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People-trafficker is arrested off Almeria IMMIGRANTS crammed in unseaworthy dinghy
By Linda Hall
The drama of people-trafficking continues unabated in Almeria. While all attention is turned to the plight of thousands of refugees at the border between Hungary and Serbia, mafias are still preying on Africans prepared to pay to seek a new life. This week a Guardia Civil marine patrol rescued 44 immigrants crammed into a seven-metre rubber dinghy. It was inside Spain’s territorial waters when it was first spotted 13 kilometres south of Alboran Island which lies off the Morocco coast.
Because the sea was rough and there were babies amongst the passengers, the Guardia Civil decided not to wait for the Marine Rescue boat but transferred them to their own craft. Here they were given food and water and checked by paramedics who found that they were all in good health, even the young baby.
The man in charge of the clearly unseaworthy rubber dinghy was arrested by the National Police on reaching Almeria Port, sources said. The same Guardia Civil sources revealed that he did not flee on sighting their vessel because he had mistakenly identified it as a civilian craft. Full story on Page 14
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AVE railway is now on track SACYR won the contract to build the AVE railway track between Pulpi and Cuevas del Almanzora.
The Spanish multinational put in a €40.4 million bid for the €71.27 million contract.
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Share and share alike for new cycle lanes USING same pavements in some parts of the city
Learning curve MORE than 600 students from 624 foreign universities around the world will be studying at Almeria University during the 2015-2016 academic year. Approximately 200 are Erasmus students from France, Italy and Poland. Erasmus is a European student exchange programme established in 1987.
Corrugated robbers are fast workers EIGHT HUNDRED metres of corrugated metal panels weighing seven tons were s tolen f r o m t h e Ju e rg a’s Rock Festival site in Adra.
The authorities were amazed at the theft as they disappeared in an hour despite taking six weeks to erect.
BICYCLE-FRIENDLY: Almeria cycle lanes are now complete. By Linda Hall ALMERIA City must now ensure peaceful coexistence between cyclists and pedestrians on its now-completed cycle lanes.
City hall is working on by-laws regulating their use and must also stem possible sources of conflict between cyclists and pedestrians before they arise. Problems are likely because in some parts of the city cy-
clists will ride on the pavements. The president of the Alpedal cyclists’ association Juan Jose Martinez was undeterred by potential clashes: “A city with bicycles is a safer city,” he pronounced.
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Nine couples
Not all of the best art galleries are in Madrid
AN Almeria City hall record was set when nine couples married there in one day. Three of the brides were Russian, Italian and Romanian and one of the weddings was between two girls.
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SPAIN has a wealth of world-renowned galleries stretching from north to south
ALMERIA Province saw a fall in criminality last year, statistics from the Public Prosecution department (Fiscalia) revealed. In contrast political and social corruption were “relevant exceptions” and continued to increase.
All in order Digital documents CARBONERAS will have a municipal archive after 200 years of existence. All town hall documents will be digitised and then filed in a 600-square metre store.
Counting sheep
Learning English Spain’s PM Rajoy
MASTER PAINTER: Statue of Diego de Velázquez at the Prado Museum, Madrid.
By John Smith ALTHOUGH it is true to say that there are some tremendous galleries in both Madrid and Barcelona, there is still plenty to discover across the length and breadth of Spain. Malaga, in the south, can boast the Picasso Museum, which contains almost 300 examples of his works. Smaller than its big brother in Barcelona, it still offers a great deal to interest any lover of the artist. Sevilla boasts the Museum of Fine Art, which has a range of material from the Middle Ages to the 20th century and is housed in a piece of
2.3 million is the number of visitors to Madrid’s Prado Museum in 2013 - the most recent year for which figures are available - making it the 18th most popular museum in the world.
art in its own right, a 16th century convent. The similarly-named Museum of Fine Art situated in Valencia is also located in a beautiful old building. Apart from its permanent exhibits, the museum hosts regular exhibitions of artists both from Spain and from across Europe. Past Madrid and the Prado, even past Barcelona and the Fundació Joan Miró, the long journey brings you to the Dalí Theatre and Museum in Figueres, in the north, with its collection of often bizarre sculpture and art, together with the body of the artist buried beneath the entrance.
UNLIKE his predecessors, Mariano Rajoy, either in anticipation of a further election win, or with his eyes set on the lucrative afterdinner speaker circuit, has confirmed that he is doing his best to learn English.
Entinas-Sabina, Almerimar and Roquetas. Their bite is bigger and more painful than Spain’s native species and can transmit tropical diseases like chikungunya and dengue. Some weeks ago a
Gandia (Valencia) resident was believed to have contracted chikungunya from a tiger mosquito but the results of tests were later found to be false. The mosquitoes are not native to Europe but were first de-
FIFTEEN people took a Shepherding course in Los Velez last June although 25 places were available. The courses are 70 per cent funded by Brussels and in 2011 cost €4,500 per student.
Short wait Operation times
Quote of the Week We are a party organically linked together; the unions and party membership,”
Jeremy Corbyn in his acceptance speech as Labour party leader.
Tiger mosquitoes take the easy route THE tiger mosquito has colonised most of Spain’s Mediterranean coast in under a decade. Almeria has not escaped and the black and white tigerstriped insects have been located in Huercal de Almeria, Punta
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tected in Albania in 1979, reaching Sant Cugat del Valles (Barcelona) in 2004, almost certainly aboard a lorry. According to Catalan investigators they do not remain in wetlands but are closely associated with
humans and attracted to carbon dioxide emitted by vehicles. They travel only 500 metres in their lifetime and to have reached Malaga in 11 years they must have done so in cars, lorries and public transport.
AN Almeria resident waits an average of 47 days for one of the 71 most frequent operations in a Social Security hospital, well below the regional Health department’s guaranteed 120 days.
Change due Modernisation needed EL EJIDO celebrated the 33rd anniversary of separating from Dalias and transforming its agrifoods sector. It was now time for further modernisation following that of 1982, said Mayor Francisco Gongora.
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SUPPORT: Pro-independence demonstrators in New York.
Winds of change bring a chill to Cataluña air SITUATION of uncertainty for non-Catalans living there By Linda Hall CATALUÑA’S possible secession from Spain is viewed with unease by the Spaniards from other regions who live there. The doubters include many Almerienses who have made their homes there, said Francisco Gutierrez Latorre, president of the Casa de Almeria in Barcelona. The members of this association of Almeria expatriates have little or no enthu-
siasm for the independence moves that could follow the regional elections on September 27, Latorre claimed. “There is a situation of uncertainty that is affecting all aspects of daily life especially as regards the economy and commerce,” he told Almeria daily La Voz de Almeria. “In fact, it’s impossible to make business plans or embark on personal and professional initiatives on any but a short-term basis,” he added. “The elections mean the end of the road,
whatever they may say. More than ever we need respect for, and from, everyone to continue coexisting with mutual trust.” Sorbas-born Juan Segura Lopez, a 71year-old pensioner, who settled in Barcelona many years ago, agreed. He was a civil servant employed in the courts and was always outside politics, he told La Voz de Almeria. Now he feels worried by the direction that Cataluña was taking but said that at his age he can always go back to Almeria if things turn nasty.
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Keeping an eye on the heavenly neighbours Photo by Jose Navarro.
CALAR ALTO Observatory will search for earth-like planets By Linda Hall CARMENES’S eyes will be open by the end of this year. Neither the name nor the eyes in question belong to a living creature but an instrument that will search outer space for earth-like planets from the Calar Alto Observatory. The Spanish-German Astronomical Centre in Sierra de Los Filabres is jointly operated by the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC) and the Max-Planck-Institut fur Astronomie (MPIA). The observatory has three telescopes and Carmenes connects to the largest, which has a 3.5-metre aperture.
LOOKING TO THE STARS: Calar Alto is waiting for Carmenes. The instrument is literally unique as it is the only one of its kind in the world and as-
sembly began earlier this year. All that is missing now is the spectrograph which
should arrive at the end of this month or the beginning of October.
Huge drugs haul off Cabo de Gato TWO men and a woman, all Dutch nationals, were arrested after customs officials boarded a sailing boat off the coast of Almeria. They discovered 10 tons of hashish, one of the biggest known consignments in recent years. It was stowed everywhere, said Luis Reche, tax authority Hacienda’s delegate to Almeria: “It
was even hidden below the bunks and the cabins were full of it. The expected haul of 50 packages turned out to be 358.” The hashish, which would have had a market value of €50 million, was so heavy that it compromised the safety of the yacht which could safely transport around three tons, Reche revealed.
Hugs for free in Garrucha THERE was no price tag on the hugs given out at Garrucha’s weekly open air market. They came free of charge, courtesy of the local day centre’s employees and users and were a token of appreciation for the people of Garrucha and visitors to the town and its beaches. “Contact and hugs are not only pleasant in themselves but a necessity, too,” the day centre employees explained, adding:“Hugs make us feel good, they help us to forget
loneliness, overcome fear and reduce tension. That’s why we’re so happy to be doing this.”
The operation took place 92.6 kilometres off Cabo de Gato after a customs surveillance helicopter spotted two rigid inflatable boats making for the yacht. Suspecting a drugs delivery, air and sea controls were mobilised after seeking and receiving permission from the Netherlands where the yacht was registered.
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MESA DE ROLDAN: The 1766 tower on Moorish site stars in Game of Thrones.
Two days filming at the landmark STARRING role for two Almeria landmarks By Linda Hall LOCATION shooting started in Gerona on the sixth series of the Game of Thrones fantasy-drama. It moves to Navarra, Guadalajara and Peñiscola before filming starts in Almeria Province on October 10 where the Alcazaba and the Mesa de Roldan tower in
Carboneras are earmarked as locations. Sets are also being built in Pechina on the same site used in Ridley Scott’s Exodus in 2013. The Alcazaba, Spain’s largest remaining Moorish monument after the Alhambra, appeared in the 1975 film ‘The Wind and the Lion’ as well as ‘Conan the Barbarian’ (1982). In 2014 the Alme-
ria City monument became the residence of Pontius Pilate in ‘Risen,’ directed by Kevin Reynolds. There will be two days’ filming at the Mesa de Roldan tower, its surroundings and the nearby quarry towards the end of the film crew and actors’ stay in Almeria, sources said.
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Tracking down anonymous WhatsApp abuser WOUNDING expressions used By Linda Hall A VELEZ RUBIO councillor claimed that she and two others were victims of an anonymous and sexist WhatsApp message. It arrived on June 13, said Vanesa Molina Perez, insulting her and two female PSOE and Partido Andalucista (PA) councillors.
3 councillors were victims of sexist message The three women were referred to as Crisol’s Harem, in reference to Domingo Crisol who headed the PSOE list in the municipal elections last May. He was designated Velez-Rubio mayor on June 13 with the votes of three PA councillors. “Wounding expressions” which were not revealed owing to their “excessively bad taste” appeared below each photograph in the message. “There was hardly time to react owing to the summer break, the absence of a lawyer until now and my own inexperience,” Molina Perez said. “I didn’t receive it again and I don’t know if it was circulated but I’m afraid that it was.” In the event the PSOE lost Velez Rubio Town Hall to the Partido Popular (PP) a month later after a series of political manoeuvres, but Molina is determined to find out who sent the message. She has lodged a formal complaint with the courts, requesting an investigation by the Guardia Civil’s computer crime unit. Once the WhatsApp’s author or authors were identified, she would then decide whether or not to press charges, the councillor said.
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Tough result for wildlife protection society as flash flood washes away rubbish collected PROMAR, the marine wildlife protection society, saw two months’ work ruined not long ago. Rubbish that Promar vol-
unteers had cleared from the port’s seabed was swept away by the flash flood that affected Adra recently. Fortunately all the collect-
ed glass was stored in a container at the marina and the association set to work once more, retrieving the collected rubbish and litter from
the harbour. “We’ve recovered most of the plastic containers, remains of fishing nets, driftwood and metal and even the
supermarket trolley left there to remind people how much rubbish there is at the bottom of the port,” said Promar ’s Francisco Toledano.
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September weather reduces fire risk FIRE-WATCH still kept throughout the winter despite heavy rain and falling temperatures fire was deliberately set it was traced to sparks from a strimmer used by Endesa sub-contractors clearing undergrowth near high-tension cables. The Junta de Andalucia’s Infoca fire-prevention and extinction service will remain active until October 15 although operatives will be gradually assigned to other tasks by the end of this month. “There is less risk of fire during the autumn, winter and spring months when Infoca employees clear and maintain woodland,” Infoca sources said. “But fire-extinction experts still keep watch and are ready to take action in any emergency.
By Linda Hall HEAVY rain and falling temperatures have greatly reduced the risk of fire in Almeria. The province has been on alert practically throughout the summer, with tinder-dry countryside and daytime temperatures frequently in the 30s and occasionally rising above 40. The worst fire this summer occurred in Huercal-Overa where 18.5 hectares were destroyed in the fire which was revived by high winds, affecting a further 27.4 hectares of scrub, pinewoods and young pines. Despite early suspicions that the
FOREST FIRE: A constant threat each summer.
Back to school - even in hospital
YOUNG PATIENTS: Teachers will ensure that children do not fall behind. SCHOOL has started once more, even for young patients in Torrecardenas hospital. Four teachers - one more than last year - will ensure that children of school age do not have to
fall behind when they are admitted to hospital. The hospital complex attends to the academic needs of approximately 2,000 children a year. Most are primary pupils al-
though the hospital teachers include infants in the lessons although schooling is not obligatory at this stage and the third-floor classroom is open to all children, hospital sources explained.
Double purpose for funding THE regional government is investing €900,000 in restoring public property on state-owned mountain land. The scheme, with 75 per cent funding from Brussels, will improve infrastructure and provide employment.
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Spanish director returns to his former locations WORKED on leading Tabernas films in his distinguished career
TABERNAS: Julio Sempere (third right) in Oasys-Mini Hollywood theme park. By Linda Hall JULIO SEMPERE, visited Mini-Hollywood in Tabernas recently, ahead of next month’s Almeria Western Film Festival (AWFF). With a distinguished career in the audiovisual industry, Sempere worked on many of the films shot in the Tabernas desert both as a
producer and assistant director. These included ‘For a Fistful of Dollars’ and ‘For a Few Dollars More ‘as well as ‘Anthony and Cleopatra,’ ‘Treasure Island,’ ‘King of Kings,’ and ‘El Cid.’ Sempere who will be returning to Tabernas as one of the festival’s guests was accompanied by Mercedes Diaz and Cecilia Lopez, re-
spective councillors for Tourism and Equality, Social Policies and Education at Tabernas town hall and the manager of the Oasys-Mini Hollywood theme park Jose Maria Rodriguez. The fifth edition of the AWFF will be held between October 9 and 11 and as in previous years has been organised by Tabernas Town Hall.
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Almeria man helps out asylum seekers HUNGARIANS are not xenophobes, he insisted
JESUS VITA MARTINEZ now lives in Hungary after leaving Almeria in search of work three years ago. The 32-year-old explained in a Diario de Almeria interview that when asylum seekers began arriving in Budapest he was unaware of the enormity of the problem. “Nyugati station is on my way to the gym and six weeks ago there were a few people there but over the last three weeks they began to multiply. It choked me to see them and I decided to help.” He has taken them food, razors and clothing and, now that the weather is colder, blankets. Often, Jesus said, the refugees just wanted to talk about getting to Germany or Austria.
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BUDAPEST: Nyugati station before becoming the focus of world attention. Now, with a group of friends, he hopes to raise funds to ensure that the asylum seekers’ necessities are covered on their onward journey. Jesus, who has degrees in Labour Relations and Work Sciences, has worked for two years in Budapest for a big company in the fields that he
is qualified for. “The image of Hungary as a nation of xenophobes is far removed from reality,” Jesus said. “The quality and organising abilities of the authorities should not be confused with the population’s goodwill and solidarity towards the refugees.”
