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TORREVIEJA MAY FAIR THIS WEEK The festivities councillor in the city of Torrevieja, Lola Sánchez Roca, presented this year´s May Fair fiesta schedule, which begins on Wednesday.

Accompanied by the heads of various associations involved in the event, the details for the show that runs until Sunday 10th of May and was declared of provincial tourism interest, was revealed.

One of the highlights this

year is an appearance by Spanish duo “Camela”, who will be performing on Friday evening, but throughout the entire event singers and dancers from across the country will come together to perform at the show.

A cash prize of 2,500 euro will be presented to the winner of the competition “Ciudad de Torrevieja” on Saturday, with cash prizes also up for grabs for second, third, fourth and fifth place.

Throughout the event there will also be horse shows with around 300 horses and 30 carriages taking part.

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These will primarily be on the Saturday and Sunday, and there will also be a range of food and drink stalls in the harbour area, offering much of the usual menu available in the city but in the surroundings of an event that celebrates and recognised the sevillana traditions and has become a firm favourite in the tourism calendar.

The fair will be opened by the mayor at 9pm on Wednesday evening after which there will follow an evening of hymns, habaneras and dance by the Musical Union of Torrevieja and the Choir and Orchestra Salinas.

The Dance Academy’s Dharma and Lynda Dorado will continue the celebrations from 9pm on Thursday evening and then at 11pm on Friday evening the Spanish duo “Camela”.

The activities will continue all

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day and well into the night on both Saturday and Sunday with the parade of horses and carriages taking place from about noon on Saturday lunchtime until approximately 4pm. The carriages will tour the city, starting and ending round about the paseo. Much of this will be repeated on Sunday in the port area where there will also be a demonstration of riding.

The grand final of the Sevillanas Contest will be at 7pm on Sunday followed by more performances from local dance troupes including Soul Dance, a group which includes many expatriates. And if you are still in a party mood the event will close just before midnight on Sunday Full details are available from the tourist information office in the city.

FUNDS ALLOCATED TO REPAIR HORADADA BEACHES The Ministry of Environment has given its approval to the emergency works needed to repair the damage caused by recent storms on the beaches surrounding Pilar de la Horadada.

The mayor inspecting the damage with the Chief Coastal Officer, Rosa de los Rios

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A spokesman said that with the approval of the funding of 260,000 euros , allocated by the Coastal Agency, work will now be able to get underway to remedy the effects of the considerable damage caused by the storms on 19 March, particularly the collapse along the promenade at the Playa del Sardinero, where much of the walkway was washed away.

The Chief Coastal Officer, Rosa de los Rios, along with the mayor, Jose Fidel Ros, and engineers from the Provincial Coastal Service, inspected to damage following the storms and have also authorized the construction of a breakwater to protect the area from subsequent damage.

That work is scheduled to start within a month following the investment which we are told has now been included in the provincial budget of 3.5 million euros.

Additional work that will be covered includes replacement of sand at las playas de las Villas and de las Higuericas as well as damage to the adjacent dunes and the wooden boardwalks leading down to the beaches Further along the coast, Cala Moraig, Benitachell will see the establishment of another breakwater with consideration also being given to the region around Santa Pola and Tabarca where the beaches were so badly affected at the time. In those areas thousands of tons of sand have already been allocated to repairing the damaged beaches.

SPAIN TRIPLES MEDITERRANEAN SEARCH AND RESCUE SPENDING Prime Minister Rajoy, highlighted the importance of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council on immigration last week, at which it "was agreed to triple spending on search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean". ?He explained that the Commission will publish a document in May to be debated in June, "to thus implement what logic and common sense dictates a joint immigration policy for all European countries, given that there is free movement of people in Europe, and hence, what affects one country, wherever it may be, affects us all".

As regards the fundamental objectives of this immigration policy, Rajoy pointed out that "the most important thing must be to preserve the lives of people"; given the dramatic situation taking place in the Mediterranean. "This is something that the European Union cannot and will not allow under any circumstance", he explained.

Furthermore, the Prime Minister underlined the need to be "effective against the mafias that take advantage of people and which, on many occasions, lead them to their deaths", and committed to improve living standards and cooperation with countries of origin. "It is clear that if people do not have the possibility of leading a dignified life in their own country, they will do whatever is available to them in achieving this, as is obvious and natural", he claimed.

In his opinion, "the most important measures are to reach readmission

agreements with all the countries of origin and transit of immigration", which would be an "important step", because "to date, as a country Spain has some agreements in place, but not at a European Union level". He also committed to linking this readmission "to cooperation with these countries". Mariano Rajoy added that endeavours will be made to "reach agreements to work jointly with the law enforcement agencies of these countries, with a view to avoiding these situations arising in the future".

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EL MUNDO SPORTS SEMINAR IN TORREVIEJA

The Torrevieja mayor, Eduardo Dolon, took part in a National Seminar entitled "The Impact of Popular Sports in Tourism" on Tuesday, held at the Real Club Nautico of Torrevieja (RCNT) and organized by the national newspaper El Mundo The seminar attracted a number of notable speakers including the 1988 winner of the Tour de France, and current TVE cycling commentator, Pedro Delgado; GermĂĄn Robles, President of the Foundation of Atletico Madrid; Fernando de Portugal, an executive with the Sports Event Company Last Lap, responsible for road race San Silvestre Vallecana which annually attracts over 30,000 competitors, and JosĂŠ Miguel Pina, Director General of the company Moonraker bikes.

The mayor stressed the importance that the city of Torrevieja places on Sports Tourism which, in just two years, has attracted over 16,000 sportsmen and women from a multitude of different European countries.

He said that Torrevieja has one of the best and most complete sports centres in the country, the success of which will always ensure that investment in sport continues to be treated as one of the most important features in improving the quality of life of its citizens.

The mayor thanked Pedro Delgado for his contribution to the forum. He acknowledged the ex cyclist as one of the most successful athletes that Spain had ever produced.

In response Delgado said that he was delighted to see that Torrevieja would be involved as a stage in the 2015 edition of the Tour of Spain, which, as concerns the level of tourist interest, will prove to be a

great showcase for the city worldwide.

Torrevieja will launch the ninth stage of the Tour on Sunday 30 August, 168 km from the city to Benitachell. The previous day will see the cyclists arriving from Murcia. It will be a historic weekend marked by a great atmosphere.

Inevitably there will be a major influx of visitors to the area, brought by the Vuelta itself, as well as the many thousands who will be in the city spending their summer holidays.

The ninth stage of the race will be the only of the Tour 2015 that will take the cyclists into the Alicante region. Much of the route will take the cyclists along the Costa Blanca coastline showing off some of the very best landscapes in the country.

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PAINFUL EXPERIENCE A man reportedly shot himself in the foot to discover what it would feel like. The unnamed 35-year-old man was admitted to hospital last weekend in Elda, near Alicante, and authorities believe the incident occurred because he was curious to know how painful a gunshot wound would be. The firearm that caused the wound has not been found by the authorities, who suspect the man of throwing it out of the window of a car on the way to the hospital. It remains possible the man will face psychological testing or being charged for firearm offences.

NO GO FOR ATLETICO A regional court has struck down a longstanding plan by the city of Madrid and the soccer team Atlético de Madrid to replace the Vicente Calderón stadium with skyscrapers. Under the plan, two 36-story residential towers would go up in an area near the Manzanares River where legislation establishes a maximum height of four floors. The developers’ idea was to use the money from the sale of the 2,000 homes to finance construction of a new stadium in La Peineta, a decaying site once envisioned as part of Madrid’s Olympic bid. Atlético was originally supposed to move this year; the deadline was then delayed to 2017.

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LOCAL FIREFIGHTER JOINS N E PA L R E S C U E E F F O R T

Villena based firefighter Francisco José Catalán, a member of the Provincial Fire Consortium travelled out to Katmandu on Monday with eleven other members of the emergency response team ‘Bomberos Sin Fronteras’.

The group were en route to Nepal where they are to join hundreds of other volunteers in the rescue activities following the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that caused thousands of deaths in the Himalayas.

The party also includes two search and rescue dogs.

Paco, as he is affectionately known, said that his family had asked him not to go because of the danger of aftershocks, but I told them It’s my job and the people out their need all the help they can get.

‘It is important that we get out there quickly with our specialist equipment and with the search and rescue dogs if we are going to have any real effect’ Paco said as he was en route to Barcelona Airport.

So far, Paco has worked in humanitarian aid missions in the Dominican Republic where he worked with, and trained, local firefighters. He is aware that this mission is totally different. ‘I just want to get across there now and start work’.

When they arrive in Nepal the team will be under the command of the United Nations (UN), who are coordinating the tasks to deal with the emergency.

A spokesman for ‘Bomberos Sin Fronteras’ said when his organization made initial contact with the Spanish Government they were told that the country would not be providing manpower to take part in rescue operations and that all aid would be humanitarian.

Therefore they decided to go it alone.

Paco said that he is still confident of finding people alive under the rubble but speed is always the decisive factor. He says he does not know how long his group with remain in the area, but initially they had been told they would be required at least until 6 May when the situation will be reviewed.

Amongst the humanitarian Aid to be provided the Provincial Council of Alicante have announced that they are to allocate 10,000 euros through the Red Cross for the supply of blankets, tarpaulins, plastic sheeting, jerry cans, and other essential items needed to overcome the lack of water and food, exacerbated by failed communication networks and power supplies.

In the photograph Paco is shown on the left of the group.

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N332 AT LA ZENIA IMPROVEMENTS AGRED The councillor for the Orihuela Costa, Martina Scheurer, has announced this week that she has received the final go-ahead to carry out the work at the roundabout of La Zenia.

Last year the Road Ministry in Alicante initially wanted to close off streets Maestro Torrabla and Alhambra to the traffic.

Martina Scheurer as well as Antonio Zapata both went personally to Alicante on different occasions to discuss this matter and have insistently forwarded suggestions to avoid the closing of those 2 streets.

Finally the Ministry agreed on the plans which will turn these two streets into a one-way access routes coming from the island on the N332.

To achieve this, the parking spaces in front of Al Fresco will be turned into a green traffic isle. In the area opposite, following in line with the Taxi stand an area will be rehabilitated to create additional parking.

On the other side of the N332 and in front of Deutsche Bank a so far missing foot path will be created to give continuity into the Avenida del Mar for pedestrians using the foot bridge.

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WILL SO MEBODY BUY ORIHU ELA’S TRANSPOR T COUNCILLOR A BIKE? Spain are never content with being down the pecking order, a good example being the football team, for so long perhaps the very best in the world.

And now it seems as though they are looking to climb up the European Table which records the number of cyclist fatalities by country, where in Europe they currently only sit at number ten.

One sure-fire way, thought some bright spark on the Orihuela Council, is to put the cycle lanes down the middle of the road.

That should do it! And that seems to be exactly what we have got.

The photo sent in last week by Keith Daniels was taken in Avenida de Cabo in Cabo Roig.

Perhaps the Councillor responsible for transport in the Region would be good enough to explain the logic in it’s placement.

COUNCIL AUTHORIZES SITE FOR NEW COLEGIO PLAYAS DE ORIHUELA Narrowing of Calle Alhambra to a one-way street will also give the possibility to change the line of parking spaces into an angle formation which will enable easy access and more cars to park.

The work will be carried out by the company Pavasal, specialised in executing work for the Ministry and also being the most economic of the 3 existing offers at a price of approximately 46.000€.

The amount will be financed by the Planning Department in Orihuela.

The Governing Board of the Orihuela Council has approved the transfer of the building plot from council to regional ownership for the proposed new junior school that is currently being prepared for tender as a replacement for the portable cabin complex currently accommodating Orihuela Costa’s junior and infant schoolchildren.

The announcement was made on Tuesday by municipal spokesperson Carolina Gracia. The plot is thought to be the area of land adjacent to the Los Dolses Commercial centre,just across the road from the current school and presently being used as an overspill car

park.

In her statement Gracia noted that since 16 March, the Ministry of Education has invited tenders for new colleges at Beniarbeig, Nàquera Burriana, Ibi, Almàssera, Rojales and Villanueva de Castellón totaling over 35 million euros, but it has still not opened the process for Playas de Orihuela.

The current school has been in portable accommodation for over 13 years, by far the longest in the whole of the Valencian region. “We now hope that the situation and the tendering process will start

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ORIHUELA ELECTION R OUNDUP

BY RAYMOND KEARNEY What Orihuela Costa needs over the next 4 years is stable government. After 25 years of apathy and corruption followed by 4 years of political self-interest and incompetence there needs to be a change and your vote if used wisely will matter.

There are 13 parties contesting the Orihuela elections this month. Each party of course will claim that they’ll win more votes than they will.

The reality is that only 4 or 5 parties will achieve any seats at all. All of the other 8 parties will be eliminated. In the Spanish electoral system any party that receives less than 5% of the total votes cast are automatically eliminated and their votes are binned. This month’s vote is expected to be about 32,000, so any party receiving less than 1,600 votes will be eliminated. Generally parties that focus on local areas & issues do not have a wide appeal and therefore will not achieve the 5% minimum required. Claro for example is perceived to focus on one area of the whole municipality and as a result they will not receive 1,600 votes. The 3 small communist parties will certainly also be eliminated but there is a slight possibility that Cambiamos may achieve 1 seat.

The Orihuela Rotary Club played host to Ciudadanos member Ignacio Lopez Bas on Friday It is unfortunate that Pepa Ferrando, who was charged with corruption and expelled from the PP, has formed her own party “Foro Demócrata” and may actually get enough votes to win 2 seats.

Ciudadanos (C’s) are likely to win 4 or even 5 seats. The PSOE who have caused such havoc in Orihuela for the last 4 years will likely get 7 or even 8 seats. It is strange to imagine that the party that has been most associated with political favouritism in the past is now the only party that has banned any person charged with corruption from appearing on the electoral list.

This new clean PP is likely to receive 11 or even 12 seats.

At this moment it seems unlikely that any one party will have enough seats to rule Orihuela so another coalition is inevitable. Over the next weeks we will analyze the parties, offer possible scenarios and make predictions for the future.

Information on the author: Raymond Kearney has been deeply involved in Orihuela politics for the last 6 years but is not affiliated with any political party contesting these elections.

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ABSOLUTION BY IPAD

Open for 365 days of the year the Church of San Anton in Madrid has hauled itself into the 21st Century by recently embracing new technology.

Introduced only last month it currently offers free wifi, live streaming of services from all over the world on wide screen televisions and a special confession App. Having recently been taken over by the Messengers of Peace Foundation, (Mensajeros de la Paz), founded and chaired by Father Angel Garcia, it also has a full program of social and cultural activities, including foster care, social assistance, a clothing outlet and even facilities for a bank.

And not content with pushing technical boundaries, the church is also unique in welcoming animals, encouraging visitors to bring their two and their four-legged friends along to mass.

It is also manned 24 hour a day by a group of priests, spread over several shifts, who are always on hand to administer sacraments of continuous mode. The aim is that it will always be a place for reflection and dialogue, a caring home to share and an oasis of silence and prayer.

Father Angel, the driving force behind the initiative, said ".It hurts to find churches with closed doors. San Anton will always be open to anyone who needs help: for those who want to pray or confess, for those who need someone to listen, or who just required a hot coffee, indeed anyone who would like a warm drink. Visitors are welcome to stay for as long as they like, at any time of day.

San Anton is a 21st century church, it has embraced modern technology in order to make itself as welcoming as possible, to parishioners both of the human and animal variety.”

One of the priests on duty told us that the live-streams are mainly taken from the Vatican.

They are supplemented by religious films and documentaries.

One of the San Anton’s main technical features is an iPad app to help the deaf and hard of hearing go to confession. People now are able type out their confession on an IPad and receive a typed answer from the priest. This saves any embarrassment that they might be caused by having to shout.

Father Angel said he was "very happy" because the project has the blessing and support of Carlos Osorio, the Archbishop of Madrid who was responsible for inviting in the Messengers of Peace Foundation.

The Church of San Anton is popularly known because of its affiliation to animals which are blessed on 17 January, the feast of its patron saint. Such blessings, along with the social and traditional religious activities, will be further developed in the coming months.

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TEST TUBE INFIDELITY After seeking fertility treatment in Spain, a British man discovered his wife had used her lover’s sperm to get pregnant. A court ruling from the case is now raising questions about procedures.

THE PLANE TO SPAIN Four men from near Birmingham ended up more than 1,500 miles away in Malaga after a drunken night out in Stourbridge. The 23year-olds decided to go to Spain when the taxi driver asked them, "Where am I taking you?" on the way home. "It escalated massively," sales adviser Matt Weyman said. "We went back and picked up our passports, then went straight to Birmingham airport with just an iPhone charger between us."

NUCLEAR ENERGY

And as part of its determination to welcome everyone into the church, San Anton is thinking considering the introduction of a Sunday mass in English for tourists and residents in Madrid.

With the recent acknowledgement that half of all Spaniards no longer practice their religion and one in five insisting that they are "confirmed atheists" perhaps the introduction of similar measures in other churches across the country will help reverse the dramatic loss of faith in what has always been known as a traditionally Roman Catholic Country.

India and Spain have agreed to advance negotiations on cooperation in nuclear energy, with Spain stating that it would support New Delhi's early membership of the four multilateral export control regimes. A statement said the intent was to further advance bilateral negotiations for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

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CRIME WATCH SPAIN The annual AGM will be held at Oasis Bar, Torretas III, Torrevieja, on Thursday, 21st May at 13.15hrs. Everyone, who's interested in helping the community, will have the right to vote at the meeting for a place in the Association's Committee.

You don't need to pay anything to be a member; you don't need to be a member to collaborate with your own community. Just keep an eye around and report any incident to us, or to the Police or 112 Emergencies. Your name will not appear anywhere.

