The Courier Week 2

Friday, 4th March 2011Edition 2 www.thecourier.es

Gran Alacant man admits he

has 'blown the lot.' Spending

5.5€ million in 13 years

= over 8,000€ per week!

EXCLUSIVE!BY Dave Bull

When LawrenceCavendish won £5.5 mil-lion on the NationalLottery in 1997 he thoughtall his dreams had cometrue, and surely they had.The British press praisedlauded him as a worthycause because he neededa double-hip replacementand it looked as though noone more deserving could

have won the jackpot. Butthe likeable and generouslottery player soon startedsplashing the cash andeventually, arrived inSpain, setting up a bar andhomes for his family inGran Alacant, but sincethen things have gone hor-ribly wrong and Lawrencehas realised that living thehigh life has Costa lot!Believe it or not, the £5.5 mil-lion has gone, every singlepenny and the bank havedemanded his assets includ-

ing Mr Cavendish’s Irish-themed bar and SpanishVilla and he is back in theUK, after losing the lot! To put the this amount ofcash (£5.5 million) into per-spective, at the time of thewin in 1997, Lawrence waslaunched onto the Times richlist in 61st place but luck wasnot on his side; Lawrencelost his best friend and thenhis father (who was one ofthe kindest people I’ve evermet) after his lottery win andbad luck seemed to seek

him out. His family hadearlier fled Tynesideafter thugs torched hishouse and his sister'scar.When he won hisfortune, the gener-ous factory workerimmediately shared his cashwith his many relatives, pay-ing out £370,000 to buyseven houses in the samestreet in Gateshead, Tyneand Wear so that they couldbe close together. Continued on p6.

HOWAYTHECASH!

EAU!!!GOBBY FRENCH

SILENCED BYENGLAND!

See p46

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SPAIN’S RICH OWE THETAXMAN 4€ MILLION EACH!

Dave BullMost of Spain's richest residents owe an average of four mil-

lion euros in taxes according to a report by Hacienda. Representativesfrom the ministry of tax say they carried out 500 inspections on peopleand companies with an annual turnover of greater than 100 millioneuros, and found that most of them owed serious amounts money ofmoney with the average being over four million euros each.

In 2010, Hacienda managed to claw back over 10 billion euros byinvestigating fraudulent tax claims and in the past five years, they haverecovered in excess of 45,600 million euros.

However, following complaints from businesses the tax office refut-ed suggestions that it was intensifying its inspection efforts in order to clawback greater money due to the recession, and claim that taxpayers' debtshad simply increased.

After a long night of makinglove, the guy notices a photo ofanother man, on the woman'snightstand by the bed. Hebegins to worry. 'Is this your husband?' he nerv-ously asks. 'No, silly,' she replies, snugglingup to him. 'Your boyfriend, then?' he con-tinues.

'No, not at all,' she says, nib-bling away at his ear. 'Is it your dad or your brother?'he inquires, hoping to be reas-sured. 'No, no, no! You are so hot whenyou're jealous!' she answers. 'Well, who in the hell is he,then?' he demands. She whispers in his ear…'That's me before the surgery.’...

DOH!5 FAMOUS FINANCIALFRAUDSTERS– see page 6

Frank Abagnale earned a fortune from cashingcheques

PICTURE OF THE WEEKPICTURE OF THE WEEK

Carabasi Beach by David Bull Feb 2011Carabasi Beach by David Bull Feb 2011

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ORIHUELA ‘ANGEL WHISPERER’ PREDICTED ARAB UPRISINGS!

Local AngelCommunicator

predictedMiddle East

Uprising TwoYears Ago

By Sally Bengtsson

Francesca Brown, who lives in OrihuelaCosta, when she’s not busy giving workshops allover Europe, has been in the UK news lately dueto having predicted uprisings in the Middle Easttwo years ago, after conversations shehad with angels.

Courier reporter Sally Bengtssonwas lucky enough to meet Francesca twoyears ago, and the interview left a lastingimpression on Sally.

After the trouble which has hitEgypt, Libya, Yemen and many of theother Middle Eastern countries to onedegree or another, Francesca insists shefinally has proof that the predictions shewas told by her angels really are reli-able.

Sceptics laughed whenFrancesca claimed in her best-sellingbook, “My Whispering Angels”, thatthere would be uprisings in the MiddleEast that would eventually lead to amore peaceful world. But when shesaw the riots in Egypt last week, sherealised the angels’ premonition wascoming true.

“The other day when I hap-pened to turn on the television, I sawwhat was happening in the MiddleEast at the moment. And for somereason when I looked at it, I wasguided back to my book knowingthat the angels told me before that alot of systems were going to breakdown and that there will be a peel-ing away of old systems whereeverything will have to changein the world. They said that itwould be the Middle Eastwhere it was going to start.”

And this isn’t thefirst time the angels haveseen the future. She adds,“I was taken back a little bitwhen I realised the angels’premonition had cometrue but then I havelearned to trust them.Angels come into the world;it’s not that they’re giving meprediction after prediction. Theycome into the world to try tohelp us, and one of the jobsis to help heal us as well.And when you look ateverything that is goingon at the moment, evenin our own back yards, Ido believe that there is agreat healing processbeginning. Even thoughwe mightn’t see it at themoment because every-one is getting suckedinto doom and gloom,the angels are alwayssaying to me, ‘Don’tget sucked intodoom and gloom.

Keep positivity in your own life and yourown life will go the way it’s supposed to go.’

“The angels haven’t told me anythingelse that is going to happen in the world soon,but sometimes when I’m writing for them theyjust tell me things. “I remember last yearbefore there was the earthquake in Haiti, them

telling me that a big earthquake was emerg-ing out that way.”

In her book, Francescawrites about her experiences with

angels after first seeing them whenthey helped her recover from ME,which kept her bedridden for twoyears. She says everyone cantalk to their guardian angel.

She says, “I wrote aboutthis two years ago and mybook has been out the pasttwo years. It’s in it. It’s not justsomething I’m writing abouttoday and it’s already beenportrayed on the news.“People may say it’s just acoincidence but the angelswere telling me about this twoyears ago that all of this unrestwill come and it will be theMiddle East where it starts.”

PPGOESGAGA

A candidate forthe Popular Party inTarragona has been 'sere-naded' by LadyGaga...albeit because hisfriends re-hashed theAmerican pop sensation's2010 summer hit,Alejandro, and uploaded avideo of their performanceof it on Youtube.com.

A l e j a n d r oFernández was said to be'thrilled' to find out that sup-porters of his party hadadded that ‘’In the last twodays I have seen, first-hand,the power of the internet,which has given me the pos-sibility to express my ardourfor Tarragona via the interna-tional media.’’ Whatever.

The lyrics of the'new' version of the LadyGaga hit read: ’’Toca PP,confía en Alejandro,’’ (‘it’s thePP's turn, trust in Alejandro).

1 Amancio OrtegaAmancio Ortega is theowner of Zara apparel(3,245 stores in 66 coun-tries) and he lives in LaCoruna. He is 73 years old,is married and has 3 chil-dren. Personal wealth:$18.3 billion

2 Rosalia Mera Rosalia Mera is the ex-wife

of Amancio Ortega, and helives in La Coruna. He is 65years old, is divorced andhas 2 children. Personalwealth: $2.6 billion. 3 Isak AndicIsak Andic is

the owner of Mango (appar-el) (over 900 stores in 89countries ) and he lives inBarcelona. He is 54 yearsold, is married and has 3

children. Personal wealth:$2.3 billion

4 Alicia Koplowitz Alicia Koplowitz made hermoney from investmentsand she lives in Madrid. Sheis 56 years old, is divorcedand has 3 children. Personalwealth: $2.1 billion

5 Manuel Jove Manuel Jove is the owner ofFADESA Immobiliaria (realestate) and he lives in LaCoruna. He is 67 years old,is married and has 2 chil-dren. Personal wealth: $1.9billion

6 Florentino PerezFlorentino Perez is the pres-ident of Real Madrid FC. Hemade his money from con-struction and he lives inMadrid. He is 62 years old,

is married and has 3 chil-dren. Personal wealth: $1.8billion

7 Esther Koplowitz Esther Koplowitz is theowner of Fomento deConstrucciones y Contratas

(construction) and she livesin Barcelona. He is 58 yearsold, is married and has 3children. Personal wealth:$1.7 billion

8 Jose Maria Aristrain Jose Maria Aristrain madehis money from businesseswhit steel and he lives inMadrid. He is 46 years old,is married and has 1 child.Personal wealth: $1.3 billion

9 Alberto Alcocer Alberto Alcocer is 66 yearsold. Personal wealth: $1.1billion

10 Emilio Botin Emilio Botin made hismoney from banking, helives in Santander. He is 74years old, is married andhas 6 children. Personalwealth: $1.1 billion


SAYSPHONEY

COMPANIESTimes are tough but you wouldn’t know it ifyou are a fat-cat boss of the ‘Frank Spencer’of communication, Telefonica. Ten billionprofits last year. TEN BILLION in the middleof a recession and they can still take 14 daysto move your line. It just makes you wonderexactly how much they could make if theywere efficient…?On the same subject (that’s crap phone com-panies) the news that a Vodafone customerhas been paying someone else’s bill formonths comes as no surprise. I have severalfriends who have finished their contracts withVodafone and asked (many times and unsuc-cessfully) for a final factura…before latterlygetting a lawyers letter asking them to pay… You’d think Mr Bean was running the coun-try…oh, he is, isn’t he…

People who don’t have to worryabout paying the mortgage

(in other words - Spain’s richest people)

TONY MAYES…says it like it is ‘Always controversial’

WOULD-BE PARENTS SHOULDPASS EXAM FIRST!

The vast majority of parents try to raise theirchildren properly; try to ensure they have regard for oth-ers, have good manners and know right from wrong.Sadly there is a growing minority in the UK and, unfortunate-ly, within the ex-pat community here in Spain that do not.Often these have not been brought up property themselvesand then breed the next generation of na'er-do-wells and it'sthis growing "army' of bad parents which is costing the UK afortune in benefits.

During the early years of my career in journalism Ireported at the local magistrates' courts every day and got torecognise many of the defendants standing in the dock.There they were, month in month, committing thefts, burgla-ries, robberies and alcohol-fuelled offences. It was the sameold familiar faces over and over again.

Most had the benefit of subsidised council homes;those with children had additional benefits. Most smoked,drank and more often than not were down the pub mostnights. Little wonder that they set the very worst of examplesto their kids.

After about 20 years I no longer regularly attendedcourts, but one day I happened to be passing a reporters'desk and spotted a court list there. Lo and behold the samenames were on the list as they were more than 20 years ago.But on closer examination they weren't the people I remem-bered, but their children – it was their surnamed I recognised.

All the help, benefits and nurture that society hadpoured on these people back in the ‘70s and ‘80s had donenothing to prevent the creation of another generation causingtrouble, living on benefits and ending up costing society anabsolute fortune. Just add up the cost of the prison service,probation service, social workers, housing benefits and aplethora of other benefits and you’ve got the picture. And allfor what?

It got me wondering how society can escape fromthis ridiculous merry-go-round of one generation of bad pen-

nies creating the next.Unfortunately, the benefits culture in Britain actually

encourages people from the worst backgrounds to havemore children - the more they have the greater call they haveon the benefits system. We have all read stories in the nation-al press about young girls getting pregnant because they seean easier life being kept by the State than trying to get a job.

We're also heard of the huge families, the size of afootball team, requiring extended homes receiving upwardsof 30,000 pounds in benefits each year.

Sadly, while the system actually encourages thesepeople to have more children, the majority of which are notbeing raised in a way to create responsible adults, the middleclasses are being financially squeezed because of the reces-sion they are having an ever-increasing problem raising chil-dren.

Modern society requires us to take exams foralmost everything in life. We can't go through school life with-out taking one exam after another. If you apply for a job, oftenthere is a test involved. If you want to drive a car you have totake a test to show you are responsible enough to sit behindthe wheel.

Yet the most important thing that any adult isempowered to do - to raise the next generation - requires notest whatsoever. Any total dimbo can get pregnant, anyonecan set up home and have a child and if they make anabsolute disaster of it ,all that happens is that the child is putinto care and nothing is done to prevent the mother havinganother and another, all paid for on the State.

Social engineering was made a no-go area thanksto Hitler and his appalling attempts to re-shape society to hisown ends. Without the curse of the Nazis, some attempt ofsocial engineering may have been possible today. But thesorry mess we have today is something that will have to beaddressed sooner or later and it's going to take the Wisdomof Solomon to bring it about.

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Amancio Ortega

Wayne & Waynetta - testing times


By Spike

QUOTE: "What hap-pens in the future will dependboth on the laws of Nature andhuman behaviour"

We all know that theseas around us are rising but didyou realise that during the 20thcentury the Mediterranean Searose, on average, at a rate of1.5mm a year. That’s a total rise ofbetween 15 and 20 centimetresover the past 100 years, but in thecurrent century that rate hasalready been doubled in the firstten years! This latest informationcomes from a recent study by theSpanish Institute ofOceanography.

At a press conferencelast week, Manuel Vargas Yáñez,co-author of the second edition of"Climate Change in the SpanishMediterranean" explained hisresearch has discovered thatbetween the 1960s and the mid-1990s the sea did not rise much,but from then on it began to risevery sharply and, he warned thatthe 15-20cm rise over the whole ofthe past century could becomeproblematic for some Pacificislands. If this rise is added to the35 centimetres it is estimated thesea will rise over the course of thecurrent century (if it maintains thecurrent rate) the total rise in sealevel since records began could

be as high as half a metre.The worry is that the current rateof the sea level rising will not stayconstant but will in fact increase,depending on other ‘forces’ suchas greenhouse gases – the rate ofwhich is going up also.

If the worst case sce-nario pans out the experts warnthat there is a possibility that thesea will rise 60cm this century,which, added to the rise seen overthe last 100 years, we would beginto see "many densely-populatedcoastal areas suffer tremendouslosses", and if that wasn’t badenough, natural phenomena likehurricanes and storms will havemuch more devastating effects.

The reason of the sea levelrise?

Put simply it is theincreasing temperature of thewater (which expands and takesup more space), atmosphericpressure also has an effect andthe increase in water volumewhich is due in part to melting icecaps.

Add to all that the factthat the salinity of theMediterranean has also increasedbecause of less rain, a greaterdegree of evaporation, and, ofcourse the human touch such as,the building of reservoirs whichgenerally reduce the amount offresh water that runs to the seafrom the rivers.Global warming affects everyone...

MEDITERRANEAN RISNGFASTER THAN EVER


By Alan GilchristCosta Blanca’s Top

Hypnotherapist

After the last article waspublished I was inundatedwith more trivia about thepast. Keep them comingby contacting me on [email protected] loves remember-ing trivia about the past so Ithought I would devise anongoing quiz that (almost)everyone can join in.For the younger ones /those young at heart justsay the words to your part-

ners or parents and watchtheir faces light up. Thenjust sit back and listen totheir stories about what itmeant to them!

Count all the ones thatyou remember- not theones you were told aboutby your parents!

Sparky Magazine.Tea Chests.Silver sixpenses.Kate Boyle and Eurovision.Turn ups on trousers.Bootsy and Snudge ( AlfieBass and Bill Frazer ).Cheese cloth shirts.

Beezer comic.Groceries delivered in avan.Watch with mother.Jimmy Clithero.Spin the bottle.Granny’s handbag.Camp coffee.Weekly bath on Saturday/Sunday nights.

Using old pram wheels forgo-carts.Hairnets.All Gas and Gaiters comedy.“Press button A “ on Publictelephones.No Traffic wardens . Bakelite Telephones.Pub snugs.Soap on a rope.Metal rubbish bins and thebin men.

The scrap man/ ragmancoming around the doors.All shops closed on aSunday.The lyrics of the BeverleyHillbillies theme tune (Come listen to a story abouta man named…………).Chopper bikes. Robin Reliant cars.Epsom Salts.

Having to drink cabbagewater.When spring water actuallycame from wells. Push lawnmowersCollecting frog spawn in ajam jar.Loose tea/flour/sugar. No seatbelts in cars.Sawdust on the butchersfloor, and,Getting a bone for the dog.Fairy soap flakes.Armchair theatreNimble bread theme ( sheflies like a …………..)No childproof lids.Catapults made out of rub-ber bands.

Dr Kildare.Stinging nettles and dockleaves.Land of the Giants ( tv pro-gramme).Mary Quant.Hornby train sets.Food stampsRoyal quick setting jelly.Professer Jimmy Edwards.Not having to be politicallycorrect.Ford Thunderbird carsFruit Salad sweetsSupercar and Fireball XL5 (Gerry Anderson)Primus camping stoves.

DO YOU REMEMBER…?

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When he came to Spain heset up an Irish themed bar inthe Plaza Mayor of GranAlacant and was soon wellknown for entertainingfriends by buying all thedrinks. His generosity sawthe business suffer and thatspelled the beginning of theend of the Geordie. With theslow down in trade as therecession took its bit itbecame impossible for himto carry on and now he hasheaded back to his native

Newcastle. His sister hasalso lost her Spanish homeand his mother's may soonfollow and it was reportedthat Lawrence, 36, was sobroke he had to borrow histaxi fare to the airport.Before he left however, hetold friends on Facebook: 'Iwon the lottery 13 years agoand blew the lot so I haveplenty of stories to tell.'Lawrence's story echoesthat of former binmanMichael Carroll who turnedup to collect his £9.7millionwin wearing an electronicoffender's tag.

Lawrence has had somebad luck and of course, wemake our own luck, apartfrom when it comes tochoosing the lottery num-bers. However, this doesdemonstrate, as does thecase of Michael Carroll whypeople should treat becom-ing seriously rich great cau-tion. We all dream of win-ning the lottery, which is whywe buy lottery tickets everyweek, but such a change inlife requires much thoughtand can often be the undo-ing of many. But I’m still will-ing to take the risk…


OBAMA LA BAMBAWith all what’s going on in the Arab

states at the moment is anyone a little suspicious,as I am, about the lack of involvement of the goodol’ US of A?

I mean they’ve normally got their aircraft car-riers fired up and their Generals have got the toys outon the desk again by now. But nothing. Not even athreat of blasting everyone to smithereens by noon(and a good chance they might even shoot theenemy…). If Bush was still in power he’d have had his‘boys’ marching through Tahrir Square in Egypt andonto the Pearl roundabout in Bahrain a week lastTuesday.

But then we’ve got Obama as the leader ofthe free world now, not someone who didn’t knowwhat to do on 9/11. And he seems a bit more laid backdon’t you think? He seems more likely to ask Gadaffifor some ‘one on one’ on the basketball court thanstart a couple of wars or three.We’ll see, but as for Gadaffi – I think we’re about todiscover just how mental he really is…or was.

JUST WHEN YOU FANCY AQUIET NIGHT OUT

Got invited out the other night…bya lovely Spanish woman no less. A phonecall from her and ten minutes later I wasshowered, changed and ready to go (I cando it quicker…).

Half an hour later we met in townand went for an aperitif in a quiet bar beforemoving on to the restaurant – I’d booked itearlier, in-between the shower and gettingdressed – and it was here that we bumpedinto a couple of her friends. Three hourslater and with several other friends and var-ious members of her extended family in tow– and a few more bars patronised – wewere within spitting distance of the restau-rant. The same restaurant where I’dreserved a table in readiness for a cosymeal for two…and we should have beenthere two hours previously. But, as usual,when I’m out with a beautiful woman(what?) I was not using my brain to do thethinking and had left the restaurant numberat home, so it was a case of pacifying theowner when we eventually got there.

We got there at just after mid-

night. All fourteen of us. And, as ever inSpain, the owner didn’t bat an eyelid whenasked to make room for another dozen peo-ple at the cosy corner table…how romantic.

After another two and a half hoursof eating and drinking and more eating,only interrupted by the Spanish familymembers asking (shouting) me questions –all at once, and the end was in sight – therestaurant was shutting. I got out, stuffedwith the finest seafood and the cheapestwine, and with a back looking (and feeling)as if it was severely sunburnt after thewhole lot of ‘em had slapped me as anaffectionate way of saying goodbye. Iremember the soccer riots of the eightiesand I got slapped more gently by gorillashaped Arsenal fans back then than I did onthis night.

