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Increased haul ALMERIA fishing ports hauled in 5.5 million kilos of fish from January to September this year This represents an increase of 11.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2013.
Fire drama A MOTHER and daughter were affected by smoke inhalation caused by a house fire in Cantoria. The blaze reportedly began on a sofa although smoke spread quickly through the rest of the house.
Light plea MORE than 200 residents and business owners are demanding improvements to the streetlights on Paseo Maritimo in Almeria City. They claim that the existing lighting is inadequate and presents a danger to people’s safety.
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Estancos lifeline CONSUMERS could soon be able to do their weekly shop when they pop into the tobacconist. A modification of a Royal Decree will allow official tobacconists, known in Spain as estancos, to sell a wider range of products besides tobacco. And this means that as well as stocking up on cigarettes customers would be able to buy food, like cheese and ham, clothes and alcohol from the 222 official tobacconists in Almeria. The hope is that the estancos will benefit from increased trade and a wider variety of products to sell as sales of tobacco products decline. Since they were first licensed 400 years ago, they have only been allowed to sell a limited range of products for smokers, plus stamps, lottery tickets, stationery and official government forms. In return they were awarded a licence – traditionally given to war widows – which gave them a local monopoly on tobacco products. That still exists; other businesses selling cigarettes must buy them from the local estanco, ensuring tobacco is always cheapest from the official shop. Several estancos have already provided letters of intent to start selling items like coffee, paté,
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alcoholic beverages and ham. The president of the Tobacco Distributors Association, Francisco Javier Garcia, said: “It is very good news for tobacconists, even though our
main market must continue to be tobacco and stamps.” Under the new regulations estancos must open eight hours a day from Monday to Friday and four hours on Saturdays.
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REPAIR WORKS: The entire surface of the road has been dug up.
Garrucha port work is well under way WORK to repair the access to Garrucha port is well under way now in a project that has a total budget of €7.4 million. Work to widen the access to the port is currently at 53 per cent completion with the remaining work estimated at 10 months. The entire surface of the road has been dug up and will be resurfaced, strengthening it for increased usage. A tunnel is being built for the heavy industrial vehicles. The new tunnel will have a length of 254 metres with
a 30 metre recess. It will cross under the new roundabout by the promenade and link the northern area of the port with the A1207. On the surface the boulevard is being reconstructed for other traffic, separated from pedestrians with guard rails and a landscaped area. Additional work on the port’s entrance includes two roundabouts, one located in the area of the current overpass and the other near the promenade.
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Stampede festival REMEMBER that October 31 to November 1 is the Stampede Festival at El Pilar de Lubrin. The festival features a multicultural ensemble of music and dance.
Natural gas for the valley HOMES and businesses in the Almanzora valley will soon be able to access natural gas through a new network bringing the gas from Algeria. Construction of the pipeline has created 300 direct jobs and 150 indirect jobs in recent months. The project will reduce the transportation of trucks carrying natural gas, contributing
dramatically to the reduction in emissions by hundreds of tons of CO2. The work is being done by Medgaz who will supply to businesses and homes in the area that request a supply. The supply affects Albox, Arboleas, Armuña, Baza, Caniles, Cantoria, Fines, Guadix, Huercal Overa, Olula, Partaloa, Purchena, Seron, Tijola, Urracal and Zurgena.
The large company Cosentino has already connected to the network and is enjoying a new supply. Other firms like Celsur, Andasol Marmoles and Cementos de Marquis are to be connected imminently. The supply, with its 134 kilometres of pipeline in the area will benefit more than 130,000 residents. Photo by Miquel Bohigas Costabella
Stolen donations MOJACAR AREA CANCER SUPPORT (MACS) would like to ask that donations are not left outside the shops as they are being stolen and rifled through.
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Articulated bus ALMERIA university students will travel easier now with an articulated bus linking the university with the city. This will avoid the issue of passengers being left behind.
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WORK has begun on Calle Playa in La Cañada. The work, costing €33,945.80, will see existing pavements demolished and rebuilt at a wider 2.25 metres on both sides of the road.
Opening night CIELOS Bar and Restaurant in La Alfoquia is celebrating its grand opening with a performance by the Twilight Shadows on Saturday November 1 from 8.30pm.
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Birmingham dropped MONARCH airlines is no longer displaying Birmingham routes on its 2015 schedules. Only Manchester flight dates remain. The last Birmingham flight is October 30, 2014.
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IN La Redonda, El Ejido, a worker suffered serious injury after falling from a forklift cage. While he remains in hospital, the accident is being investigated.
Airport shuttle ALICANTE airport now receives shuttles from Mojacar and the surrounding areas. The service comes in addition to Exclusive Airport Shuttles’ provision for Almeria airport.
Rose singers WWI’s centenary is being marked with a performance by the Rose Singers at 7.30pm on November 6 in the Living Water Church at Camping Los Gallardos. Tickets €8.
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Lions event VERA and District Lions Club are holding a Halloween party at Bar Laguna, Vera Playa on October 31 to raise money for local charities. Tickets are €15 from 950 132 566.
Bridge petition RESIDENTS of Pescaderia, La Chanca and Plaza de Pavia in Almeria City have united in efforts to stop the demolition of the bridge going east to west over Avenida del Mar.
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NE of the most visually spectacular Spanish festivals of the year takes place in Girona this week. In a country renowned for its weird and wacky festivals - where people will do anything from pelt each other with tomatoes to build dangerously unstable 10-storey human towers - the Fires de Sant Narcis is probably the most striking, and loudest, festival on the Spanish holiday calendar. The highlight of the week’s festivities is the ‘correfoc’ - Catalan for ‘fire-run’ - a celebration featuring a cacophony of drum beats and exploding fireworks set off by revellers dressed as devils and demons. Fire crackers and stunning light
Quote of the Week ‘I know biting appals a lot of people, but it’s relatively harmless,’ says Barcelona player Luis Suarez in his new book ‘Crossing the Line: My Story’ which is published this week.
shows fill the Girona skies and streets all in the name of Sant Narcis, the patron saint of the city. Sant Narcis is celebrated each year with traditional Catalan customs, food, music and culture. Market stalls attract families, revellers and visitors keen to enjoy the biggest festival of the year in Girona. Malaga flamenco-electro band Chambao has already played as part of the Sant Narcis festivities this year, and more top name acts are pencilled in to keep the party going until Sunday. While some aspects of the festival are definitely not for those who enjoy their peace and quiet, it is nevertheless an unrivalled pyrotechnic spectacular.
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million is the sum involved in a mass corruption case involving local government construction contracts in Spain. Fifty one people have been arrested in the operation codenamed ‘Punica.’
HEAD to Vera Playa on November 2 for a craft fair held in the Chiringuito Vera Natura. The fair is raising funds for Asprodalba and is open from 11am to 3pm.
Happy birthday GLADRAGS celebrates its first birthday under new ownership on Thursday November 6 with cava and cupcakes. All buyers on the day will also receive a birthday present.
Remembrance piper DAVID WEIR will be playing the pipes for Remembrance Sunday (November 9) at the church of San Pasqual, Agua de Enmedio, Mojacar from 10.15am.
And finally... Nearly one in three flights from the UK to Spanish sun spots are delayed. So far this year a total of 8,826 flights from UK airports to Tenerife, Palma, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura have been delayed. UK passengers are eligible for compensation if their flight is delayed by more than three hours.
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Charity sum announced THE counting is now done and the total is in for the money raised during the production of Oh! What A Lovely War. The comedy shows were performed in Los Gallardos and Arboleas during the second half of September, entertaining audiences and receiving great feedback. Local businesses came on board, sponsoring performing rights and materials for the shows, ensuring that more of the
collected funds went to charities. A total of €2,223.62 was raised with €1,557.71 (plus a collection tin of €146.11) going to the Help 4 Heroes charity. The Royal British Legion in Mojacar and in Albox received €259.62 each. The organiser, Sweet Charity, would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the show including the cast, crew, sponsors and
ALL SMILES: The cast of Oh! What A Lovely War. the audience. Through the medium of stage productions, Sweet Charity raises money for deserving causes and had already collected approximately €3,500 prior to the September shows.
Expoberja ready to go THE 15th edition of Expoberja is gearing up for its run in the town of Berja. This year the exhibition marquee will cover 1,500 square metres and the event runs from Thursday October 30 to Sunday November 2. There are more than 30 exhibitors representing leisure
and tourism, while artisans and local companies promote their products to thousands of visitors. Twenty-two bars and restaurants are participating in the Ruta de Tapa. Special buses are being provided to transport people from Almeria City to the exhibition.
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E’D like to extend a warm Spanish welcome to the brave five-yearold cancer sufferer Ashya King and his parents, who arrived in Marbella this week. Little Ashya is undergoing further treatment at the HC Marbella Hospital in Andalucia, following an incredible story that has gripped both Spain and the UK. Brett and Naghemeh King triggered an international manhunt in August when they took their son from Southampton Hospital without the consent of his doctors, and brought him to Spain for treatment. Believing that proton beam treatment would be more effective than the radiotherapy offered in Britain, they came to Marbella but Brett and Naghemeh were arrested and held in a Madrid prison for three days, while Ashya was hospitalised
in Malaga. Thankfully, common sense prevailed and they were released without charge. His parents then took Ashya to Prague in the Czech Republic for proton beam treatment and he is now back in Spain where his condition is said to have improved. Cancer is a disease that affects so many families across the globe, and it is particularly upsetting when diagnosed in someone so young. Ashya has known little of a normal childhood to date and everyone following this heartbreaking tale can only hope that everything goes well for Ashya and the King family. Too afraid to return to the UK at the moment, they have decided to rest up in the quaint village of Casares where they have a home. We wish the Kings all the best during their stay – and beyond – and extend a genuine ‘bienvenidos to Andalucia’ once again.
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Botellon increase ALMERIA has seen an increase in the number of botellons at weekends when youngsters gather in parks and streets to drink. This year has seen 60 arrests so far, 26 of them in September.
Convent do ONE hundred former residents of Velez Rubio convent gathered for a reunion to remember their time there. The women were at the convent between 1964 and 1980.
Family park THE final touches are being applied at Almeria City’s Parque de las Familias, ready for its opening. The colourful area contains slides and other playground equipment for children.
Job drive CRUZ ROJA (Red Cross) has launched a campaign entitled Really Not Funny, aiming to promote access to the labour market for the young and people over 45. The campaign’s objective is to reduce stereotypes in business.
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Benefits of food handling course MORE than 100 people have benefited from a free course in food handling in Huercal Overa. Mayor of Huercal
Overa, Domingo Fernandez, said: “The council is working hard to provide new opportunities for our residents. Training should
be a priority, so we are providing several opportunities in this regard, bringing our people various training offerings. They acquire
Social inclusion hiring starts in Huercal Overa HUERCAL OVERA Council has started hiring people as part of an initiative in social inclusion, which provides employment for those that may otherwise find it difficult. The town was granted €60,000 by the Andalucian government although it is yet to receive any payment. Mayor of Huercal Overa, Domingo Fernandez, said: “We felt it was time to begin this programme as it has raised high expectations among people in need and at risk. So once again we have started in anticipation of Andalucia, hoping that
the amount is cleared shortly. Giving this shows our residents that Huercal Overa Council meets its people’s needs and commitments, so the town will pay to help people.” The new contracts will enable workers to perform cleaning and maintenance in different areas of the municipality, which has an aesthetic improvement on the state of the town. Huercal Overa Council told Euro Weekly News that more than 50 people meet the required criteria, and the contract will be organised imminently.
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TRAINING COURSE: Has been offered twice. knowledge in the form of a more complete training that will benefit their resumes and their inclusion in the workplace.” Because of the popularity of the food handling course, the council offered it twice. Both courses took place on the same day with
more than 100 people taking advantage of the free training opportunity. The council explained to Euro Weekly News: “The course is not an isolated activity because the government team is committed to offering training in the town conducting various courses in the town.”
LAST TRES VILLAS is to get a new footbridge linking La Mosca with Doña Maria as part of a project to improve areas of the town. The works also include sanitation in Escullar.
Healthy habit CHILDREN across Almeria are to benefit from workshops aimed at promoting healthy habits. The workshops are for municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants.
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Ladder fall A 38-YEAR-OLD man is in critical condition after falling from a ladder while working in a nursery close to La Mojonera. He was transferred to Poniente hospital. CHARITY CHEERS: Funds raised for animal welfare organisations.
Boost for APSA APSA, the animal charity based in Albox, has gratefully received €200 from a recent charity event in Cucador. The rest of the money collected at the event was donated to the
International Animal Rescue Association. APSA would like to thank Carol Rosser for organising the event and everyone who came along on the afternoon and evening to
listen to Rod Oxley and Brian Dee entertain. Local businesses, including Pricebusters and Total Entertainment in Albox supported the event by donating raffle prizes.
Pole to pole fitness PUSSY CAT POLES at Sophia’s Wellness Centre, Arboleas, are going from strength to strength. Jane Neate has been attending from the first day. Instructor Rachael said: “No matter what challenges I throw at her, she always gives it a go and never gives up. Jane had never tried pole dancing before but loves every minute of her new sport.” Rachael said how proud she was of all who attended and encouraged others to come along.
Dead whale BALERMA beach visitors discovered a dead female pilot whale, four metres in length, washed up on the beach. Tissue samples were taken for analysis before she was moved.
Hunt probed THE Junta is investigating a boar hunt that was advertised on a prominent website, with no record of permission being given for the event.
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La Alfoquia community fair is a great success LA ALFOQUIA’S Renfe building was the venue for the town’s first annual Community Fair.
