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Record cannabis seizures in region By Matt Ford As news emerged that the Guardia Civil patrol vessel ‘Rio Miño’ had detained a fishing vessel with a huge 9,200kg haul of hashish in Almerian waters, official police data shows 2016 has been a record year for cannabis crime in the region. More illegal farms have been raided during the first half of this year than the entirety of 2015, said the Guardia Civil and National Police. More than 300 kilos of the soporific plant has been seized so far. Growers of the narcotic are apparently concentrated in the coastal area between Nijar and Poniente Almeriense, with most plantations unearthed in uninhabited or unlawfully occupied houses, while others have been found on rural estates. In this way the green-fingered villains are able to maintain their plants away from pry-

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Awesome oarsmen THE Cuevas del Almanzora rowing channel is the chosen location for a Guinness Record attempt, initially planned for next month, by a team from San Pedro de Pinatar. See page 4

Airport anxiety ALMERIA airport saw some tense moments on Monday afternoon (September 5) when alarm bells rang and protocols were activated for the emergency landing of an Air Nostrum flight from Madrid. See page 5

A safer summer WHEREAS nine people lost their lives in the water in the province in the summer of 2015, so far this year the number has

dropped to nine according to the National Drownings Report created by the Royal Lifeguards Federation. See page 10

Day the eagle flies FUNDING for a surveillance project on Bonelli’s eagles in Almeria, Malaga, Granada and Jaen aimed to reinforce and reintroduce birds into wildlife has been cancelled after an association favoured by the Junta de Andalucia regional government in the past failed to obtain the grant. See page 12

ing eyes and maintain the correct environmental conditions, while avoiding sorties by rival drugs gangs. Such indoor set-ups are typically high-tech, employing specialised lighting, ventilation and hydroponic drip irrigation systems, while meticulous care is lavished on the plants themselves in order to ensure a highquality product. Water sourcing has become one of the main ways in which

investigators are able to track down the black-market farms, since they often tap into municipal supplies in order to avoid attracting suspicion for high utility bills. The drugs themselves are not typically sold within the province, where demand is minimal, but sold to northern and central European traffickers who reside in countries with poor growing conditions. In this way, Almeria has not

only cemented its reputation as Europe’s largest wholesale producer of fruit and vegetables, but also exotic greenery of a more illicit nature.

Social responsibility IN the first edict issued in Albox since Francisco Torrecillas was sworn in as mayor, the council has urged local residents to join forces to keep the town clean and tidy. See page 53

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LOCAL NEWS

And he did it! YOUNG Aitor Saez from Pulpi is the proud winner of Fenomeno Fan, a competition which has run this summer on Canal Sur, RTV Castill a - L a Ma n c h a a n d Disney Channel in which

50 children took part. Incredibly, three young singers from Almeria Province made it into the grand final, which was screened on Monday, September 5.

Shelling out to protect nature By Matt Ford

Plenty of extras BUDDING actors and hopefuls queued up earlier this week for casting sessions at a hotel in Almeria City looking to be chosen as one of about 400 extras a Spanish production company announced are needed for an international western themed TV series due to be filmed in Tabernas between September 21 and October 23.

War waged on waste TWENTY-TWO volunteers from as far afield as Granada and Madrid recently took part in an activity to clear the River Andarax of rubbish. The event, organised by the visitors’ centre in collaboration with the Sierra Nevada Natural Park Rubbish Battalion, was aimed to increase awareness of the importance of taking care of the environment.

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RAIL infrastructure administrator ADIF has finally launched a project to claim land in order to create a reserve for the endangered spur-thighed tortoise. Popula tions of the s e da te s he lldwellers inhabiting scrubland close to Pulpi and Cuevas de Almanzora represent some of the last in Spain, and they are threatened by construction of the high speed rail line which is to connect Almeria and Murcia. Establishing a reserve for the threatened reptiles is thus considered a bare minimum after some of the animals were relocated at the beginning of the summer. An ADIF statement regarding the environmental impact analysis, some of which covers private land, states that “each and every one of the affect-

ed estates will be analysed” in order to meet the requirements with “great sensitivity to any residents affected and to minimise effects on water supplies and properties.” There is no mention of how suitable tortois e ha bita t w ill be s e lected, however.

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CLUB DRAGON: On a mission to be Guinness World Record holders once again. Time Out 44 - 45

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By Eleanor Hawkins THE Cuevas del Almanzora rowing channel is the chosen location for a Guinness Record attempt, initially planned for next month, by a team from San Pedro de Pinatar. The Club Dragon Boat row-

ing team has been taking part in international competitions since 2005, the same year the Cuevas channel was built for the Mediterranean Games, and has had considerable success, winning European and World championships in the 200 and 500 metre category and setting

a world record in Mar Menor last October by rowing a total of 188 kilometres in 24 hours. The record, however, was snatched by the German national rowing team and Club Dragon is on a mission to get it back. The club and Cuevas Council are seeking sponsors to help

finance the attempt, which requires bringing 43 rowers and two boats plus judges and notaries to town and putting them up. In exchange for covering the costs, the sponsor’s name will go down in history as it will be included in the inscription of the record.

Something afloat for everyone SUMMER may be just about over but that’s no reason to stop swimming in Albox. Locals are informed that the indoor pool at the Agua y Salud municipal s p o rts ce n tre w ill b e r e ope ning on

Monday September 12 and there are all sorts of activities for people of all ages and physical conditions. There will be specific classes for babies, children, pregnant women and the elderly plus the usual swimming

courses from beginners to advanced levels from Mondays to Thursdays, while the pool will be open to those who just want to go for a swim without taking lessons on Fridays and Saturdays.

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Two people injured after their fall from the skies 2 By Eleanor Hawkins

TWO people were taken to hospital on Saturday, September 3, after a paragliding accident in Mojacar. Emergency services reported

paragliders hit parked car in dramatic fall.

they were alerted by a call at 3.57pm to say that a paraglider with two people on board, an instructor and a learner, had fallen shortly after taking off, and hit a car parked near Castillo de Mace-

Overnight stay for some passengers ALMERIA airport saw some tense moments on Monday, September 5, when alarm bells rang, and protocols were activated for the emergency landing of an Air Nostrum flight from Madrid. Control panels on the aircraft gave indication of a faulty engine on its approach to the airport just before 8pm, sending fire engines and ambulances racing towards the runway. An airline spokesperson later reported that the landing was normal with no adverse incidents. In fact, the plane ended up arriving a few minutes early and passengers were unaffected. Yet those who were due to board the return flight to Madrid did see their plans change however, as the airline decided not to allow the plane to take off again until it had been checked by mechanics.

Some passengers were transferred by road, while others spent the night in a

hotel and caught the first flight to Madrid on Tuesday morning.

nas beach. Guardia Civil and Local Police officers were immediately dispatched along with two 061 ambulances. After receiving initial treatment

from paramedics at the scene of the accident, both people were taken to La Inmaculada Hospital in Huercal-Overa, where they could be treated for the injuries sustained in the fall.

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Controversial ‘gag law’ is proving to be profitable A YEAR after the controversial Citizen’s Security Law came into effect, almost 500 people have been fined for offences included in its myriad of articles in Almeria Province alone, according to data released by the Ministry of the Interior. The so-called ‘gag law,’ the report

reveals, has seen 272 people commit minor offences, and 224 commit serious offences against this law, which was brought in by the Partido Popular with fierce opposition from all other political parties, and claims that it went against rights included in the Spanish Constitution, and was just a cash cow.

That could well appear to be the case as, in Almeria alone, at least 100,000 euros worth of fines have been issued. Minor offences, such as failing to show sufficient respect for members of the security forces, can result in fines ranging from 100 to 600 euros, while

serious offences, such as causing public disorder, blocking public streets and putting people at risk, disobedience, or refusal to show ID to the police, can result in fines of between 601 and 30,000 euros. Locals did, however, behave themselves well enough to avoid commit-

ting very serious offences, which include taking part in forbidden demonstrations in certain public places, or distracting pilots with lasers, which can see them handed fines of between 30,000 and 600,000 euros. Just one person, in Madrid, has had a fine of this type, the Ministry said.

Clean, green farming

FAMILY BUSINESS: New innovation to help protect the environment. By Eleanor Hawkins A LOCAL agricultural company, Naturcharc, received a visit this week from Nijar mayor, Esperanza Perez, and Agriculture councillor Manuel Moreno, who went to inspect the new compost plant they are creating. The Gimenez Segura family, which owns the business, came up with a novel idea a

couple of years ago after attending a course in Switzerland which will allow it to turn the remains of its ecological crops into compost and return them to the ground. The new plant, which has a capacity for about 6,000 cubic metres, and is environmentally friendly, was shown to customers from as far afield as England, Germany

and France, who all visited to see the new equipment for themselves. Perez said, “this family business is a fine example of a job well done and care for the environment and society, these young people seek to innovate and improve every day, not only in the quality of their produce, but also by finding ways to make use of their excess and waste.”

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Fish died naturally THE death of more than 1,500 kilos of Mugil Cephalus (grey mullet) in mid August, at the mouth of the Rambla Morales, within the Cabo de GataNijar Natural Park protected area, was due to a lack of oxygen caused by overgrowth of algae, the environmental department has reported. After analysing samples of water and of the dead fish, the Junta de Andalucia regional government’s environmental authority drew up a report on the incident, which explained that this is an habitual situation which occurs particularly towards the end of the summer in drought years. In fact, these types of deaths are so common, the department has a service specifically for collectiong and disposing of the bodies of fish who die this way.

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By-law is causing extra costs By Eleanor Hawkins ALTHOUGH paying for parking in blue zones in Almeria City using mobile phones is possible, and has been for some time, the by-law which regulates the system means that unless drivers calculate carefully and use up all the time they have paid for, they are actually giving money away for nothing. W h ile D o rn ie r, th e c ompa ny in charge of blue zone parking in the city, is fully prepared for what it calls ‘start and stop’ mobile parking payments, which calculate the exact amount of time the vehicle has been parked for, and charge the exact amount when the driver prepares to move on, the fact that it is not included in the official regulations means unless the council modifies them it cannot be launched. The system, already up and running in Guadalajara, Barcelona and Malaga, is just another part of the Telpark mo-

bile phone application which drivers can already use to safely pay for their parking and top up their time if their stay lasts longe r tha n e xpe c te d, or e ve n cancel the fine and make the extra payment if they happen to run over their purchased time without having to go near a parking machine or print out a ticket.