CAVENDISH BANANA? Just last week Mark Cavendish was the proud recipient of a bunch of banana’s for a stage win in the Tour of Turkey. No cobblestone trophy like in ParisRoubaix, no donkey like in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, no lion like in the Tour de France and definitely no ordinary trophy like in the Amstel Gold Race. The winner of the Tour of Turkey and the one who wears the leader’s jersey, Mark Cavendish, has won.....a bunch of bananas.

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Advance Moves reports on Spanish Housing Market Resurgence

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CARTAGENA CAT CULL DENIED The Department of Health of the City of Cartagena has asked the Cuatro Gatos association to help develop a management plan to look after five colonies of cats that have been living in the city since December 2012.

International removals company ‘Advance Moves’ has reported a resurgence in the Spanish housing market throughout 2014, and with continued growth forecast throughout 2015.

The Murcia based removals company that is well known as the market leader in both the UK to Spain, and the Spain to UK removals sector, has seen continued strong demand for their household removal services between the two countries.

It appears that with the UK housing market becoming continually more active and the added factor of the weakening of the euro against the strong pound, has meant a lot more UK residents have been able to sell up, and are coming to Spain where their pound suddenly goes a lot further. This, combined with the lower prices of houses within Spain from the recession has fuelled the market.

But the increased workload for Advance moves has not stopped there, as many British expats and

Spanish residents who are now able to sell their houses in Spain are using Advance moves to move their effects to the UK. Advance moves have had to expand their fleet of vehicles both in their Spanish and UK depots to cope with the increased demand.

It’s not just the increased activity of the housing market that has pushed up demand for Advance Moves removals services, Advance moves are the only Spanish removals company that are members of the British association of removers (BAR), the Road Haulage association (RHA) and hold a Spanish transport licence (Tarjeta de transporte).

With highly trained staff, a fleet of modern vehicles and state of the art containerised and bar-coded storage facilities in both countries, Advance moves are set for another busy year.

Further details of Advance moves services can be found at www.advancemoves.com or by calling 0034 968 65 4667.

A management plan must be submitted to the town hall within a month that must be drafted by a veterinarian trained in feline medicine and population management with experience in urban neighbourhoods, which shall assume the functions of management, veterinary care and supervision of the colonies.

The plan must include a description of each colony, including the extent, location and boundaries, the number of individuals in each group and population control measures. An animal disease control must also allow for the identification, vaccination, worming, sterilization, without communicable diseases, as well as sanitary measures, covering the cleaning and disinfection of occupied spaces, support indicating the places where they are given to eat and clean, and road and public safety to prevent nuisance to neighbours and passersby.

The Department of Health has denied that they are taking any measures to carry out an extermination program of the colonies of cats, which has apparently been reported in various media and social networks, but rather to provide a better welfare and health service to the cats, maintaining proper health and hygiene guarantees.

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‘Twitters from the Atlantic’ By Barrie Mahoney Barrie Mahoney was a head teacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands to launch and edit a new English language newspaper. He enjoys life in the sun as a columnist and author, and continues to write a series of popular novels, books for expats, as well as designing mobile apps and websites to promote the Canary Islands.

Oil Slicks, Turtles and Lies During the last week or so, one major news story has hit the headlines and dominated the airwaves in the Canary Islands. It has led to fiery exchanges between politicians and environmentalists, with some evidence that a 'massaged' account of events was being released to the press from those who have a heavy investment in the tourist industry.

Thankfully, there were others, including the environmental group, Greenpeace, who rapidly assessed the situation and gave a more balanced account of the crisis that is currently hitting the shores of these islands.

A Russian trawler, the Oleg Naydenov, which was often denounced by Greenpeace for illegal fishing activities, caught fire in the port of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. The vessel was carrying 1,500 tonnes of fuel oil, and the port authorities decided to tow it out to sea, about 15 nautical miles south of Gran Canaria, to let it sink and, presumably, to forget about it.

The trawler is currently leaking between five and 10 litres of fuel oil an hour into open sea, and a robot submarine has detected that the wreckage is now located over two miles below sea level. Both the Spanish and Canarian governments are looking at plans to either remove the remainder of the oil from the sunken vessel, or seal the holes in the hull that are causing the leak; both will be difficult and

expensive operations.

Despite initial government denials about the severity of the problem and a less than frank account at a news conference, oil slicks were spotted on Greenpeace satellite images off the coast of the south of Gran Canaria, with oil appearing on several beaches. Interestingly, the government has, so far, refused to release satellite images of the area for the public to see. As well as a being a major tourist area, the seas around the Canary Islands are rich in marine and bird life and already birds, turtles, as well an endangered loggerhead sea turtle have been found covered in oil.

Greenpeace are currently monitoring the situation, and warn that the contamination could worsen in the coming days.

With an eye on the tourist industry, government officials continue to play down the crisis. However, none of the beaches affected have been closed to visitors; indeed, I visited one yesterday and there was no sign of any pollution, although locals told me that council staff and volunteers had been there earlier in the day to clear away a small amount of oil.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but it seems that the government's decision to tow the fire stricken, fuel laden Russian fishing boat into open sea and let it sink may not have been the cleverest, or most environmentally friendly decision it could have made. In their defence, government sources claim that the decision to tow the trawler out to sea was to avoid the burning vessel contaminating the water desalination plant nearby. The Spanish government has now announced an enquiry into the issue, and to consider what could have been done to avoid the catastrophe.

Many are comparing the current issues with the oil spill from the Prestige oil tanker in 2002, when 60,000 tonnes of oil poured into the sea off northern Spain. A few months ago, many islanders were con-

Russian trawler, the Oleg Naydenov cerned about the exploration for oil and gas that was taking place off the Canary Islands. Fortunately, the findings were of insufficient quality or quantity to develop commercially; the price of oil fell and the project was terminated, at least for the time being. Although the current spill is minor in comparison to the Prestige oil tanker disaster, it does serve as a warning of what could happen should, one day, oil exploration and extraction resume off the coast of these beautiful, and environmentally rich islands.

If you enjoyed this article, take a look at Barrie’s websites: www.barriemahoney.com and www.thecanaryislander.com or read his latest book, ‘Escape to the Sun’ (ISBN: 9780957544444). Available as paperback, Kindle and iBooks. iPhone/iPad and Android Apps: ExpatInfo, CanaryIsle and CanaryGay now available. © Barrie Mahoney

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RASCALS SHOW BENEFITS LOCAL CHARITIES

Originally from Koeln, Gabi has been in this area for the past 5 years during which time she has worked incredibly hard to establish a highly successful restaurant in the area, namely Bar Establo.

Bar Establo offers you something slightly different form the average bar/restaurant – it has the outdoor ambience that we all so long for on those long, hazy and hot days of a Spanish Summer – you truly feel as if you are on holiday – even if you live here !

Bar Establo is also a convivial and social restaurant where people gather together to enjoy the good food, wine and company of others.

The menu offers traditional dishes from their home

town of Koeln as well as dishes that will truly satisfy your hunger – why not try an Argentinian Angus Rump Steak for just 12.80 Euro or the Speciality of the House – Gaby´s Rhine stew served in a bread cob – unique and so tasty.

Then there is the fantastic Roast Suckling Pig evening, the next of which will be held on the 9th May – call now on 966 791 108 to enjoy a beautiful evening of fantastic food and wine.

So, why not pop to Bar Establo – at the top of the hill near to Morgan´s Bar, Eagles Nest – open 7 days a week and you will be sure to get a warm greeting from Gaby and her team. See main ad on page 5 or CALL 966 791 108 Bar Establo

Rascals performed ‘Both Sides of the Pond’ their new variety show, at Montesinos on 23rd and 24th of April in front of an enthusiastic audience. As the audience left the theatre comments of fabulous show, brilliant, a great night out was heard.

But the important part of the event was the 2000 euros raised for two local charities, Age Concern and Los Montesinos Social Services.

Don´t miss the last performance which will be held on Tuesday 26th May at the Virgen del Carmen, Torrevieja, curtain up at 7.30.

To reserve tickets call Sue on 96 678 4874 or on the

website www.therascals.org or you can get tickets at the booking office outside The Municipal theatre.

They only cost 6 Euros and this even includes a programme !

BIKING FOR LIFE RAISES 3,200 EURO Local residents joined cyclists and charity volunteers in Torre de la Horadada recently to see Karen Dixon from Bar UK hand over donations to both AECC and HELP Vega Baja.

Cheques for €1,600 were given to each charity following the very successful Bike for Life event which took place on the 4th April and saw some 65 sponsored cyclists complete the 10k cycle ride around the area.

The photo shows Pauline Yates, Volunteer, accepting the cheque on behalf of HELP Vega Baja.

Pauline thanked everyone for their support and said the donation will be used to continue the work the

charity does in providing help for people in the Vega Baja area.

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SPAIN DRAIN 30% of Spaniards think that humans once lived alongside dinosaurs, according to the latest Social Perception of Science survey whilst a quarter of Spanish people believe the Sun revolves around the Earth, and not the other way round. A further 11.5% disagreed that humans are descended from animals.

However, the startling results are still an improvement on 2006, when almost half the population thought dinosaurs and humans had co-inhabited the earth, and 40% thought the sun orbited us.

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DOCUMENTS HANDED TO ORIHUELA ARCHIVES The ecology group Pro-Río has handed over 30,000 documents to the Municipal Historical Archives.

The Councillor of Culture, Rosa Martinez and the Pro-Río Segura Commission President, José Antonio Muñoz Grau, signed the agreement on Monday donating all of the documentation that has been gathered over many years to the Municipal Archives "It is all part of our history, united people all fighting for a common cause", said the councillor.

EMIGRATING BRITS Over the past five years, the USA and Australia have leapfrogged Spain as the preferred choice for Brits moving abroad and our land of choice is no longer the most popular destination for emigrating Brits.

From 2009 to 2014, just 52,000 Brits headed to Spain, down 124,000 on the previous fouryear period. In comparison, 207,000 Brits upped sticks for a life down under, while 80,000 have taken the trans-Atlantic route in search of the American Dream.

Muñoz Grau has said that in addition to photographs, leaflets and posters, he had delivered four boxes full of documentation, and there are still another two to be brought across.

"This heritage is not ours, but of all the people of Orihuela," he said when making the donation.

According Muñoz Grau, it comprises of everything that was published in Spain and Europe pertaining to the Segura River from April 1998.

He also delivered a pen drive with over 5,000 documents bringing the number to 30,000 in total.

The spokesman of Pro-Rio also appealed to other residents who might have additional material to bring them all in so they might be kept together

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BUMPER START TO MAY

Figures for the Easter period already showed positive signs for a summer which will benefit the tourism industry; now the holiday weekend of May has echoed those results.

The weekend coincided with the Labour Day holiday on Friday, Madrid day on Saturday, Mother´s Day on Sunday, UK Bank Holiday on Monday, and the start of Torrevieja´s May Fair later this week.

The DGT had anticipated a busy weekend on the roads, expecting 4.7 million trips on the roads, a 4% increase over last year, with most of the movements being concentrated around the coastal areas. Queues were recorded in the exit routes from major cities from Thursday afternoon and into Friday.

A total of 885 flight operations were scheduled during the holiday weekend at Alicante-Elche airport, with 236 scheduled flights alone on Saturday.

According to AENA, 150,000 travellers have

passed through the airport during the holiday weekend.

On Friday, two cruise ships docked at Alicante, “Horizon” and “Thomson Dream”. The 208 metre “Horizon” docked with 1,828 passengers and 618 crew on board, and the 243 metre “Thomson Dream” carried 1,500 passengers and 615 crew.

Although on a smaller scale, Saturday saw the “Saga Pearl II” arrive in Alicante, carrying 446 passengers and 252 crew.

INSTAGRAM WINNER RECEIVES DIGITAL TABLET Victor Sarabia has won the Instagran Photography Contest that was held by Orihuela Council over the Easter period with one of the snapshots that he took during the procession of the Brotherhood of Silence (la procesión de la Hermandad del Silencio.)

Throughout Holy Week participants were invited to upload their photographs to the council’s Instagram site which resulted in over 450 submissions from in excess of 100 entrants.

The first 20 photos were selected for prizes and for special mention by a board of judges which included the Councillor for Tourism Rosa Martinez with the first prize of a digital tablet awarded to Victor Sarabia at a ceremony conducted in the Maria Moliner Library in Orihuela.

"The goal was to raise awareness through social networks of the Easter celebrations in the area from the perspective of those who live in Orihuela", said the councilor.

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Europe Presents Immobilisation Plan in Excessive Alcohol Cases The European Commission has presented plans that will facilitate the implementation of devices that block vehicles from starting if it detects that the driver has consumed alcohol.

The plan extends a mechanism that already applies to drivers punished for drink driving in three member states, and the plan is now to implement the measure across the continent for all drivers.

The code will come into force on the 15th of May in the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden, with the commission insisting that it is for each member state to decide whether or not to implement the system.

The initial aim is to prevent re-offending drivers who have been punished for driving with excessive alcohol in their system but have not lost their license.

Belgium, Germany and Denmark are already preparing their own legislation in line with the changes, whereas the system has been adopted in France already, but only for drivers of school buses.

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HELP SAVE KIDS LIVES Between the 4th and the 10th of May, many countries around the globe will celebrate the Third World Road Safety Week, which this time the United Nations has dedicated to children.

Worldwide, some 500 children die every single day in traffic related incidents, whereas in Spain, the DGT report that in 2013, 46 children under 14 years of age were killed in road accidents, 410 were seriously injured and 5,502 suffered minor injuries.

During the campaign in Spain, under the banner “Salvemos a los niños”, children are encouraged to

join in with various awareness activities, supported by the adult population, to promote such safe practices as wearing seatbelts, including in buses, wearing helmets and keeping safe and visible on the roads, whilst also encouraging awareness in adults of similar attitudes, including eliminating alcohol consumption for drivers.

A hashtag has been created for social network sites, which is #SaveKidsLives, and all children can participate by signing the Child Declaration on the website, www.savekidslives2015.org as well as participating in a share a selfie campaign, which has been nicknamed with the hashtag #safie.

VOLVO TO MAKE CYCLING SAFER

NEW GUARDIA CIVIL VEHICLE PARTS CONTRACTS AWARDED The largest tyre manufacturer in the world, Bridgestone Corporation, has been awarded the contract to supply the Guardia Civil motor pool with tyres for the years 2015 and 2016, in a deal valued at 6.55 million euro, according to information published in the Official Gazette (BOE).

The company, which was founded in 1931 in Japan, was named after the founder, Shojiro Ishibashi, translated his surname into English and found it to mean “stone bridge” in Japanese.

Spanish leading distributor of parts and services for industrial vehicles, Automotive and Industry, the company Europart Hispano Alemana, or EPHA, will also take over the supply of batteries, in a contract worth a total of 666,905 euro.

A new product developed by safety conscious car manufacturer Volvo hopes to revolutionise road safety by enabling better visibility for more vulnerable road users.

“The best way to survive a crash is not to crash” is the tagline that accompanies Volvo LifePaint in its promotional message, and the best way of avoiding being hit is to be seen.

LifePaint is described as a new reflective safety spray which is invisible by daylight but glows brightly in the glare of car headlights.

LifePaint washes off and can be applied to clothes, shoes, helmets, pushchairs and of course bikes. Although it was designed for cycle safety, it can be used in many other situations where better visibility might mean the difference between life and death.

It can also be integrated in a fun way for children to not only become more visible, but also have fun whilst staying safe.

Echoing many road safety campaigns around the globe, the company make the bold statement that by 2020, their vision is that no person will be killed or seriously injured by a new Volvo. A bold statement that they hope LifePaint will go some way to achieving.

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CHILD POVERTY IN ANDALUCIA According to Save the Children almost three-quarters of a million children in Andalucia are living in risk of poverty. The charity is calling for more investment for the young. According to the Junta de Andalucía 512,373 children are at risk of social poverty, 8% suffer serious material deprivation (117,450), 18% (264,262) live in homes where basic home costs cannot be met and 8% suffer energy poverty and can’t afford to heat their homes.

ROCK ON A senior military source has revealed that the Ministry of Defence is lining Gibraltar up as an alternative base to the Clyde which would mean the Rock becoming the new home for Britain’s nuclear submarines.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon wants to rid Scotland of Trident but both the Conservatives and Labour have said they want to retain the base on the Clyde, however moving the nuclear deterrent to Gibraltar would cost £3 billion and take a decade to complete.

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FIND A COOLER SOLUTION WITH R&R CONSTRUCTION

As the summer sun melts most of us away, we might forget that there’s a simple solution to cooling down in the heat, the installation of air conditioning.

But with so much choice around how can we possibly know who to turn to, when all we want to do is relax and cool down?

There’s a simple answer to that question; we simply turn to a company with a proven track record, specialists in what they do and who clearly focus on quality. One such company is R&R Construction who have been established and operating for the past 11 years, where many have come and gone, they still have that proven track record that shows they can give us what we want.

But what about the quality angle? Well, again, they satisfy that criteria too. If we think of quality motor cars, tools, watches or cookware, we might think of Germany as the epitome of quality. We might also read in the news how German engineering and business are leading the way in Europe. The installers at R&R Construction are all German trained taking that quality standard into your home with every installation or repair that they carry out.

They have a wide range of brand new units, all the latest standard in quality and efficiency, all models with A1 classification for energy efficiency, which not only goes toward your home’s energy certification, but also saves you money when it is running. The reason R&R Construction recommend the A1 units is that they give rise to a 40% reduction in energy bills in comparison to the older units and therefore will ultimately pay for themselves with the savings in your energy bills.

These units still come with a two-year guarantee and can be fully installed from €495.

As for routine maintenance, R&R Construction do that to. It is essential that once a year the filters and gas levels are checked, a cost of just €40.

This is just a general overview of the services and units on offer. R&R Construction are always more than happy to talk to you about your own, personal, options so all you have to do is give them a call for good deals and a no nonsense approach.

