ISSUE NO. 1558
14 - 20 May 2015
AXARQUÍA - COSTA TROPICAL YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION
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San Isidro festival Nerja gears up for religious festivity THE festivities begin tonight with DJs Juanjo Vergara, Victor Fernandez, Luis Roca and Fran Jimenez, and will continue tomorrow, to honour the patron saint of farmers. See Page 2
Kept in the dark Residents have had no electricity for over a year “We feel deceived and Arco Iris apartments in confused and want to Alcaucin, who are awaitfind a solution.” said ing light at the end of the See Page 3 protesting residents of the tunnel.
Expat boat drama Briton’s boat recovered after running aground Guardia Civil and Local Police were called to assist a British man as the anchor chain broke on his new craft requiring Spanish sea search and rescue services to save the day. See Page 6
On guard for a hero
Art for generosity
SPANISH Legionnaires and US sailors pay tribute to Axarquia-born Bernardo de Galvez
A nightmare journey for expat couple IVOR and Judi went through a five-year ordeal to try to save their home
By Steve Walsh A BRITISH couple who spent their life savings on a dream villa in Spain were told they had to demolish their home because the planning regulations changed after they moved in. UK Channel 5 show, Britain’s Horror Homes, highlighted the tortuous battle Captain Ivor Pringle, 61, and
his wife Judi have had to face at the hands of the Junta de Andalucia. They were told the home they purchased with their life savings in 2001 didn’t have the correct planning permission after they had been living there for eight years. Ivor told the programme: “To me it seems against human rights. People can’t knock homes down just like that.
Full story on Page 4 This is our retirement home, our life.” After 32 years’ service with the Parachute Regiment, Ivor and his wife left Basingstoke to live their dream retirement in Andalucia. They used their life savings to buy a villa in Axarquia for £165,000 and then spent an additional £150,000 doing it up by renovating the kitchen and adding Turn to Page 6 a terrace.
Adopting a pet makes you an art owner A scheme to reward you with your own personalised objet d’art should you decide to adopt an abandoned pet has been launched by Motril Health Department in See Page 8 conjunction with art schools.
Vespas set for rally Owners are welcome to join the race THE Vespa Rally of Axarquia 2015, scheduled to take off from the Paseo Maritimo of
El Faro in Torre del Mar at 10.30am on June 14. Be there or be square! See Page 10
Mountain blaze A fire broke out in La Herradura Mountains A resident and his bonfire sparked a blaze that started at around 3.30pm in the Los Corrales district on Sunday, and ended with the loss of over 30,000 metres of See Page 10 vegetation near a residential complex.
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Five hurt in Torre del Mar car crash FIVE people were injured when two cars crashed near the Torre del Mar football pitch. The casualties were three men, aged 25, 41 and 47, a 17-year-old minor and a 21-
year-old woman. The incident took place at around 11.45am on Wednesday May 6. The injured were taken to the Axarquia Hospital in Velez Malaga.
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Nerja gears up to mark San Isidro pilgrimage TOWN prepares for religious festivity to honour patron saint
Entrepreneur grants NERJA residents aged under 30 who wish to open a business will be able to benefit from a 50 per cent discount in fees. Infrastructure Councillor Nieves Atencia announced the news and explained that the project had been designed to encourage young people to open their own company in the town.
Earth tremors felt A SMALL earthquake was felt in Casabermeja on Tuesday (May 12) at around 10.54am. It measured 2.9 on the Richter Scale. Several other tremors of a
lower intensity were felt in Iznate (2.1), Benamargosa (1.7) and Zafarraya between 10am and 7pm, according to data released by the National Geographic Institute.
COLOURFUL PROCESSION: Pilgrims will start their journey on foot, horseback and by carriage. By Maria José Fernandez NERJA celebrates the Pilgrimage of San Isidro, patron saint of farm workers, today, Thursday May 14, and tomorrow.
The activities will begin tonight in the Nerja Caves facilities with the Fiesta Menta in the youth area, with DJs Juanjo Vergara, Victor Fernandez, Luis Roca and Fran Jimenez.
Tomorrow, at 11am, is the ‘Misa Rociera’, a traditional Flamenco mass. At noon, the town will pay homage to local farm workers at the front door of the church
with a performance by the Nerja and Maro municipal folklore group. After that, pilgrims will start their journey to the San Isidro chapel on foot, horseback and by carriage.
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Spanish artist Pablo Picasso breaks records flickr by Montse Poch
CUBIST painting was part of a series of works created in 1954-55
Gosh it’s hot! AEMET State Weather office has announced a yellow alert for temperatures of up to 36 degrees Celsius this afternoon, Thursday 14, from 2pm to 8pm on the Costa del Sol and Guadalhorce valley.
Football profit Money for each goal ALMUÑECAR association in favour of single mums, ‘Marisa Sendon,’ received a sum of money for each of the two goals scored by the Granada Football Club, in a match against the Cordoba team held last Saturday (May 9).
Viewpoint Safety improved
Hospital rest Seats €5 a night
VIBRANT: Women of Algiers is a cubist depiction of nude courtesans.
By Steve Walsh MALAGA-BORN Pablo Picasso would have hardly believed his eyes if he could have witnessed his ‘Women of Algiers’ become the most expensive painting ever to sell at auction, going for $160 million (€142.1m) at Christie’s in New York. Eleven minutes of protracted bidding from telephone buyers heralded the final sale, for much more than its pre-sale estimate of $140 million. However, the final price including commission of just over 12 per cent, saw the anonymous bidder having to pay $179.3 million (€159.25m).
$179.3m is the amount an anonymous bidder had to pay (including commission) to become the owner of Picasso’s ‘Women of Algiers’, at Christie’s in New York, the most ever paid for a painting at auction.
The sale also featured Alberto Giacometti’s life-size sculpture ‘Pointing Man’, which set its own record. It is now the most expensive sculpture sold at auction, after going for $141.3 million (€125.5m). Previously, the Brits held the world record for a painting sold at auction, with the famous’Three Studies of Lucian Freud’ by Francis Bacon, which sold for $142.2 million (€126,48m) in 2013. Philip Hoffman, founder and CEO of the Fine Art Fund Group said of Picasso’s work: “This is an absolutely blockbuster picture, it’s one of the most exciting pictures that we’ve seen on the market for 10 years.”
HOSPITALS in Cataluña are introducing new pay-to-recline seats for companions to sleep on overnight. Prepaid cards priced at €5 per night or €20 for five nights must be used to recline the seats, sparking complaints from some users who claim the measure is discriminatory.
THE Santo Cristo natural viewpoint in Archidona, is currently undergoing a comprehensive series of renovations after vandals had made it unusable. Works are expected to be completed in 20 days.
Annual dance Out in the open air MOTRIL, together with the Commonwealth of Costa Tropical municipalities, will host its annual open-air dance on May 23 from 9pm to 2am at the town’s Plaza de la Coronacion. There will be live music by Tracks Orchestra.
Fire risk Quote of the Week We’ve done everything possible for the Spaniards in Nepal,” said Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz, after welcoming home experts who had been to the country where six Spaniards are still missing.
Citizens help needed INFOCA, Andalucia’s forest firefighting and prevention service, has called for citizens to take extra care during the current warm spell to not drop rubbish or cigarette ends in the countryside and to call 112 at the slightest sign of smoke.
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Apartment owners are kept in the dark TWENTY owners of the Arco Iris building apartments in Alcaucin staged a protest outside the town hall to denounce the fact they have not had electricity for the past 14 months. Spokesperson Isidoro Ur-
restarazu told Spanish daily SUR that the company in charge, Sevillana Endesa, had cut the service in March of 2014 as it claimed the building had not been provided with legal electricity meters.
He said the company had requested licences to install new meters but the council had denied them, as it claimed the building was linked to the corruption case ‘Arcos.’ “We have spent €80,000 for
an electrical transformer which has not fixed the problem,” said Urrestarazu. He continued: “We feel deceived and confused and want to find a solution.” Urbanism councillor and member of Save Our Homes
Axarquia (SOHA) pressure group, Mario Blancke, explained the property was constructed in an area not zoned for construction and would have to wait for the approval of a new land-use plan (PGOU).
Leaflets removed THE Electoral Board of the region has ordered left-wing Izquierda Unida party in Rincon de la Victoria to immediately remove leaflets in which they called the governing party PP ‘corrupt’ and ‘liars’.
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Spain and US honour Axarquia-born hero HUNDREDS of soldiers commemorated the role of Bernardo de Galvez
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By Maria Jose Fernandez AMERICAN sailors joined Spanish Legionnaires to pay tribute to a hero of the American War of Independence. Soldier and politician Bernardo de Galvez, born in the Axarquia town of Macharaviaya in 1746, was honoured last Friday (May 8) in a symbolic event to recognise his decisive role in the American War of Independence. The event, which took place at Malaga Port, had the presence of the Spanish legionnaires who paraded to mark De Galvez’s participation in the Siege of Pensacola which culminated in Spanish soldiers under his command gaining complete control over the then British West Florida on May 8, 1781. Galvez gained honorary US citizenship in December of
Flickr by La Legion Española.
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PAYING TRIBUTE: Spanish Legionnaires and American sailors. 2014, the highest distinction bestowed on foreigners. Only seven people hold this title, amongst whom are Mother Teresa and Winston Churchill. A special unit of US soldiers, who arrived in Malaga on
board the destroyer McFaul, also participated in the parade. With the Spanish and US anthems performed by army band BRILEG, the two countries’ flags were hoisted. “Today, we recognise
Bernardo de Galvez’s loyalty and service to the North-American people, against British oppression,” said Miguel Angel Galvez, President of the Cultural Association Bernardo de Galvez.
Fleeing fugitive crashes car A 35-YEAR-OLD man, with four arrest warrants issued by Malaga and Granada courts, was arrested in Torre del Mar (Velez-Malaga). Local sources reported that the man was caught after attempting to flee
during a routine identification control in the area of the SUP-T-12 roundabout. Officers signalled the man to stop his car but he sped away, heading for the Avenida Andalucia, where he lost
control of the car and crashed against a fence, according to the police statement. He left the car and tried to escape on foot, but was caught shortly afterwards by police and taken into custody.
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Shedding a little insurance light UNDERSTANDING just what the insurance company is talking about By Velasco Lawyers IN Spain the relationship between the insurance company and the insured is regulated by Law 50/1980 of the 8th October on insurance contracts. (Last update 02/08/2011). When purchasing house insurance, there are several concepts that the buyer needs to keep in mind before choosing the most appropriate policy. • Underinsurance or ‘Infraseguro’ is the situation when the declared insured value is lower than the real value of the property insured. Insurance companies will charge the clients according to the declared value of the house and the contents in it. In case of damages covered by the insurance policy, the compensation will be proportional to the ratio between the insured value and the real value. • Over insurance or ‘Sobreseguro’ is the opposite situation than previously and in this case the declared value is higher than the real value of the property. Insurance companies will not apply the proportionality rule that would go in favour of the insured and will only refund the real value of the property. The insured can claim back the difference between the premium
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Tourism promotion AS many as 50 travel agents of online site Ocio Hoteles visited Almuñecar to learn about its tourism offers. They had the chance to follow a route designed by the town’s tourism department to promote Almuñecar as a destination.
Vehicle tax NERJA’S foreigners’ department reminds residents that they have until May 22 to pay the vehicle tax. The payment can be done at the local tax office, Patronato de Recaudacion (Calle Axarquia).
Top player ALMUÑECAR padel player Cristina Torrecillas was crowned winner of the National Circuit Sub 23 second challenge, which was held in Cordoba.
Charity run ALMOST 1,000 runners participated in VelezMalaga’s six-kilometre Charity Urban Race. All proceeds were donated to the Axarquia Association for People with Special Needs.
Hot shock FIREMEN had to rush to attend a car which suddenly caught fire on Paseo del Parque in Malaga City after overheating, giving the driver a nasty scare.
Good lesson TWO secondary schools in Nerja, the Almijara and Chaparil, have inaugurated their Centre for Equality Information, aimed at teaching youths about equality at all levels and sexism.
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DEMOLITION: Unlike some less fortunate homeowners, the Pringles’ property has been saved.
Expat couple’s nightmare journey through courts FORTUNATELY the Pringles’ story had a happier ending than most From Front Page
Then in 2009, they received a letter telling them that they had two months to demolish their property, or it would be destroyed for them, and to add insult to injury, they would have to foot the bill of €60,000. The couple had no choice other than to embark on a lengthy and costly legal battle to save their home from demolition. The Pringles’ home was
one of 10,000 properties that the Junta said must be destroyed because they didn’t conform to new urban planning laws. The couple built a strong legal case to take to court, and were supported by the campaign group Save Our Homes in Axarquia. Unlike many unfortunate homeowners who were duped by unscrupulous property developers and corrupt local councillors at the time, the Pringles’ story had a
happier ending. Last year, five years after their ordeal began and thousands of pounds out of pocket, they finally received the news they had waited for. A Spanish judge ruled that their house should not be torn down and the demolition order should be thrown out of court. Judi told Channel 5: “I thought, we are safe. It was wonderful. It was like a great big cloud had been lifted off our shoulders.”
