Euro Weekly News - Axarquia 23 - 29 April 2015 Issue 1555 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1555 // 23 - 29 APRIL 2015

THE Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism has accepted CNWL Oil España’s request to cancel Chinook A-D investigations in the Alboran Sea, removing the danger of oil prospecting from the Nerja and Torrox coasts.

Twin towns A COUNCILLOR from Yerba Buena in Argentina has visited Salobreña to restart talks on a possible twinning of the two towns. The move comes almost 20 years after the subject was first discussed.

Dog show DOG-OWNERS and breeders from all over Andalucia and Spain will be attending Almuñecar’s national dog show and competition this weekend, April 25-26, on Paseo Blas Infante.

Bank account holders in Spain face identity crisis By Jan Gamm MANY bank customers have until the end of the month to prove who they are or face having their accounts frozen. A law first passed in 2010 aimed at preventing money laundering and funding of criminal and terrorist organisations is finally coming into force from April 30. It requires banks to hold digital ID of their customers to pass on to the authorities. But despite having had five years to get their act together some banks have only recently started notifying their customers to provide identification. For many it has come via a message in Spanish when withdrawing money from cashpoints, something that may have left English-speaking expats in the dark. Those who have opened accounts since 2010 may not need to take action as the information should have been recorded when they signed up. Many more, however, who have held accounts longer may face having their accounts frozen without receiving any notice, leaving them unable to honour direct debits, pay bills or withdraw cash.

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That is because accounts opened years ago before digital information was recorded are

likely to need clarification of identity. A valid NIE (or DNI for Spanish nationals) or a valid passport will be necessary. In addition you could be asked for a contract of employment, an income tax return, an IVA receipt, a utility bill, a recent payslip or a DAE, which is a statement of economic activity. One bank employee told Euro Weekly News: “You wouldn’t be-

lieve the chaos this has caused, both for the bank and for our clients. We face so much anger and criticism from our customers but the freezing of accounts is conducted by the Bank of Spain and our hands are tied. We cannot legally delay matters while clients collate their documents.” Anyone unsure of their position should check with their bank.

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Mysterious ‘Malaga Midas’ suspect held NATIONAL Police have arrested a young man for painting a dozen pieces of street furniture gold in the areas of Rincon de la Victoria and Malaga City. The accused is a 20-yearold man from La Cala del Moral, who was caught by police painting graffiti in Avenida de Fatima a few weeks ago. The young man was carrying a camera which contained pictures of the golden pieces. Police have confiscated several tools related to graffiti art and are working on a report documenting the extent of the damage caused to the affected street furniture. A few weeks ago, Manuel Criado, owner of shop The Place in Calle Cordoba, Malaga, reported that a young man had bought six bottles of gold paint.

GOLDEN HAUL: Graffiti-related items. “Since it is a very uncommon colour for graffiti artists, I asked him what he wanted them for. He said he

was developing an artistic project about the de-contextualisation of urban objects from daily life,” Criado said.

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NEWS Improved road THE Camino de los Pozos, located in the west area of Motril, is undergoing renovation works at a total cost of €130,000 paid for by the Granada Provincial Council. Classic concert THE municipal band of Salobreña together with the Villa de Salobreña Choir will perform on Saturday (April 25) at 8.30pm in the Villa de Salobreña Auditorium. Entrance is free.

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Eurovision singer in Nerja EDURNE, Spain’s 2015 Eurovision representative, visited Nerja to record the official advertising spot for the Tour of Spain bicycle race. Filming of main scenes of the video, soon to be broadcast on Spanish Channel One, was carried out on El Cañuelo beach, at the Maro Cliffs Natural Park. Amanecer, the song composed

by Thomas Gobson, Tony Sanchez-Ohlsson and Peter Böstrom that Edurne will be singing at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna in May, is the soundtrack to the video. The Madrid-born singer said she was thrilled to record the video in Nerja and it was not the first time she had visited the town.

In addition, she was very excited to perform at the Eurovision Song contest and said that the song she was participating with had a very international, strong sound with a great message about overcoming one’s fears. Other scenes for the video were shot by the singer and production team in Puerto Banus, Marbella.

Boy found POLICE officers found on Tuesday (April 21) a minor who had escaped from a youth accommodation centre hidden in the underside of a car in Motril Port. He was reportedly trying to go back to his home country. Renovated route THE Malaga Provincial Council has spent almost €10,000 on improvement works on route number 10 of Malaga’s Gran Senda (Great Trail), in the area between Pulgarin Alto and Alfarnate. New vehicles THREE new motorbikes have been provided for the Local Police force of VelezMalaga, paid for by the town council with a total cost of €21,700.

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A TOTAL of €14,000 will be spent by Velez-Malaga Council to renovate and upgrade the park equipped with gymnastic bars located next to the Nautical Club of Torre del Mar.

Helping victims THE Equality Department of Motril Council has created a programme of group psychological attention earmarked for women who are survivors of gender-based violence.

Sport event MORE than 420 school children from Motril will participate in the Fifth edition Aquatic School Games finals, to be held tomorrow (Friday, April 24) at the municipal school Jose Vinuesa Tentor. Exchange trip A GROUP of German students from Bad Reichenhall are visiting Salobreña this week as part of an exchange programme with Secondary School Nazari, with the goal of improving their Spanish and learning about the culture.

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Rowing event TORRE DEL MAR will be home to one of the regattas of the Jabegas Rowing League, organised by the Provincial Rowing Association and scheduled to take place next summer.

INNER SANCTUARY: For an overwhelming scent of jasmine, geraniums and orange blossom.

Blooming wonderful festival in Cordoba

THE COURTYARDS, or simply ‘Patios’ festival of Cordoba 2015 will run from May 4, until May 17. ‘Los Patios de Cordoba’ is Cordoba’s most anticipated, and fragrant yearly event. The first two weeks of May see the most beautiful kept courtyards in the world fling open their doors to the public. Carpets of flowers, handmade Islamic mosaics, striking water features combine with an overwhelming scent of jasmine, geraniums, carnations and orange blossom. Since 1921, the town hall has organised a competition of Courtyards and Crosses in the first week of May, where the owners decorate their houses with great care to try and win the prestigious award offered by the authorities. Over 50 patios will be open free of charge to the public. The town hall has published nine sug-

Quote of the Week I’ve got to kill more people,” said a 13year-old secondary school student in Barcelona over and over again after killing a teacher and injuring another four people on Monday during what authorities are describing as a psychotic outbreak.

gested routes you can visit on your own accord, or you can join a paid tour party to take in these wonderful authentic inner sanctuaries that date back hundreds of years. Firstly the Romans, and later the Muslims adapted the typical design of the popular house to their needs, making the home centre on an inner courtyard (or patio), normally with a fountain in the middle and often a well to collect rainwater. The Muslims made further adjustments, giving the house an entrance from the street which passed through a porch, and filling the courtyard with plants to give the sensation of freshness. A visit is indeed worth the effort, but bear in mind, nearly all the patios close between 2pm and 6pm. For more details and routes, see the website at www.patiosyrutascordoba.com.

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non-Spanish people began paying into social security system in March said reports by the Employment and Social Security Ministry. March was the second month in a row to see increases in the number of foreigners finding legal work in Spain.

