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THIS WEEK IN PAGE 3 – HE WHO MOAN’S MOST DOES LEAST PAGE 4 – LOCAL ELECTION ROUND­UP PAGE 5 & 6 – SPANISH NEWS PAGE 8 – EUROVISIONS 60 WINNERS PAGE 9 – LIKE IT OR GRUMP IT PAGE 10 – SPANISH NEWS PAGE 12 – THE VIEW FROM THE LION’S DEN PAGE 13, 14 & 15 – SPANISH NEWS AND 24 HOUR DUTY CHEMISTS PAGE 16 – READERS LETTERS & LOTTERY RESULTS PAGE 17 – LONG­TERM RESIDENTS TO VOTE IN REFERENDUM PAGE 18 – TO LOSE ONE KING UNDER A CAR PARK...

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’ve tried to wait as long as possible into Thursday afternoon to write this piece as I was hoping to be able to report that Sepp Blatter had been told to FIFA! He does appear to be able to hold more power and control over the organisation and the people in it than Robert Mugabe and Kim Jung Un put together. Anyone with any modicum of honour would’ve resigned by now. Let’s hope by the time you’ve picked up your copy of THE VIEW a large sword has been well and truly fallen on.

Staying with football, this weekend sees the FA Cup Final, and I believe that I’m probably not the only person out there who feels that the “magic” of the cup has itself been forced to do an impression of the famous oozlum bird and disappear into thin air – or somewhere else if you’ve seen “Carry On Up The Jungle.”

As I often say, I’m not into football – I support West Ham United – but even so, I look back on some of those great Saturday finals of the past and recall that whether you were into football or not, watching the Cup Final on the TV was a must and you picked a side to follow whether you supported them or not. TV and money have probably saved and ruined football in equal measure, but the thought of tomorrow’s final having a kick­off time of 6.30pm (CET) simply to win the ratings war is just wrong.

For this old fogey and traditionalist, the 3pm start time after “Abide with Me” at the old Twin Towers of Wembley can never be replaced.

You’ve probably worked out by now that I’m a great fan of politics in general and elections in particular, but even I’m now looking forward to a rest from it all until

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probably November of this year when Mariano Rajoy goes to the country.

Coalition politics, which I’m not a fan of, looks set to be the norm in Spain at a national level too.

My tongue is often well and truly lodged inside my cheek and you’ll get accustomed to my sense of humour, so those that know me will already appreciate that I wasn’t “fed up” at all last week! Just well and truly overwhelmed.

During the past week, the most common theme by far of your e­mails to me concerned last week’s front page picture, and asking where the wonderful view came from. All I can tell you is that it’s a fjord somewhere in Norway. If any reader knows exactly where it is – perhaps you’ve been there on a cruise and even have some photographic evidence – then please let me know.

I hope you’ll agree with me that this week’s cover picture is equally spectacular, and we look forward to bringing you some more superb views in the coming weeks.

Don’t forget, if you’re into photography, I’d like to direct you to page 23 and our weekly “View Through The Lens” feature supplied

by JR Photography. His Pick of the Week in this edition is stunning.

I’m also delighted to be able to include a selection of reader’s contributions after my shout­out last week to both experienced and budding writers. You’ll find these on page 22 and page 37. I look forward to receiving more articles from you in the coming weeks.

And finally, you may well have picked up your copy of THE VIEW in a shower of rain on Friday morning and afternoon, but this should give way to another week full of clear blue skies and sunshine with temperatures remaining in the 28 to 30 degree level, with Thursday threatening to rise to 31.

Enjoy the sun but most importantly, enjoy THE VIEW!

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HE WHO MOANS MOST DOES LEAST The local apathy party proves the most popular in Spanish municipal elections

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s well known mayors lost their areas completely or to “no overall control” for the first time in a generation, and councillors moved from government to opposition at the lick of an envelope – and a resulting €30 fee for their future attendance at monthly council meetings ­ they’re laying the blame for their failure to retain power well and truly at the same door. The electorate; and it really is that simple. But what electorate are they referring to?

Let’s firstly look at Torrevieja. In the hands of the Partido Popular (PP) for ever and a day, Eduardo Dolon was clearly frustrated on Sunday evening saying the result in his area was affected by the low turnout.

“Thousands of people simply stayed at home,” he said. A coalition deal between the PP and the Ciudadanos (C’s) party is probably the only way for Dolon to hold on to the mayoralty.

San Fulgencio council, which incorporates Urbanisation La Marina, was won outright by the PP and for the first time in the modern era there is one party in overall control. Every previous election since and including 1987, has seen a coalition in one form or another.

Finally, there’s Orihuela Costa which is once again left with a level of uncertainty and another 4 years of no overall control and even more negotiating between parties needed to form a coalition government. Whether the electorate live on the coast or in Orihuela city, they must hope that there is some degree of stability and that the councillors and the area itself are in the local press for all the right reasons. As someone who doesn’t live in the area but has followed what has appeared to challenge a soap opera plot line, I can understand the voter’s frustrations. Hand on heart; can there be anyone in the Orihuela Costa that believes that coalition politics has worked for them?

I use the three locations above to attempt to justify what I’m about to say as they contain the highest numbers (if not percentages) of British residents.

Questions must be asked of ALL parties in those three defined areas as to why they simply couldn’t “get the vote out”. In fact they’ve been failing to do so over the past eight local elections beginning with 1987. The turnout has got lower and lower with Orihuela dropping from 74% (in 1987) to 62% (in 2015), Torrevieja from 74% to 50% and San Fulgencio plunging from a whopping 83% to 46%. I haven’t looked at the results of every municipality in every region of Spain but a random look at 40 town halls showed the 46% to be the LOWEST IN SPAIN! Torrevieja’s turnout is probably a contender for the second poorest in the country.

Is it simply a coincidence that the percentage turnout has dropped as the percentage of foreigners moving into the area

has increased? It’s well reported that the three areas under the spotlight has a more than significant number of non­ Spanish residents. Are they just not interested in voting or are they perhaps content with their lot and the system and don’t feel the need to visit the ballot box once every four years?

Do the non­Spanish simply not understand Spanish politics and don’t know what they’re voting for or perhaps, as a non­Spaniard they’re happy to leave the Spanish to vote and run things in their country? I’ve met people who gave me all those reasons above to explain why they chose not to vote.

Others just said they’re not interested in politics and have never voted in their life!

It’s been suggested in some quarters that there was another reason people didn’t exercise their rights.

Conspiracy theories! That’s when the facts aren’t on your side. Yes, it really is being muted in many public areas of social media that many British didn’t receive their voting papers because of some grand plan hatched over a strong skinny latte in the canteen of Ayuntamientos up and down the coast. A way of stopping people having their say. That’s funny, ‘cos I’m British, my Mum’s British and so are many others that did receive their Poll Cards and we were able to vote without any issue at all. Trust me, there’s no conspiracy.

If you’ve got evidence that there was one, not just hearsay or gossip from numerous barflies, then I and our readers would be keen to know about it.

It all comes down to awareness and taking notice of what’s going on around you. Towards the end of 2014, around October, I spotted in some of the local English speaking press and also on various Facebook postings that the Ayuntamientos had been having a “bit of a clean out” and attempting to get some accurate data.

Residents were advised to check, before 31 December 2014, that they were registered on the Censo (Electoral Roll).

This is completely different from the Padron. Anyone with a property can and is expected to register on the Padron; the Censo is only for those that intend to vote in Spain and would

THE MAN FROM THE VATICAN DOESN’T SAY YES

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he Irish government have shown their pride at being the first country in the world to offer a referendum on the subject of same sex marriage which resulted in 62% in favour. The measures could pass through the Dail shortly and be on their statute books within months. The people of the Emerald Isle have spoken and commentators weren’t expecting such a convincing majority in favour.

For a referendum, it’s a virtual landslide!

But for Ireland, it’s raised a potentially more worrying question. How could such a staunchly religious country completely go against teachings and long­held beliefs? Is this proof positive that a modern generation is growing up in Ireland (and elsewhere in predominantly Christian and Roman Catholic countries) showing a lack of interest or belief in religion, whereas the Islamic faith appears to be gaining in strength?

The result has not been received well in Rome.

"Not a defeat for Christian principles, it was a defeat for

humanity," Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said in comments quoted by Vatican Radio. "I was very saddened by this result", he said. Cardinal Parolin, who is Pope Francis' most senior Vatican official, added that the referendum result showed the Catholic Church needed to improve the ways it preached the Christian message.

"The church must take account of this reality, but in the sense of reinforcing its commitment to evangelisation," he said.

After the vote, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said "the church needs to do a reality check".

History cannot be rewritten and nor can The Bible, and no matter how it’s approached the fact remains that a significant majority have turned their backs on their upbringing. Could this result just possibly be the breakup of the strict and traditional families in Ireland or even begin the gradual dismantling of the Catholic Church there altogether?

almost without exception mean full­ time residents. You can appreciate that there would be a large variance in those two figures in this part of the world. I know, it’s not like that in the UK, but it is the status quo here in Spain. It’s the system, and a lack of understanding of that system shouldn’t be blamed for not being able to vote.

In my own case, I visited our local town hall and discovered, with just three days before the deadline, that I wasn’t listed on the Censo. The completion of a simple form solved that problem.

However, what if you don’t read the local newspaper that included that vital piece of information? What if you’re not on Facebook?

If you came under Guardamar Town Hall, you wouldn’t have needed any of the above. I was informed by some very satisfied British residents this week that they received a visit at their home towards the end of last year from one of Ayuntamiento’s British representatives to check that they were registered on the Censo and to advise what needed to be done if not. Also, during the election campaign itself they received visits from both the Spanish PP and PSOE mayoral candidates accompanied by an English speaker to answer any questions. Good old fashioned door­to­door canvassing going some way to a 68% turnout in an area that includes the non­Spanish dominated El Raso Urbanisation.

Whether it’s voting, tax changes, pension news and local rules and regulations affecting your day­to­day living in Spain, take it from me, you’ll always read that vital piece of information in THE VIEW. So, before you go around blaming everything and everyone why you couldn’t vote last Sunday (assuming, of course, you wanted to), ask yourselves the following couple of questions. a) Did I register or check that I was on the Censo (Electoral Roll) before 31 December 2014? and, b) Was I aware that I had to do a)?

If the answer to either or both is “no”, then you need to ask yourself why, and local politicians need to ask themselves why this was the case.

And finally, an explanation for the title of this article.

Among the many comments I read during Sunday from people recounting their experiences in the polling station was this one. “When I was voting I could not see any English people I knew, so as an icebreaker I asked, ‘where are all the English?’ I got a reply that I did not understand but on getting home my daughter told me it meant, ‘Those that moan most do the least’” Will there be any difference in four years time? Looking at the history, studying the trends and the figures, and taking into account the expected influx of more non­Spanish residents taking advantage of generous exchange rates and a buyer’s market in housing, things can only get worse.

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LOCAL ELECTIONS ROUND-UP

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he ruling Popular Party (PP) suffered a serious electoral setback in the local and regional elections which were held in Spain on Sunday.

Although the PP was the technical "winner" in the day's vote, the party led by Mariano Rajoy only won 26.9% of the total vote, well below the 44% they polled in the 2011 general elections, and lost control of many town halls and regional assemblies in the process.

The Socialist Party (PSOE) will be reasonably content with their showing, although the 25.06% they polled is still below their 2011 general election performance too.

The election also highlighted the new political scenery in Spain as Podemos and Citizens (Ciudadanos ­ C’s) confirmed their role on the political stage with Citizens polling 6.55% of the vote and Podemos performing better.

As well as seeing their share of the vote drastically reduced, the PP also lost their ruling majorities in many of their traditional strongholds such as the cities of Valencia, Valladolid and Madrid. They’ve also lost majorities in communities such as Aragon, Castilla­La Mancha, and Extremadura, where the PSOE and Podemos (in its various forms) would be able to govern if they can agree a coalition.

One of the key votes was in Madrid where the experienced Esperanza Aguirre won the election, but saw the PP majority overturned and the city will be able to be governed by a coalition of Ahora Madrid and the PSOE. Meanwhile, the PP also lost its majority in the Madrid Regional Parliament where they would have to form pacts in order to return to power.

Finally, there was a surprise in Barcelona where Ana Colau, who gained fame as an anti­eviction activist, led the most voted for party in the Catalan city, winning 11 seats in the local council ahead of standing major Javier Trias.

Below, THE VIEW has produced a detailed chart of the major municipalities in our distribution area that affect the

There are always anomalies at election time wherever in the world they’re held.

For example, in a small hamlet in the province of León, just 2 votes were enough for the PP to get in ­ because 97% of residents did not bother to go to the polls.

Felechares de la Valdería, which comes under the wider town council of Castrocalbón but has its own parish council, had 163 residents eligible to vote in the local elections. Of these, only five cast their ballot, with the remaining 158 staying at home. When the ballots were counted, one of the votes was declared null and void on technicalities, leaving four.

Two of these were 'blank' votes, with nothing in the envelope, a form of protest where residents do not feel any of the candidates running for mayor represent them Villarroya sufficiently. This left just two, which were for the PP. As the village has two council seats, both of which were British and Irish residents.

As with any elections, there were some surprises and won by Benigno Pérez Cenador and Ángel Martínez San Juan, shocks. In Los Montesinos, where the council had been on the PP party, this means they have won an outright reduced from 13 to 11, the PSOE secured a stronger overall majority. To this end, the PP government in Felechares has majority taking 7 seats. The PP, whose support had been literally voted itself back in.

If you follow the UK General Election, you’ll know that increasing in recent votes were reduced to a solitary there’s a rush to be the first constituency to declare. That opposition councillor.

The PSOE also dominated Rojales with a remarkable 10 prize has gone to Houghton & Sunderland South for the sixth councillors out of a possible 17 (reduced from 21) and time in a row. In Spain, they set different types of election gaining their own overall majority for the first time since records.

The town of Villarroya in La Rioja was the first 2003. In the process, the PSOE councillor, Derek Monks, becomes the only British councillor in a governing party in municipality to CLOSE their polling station. They opened along with all the others up and down the country at 0900 the entire area.

The most remarkable result in the area came in Algorfa and according to reports submitted to election officials they where, with a turnout of less than 60%, the PSOE took the closed at 0902 – just two minutes later! There are only nine council with 6 seats against 5 for the PP and with a majority people on the electoral roll and all apart from one (a postal of just FOUR votes, proving every vote does count. Algorfa voter) had voted in the space of two minutes. In 2011, they closed the doors at 0907. For the past 10 years, there has had been a PP stronghold since 2003.

You’ll find more details about the results in Torrevieja, been an agreement between all the neighbours that they will always try to be the first to close the polls on Election Day. Orihuela Costa and San Fulgencio on Page 3.

LOCAL SPANISH ELECTIONS 2015 - SUNDAY MAY 24TH - RESULTS

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nternational Airlines Group (IAG) looks set to take over Aer Lingus after the Government gave the green light to a €1.4bn bid.

Irish Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe said the Government – which owns a 25% stake in the national flag carrier – was supporting the proposed deal after seeking reassurances and commitments.

“IAG has provided additional information and certain commitments in relation to its proposal,” he said.

“Following detailed consideration of this and all of the issues surrounding a potential disposal of the State’s shareholding in Aer Lingus, the Government has decided that it will support IAG’s proposal.”

Irish laws mean the Dáil will now have to vote to back the Government's proposals.

Under the deal, IAG said it has agreed to a number of “legally binding” promises on the future of Aer Lingus, including the development of Dublin as a hub for transatlantic routes.

It has also vowed that Aer Lingus will keep existing slots at Heathrow, continue routes between Heathrow and Dublin, Cork and Shannon for the next seven years, as well as retaining its corporate brand.

The Aer Lingus head office will remain in Dublin, under the agreement.

Willie Walsh, the Irish­born chief executive of IAG, claimed Aer Lingus, Ireland and IAG would all benefit from the deal.

“Aer Lingus would maintain control of its brand and operation while gaining strength as part of a profitable and sustainable airline group in an industry that’s consolidating,” he said.

“Ireland’s vital air links to Europe and North America would be enhanced, creating new jobs, with cast­iron guarantees on ownership of Aer Lingus’ Heathrow slots and

their use on flights to Dublin, Cork and Shannon.”

Mr Walsh said the acquisition would add a fourth airline to IAG, allowing it to develop its network using Dublin as a hub between the UK, continental Europe and North America.

Mr Donohoe said it has also been assured of job creation under the bid, with up to 635 new jobs at Aer Lingus by the end of next year.

“We have very carefully considered all of the issues involved and have concluded that supporting IAG’s offer is in the best interests of the airline, its employees, the travelling public, job creation and the economy overall given the vital role that air access plays in our economy as an island nation,” he said.

“IAG has set out ambitious growth plans for the company and the government is confident that supporting IAG’s offer for Aer Lingus is the best way of securing Aer Lingus’ future in an increasingly competitive global airline market and of enhancing Ireland’s connectivity with the rest of the world and our potential for growth and development into the future.”

While bosses at the airline have backed the sale, unions and opposition parties fear job losses, reduced connectivity

in and out of Ireland and less competition if the share is sold.

Repeated advances from IAG had been previously rejected on the back of the concerns. Trade union Impact, which represents cabin crew, pilots and some ground staff at Aer Lingus, insisted the deal remains bad for jobs, workers and for Ireland’s connectivity and economic development.

Assurances given by IAG were “no real guarantees”, the union said in a statement.

“For the staff at Aer Lingus, there are genuine concerns of compulsory redundancies if the deal goes through, along with the prospect of a further erosion of terms and conditions in the inevitable restructuring of the company,” it said.

“Any assurances on the future use of the Heathrow slots will evaporate once the seven­year period has elapsed, after which these vital connection points can be moved to where they will make larger profits for the airline.

“Thereafter, the interests of IAG shareholders will always trump the interests of the Irish economy and the Irish travelling public.”

Opposition parties Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Socialist Party have all argued against a takeover.

But Colm Barrington, chairman of Aer Lingus, said the company will reap the commercial and strategic benefits of being part of a much larger group.

“This access to greater global scale will accelerate growth across our network, enhance Ireland’s position as a natural gateway connecting Europe and North America, give Irish tourism access to major traffic flows and customer loyalty programmes and provide better access for business interests and to cargo flows,” he said.

The takeover deal now hinges on Ryanair selling its shares in Aer Lingus to IAG. Ryanair said it has yet to receive an offer.

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rincess Leonor of Spain had her First Holy Communion last week.

The nine­year­old heir presumptive to the Spanish throne was accompanied by her parents King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, as well as her younger sister Princess Sofía, as she arrived at the Asunción de Nuestra Señora church in Aravaca, a borough of Madrid.

The young princess was dressed smartly in her navy and grey school uniform, wore a rosary around her neck, and had her blonde hair swept back into two side plaits, while her eight­year­old sister Sofía wore a white dress with a big blue bow, and a headband to match.

The girls' mother Queen Letizia wore a

pale green dress and a white guipure lace coat, as well as some quirky transparent peep­toe heels.

As the family arrived, along with Letizia's relatives and Felipe's parents, Juan Carlos I and his wife Sofia, Princess Leonor politely turned to photographers and gave them a big smile and a wave and giggled with her sister Princess Sofia.

When Juan Carlos I abdicated the throne in favour of his son in June 2014, his granddaughter Leonor became the youngest heir presumptive in Europe, and, once she actually takes the throne, she will be Spain's first queen since Isabella II, who reigned from 1833 to 1868.

THAT SINKING FEELING IN ROCAJUNA

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ardly a day goes by without a news broadcast showing the appearance of a sinkhole somewhere in the world; the latest being on a major golf course! The newest report has come from a little closer to home.

Two British residents had to be rescued by Torrevieja firefighters last week, after a sinkhole appeared at the main entrance of their home. The incident occurred on Residential Monte Pelado – part of the Rocajuna urbanisation. Without warning, the ground shook violently leaving a metre deep hole!

Concerned neighbours of the retired residents alerted emergency services, as they noticed they couldn’t leave the house via the ground floor. The fire service deployed as many crew as possible, as the initial thought was that the home had completely collapsed.

On arrival, firefighters, with the help of the Guardia Civil and Policia Local, had to break through some iron grills to free the trapped couple, who were naturally frightened by the

events and thankfully unharmed.

