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EXTRA VAT woe will face millions of families throughout Spain from this weekend. From Saturday, prices across the board will rise with the standard rate of IVA - the Spanish equivalent of VAT increasing from 18 to 21 per cent. And certain items - including cinema and discotheque visits, health products, plus funeral and cleaning services - will soar 13 per cent as from September 1 they will be categorised into a different VAT rating as the government battles to put more money into the national coffers. It is believed that €18 billion a year is at present lost to VAT fraud. Many in business fear that the planned VAT increases will encourage the more unscrupulous to roundup prices, bringing further hardship to families struggling to survive the ongoing economic problems throughout Spain and most of the Euro nations. • No escape Page 6
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A switch-on for Korea KOREAN television host Jae Jung Park has recorded a travel show reflecting the tourist attractions of the town of Salobreña. The show will be broadcasted in Korea in September.
Old favourite NERJA’S governing team plans to restore the town’s most visited monument, La Dorada, the ‘Chanquete’ fishing boat replica, honouring the classic Spanish TV series Verano Azul.
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ON THE UP: Both alcoholic drinks and tobacco will be more expensive from Saturday when the VAT rate rises to 21 per cent.
Blue Flags come and go! EL PLAYAZO and Maro beaches in Nerja were found to be unworthy of their ‘quality flags’ by the Spanish Association of Environmental and Consumer Education (ADEAC) due to their unclean state and lack of proper safety signs.
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However, Nerja’s Burriana and La Torrecilla beaches have had their Blue Flag status for quality reinstated after addressing several problems highlighted by the ADEAC during a recent inspection.
INVESTIGATORS are still trying to find out what started the Los Charcones fire, which burned 85 hectares of underbrush over the weekend.
Road safety THE €295,866 road safety improvements on the N-340 motorway pedestrian areas in Torrox have begun, which will also provide temporary jobs for unemployed people.
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Frigiliana Fair attracts international interest THE typically white-washed Andalucian town’s largest festival attracted 30,000 people from 30
Castle renovation ‘at risk’ THE restoration of Salobreña’s historic castle could be at risk, believes the town’s mayor, Gonzalo Fernandez, due to the central government’s delay in providing the promised 60 per cent of the cost of the works.
different countries around the world in a celebration of culture, music and religion.
The annual four-day Three Cultures Fair is held in honour of the three religious cultures that styled its history and architecture. Frigiliana is known to have been an historical meeting point for Muslim, Jewish and Christian people throughout the Al-Andalus period, and artists from each of the religious communities performed at the event. In true Andalucian style the fair included a popular tapas route, Catalonian music and a Las Migas concert as well as dance performances and documentaries on female flamenco guitarists and the use FORTIFICATION: Castle dates from the 10th century. of water in Al-Andalus.
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Ajoblanco celebration ALMACHAR will host its 44th Edition of Ajoblanco festivities, which celebrate the local cuisine including ajoblanco (cold soup made from garlic, olive oil and almonds), grapes, raisins and muscatel wine, on Saturday with concerts, free tapas and sangria.
Helping hand AMIRAX association for disabled people will reportedly be supported by the Eastern Community of Municipalities to pay for the remaining €400,000 it needs to finish its new facilities in Rincon de la Victoria.
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Nerja Caves ‘academic bombshell’ INVESTIGATORS suspect the cave paintings in Nerja may have been made by Neanderthals instead of Homo sapiens. Recent multidisciplinary investigations have led experts to believe that the cave paintings of seals may be up to 43,500 years old, making them the world’s oldest paintings to be discovered. This would mean that Neanderthals were probably
responsible for the art, which according to the head of the Nerja Caves investigations, Jose Luis Sanchidrian of Cordoba University, would be an ‘academic bombshell’, because such work has always been attributed to the first developed humans, Homo sapiens. The Uranus-thorium method used by the Chauvet cave investigators in France to date cave paintings without damaging
them is the next step for Sanchidrian’s team, in co-operation with several French scientists, will be to continue studying the ancient artwork. The work is expected to be slow and laborious, although the archaeology team expects to corroborate the information they gained in the previous 40 studies which dated the work from between 35,000 and 42,000 years ago.
Row over Velez photo prize
GOVERNMENT employees in Rincon de la Victoria will work two-and-a-half hours more on Monday afternoons as of September 17, in accordance with the national decree issued by PM Mariano Rajoy.
Work experience NINE German students are doing work experience internships at Torrox tourist offices thanks to an agreement between the town hall and the Waldkirchen State Technical School.
Search continues FRIENDS and well-wishers of Gordon Simm, the British hiker lost in the Chillar River area last month, are organising another search party in September.
THE ALSA bus line has begun a new service which connects Motril, Almuñecar, Salobreña, Nerja, Torroz, Caleta de Velez and Torre del Mar with Malaga Airport.
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IN SPAIN: The Blairs, Cleggs and Camerons (clockwise from top left) and their chosen destinations.
Forget politics, it’s holiday time
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PAIN may not see eye to eye with Britain politically over the sovereignty of Gibraltar. But this does not put off Britain’s bestknown politicians from choosing Spain as the ideal for sunshine breaks away from the pressures of work for summer holidays. Returning to the UK in recent days with work once more beckoning, British Prime Minister David Cameron, wife Samantha and their children looked relaxed after a break in Mallorca. Meanwhile, his coalition partner and
deputy Nick Clegg took a family holiday with his Spanish-born lawyer wife Miriam in Valladolid, an historic university city in north central Spain. And former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and family holidayed at a friend’s home in Benahavis, near Marbella. The now jet-setting ex-politician was seen out and about dining in Marbella and after becoming a Catholic during his time as a Downing Street resident also attending mass with wife Cheri in nearby San Pedro during his Spanish break.
1 dead and 2 hurt in crash
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A 41-YEAR-OLD man was killed, and two other men injured, after a car skidded off a bridge over the river Almachar on the MA-3112, in Benamocarra. The incident occurred at around 9pm on August 17, after the car apparently lost control and plunged off the bridge into the riverbed below. Ambulances, firefighters and police attended the scene, and confirmed the death of one man, identified as M.A.R.V. Another passenger, identified as S.A.Z., was seriously injured and taken to Velez-Malaga Hospital. The driver suffered minor injuries. The cause of the accident is still unknown.
THE ‘Yamaha Moto Weekend’ motorcycle event attracted more than 6,000 people to Torre del Mar. The weekend event included motorbike trial demonstrations, hot-air balloon rides and pop rock concerts by Danza Invisible, La Guardia, Los Rebeldes, with live DJs afterwards.
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A TOTAL of 261 swimmers braved the cold and choppy waters of Rincon de la Victoria’s in the charity ‘Cliff Swim Challenge’, collecting €2,610 for a social centre in India.
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THE winning photo in the VelezMalaga local heritage contest has created controversy because it was submitted by a family member of a town hall worker, and is suspected to belong to another author.
THE ‘Al-Andalus Water Enigma’ documentary was presented in Frigiliana, which details the more sustainable ways in which water was used in the Andalusi culture in the past.
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‘BRETON is a cold, distant, inaccessible person, impassive and imperturbable, but he always knows what he is doing, what he is saying, and with clear awareness of what is right and what is wrong.’
Jose Cabrera, forensic psychiatrist on mental state of the father of Ruth and Jose Breton, the two children who were reported missing in Cordoba in October, 2011.