Not forgetting, as their name suggests, R&R Construction also carry out general building and maintenance work, so if you find anything wrong you know the solution – Call R&R Construction on 662 088 965 or see their main ad on page 3. You can be sure they will get it right.

Email: randr-construction@hotmail.com

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ADAPTING CARTAGENA The city of Cartagena has developed a guidebook which will allow more people to experience the finer details of the city´s cultural heritage than ever before, creating a guide specifically for blind and visually impaired visitors.

The tourism department has developed the guide in collaboration with the ONCE Foundation, which will be available in Braille.

In addition to the guide which will offer information about the city and its history, a series of signs are also being developed which will assist those with vision problems, and will extend to a development on the official website to allow the same.

Cartagena promised to become a more adapted city and will present their plans in the FITUR international tourism event.

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ACROSS 1. Almost the winner as 100 waste very little time (5,6) 9. Rail not bent being tested (7) 10. Go red when learner is found in shrub (5) 11. The extent of her anger (5) 12. Erratic arching in mortification (7) 13. So tube can be dull (6) 15. About fifty underneath roar like bulls (6) 18. Related to benevolent Communist (7) 20. He will get a ring and answer thus (5) 22. From a town, and almost polite! (5) 23. The contents of a bag of dismissal notices? (7) 24. Somehow lends lasses ever decreasing amounts (4,3,4)

DOWN 2. Admit the French metal (3,2) 3. Trembles and splinters (7) 4. Comfort thus with fancy material (6) 5. Snake found in disco, braggart said! (5) 6. Run late, but not into siding (7) 7. Incompetent watchman has low prospects (4,4-3) 8. At that time drew low output in America (3,3,5) 14. Half a score clever? It's feasible! (7) 16. Moral part of the twentieth I call it (7) 17. Strange boy has better then even chances (6) 19. Breaking them puts one out of line (5) 21. Through which hitch-hiking is on the up and up? (5)

QUICK ACROSS: 6 Herring; 7 Start; 9 Scope; 10 Trainer; 12 Provocation; 14 Incredulity; 18 Torrent; 19 Break; 21 Dealt; 22 Comfort.

DOWN: 1 Fetch; 2 Proper; 3 Inn; 4 Strict; 5 Freedom; 8 Trickle; 11 Evident; 13 Uncover; 15 Rarely; 16 Thrift; 17 Carry; 20 Foe. CRYPTIC ACROSS: 6 Chariot; 7 Races; 9 Crash; 10 Helmets; 12 Momentarily; 14 Summerhouse; 18 Compose; 19 A loss; 21 Makes; 22 Circuit.

DOWN: 1 Short; 2 Presto; 3 Pot; 4 Hammer; 5 Testily; 8 Section; 11 Tea-rose; 13 Autocar; 15 Maples; 16 Solace; 17 Astir; 20 Tin.

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L EA D E R T R I V I A Q U I Z 1. Denise Van Outen got married in 2009 in the Seychelles. To whom?

2. The flu strain H1N1 is better known - or feared - by what name?

3. Zac Ephron co-starred in the movie "17 Again". With which Friends star?

4. Who created and voices the characters Peter, Brian & Stew in Family Guy? 5. From which English port in 1620 did The Pilgrim Fathers originally set sail on board the Mayflower to America?

6. DJ Jeremy Healy married which actress in early 2009 - her fourth musician-related husband?

7. Roger Hiorns (pronounced Highons), Enrico David, Lucy Skaer (pronounced Skyer), and Richard Wright were in the news in April 2009. Why? 8. Prince Philip has taken the title of longest serving British Royal consort. But who had that title before him?

9. Which singer's children are called Ruby and Dexter Henson?

10. What is the name of Jamie & Jules Oliver's third daughter, a sister to Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo? 11. The record producers Dangermouse and hip-hop singer CeeLo Green are collectively known by what name?

12. Where in the UK would you land at St Angelo airport?

13. He died in 2008, aged 95. He was very famously linked with events 35 years previously. By what nickname was Mark Felt better known?

14. Despite losing approximately ?16bn in nett worth in 2008, who is still the richest man in Britain, according to the Sunday Times?

15. In the 2009 remake of Reggie Perrin (no comments please) Reggie walked past which company on his way to his job in Groomtech?

16. In which country is the headquarters of OPEC? 17. What was legalised in Ireland in 1997?

18. Science - what name is given to a distance of 3.26 light years?

19. In which Northern English town do Wallace and Gromit live?

20. Point for each - the Island of Borneo belongs to what three countries?

1. Lee Mead (Joseph), 2. Swine Flu. 3. Matthew Perry. 4. Seth McFarlane. 5. Southampton (forced to return to port when Speedwell took on water and later set sail from Plymouth). 6.

Patsy Kensit. 7. They were the shortlist for the Turner Prize. 8.

Queen Charlotte (wife of George III). 9. Charlotte Church's. 10.

Petal Blossom Rainbow. 11. Gnarls Barkley (Brian Burton and Thomas Callaway respectively). 12. Enniskillen. 13. Deep Throat. 14. Lakshmi Mittal. 15. Sunshine Desserts - the company RP worked for in the original series. 16. Austria. 17. Divorce.

18. Parsec. 19. Wigan - seen when Gromit picks up the post in The Wrong Trousers. 20. Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia

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A HAT TRICK OF TITLES FOR SPANGLES Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus has done it again: for the third time in succession, they have become barbershop champions of Spain, gaining their third gold medal.

Led by Musical Director, Gail Grainger, the chorus travelled to Benalmádena, Málaga to compete on Saturday, 18 April. Spangles first won gold in San Pedro del Pinatar in 2011, then again in Benalmádena in 2013. Choruses are not allowed to compete in the year following a win, so their next chance of a medal was at this year’s convention, organised by the Spanish Association of Barbershop Singers (SABS).

“We are all delighted with our third championship win and I am especially proud of the chorus, because this was my last assignment as Musical Director of Spangles and they pulled out all of the stops” said Gail, who returns to live in the UK in May. “I couldn’t have wished for a better farewell”. Gail joined the chorus as Assistant Musical Director in January 2008 and took over the role of Musical Director in September the same year. Since then, she and her management team have worked tirelessly to ensure that the chorus continues to improve and move forward. Starting in 2004 with just five ladies, the chorus now boasts more than 40 members and continues to grow.

The past year’s hard work paid dividends in Benalmádena, with Spangles sweeping the board, not only winning the contest, but scoop-

ing up the trophies for highest scores in singing, presentation and music. “This couldn’t have been achieved without the specialist coaching we received and the dedication of each and every member of the chorus to achieve excellence” commented Gail, who hands over her baton to two joint chorus directors, Dawn Ritch and Wendy Grant, who will be supported by the Assistant Musical Director, Liz Lewis.

“I know that I am leaving the chorus in good hands and I look forward

to watching their continued progress from afar.”

Spangles welcomes new members so, if you’re looking to make new friends and enjoy singing, why not visit Spangles when they rehearse at Las Claras? They meet every Thursday from 10.00am to 1.00pm.

Please call Lyn on 968 574 987 or Anthea on 968 334 527 to book Spangles or to find out how to join, or visit the website: www.spangleschorus.com.

MONICA LORENTE BECOMES A MUM

Monica Lorente, the former PP Mayor of Orihuela, gave birth in the Vega Baja hospital on Tuesday.

Baby Guillermo weighed in at 4 kilos, as both mother and baby were said to be “very well”.

They praised the “excellent” treatment given to them by the hospital staff and thank everybody for their interest as congratulations flooded in for the new mum and dad, former councillor of the environment, Fernando Modrego.

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Mumford and Sons, who perform in the studio.

07:00 Breakfast. 10:00 The Housing Enforcers. 10:45 Homes Under the Hammer. 11:45 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 12:30 Oxford Street Revealed. 13:00 Bargain Hunt. 14:00 BBC News at One. 14:20 Regional News and Weather. 14:30 Land Girls. 15:15 Escape to the Country. 16:00 Decimate. 16:45 Flog It. 17:40 Pets: Wild at Heart. 18:40 Pointless. 19:25 BBC News. 19:45 Regional News and Weather. 20:00 The One Show.

20:30 Film - Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (U). Oscar-winning animation from Nick Park. On their second outing together, Wallace and his canine companion Gromit’s happy home life is disrupted by a pair of techno-trousers and a mysterious penguin with a cunning criminal plan. The result is a bizarre jewellery heist and a breathtaking chase. With the voice of Peter Sallis.

21:00 EastEnders. Dot’s case takes a turn for the worse when new evidence comes to light. Denise and Kim are faced with financial troubles. Aunt Babe continues to manipulate the Carters.

21:30 VE Day: Remembering Victory. On 8 May 1945 Churchill, broadcast the long-awaited announcement that the war in Europe was over. To celebrate, Britain threw the biggest street party the country had ever seen. 70 years on, some of Britain’s best-loved entertainers and broadcasters recall the jubilation of that unforgettable day and the years that followed. The extraordinary archive of celebrations all over Britain helps bring back the memories. This is the story of the victory generation.

23:00 BBC News at Ten. The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

23:25 Regional News and Weather. The latest local news, sport and weather.

23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You. The extended version of the satirical news quiz. Regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Alexander Armstrong and guest panellists Michael Grade and Katherine Ryan.

00:20 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton presents his talk show. He is joined by Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, appearing in spy thriller Spooks: The Greater Good, Friends star Matt LeBlanc, starring in the new season of Episodes, Australian actress Rebel Wilson, discussing Pitch Perfect 2, and

01:05 Weather for the Week Ahead. 01:10 BBC News.

BBC2 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer. 08:05 Film - Odette (12). 10:00 Victoria Derbyshire. 12:00 BBC News.

12:30 BBC World News. 13:00 The Daily Politics. 14:00 How We Won the War. 14:30 How We Won the War. 15:00 World Championship Snooker. 19:05 Antiques Roadshow.

19:30 Eggheads.

20:00 World Championship Snooker. 00:00 Wastemen. 01:00 Back in Time for Dinner. 02:00 The Truth About Your Medicine Cabinet. 03:00 Channel Patrol. 03:45 This is BBC Two. 05:00 Michael Mosley: Infested. 05:30 Rock Pool Survivors.

ITV 07:00 Good Morning Britain. 09:30 Lorraine. 10:25 Murder, She Wrote. 11:30 Columbo. 13:25 The Unforgettable....Pat Phoenix. 14:00 ITV News and Weather. 14:15 Catchphrase. 15:00 Judge Rinder.

16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 17:00 Tipping Point.

18:00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 19:00 Off Their Rockers. 19:25 ITV Regional News . 19:35 Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party. 19:45 ITV News and Weather.

20:00 Emmerdale. Laurel lashes out at Marlon. Belle gets a surprise offer. Carly makes amends with Bob. 20:30 Coronation Street. Sarah drives David to despair. Mary feels the spite of Todd. How will Erica’s return affect Nick?

21:00 Wild Ireland. Christine Bleakley presents the six-part series in which she drives, climbs, walks and swims her way along the longest continuous coastal route in the world, Ireland’s 1,500-mile Wild Atlantic Way. In this episode, Christine learns to sail on a traditional Irish vessel, the Galway Hooker, and explores Ireland’s most popular natural attraction, the Cliffs of Moher in County Clare.

21:30 Coronation Street. David’s desperate actions infuriate Callum. Tony puts pressure on Steve. Where will Mary look to place the blame?

22:00 Safe House. Four-part thriller set in the beautiful wilderness of the Lake District. Former detective Robert and his wife Katy are asked by close friend and ex-colleague DCI Mark Maxwell to turn their remote guest house into a safe house. While the police believe they are closing in on the man hunting David

Blackwell and his family, Robert takes a closer look at the relationship between Ali and her sister. Katy still has her doubts about Robert’s methods and questions him further. Robert confronts Mark about a past decision. Meanwhile, Joe is worried that he has made a mistake that could endanger the family.

23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather. Mary Nightingale presents the latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast.

23:15 The Agenda. ITV News political editor Tom Bradby is joined by four guests to discuss the big issues of the week in front of a studio audience at The Hospital Club in central London.

23:55 Slow Train Through Africa with Griff RhysJones. Griff Rhys Jones makes five remarkable train journeys across the world’s most spectacular continent. In this episode, Griff takes the train through Zambia and Zimbabwe, via one of the most stunning natural wonders of the world - the Victoria Falls. He begins the 1,100-mile trip in Kasama in northern Zambia where the train arrives just 33 hours late. In Zambia’s capital Lusaka, Griff reveals the reason the first railways were built - to get at Zambia’s rich mineral wealth. The old railway was the dream of Cecil Rhodes, who wanted to join all Britain’s African colonies over a hundred years ago with a line that would run from South Africa to Egypt. It was never completed, but its greatest legacy is a bridge that spans the Zambezi gorge right next to the Victoria Falls.

00:55 The Unforgettable... Larry Grayson. The story of the life and career of Larry Grayson, one of Britain’s best-loved entertainers. The Generation Game star was hailed as an overnight success at the age of 51, but the programme shows that his life before fame was far from ordinary. Featuring contributions from Bernard Manning, Terry Wogan and Liz Dawn as well as interviews with Grayson’s friends and family, home movie footage and rarely seen archive performances, the show reveals the amazing and previously untold life story of a TV legend.

01:20 Jackpot247. 04:00 UEFA Champions League Weekly. 04:25 ITV Nightscreen.

C4 07:00 Countdown. 07:45 Will and Grace. 08:10 Will and Grace. 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:30 Frasier. 10:00 Frasier. 10:30 The Simpsons. 11:00 The Simpsons.

11:30 Come Dine with Me. 14:05 A Place in the 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. 20:25 Party Election Broadcast. 20:30 How the Other Half Eat. 21:00 Food Unwrapped. 22:00 The Stranger on the Bridge. 23:00 Ballot Monkeys. 23:30 Jimmy Carr: Making People Laugh. 00:35 The Island with Bear Grylls. 01:35 The Secret Millionaire. 02:35 24 Hours in A and E. 03:30 Supersize v Superskinny.

04:30 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses. 05:25 Double Your House for Half the Money.

C5 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 and Friends. 08:50 Noddy in Toyland. 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. 09:10 Milkshake Monkey. 09:15 Peppa Pig. 09:25 Peppa Pig. 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus.

09:45 Bananas in Pajamas. 10:00 Tickety Toc. 10:15 The Wright Stuff. 12:30 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 13:25 5 News Lunchtime. 13:30 Sick Note Skivers Exposed. 14:30 Neighbours. 15:00 The Other Wife. 18:30 Neighbours. 19:00 The Gadget Show.

19:55 Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Labour Party. 20:00 World’s Busiest Hotel. 21:00 Police Interceptors. 22:00 Gotham. 23:00 Person of Interest.

23:55 Film - Lord of War (15). 02:15 Super Casino.

04:10 The Classic Car Show. 05:00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge. 05:25 Great Scientists. 05:45 House Doctor

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – he’s suave, sophisticated and every girl’s heart throb – the swoon that is Nigel Havers.

18.05 The Orihuela Scooter Club – Part 2 about a group of scooter and Ska music enthusiasts.

18.30 Inland Spain – A short drive from the coast, the region of Jumilla is renowned for its wine producing and scenery.

19.00 Let's Talk (series) – Simon gets out of the studio to meet up with 80’s icon Yazz.

19.30 Out & About in Torrevieja – Graham Knight takes us on a tour of the old Torrevieja railway.

19.45 The Wedding Show (series) – making the ordinary look spectacular with amazing balloon decorations.

20.00 – 22.00 Local Information and Non Stop Music

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07:00 Breakfast. 10:15 The Housing Enforcers. 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 12:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 13:15 Bargain Hunt. 14:00 BBC News at One. 14:40 Regional News and Weather. 14:45 Doctors. 15:15 Land Girls. 16:00 Decimate. 16:45 Escape to the Country. 17:30 Flog It. 18:15 Pointless. 19:00 BBC News at Six. 19:30 Regional News and Weather. 20:00 The One Show.

20:30 EastEnders. Kim fears the worst when she is confronted by Vincent, forcing her to come clean about what she saw, while Mick is unhappy about accepting Babe’s money for Shirley’s share of the pub - but luckily Lee and Whitney come to his rescue. Sonia invites Martin to her birthday party to please daughter Bex, only to regret it when he causes a drunken scene.

However, things take an unexpected turn later. Phil refuses to help Ronnie, so she asks Vincent, who is also unwilling - until she resorts to blackmail - and Alfie is alarmed to open a letter containing bad news for Kat. 21:00 Holby City. No-nonsense surgeon Henrik Hanssen returns as CEO of Holby, proving an unpleasant surprise for Guy, especially when he freezes his predecessor’s neuro funding and questions his surgical judgement. He’s not the only familiar face back at the hospital as Oliver Valentine arrives to work on Darwin, and soon ruffles Jesse’s feathers with his attitude. Zosia discovers a worrying secret about colleague Annabelle, and Fletch has money concerns could a racing tip from a patient be worth a flutter?

22:00 24 Hours in the Past. Living history series presented by Fi Glover. Six celebrities travel back in time to the relentless graft of Victorian Britain, spending four days in four different 19th-century workplaces.

Their second 24 hours finds them in the 19th century equivalent of the motorway service station - the rural coaching inn. With no break since leaving the filth of the dustyard, Alistair McGowan, Ann Widdecombe, Miquita Oliver, Zoe Lucker, Tyger Drew Honey and

Colin Jackson are now up against the clock in the age before the dawn of the railways. There are horses to be groomed, coaches cleaned, tack polished, guests to be fed, linen to be laundered, chamber pots emptied and landlord’s scams to be learned. With two more days, two more workplaces, two more episodes to go, who will have the stamina to survive the long hours and relentless grind that was the lot of the Victorian working poor?

23:00 BBC News at Ten. The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

23:30 Regional News and Weather. The latest local news, sport and weather.

23:50 Del Boys and Dealers. Documentary series following the nation’s wheeler-dealers. Larger-than-life wheeler-dealer Danny has been criss-crossing the country, buying and selling, for more than ten years.