The rescued couple have indicated that they can’t return to their property as it is unsafe to do so. They are insured and have been temporarily housed in a local hotel.

According to neighbours, it’s not the first time that the ground has collapsed in this particular urbanization, having occurred three times in recent years. In these previous cases, the insurance companies haven’t been able to respond to claims, as they consider the damage caused by these sinkholes was due to structural weaknesses during construction. The promoter who sold the properties has since died and the community of owners is also not responsible.

This situation also highlighted another local issue. The emergency service encountered particular difficulties in accessing the location of the affected property in this and other remote locations on urbanisations, essentially due to a lack of signs showing street names.

husband and wife are being hunted by police after a man was shot in the chest while sitting in his BMW. Patrick and Constance Adams, 59 and 54 respectively, (members of the infamous Adams family crime gang) may have fled the UK shortly after the shooting and could be in Holland or Spain, where they are believed to have links with Torremolinos. A European arrest warrant has now been issued for the fugitive couple.

At about 10am on December 22 2013, the 51­year­old victim was sitting in a black BMW X5 on the corner of Wyclif Street, near the junction of St John Street, Islington.

He was approached by a man and a woman and was shot in the chest by the man.

The victim was taken to an east London hospital where he was treated for more than a month before being discharged. Detectives from the Trident and Area Crime Command have released images of a husband and wife they want to trace in connection with the attack.

Detective Inspector Glenn Butler, from the Met’s Trident and Area Crime Command, said: “I am appealing for anyone with information about where the pair are now living, to contact us as a matter of urgency".

“It is apparent, by the nature of this violent crime that they need to be traced and

interviewed by police. We treat any information that is passed to us with the greatest of confidence.”

Adams, who is known as Patsy, is the younger brother of feared underworld crime boss Terry Adams, who was jailed in 2007 for seven years, after being found guilty of money laundering. Nicknamed the A­Team, the criminal enterprise headed up by Terry, Patrick, and another brother Sean have, since the 1970s, been linked to a protection racket, drugs and armed robbery.

The brothers who were brought up in the Barnsbury area of Islington, ran a crime syndicate that has been linked to more than 20 gangland murders.

Anyone with information can call a UK number – (0044) 208 3580 711.Alternatively, call the Spanish police on 112 immediately.

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EUROVISION’S 60 WINNERS! It all began in 1956 with just seven countries – Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium and Switzerland. The United Kingdom, Austria and Denmark took part the following year. Since its inception, 52 countries have taken part with the latest addition being Australia! It has its critics and its detractors but it also has a following of millions across the world.

A THE VIEW special feature this week looks back at the 60 winners; actually 63 winners due to the four­way tie in 1969. How many can you remember with affection, shock or surprise?

1956 – (Switzerland) REFRAIN – Lys Assia

1957 – (Netherlands) NET ALS TOEN – Corry Brokken

(United Kingdom) BOOM BANG­A­BANG – Lulu (Netherlands) DE TROUBADOUR – Lenny Kuhr (France) UN JOUR, UN ENFANT – Frida Boccara 1970 – (Ireland) ALL KINDS OF EVERYTHING ­ Dana 1971 – (Monaco) UN BANC, UN ARBRE, UNE RUE ­ Severine 1972 – (Luxembourg) APRES TOIS – Vicky Leandros 1973 – (Luxembourg) TU TE RECONNAITRAS – Anne­Marie David 1974 – (Sweden) WATERLOO – Abba

1958 – (France) DORS, MON AMOUR – Andre Claveau

1959 – (Netherlands) EEN BEETJE – Teddy

Scholten 1960 – (France) TOM PILLIBI – Jacqueline Boyer 1961 – (Luxembourg) NOUS LES AMOUREX – Jean­Claude Pascal 1962 – (France) UN PREMIER AMOUR – Isabelle Aubret 1963 – (Denmark) DANSEVISE – Grethe & Jorgen Ingman 1964 – (Italy) NON HO L’ETA – Gigliola Cinquetti 1965 – (Luxembourg) POUPEE DE CIRE, POUPEE DE SON – France Gall 1966 – (Austria) MERCI CHERIE – Udo Jurgens 1967 – (United Kingdom) PUPPET ON A STRING – Sandie Shaw

1968 – (Spain) LA LA LA ­ Massiel 1969 – (Spain) VIVI CANTANDO – Salome

1975 – (Netherlands) DING­A­DONG – Teach­In 1976 – (United Kingdom) SAVE YOUR KISSES FOR ME – Brotherhood of Man 1977 – (France) L’OISEAU ET L’ENFANT – Marie Myriam 1978 – (Israel) A­BA­NI­BI – Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta 1979 – (Israel) HALLELUJAH – Gali Atari & Milk and Honey 1980 – (Ireland) WHAT’S ANOTHER YEAR – Johnny Logan

1981 – (United Kingdom) MAKING YOUR

MIND UP – Bucks Fizz 1982 – (Germany) A LITTLE PEACE ­ Nicole 1983 – (Luxembourg) SI LA VIE EST CADEAU – Corinne Hermes 1984 – (Sweden) DIGGI­LOO DIGGI­LEY ­ Herreys 1985 – (Norway) LET IT SWING – Bobbysocks!

1986 – (Belgium) J’AIME LE VIE – Sandra Kim 1987 – (Ireland) HOLD ME NOW – Johnny Logan 1988 – (Switzerland) NE PARTEZ PAS SANS MOI – Celine Dion 1989 – (Yugoslavia) ROCK ME ­ Riva 1990 – (Italy) INSIEME: 1992 – Toto Cutugno 1991 – (Sweden) FANGAD AV EN STORMVIND ­ Carola 1992 – (Ireland) WHY ME – Linda Martin 1993 – (Ireland) IN YOUR EYES – Niamh Kavanagh 1994 – (Ireland) ROCK ‘N’ ROLL KIDS – Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan 1995 – (Norway) NOCTURNE – Secret Garden 1996 – (Ireland) THE VOICE – Eimear Quinn 1997 – (United Kingdom) LOVE SHINE A LIGHT – Katrina & The Waves 1998 – (Israel) DIVA – Dana International

1999 – (Sweden) TAKE ME TO YOUR

HEAVEN – Charlotte Nilsson 2000 – (Denmark) FLY ON THE WINGS OF LOVE – Olsen Brothers 2001 – (Estonia) EVERYBODY – Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL 2002 – (Latvia) I WANNA – Marie N 2003 – (Turkey) EVERYWAY THAT I CAN – Sertab Erener 2004 – (Ukraine) WILD DANCES ­ Rusiana 2005 – (Greece) MY NUMBER ONE – Helena Paparizou 2006 – (Finland) HARD ROCK HALLELUJAH

­ Lordi

2007 – (Serbia) MOLITVA ­ Marija 2008 – (Russia ) I BELIEVE – Dima Bilan 2009 – (Norway) FAIRYTALE – Alexander Rybak

2010 – (Germany) SATELLITE ­ Lena 2011 – (Azerbaijan) RUNNING SCARED – Ell

& Nikki 2012 – (Sweden) EUPHORIA ­ Loreen 2013 – (Denmark) ONLY TEARDROPS – Emmelie de Forest 2014 – (Austria) RISE LIKE A PHOENIX – Conchita Wurst

2015 – (Sweden) HEROES ­ Måns Zelmerlöw

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LIKE IT OR GRUMP IT Donna Gee’s View

Utility futility: Seeing the light in Electric Avenue S

panish logic takes some understanding, particularly where utility companies are concerned.

I'll tell you some other time why Telefonica is No.1 on the list of frustrating fools I refuse to do business with. Today’s shocking tale concerns EDP, the company that supplies electricity to most of the urbanisation in which I live.

When my modest villa was built in 2005, HC Energia as it was known had a monopoly of the local power game. There were two options for new residents ­ sign with them or do without electricity altogether.

Since I wasn't keen on watching gas TV or sending emails by pigeon post, I took the direct debit route.

All went well until I flitted back to the UK for a few weeks, leaving the key to my villa with a neighbour. A couple of days later, we both saw red, albeit in different shades.

Marooned in England, I turned purple with rage when my panicky keyholder called to say, “Donna, there's a notice in big crimson letters attached to your front door saying your electricity has been cut off.''

I had just learned the hard way that in Spain, you ensure there is always enough money in your bank account to cover your utility bills.

You won't get a phone call or written reminder if the factura isn't cleared by the bank straight away.

It's no good pleading that great­ grandma will die without her home life­support machine or that your cat's kidney condition requires dialysis. If the leccy bill bounces, it's lights out. Instantly.

Since HC Energia were at that time sole suppliers to the urbanisation, I couldn't pay them back by switching to a different supplier. Not that it would have made any difference. All of Spain’s electricity companies seem to operate the same shock treatment if they don't get their money muy pronto.

They say that power corrupts but in EDP’s case it merely seems to have blown the brains of their administrators. Last week the dimwits sent a couple of representatives on a door­to­door

mission to negotiate new five­year contracts with their British expat customers in return for a discount on future bills.

Nothing particularly loopy about the business plan, but since Spanish­speaking Brits are as rare as homophobic gays in Ireland, you'd assume that Antonio and Isabel would speak good English.

Not a word of it. Well, perhaps 20 between the the two of them.

Which is roughly equal to the number of palabras espanolas the other six households in my street can muster in total.

With residents primed to be permanently on guard for conmen and other crooks, the ingredients were there for a cocktail of confrontation. And within half an hour of Antonio the Antagoniser ringing my doorbell, it exploded.

Fortunately our community administrator, a Spanish lawyer, had been passing when they rang my door bell and assured me that Antonio and Isabel were bona fide EDP reps.

Anyway, I managed to follow most of their patter and then found myself called into action as a makeshift interpreter for my Welsh and northern Irish neighbours.

Both are retired couples who spend most of their time in the UK so saw no reason why their current electricity agreement should change.

Antonio, frustrated at not getting his message over clearly, merely exacerbated the situation with his aggressive manner and finger­ pointing.

“Listen, I don’t understand what you are saying and if I don't understand I don’t sign anything!'' barked a voice of the valleys as the tension mounted.

I’d never seen the gentle folk from Ulster in a paddy, but when Antonio demanded their passports in order to confirm they were who they were, the simmer temperature continued to soar.

The EDP business plan had backfired big­time in my street.

Perhaps Antonio’s bosses now have an inkling of what it feels like to be cut off at source.

The Mast of the Big Spenders and the Great Barrier Grief G

uardamar Marina is a beautiful place. Quiet, relaxing, an ideal setting to dream the boat­iful dream, in fact. Like my own fantasy of buying the biggest luxury yacht imaginable and claiming the title Mast of the Big Spen­ ders.

Unfortunately, even a rowing boat is out of my price range, so I’ve reluc­ tantly accepted that I’ll never catch up with the Roman Abramoviches of this world.

The Russian billionaire's 154­ metre mega­yacht, Eclipse, cost an estimated £340 million and I rec­ kon he'd happily build an identi­ cal one for Jose Mourinho if the Special One ever lost his ability to walk on water.

But back to reality. Car access to Guardamar Marina (pictured) is by tic­ ket, with payment on departure. Armed with the ticket issued automatically on entry, my family and I drove the short distance to the exit barrier, assu­ ming that was where we had to pay. No such luck.

The sign WANT TO REPLY TO DONNA? Email your (above) in two comments to DonnaGee1@aol.com languages, nei­

ther of which is identifiable as English, made the departure procedure perfectly clear. Nearly as clear as mud, in fact.

I mean, any idiot who understands Gibberish knows exactly what is meant by the words: 'Communicate that payment will effective tiket offices at port'.

Ten minutes later, the ba­ rrier went up and we were on our way. We’d eventually wor­ ked out that we were supposed to pay 200 metres away at the Port Office before leaving – then return to the departure barrier and activate it with the validated ticket.

Perfect. Just what one needs to complete a relaxing afternoon.

Anyway, folks, if you fancy nipping down to Guardamar Marina, I sug­ gest you save yourselves the hassle by parking your car before you arrive at the entrance barrier.

Walk the last couple of hundred metres. It will make the boat­iful dream much more enjoyable.

It will also provide you with an extra euro to­ wards your very own £340m mega­yacht.

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TOY STORY WITH A HAPPY ENDING

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he National Police have broken up an organized group of 13 individuals belonging to an international organisation dedicated to sending drugs hidden in stuffed toy animals and other objects.

The operation took more than six months investigating the group which culminated in the arrest of those involved last Thursday who were aiming to introduce and distribute significant items of

cocaine in Mallorca.

Those detained are Spanish, with one Columbian, aged between 23 and 45 ­ one of them has a history of drug trafficking. Police began investigating after finding a packet in a shipment from Andalusia en route to Son Banya, in Mallorca, where it was sold. Later, the agents were able to confirm that the organization used various courier companies to ship the cocaine hidden inside various objects such

as gifts, stuffed animals and even cat litter.

It was the gang’s intention to distribute the drugs throughout Mallorca with the principal destination being the popular village of Son Banya. After identifying those allegedly responsible members of the Drug & Organized Crime Unit and the National Police National obtained search warrants for addresses in the towns of Inca, Búger, San Jordi,

CONSTRUCTION CEMENTS ITS UPWARD TREND

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n a further welcome confirmation that the economic situation in Spain is showing signs of improvement, Oficemen, the association of Spanish cement producers, continues to report increased demand for their products in 2015, indicating that the construction sector of the economy is at last leaving behind the minimal levels of activity which have dominated the country over the last couple of years.

This recovery is also borne out in the latest unemployment data, which show that the number of unemployed construction workers dropped by 3.8% during the month of April alone.

Domestic cement consumption increased by 13.3% year­on­year in Spain in April 2015. According to Oficemen, cement consumption also improved in January – April 2015 when compared to the corresponding

Palma and Manacor.

Eleven people were detained and after a search of the premises drugs, top of the range vehicles, money and other documents were taken for detailed examination.

In these records arrested eleven individuals and proceeded to the intervention of drugs, vehicles, large displacement, money, and other documentation is being analyzed.

In total, six kilos of cocaine, 350 grams of crystal meth, marijuana, four vehicles and €15,000 in cash was found.

URGENT MEDICATION RECALL – TRAMADOL 50mg

period in 2014, growing by 9.7% to more than 3.51 million tons.

Even though this year’s figures are encouraging so far, it has to be pointed out that during the first three months of the year the amount of cement used in the construction sector was still approximately a sixth of the figure in the same period of 2008.

Commenting on the latest statistics, Oficemen’s Aniceto

Zaragoza noted that the figures are promising but that a full recovery may not be reached until the end of the next decade.

However, he pointed out that the innovation displayed by the country’s cement industry was an important competitive advantage.

Some 206 types of cement are produced in Spain, all of which have high quality certifications, said Zaragoza.

of many of the most important new elements of leading­edge measurement technologies.

Across the world, national metrology institutes continually advance measurement science, by developing and validating new measurement techniques at whatever level of sophistication is needed. They also participate in comparisons coordinated by the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), to ensure the reliability of measurement results worldwide.

Many measuring instruments are controlled by law, or are subject to regulatory control, for example, the scales used to weigh goods in a shop, instruments to measure environmental pollution, or meters used to bill energy. The International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) develops international Recommendations, the aim of which is to align and harmonize requirements for these types of instruments worldwide.

World Metrology Day recognizes and celebrates the contribution of all the people that work in intergovernmental and national organizations throughout the year on behalf of all. It is an annual

event during which more than 80 countries celebrate the impact of measurement on our daily lives.

This date was chosen in recognition of the signing of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875, the beginning of formal international collaboration in metrology. There were 17 original signatories on the document, including Spain. Each year World Metrology Day is organized and celebrated jointly by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and the International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML), with the participation of the national organizations responsible for metrology.

The international metrology community, which works to ensure that accurate measurements can be made across the world, endeavours to raise awareness each World Metrology Day through a poster campaign and web site. Previous themes have included topics such as, measurements for the global energy challenge, for safety, for innovation, and measurements in sport, the environment, medicine and trade.

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o you take Tramadol? Are you visiting Spain or have you been in the UK recently and been prescribed Tramadol?

The MHRA in the UK has issued an urgent medical safety alert and a recall of RelonChem Ltd / Kent Pharmaceuticals Tramadol 50mg capsules (PL 20395/0065) and ONLY affects medication from that particular company.

All unexpired batches of these capsules are being recalled due to the risk of fungal contamination. The product concerned is presented in cartons of 30 or 100 capsules in the RelonChem or Kent livery.

If you have any concerns, please contact your local doctor or contact the medical information team on (44) 151 556 1860 or by email to info@relonchem.com.

DID YOU MEASURE UP LAST WEEK?

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id you know there is a day to celebrate the birth of the metre? Were you aware of metrology, which is the science of measurement?

May 20 was World Metrology Day, commemorating the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875. This treaty provides the basis for a coherent measurement system worldwide.

The theme chosen for 2015 was “Measurements and light.”

This year, World Metrology Day is aligned with the International Year of Light and Light­based Technologies, proclaimed by the General Assembly of the UN and organized by UNESCO. Events in 2015 will celebrate the central role of light to life, whether as a source of energy, as the basis for photonic technologies, or as being a source of wonder and excitement. Metrology, the science and application of measurement, plays a central role in enabling the application and advancement of light­based technologies, whether for more efficient energy production, a better understanding of climate change, or optimal lighting of our cities and towns. In turn, light is at the heart

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THE VIEW FROM THE LIONS DEN

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AIN BENNETT has been a well­known and highly respected name and face in the local community for a few years thanks to his work with the Torrevieja Lions Club. Sadly, the local branch had to close a couple of months ago due to a lack of members. Iain has joined THE VIEW as one of our regular contributors and you’ll see him around and about at events in the future. In the third part of “THE VIEW FROM THE LIONS DEN”, he writes about some of the more frustrating aspects of dealing with “officialdom”...........

Since the formation of the Torrevieja Costa Lions Club, the Lions have had an excellent relationship with the Ayuntamiento in Torrevieja. Graham Knight was of great support in helping set up the Club in the town; Graham was later to become an honorary member of the Club in recognition of all his fine work. More recently the Club was ably supported by Jean­Paul Molero and Rosario Martinez, and in May 2014 Eduardo Dolon Sanchez, Mayor of Torrevieja, was inducted as an honorary member of the Club.

Whilst there was an excellent rapport between the Lions and the Town Hall, sometimes things did not always work out as easily as others.

In the summer of 2008, the Lions International Youth Band from UK visited the Costa Blanca, performing concerts in Calpe, Mazarron and included 3 performances in Torrevieja.

The band, which was a brass band, consisted of around 30 young people all under the age of 19 and they performed open air concerts in the Park of Nations and on the seafront at La Mata, rounded off by an indoor concert in the Teatro Municipal Torrevieja. Funds raised from all three concerts, some €2,000, were donated by the Lions to the Cruz Roja Ambulance appeal in Torrevieja and the Town Hall accommodated the band members in Hotel Cabo Cervera for three nights at no cost to the Lions or the band.

The concert in the Torrevieja Theatre was the first of many to be promoted there by the Lions, but not without a little controversy and a lot of hard work on behalf of the Lions along the way.

The next concert in the theatre was exactly one year later, again performed by the Lions International Youth Band and again kindly accommodated in the same Hotel at no cost to Lions. However, an administrative problem arose with the theatre management and to date, as I write this piece, the funds raised from ticket sales have still not reached the Lions Club charity account. Despite the best efforts of successive Club Treasurers and Graham Knight, those funds seemed to have disappeared into the ether.

The Club took the conscious decision around this time, not to use the theatre for any fund raising event now, or at any time in the future.

Someone once said, "Never say ‘never’" and so it was that the Lions once again, were asked to promote what proved to

be the first of three excellent musical performances by the Footlights Theatre Group from Calpe. Footlights were allowed the use of the Theatre by the Town Hall on the basis that all profits from ticket sales would go to a bone fide charitable organisation. The group had previously had successful collaboration with the Royal British Legion in the town and had now chosen the Lions as their charity to support.

The first show promoted by the Lions was Andrew Lloyd Webbers' Cats and the show was sold out just before the curtain went up on the night.

With the success of Cats, the Footlights’ Musical Director again invited the Lions to collaborate with the group for a further two shows, and the first of these was a performance of South Pacific, which sold out three weeks in advance of the performance; the second was a performance of West Side Story, which again sold out.

