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Free parking TORROX Council is putting the finishing touches to a series of free parking areas (‘zona azul’) located close to the Ferrara seafront promenade.

Prom upgrade OUR Lady of Mount Carmel promenade on El Tajo beach in Rincon de la Victoria has been inaugurated. It forms part of an urban improvement scheme.

Fire watch INFOCA fire agency has advised citizens to maximise precautions given the heatwave due to strike Southern Spain this week.

Plenty to do ALGARROBO Council has announced its summer programme ‘Playeando 2014’. It includes film screenings flamenco, concerts, board games, basketball and beach football.

SEA FESTIVAL 2014: Encouraging love and appreciation for the marine environment.

Getting ready for all the fun of the sea

AFTER last year’s first ever Sea Festival on the Costa Tropical, the Asociacion Amigos del Mar Costa Tropical is organising a follow-up festival to take place on September 19 and 20 in La Herradura. There will be an all sea-themed parade starting from Las Gaviotas school to the civic centre, where the exhibition hall is to be filled with sea-related pictures created by children. Many more children’s activities are planned at the civic centre and on the beach. There is also a treasure hunt for the adults.

Day Two will be full of more great things to take part in, including free try-dives in the sea, an underwater clean-up, a giant paella, and live interviews with marine experts during the lunchtime period. All this will be followed by live music in the evening at the Plaza Nueva. The square will also be home to a variety of stalls, all dedicated to the sea, with more activities in the pipeline. Asociacion Amigos del Mar Costa Tropical is a non-profit, ocean conversationalist group, founded by Anne Zipse in 2014.

Its main goal is to promote marine awareness by various means, including educating the public with workshops, publicly promoting healthy marine interaction, conducting marine clean-ups (beach and sea) and hosting an annual sea festival, dedicated to showing love and appreciation for the marine environment.

For more information regarding the Sea Festival or the Asociacion Amigos del Mar Costa Tropical check out the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Asociacion Amigos del Mar

NATIONAL POLICE have detained four men for selling drugs at the Weekend Beach Festival. The detainees have been charged with crimes against public health. Police seized 10 grams of cocaine and 12.5 grams of ecstasy, a drug that acts as a stimulant and has been known to produce hallucinations, 10 grams of marijuana, 10 grams of hashish and an undisclosed amount of cash.

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Letters 23 DECODING THE VINE: Scientists are looking to genetically change vines.

21st century vines SPANISH scientists are looking for ways to genetically change vines. Jose Miguel Martinez Zapater, Head of the Vine and Wine Science Institute (ICVV) said that genetic changes in vines are crucial otherwise they will not be able to improve or withstand climate change or adapt to new consumption demands. ICVV is working on international and national projects to find ways to adapt vines to new weather conditions and to consumer demand, said Zapater. Regarding climate change, Zapater commented that vines are now being

affected by pests that were not a problem before or that did not use to affect them with such virulence. As far as demand goes, he said that consumers are now demanding more types of wine, especially white wines. ICVV researchers are working on a project to decode the genome of the variety known as ‘tempranillo.’ “This will allow us to adapt it to new scenarios and develop new products,” said Zapater. The project will no doubt be economically beneficial for all Spanish regions growing ‘tempranillos,’ including the Axarquia.

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NEWS Women rescued NERJA Civil Protection officers and Provincial firefighters rescued two Spanish women, aged 28 and 29, who had gone missing near the Chillar river on Monday afternoon. Guitar Festival THE 23rd edition of the International Guitar Festival was held at the Palacio de Beniel and Teatro del Carmen in Velez Malaga from July 10 until July 14.

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Big investment for schools THE Education, Culture and Sports Department will invest more than €230,000 in two Nerja and Marbella schools. The announcement was made through the Andalucian Public Institute for Infrastructure and Educational Services (ISE Andalucia). The remodelling and improvement project will benefit 1,025 students and create 23 new

temporary jobs. The total budget adds up to €232,618.80 and will be invested in the Primary School ‘Nueva Nerja’ (CEIP) in Nerja and Vicente Aleixandre in Marbella. The project is part of the Work Opportunities Plan of Andalucia (Plan OLA) authorised by the regional government to improve school infrastructures and create jobs in the construction sector.

In Malaga Province, the Plan OLA is expected to create close to 1,519 new jobs. The plan is being financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). As part of the project, €118,949.98 will be invested in the CEIP in a lift, another fire escape and in optimising the school’s electrical system.

Beach bars PSOE representatives presented a plan to Malaga’s Regional Government for the creation of a quality emblem for Malaga’s beach bars. Mobile tourism TOURISTS visiting VelezMalaga will soon be able to rent Segway PTs - twowheeled battery powered electric vehicles - from the Torre del Mar tourist office.

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ALMUÑECAR Council is now using social media to inform local residents and potential tourists about the activities planned by the Culture and Education Department.

THE movie theatres Cinesur ‘El Ingenio,’ ‘El Tablero’ and ‘Nervion Plaza’ are now screening nondubbed foreign movies with Spanish subtitles.

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Local fair RINCON DE LA VICTORIA is holding its annual fair until Sunday on Al Andalus square and adjacent streets.

Labour Market MALAGA’S Regional Government green-lit 17 new projects aimed at creating jobs in the agricultural sector. The investment is estimated at €1,350,000.

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Outdoor painting THE 7th edition of the outdoor painting contest ‘Francisco Hernandez’ will take place on Saturday July 26 at Torre del Mar Council. First prize is €1,500.

Fighting discrimination THE Junta de Andalucia launched a campaign against discrimination of women in the labour market called ‘Choose people, hire talent.’

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The Spanish Red Cross in Velez-Malaga presented on July 10 its summer camps especially organised for children at risk of social exclusion. LAST YEAR: A huge crowd on the beach.

International Festival of Benicassim returns ON July 24 it will be Festival Internacional de Benicassim (FIB) time again. This is one of Spain’s biggest music festivals, almost comparable with Glastonbury, which started back in 1995 and has been celebrated every year since. The concept is similar to other festival concepts: contemporary art, pop, rock, indie, electronic and many other styles of music as well as theatre, fashion and cinema, which all come together every third weekend of July in Valencia to celebrate art in all its forms. The FIB is characterised by its eclecticism and its acceptance of all the latest innovative tendencies as opposed to most other music festivals which just stick to what is popular. The festival initially came under fire for not having enough national artistes in

Quote of the Week I want the PSOE to be the party of unwavering honour and clarity and nobody can say that the Andalucia branch has not acted bluntly.’ Pedro Sanchez speaking at his party’s conference before being elected leader on Sunday night.

the line up but, as the promoters pointed out, it is the international festival and not just the Spanish festival of Benicassim. The origins of the festival are in Madrid where two brothers, Miguel and Jose Moran, wanted their own music festival here in Spain instead of having to go abroad to enjoy them, so they set up in Valencia (traditional playground for Madrileños) and have been going very well ever since. At the first ever FIB there were only 8,000 people but now has the capacity to take around 42,000 people every day. This year, as is usual, there are a lot of famous names in the line up including Tinie Tempah, Kasabian, The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers, Lily Allen and many more will delight the 42,000 pairs of ears that will be present there.

