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Denia to bid farewell to the ‘trenet’ track Frequent flyers break their journey CALPE’S best-loved birds of passage are back in the salt beds on the edge of town. Although the pink flamingos once used to arrive with the warmer weather in March, for some years now they have been arriving in February. This year, the first birds were spotted
early last month and around 150 of them have now taken over the Salinas. The flamingos visit Calpe each year, breaking their journey from Africa to the French Mediterranean although some, clearly at home and at ease, stay for up to four months.
EVERY General Urban Development Plan (PGOU) in Denia has been scuppered by the courts since 1971. Nevertheless, the General Structural Plan (PGE) that substituted the latest and again rejected PGOU of 2012 has every chance of going through before the May elections. The Denia it envisages will have less traffic and lose the ‘trenet’ line as
requested at a series of meetings between the town hall and residents. Residents were also adamant that the roads into town and above all the planned ring road should blend with their surroundings and be prevented from turning into a motorway. The trenet railway track was something that most residents wanted to say goodbye to and this wish
is also likely to be granted. Instead of bisecting the outskirts of the town, the line will now stop at the La Pedrera halt, which will be converted into an intermodal transfer station for trains and buses. The future bus station in Torrecremada, for which the regional government has allocated €290,000 of Plan Confianza funds, will therefore be provisional, said Mayor
Ana Kringe. Its site is liable to flooding and another use will be found for it once the intermodal station is built. As a result of these and other changes, the final PGE will differ from the plan which was displayed earlier, Kringe said. It will be presented again to the public in its definitive form on March 25 and put to the vote in a plenary session on April 15.
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La Vila unearths more of its ancient history THE remains of an Iberian temple were recently uncovered in Villajoyosa’s Plaza de la Iglesia. The excavations led by archaeologist Ana Martinez revealed a pre-Roman place of worship dated between the fifth and third centuries BC. Excavated areas are of limited size since they were located in an old town house currently being restored as a small hotel. It could have been a chapel in a local aristocrat’s home, the archaeologist said, but was probably an urban temple. It is situated at the highest point of the town,
the usual site for public temples and judging by the complex ground plan there were various rooms. The dig also revealed important objects including votive offerings of Greek origin or influence. “Each time we put a spade in the ground in La Vila we encounter a piece of our history, like these Iberian finds that are amongst the most important to appear in this province for years,” said Villajoyosa’s mayor Jaime Lloret. TREASURE REVEALED: Pottery head, probably of Hermes.
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Bad fall A 34-YEAR-OLD man fell 15 metres as he tried to fix an aerial on the roof of his Alcoy home. He was seriously injured with several fractures although doctors do not fear for his life.
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Bite was worse than the bark THE Canine Unit attached to Alicante City’s Local Police pursued 37 dog-bite cases last year. This contrasted sharply with the three cases reported when the unit was created in 2011, said officer in charge Sergio Melgares. Tougher prevention and control measures as well as raising the public’s awareness were responsible for the rise, he explained.
Of the 37 bites that the unit followed up, four were inflicted on children, 23 on adults and 10 on other dogs. Interestingly, attacks came chiefly from dogs not officially classed as dangerous, Melgares said. Nine cases have reached court while 28 were dealt with by the health department and resulted in fines ranging
between €300 and €600. The unit also cooperated with psychologists to help four bite victims. These included a Muchamiel girl who was attacked by a Rottweiler and a 36-year-old woman whose own dog was attacked by an Alsatian when she was a child. All four have now overcome their fear, Melgares revealed.
Aerial assault DRONES will fumigate rice fields in Albufera National Park near Valencia City this spring. They will also be used to eliminate mosquitoes from irrigation channels on the outskirts of the city. Help required MORE social policies are needed to prevent the radicalisation of young immigrants of all nationalities, said the Ceimigra Foundation. ‘Multiple barriers’ are creating inequality in education and training, its experts said.
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ALICANTE Province spent €3.267 billion on electricity and fuel last year. This was €657 million less than in 2013 although reduced spending and not sustainability was partly responsible for the fall.
BENIDORM Town Hall has postponed plans to engage interim Local Police officers for Easter Week. Contract irregularities should be corrected first to avoid subsequent reclamations from unsuccessful candidates, unions said.
Picture that POLICE investigating a Denia break-in found links to a gang of Valenciabased picture forgers. Painters earned around €50 to falsify works by Picasso, Miro and Tapies that later sold for thousands. Keep the rules IT would not object to Javea’s disused lighthouse becoming a hotel, the region’s Territory and Environment department said. It made the proviso that environmental and planning regulations should be respected.
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Homes razed MULTINATIONAL cement firm Cemex finally razed empty homes built decades ago for employees. Demolition was halted last year when anti-eviction association Stop Desahucios intervened on behalf of squatters.
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Facebook move LIKE Javea Town Hall’s Tourism section, the Culture department now has a Facebook page. This will list its programmes and forthcoming events in Spanish, Valenciano, English and French. PROTEST MARCHES: International Women’s Day is marked across the world on March 8.
The women of Spain fight for their rights MARCH 8 is International Women’s Day, a day marked across the world with celebrations focusing on equality and respect towards women. Starting as a Socialist political event, the date gradually blended in the cultures of different countries and in some places lost its political flavour, becoming simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way similar to Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. But women in Spain have embraced the day as an opportunity to defend their rights and protest against measures which affect them, with proposed reforms to abortion laws and domestic violence the main themes for demonstrations on the day in recent years. In 2014, thousands of women took to the streets in more than 20 cities in Spain to march for their rights and shout out against inequality.
Quote of the Week Spain welcomes you in a very different situation from previous years. We have overcome a period of difficulty, and now our country is registering one of the greatest economic growth and job creation rates in Europe,” said Telefonica chairman Cesar Alierta opening the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
In Madrid, men and women of all ages marched behind a giant poster bearing three separate slogans: ‘Our uteruses are not for legislation,’ ‘Our bodies are not for abusing’ and ‘No cutbacks to our rights.’ Feminist groups across the country have called demonstrations and marches for this Sunday, March 8, urging the women of Spain to once again walk out and stand up for their rights. Meanwhile councils and associations in just about every town or village prepare celebrations showing that although it took quite a while for equality to reach the country where traditional patriarchal beliefs and stereotypes kept women in the kitchen and men ruled supreme, the tables are turning in a Spain which while still strongly Catholic and traditional is now embracing modern views.
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is the number of kilos of truffles produced in Sarrion, a village in Gudar Javalambre between Valencia and Teruel with just 8,600 inhabitants. The region produced 36 of the 40 tonnes of black truffles collected in Spain during last year’s campaign.
Dog treat WORK starts soon on Campello’s second ‘canine park’. Located between Calle Alcalde Pepe Carratala and Cronista Jose Gomiz, it will occupy 3,277 square metres.
Green idea LA NUCIA inaugurated an 18hole mini-golf course at the Camilo Cano sports complex. It was created from 1,200 square metres of artificial turf removed from the municipal football pitches.
Open up A CATALOGUE will be compiled of empty premises in the centre of Alcoy. The town hall hopes this will help to boost commerce in the area by reactivating shops and services.
And finally... AN anonymous ‘angel’ saved the day for a takeaway restaurant in Madrid by lending the owner €5,000 with no conditions or interest after hearing the establishment was closing due to lack of funds. The generous gentleman said he had just had good news about a relative’s health and he realised everyone deserves a little help in life.
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No more tipping in Garsiva streambed A HALT has been called to dumping rubble at the head of the Garsiva stream in Benitachell. Residents of the Cumbre del Sol urbanisation complained last year that rubbish dumped by developers was building up and filling the streambed. The town hall and the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) water board looked into their claims but concluded that all was in order under a
Oranges for all TWENTY volunteers went orange-picking at l’Hort de L’Ale in Pedreguer, a property belonging to the ChristianMarc Olmos Vente Foundation. Christian-Marc Olmos Vente died in a road accident in 2007 and the foundation is presided over by Pascual Olmos, which undertakes charitable projects. The oranges were delivered to the Red Cross and Caritas charity for local families.
ROCKFALLS: Preventive netting at Moraig beach.
1975 agreement. The developers were allowed to fill a 16,815-square-metre plot of municipal land at the head of the Garsiva
stream with excavated rubble and earth, they said. This decision was recently reversed following a technical report which con-
cluded that the tipping affected the streambed, which is public property. The dumped material has advanced downstream and this is unauthorised, pointed out the engineer who wrote the report. It was even possible that the dumped rubble and earth could cause rockfalls at the Benitachell cliffs.
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THE tender for Alicante City’s harbourside fish market has been declared void. A joint offer from the Javea, Calpe and Denia fishing guilds did not meet technological requirements, port sources said.
FILM director Jose Rios, known to the film world as Bobby Peru, is shooting a Western porn trilogy in Campello. It will compete for a 2016 Venus award, the porn world’s Oscars.
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HIS Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day, a day embraced by countries all over the world to acknowledge the
fairer sex. In some parts of the world the day has become just another day for petrol stations and card shops to earn a few extra pennies as it has become seen as a glorified Valentine’s or Mother’s Day. But in many others the day serves as a reminder of something we at EWN feel strongly about: women’s rights. Demonstrations have been called this year over a proposed review of the Spanish abortion laws, which aims to force 16 and 17-year-olds to present parental authorisation. Although a seemingly reasonable request, it leaves a group of girls in terrible danger.
Those who feel unable to reveal the news to their parents without the fear of violence or abuse, those who are orphans or whose parents are in jail or abroad will be unable to have unwanted pregnancies legally terminated. An estimated 400 girls give these reasons not to present parental authorisation each year. The number may seem small until we stop and realise that the law may put 400 lives at risk by forcing these young women to choose dangerous, clandestine abortions. Gender violence is another offence that women in Spain will be rejecting in the streets this Sunday. Although numbers are reducing, 53 women lost their lives at the hands of their partners in Spain last year, 53 deaths which cannot be tolerated or permitted in a modern, civilised country.
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Medical storm over outsourced treatments THE regional health department is investigating claims regarding San Juan patients undergoing radiotherapy at private centres. Anonymous allegations maintain that in the past 1,300 patients were treated each year at the hospital but this number has now been reduced to a little over 800. Owing to spending cuts radiotherapy is outsourced to private clinics at great cost to the health service, maintained the claims. These originated with technicians from the radiotherapy department, the hospital management said. Regional health and hospital sources said investigations would establish whether, as the technicians maintain, patients are being sent to a centre whose director heads San Juan’s radiotherapy department. Union members also claimed that the hospital spent €3 million over the last five on outsourced radiotherapy for 317 cancer patients - €1 million more than the cost of a resonance imaging accelerator used for their treatment.
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Summer residence of a bygone age RESTORING Villa Marco in Campello continues to recreate the original beauty of the house and its gardens. It was built by the wealthy Bardin family who arrived from France in the late 19th century and lived in Alicante City. Villa Marco in Campello’s Fabraquer district was their summer residence and is considered one of the finest examples of the Modernista style found in rural areas outside the city. A total of €100,000 was recently spent on improving the villa’s perimeter walls, ironwork, masonry, conservatory and gardens. The original well has been repaired and its contents are now used to water the extensive gardens.
VILLA MARCO: Juanjo Berenguer (second left) with the restoration team. The mayor of Campello, Juanjo Berenguer, stressed the importance of preserving and
maintaining Villa Marco. Restoring two sculptures by Vicente Bañuls – ‘La Marseillaise’
and ‘La Noche’ – and a huge urn will be the next important tasks that are carried out, he said.
Red prawns celebrated TENERIFE chef Ruben Cabrera was declared the winner of Denia’s Red Gamba international cookery contest. The event in Denia’s municipal food market has been held for 60 years. It pays homage to the local fishing guild whose boats bring in the ‘gambas rojas’ which are at the heart of Denia cooking and feature in the yearly contest. Cabrera’s ‘Tierra de Mar’ (Land of Sea) was judged the best and most creative of those produced by the competing eight chefs
who were shortlisted from an original field of 72 contestants. Second place went to Daniel Garcia Peinado of Restaurante Alamar in Benalmadena (Malaga) with a dish entitled ‘Gamba de Denia en texturas’. Third place went to German Espinosa from the Vermell Restaurand in Sant Cugat del Valles (Barcelona) with ‘Gamba de Denia inyectada’. The sizeable crowds watched in fascination as the chefs put together their creations. Members
of the public were equally fascinated by the huge red gambas, a Denia speciality. These never find their way to fishmongers or the supermarket fish counters
as they are snapped up by restaurants they moment they are landed even though they fetched €100 a kilo on the day of the contest.
