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Fiestas de San Francisco TONIGHT (Thursday) sees the start of the Fiesta de San Francisco in the Loma area of Albox. Many bars are taking part in the 1st Ruta de la Tapa Juan Manuel and will be offering speciality tapas with a small beer for €1.50. There will be live music on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night with traditional dancing on Friday night at 9pm.
Drugs found THE Guardia Civil have intercepted two parcels containing cocaine at a post office. The parcels were destined for Roquetas de Mar.
Stay sporty HOSPITAL Vithas Virgen del Mar, Almeria has set up a Saturday Sports Day aimed at the 40-yearold age group.
We won’t forget Tribute paid to expat killed in devastating floods By Stephen Lear VERA residents joined together to pay their respects to those who died in last year’s devastating floods One year on from the ‘gota fria’ that caused such devastation in the province of Almeria on September 28, 2012, a small group of citizens from Vera gathered at the bridge that joins Puerto Rey and Pueblo Laguna to lay floral tributes to the people who lost their lives in the floods. Veraplayazul President Miguel Jurado Hurtado presided over a simple ceremony in one of the worst affected areas and paid tribute to resident Diana Dudas, 52, who lost
her life on that tragic day. The neighbourhood association Veraplayazul has sent a registered letter to Queen Sofia of Spain with a request for help, asking for protection and mediation in order to get the government to sit down and address the problem of the floods. There are still hundreds of unresolved petitions asking for aid. Queen Sofia visited the area last year a few days after the storm and witnessed the devastation for herself. Ten people were killed in the floods across Almeria and into Murcia. Veraplayazul laments the fact that on the first anniversary of the disaster, there still continues to be a
threat from the rain with the lack of cleaning, dredging and channelling of the River Antas. One woman present at the ceremony was Mary McMurray who has had a property in Las Buganvillas since 2001. Mary had come along to pay respects to her friend Diana. Fighting back the tears, Mary recalled: “A lovely lady who is sadly missed by the community, a very gentle person who went far too young.” In a poignant moment, like teardrops from heaven, a few drops of rain fell from the sky just at the point when the small crowd threw flowers from the bridge.
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Finance SOCIAL TOURISM PROGRAMME: Tourism on the up in Mojacar and Roquetas de Mar.
Winter boost for local hotel sector
HOTELS in Mojacar and Roquetas de Mar have been given a winter boost. They have been included in the 2013-2014 programme of Social Tourism Programme of the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services which starts in December. The tourism sector of Almeria province will receive thousands of pensioners, as in previous editions, and will breathe life in to these two coastal
destinations during the off season and will help to maintain employment in the hotel sector of the towns. This week accredited agencies have started selling holidays available in this edition reaching nearly 900,000 people across the country. In Almeria province there are 40 authorised travel companies selling these holidays, a timely boost when customers looking for
holidays are in decline. The programme is for retirees who have at their disposal a full board offer for one or two weeks at subsidised prices ranging from €140 to €400 on the main land and up to €600 in the Canaries. Among the hotels in the province taking part in this programme are the Hotels Playadulce, Portomagno, Playalina, Zoraida Garden, Best Mojacar Indalo and Puerto Marina.
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NEWS Swanning around THE National Ballet of Cuba will be performing Swan Lake in El Ejido Auditorio on Saturday, October 12, at 9.30pm
Beams stolen THREE men have been arrested in Huercal de Almeria for allegedly stealing five six-metrelong steel beams from a warehouse under construction.
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18-tonne hashish haul
CUSTOMS officers have uncovered 18 tonnes of hashish in the largest drugs haul in the history of Almeria. Customs enforcement agents who searched the interior of the merchant ship Moon Light found the drugs on Saturday. The seven members of the crew are of Syrian origin and have all been arrested. The bales of hashish were
loaded on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, although the final destination is unknown. Custom officers followed the merchant ship by air after it crossed the Gibraltar Strait. The drugs were on the main deck covered by a dark plastic tarpaulin. The ship was sailing about 25 miles off the coast when it was approached by Customs Surveillance in a spectacular operation.
The investigation remains open and is focusing on two lines of enquiry, namely, the identification of the owner and the final destination of the drugs, and the theory that the ship was probably acting as a mothership to offload to smaller craft and fishing boats. The bales were unloaded by crane from the deck onto two trucks in the Port of Almeria.
Boat rescue COASTGUARDS have rescued 53 immigrants from a boat, including 16 women and two babies.
Big draw? IT may have been the best crowd of the season but just 11,975 spectators turned up to watch UD Almeria lose 2-0 to football giants Barcelona in their 22,000-seater stadium.
Just grand FRANCISCO GOMEZ LEIVA has been named as the new manager of the Gran Hotel in Almeria.
Faulty webcams ALMERIA City Hall has received numerous complaints from residents who claim that webcams in the city have not been working for several weeks.
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PASION VEGA will be performing at the Teatro Auditorio in Roquetas de Mar on Saturday at 9.30pm.
Life’s a beach THREE players from Almeria, Donaire, Antonio Jose and Raul Merida represented Spain in the Beach Football World Cup Finals in Tahiti. Spain lost to Russia 5-1 in the final.
MORE than 300 people attended a showing of Beauty and the Beast performed by theatre group Mar Serena as part of the Pulpi Festival.
Statue of Saint Francis in St John Lateran Square, Rome, Italy.
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FRIENDS indeed! Animals take centre stage all round world
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NIMAL-LOVERS from all round the world, including Spain will be celebrating tomorrow (Friday). It started in Florence, Italy, in 1931 at a convention of ecologists, and celebrates animal life in all its forms. Special events are held all over the globe, including Spain. The date was chosen because it is the feast day of Francis of Assisi, a nature-lover who was named patron saint of animals and the environment. Numerous churches throughout the world observe the Sunday closest to October 4 with a Blessing of Animals.
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Local champ JOAQUIN REINA from Almeria has won gold medals in singles and doubles in the under 15 category at the badminton championships held in Ronda.
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There is no money and we have to make choices’ Minister of Taxes and Public Administration, Cristobal Montoro, referring to the 2014 General State Budget, 53 per cent of which he said is for social expenses (housing, pensions, unemployment, etc).
Despite its Christian origins, World Animal Day transcends religious divides. It is observed by animallovers of all beliefs, nationalities and backgrounds. Animal blessings are held in churches, synagogues, and by independent chaplains in parks and fields. Animal rescue shelters hold fundraising events, wildlife groups organise activities, schools undertake animal-related projects and people donate to animal charities or pledge to sponsor a shelter animal. Although celebrations are held in Spain, here it is more common to hold blessings for animals to mark the festivity of San Anton (Saint Anthony of Egypt) as he is the protector of animals, on January 17. Throughout the country, young and old will take their dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, turtles, hamsters, goats, iguanas and even snakes to be blessed, normally by the local priests.
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million will be paid by the Government to the Spanish Royal Family in 2014 according to the General State Budget. This is 2 per cent less than in 2013 and means it is the fourth year running that the budget has been reduced.
ALMERIA CITY HALL is to invest €800,000 to improve three parks: Los Pinos, Los Molinos and El Andarax.
Queen tribute QUEEN tribute act ‘Dios Salve a La Reina’ will be performing in the El Ejido Auditorio on Saturday, October 19, at 9.30pm.
Police jailed TWO Guardia Civil have received prison sentences of six years for collaborating with drug dealers.
Almond theft THREE people have been arrested in Huercal-Overa for allegedly stealing 300 kilos of almonds from a farm.
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Seven wonders CENTRE forward Kike scored seven of the eight goals scored by his team Pavia against Vera in a 8-0 win.
Game on A PIG farm in Pulpi is a candidate for the Porc D’Or awards, the ‘Oscars’ of the porcine world.
Snap shot THE Andaluz photography centre in Almeria City has a new exhibition on display until December 9.
Red flag THE SOS Aguadulce group has placed red flags on beaches where they have found signs of polluting spillages.
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Flood prevention work nearly finished WORKS costing €4.6 million to prevent flooding at the Rambla de Nogalle, Velez Rubio are nearly complete.
The President of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura (CHS), Miguel Angel Rodenas, with the Mayor of
Vélez Rubio, Miguel MartinezCarlon, and a councillor of Puerto Lumbreras, Eliseo Sanchez, visited the works for
11 new levees. It was decided to build the defences after severe floods in September last year. They are being paid for by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union and the CHS’ own funds. It is an agency under the umbrella of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. The aim of these 11 A 38-year-old man from Almeria, a Madrid hospital where King Juan While the Queen was being dams is to reduce the Carlos DS was arrested last week Carlos, was undergoing an received by doctors at the hospital flood flows that start at after demonstrating naked outside operation. doors the man, who was stark the top of the Rambla de naked, crossed the Nogalte and historically barrier where the and repeatedly have reporters, photographers caused serious damage and cameramen were to the towns of Velez situated and started Rubio, Pulpí and Cuevas screaming against the de Almanzora in Almeria ‘hidden crimes of the as well as in Puerto Lumbreras and Lorca in CIA.’ He was immediately the Murcia Region. Four of these facilities arrested by National Police officers who were are already operational guarding the area. After with the other seven being whisked away he coming online in the next was arrested and taken few weeks. CARBONERAS TOWN HALL: Anti-vandalism campaign. to a police station. The Meanwhile, the exhibitionist was carrying Ministry of Agriculture, VANDALS are being targeted in a new campaign. a backpack which was Food and Environment, Carboneras Town Hall, in conjunction with the Local inspected by a sniffer through the CHS has Police, has started the campaign aimed at controlling dog trained in explosives, now completed the and punishing acts of vandalism that in the town. although nothing refurbishment and Street furniture, lampposts, benches, trees, city suspicious was found. channelling of a canal, signage, facades or walls have all been affected by The man, who spent located west of Velez grafitti and vandalsim. On top of that companies have the night at the police Rubio. The action aims to been using them as illegal billboards. station, has no previous solve the problems The town hall wants to eradicate actions from minors criminal record. He was caused by soil erosion that individually or in groups have been writing graffiti charged with disorderly that the force of water and causing vandalism which affects the municipal conduct and resisting causes during episodes coffers. arrest. of torrential rainfall.
Naked royal protest outside hospital Vandals targeted by the town hall
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NEW SHOP OPENING: The MACS team.
Mojacar shop opens THE Mojacar Area Cancer Support Group (MACS) which has a shop in Turre and another in Albox, opened the doors to their third shop on Saturday morning. A large crowd attended the opening of the new shop in Mojacar and greeted the opening speeches with great warmth and applause. The new shop and centre was opened by Elaine Brown, the founder and President of MACS, accompanied by Father Francisco Gabriel Gonzalez Parron the priest at the Torrecardenas
Hospital in Almeria City and Alejandro Guerrero Salvador the British Honorary Consul for Almeria. The new shop and centre is fully equipped with the aim of making people’s
lives a little more comfortable. There is a meeting room, ideal for events and for patients, survivors and carers. Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of every month.