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is the estimated price for a litre of petrol once the VAT increase hits the pumps on Saturday. EC statistics show fuel taxes have grown to 47 per cent for gasoline and 42 per cent for diesel; however, Spanish prices are 8 and 6 per cent respectively below the EU average.
THE 12-year-old boy who was hurt by a boat propeller in Nerja earlier this month has been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) although his condition is still serious.
Theft rise RESIDENTS and politicians in Torrox and Torre del Mar have complained about the recent rise in thefts, which they attribute to the lack of night-time police patrols in certain areas of Axarquia.
School aid DONATIONS of school materials for needy families are being collected at a point next to La Lonja stationery shop by the Red Cross in VelezMalaga. They can be made until the end of September.
and finally... THE multinational British-Dutch company, Unilever, has reportedly created a plan to adapt its brands, which include Knorr, Lipton, Rexona and Pond’s, to an ‘impoverished Europe,’ with strategies that will use cheaper formulas and smaller packages to reactivate sales.
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Bus station THE local government team may use the abandoned bus station in Velez-Malaga to host the town’s food market while the current market building is being renovated.
Anchovy Day RINCON DE LA VICTORIA is to host its first ‘Boqueron Victoriano’ cooking contest, with a jury of famous chefs, as part of the ‘Dia del Boqueron Victoriano’ (Victorian Anchovy Day) celebration in September.
San Juan case FOUR young Romanian men were brought before a Motril court for allegedly stealing five backpacks on the beach at Salobreña on the night of San Juan.
Animal control SALOBREÑA Council has introduced a municipal animal registry to prevent pet owners from avoiding their responsibilities.
Fun and games MOTRIL’S ‘Playa Poniente’ (West beach) will host a family gymkhana event with games, races and dancing tomorrow (Friday) at 6pm.
Train for work BASIC office computer and customer service English courses have been organised by the local Education and Employment Department to help the unemployed find a job.
Winner loses LAST year’s winner of La Herradura’s XXVIII International Classical Guitar Contest ‘Andres Segovia 2011’ will have to return his prize as it is alleged that the work he submitted broke the rules as it was not original.
ONLINE RECORDS: Helping patients to become better informed.
Healthcare history just a click away HEALTHCARE patients in Axarquia can now download their medical history online. A new web resource called ‘Clic-Salud’ has been developed to allow patients who use the Eastern Malaga-Axarquia Health
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Administration to “be more informed, more aware of their health, and participate more in their own health and illness processes,” stated Head of Axarquia Healthcare, Torcuato Romero. The web service can be accessed
Dissolution rejected THIRTY-ONE community administrations tabled a motion against the central government’s decision to dissolve all communities in the municipality at the Axarquia Community of Municipalities’ latest plenary session. According to the community’s vice-president Natacha Rivas: “It does not make any sense to shut down administrations that do not affect taxes.” Also discussed was the Junta de Andalucia’s debt to local associations for people with disabilities. The solution proposed was to engage more public administrations to boost funding and prevent centres closing down. PA Hire, Club to Theatre Systems 24 Track Mobile Recording Experienced Engineers Supplied CD Mixing, Mastering, Duplicating Video Filming and Editing Photography Band Promo Packages and Demos Artist Web Sites Musicians and Equipment for All Events soundmill@me.com Tel: 634 371 709 www.soundmillstudios.com
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NO ESCAPE! VAT rises to hit everyone NO household - expatriate or Spanish - will escape an increase in spending following this Saturday’s IVA/VAT rises. Whether simply buying an item of clothing, having a cigarette or selecting a CD, from September 1 it will cost more. While many families have - when budgets have allowed - tried stocking up in advance on some items to help ease the VAT charges, with daily incidentals, including making phone calls and having a beer or wine facing increases, life is about to get a whole lot more costly across the board. The standard rate of VAT in Spain is 18 per cent at present, but from Saturday this rises to 21 per cent on many things including alcoholic drinks, tobacco, television and radio services, clothes, phone calls, animals used in bullfighting,
agricultural machinery and overthe-counter pregnancy tests. Also rising to 10 per cent VAT from Saturday will be items at present in the reduced 8 per cent rating, including: • Foodstuffs in general (with the exception of some basics in the 4 per cent band • Soft drinks • Animals destined for human consumption or breeding • Health and social services, plus dental work • Imported artworks and antiques • Motorway tolls • Taxi fares • Rubbish collections. Odd items will be removed from the reduced 8 per cent rate and moved to the standard 21 per cent VAT rate from Saturday, meaning there will be a massive 13 per cent price increase in visits to the
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Cinema visits. cinema and to discotheques, and it will also cost 13 per cent more to die, with funeral service costs now moved to the standard VAT rate. Only items identified to remain in the 4 per cent category rate will NOT go up in price, including: • Basic foodstuffs like bread, eggs, cheese, milk, beans, fruit and vegetables • Books, magazines and newspapers
• School items (but not electronic purchases) • Medicines • Vehicles and transport for the disabled and part-handicapped including wheelchairs • Prosthesis and implants. At present new property falls within the 4 per cent VAT category, and this will continue until the end of the year, but will increase to 10 per cent from January, 2013. Many tourists visiting Spain during September have offset the planned increases in car hire, excursions, accommodation and airport transfers by paying in advance, with a number of websites helping them achieve such savings. But when they arrive from Saturday onwards and go to relax over a cooling beer, wine or even a soft drink, then they should prepare to pay more than they would have done had they visited in August!
BRITISH drivers ogling pedestrians are at fault for nearly one million crashes per year, revealed a 2,142 driver survey carried out by Direct Line.
Bypass rise THE number of gastric bypass operations has risen from 858 to 5,407 in six years, despite Health Department efforts to promote healthier lifestyles among Britain’s increasingly overweight population.
Appeal denied THE two men sentenced to life in prison for the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in London in 1993 were denied their first bid to appeal their convictions at the Court of Appeal.
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El Pais, Spain’s leading newspaper selling more than 360,000 copies a day, spotlighted Euro Weekly News and the publishers Michel and Steven Euesden in a feature in the national
section of its best-selling Sunday edition. Here are extracts from the John Carlin interview which also appeared on the Madrid-based publication’s internationally-read website.
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EOPLE earning a living from newspapers live with the absurd knowledge that the more readers they have, frequently the less they earn. Discovering a newspaper that earns money in the Western World is, it seems, harder than finding an admired politician in Spain. But without intending to, I found one on the industrial estate in Benalmádena on the Costa del Sol. Distributed free, written in English and published weekly, since 2007 while the remainder of Europe has plunged into economic crisis, the Euro Weekly News (EWN) has increased pagination from 64 to 120 (in Costa del Sol). Income - entirely from advertising - has risen and while five years ago EWN published four separate editions each week, it now produces six (with a total pagination of approximately 450). EWN owners Michel and Steven Euesden, aged 50 and 52 respectively, are proud of their working-class backgrounds with Michel’s undiluted energy and Steven’s mature and more reserved approach. Michel - blonde, slim, high heels and with the longest nails in the world (painted blue and white) - involves herself mainly in daily management, administration and editorial. Steven takes care of the advertising and the sales teams. What is the secret of their undisputed success? “Passion and energy,” says Michel. “We work seven days a week.” Anything more? “We are permanently in touch
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Steven and Michel. with clients and we know how to adapt to what the market wants.” They produce ‘tapas’ journalism with few long stories ‘unlike Spanish newspapers’, and articles on a wide range of topics from bank scams to foreign pensioners, jellyfish beach invasions to new restaurant openings. There is financial advice and the latest on the Spanish royal family, plus recipes for slimming
or advice on spicing up life. In addition to plenty of news and features, there is also wideranging advertising. “When our competitors were paying dividends during the boom years, we were investing. Today practically all of them have gone.” Is there a lesson here, not just for other newspapers but for the rest of the business community? Diego Spadoni, an Italian who has lived in Spain for 20 years
and owns the Sol y Miel Hotel near the EWN headquarters, says so. This year he has lowered prices, turnover is down and clients are not staying for as long, but even so he expects this month (August) to show 90 per cent occupation. “The great present need is to be more professional, have more initiative and connect better with clients. You have to work longer hours and watch costs,” he said.