MONEY FOR NOTHING: Paying too much.

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A cause for celebration AS the holiday period draws to an end, the authorities are celebrating the fact that fewer people have drowned in Almeria this year. Whereas nine people lost their lives in the water in the province in the 2015 summer season, so far this year the number has dropped to six, according to the National Drownings Report created by the Royal Lifeguards Federation. However, this still means that six people have died this summer, four off the beaches of San Juan de los Terreros and Villaricos, one at Adra fishing port, and another in a lake in Abla. All six were men. Nijar is celebrating the fact that nobody has drowned there this year, with both the council, and the Civil Protection services patting themselves on the back over the fact. While there have been a few rescues, usually due to people ignoring red flags, it does appear that their efforts have produced good results.

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Thinking About Living In Spain? The Financial Essentials

Spain receives an influx of visitors at this time of year. It is not difficult to appreciate why so many people fall in love with the local lifestyle and consider making it their home. This is therefore a good time to run through some of the tax and financial essentials you need to be aware of and plan for if you are to get the best out of living here. The starting point is to understand how you become resident for tax purposes. Tax residency is not just about day counting. You could be resident even if you do not live in Spain but your spouse and/or minor dependent children do, or if your centre of economic interests is here. You also need to know how the UK’s statutory residence test could continue to apply to you. If you are a UK national already living here but have not yet sorted out your residence, it may be a good idea to do so now, before Brexit. Spanish taxpayers have had a high tax burden over recent years, though income tax rates have improved a little

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks now. They currently range up to 45.98% in Comunidad Valenciana, 46% in Murcia and 48% in Andalucia. Spain also currently imposes an annual wealth tax, which generally hits those with worldwide assets worth over €1 million. You need a thorough understanding of the Spanish tax system and how it applies to you. Only then can you establish what tax planning steps you can take. There are often ways to lower taxes

on your investment income, assets, pensions and estate. This is not an area for DIY financial planning, you need specialist guidance. Getting it wrong could be costly. Succession tax in Spain works differently from UK inheritance tax. The rates and allowances depend on who the beneficiary is, where the deceased and the beneficiary are resident, and where the assets are located. Rates, allowances and exemptions vary across regions. Spanish succession law is an unfamiliar concept for British people. Spanish law requires a parent to leave two-thirds of their estate to their children, even bypassing the surviving spouse. However, under the EU succession regulation ‘Brussels IV, foreign nationals can elect, via their will, for the law of their country of

nationality to apply. This only applies to succession law, not tax. Another important tax issue to consider early when moving to Spain are the tax implications of buying and selling property. When is the best time to sell your UK property? When is the best time to buy in Spain? You could easily end up paying tax that could have been avoided, so look into this carefully. Pensions are another key issue. There are many more options now under the UK pension freedom, but you need to weigh them up, looking at how they work for you and the tax implications in Spain. Seek specialist advice. Last but certainly not least, review your savings and investments. Make sure they are structured in the most suitable way for your new circumstances and objectives, always taking your risk

appetite into account. You also want them to be structured in the most tax efficient way for Spain and to meet your estate planning wishes. The sooner you carry out your tax and wealth management planning, the sooner you can get on with enjoying your new life in Spain. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice.

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Hard to reach INFOCA forest firefighting and prevention aircraft had to be called in on Saturday, September 3, to deal with a fire in a hard to access area in Sorbas.

On camera A TEAM from France 5 TV channel,

has been in the area filming a programme on life in and around Sierra Nevada Natural Park, which will be screened on October 29.

Youngster injured A SIX-YEAR-OLD child was rushed to Torrecardenas Hospital in Almeria City, after falling from a second floor window on Calle Natacion, Nijar, emergency services reported.

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No surveillance to be allowed By Eleanor Hawkins FUNDING for a surveillance project on Bonelli’s eagles in Almeria, Malaga, Granada and Jaen - aimed to reinforce and reintroduce birds into wildlife - has been cancelled after an association favoured by the Junta de Andalucia regional government in the past, failed to obtain the grant. The 69,440 euros grant, funded jointly by the EU and the Andalucian government, was requested by two entities. One, a company called Gesnatura, and the other, the Fundacion Migres, which in the past had received funding from the Junta. Although Gesnatura was

awarded 100 per cent of points available by the committee in charge of awarding the grant, Migres obtained just 72. However, while the process was underway, the Junta coincidentally discovered the project was not viable due to timings. MIGRES is run by Miguel Ferrer Baena, who was director of the Doñana Biology Station when the Boliden

Aprisa spillage occurred, and although two ecologist associations, SEO Bird Life, and Ecologistasen Accion, had in the past supported the foundation, both withdrew as they felt it failed to defend the environment. SEO Bird Life in fact, lost a grant of almost 250,000 euros which the Junta decided to award to Migres instead, and the foundation has been investigated by the Andalucian ombudsman, who has asked the government to tender future grants.

TIMINGS NOT RIGHT: Funding for study refused.

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Just a little effort Photo Credit Ayuntamiento de Almeria

GARRUCHA Council has spent almost €30,000 to fix projecting ledges at the municipal buildings which house the infant department of Hispanidad school and the day centre for the elderly, both badly damaged by strong winds in February.

Fatal crash A TWENTY-TWOYEAR-OLD biker from Olula del Rio died on Saturday (September 3) after coming off his motorcycle and hitting the crash barrier on the A-349 between Macael and Tahal.

No sign POLICE suspect a mobile home which was destroyed by fire in Cuevas del Almanzora on Saturday (September 3) may have been stolen as they have been unable to find the owner.

OLD BUILDING: Could be converted at very little cost. By Eleanor Hawkins THE PSOE socialist party has spoken out for the people of Almeria City’s La Cañada district, writing to the mayor to ask for the council to turn an old munic ipa l building into a much-demanded community

centre. PSOE councillor Indalecio Gutierrez explained that a place to meet and hold activities is one of the things the associations and clubs in the district are lacking and com pl ai ned t hat t he pr obl em coul d be easi l y solved with a little effort on

the part of the Partido Popular council. As the building itself is al r eady i n pl ace on Cal l e Luis Abad Carretero, it would cost very little to renovate and prepare it for use, i n f act counci l wor ker s coul d easi l y do t he j ob, Gutierrez said.

Police hunt for puppy dumper THE Guardia Civil is searching for the person or persons who dumped eight newborn puppies, seven of which were found dead, inside a rubbish bag in a bin in Tahal. Officers were informed that there could be something inside the bin and on

opening it found a tiny puppy in a sorry state and covered in worms, which they quickly took for attention, and seven bodies, presumably from the same litter. The surviving puppy has been taken in by a shelter in Pechina while the police force investigates the animal cru-

elty case. This summer, the SEPRONA nature and animal protection branch of the Guardia Civil launched a campaign to encourage people to report suspected cases of animal cruelty, a crime which can result in fines and jail sentences.

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SPANISH STARS: Eduard Fernandez and Elena Anaya in Lejos del Mar.

Finally released ALMERIA is already renowned for its appearances in numerous films over the years, with its desert, beaches, and unique quality of light providing an unmistakable stage. This popularity continues to endure, with Imanol Uribe’s ‘Lejos del Mar’ (English: Far From the Sea), the latest movie to be set in the region. The film opened in national theatres on Friday, September 2, and showcases the unique coastline of the Cabo de Gata natural park, having been filmed almost exclusively in Almeria.

Its release was delayed on several occasions, having previously been earmarked for January and May. Produced in collaboration with the Almeria Film Office, the movie features the iconic Isleta del Moro, San Jose, Cabo de Gata pueblo, and Almeria City, with well known Spanish actors Elena Anaya, and Eduard Fernandez, the stars. Uribe himself was born in San Salvador, but is of Basque origin, he expressed his gratitude to the Almeria Film Office for their ‘support and collaboration’ in a personal letter.

CONFERENCE: Well attended and very informative. By Eleanor Hawkins HUNDREDS of people including sports and medical professionals flocked to Vera on Friday, September 2, to attend a Medicine and Sports conference focused on football. Organised by the local council, and co-ordinated by Doctor Angel Rubio Casquet, the conference included two sets of talks, the first by doctors and

professors of medicine, who shed light on the reality behind myths and popular beliefs, and explained the importance of medical supervision and training in cardiorespiratory reanimation among other topics. The second set, which included talks by former footballers and former Spanish national coach, Jose Antonio Camacho, saw the sportsmen explain how they had dealt with

recovery after injuries during their professional careers, and also how they cope with early retirement. After the event, local mayor Feliz Lopez, along with his council team, Almeria Sports Delegate Alfredo Valdivia, and Andalucian Parliament member Rodrigo Sanchez Haro, thanked everyone for attending and pledged to continue with similar conferences in the future.

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The long overdue clean up under negotiation CIUDADANOS political party has asked the government to come clean and give regular reports on progress towards clearing radioactive residues from Palomares and Cuevas de Almanzora. Radiation levels in the two areas, the party has said, are more than 20 times the maximum

permitted levels since bombs were dropped when two US Air Force planes collided over Almeria back in 1966. Work to remove the radioactive matter, the party stressed in a query registered with the Lower Chambers, needs to be completed urgently and the CIEMAT investigation centre

has already drawn up a plan to evaluate the remains. During his last visit to Madrid, US Secretary of State John Kerry, signed a declaration of intentions by both countries to rehabilitate the Palomares area. Although the US refused to begin negotia-

Alleged human Hoping blood trafficker held will find gang A TWENTY-TWO-YEAROLD man has been remanded in custody by the authorities for an alleged crime of human trafficking, after being found to be in charge of a dinghy carrying 12 migrants recently intercepted off the Almeria coasts. The dinghy set sail from Algeria carrying nine adults and three minors, all of whom are believed to have paid 450 euros each for the ride. The five metre pneumatic dinghy was spotted 15 nautical miles from Mesa Roldan

on August 28, and investigations and interviews determined that the arrestee, with initials KB, had taken the money from the passengers, handled navigation equipment, and controlled the dinghy during the crossing. Investigations were carried out by officers from the Foreigners and Borders Brigade at the Almeria Provincial Police headquarters, and the accused was brought before a judge at an Almeria City court, who sent him to jail to await trial.