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Finestrat gets better communications THE Civil Protection unit in Finestrat now has a TETRA transmitter. The acronym stands for Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a professional mobile radio system and two-way transceiver popularly known as a walkie-talkie. TETRA, specifically designed for government agencies, emergency services,
the military and transport services, is the unit’s second transmitter in Finestrat. Both will be incorporated in COMDES, a digital communications network that provides 99 per cent coverage throughout the Valencia Region. This includes the coast, remote mountain areas and even underground zones. The transmitter was formally presented by Luis Santamaria who heads the Generalitat regional government’s Interior and Justice Department at a reception attended by 61 Valencian Community town ALL public entertainment involving animals is now halls. officially banned in San Juan de Alicante. “This will bring significant The motion proposed by the EU opposition party advances when we have to was approved at the latest plenary council meeting. attend to emergencies,” said It had the backing of all parties apart from the govFinestrat’s Councillor for erning Partido Popular whose councillors abstained Public Safety, Tomas Selles. from voting. San Juan is the second town in the It will also enhance commul’Alacanti area to impose the ban in response to a nications between Civil permanent campaign by Inforcircos, a coalition of Protection members themanimal defence associations. selves, he said. “This will put an end to the ill-treatment of aniFluid communication is esmals that have to live in captivity far from their natsential in emergency situaural habitat,” said EU Councillor Clara Rodriguez. tions, the councillor added.
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e knew we could rely on our readers to come up with some ideas, and we were not to be disappointed with a bulging (virtual) postbag. On this page we give just a selection of the comments we received, plus a round up of the (previously announced) winners of the iPad minis. We have read every single one of the comments and taken note of some of the common suggestions as well as taking action. A recurring theme was the need to increase our local news content and be an even bigger part of the community. “It
would be great to see faces from the EWN around more and perhaps have a local office,” said Joan Adams from the Costa Blanca. We have taken such comments to heart and are opening three more local offices now, and a total of six by Easter, showing we are firmly at the heart of the community. From Marbella to Mojacar, Albox to Benissa, Benidorm to Mallorca, Benalmadena to Albir and Benijofar, we will have your local area covered – guaranteed. Moira Bartle from Caleta de Velez (Malaga) raised a subject echoed by several readers when she said: “Ensure that
Almeria Murphy Stevens, from Arboleas, was the winning entry for the Almeria region. The 18-year-old Motocross fan said: “I wouldn’t make any changes to the company because it is perfect as it is.” Murphy, who is out and about on his bike constantly, has worked for Almeria Homes for the past 18 months but is thinking about returning to the UK to continue his studies, so his iPad will prove invaluable.
Costa del Sol Eveline Kleyngeld, from Estepona, took home the prize for the Costa del Sol. She likes the puzzles section. “I always turn to them first, so that gave me the idea that the index was very important, so I could find them easily. Then I look at the news, there is always so much to read.”
important to us, so we asked you what you thought of the EWN. With a winning prize for the best comments of an iPad mini being given away in each of our six regions we asked: “If you were in charge of the EWN for a day, what is the one thing you would do to make it even better than it is?”
forthcoming events be published in advance so readers can participate and enjoy, and not report after the event.” She was annoyed she missed an event that happened at 3.30pm on the day of publication and she read about it that evening, thus missing it. This is a very valid point, which the whole editorial team has taken on board. We pledge to strive to print as many upcoming events as possible, although for reasons of space we cannot always do so. Bill Mullaney, from Alicante Province, would like to see some travel features. He said: “I’d include travel features on
some interesting places in Spain to visit.” This is something that we have thought about and are delighted to have persuaded travel writer Kevin Pilley to start contributing. Although he will be writing about some Spanish destinations, we took it a stage further and he will give witty and informative reports from spots all round the world. Robert Walford from Campoverde (Alicante) came up with an excellent suggestion, shared by several readers. He said: “I would bring in a feature called Parish Pump News bringing input from correspondents
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Our winners Costa Blanca North Over in Javea on the Costa Blanca North, Brian Moreland showed his humour when asked what he would do if he was editor for a day. He quipped: “Immediately sack myself as I’d be useless.” Looking forward to checking out the iPad, he said it was the first thing he’d ever won, “apart from a turkey we won once on Christmas Eve!”
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of local news and items of interest from their village or town.” We thought it was such a good idea that we are actively recruiting volunteer local correspondents to report on their patch, and are inviting Mr Walford to be one of our first correspondents. If you would like to have a go then email us at newsdesk @euroweeklynews.com. Other ideas included increasing the number of distribution points, something we have done. Should you have any trouble finding a copy of the EWN drop us a line at distribution@ euroweeklynews.com.
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Joyce Gallagher from Catral would like to see recipes in the paper. “I always read the paper but I am a keen cook and there are no recipes, so I thought that was a shame and would invite people to send in their favourite recipes.”
Mallorca Congratulations to John Griffiths from Mallorca, who was forthright in his answer: “I would not change anything as I think that you have got things right.” Mr Griffiths, 66 years old, had been coming to Mallorca for 38 years, but retired to Son Ferrer 14 years ago. His parents had an apartment in Peguera so he had many opportunities to visit Mallorca over the years while he was working for a foreign royal family.
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From left to right: Murphy Stevens, Eveline Kleyngeld, Brian Moreland, Marcel Van den Huevel, Joyce Gallagher and John Griffiths.
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Benidorm loses its famed chronicler BENIDORM has mourned the death of its official chronicler, the academic Pere Maria Orts i Bosch. He died aged 93 after a life dedicated to studying the history and identity of
the Valencia Region. He was born in Valencia City on July 5, 1921, and studied Law although he never practised as a lawyer but devoted his time and studies to heraldry, geneal-
Good figures for Alicante Port MARITIME goods traffic between Alicante City port and Algeria increased by 20 per cent last year. The port aims to become the principal logistics platform linking Spain and North Africa, said the president of the port authority, Juan Ferrer. Merchandise moved between Alicante and Algeria totalled 2,451,000 tons in 2014, bringing profits of €560,000. Total exports of pre-bagged cement, clinker and gypsum plus coal imports generated growth of 4.8 per cent, Ferrer said. Despite lower freight handling charges and spending cuts the port was once again in profit, a satisfied Ferrer said.
ogy and history. In this he emulated his grandfather, Pedro Maria Orts y Berdin, who in 1892 published ‘Apuntes historicos de Benidorm’ (Notes on Benidorm history). Descended from a Benidorm family on his father’s side, Orts i Bosch focused his investigations on Benidorm and the Marina Baja. Thanks to Orts i Bosch’s research the arrival of a statue of Our Lady of Suffrage in a drifting boat in 1740 ceased to be dismissed as an old wives’ tale. The boat and the statue actually existed and were found on the Benidorm shore at the beginning of March in that year, he established. The historian also traced Benidorm’s official existence back to 1325.
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ROUND OF APPLAUSE: La Pedrera’s staff, patients and volunteers.
Praise for La Pedrera helpers
TEULADA mayor Antoni Joan Bertomeu visited Denia’s La Pedrera hospital prior to its yearly gala on Saturday, March 7. The event is held to honour the volunteers who collaborate with the longstay rehabilitation hospital for chronicallyill patients, and will take place at the Teulada-Moraira auditorium at 6.30pm. The mayor, La Pedrera’s director, Dr Jaume Morera, hospital staff and volunteers gathered at the hospital entrance with some of the patients to give a one-minute’s round of applause.
“Voluntary work is so important that we should applaud not for one minute but many, many more,” Bertomeu said. The tribute and gala are gestures of thanks and recognition towards the 40 volunteers, many retired, who assist those who most need help, Dr Morera said. Over the past five years members of the area’s Red Cross, Caritas, Help DeniaLa Marina Alta and Denia Rotary Club have willingly given their time to 500 patients, he added.
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Putting up a fight for home deliveries A NUCLEUS of Muchamiel residents are refusing to relinquish home postal deliveries
without a battle. “I want my postman back” declared a placard brandished by one of the
City hall sells off cars THE luxury car bought for former Alicante mayor Luis Diaz Alperi is to be auctioned. The navy blue Chrysler 300C cost €66,403 nine years ago and now has a reserve price of €1,500. “It has all-risk insurance and is expensive to maintain. Two officials cars - one as a replacement in case the other breaks down - are more than enough,” said Miguel Valor who took over from Alperi’s successor Sonia Castedo at the beginning of the year. Alperi resigned in 2008 and the Chrysler, which has 50,000 kilometres on the clock, was little used by Castedo, who preferred “less ostentatious” cars and used it only on important occasions or long journeys.
hundred or so protestors outside the Correos post office. Correos stopped the service in 16 Muchamiel urbanisations and districts on January 1 this year and mail is now left in tiers of post-boxes. Most urbanisations have complied and installed these at central sites but others have refused to do so, claiming that they are victims of discrimination since residents in other Muchamiel neighbourhoods still enjoy home deliveries. “We gave the mayor the chance to talk to us as we timed the demonstration for half-an-hour before the council meeting, but apparently he didn’t want to,” said a protestor afterwards.
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So that’s where the money goes! ALTEA residents no longer need to wonder where local taxes go and what they are spent on. They can now check the allocation of every last cent on the municipal web page - www.altea.es - the town’s New Technology Councillor Vicent Sanz announced. There they will find a
‘taxes calculator’ which provides taxpayers with a breakdown on how the money raised through IBI rates, vehicle tax, rubbish-collection tax and water bills is used. The town hall does not provide the water supply but this is listed on the calculator because the concession-
ary’s levy and other costs affect the municipal budget, Sanz explained. “We believe it is important for citizens to know that when they pay for water they are not only paying for what they consume but also other services that include water treatment as well as infrastructure,
amortisation and taxes.” Typing the amount of tax paid in the relevant section produces an itemised list of how it is spent by the town hall. “New technology is
CALCULATOR: See how the taxes are spent. an excellent tool for providing residents with information and the Ad-
ministration with maximum trans-parency,” the councillor said.
Ignored ban causes fire ALICANTE forest fires occur in the winter, too, particularly after a year of drought. The latest blaze destroyed almost 45 hectares of trees and scrub in the Les Fontetes district half-a-kilometre away from the centre of the inland town of L’Orxa. Owing to high winds reaching up to 106 kilometres an hour, the Valencian Community was on yellow alert that day. All outdoor fires were banned but an agricultural worker ignored the
measure and lit a bonfire of pruned branches. This was soon out of control, spreading rapidly through trees, scrub and fields planted with crops. As well as fire engines, six firefighting aircraft had to be called in owing to the difficulties posed by the hilly terrain. It took three hours to douse the flames and eight hours to get the fire under control, with firefighters keeping watch all night to ensure that there were no new flare-ups.
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Benidorm bars closed for noise violations IT is not the busy summer period yet but conflict has already arisen in Benidorm between residents and their right to rest and bar owners claiming their right to have entertainment. Local Police were called to three bars in the city at
the weekend for exceeding the sound limiters. One venue had to cancel its planned concert as the plug was pulled by police for contravening the Municipal Noise Ordinance. Fines of â‚Ź601 are issued for such violations.
Man jailed for fight at carnival A MAN has been remanded in custody over a carnival brawl that left another blinded in one eye. One of the three arrested was sent to jail without bail following a brutal brawl that left one man unconscious in Alicante’s port, as previously reported in the Euro Weekly News . The other two detainees were provisionally released and have to report periodically to the court. A video of the fight which was broadcast on social media networks allowed police to identify the alleged attackers. The injured man suffered multiple injuries and has lost the sight in one eye following the fight.
In order to try and find a happy medium for all parties, the council has created a tripartite committee comprising neighbours, local technicians and local companies to analyse how to improve effectiveness in controlling nuisance activities. Last year 513 inspections took place.
