Edition 229 www.thecourier.es Friday 10th July 2015 at thecourier.es ONLINE NOW The Courier website is updated around the clock, with all the latest local and national news. Visit thecourier.es, down- load our apps and make sure your radio is tuned in and locked to 90.8 or 91.9fm to get all of the latest news as it happens. A British couple are in custody over a fake kidnap plot after the Guardia Civil stormed a villa on the El Raso Urbanisation in Guardamar del Segura. The pair were arrested after photos of a woman alleged- ly tied to a bed and covered in bruises were sent to her parents in the UK area. The images were accompanied by a demand for five thou- sand pounds, but after the raid, details of which were released on Monday, the alleged ‘victim’ and her part- ner were arrested. UK National Crime Agency (NCA) officers were involved in the investiga- tion, codenamed ‘Operation Saxony’, which was being treated as a real kidnap. A spokesman for the Guardia Civil said: “The par- ents of the woman who was pretending to have been kidnapped ... told police there they had received a series of emails and text messages from their daugh- ter’s supposed kidnapper.” It is alleged the couple behind the fake photos had been in a dispute over their young daughter, who is in the care of her maternal grandparents in Manchester. The woman's parents have custody of their granddaughter because of the child's father's history of violent criminal activity, according to the NCA. Some of the messages included photos which seemed to be of the wife tied up in a bedroom with multiple bruising to her face - but this turned out to have been staged, and the bruises were painted on with make-up. The Guardia spokesman added: “The messages were violent towards the alleged hostage victim and the sender threatened to kill her unless their daughter was freed and returned to him and a ransom demand of £5,000 paid. The plan was so well-prepared that the family even received photographs of their daugh- ter with bruises on her body which appeared to show she had been physically harmed. The photos showed her held in a room on a bed and the messages that went with them made her family fear for her life and suffer extreme worry.” British police worked out that the couple might be in El Raso and contacted the Guardia Civil, who then monitored the property before for several hours and saw no movement or any- thing suspicious happening within the villa. They then forced their way in and “arrested” the kidnapper and freed the “victim”. Later inquiries, together with the couple's contradicting state- ments, led the Guardia to conclude that the kidnap had been a carefully- planned set-up. The couple were brought before a Torrevieja judge. ALEX TRELINSKI BRITS IN BOGUS KIDNAP BUST FACT BECOMES FICTION COMING NEXT WEEK Make sure you don’t miss The Courier next week for the latest Lifestyle+ pullout. We´ll have lot’s of Lifestyle advice and information.
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Edition 229 www.thecourier.es Friday 10th July 2015
at thecourier.esONLINE NOW
The Courier website is updated around the clock, with all
the latest local and national news. Visit thecourier.es, down-
load our apps and make sure your radio is tuned in and
locked to 90.8 or 91.9fm to get all of the latest news as it
happens.
A British couple are in
custody over a fake kidnap
plot after the Guardia Civil
stormed a villa on the El
Raso Urbanisation in
Guardamar del Segura. The
pair were arrested after
photos of a woman alleged-
ly tied to a bed and covered
in bruises were sent to her
parents in the UK area. The
images were accompanied
by a demand for five thou-
sand pounds, but after the
raid, details of which were
released on Monday, the
alleged ‘victim’ and her part-
ner were arrested. UK
National Crime Agency
(NCA) officers were
involved in the investiga-
tion, codenamed ‘Operation
Saxony’, which was being
treated as a real kidnap.
A spokesman for the
Guardia Civil said: “The par-
ents of the woman who was
pretending to have been
kidnapped ... told police
there they had received a
series of emails and text
messages from their daugh-
ter’s supposed kidnapper.”
It is alleged the couple
behind the fake photos had
been in a dispute over their
young daughter, who is in
the care of her maternal
grandparents in
Manchester. The woman's
parents have custody of
their granddaughter
because of the child's
father's history of violent
criminal activity, according
to the NCA. Some of the
messages included photos
which seemed to be of the
wife tied up in a bedroom
with multiple bruising to her
face - but this turned out to
have been staged, and the
bruises were painted on
with make-up.
The Guardia spokesman
added: “The messages
were violent towards the
alleged hostage victim and
the sender threatened to kill
her unless their daughter
was freed and returned to
him and a ransom demand
of £5,000 paid. The plan
was so well-prepared that
the family even received
photographs of their daugh-
ter with bruises on her body
which appeared to show
she had been physically
harmed. The photos
showed her held in a room
on a bed and the messages
that went with them made
her family fear for her life
and suffer extreme worry.”
British police worked out
that the couple might be in
El Raso and contacted the
Guardia Civil, who then
monitored the property
before for several hours and
saw no movement or any-
thing suspicious happening
within the villa. They then
forced their way in and
“arrested” the kidnapper
and freed the “victim”. Later
inquiries, together with the
couple's contradicting state-
ments, led the Guardia to
conclude that the kidnap
had been a carefully-
planned set-up. The couple
were brought before a
Torrevieja judge.
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A Saturday night power
cut caused by an Iberdrola
transformer fault left some
parts of Santa Pola in the
dark for almost an hour,
with the attractions at Pola
Park disabled by the lack of
electricity. Rides were
stopped in mid-flow, though
fortunately the roller-coast-
er was heading down any-
way, whilst some children
were left frightened as
some of the powered boun-
cy castles stopped moving
as they were inside.
Complementary tickets for
the Park were handed out
to those visitors who had
bought wristbands to get on
all of the rides. The black-
out kicked in at 11.15 pm,
though some parts of Santa
Pola were only affected for
a very short time, whilst the
main brunt of the disruption
seemed to be in the Gran
Playa and Playa Lisa
areas.
TERROR WARNING
ALL OFF
Bathers at Arenales del
Sol beach got a shock last
Sunday afternoon after a
decomposed body was
spotted floating just a few
metres from the shore. The
corpse was clothed and
with motorcycle boots
according to eyewitness
reports.
The body had been in the
water for some time, and so
far the only thing that the
experts have been able to
confirm is that it was the
corpse of a female.
One man fell to his death
as two paragliders collided
close to Santa Pola light-
house on Sunday evening.
Reports suggest that the
man died when the cables of
his glider apparently got
intertwined with that of
another craft that was also
flying by the lighthouse. The
pilot fell against the rock
face of the cliff, and died
shortly afterwards despite
still being alive when a med-
ical team arrived.
Local police described the
victim as North European,
whilst the other the man was
not seriously injured. The
area is a very popular spot
for paragliding enthusiasts.
PARA TRAGEDY
Last weekend saw a big
hike in the number of people
using Alicante-Elche airport
as the official summer sea-
son got going, with a
bumper ten percent rise on
the same weekend in 2014.
264 thousand passengers
used the facilities at El Altet
adding to the certainty that
2015 will be a record-break-
ing year for the airport, to
follow on last year’s record
returns.
Friday 10th July 20152 News
Spain is facing its highest
terror threat level since 2004
because of the danger
posed by jihadists, accord-
ing to the Interior Minister,
Jorge Fernandez Diaz. "We
are at the maximum alert
level since the attacks of
March 11, 2004 in Madrid,"
said Fernandez Diaz in an
interview published Sunday,
referring to the train attacks
that left 191 dead and nearly
2,000 injured. The minister
said he did not want to incite
panic, but "the level 4 alert
(out of a maximum of 5) cor-
responds to a reality".
The risk is heightened
particularly because the
head of Islamic State group,
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,
recently urged the
mujahideen to commit
attacks in their countries for
the one-year anniversary of
the jihadist organisation,
said the minister. There has
been a lot of activity since on
social networks, he said,
without giving details. Some
116 people have left Spain to
fight alongside IS jihadists,
with 16 people registered as
having since returned, as
well as a Torrevieja-based
Moroccan who was arrested
on an international warrant
recently in Poland.
BODY RIDDLE
FLYING HIGH
A 29 year old female driv-
er miraculously avoided
death and only suffered
minor injuries as her car hit
a train bound for Murcia
from Alicante last Tuesday
afternoon. The incident was
at a barrier-free level cross-
ing, though with warning
lights and sound alerts, at
the village of Media Legua
halfway between Redovan
and Molins. The car hit one
of the train carriages, with
the train driver managing to
stop within a few metres,
and was quoted as saying
that it was a miracle that it
had not been derailed. The
front cabin was damaged
and the train managed to
crawl back to the station at
Callosa where passengers
were taken by bus to com-
plete their journey to Murcia
City. The car driver was
taken to the Vega Baja
Hospital where her condition
was described as “not seri-
ous”.
Temperatures in the
Valencia Region were
almost seeing the mercury
crash out of thermometers
last Tuesday, with Xàtiva
logging a figure of just short
of 46 degrees Celsius in the
shade! Further south,
Orihuela City hit a year high
of just over 42 degrees,
whilst Rojales and
Torrevieja were over 39
degrees. Murcia City hit
over 43 degrees, but the
coastal areas of the Mar
Menor were at a much more
pleasant value of around 36
degrees. Met office says
the heatwave will definitely
continue until at least this
Sunday (July 12th) but it
could go on for longer, with
some experts sticking out
their necks by saying it
could continue for most of
July!
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Honey producers in the
Murcia region are in crisis
according to a represen-
tative of their federation.
Spokesman Angel Diaz
says that honey produc-
tion could be down as
much as 75 percent due
to the excess drought.
Meanwhile, local figs
could cost a lot more after
a main wholesale co-
operative based in
Albatera, Albafruits,
reported a fifty per cent
slashing of its production
to around 300 thousand
tonnes, due to a lack of
rain.
GREAT ESCAPERojales councillors, plus
parents and teachers from
the ailing Principe de
España school have asked
the new regional president,
Ximo Puig, to be true to his
word and to back up his
statements when he visited
the premises last
September and said that the
school was in need of emer-
gency repairs. They’ve
asked for an urgent meeting
with Puig and his Education
Minister to make sure that
rebuilding work starts as
soon as possible once the
winning tender for the proj-
ect has been announced,
with September or October
the likeliest start dates.
Rojales education council-
lor, Tatiana Cañizares, said
that the rebuilding should be
an absolute priority in the
regional education budget.
Friday 10th July 2015 3News
SCHOOLPUSH
Cabo Roig residents are
still waiting for action over
what they claim to be the
appalling state of the waste-
land between Calles Babor
and Catalejo. They say that
the 11 year problems over
rubbish being dumped there
have still not been
addressed by the council.
They say the issue gets
worse in the summer
months with a vile stench
during hot weather, as well
as rats and mosquitoes to
add to all of the fly-tipping.
Local residents wrote to the
ex-Orihuela mayor,
Monserrate Guillen, back in
April, making the point that
the waste ground was hardly
giving the right impression of
the area for tourists or
potential new foreign resi-
dents. Meanwhile, The
Courier has received a port-
folio of photographs showing
a variety of sites in the Los
Dolses area of the Orihuela
Costa that are said not have
been cleared of rubbish for a
number of weeks.
DIRTYCOSTA
SUMMER SIZZLER
A gang that ripped off over
300 thousand euro through
hacking e-mails and bank
account details has been
arrested by the Guardia
Civil. 12 individuals led by a
couple of Moroccans were
detained in Alicante as well
as Granada and Mallorca
under Operation Transfer.
They allegedly targeted
businesses across Europe,
including an electricity com-
pany in Lugo and the Town
Hall in the Granada area vil-
lage of Ferreira, by obtaining
bank account details of legit-
imate businesses and then
laundering payments to their
own accounts. Besides
Spain, other countries that
were hit included Austria,
Bosnia, Brazil, Germany,
and Switzerland.
THE LASTTRANSFER
Last weekend’s high tem-
peratures brought their
usual quota of problems
around Spain, with one of
the areas hit being Cieza, in
the northern part of the
Murcia region, where 2,500
square metres of land were
burnt, with strong gusts of
wind making the fire spread
swiftly, and jump from one
side of the River Segura to
the other. The fire brigade
received over 25 calls about
the blaze, and finally man-
aged to extinguish the
flames with the help of a
helicopter. Meanwhile, in
the region of Aragon, more
than 1,350 residents from
five villages were evacuated
as a wildfire spread through
a pine forest on Sunday.
The evacuees, who includ-
ed residents of a retirement
home, were transferred to
nearby towns. The fire
department in the northeast-
ern region of Catalunya had
to deal with a wildfire that
broke out in Cardedeu, 40
kilometres north of
Barcelona, which destroyed
two houses and several
cars, although no one was
injured.
About one hundred
semi-naked animal rights
activists covered in fake
blood on Saturday protest-
ed against this week’s
famous Pamplona bull
runs. Activists from People
for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals (PETA) and Anima
Naturalis, wore fake horns
while holding signs reading
“Pamplona's streets are
stained with bull's blood" in
several languages.
"Dozens of bulls suffer
injuries while participants
follow them, hit them and
terrorise them along the
route to their death", they
said in a statement.
Meanwhile several people,
including a British tourist,
where injured in some of
the runs earlier this week.
Foreign investors are
snapping up shares in
Spanish companies, with
shareholders from over-
seas now controlling 43% of
shares listed in Spain. That
is the highest level of for-
eign investment ever seen
in Spain and represents a
7% increase since the eco-
nomic crisis begun in 2007
and is double the amount
invested from abroad 20
years ago. In 2014, 64% of
share deals were generated
outside Spain and overseas
sales accounted for
264,000 million.
Spain’s hotel sector is
attracting record investment
with the country’s hotels
attracting ‘unprecedented’
levels of interest from buy-
ers at home and overseas,
according to financial advi-
sor CBRE. Middle Eastern,
Asian and US backers have
already been splashing the
cash and the total invest-
ment is set to reach record
levels. The current record-
holding year was 2006
when €1.6 billion was
invested in Spain’s hotels. A
CBRE spokesman said ‘the
industry is on course for its
best ever year’. A boost in
the country’s economy as
well as reinvigorated inter-
est in Spain’s tourist
hotspots has been attrib-
uted to the boom.
GOODINVESTMENT
Shark sightings forced the
Costa Brava police to close
off four beaches last week for
a few hours after sightings of
various blue sharks. Police in
the resort of Pineda del Mar,
just north of Barcelona,
closed the town’s four beach-
es on Thursday evening
(July 2nd) after lifeguards
spotted four small blue
sharks in shallow waters.
The sharks, which usually
inhabit more tropical waters,
are generally not dangerous
to humans but can cause
panic.
The four sharks spotted off
Pineda del Mar were "no
more than two metres long"
according to the La
Vanguardia newspaper.
Local police closed the
beach at around 7.15pm on
Thursday evening and life-
guards raised a red flag, indi-
cating that no bathing was
allowed.
By the Friday morning, the
flag had been changed to
yellow, indicating that while
there was still need for cau-
tion, visitors to the beach
were now permitted to bathe.
Final approval has been
given by the regional coastal
authority for the building of a
new boardwalk in Torrevieja
linking San Roque to Los
Náufragos beach (pictured),
with work expected to start
at the end of this summer.
The project will take some
eight months and will go in
tandem with irrigation work
in the area. The new prome-
nade is one of five develop-
ments in the Torrevieja area
under the 11.7 million euro
Plan de Restitución.
ON THEBOARDWALK
BLOOD DEMO HOTEL BOOST
FRIENDLY JAWS
MORE SAND
The Mar Menor is prov-
ing especially productive
this year, with the size of
the king prawns being
fished out of the natural salt
lake giving the impression
they are feeding on a super
food. If you are lucky
enough to try one of these
super prawns, the flavour is
described as premium, due
to the extra salt in the Mar
Menor waters. Apart from
prawns, the sea breams
(dorados) have also been
multiplying, and 10 tonnes
of this species have been
fished out of the Mar Menor
Work on repairing Torre de
la Horadada's beaches that
suffered storm damage at
the beginning of April has fin-
ished with more than 30
thousand cubic metres of
sand being dredged from the
harbour entrance and the
beach by the sailing school
and transferred mainly to the
beaches at El Mojón and
Villas-Higuericas.
FIRE FRENZYFriday 10th July 20154 News
SEAFOODHEAVEN
The work of the Spanish
armed forces is going to be
commemorated in the La
Mata area of Torrevieja all
day today (Friday). The
event starts at noon, with
the hoisting of the Spanish
flag in the main square of
La Mata, followed by an
exhibition of military might
for people to explore, visit-
ing and viewing some of the
vehicles and equipment that
the members of the military
use in their protective
duties. There will then be a
display from Ezapac del
Ejército del Aire, a
squadron of paratroopers
who will be in the air carry-
ing a four by six metre flag
in tribute to the country they
serve.
Around 200 military per-
sonnel will be around to
offer first-hand knowledge
about their experiences,
which may well encourage
younger people to consider
a career in the military,
whether that be in the
army, air force or navy, or
indeed the Guardia Civil. At
7.30pm, there will be a spe-
cial tribute to the fallen com-
rades of the military who
have been killed in the line
of duty, followed by a mass
and awards ceremony, and
this will be followed by a
concert featuring the Band
of the Unidad de Música de
la Academia General del
Aire de San Javier.
ON PARADE
‘Vulture’ funds are scav-
enging for rich pickings
among small solar panel
plants on the brink of closing
down. New Spanish laws
are forcing small-sized plant
owners to sell up as they
can no longer make a profit
from the energy they pro-
duce. Controversial new
regulations now tax solar
panel energy producers
some 27% of their income.
Taking advantage of the
change in policy, energy
experts are warning of the
‘vulture’ funds buying up the
market at a cut price.
“We have been harassed
by unscrupulous companies
looking to benefit from the
electricity reform,” says
Juan Castro-Gil from the
national solar panel associa-
tion. “The ‘vulture’ funds per-
secute us. Many small and
medium investments cannot
repay the loans, and are opt-
ing to sell their installation in
exchange for losing sight of
the debt to the bank.”
VULTURESPOUNCE
A British mother separat-
ed from her new-born baby
by a Spanish hospital has
been reunited with her
daughter after DNA results
finally proved it was hers.
Stacie Cottle, 27, has been
forced to endure three
weeks at the hospital in
Torre del Mar, near Malaga,
after a paediatrician claimed
the baby she brought in for a
check-up could not be hers.
But last Tuesday, she was
allowed to finally leave the
Comarcal de la Axarquia
hospital with baby Anzelika
for the very first time.
Stacie Cottle was visiting
her mother's villa when she
gave birth to the little girl on
June 16th and she went to
the hospital for a check-up
the next day. There had
been no time to call an
ambulance before the birth,
with mother and baby both
healthy. But when she
arrived staff were hostile,
told her the baby could not
be hers and called police.
They seized Anzelika
because they claimed that
she was too old to be a new-
born. An invasive test
showed that Miss Cottle, a
dental nurse from East
London, had recently given
birth but doctors insisted on
a DNA test to prove materni-
ty, which meant the baby
could not leave the building.
The case was handed over
to the Velez-Malaga courts
and the national police, who
took DNA tests, with the
court ruling this week ending
Stacie’s three weeks of
what she described as “feel-
ing as a common criminal”.