The Torrevieja theatre goers came out in great numbers, such was the reputation of the Theatre Group and the organisational skills of the Lions. The profits from South Pacific were donated to Lions Clubs International Disaster Fund, following the typhoon that struck the Philippines and the funds from West Side Story were donated by the Lions to Reach Out Torrevieja.

I made mention earlier of sometimes things not working as easily as others. It was in the build up to the promotion of South Pacific that the Lions got embroiled in the newly implemented bureaucracy of the Theatre Management.

Basically what was involved was the type of bureaucracy many of us have encountered in the past. We had to provide every detail including, Club articles of association, Club registration documents, Social Security documents and tax details; we did have one slight difficulty, when a demand was made for the details of our Club founding Charter President in 2005, even when I explained that the Charter President had sadly passed away the year before.

Eventually, the theatre management were happy to accept and understand that the Lion President changed every year on 1st July, the start of the Lionistic year. Having taken a few weeks dealing with the necessary paperwork we were “good to go” with the promotion of South Pacific. As a Club we were also very satisfied to know that, our Club was one of only two service organisations / charities registered to use the theatre facilities. Apparently, many of the other local organisations in the area were unable to produce satisfactory evidence of their legal existence.

Having produced all the relevant documents we assumed everything would be simple when it came to future theatre productions. Alas, no. All the documentation had to be updated, signed, countersigned by an assessor and rubber stamped by a member of town hall staff every six months, before we could be considered to be suitable to put on a charity performance in the theatre. This also created a further complication every 1st July when the Club President changed. It got so onerous that the only evidence that had not been asked for, or presented, was a DNA sample from the President, but who knows that may be a future requirement.

The Lions promoted a further two shows at the Teatro Municipal Torrevieja during 2014.

The first was in April in aid of Vecinos de San Miguel Archangel, who provides food and assistance to those most needy in San Miguel de Salinas and whom the Lions had supported on numerous occasions. The show was a concert by JB Brass and the Barbershop Harmonisers and like previous shows was a great evening’s entertainment. I was almost introduced to a new career on the night of this show, due to an industrial dispute with the box office staff.

There were no staff to man it, so yours truly, was duly installed in the box office for an hour before show, selling tickets. I had a bit of fun there; the

Spanish were easy to understand, British people trying to speak Spanish to me were a nightmare and I will never forget the reaction I got from a Scottish guy speaking Spanish to me, when I replied in my well cultivated West of Scotland accent.

What turned out to be the final show organised and promoted by the Lions, was the Pride of Spain Awards in October, a competition, run by a local newspaper to find people, groups, companies and organisations that provide service above and beyond that of others in the local community. To be asked to promote this event was tinged with some irony. In 2009 the Lions had been nominated for an award in one of the categories and had decided unanimously that the Club would not accept the nomination nor attend the event. However, in 201, being one of only two organisations able to hold events at the theatre, we were only too happy to facilitate the occasion.

Now you will remember earlier in this article that the Lions had decided not to use the theatre, following difficulty in receiving funds due and then later we agreed to return to the theatre on the numerous occasions already outlined? Well, it took one year and one day to receive the funds from West Side Story and the Club was able to present the funds to Reach Out at the March business meeting at which the closure of the Club was announced.

Although our Club officially closed in March, the Club Directors have held the bank accounts open, as we have yet to receive the funds from the JB Brass / Harmonisers concert and also the funds from the Pride of Spain Awards. When these funds are received they will of course be presented to Vecinos San Miguel and Reach Out as quickly as possible.

One piece of really good news from the theatre is that in the process of chasing up outstanding monies due to Lions, the funds from the Lions International Youth Band concert in 2009 have been identified as never being paid due to an administrative error way back then! These funds will be forthcoming in due course.

Through all the trials and tribulations associated with organising these various events, the Lions and Ayuntamiento Torrevieja have maintained an excellent working relationship with those individuals mentioned at the start of this article and the Lions are indebted to those people without whose help life would have been made infinitely more difficult.

Happy Days.

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esidents of Urb La Marina and people that enter the area via the N332 have probably noticed a new petrol station in recent weeks.

Being an independent station, they can offer much cheaper prices per litre than the larger companies and, from experience of using it, my car is still running fine despite many believing that cheap petrol must ruin the engine.

It’s a self­service operation with somebody in attendance from 9 ‘til 9.

However, please be warned. I wanted €20 of petrol, followed the instructions on the screen as I’d previously done and put a €50 note in the slot. I promptly received 10 x €1 coins and a “receipt” that I hadn’t asked for. I was missing a further €20, and there was unusually nobody on duty at that time of the morning to ask why. Not a happy bunny.

I returned about an hour later and explained my plight to the attendant. The situation is this. The machine, for security

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reasons, only pays out a maximum of €10 in change – there are no notes given. The “receipt” I received was in fact a bono (a voucher) for the outstanding €20 which included a barcode. Used it this week and received my €20 of sin plomo. No problem.

The advice of THE VIEW is to always have the exact money with you for the amount of petrol you want, especially if, like me on the first occasion, you’re relying on getting the change to do some important shopping afterwards!

A KARAOKE SMASH HIT

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woman recently spent a night in a police cell in Gijón (Asturias) after punching a man at a karaoke because his singing was so bad!

The 48­year­old was at a bar in the La Arena district of the northern city went as far as to glass the victim's face because of his musical skills. National Police heard that the woman was laughing at and mocking a 33­ year­old who had got up behind the microphone, telling him he could not sing to save his life.

When he came down from the stage, he confronted her about her 'attitude', but witnesses say he did not do so rudely on the whole – although he may have used the odd swear­word. He told her that if she felt she could do it better, she should get up on stage and give it a go herself.

In response, the woman erupted into a rage and punched him several times, then grabbed a glass bottle from the bar, smashed it and stabbed him repeatedly in the face with it.

Luckily, his wounds were only superficial, but a cut in his forehead which needed five stitches was bleeding profusely and is likely to leave a scar.

ozens of would­ be migrants from various parts of Africa have hijacked a delivery lorry in the Valencia area which was heading for the UK in an attempt to get into the latter country.

The driver, Galicia­ based Carlos Cudeiro, 37, said he was transporting pre­ cooked sliced bread from a factory to Britain via France, but only got as far as Quart de Poblet (Valencia) before he was held up by '20 or 30 men' who were 'armed with crowbars, knives and picks'.

Cudeiro said he saw them beating up the Lithuanian lorry driver who was just in front of him in a traffic queue on the A­7 motorway, breaking the chains around the back door and trying to enter the container.

Seeing the Lithuanian lorry was full of pallets and there was no room for them, the gang approached Carlos' lorry, which was carrying a cargo from the bread factory in Feignies, northern France to take to Rugby, Warwickshire via the Eurotunnel in Calais.

"They threatened me through the window.

They said if I didn't keep quiet, they'd beat me up," he reveals.

The men reportedly forced their way into the cabin and the container, throwing full boxes of bread out onto the road ­ rendering it unsaleable ­ in order to get inside.

Cudeiro had to ring the factory and explain what had happened, and they told him to turn back without completing his journey, for his own safety. An hour into his return journey, hearing banging noises in the hold, Cudeiro realised he was 'not travelling alone'

and rang the transport company in Valencia to warn them.

They called the National Police and the Gendarmerie in France, who agreed he should stop at the next layby on the A26, near Arrás.

"I told the two gendarmes that they may need back­up, because the gang was very violent, but when they opened the container there was only one young man, from Eritrea.

They arrested him immediately," Cudeiro explains.

Once he arrived in Feignies, he spoke to another lorry driver from the same French company, Saint Arnaud, who said he had just suffered a similar assault.

He, too, was transporting bread to the UK and was hijacked during a traffic jam, so he had to return to the factory without finishing his journey.

Cudeiro says the crowds of African migrants waiting in Calais, northern France to smuggle themselves into Dover was 'nearly as bad' as the situation seen daily in Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish­owned city­ provinces on the northern Moroccan coast, Europe's only land border with Africa.

n Edition 1 of THE VIEW, we had a feature about some of the most common and unusual surnames in Spain.

Names are prominent once again this week with the release, finally, of data from two years ago.

They have revealed that according to the National Statistics Institute (INE), which reviewed 425,390 birth records for 2013, Lucía and Hugo are the most popular names for babies born in Spain, Hugo has pushed Daniel off the podium after the latter topped the baby boy name charts in 2012 and 2010; Alejandro was the most popular name in 2011.

As for girls, the situation remains much more stable, with Lucía leading the rankings for the third year in a row. It is followed by María, Paula, Daniela, Martina, Carla, Sara, Sofía, Valeria and Julia.

After Hugo, the most popular boy names in 2013 were Daniel, Pablo, Alejandro, Álvaro, Adrián, David, Mario, Diego and Javier.

In the Spanish population as a whole, regardless of age, the classic names still rule.

Statistics from 2014 show that the top five

men’s names are Antonio, José, Manuel, Francisco and Juan with 12% of the entire male population having one of these names.

On this ranking, Hugo is listed 70th, behind Mohammed.

As for women, María Carmen is followed

by María, Carmen, Josefa and Isabel. Lucía ranks 20th on this particular list.

Additionally, some 43% of the Spanish population, or 20.4 million people, have the surname González, Rodríguez, Fernández, López, Martínez, Sánchez, Pérez, Gómez or Martín.

The INE website has a tool allowing users to check how frequently their own name turns up by province, decade of birth or nationality.

MORE BIG MAC OPPORTUNITES HUGO IS THE BOSS IN SPAIN...

I FOR SPAIN A s part of its strategy to expand its business, the burger chain is planning to open 100 new restaurants over the next 2 years and in so doing employing 4,000 new workers.

According to information collected from its website, McDonald’s in Spain already employs nearly 23,000 people spread over more than 470 restaurants located in every city and town across the country.

McDonald’s was one of the first catering companies that joined the Entrepreneurship and Employment Strategy of the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security, and the original plan was the creation of 60 new stores to provide work for 3,000 people.

This expansion comes after more than disappointing first quarter figures in 2015 when sales fell globally by 33% compared to the same period last year. To curb this, McDonald's plans to launch various initiatives to halt these declines.

World­wide during 2014, the company reported profits of 15% less at $4.75bn with sales at 2.36% lower than the previous year

at $27.4bn.

In the early part of this month, McDonald’s announced a restructuring of the company, dividing its business into four main areas.

The first one, their busiest sector, is aimed at the US with 40% of operating income in 2014. The second, the leading international markets (Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the UK) which brought in another 40% of the turnover. Third are the high­growth markets, such as Spain, China, Italy, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The fourth and final area is to look to develop and expand their already successful branches.

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egular travellers by bus to the city of Alicante got a pleasant surprise back in September 2011 when the run down, dirty, smelly and sometimes threatening bus station was replaced by the new building closer to the port.

If you’d looked around the old building you would’ve noticed murals at either end of the ground floor dedicated to the fishermen of the area. The building and the surrounding areas that once housed the platforms has been slowly decorated and a children’s play area and pleasant walkway now adorn the large space opposite the Alicante Fire Station.

In a continuation of this renovation the Department of Health has been given permission to take over the first floor and the tendering process is now in process. The total budget for the works is just short of €2 million.

A Originally, the local authorities wanted the building to be turned into a gourmet market area, similar to the San Miguel Market in Madrid. However the idea was eventually discarded because there was no company interested in managing it.

TRADITIONAL REMEDY SAVES THE DAY

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boy of about six years had to be rescued after getting his head wedged between two balustrades in the balcony of the second floor of Salamanca Avenue, in Santa Pola where he lives.

Firefighters from Elche responded to the call from his parents who tried everything to free him. Reports said that neither the child nor his parents were scared at the unfolding events, but were more than relieved to see help arrive.

In fact the situation was quite comical, because to avoid breaking or bending any of the bars where the boy was jammed stuck, the rescuers chose one of the tried and trusted remedies to solve the problem. Simply, they doused his head and hair with soap and water and out it came!

GIVE US THIS DAY, OUR DAILY BIMBO

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osé Manuel Soria, the Spanish Industry Minister along with the president of Castilla­La Mancha, Maria Dolores de Cospedal presided at the opening of a new bread factory in the town of Azuqueca de Henares in Guadalajara.

Bimbo, the popular brand of bread whose name has spawned many comments, jokes and wry smiles over the years, has invested almost €50 million in the new factory of over 21,000 square metres and is now considered to be the most efficient and high­performance operation in Europe. It will now be Bimbo’s new

headquarters.

Bimbo Iberia has its origins in the Bimbo Group, founded in Mexico in 1945. In 1965 one of its founders decided to create the same company in Spain and started its operation at its factory in Granollers, Barcelona. The company is one of the market leaders in the categories of bread, pastries and cakes brand and one of the largest organizations in the food sector in general in the Iberian Peninsula.

lighthouse in Galicia is the first in Spain to be made into a hotel The Development Ministry has drawn up a plan for some 50 of the 187 lighthouses in Spain which are no longer in use and intends to use many of them as hotels. The Illa Pancha lighthouse was built in 1857 and hasn’t been used since 1983.

Other possible uses, given the lack of space in many lighthouses, include centres for nature study or for exhibitions. The change of use has already been established in some of the autonomous regions, but in 2013 the Development Ministry announced a national plan for the conversion into hotels via concessions or investment from private companies.

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HOSPITAL CELEBRATES VALUABLE DONATIONS

DANGEROUS DRIVING HABITS

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he continued success of the Vega Baja Hospital in Orihuela in their treatment of various transplant patients has been rewarded with the renewal of an important contract.

The Directorate General of Planning, Evaluation, Research, Quality and Patient Care have given further authorisation to the continued transplanting of corneas, tendon and bone tissue, and bone from live donors.

Transplant Unit Vega Baja began these types of operations in August 1997 and since then there have been 234 donations of the items listed above and a further 170 donations of vital organs has also enabled more than 300 patients to reduce the need for dialysis.

The work achieved by this unit has resulted in them receiving several awards from the National Transplant Organization, including the prestigious Benchmarking

A Award (2009) for Best Practices in Organ Donation and a valued prize in 2013 for their scientific work from the Liver Transplant Patients Association of Valencia, The high rate of the donations received in the unit, is more than 15 points above the national average, has been achieved by the ongoing work over the years by the entire hospital, but has only been possible thanks to the generosity and compassion of the people of Vega Baja.

ccording to a statement from the Spanish Director General of Traffic (DGT), Maria Segui, there are an estimated 25,000 people who regularly get behind a wheel and do not have a driving license.

He was questioned at a press conference whether he had anyone specific in mind when these figures were released as this follows the recent case of Real Madrid footballer Karim Benzema.

He said that the fact that Benzema been caught without a license has merely confirmed his belief that it was “fatal” for people to drive without the appropriate “permiso.” Apart from the figures quoted, Mr Segui said that there were many more people

also continuing to drive when they’ve been banned from doing so.

Benzema was charged with a traffic offence by failing to provide his driving license after being stopped in a routine check by the Madrid Policia Local near Terminal 4 at Barajas Airport. The Real Madrid star had already been convicted of speeding at a trial in March, fined €18,000 and banned from driving for 8 months.

Mr Segui was asked whether road safety and the rules and regulations connected with it should be a compulsory subject in schools.

He said that the DGT has already offered to cover all schools but unfortunately not all want to benefit from the opportunities to train pupils and students

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he commitment of THE VIEW to bring you important information continues with the first of a list of 24 HOUR DUTY CHEMISTS in our coverage area. Known in Spanish as FARMACIAS DE GUARDIA, most towns have at least one chemist on the duty rota which changes on a weekly basis.

The first list covers some of the major towns, although others will be featured in subsequent weeks.

TORREVIEJA There are two chemists that open 24 hours, 7 days a week: CALLE RAMON GALUD, 196 (Corner of Calle Virgen de La Paloma) AVENIDA ANTONIO MACHADO, 115 Of course, we hope you’ll never need to use the services of the emergency chemists. The advice of THE VIEW is to visit your local farmacia to see if they’re on the rota. There is usually a list posted outside the building if they are.

GUARDAMAR FRIDAY 29 MAY SATURDAY 30 MAY SUNDAY 31 MAY

SAN MIGUEL C/ Diecinueve De Abril, 21

Calle Mayor, 9

C/ Diecinueve De Abril, 21 C/ Diecinueve De Abril, 21

MONDAY 1 JUNE

Avenida Cervantes, 29

Plaza De La Libertad, 6

TUESDAY 2 JUNE WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE THURSDAY 4 JUNE

Av. Atenas Bungalow 5, Parc.10­b

Plaza De La Libertad, 6

Avenida Pais Valenciano, 29

Plaza De La Libertad, 6 Plaza De La Libertad, 6

ORIHUELA COSTA C. Comercial La Zenia Boulevard Local 0 Av. Playa, Ed. La Zenia Av. De Las Adelfas, (Dehesa Campoamor) C/ Pirineo, Conjunto La Fuente Locales 63 Y 64 C. Comercial La Zenia Boulevard Local 0 Av. Playa, Ed. La Zenia Av. De Las Adelfas, (Dehesa Campoamor)

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THE VIEW will feature a selection of your letters every week on this page. If you have anything to say about something you read in THE VIEW, or you have opinions or views on stories of the day, please contact us via e­mail at editor@theview.es or by post to Apartado De Correos 255, 03193 San Miguel de Salinas, Alicante.

We do our best to publish as many as we can and reserve the right to edit where necessary.

Dear Editor, Good to see you in your new role.

My wife and I did not receive our voting papers in the post (nothing unusual) so, following your paper’s advice, we went to the polling station anyway with our passports. Everything was fine until we came to post our votes. About 8 people pored over lists for about ten minutes trying to find us, whilst a long queue formed, but all to no avail so we had to leave without casting our votes.

We have lived here for 9 years, been official residents for about 5, are registered on the Padron, received papers to vote in the last elections in 2011 and the European vote in 2014.

We checked with the Ayuntamiento a few months ago and were assured that everything was correct and in order.

But apparently it would seem that we have must left the country in the meantime without anyone telling us!!

Barry and Jan Weston, Los Dolses.

Editor’s Note: Nice to hear from some of my old radio contributors!

I’ve covered some of the aspects of your points and many others connected with some of the problems in voting in my article on page 3.

Dear Editor, Firstly compliments on a great newspaper, excellent coverage and love the crossword even if it is a little bit too hard for us!!

We are wondering if either you or you know someone who can help us with a query we have. Enclosed is a photo of a sign advising of

Dear Editor, We really enjoy your new newspaper, The View. The article on page 3 of your second edition struck a chord with my husband who was a National Serviceman. It stirred up many fifty year old memories, one of which is attached.

Congratulations on an excellent newspaper.

Chris and Tony Stanley

improvements to the road quite close to our house. Getting on for a couple of years ago, we saw in another newspaper that the money had been allocated for these improvements, and from memory it was in the region of one million euros! To date, no work has been carried out! It starts at the bottom end of La Fuente Commercial Centre past the Mercadona and down to the Maritaos Restaurant. This road is the Ctra.San Miguel De Salinas.

It would be great if someone could shed some light on this for us. Many thanks, in anticipation.

Helen and Chris Collinson Dear Editor, Did not manage to get the first edition of The View but was fortunate enough to read the second. Very impressed. Keep up the good work.

Re: National Service. You have

certainly opened a can of worms here.

Having served mine in 3 PARA and having had the privilege in taking part in the first and only operational jump since the end of War World Two, namely Suez, I personally cannot see it working. This is because of the disastrous policies of the EU, e.g. open borders and uncontrolled immigration. How can it work?

As an example, would young Muslim men be exempt with the potential scenario of being sent to the Middle East to fight against members of their own religion?

I use the same quote as the columnist Richard Littlejohn. “You could not make it up!” I am sorry to say, but based on my personal experiences I cannot see it working; but I could be proved wrong. I hope so.

Peter E. Handscomb

“Ooh Tony, your call up papers have come, said my Mum, as she handed me the dreaded official brown envelope I thought that I had missed the call up, as many of my friends had, after all we were all well over eighteen, but no, mine had arrived.

So, after a haircut, which I thought was a bit short, I dressed in my best clothes, tight black jeans, drape jacket and suede “brothel creepers” and set off, with my Travel Pass, for somewhere in Hampshire Nice polite people met me at the destination Railway Station, and directed me and about forty other young men to two waiting lorries which took us to Crookham Army Camp.