THE Scientific Police are analysing traces of blood found on the floor of a shop which was robbed last weekend, hoping to identify the culprits who may form part of an organised group of robbers in Almeria City. The method used by the robbers consists of crashing a car, usually stolen, into the windows or doors of shops to gain entry, before quickly grabbing items of value and fleeing before the police arrive. In the most recent case, which targeted a shop on

Avenida de la Estacion, mobile phones and computer equipment were stolen and the thieves gone before a patrol arrived, alerted by the burglar alarm. Although it is some time since this modus operandi has been used in the city, there was a wave of similar break-ins just after Christmas and in January. Now, with DNA samples of the blood stains found probably belonging to a thief injured while driving into the shop front, investigators hope to find clues as to the culpritâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s identity.

tions on the subject with an acting government, Ciudadanos suspects a later visit to Spain by Sub-secretary of State for Europe and the EU, Conrad Tribble, may have in fact been related to a possible launch of negotiations and technical meetings to determine the work to be done.

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Squat and farm

MARIHUANA FARM: Inside an illegally occupied home. By Eleanor Hawkins

TWO squatters have been arrested after Citizenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Security officers from the provincial police force caught them inside an illegally occupied home on Calle Piscis in the Villablanca area of Almeria City with 125 marihuana plants. The police were called at 11pm when neighbours saw

the two men climb over the wall into number 101 and when patrols arrived they were found tending to the plants, which were growing in a perfectly equipped area containing special lamps and irrigation systems. The home, as has been found to be the case in other illegally occupied houses in the complex, had been hooked up to the mains electricity supply to power the

marihuana farm. The residential complex has been the target of increasing numbers of squatters since parts of it remained unsold when the real estate bubble burst some years ago, causing numerous problems. A few months ago the entire area was left with no water after squatters who had tunnelled under the pavement tried to tap into the mains pipes.

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SEASIDE TOWNS: Are growing in popularity with people moving from inland areas.

Coastal concerns By Eleanor Hawkins EXPERTS are becoming increasingly worried about the future of Almeria’s coasts as population migration trends are showing more and more people leaving inland areas and heading towards the sea. Over the last 25 years there has been a general trend across Spain for population to multiply on the coasts, with that of Almeria’s seaside areas growing by

more than 60 per cent. In fact, apart from Almeria City, most of the province’s larger urban areas are by the beach and this is becoming increasingly of note in the eastern area between Garrucha and Carboneras. In fact, the only areas left uninhabited are those under protection, which experts fear may have arrived too late, while there are 52 villages inland with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants.

This could put the environment and coastal ecosystems at risk due to the heavy pressure placed upon them and lead to a reduction in ecological quality, environmental groups warn. With the national Spanish trend to flock to the beaches in the summer, the coasts could well become overloaded leading to natural ecosystems such as wetlands, dunes and forested areas disappearing altogether.

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SHARED RESOURCE? New pipework is to be laid from Rules dam. By Eleanor Hawkins FOLLOWING news that work is to be done in neighbouring Granada to lay pipes from the Rules reservoir down to the coast, which farmers have been demanding for more than 10 years, an Almeria agricultural association has been quick to remind the authorities of old plans to include pipes to neighbouring provinces in the work creating a so-called water motorway. In spite of rumours of the possibility of the water from

the reservoir being shared with Granada’s neighbours, there are no official plans for this, however farmers insist it would be the way forward and have sent their request to the Junta de Andalucia regional government along with viability studies to prove it is possible. Although the news made those on Granada’s Costa Tropical wary, understandably since they have been waiting years for their water and fear it could be sent elsewhere, the ‘motorway’ would in fact only be used to avoid surplus water

being thrown away and could work both ways, with excess being sent from one area to another as required, explained Almeria’s largest farmers’ federation leader Jose Antonio Fernandez. “Obviously Granada farmers should be the first to receive the water from the Rules-Beznar system, but we think there will be more than they need when it snows and that’s the water we would like to see coming our way,” Fernandez said. The federation, which has 20,000 members responsible for more than 60,000 hectares of Almeria farmland, wishes to see a network of pipes connecting the Granada reservoir to Beninar and Cuevas del Almanzora and then crossing Almeria Province. The network, Fernandez stressed, would avoid a drop of water going to waste and would allow neighbouring areas to share their extra liquid.

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Tower power for Rodalquilar Dangerous rides NIJAR Council has completed plans to carry out work on the ancient Torre de los Alumbres in Rodalquilar valley and will now aim to secure funds for the project. Work on the Cultural Heritage Asset is expected to cost €300,000, aiming to repair the corners of the

outer walls up to the first floor and deal with a number of structural defects, explained local Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Beaches councillor Alexis Pineda. The council is considering its options to obtain the necessary cash, which include applying to the European Union funds, requesting money from the Rural Develop-

DIOSA MAAT: There was an open day held on the yacht.

A green drive By Eleanor Hawkins PLASTIC came under attack at Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park over the weekend with the arrival of the Ecologists in Action environmental group’s Diosa Maat yacht and ‘Dark

blue, almost plastic’ campaign. Saturday 3 saw beach cleaning activities while on Sunday there were educational talks and activities and an open day on the yacht to raise awareness of the damage plastic causes to the marine environment.

ment Scheme or applying for a slice of the Ministry of Public Works and Development’s culture budget. The tower dates back to 1509, when it was constructed to defend the Rodalquilar kings against pirate attacks. It was later used as a prison, before being abandoned entirely in 1768.

TWO cyclists, both aged 47, were injured in two separate accidents in Pechina and Vicar on the same day. The Pechina cyclist was rushed to Torrecardenas Hospital in Almeria City with an open wound to his leg and a dislocated elbow, while the driver of the car he hit required treatment for chest pain. The second accident, on the N340a in Vicar, left the cyclist with minor injuries which were treated at a health centre.

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RADIO TELESCOPE: Suffered frequency interference.

ET or not to be ET SCIENTISTS manning a massive radio telescope in the Caucasus caused a stir when they announced they had found a signal from a distant star, but their excitement over possible extraterrestrial activity waned when subsequent tests found that the real culprit was the far more mundane frequency interference.

Spotted Putin A GROUP of plucky Eton students from the posh English school managed to swing a meeting with president Putin at the Kremlin. Elite contacts among parents is the likely explanation for how the 11 boys managed to meet the world leader before even Boris Johnson and Theresa May.

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ante on pesky human rights groups who accuse the country of all manner of barbarities by announcing the launch of its very own Soviet-bloc human rights organisation which will operate right across Moscow’s Eurasian hinterlands protecting the fuzzily interpreted ‘civic freedoms’ of the people.

Football fury SCANDAL over the construction of St Petersburg’s World Cup 2018 stadium continues as the city’s governor resigned his post over budget criticisms and work-

ers’ strikes. Russian paratroopers have declined to help out saying that they have other things to attend to than building €600 million football stadiums.

Old ties EDINBURGH marked the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Dervish Convoy to the port of Arkhangelsk. A contingent of six British manned merchant ships left Iceland in 1941 to bring aid to the Soviets at the height of the Second World War. The Russian consul in Scotland was well received by a brass band during the ceremony.

Corporate warfare WHILE Europe hopes to take a bite out of Apple’s tax-free profits, Russia is instead doing battle with IKEA. The Swedish furniture company is threatening to pull out of the country after losing a court case worth millions of euros, and the official raiding of their Moscow head office last month.

A CONTROVERSIAL performance artist best known for stapling his scrotum to Red Square and torching the FSB headquarters has been honoured by Burger King who plan to release a series of tribute burgers based around Petr Pavlensky’s stunts to ‘bring culture to the masses.’

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IKEA: Threatening to leave the country.

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Engine trouble for Rolls Royce By John Smith DUE to problems detected in Rolls Royce engines which power the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Japanese airline ANA has announced that it will, over a period of three years replace each of the 100 engines powering its 787 fleet. According to the airline, there have been three engine failures in 2016 caused by corrosion and cracking of the turbine

is the cost of a single engine for the Boeing 787.

blades. It will continue to operate with Rolls Royce engines and will repair ex-

GROWING AIRLINE: May expand its services.

Jet2 to continue with its expansion plan THE rapidly expanding Jet2 airline continues to increase its coverage and has announced it wishes to hire 1,000 new staff, including 180 pilots, 700 cabin crew and at least 80 engineers who will be split between the company’s bases in the UK. Although not considered by many as a major airline, it still runs 63 aircraft out of eight airports from Birmingham to Edinburgh and Belfast to Newcastle with no less than 220 destinations mainly in Europe, although it does also fly to New York. Covering 14 destinations in Spain and the islands, the company may well be encour-

isting engines (of which five are currently suspect) until such time as all of the engines are replaced with new engines containing upgraded blades. This news from the airline with the largest number of 787s in operation has come as something of a blow for the engine manufacturer which is in competition with General Electric who also make an engine for this Boeing model. A spokesman for

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aged to expand its services either to new destinations here or by increasing the number of flights it operates. With so many pilots searching for jobs, this will be a welcome bonus as many newly qualified pilots in particular are travelling to Africa and Papua New Guinea to operate small aircraft operating on bush runways in order to keep their flying hours up to date. According to the company’s Chief Executive Steve Heapy, the service that Jet2 offers is attracting more and more customers and it has now become one of Britain’s fastest growing airlines.

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Shareholder committees AFTER a number of well publicised shareholder revolts against the increase in salary and bonuses at a number of public companies, Conservative MP Chris Philp is proposing all major companies should set up a shareholder committee which would have the absolute right to approve or reject pay deals before they are presented at the next AGM. In addition, he also wants to see an elected member of staff have the right to sit in on these meetings to represent workers but they wouldn’t be able to vote.

Nigerian recession WHEN you consider that so many of the major scams on the internet have been initiated by very clever Nigerians, many of whom have made their fortunes, it is to some extent surprising that the country that has the potential to eclipse South Africa as the most important economy in sub Saharan Africa has actually entered into recession.

Trade deal is looking doomed THE Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership really does look as if it is going to be dropped as even staunch supporter and Vice-Chancellor of Germany Sigmar Gabriel said that it was dead but no-one would admit it. This observation is followed by a clear statement by the French Trade

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Minister who said “France is demanding the pure, simple and definitive halt of these negotiations.” As the EU steers itself away from a deal which appears to greatly favour the US, it is to be hoped that Britain is very careful about the terms of any future trade deal with America.

Rolls Royce has accepted that there is a need to remodel the engine and the new model should be completed by the end of this year so that the replacement engines may then go into production. Other airlines appear to have been able to cope with the problem by regular maintenance and repair, but the ANA decision (and it is not known who will pay for the replacement engines) has certainly not helped.