Increase for hotel workers THE hospitality industry and unions are working on a set wage increase for hospitality workers of 0.8 per cent from 2016. All indications show that an agreement between the unions and the provincial employers in the hotel industry on the Costa Blanca on working conditions is almost confirmed.
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‘No fee’ pledge SPAIN’S registry offices will be privatised from July 15 but no charge will be made for registering births, deaths and marriages. This continues to be free, said the region’s Justice Department.
Javea hot spots SHOPKEEPERS’ association Xabia Historica is providing free WiFi in Javea’s Plaza de la Iglesia, Plaza de Baix, part of Calle Mayor, Placeta del Convent and Plaza de Correos.
Jab woes VALENCIA Region hospitals noted an increase in the number of over-65s with respiratory infections and pneumonia. This year’s vaccine was not effective against all strains of influenza, doctors said.
STRIDING OUT: Women came together in Javea.
Cancer walk MORE than 1,000 women participated in Javea’s seventh annual solidarity walk. The walk raises money for cancer and after the event a cheque for €5,100 was presented to the local branch of the AECC cancer charity.
Bridge contest JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB is hosting a special bridge tournament on April 4 at 4pm. Entry is €8 to include tapas and there will be prizes for all. The event is sponsored by Autocenter Marina
Alta, SL (Euro Tyre). Pre-registration is open now and a limited number of tables are available. Contact Pat on 966 472 158 or email info@javeabridgeclub. com.
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Euro Weekly News’s oldest reader (probably) paid a visit to its head office to give staff a piece of his mind!
Is Bob Mitchell, at 96, EWN’s oldest reader? NINETY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Bob Mitchell, who has been a regular contributor via our Letters page, sent a touching note of thanks to columnists Leapy Lee, Mike Walsh and the former Mrs Ed, (see Letters page) who remembered having a few runins with him over the years. Bob, originally from London, has been a regular visitor to the Costa del Sol for 30 years, and always picks up a copy of the EWN. We believe he is our oldest reader – unless of course you know better. If you do, drop us a line at editorial@euroweekly news.com. With characteristic humour, he decided to thank the EWN ‘while he still had time’. We invited him into the office to see behind the scenes, and presented him with a bottle of brandy and a ‘front page’ to mark his visit. A man of forthright opinions he was and still is - a communist, a stance that got him into trouble in his younger life. He was
SPECIAL GUEST: Bob during his visit to EWN with some of the team.
blacklisted as an ‘agitator’ from several jobs before ending up at the Post Office, where he stayed for 30 years before retiring. Bob may be frail but his mind remains as sharp as a tack. “It is because I have never
stopped thinking. It’s kept my mind active. When I was young, I thought I could change the world and everyone would live happily ever after, but here we are all these years later and
nothing has changed. “That’s a disappointment, but I never stopped trying!” remarked Bob. And we believe him.
Editor’s note: Bob should be an inspiration to all our readers. Whether you agree or not with his politics he has remained true to himself and never lost his sense of fun. He has a keen sense of right and wrong. All at the EWN wish him well, and look forward to him visiting us again on his 100th birthday. Go to www.euroweeklynews.com for full story.
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Samaritans in Spain president’s farewell AFTER three-and-a-half years as president of the Samaritans in Spain, Chris Sumter has stepped down and is moving to England to begin the next chapter of her life. Chris’s husband Lubbertus, in a president’s farewell letter, explained that his wife was perfectly suited for the role of helping those in Spain.
“Chris first joined the Samaritans in 2008” said Lubbertus: “She became a trustee, CEO and then president in 2011. At this point, the organisation was known as Costa Blanca Samaritans and was struggling to keep going. Chris immediately began to seek out ways to bring the Samaritans into the limelight and to the forefront of charities in Spain and the call centre and charity shop opened on March 1, 2013. Since then the Samaritans have gone from strength to ARE you a budding artist or even a seasoned talstrength to now include ent? Then don’t miss this chance to have your 24-hour listening, email work featured at the Homes, Gardens and Lifestyle consultations, face-to-face Show at the Denia Marriott Hotel on April 10-11. work, prison visiting and a All new, emerging or experienced artists are welsatellite centre with the come to enter for the chance to display and even British Embassy in Madrid.” sell their artworks at the show. All work will also be Both Chris and her husentered into the competition, with three levels for band are already looking beginners, intermediates and expert. for the next challenge, Art entries are €5 and the competition, sponeven before starting this sored by Golden Leaves, is in aid of the Emaus one. children’s charity, Make a Smile. Good luck to both Chris For more information or to register email and Lubbertus in this move simon.nathaniel@goldenleaves.com and indeed the next one.
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Spain at back of the class SPAIN is the country with the highest school dropout rate in the European Union, according to most recent data. Although the country experienced a slight improvement over 2013 (24.7 per cent), the rate currently sits at 23.6 per cent, far above the European Union countries’ average of 12 per cent. The data was released by the Community Statistics Office Eurostat, which added that the national goal has been fixed at 15 per cent. After Spain came Malta (20.5 per cent), Portugal (28.9), Romania (17.3)
and Italy (17). On the other hand, Lithuania and Slovenia hold the lowest school dropout rate (3.9 per cent), followed by Croatia (4.5), Czech Republic (5.4), Poland (5.6), Luxemburg (6.1), Slovakia (6.4), Austria (7.3), Cyprus (9.1) and Germany (9.8). In addition, the employment rate of inhabitants between 20 and 64 years old was 58.6 per cent in 2013, while the goal fixed for Spain by the EU was 75 per cent. Countries with the worst results in terms of employment rates according to this report were Greece (52.9 per cent), Croatia (57.2 per cent), Spain and Italy (59.8 per cent).
Madonna will visit Barcelona MADONNA, the queen of pop, will be making a single stop in Spain on November 24 as part of her worldwide tour this year. Rebel Heart Tour, to present the singer’s latest album Rebel Heart, begins in Miami on August 29, and will visit 35 cities in total, with European concerts including Cologne, London, Paris, Glasgow and Barcelona. Tickets to the concert at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi stadium will be on sale on March 16 from 10am, promoter Live Nation announced, and more dates in Asia and Australia will be provided in the near future. Rebel Heart, produced by Interscope Records, will be on sale in Spain from March 10.
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HERITAGE SITE: Doñana National Park.
Mine set to reopen A MINE that was the site of one of Spain’s biggest environmental disasters is set to reopen. In April 1998 a dam collapsed at the Aznalcollar lead and zinc mine in Sevilla Province, flooding the Agrio and Guadiamar rivers with almost 2 billion litres of mine tailings and a further 4 billion litres of heavy metals dissolved in acidified water. Much of this pollution then flowed to the borders of one of Spain and Europe’s most pristine and important National Parks and nature reserves, the UNESCO world heritage site of Doñana National Park. The subsequent clean-up operation cost €240 million and had a vast impact on wildlife. Under new management the mine is now set to reopen, apparently creating
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more than 400 jobs in the region - but the project has come under widespread criticism from a wide range of NGOs and environmental organisations which believe the project is an unacceptable risk to the Doñana National Park. The company reopening the mine, Grupo Mexico, was involved in a similar mining disaster in Mexico recently. Doñana is currently facing additional threats due to expanding farming development along its borders and dredging of the Guadalquivir River. The UNESCO heritage site is one of only two refuges for the Iberian Lynx, one of the world’s rarest large predators. No more than 300 Iberian Lynx are thought to survive in the wild.
FIVE people have been seriously injured in an explosion at a fertiliser factory in Mengibar, Jaen. Nitric acid was being moved from a lorry to a deposit when the explosion occurred. Andalucia 112 emergency services reported that a call was received at 2.07pm, with the accident reported near the old N-323 road. Guardia Civil officers, firemen, local policemen and ambulance teams rushed to the scene and took five people to hospital. The Andalucian Emergency Group was also informed, although a 112 spokesman explained that no toxic cloud had formed and the general population was not at risk.
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Mojacar visitors THE two Mojacar tourist offices helped 46,882 people during 2014. They also received 34,306 emails, letters and faxes, answered 2,485 phone calls and replied to thousands of posts on social networks.
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NATIONAL POLICE closed down an illegal casino in Almeria City. Agents seized cash and tokens worth almost €4,000 and three poker tables although estimated earnings were €16,000.
ALBOX has been awarded €3,000 by Almeria Province for a project to protect women against gender violence. The payment comes as part of an initiative costing €110,000 covering 40 municipalities.
Carboneras in Berlin CARBONERAS is represented at the International Berlin Stock Exchange (ITB), a leading industry fair being held from March 4 to 8. This year is the 50th anniversary of the fair.
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Campello film FILM director Jose Rios, known to the film world as Bobby Peru, is shooting a Western porn trilogy in Campello. It will compete for a 2016 Venus award, an equivalent of the Oscars in the porn industry.
Skate park A NEW skate park has opened in Los Alcazares. The park will accommodate beginners and more experienced skateboarders and roller skaters.
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Best in Spain MARO’S cliffs in Nerja are amongst the most beautiful natural monuments of Spain, according to Spanish newspaper ABC . Also praised is the beautiful view from the Torre de Maro.
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which has announced plans to tarmac a 12,000 square metre plot of land by the new Auditorio Felipe VI theatre.
THE municipal consumer’s office of VelezMalaga (OMIC) received more than 8,000 enquiries during 2014, 10 per cent up on 2013.
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GADOR police have been visiting schools to educate children on road safety and sustainable alternatives to travelling to school by car, such as by bicycle or on foot.
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FINALLY: After years of protests, parents in Rojales will welcome the news.
€25m for school improvements
TWENTY FIVE MILLION EUROS have been promised for investment in five schools across the Vega Baja. Regional Secretary for Education, Manuel Tomas, visited Orihuela and Torrevieja and announced the investment for construction and improvements to schools in the area. He said: “This important effort by the Consell is aimed at providing quality facilities to all municipalities of Valencia where temporary facilities currently exist or it is necessary to extend the existing supply.”
Bulletproof jackets TORREVIEJA has spent €21,000 on bulletproof jackets for Local Police officers. Currently there are just eight jackets for the 160 officers.
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RESTORATION work on Lorca’s Archaeological Museum, which was damaged by the 2011 earthquake, is being put out to tender.
THE number of registered self-employed workers in the province of Malaga has reached 100,000, returning to levels similar to those of 2008 before the financial crisis began, Malaga Provincial Council leader Elias Bendodo has announced.
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THE Carnival celebrations in Aguilas, Murcia, saw 172 people test positive for driving whilst under the effects of alcohol with a further 65 testing positive for drugs.
A ONE kilometre natural path has been created to link the Parque Las Presas and Duck Lake in Fuengirola with the upper area of Torreblanca, creating a new way
Tomas noted the process of bidding and construction of a school “carries a great deal of coordination and work by public administrations involved, so the Ministry of Education is working intensively to finalise as soon as possible all the necessary paperwork to begin construction.” The construction of these additional classrooms also complies with the provisions of the Plan for the Elimination of Prefabricated Classrooms which aims to eliminate and remove 75 per cent of existing temporary classrooms in Valencia. to enjoy nature without leaving town.
Food festival MIJAS Tapas Festival is running this month with live cooking demonstrations at El Corte Ingles on Saturday afternoons and an Andalucian tapas competition on March 23 at the Las Lagunas theatre as highlights.
Greener commuters BICYCLES are becoming increasing popular as a way to get around Malaga City. The public bike rental system in the city has 28,000 members and 40 per cent of users questioned said that they now cycle instead of driving.
More parking APPROXIMATELY 650 new parking spaces will be created in Estepona by the council,
Jobs help A TOTAL of 125 unemployed people of Almuñecar will be trained in sports and recreational activities and social and health assistance thanks to courses launched by the town council.
Bike day MORE than 2,100 people participated on February 28 in Nerja’s Bike Day, according to the Sports Councillor Gema Garcia. An eight-seater bike won the prize for ‘most original bike.’
Food raising THE Citizens’ Social network of Torrox has provided 584 people with food in 2014. They will carry out a new food raising campaign on March 14 at 10m and 6pm in Torrox-Costa supermarkets.
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Home improvements THE Balearic Islands Regional Government has allocated €1.4 million for renovation works that seek to improve homes’ accessibility and eliminate obstacles for residents with mobility problems. In total, €700,000 will be used in 2015 and the rest in 2016.