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Matthew a local success MOJACAR hosted the second ‘La Mojaquera’ marathon Mountain Bike race on Sunday Morning. The race included a team from one of the main
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Fenced off WORK has begun on the Industrial Estate in Hurcal-Overa to provide more than 1,000 metres of fencing around the perimeter to provide better security.
Theft arrests TWO men aged 39 and 35 have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Cabo de Gata for theft from an agricultural warehouse.
organisers and sponsors Aguila Bike of Vera and attracted a strong field covering a number of categories. The 48 kilometre race followed the Mojacar coastline before heading inland up into the mountains with a climb of more than 600 metres and provided a real test of strength and endurance for the cyclists. Mountain biking is one of the fastest growing sports in Spain and Andalucia has a very high standard of competitors at national level. Matthew Shatford, a member of the Aguila Bike team, finished sixth in this years Andalucian Championship held in the Sierra Nevada and recently finished
Left: Jose Molina,Spanish National Champion Pedro Trujillo, Matthew Shatford and Elliot Smith.
Left Carlos Golbano Pedro Trujillo and Matthew Shatford. second in the Carboneras Mountain Bike Race.
Sunday’s race counted on the presence of Pedro Trujillo from Cordoba fresh from his recent victory in Cazorla where he was crowned Spanish National Marathon Champion. As expected for a man at the peak of his form he was first across the line with a time of 1hr 35 mins 54 seconds. In second place was former pro Carlos Golbano, a man who has completed two Tours of Spain, with a time of 1hr 36 mins 7 seconds. In third place with a fantastic effort in such a strong field was Matthew
Shatford with a time of 1hr 39 mins 31 seconds. Speaking shortly after the race, Matthew who rides a Cannondale bike commented: “I knew the terrain and I made the most of what I knew. I was in sixth or seventh place after the uphill climb and I tried to keep a good rhythm. “I knew the downhill descent very well and managed to get into third place, once there I managed to keep the fourth guy (Daniel Estevez) at bay and clinch the third spot.” The race, as well as being competitive at the top end, is also about camaraderie and the love of the sport.
NEWS Tijola to host bike ride ON Sunday Tíjola will be holding the 11th ‘Miguel Angel Jimenez Sanchez’ cycling route. The goal is to reach the Calar Alto via the Bacares road. The ride is graded as demanding with a 650 metre climb. There will be a tour of the town to warm up the legs, then there are some 17 kilometres to reach Bacares, the road is in good condition, but with difficult climbs. In Bacares the ride will join the Collado Ramal Road, a stretch of five kilometres. From the Collado Ramal, to the Calar Alto (2,300 metres high), there are about 13 smoother kilometres, except for the last four which are again a hard climb (here was situated the arrival of the queen stage of the Tour of Spain 2004 and 2006. From the Calar Alto, the race returns toTíjola by the same road, enjoying the scenery of the Sierra de Los Filabres. The sports hall will be the venue with a 9am start with refreshments and a meal for all participants. www.tijoladigital.com
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TOUR: Mojacar RBL visit Aracena in Huelva.
RBL sent to the mines THE Mojacar branch of the Royal British Legion was treated to a five day trip to Aracena, a town in Huelva province some 80 kilometres from Sevilla. They visited the Riotinto mines which were first mined 5,000 years ago. Also visited was the town of Aracena and its castle, as well as the city of Sevilla. The next main event will be the RBL’s annual Poppy Appeal Dinner and Dance, held in the Hotel Continental on October 19 . Tickets cost €36 for members and €39 for guests, contact Jan Knight on 950 473 189.
AN evening of entertainment with Steve Fisher as Rod Stewart in La Parrilla, Albox, raised €939.23 for the ECHR Legal Fund. The event was organised by the property rights association, AUAN to raise funds for an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights by a couple from Albox who are facing the demolition of their home without prior compensation. They had planning permission to build their house, but the regional and local governments are in dispute, with them as the innocent losers. Brian Reade of AUAM said: “We were delighted with the support received. It is great to see the community pulling together to support Mr and Mrs Haycock.”
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Protecting Spanish borders ALMERIA AIRPORT was the scene last week of the first flight of a ‘drone’ within a project named ‘Perseus.’ The system is aimed at controlling the external borders of the European Union incorporating the latest technological advances to interact and receive on a single screen the data provided by different monitoring systems. This was the first flight of an unmanned airplane from a European civil airport. The test flight took off at 8am with airspace in the area closed down for two hours. The aim was to simulate the interception in the Alboran Sea of a boat transporting immigrants from the African coast attempting to enter the European Union illegally. The operation was directed from the centre of Maritime Surveillance Coordination and Border Coastal Civil Guard, located in Madrid. From there they instructed one CN-235 Guardia Civil aircraft to monitor the waters and provide real time information to the coordination centre, while another aircraft developed by Indra and equipped with radar and optoelectronic day/night
Mojacar bus pass MOJACAR councillor Jessica Simpson has issued a statement announcing that all those over the age of 65 registered in Mojacar can apply for a ‘free travel’ bus pass for the local service. To apply for one you must go up to the town hall with: Photocopy of NIE Photograph (small passport size) Volante de empadronamiento (Padron register certificate, you can apply for this at the town hall if you do not have one).
vision systems also took part in the mission. When the boat with ‘immigrants’ approached the coast of Almeria, the work was conducted by the Integrated Surveillance
System of the headquarters of the Guardia Civil in Almeria capital. The Guardia Civil intervention ocean vessel Rio Miño, with the support of maritime surveillance
aircraft Indra, concluded the operation. All information collected by the Guardia Civil was shared with different points of Perseus systems located in France, Italy and
Portugal. The resources normally held in Almería coastal surveillance and other Andalucian coastlines were used in an exercise involving air and sea units
to develop and test the new system that aims to improve the capabilities and more efficiently organise human resources and technological advances.
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Doctor honour DR Francisco Ortega Viñolo has been given the honour of adoptive son of the town of Lucainena de las Torres for his dedication and work in the town.
Tourism Day ALMERIA City Hall has arranged 36 different types of activities for World Tourism Day.
Exhibition GARRUCHA artist Clemente Gerez opens his exhibition ‘Oleaje’ tonight (Thursday) at 8pm in the theatre of Roquetas de Mar. The display is open until the end of the year.
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Hot summer for the Mojacar tourism staff
Goat causes chaos
STAFF in the Mojacar Tourist Offices were kept busy this summer attending to more than 26,000 enquiries between June 1 and September 22. Added to that figure are 9,920 emails and 1,184 telephone calls with tourists looking for information on special hotel deals, transport, activities and events. Mojacar has two Tourist Offices with one located in Mojacar Fronton Square, in the heart of the Old Town, and the second strategically placed on the coast. Among the queries raised in the offices were the attractions of the old town, the beaches of Mojacar and the many activities to do in the area and the province. This summer there have been almost continuous cultural activities in the locality including dance, magic, sports, exhibitions, theatre and concerts. Summer visitors to Mojacar have been predominantly Spanish with 75 per cent of tourists coming from Spain and 25 per cent from
A MOUNTAIN goat almost caused a serious accident on the N340 after it was seen wandering around the road near to the Bayyana petrol station in Almeria City. It was only thanks to the reactions and skills of a driver who took evasive action that there was no crash at the busy time of day. The 112 emergency services received several calls from drivers travelling on the stretch of road. Experts say that straying onto roads is quite common in these animals. In recent months, it seems that due to the lack of water in the mountains, the goats are coming down to look in other areas.
TOURIST TRAP: Visitors love the old town of Mojacar and the beaches. overseas. The citizens of Madrid led the way with 31 per cent of the Spanish market followed by fellow Andalucians at 17 per cent. The UK accounted for a whopping 63 per cent of overseas visitors followed by France at 28 per cent. Among the most positive aspects, visitors highlighted the beauty and
care of the old town with its bars and shops, the quality of the beaches of which Mojacar has more than three miles of blue-flag beaches, the hospitality of the people, the hotels, the proximity to interesting places in the province of Almeria and the wide range of sports and leisure activities offered by the municipality.
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Global appeal AN estimated worldwide audience of 300 million viewers watched the UD Almeria v Barcelona game on Saturday.
Junta video THE Junta de Andalucia has put a video on YouTube showing the key points of its ‘Bicycle Plan’.
Small talk A NEW bi-lingual school for children up to three years old has opened in Arboleas.
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Police break up fraud gangs FOUR gangs who allegedly defrauded Social Security of €295,000 have been broken up. A total of 32 people have been arrested in the operation. They were allegedly related to fictitious construction companies charging between €400 and €1,000 to register unemployed people with Social Security, which allowed them receive unemployment
benefits later. Additionally, the companies offered fake employment contracts to immigrants in order for them to get a residence permit. Police discovered that one of the groups included pregnant women hired just days before giving birth to supposedly work in construction. The investigations began on the advice of the Fraud Control Unit investigating
Getting bigger BENAHADUX Council has increased the size of the display area and the capacity in the town’s exhibition hall. Arboleas hosted a gastronomic festival.
Gastro delights ARBOLEAS celebrated the 14th Al-Arbuli Gastronomic Festival at the weekend. The event started on Saturday night with a tasting of traditional food and live music provided by Laura Moyana. Sunday saw the popular ‘Sardinada’ with sardines and other gastronomic delights and live music from Menta and Canela and entertainment for children to round off the weekend.
three companies that were falsifying contracts. Between August and September this year 19 people have been arrested.
Shamed ex-mayor clings on THE former mayor of Cantoria, Pedro Llamas (PP), will continue to occupy a place in the government team as a municipal councillor. An extraordinary meeting was held last Thursday in which the Socialist Party, in opposition, demanded the resignation of Llamas. He was sentenced to 23 months disqualification from public office but it has not prevented him from continuing working in the town. Socialist Party spokesman Pedro Lizarte said that Pedro Llamas “has shown absolutely no shame and during the meeting he made it clear that he is going to cling on to the post for as long as he can. “No wonder he wants to be a councillor when he earns €3,568 a month, with two extra payments, which allows him to earn almost €50,000 a year,” added the Socialist spokesman. Lizarte declared that “justice is beyond a joke in this country, when a man who has been sentenced to 24 months in prison and disqualified for 23 months from public office for falsifying documents fails to comply with the punishment.”
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Opera time TICKETS are now on sale for the opera Carmen to be held at The Maestro Padilla Theatre in Almeria City on Saturday 16 November at 8pm.