“People who don’t know what to do, open a bar. A Spanish classic,” says Spadoni. Super-professional Dani Garcia agrees that opening a bar is no longer a good idea. “The sector is saturated,” says the Marbella restaurateur whose establishment - Calima - has two Michelin stars. He has succeeded because he describes Marbella as ‘a protected bubble’, with a flow of rich, foreign clients compensating for the fall in national tourism. Additionally, Garcia emphasises the importance of attention to detail, as ongoing plans will see him open a New York restaurant in November. But for every winner there is a loser. Some four-star hotels in Benalmádena are offering rooms for €20, less than half of the price Spadoni charges at the two-star Sol y Miel. Tourism is supposedly buoyant in Spain and has increased since last year. “If the least affected sector in Spain is the way it is now, what must the rest be like?” Spadoni asks. So what about publishing, where lay-offs are frequent nowadays and the outlook appears grim? Strangely, the greatest problem for the audacious Euesdens is the lack of firstclass staff. “They must speak English, naturally, as well as Spanish. We are desperately looking not just for journalists and salespeople but also bloggers and people with computer expertise,” says Michel. “Help us to find them. Please!”
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Stat of week ENERGY consumption since last year by Spanish businesses has dropped 4 per cent; the industrial sector by 6.6 per cent and the service sector by 1.4 per cent.
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Extra help for 200,000 €450 grant ongoing, but with strings attached THE government’s about-turn decision to continue payment of a subsidy to jobless people who have run out of dole credit has provided six months of new hope for an estimated 200,000. With payments originally due to end on August 15, the government has now approved an extension until February. Additionally the ‘Plan Prepara’ grant payment has been increased by €50 to €450 for people with at
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Petrol hits €1.51 litre THE cost of a litre of 95 octane petrol has reached a record €1.511, and diesel €1.42, according to an EU Petrol Report. Prices vary in different regions and filling stations, with the litre price recorded as a national average.
least two other family members in their charge. Several labour unions are sceptical and warned that people will have to be careful with the ‘fine print’. People receiving the ‘Plan Prepara’ grant have to take training courses as part of a scheme initially introduced by the Zapatero government in February 2011, with an initial six-month duration. The latest extension is the third to be put into place.
Getting tough on sharp sales THE government has stepped in to halt what many feel was ‘sharp selling’ by many banks. Buyers of preferred bank shares will now have to know exactly what they are investing in. And they will need to personally sign a consent form before purchasing. In some cases there must be a minimum investment of €100,000, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos has stated. Tempted by high dividends and led by some banks to believe they were making a deposit, not an
Flirty way to get a good deal IN tough economic times, flirty women are more likely to get a good deal than men. Women who act ‘flirtatiously’ when out shopping, or negotiating for major purchases including a car, are more likely to get a substantial discount than males, a study in both the UK and America shows. It is thought a combination of flirting and friendliness may help women disarm male salespeople in sales negotiations. Laura Kray of the University of California, Berkeley in the US, said that flirty women can often be seen to ‘convey assertiveness and power’.
investment, more than one million bank customers saw savings trapped after buying into unredeemable shares. De Guindos described the shares as a ‘sophisticated product’, but many who invested originally discovered too late that they could get their money back only by reselling on the secondary market. Many invested in banks subsequently nationalised by the Spanish government and found their chances of breaking even, let alone making a profit, were nil. The latest legislation introduced last Friday will prevent situations like those of recent years, De Guindos added. Meanwhile, banks with clients wanting to recover money ploughed into preferred shares are offering to exchange them for ordinary shares or other products. With time, this may enable them to recoup their original investments. But this course is not open to nationalised groups including Bankia, Novagalicia and Catalunya Caixa, as the European Commission is insisting that restructuring must be financed by creditors, including preference shareholders.
JOBLESS: Payment extended to those out of dole credit.
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Biggest problem is the community president
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We have a problem with the president of our community, who takes a fee for doing the job but fails to carry out some duties despite several requests. One duty is maintaining the street lights, two of which have been out of order for some time. Recently a group of noisy youths identified the area as a good place to congregate. We have repeatedly requested our president to You and the make the defective lights operational again, but Law in Spain have been ignored. By David Searl It seems that at the last Annual General Meeting (AGM) the matter was raised but the lights remain dark. What action can we take to ensure that the president carries out duties for which she receives a fee from the community? P D (Costa Blanca)
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Plastic payments keep home-life ticking ALMOST half of British households continue to depend on credit cards to pay their rising utility bills, a recent survey has shown.
£££ HALF of Britain’s employees spend an average of £367 (€458) of their own money each year on work-related expenses, with only 45 per cent claiming expenses back, revealed a Capital One study.
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£££ APPROXIMATELY 39 in every 10,000 mortgage applicants lied about their finances from April to July, representing a 23 per cent yearly rise, a study shows.
£££ THE campaign group, ‘Save our Savers’ has asked the government to abolish taxation of British saving accounts to boost returns for millions.
£££ APPROXIMATELY 130,000 people receive £7 (€8.75) or less state pension, about the same number that receive £230 (€287); however, this will change when the £140 (€175) flat-rate pension scheme is enforced, says Pensions Minister Steve Webb.
Daft ideas don’t take holidays but get summer-break boost IT’S a well-worn and rather tattered cliché. But it really is beginning to appear that the lunatics have finally taken over the EU asylum. One might file and forget the latest foolish proposals emanating from the EU merely as something thought up by tabloid journalists to fill pages during the annual July-August silly season. But, sadly, this is not the case. Perhaps the ideas floated by Spanish MEP Alejandro Cercas should not be taken too seriously. Maybe he was just acting the court jester during the holiday absence of those wannabe statesmen in Brussels. But, then again, it is important to ponder on the flood of directives - around 2,000 per year and some truly foolish - finding their way on to the statute books without parliamentary debate. The following gem came as a surprise when I discovered it as an insignificant-looking paragraph hidden in a 65-page research document sent to me by a British MP. It concerned a proviso that every EU Commission directive must be perused by the European Scrutiny Committee at Westminster before being passed to the relevant ministers and departments. This, I felt, was a practical safeguard until I discovered, tucked away, a further codicil stating that if an EU directive is not rejected by the
HOLIDAY MODE: The UK’s Houses of Parliament takes a long summer recess.
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scrutiny committee within six weeks, it will be deemed to have been agreed, and will pass directly - and without parliamentary debate - into the statute book. Six weeks might appear long enough for even a parliamentary committee to make up its mind, but the British parliament enjoys a long summer break from the end of July until October, and the European Scrutiny Committee, along with all the others, does not sit during this period. However, the European Commission is away from its office only during August, which means that for 12 weeks every year, the EU can issue proposals that will not be scrutinised at Westminster. It raises the question just how JUST over 5,150 people in Spain have many potentially declared incomes of more than €600,000, ‘toxic’ ideas have, more than 5,300 fewer than five years ago. over the years, Experts say it is normal for the rich in bad passed into British times to invest away from home when their law without parliaown country is experienciing recession. mentary scrutiny or debate?