I was surprised to be at this camp as my father and brother had both been Infantrymen in the Shropshire Light Infantry, but I suppose that ten years in the St. John Ambulance Service had influenced the army’s decision to place me in the R.A.M.C.(Royal Army Medical Corps).

When we got to the camp we quickly scrambled out of the lorry and casually stood around waiting.

“Get your hands out of your pockets, you are in the Army now” yelled a loud voice in my ear!

Within a very short time we had forsaken out “best clothes” for army uniform, visited the army barber, for an even shorter haircut, and arrived at our home for the next three months, a long wooden hut containing about twenty beds.”

At that time I did not know that I was about to embark on a great adventure that would influence me throughout my life.

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LONG-TERM RESIDENTS TO VOTE IN REFERENDUM. YES OR NO

UK nationals who have been resident overseas for 15 years or more will not be eligible to vote, despite assurances from the Conservative party chairman, Grant Shapps, last year that they would be.

“If the Conservative party wins the next general election, we will remove this cap [on the number of years a person can live abroad before losing voting rights] and extend it to a full right as a British citizen to vote in British elections for life,” he said in September last year.

The last Labour government reduced the number of years a British citizen could live abroad while still retaining voting rights to 15 years from 20 years in 2000, a decision that has been subject to concerted campaigning from expat groups, including a number of Conservative party supporting groups.

Number 10 is being pressed for a clear statement on whether this is government policy, or just an assumption based on the fact that it is expected that the franchise for the EU referendum will be the same as for general elections. This currently means – as in the recent elections – that long­term expats cannot vote.

The crux of the issue however is how soon the government will honour the Conservative manifesto pledge which said: “We will introduce votes for life, scrapping the rule that bars British citizens who have lived abroad for more than 15 years from voting.”

The government has pledged to hold the referendum “before the end of 2017”, but commentators think it is even possible it could be held next year.

Former Conservative minister John Redwood MP, a leading eurosceptic, said: “The people who

voted in the general election to ask for a referendum on the EU are the right people to vote in that referendum. It does not make sense to change the franchise from the normal one in general elections.

“This is an important referendum on whether we stay in the European Union or find a better way from outside the treaties to trade with the member states, be friends with them and negotiate with them as most of the rest of the world does successfully. It is not a sideshow to a wider discussion about changing our normal voter list.”

Mr Redwood’s comments, which backed up ones he made on BBC Radio 4’s flagship news Today earlier in the week, come as the government was expected to present a referendum bill yesterday (Thursday), after it was referred to in yesterday’s Queen’s Speech.

Last September Mr Shapps said: “If the Conservative Party wins the next general election, we will remove this cap and extend it to a full right as a British citizen to vote in British elections for life.

“Being a British citizen is for life. It gives you the lifelong right to be protected by our military and Foreign Office, and to travel on a British passport. We believe it should also give you the lifelong right to vote.

“If you are a British Citizen, Britain is your home, your country. You are British. Yet currently the UK Government denies you the democratic right to vote in elections that could have a huge impact on your life, just because you have been abroad 15 years.

“Many hardworking taxpayers dream of retiring overseas. As they return from their holidays this summer, we want them to know that wherever and whenever they may choose to retire: Conservatives will never take away

their vote.”

Speaking of long­term expats, Mr Webb told Mr Redwood: “It’s not a large group of people but they feel very strongly.

They thought they had a promise from Grant Shapps. It appears now to them to be broken”.

Mr Redwood said: “The government wants to get on with this referendum and meet its promise to the British people....

It would be wrong to use the referendum to make changes to the electorate.... the restrictions [on groups including teenagers, foreigners and long­term expats] are entirely right.

“It must be the British people, living in Britain, who make this decision... There’s a long parliament ahead of us and we can look at changes for future elections, but I think this referendum is too important and urgent – it’s one of the crucial promises from the general election which we need to honour and I don’t think it’s time to start with experimenting with who should vote.”

However another guest, Laura Sandys MP (Con) of the pro­ EU European Movement group said: “I think that many of my colleagues have been pushing for this [an end to the 15­year rule] for a very long time; it is something the Conservatives have been on the front foot on. It [the referendum] will impact these people more than anybody.”

Asked for clarification about whether or not it is the government's intention to leave the 15­year rule change until after the referendum, a Number 10 Downing Street spokesman said: “The [referendum] Bill will be published later this week and we’re not going to pre­empt that.”

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search for the remains of Henry I’s ‘lost’ abbey could confirm the whereabouts of the 12th­century king’s sarcophagus – and, in parallels with the recent search for Richard III, it’s possible that it could be located beneath what is now a car park.

The Hidden Abbey Project aims to uncover the full extent of Reading Abbey, which was largely destroyed in 1539 during the dissolution of the monasteries. It has been instigated by Philippa Langley, well known for leading the search for Richard III’s remains in Leicester. Langley has secured the support of Historic England – formerly known as English Heritage – and in 2016 the project team will carry out ground­penetrating radar (GPR) research of the abbey area, followed by ‘trial trenching’ to estimate the site’s archaeological potential. It is hoped that the imaging might show sarcophagus burials, possibly including that of Henry.

“There is believed to be a pristine Cluniac abbey layout buried beneath the ground at Reading,” Langley told BBC History Magazine. “One of the main aims of the project is to confirm the exact positioning of the abbey church, as well as its size and structure.

Sarcophagus burials tend to show up very clearly in GPR research, and potentially we might be able to see several.

“What’s really exciting is that we know that Henry was buried in front of the high altar, with members of his family buried in specific locations around him.

The thinking in Reading, using current estimates of the size of the abbey, is that this burial spot is located beneath a school. If the abbey is larger, it could be situated underneath either what is today a playground or a car park. That option is considered less likely, but if Henry’s tomb is beneath the car park that will be very interesting.”

Henry founded Reading Abbey in 1121 as a royal mausoleum, and is buried there along with his second wife,

Adeliza, and great­grandson William of Poitiers. Langley is eager to stress that, while the potential to find his sarcophagus burial is exciting, the main aim of the project is to find out as much as possible about the abbey itself – and

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what happens next will be the decision of Historic England.

She does, however, acknowledge striking similarities between Reading’s story and that of Leicester, particularly as there is speculation about the whereabouts of Henry’s remains. An unreliable 19th­ century story suggests that workmen – likely acting on Edward VI’s instructions – targeted the abbey in the 1550s for a silver casket in which the king was supposedly buried, and that his remains were discarded in the process.

“The exact location of Richard III’s remains was unknown, and here too we have a story of a king’s bones possibly being lost,” she says. Much like Richard, Henry was the youngest son who rose to become king.

And, as with Richard, Henry’s character continues to be hotly disputed: some historians believe he was a cruel and ambitious usurper, while others see him as an enlightened and educated peacemaker. The people of Reading want to tell this extraordinary story, and I want to help to get it out there.”

So, what do we know about the man himself?

The youngest of William the Conqueror’s four sons, Henry I reigned from 1100 to 1135. He is sometimes considered a usurper, because his elder brother Robert Curthose arguably had a more legitimate claim to the throne, but Henry had himself crowned while Robert was away on crusade.

Regarded as playing a key role in stabilising Norman England, Henry increased royal revenues, established peaceful relations with Scotland through his marriage to Mathilda of Scotland, and through his Charter of Liberties – described by some historians as a forerunner of Magna Carta – bound himself to laws concerning the treatment of nobles and church officials.

He could, however, also be cruel. He famously cut off the noses of two of his illegitimate granddaughters and blinded them in reprisal for a similar act against a child being held hostage by one of his enemies.

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ore than 1100 people have now died in the major heatwave sweeping India, and forecasters warn searing temperatures will continue.

Southern India has borne the brunt of the hot, dry conditions and many of the victims are construction workers, elderly or homeless people unable to heed official advice to stay indoors.

Roads have melted in New Delhi, where forecasters said they expected the high temperatures to continue into next week ­ adding to the misery of thousands living on the capital's streets with little shelter from the sun.

Brahma Prakash Yadav, director of Indian Meteorological Department, said top temperatures in the capital would remain around 45C ­ the national benchmark for a heatwave.

M "Maximum temperatures won't fall substantially. However, major relief can be expected from June 2 as there are indications of good showers," he said.

Hospitals in the worst­affected states are on alert to treat victims of heatstroke and authorities advised people to stay indoors and drink plenty of water.

BUILDING IT BIGGER IN SAUDI

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audi Arabia is set to become the home of the largest hotel in the world when it opens in 2017 in Mecca. It will have an incredible 10,000 rooms!

The construction site, just two kilometres away from the site of Mecca, which attracts about two million Muslim pilgrims a year for the annual Hajj, the $3.5bn Abraj Kudai will become the world’s largest hotel when it opens.

Once complete, the mixed­ use development project will span 1.4 million square meters and feature a hotel that could accommodate the population of a small town with a shopping mall, full­size convention centre, rooftop helipads, 70 restaurants, and a bus station. It comprises 12 towers with spaces set aside to accommodate Hajj visitors, to house prayer halls and dining spaces.

Artist impressions reveal a series of monolithic towers ecircling a main domed tower, designed to resemble a traditional desert fortress. According to Arabian Business, 10 towers will provide four­star accommodations, while two will be reserved for their most well­heeled clientele offering

alaysia Airlines (MAS), after several years in the red and two serious accidents, have laid off a third of its workforce, between 5,000 and 6,000 workers, although the figure could even rise to 8,000 employees. This is part of the plan to create a new profitable airline.

The layoffs will be borne by Mohammad Faiz Azmi, who has been appointed administrator of the company and direct the dissolution of the company. The process will result in 20,000 airline personnel being dismisses and then only two­thirds will be rehired.

The CEO of Malaysia Airlines, Christoph Mueller, says that “all flights and reservations continue to operate normally,” to maintain its commitment to its customers.

Meanwhile, MAS flight attendants union

NUFAM said if the airline could afford paying its new CEO a salary of MYR 19.8 million (US$ 5.4 million), it had to explain why it could not retain the 6,000 employees, even with a pay cut. The union said that the airline’s problems were caused by high executive compensation, and not by overpaying line employees. NUFAM said MAS line employees had the lowest salaries in the region.

NUFAM demanded that MAS shareholder Khazanah provide a full account of the allocation of the MYR 6 billion (USD$ 1.7 billion) in funds provided to restructure the airline. The union also demanded that the airline reveal all salaries and payments to its board members and executives. NUFAM did not explain how the amount of the CEO’s compensation correlates to the number of layoffs under Khazanah’s restructuring plan.

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five­star amenities.

London­based firm Areen Hospitality has been contracted to design the rooms and hotel interior.

The semi­official slogan in many of the Middle East hotels in Dubai, Qatar and Oman is “Bigger is always better!” But now Saudi Arabia has gone one better and reached new and dizzier “heights”!

The project should be completed in 2017 – to tie in with the ongoing expansion of the Grand Mosque. In the meantime, two other major hotels (Hyatt Regency Makkah ­ due to open this year) and the Conrad Makkah (opening 2016) will soon be dominating the local skyline.

ussia’s recent increase in military activity and its alleged involvement in the eastern Ukraine conflict are pushing Finland closer to the NATO military alliance.

While Finland insists it’s not planning to join NATO, the government could start considering alternatives to membership. However, despite the growing fear of Russian aggression in the region – Russia has also increased naval activity along Finland’s shores – the Finns do not want to cut off its economic ties with Russia.

According to reports, the majority of Finns are also against NATO membership.

“Finland doesn’t feel threatened right now,” Finland Foreign Ministry’s Political and Security Department said, “so there is this concern, which we must address, about where Russia is going, and how it will look 10 or 15 years down the road. For Finland, these are extremely important questions.”

Finland, however, is increasing its military ties with NATO. For instance, it joined

Sweden last summer in signing a pact to allow NATO to provide military assistance to the two nations in emergency cases.

They and Finland also joined with NATO members Denmark, Iceland and Norway last April to enhance co­operation in the face of increased Russian military activity. The defence ministers of these four countries issued the following statement: “Russia’s leaders have shown that they are prepared to make practical and effective use of military means in order to reach their political goals, even when this involves violating principles of international law.

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IF IT’S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE........

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ocal markets are as much a part of daily Spanish life as sun, sangria, siestas and mosquitoes! If you’re new to living in Spain, there is bound to be a market somewhere close to you every day of the week. Yes, support your local markets but why not, from time to time, get in the car and investigate one a little further away, especially those in Alicante, Benidorm and Altea.

As part of the policy at THE VIEW to bring you more and more information, we’ve produced below a “cut out and keep” comprehensive list of the markets in our coverage area. If you know of any others, please let us know at editor@theview.es Thank you to Patricia in Catral and Mick in Dolores for informing us of the extra markets that we’ve added to the list

MONDAY

THURSDAY

Elche Formentera Orihuela San Pedro del Pinatar Santa Pola

Albatera Alicante Rojales San Javier Urb. La Marina

TUESDAY

FRIDAY

Altea Benijofar Orihuela San Fulgencio (Village) WEDNESDAY

Benejuzar Crevillente Dolores Los Montesinos Pilar de la Horadada Torrevieja

Benidorm Callosa Guardamar del Segura La Mata San Miguel de Salinas

SATURDAY Alicante Almoradi Catral Elche

La Marina (N­332 Lidl & Iceland) Playa Flamenca Santa Pola SUNDAY Algorfa Benidorm Benijofar Campoverde Campo de Guardamar (Lemon Tree) Elche El Zoco (Quesada – San Miguel Road) Urb. La Marina

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he article in THE VIEW last week on National Service certainly got the memory banks working. MIKE SMITH shares his anecdotes and thoughts of that time.

Mention the above to any ex servicemen, and it brings back the memories of the many letters they wrote to their girlfriends with SWALK (sealed with a loving kiss) ITALY (I trust and love you) HOLLAND (Hope our love lasts and never dies) BOLTOP Better on lips than on paper) on the back of the envelope.

If you are one of those people, get your best shoes a yellow duster and a tin of cherry blossom shoe polish, just sit in your favourite chair and close your eyes. Then ask your wife/partner to read my memories of my first few days at 7TR. You may have been at another camp, but I think your memories will be very similar to mine.

We were all so very young and innocent then, but we were setting off on a trip of our life that we would never forget.

Many lads like me asked to go, but many more were sent.

We set off and had only traveled a few miles when the lorry started to grunt and groan, so the driver dropped down to a

lower gear to climb the hill. When it eventually made it to the top, we saw the sign we would remember for the rest of our lives. It was painted dark blue, light blue and white and in big letters it said “7th Training Regiment, Royal Signals.”

When the lorry eventually stopped, the tailgate dropped and the driver welcomed us to 7TR. Some lads gave a little smile, others stood shaking in their shoes and I think a few even wet themselves. Then a Sergeant appeared with a clipboard and a piece of paper in his hand. After shouting “Listen in you lot”, or words to that effect, he said, “when I read your names out, you will reply by saying ‘Sir’ then stand behind the corporal.”

About twenty minutes later he returned with another eight lads, giving them time to put their bags down and we all went outside to stand in the sun. This was very unusual for late October, because many ex­servicemen said 7TR was the coldest place on earth!

Arriving at the bedding stores, our Corporal told us to “fall out”, then get in single file and pass down the counter, the man behind the counter placed four blankets in front of me, the next gave me two sheets, and the next gave me a pillow and a pillow case. The Corporal at the end placed two mess tins, a mug, knife, fork and spoon on the top, saying “guard these with your life, sign here”. Looking down, I thought he’d given me a secret weapon.

A little later in the dorm he shouted “27 Troop. Attention!” and we all stood looking at each other like fairies thinking “what’s 27 Troop?’’ Our Corporal took one look at us and said, “You are 27 Troop and when anyone shouts “27 Troop Attention, you must stand with your feet together and your hands down by you side”.

Hearing him say “27 Troop Attention” again we thought he letting us practice, but in walked the Sergeant with the clip board who took our names on arrival. After looking at us for a couple of minutes, he said “I’m your Troop Sergeant, but not only that, I’m going to be your mother, father and your guardian angel while you are at 7TR.” And he continued by saying, “I’m gonna tell you when to run, when to walk, when to cough, and when to go to the toilet”, but not in so many

words! He then told us he was the best Troop Sergeant in 7TR, which actually made us quite proud. We believed him!

Time for dinner, and as it was new intake day the only thing we got was corned beef sandwiches and a mug of tea, which many lads said they’d heard it contained bromide.

Off we trooped to the stores. Stopping at the first lad, a kit bag was dumped on the counter saying “kit bag for the use of, one”, then placing two pairs of boots on the kit bag said “Boots black, two pairs”. The next said “Shirts khaki, two”, “Jumpers green, two”. As we passed down the counter, the pile got bigger and bigger, “battle dress, jacket and trousers two,” “Denims jacket and trousers two”, “draws green two”. “sock’s two”, “pyjamas two”, “tie’s two”, “beret two”, braces two”, “housewife for the use of”.

It was all back to front! The article came before the colour!

Then came pack large one, pack small one, pouches two, gaiters two, belts two, various straps buckles and brasses, pull through, scabbard, water bottle, holder, tin hat, camouflage netting one, mack green for the use of, sign here.

When we got back to our new home, we spent the next two hours putting our kit away. It was like a church jumble sale, because some lads were too small, others were too big. One lad said “Swap me Taffy” another said, “will these fit you, Lofty.” Eventually, we managed to dress in a reasonable state.

As our Corporal “Ted” stood looking at us, he didn’t say anything, but had a little smile on his face. I did wonder if he thought we looked smart or if he’d just broken wind!

Part 2 in next week’s edition of THE VIEW.

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n his latest article for THE VIEW, John­Ross from Guernsey­based JR Photography guides you through landscape photography.

How many good photos does a photographer go home with after a photo­shoot?

It’s that time of year where we move from spring to summer, one of my favourite times to shoot landscapes images, and what a fantastic week it has been so far with hours on end down at the seaside watching the sun go down and enjoying the scenery.

Preparing for Landscape photography can be a lot of work and very time consuming, but when the time comes make sure you enjoy it as well as capture it. Here are just a few tips to get you started on creating beautiful landscape images and make you appreciate the true nature of earth.

Essential gear to get you started: Tripod and Ball Head, a variety of Graduated Filters, and a Shutter Release Cable; I tend to use a wide angle 10­24 mm lens for my APS­C and a 24­70mm on my Full Frame camera as well as keep my 70­ 200mm handy for a slightly different perspective.

Plan, Plan, Plan…. I can’t stress this enough! Believe it or not the pro’s don't just get up grab their camera bag and head out

for sunset and expect to get the shot! OK, well some of us do now and again and hope to get lucky, but most of the times it can be days of research and visits to the location to scout the area. Knowing your destination, route and travel time is essential as well as knowing what the tide and weather are up to. I know, there’s no tide and it’s nearly always sunny in Spain!

If you’re planning a long trip make sure you have appropriate clothing, and if you’re going by yourself make sure to let someone know where you’re going and what time you’re expecting to get back.

Trust me, I've made the mistake of not telling anyone and climbing down a 400ft cliff, but that’s another story for another day.

Stormy and dramatic images are my favourite, I'm not afraid to get The best light during the day is of down dirty and wet taking them and this one at Grandes Rocques on course sunrise and sunset, and I've the west coast of Guernsey was no exception! been known to get out of bed at 3am Shot Info: 1/3rd of a second, f/16, ISO 100 @24mm. during the summer months just to get that shot; obviously during the Guernsey! I like to see a little movement in the sea with my winter I get a little lie­in. images giving it that misty effect, and finding the right balance I use a website or app called TPE can sometimes be difficult. Much longer shutter speeds can www.photoephemeris.com. It’s a great way to find out when make the scene wishy­washy and faster shutter speeds can and where the sun is going to be on any given day of the year make it look dirty and unappealing. I’d recommend starting in any location in any part of the world, so you know exactly at around 1/5th of a second and work from that. Use you when and where you need to be to get the best light. The cameras optimal ISO setting for better quality images and a website is free to use but you may have to shed a few pennies small aperture between f/11 and f/16 to get a good depth of for the app. field and all­around sharpness.