But it was the end, and I could gohome. Six hours, enough food to make PatButcher smile, and enough liquid to test thefittest bladder and it was over…and therewas me earlier in the evening just hopingfor a quick nibble…

INFUSIONS…? More like ‘Confusions’Popping into the local ‘trendy’ café bar used to be

a simple affair; the usual arrangement of coffees a widechoice of booze but if you’ve been lately you’ll notice thatanyone who actually is trendy is supping tea. Now beforeyou start thinking that PG Tips is the new ‘black’ and thatyou’re obviously right up to date as your cupboard is full ofcatering bags of the stuff, stop. For this isn’t tea as you andI know it this is an ‘infusion.’

Behind the bar you’ll see the ‘Jardin Del Te,’ or ashelf as you and I know it, brimming with attractive contain-ers that contain, what looks like what is commonly knownamongst bird fanciers as ‘Trill’. Now these teas have magicalpowers and will stimulate your mind, open up your breathingpassages and make you regular along with many other ben-efits helping you relax in your trendy bar, unless your pas-sages have opened up a bit too keenly…

They are called ‘teas of the world’ with certain

countries offering up differing variations, for example theEnglish tea is Earl Grey but I’ve yet to meet anyone fromEngland who actually drinks the stuff apart from our photog-rapher who comes from Manchester so that doesn’t count. Itshould be PG in there when they open the fancy tin. Imaginethe look on some poor Yuppies face as he sees a tea bagdropped into a cup with two big lumps of sugar and god por-tion of milk. Slap a bacon butty down next to it and you’vegot a proper English tea with the appropriate accompani-ment instead of Earl Grey which tastes like someone hasdropped a dandelion in it to soak…for several days.

No, give me a good old English cuppa anytime.‘Tropical Sunrise’ may well relax me and help me breatheand ‘Midnight Sunset’ may aid my digestive system. Butwhen I was little I had similar tasting stuff to this which didexactly the same as an infusion, but for a quarter of theprice…we called it medicine…

BIN HIDIN’?

This week I had a rude awakening when I jumped out of my skin one night as I tookthe rubbish out and lifted the lid of the big grey bin to discover a Moroccan chap grinning atme (toothless) from the inside (with a miners torch on his head). After a quick ‘hola’ he wasback to it – head down, and rummaging, – so I turned my attention to the adjacent bin, wherea lot of noise was coming from, to find his wife, scouring the bags for her particular brand oftreasure…and another toothless smile – complemented with a cheery ‘Buenos Noches’ thenshe was back to it… I love Spain…

...AND ANOTHER THING The markets in Spain are the best in the world I reckon; at the last one I left with a

four foot rug, a diving knife and a pair of ‘Ray Ban’ sunglasses and the whole lot cost me lessthan ten Euros. And, you can buy anything you want – you name it, the Africans have sal-vaged it, usually from your local bin and put it back on sale; from fridge motors to car tyresand old Hoovers to dildos, the world, as Del Boy used to say, is your Lobster.

BY Dave Bull

S p a i n ’ sannouncement lastweek that it was intro-ducing a series of ener-gy saving measures,including cuts to thespeed limit and lowerprices for train tickets,is in response to therise in world oil pricesdue to unrest in theMiddle East.

Said DeputyPrime Minister AlfredoPerez Rubalcaba at anews conference, lastweek, "The goal is toreduce the consumptionof oil and gas to reduceour energy bill which hasrisen in recent days andwhich we do not forecastwill drop." All very under-standable but couldn’tthey have come out andsaid that they were doing

it for even better rea-sons, say for example,they could haveannounced that theyhad thought about itlong and hard and quitefrankly unless they didsomething to help savethe planet, then theywouldn’t be able tosleep at night. But no,these being Spanishpoliticians they said,‘we want to save somemoney…’ You seeSpain has one of thehighest dependenciesin the European Unionon fossil fuels for itsenergy needs and therise in oil prices hasadded to pressures oninflation and the coun-try's trade deficit.

I suppose wecan at least say they aredoing the right thing forthe wrong reasons, whichis a complete reverse tothe normal way of doingthings for Zapatero, andunder the temporarymeasures which willcome into effect onMarch 7th the speed limiton Spain's highways willbe reduced to 110 kilo-metres per hour. Andstate-owned rail networkRenfe has been told toslash ticket prices onshort and medium dis-tance trips, as well as onsuburban commutertrains, by up to five percent in an effort toencourage more com-muters to leave their carsat home.

Like my localmechanic when I take mybike in for repair and askwhen it will be ready,Spain’s energy minister,Pedro Rubalcaba, saidthe measures would betemporary…but he wouldnot say when they wouldend.

As for the priceof oil, last Friday BrentNorth Sea crude oil rose

76 cents to $112.12 perbarrel - the highest levelsince August 22, 2008and each increase of 10euros in the cost of a bar-rel of oil adds about sixbillion euros to Spain'senergy bill. Another prob-lem at the moment is theevents in the Arab states,especially North Africa asSpain imports about 13per cent of its oil fromLibya and around 35 percent of its gas fromAlgeria and althoughSpain says it has oilreserves that could lastfor over 90 days that, inreality, is not a long time.

So why don’tthe Spanish governmenttake this opportunity toreduce its reliability onsupplies of fossil fuelsfrom dodgy states thathave a tendency to ‘kickoff’ now and again? Anduse it to promote the useof public transport andthe like for the sake of theplanet? Those aloneshould be reason enough– the cash saving alonewould be more thanenough to keep the politi-cians in ‘secondhomes’… Not a pretty sight

SPAIN’S ‘OPPORTUNITYNOT TO BE MISSED’



TONY MAYESONE TOO MANY?

DOCTORS in Britain fear that if people continue to drinkalcohol at their present rate, within 20 years it will result inan additional quarter of a million deaths.

That is a dreadful statistic - it's the equivalent of the entirepopulation of Brighton and Hove wiped out prematurely.Alcohol abuse and obesity together are likely to bring theNHS to its knees within 15 years unless people change theirhabits.It's no wonder that doctors are calling on the Government totake drastic action and are calling for the price of drink to beraised.

But would this alone be the answer? I think not. First, itwould take a massive change in the Brits' attitude to drinkto make any difference. I used to work in an office full of 20and 30-somethings and the main topic of conversationevery Monday, after the usual boring diatribe about footballand cricket, was how many times they had got bladdered! Visit any town or city in the UK or a Friday and Saturdaynight and you see young Brits at their worst. Spilling fromclubs and pubs fighting drunk, being sick, and urinating inpublic places.The human race hasn't progressed much beyond the ani-mal kingdom, with its rutting season - the only difference is

the "season" seems to happen every weekend and mostother times as well.Seriously, this alcohol abuse is wrecking lives, destroyingthe livers of people in their teens. We see the same problemover here in Spain with people returning home tanked upwith booze in the small hours, banging doors, shouting,moving furniture on solid floors and clip-clopping in highheels with total disregard to any neighbour.Booze here in Spain is far cheaper than the UK but doesn'tseem to encourage people to drink any more here than theywould in Britain. What would make a difference, both hereand in Britain is if clubs and pubs closed an hour or two ear-lier. People would still drink, but not over such a long peri-od.Drastic action has been taken on the grounds of publichealth to tackle smoking and it's had general supportbecause the majority don't smoke. Now is the time to tacklethe even more thorny alcohol abuse crisis, but it's going tobe that much more difficult, because the vast majority of usenjoy a tipple.

I FELT sad to be British last week when I heard of thepathetic attempt by the UK to rescue our nationals from the"war-zone" of Libya. While other European countries

responded within hours to rescue their nationals, flying inplanes and troop transports to Libya, we were still trying toget planes off the ground at Gatwick!I heard it said we would have to get the permission of theLibyan "government" to fly into Tripoli. We should have anarmy, navy and air force ready to be mobilised within hoursto deal with any emergency and if that means flying war-planes, troop transports and helicopter gunships in then sobe it, with or without permission. Can you imagine Britainmounting a Dunkirk-style evacuation today? It makes youwonder what would happen if there ever was a real crisisover here affecting the safety of ex-pats. Heaven help us!

WE'VE all seen, day after day, the plight of people ineartrhquake-torn Christchurch, New Zealand. One thing wealways see in these situations is high-rise buildings reducedto rubble, crushing people beneath. Question: why buildhigh rise in known earthquake areas?

A SNIPPET of news made me chuckle last week. It wasrevealed what was the most complained of TV advert. Itwasn't one which involved sex, religion or belittled women;it was one where a group of people were chewing while theyspoke. It seems that bad manners still annoy others morethan anything else!

…says it like it is.

Are you drinking too much?


YOU CAN RUN,BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE

Police chief’s warning to crooks on the Costa

Dave BullIf Anthony Fraser (Frankie’s grandson) hasn’t

been nabbed by the time you read this and is still on therun (or on the beach), the crime-fighting organisationCrimestoppers can claim some early success after itconfirmed a second successful arrest had occurredwithin 48 hours of its latest campaign launch in Spain.

Dean Lawrence Rice from the fourthCrimestoppers "Operation Captura" campaign was pickedup on Wednesday in Alhaurín, by the Spanish NationalPolice. His arrest follows the launch earlier last week inAlicante of the latest campaign to track down some ofBritain's most wanted individuals believed to be on the run inhere Spain and the quick arrest of Everardus Wijtvliet (don’t

try to pronounce it if you’ve got falseteeth…) from Holland who was collared onthe Monday in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife,by officers of the Spanish National Police'sGreco Team.

Rice, 40, was convicted in his absence inthe UK and sentenced to life imprisonmentin 2006 for conspiracy to kidnap & falseimprisonment but has managed to evadethe authorities for almost five years untilnow. Dave Cording, Director of Operationsat Crimestoppers, said: “Two arrests in 48hours is an incredible achievement. I ampleased that the launch has encouragedthe public to contact us with information tohelp track down Britain’s most wantedcriminals. ‘’

This second arrest shows the success ofhighlighting these individuals in the publiceye through local and national media andeven though Rice was publicised in an ear-lier Operation Captura, it shows that thepublic continue to bring information for-ward and this latest arrest means that thenumber of criminals picked up followingappeals is an impressive 40, out of 60appeals.

Continuing Mr Cording warned crooks onthe run in Spain, “I would like to send out amessage to the remaining wanted individ-

uals that you can run but you can’t hide forever becausesomeone, somewhere, will recognise you."If you have any information on the remaining appealsremember you can contact Crimestoppers anonymouslyfrom Spain on the free phone number 900 555 111 orthrough the website www.crimestoppers_uk.org

By Dave Bull

A suspected killer’s wife who gave her hus-band an alibi that proved that he couldn’t be guilty of themurder has sensationally changed her mind and point-ed the finger at him live on Spanish TV.

Isabel García, who originally testified in front of ajudge on February 16th that her husband could not havebeen guilty, was whisked away from the TV studios immedi-ately and taken to a police station where she voluntarily gavea statement. She is now expected to be charged with per-jury and will face the courts on further charges of obstructingjustice in the mean time she has been detained following acourt appearance last Saturday.

Police investigating the case are continuing toquestion Mrs García, the wife of Santiago del Valle, the mancharged with killing five-year-old Mari Luz Cortés, after shetold Telecinco’s Ana Rosa programme this morning that herhusband was, in fact, the killer.

On the programme she said she was changing herstory and declared that in fact it was her husband who hadkilled the little girl, but that it was an "accident, it wasn'tplanned, it just happened".

She continued and according to her, Santiago delValle tempted the girl in with sweeties "or a teddy bearbecause he wanted me to meet her". She then went on tosay that her husband had confessed that Mari Luz had a falland hit her head. Once unconscious, her husband and hersister-in-law put her into the car and took her to a nearbyriver and callously threw her in.

Her latest version of events coincides with theforensic evidence brought to the court, which shows that

Mari Luz drowned but when asked why they didn't take thelittle girl to the hospital, Isabel said her sister-in-law didn'twant to "because everyone knows her".

Looking fragile, Isabel García said she regretted allthe suffering caused to Mari Luz' family and moaned that shehoped that her husband doesn’t now hate her. Encouragedby the programme’s presenter, Ana Rosa, to spill the beansso that she could settle her "conscience", Isabel confessedthat she saw her husband with his boots covered with mudon the day (after allegedly taking Mari Luz to the riverside)and that he had tried to scrub them clean during the evening,and suggesting that they run away to Russia or Bosnia.

Suggesting that she is perhaps not blessed with areasonable amount of intelligence, she added that he hadn’tthreatened her if she talked, but did admit that he had said"we could both end up in prison, but I thought he was joking,because he's always joking around with me"…

SUSPECTED KILLER’SWIFE ADMITS SHE LIED

Sensational ‘confession’ live on Spanish TV!

Well no, not quite –but that was just one of themany ‘sightings’ sent orcalled in to The Courier officelast week. Clearly our read-ers have a sense of humouras we have had reports thatAnthony Fraser, grandson of‘mad’ Frankie Fraser, isworking at such places Hertzcar hire and Carrefour. Threetimes he’s been spotted driv-ing (but in three differentcars) and of course we’vehad several ‘I think he worksin our local chip shop.’

MAD FRANKIE’SGRANDSON WORKING

AT AIRPORT

Anthony Fraser is possiblyon the Costa Blanca

Isabel Garcia in court last weekend

EXCLUSIVE

GOTCHAGOTCHA

Frankie Fraser who worked with the Krays


Abandoned pony needs our help! Pony goes to Barcelona for life-saving treatment…

BY Gina MarksThis is no ordinary rescue, this is thestory of Faith…..a young pony shackled,abandoned and left to die, Faith wasfound and rescued by the Easy HorseCare Rescue Centre’s team and intro-duced to her new vet Dorothea Dudli vonDewitz, who began assessing and treat-ing her horrendous inflicted leg wounds,which were similar to a bomb victims.The shackles had caused serious dam-age to Faith’s flesh and front left legbone. A new stem cell treatment wasimplemented; an extensive plus expen-sive treatment has been performed onFaith’s leg every single evening for sevenmonths including Christmas night, NewYear’s Eve and day. After monitoring theleg, it appeared that the treatment wasworking, only to find that after taking ex-rays sadly the bone was dying, with bonedisease setting in which is extremelypainful for both humans and animals.Everyone new that something specialhad to be done for Faith. This is when Sue decided to called the worldrenowned equine foot and leg vet specialistGasper Castelijns, based in Barcelona whohad previously treated another EHC ponyCookie. Sue reiterated the story, and askedGasper for advice, whilst also rememberingan email that she had received about a yearago on Molly the Pony.com in the United

States, who had the same wounds as Faithand had her leg amputated and prosthesisfitted some five years ago, making headlinesacross America, with the ground breakingoperation. Molly incidentally now providesgreat hope and inspiration to children andadults facing amputations, along with work-ing in Cancer for Kids Camps. Sue asked Gasper if a similar operationwould work on Faith and would he be pre-pared to consider performing this groundbreaking operation here in Spain. This iswhere the story really takes a turn, as theonly options left for Faith were to amputatethe leg, and fit a prosthesis, or put her tosleep………. as no one would keep a ponyalive in pain…….Sue called SOL Productions, with the storyabout Molly the pony and the possibility thatthe same thing could happen to Faith, thegravity of the story is fascinating with thepotential results for Faith, and the inspirationthat she could provide, here in Spain. We wanted to follow the story, that’s whenlast Monday morning started in the usualway at the SOL Productions offices, pro-gram scheduling, editing, answering phonesand emails, then the email arrived, Faith thelittle pony was going to make the journey toBarcelona on Tuesday, the following day!Gasper had agreed to perform the opera-tion….similar to Molly the pony.This was not much notice for the SOL crewto prepare, but jumping into action we

changed our filming schedules so we couldfilm Faith’s last day at the Centre. Emotional,would be an understatement, it was verysurreal at the stables as the day unfolded, itwas clear to see what an impact this littlepony has amongst fellow equines and all thesurrounding humans. We interviewed Sueabout the situation, the process of what is tofollow, and what would be the likely outcomeof Faith’s three month stay in Barcelona. Then as the time to set off on Faith’s sevenhour journey was drawing close, vetDorothea arrived for the last time to dressFaith’s leg and add supports to the otherlegs to ensure that Faith had the safest andmost comfortable way to travel, as she maynot lie down in the trailer, it was so importantto protect the other 3 good legs.Witnessing and filming the treatment Faithhas been undergoing daily for sevenmonths, was heart wrenching, and proof thatthis is one very patience, determined andloved pony, that it is clear to say, is not readyto be beaten, or be put to sleep, I can nowsee exactly why Sue has pursued with theFaith Appeal, to raise the 8.000 euro neededto fund this life changing operation. It was an emotional good bye for Sue andthe volunteers, tears freely flowed and afterwitnessing the treatment on Faith, her per-sonality within the stables and her characterreally shone through, this pony has thebiggest personality, tenacity, and will to sur-vive that I cannot put into words, this pony

KNOWS she is going to get help.With Faith in the trailer ready for Rod to

drive her through the night to Barcelona, wefilmed the trailer setting of at dusk…….we,all rather emotional went home to wait fornews of Faith’s successful arrival inBarcelona and Gaspers inspection of justhow bad her leg is and the news of when hewill perform the operation to remove herlower leg……….I said this was no ordinary story…….Wednesday mornings phone call was toblow everyone away with the news, thatGasper had been researching if amputationwas the only option……the new twist, as Ireceived the phone call will probably changenot only Faith’s future, but that of her vet,Gasper and the surgery team as I was toldthey are not going to amputate the leg, butperform surgery to re grow the bone byusing human operating tools and a crystalrug with a chemical treatment that is used onbomb and landmine victims, which has beenpioneered over the last two years onhumans due to the appalling atrocities ofwars which causes similar conditions. We were all amazed at the turn of events

and the speed that things were progressing,Friday’s phone call, was even more mind-blowing as I was informed that Faith wasundergoing the pioneering surgery there andthen, the human operating tools and titani-um screws had arrived from the UK and the7 strong surgery team of 2 vets, 4 support

YOU GOTTA HA


SAYSWe’re right behind Gina and the gang andhopefully so will you be!Contact them and see if you can help raise somecash that will save this poor little pony andwe’ll show readers every week just how muchhas been raised.And remember – you gotta have Faith!!

To date your wonderful support hasraised 2627.00 Euros, 33 persent ofthe 8,000 Euros that is needed.Thank you

COURIERAPPEAL

staff and an anaesthetist were alreadyperforming the ground breaking andpioneering operation on Faith underanaesthetic.This sounds very graphic, but impor-tant to Faith, if the results of this sur-gery work then she will be left as a fourlegged, pain free pony with a smalllimp, not running the Grand National,but being part of making history andcontributing to equine medical science.The surgery entailed going into theoriginal wound talking out all the infec-tion around the flesh, then dealing withthe diseased Canon bone, cuttingaway the infection of the dead bone,and removing all the dead parts, usingUK special screws made of Titaniumthese were screwed into the canonbone to get through to the marrow,which also has an infection, the hollowscrews were placed lower down wherethe fetlock ankle joint is to place sili-cone tubes in, to inject directly into allthe infected areas with a very powerfulantibiotic. Then a titanium plate wasplaced over where they removed thecanon bone to hold it all together. Onceit was all cleaned and cleared theyused a crystallised rug that is wrappedaround the whole bone where it needsto grow, the chemicals enhance bonegrowth and makes the body produce

new bone. A plaster cast was made tothe full length and height of her leg andsecured with pins that go into the bone,the cast being a fraction longer thanthe base of her foot, so Faith can walkon the plaster cast, the hoof will bedangling so she has no weight on thedamaged leg, being pain free. This willencourage here movement to comeback in her leg.The plaster cast has inspection win-dows that can be opened to inject moreantibiotics into the screws and siliconetubes, injecting directly, so again painfree.After 11 days the cast will be taken off,to see if the new bone has started togrow, the treatment will be continued,Gaspar has stated that it could take upto one year for the bone to fully growand the flesh to cover it.The next phone call on Saturday morn-ing was received with a huge sigh ofrelief that the operation went very well,and that Gaspar is very optimistic andhopeful. However the next six weekswill be crucial as they watch Faith’sprogress, and find out if medical sci-ence has been successfully moved for-ward to enable the very strong anddetermined pony to once again lead anormal life. By now most people have heard of the

Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre,which rescues and rehabilitatesequines, founded by Sue and RodWeeding, they have turned their homeand land into the rescue centre andcorresponding charity, based inRojales for 2 years, we have all read orseen some of the shocking cases theyhave undertaken. This really is no ordi-nary charity, I and many others havewitnessed first-hand how much thehorses and ponies mean to Sue, Rodand all of the supporters and volun-teers. Now it is little FAITH’S turn to bein the spot light, her story from thebeginning is shocking, but now this pio-neering treatment she is receiving hasto be funded. Are you now supportingthe FAITH APPEAL? SOL Productionsand The Courier are, if you would liketo make a donation, you can visit theCentre in Rojales, donate viawww.easyhorsecare.net. Watch out for and support the vari-ous fundraising activities that arebeing planned and will be publishedon www.solproductions.tv on SOLTV, in The Courier and in the localmedia. If you would like to hold afundraising event, please contactLesley, the EHC Events Manager Tel:965 967 033 or 652 021 980 or [email protected]

AVE FAITH!