HAPPY ENDING
Friday 10th July 2015 5News
The British Foreign Office
has launched a video
campaign telling ex-pats
and visitors to Spain to keep
an eye out on their
passports during the
summer high season. More
than three thousand British
tourists who came to Spain
last year reported their
reported their passports
stolen and the best part of
two thousand said they had
lost theirs. Stealth crime
expert and ‘Man of Steal’
James Freedman has
worked with the Foreign
Office to create a series of
videos that show the
techniques used by
passport thieves, and offer
advice on how to avoid
becoming a victim. You can
watch them on YouTube at:
www.youtube.com/user/fcot
ravel.
James Freedman says:
“Pickpockets and thieves
constantly evolve their
techniques and tactics.
These videos show just a
handful of ways that a
pickpocket might attempt to
steal from you, so
remember some basic
advice to stay safe.”
If your passport is lost or
stolen, you can report it to
the Spanish police by calling
+34 902 102 112 (a
multilingual service). If you
need to travel urgently, you
can apply for an emergency
travel document at the
British Consulate (visit
www.gov.uk/emergency-
travel-document or call + 34
917 146 300).
KEEPING ITSAFE
Spanish scientists have
helped to develop a new
breast cancer drug that tar-
gets the tumour only and
leaves healthy cells alone,
drastically reducing the
unpleasant side-effects of
chemotherapy. It is also
thought to prolong the lives
– and quality of life – of
women suffering metastatic
breast cancer to an average
of five-and-a-half years.
Developed in 68 research
centres, based in practically
every region in Spain,
through the work of 84
investigators and 17 clinical
trials on 620 women, the
mono-clonal antibody,
retailed by Roche under the
brand name Kadcyla, is
given intravenously and
'embeds' itself into the
tumour, fighting it from the
inside.
It is given every three
weeks for eight or nine
months. However, if neces-
sary it can be administered
for much longer, because it
is not toxic, according to Dr
Ana Lluch, head of oncology
at Valencia's Hospital
Clínico.
Lluch, recently voted 'best
oncologist in Spain', says
the drug is already in use in
the Valencian region includ-
ing the Costa Blanca but
'subject to masses of
bureaucracy' and that its
availability has not been
'generalised'
A young male was arrest-
ed this week in connection
with a shooting incident in an
amusement arcade located
in Santa Coloma de
Gramenet arcade near
Barcelona on July 1st.
Witnesses stated that the
man had spent a number of
days in the arcade and had
lost a considerable amount
of money playing on slot
machines.
The man is said to have
returned to the arcade and
complained to the manager
about his loss, when he sud-
denly pulled out a gun and
shot the manager in the
head.
CCTV footage then shows
the man trying to commit sui-
cide, but having failed in that
attempt, he turned the gun
on other customers in the
arcade before fleeing the
scene,leaving the gun
behind.
The manager was taken
by ambulance to the
Hospital Vall d'Hebron in
Barcelona, where he was
said to be in a stable but
serious condition.
The investigation is con-
tinuing into the event.
San Fulgencio police offi-
cers have been officially
thanked by the local council
for their part in recent local
crime fighting. The Mayor,
Carlos Ramirez, acknowl-
edged the work of the offi-
cers in helping to gain the
arrest of a man who robbed
Maya’s Bar on the La
Marina urbanisation last
month.
POLICE AWARD TV RETURN
Two Torrevieja police offi-
cers saved the life of a 12
year old boy who suffered a
cardiac arrest after being
saved from drowning in a
swimming pool. The inci-
dent happened on
Wednesday lunchtime in a
private indoor pool on Calle
La Loma in the city, with the
officers arriving on the
scene discovering the life-
less body had been pulled
out of the pool by a friend.
The officers proceeded to
resuscitate the youngster
after discovering he did not
have a pulse and they
brought him around before
an ambulance took him to
Torrevieja Hospital. The boy,
who was on holiday with his
parents from Madrid, has a
history of heart problems.
Regional public televi-
sion for the Valencia
region could be back this
autumn, returning on
Friday October 9th, nearly
two years after it was
closed down by the previ-
ous PP government.
Canal Nou suffered
from large overspending
fuelled by expensive
sports rights purchases
and the old regional
administration belatedly
tried to slash costs by
reducing the workforce in
an illegal move that was
outlawed by the courts.
The government pulled
the plug in November
2013 amidst a huge out-
cry from the general pub-
lic, and now the new
regional President, Ximo
Puig, has said that he will
do all in his power to get a
new public service on the
air by Valencia Day.
Puig said that it was
essential to have public
television to bind the
region together, but it
would be up to the
Parliament to get a new
put together quickly to
allow this to happen.
Friday 10th July 20156 News
BOY REVIVED
CANCERBREAK-
THROUGH
UNSPORTINGLOSER
I have never spoken
before of Colin the pub's
cleaner because I consider
him a total waste of time.
'Now just you hang on a
minute, Dave,' complained
Colin a few evenings ago.
'This pub is not the biggest
that I clean but it takes me
the longest time to scrub
and mop because you and
your mates make by far the
most massive mess.'
'No, YOU hang on a
minute, Colin,' I said to him.
'Stop lumping together this
pub's mess. We each leave
individual messes. I happen
to know that my mess is tiny
compared to the messes
that my colleagues deposit.'
'Now just hang on another
minute, mate,' protested
Colin again. 'No,' I retorted.
'YOU hang on another
minute.'
'What are you two yelling
about?' asked Dave the bar-
man who had appeared
from his office at the back
where he had been totting
up the pub's previous day's
takings. Needless to say,
that particular task hadn't
taken him long.
'So what's up with you
two?' repeated Dave the
barman as he washed his
hands in the sink behind the
bar.
The washing of the hands
was a necessary hygienic
procedure in order to
remove the sticky patina of
green oxidised film which
had transferred to Dave's
digits from the rusting
bronze coins we pubsters
somehow had managed to
gouge out from our pockets
to pay for our drinks.
To be fair to Dave the bar-
man, he never raised the
price of his alcohol. But to
be equally fair to us, we
pubsters never complained
that Dave the barman
watered his drinks.
But back to my story.
Dave the barman dried his
hands and asked: 'So what
are you six up to?'
Colin the cleaner and I
looked around mystified.
'But there are only two of us
here,' we pointed out.
'I know that,' sighed Dave
the barman, 'But I've had to
ask the both of you practi-
cally the same question
THREE times! Here am I try-
ing to attract more cus-
tomers and there are you
two scaring them off by rais-
ing your voices. If you must
argue, take it outside.
'But on second thoughts,'
mein host went on, 'Don't
even squabble on the pave-
ment because you'll either
frighten away Fag Ash Bill or
worse make him choke on
his ciggy smoke and thus kill
him.'
Using all my skills of well-
reasoned debate, I pointed
an accusing finger at Colin
the cleaner. 'HE started it!' I
cried.
'Hang on yet another
minute, mate,' protested
Colin. 'No,' I retorted: 'YOU
hang on yet another minute.'
Dave the barman jumped
onto the counter. 'I swear
that if I hear that phrase one
more time from either of you
I shall hang you both from
the highest light fitting for far
longer than a minute!'
'Hang on a minute!' shout-
ed a new voice. Dave the
barman, Colin the cleaner
and me myself looked
around. There was nobody
else in the pub.
'Down here! Look down
here!' came the voice again.
So we looked down there
and saw that the disembod-
ied voice belonged to none
other than the oldest mem-
ber of our hostelry group.
'Yes, it is truly I,' said Ol'
Red Eyes from the floor (lit-
erally). 'Although I have
been turfed off my stool and
usurped as your leader by
that Amazonian devil
woman Andromeda
Arkwright, I reserve the right
to make a judgement,
namely that Dave Silver is
the innocent party in his
altercation with Colin the
cleaner.
'And before anyone can
accuse me of showing
favouritism, let me assure
you that I consider the afore-
mentioned Mr Silver just as
slimy as the rest of you.'
Ol' Red Eyes lifted himself
onto one elbow, focused his
rheumy peepers on the
whisky optic behind the bar,
and continued:
'Pour some firewater
down my throat and I shall
explain how I arrived at my
verdict that Mr Silver is guilt-
less on all charges.'
Dave the barman sighed.
'The poor old beggar thinks
he's back in the courtroom.'
'But Ol' Red Eyes was
never a lawyer or a judge,' I
pointed out.
'I know that,' said Dave
the barman. 'But he occu-
pied the dock enough times
to pick up the legal lingo.'
Anyway, for the record, Ol'
Red Eyes stated that far
from my adversary Colin
being a conscientious clean-
er, the devious fellow would
indeed collect together our
pub rubbish but instead of
making several trips outside
to the skip in the backyard
he would flatten a portion of
the said garbage and sweep
it under the carpet.
The truly incriminating
part of Ol' Red Eyes' testi-
mony/summing-up was that
the section of carpet under
which the rubbish was
swept was the identical
piece on which Ol' Red Eyes
slept each night.
It was only when the old
codger's 'mattress' reached
a height of three feet and
thus brought on a nosebleed
that Ol' Red Eyes tumbled to
Colin the cleaner's lazy
deception.
'Case proven!' Dave the
barman cried. 'Colin must be
taken outside and shot -- or
at least be sacked!'
'Stop!' shouted our much-
loved (but not by Ol' Red
Eyes) new leader
Andromeda Arkwright as
she strode into the pub.
'Everyone deserves a sec-
ond chance. I propose that
Colin the cleaner be allowed
to continue cleaning until he
messes up again. Do I have
a seconder?'
'Seconded!' cried Colin
the cleaner, breathing a
huge sigh of relief.
Well, readers, there's
been no trouble since then
apart from a strange inci-
dent the other morning
when Ol' Red Eyes awoke
just before the refuse collec-
tors were due and found that
he had spent the night out-
side in the rubbish skip,
buried under a pile of non-
recyclable pub garbage.
Now there was no way the
old goat could have climbed
unaided into the container.
Colin the cleaner wasn't
saying anything but some-
one definitely would have
had to lift Ol' Red Eyes and
plonk him into the skip.
Oh, and the reason Colin
the cleaner wasn't saying
anything was that he hadn't
shown up after phoning in
sick. Something about a bad
back.
Friday 10th July 2015 7Dave Silver
With the hot and humid
weather we are experienc-
ing at the moment, probably
the last thing on your mind is
cosy rugs and carpets. Well
for us in the carpet and rug
business it’s exactly what
we are thinking about during
the summer months. This is
the time of year when all the
designers bring out their
new lines for the following
season, and when us, the
retailers, start looking at
clearing old stock to make
room for the new. Here at
Carpet Heaven in Los
Montesinos we are now
starting to bring in the new
rug designs in this years
new fashionable designs &
colours
Have you just bought, or
are you trying to sell a
house/apt with old or
cracked marble or ceramic
tiles? Why not cover your
floor with high quality
Burmatex carpet tiles, avail-
able in a vast range of
styles, colours and textures,
which will provide warmth,
practicality and sound
reduction. Another excel-
lent alternative, especially
for kitchens and bathrooms
is cushioned vinyl, which
also comes in a wide range
of wood, marble or stone
effects and is non slip and
durable.
As always we have our
extensive range of British
“Stainfree For Life” carpets,
available for fitting or as
large area rugs, still at 2013
prices. Due to the exchange
rate increases, these prices
will inevitably have to rise in
the new winter season, so
get excellent value for
money by ordering this sum-
mer – (you can order and
pay a deposit and pay the
balance when fitted in the
autumn) - you’ll be glad you
did when those cold winter
nights return!
To make room on the
shop floor for our new lines
we will be holding an End Of
Line Sale from Wed 1st July
15 until Saturday 18th July
15 when all our rugs will be
discounted by 20%. Why
wait for the inevitable
autumn price increases, buy
now at this years prices. We
will even store for free until
you are ready to collect.
Please Note: We are open
Mon – Sat 10am – 2pm
All change at Carpet Heaven
THAT'S ANOTHER FINE MESS...
A digital screen displaying
the faces of some of
Britain's most wanted fugi-
tives is being driven around
popular expat areas in
Spain, including the Costa
Blanca. Crimestoppers and
the National Crime Agency
(NCA) are using the tactic
for the first time in an
attempt to flush out suspects
thought to be hiding in areas
such as Benidorm.
The 13ft high screen
attached to the back of a
van broadcasts the faces of
18 men who are being
sought in connection with a
range of alleged crimes
including rape, drug traffick-
ing and murder. It is touring
areas with large British con-
tingents and parking outside
nightclubs, bars, supermar-
kets and restaurants. The
campaign is part of
Operation Captura, which
targets British fugitives
believed to be hiding among
ex-pat communities in the
Spanish Costas. So far 68
out of 86 wanted individuals
have been apprehended.
Roger Critchell, director of
operations for
Crimestoppers, added: "This
is something that we have
never done before. But we
believe that broadcasting
these fugitives' faces right in
their back yards will not only
encourage the public to
speak up but show these
individuals that there really
is nowhere to hide. There
will be no avoiding the faces
on this screen - they'll be
broadcast in all the popular
expat areas.”
METROENQUIRY
Survivors and grieving
loved ones of the devastat-
ing Valencia metro crash
nine years ago say they
have staged their last-ever
demonstration, because
they have achieved their
aim. The new regional pres-
ident Ximo Puig who is gov-
erning in coalition with eco-
nationalists Compromís led
by Mónica Oltra, and
Podemos, led by Antonio
Montiel, has publicly apolo-
gised to the Association of
Victims of the July 3 Metro
(AVM3J) – the first time any
politician has done so since
the underground train crash
which killed 43 and left 47
seriously injured. Puig has
also launched a commission
to investigate the causes of
the accident.
The AVM3J has now held
105 demonstrations since
2006, and dug up what
appears to be evidence of a
cover-up of inquiries into the
reasons for the crash, which
also killed the driver, just as
Line 1 was pulling into its
terminus station.
Association leader Beatriz
Garrote says representa-
tives were invited into a full
government meeting to
speak to all the regional min-
isters, who expressed their
support – and the following
day, all of them joined the
AVM3J in the city's iconic
Plaza de la Virgen during
their 105th gathering.
“From now on, our tears
will be for the loss of our
loved ones only, and not
because of our frustration
and helplessness,” Sra
Garrote announced at the
end.
CRIMINAL ROADSHOW Friday 10th July 20158 News
Three quarters of
Spaniards are against the
country's new "gag law",
which has brought in a
series of measures oppo-
nents say hark back to the
dark days of dictator
Francisco Franco. The new
public security law, which
came into force at the start
of the month, was met with
protests around the country,
with critics saying that it lim-
its free speech and curbs
the right to demonstrate.
The poll, carried out by
Metroscopia and published
in Spanish daily El País on
Monday, found that "the so-
called gag-law has reached
levels of opposition rarely
seen in Spanish politics". A
huge majority of Spaniards,
75 percent, oppose the law,
which was passed with only
the backing of the Partido
Popular, but even among
the PP's conservative sup-
porters the law remains
unpopular, with almost half
(44 percent) opposing the
law.
The law has been contro-
versial since it was first con-
ceived in response to the
increase in - mainly peace-
ful - anti-austerity protests in
late 2013 and early 2014. It
has received criticism from
human rights groups,
lawyers’ associations and
journalists for muzzling free-
dom of speech. The presi-
dent of Spain’s General Law
Council, Carlos Carnicer,
said the law had "kicked the
country to the right".
The law has brought in a
series of fines for public
order offences, which range
from €30,000 to €600,000.
People could be fined up to
€600,000 for protesting out-
side public buildings, while
taking photographs of police
officers and using social
media to instigate protests
are also banned. The coun-
try’s opposition political par-
ties have pledged to repeal
the law if they take power in
this autumn’s general elec-
tion.
UNPOPULAR GAG
Friday 10th July 2015 9News
FULL HEALTHUsing a new and pio-
nerring computer system,
the health and social service
functions of the 17
autonomous regions in
Spain will soon be able to
share information, if a new
draft social care initiative is
approved.
The system is of particular
use to those who travel
around the regions and need
constant health care, as
medical records will now be
shared to medics in different
areas.
During the summer, for
example, many inland resi-
dents visit the coastal
regions for holidays.
Whereas those in need of
continual care would normal-
ly have to carry their medical
information with them to
ensure continuity between
the different hospitals, now
they will be able to benefit
from the automated system.
Spain´s health minister
,Alfonso Alonso, said that the
new draft Social and
Healthcare Assistance
Strategy will include the set-
ting up an interface so that
any hospital or health centre
in the country can read any
patient's details, wherever
they come from.
STRONG POSTSThe new socialist mayor of
Paiporta, Isabel Martin, has
filed a complaint with the
police stating that she has
been receiving death threats
after announcing a withdraw-
al of subsidy from bull fights.
Pro-bullfighting com-
menters flocked to the
Facebook page of the town's
previous mayor, Vicente Ibor
of the Partido Popular, to
complain about the decision,
singling out the town's new
mayor in particular:
"Just like she took the
bulls away from us, I will kill
her", wrote one commenter,
while another threatened to
lock her up with a massive
"fierce" bull.
Ibor had already written on
Facebook that Martin and
her left-wing political allies'
plans were "unacceptable"
and that it was like "kidnap-
ping someone in their own
home". "We are not going to
accept that the radicals -
without winning the election -
can prohibit and diminish our
traditions," Ibor wrote.
Martin reported the mes-
sages to the local police last
Thursday, which were then
transferred to the Guardia
Civil to investigate whether
they constituted a crime.
New laws came into force
this month which gives the
authorities more powers to
deal with such complaints.
The authors of the two
posts, as well as four people
who liked the comments,
were scheduled to testify in
court yesterday (Thursday
July 9th).
The Samaritans in Spain
have reported a steady rise
in calls since they launched
their new Freephone num-
ber at the beginning of June.
The organisation offers a
friendly voice to talk to in
times of stress, and of
course complete confiden-
tiality is guaranteed.
BUSY LINE
GET TROTTING
There were horses and
carriages aplenty in San
Pedro del Pinatar last
Sunday in the annual horse
and carriage event which
was being staged for the
twelfth time, as part of the
summer fiestas. Around 30
traditional carriages made
the journey to Playa
Villananitos from the Feria
del Ganado.
MASONICBOOST
Popular entertainer
Woody (pictured) helped to
see the coffers get full to
overflowing in a recent big
fund-raiser for AFA
Torrevieja, the local
Alzheimer’s Association,
staged at El Alto La
Dolores in Guardamar.
Close to 1,400 euro was
raised for AFA, with local
President, Matilda
Sanchez, overwhelmed at
the number of people
present as well as their
generosity. The restaurant once again donated a cruise as
the top prize in the raffle to boost the number of ticket sales,
with the venue slated to hold a fund-raiser for the Elche
Children’s Home on Wednesday August 5th, with Woody
once again leading the entertainment.
400 plus plastic ducks
have a new home having
been looked after by the
former Torrevieja Costa
Lions club members who
brought them over to Spain
from the UK in 2012 for the
country’s first ever duck
race! With the Lions club
folding this year, a new
charity and home was
needed for the creatures,
and they seem to have
found it in the form of
S.A.T.S. Animal Rescue!
Liesl Cavender who for
many years supported the
Lions along with her hus-
band Richard, contacted
ex-Lions President, Janette
Bennett (pictured with her
yellow friends) to enquire if
S.A.T.S .could look after the
ducks! The former Lions
agreed with the suggestion,
and they hope that the
ducks will quack on as they
raise funds in the future for
a popular local cause.