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is the total number of people gored by the bulls in the San Fermin festivities in Pamplona. There were a total of 47 people injured during the running of the bulls, but most of them just suffered scrapes and bruises. Of the eight people gored two are already out of hospital and recovering.

Fishing contest HERRADURA-born fisherman Juan Guerrero Fernandez won the first spin fishing contest held on Velilla beach.

A hotel for all BENAMOCARRA Council presented the initiative ‘A hotel for all’ allowing local residents to use the ‘Cerro de la Jaula’ hotel facilities for all sorts of activities and celebrations.

Book exhibition THE Youth Centre in Almuñecar is presenting until July 30 a book exhibition featuring books from the last two hundred years.

And finally... FIVE Spanish made fighter planes, licensed by Hitler during WWII, were rescued from a dirty warehouse in Texas, USA, where they will go to auction and are expected to reach a price of at least €600,000. The Hispano Aviacion HA-1112 or ‘Buchon’ as they were known were never used by either Spanish or German forces, but instead ended up as Hollywood props.

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Malaga province helps unemployed youth A TOTAL of 750 youngsters from the Malaga Province will benefit from training programmes organised by the regional government. The initiative seeks to provide training in

traditional occupations to unemployed young people, aged 16 to 35, from Alhaurin el Grande, Antequera, Campillos, Coin, Estepona, Fuengirola, Gaucin, Ronda and Velez Malaga.

Each one of the 50 workshops will be 10 hours long, said Antonia Ledesma from the Education and Youth Department. The training sessions are free and will be

taught from July until November by the Association of Professionals from Malaga’s Vocational Schools (APETMA). Ledesma said that each participating municipality

chose up to five different workshops from a list provided by the regional government and that each municipality is in charge of selecting the participants out of those who register.

Drinking from 14 in Malaga ON average, teenagers in the Malaga Province begin drinking at age 14. A study on alcohol, tobacco and drug consumption habits carried out by the Provincial Drug Addiction Service of Malaga’s Regional Government and the Faculty of Medicine of Malaga University determined that one out of five teenagers are at risk of becoming alcoholics. These are some of the conclusions that arose from 820 surveys conducted among teenagers aged 11-19 from 10 schools in local municipalities, including Alameda, Algarrobo and Torrox.

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Healthy lifestyles BETWEEN July and August, Almuñecar Council has organised a summer programme for its youth aimed at combating drug use and promoting a healthy lifestyle.

Hip Hop THE hip hop band ‘Indigenous Invaders’ will perform on Tuesday July 22 at 10pm at the Castillo de la Herradura.

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TOBACCO: 34 per cent preferred. Most said alcoholic drinks were their preferred beverages (80 per cent).

VELEZ football club has announced on its website that Antonio Caballero Jimenez will play for the club during the 2014-2015 season. Jimenez is on loan from Marbella FC.

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Holiday rental regulations in Andalucia By Maria Teresa Velasco – Velasco Lawyers LAST year’s update of the Law on Urban Rentals (LAU or Ley de Arrendamientos Urbanos in Spanish), stated that short term holiday rentals (less than a month) will be administered by autonomous regions within the framework of their local

tourism regulations. The speed at which the new directives will be launched depends on the region. Specifically Andalucia will regulate holiday rentals before the end of the year (for the time being and until the law is in place, the LAU will still govern holiday rentals). This will transform the rental market in many ways and in particular will enforce

minimum quality standards and better protection of holiday tenants’ rights. It will also fight under-the-table rentals, where incomes are not declared to Spanish fiscal authorities. These changes will affect more than 15,000 people in Andalucia, mostly property owners and real estate agencies. Private people willing to rent their properties (as a whole or as rooms) as

Axarquia to escape heat wave set to strike southern Spain

MALAGA: The province will escape the heat wave.

TEMPERATURES in Andalucia are expected to reach 40ºC (104ºF) this week. Due to hot winds coming from Africa, the region will experience its second hottest week of the summer, said Luis Fernando Lopez Cotin, Delegate of the Meteorology State Agency (AEMET). Granada, Jaen, Huelva, Cordoba and Sevilla can expect temperatures around

38°C (100°F) The good news is Malaga Province is expected to escape the heat wave. Temperatures there will range between 20°C and 30°C (68°F and 86°F respectively). However, they will be higher in Velez-Malaga (32°C - 89°F), Antequera (34°C - 93°F) and Ronda (35 °C -95°F). Cotin said this has been a rather mild summer so far.

holiday accommodations will have to apply for a free licence to the Tourism and Dommerce department of the Junta de Andalucía (regional government). There will be a minimum set of criteria that the property will have to comply with in order to guarantee safety and hygiene standards. These will include, for example, compulsory fire extinguishers and first aid kits in the property. Landlords will be able to charge in advance a percentage of the rental at the time of the reservation, up to 30 per cent of the price of the total stay. A database of homes for touristic use will be created along with the already existing rural holiday homes registry. Each property will receive a registration number that will have to appear in all marketing materials or channels. The rental activity will be considered illegal when the holiday rental is taking place in an unregistered property. Sanctions will be regulated by the Tourism Law of Andalucia (Ley del Turismo de Andalucía Ley 13/2011), that distinguishes different levels of infractions. Depending of the gravity of the violation, fines starting from €2,000 will be charged.

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Safeguarding Rincon beaches against waste

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Futsal tournament

IN what has become a summer tradition in Frigiliana, the Villa Frigiliana Pavilion will host the 21 edition of the Futsal Tournament. Registration is open until July 31.

Fish BBQ VELEZ MALAGA Council organised an ‘espetero’ course for young people. They will learn how to barbecue on the beach freshlycaught fish speared on long, flat sticks (espetos).

Carrasco gig SINGER Manuel Carrasco will play the Municipal Sports Stadium in Almuñecar on Thursday August 14 at 11pm.

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REFUSE: Beach campaign.

RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has launched a recycling campaign on local beaches.

Using water efficiently THE regional government is sponsoring a study on the efficient use of water resources on avocado farms. The study is being conducted through the Andalucian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA) in Churriana. IFAPA President Victor Ortiz said the study’s aim is to describe the characteristics of irrigation techniques used in avocado crops in Velez-Malaga to advise farmers about the most efficient use of water resources. Ortiz also said that another

important research project currently being carried out by IFAPA has to do with biological pest control. IFAPA researchers are looking at the economic losses brought about by mite pests affecting avocados, as well as at biological alternatives to combating pests affecting avocado crops. IFAPA not only focuses on research but also on training. The institute organises workshops and courses for farmers where they are updated on the results of the IFAPA’s latest studies.

The initiative was organised by the Department of the Environment and Malaga Regional Government. Head of the Department of the Environment Sergio Diaz said volunteers will give brochures to beachgoers with information highlighting the importance of recycling. Rincon de la Victoria Mayor Francisco Salado underlined how important it is to “recycle and protect beaches.” He also encouraged beachgoers to always use the bins located on the beach. Furthermore, the campaign will analyse the sand to determine to what extent it has been damaged by solid waste. It is estimated that every Spaniard generates on average 1.6 kilograms of waste every day, which means that Spain generates 25 million tons of waste every year.