Raising the flag to celebrate Residents’ Day and European Day in Nerja PLAZA de los Cangrejos in Nerja hosted the Residents’ Day celebrations, together with the European Day festivity last Saturday (May 9). In a moving event, the municipal band performed the ‘Ode to Joy’ while the European flag was hoisted by Wolf Dietrich Graeber, Councillor for Foreign Residents back in 2002. The popular Europe Fountain, now relocated in Plaza de los Cangrejos, was built in the same year. Dietrich, together with Emma Hall, who replaced him as Foreign Residents Councillor, were honoured in the event.
HONOURED: Former and current councillors with Mayor Armijo. Mayor Jose Alberto Armijo thanked them, as well as current Councillor Inocencia Quintero, for the indispensable work they have carried out
with regards to integration. The mayor said Nerja’s foreign population was a staggering 30 per cent of the total, with citizens from 60 different
countries, and that it was a good day to reflect on integration policies and continue to work together to make Nerja a better town.
THE new Centre for Archaeological Artefacts Interpretation has been inaugurated in Torrox. The new facilities are located in the old Casa del Farero, found within the lighthouse premises, a few metres away from the river mouth and the Balcon Mirador del Mediterraneo. The project was funded by the Junta de Andalucia regional government together with the town council. Visitors to the centre will be able to enjoy a tour through the lighthouse’s history via graphics, pictures and other items, as well as the local archaeological site Caviclum, a roman village located underneath the building and its surroundings. A life-size replica of the Roman burial sites found in the surroundings is located in the museum, as well as reproductions of several artefacts. “This centre will allow all visitors to learn about the mark left by the Roman civilisation, and it is expected to become a tourism attraction to foster economy and employment in Torrox,” said Culture Councillor Juanma Cortes.
Drama at sea for Torrox Brit A BOAT belonging to an English resident of Torrox Costa had to be refloated after it ran aground at El Peñoncillo beach. The man, who was sailing the craft for the first time aboard, decided to drop anchor and reach the shore by dinghy. While spending the afternoon with relatives and friends, he saw a swell and attempted to return to the 12-metre-long boat, but was unsuccessful. He then alerted Salvamento Maritimo (Spanish sea search and rescue service) as well as Guardia Civil and Local Police. But the boat’s anchor broke and it was pushed into the El Faro cliffs. Fortunately, the craft ran aground at the Cala del Corral de las Vacas and Salvamento Maritimo recovered it.
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FIRE BRIGADE: Members of the Almuñecar fire station.
Local fire brigade is now better equipped NEW helmets and boots were purchased to replace old ones By Maria José Fernandez ALMUÑECAR’S Citizen Safety Department has spent €23,000 on improving the local Fire Brigade’s equipment.
“Apart from the investment for the construction of the town’s fire station, we thought it necessary to get better helmets and boots as the old ones failed safety requirements,” said head of the Citizen Safety Department, Juan Jose Ruiz Joya.
Being generous is an art form RESIDENTS of Motril who decide to adopt an abandoned pet from the municipal animal pound will receive a painting, a photograph or a sculpture of their new friend.
The initiative, launched by the council Health Department, local art school and art academy D’Arte, aims to promote pet adoption. All pieces of art will be created by the school and academy.
A COMPANY specialised in the reparation, maintenance and renting of private jets is currently holding talks with VelezMalaga Council to install new headquarters and a pilot school at the town’s industrial park.
Illegal work THE former mayor of Canillas de Aceituno, Jose Manuel Aranda, together with six councillors and ex-councillors will be tried on charges related to illegal building. Mr Aranda is facing a sentence of up to two years in prison.
Fake ID POLICE in Malaga City have confiscated smuggled cigarettes with a market value of almost €8,000 from a man carrying fake police ID. The man declared that he needed the money to live on.
Flamenco ALMUÑECAR’S Casa de la Cultura will host on Saturday (May 16) at 9.30pm a flamenco show featuring the renowned ‘Familia Tomatito.’ Tickets are €20 at the door and €18 from http://www.flam encopasion.es/.
The taxman is coming THE Tax Collection Department (PRP) of Malaga’s Provincial Council has a new office in Velez-Malaga to improve the service for taxpayers. This new branch, which cost €635,000, is twice as big as the former office and is expected to serve 100,000 residents across 15 Axarquia towns. The new office is located in Calle Mercader and is expected to become operational by the end of the year. Locals will be able to make payments such as vehicle tax, the Catastro, traffic fines or waste collection taxes in person or online at www.prpmalaga.es.
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THE construction and management of a new cemetery for Torrox have been awarded. The new facilities will be located next to the inner centre graveyard and the old football pitch.
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Modern art ARCHIDONA Council is hosting an exhibition entitled ‘Alter Egos’ by fine arts professor and artist Jorge Gil. It can be visited until June 10 .
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CALLE ANCHA in Motril will remain closed to traffic today (Thursday, May 14) and tomorrow (Friday, May 15), between Calle Camino de San Antonio and Calle Santisimo, due to paving works.
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EL TESORILLO BEACH: Site for proposed ‘Superior’ hotel.
Big tourism plans NEW Almuñecar four-star hotel will focus on the winter market By Maria Jose Fernandez A NEW, four-star hotel is to be built at the El Tesorillo beach in Almuñecar. The 70-room hotel will have the title ‘Superior’, which will allow the establishment to target tourists with medium-to-high spending power, expected to come from Northern European
€4m will be spent on the project
countries during the winter season. “The new hotel will represent an asset against tourism seasonality,” said
the mayor, Trinidad Herrera. The company in charge, Explotaciones Hoteleras Nazaries, will spend around €4 million on the project, which is expected to create between 55 and 60 new jobs and is planned to be completed in a period of two to three years.
THE Los Tiburones (Sharks) Motorcycle Club of Almuñecar will celebrate the most important annual motorbike gathering on the Costa Tropical on June 6 and 7. More than 500 participants are expected to attend the event, which will take place at the El Pozuelo club, next to the local beach of the same name. The news was announced by head of the club, Miguel Rodriguez, who was accompanied by Sports Councillor, Luis Aragon. He said the gathering had been rated as amongst the 10 most important in Spain. Awards will be given to riders in several categories such as the oldest rider, and the rider coming from the furthest city. The event can be visited for free although those who pay €10 will receive a goodie bag including a T-shirt and food. There will be live music and other activities.
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Learning to relax A TALK on relaxation techniques and positive thinking conducted by Sarah Bachaou will be hosted at Salobreña’s public library exhibition hall on Thursday (May 21) at 7pm.
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NERJA will hold a football tournament on Saturday (May 16) at 10am. Sports Councillor Gema Garcia invited all residents to participate as this is one of the town’s most important sports events of the year.
THE classic Italian scooters will be on display in Nerja’s Balcon de Europa By Maria Jose Fernandez IF you have a Vespa scooter then the Axarquia has the event for you. Owners of the famous Italian scooters are welcome to participate in the second Vespa Rally of Axarquia 2015, scheduled for June 14. Youth Councillor Sandra Jimena said the non-competitive race would start from the Paseo Maritimo of El Faro in Torre del Mar at 10.30am. Those interested in participating can
register on the same day at 9am. They will receive goodie bags, a commemorative tee-
shirt, a complimentary breakfast and their competitor number. The race will go through Torre del Mar, Velez-Malaga, Arenas, Archez, Competa, Torrox, with a stop in Torrox-Costa, followed by a visit to Nerja’s Barco de Chanquete.The finishing line is in Balcon de Europa where classic Vespas will be on show. There will be an award presentation event at the Torres de San Juan restaurant for the different categories.
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CHILDREN from VelezMalaga participated in the United Nation’s campaign ‘Save Kids Lives’, held between May 4 and 10, and aimed at teaching them about road hazards.
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Mountain race is quite a challenge VELEZ-MALAGA will host the ‘Buddha Challenge’ on May 31, a bicycle mountain race that is returning after four years of absence. Sports Councillor Jesus Lupiañez said the last challenge was held in 2011 with the participation of 1,320 cyclists. He added:“We are going to do our
best to draw as many participants as in 2011. We have been working hand in hand with the Velez-Malaga Cyclist Club for several years to bring back such an emblematic event.” Two routes have been established: the official one, which is more complex and covers a
distance of 72 kilometres, and an alternative, 56-kilometre race. The winner will receive €1,500, while the second and third runners-up will receive €750 and €500, both for male and female categories. The race will depart from 9.30am in Torre del Mar and head through Velez-Malaga,
Arenas, Benamocarra and La Viñuela, with a climb to the Karma Guen Stupa, which inspired the challenge’s name. Registration is €30 and can be made at http://xterraspain.es/ producto/inscripciondesafiodel-buda-by-xterra
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Fire in La Herradura mountains A FIRE in La Herradura has destroyed almost three hectares. The blaze started at around 3.30pm on Sunday (May 10) in the Los Corrales district, where a bonfire got out of control. The flames quickly spread to the west, in the north area of the San Nicolas residential complex. The light breeze, the dry nature of the land and high temperature made it possible for the flames to change direction, moving northeast and reaching the garden of an empty cottage. The fire brigade, Local Police and Guardia Civil counted on the help of the Civil Protection volunteer group of Almuñecar in controlling the blaze. At around 7pm the fire was finally put out and no one was hurt during the firefighting efforts.
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Getting rid of the pests THE summer season pest control campaign has already begun in several districts of Velez-Malaga. In Torre del Mar, Caleta de Velez, Benajarafe and Chilches, work is under way and other areas will be targeted by the end of May. Mayor of the Town Francisco Delgado Bonilla explained that the works will have a total cost of €14,650 and will be carried out by company Cash Axarquia SL.
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Pool project under way WORK starts on new indoor pool in Rincon de la Victoria
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Learning rescue skills THIRTY Almuñecar Civil Protection volunteers have attended courses on beach rescue techniques. Students were able to apply their newly-acquired knowledge at the indoor pool and San Cristobal beach.
By Maria Jose Fernandez WORK to construct the first public indoor pool in Rincon de la Victoria has begun. “It will be a top-class public facility which will give added value to our town and was a highly requested project by citizens,” said Mayor Francisco Salado, who explained that the new pool would be located in the area of Huerta Julian. The facilities are expected to be completed by the end of next year, providing a six-lane, 25metre long pool, spa, three indoor sports halls and a canteen.
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Don’t buy!
DIGGING IN: Work starts at the Huerta Julian site.
ARCHIDONA Council has launched a campaign to urge citizens to avoid buying from illegal street vendors.
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Try DIY SIXTY-FIVE DIY and hardware shops in Malaga Province will be taking part in the Dia de tu Casa (Day of your House) tomorrow, Friday 15, with exclusive discounts and DIY lessons to encourage people to give it a go.
Artistic students THE Cultural Centre of Nerja will host on May 22 at 8.30pm a new edition of the Empulpate Gala, where local secondary students will display their artistic performances. The prize is €600.
Women’s talk A TALK on women as leaders, empowerment and the use of social media to pursue equality will be held tomorrow (Friday, 15) at the Hotel Elba in Motril.
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efits and other kinds of state NATIONAL POLICE araid without having really rested six people accused of worked. document forgery and SoPolice reported that cial Security fraud eight people ilthrough a shell legally recompany. ceived payThe investiments of up to gations began when police number of people arrested €5,000 each. Amongst detected that for allegedly creating a ghost company the arrested the suspected are the business owner and shell company did not have the labour adviser who carany real commercial activiried out the false registraty. tions. Several employees had The investigation is still been registered on the Soopen and police are expectcial Security and were reing to make more arrests. ceiving unemployment ben-
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SPORTS PAVILION: Professionals from Spain and Portugal participated.
Self-defence for professionals FIFTY participants took part last weekend By Maria José Fernandez FIFTY security professionals from Spain and Portugal participated last weekend in an intensive self-defence course, carried out at Almuñecar’s sports pavilion. The event, organised by company Socudis
Integra with the collaboration of the town’s council, was taught by Dario Diaz Castro, authorised by the National Police General Department, amongst other trainers. Participants had the chance to improve their knowledge on self-defence with the aim of applying it in their daily work life.
Council saves money RINCON DE LA VICTORIA Council has renegotiated two loans in order to save a total of €1.2 million. Cajamar bank has agreed to lower the interest rate of the €2.5 million and €8.4 million loans from 3.5 per cent to 2.5 per cent and from 5.75 per cent to 3.75 per cent respectively, following a request from the council. Town mayor Francisco Salado explained that the money saved will be allocated for new social projects and employment programmes.
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Promoting our raisins THE industry that helped soften the crisis blow to agriculture THE Malaga Provincial Council is to launch a campaign to promote and foster the commercialisation of the Malaga raisin. The PSOE socialist party spokesperson Francisco Conejo, presented on Tuesday (May 12) a comprehensive series of measures that include working closely with all administration and private companies involved in the process to declare the fruit as Alimentary Intangible Patrimony of Humanity by UNESCO. Mr Conejo visited the Raisin Museum in Almachar together with other PSOE representatives from several Axarquia municipalities and took the chance to stress the importance of supporting the wine and raisin industry. “We now have the chance promote our local products through the brand ‘Sabor a Malaga’ (Malaga Flavour), through educational and informative campaigns as well as organising visits to production centres,” said Mr Conejo, who continued: “If citizens show their support by electing us on May 24, we will put all our efforts into declaring Axarquia raisins as intangible patrimony of humanity. “This fruit is one of the most important identity mark-
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MAYOR VISITS: The work will cost €100,000.