On their one and only
race back in 2012, the
ducks raised over 3,500
euro for the Lions who
donated all the funds to
help a young boy from
Formentera del Segura who
was in much need of med-
ical treatment.
QUACKINGMOVE
The Paul Cunningham
Nurses Charity has bought
some much-needed equip-
ment thanks to the generos-
ity of the Alicante Province
Freemasons, who raised
2,400 euro. In a special cer-
emony at La Marina last
Saturday, the Masons rep-
resented by Barrie Mansell,
Keith Allcock and John
Davy made the formal pres-
entation of a hospital bed,
three mattresses and three
wheelchairs to charity
fundraiser, Tricia Lee.
Meanwhile the charity
has said thank you to the
“Ladies Who Lunch” group
for their very
generous donation of 503
euro, which was handed
over to Tricia at the group’s
fifth anniversary luncheon
at La Cosheca Restaurant
in Benijofar. “The ladies
have worked tirelessly for
us and many other charities
over the years”, said Tricia,
“and their valued support
has always been appreciat-
ed”.
Friday 10th July 201510 Local News & Events
June’s Walk for Life at
Playa Flamenca raised a
final figure of 13,322 euro for
the AECC cancer charity
which means that the Maria
and The Pink Ladies charity
has raised over 220 thou-
sand euro since they got
together five years ago.
“This is fantastic news” said
charity founder Maria Wilson
(pictured looking healthy
after a tough year of hospital
treatment), “and many
thanks to all the generous
people in the area and all of
the efforts of our volunteers”.
Meanwhile Bar Kenz in
San Luis, Torrevieja have
turned up trumps again for
the Pink Ladies, as they
raised 1,300 euro thanks to
their regulars putting togeth-
er the money through their
race nights and the weekly
Saturday card bingo, in addi-
tion to donations of loose
change. The Melody Makers
International Choir and
Cantemos! Youth Choir con-
certs at the end of last month
at the Orihuela Costa Resort
hotel produced an excellent
eleven hundred euro for the
Pink Ladies and the AECC,
and the Pink Ladies will be
announcing details of their
End of Summer Ball shortly.
IN THE PINKNEWS
The best part of 3,000 euro was raised for the Help at
Home Mar Menor charity at their recent annual Rocking in
Roda event, which was a sell-out. Local entertainers provid-
ed a treat for the 344-strong audience, with the gorgeous
weather being the icing on the cake!
ROCKINGRODA
AFA’S BIGNIGHT
BUS APPEALThe Stagestruck Theatre
Group have thrown an addi-
tional 200 euro into the ever
increasing pot to buy a new
minibus for Age Concern,
Costa Blanca South.
The money comes from
their recent show in San
Fulgencio, and company
members handed over the
cheque to Age Concern
President, Maureen Payne,
who said that the bus fund is
now standing close to a very
impressive 20,000 euro,
thanks to all concerned.
Friday 10th July 2015 11
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Emile is a beautiful eight weekold podenco pup, who is veryintelligent, and likes to becuddled. He is very good withother dogs and cats and iscurrently being fostered in ahome with other dogs and cats,who he likes to play with. He isvery funny to watch and a reallittle character. For more on thisadorable boy please call PEPAon 650 304 746 or [email protected]
Throughout my career as
a dog behaviourist, I have
never been interested in the
dog training side of things. I
don’t get it and I don’t under-
stand it. I have carried out
hundreds of home consulta-
tions for dogs who are show-
ing problem behaviours and
the amount that are perfectly
trained, yet still want to bite
you, is remarkable. Dog
training will not get you a bal-
anced dog. It will simply get
you a dog who can follow
commands. What you
should be looking at is if your
dog is balanced. That is the
key to a happy and peaceful
dog. Are you understanding
your dog from their point of
view and fulfilling their
needs, rather than just
shouting commands at them
and not understanding
them?
When I first started study-
ing dogs, I went down the
dog training path and it
caused havoc to my faithful
and beautiful German
Shepherd, Billy. We got him
to the point where he could
sit, lie down, stay, you name
it, Billy could do it. But when
Billy went through a three
month stage of aggression,
that was when I realized, I
had done something very,
very wrong. The police and
army work with German
Shepherds for a very good
reason, because what they
can do with their mouth in
three seconds is a lot of
damage. This is if they are
not raised correctly and sim-
ply trained and trained to
death.
I re-looked at everything
and it was a very unhappy
time, wondering if Billy would
attack the next dog we met.
Once I started looking into
the dog behaviour side of
things rather than dog train-
ing, this is where it all
changed. Billy went back to
being the most placid and
gentle German Shepherd
you could ever meet. Why
did this change happen?
Because I was now taking
things from a dog’s point of
view, rather than a humans
point of view, which is dog
training.
I began to fulfil his real
needs and was not bothered
anymore, whether he was
standing, lying down, or sit-
ting. My only concern was
that he was calm and bal-
anced and thankfully he
was.
So many people shout
“Sit” to their dogs and put
them under so much
unwanted pressure, but
what would you rather have,
a dog who just stands there
and is calm, or a dog who is
sitting, but when they get up
they are ready to attack,
which is like many of the
dogs I have worked with?
We also have to look at
ourselves and how calm are
we. Every day I normally
practice spirituality, but since
my mum died, a year ago, I
have been through a stage
in my life where anger has
taken over and not peace.
My anger is based on the
fact they many people
abused my mum when she
was alive and they are still
on this earth now, sitting
back and enjoying life, while
my mum is six feet under. I
am pleased though that I
recognise this emotion in me
and I am working hard to get
back to my calm, spiritual
self. But we do have to be
honest with ourselves. Are
we calm or not? Honesty will
always get you results.
Everyone always looks at
me and thinks I am bullet
proof and always calm, but
the truth is, I am not. I am
human and have feeling like
anyone else and I have
never known the severe
emotional pain that is
attached with losing my one
and only best friend, my
mum. So how calm we are
as people is very important
to our dogs.
Like me, if you are going
through a loss right now, the
one thing we must remem-
ber is that our loved ones are
looking down on us and they
would only want one thing
for us and that is that we are
at peace and not in turmoil,
so lets honour our loved
ones, human and furry.
www.thedogyouneed.com
is my registered charity,
where we rehabilitate the
most severely abused ani-
mals, and do visit the site to
learn about our work and
also if you can help us out in
anyway. It will be much
appreciated and thank you in
advance.
EMILE
KITTENS
ROCCO
APAH has lots of kittens ofdifferent ages and colours,but all lookingfor a loving home to make upfor such a hard start in life. Ifyou wantto meet them, please call 630422 563.
Rocco was found at the sideof a main road scavenging forfood; he was very thin, full ofticks and had very inflamed skin,possibly due to his previous liv-ing conditions: that was in Juneof last year. He is now a healthy10.5 kilos and looking veryhandsome. Rocco is a happyboy who loves to play; he hasbeen fully vaccinated, microchipped and castrated and stillonly a youngster at two yearsold. If you can give Rocco a spe-cial home then call the kennelsin Dolores on 966 710 047 oremail [email protected]
Benji is a unique looking dog
with a great personality. He was
rescued by APAH after being
found outside a large
Supermarket and deserves a
loving home to make up for the
callousness of being abandoned.
To meet Benji, please call 630
422 563.
BALANCE IS THE KEY
BEN BENJI
Ben is a 15 month old
Rottweiler cross and was found
wandering around La Marina
Urb. We have placed him in a
foster home and he is great with
other dogs, cats and children.
He is only around 10 kilos and is
house trained. Call: 645 469
253. www.petsinspain.com
Friday 10th July 201512 Peter Singh & Pets
SHEEBA
BALANCED AND CALM BILLY
Friday 10th July 2015 13
Patients who miss
appointments at doctors'
surgeries and hospitals in
the UK will be told how
much they have cost the
NHS, according to health
secretary Jeremy Hunt.
That’s not good enough! If
the government can wage
war on parents who take
children out of school during
term time (quite rightly) and
fining them for doing so,
then the same treatment
should be handed out to
people who abuse the NHS.
My wife worked in the UK as
a nurse and knows only too
well how many missed
appointments occurred in
her surgery, which was over
200 a month. Now multiply
that over all the country and
the amount is staggering.
OK, some missed appoint-
ments are genuine -
unpleasant stuff happens.
But the vast majority of
missed appointments are
from thoughtless, selfish
people and it costs the NHS
and taxpayers a fortune.
That’s because the thought-
less deem the NHS to be a
free service, and in their
minds it's there to be
abused; if they miss an
appointment because they
have something more press-
ing in their trivial lives, it
doesn't matter because
someone else will pay.
Yes, that someone else
will be someone who is
actually working and having
to pay tax. So, as far as I'm
concerned, charge them,
unless they have a cast iron
excuse as to why they did
not bother to phone the doc-
tor or hospital to explain why
they couldn´t attend. There
are two important aspects
here... firstly the cost of
missed appointments, leav-
ing staff hanging around
waiting and not caring for
another patient. Secondly, it
is depriving someone else
who genuinely needs help,
of an appointment which
could have been fitted in. So
it is vital that the issue of
missed appointments is
dealt with and dealt with
decisively, and we all know
that the only way to make
some thoughtless people
toe the line is to hit them
hard in their pockets. I give a
pat on the back to Jeremy
Hunt for approving pricing
statements on medicine
boxes, stating how much it
costs the NHS and taxpay-
ers.
It gives an important mes-
sage to patients that their
treatment is not for nothing.
As a journalist I was called
into a person's home who
had died to witness the huge
accumulation of medicines
handed out to the patient.
My wife also knows only too
well of patients who are
handed out costly drugs to
patients which were not
taken. It's an utter waste of
public money. My father
ended up taking a huge
assortment of tablets every
day - taking one medicine to
counteract the side effect of
the first and so on. He
wouldn't accept that his
body was more than capa-
ble of looking after itself
most of the time...and given
the chance to do so.
Should parents who take
their children out of school
during term times to go on
family holidays be told the
children's places will be
taken by other children? A
head teacher at one Kent
school thinks so and has
warned parents that pupils
could lose their school
places. However, she has
been told by the education
authority such action is ille-
gal because the children's
education should not be put
at risk through the actions of
parents. It has opened up
the big debate once again -
some parents simply cannot
take time off work during
school holiday times while
others are excluded from
taking meaningful holidays
because of sky-high prices
during school holiday dates.
There must be an answer to
this dilemma and, given
some measure of goodwill, it
could be found. But I can
understand the school
head's frustration, when
there's a high demand for
places at this much sought-
after school.
It’s excellent news that the
six-year-old cancer sufferer
Ashya King, whose disap-
pearance from
Southampton Hospital last
year sparked an internation-
al manhunt, has now been
declared cancer free. He
has now returned to the UK
after his parents received
assurances that social serv-
ices would not be crawling
all over them. The boy had
had surgery to remove a
brain tumour, and his mum
and dad wanted him to have
proton beam therapy to zap
any remaining tumour. But
although this therapy is
widely available on the con-
tinent, it is not so readily
available on the NHS, which
meant the parents took
Ashya from the hospital
against doctors' advice and
took him here to Spain
where they were arrested
after the medics claimed the
boy's life was in danger.
Ashya subsequently had the
required proton beam treat-
ment and all seems well. I
hope the doctors have
learned a lesson from this
sad experience and work
with concerned parents
rather than provoking a
manhunt, claiming the boy's
life was in danger being
taken out of hospital, when
evidence showed the oppo-
site. And the powers that be
in the NHS need to ensure
that treatments which are
available elsewhere in the
world and proved to work
are available in Britain. Brits
deserve nothing less and
should ensure that the NHS
remains more than fit for
purpose.
We were in London last
weekend to watch the
march-past along The Mall
by thousands of members of
the Salvation Army celebrat-
ing the 150th anniversary of
the movement. It was a
wonderful sight with repre-
sentatives from all over the
world demonstrating the
popularity of an organisation
which provides so much
help and comfort. The
Russian contingent was fol-
lowed by one from Ukraine
and in the middle of the
march both groups stopped
and embraced each-other.
It’s a pity that Vladimir Putin,
his hawkish generals and
those in Ukraine fighting the
will of the majority in a coun-
try trying to rid itself from the
shackles of a major power,
were not there to see it and
learn from it.
GET THEM TOCOUGH UP
Friday 10th July 201514 Tony Mayes - About Life
ISSUE 4 - 10TH JULY 2015
Friday 10th July 20152 Motoring+
In the realm of super-
cars, there are those that
take you by the seat of
your pants and toss you
around for a wild ride.
Those are pretty fun –
who are we kidding,
those are still awesome –
but then you have a com-
pletely different animal
that grabs you by the soul
and shakes you from the
inside out. These cars,
often dubbed hyper cars,
are not pretty and they’re
not necessarily comfort-
able, but rather they are
just functional bodies
wrapped around massive
amounts of power with a
few seats to plop down
those hind sides brave
enough to sit in them.
One of the kings of the
hyper car world in recent
years has been the
Bugatti Veyron 16.4. It
was already powerful as
is, but Bugatti wanted
more and created the
Veyron 16.4 Super Sport.
But don’t sleep on the
Veyron SS just yet. It did-
n’t earn its status in the
supercar world by being a
pushover. That Veyron SS
was capable of reaching a
top speed of just a shade
under 267 mph, a record
that still stands according
to Guinness.
BugattiVeyron Super
SportYou know that saying"when you’re at the top,there’s no other place to gobut down?" Yeah, try tellingthat to Hennessey . Thecompany that already hasthe fastest production car inthe world (Guinness fails tocertify it due to its craftyrules) in its stable is shoot-ing for the stars with plansto develop evil in a vehicu-lar form. The Texas-basedcompany calls this evil onwheels the Venom F5.
Hennessey boss JohnHennessey broke the newsto Top Gear, gushing aboutthe possibility of the VenomF5 hitting a top speed noother production car in the
world has been able toattain. "I think something inthe 290-mph range will bepossible," Hennessey said.
The man apparentlydidn’t misspeak when hesaid "290 mph," which is allthe indication you need toknow that Mr. Hennesseyhas either lost his mind orhe is determined to driveBugatti insane with con-stant pressure from Texas.The Venom F5 name prettymuch says it all. That "F5"nomenclature is a refer-ence to the most powerfulclassification given to torna-does, or in the case of theVenom, a destructive out-put of around 1,400 horse-
power.All these horses are
reigned in by a single-clutch, paddle-shift trans-mission, not the Ricardo,six-speed manual found inthe Venom GT. You can,however, opt for the manu-al, if you like.
Start quivering in yourboots, Bugatti . It’s better toembrace the inevitable thancontinue fighting for yourcause.
Hennessey is planning awhole new set of upgradesfor the F5, including all-car-bon-fiber bodywork to helpkeep the curb weight under2,866 pounds to helpenhance its power-to-
weight ratio. By compari-son, the Bugatti VeyronSuper Sport only returns630 horsepower per tonne,whereas it appearsHennessey is shooting for1000 horsepower pertonne.
Though the Venom F5will share a Lotus platform
with the Venom GT, theywill have different looks.The F5 looks more like thelovechild of the Nissan GT-R and a Ferrari.Additionally, HennesseyHennessey will add aerody-namic components to dropthe F5’s coefficient of dragto 0.40 — the Venom GT’scoefficient of drag checks inat 0.44. Sure, it’s a smallchange, but enough to helpthe F5 maintain its speed ina down-and-back run at theKennedy Space Center.
Once Hennessey has
successfully evolved theVenom GT into the F5, thelatter should be able to takethe reigns from its cousinas the true kingpin of thesupercar world, despitewhat the Guinness Book ofWorld Records believes.Achieving a top speed of290 mph is quite literally the
fastest way to do that.The company plans to
produce 30 examples of theVenom F5, which is justenough to satisfy Guinness’requirement for the record.Each example will comewith a price of somewherenorth of the $1.2 millionsticker of the Venom GT.
Customers lucky enoughto secure one of these 30models should expect toreceive their new babiessometime in 2016, so that´ssomething to look forwardto at least.
The truly awesome HennesseyVenom F5 Supercar
Friday 10th July 2015 3Motoring+
Friday 10th July 20154 Motoring+
Most people are aware of what we might call a “zebra”
crossing, with black and white alternating stripes across the
road, but what about the red ones, or blue ones or any other
colours?
There are two ways of answering the question, and so we
will start with the simple and legal one. Article 168 of the
Tráfico, Circulación y Seguridad Vial, says...
“c) Marca de paso para peatones. Una serie de líneas
de gran anchura, dispuestas sobre el pavimento de la
calzada en bandas paralelas al eje de ésta y que forman
un conjunto transversal a la calzada, indica un paso
para peatones, donde los conductores de vehículos o
animales deben dejarles paso. NO podrán utilizarse
líneas de otros colores que alternen con las blancas.”
To explain what that means in as literal way we can, it
states that pedestrian crossings are formed of a series of
wide lines arranged from the pavement and parallel to the
axis thereof, forming a set across the road where drivers of
vehicles or animals must let pedestrians pass.
However, in answer to your question about different
colours used on crossings, the last phrase, “NO podrán uti-
lizarse líneas de otros colores que alternen con las blancas”,
states that you must not use other colours that alternate with
the white ones.
Therefore, by the legal definition set out in this document,
the only colours which should exist on pedestrian crossings
are white, and the colour of the road.
We can therefore conclude that the use of any other colour
for pedestrian crossings should not be allowed.
However, the more complex answer comes about when
we look at different methods of traffic calming, means to slow
down road traffic to create a safer environment for all.
Traffic calming is a phrase used to describe a means by
which motorists are forced to slow down, thus making the
roads safer for all, especially the more vulnerable road users
such as cyclists and pedestrians.
There have been many different studies relating to traffic
calming, and proposed methods for highlighting pedestrian
crossings better has been the outcome of some of that
research.
A study in 2014 concluded that the best way to make
crossings safer for pedestrians was to “transform these
pedestrian passages into eye-grabbing spectacles: a school
of colorful fish, a skein of yarn, a skeleton, a row of large-cal-
iber bullets.”
It should be noted that the 2014 study was done by an
artist rather than a road safety professional, although the
impact was successful. By creating a surface which drivers
looked out for could improve the awareness of the crossing,
but other experts also suggest that these could do more
damage than good, as distracting a driver from the vulnera-
ble road users is a recipe for disaster, as drivers look at the
crossing and not the people on it or waiting to cross.
There have also been more drastic meathods adopted
such as placing stickers of children on the road, some appar-
ently displaying signs of having been in a collision with a
vehicle, all aimed at alerting drivers of the consequences of
their actions should they not slow down for pedestrians.
You will see that many of the coloured crossings are on
raised humps, again traffic calming measures, but a lot of
these humps also don´t fall in with the legal requirements set
down by law, and so quite a lot have been removed in recent
years.
There are many different reasons why crossings are differ-
ent colours, but as the majority of those which have been
marked other than that laid down in law are under the control
of local authorities, it is the reasoning for each one of those
that is the only answer to the question, as nationally, all we
can say it what the law clearly states, “NO podrán utilizarse
líneas de otros colores que alternen con las blancas”.
Why are some pedestrian crossings different colours?