He buys cheap at auctions in the north and sells pricey at car boot sales down south, making a healthy mark-up in the process. But he runs into problems when an antique Newfoundland caribou head fails to fetch what he thinks it is worth. Welsh Del Boys Ieuan and Kern leave Pontypridd to try and make some serious money at a Greasby’s, a south London auction house famous for selling off lost luggage. Punters are not allowed to check inside the suitcases but ever hopeful, Ieuan says: ‘You never know, I might find a Ming vase.’ Mum of three Val started trading after selling her late mother’s possessions at auction. Since then she has amassed a varied collection of stock, including a lifesize print of 70s Manchester United footballer Willie Morgan - which she attempts to sell to the man himself!

00:50 Film - Texas Rangers (12). Western adventure.

Following the Civil War, bandits are terrorising much of Texas. The state government creates a body to restore law and order, and its name goes down in Western history - the Texas Rangers. Starring: James Van Der Beek, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ashton Kutcher, Dylan McDermott, Usher Raymond, Tom Skerritt

02:10 Weather for the Week Ahead. 02:15 BBC News.

BBC2 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 08:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 09:15 Collectaholics. 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire. 12:00 BBC News. 12:30 BBC World News. 13:00 The Daily Politics. 14:00 How We Won the War. 14:30 How We Won the War. 15:00 The Daily Politics. 16:00 The Super League Show. 16:45 Are You Being Served? 17:15 ‘Allo, ‘Allo. 17:45 Just Good Friends. 18:15 Antiques Roadshow. 19:00 Eggheads. 19:30 Escape to the Continent. 20:00 Coast Australia. 20:50 Nature’s Weirdest Events. 21:00 Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made. 22:00 Wastemen. 23:00 Later Live... with Jools Holland. 23:30 Newsnight. 00:35 The NI Leaders’ Debate. 01:50 Antiques Roadshow.

02:50 Rip Off Britain. 03:35 Channel Patrol. 04:20 This is BBC Two. 05:00 Poetry: Between the Lines - The Romantics. 05:30 Vikings.

ITV 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. 15:00 Judge Rinder. 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 17:00 Tipping Point. 18:00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 19:00 ITV Regional News. 19:25 Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party.

19:30 ITV News and Weather.

20:00 Emmerdale. Dan insists he needs to be near his kids. Laurel is ashamed at her own behaviour.

Carly antagonises Brenda.

20:30 UEFA Champions League Live. Juventus v Real Madrid. Mark Pougatch presents live coverage of the first leg of tonight’s semi-final, with commentary from Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend.

23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather. Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky present the latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a national weather forecast and all the news and weather in your region.

23:40 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time. Mark Pougatch presents action from the first leg of tonight’s semi-final between Juventus and Real Madrid as the remaining four teams fight it out or a place in next month’s final in Berlin.

00:30 Benidorm.

Kelly’s mother Sylvia (guest star Wendy Richard) arrives to sort out Mateo, but ends up being accused of messing with Madge’s man. The mobility chairs square up as an unseemly slanging match leads to a High Noon-style confrontation by the pool. Comedy, with Johnny Vegas and Sheila Reid.

01:00 Jackpot247. 04:00 Loose Women. 04:45 ITV Nightscreen.

C4 07:00 Countdown. 07:45 Will and Grace. 08:10 Will and Grace. 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:30 Frasier. 10:00 Frasier. 10:25 Undercover Boss. 11:30 Come Dine with Me. 12:00 Come Dine with Me. 12:30 Come Dine with Me. 13:00 Channel 4 News Summary. 13:05 Come Dine with Me. 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. 20:55 Party Election Broadcast. 21:00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it.

22:00 No Offence. 23:00 Ballot Monkeys. 23:30 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 00:35 The Island with Bear Grylls. 01:30 Pokerstars.Com European Poker Tour. 02:25 KOTV Boxing Weekly. 02:50 Challenge Dubai. 03:45 Caterham Motorsport. 04:10 Shameless USA. 05:10 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses.

C5 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 and Friends. 08:50 Noddy in Toyland. 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. 09:10 Milkshake Monkey. 09:15 Peppa Pig. 09:20 Peppa Pig. 09:25 Peppa Pig. 09:30 Milkshake! Bop Box. 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus.

09:45 Bananas in Pajamas. 10:00 Tickety Toc. 10:15 The Wright Stuff. 12:45 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 13:40 5 News Lunchtime. 13:45 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door. 14:45 Neighbours. 15:15 NCIS. 16:15 Film - Left to Die. 18:00 5 News at 5. 18:30 Neighbours. 19:00 Car Crash TV. 19:30 5 News Tonight. 19:55 Party Election Broadcast on Behalf of the Conservative Party. 20:00 Police Interceptors.

21:00 Britain’s Horror Homes. 22:00 20 Moments That Rocked Britain. 00:00 Film - Far and Away (12). 02:40 Super Casino. 04:10 The Body in the Freezer: Countdown to Murder. 05:00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge. 05:25 Great Scientists. 05:45 House Doctor.

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – Simon is with Keeping Up Appearances star Mrs Bucket AKA Patricia Routledge 18.05 Real England (series) – Cornwall, the most southern of all the English counties with its charming villages and spectacular coastline.

19.00 San Fulgencio Fiestas –The best fiestas on the Costa.

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07:00 Breakfast. 10:15 The Housing Enforcers. 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 12:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 13:15 Bargain Hunt. 14:00 BBC News at One. 14:40 Regional News and Weather. 14:45 Doctors. 15:15 Land Girls. 16:00 Decimate. 16:45 Escape to the Country. 17:30 Flog It. 18:15 Pointless. 19:00 BBC News at Six. 19:30 Regional News and Weather.

20:00 The One Show. If it’s got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show. Presented by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

21:00 Inspector George Gently. Detective drama set in 1969. Inspector Gently is intrigued as to why a woman has committed suicide. There are too many details that do not add up, and he suspects murder.

Why did this woman, a GP, want to end her life?

Gently’s investigation leads him and his team to the discovery of a bigger industrial crime, more murders and more victims. Gently puts his career on the line to uncover who is really to blame.

22:30 Peter Kay’s Car Share. Comedy about two workers thrown together in a company car share scheme, forcing their paths to cross. Kayleigh is running late, but John is determined to get to work on time as the last thing he needs on the journey are any further delays.

23:00 BBC News at Ten. The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

23:30 Regional News and Weather. The latest local news, sport and weather.

23:50 A Question of Sport. Sue Barker hosts the lighthearted sports quiz with team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell. Her guests are Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton, England international footballer Joleon Lescott, Welsh international rugby player Shane Williams and Olympic medallist Steve Parry.

00:20 Film - A Few Best Men (15). Comedy. A British groom travels to the Australian outback together with his three best men to marry the woman of his dreams.

Starring: Xavier Samuel, Kris Marshall, Kevin Bishop, Tim Draxl, Laura Brent, Rebel Wilson 01:50 Weather for the Week Ahead. 01:55 BBC News.

BBC2 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 08:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 09:15

See Hear. 09:45 An Island Parish. 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire. 12:00 BBC News. 12:30 BBC World News.

13:00 The Daily Politics. 14:00 How We Won the War. 14:30 How We Won the War. 15:00 The Daily Politics.

16:00 Talking Pictures. 16:40 Are You Being Served?

17:10 ‘Allo, ‘Allo. 17:45 Just Good Friends. 18:15 Antiques Roadshow. 19:00 Eggheads. 19:30 Escape to the Continent. 20:00 Coast Australia. 20:50 Nature’s Weirdest Events. 21:00 Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made. 22:00 Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe. 23:00 QI. 23:30 Newsnight. 00:20 See Hear. 00:50 Wastemen. 01:50 Kew on a Plate. 02:50 Portillo’s State Secrets. 03:20 Channel Patrol. 04:05 This is BBC Two. 05:00 From Page to Stage.

ITV 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. 15:00 Judge Rinder. 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 17:00 Tipping Point. 18:00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 19:00 ITV Regional News. 19:30 ITV News and Weather.

20:00 Emmerdale. Cain is angered by Laurel. Amelia goes missing. Carly does her best to win Brenda over.

20:30 Coronation Street. Honeymooning Gail returns to chaos. Steve spends time with a new friend. Mary vows to fight the council.

21:00 Give a Pet a Home. Series which sees Amanda Holden recruit a team of celebrity animal lovers who leave their glitzy and glamorous lives behind as they devote their time, with the support of the RSPCA, to finding new homes for the mistreated and abandoned creatures who arrive at Newbrook Farm Animal Centre in Birmingham. The volunteers include Julian Clary, Peter Andre, Chris Kamara, Coleen Nolan, Kimberly Wyatt and Denise Lewis. After an initial intensive training period with the RSPCA, they help the staff care for, rescue and rehabilitate the animals at the centre. Find out which of our celebrity championed animals have found their new permanent homes.

22:00 Newzoids. Topical puppet animation comedy sketch show featuring the voices of top impressionists Jon Culshaw, Debra Stephenson, Lewis Macleod and Simon Greenall. Targets include politicians on the eve of the election, as well as poking fun at royals, pop stars, sports personalities, TV favourites, and some international despots.

22:30 The Delivery Man. Comedy series about a

policeman who becomes disillusioned with his job and quits to become a male midwife on a busy maternity ward. A reality TV star arrives incognito in an emergency and asks Matthew to hide her pregnancy from the public. Thanks to Tash’s Facebook, word gets out and the staff need to trick the paparazzi.

23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather. Mark Austin and Charlene White present the latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a national weather forecast and all the news and weather in your region.

23:40 Unforgettable Election Moments: 60 Years on. On the eve of the 2015 general election, this documentary takes a look back at some key, unforgettable election moments marking 60 years of TV coverage.

From the dissolution of parliament to the campaign trail and election night, this retrospective includes rare footage from ITV’s first election broadcast in 1959. The programme shows Harold Wilson skilfully handling hecklers before the 1966 general election, while John Prescott’s famous fisticuffs with an egg-throwing protester at Rhyl during the 2001 campaign has passed into folklore. Michael Portillo’s shock defeat at Enfield Southgate in 1997 is still talked about, and a victorious George Galloway was famously grilled by Jeremy Paxman after his historic win in Bethnal Green and Bow in 2005. On a lighter note, there is also footage of how giant chickens, seven-foot drag queens, party conference streakers and yogic flying wrote their way into the TV general election history books.

00:40 Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands. Documentary series which takes a look at the popular getaway through the eyes of the people who holiday there, and the many who make their living through tourism on the island. Hotel manager Sue is battling against the economic downturn. Rory, a boat-mad Brit, lives life in the fast lane. A group of friends holiday in Kavos in memory of their late friend.

01:05 Jackpot247. 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. 04:40 ITV Nightscreen.

C4 07:00 Countdown. 07:45 Will and Grace. 08:10 Will and Grace. 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:25 Frasier. 09:55 Frasier. 10:25 Undercover Boss. 11:25 Come Dine with Me. 11:55 Come Dine with Me. 12:25 Come Dine with Me. 12:55 Channel 4 News Summary. 13:00 Come

Dine with Me. 13:30 Come Dine with Me. 14:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun. 15:00 Channel 4 Racing. 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 The Restoration Man. 22:00 The Island with Bear Grylls. 23:00 Ballot Monkeys. 23:30 Bugsplat.

00:00 Bodyshockers. 01:00 The Stranger on the Bridge. 02:00 Embarrassing Bodies. 02:55 Burger Bar to Gourmet Star. 03:50 Film - Adam (12). 05:30 Unreported World. 05:55 River Cottage Bites.

C5 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 and Friends. 08:50 Noddy in Toyland. 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. 09:10 Milkshake Monkey. 09:15 Peppa Pig. 09:20 Peppa Pig. 09:25 Peppa Pig. 09:30 Milkshake! Bop Box. 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus.

09:45 Bananas in Pajamas. 10:00 Tickety Toc. 10:15 The Wright Stuff. 12:45 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 13:40 5 News Lunchtime. 13:45 The Hotel Inspector. 14:45 Neighbours. 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans. 16:10 Film - Deadly Honeymoon (PG). 18:00 5 News at 5. 18:30 Neighbours. 19:00 Car Crash TV. 19:30 5 News Tonight. 20:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors. 21:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door.

22:00 Autopsy. 23:00 CSI: Trilogy. 23:55 CSI: Trilogy.

00:50 CSI: Trilogy. 01:45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours. 02:00 Super Casino. 04:10 Person of Interest.

05:00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge. 05:25 Great Scientists. 05:45 House Doctor.

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – Presenter, commentator, author and golf course designer Peter Alliss is regarded as the voice of golf.

18.05 Dead Frequency (Film) – Locally produced film. Sam Stewart, by night a radio presenter, by day a member of a modern day vampire clan is in love with a mortal but afraid of giving in to his feelings.

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07:00 Breakfast. 10:15 The Housing Enforcers. 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 12:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 13:15 Bargain Hunt. 14:00 BBC News at One. 14:40 Regional News and Weather. 14:45 Doctors. 15:15 Land Girls. 16:00 Decimate. 16:45 Escape to the Country. 17:30 Flog It. 18:15 Pointless. 19:00 BBC News at Six. 19:30 Regional News and Weather.

20:00 The One Show. If it’s got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show. Presented by Matt Baker and Alex Jones.

20:30 EastEnders. Alfie is nervous about breaking the news to Kat, so he takes her for a special treat at an expensive restaurant while plucking up the courage.

Sonia tells Martin their night together was a drunken mistake and pleads with him not to mention it to anyone. However, when the social worker visits Ian and Jane regarding Beth’s adoption, an unfortunate turn of events ends in the cat being let out of the bag. Mick tells Shirley he wants to buy her out of the Vic, Kim and Vincent make a decision about their relationship, and Lady Luck shines on one Walford couple, changing their lives forever.

21:00 Watchdog at 30. The consumer show returns with a special programme celebrating its 30th birthday, with Anne Robinson, Matt Allwright and Chris Hollins recalling their favourite memories, while former hosts Nick Ross, Lynn Faulds Wood, John Stapleton, Alice Beer, Nicky Campbell, Julia Bradbury and Paul Heiney also looking back at the most significant stories the show has uncovered. Narrated by actor Nigel Havers, who wrote to the show himself after having trouble with a landlord in 2013.

21:55 Shark. A wildlife series on the sharks of the world. The first programme shows how sharks are the ocean’s great predators, living in every ocean and hunting in every way. Blacktip sharks hunt in huge packs and herd fish into baitballs, tasselled wobbegongs are ambush hunters, Greenland sharks live under the arctic ice, and whitetip reef sharks are the masters of hunting at night. The finale shows the great white in its hunt for fur seals off the coast of South Africa. Followed by a Making Of film.

22:55 Election 2015. David Dimbleby presents as the votes are counted around the country and the results begin to pour in. Fiona Bruce is in Sunderland to see

the first seats declared. Jeremy Vine, Emily Maitlis and Sophie Raworth analyse the results as they come in.

Andrew Neil grills political heavyweights in the BBC Election Centre. Laura Kuenssberg follows how the night is unfolding on social media, and political editor Nick Robinson assesses the impact this result will have in the days, weeks and years ahead.

BBC2 07:00 Homes Under the Hammer. 08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 08:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 09:15 Great British Garden Revival. 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire. 12:00 BBC News. 12:30 BBC World News.

13:00 Spitfire Women. 14:00 How We Won the War. 14:30 How We Won the War. 15:00 Film - The Wooden Horse (U). 16:40 Are You Being Served? 17:10 ‘Allo, ‘Allo. 17:45 Just Good Friends. 18:15 Antiques Roadshow. 19:00 Eggheads. 19:30 Escape to the Continent. 20:00 Coast Australia. 20:50 Nature’s Weirdest Events. 21:00 Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods are Made. 22:00 The Game. 23:00 W1A. 23:30 Film - Kinky Boots (12). 01:15 Sex and the Church. 02:15 Inside Harley Street. 03:15 Channel Patrol. 04:00 This is BBC Two. 05:00 Howard Goodall’s Story of Music.

ITV 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. 15:00 Judge Rinder. 16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 17:00 Tipping Point. 18:00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 19:00 ITV Regional News. 19:30 ITV News and Weather.

20:00 Emmerdale. Marlon has to go to hospital to get his injured eye checked out, but insists Laurel still needs to attend her appointment at the clinic.

However, it seems Cain has his own ideas about how best to deal with her alcoholism. Chas and Aaron plan to forget their troubles on a night out, only to end up bumping into a cosy-looking James and Emma, while Nicola proves that just because she’s in Dubai, it doesn’t mean she can’t still lay down the law with Jimmy.

20:30 Tonight. Eat Fat, Stay Fit? Jonathan Maitland investigates if saturated fats are really bad for us in the wake of new research which claims the guidelines might not be right. For decades we have been told that

eating too much red meat, milk, cheese and a whole host of other foods is bad for our hearts, but new research to the contrary has triggered a storm of protest. So can a high fat diet can ever be healthy?

21:00 Emmerdale. Laurel’s actions have awful consequences. Emma concocts a plan to keep James from Chas. Tracy talks Val into taking her back.

21:30 You’ve Been Framed. Another fresh helping of viewers’ home videos, all filtered through the mind of Harry Hill and accompanied by his unique narration.

22:00 Fraud Squad. Crime documentary series. This programme follows detectives from the City of London and Metropolitan Police as they pursue a gang who have committed the biggest ever bank cheque fraud in Britain. Despite our love of credit cards and online banking, we still write two million cheques every day.

Counterfeiting a bank cheque is as hard as counterfeiting cash. Cheques are designed with a series of robust security measures including inks invisible to the naked eye, unique magnetic strips and bespoke layered paper. One gang have mastered the art of producing near perfect counterfeits which are passing through the banking system undetected. This enables them to steal millions of pounds from the victims’ accounts. The programme has exclusive access to the DCPCU, a specialist unit funded by the banks, and films them during surveillance operations and making arrests.