NEWS Royal painting donated MALAGA painter Raul Berzosa has donated an oil painting of former Queen Sofia to Rincon de la Victoria Council. The gift is symbolic of the generosity of one of Malaga’s most promising young painters, said Mayor Francisco Salado. The portrait will be part of the municipal patrimony and taken to the Association of People with Learning Disabilities (AMIRAX). The portrait depicts former Queen Sofia wearing an elegant red dress with the Rincon de la Victoria coast in the background. Its value has been estimated at €5,000. Born in Malaga in 1979, Berzosa studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Granada in 1999. He is a Bachelor of Arts in Art History.

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Bogus gas company employees arrested GUARDIA CIVIL officers arrested two bogus gas men under alleged theft charges. The detained would purportedly rob their victims while conducting gas ‘safety checks’ and repairs. They would also charge them a lot of money. The police investigation started last May when a man, 84, lodged a complaint with the Guardia Civil in Canillas de Aceituno (Malaga Province) after €3,000 disappeared from his property after a visit from gas company employees. The man lived alone and was going to use the money to buy a hearing aid. It appears the man got a call one day from a woman who identified herself as a gas

company representative. She told him that two gas company employees were soon going to pay him a visit and conduct some necessary repairs in his property. The men charged the victim €356 and saw the man kept the money in envelopes in his closet. When they were back a couple of days later to make sure everything was working the way it

should, one of the employees took the victim to the kitchen while the other one sneaked to his room and stole the money. After they left, the victim realized the money was gone and called the police. The neighbours claim they saw the two men driving away and throwing empty envelopes out of the car’s windows.

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Consumption of mangoes is low MANGO consumption levels in the Malaga Province are among the lowest in Spain. The biggest challenge

facing the Malaga Province, in terms of subtropical products, is increasing the consumption of autoch-

Council hires unemployed locals VELEZ MALAGA Council has temporarily hired 100 unemployed local residents. Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla said they will sign a new two-month municipal contract. The council will invest €400,000 “to benefit these people and others, just like we promised in December,” he said. The beneficiaries had originally been included in a decree against social exclusion of the Junta de Andalucia (regional government) but were later excluded. Mayor Bonilla said they will provide different municipal services, including “cleaning parks and gardens, as well as social and operative services.” Bonilla said the regional government invests €320,000 in social exclusion. “We have exceeded that amount,” he added.

thonous mangoes, said Trops Manager Enrique Colilles. “If people in Malaga were to stop buying mangoes out of season, mangoes imported from other countries that are not as tasty as ours, then I am sure we would no longer rank so low in mango consumption levels in Spain,” said Colilles. This is one of the biggest paradoxes concerning subtropical products in Costa del Sol. It is one of the few places in Europe capable of growing them and people barely buy them. “And in many cases they buy fruit from other countries, cheaper but not as delicious,” said Colilles. Colilles said Spanish consumers should learn to distinguish between Spanish and imported varieties.

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Classic music THE Ciudad de Granada Orchestra performed a beautiful concert in Almuñecar at the Roman aqueduct which included ‘Cosi fan tutte’ and the ‘Paris Symphony’ by Mozart.

Football match GRANADA FC will play Almuñecar 77 tomorrow at 9pm at the ‘Francisco Bonet’ municipal stadium. Tickets €5.

Aquarium open THE Almuñecar aquarium will reopen its doors tomorrow. The council was invested more than €400,000 in its remodelling.

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No drastic changes for school canteens THE Junta de Andalucia (regional government) said no drastic changes will be made to the services provided by school canteens. Following criticism from Casares and Humilladero school authorities and a protest organised by parents and Almachar schools’ representatives at the Education Department, the Junta said the “services will continue to be provided under the same conditions as in previous years.” The management of school canteens had so far been handled through agreements between local councils and the Public Department of Infrastructures and Educational Services, said the Education Department. However, “they must be adapted to current regulations once they are no longer valid,” which parents and municipal representatives thought meant that food quality would suffer and that fewer local products would be used. In the case of Almachar, the meals served in the school canteen are prepared by two municipal cooks. However, the Junta said that “the

SCHOOL CANTEENS: Promote a healthy diet supervised by nutritionists. staff handling the preparation of meals could be replaced by personnel from successful bidders.” The Junta de Malaga said that canteens in public schools “promote a healthy diet supervised by nutritionists with the cooperation of the Andalucian Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Society, based on the Mediterranean diet and ecological products. They also say that the

objective is for menus to have “more vegetables, fruit, extra virgin olive oil and more fish than meat.” The Education Department said that more than 54,600 public school students eat on a daily basis in the 331 school canteens in the Malaga Province and that the regional government fully covers the cost of feeding 46 per cent of them at public school canteens.

NEWS Scottish writer in Axarquia SCOTTISH writer Ivar Alastair Watson has lived in La Viñuela for the past 30 years. He recently published a novel called ‘Scotland the Brave: A tragedy’ which features the running down of the Clyde shipbuilding industry and the question of Scottish independence. Watson taught English at the British Council Institutes in Sevilla and Barcelona and worked as an English lecturer at the Shah of Persia’s University at Shiraz. He also taught English literature at the University of Deusto Bilbao and has given public lectures at the universities of Madrid and Valladolid. Watson also wrote ‘Glimpses of Deep Spain’.

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Bakers honour Our Lady of Mount Carmel TWO Velez-Malaga bakers created a pastry to honour the patron saint of seamen. Damian Ramos and Sebastian Guerrero came up with the idea after realising there are many pastries and cakes in Spanish cuisine baked to specifically honour local and regional saints, but none for Our Lady

of Mount Carmel. They drew part of their inspiration from the ‘coca’ - a traditional pastry found in Catalonia, Aragon, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and Andorra. “We analysed the ingredients used in cocas and decided to use our own local products. Instead of using milk or water, we used sweet wine, and used cane syrup instead of sugar and almonds instead of pine nuts,” said Ramos. The bakers felt the pastry - called ‘Ancla del Carmen’ - should be a AUTHORITIES have concluded that an symbol of the strong arsonist was behind the Competa fire. devotion they feel to Our The Forest Fire Brigade (BIIF) of the Lady of Mount Carmen, Environment Department of the Junta de patron saint of seamen, Andalucia (regional government) came to the and decided to decorate it conclusion that the fire that broke out on with an anchor made of June 29 was deliberate. glace fruit. In addition, Infoca experts have determined that the Ramon and Guerrero are flames ravaged 220 hectares of forest encouraging local religious vegetation and 20 hectares of urban land. groups to sell the pastry The Environment Department deployed 400 and keep 20 per cent of specialists, technicians and firefighters to put the sales, and say 10 per out the fire, as well as 23 aircraft, a medical cent of the money they unit, a meteorology unit and a fire analysis make will be donated to team. Caritas.

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AVOCADO SALES: Trops have sold 12 million kilos.

Subtropics still on top AXARQUIA-based cooperative Trops has a sales volume exceeding €40m. Located in Velez Malaga, Trops encompasses more than 2,000 Malaga and Granada farmers and is the European leader in sales of avocado, mango and other subtropical products. Even if mango sales have increased, avocado continues to rule among Spanish subtropical products. Trops has so far sold 12 million

kilograms of avocados, especially abroad. “We are very pleased with our turnover this year because prices are high and that guarantees we continue selling our best products in European markets,” said Trops Manager Enrique Colilles. Despite strong competition from Israel and Chile, the unparalleled quality of Axarquia avocadoes has kept prices high.