Different ColouredPedestrian Crossings
Friday 10th July to Thursday 16th July 2015
Friday 10th July 20152 TV Pull-out
TRELI ON THE TELLYThe downside of summer
is tv drama as the schedules
are almost devoid of original
quality British scripted
shows during July and the
early part of August, and
barring the very good
Humans on Channel Four,
there’s little else to go at.
That’s a shame as last sum-
mer we did have the excel-
lent The Honourable
Englishwoman to keep us
going, and believe it or not,
a few years ago a little show
called Sherlock premiered in
the first week of August. In
these greater cost con-
scious days for TV company
budgets, it’s clear that this
time of the year is a low pri-
ority, but thank heavens for
a stream of American shows
to keep us going, though
sadly most of them are only
available on the non-main-
stream free channels.
One of my favourites is
The Last Ship, which for my
money was my favourite
new “sleeper” US show of
last year. It’s mainly action
all the way in this yarn creat-
ed by Michael Bay (of big
screen Transformers fame)
and it’s really good. A ship’s
crew lead the fight to find an
antidote to a virus that has
killed off most of the world’s
population, and the opener
of season two on Sky One
saw the ship taken over by
baddies who want the cure,
whilst some of the crew
including the captain are on
land leading the fight
against those same bad-
dies. I won’t go further
except to say its good fare
with a lot of pace and style,
helped by the fact that the
series has only 10 episodes
in it, which means there isn’t
a lot of padding over a con-
ventional 20-plus episode
run. Crack a beer and enjoy.
The Last Ship comes from
the American TNT cable net-
work who have other offer-
ings running elsewhere, two
of which are on Fox UK.
Firstly, we have the final
series of Falling Skies star-
ring ex-ER star Noah Wyle,
and exec produced by
Steven Spielberg. It’s a tale
of Earth folk trying to get rid
of unfriendly aliens wanting
to take over the planet, and
on the whole it has worked
well, though even in a 10
episode format, there have
been some boring episodes
over the years, but there’s
been enough to keep the
interest going and Wyle is
excellent in the lead role.
Earlier in the year, I raved
about Murder in the First(on
Fox UK) which was co-cre-
ated by Steven Bochco(of
Hill Street Blues and Murder
One fame), and featured a
homicide investigation and a
court case. Fox have rushed
series two on air just a fort-
night behind the TNT trans-
mission in the States, and
though a good looking prod-
uct, the story at the moment
is quite muddled with too
much being crammed in,
plus not enough focus on
the lead characters as in
series one. But with this
being a Bochco show, I
remain confident that every-
thing will come together.
I’m going to have some
extra time on my hands now
that the new service from
Channel Five, Spike, has
finished running the full 60
episodes of Breaking Bad
every weeknight. Hype can
lead to disappointment, but
nothing could be further
from the truth in this utterly
engrossing series about a
chemistry teacher turned
meth dealer. I would honest-
ly put this in the elite catego-
ry of greatest ever US dra-
mas alongside The West
Wing, The Sopranos, Mad
Men and the still-in produc-
tion The Good Wife. The
wonderful story-lining with
constant twists, teases and
surprises for the viewer
made this a joy to behold
with Bryan Cranston’s anti-
hero character of Walter
White leaving a similar last-
ing impression alongside
the likes of Tony Soprano
and Don Draper. You’ll need
a strong constitution for
some episodes, but this is
quite some tale of cat and
mouse (with some great
laughs as well to balance
the drama), and I am empty
that it has finished for me.
Put Breaking Bad on your
TV bucket-list. It’s that bril-
liant and I’m almost tempted
to pledge to refund any of
your costs for buying your
box sets or downloads if you
don’t love it! To keep us BB
fans going, I can’t wait to
see the spin-off featuring the
crooked lawyer Saul
Goodman, Better Call Saul,
which is currently running on
download site, Netflix.
xx
YANKS A LOTWITH
ALEX TRELINSKI
You might remember,
we were talking advertis-
ing nostalgia last week,
with the famous black
horse of Lloyd´s bank
returning to our screens.
This week, we have
another blast from the
past of the world of
advertising as Asda have
brought back one of their
most famous campaigns,
the “pocket tap”.
However, gone is the
accompanying strapline,
“That´s Asda price”,
replaced with the same
slogan used by their
American parent compa-
ny Walmart, “Save
Money, Live Better”, not
a million miles away
from another supermar-
ket´s slogan, “Spend a
little, live a lot”, but
that´s probably acciden-
tal.
The revitalization of
the campaign was in
order to celebrate the
supermarket´s 50th
anniversary this year,
and, according to the
creative producers
VCCP, is intended to be a
“feel good” ad that cele-
brates what Asda cus-
tomers love about shop-
ping with the retailer,
showing parents, chil-
dren, and dogs enjoying
everyday moments of
life.
With an ad account
worth 100 million
pounds, it is no wonder
that the creative team
can afford to launch the
ad during a prime film
spot in the middle of the
weekly Harry Potter film,
what some industry
experts might be ques-
tioning is why it costs so
much to bring back what
was already there.
Oh, and in case you
find yourself pocket-tap-
ping along to the rhythm
of the soundtrack, it´s
Oh My Love by American
band The Score.
Pocket Slapping
Taking place from the
12th to the 16th of October,
the BT WWRC15 brings
together the World’s best
“Murderball” teams and will
be broadcast on ITV.
ITV4 will show live
evening matches of the
hard-hitting sport, with com-
prehensive coverage of five
hours of live broadcasting
each day, brought by a
team with a wealth of sport-
ing and broadcasting talent
and experience including
Presenter Martin Bayfield,
the former England and
British Lions player, along-
side Steve Brown, captain
of the GB London 2012
Olympic Wheelchair Rugby
team, former England and
British Lions player, Ugo
Monye, reporter Rachael
Latham with commentary
team Simon Ward and Mike
Spence.
Originating in Canada,
wheelchair rugby devel-
oped from the ‘murderball’
game – created by a group
of disabled sportsmen.
One of the only full-con-
tact disability sports, two
teams of four aim to score
by carrying the ball across
the opposing team’s line.
Players compete in special-
ly-designed manual wheel-
chairs and must meet mini-
mum disability criteria clas-
sifiable under the sport
classification rules.
Wheelchair rugby was
first recognised as a full
medal sport at the 2000
Paralympic Games in
Sydney, Australia. It has
since featured at the
Paralympic Games in
Athens in 2004, Beijing in
2008, and in London 2012.
World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge
We are about to hit the
beat with Lincolnshire Police
with another fly-on-the-wall
documentary series, this
time looking at 24 ordinary
people - from a wide variety
of backgrounds, who are
about to make a life chang-
ing decision. They are to
become Police Officers.
With rare, intimate
access to the trainees and
their families, the new ITV
series “Rookies” reveals
what it is like to be dropped
into the front line of law
enforcement without any
experience and how this
impacts their loved ones.
Filmed over a year this
series focuses on the
‘breaking in period’ - the
toughest and most emotion-
al part of the training
process. As the new recruits
venture out onto the streets
under the watchful eye of an
experienced veteran it is a
baptism of fire. They come
face to face with the area’s
most violent criminals.
In the first episode on
Monday, we see 26-year-old
Jack Beecroft. Joining up
means finally moving out of
the family home and away
from his worried parents; it
also means he’ll be forced to
do his own laundry for the
first time.
We also meet 35-year old
Dee Fry, a self-confessed
tomboy. Dee wanted to be a
police officer since she was
a teenager, this for her is a
dream come true.
We meet 46-year old
Mark Barr, a former specta-
cle maker and one of only
six black police officers in
Lincolnshire. Mark is posted
to Sleaford, one of the more
rural parts of the country,
serving a large farming com-
munity.
Lincolnshire is the second
largest county in England,
but it has one of the smallest
police forces. Recruitment
had been banned for some
time and so this new intake
of 24 officers had to beat off
stiff competition from thou-
sands of other applicants.
With a wealth of drama-
tised police programs on TV
at the moment it makes a
welcome change to see
what real front-line policing
means. The officers who
vow to protect and serve
and meet people at often the
worst times of their lives
face criticism and abuse on
a daily basis, and with budg-
ets continually slashed, they
face tougher times ahead.
What therefore makes these
“Rookies” choose to put
themselves in that situation
is revealed for the first time
in this new exciting show.
Rookie Nerves
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JULY
In Emmerdale, Chrissie’s still suspicious of the note, Robert reminds
her of her own cheating. Will the truth over what Robert did surface?
Meanwhile, at the hospital Paddy chooses to believe himself the vic-
tim of an accident, finding the alternative unthinkable. When Robert vis-
its Paddy, he accidently reveals he was at the farm at the time of the
accident. Robert threatens him next time he won’t be so lucky.
In Corrie, Ken pushes Bev as to why Deirdre stayed away so long.
Bev admits that Deirdre couldn’t face coming back to the street as she
was too ashamed when she found out about Tracy’s affair with Tony,
knowing how much her daughter had hurt her friend. Oblivious to the
tension, Tracy discusses Deirdre’s funeral arrangements whilst Ken
seethes.
Liz takes Dan and his daughter to the bistro for dinner. Leanne smiles
at them through gritted teeth. Tracy unearths a tin in which Deirdre kept
her personal effects. In it she discovers a letter from Deirdre describing
the kind of funeral she would like. Ken remains quietly bitter towards
Tracy.
In Eastenders, Nancy tries to find out why Lee was so upset yester-
day, but he plays it down. Lee does agree to make a doctor's appoint-
ment, but he forces Nancy to keep this a secret from their parents. After
some encouragement from Tamwar, Nancy agrees to keep it quiet.
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Coronation Street - Liz takes Dan and his daughter to Dinner
Friday 10th July 2015 3TV Pull-out
SATURDAY
11thJULY
Today´s pick of the family films is the seventh adventure of the Harry
Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, over on ITV.
Following Dumbledore's death, Lord Voldemort and his cronies have
taken over the Ministry of Magic and are hellbent on killing Harry Potter.
The good wizards of the Order of the Phoenix arrive at Harry's home
and whisk him to safety, but the Death Eaters are hot on his trail.
Meanwhile, for the not so family-friendly film of the day, Channel 4 are
showing the very adult comedy, Ted.
When lonely Boston kid John Bennett wishes for his teddy bear to
come to life, it's to his and the world's surprise that his wish comes true.
However, 27 years on, Ted is still best friends with John, and the hard-
living soft toy has turned his owner into an immature, weed-smoking
slacker. John's exasperated girlfriend Lori thinks it's time for him to grow
up and tell Ted to get stuffed. But how will Ted fare in the world alone,
and will John finally flourish without his fuzzy friend?
While its distinctive central premise is refreshing, Ted will no doubt
appeal to fans of Family Guy, with its boisterous, cynical humour and
Seth MacFarlane's irrepressible voice work bringing to mind his long-run-
ning animated series. However, a gag-packed script, likeable perform-
ances and moments of real heart have given Ted a broader appeal that
could see him make a rapid return to the big screen.
00:35 Road Trip
02:05 Weather for the Week
Ahead
02:10 BBC News
07:00 Breakfast
11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live
12:30 The Box
13:00 BBC News; Weather
13:15 Bargain Hunt
14:00 Wimbledon 2015
18:55 Pointless Celebrities
19:45 BBC News
19:55 BBC Regional News;
Weather
20:00 Prized Apart
21:00 The National Lottery:
Who Dares Wins
21:55 Casualty
22:45 The John Bishop Show
23:30 National Lottery Update
23:30 BBC News; Weather
23:50 Not Going Out
00:00 Artsnight
00:30 Weather
00:35 Arthur Ashe: More Than
a Champion
01:35 London River
03:00 Question Time
04:00 Protecting Our Foster
Kids
05:00 This Is BBC Two
06:55 Homes Under the
Hammer
07:55 Private's Progress
09:30 Wimbledon Classics
11:30 Baku European Games
12:00 Athletics
13:00 The Box
13:30 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on
Trial
14:30 Talking Pictures
15:05 The Mummy
16:30 Flog It!
17:25 Edwardian Farm
18:25 Gardeners' World
18:55 Wimbledon 2015
21:00 Wimbledon 2Day
22:00 Mock the Week
22:30 The Battle of Britain
00:10 Hard Target
01:50 Jackpot247
04:00 Britain's Best Bakery
04:50 ITV Nightscreen
06:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show
07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate
Challenge
07:25 Pat & Stan
07:35 Dino Dan
08:00 Canimals
08:15 Sooty
08:30 Super 4
08:45 Fish Hooks
09:00 Young Justice: Invasion
09:25 ITV News
09:30 Weekend
10:25 Murder, She Wrote
11:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show
13:25 ITV News and Weather
13:30 The Jeremy Kyle Show
14:35 Surprise Surprise
15:30 1000 Heartbeats
16:30 All Star Family
Fortunes
17:15 Tipping Point
18:15 Catchphrase
19:00 ITV Local News
19:15 ITV News and Weather
19:30 You've Been Framed!
20:00 Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows: Part 1
22:45 Black Work
23:45 ITV News and Weather
23:59 ITV Local Weather
00:05 Man Down
00:40 Jimmy Carr: Being
Funny
01:40 Mr Nice
03:45 Supernatural
04:35 The Hotel
05:30 The Renovation Game
06:20 Deal or No Deal
07:20 How I Met Your Mother
07:45 How I Met Your Mother
08:10 Everybody Loves
Raymond
08:35 Everybody Loves
Raymond
09:00 The Morning Line
10:00 Frasier
10:30 Frasier
11:00 The Big Bang Theory
12:25 The Simpsons
13:55 Rude(ish) Tube
14:25 Channel 4 Racing
17:10 Come Dine with Me
19:40 Channel 4 News
20:00 Walking Through
History
21:00 The Secret World of
Lego
22:00 Ted
00:30 Big Brother
01:00 SuperCasino
04:10 Big Brother
05:20 House Doctor
07:00 Peppa Pig
07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas
07:15 Milkshake! Bop Box
07:20 Angelina Ballerina
07:35 Pip Ahoy!
07:45 The Mr Men Show
07:55 Milkshake! Monkey
08:00 Chloe's Closet
08:15 Roobarb and Custard Too
08:20 Make Way for Noddy
08:30 Paw Patrol
08:45 Little Princess
09:05 Wanda and the Alien
09:15 Zack and Quack
09:30 Ben and Holly's Little
Kingdom
09:45 Jelly Jamm
10:05 LazyTown
10:30 Dora and Friends
11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles
11:35 Access
11:40 Cowboy Builders
13:40 Away All Boats
15:55 To Hell and Back
18:00 5 News Weekend
18:10 Nightmare Tenants, Slum
Landlords
19:05 Can't Pay? We'll Take It
Away
20:00 Cricket on 5
21:00 Transporter: The Series
21:55 Benefits Britain: Life on the
Dole
22:50 Big Brother
23:50 Wedding Disaster Specials
01:00 Family Guy
01:25 Family Guy
01:45 American Dad!
02:10 Family Guy
02:30 Sun, Sex and
Suspicious Parents
03:30 Insane Fight Club
04:30 Russell Howard's Good
News
05:00 Close
20:00 Top Gear
21:00 T in the Park 2015
22:00 T in the Park 2015
23:00 T in the Park 2015
00:05 Celebrity Juice00:50 Two and a Half Men01:50 Fake Reaction02:25 Totally Bonkers GuinnessWorld Records02:50 Life's Funniest Moments03:10 Teleshopping06:40 ITV2 Nightscreen07:00 Emmerdale09:30 Coronation Street12:25 Catchphrase13:25 Mr Bean's Holiday15:10 The Hot Desk15:25 Totally Bonkers Records16:25 Ant & Dec's Saturday NightTakeaway17:50 Evan Almighty19:45 The Princess Diaries 2:Royal Engagement22:00 Love Island23:00 Scary Movie V
00:00 The Vice
01:15 The American President
03:10 Man About the House
04:05 Judge Judy
04:25 ITV3 Nightscreen
04:40 Emmerdale
07:00 Man About the House
07:25 Where the Heart Is
09:25 Goodbye Mr Chips
11:35 The Railway Children
13:50 A Touch of Frost
15:50 Lewis
17:55 Columbo: Negative
Reaction
20:00 Doc Martin
21:00 Midsomer Murders
23:00 Agatha Christie's
Marple
Ted on Channel 4
TV Choice
Friday 10th July 20154 TV Pull-out
SUNDAY
JULY
Today´s TV Choice is Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure, the
first in a three-part series on ITV which sees Joanna Lumley travel the
6,400 mile route from Hong Kong to Moscow.
It was in 2009 that Joanna first took us on a journey to faraway places,
visiting the Northern Lights in Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern
Lights. In 2010 she took us on a trip through the Nile and later to Greece.
This time, Joanna begins her train journey in Hong Kong - which she
last visited when she was four - while she has not been to Moscow since
1966 when she was there as a model at the height of the Cold War.
In the first episode, she sets off from The Peak above Victoria Harbour,
before jumping on the Mass Transit Railway to Shenzhen where she
catches the bullet train to Beijing. In China's capital, she discovers that
more Rolls Royces are sold there than anywhere else in the world. She
visits a bizarre restaurant dedicated to Chairman Mao and encounters an
old lady who knew Emperor Puyi's favourite concubine.
She then joins the Trans-Siberian, stopping off in Datong and visiting
a wild stretch of the Great Wall. From there she travels by overnight train
to Mongolia, where she passes through the Gobi desert and visits a local
shaman.
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00:50 The 13th Warrior
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Ahead
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10:00 The Andrew Marr Show
11:00 Sunday Morning Live
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13:15 BBC News
13:25 Weather for the Week
Ahead
13:30 Bargain Hunt
14:00 Wimbledon 2015
14:50 Wimbledon 2015
19:00 David Attenborough
Meets President Obama
19:35 BBC News
19:50 BBC Regional News;
Weather
20:00 Countryfile
21:00 Fake or Fortune?
22:00 The Outcast
23:30 BBC News
23:50 BBC Regional News;
Weather
00:00 QI XL
00:45 Golf: Scottish Open
01:45 Dracula
03:05 The Curse of
Frankenstein
04:25 This Is BBC Two
07:30 Homes Under the
Hammer
08:30 Countryfile
09:30 Gardeners' World
10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best
Bites
11:30 The Box
12:00 Wimbledon Classics
14:00 Escape to the Country
14:45 Holiday of My Lifetime
with Len Goodman
15:30 Prized Apart
16:30 Flog It!
17:20 Songs of Praise
18:00 Natural World
19:00 Wimbledon 2015
21:15 Dragons' Den
22:15 Odyssey
23:00 Family Guy
23:20 Family Guy
23:40 Wimbledon 2Day
00:00 State of Play
02:15 Jackpot247
04:00 Ejector Seat
04:50 ITV Nightscreen
07:00 Fort Boyard Ultimate
Challenge
07:25 Pat & Stan
07:35 Dino Dan
07:45 Dino Dan
08:00 Canimals
08:15 Sooty
08:30 Super 4
08:45 Fish Hooks
09:00 Young Justice: Invasion
09:25 ITV News
09:30 Weekend
10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show
13:30 ITV News and Weather
13:35 Love Your Garden
14:35 Long Lost Family
15:35 Overboard
17:45 Midsomer Murders
19:40 ITV Local News and
Weather
19:55 ITV News and Weather
20:15 Catchphrase
21:00 Surprise Surprise
22:00 Joanna Lumley's Trans-
Siberian Adventure
23:00 ITV News and Weather
23:20 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
00:05 Hot Tub Time Machine
02:00 The Last Leg
02:55 Hollyoaks
05:05 The Renovation Game
06:00 Secret Eaters
06:55 Draw It!