Elite athlete PADEL player from Almuñecar Cristina Torrecillas has been awarded by the Sports Department of the Junta de Andalucia regional government with her inclusion in the list of high-performance athletes of Andalucia.

Flamenco show THE Teatro del Carmen in Velez-Malaga will host next Wednesday (April 29) a Flamenco show titled ‘De Malaga al Cielo’ at 8pm. Entrance is free.

Youth football ALMUÑECAR will host between May 7 and 10 the Football Youth Championship of Spain. The event will take place in the municipal stadium Francisco Bonet.

And finally... A VIDEO of a choir from Jacaranda school in Sevilla singing La Musica No Se Toca, a song by Alejandro Sanz, has gone viral on the internet after the singer shared it on his Facebook page, stating that he had fallen in love with the entire school.

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Controversy over Residents Day THE mayor of Nerja has caused upset by changing the date and location of Foreign Residents Day without consultation, claim local organisations.

Once a year, Nerja celebrates the cultures of its foreign residents, with expat clubs and associations invited to show off their food and heritage.

But this year the American International Club of Nerja (AICN) are boycotting the event after the date was altered, claiming that when they enquired

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Migrants: To help or not to help?

OW desperate would you have to be? What could convince you to risk the lives of your children and spouse, not to mention your own? It must be one of the most difficult decisions anyone would have to make to uproot family and place them in the hands of human traffickers, in the hope of reaching a safer country. But that’s the decision thousands of families take every year, often with the tragic outcome witnessed this week when more than 700 people drowned off the coast of Libya. The problem that Europe is facing at the moment with the influx of migrants landing on our shores is not so much: “Should we help them?” But rather: “What is the best way to help them and us at the same time?” There seem

to be two main camps of thought. Those that say: “Keep them out.” And those that say: “Let them in and never mind the consequences.” Australia would be the perfect example of how zero tolerance works well. PM Tony Abbott said: “If you want to stop migrants crossing the Mediterranean, don’t let them set foot on land.” And although it sounds harsh, we cannot deny it has stopped the boats heading for Oz. But European refugee groups say: “Forget the future, save them now and sort it out later.” Which on the face of it is the most humane response. Hopefully common sense will prevail at the emergency EU meetings this week. Maybe a mix of both camps will be the answer. Save them all now! Then stop any more boats leaving port.

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about the changes with the mayor’s assistant, they were told it was a ‘tell’ and not an ‘ask’ situation. Planning meetings in February confirmed the date and location, and preparations for the day went ahead. But then, without notice say the AICN, the date was changed from early April to May, with the event now set for May 12, and at a new venue. Many clubs and organisations had set plans in motion that now have to be reorganised. Jackie from the Foreigners Department told Euro Weekly News (EWN): “The mayor has decided to change the date of Residents Day to coincide with EU Day, and the moving of the monument ‘Fuente Europa’ to Plaza Cangrejos.” In a letter to the mayor, AICN said: “Our view or concerns are of no importance to the mayor’s office, that was made very clear. Our membership was appalled at the information and manner the mayor’s

NERJA TOWN HALL: Mayor’s decision unpopular. assistant provided yesterday at the ‘meeting’. It was not an open discussion but rather a parental scolding which was and is unacceptable.” They added: “Our club will follow through with our commitments to the Spanish ONG charities. We are giving €4,000 away this year. We will be making it known that these funds

are NOT being presented at Residents Day and that the mayor has stated that Residents Day has nothing to do with Spanish charities. We continue to support Nerja even though we do not have the support of the mayor of Nerja.” EWN invited the mayor’s office to comment but at the time of going to press, had received no response.

Company to run Motril nursery announced THE company Pequeduca has been granted the ownership of the nursery school currently under construction in Motril’s Centre for Tourism Development. The news was announced by Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro, who explained that the suc-

cessful bidders would have to pay €750 per month to the council, for a period of at least seven years. The nursery school is expected to provide services for at least 15 town children, with ages ranging from newborn babies to three-year-olds.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Tourism Development Centre.

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Work to get under way on museum THE contract for the construction of Velez-Malaga’s new museum has been awarded to the company Alabaida Infraestructuras SA. The total cost will amount to €908,386, €300,000 less than the original bidding price, which was around €1.2 million. Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla ex-

plained that the new museum would be located in the former Hospital San Juan de Dios and was expected to be completed by the end of the year. The mayor said: “These new museum facilities have been designed to promote our historic town centre,” and added that they would house 1,700 items from the town’s history.

Salobreña seafront undergoes repair REPAIR work has begun on Salobreña’s seafront to fix the damage caused by strong winds and rain. Plans also include the pedestrianisation of the stretch between the Salomar 2000 residential complex to the end of the seafront road, so vehicles will no longer be able to circulate or park in the area. In total, 120 parking spaces will be eliminated. Work is expected to be completed by June, so visitors can enjoy the beach areas without disturbance. Central Government has allocated a fund of €302,000 to the project.

More using public transport A TOTAL of 17,349 more passengers were registered using Velez-Malaga public transport during 2014. The data was revealed by Mayor Francisco Delgado Bonilla, who said this represented a 3.11 per cent increase compared to 2013.

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Over 10 million homes in Spain are underinsured NERJA VISITORS: The council held a welcoming event for Swedish travel agents.

Swedish travel agents visit Nerja

NERJA Council held a welcoming event on Wednesday (April 15) for Swedish travel agents who are visit-

ing the town to learn about its tourist attractions. Town mayor, Jose Miguel Garcia, and

Velez-Malaga is safer with 14 defibrillators VELEZ-MALAGA Council has installed 14 defibrillators at the town’s municipal facilities to be able to react to cardiovascular incidents. The devices have been placed in the Fernando Ruiz Hierro indoor sports pavilion, the Maestro Salvador Sanchez in Torre del Mar, the sports centre Vivar Tellez, the Juan Manuel Azuaga football pitch, the seafront courts in Torre del Mar, the municipal football pitches in Almayate and Benajarafe,

Torre del Mar’s the DayCare Centre, as well as the town hall, the Torre del Mar indoor pool, the Marques de Beniel Palace, the police station and the Teatro del Carmen. Human Resources councillor Manuel Gutierrez explained that the 14 devices had a cost of €34,000 and that 90 authorised people will be trained to be able to use them to be able to react in case of a cardiac arrest.

tourism councillor, Bernardo Pozuelo, together with other council representatives, presided over the event Mr Garcia stressed that the number of Swedish citizens who chose to spend their holidays in Nerja has not stopped increasing during the past years, as well as the number of those who had a second home in the town. “At the council, we have done our best to make this familiarisation trip happen. We would like the visitors to discover our town’s best tourist attractions so that they can pass it on to their future clients,” said the mayor.

Almost done THE Burriana underground car park construction work will be completed in time for the summer holidays. Town mayor, Jose Alberto Armijo, together with other council representatives announced the news during a visit to check on the work’s progress. “It is satisfying to see yet another important project for the town being almost completed,” said the mayor.