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A champion of animal welfare Our Euro Women series is featuring women who have made a success of their lives in Spain. These outstanding ladies have been shattering glass ceilings whether in business, charity work or sports. Stacey Lloyd Dolphin has raised awareness of animal charities. THE first thing that draws your attention to Stacey Lloyd Dolphin is her bright blue eyes, that have probably been her biggest asset when dealing with sick and homeless animals. Stacey is well known here in Spain and also Europe, where she works alongside animal organisations to re-home dogs and cats. She first arrived in Spain in the early 1990s, when she and her husband Tim sailed their boat over from the Dorset coast. The plan was to visit Spain for the summer and then head off to the Canary Islands for the winter in their boat, The Dolphin, and enjoy a life on the waves moving from port to port. However, they fell in love with the Costa del Sol, and observing the high influx of tourists around Fuengirola Port, decided to stay and offer pleasure trips on The Dolphin. Stacey worked hard in order to get the boat registered and insured to enable them to do this, which became a major chore, as there was no other boat operating pleasure trips in the area. Through much determination and lots of pesetas feeding the local call box, her hard work paid off. She managed to obtain the correct licences to offer the very first pleasure-boat trips to set sail from the port in Fuengirola. Business was booming and The Dolphin was soon leading the waves, as others set up more boating trips to do the same. Then Stacey received some bad news from the UK. Her dad had died and so she had to return to the UK to comfort her mother and make all the necessary arrangements.
TIRELESS ORGANISER: Stacey works hard to arrange social gatherings, raffles and sponsored activities to raise funds.
Her tenacity reaps rewards By Wendy Ann Cowham
Stacey has used her experience to set up 4 Paws, a charity which also saves animals on death row As Stacey cleared the house of her father’s belongings, she gave items to a local animal charity, which used funds raised to re-home and spay strays. She knew then that she could do the same for the very few organisations that were operating in Spain. Stacey had seen many communities inundated with sick and abandoned animals. Upon her return to Spain, Stacey immediately began to put projects in place to raise funds to help the few animal charities that were operating here. She also negotiated with local vets to arrange for the necessary injections, operations and neutering of the strays. Using her organisational skills Stacey arranged social gatherings, raffles, and sponsored activities, which accelerated funds coming in. A scheduled programme
Fact file Name: Stacey Lloyd Dolphin Age: Celebrating a big one next year Profession: 4 Paws founder and fundraiser Family: Mum and a sister Nature or Nurture: Both Where from: Liverpool, UK Where now: Mijas Costa, Malaga Pets: Two cats Languages spoken: English, regular Spanish, Cat and Dog! Book or TV: Book, time permitting Favourite title: Any dog manual Strengths: Organisation, tenacity Weakness: Can’t say no Greatest success: Increasing animal adoptions What irritates you about people: Unreliability for feeding, capturing, neutering and vaccinating stray animals was soon operating effectively, and the local communities saw
a vast improvement. Before too long, Stacey wanted to expand and take the project even further, and
with networking, she had built up an excellent relationship with various venues which could host bigger and better events. After meeting with the owner of the Caribbean Bar, Carvajal, and a brainstorming session with him, the obvious solution was to arrange a New Year’s Day Swim; it was the perfect location to do something big. This was to be a major fundraising event that would spiral into an annual tradition. It is now a decade since the New Year’s Day Swim was born back in 2005, with only 15 swimmers and supporters coming to cheer them on. Every year the number of swimmers and sponsorship grew and each year the day raised an average of €5,000, one year peaking at a grand total of €7,000. These funds have gone towards programmes which enable the animals to be sent to other European countries, mainly Finland, to be adopted and find their forever homes. Stacey has since set up her own charity, 4 Paws, which also saves animals on death row at shelters, and finds owners to care for them. She is the first up in the morning, and last to bed at night, dedicating herself to feeding programmes and airport trips in between all the events she is organising. Stacey has made a massive difference to many animal charities with her continued hard work and energy.
Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured. As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.
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Water on its way to Tabernas towns David Martinez Vicente
COULD create 8,000 jobs and benefit residents and the land
DESALINATION: Answer to drought problems. By Linda Hall CARBONERAS water will be piped to Campo de Tabernas towns. The Almeria Diputacion, Acuamed and Filabres-Alhamilla Irrigation Community have agreed to study the cost of sending water from the Carboneras desalination plant to Sorbas, Uleila del Campo, Lucainena de las Torres, Turrillas and
Tabernas itself. “This is not just another piece of paper,” said the Diputacion president Gabriel Amat after the three agreements were signed. “This is one of the most important things that the Diputacion has and could generate between 7,000 and 8,000 jobs. “The project will benefit the 8,100 residents in the area as well as 5,000 hectares of crop-growing land.”
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Late justice for brawl in Olula ONE man attacked another with a broken glass By Linda Hall EIGHT years on, two men will stand trial after fighting in an Olula del Rio pub. They face respective sentences of seven years and 18 months although the Public Prosecutor will claim the pub owner was partly responsible because the 2007 fight occurred at 4am after closing hours. One man attacked the other with a broken glass, producing a wound near his ear that needed 60 stitches and left permanent and visible scarring.
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IMPROVISED: Dangerous weapon.
Newspaper cutting solves mystery THE oldest of the robes that drape Berja’s Virgin of Gador statue can now be accurately dated. The red velvet gold-embroidered robe was known to be oldest although its exact age was unknown until it was sent for restoration.
Experts in Malaga solved the mystery when they found newspaper bearing the date 1860 in the lining. This had been used to reinforce the framework of the robe and was normal practice at that time.
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Measures that allow the city’s residents to sleep BUSINESS-OWNERS and public to be taken into account too By Linda Hall ALMERIA City Hall has a new scheme to stem residents’ unending protests about noise in some neighbourhoods. It is creating a specific committee that will analyse how best to stem complaints, particularly in the city’s historic quarter. Its members will be drawn from residents, the Local Police, business-owners and other municipal departments. The City Planning department will be in charge of setting up the committee as this section deals with business licences, noise pollution by-laws and complaints arising from noisy bar terraces. These have increased since the introduction of anti-smoking laws as clients go outside, often leaving soundproofed pubs, discos and bars to make noise outside in the early hours, disturbing those who are already asleep. Representatives from city hall’s Health, Consumers, Mobility and Public Safety departments will also be present on the committee, explained councillor
TERRACES: The cause of many complaints. Ramon Fernandez-Pacheco. It is expected that before the end of the year it should be possible to decide on measures that allow city centre residents to get a good night’s sleep. But it is vital that these will still allow business-owners to earn a living and the public to enjoy a night out, Fernandez-Pacheco said. There will also be something for the
committee to build on, he continued, as a noise map was compiled in 2010 which will be expanded to include zones with a concentration of bars, pubs and discos. This will be carried out by some of the 500 qualified workers engaged under the Junta’s employment scheme and who include lawyers, architects, draughtspersons, computer experts and industrial engineers.
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Fire station project is shelved NIJAR is no longer likely to have its own fire service. The previous town hall set aside €300,000 in its 2015 budget for this, but Nijar’s present mayor said there was little future in the project. “Nothing has been done over the last eight years, only a planned investment of €300, 000,” Esperanza Perez said. “This is not enough to guarantee or maintain a fire station but we shall look at new formulas, without ruling out collaboration and agreements with other institutions.” It was agreed during the same plenary council meeting to increase the allocation for repairing and servicing municipal machinery. “Non-functioning and abandoned beach cleaning and levelling equipment and strimmers, plus a vehicle will all be repaired,” Perez said. “This will cover the municipality’s cleaning needs.” Public buildings will also be repaired and maintained, she added: “They should be in perfect condition for Nijar residents.”
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Berja reluctant to untie the apron-strings
GUARANTEED: Year-round sun in Almeria.
Off-grid electricity homes in for shock NEW charges all round for property owners By Linda Hall AVERAGING 320 days of sun a year, Almeria enjoys an ideal source of never-ending green, clean, solar energy. Nevertheless the 600 or so
property-owners in this province who went to the expense of installing solar energy panels have received an unpleasant shock. The central government intends to introduce legislation regulating off-grid electricity con-
sumption to the dismay of the National Association of Photovoltaic Producers (Anpier). Householders producing electricity will be charged a quota for upkeep of the national grid, even though they do not use it.
BALANEGRA separated from Berja in June, but the latter’s mayor is not resigned to the new situation. Nor are the two towns separated by politics as Torres and Balanegra’s mayor Nuria Rodriguez both belong to the Partido Popular. The decree signed by the Junta de Andalucia, designating Balanegra a municipality in its own right, was “half ars-d” Antonio Torres declared recently. He is determined to fight the segregation and in late July lodged an appeal against it with Andalucia’s Upper Tribunal of Justice (TSJA) on the grounds that Balanegra did not fill the necessary conditions for independence. It was not a question for negotiation, Torres insisted: “No, our stance is unmovable and I understand that their stance is unmovable, too.” In response to Torres’ statement, Rodriguez called for “more for the institution that issued the decree.”
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Prevention was better than cure NO summer fatalities on five Pulpi beaches thanks to the watchful eye of lifeguards and work of the Red Cross By Linda Hall RED CROSS assistance was required 701 times on Pulpi’s beaches this summer. This was a magnificent result for the 66 days that the lifesaving and first aid programme was in
place, said the Aguilas branch of the Red Cross, which covers these services in Pulpi. As it is each year, the non-government organisation was present on the Rabiosa, Serena, Calipso and Entrevista beaches and, for the first time, Cala Cerrada – popularly known as Los Coce-
Preparing for elections NO date has been set for Spain’s general elections although December 20 seems the most likely. In th e m e a n t i m e , th e PSOE socialist party has been listening to the opinions of local members regardin g c a n d i d a t e s, s a id Jose Luis Sanchez Teruel, the PSOE’s secretary general for Almeria Province.
These will be evaluated d u rin g a mee tin g o f t he provincial committee to be h eld in G arru ch a o n S e ptember 25. The last word goes to party members from all Almeria municipalities, Sanchez Teruel stressed, a n d th ey w ill d ec id e w ho appears on lists of candidates for the Lower House and the Senate.
Gun law M O R E tha n 1,000 people were fined in Almeria for illegal possession of firearms or explosives in 2014, the Ministry of the Interior reve a le d. A tota l of 11,000 fines were issued throughout Andalucia.
Flat rate up by 50 per cent THE number of Spanish tourists renting apartments increased by approximately 50 per cent in July. The 29,135 occupancy figure recorded by the National Statistics Office (INE) was Almeria Province’s best in the last 10 years.
dores – on the Almeria-Murcia boundary. There were no fatalities on the five beaches and only 12 sea rescues were necessary thanks to the proactive watch kept by lifeguards on the beaches and marine patrols. Their mission was to foresee and prevent accidents and they were on hand to
intervene on 121 occasions. The organisation dealt with 461 health issues and the Soporte Vital Basico first aid unit attended to 56 emergencies, and 26 people on the beaches while referring the remainder to Terreros health centre.
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Double strength CANTORIA-based marble quarrier Cosentino has joined forces with Lladro, famous for its porcelain figures. They opened a shared showroom this month in Manhattan and open another in Milan in October.
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Well-situated TWENTY per cent more people used public transport in El Ejido this summer, with peaks of 70 per cent on busiest days. Passenger numbers increased following introduction of the real-time ‘Situame’ information app.
Usual reading VICAR’S six municipal libraries and reading circles are operating as usual after the August break. The winter timetable begins on September 22.
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STATION: Phased out, but trains no faster. DELAYS on Almeria trains are becoming the rule rather than the exception. Recent scrutiny of just one day’s rail traffic revealed that six of the 12 trains that left Almeria or arrived there failed to arrive on time. In some cases they were 30 minutes behind schedule. Talgo expresses to and from
Madrid were late and the Almeria-Sevilla connection was little better, with delays of between 14 and 29 minutes. Matters have not been improved by construction of the AVE line between Antequera and Granada, obliging passengers to complete part of the journey by road. The railway enthusiasts’ as-
No aid for Albox children from the local town council
sociation Amigos del Ferrocarril (Asafal) is pressing the government to improve the province’s railway connections. “It’s essential to improve the Almeria-Moreda-Granada line and replace sleepers and rails that are in bad condition,” the association declared. “Trains are slower now than they were 15 years ago.”
Copper theft sees four arrested by Guardia Civil TWO men, one 41, and the other 37 years of age from Nijar, have been arrested after allegedly stealing copper. A Guardia Civil statement reported that the two men stole 48 water digital meters as well as 100kg of copper. In a ddition a 43 a nd 46year-old man have also been arrested in connection with the case. The investigation began when authorities were inspecting a recycling point, w he re 43kg of me ta l be longing to meter boxes as
SCHOOL SUPPLIES: Each child needs at least €85 spent on them. SEEMS like children in Albox will not be aided by the town council in the purchase of their school supplies for the 2015/2016 year. Spokesperson of the Partido Popular (PP) conservative party, Juan Pedro Perez, showed his concern after Albox Mayor Rogelio Mena and the rest of the governing team, rejected during a plenary session on September 11, a proposal to help families at
risk of poverty to purchase school supplies for their children. “Taking into consideration the financial difficulties experienced by the town’s families and knowing how difficult it is for some of those to start the academic year, as each child needs at least €85 in school supplies, we cannot understand the voting against from the government,” he said.
SAMARITANS’ volunteers are chosen with great care and receive ongoing training and support to enhance their skills. They listen to people who are experiencing difficult emotional reactions to a huge range of life issues, without prejudice and without making judgements. They do not counsel or advise people what to do. They simply support callers by helping them through whatever it is that they are enduring. This could be bereavement, depression, ill-health, loneliness, relationship issues, violence, abuse, addictions, self-harm, financial pressures or bullying and school worries. The Samaritans’ insistence on confidentiality and anonymity means all callers are permitted to talk freely and explore their thoughts and feelings. There is a 24-hour freephone service all year round on 900 525 100. For further details on Samaritans in Spain, registered as a not-for-profit organisation, email pat@samaritans inspain.com or visit www.samaritansinspain.com or the organisation’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
COPPER: Stolen as well as water digital meters. well as 100kg of copper had been sold. The two men were then
f ound and ar e cur r ent l y waiting to appear before a judge.
Fine work by the Ombudsman ALMERIA City is the only corporation in the province that declined to reveal its earnings from fines. The Andalucia Ombudsman sent questionnaires to 80 municipalities throughout the region while investigating income from fines during five years of crisis.
Sixty-nine answered and according to the Ombudsman’s report it was not possible to conclude from the information received that they had tried to compensate budget shortfalls with fines. “In fact most municipalities issued fewer fines over the last year,” the Ombudsman said.
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Online office CUEVAS DE ALMANZORA Town Hall’s Oficina Virtual www.cuevasdelalmanzora.es is up and running. Those with e-signatures can now carry out local paperwork, formalities and procedures online. www.cuevasdelalmanzora.es
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British Airways leading the way in airline world TEXTBOOK handling of a very serious aircraft emergency by professional staff By Steve Walsh ON September 8, BA flight 2276 was taking off from Las Vegas (McCarran International Airport) for Gatwick. At about 100mph into the takeoff on runway 07L, there was a loud bang and fire broke out on the left hand engine. Captain Chris Henkey immediately aborted takeoff and told the control tower he had an engine fire. A few seconds later he called the tower to say he was evacuating his passengers on the runway and requested fire services. A quick-thinking female controller informed the captain the fire services were already on their way. She had already seen the severity of the fire prior to his request. The professionalism shown by the captain was exemplary. So too was the way the tower frequency controller dealt with everything. The cockpit crew, the cabin crew of BA2276 and the shift in the McCarran tower that afternoon saved the lives of the
BA 2276: Disaster was averted.