Hundreds of people visited the fair on October 25, and a large number of them entered the
competitions as an opportunity to show off their skills or their homegrown produce. Euro Weekly News (EWN) sponsored the paper craft section, and it was with pleasure that Ruth Reily from EWN’s Albox branch presented Gill Kelly with her trophy for that section. This really was a community event, with both English and Spanish residents and businesses coming together to support the day with prize donations for the tombola and raffle, as well as corporate sponsorship for various competitions. Neptune Insurance, Storage Solutions, Voss Homes, Cat Services and Avalon were among the many businesses keen to support the event with
sponsorship and to show La Alfoquia how much they backed this event. There were other events and presentations in addition to the craft
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competitions. Four-legged pals pranced proudly with their owners during the dog show, and children loved getting their faces painted. Car enthusiasts were enthralled by the number of classic cars on display
from Amigos Classic Car Club. There was entertainment from Appassionata and Dave Sharp, a hog roast and a bar to help visitors keep cool in the heat. The Renfe building was perfect for the event, with stalls and displays adorning the historic building, inside and out.
Aside from demonstrating the amazing community spirit so prevalent in La Alfoquia, the day was also about raising funds for local charities and community support. At the time of going to press, €800 had been counted, although the final figure is yet to be confirmed.
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PSOE questions Pantoja concert and feria costs ISABEL PANTOJA’S concert at Huercal Overa may be her last before entering prison, but the Socialist party (PSOE) has other concerns. Socialist spokesman, Antonio Lopez Olmo, has sent a letter to the PP council of the town requesting more details of the costs of the concert and other fair events. “The first request refers to the feria’s concerts,” said Olmo. “There has been much controversy in the town with regard to hiring Isabel Pantoja, because on the one hand it is questionable hiring a person accused of stealing
public money, and on the other (making reference to a possible payment of €60,000 stated in Spanish daily paper El Mundo), incorrect information may be on file as it is clearly seen that the total feria costs to the town were €78,650.” Olmo suggested that the final figure may be incomplete. “This is not the final figure on what it cost. We request information on the costs of all artists, but also for facilities, security, clubhouse, catering, gate receipts and of course details of the number of tickets sold.” This is one of three
requests for information by the PSOE. The other two are the costs of the bullfight with the number of tickets, and costs for the gala queens. Olmo concluded: “This lack of transparency is not an isolated incident, and the town consistently fails in its legal obligation to publish contracts on the municipal website. “I think this is extremely serious and far from the needs of the people who are demanding more information and less empty or directly false headlines. This is one of my commitments for May 2015, a more transparent administration.”
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Newly-released prisoner rearrested after just 18 hours WITHIN 18 hours of leaving Sevilla prison, BJEM, a 37-year-old resident of Huercal Overa was back to his old tricks by allegedly stealing a car and breaking into two businesses. The alarm was initially raised when a resident of Huercal Overa spotted a man attempting to steal his car. However, as soon as the vehicle owner started shouting, the thief managed to start the car and drive away. The victim notified the Guardia Civil immediately, and their investigation began in earnest incorporating the support from officers from surrounding municipalities. Within a short time another security alarm sounded, this time in a Huercal Overa hotel, alerting officers. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers found a forced window and an empty safe. The officers set up local patrols and spot checks for the
surrounding areas. But the suspect’s night was not yet over as the Guardia Civil officers were on the case and a second alarm sounded, this time at a catering establishment adjacent to a service station. Within minutes, the officers were on the scene where they found the original stolen car. They spotted the man, and noted that his description matched that of the thief from the first incident. After a chase, during which BJEM threw shopping carts in the officers’ way and threw away a screwdriver, he was arrested. He had been out of the correctional facility in Sevilla for just 18 hours. The man already had a criminal record, with numerous previous arrests. The detainee has been delivered to court number two of Huercal Overa for processing.
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Arboleas fighter in winning form BEN “THE SCARECROW” SCARBOROW continued his run of success with another MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) win, this time at the BFC 5 (The Final Eliminators) in Torremolinos. Ben, from The Asylum MMA in Arboleas, put on a dominant performance against a very game opponent, Mario Casasola Fernandez of Rebel Pride Gym. He won the first round using controlled aggression and then subdued his opponent in the second with a transition from back mount to armbar, causing his opponent to ‘tap out’. Ben now moves on to the BFC lightweight title fight where he will take on Aiden “Jaguar” McCarthy for the BFC Lightweight Belt. This means the Asylum MMA now have two fighters competing for belts, with their man Guido “The Assassin” Antonucci due to take on Viacheslav “Slava” Morgun from the Benaltour Soul Fighters at the end of November for the Welterweight Championship. The event was held at the Benaltour
BEN SCARBOROW: Run of success. Fight Centre in Torremolinos. The venue for the next event will be announced soon. The team at MMA Almanzora would like to thank all the people who came to support Ben and all the fighters at the Asylum MMA.
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NATO swarms onto Vera beach RESIDENTS and visitors to Playa Quitapellejos in Vera enjoyed a spectacular display on October 21 by NATO. Within minutes the normally quiet beach was taken over during a simulation by the NATO Response Force (NRF). The activities, part of an exercise named Noble Justification, was part of ongoing activities to test NATO EVENT: On the way to the ship by helicopter. the highest levels of Vice Admiral Peter readiness for Hudson (UK Royal Navy), rapid response Vice Admiral Juan to any NATO Rodriguez (Spain Navy) contingency. and Rear Admiral Brad Euro Weekly Williamson (United States News was Navy), took time to invited to the explain the operation and event, and was VERA: Landing on Playa Quitapellejos. answer any questions. transported by The entire operation, helicopter from the beach assault ship, find out more involved 23 warships and to Juan Carlos I (L61), about the exercises and to more than 5,000 military moored just off the Vera meet some of the people and naval personnel from coastline, to tour the involved. 14 NATO nations.
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DRESSED TO IMPRESS: Members at the annual Poppy Appeal dinner and dance.
RBL Mojacar kick off poppy appeal MEMBERS and friends of the Mojacar branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) dusted off their dinner jackets and best dresses for the annual Poppy Appeal dinner and dance. The event was held at Mojacar’s Hotel Continental on Saturday October 18. It began with canapés and cava, then a three course meal with music from David Sharp. After dinner, David was joined on stage by Brian Dee for the evening to continue with everyone up and dancing the night away. Remembrance Sunday is being marked
at San Pasquel church on November 9 with a service at 10.30am and is followed by lunch at San Marino hotel (lunch requires advance booking). On November 20 the AGM will be held at the Artisan Centre in Mojacar at 11.30am. The date for the RBL Mojacar Christmas meal is Thursday December 18, venue yet to be confirmed. RBL is the UK's leading Armed Forces Charity and one of its largest membership organisations. Members meet all over the UK and overseas to participate in social, fundraising and welfare activities.
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New patrol car for Arboleas ARBOLEAS town council has purchased a new car for the Local Police. The purchase was made for safety reasons. “As a result of the precarious situation of one of the existing patrol vehicles, Arboleas Council have purchased a new car. There was no alternative to this problem,” said the mayor of Arboleas, Cristobal Garcia. The car will be used for surveillance.
Wheelchair bonanza for M.A.C.S. EARLIER in 2014, F.A.C.E. (Fundraising in Arboleas, Caring for Everyone) donated a lightweight wheelchair to M.A.C.S. (Mojacar Area Cancer Support). However, it was
double the joy when F.A.C.E. commemorated the national cancer month of October, by making a donation of an additional lightweight wheelchair. M.A.C.S. President
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Family golf MORE than 50 executives participated in the First Golf Tournament for Family Businesses of Almeria organised by CEFUAL and held at the Alboran Golf Club, El Retamar. Back: From left to right - M.A.C.S President Elaine Brown, F.A.C.E. President Adele Wrigglesworth, Shop volunteer Norma Devenport and F.A.C.E Deputy Secretary Pauline Marshall. Elaine Brown was delighted with the double present and said that the new much needed equipment
would make life so much easier for many people over the coming months and years. F.A.C.E. has supported M.A.C.S. in many ways over the last seven years and hopes to continue to do so for many years to come.
For further information regarding F.A.C.E. please contact Adele Wrigglesworth on telephone number 667 255 094.
Algarrobico THE State Bar has joined a brief filed by the Ecologists in Action and Save Mojacar in which they request that legalisation of the licence filed in July 2014 is annulled.
Aikido treat EL TOYO Aikido students were treated at the weekend when Grand Master Cesar Febles visited the town. Travelling from his Tenerife home, Febles provided free classes.
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Women and sport at Cabo de Gata MORE than 60 women travelled from municipalities across Almeria to take part in an event called Women and Sport at Cabo de Gata. The women, mainly from Antas,
Cuevas de Almanzora, Velez Blanca, Velez Rubio and Vera headed to Cabo de Gata for a weekend of sporting events. They began by heading to the beach where they enjoyed water based activities such as snorkelling, kayaking, surfing, or a simple paddle. In the afternoon it was back onto dry land for a hearty 12 kilometre hike from El Toyo, where the ladies were staying, to is similar, with €0.38 paid la Ermita Torregarcia. at source and consumers The walk was worth it paying €1.901, a mar kup for the amazing scenery of 400 per cent. en route. Day two Cucumbers have a mark brought more activities up of 341 per cent and with the day beginning at tomatoes 216 per cent. the Hotel Cabo de Gata These items are not Garden and some water unique. The report aerobics and dance showed the mark up exercises such as Zumba. averaged 512 per cent. The weekend’s events The biggest increases were organised by though, were potatoes at Almeria Province’s 1,220 per cent, green Department of Sports and olives at 902 per cent. Youth.
Peppers five times the price received MARKETING margins for fruit and vegetables are not always benefiting the farmers, according to a report by the Coordinator of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG). An example of this is peppers. A green pepper producer received, on average, €0.34 per kilo for his green peppers, yet consumers are paying €1.80, a mark up of 432 per cent. The red pepper
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Vandal arrested for damage to farm EL EJIDO Guardia Civil officers have arrested a man on suspicion of causing damage at a farm in the municipality. The arrested man, aged 22 and a resident of El Ejido, is alleged to have cut several strips of
greenhouse covering, damaged a number of baby cucumber plants and disabled the drip irrigation system. During the investigation, the Guardia Civil officers were informed about a man who had
Stolen bike leads to three thieves OFFICERS from the Guardia Civil have arrested three men suspected of stealing items from a farmhouse in Benahadux. Twenty-year-old ASE, 19-year-old SBA and 23-yearold FJER were all arrested under suspicion of burglary. The investigation began when a member of the public was sold a bike for €30 by three people he did not know. He was concerned about the origin of the bike, so he delivered the bike to the Guardia Civil to avoid any problems heading his way in the future. During the police investigation, the bike was identified by its former owner and confirmed to have been stolen recently. The officers were able to track down the thieves and make their arrests. The investigation continues with the Guardia Civil not ruling out further arrests.
been helping on the farm for a few days, but that had been dismissed because he could not provide the correct documentation for employment.
According to the farm owner, the man was somewhat irascible and had been causing dissent among the other farm workers. This provided the
officers with enough reason to question the man, who they eventually tracked down to Las Norias de Daza in El Ejido, 21 days after the criminal damage.
The man initially tried to provide the officers with a fake identity. Both he and the evidence have been passed to the magistrate’s court for El Ejido for processing.
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Children get hands on in the world of robotic engineering HUERCAL OVERA has launched a brand new activity designed specifically for children in
order to introduce them to the world of robotic engineering. The workshops have
proved so popular at its launch that two classes have been set up to accommodate the large numbers. For children aged six to 11, Lego WeDo is the kit of choice, a programmable robot that helps the children develop the skills necessary to become the engineers of tomorrow. They will experiment with gears, levers, pulleys and transmission, as well as basic programming. For teens aged 12 to 17, their activities are based around the Lego Mindstorm NXT. The teens will build their first robots from scratch using Lego parts, motors, a board that functions as a brain, as well as sensors including light, sound, ultrasound and touch. They too will learn to program their robot to
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Zamurala connected RESIDENTS of the Zamurala district of Huercal de Almeria are now connected to the municipal sewer supply. Zamarula is one of the furthest areas from the town.
Velez lighting ENDESA and Enel Sole have renovated more than 700 street lights in Velez Rubio after they were awarded the contract in April 2014. ROBOT BUILDING: Workshops perfect for children.
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perform certain tasks. Both workshops are developed to increase the creative thinking and teamwork of the students. Huercal Overa’s councillor for Education, Lucia Parra, said: “For the
ALMERIA’S Cosentino group is continuing its rapid expansion with two new centres in the United States. The two new centres will be in Florida and New York.
youngsters these workshops are perfect for training with stories. “It is collaborative and participatory learning rather than learning skills such as language, social science or history.”
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VERA PHOTO CLUB is holding its annual exhibition of photographs from 30 of their members at the Centre de Arte in Mojacar, above the fuente. The exhibition has its formal opening at 7pm on Thursday October 30 and runs until November 20. The photographs follow a wide theme with the club members choosing to display their favourite images. This is the second exhibition for the club, which was originally started by Stan Roberts and now boasts more than 100 members from across Almeria. Opening hours for the
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Musical benefactors honoured in Pechina PECHINA Council and La Asociacion Musical Maestro Jose Berenguel Escamez hosted a public
tribute to two maestros. The two maestros, Jose Berenguel and Angel Alvarez Carmona, were
posthumously honoured for being instrumental in the musical culture of the town. Between them, they launched the band, the music school, and the association that supports them. Jose Berenguel has been a renowned musician and composer nationwide, while Angel Alvarez rescued the town band from oblivion. The municipal band performed a variety of works at the tribute which
was attended by town residents of all ages, including a young lad who enjoyed a bit of a dance during a duet before being marched off by his mother. The event was originally scheduled to begin at 7.30pm but was delayed until 8pm in a gesture of reconciliation to the football fans, enabling them to enjoy the derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Upgrades approved ALMERIA Province has approved projects for five municipalities. The work will cost €2,451,641.88. Alsodux, Macael, Sierro and Sufli will benefit with improvements to infrastructure and general maintenance. Gergal, Huercal de Almeria, La Mojonera, Pechina, and Pulpi will receive money for works including improving sports facilities, church restoration, plaza renovations and general urban development.