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Fortieth anniversary THE Almuñecar Municipal Band will celebrate its 40th anniversary tomorrow with a concert on Constitucion Square.

Jazz festival on beach JAZZ lovers will be happy to know that there will be a jazz festival today at 10.30pm on Puerta del Mar beach.

For all poet lovers THE second edition of ‘Poesia en la Najarra’ is scheduled to be held tomorrow at 10pm at the Palacete La Najarra.

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HE international Handball Federation has sparked a controversy by insisting that female players wear skimpy bikinis to play the sport. In this they are taking a lead from Beach Volleyball, which has long since had a similar dress, or rather undress, code. Spanish clubs, backed by their federation, are right to oppose the move. In a lowest common denominator move, the international authorities are seeking to popularise their sport by using the bodies of the women as the main attraction rather than the sport itself. That is an insult to the women concerned. No one has the right to tell the players to dress immodestly if they want to compete. What next - a ban on players deemed too ugly?

No surprise Only 2.8 per cent of Spanish drivers would pass their theory test if made to take it now. Somehow I do not find that surprising as the Spanish do have an unfortunate reputation for their road manners. But on reflection there is little room for smugness. How many of us would pass their test if made to with no refresher course? I would suggest the majority of us from all nationalities would fail.

Oh the irony The author of a book on how to best survive the Pamplona Bull Run was gored during the San Fermin festivities. Perhaps he needs to update the book.

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Most motorists would fail test ONLY 2.8 per cent of Spanish drivers would pass the driving theory test if they were to take it now; 20.7 per cent of drivers would get fewer than 22 questions right. The highest percentage of correct answers would be related to road safety and the lowest to road rules. Murcia is the community with the worst scores. A report released by the CNAE (National Confederation of Driving Schools) shows that only three out of every 100 drivers would pass the test, which requires only three, or less, mistakes to pass. One thousand, one hundred people took part in the survey which asked seasoned drivers,

DRIVING TEST: Few would pass after 21 years on the roads. with at least 21 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience, to take the theory test. CNAE directors, Lucila Finkel and Angel Gordo, explained that the survey was divided into three separate areas: road safety, signage and road rules. The highest pass rate was achieved in the

road safety section of the test and the lowest in the section of road rules. Although there was no difference between the knowledge of men and women, the survey revealed that separated and divorced people scored higher than married people.

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Poachers caught POLICE have caught poachers in Tabernas, along with guns, nightlights and a number of rabbits. Hunting is currently illegal between one hour before sunset and an hour after sunrise.

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Heavy work IT took more than three days to remove 1,000 tons of seaweed from Denia’s beaches. Seventy tons are normally removed each day but more was recently washed up by exceptionally heavy seas.

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PIEDRA AMARILLA amphitheatre hosts a music event at 7pm on July 20. €10 tickets are available from Total Entertainment or 1 Stop Pool Shop in Albox. All proceeds to Poppy appeal.

WORK is finishing on a new pavement along the much-used road between Moraira’s l’Ampolla and Platgetes beaches. Pedestrians can now walk in safety as far as Cala l’Andrago.

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Planning ahead

ALMERIA City Council has started this week distributing 12,000 ashtrays on the beaches of the capital under the slogan ‘Clean beach - it’s in your hands.’

Towns payout THE remaining grants of €10,000 to towns in the province with less than 1,000 inhabitants have now been awarded. Bacares, Las Tres Villas, Partaloa and Somontin have benefited.

Family events ALMERIMAR has launched a series of events for families to enjoy during the summer. Already this week people have enjoyed a foam party, plays and an eastern themed night.

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Gay pride AROUND a thousand people participated in a demonstration in Alicante for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Teacher loss THE PSOE socialist party claims that 2013 closed with nearly 500 fewer teachers in Alicante Province, despite an increase of 2,500 students.

Torrevieja’s lottery TORREVIEJA’S 60th International Contest of Habanera and Polyphony was featured on six million Loteria Nacional tickets.

Russian Aikido

THE ‘Lenkai’ Aikido Sports Club from Russia is visiting Torrevieja. With more than 350 members, the club will train in town for 11 days.

Blood donors TORREVIEJA Council organised a blood drive on Friday July 11. Youth Councillor Rosario Martinez Chazarra said they

AMBULANCES: Dispatchers don’t always know where to send them.

Faster ambulance response pledge THE regional government has admitted that delays have sometimes occurred with responding to calls to the 112 emergency services. The admission was made during a recent visit to Elche by Luis Santamaria Ruiz, who heads the regional government’s Interior department. He promised to take action following talks with the town’s Social Action Councillor, Antonio Luis Martinez-Pujalte. Most of the calls for ambulances now go through the 112 centre in Valencia City, Martinez-Pujalte complained. As with many other departments, spending cuts were expecting at least 40 donors.

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have been made and response is not as smooth as it could be, particularly in Alicante and Castellon. Operators unfamiliar with locations in both provinces ask endless questions, panicked callers have complained, and ambulances are frequently misdirected. In recent months there has been an increase in protests not only from the families of patients but also doctors and nurses. The situation came to a head recently in Elche when the life of a 79year-old woman was endangered after an ambulance was sent to the wrong address. crowdfunding, the campaigns will start shortly.

High marks

THE Las Terrazas site on Benidorm’s Levante beach can be developed following demolition of the last remaining block. It was finally knocked down last week.

Safe journeys CARS, motorcycles, lorries and tractors were blessed in Sax, in honour of St Christopher, patron saint of travellers. The event, first celebrated in 1995, attracts more participants each year.

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New name THE road which connects Palma to Portixol is to be renamed Avenida Adolfo Suarez in honour of the ex-president who died recently.

Bad sales BUSINESSES on the island are complaining that tourists are not spending as much as other years - the sales did worse than in 2013 despite having started sooner.

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A GROUP of immigrants in Malaga are taking advantage of the council’s offer and studying to get their school leavers certificates in the hope that it will help them to find better jobs in the future.

THE two careers requiring the highest pass marks on the university entrance examinations for the University of Malaga this year are, again, medicine and biochemistry - both require a mark of over 10.

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FUENGIROLA open air cinema films are decided through the social networking site Facebook; cinema goers can choose from eight films on the page and the one with the most votes is shown at the Los Boliches venue.

IN a fishing boat regatta celebrated in the waters off El Palo the winning boat was the ‘La Fogonera’; in the veteran’s category the victory again went to La Chora.

FOR the 10th year in a row Rafa Nadal has qualified for the ATP Barclays World Tour which will take place at the O2 in London in November.

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JESUS DOMINGUEZ, from Malaga, needs €100,000 for an operation on his spine due to Marfan (a rare bone and lung disease); his family are hoping to raise it through charitable donations and

Later closing TEULADA’S bars, restaurants and cafes may remain open for an extra hour until 2.30am at weekends and days before public holidays. This will

ARMENGOL, leader of the opposition, has complained that the current government of the islands has run into too much debt (€2.5 billion) and wants to make a special request to Madrid to have the terms revised.