Horrific - Faith's leg is still in a badway

Leg Warmer - Faith gets treatmentfrom some old bloke...

SOL TV film Faith's progress


STILL ON THE PULL?THE COURIER PUB & GRUB AWARDS 2011

Last week we launchedour first awards which willtake place later in the year.We’ve had a good fewentrants – but we wantmore! So come on folks, isyour local any good?Better than the rest? Dothe landlord/lady treattheir customers betterthan anyone else, maybethey serve a better pint?Have they raised a load ofcash for charity or do theyprovide the best grub at agood price, or do they justhave a smile on their faceeveryday? We want to know because inAugust we will be holdingThe Courier pub & Grubawards for the region andwe need you the reader tonominate your local…but

only if they deserve it ofcourse.The six categories are: Bar of the yearBarman / woman of theyearLandlord / lady of the yearBest Value for money bar

Best brekkyTastiest grub / Chef ofthe yearWe’ll be accepting nomi-

nations from now untilthe first of July and

then our judges (who willhave assessed each of thenominations) will announcethe final five nominees ineach category and invitethem to attend the very firstCourier Pub & Grub Awards. The winners on the night will

get a trophy, a prize and aload of publicity plus theright to brag for at least thenext year!So come on, who’s hot outthere? Who’s cooking withgas and making your mealor drink and that little bitmore enjoyable? We can accept nominationsby email only and you MUSTstate your reasons for yourchoice and remember, themore you tell us the morechance we have of makingan informed decision comethe day.Contact us at [email protected] and lets find outjust who is pulling a goodpint or two out there!KEEP ‘EM COMING!


A DAY OUT WITHA DIFFERENCE

Pensioners who were promised shopping centre actually got a shed…

When they wereasked if they fancied a dayout at Benidorm, with freelunch and a visit to theBenidorm Palace, and allfor just 4 euros, fourBritish friends fromSantiago de la Riberajumped at the chance. Thefact that the trip wasorganised for Spanishpensioners didn’t putthem off, as they all speakbasic Spanish and enjoyintegrating into the cultureof the country they haveadopted. They were toldthat these kinds of tripsare subsidised by theSpanish Government.The early start from SanPedro Bus Station was a bitof a chore. They had to bethere at 7:45am, but off theyset, eager for a break fromtheir daily routine and look-ing forward to seeing thefeather clad dancers adver-tised in the promotionalposter of the outing.They had been told theywould be visiting a shoppingoutlet on the way up toBenidorm, so weren’t sur-prised when the coachpulled in to a big warehouse

in Alfaz del Pi. However,things began to go pearshaped when they were allherded into one of the num-bered rooms in the ware-house, where they saw hun-dreds of other rooms, allfilled with coach loads ofpensioners from differentparts of the region.There was a long room inthe centre of the room, withrolls and bottles of wine.They all had a roll and themajority asked for a coffee.However, the unfortunateSpaniard who decided toopen one of the bottles ofwine after having his coffeewas sternly told off, beinginformed he could only haveone or the other, not both!After they had all finishedelevenses the selling start-ed. A whole variety of goodswere brought out, from run-ning machines to deep fatfryers. The items were alllarge and pricey, and notone of the pensioners want-ed to buy anything. Thiswent on for an hour, with thesellers getting more andmore agitated. The group often Brits all stood up toleave after listening to the

hard sell for half the morn-ing. They got outside thedoor and were immediatelycollared by one of the sell-ers, who told them, “Youhave eaten out food; youhave drunk our wine...nowyou must buy our products.”Another one came up say-ing, “We have children tofeed, our boss won’t behappy if we don’t sell any-thing.” The whole atmos-phere became very tense,and even the Spaniardsstarted getting up to leave.Then the sellers started tobring out some cheapergoods, such as throws for10 euros, and a few peopleeventually bought a fewgoods. Altogether they werein there for two and a halfhours, and it felt like a prisonsays Ruth. “We were wait-ing for the thumbscrews tocome out next,” adds herhusband Dave. Anyway, they were all thenherded back to the coach;armed with their bags ofobligatory purchases, andnow looking forward to therelaxing meal and entertain-ment they had been prom-ised. But when the coach

pulled up alongside a grottyhostel outside Benidormtheir hearts sank. They all sat down to a buffetlunch, which in all fairnesswas OK. The hostelappeared to be owned bythe same proprietors of theshopping outlet, as all theserviettes and plates wereidentical. So they weren’tsurprised when, after lunch,they were told to go upstairsfor the entertainment. It was definitely no

Benidorm Palace. Therewas a Spanish singer croon-ing tunes, and then a dragartist started singing anddancing. He was wearing afew feathers! As Carol says,the funniest bit was watch-ing the reactions of the restof the crowd. Some were inabsolute hysterics and oth-ers were obviously shocked,as they would gasp in horrorthen get up to leave.They can laugh about thewhole day out now, and

think about it with some phi-losophy. “You can’t take lifetoo seriously. Always expectthe unexpected in Spain.”As they say, the other peo-ple on the coach were veryfriendly and they were evengiven a Spanish salamisausage each to take homewith them, which made thejourney home rather fragrantto say the least.

They got home just in timefor Corrie!

BENIDORM AND BUST!!

What the pensioners had hoped to enjoy The 'shopping outlet'

Not a happy bunch


GETTING ‘EM OUT FOR AGOOD CAUSE

In aid of the Elche hospital oncology fund

Fancy wearing a bra, only a bra, and walk-ing along the beach in front of loads of peo-ple? You do? Great! And I bet there’s some woman out there

who’ll come with you…! Get along to this annual sponsored walk onCarabasi beach in Gran Alacant on April 3rdand have some fun while raising some dosh

for a very good cause.Registration is at 10 am and the walkingbegins at 11am, with a prize for the best pinkoutfit on the day and one for the best decorat-

ed bra.Sponsor forms available from The Courieroffice in Guardamar, Bar Sioux in Gran Alacantor from Maureen Keeler on 618 183 298

º When Barry played a song onthe jukebox of Lil’s Cafe in Hawkwell,Central Essex, he didn’t know that hewas changing his fate forever.Seventeen year old Carol still had somemoney left in the jukebox and he hadjumped the queue. As a way of apologisinghe offered her a lift home his mate’s blackcab, and ten months later they were mar-ried. At the time 18 year old Barry was work-ing for a removal company and Carolworked in a clothes factory.

The following year their daughter Tina wasborn, and three more children followed.They bought a pub in 1982, “The King’sArms” near Colchester, and then went on tobuy “The Bird in Hand” in Chelmsford. They moved to Spain in 2005, to Santiagode la Ribera, as they fell in love with thearea. Carol describes it as idyllic, withshops, the beach and sunshine on hand... aparadise. Their two daughters followed suit, buyingholiday homes in Los Montesinos, so they

manage to spend a lot of time with their fam-ily, despite living here.Fifty years of married life aren’t always easy.As Carol says, “It hasn’t always been plainsailing, but it’s all about give and take... Igive and Barry takes,” she laughs. Sheadds, “People don’t take their vows serious-ly any more, but we all say ‘For better orworse...’”

The celebration party was fantastic, in CafeGolf in San Javier, which Carol describes asthe ideal venue for this kind of party. “Thedecorations were beautiful and everyonehad a great time.”

We at The Courier send them our con-gratulations and wish them another fiftyyears of happily married life.

HOW’D THEY DO THAT…?!

Fifty years ago the happy couple tied the knot

Happy ever after


THE CRAZY LADIES dancegroup had another sell outconcert at Asturias restau-rant Punta Prima on Fridaynight in support of theTorrevieja stroke associa-tion .The ladies presented somenew and routines choreo-graphed by their leaderGeorgie Anderson, a newCharleston routine to a PauloNutini song was especiallywell received and got astanding ovation . All of thedancers have given theirtime free to dance at variousevents for charity .A specialthank you to Paul (jumbo)Martin who was tempted outof retirement and gave histime freely for this concert

Company WomenAwards

The excitement isbuilding as TheCompany WomenAwards Ceremonygets closer….. Thefinalists have been

notified, so it’s congratulations and well doneto the finalists in the following categories:Business Excellence: Gina Marks - SolProductions TV, Karen Love - Post RoomBenijofar, Louise Bradley - Lyndyloo wed-ding specialists and boutique and ElleBlagden Williams - Perfect 10. Customer

Focus: Debbie Mackelsoton - The ElectricalStore, Tracy Allen - Sophia Wellness Centre,Shirley Adams - Lloyds bank International.With the Top Banana to be announced onthe night..We will be welcoming Janet Grout our gor-geous presenter for the evening, and we'll beentertained by the fabulous Andy Jones Everything is in place and ready to go, if youhave not reserved a table please email [email protected] or [email protected] for a booking form, or visit thewebsite and print it off from the awards page. http://companywomen.org/company_women_awards_2010

IN ROJALESGETTING ‘EM OUT….AGAIN!

STUDIO 17 LIFE DRAWING GROUP – ROJALESNext Friday they have a new youngmodel, Sapphire Storm, with them whohas an interesting name if nothing else.And although she's done many art nudephoto shoots, she has never sat forartists before and really looking forwardto it.So if you'd like to go and look, I mean paint,

they still have some room - particularly in theafternoon sessionMorning 11am - 1pm (mainly short poses 5 -15 mins), afternoon mainly long pose(s) 2pm - 4pmContact Martin: 648 535 165, [email protected] fun!

HAH Help at Home, the voluntary freecharity which offers short term help tothose struggling to cope, are now launch-ing a FREE help service, for advice onhealth issues. If you have any worries, come along andhave a chat with our Clinical Advisor. The‘surgery’ will be held monthly at the RodaSocial Centre (opp. Campbell’s Restaurant)starting on Thursday March 10that11.30.Just come along, no appointment isnecessary and private discussions can bearranged. In an adjacent room, we will alsobe welcoming new volunteers to HAH, so ifyou would like to join our growing team ofactive and dedicated volunteers, come andhave a chat with us.We have now helped over 40 people in 4months, our youngest being 10 and our old-est well in her nineties. Last week our nurs-ing/caring volunteers put in 64 hours, and

this is anticipated to be in the high 70’s nextweek. Along with our fantastic fundraisers,this is well over 100 hours a week that our‘volunteers are giving freely to help peoplewho are struggling. Some of our clients needa little help, but others require more, so if youwould like to help us help others, come alongon Mar 10th, or telephone Jackie on 968 575231.Over 1.000€ was raised last month by vari-ous events and donations and we applaudeveryone who is giving and helping in somany ways. All money raised is going backinto the community, paying volunteersexpenses, home printing etc., and theNurses fund is growing steadily.If you would like further information, or tobecome a volunteer. Come along on Mar10th, or visit our websitewww.helpathome.es. email [email protected].

By Jake MonroeSpanish union leaders threatened a strike byairport workers that could close down airportsduring the busy Easter vacation season. The General Workers union, the WorkersCommission union and the Syndicated Workersunion said at a rally in Madrid on Saturday thatnegotiations with the government over its plans topartly privatize the civil aviation agency AENAhave broken down. "The strike would affect all air-ports in the country," union representative RaulGomez said as he led around 2,500 of AENA'smore that 12,000 employees, including baggagehandlers and firefighters, on a march to the city'scentral Puerta del Sol square.Union leaders said they were worried that many ofairport workers would be asked to accept less pay

as well as worse and less safe working conditionsin a part-privatized company. The threatenedstrike action would be April 22-25, but could beextended to May 22, when the country holdsregional elections, the union leaders said.The government on Friday incorporated a newholding company under which private investorscan buy up to 49 percent of AENA's shares.Spain's Socialist government halted an air trafficcontrol strike in December by imposing an emer-gency decree that threatened employees withprison and placed control towers under militarysupervision.AENA director Javier Marin said he was confidentthat a deal to avert the strike could be achieved."Ihope this worrying situation will be resolvedthrough dialogue," Interior Minister Alfredo PerezRubalcaba said.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THEGrand Auction and Raffle to be held at theEasy Horse Rescue Centre at 3pm Saturday5th March, "Lots" can be viewed from 11amon the day.Faith is a 9yr old miniature horse rescuedlast year. She had a horrendous injury to herfront leg caused by the rope her owners hadher left tied up by.Faith's only hope of survival is to have MajorSurgery to try and save the injured leg. Shemay even have to have the leg amputatedand an artificial limb fitted.The cost of this pioneering operation isaround 8000 euros. You can help by donating lots for the auction,giving prizes or by giving a donation. All willhelp to save Faith.

Faith has come so far thanks to Sue andRod’s hard work and Faiths own bravery anddetermination, it would be heart breaking tolose her now.

PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN!For more information about Faith, her com-panions and ways to donate contact Sue on652021980 or Lesley on 634375710Or check out the Website at www.easy-horsecare.netThis event will be covered by The RainbowMedia Group which includes The JungleDrums magazine, TKO Radio and the TheCourier Newspaper.Maybe you can’t change the world by savingone horse, but you can change the wholeworld for the horse that you save.

OUR APPEAL ONPAGES 12 -13SEE

IN RODAFREE HELP FROM HAH

LOCAL AIRPORTS TO BE HIT BY STRIKES OVER EASTER NO FLY ZONE

GOT RYTHMN?

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!THIS IS NO ORDINARY AUCTION

"THIS IS KEEPING FAITH"

Gaddafi should worry

SISTERS ARE DOING IT…

UTOPIACATS Re-homing Centre for Abandonned Cats welcome you to join us on SUNDAY, 13th OFMARCH at Los Arcos Restaurant, avda.Baleares, 34 - Torrevieja between 2 to 6pm FREE ENTRANCE for a pleasant afternoon ofmusic and dance, bachelors auction, marketstalls, and our own prize raffle. And of course don't forget to play with the kittenswaiting for adoption! COME AND HAVE SOME FUN!!! Any questions, call UTOPIACATS at 654-886-108

FIVE SOLDIERS KILLED AT SPANISHMILITARY BASE

Five soldiers were killed and three injured at a military facilityin central Spain last Thursday in an accidental explosion.The accident occurred at the Military Engineering Academyat Hoyo de Manzanares, 35 kilometres from Madrid, whichis the headquarters of a bomb disposal training centre, italso houses the International Demining Centre.Defence Minister Carme Chacon postponed a trip toBudapest for a meeting with her EU counterparts in order tovisit the scene. "Five soldiers died and three others wereinjured" and taken to hospital, It was an explosion of greatmagnitude," she said, adding "They were preparing to savelives in Lebanon when their lost their own lives."Those who died were on a training exercise that was aimedat preparing them to join Spain's contingent in the UnitedNations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), where they wereto have taken part in operations to deactivate explosives,she told reporters.Among them were said to be some of the best bomb dispos-al experts in the armed forces and some whom had justreturned from a mission in Afghanistan. Their families wereinformed immediately.

OH DO THEY…?

Telefonica posts record 2010 net profitSpanish INCOMPETENT telecoms giant Telefonica posted

Friday a record 2010 net profit of 10.17€ billion, a 30.8 percent jump over the previous year. This will be a bitter pill toswallow for their many disappointed customers who havecome to regard their customer service department as a joke.Their revenues rose 7.1 per cent over the previous year to60.7€ billion as the company added clients and its mobileand web access business grew as customers upgraded tosmartphones, the company said in a statement.Telefonica is Europe's second-largest telecommunicationscompany behind Britain's Vodafone and it predicted growthin revenues for this year of up to 2.0 per cent. A spokesmanfor the communications company said, "The strong growthposted by Telefonica Latin America and Telefonica Europedrove Telefonica's solid performance, offsetting the lowercontribution of the business in Spain," it said.It seems incredible that in Spain, which is struggling with anunemployment rate of just over 20 per cent, the highest levelin the industrialised world, in the present climate a companycan post profits such as these. In fact in Spain revenuesdropped but the rest of Europe, where Telefonica operatesunder the 02 brand, revenues increased 12.7 per cent to15.25€ billion.But it is in fast-growing Latin America revenues rose 13.3per cent to 26€ billion where Brazil accounted for 42.7 percent of the company's revenues in the region last year andTelefonica's results were boosted by a revaluation of its pre-viously held stake in Brazilian cell phone operator Vivo. In astatement the company said it had agreed to buy all PortugalTelecom's shares in Vivo to take control of the Brazilianoperator as previously Telefonica and Portugal Telecom held60 per cent of Vivo through Brasilcel, a joint investment enti-ty.

‘ONLY’ 100€ MILLION PROFIT

International Airlines Group, formed last month via the merg-er of British Airways and Iberia, posted Friday ‘modest’ 2010net profit that showed earnings after taxation stood at 100€million last year, compared with a loss of 777€ million eurosin 2009, IAG said in a results statement.

The formation of the new company, IAG, was completed lastmonth which turned it into Europe's second biggest airline bymarket value behind Lufthansa of Germany.

THEY’RE ALL AT IT?

The row is still going on in the Valencian parliament and nowthe Socialist PSPV-PSOE Party has initiated a private pros-ecution against Francisco Camps, the current President ofthe Valencian Regional Government, demanding a three-year prison sentence for his alleged bribery and an eightyear ban from holding public office.The Valencian Socialists have asked the courts to look atprosecuting Francisco Camps, Ricardo Costa, RafaelBetoret and Victor Campos, all of whom have been chargedwith bribery after gifts (very nice suits in Francisco Campscase) they allegedly received from companies in the Gürtelnetwork were linked to contracts handed out by theGeneralitat Valenciana.The Socialists believe that the gifts Camps and his col-leagues received were directly linked to the awarding of con-tracts, and not simply given to him because of the positionhe holds. Spanish law states that for bribery in their positionof power it is possible prison sentences of between two andfour years could be handed down to civil servants or publicauthorities who receive gifts or favours in exchange for usingtheir position to secure contracts for third parties.It has been a controversial five years that Camps has beenpresident of the Generalitat and in that time over 50 con-tracts have been awarded to the Gürtel group of companies,the vast majority of which never went to tender as requiredby government norms. Apart from the prison sentence forCamps, the Socialists are also demanding fines of between18,000€ and 46,000€ for the PP politicians involved.

SCUMBAG SCAMMER IS A BRIT

The Malaga Guardia Civil have arrested a British man whohas raked in thousands of euros by ripping off parents andschools. the man, only known as IRW, is thought to have


WHAT THE SPAN


defrauded more than 9,100 people and 1,400 schoolswith a fake competition called 'Young Writers', in whichhe suggested to parents that their children stories bepublished in a book that he had no plans to print.He was caught by the Telematic Crimes Group of theCentral Operational Unit of the Guardia Civil – a special-ist outfit - and accused of charging parents in exchangefor promising to see that their children's stories werepublished in a children’s stories book but his plan was tovanish with the money.The crook, who ruined many of the children’s dreams ofseeing their own story in a book, is thought to havescammed thousands but many of them realised andreported the scam to police. It is believed that he proba-bly obtained more than 160,000€.When he visited schools the callous fraudster pretendedhe was the manager of a company dedicated to organiz-ing a short story contest for students in schools through-out the country, using a website and a publisher of thesame name. However, it turned out that the publisherwas part of a corporation run from England, where hehas previously also committed the same fraud.When the students sent their stories to the site, theywere then allegedly selected for publication in a bookwhich was offered to parents at a price but one that theynever received after having paid. While the childrenwere trying their hardest to get a story in a book that wasnever going to be written the crook and his friends liveda flamboyant lifestyle, enjoying every luxury including,police also learned, renting a luxury home on the Costadel Sol e in a popular area of Marbella. Police got therefirst fortunately and arrested him when he landed atMalaga airport.On him, police found documents showing that heplanned to repeat the scam in other countries and wasabout to head to France, Germany and Italy, to rip offmore families. He and had already registered in thosecountries websites that were to be used for the samepurpose.He also tried to scam novice writers too, for that he alsocreated another website aimed at adult writers literarycontests that were initiated into the world of literature.Investigations are still on-going to try to identify otherpersons associated with the fraudster and determinehow many and what their involvement in the scam was.