Civil Protection HQ renovations MALAGA RAISINS: Famous for their alimentary and cultural value.
87% the increase in value from 2005 to 2010 ers of the Axarquia Region for its gastronomy, cultural and even touristic value.” Amongst the actions planned to advertise Malaga raisins are the organisation of a gastronomy fair featuring them and provide financial aid
to the wine industry of the province: “We wish to create an annual fair to promote wines and raisins of our province and have planned to create the first Centre for Patrimonial Documentation of wine and raisins, to preserve our heritage,” continued Mr Conejo. He stressed that the importation of raisins to places such as Argentina has increased
significantly over the past few years and that the administration will aim at opening new markets as well as reinforcing the existing ones in England, Germany and Russia. “Consumption and demand of the fruit has increased by 18 per cent in quantity and 87 per cent in value from 2005 to 2010,” said the socialist spokesperson: “We have one of the highest quality, most natural raisins in the world.”
THE Motril Civil Protection force will see its facilities renovated for at a cost of €100,000. Mayor of Motril, Luisa Garcia Chamorro, together with the Security and Mobility councillor, Manuel Ballesteros and head of the Motril Fire Brigade, Floro Castro, announced the news during a visit to the facilities. “After several years taking up different municipal facilities, we deemed fit to transfer the use of a unit at the industrial plot of Las Algaidas, where they have enough space to keep their vehicles and equipment,” said the mayor. “Now
we would like to take it one step further and improve the headquarters.” Plans are to level the external area and fit it with gutters to solve flooding problems, as well as the improvement of the perimeter wall and the implementation of a fence. In addition, the car park area will be paved. Inside the facilities, the electric and lighting system will be replaced, the toilets completely renovated and the interior repainted, amongst other works. Ms Chamorro stressed the excellent work carried out selflessly by the 54 volunteers of Civil Protection.
Local family and businesses to benefit from help with IBI VELEZ-MALAGA Council will spend €4.3 million to help families and small businesses pay their IBI (property tax). Economy councillor, Manuel Gutierrez announced that the financial aid can be requested until June 8 and it is expected to benefit around 27,000 families and small businesses. Mr Gutierrez explained that those who are requesting to be helped with their IBI payments for the first time can do so at the Citizens’ Attention Office (OAC) in Velez-Malaga, as well as the town hall branches in the different districts. Finally, the councillor explained that each family or business will be able to benefit from a maximum amount of €3,000.
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COSTA DEL SOL
Alcazaba has to be closed for essential wall repairs photo by Cucombrelibre
FALLING stonework replaced on damaged section of wall
LA ALCAZABA: Is now in need of some TLC.
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By Linda Hall THE regional government stepped in quickly to stabilise the south wall of the Alcazaba. The Moorish citadel had to close temporarily owing to falling masonry at the end of last week. This is currently the only access to the Alcazaba now that restoration work on Meson Gitano has cut off the other entrance. Scaffolding was set up on the damaged section of wall which was covered with safety netting to protect the access ramp and the road skirting the hillside. Workmen began on Monday afternoon to replace the same pieces of fallen masonry whenever technically feasible. Where this is not possible, similar materials are being used and the dried-out mortaring replaced with more breathable material. If all goes according to plan, the work should be completed today, Thursday, the Junta’s Education, Culture and Sports department announced.
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Empty spaces ONE thousand and eighteen places for three-yearolds will remain empty at Malaga Province infant schools in the 2015-2016 academic year as just 17,647 applications have been received, the education board has reported.
Operators galore MORE than 50 tour operators from 18 different countries will be taking part in the 10th Euroal International Tourism Show workshop in Torremolinos from June 3-5.
Slapper sentenced
Fiesta programme
Injured child
Business boom
Roadworks ahead
JAVEA Town Hall has released the programme for the Fogueres de Sant Joan 2015, one of the biggest fiestas on the town’s calendar, held Saturday June 13 to Wednesday June 24.
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy sustained minor injuries to his foot last week after he was run over by a car in Avenida Alcudia (Inca). The boy reportedly dashed into the road unexpectedly.
INDUSTRIAL production in the Valencia Region has risen 8.3 per cent in March compared to the same month of 2014. This increase is the third largest in the country behind Asturias and La Rioja.
ONE lane of the AL-610 road will intermittently close for maintenance and repairs, the provincial traffic authority has announced. It reopens on June 9.
A CHEMIST from Ronda has been fined €180 and ordered to pay €450 in damages by a Malaga provincial court for slapping a customer twice during an argument about dogs.
Sport growth
More lemons
Tourist dead
Animal lessons
JAKOB RIEDER, the 79-year-old German tourist who went missing in the area of Cala Ratjada in Capdepera on Wednesday (May 6) was found dead in the sea a day after.
A GROUP of children in Elche raised awareness about animal care and public spaces as part of a project within the municipality that has seen hundreds of children learn about the responsibilities of owning dogs and cats.
FORTY per cent more El Ejido residents practise sport than four years ago. “Despite budget reductions and austerity we have provided municipal facilities for a growing number of people,” the town hall said.
LEMON production in the province of Malaga was up by an estimated 10 per cent, the Agriculture Board reported at the launch of a new website on lemons and grapefruit.
Thrifty mayor THE PP mayor of Ondara, Ximo Ferrando is re-using his election posters from 2011 in a bid to save €2,500 on printing for 2015 - part of his ‘spend less and do more’ policy.
Getting hotter
Found guilty
TEMPERATURES in the Valencia Region are expected to rise to more than 40 degrees before the weekend according to AEMET, although the heat will be tempered by a light breeze.
A 62-YEAR-OLD man in Alcudia has been sentenced to one year in prison for sexually abusing an 11year-old he had taken as a foster daughter during 2010 and 2011.
Ladder investment
Rural aid
THE Fire Department in Valencia has invested €1 million in a ladder that can be extended to reach 42m in height with a section that can be articulated to form a walkway.
THE Balearic Islands will receive a total of €2.6 million to be spent on rural development projects, paid for by the Spanish Central Government.
Fake dentist
Fire extinguished
A MAN who performed dental work on horses’ teeth without a formal veterinary qualification has been reported to the courts by the Valencian College of Veterinary Surgeons.
A FOREST fire was extinguished in the Camp Pla (Algaida) on Sunday (May 10). According to the Balearic Nature Institute (Ibanat) a hectare had been burnt down by the blaze.
Hotel buy-out FRENCH group B&B Hotels has acquired two three-star Holiday Inn Express hotels in Valencia and Alicante cities.
Legal concerns ELCHE Council has reiterated that “everything is legal” with the installation of the temporary market on Avenida de Valencia following several complaints.
Rail investment PLANS are in place to improve the Spanish commuter railway network in the Alicante to Murcia stretch with an investment of €87.2m.
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Lost and found FIFTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Angel Joaquin Ortega who disappeared from his Almeria City home, was found six days later in Abla. He seemed well, just ‘rather disorientated,’ sources said.
Walk and ride THE pedestrian and cycle lane connecting La Atalaya with the centre of Huercal-Overa is nearing completion. Work was carried out through the Diputacion’s agricultural development and employment programme (PFEA).
Hoist the flag ALMERIA CITY’S fishing boats are flying the yellow and black ‘I live from the sea’ flag. They, and other fleets, are protesting at the Administration’s treatment of the sector.
Extra flights NORWEGIAN Airlines has announced it will be expanding its MalagaCosta del Sol fleet this summer to include four aircraft providing a total of 170 flights per week to 18 destinations.
Poorly paid MALAGA’S College of Doctors has reported that doctors in Andalucia are the worst paid in Spain and joined trade unions Sindicato Medico, Comisiones Obreras and UGT to demand salary increases.
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More people NORWAY: THE population of Norway reached 5,165,800 on January 1 2015, with 9.9 per cent - or 512,000 - holding foreign citizenship, according to Statistics Norway.
Fishy exports NORWAY: Minister of Fisheries Elisabeth Aspaker has confirmed that more than 1.3 million tonnes of seafood are sent from Norway to the EU annually, equivalent to 170 fully loaded semi-trailers every day of the year.
Student rise NORWAY: A total of 272,000 students were enrolled in higher education in Norway or abroad for 2014/15, representing an increase of 3,400 students. Women accounted for the whole of this increase.
Best passport SWEDEN: The Swedish passport has been ranked best in the world, based on the number of countries Swedes can visit without a visa, sharing the top spot with the UK and Finland.
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Sneaky playground thieves CLIMBING FRAMES and ladders were used to break in. THIEVES have used playground Civilised boarders climbing frames and ladders to break into a private home in Heaton Mersey and steal £20,000 worth of valuables.
UK obesity THE World Health Organisation has warned that rising obesity will see 74 per cent of men and 64 per cent of women in the UK overweight by the year 2030.
Stunt compensation FIFTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD RAF Flight Sergeant Frans Bekker has been ordered to pay £4,000 in compensation to a woman whose back he broke when he jumped on her from an escalator handrail in Holborn station, London.
No idea ACCORDING to a recent survey more than half of the UK’s younger generation have no idea that VE Day marks the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe.
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Costly royal THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh’s April visit to Sheffield is estimated to have cost the local council £30,000, £8,088 of which was spent on barriers and highway closures. Another £5,113 was spent on meals and refreshments.
LEADING UK public school headmaster Sir Anthony Seldon has said that he believes state secondary schools should allow boarders to help create a ‘civilising’ atmosphere.
Left alone A MOTHER from Prescot, Liverpool is being held in custody after she allegedly abandoned her baby in a Southport amusement arcade toilet.
THE QUEEN: Visited Sheffield.
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Amsterdam changing its image ONCE known for sex and drugs, now wants to celebrate the arts.
Town struck BUTZOW was hit by a tornado that injured 31 people and destroyed buildings. Roofs were stripped of tiles with the cost estimated to run into millions of euros.
False twin A MAN was arrested in Darmstadt, Hesse, for pretending to be his twin after being questioned by traffic police.
RECORD sales of SUVs have helped BMW report booming first quarter profits. The company based in Frankfurt recorded a 21 per cent rise in operating profits.
GERMAN Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, at a conference in Berlin, stated that Greece was not demanding further debt relief. He refuted the IMF’s warning of further financial support.
Cocaine found
Warming up
DENMARK: The Danish government has proposed getting rid of the obligation for selected retailers to accept payment in cash, moving the country closer to a ‘cashless economy.’
THREE men and one woman have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of founding a far-right group and obtaining explosives.
No debt relief
SWEDEN: Of the 4.4 million tons of household waste Sweden produces each year, 2.2 million tons are converted into energy through an incineration process called waste-to-energy, or WTE.
No cash
Terror suspects arrested
BMW profits
Waste not
SWEDEN: Homes in Kiruna, Sweden’s coldest northern city, are to be warmed by surplus heat generated by its largest employer, the mining company LKAB.
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AMSTERDAM: Changing.
AMSTERDAM, once synonymous with sex and drugs is striving to change its image to be more celebrated for its art, theatre and music. The city is also seeking international recognition for its annual Holland festival.
Taxis deregulated TRANSPORT Minister Wilma Mansveld has announced deregulation of the Dutch taxi sector. The Uberpop private vehicle taxi service will still remain illegal.
DUTCH PRESS Van Gogh sold L’ALLÉE des Alyscamps, painted in Arles in 1888 by Vincent Van Gogh and said to be created in his most fertile period, has been sold for €60 million in New York.
Arson suspect caught A 20-YEAR-OLD man from The Hague was arrested in relation to an arson attack in Marthal, Rotterdam. CCTV images were used to identify and apprehend the suspect.
Lightning kills TWO people were killed in Amersfoort when lightning struck the city. They had sheltered under trees when the strike hit. Medics failed to resuscitate the victims.
BANANA boxes being delivered to Aldi were found to contain 386 kilograms of cocaine. The drugs were found in 14 stores around Berlin. No arrests have been made.
Call for aid MARKUS SOEDER has called on the German government to double its refugee aid effort, stating that the area required €2 billion to cope with the influx.
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Submarine fire Cordon Press
A SPARK was thought to have started the fire on board.
DRY DOCK: The fire was put out quickly. A FIRE on board submarine the Orel, in dry dock at Severodvinsk, was started by a spark from welding. There were no reported casualties and the fire was put out quickly.
New tank THE Armata tank made its debut at Russia’s biggest ever military parade in Moscow, marking the 70th anniversary of victory over Germany in WW2.
Vodka sales fall RUSSIA’S vodka sales are in decline by 12 per cent from last year. The government crackdown on drinking, political tension and the collapse of oil prices are blamed for the decrease.