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Vandals slaughter 23 ducks at Salobreña park A TOTAL of 23 ducks were found dead at Salobreña’s Parque de la Fuente. Local Police believe that the culprits used a dangerous breed of dog as well as shotguns to kill the birds. The council has stressed the heightened tragedy of the event, as the town is currently celebrating its first Birds of Salobreña Week. Only two ducks in a critical condition, with dog bites and shotgun injuries, have survived the attack, according to a statement released by the town council. “It was a despicable, cowardly and nonsensical act, which has destroyed one of the landmarks of our town,” said Mayor Gonzalo Fernandez Pulido.

Head of the PP conservative party, Mari Carmen Vilchez, commented: “How many times does a tragedy of this magnitude have to happen for the government to understand that increased surveillance is needed?” It is not the first time that the park has become a crime scene. Back in February, unknown culprits broke the entrance fence and the locks of cages where the animals are kept. They stole rabbits, chickens and guinea pigs and slaughtered a dozen other animals. No one has yet been found guilty of these attacks, and Local Police and Guardia Civil officers are continuing with their investigations.

Online bullying suspects held in Motril and Madrid TWO minors from Motril and Madrid have been arrested by National Police for allegedly threatening and harassing another young boy through a social media platform. The investigation be-

gan in August last year, when the provincial police staton in Valladolid received a report from the victim, claiming that he had been harassed and threatened online. He alleged that the sus-

pects had asked for sexually explicit photographs of him, to which he had consented, out of fear and due to coercion. The authorities were able to find the two suspects using their internet profiles. Officers found out that the two alleged bullies only knew each other via the internet. The only goal of the suspects was harassing the victim, according to the police report. As a result, the young man is currently receiving psychological treatment.

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Street work begins STREET improvement works on Calle Cadiz in Almuñecar have already begun. With a total cost of €24,000, plans are to renovate the sewage and water systems, as well as paving.

More parking WORK on the Campillo de Vidrio car park in Nerja has been completed, including repaving and road sign painting. Parking spaces have been increased from 50 to 80.

Sport access WORKS to replace the pavement at courts in Maro and the Nerja Sports Centre have got under way. The total cost of the project will be €90,000.

Copper thefts EIGHT people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Motril and Maracena (Granada) for copper theft. The suspects are four Romanian and two Spanish citizens, as well as two other Spaniards accused of receiving the stolen material. Police have not ruled out more arrests in connection with the crime.

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Caves recruit for summer season FOUR new members of staff will be hired by the Nerja Caves Foundation to reinforce visitor service during the summer season. Head of the Foundation, Jorge Hernandez Mollar, announced the news and explained that the new employees would be contracted to work between May and October. Those interested will be able

to apply until April 27. “The vacant positions are for customer service and safety guards, so tourism studies and languages will be highly valued,” said Hernandez. He added: “We are committed to both creating employment, and to improving the quality of attention given to visitors.”

Rincon hosts science fair

Free tickets for Tivoli

MORE than 3,000 people are expected to visit Rincon de la Victoria on April 23 and 24 on the occasion of the seventh Bezmiliana Science Gathering. The event, organised by the local secondary school Bezmiliana, will involve the participation of 700 teachers and 800 students trained to spread scientific information. Four primary schools and 25 secondary schools from places such as Barcelona, Caceres, Madrid, Canarias, Cadiz, Jaen and Granada will be able to visit exhibitions, workshops, informative talks, theatre plays and a charity market.

TIVOLI WORLD, Benalmadena’s amusement park, is celebrating Axarquia Day on April 26, with free entrance tickets for residents. They can be obtained at town halls, APTA (Tourism Development Office in the Axarquia at Avenida de Andalucía, 110 in Torre del Mar) or by presenting the DNI (Spanish identification card) at the park’s ticket window to prove residency. More information on 952 542 808 and www.tivoli.es.

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Nerja man chases car thief and follows him into Malaga A NERJA resident called Antonio Cabezas chased the man who had stolen

his vehicle from the town all the way to Malaga on Friday (April 17).

The 51-year-old man, a local marble worker, explained his story to local daily Infornerja. “It was around 12.15pm. My brother-in-law, who was working with me, heard a noise and looked outside the workshop. He asked me where I had parked my car. It was then I realised it had been stolen,” said the man. Mr Cabezas explained he jumped into his brother-in-

law’s car and drove in the direction of Malaga, in the hope of being able to find the thief - exactly what happened a few kilometres along the road, in the Algarrobo area. “I informed the authorities about my position at all times, as my aim was not to catch him, but to know where he was going,” he said. On the way into Malaga City, Cabezas had to aban-

don the chase due to heavy traffic, and it was then National Police and Guardia Civil took over. They were able to intercept the suspect in the ‘Hiperronda’ of Malaga, near the Churriana tunnel. “On Saturday afternoon I was able to pick up my car. In the end everything went well, although one of the officers suffered a minor injury when trying to arrest the suspect,” said Cabezas.

NEWS 44 rescued from boat FOURTY-FOUR migrants were rescued on Monday (April 20) 17 miles off the coast of Alboran Island and were taken to Motril Port. Salvamento Maritimo (Spanish sea search and rescue team) explained amongst the rescued were 33 men, seven women and four children, all of Sub-Saharan origin in good health. The migrants received medical treatment from Red Cross volunteers upon their arrival.

Celebrating sweet taste of cane honey FRIGILIANA will be celebrating one of its most popular products at the Second Cane Honey Day, on Sunday (April 26). The event is at Plaza del Ingenio, with a large number of stands where participants will be able to taste sweets made with cane honey as a main ingredient. Visitors will be offered a guided tour around the town’s

sugar and honey factory Nuestra Señora del Carmen, one of a kind in Europe and operational since 1720. They will have the chance to learn about the production process of the product and its history and to taste the sugar cane juice, from which the honey is produced. There will also be live music, exhibitions on the central theme, photography and painting contests.

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Grants for for Axarquia towns AXARQUIA towns are amongst those chosen to receive a grant of €326,000 from Malaga Provincial Council for renovation work in public spaces. The provincial council has allocated the budget specifically for renovation work and equipment upgrades in Igualeja, Alhaurin de la Torre, Frigiliana, La Viñuela, Alcaucin and Montecorto. Frigiliana is to earmark the €21,978 given by the government to carry out improvements to the local cemetery. A total of €85,000 will be used in La Viñuela to fund the pavement and drainage works in the Constitucion district. In Alcaucin, the budget will be put towards paving, installing street lighting and drainage in the Calle La Fuente.

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Ask the optician – Effects of sun damage Leighton Griffiths, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Marbella WE are now entering the spring and summer season and after a long period of rain we’re now enjoying lovely bright sunshine and warm temperatures. The sun is one of the main things that attracts us to Spain, but what many people don’t realise is the damage it can cause to your eyes. To bring this issue out into the open before the summer starts in earnest, here are some of our most commonly asked questions to help. Q: Can the sun really damage my eyes? A: Yes. The same as our skin, our eyes can also be damaged by UV rays and leading to various problems. Children under 10 in particular should be protected, as their eyes can’t block as much UV as adults’ eyes can. Q: What are the effects of sun damage on eyes? A: Exposure to UV rays can cause a number of problems including; cataracts, macular degeneration, eyelid skin cancer, pinguecula (small, yellowish, slightly

raised lesions that form on the surface of the white part of the eye that can cause irritation and dry eyes) and pterygium (scar tissue that can grow over the surface of the eye and impair vision). Q: What can I do to protect my eyes? A: The best protection is to wear sunglasses with total UV protection and a hat. When choosing sunglasses we recommend that you: • Check sunglasses comply with UNEEN 1836:2006 + A1:2008 or bear the CE kite mark and are marked UV 400. • Consider polarised lenses to decrease the amount of glare and choose large or wraparound glasses All Specsavers’ sunglasses offer the maximum UV protection and are now offering 2 for 1 including sunglasses for the special price of 59€, until the end of June. There are Specsavers stores in Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol, to make an appointment or find your nearest store visit www.specsavers.es.