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Crocodile rocks CROCODILE farms are growing in popularity in Africa as the animals are relatively easy to maintain, replace their numbers through the laying of eggs and are prized for both their meat and skins. The ideal age for a farmed crocodile is eight years when they produce the best meat which is becoming more popular in China with the skin being used to make shoes and handbags. As ‘gourmets’ around the world search for new eating experiences, crocodile along with ostrich and kangaroo as well as squirrel are appearing on more and more menus.

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Samsung suspend smartphone sales By John Smith SHARES in Korean giant electronics company Samsung have slumped following its brave announcement that it is suspending sales of the new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone as there have been some reports in South Korea and the USA that some of the phones have burst into flames whilst being charged or soon after. Although it is thought to be less than 50 reported so far, the company clearly doesn’t wish to see potential injury to its customers with the resulting legal claims that could be made against it. It appears the problem is caused by the Lithium batteries in the phone and a company statement was released by the president of the company’s mobile division in which he admitted “We have received several reports of battery explosion on the Note 7 that was officially launched on August 19.” He went on to say all customers who had purchased this model would be able to exchange them once new safer versions had been produced which would take weeks rather than months. So far, the phone has only been put on sale in 10 different countries with batteries supplied by a number of producers so the company will need some time to trace which batteries are causing the problem. The need to admit this problem and withdraw the model from sale would have been bad at any time, but this is made worse by the fact that major competitor Apple is said to be about to launch its next generation iPhone shortly.

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS: The Samsung new Galaxy Note 7 handset could burst into flames. Although Apple has traditionally been the market leader for smartphones, the Samsung corporation has gained a great deal of ground over the past few years and with reports of some potential screen problems with the iPhone 6, it seemed that the new Galaxy with its large screen and in built stylus, was initially very well received and was a potential rival to the Apple product.

Samsung had seen some very strong, and to some extent unexpected, profits during the first half of 2016 and was forecasting strong sales for all of its phones in the second half of the year but many people may be a little worried that one of the latest innovations to unlock this smartphone is by scanning the users eyeball and the fact the phone could potentially explode in their faces may well discour-

age any future purchase. Whilst there is little doubt the model will only be returned to the market when the problem is resolved, consumers will be alert to the fact the initial problem had not been detected in the first place. At the time of writing, a number of companies in Spain were still offering the Galaxy Note 7 for sale at prices ranging from €729 to €850.

Shipping company in dire financial straits IT looks as if certain gifts will be very hard to get hold of this Christmas as South Korea’s largest shipping company, having filed for bankruptcy protection, is now effectively unable to deliver more than half a million containers on board ships which are stuck at sea! Major container ports around the world are refusing to allow the Hanjin vessels to dock as they don’t believe they will be paid if the ships are allowed into port to unload their containers. Even if the ships were allowed into port, the Administrators might refuse permission for them to enter, as there is every possibility they could be seized by creditors who are fast running out of patience. It is not just the containers on board and of course the stranded crews who don’t even know when they might be able to step foot on dry land again or even if they are likely to get paid for their time at sea. Containers are also stacking up in ports around the world after being seized as collateral and adding

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FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY: A Hanjin container ship in port. to the chaos and confusion. There is always the chance that if this ‘stalemate’ goes on for too long, then ships could run out of fuel and supplies thus forcing the hands of port owners to allow ac-

cess on humanitarian grounds September is normally the start of the build-up to the movement of goods to be stocked for Christmas sale and this is why analysts fear that huge volumes of goods may

not hit the market in time or may no longer be required if retailers have to look elsewhere for replacement supplies. Just to add to the fun and games, not all of the ships that are carrying

containers are actually owned by Hanjin and not all of the containers on board Hanjin vessels are actually theirs either so this will cause additional difficulty and while the vessels are still at sea, there is no way in which the containers can be removed anyway. This is by far the largest liquidation in shipping history and the rules will effectively write themselves. Whatever happens this will be a long and protracted situation which will need some very astute footwork to try to resolve. One possible option is that the vessels could be sold at sea, but as they are loaded with overdue containers, some of which will no doubt include penalty clauses for late delivery, any sale is likely to be at a ‘knock down’ price. As is often the case, those handling the restructuring and possible liquidation of the company will be pretty assured of having ‘first bite of the cherry’ when their bills are presented, especially if they control the cheque books, but others will have to stand in line and hope for the best.

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APPLE CEO: Tim Cook with European Parliament President Martin Schulz. By John Smith IN the words of the old time comedian Max Miller, “Now here’s a funny thing” as the Irish government doesn’t want to uphold a ruling by the European Commission to demand that Apple pays up to €13 billion to Ireland in avoided tax due to the illegality of a deal struck between the company and the Irish government. This amount, the equivalent of a whole year’s cost of the Irish Health Service, has been accumulated over a period of 24 years between 1991 and 2015 and includes an amount of interest. Both the Irish government and Apple have already indicated that they intend to appeal against the ruling whilst the US government has joined in saying not only has Apple complained to it, but it is worried if this ruling remains in place, then Apple might pay less tax within the US in the future. According to the findings of the investigation which has been carried out over a period of years, Apple actually paid as little as 0.005 per cent of its profits to the

Irish government in 2014 but they did make some investments in the country and employ 6,000 staff in Cork. There is little doubt as to the conclusions as far as the EU is concerned with a clear statement from the European competition commissioner: “Member states cannot give tax benefits to selected companies - this is illegal under EU state aid rules. “The commission’s investigation concluded that Ireland granted illegal tax benefits to Apple, which enabled it to pay substantially less tax than other businesses over many years.” Whilst the ruling may look like a windfall to the Irish taxpayer, there is little doubt other countries within the EU where Apple operates would expect to take a cut of this tax shortfall, as they have effectively been denied taxes they should have received. It is clear that while cash-rich Apple does not wish to pay any more tax than it needs to, the Irish are taking a much longer term strategy as they want to see the ruling reversed so that they

can continue to be seen as a lowcost taxation home for international corporations. With all the fuss over offshore investments and tax havens for individuals, it does seem that Ireland which desperately needs income and employment, is ‘sailing very close to the wind’ and in the view of the European Commission has crossed the fine line between what is acceptable and what is not. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, has already warned that in the unlikely event that the ruling stands, it could adversely affect investment in Europe and creation of jobs. But as most of those jobs are aimed at selling Apple products to Europeans and then apparently avoiding tax, this may be a bit of an empty threat! The British deal with Google to accept a £130 million (€152 million) payment of back taxes seems like a drop in the ocean compared to this ruling and if it stands, it is debatable whether the UK will be able to claim any part of a windfall from Apple if it has already left the EU.

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TARGET: • Average: 7 • Good: 9 • Very good: 13 • Excellent: 17

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Abet, bate, beat, belt, beta, blat, data, date, debt, dept, late, pate, peat, pelt, plat, tael, tala, tale, tapa, tape, teal, abate, adapt, adept, alate, bated, bleat, dealt, delta, lated, leapt, lepta, petal, plate, pleat, table, taped, abated, ablate, alated, palate, plated, tabled, ablated, datable, baldpate, ADAPTABLE

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

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The repayment of a favour should see you with extra money in your pocket. Holding on to it is your best bet. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A social gathering turns up an old friend who makes an offer. Although you may feel unworthy, please be reminded of the times in the past when you have given them support. It will be through others that real progress will be made.

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The pleasure you will get from helping in the home this week should not be underestimated. What you have been thinking of as a chore turns out to be a great ball of fun.

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CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Contact with a less than ideal situation makes you realise just how lucky you are. It has been clear that the weeks are changeable and your situation at the moment far from settled. Pity those whose day-to-day life is completely predictable.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get both business and personal

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plans sorted out in the coming week. Thereafter, changes to your routine may be necessary, which is disruptive. The bestlaid plans can need adjustment, so don’t beat yourself up over that.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Making a new start is not always the exciting thing that people imagine. When there are still old matters to be resolved, it takes the edge off the pleasure. It may be worth cooling off a new relationship until your social life is more settled.

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As you have decided to rearrange both your business and home life, it is a busy time, indeed. You enjoy a challenge so it will not worry you that other people have different ideas

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Saturday September 3

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EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday September 4

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

HOLY HOLE HONE HONK HANK BANK

YOUR STARS

TODAY:

HOLY HOLD BOLD BALD (BOND) BAND BANK or

BANK BACK

Weather Alicante

Move from the start word (HOLY) to the end word (BANK) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

HOLY

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC

Code Breaker

Quick Across 1 Grows crops (5) 4 Turns into (7) 8 Spreads on (7) 9 Swift (5) 10 Move from one place to another (8) 11 Food served and eaten at one time (4) 13 Position inside (6) 14 Dealers in stolen property (6) 17 Not soft or yielding to pressure (4) 19 Uttered a sudden loud cry (8) 22 Long narrow natural elevation (5) 23 Any strong feeling (7) 24 Grave (7) 25 View or spectacle (5) Down 1 Ceremonial dinner party for many people (5) 2 Says, states or performs again (7) 3 Hand held cutting implement (8) 4 Container that is usually woven and has handles (6)

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Across:

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents T and 15 represents M, so fill in T every time the figure 10 appears and M every time the figure 15 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.

1 Streams, 5 Dated, 8 Realm, 9 Insipid, 10 Oath, 11 Perspire, 13 Serial, 15 Geneva, 18 Cupboard, 19 Rags, 22 Sea-lion, 23 Angle, 24 Scene, 25 Endorse. Down: 1 Serious, 2 React, 3 Arms, 4 Swiped, 5 Disaster, 6 Topside, 7 Dodge, 12 Gasoline, 14 Replace, 16 Austere, 17 Cringe, 18 Costs, 20 Anger, 21 Laud.

QUICK Across: 5 Heal completely (4) 6 Canada's national tree (5) 7 Seats for horse riders (7) 12 Willing to give and share unstintingly (8) 13 Passes on knowledge to (7)

English - Spanish

1 Respond, 5 Cheap, 8 Alike, 9 Fertile, 10 Hats, 11 Careless, 13 Supper, 15 Static, 18 Specific, 19 Ease, 22 Examine, 23 Odour, 24 Piece, 25 Started.

15 Put or add together (7) 16 Way of entering or leaving (6) 18 Added clause (5) 20 Compact (5) 21 No amount at all (4)

Down:

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

1 Reaches, 2 Swift, 3 Over, 4 Defeat, 5 Corrects, 6 Evident, 7 Peeps, 12 Medicine, 14 Prepare, 16 Cheered, 17 Tigers, 18 Steep, 20 About, 21 Sofa.