Found guilty EX-DEFENCE Ministry official Yevgenia Vasilyeva has been found guilty of embezzlement charges. Prosecutors have asked for a suspended eight-year sentence.
Job losses RUSSIAN recruiters anticipate a second wave of redundancies before the summer, with as many as one in three employees in danger of losing their jobs or facing a cut in working hours or benefits.
due to limited deterrence value.
Crimea wine expansion
Mortgages rise
THE state-run Massandra winery in the Crimea is planning to expand for the first time in 20 years using private investment.
THE number of mortgages issued in Russia surged to more than one million last year despite the economic slowdown.
are retracing the route from Russia to Berlin that the Soviet Army took in WW2. President Putin is a friend of the club’s leader.
Riviera resort YALTA, on the Crimean coastline, has established itself as the Russian Riviera. It has 250 days of sunshine a year and is well known as a health spa.
Pentagon decision THE Pentagon has considered stopping routine intercepts of Russian aircraft off the Alaska coast
Costly settlement THE ex-wife of Russia’s wealthiest man, Vladimir Potanin, is suing for half of his business empire, which includes mining giant Norilsk Nickel and conglomerate Interros.
Frigate hold up A SENIOR Russian shipbuilding official has said that Russian military shipbuilding is being stalled by Ukraine’s refusal to deliver engine turbines to drive a new class of Russian naval frigates.
Russian bikers MOTORCYCLE club members The Night Wolves WINERY: Expanding.
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GDP rise assisted by labour reforms as economy exceeds expectations By Jason Bailey
The Spanish economy has exceeded expectations forecast by the Bank of Spain, which suggested a growth of 0.8
per cent for the first quarter. One of the reasons for the significant rise has been attributed to reforms Spain carried out in 2012 in the labour sector. Despite having the second highest unemployment rate in the Eurozone, there are still month on month reductions in the
One in five unemployed and 10 per cent of employees in Spain admit to having received ‘black’ cash in their salaries. General Director of Infojobs, Jaume Gurt Photo International Monetary Fund.
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Good sale INDITEX owner Amancio Ortega has sold a building in Berlin for €300 million to Banif, a subsidiary of Santander.
Repsol results RODRIGO RATO: Arrested over unexplained income.
Corruption crippling IT has long been felt Spanish public officials use their position to financially benefit themselves and their friends. After the temporary arrest of Rodrigo Rato, former PP finance minister and ex-head of the IMF, it seems that the practice is still alive. Despite being hailed as the economic architect of the Spanish boom in the early 2000s, Rato has been arrested by police investigating his unexplained income. Rato had already been investigated for the misuse of company credit
cards when he was chairman of Bankia, which under his control required a €22 billion rescue package in 2012. The combination of corrupt public administration and cronyism have been blamed for the slow, drawn-out recovery of Spain. A paper by Manuel Garcia-Santana from Université Libre de Bruxelles has highlighted ‘bad’ companies grew faster than good ones. It also noted productivity falls were greater when the government was involved with awarding business contracts.
OIL company Repsol has closed the first quarter with a profit of €761 million, a cut of 5.7 per cent over the same period of 2014.
Banks close LOW interest rates and falling margins are expected to force Spanish banks into further branch closures, pushing the industry back 35 years in terms of employment.
Illegal use ACCORDING to the latest survey by IPSOS, 47.6 per cent of tobacco used by consumers in Cadiz is illegal, prompting tax investigations at retail level.
Spain is tops for tourism SPAIN has taken top spot in a list of the most tourist-friendly countries in the world. According to the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report, Spain was the best when a variety of factors including business environment, cultural resources, business travel, air transport infrastructure and health and safety were
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taken into account. France, Germany and the USA made up the next three on the list with the UK coming in fifth. The country for tourists to avoid, according to the Forum, is Chad. That is thought to be the least tourism friendly country in the world.
numbers who are registering unemployed. The economic situation is not all good news though. Spain has been in deflation for 10 months and the fact the anti-austerity party Podemos is growing in support means the coming election may not provide a clear winner.
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Tax credits THE EU is investigating the legality of Spanish use of tax credits to inflate its banks’ capital. The EU competition commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has sent a letter to Spain, and other European countries, requesting information regarding deferred tax asset instruments. The purpose of deferred tax assets is to absorb the effect of credit losses on defaulted loans. A Spanish economy ministry spokesman stated that the use of the scheme cannot be considered state aid as it is available to any Spanish company regardless of its sector.
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Invest in summer with a good BBQ Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
THE sun is set to keep shining on Andalucia for the next few months and as we pack away the winter jumpers and cosy socks, it’s now time to set up the terrace or garden and take cooking outside. Whether it’s you personally, your other half, a son or a daughter that’s in charge of flipping sausages and making sure the steaks aren’t overcooked - an essential item this spring and summer is a good barbecue. The Flamenco inspired apron is obviously optional. But rather than throw money at the first shiny new gadget you see, it’s important to first research what barbecue is best for you and your friends or family. Prices for barbecues range from around €10 to more than €3,000, depending on the size, the number of features it boasts and the quality of its construction. But according to experts the price tag alone is not a guarantee of quality.
Fine threat EU authorities have recommended Spain be fined almost €19 million for manipulating economic statistics. It is the first time they have used their increased powers of oversight on national governments.
Confident sign IN a sign of strengthening market confidence Spain had negative interest rates on its medium-term debt, three years after the country came close to a bailout.
Election surge BARBECUE FUN: Before you buy, research what is best for you and your family. Top barbecue experts advise feeling the product and if one is considerably heavier than another it means it is made with better steel. Porcelain-coated charcoal barbecues are said to be good, as they tend to offer better resistance to heat and scratches and are harder wearing. It’s also apparently important to
have a lid for your barbecue so it can be used as an oven to cook your food. You do not have to spend a fortune or pay extra for a brand name, but don’t waste your money on disposable barbecues - these tend to heat far too quickly and can end up burning the meat you are cooking. And if you’re going to
spend good money on a nice cut of meat or a delicate fish then be sure not to put the product directly over flames, as this only blackens the outside of the food leaving the inside raw. The cooking of meat or fish should only be done when the flames have subsided and the charcoal has gone white.
UK investors saw share prices surge following the unexpected news the Conservative political party had won a clear parliamentary majority in the general election.
Output up SPANISH industrial production rose more than expected last month according to official data. The National Institue of Statistics said production rose 2.9 per cent in April compared to a 0.9 per cent rise in March.
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Fred was the best salesman ever Talking shop
Fred was the sweetest natured and most inoffensive man. No one had the heart to say no to him.
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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MOST people reject, even resent the suggestion that they would make a good salesperson. The reality is that everyone, whether they like it or not, is a salesperson. When as a small child you resorted to guile to get your own way, you were selling yourself. There was never a day in your life when you didn’t sell yourself, an idea, a suggestion. When you got into a scrape you tried the ‘gift of the gab’ to get you out of it. When you fell in love you sold yourself to the person you hoped would respond. Whenever you applied
SELLING: Everyone is a salesperson.
for a job you worked hard at selling yourself. Forget sales courses unless selling them is your line of business. Sure, I picked up helpful tips from helpful books, for which I am grateful. Some hints and guidance over time helped to increase my commissions. However, the truth is that you can make a salesman better but you cannot make a salesperson out of someone who is uncomfortable in a salesman’s job. Over the years I interviewed scores of job
applicants. These included the hard-bitten footin-the door stereotype salesmen. As their approach was confrontational they were never successful. To them selling was a matter of getting the better of a victim. I would rather wash sheets in a brothel. I have to confess, when I interviewed a prospective salesperson, I was clueless at predicting their success or lack of it. The most outstanding salesperson I had the good fortune to employ was no one’s idea of a salesman. How I groaned when Fred arrived at the interview. Fred was the sweetest natured and most inoffensive man I ever met. I imagine he had never killed a fly. I gave him a start simply because I didn’t have the heart to say no to him. Fred was by far the best salesman I ever had. You know why? No one else had the heart to say no to him either. What a winning strategy.
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Greece raids reserves at the IMF to meet its debt deadline By Steve Walsh SPAIN’S financial gurus watched closely as the Greek finance minister had to raid emergency reserves in its holding account at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in order to meet its €750 million payment deadline. On Monday, Yanis Varoufakis was in Brussels for talks with his Eurozone counterparts, where he told Euronews.com in an interview that the heavily-indebted country would come up with the cash. The outcome of this meeting is seen as hugely important to Spain as it could affect confidence in the euro and Eurozone economies. With Spain having posted better than expected growth, the last thing the financial
€750m was the amount Athens had to pay back
community in the country wants is more euro uncertainty. Encouragingly for Spain, Varoufakis said: “Our standard answer is that Greece will always meet its obligations to its creditors and obviously we are going to do this.”
Reportedly, Varoufakis managed to find €650 million towards the payment by tapping into Greece’s holding account with the IMF, according to an unnamed source within the Greek government. Greece could decide to hold a referendum on any possible agree-
ment with its creditors. Wolfgang Schauble, the German finance minister, hinted that Berlin would back such a move in an apparent shift in stance. “If the Greek government wants to have a referendum, then let it hold a referendum,” he said. “Maybe it would be the right step so that the Greek people could decide whether it is ready to accept what is necessary, or whether it wants something different,” Schauble added.
IN BRUSSELS: Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s Finance Minister.
Boost for expat investors in UK stocks and shares Spain approves anti-corruption package.
Fighting corruption THE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has welcomed a Spanish anti-corruption legislative package. The laws recently approved by the Spanish Parliament in order to fight corruption and promote both integrity and transparency in political activities and institutions were also aimed at democratic regeneration. The measures include two new laws regulating the financing of political parties and the conduct of senior officials in the Spanish public administration, as well as some adjustment in the penal code to better tackle these issues. The OECD has identified the fight against corruption as critical to restoring the trust of citizens in public institutions. It said it is encouraging the Spanish authorities to proceed to a prompt and effective implementation and enforcement of this ‘promising’ legislation.
BRITISH expatriates in Spain who invest in UK stocks and shares received a boost, when the British stock market surged. This followed the news that David Minister Prime Cameron’s Conservatives had unexpectedly gained an overall majority and won the general election, giving the party another five years in power. It has given expat investors a double gain as the pound remains strong against the euro at €1.39 to the pound at the time of going to press. As the election news hit the city, the blue-chip FTSE 100 Index rose 2.2 per cent to 7,038.96 points by 1.44pm GMT, almost reaching the record high of 7,122.74 points of last month. It headed for its biggest one-day percentage gain since early January. The FTSE 250 Mid-cap Index rose 2.7 per cent to set an
The election result has given expat investors a double gain as the pound remains strong against the euro all-time high as the election results came through and the Conservatives secured an overall majority, overturning poll predictions of a hung parliament. Many investors had backed the Conservatives over the opposition, centre-left Labour Party, which had promised tough regulation of industries such as banking, utilities, real estate and gambling, which could have hit the profits of companies in those sectors. Robert Parkes, director of equity strategy at HSBC Bank
said: “We are seeing a relief rally in some domestically focused names, with utilities, real estate, transport and banks having a pretty good day. But the political uncertainty isn’t going to go away. We have now got a referendum of Britain’s EU membership on the horizon.” The FTSE 100 Volatility Index fell 21.8 per cent to 12.98, the lowest since July.
Allianz eyes traditional lenders ALTERNATIVE lending may be on the rise in Spain, Germany, France, and the UK, but there is still a role for traditional lenders, according to Ronald Fuchs, head of real estate finance at German insurer Allianz. Allianz Real Estate views traditional lenders not as competition but as a platform for co-operation, Fuchs told PropertyEU.com at a debt finance investment briefing held at UBS in Frankfurt. “As a strategic concept, we see more in partnerships between insurance companies and lenders. This could take different forms including a horizontal division of the risk. There is competition from alternative lenders from the UK in the French and German market, but they are not a replacement for banks and they will not overtake them.” While the share of non-bank real estate lenders has risen strongly in the UK in the past two to three years, traditional lenders remain a force to contend with, Fuchs said. “We are interested in exploring whether there is a way of using both sources for the benefit of the client,” he explained. Allianz Real Estate has done little lending in Germany in the past 12 months, Fuchs reported. “That’s not because we don’t like it because of the fundamentals. We haven’t seen the right risk-return profile and have therefore decided to invest more in other European jurisdictions like Spain, Austria and the Netherlands. We have a global budget and that needs to be sustainable on a long-term basis. It doesn’t need to be fed by local business,” he added.
Hands gets treasury job PRIME MINISTER David Cameron has named Greg Hands as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, giving him a key role in the government’s reinvented push to cut expenditure and bring down the budget deficit. Hands, who was previously an aide to Finance Minister George Osborne, replaces Danny Alexander, whose Liberal Democrats party was a coalition partner in Cameron’s first government but is now in opposition after suffering big losses in the May 7 election.