German dies A 34-YEAR-OLD man from Germany died last Friday (February 27) after he was involved in a car accident on the road between Palma and Manacor. Emergency services explained that the man lost control of his car for unknown reasons.
Huge benefits MALLORCA Hotel Company Melia made a profit of €30.4 million at the end of 2014, as opposed to the €73.4 million of debt the company had incurred the previous year.
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A massacre in the snow MORE than 100 deer have been decapitated and their body parts left strewn across a large area of isolated woodland, it has been alleged. The animals’ bodies were first encountered by walkers in an area which has experienced large amounts of snowfall and extreme weather in the last few weeks. Conservationists and hunters alike have denounced suspected poachers in Spain’s rugged northern province of Castilla y Leon for the slaughter. A Local Police spokesman said an investigation was under way to
SLAUGHTER: 100 deer killed in Castilla y Leon. try and find the poachers responsible. Limited hunting of deer is sometimes permitted in Spain under licence and it’s generally easier to track large mammals in snowy conditions. Even local huntsmen have called
the act ‘barbaric’. Without natural predators such as wolves, deer numbers rise rapidly and sometimes need to be controlled; however, hunting on this scale and in such a brutal manner is illegal.
Deseeding the grape MEDIO VINALOPO growers in inland Alicante intend to bring changes to local grapes.
Job market recovery continues The job market in Spain continued on its path to recovery in February, a government study has revealed. A new report from the Employment Ministry has shown that the number of people paying into the social security system rose by 96,909 people last month, the highest amount for February since 2007. Unemployment fell by 13,538 people, the highest drop for a month of February for 14 years, giving hope that the worst of the financial crisis may well be over.
Without abandoning the Designation of Origin dessert grapes that have made the area famous, growers want a seedless version. Seedless grapes grown in the area represent only 1 per cent of production and are non-native. Growers have now made contact with investigators from the Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) whose experts will visit Monforte del Cid to discuss developing their own seedless variety.
The regional government will cover part of the cost of IVIA’s research while cooperatives, agricultural firms and exporters will create a limited company to meet the rest. The expense will be worth the investment, growers believe, owing to the increasing demand at home and abroad for seedless grapes. Once the new variety has been produced and patented, further income can be made from selling seed to other growers.
Cuban controversy AN unofficial meeting between Spain’s former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and Cuba’s de facto leader, Raul Castro, has attracted criticism from Spain’s ruling Partido Popular (PP). Raul Castro is the brother of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, whose health has been in serious decline over the last year. Foreign Minister José Manuel GarcíaMargallo noted that Wednesday’s meeting, which lasted over three hours, was not discussed with the ruling party until the last minute. Garcia-Margallo said: “The visit is not just an example of disloyalty, it is also very inopportune,” noting that such meetings should not take place unless the country continues to improve its human rights’ record.
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DENMARK: Three restaurants in Aarhus have been awarded Michelin stars as the first ever Michelin Nordic Guide was presented in Stockholm.
A POLL of 508,000 under-12 students has found that The Demon Dentist by David Walliams is the favourite book of primary school children. Harry Potter books feature heavily in the top 20 but The Lord of the Rings has dropped out of the top 20 for the first time.
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DENMARK: Lego has been named as the world’s most powerful brand. The company also revealed that 2014 was its most profitable year ever.
A BOOK from 1495 that helped Henry VIII build his case against the Pope for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon has been discovered in the library of a country home in Cornwall.
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BRITISH PM David Cameron has said that his wife Samantha picks out all his casual clothes, telling a magazine that he is “not really interested in clothes.” He has been ridiculed in the past for his fashion faux pas.
DENMARK: Around 1.6 million Danes have profiles on the business-oriented social network site LinkedIn.
Elk problems SWEDEN: Train accidents involving elks cost the Swedish state billions of kroner each year in damages to trains and delays to service.
Tech-savvy SWEDEN: Sweden has been named the second best country in Europe for ‘digital performance’ (internet skills, internet shopping, developed digital technologies), coming in only behind neighbour Denmark.
Home sale NORWAY: The mountain holiday home in Trysil, north of Oslo, belonging to recovering Formula One driver Michael Schumacher has been sold for NOK22 million (€2.5 million).
Camp restarts NORWAY: The island of Utoya is to host its first youth camp this August since the 2011 massmurder of 69 people by Anders Behring Breivik.
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Crocodile bites NEW figures show that three people per year are admitted to UK hospitals following crocodile bites, with 75 more bitten or crushed by other reptiles. It’s
CONSUMER confidence in Germany is at its highest rate since 2001 as rising optimism and increased spending sweeps the country.
Backache MP’S in Bremen want new chairs – some costing as much as €1,900 – for the parliament building, saying the current ones are “uncomfortable and inflexible.”
More jobs ANCIENT BOOK: Henry VIII, England’s most infamous ex-husband. believed that in all cases the reptiles in question are pets.
Points swapping ONE in 20 UK motorists have illegally paid somebody else to take their penalty points for them, research has found, but only half of those have been caught. Eleven per cent of British drivers are unaware that swapping points is illegal.
FLOCKS of birds attracted to a landfill site in the Altai region are posing a threat to passing aeroplanes. The district authorities must now equip the site with bird-repellent devices to ensure safety.
Welcome to Putintown ACTIVISTS in the Ural Mountains want to change the name of their town from ‘Krasnokamsk’ to ‘Putin’ in honour of the Russian president, in the belief that his name would help the town become more prosperous.
Surge in synthetic drug POLICE in Moscow seized 630 per cent more synthetic marihuana in 2014 than in the previous year. Last year around 35 Russians died from using the drug, made from synthetic compounds to mimic the effects of marihuana.
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number of smokers in Russia has by 17 per cent since the government the anti-smoking legislation in 2013. packet warnings and the ban on
THE number of unemployed Germans fell by 20,000 during February, the fifth consecutive month to register a decline, according to official data.
Buffet invests LEGENDARY American investor Warren Buffet is looking to buy more companies in Germany after purchasing a German motorcycle parts company in February.
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RUSSIAN PRESS Rubbish tip for the birds
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smoking in public places appears to be doing the trick.
Front garden skeleton A RUSSIAN businessman has bought a huge whale skeleton from the Oscar-nominated movie ‘Leviathan’ and placed it on the lawn outside his house in Moscow. The metal skeleton featured prominently in the movie. GIVING UP: Russians are kicking the habit.
A GERMAN pensioner has been charged with more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder from his time working as a medic at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp.
Exports up GERMAN exports to Iran jumped by 30 per cent during 2014 after the easing of western sanctions.
Irish offices DZ BANK is to buy office buildings rented by Facebook in Dublin, Ireland, for €232 million, after beating off stiff competition.
Nice salary DIETER ZETSCHE, the CEO of Daimler, was paid €14.4 million last year, making him the country’s secondhighest paid employee at a listed company.
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business & legal Own goal for Cristiano NIKE has obliged Real Madrid footballer Cristiano Ronaldo to withdraw his CR7 footwear range. The name clashes with its own CR7 line, claimed the US sportswear company, which pays Ronaldo €8.7 million a year to promote Nike clothing and footwear. The footballer is
expected to wear and use Nike products whenever other contractual commitments allow as both the Madrid club and the Portugal national team are signed up to Nike rival, Adidas. Ronaldo has used the CR7 label on underpants and shirts without problems, but Nike put its foot down over the name of
CNMC: ‘Nothing personal’ SPAIN’S anti-trust regulator CNMC has slapped a total of €32.4 million in fines on Repsol, Cepsa and other companies for price-fixing. Repsol’s claims of “manifest animosity” from the CNMC’s president Jose Maria Marin and board members Idoia Zenarruzabeitia and Maria Ortiz were brushed aside. The clash was triggered by disciplinary proceedings to establish whether Repsol had complied with a 2009 ruling. This obliged the company to avoid indirect price-fixing by adapting contracts and procedures with independent service stations. Marin was for many years an executive with Repsol’s principal
Spanish competitor Cepsa, which had briefly considered challenging Marin’s presence in the investigation. There is now a “personal rejection or aversion” on Marin’s part towards itself and other oil companies, Repsol claimed. With the abstention of Marin, Zenarruzabeitia and Ortiz, the remaining seven board members voted unanimously to disregard Repsol’s objections. The CNMC concluded that neither partiality nor personal interests were involved in the fine, rejecting “any hint” of the “intimate friendship or manifest animosity” that are legal grounds for disqualification.
the shoe collection. The trainers, deck shoes, moccasins and formal shoes, all manufactured in Guimaraes (Portugal), are in direct competition with their own products, Nike claimed. Cristiano’s shoes cost between €100 and €550 while Nike’s CR7 trainers start at €60 and the boots sell at more than €300.
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Good medicine FOLLOWING its sale of AstraZeneca, pharmaceutical firm Almirall posted net profits of €448.4 million, compared with losses of €33.7 million in 2013. Turnover rose by 70.5 per cent to nearly €1.41 billion.
Short term THE Confederation of Spanish Businessowners (CEOE) has recommended increasing the number of temporary work contracts, arguing restrictions would have a “pernicious” effect on job creation.
Crowds provide funds CROWDFUNDING contributed €62 million to Spanish projects last year, 114 per more than the €29 million raised in 2013. Small contributions – usually made online - from a large number of people are increasingly used to finance ventures or projects with little chance of accessing conventional funding. Precisely because of this popularity, legislation due this month will directly
affect crowdfunding with limits on contributions depending on whether these come from accredited or private investors. A joint study by the University of Cambridge and the Asociacion Española de Crowdfunding found that 53 per cent of people seeking or using crowdfunding believed that the new regulations would be “strict and excessive.”
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STAT OF WEEK THE Public Works Ministry awarded construction and infrastructure contracts for €1.87 billion last year. This doubled 2013’s investments and was the first increase since the onset of the economic crisis.
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VOLUME 12,109.21 4,232.21 19,219.66 14,951.80 48,755.96 4,908.00 5,059.65 6,887.59 11,878.58 6,070.16 5,798.95 4,624.53 6,061.76 74,902.23 39,317.00 5,303.80 5,355.06 111,031.83 30,555.13 6,257.11 11,800.12 4,080.03 4,657.00 9,098.00 6,986.67 8,590.92 9,940.94 16,605.12 56,413.80 8,601.05 8,249.86 4,347.70 4,873.29 4,572.09 33,336.43 11,465.52 11,047.14 11,650.54 5,415.16 41,816.30 4,806.83 42,180.14 12,661.94 45,153.69 17,759.67 23,410.58 82,588.78 53,859.86 4,202.50 4,345.78 59,242.18 5,211.64 5,212.40 6,941.15 4,862.15 31,139.24 17,121.41 10,597.95 4,555.47 4,126.42 15,555.08 4,919.17 24,458.63 10,178.48 4,696.37 19,929.76 5,011.37 N/A 3,524.72 36,796.78 6,447.26 59,421.09 3,633.88 9,532.05 10,314.85 20,226.45
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He pays me, he pays me not THERE is a mind-numbing, laissez-faire attitude taken towards settling accounts with suppliers. In many ways Spain leaves the United Kingdom standing. However, in business ethics and accountability Spain can be worse than Third World. There is no such thing as a perfect system of business accountability, professional standards and customer protection. Britain, to its credit, has achieved a great deal in all these spheres. There are cowboy operators everywhere but in Britain they are in a minority; a system for dealing with them is in place. For instance, a business can
Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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be fined up to £10,000 for fraudulently claiming to be a member of a trade association to gain a customer’s trust and business. Over 20 years, I enjoyed an excellent relationship with Trading Standards.
High profile in every community, their offices were manned by friendly staff, there was free information and legal advice. All were keen, many zealously so, to investigate cases where customers had been ripped off. Television programmes like The Builders from Hell are dedicated to the subject. The media, to its credit, is quick to expose cheaters. Many offer advice columns on how to avoid cowboy businesses or deal with it if one is a victim of sharp practice. In Spain the customer support infrastructure is weak. I am sure some assiduous expert will tell me that there is a means of redress. For most of us it
is non-apparent, expensive, or formidably difficult to negotiate. This is what cheaters rely upon. The aggrieved victim feels it better to just put a disappointment down to experience. There is a desperate need for many business services in Spain. However, because of difficulties in negotiating a reasonable price and then getting paid for a service, there is an understandable reluctance to provide for the business and domestic communities. This is a weakness and does little to encourage business growth or investment in Spain. Is there a solution? Yes, insist on a goodwill deposit of at least €100. If this is unacceptable then so is their custom.