There are also improvements planned for Bayarcal and Padules. Additionally, the green light has been given for cleaning services for assisted living with the existing supplier having reported savings of €84,500 from the previous contract. This cemented their contract renewal at a value of €1,784,817. Finally, Cantoria theatre is to get some more technical equipment while Fondon will be able to construct a gymnasium.
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SCHOOL DONATION: Peter Dell (second from left) and Gary Bowen from Bar La Union (far right) with representatives from Zurgena Town Hall.
Schools benefit from charity fundraisers DURING the summer, Bar La Union in La Alfoquia hosted a number of events to raise money for local schools in Zurgena and La Alfoquia. The events were well attended, featuring well known bands and
entertainers, and attracting a number of visitors and residents. The sum raised so far is â‚Ź1,000 and this week it was presented to the town hall in Zurgena. The organisers, Bar La Union and
Peter Dell, hope to continue these events and raise more for local causes in La Alfoquia and Zurgena. They would like to thank everyone who performed and attended. Keep an eye on EWN for future events.
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Busy thief POLICE officers have arrested an El Ejido resident for multiple counts of theft. Included in his charges are 15 houses, two shops and a school. All thefts were within two months.
Triple crash THREE cars, colliding close to the Alquian neighbourhood of Almeria City had to be removed by crane to clear the road. The occupants of the three cars escaped serious injury.
Rock treat ROCK fans are in for a treat at Marmita de Ahlam as it is hosting a mega rock event from Friday October 31 to November 2. Book accommodation on 950 513 972.
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A 10 year celebration for Currencies Direct in Mojácar THE Currencies Direct office in Mojácar was officially 10 years old on Thursday October 23), and to celebrate the team threw a birthday party in the office. Currencies Direct was founded in the UK in 1996 and has been established in Spain since 1999. As a leading foreign exchange provider, the company has continued to grow and expand, and now has seven offices across the country. To mark the occasion, the company invited clients from all across the region to come together and enjoy an evening of complimentary drinks and tapas. The party was a huge success with over 200 guests attending, and it was a great
our new customers and to catch up with some others who’ve been using Currencies Direct since we first opened the office.” Peter also outlined the company’s aims: “We try to help our customers get the most from their overseas money transfers. Some of our customers need to make one-off payments, while others need to make regular transfers; whatever the reason may be, we get them bankbeating exchange rates”. BIRTHDAY PARTY: Currencies Direct celebrated their 10 year anniversary. opportunity for people to get together, share stories and maybe even make some new friends. At the end of the evening, everybody left
in high spirits and - more importantly - with full stomachs. Peter Loveday, the company’s Director of Southern Europe, was
happy with how the event went. “It was a delightful evening” he said, “and a great opportunity to get together with so many of
You can visit currenciesdirect.com for more information or follow them on Twitter @CurrenciesD to stay up to date with the latest from Currencies Direct.
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MIGAS: Debate over best cooking method.
Migas for seniors HUERCAL OVERA feria began with a breakfast for the elderly, and closed
with supper for seniors. The mayor, Domingo Fernandez, helped
prepare and serve migas. Also there to help were representatives from the town council, including Maribel Sanchez and Monica Navarro. Some of the cooks swore by cooking the migas over wood for a special flavour while others used gas. But whichever method was used, the clean plates and big smiles proved the popularity of the event.
ALMERIA’S councillor for Housing Development, Encarnacion Caparros and the public ports manager for Andalucia, Miguel Paneque, have announced that port dredging will begin in December. The work will be carried out at the entrance to Adra harbour at a cost of approximately half a million euros. The figure is more than the original estimate as the area covered has been expanded. Caparros and Paneque met with Adra Council to explain that work will be put out to tender imminently.
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Multiple assets, identities, frauds - abuse of system THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has just released a new campaign in the UK targeting benefit thieves in their local areas and reinforcing an ongoing effort to get back the millions that are taken from the tax payer - 82 million for last year alone for abroad fraud cases. There is no one ‘type’ of benefit thief, but the one thing they have in common is that they are all taking advantage and abusing the system. For example, Peter Fischer claimed over £85,000 (€107,885) in benefits using multiple identities. Not only was Mr Fischer claiming benefits while living abroad, he was also working in both the UK and Spain, where he had tried to operate a business, without informing the DWP. He also owned undeclared property in Spain. In July of this year Mr Fischer’s case went to court and he was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and suspended for 15 months. In another recent case, 74-yearold Dennis Troubridge, who was living in Murcia while claiming benefits, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, in September of this year. Mr Troubridge had been living in Spain from 2009, and had claimed over £135,000 (€171,347) in benefits with the assistance of his daughter, Poppy Bowling. Ms Bowling was sentenced to a Community Order for 12 months after providing her address in
BENEFIT FRAUD: New and improved methods are in place to target thieves. Dagenham as a benefit claim address for her father. She also dealt with benefit mail at her address and had control of one of her father’s bank accounts allowing her to withdraw cash from one account and transfer it to an account he had control over. In both cases, the benefit thieves had been claiming Income Support, Pension Credit, Disability Living Allowance and Housing Benefits, all of which are not exportable when living abroad. New and improved methods are in place to target benefit thieves wherever they are and government departments are
working together to catch anyone abusing the system. This also includes the traditional benefit fraud hotline, where DWP receives allegations from the public. The Spanish hotline [900 55 44 40] is free and confidential, and members of the public can call to report suspected benefit thieves in Spain. The line is open from 8am4pm Spanish time.
For further information on benefits you can receive while living abroad please visit https://www.gov.uk/livingin-spain#state-pensions
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MY wife Jill and I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the Euro Weekly News owners, Michel and Steven Euesden, and all of your staff especially Dilip Kuner and Jenni Leighfield. We are so very grateful for all your support over the years and appreciate all that you have done for us in helping publicise and report on events in aid of Tomas Leighton Care, and keeping your readers up to date with Tomas’ ongoing challenges and progress. Tomas could not have progressed so well and come so far without your help. It was very emotional for us all at the finish line in front of the Euro Weekly News offices on Friday October 17. It was a fabulous welcome for the cyclists finishing ‘From Rain to Spain’ and really wonderful to have everyone come out and greet Tomas and the cyclists. Once again, thank you to you all. With best regards, Jon and Jill Leighton
Fungus limits FIVE kilograms per person per day is the new limit set for picking mushrooms by Almeria’s department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation. Any mushrooms picked are to be solely for personal use. The new rules also prohibit the use of tools like rakes or hoes that cause soil damage. Failure to comply with the rules is considered an offence which may lead to confiscation of mushrooms and fines ranging from €60 to €601.
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Marbella winner A TICKET-HOLDER won €68,459.35 in the Bonoloto lottery drawn on Monday, October 27. The ticket was stamped at the Number 13 lottery office in Marbella and was one of three winning tickets.
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Animal cruelty A GERMAN SHEPHERD dog was shot dead with a shotgun in Can Rullan, Soller. Councillor Joan Ruiz said the council would get to the bottom of the dog’s death.
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Police training SAN ROQUE Local Police officers have completed a two-day training course to improve response times to the 112 emergency services.
A FIRE that broke out at around 2.30am on Sunday, October 26, on Calle Joan Burgues Zaforteza gutted a car and caused serious damage to another. Police suspect an arsonist could be behind the blaze.
Navy visit
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THE Castilla Spanish navy ship with capacity for up to six helicopters and a special operations unit including an extensive medical centre docked at Malaga Port on Monday, October 27, for a two-day visit after taking part in NATO operations in the Mediterranean.
TEATRE PRINCIPAL in Palma is hosting a concert dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is taking place on Saturday, November 1, at 7pm. Tickets are €55, €45, €30 and €20. More information at www.teatreprincipal.com.
Tapas route
Coin helps out LUNA NUEVA charity sent its sixth delivery of items including medical supplies, food, toys and an ambulance to Senegal on Tuesday, October 28, and will help to build installations for children in need.
Health education MIJAS secondary schools received visits from the Cancer Prevention Caravan on Monday, October 27, and Tuesday, October 28, with informative talks on healthy living and disease prevention.
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Car blaze A CAR burst into flames in Almuñecar as it was being driven along Calle Tenis. No one was hurt, but the blaze spread and affected 40 square metres of land.
Jaen Tourism Fair ALMUÑECAR’S tourist attractions were advertised at Tourism Fair ‘Tierra Adentro’ in Jaen. The fair, which closed last Sunday, October 26, attracted more than 400 exhibitors, and 10,000 visitors.
Swimmer rescued MARITIME Rescue saved a 27-year-old swimmer with hypothermia symptoms in Velez-Malaga.The man was taken to Hospital Comarcal and is reported to be in good health.
Traffic accident THREE women and two men were injured as a result of a collision between their cars on the A-356 at Velez-Malaga. The injured were taken to Hospital Comarcal in Axarquia.
PERMANENT ICON: Alicante Port was bustling during Volvo Ocean Race launch.
Hoteliers call for ‘iconic’ landmark FOLLOWING the success of the launch of the Volvo Ocean Race in Alicante Port, hoteliers are calling for the area to become a permanent tourist attraction. The Provincial Hotel Association said after more than 300,000 visitors in the area at the Race Village, the port had been left spookily empty and predicted it would remain so until the start of the next race in 2017.
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Good payers DENIA Town Hall settles suppliers’ bills within 56 days instead of the obligatory 60, compared with 120 days in the past. It now intends to reduce this to 20 days.
Road rage A PETREL motorist needed hospital treatment after being confronted and attacked by the father of a boy he had almost hit. The father has a record, police sources later revealed.
Port compromise ALTEA Town Hall and the regional
President of the hotel association Cristina Rodes is calling on the Ministry of Development, Alicante Port and the regional government to create a flagship icon that will draw in tourists all year round. “Valencia has the City of Arts and Sciences, Bilbao has the Guggenheim, so why not get something for the Volvo zone, an event that has shown tremendous tourist attraction?”
A TAPAS gastronomic route is taking place in Calvia every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between tomorrow, October 31, and November 16. Maps and more information at www.fundacioncalvia.com.
Passing out A HORSE passed out on Saturday afternoon, October 25, on Avenida Jaume III. A vet and members of the municipal services arrived on the scene to determine its condition.
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Brit house fire A BRITISH couple and their two children, aged four and five, were treated at Torrevieja Hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at their home in El Galan, San Miguel de Salinas.
Roman ruin
government are discussing a future leisure centre at the port. This would suit those wanting entertainment activities and those preferring tranquillity, sources said.
ONE HUNDRED demonstrators gathered around Cartagena’s old Roman amphitheatre to protest about its state of disrepair. Improvement work has stalled due to the economic situation.
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THE town hall in Benidorm has offered the regional government 15,000 square metres of land for the new Rincon de Loix health centre. This should help to avoid threatened delays, the mayor said.
REDOVAN has set aside €10,000 to treat and eradicate the Tomicus pest that is killing pine trees in the Vega Baja.
Clean-up VOLUNTEERS cleared one ton of rubbish from the River Serpis in Alcoy. Environment councillor Paco Agullo criticised residents lacking in public spirit who debased the area’s outstanding fauna.
Camino improvements ROJALES is to pave the roads around the Camino de los Huertos to improve safety for farmers and upgrade infrastructure. The work has an investment of €60,000; half will be funded by the town hall.
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‘Best mayor’ faces trial GABRIEL AMAT, the mayor of Roquetas de Mar and leader of the Partido Popular (PP) at the Junta de Andalucia, is facing trial. He has been accused of granting a licence for the construction of 10 villas in La Fabriquilla. Amat and six of his councillors from 2007 are to appear before Judge Maria del Mar Alejo Rico. The case, brought by the AMAyT association in conjunction with Margaret Kaiser Terriza, also refers to irregularities in the sale of land with a market value in a mortgage for €800,000, which was subsequently reduced in a move alleged to have directly benefited Amat and his immediate family as well as members of the town planning department. Although he describes himself as a farmer, Amat is also an entrepreneur with several farms, a Volkswagen-Audi dealership and a number of properties including six homes in Roquetas de Mar and percentage ownership in several commercial interests. Amat, a father-of-two, has been described by his peers in a variety of ways. Maria Dolores Cospedal described him as “the best mayor in the history of Roquetas.” His friend Javier Arenas did not hesitate to define him as “the best mayor in Spain.” But opponents including Secretary of the PSOE in Almeria, Juan Carlos Perez Navas, commented: “An urban development promoted by the local government may be benefiting some individuals with re-zoning and no actions complying with the law.”
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SWEDEN - A date has been set for the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist. The couple will tie the knot on June 13 in the Royal Chapel in Stockholm.
HEAD teachers should be able to grant term-time holidays for special occasions without parents facing fines for taking their children out of school. The Local Government Association has called for a ‘common sense approach’ to term-time holidays.
SWEDEN - Students at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm are being helped to build Sweden’s first satellite by the country’s first astronaut. Christian Fuglesang, 57 went into space in 2006 and is helping the students who hope to launch in 2017.
Budget cuts NORWAY - Proposed budget cuts to benefits for parents of disabled children will save 590 million kroner (€70.9 million).
Lifting ban NORWAY - A ban on professional boxing could be lifted by the New Year. A law passed in 1981 banned the sport forcing Norwegian professionals to fight abroad. Now proposals to permit the professional sport could go before parliament before Christmas.