Popular course ONE HUNDRED pupils between the ages of three and nine have signed up for the English Course 2013-14 in the town of Gador.
Ladies win THE ladies of Vicar have won the indoor football Almeria Supercup beating hosts Nijar 3-2 on penalties after the final finished 3-3.
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OPENING: The hunting fair highlighted the rural environment and activities.
Hunting Fair is huge success LEVANCAZA, the first Hunting Fair in Almeria, proved to be a huge success, receiving 5,000 visitors. The Sports Pavilion in Huercal-Overa hosted the fair that was inspired by two youngsters from the
town, aided by Gines Navarro and Jose Luis Azor of Huercal-Overa Town Hall. During the two days that the show lasted visitors came from all over Almeria province and other locations such as Murcia. The Councillor of
Healing service at Living Water Church in Mojacar THERE will be a Healing Service at Living Water Church Mojacar (opposite the Red Cross Centre) on October 20 at 4pm. Guest speaker will be Pastor Plemen Petrov.
After founding one of the biggest churches in Sofia Bulgaria, Pastor Plemen has travelled extensively seeing many healed and restored through prayer. All are welcome at the event.
Commerce, Monica Navarro, said that “the town hall was more than pleased with the great response the fair has had, not only among residents of the town but from other parts of Andalucia and Murcia. “The government team has supported this project driven by two young people of our town and the response proved that we were right to do it ‘. There were around 30 companies that took part in Levancaza in which visitors were able to find it all things related to hunting and rural environment, with activities such as archery, falconry and equestrianism.
SEVENTY NINE people met over breakfast to listen to the multitalented Judy Slater, international singer, athlete, ballerina and actress giving her testimony of how God came into her life and changed it forever. Her husband Gavin, an ex-music school teacher and gifted musician then gave his testimony of how God impacted on him personally after seeing the undeniable change in his wife. Gavin, Judy and four children now spend their time carrying out evangelistic campaigns, being an all round musically talented family. The Meeting
contained more than nine church leaders/pastors from towns as far away as Puerto Lumbreras, plus also Albox, HuercalOvera, Antas, Turre and Mojacar. The attendees welcomed the Rev. Pauline Williams, the newly-appointed Vicar of the Church of Englnd of Mojacar, and her husband, Noel, to the Ladies and Men’s FGBMFI Breakfast Meeting. The next Testimony Meeting will be at the Bay Bistro Restaurant on Saturday, October 26. For bookings contact: David Templeman 950168349 or email mojacar@fgbmfispain. org
Google reported CONSUMERS association FACUA has reported Internet giant Google to the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) for a failure in its instant messaging services. This malfunction made users receive messages they were not supposed to while operating with Google’s Hangouts and Gtalk apps. According to FACUA, this error can be considered as an infringement of the Data Protection Law as the users’ personal information could have been exposed. The problem, said to have affected several countries including Spain, was solved shortly after users raised the alarm.
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Modest means FORMER CAM bank director general Roberto Lopez Abad faces charges in three of the four criminal investigations into the nationalised bank. He did not authorise exorbitant expenses, he claimed.
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A FARMER, aged 47, died of a heart attack while working on a plantation in Motril. He was taken to the regional hospital by ambulance, but to no avail.
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MARRIAGE break-ups in the Valencian Community fell by 25 per cent over the last five years. The crisis makes it harder for couples to live independently, experts said.
Fresh start FORTY-SEVEN per cent of employees in the Valencian Community expect to find new jobs in the near future, compared with the national average of 40 per cent.
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Worrying statistics AN estimated 190,000 people in Alicante province have alcohol-related problems. According to the latest Survey on Alcohol and Drugs in the General Population, around 77 per cent of the population regularly consumes alcohol, showing it is the most commonly used drug ahead of tobacco and cannabis.
Home alone A MAN has been arrested for leaving his four children home alone. The youngsters, aged from two to nine, were locked in their house in Torrellano, Elche, when their father, who is separated from their mother, went out to play football.
Burglary spree A GANG believed to be responsible for 110 burglaries across Alicante Province has been disbanded in a joint operation by National Police and Guardia Civil.
AN American military tanker aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Mallorca’s Palma airport due to a leak in the fuel tank. No flights were disrupted at the airport during the incident.
Farmer dies
TWO Guardia Civil officers were amongst five people arrested in Valencia City. They are accused of helping Asians smuggle up to €500,000 out of Spain each month.
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CHOCOLATES VALOR, Villajoyosa’s principal chocolate manufacturer, increased turnover by 8.2 per cent to €76.1 million last year. It exports to 50 countries including the US, China and the Emirates.
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WORK to refurbish the 17th century Encarnacion church in Torrox has been halted for 15 days to protect archaeological finds.
Abuser sentenced VITAL SERVICE: Red Cross posts.
Red Cross carers 24,000 seniors helped in Alicante
MORE than 24,000 elderly people across Alicante Province have been treated and attended to by Red Cross workers during the first half of the year. This figure almost reaches the 28,600 people assisted by the 2,200 volunteers in the whole of last year. Red Cross projects include home telecare services, home help and promotion of healthy habits through training activities. Meanwhile, the 44 Red Cross aid workers patrolling Torrevieja’s beaches this summer have supported the 75 qualified lifeguards in dealing with 6,000 incidents. They performed 215 sea-rescue missions; of these, 187 were rescues by lifeguards of swimmers who got into difficulties, and 28 involving people swept out to sea on inflatable items like lilos. In 66 cases, an emergency ambulance was needed. Red Cross workers also helped 558 people to use the three disabled bathing platforms situated on the beaches of Los Naufragos, Los Locos and on the Paseo de Juan Aparicio.
THE Motril Criminal Court has sentenced a man to a year in prison for abusing his ex-wife on a street in Motril and imposed a two-year restraining order on him.
Busy month SEPTEMBER has been a busy month at the Nerja Donkey Sanctuary. One horse has been re-homed and two rescued.
Jail threat A MAN who illegally entered his neighbour’s house in Almachar after getting fed up with his loud music is facing a prison sentence after allegedly committing a forced entry crime.
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Show on UNTIL April 20, an exhibition of landscapes by Monet, Leger and Derain can be seen at the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Malaga.
Immigrants detained
Big spenders
TEN illegal immigrants have been detained off the Cartagena coastline. Police intercepted a four-metre-long boat with 10 males on board in the area of Cabo Negrete.
FOREIGN tourists spent more money in the Balearic Islands in August than anywhere else in Spain, amounting to €2.27 billion. That was 14.8 per cent more than in August 2012.
LOW-COST airline Volotea has put tickets on sale to travel between Malaga and Bordeaux from April 11 to May 26 at €19.99 each way.
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NEIGHBOURHOOD noise complaints doubled in Alicante this summer compared to July and August 2012.
A MAN was arrested in Manacor for abusing his wife and banning her from leaving their home, seeing friends and family or studying.
THE opening of the first two lines of the Malaga Metro has reportedly been delayed until December so staff can be hired and trained.
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A GIRL, 12, reported to the Guardia Civil that a man had entered the home where she lives with her sister in Cala Rajada and attempted to sexually abuse her.
THE average pension in Malaga is €798.38, which is €184.83 less than the national average but €18 more than the average for Andalucia.
Don’t laugh A MAN, 31, was arrested in Palma for allegedly attempting to stab another in an argument because he had laughed at his dog.
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Home buying advice from Foreign Office SPAIN has emerged as the number one destination for people seeking expert advice about buying a home in the sun. Two thirds of prospective purchasers who sought advice from Foreign Office property experts at the ‘A Place In The Sun’ show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham last weekend said their preferred destination was Spain. Foreign Office advisers from Spain and France, including Alicante Consul Paul Rodwell and British Embassy Madrid property expert Bernadette Gallagher,
spoke to a total of 2,209 people who were considering buying a place abroad. Two-thirds (66 per cent) wanted advice about purchasing in Spain. More than four out of five people said they found the advice very useful and would use it when buying their home. They particularly liked the fact that the advice was impartial and free. Most advice given by the Foreign Office team concentrated on three key areas: • Value of following the Foreign Office property buyers’ checklist before moving abroad (take your time, rent first, access healthcare THE Almanzora Group of Friends are holding a Second correctly, consider the Annual Quiz of Quizzes in aid of local charities. Quiz impact of moving etc.) • Importance of getting teams from across the region will be pitting their wits against each other to be top dogs on November 16 at good independent advice 5pm at Hostal Rosaleda. Tickets are €5 per person and around your purchase • The wealth of there are significant cash prizes for the winning team information on (teams of up to six). about Full details and entry forms by e-mail on www.GOV.UK quizofquizzes2013@gmx.co.uk or from the Almanzora pensions and benefits Group of Friends Information Centre, Avenida Lepanto, abroad and living in a specific country. Albox.
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€1.9m price of lost dream IT cost state broadcaster TVE €398,615.93 to finish last-but-one in this year’s Eurovision song contest. Although El Sueño de Morfeo’s offering was not to Europe’s taste, the debacle in Malmo (Sweden) cost less than the 2012 expedition when
TVE spent €427,613.99 and came 10th. The song contest has cost the state €1.9 million since 2009, said RTVE president Leopoldo GonzalezEchenique, answering MP Ricardo Sixto in the central parliament. The cost of entering Eurovision is “not high, given the contest’s popularity and huge audience share,” TVE’s Entertainment Director Carlos Mochales commented 29.45 per cent received a on the eve of the D. Only 0.16 per cent were contest last May. given a B while 0.49 per “We try to reduce cent managed an A. spending as much as Owners tend to regard possible and the EPCs as an additional minimise costs with cost imposed by the state commercial brands,” to raise money but it is an he added. EU directive that makes Pullmantur sponthem mandatory, Alquiler sored this year’s Seguro said. edition and El Sueño Landlords feel that a de Morfeo travelled prospective tenant ignores to Malmo on a the EPC and is more Pullmantur ship. interested in price and Sixto also asked situation, the company the RTVE president if said. next year’s song And in the majority of would be chosen by cases, it added, propertypopular vote. “Spain owners planning to rent do can win a World Cup not implement efficiency but can’t finish changes as these often halfway up the involve structural Eurovision leadermodifications. board,” he said.