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A PLANNED solar park has yet to be approved by the Govern (regional government); they are still considering the impact of the 249,392 panels which could be installed in the Manacor area if it goes ahead.

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Reading while on the beach in and around Nerja BOOKWORMS in Nerja pay heed! A new beach library has just opened on El Salon beach. The wooden kiosk, clearly labelled ‘Biblioplaya,’ will open in the morning and

Miss Latin America A VELEZ-MALAGA-born model will represent Spain in an international beauty pageant. Yanire Ortiz, 24, will represent Spain in ‘Miss Latin America of the World 2014’ in the Dominican Republic between August 24 and September 7. Ortiz, who recently met with Velez-Malaga Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla, said she was “excited” about participating in this pageant “that rewards both beauty and academic endeavours.” Bonilla wished the model all the luck in the world. “We are sure she will bring the crown home, especially this year that marks the 40th anniversary of Amparo Muñoz being crowned Miss Universe,” he said. Born in Velez-Malaga on June 21, 1954, Amparo Muñoz was crowned Miss Costa del Sol and Miss Spain in 1973 and Miss Universe a year later, when the event was held in the Philippines. She passed away in 2011 at 56 years of age. Despite its name, ‘Miss Latin America of the World’ is by no means restricted to women from Latin American countries. It is open to women of Latino descent from all corners of the world. Current crown-holder is Julia Guerra from Brazil. Spain has never won ‘Miss Latin America of the World’ since it was first introduced in 1981.

in the afternoon and will have an extensive variety of books covering a wide range of topics. These will include poetry, esotericism, science fiction, philosophy, romance, nature,

comics, as well as classic novels in Spanish but also in other languages, including English, French and German - usually donated by foreign tourists - for people to borrow and enjoy.

Newspapers and tourist information are also available, as well as beach toys for children. Culture councillor Gema Garcia said beach libraries were first created in Nerja 12

years ago to encourage tourists and local residents to read while they are at the beach. Other beach libraries can be found in Burriana and La Torrecilla.

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GERMAN PRESS Disney trial

BRITISH PRESS Snowden Nobel NORWAY - A proposal by law professor Terje Einarsen to award Edward Snowden the Nobel Peace Prize is backed by some of Norway’s most eminent lawyers; they have praised its “solid reasoning.”

8,000 years old NORWAY - Archaeologists at a dig in Stokke, Vestfold, have found an 8,000-year-old human skull; the find could help to explain how we lived in the Stone Age.

Crystal fire A CRYSTAL doorknob caused a fire in a £1.5 million (€1.88 million) home when it refracted the sunlight and concentrated it onto a dressing gown which then caught fire. Nobody was hurt in the incident.

Old Harry JK ROWLING has published a short story on her website about what a Hogwarts School reunion might be like for the famous wizard. Apparently he has ‘threads of silver’ in his hair..

Killing spree SWEDEN - A blood thirsty wolf has created havoc in central Sweden after killing seven animals and leaving another 13 in such a bad state that they had to be put down.

Lego oil DENMARK - In a bid to get Lego to end its partnership with Shell, Greenpeace has brought out a video on YouTube showing a Lego figure slowly drowning in oil.

Stolen exotica MEERKATS and tarantulas, among other exotica, went missing when Paul Beech parked his van in Dudley and it was stolen. Of the more than 30 animals, all have been recovered except for two snakes.

Cooking savings OXFORD University engineering professor, Dr Thomas Povey, has invented a new pan that uses up to 40 per cent less energy than conventional models; it will be on sale soon.

STUDENTS at a Nottingham school have tunnelled their way out of the playground, using cutlery from the canteen, to get under a fence in a Great Escape style

MEERKATS: Went missing when a van was stolen.

RUSSIAN PRESS Space launch

WOLF: Killing animals.

exodus. The school confirmed that they had been “spoken to” about the incident.

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RUSSIA successfully launched its first postSoviet rocket into orbit confirming that it is still a power to be reckoned with in the space race; the Angara rocket lifted off from the Cosmodrome at Plesetsk.

€4,763 win A WOMAN who bet just €2 has won €4,763 for correctly guessing that Germany would beat Brazil 7-1; the odds were 2,230 to one.

Arrest order THE arrest of Arsen Avakov, the Ukrainian minister of the interior, has been ordered by a Moscow court under suspicion of using banned warfare methods and killing civilians during a Ukrainian government campaign in the east.

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Fan child left behind A WOMAN who tried to shoplift from the Feyenoord fan shop was caught, fled and left her eight-month-old child behind. Having been traced, she was sentenced to two weeks in jail for shoplifting, not for leaving her child behind.

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commodities producers has been cut to the lowest levels in five years. This is thought to be due to international sanctions imposed over the Ukrainian crisis.

Snowden stays ANATOLY KUCHERENA, Edward Snowden’s lawyer, has confirmed that the NSA leaker would like to remain in Russia; the exUS intelligence operative has asked Moscow to extend his asylum. LIFT OFF: Russia still in the space race.

DUTCH PRESS Fewer STDs

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THE percentage of people seeking treatment for sexually transmitted diseases diminished slightly last year. It was the first decrease since 2007.

STATE Secretary of Safety and Justice Fred Teeven said that he is having to look at using hotels, boats and tents to house a huge influx of asylum seekers while their cases are dealt with.

THE Dutch Royal Mint has issued the ‘WK Oranjepenning 2014,’ a commemorative coin for the World Cup 2014, which depicts Robin van Persie’s diving header against Spain.

TWO members of staff at Germany’s most famous castle, the Schloss Neuschwanstein, in southern Bavaria are on trial for fraud; apparently they did not declare tour earnings from out-of-hours tours.

Medicinal cannabis A LANDMARK ruling on whether sufferers of chronic pain could grow their own cannabis for medicinal purposes is about to be made by a Cologne court. The use of medical cannabis is allowed but personal plantations are banned by law.

Tower refugees MORE than 40 refugees have occupied the cafe at Berlin’s tallest structure, the TV tower, as part of a protest to remain in the country. The asylum seekers say they are “refused everywhere they turn.”

Crystal meth MICHAEL HARTMANN, interior policy expert for the SPD party, claims that he only took crystal meth to improve his performance at work; the politician has previously spoken out against cannabis usage.

Naughty general AFTER a suspension in 2012 for undesirable behaviour and new complaints about sexually harassing his female colleagues a 56-year-old army general has been fired.

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STAT OF WEEK THERE was a daily increase of 517 self-employed workers last June, the national statistics office INE revealed. The 73,471 year-on-year increase heralds a new cycle, said the National Federation of the SelfEmployed.