NO BULL ON TV

In an unprecedented move RTVE, Spain’s biggest televi-sion company, has stopped broadcasting bullfightingbecause it feels that the scenes of an animal gettingslaughtered are too violent for children to see at peak

viewing times.It is rather ironic as the broadcaster launched 51 years-ago with a live bullfight but since 2007 dropped all livefights, only showing censored pre-recorded material.Good on them, now let’s ban it totally.

HAM MUCH?

Do you like a plate of jamon Serrano – the typical andtraditional ham of Spain? Well if you do and you fancytreating yourself to a very good one you may need to digdeep in your pockets. Last month a Spanish leg of hamwent on sale for 3,600€ in London’s Harvey Nichols.Ham producer Maldonado from Extremadura launched asuper-premium line dubbed by the Financial Times asone of the world’s most expensive delicacies with anoth-er (cheap?) Jamon selling for 1,800€ in Harrods.Maldonado Explained the incredible price saying theunhurried method of production and the purity of the pigsis why Spanish ham is so sought after.

THE GOOD, BAD…AND THE UGLY?

1,800 homes and 5.5€ MILLION golf course deal signedin Almeria.The Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Sport has announcedthat a project to build a new golf course in Almeria, whichwill be the second near the city and the ninth in theprovince will bring jobs and welcome tourism to theregion. The Hoya Altica resort and golf project will be inthe northern suburb of Retamar, bordering the naturalpark of Cabo de Gata-Nijar and is just eight kilometresfrom the airport. The project, the largest new development to beannounced in for a very long time in the region is,according to the Ministry, a sign that internationalinvestors believe the luxury property market in Spain isabout to start improving.The luxury site planned will include a golf course as thecentrepiece of a complex with a spa, shopping centreand other tourist facilities and a private school plus plansare in for a five-star hotel and 1,800 homes will also bebuilt on the land which is currently occupied by farmsand has been used as the backdrop in the movies TheGood, the Bad and the Ugly, or Sergio Leone.

SPANISH TOURISM ON THE UP!

If you’ve been reading the doom and gloom merchants insome of the press you might be surprised to discoverthat the number of foreign visitors to Spain is on the

increase. That’s according to the government which saidthere were 52.6 million tourists in Spain in 2010, whichwas up from 52.5 million in 2009 and is the first increasesince 2007 following a drop in 2008 when the recessionhit.Despite external factors, such as the Icelandic volcanicash cloud and the air traffic controllers strike, Spain hasmanaged to sustain a strong tourist industry and hasalso provided a larger than usual contribution to Spain’sGDP for the first time in ten years.

MULTIMILLIONAIRE DISCOVERSDECIMAL POINT ERROR.

A MAN who thought he wasa millionaire after he hadinherited a multi-million sumof money from his dad hasbeen left with just a coupleof hundred thousand eurosafter a colossal error by twobanks.In December 2002 He wastold in by Banco deValencia, where he holds anaccount, that he had beenleft the sum of 4.6€ millionin shares by his father aspart of a portfolio splitbetween himself and otherbeneficiaries. At the time hecouldn’t believe it and thatled him to ask his bank todouble-check, but they con-

tacted BNP Paribas, trustees of the fund, who confirmedit was indeed the case.Overjoyed at his good fortune the lucky man decided totake a loan of 120,000€ pending receipt of his inheri-tance but only a few months later the Banco de Valenciaadmitted there had been a mistake and his 4.6€ millionwas in fact just 4,600€. But by this time the man hadspent the money and was unable to pay it back and hadalso taken credit on goods on the assumption he wasabout to become a multimillionaire.he started legal action, for which BNP Paribas' defencewas that he could have found out how much he had infact inherited by asking any one of the other benefactorsbut that was rejected by the Supreme Court of Spain,who ordered the bank to pay him compensation in thesum of 230,114€ but he had to pay back his loan of120,000€, as this was declared null and void, and returnall the goods he had bought on hire purchase.

DOH!

NISH PAPERS SAY


In Sevilla Spain, localpeople found a way tostop the construction ofanother mosque in theirtown. They buried a pigon the site, and made

sure this would be knownby the local press.Islamic rules forbid theerecting of a Mosque on"pig soiled ground." TheMuslims had to cancel the

project. This land was soldto them by government offi-cials.No protests were needed bythe local people...and itworked!

By Spike

A MAN from Mislata(Valencia) says he ispaying four-figuremobile phone bills for aman in Cartagena hehas never even met. The man whose billshave been paid for himsaid he thought he musthave won some kind ofprize or special offerwhen his telephone credithad not run out for fourmonths, having receivedwhat turned out to be a‘spam’ text message say-ing he had won somemoney. When he checkedwith the telephone com-pany, he found out thephone had been switchedto a contract from a pay-as-you-go scheme with-out his consent.Meanwhile elsewhere,Luis Fernando Ramón,56, from Mislata, hadreceived four telephonebills in as many monthstotalling 1,000€, which included extraexpenses and Ramón insisted he used hismobile only when necessary and paid hisbills religiously.As we know dealing with phone companieshere is no fun and whilst attempting to getthe telephone company to rectify the error –something he is still waiting for – MiguelMoreno, 58, from Cartagena had been call-ing the company repeatedly to ask for hisnumber to be switched back to a pay-as-

you-go line. He refused to just ditch thephone saying, “I am not going to stop usingit simply because, through the operator’sown fault, another customer is paying thebills. It’s our family phone and we need touse it. It’s up to the company to sort this out,”Finally at the end of January, Miguel’s phonewas finally switched back to a pay-as-you-goand his credit at last ran out a few days later.With a smile he added, “Hopefully they’ll nowstop charging my calls to poor Luis”.

By Jake Monroe

The unrest in Northern Africa is bring-ing holiday makers closer to home.Spain is getting a boost to its hugelyimportant tourist industry as northernEuropean sun seekers shun popularresorts in Egypt and Tunisia because ofanti-government uprisings there. Spain has struggled in recent years tocompete with beach destinations inEgypt's Red Sea and Tunisia'sMediterranean coast which are cheaperand of a similar flying distance from its keymarkets like Germany and Britain. Butsince the unrest sweeping the Arab worldbegan in Tunisia in early January, touristshave been changing their travel plans, andSpain, especially the Canary Islands whichare situated just off the coast of Morocco,has been one of the main beneficiaries.Spain received 2.66 million foreign touristsin January, a 4.7 percent increase over thesame month last year and the first rise in18 months, the industry and tourism min-istry said last week. The Canary Islandsattracted the most tourists. It was the des-tination of choice for 866,476 foreign visi-tors last month, a jump of 8.8 percent."We have benefited in a way from the crisisin Egypt and Tunisia because it has divert-ed tourists from those countries, especiallyto the Canaries," Tourism Minister MiguelSebastian said after the figures werereleased."This should not, however, be thegoal of our policy. Our policy is to boostcompetitiveness and improve the promo-tion of Spain abroad, especially in thetourist market countries of the future like

Russia, China and Indiafrom where we stillreceive few tourists."Tourism operators’ esti-mate up to 300,000extra visitors may cometo the archipelago forthe winter seasonwhich ends in late April,according to the region-al government ofCanary Islands.Other regions are alsogetting a boost, espe-cially the BalearicIslands in theMediterranean whoseresorts, like those in theCanaries, tend to offer

all inclusive packages like those in theseaside resorts of Tunisia and Egypt. "Thecountries that have benefited most fromthe situation in Egypt are Spain, with book-ings to the Balearics up 30 percent year-on-year, and Greece, up 20 percent," thehead of Europe's second-largest tour oper-ator Thomas Cook, Manny Fontenla-Novoa, said in an e-mail.Online flight search engineWhichBudget.com reports a "significantincrease" in flight searches to Spain sincethe protests began while searches toTunisia have plunged by 50 percent andthose to Egypt by 30 percent. Barcelonasaw the largest rise in flight searches lastmonth, a 22 percent increase, followed byTenerife in the Canaries with a rise of 12percent, it said.Both Egypt and Tunisia are mostly calm fornow but fears persist that unrest couldreturn is likely to deter many visitors in theshort term.The deputy general director of Spanishtourism board Turespana, Alvaro Blanco,said tourists were being "lent" to Spainfrom Egypt and Tunisia and the countryneeded to work to win their business forthe future. "These are tourists who at bestwould not have chosen Spain if they hadnot been forced to change their plans dueto a crisis in these two nations. We need toshow them now that Spain is a safe desti-nation that is nearby," he said.Spain slipped from third to fourth placeamong the world's most visited countries in2010, behind France, the United Statesand China, according to figures from theUN World Tourism Organisation.

Win your own funeral!

A FUNERAL parlour on the Costa delSol has launched a prize draw with adifference, the winning ticket entitlesthe bearer to a free funeral. The centre, in Benalmádena, which nor-mally deals with people after the curledtheir toes, is offering the prize winner todonate their winnings to another person ifthey wish. So far, 450 people have pur-chased draw tickets including Brits,

Spaniards and other nationalities with theonly criteria being that entrants are overthe age of 55, but fortunately, there is notime limit on claiming your free funeralonce the winning ticket is drawn next.As we all know and fear, even a basicfuneral can cost thousands of euros,meaning that a family, that has a membersdie who and has no assets to pay for theceremony, can find themselves in severefinancial trouble which is the main reasonthe funeral parlour decided to run thedraw.

By Jake MonroeTobacco sales last month

fell by more than 32 percentcompared to December,according to government

figures, after Spain’s newanti-smoking law tookeffect on January 2.For the first time, the num-ber of packets sold in onemonth dropped under the200-million benchmark to194,770,461 in January, fig-ures from the Treasury’sTobacco IndustryCommission reveal.The sudden declines tookthe National SmokingPrevention Committee(CNPT) by surprise, whichhad expected falls betweenfour and five percent sincethe ban on smoking in publicplaces went into effect.Rodrigo Córdoba, CNPTspokesman, said thatamong the factors for thesudden drops is that manybars and restaurants havegotten rid of cigarette vend-ing machines

A BIT RASH? ASHES TO PRIZES!

MOBILE CUSTOMER FORCEDTO PAY OTHER MAN’S BILLIncompetence strikes again with the telephone companies

TOBACCO SALES DROPDRAMATICALLY

MIDDLE EAST CRISISBOOSTS SPANISH TOURISM


SOFT STRONG AND VYour verdict on the Courier’s first eBut don’t think it stops there folks cos The

Following our launch last Thursday at Rocky’s Arena (LaZenia) – and thanks guys, the food was fantastic! – Thefirst edition of The Courier hit the streets on Friday morn-ings and you readers couldn’t get enough of it! Nowunless there’s a toilet roll shortage I don’t know about,I’d say people were desperate to see if, for one thing, theCourier is different to all the rest, and the verdict – yes!

A big thumbs up from our readers (see letters page) andthe message to keep on doing what we’re doing.You don’t have to worry about that folks – as you can seethe second edition of your new favourite newspaper isout and again we’ve set the standard for others to follow.I won’t spoil this page by blabbering on about what agood time we had – see for yourselves!


VERY, VERY LONG…!edition – ‘A WONDERFUL SUCCESS’!e Courier is going to get better and better!

CONGRATULATIONS!

To all the team on the COURIER,I have just finished reading (from cover to cover) the first edi-tion of your brilliant new paper. As you have promised, itmade me smile. Particularly the 'Load of Bull' section. I lovethe layout and type of print, and found it very easy to read.The Spanish news was informative and helpful and having alittle bit of UK news thrown in too was good. The entire paperwas absolutely lovely and so pleasant to read.All in all, I don't think you will have a problem competing withthe others because it really is a bloomin' good read ' !!! Well done!

Regards Lin Gossage

BARKING MAD

Hi to the Editor,My name is Grahame Green and I escaped from Essexabout six years ago. I have been trying to ease all comersinto laughing at the things that parents, teachers and subse-quent employers tried to convince us all of from day one.Basically "Sit down and be Serious!" If as a youngster youhad the audacity to be amused by anything, you would beviewed as a disobedient child, with a foot on the road torebellion, with an order to "Wipe that smile off your face!"History was serious and all about interbred Kings andQueens who fell out, and engaged in Wars, like families do.If that wasn't daft enough we all had to remember the datesfor exams, without the self-inflicted, informative and tempo-rary arm tattooing!Bach didn't do classical music; he did 'Serious Music!' It wasnever, listen at leisure, you might even like some of it. Morelike, "Don't even think of going near my Hi-Fi with your grub-by little Rolling Stones records!"Art was an experience for the elite, because the likes of ushadn't the necessary intellect to understand the artist's moti-vation. An Artist isn't a special kind of person... Every person is aspecial kind of Artist!Even Golf and Tennis were beyond reach, thinking outsideof your 'station in life' as you peered through the fence. Thefact that you were only waiting for the leggy lady in the whiteskirt to bend down and pick up the stray ball, wasn't evenconsidered... Thankfully.So, convinced of your insignificance, you were 'seen and notheard', apart from the calling of the morning register. This iswhere you got the chance to assert your stifled personality.Miss Thomas said "Green?" You timidly replied "Yes Miss"and that was it regarding verbal interaction. Later, in theSchool Report she would write "A very shy member of theclass."So, my name was my only identity, which we should consid-er carefully when our turn at naming arrives.For instance, if you decided to make an addition to your fam-ily, by way of a dog, you should work through the process of'suitably' naming the beast, with other members of your fam-ily. The need for a dog to have a name is really only for iden-tification and welcoming purposes. Whilst performing coun-try 'walkies' you can call your dog by his name, or whistlemaybe, in order to affect his prompt return to heel. A namebeing preferred by the vet for passport registration, due to

difficulties encountered spelling a whistle! My wife and I acquired our "Sam" from SAT's rescue centrein Dolores. As they have many dogs to care for and house,they would need to refer to 'Sam the German Shepherd' inorder to differentiate.This is how the naming process came to be for all of ushumans, from roughly the middle of the 14th Century. Samliving with a greater number of dogs would be known as SamShepherd or Sam German.We are now attempting to communicate in English, to aGerman Shepherd of Spanish Nationality. GGIf you are going to be talking in dog-tongue, you’d bettermake sure he removes it from his backside first…

Kind attention of Dave Bull,

Congratulations on number 1 of "The Courier".Did wonder where you had gone Dave, and, equally impor-tant, where you would surface next time, and here you are!I guess with printer’s ink, coursing through your veins, itwould be in communication!Should you be interested in any of my jottings from "TheBoards", and / or, happenings down here on the South CostaBlanca would be more than please to send copy down theline, for consideration to grace the pages of "The Courier"!Look forward to raising a glass with you and the team on theoccasion of edition 100!

Rob Barnes.

Send ‘em in folks! Thanks Steve

Dear Sir, It is with great interest that I am forwarding my cv/resume foryour consideration.Kind Regards, Lord Dr. Buck Rogers LD.HKt.B BA. MBA. PhD

You see Buck?... we said ‘no CV’…

Hi All, I wish you all the very best with the Courier, enjoyed the firstedition. If I sent you the match report from the San Fulgenciogames do you think you could find room to include it fromtime to time?

Kind regards Barry

Of course…see the Sports pages

Thank you for a good free read, easily outdoes the competi-tion. Just a comment on the article by Dave Bull "Is your mobilea cool tool". Re the piece about reversing your pin number,what if it is 3553 or 2992 etc etc? Keep up the good work.

Max Woosnam

You see you started off very nicely and then ruined whatcould have been a great relationship at the end...bybeing smarter than me...

Great paper well done, keep it up, already had loads of goodcomments about it and thanks for giving me the papers atthe shop. Good luck

Regards, Steve

Aaaaaw…ta x

HI Courier,After picking up one of the couriers yesterday, just to saythat im very impressed. It’s just like a proper newspaper, atlast!!! I run the Royal Oak in El Galan (near to Rendezvous)and would be happy to be a distributor.

Regards

On their way…man with no name…

SKINNY BIRD

I quite enjoyed your 1st issue except for a couple of things.Fancy commenting (this is article about thongs) and I quoteand they think they look like Kate Moss. Well hopefully notthere are better looking legs (sparrow legs) hopping roundmy garden, anorexic springs to mind.2nd. Issue "sport on the box”, chap on horseback of a middleof the table club, I say horseback it might be De Kuyt.!!

Ok… to answer your comments in reverse order… 2.The ‘chap’ was Kenny Dalglish – facing up to the clubsbiggest derby against Man United, so we thought as itwas quite a big game we’d use that.And...1. So you’re overweight then…?

THE BEST JOB APPLICATION…?

The Best at What I Do, by Sara Pfeiffer

Am I a bit tasty, here´s the thing, it´s not for me to say,I´m fun, I´m loud, I´m a little bit silly, but hard working all theway.

My many skills, too many to mention, will blow you off yourseat, I hope when you have finished this, we get the chanceto meet.

I chose to rhyme my application as an insight into me,Not quite sure if it´s what you want but we will have to see.

I worked in Finance all my life, well 25 years if you’re count-ing, my experience if vast and varied and will leave you pos-itively shouting.

I have supervised a team of girls sending payments to themasses, and not once did I ever shout or scream of miss myfitness classes.

Now this might sound a little boring, I controlled the debts atFP, a huge responsibility I hear you cry but nothings too bigfor me.

I love a challenge, the bigger the better, oh and I really amquiet chatty, and to work for you without a doubt will leavingme rather happy.

Thank you for reading my application, I hope it made yousmileI can honestly say, hand on heart; it took me quite a while.

I am not quite sure if I´m what you want, or even really need,but I know that I would give your paper my all until I bleed.

I hope you find my skills of use and have a place for me, ifnothing else I´ll make you laugh but what will be will be.

Well, it was nice to chat and I really hope you like the tastyme, and it´s a little naughty but what the hell, I´ve attachedyou my CV.

Brilliant.


[email protected] it. Send it. Phone it. Mail it. or Forget it!


FROM MARCH 7TH SPEEDLIMIT DOWN TO 110 KMPH

By SallyBengtsson

Following myarticle last week it hasnow been confirmed bythose in the know thatSpain is to cut its motor-way speed limit to 110kmper hour from 120kph tosave petrol following therise in crude oil prices andfears of a supply crisiscaused by upheavals inLibya and other Arabstates. Alfredo PérezRubalcaba, deputy primeminister, announced thespeed reduction – fromMarch 7 – as one of theenergy-saving measuresagreed by ministers onFriday.The Spanish initiative sug-gests rising oil prices couldhave a direct impact on con-sumer behaviour beyondincreases in the cost of liv-ing.The move recalls similarmeasures taken in somecountries during the 1970s

oil crisis. The US reducedthe speed limit on freewaysto 55 miles per hour andBritain imposed a maximumof 50mph for a few monthsat the end of 1973.Mr Pérez Rubalcaba saidthe limit was temporary andwould be linked to the dur -ation of the “emergency situ-ation” in North Africa. Heinsisted, however, that itwas to save money ratherthan because of any expect-ed disruption to fuel suppliesin Spain. He said thechange would cut consump-tion of petrol by about 15 percent and of diesel by 11 percent, in a country whereevery $10 rise in oil pricescosts an extra €6bn ($8bn) ayear. “We’re going to goslower and, in exchange forthat, we’re going to use lesspetrol and we’re going topay less money,” Mr PérezRubalcaba said.Alongside the lower speedlimit, Spain will cut the priceof commuter and short-dis-tance rail tickets by 5 per

cent and increase the pro-portion of bio-diesel used indiesel fuel from a minimumof 5.8 per cent to 7 per cent. Spain has no substantial oilreserves of its own and is

almost completely depend-ent on imports for roadtransport, although a fifth ofits electricity is generated bywind power.About 9 per cent of Libya’s

oil exports went to Spainbefore the revolt beganagainst Gaddafi, the Libyanleader. Repsol, the Spanishoil company, was among theenergy groups forced toshut down production inLibya this week.The socialist government’smeasures are unlikely to bepopular with motorists.Wealthy Spaniards routinelyflout speed limits and oftenboast large, US-style SUVs,even for urban driving.The debate over the govern-ment’s move to reduce thehighway speed limit hasgathered pace in recentdays. Speaking from Qatar,Prime Minister Zapaterosaid he was sure Spaniardswould support the measure,as they had previouslybacked the government’spoints system that had led toimproved road safety.Deputy Prime MinisterAlfredo Pérez Rubalcabatoed a different line. “Wedon’t think it will improveroad safety, strictly speak-

ing, but it will affect con-sumption and save energy,”he said.Drivers associations havewarned the measure mayactually increase accidentson Spanish roads. This wasthe case when the speedlimit was dropped to 100km/h during the 1976 oil cri-sis. Formula 1 driverFernando Alonso has alsopublically disagreed with themove.The Popular Partyspokesman EstebanGonzález Pons describedthe scheme as “Soviet” —and said alterations to 6,000road signs would cost250,000 euros. “It’s just acase of putting up a sticker,”the Industry Ministryresponded. A Valenciancompany is busy making thestickers as we go to print.The government estimatesthe speed reduction willsave almost 1.5 billion eurosin oil imports, but that will beoffset by a loss of 500 mil-lion euros in tax income.