Few in a sweat over efficiency AN Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is now required before selling or renting property. The certificate grades energy efficiency on a scale of A to G and in the three months since it became obligatory, most Spanish properties have proved to be inefficient. Most obtain a D or E grading, claimed rental consultants Alquiler Seguro. Since June, Alquiler Seguro has issued more than 5,000 EPCs throughout Spain. Obtaining an A or B is ‘complicated,’ its technicians stated. Instead, 54.85 per cent of properties inspected obtained an E and a further
The importance of subsidiaries THERE were 8,986 foreign subsidiaries based in Spain in 2011. They generated a total turnover of €422.4 billion and employed 1.23 million workers in the commerce, industry and services sectors. The majority were owned by France (18.6 per cent), Germany (14.1 per cent) and the US (13.6 per cent), accounting for 50 per cent of the
subsidiaries’ total turnover, said the national statistics’ institute INE. Most - 37.8 per cent - operated in the commercial sector, followed by services (37.5 per cent) and industry (24.7 per cent). Industry was responsible for 50.6 per cent of the subsidiaries’ turnover, commerce for 33 per cent and services for 16.4 per cent.
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STAT OF WEEK MOBILE phone companies made 169,856 new clients in July. Competition between operators increased, with a record 638,948 contracts (up by 47.9 per cent from 2012).
Bank fined FINANCIAL regulator CNMV fined Banco Pastor €400,000 for ‘grave’ infractions regarding financial products sold between January and September 2008.
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PRICEY: Spanish trio El Sueño de Morfeo.
SHAREHOLDERS in Telecom Italia rejected an €800 million offer from Spain's Telefonicato to buy part of their stake.
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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Aberdeen Asset Mngmnt 372.35 Admiral Group PLC 1237.50 Aggreko PLC 1587.00 AMEC PLC 1082.00 Anglo American PLC 1508.50 Antofagasta PLC 816.00 ARM Holdings PLC 994.00 Associated Brit Foods 1876.00 AstraZeneca PLC 3198.25 Aviva PLC 398.00 Babcock Intrntnl Group. 1186.00 BAE Systems PLC 462.10 Barclays PLC 264.05 BG Group PLC 1185.50 BHP Billiton PLC 1818.50 BP PLC 437.10 British Amcn Tobacco 3261.00 British Land Co PLC 579.50
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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 120.22 75.89 33.98 118.74 83.80 122.64 23.33 59.01 86.90 24.05 159.85 75.96 22.98 186.92 86.73 52.24 97.12 47.79 33.27 73.64 28.88 77.21 38.40 85.41 109.36 71.99 47.00 193.05
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Most Advanced China Sunergy Co., Ltd. IntriCon Corporation Montage Technology Group Limited Rockwell Medical, Inc. Supertel Hospitality, Inc. RDA Microelectronics, Inc. GW Pharmaceuticals Plc Hydrogenics Corporation Geron Corporation Canadian Solar Inc. Linktone Ltd.
Most Declined Nektar Therapeutics Tower Group International, Ltd. Charm Communications Inc. Cellular Dynamics International, Inc. Zoltek Companies, Inc. KiOR, Inc. DexCom, Inc. Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. Echelon Corporation HMS Holdings Corp VisionChina Media, Inc.
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VOLUME 21.12 296.77 92.02 100.66 152.45 714.05 204.72 906.58 2,027.06 35.34 23.92 2,984.20 118.57 83.08 66.56 514.72 12.70 1,168.67 28.26 479.39 45.78 669.08 19,810.64 28.80 151.81 41.95 151.40 29.53 601.86 16.80 392.11 106.68 228.52 34.45 179.75 62.80 53.26 316.18 115.12 81.95 517.50 293.95 1,328.10 306.21 972.19 134.31 103.05 238.11 22.39 30.12 196.45 69.70 12.24 25.70 172.86 435.37 175.01 105.89 1,901.75 63.70 99.35 70.81 257.24 258.28 70.15 9,314.32 33.93 44.21 908.57 313.66 78.57 196.19
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL BUSINESS EXTRA
Contributions contract THE number of foreign Social Security contributors fell by 25,294 people in August, a 1.55 per cent reduction on July. There are now 1,607,609 foreigners paying into the system.
Light fantastic ELECTRICITY tariffs will increase by 3.1 per cent from October 1, following output auctions between providers. By the year’s end, electricity will have risen by 4 per cent since January.
Win some… OWING to low European Central Bank rates, the Spanish saved €11.5 billion in interest charges last year. In contrast German savers lost €5.8 billion €71 per head - on savings’ deposits.
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A change of mindset needed to become super-rich
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F the lifestyle of a jetsetting millionaire tickles your fancy then you may need to change a few things about yourself. The average niceynicey Jane Bloggs isn’t going to get anywhere near a rich list by putting others first or A look by dwelling on the at finance past. To be super-rich for females takes a certain mindset and it’s something that WASTE: Playing lottery. Above: Michael O’Leary. Jane Plunkett may be in conflict with jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com anyone else, whereas of euros to just fall into your lap. many personalities. First off, rich people most average earners Rather than sitting around waiting don’t get rich by playing the nice feel they should join Greenpeace on other factors to bring them card. Look at wealthy types like and put others before themselves. wealth, rich people come up with Michael O’Leary from Ryanair. The Studies on the super-rich reveal ideas and put them into action. The future isn’t scary for rich man is not renowned for his caring that they have a get-up-and-do-it disposition. mentality which is lacking in people, either. Twenty years from But the thing is that rich people average folk. For example, rich now isn’t thought about in terms don’t see selfishness in a negative people don’t play the lottery. To of wrinkles and creaky knees. For sense. Rich people take the them it’s a waste of time; rich people the future is exciting. attitude that if they don’t help gambling is equivalent to sitting They spend a lot of time looking themselves first they can’t help on the sofa and expecting millions into the future, setting goals and
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planning. Average people tend to dwell on the past, which isn’t an ideal way to make it on to a rich list. Also, in many instances, rich people don’t get bogged down in fancy Masters Degrees or lengthy PHD studies and the like. Super-rich people are usually those who have had a great idea, have acquired a specific knowledge related to that idea, and then have gone on to make lots of money because they follow their passion and aim high to ensure they finally bring home the big bucks.
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Eurozone September report points to growth CORE flat CPI data coming in at the end of August, alongside poor German retail sales figures, led to the Euro weakening at the start of September. The currency dipped to 1.3220 against the greenback, leading to the start of the decline in the Euro. On the other hand, we have seen Eurozone firms point to growth in September. Purchasing managers in the Eurozone have indicated the strongest business surroundings for two years. Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) figures now sit at 52.1. Any value above 50 is always positive as it reflects growth. This was further backed up by the fact that business activity also grew in July and August. This is a good indicator for economic growth in the third quarter. France was also seen with a PMI score of 50, which was positive considering it
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had not seen a positive number in the last 19 months! In addition, both services and manufacturing sectors have led to positive data indicating that the Eurozone will not dip back into recession, after small growth was recorded between April and June. Looking at the currency itself, the end of August and start of September saw the interbank rates for EUR-GBP fall to the 0.84 mark at interbank level. This further dropped to the 0.83 mark, having not witnessed these lows for at least eight months. Despite the fact that it has weakened against the Sterling Pound, it has strengthened against other major
PLUMMET: The Euro began to fall at the start of September. currencies including the US Dollar. Having seen the Eurozone emerge from its longest recession in at least three decades, recovery will continue to be slow, with access to finance still a major problem. Policy-makers will still have plenty to do to prevent the Euro weakening further. They will need
to take advantage of the relative financial and economic calm to fast-track restricting, particularly in the banking sector. The European Central Bank (ECB) will also need to be ready to counter any tightening in market interest rates emanating from the US. All eyes were focused on the build-up to the German election
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to see if this would affect the currency for the majority of the month. The week before the election, the Euro enjoyed a steady run up to the German elections, given the weakness in the US Dollar. However, the currency upheld its strength as Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Party swept most of the votes. This was the biggest win in the last 20 years, which calmed markets greatly, indicating that appropriate steps will continue to be taken towards the survival of the currency. Finally, The Federal Reserve deciding not to taper stimulus and the release of fairly decent economic data has helped the Euro. Overall, a steady end to the month for the Euro but all focus will be on the ECB decision in October to determine whether the Euro will strengthen or decline.
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Always read the small print before paying IF you are thinking of taking out pet insurance, read ‘Is your pet really insured?’ by David the Dogman, ( Issue 1472). He illustrates that the cover provided by some companies is quite shockingly inadequate, and stresses the importance of reading the small print BEFORE paying for the policy. I can add to the list. I took out an insurance policy for my two dogs but when I read the small print, they were not covered for anything if they were not on a lead. Every day my dogs are taken to a remote part of the campo, where there is no traffic and where they can run free. Just like us, dogs need aerobic exercise which helps to keep them slim and fit, reducing the chances of diabetes, heart disease, strokes, and other medical conditions, many of which need expensive veterinary attention. My dogs are always slim, fit and happy and they have long lives. This policy was clearly useless for my dogs and I did not renew it, because it would not have covered trauma whilst exercising off the lead. I am not against pet insurance, but often the most expensive treatments are not covered, so read the small print and think carefully. Geoff Hall, Alcalali (Alicante) Editor’s note: Back issues of the Euro Weekly News can be viewed online at www.euroweeklynews.com.
Get organised I ATTEND a language school in La Cala de Mijas (Malaga) at the Casa de Cultura and when we finished the first course the teacher told us that the next course would start in October.
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Telefonica is an old monopoly company. In 2013, companies that want to expand have to listen to their customers. If they do not meet customers’ demands they will not survive. It is strange that leaders in such a big company do not understand that. Leif J Haarde, Marbella (Malaga)
Identity theft IN reference to the charming photo by John Pavey of the young birds being fed ( Snapped! Issue 1473 ), I rather think they may be redrumped swallows rather than housemartins. Mike Evans, Mojacar (Almeria)
It’s obvious On a drive to Carboneras, through breathtaking scenery at the Cabo de Gata, I had to stop to capture this panoramic view. By Robyn Boutilier, Turre (Almeria)
So on September 23, I went down to enrol thinking I was in plenty of time, only to be told that the classes had already started and I had missed four of them. The office girl was kind enough to tell me that it was because we had been given extra weeks of lessons, but if you don’t know when the course starts it is rather stupid. Would it not be a good idea to put it in the paper so the public has some idea of the changes? I rushed to the one and only book shop in La Cala that sells the course books, Eco, only to find they had run out and the next delivery could be four weeks away. So for all those that have the same problem, the book shop in Fuengirola opposite the Casa de Cultura has them. It seems a shame that things aren’t organised a little better. Trilby (By email)
Time to go CAN anyone explain to me why the Moroccan drug traffickers, the Playa de Palma looky-
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recent years for tourism in Fuengirola, but I hardly think it has reached the levels of 10 years ago. A little wishful thinking from beleaguered politicians, I think! John Brown, Fuengirola (Malaga)
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looky men and the two Nigerian prostitute muggers reported ( Mallorca, Issue 1471), all of whom have been arrested, are still in the country? Ron Lutschan, Puerto Pollenca (Mallorca)
Count again ‘AUGUST the best in the history of Andalucia for tourism’? (CDS Issue 1473). I am not sure where the Junta de Andalucia gets its figures from, but I would suggest it counts again. I will concede this summer has definitely been better than
TELEFONICA is a big, multinational company concentrating on Spanishspeaking markets. It is almost impossible to find any person in their customer service department that speaks English. I live in Marbella and have landline and ADSL internet from Telefonica. The capacity on ADSL is 1 Mbit. That means the internet is very slow and not sufficient to install a BoxTV. I do however pay full price for a service, which according to Telefonica, can be up to 10 Mbit, but that is in other places. When I ask when capacity will be increased in my home it is impossible to get any answer.