Ebola pledge DENMARK - The government has committed another 115 million kroner (€15.45 million), a military supply ship and health workers to the fight against Ebola. The new contributions bring Denmark’s total spend so far to 190 million kroner (€25.52 million).
British jihadist A STUDY has found that British jihadis fighting in Syria and Iraq are being killed at the rate of one per week. Twenty-three Britons are believed to have so far died after travelling to fight in the civil war. It’s believed that all 23 are second-generation immigrants from a variety of ethnic backgrounds.
Replica jersey ban SHEFFIELD UNITED has banned the sale of replica shirts bearing the name of former player Ched Evans. Evans was recently released from jail after serving half of a five-year sentence for rape. The Sheffield United club store is refusing requests from fans for the number nine shirt with Evans’ name printed on the back.
Unemployment dropping UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK has fallen below the two million mark for the first time since the financial crisis. Latest figures show that 1.97 million people in Britain are currently unemployed. The figure - that equates to 6 per cent of the population - is the lowest figure for the last six years.
A CRIMINAL gang in Manchester has been using James Bond-style tracking devices to stalk cannabis growers and steal their produce. The gang used
CANNABIS: Being stolen by a criminal gang.
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third in terms of quality of the working environment.
SWEDEN has called off the hunt for a suspected Russian submarine in waters off Stockholm. Sweden mobilised 200 troops, helicopters and stealth ships following foreign ‘underwater activity,’ believed to be a Russian submarine.
Expats in Russia RUSSIA has ranked 17th on HSBC Bank’s annual list of the world’s best countries for expats. Encompassing 34 countries, Russia came out top for expats in terms of quality of social life and making friends, and
CONSUMER confidence is due to recover, according to a report by marketing company Gfk. A succession of falls in confidence has been halted and the consumer confidence index is forecast to rise to 8.5 in November, up 0.1.
Refugee plan BERLIN city bosses plan to use two huge inflatable tents and six shipping container ‘villages’ to house a total of 2,600 refugees. The city is struggling to cope with the numbers of people seeking asylum.
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Bank protests sanctions SBERBANK, Russia’s top bank, has protested Western sanctions against the bank in a European Union court. The EU imposed sanctions on Sberbank, restricting its access to international capital, in a decision linked to Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis.
Dual citizenship MORE than 600,000 Russians have declared they hold dual citizenship. Those with foreign passports or resident status abroad were asked to disclose their status to the authorities or face a fine of 200,000 rubles (€3,700). Activists have criticised the move and say it is a stepping stone for the government to ban dual citizenship altogether.
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Oldest bear dies
DENMARK Lebanese authorities are holding a Danish born teenager for fighting alongside ISIS. The teen has been held for four months with no charges.
THE world’s oldest brown bear has died at a zoo in St Petersburg. Varvara, the mother of 29 cubs, died at age 35. Varvara lived almost twice the normal length of time for wild brown bears.
SBERBANK: Russia’s top bank.
FOREIGN Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said Germany is sending a mission to Northern Iraq to examine the possibility of expanding its training of Kurdish forces for their fight against Islamic militants. Germany has already approved humanitarian aid and the delivery of weapons.
Market forces GOOGLE’S market power has forced German publishers to allow the search engine giant to show news snippets in search results free of charge. Google had stopped showing them, instead displaying only a headline and link, when publishers started legal action to try to get compensation from the search engine for republishing their content.
Beer wage ESSEN has started paying alcoholics in beer to clean the city’s streets. Depending on their needs the alcoholics get a small hourly wage and up to three bottles of beer in an effort to get them to rejoin society. Not everyone gets beer - just those who can't work without it.
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STAT OF WEEK SPAIN’S Synthetic Index of Export Activity (ISAE) registered 7.6 points between July and September, 15.5 less than in the second quarter. Despite this setback short-term export prospects are still good, the government said.
SPAIN’S theme parks have never lived up to their promise. Only Port Aventura in Salou (Barcelona, 1995) has been a consistent success. It had a €164.5 million turnover last year and profits of €9.96 million in return for a total investment of €1 billion. Isla Magica (Sevilla 1996),
PORT AVENTURA: Consistent success for theme park.
Board agrees FCC rights issue FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS (FCC) announced an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for November 20. The Barcelona construction and services company whose investors include Bill Gates and George Soros expects to raise €1 billion through a new rights issue. This will then be used to repay its debt and shore up the capital reserves of units outside Spain. The announcement hinged on an agreement between majority shareholder Esther Koplowitz and the banks regarding loans tied to her holding in FCC which has belonged to her family for more than 50 years.
Koplowitz will cut her 50 per cent controlling stake to around 25 per cent to refinance her own debt which is estimated at €1 billion, according to insiders who asked to remain anonymous. The company now seeks to cancel the €1.35 billion payment-in-kind loan that was introduced as a temporary measure earlier this year during restructuring amounting to almost €5 billion. Assets have been sold and jobs cut to counteract more than two years of losses. These stemmed from the economic crisis and the collapse of Spain’s property as well as the insolvency of FCC’s Austrian subsidiary, Alpine.
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Sure thing JUAN ROSELL, current president of Spain’s business confederation, CEOE, has sufficient backing to be re-elected in December. Opposition from the metallurgical and construction sectors cannot obstruct his re-election, sources said.
Unfair fine ANDALUCIA’S regional govenrment fined ‘bad bank’ Sareb €120,000 for obstructing the Junta’s anti-eviction measures. It will appeal against the fine, which Sareb’s chairwoman Belen Romana said was “unjustified.”
The customer is not always right BANKS in only five eurozone countries comply with the rulings of users’ protection agencies. Apart from Ireland, France, Slovenia, Greece and Lithuania, 13 EU countries including Spain ignore their conclusions. When a customer is dissatisfied with their Spanish bank’s handling of a complaint this is passed on to the Bank of Spain. Eight-two per
cent ignore the supervisor’s recommendations when these are in the client’s favour, found comparison website Kelisto.es. In 2012, Barclays in Spain made no rectifications at all while Citibank complied with 1.3 per cent and Cajasur 2.3 per cent. Deutsche Bank was more compliant, rectifying in 61.1 per cent cases, as was Sabadell (51.1 per cent).
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Some major variations on a theme costing the equivalent of €85 million, has been on the brink of closing on several occasions and last year’s €2.1 million profit was its first ever. Terra Mitica (Benidorm 2000) cost €425 million of public and private money when the Valencian Community was in the grip of
the mega-million building boom. Last year it had a turnover of €14.44 million but made just €790,000 and will have a ‘make or break’ 2015. Other regions refuse to be deterred by such mediocre results and Murcia optimistically plans to open a Paramount theme park in 2016.
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4.5M 3.6M 29.8M 4.0M 4.1M 5.5M 19.9M 4.5M 9.7M 20.6M 2.9M 4.8M 27.8M 6.7M 6.0M 13.8M 5.3M 8.6M 61.1M 2.5M 28.4M 13.5M 13.4M 2.4M 3.7M 3.0M 13.5M 2.7M 4.5M 4.9M
C H A N G E ( P ) % C H G.
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-0.31 1.14 -0.24 0.30 -0.07 0.70 0.64
NET VOLUME 1,162.60 692.94 4,031.35 126.28 383.83 354.60 168.64
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
$ 25.65 $ 42.15 $ 17.33 $ 14.89 $ 24.45 $ 25.52 $ 18.34 $ 96.69 $ 31 $ 14.89 $ 11.04
8.27 ▲ 47.58% 8.95 ▲ 26.96% 2.79 ▲ 19.19% 2.01 ▲ 15.61% 3.26 ▲ 15.38% 3.22 ▲ 14.44% 2.22 ▲ 13.77% 11.61 ▲ 13.65% 3.67 ▲ 13.43% 1.61 ▲ 12.12% 1.14 ▲ 11.52%
$ 6.31 $ 62.105 $ 13.09 $ 3.63 $ 7.30 $ 34.37 $ 16.26 $ 27.08 $ 30 $ 71.91 $ 2.54
1.85 ▼ 22.67% 11.165 ▼ 15.24% 2.17 ▼ 14.22% 0.57 ▼ 13.57% 1.14 ▼ 13.51% 4.64 ▼ 11.89% 2.05 ▼ 11.20% 3.21 ▼ 10.60% 3.19 ▼ 9.61% 7.24 ▼ 9.15% 0.25 ▼ 8.96%
Most Advanced Digital River, Inc. BJ's Restaurants, Inc. Regulus Therapeutics Inc. Merit Medical Systems, Inc. SodaStream International Ltd. Columbus McKinnon Corporation RealPage, Inc. Strattec Security Corporation The Spectranetics Corporation Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. Calithera Biosciences, Inc.
Most Declined Layne Christensen Company Synaptics Incorporated Lakeland Industries, Inc. Alcobra Ltd. First Niagara Financial Group Inc. Hub Group, Inc. NIC Inc. QIWI plc TESSCO Technologies Incorporated GoPro, Inc. Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc.
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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Centrica PLC 295.85 Coca-Cola HBC AG 1327.50 Compass Group PLC 975.00 CRH PLC 1363.00 Diageo PLC 1776.75 Direct Line Insurance 277.80 Dixons Carphone PLC 379.60 easyJet PLC 1442.00 Experian PLC 916.00 Fresnillo PLC 749.75 Friends Life Group Ltd 301.15 G4S PLC 251.75 GKN PLC 302.45 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1416.00 Glencore PLC 312.35 Hammerson PLC 593.25 Hargreaves Lansdown 934.50 HSBC Holdings PLC 625.20 IMI PLC 1171.50 Imperial Tobacco Group 2592.00 InterContinental Hotels 2271.00 International Consolidtd ...385.85 Intertek Group PLC 2560.00 Intu Properties PLC 331.60 ITV PLC 197.95 Johnson Matthey PLC 2870.00 Kingfisher PLC 294.40 Land Securities Group 1086.50 Legal & General Group 223.50 Lloyds Banking Group 74.86 London Stock Exchange 1918.00 Marks & Spencer Group 412.60 Meggitt PLC 440.35 Mondi PLC 1002.00 Morrison (Wm) Sprmrkts 151.80 National Grid PLC 895.00 Next PLC 6442.50 Old Mutual PLC 184.15 Pearson PLC 1139.50 Persimmon PLC 1401.50 Petrofac Ltd 1053.00 Prudential PLC 1369.25 Randgold Resources Ltd 3980.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5022.50 Reed Elsevier PLC 993.75 Rio Tinto PLC 2980.75 Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC 784.75 Royal Bank of Scotland 359.50 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2284.00 Royal Mail PLC 454.05 RSA Insurance Group 469.00 SABMiller PLC 3399.25 Sage Group (The) PLC 367.35 Sainsbury (J) PLC 238.90 Schroders PLC 2294.00 Severn Trent PLC 2001.00 Shire PLC 4072.00 Smith & Nephew PLC 982.00 Smiths Group PLC 1128.50 Sports Direct Internatnl 630.50 SSE PLC 1545.50 Standard Chartered PLC 1109.75 Standard Life PLC 385.85 St James's Place PLC 671.00 Tesco PLC 167.88 Travis Perkins PLC 1586.50 TUI Travel PLC 372.40 Tullow Oil PLC 489.70 Unilever PLC 2424.50 United Utilities Group 846.50 Vodafone Group PLC 198.70 Weir Group PLC 2220.00 Whitbread PLC 4326.00 Wolseley PLC 3193.50 WPP PLC 1178.50
CHANGE 3.10 7.00 8.00 -12.00 5.50 1.30 2.10 3.64 -6.00 -16.50 -0.40 0.80 -5.20 0.88 -4.50 0.00 -8.50 -4.70 -17.00 9.00 54.00 2.50 -6.00 0.70 0.30 -11.00 1.60 3.00 0.90 -1.85 2.00 -1.60 -2.40 -1.00 -0.68 4.00 -55.00 -0.60 0.23 6.00 -15.60 -5.00 -33.00 44.00 16.00 -31.08 -9.67 -4.70 -3.00 -3.80 2.20 42.00 0.50 0.70 -16.00 12.00 22.00 0.92 -24.00 0.50 9.05 -5.50 -1.11 -9.00 -0.91 0.00 6.50 -5.00 18.90 8.50 -1.75 -31.00 15.00 -17.00 0.75
% C H G. VOLUME 1.06 7,097.83 0.53 146.05 0.83 797.94 -0.87 909.41 0.31 997.55 0.47 1,312.14 0.56 1,081.44 0.25 337.81 -0.65 801.77 -2.15 497.03 -0.13 967.78 0.32 730.10 -1.69 1,981.95 0.06 2,774.07 -1.42 8,538.06 0.00 698.32 -0.90 306.43 -0.75 28,714.05 -1.43 797.68 0.35 492.25 2.44 368.69 0.65 5,432.39 -0.23 76.92 0.21 459.51 0.15 4,305.51 -0.38 143.63 0.55 2,301.56 0.28 866.90 0.40 3,655.56 -2.41 107,017.20 0.10 151.45 -0.39 1,406.78 -0.54 654.12 -0.10 375.29 -0.45 2,548.39 0.45 1,532.29 -0.85 196.83 -0.32 5,353.56 0.02 1,162.00 0.43 448.13 -1.46 887.07 -0.36 1,068.72 -0.82 151.58 0.88 367.05 1.64 1,531.92 -1.03 1,807.08 -1.22 1,914.05 -1.29 4,872.12 -0.13 795.04 -0.83 1,016.63 0.47 935.43 1.25 656.30 0.14 445.06 0.29 2,076.64 -0.69 110.43 0.60 212.37 0.54 1,324.74 0.09 415.12 -2.08 518.85 0.08 553.70 0.59 575.01 -0.49 1,956.69 -0.29 1,221.68 -1.32 668.54 -0.54 13,101.75 0.00 232.11 1.78 1,289.76 -1.01 1,120.94 0.79 1,440.37 1.01 710.77 -0.87 23,799.37 -1.38 301.38 0.35 103.72 -0.53 515.92 0.06 1,112.77
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The secret art of a successful business SOME business owners see customers as sheep to be fleeced whilst others try to increase profits by maximising prices whilst minimising service. Balancing the books is essential to running a successful business. To get it right is an art form. We have all endured caferestaurants that have more in common with a workhouse canteen or dock road café. For some strange reason they think they can compete on price with restaurants offering real value for money. There is a Spanish saying; “Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” If customers don’t
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perceive the service as being equal to the bill they will not return. I once had the privilege of spending an hour or so with Pam Morgan, then the marketing head of Redrow Homes. Having started as a one-man business, she and her
husband, Steve, created Britain’s largest privately owned housebuilders. I asked Pam what she put down to the company’s success. “We built homes when others were building houses,” she told me. “These were basic budget designed and built with no thought for the woman or her family. Yet, ironically, the lady of the house is a far bigger influence than the husband when choosing their home.” “Those houses were boxes,” she told me. “I realised that minor changes to home fascias; a curved roof line, bay window, arched door, didn’t add to the building costs but added individuality.”