SITE VISIT: Town Hall officials inspect the work.

Improvements at Motril cemetery MOTRIL’S cemetery is undergoing improvement work at a cost of almost €70,000, paid for by the town council. Mayor Luisa Garcia Chamorro, accompanied by the councillor in charge of the cemetery facilities, Margarita Yanguas, visited the graveyard to check on the work’s progress. “The main goal of this project has been to resolve the significant damage to

the paths and covers in some of the gardens, as well as sorting out the flooding problems which occurred on patio number eight,” said Chamorro. She added: “These works will be completed in a period of two months maximum, to limit inconvenience.” She said the work would also cover the elimination of obstacles to facilitate access for people with disabilities.

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Threats punished A TORROX teenage girl’s father and boyfriend have been found guilty of threatening a teacher. While the father was fined €160, the boy will have to undertake an angermanagement course.

More flights RYANAIR has announced it will be adding three weekly flights between Malaga-Costa del Sol and Copenhagen as of autumn 2015.

Jewel heist SIX suspects have been arrested for a robbery at a jeweller’s in Malaga City in which €20,000 worth of gold was stolen.

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Homes make way for walls SEVERAL properties in the area of Plaza de la Constitucion in Velez-Malaga will be bought by the council to facilitate plans to uncover the town’s Arabic walls. Councillor for Infrastructure, Urbanism and Operative Services, Concepcion Labao, explained that the

council is now negotiating the purchase of three homes that hide parts of the walls. The government already owns two properties in the area. “We are hoping for owners to move out of the homes of their own free will and come to an agree-

Two stolen cars found at Motril Port HERITAGE: Velez-Malaga’s Arabic walls. ment afterwards. Our main goal is for the wall to be visible from the Puerta Real de la Vilal to the General Plan Office, in front of

New restaurant set to open in Caleta de Velez TWO municipal facilities in the Caleta de Velez Port have been awarded to company Zostera 2013 by the Junta de Andalucia regional government, to use for a restaurant. The company has been granted the space for a maximum period of 10 years. The facilities have a total surface area of 123 square metres and will

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represent an investment of €75,000. Four new jobs will be created in the catering business, two of which will be awarded to women. It is expected that the renovation work will be finished by the end of spring, so that the new restaurant will be operational in time for the summer season.

the seniors’ home on Calle Las Tiendas,” Labao said. She added that the project was designed to showcase and preserve the town’s historic heritage.

Fares in line TAXIS in Nerja have implemented the use of taximeters to comply with the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s new regulations. Taxis originally had a fixed price for many of the routes in Nerja, but now the regional government has decided to unify all fares across Andalucia.

TWO vehicles which had been stolen in Italy and France were retrieved last weekend by Guardia Civil officers at Motril Port. Two French citizens were arrested when they tried to embark the stolen cars on two boats destined for Melilla and Alhucemas (Morocco). The two have been charged with a crime of receiving and document forgery, according to a statement released by the Guardia Civil. The stolen vehicles were a Range Rover Sport valued at €75,000 and a Renault Megane. Both men have been remanded in custody.

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Dogs parade at spring show THE Tail Torrox Animal Charity is hosting the fifth edition of the Spring Dog Show on Saturday, April 25. The chosen venue is Chiringuito El Barco, in Peñoncillo Beach, Torrox Costa. Participants can sign up from 12pm with judging starting at 2pm. Fifteen different categories have been established, including Pedigree, Rescue and Novelty. There will be a parade of dogs rescued by local charities, who are waiting to find homes. In addition, there will be stalls displaying a great variety of items, as well as a bar serving food and drink. More information at tailtorrox@gmail.com, on Facebook or on the official website at http://www.tailtorrox.es/

French students visit MORE than 30 French students from Molsheim in Alsace have visited Motril to spend eight days with families and other students in the town. Deputy Mayor Alfredo Ortega Tovar and Maria Jesus Cuevas, head of the Francisco Javier de Burgos school, welcomed the

Lycee Henri Meck secondary students to the town in an event which took place at the town hall. The mayor said: “This is a great opportunity for all students to grow, not only by learning our language, but also on a personal level.”

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Busy events ALMOST 30,000 people took part in VelezMalaga’s municipal sports events in 2014, Sports Councillor Jesus Lupiañez reported, and more are expected to do so this year.

Silent honour FERIA TIME: Sevilla’s traditional annual party gets under way.

The big one begins ONE of Andalucia’s largest festivals, the Feria de Abril in Sevilla, has begun with an explosion of light and sound. Altogether 25,000 lights adorning the impressive 40-metre-high by 50metre-wide gateway to La Real were turned on to mark the start of Sevilla’s traditional annual party. The fairground and its 1,050 casetas (or tents) has received intensive work in the weeks leading up to the big event, with electricians striving to ren-

ovate the 35-year-old installations and screw in 237,000 light-bulbs. More than 2,700 police officers, 90 firefighters, 95 doctors, 25 Civil Protection volunteers and 473 municipal cleaners were prepared for a busy week, as were public transport services with bus and metro companies increasing their services for the week. The feria, which began last Monday, April 20, finishes at midnight on Sunday.

SALOBREÑA schools held a minute’s silence and sent condolences to Barcelona following tragic events that resulted in a teacher’s death after an attack by a student.

Pollen advice HAYFEVER sufferers can obtain information on pollen levels on the free Salud Responde app, available from App Store and Google Play.

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Setting sail GUARDAMAR’S sailing school is hosting an open day on May 1 at the port where more than 40 sailing schools will be present and offering demonstrations.

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THE Beekeepers Association of Young Farmers (ASAJA) removed a swarm of 6,000 bees from a building in Calle García Morato, Alicante. The bees will be examined and not destroyed, to promote biodiversity.

AN earthquake in the region of the central highway between Xixona, Ibi and Alcoy registered at 2.7 on the Richter Scale on Friday evening at 10.58pm, particularly felt in Alcoy. The Emergency Co-ordination Centre received dozens of calls.

THOUSANDS of jellyfish were washed up along the coast of La Manga del Mar Menor following strong winds.

Caritas is 50 CARITAS Orihuela-Alicante is marking its 50th birthday with exhibitions and documentaries. The exhibition ‘50 years with you’ is on at Las Cigarreras, Alicante until May 3.

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Local oil EXTRA virgin olive oil produced in Tabernas won two gold medals at the agricultural trade fair, AVPA in Paris. The winning varieties are named ‘Picual del Desierto’ and ‘Esencia.’

Weighty issue TWENTY-THREE per cent of children and adolescents aged between two and 16 in Almeria Province are overweight. Lifestyle changes have ‘drastically’ affected local eating habits, the regional government said.