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Labour’s campaign of clutter THE party lost because it completely underestimated the intelligence of the British public LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT YOU know the main reason the Labour party was routed in the election? Because, in their usual bitter arrogance, they completely underestimated the intelligence of the British public. Theirs was a campaign full of gimmicks, denials and downright lies. From the pink van and travelling dais, their ludicrous promises in stone, to the twittering insults and interview with the moronic Brand person, they endeavored to trick the voters into thinking their leftwing policies were the only way to save a society that actually didn’t need saving at all. By contrast, Cameron conducted an utterly dignified and straightforward campaign, which included, to my mind quite correctly, refusing to be sucked into a gimmicky debate, which would have resulted in him becoming the brunt of a bunch of wannabees placing him and his party in a firing line of negativity. In the end the results, despite the so-called polls (which need to be put under some severe scrutiny) finished
up exactly where they should have been. The party that has rescued the country from the chaos of left-wing management finished up the clear victors. The party, which got into power simply because it had picked up a few seats, was severely ousted, and a bunch of out of touch, incompetent throwbacks, were utterly humiliated and sent scuttling for cover, hopefully for generations to come. The only party I do feel was hard done by is UKIP, which, despite picking up millions of votes, only managed to obtain one seat. Perhaps the whole voting process should be looked at before the next election.
Despite the socalled polls...the party that has rescued the country from the chaos of left-wing management finished up the clear victors.
IN CONTROL: PM David Cameron is exactly where he should be.
I was also gratified to see the SNP pick up the Scottish vote, basically because there is also now stiff opposition in place should they endeavour to ride roughshod over any policies put forward by the Conservatives. Subsequently they are free to concentrate on purely Scottish agendas, practise their beloved independence and not constantly seek to recreate the Battle of Bannockburn in the Houses of the British Parliament. Mind how ye go! One other thing that did strike me about the ‘campaign of clutter’ presented by Labour was the utterly intentional silence and non participation of the unions. On the surface, that is. In reality, mark my words, with their usual devious agendas and underhanded methods, they were laying in wait, ready to raise their ugly heads and strike chaos among the British public with all the stealth of the snakes in the grass they undoubtedly are. Well tough titty! Let us all now look forward to a time of prosperity and good common sense for the next five years. Oh, by the way, Mr Cameron, what about the promises to expat voters? Need a few more million supporters next time? Keep the faith, Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com wwwleapylee.co.uk
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Never the trio shall meet Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
THE Partido Popular (PP) in Andalucia had a minor strop following PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez’s proviso on post-election agreements. Local and regional parties can cosy up to any political party to ensure a share of power after May 24, Sanchez said, with two exceptions: the PP and the Basque party, Bildu. The PP in Andalucia complained that this implied the party was as far beyond the socialist pale as Bildu. The PP is as far to the right of the PSOE as Bildu is its left. Never the twain or the trio - shall meet - so why should the PP have hurt feelings for being what it is?
Love in a mist MAY 24 and its results are all politicians care about, patently oblivious to the job they were elected for. Four parties want to have their electoral cake and eat it but it is doubtful that any party will claim outright victory.
It’s time to go BOTH Podemos and Ciudadanos insisted that Andalucia’s former regional presidents Manuel Chaves and Jose Antonio Griñan should leave politics if they are to facilitate the election of the their successor Susana Diaz. This has been called blackmail, a strong term for a reason-
able request. Probably neither man was responsible for misappropriating the ERE redundancy funds but they were where the buck stopped. They either knew what was going on and did nothing, or did nothing because they didn’t know about it. Whichever applies, both deserve to go.
BUCK STOPS: Manuel Chaves should leave politics, according to Podemos and Ciudadanos. That is why the PP and the PSOE didn’t immediately pooh-pooh the prospect of tworound elections. It would suit them to see a second heat whittled down to two contestants as they assume that a two-tier system will favour them, revealing how out of touch they are by assuming that either or both would make a second round.
They know they might be less loved than before, but fail to accept they are estranged from an electorate in no hurry to kiss and make up.
Hostage to fortune CIUDADANOS is tickling the fancy of voters committed neither to the Right nor the Left. The PP would happily pact with Cs in voting alliances come May 25 but party leader Albert Rivera is playing hard to get. No pacts until after the general elections in November, he announced, as he does not want Cs to become the hostage of any other party. Of course not. The beauty of this particular strategy is knowing that after the general elections the positions will be reversed and Cs could be the ones taking hostages.
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SPEED TRAPS: DGT publishes list of locations.
Speed traps listed AS part of a new series, we feature some common driving questions, the answers to which are kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers. IN a bid to reduce the number of speeding motorists on the roads and therefore subsequently reducing the number of speed related incidents, the DGT has published a list of mobile radar speed traps on the roads of Asturias and Castilla y Leon. That is a new departure for Spain. The DGT already publishes national information on the location of fixed speed cameras, information which is also available on some mobile devices such as GPS units, which are legal to own as the information has already been published. However, the law prohibits the use of de-
vices which advise drivers of mobile radar traps, so the fact that mobile speed traps in Asturias and Castilla y Leon has been published is pretty unique. The measure forms part of an overall plan of transparency to ensure drivers respect speed limits on the road. The information published for the two areas is for the month of May and it is expected that it will spread to other areas where speed checks are intensified. To see the locations of fixed cameras around the country, visit www.dgt.es/es/ el-trafico/control-de-velocidad/
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UK Civil Service pensions must be declared in 2016 I read your article about changes in the treatment of Civil Service pensions for this year’s ‘Renta’ (Spanish income tax) exercise. I telephoned the tax office in Valencia and was told that, unless I now had Spanish nationality, the change First, there is no change in the declaration of UK Civil Service pensions for the Spanish tax declaration you make in May and June. This declaration is for the tax year 2014 and the new treaty did not go into effect until January 1, 2015, so the changes will apply to next year’s for 2015. The main change is that all UK persons resident in Spain who receive UK Civil Service or other government pensions will from the next declaration have to declare the amount of these
would not apply. I read the official state bulletin which seems to confirm this but am still confused. She also emailed me a copy of the BOE, the official state bulletin, M C (Costa Blanca)
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pensions on their Spanish income tax form. These government pensions are not OAP pensions. They include Civil Service and municipal jobs as well. Until this year, these pensions ‘did not exist’ for the Spanish tax agency. The taxpayer will list his Civil Service pension along with any other income he has, such as his old-age pension, on his tax decla-
ration. Because Spain has a sliding scale of percentages on income, this total then draws tax at 21 per cent, or 25 per cent or 31 per cent, depending on the amount. The amount of the government pension is then deducted from the total income, but the remaining amount is taxed at the higher rate given by the sliding scale. So you are not taxed directly on the Civil Service income, but you wind up paying more anyway because of the higher percentage.
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If only I were a carpenter John Constable, but he could pretty much put his hand to anything creative. In my first year at secondary school, woodwork was part of the syllabus and with a father like mine, it was reasonable to assume I would have been able to master the craft fairly easily. No! In the first week of the new school year in September, we were given the task of making a simple teapot stand, but I was still planing and sanding that darn thing as we were preparing
Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
I AM building myself an outside bar ready for summer. That’s to say a good friend, whose grasp of all things practical is a billion times more evolved than mine, is building it for me. But fair dos, I am helping significantly with the construction process - I pass him screws; hold the step ladder steady; shout encouragement and drink mugs of coffee. It’s amazing how quickly things progress when there is close cooperation such as this. But I have to fess up and say that anything to do with DIY has always been as alien to me as a good melody is to Morrissey. The same goes for anything to do with computers. Just as I get to grips with one new supa dupa machine, it is made virtually obsolete by a suparer duparer piece of kit appearing on the market, and I have to get the sixyear-old from next door to explain it to me. It’s humiliating. It’s something I have never understood, because my dear old Dad was a whizz at all these things... well not computers of course; in his day it was quill and parchment, and an abacus.
I have to confess and say that anything to do with DIY has always been alien to me.
WOODWORK: It was reasonable to assume I could master the craft. But he would always be sawing and hammering and making useful things in wood in his little shed in the garden, or making scale models of Sunderland
flying boats or Spanish galleons, as well as knocking out the odd water colour painting to hang on the wall. He was no George Hepplewhite or
to break up for the Christmas holidays. The woodwork master was so exasperated with me, that he binned my pathetic and rapidly shrinking effort, and much to my shame and in front of my tittering pals, he knocked one up for me in 15 minutes flat. I duly presented the article to my parents as all my own work, not having the nerve to tell them that my class mates were already working on diningroom suites and ocean-going yachts. At least I am accomplished in the art that will put my bar to good use.
Collapsing into complete chaos FEW seem to have thought what will happen if the US is beaten as top dog in world markets. Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
THE European Union flounders and founders as a result of its anti-Russian stance. Distracted, few seem to give a thought as to what happens if the US is bested in its battle to remain top dog in world markets. European Union Foreign and Defence policies are as joined with Washington DC as are Siamese twins. As if such vulnerability isn’t enough there is a growing likelihood of America’s economy going into tailspin. When I first prophesied the dollar’s collapse there were guffaws. Only the short-sighted are laughing now. Many insiders no longer debate whether this will happen or not. The topic has moved on to when it will happen and what the con-
EU SANCTIONS: Pushed Russia into China’s arms. sequences will be. The US trade deficit in March exploded. Against expectations there was a teeth-grinding $41.7bn deficit; the worst result since 2008. Russia, forging alliance with China, knowing the tables are turning in its favour, accumulates gold, peacefully expands its economy, forms staggering
trade alliances, whilst watching how the US gets out of this one. EU sanctions pushed Russia into China’s arms. Idiots. Mainstream media, quick to gloat when the rouble sinks, is quiet now it has bounced back. Russia has the economic cushion, the gold reserves, its BRICS trade base, the self sufficiency to come out tops. Rus-
sia’s $600bn debt is 33 times smaller than that of the US and 23 times smaller than the EU. Americans are out of money. Its cities are in a state of social disintegration. Today, we are fast approaching the uncomfortable consequences of Western economies. This is where the peoples of the European Union’s 28 nations
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ELECTIONS: Coming near.
Watch the road instead of me! WITH the UK general elections done and dusted, don’t put your pen away yet. The Spanish election campaigns are just getting into top gear. For the registered voters here in Spain, now is the time all your local politicians come out of the woodwork and plaster their posters and banners throughout your streets. They will be telling you how they have improved life in the town with incentives such as the local highways and byways, and by increasing safety and road conditions. In a last-ditch attempt to gain your vote by promising you the world, the brightly coloured banners and publicity posters will be littering lampposts, and lighting up litter bins on all major roads. So, while you are driving around your town admiring all the different smiling political faces beaming down at you, it might escape your notice you are actually paying more attention to them, than watching the safe new distraction free road you are just about to have an accident on. If we are not to become ‘Just another statistic’ in the politicians’ campaigns against road accidents, it would be best to ignore the politicians watching you, and watch the road instead.
awaken to the fact the United States is the European Union. EU banks are so enmeshed with Wall Street their survival in such a scenario is highly unlikely. Should the US dollar collapse these nations will discover they are orphans. Their economies in tatters and trade with Russia dismantled. Defenceless and without a coherent foreign policy, the European Bloc will splinter fast. There is already a breaking of ranks. Iceland has disconnected and has an independent banking system. Finland has Option B ready in the event of the Euro collapse. Nations like Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and others are already giving the finger to Brussels and cutting deals with Russia. Now we Spain looks to Latin America want to for survival. Expect an ‘every hear your news. man to himself’ scramble to reach the reception desk YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE at the Russian orphanage. - YOUR OPINION Pragmatism suggests they www.euroweeklynews.com have little choice.
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Is Spain or the UK best place to be a mum? SPAIN has been ranked as seventh place on being the best country to be a mother. As for the best place to be a mother, that was Norway. However, the UK came in at 24th. Do you think Spain is better than the UK to be a mother? WE asked Berni Campbell, an IBEX Manager from Albox who said, “Spain has a lot going for it as far as family, I had my children here and everything was absolutely fine. I think children are more advanced here, but the teaching of practical things like experi-
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ments could be more visual rather than just been read out of a book. “There is not a lot that I can fault really, we have a 24-hour call out medical centre in my village which is good. I can compare Spain to the UK as I have friends back there with children, and I think here is better in lots of ways.” Jessica Shanley, from Spectrum FM and Europa Digital in Almeria added, “I think there is less peer pressure here, for those of us that live out of the rat race areas of
Maisie Shanley (left) Jessica Shanley (centre) Hollie Shanley (right). Spain. My children have had good schooling and done well here, but they don’t know UK schools anyway. “As far as other things are concerned, I cannot fault the hospitals, they are clean, efficient, and with the amount of accidents children have at a young age, the care is fantastic, for my family anyway. After living here for 15 years and being a mum here I am pleased with everything.”
However, Anna Asborg of Sky Clinic in Alfaz del Pi said, “I doubt it. I have been a mother in Spain myself and it was so difficult due to the schedule kept by schools and businesses that allow an afternoon break. “It made childcare almost impossible. So I think UK is better. However, this could improve if businesses and schools in Spain adopt a continuous working day.” Then again, Susan Worthington of the Spectrum IFA Group, said that International Schooling opens up more doors. “The quality of life here is better and I believe it is safer in a lot of ways more than the UK. My grandson was born in France but is now here in Spain, as we all prefer to live here. “I have Anna been here Asborg for 21 years of Sky and so all Clinic. the children
have been to the International schools which I think opens up lots more doors to them. The education system has been good for my family. I have no complaints either about the hospitals or medical care but fortunately none of us has suffered much illness but I am happy to be a mum in Spain definitely.”