DRIVING IN SPAIN Bringing you the most up to date info around!

Due to the dra-matic changes made indriving in Spain sinceJanuary and as one of theaims of the Association isto inform foreign visitorsof the current and futurechanges in driving it wasdecided that the thirdissue would be releasedearly.• The 2nd Encuentro(Meeting) of the experimentbetween Trafico and the

municipals decided toextend the speed reductionin the municipal centresfrom 50kms to 30kms tofight against contaminationof the atmosphere andreduce deaths of pedestri-ans and cyclists. Oneexample given, by RamónLedesma Sub Director ofTrafico, was that followingthe reduction there was nodeaths or serious accidentsand only 60 minor acci-

dents. • Another experiment was toincrease cycle lanes and thewidth to be 3m and to givepriority to cyclists. For thosecyclists amongst you Ithought the explanation bythe Director General ofTrafico on the followingwould be of interest. It ispossible to legally transporta child up to the age of sixon a cycle providing it has aseat designed to fit the cycle

and the cyclist is an adult. Itis obligatory for both to weara safety hat for all mainroads but optional for otherroads. It is recommended towear reflective markings orclothing and for cycle lightsto be fitted. Again I remindmotorists that cyclists canride two abreast and ingroups and have priorityover vehicles at unmarkedjunctions. By law themotorist must leave 1.5mspace when overtaking.• The Police of Pilar are tak-ing illegal parked cars off thestreets and the Chief ofPolice is asking to beinformed of any illegalparked car. The reason isthat is an unnecessary dan-ger to pedestrians and couldencourage vandalism. Thevisible sign is no ITV or Baja(Sorn) which is the responsi-bility of the registered ownerand not the driver. • The Police in San Vicentedel Raspeig stopped 102Vans and Lorries and foundthat there was no permis-sion from the owner to thedriver or no FireExtinguishers or the tyreswere not correct and follow-ing a desfavorable ITVreport the vehicle had notbeen represented and oneperson driving while answer-ing a mobile phone. The

counsellor for traffic JoseVicente Alavé said that theywill continue the campaignto achieve safe vehicles onthe road. Other campaignswill continue to monitorspeeding, dangerous drivingas well as dangerous over-taking and driving too close.• Barcelona has restrictedthe 100 kms speed to 80kms to reduce emissionscontamination from vehicles(other municipals are said tofollow suit). This is markedon the overhead gantrywhile the original 100 is stillshown. So watch yourspeed!• Speed cameras are alsofitted in crash barriers androad bollards and there arenew timed distance camerasto access your speed over agiven distance. Justannounced on the T.V. was

that they have installedthem on a long twisting tun-nel by Madrid which I havetravelled in and no onetakes notice of the speedrestrictions. The purpose ofthe speed limit is to preventaccidents which could behorrendous due to the con-tainment of the tunnel andthe risk of fire making it diffi-cult for the emergencycrews. The cameras areplaced behind the entrancesigns so you will not knowwhich tunnels have this typeof speed control. We havetwo similar tunnels locally,one around Alicante and theother at Lorca. Information supplied by:David HudsonClub Torrevieja Clásicos .Red The Association thathelps and informs

Speed limits are being reduced all over the country


In the UK we call ita UPS (uninterrupt-ible power supply)

in spain it's called aSAI (Sistema de ali-

mentación ininterrumpida). It's basicallya battery that sits between your computerand your power supply both filtering outany harmful power spikes and providingpower to your computer in the event of apower failure. They are usually rated byhow long they are able to provide power

for after a power failure, however it clear-ly all depends on how much you haveplugged into it. It’s good practice to onlyplug in the essential things (PC or laptop,monitor and Internet router for example)as this way you will get the longest pro-tection possible. More expensive UPSalso have a facility that will shut downyour computer in the event of a powerfailure just before the battery runs out,keeping your computer safe even if youare not at home.

What's the bestantivirus to use?

The only way to know which antivirus product is the'best' (and i would define best as being the one thatspots the most viruses) is to ensure that you are up todate with all the various trials and comparisons that arebeing carried out all over the place all the time - notsomething most people have the inclination to do. Ofthe tests that I have seen recently Kaspersky comes outtop in my opinion, although it is however a product thatyou have to pay for. In terms of the free products I stillthink that you can do a lot worse than AVG, however asan alternative, I also find that Microsoft SecurityEssentials is an excellent product so it's also worth alook, you can download the latest version of AVG fromthe link http://tinyurl.com/courier-avg or you can gethold of Microsoft Security Essentials from the linkhttp://tinyurl.com/courier-MSSE

The BBC's iPlayer and many of theother UK delivered services check what your 'IP'address is before they provide you the service.Your IP address is the number that your comput-

er uses when it's connected to theInternet. Each IP address can be tracedto a region or country and this is howthese types of online services can detectthat you are outside the UK. There arevarious ways in which you can change ormask your IP address; however in myopinion using a VPN (Virtual PrivateNetwork) is the best and safest way ofdoing it. There are a number of compa-nies that offer a VPN service but the onethat I feel provide a good service for areasonable fee (only 5 quid a month) iswww.my-private-network.co.uk

Once you are registered with them youcan activate and disable your VPN whenever youlike, effectively moving your computer in and outof the UK at will. When its activated you are

effectively in the UK and online services willwork as they would if you were sitting in yourhouse there – of course you need to bear in mindthe legalities of using services that you may ormay not be entitled to before you sign up.

QuestionMy AVG Antivirus says that I should upgrade - is itjust trying to get me to buy the paid for version?

AnswerYes and no....AVG are, of course a commer-cial company and would like you to pur-chase their premium products, however forwhat the large majority of us need forchecking emails and browsing the Internet,their free product is more than adequateprotection. You are entitled to use theirfree offering if you are using it for non-commercial use but from time to time AVG

release new versions of their Antivirus products and it's atthis point that we all tend to get messages on our comput-ers about upgrading. You should always try to make surethat you are using the latest version - currently that's ver-sion 2011. If you are not on the latest v ersion then youneed to upgrade. This is a simple process that involvesdownloading the latest version and following the screenprompts to install it. You can get the latest version at thislink http://tinyurl.com/courier-avg

How can I get Spanishletters from my English

keyboard?There are a number of ways to get international charac-ters onto your computer and many of them depend onthe software you are using (I.e. Microsoft Word, etc).The method that I describe here will work with ANY soft-ware, so it's probably the best to mention here. Itinvolves using the ALT key on your keyboard in con-junction with the number keys to create the charactersyou want, so for example to get the Spanish Ñ letter youpress down the ALT key and whilst holding it type in0209 on the number keys, then release the ALT key andhey presto you have the Ñ

Numeric keypad International Codes

á Alt + 0225 Á Alt + 0193é Alt + 0233 É Alt + 0201í Alt + 0237 Í Alt + 0205ñ Alt + 0241 Ñ Alt + 0209ó Alt + 0243 Ó Alt + 0211ú Alt + 0250 Ú Alt + 0218ü Alt + 0252 Ü Alt + 0220¿ Alt + 0191 ¡ Alt + 0161« Alt + 0171 » Alt + 0187

Why won't BBC iPlayer work here in Spain?

What's a SAI?

I have been working with computers for over20 years and like to keep on top of technologyand new ideas. My qualifications includeMicrosoft’s top certification MCSE. I moved tothe Costa Blanca 4 years ago after successful-ly starting BlueMoon Solutions in the UK, andI continues to work here helping people withtheir computer problems, setting up websitesand generally enjoying life in the sun. If youhave any questions for me please [email protected]

RICHARD CAVENDERBluemoon solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es


TKO NEWSNow Spring is definitely in the air youmay be thinking of arranging a party,event or arranging entertainment for youbar.TKO DJs are available to provide music and

entertainment for any event.Email [email protected] or call 966 720151 to discuss your needs.We are lining up lots of events for you thisyear to enjoy on the Costa Blanca. Keep lis-tening for details of the first event, comingup soon.

Pop Quiz 4th March

1 Name the guitarist with Free who tragi-cally died of a drug related illness in1976?2 Who was lead singer with Erasure?3 Pauline Black was lead singer withwhich UK Ska band?4 Which song, written by David Bowiewas a hit for Mott the Hoople in 1972?5 Who sang Hold Me Close and Only a

Winters Tale?6 Which contemporary Italian composerwrote the scores for A Fistful of Dollarsand The Good the Bad and the Ugly?7 Who was lead singer with glam rockersSlade?8 Which Geordie boy was lead singer withThe Animals?9 Which American soul group sang theUK number one single, I Can’t Give YouAnything (But My Love)?

TKO GOLD FEATUREDARTIST

Los Lonely Boys

Los Lonely Boys are a band from Texas andplay a style of music they call "TexicanRock n' Roll", combining elements of rockand roll, blues, soul, country, and Tejano. The band consists of three brothers, Henry,Jojo and Ringo Garza who have chosen tofollow the tradition of their father, RingoGarza Sr., who formed a band with hisbrothers called the Falcones who played

music in the south during the 70s and 80s.To date, Los Lonely Boys have releasedthree studio albums and a live album, all onthe Epic Records label. Their debut single,"Heaven", was a number one hit on theBillboard adult contemporary chart andreached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100in 2004.This week TKO Gold has chosen their newsingle, Fly Away, as the Future Gold Trackof the Week. It´s a mixture of southern rockand blues, with a touch of Tijuana thrown infor good measure. Tune in to TKO Gold andhear the single in every show, until Monday.

The TKO FM breakfastboy is the longest serv-ing breakfast showhost on the southernCosta Blanca and defi-nitely the most popularand successful.So where did it all startfor the young(ish) manfrom Kent?Well, young Andy startedhis career in music whilststill at school, helping outat the Friday lunchtimedisco! Andy, along withhis brother and a friend,then went on to buy amobile disco and, at theage of 17, took to touringKent, every weekend,spinning the 45s and 12inches. This was Andy´s lot formany years and it gavehim many opportunitiesto play holiday camps, ina dungeon near LondonBridge and even workwith Kiss FM. This led toAndy´s first job as a radiopresenter, on a local sta-tion in Medway, however,much to his disgust hehad to play what he wastold! Upon his move to SpainAndy was snapped up bythe then fledgling TKOFM and was promptlygiven his own breakfastshow. Since his arrival

Andy and Mrs Jameshave had two lovely chil-dren and are now settledresidents in the Kingdomof Algorfa! Of course, anyone whoknows AJ is aware of hisaversion to playing gigswithout his beloved CD’sand, as he lugs all hiscases up and down thecoast, is more thanhappy to provide a “prop-er” DJ service, without alaptop or mouse in sight!Andy says he is enjoyinghis earlier time slot of8am -11am and oftenhas to play catch up, ashis show always hashigh audience participa-tion. He has just cele-brated his 6th anniver-sary with TKO and isproud to still be a part ofthe most successful sta-tion here on the CostaBlanca. Andy says “Iwould just like to say abig thank you to every-one for making my showthe success it is and thatour lovely listeners makeevery day a joy to cometo work” You can listen to Andyevery weekday morningfrom 8am – 11am andevery Tuesday at 8pm ashe presents the OldSchool Disco.

Adele has matched theBeatles record, with herlatest release. The singer,whose second album '21'is number one in thealbums chart, hasbecome the first livingartist since The Beatles in1964 to have two singlesand two albums in differ-ent UK Top Five charts. Her latest single 'Rolling in

the Deep' and her debutalbum ‘19’ both sit atNumber Four in theirrespective charts."Someone Like You" racedup 47 places, after she per-formed it at the BRITAwards on February 15thWHEN almost all of the liveperformances at the showwere made available fordownload at iTunes imme-

diately afterwards. The last time that livingartists had two top five sin-gles and albums at thesame time on the Britishchart was January 1964,when the Beatles had thetop two album places via"With the Beatles" and"Please Please Me," andwere Nos. 2 and 5 respec-tively with the singles "IWant To Hold Your Hand"and "She Loves You."How the actual unit num-bers compare has not beencommented on and onewould suspect that TheBeatles sales will havebeen considerably higher.That shouldn’t detract fromthe phenomenal achieve-ment by one of the finestyoung singer songwriters tocome out of the new waveof successful female artists

and at such a young age,she has certainly provedthat talent is something youare born with.Adele’s star is shiningbright, currently and, withher smoky, characterfulvoice and her undoubtedsongwriting ability she ishot property. Tour promot-ers have already had tomove some of her gigs tolarger venues and put moredates on, as demand fortickets has rocketed. Thisalso applies to herAmerican dates, which is areal coup for the twenty oneyear old. The Grammy win-ning singer is also the onethat many of the big hitterswant to duet with. Although it is only March wepredict that Adele will enjoyeven greater success asthe year progresses.

TKO DJ PROFILEANDY JAMES SHE’S GOT A TICKET TO RIDE!

Adele Matches 46 Year Old Beatles Record

Record holders....some band from Liverpool


Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues.Instead, every letter of the alphabet has beenreplaced by a number, the same number representingthe same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have todo is decide which letter is represented by whichnumber. In this week's puzzle, 22 represents K and 10represents W, when these letters have been enteredthroughout the puzzle, you should have enoughinformation to start guessing words and discoveringother letters.

CODE CRACKER

CRYTPIC CLUESAcross 1 German town makessense (5)4 Mother with anotherfemale complaint (6)9 Adore lookers (but notdoers), we hear (7)10 A rugby player takenby surprise (5)11 Curse issued bygoatherd (4)12 By and large it’s a boil-ersuit (7)13 See 23 Down14 Bathing beach whereone has nothing besideshat! (4)16 Some barbecuesauce for Biblical twin (4)18 Greek characterdirected 70s pop group(3)20 The late developer isa sports person (7)21 Tone down mincedmeat (4)24 OK and are mixed upin Asian country (5)25 Looking to understandpiece (7)26 Group of teacherspermitted to provide a bitof food (6)27 He’ll help if someonequeers your pitch (5)

Down 1 Press boss rioted allover the place (6)2 Street not allowed toprovide ale (5)3 Actor Jimmy seen in anAlvin Ailey production (4)5 Roused when a vigilcomes to a sorry end (8)6 A small laboratory takeson a graduate in America(7)7 New keyholes he leftfor the rural inhabitants(6)8 Of French, German andEnglish origin (5)13 Fair procedure byjudge (8)15 Get left in scratchin’her itch? (7)17 Leavin’ the car to getan oatmeal cake (6)18 St James’s yacht clubfound in a state (5)19 Hold a horse in for amendicant (6)22 Deceit admitted by anew immigrant23/13A Change batsmenfor ring holder (4,3)

Last weeks SolutionAcross: 1 Pistols, 5 Bears, 8 Reels, 9 Abstain, 10Statement, 12 Ail, 13 Hoarse, 14 Tricks, 17 Let, 18Sweetmeat, 20 Average, 21 Agony, 23 Lathe, 24Spectre. Down: 1 Paris, 2 Sue, 3 Oysters, 4 Scared, 5 Beset, 6Avalanche, 7 Singles, 11 Apartment, 13 Holdall, 15Rat race, 16 Recess, 18 Shade, 19 Thyme, 22 Out.

DOUBLE CROSS-WORDSolve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the

standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

3 letter words CueGalHodVar4 letter words AcerAnisBeauCareDealEarsElseEpic

GoadIrisKneeLardNapeRude5 letter words AdageAlackAltarColonDyersEliteOlive

RogueSharkTally6 letter words ArableResultRetakeSecureTeeterTrader7 letter words LettersScatter

FILL IT INComplete the crossword grid by using the given words:

Across 1 Bills (5)4 Strength (5)7 Self-assured (9)8 Extend over (4)10 Uninterested (5)12 Female relative (6)13 Inactive (4)16 Leader (9)18 Gets up (5)19 Croons (5)

Down 1 Stores (5)2 Curve (3)3 Went under the surface(4)4 Venom (6)5 Saturday and Sunday (7)6 Speed (4)9 Replies (7)11 Mastermind (6)12 Wonderful (5)14 Goes out (5)15 Enclosures (4)17 Canister (3)

QUICKIE

Last weeks SolutionAcross: 1 Stars, 4 Marks, 7 Translate, 8 Sold,10 Brief, 12 Scared, 13 Used, 16 Primitive, 18Rigid, 19 Edges. Down: 1 Sacks, 2 Ant, 3 Seat, 4 Misery, 5Readers, 6 Seek, 9 Leaving, 11 Denied, 12Super, 14 Draws, 15 Bite, 17 Egg.

Across 1 Sellos (6)4 Jabones (5)8 Arriba (5)9 Saffron (7)10 Playa (7)11 Wolf (4)12 Wave (sea) (3)14 Fashion (4)15 Room (4)18 Rata (3)21 Train (4)23 Happiness (7)25 Noisy (7)26 Semillas (5)27 Sleep (5)28 Free (for nothing) (6)

Down 1 Escaso (6)2 Aguacate (7)3 To preach (8)4 Cisne (4)5 Sour (flavour) (5)6 Mayor (de más edad)(6)7 Stroll (5)13 Lift (elevator) (8)16 El más grande (7)17 Tormentas (6)19 Heel (5)20 Geese (6)22 Exilio (5)24 All (4)

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORDImprove your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers inEnglish or vice versa.

STANDARD CLUESAcross 1 German city (5)4 Illness (6)9 Hero-worship (7)

10 By surprise (5)11 Pledge (4)12 In general (7)13 See 23 Down14 Recreation facility (4)16 Eldest son of Isaac (4)18 Water soaked soil (3)20 Runner (7)21 Domesticated (4)24 Asian country (5)25 Looking for (7)26 Small nut (6)27 Radio receiver (5)

Down 1 Newspaper boss (6)2 Portly (5)3 Finger part (4)5 Roused (8)6 US state (7)7 Country bumpkins (6)8 English county (5)13 Reasonable (8)15 Come into (7)17 Dark, gingery cake (6)18 Untidy (5)19 Vagrant (6)22 Unfamiliar (5)23/13A Groomsman (4,3)

Scribble Pad

33Friday, 4th March, 2011Across 7 What name is given to the region ofEurope consisting of Andorra, Spain,Portugal, and Gibraltar? (6)8 A glance from which Greek Gorgonturned the beholder to stone? (6)10 Tallinn is the capital of which Balticrepublic? (7)11 What was the surname of the 18th/19thcentury English physician who compiled a well-known the-saurus? (5)12 What is the name of the organisation of countriesformed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the pro-duction and sale of petroleum? (4)13 What was the name of the first ever 'supergroup', whichconsisted of Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce?(5)17 By what first name is the singer-gui-tarist Charles Edward Berry betterknown? (5)18 Which powerful Greek goddess wasthe wife and sister of Zeus and thedaughter of Cronus and Rhea? (4)22 Nikolai Vasilievich were the firstnames of which Russian dramatist,whose most notable works are TheGovernment Inspector, Notes of a Madman, and DeadSouls? (5)23 What is the name of the Greek wine that is flavouredwith resin? (7)

24 Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, Golden Delicious and RedDelicious are all varieties of what (6)25 What name would normally be given to a person who isfanatical and uncompromising in pursuit of their religious,political, or other ideals? (6)

Down 1 Georges who was the Belgium-born writer best known forhis detective novels featuringInspector Maigret? (7)2 Collectively who were John,Paul, George and Ringo? (7)3 What was the name of theRoman goddess of the hunt andthe moon? (5)4 Which actress starred with BillyCrystal in the 1989 film WhenHarry Met Sally? (3,4)5 By what name is Graham McPherson, the lead singer ofMadness better known? (5)6 Which republic in the West Indies is located on the west-ern part of the island of Hispaniola? (5)9 What is the 10th sign of the zodiac? (9)14 Stamford Bridge is the home groundof which London football club? (7)15 What was the first name of PrimeMinister Chamberlain? (7)16 Which card game resembling rummy,uses two packs? (7)19 Actress Samantha who starred oppo-site Terence Stamp in 1965 film TheCollector? (5)20 Which African country's capital isCairo? (5)21 Which colourless volatile highly inflammable liquid wasformerly used as an inhalation anaesthetic? (5)

Quiz Word

Last weeks Quiz WordsolutionAcross: 7 Cereal, 8 Catkin, 10 Auditor, 11 Synge, 12 ILEA,13 Tweed, 17 Sting, 18 Giro, 22 Aesop, 23 Scalene, 24Spacek, 25 Feline. Down: 1 Octavia, 2 Bridges, 3 Darts, 4 Parsley, 5 Skunk,6 Knees, 9 Crow's Nest, 14 Stephen, 15 Fidelio, 16 BoDerek, 19 Marsh, 20 Oscar, 21 Camel.