Across 1 Escoba (para barrer) (5) 3 Pear tree (5) 6/13 Mar Rojo (3,3) 8 Dinamarca (7) 9 Escalera mecánica (9) 12 Barracks (7) 13 See 6 14 Ear (anatomical) (5) 15 Roncar (cuando se duerme) (5)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Toalla, 4 Util, 8 Empty, 9 Atras, 10 Newspaper, 14 Agria, 15 Stool, 16 Aves, 17 Celoso.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Tren, 2 Apple-tree, 3 Ley, 5 Terremoto, 6 Last, 7 Vaca, 11 Seas, 12 Pala, 13 Algo, 15 See.

Down 1 Quemar (4) 2 Stepmother (9) 3 Screens (cinema or computer) (9) 4 Razones (7) 5 Lago (4) 7 Enfermedad (7) 10 Eight (4) 11 Sueldo (semanal) (4)

Hexagram

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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 (COWBOY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ARCANE BAMBOO BRIGHT CHANCY COERCE COWBOY (10) COWPOX DENOTE INCITE INDUCT

LANDAU MAGNUM OXCART PATENT PENMEN POGROM POUNCE ROCOCO TYRANT

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Retire 2 Entity 3 Hither 4 Pieced 5 Theist 6 Nitric 7 Steady 8 Metric 9 Parade 10 Timing 11 Armpit 12 Regent 13 Poetic 14 Fixate 15 Gentry 16 Isomer 17 Avenge 18 Forest 19 Beyond

Across 1 A pot I find in the courtyard (5) 4 Goat he’s disguised as a prisoner (7) 8 Ruin small milliner (7) 9 Some of Peter Sellers' roles are brief (5) 10 Rescues sovereign captured by barbarians (8) 11 Represent penny-pinching (4) 13 Floor covering from Oscar Peterson’s house (6) 14 The Italian is after a fast pulse (6) 17 Snakes initially added some poisonous saliva (4) 19 Let Maria design fabric (8) 22 Clearing part of Bangladesh (5) 23 No tie? An arrangement for a posh schoolboy (7) 24 Consider spectre disguise (7) 25 Have about fifty to share (5) Down 1 Sends off letters for placements (5) 2 Bit of film shows a caravan (7) 3 Variety duet at do is old fashioned (8) 4 Some harsher messages from a Greek messenger (6) 5 Gorge on cooked teas (4) 6 Awfully eager to correspond (5) 7 Egyptian bird on a lake is timeless (7)

12 Huge creature with two insects around his head (8) 13 One expecting payment for a battle horse (7) 15 Six in test is meaningless (7) 16 The French shelter is temporarily

inactive (6) 18 Glances, so to speak, at the summits (5) 20 Weapon Charlie found in lane (5) 21 Early historian's sleeping place on boat (4)

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FORGET binge-drinking or bingeeating, are you a binge-thinker? Experts fear the nation is in the midst of an epidemic of anxiety and say women in particular are racked with worry and bingethinking; continuously over-thinking events and details and replaying things in their minds. Such behaviour can make you ill, lead to insomnia, fertility problems, adult acne and hair loss as well as depression and further anxiety. Many experts say it is not even the major life issues such as money and relationships that cause the most worry, but the smaller, minor niggles that people struggle to turn off thinking about. So what can you do to reduce the stress and anxiety? Talk about it Talking your problems through with others can help you take stock of them and see them in perspective and can help create a ‘feel good’ factor.

BINGE-THINKING: Woman in particular can be racked with worry.

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Live for now Too much worry is over ‘what ifs’ so try and live in the present. Forget about what could happen or dwelling in the past and live for now. Deal with things If there are things worrying you then deal with what you can, rather than burying them away to linger. Someone upset you? Tell them and move on from it. Worrying over a relationship? Talk it through. Stressed over workload? Speak up and get help from colleagues. By not addressing the smaller things they can escalate and build up. Worry is the main factor in breakdowns and depression with one of the earliest symptoms manifesting in insomnia. Cortisone, a hormone released by the body during times of anxiety, is an acne trigger and stress hormones are also responsible for another unpleasant side effect in women - female hair loss.

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Eat early and let your body rest 20 amputations daily average for diabetics EATING late at night is a common occurrence for Spaniards who enjoy late night family meals in the cooler summer air, but experts believe it may be damaging to your health. Researchers from Turkey found a late-night meal keeps the body on ‘high alert’ when it should be winding down and relaxing ready for sleep. They advise adults should never eat within two hours of bedtime and ideally nothing after 7pm. Eating late leaves people with a higher blood pressure, when normally levels drop at bedtime. This can lead to a higher chance of a heart-related death. The Turkish team tracked 721 people diagnosed with high blood pressure, with an average age of 53 and found those who ate within two hours of going to bed were 2.8 times more likely to retain high blood pressure. Some 9.4 million people in the UK are diagnosed with high blood pressure.

AMPUTATIONS caused by diabetes have reached an all-time high in England. Figures are at their highest ever number with an average of 20 per day on patients with diabetes, according to figures from Diabetes UK. This is based on data from Public Health England. The number of amputations from diabetes-

EVENING MEAL: Ideally should not be taken after 7pm.

related complications is now 7,370 a year. The previous figure was 7,042. Most of the amputations are related to poor foot care; a common problem for diabetes sufferers and of the amputations that occur, around 80 per cent start as foot ulcers. Doctors say amputations could be avoided if they are detected earlier.

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Great gender temperature divide ARE you fighting with your partner over the aircon remote in bed in the summer and the duvet in the winter? You’re not alone. It is the great gender temperature divide a nd it is not in your ima gina tion - the re a re prove n diffe re nc e s w hy women are always cold and men are hot. Female bodies lose heat more e a s ily. The y ha ve a smaller body size and lower metabolic rate which are all factors that contribute to a loss of heat from women. Women are also better at conserving their core internal body temperature than men, most probably for reproductive reasons, to keep a ny de ve loping foe tus

warm. So when the ambient te mpe ra ture drops , a woman’s circulatory system will divert blood away from her skin and extremities. A man’s core temperature will simply fall slightly and he will be unaware of any change. A lthough the re is no structural difference in the circulation between the genders, women can often feel a t the me rc y of a proc e s s beyond their control. Women faint more often, endure hot flushes before and during the menopause and are more likely to suffer from low blood pressure-induced fatigue and depression. This can all affect a woman’s temperature.

Bad breath can have lasting damage AROUND 30 per cent of Spaniards suffer from bad breath, according to a report from the Spanish Society of Periodontology (SEPA). Halitosis is the result of the accumulation of bacteria that can lead to inflammation in the gums and tissue. The problem increases during the night as the saliva that is generated enables the microbes to multiply freely. This can cause a more intense odour in the early morning. The same is true after several hours of fasting, stress or after talking for a long time when bacteria builds up. Experts warn that severe cases can also result in psychological problems and affect social and professional relationships. Dentists recommend professional dental cleaning and hygiene measures beyond the usual brushing.

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A tribute to the great one ALMERIA’S Maestro Padilla municipa l a u d i t o r i u m w ill b e th e scene of a tribute concert in honour of R o c i o Ju r a d o , o n e o f Spain’s most favoured singers of all time known to many as ‘the great one’ or ‘the voice of the millennium’ to mark the 10th anniversary of her death. Acco m p a n i e d b y C an al S u r TV’s orchestra and dancers under the direction of Jose Miguel Alvarez, si n g e r s Sa n dra A rco s , Maria Lozano and Cintia Merino will accompany their audience on a two-hour trip through the great-

est hi t s of Jur ado’s car eer t o a backdrop of pictures from her early years to most memorable moments of her musical career. Tickets to the concert, which starts at 9pm on October 1, are priced at €15 and €20 and can be pur chased f r om t he m uni ci pal ticket offices.

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One night in Vegas FOLLOWING the sell out and great success of the two previous concerts, Helping Hands are proud to present the third of their four ‘One Night in Vegas’ fundraising concerts. The Valle del Este Golf and Spa resort at Vera is the venue for this event on Sunday September 18 and tickets are now available. Featuring Europe’s top three tribute acts; Neil Diamond (JJ Jones), Tom Jones (Andy Wood) and Elvis (Simon Fitzpatrick), the concert has been completely sold out at previous venues in Albox and Mazarron. Close your eyes and you will believe that Tom Jones, Elvis Presley and Neil Dia-

mond are on stage. Open them and you will realise that there are no better tributes around. Each act has great stage presence and emulates rich and professional voices. The event, organised by Helping Hands registered charity which supports people and animals alike, promises great music, superb vocal ability and showmanship, a fabulous venue and fantastic evening to be had. Tickets can be obtained from the Hotel or by contacting Linda Cook on 634 456 701 or by email at Linrog07@yahoo.co.uk. Tickets cost €15 and a pre-show buffet is available for €12.

Air and art in painting competition BUDDING and professional artists alike have the chance to take part in Air-Art, an open air painting competition organised by Almeria Provincial Council which will be held in Mojacar and various other localities on September 19. Artists need to sign up in ad-

vance at the town hall, providing ID and contact details, and will then be told where and at what time the event will begin. Pictures must be of the town or its surroundings, on paper, canvas or wood of between 50x50cm and 116x116cm and participants must provide their

own rigid backing and hanger which will be approved and stamped by the organisers at the start of the event. Three pictures will be chosen from each location and will be including in a travelling exhibition across the Levante and Los Velez areas.