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When in opposition Theresa May promised to address this anomaly, but I have not been able to discover if any action has been taken. Now, coincidentally(?), along has come another sample of EU idiocy which might still slip under the wire. The EU mandarins are forever banging on about the need to improve the eurozone’s ‘competiveness’, and emphasising the importance of this in getting the various economies moving again. But then someone like Señor Cercas comes along with an altogether daft idea that, unless enforced worldwide, would slam the EU brakes full on, resulting in even more misery and deprivation than is already being suffered by so many poor souls living in the real world. Under these proposals all employers intending to make job cuts would have to ‘measure the happiness of their staff’, and carry out ‘psychological health’ checks before and after redundancy. Ridiculous, perhaps, but this silly idea has already received European Parliamentary approval, clearing its way to becoming a commission directive. European Scrutiny Committee, watch out!
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www.euroweeklynews.com WHEN making any investment, it is important to only use firms which are authorised and regulated and to look for arrangements which provide a high enough level of investor protection to give you peace of mind. We unfortunately still hear stories of people losing money to unauthorised sales people. For example, three Britons have recently been convicted over a £10 million Ponzi scheme which had targeted British expatriates in Spain. The scheme ran from 2001 to 2009. Trading as Gilher Inc, the fraudsters promised investors 20% returns. The money was however never invested, and was instead diverted to support their own lifestyles. They owned luxury villas in the area and had an active social life there. It is believed that 70 British residents in Mallorca were defrauded out of £10 million. Most of them were retired, with many of them handing over their life savings. The amounts lost ranged between €11,000 and €223,000. The investigation was carried out by the UK’s Senior Fraud Office, after receiving complaints from investors in November 2009. In March Texan financier Allen Stanford was convicted by a US court of orchestrating a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Again, he had promised investors high returns, but
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used the money to fund his other businesses and an opulent lifestyle. The largest Ponzi scheme in recent years remains Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion fraud, which came crashing down in December 2008. Ponzi schemes basically use money from new investors to pay existing ones. The first investors will see returns, which help the scheme appear genuine and profitable to new investors. Those who invest later usually lose their money. The capital is not actually invested and earning returns for the investors, and the schemes collapse when the unsustainable supply of new investors and money dries up. According to the UK Financial Services Authority, too many Britons fall victim to investment scams. Around £500m is lost each year to scams where people are
contacted to invest in shares, property or rare goods, with a promise of a high return. The majority of victims are men aged over 50, and most of them say they are experienced investors - so everyone needs to be on their guard, wherever they live. Generally, the bigger the proposed return is, the greater the risk. Besides Ponzi schemes, “boiler room” scams involve fraudsters cold-calling people offering shares or other investments which turn out to be worthless, over-priced or nonexistent. Investors are promised high returns but usually end up losing their money. Some victims have lost all their savings or their family home. The Financial Services Authority warns that the tactics often sound like the “real deal, so it’s easy to be drawn in by their professional and high pressure sale tactics”. How can you protect yourself from fraud? When it comes to investments and pensions you should only work with firms which are fully authorised and regulated by a reputable national regulatory body like the UK Financial Services Authority. Check this independently with the relevant authority. You can often do this online, for
example, you can access the Financial Services Authority register at www.fsa.gov.uk/register/home .do. Only ever transfer money to an authorised institution or trust company. Never write a cheque or transfer funds to an unauthorised individual or company to invest it on your behalf. Investing through a large established firm rather than being a one-man band will also give you peace of mind. Compare the return being promised with comparable investments. If it is much higher then there is probably a catch. If nothing else it may be a much riskier investment than you realise. Do not be tempted by get rich quick schemes. At the very least, limit the amount you invest and make sure you understand the investment and how returns are generated. Most importantly, as the Financial Services Authority website warns (and the bold and use of capitals are theirs): “REMEMBER, IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE, IT PROBABLY IS”. To protect your wealth, you should only invest through proven investments placed through a trustworthy and established firm, such as
Blevins Franks Financial Management Limited. For example, if you place your investments in a Luxembourg regulated insurance bond, you will benefit from an exceptionally strong culture of investor protection. Luxembourg’s regulations are governed by EU directives that require strict financial controls and supervision to provide investors with a secure onshore regime. This regime provides maximum security from institutional risk to investors without limit. Your investment assets are completely protected should the insurance company fail. The regime offers complete segregation of clients’ assets from either the creditors of the insurance company or any of its custodian banks.
Blevins Franks Financial Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority for the conduct of investment and pension business. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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533.99
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1858.50
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316.72
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1950.00
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1385.00
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Are you brave enough to ring some changes? HOW do we take control of our finances? Change.org is a global online petition Often it can be all about throwing some site that allows the public to bring matters weight around a little bit close to their hearts to a and actually making a wider audience in the hope difference. of changing the way things Most people want to be are done. debt free and therefore try A young lady using the to start saving a little American version of the A look something for a rainy day. petition site managed to at finance It’s something frequently get Bank of America to for females at the back of the mind, ditch a $5 debit card fee but unfortunately taking after 300,000 people Jane Plunkett the proper active steps is signed her petition against jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. what holds a lot back. the bank fee. com Like most things in life, A disabled woman in facing up to a (financial) Spain has posted a petition problem and making a against any reform to conscious effort to rectify national abortion laws, matters is what can believing that it should ensure a return to the always be a woman’s path of prosperity. personal decision. She has Whether it’s paying off a received almost 122,000 credit card or making a signatures. Change.org adds 15,000 difference in the world, new campaigns from making a change can be people in 175 countries hard when there are bills every month, with at least to pay or there is little SAVING: A conscious one project claiming time to dedicate to a effort is needed. success each day. So, like worthy cause. personal finance, to make a A new online petition site is a perfect example of how facing up to change just be brave enough to take a difficult matter can make a big the necessary steps to make a difference. difference.
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Spanish able to teach a lesson to the Chinese over breakfast WHEN it comes to breakfast in Spain, pan con tomate (tomato on toast with olive oil), pan con aceite (olive oil on toast) and churros - especially in winter - are all-time favourites. And not only with the nationals, but equally with thousands of expatriates... though some do remain true to the full English! In Mallorca, as well as to a lesser degree on mainland Spain, many like a savoury start to the day, including ensaimada. And, of course, when it comes to breakfast out - a daily way of life for millions of workers in Spain from bankers to builders, from shop assistants to gardeners - it isn’t rare to see a fairly early morning coffee being served along with an accompanying small brandy. But, according to a new survey, when it comes to breakfast and eating out, then the the Chinese are slow starters. For only one in five urban consumers eat at fast-food restaurants between 4 and 11am, as opposed to a massive 75 per cent at lunchtimes. With the total number of foreign fast-food outlets in China set to break the 50,000 mark this year - up from 48,477 in 2011 and 36,037 in 2006 - and 44 per cent of
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Many Spanish eat breakfast out. Chinese consumers planning to spend more on fast-food in the coming year, the potential for the sector is clear. Tan Heng Hong, Senior China Research
Analyst at Mintel, the global supplier of consumer, product and medical intelligence, with offices worldwide including in London, says: “More has to be done to unlock opportunities in the breakfast market where usage is the lowest.” Following a recent survey by Mintel, he revealed that despite having the upper hand in quality, safety and service: “Foreign fast-food still has much work to do in flavour, affordability, health and variety in order to compete more effectively against Chinese fast-food, which has the largest share of the fast-food sector.” Research also shows an interesting gender divide when it comes to foreign fastfood. More women (71 per cent) claim to eat at foreign fast-food restaurants than men (66 per cent). Additionally while a quarter of all women eat at fast-food restaurants when there is a promotion including meal vouchers or coupons, only 19 per cent of men seek such special deals. “To increase traffic among women, promotions such as vouchers and coupons can be a useful marketing tool. Women are interested in deals because they enjoy the thrill of not paying full price for an item,” said Hong.