Spain pays up early THE European Stability Mechanism (ESM) approved Spain’s early return of €1.3 billion in cash. Between December 2012 and February 2013, the ESM advanced €41.3 billion to recapitalise Spain’s banking sector. It successfully exited the bailout programme at the

Manchester City CEO in the dock THE trial has begun of Spanair’s board members, accused of putting off bankruptcy proceedings. According to the Public Prosecutor, the executives knew that the airline was in trouble but its demise was hastened because they concealed the company’s insolvency. Spanair ceased operations in January 2012 with debts of €474 million, leaving 23,000 passengers stranded, as well as 2,075 employees without jobs. If found guilty, the board members and former CEO Ferran Soriano - now CEO of Manchester City football club - will have to pay

restructuring the country’s banking sector, backed by ESM finance, has been a success,” Klaus Regling, the ESM’s managing director, declared. “Spanish banks have been put on a strong and sound footing, growth is returning and investors have regained confidence in Spain,” he said.

end of 2013 without a followup programme and is due to make its last repayment in late 2027. This is the first time that a Eurozone country benefiting from this type of financial assistance has made early payment: “The Spanish initiative confirms that

the €72.1 million that was added to Spanair’s debt during the fivemonth delay. They would also be barred from being a member of any board, managing the property of others or acting as a personal representative. Soriano blamed a deal with the Catalan government for the insolvency application, that led the air company to bankruptcy, going wrong. He also told the Barcelona court that the board did the utmost to save the airline, but when an eleventh hour deal with Qatar Airways fell through there was no turning back from bankruptcy.

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THE maximum legal charge for a gas canister remains unchanged at €17.5. This will be reviewed in September, but can neither rise nor fall by more than 5 per cent.

Hot topic for six MARKETS and Monopolies regulator, the CNMC, fined six companies for fixing the prices of fireextinguishers between 2010 and 2012. Three companies pressured the others into complying, the CNMC found.

Cash comes dear in Spain USING an ATM in Spain costs more than in any other European Union country. A client taking out money from a cash machine, other than their own bank’s, pay an average €2.50 in commission. This is 78.6 per cent more than the average €1.40 charge made by banks in seven EU countries, found a survey by the Kelisto.es

comparison website. Germany is the next most expensive country when using an ATM at another bank, charging an average €2.20 in commission, followed by Italy (€1.95) and France (€1). The UK, the Netherlands and Sweden make no charge at all, regardless of where clients take out money within their own borders.

KLAUS REGLING: Advises of regained confidence in Spain.

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UNTIL the end of June, the Spanish company Gowex was assumed to be worth €1.4 billion. Days later its shares plummeted by 60 per cent and trading was halted. The company, which provides public Wi-Fi throughout the world, went into liquidation. Approximately 5,000 small investors lost between €10,000 and €15,000 while the company’s 172 employees’ described themselves as “in a state of absolute shock.” “Society needs more businessmen like you,” the president of the Spanish government Mariano Rajoy recently said to Gowex CEO, Jenaro Garcia Martin. But a week after Garcia Martin explained the secret of his success to an RTVE interviewer he was up before an examining judge, admitting that the problems spelled out by investigators Gotham City

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MARIANO RAJOY: Praised Gowex CEO days before the company went into liquidation. Research were correct. “More than 90 per cent of its reported revenues do not exist,” the investigators claimed and Garcia Martin finally confessed

that he had cooked the books “for at least four years.” Gotham City had drawn attention to Gowex’s absence of commercial relations with leading

national operators Telefonica, Jazztel, Orange or Colt. The company’s main clients were companies created by Gowex and the 2013 accounts were

Are trade associations the answer? Don’t be too shy to pry THE term ‘cowboy’ is generally associated with casual workers who, claiming to be tradesmen, leave a trail of disaster behind them. The building trade comes to mind but the chances of coming across unscrupulous rogues is far higher in the professions. If you think a poorly repaired roof is a disaster how do you rate a child betrayed by inept teachers, a home-owner scammed by a bent lawyer or electorate cheated by corrupt politicians? Guilds that recognised trades, their integrity and qualifications were widespread throughout Europe since the Middle Ages. Today in Britain several hundred trade associations represent as many professions. Many exist to protect the interests of members rather than their clients. The public appear to have little faith in those that represent the professions; medicine, law, financial, police, public life.

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Ironically, the best associations may be those that represent tradesmen. If you can’t guarantee your doctor or airline pilot isn’t an imposter how can you presume your builder or electrician is genuinely qualified? You cannot? As far as I am aware there is nothing along the Englishspeaking communities of Mediterranean Spain that could be reasonably classed as a trade association. There are scores of business associations fronting networking opportunities. However, as far as

protecting the public is concerned they’re as useless as a walking stick with a wheel on it. Businesses and their clients would benefit from a trade association that thoroughly vetted applicants, monitored ongoing performance backed by a system of customer mediation in the event of disputes. In the absence of such, no genuine service provider will be offended if you ask for customer references that can be checked if you are unsure. Don’t be shy about politely questioning their background. Professionals will be pleased that you show an interest. The difficulty could be in shutting them up. If they are evasive or unconvincing walk away. A genuine business has no qualms about your approaching another for a comparable quotation. Do so. Never pay upfront but by progress with a 20 per cent on satisfactory completion payment.

signed off by the CEO’s wife, also head of investor relations. The company used an unknown auditor whose €50,000 fee was a fraction of other companies’ auditing costs, Gotham City discovered. The whole operation smelled, and it was not fragrant. Gowex’s total debts of €36.2 million include €23.6 million owed to five Spanish banks. There are also loans from Spain’s Instituto Oficial de Credito (ICO) that do not affect public funds as this line of official credit is channelled through banks which assume the financial burden. The government has now immobilised pending grants amounting to €2.1 million for investigation and research, the Economy ministry revealed. The apparent fraud “is an exception,” insisted Elvira Rodriguez, president of Spain’s stock market regulator, the CNMV after the scandal broke.

Barcelona clamps down on letting sites LOCAL and regional authorities throughout Spain are clamping down on unregistered, illegal accommodation. Internet websites are a favoured target and Barcelona has fired the latest shots in this ongoing war with a €30,000 fine for Airbnb Online Services Spain. The San Francisco-based venture lists more than 500,000 private properties in 192 countries. Cataluña, and particularly Barcelona, is a popular market, but some of the lets offered on the site are in private homes and infringe Catalan regulations. Some apartments are similarly unauthorised . It is only one of eight letting sites to be fined by the Catalan government but Airbnb’s success

aroused the ire of registered landlords and letting agencies. Cataluña was the first Spanish region to clamp down on private lets calculating that at least one million of the beds on offer were illegal. Around 200,000 tourist beds there have since been registered with local authorities as guaranteeing minimum standards. Airbnb hosts demonstrated recently in Barcelona, defending their right to rent out property. Only a quarter of them earned more than the minimum salary, an Airbnb study found, and renting enabled many to hold on to their homes during the economic crisis. The same report also estimated that the rentals’ site brought an extra €128 million to Barcelona.

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Latest model NISSAN started production on the Pulsar at its Zona Franca plant in Barcelona and expects to produce 2,000 models in July alone. The car will reach showrooms this autumn.

Signup MANDATORY membership of ‘colegios’ or official professional associations has been reduced from 80 to 38 professions. It will still be obligatory for most legal, health and engineering occupations, the government announced.

No inflation THE inflation rate in Spain fell to 0 per cent in June according to the National Statistic Institute. Consumer prices were unchanged from June 2013 with lower food, electricity and soft drink prices keeping the rate down.