I SEE global warming has reared its ugly head again. Does anybody look at the obvious? Population increase has been staggering for many years. It may come as a shock to these scientists that this increase of population creates harmful gases and who are the most prolific producers? It is not us, but we seem to have the finger pointed at us all the time. What do they do? Build a load of ugly, useless windmills. The answer to the problem (this will upset the Catholics) is contraception Clive Graham (By email)
Pay up! IT is an absolute disgrace that suppliers are owed €283 million by town halls and the regional government in Murcia ( Costa Blanca South Issue 1473). Many of these companies will be small and struggling. Being made to wait for their money could push them into bankruptcy. The councils should pull their fingers out, pay up on time, then people might start to view them with a little less cynicism. J G, Los Alcazares (Murcia)
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NOTHER 70 or more men, women and children dead in the name of Islam. Not a peep (that I’ve heard) out of the imams and Muslim leaders condemning this latest atrocity. Children with eyes gouged out, castrated men hung up to die on hooks, dismembered body parts used on police as weapons, no doubt to the accompanying chants of Allahu Akbar, and still more victims buried in the rubble of this sickening attack in Nairobi. How much more will it take to convince the pussyfooting PC and ostrich imitators to finally admit that radical elements of Islam mean it is no longer a case of ‘it could happen’ in the UK, but a clear-cut case of ‘when’. I wonder which side the so-called moderates will take then? I guarantee that the most any of them will do is lock themselves away until it’s all over. Don’t expect to see any of them standing up and taking the side of the infidels. When are the authorities going to get a grip? What they should now be doing is using all their high-tech knowledge and information
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sources to dig out all the caches of illegal weapons which are no doubt tucked away in their totally unacceptable ‘no go’
areas until the order to eliminate the infidels is heard throughout the land. They must act before it’s too late and our own citizens and dismembered bodies are taking up the front pages of the world’s media. Another thing I truly fail to understand is how the two lowlifes who hacked young soldier Lee Rigby to death on the streets of London live on video and then appeared with his blood dripping from their hands to inform the world they had done this foul deed in the name of Islam, have been allowed to plead not guilty? The mind boggles. This is where we should truly take a leaf out of a Muslim country’s book. In Saudi Arabia a confession of a crime as blatant as this would have been aired
for all to see, and the following Friday, after prayers, they would have been minus their heads on chop square. Job done. Instead of that these two will now appear in a trial that, with appeals, etc, could last for months, get an enormous amount of free publicity for their ‘cause’ and cost the British taxpayer millions. Give us all a break! I’m interested to see what their no doubt ethnic minority lawyers put forward as their defence. As a final note, thanks to all those who extended such a great welcome to the old boy on his recent British mini tour and tele appearance. And thanks to my Mallorca venues for giving me time off. It was a blast. See y’all soon.
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WE have lived and travelled in Muslim countries, most of which do not use the face covering which is part of the burka. What is happening in the UK is nothing more than intimidation for personal gain. Steve and Jen Theobald, Torrox Costa
No faith I SEE you are toffeenosing again, hoping you will get noticed by ‘dear David Cameron’. The Tory Government couldn’t care less about us when we leave the UK. All you get is a pension which is a pittance. Now they are taking our winter fuel allowance away. You may be able to keep the faith, but we pensioners can’t. R A Johnson (By email)
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Spain And Offshore Assets As the Spanish government seeks to increase tax revenue, it has set its sights firmly on offshore assets. The international move towards automatic exchange of information will now provide much more data on undeclared or misrepresented foreign assets and income. There is nothing wrong with owning assets outside Spain, but you need to ensure you fully declare them according to Spanish legislation. It is worth reviewing your assets, with the help of a tax specialist, to ensure they are in the most tax efficient vehicles for Spain. In spite of all the measures to increase tax revenue, Spain can still provide tax advantages for UK nationals if you have the right advice. Some people who meet the Spanish residency criteria do not declare themselves for tax. The tax agency, the Agencia Tributaria, has been cracking down on this, for example by looking through utility bills and lists of foreign children registered in local schools.
By Neil Jenkins, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks We are hearing more evidence that the tax authority is using information from abroad and writing to residents suspected of having undeclared funds abroad. A tax amnesty, the Voluntary Disclosure Procedure, was available last year to encourage taxpayers to regularise undeclared assets. As reported by Expansion this July, the Agencia Tributaria is following this up by sending requests to participants, asking for proof of the source of the funds or
clarification on discrepancies with data already on file. The requests are more numerous and detailed than before. Regular taxpayers are also being targeted. The article concluded: “It is clear that offshore assets are being targeted for full investigation.” The government then unveiled its new anti-tax fraud law at the end of October 2012, including the obligation to report assets and rights held outside Spain on Form 720. According to the guidelines of the 2013 Tax Control Plan, the tax office will look at taxpayers who did not submit forms, but who appear to conduct transactions abroad that imply that they do have assets outside Spain’s borders. Speaking in May, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that 131,411 taxpayers had submitted Form 720, declaring assets worth €87 billion. According to GESTHA, the union of tax inspectors, this is a
very low number since there are around 2.6 million foreign residents alone, the group most likely to have overseas assets. This was reported in an article on the Sur in English website on 12th June 2013, where the Secretary General of GESTHA also told the newspaper that the government will now “seek to focus more on foreign residents in Spain, especially those from the US and those from EU member states.” Spain has signed an intergovernmental agreement for automatic exchange of information with the US. EU Directives, soon to be widened, also provide for automatic sharing of information. The G5 (Spain, UK, France, Germany and Italy) announced a pilot scheme for the multilateral, automatic and standardised exchange of tax information in April. The Treasury Ministry said this would also enable checks on information related to overseas assets.
In September the G20 pledged to introduce automatic exchange of information as a global standard. It is really only a matter of time before the authorities discover undeclared foreign assets. With the new asset reporting rules, the penalties for nondisclosure can be devastating. The tax authorities effectively have no limit as to how far they can go back to assess tax. When you add the various tax rates, penalties, interest and fines, it could add up to more than the value of the asset. While this all sounds very worrying, it need not be. With expert professional advice you can structure your assets to be both tax efficient and fully compliant in Spain, and so that Form 720 need not be such a concern in future. 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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ILD spin, always detectable from the Zarzuela Palace, went into overdrive in April last year. This followed the King of Spain’s disastrous elephantshooting trip. Juan Carlos, now 75, has always had a roving eye but discretion ruled until he broke his hip in Botswana. That was when the press broke its silence regarding his elephant-shooting companion, Princess Corinna zu SaynWittgenstein. A nation that kills bulls for sport cannot criticise a monarch who shoots elephants, but the lavish trip and the fair Corinna were redolent of other unloved Borbons. Juan Carlos is not responsible for his son-in-law’s involvement in alleged misuse of public funds, but Iñaki Urdangarin casts a long shadow and the king’s popularity ratings have slipped inexorably. Coinciding with the king’s recovery from spinal surgery, the Zarzuela wanted to show him back on form and raring to go. The strategy faltered early on when, following his mediation
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A different tack THE central government in Madrid is soft-pedalling, not backpedalling, over Cataluña. Mariano Rajoy and his team are reviewing a new financial model for the region. It’s not an independence referendum and it’s not constitutional change, but the way to an autonomy’s heart is always through its pocket.
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with Morocco, a convicted paedophile was released from jail along with other pardoned Spanish prisoners. Juan Carlos has since needed another operation - his fifth in
18 months - and will be out of circulation for months. Spin is not a tradition in Spain where the demolishing thrust of the estocada is still preferred to manipulating public opinion. And in Juan Carlos’s situation no amount of spin can deflect the stab-wound inflict that now-mentioned word, abdication.
WHEN the Costa Concordia cruise ship ran aground, its captain Francesco Schettino left before most of the passengers. He now blames the helmsman although whatever happens to a ship is ultimately the captain’s fault. No-one knows this better than 78-year-old Apostolos Mangouras, captain of the Prestige. He remained aboard until the last possible moment after the stormstricken tanker began to break up in November 2002. He wanted to take the ship to port to contain the inevitable oil
spill but was told to put out to sea. The order came from the Interior Minister of the day, one Mariano Rajoy, a decision that precipitated Spain’s worst-ever environmental catastrophe. Eleven years later, Mangouras now awaits sentencing for the disaster. The buck stops with the captain as Apostolos Mangouras knows. Although he has also learnt that politics will sink any ship.
Diversion backfires THE Noos corruption case centring on Iñaki Urdangarin could have gone to Valencia’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJV), owing to the involvement of Valencian politicians Francisco Camps and Rita Barbera. The TSJV rejected the Prosecution Office’s attempts to offload the case on them. It sees no evidence of wrongdoing, it said, bouncing the case back to Mallorca’s implacable judge, Jose Castro. Someone, somewhere could be disappointed.