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Sterling going from strength to strength THE great British pound (GBP) continues to push to fresh, multi-year highs against the euro. The feedback from the UK economy has been robust of late and this is supporting the view that interest rate increases could come sooner than currently expected. The Bank of England (BoE) governor, Mark Carney, cemented this point in his Quarterly Inflation Report and the BoE increased their outlook for growth whilst affirming that they believe the fall in inflation is temporary. In February the pound has now gained around 3% against the euro and the USD and continues to look bullish. The euro unsurprisingly is under pressure following the uncertainty from Greece and the spectre of Quantitative Easing commencing in March. Although Greece looks like it has managed to
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obtain a four-month extension, the can has simply been kicked down the road and the uncertainty prevails. In March, the onset of QE is also expected to weigh on the single currency despite significant euro weakness already factored in. On delivering QE, the ECB denied that a weaker euro was a target; however the impact of the news significantly devalued the euro. The exceptional policies of central banks across the globe have led to talk of currency wars where a drive for a
SITTING PRETTY: The pound’s seven-year high against the euro. weaker currency is sought to gain competitiveness. A weaker euro will help to boost exports and inflation across the Eurozone, as investors and importers outside the Eurozone take advantage of the exchange rate. The long term impact of QE
in the Eurozone is still very uncertain but when you contrast the monetary policy of Europe, who are just embarking on significant easing, to that of the UK and the US who are on the path to monetary tightening, the divergence is very apparent. Although the pound is
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Time to close the gender pay gap Loose change A look at finance for females
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IT would be assumed that a boy and a girl baby are born with equal opportunities, but the sad truth is that the educational and career expectations for boys and girls are very different. In today’s world, by the time these babies are grown up, the boy will be earning around 16 per cent more than the girl. Not exactly fair, right? It seems beyond comprehension that women continue to be paid less than men for the same work. But on average, women in the EU earn around
16 per cent less per hour than men. And this gender pay gap exists even though women do better at school and university than men. According to a European study, on average, 83 per cent of young women reach at least upper secondary school education in the EU, compared to 77.6 per cent of men. Women also represent 60 per cent of university graduates in the EU. But they continue to earn less than men. This gender pay gap is most pronounced in traditionally high-paying occupations and
professions where females are the minority, such as doctors and surgeons, executives and managers. So why is there still such inequality in the workplace? Well, it’s a complex issue. According to an EU report it can be the result of direct discrimination, where women are simply treated less favourably than men. This is prohibited by law, but is unfortunately still present in some workplaces. Women and men also carry out different jobs and often work in different sectors. In the health sector, women make up 80 per cent of all workers. But
UNEQUAL PAY: Still prevalent in 2014.
sectors where women are in the majority still have lower wages than those dominated by men. For example, women working in female dominated occupations, such as cleaning, tend to earn less than men who have comparable skills in male dominated occupations, such as rubbish collection. Why? Well, some experts believe that traditional thinking means that women’s skills are often undervalued because they are seen to reflect ‘female’ characteristics, rather than acquired skills and competences. It’s very important however to change this status quo. The impact of the gender pay gap means that women earn less over their lifetimes and this results in lower pensions and a risk of poverty in old age. Greater equality between men and women however would bring benefits to the economy and to society in general.
sitting pretty at the moment at seven-year highs against the euro, we should not underestimate the potential for volatility surrounding the UK election countdown. Bill O’Neill, head of the UK investment office at UBS Wealth Management, summed this up very well recently by comparing the election countdown to the Scottish independence vote: “Just as they did with Scotland, the markets are saying fine, fine, fine, but then as the date approaches thy will start to panic a little bit.” He added: “We think there will be significant volatility in the second quarter of 2015 it is almost inevitable.” Therefore the months ahead are likely to be a rocky road for both the pound and the euro. In the short term this favours GBP/EUR but with the election looming euro buyers should not get complacent.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Smaller margins FOLLOWING the €267.3 million sale of its French stores in 2014, Dia supermarkets posted net profits of €329 million, 57 per cent more than the previous year. Owing to falling prices, turnover of €5.22 billion in Spain grew by 0.4 per cent compared to 4 per cent in 2013.
Near the mark SPAIN’S Gross Domestic Product grew by 1.4 per cent last year, confounding IMF and The Economist predictions of 0.1 per cent increase. Savings banks think-tank Funcas and the Madrid Economic Studies Centre (CEEM) came the closest with prior growth forecasts of 1 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively.
Car sector boost EXPORTS of Spanish-manufactured vehicles jumped by 19.6 per cent in January with sales of 175,000 vehicles owing to a recovering European market. There was increased demand from Italy, the UK, Germany and France, while US orders also rose following the choice of the Spain-produced Nissan NV200 for New York taxis.
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Sub-human psycho is getting the bleeding hearts treatment CORDON PRESS
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REALLY was going to give my monotonous, seemingly neverending diatribe on Islamic events a bit of a miss this week; and then they unmasked ‘Jihadi John.’ So here we go again. In the first place, I have never particularly favoured this title; it almost makes him sound like some charismatic war hero, instead of the sub-human psychopath he actually is. But just a minute, it wasn’t his fault, was it? Surprise, surprise. The woodwork oozed open and out they all crawled. With total predictability the BBC immediately gave air-time (a lot of it!) to bitter and twisted fanatics, who insisted this cold-blooded murderer was actually a beautiful, gentle and humble young man, who would never hurt anyone. They then continue to insult our intelligence even more, by stating he had only looked towards IS because he’d been made to feel like an ‘outsider’ in his ‘home country’ (a country that had in fact given him one of the finest starts in life any
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT young person could possibly ask for). You really couldn’t make it up. Even as I write, Sky News is appearing to evoke excuses and sympathy for this individual by reporting that he was ‘hounded by MI6,’ felt like ‘a dead man walking’ (he is now!) and had considered killing himself. Well it certainly appears he needed some form of psychiatric help, but to imply that these symptoms led to him hacking off innocent victims’ heads on film and declaring his ‘right’ to do so, really does defy all the bounds of any rational intelligence.
COLDBLOODED MURDERER: Jihadi John does not deserve sympathy. To tell the truth, the idea of anyone showing any sympathy whatsoever for this utter sleaze-ball, fills me with horror and a complete sense of despair at being a member of the same human race. If we don’t toughen up and stop denying the existence of the ever-increasing amount of pure evil and hatred in our midst, these fanatics will one
day find themselves sitting cross-legged on the carpets of Westminster, issuing out the rulings of Sharia, sending out legions of men with sledgehammers and drills to our precious museums and chopping off heads in Trafalgar Square. What these misled, liberal do-gooders are leading us into is physical confrontation. When
people despair of the attitude of our media and politicians there is nowhere else to turn. Don’t be fooled by the 20 per cent of Muslims who think that Islam will never integrate with the cultures of the West - that’s half-a-million British inhabitants who want us to adopt their culture! This poll also assumes that the remaining 80 per cent actually told the truth. Somehow I doubt it. When the proverbial finely hits the fan, don’t expect the remaining 80 per cent to take to the streets proclaiming their loyalty to the culture of the West. It didn’t happen when the Nazis took over Germany and it ain’t gonna happen here.
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Form 720. What Do You Need To Do In 2015? We are approaching that time of the year again, when anyone who is resident in Spain needs to submit their annual Form “Modelo” 720 listing their overseas assets. The deadline is 31st March, so you need to start thinking now about what you need to declare this year. If you have previously submitted a form you only need to declare assets if they have grown a certain amount, or if you have sold them. Exchange rate movements may mean you need to declare assets you did not expect to. Summary of the rules There are three reporting categories and you have to report all assets in a particular category if the value of your total offshore assets in that category amounts to over €50,000. You need to report even if your personal share of assets is less than €50,000. You are obliged to report assets if you are the owner, a settlor who can benefit from a trust you settled,
The exchange rate to be used is that as at 31st December of the relevant year. 2015 declaration You declare assets owned as at 31st December of the previous year. So for your 2015 Form 720, you declare the assets owned as at the end of 2014. By Brett Hanson, Partner, Blevins Franks authorised signatory, or you have the authority to dispose of the asset. This includes assets held by a company, a trust or fiduciary. In most cases, assets are valued using the wealth tax rules as at 31st December each year. For assets held within financial institutions, you also need to declare the average balance over the last three months of the year. You need to report the value of the assets in Euros.
If you have already submitted a Form 720, you only need to report again if: • The value of an existing asset grew by more than €20,000, or • You sold an asset/closed an account, or • You obtained a new asset. Exchange rate movements need to be taken into account. The Pound to Euro exchange rate at 31st December 2013 was 1.20. If at that date you had Sterling denominated assets of £250,000, they were valued at €300,000. On 31st December 2014 the
£/€ exchange rate was 1.28. This means that even if your £250,000 investment had not grown in value, in Euros it is now worth €320,000. The increase of €20,000 means that you need to report the growth on this year’s form. Exchange rates may play an even bigger part this year, depending on how central bank policies in Europe, the UK and anywhere else you hold assets play out. The introduction of the obligation to report all overseas assets in Spain – and the penalties are very high if you do not – was a huge change for residents of Spain, whether Spanish or foreign nationals. Many are paying more tax as a result - particularly those who declared assets for the first time, or incorrectly declared them previously. These assets will now be assessed for wealth tax, and any income they produce for income tax, and you have to declare them
accordingly. Combined with higher income taxes and wealth tax, some expatriates have considered leaving Spain. However Spain actually remains a tax efficient country for British retired expatriates if you take specialist advice. Form 720 need not necessarily be such a concern either. You should review your assets now to make sure they are in the best structures going forward. 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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OR 20 years I vetted applicants for Britain’s most highly regarded trade associations; I was privileged to meet the most gifted craftsmen. It seemed to me to be a pity that these artisans and their achievements are not better recognised. Being specialist means precisely that; their skills were known only to an elite in a position to take advantage of them. I recall a blustery autumn day when my car followed a remote Shropshire track to a number of farm outbuildings. What a strange place for a motor mechanic to be working in I thought to myself. Selecting a workshop that appeared to be showing signs of activity I peered inside. Nothing could have prepared me for the sight of several luxury cars of a marque one simply does not see outside of London’s Knightsbridge. I was there to meet the only mechanic entrusted by the super rich to maintain their cars. As I took details of his references, one of whom was Lord Rothschild, I murmured:
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HAVE never minded going to the dentist. What’s the worst that can happen? A few teeth out, a filling or two? None of it life threatening. Some time ago I made an appointment with a dentist who came recommended, to see what I could do to invigorate my smile which - looking back at old photos - needed some tweaking. After two consultations, numerous X-rays and a complete scan of my skull no less, I emerged a nervous wreck, clutching two estimates, the lesser of which would have purchased a small family car. There was talk of crowns and bridge work, and even bone grafts, for goodness sake. I only went in for a bit of cleaning, not looking for honorary membership to the Kardashian family or a set of choppers to compete with Red Rum. I didn’t want to be pulled and pummelled about at my age after all, I will be 49 in April. What?? So I settled on a third option and simply decided not to smile any more. But the more I thought about it, the more I became convinced
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Who fixes your car? Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
“These are far too important to respond.” He smiled and assured me they would; they did. A specialist firm was called in to create an impression of a high denomination bank note on the entrance floor of an upper crust mansion. The craftsman would not allow anyone else into the room whilst he worked. The note painted on the marble floor would appear so realistic that visitors would instinctively stoop to pick it up. Talking of things of value I scratched my head when I met a gold leaf maker. I had not been given an address and reaching the given locality, I was guided to the workshop.
SKILLED TRADESMEN: Their achievements should be recognised. Monotonously, a craftsman was using a hand mallet to strike what appeared to be a cloth-covered block the size of a VHS cassette. It could not be done by machine, the gold had to be hand-worked.