22:55 Election 2015. As the polls close, political editor Tom Bradby takes the chair to head ITV’s coverage of the closest and most unpredictable battle for Number 10 in a generation. With the latest results and expert analysis, Tom is joined in the studio by two of the country’s leading electoral experts, veteran commentator Professor Colin Rallings and Professor Jane Green of Manchester University, a director of the British Election Study. Julie Etchingham interprets the data in the studio with the aid of state-of-the-art computer graphics. The best analysts share their interpretation of the results as they happen, together with social media charting how the election is being shared online. ITV regional news also has more than 120 reporters at counts across the UK, supporting the network programme throughout the night.

C4 07:00 Countdown. 07:45 Will and Grace. 08:10 Will and Grace. 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:30 Frasier. 09:55

Frasier. 10:25 Undercover Boss. 11:25 Come Dine with Me. 11:55 Come Dine with Me. 12:25 Come Dine with Me. 12:55 Channel 4 News Summary. 13:00 Come Dine with Me. 13:30 Come Dine with Me. 14:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun. 15:00 Channel 4 Racing. 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 The World’s Most Extreme: Railways.

22:00 Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night. 22:30 The Last Leg Alternative Election Special. 23:00 Gogglebox.

00:00 Paxman and Mitchell: More Alternative Election Night. 01:00 Alternative Election Night: The Results.

C5 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 and Friends. 08:50 Noddy in Toyland. 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. 09:15 Peppa Pig. 09:25 Peppa Pig. 09:30 Milkshake! Bop Box. 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus. 09:45 Bananas in Pajamas. 10:00 Tickety Toc. 10:15 The Wright Stuff. 12:45 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 13:40 5 News Lunchtime. 13:45 Secrets of Great British Castles. 14:45 Neighbours. 15:15 NCIS. 16:10 Film - Do No Harm. 18:00 5 News at 5. 18:30 Neighbours. 19:00 Car Crash TV. 19:30 5 News Tonight. 20:00 World War II in Colour. 21:00 The Last Days of Jesus Christ. 22:00 The Hotel Inspector. 23:00 Stephen King’s Bag of Bones. 02:05 Access. 02:10 Super Casino. 04:10 Secrets of Great British Castles.

05:00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge. 05:25 Great Scientists. 05:45 House Doctor.

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – Simon talks to a singer who’s sold more than 60million records worldwide over her 65 year career – Petula Clark.

18.05 Viva Vitality – Summer is here and it’s a good time to think about looking good and living well and.

18.30 Hayes Guide – Travel experts Dave & Jess take to a tandem along the river Segura cycle way from Guardamar.

19.00 TVM (series) Peter Taylor is here again with an alternative selection of music videos.

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header;footer;07:00 Election 2015. 14:00 BBC News at One. 14:40 Regional News and Weather. 14:45 Election 2015. 15:30 VE Day 70: The Cenotaph. 16:30 Election 2015. 19:00 BBC News at Six. 19:30 Regional News and Weather.

20:00 The One Show. If it’s got Britain talking then it will get talked about on The One Show. Presented by Chris Evans and Alex Jones.

20:30 A Question of Sport. Sue Barker hosts the lighthearted sports quiz with team captains Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell. Her guests are Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton, England international footballer Joleon Lescott, Welsh international rugby player Shane Williams and Olympic medallist Steve Parry.

21:00 EastEnders. Sonia makes a decision about her future but doesn’t quite get the reaction she was hoping for. It is the first day of Dot’s trial, and Stacey takes to the stand.

21:30 Question Time.

David Dimbleby presents a special Friday edition of Question Time on the night after the general election.

With the results in, this is the first chance to get the public’s reaction, as the Question Time audience quizzes leading politicians about what the result means for the country.

22:30 Have I Got Election News for You. Satirical news quiz. Guest host Jo Brand looks at the election results with regular team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop and guest panellists including Romesh Ranganathan.

23:00 BBC News at Ten. The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

23:30 Regional News and Weather. The latest local news, sport and weather.

23:40 The Graham Norton Show. Graham Norton presents his talk show. Among the guests on the sofa: comedienne Miranda Hart, moving from sitcom star to Hollywood actress in the action comedy Spy, actor and writer Rupert Everett, starring in new Film - A Royal Night Out, and music from this year’s UK Eurovision hopeful, Electro Velvet.

00:25 Peter Kay’s Car Share. Comedy about two workers thrown together in a company car share scheme, forcing their paths to cross. Kayleigh is running late, but John is determined to get to work on time as the last thing he needs on the journey are any further delays.

01:00 Film - Swingers (15). Cool comedy about would-be actors struggling to find love, fame and fortune in the cut-throat world of Hollywood. Mike has fled to California after being dumped by his girlfriend.

There he hooks up with lothario Trent and his gang of painfully hip hopefuls, and together they trawl the bars and clubs of Tinseltown in search of girls, glamour and that elusive big break. Starring: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Heather Graham, Ron Livingston, Patrick Van Horn, Alex DÈsert

16:30 Decimate. 17:15 Flog It. 18:15 Pointless. 19:00 Eggheads. 19:30 Escape to the Continent. 20:00 Iolo’s Great Welsh Parks. 20:30 VE Day 70: The Cenotaph Highlights. 21:00 An Island Parish. 21:30 Gardeners’ World. 22:00 Britain’s Greatest Generation. 23:00 The Clare Balding Show. 23:30 Newsnight. 00:35 Later... with Jools Holland. 01:35 Secret Britain. 02:35 Channel Patrol. 03:20 This is BBC Two. ITV 07:00 Good Morning Britain. 10:25 ITV News - Election 2015. 15:30 ITV News - VE Day 70. 16:30 ITV News Election Latest. 17:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal. 18:00 The Paul O’Grady Show. 19:00 ITV Regional News . 19:30 ITV News and Weather.

20:00 Emmerdale. Marlon is horrified to learn Laurel has taken the kids. James asks Chas for another chance. Alicia is horrified by Lachlan’s news.

20:30 Coronation Street. David is horrified to find Max has disappeared. Michelle and Andrea vow to sort out Steve’s best man. Will Mary lose her motor home?

21:00 Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis.

C4 07:00 Countdown. 07:45 Will and Grace. 08:10 Will and Grace. 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:30 Frasier. 09:55 Frasier. 10:25 Undercover Boss. 11:25 Come Dine with Me. 12:00 Come Dine with Me. 12:30 Come Dine with Me. 13:00 Come Dine with Me. 13:30 Channel 4 News Summary. 14:00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun. 15:00 Channel 4 Racing. 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 S.H.I.E.L.D. 22:00 Gogglebox.

23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man. 00:05 Virtually Famous.

00:55 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 01:25 Film - Macgruber (15).

02:55 Shameless USA. 03:45 Double Your House for Half the Money. 04:40 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses.

05:35 Deal or No Deal.

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BBC2 07:20 Film - The First of the Few (U). 09:15 Britain’s Favourite Foods - Are They Good for You? 10:15 The Housing Enforcers. 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer.

12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom. 12:45 Oxford Street Revealed. 13:15 Bargain Hunt. 14:00 Land Girls. 14:45 Doctors. 15:15 Hairy Bakers. 15:30 Election 2015.

bath on a train travelling at 70mph. Past Cape Town is the end of the line, the little coastal settlement of Simon’s Town.

23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather. Special extended version of the news, presented by Alastair Stewart and Julie Etchingham with Tom Bradby. Followed by a national weather forecast and all the news and weather in your region.

23:50 Film - Dante’s Peak (12). Action thriller about volcanologist Harry Dalton who believes that the town of Dante’s Peak is built on a mountain that’s about to blow. The townsfolk ignore Harry’s warning... until rivers of lava cause a panic-stricken palaver and they have to fight for their lives. Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Jamie RenÈe Smith, Jeremy Foley, Elizabeth Hoffman, Charles Hallahan 01:50 Jackpot247. 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. 04:40 ITV Nightscreen.

Warwick Davis and his family travel around the UK in their trusty camper van. This week, the family head north of the border where their first stop is Edinburgh for the fabled Fringe Festival. They meet a variety of acts on the Royal Mile and try some fried local delicacies. Warwick then hooks up with Tim Vine and Lucy Porter, who share their top tips just in time for his performance on stage with Jack Dee. The Davis clan then head to Inverness for the Drumnadrochit Highland Games, where Warwick and Harrison toss the caber, before the whole family dance a ceilidh on the shores of Loch Ness.

21:30 Coronation Street. Callum comes to Max’s rescue. Steve has an important question for Lloyd. Tracy worries that Tony has got cold feet.

22:00 Slow Train Through Africa with Griff RhysJones. Griff Rhys Jones makes five train journeys across the world’s most spectacular continent. In the final episode, Griff is in South Africa. He sets off from Pretoria, catching Africa’s most modern train on the short journey south to Johannesburg. On board he almost finds himself in trouble for attempting to eat his breakfast - against the strict train rules. Johannesburg is home to over four million people. a sprawling city that grew because of the gold discovered there in the 19th century. The goldmines needed workers and railways were built to transport them. On to Kimberley, site of the diamond mines and the largest hole dug by hand anywhere on Earth. Griff then catches one of the most luxurious trains in the world for a seven-hour journey to Cape Town. He has to work his passage serving drinks - but there is one perk to the job, a hot

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 and Friends. 08:50 Noddy in Toyland. 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. 09:15 Peppa Pig. 09:25 Peppa Pig. 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus. 09:45 Bananas in Pajamas. 10:00 Tickety Toc. 10:15 The Wright Stuff.

12:45 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 13:40 5 News Lunchtime. 13:45 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away. 14:45 Neighbours. 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles. 16:15 Film Shadow on the Mesa (PG). 18:00 5 News at 5. 18:30 Neighbours. 19:00 Car Crash TV. 19:30 5 News Tonight. 20:00 The Gadget Show. 21:00 Secrets of Great British Castles. 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans. 23:00 NCIS. 23:55 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

00:50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours. 01:15 Super Casino. 04:10 Gotham. 05:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away. 05:45House Doctor.

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – Phil Redmond is the creator of Grange Hill, Brookside, Hollyoaks and do you remember the panned daytime drama The Courtroom?

18.05 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions – Another 2 topics covered by local experts – QROPS pension release and Cakes!

18.30 Let's Talk (series) – Simon talks with 2 more interesting people from the Costa – Dave Jones and Evelyn Carpari.

19.00 Viva La Vida (series). – a wonderful live selection from Stevie Spit’s Benidorm Variety 2013 Show.

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07:00 Breakfast. 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live. 12:30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread. 13:00 BBC News. 13:10 Football Focus. 13:50 Saturday Sportsday. 14:00 Athletics. 16:00 Final Score.

18:10 F1: Grand Prix Qualifying. Suzi Perry introduces highlights of qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, the fifth stop on the 2015 calendar. In 2014, the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg fought a fascinating dual for supremacy. Hamilton eventually got the better of his teammate in Q3, clocking 1:25.232 around the Circuit de Catalunya to secure his first pole position at the venue.

19:20 BBC News. The latest national and international news from the BBC. 19:35 Regional News and Weather. Up to the minute regional news and weather updates.

19:45 Pointless. A special celebrity game shows edition of the quiz presented by Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman.

20:35 Atlantis. Drama series. When Jason’s friends discover that he has been caught by Pasiphae’s troops, they know they must do all they can to rescue him before he is lost forever.

21:20 The National Lottery Live. The National Lottery Live presented by Jenni Falconer, including the Lotto and Thunderball draws. Madness front man Suggs pushes the Lotto button.

21:30 VE Day 70: A Party to Remember. Chris Evans hosts a spectacular concert staged at the iconic Horse Guards Parade in London, forming the centrepiece of the national celebrations for the 70th anniversary of VE Day. 23:25 BBC News. The latest national and international news from the BBC. 23:45 Match of the Day. Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the day’s seven Premier League matches.

Pressure at both ends of the table will be intense with just three weeks of the season remaining. The day’s games include Manchester United’s trip to Crystal Palace, the relegation showdown between Hull and Burnley, and fellow strugglers Aston Villa’s game with West Ham at Villa Park. Leicester, battling at the wrong end of the table for most of the season, entertain a Southampton side that have been in the top 10

since August. The remaining games see Newcastle tackle West Brom and Tottenham travel to Stoke.

Followed by National Lottery Update.

01:10 Film - D.O.A. (15). Remake of the classic 1949 thriller about a disillusioned college professor who wakes from a night of heavy drinking to discover that he has been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin.

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan, Charlotte Rampling, Daniel Stern, Jane Kaczmarek, Christopher Neame 02:45 Weather for the Week Ahead. 02:50 BBC News.

BBC2 07:10 Film - The Story of G.I. Joe (15). 09:00 How We Won the War. 09:30 How We Won the War. 10:00 Britain’s Flying Past. 11:00 Wellington Bomber. 12:00 Churchill: The Nation’s Farewell. 13:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial. 14:00 Bargain Hunt. 14:30 Escape to the Country. 15:15 Talking Pictures. 15:50 Film - Vertigo (PG). 17:55 Flog It. 18:25 Newsnight Special. 18:55 Gardeners’ World. 19:25 Dad’s Army. 20:00 BBC Young Dancer 2015. 22:00 Some People Telling Jokes. 22:15 Film - Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (12). 23:55 QI XL. 00:40 Film - The Way (12). 02:45 This is BBC Two. ITV 07:00 Fort Boyard. 07:25 Pat and Stan. 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures. 07:45 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures. 08:00 Canimals. 08:15 Sooty. 08:30 Super 4. 08:45 Nerds and Monsters. 09:00 Thunderbirds are Go. 09:25 ITV News. 09:30 Weekend. 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show.

12:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 13:30 ITV News and Weather. 13:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show. 14:40 Doc Martin. 15:45 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

16:45 Film - Cats and Dogs (PG). Unknown to humans, a secret war has been raging between cats and dogs for eons, but a fragile truce has long held the order of the animal kingdom in place. Now the balance of power has tipped, as a researcher, Professor Brody, is about to invent a vaccine that will erase all human allergies to dogs. This is too much for the autocratic Mr. Tinkles, a white Persian kitty bent on world domination. Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Alexander Pollock, Miriam Margolyes, Myron Natwick, Doris Chillcott 18:30 ITV Regional News. Regional news update,

plus local weather.

18:45 ITV News and Weather. Alastair Stewart presents the latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a national weather forecast.

19:00 You’ve Been Framed. Harry Hill fires out more of the nation’s favourite funniest videos in this extended edition of the world’s first reality TV show.

20:00 Ninja Warrior UK. Ben Shephard, Rochelle Humes and Chris Kamara host the fifth heat of Ninja Warrior UK. Competitors from all over the UK take on TV’s toughest obstacle course.

21:00 Britain’s Got Talent. The talent competition’s ninth series continues, hosted by Ant and Dec. Judges Simon Cowell, David Walliams, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon take in more weird and wonderful performances in the fifth round of auditions.

22:15 Play to the Whistle. Sports-based panel show hosted by Holly Willoughby. On this week’s show, team captains Frank Lampard and Bradley Walsh are joined by guests former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, comedian Bob Mortimer and Emmerdale star Natalie Anderson, as well as regulars Romesh Ranganathan, Seann Walsh and Jimmy Bullard.

23:00 ITV News and Weather. Alastair Stewart presents the latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by national and local weather forecasts.

23:15 Film - American Gangster (18). Oscar-nominated drama based on a true story. In 1970s New York, a drug kingpin has built a vast and powerful empire thanks to his unique high-quality heroin supply lines from the Far East and his mafia connections.

However, on the other side of the law, a dedicated detective is charged with heading up a narcotics task force to crack down on drug dealers and break heroin’s hold on Harlem. Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine 02:00 Jackpot247. 04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA. 04:40 ITV Nightscreen.

C4 07:15 How I Met Your Mother. 07:40 How I Met Your Mother. 08:05 Challenge Wanaka. 08:30 Mobil 1 The Grid. 09:00 The Morning Line. 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10:30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 11:30 Frasier. 12:00

Frasier. 12:30 The Big Bang Theory. 13:00 The Big Bang Theory. 13:30 Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 14:25 Channel 4 Racing. 17:10 Come Dine with Me. 17:40 Come Dine with Me. 19:10 The Simpsons. 19:35 Channel 4 News. 20:00 For the Love of Cars. 21:00 World’s Most Extreme.... 22:00 Film - Robin Hood (12).

00:45 Lee Mack Live. 01:50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man. 02:45 Hollyoaks Omnibus. 04:50 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses. 05:45 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems.

C5 07:00 Peppa Pig. 07:05 Bananas in Pajamas. 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. 08:50 Little Princess. 09:00 Wanda and the Alien. 09:10 Zack and Quack. 09:20 Olly the Little White Van. 09:25 Milkshake Monkey. 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 Chinese Food in Minutes.

11:45 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 12:45 Cowboy Builders and Bodge Jobs. 13:45 Film - Attack on the Iron Coast (U). 15:35 Film - Columbo: A Trace of Murder. 17:30 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door.

18:30 Britain’s Horror Homes. 19:25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away. 20:25 5 News Weekend. 20:30 NCIS. 21:25 NCIS. 22:15 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

23:10 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. 00:05 NCIS. 01:55 Super Casino. 04:10 Autopsy. 05:00 World’s Busiest Hotel. 05:50 Make it Big.

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – Phil Redmond is the creator of Grange Hill, Brookside, Hollyoaks and do you remember the panned daytime drama The Courtroom?

18.05 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions – Another 2 topics covered by local experts – QROPS pension release and Cakes!

18.30 Let's Talk (series) – Simon talks with 2 more interesting people from the Costa – Dave Jones and Evelyn Carpari.

19.00 Viva La Vida (series). – a wonderful live selection from Stevie Spit’s Benidorm Variety 2013 Show.

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10th may There is also a chance to see all the goals from the previous day’s top-flight games.

