overwhelmingly want to remain part of Spain, then why is Madrid trashing the same democratic views of the Gibraltarians?

I wonder how many of the West’s tinpot party

politicians would want to put their necks on the line if it ever came to the crunch? I’m talking of proper action to fight for democracy, even if it meant spending your time under arrest for more than two decades.

Nobody holds a candle to the wonderful Aung San Suu Kyi, who, 20 years on, went to Oslo last Saturday to belatedly pick up her Nobel Peace Prize.

She’s spent most of her life fighting for democracy in Burma, sacrificing seeing her children growing up, and was even unable to attend the funeral of her British husband in the UK. But after recently being elected an MP, she’s cautiously optimistic of full democracy in her country come the General Election of 2015.

What I like most about her, is her

TWO members of a local WeightWatchers group are celebrating big time after reaching their goal weight, winning a gold award - and improving their lives dramatically.

She bought a bike and now cycles regularly with her husband - sometimes up to 60km per day.

She said: “Before I came to WeightWatchers, I was eating and drinking far too much,’’ she confesses.

"By following the ProPoints plan I’ve learned that by exercising you can earn extra Activity points beside the allowances, so you can socialise and enjoy a good meal out with a drink.

Everything in moderation.

“I have never felt or looked better”.

Toni Morris, group leader in the Orihuela Costa area, sums up: "What you eat affects your appearance, your energy, your comfort, and above all, your health. ‘’Two out of every three of us are overweight or obese.

Diabetes and high blood pressure are on the rise. Heart attacks, strokes and cancer are distressingly common.

"Many factors contribute to these complex problems, but the basic reasons are simple: we eat and drink too much, we choose the wrong foods, and we don't get enough exercise.

“When we move to Spain it’s usually to live in the sun, have a better lifestyle and relax more. We have led an active working life and now want to enjoy our leisure time in retirement.

"But as so many of us have discovered, it can become a round of eating, drinking, socialising and having too much time on our hands. Many of us have seen our weight soar and our health deteriorate because of this.

"It’s learning to balance our lives so we can enjoy ourselves and still keep healthy and active.’’

- TONY MAYES

well-measured humanity and decency, with no bitterness about her past treatment and what she has had to give up.

Hopefully her speech to the UK Parliament this week has rubbed off some of her special magic on the country’s elected members who don’t have a clue what making countless sacrifices for the greater good is all about.

Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, knows a thing or two about sacrifice, but I’m sure he didn’t lose any sleep this week after being snubbed by Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond. Major Scottish cities laid out the welcome carpet big time for a man who has made a brave stand against Chinese dictatorship. But here lies the problem for Mr.Salmond. The SNP leader fawned with the men in Beijing when he went there last year, picking up a couple of pandas for Edinburgh Zoo into the bargain. So he wasn’t going to rock the boat with them, was he?

At least Salmond is consistent in his liking for leaders who trash human rights. After the crazy release of the Lockerbie bomber at Gaddafi’s behest three years ago, perhaps a ground-breaking visit to North Korea is in the offing for Alex? Hopefully, the Dalai Lama will say a prayer for him as he helps to find his moral conscience.

Tony Blair has said the Euro will collapse if the European Union doesn’t reform itself, and that the Germans must get support from other governments. Shouldn’t all of this have been thought about when this stupidity was first put together years ago?

A piece of nonsense which I ought to remind you is that Mr.Blair wanted the UK to join right at the start!!

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THE LIGHT FANTASTIC Joy Cumming moved to Spain from Yorkshire to enjoy living in the sun and having more leisure time, but her weight soon began to get out of control.

So she joined the weekly WeightWatchers group at the Emerald Isle in La Florida - and has lost FOUR STONE on the slimming club's ProPoints plan.

For her that 24-slim has been life changing because she no longer walks with a stick.

“I feel so much fitter and healthier,’’ she says. “I don’t feel like I am deprived because I can eat what I like as long as I track it.

"You are only cheating yourself if you don’t keep track of your daily ProPoints allowance. Being able to walk without the aid of a stick means the world to me and my grandchildren, we can all play on the Wii now”.

The other member is Liz Sully from Market Harborough, Leicestershire, who has lost 11 kg (nearly two stone) and discovered exercise.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO LOSE (apart from weight)?

HERE are five tips to create a healthy diet that you can enjoy: 1. Learn to think about food in a new way.

2. Experiment with new recipes and meal plans. Be creative and take chances. Instead of dreading your new diet, have fun with it.

3 Change slowly. By the age of 40, you'll have eaten some 40,000 meals and lots of snacks besides. Give yourself time to change, targeting one item a week.

4. Be relaxed about your diet. You will never find a perfect food. Not everything on your plate needs to have a higher purpose. Take your tastes and preferences into account. If roast beef is your favourite food, it is okay to eat it, but try to make it a Sunday treat instead of a daily staple. The choices are yours and the better your overall diet, the more "wiggle room" you'll have to indulge your passions.

5 Take a long-range view. Don't get down on yourself if you slip up or "cheat" from time to time. Don't worry about every meal, much less every mouthful. Your nutritional peaks and valleys will balance out if your overall dietary pattern is sound.

Want to know more? Come along to a meeting. Call Toni on 678821330. Her meetings are on Tuesdays 10am at The Final Whistle, La Marina; Wednesdays 11am at The Emerald Isle, La Florida, and Thursdays at 11am at The Rendezvous, Pueblo Principa, or visit www.entulinea.es/index.aspx and click on Meetings in English, or call our Call Centre FREE on 900 81 81 12.

After all, what have you got to lose, apart from WEIGHT?

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Time greedy bosses were made to pay THEY'RE still at it - and even more than before – despite the fact that the rest of us are suffering big-time losses of real income because of the recession.

I'm referring to those super-greedy bosses of the top UK companies, who are still receiving 10% pay rises while employees get one per cent, if they're lucky.

Some of the fattest cats are enjoying pay rises, bonuses and share options of up to 41% - and the average chief executive of a FTSE 100 company can now expect £4.8million a year.

Nice if you can get it!

The highest earner is Barclays boss Bob Diamond, who took home £20.97million in 2011, including £7.82million of deferred bonuses that vested last year but which would have been awarded in previous years.

Some of these pay rises and bonuses are still being paid to bosses of companies with only mediocre performances.

There are signs that shareholders are getting fed up with these ridiculous and blatantly unfair pay rises by company bosses.

There is a growing vote againstthis, although it is not yet sufficient to change events. The writing is on the wall, though - yet it still seems to be ignored by the fattest cats.

None so blind as he who does not want to see, is there?

HIGHEST EARNER: Barclays boss Bob Diamond

If they will not get the message, it's up to government to act - by imposing a super income tax perhaps. Around 110% comes to mind!

I've heard it all now a 46-year-old unemployed man won £5million on the Lotto, and continued to claim income support and housing benefit, notching up around £15,000 in benefits.

This wretched guy was living in a large detached house and had a fleet of cars outside. While he collected his benefits he also bought cars for friends and family.

He admitted fraud, but the case has been adjourned until next month to allow the Crown Prosecution Service to ascertain the exact amount of benefits the man fraudulently claimed.

What is it in the British culture which makes some people think it is OK to steal from the public purse in this way?

I suppose it's something to do with the idea they are not actually stealing from a person and that this makes it all right.

It doesn't enter their crazy heads that people doing this are pushing up taxes for the rest of us.

But, as I have written before, there are far too many super rich on the fiddle and not paying what they should morally be forking out in tax.

And they are no better, and maybe worse, than this wretched benefit scrounger, who, I hope, has a thumping fine and is jailed.

The only problem then is that it's the State (you and me) keeping him again.

HOW many more times are we going to read about appalling attacks by vicious dogs on young children before something is done?

The latest is a seven-year-old girl who was mauled in the face by a Japanese Akita dog (which can weigh up to nine stone) while she was playing at a friend's home.

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The little girl had to have 10 stitches to facial wounds and was lucky not to have lost her sight.

This attack follows two others by dogs on children this month alone. A teenager is fighting for his sight and a nine-year-old suffered serious injuries to his arm.

What's made it worse is that the owner of the Japanese Akita has not even contacted the parents of the little girl to enquire how she is or to apologise.

This clearly sums up the attitude of some dog owners who value their pets so much more than a FRAUDSTER: person.

The £5m Lotto We often hear from supposed winner who still animal lovers that it is not the aniclaimed benefits mal's fault if it attacks someone – it’s down to the owner because it has not been trained properly. Or it has been trained to be vicious by a yob wanting a "status symbol".

To a point this may be true, but a dog is an animal with animal instincts. If it is hungry, is in any way provoked, feels threatened, or just thinks it needs to protect its owner, it will attack unmercifully.

It's my belief that dogs should be microchipped and licensed, and the licence fee should be at least £25, renewed annually, which might deter some people from owning one.

We should also look very seriously at somehow preventing large dogs from coming into contact with children. The two clearly do not mix and the interests of the child greatly outweigh the interests of a dog or its owner.

Spain’s chief justice resigns as CROPS AND embezzlement suspicion grows ROBBERS The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Spain resigned Thursday over allegations that he used public funds for personal trips between 2008 and 2012.

Carlos Divar who is also the chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, announced during a 20-member judicial oversight board meeting that he will step down from his position while rejecting the allegations against him.

He has been accused of embezzling public funds by asking the board for reimbursement for a total of 32 trips, including one to Marbella, that were allegedly personal in nature.

The total amount of public funds Divar took for personal use is alleged to be around 28,160.28 euros. The complaint

was filed by a member of the judicial council, Jose Manuel Gomez Benitez.

Divar claimed that all of the trips in questions were work-related, and he pointed out that he is only resigning to avoid further harm to his reputation, not because the allegations against him are true.

Divar is the second judge to draw the

public's attention recently. Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon was acquitted in February by the country's Supreme Court in a 6-1 decision. He had been accused of abusing his power by ordering the exhumation of 19 mass graves in Spain in order to assemble a definitive national registry of Civil War victims, despite a 1977 law that provides amnesty for Franco-era crimes.

In January, he had argued during his second trial that his investigation was not politically motivated but rather was driven to bring justice for the victims of the alleged crimes. In another case against the judge, the Supreme Court convicted him for ordering illegal wiretaps in jailhouses within a month after the trial started.

Spanish police are patrolling farmland as the economic crisis pushes more people to steal crops.

In villages near farming areas, several thousand Guardia Civil, regional and local police officers are even setting up checkpoints to search for stolen fruit or farming equipment.

In some areas the problem has become so bad that “cage operations” are mounted, with whole villages sealed off while cars and trucks are searched.

The stolen goods are mainly for resale, finding their way to roadside stalls and markets.

“This has emerged because of social alarm.

Because of the crisis, crime is up,” said a local police chief in northern Spain, Ernesto Banos.

“And when cherry season comes around, people say, ‘What now, cherries? OK, let's go get them.’”

The suspects are a mixed group. “Retirees, unemployed people, young people,” said Banos.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Pasta on the cheap

PASTA is a great thrifty way to bulk up meals.

Try our favourite cheap and cheerful pasta dish and keep hungry tummies at bay!

Sardine, chilli and lemon spaghetti The sardines in this pasta recipe are a great source of omega-3, and go beautifully with a hint of chilli and the tartness from the lemon.

Ingredients 400g spaghetti 1 tbsp olive oil 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 2 x 120g cans sardine fillets in oil, drained Zest of 1 lemon A handful toasted pine nuts A squeeze of lemon juice Chopped fresh flatleaf parsley

Method 1. Cook the spaghetti or any pasta shapes according to pack instructions, then drain and toss with 1 tbsp olive oil and a little of the cooking water.

2. While the pasta is cooking, heat a little oil in a frying pan and fry the chilli and garlic for 1 minute. Add the sardine fillets and the zest of 1 lemon and warm through gently.

3. Mix the sardines through the pasta with a handful toasted pine nuts, a squeeze of lemon juice and some chopped fresh flatleaf parsley. Check the seasoning and serve.

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Five ways to reduce cellulite

Eat, exercise and treat your legs right to keep cellulite at bay Step One: TONE Regular exercise - walking or any form of cardio work - will help with circulation and toning your legs. Start off with a brisk walk on the treadmill if you're at the gym. Move on to jogging and crosstraining to help reduce fat.

Include reps of squats and lunges with light weights at the end of your workout every other day, to tone your glutes.

If you can't get to the gym, doing heel lifts on the stairs is a great alternative.

Face the stairs and stand on the edge of a step with your heels hanging over the edge. Lower yourself up and down, alternating turning your feet outward and inward for maximum stretch.

Step Two: DIET Eating a wide variety of brightly coloured fruit and vegetables should help to improve skin circulation, and reducing the appearance of cellulite.

Coloured fruit and vegetables contain the most antioxidants, helping your body shed toxins. Eating unhealthy, fatty foods can lead to reduced skin elasticity and sluggish circulation.

Add raspberries, strawberries and blueberries to your diet. Mangoes and bananas also encourage blood flow, which will again help to reduce the appearance of cellulite. Try to include lots of vitamin C which boosts levels of collagen in the skin; eating oily fish and white lean meat will also help. Salt is an aggravating factor for cellulite, so avoid high-salt foods such as crisps and halloumi cheese.

Step Three: UNDERWEAR Wearing looser fitting undergarments can help prevent cellulite which can be aggravated by overtight elastic restricting the circulation.

Tight underwear can hinder the body's ability to move fat where it needs to go.

Step Four: SKINCARE Combine regular body brushing with regular moisturising: body brushing can help to remove dead skin and give the skin a healthier, more youthful appearance. Investing in a good, plumping moisturiser can also help breathe life back into weakened skin cells and will make cellulite feel less 'lumpy and bumpy'.