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DO you love your smartphone? Do you constantly check your email or jump to look at a new message arriving with a beep to your mobile? Modern technology may be a very useful and handy way to keep in contact with friends and family and keep up to speed with what’s going on in the world, but it is also guilty

of making us work many extra hours that ultimately go unpaid. A new study looking into the work hours of managers in the UK uncovered that about half of UK managers work an extra day or two of unpaid overtime per week. Tot that up and that’s 52 or 104 extra days of unpaid work a year! The managers in the survey say they feel under pressure to work extra hours from their employers due to a general pressure to get things done and easy access to email through smartphone technology. Thanks to smartphone

Postal-proxy votes at AGM Q. Your recent article on Postal/Proxy votes at Your recent article on postal/proxy votes at the You and the AGM for the installation of a new lift caused us Law in Spain some concern. By David Searl We are a community of 80 properties, about 40 per cent Spanish and 60 per cent British, with many holiday homes. Over the past 40 years we have relied on our proxy voters to establish a quorum for our meetings and to pass motions necessary to the workings of the community. I have been president for more than 20 years and I thought we were conducting our affairs correctly. Now I am not sure. Are we wrong and what can we do to rectify the situation? Our AGM minute book has always been accepted without comment when we had to go to court. All those attending and proxy voters are shown separately and by name. K P (Costa Blanca) A. Perhaps you misunderstood my reply to that previous question. Spain’s Horizontal Law, that regulates communities, makes no provision for voting by post at the AGM. A proxy vote, however, with written authorisation and signed by the owner is perfectly acceptable. Furthermore, the law provides that decisions taken by the members actually present can be valid,. You also do well to make sure that all those in attendance are properly listed. Your situation is, in fact, most typical of coastal communities. Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

MANAGERS: Under pressure due to modern technology.

technology some employees can’t help but obsessively check email outside office hours. It can be stressful to receive an urgent late night email and many employees feel compelled to respond immediately. The study concentrated on managers, many of whom are probably on decent wages being in a management position, but there are so many different types of employees working over and above their contracted hours these days, like teachers, scientists and hospitality staff to mention but a few. And it’s not just

technology that is to blame for these employees working extra hours. Staff knuckle down and do extra work for fear of losing their job too. We all know people who work unpaid hours simply because they have a mortgage to pay and bills to settle and they don’t want to rock the boat and find themselves unemployed. Others know that they need to get the job done but they are just too

scared to ask their boss for the extra money. Every employee goes through a busy period when they feel motivated to work above and beyond their contractual hours, but excessive unpaid hours are not sustainable, nor fair on the employee. In the long-term it’s important to focus on how to tackle a workload within your contracted hours, keep your boss happy and enjoy your life!

A long, short-selling story by Gotham City WITHOUT Gotham City Research’s investigation, the Spanish company Gowex would probably still be trading. It would probably still be carrying on the false accounting that brought it to the attention of Gotham City. So is the company, which carried out a similar operation with the British insurance group Quindell, a financial altruist? On the contrary, Gotham City, named after Batman’s home town, is accused of being a “bear raider.” This means shortselling: buying securities, agreeing to pay at a later date by which time the price falls sufficiently to make a killing. Presumably Gotham

did exactly this before trading in Gowex shares was halted. The shadowy company makes no bones about being a short-seller but only short-sellers can expose the misdeeds of fraudsters, “as the Gowex case clearly demonstrates,” it piously stated. “Auditors, regulators, lawyers, investment bankers and others rarely detect fraud. Insiders and short-sellers do.” Market participants, the media and regulators should instead focus on the validity of a shortseller’s message instead of shooting the messenger, Gotham City said. “We are confident that for every 1,000 or 10,000 corporations, CEOs or stock promoters that

have profited from wrong-doing, maybe one short-seller has.” The same statement commended Jenaro Garcia Martin’s subsequent confession as “very rare, courageous and honourable.” Nor did Gotham City believe that Gowex was a reflection on Spain or the Spanish people, the statement continued. “If anything, the Spanish people have demonstrated that there exists a sound culture of honesty, morality and honour.” Kind words but small comfort to Gowex shareholders and employees. And still less comfort to those responsible for Spain’s business reputation.

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Taxman casts a long shadow over us all… PAYING tax in the UK now he has retired to Spain seems unfair to Allan David Duhig, although he says: “I suppose someone has to pay for the immigrants and asylum seekers flooding in and sponging off the UK.” But he’s the immigrant in Spain if he spends more than 183 days in the tax year here. If he hasn’t filed a Spanish tax return and declared all his pensions, he’s the one who’s sponging off the country where he’s living. It’s not possible to choose which country you pay tax in. Once he’s filed his Spanish tax return he can apply for tax exemption in the UK. Should Mr Duhig own a property in Spain but spend less than 183 days in the tax year here, then he should file a tax return as a non-resident. Also, since last year, all Spanish residents must declare assets abroad of more than €50,000 in total in any one asset-class. Spaniards have the obligation to present the form too, not just foreigners. Ask for information at the local Spanish tax office. I’ve found the staff generally very helpful, provided you speak Spanish. I hope Mr Duhig does speak Spanish, because, based on his attitude to immigrants in the UK, no doubt he’d expect them to speak English. Why should he be treated any differently in Spain? Don’t hesitate, Mr Duhig, because if Revenue caught you then Hacienda will too one day. Maybe someone there reads letters like these, searching for tax dodgers. David Frost, Malaga

No change I READ about the new daily train from Alicante to Zaragoza which says that it takes about 4.5 hours and there is no need to change at Madrid. I have just been on the RENFE site and, yes, there is a train at 4.20pm that takes 4.5 hours but you still have to change trains in Madrid. It shows two different train

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that we surely need a few more than just one. The Ancient Greeks had a saying: “The fox knows a lot of things and the hedgehog only one big one.” A lot more hedgehogs get run over than foxes, who will certainly survive long after hedgehogs (and probably people) are extinct. Also, Conway has got my parting shot the wrong way round. I think people voted for UKIP because they were told constantly everyone was voting that way, not because everyone was telling them not to! Bill Campbell, Mojacar (Almeria)

Snail’s pace TWO years ago I attempted to make my UK tax return via the internet and needed an identity code. This was sent by mail and when it arrived there was a message to the effect that the code must be used within 28 days of issue. That was six weeks earlier! A replacement also took six weeks to arrive and made me late in submitting my return although my appeal against the potential penalty was granted. Allen Everington, Benidorm (Alicante)

Safe fracking IN response to Keith Hallam’s somewhat vitriolic assessment of hydraulic fracturing, and as someone who has worked for an American company in the oil industry, I would like to offer the following facts. Fracturing has been used to increase production on millions of oil and natural gas wells since

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Short-changed MANY houses have been on the market for over 12 months and a house valued at €160,000 in June 2013 would have given the seller £138,000 with the pound sterling at €1.16. However, in June 2014, the pound was worth €1.25 and the seller would only get £128,000 give or take a couple of pounds. What a difference! Should the estate agent not increase the value of their client’s property? Adding €10,000 to a €160,000 property would give an increase of £8,000. I am sure many sellers are not aware of the price difference since the pound sterling has increased. It might be better to sell in pounds, showing the figure you want or the equivalent in euros on the day. David Jarratt, Arboleas (Almeria)

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Are true gents a dying breed? Does your man pass the perfect gent test? He'll take your car for an MOT, notice your new hairstyle and only watch football on his laptop... according to a recent study. Is your man a true gent? Do they exist or are they a dying breed?