07:00 Breakfast. 08:30 Match of the Day. 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show. 11:00 VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers. 14:30 Sunday Politics. 15:45 Bargain Hunt. 16:15 Shark. 17:15 Points of View.

17:30 Songs of Praise. Bill Turnbull joins the nation’s celebrations, marking the 70th anniversary of VE Day with interviews with those who were there.

18:05 F1: Grand Prix. Suzi Perry introduces highlights of the Spanish Grand Prix from the Circuit de Catalunya. Spain is the the fifth race of the 2015 season.

19:30 BBC News. The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team.

19:50 Regional News and Weather. The latest local news, sport and weather from newsrooms around the country.

20:00 Countryfile. Countryfile celebrates Britain’s farming heroes past and present. Adam Henson is in Bristol at the BBC’s Food and Farming Awards to reveal the winner of the first ever Countryfile Farming Hero. He also talks about his historic hero, the father of selective breeding, Robert Bakewell.

21:00 The British Academy Television Awards.

Graham Norton hosts the House of Fraser British Academy Television Awards from the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London. The show starts with all the glamour from the red carpet as the stars arrive.

23:00 BBC News. The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

23:20 Regional News and Weather. Regional updates from newsrooms across the UK. 23:30 Match of the Day 2. Mark Chapman presents highlights of the day’s two Premier League fixtures.

Chelsea have set the Premier League pace for much of the season, and in this programme they face a Liverpool side that narrowly missed out on the title 12 months ago. Victory for the Blues at Stamford Bridge against the Merseysiders would see Jose Mourinho’s side complete a second straight league double over them. The day’s other game sees champions Manchester City host struggling QPR. The clubs drew 2-2 at Loftus Road earlier this season, Sergio Aguero scored both of City’s goals after they had twice trailed.

00:30 Film - The Mothman Prophecies (12). Two years after losing his wife, political journalist John Klein mysteriously finds himself in a small US town where people are acting very strangely indeed. He teams up with local cop Connie Parker and discovers that frightened townsfolk have seen a shadowy ‘mothman’ creature which closely resembles pictures his wife drew just before her death. Starring: Richard Gere, David Eigenberg, Bob Tracey, Ron Emanuel, Debra Messing, Tom Stoviak 02:20 Weather for the Week Ahead. 02:25 BBC News.

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20:00 ITV News and Weather. Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale present the latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a national weather forecast.

20:15 Celebrity Squares. Warwick Davis hosts the classic comedy game show. Two contestants play a giant version of noughts and crosses, with celebrity guests helping them to play for up to 25,000 pounds.

21:00 Sunday Night at the Palladium. The classic variety show continues. This week’s show is hosted by actor, comedian and TV presenter Alexander Armstrong, who introduces performances from US singers Josh Groban and Meghan Trainor, the cast of West End musical The Commitments, violinist and conductor Andre Rieu.

07:05 Homes Under the Hammer. 08:00 Countryfile.

09:00 Gardeners’ World. 09:30 The Beechgrove Garden. 10:00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial. 11:00 The Big Questions. 12:00 Athletics. 14:05 MOTD2 Extra.

15:00 Equestrian. 17:00 The Olympic Journey. 17:30 Athletics. 18:30 Flog It. 19:00 VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers - Highlights. 20:00 Britain’s Greatest Generation. 21:00 Hunters of the South Seas. 22:00 Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked. 23:00 Modern Times. 00:00 W1A. 00:30 Film - Smart People (15).

02:00 Countryfile. 02:55 Holby City. 03:55 This is BBC Two.

22:00 Home Fires. Drama series set in a Cheshire village during the Second World War. The isolated community could not feel further away from the impending bloodshed and battlefields, yet it is not immune from the effects of war. Frances must learn diplomacy if she is to oust Joyce, while Miriam has one last chance to stop David enlisting and Teresa gets off to a bad start in the village.

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23:35 Perspectives. Terry Jones, best known for his work with Monty Python and a long-time fan of silent comedies, offers a personal re-appraisal of the man who changed the face of Film - comedy. Before the age of ten, Charlie had endured poor school, the workhouse and a succession of cramped, squalid digs he shared with his mother. Terry traces Chaplin’s incredible journey from the London streets to running his own studio in Hollywood.

07:00 Fort Boyard. 07:25 Pat and Stan. 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures. 07:45 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures. 08:00 Canimals. 08:15 Sooty. 08:30 Fort Boyard. 09:25 ITV News. 09:30 Weekend. 10:25 Judge Rinder. 11:25 Judge Rinder. 12:25 Judge Rinder. 13:25 ITV News and Weather. 13:35 The Unforgettable...

Hattie Jacques. 14:05 All Star Family Fortunes. 14:50 Britain’s Got Talent. 16:05 Film - Mannequin (PG).

17:50 The Chase. Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. Four contestants must pit their wits against the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius determined to stop them winning the prize cash.

18:50 Ninja Warrior UK. Ben Shephard, Rochelle Humes and Chris Kamara host the fifth heat of Ninja Warrior UK. Competitors from all over the UK take on TV’s toughest obstacle course 19:50 ITV Regional News. Regional news update, plus local weather.

23:00 ITV News and Weather. Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale present the latest headlines from around the world. Followed by national and local weather forecasts.

00:35 Rugby Highlights. Mark Durden-Smith and David Flatman present all the action from round 21 of the Aviva Premiership.

01:30 The Store. 03:30 Motorsport UK. 04:20 British Superbike Championship Highlights. 05:10 ITV Nightscreen.

C4 07:20 How I Met Your Mother. 07:40 How I Met Your Mother. 08:05 British GT. 08:35 Everybody Loves

Raymond. 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 09:30 Frasier. 10:00 Frasier. 10:30 Sunday Brunch. 13:30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. 14:35 The Big Bang Theory. 15:00 The Big Bang Theory. 15:25 The Simpsons. 15:55 The Simpsons. 16:30 Film - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (U). 18:30 A Place in the Sun. 19:30 Channel 4 News. 20:00 Three in a Bed. 21:00 For the Love of Cars. 22:00 Film - Prometheus (15). 00:25 Film - Piranha 3DD (18). 02:00 24 Hours in A and E. 02:55 Film - Naalu Pennungal. 04:40 Come Dine with Me. C5 07:00 Peppa Pig. 07:05 Bananas in Pajamas. 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. 08:50 Little Princess. 09:00 Wanda and the Alien. 09:10 Zack and Quack. 09:25 Toby’s Travelling Circus. 09:35 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom.

09:45 Jelly Jamm. 10:00 LazyTown. 10:25 Olly the Little White Van. 10:30 Dora and Friends. 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 11:35 Chinese Food in Minutes. 11:50 Police Interceptors. 12:50 Police Interceptors. 13:45 Police Interceptors. 14:45 Film National Security (12). 16:25 Film - Big Momma’s House (15). 18:20 5 News Weekend. 18:25 Film Spider-Man 3 (12). 21:00 Film - Grown Ups (12). 23:00 Film - Safe (15). 00:45 Film - Soldiers of Fortune. 02:35 Super Casino. 04:10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors. 05:00 House Doctor. 05:25 Make it Big. 05:50 Make it Big.

14.00 Non Stop Music 16.00 Shopping and Info 18.00 Celebrity Archive – he’s suave, sophisticated and every girl’s heart throb – the swoon that is Nigel Havers.

18.05 The Orihuela Scooter Club – Part 2 about a group of scooter and Ska music enthusiasts.

18.30 Inland Spain – A short drive from the coast, the region of Jumilla is renowned for its wine producing and scenery.

19.00 Let's Talk (series) – Simon gets out of the studio to meet up with 80’s icon Yazz.

19.30 Out & About in Torrevieja – Graham Knight takes us on a tour of the old Torrevieja railway.

19.45 The Wedding Show (series) – making the ordinary look spectacular with amazing balloon decorations.

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Sunday Services at 11am with Junior Church, Communion 1st Sunday of the month. We worship at C/Urbano 23 in Torrevieja. Call 966 799 273.

Web at www. icatorrevieja.org (69150) The Upper Room Christian Fellowship Church welcomes you to Sunday Service every Sunday at 6.30 pm at La Zenia Hotel. Contact Pastor Brian on 680 860 576 69151 The Torrevieja Christian Fellowship is a multi-national, English-speaking, Evangelical Church made up of ordinary people from Torrevieja and the surrounding districts on the Costa Blanca. Sunday Worship is held at 10.30am in our premises on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas 68 in Torrevieja.

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La Siesta Bowls Report

By Norman Adcroft V.C.L. South. Red Division 29th April. La Siesta had a game against the Quesada Tigers, and it was a good day for us only losing the pairs, but coming out on top in the Men’s and Ladies singles the trips and the rinks, Our winners were, Alan Barton, 21-13 (Men’s Singles) Sue Jordan 21-10 (Ladies Singles, Irene and Dave Laverick with Irene Mangan 23-8 and Sheila Chorley, Bill Jordan, Alex Morrice, with Brian Gardiner 26-20. (Rinks) S.A.B.A. Hurricane & Harrier Divisions 28th and 1st May The Wasps first match this week (28th) in the Hurricane Division was away to The Emerald Isle Victors, and we came away 9-5 losers.

Winners were, Sheila Chorley, Ramsay Sinclair and Sue Jordan 16-11, Jo Elkin Steve Bowl with Brian Gardiner 25-15 and our drawn rink, Joy Gardiner, Irene Mangan and Jean Coopere16-16. Shots to the Victors 110-94. The score was reversed in their game on the 1st May, at home against the Vistabella Greeners by winning three and drawing one rink but taking the shots 104-82. Winners were, Sheila Chorley, Ramsay Sinclair, Sue Jordan 23-8, Joy Gardiner, Irene Mangan, Jean Cooper23-10 and Beryl Styring, Norman Murphy with Alex Morrice 18-14. Our drawers were, Dave Davies, Bill Jordan and Brian Gardiner 14-14.

The Hornets had a poor day result wise against The San Luis Hercules going down 10-4 and losing the shots 117-85. Winners were, Jean James, John Porter, Dave Livesey 19-14 and Dawn Taylor, Ken Combstock with Harold Charleton21-15.

Chicken and Eggs 29th April Chicken Dusty Rhodes, Wine Arthur Kingsbury, Eggs Brian Thomason.

If you wish to take up a new sport, and want make new friends, with a little gentle exercise, you will be made very welcome. Bowls and shoes can be hired and tuition arranged. New members are always welcome. Ring Jim or Lyn on 690190523 and they will help, or call in at La Siesta Bowls Club at Calle Rossini La Siesta Urbanisation

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By Lynne Bishop Congratulations to our VCL'Hot Shotters' Jenny Chaplin, Dave Chaplin, Les Barber & Eric Bishop. This week our Red League Vikings welcomed the Country Bowls Herons to Vistabella where the pairs and triples fought very close games with one winning by one shot and the other losing by one shot, both Singles and the rinks enjoyed clear wins. Men's singles Richard Lee won 21-6. Ladies singles Maggie Furness won 21-13, the Triples of Lynne Bishop, Barbara & Arthur Brown just fell over the wire to win 18-17. The best win of all was from the Rinks team of Jenny and Dave Chaplin, Les Barber & Eric Bishop who won 33-6 and picked up their hot shot. Points, Vikings 10 (106) - 2 (56) Herons.

Green League Saxons were away against the San Luis Kestrels, achieving two wins.The Triples team had to concede due to illness by one of our players. Tony French & Martin Foulcer won the pairs 2012, Sheila Cox, Sue Norris, Ian Kenyon & Brian Dunn won the Rinks 18-15. Points, Saxons 4 (69) - 8 (79) Kestrels.

SABA Spitfire League. The Fairways were at home playing the Greenlands Gladiators. Richard Lee skipping to Dave Chaplin & Neil Burrows built up a fantastic lead and went on to win 34-12.

Sandra Burrows, Les Barber & Maggie Furness had a good win of 2513. Beryl Regan, Barbara Brown & Ian Kenyon 19-16, a good finish!

The other three rinks found it hard going and didn't quite get there, the team also won the long game. Points, Fairways 8 (112) - 6 (91) Gladiators.

Hurricane League. The Greeners travelled to La Siesta to face the Wasps. They did have two winning rinks and a drawn game so not too big a sting! Well done to Pauline Rafferty, Sue Norris & Pat Rafferty 20-13. Sharon Kirk, Brian Pointon & Brian Dunn 16-13. Sheila Cox, Jeff Neve & Barry Norris 14-14. Points. Greeners 5 (82) - 9 (104) Wasps.

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SABA HURRICANE LEAGUE. Greenlands GLOSTERS were at home to Quesada on 24 Apr and had a great match and a fantastic win by 4 rinks plus a drawn rink. This produced 102 shots for with 99 against; final score was 11 points to Glosters and 3 to Quesada. BRM, on largest point difference, goes to Dave Field, Mary Lockley & Skip John Wray(15/11) VCL DIVISION ONE. The JASMINES were at home to the EI Dukes and achieved a hand-

some win by 98 shots to 76. JASMINES won the Pairs, the Trips and the Rinks to score 8 valuable points. BRM was our pairs with Sheila Stead & Skip Brian Pocock(22/8) DORSET BA TOURING TEAM The group photo was taken after the recent Greenlands v Dorset BA touring team match, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all concerned.

Special thanks go to Greenlands owner Mike Green, who kindly donated all the raffle prizes.

QUESADA BOWLS CLUB By Suzi Cooper Not a lot to cover this week having just taken over the roll of reporter.

In the SABA league on Friday the Blenheims were at home to the strong San Luis Wellingtons. Matches between these two teams are always well fought. On this occasion we won on 4 rinks lost on 2 but took the overall 108-85 for 10 points to 4. Winning teams were:William Holtham, Derek Toozer & Jacqui Johnston 19-13. Deidre

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San Luis 3-2-1 tournament 25th-27thApril. All the matches were hard fought through the group stages, with the outcome of some groups going to the last match. Also weather conditions changing rapidly on Sunday afternoon threw the proverbial “spanner” in the works. The winners of group A: Brian Zellin, Sue Kemp & Janet Gatwood, played off against group B winners: Steve Simmons, Sabrina & Russell Marks, with Russell’s team going through to the final. Group C winners; Ann Holland, Ray Pollock & Phil Morrachan were closely matched against Group D winners, Kath Reid, Colin Jackson & Mal Hughes. After all the disciplines, shots & ends won they were still all square so they played a 1 end trips “shoot out”. It looked a certainty for Mal Hughes until Phil's last wood took the jack through to go 2 up and in to the final. However in the final Russell's team defeated Phil's team. Thanks to Keith & June for the organising, Frank & Kath for the raffle, and all the competitors and spectators for making it a success.

Valencian Champions League, Wednesday 29th SL Falcons, away v SM Sheriffs, a strange result 5pts-7, shots 90-90. Pairs: Keith & June Jones 30-8, Trips: Colin Jackson, Sabrina Marks, Mal Hughes 20-13.

SL Kestrels, home v VB Saxons had a useful result, 8pts-4, 79 shots69. Ladies singles: Sheila Cammack, 21-13, Men's singles: Les Bedford 21-18, Trips: Ros Holmes, Dave Blackie, Scott Malden 10-0 (as an opposition player was taken ill and could not continue).

Friday 1st SABA Spitfire league, Wellingtons, a tough morning away v Q Blenheims 4pts-10, 85shots-108. Winners: Colin Jackson, Derrick Cooper, Mal Hughes 20-11, June Jones, Colin Lindgren, Keith Jones 16-14. Hurricane league, Hercules a good result home v LS Hornets, shots 117-85, 10pts-4. Winners: Joan & Ken Dullaway 28-9, Ian Ross, Tony Campbell, John Malden 21-9, Marina Beardsall, Bill Webb, Peter Fuller 19-11, Dave Tilley, Carol Waterson, Robin Harker 20-16.

Don't forget the Spanish National Championships begin with the opening ceremony at 5:00 pm on Saturday 9th May at San Luis, check the notice-board & good luck to all competitors.

Tuesday 26th May @ 1:00, Fun skittles followed by BBQ (all for 7€) contact Frank or Kath Reid. For information about San Luis Club please contact June Jones (Capt.) 966188920 or Mary Moss (Sec.) 966784004.

Well done to Sue Kemp, Janet Gatward, Brian Zelin in reaching the Semi Finals of the San Luis 3-2-1 Competition, held on the 25th, 26th 27th April. Wednesday 29th April, MonteMar Lords were at Home in the VCL to San Miguel Mavericks, Winning on 2 Rinks Plus the Shots. Singles, Sue Kemp Won 21-10. Geraldine Fisher, June Young, Skip Gordon Fisher 21-9. Shots, MonteMar Lords 81 - San Miguel Mavericks 79. Points, MonteMar Lords 6 - San Miguel Mavericks 6.

Captain Ronnie Cairns would like to thank Stan Routledge & Bill Young for Marking.

Friday 1st May, MonteMar Torros were at Home to Quesada Lancaster's, Winning on 3 Rinks.

Sheila Roberts, John Caiger, Skip David Races 17-15. Ronnie Cairns, June Young, Skip Chris Merry 23-6. Geraldine Fisher, Janet Gatward, Skip Gordon Fisher 31-12.

For further information about MonteMar Bowls and Social Club, Please contact Press Officer Brian Zelin 966790606, also at www.montemarbowls.com and at info@ montemarbowls.com plus Facebook.

Nigel Baigent & Bill Pain 20-9. Eve Blythe, Veronica & Derek Sale 19-18.

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HORADADA BOWLS CLUB VCL 29th April.Horadada played Emerald Isle Barons at home.The mens singles got us to a good start,with the ladies singles and trips gaining ground,the pairs and trips could have gone either way both close games, with Horadada coming out on top winning on 3 drawing on 1. Final Score: Horadada 9 points 100 shots: Emerald isle Barons 3 points 77 shots: Ladies Singles: Yvonne Hurlock 21-15.