07:20 How I Met Your Mother
08:35 Ginetta GT5 Challenge
09:00 Everybody Loves
Raymond
09:30 Frasier
10:00 Frasier
10:30 Sunday Brunch
13:30 Jamie and Jimmy's
Friday Night Feast
14:35 The Big Bang Theory
16:00 The Simpsons
17:35 Location, Location,
Location
18:35 Phil Spencer: Secret
Agent
19:30 Channel 4 News
20:00 Grand Designs
21:00 Amazing Spaces Shed
of the Year
22:00 Humans
23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does
Countdown
00:50 Caught on Camera01:15 SuperCasino04:10 Big Brother05:00 Police Interceptors05:50 Make It Big06:45 Angels of Jarm07:00 Peppa Pig07:05 Bananas in Pyjamas07:15 Milkshake! Bop Box07:20 Angelina Ballerina07:35 Pip Ahoy!07:45 The Mr Men Show08:00 Chloe's Closet08:10 Roobarb and Custard Too08:20 Make Way for Noddy08:30 Paw Patrol08:45 Little Princess08:55 Wanda and the Alien09:05 Toby's Travelling Circus09:15 Zack and Quack09:30 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom09:40 Jelly Jamm09:50 Olly the Little White Van10:00 LazyTown10:25 Dora and Friends10:55 Teenage Mutant NinjaTurtles11:30 Access11:35 Police Interceptors14:35 Every Which Way butLoose16:45 Dracula: Dead andLoving It18:35 Oliver & Company19:55 5 News Weekend20:00 Cricket on 521:00 Police InterceptorsUnleashed22:00 Big Brother23:00 Harry Brown
00:50 The Keith Lemon SketchShow01:15 Crazy Beaches01:45 Love Island02:45 Fake Reaction03:20 Totally Bonkers GuinnessWorld Records03:45 Teleshopping06:45 ITV2 Nightscreen07:00 The Hot Desk07:10 Emmerdale09:40 Coronation Street12:35 Take Me Out13:50 Take Me Out - The Gossip14:30 Love Island15:35 The Flintstones17:20 Peter Pan19:30 The Lost World: JurassicPark22:00 Love Island23:15 License to Wed
01:00 Wire in the Blood
02:35 Man About the House
03:00 Man About the House
03:30 Teleshopping
07:00 Man About the House
07:25 A Touch of Frost
09:15 Heartbeat
10:20 Heartbeat
11:20 Wycliffe
12:30 Columbo: Negative
Reaction
14:35 A Touch of Frost
16:45 Swallows and Amazons
18:35 By Royal Appointment
19:45 Wycliffe
21:00 Inspector Morse
23:10 Death Becomes Her
01:00 Family Guy
01:20 Family Guy
01:40 Family Guy
02:00 Family Guy
02:20 Family Guy
02:45 Sun, Sex and
Suspicious Parents
03:45 Bad Boy Boxer: The
Last Chance
04:45 Comedy Feeds
05:00 Close
20:00 Top Gear
21:00 T in the Park 2015
22:00 T in the Park 2015
23:00 T in the Park 2015
Friday 10th July 2015 5TV Pull-out
Joanna Lumley´s Trans Siberian Adventure
TV Choice
MONDAY
13thJULY
In Emmerdale, Bob sells his car to help pay for the plumber, leaving
Carly guilty but Ross has an idea. He hands her a set of keys and tells
her not to ask questions. Out on a country road, Carly assists Ross in
stealing one of Jimmy’s vans by blocking the road with her fake broken
down car. When the driver gets out to help her, Ross hits him over the
head but will the repercussions far outweigh the reward?
In Coronation Street, as Ken and Tracy prepare for Deirdre’s funeral
the tension between them is palpable. Tracy does her best to comfort
Ken but he shuns her attentions leaving Tracy hurt and taken aback by
his sharpness. As the funeral cortege sets off the residents watch, deeply
moved. Through the hearse window, Tracy’s shocked to spot Robert
Preston in the crowd. In the church, Emily recognises Robert.
In Eastenders, Cindy and Liam's prom day has arrived. When Ian
refuses to visit Cindy, Bobby decides to take matters into his own hands
and invites her over to the Beale house. When Cindy arrives, she is sur-
prised by Ian's kindness towards her - but the atmosphere turns sour
when he reveals that Jane has been paying Carol to look after her.
Following another argument with her family, Cindy returns to the Butcher
house and accuses Liam and Carol of betraying her.
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23:35 Have I Got Old News for
You
00:40 Golf: Scottish Open
01:40 Countryfile
02:40 Holby City
03:40 This Is BBC Two
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08:00 Call the Council
08:45 Helicopter Heroes Down
Under
09:15 Escape to the Continent
10:15 Victoria Derbyshire
12:00 Athletics
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17:30 Glorious Gardens from
Above
18:15 Antiques Roadshow
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21:30 Only Connect
22:00 Laurence Llewelyn-
Bowen: Cracking China
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00:15 Piers Morgan's Life
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04:00 Motorsport UK
04:50 British Superbike
Championship Highlights
05:40 ITV Nightscreen
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Raymond
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13:00 Channel 4 News Summary
13:05 Come Dine with Me Abroad
14:10 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
15:10 Countdown
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19:30 Hollyoaks
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21:30 Superfoods: The Real
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House
23:00 Inside the Ku Klux Klan
00:50 Caught on Camera02:15 SuperCasino04:10 Big Brother05:00 House Doctor05:25 Make It Big06:45 Angels of Jarm07:00 The WotWots07:10 Igam Ogam07:20 Lily's Driftwood Bay07:30 Fireman Sam07:40 Toot the Tiny Tugboat07:50 Peppa Pig07:55 Pip Ahoy!08:10 Little Princess08:20 The Mr Men Show08:35 Thomas & Friends08:45 Milkshake! Bop Box08:50 Noddy in Toyland09:00 Ben and Holly's LittleKingdom09:15 Peppa Pig09:30 Milkshake! Monkey09:35 Toby's Travelling Circus09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas10:00 Tickety Toc10:15 The Wright Stuff12:10 Cowboy Builders13:10 5 News Lunchtime13:15 The Dog Rescuers withAlan Davies14:15 Home and Away14:45 Neighbours15:15 NCIS16:15 Abducted: the Carlina WhiteStory18:00 5 News at 518:30 Neighbours19:00 Home and Away19:30 5 News Tonight20:00 Police Interceptors21:00 Stop! Roadworks Ahead22:00 Big Brother23:00 Under the Dome
00:30 Family Guy
00:55 Family Guy
01:15 American Dad!
01:40 Family Guy
02:05 Family Guy
02:25 Insane Fight Club
03:25 Bad Boy Boxer: The
Last Chance
04:25 Great Movie Mistakes
04:55 Close
20:00 Great Movie Mistakes
20:10 Shanghai Knights
22:00 Teenage Millionaire:
The Year I Won the Lottery
23:00 EastEnders
23:30 Young, Welsh and
Pretty Skint
01:05 Fake Reaction01:50 Totally Bonkers GuinnessWorld Records02:20 Love Island03:25 Teleshopping06:55 ITV2 Nightscreen07:00 Life's Funniest Moments07:20 Psych08:05 Emmerdale08:35 Coronation Street09:35 Dinner Date10:35 Psych11:25 The Real Housewives ofAtlanta13:10 Emmerdale13:40 Coronation Street14:45 Dinner Date15:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show19:00 Judge Rinder20:00 You've Been Framed!21:00 Two and a Half Men22:00 Ibiza Weekender23:00 Love Island
01:20 Blue Murder02:45 Cornwall with CarolineQuentin03:30 Wycliffe04:25 ITV3 Nightscreen04:40 Emmerdale07:00 Movies Now07:10 Rising Damp07:35 Heartbeat08:35 The Royal09:40 Murder, She Wrote10:40 Judge Judy12:00 A Touch of Frost14:00 Heartbeat15:05 The Royal16:10 Wild at Heart17:15 French Fields17:50 Doctor at Large18:20 Rising Damp18:55 Heartbeat20:00 Murder, She Wrote21:00 Agatha Christie's Marple23:00 Unforgiven
Coronation Street - The Funeral
Friday 10th July 20156 TV Pull-out
14thJULY
In Emmerdale, Ross gives Carly an envelope of cash, warning her he
will tell Bob she was involved if she speaks to Debbie. Diane’s suspicious
when she sees Carly handing Bob some cash and Bob’s filled with horror
as he calculates the source of Carly’s money. Carly admits to the crime,
leaving him in turmoil over what to do. He confides in Diane who urges
him to come clean to Brenda. Meanwhile, at the playground Brenda
begins her opening speech for Gennie’s memorial, but when Bob arrives
and confesses all, Brenda screams at Carly and slaps Val hard but with
Brenda fuming, will she let it lie or will she call the police?
Awkward after a kiss, Tracy and Jimmy are at home when the police
arrive to tell Jimmy one of his vans has been hijacked and the driver is
an illegal immigrant. Jimmy who was in the dark over Tracy’s lax recruit-
ing, frets desperately hoping Rakesh will offer him a loophole as this
affects his insurance. Jimmy tells her they must stay professional from
now on.
In Eastenders, tensions run high in Albert Square following Cindy's dis-
appearing act. Ian finds it particularly difficult to cope, breaking down as
he speaks to Jane about it. Ian and Martin launch a search for Cindy, but
the situation quickly becomes too much for Ian. He heads to the police
station but is relieved to find Cindy outside.
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Eastenders - Ian Begs PC Kresge to Find Cindy
Friday 10th July 2015 7TV Pull-outTUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
15thJULY
In Emmerdale, Carly’s worried when Bob tells her the police know
about her involvement in the fraud and he wants to tell Brenda about
Jimmy’s truck. She pleads with him not to but Bob’s torn. When the police
arrive, Carly lies, she is Vanessa. Will Carly stick around and face the
music or will she scarper and leave Bob and Val to pick up the pieces?
In the tear-jerker that is Coronation Street, Ken rages at Tracy, pointing
out how her years of appalling behaviour took their toll on Deirdre and
she spent her final weeks at Bev’s because she was so ashamed of
Tracy’s affair with Tony. Tracy reels. As Ken and Tracy exchange insults,
each blaming the other for the grief they caused Deirdre over the years,
they’re interrupted by the arrival of Peter. Apologising for missing the
funeral, Peter explains his train was delayed. Tracy turns on Peter,
accusing him of causing Deirdre many a sleepless night, before railing at
Ken and Peter, claiming they’re equally responsible for Deirdre’s death.
At Deirdre’s wake, Liz pours everyone a glass and they raise a toast in
Deirdre’s memory. After years of hostility, will Audrey and Bev patch up
their differences?
Liz wonders why Leanne was so hostile towards Dan at the funeral
and Liz questions Eileen about her feelings towards Michael.
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Coronation Street - Liz questions Eileen's feelings
Friday 10th July 20158 TV Pull-out
16thJULY
In Emmerdale, Pete asks Ross to be an usher and Ross accepts.
Debbie’s blood runs cold when Moira reveals she saw her and Ross kiss.
Breaking down Debbie confesses the affair has been going on for
months and her heart sinks when Moira tells her to make her choice.
In Coronation Street, in an attempt to make amends, Tracy sets about
making breakfast for Ken and Peter. She then calls in the factory and
tries to build bridges with Carla.
When Peter drops the bombshell on Simon that he’s got a new job with
a charter boat company working in the Caribbean, Simon’s devastated.
As Peter heads off to start his new life, Simon takes his anger out on
Leanne. Carla suggests another poker night but the lads refuse, telling
her to cut her losses and forget it. Carla’s annoyed.
In Eastenders, News of a new suspect in the Lucy Beale case has hit
the front pages, shocking the residents of Albert Square. Ian struggles to
come to terms with the revelation and wonders what to do. He heads off
to the restaurant when he feels overwhelmed.
Ian takes Sharon's advice on board, telling Jane and Cindy that they
need to ask the police about the new evidence rather than running
scared. It's not long before the police arrive on the Square, determined
to make an arrest...
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Eastenders - The newspaper headline shocks everyone
Friday 10th July 2015 9TV Pull-outTHURSDAY
Friday 10th July 201510 TV Pull-out - Quizzes
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, 10 represents B and 19represents Z, when these letters have been enteredthroughout the puzzle, you should have enoughinformation to start guessing words and discoveringother letters.
SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORDImprove your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in
English or vice versa.
STANDARD CLUESAcross 1 Largest volcano inEurope (4)4 Added lubrication to (5)9 Grieved (7)10 Accustom (5)11 Scope (5)12 Winged monster with thehead of an eagle and thebody of a lion (7)13 Go back over (6)15 Monsters (6)19 Low wall along the edgeof a roof (7)21 Inn (5)23 Cereal grass (5)24 Lovers’ relationship (7)
25 Completely full (5)26 Pleasant (4)Down 2 Digit (5)3 Church stipends (7)4 Latter years (3-3)5 Non-ordained (5)6 French king’s eldest son(7)7 Diminish (6)8 Incline (4)14 Annoys continually (7)16 Bestial (7)17 Fusible alloy (6)18 Kept for later use (6)19 Ceremony (4)20 Fabric fold (5)22 Pick-me-up (5)
Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words
You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.
1.el anillo, 2.el bastón,
3.el cinturón, 4.el collar,
5.el monedero, 6.el paraguas,
7.el pañuelo, 8.el prendedor,
9.el reloj, 10.la bolsa,
11.la cadena, 12.la cartera,
13.la pulsera,
14.las mancuernas,
15.los pendientes.
a.the chain, b.the umbrella,
c.the earrings, d.the brooch,
e.the wallet, f.the walking stick,
g.the bracelet, h.the purse,
i.the ring, j.the cufflinks,
k.the belt, l.the belt, m.the bag,
n.the scarf, o.the watch,
p.the necklace.
Answers:
1i, 2f, 3k, 4p, 5h, 6b, 7n, 8d, 9o,
10m, 11a, 12e, 13g, 14j, 15c.
Across1 According to Greek
mythology, what was thename of the nymph whowas transformed into a lau-rel tree to escape theamorous Apollo? (6)
4 What name is some-times given to a regionaldialect of a language, espe-cially French, which is usu-ally considered substan-dard? (6)
8 What general name isgiven to knives, forks andspoons used for eating orserving food? (7)
9 What is the name ofthe largest planet in thesolar system, a gas giantthat is one of the brightestobjects in the night sky? (7)
11 Which city, the centreof a copper-mining and fur-trapping region, is the capi-tal of Canada’s YukonTerritory? (10)
12 What first name con-nects American actorBaldwin, English actorGuinness and Greek-Britishcar designer Issigonis? (4)
13 Which odd lookingcharacter, performed byDave Goelz, is the resident
daredevil performanceartiste on The MuppetShow? (5)
14 Often depicted with atrident in his hand, whatwas the name of Romangod of the sea, water, earth-quakes and horses Romanequivalent Neptune? (8)
16 Used to describe afabric or surface, whichadjective means ‘smoothand obvious joins’? (8)
18 What surname con-nects the American singer,actress and civil rightsactivist, Lena and the star ofthe BBC radio comedy pro-gramme Beyond Our Ken?(5)
20 Salt Lake City is thecapital of which US state,settled in 1847 by Mormonsled by Brigham Young? (4)
21 What nickname wasgiven to the Second WorldWar V-1 flying bombs? (10)
23 Which verb means totransfer or delegate (power)to a lower level, especiallyfrom central government tolocal or regional administra-tion? (7)
24 What name for a thickliquid medicine, especially
cough mixture, comes fromthe Latin for ‘to lick’? (7)
25 Known for her dancingpartnership with FredAstaire, what was the stage
surname of the Americanactress and dancer whowas born Virginia KatherineMcMath in Missouri in1911? (6)
26 Which large thick-tongued grey-green arbore-al lizard of tropical America,has a row of spines alongits back? (6)
Down1 What name for a mass
of flour or meal moistenedand kneaded, but notbaked, is also a slang termfor money? (5)
2 Derived from theFrench for ‘small ball’, whatname is usually given to themain field or group ofcyclists in a race? (7)
3 What name is usuallyapplied to the end of theEarth's axis in the Arctic?(5,4)
5 In medicine whatadjective is used todescribe a disease (or itssymptoms) that is severebut of short duration? (5)
6 What is the name ofthe Japanese art of foldingpaper into shapes repre-senting objects? (7)
7 What title is generallygiven to a person employedat a dock to load and unloadships? (9)
10 Formerly used both in
land and naval warfare,what name is given toammunition consisting of amass of small metal balls orslugs packed tightly into acanvas bag? (9)
13 By what other name isthe constellation of UrsaMajor also known? (5,4)
15 Prior to the introduc-tion of the euro in 2002,what was the basic mone-tary unit of Austria, equal to100 groschen? (9)
17 Which Chinese gameis played, usually by fourpeople, with 136 or 144 rec-tangular pieces called‘tiles’? (7)
19 What girl’s name com-pletes the title of a classicAmerican children's novelby Kate Douglas Wiggin,first published in 1903: ------- of Sunnybrook Farm? (7)
21 Which ferry port inKent is mainland Britain'snearest point to theContinent, being only 35 km(22 miles) from Calais? (5)
22 Which market town inthe Netherlands, just north-east of Rotterdam, gives itsname to a flat round cheesewith a yellow rind? (5)
1. Who Won The 2008 Lakeside World DartsChampionships?2. Over What Distance Is A Steeple Chase Run?3. NICE TEAM THUNDERS Is An Anagram Of WhichFootball Club?4. In heraldry, gules are what colour?5. Where Were The Winter Olympics Held In 1928 &1948?6. At Which Grand Prix Circuit Did Aryton Senna LoseHis Life?7. Who won the (2003) US Masters Golf Tournament?8. Who Became The BBC Sports Personality Of TheYear In 2006?9. In which public school did the game of squash origi-nate?10. In Which Sport Might You Play For The SheffieldShield?11. At which sporting venue are the Grace Gates?12. Who Lit The Olympic Torch At The 2000 SydneyOlympics?13. At which sport did Magic Johnson excel?
ANSEWRS:
1. Mark Webster 2. 3,000 Metres 3. Manchester United 4.
Red 5. St Moritz 6. San Marino , Italy 7. Mark Weir 8. Zara
Phillips 9. Harrow 10. Australian Cricket 11. Lord's 12.
Cathy Freeman 13. Basketball
sports QUIZ
Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch. (Answers below)
LOS ACCESORIOS PERSONALES-PERSONAL ACCESORIES
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It is sometimes neces-
sary for police, law enforce-
ment officers and other offi-
cials to direct and control
traffic. Instructions given by
these officers overrule any
other signs or signals dis-
played, but it is important to
know what the officers are
telling you to do.
As a general rule, the offi-
cers will use the following
signals:
Arm raised vertically
This instruction means
STOP to all road users
approaching the officer
from the front, with the
exception of drivers who
cannot do so safely. You
must stop before the line
where indicated, or immedi-
ately before the officers. In
the event of the instruction
being given at a junction,
you must stop before enter-
ing.