Pam went on to tell me that show homes of rivals had nightmare deeppile white carpets, anti-child tubular steel, and glass furniture. Electric sockets were at a minimum, no glory hole for toys and prams; “A coat rail? There wasn’t even a hook to hang an ironing board on,” she added. She then explained that she designed show homes that real people could identify with. “The expression I heard most often was from the young mum-to-be: “This is just the way I want my home to be.” Tip: Find out what your customer wants and then sell it to him.
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Don’t let cybercrime drag you down - change your passwords regularly Loose change A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
OCTOBER is Cyber Security Awareness Month and while most recently the press have been running numerous reports about how some celebrities have had private pictures of themselves hacked into, what’s a lot more important than their nudity is ensuring that your money is safe online. Cyber crime is big business and it doesn’t just affect the rich and famous, every single one of us, regardless of the amount of money we have in the bank, is a target. Cybercrime comes in many forms online identity theft, financial fraud, hacking, email spoofing, information forgery, and intellectual property crime.
BIG BUSINESS: Cyber crime doesn’t just affect the rich and famous. It can cause a lot of stress for a victim, while at its worst, cybercrime can even lead to financial ruin. In the UK it’s said that someone is ripped off by a fraudster or loses money to an online crime, every two minutes of every day. Therefore learning how to
prevent such crime is essential. Keep a clean machine. Whether it is a PC, mobile device or laptop, make sure security software is current and up-todate. How many times have you delayed security updates when they pop up on the screen? Exactly. But remember that
having the latest software on all devices can be one of the best defences against viruses, malware and other online threats. Change passwords regularly. When changing your password, make it complicated, with a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Don’t use the same password for many accounts. By keeping various passwords you lessen the risk of multiple accounts being compromised. Connect with care. Be cautious when connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots and if you decide to purchase something online send personal information only to websites that are fully encrypted. Be aware of suspicious texts, emails and links. Unsolicited emails and pop-up ads can be full of computer viruses designed specifically to steal user names and passwords from your computer. Just for the sake of curiosity they are not worth opening. Close and delete dubious messages. Report it. If your identity has been stolen or compromised, contact your bank immediately.
Can husband be President? Q. Article 13 of the Law of Horizontal Property states that, ‘The President You and the shall be chosen from among the Law in Spain owners in the Community.’ In our list By David Searl the wife of the President is named as the owner. The Property Registry names the wife as owner and says: TITULARES ACTUALES: ‘Maria… Participación… Pleno Dominio para la sociedad conyugal, casada con Don Francisco…’ My question is whether a spouse can be classed as an owner and so be the President of our Community? J.P. (Costa Blanca)
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Oil find GENEL ENERGY has found oil off the Moroccan coast at Agadir, 200 kilometres from the Canary Islands. It is too early to make technical interpretations, the Anglo-Turkish consortium cautioned, and even if the quality and quantity of the oil were commercially viable, it would require up to six years to extract under good conditions.
Vice pays out A. The key to your question is ‘full ownership for the matrimonial entity,’ or ‘sociedad conyugal.’ If their partnership is ‘gananciales,’ they are co-owners. If their scheme is ‘separación de bienes,’ then only the wife owns. Most couples in Spain have property sharing. The husband’s name does appear. In the case of two or more owners, one of them must be named to exercise their Community rights. If they choose to name the
husband, then he can legally be President.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
PROSTITUTION and drugs contributed 1.7 per cent of Spain’s GDP in 2010, compared to the EU average of 1.3 per cent. Cyprus benefited most from vice-generated money, with an 8.4 per cent contribution to the economy, followed by the Netherlands (5.9 per cent), Portugal (2 per cent) and Italy (1.9 per cent).
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Callous owners who abandon their dogs WE Brits can easily be misled when we see a stray dog wandering around with no collar, dirty, emaciated and unchipped. We assume it has been abandoned and out of the kindness of our hearts might be inclined to take it into our homes after having first taken it to the vet. Then we discover it belongs to someone who allows it to roam the streets in this condition and sees nothing wrong with that. This has happened to two friends of mine and indeed almost happened to me. I found a Labrador-type dog wandering in the middle of Turre a few months ago. It was terrified and emaciated, covered in mud and obviously pregnant. I bought a collar and lead for it and, as it was hungry and thirsty, gave it food and water. I waited until the vet was open and was about to walk it up there to be checked out when I was stopped by a Spanish chap who told me it was his and had escaped from his compound. He also said he wasn’t bothered about the dog and maybe I could have it after it had the pups. In the event both the dog and the pups ended up at Paws Patas. We now have another dog from Paws Patas and as she was left at their gates I suppose it’s safe to assume someone didn’t want her. Steve Clarke, Turre (Almeria)
Great treatment I WANT to share some good news with your readers! I have been admitted twice to Malaga University Hospital Clinico in the last few months and each time I have been treated so well by everyone in A & E and doctors, nurses and cleaners. My sheets, towels and nightgown were changed every day. Floors and bathroom cleaned twice a day. As we all know, this helps towards recovery. So special thanks to all in A & E, on Floors Four and Six and especially to Dr Carlos de la Cruz Cosme who listened to me and got my all tests completed so I could get home for my big party!
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Quieten down I HAVE to wonder at people like Mr Gregory who like noise. Some Spanish people and maybe Mr Gregory seem to have hearing difficulties and talk at a volume that in any other race would be called shouting. All through the summer months I had tourists from elsewhere in Spain walking past my apartment block on the ninth floor at gone 2am and talking loudly enough to be heard a few hundred yards away. And drunks talking equally loudly till gone 6am. What is pleasant about such people who don’t give a damn about others? Obviously even other Spanish people complain about them rather than just a few Brits, as some noisy late-night places were shut down in Velez-Malaga a while back.
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As to Mr Gregory’s comment on Japan, I’ve been there a few times and found it and its people quiet. Michael Hill, Torre del Mar (Malaga)
Fly away I WORK in a hotel near the promenade in Palma. Summer has just finished although it’s still hot, but in my opinion the regional or the central government could promote the islands better. Everybody on the mainland is wrong in thinking that Baleares
are only beaches. For example there are a lots of very beautiful small villages like Deia, Valldemossa, Fornalutx. An idea would be to reduce taxes when flying because it’s very expensive and tourists with three or four free days in winter could visit other places in Spain. Carlos Felix Carrascosa Medina, Palma de Mallorca.
Taken for a ride WE went to the port of Algeciras last week to take a ferry. On arrival no English signs were visible and we were pleased when a man waved us down. He told us to park at a lower level and charged us €50 for two days’ car parking. Then a police car stopped and told us long term parking was up the ramp and the man who previously helped us was a fraudster! Beware: these men disappear in seconds. What a racket! Linda (by email)
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Mobility bullies READING Street Talk on the state of driving on Spanish roads prompts me to make the following observation on the use of mobility scooters. I am happy that the quality of life for those with mobility issues has been improved by the invention of the mobility scooter. In Benidorm there seems to have been an explosion in their use, and not just by those less fortunate. It seems to have been forgotten that the users of these scooters are still pedestrians. They frequent pavements and pedestrian areas which are, especially in Benidorm, heavily trafficked by walkers. Pedestrians travel at different speeds and have to patiently negotiate their way around slower walkers at opportune moments. The same should apply to mobility scooters. In the past weeks I’ve witnessed users sounding their horns, whistling, shouting and even knocking into pedestrians in order to get past. What gives them the right to do this? I am sure if pedestrians barged through other walkers or shouted abuse to clear a path they would soon feel the wrath of the law. Maybe the issue could be alleviated by making these scooters use roads and banning them from the generally slowermoving pedestrian areas. Nigel Lewis-Davidson, Benidorm (Alicante)
No sale GOING back a few months there was division of opinion in Your Say regarding Looky Looky street vendors. I now know how I feel about them after recently refusing to buy a bracelet as I enjoyed my morning coffee and read the daily paper. “No, gracias,” I answered politely. The vendor thrust his face too near mine and fiercely demanded to know why not, to which I replied sharply and less politely, “I said no.” I’m sure some of these chaps are good sorts, but I can well imagine that others could be intimidating if given the chance. S McNamara (by email)
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Deals to protect the powerful? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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T the start of the Pistorius trial I forecast he would get six to eight years for manslaughter. Not far out was I? Around that time I also wrote there was an extremely big name ‘waiting in the wings’ to be brought up on historical child abuse charges. I was of course referring to Rolf Harris. Well now I can tell you there is at this moment another bunch of names facing the dock. A group that will only escape child molestation charges if, as is highly possible, there is a cover up of Profumo proportions to get them all out of it. Will these people receive their just desserts? I’ve no idea. What I do suspect, however, is that, as we speak, there is a veritable hive of hierarchy, whirling like dervishes to protect their backsides. The phrase ‘if I go - you go’ is probably being more bandied about than ‘bring down the deficit’ in certain high places at the moment. Watch this space - but don’t hold yer breath.
OSCAR PISTORIUS: Sentenced to five years in prison. You know why the EU is never going to work? Because it’s communism, pure and simple. Why do you think Miliband and his bunch of lefties are so up for it? The £1.7 billion, demanded by the coffer keepers of Brussels, simply because Britain has been so successful in restoring the economy, shows up the whole rotten conspiracy with all its
devious left-wing intentions. Communism, which runs on the premise that all men and women (and countries) are equal, simply doesn’t work - unless its participants are brainwashed into the marionettes and robots that dwell in countries akin to North Korea and China. This being the case, there is no chance whatsoever that the citizens of
GB are going to fall into the EU line. I also cannot believe that Germany could actually fail to envisage such an obvious outcome to the whole ill-fated scheme. When you ‘even’ everyone up you don’t lift them up to your living standards and way of life, you get dragged down to theirs. The more participants in this whole grand EU scheme, the lower all our standards are going to end up. When we’ve finally sunk to the ‘every country is equal’ level, we’ll all be working for two bob an hour with the EU hierarchy driving their limos to work in special lanes. Give us a break. Let’s get out while we can and reap the benefits of our free enterprise and sacrifices. I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all. Delighted we’ve finally pulled out of our war in Afghanistan. Any idea who won? Finally, when are these terrorists going to get into their heads that the more atrocities they carry out the more resolved the West will be to wiping them out? Let the hostages go. We have been known to respect a little compassion. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Dead EastEnders characters to haunt Ian Beale for Children in Need The one-hour special will be filmed in London later in the autumn by King Bert Productions and BBC In-house Comedy. Walliams said: “We have put together a dream cast for this, the first of my children’s books and for many still my best. It is a funny and poignant story about what it is to be different. I hope it will make everyone who sees it, young and old, stop and think.” 2012’s Mr Stink attracted over seven million viewers, while last year’s Gangsta Granny was seen by over 7.3 million.
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ICONIC EastEnders characters will be brought back from the dead for a Children in Need special. Pat Butcher, Kathy Mitchell, Cindy Beale and murdered Lucy Beale will reportedly return to Albert Square to haunt Ian Beale. A TV source said: “We are getting some of the show’s most iconic names back for one night only. It’s going to be historic. All the characters have a link to Ian Beale and they are going to come back to haunt him in scenes that will feature his past and present.” Michelle Collins, who played Cindy Beale until her death in
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1998, has confirmed her involvement, but is yet to reveal any concrete details. Pam St Clement’s Pat Butcher passed away in 2012, Lucy Beale was killed in a whodunit murder storyline this summer, while Kathy, played by Gillian Taylforth, left the soap in 2000. Viewers were told she had died in a car
crash six years later. Children In Need comes to BBC One on Friday, November 14 from 8pm (CET). Kate Moss and Jennifer Saunders have joined the cast of David Walliams’s upcoming BBC One comedy. Walliams’s book The Boy in the Dress is being adapted to television for the
Christmas period, following his BAFTA-nominated Mr Stink. The story follows a 12-year-old boy who enjoys cross-dressing, and how his family and friends react to it at home and school.
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HICH common courtesies have gone? A lot of them, according to Ilde Casanova from Park and Go airport parking at AlicanteElche Airport. He said: “When customers arrive we would open their doors, help carry their bags but that was not something the company had trained us or told us to do, it was just politeness and being helpful to people. But now the boss has installed it as policy and made all employees do the same thing; however, he shouldn’t have to, really, it should come naturally and I think that is a shame. Now, it is normal not to be necessarily polite or courteous.”
ILDE: Now it is more common not to be courteous
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Manners matter Good manners cost nothing; it is the little things that matter. What is a common courtesy that nowadays people seem to have forgotten about?