A namesake of mine, a master carpenter, Brian Walsh made specialist doors working from a small workshop. Not your ordinary house doors. Brian’s were handmade and carved from rare imported
exotic timbers. His prices started off at tens of thousands of pounds. “Do you have a hobby,” I asked. Yes, he was a keen member of the catfish fishing community. Taking a piece of wood he would fashion an exact replica of a member’s caught catfish. Apparently, like we humans, catfish look different to each other. Interviewing a young man applying for membership as a glass etching specialist, I checked his work. Like his brewing industry clients I couldn’t fault his art. “Do you have anything a little different,” I asked. He then took me to a gallery to show me his party-piece. A door-sized crystal mirror upon which was etched the most exquisitely beautiful image of the RMS Titanic as it plunged through the Nantucket Sound fog. There were times indeed when quite ‘ordinary’ men made me feel quite humble.
Shut your mouth and cough up Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
that I needed a sprucing-up, but without the need of a loan from the IMF. And so I attended another dentist for a fresh appraisal. Now, I get very nervous when I see a hugely expensive car parked outside a dental surgery and my flexible friend becomes very agitated in my wallet. But on this particular morning there was a swanky Ferrari Berlinetta parked nearby. The surgery was an oasis of calm and the dentist reassuring and professional, and unlike most of his colleagues, did not start asking me silly questions once my mouth was fully open and I was unable to answer without spraying the room with saliva. Oh and why is it that when your chops are full of hardware
MOLAR MONOPOLY: The choice was to pay up or stop smiling. and the dentist has his arm in your mouth up to the elbow, you get this irresistible urge to swallow? An action that inevitably ends with a choking fit of embarrassing proportions. Anyway I left the building one hour later with the assurance that a suitable course of
treatment was available that would not bankrupt me. And I was just in time to see a sickeningly good-looking bloke wearing a polo shirt - with a motif of a chap on a horse, wielding a polo mallet - getting into the Ferrari. Obviously wealthy and successful, and
worst of all - young. Old, ugly and rich I can stomach, but some people seem to have everything, I cursed silently to myself, and I began to grind my teeth at the injustice of it all. Then I remembered I couldn’t afford it.
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Unscrupulous apples feed cynicism Nora Johnson
Breaking Views A Costa del Sol resident for a number of years, Nora is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/norajohnson
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WO former UK foreign secretaries are under parliamentary investigation after being secretly filmed “offering their services” to a bogus company for cash. And this after reports MPs earned more than £7 million (€9.62 million) outside of Parliament last year some making over £1,600 (€2,200) per hour! Caught in this latest “cash for access” undercover sting, Jack Straw boasted how he operated “under the radar” and had used his influence to change EU rules on behalf of a firm which paid him £60,000 (€82,485) a year. As for payment: “Normally, if I’m doing a speech, it’s £5,000 (€6,874) a day, that’s what I charge.” Sir Malcolm Rifkind, since resigned as MP, boasted he could arrange “useful access” to every British ambassador in the world, claiming: “I am self-
THE DAY JOB: MPs earned more than £7 million outside Parliament last year. employed, so nobody pays me a salary. I have to earn my income.” This from someone then enjoying an MP’s basic salary of £67,000 (€92,107)! This, he said, “sounds a lot of money to anyone earning less than that... but the reality is that anyone from a professional or business background earns considerably more.” And that’s at the root of the problem.
The high salaries that can be earned in business and banking as well as in the public sector - in the NHS and the BBC and the temptations they pose to the less than scrupulous. Now, decent, hardworking MPs (and, yes, there are some) hate these lobbying scandals most. They not only feed cynicism but, more seriously, undermine politics itself. In the same way as the
HSBC tax avoidance scandal undermines the public’s trust in business and banking, “aggressive, incompetent and overpaid” NHS administrators undermine the public’s trust in the health service and BBC executives undermine the public’s trust in Auntie. As for the BBC, the problem’s the bottomless supply of licence payers’ money. This means no ‘bottom line,’ no accountability, no need for personal responsibility. Bloated, top-heavy layers of management perpetuate themselves and their indulgences because there’s only token accountability to a less than rigorous Board. How can the next government even contemplate continuing with the licence fee, especially given ever changing technology and audience habits? I know I go on about parliamentary scandals, the NHS, the BBC and so on. My reasoning is that only by drawing repeated attention to these issues can there be any hope of change.
Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca
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Big Brother rules the roads THE Big Brother state is upon us with drivers facing hefty fines when caught on camera for a range of offences from speeding to having no ITV. Now the government has pledged to make all speed cameras highly visible. Is this a good move to show cameras are not about simply raising cash, or is it a poorly-judged decision that will let dangerous drivers off the hook? MALCOLM from Copper Heelers firmly believes speed cameras should be visible. “There was one on the N332 road near where I live but it has not been working for about five years. When it was working, it definitely made drivers slow down. I think when they are visible it makes people more aware of their speed and slows them down.” Founder of the Porsche Owners Club of
Olivier, Manager of Alberts Restaurant.
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Andalucia (POCA), Gary Compson, said he had the greatest respect for speed cameras and thinks there should be more of them. “I know that I am a lover of driving in my Porsche; however, I always respect the speed limit. After all, speed kills,” he said, adding: “The cameras should be visible and more of them. The fines should also be higher to deter drivers from speeding.” O l i v i e r B e r t o n, Susan Worthington, Manager of Alberts the Spectrum Group. Restaurant Cabopino
(Malaga), thought there were advantages and disadvantages to the speed cameras being visible. He commented: “When drivers are speeding and they do not know the road, they tend to slap on the brakes when they see the camera, which can be very dangerous. “Holiday-makers who do not know the rules of the road in Spain often rent a car which can also clock up fines, so they have to be warned and there has to be control. On the other hand, if the cameras are hidden, then drivers may be cautious all of the time, which is how it should be.” Susan Worthington, IFA for The Spectrum Group, said: “I agree with the presence of speed cameras as long as they are there for the right
Gary from POCA.
reasons and not just to pull in the revenue. When they are visible, they certainly have the right effect which is to slow drivers down and take caution and I think it is only fair to warn people. If the cameras are in place to deter dangerous driving, then I agree with them being more visible, as long as the purpose is right, then that is good.”
New state of play Cassandra Nash
A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
SPAIN drank its morning coffee as Mariano Rajoy’s State of the Nation speech reminded everyone that he has hauled the country out of recession. Viewers and listeners lunched and dined to barbs and harangues from the opposition parties as they enumerated their reasons for refusing to be impressed. It must have been frustrating for Podemos and Ciudadanos not to contribute to the talk-fest. These two parties are so new and captivating that they occupy respective second and fourth places in opinion polls but no seats in the national parliament. Frustration was tempered with the knowledge that this will be the last State of the Nation debate where a government’s overpowering, overall majority turns criticism or censure into a waste of breath. Podemos and Ciudadanos might never harvest enough votes to form a
government alone but they know things are going to change and will change because of them.
Finger-pointing THE Partido Popular bays for the heads of the PSOE miscreants in Andalucia and elsewhere but should examine its own loyalty to high-ranking politicians linked to scandals. Double standards are not convincing at the best of times and are pure self-indulgence in an election year.
Help from afar PODEMOS could also be accused of double standards. The €425,000 paid to its co-founder, Juan Carlos Monedero, by ALBA – an alliance of Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua – for his advisory services is costing him dear. Not because he belatedly gave the Hacienda its cut. Not because he first claimed that he earned it in 2010 and later amended this to 2013. The least savoury aspect of that money is the use it was put to. If Monedero and Podemos
leader Pablo Iglesias are to be believed, it financed the latter’s chat show, La Tuerka. But was it used illegally to fund Podemos? Was it earned by the sweat of Monedero’s brow or was it a donation? Before the death of Hugo Chavez, Venezuela was already backsliding into totalitariansm and under Nicolas Maduro it has arrived. Not the best credentials for a party that polls rank as the second most popular in Spain.
Wanted children NEW laws will soon make it easier to adopt, and not before time. There are 13,400 children currently in care and probably double that number of couples hoping to adopt. Instead they face a bureaucratic obstacle race that regularly shatters their dreams. At least Rajoy’s government saw sense and withdrew its Abortion reform bill. Had it not, Spain’s orphanages would soon have been overcrowded with even more unwanted children.
RAJOY: Gave his State of the Nation address.
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In Manchester, taking the culinary baton are Fiona and her joker husband Ian, young newly-weds Lauren and Pete, and martial arts black belts Karl and Mukta.
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7:45am Twilight 9:35am The Temp 11:25am The Washington Snipers 1:05pm Murder at 1600 3:05pm Spy Game Slick thriller full of surprises.
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11:10pm A Man Apart 1:05am Outlaw Paratrooper Bryant returns from Iraq to find a London ruled by thugs and gangsters.
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LAND ARMY: Women were the backbone of Britain during World War II.
Land girls’ stories live on She quickly learnt to drive a tractor, even how to back a four-wheeled wagon. When coming home alone late one night she came across a cow having trouble giving birth and she didn’t think twice about lending an almighty heave or two... Peggy (Gillian Hodges), Vera (Lindsay Johnson), Margie (Pat Doidge) and Poppy (Rosemary Brown) served in the Women’s Land Army (WLA) in World War II. They are just four of the more than
80,000 women who endured backbreaking work for a minimum 50 hours a week in all sorts of weather to help to ensure that Britain was fed. Peggy’s trials and tribulations, along with those of Vera, Margie and Poppy, are told in ‘Lilies on the Land,’ directed by Penny Grant. It is a play of humour, warmth and love. It starts at 8pm. Tickets €8 from the box office on 965 794 937 or email boxofficejp@gmail.com.
Lions Club quiz night THE Teulada Moraira Lions Club are hosting their next Quiz Night at the new venue of Restaurante Casa De Beniasia, Benitachell, on March 27 at 7pm. A three-course meal with wine and water and ticket for the quiz is €15.
Tickets are limited to 100, call 629 049 668 or kaoconn email 1970@hotmail. com to reserve your place.
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Dog tips to watch for David THE Dogman
Listen to David on TRE every Saturday 10 thru 11. Costa del Sol (Gibraltar/Sotogrande) 98.7fm (San Roque to Calahonda) 91.9fm (Calahonda to Motril) 88.9, Costa Calida 92.7fm Costa Blanca (Torrevieja to Elche) 105.1fm (Elche to Calpe) 88.2fm, (Calpe to Gandia & Ibiza) 104.6fm, (Denia to Valencia) 95.3fm Mallorca 103.9fm
PEGGY is one of the Land Girls in ‘Lilies on the Land’ which is on stage at the Javea Players’ Studio Theatre from April 6-10. A cockney from a large East End family, Peggy is a happy-go-lucky girl who takes army life in her stride. She not only frightens rabbits, she made the lady who interviewed her for the WLA jump back, out of her skin, “as if I had fleas” when Peggy told her she had been hop-picking since the age of three.
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IF your dog gets badly hurt and injured you should rub firmly the very tip of his tail (the bone part), the rubbing will release endorphins which act like a morphine injection and will give your dog some pain relief until you can get him to the vets or other area with medical assistance. Cover his eyes and ears at the same time as you transport him and this will settle all his senses and will also help give him relief Watch when two dogs meet. They shake hands in their own way just as we do. While we use the touch system by shaking the other person’s hand, the dog
DOGS MEETING: They will scent the other dog out. uses his olfactory system by scenting the other dog out, particularly in the nether regions. This form of communication between two or more dogs is total and they are getting every piece of information they require from that dog, by what they smell. Is it a bitch, is it an entire dog, has it been neutered. All will be told in this initial meet and greet. It will also watch for Calming Signals (another issue) of great importance which can be covered at a later time. Watch your dog sniff around before it goes to the toilet. Is it looking for a
good spot to go? Is it making enquiries as to who else has used this area as a toilet? Why do many dogs scratch the ground after going to the toilet? Are they spreading their scent further around? Are they marking territory? I’ve been here, I own this spot.” If they want to claim a particular area, they will most likely spread their urine over the top of any existing urine in the area. They could be declaring to all and sundry - this is mine. I am bigger and stronger than you who have been here before me. Don’t challenge me.