Arm or arms extended
horizontally
Drivers approaching the
officers in the direction indi-
cated by the outstretched
arm must STOP. In other
words, if you are approach-
ing an officer from the rear
and the officer has a right
arm extended, then as the
right arm is indicative of the
right hand lane in this case,
you must stop. If you are
approaching from the front
and the left arm is raised
horizontally, that signal is
intended for you, as the offi-
cers left arm will extend
towards the direction you
are approaching. If both
arms are extended, traffic in
both directions must stop.
The instruction to stop
remains in force, even if the
officer lowers the arms,
unless another signal is
indicated.
Waving a red or yellow
illuminated baton
Vehicles moving towards
the officer are required to
stop, in the same way as in
the sign is a vertical arm.
Extended arm moving
up and down alternately
Drivers approaching the
officer in the direction of the
corresponding side to the
arm are required to slow
down.
Other hand gestures
In certain circumstances,
the officers may use other
signs to indicate their
instructions, so long as the
instruction is made clear to
the driver.
Whistles
The officers can also use
whistles to instruct a vehicle
to stop, by blowing a series
of short, sharp blasts, fol-
lowed by a longer tone.
Signs
In the event of a situation
such as a temporary road-
block or checkpoint, traffic
police also use the sign R-
200. It is compulsory to stop
when you reach this sign.
Officers can sometimes
give instruction whilst on
the move
Red flag
The red flag indicates
that the road beyond the
vehicle carrying it is closed
to traffic, with the exception
of those authorised to pro-
ceed. You must not pass a
vehicle carrying a red flag.
Green flag
The green flag indicates
that the road is open again
and normal rules of pas-
sage apply.
Yellow flag
The yellow flag indicates
the need for extreme cau-
tion as there may be an
approaching danger. This
flag is also used for road
based events such as cycle
races, when extreme cau-
tion is also required.
Arm extended down-
ward, sloping and fixed
The officer is indicating
the obligation to stop your
vehicle immediately at the
side of the road in the next
safe, legal and convenient
location.
Red light or flashing
yellow lights on the front
The officer is indicating
that you must immediately
stop your vehicle at the next
safe, legal and convenient
location. This light may also
be accompanied by other
hand or verbal instructions.
Stop and go
In addition, road con-
trollers may use a handheld
signs, often on a short stick,
which has reversible indica-
tions of the R-2 (Stop) and
R-400 (Proceed) signs
which can be alternated to
control traffic.
>> Red light or flashing yellow lights on the front >> Stop and Go
>> Arm raised vertically >> Arm or arms extended horizontally >> Waving a red or yellow illuminated baton >> Extended arm moving up and down
alternately
>> Arm extended down-
ward, sloping and fixed
>> Red, Green and
Yellow flags
KNOW YOUR TRAFFICSIGNS AND SIGNALSSigns and Signals from Police Officers Controlling Traffic
>> R-200. It is
compulsory
to stop
As well as illegal drug use
problems, there are many
legal drugs that pose a dan-
ger to road users, without
the person taking them even
considering their might be a
problem.
There have been many
cases when drivers have
proved positive in the drugs
test, and often it is due to the
fact that prescription med-
ication may contain sub-
stances that act as a relax-
ant, and so impair the ability
to drive. Similarly, some pre-
scription drugs interact with
other medications, and can
combine to cause problems
that also reduce the driver´s
ability to correctly control the
vehicle in a safe manner.
It is of course possible
that the user is unaware of
the problems that the drugs
might cause. Every medica-
tion that is sold in pharma-
cists has an instruction
leaflet accompanying it. The
leaflet is also often very
long, and in Spanish, so
may not be the first
consideration of a
foreign driver. You
can of course
ask your phar-
macist about
interactions
and if
d r u g s
m a y
affect
your
ability to drive.
On some drugs, a
warning symbol is
printed on the box,
depicting an image
of a car inside a
red warning tri-
angle. If you
are taking
drugs and
this sym-
bol is
p r e s -
ent on
t h e
box or information leaflet,
then it is forbidden to drive
whilst you are taking the
medication, and sometime
immediately after a course
too, as the drugs can remain
present in your system.
It is almost impossible to
say how drugs can affect
driving ability, as it depends
on the drugs and how they
interact with the body. There
could be loss of awareness,
motor skills, balance and
coordination, perception,
attention, reaction time, and
judgment, all of which will
make driving particularly
hazardous.
Recent figures from the
DGT showed that 11% of all
drivers tested positive for
drugs, but now with strict
penalties in place, it is
hoped that those figures will
reduce.
The advice, always check
your prescription medication
and if there is any doubt,
don´t drive.
Hidden Problems of Drugs and Driving
Friday 10th July 20156 Motoring +
As most seasoned riderswill know, carrying a pas-senger on a motorbikeposes a whole range ofrisks, as the dynamics ofthe bike change with theadded weight and shape ofthe extra load, which subse-quently changes the han-dling and ride from what therider might be used to.
Carrying a pillion passen-ger in Spain is legal, but thelaw has recently changedand it is now more restric-tive as to who can be car-ried and by whom.
Article 12 of theReglamento GeneralCirculación details with therules for cycles, mopedsand motorcycles.
Point 2 explains that onmopeds and motorcycles, apassenger can be carriedon a motorcycle, so long asthat passenger is 12 yearsof age or older and that therider has a full license forthe vehicle and the vehicleitself is suitable for carryingpassengers. Police motor-cycles for example are pro-fessionally adapted as sin-gle seat vehicles. You canonly carry one passenger ifthere is a seat available.The rider and passengerare both obliged to wear anapproved crash helmet, withthe straps securely fas-tened.
The passenger is alsorequired to straddle the
vehicle and have both feetflat on the footrests and usethe appropriate seat behindthe driver. If a person´s feetdon´t reach the footrestscorrectly, they cannot becarried. In no case is it per-mitted for a passenger to sitbetween the driver and thehandle bars of the motorcy-cle or moped.
There is an exception tothe rule of age, as a child of7 or above can rise as apassenger being driven bytheir parent, guardian orperson authorised by them,provided all other require-ments are met.
In any case, the rider hasto be 18 years of age orabove in order to be allowedto carry a pillion passenger,including children.
Depending on your owninsurance policy, you mayalso need additional coverin order to carry passen-gers, so check our policybefore you do.
REGLAMENTO GENER-AL CIRCULACIÓN.
Artículo 12 Normas relati-vas a ciclos, ciclomotores ymotocicletas
1. Los ciclos que, porconstrucción, no puedan
ser ocupados por más deuna persona podrán trans-portar, no obstante, cuandoel conductor sea mayor deedad, un menor de hastasiete años en asiento adi-cional que habrá de serhomologado.
2. En los ciclomotores yen las motocicletas,además del conductor y, ensu caso, del ocupante delsidecar de éstas, puede via-jar, siempre que así consteen su licencia o permiso de
circulación, un pasajero quesea mayor de 12 años, util-ice casco de protección ycumpla las siguientescondiciones:
a) Que vaya a horcajadasy con los pies apoyados enlos reposapiés laterales.
b) Que utilice el asientocorrespondiente detrás delconductor.
En ningún caso podrásituarse el pasajero enlugar intermedio entre lapersona que conduce y el
manillar de dirección delciclomotor o motocicleta.
3. Excepcionalmente, losmayores de siete añospodrán circular en motoci-cletas o ciclomotores con-ducidos por su padre,madre o tutor o por per-sonas mayores de edad porellos autorizadas, siempreque utilicen casco homolo-gado y se cumplan las pre-scripciones del apartadoanterior (artículo 11.4 deltexto articulado).
Motorbikes - PillionPassenger Rules
The law has recently changed and is now more restrictive
2015 McLaren P1 GTR
Tested:
The GTR is a P1 transfor-
med into a track weapon, a
curious distinction given how
insane the roadgoing P1
hypercar already is.
Price/on sale:
£1.98 - Million
Power/torque:
986bhp
landing just shy of 1000 hor-
sepower.
Friday 10th July 2015 7Motoring +
the unveiling ofMcLaren’s new track-focused P1 GTR DesignConcept, a model set toavailable commerciallystarting next year.
The P1 GTR was devel-oped by the McLarenSpecial Operations divisionand its launch celebrates 20years since the F1 GTRwas released to take part inthe 1995 GT season. Thevehicle boasts a 3.8-litertwin-turbo V8 and electricmotor combination out-putting 986 horsepower,which is 83 more that thestreet-legal version.
Modifications comparedto the standard car include
a front track that’s wider by80mm, with flared wheelarches, and a large newsplitter. The side mirrors arepositioned in the A-pillars,another sign that the cre-ators` only concerns wereregarding the vehicle’saerodynamics and not fol-lowing the regulations whichwould make it street-legal.The standard P1’sretractable wing wasreplaced by a fixed unit andthere’s also sizeable newset of pipes.
The price for the McLarenP1 GTR will be somewherein the neighborhood of £2million (almost $3.5 million),which will also include a full
racing programLaunching with the
McLaren P1™ GTR designconcept is the bespokeMcLaren P1™ GTR driverprogramme – the ultra-exclusive ownership pro-gramme which will includespecialist driver training,human performance andaccess to the McLaren rac-ing simulator, and which isdesigned to prepare eachdriver mentally and physi-cally to fully exploit the abil-ities of the McLaren P1™GTR. The programme willbe completely bespoke,with each individual havinga fully-tailored experience.
The McLaren P1™ GTR
driver programme promisesto be one of the most exclu-sive owners’ clubs in theworld and will offer an unri-valled ownership experi-ence. McLaren SpecialOperations will maintainand run all cars, and man-age the programmethroughout. Together withone of the most excitingtrack-focused cars everdeveloped, the programmeoffers unprecedentedaccess to the technologies,resources and peoplethroughout the McLarenTechnology Centre. Everyexperience will be uniqueand tailored specifically,
providing a full immersioninto McLaren, and gainingaccess to the experiencesand resources which havehelped develop and trainFormula 1™ champions.This will include workingclosely with a support teamcomprising authentic pro-fessionals that have operat-ed within the rarefied worldof professional motor sport.These will all be experts intheir respective fields, allboasting top-level interna-tional experience from theHuman PerformanceProgramme, race engi-neers, designers and testdrivers.
Production to begin forthe P1 GTR
THE FACTS
As the summer monthsget underway, thoughts turnto ways of cooling down.Lots of cars are fitted with airconditioning or climate con-trol, both of which can bevery useful, but you mightconsider laminate tinting.
There are benefits to theprocess, not only because ofthe shade provided, but tint-ed windows which have hadthe laminate provided alsooffer extra protection fromshattering, as the glued lam-inate often keeps the glasstogether. They also offer pro-tection from UV rays andcreate a cooler atmosphereinside the vehicle, as well asthe additional privacy.
When it comes toapproval during the manda-tory vehicle inspection, thelegal requirements are veryclear. The vehicle must havea certificate provided by themanufacturer of the laminate
that must be completed bythe installer.
Another prerequisite forthe test is that all car windowlaminates are properlysealed on the windows.
As for the law, it is illegalto have the front windowstinted in any way. Both thewindscreen and side win-dows must remain clean asper the manufacturer’s spec-ification. This same ruleapplies to stick on sun-shades by the way. You mustnot affix anything to the frontwindows.
It is legal for the backdoors, or just the back win-dows if your vehicle doesn´thave doors, to have tintingapplied. It is also perfectlylegal for the rear window tohave tinting too.
However, there is stillsomething that you mustmonitor closely in order tocomply with the law, and that
is that all tinting or laminatingmust be in a good condition.If the laminate starts to bub-ble or peel, then it is nolonger acceptable and mustbe removed or replaced, asis in the case of the ITVinspection.
This might seem like anunusual law to enforce, butthe reason is that if the lami-nate or tinting becomesdamaged, then it reducesthe visibility through the win-dows. Again, this mightseem odd as we are talkingabout the back windowsonly, but a driver must stillmaintain good visibility allaround the vehicle, in orderto maintain visibility.
You might remember fromyour driving lesson days,and it is hopefully somethingyou still do today, but alwayschecking your blind spot iscrucial before carrying outany move, and that is whyvisibility is important.
However, as always, if youfollow the rules and onlyhave the back windows tint-ed, and they are maintainedin pristine condition, thenyou can have many happyyears motoring, either with-out the blinding sun, or whilstpretending your backseatpassengers are the next USPresidential candidates.
Can I Tint MyWindows?
Friday 10th July 20158 Motoring +
Friday 10th July 2015 35
Beer is better to servewith food than wine
1-Minute Faux BananasFoster
Ingredients1/2 medium banana, 1/2 tbspof honey, dash of cinnamon1/4 cup of frozen yogurt
DirectionsPut 1/2 banana into a bowland pour honey on top.Sprinkle the cinnamon andcook the banana, honey, cin-namon in the microwave forabout 1 minute or until soft.The water from the bananawill make a watery syrup withthe honey. Add the frozenyogurt on top of the warmbanana and syrup and enjoy. This is delicious comfort food,for just 150 calories. And ittakes less than 3 minutes
Strawberry & Cream Pita
Ingredients3 T cream cheese, low fat,softened, 1 c strawberries,sliced, 1 whole wheat pitabread, 1 sprig fresh mint
DirectionsCut pita bread in half.Combine cream cheese with1/4 cup of the strawberries,mashing the berries as youmix. Spread half of mixtureinside each half of the pita.Fill with remaining strawber-ries. Heat a cast iron pan orskillet to warm. Spray sand-wich with nonstick spray andplave on grill. Garnish withmint.
top 2
Desserts
Britain’s Beer
Sommelier of the Year
has claimed, as she
advises hosts to serve it
a Champagne flute or
brandy snifter rather
than traditional pint
glasses.
Jane Peyton, who was
named Sommelier of the
Year by The Beer
Academy in May, said
that there was too much
snobbery around pair-
ing beer with food.
She advised serving
beers made with
Champagne yeast as an
aperitif or ales with
chocolate and coffee
flavours with rich
desserts like tirimusu.
“It’s actually much bet-
ter pairing with a food
than wine and there are
so many special beers
for fine dining,” she told
The Independent on
Sunday’s New Review
magazine.
“But snobbery means
it’s an uphill battle to
convince people of all
that. Wine as the drink
of people of high status
for 5,000 years and the
wine industry, with its
good PR has maintained
that reputation.”
Ms Peyton said many
hosts just assume that
women, in particular,
only want to drink wine
at dinner or parties.
“Don’t patronise a
woman,” she added.
“And if she orders beer,
don’t assume she’ll
want a pale, tasteless
fruit beer. She might
want an Imperial
Russian stout, which
tastes like treacle.
“I’m always trying to
persuade more women
to drink beer. When I
have dinner parties I
pour out my ale into
Champagne flutes and
brandy glasses.”
Summer lunch with friends
Friday 10th July 201536 Food & Drink
Take the time to relax with friends and family this Summer
Summer lunches aren’t
about spending hours at a
hot stove; they should be
planned to give you the
space to catch up with
friends and family, gossip
and kick back. All you have
to do when your guests turn
up is chuck a couple of
ingredients on the barbecue
and toss together a salad.
Have fun.
Use tender chicken thighs
or even a whole spatch-
cocked chicken will work
just as well. The combina-
tion of the black, herby rub,
sweet tomatoes and gar-
licky mayonnaise is sensa-
tional.
3 bunches fresh thyme, 1
bunch picked and finely
chopped, 1 bunch fresh
mint. 5 garlic cloves, peeled
and roughly chopped. Sea
salt and freshly ground
black pepper, Zest of 1
lemon, chicken thighs, 80ml
extra-virgin olive oil. 2 pun-
nets cherry tomatoes,
halved. A few splashes red-
wine vinegar. For the aïoli
use 2 egg yolks, 1 garlic
clove, crushed, 1 tsp Dijon
mustard. 750ml mild olive
oil. Juice of ½ lemon.
Serves four to six.
High-carbon lifestyles
are desperately unhealthy,
according to Hugh
Montgomery, director of the
UCL Institute for human
health and performance
and co-chair of the Lancet
commission.
Cutting red meat and
dairy consumption would
lead to a big saving in
methane, which is 23 times
as potent a greenhouse
gas as carbon dioxide
“from essentially belching
cows. That saves a lot of
strokes, heart disease,
bowel cancer and so forth,”
he said.
Big savings are possible
from “active transport” –
more cycling and walking.
Reductions in vehicle par-
ticulates improves respira-
tory health and reduces
cardiovascular disease, as
well as making people
healthier and happier.
There are very big sav-
ings from people using
more calories to move
around, reducing obesity,
diabetes and cardiovascu-
lar risks. The European
commission says savings
of well over €30-35bn (£22-
£25bn) per year in health-
care costs could be made
from quite modest reduc-
tions in greenhouse gases.
Many cities in North
America and Europe have
started to go green. “All the
surveys show that 80% of
people want this. Let’s
accelerate that. Let politi-
cians catch up with the
appetite of their citizens
and mayors,” said Anthony
Costello, director of the
UCL Institute for global
health and co-chair of the
commission.
He cited Melbourne
which has set itself to
become zero carbon, San
Francisco, Chicago,
Seattle, Minneapolis,
Zermatt and Vancouver.
“Bogota has set itself very
aggressive targets for
becoming low emission and
investing hugely in buses
and electric transport,” he
said.
In the UK, Newcastle,
Leicester, Brighton, Bristol,
Edinburgh and even
London, which has intro-
duced a lot more cycle
pathways, are moving in
the same direction. It’s not
just about cycling, but also
green infrastructure for
flood mitigation and fresh
water control, and having
more parks for recreation
with direct benefits on peo-
ple’s health. There are also
indirect benefits – trees
buffer, wind and noise.
The cost of air travel
might have to rise, but one
proposal is that one cheap
family package holiday per
year would be allowed.
Lifestyle changes can cut emissions and diseases globally
I had a left knee replacement about 5 years ago, and it was marvellous untilabout 5 months ago when it started causing pain similar to what I hadbefore surgery. I´ve seen my doctor and specialists who think it´ll go awaywith some pain killers, but instead it´s getting worse. I´ll appreciate youradvice.
Knee replacements are
made to last about 15-20
years and usually last that
long, unless complications
occur. However the usual
complications such as ´loos-
ening and dislocation´ usual-
ly occur shortly after surgery.
Osteolysis is another fairly
common complication,
occurring when immune
cells start digesting bone tis-
sue, a reaction caused by
the plastic composites used
to make the replacement
implants.
Nevertheless, infections
are the most common cause
of knee replacement joint
pain. The groves and spaces
between the replacement
implants serve as suitable
breeding grounds for
microbes because of the
absence of the immune sys-
tem in these areas. The risk
of infections is also
increased when the immune
system is depressed. Among
many other vital roles, our
immune system protects us
against disease causing
microorganisms that may lie
dormant in the body until
they are reactivated when
the immune system
becomes dysfunctional.
From the scans carried out
at MedB clinic we have
observed that most people
with painful replacement
joints, typically show active
microbes such as bacteria,
viruses and fungi in the
affected joint. Viruses and
Fungi seem to cause severe
pain, and can be more diffi-
cult to eliminate than bacter-
ial infections.