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Benidorm goes after Unesco and teenagers now prefer using emojis! Nora Johnson
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TWO bits of news, one maybe more surprising than the other. Benidorm is applying for Unesco world heritage status! This would place the resort alongside sites such as the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza. Now, Benidorm’s a far more interesting place than it’s given credit for. Formerly a fishing village, it was a pioneer of high-rise holidays near the sea primarily aimed at the residents of major Spanish cities, though naturally it attracts a wide range of other nationalities too. It’s got great promenades, sandy beaches and good restaurants in the old town. This isn’t the first time Benidorm’s been portrayed as a
BENIDORM: A vibrant holiday destination for many. world heritage site. In 2008, a French professor championed the high-rise resort as the ‘Dubai of Europe’. Benidorm is undoubtedly a successful example of one kind of mass tourism. Does this make it a heritage site? I’m not convinced.
World heritage status would place the resort alongside sites such as the Great Wall of China.
And the other less surprising news? That teenagers, being teenagers, are replacing old forms of ‘text speak’ for emojis (cartoon-like pictures illustrating electronic messages) and new code words. Fleek (looking good) is popular as is FO-
MO (fear of missing out) and Bae (a romantic term of endearment). And my response? TGUOD (they’ll grow up one day!). This, then, together with the proposal to allow students to use Google in exams! Since kids are already geniuses at Googling things, the temptation must now be: why bother to learn anything at all? Some claim that the skin-deep, fly-leaf skimming nature of the internet is already a major problem. The speed of news development via social networks means we know more, learn little and remember even less. We live now in such a very easy environment in which to tell a lie and then move on - a trick mastered by recent political spin doctors. And Plato complained that writing would destroy memory! Or was that Archimedes? I can’t remember … Nora Johnson’s thrillers Landscape of Lies, Retribution, Soul Stealer, The De Clerambault Code (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon. Profits to Cudeca.
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A scam to be aware of, but insurance no help at all… I WAS very interested to read the article ‘Avoid being a victim of fraud’, written by Jane Plunkett (Issue 1554). It is exactly what happened to me early in January, when a letter arrived from what purported to be the electricity company saying ‘technicians’ would be visiting. Once in the home, one distracted me and the other stole valuables, in what was an elaborate scam. I am an elderly person and what they took were items precious to me. I would hope other victims would find their insurance company treating them fairly. I have been with my insurance company for a number of years and my cover included robbery, but I was refused a claim as they said it was robbery without violence. So it would seem unless I was willing to be assaulted, I had no claim. I would like to point out I am 89 years old, 4ft 10in tall. So you can imagine what chance I would stand. JS, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Shocking bills HAVE any of your readers ever been billed by Iberdrola electricity company for a meter that was not installed on their property; in other words, someone else’s meter? Iberdrola started billing me for a meter that they allege was installed on the outside of my property in Oliva on June 25, 2014, but no new meter has ever been installed. The original meter is inside and is still working as it should. I am currently unable to return to Spain because of ongoing health problems and despite dozens of emails and telephone calls to Iberdrola they are still taking hundreds of euros from my bank account and seemingly fobbing me off. It would be an extremely simple matter for an Iberdrola employee to visit the exterior of my property (a small townhouse with a frontage of approximately four metres wide) and see for themselves that there is
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The smell was even more vibrant than the vision! This stall in a Granada market made a colourful display. John Walsh, Torrevieja (Alicante)
no meter installed outside and at the same time see exactly whose property the allegedly installed meter is connected to. Then perhaps they could give me a refund of the money that they are stealing from me. Kevin Curzon (via www.euroweeklynews.com)
The wrong sex MY son, who is 22, has lived in Benidorm for four years. For three of those he has worked in three bars; one cash in hand and the last two on contract - or so he thought. When he tried to get the unemployment money to help him during the winter it turned out his contracts were not worth the paper they were written on! To make things worse my son, who speaks Spanish and English, has been looking for work as a waiter, but in spite of emails to 80 bars he has had no luck. Despite having references and good word of mouth reports, and also doing unpaid free work for a well-known Spanish theme park, he has not heard a thing back from anyone.
What is going on in Benidorm now is that bars only seem to want women staff, which is discrimination. When you go inside with your CV they say: “Sorry we want a girl/woman.” This has happened with at least 25 bars which are English, as well as Spanish bars, and it should not be allowed. There are not many 22-year-olds who want to work nowadays but how many knock-backs can you keep getting because you’re not a woman? Paul, Benidorm (Alicante)
I don’t believe it! I CANNOT believe that a report published last week in a Costa del Sol newspaper (EWN all editions Issue 1557) didn’t cause an absolute furore of public indignation. Poor old Leapy bleating on about a war that finished 70 years ago, as though the current population of Germany are all personally responsible. If we want to revisit history how about the Irish Famine? (Grain continued to be exported while one million men, women and children starved); the Boer War? (Who in-
vented concentration camps?); the Aboriginal genocide in Australia?; the slave trade? Fire bombing Dresden? (25,000 civilian deaths in two nights). Oh dear! We did all those but never mind, the Germans were much worse. We should always remember. My own father came out at Dunkirk and was later evacuated from Burma with bits of Japanese mortar shrapnel in his chest. The purpose of remembrance is to avoid the same mistakes again, although I’m not sure we can rely on the current bunch of career politicians to do that. Respect the two-minute silence, honour the fallen, but get over the blame game. Peter Thompson, Torrox (Malaga)
Disgraceful article I’VE just read Leapy Lee’s disgraceful article. How dare he be so opinionated on a subject he knows nothing about! Were you actually there? Did you actually live through the times of torture and fear bestowed upon the
German nation by the Nazi party? I think not. Laying the blame on the entire German nation and demanding that generations later they still ought to apologise for the actions of a crazy demented few and continue to feel guilty is outrageous. Perhaps Leapy would like to personally shoulder the blame for the invention of concentration camps by the British in Nova Scotia back in the 1700s? Or the occupation of India, or more recently the invasion of Iraq? No? How strange. Keep your deluded thoughts to yourself. How you can be given column inches in this publication is beyond understanding. Mrs M Fullerton (by email)
No UK vote I HAVE lived with my wife in Southern Spain for 21 years. We have residencia and are on the padron. We received our voting cards to vote in the May 24 elections in our local town of Fuengirola. Yet despite still paying UK taxes, my wife and I were not allowed to vote in the UK election as we have lived overseas for more than 15 years. Roy and Christine Hayhurst, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Titter ye not REGARDING previous correspondence on giving children inappropriate names, you would have thought that with the surname Mycock the parents of a school friend of mine would have considered calling her Patricia a very bad mistake!! Alan Lowe (By email)
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in history 1536: Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn is beheaded on Tower Green in London at the age of 35. 1568: Mary, Queen of Scots, defeated by the Protestants, escapes to England where she is imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth. 1730: After Lord Townshend resigns from the English cabinet, Robert Walpole becomes the sole minister. 1770: Marie Antoinette marries the future King Louis XVI of France. Long after her death, she remains a major historical figure and a cultural icon. 1796: The first successful smallpox vaccination is administered by English physician Edward Jenner. His work is said to have saved more lives than the work of any other human. 1804: Napoleon Bonaparte who was born on the island of Corsica, becomes the Emperor of France. He won the large majority of his many battles before being defeated in 1815. 1874: Levi Strauss begins the marketing of blue jeans with copper rivets. 1920: Joan of Arc, executed at the age of 19 in 1431, is finally canonized by the Pope. She had been declared an innocent martyr 25 years after her death. 1928: The first Academy Awards (Oscars) are held in Hollywood. 1932: Amelia Earhart lands near Londonderry in Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. 1940: In the second World War, Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium and begins the invasion of France. 1980: The volcano Mount Saint Helens in Washington, after rumbling for two months, erupts three times in 24 hours. 1991: Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison in South Africa for taking part in the kidnapping and beating of three black youths and the death of a fourth.
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The Theory of Everything Directed by James Marsh and starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis and Emily Watson. Run time: 123 minutes The story of one of the greatest geniuses of our time, Steven Hawking, and his wife Jane Wilde, from their meeting at Cambridge University, and through his diagnosis with motor neuron disease at the age of 21 when he was given just two years to live. Eddie Redmayne picked up the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Hawking.
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Dad: “Can I see your report card, son?” Son: “I don’t have it.” Dad: “Why?” Son: “I gave it to my friend. He wanted to scare his parents.”
Unscramble the name of a bird of prey (two words): REPLACE ON FINGER
A kid asks his dad, 2What’s a man?” The dad says, “A man is someone who is responsible and cares for their family.” The kid says, “I hope one day I can be a man just like mum!”
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15 May, Andy Murray, Tennis Player, 28 Scottish born, Andy is a professional tennis chamion ranked World No 3 and is Britain’s No 1 player. He has won many titles including the Wimbledon Championship in 2013, the first British man to do so since Fred Perry, 77 years before. He recently married his long term girlfriend, Kim Novak. 16 May, Pierce Brosnan, Movie Actor, 62 He began his career on TV in the Pho to: I MD series Remington Steele and B also starred in Mamma Mia. He went on to star in the James Bond films, making four in total, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day. He was replaced by Daniel Craig. 17 May, Sugar Ray Leonard, Boxer, 59 An Olympic champion boxer and dominant prizefighter in the 1980s. He won 173 out of his 200 professional fights, and the first boxer to earn more than $100 million. He was voted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1997. 18 May, Rick Wakeman, Rock Singer, 66 Keyboard player known for his many stints with the progressive rock band Yes. He was featured on songs with Cat Stevens, Ozzy Osbourne, and David Bowie. 19 May, Pete Townshend, Guitarist, 70 He was lead guitarist of The Who and they released many hits such as My Generation. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. He received his first guitar as a present in 1956.
10-Star Quiz BIRDS OF A FEATHER 1. Following the Great Fire of London (1666), which English architect was responsible for the design of the new St Paul’s Cathedral (1675–1711) and many of the city’s churches? 2. What is the name of the protagonist of the novels The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris, played by Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore in the film adaptations? 3. What was the name of the ‘busker’ who achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs Rosie and Blue Eyes? 4. What was the title of the British ‘magazine format’ children’s television programme shown on ITV from July 1968 to June 1980, which was intended to compete with the BBC’s Blue Peter? 5. Which American comedian was the host of NBC’s The Tonight Show from 1992 to 2009? 6. Which Anglo-Irish writer’s best known work was Gulliver’s Travels (1726), a satire on human society in the form of a fantastic tale of travels in imaginary lands? 7. Which British actress played nurse Tina Seabrook in Casualty (1997 to 2000) and DS Mel Silver in Waking the Dead (2000 to 2004)? 8. Which British-born Australian actor is best remembered for his role as ‘crazed’ television anchor-man Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor? 9. Which Liverpool-born player won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White 18-11 in the final? 10. Which major business district located in London’s Tower Hamlets, is one of the UK’s two main financial centres and contains many of the Europe’s tallest buildings, including the second-tallest in Great Britain, One Canada Square? 1. Sir Christopher WREN, 2. Clarice M STARLING, 3. Don PARTRIDGE, 4. MAGPIE, 5. JAY Leno, 6. Jonathan SWIFT, 7. Claire GOOSE, 8. Peter FINCH, 9. John PARROT, 10. CANARY Wharf
One of the most accomplished Spanish goalkeepers in history, known for his long stints with Real Madrid and Spain’s national team; helped lead the Spanish national team to its first ever World Cup Championship in 2010. 14 May, Olly Murs, Pop Singer, 31 Pop singer who finished second on The X Factor in 2009 and released the No. 1 single, Please Don’t Let Me Go the following year. He went on to present The Xtra Factor with Caroline Flack.
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YOUR STARS GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone very special could come into your life. You must, however, be at the ball to meet the prince. This opportunity for happiness is not going to jump up and bite you. A phone call could be the start of it all. Accept invitations and get out and about. Be aware of what is going on so that you can be in the right place at the right time. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) What is the reason that you are being held back? Are you sure that you are, in reality, being held back at all? These are not trick questions. Being honest with your answers this week will lift a cloud from your horizon. LEO (July 24 - August 23) With high energy you are seeking to get as much done as possible in a small amount of time. Rather than go at it ‘hammer and tongs’, it could be easier. Let someone help you out. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) You are freer than you imagine. Your imagination is letting you down a bit at the moment. Not for some time have opportunities been throwing themselves at you like this. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Give others the benefit of the doubt and your infinite patience this week. Situations will change from minute to minute. It would be a waste of energy to take anything at face value.