172 on board. Had the engine failed about 20 seconds later the aircraft would have had
to take off. The aircraft would have been unflyable and would have crashed with total loss of life. If the Captain had tried to stop, the aircraft would have gone off the end of the runway into downtown Los Vegas! This professionalism makes BA one of the three best airlines in the world.
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ROAD ACCIDENTS: Ninety five per cent occur in good weather conditions.
National report on road safety in Spain (DGT) BETWEEN 2003 and 2007 over 316,600 motorbikes over 500cc were licensed in Spain. According to Spanish statistics, motorbike riders are 17 times more likely to be injured in a road traffic accident than car drivers. In order to understand and then reduce the number of motorbike accidents, the DGT (Spanish equivalent of the DLVC) has produced a report on road traffic safety. Here we bring you the main conclusions of why these accidents occur. WHEN DO ACCIDENTS OCCUR? Nearly 30 per cent of urban motorbike and scooter accidents happen at the weekend and the percentage of accidents resulting in death increases to 42 per cent. The highest rate occurs between 06.00h and 20.00h. OTHER VEHICLES INVOLVED Eight one per cent of motorbike accidents involve at least one other vehicle, although the mortality rate decreases slightly when another vehicle is involved. Seventy per cent of accidents result from collisions between bikes and other vehicles. In urban areas, three out of four accidents involving bikes, also involve another vehicle. WHY DO ACCIDENTS HAPPEN? Five factoring conditions have been taken
into consideration; traffic, road surface, atmospheric, human and accident type. In urban areas, the injury increases by 31 per cent in faster moving traffic. This means that 97 per cent of mortalities occur in fluid traffic. Ninety five per cent of accidents occur during good weather conditions. This also implies fewer motorbikes and scooters drive in bad weather. Statistically, the conditions of the road do not significantly affect the level of accidents. THE HUMAN FACTOR In urban areas, alcohol, and drugs increase the injury level by 170 per cent, whilst speed increases the level by 370 per cent. The report estimates that almost a third of accidents involving motorbikes and other four wheeled vehicles result from the motorbike not being seen by the driver of the car. Forty per cent of accidents in urban areas involve head-on or side collisions between bikes and cars. KEY FINDINGS OF THE REPORT In urban areas, accidents occur at intersections involving traffic lights and roundabouts. On roads, the majority of accidents happen when overtaking on dual carriageways and normal roads, at exits and entries, and at intersections involving stop signs and give way.
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New EU Succession Regulation Affects British Expatriates In Spain A new EU regulation on succession came into force on 17th August. British expatriates living in Spain need to understand how it affects them. They may need to take action to ensure their assets are distributed to their heirs according to their wishes. European Succession Regulation EU650/2012, known as ‘Brussels IV,’ was devised to provide certainty as to which law will apply in governing a succession. It standardises the law of succession across the EU, to simplify and lower the costs on cross border succession issues, and allows individuals to opt for the succession law of their country of nationality to apply instead of that of their country of residence. It applies to all EU member states except the UK, Ireland and Denmark, who have opted out. Although the UK is not a Brussels IV state, UK nationals living in Spain can still opt for UK succession law to apply on their death. Key elements of Brussels IV • The default position and most important criterion is that the law of the state in which the deceased was
document. • The default position may also be overturned if there is a jurisdiction to which the deceased was ‘manifestly’ more closely connected.
By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks ‘habitually resident’ at the time of their death applies to succession of assets located across the Brussels IV zone. • However, an individual can elect to apply the law of their nationality to all their assets across the zone. This selection must be made before death, through a statement in their will or a similar
Spain succession law The succession law in Spain restricts your freedom to leave your assets to anyone you please. It is designed to protect the family and provide for children, and requires a parent to leave two-thirds of their estate to children, even by-passing their spouse. Of the rest of the assets, only one third can be freely disposed. However, property owned by foreigners can be disposed of according to the law of their country of nationality, providing they have an existing will. If they die intestate, Spanish law will apply. Under the new EU Succession Regulation, it is important to note
that the default position is that Spanish succession law will apply to your estate in Spain, unless you have expressly stated otherwise. If you do not have a valid will which states that you have chosen UK law, or other such legal document, your estate may be distributed according to the restrictive Spanish law. Succession tax The Succession Regulation does not apply to tax laws. The situation remains as before - where an individual has assets in more than one country, and different inheritance tax regimes apply, the double tax treaty or the national tax rules will determine where and how succession tax is paid. Therefore, if you are resident in Spain at the date of your death or if you have assets in Spain, the Spanish
succession tax rules will continue to apply. Additionally, if you remain UK domiciled, your worldwide estate remains subject to UK inheritance tax. Succession planning For a family, ensuring that assets pass to the right beneficiaries at the right time, with the minimum of administration or taxation, can be a complicated process. It is important to undertake a succession planning health check, with help of a specialist wealth manager. You want to ensure that your estate is distributed according to your wishes, with no necessary complications and costs, and with as little inheritance taxes as possible. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.
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Almeria road mortality in numbers THE latest statistics released by the National Traffic Department (DGT) showed that every year, more than 200 vehicles are involved in serious accidents after swerving on Almeria roads. Between 2012 and 2013, the latest documented period, 31 people lost
their lives and more than 100 were severely injured in this kind of accident. It is also noteworthy the number of pedestrians who were run over. These have turned into the population at risk in Almeria. In two years, the number of victims amounted to 141, where
seven victims died and more than 50 were severely injured. Towns like Roquetas de Mar or Almeria have accumulated very high numbers of pedestrians involved in accidents. In the capital, the black spots where a larger amount of accidents
Increased surveillance to avoid floods THE strong rains that severely affected areas in El Ejido and Adra around 10 days ago have forced the local and regional governments to take action. Both governing teams have announced increased surveillance will be launched to regulate drainage systems as well as cleaning of paths and roads. “This action will also impose fines on those field workers who do not comply with regulations, is to remove obstacles and allow water to flow, avoiding floods,” said Agriculture councillor, Manuel Gomez Galera.
have occurred are in Carretera de Ronda, Avenida del Mediterraneo o Avenida Cabo de Gata. On the other hand, in Roquetas de Mar, places such as Avenida Carlos III or Avenida de Roquetas are dangerous spots for pedestrians.
Amongst the causes of the accidents, according to DGT, are excessive speed, consumption of alcohol and distractions when driving. In addition, around 40 per cent of people who died in 2014 in a road accident were not wearing a seatbelt or helmet.
Reaching for the skies OUR EWN daughter flies the nest By All your EWN family IT is with a great deal of sadness that the Directors and staff of Euro Weekly News have to say farewell to one of our brightest stars, Georgia. She has been working with us for more than two years on the production side of the newspaper, and juggling the contents of six different editions on a weekly basis as well as helping to lay out adverts for many of our valued customers is something that she has coped with brilliantly, always going that extra mile. Our loss however is the world’s gain as
Georgia is leaving to move to Dubai to work for Emirates Airlines, and no doubt she will bring her vivacious personality to this new venture and brighten up the days of the passengers she meets. We all wish her every success and happiness for the future.
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Online office CUEVAS DE ALMANZORA Town Hall’s Oficina Virtual www.cuevasdelal manzora.es is up and running. Those with e-signatures can now carry out local paperwork, formalities and procedures online.
Joint project CANTORIA-based marble quarrier Cosentino has joined forces with Lladro, famous for its porcelain figures. They opened a showroom in Manhattan and open another in Milan in October.
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Jailhouse blues for prison project FINISHED but empty as not yet authorised for occupation By Linda Hall THE ministry of the Interior a nnounc e d pla ns to modernise Almeria’s prison system just as the crisis began. With spending cuts and less cash to spare, the €10 million project has halted and the El Puche and four new modules at the El Acebuche jail are built but unused. Budget limitations mean
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t hat m or e st aff cannot be taken on so the cells, workshops, offices, libraries, laundries and stores are ser vi ng no pr act i cal pur pose. The El Puche open prison (CIS) for prisoners nearing the end of their sentences was i nt ended t o pr ovi de training to help their reinsertion into society while relieving pressure on the overcrowded El Acebuche centre. The CIS was announced in 2008 but building did not begi n unt i l 2011 and al though finished in 2013, it is empty. It is likely to remain so because the central government did not include an allocation to staff it in the 2016 Budget. Speaking in the national parliament at the end of Au-
EL ACEBUCHE: New unused modules have more space. gust, Andreu Bassas, president of the publicly-owned SIEP (State Prison Infrastructure and Equipment), announced that €1.1 million would be distributed amongst CIS centres in Almeria, Valencia, Las Palmas and Ceuta. Almeria’s share will go towards equipment but will not stretch to staff, Bassas said. El Acebuche’s four new m odul es ar e i n m uch t he same position. The ultra-modern threestorey building combines more space with increased security but although finished a year ago, it is not yet authorised for occupation.
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Valencia to give €350,000 to help Syrian refugees MEETING will be held to discuss humanitarian action involving local, provincial and regional institutions
SYRIAN REFUGEES: A moral obligation to do everything.
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THE Generalitat Valenciana has given an initial contribution of €350,000 to the UN for the benefit of Syrian refugees stranded in the country. The announcement was made by the Minister of transparency, accountability, participation and cooperation of the Generalitat Valenciana, Manuel Alcaraz, during a visit to Alicante City; the first since his election. Alcaraz stressed the need to create “humanitarian corridors” to help displaced people to flee the conflict areas and said they had a “moral obligation to do everything” they could to help. He emphasised that the people of the Region were acting “in an exemplary manner.” He said: “That which led us to the crisis and what is, unfortunately, leading us to address this crisis is to forget that there are values in society that are more important than the wealth that can be measured in euros.” The Minister also announced that next week an emergency committee meeting would be convened to discuss humanitarian action, involving local, provincial and regional level public institutions.
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Lidl jobs
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Ciudad de la Luz
LIDL supermarkets have announced they plan to open 40 new stores across Spain in the next year creating 400 jobs. For more information and jobs in your area, visit www.oficinaempleo.com.
AMERICAN actress Hilary Swank has spent three days in Mallorca, staying in Puigpunyent with her boyfriend, retired Colombian tennis player, Ruben Torres, and enjoying the Tramuntana mountains.
COUNCIL representatives announced that the cleaning services of Torre del Mar’s indoor pool have been awarded to company Clece for a period of nine months at a total cost of €42,688.
IN February this year the European Commission authorised the sale of the Ciudad de la Luz complex in six lots, but the government in Valencia are trying to prevent the auction going ahead to ensure the future of Alicante film studios.
Veterans honoured
Hit and run
Accident simulation
A TRIBUTE has been held for military veterans in Orihuela. PP Mayor, Emilio Bascuñana led the proceedings, thanking the veterans for their years of service and dedication.
AN uninsured Bulgarian driver was arrested in Palma after causing a traffic accident and fleeing the scene without helping the injured woman who was driving the vehicle with which he collided.
THE Lifeguarding and surveillance service of Nerja carried out several drills simulating accidents on the beaches of Chucho and Torrecilla. Drills were performed as part of the requisites needed to obtain the Q for Quality certificate.
Jewellery bust
Woman rescued
ARRESTS have been made of members of an organised criminal group that were stealing from jewellery stores around the country. One arrest was made in Alicante Province.
A WOMAN, 21, was rescued by firemen after falling down a 10-metre-deep unused well in Muro. She sustained a broken ankle and was taken by ambulance to Manacor Hospital after being rescued.
Tax protests
Payment delay
AROUND 150 residents of Pilar de la Horadada protested outside the town hall against the rises in IBI tax rates. They are calling on Mayor Ignacio Ramos (PSOE) to allow a revision of the property prices and re-access the tax rates.
THE Balearic Islands government pays suppliers with an average delay of 60 days, higher than the national average of almost 41 days announced by the Ministry of Tax for June this year.
Golden mile
Bus chaos
Bollywood Nerja
Healthy habits
AFTER six years of paralysis, the development may continue of Benalúa Sur, just outside Alicante City. The area is considered the ‘golden mile’ for its privileged beach front location.
A BUS broke down in the middle of Calle de la Unio in Palma, meaning cars had to pass it by driving on the pavement. Local Police directed traffic until the bus was repaired.
NERJA continues to attract the attention of the humongous movie industry Bollywood which has come from India to shoot in the town. Movies shot were called: ‘Teri Talash’ and ‘Bandhan.’
THE provincial government in Alicante has allocated €125,000 to 84 associations throughout the region for programmes including courses and workshops that promote healthy habits.
Clean coasts THREE cleaning boats have been retrieving the waste dragged by recent storms from the Almuñecar and La Herradura coasts, as it represented a hazard for other crafts and beach-goers.
Alleged murderer A PUBLIC jury will judge in November the man accused of having killed his partner, the late director of Nerja’s History Museum, in 2014 in Torrox, by stabbing her 131 times.
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Problem in Elche FIVE schools in Elche have been reported because of an escalation in severe cases of bullying that have not been addressed by the institutions. Local Police are now involved due to a failure by the schools to protect the victims.
Refugee support MORE than 300 people turned out on the streets of Elche and close to 500 in Alicante in support of Syrian refugees. Human rights groups organised the protests.
Free schooling A PILOT project has been launched by a dozen schools in the province of Alicante to provide free schooling for children as young as two.
Planes at risk AENA airport authority has sent a report to the State Air Safety Agency claiming that kitesurfing, a common practice in Guadalmar near Malaga airport, puts aircraft at risk and asking for it to be banned in the area.
Best August MALAGA-Costa de Sol airport has had its best August ever, with more than 1.7 million passengers flying to or from the facility during the month. Of the total, 593,093 travelled to or from the UK.
Claims expected INSURANCE claims for damage caused in Malaga Province by heavy rainstorms on September 7 are likely to amount to about €1.3 million, the Insurance Compensation Consortium has estimated.
Thanks to all LOS BARRIOS Council wants everyone involved in putting out a fire in July publicly acknowledged and thanked for their brave and efficient work.
Policeman wanted AN international arrest warrant has been issued for a Guardia Civil officer due to face trial for a long list of offences regarding a drugtrafficking case who failed to turn up at court on Monday.
Examiners’ strike ABOUT 150 learner drivers were unable to take their exams on Monday as the 25 examiners on duty in Malaga City stopped work at noon to join a national three hour strike to demand better working conditions.
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Teen confesses SWEDEN: A teenager, aged 19, has confessed to the murder of a 21-year-old Swedish woman who went missing after a going out for a run in Stockholm in early August.
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School in lockdown NO ONE was injured in the incident PRIMARY schoolchildren were ordered not to leave their school after shots were fired nearby in east London. The school was on lockdown as a precaution as police searched for the suspect. No one was injured.
BRITISH PRESS
No begging
Fashionable PM visits Lebanon protest PRIME Minister David Cameron
SWEDEN’S equality minister said Swedes should donate to charities rather than giving it directly to street beggars, saying money to charities was “a better long term solution.”
visited a refugee camp in Lebanon on September 14 and spoke with a family due to be admitted to Britain shortly. He has also appointed Richard Harrington as minister for Syrian refugees.
Ferries closed
Wendy house banned
DENMARK: A major ferry crossing from Germany to Denmark has been partly closed after hundreds of migrants refused to disembark on arrival, demanding to be taken onward to Sweden.
FASHION icon Vivienne Westwood drove a tank to UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s home village, as part of a protest about the granting of fracking licences.
were required to apply for planning permission which has now been refused.
Hero boxer SEAN MCCOMB, a European boxing bronze medallist chased and caught two thieves within half an hour of each other in Belfast. He was part of a Belfast City Sightseeing Tour when the two separate events took place.
TANK DRIVER: Vivienne.
Foul play POLICE suspect foul play after 29 delegates at a German homoeopathy conference suffering from violent convulsions and hallucinations after a mass psychedelic overdose.