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Pianist Vincent hits the right notes worldwide! Concert pianist and music professor Vincent Russo has performed all over the world, recorded nine CDs and spends his time between Spain, Italy and Switzerland. Nicole Hallett reports. Were your parents musical? various European countries and nominated Not really, though they appreciated Honorary Citizen of Osaka (Japan), music and art. My grandfather was a founding promoter of Greek theatre flautist at Naples Opera House. events and European music film Did you always want to festivals. be a pianist? Career highlight? Since a child, I have been Performing at the moved by the magic sound Leningrad Philharmonic of a piano. I started playing Hall in St Petersburg when 11 and gave my first (Russia), the mythical concert aged 13. Carnegie Hall in New York Globally, where have and with major orchestras you performed? and noted conductors in the USA, Canada, South America, USA, Canada and Japan. Russia, Japan and in several European Future? countries. I have performed in Mallorca Four live CD recordings of Rachmaninoff (1986), for national Spanish radio and as well as Schumann, Brahms and Scriabin television (1997-98) and Valencia and a double CD with Chopin works. They (2000). will be released gradually during 2013 and Achievements? 2014. Also, potential 2013 concerts in International ‘merit’ mentions from Mallorca and Valencia. Read the full interview on www.euroweeklynews.com/features/interviews
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Vital Statistics • Age: 54 • Born: New York • In Spain: 16 years • Spanish base: Mallorca • Marital status: Single • Speaks fluently: English, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, French and Russian • Best thing about Spain: Warm, cheerful attitude • Worst: Unpunctuality • Hobbies: Researching Greek/theatre history, 17th century Flemish and Dutch art history, psychoanalysis
EWN COMMENT Pie in the sky A HOSPITAL in Lliria (Valencia) has never opened since building finished in 2009. Castellon airport - the Valencian Community again - opened last year but has never received a single passenger. Who knows, if the
second had not been built, perhaps the first would be functioning. Public money and megalomania are a marriage made in heaven for spendthrift administrations. And hell for those at the receiving end of spending cuts.
Banking on secrecy SPAIN is apparently disinclined to extradite Herve Falciani, a former HSBC employee who revealed details of 24,000 Swiss accounts to the French tax authorities. Arrested in Barcelona, he is wanted by Switzerland for breaching bank confidentiality - not an offence in this country. Some governments have already acted on his information and this includes Spain, who collared Santander Emilio Botin. president Emilio Botin. Falciano deserves a medal, not extradition.
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Waste collectors mean bleary-eye starts to the day WHILE I love living in Spain, enjoying all that the weather and culture have to offer, I do have a pet hate; the rubbish collectors pitching up just as I am about to drift off to sleep or waking me up. They are so noisy, between the vehicle and the tipping of the containers and the workers shouting, it is impossible to ignore. I have to wake up early in the morning and as a result of this a couple of days a week I am exhausted at work, not having had the required hours of sleep. I understand the reason, as this is the least busy time on the roads, but I wish they could do it a bit earlier.
Nicole Hauschild, Mijas Costa (Malaga)
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I WAS shocked to read that despite the 24.6 per cent unemployment in Spain, the Employment Ministry still had to advertise some jobs abroad because ‘no-one’ in Spain wants them (Issue 1415). Here in Spain these benefits only last for a short time. Surely people not working in Spain and who have no other source of income should be willing to do almost any job. I read all the time that the various town halls offer work training programmes. Michelle Tremble, Almeria
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Mallorca’s airport and a low-cost, nofrills airline. We were notified whilst waiting on the bus to take us to the airplane that my suitcase had had an accident. Upon arrival back in the UK we headed to make our claim. My suitcase was mangled - made to look like a bus had gone over it – and cut down one side. Five items were missing, including an iPod, a mobile phone charger, a pair of sandals, an expensive lady shaver and a little case of gold jewellery. While I understand the terms and conditions of airlines regarding placing
Axarquía - Málaga East valuable items in suitcases and that accidents can happen, for five items to have gone missing does smell like theft to me. L Bloom, Palma de Mallorca
Dumbing down I WAS intrigued by your article (Issue 1414) which pointed out that British expats in Spain are frequently criticised for knowing little about their chosen new homeland. In a British survey it revealed that many nationals living in the UK are clueless about their own country and particularly in the field of geography. This should come as no surprise to anyone acquainted with current methods of teaching and the dumbing down of modern examinations. While the Spanish state system focuses on using the memory, acquiring knowledge and regularly testing students, the UK system has moved towards verbal reasoning exams, questions with multiple choice answers and project work. Peter Sanderson, Estepona (Malaga)
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IN regards to the ‘Loose Change’ article by Jane Plunkett in the finance section (Issue 1412), while it may be true many people are not sure how much to tip in restaurants and we all have to watch the pennies these days, www.euroweeklynews.com and that in some places staff may not depend on tips, on the Costa Blanca it is very different. Here many depend on their tips to make ends meet. This is because while they are paid FURTHER to L Grinyer’s letter ‘Travel around the minimum wage - currently Alert’ (Issue 1414), I too had a similar €5.02 an hour - for a 40-hour week, in experience this year at Palma de many cases staff work anything up to 70 hours or more. Even with such poor EWN received a number of letters in reply to Mark from Torrevieja’s letter (Issue 1415) on Spain being pay most are behind the times and the Spanish ‘arrogant’ and ‘lazy’. courteous, professional and fees by 147 per cent? gies for the misunderskilled. If someone leaves their standing. C J Cotrelle, country to improve their family La Nucia (Alicante) WHILE I agree that paperwork WHEN I read Mark’s letter, I felt situation working abroad, how in Spain can take a long time to like burning the paper and quit- dare they say that no one go through the bureaucratic ting my English degree. should give them a chance on process, I think Mark is off the Fortunately, I am a cultivated the basis of their nationality. HAVING read the most insultmark on his vehement dislike person, able to distinguish beWhat if Mark’s parents had ing letter to a complete nation of his Spanish heritage. tween the stupidity of a single found such a discriminatory from a person named Mark, Having lived all over the person and a national stereo- rule when they got to London? may I suggest that he returns IT was good to see world, I do not think the Span- type. What I cannot understand to the UK, or, better still, go to that Benidorm aired ish are any more or less miserThink about the following. on EWN’s part is that a smiley live in an Eastern European on CNBC in the USA able, arrogant, rude, obnoxious Work ethic: a Spanish labour face was put next to the letter. country where he, I am sure, (Costa Blanca North, or lazy than people of other force built the machinery for Sonia Perello, Valencia will be appreciated. Issue 1415). nationalities. the Heathrow Express, as well Editor’s note: The smiley Coincidentally, a study was Regardless of the The national health system in as the Metros of Hong Kong, face or sad face is put on published in the British Press news itself, this Spain far exceeds that of many Washington, Sacramento and articles agreed on or dis- that British workers were the hopefully will put the other countries. Pittsburg. agreed on. In this case he laziest in the world, preferring name in people’s As for siesta, well, not all Healthcare: there are was agreeing with Mike to receive state benefits rather minds when thinking Spaniards take one and it is 800,000 health tourists coming Walsh’s Images of Spain than seeking paid employof a destination and something that is slowly going to Spain each year. article regarding the lack of ment. drive tourism more. out of fashion. Education: was it not the UK understanding of English E V Botting, Mazarron Sarah Simons, Louise Harrow, Mijas Costa which raised university tuition by Spanish people. Apolo(Murcia) Benidorm (Alicante)
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT BRITISH BOBBY: Police force was once the envy of the world. surrounded by a gang of seven black youths in a local park. After terrorising the lad and stealing his biscuits, they accused him of being a racist. When he denied the accusation, they shot him three times with an air rifle and made him kiss their feet. The next day, riding in his dad’s car, Oliver recognised one of his attackers. Mr Pettman approached the young man
and insisted he accompany him to the police station. The youth was questioned and subsequently released. The next day Mr Pettman was asked to go to the station. When he arrived, he was arrested, had fingerprints and DNA taken and was locked up for SEVEN hours. Apparently the youth had (falsely) accused him of assaulting him with a hacksaw blade!