Genetics play a big part in cellulite, so despite all efforts some people will unfortunately always suffer the dreaded orange peel look to siome extent. If you are eating healthily, taking care of your legs and exercising regularly but still can't get rid of it, you might want to consider a more drastic option.

Velashape, for example, combines radio frequency, infrared, vacuum and mechanical massage to tackle the appearance of cellulite. The treatment boosts circulation, targets the dimpled skin to firm problem areas, makes the skin feel smoother and reduces the circumference of the area treated.

Add these cellulite busting foods to your shopping list handful of berries with your breakfast porridge can help protect and perfect your skin.

DECAF GREEN TEA: Too

WALNUTS: The omega-3 fats in walnuts help moisturise your skin from the inside out, and boost cell hydration.

DRIED BEANS: Add borlotti, cannellini or red kidney beans to salads or soups. They're full of soluble fibre, which binds with toxins and dispels them from your system.

KIWI FRUIT: A juicy kiwi fruit gives you 155% of your recommended daily intake of vitamin C, a nutrient that helps your body produce skin-plumping collagen.

BLUEBERRIES: Loaded with skin-friendly minerals and phytochemicals, a

The loss of bone density also known as osteoporosis is a serious health issue facing older adults, especially postmenopausal women. It is estimated that as much as 30% of postmenopausal women in Western countries have some degree of osteoporosis present in the hip, spine, or forearm, and are at risk for a fracture. By the age of 65 one third of women will experience some form of fracture.

However unlike a fracture in a young individual, fractures in the elderly have a higher risk of complications and may take longer to heal. Despite the fact that current methods of detection and treatment are improving, the diagnosis treatment is often not initiated until the disease process has already taken a strong hold.

Peak bone mass is reached between the ages of 25 30 years, and over a lifetime a woman will lose about 50% of bone density at the spine and 30% at the hip. Once women reach menopause, bone loss occurs rapidly at 3% every year over the first 5 years post menopause and then continues at approximately 1% per year during the following years. This loss can be worsened by either a decreased accumulation of bone during puberty, or an increased rate of loss later in life. Certain medications such as steroids contribute to a loss of bone density by decreasing calcium absorption and increasing calcium loss from the body. For example, with only 7.5 mg prednisone a day, bone loss leading to fractures has been

Step Five: TREATMENT

Eat to beat cellulite EGGS: They're packed with protein, for building collagen and elastin, plus lecithin which helps keep your skin smooth.

UNDERSTANDING POSTMENOPAUSAL BONE LOSS

much caffeine is thought to trap toxins in fat cells.

Decaf green tea gives an antioxidant kick and its catechins boost fat-burning. Win-win!

observed in as little as 3 months. Other risk factors for fracture include; poor balance, medications that cause drowsiness, family history of fracture, and a previous fracture.

Although calcium may be the most publicised nutrient affecting bone health, many other nutritional factors also play a role in maintaining bone structure and health.

These factors also appear to be essential for the proper utilisation of Calcium, and include; Flavonoids, Vitamin K, copper, zinc, manganese, silicon, vitamin D, and boron.

Flavonoids are found in plants, and have been shown to have activities very similar to oestrogen. Numerous studies have shown that flavonoids slow down the decline of bone density after menopause. Vitamin K has been known for many years to be involved in maintaining a healthy bone structure. Studies have shown that postmenopausal women with hip fractures also have low vitamin K blood levels. A Japanese study also showed that postmenopausal women receiving vitamin K supplement had a significant reduction in bone loss.

Manganese, Copper, Zinc and Vitamin C all play a role in the formation of collagen- a kind of protein found in bone. Boron like silicon is a trace mineral that has been implicated in the formation and maintenance of healthy bone. They seem to affect other factors that are associated with bone such as thyroid hormone. Boron also reduces the loss of calcium and magnesium in the urine, and increases the levels of oestrogen in the blood.

Scientific research has clearly demonstrated that nutritional supplementation has a beneficial effect on bone health.

To find out more about nutrients and supplements discussed as well as for questions, please email contact@medb.es.

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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 four 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!

INFORMATION: A number of people have written to me ADVICE: Bob wanted to know whether there was any way asking about the email and Internet provider to increase the strength of the wireless signal he receives GoNuts4Free for the past few days they have not been from his local bar. able to receive email, any email sent to them bounces A friendly local bar owner has recently given me permission to use his wifi hot spot and attempts to contact the company fail, their phone from my home and it works well. The only problem is that I am nearly on the limit numbers do not work, their website doesn’t display any of the range and can never get more than 2 bars to light up. Is there anything I can do at my end to increase the signal? information to suggest that there is a problem.

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Hi Bob, yes there is something you can do, you could buy a wireless extender and place it as close as possible to the bar whist still being in your home. Most wireless extenders have good aerials and are generally better at picking up wireless signals than your PC or laptop, they receive the signal from one wireless network, amplify it and then rebroadcast the signal, UPDATE: I contacted GoNuts4Free using an email address I had success with previ- they are generally not that difficult to set up but I’m sure ously when a customer had problems with the company and their reply is printed you will know a local computer guy that can do it for you. below…

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Hello Sir Customers can email us at support@gonuts4free.com for any issues.

We are currently migrating our servers and are experiencing some downtime with some pages. We hope all is resolved by Monday / Tuesday.

Best regards Support Desk support@gonuts4free.com …I can only assume (based on their reply) that GoNuts4Free customers are now enjoying their service, if this is not the case then please let me know again and I shall try to pressure them further for more information. Remember that this service is no longer free so anyone affected will be a subscriber and will be paying money to this company!

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

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.

ADVICE: Margaret was having problems with her AVG installation constantly telling her that her virus database was out of date.

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I have AVG 2012 free version installed. For the last couple of weeks I keep getting the message that the database is out of date. My computer is updated every day but the message reads that to complete the update the computer needs to be restarted. I have restarted so many times but the message still keeps appearing. I don't know what else I can do. Please help.

Thank you, Margaret Hi Margaret, this is an interesting one however I have seen it once or twice before, predominantly on computers where the time and date are incorrectly set, this means that AVG is not properly able to check whether its database is fully up to date, so I would, in the first instance check that the time and date on your computer is correct. You can do this by either double clicking (if you are using Windows XP) or by single clicking (if you have Vista or Windows 7) on the clock in the bottom right hand portion of your computer screen, if it's wrong then correct it and restart your computer.

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If you find that your clock is constantly wrong then that means that the battery that is inside your computer (every computer has one) needs to be replaced and that is something that we or any other qualified computer engineer can do for you.

TIP: Les has sent in a great tip for those of you that use Facebook, it’s a small browser plugin that ‘cleans’ Facebook, taking out the timeline adverts and in his words all the ‘crap’ you don’t want, it gives a lot more control over Facebook and he says he has been using it for over a week now on a MacBook with safari without problems, the link is www.fbpurity.com – worth checking out.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

TIME OUT FOR THE RASCALS

Racy night at Paddy’s

LAST Saturday the Rascals celebrated the end of a successful run of their hit show A Night at the Musicals with a meal at Casa Vasa restaurant, Altos del Limonar.

Thanks to great support from audiences, €5,220 was donated from ticket sales to local charities.

The Rascals, pictured at their end-of-season party, are hanging up their dancing shoes for a short break before rehearsals begin in September for their winter variety show. Social activities continue during the summer season.

For information on joining the Rascals visit www.therascals.info or phone chairman Jill Rule on 966 727 282.

PADDY’S Playa Bar and Restaurant in Los Urrutias is hosting a Night at the Races in aid of Help Murcia Mar Menor on June 27.

Racers will be under starter’s orders from 6pm.

Racing will be followed by live music from New Sensation and refreshments will be available.

There’s no need to book a ticket, just turn up for a fun night out and chance to raise money for a worthwhile cause.

A LOT OF BOTTLE

It’s all in the game as community unites for Dayron

DAYRON Caracena Blanc is a brave little boy who, despite severe disabilities, is passionate about motorcycling, skating, fishing and football.

The plucky six-year-old suffered damage at birth due to alleged medical negligence and the parts of his brain controlling motor skills and language are seriously affected.

To help his development, Dayron - a huge fan of Barcelona FC - needs intensive therapy, which is overseen by the Creix Clinic in Palma de Mallorca.

His neighbours in the town of Formentera del Segura have taken little Dayron to heart and have been raising money for him and his family by collecting bottle tops.

Collection points are now appearing in many neighbouring towns.

Inspired by Dayron’s fighting spirit, La Herradura restaurant in Los Montesinos is organising five days of great entertainment and has pledged to donate 10 per cent of food and drink sales to Dayron.

The Herradura Dayron fundraiser starts on Wednesday with singer Tony Kelly.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, things get a little HELP Murcia Mar Menor is more traditional with the holding a Barbecue and restaurant staging flamenco Karaoke on June 22 at The and Spanish guitar shows Club de Regatas (The Port) shows featuring Javier in Los Urrutias.

Nuñez, Maricarmen Lorente, Fun starts at 7.30pm and Maricarmen Viudes and tickets cost €12 and are Virginia Gea. available from Joan On Sunday July 1 there Mitchell 868 185 685 or 678 will be more flamenco, plus 135 467, Janice Clark 968 an evening market and a 134 355 or the HELP MMM jazz concert at the historic office on 968 570 059. restaurant.

KARAOKE FUNTIME

Matching up: Dayron is a huge fan of Barcelona FC

A Buddy for pets and kids BUDDY Holly, Adele and Freddie Mercury, better known as Dave E Moss, Cherry K and Charles Prince of the Caballeros, will be performing at The New Asturias Pizzeria in Punta Prima on July 16.

Guest starring Alex Scott, the show will raise money for two fantastic local charities Emaus Children’s Care Homes and Pets in Spain.

Tickets cost just five euros and can be bought from the venue or by calling 630 691 197.

Food and drink will, of course, be available.

Doors open at 7pm and the show starts at 8.30pm.

So arrive early, bag a seat and relax ready for some great entertainment.

Hoof it down to new horse rescue shop!

THE Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre has opened its fourth charity shop.

Situated in Centro Commercial Zeniamar, Calle Maestro Torralba on Orihuela Costa, it is the biggest of the centre’s shops and will help the charity raise funds to rescue and care for horses in need.

Manager Vicky worked hard getting the shop ready for the opening last Monday, and she was delighted with the results.

Easy Horse Care founder Sue Weeding explained that the shops not only raise money for the charity they also provide a direct link between the public and centre.

“Just last week a guy on holiday in Almeria who had come across a stable with horses left to starve called a volunteer at one of the shops,” said Sue. The official opening is taking place on June 25 from midday. Visitors can grab a bargain, donate unwanted items and enjoy the entertainment with Sunshine FM DJ Simon Morton.

If you have a few hours to spare and could volunteer in Councillors Rosario Martinez and Mamen Mateo with AFA president Matilde Sanchez the shop call Vicky on 636 and Graham Knight at Sunshine Radio’s 10th anniversary celebrations 062 000.

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Easy horse shop manager Vicky (centre) with volunteers Val and Mavis

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Swim kids make a right big splash

Learning Spanish with Age Concern WANT to learn Spanish?

Well, lessons to all levels are available at the Age Concern CBS walk-in centre in La Siesta every Tuesday between 10am and 1pm.

Lessons are free to all beneficiaries and friends of Age Concern. Just call 966 786 887 for more details.

The Age Concern CBS Residential Home Visiting Team, led by Megan Wright, is looking for more volunteers to join its monthly rota.

If you would like to help with visiting homes and taking out Englishspeaking residents in their wheelchairs, please contact the Centre on 966 786 887.

The two charity shops in Torrevieja and Los Montesinos, whose sales help finance Age Concern CBS activities, are always pleased to receive decent clothing, bric-a-brac, saleable goods and small items of furniture.

Collections can be arranged. Call 966 786 887.

TORREVIEJA Swimming Club achieved outstanding results in the Valencian 30th Jocs Regional Swimming Finals in Sedavi, Valencia last weekend.

Two of the club’s swimmers, Zoe Connolly and Piroska Rideg, did especially well, winning medals and high placings

in the 11 and 12 years categories.

Coach Juanma Martinez was there to support the swimmers throughout the weekend.

The club is always open to new members and meets Monday to Friday, 5.30pm to 9pm, training in the 50m pool at

the Palacio de Deportes Infanta Cristina, Torrevieja.

For more information contact Eddie Cagigao on 637 869 602, Rosa, 665 454 126 or president Felipe on 609 418 776 or by email on ecagigao@hotmail.com or at info@clubnataciontorrevie ja.com

REAL TROOPER Zoe Connolly and Piroska Rideg - medals

Jax inspired by hubby

AFGHAN Heroes regional co-ordinator Jax Lawson has a special reason to put on a good fundraising show for the charity.

Her husband is working in Afghanistan and she constantly fears for his safety.

“It is a nerve-wracking job being safe at home when you don’t know whether you will be a widow when you wake up,” says Jax, who many people will know for her starring roles in Adhoc Theatre Group productions.

AFA President Matilde Sanchez with the “It must be even worse for the famihamper winner and volunteer William lies of troops that are on the front line.

They are all so young and have small children to worry vide the thousands who have about, too. This is why I feel so passionately about doing all been injured and maimed I can to ease their suffering.” with essential rehabilitation.

Jax has been involved with the charity, which assists “It is a sad fact that our wounded returning troops and their families, since its forma- troops do not get the suption in 2009. port they need without She began raising money for Afghan Heroes when it was your help,” says Jax. just two weeks old - and has even won an award for her “Please show that you fundraising efforts. Her latest venture to get the cash in for appreciate our brave men this very worthwhile cause is and women who put their a Classic Rock and Pop lives on the line every day.”

Tickets are on sale at Los night.

Highway 4 Heroes at Los Rosales, Guardamar (phone Rosales Restaurant on July Phil on 606 192 691) and 7 will feature Indiana also at The Postroom, Highway playing all the Benijofar; Cards and More, greats from the likes of La Marina; Postbox, Doña Blondie, Queen, Status Quo Pepa; Card and Gift Shop, Quesada; The Card Place, and the Kinks.