SUDOKU

Every week we’ll be covering a different topic to help readers enlarge their Spanishvocabulary. This week we start with:

RopaBusca la ropa en la sopa de letras –Look for the clothes in the wordsearch

C G M K R WS R S A T P O Q CA C WS H I E U U S X A C D TM A A F N T J A D O F N E S RI M I E E E E C A L G T L L JS I T U T C L X D L X A A C PE S S A A H B A E I P L H H CT A D S B A A B R C I O C A AA O S O I N E R A N J N C Q LR C O R K D M I T O A E I U CJ R T E I A R G P Z M S N E EB E A U N L E O N L A L T T TO S P Q I N P B S A S J U A IT V A A A G M B T C M T R Y NA X Z V O T I Y B A T A O H ES O M B R E R O Y S K K N F S

CAMISETA, SUETERPANTALONES, SUDADERA

CALCETINES, ZAPATOSBOTAS, TENIS, CHANDAL

CHAQUETA, BIKINICALZONCILLOS, SUJETADOR

PIJAMAS, ABRIGOSOMBRERO, IMPERMEABLE

CHALECO, CAMISACINTURON, VAQUEROS

BATA

Empareja estas palabras – Match the Spanish and English words for clothes.You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1. CAMISETA a. skirt2. FALDA b. sweatshirt3. SUÉTER c. T-shirt4. PANTALONES d. shoes5. PANTALONES CORTOS e. socks6. SUDADERA f. jumper7. CALCETINES g. shorts8. ZAPATOS h. trousers 9. BOTAS i. tracksuit10. SANDALIAS j. trainers11. TENIS k. boots12. CHÁNDAL l. sandals

13. CHAQUETA m. dressing gown14. BIKINI n. jeans15. CALZONCILLOS o. belt16. MEDIAS p. jacket17. BRAGAS q. pants18. SUJETADOR r. nightie19. PIJAMAS s. bikini20. ABRIGO t. stockings21. SOMBRERO u. knickers22. GORRA v. bra23. IMPERMEABLE w. cap24. CHALECO x. waistcoat

25. CAMISA y. pyjamas26. CINTURÓN z. dress27. VESTIDO aa. shirt28. VAQUEROS ab. raincoat29. CAMISÓN ac. hat30. BATA ad. Coat

Answers: 1c, 2ª, 3f, 4h, 5g, 6b, 7e,8d, 9k, 10l, 11j, 12i, 13p, 14s, 15q,16t, 17u, 18v, 19y, 20ad, 21ac,22w, 23ab, 24x, 25aa, 26o, 27z,28n, 29r, 30m.

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH

Last Week’s Solutions

Code Cracker

Soduko Span - Eng Quizword Fill It In

Kidz Corner1. Which of the seven dwarfs wore glasses?2. Which superhero shares a name with a town inTurkey?3. What did Dorothy have to steal from the wickedwitch of the West?4. Who normally were at odds with Gargamel and hiscat, Azrael?5. What is the female Smurf called?6. What did the old lady swallow after the fly?7. What creature is the basis for Sesame Street's BigBird?8. What was the favourite food of Paddington Bear?9. What is the name of the lion in "The Lion, the Witchand the Wardrobe"?10. What was unusual about the children's nurse inPeter Pan?11. Who wrote a Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur'sCourt?

ANSWERS1. Doc2. Batman3. Her broomstick4. Smurfs5. Smurfette

6. Spider7. Dodo8. Marmalade9. Aslan10. She was a dog!11. Mark Twain

While domestic violence in Spain is becoming more andmore visible, the country’s laws and justice system arestill proving to be weak instruments to fight it, accordingto experts from different fields who are demanding fur-ther legal reforms to address the issue.The government of socialist Prime Minister José LuisRodríguez Zapatero, who took office in 2004, passed a Lawon Gender Equality, appointed women to key positions in theadministration, created special courts and issued drasticinstructions to crack down on domestic violence. But still theviolence continues: between 2001 and 2010, 650 womenwere killed in domestic violence cases in Spain and just threeyears ago, 32 women were murdered in the first four monthsof 2007 and on one day alone four women were killed. But the courts are snowed under with cases and are short-staffed, so prosecutions drag on for years and the progressin fighting domestic violence is also undermined by delays byjudges and police in enforcing court sentences or orders, andthe lenient treatment received by perpetrators in somecases, activists complain. One example was a court cut theprison sentence handed down to Colombian national AndrésJulián L. H., from 25 to 17 years, after he confessed to thecrime with which he was charged: the rape of a 10-year-oldgirl, who became pregnant and had a baby as a result.


HoroscopesBy Pandora

Aries March 21 - April 19 Your career should be taking off in alldifferent directions and you will find lovewhere you least expect it. Embrace it.

Taurus April 20 - May 20 The angels are still looking after you thisweek. Your finances should take a turn forthe better and you will receive help froman unexpected source. Remember torepay the favour to keep the good karmaflowing.

Gemini May 21 - June 20Neptune, Mars, the Sun, and the newmoon are still influencing you in a positiveway. Reach for the stars this week in allaspects of your life.

Cancer June 21 - July 22Career is still highlighted for your sign forlove is highlighted too. Someone specialis thinking about you but you need tocome out of your shell and seize themoment. You could be happier than youhave ever been before

Leo July 23 - August 22Partnerships are still highlighted for you.You are frustrated at apparent lack ofprogress but it will happen soon. Havefaith Leo and trust in the universe to giveyou what you need.

You hardly have time to think this weekas project s develop and there justdoesn’t seem to be enough hours in theday, You are enjoying the thrill of newventures and favourable planetaryaspects guarantee their success.

Libra September 23 - October 22Life should be getting better now aftersome difficult times. There is a light at theend of the tunnel if you just look up andsee it. Take some time out to think aboutyou for a change.

Scorpio October 23 - November 21The sun is shining and so are your plan-etary aspects. Scorpios can sometimesse things too dark and gloomy but thatcertainly won’t be the case this week.Positivity and inspiration are key wordsfor you this week.

Sagittarius November 22 - December 21Your sunny and outgoing nature willmake you a magnet for others this week.Just be yourself and everything will fallinto place, the angels and the planetshave big plans for you this year.

Capricorn December 22 - January 19Financial matters just keep getting betterfor Capricorns this week. If this is not thecase for you, is there something you haveoverlooked? Your monetary house is enjoy-ing favourable aspects if you can cash in bypaying attention to the small print.

Aquarius January 20 - February 18February should still be fabulous forAquarians. Personality and charm exudefrom you this month and infect thosearound you on all sides. Love is in the airand business is booming.

Pisces February 19 - March 20This is still an important time for you, youcan achieve anything you dream of, butyou must keep a clear head.

Virgo August 23 - September 22

Dear Tia Maria.I have been in Spain 2years now and my hus-band seems to have set-tled really well. I like itbut I miss my family andespecially the grandchil-dren terribly and I don´tthink I will ever behappy here. I have toldmy husband how I feeland he says he willnever return to the UK tolive. My husband playsgolf and I am alone somuch. What can I do?

Kath, Algorfa

Tia Maria says:

It is very difficult to settle in aforeign country, especiallywhen you have family tiesstill in the UK. Many peopledo not realise that when theycome here they are leavingall their support systembehind, such as friends andfamily, and this can lead tofeelings of loneliness andisolation, even when youhave a partner. Your hus-band has a hobby that isoccupying his time and help-ing him to meet people. If

golf is not for you, have youthought about other clubs

and activities that mightinterest you more? Maybe

some vol-untary work ora part-timejob?I am surethat if youcould getout and meet people andbuild up a wider social circleyou would feel less isolated.Although you will alwaysmiss your family, keepingbusy will prevent youbecoming overwhelmed anddepressed. If returning tothe UK to live is not anoption, what about makingsure you return on a regularbasis so you don´t feel theloss of them so keenly?Plan your trips well inadvance to get bargainflights and so you havesomething to look forwardto. It often takes severalyears to settle properly, butif as time goes on you arestill unhappy you mustspeak again to your hus-band. In fact, it is importantthat you always communi-cate the way you feel to himin a level rather than emo-tional way so you do notbecome alienated from eachother.

MISSINGMY FAMILY

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WHAT’S ON THE TELLY..? EastEnders

BBC 1 Friday, March 4th, 2011

9:00pm to 9:30pmGlenda's revelations leave the Mitchells reeling, while Ianpanics about what else might be revealed. Tamwar and Afiaare pleased when it seems that their parents are gettingalong, but is Masood really prepared to forgive and forget?Alfie is buoyed when Kat asks him to stay the night.

AthleticsBBC 2

Sunday, March 6th, 20112:30pm to 6:00pm

European Indoor Championships.Jonathan Edwards introduces athletics action from theEuropean Indoor Championships. Highlights on day threeinclude the men's and women's 60m finals. In 2009 GreatBritain's Dwain Chambers cruised to victory in the men'ssprint ahead of Italian duo Fabio Cerutti and Emanuele DiGregorio. French hopes are pinned on rising star ChristopheLemaitre, who will be determined to steal Chambers'scrown. There is also coverage of the women's pole vaultfinal, which is likely to feature Russian superstar YelenaIsinbayeva, plus the men's and women's 800m.

Coronation StreetITV1

Monday, March 7th, 20119:30pm to 10:00pm

Graeme feels pressurised by Tina. Can Frank explain him-self to Carla? Sophie fights her feelings of jealousy as Sianreturns from her holiday.

CSI: MiamiChannel 5

Tuesday, March 8th, 201111:00pm to 11:55pm

Count Me Out. Series 8, episode 10Crime drama series based on the work of forensic investiga-tors. The discovery of a census taker's body in the boot of acar leads the CSIs to a string of meth labs, but the hunt forthe murderer becomes fraught with danger.

Love Thy NeighbourChannel 4

Thursday, March 10th, 201110:00pm to 11:00pm

As the saying goes, everyone needs good neighbours. Butwho would you choose to live next door to if you had thepower to decide? In Love Thy Neighbour an idyllic village inthe Yorkshire Dales invites 12 families to compete for thechance to move into their picture perfect lifestyle - and thevillagers get to decide who stays. Welcome to the village ofGrassington.

The British at WorkBBC 2

Thursday, March 10th, 201110:00pm to 11:00pm

We Can Make it 1945-1964. Episode 1Kirsty Young looks at British working lives since the SecondWorld War. This programme combines the memories of ordi-nary working people with vivid archive from documentary,television and film to look at an era in which work was agreat mass experience and work places were lively, welcom-ing communities. Kirsty hears from women who were mov-ing into a male dominated workforce and sees how the opti-mistic dreams of the post-war years were undermined bypoor management and bickering workers.


00:35 This Week01:25 Classroom Warriors -Panorama01:55 Countryfile02:55 Antiques Roadshow03:55 Britain’s Banks: Too Big toSave?04:55 Rip Off Britain05:25 BBC News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 The World Today06:30 World Business Report07:00 Breakfast10:15 Heir Hunters11:00 Homes Under the Hammer12:00 Wreck or Ready?12:30 Cash in the Attic13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:30 Regional News and Weather14:45 Doctors15:15 Escape to the Country16:00 BBC News; Weather;Regional News16:05 Deadly 6016:35 Deadly 60 Bite Size16:40 Deadly Art17:00 Dani’s House17:30 Tracy Beaker Returns18:00 Newsround18:15 Weakest Link19:00 BBC News19:30 Regional News Programmes20:00 The One Show20:30 Rip Off Britain21:00 EastEnders21:30 QI22:00 New Tricks23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 The Graham Norton Show

BBC2

00:20 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights01:20 The Culture Show02:20 BBC News02:30 ABC World News with DianeSawyer03:00 BBC News03:30 HARDtalk04:00 BBC News

04:30 Our World: Oil, Politics andHugo Chavez05:00 Class Clips: SecondarySchools: Creative and Media -Media06:00 Class Clips: Media Studies -Elections07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:10 Zigby07:20 Dirtgirlworld07:35 Jakers!08:00 Barney’s Latin America08:25 Newsround08:30 Muddle Earth08:40 Eliot Kid09:00 Paradise Cafe09:30 LazyTown09:55 Numberjacks10:10 The Koala Brothers10:25 Big Barn Farm10:40 Little Human Planet10:45 Big & Small10:55 3rd & Bird11:05 Postman Pat: SDS11:20 Pingu11:25 64 Zoo Lanet11:45 Waybuloo12:05 In the Night Garden12:35 Meerkat Manor13:00 Daily Politics13:30 GMT with George Alagiah14:00 Due South14:45 Athletics16:00 Wanted Down UnderRevisited16:45 Flog It! Ten of the Best17:30 Cash in the Celebrity Attic18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is

19:00 Eggheads19:30 My Life in Books20:00 Athletics20:30 An Island Parish21:00 Mastermind21:30 Britain from Above22:00 Hidden Treasures of AfricanArt23:00 Fast and Loose23:30 Newsnight

ITV

00:35 Send in the Dogs01:30 The Zone03:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show04:25 The Great Tax Gap: Tonight04:50 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 House Gift16:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 Midsomer Murders18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Coronation Street21:00 Children’s Hospital21:30 Coronation Street22:00 Benidorm23:00 ITV News at Ten and

Weather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 The Cube

CHANNEL4

00:05 Friday Night Dinner00:35 The Ricky Gervais Show01:05 CTRL MX01:40 On Track02:05 The People’s Supermarket03:00 Dispatches: Secret NHSDiaries03:50 The Incubator04:15 Without a Trace05:00 Hill Street Blues05:50 Brothers & Sisters06:35 Countdown07:20 Sali Mali07:25 The Hoobs08:15 Freshly Squeezed08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond09:05 Frasier09:35 According to Jim10:05 Supernanny USA11:00 The Good Wife11:55 Gok’s Clothes Roadshow13:00 Channel 4 News Summary13:05 Breakfast at Tiffany’s15:10 Cookery School16:10 Countdown16:55 Deal or No Deal18:00 Come Dine with Me18:30 Coach Trip19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News20:25 4thought.tv

20:30 Asian Gracefully21:00 Relocation: Phil Down Under22:00 Embarrassing Bodies23:00 Friday Night Dinner23:30 Rude Tube: Epic Fails

CHANELL 5

00:05 Steven Seagal v Justin LeeCollins01:05 SuperCasino05:00 Your Sport05:10 Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour05:55 Rough Guide to Islands06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 House Doctor07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 Roary the Racing Car07:20 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky07:35 Elmo’s World07:50 Peppa Pig07:55 Little Princess08:10 Funky Town08:15 The Mr Men Show08:30 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:15 Peppa Pig09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:40 Hana’s Helpline09:50 The WotWots10:00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom10:15 The Wright Stuff12:00 The Vanessa Show12:45 House13:40 5 News13:45 Build a New Life in theCountry14:45 Neighbours15:15 Home and Away15:50 Animal Rescue Squad16:05 The Family Recipe16:15 Family Gathering18:00 5 News at 518:00 Weather18:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:25 OK! TV20:00 5 News at 720:30 Vets in Action21:00 Ice Road Truckers22:00 The Mentalist23:00 Law & Order23:55 NCIS

EMBARRASSINGBODIES

Dr Pixie meets a woman with a pair of unu-sual cysts on her head, and the mobile clinictravels to Thorpe Park in Surrey. Dr Christianexamines why male fertility rates seem to befalling, asking a group of paintballers to takepart in a fertility test, and the team alsomeets a man whose cerebral palsy has notstopped him from pursuing a career makingpeople laugh.

Friday4th March


00:20 The National Lottery FridayNight Draws00:35 A Time to Kill03:00 South Riding04:00 Horizon: How to Survive aCar Crash05:00 BBC News05:30 Talking Books06:00 BBC News07:00 Breakfast11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live12:30 Raymond Blanc’s KitchenSecrets13:00 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather13:15 Football Focus14:00 Live Athletics17:30 Final Score18:20 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather18:40 All New Total Wipeout:International Special19:40 Let’s Dance for Comic Relief21:00 The National Lottery: SecretFortune21:50 Casualty22:40 Live at the Apollo23:10 BBC News; Weather23:30 Match of the Day

BBC2

00:00 The Review Show00:50 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights01:50 The Mighty Boosh Live04:15 BBC News04:30 Click04:45 Newswatch04:55 Close07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:10 Zigby07:20 Dirtgirlworld07:30 Postman Pat08:00 Basil and Barney’s Game

Show08:30 Arthur09:00 Richard Hammond’s BlastLab09:30 Project Parent10:00 Dick & Dom’s FunnyBusiness11:00 Trapped Ever After11:25 OOglies11:45 Copycats12:15 My Life: Boy Racers12:45 MOTD Kickabout13:00 Escape to the Country14:00 Bicentennial Man16:00 Into the West17:30 Live Athletics18:00 Churches: How to ReadThem18:30 Flog It!19:00 The Story of Slapstick20:00 Dad’s Army20:30 A Million Books for Free: ACulture Show Special20:55 World Book Night Live fromGlasgow’s Aye Write! Festival21:00 The Books We Really Read:A Culture Show Special21:55 World Book Night Live fromBath Literature Festival22:00 New Novelists: 12 of theBest from the Culture Show22:55 World Book Night Live fromRoyal Festival Hall23:00 Brideshead Revisited

ITV

00:35 Take Me Out01:35 The Zone03:40 In Plain Sight04:25 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Mini CITV10:25 Coronation Street12:45 This Morning: Saturday13:45 Monk14:40 ITV News and Weather14:49 Weather14:50 Kindergarten Cop17:00 Scooby-Doo 2: MonstersUnleashed18:40 News and Weather19:10 New You’ve Been Framed!19:40 Harry Hill’s TV Burp20:10 Ant & Dec’s Push the Button21:25 Take Me Out22:40 The World Is Not Enough23:50 ITV News and Weather00:04 Meridian Weather

CHANNELL 4

00:30 10 O’Clock Live01:35 Mercury Prize Sessions01:50 CTRL MX02:20 My Name Is Earl03:05 Modern Toss03:30 Teenage Paparazzo

05:10 Reaper05:55 Wogan’s Perfect Recall06:20 Countdown07:05 Sali Mali07:10 The Hoobs08:00 Superbike WorldChampionship 201108:25 The Grid08:55 The Morning Line09:50 Friends10:25 4Music Favourites: AvrilLavigne10:40 Friends11:15 4Music Favourites: Jessie J11:50 Glee12:45 Great British Hairdresser13:45 Jennifer Lopez: VideoExclusive13:50 The Big Bang Theory14:50 Channel 4 Racing16:50 The Secret Supper Club17:20 Come Dine with Me ExtraPortions19:25 The Political Slot19:30 Channel 4 News19:55 4thought.tv20:00 River Cottage Every Day21:00 Seven Ages of Britain22:00 Taken23:50 Flight of the Phoenix

CHANNEL 5

00:55 Cops in Crisis

01:15 SuperCasino04:55 Motorsport Mundial05:20 Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 House Doctor07:00 Peppa Pig07:05 Roary the Racing Car07:15 Fifi and the Flowertots07:25 Fireman Sam07:40 Miss Spider’s Sunny PatchFriends07:50 The Beeps08:00 Mio Mao08:05 Chiro08:15 Harry and His Bucket Full ofDinosaurs08:25 The Milky and Shake Show08:30 Make Way for Noddy08:40 Igam Ogam08:55 Little Princess09:05 Bert and Ernie’s GreatAdventures09:10 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky09:25 Play!09:40 Rupert Bear09:55 Olivia10:10 The Mr Men Show10:25 The Milkshake! Show10:55 Castle Farm11:00 Zoo Days11:10 How Do They Do It?11:45 The Gadget Show12:50 Ice Road Truckers13:50 Ride Clear of Diablo15:25 Firecreek17:25 Superman II19:55 5 News20:00 NCIS20:45 CSI: Grissom’s Greatest21:40 CSI: Miami22:40 CSI: NY23:40 CSI: Crime SceneInvestigation

Saturday5th March

RIVER COTTAGEEVERY DAY

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall tries to prove toa house full of female students that sustaina-ble, well-sourced fish can be both cheap anddelicious, introducing them to home-madefish suppers, mussels and Thai curries. Healso demonstrates uses for a tin of sardinesand employs fish-shaped moulds to make achampagne and strawberry jelly for a dinnerparty.