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Foreign aid begins at home Discovering the importance of lending a helping hand
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NSWERING my door to a young Polish woman, she told me she desperately needed internet access. Having no idea where the nearest Wi-Fi location was, she asked if she could use mine. I was happy to oblige. I was reminded of the many Mike Walsh times I have asked locals for assistance when in their countries. Their generosity of Mike Walsh. Based in Mediterranean Spain, is spirit has taught me some great an international journalist, author and life lessons. Arriving late at Italy’s Bergamo professional writer. airport and having picked up the hire car, it dawned on me that budget airlines tell lies. The ‘nearby hotel’ I had booked was a youngster kissed his girlfriend ‘Ciao’ and perplexing few spaghetti junctions invited us to follow him. It was a difficult distant. At night, faced by a bewildering route but we reached our hotel. The series of meaningless signs and caught teenager refused the well-deserved €10 up in a maelstrom of fast moving traffic, my I offered. son and I were soon out of our depth. As a youngster, I had on several “I will ask this couple,” I said. I had occasions used my old car to tour spotted Romeo and Juliet whispering Europe. Looking for an address in sweet nothings to each other by their Munich, I asked a young soldier for Vespa scooter. My son could not get directions. Realising he was not making over it when, without a qualm, the much sense, he jumped in our car and
COMING TOGETHER: Learning that we too can reap the rewards to be found in helping others.
guided us there. Munich is about the same size as Greater Manchester, the journey took nearly half an hour. He was happy to oblige without payment. When in Latvia, both Russians and Latvians couldn’t do enough to help when I needed advice. It sometimes seems to me that, by helping others, we too become happier. I could never fault the native Africans. No matter how much my request inconvenienced those I asked assistance
of, their reward seemed to be their satisfaction at having helped a stranger in trouble. In Japan, a cinema manager realised that we young sailors could not afford the entrance fee. He invited us to take our seats free of charge. We couldn’t understand the movie but we understood the lesson. I found the Germans the friendliest of all. In a remote part of Bavaria, we were horrified when steam issued from under the car bonnet. Coming to our assistance a youngster got us to a garage where, free of charge the thermostat was dumped, the gasket replaced and all was well. Again, I offered payment, which was refused. He did give me a little advice: “Pay me by offering assistance to any foreigner who needs you in your country.” It was a lesson I have never forgotten. I have paid for that car repair and other acts of kindness many times, by assisting others in need of a kindly gesture.
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Divas of decadence or just dressing up? Are children growing up
too fast or learning too little?
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HERE has been much press coverage lately about child beauty pageants. First, France announced plans to ban them for promoting ‘hyper-sexualisation’ of minors. Next, child abuse charity Kidscape condemned them while mother-of-six Natalia Adlington, from Liverpool claimed that, far from forcing her children to grow up too fast, they prepared them for adult life. Whilst I agree child beauty pageants come over as creepy - tots teetering down the catwalk in full make-up and bikini or BAN: France opposes child beauty pageants.
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ball gown - is the other end of the spectrum any better? By this, I mean the findings a few months back of the parenting website,
Netmums - that childhood is over for many by the age of 12. More than two-thirds of its users complained kids are under pressure to grow up too fast - girls made to worry about their appearance and boys pushed into ‘macho’ behaviour too early. Doesn’t this speak more about Netmums users’ desire to keep their children ‘children’ long after their natural progression into adolescence? We tend to forget that the concept of ‘childhood’ is a relatively modern one. In agricultural and industrial society,
children were down mines, up chimneys or digging up potatoes well before age 12. So, Netmums, less whinging about lost childhoods and more waking up to the reality that kids are just small adults! Too many are cocooned in cotton wool these days - maybe that’s why so many think the world owes them a favour. Not just parents, but the UK education system, too, needs to play its part in teaching kids how to develop mental toughness. Far too many schools are failing to prepare children for adult life. To be successful, you need to learn to cope with failure, stress and hard work. Once this is removed from state schools, when children grow up they’re simply unable to cope except with drink and drugs. Finally, on a completely different note, many thanks to all of you who’ve helped my latest thriller, Retribution, sell so well, and left great comments on my website. In fact, there have been so many hits recently, I was starting to think the blurb on the back of Retribution had maybe gone viral! Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’ and ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) from Amazon and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not?
1. At which capital city in Africa is the junction of the Blue Nile and the White Nile located? 2. Hippy Hippy Shake, Good Golly Miss Molly and You're No Good were all UK Top 20 hit singles for which 1960s British Merseybeat group? 3. In which 1930 film directed by Josef von Sternberg did Marlene Dietrich first sing Falling in Love Again (Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt)? 4. The blue flag with a white square in the centre, known as the ‘Blue Peter’, is raised by a ship when is about to do what? 5. What is the nickname of the professional baseball team (MLB) located in Toronto, Canada? 6. What name is often applied to companies or their shares considered to be a reliable investment, though less secure than gilt-edged stock?
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When it isnʼt possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week. Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have longstanding friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them.
Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health.
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VIRGO (August 24 September 23) As the saying goes, ʻno one ever said it would be easyʼ. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ʻenoughʼ.
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Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
TARGET:
Average: 12 Good: 16
Very good: 23 Excellent: 28
cede, cedi, deep, dent, dept, dice, diet, dine, dint, edit, iced, need, pend, pied, teed, tend, tide, tied, cited, edict, pined, tepid, tined, deceit, decent, deepen, depict, pieced, enticed, CENTIPEDE
Word Ladder JUMP
Move from the start word (JUMP) to the end word (LEAD) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress possible elsewhere.
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SCORPIO (October 24 November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated.
6-Star Quiz I GOT THE BLUES
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IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Expecting too much help from others has held you back in the recent past. It makes sense to be part of a team only when everyone is pulling their weight. Some things are best done alone for real progress.
ROQUETAS
JUMP HUMP HEMP
LIBRA (September 24 October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate.
ADRA
1. KHARTOUM, 2. SWINGING BLUE JEANS, 3. THE BLUE ANGEL (DER BLAUE ENGEL), 4. LEAVE PORT, 5. BLUE JAYS, 6. BLUE CHIP
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Cryptic Across 7 Facelift, one coming between minister and MP (6) 8 Able to help us with processed fuel (6) 9 Post that once provided personal protection (4) 10 One sort of egg I consumed as pioneer (8) 11 Deprived of food adverts, perhaps (7) 13 Came with nothing but a piece of jewellery (5) 15 Cop in estate car traps suspect (5) 17 Sour liquid made in grave (7) 20 Well off flute fan is in trouble (8) 21 Record is accepted by district commissioner (4) 22 Overcoatʼs unusual lustre (6) 23 Untidy diners should be washed with water (6) Down 1 Lessee finding article in canvas shelter (6) 2 See if Al can be wanting (4) 3 Priests drunk some spirits (7) 4 Greek character thus in harmony (5) 5 It goes with her age and thatʼs the lot (8)
Quick Across 1 Summit (4) 3 Announce formally (8) 9 Stubborn (7) 10 Pitchers (5) 11 Dramatic (5) 12 Constricted (6) 14 Gambling room (6) 16 Gentle wind (6) 19 Chase after (6) 21 Clever (5) 24 Bohemian dance (5) 25 White ant (7) 26 Emphasised (8) 27 Asks for alms (4)
6 Stand in a kind of square, the French faint (6) 12 Girlʼs ten tousled curls (8) 14 Resentful in front of new one with wings (7) 16 Very loud in nuclear reactor? Nonsense (6)
Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 16 represents B and 10 represents V, so fill in B every time the figure 16 appears and V every time the figure 10 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.
18 From Americans we rely on the solution (6) 19 Fruit that comes in twos, by the sound of it (5) 21 Hamlet? Desperate character joining sweetheart (4)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Banally, 5 Sprat, 8 Ransack, 9 Realm, 10 Reach, 11 Lignite, 12 Misery, 14 Vestas, 17 Stand-up, 19 Recap, 22 Acute, 23 Ordeals, 24 Event, 25 Bombers. Down: 1 Barer, 2 Ninja, 3 Leather, 4 Yokels, 5 Sprig, 6 Realist, 7 Tempers, 12 Massage, 13 Statute, 15 Earldom, 16 Aplomb, 18 Dwelt, 20 Chase, 21 Pests. QUICK Across: 1 Sedate, 4 Sharp, 8 Recur, 9 Terrier, 10 Cranium, 11 Fees, 12 Put, 14 Cell, 15 Once, 18 Aim, 21 Rear, 23 Overate, 25 Evasive, 26 Alike, 27 Since, 28 Select. Down: 1 Strict, 2 Declare, 3 Tortilla, 4 Sort, 5 Agile, 6 Parish, 7 Stamp, 13 Tolerate, 16 Chalice, 17 Orders, 19 Money, 20 Defeat, 22 Again, 24 Hive. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Bache, 4 Eagle, 7 Nightmare, 8 Gentleman, 12 Traveller, 14 Peach, 15 Sobre.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Down: 1 Buho, 2 Con, 3 Eightieth, 4 Estrellas, 5 Guapa, 6 Even, 9 Etapa, 10 Step, 11 Jefe, 13 Rib.
Funagram
Play on Words
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Flowers (6) 4 Lámpara (4) 8 Picadura (de abeja, avispa) (5) 9 To take (5) 10 Twenty-one (9) 13 Arriba (5) 15 Tío (pariente) (5) 16 Nudo (en hilo, cuerda) (4) 17 Theory (6) Down 1 Phase (stage) (4) 2 Aceituna (5) 3 Ingeniero (8) 5 Brazo (de persona) (3) 6 Because of (3) 7 Actitud (comportamiento, disposición) (8) 11 To be born (5) 12 Vein (4) 13 Preguntar (3) 14 Gold (3)
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 (TABLET) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ADHERE
INVEST
ARISES
MENDED
ASSERT
POTTER
BARRED
REARED
BECAME
REPEAT
BITTER
SISTER
CHEERS
SPLASH
GREASE
TABLET (10)
HEALED
TITLED
HEARTS
Unscramble the name of a famous Marx Brothers’ film (two words): THE HERO’S FEARS
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
10¢ 12
Answers: A dime a dozen, A drop in the ocean
Unscramble the name of a famous former American professional boxer: DAY SCHOOL AREA
Down 1 Rehearsal (8) 2 Once more (5) 4 Corpulent (6) 5 Transparent (5) 6 Windflower (7) 7 Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants (4) 8 Grotto (6) 13 Fidgety (8) 15 Sordid dirtiness (7) 17 Holiday destination (6) 18 Kind and sweet (6) 20 Ascends dramatically (5) 22 Nimble (5) 23 Chooses (4)
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1 Massed, 2 Aflame, 3 Helped, 4 Barely, 5 Hammed, 6 Railed, 7 Reacts, 8 Pitted, 9 Afresh, 10 Cheers, 11 Statue, 12 Tights, 13 Sheets, 14 Agrees, 15 Centre, 16 Desert, 17 Prints, 18 Cheeks, 19 Tested
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: HORSE OSCAR DE LA HOYA
FEATHERS,
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OPINION & COMMENT
Is it time to let a woman take the reins of power in Spain? H
AVING a woman Prime Minister in Spain would be a good idea, according to David Collman, retired, who lives in Partaloa (Almeria). “It wouldn’t hurt. It would be good to have a change. Maggie Thatcher was a strong leader,” he said. Doreen Walsh and Carol Clark from Alfoquia (Almeria), both retired, agreed. “Yes, women should have the opportunity to be Prime Minister and to prove themselves. They can’t do any worse than the people running the UK government, for example.” Wendy White, retired, from San Luis, (Alicante) believes there are already a lot of women in government which can be a good thing: “Men can be so chauvinistic and Angela
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is on course to overtake Baroness Thatcher as the longest-serving female leader after her historic victory in the German General Elections. Following the re-election of Angela Merkel, do you think Spain should have a female Prime Minister?