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SKY 1 7:00am Nothing to Declare: Australia 7:30am Nothing to Declare: Australia 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 9:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
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In south west London, first to host are butchers Roland and Anne who have been married for 41 years.
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Kind words from our senior correspondent THE Euro Weekly News is lucky to have two fine journalists in Leapy Lee and Mike Walsh. The paper also had an editor who called herself Mrs Ed and all three of them helped produce an excellent newspaper with the motto “Publish and be damned” like Cassandra of the Daily Mirror. Now and again I had to put them right on a matter or two but I am 96 now so I thought I had better write and thank you all for producing such an excellent paper. Keep up the good work. Bob Mitchell, Torremolinos (Malaga)
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On the brink ONCE again, Mike Walsh demonstrates his obsessive belief that all wars nowadays are started by the American arms industry and that the US is dying to promote a war with Russia, using NATO. This is really nonsense. The current stand-off over the Ukraine is an example of
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brinkmanship where both sides know that there is a limit to what they can achieve, although they will try hard to move the limit in their favour before calling a truce. Mike makes some startling assertions, such as “NATO takes the gold medal at starting conflicts.” Try as I might, I cannot come up with even one. The first and only time that NATO has gone into action was in Yugoslavia and NATO certainly did not start that. Mike has, as so often, thrown in remarks which may be striking but are irrelevant and misleading. What does he mean by, “As in 1939, Germany’s army is now smaller than Turkey’s or Poland’s”? He has just been explaining that Germany’s army is very weak. But if it was smaller than Poland’s in 1939 that did not stop it from overrunning that country in a few days. He finishes his article with: “Today, if America’s war lobby wins, as did Britain’s in 1939...” Is he arguing that we ought not to have fought in 1939 and watched Hitler annex the whole of Europe, ourselves included? Bill Campbell (by email)
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one of the reasons I came here. I don’t know if Sylvia Fleck was here then but San Javier was reminiscent of Coventry airport, a tin hut with a walk to the plane. Typical of Spanish bureaucracy, AENA spent €70 million on upgrading San Javier (which was not necessary) when Corvera was under construction. The delays in paperwork have managed to kill the project just like the Paramount Theme park which it was supposed to serve. I imagine the lady in question lives in the San Javier area and does not have to travel very far to catch the limited number of planes out of San Javier. D Fraser, Camposol (Murcia)
Open all hours I’M told that these flowers are called Bermuda buttercups but those leaves look like clover to me! Gwen Saunders (by email)
register to vote in the forthcoming election, this apparently does not apply to expats. There is already controversy about losing your right to vote after 15 years living abroad. Even though I am within this timescale when I registered for a postal vote I was informed that the necessary form would not be sent out to me until four days before the election. I am then supposed to receive this form, make my mark and return it within four days. It was also clearly stated that any forms received after the due date would not be counted. Surely in these days of higher technology it should be possible to have a safe system of registering and voting either by email or similar? If postal voting is the only option there should be a longer time span for folks living abroad. It seems that the only solution for any expat is to get someone living in their old neighbourhood to register the vote by proxy. John Bingham, Playa Paraiso (Murcia)
Taxing prospect THE letter entitled “Tax Snag” suggests that when you are a tax resident here you are only allowed €6,000 per annum before tax kicks in. Not quite true. There is also an earned income allowance (EIA) that includes pensions’ income as well. It starts at €4,080 and goes down to €2,652 on a sliding scale. The more your earned income, if you have two pensions for example, the less EIA you get. The sad thing about Spanish tax is that the personal tax allowance never goes up, unlike the UK. Then, of course, the euro exchange rate can also affect what you pay. Ted Gilleland, Quesada (Alicante).
Plane truth I WOULD like to take issue with your correspondent Sylvia Fleck regarding San Javier airport. Corvera Airport has been in the planning since I came to live in Murcia in 2001 and it was
REGARDING Corvera airport, tourism in Andalucia is already suffering due to lack of airports open all year round. Why not just let it go back to being a third world country, with no tourism or work for locals? Almeria is only available to outside flights between the end of March and September. Murcia is not much better but at least it gives you a choice of another relatively close airport. If it is closed permanently no one will visit the northern parts of Andalucia due to inaccessibility. It’s ridiculous. Rachel (via Euro Weekly News website)
EHIC hiccup EHICs are for British tourists of all ages travelling in Europe. For those living outside the UK, if you’re under 65 you have no cover from the UK. When you get ill you’ll need to have private medical insurance, a flight ticket or a fat wallet. Brits under 65 are covered by the Spanish Seguridad Social if they are self-employed and pay “Autonomos,” are on a “nomina” (payroll), are registered unemployed or are behind bars. Steve, Palma Nova (Mallorca)
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Across 1 Crude house song? (6) 4 Yours truly is taken in by cleric lower in status (6) 9 Gather it’s a church service (5) 10 Stand up for a wage increase (5) 11 Singing John, the Spanish heavyweight (5) 12 Bring back from rest or energetic exercise (7) 13 Home counties credit and French Private (6) 15 Beds for hens? (6) 19 Knowledge Garland added for enchantress (7) 21 Quick way to dry a step (5) 23 Grant given to a section of a hospital (5) 24 Maintain former queen with Tory leader (5) 25 Leather worker got sixpence in the old days (6) 26 Debars odd-looking whiskers (6) Down 1 Shopkeepers, we hear, are profiting from wine storage areas (7) 2 Not together but a role (5) 3 Apprentice from Aintree messed up (7) 5 Welshman in the van, snoozing (5)
Across 1 Profound (4) 3 Shook from fear (8) 9 Assorted (7) 10 She-goat (5) 11 Faithful (5) 12 Gained by labour (6) 14 Make a surface shiny (6) 16 Pays out money (6) 19 In tatters (6) 21 Exceptionally bad or displeasing (5) 24 Watchful (5) 25 Look over carefully (7) 26 Begged persistently and urgently (8) 27 Make a dull sound (4)
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Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents C and 19 represents Z, so fill in C every time the figure 4 appears and Z every time the figure 19 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: 1 Salvers, 4 Tests, 7 Reels, 9 Servant, 10 Arrange, 11 Arson, 12 Weald, 14 Boxer, 19 Cards, 21 Assuage, 23 Nearest, 24 Avert, 25 Sites, 26 Sceptre. Down: 1 Stream, 2 Essen, 3 System, 4 Tornado, 5 Scars, 6 Sit-ins, 8 Eerie, 13 Listens, 15 Erase, 16 Scents, 17 Faiths, 18 Gentle, 20 Roast, 22 Slate. QUICK Across: 1 Converse, 5/24 Bona fide, 9 Survive, 10 Miser, 11 Shame, 12 Canasta, 13 Sherry, 15 Essays, 18 Evasive, 20 Swamp, 22 Image, 23 Termite, 25 Restless. Down: 1 Costs, 2 Narrate, 3 Elite, 4 Speech, 6 Oasis, 7 Arrears, 8 Amends, 13 Sheriff, 14 Ruined, 16 Avarice, 17 Gentle, 19 Award, 20 Strut, 21 Press.
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ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Sizes, 3 Sello, 5/3D Pea soup, 7 Nautico, 9 Shop, 10 Aunt, 14 Orgullo, 15/14D Log out, 16 Tarde, 17 Abrir. Down: 1 Sapos, 2 Sons, 4 Oro, 6 Among, 8 Igual, 11 Tiger, 12 Blue, 13 Boda.
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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Gotas de lluvia (9) 8 Ice (frozen water) (5) 9 Oyster (5) 10 Carne (4) 11 Leg (of an animal) (4) 15 Humo (de fuego, cigarro) (5) 17 Queen (5) 18 Tarde (9) Down 2 Bee (5) 3 Mediodía (las doce) (4) 4 Tejado (4) 5/16 Posponer (3,3) 6 Químico (7) 7 Cod (7) 12 Friend (5) 13 Boss (4) 14 Train (railway) (4) 16 See 5
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 (COILED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. ADVERB
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous British-American rock band formed in 1967 (two words): TWO-FACED MOLE FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: MILWAUKEE BREWERS, FLEETWOOD MAC
Unscramble the name of an American Major League Baseball (MLB) team (two words): LUKEWARM BEER, WISE?
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21st February I ENDED my last blog by saying that I had lived to fight another day and that was certainly true. I just didn’t know how much of a fight I had ahead. I have been eternally optimistic throughout the whole process from diagnosis through operations and now chemotherapy. However, my first set back was about to rear its ugly head. It was a normal Saturday morning and as ever I was up early to take Oliver to his football match, which was luckily a home game. I met with the legends and great friends that are Steve and Louise Holland and their boys. We have always loved supporting our boys from the sideline at matches. Steve sometimes forgets he’s not actually the coach but we let him off and put it down to his boundless enthusiasm! A special mention and
Readers’ response Dear Erica So sorry to hear your sad news about your ex Angus, but you have to be strong for yourself now and the kids and beat the cancer, that’s your number one priority. Stay focused, keep strong and be positive, devote all your energies and inner strength to this effort to achieve your goal and beat this terrible disease. You know you can do it, now more than ever, be strong, keep the faith, whatever it may be and you will survive and come through a much better person, stronger and better than before. You know it makes sense, and we are all rooting for you, keep on trucking babe, cheers and all the best for your future Andy
Dear Andy I was very touched by your kind words and you are right... I have to dig even deeper now. I will beat the cancer, of that I have no doubt. For me and my children there is no other viable outcome. As you say, I will keep trucking! All the best to you. Erica thanks goes to Steve for all his support both emotional and practical during and after the funeral. He seemed to strike the perfect balance between always being available when help was required whilst never intruding, and even giving me some of his typical brand of banter just in case I was ever in danger of feeling sorry for myself. The whistle blew for kickoff. Towards the end of the match I started to feel very achy and quite drained so decided to go home with my daughter leaving Ollie to play
with his friends, he definitely needs his exercise and after recent events even more so. With Ollie filling his lungs with fresh air and his heart with a bit of joy and sunshine, I happily went to bed thinking I just needed to rest. That night was probably the worst I can ever recall. I have had a reader write to me imploring me not to talk about my side effects and I think that generally I give an upbeat account. However I think it would be misleading if I didn’t highlight some of the downsides. As my treatment has
changed I was told that I might experience some muscular pain! Well there is no might about it! It was the most excruciating pain I had ever felt. This was a little alarming for me because I have quite a high pain threshold, or at least thought I did! The next days were just about getting through each day. My battery ran down so quickly and I just had to accept that all the pending chores that glared up at me from my endless list of things to do would have to wait. I am a little stubborn and think
that I can just carry on regardless, which on many occasions has stood me in very good stead, but sometimes I can be my own worst enemy. So plaintively I crawled into bed and tried to be sensible for a change. Nurse Isabella was now in charge and you certainly don’t want to mess with her! She set about her task of looking after her mum with verve! Tea was brewed, hot water bottles made, temperatures monitored, pillows plumped, special juices whizzed up and lashings of love dished up. What a remarkable person you are, my girl. Bit by bit I emerged from the haze and shivery darkness and started to feel better. I made it to the doctors for antibiotics because I had a terrible chesty cough. My temperature was fluctuating and I could only keep it down with medication. It was obvious to me that my immune system was not firing on all cylinders. If I had a temperature the next morning I would have to go to hospital for blood tests to check what was failing and if I had an infection. So, with that thought in mind, I retire with my hot water bottle, cup of tea and book and hope that I am feeling much better tomorrow.
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Copper handles can stop bugs spreading COPPPER taps, door handles and kitchen worktops could benefit your health as well as looking aesthetically pleasing. Director of the environmental healthcare unit at Southampton University, Professor Bill Keevil, said that metal
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Nut allergies THE Health Risk Map 2015 has listed the destinations that are the safest and most dangerous places for health care. Published by health organisation
International SOS, it ranks destinations in five categories, in order to help companies and travellers understand the risks they face in different countries when
getting medical treatment. Europe, North America and Australia are among the countries offering the highest levels of medical care, with Greece, Iceland, Japan, the UK and US amongst the best. But some popular tourist spots in Mexico, Turkey, Morocco and Thailand are declared as ‘medium risk’ on the map with emergency medical care described as ‘adequate.’ High risk countries, marked red on the map, are nations where healthcare is almost nonexistent or severely overtaxed. High risk countries include Tanzania, Egypt, Laos and Cambodia.