Tickets cost €10 including Benijofar.

If you would like to help supper. There will be a raffle, plus t-shirts, car stickers and Afghan Heroes by holding a fundraising event, donating a other merchandise.

Over 400 men and women raffle prize or just want to have died for their country in reserve tickets call Jax on Afghanistan, and funds 697 501 992 or email bravo raised will go to helping pro- jax@hot mail.com

Fancy a bit of real pampering, girls?

LADIES, here’s your chance to eat drink and be pampered! Casa la Pedrera is opening its grounds again on Thursday June 28 (11am to 4pm). to ladies seeking a leisurely day out. Wander in the grounds, have a leisurely massage or beauty treatment, watch a few short demonstrations..and perhaps even Zumba!

Enjoy a two-course buffet lunch including a glass of wine and, by special request, Mother in Law's secret recipe sherry trifle!

Tickets are €12 - and a list of special prices for massage and other treatments is available on request.

Please email rod.day01@gmail.com to book.

A percentage of the ticket price will go to the charity EMAUS for the children's orphanage in Elche.

Ten years of sun

ALFIE’S Dock Bar in La Mata hosted a 10th birthday party for Sunshine Radio last Friday.

Councillors, locals and holidaymakers were all on hand to join in the fun and help raise money for AFA Alzheimer’s Association Torrevieja.

Matilde Sanchez, President of AFA Torrevieja, said:“This was a lovely opportunity for us to join in the fun, wish Sunshine a very happy birthday, and thank its parent company Viva TV, who help us greatly.

“We had the opportunity to tell people a bit about what work we do for Alzheimer’s patients, carers and families, and raise funds at the same time.

“We thank the representatives from Torrevieja Ayuntamiento, Alfie’s Dock Bar and Sunshine Radio/Viva TV for their support. Also we would like to thank all those who support us financially.”

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Friday, June 22, 2012

UK HEADLINES

ARGIE BARGIE HITS CAMERON

DAVID Cameron had a face-to-face Falklands row with Argentina’s leader on Tuesday — in a corridor at the G20 summit.

The Sun

wishes.

The angry spat at the sumIn ugly scenes, President Cristina Kirchner mit at a Pacific coast resort tried to thrust a large brown envelope full of was filmed by one of Mrs Kirchner’s aides. documents into the PM’s hand.

It began after Mr Cameron Mr Cameron refused to take the envelope, which was labelled “UN - Malvinas”, and “sought out” the president for blasted Mrs Kirchner for ignoring islanders’ her sabre-rattling.

During the The Sun row Mr Cameron said Argentina should “respect the views” of the islanders.

He added: “We should words three times before letter at her.

Last night Argentina’s forbelieve in self-determination walking away from the irate eign minister Héctor in the G20.”

Mrs Kirchner.

Timerman accused Britain of Firebrand Mrs Kirchner, TRAGIC Tony Nicklinson this week begged judges to It is believed Mrs Kirchner being a colonial power. speaking Spanish so fast her end his “hell” by granting him the right to die. was trying to avenge a humilThe 58-year-old — paralysed from the neck down by interpreter could not keep up, Later the PM said he had a stroke in 2005 — has “locked-in syndrome” and can hit back at Cameron with a iating confrontation with taken the opportunity to communicate only via a computer that reads his eye tirade about the UN and islanders at the UN in New remind Mrs Kirchner about movements. He is Malvinas.

York, when they ambushed democracy “with some seeking a landMr Cameron repeated his her in a corridor to thrust a vigour”. mark ruling to allow a doctor to end his life and be safe from facing a murder charge.

Ex-engineer (pictured) Tony stayed at home in Melksham, Wilts, as wife Jane, 56, and their two daughters went to the High Court.

In a statement read to the court he said: “My life can be summed up as demeaning, undignified and intolerable.

“I cannot scratch if I itch. I can only eat if I am fed like a baby — only I won’t grow out of it.”

Outside court Jane told reporters: “He is in a living hell.”

The Ministry of Justice claims only MPs can change QUACKERS: A farmer causes a major traffic jam as he ushers 5,000 ducks along the law.

Locked-in man begs end to hell

a busy main road towards a feeding pond in Zhejiang, China. (Daily Mirror)

The Sun

Builder’s brew is a real hug in a mug

TEA is the hot drink of choice for more than half of Brits despite a rise in coffee culture fuelled by TV shows like Friends.

New research by Travelodge shows tea’s popularity in the UK cuts across generations and it is not just a favourite with older people.

A third of 18-24 year old Britons said tea helps them to unwind, and nearly half said they find drinking tea comforting.

Some 53 per cent of Brits rely on a cuppa, at around 8am on average, to kick start their working day, while only just over a third choose coffee.

A ‘builders brew’ made in a mug not pot is the nation’s preferred way to drink tea, but half of British tea drinkers take their tea without sugar. More than 78 million mugs are drunk everyday across the UK. Dunking is still popular, with digestives - plain and chocolate - the nation’s choice.

Forty three per cent of adults stated they find a good brew comforting, like a good hug in a mug.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

UK HEADLINES

MURDER MUM ‘NOT THE SAME PERSON’

Daily Mail

Daily Mail

THE grandmother of the two children killed in Spain by their own mother said she was happy until she fell under the spell of her “controlling” partner, a court has heard.

Doreen Smith’s grandchildren Rebecca, five, and baby Daniel, 11 months, were suffocated by their mother Lianne Angela Smith in a hotel on the Costa Brava.

On Tuesday Smith, 45, turned to her mother to defend her at her murder trial at Girona Provincial Court in North East Spain.

But although Mrs Smith was called as a witness for the defence, she failed to turn up at court, and no explanation was given for her absence.

Instead, Smith’s lawyer was forced to read out a statement Doreen Smith had given to British police last year, in which she described how her daughter became “a completely different person” when she met her partner Martin Smith, a paedophile TV hypnotist.

Mrs Smith, from North Tyneside, said: “All I can say is that my daughter isn’t the person I once knew.

“We were a normal family, happy. Angela went to school and to university. All her relations with her family changed completely from the moment she started her relationship with Martin Smith.

“Martin Smith was very controlling. From the time she met Martin, she was a completely different person.”

Mrs Smith said she lost contact with her daughter and did not know about her grandson Daniel - until he was dead.

The court also heard that Smith was “completely normal” and “peaceful” as she showed astonished police her dead children in the Spanish hotel room.

Hours after killing Rebecca and Daniel, she asked the hotel reception to call police, and then quietly gave officers a guided tour of the murder scene. Officers who attended all agreed that Smith, who is seeking an acquittal claiming she was in a state of “psychiatric disturbance”, seemed calm when she confessed to the killings the day after carrying them out.

Avoiding tax is like cheating benefits

Lianne Smith demonstrates to police in a video interview how she used a plastic shopping bag to suffocate her children

MULTI-MILLIONAIRES who use tax avoidance schemes to pay low income tax are the “moral equivalent of benefit cheats”, according to Cabinet Minister Danny Alexander.

Mr Alexander (pictured below) made a withering attack on those who don’t pay their “fair share” after it emerged that comedian Jimmy Carr is one of thousands using a legal off-shore scheme to pay as little as 1 per cent income tax.

Trendy comic Carr is believed to be the largest beneficiary of a Jerseybased accountancy arrangement said to shelter £168million a year from the taxman.

He puts away £3.3million a year via the K2 tax

Tragic Tom’s family tell of ‘devastating blow’ Daily Mirror

THE family of tragic cricketer Tom Maynard, who died on Monday after being hit by a train, has described his death as a “devastating blow”.

The Maynard family issued a statement thanking everyone for their support after the Surrey batsman (pictured left) was found dead on the tracks of the London Underground District Line.

The 23-year-old’s body was discovered at Wimbledon Park station in south west London shortly after 5am on Monday morning.

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scheme, which is used by more than 1,000 tax avoiders, it was claimed.

K2 works by transferring salaries into a Jerseybased trust, which lends investors back the money.

Because the loan can technically be recalled, it is not subject to income tax. Carr’s lawyers confirmed his K2 membership but said there was nothing unlawful about managing his affairs in a “tax efficient manner”, and that they had been disclosed to the relevant authorities.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

SPANISH PRESS

MINERS AND COPS IN VIOLENT CLASH

Spain’s PM mocked: You say tomato, I say bailout

El País

El País

STRIKING coal miners have clashed with police in northern Spain in some of the worst disturbances since the government imposed austerity measures.

The interior ministry said at least seven people were injured in the clashes outside a pit in Asturias. Miners fired sky rockets and ball-bearings at riot police who responded with rubber bullets and tear gas.

The miners are protesting at plans to cut government subsidies from €300m (£242m; $376m) to €110m.

Thousands of miners have been on strike across northern Spain for weeks. The interior ministry said police had been trying to remove roadblocks of burning tyres at El Entrego, near Oviedo, when they were met with a barrage of missiles fired by the miners.

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets and after several hours of clashes the miners took to the surrounding mountains and forests for cover, reports said. A journalist suffered a chest injury caused by a rubber bullet and a policeman needed medical treatment after a ball-bearing smashed through his visor.

Three other police officers were burned by fireworks fired at them through pipes and two journalists suffered minor cuts and bruises, an interior ministry statement said.

Miner Gerardo Cienfuegos said about 4,000 mining jobs in the region were in danger of disappearing as a result of government austerity measures.

"We were protesting to defend our jobs and police charged at us, so my colleagues defended themselves," he said. Last week, a rail passenger was injured in Gijon, Asturias, when his train hit logs that police said had been placed across rails by strikers.

The Asturias regional government has condemned the violence but asked Madrid to rethink its plans. Mining has been a major industry in the provinces of Asturias and Leon for centuries.

Miner incident: Police face up to the strikers

“TO avoid some things from leaking, I don't even let them cross my mind,” Mariano Rajoy tells his closest aides at times. This phrase captures the essence of a man who lives by the political principle of “wait and see” - a man who likes to let things sort themselves out.

Rajoy’s great problem is that he is no longer leader of the opposition - that is to say, someone who can make any speech, or none at all, with hardly any consequences. Rajoy is now Spain’s prime minister, and his audience is global. He is no longer just talking to his constituency - now, Barack Obama is listening.

Ever since Rodrigo Rato’s “resignation” as chief of Bankia, the recently nationalised bank, the government has been accumulating political errors and communication mistakes, all of which have undermined Rajoy’s image as a capable, efficient leader.

The latest - refusing to call the bank bailout a bailout - has caused endless hilarity in the foreign media.

The same happened to Zapatero with the word ‘crisis’.

“You say tomato, I say bailout,” was the title of a Time magazine article on the issue.

Anything was better than the during pregnancy,” said Plotkin, word bailout: credit line, soft whose research work in the late credit, European help, even 1970s led to the rubella vaccine. “yesterday’s event”.

But the worst part was not Rubella caused severe malformations in foetuses when contracted the journalists’ irony. It was the mistrust of European leaders, by pregnant women.

Plotkin told EFE his “other goals who could not figure out for the future” include fighting whether this non-rescue was hospital infections and non-infec- a marketing ploy or an inability tious diseases such as cancers to grasp reality.

“We created perplexity,” caused by viruses and Alzheimer’s.

He said all these investigations says Antonio Gutiérrez-Rubí, are being affected by the economic an expert in political communicrisis, but believes “a dollar spent cation. “After helping us, and on vaccines is far more productive also helping themselves, our than a dollar spent on treatment”. European partners expected “If I were Minister of Health, I a more humble, sensible reacwould look at the economic data, it tion. Rajoy taking the credit would seem clear that a vaccine projects the image of a man will save me money in the future,” with a bunkered vision of things.” he argued.

On the cards - a cancer and Alzheimers vaccine AMERICAN scientist Stanley Plotkin, who

discovered the vaccine against rubella, is convinced that vaccinations can also be developed for non-infectious diseases such as certain types of cancer and Alzheimer’s.

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He is also working on the vaccine against cytomegalovirus, an infection of the herpes family that causes congenital abnormalities when it occurs in pregnant women.

“I’m very involved in the effort to develop a vaccine that can be administered to women before pregnancy to prevent this infection

Friday, June 22, 2012

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Friday, June 22,16, 2012 Friday, December 2011

Audi wins Le Mans in hybrid AUDI has triumphed at Le Mans for the 11th time and taken first, second, third and fifth places – with the first two positions being snared by a futuristic hybrid racer in an historic race victory.

The Audi R18 e-tron quattro won on its debut at the famous French race, despite tough competition from Toyota which also fielded a hybrid racer.

Toyota is famous for its

hybrid road cars but the technology wasn’t to earn it Le Mans success, with both Toyota TS030 failing to finish despite proving more than a match for the Audis on raw pace.

The most dramatic Toyota retirement was that of Brit star Anthony Davidson, who was hit while lapping a Ferrari backmarker, which sent his car into a dramatic flip.

Davidson was able to exit

the car but a later checkup in hospital revealed a broken back.

The competition for the top spot was thus between the Audi racers: there were four Audi R18 cars in contention, two hybrid e-tron motors and two of the allconquering diesel machines.

In the end, the e-tron hybrid cars drew clear, with another Brit, two-times Le Mans winner Allan McNish

chasing down the lead car when in second place.

Unfortunately, a minor off saw him lose four minutes in the pits with repairs, meaning he was destined for second place.

The fourth-place diesel R18 was also in the wars with a hefty-looking impact.

Brilliant work by the Audi pit crew fixed the car though, ensuring it lost just one place.

The win for Audi is also a win for Williams, the British Formula 1 team. It supplied the hybrid technology behind the green-focused technology, which allowed the lead two Audis to recoup braking energy and use this to give a ‘free’ power boost.