Mens Singles: John Simpson 21-9. Pairs: Bryan Eatough, Terry Hucknall 20-20. Rinks: Linda Hier, Fred Trigwell, Jeff Hier, John Hurlock, 22-11. Well done to you all, Thank you Markers.

Friday 1st May Horada Hawks away to El Rancho, allways a good challenge to all our bowlers.Well done Horadada winning on 3 rinks it was a good day with a friendly atmosphere good competitive games Winning Rinks. Peter Davis,John Goddard. Roy Thompson. 28-13, Linda Hier, Tony Burchall, John Bailey. 18-14, Vince Skeel, Ian Gillan, John Simpson. 20-14, Horadada 6 Pts (104). El Rancho 6 Pts (108). New Members Welcome, Call 966 76 2865 Fred Trigwell Club Captain.

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24th Apl. E.I. Vulcans v La Siesta Hornets. A bad day at the office for the Vulcans going down to the Hornets by, shots 95-117, rinks, 1 & 1/2 to 4 & 1/2, points 3-11. E.I. Winners : Maria Brookes, Eric Brookes & John Pooley, (23-16). Margaret Riley, Mary Malcolm & Alex Malcolm got the draw (18 all) 29th apl, V.C.L. South. E.I. Dukes v Greenlands Jasmin, The Dukes lost to Jasmins by 76 shots to 98, & points 4-8. E.I. Winners were, Ladies Singles: Gina Streeter, (21-13). & men's singles: Frank Close, (21-13). Two good wins, well done to both of you.

V.C.L. (South) E.I. v Horadada. Not a good day for the Isle going down by. Shots, 77-100, & points 3-9.

EI. Winners were: Maureen Jeffs, Dave Close & Mike Stacey (22-16) in the trips, Robin Adams & John Pooley got the draw, (20 all) in the pairs) At the time of writing I hav'nt got the results for the match played on Tuesday 28th, I believe the E.I. won, details next week.

Thur 30th apl. The Isle played against the Royal British Legion in our regular game, as allways it was played in a competitive but friendly manner, it was a good day for the Isle winning on 6 of the 7 rinks, shots were 142-88, points, 14-2. The E.I winners were: Yvonne Mallaburn , John Woods & Trevor Culpin (17-12). Liz Page, Eric Brookes & Brian Smith, (15-12). Lyn Hawkins, Lilly Harris & Tony Harris, (27-12) Pete Creswell, John Pooley & Frank King (28-14). Sandra Kavanagh, George Whall & Dave Close (27-12). Elwyn Morris, Robin Adams & Marion Willicott, (19-11). The Legions winners were: V. Binns, Rita Hand & Dave Tilley, (17-12).

Thanks to our Captain of the day, Elwyn Morris, & thanks to the Legion for being such good Sports.

On Saturday 2nd, 60 of our intrepid bowlers are going on a mini bowls tour returning on Monday 4th, that means no alcohol & early to bed for 3 days?

Happy Bowling. Robin (the scribe) Adams.

This Weeks Top Performers Ladies Gents Hi Game/Scratch Sue Walsh 191 Gary Walsh 197 Hi Game/Hc Sue Walsh 236 John Lowton 235 Hi Series/Scratch Sue Walsh 489 Maurice Allen 565 Hi Series/Hc Sue Walsh 624 Dave Collins 648 Sol Amigo?S Alley Gators Fowl Play Gg?S Pinbusters Pinfall Wizards Alley Cats Sunrise Colegas Sausage Rollers Pin Pushers 999?S The Bandits Cherry B?S

P 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87

W 76 71 72 68 68 66 64 55 52 51 43 8

D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0

L 40 45 44 47 48 49 52 60 63 65 73 108

Tot 66100 65761 66617 66457 65329 65286 65316 65660 65459 63703 63660 59304

Gms 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87

Av Hi-G 759 861 755 862 765 904 763 871 750 881 750 860 750 859 754 842 752 845 732 838 731 892 681 815

Hi-S 2415 2401 2484 2488 2424 2422 2410 2425 2432 2379 2384 2231

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Country Bowls report Mixed fortunes for the teams this week with the Herons starting the week with yet another away game for the club. This one was Wednesday, 29 April in the VCL with a trip to Vistabella to play the Vikings. A disappointing day but well done to the pairs team of Andy White and Karen Kirk, picking up a win 14-13.

It was hard luck though for Pat Patton, Bryan Kirk and Brian Patton who lost out by just one shot in

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By Bobbie Sims No game for the Pilots on Monday this week....

VCL-2015 Apologies for the wrong heading slipping in last week, (senior moment) In our game against Quesada Lions today our only point came from our pairs, Janet Parsons and Alan Castle with a 13-13 draw, Ladies singles Margaret Finlayson 16-21 - Men's singles Peter Parsons 15-21 - Trips Margaret McLaughlin Mike Smith, Jim Manning 7-21 Rinks Kathy Manning Martin Butler Shirley Hadaway Dave Hadaway 9-23.

Total points were 1-11 and shots 60-99.

LA MARINA PILOTS Today's game was away V Emerald Isle Victors, some good games gave us a win by 10-4 and shots of 94-90. There were some close games but top of our winning rinks were Hilary Cronk, Dave Williams, and Terry Perchard, 18-12, well done everyone.

We hope everyone that is free, will come to our table top sale on Saturday 9th May at 10am at the club, any goodies that you would like to donate can be left behind the bar in the club house.....see you there.

TENNIS STARS IN TORREVIEJA

Yarolslav Shvedova, ranked 56 on the WTA, Sorana Curstea, former number 20 and Akgul Amanmuradova, current 193, were all in Torrevieja last week using the clay courts at Tottevieja Tennis Club where they have been preparing for European tournaments in Madrid, ome and at Roland Garros. Shvedova, who was recently a finalist in the International WTA Tournament in Bogata has ued the Torrevieja facilities on many previous occasions.

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the Triples. Overall shots Herons 56 (2 pts) Vikings 106 (10 pts).

Finally we ended the week with our first home game on Friday, 1 May when the Badgers entertained the Emerald Isle Vulcans in a SABA Harrier league match.

After some enthralling bowling it was honours even at three wins each, but the Badgers picked up the two extra points by winning the long game.

EL RANCHO BOWLS CLUB In a light bowls week, El Rancho recorded their first win of this league against the Horadada Hawks by 8 points to 6, with a shot tally of 108 for El Rancho against 104 for the Hawks.

The team of Margaret and Ron Odell with lead John Cleal had the best result of the day, recording a 28 shots to 7 victory. The other wins were Maureen and John Newell sandwiching Rob Clarke to a 20 shots to 16 win and Malc Elmore leading with Graham Day and skip, the outstanding (guess who wrote this) Stewart Hamill winning by 19 shots 15. The losing rinks of Jane Hamill and June Whitworth skipped

by Richard Needham, had a calamitous 3 ends, dropping 10 shots but only lost by 6. Likewise Merv Armstrong, Jim Gracie and David Whitworth dropped 8 shots in three ends to loose by 4 shots. The last rink of Graham Hicks, Malc Sykes and Brian Taylor had a "bad day at the office" suffice it to say they only won 6 ends but no doubt things will go better for them next time.

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Winners were Pat Patton, Billy Price and Brian Patton 23-16. Ben Noke, John Rimmer and StJohn Broadhurst 35-15. Carole Donnellan, Sheila Whitehall and Peter Whitehall 23-8. Also well done to Andy White, Bryan Kirk and Karen Kirk who pulled back a big deficit to lose out by one shot which helped us in the overall shots. Overall shots Badgers 124 (8 pts) Vulcans 98 (6 pts).

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THE MEMBER’S GOLF SOCIETY AT VILLAMARTIN 29TH APRIL Today marked the last of the early starts for us at this Championship course, which for most, will bring a little normality to their day’s golf.

It’s well known that in high season, visitors must begin at tee 10 before 10.04, members have preference from tee 1. The 10th hole is not really the one that you want to begin your round on at 9am! the avenue of trees always seem to be narrower at that time of the morning and that’s before it dawns on you that the out of bounds is lurking to the left, then you realise that the swimming pools, of those beautiful properties that line that side of the hole, are just waiting to devour your golf ball! Wait a moment, just 40 meters to the right is the water hazard that travels the length of the fairway, oh well; I’ll just blob this one! The course is in excellent condition, the greens looked slow but were deceivingly fast, hence the cries of, another 3 putt, seemed to be quite common later in the club house. The day’s best scores came from the Gold category with Tove Roed edging John Eyre into 2nd place on lower handicap with both returning an excellent 37 points, 3 points further back came Paul Fairclough on 34 points and just making the prizes this week was Dag Lovas on 32 points. The top two in the Silver category were decided by just 1 point and Roger Nilsen must have been delighted that he managed to advance his appointment at the hospital this morning to arrive at the course just

in time to tee off. (yes he was the one who blobbed the 10th) but that didn’t stop him from scoring a very credible 35 points, that was just one point ahead of Alex Goslan, back in 3rd place was Shelia Dean on 31 points, with another lady member, Sandra Twentyman taking 4th place with 30 points. We did have a few visitors join us this week so there were 2 prizes up for grabs, this happened to be a family affair with Alan Cuddihy’s Son, Chris, beating his father by some margin, Alan 29 points and Chris 35 points. In every competition for an extra euro, members can enter the “2’s” contest; it was won this week by new member Sandy McGee and Les Wilton, not a bad return, a tenner for a euro! The N.T.P.’s were sponsored by the Captain, John Eyre, who just happened to be the nearest on the difficult 17th, Hole 6 went to Alan Cuddihy, Raymond Eiken was closest on the 13 and Les Wilton on hole 9. Photo: Silvery category winners

On the 6th May we will be at La Marquesa for our Captain’s drive in as well as a normal Stableford, so if you fancy a knock around this delightful course set in the valley behind Ciudad Quesada, give our Match Secretary a call on 661 524 101 or visit our website www.tmgs.org Our associated club, Club de Golf El Paraiso will be at Campoamor on the 10th of May, this competition is for Federated players only, so don’t forget that you need to play in 4 Federated comps each calendar year to maintain you handicap “active” more info. www.clubdegolfelparaiso.com

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Abbey Angling Match Results

By A Reid The Seventh Round of the Spring Series was fished at the Embalse Ojos “Blanca”. Once again this venue lived up to its reputation in name, proving very hard to fish, even the bleak were few and far between on this visit. Top weight on this visit came from the first peg to the left of the incoming stream.

1st: Lenny Bolton with 8.800kgs. fishing paste and corn on the pole.

2nd:Dave Hutchinson with 2.960kgs.fishing paste and corn on the pole.

3rd: Bill Reade with 2.420kgs. fishing pellet corn on the pole.

All details are available from our website www.abbeyangling.com or from the Match Secretary Terry Screen on 965328368. New members are welcome.

RODS & REELS The 2nd round of the Summer Series was fished at “El Bosquet” on the 29th of April.

The fishing at this venue is beginning to pick up now that the water temperatures are rising, a varied variety of fish are being caught including eels, mullet, Carp both Common and Mirror and also Barbel.

A lesson learned on this visit was to put some form of barrier between you and your elasticated end tackle when retrieving it from snags. One member had to pay a visit to Hospital to have pieces of pole float removed from his leg.

1st Neil McBirnie with 16.660kgs. fishing pellet on the pole.

2nd Ron Salisbury with 10.980kgs. fishing corn on the pole.

3rd Clive Cleghorn with 9.240kgs. fishing pellet and bread on the pole.

There are still some vacancies at the club and if anyone is interested in joining please contact Derek Swann on 966729293 or 603535771.

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EURONICS THURSDAY DART LEAGUE “THE ELECTRICAL SHOP” - BLUE LAGOON RESULTS SEMI-FINALS AT THE CELLER, CABO ROIG – 30 April 2015 P. O´Rourke, R. Harvey, P.Dowington (Busters)

TRIPLES 0-2 S. Williams, J. Miller, J. Hawkins (Hub Hyenas)

P. Abrams, L. Maiden, 2-0 P. Durrant (Hub Meerkats)

D. Kingsbury, A. Nikolov, G. Todd (Hub Meerkats)

PAIRS P. Dowington, P. O´Rourke 1-2 N. Spicer, J. Eyre (Busters) (Hub Hyenas) P. Dowington, P.O´Rourke 2-0 (Busters)

B. Badlove, S. Clark (Que Pasa Eagles)

B. Badlove, S. Clark 2-1 N. Spicer, J. Eyre (Que Pasa Eagles) (Hub Hyenas) Busters and Hub Hyenas qualify for finals ALEX NIKOLOV BUILDING SERVICES LADIES SINGLES Sonya Cooper 1-2 Leah Chesworth (Sporting Life) (Sporting Life) Simone de Lacy (Junction Jaguars)

John Lane (Que Pasa Kestrels)

2-1

Pat Schofield (Junction Jaguars)

MENS SINGLES 0-2 Pat Abrams (Hub Meerkats)

Alex Nikolov (Hub Meerkats)

2-1

Kelvin Angel (Ale House)

Nick Spicer (Hub Meerkats)

2-0

Derek Kingsbury (Hub Hyenas)

Mark Filer (Busters)

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John Eyre (Hub Hyenas)

Should be a real block busting finals this Thursday at the Celler after last week´s semis left 3 finals known, Triples, Pairs and Ladies Singles with the Mens Singles down to the last four. Some great players will be contesting silverware at the outstanding Cabo Roig venue in a couple of days time. Several players are doubling up in the finals, Pat Abrams in the Singles and Triples, Nick Spicer Singles and Pairs, also John Eyre in the Singles and Pairs. All are capable of taking two titles, but which one will do it? I am sitting on the fence with this one but

Triples Finalists Simon Williams, Joe Miller, Joe Hawkins

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take it from me the Singles will be explosive and well Mens Finalists John worth watching.

Eyre, Pat Abrams, Nick The evening kicked off with a new discipline, the Spicer, Alex Nikolov Triples. Simon Williams, Joe Miller and Joe Hawkins challenged Peter O´Rourke, Ray Harvey and Paul Dowington for a finals place in the opening match. It was a little subdued Hawkins taking the first on D10, Miller the main scorer. It was a similar scenario in the second, this time Williams finishing the 701 on D20 for a 2-0 score line and a final place. Harvey did his best to rally his side with some consistent scoring but just not enough.

The second semi was livelier between the two Meerkats sides. Abrams 85 Lee Maiden 120,98 and Paul Durrant 121 and 78 to leave tops, Del Kingsbury 125 and Alex Nikolov 85 scoring most of the 701 for Maiden to take out D8 for the first leg. A further ton from Kingsbury and a 133 from Nikolov put pres- self settled with steady scoring of her own, culminating in the finishsure on their compatriots but Abrams came to the rescue with ing double for a 2-1 result.

140,100,85 Maiden 81, Durrant setting up tops for Abrams. He sub- The Mens Singles quarter finals concluded play, the favoured players sequently missed the out, Maiden following somehow leaving 5 mur- enjoying the luck of the draw by avoiding each other. Current singles muring something like “he had to go for it”. Durrant found the single champion Abrams opened proceedings against the well supported 1 and D2 for 2-0, their future opponents Hyenas in the way of the main Kestrel John Lane who started well but couldn’t take advantage of Abrams´ indifferent finishing, which cost him dearly as the Meerkat trophy.

The Pairs were played in a “round robin” format due to the went one up after a 120 and then battered the T20 in the second with Breakaways duo unable to attend. Dowington and O´Rourke faced 125,100,114 (to leave a double). All credit to Lane who didn’t buckSpicer and Eyre in the first which was a real sizzler. O´Rourke 85,125 le under the pressure, with 3x80+ himself to leave a shot. Abrams had Dowington 140,100 and S16,D16 really took the wind out of the fan- left 14 which he chose to finish on S10,D2 much to the chagrin of the cied Hyenas duo, whose reply of 140 and 85 reasonable but not audience who had given their support to Lane. 2-0 for the Meerkat enough. Unfortunately the Busters pair couldn’t maintain their first and one step closer to retaining his title. The Ale House was repreleg standard, their opponents plenty of 80+, Spicer a 123 were suffi- sented by Kelvin Angel in the next, Nikolov his opponent. 2x100 and cient for Eyre to level on D5. The same man concluded the match on 2x80+ from the Aler put the Meerkat on his back foot, but Angel 100,D10, Spicer ensuring the win with a 140 and 131. Busters couldn’t convert the double. Nikolov took advantage of his opporemained on the oche to play Eagles Brett Badlove and Stuart Clark, nent´s slip and duly took the first on D16. 3x100 and 1x80+ from the Bulgarian looked like an early exit for Angel, but he dug Dowington taking the first on D19, then a 125 and D16 for deep and rescued the leg on D10 much to the delight of the second, both Eagles giving a reasonable performhis fans. A further two tons from Nikolov seemed ance but not enough scoring to reach the double. It to knock the stuffing out of the amiable Angel as was totally different in the next where the the Meerkat took the decider to progress to the Eagles remained on stage to face Spicer and semi final. Meerkat captain Del Kingsbury Eyre. Badlove 85,125 was backed up by oversaw the draw and somehow picked some solid scoring from Clark, Spicer 100 Spicer as his opponent. Del Boy! Both and Eyre 2x80+ but not quite enough as played well in the first, trading good Badlove took the first much to the delight arrows, Spicer just edging the scores with of a most vociferous audience. In the 100 and 125 both leaving a double. second leg the favourites looked dead and Spicer requiring 32 hit D7 first dart and buried as Badlove 100, Clark 125,100 D9 second to go one up. Kingsbury no battered the lipstick, Hyenas response of slouch himself opened with 2x100 and an 100,100,137 just enough for Eyre to level 85 in the second, anticipating a decider. with a 67 check out on D16. The scoring in Spicer was having none of it and finished the the third was all 80+ but no tons, Spicer find501 on D10 after an 83 and 125. The last ing D10 for a 2-1 victory but wobbly knees. Great game of the night featured Mark Filer (Busters) game!