Finally released without charge, Mr Pettman said he was now taking steps to sell his ÂŁ800,000 home and move to Singapore, where he was opening new offices. Both his daughter and son were now too traumatised to even go out and this event had simply been the last straw. None of the gang has been arrested and in a statement the police
declared they (the police) were simply ‘following procedures’. Can you blame this law-abiding gentleman for deciding to finally throw in the towel? Of course you can’t. The whole episode is a disgrace and perfectly described by Mr Pettman as the product of a ‘broken Britain’. I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all. Finally a funny. A friend was telling me that some years ago they were staying at a Magaluf hotel on their first visit to Mallorca. The wife noticed a sign outside the restaurant which advised guests to ‘dress for dinner’. That evening, suitably attired in long evening gown, abundant jewellery and boa, she swept into the dining area only to discover the other guests in shorts, T-shirts and flip-flops. The hotel had merely been requesting the residents to wear clothes. Lovely! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
A BLUE SHARK measuring 1.5 metres came closer than usual to the shore of a Rome beach. Lifeguards ordered swimmers out of the water when it was spotted 10 metres from the coast.
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I WISH people would stop having a go at me for knocking the UK. I NEVER have a go at the auld country itself but at what some irresponsible and downright traitorous individuals are turning it into! The beautiful country of my birth prided itself on freedom of speech, patriotism, its low crime rate, wonderful NHS care and a police force that was the envy of the world. But, since the Labour government decided to buy itself votes by inviting in all and sundry, Britain has been reduced to a land of crime, deteriorating health services, no-go areas, feral gangs of hooded yobs, foreign spongers and a warped sense of justice. This last point was put in the spotlight this week by businessman Stuart Pettman. Apparently his 12-yearold son Oliver had been
A close-call for bathers
CANNABIS plants as tall as 80 centimetres sprung up in the courtyard of the Saint-Martin-deRe prison in France where inmates are allowed to grow their own produce.
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UMAN rights groups have expressed outrage at recent ‘inhumane’ forced evacuations of Roma gypsies across France. Police raids left hundreds of Roma, including many children, homeless after caravans were impounded. Images of the dismantled camps and comparisons to former President Sarkozy's Roma-crackdown two years ago have been a PR disaster for President Hollande. Now, to be fair, for a long time the French seemed not unhappy about a huge camp of immigrants near Calais, Sangatte, as long as those immigrants were expected to move on - illegally - into Britain. But since I was the victim of a mugging by Roma travellers on the Paris metro, which left me sweating like a dodgy MP on expenses-check day, it’s difficult not to have a bit of sympathy for one of their claims. The Roma arrived en masse from Romania and Bulgaria, defying France’s right until 2014 to bar immigrants from the EU’s newer member states. However, maybe France should be advised to look to Spain as the model for integration. Of the 10-12 million Roma living in Europe, Spain has the second biggest community, estimated at 970,000 –
about 2 per cent of the total population. Only 5 per cent of gypsies live in makeshift camps, and about half are NORA JOHNSON homeowners. Almost all have access to Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological healthcare and at suspense and crime thrillers. least 75 per cent are believed to have some Roma gypsies sort of steady income. have melded Roma gypsies have melded into Spanish into Spanish mainstream culture — flamenco dancing and traditional Spanish dress have both mainstream been borrowed. culture. While many European countries regard their Roma communities as problems, on their Spain has embraced its own by giving them ‘inhumane’ rights, celebrating their history and treatment, the bringing them into the fold. question as to In the final analysis, there are two issues. how social Firstly, the unrestricted movement of large cohesion can be numbers of people in a system that was maintained designed for freedom of movement in a appears to be completely ignored. limited way so social cohesion could be There are some problems in society that maintained. just don’t have a solution. And deporting And, secondly, the so-called ‘inhumane’ these people is not one – they’ll simply end treatment of a community regarded as up somewhere else – but I really can’t ‘illegal immigrants’. Whatever your views think of an answer either.
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INSOMNIAC: Those born without ‘comfort’ genes find it hard to get to sleep.
Some insomniacs born without ‘comfort’ genes for easy sleep A NEWLY identified group of people have been found to be born without the ‘comfort’ genes needed for easy sleep. This means that they are immune to the feeling of warmth and relaxation which sends an average person off to sleep within 15 minutes. Instead, their genes are designed to maintain a state of mental alertness, making normal extended sleep impossible.
This means they sleep fitfully, and only in short bursts. Even then, their lack of ‘comfort’ genes can mean they find it hard to get comfortable, fuss about the bedding or finding their sleeping position. Up until recently, insomnia was thought to be purely a psychological complaint triggered by stress, grief or sleep disruption caused by shift work or jet lag.
Older fathers may raise autism risk MEN wishing to become fathers later in life have been advised to consider freezing their sperm. This comes after a study showed older men fathering children could raise the risk of autism and schizophrenia, and possibly dyslexia and low intelligence in their offspring. Ninety-seven per cent of genetic mutations were caused by the age of the father, while the mother’s age had no effect at all, scientists in Iceland discovered. The child of a 40-yearold father had two-anda-half times as many potentially damaging mutations as that of a 20-year-old; 65 mutations transmitted compared to 25. Mothers transmitted around 15, regardless of age. This gap was found to increase with every passing year. The father’s age was “an extraordinarily
important force in evolution,” said the study’s lead author Dr Kari Stefansson of decode, a leading genetics firm in Reykjavik.
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) A great light shines on your romantic life. Whether it is meeting up with old chums or a new date, there is electricity in the air for you. Equally, a business coupling is particularly fruitful and you count your blessings to have gone down a particular path.
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The usually flamboyant attitude which is yours at this time of the year is now subdued, but this will not last for too much longer and soon things will be back to normal. You will be looking to spice up your romantic life and your partner will be only too willing to go along with your suggestions.
excitement. Rather than setting down hard-andfast plans, it may be better to be flexible.