Well, not quite free: the rules forced them to run smaller fuel tanks, but even this proved no hindrance.

More British success came in the LMP2 category, with Tom Kimber-Smith winning the class and also scoring seventh place overall.

Former F1 driver and Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle raced alongside his

son and Nissan PlayStation gamer-turned-racer Lucas Ordonez, and came in 15th overall.

“This was a race of the kind you can arguably experience only at Le Mans,” said Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich.

“You should never rejoice too early at Le Mans, which was obvious again especially on Sunday noon. The whole world was already talking about a one-twothree-four victory and all of a sudden two of our cars had accidents almost simultane-

ously.

“That the squad repeatedly managed to repair the cars so quickly after the slips clearly speaks for Audi Sport Team Joest that can simply be banked on at Le Mans.

“The fact that, as in 2001 with the TFSI engine and in 2006 with the TDI, we managed to be successful right on the first run simply proves the level of technological expertise that is available at Audi.

“This is a great day for Audi Sport, for Audi and for the e-tron quattro.”

Friday, June 22, 2012

Nissan Juke Box

The world’s loudest car stereo Nissan has marked a new long-term partnership with Ministry of Sound with a radical new Juke boasting a 150db sound system – ingeniously called the Juke Box! The one-off Nissan Juke Box is louder than a jumbo jet taking off and will debut at Le Mans this weekend prior to embarking on a ‘Summer Sessions’ tour across Europe.

The 18,900-watt system is completely self-powered and allows Nissan to create

pop-up parties: The Juke Box morphs into a full PA system with DJ booth and, remarkably, its own ambient lighting system.

Nissan has also included a radio studio, so anything played on the Juke Box system will be captured and broadcast on Ministry of Sound’s digital radio app.

The tie-up with Ministry of Sound reaches further than just installing a custom-built 19 kilowatt rig into a Nissan Juke, though.

There’s a bespoke Ministry of Sound widget

Saab sold

SAAB, which has been in bankruptcy since December 2011, has been sold to a ChineseJapanese investment group and will begin producing all-electric cars from early 2014.

The first all-electric car will be based on the old Saab 93 – and probably be derived from the Saab ‘True Electric’ concept car first shown in 2009.

This car was developed

by Swedish firm Electroengine, whose specialty is turning existing combustion engine cars into allelectric models. This means Saab effectively has a ready-made electric car set to run – and this also solves the issue of intellectual property licence issues with former owner GM. The collapse of negotiations with GM over licensing was why an earlier deal to sell Saab to a Chinese firm

fell through.

Bloomberg reports that National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB is the purchaser, a group led by a Japanese investment firm and a Hong Kong renewable energy plant builder.

The new electric cars will be sold mainly in China, where strong incentives exist to encourage electric car sales.

“We’re striving to be a world-leading company for electric cars,” Mattias Bergman, a spokesman for National Electric Vehicle Sweden, said at a press conference in Trollhattan, reports Bloomberg.

“It’s not only about China being a big market for electric cars, it’s also about China having the ability to make the investments required and build the needed infrastructure.”

The final sale price of Saab has not been disclosed: reports earlier in 2012 suggest six parties were interested in purchasing the assets of the firm, including several Chinesebased companies.

on Nissan’s Facebook page, while Nissan Juke Box Sessions will be broadcast fort-

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nightly on Ministry of Sound’s digital radio channel – using sets taken from the Juke Box tour itself.

Gareth Dunsmore, marketing communications Nissan in Europe said: “We have made a great product that we believe creates excitement through our innovative approach to the small car market; Ministry of Sound is the industry leader in creating the moments people live for through their bespoke sound systems.

“Together with Nissan Design Europe, RML and Ministry of Sound we wanted to challenge the establishment and make something truly unique.”

They’ve certainly done that. The tie-up is also little short of genius to clubbers who know their history too: Ministry of Sound is famous for its club sound system, which opened its doors in 1991 – a five-sided, acoustically-perfect room called… The Box. The Nissan Juke Box will make its public debut during the drivers’ parade at the start of the Le Mans 24 hour race: Nissan is also releasing a two-part webcast to show how the world’s most powerful car stereo was created.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

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, 24 represents L and 3 represents X, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

QUICKIE

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 Location that sounds worth looking at (4) 3 In line for a haircut or grub we hear (8) 9 Dangerous boat incorporating Her Majesty’s unpaid debt (7) 10 Performers with direction for social group (5) 11 An alien gets to her and knocks her out (5) 12 The chap I account to is a madman (6) 14 Phased out and formed (6) 16 An effortless task in a gentle wind (6) 19 Journey the French make three times (6) 21 Born before Abel?

What a cacophony! (5) 24 Pigment buried in Cumberland (5) 25 Claims Al’s glee is misplaced (7) 26 Torn, battered Bible swapped for summer shirt (8) 27 Invites not to start tasks (4)

Down 1 Puss seen different Hitchcock speciality (8) 2 Flashlight reveals newt or chameleon (5) 4 Take for granted cook amuses (6) 5 Food firm caught in embargo (5) 6 In case some bounder is met in the fall (7) 7 Quits flat (4) 8 Frost per se makes my voice husky (6) 13 Broadcast this sect’s ill musicians (8) 15 Arab cot is redesigned for a gymnast (7) 17 Resists lurches holding one end of bar (6) 18 Group of ten become rotten we hear (6) 20 Money to be won and where to keep it (5) 22 Phoney takes us beyond the marsh (5) 23 Worker accepts posh relative (4)

STANDARD CLUES

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Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

2 letter words Me So

3 letter words Ass Era Fat Fog Opt Psi Son Thy

4 letter words Ague Aids Ales Ammo Apse Atom Axle Beer Brag

Brim Cope Emit Here Ides Leap Lees Lens Liar Memo Pipe Pogo Role Sane Shoe Sirs Slab Slug Swab Teen Togs Wash Wood

5 letter words Airer Axiom Cards Chips Heron Links Loose Orate Oyers Pager Prior Rheum Rider Ridge Sands Scram Sedan Shoes Sonar Speed Staff Texas

Those Times Tried Waxen Whose Wrote

6 letter words Cinder Scones Shiner Sprees Stains Stress Strobe Walrus

8 letter words Freshman Workshop

9 letter words Mainsails Threefold

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

Across

Across 1 Pick out (6) 4 Light teasing repartee (6) 9 Hospital social worker (7) 10 Circular, flat hat (5) 11 Ball (5) 12 Accuse of a wrong (7) 13 Honest (11) 18 Small piece of fried bread (7) 20 Humiliation (5) 22 Additional (5) 23 Inscribe (7) 24 Water ice (6) 25 Evaluate (6)

Down 1 Beer and lemonade drink (6) 2 Yellow fruit (5) 3 Admit (7) 5 Fossil resin (5) 6 Make dirty (7) 7 Eye part (6) 8 Wage earner (11) 14 Adult male chicken (7) 15 Stands down (7) 16 Move towards (6) 17 Postpones (6) 19 Taunt (5) 21 Maxim (5)

Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Unzips, 4 Harass, 9 Tableau, 10 Aroma, 11 Usage, 12 Tadpole, 13 Poltergeist, 18 Moisten, 20 Conga, 22 Alien, 23 Promise, 24 Tender, 25 Remedy.

Down: 1 Untrue, 2 Zebra, 3 Present, 5 Award, 6 Amorous, 7 Scales, 8 Guttersnipe, 14 Opinion, 15 Enclose, 16 Impact, 17 Lately, 19 Tense, 21 Noise.

Scribble Pad

1 Uncertainty (8) 1 Location (4) 2 Handheld light (5) 3 Alfresco meal (8) 4 Take for granted (6) 9 Important (7) 5 Cured pig meat (5) 10 Social class (5) 6 Steep waterfall (7) 11 Anaesthetic (5) 7 Level (4) 12 Insane person (6) 8 Husky (6) 14 Formed (6) 13 Musicians (8) 16 Gentle wind (6) 15 Tumbler (7) 19 Increase threefold (6) 17 Dissenters (6) 21 Biblical tower (5) 18 Ten years (6) 24 Deep brown (5) 20 Money bag (5) 25 Claims (7) 26 Well worn (8) 22 Fake (5) 27 Inquires (4) 23 Father’s sister (4) Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Myths, 4 Carbon, 9 Rampage, 10 Stand, 11 Shoe, 12 Sundial, 13 Net, 14 Vile, 16 Edgy, 18 Bid, 20 Enlarge, 21 Call, 24 Units, 25 Cheroot, 26 Enlist, 27 Ditch.

Down: 1 Morass, 2 Tempo, 3 Seat, 5 Assented, 6 Beating, 7 Nodule, 8 Least, 13 Neurosis, 15 Ill will, 17 Demure, 18 Bench, 19 Clutch, 22 Afoot, 23 Deed.

Across

Down

1 Island (4) 4 To quote (writer, line, passage, source) (5) 9 Cacahuetes (7) 10 Gum (round teeth) (5) 11 Swan (5) 12 Elected (7) 13 Sombra (6) 15 Camarero (en restaurante) (6) 19 Brooms (7) 21 Tío (5) 23 Cobertizos (para animales, herramientas) (5) 24 Pendiente (joya) (7) 25 Stamp (postage) (5) 26 Royal (4)

2 Focas (5) 3 Tile (floor) (7) 4 Lawn (6) 5 Ahí (en un lugar) (5) 6 Recibo (de haber pagado) (7) 7 Espacios (6) 8 Cat (domestic) (4) 14 Arqueros (7) 16 To bore (7) 17 Risk (6) 18 Mirror (6) 19 Oriente (este) (4) 20 Albahaca (5) 22 Climate (5)

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Friday, June 22, 2012 Across 1 Which hard reddish-brown timber from a tropical tree is used to make quality furniture? (8) 7 John Hanning were the first names of which English explorer who, along with Sir Richard Burton, was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika? (5) 8 Which American actress won the 1998 Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Carol Connelly in As Good as It Gets?

(5,4) 9 Which word means both ‘to fall behind’ and ‘to enclose in heat-insulating material’? (3) 10 Which organisation, which entered into force in 1949, sought to establish a military counterweight to the Soviet military presence in post-World War II eastern Europe? (4) 11 Which hardy cereal with coarse bristles extending from the ears, is chiefly for use in brewing and stock feed? (6) 13/22 Which conservative politician was prime minister of Britain from 1957 to 1963?

(6,9) 14 Which 1977 David Bowie album contains the songs Beauty and the Beast, Joe the Lion, Sons of the Silent Age and The Secret Life of Arabia?

(6) 17 What do Americans call what is known in Britain as an underground railway? (6) 18 What last name connects cricketer Imran and squash player Jahangir? (4) 20 By what nickname was the US president Dwight D Eisenhower, usually known? (3) 22 See 13

SUDOKU

Quiz Word

23 What is the first name of the businesswoman who opened the first Body Shop in Brighton in 1976? (5) 24 The narrow leaves of which evergreen aromatic shrub of the mint family are used as a culinary herb, in perfumery, and as an emblem of remembrance? (8)

Down 1 Which port is the capital of the island of Minorca? (5) 2 What name is given to a leather case for a pistol or revolver, worn on a belt? (7) 3/5 Which American dancer performed in and choreographed many film musicals, including An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain? (4,5) 4 Which sweet product is made from sugar or honey, nuts, and egg white? (6) 5 See 3 6 Which pop group consisted of brothers Robin, Maurice and Barry Gibb? (3,4) 7 What name is applied to a person who harasses or persecutes someone with unwanted and obsessive attention? (7) 12 Montgomery is the capital of which state of the USA? (7) 13 From the Latin for ‘it dwells’, what name is given to the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism? (7) 15 According to Shakespeare, what was the name of daughter of Polonius who was the rejected lover of Hamlet? (7) 16 What was the nickname of the American tennis player Richard Alonzo Gonzales? (6) 17 Which reddish-brown colour is particularly associated with early monochrome photographs? (5) 19 By what name was Ronald Reagan’s second wife normally known? (5) 21 How many players are there in a basketball team? (4)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH Word suffixes

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

(Answers below)

history QUIZ

ANSWERS 1. Jesuits 2. 1842 3. News stories 4. 1911 5.

Ferruchio Lamborghini 6. Ivory 7. Sir Richard Arkwright 8. 1908 9. Buttons 10. 1840 11. To check that the body was still there. 12. Steam Iron 13. Apothecaries

Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Wordsolution Across: 1 Latitude, 7 Brook, 8 Ulan Bator, 9 Hal, 10 Sole, 11 Avesta, 13 Miriam, 14 Lancet, 17 Tomato, 18 Eros, 20 Awe, 22 North Pole, 23 El Cid. Down: 1/5 Louis Botha, 2 Trawler, 3 Toby, 4 Dative, 6 Skillet, 7 Brosnan, 12/24 Raymond Chandler, 13 Mirages, 15 Carroll, 16 Starch, 17 Tench, 19 Spear, 21 Chin.

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cajon

libro

cama

mesa

camilla

mesilla

camisa

silla

camiseta

sillon

lampara

tornillo

lamparilla

torno

Empareja estas palabras – Match these Spanish and English words for word suffixes.

You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.lampara, 2.lamparilla,

15.caja, 16.cajon.

i.shirt, j.T-shirt, k.bed,

3.mesa, 4.mesilla,

l.stretcher, m.lamp,

5.silla, 6.sillon, 7.torno,

a.table, b.small table,

n.small lamp, o.drill,

8.tornillo, 9.libro, 10.libreta,

c.book, d.notebook,

p.screw.