00:50 The Football League Show02:15 BBC News02:30 The Bottom Line03:00 BBC News03:30 Working Lives04:00 BBC News04:30 The Guantanamo Prisoner05:00 BBC News05:30 Click06:00 BBC News06:30 The Record Europe07:00 Breakfast08:35 Match of the Day10:00 The Andrew Marr Show11:00 The Big Questions12:00 Country Tracks13:00 The Politics Show14:00 Bargain Hunt14:30 EastEnders16:25 Weakest Link17:10 Escape to the Country17:55 Songs of Praise18:30 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather19:00 Nigel Slater’s SimpleSuppers19:30 The Boat That Guy Built20:00 Countryfile21:00 Antiques Roadshow22:00 South Riding23:00 BBC News; Regional Newsand Weather23:25 Outcasts

BBC2

01:05 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights02:05 Brute Force03:40 Close

07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:10 Zigby07:20 Dirtgirlworld07:20 Octonauts: Creature Reports07:30 Jakers!08:00 Basil and Barney’s GameShow08:30 Arthur08:30 Leon09:00 Richard Hammond’s BlastLab09:30 Gimme a Break10:00 Dick & Dom Go Wild10:30 Cop School11:00 Something for the Weekend12:30 Film 2011 with ClaudiaWinkleman13:00 In a Lonely Place14:30 Live Athletics18:00 Coast18:20 Attenborough and the GiantEgg19:20 Finding Neverland21:00 Top Gear22:00 Wonders of the Universe23:00 Match of the Day 2

ITV

00:05 The World Is Not Enough

01:20 The Cube: Celebrity Special02:15 The Zone04:15 Swingtown05:00 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Mini CITV08:25 CITV10:25 May the Best House Win11:25 The Biggest Loser12:30 This Morning: Sunday13:30 Dinner Date14:30 ITV News and Weather14:34 Meridian Weather14:35 Columbo: Negative Reaction16:35 Midsomer Murders18:35 Meridian News and Weather18:50 ITV News and Weather19:05 Harry Hill’s TV Burp19:35 Dancing on Ice21:30 Wild at Heart22:30 Dancing on Ice: The SkateOff23:05 ITV News and Weather23:19 Meridian Weather23:20 My Dad’s Army

CHANNELL 4

01:55 Lady Vengeance04:00 Shin Gi Tai

04:10 Without a Trace04:55 Privileged05:35 Privileged06:15 Wogan’s Perfect Recall06:45 Countdown07:30 Sali Mali07:35 The Hoobs08:00 FIS Freestyle World SkiChampionships08:30 That Paralympic Show08:55 The Crush09:20 Friends10:25 Hollyoaks12:55 Glee13:55 The Simpsons14:55 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals17:25 Deal or No Deal18:30 Time Team19:30 Channel 4 News19:55 4thought.tv20:00 Come Dine with Me21:00 Civilization: Is the WestHistory?22:00 Country House Rescue23:00 Mr & Mrs Smith

CHANNEL 5

00:35 Forensic Files01:05 SuperCasino

05:05 Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour05:50 Animal Rescue Squad06:00 Hana’s Helpline06:10 The Milkshake! Show06:35 Thomas & Friends06:45 Roary the Racing Car07:00 Peppa Pig07:05 Roary the Racing Car07:15 Fifi and the Flowertots07:25 Fireman Sam07:40 Miss Spider’s Sunny PatchFriends07:50 The Beeps08:00 Mio Mao08:10 Chiro08:15 Harry and His Bucket Full ofDinosaurs08:30 Make Way for Noddy08:45 Igam Ogam08:55 Little Princess09:10 Hana’s Helpline09:20 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky09:30 Family!09:40 Milkshake Monkey09:45 Rupert Bear09:55 Castle Farm10:00 Olivia10:15 The Mr Men Show10:30 The Milkshake! Show11:00 Zoo Days11:15 Street Market Chefs11:45 Stansted: The Inside Story12:45 Cowboy Builders13:45 Cowboy Builders14:50 Freaky Friday16:35 5 News16:45 SPYkids18:35 Superman III21:00 Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol22:00 Bulletproof23:45 Stir Crazy

Sunday6th March

CIVILIZATION: ISTHE WESTHISTORY?

New series. Historian Niall Ferguson explo-res the West's rise to global dominance, andasks whether its ascendancy is coming to anend. His study begins in 1420, when China'sMing dynasty seemed the most advancedsociety in the world, while England was pre-occupied with the Wars of the Roses.


00:25 The Sky at Night01:05 Reggie Perrin01:35 Lead Balloon02:10 Faulks on Fiction03:10 Holby City04:10 Imagine05:10 BBC News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 The World Today06:30 World Business Report07:00 Breakfast10:15 Heir Hunters11:00 Homes Under the Hammer12:00 Wreck or Ready?12:30 Cash in the Attic13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:30 Regional News and Weather14:45 Doctors15:15 Escape to the Country16:00 BBC News; Weather;Regional News16:05 The Smokehouse16:35 Deadly 60 Bite Size16:40 Deadly Art17:00 The Big Performance17:30 Helen’s High Wire Bootcamp:Blue Peter Special17:55 Shaun the Sheep18:00 Newsround18:15 Weakest Link19:00 BBC News19:30 Regional News Programmes20:00 The One Show20:30 Inside Out21:00 EastEnders21:30 Smoking and the Bandits:Panorama22:00 Motorway Cops23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 Mrs Brown’s Boys

BBC 2

00:00 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights01:00 Fast and Loose01:30 Zidane: a 21st CenturyPortrait03:00 BBC News03:30 Dateline London

04:00 BBC News04:30 The Record Europe05:00 BBC News05:10 The Super League Show05:40 Close07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:10 Zigby07:25 The Large Family07:40 Little Robots07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney’s Latin America08:25 Newsround08:30 Muddle Earth08:45 Eliot Kid09:00 Paradise Cafe09:30 LazyTown09:55 Numberjacks10:10 The Koala Brothers10:25 Big Barn Farm10:40 Little Human Planet10:45 Big & Small10:55 3rd & Bird11:05 Postman Pat: SDS11:20 Pingu11:25 64 Zoo Lane11:45 Waybuloo12:05 In the Night Garden12:35 Meerkat Manor13:00 Daily Politics13:30 GMT with George Alagiah14:00 Diagnosis Murder14:45 To Buy or Not to Buy15:30 Nature’s Top 4016:00 Flog It!16:45 Helicopter Heroes17:30 Cash in the Celebrity Attic18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is19:00 Eggheads

19:30 Royal Upstairs Downstairs20:00 Parents Under Pressure21:00 University Challenge21:30 Raymond Blanc’s KitchenSecrets22:00 When Teenage Meets OldAge23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks23:30 Newsnight

ITV

00:20 Premiership Rugby Union01:20 The Zone03:00 The Calcium Kid04:30 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 House Gift16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 Midsomer Murders18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Coronation Street21:00 The Lakes21:30 Coronation Street22:00 Law & Order: UK23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight and

Weather23:35 New Homes from Hell 2009

CHANNELL 4

01:15 Elbow: Album Chart ShowSpecial01:45 Album Chart ShowIntroduces: The Pierces02:00 4Play: British Sea Power02:15 Going Back03:05 The Fairy Jobmother04:00 The Family04:55 Without a Trace05:40 Reaper06:25 Countdown07:10 The Treacle People07:20 The Hoobs08:15 Freshly Squeezed08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond09:05 Frasier09:35 According to Jim10:05 Supernanny USA11:00 The Good Wife11:55 Relocation: Phil Down Under13:00 Channel 4 News Summary13:05 The TV Book Club13:30 Death Drums along the River15:05 Cookery School16:10 Countdown16:55 Deal or No Deal18:00 Come Dine with Me18:30 Coach Trip19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News20:55 4thought.tv21:00 Dispatches: Selling OffBritain

22:00 One Born Every Minute23:00 Borat: Cultural Learnings ofAmerica for Make Benefit GloriousNation of Kazak

CHANNELL 5

01:55 Cops in Crisis02:10 SuperCasino05:05 Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour05:50 Animal Rescue Squad06:00 Hana’s Helpline06:10 The Milkshake! Show06:35 Thomas & Friends06:45 Roary the Racing Car07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 Roary the Racing Car07:20 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky07:35 Elmo’s World07:50 Peppa Pig07:55 Little Princess08:15 The Mr Men Show08:30 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:15 Peppa Pig09:25 Milkshake Monkey09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:40 Hana’s Helpline09:50 The WotWots10:00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom10:15 The Wright Stuff12:05 Build a New Life in theCountry13:05 Meals in Moments13:10 5 News13:15 House14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 The Vanessa Show16:05 Animal Rescue Squad16:25 Avenging Angel18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:25 OK! TV20:00 5 News at 720:30 How Do They Do It?20:30 5 News Update21:00 The Gadget Show22:00 Royal Navy Caribbean Patrol23:00 Kill Switch

Monday7th March

THE GADGETSHOW

Jason Bradbury and Suzi Perry compete tofind out which of them can present the bestshow using entirely virtual means. JonBentley puts sound systems to the test,Pollyanna Woodward takes an underwaterjourney, and Ortis Deley reviews the latestmust-have gadget toys.


00:05 Late Kick Off00:35 The Graham Norton Show01:25 The Apprentice USA02:05 Weatherview02:55 Silk03:55 Imagine04:55 Life in a Cottage Garden withCarol Klein05:25 BBC News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 The World Today06:30 World Business Report07:00 Breakfast10:15 Heir Hunters11:00 Homes Under the Hammer12:00 Wreck or Ready?12:30 Cash in the Attic13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather”14:30 Regional News and Weather14:45 Doctors15:15 Escape to the Country16:00 BBC News; Weather;Regional News”16:05 The Smokehouse16:35 Deadly 60 Bite Size16:40 Deadly Art17:00 Dead Gorgeous17:30 Helen’s High Wire Walk: BluePeter Special17:55 Shaun the Sheep18:00 Newsround18:15 Weakest Link19:00 BBC News19:30 Regional News Programmes20:00 The One Show20:30 EastEnders20:30 BBC News; Regional News21:00 Holby City22:00 Silk23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 Neighbourhood Watched

BBC 2

00:20 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights01:20 An Island Parish01:50 BBC World News America02:00 BBC News02:30 ABC World News with DianeSawyer

03:00 BBC News03:30 The Record04:00 BBC News04:30 The Bottom Line05:00 Primary Schools: Quiff andBoot05:45 The Maths Channel07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:05 The Pingu Show07:25 The Large Family07:40 Little Robots07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney’s Latin America08:25 Newsround08:30 Muddle Earth08:45 Eliot Kid09:00 Paradise Cafe09:30 LazyTown09:55 Numberjacks10:10 The Koala Brothers10:25 Big Barn Farm10:40 Little Human Planet10:45 Big & Small10:55 3rd & Bird11:05 Postman Pat: SDS11:20 Pingu11:25 64 Zoo Lane11:45 Waybuloo12:05 In the Night Garden12:35 Meerkat Manor13:00 Daily Politics13:30 GMT with George Alagiah14:00 Diagnosis Murder14:45 To Buy or Not to Buy15:30 Nature’s Top 4016:00 Flog It!16:45 Helicopter Heroes17:30 Cash in the Celebrity Attic18:15 Put Your Money Where Your

Mouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Royal Upstairs Downstairs20:00 Wonders of the Universe21:00 The Hairy Bikers: MumsKnow Best22:00 Horizon: Predators in yourBackyard23:00 How TV Ruined Your Life23:30 Newsnight23:30 Weather

ITV

00:35 River Monsters01:30 The Zone03:35 UEFA Champions LeagueWeekly04:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show04:55 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 House Gift16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 Midsomer Murders18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Grimefighters21:00 Lion Country22:00 Caroline Quentin: A

Passage Through India23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 The Big Tease

CHANNEL 4

00:40 Nacho Libre02:20 Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day03:15 Royal Deaths and Diseases04:10 Codex05:05 The Bible: A History06:00 Reaper06:45 Wogan’s Perfect Recall07:10 The Treacle People07:20 The Hoobs08:15 Freshly Squeezed08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond09:05 Frasier09:35 According to Jim10:05 Supernanny USA11:00 The Good Wife11:55 A Place in the Sun: Home orAway13:00 Channel 4 News Summary13:05 River Cottage Bites13:15 The Long Memory15:05 Cookery School16:10 Countdown16:55 Deal or No Deal18:00 Come Dine with Me18:30 Coach Trip19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News20:55 4thought.tv21:00 Gok’s Clothes Roadshow

22:00 Heston’s Mission Impossible23:00 Shameless

CHANNEL 5

01:00 Ultimate FightingChampionship01:55 SuperCasino04:55 Your Sport05:05 Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour05:50 Nick’s Quest06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 House Doctor07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 Roary the Racing Car07:20 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky07:35 Elmo’s World07:50 Peppa Pig07:55 Little Princess08:15 The Mr Men Show08:30 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:10 Milkshake! Show Songs09:15 Peppa Pig09:25 Milkshake Monkey09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:40 Hana’s Helpline09:50 The WotWots10:00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom10:15 The Wright Stuff12:05 Build a New Life in theCountry13:05 Meals in Moments13:10 5 News13:15 House14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 The Vanessa Show16:05 The Family Recipe16:15 Sherlock Holmes: the RoyalScandal18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:25 OK! TV20:00 5 News at 720:30 Extraordinary Dogs21:00 Stansted: The Inside Story22:00 CSI: Crime SceneInvestigation23:00 CSI: Miami23:55 CSI: NY

Tuesday8th March

A PASSAGETHROUGH INDIA

New series. The actress immerses herself inIndian life as she travels the sub-continentfrom north to south. She begins in the chao-tic city of Varanasi, taking a boat ride on theRiver Ganges and attending an eveningceremony in which thousands of people lightlamps and pray to the river.


00:20 Girls Behind Bars01:25 See Hear01:55 Human Planet02:55 When Teenage Meets OldAge03:55 The Foods That MakeBillions04:55 Working Lives05:00 BBC News05:30 HARDtalk06:00 The World Today06:30 World Business Report07:00 Breakfast10:15 Heir Hunters11:00 Homes Under the Hammer12:00 Wreck or Ready?12:30 Cash in the Attic13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather”14:30 Regional News and Weather14:45 Doctors15:15 Escape to the Country16:00 BBC News; Weather;Regional News”16:05 The Smokehouse16:35 Deadly 60 Bite Size16:40 Deadly Art17:00 Trade Your Way to the USA17:30 MI High18:00 Newsround18:15 Weakest Link19:00 BBC News19:30 Regional News Programmes20:00 The One Show20:30 The Boat That Guy Built21:00 Waterloo Road22:00 MasterChef23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 The National LotteryWednesday Night Draws23:45 Film 2011 with ClaudiaWinkleman

BBC 2

00:20 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights01:20 BBC News01:30 BBC World News America02:00 BBC News

02:30 ABC World News with DianeSawyer03:00 BBC News04:00 BBC News04:30 Working Lives05:00 Schools: Maths Channel07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:10 Zigby07:25 The Large Family07:40 Little Robots07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney’s Latin America08:25 Newsround08:30 Muddle Earth08:45 Eliot Kid08:45 Dennis and Gnasher Shorts09:00 Paradise Cafe09:30 LazyTown09:55 Numberjacks10:10 The Koala Brothers10:25 Big Barn Farm10:40 Little Human Planet10:45 Timmy Time10:55 3rd & Bird11:05 Postman Pat: SDS11:20 Pingu11:25 64 Zoo Lane11:40 Waybuloo12:00 In the Night Garden12:30 Daily Politics14:00 See Hear14:30 The Hairy Bakers14:45 To Buy or Not to Buy15:30 Nature’s Top 4016:00 Flog It!16:45 Helicopter Heroes17:30 Cash in the Celebrity Attic18:15 Put Your Money Where Your

Mouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Royal Upstairs Downstairs20:00 Escape to the Country21:00 Great British Food Revival22:00 23 Week Babies: The Priceof Life23:00 Have I Got Old News for You23:30 Newsnight

ITV

01:10 The Zone03:15 Crossing Jordan04:00 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 House Gift16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 Midsomer Murders18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 UEFA Champions LeagueLive23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 UEFA Champions League:

Extra Time

Channel 4

00:05 The Big C00:45 Facejacker01:15 UK & Ireland Poker Tour02:15 FIS Freestyle World SkiChampionships02:40 Freesports on 403:10 The Grid03:35 KOTV Boxing Weekly04:05 Powerboating04:35 Britain’s Favourite YachtRace05:00 Triathlon ITU WorldChampionship Series Magazine05:50 Wogan’s Perfect Recall06:15 Bear Grylls: Born Survivor07:10 The Treacle People07:20 The Hoobs08:15 Freshly Squeezed08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond09:05 Frasier09:35 According to Jim10:05 Supernanny USA11:00 The Good Wife11:55 Country House Rescue13:00 Channel 4 News Summary13:05 Drums along the Mohawk15:05 Cookery School16:10 Countdown16:55 Deal or No Deal18:00 Come Dine with Me18:30 Coach Trip19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News

20:55 4thought.tv21:00 Beauty and the Beast: UglyFace of Prejudice22:00 Jamie’s Dream School23:00 The Model Agency

CHANNEL 5

00:55 CSI: Crime SceneInvestigation01:50 SuperCasino04:55 Your Sport05:05 Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour05:50 Nick’s Quest06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 House Doctor07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 Roary the Racing Car07:20 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky07:35 Elmo’s World07:50 Peppa Pig07:55 Little Princess08:15 The Mr Men Show08:30 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:10 Milkshake! Show Songs09:15 Peppa Pig09:25 Milkshake Monkey09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:40 Hana’s Helpline09:50 The WotWots10:00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom10:15 The Wright Stuff12:05 Build a New Life in theCountry13:05 Meals in Moments13:10 5 News13:15 House14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 The Vanessa Show16:05 Rough Guide to Cities16:20 Circle of Friends18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:25 OK! TV20:00 5 News at 720:30 Starlight: For the Children21:00 Cowboy Builders22:00 NCIS23:00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent23:55 Law & Order: Special VictimsUnit

Wednesday9th March

N.C.I.S

The devout son of a colonel-turned-reverendis found dead in woodlands after changinghis religious persuasion. As the caseunfolds, it becomes apparent to the detecti-ves that he could have been the victim of ahate crime. Meanwhile, Gibbs' father visitsfor the holidays. Crime drama, guest starringRalph Waite (The Waltons), with MarkHarmon.