Giveaway smell A DRIVER and his passenger were arrested at a Cuevas traffic control after a kilo of marihuana was found in their car. They were alerted by the strong smell, Guardia Civil officers said afterwards.

Ageist list THE PSOE mayor of Cobdar will run for the PP after he was sidelined in favour of younger candidates for the May elections.

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A MAN was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car collided with a calf on the A-7 motorway just north of Lorca, Murcia. It appears the animal had escaped from a nearby farm.

the imminent transfer of the popular priest of the Church of Sant Bertomeu, Julian Puras.

THE cherry harvest in the Vall d’Acala near Alcoy is predicted to be 10 per cent down this year due to bad weather, estimated at a total crop of only seven million kilos.

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Virgin festival BOUGAINVILLEA PRUNING: Even the gardener looks real.

Estepona unveils its latest mural THE Bougainvillaea Pruning, a mural by Jose Fernandez Rios, has been unveiled at Victor de la Serna school in Estepona. The mural covers an entire 300square-metre wall, and aims to confuse the observer, who can be forgiven for thinking the gardener is a real The news was like a “cold shower,” he said afterwards.

Days off AN Almeria couple received a nine-month prison term and a €1,350 fine for their children’s repeated truancy. Aged 10 and 12, they missed 82 and 97 days respectively during the school year.

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Come south! ANDALUCIA was present at the B-Travel tourism fair in Cataluña last week to encourage more visitors from the area to come south on holiday. Andalucian hotels registered visits from 519,446 people from the region last year.

Language conference EAQUALS (Evaluation and Accreditation of Quality in Language Services) international conference was held in Malaga last week, bringing 250 people from 30 countries to the city for the event.

person, the artist explained. The painting is the 24th addition to Estepona’s mural route, and joins another two by the same artist: A Day’s Fishing, which at almost 1,000 square metres was declared the tallest mural in Spain, and Girl Watering.

Better parking MANILVA Council has contracted a local company to renovate and improve parking in Playa Paraiso due to popular demand. With a budget of €44,671, the work is expected to be ready before the summer.

Open-air art WORKS by 22 emerging artists are on show at Malaga’s La Concepcion Botanical Gardens until May 17. The show, Caprichos, includes more than 50 pieces by local and expatriate artists.

New flights AENA airport authorities have announced two new routes for this summer linking the Malaga-Costa del Sol Airport to Amberes, Belgium, and Amsterdam, Holland.

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Cardinal petition TWO thousand parishioners in Javea have signed a petition to the cardinal against

THE festival of the Virgen del Milagro that began on Saturday in Cocentaina was marked with 27 ‘fogueras’ (bonfires) in honour of the tears of the Virgin. La Crema was followed by a spectacular procession.

Jailed teacher THE owner of a Valencian language school has been sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment after embezzling €317,283 from various university courses.

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Fatal fall A 65-YEAR-OLD woman died on Sunday (April 19) after falling from the sixth floor of a building in Palma. The incident occurred at around 5pm.

Good cause catwalk THE charity children’s fashion runway event held by the Association for People with Disabilities of Calvia (Asdica) last week, raised almost €3,000, which will be donated to the association’s projects for disabled youths.

Injured rider A MOTORBIKE rider suffered injuries after falling in the Cami de Passatemps (Son Sardina). Local Police believe that the fall was accidental although they are carrying out an investigation in case he was hit by another vehicle.

Sustainable transport THE Balearic Islands Regional Government has allocated €300,000 in funding to convert public transport vehicles to use compressed natural gas. This fuel is more environmentally-friendly and 40 per cent cheaper than traditional ones.

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VERY few foreigners convicted of crimes in Norway go home to serve their sentences. This year only eight returned to their country of origin to finish their jail terms.

Ebola aid NORWAY’S health minister, Bent Hoie, has confirmed that the country has provided more than NOK500 million to fight Ebola in West Africa.

In Memoriam JOHAN MARTIN FERNER, the 87-year-old husband of Norway’s Princess Astrid, has passed away quietly at the Oslo University Hospital.

Legalise drug HANNA WAGENIUS, chairperson of Sweden’s Centre Party Youth Wing, has called for the legalisation of cannabis, following the example of the Netherlands and some US states.

Global best SWEDEN’S Pensions and Social Care systems have been applauded as the best in the world, according to the Global Agewatch Index. HAPPY DAYS: Sweden’s pension system is the best in the world.

BERLIN is cracking down on casual holiday rentals in the city following a law passed last year banning unregistered rentals.

A UK pensioner discharged after a stay in hospital found her house cleared of all her belongings - including her dog - by Age UK, authorised by her son. He thought she “wasn’t going to survive.”

Steward theft A RYANAIR steward allegedly addicted to drugs is accused of stealing a passenger’s £500 Nikon camera and trying to sell it on eBay.

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No priority UK schools will no longer give entrance priority to younger siblings due to the pressures of a steadily increasing population on available places.

Top Honda THE UK motor trade has placed Honda at the top of its Reliability Index for the ninth consecutive year. Running last are Bentley and Porsche.

Costliest pint LONDON is the fifth most expensive place in

Ukraine investigation UKRAINE President Petro Porochenko has ordered an investigation into the murders of a pro-Russian journalist and a former politician close to Viktor Yanukovitch.

OPEC talks THERE are signs indicating renewed discussions between Russia and OPEC coun-

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the world to buy a pint of beer, the most expensive city being Paris at €5.87 per pint and the cheapest South Africa at €1.86 per pint.

BERLIN schoolteacher Annegret Raunigk is proudly pregnant with quadruplets, bringing her brood of children to 17. Her 12 eldest are aged 44 to 22; her youngest, aged nine, “asked for a sibling.”

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GOLDEN NECTAR: London has the world’s fifth dearest pint.

A BRITISH-LED team of divers has recovered £34 million in silver coins from the SS City of Cairo, which was torpedoed in 1942.

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THE Norwegian government is looking for private investors in the Norwegian market to improve the national railway service.

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A STEM cell donor has been found for 24-year-old Leukaemia sufferer Eva Fidler, who recently gave birth to a healthy baby despite her illness.

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tries. Deputy PM Arkady Dvorkovitch said: “Unprecedentedly active consultations are taking place with OPEC and Latin American producers.”

Open Russia raid RUSSIAN security forces raided the Moscow offices of ‘Open Russia’, a foundation backed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky concerning allegations of ‘extremism.’

Putin accusations PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin speaking during a televised live phone-in has accused the Ukraine government of “cutting off” rebel-held areas of Eastern Ukraine by means of an economic blockade.

Training troops CANADA is to despatch 200 military instructors to Ukraine to train soldiers fighting pro-Russian forces. A statement confirmed: “The trainers will help Ukraine to maintain sovereignty.”

Workers protest BUILDING workers at a spaceport in eastern Russia who have not been paid for four months have painted an appeal to Putin on their hut roofs.

GERMAN police have indicated they would be happy to wear body cameras despite reservations from the union.

School song BERLIN police are questioning a high school teacher following allegations that she had her 17-year-old students march up and down a classroom to a Nazi song.

Dentist loser A GERMAN dentist who removed all of the teeth of a mentally-ill patient has lost his appeal against a €20,000 compensation order.