11.camisa, 12.camiseta,

e.box, f.draw/large box,

13.cama, 14.camilla,

g.chair, h.arm-chair,

Soduko

Span - Eng

Quizword

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

1. Ignatius Loyola founded which organisation?

2. In What Year Did Great Britain Gain Control Of Hong Kong?

3. What first appeared on Page 1 of the Times on May 3rd, 1966?

4. In What Year Was The Chinese Republic Established?

5. Which Italian tractor maker tried making cars in the 1960's?

6. What were the first false teeth made of?

7. Who Invented The Spinning Frame In 1769?

8. In What Year Was The Old Age Pension Introduced In The UK? 9. In 19th century Florence it was illegal for women to wear what?

10. Great Britain Was The First Country To Issue Postage Stamps But In What Year?

11. Why did the US government open Lincoln's coffin in 1887 and again in 1901?

12. What new domestic device was launched by Hoover in 1963?

13. Which society cared for plague victims after physicians left in 1665?

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Friday, June 15, 2012

TRELI ON THE TELLY

ROOTING FOR DEXTER with ALEX TRELINSKI

WHO’D have thought a serial killer would be one of the most captivating characters on the box - and that you’d end up rooting for him all the way? I’m talking about Dexter, which finished its sixth series on the UK FX channel with yet another shock ending.

It’s a little bit of an annual speciality that keeps you salivating for the next season with the best one a couple of years ago when Dexter found his wife murdered in the bath. This time round, our hero was about to kill a nasty piece of work, when his sister saw him about to do the

deed, knowing nothing about her brother’s bloody background.

So now, unfortunately, we have to wait until next spring!

It’s a wonderful mix of high drama and black comedy and the fact that Dexter still packs a punch all these years on, is a great tribute to everybody involved with it.

TV sports pundits are full of their own bluster, and we’ve got a rash of them right now with Euro 2012. So it’s a blessed relief to enjoy one of the best in the business on Sky’s coverage of the US Open from San Francisco.

The American golfing guru/coach, Butch Harmon, is always on the money with his fair-minded comments, and he hit the jackpot before a club was swung in anger by predicting the course would suit former winners, Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell. Come Sunday, they were the joint leaders at the start of the final round before the American, Webb Simpson, clinched his maiden major title. It was a great watch, but

with one major problem. The host American broadcaster, NBC, seemed to pull out for commercial breaks at five minute intervals, which must have had TV golf fans tearing their hair out.

It was unacceptable and thank heavens that Sky have a far more sensible policy in their presentation of the European Tour.

It’s so good to see a TV favourite get a big shot in the arm with some inspired cast-

Horoscopes Aries March 21 - April 19 Your neighbour's taste for loud music may cause them to incur an unfortunate accident.

Wearing a hat will only bring true happiness.

Today is not your lucky day. It's tomorrow instead! So that's something to look forward to whilst your picking up your teeth with your broken arm. It's never too late to do that thing you always wanted to do. You know - the THING. The thing? You know.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 Cold winds encircle your future. In biscuits one can find sweet, sweet redemption. Especially when soaked in Rum. If it's tasty, then lap it up. If not, don't. This is the best course of action for this week.

Clean up the database! You will be provoked by a spotty teenager. Don't rise to him.

Gemini May 21 - June 20 The newspaper will become a source of great amusement this week as an article tickles your fancy in almost every way. The good and the great come together today and miss you entirely during all their endeavours. Which is a bit sad, really.

Position yourself well, for the revolution is almost here. Try to avoid being too close to walls.

Cancer June 21 - July 22 Tailors and Bodybuilders may have a surprise in store for you this week. Also keep on the lookout for butch hairdressers. You don't have the right to tell anyone what to do, no matter how much you've lived through or how much you earn. Beauty and misery are a package pair for you today. Hope for look in all your endeavours.

ing. The original CSI has returned to past glories with the wise-cracking DB Russell, played by Ted Danson, bringing back the style and fun of the much missed Grissom. And the latest story on Channel Five last Tuesday brought us the first appearance of Elizabeth Shue as blood expert Julie ‘Finn’ Finlay. She’s certainly more entertaining than the recently departed Marg Hergenbelger - and her pairing with Danson works as if they’ve been together for a long time.

No wonder that CSI recently

won an award at the Monte Carlo International Television festival for the world’s most popular programme!

Part of the success of the whole crop of Scandinavian dramas screened by the BBC is that they make you think and concentrate, rather than going for the lowest common denominator. That’s why I’ve loved the BBC 1 legal show, Silk, which had a cracking finale on Wednesday to its second series. But why do we only get half a dozen episodes in each run? If this was an American programme, we’d have had at least 12 instalments, if not more.

Russell Brand apparently got upset that Graham Norton asked him questions about his ex-Katy Perry on his BBC1 chat show. Good.

My only criticism was that it was cut out of the final transmission, and should have been left in to show what a fool Brand is. It was obvious that Norton was bound to say something, since Perry had been a guest the previous week. Is Brand really that naive? Apparently so!

By Pandora Leo July 23 - August 22 Only with your amazing skills were you able to find this horoscope, and for that you will be rewarded with only good news. Go with the flow and let people take advantage of you. Stock up on junk food and alcohol. You may hear good news today from an excitable old lady who may turn out to be drunk.

Virgo August 23 - September 22 Tax will start to upset you later this week as recriminations begin. Ensure your blood stays within your system today by not venturing further than your refridgerator. All the email addresses in the world won't make up for the fact that you are socially retarded. If you're missing an element to your life, why not choose tin?

Libra September 23 - October 22 Eating well will dominate your life over the coming fortnight as you try hard to keep your liver from imploding. Regret can hurt you over a long period. Lament today, but tomorrow must be a day for anger and retribution. A week of rest may be all you need for your broken leg to recover.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21 Cats are your "animal of the day", which is a new one on us. We always thought cats were the evil creatures who sit on other people's doorsteps and hiss at you when you walk past. I mean, don't get us wrong, we like cats but there are some that just "ain't right" Oh sorry, here I am rattling on about cats when you're in mortal danger! Sorry, run out of space now to tell you all the details

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21 Your lucky horse for today is: Sombrero's Lid. Business clothes are not suitable for the swimming baths. Please take your extraordinary ideas about personal freedom elsewhere. Being righteous will only make you enemies. The legend of the baked bean may trouble you today as last night's meal tries to catch up with last week's.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19 Avoid serious questions wherever possible today and TIE YOUR SHOES DAMMIT! You're single. So what are you doing reading this when you could be out there having fun? Go let your hair down.

Please take into consideration the needs of others. Don't be in the market for any of what anyone is selling.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18 You may be feeling sporty today but don't spend all that money on new sports gear and equipment. You are likely to lose interest in this new found "passion" within 20 days. I'll always be indebted to you for reading this horoscope, I hope you know that.Boxes that you have lying around may become useful for any storage. Test yourself, know your limits!

Pisces February 19 - March 20 Weird is not a word you'd normally associate with your behaviour. That's because you're completely normal and sane and don't give a dog's dooberie about having fun. Animals can be your friend this week as you learn what it's like to live in an alley. The truth is much harder to find than fiction. Don't be afraid to spread damn dirty lies.

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The Courier Friday TV 00:35 Euro 2012 01:15 Holiday Weatherview 01:20 Countryfile 02:20 Antiques Roadshow 03:20 Crime and Punishment 04:05 Fake Britain 04:50 Great British Railway Journeys 05:20 Newsday 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC News 06:30 World Business Report 06:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:58 BBC News; Weather 12:00 Real Rescues 12:45 Cash in the Attic 13:13 BBC News; Weather 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Royal Ascot 16:20 BBC News; Weather 16:25 Deadly Art 16:40 Prank Patrol Down Under 17:00 Copycats 17:30 Blue Peter 18:00 Newsround 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Regional News Programmes 20:00 Euro 2012 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show

00:20 01:20 01:50 02:00 02:30 02:45 03:00 03:30 03:45 04:00 04:30 04:45 05:00 07:00 07:10 07:25

Hitler's Children The Culture Show HARDtalk Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Schools: Young Legal Eagles The Pingu Show Pinky Dinky Doo Timmy Time

07:35 Chuggington 07:50 Rastamouse 08:00 Roar 08:30 Leon 08:45 Frankenstein's Cat 08:55 Newsround 09:00 Driving Academy 09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 09:45 Big & Small 09:55 Dipdap 10:00 Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10 Little Charley Bear 10:20 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30 Bob the Builder: Project Build It 10:40 The Koala Brothers 10:50 Zingzillas 11:05 Kerwhizz 11:30 Driver Dan's Story Train 11:40 Waybuloo 12:00 In the Night Garden 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Coast 14:05 Animal Park 14:50 Weakest Link 15:35 To Buy or Not to Buy 16:20 Royal Ascot 18:15 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Great British Railway Journeys 20:00 The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best 21:00 Coast 21:30 Gardeners' World 22:00 Simon Schama's Shakespeare 23:00 Episodes 23:30 Newsnight

00:35 Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India 01:30 Jackpot247 03:35 ITV Nightscreen 05:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show 06:30 ITV Morning News 07:00 Daybreak 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 Meridian News and Weather 15:00 May the Best House Win 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 Meridian Weather 17:00 A Touch of Frost 18:00 The Chase 19:00 Meridian Tonight 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Lewis 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 Meridian Tonight and Weather 23:35 Euro 2012

EMERGENCY BIKERS Smithy follows a drunk driver careering down a busy dual carriageway in North Yorkshire, while an unmarked police car tries and fails to box the car in. In Cornwall, paramedic Norman races to help a schoolgirl who was hit by a hockey ball and may have a spinal injury. Essex police officer Clem pulls over a motorist who refuses to admit he did anything wrong by answering his mobile phone while driving, and in Birmingham Mark treats a frightened and confused man who is experiencing convulsions.

00:05 The Secret Millionaire 01:05 Random Acts 01:10 America's Serial Killer: True Stories 02:25 All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry 03:20 Dispatches 03:45 Time Team 04:40 Ancient Egyptians 05:35 Deal or No Deal 06:30 Countdown 07:15 The Hoobs 07:40 The Hoobs 08:05 Freshly Squeezed 08:35 According to Jim 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Undercover Boss 11:00 Location, Location, Location 12:00 Secret Removers 13:00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary 13:05 Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 13:35 Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard 14:00 Kim 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:25 4thought.tv 20:30 Come Dine with Me 21:30 The Million Pound Drop Live 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:50 Stand Up for the Week

June 22

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 SuperCasino 04:55 Great Artists 05:20 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:45 Michaela's Wild Challenge 06:10 Wildlife SOS 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 Thomas & Friends 07:10 The WotWots 07:20 City of Friends 07:35 Jelly Jamm 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:50 Castle Farm 08:00 Little Princess 08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Make Way for Noddy 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Olivia 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Best House in the Street 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 Monkey Life 15:50 Chinese Food in Minutes 16:05 A Risk Worth Taking 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Emergency Bikers 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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The Courier Saturday TV

June 23

00:20 The National Lottery Friday Night Draws 00:30 White Van Man 01:00 EastEnders 03:25 Weatherview 03:30 Silk 04:30 Question Time 05:30 On the Road With 06:00 BBC News 06:30 Our World 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Raymond Blanc's Kitchen Secrets 13:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 13:10 Formula One 15:20 Royal Ascot 17:45 Bargain Hunt 18:30 Pointless Celebrities 19:15 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:35 Tonight's the Night 20:40 The National Lottery: In It to Win It 21:30 Inspector George Gently 23:00 BBC News; Weather 23:20 Mrs Brown's Boys 23:50 National Lottery Update

00:00 The Review Show 00:45 Weather 00:50 Macbeth, the Movie Star and Me 01:35 Taken 03:00 BBC News 03:30 The Record Review 04:00 BBC News 04:30 Click 04:45 Newswatch

05:00 07:00 07:10 07:25 07:35 07:45 08:00 08:30 08:40 09:05 09:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 11:30 12:00 12:25 12:40 13:00 14:00 15:35 17:45 19:30 20:00 21:00 21:30 22:00 23:00 23:30

Close The Pingu Show Pinky Dinky Doo Timmy Time Chuggington Rastamouse Barney's Barrier Reef Dennis and Gnasher The Scooby-Doo Show Alesha's Street Dance Stars The Slammer Blue Peter Incredible Edibles My Genius Idea Deadly 60 Bites Splatalot Copycats OOglies MOTD Kickabout Animal Park Rampage Waterloo Live Athletics Escape to the Country Flog It! The Good Life Dad's Army Sex and the Sitcom Men Behaving Badly TOTP2

00:35 Best in Show 02:10 ITV News Headlines 04:10 Columbo: Ashes to Ashes 05:45 ITV Nightscreen 06:30 ITV Morning News 07:00 Mini CITV 08:25 CITV 09:25 Saturday Cookbook 10:25 ITV News 10:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 12:15 The Real Housewives of New York City 13:10 Murder, She Wrote 14:10 ITV News and Weather 14:19 Meridian Weather 14:20 Agatha Christie's A Caribbean Mystery 16:10 You Only Live Twice 18:20 Meridian News and Weather 18:30 ITV News and Weather 18:40 Primeval 19:45 You Cannot Be Serious!

20:15 Euro 2012 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 Meridian Weather 23:15 The Big Quiz - Benidorm v Essex

AUSTRALIA Romantic period drama directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. In the weeks approaching the Second World War, an English aristocrat travels to Australia to confront her errant husband. There she forms an unlikely bond with a drover as she strives protect the huge ranch she has inherited.