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AWYER Annemarie Bakker of Dianium & Lex in Denia, Costa Blanca, said as a woman aged over 50 she still experiences a lot of politeness and gentlemanly behaviour but thinks it is something more prevalent in the older generation as her daughter oftens complains about it in the men she meets. But Annemarie also thinks it is not too important: “I think just being polite and respecting each other is the most important thing. I have taught my children to be respectful and to treat each other as you would want to be treated yourself.” In Almeria, Elaine Brown of the MACS Cancer Support Group, said: “Good manners make a gentleman always! My father would always say please and thank you to my mother, even if they’d had an argument. I believe that true gentlemen still exist today as I am married to one, and his brothers are the same, too.” “I think the age of the true gentleman

including my British father-in-law. My husband not so much, but I wouldn’t want him to be doing everything for me.” The girls from El Gaucho de Banús, Marbella, Costa del Sol, Mari, Alexandra, Frances, Barbie, Miriam and Marianela said: “We are not sure if the perfect gent exists, or what he even looks like. However, if

ANNEMARIE (below left) believes respect is more important. TRINI (below right) believes British men are the most gentlemanly. EL GAUCHO GIRLS: ‘Please come here. We want to meet some gents!’

Plenty of stick for this OAP…

LENTY of ‘stick’ coming the ol’ boy’s way this week. My appearance in Channel 5’s OAPs Behaving Badly has released a torrent of comments. I’ve heard opinions as far apart as ‘sleazy rubbish’ to ‘hysterically funny’ in the last few days. However, I am delighted to report that at least 90 per cent of them have been positive. The ‘agins’ have been mostly from those a little nearer to home. Some of whom were, probably quite rightly, not too happy with a close relative being depicted as a sex-mad, 75-year-old, rampaging around Tenerife, pockets bulging with Viagra. I must confess that this was the picture that emerged, but in my somewhat weak defence I would like to make clear that the hour-long programme was recorded over some six weeks. With cutting and editing, producers can create almost any scenario they choose. My observations concerning Viagra were, however, although not meant to dominate the presentation, completely intentional. There is no shame in enjoying a healthy sex life in the so-called twilight years. With certain parts of the body not

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is dying out; unfortunately, it is more from the older generation,” believed physiotherapist Trinidad Sanchez Fuentes, owner of Clinica Mejorate on the Costa Blanca. “But I think women are partly to blame for that by wanting everything to be equal.” Trini works with all nationalities and believes elderly British men are very polite: “They are the most polite and gentlemanly,

there are any perfect gents out there PLEASE COME here, we would love to meet them!”

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT functioning quite as well as they did in our youth, why not avail ourselves of any

OZIL: Proper haircuts from serious footballers. medical assistance available? If our joints are stiff with arthritis we take medication for it. If other parts of the body are behaving alternatively, what’s wrong with a little medical assistance to counteract that condition? None at all.

Sorry if I offended anyone, but with two million viewers, a heavy name check on The Wright Stuff, radio interviews and two new jobs in the UK already, I feel it was well worth it! After all, business is business and as far as I’m concerned, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Oh, and by the way, look out for a follow-up programme later in the year. Can’t say I was exactly delighted with the German victory in the World Cup, even though it won me money. What I did find satisfying was that the trophy was won by a team which meant business. Not a funny haircut in sight. Hardly a monstrous tattoo in evidence and a grim resolve to play the game instead of poncing around the field like a bunch of Hello! magazine posing pillocks. You listening, England? As a final word, I would like to wish a dear friend all the best as he takes on the burden of chemo this week. Hang in there, Simon, our thoughts go with you. As a final final. It’s been a delight having no less than nine members of my family visiting this week. Once again it has all gone too quickly. Love you all. Keep the faith, love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Such a time of expansion comes rarely, but now you are being handed opportunities. Be sure to make the most of them by being organised enough to take full advantage. With your energy high, you are in a position to steam ahead with plans. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Having had such a busy time recently

7-Star Quiz 2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES, GLASGOW 1. In 1998, which was the first Asian country to host the Commonwealth Games? 2. In which country are the 2018 Games due to be held? 3. In which decade did the ‘British Commonwealth Games’ become simply the ‘Commonwealth Games’? 4. In which track event did Welsh athlete Colin Jackson win Commonwealth Games gold medals in both 1990 and 1994? 5. Swimmers Ian Thorpe and Susie O'Neill share the record for the most gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games, how many did they each win? 6. What is the name of the cartoon thistle that is the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games? 7. Which Canadian city hosted the first ever Commonwealth Games (then called the British Empire Games) in 1930?

you may be craving a quiet period. I am afraid this will have to wait at the moment. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Have you been too busy to spend time on yourself? Get your looks and health back on track by using this week to good effect. Revamp your diet and exercise as required. Spend time with people who are supportive and share the same interests. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Some difficulty in your love life will need to be handled carefully. Unforeseen developments could take you

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July 17: Santiago Segura. Film actor. This actor, screenwriter, producer and director first shot to fame with his Torrente films in the late 90’s. He has won a Goya award for the Best New Actor, another for Best New Director and his 1993 film Perturbado won a Goya for Best Fictional Short Film.

by surprise (especially if you haven't read this in time). Your need is to avoid telling white lies to get out of a situation. Given time, most situations in this category will ease.

senior person brings great benefits. You are wrong to be afraid of asking for what you want because it is necessary. Do not bottle things up. Consider that you have little to lose.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Meetings and travel dominate this week. Being with those who stimulate and inform will be even more worthwhile than usual. A trip that you are not looking forward to can bring added bonuses. Looking to further education at this time, could see you starting a course.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) A recent journey has revealed possibilities. It is in this week that you will realise their potential. Nowhere is this truer than your romantic life, which is on the up. Someone who would not normally attract you comes into your sphere or may have done so last week.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A meeting involving business with a

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A strong romantic flow to your week could be interrupted. This is because there are some business matters that really do need your attention. Although it is not a particularly good time to make firm financial commitments, there are areas to work on. These are mainly associated with saving money and reorganising. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This really is a week to get to grips with any healthy eating or exercise regimes. Owing to the influence of Mars, you are in a vigorous and determined mood. You find that your added confidence and healthy glow are attractive to the opposite sex.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is a spiritual week and you will be likely to want comfort. Give yourself time alone to look at the world around you and enjoy what it has to offer. As the weekend approaches, you will be able to get more into the mainstream and enjoy the company of others.

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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 G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

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Average: 13

Very good: 23

Good: 16

Excellent: 29

cent, fine, nice, niff, teen, tine, feint, fence, niece, entice, finite, incite, infect, tiffin, fifteen, EFFICIENT

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Move from the start word (REST) to the end word (DAYS) 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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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Being at odds with someone close has given you pause for thought. This would be a good time to change the situation for the better. Offering the olive branch is your best approach, but be sure that you are sincere.

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IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Romantic interests are great but should not be allowed to take centre stage because there are other things that need your attention. Should loved ones feel neglected, try to involve them. Be a little selfish for the rest of this year and it will benefit all later.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) All may not be what it seems this week and you need to be a little more realistic. This is particularly true when it comes to romance and close ties. Having the wool pulled over your eyes is not desirable and could even see you trip up.

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