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Wanting to put things right with someone close is a good instinct to have. It would certainly give you peace of mind. Indeed, this should be a quiet and peaceful week and one that is long overdue. Being successful in business is only one part of success. The light is dawning that what you have always wanted has changed.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Although you are only too aware that you are capable of great good when you put your mind to it, it would be wise to bide your time this week. You may not realise that you are expending too much energy until your weary head hits the pillow. Be kind to your body. Some things that are taken for granted should not be so. This can lead to neglect. In neither home nor business is this recommended. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) It may seem that everyone wants your attention at the moment. There are times when you would like nothing more than to go away and clear your mind. This is not only possible but essential. You need some quiet moments. Even a day away can renew your spirits and energy. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) So strong have been the practical considerations of late that you have been in a
bad position. You need to live more for the ‘now’ and less for the ‘tomorrow’. Of course, life should be a mixture of both but sometimes it all gets a bit jumbled. Getting a few hours peace and quiet on your own may be all that you need. Getting enough sleep is also important in this situation. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Putting all of your eggs in one basket is rarely to be advised. It should particularly be avoided this week. For the sake of speed and ease it will be tempting to take short cuts and make decisions that are bland. These will, of their nature, not be of the ‘good’ or ‘great’ categories. You are capable of better. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) How you feel about someone will change dramatically during the week. This will surprise you. Thinking about it logically, though, you have been missing the point for some time. Someone who you always thought of as a friend turns out to be much more. How you deal with this is very much an individual thing. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) With your engine revving and the road ahead clear, a sense of great freedom is with you. There are those for whom this week is a chance to really make headway. For some, though, it is an irksome task. The difference is that some of you are taking a negative attitude. Make sure that yours is positive and you will have a chance to make real progress.
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case B) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
TARGET: Average: 18 Good: 23 Very good: 34 Excellent: 41
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION arvo aver derv deva dove even ever nave neve nova oven over rave rove vane veer vend vent vert veto vote avert drove evade event evert nerve never novae ovate overt raved raven reave revet roved trave trove vaned verde voted voter advent advert devote evader nerved tavern vender vendor vented venter vetoed vetoer averted overate overeat ravened verdant veteran endeavor renovate RENOVATED
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Cryptic Across 1 Transaction includes black fur (5) 3 Temporary job for a thespian (6) 6 Sees it relates to (7) 8 One diamond and a heart, love, it’s a rocky state! (5) 10 Jewellery contains some sheep (3) 11 Tessie O’Shea, the Welsh entertainer, reveals cover (7) 12 Well-known for being given food to swallow before noon (5) 13 Be contemptuous of sulphur put on cereal (5) 18 Upset when it’s in an entrance (7) 20 He is a Turkish commander whichever way you look at it (3) 21 Trunk or tangled roots (5) 22 Nuclear submarine I’d put in river (7) 23 They are cold-blooded and calculating! (6) 24 Bleat about the board (5)
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Across: 7 Career, 8 Onager, 9 Bali, 10 Prepared, 11 Aspired, 13 Began, 15 James, 17 Feasted, 20 Steerage, 21 Scab, 23 Reside, 24 Stereo. Down: 1 Saga, 2 Gemini, 3 Dripped, 4 Boxer, 5 Madame, 6 Serenade, 12 Startled, 14 Release, 16 Eyelid, 18 System, 19 Jaded, 22 Amen.
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4 String trio start on Burgundy perhaps (5) 5 Arrive Thursday for the space traveller (5) 7 Terrible danger that is right for a soldier (9) 9 Substitute a fantastic real tent (9)
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14 An uproar after half a dance by an old Roman racer (7) 15 Hates wrong speed (5) 16 Matches one in underwear (6) 17 Broken tablet for engagement (6) 19 An opening, so it’s said, for love (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents Y and 24 represents M, so fill in Y every time the figure 11 appears and M every time the figure 24 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.
Across 1 Religious orders (5) 4 Glass vessel (6) 9 Alluring beauty (7) 10 White heron (5) 11 Simple (4) 12 More unpleasant (7) 13/18 Circus tent (3,3) 14 Thought (4) 16 Border (4) 18 See 13 20 Shorten (7) 21 Completely unclothed (4) 24 Relating to birds (5) 25 Surprise suddenly (7) 26 Indicator (6) 27 Agreement details (5)
Down 1 Small seal (6) 2 State of extreme disorder (5) 3 Footwear (4) 5 Pass beyond limits (8) 6 Revolving (7) 7 Complete (6) 8 Not correct (5) 13 Large and brightly coloured neckerchief (8) 15 Special loved one (7) 17 Annoy continually or chronically (6) 18 Mock or make fun of playfully (5) 19 Alcove (6) 22 Theatrical performer (5) 23 Lure (4)
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across: 1 Underpants, 7 Octopus, 8 Staid, 10 Earwig, 11 Thanks, 13 Cravat, 15 Sparse, 16 Amazed, 17 Fitter, 20 Samba, 22 Precise, 23 Advertised. Down: 1 Utter, 2 Duplicate, 3 Rose, 4 Ass, 5 Trainer, 6 Lower class, 9 Dishearten, 12 Happiness, 14 Alarmed, 18 Tried, 19 Spot, 21 Ate.
ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Peace, 3 Estar, 6 Arma, 7 Atraco, 9 Breakfast, 12 Aunque, 13 Nada, 14 Acera, 15 Nieta. Down: 1 Pray, 2 Almirante, 3 Estufa, 4 Translate, 5 Roof, 8 Basura, 10 Raza, 11 Papa.
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Across 1 Chándal (9) 8 Spider (5) 9 Grano (de cereales) (5) 11 Wool (4) 12 House (4) 14 Cat (domestic) (4) 16 Lago (4) 19 Temprano (5) 21 Smooth (skin) (5) 22 Direcciones (9)
Down 2 Carreteras (5) 3 Carbón (4) 4 Señal (de aviso) (4) 5 Departure (3) 6 Relojes (de pulsera) (7) 7 To shrink (7) 10 Trapo (3) 13 Todo (en su totalidad) (3) 15 Despierto (no dormido) (5) 17 Yesterday (4) 18 Those (4) 20 Rojo (color) (3)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION rite rice reel reels recite recant trice trite tree teeter tire tier titan teen teens teeny eels leer sleet beer beet beta been bent bevy bins cite cater cant cane canny canon tennis tenon tacit tans entire entice enter enact envy ibis isle islet inti inter innate inns acer acne antic ante anon noon noons none nosy veer vein veins vent vine miss mien miens mint mine maven mays once sneer sonny soon amiss
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Some friendly caring dog sitters By Lamia Walker of HouseSitMatch IT can be a real bind finding someone suitable to care for older pets. Miles and Mayhew are no exception, they are the much loved Cocker Spaniels belonging to Anne and Danny who came over to live in Spain when they retired five years ago. Now the dogs are rather frail and in need of considerate companions when Anne and Danny travel. Miles who suffers from rheumatism in the back legs will need occasional medication and a watchful eye to make sure he is managing the stairs to the garden. Mayhew is a little hard of hearing and can be a little distressed for a day or so when things change in the home. But eventually they
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THESE 10 commandments for pet owners contain many truths. It is well worth reading. 1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be very painful. 2. Give me time to understand what you want from me. Do not break my spirit with your temper, though I will always forgive you. Your patience and understanding will teach me more quickly those things you want me to learn. 3. Have me spayed or neutered. 4. Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for your kindness than mine. Don’t be angry with me for long, and don’t lock me up as punishment. After all, you have your job, your friends, your entertainment. I have only you. 5. Speak to me often. Even if I don’t understand all your words, I understand your voice when it’s speaking to me.
TALK TO ME: I understand your voice when it’s speaking to me.
6. Please take me inside when it’s cold and wet. I’m a domestic animal and am no longer accustomed to the bitter elements. I ask for little more than your gentle hands petting me. Keep my bowl filled with clean water; I cannot tell you when I’m thirsty. Feed me good food so that I may stay well, to romp and play and do your bidding, to be by your side, and stand ready, willing and able to share with you my life. 7. Don’t hit me. Remember, I have teeth that could easily crush the bones in your
How your beloved dog could give you a killer disease READ on and you may never let your pet lick your face again By Steve Walsh THEY are mankind’s loyal companions. But according to a new study, dogs could be a serious risk to our lives. Vets have warned that many people are overlooking the potentially deadly diseases we could catch from our pets. Tuberculosis, if dogs come into contact with an infected cow, (for instance) they can develop tuberculosis and pass it on to you.
Roundworms on the other hand, if contaminated with roundworm eggs, can grow up to 14 inches long in canine guts. Once inside the human body, they can cause serious internal damage and even blindness. Roundworm look like cooked spaghetti. ‘You know if your dog has them because they will be vomiting or you will see the worms.’ Tapeworms are just plain revolting. Some varieties grow
30ft long inside your intestines and live for 20 years. In people, the tapeworm causes
cysts on the liver, lungs or brain. So don’t let your dog lick your face.
DOG LICKS: Could be a serious risk to our health.
hand, but I choose not to bite you. 8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. 9. Take care of me when I get old. You will grow old too. 10. When I am very old, when I no longer enjoy good health, please do not make heroic efforts to keep me going. I am not having fun. Just see to it that my trusting life is taken gently. And be with me on that difficult journey when it is time to say goodbye.
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Kim makes mental health documentary KIM KARDASHIAN has produced a new documentary about social media and mental health, called #RedFlag. It aired this week on TV channel HLN, part of the CNN network, to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Month and looks at how social media can help young people experiencing problems. On a facebook chat to launch the project, Kardashian said: “I was interested in bringing awareness to the issue when I recently had a friend that was going through the similar situation… lashing out on social media.” She believes that, while experts say social networks can play a part in exacerbating mental illness, they can be powerful tools in identifying problems. Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
KIM: Launched project on Facebook.
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THE end of chemo has strangely been a bit of an anti-climax check a patient’s response to treatment, or determine whether cancer has returned. I imagine that as I still have radiotherapy to go, the jury is out.
Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving
It is so good to know, now that I have finally come out the other side of my chemotherapy, that I won’t be going back next Wednesday. I am just starting to feel better. No more white tongue, achy muscles or insatiable thirst. I am left however with very dry skin and puffy eyes. I collected my blood analysis from my doctor and noticed the ‘neomarcadores’ or tumour markers were higher than they should be. As all this is new to me, I shall await the verdict of my oncologist before reading too much into it. Tumour markers are used to help diagnose cancer, predict a patient’s response to certain cancer therapies,
Once I meet with my oncologist and we look at the scan results in conjunction with the blood tests, we should have a clearer picture of what type of oral hormone treatment I should receive.
One concerning thing was the type of CAT scan that my oncologist sent me for, just a simple scan of my torso and without any contrast. A close
friend of mine who is an oncologist in the private sector was pretty outraged by this and is trying to intervene to change the scan to one with contrast to better highlight any areas of concern and of my abdomen as well as the torso. We shall see what happens. May 20 is the day I sit down with my oncologist and look at the scan results in conjunction with the blood tests. I suppose we should have a clearer picture of how I have responded to chemo and what type of oral hormone treatment they will decide to give me. As I have said in my previous blog, I am playing a waiting game at the moment. I still do not have a date to start my radiotherapy. So on that note I won’t write any more because I sincerely don’t have much else to report. The end of chemo has strangely been a bit of an anti-climax for me so I prefer to catch up with you next week when, hopefully, I will feel a little more cheerful.
Make a list to eat healthily By Gemma Quinn IF you want to eat healthily and keep off the pounds, then maybe you should make a shopping list. That is the message from a study of 1,300 overweight and obese people which found those who regularly made grocery lists tended to choose healthier food and had lower body weight. Lead author of the study, which was carried out in Pittsburgh, USA, Tamara Dubowitz, said: “We don’t know whether people who are healthier pay
more attention to their weight and what they eat are also people who do more planning, or if people who do more planning are more able to avoid impulse purchases and the less healthy options at the supermarket.”
PLAN AHEAD: Make a shopping list.
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Top tips to enhance your home YOUR private or communal gardens will set the stage for your property John Graham The property expert AS a surveyor and property investment advisor, I would like to share some top tips with you, which will increase the value of your property. Improve your property’s kerbside appeal Your private or communal gardens will set the stage for your property and it is a proven fact that spending money on landscaping private or communal gardens will give you a big return on investment and significantly increase the value of your property. I have many years of experience showing properties to investors and badly maintained gardens have actually put them off. This is bad news if you spend all your improvement budget on your property and nothing
OUTSIDE SPACE: Make sure it is well maintained and attractive to prospective buyers. on your garden. I’m not suggesting that you put on a Chateau de Versailles musical fountain show in your garden but there are some important things you should do to
start increasing the value of your property. The objective of landscaping your garden is to enhance the look of your property and not to hide it
from view or block any attractive views. Trees planted close to your property are not good news, they could be blocking natural light and ob-
scure your views, and roots could damage foundations or drainage pipes. Trees blocking views should be removed or trimmed back. You could replace dense trees with palms, they look better will not block your views. With all tree replacements, first check with the local authorities on what you can and cannot do and keep your neighbours informed. Any bushes, hedges and shrubs planted close to the property should be trimmed back. Patios and terraces should be well maintained and broken tiles replaced. Outdoor lighting can create an attractive evening ambience. Add security lights. Your pool should be clean and well maintained. Ensure entrances, walls and fences are well maintained to a high standard. You now should have a home with high quality kerb-side appeal.