00:40 Random Acts 00:45 Keeping Mum 02:30 Lucky Escape 02:35 My Name Is Earl 02:55 My Name Is Earl 03:15 A Ninja Is for Life, Not Just for Christmas 03:20 The Million Pound Drop Live 04:50 Channel 4 Presents 04:55 The Herd 05:00 Deal or No Deal 05:55 Countdown 06:40 Glamour Puds 07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:00 British GT 08:30 The Grid 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Justin Bieber: London Live 10:50 Love Shaft 11:20 Viewer Takeover 11:30 Revenge 12:30 Viewer Takeover 12:35 The Big Bang Theory 13:05 The Big Bang Theory 13:35 Viewer Takeover 13:45 The Simpsons 14:15 Road to London 2012: That Paralympic Show 14:50 Channel 4 Racing 16:50 Come Dine with Me 19:20 Channel 4 News 19:45 4thought.tv 19:50 Australia 23:00 The Million Pound Drop Live

00:00 10 Things I Hate About 01:00 SuperCasino 04:55 Motorsport Mundial 05:20 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:45 Michaela's Wild Challenge 06:10 Wildlife SOS 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Fifi and the Flowertots 07:15 City of Friends 07:30 Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs 07:40 Abby's Flying Fairy School 07:50 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:00 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:10 Family!

08:20 Noddy in Toyland 08:35 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:15 Angelina Ballerina 09:35 Rupert Bear 09:50 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05 The Mr Men Show 10:20 Roary the Racing Car 10:35 The Milkshake! Show 11:00 Meerkat Manor 11:30 The Big Celebrity Clean Up 12:00 Big Brother 13:00 Calamity Jane 14:55 The Stand at Apache River 16:30 Torpedo Run 18:20 Raid on Rommel 20:10 5 News Weekend 20:15 NCIS 21:05 NCIS 22:00 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 23:00 Big Brother

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The Courier Sunday TV

June 24

03:25 Close 00:30 The Girl Next Door 02:10 Weatherview 02:15 BBC News 02:30 The Bottom Line 03:00 BBC News 03:30 Dateline London 04:00 BBC News 04:30 Our World 05:00 BBC News 05:30 Click 06:00 BBC News 06:30 The Record Europe 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:10 Formula One 16:15 A Question of Sport 16:45 Escape to the Country 17:45 Points of View 18:00 Songs of Praise 18:35 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:00 Countryfile

07:00 The Pingu Show 07:10 Pinky Dinky Doo 07:25 Timmy Time 07:35 Chuggington 07:45 Rastamouse 08:00 Barney's Barrier Reef 08:30 Dennis and Gnasher 08:40 The Owl 08:40 The Scooby-Doo Show 09:05 Scoop 09:30 Wingin' It 09:50 Shaun the Sheep 10:00 Friday Download 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 Wimbledon 13:25 Sword of Sherwood Forest 14:45 Tim 16:30 The Great North Swim 18:00 Live Athletics 20:00 Oceans 21:00 Secrets of Our Living Planet 22:00 Up in the Air 23:45 Mock the Week

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Take Me Out ITV News Headlines In Plain Sight ITV Nightscreen ITV Morning News Mini CITV CITV Dinner Date ITV News House Gift May the Best House Win The Hungry Sailors ITV News and Weather Meridian Weather Dickinson's Real Deal Murder, She Wrote Columbo: Identity Crisis Doc Martin The Chase Meridian News and Weather ITV News and Weather Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

A Touch of Frost ITV News at Ten and Weather Meridian Weather Euro 2012

EURO 2012

20:00 Euro 2012 23:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 23:25 John Bishop's Britain

00:30 Good Night, and Good Luck 02:00 XXY

Gary Lineker presents coverage of the concluding quarter-final (Kick-off 7.45pm), between the winners of Group D (England) and the runners-up in Group C (Italy), held at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine.

Whichever team emerges triumphant from this contest will have just three days of preparation ahead of the second semi-final, which will take place at the National Stadium in the Polish capital of Warsaw.

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JFK Home Country Stand Up for the Week Eating for Two Fast Spin Fling Deal or No Deal Countdown The Treacle People Transvulcania Ultramarathon Ironman Triathlon Channel 4 Presents Blenheim Triathlon Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Three Musketeers Deal or No Deal 27 Dresses Channel 4 News 4thought.tv The Political Slot One Born Every Minute Lifers Attack the Block

00:00 Extraordinary People 01:00 SuperCasino 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Nick's Quest 05:50 County Secrets 06:00 Hana's Helpline 06:10 The Milkshake! Show 06:35 Thomas & Friends 06:45 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Roary the Racing Car 07:15 Fifi and the Flowertots 07:25 City of Friends 07:40 Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs 07:50 Castle Farm 07:55 Abby's Flying Fairy School 08:05 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:10 Bananas in Pyjamas 08:25 Family!

08:35 Noddy in Toyland 08:50 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 08:55 Funky Town 09:00 Little Princess 09:10 The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 09:25 Angelina Ballerina 09:40 Rupert Bear 09:50 Mio Mao 09:55 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10 The Mr Men Show 10:25 Roary the Racing Car 10:40 The Milkshake! Show 11:00 Meerkat Manor 11:30 Grey's Anatomy 12:25 Big Brother 13:25 Police Interceptors 14:25 The Bachelor 16:15 Wimbledon 18:05 See No Evil, Hear No Evil 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Once Upon a Time 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 The Long Kiss Goodnight

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The Courier Monday TV

June 25

00:10 Room 101 - Extra Storage 00:50 The 13th Warrior 02:25 Weatherview 02:30 Two Greedy Italians 03:30 Holby City 04:30 The Great British Countryside 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC News 06:30 World Business Report 06:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:58 BBC News; Weather 12:00 Real Rescues 12:45 Cash in the Attic 13:13 BBC News; Weather 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Wimbledon 2012 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 20:00 The One Show: Best of Britain 20:30 Food Factory 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Traffic Cops 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 A Question of Sport

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Episodes Formula One The Front Line Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Newsday HARDtalk Close The Pingu Show Pinky Dinky Doo Timmy Time Chuggington

07:50 Rastamouse 08:00 Roar 08:30 Leon 08:45 Frankenstein's Cat 08:55 Newsround 09:00 Dick 'n' Dom Go Wild 09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 09:45 Big & Small 09:55 Dipdap 10:00 Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10 Little Charley Bear 10:20 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30 Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!

10:40 The Koala Brothers 10:55 Woolly & Tig 11:00 Driver Dan's Story Train 11:10 Waybuloo 11:30 In the Night Garden 12:00 Daily Politics 12:30 Wimbledon 2012 16:25 Deadly Art 16:40 Prank Patrol Down Under 17:05 Me and My Monsters 17:30 Help! My Supply Teacher Is Magic 18:00 Newsround 18:10 Copycats 18:40 Shaun the Sheep 18:50 Wimbledon 2012 21:00 Today at Wimbledon 22:00 King George and Queen Mary: The Royals Who Rescued the Monarchy 23:00 Sounds of the 70s 2 23:30 Newsnight

00:15 The Cube 01:10 ITV News Headlines 03:15 Golden Balls 04:00 Motorsport UK 04:50 ITV Nightscreen 06:30 ITV Morning News 07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 Meridian News and Weather 15:00 May the Best House Win 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 Meridian Weather 17:00 A Touch of Frost 18:00 The Chase 19:00 Meridian Tonight 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Countrywise 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Strictly Kosher 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 Meridian Tonight and Weather 23:35 Words of Captain Scott

FOOD FACTORY New series. Self-confessed foodie Stefan Gates takes over from former presenter Jimmy Doherty to reveal the secrets of mass-produced meals - by tearing them apart and making his own from scratch in his barn workshop. In the first show, he challenges dancer Anton Du Beke and actress Jodie Prenger to make rival bottles of orange squash, explores whether instant tomato soup contains real tomatoes and tests how much seawater is needed to make sea-salt.

00:45 Alien3 02:50 Camelot 03:40 Hollyoaks 05:40 Deal or No Deal 06:35 Countdown 07:20 Channel 4 Presents 07:25 The Treacle People 07:35 Sali Mali 07:40 The Hoobs 08:05 Freshly Squeezed 08:35 According to Jim 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Undercover Boss Canada 11:00 Location, Location, Location 12:00 You Deserve This House 13:00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary 13:05 Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 13:35 Quick Bakes with Eric Lanlard 13:55 A Town like Alice 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Gok Cooks Chinese 22:00 The Secret Millionaire 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 23:50 A Short History of Everything Else

01:15 Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story 02:15 SuperCasino 05:05 Sons of Anarchy 05:50 County Secrets 06:00 Hana's Helpline 06:10 The Milkshake! Show 06:35 Thomas & Friends 06:45 Roary the Racing Car 07:00 Thomas & Friends 07:10 The WotWots 07:20 City of Friends 07:35 Jelly Jamm 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:50 Castle Farm 08:00 Little Princess 08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Make Way for Noddy 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:20 Peppa Pig 09:25 Mio Mao 09:30 Roary the Racing Car 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Olivia 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Best House in the Street 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 Monkey Life 15:50 Chinese Food in Minutes 16:05 On Hostile Ground 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 Emergency Bikers 21:00 The Restaurant Inspector 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 The Walking Dead

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The Courier Tuesday TV

June 26

00:05 The Graham Norton Show 00:50 The Money Pit 02:20 Weatherview 02:25 Antiques Uncovered 03:25 The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 03:55 Hitler's Children 04:55 Great British Railway Journeys 05:25 Newsday 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC News 06:30 World Business Report 06:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:58 BBC News; Weather 12:00 Real Rescues 12:45 Cash in the Attic 13:13 BBC News; Weather 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Wimbledon 2012 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Regional News Programmes 20:00 The One Show: Best of Britain 20:30 BBC News; Regional News 21:00 Holby City 22:00 Turn Back Time - The Family 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 Imagine

07:00 The Pingu Show 07:10 Pinky Dinky Doo 07:25 Timmy Time 07:35 Chuggington 07:50 Rastamouse 08:00 Roar 08:30 Leon 08:45 Frankenstein's Cat 08:55 Newsround 09:00 Dick 'n' Dom Go Wild 09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 09:45 Big & Small 09:55 Dipdap 10:00 Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10 Little Charley Bear 10:20 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30 Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!

10:40 The Koala Brothers 10:55 Woolly & Tig 11:00 Driver Dan's Story Train 11:10 Waybuloo 11:30 In the Night Garden 12:00 Daily Politics 12:30 Wimbledon 2012 16:25 Deadly Art 16:40 Prank Patrol Down Under 17:05 Me and My Monsters 17:30 Who Let the Dogs Out? 18:00 Newsround 18:10 Copycats 18:40 Shaun the Sheep 18:50 Wimbledon 2012 21:00 Today at Wimbledon 22:00 Line of Duty 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 23:30 Weather

00:35 In Plain Sight 01:30 ITV News Headlines 04:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 04:55 ITV Nightscreen 05:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show 06:30 ITV Morning News 07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 Meridian News and Weather 15:00 May the Best House Win 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 Meridian Weather 17:00 A Touch of Frost 18:00 The Chase 19:00 Meridian Tonight 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Trash to Treasure 21:00 Love Your Garden 22:00 Strictly Kosher 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 Meridian Tonight and Weather 23:35 Sixty Six

TURN BACK TIME 00:20 01:20 01:30 02:00 02:30 02:45 03:00 03:30 03:45 04:00 04:15 05:00 Stage

Secrets of Our Living Planet BBC News HARDtalk Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Newsday Asia Business Report Sport Today Newsday The Super League Show Schools: 3, 2, 1 Go! - Key 1

New series. Three British families turn back the clock to experience life as it was in the 1900s, and then fastforward to four other eras. The Meadows are transformed into a typical Edwardian working-class clan, coping with poverty while their daughters adapt to their new roles as breadwinners. The Taylors become upper class, forced by etiquette and formality to live separate lives - which proves particularly difficult for Adele as her status as a working mum is stripped away.

00:25 Random Acts 00:30 Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic 01:30 The Good Wife 02:25 The Big C 02:55 Laws of Attraction 04:20 Southland 05:05 St Elsewhere 05:50 Deal or No Deal 06:45 Glamour Puds 07:10 Channel 4 Presents 07:15 The Hoobs 08:05 Freshly Squeezed 08:35 According to Jim 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Undercover Boss Canada 11:00 Location, Location, Location 12:00 You Deserve This House 13:00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary 13:05 Channel 4 Presents 13:10 Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 13:40 How to Cook Like Heston 14:10 Robin and Marian 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Embarrassing Bodies: Live from the Clinic 22:00 Gordon Behind Bars 23:00 Lifers

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 10 Things I Hate About 01:55 SuperCasino 04:55 Great Artists 05:20 Michaela's Wild Challenge 05:45 Michaela's Wild Challenge 06:10 Wildlife SOS 06:35 Wildlife SOS 07:00 Thomas & Friends 07:10 The WotWots 07:20 City of Friends 07:35 Jelly Jamm 07:45 Peppa Pig 07:50 Castle Farm 08:00 Little Princess 08:10 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Make Way for Noddy 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Roary the Racing Car 09:40 Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Olivia 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Best House in the Street 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 Monkey Life 15:50 Chinese Food in Minutes 16:10 Cries in the Dark 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News at 6.30 20:00 World's Craziest Police Pursuits 21:00 Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story 22:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 23:00 Big Brother

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The Courier Wednesday TV

June 27

01:05 Absolute Power 03:00 Weatherview 03:05 Cutty Sark: National Treasure Reopened 04:05 Death Unexplained 04:45 Crime and Punishment 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC News 06:30 World Business Report 06:45 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Crimewatch Roadshow 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 11:58 BBC News; Weather 12:00 Real Rescues 12:45 Wimbledon 2012 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Wimbledon 2012 19:00 BBC News 19:30 Weather 20:00 Euro 2012 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws 23:45 Have I Got Old News for You

00:20 The Secret History of Our Streets 01:20 BBC News 01:30 HARDtalk 02:00 Newsday 02:30 Asia Business Report 02:45 Sport Today 03:00 Newsday 03:30 Asia Business Report 03:45 Sport Today 04:00 Newsday 04:30 Asia Business Report 04:45 Sport Today 05:00 Schools: I Want to Design 05:30 Schools: Your Paintings 06:00 Schools: Your Paintings 06:30 Schools: History Hunt 07:00 The Pingu Show 07:10 Pinky Dinky Doo 07:25 Timmy Time

07:35 Chuggington 07:50 Rastamouse 08:00 Roar 08:30 Leon 08:45 Frankenstein's Cat 08:55 Newsround 09:00 Dick 'n' Dom Go Wild 09:30 Nina and the Neurons: In the Lab 09:45 Big & Small 09:55 Dipdap 10:00 Tinga Tinga Tales 10:10 Little Charley Bear 10:20 Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:30 Bob the Builder: Ready, Steady, Build!