Effective therapy for
replacement joint pain will
depend on identifying the
cause. If microbes are impli-
cated, they should be ade-
quately treated. Contrary to
widely held belief, viruses as
well as other harmful
microbes, can be effectively
treated with colloidal silver.
At MedB clinic we have suc-
cessfully used colloidal silver
to eliminate a wide range of
microbes and treat many
chronic disorders. The cause
of the joint pain may also be
from an over-active immune
system triggered by the for-
eign replacement knee
implants, and in such a case,
the immune system needs to
be treated to resolve the
pain.
Chronic inflammation
especially around the joints
also leads to a build-up of
fibrous tissue which restricts
joint movement and causes
severe pain. Clinical studies
have shown that an enzyme
called Serrapeptase can dis-
solve excessive fibrous tis-
sue in the body.
Serrapeptase is produced by
a bacteria in the silk worm,
and studies have shown that
serrapeptase makes a dis-
tinction between fibrous tis-
sue which it dissolves, and
healthy tissue which it leaves
intact. Painkillers have seri-
ous long-term effects such
as kidney and liver damage,
and should only be taken for
a short while. In the absence
of a proper diagnostic inves-
tigation, you should take col-
loidal silver since infections
are a common cause of
replacement joint pain.
FOR A FULL BODY DIAG-
NOSTIC SCAN CALL MEDB
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Friday 10th July 2015 39Health
You might be 20 years olderthan your actual age!
It is said that time waits
for no man, but biologically
speaking some people are
barely ageing at all while
others are speeding through
their lives at the rate of three
years every 12 months, sci-
entists have found.
For the first time
researchers have devel-
oped a test which reveals
not only biological age but
how fast people are growing
old.
And the results are star-
tling. In a group of 38-year-
olds, the scientists discov-
ered that some had the
same physiology as a 30-
year-old while others were
closer to 60.
The researchers from a
range of institutions includ-
ing Kings College London
and Duke University in the
US, believe it could explain
why some people look far
older than their years, while
others appear to hardly age
from year to year.
“We are now at a point
where we can quantify bio-
logical ageing in young peo-
ple, “ said Dr Andrea
Danese, Senior Lecturer in
D e v e l o p m e n t a l
Psychobiology and
Psychiatry at Kings College
London.
“And for the first time we
can see how fast they are
ageing. The people who had
the oldest biological age
were growing old the
fastest.
“If we know that we can
think about changing diets
or making lifestyle changes
when it is early enough to do
something about it.
“With these tests we could
detect premature ageing
before young people being
to develop heart disease,
diabetes or dementia so we
could treat them.”
To discover what biologi-
cal markers in the body
could show the rate of grow-
ing old, the scientists have
been following more than
1,000 people who were born
in 1972-73.
Just as hair goes grey and
wrinkles appear, all parts of
the body slowly deteriorate
with age, and that can be
measured to work out a per-
son’s true biological age.
Someone who has never
smoked, exercised regularly
and eaten a healthy diet
may have protected them-
selves against much of the
ravages of time, whereas a
person who lives an
unhealthy lifestyle will speed
up the process.
The researchers looked at
18 indicators of health
including kidney and liver
function, blood pressure,
cholesterol levels, and the
length of telomeres – the
protective caps at the end of
chromosomes which pre-
vent DNA damage.
• Secret of healthy ageing
discovered in 35-year study
They carried out the tests
when participants were
aged 26, 32 and 38 to see
how they were changing
over time. Although most
people were around their
real age, and were ageing at
a rate of 12 months in one
year, some were ageing as
fast as three years per
chronological year while
others were not ageing at
all.
Photographs of the volun-
teers were also handed out
to students at Duke
University who were asked
to assess their age. Those
who were biologically older
invariably appeared older to
the students.
The scientists claim that
most of the difference in
ageing rates are down to
environmental factors rather
than genes, and so could be
altered. It is though that just
20 per cent of differences in
ageing is genetic.
“There is a great deal of
environmental influence,”
said lead author Dan Belsky,
assistant professor of geri-
atrics at Duke University’s
Centre for Ageing.
“As we get older our risk
grows for all kinds of differ-
ent diseases. To prevent
multiple diseases simultane-
ously ageing itself has to be
the target. Otherwise it’s a
game of whack-a-mole.”
• Ageing reversed as sci-
entists discover how to turn
clock back
The researchers are
hopeful that in future doctors
would be able to test people
when they are in their 30s to
determine how fast they are
ageing so that they could
offer health advice or med-
ication.
Professor Terrie Moffitt, of
Duke University added: “It is
indeed likely that individual
patients will be able to get a
number for their own biolog-
ical age, by asking their fam-
ily doctor. Most of the 18
biomarkers we used in our
research are used routinely
in clinical practice already,
nothing mysterious.
People can already go to
the internet to calculate their
“heart age”, entering their
blood pressure, height,
weight, and whether or not
they smoke, and so forth.
But our measure of the pace
of aging is a bit different, as
it is based on aspects of
organ function that are “hid-
den” inside young people
who still feel and look
healthy; it does not rely on
observable behaviours such
as smoking.
One goal we need to meet
next is to determine which
are the fewest biomarkers
needed to accurately esti-
mate a person’s biological
age. What is the most effec-
tive and low-cost short ver-
sion. We devised a Cadillac
version for our research, but
a family doctor might want a
Volkswagen version"
The research was pub-
lished in the journal the
Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences.
Some people are ageing three years every 12 months, scientists have found
Friday 10th July 201540
Aries March 21-April 20
Taurus April 21-May 21
A new friendship or relationship could go
from strength to strength this week, so be
prepared to go along with unexpected
changes and be flexible about the future.
You could also find a certain goal no longer
has real meaning for you. You will make the
right decisions if you stand back and consid-
er what your options really are, long-term.
Gemini May 22-June 21
An unexpected conversation this weekend
could help you find the answer to a problem
that has held you back in recent weeks. With
your ruler, Mercury, now in tune with the per-
suasive planet, Venus, you can also over-
come a loved one’s doubts and set a certain
record straight. All you need to do is be your-
self and trust your sense of timing.
Cancer June 22-July 23
Resist the urge to push through changes
that you feel are overdue and focus on your
long-term hopes and dreams this week.
Wednesday’s powerful link between the
action planet, Mars, and psychic, other-
worldly Neptune makes it easy for you to
achieve a goal you thought was way beyond
your reach.
Leo July 24-August 23Shelve routine chores, relax and tune in to
your private, inner world this week. If you let
your intuition be your guide, you can pour oil
on troubled waters and sidestep a potential
problem. You could also find that what you
want from someone has been changing, so
bide your time until you get your bearings in
the new terrain. There is no rush.
Your ruler, Mercury, enters your chart’s zone
of social life this week. An important friend-
ship may preoccupy you now, but this is not
the time to put someone under pressure or
to ask unnecessary questions. Read
between the lines instead. With evasive
Neptune also in the picture, your best
course of action is to stand back and let
events unfold.
Libra September 24-October 23
A conversation this weekend could help you
overcome your recent doubts about a cer-
tain situation, so ask for feedback and sup-
port from someone you rely on. The time
has not yet come to take decisive action, so
concentrate on sorting out domestic issues
now to give yourself more freedom to
manoeuvre. From Thursday, you will see
your way ahead.
Scorpio October 24-November 22
Some news midweek could make you won-
der if you should change course or give up on
a career project. The tide will soon turn in
your favour, so be patient a while longer.
Telepathic Neptune helps you to pick up on
someone’s real feelings later in the week. Do
not try to pin them down or make them show
their hand. You do not need to.
Sagittarius November 23-December 21If you take advantage of the stars this week,
you can push through the domestic changes
that you have been planning and reach a
more relaxed and easygoing understanding
with somebody close. What matters now is
being open and direct, so do not let a chance
to clear the air, or to express your real feel-
ings, pass you by. It is the first step that
counts.
Capricorn December 22 - January 20
You may have found it hard to work out what
someone feels, or to decide what course of
action you should take to reach your current
goal. From Wednesday, when the Zodiac’s
most direct and truthful planet, Mars, aligns
with evasive Neptune in your chart’s com-
munication zone, all that is due to change,
so do not be afraid to show your feelings
then.
Aquarius January 21 - February 19
With persuasive Venus in the area of your
skies that rules your love life, you can turn a
certain situation to your own advantage if
you do not let a recent problem undermine
your confidence this week. A conversation
this weekend could also make you see how
strong your hand is, so do not miss this
chance to bring about some kind of break-
through.
Pisces February 20 - March 20
Virgo August 24-September 23
This week’s alignment between the action
planet, Mars, and your ruler, Neptune, is due
to help you break free from restrictions and
usher in a more adventurous and fulfilling
era. Do not let advice from friends make you
hedge your bets, or give in to self-doubt.
Events will turn out in your favour if you have
the courage of your own convictions now.
Being in the right place at the right time is the
key to getting what you want this week. If you
relax and trust your intuition instead of trying
to force the pace, you can avoid potential
problems and get a great deal closer to your
goal. Something you discover this weekend
is also due to put you in a strong position. It
seems a certain battle is as good as won.
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OPEN FOR TOUGH BUSINESSFriday 10th July 201544 Ivie Davies on Golf
The Old Course at St.
Andrews is unique in many
ways and will continue to
present challenges to the
players contesting the 144th
Open Championship next
week. Hopefully the sun will
be shining and the wind
benign, resulting in a Rules
incident-free championship,
although that doesn’t hap-
pen all the time...
Bunkers
The Old Course is the
home of the pot bunker, with
its 110 sandy iconic traps.
The bunkers are all individu-
ally named; Walkinshaw's
Grave, Coffins, Lion’s
Mouth, Principal’s Nose,
The Spectacles, Hell. Each
has a rich history to tell and
many have made or broken
the scores of some of the
world’s best golfers.
Perhaps the most famous
is the fearsome Road
bunker at the 17th green.
During the 3rd round of the
1978 Open, “Tommy”
Nakajima came to the 17th
four-under for the day and
tied for the Championship
lead. He played a smart
approach to the front of the
green and his carefully
judged putt looked good
until it caught a ridge and
trickled down into the Road
bunker.
His first attempt from the
sand hit the face. His sec-
ond also failed to get out.
His third did escape the
bunker – albeit briefly -
before rolling back in.
Finally, his fourth settled ten
feet past the pin. Nakajima
missed the putt and finished
with a quintuple-bogey nine
and thus ending his Open
dream.
Due to the unique design
of a pot bunker, if you get
too close to the face of the
bunker, it is sometimes
impossible to play forward.
Many players this July will
find themselves playing out
to the side; some may even
find it necessary to deem
the ball unplayable.
A player may deem the
ball unplayable at any place
on the course, except when
the ball is in a water hazard.
The player is the sole judge
as to whether his ball is
playable. If you deem your
ball unplayable (Rule 28)
you may, under penalty of
one stroke:
A. Play again from where
your last shot was played, or
B. Drop a ball any dis-
tance behind the point
where the ball lay keeping a
straight line between the
hole, the point where the
ball lay and the spot on
which the ball is dropped, or
C. Drop a ball within two
club-lengths of where the
ball lies not nearer the hole.
If your ball is in a bunker
you may proceed as above;
however, if you are dropping
back on a line or within two
club-lengths (options b or c),
you must drop a ball in the
bunker.
Interestingly, in the face of
the Road bunker, there will
be a small TV camera that
will provide television view-
ers a close-up of all the
action next week. The cam-
era will be deemed as an
integral part of the course in
the Championship Local
Rules so that players cannot
claim relief from interference
from it and consequently
afford them a better lie in the
bunker!
Out of Bounds
In 1991 at Royal Birkdale
Golf Club, Ian Baker-Finch
won The Open playing sub-
lime golf shooting 64 and 66
in the final two rounds. By
the time of the 1995 Open at
St Andrews, in a cruel twist
of fate, his confidence was
low. Baker-Finch stood on
the first tee of the Old
Course, paired with the leg-
endary Arnold Palmer (his
farewell appearance at The
Open) and snap-hooked his
drive straight over the paral-
lel 18th fairway and out of
bounds. Despite it being one
of the widest fairways in
golf, Baker-Finch had hit it
180 yards out of bounds to
the left.
With its “out and back”
design, the boundaries of
the course come into play at
a number of holes such as
the first, 16th, 17th and 18th.
If, after playing a shot, you
think your ball may be out of
bounds you should play a
provisional ball (Rule 27-2).
You must state that it is a
provisional ball (phrases
such as “I’ll hit another” or
“I’m going to re-load” are
insufficient) and you must
play the provisional ball
before you go forward to
search for the original ball.
The wall at the back of the
green of the 17th hole on the
Old Course defines the
boundary on this hole. While
it is unlikely that a ball will
come to rest on the wall, the
Championship Local Rules
clarify the boundary by stat-
ing that a ball is out of
bounds when it is beyond
the wall (not on the wall) so
there is no doubt.
At the 1984 Open, Tom
Watson was seeking his
third Open win in a row and
he was in a tie with Seve
Ballesteros when his
approach at the 17th scur-
ried over the green, crossed
the road and came to rest
close to the boundary wall.
Faced with an extremely dif-
ficult chip, and with the
boundary wall impeding his
backswing, Watson unsur-
prisingly could only make
bogey. He lost out to Seve
who made an iconic birdie
on the 18th to win by two
strokes.
It is worth remembering
that objects defining out of
bounds are deemed to be
fixed and there is no relief
without penalty from them.
You can proceed under the
unplayable ball Rule or try
your luck like Miguel Angel
Jiménez did five years ago.
Finding the ball in a near
impossible position inches
from the boundary wall, the
Spaniard struck the ball
against the wall, the ball
then ricocheted off the wall
over Jimenez’s head and
onto the green.
Jiménez said, “There was
no place to drop it. I took out
my sand wedge and hoped
to get a good break but I had
no idea how it would turn out
as you can’t practice that
sort of shot!”
Water Hazards
The Swilcan Burn lies in
wait on the first hole on the
Old Course. Padraig
Harrington, Lee Westwood
and Colin Montgomerie all
found the Burn when playing
in the 2010 Open and had to
drop out under penalty. If
your ball is in a water hazard
(yellow stakes and/or lines)
you may play it as it lies or,
under penalty of one stroke:
stakes and/or lines) you
may play it as it lies or,
under penalty of one stroke:
• play a ball from where
your last shot was played, or
• drop a ball any distance
behind the water hazard
keeping a straight line
between the hole, the point
where the ball last crossed
the margin of the water haz-
ard and the spot on which
the ball is dropped.
If your ball is in a lateral
water hazard (red stakes
and/or lines), in addition to
the options for a ball in a
water hazard, under penalty
of one stroke, you may drop
a ball within two club-
lengths of, and not nearer
the hole than:
• the point where the ball
last crossed the margin of
the hazard, or
• a point on the opposite
side of the hazard equidis-
tant to the hole from the
point where the ball last
crossed the margin.
The Swilcan Burn is in
parts marked as a water
hazard and in parts a lateral
water hazard. So depending
on where your ball last
crossed the margin of the
hazard, determines the
options that you have for
relief.
Double Greens
There are seven “double
greens” on the Old Course,
i.e. greens that are shared
by two holes. Interestingly
the numbers of the holes
sharing the green always
add up to 18, e.g. two and
16, three and 15.
World number one and
defending champion Rory
McIlroy will miss next
week's Open after injuring
his left ankle. The Northern
Irishman, 26, revealed on
Monday he had ruptured
an ankle ligament playing
football with friends.
Confirming he would not
compete at St Andrews, he
posted on Instagram: "I'm
taking a long-term view of
this injury. Although rehab
is progressing well, I want
to come back to tourna-
ment play when I feel
100% healthy and 100%
competitive."
The 2015 Open begins
next Thursday, and tourna-
ment organisers said they
were "naturally very disap-
pointed" at McIlroy's with-
drawal. They added: "Rory
will play in many more
Opens and our primary
concern is for his complete
recovery."
McIlroy, who has won
four majors, could also
miss the chance to defend
his US PGA Championship
title in mid-August.
RorySidelined
A 20 year old British player
is one of four new signings
that have been unveiled by
CD Torrevieja, though one of
them, Luis Carlos will be
familiar to fans having played
for the club two years ago
and he helped Novelda to
make the play-offs last sea-
son. Luis Carlos is a speedy
and gritty left sided player,
able to accelerate past
defenders and is a ready-
made replacement for
favourite Cristian Sanchez
who has opted to live and
play in Madrid.
20 year old Lewis Hallen is
a British lad who has lived in
Spain since he was nine and
is well known to the manager
Pedreño. He is a striker with
a knack for goals, though so
far only displayed at
Preferente level, netting 13
times for Santa Pola the sea-
son before last and then 10
times for Pilar de la
Horadada and hence his
connection with the manager
who was in charge there.
David Rives is a strong
central defender who played
for eight consecutive sea-
sons in 2B before leaving the
game to concentrate on his
family business. He is 31
years old, fit and strong and
comes in for Alexis who has
gone to Nicaragua to try his
luck. Edu Mesas is a 24 year
old left sided player who
made it to the play-offs last
term for 2B with group 13 out-
fit El Castillo and who previ-
ously starred for Huércal
Overa. As Eddy has returned
this season, there should be
good cover in this left back
position.
Training starts on Monday
and these new recruits will be
joined by several incoming
British players who are seek-
ing a new kick start to their
football career in Spain.
Amongst them are Georgio
Kyriacou who has played in
America and Guatemala as
well as more recently for
Stevenage and Hitchin Town
in the UK. Linton Rogers
hails from East Sussex and
has been centre forward for
Bexhill, Eastbourne and
Hastings Utd. Reece
Brewster from London is a
battling midfielder who will
still be a teenager when the
season starts.
CD Torrevieja’s pre-sea-
son matches, including a
notable trio of opponents
namely Cordoba (July 18th);
Hull City (July 24th); and
Hercules (Aug 7th). Season
tickets are on sale from the
ground on a Tuesday
between 11.30am and
13.30pm and on a Thursday
between 5.00pm and 7.00pm
as well from the Torry Army
office in San Luis every
weekday morning. Anyone
who buys a season ticket will
be able to buy their pre- sea-
son friendly ticket at half price
– five euros instead of ten
euros!
The composition of
Torrevieja’s division is now
known and there are new
clubs for supporters to get to
know. After losing Levante to
2B, and La Nucia, Ribarroja,
Utiel and Requena, Torry are
rejoined by Elche Ilicitano, as
well as new boys, Recambios
Colon from Catarroja; Rayo
Ibense from Ibi; and Bunol
from the Castellon region. It
also means a logical make up
of 20 clubs and not the odd
21 in the last season which
meant that there was always
one club sitting it out each
week whilst the other twenty
played.
Friday 10th July 2015 45The Courier Sport
Over 400 swimmers hit the cooling waters of Santiago de la Ribera last Sunday for the
12th staging of the 'Playas de San Javier' event with open water races over 500 and 1,500
metres in a variety of male and female as well as age categories.
Wales have moved into
the top 10 of FIFA's world
rankings for the first time
and now sit just one spot
behind ninth-placed
England.
Chris Coleman's side
have moved up 12 places
after their 1-0 European
Qualifiers win over Belgium
in Cardiff last month
The victory was their sixth
win in 11 matches and they
have lost only once - in a 2-
0 friendly defeat to Holland -
in that sequence.