Raising roof A HERD of dairy cows nearly lifted the roof off of their barn in central Germany when methane released by the animals caused an explosion.

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Press conference protester A PRESS meeting at the European Central Bank (ECB) was interrupted last week when a woman rushed across the room shouting and climbing onto the table in front of ECB President Mario Draghi. She scattered papers and threw confetti all over the Italian banker while screaming: “An

end to the dictatorship of the ECB!” Draghi has since stressed this was not a protest by FEMEN, the feminist group known for its members stripping off and protesting topless against what they perceive as male economic domination, but actually a former member. Spontaneous lone protester

Spain’s recovery not successful OLIVIER BLANCHARD, Harvard and MIT professor and the IMF’s chief economist since 2008, has both criticised and praised Spain’s performance as it emerges from financial crisis, but on the whole says its recovery “is not a success story.” Speaking from his office in Amiens, France, Blanchard remarked that Spain’s high levels of unemployment have still not been addressed effectively. When asked whether he thought that, despite Spain’s high unemployment levels, it had nonetheless come out of recession, he responded: “Can you say that a country has successfully emerged from recession when it still has 23 per

cent unemployment? Competitiveness and exports have certainly improved and are getting stronger, behaving reasonably well. They are very good news compared to a year ago and can continue.” He went on: “How do you define crisis? The country has been left in growth, but unemployment is too high. Therefore Spain is not cured. Unemployment can only go down through reform. “For me, the key is the duality of the labour market and the need to remove large differences between temporary and permanent workers. Spain should not be living with 10 per cent or 15 per cent - or 23 per cent - unemployment.”

Josephine Witt had gained entry to the conference by posing as a reporter. She was dressed in a black tshirt bearing the slogan: ‘End ECB Dick-tatorship’. The meeting was suspended for a few minutes while the table was cleaned up.

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Cross-border cooperation IN an article for EU’s, The Parliament magazine, Iskra Mihaylova regional development committee Chair said: “Spain and Gibraltar should work together and coordinate activities as partners in order to boost the competitiveness of small and medium enterprises.

Cuban change THE Spanish secretary of state for trade said Spain wants to be at the forefront of the economic changes that Cuba will experience in the coming years, especially with its relationship with the US.

Coca-Cola feeling flat THE Supreme Court has found that Iberia Partners, managers of CocaCola at Fuenlabrada’s (Madrid) bottling plant, infringed its workers’ right to strike when it used other bottling plants within the group to continue business as usual. The court ruled that by doing so

the company had compromised its employees’ right to a reasonable period for negotiation. The vote was taken at eight votes to five against Coca-Cola. A spokesman for the workers, who had congregated outside the court, said: “Today is for celebrating, not thinking.”

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STAT OF WEEK IT is anticipated that more than 60 Spanish wine producers and bodegas will participate in The World Bulk Wine Exhibition, the largest in the world, scheduled for November 2015.

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Banking on moral investments Loose change A look at finance for females

Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

THE simple mention of banks, bankers or ex-bankers these days sends a chill up the spines of many. Corruption and dodgy practices, along with the aiding and exercise of tax evasion are just some of the nasty things that some banks and people like former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato have been knee-deep in over the years. Historically banks have been viewed solely as financial institutions and morality has not entered the equation. Traditional banks thrive on a thirst for profit, and as we have seen from various news reports over the years this is often at the expense of

SOLAR POWER: Ethical banks invest in ‘quality of life’ projects. morals, the environment and customers. You may also be surprised to find out that the money you put into your typical bank is often used and invested in projects that many might find offensive. Would you consciously support a massive weapon-producing establishment? Or donate to an energy project that plans on actively destroying the environment? Probably not! But indirectly

through your banking choice, you could be doing just that. Current profit-focused behaviour means that the typical big banks finance everything from weapons’ manufacture to the most polluting fossil fuel projects on the planet, as well as causing asset bubbles and financial crises. However, not all banks have profit as their overriding objective and there are other approaches

that are becoming successful. Several banks make it their mission to create social and environmental benefits, by carefully choosing which companies and projects they provide finance to. These are called ‘ethical banks’. Ethical banks still prioritise capital and seek to maximise returns, but in doing so they promise to align their money with their values, by using their capital to help finance ‘real economy’ businesses selling products and services, not speculative ventures. They adopt transparency principles to give public insight to how their money is being used. They consider the long-term impact of their lending decisions, in projects that support quality of life for all. Traditional banks have long embraced a profit-over-people mentality, so maybe it’s high time we looked at where our money spends the night and if we’re not happy, take our money elsewhere.

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Fraud arrest FORMER IMF chief and ex-Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Rodrigo Rato was arrested for alleged tax fraud, concealment of assets, and money laundering after his home and office were searched.

Party funds THE Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development welcomed the legislative package on democratic regeneration recently approved by the Spanish Parliament in order to fight corruption and promote integrity and transparency.

Slow progress THE Eurozone crisis was an economic nightmare for many, not least the property sector. While there are signs of growth across the bloc, prices in many countries remain low, according to Eurostat.

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Can Hacienda claim back taxes? Q. I read your article on Spanish tax returns. I am 72 and have been a resident here for 12 years. When I became an OAP in 2008, I was informed that (as you pointed out) as a pensioner, I did not pay tax. This year I received a letter from Hacienda. According to the letter, and my accountant, it would appear that on November 27, 2014, a law was passed and my accountant now informs me that I will have to send in my complete bank records of pensions received for the last five years. This is two

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A. It seems that you are being audited by the Tax Agency. In Spanish this is called ‘inspección’. And the picture does not look good. Let us clear up two points. First, I never said that Old Age Pensions are

OAP pensions from England and Scandinavia, plus a small private pension, which total about €12,000 per year. My accountant now tells me that according to the new Spanish tax laws, OAP residents are liable to taxation. I am now confused and worried, as I may be facing a back tax payment of several thousand euros. Where do I stand? F W T (Costa del Sol)

not taxed in Spain. It is only Civil Service or other government service pensions that are taxed in their country of origin. Old Age Pensions are treated as normal income. Second, there is no new Spanish tax law which affects you. Yes, the tax reform package for 2015 was issued in November 2014, but there is no change regarding Old Age Pensions. They are liable for tax in Spain, as I

have written various times. If your accountant advised that you were not liable for Spanish tax, he was in error. And you are not liable for fines and penalties because the law has changed, but because you were misinformed. You must now present your records to the Tax Agency. At your level of income, you probably owe little tax, so the charges and interest should not come to much.

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Not everyone was born equal LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

HE idea that all man/womankind are born equal is complete and utter claptrap. We are not all equal. Even as far as limbs and bodies are concerned, many of us are of course different. The levels of human intelligence and intellectualism are also tremendously varied. Some of us couldn’t hammer a nail in; others are capable of building machines which can bring together proton beams at rates approaching the speed of light. The majority of our human race are followers; leaders are in the minority. Without the leaders, we would all wander off into some New Age state of oblivion. It is therefore my opinion

LEADERS: From corner-shop owners to big business entrepreneurs. that those who are capable and willing to utilise their superior intellect to create companies and occupations for the followers, should reap just rewards for their efforts, not find themselves penalised. From the corner-shop owner

who employs one sales assistant to the entrepreneur who creates jobs for thousands, all should be reimbursed accordingly. So what if the man or woman who employs large numbers has a big yacht or a mansion?