New jobs GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the country will create thousands of new jobs to handle asylum requests as the government releases billions of euros to help cope with the crisis.
Composer’s birthday GERMANY’S greatest living composer has turned 80. Arvo Part, the German-Estonian composer celebrated his birthday on September 11.
OLDHAM Council has decided that a Wendy house is unacceptable and has to be demolished. A neighbor had complained about the tiny structure which was built in the garden, behind a fence, so the owners
Best city HAMBURG has been crowned Germany’s favourite city, ahead of Munich. Participants in a survey, praised its friendly citizens, quality of life and beautiful skyline.
Car crash SWEDEN: Suspected thieves in central Sweden survived after crashing a stolen car off a bridge and onto railway tracks 10 metres below.
No smoking GERMANY’S former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, aged 96, has given up his legendary habit of smoking, after an operation for what is popularly known as ‘smoker’s leg’ left him in intensive care.
Pop-up bars SWEDEN: Pop-up Champagne and hot dog concept bars are the new craze to open in Stockholm, Sweden, offering unique and different interpretations of the classic hot dog.
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MAASTRICT: Improving facilities.
Cost of living Ikea sales SWEDEN’S furniture giant Ikea has announced its sales rose 11.2 per cent during the 2014-2015 fiscal year, aided particularly by the markets in Germany and China.
Space lego DENMARK’S first astronaut has arrived at the International Space Station to join the eight crew members there. The 38 year-old aerospace engineer from Copenhagen brought with him 26 Lego figurines.
Airport upgrade investment PRIVATE sector and local government prepared to spend millions MAASTRICT’S struggling airport is to have a multi-million euro upgrade as the private sector and local and provincial government prepare to invest in improving its facilities.
New words THOUSANDS of new words will be included in the new edition of the Groene Boekje; the official list of Dutch words, when it is published on October 13. The current print edition
DUTCH PRESS dates from 2005 and contains 100,000 words.
Top tax bracket THE national statistics office CBS has revealed that 850,000 people in
the Netherlands earned sufficient to take them into the top tax band of 52 per cent.
Stabbing in Malta THREE Dutch teenagers were injured and taken to hospital following an incident in Malta which also involved two older Libyans and a Maltese. Of the Dutch boys, one has been seriously wounded after being stabbed.
GERMANS spend more than a third of their household budgets on mortgages and rent, almost 3 per cent more than in recent years. The average rent or mortgage payment is €845 per month.
Well done HUNGARY had some words of praise for Germany after weeks of rising tensions: The Hungarian government applauded Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to reinstate border controls between Germany and Austria.
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Russian wedding MET while he was teaching at her university
LEGENDARY LOVE: Ivan Krasko married his young girlfriend.
RUSSIAN film legend Ivan Krasko, aged 84, has married his 24-year-old girlfriend in a small ceremony in Saint Petersburg. He met his bride five years ago whilst teaching at the university where she was studying.
Russian bombers
Flowers laid FORMER Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Crimea, as they laid flowers at a monument commemorating soldiers fallen in the Crimean War. MEET UP: Silvio Berlusconi and Vladimir Putin (right).
THE RAF intercepted two Russian long-range bombers flying off the coast of Northumbria. They were escorted away from the UK area of interest.
Great escape TWO five-year-old boys planned a great escape from their nursery in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, by using sand spades to dig their way under the fence to escape. They headed to a luxury car showroom saying they wanted to buy a Jaguar.
A RUSSIAN doctor died after being shot by a patient. It is reported the doctor was gunned down after his patient was not happy with the results of several nose job operations.
Wedding police A NEW police unit has been set up in southern Russia to keep the peace at the regions notoriously rowdy and out of control wedding parties. People have been killed by wedding shootings in the past.
Data stored
UN veto THE President of the Ukraine believes Russia should be stripped of its UN Security Council veto saying the country is a “challenge to the democratic world.”
Cosmetic murder
Tensions mount TENSIONS have been mounting by Russia and Sweden after Russia said any Swedish decision to join NATO would have “consequences” that would compel Russia to respond. Sweden said it is “not acceptable to make threats.”
APPLE is to store the personal data of its Russian users at a data centre inside Russia to comply with a new law obliging all companies supplying Internet services in Russia to store such data.
Work barriers RUSSIAN women face the most job-related barriers worldwide. For example, they are barred by law from taking up jobs such as agricultural truck driver, freight train conductors and from being sailors.
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million euros was the overall bill for MPs’ expenses and costs
It may seem at first glance this was a perfect example of the continued ‘troughiteering’ of MPs but the total amount involved was revealed to be just £2,105.43 (€2,864) and already, some of the amounts had been identified as ‘no longer owed.’
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Lord Browne former CEO of BP on the way companies treat people
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Oil job losses ANNUAL economic impact report by Oil and Gas UK trade body states that Britain’s offshore oil sector has lost 65,000 jobs.
Strikes on increase SEAT MARTORELL: Prime Minister visited the facility.
Huge investment in Seat announced COINCIDING with a visit to the Seat Martorell facility by prime minister Rajoy on September 8, a senior representative of Seat which is owned by VAG announced they plan to spend €3.3 billion on equipment, facilities and R&D over the next four years, Martorell which is situated within Catalonia is celebrating its 40th anniversary and ac-
cording to a press release, it is one of the main pillars of industry in Spain and the largest company in the car industry, which currently accounts for 10 per cent of the country’s GDP. Seat contributes roughly 1 per cent to Spain’s GDP and 4 per cent to Catalonia. With the forthcoming elections, the prime minister visited at a very appropriate time.
A NEW report indicates that time lost due to strikes has increased by 7 per cent in Spain. Strikes logged so far this year total 592, with 227,000 people involved.
Cybercrime seminar WITH a massive increase in cybercrime, a very timely seminar which includes four distinguished speakers has been organised by the Gibraltar Association of Compliance Officers on October 6 aboard the Sunborn Yacht Hotel. The aim of the day is to alert companies to the risks and how to counter them.
New iPad Pro is launched TIM COOK, chief executive officer of Apple launched the new iPad Pro to cheers from an invited audience on September 9. He claims that this is the biggest news in iPad since it was launched five years ago and is faster than the majority of desk-top comput-
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M ore t el l i ngl y, i t al so announced that the overall bill for MPs’ expenses and costs had risen to almost £106 million (€144.1 million) in 2014-15, an increase of £1.7 million (€2.3million) - just over 1 per cent - on the previous financial year.
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EU helps farmers THE European Commission announced on September 7 it will give €500m to help farmers throughout the EU who have been hurt by falling prices, partly due to the loss of exports to Russia because of EU sanctions. The main recipients will be eastern European farmers, especially those involved with dairy products. Spanish farmers expect to receive some also.
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% CHG. 1.08 1.40 1.04 1.98 0.91 3.69 0.40 0.97 1.65 0.84 0.58 1.14 0.44 1.22 1.41 2.13 1.23 1.10 0.74 1.19 0.63 1.38 0.25 0.93 0.44 1.79 1.13 0.24 1.22 0.61 1.12 1.02 0.86 2.06 1.01 0.47 0.95 0.30 0.65 2.35 1.64 0.83 1.33 1.42 1.37 1.20 1.00 0.70 1.55 1.12
NET VOL 4,658.09 4,195.66 4,298.27 10,051.16 5,959.50 13,372.22 5,124.04 24,906.07 54,216.54 19,063.57 4,837.77 14,022.85 43,375.99 6,560.03 33,779.64 22,387.96 61,309.07 64,118.62 8,430.84 36,026.76 5,860.50 6,174.29 8,141.81 7,293.02 11,550.86 4,839.14 17,036.07 15,760.75 43,462.99 5,463.00 4,922.50 6,990.86 10,467.44 4,472.94 3,790.55 4,611.26 63,066.05 17,380.59 4,878.42 5,549.53 4,711.47 98,580.76 31,296.87 4,711.54 5,744.73 11,848.53 4,076.00 4,239.27 10,111.83 5,481.55
COMPANY PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) Kingfisher 368.60 3.30 Land Securities Group 1,228.00 8.00 Legal & General Group 254.80 1.80 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 76.06 0.28 London Stock Exchange 2,527.50 29.50 Marks & Spencer Group 508.75 3.75 Meggitt 488.65 2.75 Merlin Entertainments 387.45 2.85 Mondi 1,488.00 21.00 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 163.95 -1.25 National Grid 858.70 8.40 Next 7,795.00 55.00 Old Mutual 191.55 2.35 Pearson 1,151.00 14.00 Persimmon 2,131.00 20.00 Prudential 1,415.50 17.50 Randgold Resources 3,722.00 79.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 5,774.50 68.50 RELX 1,075.50 21.50 Rio Tinto 2,435.25 52.25 Rolls-Royce Group 726.50 5.50 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 331.05 2.35 Royal Dutch Shell 1,629.00 17.00 Royal Dutch Shell 1,637.25 22.25 Royal Mail 472.20 1.40 RSA Insurance Group 508.25 2.25 SABMiller 2,976.50 21.50 Sage Group (The) 510.50 5.50 Sainsbury (J) 235.55 2.15 Schroders 2,923.00 47.00 Severn Trent 2,106.00 24.00 Shire 4,852.50 37.50 Sky 1,029.00 9.00 Smith & Nephew 1,175.50 14.50 Smiths Group 1,110.00 7.00 Sports Direct International 766.75 7.25 SSE 1,453.50 6.50 St James's Place 889.00 15.50 Standard Chartered 720.45 4.65 Standard Life 413.30 4.80 Taylor Wimpey 201.80 1.40 Tesco 183.30 1.95 Travis Perkins 2,053.00 25.00 TUI AG 1,231.00 21.00 Unilever 2,585.00 29.00 United Utilities Group 869.50 11.00 Vodafone Group 224.93 0.98 Weir Group 1,253.00 9.00 Whitbread 4,654.00 29.00 Wolseley 4,214.50 17.50 WPP Group 1,363.00 16.00
% CHG. 0.90 0.66 0.71 0.37 1.18 0.74 0.57 0.74 1.43 -0.76 0.99 0.71 1.24 1.23 0.95 1.25 2.17 1.20 2.04 2.19 0.76 0.71 1.05 1.38 0.30 0.44 0.73 1.09 0.92 1.63 1.15 0.78 0.88 1.25 0.63 0.95 0.45 1.77 0.65 1.18 0.70 1.08 1.23 1.74 1.13 1.28 0.44 0.72 0.63 0.42 1.19
NET VOL 8,399.64 9,826.46 15,135.78 54,472.44 8,761.89 8,422.63 3,852.98 3,933.34 7,210.47 3,990.67 32,226.82 11,885.92 9,374.48 9,425.11 6,510.95 36,405.16 3,418.80 41,026.90 11,979.04 33,269.10 13,329.81 21,232.55 62,858.60 39,595.66 4,716.00 5,165.13 48,168.15 5,478.57 4,589.08 6,532.05 4,973.64 28,848.94 17,757.45 10,473.32 4,330.71 4,605.19 14,558.35 4,625.00 18,167.95 8,148.49 6,575.25 15,097.28 5,046.31 7,074.44 32,946.40 5,905.15 60,210.35 2,680.07 8,469.05 10,891.18 17,855.61
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$ 26.79 $ 11.21 $ 2.05 $ 6.40 $ 3.40 $ 7.16 $ 15.51 $ 25.01 $ 10.15 $ 45.01 $ 4.08
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Morrisons sells its loss-making division of 140 convenience stores eas of high footfall. Other supermarkets have had considerable more success with their convenience stores but Morrisons just couldn’t emulate them. Having announced a loss before tax of £792 million (€1,07 billion) earlier this year, the company needed to review its position and even selling these stores at a loss estimated at £30 million (€41 million) has pleased the market as they were considered to be a drain on resources which diverted management from other more important tasks. The group has also announced that it will close 11 supermarkets with a possible loss of 900 jobs as part of its recovery plan Despite the current difficulties, those who live near Gibraltar are able to see for themselves how very popular that branch of Morrisons is and it is reputed to enjoy one of the highest turnovers in the group.
AN announcement was made on September 9 advising that Morrisons would sell its loss-making M chain of 140 local convenience stores for a sum in the region of £25 million (€34 million) to a company funded by Greybull Capital. The move into local convenience
34 million euros is the sum Morrisons are reported to have sold the chain for stores, mainly in the south of England seemed to be a good way of improving the company’s position, but critics suggest that buying 49 properties previously owned by Blockbusters was not a sensible move as the stores were not necessarily in ar-
Ryanair’s bumper forecast JUST like its big rival easyJet, Ryanair has raised its full year profit forecast by 25 per cent with expected net profit raised to between €1.175 billion and €1.225 billion. The budget airline said this increase is “due to stronger than expected peak summer traffic and prices.” The statement noted that it had originally planned to update shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on September 24, “however the strength of its July and August numbers is continuing into September and the scale of the upgrade (40 per cent up on the previous year) requires this update to be brought forward.” Following this announcement, Ryanair ’s share price increased by 10 per cent on the morning of September 9.
M CHAIN: Local convenience stores mainly in the south of England.
Rule: people buy people Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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IF you are selling a product or service and not doing as well as you hoped, the answer might lie closer to home than you think. There are many rules of selling. One of the most important lessons is that, ‘people do not buy products, they buy people.’ There were occasions, happily rare, when on meeting a new client, I might just as well wish him good day, turn on my heel and exit. I cannot explain it; it was hate at first sight; we simply did not like each other. He would not have scratched the pad had it been a free offer. On a happier note, I often sold my service to clients who could get by without it. The offer on the desk would help but not necessarily improve their business or life. He bought because we got on so well together, he simply didn’t have
SELL YOURSELF: If the client likes you, you get the order, if not, forget it. the heart to say no. A bad product sold well will far outsell a good product badly sold. Time after time, I have seen the evidence of this. The reason wasn’t hard to discover. When you engage with a new client, forget your product or service. If you kick off by waxing lyrical about what you have to sell, you have lost the order. The sales
people who succeed are those who first of all sell themselves. If the client likes you, you get the order. If he does not like you, forget it. How many times have you seen, let us say a bar or restaurant that ticks every box but is strangely quiet. On the other hand, we all know watering holes that, despite their shortcomings are busy. It is the service that counts. The
key is an owner who befriends clients, treats new and old like family, and engages a friendly and helpful staff. In my English home town, where ironically I socialised more than I do here, I could guarantee one thing. In the busiest wine bars few of the clients were local. They passed rivals by because the quieter eateries failed to offer the service ambience test.
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Think like the rich to get rich and follow a few simple rules Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females WHY do rich people have so much money? Maybe for some it was a breeze due to inheritance or rich parents, but for others becoming wealthy is down to hard work and making smart choices in life. According to a study of very rich people accumulating wealth doesn’t just happen by accident, it’s a process. You have to a plan. You need to adopt good money habits, or you will never be able to save. It just won’t happen. So what do rich people know about managing money that the average person could learn from? Well, here is some insider advice straight from wealthy people’s mouths. Be Alert: Rich people keep a close eye on their spending. Even though they might have money to burn, they always track their
SMART WHEELS: Rich people don’t all drive around in fancy new cars. spending. Always go through your monthly bills to know where your money is going and to uncover unused or unnecessary expenses
that can be deleted from your spending. Smart Wheels: Rich people don’t all drive around in fancy brand new cars - quite the
opposite. Rich people know that new cars lose value as soon as you drive them out of the shop. Therefore what they do is buy good quality used cars. Forty-four per cent of the rich in the study purchased good quality used cars instead of a new one. Think First: The wealthy don’t make spontaneous purchases, because they know they’ll end up paying more than they otherwise would. Rich people are controlled and shop around for the best price before committing to a purchase. Shopping for bargains is a rich person’s habit! Saving is a Priority: Wealthy people understand the importance of saving and establishing good saving habits. They meticulously set aside money each month for different things like, retirement, bills or unexpected expenses. They save first and spend what’s leftover. Developing good money habits is empowering and it will increase your wealth over time. But remember it takes time and discipline.