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Expectations are high. With energy peaking early on, projects gain momentum and there are early results. A suggestion made to a loved one some time ago is now acceptable and there could be some
Just joking WHEN the expensive printer in an office began to print black lines on every page, the manager called a repair shop where a friendly man informed him that the unit needed to be cleaned. Because the store charged €100 for such cleanings, he said, the manager might try reading the manual and doing the job himself. Pleasantly surprised by his candour, the manager asked, “Does your boss know that you discourage business?” “Actually it’s my boss' idea,” the employee replied. “We make more money when we let people try to fix things themselves first.”
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you feel more in control as the week comes to an end, do not make the mistake of counting your chickens before they are hatched. If you do, you could end up with egg on your face. Continue to plan to get the best results but bide your time.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20)
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There will be good news regarding an application or legal document. Following on from that your finances take a turn for the better and this could be long term. Having extra cash is great, but be
Colleagues are far from helpful at the moment and you may even feel that matters are going backwards. It may be necessary to move away and leave them to haggle among themselves. Perhaps later you may step in and take control of the confusion. If your business life is far from good then it is more than balanced by harmony at home.
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As the moon shines on you, it is almost possible to feel the light. After a few recent hiccups it is now possible to get down to achieving your heart's desire. Whether that is what you will want at the end of the day is neither here nor there. What matters most to your wellbeing now is to see some results.
Cast your net wide this week and be prepared to take advantage of a state of freedom. With high energy and an expansive mind, you are in a good position. Avoid being thrown out of kilter by activities around you. It may be difficult to make real progress at times
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Your love life is highlighted and, although you may be suspicious of your good luck, this is a new phase. Whereas before you had some reason to mistrust you are now able to have confidence. It is a great time to progress your inclinations on the romantic front.
There is a lot going on and sometimes you need to take a step back. A feeling that you have covered some ground before is not unfounded. However, there are certain aspects of your life which need to be revisited. Only in this way are you able to see the real progress that has been made.
his deranged obsessions and his belief that the comic book gods and goddesses who form the main interest in his life, have hatched a plan to have him reveal the truth when Jenny Gorem - who had been blamed for the tragedy – reluctantly returns to the village to face her past.
When wealthy Gerard Carter stands upon the face of the ancient sundial his wife, Brighid, believes that the vandalism has allowed through the forces that will see the wreck of a car raised from the waters of a local river bed and Police Sergeant, Meakin Mild, make the assumptions to start a murder enquiry, fifteen years after the event. Beware those who underestimate the lunatic as those who risk exposure seek to keep hidden the truths which claimed so many lives.
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Having been given a chance to take responsibility at the beginning of the month, you are determined to do your best. Certainly, it is a time to concentrate on any business matters which need attention.
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Down 1 Gordo (persona) (3) 2 Direcciones (de casas) (9) 3 To find (9) 4 Freno (5) 6 Asado (al horno) (5) 8 Playing card (5) 9 Ensalada (5) 13 Ver (persona, objeto) (3)
Down 1 Maintain (7) 2 Methods (5) 3 Scream (6) 4 Sum (5) 5 Artist (7) 6 Prices (5) 8 Burrow (5) 13 Main division of a book (7) 15 Prize (5) 16 Hang (7) 17 Entertained (6) 18 Wild pigs (5) 19 Shabby (5) 21 Sudden thrust (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Appro, 4 Ailing, 9 Demesne, 10 Thora, 11 Real, 12 Virgins, 13 Cry, 14 Newer, 16 Oread, 18 Ell, 19 Genesis, 20 Cuff, 23 Adobe, 24 Exempla, 25 Treats, 26 Aegis. Down: 1 Andiron, 2 Pampa, 3 Oast, 5 Interpol, 6 Idolise, 7 Goats, 8 Heavy, 13 Crescent, 15 Winsome, 17 Defrays, 18 Ester, 19 Giant, 21 Unpeg, 22 Hera. QUICK - Across: 1 Batch, 4 Cursed, 9 Arrange, 10 Spree, 11 Dust, 12 Zealous, 13 Bee, 14 Rogue, 16 Lusty, 18 Lie, 19 Sincere, 20 Cite, 23 Aorta, 24 Steward, 25 Pulled, 26 Spend. Down: 1 Boarder, 2 Terms, 3 Hint, 5 Unstable, 6 Serious, 7 Dregs, 8 Seize, 13 Beverage, 15 General, 17 Yielded, 18 Least, 19 Scalp, 21 Irate, 22 Mess. ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Cama, 3 Straw, 8 Pestaña, 9 Cue, 10 Lirio, 11 Leche, 12 Oro, 13 Indoors, 14 Essay, 15 Caer.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (FENDER) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
Down: 1 Cepillos, 2 Mushrooms, 4 Traslado, 5 Alcachofa, 6 Gasolina, 7 Defensor.
Funagram
Play on Words
1.Unscramble the name of a famous London thoroughfare: I SAW LOVER
BE BROAD AM
EE E EXIT
Answers: Broad in the beam Easy way out
2. Unscramble the name of an alcoholic cocktail (two words): HAVE BRAWN GALLERY
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American essayist, lecturer, poet and leader of the Transcendentalism movement in the mid 1800s.
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents T and 21 represents Z, so fill in T every time the figure 1 appears and Z every time the figure 21 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
FENDER (10) Barely Billed Cheers Elders Enters Felled Hinted Hopped Island Oceans Reeled Render Resent Sender Shells Steady Spears Waters
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
1 Bucked, 2 Seared, 3 Kisses, 4 Gravel, 5 Horses, 6 Senses, 7 Braver, 8 Thence, 9 Neatly, 10 Bottle, 11 Cancel, 12 Treaty, 13 Listen, 14 Sickly, 15 Steals, 16 Glance, 17 Hasten, 18 Sights, 19 Events.
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1. SAVILE ROW 2. HARVEY WALLBANGER
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HEALTH DRINK: Six cups of coffee a day can help prevent bowel cancer.
Drinking coffee cuts the risk of cancer PREVIOUSLY it has been advised to cut back on the amount of coffee we drink. A new study contradicts this advice. It was found those who drank up to six or more
cups a day were up to 40 per cent less likely to fall victim to bowel cancer. Those who drank four cups saw their risk of a tumour drop by about 15 per cent. Tea lovers on the other
hand did not see any reduction in risk. Some previous studies have hinted coffee could have a protective effect, but the findings were inconclusive. In this latest study by researchers at the US National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland (USA), nearly 490,000 men and women took part in a diet and health study from the mid-nineties onwards. Their eating and drinking habits were analysed and their bowel cancer rates were compared among coffee drinkers and nondrinkers.
The results were published in the latest American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Previous studies have suggested that the risk of a brain tumour can be cut by around 40 per cent by drinking five cups of coffee or tea a day. Just one cup a day could nearly halve the risk of cancers affecting the mouth and gullet, Japanese scientists found. However, pregnant women should follow medical advice to limit their caffeine intake as it can increase the risk of miscarriage in high doses.