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STABILISATION: Prices rise after seven months of falls.
Resale prices start to rise THE price of second-hand homes in Spain rose 1.1 per cent month on month in April. This turned round seven months in a row of falls, according to figures from property portal fotocasa.es together with the IE Business School. On average second-hand housing
cost €1,636 per square metre, an increase quarter-on-quarter of 0.4 per cent in April, compared with January 2015. The 0.4 per cent rise is in contrast to the 1.4 per cent fall seen in the same period last year and is said to herald the stabilisation of property prices in Spain.
Of the 15 regions that saw rises the biggest increase, prices in Castilla-La Mancha were up 3 per cent. and in the Balearic Islands by 2.4 per cent. Since the peak, prices of second-hand homes have fallen by an average of 45 per cent from €2,952 per square metre in April 2007.
THE SIMA Spanish property exhibition held in Madrid last weekend, from May 7 to 10, was the biggest of its kind yet. The fair’s 120 exhibitors were spread over the huge halls of the Feria de Madrid, where extra space had to be booked as more agencies than anticipated clamoured to take part. The director of the event organisers, Eloy Bohúa, said the record numbers of exhibitors was an indicator of the positive outlook in the property market. “The general improvement in the economy is clearly noticeable,” he said, pointing to the “exhibition area increasing by 20 per cent over that of 2014 and the percentage of promotions at the show for the first time also being higher than any of the preceding years, reaching 40 per cent of
the total.” Most of the participating promoters of residential property represented the Madrid area, at just over 50 per cent of exhibitors, and there was also a strong presence of agencies offering holiday homes. After Madrid, Alicante was the most well represented area, followed by Murcia and Malaga. Bohúa also pointed to the presence of mortgage lenders at this year’s fair as another example of an improving outlook. Although financers had been at the exhibition in recent years, their main aim had been to sell on their recovered properties. “But now,” Bohúa said, “they are also competing for the credit and this is something positive for the visitor.”
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Renewed spring droughts can cause problems for your garden WATERING can be made difficult by low water pressures and grit in mains pipes Dick Handscombe
Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.
ALTHOUGH most Mediterranean climate zones of Spain had a little spring rain, it was not enough to build up reserves in the water tables of many gardens and agricultural areas. So at present it would be wise to assume we may well experi-
There are now fewer Europeanstyle annuals being planted in gardens.
ence another dry spell. Fortunately gardens in which soils were improved before making plantings are suffering little and watering systems need not yet be used or turned up high. This included the wise use of a little TerraCottem water storing soil improver at the base of planting
MAINS WATER: Older houses have large storage tanks available. holes and roots. The base of cuttings were planted deep, plantings were mainly drought resistant plants, deep mulchings were then made and close plantings ensured that all the surface of soils and mulchings were in continuous shade. Year by year notice is being taken of such practical and sensible approaches to Mediter-
ranean gardening and fewer and fewer plants such as northern European-style annuals are being planted. For those that have yet to take such steps, the book ‘How to use less water in your garden’ and its new sister translation into Spanish ‘Como usar menos agua en tu jardin’ are now both available inexpensively from Amazon Books UK and Es.
Unfortunately the watering that does need to be done is made more difficult by low water pressures caused by those property owners who empty their swimming pools each spring to clean and then refill them, rather than taking steps to keep their pools clean throughout the year, and also grit in main distribution water pipes blocking the filters in-
stalled before water meters. In some areas even more havoc is being caused by the cutting back on the maintenance of the pumps used to extract water from bore holes that has occurred during the economic recession. Not far from us, 100 houses and a dozen large chicken farms have been without water for a week while the spare
pump which broke down some years ago is now urgently repaired to replace the pump that broke down last week. Fortunately those that live in a house built more than 30 years ago are not bothered by such happenings as they have large storage tanks under the house or adjacent terrace to store rain water or mains water. Some were built wisely with a year’s water capacity. It would make sense to reintroduce this practice, especially if global warming is to continue. I mention ‘is to continue’ as there are now books being published to warn us of the new tendency towards global cooling. Might our grandchildren see the start of the mini ice age like that which affected Spain from around 1450 until 1850 and enabled the ice houses one finds in the inland valleys along the Costas to be used as communal fridges and deep freezers? I notice that it is now light outside so I’m off to do a little watering before the pressure drops from more pool fillings. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com May 2015
Support your local roses with planning ROSES can be trained to use intricate forms By Steve Walsh AS spring turns to summer the annual display of roses reaches its peak and nearly every village garden in Spain is alive with their colour. Climbing roses, which give maximum blooms per plant, are traditionally grown up walls or along fences and railings, but another interesting way of supporting them is by us-
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80 per cent rise in fines since 2006 DRIVING and parking fines went up 80 per cent during Spain’s financial crisis years, three-quarters of which were issued by town halls, according to a study by motor insurer Línea Directa. Between the years 2000 and 2006, a total of 16 million fines were handed out, compared to nearly double, (29 million) from 2007 to 2013 inclusive. And today, town councils issue a total of 26 million a year, according to most recent figures.
VW invests €4.2 billion in Spain GERMAN car giant Volkswagen is to invest a huge €4.2 billion into two of its factories in Spain. Martorell in Barcelona, and the Navarra plant will benefit from the cash injection between 2015 and 2019, in what is being hailed as “the largest industrial investment ever made in Spain.” VW’s Javier Garcia Sanz, said: “These factories are among the best in the group.”
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Growth in deliveries, revenue and first quarter profits PORSCHE is moving away from its traditional small sports cars target market By Dilip Kuner A SIGN that the world economy is starting to boom is the increase in sales of highend cars.
32% more new vehicles delivered in the first three months of the year compared to last.
This is seen at companies like Porsche, which has begun the year 2015 successfully - with growth in deliveries, revenue and profit in the first quarter. From the beginning of January to the end of March, the sports car manufacturer delivered 51,102 new vehicles, which is 32 per cent more than the same period last year. Revenue in the first three months of 2015 increased 29 per cent to
€5.08 billion, and operating profit surpassed the prior year figure by 10 per cent and reached €765 million. The number of employees also grew 12 per cent to 22,945 employees.
The sales success of the new compact SUV Macan introduced last year is driving sales.
Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche AG said the sports car manufacturer would stay on course for a successful business year in 2015. One of the biggest factors
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Trying out the new third generation of the ‘super’ Skoda Superb A TEST drive of the new third generation of the Superb, and the lower-powered 220PS model, in ‘Laurin & Klement’ trim proved the car’s abilities. Here is a superb piece of engineering, (pun intended). It has clever touches such as a boot that will open if you wave your foot under the bumper, and dimples in the cup holder that will help you to open a bottle of mineral water single-handed. Superbs can also be specified with an Audi Quattrostyle 4x4 transmission and a slick directCLEVER TOUCHES: A wave of the foot will open the boot.
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NICO ROSBERG: Had his first victory of 2015 by winning the Spanish Grand Prix. ants. And tomorrow and Sunday there are Diamond League Athletics meetings in Qatar and Shanghai respectively. FOOTBALL ROUND-UP Burnley, despite a 1-0 win at Hull and QPR (clattered 6-0 by Manchester City for whom Sergio Aguero struck a hat-trick) have been relegated from the Premiership. They’ll be joined in the second tier next season by either Hull, Sunderland (who won 2-0 at Everton), Newcastle (held 1-1 by WBA), Leicester (2-0 winners over Southampton) or Aston Villa (who beat West Ham 1-0). The Championship Play-off semifinals are evenly poised. In the semifinal first legs, Ipswich and Norwich
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Nico Rosberg ’comfortably’ won last Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, his first victory of 2015. Lewis Hamilton (after a bad start) was second with Sebastian Vettel third. This was the 24th consecutive race whereby a Mercedes driver has stood on the podium. Hamilton is top driver with 111 points, Vettel has 91. After last weekend’s BTCC meeting at Thruxton Park, Gordon Shedden (114 pts) leads the driver ’s championship from Colin Turkington (106), Matt Neal (103) and Jason Plato (102). Northampton thrashed London Welsh 46-0 to ensure a home semi-final tie Rugby’s Aviv Premiership. Leicester defeated Wasps 26-21, Gloucester beat London Irish 35-13 and Exeter won at Saracens 24-20 in other top games. GB Olympian Jessica-Ennis Hill returned to racing after two years out to finish third in the 100m hurdles at The Great City Games in Manchester. Last Saturday, Anthony Joshua beat Raphael Zumbano inside two rounds to become British heavyweight boxing champion.
drew 1-1 in the East-coast derby, while Brentford lost 2-1 at home to Middlesbrough. Preston (easy semi-final winners over Chesterfield) will play Swindon or Sheffield United in the FL1 Playoff final and Wycombe or Plymouth will face Stevenage or Southend in the FL2 showdown. Arsenal have qualified to play in the Champions League for the 18th successive season and will be joined in the competition by Chelsea, Manchester City and seemingly Manchester United who won 2-1 at Crystal Palace. Liverpool, after a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge have missed the boat! Inverness Caledonian Thistle (aver-
age home attendance 4,600) will play in next season’s Europa League. Barcelona (2-0 winners over Real Sociedad) lead Real Madrid (2-2 with Valencia) by four points and victory on Sunday at Atletico Madrid will give them their 23rd La Liga title. Pep Guardiola could take over as Manchester City manager next season.
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THERE is plenty of sporting action to suit everyone over the next five days. Following the second legs of the Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday between Barcelona, 3-0 up on Bayern Munich and last night between Real Madrid, 2-1 down to Juventus, this evening Sevilla who lead Fiorentina 3-0, and Dnipro, 1-1 with Napoli, contest the second legs of their Europa League semis. Then we have a cluster of vital bottom-of-the-table Premiership games involving QPR-Newcastle, Southampton-Aston Villa, Spurs-Hull and Sunderland-Leicester. And talking of Newcastle... go out and play football; stop whinging! The French MotoGP takes place at Le Mans where a revitalised Valentino Rossi will be seeking to increase his lead at the top of the riders’ championship. We have two big golf tournaments... the Spanish Open in Barcelona and the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina. There’s a full programme of Super League Rugby, the top game being the Yorkshire derby between leaders Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Gi-
Liverpool are chasing £20m Lyon striker Alexandra Lacazette. Chelsea are eyeing up Atletico Madrid midfielder Koke, valued at £40m. Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe may bring Dimitar Berbatov back into the PL. And Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) wants to end his career in English football.
2014-15 has been a ‘B’ of a football season... Bournemouth, Bristol City, Burton Albion, Barrow and Barnet all won their respective Divisions; Barcelona are going for the double; Bayern Munich are Bundesliga champions; Brugge (Belgium) and Benfica (Portugal) are in sight of League championships while Burnley and Blackpool suffered relegation.
Andy Murray is the new King of the Clay in Madrid ANDY MURRAY overwhelmed Rafa Nadal in the Madrid Open final to land his second clay title in a week, and his first Masters crown on the dirt. The 27-year-old Scot, who produced his finest performance in nearly two years to dethrone the king of clay with a stunning 6-3, 6-2 victory in the final of the Madrid Open, wrote ‘marriage works’ on the screen of the TV camera before picking up the trophy. This was Murray’s 10th Masters level title, and he was hinting at his success being due in part to his recent wedding. “I have always said that when your private life is under control and you are happy, that helps you on court,” he told Sky Sports afterwards.
ANDY MURRAY: Beat Rafael Nadal in the final of the Madrid Open to win his 10th Masters title.
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Golf International Nerja roundup GINS played the Los Moriscos Stableford on Friday May 1, where the ladies competition was won by Erica Oxford, on 33 points, followed by Diana Elliott, on 32. Third place was taken by Karen Nuttall with 31. In the men’s competition, Rafik Tagher came first with 37 points, while Barney Downey, took second spot on 36. Securing third with 35 points was John Vertanness. At Añoreta, on Monday May 4, the overall winner of
AWARDS CEREMONY: Sports councillor Luis Aragon congratulated the girls.
WINNERS: Members played a stableford competition. the Stableford was Alan Lloyd-Lloyd Edwards, with
32 points. Bridget LloydEdwards took the ladies title with 31 points. And the mens competition was taken by Peter Garner, also with 31. At Baveria on Tuesday 5, the Stableford overall winner was Derek Sibson, with 37 points. The ladies competition was won by Alison Durston, while the men’s winner was John Bollard with 34.
A great success for Almuñecar athletes By Maria José Fernandez ATHLETES from the Almuñecar Municipal Gymnastics School obtained a total of 17 medals at the 2nd Almuñecar Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament celebrated last weekend. As many as 500 athletes
participated in the event from across Malaga, Granada and Almeria. Sports councillor Luis Aragon presided over the medal awards ceremony and congratulated the girls for their performance. In addition, he praised the effort made by the local school in the organisation of
the event, which has been celebrated in the town for the past four years. Head of the Municipal School Zuzana Hanzlova thanked the audience as well as the girls’ parents for their participation and stressed the support received from the town’s Sports Department.