BRIT JOINS TORRY
SWIMMERS LONG DIPWALES MOVE UP FIFAWORLD RANKINGS
Real Madrid can win La Liga under Rafa
Benitez, according to Sevilla boss Unai
Emery.
Real were second best in the Primera
Division last term and also fell short in the
Copa del Rey and the Champions League,
costing Carlo Ancelotti his job. The former
Napoli and Liverpool boss was soon
appointed his successor and Emery, who
rejected the chance to move to Serie A this
summer, feels he can take his new side
right to the top.
"I believe that Benitez's arrival at Madrid is
the rightful recognition of his good work
down the years," he told Corriere dello
Sport.
"They're candidates to win La Liga because
Benitez is coach of Madrid. If they don't
succeed it's because Barcelona win but
when Madrid go several years without win-
ning La Liga, you know something's not
right. Barca and Madrid are the best in
world. When you add technical success to
this, it's a winning formula."
UNAI BACKS RAFABarcelona right-back
Dani Alves has
praised his team-
mate Lionel Messi,
saying that the
Argentine is much
better than Cristiano
Ronaldo, who does
not influence the way
Real Madrid plays,
while Messi does. In
a newspaper inter-
view Alves said:-
“Messi is much bet-
ter than Cristiano
Ronaldo. Messi has
the ability to influ-
ence games with his
play, Cristiano does-
n’t. I’ve watched to
see if he influences
the play beyond
scoring goals and he shows up on certain
plays. Messi is influential, plays and assists.
Messi has a divine touch. Cristiano is hard
to cover. We’ve had our fights but I admire
him. He’s a very dedicated and competitive
guy.”
NO CONTEST
Barcelona presidential
candidate Joan Laporta has
launched an attack on the
club's managing committee
after they agreed a deal to
sign Arda Turan from
Atletico Madrid before the
presidential election takes
place later this month. Barca
will not have a president
until the election on July 18,
but the club announced last
Monday that an agreement
had been reached with
Atletico to acquire Turan for
an initial fee of 34 million
euros, with the management
committee saying in a state-
ment: "The decision could
not be put off any longer."
They said they had insert-
ed a clause in the deal giv-
ing the club the right to re-
sell the player back to
Atletico until July 20th, effec-
tively allowing any new pres-
ident to annul the deal.
Josep Maria Bartomeu, who
has stepped down as presi-
dent ahead of his bid for re-
election, said earlier this
month that coach Luis
Enrique had requested the
player and that his board
had left the matter in "an
advanced state" before
stepping down. However,
Laporta, who had held the
presidency between 2003
and 2010, has said that
Barca had only made a
move for Turan to "cover up
the ridiculousness" of their
failure to sign Paul Pogba
from Juventus and said no
transfer business should be
conducted before July 19th
Bartomeu had also over-
seen the arrival of Aleix
Vidal -- whom he said was
Luis Enrique's other primary
transfer request -- before
stepping down as president.
However, neither Vidal nor
Turan will be able to play in
official games for Barca until
January 2016 as the result
of a FIFA transfer ban, which
was imposed after the club
breached rules regarding
the signing of under-age
players between 2009 and
2013.
Real Madrid keeper Iker
Casillas is poised to move
to Porto and unlock David
de Gea's move to Real
Madrid from Manchester
United, according to TV net-
work, TVE. The public chan-
nel reported on Monday that
the Portuguese side
coached by Spaniard Julen
Lopetegui have bid for
Casillas and the Spain cap-
tain is giving the offer seri-
ous consideration.
Both De Gea and Real
Manager Rafa Benitez are
keen to have Casillas at
another club before the start
of next season so the con-
troversy over who plays in
goal at the Santiago
Bernabeu does not over-
shadow the season as has
happened in the last three
campaigns.
Shifting Casillas from No
1 spot at Madrid has not
been easy. A veteran of 25
seasons in which he has
won five leagues, two
Spanish Cups and three
Champions Leagues,
Casillas has clung on
despite the efforts of first
Jose Mourinho and later
president Florentino Perez.
Benitez is not in favour of
using one goalkeeper in the
league and one goalkeeper
in the Champions League
as Carlo Ancelotti did two
years ago, so if De Gea
arrived it would mean the
Spanish legend would be
reduced to just playing
Copa del Rey games.
Casillas is understood to
see Porto as a good fit
especially as they are
coached by Lopetegui, who
appeared as a keeper for
Real Madrid and Spain.
Casillas' agent told
Portuguese newspaper
Record on Monday: 'Iker is
enthusiastic about possibili-
ty of Porto. Real Madrid
already has the proposal
and knows the will of Iker.'
Meanwhile Real Madrid
are considering bringing
back their former youth
player, Espanyol goalkeep-
er Kiko Casilla, if negotia-
tions with Manchester
United over the transfer of
David De Gea don’t go fur-
ther. According to the AS
paper, Real Madrid are look-
ing to cover all bases, and
while the club has confi-
dence in the currently
injured Keylor Navas, Los
Blancos are considering
paying the 10 million euros
asking price for Kiko Casilla,
who came up through the
club’s youth system before
making a name for himself
in Cornella.
Third division club CD
Guadalajara have joined
Rayo Vallecano in the fight
against intolerance. Last
week the Primera Division
club Rayo released an away
kit with a striking rainbow
sash - and the slogan 'soli-
darity' - across it, to raise
awareness seven different
types of injustice and intol-
erance, including child
abuse, depression and
homophobia.
CD Guadalajara released
their home kit at the Madrid
Pride festival over last
weekend with the LGBT
symbol of a rainbow flag
running down the purple
shirt. Made by Hummel, the
club and Danish sportswear
brand have also announced
that five per cent of sales
will be donated to La Liga
Acro Iris (La Liga Rainbow),
a charity that fights homo-
phobia and other prejudices
in football.
MAKING A STAND
After a impressive
first innings from
England, they will be
satisfied to have made
430, especially having
been 43-3 early on day
one. Joe Root is the
obvious standout after
his brilliant century on
Wednesday, while
Moeen Ali made 77 with
some good batting
yesterday morning.
Austrailia made a
steady start to their
innings only losing
Warner early on, and
Smith just before Tea.
Warner edges an
attempted drive to an
awaiting Cook in the
slips. While Smith
makes a hash of a
Moeen delivery that
edges to Alastair Cook
at short mid-on.
It will be an excep-
tional weekend of
drama and excitement
and one that die hard
cricket fans will not
want to miss.
IMPRESSIVE START
LOG JAMUNBLOCKED?
Friday 10th July 201546 The Courier Sport
DEAL SLAMMED
PHIL STARTS
SERGIO TO STAY? Sergio Ramos is not likely
to leave Real Madrid this
summer, according to his
international team-mate
Andres Iniesta.
Sergio Ramos, 29, has
been linked with a move
away from the Spanish cap-
ital in recent weeks due to
Real's failure to offer him a
new improved contract. It
has been suggested that
the former Sevilla star, who
joined Los Blancos in 2005,
is keen on a move to
Premier League giants
Manchester United.
Iniesta, 31, is well aware
of the interest his interna-
tional team-mate is attract-
ing but believes the defend-
er will stay at the Bernabeu.
"I’ve always said that Sergio
Ramos is one of the best
centre-backs in the world,”
the Barcelona star told
reporters.
“He’s at a great team like
Madrid and I don’t think
they’ll let him go.
"For me, my teammates
are the best central defend-
ers in the world.”
Former Manchester
United and England
defender Phil Neville has
begun his role as
Valencia assistant man-
ager. The La Liga club,
who are in this season's
Champions League quali-
fying, announced the
appointment of the 38-
year-old 12 days ago, but
Neville then said the deal
was not yet finalised. He
replaces another Briton,
Ian Cathro, who left to
join Steve McClaren's
backroom staff at
Newcastle.
Neville, who will work
under Valencia boss
Nuno Espirito Santo, was
a coach at Manchester
United under David
Moyes - now manager of
Valencia's La Liga rivals
Real Sociedad - and has
been working as a televi-
sion pundit. Valencia fin-
ished fourth in La Liga
last season and are in the
final stage of qualifying
for this season's
Champions League,
along with United.
Real Madrid defender,
Dani Carvajal, has signed a
contract extension that will
keep him at the club until
2020. The Spanish interna-
tional still had four years to
run on his previous deal,
though some doubt had
been cast over his future fol-
lowing the signing of Brazil
right-back Danilo from Porto.
However, Carvajal has now
decided to commit himself to
Madrid for an additional 12 months.
The 23-year-old came through the youth
team ranks at the Bernabeu and starred for
the club's B team before moving to Bayer
Leverkusen in 2012. Madrid put a buy-back
clause in Carvajal's contract with the
Bundesliga side and enforced their right to
re-sign him the following summer for an esti-
mated €6.5 million. He has since become a
regular in the Madrid starting line-up and
was a part of the team that won both the
Copa del Rey and the Champions League in
2014.
I never had Jose
Mourinho down as a gam-
bler, quite the opposite, but
in my book he’s certainly
taken a huge risk by signing
Radamel Falcao from
Monaco this week on a
year’s loan. Forget the £5m
fee and the reduced wages
– apparently down from
£265k to £150k a week -
because money means
nothing to the Chelsea hier-
archy - only winning at all
costs. But this high stakes
gamble is real Russian
Roulette, because the once-
mighty Columbian striker
has hit the skids goal-wise
since his career-threatening
cruciate ligament injury back
in January 2014. After scor-
ing 70 goals in two prolific
seasons with Atletico
Madrid, moneybags
Monaco signed Falcao for
£50m in 2013, and their
short term return was 11
goals in 20 games.
Expensively loaned out at
mighty Old Trafford last sea-
son, Falcao looked a shad-
ow of his former self scoring
a paltry four goals in 27
starts for Man United, but
the spotlight was deflected
as the Red Devils clawed
their back to European qual-
ification and respectability
by moving up from seventh
to fourth. For a world-class
striker who used to score a
goal every two games, strik-
er Falcao is a worried man.
Did that injury rob the
Columbian of pace, or inspi-
ration – or confidence? The
latter is an asset vital in
every striker, Martini-style –
any time, any place, any-
where.
Why Falcao at the Bridge,
then? Well, back in 2012/3 it
was a trophy-less final sea-
son in Spain for Jose
Mourinho, bad by the
Portuguese’s own fabulous
standards. His career was
stalling at mighty Real
Madrid as their bitterest
rivals Barcelona stormed
away with the La Liga title,
but then in a capital City
Copa del Rey final local
rivals Atletico wrested the
Cup from Real, with first
Mourinho and finally
Ronaldo sent off. In a bitter-
ly-fought game Atletico
came back to win 2 – 1 after
Ronaldo had opened the
scoring for Real with his
51st goal of the season. But
then the Atletico equaliser
was scored by one Diego
Costa, and the brilliant slide
rule pass to make the goal
was supplied by….
Radamel Falcao.
Hmm… was that miser-
able moment marked mem-
orably in Mourinho’s mind,
mentally moving the memo-
ry to manufacture magic at
Stamford Bridge? Just think
and drool, Blues fans… a
cool, sharp Diego Costa
supported fully by another
formidable forward in
Falcao, with Fabregas,
Hazard et al behind them,
ably supported by all the
usual suspects - to once
again lead the Blues to
another title - and more.
That actually makes four ex-
Atletico players signed by
Mourinho: Thibault Courtois,
Luis Felipe, Costa and now
Falcao – bet the Rojiblanco
fans love that after their
recent five minutes of fame
at the top of La Liga has
now disappeared – again.
If the Falcao flutter comes
off, it will be a Mourinho
master stroke, similar to
Chelsea’s last season title
capture. But how do you
improve on winning the
Prem and the Capital Cup?
Why via the Champions
League, of course - that’s
what Rabid Roman wants –
badly. But the odds of
Chelski holding on to the
title and conquering Europe
with the sort of continental
opposition around today are
not good. And it’s all now
being further complicated by
the dangerous practice of
trying to resuscitate a failing
career – one where certain
other lofty talents and Gaalic
gambles have failed.
Friday 10th July 2015 47John McGregor on Sport
WHAT’S THE ODDS?
DANI STAYINGNO GO ISCOReal Madrid have reportedly rejected a 28
million euro bid from Chelsea for their mid-
fielder Isco. Real have turned down
approaches from both
Chelsea and Juventus in
recent weeks and have
refused to accept any offer
for the Spanish international,
with new boss Rafa Benitez
telling the 23-year-old that
he will play an important role
next season.
Isco has been the target of
numerous clubs since his
arrival to Real Madrid in
2013, as the once-promising
Malaga star was relegated to
the bench in his first year
under Carlo Ancelotti but due
to injury to James Rodriguez and Gareth
Bale, played a crucial role in the club’s sea-
son and continued to impress all of Europe.
Who was William
Webb Ellis, and why is
he famous? Clue: think
hooligans. Answer: In
1823 while supposedly
playing ‘football’ at
Rugby School Just
William picked up the
ball and ran with it
instead, thus inventing
the game of Rugby – if
Wayne Rooney did that
now he’d be banned for
insanity, probably for
life. But barmy Bill’s
invention of a ‘hooli-
gan’s game played by
gentlemen’ steadily
caught on around the
world, and the game is
now played in many far-
flung parts of the
world. Webb Ellis’s
legacy meant that the
Rugby World Cup,
started in 1987 is also
officially known as the
Webb Ellis Trophy and
named after its inven-
tor: and like rugby’s
more ‘common’ big
brother soccer, the
world finals come
around every four
years. The 2015 World
Cup starts off in the UK
on September 18th at
Twickenham when
England, the co-hosts
with Wales, play Fiji.
Nearer the time we’ll
look at the runners and
riders and their
chances, but for now if
you’re a fan – or even if
you’re not, like the
global sports events
that only come round
every few years - then
be a hooligan for once
and reserve some gen-
tlemanly time in
September and October
to watch the Webb Ellis
Trophy – and start tak-
ing sides – it’s much
more fun and enjoyable
that way!
RuddyHooligans!
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Andy Murray will bid today to reach Sunday’s
Wimbledon final for the third time, but standing in
his way will be Roger Federer, who defeated him
in the 2012 final. The other semi sees defending
champion Novak Djokovic up against Richard
Gasquet, Wednesday’s surprise victor over French
Open champion, Stan Wawrinka.
MURRAY’S DAY CHUCKED OUT
Friday 10th July 201548
ALL CHANGEAT LIVERPOOL
‘Septic’ Sepp Blatter is
lately politically name-
dropping like a con-
demned man on trial for
his life. He is stirring the
sh – smelly, brown stuff
to try to distance himself
from the past World Cup
venue decision-making
process, even calling in
religion and his claimed
relationship with the
Pope in his latest pontifi-
cation.
The gospel according to
Sepp decrees that both
the French and German
presidents applied politi-
cal pressure prior to the
2018 and 2022 World Cup
votes. Blamer Blatter
alleges ex-French presi-
dent Nicolas Sarkozy
and in particular his
German counterpart
Christian Wulff sought to
influence voting before
Qatar and Russia were
chosen as respective
hosts back in 2010. The
old far – I mean the FIFA
figurehead fingers the
Fatherland with claims
that the German football
association received a
government recommen-
dation that they should
vote for Qatar in order to
further Fatherland eco-
nomic interests. He said
that the Deutsche Bahn
(German railways),
Hochtief (construction)
and many more German
businesses already had
projects in Qatar before
the World Cup was
awarded there. Surely
not schweinhunds – seri-
ous stuff, Septic??
Interestingly Blatter also
claims for clemency on
the grounds that he has
a clear conscience and
anyone who calls him
corrupt ‘should be sent
to jail’. The Swiss told
German magazine Bunte
he has done nothing
wrong and will go to
heaven when he dies:
‘Anybody who calls me
corrupt because FIFA is
corrupt, I can only shake
my head,’ he said.
‘Everybody who says
something like that
should go to jail. My faith
has given me strength
during the last week. I
am a religious person
and pray, too. I own a
golden cross that has
been blessed by Pope
Francis. I believe I will go
to heaven one day. But I
believe there is no hell. I
disagree with the Pope
on that.’ Well, that’s
called papaling over the
cracks if you ask me…
Back on this mortal coil,
two criminal investiga-
tions into alleged FIFA
corruption are ongoing
and Blatter is reportedly
under investigation by
US officials. For max-
imus confusius, the
Swiss announced on
June 2nd that he would
step down from the FIFA
presidency at an extraor-
dinary congress to be
held between December
and March - but Septic
has since stated he has
not resigned and is
thought to be consider-
ing standing for re-elec-
tion. Hell’s bells!
ORDER OF THE BOOTAnyone remember the Liverpool ‘boot
room’? The legendary under-the-stands little
kit room where all the plotting and planning
sessions of the great Reds’ teams of the six-
ties, through to the nineties were held. The
meetings were started by the great Bill
Shankly with his assistants Bob Paisley and
Joe Fagan who would regularly share a con-
spiratory whisky or two. That tradition contin-
ued until 1993, when structural modifications
saw the boot room disappear and subsequent
management teams have never been regard-
ed with the same awe as the Shankly bequest.
In a different and recent ‘boot’ room meet-
ing at Anfield with the club’s American own-
ers, Fenway Sports, manager Brendan
Rodgers survived. But his coaching staff did-
n’t after a disappointing season by
Liverpool’s own high standards, which saw
the Reds out of the Champions League quali-
fication places. Now Liverpool have named
England Under-19s boss Sean O'Driscoll as
their new assistant manager, who comes with
a wealth of managerial experience. O'Driscoll,
who had only been England Under-19 head
coach since September, is highly regarded by
Rodgers. Reds academy coach Pep Lijnders
will also join the first-team staff.
Liverpool are also expected to appoint ex-
player Gary McAllister as assistant manager
as Ljinders is likely to be involved in elite
player development and will continue to over-
see some top academy players rather than
acting as a direct replacement for first team
coach, Mike Marsh, who sacked last month,
alongside assistant manager, Colin Pascoe,
who worked alongside Rodgers at Swansea.
McAllister, the former Leeds and Coventry
boss met Rodgers for talks on Wednesday,
and has known on the field success at Anfield
as a player as part of the Red’s FA Cup,
League Cup, and UEFA Cup winning side of
2001.
It’s looking increasingly likely that
Liverpool will start the new season without
Raheem Sterling; the latest is that their con-
troversial young starlet has declined to go on
the club’s pre-season tour to the Far East,
presumably aimed at trying to close the gap
between Man City’s last offer of £40m and
Liverpool’s assessment of £50m. The eventu-
ally agreed amount of largesse the Reds
receive from their wealthy neighbours down
the East Lancs Road will help fund all the new
blood that has come to Anfield this close sea-
son. With six new signings and a new coach-
ing staff the pressure on Brendan Rodgers
will be intense: Liverpool expects – and all the
while the shadow of the boot room hovers
darkly.
POLITICS ANDTHE POPE
FIFA has banned former executive committee member and
ex-Concacaf general secretary Chuck Blazer from all foot-
ball related activity for life. Blazer, 70, worked undercover
with prosecutors in the United States after pleading guilty to
charges of bribery, money laundering and tax evasion. A
FIFA statement said Blazer "committed many and various