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I almost began to lose the will to live IN the words of my hero, Senor Littlejohn you simply couldn’t make it up LEAPY LEE SAYS IT
OTHERS THINK IT WELL FOLKS. That was the week that just about took the whole tin. A yellow brick road journey that slowly turned to red and ended up potholed with so much PC and insanity, I almost began to lose the will to live. Snow White’s Seven Dwarfs became ‘Seven Little Friends.’ A woman with the most unlikely sounding name of Proudman, decided, a la Johnny Cash’s ‘boy named Sue,’ to extract her revenge on the genre that gave her that awful name. A company named ‘Nourish’ (what else) is now delivering food bank fodder to your door! A female expert in the ‘politics of outer space’ said she was ‘uncomfortable’ about sending out non PC messages to aliens because - wait for it. ‘It may attract the wrong type of alien.’ Barrack Obama said eating a grizzly bear’s salmon leftover was one of the best
CHRISSIE HYNDE: Doesn’t think it liberating to behave like a man. days of his presidency. A bank robber told the cashier to transfer the £500 he had just stolen to his own personal account. A charity run involving men dressed as pantomime
dames was being investigated by police as a ‘hate crime.’ Europe opened the door to hundreds of thousands of Mid-East aliens and the
Labour party elected a leader, guaranteed to keep them out of power for the whole length of his tenure. In the words of my hero, Senor Littlejohn, you simply couldn’t make it up. To me the only example of common sense this week came from the continuation of singer Chrissie Hynde’s views on feminism. The singer’s remarks, to the almost maniacal exponent of British feminism Jenni Murray, are well worth a quote. “I don’t think it’s liberating at all to think you can behave like a man,” she said. “When this false commodity of sexual liberation came along which made us think we could act like them, it was totally misleading. Actually women don’t act like men and they also respond emotionally very differently to men. It took me a long time to find out, and I don’t think it was any kind of liberation. I think it was more enslavement.” I understand Jenni Murray immediately changed the subject! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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NEVER in history has a country allowed itself to be conquered without a shot being fired Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
UNLESS miracles occur, which I very much doubt, I fear today to write Europe’s obituary. The shameful end of Europe, overrun by non-Europeans and collapsing in economic chaos, betrayed by its leaders, has possibly reached the point of no return. This is just the start. Many Germans, brainwashed on a diet of self-hate since 1945, welcome their self-immolation. There are many post-colonial self-haters in Britain too. In 1975, ‘Camp of the Saints,’ the apocalyptic novel by French author Jean Raspail was published. The setting is a Europe that disappears with hardly a whimper as armadas of Third World refugees storm Europe’s shores. Then in my 30’s I could not close the pages on this prophetic witness to Europe’s doom. You could purchase this book only ‘under the counter’ despite the fact that in France it was a bestselling award-winning novel. Since then I have experienced the darkest prophecies by everyone from
OVERRUN: Europe has reached the point of no return.
Napoleon to Adolf Hitler, Libyan President Gadhafi, philosophers like Oswald Spengler of a Third World occupied Europe. About two years ago, in a EWN column, I predicted the Mediterranean coastal communities collapsing under the weight of armadas of refugees. It is happening and accelerating at an alarming pace. Never in the history of humankind has a country or continent allowed itself to be conquered and overrun without a shot being fired. There will be no going back; there will never again be a ‘White Europe’ any more than there will be any other past civilisation. Kamil Bulonis, a Polish travel blog writer, who conceded sympathy for the refugees, was this month horrified by the visions from hell he saw on the Italian-Austrian border. “Half an hour ago on the border between Italy and Austria I saw with my own eyes a great many immigrants. I have to say that what I saw arouses horror. This huge mass of people - sorry, that I’ll write this - but these are absolute savages; vulgar, throwing bottles, shouting loudly ‘We want to go to Germany!’ Ninety-seven per cent of these ‘refugees’ are angry young males.” Yes, you asked for this, Europe.
Will progress be our downfall? NOWADAYS it is an expensive and neverending exercise in updating to the next generation Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
MESSING around with my replacement state of the art smart phone recently, I reflected as I struggled to get to grips with this supa dupa piece of electronic kit, the contrast with some of the iconic gadgets that we kids had at our disposal back in the 50’s. Anyway I finally managed to get the phone out of the box and I suddenly remembered what was perhaps the first ‘hi-tech’ present that I ever received. It was an interplanetary communications centre complete with two microphones that enabled me to speak to my space cadet colleagues on Jupiter. Actually the length of wire provided, meant that conversations were limited to the distance between the living room and the downstairs toilet, but that was an inconsequential detail. Being an only child, it meant that I would have to play with my new toy on
MODERN TECHNOLOGY: A real contrast to iconic gadgets of the 50’s.
Ideal to be a fly on the wall.
It has been a funny old week AS Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest reigning monarch in British history, a committed republican becomes leader of the labour party and may possibly become prime minister of Her Majesty’s government within a few years. Will we now see a groundswell of left wing support within the United Kingdom or will those who defected to UKIP in the last elections now rush to the conservatives to keep Mr Corbyn out of power? It would be an ideal time to be a ‘fly on the wall’ in a hypothetical situation of and remembering the old joke about turkeys voting for Christmas - a first official meeting between the Queen and the new prime minister who wants to see the end of her families reign. Add to the mix the news of the number of refugees who have been granted asylum within the EU together with the forthcoming UK referendum on EU membership and there could be a huge influx or exit of voters before the next election. A proverb or possibly curse ‘may you live in interesting times’ is attributed to the Chinese, and even though there is no known source for it, the next few years should certainly be interesting.
my own if my Dad was unavailable and I was often reduced to annoying our cat Tinker by placing one microphone in his basket and scaring the living bejeezus out of him as he was sleeping. It had all sorts of plastic knobs that activated flashing lights and buzzers, the toy, not the cat - and had a little message pad to jot down the latest score between the Martian Redskins and the Uranus Skids, and the whole thing was in a bright red and yellow plastic case with a plastic aerial on top for show. It was all very... well, plasticky. These were the playthings of their time, stimulating the imagination and with an emphasis on the word toy. Apart from some outsize batteries, they were not gadgets incorporating the very latest in technological advances; moreover they lasted for years and gave endless hours of enjoyment. Nowadays of course, kids are constantly clamouring for bigger and better, Now we which is an expensive and neverending want to exercise in updating to the next generahear your views. tion of phone, games consul and computer. YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE Proper childhood has become - YOUR OPINION defunct and enforces my belief that www.euroweeklynews.com progress will be our downfall.
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The sound of one hand clapping is a disgrace in the world of flamenco Ric Polansky Ric Polansky moved to Mojacar in 1969 as a pioneer developer. He reads extensively and has travelled in South America panning gold and looking for El Dorado.
IT’S the season again, the season that allows time to slow and moments in the campo or chance meetings in small derelict bars where one can meet old friends and spend some hours with them catching up. The fall is my favourite time in Spain and makes me truly feel rejuvenated. One had to stay in the house to keep cool this summer in front of a bank of fans or go to the bank and feign a problem but remain inside and cool (and alive). At last we’ve returned to a few breezy and cooling nights. If you are lucky enough to live in a small Spanish village you can now smell the aroma of food being cooked over a wood fire. Returning sons and daughters know just when to come back so they are a welcome addition of new faces and catching up on old gossip. Fall is for wearing boots of Spanish leather, chilled rosé during the day and more deep red as the night wears with tapas of thin spicy chorizo. Besides NOT understanding as much flamen-
FLAMENCO SHOW: If you can’t clap, a good cover up is keeping your hands filled with a wine glass! co as I wish I also bear the psychological cross, apparent to anyone near me, that I cannot ‘clap’ in rhythm. Go, and you’ll see each table has someone that each time they put their hands together it sounds like a rifle shot. They also know when to clap and not to. Nothing worse than having lived here going on for 47 years and I still can’t clap. A total and absolute disgrace in the
world of the flamenco macho! A good cover up is keeping your hands filled with a wine glass. I note with relish there is another top flamenco show at Tomas’s hotel Rural, on the other side of Turre as you drive towards Cortijo Grande.
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Given a sporting chance that could be closer to 18,000. Rajoy also knows that his one-time mentor Jose Maria Aznar is partly to blame for the refugee crisis. Aznar, panting to go to war with Bush and Blair, was party to the disastrous 2003 Iraq invasion and occupation that set the whole thing in motion and engendered ISIS. Charity cannot start at home, Rajoy knows it.
Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene
BARCELONA footballer Gerard Pique does not hide his pro-independence sentiments and is increasingly booed when he plays for Spain’s national side. He was apparently quite hurt to get the bird during the Spain-Slovakia match in Oviedo and it is hard to resist the temptation to respond with “Diddums.” To spare his feelings, the November friendly against England will be played in Alicante City’s Rico Perez stadium instead of the Bernabeu in Madrid although Pique will still be booed. An Alicantino might feel more Alicantino than Spanish but there is scant sympathy for Catalanism and still less for separatism.
Second best REFUGEES in northern Europe are being returned to Spain, the first EU country they entered and where their applications were processed. “It’s very hard after being in another country with so many facilities,” lamented one who was forced to leave Sweden for Madrid. Given the choice, few refugees - or Spaniards - would prefer Spain with high unemployment and exiguous benefits to Sweden.
Blast from past
Change of mind
BEFORE the summer Spain’s president Mariano Rajoy agreed to receive 2,749 refugees. This was less than Brussels wanted but all that the country could afford. Now Rajoy is bowing to pressure from Brussels and at home to accept more, a figure
WHEN Eduardo Madina was defeated by Pedro Sanchez for the PSOE leadership he announced that he would devote himself to Basque issues and gradually leave politics. Now he has allegedly changed his mind and hopes to be included in the Madrid voting list.
GERARD PIQUE: Does not hide his pro-independence sentiments.
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September 3, 2015: The date on which Europe surrendered WE will remember this day for the rest of our lives. This is the day we lost our civilisation. The enemy is within our gates, and more and more will pour in. We are finished. This is the end. Or at the very least, the beginning of the end. And to think that it took just one image, one photo of a threeyear-old boy lying dead on a Turkish beach, to shatter our resolve and turn the tide. One image was the straw that broke Europe’s back. Mr Murray (By email)
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Bad practice I AM very disappointed at the poor management of some of our top tourist attractions. The latest - Camino del Rey - is still showing fully booked calendars for June to September, with no availability for October onwards. Tour companies are block-booking the free time and then offering entrance as part of a paid package. These attractions should be available to all. The same complaints are being expressed about Nerja Caves and the Alhambra Palace. It is just not good enough. Jan Saunders (By email)
Watching F1 IS there a competition between David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan on who can wear the tightest budgiesmuggler jeans? Is there a rolled up sock involved or is it all as nature intended? (I personally don’t need to know the answer!!). Are they just trying to impress Suzi Perry? (I don’t think it’s working!). If they were to do a 100-metre dash towards the camera, would there be a Linford Christie moment? Come on, you all remember that from the 90s! Keith Hallam, travelling Europe (By email)
HAVE we learned nothing? Computer viruses have caused us all many nightmares over the years to the point now where they are part of life, and we just have to suffer with them causing damage and costing us money. The way they get into the system is via a Trojan horse, something nasty hidden inside something innocent. Is it only me that sees the same thing happening with the migrant crisis at the moment? How come thousands of European people are welcoming with open arms hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern migrants without question. Are they mad? Don’t get me wrong, any family from anywhere that needs help should be helped, but looking at the images on TV and in the press over the last week, many thousands of the migrants are single young men, well dressed, clean shaven, carrying iPhones and wearing Reeboks. Don’t tell me that amongst the hundreds of thousands flooding in there aren’t a couple of thousand terrorists. Islamic State and Al-Qaeda are not stupid, this has been planned, their Trojan horse has worked. Why didn’t all the migrants head south to countries that are closer to their way of life, customs and religion? John Harrington, Fuengirola, Malaga
Poor opinion MIKE WALSH really is quite sanctimonious. I don’t believe everything I read in the newspapers. In fact, after the phone-hacking affair, I have an extremely poor opinion of all journalists. This is endorsed every week when I read your articles. You are such a hypocrite. You pillory the mainstream press, then you produce incredulous conspiracy theories dragged up from extremely dubious sources. Why should anyone believe what
you write? You are no different from the people you are slating. As far as I’m concerned the reality is you are actually doing exactly what all journalists do, which is creating stories and manipulating information that will be read in order to sell newspapers. The only difference is that they are in places like Fleet Street and you are in some backwater in Spain. I like to read the newspapers despite the fact that I take a lot of what I read with a pinch of salt. Having stated that, the first thing I turn to every week is Mike, as I
can’t wait to see what fairy tale conspiracy he will dig up next. Ian Terry (Via website)
School agony HAVING just been through the mixed emotions of the start of another new school year, I can’t help wondering whether teachers in this country put parents (seemingly mothers particularly) through as much agony as possible where books and materials
are concerned in subconscious revenge for having to put up with our little darlings all morning for the next nine months. This year my daughter, who is almost 10 and has started Year 5 at primary school, was issued with a list of stationery supplies, all of which had to be named. Yes, all. Every single pencil, eraser, felt-tip pen had to be labelled, teacher insisted. Why? Does it really matter who uses which pencil and are we not just encouraging children to rely on us conveniently naming everything for them rather than making sure they know where their stuff is? Also this year all primary students have been issued with new textbooks by the regional government. All free, supposedly. Yet how come parents have to take their cheque-libro and order the books, wait for months for them to turn up, spend time and petrol on never-ending trips to see if they’ve arrived. Then on top of it all, we have to spend money on plastic covers for these so-called free books. Not to mention the aggro to get the plastic covers on! Seventeen books later, I have to share a tip: whatever you do, don’t try and use the sticky plastic or you will find the will to live disappears long before the pile of books is covered. Sarah Kite, Mijas Costa, Malaga
All the rain CAN somebody explain to me why in a country such as Spain, that has so little rainfall each year, whenever it rains it causes major problems for some areas? Surely each town has reservoirs that collect it all? Jenni K, Javea, Alicante
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Your outgoing attitude is spot on. Some may say you are a little crazy, the way you go for things. Each person has their own way and yours can be quite unique but that certainly does not make it wrong. People who make the world around us that little bit more colourful are gems.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Someone you mistrust offers to add to
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) As you are in the limelight, it comes as no surprise that admiration comes your way. What may surprise you, however, is the direction it comes from. Who would have thought that such a situation would arise?
Average: 11 Good: 14 Very good: 20 Excellent: 24
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 C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aced card cede cred crud cued curd dace dare darn dean dear deer dune nard need nerd nude rand read reed rend rude rued acred arced cadre caned cared cedar cered creed crude cured dance deuce dunce eared educe endue raced under canned craned dancer duenna dunner earned endear endure ennead enured neared reduce unread durance nuanced unearned ENDURANCE
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) A business partnership takes on a romantic tinge this week. It is possible that the other party sees this as more significant than you. To avoid problems later it would be best to let them do all the running. Unless, of course, you are determined to run yourself. With a lot of excitement in the air it is possible for you to show just what fun you can be. Enjoy!
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With everyone busy round you, the chance may be taken to show what you are capable of. Instead of watching someone make a pig’s ear of a work project, offer to help. It's important, though, to let them think any bright ideas were theirs. Giving praise now will mean it coming back to you ten-fold. Be aware that a close friend is in a delicate frame of mind.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There will be a certain amount of discussion regarding holiday plans. You know what you want but how do you persuade others? It’s quite easy really. All you have to do is to get someone else to suggest a certain place. You then agree and it looks like their idea.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Something new which you started in
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Being totally inspired this week, you could be tempted to let enthusiasm run away with you. It is a lovely feeling, like being a child again. Be sure to have fun, but do keep as much money in your pocket as possible.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There is a wonderful enthusiasm about you at the moment. Seeing the reaction of others to you, it occurs that you should have taken this attitude before. Therefore, make a resolution to put more energy into everything that you do.