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Odious and disrespectful owners IT was of no surprise when I read the letter last week with regards to disgusting dog owners as I’ve recently found out that this appears to be far more common than back home in the UK. I recently bought what I thought was to be my perfect retirement home in the beautiful resort of El Faro only to find out almost immediately on my first visit as to what a grave mistake we may have made. As we have no vehicle at present we have to walk down what we have renamed from cardiac hill to dog muck hill to reach our local services, buses, shops, etc. This in its own right is quite an experience even for two able bodied people who can even with a bit of careful manoeuvring just manage to get to the bottom without an accident. Unfortunately on the return trip of an evening after a couple of drinks the same can’t always be said. The path is without any public lighting at all and as for the residents, they must wait for sunset so they can unleash their hounds into what has become their personal fouling quarters. It’s quite sad to say that since buying my property in March of this year I have honestly yet to see even one person clear up after their pet yet most carry the little bags tied to the dog leash, maybe someone needs to teach them how to bend down and use it. Steve

Fuel fury IN the article on the heating allowance, which us pensioners ought to get (including backdating the last one) you did not mention that the Canary Islands were included in the assessment of temperature. This should not be counted as part of mainland Spain. (UK wouldn’t include British Bahamas). This I would then have thought would entitle us to the allowance for which we’ve paid when earning and paying tax, etc. in the UK before retiring. Would a campaign help us get what we are owed? Janet, Malaga

Thin skinned TRASH like this does not deserve the oxygen of publicity (Leapy Lee issue no. 1626). The man is a menace. He writes the most evil, gawd-awful tripe with the sole aim of stirring up as much trouble as he possibly can, not a useful contribution to society by any

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benefits means she’s only interested in her own self-interest. As for her referendum vote not being allowed, why is she not living in the UK where the majority voted to leave? I would also assume she is a Spanish resident and wants a say in Spanish politics as well as the UK... Ron, Mallorca

Circus sadism WHY did Mijas Town Hall give a licence to the Las Vegas Circus to open as they have live performing animals? This is contrary to the decision made at a recent council meeting that they would not do so. The town hall of Rincon de La Victoria had a similar situation but they revoked the licence, shame Mijas did not do the same, and sad for these animals to be used for entertainment of the general public. Most towns are now banning this type of circus, when is Mijas going to do the same? Dianne, La Cala de Mijas

Canine intelligence I MUST take issue with David the Dogman’s recent article (1625) in which he states that dogs don’t have the capacity to intercept human language, behaviour or emotion. How far from the truth can you get? No one fully understands how the human brain functions, yet we are able to understand languages, interpret ours and others’ behaviour, and exhibit and express emotion. It doesn’t naturally follow that simply because a dog’s brain is smaller than a hu-

stretch of the imagination! Several times in one article he stresses he is ‘offended’ by the socalled burkini, a Muslim item of clothing that merely covers the body while on the beach in the same way Victorian swimming costumes did. Well, either his enormously thick skin has suddenly melted into abnormal sensitivity to make him say he is offended by something so trivial, or else he’s just raising his racist, misogynist finger again. Brian

Free society I SEE our own Witchfinder General, Loopy Lee is on the warpath again. This time he wants the state to have more powers on how we dress in pub-

man brain that a dog is not capable of carrying out these functions. In fact they are. Having owned many dogs over the last 50 years I can assure you that most dogs not only understand every word I’m saying, they know what mood I’m in, and even know if I’m not feeling well. We’ve got a saying in Yorkshire. If you’ve now’t to say that’s intelligent, don’t publish it.

lic. Well, well, I suppose if you can’t beat the bigots and the authoritarians, you might as well join them. One significant test of a free society is that you will find offence in how others behave. I am sure we can all write a long list of those complaints. Let’s be proud of our freedoms and liberties and keep the state out of making decisions on how we should dress. Guthrie, Alicante

Hardly heroes FOOTNOTE to a letter regarding hero athletes. Eight years ago when the Beijing Olympics finished, I was watching the news which was centred on the airport welcoming ‘Our Heroes’ home. My son and his colleagues flew

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back into Brize Norton after his tour of Afghanistan, on the very same day, and guess what, not even a mention... Fred, El Toro

Pick and choose IN reply to Christine from Mijas Costa in issue no. 1624 August 18-24. I too have paid into the UK economy for over 50 years and chose to move to Spain. I chose to live here and respect Spanish laws and rules. I get the impression that Christine wants the best of both worlds, living in Spain with its EU benefits and a say in UK politics. The fact she may lose her Spanish

Bank business I REFER to the letter from Marco published in last week’s edition (1626). I can assure you that the bank system has not changed. Within the last month I have had half of my account frozen as a result of my husband’s passing. It is now costing me a fortune to get this reinstated to my account. There is no inheritance tax due as the property was in my name and we had very little else in terms of assets. Margaret, Torrevieja

Soothing words WHAT a brilliant perspective from whoever wrote the Our View piece (issue 1626) I have pinned it on my notice board and will read every time I’m feeling a bit hard done by! Many thanks, Sheila

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Remembering the rules IN the first edict issued in Albox since Francisco Torrecillas was sworn in as mayor, the council has urged local residents to join forces to keep the town clean and tidy. The document, which can be seen online at www.ayuntamientodealbox.com, reminds landowners of their obligation to keep empty plots in a tidy, safe state and stresses that those failing to

do so can be fined. Pets are also discussed in the edict, with owners reminded of their obligation to keep their dogs under control in public and to clear up if they are unable to avoid them doing their business on the streets. Dogs must also, the council underlines, bear microchips in accordance with current laws. Failure to meet these requirements may also result in fines.

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More rows in the upper echelons TEMPERS once again ran high and threats of legal action were made at Albox Council’s first plenary session since Francisco Torrecillos became mayor, held on Thursday (September 1). The cat was put among the pigeons when the council reached point number three on the agenda, covering posts and salaries, when Torrecillas announced he would continue receiving the same salary he had previously earned as a school headmaster while Sonia Cerdan, Francisco Perez Conchillo and Angel Pardo would be given full-time posts with gross salaries of €2,900 per

month, Aurora Cerdan and Mario Torregrosa partial positions with 75 per cent of this amount and the other socialist councillors the maximum amount of €400 for time worked on council matters. This, PP party spokesman Juan Pedro Perez claimed, was unacceptable as these councillors, who left the PSOE party after winning the local elections, are unable to hold responsibilities or receive salaries under article 73.3 of the Local Regime Regulation Law. Perez warned that if the posts and salaries were approved, he would take the matter to court.

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Just in time for jubilee WORK underway on the AL7100 road between Albox and Chirivel via El Saliente has been inspected by provincial council deputy Javier Aureliano Garcia and Public Works delegate Oscar Liria. The project, which will see a 6.5km stretch widened and resurfaced, will be particularly welcomed by the thousands of visitors expected at the El Saliente shrine this year to mark the jubilee year, Aureliano Garcia explained, and follows work undertaken by the provincial council last year to improve the entrance to the religious site. Other improvements are also being made to Albox facilities under the provincial council budget including work on the church, sports centre and various streets, the deputy said.

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Enjoy a visual celebration AN exhibition of pieces related to the history of the Virgen del Saliente has been launched in Albox as part of celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the religious image at the shrine founded in 1716 by Roque Tendero and Lazaro de Martos. Organised by the Somos Albojenses social association in collaboration with the local council at the old Banco Popular premises on Plaza Nueva, the Aromas de Albahaca exhibition was blessed and launched on Friday, September 2, by Miguel Romera Domene of the bishopric of Almeria in presence of Albox Mayor, Francisco Torrecillas. Including photographic displays and various items related to the religious figure, the exhibition can be visited between 7-10pm daily and from 11am to 2pm on Tuesdays until September 20, when it will leave to tour other northern Almeria towns.

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The vegetarian appeal 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.

THERE are many people who take pleasure in ridiculing vegetarians. One of the regular jibes is that humans need the protein and nutrients that only meat can provide (incorrect) and veggies, they hint, are at best, limp-wristed, sandal-wearing tree huggers, with sallow complexions and bad breath. But j u st t a k e a l o o k at the likes of Diane Keaton, Joanna L u m l e y a n d o u r friend, Jenny Seagrove. I don’t believe the propaganda about the halitosis, but I wouldn ’t m i n d t e st i n g it and reporting back. I have to confess that at this time, I am not a vegetarian. The spirit is willing but the flesh - if you’ll excuse that word - is pathetically weak. But I have flirted with the practice in the

MEAT-FREE MEALS: Can take a bit more imagination to prepare. past. Many years ago, taking my inspiration from a girlfriend, I gave up meat and fish. It was ovo-lacto vegetarianism if you want to get technical about it, no veg and fruit but keeping eggs

and dairy produce. I admired her will power and strength of character, but she had strong views on the exploitation of animals and a hatred of modern factory fa rming me thods . Views that I shared then

and still do. She also opted for a no leather policy, which cost her a fortune. During my first experience as a celery bender, I made a brief and disastrous foray into bread making.

The r esul t i ng l oaf was somewhat akin to a white dwarf star, small but incredibly dense and heavy. It was totally inedible, so I heaved it out for the birds. Having battled gamely to extract a few crumbs, the local sparrows and starlings quickly realised that this was not bread as they knew it, and I vividly remember them struggling to take to the air, their tiny stick legs galloping across t he pat i o i n an eff or t t o gather enough momentum for lift off. One unfortunate wood pigeon fell over and rolled around for a bit, before waddling off in a huff. I t ’s not t he wi l l power that I lack these days, but the extra chunk of time that it takes to prepare an imagi nat i ve var i et y of t ast y meat-free meals. Plain vegetables and salads everyday would soon have me climbing the walls and giving off bad smells. Nevertheless, the idea is still appealing.

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FUME EVENTS: May be putting aircraft passengers and crew at risk. mixed with 50 per cent of re-circulated cabin air. In theory, the air is drawn in through ‘wet seals’ which are supposed to keep any engine oil away from the air as should the oil be inad v e rte n tly allow e d to intrude , there is the possibility that highly toxic organophosphates could be directed into the cabin by what has now been named a ‘fume event’ but

is often dismissed as simply some blue or white smoke. There seems little doubt that this does happen from time to time and it said to have increased when legislation was passed to allow the ‘wet seals’ to have a life expectancy of 30,000 flight miles from the original 5,000 flight miles. Members of the Aerotoxic Association include scientists, former

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Exchange rate matters EXPATS who live in Spain but receive a pension or other income in Sterling have understandably bemoaned the fact that following the Brexit vote, the value of the pound against the euro had fallen quite a lot, meaning that the value of their income has dropped. Readers have been expressing bitterness that Whitehall possibly used erroneous temperature figures when deciding to scrap the winter fuel benefit for pensioners in countries such as Spain, as reported on our website and in the newspapers. Some argue the overall cost of living in Spain is much cheaper than in the UK so pensioners shouldn’t whine as they’re able to get much more for their money, but this isn’t strictly true especially as prices for certain commodities have increased considerably. If you’re a chain smoking alcoholic, then yes it’s much cheaper to be in Spain but for an average person, who needs to heat a cold house or cool it down during the summer, electricity is very expensive and most electrical goods cost much more than in the UK. There’s good news however as, because the British economy has benefitted from the weak pound against the dollar in particular, exports and industrial production have risen considerably over the past few months and that’s reflected in the pound/euro exchange rate. It’s not an enormous increase but any increase is welcome. It pays to keep an eye on the rate of exchange and visit websites of specialist exchange companies based in Spain who offer an English language service as they’ll invariably offer better rates with lower charges than UK high street banks.

pilots, cabin crew and interested parties, many of whom believe that their health has been seriously impa ire d by r egul ar exposur e t o ‘fume event s’ whi ch can cause chronic or acute symptoms, including violent vomiting, severe migraines, inflamed nerve endings in the brain, blurred vision, respiratory distress, and heart spasms. One former test pilot for BAe has effectively lost control of his life a n d has been put under t he ‘care’ of the infamous Court of Protection even though he is quite lucid and is fighting for compensation for the damage to his health both mental and physical suffered flying both as a test pilot and commercial pilot on the BAe146. Some will no doubt argue that this is just a spurious conspiracy tale from disgruntled former airline employees but flights do regularly suffer from ‘smoke’ in the cabin and unless the aircraft is physically Now we on fire, then there must be both a want to reason for this happening and the hear your views. inhalation of these fumes can’t be good for passengers and YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE the im pact woul d be even - YOUR OPINION worse for crew if it occurs on a www.euroweeklynews.com regular basis.