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Why hibiscus? THERE are four reasons why we have hibiscus in our garden and recommend them for others. Firstly, there is an hibiscus for all situations in Spain, some of which should be more widely known and promoted by garden centres. Secondly, they are also fairly easy to raise from cuttings and in some cases from seeds if friends already have the plants. Thirdly, their flowers are exotic and, finally and somewhat interestingly, they can be eaten in salads. The most hardy varieties – OK to well below zero. The deciduous Hibiscus Syriacus varieties that graced Dick’s Windsor garden. The three white, redthroated shrubs in our garden are covered with flowers from June to September. They were grown from cuttings some 20 years ago when the garden was in its infancy. Blue, purple and white species grace several public areas of our village. The tree or spreading bush Hibiscus Mutibilis is often called cotton rose as its flowers look like fluffy balls of white cotton that start white and change to pink as they mature. The trees are especially impressive when in full flower with a mix of white, white and pink and fully pink flowers. Our two trees flower in September through to October. Semi hardy varieties – withstand a few degrees of frost
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AUTUMN COLOUR: Velvet and pineapple sage will flower until there is a frost. The elegant specimen flowered Hibiscus Coccineus is a marsh/ pond plant originally from what is now Florida and Georgia in the USA. We have plants – mostly raised from our own collected seeds – on the shallow margins of our two ponds. The single and double red-flowered varieties of Hibiscus Rosa Sinsensis are thought to have come originally from countries surrounding and islands in the Indian Ocean. These are the exotic plants used in many gardens and as garden and street-lining hedges. The more tender varieties The white, yellow, orange and pink flowered versions of Hibiscus Rosa Sinsensis. If your garden is in a frost belt it is often best to use these as annuals or plant in containers that can be moved to a greenhouse during the winter months. The flowers can be dried for the preparation of interesting infusions
and when we visited the Botanical Gardens outside Havana in Cuba we lunched on an hibiscus flower salad… yes, with no other ingredients except for a light salad oil. It was different and delicious so the flowers now often grace our summer salads for decoration and eating by ourselves and adventurous guests. Try them for yourselves! If you visit several garden centres you should be able to locate the collection or order for next spring. Another group of plants that offer many planting possibilities are the sages or salvias.
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Is now the time for a illegal property amnesty in Spain? OVER the past few years there has been a tidal wave of negative Press and accompanying horror stories about illegal property in Spain. Indeed, hardly a week has passed when the media, national and international, has not focused upon some disaster or another that has befallen people buying property in Spain. Frankly, some of these problems have been down to the crass stupidity of some buyers and some have been the problem of ‘Spain’ – a lack of (or erratic) enforcement of the law, crooked mayors, corrupt officials and lousy lawyers. However, what is not in contention is that there are a significant number of properties that have legality problems. Notable examples, of course, are those properties that
Nick Snelling Nick Snelling is the author of five books including ‘How to Buy Spanish property and Move to Spain – Safely!’ and runs the information site Culture Spain
transgress the 1988 Ley de Costas, which restricts building close to the coast. This law, despite being eminently sensible, has been almost completely ignored and has resulted in vast numbers of properties being built in direct contravention to its regulations. In theory, they should all be demolished but this is, quite literally, unthinkable. In fact, given the present economic crisis and Spain’s past reliance on the property industry, the very last thing the country needs is any more
PROPERTY LAW: There is no better time than now to clean it up. bad Press about buying property in Spain and no worse Press can be gained than threatening widespread demolitions (particularly of foreign owned properties!). In reality, Spain should wake up to the fact that its reputation for ‘safe’ properties is not great and that this needs to be
corrected. In the past, Spain could afford to be cavalier about ignoring the bad Press that was generated, as money was coming in and the country could (and did) shrug aside any bad PR. However, those days are long past and Spain must now develop a reputation, fast, as somewhere with a squeaky clean property market. One answer is to have an amnesty for all illegal properties or at least for all those that are not heinous in the extreme. This should then be followed by total intolerance to any further illegal building. Providing an amnesty would certainly draw out a
good deal of the poison inherent in the Spanish property market and make buying in Spain safer, whilst almost instantly removing one constant cause of continuing bad publicity. Frustratingly, of course, an amnesty would end up rewarding crooked developers who have deliberately flouted the law in building property illegally. However, I fear this is just an unwelcome sideeffect to real politics and there is no reason why the original builders could not be prosecuted for building illegally, with the amnesty restricted to legalising the building itself not the illegal act of building it. Certainly, there is no
better time than now to clean up Spain’s property law, which may result in the country stealing a march on other Mediterranean states competing for the same property buyers. In reality some of these states have far more inherent problems for buyers than Spain, so the opportunity exists to make Spain the outstandingly safe place in the Mediterranean to buy property. Certainly, an amnesty would help regenerate Spain’s critical property industry and bring badly needed money into the damaged Spanish economy – at virtually no cost.
More than a million Andalucian homes heat their water using solar energy AROUND 1.26 million homes in Andalucia use solar energy for their electricity needs. The region has increased the amount of electricity produced by solar energy by 50 per cent in the past year, according to the
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Not only is solar energy used to heat water, but to keep buildings cool. This is the case for the engineering school in Sevilla, Dunar Park in Doñana (Huelva) and the Granada Science Museum, among others. Sevilla has the most solar energy panels with 273,418 square metres, followed by Malaga with 161,515 and Cadiz with 118,039. Almeria is fourth with 65,101 square metres, followed by Huelva with 42,432, Granada with 36,832, Cordoba with 32,926 and Jaen with 16,908 square metres of solar panels.
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Chelsea maintain top spot FOOTBALL – Chelsea remain on top of the PL (by three points) after a third successive win, Torres scoring again in a 2-0 win over Newcastle. ‘RVP’ netted for Manchester United, 3-2 victors over Fulham. Everton rumbled struggling Aston Villa 3-1. Wigan won at Southampton. Reigning champions Manchester City (gifted an equaliser) drew 2-2 at Liverpool. Swansea, yet to concede, whipped
West Ham by 3-0. Goal-shy Arsenal (at Stoke) are missing their ‘Reliant Robin’. And points were also gained by WBA at Spurs and QPR at Norwich, both 1-1 scorelines. Elsewhere, unbeaten Blackpool lead the Championship while Oxford United, Yeovil and Celtic head Leagues 1 and 2 and the SPL respectively. This weekend’s PL games: Liverpool v Arsenal Man City v QPR Newcastle v Aston Villa Southampton v Man U Swansea v Sunderland Spurs v Norwich WBA v Everton West Ham v Fulham Wigan v Stoke Soccer Shorts – Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in the 1st leg of the ‘SSC’ at the Nou Camp where 80,000 fans saw some superb goals, a Messi penalty and a goalkeeping clanger. There’s been plenty of European action this week as well as some intriguing second round Capital
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(League) Cup-ties. The transfer window closes at 12 midnight tomorrow and I expect a fair batch of last minute signings following those of Nuri Sahin (Real Madrid to Liverpool), Matt Jarvis (Wolves to West Ham, £10m), Steven Fletcher (Wolves to Sunderland, £14m) and Victor Moses (Wigan to Chelsea, £7m) while QPR bad boy Joey Barton is keen on joining Olympique Marseille. And Andy Thorn is this season’s first managerial casualty, sacked by hard-up Coventry City. CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG STRIPPED
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latest, in the Juddmonte International Stakes, over 10 furlongs. It was Dani Pedrosa first, Jorge Lorenzo second and Cal Crutchlow (the first Brit on the podium for 12 years) third in last weekend’s Czech Republic MotoGP. The US Open tennis tournament started at Flushing Meadows on Monday with Andy Murray (versus Alex Bogomolov), Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, all going for glory. And Team GB Olympian gold medal winners Mo Farah (2 miles) and Robbie Grabarz (high jump) were both victorious in front of 15,000 fans at the Birmingham Grand Prix meeting last Sunday.
LIFE BAN: Lance Armstrong stripped of all titles by the US Anti-Doping Agency.