Once you’re where you want to be, take the time to look Going back to the question of how many good photos does around and compose the shot with your eyes instead of a photographer go home with after a photoshoot? The answer through the camera. Look to see what your surroundings are is pretty simple; there is only ever one favourite image no doing, where the water is moving, what direction the clouds matter how many you take. There’s always going to be that are going, lead in lines, points of interest and see the shot you one. Try not to overdo it taking hundreds of photos of the want to capture before you take the camera out the bag. The exact same thing; take your time get the shot and move on to rule of thirds can be great to compose your photo but don't the next. be afraid to put the subject bang in the middle like I've done Although this is only the tip of the iceberg I hope this little with my Pic Of The Week and completely ignore the rules. At insight into landscape photography has inspired you to get the end of the day if you like the photo you just took with your out and capture that magical time of the day. camera, who cares what anyone thinks? Unless you’re taking I’m always keen on hearing from our readers, so fire away it for a client that is! with any questions and I’ll answer them in our next edition.

Take a moment to see what’s more interesting, the Remember to check out our website and Facebook Page for foreground or the sky? Try to fill the frame with what’s more the latest updates and images. appealing to the eye; we don't always want to see that clear www.johnrossphotography.co.uk blue sky but what’s below it. www.facebook.com/JRPhotographyGSY In one way I'm more of a seascape than a landscape Leave us your feedback at photographer due to the fact there isn't much land in www.johnrossphotography.co.uk/testimonials

THREE QUEENS IN LIVERPOOL Appropriately for a page that celebrates some great photography, THE VIEW is pleased to share these that were taken during the 175th anniversary of Cunard in Liverpool this week. With thanks to Donna Gee.

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MR. HOLMES

r. Holmes (originally planned to be released as A Slight Trick of the Mind) is a 2015 British­American crime drama mystery film directed by Bill Condon (of Gods and Monsters, Kinsey, Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, The Fifth Estate previously), based on the 2005 novel A Slight Trick of the Mind written by Mitch Cullin. The film stars Ian McKellen as Sherlock Holmes and Laura Linney as housekeeper Mrs. Munro.

The story is set in 1947 and the long­ retired Sherlock Holmes, aged 93, lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his housekeeper, Mrs. Munro, and her young son, Roger. Holmes reflects on his life while writing in his journals, tending to his bees, and dealing with the deterioration of his once incredible mind. The film, like the novel, uses flashbacks to reveal events of the past, when he was still at the height of his fame and mental ability at his Baker Street consulting rooms, and during a visit to Japan.

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SAN ANDREAS

The film premiered at the Berlin Film an Andreas is an American action­ Festival in February this year and is due for adventure disaster film directed by release in British cinemas on 19 June.

Brad Peyton and written by Allan Loeb, Carlton Cuse, Carey Hayes and Chad Hayes, based on the original script by Jeremy Passmore and Andre Fabrizio. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, and Paul Giamatti.

The film is released worldwide in 2D and 3D today (Friday).

A helicopter pilot embarks on a hazardous mission to rescue his daughter after a huge earthquake strikes the California coast. All hell breaks loose after California’s famous San Andreas fault gives way, triggering a massive earthquake that is felt on the opposite coast of America! After the quake strikes, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, it’s up to helicopter rescue pilot Ray (Dwayne Johnson) to reunite with his estranged wife Emma (Carla Gugion) in order to rescue their daughter Blake (Alexander Daddario).

To do so they are forced to embark on a treacherous journey north from Los Angeles

JURASSIC WORLD

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urassic World is an upcoming American science fiction adventure film directed by Colin Trevorrow. It is the fourth instalment in the Jurassic Park film series, with a screenplay co­ written by Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Derek Connolly and Trevorrow himself. The film stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, and B. D. Wong. Wong is the only actor from any of the previous films to appear in Jurassic World.

A fourth film was initially intended to begin production in 2004 for a summer 2005 release, but endured over a decade of "development hell" as scheduled release dates were pushed back several times while the script went through revisions. Steven Spielberg, director of the first two Jurassic Park films, acts as executive producer as he did for the third film Jurassic Park III. Thomas Tull also acts as an executive producer; his production company, Legendary Pictures, funded approximately 20% of the film's budget. The film is produced by Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, and is scheduled to be released on 11 June in UK cinemas by Universal

to San Francisco, unaware that the worst of nature’s fury is still yet to be unleashed!

Keep an eye out for Kylie Minogue in the supporting cast!

Pictures.

It’s twenty­two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar, an island located off Central America's Pacific Coast near Costa Rica, now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by potty billionaire John Hammond, played by the late Richard Attenborough. This new park is owned by the Masrani Global Corporation. Owen Grady (Chris Pratt), a member of the park's on­site staff, conducts behavioural research on a group of Velociraptors, known as Blue, Charlie, Delta and Echo. At the corporation's request, the park's geneticists create a hybrid dinosaur known as Indominus rex (created from the DNA of Giganotosaurus, Rugops, Majungasaurus, and Carnotaurus) to boost visitor attendance. Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the park's operations manager.

Her nephews, Zach (Nick Robinson) and Gray (Ty Simpkins), are visiting the island when the hybrid escapes and are subsequently caught up in the creature's deadly rampage. Now, it is up to Owen and Jurassic World's security team to contain the hybrid dinosaur before she can cause more damage.

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OLLIE’S MOOD SPILLS FREEDOM FOREVER. UNITE!

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By Gordon Oliver

s I sit in the comfort of my home, relaxed, in my den, the surroundings are those to which I choose to be in.

Surrounded by comfy pillows, the fresh summer air pouring through my window, my children at my side peacefully watching some re­rendered fairy tale, or the other emanating from the television screen with such vigor.

Complete in our abandonment. Wholly liberated from the world, inside our well worked cage. Within our confines; within our subjugated prison cell. Living our lives in debt slavery, with our small recompense of entertainment and sugar addiction. Free.

Looking through my windows at the beautiful surroundings, shielded by the bars across the visceral liquid barrier in front of us. In liberty. Living in a box. My mind drifts to the new laws passed recently in the US and also in Barcelona making it illegal to form any type of protest. Under no circumstances are you able any longer to protest against authority. The authority supposedly in place to provide safety and justice. A freedom which has been revoked.

How much longer until other countries apply this system of fascist law, who amongst us will stand up and fight against it? After all, it’s very comfy here in my box, doors tightly locked, bars across my pillow laid prison.

When will we listen to the dangers, foreseen, in Orwellian script, being watched by our televisions, every move is followed, every word heard? Drip fed propaganda and left ignorant of the truth, the truth of what is really happening outside of our prison walls.What is the truth away from this freedom inside this box, because after all, it is blissful to be controlled, there is no fear in compliance. The fear is the unknown, the Johnny foreigner, the man in the mask, the stranger from another land who is coming for your children. Hate the stranger. Put the bars up. Eat some more sugar. Lock the door.

Liberty appears to be a cruel, cruel joke, played upon us by those who take power, but, there within that very statement lies the answer to which we are all so blind, or possibly indifferent to. In 1773 Samuel Adams led the Sons of Liberty into history and had a tea party in Boston, upon the British Colony. The disaffected colonists, were seen as neither British citizens or American

citizens, but as tax slaves. They were to pay taxes and work. Nothing more, nothing less.

They were but prisoners, inmates upon a giant floating prison. Thousands of miles from home, given little to write home about.

I always think of John Hancock, when I recall the Sons of Liberty. A wealthy merchant­smuggler, a man of great privilege.

John inherited his wealth from his Uncle Thomas, with whom he lived with from1744 after the death of his father. He became the owner of a successful import/export business and smuggling ring, between the new world and the Empire, comprising of rum, whale oil and fish. He avoided paying full tax to the Empire, because of his privilege.

He instead had an agreement with the authorities to pay a certain amount, much, much less than normal people would pay; he would gain the blind eye of the custom men and receive the full support of the law and navy because of the long standing partnership with his uncle before him. Until that is, he refused to find and turn­in Samuel Adams, choosing to pay off the taxes owed by Adams and his compatriots. The Empire did not receive this information gladly and instead relieved Hancock of his sloop, the Liberty, charged him with smuggling and took charge of his estate, in the name of the King. Hancock would now be hard pushed to make anything which he was accustomed. A man left desperate, disassociated and disgraced. He was left with one choice. He joined the fight. Not only did he join the fight, he funded it. He brought about the very foundations of the revolution, as well as chairing the council of senate and being the prominent signature upon the declaration of independence.

When life hands you lemons, did he accept his demise? Well, nearly is the answer. Had Samuel Adams not convinced him to join the fight, he may have ended his days at the bottom of a bottle. But he didn't, he funded the basis of the United States of America. I wonder what those founders would feel about how close we are to a dystopian future.

How they would be ashamed at the lethargic nature of human kind. They would surely tell us, that liberty and freedom is not of privilege, but is fought for and earned. How they fought and died for their civil rights, not only fought, but they won. They took on the East India Trading Company and His Majesty

and won. A bunch of lunatics, drunkards and disavowed militants, with some misappropriated arms and ammunitions.

I often dream about these days; while our world governments, fronted by a capitalist structure of media propaganda and consumerist gluttony, remove our freedoms and negate the laws that were passed to protect our rights. How long before someone stands to fight, how long until the revolution?

In 1940, United Artists, ­ a company set up on the 5th February 1919 by, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W.Griffiths, to combat the tyranny of Hollywood and create artistic movies with integrity and to regain the controlling interest of the artist and promote a fair wage (do you see the pattern) ­ released Chaplin’s first talking and most successful commercial film.

The satirical, poCharlie, comedy­drama film starring, written, produced, scored, and directed by Charlie Chaplin, "The Great Dictator". Possibly one of the most poignant movies of the 20th century, if not of all time, for Chaplin’s first talky, it holds arguably the greatest speech of all time. In an attempt to raise consciousness, to scream to all “wake up, WAKE UP........”.

These events which surround us, connect each and every one of us. Every one of us is a human, every one of us should rise up and stop this machine which oppresses us and controls our will. Together we can create a future; together we can create a change. Not

one man can do it, but all men together. As the great man said, "UNITE". The powers that be do not want unity, because they are an elite few. Guarded by the poor and subjugated. The elite should worry, because the world is becoming enlightened.

"Every generation has an obligation to renew, reinvent, re­establish, re­create structures and redefine its realities for itself." ­ Thomas Jefferson "Because while the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. And the truth is, there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there? Cruelty and injustice, intolerance and oppression. And where once you had the freedom to object, to think and speak as you saw fit, you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission. How did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror. I know why you did it. I know you were afraid. Who wouldn't be? War, terror, disease. There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. ” ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta "There, now. His Majesty can read my signature without his glasses and can double the reward on my head." John Hancock.

"Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose­ stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in.

Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost...." ­ Charlie Chaplin ­ "The Great Dictator".

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THE VIEW ON.....NOSTALGIA 29th MAY 2002 Each week on this page, we’re taking you back on an entertainment journey by reminding you of the BBC Radio and TV programmes, and the UK Top 30 on this very day! How things have changed over the years!

This week, we look at 29 May 2002, and one of The View’s younger readers is 13 years old today!

“Happy Birthday Rico and thank you for lighting up our life, love from Mama, Papa and Fabio xx" If you have a special or important day in the past 60 years (1955 to date), let us know here at The View, and we’ll reproduce it just for you. Also, if it’s someone’s birthday or anniversary and you’d like to surprise them with their own personalised greeting and listings in The View, just like above, contact us at editor@theview.es explaining why the date you’ve chosen means so much.

RADIO – BBC RADIO 1 7.00 SARA COX 10.00 JO WHILEY 13.00 MARK RADCLIFFE with the Boy Lard.

15.00 CHRIS MOYLES 18.00 DAVE PEARCE 20.00 STEVE LAMACQ ­ Evening Session

with new music, listeners' letters and two bands recorded in session.

22.00 JOHN PEEL

0.00 GILLES PETERSON Worldwide 2.00 VICKY MARSDEN 4.00 SCOTT MILLS

TV – BBC 1 6.00 BREAKFAST

Presented by Jeremy Bowen and Sophie Raworth.

9.00 KILROY

11.00 BIG STRONG BOYS 11.30 BARGAIN HUNT

As a warm­up to the start of World Cup 2002, Sir Geoff Hurst , George Cohen , Martin Peters, Martin Chivers, Peter Bonetti, Malcolm MacDonald, John Salako and Frank Worthington guest on a special edition of Anne Robinson 's quiz, first shown last year.

Also featuring the final TV appearance of the late Kenneth Wolstenholme.

20.55 THE NATIONAL LOTTERY ­ MIDWEEK DRAWS Dale Winton presents tonight's midweek draws.

21.00 THE PEOPLE'S QUEEN From her first foreign tours as a young princess to the aftermath of the death of Diana, the Queen has been one of the world's longest­serving and most constantly scrutinised rulers. Rare and previously unseen footage, including home movies, tell her life story as seen through the eyes and cameras of the world's royal watchers.

22.00 BBC NEWS with Peter Sissons.

10.25 REGIONAL NEWS followed by Weather with DARREN BETT. Then National Lottery Update 22.35 MATCH OF THE WORLD CUP Italia 90, USA 94 and France 98 feature in the last of Paul Whitehouse 's World Cup retrospectives.

23.50 (FILM) EXPOSURE (2000) 1.25 SIGN ZONE 1.55 HOLIDAY ON A SHOESTRING 2.25 THE TOUGHEST JOB IN BRITAIN ­ Jeremy Spake hits the road with a paramedic.

2.55 ICE DOGS ­ Benedict Allen and a team of huskies continue their 1,000­mile trek into Alaska.

3.25 MACINTYRE INVESTIGATES ­ Donal Maclntyre investigates drugs in the second of his latest series.

4.25 BBC NEWS 24

Derby University hosts the antiques search.

12.00 NO WIN NO FEE Twelve contestants hope to win £14,000.

12.30 CALL MY BLUFF Stephen McGann, Eve Pollard, Stephanie Cook and Karen Drury 13.00 BBC NEWS & Weather 13.30 REGIONAL NEWS & Weather 13.45 NEIGHBOURS Flick and Marc grow closer.

14.10 DIAGNOSIS MURDER Bringing Up Barbie. Trouble looms when Mark baby­sits a tearaway teen.

14.55 THE BENCH 15.25 CBEEBIES 15.45 CBBC Kick Off Week Dennis the Menace Fun with the mischievous boy.

16.10 UBOS ­ Zarlak has plans to steal laughter.

16.35 EVEN STEVENS ­ Ghostly goings­on strike at Hanukkah.

17.00 BLUE PETER ­ Michael Owen and Sven­Goran Eriksson feature on a World Cup special.

17.25 NEWSROUND 17.35 NEIGHBOURS 18.00 BBC NEWS with Huw Edwards.

18.30 REGIONAL NEWS MAGAZINE 19.00 TOMORROW'S WORLD Helicopters could be able to land on unstable surfaces thanks to the latest portable landing strip. Roger Black investigates. Plus reports on other innovations from Adam Hart­Davis , Kate Humble and Katie Knapman.

19.30 SO YOU THINK YOU'RE A GOOD DRIVER? DJ Johnnie Walker and traffic reporter Sally Boazman take opposing sides in a cars­ versus­motorbikes debate. Who is the better driver and what's the sting in the tail when cameras follow them to work? Presented by NICK ROSS. 20.00 WEAKEST LINK: FOOTBALLERS' SPECIAL 1. WITHOUT ME – Eminem

2. JUST A LITTLE – Liberty X 3. IT’S OK – Atomic Kitten 4. IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES – Ronan Keating

5. BOP POP BABY – Westlife 6. ESCAPE – Enrique Iglesias 7. IT TAKES MORE – Ms Dynamite 8. REASON – Ian Van Dahl 9. WHAT’S LUV – Fat Joe Ft. Ashanti 10. KISS KISS – Holly Valance 11. DON’T LET ME GET ME – Pink 12. HERE TO STAY – Korn 13. ONE STEP CLOSER – S Club Juniors 14. FOLLOW DA LEADER – Nigel & Marvin 15. IN MY EYES – Milk Inc 16. FREAK LIKE ME – Sugababes

17. COME BACK – Jessica Garlick 18. OH BABY – Rhianna 19. HOW YOU MEMIND ME – Nickelback 20. STARBUCKS – A 21. GIRLFRIEND – Nsync 22. TAKE DOWN THE UNION JACK – Billy Bragg & The Blokes

UK TOP 30 SINGLES CHART – 29th MAY 2002

23. OOPS (OH MY) – Tweet 24. BABY NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU –

10.00 RUBY – with Ruby Wax Lynda La Plante guests on the show.

Lauren Waterworth 25. WHENEVER WHEREVER – Shakira 26. DJ – H & Claire 27. SPREAD YOUR LOVE – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 28. LAZY – X­Press 2 Ft David Byrne 29. FREAK MODE – Reelists 30. YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN – D J Shadow

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27 LOCAL BUS TIMETABLES Many of you have contacted THE VIEW to say how useful you’ve found the bus timetable for the ALICANTE to CARTAGENA service. Our journey on that route continues on Page 42 as we arrive at Los Alcazares.

Below is a further selection which will be added to over the coming weeks. Keep an eye out for local train timetables too...due to arrive soon!

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WHAT’S ON THE TELLY?

WHAT IS THE (5 POINT) OF IT ALL? W

hy, oh why, oh why do some of us put ourselves through the annual ritual of watching the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC)? It used to be purely to listen to the sarcasm, derision, ridicule, satire and lampooning of Sir Terry Wogan (yes, I used my little Thesaurus!) but he’s long since gone.

His final commentary stint on the programme which he’d “made his own” long before Louis Walsh invented the phrase for every X­Factor performer demonstrated his real contempt for the whole performance. “They don’t like us. They don’t want us”, he bemoaned when Royaume­Uni (and I thought it was spelt “Why her Mini”) received another null points from the Central African Republic jury! OK, I know, the C.A.R don’t take part – it would be “Pointless” for them to do so, but if Australia can anyone can!

David Cameron has promised the people of the United Kingdom in IN/OUT referendum, often referred to in the media as the “Brexit” (British Exit) question, and expected for 2017. But, there’s another potential Brexit – what a horrible word – that many dare not contemplate even earlier; perhaps as early as later this year. Yes, I mean a Eurovision Brexit. It could be the time to vote OUT, but when push comes to shove and whilst the BBC can use everyone else’s money apart from their own to pump into the contest and their coverage, they’ll stay in and carry on doing it. Minority rules. It’s a Marmite question. It’s like overseas aid. For me, it’s like Ant & Dec, and I hate Marmite too!

From the UK standpoint and this was confirmed in an

interview with Will Young on the red Breakfast sofa on Wednesday morning, being involved with the ESC is a poisoned chalice and an end­of­career defining moment.

Have you heard of Englebert Humperdinck or Bonnie Tyler since their entries? They’re either in the deep depths of the old BBC TV Centre in Wood Lane somewhere or about to be signed up to perform in Benidorm – and I mean the cabaret bars!

Saturday’s performance was brilliantly described by Stuart Heritage in the Guardian. “Our song – I’m Still in Love with You by Electro Velvet – ended up coming 4th from bottom. As an entry, it barely even counted as a song. It was a cluster migraine. Watching it was like having a nightmare after spending three weeks trapped in a Great Gatsby theme restaurant that only serves cheese with bits of tin foil in it. It sounded exactly like a bear absent­mindedly speed bagging

on an exposed nerve ending. It quite rightly died a horrible death. And nobody cared. It wasn’t a surprise. Our hearts weren’t broken by this unrelenting crappery because decades of Eurovision disappointment have turned our hearts into scar tissue.”

I think that’s about right.

I could possibly understand keeping it going if the ESC was on ITV and attracting extortionate amounts of advertising revenue, but with the Beeb in charge it’s actually costing the license fee payer money. Is it time for the ESC to go the same way as Miss World? I’ll give my answer in reverse order. The contest still goes on; they still pick a Miss United Kingdom, of sorts, and millions of people around the globe tune in but not on Freeview UK TV. The ESC offends people for different reasons so perhaps one option is to let it fade away on a specialist channel for the real fans, and leave the glory days to the memory. The days when the only political voting was Cyprus and Greece always exchanging their 12 points and when the UK wasn’t hated on the world and European stage. And those days when the UK entry was performed by a household name, went to No1 or close in the UK Top 40 of the time, and a winning song you knew and remembered 30 years later! (Check out Page 8 of THE VIEW) The UK will remain in Europe after the 2017 referendum and they’ll still be in the ESC in 2016 and beyond. What’s another year?