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recent weeks becomes more than a passing interest. Although it may be surprising to you, it is owing to a predictable situation. In opening your mind, you also seem to have opened your heart. Many people do that at this time of the year and so you are not alone.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A last-minute invitation turns out to be just the ticket in more ways than one. An invitation to join a holiday may be proffered. This is unusual, certainly, but keep an open mind. Your company is clearly well appreciated so why not make that a point of pride? Let's face it, who is best equipped to blow your trumpet?
your celebrations. Why not call a truce? We both know that little long term will come out of it, but who cares? Sometimes, it is better to share one good moment than none at all.
LOTTERY
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Some legal matters need your attention. That's not really what you want at this time of the year. A decision has to be made and it needs a fine balance. Asking others may just confuse matters, so only seek expert advice. At the end of the day, you will know what is both best and acceptable. An attempt to bring romance into your life may be more successful than you think.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are so sharp that there is a danger you will cut yourself! Seriously, though, try not to appear pompous over a certain matter. You may be right and you may be clever, but smarty pants are rarely popular. Some of that sharpness gets things going for you in the love department, though.
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WALLS 1. In computing, what name is given to a part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorised access while permitting outward communication? 2. In which year was the 155 kilometre (96.3 mile) long Berlin Wall built? 3. Made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood and other materials, which series of fortifications stretches 21,196 kilometres (13,171 miles) from Dandong in the east to Lop Lake in the west? 4. Maxwell George Lorimer was the real name of which English music hall comedian and actor who appeared in Crossroads as Walter Soper (1982 to 1983), Coronation Street as Harry Payne (1978) and Emmerdale Farm as Arthur Braithwaite (1978)? 5. Released in November 1979, The Wall was the 11th studio album by which English progressive rock band? 6. The construction of which defensive fortification in the Roman province of Britannia that ran between the River Tyne and the Solway Firth on the Irish Sea, began in 122 AD? 7. What name is often given to the condition in endurance sports when depletion of glycogen stores in the liver and muscles results in relatively sudden and severe fatigue? 8. Which American record producer was famous for his music production formula for pop and rock music recordings known as the Wall of Sound? 9. Which former Beatle released the album Walls and Bridges in 1974? 10. Who was the US president at the time of the Wall Street crash in 1929? Not a lot of people know that… a 57-year-old German woman, Eija-Ritta Berliner-Mauer, ‘married’ the Berlin Wall 1. FIREWALL, 2. 1961 (August 13), 3. GREAT WALL OF CHINA, 4. MAX WALL, 5. PINK FLOYD, 6. HADRIAN'S WALL - also called the ROMAN WALL, PICTS' WALL or VALLUM HADRIANI, 7. HITTING THE WALL, 8. SPECTOR, 9. JOHN LENNON, 10. HERBERT HOOVER
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Across 1 Happiness (8) 5 Slightly wet (4) 9 Reverent petitions to a deity (7) 10 Enthusiastic (5) 11 Change place or direction (5) 12 Put forward for consideration (7) 13 Mentally quick and resourceful (6) 15 Costs (6) 18 Keep in view (7) 20 Preceding all others in time, space or degree (5) 22 Utter obscenities or profanities (5) 23 Disagrees (7) 24 Cause to go somewhere (4) 25 Special importance or significance (8) Down 1 Tubes (5) 2 Analyse (7) 3 Very tired (5) 4 Elude, especially in a baffling way (6) 6 Discuss with reasoning (5) 7 Buccaneers (7) 8 Mendicant (6) 13 Selects (7) 14 Mistakes (6) 16 Interior angles formed by two meeting walls (7)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 14 represents H and 18 represents F, so fill in H every time the figure 14 appears and F every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Tame, 3 Canticle, 9 Sandals, 10 Rends, 11 Chant, 12 Rhodes, 14 Sister, 16 France, 19 Faster, 21 Snipe, 24 Olive, 25 Inexact, 26 Sinister, 27 Tend.
Down: 1 Test case, 2 Manna, 4 Absorb, 5 Torso, 6 Concern, 7 Ease, 8 Castle, 13 Detected, 15 Station, 17 Rasher, 18 Praise, 20 Trees, 22 Irate, 23 Bows.
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17 Not often (6) 19 Severe and unremitting in making demands (5)
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20 Next after fourth (5) 21 Jobs to do (5)
Down: 1 Smash, 2 Riots, 3 Achieve, 4 Shrubs, 5 Cover, 6 Illness, 7 Guesses, 12 Shrinks, 13 Cracked, 15 Reserve, 16 Asleep, 18 Hides, 20 Exits, 21 Turns.
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Across 1 Ajedrez (5) 3 Houses (5) 5/15 Mar Rojo (3,3) 7 Capítulo (de libro) (7) 9 Eleven (4) 10 Country (nation) (4) 14 Apellido (7) 15 See 5 16 Size (of garment) (5) 17 Pequeño (5)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
1 Faces, 3 Patos, 6 Raro, 7 Prueba, 9 Tenedores, 12 Altura, 13 Foca, 14 Obras, 15 Crema.
Down: 1 Farm, 2 Carpenter, 3 Parrot, 4 Therefore, 5 Soap, 8 Beards, 10 Mano, 11 Paja.
Down 1 Cart (horse-drawn) (5) 2 Enfermo (4) 3 Carbón (4) 4 To be (3) 6 To say (5) 8 Sapos (5) 11 Caracol (5) 12 Race (racial origin) (4) 13 Pinzas (4) 14 Sentarse (3)
Hexagram
1 Spreads, 5 Cling, 8 Another, 9 Value, 10 Haste, 11 Borders, 12 Sacred, 14 Erases, 17 Reaches, 19 Scent, 22 Naked, 23 Earlier, 24 Sides, 25 Pleases.
Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (GROOVE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
AGLEAM
GROOVE (10)
ASCENT
HUDDLE
BALEEN
OILMEN
BEREFT
ORACLE
CACHED
SACRAL
COCKLE
SMOOCH
DESIRE
TENDON
DEVOUR
THREAT
DREARY
TRAUMA
EUREKA
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Cannot 2 Bounce 3 Finger 4 Cutler 5 United 6 Carrot 7 Bundle 8 Freest 9 Bright 10 Lesson 11 Bureau 12 Rental 13 Tenser 14 Milieu 15 Tonsil 16 Statue 17 Labial 18 Season 19 Linkup
Across 1 Reformed, after kicking over the traces? (6) 4 Five lodged in shocking holes, positive slums (6) 9 Look after Rhode Island legislative leader’s coiled hair (7) 10 Sounds like a sensible way in Paris (5) 11 A poem about baby’s first home (5) 12 Sweet Fanny Adams is on night turn (7) 13 Searching for worried GP inspector (11) 18 Unconventional start in passage (7) 20 Explicit about king in play (5) 22 Spoil a spoilt Titan (5) 23 The gang of Al Capone are still hiding next-door (7) 24 Goes in and rents key building (6) 25 Assault a cricketer (6) Down 1 A ceremony in a Spiritualist’s meeting (6) 2 After swindle leave African river (5) 3 Sets Rob off to find frozen desserts (7) 5 Awful tones beginning (5) 6 A concoction of iodine and tea is an
issue (7) 7 Sigh about the French transport (6) 8 Concealed nets Iceland cast adrift (11) 14 He has no illusions about a record (7) 15 Musical work for double act with nothing new (7)
16 Liberty, for example, is an astute development (6) 17 Result of tracer going out of control? (6) 19 Indian instrument is taken up by sailor (5) 21 Engagement, in seventh heaven (5)
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A better diet can improve life of diabetes patients HELPS reduce the need for medication By Gemma Quinn MILLIONS of people live with type two diabetes and figures show that in the UK around 400 people are diagnos ed wi t h t h e d i se a s e every d a y, wi t h a f u r th er five million people at risk of developing it. According to the Diabetes U K ch a r i t y, t wo o u t o f every three people struggle to keep their blood glucose levels within healthy limits and go on to develop complications such as kidney and hea r t f a i l u r e , n e rv e damage, heart attacks and strokes. The c h a r i t y sa y s th a t w hils t m e d i c a t i o n h e lp s control levels, many people need to change their habit a n d
b ec o me mo re ac tiv e, but they are not getting the correct lifestyle guidance they need. Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), th e N H S w atc h d o g in t he UK, recommend diabetes sufferers should lose up to 1 0 p er c e n t o f th eir b o dy weight which will dramatically reduce their diabetes. However, some experts say dietary advice on how to g e t th ere ma y d o mo re harm than good. According to Nice, patients should be e n co u ra g ed to e a t ‘a healthy, balanced diet that’s a p p lic a b le to th e g en era l p o p u la tio n ’ b u t s o me exp erts n o w s ay s u ch a d ie t
can actually contribute to type two diabetes as carbohydrates such as rice, bread and potatoes quickly turn into glucose in your bloods tre a m a dding to the dia betes and should be avoide d. The y re c omme nd the best long-term intervention for type two diabetes and to reduce the need for medication, is to restrict carbohydrates by cutting back on sugar and starch and replacing it w ith non-s ta rc hy green veg, with some fatty foods s uc h a s c he e s e a nd full-fat, unsweetened yoghurt along with caloriedense protein. Around 280,000 people now swap tips on the online forum www.diabetes.co.uk about controlling diabetes with a low-carbohydrate diet.
DIABETICS: Many people need to change their lifestyle and become more active.
FEELING TIRED: It is essential that our brain and our body get adequate rest.
Lack of sleep will affect your health and weight FitFoxy
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LACK of sleep will change hormone levels in the body. As sleep decreases, the body produces more (cortisol) a natural hormone that regulates appetite. When its levels increase we continue to feel hungry despite being full. Lack of sleep also causes levels of growth hormone to decline, which: • Reduces muscle mass • Reduces strength • Increases fat tissue • Weakens the immune system Insulin the hormone produced by the pancreas to transport (glucose) from the blood to the muscles and other tissues within the body, increases due to lack of sleep. Because insulin causes sugars to be stored as fats, increased insulin makes weight control difficult. When we are feeling tired we tend to crave refined carbohydrates such as biscuits, crisps and pastries when we feel our energy level dropping. As our blood sugar rises, energy returns, but the un-needed calories are converted
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to fat. If we are feeling tired our bodies burn fewer calories because we lack the energy to exercise or work out intensely, therefore keeping storage of excess energy in other words fat, making lack of sleep a double whammy. It is essential that both our brain and our bodies get adequate rest in order to repair and regenerate whilst we sleep. According to the NSF (National Sleep Foundation) 63 per cent of men and 54 per cent of women suffer to some extent from lack of sleep a few nights every week. FitFoxy Tips - Use Exercise to promote quality sleeping patterns • Exercise either early morning or afternoon. Try to avoid exercising three hours before bedtime. • Aim for at least 30 minutes vigorous aerobic activity every day. • Cycling, Running, Mixed Circuit or Dance Aerobic Classes are all good choices. • Try a Yoga Class as an evening activity, this class should help you to unwind. • Tai Chi has been shown to have a positive effect on sleep (slow motion moving meditational activity). Good Night FitFoxy.
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CHILDREN’S SLEEP: Expert has called for staggered start times at school.
SLEEP expert believes the working day should start later By Gemma Quinn ONE of the UK’s leading sleep experts believes making people under age 55 start work before 9am is similar to ‘torture.’ The academic from Oxford University said making staff work 9am-5pm leaves their bodies stressed as a result of a lack of sleep. He said it posed a threat to performance up to the
age of 55, at which point the body starts requiring less sleep. As a result of his research into the body’s 24 hour rhythms, he called for staggered start times at schools and workplaces, believing younger children who wake up earlier can start school from 8.30am, but older children, aged 16, should start nearer to 10am or 11am to help boost their performance.
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Automated agony - I can’t handle it Mike Senker
In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man SO I wake in the morning, push my elbows out and don’t feel any wood which mea n s I ’ v e m a d e it th ro u g h an o th er night. So we are off to a good start and that’s as far as it goes, as my day, as usual, goes downhill from there. I love a bit of technology so I pick up my phone and decide to ask Siri (that’s the lady that lives in my iPhone) what the weather will be like today. I’ve never done this before but have been informed by reliable sources that I have to get used to voice recognition. I’ve encountered it a few times and to be honest I don’t get on with it too well. Or come to that with any of this automated call stuff - you know what I mean - press 1 for this, 2 for that, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 for some other option by which time I’ve forgotten what the first 3 were
so I press 9 and listen to them all again. Eventually I hit the right number and get another message saying please have my account/phone/NIE/or whatever ready s o th e y ca n de a l w ith my e nquiry a s swiftly as possible. I gather up all the necessary documents so I can be swiftly dealt with and then it starts - THE MUSIC! I listen to it for a few minutes then I get a ring tone. I think ‘aye aye’ that wasn’t too bad... then I get the automated voice - ‘Sorry we are encountering an unusually high amount of calls today but please hold as y o u r ca ll is importa nt to us .’ Is it? I d o n ’t th i nk s o be c a us e if it w a s you would employ people to answer your bloody phones!!! But I digress - back to Miss Siri. Me: “the weather today?” Siri : “This is what I know about Walter Mitty.” Me: “ W h at? The w e a the r toda y? ” Siri: “Here’s what I know about wet teddies.” Absolute waste of time so I decide to get out of bed and use a much better and reliable system... I look out of the window. Job done!!
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Save money on fuel AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, 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.
FUEL CONSUMPTION: Turning off the engine is one of the best ways of saving. WE could all do with making more monetary savings and there are things you can do to reduce fuel consumption in your vehicle. Keeping the windows closed, not carrying excess loads, keeping your speed and engine revs down all make a different to the amount of fuel your vehicle consumes: 1. Drive your car in a gentle manner avoiding excessive acceleration and deceleration. 2. Check your tyres. This should be routine practice for safety reasons. 3. Keep the engine revs steady. The most efficient levels are between 2,000 and 2,500 for petrol cars and 1,500 to 2,500 for diesels. 4. Move through the gears correctly to help maintain a controlled level of revs. First gear uses the most fuel so use that least. 5. Carrying unnecessary items can hinder the flow of air and reduce aerodynamics and
therefore increase fuel consumption, for example, an empty roof rack can increase consumption by 2 per cent and when loaded, it can increase up to 35 per cent. 6. Maintain a safe and adequate distance when driving. Managing to avoid sudden breaking and acceleration helps fuel consumption. 7. Leave the car. For journeys of less than 3km, it is cheaper to use public transport. 8. Close windows. Modern cars are designed for optimum aerodynamics, but having the windows open can reduce that effect causing drag. 9. Check the air con. Having the temperature set below 20 degrees can increase fuel consumption by 20 per cent. 10. Turn off the engine. Although it is not always practical, turning off the engine is one of the best ways of saving fuel.
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Does he pay tax in the UK or Spain? My wife grew up in Javea and we’re thinking of moving to the area with our two little boys, or at least staying there for months on end. I’m a freelance writer for the UK nationals, so I can take my laptop anywhere. What is the situation with pay-
If you are being paid well by UK national papers, you should find that your income goes further in Spain for the family basics. If you spend less than six months a year in Spain you are considered a tourist, so you continue to
i ng t ax i f we spend l ong per i ods i n Spain, or move there? Can I continue to pay tax as I do now to the UK taxman when I am paid by UK publications, or would I have to pay Spanish tax?