Without their expertise and incentives, many of those they employ probably wouldn’t be able to afford a mortgage, or to clothe or even feed their children. So what if the corner-shop owner can afford to purchase a nice car? Because of his efforts, his sales assistant can no doubt live in a comfortable bedsit and enjoy a relatively stressfree existence. The truth of the matter is that we need these leaders. Outside of themselves, the Labour party do not agree. The Lefties, with their politics of envy, would like to see the back of them all. The powermad, dysfunctional leaders of the Left want the whole country reliant solely on them and their party. They want to kill free enterprise, nationalise just about everything, buy future voters by handing out benefits to all and sundry, and discourage and alienate anyone with

the initiative to think or act otherwise. Have no doubt, if, heaven forbid, Miliband and his awful cronies are elected in a couple of weeks’ time, the brains, entrepreneurs and investors will haemorrhage from the country like blood from an opened jugular vein. This left-wing approach has of course all been tried before and always failed. It’s called Communism, folks. Pure and simple. Do we really want to see the wonderful country of our birth commit suicide by adopting the doctrine of Lenin? Vote for Cameron. You know it makes sense! Lovely mistake in the TV auto descriptions this week when a somewhat average singer told us of the thousands of songs she had ‘sunk’ over the years. Yep! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com Web: leapylee.co.uk

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ARS are such gross failings of humanity the only way to cover the shame is to dress them up as noble. People don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. One of the great myths is that our system owes much to the Red Army that sacrificed 20 million dead. This figure deserves scrutiny. Let Soviet tyrant Josef Stalin explain: “It takes a brave Russian soldier to attack the Nazis, a braver one to retreat.” Get my drift? The Red Army glorious? When in 1939 Bolshevik Russia invaded Finland the Red Army was routed by this small nation of farmers. In 1940 this hapless army brutally occupied the tiny Baltic States and Poland. Mass murder and deportation on an industrial scale commenced. How did Westminster applaud Soviet repression? It rushed to defend Bolshevism when Germany, to escape a similar fate, preemptively attacked Bolshevik Russia in June 1941. Again, the Red Army was ignominiously licked; the much smaller armies of the Reich reached the Russian capital in just 10 weeks.

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Should the pathetic Red Army be credited with turning things round? Without British assistance Bolshevism would have been destroyed 45 years earlier. Britain’s Murmansk 78 convoys totalled 1,400 ships. Its Merchant Navy lost 85 British ships, the Royal Navy 16 warships. Three thousand sailors died. The aid carried in these convoys replaced Red Army equipment abandoned to the advancing Germans as the Red Army fled. Britain supplied the 6.8 million strong Red Army with over 15 million pairs of army boots. Whilst Britain’s largely undefended Far East was overrun by the Japanese, Westminster supplied Bolshevik Russia with 7,056 tanks, 14,795 aircraft, 1,550 RAF trained pilots and

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WAR MEMORIAL: In memory of the sailors who died. ground crew. Philip Wilkinson, Chairman of the RAF Russia Association, said: “There is no doubt we were under pressure. We could have done with 40 Hurricanes going anywhere else but across the seas to Russia.”

Britain, at great cost to itself and Empire, went into overdrive to rescue the Red Army and Bolshevik Russia. The Murmansk convoys delivered 470,000 vehicles, 8,218 artillery pieces, 131,633 machine-guns. 345,735 tonnes of explosives.

Tragically, many of the free of charge 1,981 locomotives, 11,155 freight cars and trucks were put to use dispersing fellow Europeans throughout Stalin’s network of prison camps; few returned. Also to be included, the equipment needed to build the transport infrastructure to supply the insatiable Gulag with 20 million slaves including captured European prisoners-of-war. These lost souls were written off as ‘war reparations’. Reading the complete inventory of British aid to the Soviet Union is depressing and wearisome. Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “Shame on those who sided with this monstrous regime. Shame on those who put to the backs of their minds such horrors and most of all shame on those who even today, knowing the truth express indignation about unproven German atrocities whilst glorying in or covering up the blood-soaked tyranny of Marxism.” Now, this is a Russian I will toast on May 8.

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AM not so sure that modern technology and advanced filming techniques have necessarily made television programmes more enjoyable. I am thinking here of the new Thunderbirds series currently showing on television. Technically it is light years ahead of the early puppet shows on TV that themselves were hailed as milestones in animation technology. This new applied science was called ‘Supermarionation’ and we had the likes of Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray hitting our screens. Then their creator Gerry Anderson upped the game again with the amazingly popular Thunderbirds - you could barely see the strings on those suckers - and my own favourite, Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons. With the latter, here at last were puppets that looked close to being human and did not have oversized heads

CAPTAIN SCARLET: Puppets who looked close to human. perched on their arthritic looking bodies. The reason for those disproportionate craniums, I later found out, was that they carried solenoids in order to be able to lip-sync the voices. With the advance in electronics and miniaturisation, this problem was overcome with the Captain Scarlet series. So good was the modelling in fact, that the young spotty girl living next door to us

thought that the puppet character Captain Black was an absolute doll. I felt the need to point out to her, that’s exactly what the git was. It was easy to see why these new groundbreaking children’s programmes were so popular because they superseded such puppet series as The Adventures of Twizzle, a double jointed little oik who could extend his arms and

legs and open a door in Bristol while standing in Swindon. Also Torchy the Battery Boy who sported a lamp in his head that shone a magic beam. Poor old Torchy’s batteries gave out after 52 episodes but then, this was in the days before Duracell Plus. The sad part is that I can actually remember all this stuff. Sadder still, is the fact that I can scroll back even further to the days of Muffin the Mule and The Flowerpot Men, but in my defence hastily add that this was enforced viewing as a mere toddler when my Mum would take me next door to watch their OXO cube sized television. Muffin was a very lucky mule; if a real horse looked that knackered he would have long since been sent to the glue makers. And interestingly his presenter, Annette Mills, was auntie to Hayley. Bill and Ben progressed into politics of course and formed a coalition government with Weedy Ed still squeaking away between them. So yes, the new Thunderbirds series will undoubtedly be popular with the young generation, but for us old hands you can’t beat the original.

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Thursday BBC ONE 3:15pm 32 Brinkburn Street 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm MasterChef 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time

BBC TWO 3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm World Championship Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Antiques Roadshow 8:00pm The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 9:00pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 10:00pm W1A 11:00pm Inside No 9 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Double Decker Driving School 10:00pm Ice Rink on the Estate 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Agenda

CH4 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm Supervets 10:00pm The Island with Bear Grylls 11:00pm The Last Leg

CH5 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Deadly Hope 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast on Behalf 8:00pm The Classic Car Show 9:00pm The Last Days of... 10:00pm The Hotel Inspector 11:00pm The Mentalist 11:55pm Born to Kill?