DARREN JAMES

Friday 29th May 00:45 This Week 01:30 Holiday Weatherview 01:35 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 12:45 Saints and Scroungers 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Continent 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Room 101 21:30 The Vicar of Dibley 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Mrs Brown's Boys 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show

00:20 The Detectives 01:15 Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked 02:15 Modern Times 03:15 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 08:45 Flog It! Trade Secrets 09:15 Modern Times 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Monty Don's French Gardens 16:15 Elephant Diaries 16:45 Are You Being Served?

17:15 'Allo 'Allo!

17:40 Just Good Friends 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 A Cook Abroad 21:00 Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites 21:30 Gardeners' World 22:00 Britain's Greatest Generation 23:00 The Clare Balding Show 23:30 Newsnight

00:10 Britain's Secret Homes 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Paul O'Grady Show 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Britain's Got Talent 22:00 Coronation Street 22:30 Britain's Got Talent Results 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:45 Miami Vice (2006)

01:10 The Night Bus 02:05 The Job Centre 03:00 Damned Designs: Don't Demolish My Home 03:55 Grayson Perry's Dream House 04:55 Unreported World 05:20 Food Unwrapped 05:45 SuperScrimpers 06:05 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Frasier 10:25 Car SOS 11:25 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:35 Come Dine with Me 14:05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Mysteries of the Bible 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Great Artists 05:50 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:40 5 News Lunchtime 13:45 Big Brother 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise (0) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Caught on Camera 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Mysteries of the Bible 22:00 Big Brother 23:30 Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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Saturday 30th May 00:25 SunTrap 00:55 City Slickers II: the Legend of Curly's Gold (1994) 02:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:50 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 The Box 13:00 BBC News; Weather 13:10 Football Focus 14:00 Gary Lineker on the Road to FA Cup Glory 15:05 TOTP2 15:30 Pointless Celebrities 16:25 FA Cup: The Road to Wembley 16:55 Match of the Day Live: The FA Cup 20:50 BBC News 21:00 BBC London News; Weather 21:05 The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 21:55 Casualty 22:45 The John Bishop Show 23:30 BBC News; Weather 23:50 Match of the Day: The FA Cup

00:00 Weather 00:05 Later - with Jools Holland 01:10 SoulBoy (2010) 02:25 Question Time 03:25 Wastemen 04:25 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Battle Cry (1955) 09:30 FA Cup Football 10:30 MOTD Kickabout 11:00 FA Cup's 50 Greatest Moments 13:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 14:00 James Martin's Food Map of Britain 14:10 Hitch 15:10 Living Famously 16:10 Rear Window (1954) 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Gardeners' World 19:30 Britain's Greatest Generation 20:30 Edwardian Farm 21:30 Dad's Army 22:00 Quartet (2012) 23:35 The Many Faces of

02:00 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek's Adven 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Nerds & Monsters 09:00 Thunderbirds Are Go 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:30 ITV News and Weather 13:40 Doc Martin 14:40 Who's Doing the Dishes?

15:40 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 18:40 You've Been Framed!

19:05 ITV News London 19:15 ITV News and Weather 19:30 The Magic Show Story 20:30 Ninja Warrior UK 21:30 The Amazing SpiderMan (2012)

00:05 Virtually Famous 00:50 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 01:15 Notorious (2009) 03:20 The Hotel 04:15 One Born Every Minute USA 05:05 Four Rooms US 05:55 Deal or No Deal 06:50 The Common Denominator 07:15 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 Transvulcania Ultra Marathon 08:30 FIM Superbike World Championship 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 Frasier 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 13:25 Marvel's Agents of SHIELD 14:25 Channel 4 Racing 17:15 Pride & Prejudice (2005) 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Inside Jaguar: Making a Million Pound Car 21:00 Walking Through History 22:00 The Woman in Black (2011) 23:55 The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

00:30 Big Brother 01:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:20 Caught on Camera 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:35 Pip Ahoy!

07:45 The Mr Men Show 07:55 Milkshake! Bop Box 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:15 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:30 Paw Patrol 08:50 Little Princess 09:00 Wanda and the Alien 09:10 Olly the Little White Van 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:40 Milkshake! Monkey 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Chinese Food in Minutes 11:50 The Hotel Inspector 12:50 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 13:45 Corrina, Corrina (1994) 16:00 Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows (1989) 18:05 Columbo: Dagger of the Mind (1972) 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Make You Laugh Out Loud 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014

00:25 Shanghai Noon (2000) 02:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:15 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 09:25 Match of the Day: The FA Cup 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 The Big Questions 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 VE Day 70: A Party to Remember 16:10 Homes Under the Hammer 16:40 Flog It! 17:25 Escape to the Country 17:55 Points of View 18:10 Songs of Praise 18:45 Pointless Celebrities 19:35 BBC News 19:50 BBC London News; Weather 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC London News; Weather 23:30 Live at the Apollo

00:35 The Shipping News (2001) 02:20 Comfort and Joy (1984) 04:00 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 07:30 FA Cup Football 08:30 Countryfile 09:30 Gardeners' World 10:00 The Beechgrove Garden 10:30 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00 Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites 12:30 Live Rowing 14:50 Athletics 15:50 Live Triathlon 19:00 Hotel India 20:00 A Very British Airline 21:00 Demolition: The Wrecking Crew 22:00 Armada - 12 Days to Save England 23:00 Rev 23:30 Sir Stanley Matthews: The Wizard of Wembley

00:10 ITV News and Weather 00:25 TT: Closer to the Edge (2011) 02:15 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 07:25 Pat & Stan 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures 08:00 Canimals 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Judge Rinder 13:25 ITV News and Weather 13:40 The Unforgettable 14:10 Junior (1994) 16:15 Midsomer Murders 18:15 Ninja Warrior UK 19:15 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 19:40 Celebrity Squares 20:30 Britain's Got Talent 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV London Weather 23:15 The Nation's Favourite Queen Song

02:00 Jimmy Carr: Telling Jokes 02:55 Hollyoaks 05:05 Grand Designs Australia 06:00 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 06:55 How I Met Your Mother 08:10 Caterham Motorsport 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 14:35 The Big Bang Theory 15:25 Tooth Fairy (2009) 17:30 Location, Location, Location 18:30 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Speed with Guy Martin 21:00 For the Love of Cars 22:00 Shutter Island (2009)

01:55 SuperCasino 04:10 Big Brother 05:00 Furious & Funny: Caught on Camera 05:50 Make It Big 06:45 Angels of Jarm 07:00 Peppa Pig 07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:35 Pip Ahoy!

07:45 The Mr Men Show 07:55 Mio Mao 08:00 Chloe's Closet 08:15 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Little Princess 09:05 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 Olly the Little White Van 09:20 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:00 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Access 11:45 Ultimate Police Interceptors 14:45 See Spot Run (2001) 16:40 Land of the Lost (2009) 18:25 Robin Hood (1973) 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Joe Kidd (1972) 22:50 5 News Weekend 23:00 Big Brother

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Monday 1st June 00:15 Buried (2009) 01:45 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:50 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Nigel Slater: Eating Together 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Rome's Invisible City 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:45 Have I Got a Bit More News for You

00:00 Frost/Nixon (2008) 01:55 Countryfile 02:50 Holby City 03:50 This Is BBC Two 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Flog It! Trade Secrets 08:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 09:15 Wanted in Paradise 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 Athletics 15:45 The Secret Life of Elephants 16:45 Are You Being Served?

17:15 'Allo 'Allo!

17:45 Yes Minister 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 Outbreak: The Truth about Ebola 23:00 Episodes 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Premiership Rugby Union 01:30 The Store 03:30 Motorsport UK 04:20 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Johnny Kingdom's Wild Exmoor 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Vicious 22:30 Off Their Rockers 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Carry On Forever

00:40 Fracture (2007) 02:40 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 03:35 Come Dine with Me 05:40 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 06:35 The Common Denominator 07:00 Countdown 07:40 Will & Grace 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Benchmark 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Gadget Man 22:00 Benefits Street 23:00 Man Down 23:35 My Tattoo Addiction

00:00 In Time (2011) 02:05 SuperCasino 04:10 Gotham 05:00 House Doctor 05:25 Make It Big 06:40 Angels of Jarm 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Amish Grace (2010) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Furious & Funny: Caught on Camera 22:00 Inside Manchester's Midland Hotel 23:00 Big Brother

00:25 The Graham Norton Show 01:15 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:20 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Country 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Syndicate 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:45 The Woman Who Woke Up Chinese

00:15 Weather 00:20 Armada - 12 Days to Save England 01:20 Watchdog 02:20 Britain's Greatest Generation 03:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools - Rock Types at Great Heights 05:50 Schools - Deadly Dilemmas: Mission Madagascar 06:20 Schools - In My Shoes Plus: China 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Claimed and Shamed 08:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 09:15 Collectaholics 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Super League Show 14:45 One Man and His Campervan 15:15 Cash in the Attic 15:45 The Secret Life of Elephants 16:45 Are You Being Served?

17:15 'Allo 'Allo!

17:45 Yes Minister 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 An Hour to Save Your Life 23:00 Rev 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Carry On Cruising (1962) 02:15 Jackpot247 04:00 UEFA Champions League Weekly 04:25 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Rebuild Our Home 22:00 The Secret Life of Your House 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Benidorm

00:35 24 Hours in A&E 01:35 The Shooting Gallery 02:00 One Born Every Minute USA 02:55 Supersize vs Superskinny 03:50 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 04:45 The Renovation Game 05:40 Deal or No Deal 06:35 The Common Denominator 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Benchmark 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Kirstie and Phil's Love It or List It 22:00 No Offence 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:30 Jackass 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 The Dog Rescuers 05:00 Nick's Quest 05:25 Great Artists 05:50 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 While I Was Gone (2004) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 The Dog Rescuers 22:00 Blinging Up Baby: The Blinger, The Better 23:00 Big Brother

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Wednesday 3rd June 00:35 White Oleander (2002) 02:20 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:25 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Continent 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 DIY SOS 22:00 Panorama 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:45 SunTrap

00:15 Weather 00:20 Churchill: When Britain Said No 01:20 Antiques Roadshow 02:20 Rip Off Britain: Food 03:05 Horizon 04:05 This Is BBC Two 04:55 Schools - The Eichmann Show Documentary 05:25 Exploring the Past: Protest 05:50 Lost Lands 06:20 Ancient Egypt: Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Claimed and Shamed 08:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 09:15 See Hear 09:45 Cowboys and Angels 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 One Man and His Campervan 15:15 Cash in the Attic 15:45 The Secret Life of Elephants 16:45 Are You Being Served?

17:15 'Allo 'Allo!

17:45 Yes Minister 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 Springwatch Unsprung 22:30 Modern Times 23:30 Newsnight

00:10 The Big Fish Off 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Cube 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV News London 23:40 Come On Down! The Game Show Story

00:00 Benefits Street 01:05 Born Naughty?

02:00 KOTV Boxing Weekly 02:30 Transvulcania Ultra Marathon 02:55 FIM Superbike World Championship 03:25 Caterham Motorsport 03:55 The Renovation Game 04:50 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:50 SuperScrimpers 06:10 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Benchmark 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Auction House 22:00 24 Hours in A&E 23:00 The Job Centre

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Seconds from Death: World's Worst Near Misses 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 Great Artists 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:20 My Gal Sunday (2013) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00 Make You Laugh Out Loud 22:00 Caught on Camera 23:00 Big Brother

00:15 Eagle Eye (2008) 02:05 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:10 BBC News 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Housing Enforcers 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Claimed and Shamed 12:30 Don't Get Done, Get Dom 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Perfection 16:00 Escape to the Continent 17:00 The Box 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Watchdog 22:00 The Truth About Your Teeth 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News; Weather 23:45 Question Time

00:15 Weather 00:20 A Cook Abroad 01:20 See Hear 01:50 Portillo's State Secrets 02:20 Hunters of the South Seas 03:20 This Is BBC Two 05:00 Schools - Poets in Person 05:30 Schools - Regency Life: 3 Lives in 1 Day 06:00 Tales From Around The World 06:30 Literacy Text Types: The Facts About Non-Fiction 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Claimed and Shamed 08:30 Flog It! 09:15 Shark 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cagney & Lacey 14:45 One Man and His Campervan 15:15 Cash in the Attic 15:45 Natural World 16:45 Are You Being Served?

17:15 'Allo 'Allo!

17:45 Yes Minister 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Beat the Brain 20:00 Antiques Road Trip 21:00 Springwatch 22:00 The Game 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight

00:40 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen 06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV News London 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 Dickinson's Real Deal 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News London 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Big Box Little Box 22:00 Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV London Weather 23:40 The Secret Life of Your House

00:00 High Class Call Girls 01:00 Street Sound and Style 01:30 Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 02:20 One Born Every Minute USA 03:15 The Shanghai Gesture (1941) 04:55 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 05:55 SuperScrimpers 06:10 Deal or No Deal 07:00 Countdown 07:45 Will & Grace 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Car SOS 11:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Deal or No Deal 17:00 Benchmark 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Born Naughty?

22:00 Dementiaville 23:00 999: What's Your Emergency?

00:00 Big Brother's Bit on the Side 01:00 Blinging Up Baby: The Blinger, The Better 02:00 SuperCasino 04:10 Person of Interest 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor 07:00 The WotWots 07:10 Igam Ogam 07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay 07:30 Fireman Sam 07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat 07:50 Peppa Pig 07:55 Pip Ahoy!

08:10 Little Princess 08:20 The Mr Men Show 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Hannah's Law (2012) 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 World War II in Colour 21:00 The Missing Evidence 22:00 Big Brother 23:00 Kellie Maloney: No Going Back

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GET INTO GREENS DIGESTION SMOOTHIE This fibre rich smoothie will aid your digestive system And taste wonderful while doing so.

1 banana, peeled and quartered 5 prunes, stoned 60ml orange juice 240ml natural low­fat yogurt Put all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.

Pour into a glass and serve immediately.

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Smoked salmon & avocado salad

Soft, creamy and crunchy meet sweet and tangy – this avocado salad really does have it all

Ingredients

1 loaf ciabatta 2 small avocados, stoned and sliced 1 lemon ½ cucumber 2 handfuls mixed fresh herbs, leaves picked 1 punnet cress, snipped 2 tablespoons mixed seeds (pump­ kin, sesame, sunflower and poppy seeds) 1 blood orange, halved extra virgin olive oil sea salt freshly ground black pepper 200 g smoked salmon Heat a griddle pan until it is screaming hot – this will take about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the ciabatta in half lengthways, then cut into four equal­sized pieces, about 10–12cm/4–5 inches square.

Place the sliced avocado in a bowl and squeeze over some lemon juice to stop it from discolouring. Using a speed peeler or potato peeler, slice the cucumber into long, thin strips on top of the avocado. Add the herbs and cress.

Lightly toast the seeds in a dry pan on a medium to low heat, and place to one side to cool.

Squeeze a tablespoon of juice out of the blood orange into a bowl, and add 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Season it well and give it a mix.

Griddle your ciabatta squares in the griddle pan, charring both sides. Once they are nicely toasted, drizzle with a little of the dressing and put to one side. Place a square of ciabatta on each

of four plates, then top each with a quarter of the smoked salmon.

Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the dressing over the salad and very gently mix with your fingertips. If you feel it needs more dressing, add a little extra, but try not to go overboard – you want it to be very light. Top the smoked salmon with the salad.

Finish your delicious starter with a sprinkling of toasted seeds, using half a tablespoon per plate, and garnish with a wedge of blood orange.

Dairy-free chocolate & nut cookies An amazing cross between crunchy cookies and gooey brownies – you will love these Ingredients

150 g pecan nuts 150 g hazelnuts 400 g icing sugar 100 g cocoa powder 1/2 a teaspoon fine salt 1 tablespoon vanilla paste 4 large free­range eggs

Method

Preheat the oven to 160ºC/325ºF/gas 3. Line two large baking trays with greaseproof paper.

Toast the nuts in a large frying pan over a medium heat for a few minutes, or until golden. Leave to cool, then roughly chop.

Sieve the icing sugar, cocoa powder and salt into a large bowl, then add the chopped nuts and vanilla paste. In another bowl, separate the egg whites (save the yolks for another day), then whisk for 3 to 5 minutes, or until soft peaks form. Fold the egg whites into the dry mixture until combined.

Scoop ½ a tablespoon of the mixture onto one of the prepared trays, then repeat with the remaining mixture, making sure you leave a rough 4cm gap between each spoonful (you may need to do this in batches if your trays aren't big enough).

Place in the hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until crisp on the outside, but still slightly gooey in the middle. Leave to cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

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hink bananas, figs and miso soup are perfect foods for vegetarians? Think again.

A range of foods, from fruit and packaged cereal to beer and even figs, are assumed to be safe to eat, yet an expert warns that these items can contain animal products.

What is more worrying for vegetarians and vegans is that ingredients lists on packages might list product names, but not what's in them, like the food colouring carmine that is derived from crushed beetles, while few would realise that the pesticides used to spray bananas can contain shellfish.

Here is a list of the foods you could order in a restaurant, a bar, or in your deli ­ as well as at the supermarket ­ that contain stealth animal products.

MISO SOUP While it might contain tofu, a staple in many vegetarians' diet, miso soup, more often than not, is made with dashi (water, dried, kelp and fish flakes), the backbone of most Japanese cuisine.

Dashi is what gives miso soup, and most other Japanese soups, its strong umami flavour.

PARMESAN It's a little known fact but Parmigiano­Reggiano or Parmesan, is not considered authentic unless it is made with animal rennet – which comes from the stomach lining of calves.

This is a strict regulation which denotes that a cheese is actually Parmesan. Calves' rennet also appears in Pecorino Romano, Grana Padano and Gorgonzola.

FIGS A surprising addition to this list. While figs themselves are not meat, they may contain insects such as dead wasps in them.

This happens when a wasp pollinates a fig and gets stuck inside the fruit and dies there.

However, when you do bite into the fig, you won't be able to see the dead wasp contained within as an enzyme in the fruit converts the wasp into protein.

BANANAS Always buy organic as non­organic bananas are sprayed with a pesticide which may contain animal parts.

According to Science Daily, the pesticide Chitosan, which fights bacteria and prevents bananas from over­ripening, is made from shrimp and crab shells.

So although, like figs, the banana itself is still a fruit, the compound used to extend its life is made from animal matter.

YOGURT These, especially the non­fat versions such as Muller Light, contain gelatine to add a creamier, richer texture.

Vegetarians are advised to read the label carefully before buying a new brand.

GUINNESS Isinglass or fish bladder is used as part of the filtering process in some beers and stouts.

Because the amount used is so minute, the item itself is not listed as part of the ingredients.

The isinglass filters out leftover yeast particles which otherwise will cause the beer to appear cloudy.

RED SWEETS Red sweets or any other foods which are coloured with a natural red dye will more often than not contain animal

products.

Carmine, which is made from dead crushed up beetles, comes about when the insects are boiled with sodium carbonate or ammonia, which then produces the attractive, bright red dye.

ORANGE JUICE Any orange juice claiming to be 'heart healthy' is the real culprit here. Those claims often mean the juice contains Omega­3 fatty acids which come from fish oils.

If an orange juice declares that it contains Omega­3s, vegetarians should check where they come from.

BREAKFAST CEREALS There are a number of sugar­coated cereals on the market which contain beef gelatine, extracted from the skin, bones and connective tissues of animals.

Kellogg's Frosted Wheats, for instance, has beef gelatine in it to make the sugar stick to the cereal.

The protein is made from boiling animal parts in water and appears as a binding agent in many products.

MARSHMALLOWS Traditionally made with powdered marshmallow root, most commercially manufactured products now used gelatine, in their recipes.

The collagen­rich mixture is what gives the sweet its firm and bouncy texture.

PESTO Unless there is a clear 'Vegetarian' symbol on the bottle, pesto, while it may seem like the ideal veggie­friendly product, actually isn't.

The basil and pine nut sauce often contains Pecorino Romano and Grana Padano, both which, are made with the stomach lining of calves.

Take reasonability for your plate; no one else will and vote with your wallet.

'Pick organic and more natural products without scary ingredients, visit your local health food store and chat with the manager.

'They will appreciate the support and explore a whole new world of food with veggie and vegan­friendly ingredients.'

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THE PENSIONS OMBUDSMAN

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o you have an issue with your work or private pension scheme you’ve paid in for or continue to pay into? Did you know there is an official UK Government organisation set up to help?