Ladies Finalists Simone de and Hub Hyena John Eyre. Maybe it was the late Alex Nikolov Building Services has supported the Lacy and Leah Chesworth hour but Filer just couldn´t get into his usual stride, Ladies Singles for the past couple of years and has Eyre taking his chance duly planting his arrow in D8 for continued this term. The draw pitched both Sporting Life the opener after a nice ton. Two further tons and an 80+ seemed to girls in one semi and both Junction Jaguars girls in the other. I think its fair to say all four ladies didn’t perform to their capabilities, prob- kill off the lacklustre Buster Eyre taking full advantage of the situation ably nerves getting to each. Former champion Sonya Cooper faced taking out 58 in two on tops.

Leah Chesworth in the first and despite a ton from Cooper Chesworth So, Finals and Presentation this Thursday and a reminder to all playgained an early lead after 2x80+. Cooper levelled on D12 setting up ers who must register prior to start of play by 7.45 p.m. registration the decider. Several 80+ scores were peppered with scrappy ones, opening at 7 p.m. All are welcome to enjoy a great evening of darts Chesworth taking advantage and concluding the leg on D7 for a place which will include a buffet at the Cabo Roig, Celler venue. Finally in the final. Simone de Lacy, last term´s Merit Table topper had the my thanks are extended to our hosts Claire, Dean and Alan for their unenviable task of taking on this season´s highest check out (158) generous hospitality not forgetting Sid Cross, Nick Spicer, Simon holder Pat Schofield. It was a similar match to the first, plenty of good Williams, Jan Kingsbury and Jill Durrant for their valuable contribuscores but far too many poor ones. De Lacy took the first on D16 tion to a special evening. Mark from Treasure Chest (Villamartin) and Schofield taking the second on D4. The latter settled down in the third Debbie Wright of Euronics musn´t be forgotten for their valuable supand threw some nice arrows including an 83 and 100. De Lacy her- port of the raffle.

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Around And About - LA TERCIA During the last three years of the economic crisis that swept across the world like a plague we a devoted golfers saw the impact with the closure of three golf courses based in Murcia,namely Corvera,La Tercia and Mosa Trajectum.

Each of these courses were part of a golf resort complex,designed by world renown course architects and with ambassadors such as Johan Cruyff.

These courses were designed to be almost self sufficient and green by recycling water from the urbanisations to re-use on the golf courses.

Sadly as the urbanisations were under populated there was insufficient water to keep the golf courses in tip top condition which in turn reflected on the numbers playing the courses and ultimately the financial bottom line,sadly leading in each case to closure.

Have you ever thought what happens to a golf course when it closes?

Last week I was in the area of La Tercia and called in to see the developments over the last two years.

The magnificent clubhouse is still in good order but looks lost and forlorn The aqua driving lake is empty but for a few dregs of water rain water.

The chipping and putting greens next to the clubhouse are completely overgrown and show no signs of ever being well prepared areas.

Standing on the first tee was eerie because the 'vista' down the hole was of any natural waste land with no signs of the well manicured fairways,aprons,greens and bunkers that previously existed.

May be with an upturn in the world's financial situation perhaps a bank somewhere will re-develop the course as an aid to selling the many properties and apartments that border the old course.

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Golf Course Price Comments Alenda €100 Two Players and Buggy Alicante €53 Single Green Fee & Buggy (after 2pm) Altorreal €90 Two Players and Buggy Font Del Llop €59 Single Player and Buggy La Finca €134 Two Green Fees and Buggy La Peraleja €140 Four Players and Two Buggies La Marquesa €36 Single Green Fee (weekends only) La Serena €98 Two Players and Buggy Las Colinas €162 Two Players and Buggy Las Ramblas €98 Two Players and Buggy Lo Romero €48 Single Green Fee Roda €94 Two Players and Buggy (after 2pm) Villamartin €45 Single Green Fee (before 9am) Villaitana Levante €45 Single Green Fee Vistabella €195 Four Players and Two Buggies Deals of the week: 5 month membership at Vistabella between May and September 2015 for only €590 and crazy days prices at Vistabella of only €92 for 2 players and buggy (shop price €109) at weekends until June 2015.

For bookings and more information contact Mike on 966 704 752 or 661 345 931 or at info@costa-blanca-greenfees.com or direct quoting reference LEADER. Weather Watch The temperatures will be in the 26-34 degree range with Monday to Wednesday cloudy and sticky and wall to wall sunshine Thursday and Friday.

Hollow Tine Watch La Peraleja – 11th-13th May 2015 Alenda - 12th-14th May 2015 Villamartin - 13th-15th May 2015 Quote of the Week “Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something” - Babe Dickinson Zaharias.

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EUROGOLF SOCIETY AT LA MARQUESA

On Thursday 30 April 54 members of the Eurogolf Society competed for the Ken Wilson Memorial trophy in a fordmed competition. Ken was an active member of Eurogolf for many years and served on the committee as Captain in 1991, 1992 and 1998.

As the fordmed name implies the first nine holes were played as a Stableford competition and the back nine as a medal, then the Stableford score taken from the net medal score to arrive at the final result.

Some good scores today but a special mention to TOFF’s organiser Alan Venables winner of the Ken Wilson Memorial trophy with a magnificent 14 points Full results were as follows: Gold Division: 1st John Barraclough 19 pts c/b 2nd Malcolm Foskett 19 pts 3rd David Gregson 21 pts Silver Division: 1st Alan Venables 14 pts 2nd John Holland 17 pts c/b 3rd Dave King 17 pts Bronze Division: 1st Eamonn Devine 16 pts c/b 2nd Claire Daye-Gretton16 pts 3rd Alec Relph 16 pts Best front nine Gloria Manning 19 pts best back nine Ian Turner net 32 N.T.P’s 5th Mike Gillett 11th Alan Venables 15th John Holland 17th John Barraclough

Football draw winners: Sue Pegg, Alan Venables, Gill Britten, Bryan Fenwick The results of the TOFFS weekly Stableford competition played on Tuesday were as follows: Competition Winner: Bev Evans 38 points Gold Division: 1st Malcolm Foskett 35 pts 2nd John Barraclough 35 pts 3rd Tony Hitt 34 pts Silver Division: 1st Joe Curran 34 pts 2nd John Holland 34 pts 3rd Hedy Paehlig 34 pts Bronze Division: 1st Bev Evans 38 pts 2nd Eamonn Devine 35 pts 3rd Alec Relph 34 pts N.T.P’s 5th John Barraclough 11th Ian Stewart 15th Joe Curran 17th Bill Martin Best front nine Gordon Bourne 20 pts and best back nine Ian Turner 21 pts If you would like to know more about our friendly society visit us on www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk

RUBY’S GOLF SOCIETY AT ALICANTE Our April Stableford Trophy game was at the excellent Alicante course, once you have found the course (Mike) you will not be disappointed, 23 players had a great day, the weather was good and the golf reflected this with some fine scores being returned. Our silver division and overall winner on the day with a massive 41 points was John Goulder (welcome to your new handicap John) Gold division winner was Ivie Davies, best front nine was Jim McCarthy, best back nine, Bill Malcolm, nearest the pin in 2 was Chris

Coote, and nearest in three was was john Goulder. nearest the pin on the par 3's were Nigel Wright, Chris Coote (2) Bill Malcolm and Ivie Davies.

Back at the Med Bar in El Raso where Steve continues to feed us with an excellent buffet Jan Taylor was the football card winner. Our next game which is another Trophy game is at Alenda on the 15th of May, anyone wishing to join us for this game please put your name on the list at the Med Bar, or contact rubysgolf@yahoo.co.uk

LAS RAMBLAS GOLF SOCIETY We started the week with a best 2 of 4 with all scores counting on the Par 5's. On the first tee I was left a bit disorientated wondering whether I was standing correctly as my three playing partners were all left handers. It mattered little as we ran out winners with a score of 94 pts. The team comprised Nick Campbell, Dave Pulling, Peter Dunn and Mike Chapman. Nick had a particularly good round with 8 pars and a birdie and was well supported by the rest of the team. The runners up with 93 pts were Geoff Biggerstaff, Bryan Neal, Peter Jenkinson and 'Albert'.

It was the fourth round of Joker Eclectic Stableford competition on Wednesday where one hole on the back and front nine is selected to count for double stableford points and the best score on each hole over five rounds is aggregated to arrive at the players overall score. Prizes are available on the day for the top three places in each category as normal. In perfect weather conditions it was no surprise that scoring

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SUCINA GOLF SOCIETY La Manga (West Course) A new course for us this month.

Choosing an Individual Stableford format combined with a Team game of " best 2 scores" to count, 36 players arrived at La Manga West Course on a very overcast & windy day. The weather certainly played its part, but despite that some good scores were obtained. Most players opting for Buggies and were probably pleased they had made that choice, as we were held up by slow play from two 4 balls playing in front of the Society and it proved to be a very long round. For some a record of 5 hours 45 minutes!!

The course was in very good condition and very interesting, although buggy paths are in need of attention. The par 3's proved tricky - all being uphill, long and into the wind!

Feedback from players was mixed but most found the course challenging especially as the wind got stronger. The fairways are very narrow and tree lined so many a ball found its way among these along with the water and gully hazards!

Presentation was to have taken place in the club house at La Manga but only the first team back in were able to purchase a well earned drink as the bar had closed by the time the other groups returned. Therefore, everyone returned to Franc & Louise bar in Sucina where the results and prizes were given out.

Winning results are: Division 1 - Roger Major, 36 points, Division 2 - Peter Robinson, 35 points and Division 3 - Gary Smith, 30 points.

Team results: Winners - Ray Banks, Mike Harding, Ron McKinley & Gavin Naismith with 84 points.

Runners up - (on count back) Gordon Hutchinson, Jackie McVicar, Paul Whelband & Richard Davenport.

NTP winners - Hole 2, Richard Davenport, Hole 4 Christine Comber, Hole 7 Sophie Ekberg, Hole 13 No winner & Hole 16 Ron Mckinley.

By Mike Chapman was good with Liz Robertson scoring an exceptional 45 pts to win Category One. The winners on the day were as follows: Cat 1. 1st Liz Robertson 45 pts 2nd Lindsay Forbes 42 pts 3rd Olga Douglas 41 pts. Cat 2. 1st Mike Chapman 41 pts 2nd Barry Holtham 40 pts 3rd Joyce McClusky 38 pts. 2's Club: Dave Pulling, Alan Douglas, Ken Robertson and Lindsay Forbes Rod Doel was leading the competition by some ten points going into the round but that has now been cut to one point with Barry Holtham and Mike Chapman moving to 63 pts with Rod now on 64 pts.

Friday saw the start of our Singles Match Play competition with the initial rounds being played on a group basis with the top two emerging to compete in the knockout stages. Consequently there are too many matches to report on individually but the stand out result came from Lindsay Forbes who went on a birdie fest and won his match by 7 and 6 continuing his excellent form over recent weeks.

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TORRY RALLY TO CLAIM A POINT CD TORREVIEJA ..........1 CREVILLENTE .............1 Torry started their home match against Crevillente in 10th place, whilst their derby rivals sat 1 place and 3 points higher up the table.

With only 3 games remaining, qualification for the play offs looked very much an improbability for Torry, while their visitors were still rather better placed just 4pts behind fourth-placed Orihuela.

It took 2 attempts for the reverse fixture to be concluded, following an almighty downpour forcing an abandonment of the original match last November, with both sides eventually settling for a 1-1 draw.

Sunday’s return fixture at the Vicente Garcia was an equally tight affair with both sides quickly closing down each other at the first sign of any opportunity.

The hosts enjoyed huge swathes of possession but struggled to break down a resilient Crevillente outfit, and on the balance of the first half, the visitors perhaps deserved to go into the half time break with their noses in front.

The only goal came just prior to the half time interval, a low, dipping drive from Lolo, which an outstretched Oscar just about managed to get his fingertips to.

It was the only real opportunity of an otherwise lackluster half which ended with both Jorge and Borja seeing yellow as Torry lost their way following the Crevillente goal.

If the visitors shaded the first period the home side certainly had the

upper hand in the second as Pedreno’s men soon settled into their passing stride. There was much more urgency from Torrevieja as they dominated for long periods. Unfortunately they were unable to turn it into chances as the visitors again set themselves up to make life difficult for the hosts.

But Torry were back on level terms on the hour mark after a clear handball in the box. A tremendous penalty from Rafa under pressure, despite the ridiculous antics from Nacho in the Crevillente goal. He sent the keeper the wrong way to give the visitors the point they undoubtedly deserved.

A late yellow for Cristian, his second of the game, took the gloss of an otherwise decent performance for Torry which sub Corella could have made even better had he not spurned a glorious opportunity in the dying minutes, heading wide from an unmarked position.

But in the cold light of day the result did nothing for the promotion prospects of either team and in the case of Torry, now completely out of touch of the playoffs, they have nothing really left to play for but position and pride.

The Torry Army hope to be taking a coach to the last away game of the season at La Nucia, on Sun 10 May. This will incorporate a visit to Monroe's restaurant in Benidorm, and can be booked through Pat on 966 78 6352.

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LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR ELCHE CF

BY KEVIN RENDALL After months of uncertainty, a chink of light can now be seen at the end of the long, dark tunnel Elche Club de Fútbol has been staring down for month after month.

Having resisted the pressure to step down as club president by means of bare-faced lies and obfuscation, José Sepulcre finally fell on his sword last week, before leaving the Martinez Valero stadium glum faced and without saying a word. His resignation paves the way for long time protagonist, Valencian businessman Juan Anguix, to elect a new Board of Directors and take over the running of the deeply indebted club.

Mercedes Alonso and Jose Sepulchre

PARTY TIME AT THE MARTINEZ VALERO ELCHE CF .........................................4 DEPORTIVO DE LA CORUÑA ..........0 No, seriously, that really was the final score ! In a season with rather too many disappointments, both on and off the field, Elche dispelled the gloom with a scintillating performance that belied their position near the foot of the table. It was one of those nights where the more the team did the more the crowd, who have been magnificent all season long, got behind them which, in turn, lifted the team to further heights. Granted, the opposition – they call them 'Super' closer to home – weren't up to much but Elche still had to play, and beat, a direct relegation rival. And didn't they just ?

Barely twenty thousand were present, the 10pm kick-off time on a school night saw to that, but those that made the effort were given an absolute treat. Had Lionel Messi done what Uruguayan full-back Damián Suárez managed in the fifth minute, the football world would have been in raptures. Picking up the ball outside the Depor penalty area, he strode forward to beat three lukewarm tackles with a display of twinkling feet that far better know South American would have Damian Suarez was outstanding for Elche

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been proud to lay claim to. His final contribution to the opening goal was a deft cut back for manof-the-moment Jonathas to make no mistake with from close range.

Nerves duly settled, Elche doubled their lead a quarter of an hour later, this time via the penalty spot.

Visiting centre-back Lopo fell foul of referee Xavier Alvarez with a non too subtle shirt pull that saw Enzo Roco also go tumbling. David Lombán stepped up to do the business; picking the opposite corner to the one goalkeeper Fabricio chose. With no further goals in a somewhat one-sided half - Depor were deeply disappointing not super Elche went in at the break a couple up, on a high and fully expecting more goals. That was exactly how things turned out.

Within ten minutes of the restart, Elche notched their third. Inattentive defending saw Jonathas home free and, more to the point, onside.

You'd have put your house on him scoring but, instead, his weak shot looped up off the feet of Fabricio and headed goal-wards where Chelsea loanee Mario Pasalic was handily placed to nod the ball over the line. With fully thirty five minutes remaining the result was in no doubt, the fans knew it, the players knew it and so too did Depor.

In any other match, the amount of chances Elche created and the managed to squander would have been criminal, they were all over the visitors. It mattered not. The fourth and final Elche goal eventually came late on and was missed by getting on for six thousand people who had already left. They missed a good one. Cape Verdean international Garry Mendes, who probably deserves more game time than he actually gets, picked up the ball deep inside the Elche half and simply kept on going.

Approaching the Depor box with the solitary visiting defender backing off, he chose to ignore the men either side of him and, instead, drilled a left foot shot passed a well beaten Fabricio.

This victory, Elche's tenth of the season was easily their best and all but guarantees their La Liga safety. So poor are the teams beneath them, a single point from their remaining four matches might not even be necessary. Finally, a reward for the fans and, in particular, Fran Escribá after an, at times, fraught season.

The announcement Sepulcre had just become ex-president was made

by Elche mayoress Mercedes Alonso who attended the meeting of majority shareholder the Elche CF Foundation as representative of the city. For weeks now, Alonso had been trying to broker a deal between the recalcitrant Sepulcre and his nemesis, Anguix, even going as far as attending a meeting with the Spanish Professional Football League (LFP) to fight the club's corner.

With results on the pitch appearing to go the way of the club and the possibility of dropping down a division to the Segunda A slowly receding, another ominous threat recently loomed large. An unpaid tax bill of five million euros is already overdue and must be settled immediately to avoid the LFP imposing an “administrative relegation” on the team. Once a new football club board has been elected, the first task of Juan Anguix will be to keep the promise he made to settle that bill immediately upon assuming office.

An additional three LFP actions against the club for outstanding transfer fees, unpaid wages of both former players and the present squad will then be the next troublesome issues to resolve for the incoming board. At the start of April the players and coaching staff refused to carry out any non-playing tasks in protest at non payment of their wages for the previous two months. With all this simmering away in the background it is, perhaps, remarkable that first team coach Fran Escribá has been able to motivate his team to produce the required results in their relegation fight with last Wednesday evenings 4-0 success at home to Deportivo de La Coruña, their penultimate home game of the campaign, virtually guaranteeing their survival. Now it is down to club bosses to persuade the powers that be Elche CF has turned over a new leaf.

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