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IF you were expecting The Grand Tour to hark back to some familiar Top Gear features, then we’ve got a few bombshells to drop. Because Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s latest venture will not include The Stig, the cool wall, or indeed even the same track - otherwise they’ll be finding themselves in some hot legal water. The Grand Tour release date, trailer and more: Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s Top Gear on Amazon Prime - everything you need to know. The show’s producer Andy Wilman revealed at the Edinburgh Television Festival that wrangling with the BBC’s legal team over rights to elements of the show ‘got a bit silly at the start point.’ Speaking about what to expect from the new series, he said: “It does-

n’t take a rocket scientist. There’s no Stig, there’s no track, there’s no Dunsfold. What we wanted to protect was the films.” Wilman also admitted to potential legal trouble over recent Grand Tour footage shot in Namibia, which was found to be too similar to a Top Gear film about Botswana. “The lawyers go through everything,” he noted. So now we know what won’t be included in The Grand Tour, what about what will? Well firstly, the new Amazon Prime show will launch with a 70-minute episode, and a deal has been reached for 12 shows a year for three years. There’ll probably be more, though. Channel 4 has confirmed it’s considering a return for The Crystal Maze as a one-off Stand Up To Cancer special in October - and we absolutely cannot wait! Twenty-one years after the classic 1990s game show signed off, it’s returning for a star-studded special, with David Tennant tipped to host, though that is un-

CRYSTAL MAZE: A classic 1990s game show.

confirmed. The Crystal Maze originally aired between 1990 and 1995 and featured four different zones set in various periods of time and space. Contestants competed in a series of physical and mental challenges in order to win crystals, which each gave five seconds of time inside the amazing final challenge, the Crystal Dome. The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s Richard O’Brien hosted The

Crystal Maze when it was pulling four to six million viewers. He was later replaced by Edward Tudor-Pole. If you would like me to answer any questions please call on 678 332 815 or email richard@europa-digital.com. I look forward to your comments.

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Generation snowflake: are we to blame? Nora Johnson

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A NEW government study reveals increasing mental health problems over the past decade among British teenagers - girls in particular- coinciding with social media’s inexorable rise. Although ‘helicopter’ parents, exams, and the competition for wellpaying first jobs play their part, experts see a link between the expanding epidemic of teenage mental illness and a 21st century online social life that can seem impossible to switch off, or delete. Things aren’t helped by the ‘everyone’s a winner,’ cotton-wool culture rampant in education. Many young people see personal rejection as the slightest setback, however warranted it may be, and are unable to cope. Generation snowflake! Trouble is, we’ve now got a society in which ‘success’ is so narrowly interpreted that virtually nobody can

YOUTH OF TODAY: Are over-parented and not prepared for the real world. meet its criteria, not even celebs. You have to be beautiful, skinny, highachieving, high-earning, popular, and in a relationship with someone who also ticks all those boxes. And it puts even more pressure on girls because

they not only have to do well but look good in selfies too (though we’re now helpfully insisting boys have a six-pack as well). Too many young people, it’s true, are over-parented, over-cosseted, and

over-protected from the vicissitudes of life, whilst not being encouraged to stand on their own two feet e.g. to cook, iron, travel unaccompanied to school/work, etc. My own friend’s teenage daughters are ferried every-

where in London by her, much to my dismay. Add to this, the decreasing opportunities in schools for sport and other extra-curricular activities. Constant texting and tweeting are no substitute for a good face-to-face chat. Have we then raised an entire generation that has been so coddled, and is so spineless, that it is completely incapable of dealing with the harsh realities of life when on its own? What the UK educational system needs straightaway is a radical overhaul. Self-sufficiency at the very least should be integrated into the curriculum by adding compulsory courses on basic financial management, cookery, a healthy diet, etc. so that more young people are fundamentally better equipped to handle personal responsibility for their own lives. They’ll need it... Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89,£0.79), and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

Brazen behaviour Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man SUNDAY August 29, what a lovely day. In fact, the last Sunday in August every year is a lovely day because the screaming that everyone can hear in every apartment - but mum and dad can’t - from 9am to 9pm around our pool, stops! I know people are on holiday and I know the kids have to have fun, but do you have to break every rule our community has? Don’t play football, it smashes our flowers in our expensively maintained gardens. The ball against the wall annoys everyone except the culprit’s parents. The reason we don’t want drinking glasses and bottles around the pool is common sense. If you break them people can get cut. It’s not rocket science. Having lilos or blow-up rubber rings the size of articulated lorry tyres and dolphins in the pool is great for little Johnny but not for anyone else. No bombing includes Dad who thinks it’s hilarious to splash his kids and everybody else’s plus a few round the pool. In army terms it’s called ‘collateral damage.’ Sitting on your terrace till 5am shouting at each other is not acceptable. And, of course,

you have the obligatory - usually two sisters with their kids and no hubbies - that go out on the lash every night and then get back and decide to continue the session. Then the inevitable happens. One upsets the other and it kicks off. And I mean kicks off. The swearing would make builders blush and then one decides to throw the other one out and it spills out into our central square. Now this is 3am in the morning so our security guard calls the police who come and go. The ladies must have had a great holiday hammered every night with one ending up sleeping on a sunbed outside. What I am saying is ‘come on holiday, rent an apartment in our development and have a fantastic time. Enjoy all our amenities and park anywhere you like.’ I can put up with that but please don’t act like a bunch of selfish idiots with no thought for the neighbours. I bet if someone moved next door to you for eight weeks every year and caused havoc something would be said and it’s no excuse because it’s holiday time, it’s not acceptable at all anytime of the year. Of course, as August is over we can now get stuff done at the town hall, the doctor’s surgery and all other official offices. Our bank usually always has two people attending to customers unless of course it’s mad busy....then they have one!!

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IF you are in an area that has had good rain you are fortunate. The gardens in most areas are desperately waiting for post summer rains. It has been so dry with lower than average rain this year in much of Spain. The main challenge of Mediterranean gardening is this survival through summer, often with scant supplies of water. It is important to select plants with this in mind when setting out or developing your garden. The careful selection of plants to suit Mediterranean conditions does restrict the variety of species we can include in our gardens. This is not boring to me. It gives a characteristic Mediterranean garden theme throughout the region I find alluring. It is easiest to use tried and tested plants that you know will survive here and that will have a harmony with neighbouring gardens. With appropriate summer preparations that allow the traditional hardy plants to thrive, you can add additional varieties that need more protection and care. Amongst my colourful Mediterranean shrubs I have a deciduous â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Flamingo Maple (Acer

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A SMALL but heartwarming story after the devastating earthquake which hit Italy last month in the form of a pet cat who survived five days under the rubble who’s been reunited with her owner. Gioia (Joy in Italian) rushed for cover on August 24 as owner Daniela Tursini tried to grab her before she ran for safety as the building collapsed. While search operations centred on finding survivors, Daniela pleaded with firefighters and rescue teams for help telling them “Please find her, she’s all I have left.” Eventually five days later rescuers turning over rubble spotted movement. Although badly dehydrated and in need of veterinary attention, Gioia was in one piece.

What we say and how we say it DOGS brains understand not only what we say but also how we say it and are able to distinguish the words and tones we use when speaking to them, a new study has revealed. Led by Attila Andics, pro-

fessor at the University of Lorand in Budapest, the study, the results of which were published by Science magazine, played recordings of their trainers using different words and tones to 13 different dogs

while using magnetic resonance scanners to study how their brains reacted. The dogs were found to use the left hemispheres of the brains, just like humans, and to recognise each word separately regardless of tone. “This study is the first step towards understanding how dogs interpret human speech and can help us understand communication between the two and make it more efficient,” Andics explained. Words are the main element of language and communication, while tone is another way of transmitting information. Humans use both to under-

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This is the first step towards understanding how dogs interpret human speech.” In effect, they were found to process vocabulary and tone separately. Therefore, the team concluded, dogs are indeed able to distinguish between the words we say to them and the tone we use.

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Luring UK buyers By Matthew Elliott THREE classic brands and three very different offers. British motorists have a wealth of intriguing options at their disposal courtesy of Ducati, Aston Martin and Jaguar, although it goes without saying that there are certain ‘budgetary hurdles.’ Italian (though now German owner) motorcycling powerhouse Ducati are opening up their prohibitively expensive range to the average motorhead by offering special financing deals cut to just €500 a month for beasts including the Monster 821 and Panigale R, with far less pricy options for cheaper bikes. Meanwhile luxury brand Aston Martin has opened a shop (sorry ‘brand experience centre’) at No 8 Dover Street in Lond o n ’s

plush Mayfair district. Showcasing cars but also masquerading as a modern Aston Martin museum, the centre will hold art exhibitions and be instrumental in the manufacturer’s move into a luxury market typically dominated by perfumed watch wearers. Jaguar is taking a more traditional approach aimed at the real motorist rather than the luxury crowd. The British brand is inviting drivers to visit UK showrooms

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Whole Lotta Love More than 2,000 were produced but it is Grant’s very own GTS that is surely to capture the imagination W H AT d o y o u d o w h e n y o u ’ r e t h e of any curious buyers now that it is f a m o u s m a n a g e r o f t h e w o r l d ’s being auctioned by Coys on Septembiggest rock band at the absolute ber 8. pinnacle of their fame The firm reckons that and you’re just 38t h e iconic pedigree of years-old? If you’re GTS model G r a n t ’s D i n o s h o u l d name is Peter Grant, debuted at see it fetch at least you buy yourself a Ferthe Geneva Motor £350,000, a bombastic rari Dino 246 GTS. Show in 1972. price that may not have The Led Zeppelin manager, feared for callousness yet noted for thrift, splashed out the princely sum of £6,620 and 39 pence to take delivery of the speedy Italian sportscar in 1973, forking out an extravagant £274.09 extra for some plush leather upholstery. The GTS model of the earlier Dino GT debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1972, by which time Stairway to Heaven and When the Levee Breaks were already international super-hits. By Matthew Elliott

sat well with a man who campaigned all his life for fairer pay and conditions for musicians. Grant died in 1995, leaving behind a quaint apartment stacked with old furniture, a flash car and an enduring rock ‘n’ roll legacy.