STREET TALK Claus van Mierlo from NICLA Casas in Almeria said: “I think some people have forgotten how to be up front and honest in their dealings. They feel the need to tell a different story to change a situation when they could just tell the truth. It is impolite.” Paul Mentessi from Gold Rush in La Zenia agrees that courtesy is a dying form. “Courtesy in general has gone and I think Claus van Mierlo
the most obvious one for me is respect for people’s jobs and profession. Some question their position and have no respect, and I find that really disrespectful.” Nick Holland with He added that Stephen Lloyd-Morgan one nationality in particular had no common courtesy, finding them ruder than any others he deals with. things that are Nick Holland, Manager for well- important, but it is nice to get a thank known tenor, Stephen Lloyd-Morgan, you for making the effort. If we are said: “Please and thank you. Steve and getting paid, or it is a reciprocal I were only talking about this the other agreement, then that is a different day. We do a lot of work for charity, we matter, but it is nice. Manners cost love to help and get involved with nothing!”
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UK Pension Reforms and Drawdown
THE new pension regime coming into effect on 6th April 2015 provides much more flexibility for drawdown pensions. Many people will want to take advantage of this, but it is important to consider all the implications to establish what will be most beneficial for you. Current rules You can start to take an income from your pension funds from age 55 under the “drawdown pensions” regime. The alternative is to buy an annuity. You have a choice of “capped” or “flexible” drawdown. With capped drawdown, your pension remains invested and you take an income. The amount of income is capped at 150% of an equivalent annuity. Under flexible drawdown, you can withdraw as much of your pension as you like, including the whole amount. To be eligible you must meet the “minimum income requirement”
By Bill Blevins, Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks of £12,000 of secure pension income. UK residents receive the 25% tax free pension commencement lump sum, but the rest is taxable. For those living outside the UK, tax would be chargeable dependent on taxation in your country of residence. With capped drawdown, you can contribute up to £40,000 per year into a pension fund, tax free. With flexible drawdown you are no longer able to contribute.
British expatriates are able to continue to contribute to a UK pension and get tax relief, provided they had a suitable plan in force before they left the UK. The amount they get relief on is capped at £3,600 per annum for five years following departure, or 100% of net relevant earnings. However some providers will not accept contributions from overseas residents. When the balance of the fund is paid to your beneficiaries on death, there is a 55% tax charge if you are aged 75 or over, or if you have started taking benefits. New rules from 6th April 2015 The 55% death charge will be abolished. If you die under the age of 75 your pension pot will pass to your beneficiaries tax free, even if it is in drawdown. If you are over 75, your heirs will pay their marginal rate of tax. If they
take it as a lump sum, a 45% fixed rate will be charged (the government hopes to change this to their marginal rate from 2016). Both capped drawdown and flexible drawdown will be replaced by a new “flexiaccess drawdown,” which has no upper limit on how much members can take. It works similar to flexible drawdown, but with no minimum income requirement. As before, expatriates can continue to contribute to their existing UK pension. However, under this new regime you can only contribute up to £40,000 tax free a year if you have not taken any benefits from the fund. If you take anything, the allowance drops to £10,000. It is important not to rush into anything when the new rules come into effect. You need to carefully consider all
the options and how they affect you personally from a tax and long-term financial security point of view. Specialist, professional advice is essential to make sure you understand all the implications, including the Spanish tax ones, and make the best decision for you. For peace of mind, your adviser should be authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. 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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Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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HE Western Powers are now engaged in perpetual war. Few Britons or Americans have known a month when their country was not directly or indirectly involved in conflict. Rudyard Kipling, Britain’s greatest poet, who lost his only son in World War One, was scathing: “If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied.” Disregard Orwellian mantras such as ‘The War on Terror’ and similar smokescreens. Conflict is fuelled, not by idealism, but by pursuit of market share, territory and raw material. Global war is the most profitable venture of all man’s pursuits. Western economies are largely based upon arms related investment, raw material acquisition and profits. Britain’s history of piracy and pillage is abysmal. Of the world’s 200 plus nations, Britain has invaded all but 22 of them. There is not enough room to list the number of conflicts Britain has been involved in since 1945.
CONFLICT: US economy depends on military. The piratical record of the United States is equally grim. Since 1776, a period spanning 238 years, the US has been at peace for only 21 years. Henry Labouchere, Liberal MP and journalist: “We are without exception the greatest robbers and marauders that ever existed on the face of the globe. We are worse than other countries because we are hypocrites also, for we plunder and always pretend to do so for other peoples’ good.” The United States has more than 1,000 bases spread over 153 countries. They are
not there to defend our freedoms. It is said that war and arms manufacture is not only America’s biggest industry, the entire US economy is based on it. The US spends more on arms than China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, Japan and Germany combined. Most of us prefer the comfort of our illusions to the truth, which is, one supposes, understandable. The fact remains that we no longer have government of the people for the people but government by corporates
for corporates. During 2009 and 2010 household name oil, gas and coal companies spent $347 million (€274 million) on political campaigns and lobbying bribes. A profitable investment. Big oil gets a 5,800 per cent return on every dollar it spends on Congress. US senators who voted to attack Syria received 83 per cent more campaign money from military contractors than lawmakers voting no. Politician Dick Cheney has been cited as the most powerful Vice-President in American history. His arms manufacturing related companies made over $39.5 billion (€31.25 billion) US taxpayer funded dollars from the Iraq War alone. US taxpayers saw $2 trillion (€1.58 trillion) of their hard-earned cash spent on the War in Iraq. Ninety per cent of that money ended up in the bank accounts of 1 per cent of the population. You guess which 1 per cent. British parliament is every bit as corrupt. Only 0.7 per cent of Britons are millionaires yet 78 per cent of British parliamentarians and 50 per cent of Congressmen are millionaires. If you think such wealth is salary-based, you are likely to believe in fairies at the bottom of your garden.
Suspended for just doing their jobs Cassandra Nash
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THE Gurtel corruption case sounded the death knell to Baltasar Garzon’s career as a judge. He ordered wiretaps of conversations between remanded prisoners and their lawyers, but for his pains Garzon was found guilty by his fellow judges of abusing his authority and was suspended for 11 years. Another judge Elpidio Jose Silva also heard the tocsin after twice remanding Miguel Blesa, the former chairman of Caja Madrid. The examining judge ordered Blesa’s arrest while investigating losses resulting from Caja Madrid’s purchase of a Florida bank in 2008. He also attempted to probe a Caja Madrid loan to Gerardo Diaz Ferran, once head of Spain’s Confederation of Business Owners. Ferran, whose
RODRIGO RATO: Is in the sights of the judge. businesses were all bankrupted, is now imprisoned for concealing assets and moneylaundering. He was also a Caja Madrid board member. Blesa was released from prison on both occasions, but Silva was eventually suspended for 17 years for ‘violating his constitutional rights and those of Diaz Ferran.’
BLESA’S successor at Caja Madrid, which later evolved into Bankia, was Rodrigo Rato, a former Economy minister and managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Rato, like Blesa before him, had practically limitless credit on a card that he was never expected to repay. He too is in sights of judge Fernando Andreu who set off the whole shooting works by investigating Bankia which later needed nationalisation and a €22 billion government rescue. Interestingly, former president of the Spanish government Jose Maria Aznar once considered naming Rato as his successor. Aznar instead chose Mariano Rajoy who was safer, sounder and never known for flashing the cash. Blesa is once more in the news. Together with 82 other Caja Madrid and Bankia executives, he lived high off the hog with an opaque Caja Madrid credit card for ‘expenses,’ a euphemism for undeclared earnings. Once more he is under investigation but still at large. Messengers like Garzon and
Silva don’t get shot these days, but they do find themselves out of a job even - or especially when their suspicions are proved correct.
Own safety THE proposed Public Safety Law is feared only by “the
violent and criminals” according to the Interior ministry. That is not strictly true, as it is also feared by those who want to retain hard-won freedoms like the right to protest. Many of this law’s critics are unlikely ever to demonstrate or want to, but they know that restricting that right is the first step towards protecting politicians, not the public.
Hair today PABLO IGLESIA who heads newly-hatched Podemos revealed that he is after the centre vote, a seemingly impossible task. The politically disaffected and disenchanted made Podemos the third most-voted party in last May’s European elections. If he starts two-timing them he’ll alienate them without managing to attract the centre. Unless he cuts off his ponytail, that is.
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Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.
LOOKING back upon those long-ago years, I have wondered whether or not we served any positive impact on making Spain a better place. Yes, we did create lots of jobs, help form a middle class and I am sure gifted many cars to the streets where burros once roamed. But, what did we give them with remaining effect? Halloween hasn’t sold so well. It is pretty much the foreigners that are going door to door and trick or treating with the Spanish as tag alongs. The spirituality of the idea of celebrating death in any manner is totally lost upon the Spanish who love life so much. Culturally their own corridas play an important spiritual role concerning “death in your face”. The urban Spaniard lives his life blissfully everyday. While enjoying themselves now, a preordained appointment doesn’t hold any value as the current situation is pleasant enough. Yes, time does stand still in Spain when you’re having a enjoyable experience. No need to rush to the next. American Thanksgiving has been foreign since its inception. The Spanish just don’t get it and cannot for the life of them figure out what it is for and why. The Brits kinda
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US gifts to Spain: Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! along with Santa Claus, reindeer and sleighs. It has grown immensely since those long-gone beginnings and even now reaches even into the far pueblos. The children love it as it signifies a double gift receiving season: Christmas and Reyes. Papa Noel rules, especially if they can bewail the fact that Paco next door received gifts-a-plenty. Worry not about our apparent dearth of contribution to the endless parade of fiestas and unimportant saints’ days. It is firmly the genetic concern of every politician called to office to create a fiesta held in his village that wasn’t known before. It is a legacy that his tribe and intimate followers can point at and G proclaim the joy and LOOKIN N I goodness he has brought K BAC to the village. This is the TRICK OR TREAT: Children love the Yankee tradition. R MOJACA true destiny of any get it, but in a social way as being “one of them to believe. More elected official here. those American things” followed by a parties, giving gifts and Let the fiestas roll on, that’s most definite shaking of the head and shrug of even if the adults didn’t pick up on it, the certainly what everyone wants. Be the shoulders. kids did within three years. In the early 70s prepared to get “trick or treated” soon, it’s Christmas wasn’t so hard to sell or for it had started becoming a household word a new one - coming out of the closet.
Why we hate politicians ... and end up with those we deserve Nora Johnson
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HE UK’s less than a year from a General Election but just look at the choice offered by the main parties! Is there anyone near the top in any party that you’d want running the country, let alone trust? Politicians these days regard their ‘job’ as an all-expenses paid hobby, with a few tedious interludes when they gather to barrack whoever’s speaking in Westminster that day and even more tedious surgeries when they have to pretend to listen to the plebs. There may be some honest, decent, conscientious
WESTMINSTER: Modern politicians lack real-world experience and can never say it as it is!
ones amongst them, but they soon learn what the party line is! Basically, modern politicians many lacking real-world experience - can never say it as it is, never use common sense and hedge everything (except possibly for UKIP’s Nigel Farage, which maybe accounts for his popularity?). Not to mention their peculiar way of talking (usually
‘down’ to the plebs) whilst trying to appear sincere - is there some elocution school they’re forced to attend? If so, Ofsted should shut it down immediately. Obsessing over focus groups, they’re forever promising something - anything - so long as they’re re-elected. How about proper governance in the first place, eh? All people want,
generally speaking, is a safe environment to live in, clean water, decent food and enough money to live comfortably. But so many politicians today simply don’t tell the truth or deliver what the people, who elected them, want. They have their own agenda, very often increasing their own self-worth at the expense of those they’re
supposedly ‘representing’ whilst simultaneously forcing ridiculous PC values on them. And in this age of political correctness, nobody wants to hear the truth and so politicians are only too happy to oblige by failing to address it - either by ignoring it or being ‘economical’ with it. End result: voter apathy and so we end up not with the politicians we really need but those we deserve. Speaking about truth, many thanks to all who purchased my recently published thriller, Landscape of Lies, following my piece about it here recently. Thanks also for helping my other novels, Retribution, Soul Stealer and The De Clerambault Code (available from Amazon) sell so well, too! And keep those great comments coming to my website and donations to Cudeca! (www.nora-johnson.com)
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) You of all people understand the importance of the spiritual side of life. Despite being successful in your own right there is the need to bring this to other people. In sharing your experiences this year you come to a better understanding yourself.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your very nature can lead to internal struggles. In the coming months, however, the truth becomes clear. What
1. By what name is actor William Henry Pratt, best remembered for his roles in horror films and especially for his portrayal of the monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939), better known? 2. In the 1984 supernatural horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, what is the name of the burnt serial killer who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, played by Robert Englund? 3. Salem’s Lot (1975), Pet Semetary (1982), Cujo (1981), Misery (1987) and Carrie (1974) were all novels by which American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy? 4. The 1978 American independent ‘slasher’ horror film Halloween was produced on a budget of $325,000 (£160,250) but grossed $47 million (£22.5 million) at the box office in the US and $70 million (£33.75 million) worldwide, true or false? 5. What was the nationality of Bram Stoker, the author of the famous 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula?
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are a great charmer but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Is there the possibility that your romantic life needs tidying up? Perhaps the number of irons that you have in the fire is causing problems?
thoughts have been deeper than usual and the sense that there is more to life is acute. This, therefore, gives an impetus to everything that you do this week.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The ever-inquisitive part of your brain is in high spirits. Clearly there is much to be known and enjoyed over the coming months. Begin at the beginning though. Before you throw yourself into a spiritual or business endeavour, get the facts.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) In the last few weeks there may have been a sense of being not quite in
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The changes that have already started in the way that you see your life have given pause for thought. You are sure that you could have done better but maybe it is not clear how. Take a step back now and see where you came from.