When someone has tried to resolve a problem with their pension and isn’t satisfied with the outcome, they can contact the Pensions Ombudsman Service for help. They are an independent organisation set up by law to investigate complaints about pension administration. They can also consider complaints about the actions and decisions of the Pension Protection Fund and about some decisions made by the Financial Assistance Scheme.

They look at the facts impartially and they have legal powers to make decisions that are final, binding and enforceable in court. Their service is free. The Pensions Ombudsman is funded by grant­in­aid paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and is largely recovered from the general levy on pension schemes administered by the Pensions Regulator.

Most of the time people have no problem with the way their pensions are managed, but occasionally things do go wrong.

If that happens and someone is not satisfied with the way

their pension scheme has dealt with a situation, they can ask the Pensions Ombudsman to investigate. They will sort it out by looking at what both parties have to say, before deciding how the problem should be resolved.

They are not a regulator (“watchdog”), consumer champion, or a trade body, so, when they look at a complaint, they deal with all sides fairly. They are completely independent and impartial and work within legislation set

down by parliament, which means there are rules about what they can and cannot investigate.

They look at complaints about personal and occupational pension schemes, and also consider complaints about the actions and decisions of the Pension Protection Fund and some decisions made by the Financial Assistance Scheme.

In general they deal with complaints about how pension schemes are managed. If there is a problem this is known as maladministration, which includes situations such as a pension scheme: a) taking too long to do something without good reason, b) failing to do something they should have, c) not following their own rules or the law, d) breaking a promise, e) giving incorrect or misleading information and f) not making a decision in the right way.

When the Ombudsmen make a decision it is final and binding on both parties.

Please be aware that the Pensions Ombudsman cannot help with enquiries connected with State pensions, sales or marketing of pensions, or the type of benefits your pension scheme offers.

You can contact the Pensions Ombudsman Service at: enquiries@pensions­ombudsman.org.uk or write to them at, Pensions Ombudsman Service, 11, Belgrave Road, London, SW1V 1RB

THE FUTURE CAN BE BRIGHTER

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aring for elderly parents and relations is something that many of us who are over 50 have to undertake. We are all living longer now and, therefore, more people over 50 have living parents and many of those parents either require care now or will do in the future. Indeed, many people get similarly involved with other relations, such as aged aunts, so whilst this feature refers to parents, it is equally relevant for dealing with any elderly person.

Whilst it shouldn't be something that we worry unduly about before the event, to the possible detriment of our own enjoyment of later life, neither is it something that we can totally ignore. Like anything else, a bit of forward planning will make life much easier if and when the time comes. Also, if we have thought about it and planned for it in a calm and considered way, then it won't be so traumatic if and when it happens. This will actually help us to find better solutions and therefore be happier with the outcome.

There are a lot of issues to think about and, if you do want to start planning for your parents' care, the conversations can be difficult. For example, you may need to talk about wills, enduring power of

attorney, care homes and so on. It may come across to your elderly parents that you have ulterior motives for discussing these delicate subjects and, if that's the case, the conversation will probably be a failure.

There is, of course, an element of role reversal when you start caring for your elderly parents and that is highly likely to bring its own tensions. You parents' attitude to you, now that you are having to care for them, may well change. They might feel guilty or resentful, or they may feel as if they have failed and will therefore think that they are inadequate. All these feelings will make the relationship potentially difficult. You must understand and accept that, approaching the issues with patience and understanding. At the same time, some elderly people do need guiding quite firmly in their own best interests; you know your parents best and you must deal with their care in the way you feel will get the best results for them, maintain their dignity and preserve your relationship with them.

Be prepared, too, for your elderly parent to behave badly when, for example, you want to go on holiday. Very often they will feign illness or try other ways of making you feel

guilty. If this happens you must stand firm and show them that you will not be blackmailed. You need a holiday, especially when looking after elderly people, so don't be tempted to give in. Neither should you expect them to be politically correct; if they say things that you feel are not quite appropriate, it's just not worth getting into an argument about it.

There are four basic choices when deciding how best to look after elderly parents: • They can live in their own home • They can live with you • They can live in a nursing home

DEAR PRIME MINISTER...

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avid Cameron will need to take bolder steps than any previous leader to deal with a rapidly ageing population. And the Prime Minister and new government must deliver on its promise of security and dignity for people in retirement.

That’s according to an open letter to the Prime Minister signed by sixteen organisations concerned about the needs of our ageing society including the charity Independent Age, the International Longevity Centre­UK, Anchor, the National Council for Palliative Care, the United Kingdom Home Care Association and the Campaign to End Loneliness.

By the end of this parliament one in five people will be over 65 .The letter calls on the Prime Minister to: • Set an ambitious agenda to help all generations get ready for ageing, including addressing the new threats of loneliness, inadequate housing and tackling a lack of proper care and support among growing numbers of older and frail people in society.

• Address the concerns of older people in getting the necessary support to remain well and independent at home.

• Action to prevent older people from requiring hospital or other forms of costlier care, in order to avoid the elderly being caught up in unnecessary A&E visits and long hospital stays.

• Have an honest debate about how the cost of living longer lives is met and building on the Secretary of State for Health’s

•They can live in sheltered accommodation It can be difficult to come to decisions about caring for elderly parents without feeling guilty. However, these decisions are as hard for your parents as they are for you.

They may feel that they are letting you down in some way; they may think that they are a burden to you and they may feel guilty about losing their independence. There will always be an element of guilt about the decisions that you make, whatever they are; realising that an element of guilt is a natural emotion when caring for elderly parents can be the first step to overcoming it.

ambition, explain how the UK can become the best country in which to grow old.

Janet Morrison, Chief Executive, Independent Age, said: “The actions of the Prime Minister now will help determine the extent to which current and future generations really have security and dignity in retirement. With one week to go until the Queen’s Speech [held on Wednesday 27th], crucial decisions are needed on health, social care, housing and other areas.

Clarity on these will encourage people to consider how they plan to fund and experience their older age and take responsibility for their own health and wellbeing as they grow older.”

David Sinclair, Director, International Longevity Centre – UK, said: “Delivering a sustainable older society is critical for our future. Yet the UK continues to be unprepared for ageing. While the Government has recognised the importance of supporting older people today, we are lacking a coherent set of policy measures intended to address the long term challenges posed by an ageing population. It doesn’t have to be this way. With a coherent vision about how we face up to the challenge of ageing we can drive­up health and prosperity across the generations.”

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IT’S YOUR PAGE...

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s I mentioned in my editor’s message last week, THE VIEW is looking to encourage experienced and budding article writers and contributors that have a story to tell or anecdotes to share. Please contact me at editor@theview.es This week, we feature a previously unpublished story from local lady Yvonne Garnham who was inspired to write “Elderland” following a comment made by her daughter after she visited a supermarket in England and was held up by a group of pensioners slow pushing their trolleys whilst she was trying to shop quickly in her lunch break. She said she thought that older people should have their own supermarkets.

Yvonne was born in Gloucestershire, moving to Hertfordshire after marrying her husband Ted, where they lived for thirty years bringing up two children. Following a career in Personnel Management, once their family grew up, they made the decision to retire early and move to Southern Spain. They now live happily in the sunny climate she craved so much for whilst living in England. They have three grandchildren they adore who make more than frequent visits to Spain.

Her first full length novel, 'Consequences' is a family story spanning thirty years, and her second novel 'Viva La Yoga' tells of a group of fifty­plus women who meet at a yoga class and embark on a holiday together in Spain. 'Sunseekers' follows up their lives and sees the women return to Spain

ELDERLAND

By Yvonne Garnham

Pearl smiles sweetly at the charming young man and his heavily pregnant wife, as she hands over the keys to her house, the home she has lived in for fifty years. Today is Pearl’s 75th birthday, and she is moving to Elderland.

Elderland is an initiative masterminded to provide older citizens with a safe and happy environment to live in and to release private housing to the younger generation.

Since Pearl’s husband passed away she has lived alone. Her daughter Claire visits as often as she is able to, between working full­time and babysitting her four grandchildren, but often feels guilty for not having enough time for her mother.

The car arrives to take Pearl on her new adventure.

Elderlands are located on the outskirts of every large town or city, and after passing through a thickly wooded area, Pearl arrives at a security station to be checked­in. The large iron gates open and she is approached by a well­dressed, middle­ aged woman.

‘Welcome to Elderland Pearl, my name is Melody Brown and I’m here to ensure you a smooth transition into your new environment,’ she says brightly, while shaking Pearl’s hand.

A tram draws up beside them and they step on to it.

‘The trams run from 8am until 8pm every day.’ Melody informs her. ‘Those who can walk easily board at the front, wheelchairs and mobility scooters load from the back.’

They pass through an area of lush green land, edged by neatly cut bushes, before finally reaching a district where row upon row of small bungalows with brightly painted doors line the wide un­littered streets.

‘Here we are Pearl. This is your new home.’ Melody says proudly.

Pushing open the unlocked door, Pearl enters the living area where her personal items have already been unpacked.

Shelves are filled with family photographs, her paintings adorn the walls, and a favourite flower vase is filled with golden daffodils.

‘It’s very nice,’ Pearl says approvingly.

There’s a tap on the door and a small stout woman appears.

‘Pearl,’ Melody says. ‘Meet Babs who lives next door. She’s going to help you to settle in so I’ll leave you two to get to know one another.’

‘Time for a cuppa, you must be gasping,’ Babs says, giving Pearl a warm smile.

‘Sounds good,’ replies Pearl, gazing around at her new surroundings and feeling somewhat out of place.

‘Don’t worry,’ says Babs, ‘everyone finds it strange at first, but you’ll soon get used to it. This place is marvellous.’

Babs spends the next hour demonstrating the activity apps on Pearl’s personal tablet, it seems she is certainly not going

to be short of things to do.

‘Time for lunch,’ Babs announces, pressing a button on the tablet requesting the tram to stop outside.

They travel by tram to one of the many dining establishments, lunching on grilled chicken and a green salad, whilst Babs excitedly describes her life at Elderland.

‘I hardly have a minute to spare, there are so many activities. Indoor bowls, cards, gentle gym, theatre performances, music bingo, to name but a few.’

‘What’s music bingo?’ Pearl asks.

‘Oh, it’s great fun. Instead of calling numbers, a song is played, usually something from our era, and if the name of the song is on your card you cross it off. We sing along to the tunes too, so it’s really jolly, you’ll have to come with me.’

‘What do you like most about being here?’ Pearl asks.

Babs sighs contentedly. ‘I like it that I feel completely safe, I had my handbag snatched just before I came here and it was very unpleasant. But believe me Pearl, there isn’t anything here not to like.’

‘Hey,’ Babs continues, ‘you must put your name down for one of the summer breaks. Last year we went to Brighton, and when we arrived we were treated like celebrities, crowds of people came to greet us. Now we’re no longer slow trolleying around the supermarket getting on people’s nerves by holding them up, we’ve become special. It’s brilliant! Then there are the parties for the centenarians, and the weddings, there are loads of them,’ she laughs.

Babs takes a trip to the ladies and Pearl gazes around her, noticing everyone looks really fit and happy.

‘Hello,’ says a voice. Pearl turns around to see a silver­haired man with a ruddy complexion and kind­looking eyes is standing beside her.

‘Are you a newbie?’ he asks.

with their other halves' after they find their own place in the sun. But will things work out?

All of Yvonne’s work is available for download at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yvonne­ Garnham/e/B00BH11BU4 ‘Yes I am,’ she answers politely.

‘My name is Pearl.’

‘Howard,’ he says shaking her hand firmly. ‘I’m just back from a round of golf. I used to be a farmer and like to be out and about in the fresh air.

‘My late husband used to play golf,’ she volunteers.

‘And what about you, do you play?’ he asks.

‘Oh no, I’ve never played, but maybe I’ll think about giving it a go,’ she replies.

‘Lessons are available. Press the golfing app on your tablet and all the information is there,’ he says, handing her a card. ‘If you put me on your contact list I’ll give you some practice rounds.’

‘I see you’ve made a friend already,’ says Babs cheerily, returning from the ladies.

The next four days fly by; Pearl is visited by a doctor, dietician, chiropodist and a hairdresser. She attends lessons on how to use her tablet, and has become proficient at finding her way around it.

After waiting the mandatory five days before contacting her mother, Claire is anxious to know how she is doing. She taps in the mailing address she’s been given to make face to face contact with her.

‘Hello Mum. How are you?’ Claire says, noticing how well her mother looks.

‘Oh, hello love. I’m absolutely fine,’ Pearl smiles widely.

‘Mum, I’ve just received my security pass. Can I come to visit you on Saturday?’

‘Wait a minute love ­ I’ll just check my diary,’ Pearl responds.

After a few minutes Pearl returns to the screen.

‘I have a window between 2pm and 5pm, two weeks on Saturday, if that’s any good to you, Claire.’

Claire was gobsmacked.

‘You must be very busy, what are you getting up to?’ she asks.

‘Well... I’m going to music bingo with my neighbour Babs on Thursdays, I begin golf lessons this week, and a charming man called Howard is going to help me to practice. He’s also taking me along to his Astronomy group which sounds interesting, and Babs and I are shopping in the Elderland mall tomorrow.’

‘So you’re alright then, mum.’ Claire barely recognised this confident woman with twinkly eyes – where had her needy mother disappeared to?

‘I’m more than alright Claire,’ Pearl chirps. ‘Although, there is just one thing I’d like to change here, the name Elderland.

It really should be called Wonderland.’

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THE BIG CROSS WORD Across

used in polar regions? (6)

5 What is the medical name for the

1/7 Which Irish­born satirist was

6 Which word means someone who denies the existence of god? (7)

7 Which orange­yellow flavouring, food colouring and dye is made from the dried stigmas of a crocus?

(7)

12/18 Which intricate ‘bond’, tied by the king of Phrygia, was cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia? (7,4)

13 Which cathedral is located within the central City of London, atop Ludgate Hill and northeast of Blackfriars? (2,5)

15 What name is sometimes given to the little fingers, the smallest fingers on a normal human hand?

(7)

16 By what family nickname were both Edward VII and George VI known? (6)

17 What name is given to a pale sandy fawn colour? (5)

19 Maria Callas’ final performance was as the title character of which through the procedures to begin use of a computer system? (3,2) 24 Lincoln is the capital of which state of the US? (8)

undertaken by Muslims against

as solvents? (7)

Puccini opera at Covent Garden in

unbelievers, is derived from the

3 Which village in eastern Ireland

London in July 1965? (5)

Arabic for ‘effort’? (5)

was the seat of Irish kings until the

21 Which device with a small spike

Down

2 What name is given to any of

sixth century? (4)

or a spiked wheel is worn on a

various volatile flammable liquid

4

hydrocarbon mixtures, used chiefly

typically with a hood, was originally

horse forward? (4)

Andrew Ridegley 7. Devo 8.

Wagner 6. George Michael & 4. Henry Mancini 5. Richard Ryder 3. Pulp / a Different Class 1. Girlschool 2. Kim Marsh /

Answers:

6. Name The 2 Members Of Wham?

7. Which American Band Had Their Biggest UK Success With A Spiky Version Of The Rolling Stones 'Satisfaction'?

8. Which 1970's Disco Pop Band Ended Their Chart Career In 1981 With 'We Kill The World, Don't Kill The World)'?

9. Who Married Actress Julia Roberts In 1993?

10. Who Wrote Rhapsody In Blue?

11. The Daughter Of Which Tv Game Show Host Had A Hit As A Member Of Toto Coelo With I Eat Cannibals?

12. Eurovision:­ Which Country Won The Eurovision Song Contest In 1965?

13. Who had a 1976 hit with 'Young Hearts Run Free'?

14. Which 2 Musicians Co Wrote & Produced 'Do They Know Its Christmas'?

rider’s heel and used for urging a

Boney M 9. Lyle Lovett 10. George

1. Name The Group That Linked With Motorhead On The St Valentines Day Massacre EP? 2. Who Was The First Member Of The Pop Group 'Hear Say' To Leave The Band?

3. Which 1995 Album Cover Features A Wedding Photo With One Of The Band Members Shown In Black & White?

4. Who Composed The Pink Panther Theme?

5. Franz Liszt was the farther­in­ law of which composer?

jacket,

Gershwin 11. Bob Holness 12.

MUSIC QUIZ

waterproof

Luxembourg 13. Candi Staton 14.

1 What name, given to a holy war

Which

Midge Ure & Bob Geldof

the author of Gulliver’s Travels, first published in 1726? (8,5) 8 What name is given to ‘an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone’?

(9) 9/20 What term is usually given to the series of glacial episodes during the Pleistocene period? (3,3) 10 Which word means ‘facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis’? (4) 11 The fibre of which palm native to tropical Africa and Madagascar is used as light cordage and in making hats and baskets? (6) 13 Which word meaning ‘peace’ is used as salutation by Jews at meeting or parting? (6) 14 Which Lancashire dish is a casserole of meat and vegetables with a covering layer of sliced potato? (6) 17 What name is given to the regular estimate of national revenue and expenditure put forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer? (6) 18 See 12 Down 20 See 9 22 Derived from the Greek for ‘eye witness’, what name is given to post­mortem examinations used to discover the cause of death? (9) 23 Which term means to go

shinbone? (5)

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD Across

1 Empujar (4) 3 Cristales (8) 9 Presents (gifts) (7) 10 Cadena (5) 11 Season ticket (theatre, rail, sport) (5) 12 Above (6) 14 El más raro (6) 16 Wood (timber) (6) 19 To attract (6) 21 Tío (5) 24 Hola (5) 25 Message (7) 26 Meanwhile (8) 27 This (4)

Down 1 Please (3,5) 2 Century (5) 4 To tear (fabric, paper) (6) 5 To take out (5) 6 Wire (7) 7 Arena (geológico) (4) 8 Inundaciones (6) 13 Porter (airport, railway station) (8) 15 Detail (General) (7) 17 Pupil (school) (6) 18 Trap (6) 20 Alrededor de (5) 22 Cangrejos (de mar) (5) 23 Les (4)

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SUDOKU

FILL-IT-IN

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

3 letter words Ate Don Eat Emu Era He'd Ice Moa Mod Mop Oca Psi Sad

Sat Tar Ten Tic

4 letter words Alee Dent Kiss Togs

5 letter words Acrid

Amass Atoll Bless Dance Graph Inset Nurse Prone Races Raise Rules Samba Scare Sedan Tepee

Cryptic

Across 1 Properly organised tips end in regular payment (7) 5 Hades could be in semi­darkness (5) 8 Rows causing signs of distress, by the sound of it (5) 9 Stir it in quartz (7) 10 A girl more given to foolish talk (9) 12 Had tea out (3) 13 Picked on editor after cooked eats (6) 14 Mum’s little house has charm (6) 17 Epitaph for a rascal (3) 18 They preserve understandings; see other arrangement (4,5) 20 Give one incentive to take a breath (7) 21 Company business, a hot drink maybe (5) 23 Make certain right is suppressed, and follow (5) 24 Milo O’Shea, the Irish actor, reveals cover (7) Down 1 Instrument used in moving flight of steps

Terra

6 letter words Cannon Eureka Grated Morass Reside Septet

7 letter words Airtime General

(5) 2 Nice finish desired by skaters (3) 3 Ran back inside, seen, somehow, outside, but there’s a catch to it (7) 4 Monster professor takes a cheap publication on board (6) 5 Add zing to a portion of honey crisp ice cream (5) 6 Have canal redesigned for a flood (9) 7 Meet Len in order to design a component (7) 11 I left foolish apologists for net support (9) 13 White ant is a form of emitter (7) 15 Indefinite as an item in the press (7) 16 Five lodged in shocking holes; positive slums (6) 18 Prepare to be shot?