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Classic and fringe event in UK CAR lovers considering heading back to the UK in September might want to swing by the British Motor Museum located between Oxford and Coventry. The self-described world’s largest col-

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cheeky chappies, an army of fuel inefficient Fiat 500s ONLY two cars actually managed to pass the advertised fuel economy test, with the average model performing 30 per cent worse than it says on the tin. The Aston Martin Vantage and 3.7l Nissan 370Z were the only models to fare better on the road than in the lab. Some of the worst offenders were the most common, including the Fiat 500 and Ford Fiesta which only managed around half of the mileage promised. The Fiat 500 took the biscuit by rating itself at 70.6 miles per gallon (mpg) but

only delivering 39 mpg. Despite still being more than a fifth lower than its advertised potential, the Honda Civic still clocked up the best on-the-road mileage at 61.8 mpg, while the BMW X5 fared the worst at just 16.2 mpg. A new testing system is due to come into force later this month, but is unlikely to dent the average 29 per cent gap between advertised and actual mpg, with labs still unable to replicate the meandering hills, tight corners, traffic jams and air conditioning of the real world.

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A win for ‘Big Sam’ as Spain’s Maverick wins at Silverstone Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

FOOTBALL: Last weekend, in the first qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, England ‘just’ beat 10-man Slovakia 1-0 with a 95th minute Adam Lallana goal to give manager Sam Allardyce his first win. Scotland walloped Malta 5-1 and Northern Ireland drew 0-0 in the Czech Republic. On Monday Wales beat Moldova 4-0 and the Republic of Ireland drew 2-2 with Serbia. The summer transfer window, which ended on August 31, saw British clubs involved in deals worth a record £1.05bn. The previous highest was £870m. These included: • Paul Pogba’s return to Manchester United from Juventus for £89m… David Luiz, back to Chelsea from PSG for £34m… Christian Benteke from Liverpool to Crystal Palace, £32m…Yannick Bolasie, Crystal Palace to Everton, £30m… Islam Slimani, Sporting Lisbon to Leicester, £29m… Georginio Wijnaldum, Newcastle to Liverpool, £25m… Marcos Alonso, Fiorentina to Chelsea, £23m… Nacer Chadli, Spurs to WBA, £14m… Didier Ndong, Leyton Orient to Sunderland, £13.6m… Jeff Hendrick, Derby to Burnley, £10.5m…GeorgesKevin N’koudou, Marseille to Spurs, £9m. • Four players left Manchester City on loan: Joe Hart to Torino, Wilfried Bony to Stoke, Samir Nasri to Sevilla and Eliaquim Mangala to Valencia. Also Liverpool’s Mario Balotelli joined Nice; Hal Robson-Kanu moved from Reading to WBA and Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere is now at Bournemouth. • Crawley and Oldham completed most deals: 20 each;

Middlesbrough was the busiest PL club with 12 transactions. • Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero has received a threematch ban for elbowing West Ham’s Winston Reid in last month’s PL game and misses Saturday’s United derby. Another ‘big’ derby game this weekend is Celtic-Rangers in the SPL. And next week sees the start of the 2016-17 Champions League group matches including Spurs-Monaco at Wembley, Barcelona-Celtic, PSG-Arsenal, Manchester CityBorussia Monchengladbach and Brugge v Leicester. • Football legend Franz Beckenbauer is facing a criminal investigation by Swiss prosecutors relating to Germany’s successful bid to host the 2006 World Cup. CRICKET: England beat Pakistan four-one in the ODI series which ended in Cardiff last Sunday. Eoin Morgan’s team won the first four matches by 44 runs, four wickets, 169 runs and four wickets again, but were defeated in the final encounter, also by four wickets. England amassed a world record 444-3 in the third clash at Trent Bridge, with Alex Hales’ smashing 171 in 122 balls, the biggest score ever made by an Englishman at this leve l , beating the previous highest of 167 by Robin Smith v Australia in 1993. A T20 blast took place at Old Trafford last night. TENNIS: At the start of week two of the US Open, Andy Murray, top seed Djokovic (with two walkovers and victory over GB’s Kyle Edmund), the French trio of Monfils, Tsonga and Pouille, del Potro and Wawrinka plus Williams, Kerber, Halep, Woz-

FACT OF THE WEEK FOLLOWING a survey by Which magazine, Manchester United is the most hated brand name in Britain and the seventh most hated in the world.

niacki and Radwanska were all going for singles glory. Serena Williams has now won more Grand Slam matches than anyone else at 307 and counting. Martina Navratilova was the previous record holder. FORMULA ONE: Nico Rosberg won last Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Lewis Hamilton (from pole) was second with Sebastian Vettel third. Hamilton now leads the driver’s championship by just two points from Rosberg (250-248). The Singapore Grand Prix is in 10 days time. *Felipe Massa (35) will retire from F1 at the end of this season, after 11 GP wins and 41 podium finishes in 16 years. Jenson Button will not be driving next year and owner Bernie Ecclestone (now 85) could soon sell F1. MOTOR CYCLING: More than 100,000 fans saw Spain’s Maverick Viñales claim his first-ever race victory by winning the British MotoGP at Silverstone! Cal Crutchlow was second with Valentino Rossi third. It’s San Marino next, on Sunday week. CYCLING: Team Sky’s Chris Froome is struggling in

SAM ALLARDYCE: Celebrates his first win as England manager.

the 3,315 km (2,060 mile) Vuelta n Espana. He started the final week over three minutes behind leader Nairo Quintana with another Brit, Simon Yates, fourth. Tomorrow’s stage 19 is in Calpe (time trial) and Saturday’s stage 20 circles Benidorm before Sunday’s finalé in Madrid… just as the Tour of Britain race ends in central London. GOLF: Darren Clarke’s European team to play the USA in the Ryder Cup in Minnesota, September 30 - October 2, is: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Spain’s Rafa Cabrera-Bello and Sergio Garcia, Martin Kaymer, Rory McIlroy, Thomas Pieters, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Andy Sullivan, Lee Westwood, Danny Willett and Chris Wood. Davis Love III captains the USA. RUGBY UNION: Saracens started their defence of the PL title with a 35-3 victory over Worcester. There were also early wins for Bath v Northampton, Wasps v Exeter and KELL BROOK: Set to fight Gennady Golovkin in London.

Harlequins v promoted Bristol. In the Pro12 League, G l a s g o w thrashed reigning champions Connacht 41-5. Munster and Cardiff Blues also recorded opening wins. BOXING: On Saturday, GB’s Kell Brook fights reigning world middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin at London’s O2 arena.

MAVERICK VIÑALES: Claims his first MotoGP race victory.

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MANCHESTER CITY’S Sergio Aguero has received a three-match ban for elbowing West Ham’s Winston Reid in last month’s PL game and misses Saturday’s United derby.

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Top three teams tie THE individual competition at Marina Phoenix on Monday August 29 saw Don Atkins play his last card for the Eclectic competition which, fortunately, coincided with a win in the day’s stableford. Scoring 42 points Don won, beating Ali Mahmud (37) into second ahead of John Park (35) in third and there were two’s prizes for Jim Budd (9 & 14), Isobel Jones (5) and Don Atkins (14). The ladies division was won by Glennys Oliver on 34 points, followed in second by Isobel Jones (32) and Linda King (30) in third. The team game on Thursday was a waltz, played in fourballs. The top three teams tied on 85 points and after countback, winners were Ali Mahmud, Joanna Artenieff, Marcos Caparros and Don Atkins. Marina Phoenix play Mondays (individual) and Thursdays (team game). To join ring Jim on 950 162 727.

Indalo play two wood competition THIS closely contested twowood competition is played at a very fast pace, leaving no time for a lapse of concentration. Only two or three shots separated the outcome throughout as 34 bowlers competed for the honours. Stan Milton and Doreen Hall just lost in the semi-finals to David Horton and Maggie Holmes and after a close start Maggie’s determination and experience overcame David and she went on to win 16 to 11. This competition was a very good run-up to the Andalucian Championships which this year is being held at Indalo, Almeria and Mojacar Bowling Clubs who will be hosting clubs from the Malaga area between Septem-

WINNERS: David Horton and Maggie Holmes. ber 24 and 30. More than 150 bowlers will be competing in the region’s most prestigious event, the schedule for which is on the Indalo Bowling

Club’s website. Anyone wishing to come along to spectate will be very welcome. Visit www.indalobowling club.org.

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19th Hole Golf Society THURSDAY September 1 (where has the year gone?!) and the 19th Hole Golf Society played a four ball team Waltz at the Aguilon Golf Resort. As always the course was in brilliant condition with greens so smooth you could play snooker on them. The ‘deadly’ team of Peter (Doctor) Death, Bob Tagg, Ellen and Tony Lea just nipped the win on countback from the team of Peter and Richard Easthope, Chris Coxon and David Wadey, both with a score of 109. Doctor Death also took the Individual award with an impressive 41 points from Doug Birrell on 39. Results Team Waltz 1st Peter Death, Bob Tagg, Ellen and Tony Lea 109 points 2nd Peter and Richard Easthope, Chris Coxon and David Wadey 109 points on card countback 3rd Ron Curtis, Nick Pogson, Ralph Hunter and Doug Birrell Individual 1st Peter Death 41 points 2nd Doug Birrell 39 points 3rd Peter Easthope 38 points Nearest the Pin 3rd John Kennedy, 7th in Two Doug Birrell 8th Peter Easthope, 12th Ellen Lea 15th in Two Peter Death 17th Mike Esposito Twos 12th Steve Newberry & Nigel Greenwood 14th Geoff Smith & Peter Death 17th Peter Easthope & Mike Esposito The 19th Hole Golf Society arranges weekly games around the area playing Aguilon every other week. For more information ring 610 340 653 or email gs19thhole@hotmail.co.uk.