00:25 The Killing Fields02:45 Country Tracks03:40 Toughest Place to Be aParamedic04:40 The Foods That MakeBillions05:40 Classroom Warriors -Panorama06:00 The World Today06:30 World Business Report07:00 Breakfast10:15 Heir Hunters11:00 Homes Under the Hammer12:00 Wreck or Ready?12:30 Cash in the Attic13:15 Bargain Hunt14:00 BBC News; Weather14:30 Regional News and Weather14:45 Doctors15:15 Escape to the Country16:00 BBC News; Weather;Regional News16:05 The Smokehouse16:35 Deadly 60 Bite Size16:40 Deadly Art17:00 Prank Patrol17:30 Serious Explorers:Livingstone18:00 Newsround18:15 Weakest Link19:00 BBC News19:30 Regional News Programmes20:00 The One Show20:30 EastEnders21:00 Bang Goes the WinterWeather Special22:00 Comic Relief: Famous, Richand in the Slums23:00 BBC News23:25 Regional News and Weather23:35 Question Time

BBC 2

00:20 ICC Cricket World CupHighlights01:20 Timeshift: The Modern Ageof Coach Travel02:20 BBC News

02:30 ABC World News with DianeSawyer03:00 BBC News03:30 The Record04:00 BBC News04:30 Click05:00 Key Stage 3 Numeracy07:00 Finley the Fire Engine07:10 Zigby07:25 The Large Family07:40 Little Robots07:50 Rastamouse08:00 Barney’s Latin America08:25 Newsround08:30 Muddle Earth08:45 Eliot Kid09:00 Paradise Cafe09:30 LazyTown09:55 Numberjacks10:10 The Koala Brothers10:25 Big Barn Farm10:40 Little Human Planet10:45 Timmy Time10:55 3rd & Bird11:05 Postman Pat: SDS11:20 Pingu11:25 64 Zoo Lane11:45 Waybuloo12:05 In the Night Garden12:35 Meerkat Manor13:00 Daily Politics13:30 GMT with George Alagiah14:00 Diagnosis Murder14:45 To Buy or Not to Buy15:30 Nature’s Top 4016:00 Flog It!16:45 Helicopter Heroes

17:30 Cash in the Celebrity Attic18:15 Put Your Money Where YourMouth Is19:00 Eggheads19:30 Royal Upstairs Downstairs20:00 The Culture Show21:00 A Farmer’s Life for Me22:00 The British at Work23:00 Mock the Week23:30 Newsnight

ITV

00:35 Police, Camera, Action!01:30 The Zone03:30 Timecop: the Berlin Decision04:55 ITV Nightscreen06:30 ITV Morning News07:00 Daybreak09:30 Lorraine10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show11:30 This Morning13:30 Loose Women14:30 ITV News and Weather14:55 Meridian News and Weather15:00 House Gift16:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show16:59 Meridian Weather17:00 Midsomer Murders18:00 The Chase19:00 Meridian Tonight19:30 ITV News and Weather20:00 Emmerdale20:30 Make Your Own School:Tonight21:00 Emmerdale21:30 Coronation Street

22:00 Monroe23:00 ITV News at Ten andWeather23:30 Meridian Tonight andWeather23:35 Benidorm

CHANNEL 4

00:05 Shameless01:10 4Music Favourites: Jessie J01:40 The Album Chart ShowSpotlight01:55 Mercury Prize Sessions02:10 Life, Death and Suffer Story02:20 One Under02:45 This Is Me02:50 Frontier House03:45 Without a Trace04:30 Hill Street Blues05:20 Reaper06:10 Wogan’s Perfect Recall06:35 Countdown07:20 The Hoobs07:45 The Hoobs08:15 Freshly Squeezed08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond09:05 Frasier09:35 According to Jim10:05 Supernanny USA11:00 The Good Wife11:55 The Restoration Man13:00 Channel 4 News Summary13:05 River Cottage Bites13:15 Sea of Sand15:05 Cookery School16:10 Countdown

16:55 Deal or No Deal18:00 Come Dine with Me18:30 Coach Trip19:00 The Simpsons19:30 Hollyoaks20:00 Channel 4 News20:55 4thought.tv21:00 Relocation, Relocation22:00 Love Thy Neighbour23:00 10 O’Clock Live

FIVE

00:55 Poker01:55 SuperCasino04:55 Your Sport05:05 Brian Sewell’s Grand Tour05:50 Nick’s Quest06:10 Wildlife SOS06:35 House Doctor07:00 Thomas & Friends07:10 Roary the Racing Car07:20 The Adventures of Bottle TopBill and His Best Friend Corky07:35 Elmo’s World07:50 Peppa Pig07:55 Little Princess08:15 The Mr Men Show08:30 Thomas & Friends08:45 Make Way for Noddy09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots09:15 Peppa Pig09:30 Roary the Racing Car09:40 Hana’s Helpline09:50 The WotWots10:00 Ben and Holly’s LittleKingdom10:15 The Wright Stuff12:05 Cowboy Builders13:05 Meals in Moments13:10 5 News13:15 House14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 The Vanessa Show16:05 Rough Guide to Beaches16:20 Lies and Deception18:00 5 News at 518:15 Neighbours18:45 Live UEFA Europa LeagueFootball21:05 Emergency Bikers22:00 The Longest Yard

Thursday10th March

MONROE

New series. Drama following the professio-nal and personal life of neurosurgeonGabriel Monroe. When a woman is admittedto hospital with a brain tumour, Monroe hasto help her decide whether to undergo sur-gery that could save her life, but also carriesthe risk of her being left paralysed or unableto speak.


By Malcolm Palmer

Football off the field is often at least as inter-esting as on it. And I’d love to ignore GerardPiqué’s reported romance with Shakira – who said‘lucky sod?’ Rayo Vallecano’s drive to return to thePrimera Liga looks like being somewhat hamperedby the fact that their players haven’t been paid forsome time. Owners Rumasa are an enormous foodand wine producing group, owning such marks asClesa and Dhul, and their politically-motivated man-aging director and his henchmen are being investi-gated by the authorities – not for the first time.

On a much sadder note, former Spurs,Southampton and Wolves defender Dean Richards hasdied at the tragically early age of 36, after a serious ill-ness.

On the field, Manchester United moved fourpoints clear of the field with a comfortable win overleaky Wigan, but Wolves climbed out of the bottomthree with a 4-0 win over in-and-out Blackpool. Villa and

Everton both had wins to stay in mid-table. At the top of theChampionship, Swansea saw off the Leeds challenge, butQueens Park Rangers are well on the way to bringing top-flight football to Shepherd’s Bush, winning well at haplessMiddlesbrough. Sunday’s Carling Cup Final saw Arsenal’s schoolboy errorhand the result (2-1) and an improbable trophy, toBirmingham City.

Here, Arsenal’s next Champions’ League rivals,Barça, go marching on towards a

successive league title, wideningthe gap to seven points over

Real Madrid with a 0-3 win inMallorca, whilst their rivalscouldn’t find a goal to beatlowly Deportivo at the Riazor,

their ‘bogey-ground.’The show, however,

is not overuntil………….

LONG BALLSAll the action from the Premier & La Liga

FOOTBALLFriday 4th March20:35 Shamrock Rovers v DundalkAirtricity LeagueRTE Two (20:30-23:00 Ireland Only)

Saturday 5th March14:00 Birmingham City v West BromwichAlbion Barclays Premier League Sky Sports 2 (13:30-16:00)Sky Sports HD2 (13:30-16:00)15:00 Arsenal v Sunderland Barclays Premier League Setanta Ireland (14:00-18:30 Ireland Only)18:00 Manchester City v Wigan AthleticBarclays Premier LeagueESPN (16:45-20:00)18:15 Cardiff City v Ipswich Town npower Championship Sky Sports 2 (18:00-20:30)Sky Sports HD2 (18:00-20:30)

Sunday 6th March13:30 Rangers v St. Mirren Scottish Premier League

Sky Sports 4 (13:30-15:30)Sky Sports HD4 (13:30-15:30)14:30 Liverpool v Manchester United Barclays Premier League Sky Sports 1 (14:00-16:30)Sky Sports HD1 (14:00-16:30)16:00 Wolves v Tottenham Barclays Premier League Sky Sports 1 (15:30-18:00)Sky Sports HD1 (15:30-18:00)

Monday 7th March20:00 Blackpool v Chelsea Barclays Premier League Sky Sports 1 (20:00-23:00)Sky Sports HD1 (20:00-23:00)

Tuesday 8th March20:45 Barcelona v Arsenal UEFA Champions League Sky Sports 2 (20:00-23:00)Sky Sports HD2 (20:00-23:00)

Wednesday 9th March20:45 Schalke v Valencia

SPORT ON THE BOXAll the top sport on TV in your Good News ‘paper

Saracens -Sunday 16

Honda Classic - Sunday 7pm

Liverpool v Manchester UnitedSunday 2.30pm

Accenture MatchplayChampionship from ArizonaUSAThe field of 64 players camedown to an all Europeanfinal weekend, Luke Donaldbeating Martin Kaymer in thefinal 3&2. With Matt Kucharbeating Bubba Watson 2and1 that means the top threeall from Europe. The Tigeronce again crashed out inthe first round. Ian Poulterbecame the first holder to goout in the first round. Withonly 3 players from the USAin the final 8 maybe not anevent they like. Ranked Player & wherethey went out1 Lee WESTWOOD SecondRound2 Martin KAYMER Finalist3 Tiger WOODS First Round4 Phil MICKELSON SecondRound5 Graeme McDOWELLThird Round6 Paul CASEY SecondRound7 Rory McILROY SecondRound having the worstdefeat of the week losing8and7 to Ben Crane8 Steve STRICKER FirstRound9 Luke DONALD Winner10 Jim FURYK First RoundThe new ranking are out andchanges all round with

Martin Kaymer taking of thenumber one spot and the topfour places all held byEuropeans. With Tiger slip-ping down to fifth1st Martin Kaymer2nd Lee Westwood3rd Luke Donald4th Graham McDowellThe last time fourEuropeans topped the rank-ings was in 1992 withWoosnam, Faldo who werethe other two I will let youknow next week.This week the HondaClassic is the main event atPalm Beach Gardens inFlorida. The US tour is nowon the Florida swing with allthe tournaments over thenext month there in the buildup to the Masters at Augustaon the 7th April.European tourThis now takes a break andreturns on the 17th Marchwith the Sicilian Open in ItalyLadies TourHSBC Women’s ChampionsImage & caption: KarrieWebb won the ladies cham-pions eventKarrie Webb wins 37thLPGA title.Karrie Webb won the ladieschampions’ event by one

stroke from Japan’s ChieArimura with world numberone Yani Tseng in third placeso not winning for the fifthweek in a row. Webb shotrounds of 70,66,70 and afinal round of 69 she said Itsfeels great it was a bit of anup and down day so I feelvery happy to be slinkingback to Aussie with a oneshot win. Record crowdswatch this event inSingapore to show thatladies golf is on the up withmore people taking interestin there. The ladies now geta few off weeks rest beforethe next event in Phoenix on18th March Rugby LeagueLast weekend saw the WorldClub Challenge with WiganWarriors take on St GeorgeIllawarra Dragons.In a great game the dragonsof Australian beat theWarriors 21pts to 15pts. Thewarriors lead 8-0 after onlyfour minutes. But the drag-ons hit back with two tries,then warriors hit back withother try. At half time theWarriors lead 15-14 but a tryby Cameron King on 55 min-utes put the Dragons in con-trol and on to victory.


Local Football

San Fulgencio C.F. 0 – 0 Athletic BenejazarSunday the Saints visit C.F. Group Caliche kick off16:30hrs. See website for more details www.sanfulgenciocf.com

SPORTS ROUND-UPWith Mick Hardy from Kidease

RBS Six NationsSunday, 27 February 2011

P W D L PF PA PTS1 England 3 3 0 0 102 41 62 Wales 3 2 0 1 67 48 43 France 3 2 0 1 68 60 44 Ireland 3 2 0 1 56 54 45 Scotland 3 0 0 3 45 79 06 Italy 3 0 0 3 40 96 0

GOBSMACKED!After this weekend of matches we once again have next week off before the fourthround of matches on the 12th March. This weekend saw England beat France 17-9 atTwickenham.It was a very hard game with both sides giving 100% in every tackle made. One of the mainthings in the game was the ball handling of both sides France more than England droppingthe ball or making silly mistakes at in important areas of the field. The other matches sawWales travel to Italy and come away we a 16-24 win and again Italy showing that they arehard to beat at home. Then Sunday saw Ireland beat Scotland at Murrayfield 18-21. Thescore looks close but Ireland cruise over for three tries and the Scots getting six penalties.After the game Scotland manager Andy Robinson was doing is normal thing blaming thematch officials for the defeat? Just like when he was in charge of England.

Mouthy French always ready for a fight…until it starts

Big boys do cry

For all you Fans here in Spain will befollowing both these events throughoutthe season. Start Dates for yourdiaries. Please note the new date forthe F1 start due to Bahrain being can-celled.Formula 1 in Melbourne on 27th MarchMoto GP in Qatar on 20th MarchAlso throughout the season we will be run-ning a fantasy league on both eventsplease follow link below to log on to site.

http://www.ff1.co.uk/You can enter a team into the F1 league orthe Motto GP league or you can enterboth. The league names are belowF1 league is The CourierMotto GP is The Courier GPCome along and join and follow the fun forthe season of high speed please seeabove for the opening dates of the sea-son. Look out for next week we will becover the teams in this year Motto GP.

What is it about worldcups and England team infootball we struggle in thegroup stages and nowcricket? What on paper looked a nicelittle opening game againstthe Netherlands turns in to anail biter with the Netherlandscoring 292 for 6 And thenEngland just get home with8balls left of their 50 oversto win by six wickets. Thenwhat can be said aboutSunday’s game againsthost nation and favouritesIndia. The host batted firstand amass 338 all-out in49.5 overs what a total tochase for England whichstarted well with Petersen inis new opener role withStrauss reaching 68 beforePetersen lost is wicket. Trottcame and went only adding16 to is name. Then Belland Strauss took the score

to 281 adding 170 for thethird wicket. Then in the 43rdover Zaheer Khan got bothof them out in Successiveballs to but England backunder pressure. Three morewicket fell quickly and it looklike the match was goingIndia’s way we England

needing 29 from 12 ballsafter only needing 67runsfrom the last 60 balls. Thenthe last over we needed 14then down to 2 runs from thelast ball which Swann got asingle to tie the match. Whata game 776 runs in 100overs that great cricket. Now

we have one of thoseshould win easy gamesthis week verses Irelandwhich England team willturn up for it?England’s games thiscoming week are asFollowsMarch 2nd Vs. Ireland10am.March 6th South Africa05.00amMarch 11th Bangladesh09.00amTo follow all the action andkeep up to date log on tothe following web site.http://cricket.yahoo.com/

Cricket World Cup 2011 Golf

FORMULA 1 AND MOTO GP


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Tote almost got clear on 50minutes, and Miku saw a yel-low card for bringing himdown. A couple of minuteslater, Hercules should havescored when Juanra’s crosswas headed across the goalby Thomert, but his some-what static countryman,Trezeguet, could only headinto Codina’s hands.He at least ran fast enough togo offside soon afterwards,then Cristian replacedThomert.Portillo’s shot was bravelyblocked by the madrileños’keeper on 67 minutes, andKiko replaced a very tiredTote, just after Miku headedover the bar for the visitors.Cristian was combining wellwith Tiago Gomes, thenJuanra almost surprisedCodina with a long-rangeeffort. Gavilan was replacedby Arizmendi, and Pulhacwas shown a yellow card forthe home team. Getafepressed hard, but Kiko’s cen-tre caused a scramble inGetafe’s goalmouth – whichCodina somehow palmedclear.Pulhac ‘saw red’ when hewas given a second yellowcard, but Getafe could do lit-tle with the free kick, as thereferee blew the final whistle.Getafe’s famous manager,ex-Real Madrid star Michel,said after the match, ‘We’llsee you in the first divisionnext season.’ I do hope so!

SAINT OR SINNER?

JUAN CARLOS RAMIREZ QUITS ELCHE CF

‘’when an 8 yearold boy stands up

to you and calls you`an hijo de puta´

its time to move on"

Juan Carlos Ramirez,Elche´s financial savour finallybowed to fan pressure by quit-ting his post as a front line boardmember of Elche football clublast Wednesday. Stern-facedRamirez spoke to a packedpressroom explaining his rea-sons for quitting his post afteronly 18 months (as reported inThe Courier last week). Ramirez came to the financiallystricken club 18 months ago,investing 5.5 million euros, propos-ing a series of money saving

schemes that would see Elcheback into the black for the first timein 20 years. Almost immediatelyRamirez fell out of favor with thelong standing Elche faithful overseating arrangements prior to thestart of last season. This provedcostly for the club as season ticketsales have since dropped to an alltime low. He was also involved in signingseveral players before start of lastseason without the backing of thethen manager, Claudio Barragan,causing a rift between them that

saw Barragan dismissed after 6games. During the 25 minute press confer-ence Ramirez said his decision forquitting came after fans protestsbecame personal, saying "thatwhen an 8 year old boy stands upto you and calls you `an hijo deputa´ its time to move on".In closing he said that he was leav-ing the club in a much more finan-cially secure state than when hefirst arrived, and had just signed thebank transfers for the players andstaff salaries that were 4 months in

arrears. Giving one of his very rare smileshe then thanked the media for theirsupport in spite of the many differ-ences an altercations during thelast 18 months.Whilst Ramirez will be absent fromthe club, he explained that a trustedfamily member will be placed onthe board of directors in order tomonitor his 5.5 million euros invest-ment. He is shortly to recoveraround a million after the recentsale of keeper Caballero andGhanian Wakaso.

By Dan Smith

Elche boss Jose Bordalaslooked to build on his team’s lasttwo successful outings; athrashing of the mighty Betisaway from home, following onwith a week later a win in a nailbiting and bruising encounteragainst Barcelona´s in-formyoungsters.

With a healthy 6 points intheir last two games Elche wentinto last Saturday’s away fixtureagainst Real Valladolid full of confi-dence.

Elche hold the worst dis-ciplinary record in the second divi-sion so it’s not surprising that therevitalized in-form Elche were tohave several key players missing,midfield heavy weight Argentinean,Acciari, Samuel, Ripa, strikerPalanca, and leading goal scorerMiguel Linares side-lined for thenext 8 months with cruciate liga-ment knee injury he collectedagainst Barcelona B the week pre-vious.

Real Valladolid, fellowpromotion contenders, went in fronton eight minutes after being award-ed a dubious penalty, this earlyblow unsettled the visitors who

never got into their stride, a few lowkey chances and a disallowed goaljust before half time gave themsome hope for the second forty-fivethough.

After the break Elchelooked to be edging back in thegame and should have been levelafter Angel came close. On 66 min-utes, Elche´s odds improved whenValladolid´s Jodri received a directred after hunting down Xumetra.

Even with numericaladvantage, Elche couldn’t find thegrunt of the previous week’s suc-cess and with only 2 minutes onreferee´s Miranda Torres watch, thehome side went two up and Elchewent home disappointed. This wasthe upset Elche boss Bordalascould least afford, leaving him justthree days to prepare for Tuesdayevening’s home game againstNumancia.

Elche 1 v 0 Numancia

Still wondering how theymanaged to concede six goals athome three days previously, thevisitors, Numancia, were hesitantfrom the start.

Elche, with key playersAcciari, Ripa, Samuel and Palanca

back after sus-pension, made itclear that they weregoing to control the gameand they did just that. Thesparse crowd, due mainly to anearly kick off and not beingaccustomed to midweek fixtures,were given an exhibition of fastflowing skilful football.

It took the home side39 minutes to get in front, a per-fectly placed Palanca cornerfound small statured Angel ris-ing above the watchingNumancia defence to headpast keeper Eduardo.Unbelievably this was theonly goal in the game, theone-nil score line didn´treally do Elche justice,but the 3 points willserve them well in theplay promotion playoffrace. Tomorrow(Saturday) Elchetravel to Alabcete thedivisions penultimateteam and the follow-ing Friday 11thMarch a homegame withCordoba, kick off21hrs.

ANGEL’S RISING9 points from 12 see Elche moving up the tableReal Valladolid 2 v 0 Elche

On the up - Angel salutesanother important goal.Photo Mark Welton


By Malcolm PalmerA point was, as manager

Esteban Vigo said after the game, bet-ter than none at all, and keeps theAlicante side’s head marginally abovewater. Their dreadful away record issuch that they really need to win theirhome games, especially those against,shall we say, moderate opposition. And‘moderate’ was a fair description ofGetafe’s play, even though they had agood share of possession.

The visitors kicked off on apleasant sunny evening infront of some 19,000 spec-tators, and immediatelylooked rapid on the break,Casquero bringing a goodsave from Calatayud afteronly two minutes. Farinos’s free kick almostfound the head of DavidTrezeguet, and Pulhac had a good shotdeflected for a corner. The latter was hav-ing a useful game, as was the strong-run-

ning Thomert on theleft wing, but when

Juanra sent a crossover, the

Frenchman firedover the bar,

in what wasthe best oppor-tunity so far.Portillo, playingwell, as was Tiago Gomes, had a goodshot parried, then, when he bundled theball into the net, he was ruled – correctly –

offside by the excellent Undiano Mallenco.Cala was forced to save from Colunga,and Gavilan also caused problems for thehome defence.Diaz saw a yellow card for hand-ball, andthen Colunga saw his shot hit Calatayud’spost after another quick Getafe break-away.The first half had been even, and more ofthe same was on view at the start of thesecond, when Getafe replaced Rios withManu.

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TIME TO STARTWIN NING

Herc ‘drop’points at homeagain leaving

themselvesplenty to do inthe remaining

games

Photo: Mark Welton

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