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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It becomes clear to you that some friends are drifting away. We all have to make changes as life itself is a constantly shifting event. You prefer to hold on to what is familiar and you are not alone in that. At the moment, however, there is much for you to experience, see and feel.
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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your practical streak is in full force. Over the next months you will bring much benefit to those around you, in financial terms perhaps, but also spiritually. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Your lot is to be optimistic and positive. Perhaps in the last few months there was the need to take on the problems of others. However, you absolutely must get a balance here.
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) With a lot of pent-up energy and not a little determination the month is off to a strong start with you. Be aware, however, that treading on the toes of influential people is not to be advised.
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Across 1 Powerful goddess is buried in Teheran (4) 4 Cargo ship hired by a promiscuous woman (5) 9 Elsewhere in Dali biography (5) 10 Two items used in table tennis game (7) 11 Surprisingly tautest act (7) 12 Create nearly identical copies one hundred and fifty one (5) 13 Ken’s is funny, like Hank’s (6) 15 Playtime corner (6) 18 Rent easel in error (5) 20 Keep us confined in a bad spot (7) 23 English reason for showing a lot of feeling (7) 24 Map book can be found in that last cupboard (5) 25 Built laser for lords (5) 26 Attorney volunteers facts (4) Down 2 State of being a measure angry (7) 3 So, long cube is surrounded by gold (5) 4 Vehicle used in Tibetan demonstration (6) 5 Account of claret I drunk (7) 6 Philosopher began playing lute at
Across 1/23 Avoid humiliation (4,4) 3 Get in the way of (8) 9 Living room (7) 10 Happen or occur again (5) 11 Excessively fat (5) 12 Ornamental hanging tuft of threads (6) 14 Stir up (6) 16 Not according with the facts (6) 19 Terpsichorean (6) 21 Respond (5) 24 Following (5) 25 Set apart from the rest (7) 26 Income (8) 27 Charges (4)
two o’clock (5) 7 Mocks tabloid newspapers (4) 8 Tool’s unusual perils (6) 13 The supplier is in the basement we hear (6) 14 Poorer born, then pass on, right (7) 16 Eastern apostle and French
decoration (7) 17 Rushes funny looking guides (6) 19 An advance, we hear, on its own (5) 21 By the sound of it, remained very serious (5) 22 Bill returns in ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (4)
Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents Q and 11 represents M, so fill in Q every time the figure 7 appears and M every time the figure 11 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.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 4 Ancient, 8 Avocets, 9 Coterie, 10 Theatre, 11 Nervous, 12 Elated, 14 Career, 18 Assuage, 21 Timpani, 22 Elegant, 23 Lineage, 24 Austere. Down: 1 Lattice, 2 Moses, 3 Lecture, 4 Ascend, 5 Cater, 6 Earlobe, 7 Teems, 13 Answers, 15 Anemone, 16 Recited, 17 Settle, 18 Arena, 19 Agate, 20 Banal. QUICK Across: 1 Succeed, 5 Scrub, 8 Excites, 9 Rules, 10 Share, 1 1 Replace, 12 Career, 14 Access, 17 Reached, 19 Tasks, 22 Front, 23 Imagine, 24 Lasts, 25 Guesses. Down: 1 Seems, 2 Cocoa, 3 Extreme, 4 Desire, 5 Scrap, 6 Release, 7 Baskets, 12 Careful, 13 Reasons, 15 Cottage, 16 Adding, 18 Hates, 20 Skips, 21 Seeds. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Hailstorm, 8 Enero, 9 Saber, 10 Team, 11 Otro, 15 Snore, 17 Llave, 18 Strongest.
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Down: 2 Arena, 3 Leon, 4 Test, 5/16 Rub out, 6 Ventoso, 7 Arboles, 12 Tears, 13 Beso, 14 Flag.
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Langosta (insecto) (6) 4 Hatred (4) 8 Estrellas (5) 9 Ira (de persona) (5) 10 Emerald (stone) (9) 13 Guante (5) 15 Anchor (5) 16 Cerca (indicando proximidad) (4) 17 Penknife (6) Down 1 Último (4) 2 Abrigos (5) 3 To hold (8) 5 See 13 6 Remo (pala) (3) 7 Pumpkin (8) 11 Shower (in bathroom) (5) 12 Cow (farm animal) (4) 13/5 Perro de caza (3,3) 14 Goose (domestic) (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 (TICKED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. BASICS
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a British rock band, formed in 1978 (one word): HAS KEEN WIT FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: THE PELICAN BRIEF, WHITESNAKE
Unscramble the title of a 1992 legal-suspense thriller written by John Grisham (three words): RETAIN CHIEF PLEB
Down 1 Mistakenly believed (8) 2 Region marking a boundary (5) 4 Censure severely or angrily (6) 5 Agreement details (5) 6 Poorly stated or described (7) 7 Ripped (4) 8 Secret or hidden (6) 13 Worried and uneasy (8) 15 Talk idly or rapidly (7) 17 Not wide (6) 18 Demanding attention (6) 20 Welsh breed of dog (5) 22 Conscious (5) 23 See 1 Across
1 Invest, 2 Tested, 3 Prices, 4 Decent, 5 Causes, 6 Trench, 7 Speeds, 8 Traits, 9 Cheers, 10 Purity, 11 Thresh, 12 Storey, 13 Writer, 14 Orders, 15 Stroke, 16 Cherry, 17 Tender, 18 Slowed, 19 Tinkle
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SEPTEMBER: operation day. I was booked in for the second slot of the morning which gave me time to have a shower, get my compression socks on and to look longingly at my room-mate’s breakfast. No food for me! Then I was wheeled down to the radiology section where they inserted a metal wire or ‘harpoon’ as the Spanish refer to it, into the tumour in my breast as it was difficult to find and the surgeon wanted to have it perfectly located in order to operate. Then I had a mammogram with said harpoon in, which was not the most pleasant experience I have ever had but was over quickly and made much better by the fabulous medical team. By the end of the experience I had given an English lesson to one of them, promised to have tea with another’s children and
told them about my life abroad to encourage them to travel and told them how lucky I was to have the doctor that I had… because in his own words he was much easier on the eye than the other specialist! Just the Spanish way of relaxing you. I was then whisked back up to my room and shortly after, they came for me to transport me down to surgery. It felt like the films; lights flashed above my head and the nurse complained that whoever had designed the bed had given little thought to dimensions as we scraped through doorways and into lifts. She was an expert and manoeuvred me around well until I was in a holding area where I was wished luck by my loved one. Once inside I was asked all the pertinent questions by my anaesthetist and then wheeled into surgery. After a few deep breaths with the mask on, I was under. The operation lasted about three hours. Seventeen lymph nodes were removed from my right armpit, the tumour in my breast and additional
micro tumours that had not shown up on the mammogram, but were regarded as suspicious by my surgeon. I came to, felt cold but in quite good shape and was given an update by my surgeon and then taken back to my room. The rest of the day was spent feeling ravenous, but after having some tea and biscuits and holding that down well, I was given lunch. Some people react badly to the anaesthetic If you have any procedures in Spain, remember that their timetable is different.
and are very ill when they first eat. Not me! If they hadn’t given me lunch I was going to nip down to the hospital café and grab a sandwich… either that or start eating my bed sheets. Thirty-six hours without food is not ideal! The ensuing days were spent looking forward to
visitors, lots of cakes, chocolates and flowers, meal times and general updates on my progress. The nurses changed my dressings and controlled the two drainage globes to check the levels were dropping. The drains were the most awkward things as it made it difficult to shower, as the bandages had to be kept dry and I had to be careful that the drains did not come out. I wasn’t in a great deal of pain, but the staples in my armpit were uncomfortable. Being bored and in need of a pen to do a crossword I went down to the shop in the entrance of the hospital. I was shooed back upstairs as I really shouldn’t have been down there, but I was a little fed up with the circuit on my ward. I think it essential to carry on as normally as possible. It’s what the Brits do, isn’t it? Keep calm and carry on. I insisted they took my drip out the day after my operation and didn’t take any more painkillers. I got up and moving about as soon as possible. I got to know the staff well and we enjoyed joking with them and they even kept my surplus of cakes in
their fridge. I can’t speak highly enough of the care I received. People often complain about the service in general in Spain, but if you are respectful and polite, they are the kindest and most helpful people you could ever wish to meet. The most amusing thing for me was being woken up in the middle of a blissful sleep and being asked if I wanted a sleeping tablet at 11.30 at night. If you have any procedures in Spain remember that their timetable is different. They come round with tea at 11pm! Finally one drain was removed and the other was left in. I had had enough of hospital and opted to go home. The doctor gave me the ‘alta’ or permission to go home. This gave me a huge boost. I was desperate to see my children and basically be in my own home. I was given various instructions to follow and then had to wait for the results of the operation to see what the next step would be.
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Become a cougar to improve chances of having a baby WOMEN wanting a baby at over 40 could improve their chances of conceiving if they are with a younger man. A study of women aged 40 and over found if her partner was aged 43 or above, her odds of giving birth plummeted as the combination of an older man’s sperm and an older woman’s eggs make it less likely to
conceive. Canadian researchers believe one solution is for older women to choose toy boys, whose sperm will be in better condition. Michael Dahan, of McGill University in Montreal said: “It actually gives a biological argument for the cougar phenomenon. “Younger women’s eggs can fix any defects of genetic material of the
sperm. But once a woman hits 40, that’s no longer true.” OVER 40: Easier to conceive if you are with a younger man.
Cash incentives may be the way to fight UK obesity crisis THE UK’s NHS is considering plans to pay people to lose weight. The new scheme, which would only be available to workers, would see weight loss rewarded with cash or shopping vouchers in a bid to tackle the obesity crisis. The amounts given are unclear but firms could also receive tax breaks from the government and some funding to set up slimming or exercise classes, following suit with other countries which run similar schemes. NHS England Chief
Executive Simon Stevens said workplace schemes to encourage weight loss have been largely ignored despite success abroad adding that he personally managed to lose nearly three stone thanks to an incentive scheme at his
previous job with an American insurance firm. Dr Sally Norton, a weight loss surgeon, added that these schemes would also boost productivity amongst staff. She said: “Employers lose over £20
billion a year due to absenteeism, but the costs of reduced productivity due to illhealth may be three times higher. Being overweight increases the number of sickness days taken by 50 per cent.”
Pollution in pregnancy can harm child’s lungs POLLUTION during pregnancy may have consequences on the health of an unborn child. Studies by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, found that the harmful effects of air pollutants affect the lungs of children of school age. The centre carried out a study with 1,295 pregnant women, in which exposure to air pollution was analysed and the lung capacity of their children measured for fourand-a-half years. The results showed that exposure to high levels of pollutants during pregnancy were associated with reduced lung function in children in respiratory tests.
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Men are feeling more and more pressure to remove body hair WHILST once it was the preserve of elite athletes including professional cyclists or swimmers, it seems that more men are plucking up the courage to achieve a hair-free body. Half of all British men say there is more pressure for men to remove or groom body hair following the example of sports stars. For today’s modern man, hair removal has extended past a simple shave of the face. Over the last 12 months, some 55 per cent of men say they have removed hair from their head, this is followed by the pubic region at 29 per cent, chest at 13 per cent, underarms at 12 per cent, back at 9 per cent, bottom at 6 per cent, arms at 5 per cent, legs at 4 per cent and feet 2 per cent. SHAVED: Fashion is for no body hair.
Just 30 per cent of men say they have not removed hair from their body in the last year. Additionally, Mintel’s research highlights how Britain’s men are giving Cara a run for her money, with a quarter (25 per cent) admitting to removing hair from their eyebrows. Charlotte Libby, Senior Beauty Analyst at market research firm Mintel, said: “It is becoming increasingly commonplace for men, particularly under-30s, to remove hair from their body as behaviours once described as metrosexual are becoming increasingly mainstream. “Major sporting events such as the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the media attention given to the swimming team and their hair-free bodies in particular, drew focus to male body hair removal.” Overall, one in five (19 per cent) men claim they feel expected to remove hair from their torso, while around the same number (18 per
cent) say they feel the pressure to remove hair from their underarms and 13 per cent from their legs. Furthermore, it is younger men in particular who are feeling the pressure to achieve a hair-free body, with some 58 per cent of 1624-year-old men agreeing they feel pressure to remove or groom body hair, compared to 22 per cent of over-65s. And while 42 per cent of Brits believe it is fashionable for men to have beards, almost the same number (39 per cent) say they feel pressure from others to keep their facial hair neat and tidy. As many as 59 per cent of consumers believe it looks unprofessional for men to have an ungroomed face in the workplace. “The impact of fashion on the shaving and hair removal market can also not be ignored with celebrities, such as Ryan Gosling, sporting impeccably groomed beards,” Charlotte added.
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not completely prepared to provide all of these things, you’re not yet ready to own a dog. Your lifestyle should probably be one of the biggest factors to consider when planning to get a dog. All dogs require attention, but some need much more than others. If left alone, these dogs will not do so well and are more likely to destroy items in your home. The same can be said
for exercise. Some dogs require much more time to run around, while others can get by with less physical activity. If you’re the type of person who is away from home more often than not, you should choose a dog that will manage well in your absence independent breeds like Dachshunds, Mastiffs, or the Yorkshire Terrier. Everyone loves puppies. They’re adorable. But how adorable will you think your puppy is when you find him in the middle of a mess that used to be your favourite pair of shoes. Puppies, like babies, require an enormous amount of attention and effort - from housebreaking and socialising to teaching acceptable manners. If you don’t have the time to keep a steady training schedule, perhaps you should look into getting an adult dog. However, adult dogs can come with their own ‘baggage.’ Some adult dogs have been abused or neglected. As a result, these dogs have acquired some less-than-ideal behaviours of their own.