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DAVID COLLMAN: It wouldn’t hurt.
WENDY AND GORDON: Gender should be irrelevant when leading a country. seems to get things done, although I don’t particularly like her,” she said, adding: “Maybe
Spain would do well with a female leader, but ultimately sex is irrelevant as long as you have
a strong personality, are well educated and have enough life experience to run a country.”
Her husband Gordon agrees: “Your ability will determine what you can achieve but your attitude will determine what you will achieve.” Nineteen-year-old student from Wales, Cary Williamson, on holiday in Alicante, said: “I think females make good leaders as I think they have to work so much harder to prove themselves than their male counterparts.” But Chris Adamson, a retired coalminer who lives in Estepona (Malaga), thought it is all irrelevant. “Whoever is in charge seems to be in thrall to big business and the rich. Look at Maggie, she was pro the rich and against the poor. Even Tony Blair was. He betrayed the working classes. Until there is a sea change in attitudes amongst the ruling classes you could have Minnie Mouse in charge and there would be no difference.”
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• Keep skin clean – exercising a daily routine will ensure oils that build up on the surface of the skin allowing pores to clog and spots to form are removed. Try washing the face with soap after removing any make-up, then steaming over a bowl of hot water or with a hot towel, this will allow pores to open. Exfoliate, using only creams specific for the face, to then clean the pores, rinse with warm water to remove and then with cold water to close pores. • Eat healthily – Stay away from too many foods that may increase sebum production like milk, chocolate and sweets, and stick to green vegetables, which include inflammationfighting nutrients, wholegrain items like quinoa for their antioxidant qualities and fish for their omega 3 qualities. • Don’t pick – When we touch the face we transfer dirt and bacteria directly on to the surface and when we pick directly into the pores only making this worse. Dermatologists suggest resisting the urge as best you can.
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Social life in a capital town! T
HE many frequent trips I made to Almeria brought me in to contact with a varied assortment of characters composing the entire gamut of the social strata. The suits and ties were too self important and to busy fawning over each other to bother to get to know me. The guys with the jackets but no ties and exceptionally shined shoes did all the work. Then, on down the various levels to the solid clud of rock bottom. Lower than whale excrement on the bottom of the ocean were the two billion shoe shine guys that roamed Almeria’s streets day or night hawking their trade and seeking the smallest remittance in order to survive. And for me there was no better
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way of learning the language and culture than from the bottom on up. I made it a point of buying them a beer and asking questions. It was good for my Spanish and knowledge of how this new world span. I too was pretty much a novelty to them, an obvious foreigner that tried to communicate with them and at worse - would listen.
Life was played out in the streets. They quickly LOOKING passed the ‘word’ amongst their peers BACK IN and it wasn’t too MOJACAR long before I graduated to maintaining a parade of followers guys I got to know when I came to town. All of my well enough they would drag me disciples were looking for free to their (barrios) neighbourhood beer and tapas. Some of these which inevitably was in the oldest
section of town, what is still called the Plaza Vieja. Above it was Almeria’s grand castle the Alcazaba, and all around it were caves of glorious and blatant colours which even in their attractiveness from afar appeared foreboding and dangerous up close. It wasn’t long before this area became my favourite to visit. The bars were raucous, noisy, belligerent and fun. I purported myself as a somewhat large fly in the corner so I could observe their daily life. It gave me a front row seat for thought and study. I never entered into the battles. Such esoteric communities leave no secrets behind domestic doors. Life was played out in the streets or it wasn’t LIFE. I had been warned that ‘those people aren’t Spanish but gypsies that follow their own laws.’ The admonition sounded too good to me. Yet, you couldn’t let them become too happy or they’d start singing. The down side was their cacophonous music that sounded as if someone was being strangled and in great pain. I later learned it was so; even if contrived and part of the intended emotion of conveyance.
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Snack on pistachios EATING nuts is good for the health, but of all nuts pistachios are probably the ones with more benefits. A study carried out at the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona has revealed that pistachios help fight diabetes as they improve insulin resistance, a physiological condition in which cells fail to respond to the normal actions of insulin. “The unique nutritional composition of pistachios makes them especially relevant in the fight against diabetes as they are rich in fibre, betacarotene (a pigment abundant in plants and
PISTACHIOS: A delicious way to fight diabetes. fruits used to treat various diseases) and other anti-oxidant substances,” said
research author Monica Bullos. “This nut also helps in keeping a healthy heart and preventing
cardiovascular diseases thanks to its high content in healthy fats that help to keep cholesterol levels down,” Bullos added.
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ICELAND is getting ready for Christmas! Iceland’s shops have begun displaying Christmas stock and will have small displays on show this month ready to be fully stocked in plenty of time for Christmas by the end of November. Fuengirola Store Manager David Doolan said: “Christmas is a very exciting time at Iceland.” “We get the shelves stocked with all the festive treats people like to indulge in during the winter months. Some of our best sellers are the chocolate selection boxes including Celebrations and Quality Street or novelty sweets like mince pies, Christmas puddings and Christmas cakes.” “The butchers in store will also begin stocking all the best cuts for a festive roast like turkeys and turkey crowns, along with beef and ham joints.” And David said “the butchers’ counter will begin taking orders as of now, so make sure you don’t miss out, the sooner you order the better.” David explained that the most important thing at Iceland is keeping customers happy, “I think one of the things customers at Iceland like the most about the store is ‘the feeling at home aspect’ and being able to
buy those home comforts and enjoy the friendly customer service that reminds them of the UK.” And in order to make customers feel even more at home the store will be adorned with plenty of Christmas decorations for the festive season, as is tradition in stores across Britain. And keep an eye open for their special promotions which are great value for money. Iceland now has a total of 13 stores overseas in mainland Spain, Tenerife and Portugal and is looking for more sites to build and expand further in areas without access to an English supermarket.
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William Harrison a retired expatriate said: “We come to Iceland for all the things we can’t get elsewhere” Olivia 37 lives in Fuengirola said: “I like their selection of salads and vegetables, and it’s nice to come to somewhere to get all the naughty comfort foods you can’t get anywhere else.” Keely Richie 37 said: “I mainly shop for stuff for the kids, cereals, frozen goods, it’s convenient to get the stuff the kids like and sometimes there are really good deals” Laura Varity 34 said: “I love working at Iceland, there’s never a dull moment and we get customers from all over. We get people coming to the Fuegirola store from as far afield as Nerja and Morrocco! They often contact us and we keep items for them so that they aren’t disappointed when they get here.” Gabriel Pajares a Fuengirola resident who studied in the UK says, “When I lived in England I missed my family in Spain a lot during the Christmas period, but my landlord would make me feel welcome and offer me Christmas pudding. Now I often buy them at Iceland to share with my family here in Spain.”
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UERCAL-OVERA is well known for being a good town to visit for shopping and its markets. A new business in the town centre, Rincon Gourmet is now people which need to be preproviding a great takeaway service ordered. Rincon Gourmet also has an for people on the move. If you work in the town, are ever changing blackboard menu offering all home made daily making a visit to the market or specials such as chicken are out shopping, Rincon “You prepare breast in almond sauce, Gourmet can take away the table and croquettes the hassle of preparing ‘bombas’ filled with a midday meal with and we’ll ham and cheese with fresh homemade food take care of desserts such delicious ready to take away. the food.” as tiramisu and triple Juani and Lucia certainly chocolate cake. know a thing or two when it The main takeaway menu has a comes to cooking, using recipes that have been handed down from big choice of starters, main meals generation to generation to bring and favourite desserts and even you the very best in Spanish has food for babies from six months of age. cuisine. There is also the opportunity to Using all natural, fresh, top Rincon try the products with a special ingredients, quality Gourmet offers a huge variety of offer of a tapa and drink for just takeaway meals including a variety €1.50. So the next time you are in of paellas, for a minimum of two
Huercal-Overa and are not sure what to prepare for the midday meal give Rincon Gourmet a try. They offer fresh homemade food at very reasonable prices, with most starters and main meals costing between €3 and €4 and with desserts starting from €1.50. As they say on the takeaway menu: “you prepare the table and we’ll take care of the food.” Rincon Gourmet is open from 10am to 4pm Monday to Saturday for snacks and drinks with takeaway food available from 1pm onwards. Rincon Gourmet is in Calle Balsa Arriba in the town centre next door to La Noria bakery, the street behind the main square. Tel 950 134 135 or 657 989 618.
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New buyers heading to Islands BUYERS from Mexico and the Nordic Countries are boosting the property market on the Canary Islands. They join German, British, and more recently Russian buyers attracted by a property market that is giving signals of recovery thanks to these
international buyers. Property transactions on the Canary Islands have increased by 16.2 per cent between April and June this year. Mexican buyers especially focus on the tourism property market, that is to say, the buying of hotels and
residential complexes that do not necessarily have to be in a difficult economic situation. Meanwhile, Nordic buyers go the Canary Islands attracted by its climate and scenery. “They want to be able to enjoy being
on a terrace during the months of December and January,” Swedish company Fastighetsbyran representative Gabriel Alzola explained. Nationwide these buyers made an investment of around €2 billion in the property market.
Land prices still falling NOW could be the perfect time to self-build. The price of land in Spain has fallen, making it a very real option for people wanting to build their own Spanish dream home. Compared with the same period in 2012, the average price of urban land fell by 17.4 per cent in the second quarter of the year, to an average €161.5 per square metre; the lowest levels since 2004. According to the latest data from the Ministry of Development, year-on-year the price of land registered a drop despite their quarter-on-quarter appreciation of 2.7 per cent. In towns of less than 1,000 inhabitants the decline was 28.6 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2012.
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Property owner’s fire plan threat over eviction notice ALBOX homeowner Patricia Martos was prepared to burn her house down after she was threatened with eviction from her property. The property, worth €500,000 has a debt of €89,000. Patricia refurbished the house in order that it could be used as rural tourism housing. Despite the payment of
€4,808 for the licence, a long wait for permission has caused the delay in making use of the home as a tourist destination. That has prevented her from earning the income that would allow her to
pay the mortgage. At the last minute, Patricia received 15 days grace because the authorities had not been presented with all authorisations for eviction.
Through the mediation of a former mayor and Taberno socialist spokesman, who contacted anti-eviction legal services in the province, an agreement was reached that
temporarily suspended the eviction. As a result of the conflict the mayor has made it public that he will not order the municipal police to use force in a similar situation.
Coffee morning a big success ALBOX hosted several coffee mornings in aid of the cancer charity McMillan Nurse UK. One event was hosted by Angie and Phil in Los Marcelinos who worked extremely hard to make the day a great success.The event was very well attended with several stallholders and plenty of entertainment with live music provided by singers Melaney and Marie supported by local radio station Smooth Fm which had a live link-up to the studio.