WHILST a botched dye job can leave many with months worth of bad hair days, it seems that the fashion for temporary hair colour is gaining followers. So much so that it’s been found sales of temporary hair colour products have tripled in the UK between 2013 and 2014, growing from £1 million (€1.35 million) in 2013 to £3 million (€4.06 million) in 2014, and where the UK goes Spain tends to follow. The trend looks set to give the hair colourant category some much needed highlights as overall sales of hair colourants in 2014 are predicted to have seen a decline in value of 5 per cent, falling from £344 million (€466 million) in 2013 to an estimated £327 million (€443 million) in 2014. Roshida Khanom, Senior Personal Care Analyst at marketing analysts Mintel, said: “Temporary hair colour products have seen a big jump in value in 2014, driven by the breadth of recent innovation and experimental nature of the
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KATY PERRY: Celebrities are using pastel shades. segment. As a large number of celebrities have been sporting the look, with everyone from Helen Mirren to Katy Perry showing one-off pastel shades, this has given consumers encouragement to think beyond natural shades, if only for a day. “Growth of the temporary colour segment offers opportunities to extend its appeal further, possibly by targeting the older demographics.” Whilst over a third (37 per cent) of Brits have used hair colour themselves at home in the past
year, of these one in 10 (11 per cent) have used new colour techniques, including hair colour and chalks, rising to over a quarter (28 per cent) of 16-24’s.
GIVING young babies food with traces of nut could help avoid them having nut allergies later in life. Researchers found that the infants who eat food containing peanuts three or more times a week from under the age of one rarely have reactions in later life. Less than 1 per cent ALLERGENS: Exposure study. developed an allergy, compared with more than 17 per cent of youngsters whose diet was peanut-free. The ‘Learning Early About Peanut Allergy’ (LEAP) study is believed to be the first major study to show that eating nuts could reverse an allergy. Nut allergies commonly causes breathing problems and those with severe reactions can go in to anaphylactic shock. The LEAP study involved 640 patients aged four to 11 months. But caution has been advised in feeding young children peanuts and parents should seek the advice of a doctor if they have any concerns over possible reactions.
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RESEARCHERS are now advising that we wear sunscreen at night following a day in the sun as the damage caused by ultraviolet light can continue hours after sunset. The scientists said they had found that energy absorbed from the sun by skin cells was transferred to the DNA in the dark, causing it to deform and potentially lead to skin cancer. Dermatologists at Yale University in
America, now want to develop a ‘night time’ sunscreen. Meanwhile, scientists from Kings College, London, are looking at creating a sunscreen tablet. They have taken their inspiration from samples of coral collected from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, as the organism can shield itself from the sun’s ray. They are hoping to create a single pill that could provide weeks of protection for the skin.
Dangers of periodontitis JUST over 30 per cent of the Spanish working population has some kind
of destructive periodontal disease. Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease that affects the supporting tissue of teeth and leads to a progressive loss of bone around the roots of the teeth. If untreated, periodontal disease can cause tooth loss.
The risk doubles or triples in smokers. The disease is more common in men with primary education, lower income and its incidence has increased over the years, according to a recent study by the
Spanish Periodontology Association. Dr Ignacio Sanz, contributing member of the Foundation of the College of Dentistry and Stomatology of the First Region (FCOEM), said the most important factor associated with the onset of periodontal disease is tobacco: “The scientific literature indicates that the risk of developing periodontal disease doubles or triples in smokers.” The main sign of early periodontal diseases is spontaneous bleeding from gums or during brushing and having bad taste and breath. Dentists recommend using dental floss and plaque removers to prevent the build-up of plaque that can cause the disease.
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WHETHER there will be attractive gardens in Spain in the future depends to a great extent on whether today’s under 10s are encouraged to become involved in gardening. Some schools do have gardening clubs, but they are often half hearted affairs to fill club time and in Spanish kindergarten schools there is a good eating activity in May each
year, but it doesn’t go as far as stimulating the growing of one’s own vegetables and fruit. We only garden enthusiastically to create a holistic garden that • enables pleasurable outdoor living throughout the year - even enjoying the plant filled naya in the cooler evenings and when it rains • makes us self sufficient in vegetables and our favourite fruits because we started to garden with parents and grandparents at weekends and during holidays when very young. Some would say gardening is in
UNDER 10s: Allow them to get dirty and have fun. our blood. Whether you or a school teacher are supervising a school gardening club, guide your children or
grandchildren through the initial learning stages as there are a number of important success factors. 1. Give them a prominent position for their mini garden so that they realise that you see their efforts as important and to encourage them to take pride in their efforts. Why not use part of the gardens at the entrance to the school which parents can see rather than an out of sight corner of the playground?
2. Ensure that the soil in their mini gardens or raised beds is of sufficient depth and good quality fertile, water absorbing and free draining. There is nothing more soul destroying than trying to grow things in shallow, clayey, stony and rocky soil under the shade of a large tree.
3. Make a few gardening books available and also some UK sourced flower and seed catalogues that have photographs. Some listed in our books are available on the internet. 4. Take them to a few garden centres and let them buy some plants and seeds themselves for the school garden. 5.Provide lightweight easy to use tools without sharp edges. 6. Provide a small watering can but also show and help them how to fix up a simple irrigation system. 7. Allow them to get dirty and have fun. Getting dirty can build up their immunity systems. 8. Help them choose easy to grow flowers, vegetables and fruit. 9. Encourage them to harvest their own vegetables for lunch time salads and sandwiches. 10. Get them to realise that plants need regular ongoing care like a pet. 11. Help them relate to what is happening in their mini garden with the theories learned in science related classes. 12. Make ecological fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides available. 13. Above all show interest. If you have already made good progress down these lines send an email including one or two photographs to gardening inspain@hotmail.com. The best email will earn for the school gardening club a set of gardening books. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com March 2015
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COMING up we have four FA Cup quarter-final games... Aston Villa play WBA and Bradford City meet Reading on Saturday, Liverpool welcome Blackburn on Sunday and Manchester United entertain Arsenal on Monday. The winners of these games will play in the semi-finals at Wembley. There’s only one Premiership game on Saturday - QPR v Tottenham while the top Championship matches are Ipswich-Brentford and Notts Forest-Middlesbrough; MK Dons meet Preston in FL1 and Southend and Wycombe clash in FL2. Also there have been full mid-week programmes in all four divisions in England with some vital games at both ends of the tables. FOOTBALL - Chelsea with two deflected goals, beat Spurs 2-0 in Sunday’s League Cup final, the first major trophy success of the season.
DID YOU KNOW? There are 336 dimples on a regular golf ball... the largest bunker on a major golf course is Hell’s Half Acre on New Jersey’s Pine Valley course... and the longest hole, 909 yards, is the seventh at Japan’s Satsuki club.
This was the fifth time the Blues have won this competition, following victories in 1965, 1998, 2005 and 2007. The treble is still on! In last weekend’s Premiership matches, shot-shy Manchester City (second) lost 2-1 at Liverpool (fifth)... Arsenal (third) disposed of Everton 2-0... Manchester United (fourth) beat 10-man Sunderland 2-0... Southampton (sixth) lost 1-0 at improving WBA... and Crystal Palace, also with 10 men, won 3-1 at West Ham who were booed off at the end. Burnley, Hull, QPR, Aston Villa and Leicester are battling against the drop. Championship leaders Derby and Middlesbrough (second) both lost, Bournemouth (fourth) drew but Watford (third), Norwich and Wolves all won, as did revitalised Nottingham Forest. Bristol City and Burton Albion remain top of Leagues One and Two respectively, the latter after Shrewsbury lost at home for the first time this season. Celtic pulled six points clear in the SPL with a 4-0 win over Aberdeen, while Hearts (with a 197-second hat-trick by Genero Zeefuik) recorded their best-ever League win,
thrashing Cowdenbeath 10-0. Hearts are 20 points ahead of Hibs in SL1. CRICKET - In the World Cup, New Zealand (152-9) beat joint hosts Australia (151) in a magnificent Group A encounter. South Africa, with a massive 408-2, thrashed the West Indies (151) by a record 257 runs. Springboks’ batsman A B De Villiers smashed 50 off just 16 balls, 100 off 31 and 150 off 64. After two heavy defeats and an expected win over Scotland, England (309-6 with Joe Root’s 121) were thrashed by Sri Lanka (312-1) in their fourth match. England have now lost nine ODIs after making at least 300 when batting first (the most by any team) while Sri Lanka became the first team ever to chase down 300+ for the loss of one wicket. Next up for sorry England is Bangladesh on March 9. Elsewhere, Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 20 runs. * England’s women beat New Zealand 3-2 in their five match ODI series. RUGBY UNION - In the latest Six Nations matches, Wales won 20-13 in France, Italy stunned Scotland 22-19 at Murrayfield and Ireland defeated
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CUP CELEBRATIONS: Chelsea win League Cup 2-0 in first major trophy of the season. ed Scotland’s Football Performance Director. • In the Honda Golf Classic, Rory McIlroy missed the cut on the PGA Tour for the first time since the 2013 summer. The East London National African Open is now under way and from March 6-8 the Euro-Footgolf Trophy takes place in Marbella. • Cheltenham’s NH Festival starts next Tuesday (10 March). • Spain’s Carmen Jorda is the second woman to join a F1 team after being named as back-up driver at Lotus.
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A late St Valentine contest ORBA Warblers GS travelled to Alenda for the playing of the rescheduled St Valentine’s Cup. High scores reflected the difficult conditions but some great golf was played by new President Arthur Sullivan who scored a net 77 to win the cup. Defending champion Michael Taylor put up a great fight finishing second, one shot behind and third place went to Graham Bush, a further one shot behind with a net 79. Graham also had the best gross of the day being the only player to break 90. The next game for the Orba Warblers will be on Wednesday March 11 at La Sella, for the Spring Trophy (pairs). Guests are always welcome subject to handicap certificates, book in on Tel 639 242 896.
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Federer wins in Dubai ROGER FEDERER (with 12 aces, taking him past 9,000 overall) beat Novak Djokovic in Dubai’s APT Tour final. This was Federer’s 84th career victory and his seventh in Dubai. Both finalists and Andy Murray are currently all in action in various Davis Cup matches.
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A mountain to climb for Javea!
JAVEA GREEN’S Winter league team always knew this was going to be a hard match and Quesada were out for revenge after Javea thrashed them 10-2 on their home ground. Without three of their top players due to illness, teams were shuffled and everybody gave their all, but the end result was an 8-4 win for Quesada. Paul Brown’s team of Jonathan Barr, Clive Corbin and Gail Chick had an excellent 23-18 result, John North’s team of Chris Evans, Di Manser and Greg Sperring likewise won 19-13. Sheri Fletcher’s team held shots end after end only to see the opposing skip take them out and finished 13-23 down. Clive English’s team also lost 15-19 as did Nick Cole’s team, in a match he will be longing to forget, as everything that could go against him did, he finished 9-18 down. All teams battled to keep the overall score down and managed to keep within 12 shots.
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Calpe Annual Open Triples
PEGO GOLF: Members and guests enjoyed a beautiful morning for playing.
Pego at Oliva Nova ON a beautiful morning for golf, 51 members and guests assembled for the latest competition held by Pego Golf Society at Oliva Nova Golf Club. There were seven guests - Graham Wise, Ian Dand, Phil Darren, Sue Horsfall, Peter Thomson, Peter Jackson, and Glen O’Brian - and all were warmly welcomed by captain Brendan Young.
In the competition itself, the winners were: In Division One, Celia Cronin (37 points). Second was Johnny Evans (37) and third Mike Holloway (37). In Division Two the winner was Bill Pike (39) and Brian Barden (34) second. More information: www.pegogolf society.com email Donna Green at pegohandicapsec@gmail.com.
CALPE BOWLS CLUB held their annual Open competition on Sunday and attracted bowlers from all over the Costa Blanca. The winners were Eve Bell, Steve Hassell and Roli Bell from Bonalba BC and they received a trophy, certificates and bottles of celebratory Cava (donated by Mercado Sol y Mar) from the Calpe President, Paul Brown.