David Searl You and the Law in Spain
If paid in the UK your income will go further in Spain
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pay tax in your country of tax residence, the UK. If you settle in Spain, you obtain a form to go off the UK tax rolls and onto the Spanish books. You also lose your UK medical care and get your care from the Spanish system.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
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The House of Bernarda Alba A play not to be missed by Indalo Players By Steve Walsh THE Indalo Players are now in rehearsal for their next production which will be the famous Spanish play ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ which was written by Federico Garcia Lorca and adapted into English by David Hare. The Indalo Players are happy to announce that they will be giving proceeds from the performances to Asprodalba and PAWS. The play will take place at Cine Teatro Municipal Regio, Calle Radio Nacional in Vera on October 15, 16, 17 - curtain up at 8pm. Tickets are €8 euros and can be purchased from PC Playa in Mojacar and Connexions in Turre. Transport will be available from Mojacar, Turre and Los Gallardos. Please enquire when purchasing tickets. Directions to the venue will be on the reverse of the ticket.
INDALO PLAYERS: Proceeds will go to Asprodalba and PAWS. The play takes place in the house of Bernarda Alba in a small Andalucian village during a sweltering hot spell in the summer of 1936. Immediately
following the funeral of her husband, Bernarda Alba announces to her five daughters they will observe an eight year period of mourning in which
they may not leave the house. The women are devastated. For further information: Chrissie Cremore, 634 349 638 - chrissie.3@hotmail.co.uk.
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Charity event in Turre PRESENTING the amazing J J Jones, the Number One Neil Diamond tribute, at Hostal Rural, Turre, on Saturday September 19. This is a charity event in aid of Saving Animals Spain and Helping Hands (Manos que Ayuda) which supports people and animals alike. It will also feature an additional Eagles Tribute Show. Doors open at 7pm and tickets cost €20 for the show with a special buffet at 7.30pm or €12 for the show alone, which starts at 9pm. Tickets are available from 634 328 422; 600 796 684 or 634 456 701.
Helping people and animals.
Calling All Turre Dames MONTHLY meetings due to start on September 28 TH E DAME S I N T UR RE are re c o m m e n c i n g th e ir monthly meetings on Monday September 28, 2015 at The H o st e l R u r a l Tu rre (Almeria) at 11am, after a very hot and humid summer break. All dames and friends are invited to come along and
share a glass of Bucks Fizz o r a s o ft d rin k , c o mp a re suntans, talk about summer ex p e rie n ce s w ith frie nds and find out what the group has in store for the coming year. Guest speakers, superb away breaks, day trips plus our popular Christmas Mar-
ke t a re jus t s ome of the e ve nts pla nne d for the forthcoming year. For m ore infor m ation ple as e c ontac t Se c re tar y Pam Sm ith on te le phone 677 543 031 or the President Lesley Barlow on telephone 950 095 980.
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Autumn culture programme CLEMENTE GEREZ Art School’s Vendaval exhibition has opened the autumn events programme in Huercal-Overa. Vendaval was launched by Deputy Mayor Maribel Sanchez, Culture councillor Antonio Lazaro, Tourism councillor Monica Navarro, artist Clemente Gerez and pupils from the school, including women from Norway and many different parts of Spain. The exhibition of the popular artist’s pupils’ work will be open to the public at the Villa de Huercal-Overa theatre until September 26. The Culture councillor said: “the exhibition has many quality pieces by pupils and shows another side to our well-known local artist, that of a great teacher who manages to transmit his art to his pupils.” The artist explained that he carries Almeria’s name everywhere his art takes him. Sanchez meanwhile invited locals and people from further afield to take the chance to visit the exhibition and the area.
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COMMEMMORATION: A re-enactment of the battle in two parts will take place over two days.
Bedar celebrates its Moors and Christians EVENT is also a tribute for the town’s patron saint By Maria Jose Fernandez BEDAR celebrates its Arabic past every year with the Moors and Christians festivities, to take place on September 18, 19 and 20. The events commemorate the conquering of the town by the Catholic King and
Queen as well as it is a tribute for the town’s pat r o n s a i n t Vi rg e n d e l a Cabeza. On Saturday 19th, there will be a parade across the town’s streets at 10.20am, enlivened by the music band Ben Beder. At 2pm, all visitors will be able to
have free paella and at 6.15pm, the traditional parade of Moors and Christians will take place from the town hall square to the Cerro de la Hermita. Then, a re-enactment of the battle in two parts will begin at 6.45pm, with the second part taking place on
Sunday, September 20. Popular parties will also t a k e p l a c e w i t h p e r f o rmances from bands Sabor a Menta and La Serena. The complete programme of activities and more information can be found on the official Bedar Council website.
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Couple rescued from blaze in Arboleas MAN had to be carried out by one of the firefighters By Maria José Fernandez AN 81-YEAR-OLD man and his 62-year-old wife were rescued after a fire started in their property located in Arboleas. Upon their arrival, the fire brigades of Zurgena and Albanchez were told by neighbours that a couple was inside the blazing property, and that the man had a physical disability. After requesting the presence of the Albox’ firefighters, they entered the property crawling due to the great amount of smoke which also reduced the officers’ visibility. The man could not walk and had to be picked up and carried out by a firefighter and the woman was able to exit the property by herself. Finally, they were able to
BLAZING PROPERTY: Couple had to be rescued.
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Swimming in Albox PREGNANT women, babies, seniors and just plain swimming enthusiasts: everyone is welcome as Albox’ indoor pool resumes its activities. The facilities from the ‘Water and Health’ centre opened its doors again on September 14, offering neighbours in Albox and the whole of the Almanzora Valley the top-class centre for the practice of swimming and other pool facilities. The courses include aquababy, designed for children between 0 and four years old; aqua-gym, for senior citizens; pregnant women will also benefit from the exercises to improve flexibility, breathing capacity and toning. Swimming will be taught in the outdoor pool Monday to Thursday. Fridays and Saturdays available for free-style. Call 663 730 670 or 950 431 580 for information.
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Summer of gymnastic fun GIRASOL Gymnastics Club has had a fun filled summer with gymnasts achieving great results. Well done to all the gymnasts who recently achieved their Diplomas, Medals, Proficiency and Advanced Proficiency Awards. They have all been showing some outstanding achievements throughout the summer with many of them achieving new
skills such as: walkovers, free cartwheels and back flips. All the gymnasts are currently working hard towards the Girasol Gymnastic Club splits Challenge which takes place December. Classes are held on Saturdays at Girasol Health Food Shop and Community Centre, Calle Malaga, Albox from 10.30am. Telephone 639 089 170.
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Health foods from your garden wit resorting to eating liquorice allsor NATURAL sources of iron are included in many fruits, vegetables and herbs IRON DEFICIENCY: There are natural sources in a wholesome garden.
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Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.
A MONTH ago exactly I was amazed by two newspaper articles, one in the Daily Mail and the other in the EWN. The first described the £116 million (excluding handling charges of £22 to £40 per authorised order) of gluten free junk food being provided by NHS doctors on prescription which include custard creams, doughnuts and pizzas in spite of the UK’s obesity crisis. The second recommended that we eat liquorice allsorts to achieve the 14mg a day of iron intake recommended by the EU. The first flabbergasted me when the home growing of beneficial fruit and vegetables is so widespread in the UK compared to Spain. The latter reminded me that as a child I was often given in
war-time England a stick of liquorice from a liquorice plant for its blood improving benefits and in Spain the plants were often grown on allotments surrounding the coastal villages. Indeed in some areas along the coast, including the Segura valley in Alicante
Province, liquorice now grows wild between irrigated fields. May be the liquorice sticks still chewed by Spanish children come from that area. This need for iron and the fact that a diet of processed foods can result in iron defi-
ciencies unless iron additives are part of the formulations prompted me to check through the tables of garden produce benefits in our book ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style.’ This highlighted the following natural sources of
iron that can be included in an interesting wholesome garden version of a Mediterranean diet. Fruits - Grapes and raisins, peaches and apricots especially if dried, strawberries, gooseberries, mulberries, natal plums, olives, quince. Vegetables - Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, garlic, green leaves, beans, courgettes, cauliflowers, rocket,
pumpkin seeds, peas, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, peanuts, Jerusalem artichokes, leeks. Herbs - Thyme, parsley, purslane, fennel, globe artichokes, Romanesque. I have seen it claimed that the eating of citrus fruits can make it easier for the body to absorb the iron offered by such natural sources. Incidentally the benefits to the body of a regular iron intake include increased red blood cell formation in the blood, transportation of oxygen, improved immune system and energy levels. For plants iron is required to prevent the bleaching of leaves
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thout rts and stimulate chlorophyll formation to green plants. So season by season our gardens, even just a few vegetables grown in builder’s buckets along the drive or hidden away in a semi shaded corner of the garden, can definitely improve our health and support an active lifestyle without resorting to the so called energy drinks. By the way if you do imbibe health drinks to give you the energy to garden do read the instructions. Some years ago I joined a Spanish group walking from Covadonga where the first defeat of the moors took place to Granada where centuries later the final defeat was achieved. The support van had two cases of an energy drink but when we read the accompanying leaflet the listed potential side effects led the group to jettison the two cases at the next nights stop. However wine in moderation to celebrate the end of an evening in the garden is of benefit as red wine includes assimilateable iron, which I suppose is not surprising as grapes do and therefore also the raisins I dried a couple of weeks ago ready for the Christmas pudding. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com
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Be wise, preparing for autumn and winter WITH winter coming with a drop in temperature and increase in rainfall, the wise resident should consider a few actions now to ensure that there aren’t any major problems later. As far as the interior of the house is concerned, do check for draughts from doors and ill-fitting windows as it is very simple to fit a self-adhesive draught excluder around the frame of doors in particular. If your ceiling fan has a reverse switch, use it to run the fan’s blades in a clockwise direction as the fan will produce an updraft and push down into the room heated air from the ceiling. If you don’t have warm air heaters then don’t forget to order stocks of wood and have your chimney swept as compacted soot or birds nest can easily catch fire. If you have gutters clean them and also clear any drainage holes on terraces. Quite a few people have downspouts with no butt to catch the water, so either install a butt or possibly add extensions to downspouts to keep water away from your property. The other important thing is to try to check your roof to make sure that all is well, but beware climbing by yourself and also don’t let anyone who turns up uninvited check the roof as they may well damage it on purpose. Finally resist pruning too early but do check that there are no branches from trees too close to your property in case of strong winds.
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Discover root causes of bad behaviour IN this second part of a three part special, I take a look at ‘Training’
SMALL PETS: Are allowed to fly with the airline.
DOG TRAINING: Never use the head collar for punishment.
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ON his website, Cesar says an electronic dog collar is the most successful at stopping unwanted barking, but says owners should seek expert advice before using them. He says: I use many techniques to rehabilitate dogs. In extreme cases by which I mean cases where I am the last resort before a dog is put down ‘these tools may be helpful. But they are just one of many techniques.’ Unfortunately Cesar Millan never states that ‘Tools’ he uses should not be introduced or purchased from pet shops
or Ebay, he forgets to state that if one has problems to seek professional advice. I would further comment that when I ran schools many owners would inform me that they had seen on TV Cesar perform some task which only took a few minutes! I was asked ‘Why if Casar can do this in a few minutes why can’t we’? The answer was simple ‘Three minutes filming can take three hours or more! I know this because I have been involved in training dogs for movies. I am from the old school and pleased that 27 years ago I took further various courses in London with John Fisher and Annette Conn and others also attending many training schools in the UK and USA, the result of which I was able to advance and educated myself to progress studying root causes of unwanted behaviour and use modern methods. One of these included using a head collar especially good for senior people that have a pet dog yanking them along the street.
The head collar changed this to pleasure and never punishment. It is sad that many Police Service dog handlers who retire do not address the issue of training and working with pet owners which is a total different ball game. At the time of writing this I am mentoring one police officer who works in corrections (Prison) in Las Vegas and another new friend with the Sydney Police working with two dogs and they now want to study behaviour. More should follow this example. David Davies served for over 20 years as a police dog handler, now retired he is the Editor of The Police Service Dog Magazine he took a course with John Rogerson I also studied his methods over 20 years ago I learned so much from John. David made it his mission to meet many trainers and behaviourists exchanging ideas to enable him to be aware of the approaches made when dealing with the public. More should follow his example.
More jetting with pets WHILE in the past flying with pets was complicated and often considered an eccentricity reserved for the privileged, it is increasingly becoming an option for pet owners travelling within EU member states. Now, Iberia has reported, more and more people are choosing to take their pets with them when they travel rather than leaving them in kennels and so far this year the Spanish airline says it has carried more than 29,000 pets on both domestic and international flights. Between January and August more pets flew with Iberia than in the whole of 2014. Dogs, cats, turtles and birds are all allowed to fly by the airline, providing they have all necessary passports, vaccinations and microchips where required. Small pets can travel in the cabin with their owners, and
larger pets are carefully catered for in the cargo hold. Yet Iberia is not the only airline known to be pet-friendly. Qatar Airways reportedly accepts falcons as hand luggage, although the number permitted in a cabin at any one time is limited to six, they must travel in economy class and should be tethered and hooded. In an aim to cater for the increasing demand for pet-friendly flights and facilities, New York’s JFK airport has announced plans to renovate an old terminal building to create ARK pet terminal able to house the 70,000 animals that use the airport each year. The terminal will include an animal departure lounge with stalls, food and water for pets and a 24 hour veterinary hospital along with a grooming and massage spa for pets.
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What pet to choose when you are allergic to pets?
MANY families with allergies to dogs or cats still want to welcome a pet into their families but are unsure about their possibilities. Although pet fur is commonly credited as the main trigger for allergies, many studies have shown that it is what fur traps inside that causes the symptoms: dust, pollen, animal dander and the proteins present in the pet’s saliva tend to be the trigger, which means that practical-
ly any animal with fur or skin can cause issues. This is why, if you are interested in having a pet, the most common options are fish or reptiles. However, these two also are not known for their cuddliness and also require special care as reptiles can carry salmonella on their skin and good hygiene is a must. A tortoise is also an option, but they often live longer than their
owners which means you will have to keep in mind the commitment. If you wish to have a furry pet, rodents are suitable as they are small and do not shed large amounts of hair. You can always ask your GP for guidance. Owning a pet is usually regarded as a factor for improved health and people with allergies can also benefit from it.
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David the Dogman shares: Open letter to dog breeders Dear Breeder
REPTILES: Require special care and good hygiene is a must.
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I brought your puppy home today. He’s tan and he’s fuzzy and he smells good, like a puppy. The boys loved him, pestered him so much I had to make them let him rest. They’ve named him Buddy, even though I told them his long, fancy, pedigree name. We stopped by the vets on the way home, just like you said we should and then by the pet shop to get that food you said he should e a t. We ’ve got Buddy’s basket next to John’s bed, he’s the oldest and so Buddy will be his responsibility with my help of course. We puppy proofed the house, again this afternoon. Buddy has toys to chew, a new collar, a new leash and special food bowls. I signed up for that social class you re c omme nded wi t h Davi d t he Dogman all positive reinforcement! We love him very much and he seems to like us, we’re following your instructions and promise to take good care of him. I’ll send you the pictures as soon as we get them back. Just a couple of questions, you know how new ‘Mums’ worry, so I’d like to know:
After Bud grows up if his hips hurt him, will you explain to my boys why they can’t take him for walks? If his elbows hurt when he goes up the stairs will you comfort him when he can’t sleep next to John any more? If he goes blind will you teach the boys to play carefully with him so no one gets hurt? I f he pees on t he f l oor ever y time we get home will you convince my husband that he still has to be an inside dog? If he growls at other children will you help when take Buddy to school for Pet Day? If his heart should skip one beat t oo m any when he’s onl y t hr ee years old and we lose him can you bring him back? Dear Breeder, we already love Buddy so much and I know how hard you’ve worked to produce ‘sound dogs.’ Did you do all you could? Was there some little thing that you decided just wasn’t necessary to check? You see our future happiness depends on how carefully you did this breeding because Buddy is not just a dog; he’s part of our family. Respectfully, Buddy’s New Mummy
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September is the time of year to tread the grapes and also to sell your home SPAIN has a lot to offer but buyers can also have both modern and contemporary styles in one property John Graham The property
SEPTEMBER is a great time of year, the weather is excellent, there are less tourists and it’s the time of year when vineyards throughout Spain start harvesting their grapes. One of the most iconic symbols of traditional rural wine producing is the annual treading of the grapes, or ‘pisado de la uva’ in Spanish. It probably won’t surprise you to hear that treading on grapes is not as prevalent as it used to be as modern techniques replace older methods. September is also an important month for real estate, it’s the time of
GRAPE HARVEST: Traditional can compete with modern. year when buyers start visiting Spain looking for their dream home. Buyers are either looking for a traditional style or a more modern contemporary home and Spain has a lot to offer but buyers can also have both styles in one property, let me explain.