CANCER SUPPORT: Organiser Angie with actress Carol Hawkins.
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FEATURE & PETS
Classic kittie quotes from some feline fans... “As to Sagacity, I should say that his judgement respecting the warmest place and the softest cushion in a room is infallable, his punctuality at meal times is admirable, and his pertinacity in jumping on people’s shoulders till they give him David THE Dogman some of the best of what is going, indicates great firmness.” - Thomas Henry Huxley
MORE literary commentaries on cats. Suitable for pasting up on the office or kitchen wall, using as a tag line in your e-mail, or wrapping fish in.
“Some cats is blind, and stone-deaf some, but ain’t no cat wuz ever dumb.” - Anthony Henderson Euwer “The cat has a nervous ear, that turns this way and that. And what the cat may hear, is known but to the cat.” - David Morton “Cats do care. For example, they know instinctively what time we have to be at work in the morning and they wake us up 20 minutes before the alarm goes off.” - Michael Nelson “In my house you have to talk to cats because, being 10 of them, there are a lot of important things you have to say to them - like ‘Get off’
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and ‘Shut up’ and things like that.” - Beryl Reid
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“A cat is more intelligent than people believe and can be taught any crime.” - Mark Twain “Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well.” - Missy Dizick
“Dogs eat. Cats dine.” - Ann Taylor
“A cat cares for you only as a source of food, security and a place in the sun. Her self-sufficiency is her charm.” - Charles Horton Cooley “One cat just leads to another.” - Ernest Hemingway For your local radio frequency log onto www.talkradioeurope.com
Enjoy an evening of laughter WHY not come along to La Parilla in Albox in October for a fun packed evening of laughter. A group of local thespians are putting on a theatre supper evening in aid of Age Concern and will be portraying their version of The Angina Monologues written by Peter Barnett and directed by Trish Vandepeer. The meal will be served at the beginning of the evening and the dessert during the interval. The production takes place from October 4 to October 6 and tickets can be purchased from Girasol, One Stop Pool Shop and Friends of Almanzora in Albox and Essentials in Arboleas. They are priced at €12.50. Doors open at 6.30pm, meal served at 7pm and curtain up at 8.15pm.
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HERE is currently a huge amount of rumour and scaremongering going on about the possible loss of reception of our favourite UK TV stations via satellite, so I would like to try and give a concise explanation of what is going on. Tip number one is, don’t listen to the pub experts! I will start with an explanation of what has happened so far and then take a look at the changes and timing of the future events: So far: Early in 2012, SES Astra were forced to replace the Astra 2D satellite which then carried most of the Freesat channels (BBC, ITV, etc).
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What is happening with UK Satellite TV? This satellite was not due for replacement for at least another year so its appointed replacement satellite was still under construction. They therefore moved Astra 1N as a temporary replacement to carry on giving service to Freesat and placed the channels on the pan-European beam which resulted in these channels becoming available on a smallish dish in most of Europe. In the second half of 2012, they launched the Astra 2F satellite which at that point was thought to be the full replacement for 1N, but as things turned out only a few channels moved and the majority stayed on 1N. Of the
channels which did move, Channel 5 was probably the most important and we can use Channel 5 as a guide to what may happen in the future. Astra 2E is the next satellite due to launch, it should have gone up in July but the launch was delayed by the explosion of the Proton rocket on the preceding launch from the launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome. The best estimate I can find at present is for a launch date of around now. If they do manage to launch then this would be followed by a six to 10 week testing period before the channel migration process starts, so the earliest we should see any
change would then be November of this year. What’s the outcome going to be? There are a few suppositions here and as always we can never be certain of the outcome until the new satellite is actually broadcasting. But given that the satellite is built by the same manufacturer, is due to broadcast from the same location at 28.2º and shows identical footprint maps as the 2F satellite which went up last year, it would be reasonable to assume that the coverage will be similar. Effectively this would mean that if you live in an
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Roadster with a sporty design BMW Motorrad has unveiled the BMW R 1200 R ‘DarkWhite’ special model motorbike, an update of the manufacturer’s R 1200 R launched in 2010. In the R 1200 R ‘DarkWhite’ special model, BMW highlights the sporty side of the original model, something that has always typified BMW roadsters with boxer engines. The special model underlines a contrast between the bodywork with its light white paintwork and the jet black of the drivetrain and wheels. With the frame in an
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DESIGNED, engineered and built as a pure driving machine, the new Alfa Romeo 4C marks the brand’s return to the world of lightweight sports coupes. Built at the Maserati plant in Modena, the midengined Alfa Romeo 4C employs the latest technologies of Alfa Romeo’s newest models. In total, global production for the Alfa Romeo 4C is limited to just 3,500 units. Carbon-fibre was chosen for the one-piece monocoque due its high levels of structural rigidity. Sheet Moulding Compound (SMC), which is lighter than both steel and aluminium, is used for the bodywork to help reduce the Alfa Romeo 4C’s overall weight. Less than four metres in length and with a wheelbase of 2.38m metres the Alfa Romeo 4C’s
MINIMALISTIC: Cabin focused on driving. compact shape accentuates its agility. Power comes from a new four-cylinder turbo engine which, thanks to its aluminium block, is 22 kilos lighter than the engine that powers the Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV. Turbo-charged and with direct injection, this new 1750 turbo petrol unit sets new torque and specific power records for this size of engine, at over 200NM and 137hp-per-litre respectively. Accelerating from 0 to 62 mph takes just 4.5 seconds in the new Alfa Romeo 4C, on sale from €53,990 with
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TRENDSETTING: The Q30 Concept premiered at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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First win under their belts for Huercal-Overa against Cartagena HUERCAL – OVERA won their first game of the season against Cartagena by 1-0.
Badgers in the desert THE Badgers Golf Society played their weekly competition at the Desert Springs golf course. In first place, and winner of the weekly tournament was Steve Casbum, with 38 points, followed by Neil Bown (36) and Andy Mucha (34) in third. The nearest the pins went to John Smith, Mick Weston, Mark Newhall and Danny Caton. Saturday’s competition was a Texas Scramble and was won by Andy Mucha’s team: Kevin Riley, Roger Whitehead and Neil Bown with a score of 49.75; second place went to the team of Steve Casburn: Mark Newhall, Dave Wright and Tony Randall. The next events are held on the following Wednesdays: October 2 at Macenas, October 9 at Valle de Este and October 16 is Captain’s Day at Macenas. Badgers also play every Saturday for their weekly roll-up. To join the society book in either at Badgers Restaurant on Mojacar Playa or call on 950 478 525 or mobile 686 0388 259.
The game started slowly with both sides feeling each other out to try and get that decisive break away opportunity. The game changer came in the 76th minute when the referee decided to show a wrongly judged red card to Jose Moreno, being the third red card for Huercal-Overa in six games. With the visiting side down to 10 men Cartagena wanted to push forward and take advantage, but Huercal- Overa seemed to be under no real danger. And in the 80th minute the ball was
SLOW START: Both sides tried to get that decisive break away opportunity.
picked up in Cartagena’s half of the pitch by Carmona, he
flew past three challenges and found himself bearing down on the keeper. With one kick of his left boot the ball
Jim and Margaret at top
THE Marina Phoenix Society played an individual and team competition earlier this month. In the individual competition the ladies winner was Margaret Budd with 31 points followed by Rosalie Fardon (30) and Janet King in third position. Jim Budd won the men’s divison (35) on countback from Brian Couper (35) in second place and Salva Morales (34) in third. Nearest the pins were Salva Morales and Jim Budd.
MARINA PHOENIX: Proud winners. Thursday’s team competition was won by Olin King, Brian O’Sullivan, Geoff Smith and Ali Mahmud (78), in second were Rosalie Fardon, Linda King, Bob Vickery and Jim Budd (77), Nigel Greenwood, Margaret Budd, Jim Humphries and
Roy Barker (76) were third. Nearest the pin prizes were won by Tony King and Jim Budd. To participate contact Jim on 950 162 727 or 600 353 670 or Rosalie on 950 397 117 or 697 512 882.
Good week for Lilly with two wins ONE of Cortijo Grande’s senior lady golfers, Lilly Pepper, has won both competitions of the week. On Wednesday Lilly won with 38 points, followed by John Wardley (35) in second place
and Bob Winter (33) in third. Lilly won again on Sunday with 38 points, followed by Tony Stubbs (37) and John Rice (36) in third place. On Saturday they had their annual match against the local
Spanish golfers and for the first time the Spanish team won. Cortijo Grande is having their Green Jacket competition next month; applications are still open.
nestled in the back of the net to a crescendo of cheers from the Expat Army who made the trip.
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Good results for Forum FORUM Golf Society played their Championship earlier this month. First place was won by Richard Swaine with 75 points on countback from Fran Elam (75). The top eight eligible players have reached the playoff stage to contest the 2013 Golfer of the Year competition. Forum have completed seven of the 12 qualifying events for the 2013/2014 Ford Golf League. The four qualifiers that are leading at the moment are Richard Swaine with 150 points, Tony Morgan (145), Derek Manning (138) and Peter Tinsley (137). The next coming events are Double Par Medal on October 4 at Marina; UK vs Spain second qualifier on October 11 at Aguilon; Team 123 ChaChaCha on October 18 at Playa Macenas and UK vs Spain third qualifier on October 21 at Aguilon. For further information call Phil Elam on 666 847 840 or email philjelam@yahoo.co.uk or visit www.forumgolfsociety. webs.com.
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at Wembley. • Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and his father have appeared in a Spanish court, charged with defrauding the authorities of over €4m. • Saracens (19 pts), Northampton (15), Bath (13) and Leicester (11) are the top four teams in Rugby Union’s Premiership. • GB’s male gymnasts hope to win medals in the World Championships in Antwerp. • And ex-Burnley, WBA, Brentford and Birmingham forward Ronnie Fenton, who made over 200 club appearances (195771) and later managed Notts County, has died, aged 73.
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AFTER 48 hours of action in the Champions League, tonight Swansea (v St Gallen), Tottenham (v Anzhi) and Wigan (v Maribor) compete in the Europa League. And then, over the weekend, the top PL football matches are Manchester City v Everton, another London derby involving Spurs and West Ham, WBA play Arsenal and Norwich meet Chelsea while in the Championship, leaders QPR face lowly Barnsley. Also, we have the Korean Formula One Grand Prix... Warrington Wolves play Wigan Warriors in Sunday’s Rugby League Grand final at Old Trafford (Wigan are hoping to become the first team to complete the League/Cup double for
NARROW MISS: Peter Uihlein.