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ESPITE summer hanging about later than usual this year, we all know that winter will be here soon, and it pays to be ready when it arrives. Most Spanish properties are built to keep cool during the warmer weather, but this can be a problem during the winter as your home can become bitterly cold. With this in mind, many homes have log burners. If yours does, then you must add Log on Tommy to your list of useful businesses to know. Established in 2004, this local business is headed up by Sam Brierley, a chatty and friendly chap for whom nothing is too much trouble. Sam took over the business when his father passed away in June, ensuring that all existing customers were cared for with the same high levels of service his father insisted upon, but also adding many new customers too, keen to support
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MANY readers will have one or two olive trees and a few will be lucky enough to have healthy high yielding olive groves. But not everyone makes maximum use of their benefits, so I review them in this week’s column. Brainstorming I could think of 15. They are described below. 1. They are interesting evergreen trees especially if pruned annually in January or February to keep their shape and open up the centre to let the air in to prevent olives from rotting. 2. Hundred, 1,000 and 2,000 year old trees add majesty and special interest to any garden. If you have several do keep them and don’t be tempted to sell them abroad as the millennium plus ones are part of Spain’s dwindling heritage. 3. If you have just one or two you can harvest the olives each autumn and pickle them for eating as described in ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain.’ The most popular process is as follows. a. Soak olives in cold water for five to six weeks changing the water every few days. This extracts the bitter taste of raw olives. b. Then collect a bunch of thyme leaves preferably the round leaved pebrella variety. c. Prepare brine by two thirds filling a saucepan or bowl with lukewarm water, then adding salt tablespoon by tablespoon
OLIVE GROVE: Olive trees are part of Spain’s dwindling heritage. and whisking to dissolve it until a fresh egg floats towards the surface rather than lying on the bottom. d. Then fill jars with olives with a few thyme leaves between every two or three layers. Fill the packed jars with brine and float two or three carob leaves on the surface. Seal the jars and place in a cool dark place for three to six months. e. When you want to try your olives, open a jar and remove some olives into a bowl and rinse
them with cold water to remove excess salt. You can then eat them raw or improve the flavour by adding a selection of rosemary and thyme leaves, oregano leaves, anise seeds, sesame seeds, chopped garlic, slivers of orange and lemon rind, or honey and then just covering with olive oil. Stir the mixture, cover the bowl with kitchen paper and set to one side for a couple of days. 4. If you can harvest 200 kilos or more, or add
to a neighbour’s larger harvest, you can take your olives to an olive mill to have them processed into olive oil. 5. The shape and leaf cover is attractive to nesting birds such as blackbirds. 6. Pruned thick suckers and strong thin branches can be used to repair old wicker baskets. 7. Remove long thick branches when doing a major pruning. 8. Dried twigs are useful when lighting a log fire or log burning stove
due to the oil in the woods. 9. Likewise olive logs are excellent to establish a good strong fire. 10. Thick logs are also excellent for wood turning if that is your hobby. 11. A line of olive trees or a thick grove makes a good privacy and security screen. 12. Being evergreen olive trees make good wind and rain breaks. 13. A mature tree can offer deep shade. 14. Young seedlings/ saplings can be trained into interesting bonsais. 15. To help you enjoy your olive trees for many a year, add a few olive leaves to your morning
herbal infusion. The ingredients in olive leaves are said to have antiaging, antibiotic, antioxidant, anticancerous properties. I started to add leaves to herbal infusions a few days a week after my cancer scare 20 years ago. This was the stimulus to writing the book ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’. Incidentally this book will be published in Spanish before Christmas and will join the English version on the bookshelves of Amazon Books. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com October 2014
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How to filter out unwanted emails HELLO and welcome to CanDu Computer Bytes. I have promised to show you how to filter out the unwanted emails and in this article I will! I made the choice of using Windows Live email client because it is easy to get hold of, and a ready replacement for ‘Outlook’ and ‘Outlook Express.’ Most email providers use something called POP as their method of email access. Some use IMAP and others use HTTPS. The last two can’t have filter rules applied to them using the ‘Live’ program. So check that your provider uses POP. Let’s get to it! Run Microsoft ‘Live’ (Email Client) and click on your ‘Inbox’ if it isn’t already selected. Look along the menu bar for ‘Tools’ which will be the five menu option, and click on it. A Drop-Down menu will give you a number of options - place the cursor over ‘Message Rules’ to see two more options appear. ‘Mail’ is the one that you need, so click on that one. Now you have a small window that is
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called ‘Rules’ and to the right side are buttons and for now you just need ‘New’ (which you click on to now). A second window now shows the options. A simple example might be: In the first Dialogue window, tick the box that says ‘Where the subject line contains’ and in the next Dialogue window tick the box ‘Delete It.’ The third Dialogue window down asks ‘contains specific words,’ click on that sentence and in the new window type ‘Viagra,’ click on ‘Add’ and then ‘Ok.’ The bottom Dialogue window wants you to give it a name ‘No To Viagra’ will do. There you have your first filter. Call me on 689 892 745 for information about my services and rates.
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Mayor praises residents DURING the first three quarters of 2014, Albox residents have collected more than 8,000 kilograms of used clothing. The clothing has been collected in containers built especially for the purpose of recycling clothing and are placed in key locations around the municipality. Mayor of Albox, Rogelio Mena, praised the residents of Albox. He said: “The main objective of this service is to recycle clothing that is in good condition. This is an initiative that adds to the recycling policy developed by Albox. “The residents of our town are increasingly aware of this
policy, as evidenced by these statistics.” The bins provide the opportunity for the public to donate unwanted or unnecessary items of clothing to benefit the needy without having to wait for a collector to visit their home. The clothing is managed by recycling company, East West Productos Textiles who pass the clothing to families in the Albox area that are struggling financially. All good quality clothing is welcomed and appreciated, regardless of size as it is of use to entire families and struggling groups. RECYCLING: For quality clothing.
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WHO needs a driver? Audi demonstrated its latest ‘piloted driving’ car The Audi RS 7 with a lap on the Grand Prix track in Hockenheim - at racing speed, without a driver. It took the car just slightly over two minutes to complete a lap on the Grand Prix track - piloted with high precision and accuracy to within centimetres in the finale of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) meeting. “The top performance by the Audi RS 7 today substantiates the skills of our development team with regard to piloted driving at Audi,” said Prof. Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member for Technical Development at AUDI AG. The technology uses specially corrected GPS signals to see where the car is on the track. This GPS data is transmitted to the vehicle via WiFi according to the automotive standard and redundantly via high-frequency radio. In parallel to this, 3D cameras in the car film the track, and a computer program compares the camera’s image information against a data set stored on board. This is what makes it possible for the technology pioneer to orient itself on the track.
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FORD Motor Company’s groundbreaking Inflatable Rear Seatbelt which combines attributes of an airbag and a conventional seatbelt will make its European debut on the all-new Mondeo later this year. Ford’s Inflatable Rear Seatbelt is designed to reduce head, neck and
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THIS WEEKEND’S SPORTING ACTION * Football… On Sunday it’s the Manchester derby, City-United at The Etihad Stadium and Aston Villa v Tottenham. Saturday’s PL matches are ArsenalBurnley, leaders ChelseaQPR, Everton-Swansea, Hull-Southampton (second), Leicester-WBA, Newcastle-Liverpool and Stoke-West Ham while Crystal Palace meet Sunderland on Monday. Championship games include BournemouthBrighton, Cardiff-Leeds, Norwich-Bolton, WatfordMillwall, Wigan-Fulham and Wolves-Birmingham; it’s Bristol City-Oldham, MK Dons-Swindon and Rochdale-PNE in FL1, and Burton-Plymouth, BuryCambridge and ExeterLuton in FL2. In the SPL we have Celtic-Inverness CT, Hamilton-Partick and Kilmarnock-Dundee. * F1 drivers and crews are in Austin, Texas, for the USA Grand Prix, but Caterham (in administration) and Marussia (struggling financially) will not be taking part. Soccer round-up * Forty-eight hours ago there were five 4th round League Cup-ties including Bournemouth-WBA, Shrewsbury-Chelsea and Liverpool-Swansea, followed last night by Manchester City-Newcastle, Stoke-Southampton and Spurs-Brighton. * Chelsea’s John Terry made his record 430th PL appearance for Chelsea who drew 1-1 at Manchester United for
whom Robin van Persie netted a late equaliser. Mamadou Sakho scored for the seventh game running as West Ham beat Manchester City 2-1; Newcastle stunned Spurs 2-1; Swansea beat Leicester 2-0 in the firstever top flight game between the clubs; Southampton defeated Stoke 1-0, Everton won 3-1 at Burnley and Arsenal’s second goal in the 2-0 win at struggling Sunderland was their 1,500th in the PL. QPR and Villa played on Monday. * In the Championship, Bournemouth recorded their biggest-ever League win by inflicting upon Birmingham the heaviest home defeat in their history, 8-0 at St Andrew’s; Derby lost at home for the first time, beaten 2-1 by Wigan and Wolves (one defeat in 12) won 2-1 at Leeds who quickly sacked their third manager this term, Darko Milanic after 32 days in charge, leaving them looking for their 15th boss since 2004. * FL1 leaders Bristol City (2-2 at Barnsley) have made their best start to a season since 1905; Preston, unbeaten in 20 games, came back from 2-0 down to beat Fleetwood and Luton stand top of FL2 after their seventh straight win, 1-0 over Northampton. * Hamilton lost in the SPL for the first time, 2-0 at Dundee while Hearts and Hibs drew 1-1 in the Edinburgh derby. SPORT IN BRIEF * World champion Marc Marquez equalled Michael Doohan’s 1997 record of most MotoGP victories in a year by winning in Malaysia. Valentino Rossi was second, Jorge Lorenzo third. Magical Marc can now set a new record of 13 wins in Valencia on November 9. * Recent Rugby European Cup results: Bath
El clasico
Last weekend, having whipped Liverpool at Anfield in the CL, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in El Clasico, and I’ll be blunt, Luis Suarez was rubbish! Cristiano Ronaldo’s opener, his 21st goal of the season, was the first goal conceded by Barca in 755 minutes of La Liga action.
19 Toulouse 21, Castres 16 Leinster 21, Clermont 35 Sale 3, Montpellier 13 Glasgow 15, Northampton 34 Ospeys 6, Scarlets 15 Leicester 3, Ulster 13 Toulon 23. * England’s Rugby League team beat Samoa 32-26 in their Four Nations opener in Australia. They play the hosts next, knowing a win will put on the verge of a place in the final. * Exhausted Andy Murray, winner of his last two tournaments in Vienna and Valencia, is now guaranteed a place in the lucrative APT finals at London’s O2 Arena. And Serena Williams beat Simona Halep in the Singapore final, having suffered her heaviest defeat for a decade, when losing 6-0, 6-2 to the same player four days early. * Ex-Olympic 800m silver medalist Mbulaeni Mulaudzi (34) has died in a road accident in his native South Africa. * Pakistan, with Zulfiqar Babar bagging his first five wicket haul, aged 35, beat Australia by 221 runs in the first cricket Test in Dubai. The second Test starts today.
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A good turnout
CORTIJO GRANDE had a good turnout of golfers trying to win the Sunday Stableford. It turned out to be a good competition with in first place with a good score of 33 points, David Bezer, and in second place Mike Picken, 29, and in third with 28 was Albert Decker. To join them for a round call Patricia on 950 475 509 or 666 648 295.
Teams scramble THE 19th Hole GS played Aguilon Course with six, equally balanced teams. Mark Danson’s team of Rust, Sherlock and Denyer romped home with an almost embarrassing score of net 58 in a Team Texas Scramble. In second place were Coxon, Walker, Craswell and Dow with a net of 64.
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Adrian rises to the challenge
FORUM Golf Society had a weekend away in Los Alcazares, playing competitions at both El Valle and La Serena. Adrian Lawrence won both separate events, and also the overall Los Alcazares challenge. He was part of the winning Dream Team at La Serena as well. Adrian won the first
event at El Valle with 37 points, with Sheila Wright second (35), Malcolm Tilley (35) third and John Holder (34) fourth. Thanks in part to a few fairly generous tee positions, the scoring at La Serena on the second day was even better, with Adrian Lawrence’s 43 points only just enough to edge Douglas Dickson (42) into second, with Keith Jackson (39) third and Anne Holder (37) fourth.
More information: Phil Elam on 666 847 840 / philjelam@yahoo.co.uk, or see www.forumgolf society.webs.com
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CAPTAIN and Committee Day was the main event at Marina Phoenix, last week. With 50 people in attendance, prizes on every hole and 30 prizes in total, it was an action-packed and fun day. The clear overall winners in the main competition, boosted by an individual score of 45 points from Steve Dimmock, were Malcolm Taylor, Val Cooke, Steve Dimmock and Miriam Staunton, winning club prize vouchers with 107 points. Second were Colin King, Carole Taylor, Tony King and Greta Hahn (98) followed by Les Armfield, Eddie Vaughan, Jackie Dale and Rosalie Fardon (97). Terry Oliver won the prize for the best gross aggregate on par 5’s and Malcolm Taylor on par 3’s. A full list of prize winners is displayed on the club noticeboard. The Monday’s singles event saw Jean Wilkinson win the Ladies
AWESOME FOURSOME: Captain and Committee Day winners. Division with 35 points, followed in second by Isobel Jones (34) and Janet King (31) third. Malcolm Taylor won the Men’s Division with 36 points. Jim Budd (34) was second and Antonio Ubeda (32) third.
Marina Phoenix play Mondays (individual) and Thursdays (team game). To join us for a €25 green fee, ring Jim on 950 162 727/600 353 670 or Rosalie 950 397 117/697 512 882.