10:40 The Koala Brothers 10:50 Zingzillas 11:05 Kerwhizz 11:30 Driver Dan's Story Train 11:40 Waybuloo 12:00 In the Night Garden 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Wimbledon 2012 16:25 Deadly Art 16:40 Prank Patrol Down Under 17:05 Me and My Monsters 17:30 HH: Gory Games 18:00 Newsround 18:10 Copycats 18:40 Shaun the Sheep 18:50 Wimbledon 2012 21:00 Today at Wimbledon 22:00 The Secret History of Our Streets 23:00 The Culture Show 23:30 Weather

01:15 ITV News Headlines 04:00 Loose Women 04:50 ITV Nightscreen 06:30 ITV Morning News 07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 Meridian News and Weather 15:00 May the Best House Win 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 16:59 Meridian Weather 17:00 A Touch of Frost 18:00 The Chase 19:00 Meridian Tonight 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 Meridian Tonight and Weather 23:35 Euro 2012

00:05 Random Acts 00:10 talhotblond: 01:25 Poker 02:25 Channel 4 Presents 02:30 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:55 Channel 4 Presents 03:00 Sailing 03:25 FIVB Beach Volleyball 04:20 British GT 04:45 Blenheim Triathlon 05:40 The Grid 06:10 Transvulcania Ultramarathon 06:35 Channel 4 Presents 06:40 Ironman Triathlon 07:10 Channel 4 Presents 07:15 The Hoobs 08:05 Freshly Squeezed 08:30 According to Jim 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Undercover Boss Canada 11:00 Location, Location, Location 12:00 You Deserve This House 13:00 Channel 4 News Midday Summary 13:05 Jamie's 30 Minute Meals 13:35 How to Cook Like Heston 14:00 Saboteur 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Supersize vs Superskinny 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 A Short History of Everything Else 23:35 The Killing

THE SECERET HISTORY OF OUR STREETS The social history of Portland Road in Notting Hill, which Charles Booth called the worst slum in London when he visited it in 1899. Today, it is the archetypal banker street, lined with £6million homes for hedge fund managers. But alongside the super-rich live some of Britain's bottom five per cent earners. The street's changing fortunes are told through the stories of residents past and present, including George Andrews, who was born there in 1937.

TKO FM - WEEKLY POWER PLAY Scissor Sisters - Baby Come Home Just released in the UK and due out in France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland this month, ‘Magic Hour' sits at #4 on the Official UK Albums Chart. Their 4th studio LP, it features a diverse list of new collaborators including Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams, Diplo and more.

This new single was co-written by John Legend and co-produced by DJ Alexander Ridha, a.k.a. Boys Noize.

TKO GOLD - FUTURE GOLD TRACK TKO GOLD Marc Scibilia - Bright Day Coming He released an EP in 2009 titled ‘From Brooklyn to Maine' and sold copies while on tour with singer-songwriter Derek Webb. He also released two live recordings during his residency in Nashville. On June 5th 2012, Marc delivered a six-track, selftitled EP led by this single.

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1. He had a Dream Lover in 1959.

2. The Springfields first UK Top 10 hit.

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4. From which city do Frankie Goes To Hollywood hail from.

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6. What was the Hollies Long Cool Woman wearing.

7. This Canadian band had a 1977 hit album called A Farewell To Kings.

8. Ahmet Ertegun founded this legendary record label.

9. Name the duo Cee Lo Green was one half of before going solo.

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PROPERTY FOR RENT Viva Villa and Vacation Services, For Short or Long Term Rentals visit: www.villaandvacation.com or Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 2 or 3 bed/2 bath apartments in San Miguel. Lift, communal rooftop pool & solarium, video entry system. Available for short or long term rent from 300 pcm. Tel 966723437 or 636615716. (72)

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Ref: 49, 2nd floor one bedroom apartment situated conveniently located in the town centre of Torrevieja, with a small sun balcony overlooking the lovely communal pool. Short or long term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref 33, Ground floor spacious 2 bedroom apartment, located in Torre la Mata.

Close to all amenities and beach.

3 month rental €300pcm Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 112, Spacious 3 bedroom detached villa with its private pool is located on the El Raso urbanisation near Guardamar. Convenient for all amenities, shops, supermarket, restaurants and bars. Short term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 63, Two bedroom 1st floor apartment situated in Monino Blanco. The property overlooks a superb communal pool area, in within walking distance of bars, restaurants and shops.

Short or long term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 155, Luxurious Three Bedroom Villa With Private Pool, in Quesada Close to shops and restaurants within a five minute drive, and Guadamar Beach is within a ten minute drive. Long term rental €800PCM, Short term available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 709, A lovely 1 bedroom apartment in Aguas Nuevas, within a 5 minute

walk of the beach. There is a terrace outside with views to the sea. Short or long term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 117, A Lovely 3 Bedroomed 1st floor apartment on the outskirts of Torrevieja (Mar Azul). The Apartment is in walking distance of the excellent beaches and a good selection of restaurants, shops and bars. Long and short term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 61, A lovely two bedroomed ground floor apartment, located in the centre of the small Spanish town of Los Montesinos, With a pleasant communal swimming pool adjacent & all amenities in walking distance. Long and short term rental available. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 104, 2 Bedroom apartment in Torrevieja, (near gypsy lane), small balcony, near all amenities and Friday market. €350pcm Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397

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Friday, June 22, 2012 Ref 702: Beautiful 2 bedroom apartment, located near los Locos beach, beautifully furnished. Short term rentals from 175€ per week.

Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397

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We urgently require properties for sale or rent in Orihuela Costa & surrounding areas for waiting clients.

Please contact Sitara Properties on 966723437 or 636615716. (72) Lovely Corner property in Novamar V, Gran Alacant. 2 bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms Being sold fully furnished including appliances, Has secure underground parking and faces large oasis communal pool. Walking distance to beach. 139.000 Euros, Call 627 711 155 and quote Ref No. K10 Ground floor duplex, with

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splendid views. Quiet location in Gran Alacant.

Immaculate condition. Price has just been reduced to 105.000 and includes everything. For viewing call 627 711 155 Ref. No K27 Rare opportunity to purchase on Mediterrania III, Gran Alacant. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Private Parking, F/Furnished, Large communal pools & Tennis courts S/W facing, Dramatically reduced for quick sale to 126.000 euros.

Ref No. K58 Call 627 711 155 for immediate viewing Don Pueblo, Gran Alacant. 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Large Kitchen with Galleria, Secure underground parking, Gas Central Heating, Glazed in Porch, Solarium with stunning views.

Viewings absolutely essential. Very large property at reduced price of 190.000 euros. Ref No. K38 Call 627 711 155 Opportunity to purchase at the off plan price of 195.000 euros. Large 4 Bed, 3 Bath Brand new property. Secure underground parking for 2 cars and communal pool.

Situated opposite Gran Alacant and over looks projected golf course. Ref No. K52. 627 711 155 2 Bed, 1 Bath Ground floor duplex. Central heating, Grills, Fully furnished, Glazed in Galleria, 2 communal pools, private parking and walking distance to the Gran Alacant commercial centre. Situated in the popular urbanisation of Puerto Marino. Now only 96,500 euros for quick sale Ref No. K46. 627 711 155

Immaculate ground floor Duplex, 2 beds, 2 bath, Private Parking, Situated in Novamar, Gran Alacant.

Price includes very tasteful furniture and white goods.

Walking distance to all local amenities and beach. Now only 129,750 euros. Ref No K24. 627 711 155 Gran Alacant Detached villa, located in a very sought after location.Situated on a 560m2 S/W facing plot and constructed in 2005.

Comprising of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (2 full baths), Lounge-Diner, fully equipped Kitchen, Porch and Solarium with Alicante & Sea Views. ref.L81. €258,000 neg.

Tel. 680333242 Gran Alacant villa located in a very quiet area , situated at the end of a cul-de-sac means there is no through traffic.3 bed, 3 bath, 330m2 plot, established large gardens, working fireplace, solar panel for hot water,private parking, south facing great views, fully furnished, fantastic opportunity. ref.

L85. €215,000 Tel 680333242 Gran Alacant Opportunity to purchase a beautiful 3 bedroomed, 3 bathroomed,large kitchen, detached property with roof- top solarium. Well established gardens and drive way for 2 cars, whilst also overlooking the projected 18 hole golf course.

Comprising of fitted wardrobes, utility room, air con H/C, alarm system, electric wall heaters, intercom system, fireplace, ceilings fans, 8x7 gazebo, use

of 2 large communal pools, immaculate condition with many extras. ref K12. €180,000 Tel 680333242 Gran Alacant bargain, detached villa with pool on 400m2 plot. Briefly comprising of 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, Lounge Diner, independent kitchen, solarium with views, well maintained gardens. Quiet location yet within walking distance of all amenities. Top quality furniture and appliances included in the price. Extras include, mosquito nets, grills, toldos blinds, built in wardrobes, gas fire, electric heating, ceiling fans, English & Spanish TV, tastefully tiled & graveled garden with irrigation system. ref K43. €229,000 Tel 680333242

Gran Alacant South facing attractive corner house Situated in the sought after urbanization of Monte Faro, this secure gated urbanization offers a stunning oasis pool, with mountain views, tennis courts and football courts. Consisting of 3 double beds with balconies, 2 bathrooms, kitchen leading onto court yard which can easily be converted into an extra room, lounge diner with working fireplace, front garden with private parking for 2 cars. Being sold fully furnishes with white goods, built in 2006 so immaculate condition hardly lived in. Ref K48 €168,000 priced for quick sale Tel 680333242

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Gran Alacant Gem! Fabulous detached Villa, with Alicante sea views to the front and wood land views to the rear, means this immaculate villa is very private and un-overlooked.

Comprising of 2 large bedrooms with fitted wardrobes, 2 bath, large fully equipped kitchen,glazed porch sitting

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area, solarium, Attractive Pool with cover, well maintained Gardens. Central Heating, Air Con, Ceiling fans, Private Parking, Alarm system, Decorative working Fire Place complete with electric Fire. Outdoor workshop/storage area, Quality Pergola & BBQ. Constructed in 2006, on plot size of 380m2 and being sold fully furnished including white goods. ref L80. €234,995 Tel 680333242 Gran Alacant immaculate villa, 3 bedroomed, 3 bathroomed property maintained to a very high standard inside and out and the interior furnishings are top quality, offering a feeling of luxury and good taste. The plot size is 400m2 and has been beautifully tiles, and graveled and has established

palms and plants. Oil fired central heating throughout, log effect fire place, ceiling fans in all rooms, towel heater rails, glazed in shower units, instant hot water, water purifier, free English TV, phone & internet lines, fitted double hanging wardrobes, safe, glazed in front porch, vanity units and much more. The pool is an 8 X 4 m2 salt water pool, meaning maintenance is much easier plus outside toilet and shower. Sea views to front with Greenland

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views to the rear. ref K51. €245,000 Tel 680333242 Gran Alacant immaculate outstanding south facing villa in sought after road. Set on a 350m2 plot with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths,large porch, solarium and terraces. The large under build includes a lounge, kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom and patio doors leading to pool area. Internal & external access for under build. Extras include electric radiators, air con H/C, ceiling fans, gas fire, heated towel rails, extended walk-in shower, fitted wardrobes.

Decorative tiling inside and out.

Panoramic views towards Alicante Bay, Sky TV, phone line and Internet & Private parking, established gardens, water fea-

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tures and fruit trees. Being sold with exquisite furniture and all white goods.

Immaculate finishes and decor. ref L84. €278,000 Tel 680333242 Ref 533: Lovely 2 bedroom Townhouse located in the popular area of Punta

Prima, the property has a large lounge and fully equipped kitchen, 2 double bedrooms, one with balcony, bathroom with double shower. €126,000 Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Gran Alacant South facing attractive corner house

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Friday, June 22, 2012 Situated in the sought after urbanization of Monte Faro, this secure gated urbanization offers a stunning oasis pool, with mountain views, tennis courts and football courts. Consisting of 3 double beds with balconies, 2 bathrooms, kitchen leading onto court yard which can easily be converted into an extra room, lounge diner with working fireplace, front garden with private parking for 2 cars. Being sold fully furnishes with white goods, built in 2006 so immaculate condition hardly lived in. Ref K48 €168,000 priced for quick sale Tel 680333242 Viva Villa and Vacation Services are pleased to offer property sales for the Torrevieja and Oriheula areas of the Costa Blanca, Spain. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 or Visit : www.villaandvacation.com Balsares is opposite Gran Alacant where the proposed golf course is now being started so this property will virtually be on the golf course, it is an investment not to be missed. The property is on a small gated urbanisation of 18 houses with private underground parking for 2 cars and direct access to the house, com-

munal pool and toilets/changing rooms etc.

The house is brand new and consists of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, lounge with working fire place, large kitchen 12 m2, large galleria/ utility room, bedroom balcony and front tiled terrace. This property also has a converted under build for an extra lounge or bedroom. ref K52 € 198,000 Tel 680333242 Ref: 513, €115,000. Two bedroom ground floor apartment, in Aguas Nuevas, close to all amenities including the beach. It has a good size lounge, kitchen and has off road parking facilities.

Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 521, €105,000. This comfortable bungalow is located in San Luis with a new roof and solarium tiles.