Many home owners of traditional style homes ask me what they can do to compete with modern contemporary homes. The answer is to keep the exterior traditional but make the interior of your home modern and contemporary.
Ten points to make your traditional home look modern contemporary. 1. First knock down non load bearing walls, open up the living space and kitchen which will increase the amount of natural light in your home. 2. The kitchen should be modern and well designed. 3. Make your bathrooms look modern, fit walk in showers with glass screens and new bathroom suite. 4. If you have marble or ceramic floor tiles, make them look new again and hire a company to industrial polish them. 5. Decorate your home throughout in modern neutral colours with matching curtains and blinds. 6. Paint the exterior of your home in modern neutral colours, remember the lighter the colour, the bigger your home will look.
7. Make your home look bigger and modern. De clutter rooms. 8. Replace old fashioned lighting and fit new modern light fittings. 9. If you have a private pool check machinery and ensure pool is clean. 10. Repair patios and paths, keep your garden tidy. Like the tradition of treading grapes competes with modern machinery, your traditional home can now compete with the modern contemporary properties. Now sit back and enjoy a bottle of excellent Spanish wine with the buyer of your traditional - contemporary home. If you are looking to sell or buy a home, please contact me. John Graham Fellow of the Architecture & Surveyors Institute. Gk.ipad@me.com
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A house for just a Euro SPANISH cities have not yet picked up on the idea, but they may well in the future decide to copy France and the UK and offer dilapidated homes at symbolic prices to cut down on overwhelming growth of urban areas and generate jobs. At the moment only rural areas offer this type of bargain, for example in A Xesta, Pontevedra, homes are being put up for rent for a symbolic price in exchange for tenants carrying out repairs, and in Olmeda de la Cuesta, Cuenca, the council has put up plots of abandoned land suitable for building at just €200 in an attempt to attract new inhabitants to the area. Meanwhile a French city, Roubaix, with around 100,000 inhabitants, has launched a scheme whereby the council bought up abandoned homes and will be selling them for €1.
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EU Crisis: More refugees, make more problems, which leads to more chaos AS thousands desperately seek safety, Germany and Sweden offer welcome, but Britain as usual plays by the rules Nora Johnson
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‘BRITAIN must become part of a permanent EU migrant quota system!’ So declared EC President, JeanClaude Juncker, upping the ante as he demanded that 160,000 refugees should be relocated across the EU, a scheme that David Cameron warns could encourage more people-smuggling and even more refugees to risk their lives travelling to the continent. As thousands desperately seek safety, Germany and Sweden offer welcome. Some Eastern European nations will admit only ‘Christians.’ Italy and Greece, swamped by refugees, demand help. France and Austria prevaricate. Spain says it’s
BORDER CONTROLS: Refugees should be relocated across the EU.
How many ISIS terrorists are now travelling freely between EU countries?
got enough problems. And Britain tries, as usual, to play by the rules. Namely asylum must be sought in the country of arrival, the main aim being to stop refugees ‘asylum shopping.’
What we have, and will inevitably continue to see, is a breakdown of those rules, the consequence of which may well lead to very serious civil disorder in a number of countries. But why does it take a series of monumental disasters for politicians to realise their mistakes? The EU Schengen agreement removing border controls was at the outset lunacy. How many ISIS terrorists are now travelling freely between EU countries? However, the UK government is right to accept refugees (genuine ones) from camps in Syria. They’re the ones who need help the most, not the hoards of predominantly young males from camps outside Calais who have turned that patch of countryside into a rubbish tip. If they were in danger, why didn’t they stay there to give them safe haven, rather than risk life and limb to get into the UK?
A final thought. How many Syrian refugees will the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait accept? They’re some of the world’s wealthiest nations. Will they give them full rights and benefits to remain permanently? It isn’t enough just to give monetary donations. And America, the first in the conflict zone, what is it doing to help? Why aren’t some of its ships in the Med transporting some of the displaced to safety? But for words of wisdom on the subject, maybe we should turn to former US vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. Yes, the very same who demands immigrants to the US should “speak American.” 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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Charged up for top gear RICHARD HAMMOND and his former Top Gear colleagues say they are “charged” about their new car show on Amazon Prime. The 45-year-old TV host, who’s reunited with Jeremy Clarkson and James May for the much-anticipated new series, has revealed the presenting trio can’t wait to bring their ideas to fruition for the streaming service. Richard said: “The point is an amazing opportunity has come along to reinvent what we do and it’s wonderful at our stage in life we’ve got the opportunity to do that.”
Obligation to repair roads COUNCILS should have a legal obligation to spend more money on repairing roads, according to a new report that reveals half of motorists think roads have deteriorated in the past year. The RAC Report on Motoring 2015 found the condition of local roads was the top concern for drivers, with only 10 per cent saying they have seen an improvement in their area in the past 12 months. Motorists want their local authority to council tax receipts on road maintenance.
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Bentley launches the Bentayga, the most exclusive, fastest SUV in the world EXPECTED to become their highest selling car in a relatively short space of time By John Smith THE new Bentayga is the fastest, most powerful, most luxurious and most exclusive SUV in the world. It offers a true Bentley driving experience and showcases innovative technology features according to the boys from Bentley. Whilst it is tempting to wander off into the world of torque and cylinders, a simple description of its main points may be more useful based on a press release issued by Bentley. A true Bentley, combining unparalleled luxury with sporting ability, off-road performance and everyday usability. Innovative and advanced technology - cutting-edge features with trademark exquisite luxury. Designed, engineered and built in Crewe, UK, sector-defining SUV takes Bentley luxury to new places. Sculptural design with elegant, timeless execution, balances athleticism with presence. Bentley workforce blend excep-
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tional craft and skill with modern production techniques and materials. Intricate detailing and precision in wood, metal and leather creates a modern, luxurious handcrafted interior. Effortless Bentley performance, unrestrained by climate or terrain. A new highly advanced chassis for ultimate ride quality and comfort. Offering unrivalled power and torque, efficiency and refinement, the most powerful and fastest SUV ever. The launch model is to be joined later by high per-
formance, clean technology diesel. A choice of 15 colours, in three duo-tone and one single mono-tone colour split. Eight speed automatic gear box. Although it may be considered by some as rather vulgar to ask the price, the basic model is expected to be available from UK dealers in early 2016 at a starting price in the region of £160,000 (€217,000) which makes it considerably more expensive
than the dearest Range Rover, but many will find the Bentley cache too much to resist. Bentley confidently expect this to become their highest selling car in a relatively short space of time and have the philosophy as expounded by engineering director Rolf Frech “Owners may never drive these vehicles off road, but they must know it will perform in tough conditions.” PHOTO CREDIT BENTLEY MOTORS
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IMPRESSIVE results in a variety of sports Tony Matthews International Sports A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains. Costa de Almeria
TENNIS - Serena Williams’s run of 33 Grand Slam match wins came to a sensational end when she was ousted in the semi-finals of the women’s singles of the US Open by unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci. This was one the biggest upsets
the game has ever known. “A monumental shock,” said Billie Jean King. Williams, squealing, grunting and groaning, looking overweight and wearing a pantomine costume and yellow headband and chasing all four major titles in the same year, was brought down to earth by a rank outsider. Unfortunately, Vinci lost to fellow country lass Flavia Pennetta in the final. In the men’s final, Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer, but GB’s Jamie Murray lost in the men’s doubles while Indian Leander Paes and Martina Hingis took the mixed doubles title with Hingis also winning the women’s doubles. CRICKET Australia won the ODI series 3-2. England came back from two down to win the
third and fourth games at The Oval and Leeds, but were then crushed by eight wickets in the final encounter at Old Trafford after being bowled out for just 138. Back in the UK, Yorkshire have retained the County Championship and Notts wicket-keeper Chris Read has claimed his 1,000th victim, the first to reach this milestone for 18 years. FOOTBALL - Last Saturday, Manchester United (with a great goal by the world’s most expensive teenager, Anthony Martial) beat Liverpool (despite Christian Benteke’s superb overhead kick) 3-1. Reigning champions Chelsea were dismal in losing 3-1 at Everton for whom Steven Naismith became the first player to score a PL hat-trick against José Mourinho, and unbeaten leaders Manchester City scored late to beat Crystal Palace 1-0.
US OPEN CHAMP: Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer in the final.
There were also wins for Watford, Spurs, Norwich City (at Sunderland), Arsenal and Leicester, who came back from 2-0 down to defeat Aston Villa 3-2. Brighton are four points clear in the Championship; Gillingham and Leyton Orient lead FLs 1 and 2; Aberdeen (21 victors) ended Celtic’s unbeaten run to go top of the SPL and Rangers remain unbeaten the Championship. In Spain’s La Liga, Cristiano Ronaldo became Real Madrid’s all-time record goal scorer with a five-timer in his side’s 6-0 win over Espanyol, while Leo Messi netted Barcelona’s winner at Atletico Madrid (2-1). A few weeks ago, Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea was set to leave Old Trafford for Real Madrid, but now he has signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United, worth £200,000 a week (€272,000). Champions League football returned this week with Manchester City-Juventus and PSG-Manchester United. Tonight it’s AjaxCeltic, Bordeaux-
Liverpool and SpursQarabag in the Europa League. And former England goalkeeper Ron Springett has died, aged 80. A 1966 World Cup squad member, he made 478 League appearances for QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. RUGBY UNION The World Cup starts tomorrow with England v Fiji at Twickenham . Saturday’s fixtures are FranceItaly, IrelandCanada, South Africa-Japan and Tonga-Georgia. The tournament runs until October 31.
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19th Hole golfers play monthly medal THURSDAY September 10, and the Monthly Medal Round at Aguilon saw a good turnout of 38 members, which promised a tight battle for the prestigious awards. In the Ladies medal, fresh from a couple of months in the UK, Sharon Stevens strolled away with a nett 68 from a struggling Zeta Denyer with a nett 74. In the Men’s Competition Doug Birrell playing off his newly cut handicap still managed a nett 70 to take the win, with Nigel Greenwood (again playing off his newly sliced handicap) took second spot with a nett 71. Octogenarian, Ron the
Rocket Curtis, scored a nearest the pin on the 17th and converted it to a two, his automatic drug test came back negative!! Results: In the Mens Medal, first was Doug Birrell, Nett 70 (21). Second place went to Nigel Greenwood, Nett 71 (16) on a card countback. In the Ladies Medal, first place went to Sharon Stevens, Nett 68 (18). Second came Zeta Denyer, Nett 74 (36). The 19th Hole G/S arranges weekly games at various courses in the area, their home course, played fortnightly, is Aguilon. Call 610 340 653 or gs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk.
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Marina Phoenix Golf Society SCORES combined for team total THURSDAY September 10, saw a team game at Marina Phoenix, where a fourball played as two better ball pairs with scores combined for the team total. Against a par of 72 the winners Margaret Budd, Tony King, Pat O’Brien and Ali Mahmud, on an impressive 91 points, were well clear of the field. On 81 points in second were John Meagher, Linda King, Jim Laing and Alf Taylor followed by Penny Craig, Derick Dale, Marcos Caparros and
Jim Budd (79). There were nearest the pin prizes for José Nistal (17) and Nadie Wass (14). Monday’s individual stableford provided high scoring rounds. Eddie Vaughan shone in the damp grey conditions as he won with 42 points, followed by José Urroz (39) in second and Hylton Smith (36) third. The ladies division was won by Isobel Jones on 36 points. Second, after a threeway countback was Liz Meagher (30), followed by Linda King (30) in third.
MARINA PHOENIX: Members played a fourball as two better ball pairs.
Two rugby superstars tackle La Sella PHIL DE GLANVILLE and Matt Perry played in a match which raised €2,200 for Grant-A-Wish Getting in the swing with Campbell Lamont
By Tony Myles THE Continental Wealth Management Annual Golf Day at La Sella enjoyed an extra celebrity element last week, as Phil de Glanville and Matt Perry were special guest competitors. Both Phil and Matt have enjoyed an exceptional career in Rugby for England and Bath, having gained over 70 international caps between them. With the Rugby World Cup just a few days away it was a splendid coup for Continental Wealth Management to secure these guys,
CELEBRITY GUESTS: Phil de Glanville and Matt Perry. even though it was for a flying visit, and everyone who had a opportunity of meeting them, expressed real appreciation for their friendly and informal manner and their great sense of humour. Despite having a late night the
previous evening, due to delayed flights and a few small beers, both men were remarkably fresh when they teed off just after 1 o’clock, surrounded by a host of spectators and fans. Just a week previously the heav-
ens had bestowed up us the muchlonged-for rain and so the course was even more demanding than normal with less run on the ball and slightly longer growth on the fairways. So extra credit must go to those who played remarkably well and some commiserations to the many who didn’t. The golf day extended into the evening and everyone moved across to the Marriott poolside where the caterers were waiting with an enormous BBQ. Speeches were made, winners were applauded and a large sum was raised on behalf of Grant-A-Wish. This is the local charity that benefits from many events organised by Continental Wealth Management and on this occasion they were delighted to receive in excess of €2,200. So who won? Late nights, several beers, very little sleep were exactly the ingre-
dients that Matt Perry needed in order to score 42 points and playing off a handicap of 13. His companion Phil de Glanvillle was also worthy of note in seventh place with 34 points. As Continental Wealth Management were picking up the bill for the entire event we must also mention their CEO, Anthony Downs, who came a close second with a very credible 40 points and a handicap that will suffer from a degree of adjustment in future events. It was an excellent day which ran smoothly throughout thanks to the team at CL GOLF, and as the Rugby pros headed back home they both stated that they were intent on returning to La Sella as soon as possible and in the meantime we can expect England to collect the Rugby World Cup in a few weeks from now.
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Great scoring at Lorca from Forum COURSE was in very good condition
FORUM GOLF: Played an individual stableford competition.
FORUM Golf Society’s individual Stableford competition at Lorca on September 11, saw a course in very good condition produce some excellent scoring, with the first 12 players all scoring 30 points or better. Phil Elam continued his recent run of good form by winning the event with a score of 40 points for his second victory in the last three months, which also saw him return to the top of the society’s Claret Jug League with just two qualifying events left to play. Pat Garrigan was second with 37 points, followed by Keith Jackson (third) and Maurice Jamieson (fourth), who both scored level Par
36 points, with Alan Frankcom fifth with 35. Fran Elam won Nearest the Pin on the eighth hole, with John Smith claiming the prize on 10th, and big hitting Pat Garrigan nearest the Pin in three on the 11th. Forum’s upcoming fixtures are September 25 Society Championship 1st Round at Aguilon; October 9 Society Championship Final Round at Aguilon; October 14 Ryder Cup Qualifier at Aguilon. For further information, contact Phil Elam on 666 847 840 or email philjelam@ yahoo.co.uk or see www.forumgolf society.webs.com.