SKY1 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Fanatics 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Forever 11:00pm Wild Things

Friday BBC ONE 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm MasterChef 10:30pm Have I Got News for You 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

BBC TWO 3:00pm World Championship Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Antiques Roadshow 8:00pm World Championship Snooker 9:00pm An Island Parish 9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Sex and the Church 11:00pm The Clare Balding Show 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Slow Train Through Africa 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Rambo III

CH4 4:15pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man

CH5 3:15pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:15pm The Obsession 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Secrets of Great British Castles 10:00pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm Law and Order: Special Victims Unit

SKY1 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Fanatics 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Relatively Clever 10:00pm Trollied 11:00pm The Simpsons

Saturday BBC ONE 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm The Princess and the Frog 7:40pm BBC News 7:50pm Regional News 7:53pm Weather 7:55pm Pointless 8:45pm Atlantis 9:30pm The National Lottery: In It to Win It 10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm BBC News 11:28pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day

BBC TWO 3:15pm Flog It! 4:00pm Final Score 5:30pm Snooker 6:30pm World War One Remembered: Gallipoli Highlights 7:30pm Gardeners World 8:00pm Snooker 9:00pm Dad's Army 9:30pm Gallipoli 10:30pm QI XL 11:15pm Up in the Air

ITV 3:35pm Housesitter 5:35pm Tipping Point 6:35pm Local News and Weather 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm You've Been Framed! Yearbook for Ybf 8:00pm Ninja Warrior UK 9:00pm Britain's Got Talent 10:15pm Play to the Whistle 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Inside Man

CH4 2:25pm Channel 4 Racing 5:15pm Come Dine with Me 6:10pm The Simpsons 6:45pm The Simpsons 7:10pm The Simpsons 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm For the Love of Cars 9:00pm The World's Most Extreme Roads 10:00pm Paul

CH5 3:30pm Police Interceptors 4:30pm Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Colombo is on the case.

6:30pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 7:25pm Britain's Horror Homes 8:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:15pm 5 News 9:20pm NCIS 10:10pm NCIS 11:10pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

SKY1 3:00pm RSPCA Animal Rescue 3:30pm RSPCA Animal Rescue 4:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm Wild Things 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Modern Family 8:30pm Modern Family 9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Poseidon 11:55pm Hawaii Five-0

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BBC TWO 3:00pm Snooker 7:00pm London Marathon Highlights 8:00pm Snooker 9:10pm Coast Australia 10:00pm Hunters of the South Seas 11:00pm The Inside Story 11:30pm W1A 12:30am Snooker 1:20am Snooker 3:20am Countryfile

ITV 3:40pm Britain's Got Talent 4:55pm Doc Martin 6:55pm Ninja Warrior UK 7:50pm Local News and Weather 8:00pm ITV News and Weather 8:15pm Celebrity Squares 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:15pm Perspectives 12:15am Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 1:15am The Store

CH4 3:20pm The Simpsons 3:50pm Location, Location, Location 4:50pm A Place in the Sun 5:50pm Paranorman 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Three in a Bed 9:00pm For the Love of Cars 10:00pm The Impossible 12:30am Navy Seals 2:45am Super Casino

CH5 4:20pm Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 6:10pm 5 News 6:15pm Labyrinth 8:15pm Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls 10:00pm The Last Stand

SKY1 3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Modern Family 6:00pm About a Boy 6:30pm About a Boy 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

Monday BBC ONE 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm The Leader Interviews 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You

BBC TWO 4:00pm Snooker 6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Conservative Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Snooker 9:00pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 10:00pm Inside Harley Street 11:00pm Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Wild Ireland 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Safe House 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Agenda

CH4 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Three in a Bed 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm The Secrets of Sports Direct 10:00pm Skint 11:00pm Gogglebox

CH5 4:15pm Blind Trust 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Person of Interest

SKY1 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm The Fanatics 5:00pm Futurama 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Driving School of Mum and Dad 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Hawaii Five-0

Tuesday BBC ONE 3:15pm Land Girls 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm 24 Hours in the Past 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Del Boys and Dealers

BBC TWO 3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm Snooker 6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Labour Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Snooker 9:00pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 10:00pm Wastemen 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Countrywise 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Northern Ireland Election Debate

CH4 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Three in a Bed 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pm The Queen's Big Night Out 11:00pm Ballot Monkeys 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

CH5 3:15pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:10pm Cedar Cove 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Britain's Horror Homes 10:00pm Sick Note Skivers Exposed 11:00pm Psychopath: The Nazi Killer

SKY1 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Futurama 5:00pm Modern Family 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Critical 11:00pm Forever

Wednesday BBC ONE 4:00pm Decimate 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Inspector George Gently 10:30pm Peter Kay's Car Share 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:45pm Weather 11:50pm Elections 2015: A BBC Special

BBC TWO 3:00pm The Daily Politics 4:00pm Snooker 6:55pm Party Election Broadcast by the Green Party 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Snooker 9:00pm Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 10:00pm Nick and Margaret: The Trouble with Our Trains 11:00pm Inside No 9 11:30pm Newsnight

ITV 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Paul O'Grady Show 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:25pm Party Election Broadcast 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Give a Pet a Home 10:00pm Newzoids 10:30pm The Delivery Man 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Bargain Fever Britain

CH4 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Three in a Bed 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Party Election Broadcast 9:00pm The Restoration Man 10:00pm The Island with Bear Grylls 11:00pm First Dates

CH5 4:15pm Reverse Angle 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 7:55pm Party Election Broadcast 8:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 9:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 10:00pm Autopsy 11:00pm Till Death Do Us Part: CSI Special 11:55pm Till Death Do Us Part: CSI Special

SKY1 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Futurama 4:30pm Futurama 5:00pm Modern Family 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm An Idiot Abroad 10:00pm Poseidon 11:55pm NCIS: Los Angeles

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A big change means big chances, so don't let small things get you down. In the past six months you have come a long way. You are not back where you started.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is not a time to take anyone for granted. At this time of the year people tend to look at their situation and ask if they are getting enough out of it. Neglecting someone now could store up a lot of problems for the future.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Challenges that do not please you are inevitable. That does not mean that your attitude towards them could not change. Indeed, unless you want to continue to be upset, it must. AQUARIUS (January 21 February 19) You have a chance to give someone great delight, so why not go ahead? Your insecure side tells you that it is too good to be true and there must be a catch.

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Don't look for spooks in the closet when there are none. Not only does it look silly but it also wastes good time. Basing your actions on past disappointments can only lead to more of the same. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Is someone that you are closely involved with trying to drive a hard bargain? Are you surprised at the amount of time and energy that they are throwing at it?

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Now is your chance to go straight for what you want. The shock of having this opportunity could cause you to hesitate. Do bear in mind, though, that he who hesitates is often lost.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Something that you had set your heart on, although still coming, is terribly slow. This is not a time to be a pessimist. Please don't, however, allow your tendency to put all your eggs in one basket trip you up. LEO (July 24 - August 23) You are moving on in an important area but do not burn bridges before you have others to cross. You will know why I mention this later in the week. You are able to influence others far more than you realise.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) This is your week to sparkle and show how clever you are. Why be modest? Let others know what you are capable of; your talents will come out sooner or later.

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) You have been learning about certain people very fast. Do you feel as though you are in the middle of a soap opera? In the spring sunshine, it is possible that passions will fire up.

1. LADY GAGA, 2. 1950s (1955), 3. ICE HOCKEY, 4. MOUNT RUSHMORE (Lakota Sioux name: SIX GRANDFATHERS) , 5. RUDYARD KIPLING, 6. JANUS, 7. ROBERTA FLACK

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