It is close to supermarkets, bars, restaurants and is on the local bus route. Call: 965

707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 516, €39,999. Studio apartment in San Luis, close to amenities. Open plan fully equipped kitchen. Good sized lounge, bedroom and out onto balcony which has been glazed to create another room. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 510, €70,000.

Bungalow located in San Luis. It is close to the supermarkets, bars and restaurants and is on the local bus route. An Opel Corsa car is included in this sale. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: KP3100, €183,000.

Three bedroom, two bathroom detached villa, located in San Luis, on a 450sqm plot, with communal pool.

Garage to side of house.

Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 78, €120,000. Three bedroom Quad in Jardin Del Mar VII. There is off-road parking and small storage shed in the enclosed garden area, communal pool nearby. Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref: 709, €60,000 A lovely 1

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bedroom apartment in Aguas Nuevas, within a 5 minute walk of the beach.

There is a terrace outside with views to the sea. Short or long term rental available.

Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref. 526, €49,900. A lovely bright 1 bedroom apartment in the area of Torreblanca.

There is a large communal pool and well maintained gardens, with tennis courts and childrens play area.

Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397 Ref 532: 3 Bedroom Detached villa Located on the edge of a small Spanish village with 3,800 sqm of

landscaped gardens, Private Pool, Bargain €180,000 Call: 965 707 188 or 626 397 397

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Greenside Gossip IVIE DAVIES takes a weekly look at the golf scene - golfdavies@gmail.com

LEE WESTWARD

AFTER another disappointing end to a major championship, Lee Westwood intends to quit England for America in an attempt to break his major duck and reclaim his World No.1 crown.

Westwood, who has always resisted the lure of moving across the Atlantic permanently like compatriots Luke Donald, Ian Poulter and Justin Rose, believes he's now become acquainted with teeing up in the United States.

“It’s fair to say I’ve grown to love playing in America,” said Westwood, despite only winning two of his 39 profes-

World No.3 homes in on US in bid to end major jinx

sional titles on the PGA Tour.

“I’ll go to America next year because it’s hard to practise when you want to in the UK. “I’m a glass half-full type of person. Not just at majors but at golf in general, not beating myself up about it when I don’t win.

“It’s tough to win out here but all I’m trying to do is play as well as I can.”

But the move isn't all about golf, as the 39-year-old was quick to explain.

“The rest of the family are

really excited about the move. My kids are outdoor types and I want them to enjoy an outdoor lifestyle.

“They’re also the right age in school terms. We’re selling up in Worksop.

“It’s a big decision but I don’t have that much time left at the top and I want to give myself the best chance of staying there as long as I can.

“I can see us spending the next five to ten years in America.”

Sawgrass. But when he had rounds of 74 and 79 in the European Tour's flagship tournament at the Surrey course and went out by eight shots eyebrows were raised.

A trip the following day to see girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki in Paris before she began the French Open came was not the ideal preparation and good management would have coaxed him in a different direction.

Rory says he was trying to

sort out his game before the start of the US Open when he had his third straight cut.

The last time McIlroy missed successive cuts was in August 2008 when he was 19. In my opinion most of this present demise has been of his own making and his “greater than thou’ attitude when he left Andrew “Chubby” Chandler and ISM - therefore not having a father figure manager.

He complained that he was not going in the right direction; is this the direction he meant? I don’t think so.

However, Chubby was instrumental in nurturing McIlroy’s career to the media success he has achieved since 2007 until last year.

Chandler is one of the most approachable and largerthan-life characters on the European Tour. Nobody

HORROR RORY

IN 15 years as a professional Tiger Woods has never missed back-to-back cuts.

Rory McIlroy has now missed three in a row - and four out of five outings.

Now he really does have a problem and I am not sure if there is anyone around that can lift his sagging spirits.

After crashing out of the Memorial Tournament following a second-round 79, McIlroy, the world No2, also crashed out in his defence of the US Open title.

He was the only player in the world's top 16 entered for the St Jude Classic in Memphis, an event he decided to play only after his exit from the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Nobody was that surprised when the run started with scores of 72 and 76 in the Players Championship at

could have done more than Chubby or for that matter client manager Stuart Cage to brighten McIlroy’s star.

Now the twinkle is starting to fade and there is really no one at Horizon Sports management to lift his ailing spirits like Chubby did.

It is no good going around with more practice gym sessions or tournaments if you have no direction in the form of knowledgeable management and your game is one dimensional.

If his latest forages are not proof enough, look what has happened to Graham McDowell, who was an ISM player and encouraged McIlroy to leave. He has been conspicuously quiet In addition, Ross Fisher left IMG for Horizon and his career has gone backwards.

Makes you think!!!

GOLF SWING BASICS There are two circles or sweeps which merged together, form the golf swing. One is imparted by the twist of the body (I call that the horizontal sweep) and the other is imparted by the arms lifting the club up over the right shoulder; this I call the vertical sweep. Here are a few facts concerning them which may be a guide in understanding the functions of each.

To begin with, many players do not realize the importance of the bearing of these two distinct forces upon the swing, and what the function of each is. As our pivot or centre must remain fixed in order that we may be able to see the ball clearly, as well as to have that pivot remain constant with reference to its distance from the ball, we must remember that the pivot is located between the shoulders, as it is through the shoulders and arms that the power is immediately transferred to the club.

We will now consider the vertical swing or circle, for that is the one which causes the greatest amount of trouble to players, as it is the preponderance of it which results in pulling in the hands.

To make this point perfectly clear I suggest that you try the following experiment: address the ball in your usual manner and eliminate everything which does not pertain to a vertical swing in making your stroke; that is to say, every item which has anything in the nature of a horizontal or parallel-with-the-ground movement.

You will find that you will merely raise your club up over your head and bring it down again. If you notice carefully you will observe that in order to keep from slapping the ground you will have to draw in your hands.

You will observe that the club head goes out beyond the ball as you raise your club away from the ground, and you will also observe, on your downward swing, that the vertical sweep is making your club cut the line along which you wish to send the ball, at right angles. To complete the vertical circle or swing you have to draw in your hands.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

CHILD’S PLAY!

AMIDST the European Football Championships, Test cricket, rugby internationals and the rest one sporting story captured my attention and imagination over the last seven days the appearance in the US Open of a 14-year-old Andy Zhang.

Stunning, refreshing - and something that shows that there is hope for everyone

wanting to be a top sports star.

Zhang may not have ripped up the course following his call-up as a reserve after Paul Casey dropped

Golf kid Andy’s tee-nage dream

out. Indeed he probably ripped up his card after failing to make the cut by a distance.

But for a 14-year-old to step out amongst such lauded company in a major tournament was breathtaking.

Even most of the caddies are twice

Zhang's age!

We've come close in football over the years, with Trevor Francis, Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney all making full professional debuts in the old First Division and Premier League aged 16 and 17. And I guess there's a world tiddlywinks

RANGERS SHAKER!

champion somewhere who has to have his nappy changed before and after flicking it with the best.

All I can say is I hope we hear more of Zhang and other youngsters like him in all sports. He was tipped in one article I read to emulate Tiger Woods, so presumably fathers from Wentworth to Fort Worth are locking up their daughters - and wives as we speak. But seriously Andy, thanks and more power to you and your drives in the future.

On the domestic football scene, the transfer rumour mill churned into action round about the same time as the European Championships kicked off.

Nothing too major has materialised as yet, but you can expect plenty of movement in the next month or so with Luka Modric, Robin van Persie and Carlos Tevez all set to change clubs.

Manchester United have made two signings. One is a £10m splash for midfielder Kendo Nagasaki, er sorry, I mean former Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa. The other incomer is £3m Crewe striker-cummidfielder Nick Powell. At 18 that represents a fairly sizeable gamble on a lad who was a League Two player last season but who shot to prominence in scoring one of the goals that gave them a

play-off final win and promotion a few weeks ago.

Already the poor lad is saddled with Ronaldo comparisons. When are people going to move on and talk about the future, not the past? It’s light years since Cristiano was with United, well quite a few years anyway, and he's virtually erased himself from my Old Trafford memory bank with his more recent scintillating performances for Real Madrid, and for Portugal just the other night.

I just hope Powell gets to play first team football at Old Trafford and is not merely left to wallow in the reserves and go off on innumerable loan moves a la Federico Macheda etc etc etc.

Its not exactly inspiring stuff from Fergie as he seeks to stop Roberto Mancini and Manchester City running away with things in the years to come. To be fair, though, Fergie has been linked with Modric and one or two other fairly big names but I will wait till he signs one after last summer's disappointments the biggest ones for me being Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri joining the Berties and not United.

Oh, and on the managerial front, welcome new Swansea boss Michael Laudrup to the International Cosmopolitan ever so slightly English Premier League.

Scottish crisis club in move to buy Bury and take their place in the English league Kids set to tag on

SCOTTISH football giants Rangers are reportedly Charles looking at an astonishing Green plan to buy out League One Rangers’ club Bury — so they can new owner play in England.

Crisis-hit Gers were bought last week by Charles Green for £6million but are in liquidation. And they could face starting next season in Scottish Division Three if SPL clubs reject their bid to be allowed back in this term.

According to The Sun, Green is looking at other options, including buying Bury (nicknamed The Shakers) and playing English league games in Glasgow.

And the report suggests they would want to start immediately by taking up Bury’s fixtures for next season.

The Greater Manchester club kick off with a home game against Brentford on August 18.

There is strong opposition to Rangers being invited back into the Scottish Premier League, the Sun claims.

The SPL fixture list currently has ‘Club 12’ listed until the other 11 clubs vote on July 4.

Rangers do not want to start right at the bottom of the Scottish professional leagues and have long been touted for

a place south of the border, along with Old Firm rivals Celtic.

A source told SunSport: “Yes, Rangers really are thinking about this.

“They are in a position at the moment where they have no idea what the future holds.

“They don’t know whether they will be in the SPL next season and do not want to go to the bottom of the ladder.

“Acquiring an English club would get them the foothold they have always wanted

down south.”

It is not clear whether the amazing plan to buy is even allowed under Football League rules in England or Scotland.

But there are precedents with Welsh club Swansea playing in the English Premier League and rivals Cardiff in the Championship.

Berwick is actually a town in England but their football team plays in Scottish Division Three.

Also, Wimbledon moved 60 miles north to Milton Keynes before being renamed Milton Keynes Dons in 2004.

Bury fans are sure to be furious at the suggestions to take their club more than 200 miles north.

to rugby school

AN exhibition rugby 7's tournament is to be held at Formentera del Segura tomorrow (Saturday) to help promote the Centurion Rugby Summer School.

The tournament will feature Alicante 7’s champions ITV Orihuela RFC, along with teams from San Javier, Alcoy, Yecla, Santa Pola Sharks and Centurion Baa Baas.

Tomorrow’s action starts at 10.30am with U12 tag rugby, with free coaching available to interested youngsters.

The idea of the Rugby Summer School – which is going to become an annual event - is to introduce local children to the game

and to give them a new interest during the summer holidays.

It costs 30€ a week to join, and the ‘touch and tag’ action runs from 10am to 5pm from Monday to Friday. For further information or to enrol your children, contact Garry on 692 767 242 or head coach Ian on 634 367 295

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Friday, June 22, 2012

BRING IT(aly) ON! WE’LL GET IT WHITE: From left, Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young and Joleon Lescott

The best England boss since Ramsey – and Hodgson has only just started ARE England going to make me eat my words? It's the big one next and we will all know by Sunday night.

I predicted Roy Hodgson's boys would not get past the last eight.

Well, they have got there and managed to come up against the opposition most would have preferred Italy rather than Spain.

That old chestnut of having to beat the best at some point doesn't wash in this instance because Spain could get turned over at the next two stages without having to face England. And we have now seen that it is possible for any of the other seven quarter-finalists to progress, whatever the opposition.

Croatia gave the reigning champions a good run for their money and Denmark made the Germans wobble.

Sweden turned France over while Italy appear to be getting stronger as the tournament goes on. So maybe we have got just as tough an ask to get past them now.

Ukraine did give England the odd scare, no more so

STEVE BOTT reports

than the almost inevitable 'was it in or wasn't it?' goalline argument. But for me England dominated the game and with a little more sharpness in and around the box would have won comfortably.

It WAS in, by the way, but on a more positive note, Ashley Young is looking better with every game and for me is England's best all-round talent at the moment. Joleon Lescott is a solid and dependable partner for the lionhearted John Terry and what's more doesn't appear to have any communication problems with the aforementioned player.

Andy Carroll scares the sh** out of me just looking at him and is a more than useful asset - but please don't expect him to play the tippy-tappy football most teams seem to employ these days. He likes to attack the ball and is good at it, so a change of tactics is necessary when he plays.

I thought Roy Hodgson's use of Carroll and the other substitutes the other night was exemplary.

Timed to perfection to help preserve England's narrow lead and keeping everyone involved. Management at its best.

What's more, Hodgson looks so thoroughly involved himself. He sang the National Anthem with

real fervour and looks as anxious as an expectant father in the bench shots of him during games. I do believe the FA have finally hit on the right man after all these years of trying.

Hodgson is the best since Sir Alf Ramsey and what's more handles the Press a whole lot better. Whatever happens in these Euros, the FA should stick with him.

On the subject of whether Wayne Rooney should have played, it's a no-brainer - of course he should. He scored the goal and was England's best chance of adding to it. What's more, on his day he is England's best player so when he is fit it would be senseless not to play him.

Thank goodness the race issue seems to be subsiding. Some quarters seemed hell-bent on making a big deal of it. It's not one, so let's just get on and enjoy the football.

We all know why the PC brigade, the BBC and the Government are bleating on about it. It’s just an attempt to stave off the inevitable backlash to the Government's irresponsible immigration policy.

Meanwhile enjoy the footie and cheer Roy and England on and on!