(5) 19 Takes wrong Pole (5) 22 Stop filming a share of the profits (3)

8 Layers (5) 9 Excite (7) 10 Excess steps or activity (9) 12 Consumed (3) 13 Taunted (6) 14 Lucky charm (6) 17 Tear (3) 18 Devices for preserving footwear (4,5) 20 Motivate (7) 21 Beverage (5) 23 Result (5) 24 Wrap (7) Down

1 Musical instrument (5) 2 Frost (3) 3 Entangle (7) 4 Mythical monster (6) 5 Season (5) 6 Landslide (9) 7 Constituent (7) 11 Sports equipment (9) 13 Insect (7) 15 Piece of writing (7) 16 Shabby abodes (6) 18 Beam (5) 19 Wager (5) 22 Reduce (3)

Last weeks Crossword Solution

Standard

Across 1 Payment (7) 5 Gloominess (5)

The Big Crossword Answers

Sudoku Solution

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oyota is planning a shocking surprise for the Tokyo motor show in October, in the form of a radical three­seat, open­wheel sports car concept inspired by the Lotus/Caterham 7. What's more, if it gets the thumbs­up from the press and public, the world's biggest car­maker will seriously consider building it.

Alongside the GT 86, it continues Toyota's attempts to stimulate Japan's youth into becoming the next generation of car buyers. “Such cars must grab kids’ imaginations and hopefully give them an interest in owning and driving cars in the future,” said our insider.

It will incorporate a narrow front­end, exposed suspension arms and a staggered seat layout with a central driver’s seat. On the move, the front­

engined, rear­drive sports coupe promises driving thrills like no Toyota before it.

Rumoured to boast an overall length of 3700mm, a 1730mm width and a kerb weight of just 700kg thanks to extensive use of carbon­ fibre, the three­seater will be powered by a 1.5­litre four­cylinder hybrid unit generating around 75kW through a CVT gearbox. Toyota is believed to be targeting fuel consumption over 140mpg.

Despite its size, engine specs and power­to­ weight ratio, our source says Toyota sees its three­seater as a direct competitor for Mazda’s new MX­5 and the Honda S660.

If it's approved for production, Toyota’s radical new open­wheel sports car should make its showroom­ready debut within two years of the concept's world premiere, meaning an appearance at the 2017 Frankfurt show. Global sales – at a starting price of under £18,000 – should commence in 2018.

2016 Golf facelift to get gesture control tech

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W’s head of powertrain development, Dr. Heinz­Jakob Neußer, has confirmed that the facelifted Volkswagen Golf will feature gesture control technology when it arrives at the end of 2016. This is a first for the family hatchback segment and part of a growing trend for advanced connectivity and control technology making its way into more affordable cars.

Neußer confirmed the news at CES in Shanghai, where the German manufacturer also rolled out its VW Golf R Touch concept. The gesture control technology that will be used on the facelifted Golf will be borrowed from the concept.

“The interior features a preview of future VW interior technologies, with smartphone applications redefined for automotive use,” Neußer said. “The gesture control will become reality in the Golf at the end of next year.”

The new infotainment and gesture control system which will make its way into the Golf is likely to be made up of three digital displays and 5 in­car sensors. A larger 13­inch hi­res colour display will replace the conventional screen housed in the dash of the current Golf. A smaller 8­inch screen will replace the traditional instrument cluster, with gesture control being used to operate the volume settings, temperature controls and sunroof operation instead of traditional controls.

The cabin will become largely “button­less”, with the functions not able to be operated via gesture control being accessed on the new digital displays which will feature hepatic feedback.

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e’ve left La Union behind on our journey along the Costa Blanca, caught the next bus and have arrived at Los Alcazares.

As you’ll read, it’s a stop full of history and interest.

Los Alcázares is a small, but expanding coastal spa town and former fishing village on the western side of the Mar Menor in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, south eastern Spain. The Mar Menor itself belongs to three other municipalities: San Javier, San Pedro del Pinatar and Cartagena and is Europe's largest saltwater lagoon. Connected to the adjacent Mediterranean sea by several channels, the Mar Menor has a surface area of almost 20 km² and the fact that it’s typically 2­4 degrees warmer than the Mediterranean, makes it a very popular destination for sailing,

windsurfing, kite­boarding and other water sports enthusiasts. The famous Hollywood actress Esther Williams once described the Mar Menor as ‘the largest swimming pool in the world’! Los Alcazares beaches hold Blue Flag awards in recognition of their cleanliness and maintenance along the Mar Menor.

It has a population of over 14,000 which rises to over 100,000 during the peak tourist summer holiday season.

An increasing number of films have seen the Costa Blanca used as a location.

In the case of Los Alcazares it was used as a location for the 2008 movie of Ernest Hemingway's posthumous novel The Garden of Eden, starring Jack Huston, Richard E. Grant and Mena Suvari. A partly disused historic military air base at the southern end of the town was also used for

location filming for the 2010 war movie, Green Zone featuring Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear and Jason Isaacs.

HISTORY

The Romans occupation of Los Alcazares started in 210 B.C., with them recognising the salt properties of the Mar Menor and the La Manga 'strip' as a band of security from any invaders. The Romans set up a salt meat and fishing industry and built the first thermal baths and spas in the area. In 210 B.C., the Mar Menor was joined to the Mediterranean and, during the past 1,000 years, it has started to close off from it.

In the 6th century, the Arabs (who had conquered a large part of Spain by this time) chose this part of the country to build their palaces and places of rest because of the old Roman spas and their therapeutic qualities.

In 1245, the Christians led by Fernando III of Castilla arrived on the south east coast and forced the Arabs to flee, but the Arabs were not forced out until 1272 because of King Alfonso X's order of the distribution of the lands around Los Alcazares.

In 1915, Spain's first military flying boat base was built at the south end of the village and proved to be ideally located for flying boat operations due to the sheltered and calm conditions found on the adjacent Mar Menor. An additional adjacent landing ground became important for training Spanish Air Force pilots and was further expanded in the 1920s. Although the base ceased to have such an important role after the Spanish Civil War and appears to have had little operational use since 1939, it remains in military use today. An aviation museum ­ the Museo Aeronautico Municipal ­ opened in 1998 on the opposite side of the main road to the camp and now displays a comprehensive collection

The View of archive film, photos and models as well as some original artefacts, all dedicated to the history of this nationally significant air base ­ the home of Spanish flying boat heritage.

GOLF COURSES

Los Alcazares has several golf courses in close proximity. Roda Golf ­ situated between Los Narejos and Roda, Intercontinental Mar Menor Golf and Spa, La Torre Golf, Torre Pacheco Club de Golf, La Manga Club and Las Colinas Golf & Country club The town centre of Alcazares is very busy and relatively spread out with a good selection of shops, bars and restaurants, and the promenade runs parallel to all of the beaches. Market day is Tuesday.

There are plenty of things to do here to keep everyone happy for a whole day. Spend some time walking along the promenade or simply relaxing on the beach soaking up the calming atmosphere!

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TRAVEL AROUND SPAIN BURGOS ­ is a city in northern Spain and the historic capital of Castile. It is situated on the confluence of the Arlanzón river tributaries, at the edge of the Iberian central plateau. It has about 200,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area. It’s the capital of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Burgos was once the capital of the Crown of Castile, and the infamous Burgos Laws or Leyes de Burgos which first governed the behaviour of Spaniards towards the natives of the Americas were promulgated here in 1512.

Burgos has a well­developed transportation system, forming the main communication node in northern Spain. In 2008, the international Burgos Airport started to offer commercial flights. Furthermore, AVE high speed trains are planned to start in service next year.

The Museum of Human Evolution was opened in 2010, unique in its kind across the world and projected to become one of the top 10 most­visited museums in Spain. The museum features the first Europeans, which lived in this area 800,000 years ago.

Burgos is rich in ancient churches and convents. The three most notable are the cathedral, with its chapel of the Condestables de Castilla, the monastery of Las Huelgas, and the Carthusian monastery of Miraflores. Minor notable churches are San Esteban, San Gil (Sancti Aegidii), San Pedro, San Cosme y San Damián, Santiago (Sancti Jacobi), San Lorenzo and San Lesmes (Adelelmi). The Convento de la Merced, occupied by the Jesuits, and the Hospital del Rey are also of historic and architectural interest. Among the other interesting architectural structures, in the walls of the city are the famous gateway of Santa María, erected for the first entrance of the Emperor Charles V, and the arch of Fernán González.

JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA ­ is a municipality in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, in south western Spain, situated midway between the sea and the

mountains. The city, the largest in the province, has roughly 215,000 inhabitants and is the fifth largest in Andalusia. It has become the transportation and communications hub of the province, surpassing even Cádiz, the provincial capital, in economic activity. Jerez de la Frontera is also, in terms of land area, the largest municipality in the province, and its sprawling outlying areas are a fertile zone for agriculture.

There are also many cattle ranches and horse­breeding operations, as well as a world­renowned wine industry.

Since 1987 the Grand Prix motorcycle racing in Spain is celebrated in the Circuito de Jerez in early May. During this event, the city receives thousands of bikers from around the world. The same circuit has hosted several Formula 1 Grand Prix, including the 1997 final race of the season, which was marred with controversy for a notable high­profile championship­deciding incident. Other popular festivals in the city are Feria de Jerez or the Holy Week in Jerez.

The economy of Jerez has traditionally been centred on the wine industry, with exports of sherry worldwide. Because it lacks the civil service that other cities enjoy, Jerez has based its economy on industry. The cultivation of fruits, grains, and vegetables and horse and cattle husbandry has also been important to the local economy. It is the home base for the Spanish Military Stud farm, the Yeguada Militar de Jerez de la Frontera. It is the home of the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art, a riding school comparable to the world­ famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Jerez, the city where flamenco singing began, is also proud of its Andalusian Centre of Flamenco.

MÁLAGA ­ is a state and a municipality, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010 it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain.

Málaga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. It was founded by the Phoeniciansas Malaka about 770 BC, and from the 6th century BC was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage. Then from 218 BC it was ruled by the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire as Malaca (Latin). After the fall of the empire it was under Islamic domination as Mālaqah for 800 years, but in 1487 it again came under Christian rule in the Reconquista. The archaeological remains and monuments from the Phoenician, Roman, Arabic and Christian eras make the historic centre of the city an "open museum", displaying its rich history of more than 3,000 years. This important cultural infrastructure and the rich artistic heritage have culminated in the nomination of Málaga as a candidate for the 2016 European Capital of Culture.

The most important business sectors in Málaga are tourism, construction and technology services, but other sectors such as transportation and logistics are beginning to expand. The Andalusia Technology Park (PTA), located in Málaga, has enjoyed significant growth since its inauguration in 1992.

Málaga is the main economic and financial centre of southern Spain, home of the region's largest bank, Unicaja, and the fourth­ranking city in economic activity in Spain behind Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.

The old historic centre of Málaga reaches the harbour to the south and is surrounded by mountains to the north, the Montes de Málaga (part of Baetic Cordillera), lying in the southern base of the Axarquía hills, and two rivers, the Guadalmedina – the historic center is located on its left bank – and the Guadalhorce, which flows west of the city into the Mediterranean. The oldest architectural remains in the city

are the walls of the Phoenician city, which are visible in the cellar of the Museo Picasso Málaga. The Roman theatre of Málaga, which dates from the 1st century BC, was rediscovered in 1951.

Like many of the military fortifications that were constructed in Islamic Spain, the Alcazaba of Málaga featured a quadrangular plan. It was protected by an outer and inner wall, both supported by rectangular towers, between which a covered walkway led up the slope to the Gibralfaro (this was the only exchange between the two sites). Due to its rough and awkward hillside topography, corridors throughout the site provided a means of communications for administrative and defensive operations, also affording privacy to the palatial residential quarters.

The Church of Santiago (Saint James) is an example of Gothic vernacular Mudéjar, the hybrid style that evolved after the Reconquista incorporating elements from both Christian and Islamic tradition. Also from the period is the Iglesia del Sagrario, which was built on the site of the old mosque immediately after the city fell to Christian troops. It boasts a richly ornamented portal in the Isabeline­Gothic style, unique in the city. The Cathedral and the Episcopal Palace were planned with Renaissance architectural ideals but there was a shortfall of building funds and they were finished in Baroque style.

TARRAGONA ­ is a port city located in the north­east of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Tarragona province, and part of the Tarragonès county and Catalonia region. Geographically, it is bordered on the north by the province of Barcelona and the province of Lleida. The city has a population of 134,085.

The Roman ruins of Tarraco have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Part of the bases of large Cyclopean walls near the Cuartel de Pilatos is thought to pre­date the Romans. This building, a prison in the 19th century, is said to have been the palace of Augustus. The 2nd century amphitheatre, near the sea­shore, was extensively used as a quarry after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, and but few vestiges of it now remain. A circus, c.450 m long, was built over in the area now called Plaça de la Font, though portions of it are still to be traced. Throughout the town Latin, and even apparently Phoenician, inscriptions on the stones of the houses mark the material used for buildings in the town.

Two ancient monuments, at some little distance from the town, have, however, fared rather better. The first of these is the Aqüeducte de les Ferreres, which spans a valley about 4 kilometres north of the city. It is 217m in length, and the loftiest arches, of which there are two tiers, are 26m high.

There is a monument about 6km along the coast road east of the city, commonly called the "Tower of the Scipios"; but there is no authority for assuming that they were buried here.

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GOODBYE SAM, HELLO EUROPA

SEVILLA’S SILVERWARE IN WARSAW

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evilla has retained its Europa League title to claim the trophy for a record fourth time with a 3­2 victory over plucky Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk thanks to Carlos Bacca's double in an exciting final.

Colombia striker Bacca netted the winner with 17 minutes left to seal victory at Warsaw's National Stadium on Thursday morning after a pulsating first half in which four goals were scored as the teams went into the dressing rooms on level terms.

It was an end­to­end battle for most of the match with Dnipro grabbing an early lead through Nikola Kalinic before Sevilla hit back with goals by Grzegorz Krychowiak and Bacca.

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n the wake of the inevitable sacking of “BIG” Sam Allardyce following the club’s 2­0 defeat against Newcastle on the final day of the season – a result that saved the Magpies from relegation and condemned the Hammers to a disappointing 12th position in the table, fans across the world have been more than cheered up with an announcement from the Boleyn Ground.

West Ham United are delighted to confirm that they have qualified for a place in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League, for the first time since 2006/2007, after finishing top of the Barclays Premier League’s Fair Play table.

In a joint statement, West Ham United Joint­Chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold welcomed the news. They said: “We are delighted to have won a place in the UEFA Europa League as we want to ensure the Boleyn Ground the best send­off possible, and progress in this competition will certainly help with that.

“Starting in early July will bring its challenges, but everyone at the

Club, from the Board to the players and supporters will be relishing the opportunity to feature on the European stage. It should be a fantastic experience.”

West Ham will be among 104 teams whose European campaigns will begin with the first qualifying round on 2 July, with three rounds to negotiate before August’s play­ off round determines the 22 teams who come through the qualification process and advance to the Europa League’s group stage.

The draw for the qualifying rounds will take place as follows: UEFA Europa League first and second qualifying round draws: 22 June UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw: 17 July UEFA Europa League play­off round draw: 7 August UEFA Europa League group stage draw: 28 August England will also be represented in this competition by Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and either Southampton or Aston Villa, depending on the latter’s result in the FA Cup final tomorrow (Saturday).

It’s almost the end of the 2014 / 15 football season. The traditional end of season showpiece finals of the FA and Scottish Cup tomorrow (Saturday 30th) between Arsenal

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When Dnipro captain Ruslan Rotan curled home a precise freekick to make it 2­2 just before the beak it looked like the Ukrainians, who were playing in their first European final, might go on to cause a stunning upset.

But Bacca grabbed his second goal late on to settle the encounter and secure a Champions League qualifying place which is handed to the winners for the first time.

and Aston Villa and Falkirk versus Inverness Caledonian Thistle in Scotland is followed by the European Champion’s League Final next weekend.

Predictions that this would be a cagey encounter with Dnipro deploying players behind the ball in the hope of frustrating Sevilla's free­scoring forwards were swiftly confounded as both teams tore into each with ferocity from the start.

Within minutes of the kickoff Sevilla's captain for the night Jose Antonio Reyes had a penalty appeal turned down when he was felled on the turn before Dnipro landed the first blow after seven minutes.

A chip forward found Kalinic and he headed the ball deftly into the path of Brazilian winger Matheus, whose precise cross was met by the Croatia target man on the charge to head low into the net past the sprawling dive of Sevilla keeper Sergio Rico.

That seemed to spark some life into the wounded Spaniards who tested their shooting range with blocked efforts from Vitolo and Reyes, before Krychowiak drew them level after 28 minutes.

The Poland international raised the roof off the stadium in his home country when he received Bacca's knockdown, took a touch to get the ball out of his feet and drove his finish through several Dnipro bodies into the net.

Within three minutes Sevilla was ahead as Reyes set Bacca clear with a perfectly weighted through ball and the Colombian rounded keeper Denys Boyko before calmly slotting home.

That could have proved a devastating psychological blow to Dnipro, but the rugged Ukrainians are made of stern stuff and they equalised before the break through Rotan's superb curling freekick that looped delicately over the wall and into the net.

The second half was a much nervier affair with Sevilla's Stephane Mbia and Krychowiak failing to capitalise on half chances before Sevilla struck the decisive blow.

The English domestic leagues were completed last week and THE VIEW has produced below a quick, all­in­one­place, chart of the winners and losers.

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THE GREATEST LORD’S TEST

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t’s what many people have been saying since Moeen Ali dived upwards and to his left to hold a stunning catch a few feet from in front of the Lord’s pavilion on Monday evening. With just ten overs to go, England bowled the Kiwi’s out for 220 to win by 124 runs and lead the 2 match series 1­0.

So what makes one Test Match greater than another? Some consider a team fighting all day for a draw against the odds a great match while others see pulling victory from the jaws of defeat as another example. Cricket followers will probably have the famous 1981 “Botham Test” at Headingley against the Australians at the top of their lists as proof of the latter.

Alastair Cook was under the most pressure imaginable and needed to pull out all the stops for a captain’s innings. Failing for only 16 on the first morning as England struggled to 30 for 4, he made 162 second time around and helped build England's lead to 344.

His dismissal of key batsman Kane Williamson, followed by the dangerous captain Brendan McCullum first ball were key drivers in the victory.

Many say Test Cricket is dead or slowly dying. Five days at the home of cricket put paid to that idea. Even on the final day when all four results were possible, the build­up to the start of play was a reminder of test cricket's place in English culture. New Zealand would be hoping that its reputation, as the third­ranked side in the world, played its part too.

both teams. The test ebbed and flowed spell by spell, session by session, day by day with England taking the honours on days one, four and five and New Zealand getting the best of days two and three.

It will be a fascinating aspect as to how the New Zealanders respond at Headingley in the 2nd Test Match that begins today (Friday). Sacrificing a 134­run lead to lose by 124 runs must hurt.

Looking at the facts and figures about the test match would suggest it be considered a genuine “great” match as people look through future editions of the Playfair Cricket Annual.

I wonder if Kevin Pietersen was watching the game somewhere.

ENGLAND “v” NEW ZEALAND – FIRST TEST MATCH – RECORDS

The man­of­the­match, Ben Stokes, put the foundations in place for English hero status. He came to the wicket on the opening day at 30 for four and made 92 off 94 balls, in the second innings he made the fastest century at Lord's in 85 balls as part of a match­changing 132­run fifth­wicket stand with Cook. New Zealand’s Tim Southee attempted to lure Stokes into a false shot with shorter balls and got dispatched for 53 runs from six overs with the second new ball.

Stokes complemented that inspired batting performance by taking three wickets for 38 off 11 overs in the second innings after having two catches dropped in the first.

Queues stretched approximately 40 minutes outside the ground as fans sought tickets priced at £20 – nobody in their right mind buys advance fifth day tickets for an England test match with so many in recent history being completed in four.

Extraordinarily it was the biggest combined crowd over five days this century. That was probably a good advertisement of the New Zealand team's pulling power, plus the fact England were trending towards victory on a bank holiday Monday.

The match produced a mesmerising conclusion to a match which had captivated throughout, and there was respect for

­ The 1610 runs is the highest combined runs scored at a Lord's test. It's also the highest since 1930 for a test when all 40 wickets have fallen. ­ New Zealand’s 523 first innings score is the highest (by 69 runs) from which any of the 130 tests at Lord's have been lost. ­ They are just the fourth team to score more than 725 runs and take 20 wickets but still lose the test. ­ Only the 14th time in test history that a team lost after scoring more than 500 in the first innings. ­ It was the 100th test between the two countries and England have now won 48 and lost 8. ­ England's first innings deficit of 134 runs is their 10th highest to overcome and win. ­ The BBC reported it was the biggest combined crowd over five days at Lord's.

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